[Event "Leningrad m"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Yanvarjov, Igor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 c6 8.
Nf3 cxd5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb5 e6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Qb3 a6
15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nb6 Rad8 17. a4 Bb5 18. axb5 Qxb6 19. Rc3 axb5 20. Rfc1 Rd6
21. Qc2 b4 22. Rc7 Ra8 23. h4 Rc6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 Qxc6 26. Rxc6 Ra1+ 27.
Kh2 Rb1 28. Rc8+ Bf8 29. Ne5 Kg7 30. Rc7 Bd6 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. Rf6 Rxb2 33.
Rxe6 Bxe5+ 34. Rxe5 Rxf2 35. Rxd5 Re2 36. Rb5 Rxe3 37. Rxb4 Rd3 38. g4 Kf7 39.
Rb7+ Kf6 40. Rd7 h5 41. gxh5 gxh5 42. Rd5 Ke6 43. Rxh5 Rxd4 44. Kg3 Kf6 45. Rg5
Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Galdunts, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Be7 6. c3 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. d4 b5
9. Bb3 h6 10. O-O Re8 11. Be3 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Bc2 Qb8 14. a3 Qb7 15. Nh4
d5 16. Qf3 Be6 17. Bxh6 exd4 18. Bg5 Nh7 19. Bf4 Rad8 20. e5 g6 21. Qd3 Bg7 22.
cxd4 Ne7 23. Nb3 Nf8 24. Nc5 Qb6 25. g4 Bc8 26. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kalantarian, Norik"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Bd4 O-O 10. f4 Ned7 11. Nf3 e5 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Qf6
15. Nb5 c5 16. Qxf6+ Nxf6 17. Nd6 Ng4 18. g3 e5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. fxe5 Be6 21.
Nxb7 Nd7 22. Bb5 Nxe5 23. Nxc5 Nf3+ 24. Ke2 Bg4 25. Ke3 Rad8 26. Rhf1 h5 27. h3
Nd4 28. Rxf8 Nc2+ 29. Kf4 Rxf8+ 30. Ke5 Bc8 31. Rc1 Rf2 32. h4 Bg4 33. Nd3 Rd2
34. Nf4 Nd4 35. Rc7+ Kh6 36. Bd3 Nf3+ 37. Kf6 Ne1 38. Bc4 Rd6+ 39. Ke7 Rd2 40.
e5 Rxb2 41. Rxa7 1-0

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Libov, Gennady"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. e4 h6 7. Bh4 Nfd7 8. Bc4
Qe8 9. O-O e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Bg3 Nb6 13. Bf1 Nc6 14. a4 a5 15.
Bb5 Qe7 16. Nf1 h5 17. h3 Nb8 18. Ne3 c6 19. Bf1 N8d7 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. Bxc4 Nc5
22. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Maljutin, Evgeni"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Bf4 O-O-O 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. Rd1+ Kc8 14.
Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 b6 16. Nd2 Ne7 17. Rd3 g6 18. e5 Bg7 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. c3 Re8
21. f3 Ng8 22. Ne4 Bd8 23. Kf2 Rf8 24. Ng5 Rxf4 25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. Ne6+ Ke7 27.
Nxf4 Nf6 28. h4 Kd6 29. Ke3 c4 30. g4 b5 31. Ng2 Ke5 32. f4+ Ke6 33. Kf3 Ne8
34. Ne3 Nd6 35. Nf1 Nb7 36. Ng3 Nc5 37. Ne4 Nd3 38. Ng5+ Ke7 39. Nxh7 Nxb2 40.
Ng5 a5 41. h5 Kf6 42. h6 Nd3 43. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nikitin, Yury M"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Bd3 h6 12. O-O Be6 13. Bb1 Qb6 14. Qd3 g6
15. Bxh6 Rfd8 16. b4 Be7 17. Ba2 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bf5 19. Qe2 Ne7 20. Nd4 Be4 21.
Bf4 g5 22. Bg3 Rac8 23. f3 Bg6 24. Bf2 Nc6 25. Nb3 a5 26. e4 d4 27. bxa5 Nxa5
28. Nxa5 Qxa5 29. Rd3 Rc3 30. Be1 Rdc8 31. Bxc3 dxc3 32. Qc2 Qxa3 33. Rb1 Qc5+
34. Kh1 b6 35. Rd5 Qe3 36. Rbd1 g4 37. R5d3 Qh6 38. Bb3 Be5 39. g3 Bxg3 40. Rg1
Be5 41. Rxg4 Kf8 42. Rg2 Bh5 43. Qd1 Qf6 44. Ra2 b5 45. Qe2 b4 46. Qg2 Qh4 47.
Qe2 Kg7 48. Ra1 Rh8 49. Rg1+ Bg6 50. Rg2 Ra8 51. Rd1 Qf6 52. Qc4 Qf4 53. Qe2
Ra3 54. Qc4 Ra8 55. Rdg1 Rh8 56. Qe2 Rh3 57. Rg3 Qxg3 58. Rxg3 Bxg3 59. Qc4 Be5
60. Qd5 Rxh2+ 61. Kg1 Rh5 62. Qd7 Kh6 63. Qe7 f6 64. Qxb4 Rh3 65. Bd1 Kg5 66.
Qc5 Kf4 67. Kg2 Rh8 68. Qb6 Rb8 69. Qf2 Rb2 70. Bc2 Kg5 71. Kh3 Kh6 72. f4 Bb8
73. f5 Bf7 74. Qe3+ Kg7 75. Qxc3 Be5 76. Qd3 Kh6 77. Qe3+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Popova, Z."]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 e6 4. Nd2 Be7 5. e4 c5 6. e5 Nfd7 7. f4 Nc6 8. Ngf3
Qc7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 b5 11. c4 bxc4 12. dxc4 Nb6 13. b3 a5 14. Bb2 a4 15.
Rab1 axb3 16. axb3 Ra2 17. Rfe1 dxc4 18. bxc4 Na4 19. Ba1 Nd4 20. Qd1 Rxa1 21.
Rxa1 Nc3 22. Nxd4 Nxd1 23. Nb5 Qb6 24. Rexd1 Rd8 25. Ne4 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Ba6 27.
h4 f6 28. exf6 gxf6 29. Kh2 Kf8 30. f5 exf5 31. Nec3 Qb8 32. Ra1 Bxb5 33. cxb5
Qe5 34. Ra8+ Kg7 35. Nd5 Bd6 36. Nf4 c4 37. Bd5 Qb2+ 38. Kh3 Bxf4 39. Ra7+ Kf8
40. gxf4 Qc3+ 0-1

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Danielian, Oganes"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
O-O O-O 9. Qe2 a6 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bg5 b5 13. Nce5 Bb7 14. Rad1 h6
15. Bh4 Bd6 16. Bg3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nc5 19. c3 Nxd3 20. Rxd3 Qa5
21. a3 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Qd2 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Nd4 Nb6 26. Qe2 Nc4 27.
Nf3 Qa4 28. Rc1 Qb3 29. Rc2 e5 30. Ne1 e4 31. Qxe4 Nxb2 32. Qb4 Qe6 33. Nf3 Na4
34. Nd4 Qd7 35. Qa5 Qd6 36. Kh2 Kh7 37. Nf3 Qg6 38. Rc1 Rc4 39. Kg1 Qd6 40. Kh2
Qxa3 41. Rd1 Rc6 42. Qd8 Qxc3 43. Qe8 Rc8 44. Qxf7 Qf6 45. Qa7 Rc5 46. Qa8 Qc6
47. Qa7 Qc7 48. Qxa6 Rh5+ 49. Kg1 Nc3 50. Re1 Qc4 51. g4 Qxg4 52. Qc6 Qc4 53.
Qe8 Rd5 54. Ne5 Ne2+ 55. Kf1 Ng3+ 56. Kg1 Ne2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kovtun, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 c5 6. O-O d6 7. c3 Be7 8. e4
cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qe2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Nc6 13. a3 Rc8 14. b4 Nb8 15.
b5 Nd7 16. a4 Rc7 17. Qe3 O-O 18. Rac1 Re8 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Qf4 Bxg5 21. Qxg5
Qd7 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Rc1 Qd7 24. Bb4 Ng6 25. Rc3 Rc8 26. Qc1 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 f6
28. Bd6 fxe5 29. dxe5 Kf7 30. a5 bxa5 31. Qxa5 Bc8 32. Qb4 Ne7 33. Bxh7 Nf5 34.
Qf4 Qxb5 35. g4 Qb1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 dxe4 38. gxf5 exf5 39. h4 g6 40. h5
gxh5 41. e6+ Kxe6 42. Bc5 a5 43. Bg8+ Ke5 44. Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lapienis, Donatas P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[BlackElo "2270"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e5
Bg7 9. h3 d5 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Nc6 12. dxc5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bg7 15.
Qb3 Qc7 16. Qb4 e5 17. Bc2 a5 18. Qb6 Qxb6 19. cxb6 e4 20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. cxd4
Ra6 22. Bb3 Be6 23. Rac1 a4 24. Bd1 Rfa8 25. b3 a3 26. f3 Rxb6 27. Kf2 Rc8 28.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 29. Ke3 Re6 30. fxe4 Rxe4+ 31. Kd3 Bf5 32. Kc3 Re3+ 33. Kb4 Be4 34.
Kxa3 Bxg2 35. Rf6 Kg7 36. Rb6 Re7 37. Kb2 f5 38. Bc2 Be4 39. Bxe4 dxe4 40. Kc2
e3 41. Kd1 f4 42. Ke1 f3 0-1

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polovodin, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Bxf4 Ng6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bd4 Be6
15. Qd2 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nd4 Rc8 18. a5 Ne5 19. Ra4 Re8 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21.
Be2 Qc7 22. Rd1 Red8 23. Rd4 Qxa5 24. Rxd6 Nf7 25. Nd5 Qxd2 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27.
R6xd2 Rxd2 28. Rxd2 Ne5 29. c3 Kf7 30. Kg1 Ke7 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Kxd8 33.
Ke3 Ke7 34. g3 Kd6 35. h3 h6 36. h4 Kc5 37. b4+ Kd6 38. Kf4 Kc6 39. Bf1 Kd6 40.
Be2 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voroshilovgrad op"]
[Site "Voroshilovgrad"]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Raetsky, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1989.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qg4 Nxc3 7. Qxg7 Rf8
8. a3 Ba5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qe5+ Qe7 11. Qxe7+ Kxe7 12. Bd2 Bf5 13. b4 Nd5 14.
bxa5 Bxc2 15. Bc4 Kd6 16. f3 b5 17. Be2 Rfe8 18. Kf2 Re6 19. Rac1 Rae8 20. Rhe1
Bg6 21. h4 h5 22. g3 a6 23. Rc5 f6 24. Bf1 Rxe1 25. Bxe1 Ne3 26. Bb4 Nxf1 27.
Rg5+ Ke6 28. Rxg6 Ne3 29. Rg7 Nf5 30. Rxc7 Kd5 31. Bc5 Re6 32. Ra7 Nxd4 33.
Bxd4 Kxd4 34. Rxa6 Kc4 35. Rb6 Kc5 36. Rb7 Rd6 37. a6 Rd3 38. a4 Ra3 39. axb5
cxb5 40. a7 b4 41. g4 b3 42. g5 b2 43. Rxb2 Rxa7 44. Rb8 Kd5 45. Re8 Ra4 46. g6
Ra7 47. f4 f5 48. Re5+ Kd4 49. Rxf5 Ra2+ 50. Ke1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Pinsk "]
[Date "1989.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dmitriev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1989.01.18"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2008"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b4 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. Qb1 Bg7 17. Nb3 Rc8 18. a4 d5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 dxe4
22. e6 f5 23. Nc5 Bd5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rd1 c6 26. c4 bxc4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28.
Ra7+ Rc7 29. Qa1+ Kg8 30. b5 Rxa7 31. Qxa7 Re7 32. Qa6 Qb8 33. Nd7 Qd6 34. Rxd5
1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Delanoy, Arnaud"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2260"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4
8. O-O Nc6 9. Nf4 Nf6 10. c4 Bf5 11. b3 Nb4 12. a3 $1 Nc6 {12. - Nxc2 13.Ra2 +
-} 13. Bb2 Re8 14. f3 Ne5 15. Qd2 Ng6 16. Nd3 d5 17. c5 Qe7 18. Rf2 Bxd3 19.
Bxd3 Qxc5 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. f4 Re7 22. Raf1 Qe3 23. Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Joecks, Christian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b4 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. c4 exd4 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxd4 c6 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bxa4 Qb6 21. Bc3 d5
22. Bc2 Bxb4 23. Rb1 c5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Bxb4 cxb4 26. Qg4 N7f6 27. Qh4 Kg7
28. N2f3 Qd6 29. Nb5 Qc5 30. Nbd4 Nc3 31. Rxb4 Bxf3 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. gxf3 g5
34. Rc4 Qd5 35. Nf5+ Qxf5 36. Bxf5 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 gxh4 38. Bd3 Ng3+ 39. fxg3 hxg3
40. Kg2 Rd8 41. Bf5 Rd5 42. Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chachere, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2265"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. Nf3 e6 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Kh1 b5 11. Qe1 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nfd7 14. Bf4 Nc5 15.
Qg3 Re8 16. Bh6 g6 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5 Qe7 19. Qf4 Nxd3 20. cxd3 b4 21. Nd1
Nd7 22. Ne3 Nb6 23. Bg5 Qf8 24. Ng4 Nd5 25. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Laatum, Gozewijn"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Rd1 Nd7 10. Qb3 e5 11. dxe5 Ncxe5 12. Be2 Qc8 13. Qc2 c6 14. Nxe5
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nxe5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bd4 Rd8 18. Bxg7 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Kxg7 20. Qd4+
f6 21. h3 Nh6 22. O-O Qc7 23. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zamansky, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Re1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. a4 e5 13. Be3 b6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15.
Red1 Rfd8 16. Rd2 h6 17. f4 Qb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 exf4 20. Bxf4 Re8 21. Rf1
a6 22. Be3 Bd8 23. Kh1 b5 24. Qf3 bxa4 25. Bd4 Qe7 26. Rdf2 Rb8 27. c3 Qd7 28.
Qd3 Qb5 29. Qf5 Qd7 30. Qxd7 Nxd7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Rxf7+ Kg8 33. Rxd7 Rxb2 34.
Bh3 a3 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Poldauf, Dirk"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 e4 5. Ng5 Nf6 6. e3 Be7 7. f3 exf3 8. Qxf3
O-O 9. Bd3 c6 $2 (9... g6) 10. Bxf5 Ne8 11. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 12. Bxe6+ Kh8 13. Qe2
$16 Nc7 14. Bg4 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Bf3 Nc6 17. O-O Bd6 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Ne4
Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 $1 Be7 21. Bc3 Qe8 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Qg2 Rf7 24. Kh1 Raf8 25. Rg1
Ne6 26. Rd5 Kg8 27. b3 g6 28. f4 Ng7 29. Ba1 Nf5 30. Qd2 Re8 31. Qc3 Rg7 32.
Rg2 $1 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kindl, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qa5 10. Na4 Ne4 11. Bb3 Bf5 12. Bd2 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nxd2 14. Nxd2 Ne5
15. e4 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Rac1 Bxa4 18. Bxa4 Rfd8 19. Rc2 Nd3 20. Nb3 a6 21. g3
Nb4 22. Rc4 Nd3 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Rc4 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Visser, Yge"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 022"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 dxc4 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Nxb6 axb6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. O-O Bc6 11. Re1 Bd5 12. Be3 Nc6 13. a3 O-O 14. Nd2 f5
15. f4 Qd7 16. Qc2 Rf7 17. Rad1 Kh8 18. Nb1 Bd8 19. Nc3 Ne7 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Bc4 b5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qc5 c6 24. Qxd5 exd5 25. Bd2 Be7 26. Kf2 Kg8 27. Kf3
g6 28. h3 Ra4 29. Bc3 Rf8 30. g4 Kf7 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. e6+ Ke8 33. Rg1 b4 34.
axb4 Bxb4 35. Rg7 Bxc3 36. bxc3 Ra3 37. Rd3 Rf6 38. Re3 Rg6 39. Rxh7 Ra2 40.
Rxb7 Rag2 41. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Frolov, Yury"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. e3 Bg7 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Qc7 11. Ba3 b6 12. a5 Bb7 13. Qa4 Nf6 14. a6 Bd5 15.
Rfe1 Ne4 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Bd3 f5 18. c4 Bc6 19. Qc2 e6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5
Rf7 22. f3 Rfd7 23. Rcd1 Ng5 24. h4 Bxf3 25. hxg5 Bxd1 26. Rxd1 Qxe5 27. Bc1
Qg3 28. Qe2 Qg4 29. Kf2 Qxg5 30. Bc2 Qh4+ 31. Kg1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Qe4 33. Bc2
Qe5 34. Bd2 Rd7 35. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gezaljan, Tigran"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. Be3 Bg4 10. Rb1 Bxf3 11. gxf3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bxd4 13. Rxb7 O-O 14.
O-O e6 15. f4 Bxe3 16. fxe3 Qa5 17. Qc2 Rac8 18. Rb5 Qa3 19. Qb3 Qe7 20. e5 a6
21. Rb7 Qc5 22. Qb6 Qc3 23. Qb3 Na5 24. Qxc3 Rxc3 25. Bxa6 Nxb7 0-1

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nazariev, S."]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 d5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 Rxe5 11. Nf3 Re8 12. h3 c6 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Nd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Be3 Nf4 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Ne3 Ra8 15.
Kh2 Be6 16. Ng1 Ne7 17. g3 Bxb3 18. axb3 Ne6 19. Rf1 Qg6 20. Nf3 Rad8 21. Nh4
Qg5 22. Nhf5 Rfe8 23. f4 Nxf5 24. fxg5 Nxe3 25. Qh5 Nxf1+ 26. Rxf1 g6 27. Qxh6
d5 28. h4 dxe4 29. h5 Nf8 30. hxg6 Nxg6 31. dxe4 Rd2+ 32. Kh3 Rxb2 33. Rxf7
Kxf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qxg6 Rf2 36. Qh7 Re7 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Kg4 a5 39. c4 b6
40. Qh7+ Kf8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42. c5 bxc5 43. Qc6 Rd2 44. Qxc5 Rd6 45. Qxa5 Kg7 46.
Qa8 Rd4 47. Qc6 Rd6 48. Qc5 Kg6 49. Qb4 Kg7 50. Qc5 Kg6 51. b4 Kg7 52. b5 Kf8
53. Kf5 Kf7 54. Qa3 Kf8 55. Kg4 Kf7 56. Kh5 Rde6 57. Qa8 Kg7 58. Qd8 Rf7 59.
Kg4 Ree7 60. Qd5 Rf8 61. Qc6 Rff7 62. Qh6+ Kg8 63. g6 Rf6 64. Kg5 Rd6 65. Qh3
Rde6 66. Kf5 Rd6 67. Qh4 Rdd7 68. Qf6 Re8 69. Kg5 Rde7 70. Kh6 Rd7 71. Qc6 Rde7
72. g4 Rd8 73. Qf6 Rde8 74. Kg5 Rg7 75. Qc6 Rd8 76. Qe6+ Kh8 77. Kh6 1-0

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bedgarani, Ilgar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7+
8. Qe2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Ne7 11. d6 Nc6 12. Rad1 cxd6 13. Kc1 d5 14.
Nxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxd4 d6 16. Rxd5 Ke7 17. Bf3 Rb8 18. Rhd1 Rd8 19. Be4 g6 20. f4
f5 21. Bf3 Be6 22. R5d3 b6 23. Ra3 Rd7 24. Re3 Kf6 25. Bc6 Rdd8 26. Rde1 Bf7
27. Re7 Rbc8 28. Ba4 a6 29. Bb3 d5 30. Ra7 Ra8 31. Rb7 Rab8 32. Ree7 Rxb7 33.
Rxb7 Rd6 34. Kd2 h6 35. Kd3 g5 36. g3 gxf4 37. gxf4 Bh5 38. Rh7 Kg6 39. Ra7 Bf3
40. Kd4 Re6 41. Bxd5 Bxd5 42. Kxd5 Re2 43. Rxa6 Rxc2 44. Rxb6+ Kh5 45. h3 Re2
46. a4 Re4 47. a5 Rxf4 48. b4 Rf3 49. a6 Rxh3 50. Rb5 1-0

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cherepkov, Alexander V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7+
8. Qe2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Ne7 11. d6 Nc6 12. Rad1 cxd6 13. Kc1 b6 14.
Rhe1 Kd8 15. Bc4 Bb7 16. Bxf7 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Rf8 19. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Labutin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B16"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8.
g3 Nd7 9. Bg2 Be4 10. O-O e6 11. Qe2 f5 12. Ng5 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qd6 14. Re1 Nf6
15. Bf4 Qd5+ 16. Kg1 h6 17. c4 Qd7 18. Nf3 Bg7 19. Ne5 Qc8 20. Nd3 O-O 21. Be5
Qd8 22. Rad1 Kh7 23. Nf4 Qa5 24. d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 exd5 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Rxd5 Qxa2 30. Red1 Rae8 31. Qc3 Re6 32. Ra5 1-0

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shushpanov, Vladimir Fedorovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B74"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nb3 d6 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Na5 10. f4 Be6 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 b6
15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Rf3 b5 17. Raf1 Kh8 18. fxg6 fxg6 19. Qe6 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rce8 21.
Ne2 Qc5 22. Be3 Qc8 23. Nf4 Ng4 24. Nxg6+ hxg6 25. Qxg6 Nxe3 26. Rg1 Rf6 27.
Rh3+ Kg8 28. Qh7+ Kf7 29. Qh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sofieva, Ainur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15.
Bb1 a5 16. Nf1 Bd7 17. Bg5 Rfc8 18. Ne3 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bg3 Nh7 21. Nh2 Kg7
22. Qh5 Nf6 23. Qf3 h5 24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Ng8 26. a3 Nc2 27. Bxc2 Qxc2 28.
Nf3 Nh6 29. Qd7 Rc7 30. Qxb5 f5 31. Nxe5 f4 32. Nd3 fxg3 33. Rec1 gxf2+ 34. Kh2
f1=N+ 35. Kg1 Qe2 36. Re1 Rc5 37. Qd7 Qxd3 38. Qxe7+ Nf7 39. Rxf1 Qd4+ 40. Kh1
Rf8 41. Rf5 Kg8 42. Raf1 Qg7 43. Rf6 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4 45. Qe6 Kh8 46. Rxf7 Rxf7
47. Qxf7 Qxf7 48. Rxf7 g3 49. Kg1 Rc2 50. Rf3 Rc1+ 51. Rf1 Rc2 52. e5 dxe5 53.
d6 Rd2 54. b4 axb4 55. axb4 Rxd6 56. b5 Rb6 57. Rb1 Kg7 58. Kf1 Kf6 59. Ke2 Ke6
60. Kf3 Kd5 61. Rd1+ Ke6 62. Rb1 Kd5 63. Ke3 e4 64. Rd1+ Ke5 65. Rh1 Rf6 66. b6
Kd6 67. Rb1 Rf8 68. Kxe4 Kc6 69. b7 Rb8 70. Kf3 Kc7 71. Kxg3 Rg8+ 72. Kh2 Kb8
1-0

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3
Bg7 9. g4 Nc6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. h4 h5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Rg1 Nxd4
15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 Be6 17. Kb1 Nf4 18. Rg5 Rac8 19. a3 Qd8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 a6 22. Bd3 Qf6 23. Be4 Rc4 24. Rg4 Rfc8 25. Rdg1 Qe7 26. Bxf4 exf4 27.
Bxg6 fxg6 28. Rxg6 Kf8 29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Rxg7 Kxg7 31. Qg2+ Kh7 32. Qg4 Rg8 33.
Qd7+ Rg7 34. Qxd6 Rg1+ 35. Ka2 Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Leningrad op"]
[Site "Leningrad"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1990.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 018 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. e3 Na6 10. Bxc4 Nxc5 11. Ke2 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Be5 Rac8 14.
Rhd1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Nxd8 17. Nd4 Nd7 18. Bc7 Bxd4 19. Bxd8 Bxc3
20. bxc3 Kf8 21. Bc7 Ke8 22. Kd3 Nc5+ 23. Kc4 Ne6 24. Bb8 a6 25. Kd5 Kd7 26. g4
Nc7+ 27. Bxc7 Kxc7 28. f4 Kd7 29. h4 h6 30. c4 e6+ 31. Ke5 Ke7 32. g5 hxg5 33.
hxg5 Kd7 34. Kf6 Ke8 35. a4 b6 36. Kg7 Ke7 37. Kg8 Ke8 38. Kg7 Ke7 39. e4 Ke8
40. Kf6 Kf8 41. f5 exf5 42. exf5 gxf5 43. Kxf5 Ke7 44. Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Be2 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Ba3 Qd7 12. Rfd1 Rfd8 13. Qe3 Na5 14. Rab1
Qa4 15. Bxe7 Re8 16. Bb5 Qxa2 17. Bxe8 Rxe8 18. Bb4 Rxe4 19. Qd3 Qd5 20. Bxa5
Rg4 21. h3 Rg5 22. Kf1 Qxa5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Qg3 Qd5 25. Re1 Bf6 26. Re3 Kg7
27. f3 c5 28. dxc5 Qxc5 29. Qe1 Bg5 30. Rd3 Ba6 31. Rbd1 Bf6 32. Qe2 Bc4 33.
Qc2 b5 34. g4 a5 35. Kg2 Bxd3 36. Rxd3 a4 37. Qb2 a3 38. Qd2 Qc4 39. g5 Be5 40.
Re3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Oratovsky, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nf1
O-O 9. h3 Be6 10. Ng3 d5 11. Bg5 d4 12. Nh5 Kh8 13. Nh2 dxc3 14. bxc3 Bxf2+ 15.
Kxf2 Nxe4+ 16. dxe4 Qxg5 17. g4 g6 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Ng3 Qc5+ 20. Kg2 Qxc3 21.
Rc1 Qa5 22. Qe1 Qxe1 23. Rhxe1 Bxb3 24. axb3 f6 25. Red1 Rad8 26. Rd5 Rf7 27.
Rcd1 Rxd5 28. exd5 Nb4 29. Ne4 Kg7 30. Nc5 Re7 31. Nxb7 e4 32. Ne1 Nxd5 33.
Rxd5 c6 34. Rc5 Rxb7 35. Rc3 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. Kg3 Kf6 38. Kf4 Ke6 39. Nc2
Kd5 40. b4 Rb5 41. Ne3+ Kd4 42. Rxc6 Kd3 43. Rd6+ Ke2 44. Rd4 a5 45. bxa5 Rxa5
46. h4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gasimov, Rahim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
cxd4 9. cxd4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bc2 b6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Qd3 g6
15. Bb3 Be7 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Ba4 Nd7 18. Qe3 a6 19. Qf4 b5 20. Bb3 Nf6 21. Ne5
Bd5 22. Rac1 Bxb3 23. axb3 Bf8 24. Bg5 Bg7 25. Rc3 Rf8 26. Qh4 h6 27. Bxh6 Nd5
28. Bg5 Nxc3 29. Bxd8 Ne2+ 30. Kh1 Rfxd8 31. Nc6 Rd7 32. Qe4 Rc8 33. d5 exd5
34. Qxe2 Kf8 35. Nb4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U20"]
[Site "Simferopol"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1990.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bf4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Qb1 Qd5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Na6 14. a3 b5
15. Bf3 Rab8 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nc3 e5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rfe8 20. O-O Rxe5
21. e4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 Be8 23. Rd5 Re6 24. Bg4 Re7 25. Rad1 c6 26. Rd6 Nc7 27. f4
a5 28. e5 axb4 29. axb4 Kg7 30. Bf3 Ne6 31. Ne2 c5 32. g4 Kf8 33. bxc5 Nxc5 34.
R1d5 Nd3 35. Be4 Nb4 36. Rc5 Rd7 37. Nd4 Na6 38. Rcd5 Rxd6 39. exd6 b4 40. d7
Bxd7 41. Rxd7 Nc5 42. Rc7 Nxe4 43. Rxc4 Nf6 44. g5 Nd5 45. Nb3 Ke7 46. Kf2 Kd6
47. Kf3 Ra8 48. Rd4 Rc8 49. Ke4 Re8+ 50. Kd3 Re3+ 51. Kc2 Rf3 52. Nd2 Rxf4 53.
Rd3 Ke6 54. Kb3 Rg4 55. Nf3 Re4 56. Nd4+ Kd6 57. Nc2 Kc5 58. Rf3 Rf4 59. Rd3
Rf2 60. Rh3 Nf4 61. Re3 Rxh2 62. Nxb4 Rh3 63. Nd3+ Kd4 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Qe2 h6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Rad1 Rfe8 13. Bc1 Rad8 14. Bc2 b5 15.
Ncd2 d5 16. a4 Nh5 17. Nb1 Qe7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Na3 b4 20. Nb5 Bb6 21. d4 bxc3
22. bxc3 exd4 23. Nfxd4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Qh4 25. e5 Bd7 26. Rde1 Nf4 27. Qf3 Bxd4
28. cxd4 Ne6 29. Qd3 Qxd4 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Re3 Ke7 32. Rd1 Rh8 33. Ba3+ c5 34.
Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Na5 13. Bc2 c6 14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxc4
bxc4 16. Ba4 Qc7 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. a4 h6 21. Bh4 Nb6
22. Nh2 Re6 23. f3 Ra7 24. b5 axb5 25. axb5 Qb7 26. Rxa7 Qxa7 27. Bf2 Qb7 28.
Qa1 d5 29. Qa5 Qc8 30. exd5 Nxd5 31. Rd1 Nb6 32. Kh1 Bc5 33. Qa2 Re8 34. Ng4 h5
35. Ne3 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Nf5 Qd5 38. Bxc5 Qxc5 39. Qd2 Qc7 40. Qg5 g6 41.
Ne7+ Kg7 42. Nc6 Qd6 43. Nxe5 Qd5 44. Qf4 f6 45. Nc6 Qxb5 46. Qc7+ Kh6 47. Nd4
Qe5 48. Qxb6 Qe1+ 49. Kh2 Qe5+ 50. g3 h4 51. Qe6 Qxg3+ 52. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schlosser, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 c5 16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 f5 18. exf5 Nf6 19. Ne4 Nbxd5 20. Nfd2 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stangl, Markus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Rd1
Bb7 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. e4 Bb4 12. e5 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Ne4 14. Qe3 Qe7 15.
Bb2 c5 16. Nh4 f5 17. exf6 Ndxf6 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. f3 cxd4 20. Rxd4 Nc5 21.
Rad1 Qf7 22. Qg5 Ncd7 23. R4d2 Rfe8 24. Bf1 Rc5 25. Qe3 Bc6 26. Re1 Rd5 27.
Rxd5 Bxd5 28. Rc1 Nf8 29. Be5 N6d7 30. Rc7 Qh5 31. Bb2 a5 32. Qd4 Qg5 33. f4
Qe7 34. Bb5 Rb8 35. Bc3 Rb7 36. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fishbein, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Bf4 a6 13. g4 b5 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Be3 Ne5 16. f4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bb6 b4 19. Ne2 Re8 20. Nbd4 a5 21. Ng3
Nxf4 22. Qxf4 e5 23. Qf3 exd4 24. Bxd4 Bf8 25. h4 a4 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 Qe6
28. Rdf1 Bb7 29. h5 Ra5 30. Qf4 Be7 31. g6 fxg6 32. hxg6 Qxg6 33. Qd2 Rg5 34.
Qxb4 Bxe4 35. Nxe4 Qxe4 36. Qc4+ d5 37. Qc6 Rf8 38. Bb2 Rg6 39. Qd7 Qe6 40. Qb7
Rxf1+ 41. Rxf1 h6 42. Bc3 Bc5 43. Re1 Qc6 44. Qb8+ Kh7 45. Re8 Rg1+ 46. Kb2 d4
47. Bd2 d3 48. Rh8+ Kg6 49. Qg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kogan, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxd4 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bf6 10. Qd3 O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 12. Qd2 h6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. g4
Bg5 15. Rdg1 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qh4 17. Rg3 Re5 18. Qb4 Rae8 19. f4 Re3 20. Rxe3
Rxe3 21. Qxb7 Re1+ 22. Kd2 Qf2+ 23. Kc3 g5 24. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 25. Kb3 gxf4 26. Qxc7
Qe7 27. Qxa7 Qd8 28. h3 Kg7 29. a4 f3 30. a5 Bc8 31. Kc3 Qg5 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33.
a6 Qc1 34. Qe4 f2 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Qxc8 Qe1+ 37. Kb3 f1=Q 38. Bxf1 Qxf1 39. Qc4
Qf3+ 40. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kosic, Dragan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. a4 a6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. a5 Rac8 14. Bb6 Qb8 15.
Nd5 Rfe8 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Ra3 Nd7 18. Rd3 Nxb6 19. axb6 Rd7 20. c4 Rf8 21.
Qd2 Qd8 22. Qb4 Qb8 23. Red1 Rfd8 24. Qa3 g6 25. h4 Kg7 26. b4 e5 27. Qc3 Kg8
28. f3 f5 29. b5 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ledger, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Qd7 8.
Ne2 Be7 9. Ng3 Bg4 10. Qd3 Be6 11. Nh5 g6 12. Ng7+ Kd8 13. Be3 f5 14. Nxe6+
Qxe6 15. d5 Qxd5 16. Qxd5+ cxd5 17. O-O-O Kc7 18. Rxd5 Nd7 19. Bb5 Nf6 20. Rd4
Rad8 21. Rhd1 Rxd4 22. Bxd4 a6 23. Bc4 Rf8 24. Re1 Ne4 25. Bd5 Bg5+ 26. Kc2 Nd6
27. a4 a5 28. Kd3 Rd8 29. g3 Rd7 30. f4 Bd8 31. c4 b6 32. Rb1 Be7 33. b4 axb4
34. Rxb4 Nc8 35. Rb5 Bd6 36. a5 bxa5 37. Rxa5 Be7 38. Rb5 Nd6 39. Bb6+ Kc8 40.
Ra5 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1990.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Werner, Marc"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1990.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 016 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1990.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. b4 Bb6 6. d3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. O-O O-O
9. Nbd2 Ne7 10. Bb3 c6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Ne3 d5 15. Qc2
Nf4 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Nd2 Be6 18. a5 Rad8 19. g3 dxe4 20. dxe4 Nd3 21. Re2 Bxb3
22. Qxb3 Bb8 23. Ba1 Ba7 24. f3 Nc1 25. Rxc1 Rxd2 26. Rce1 Qd7 27. c4 Rd3 28.
Qc2 c5 29. Kg2 cxb4 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. cxd5 Qb5 32. Rc1 Be3 33. Rce1 b3 34. Qc7
Bd2 35. Rb1 Bxa5 36. Qc1 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Rxb1 Qxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 e5 7. b4 O-O-O
8. Nf3 exd4 9. Bb5 Nge7 10. O-O Kb8 11. Rd1 a6 12. Be2 Qe6 13. b5 axb5 14. Bxb5
g6 15. exd4 Bg7 16. Be3 b6 17. Bf4 Qe4 18. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rae8 12. Nf1 exd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Bc2 d5 15.
e5 Ne4 16. N1d2 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nf1 c5 19. dxc5 d4 20. Be3 Rd8 21. Bd2
Nxd2 22. Qxd2 d3 23. Bxd3 Bxf3 24. Qxa5 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qxd3 26. Rad1 Qg6+ 27.
Ng3 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 h5 29. h4 Bxh4 30. Qd2 Rd8 31. Qe2 Qc6+ 32. Kh2 Rxd1 33. Qxd1
Qxc5 34. Qe2 Bf6 35. b3 Be5 36. Kg2 Qd5+ 37. Kg1 g6 38. Qc2 Kg7 39. Ne4 Kh6 40.
Qe2 Bf4 41. Qc2 h4 42. Qe2 Qf5 43. f3 h3 44. Qf2 g5 45. Qb6+ Kh5 46. Nf6+ Kh4
47. Ne4 Qf8 48. Kf1 Qg7 49. Nf6 Qc7 50. Qf2+ Bg3 51. Qd4+ Qf4 52. Qc3 b4 53.
Qc6 h2 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. Rb1 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Qxa2 13. d5 Nb8 14. O-O e6
15. Bb4 Re8 16. Rc1 Na6 17. Bb5 Nxb4 18. Bxe8 exd5 19. exd5 Bf5 20. Ba4 Nd3 21.
Bb3 Qa3 22. d6 Nxc1 23. Bxf7+ Kf8 24. Qd5 Ne2+ 25. Kh1 Qb2 26. Ng5 Bf6 27. Bg8
Kg7 28. Qf7+ Kh6 29. h4 Bxg5 30. Qxh7# 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kiriakov, Petr"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rc1 b6 12. c5 bxc5 13. Bxe5 Qxe5 14.
Bb5+ Kf8 15. Bc6 Rb8 16. b4 Ba6 17. f4 Qf6 18. Kf2 g6 19. bxc5 Kg7 20. cxd6 Rb2
21. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chekaev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bc5 7. Nd6+ Ke7 8.
Nxc8+ Rxc8 9. Bd3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Bb6 12. O-O Ne5 13. b3 Ba5 14. Bb2
Nxd3 15. Qxd3 f6 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qg3 Kf8 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qf3 Rg8 20. a3 Nc6 21.
b4 Bc7 22. Nc5 Be5 23. Rd7 Qe8 24. Qh3 f5 25. Qe3 b6 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Qxe5 Rc6
28. Rfd1 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cherkasov, S."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Nde2 Nf6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 O-O 11. g4 d6 12. f4 Re8 13. f5 Bf8 14. Nf4 Ne5 15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Nce2 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 Nc4 18. Nd4 e5 19. g5 Ng4 20. hxg4 exd4 21. g6
h6 22. Nd5 Be6 23. b4 Qc8 24. Qxd4 Ne5 25. Nb6 Qd8 26. Nxa8 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Nxg4
28. Bf4 Rxa8 29. Bxd6 Rd8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Bxf8 Qh2+ 32. Kf1 Qf4+ 33. Ke1
Qxf8 34. Rd1 Bxa2 35. e5 Nh2 36. Qb6 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Danielian, Oganes"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. N2f3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. c4 Qb8 14. Rd1
a5 15. Bf4 a4 16. Rac1 Nb6 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 h6 20. Nf3 Rc8
21. Rd2 c5 22. a3 Ra5 23. Rc4 Nb6 24. Rg4 c4 25. Qe3 Kf8 26. Qe4 c3 27. bxc3
Kg8 28. Rd1 Rc4 29. Nd4 Rd5 30. Qf4 h5 31. Rxg7+ Kxg7 32. Qg3+ Kh7 33. Nf3 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mokriak, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Na6 8. e4
Nb4 9. Ra4 Nc2+ 10. Kd1 dxe4 11. Ng5 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 Bxc5 13. Rc4 Bxf2 14. Ngxe4
Rd8+ 15. Kc2 Ne7 16. Bd3 b5 17. Nxf2 bxc4 18. bxc4 O-O 19. g4 Bxd3+ 20. Nxd3
Rd4 21. h3 Rfd8 22. Ne5 f6 23. Nf3 Rd3 24. Ne1 R3d7 25. b3 e5 26. Rf1 Ng6 27.
Be3 Nf8 28. g5 Rf7 29. gxf6 gxf6 30. Ne4 f5 31. Bg5 Rd4 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Nf3
Ne6 34. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 35. Kd3 Rxf6 36. Bxf6+ Kxf6 37. b4 Ne6 38. Ra1 Nf4+ 39. Ke3
Nxh3 40. Rxa7 f4+ 41. Ke2 Ke6 42. b5 cxb5 43. cxb5 Kd6 44. b6 Ng5 45. Rg7 Ne6
46. Rf7 Nd4+ 47. Kd3 Nc6 48. Kc4 h5 49. Kb5 Nb8 50. b7 h4 51. Kb6 h3 52. Ka7 h2
53. Rh7 f3 54. Kxb8 f2 55. Kc8 f1=Q 56. b8=Q+ Kd5 57. Rd7+ Kc4 58. Qc7+ Kb3 59.
Qb6+ Kc3 60. Qe3+ Kb4 61. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2245"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Bb3 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 Nh5 10. Nc4 Bg4 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 Bd7 13. g4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Nh7 15. Nfd2
f5 16. f3 fxg4 17. fxg4 h5 18. Rxf8+ Qxf8 19. Nf1 Qf6 20. Nh2 Qh4 21. Kg2 hxg4
22. Nxg4 Rf8 23. Bd2 Bxg4 24. hxg4 Nf6 25. Rh1 Qxg4+ 26. Qxg4 Nxg4 27. Rh4 Nf2
28. Bg5 Bf6 29. Bxf6 Rxf6 30. Bc2 g5 31. Rh5 g4 32. Ne3 Nh3 33. Rh4 Rf2+ 34.
Kh1 Kf7 35. Nxg4 Rxc2 36. Rxh3 Rxb2 37. Rh7+ Kf8 38. Nf6 Rf2 39. Nh5 Rxa2 40.
Rh8+ Kf7 41. Rh7+ Kg6 42. Rxe7 Kxh5 43. Rxc7 Kg4 44. Rxb7 Kf3 45. Rd7 Ra6 46.
c4 Kxe4 47. Rc7 Kd4 48. Rc6 Rb6 49. Kg2 e4 50. Kg3 e3 51. c5 Rb1 52. Kf3 Rf1+
53. Ke2 Rf2+ 54. Ke1 Rh2 55. Rxd6 Kd3 56. Kf1 e2+ 57. Kg1 e1=Q+ 58. Kxh2 Qf2+
0-1

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1991.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. O-O-O+
Nbd7 8. f4 exf4 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bxf4 c6 11. Nd4 Bb4 12. e5 Bxc3 13. exf6 Bxd4
14. Rxd4 gxf6 15. Bd3 c5 16. Re4 Ke7 17. Rhe1 Nb6 18. Bg3 Rad8 19. Rh4 h5 20.
Be2 Rd4 21. Rxd4 cxd4 22. Bf2 h4 23. Bxd4 h3 24. g3 Nd7 25. Bf3 b6 26. Re3 Rc8
27. Be2 Kd6 28. Ra3 Rc7 29. g4 f5 30. Rd3 Ke7 31. g5 f4 32. Rf3 Kd6 33. Bf1 Ne5
34. Rxf4 Bxa2 35. Rf6+ Kd5 36. Bc3 Ng4 37. Rf5+ Ke6 38. Rf4 f5 39. gxf6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gotthardt, Detlef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Rb8 12. c4 d5 13. Qc2 Ng4 14. Ba7 Rb4 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. b3 Be6 18. Rad1 Qd7 19. Bc5 Rc8 20. Qd2 Bxc5 21.
Nxc5 Qb5 22. Nxa6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Neumeier, Klaus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10. Bxc6+ Qxc6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 O-O 14.
c4 Nf5 15. d5 Qg6 16. Bf4 Nd4 17. Qd1 c5 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Qd3 b6 20. Bf4 Rfe8
21. Rfe1 Nd4 22. Qxg6 hxg6 23. Kf1 f6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Darnstaedt, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Bb5 Nge7 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Be7 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Bd6 Re8 12. Qd2 Bf6 13. Rad1 Nd4 14. e5
Nxb3 15. axb3 Bd8 16. Qf4 Qc6 17. Rd3 Rf8 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meier, Volker"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2260"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 Nd8 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Nf1 Nf4 13. Ne3 c6 14. Bc4 g5 15.
Bg3 Kh8 16. f3 Rg8 17. d4 Be6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Rae8 20. Qd2 N6h5 21. Rad1
g4 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. g3 gxf3 24. Kh1 Qf6 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Qf2 Nd5 27. Qxf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Georg, Heinz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2230"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Nxd5 6. exd5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qe7+
8. Qe2 Bxd2+ 9. Kxd2 Qxe2+ 10. Bxe2 Nb4 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. d6 c5 13. Bc4 g6 14.
Ne5 Kg7 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 dxc6 17. Re5 Bf5 18. Re7 b5 19. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grinfeld, Alla B"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2225"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. Re1 h6 11. h3 Be6 12. c4 Nd7 13. Nh2 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. exd5 Bxd5 16. a3 Bc6 17. Nf1 Re6 18. Ng3 Nf6 19. Bb2 Rb8 20. c4 Qe8 21. Bc3
Rd8 22. Qc2 Nd7 23. d4 exd4 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Bxd4 h5 26. Qe2 Qg6 27. Re1 Nf8
28. Qe5 h4 29. Qxg7+ Qxg7 30. Bxg7 hxg3 31. Bc3 Rd3 32. Bb4 Ne6 33. fxg3 Rxg3
34. Re2 Nf4 35. Rd2 Bxg2 36. Kf2 Rf3+ 37. Kg1 Rf1+ 38. Kh2 Bc6 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40.
Kg3 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Martinez Forn, O."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2295"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Bb5 a5 7. a4 Na7 8. Bd3
c5 9. c4 cxd4 10. cxd5 Nc5 11. Nc4 exd5 12. Na3 Be7 13. O-O Nc6 14. Nc2 Bg4 15.
Bb5 Ne6 16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Ncxd4 Nexd4 19. Nxd4 Rc8 20. Nf5 O-O 21. Bf4
Bxf5 22. gxf5 f6 23. e6 Bd6 24. Qd2 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 Ne7 26. Rac1 Qb6 27. Bd7 Rxc1
28. Rxc1 Qxb2 29. Rc7 Qb6 30. h4 Nxf5 31. Qxf5 Qxc7 32. e7 Qb8 33. Qxd5+ Kh8
34. Qxb7 g5 35. exf8=Q+ Qxf8 36. Bf5 Qg7 37. Qxg7+ Kxg7 38. h5 Kh6 39. Bg4 f5
40. Bxf5 Kxh5 41. Bxh7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Zysk, Robert"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Bf4 Nc6 8. Ne5
Qb6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Be5 Be6 11. Nd2 Rfd8 12. Qc2 Bh6 13. b3 d4 14. Bxf6 exf6
15. Rae1 Qb4 16. f4 Rac8 17. Qb2 a5 18. Qc2 Bg7 19. Nf3 Rc7 20. Rb1 Re7 21. Qb2
Bf5 22. a3 Qb6 23. Qd2 Rde8 24. Rfe1 Re3 25. Nh4 Bg4 26. Bf3 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Bf8
28. Nh4 f5 29. Nf3 Qc7 30. Kf2 Bd6 31. Rb2 h6 32. Rf1 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34. Ke1
g4 35. Nh4 Bxg3+ 36. hxg3 Qxg3+ 37. Kd1 Qxh4 38. Qxa5 g3 39. Qe1 g2 40. Rg1
Rxd3+ 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Qxd2 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund op"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kupreichik, Viktor D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1991.03.23"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. e4 Bb6 10. Qe2 h6 11. c4 Ng4 12. h3 Nge5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Djurhuus, Rune"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3
cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. O-O Bd6 12. Nc3 O-O 13. a3 Bd7 14. Be3 Qd8
15. Rc1 Be8 16. h3 Nh5 17. Ng5 Bb8 18. f4 Nxf4 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qg4 Qd6 21. g3
Ng6 22. Bxg6 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 Bxg6 24. Kg2 Nd8 25. Ne2 Qe7 26. Bf4 Kg8 27. Bxb8
Rxb8 28. Nf4 Bf5 29. Qh5 Rc8 30. Ng6 1-0

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qxb3 7. axb3 Na6 8. e4
Nb4 9. exf5 Nc2+ 10. Kd1 Nxa1 11. fxe6 fxe6 12. b4 a5 13. bxa5 Nb3 14. a6 Nxc1
15. axb7 Rb8 16. Kxc1 Rxb7 17. Bd3 g6 18. Re1 Bh6+ 19. Kc2 Ke7 20. b4 Nf6 21.
Ne5 Rc7 22. b5 cxb5 23. Nxb5 Rb7 24. Nc6+ Kd7 25. Ne5+ Ke7 26. Nd6 Rc7 27. Ndf7
Bg7 28. Nxh8 Bxh8 29. f4 Nd7 30. Ra1 Bf6 31. Ra8 1-0

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 g6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. b3 Nc6 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg4 10. N2f3 Ne4 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Bxe4 dxe4 14.
Qd4+ Qxd4 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nc6 Kf6 17. h3 Be2 18. Rfe1 Ba6 19. Rad1 Rfc8 20. Na5
Rd8 21. c4 Rd6 22. Kf1 Ke6 23. Ke2 Kd7 24. Rxd6+ exd6 25. Rd1 Kc7 26. a3 Bc8
27. Kd2 Be6 28. Kc3 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Westerinen, Heikki MJ"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. d4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nf3 Nxf3+ 5. Qxf3 Qf6 6. Qg3 Bb4+ 7. c3 Bc5
8. e5 Qg6 9. Bd3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 d5 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Nd2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Antonsen, Mikkel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. O-O f6 10. Nf4 fxe5 11. Qh5+ Ke7 12. dxe5 Ndxe5 13. Re1 Kd6 14. Nf3
Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 Be7 16. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Engqvist, Thomas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Qxd5 8.
e3 Nc6 9. Qf3 Qf5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qxf5 gxf5 12. Nf3 Rg8 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Rb1 Bg7
15. O-O Na5 16. Be5 b6 17. Ba6 Ra8 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. Bc7 Bc6 20. Bb5 a6 21.
Bxc6+ Nxc6 22. c4 Bc3 23. Rb6 Rg6 24. Rd1 Na5 25. Rc1 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Bb4 27. Ne5
f6 28. Nd3 Ba3 29. Bxa5 Bxc1 30. Nxc1 Kd7 31. Nb3 Kc6 32. Kf1 Rg8 33. g3 h5 34.
h4 e5 35. Ke2 f4 36. Kf3 fxg3 37. fxg3 f5 38. Bc3 Kd6 39. Nc1 Rg4 40. Nb3 Rxc4
41. Bb2 Ra4 42. a3 Rc4 43. Na1 Kd5 44. Kf2 a5 45. Ke2 a4 46. Kf3 Ke6 47. Ke2 f4
48. exf4 exf4 49. Kf3 fxg3 50. Kxg3 Kd5 51. Bf6 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanov, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 c6 4. Bc4 b5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 d6 7. Qf3 e6 8. Bf4 Ba6
9. Rd1 Ne7 10. h4 h6 11. Nh3 Nc8 12. h5 g5 13. Bc1 Nd7 14. Qg3 b4 15. Na4 d5
16. e5 Ne7 17. f4 Nf5 18. Qf3 f6 19. g4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 fxe5 21. fxe5 Nxe5 22.
Qe3 O-O 23. Kd1 Qd6 24. Nf2 Rf3 25. Qe1 Raf8 26. Be3 Rxf2 27. Bxf2 Nf3 28. Bg3
Qe7 29. Rd2 Nxe1 30. Rxe1 bxa3 0-1

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bern, Ivar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qc2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6
15. dxc5 Be6 16. Qa4 Rdb8 17. Rb1 Rb5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Rab8 20. Rxb5 axb5
21. Qa6 Qb7 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. a3 Ra7 24. Bc1 Ra4 25. Bb2 Rc4 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.
Bxc1 f5 28. f3 fxe4 29. fxe4 Bc4 30. Kf2 e6 31. Bg5 Kf7 32. Kf3 Bf1 33. g3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Arnold Cup"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hartman, Christer"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1991.04.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Bd3 c5 5. c3 Nbd7 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2
b6 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Bb7 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. Ne5 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen op"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Peschardt, Soren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb3 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. Nc3 c4 12. Nd4 Bf7 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Nde2
Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Ne7 16. Nf4 Nc6 17. Nfd5 Nb4 18. Nxb4 Bxb4 19. Nd5 Rd8 20. a3
Bf8 21. Nc3 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Kd7 23. Kf2 b5 24. f4 Bh5 25. Nc3 c5 26. Bd2 b4 27.
axb4 cxb4 28. Nd5 Bc5+ 29. Be3 Kc6 30. c3 a5 31. Ke1 Bg6 32. cxb4 axb4 33. f5
Bxf5 34. Bxc5 Kxc5 35. Nxf6 gxf6 36. exf5 Kd4 37. g4 Ke5 38. Kd2 Kf4 39. h3 h6
40. Ke2 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen op"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Renman, Nils Gustaf"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qd2 h6 9. Nh3 exd5 10. Nf4 O-O 11. e3 c5 12. dxc5 d4 13. exd4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4
Bxd4 15. Bc4 Re8+ 16. Kd2 Na6 17. Rae1 Rd8 18. Kc1 Kf8 19. Rd1 Bg4 20. f3 Be3+
21. Kb1 Bf5+ 22. Nd3 Nxc5 23. Kc2 h5 24. Rhe1 Rd4 25. b3 Bh6 26. Ne2 Rad8 27.
Nec1 Bxc1 28. Kxc1 Nxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen op"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Borge, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nde2 Be6 10. Nf4 Bc4 11. Re1 e5 12. Nfd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 f5 14. b3 Ba6 15.
Ba3 f4 16. c3 Qd7 17. Nb4 Nxb4 18. Bxb4 Rad8 19. Qd5+ Kh8 20. c4 b5 21. Rad1
fxg3 22. hxg3 Rf6 23. c5 Bb7 24. Qd3 Bf8 25. Bc3 Rf7 26. cxd6 Qe8 27. f4 Bg7
28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. fxe5 Kg8 30. Qd4 Qe6 31. Rf1 Qg4 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Rf1+ Kg8
34. Qf2 Rc8 35. Qf7+ Kh8 36. d7 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen op"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kristiansen, Jens"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Nxc4 6. dxc4 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Ng3 d6 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 c6 11. b3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Rae1 Bf6
15. Nd1 Be5 16. Ne3 Bg6 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Re8 19. c5 Bxf4 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8
21. Qxf4 dxc5 22. f6 g6 23. Qh6 Qf8 24. Qxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rd1 g5 26. Rd7 Rb8 27.
a4 a5 28. Kf2 h6 29. Ke3 b5 30. Ra7 c4 31. Rxa5 cxb3 32. cxb3 bxa4 33. bxa4 Rb2
34. Kf3 Kh7 35. Rc5 Rb3+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen op"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Qd3 Qc7 12. Nd4 Rfd8 13. f3 a6 14. h4 Rac8
15. Kb1 b5 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Ne2 h6 18. Nd4 Qc7 19. Bc1 d5 20. e5 Nd7 21. f4
Bxh4 22. Rh1 Bf2 23. Qe2 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nc5 25. g4 Ne4 26. Qh2 Kf8 27. a3 Ke7
28. Re1 Qa5 29. Qh4+ Ke8 30. f5 Rc4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Rf1 Qb6 34.
Qh5+ Kd7 35. Qf7+ Kc8 36. Qxg7 d4 37. Qg6 Nc5 38. Qxh6 d3 39. cxd3 Qb3 40. Rf8
Qxd3+ 41. Ka2 Qd5 42. Rxd8+ Kxd8 43. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen op"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kishnev, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 Bf5 3. cxd5 Bxb1 4. Qa4+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Rxb1 Qxd4 7. Qxd4
Nxd4 8. e3 Nc6 9. Bb5 Rc8 10. Bd2 a6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bd1 e6 13. Rc1 Bd6 14. Bf3
Kd7 15. Ke2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen op"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Piskov, Yury"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nf5 Bd8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen op"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dokhoian, Yury"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 O-O 9. Rc1 e5 10. dxe5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Rd8+ 12. Kc2 b6 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. f3
Bxe5 15. Nh3 Nc6 16. Ng5 Rf8 17. Rcd1 Na5 18. Bd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Bf6 20. Rhd1
Rae8 21. Bf4 Nc4 22. Rd7 a6 23. Rb7 h6 24. Nh3 g5 25. Bc1 b5 26. f4 b4 27. e5
Bd8 28. g3 Na5 29. Rbd7 Nc6 30. Nf2 Ba5 31. Ng4 Kg7 32. Ne3 bxc3 33. Nc4 Bb4
34. a3 Nd4+ 35. Kd3 Nb3 36. Be3 Rd8 37. Rd6 Rc8 38. Rb1 Na5 39. axb4 Nxc4 40.
Kxc4 cxb4+ 41. Kxb4 Rb8+ 42. Rb6 Rfc8 43. Rc1 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen op"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Holst, Allan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 e6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Qe1 Nd7 12. Qg3 Nc5 13. f5 Kh8 14. fxe6 fxe6 15.
Bg5 b5 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxh7 Kxh7 18. Bxe7 Rxf3 19. Rxf3 Qxe7 20. Raf1 Kg8 21.
Qg6 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen op"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bator, Robert"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1991.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
Nc3 Ncxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. b3 a5 11. Ne4 Bf8 12. c5 Qh4 13. f4 Nc6 14. Ng5 Nd8
15. Rf3 Bxc5 16. Bd3 d6 17. Bxh7+ Kf8 18. Qf1 Bg4 19. Rg3 g6 20. Bd2 Ne6 21.
Nxf7 Qxh7 22. Nxd6 cxd6 23. Rxg4 Ng7 24. Qd3 Nf5 25. Re1 Re6 26. Kh1 Rae8 27.
e4 Qe7 28. Rf1 Rxe4 29. Rxg6 Qf7 30. Rg5 Ne3 31. Rf3 Rd4 32. Qc3 Qh7 33. Rxc5
Qb1+ 34. Be1 Nd5 0-1

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karlsen, KA."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
d3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. Qg3 e5 12. Nd1 Qe7 13. Ne3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Nc4 Kh8 16. f4 e4 17. dxe4 fxe4 18. Bd2 Bd4+ 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Red1 b5 21.
Qg4 Rad8 22. Na5 Nb8 23. Nb3 Rg8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxc5 Qf7 26. Rd1 Rg8 27. Qf5
Qg7 28. Qxf6 Qxf6 29. Bd4 Kg7 30. Nc5 Kg6 31. Bxf6 Kxf6 32. Re1 Rd8 33. Rxe4
Rd1+ 34. Kh2 Rd2 35. Re8 Rxc2 36. b4 a5 37. a3 axb4 1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 d5 9. O-O O-O 10. f4 N5c6 11. e5 Qh4 12. g3 Qh3 13. Bf2 Qh6 14. Nd2 Bh3 15.
Re1 f6 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. N2f3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc6 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Qd2 Nxd4 21.
Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. fxg5 Ng4 12. Be2 Nge5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. g3
Ng6 15. Rdf1 Rb8 16. Bh5 Qb6 17. b3 hxg5 18. Bxg6 gxh4 19. Rxf7 Kd8 20. Qg5+
Kc7 21. Qf6 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 hxg3 23. hxg3 Qe3 24. e5 Bg5 25. Rxd7+ Kxd7 26. Qg7+
1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Remlinger, Larry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Be2 O-O 7. Nc3 Ncxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 Re8 11. O-O Ra6 12. Qd5 Ba7 13. c5 Rae6 14. Ne4 Qe7
15. Rac1 Bb8 16. Rfd1 Rh6 17. g3 c6 18. Qd4 Qe6 19. h4 d5 20. cxd6 Qg6 21. Ng5
Qxd6 22. Qe4 Qe7 23. Bc4 Qf8 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. Nxf7 Re6 27. Nxe5
Qe7 28. Rd4 g6 29. Bxe6+ Bxe6 30. Rcd1 Bd5 31. f4 Qc5 32. e4 Bxe4 33. R1d2 Qc1+
34. Kf2 Bd5 35. Rd1 Qc2+ 36. R1d2 Qb1 37. Nc4 Qh1 38. R2d3 Qh2+ 39. Ke1 Qg1+
40. Kd2 Qf2+ 41. Kc3 Qxa2 42. Ne3 Qxb3+ 43. Kd2 Qb2+ 44. Ke1 a4 45. Nxd5 cxd5
46. Rxa4 Qc1+ 47. Rd1 Qe3+ 48. Kf1 Qf3+ 49. Ke1 Qxg3+ 50. Ke2 Qg4+ 51. Kd2 Qxh4
0-1

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ernst, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Ne4 Ba7 12. Re1 f6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 Bf7 15.
Qd2 h6 16. d4 f5 17. Nc5 e4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Ne7 20. Qxd8 Raxd8 21. e6 Bh5
22. Nxb7 Rd2 23. Na5 Rxb2 24. Nc4 Re2 25. Rf1 Rf6 26. Rf2 Rf8 27. Rff1 Rf6 28.
Rfe1 Rf8 29. Red1 Ng6 30. Rd7 Kh7 31. Rf1 Nh4 32. Rf2 Re1+ 33. Kh2 Re8 34. Kg3
Nxg2 35. Rxf5 Rxe6 36. Rxh5 Rg6+ 37. Kf2 Rf6+ 38. Kxg2 Re2+ 39. Kg3 Rf3+ 40.
Kh4 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vladimirov, Yevgeniy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Ncd2 Nd5 12. Ne4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb6 14. Nc5 Bc4 15.
Re1 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O Bb6 8. Bb3
Qe7 9. Nc4 Be6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Na5 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bc2 Nc6 14. a3 Bg4 15.
h3 Bh5 16. Qe2 g5 17. Bg3 Nd8 18. d4 exd4 19. cxd4 Ne6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. d5 Nc5
22. Rfe1 Ncd7 23. Qe3 Rfe8 24. Rc1 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Ne5 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. f4 Ng6 28.
fxg5 hxg5 29. e5 Nxd5 30. Qc4 Ndf4 31. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Qb4 13. Qc2 Qc5 14. Qe2 h6
15. Be3 Qa5 16. Nd4 Be7 17. Qg4 g6 18. f4 Nc5 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 21.
f5 exf5 22. e6 Qa6 23. Rad1 Bxe6 24. Nxf5 Rg8 25. Qh7 Bf8 26. Nxh6 Bxh6 27.
Qxh6 Ne4 28. Rf8+ Ke7 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Qh4+ Kd7 31. Qh7+ Kc6 32. Rc1+ Kb5 33.
a4+ Ka5 34. Qc7+ b6 35. b4+ Kxb4 36. Rb1+ Ka5 37. Bd2+ 1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1991.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Qd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Rae8 13. Nbd2 Bd8 14. d5 Na5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Ba4 Qc7 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21.
dxc6 Qxc6 22. Qe2 d5 23. Rad1 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qa4 25. Rd2 a5 26. bxa5 Qxa5 27.
Qxc4 Rb8 28. Rd5 Qa8 29. Nxe5 Rfc8 30. Qe4 Qxa2 31. Nxf7 Re8 32. Ne5 Rb2 33. f4
Qa7+ 34. Kh1 Qf2 35. Rdd1 Qc2 36. Qxc2 Rxc2 37. Rc1 Rd2 38. c4 Rd4 39. g3 Ra8
40. c5 Bxe5 41. Rxe5 Kf7 42. c6 Rc8 43. c7 Rd7 44. Rec5 Ke6 45. R1c2 Rd5 46.
Kg2 Kd6 47. Rc6+ Ke7 48. R2c3 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harestad, Hans Krogh"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D00"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. Bxf6 gxf6 4. c4 c6 5. e3 e6 6. Nc3 b6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Qa4 a6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Na4 Kc7 14.
O-O Bc6 15. Rfc1 Kb7 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Nd2 Be7 18. Nb3 Rc7 19. a4 a5 20. Nb5 Rcc8
21. Nd2 Bb4 22. Nf3 Bd7 23. Kf1 Ka6 24. Nc7+ Kb7 25. Nb5 Bc6 26. Ne1 Ka6 27.
Nc3 Bd7 28. Nd3 Rc4 29. Ne2 Bd6 30. b3 Rxc1+ 31. Rxc1 b5 32. Nc5+ Bxc5 33.
axb5+ Bxb5 34. Rxc5 Rb8 35. Rc3 a4 36. bxa4 Bc4 37. Ke1 Ka5 38. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lev, Ronen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O Ng4 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Qf6 12. f3 Ne5 13. Qd2 d6 14. f4
Nd7 15. g3 Nb6 16. h4 h5 17. f5 Nd7 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Rdg1 Rb8 20. Qh6 Bd7 21. g4
hxg4 22. Bxg4 Qh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dittmar, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qc2 Qd6 13. g3 f5 14. f4 Bg7
15. Bf3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 b6 17. O-O Bf5 18. c4 e6 19. Bxf5 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 gxf5 21.
dxe6 Qc6+ 22. Qg2 Qxe6 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24. Bb2 Qc6+ 25. Qg2 Qxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Steingrimsson, Hedinn"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. O-O
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nc4 Re8 11. Re1 Qf6 12. d4 e4 13. Ncd2 Bf5 14. Bxd5 exf3
15. Bxf3 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Qxd4 17. Rf1 Rad8 18. h3 Rd6 19. Bg4 Bd3 20. Nf3 Qc5 21.
Bf4 Rd5 22. Be3 Rxe3 23. fxe3 h5 24. Bc8 Bf5 25. Nd4 Bxc8 26. Qf3 Rd7 27. Nf5
g6 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Rae1 f5 30. Qg3 Rd6 31. Kh1 Kg7 32. Rc1 Qb6 33. Nxf5+ Bxf5
34. Rxf5 Qxe3 35. Rxc7+ Kh6 36. Rxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chekhov, Valery A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. c3 Bc5 10. b4 Ba7 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Bb2 Nxe2+ 13. Qxe2 O-O 14. Kh1
Qe7 15. a3 d6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Rf3 Rac8 18. Rg3 e5 19. Bc4 Kh8 20. d3 f6 21. f5
Bd4 22. Rf1 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Rc7 24. Rgf3 Be8 25. R3f2 Bf7 26. Bxf7 Qxf7 27. Rc2
Rfc8 28. Rfc1 g6 29. fxg6 hxg6 30. h3 Kg7 31. Rxc7 Rxc7 32. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. a4 Bb7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Na3 h6 12. Rb1 b4 13. Nc4 Rb8 14. a5 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bc8 16. Ra1 Bf8 17. Ne3 g6 18. Bc4 Bg7 19. Qa4 Na7 20. Bd2 c6 21. Ba2 Be6
22. Nc4 Nd7 23. Qc2 Nb5 24. h3 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Nh2 h5 27. Be3 e4 28. d4 c5
29. Nd6 Nxd6 30. Bxd5 Rc8 31. Qd2 Nf6 32. Bb3 Nf5 33. Qa2 Qc7 34. Nf1 c4 35.
Ba4 Re7 36. Bg5 Qxa5 37. Qc2 Nxd4 38. Qd2 Nb5 39. Bxb5 Qxb5 40. Reb1 Qc6 41.
Ra5 Rd7 42. Qa2 Nd5 43. Rxa6 Qc7 44. Qc2 Nxc3 45. Re1 Qb7 46. Raa1 Rd3 47. Rac1
Ra8 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kotronias, Vasilios"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. a4 h6 14. Nbd2 Bf8 15. d5
Na5 16. Ba2 c6 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 cxd5 20. exd5 Rc8 21. Nd2 Re7
22. Qf3 e4 23. Qe3 Nxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qd4 Bb7 26. c4 Rec7 27. a5 Be7 28.
Rb1 Bf6 29. Qe3 Bg5 30. Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be3 Nc6 6. Qb6 Qxb6 7. Bxb6 g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Nd5 Kf8 10. O-O-O Nf6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Rhe1 Rc8 13. c3 Nxd5 14. exd5
Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 f5 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Kc2 Kf7 19. a4 a5 20. Bb5 Nc5 21.
Kb1 Bf6 22. Re2 g5 23. Rc2 h5 24. h3 Rc7 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Bd7 Kg6 27. c4 Be5
28. b3 Rc7 29. Be6 b6 30. Re2 Ra7 31. Kc2 Raa8 32. Kd3 Rh6 33. Rg1 Kf6 34. Bd7
Rd8 35. f4 gxf4 36. Be6 f3 37. Re3 Rg6 38. Rxg6+ Kxg6 39. Rxf3 Rf8 40. Ke2 Kg5
41. Kf1 h4 42. Ke2 Rf6 43. Bd7 Bd4 44. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kengis, Edvins"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 025"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1991.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d4 exd4 7. Re1 b5 8. e5
Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 bxa4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 Nd7
15. Nc3 a3 16. b3 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 15th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2295"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Qxf6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. c3 a6 10. d4 exd4 11. cxd4 Ba7 12. h3 O-O 13. O-O Be6 14. Rc1 Qd7
15. Qd2 Rac8 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. d5 Kg7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bxa6 Rb8 20. Rc3 Rg8
21. Nh4 Kh7 22. Rf3 Rg5 23. Bd3 Rbg8 24. Qf4 Qd8 25. e5+ Kh8 26. exf6 Bd5 27.
Rg3 Qe8 28. Nf5 R8g6 29. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 15th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mannion, Stephen R"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. O-O
Ne7 9. d4 Ng6 10. Re1 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Bc2 Qe7 13. Nc4 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
Ne3 Nf4 16. c4 Bb6 17. Nd5 N4xd5 18. exd5 Qd6 19. Bg5 Ba5 20. Re3 Bd7 21. Bh4
e4 22. Bg3 Qb6 23. Rb3 Qd8 24. Nd2 b5 25. Re3 Bf5 26. b3 Bg6 27. Rb1 Nh5 28.
Bh2 f5 29. Qe2 f4 30. Rxe4 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 Nf6 32. Bxf4 Nxe4 33. Bxe4 Qe7 34. f3
Bc7 35. d6 Bxd6 36. Bd5+ Kh8 37. Qxe7 Bxe7 38. Bxa8 Rxa8 39. Re1 Bf6 40. Re6
Kg8 41. Be3 bxc4 42. bxc4 a5 43. Rb6 Re8 44. Kf2 Bh4+ 45. Ke2 Bg5 46. Rb3 a4
47. Ra3 Kf7 48. Kd2 Rd8+ 49. Kc2 Bxe3 50. Rxe3 Kf6 51. Ra3 Ke5 52. Rxa4 Kd4 53.
Ra7 g5 54. Rxh7 Ra8 55. Kb2 Rb8+ 56. Kc1 Ra8 57. Rg7 Rxa2 58. Rxg5 Kc3 59. Kd1
Kxc4 60. h4 Kd3 61. Rxc5 Rxg2 62. Rd5+ Ke3 63. Rf5 Rh2 64. h5 Ra2 65. h6 Rd2+
66. Kc1 Rh2 67. Rf6 Kd3 68. Re6 Rh3 69. f4 Rh2 70. Rg6 Ke4 71. Rf6 Kf3 72. Kd1
Ke3 73. Kc1 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 15th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Crouch, Colin S"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2365"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. dxc6 Bxd4 8.
cxb7 Bxb7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Rab8 14. Qa3
Ne5 15. Rac1 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qb7 17. f4 Nf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qxf3 19. Qxe7 Rxb2 20. Ne4
Rxa2 21. Nf6+ Kh8 22. Nd7 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Lloyds Bank op 15th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "1991.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Pein, Malcolm"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1991.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Qxd2 d6 12. b4 Ng6 13. Bg3 h5 14. c5
dxc5 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Rfd1 Be6 17. h3 h4 18. Bh2 O-O 19. bxc5 Qxc5 20. Rac1 Qg5
21. Bxc7 Rbc8 22. Bb7 Rce8 23. f4 Qf6 24. e4 Ne7 25. Be5 Qh6 26. Rc7 Bc8 27.
Bd6 Bxb7 28. Rxb7 Qe6 29. Qd3 g6 30. f5 gxf5 31. exf5 Nxf5 32. Bxf8 Rxf8 33.
Rxa7 Kh8 34. Ra4 Qe5 35. Rg4 Re8 36. Rf1 Qc5+ 37. Kh2 Qc7+ 38. Rff4 Re5 39. Kh1
Qc8 40. Rxh4+ Nxh4 41. Rxh4+ Kg7 42. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Guerrero, JM."]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C51"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8.
Nxc4 d6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nbd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Ne3 c5
15. Nxd5 Qxd5 16. Re5 Qd7 17. Nf3 Rac8 18. Qd2 Rfd8 19. Ba3 Bd6 20. Re2 cxd4
21. Bxd6 dxc3 22. Qc2 Bf5 23. Qd1 h6 24. h3 c2 25. Qc1 Qxd6 26. Rd2 Qf6 27. a3
Qxa1 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polugaevsky, Lev"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E17"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. Ne5 Bd6 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd6 cxd6
15. Nd3 a5 16. f3 Ng5 17. Rac1 Ne6 18. Qd2 Ba6 19. Rc2 Qd7 20. Rfc1 Rac8 21.
Bh3 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rc8 23. Nf4 Qe8 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Ba3 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Qd7 27.
Kf2 Bb7 28. Qc1 b5 29. Qe3 Kf7 30. Bc1 b4 31. a3 bxa3 32. Bxa3 Bc6 33. Qf4 Ke7
34. g4 h6 35. Bf1 Ne8 36. h4 Qb7 37. Qe3 a4 38. bxa4 Bxa4 39. g5 hxg5 40. Qxg5+
Kf7 41. h5 Qb1 42. Bc1 Bc2 43. Be3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Markzon, Gregory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 h6 13. Kh1 b6 14. a3 a5 15. Nc3
Bd7 16. Bc2 Ne7 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Bd3 Be8 19. Be3 Nf5 20. Bg1 b5 21. g4 b4 22.
axb4 axb4 23. Ne2 Nh4 24. Qe1 Ne4 25. Ng3 Bxe5 26. dxe5 Ng6 27. Ne2 Qe7 28. Ra7
Rc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Be3 Nc5 31. Bb1 Bb5 32. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. e3 Nxe5 5. Nc3 a5 6. Nh3 Ng6 7. g3 Nc6 8. Bg2
Bb4 9. Bd2 Nce5 10. Qe2 d6 11. f4 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nf2 Re8 14. Nd3 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Kh1 Nf8 17. Rad1 Nd7 18. g4 Bb4 19. Nd5 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Nf6 21. Bf3
Ne4 22. Rd4 Nc5 23. Rdd1 Be6 24. Nc3 f6 25. b3 Bf7 26. Qf2 c6 27. e4 Qc7 28. g5
fxg5 29. e5 Ne6 30. exd6 Qd7 31. Bg4 gxf4 32. Na4 c5 33. Qg2 Qd8 34. d7 Rf8 35.
Bxe6 Bxe6 36. Nxc5 Qe7 37. Nxe6 Qxe6 38. Qxb7 Rad8 39. Qd5 Qxd5+ 40. Rxd5 Rf7
41. Rfd1 Kf8 42. c5 1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Martinez, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
Nb3 a6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Qxd6 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qb6 13. Qc5 Qxc5 14.
Nxc5 b6 15. Na4 b5 16. Nc5 Rd8 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. c4 b4 19. c3 a5 20. cxb4 axb4
21. Kb2 Nc6 22. Be2 Kf8 23. Rd1 Ke7 24. Nb3 e5 25. c5 Be6 26. Rd6 Nd4 27. Bd3
Ra3 28. Nxd4 exd4 29. Bb1 Ra5 30. Rxd4 b3 31. axb3 Rxc5 32. Bd3 Rc7 33. Bc4 Bd7
34. Bd5 f6 35. f4 Bb5 36. Rb4 Rc5 37. Rd4 Bf1 38. g3 Be2 39. Ra4 Rc7 40. Rb4
Ba6 41. Rb6 Bc8 42. Rc6 Rxc6 43. Bxc6 Kd6 44. Ba8 Kc5 45. Kc3 Be6 46. b4+ Kb6
47. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Speelman, Jonathan S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bd3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Be7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Nf3 b6 14. Qe2 Bb7
15. Rad1 Qe7 16. Ne5 O-O 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. Qxg4 g6 19. h4 Rad8 20. h5 Rd5 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. Be4 Rh5 23. Rd7 $3 {[#]} Rh4 24. Qg3 Bxe4 25. Rxe7 Bxe7 26. Ba3
Bxa3 27. Qxh4 Bxc2 28. Qc4 Bf5 29. g4 b5 30. Qe2 1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nd5 Nh5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. h3 Be6 12. g4 Nf6 13. Bg5 Ne7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6
15. Bxf6 Rxf6 16. b3 c6 17. d4 Qc7 18. Qd2 Raf8 19. Rae1 e4 20. d5 cxd5 21. Nc3
Qc5 22. cxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxe4 Be6 24. Bg2 Qc8 25. Ne4 Rf4 26. Ng5 1-0

[Event "Oviedo rapid45"]
[Site "Oviedo"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ros Eskisabel, Jose Ramon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 h6 8. Bb3
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. d4 Nh7 11. Nf1 Qf6 12. Ne3 Ne7 13. h3 Ng6 14. Kh2 c6 15. Ng4
Qe7 16. g3 h5 17. Ne3 Qf6 18. Bc2 Be7 19. Nf5 h4 20. gxh4 Bxf5 21. Bg5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 Be6 9. Qb1 b6 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. h4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6
15. O-O c5 16. Nf3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qd7 18. Qb3 Bxd4 19. Rad1 Qg4 20. Rxd4 Qxf4
21. e5 Qf5 22. Qe3 Nc5 23. h5 Ne6 24. hxg6 Nxd4 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Nxd4 Qxh7 27.
g3 Qh3 28. Nc6 Rae8 29. Rd1 Rg8 30. Rd7 Rg6 31. e6 Qxe6 32. Ne5 Rg7 33. Rd4 Rc8
34. Rh4+ Rh7 35. Re4 f5 36. Rd4 Kg8 37. Kg2 Qh6 38. Qb3+ e6 39. Rh4 Qf6 40. Rc4
Rxc4 41. Qxc4 Qxe5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. a4 a6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. a5 Nd7 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15.
Bd4 Bf6 16. Qc4 Be7 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. h3 Bf8 19. Rdc1 Rcd8 20. Qc4 Rc8 21. Qf1
Be7 22. Nd1 Bg5 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Bf4 Nc5 25. Qe2 Red8 26. Ra3 e5 27. Be3 Qe7 28.
Nc3 Bg5 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 g6 31. c4 f5 32. b4 Nd7 33. Rac3 e4 34. c5 dxc5
35. d6 Qf6 36. bxc5 Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Ne5 38. Bf1 Rd7 39. Rb3 Nc6 40. Rb6 Nxa5 41.
Qa3 Nc6 42. Rcb1 Nd8 43. Bc4+ Kh8 44. Rd1 h5 45. Bd5 Qe5 46. Qe3 Kh7 47. h4 Qf6
48. Bxb7 Rxb7 49. d7 Rc6 50. Rxb7 Nxb7 51. f3 exf3 52. d8=Q Nxd8 53. Rd7+ Kg8
54. Qe8+ Qf8 55. Rxd8 Qxe8 56. Rxe8+ Kf7 57. Ra8 Ke6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 Be6 9. Rb1 b6 10. e4 O-O 11. Qd2 c6 12. a4 a6 13. h4 h5 14. Ng5 b5 15. Nxe6
fxe6 16. Bh6 Nd7 17. g4 hxg4 18. Be2 Nf6 19. Qe3 Qe8 20. Rg1 Qf7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7
22. Bxg4 Nxg4 23. Rxg4 Qf3 24. Qxf3 Rxf3 25. h5 Rxc3 26. Ke2 Rh8 27. Rxg6+ Kf7
28. Rg5 Rh3 29. Rc5 R8xh5 30. Rxc6 Rb3 31. Rc1 Rhh3 32. Rc2 c3 33. axb5 axb5
34. f3 b4 35. Rb6 Rh1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Bg5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qc1 Re8 14. Nd5 Nd7 15.
Rd1 b4 16. h3 Nc5 17. Bh6 Bh8 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Nd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 e6 21. Nxb4
Nxb4 22. Be3 Qc7 23. Qd2 Nc6 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nb4 26. Rd2 e5 27. Ra7 Nf8
28. f4 Nc6 29. Rc7 Nd4 30. Rc5 f6 31. fxe5 fxe5 32. b3 Bb7 33. Bxd4 exd4 34.
Rb5 Red8 35. Rb6 Kg7 36. h4 h5 37. Kf2 Nh7 38. Ke1 Nf6 39. e5 Nd5 40. Rd6 Rxd6
41. exd6 Ne3 42. Bxb7 Rxb7 43. c4 dxc3 44. Rd3 Nc2+ 45. Kf2 Rf7+ 46. Kg1 Na3
47. Rxc3 Nb5 48. Rd3 Rd7 49. Rd5 Nxd6 50. Kg2 Kf6 51. g4 hxg4 52. Rd4 Kf5 53.
b4 Rd8 54. Rd5+ Ke4 55. Rd1 Ke5 56. b5 Rb8 57. Re1+ Ne4 58. Rb1 Rb6 59. Rb4 Kf5
60. Rb1 Kf4 61. Rb4 Kf5 62. Rb1 Nd6 63. Rf1+ Ke5 64. Re1+ Kf6 65. Rd1 Nf5 66.
Rb1 Nxh4+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. d4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Rfd1 Bf6 12. Ne5 cxd4 13. exd4 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc5 16. Be2 dxc4 17. Qe3 Qe7 18. Bxc4 Rfd8 19. Ba3 h6 20. f3 Rac8
21. Rac1 a5 22. Bf1 Bd5 23. Rc2 a4 24. bxa4 Qd7 25. Bxc5 Qxa4 26. Rdc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 032 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 g6 5. h4 h6 6. Bf4 Nf6 7. Bd3 Be6 8. Nf3 Rg8
9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Ne5 g5 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Bg3 Bg7 13. c3 Qb6 14. f3 O-O-O 15.
Nxd7 Bxd7 16. Qb3 Rh8 17. O-O-O Nh5 18. Qa3 Bf6 19. Bf2 Ng7 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Bf2
Ng7 22. Bg3 Rde8 23. c4 dxc4 24. Bxc4 Rxh1 25. Rxh1 f4 26. Be1 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E07"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. b3 b6 8. Bb2
Nbd7 9. Ne5 Bb7 10. Nc3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. f4 Rd8
15. Rc1 a5 16. Kh1 Nc5 17. Nd4 g6 18. a3 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. e3 Bc5 21. Qg4
Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. exd4 e3+ 24. Kg1 Qd8 25. h4 Qd5 26. Qh3 Qxd4 27. Rfd1
Qb2 28. Qh2 Qxb3 29. h5 e2 30. Re1 Rd8 31. Qf2 Rd1 32. h6 Qd5 33. Kh2 Qd2 34.
Qxb6 Qxe1 35. Qxb7 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 e1=Q+ 37. Kg4 Qe2+ 38. Kh4 Qh5+ 39. Kg3 Rd3+
40. Kg2 Qh3+ 41. Kf2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gasimov, Rahim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2
Bb7 9. e4 Na6 10. e5 Nd7 11. a3 c5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Ne4 Qb7 15.
Nc3 Bc6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Bd8 18. Rd1 Nc7 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Bf4 Qb7 21. Ng5
Bxg5 22. Bxc6 Qxc6 23. Qxd7 Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Bxf4 25. gxf4 Rfe8 26. Rad1 g5 27.
R1d5 gxf4 28. Kg2 Re6 29. Kf3 f6 30. exf6 Rxf6 31. Rh5 h6 32. Rh4 a6 33. Rg4+
Kh8 34. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 35. Kxf4 Rf8+ 36. Ke3 Re8+ 37. Kd2 Re6 38. f4 b5 39. b3 Rc6
40. Ra7 c4 41. bxc4 Rxc4 42. Rxa6 Rxf4 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44. Ra6 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Nd5 11. Bb2 Qa5 12. Rac1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 15.
Bg2 Rfd8 16. Qb5 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rac8 18. Rc2 a6 19. Na3 Na4 20. Ba1 b5 21. d5
Na5 22. c4 b4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nb1 e6 25. e4 exd5 26. exd5 Nb6 27. Nd2 Nb7 28.
Nb3 Rd7 29. a3 a5 30. axb4 cxb4 31. c5 a4 32. c6 Rdd8 33. Nd4 Nd6 34. c7 Rd7
35. Rc6 Ndc4 36. Nb5 b3 37. Rxc4 Nxc4 38. d6 Nxd6 39. Bc6 Rcxc7 40. Nxc7 Rxc7
41. Bxa4 b2 42. Bb3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Minasian, Ara"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. Bb3
d6 9. Bd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne5 11. Nxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. a4 b4 14. Ne4 Bb7 15.
Nf5 Re8 16. a5 Rb8 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ng6 19. Rb1 Be5 20. c4 Qc8 21. Qh5 Ba8
22. Rxb8 Qxb8 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nf3 Qb4 25. Ne3 Bf4 26. Bd2 Qa4 27. Qg4 Bb7 28. h4
Bc8 29. Nf5 Bxd2 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Nxd2 Qd7 32. h5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Bxf5 34. hxg6
Bxg6 35. f3 Bc2 36. Kf2 g5 37. Ke3 f5 38. Kd4 Kf7 39. c5 Ke7 40. Nc4 Bb1 41.
Na3 Ba2 42. Nc2 Kd7 43. Nb4 Bb3 44. Nxa6 h5 45. cxd6 cxd6 46. Nb4 Kc7 47. Ke3
h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anapolsky, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 c6 7. Be2 Qb6 8. Qc1
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Nbd7 11. Qc2 Rfe8 12. O-O e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Rxe5 15. Bf4 Ree8 16. Rfd1 Ne4 17. Bf3 Re7 18. a4 a5 19. Ra3 Rae8 20. Rb3 Qa6
21. Be2 Qa7 22. Bf3 Qa6 23. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Arustamian, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Nf6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O-O Be6 11. g4 c4 12. Ng5 cxd3 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qxd3
Qxd3 15. Rxd3 Red8 16. Rhd1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 h6 18. f4 Kf7 19. Kd1 Rf8 20. Ke2 Ke8
21. e5 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Ra3 a5 24. b4 axb4 25. Ra6 Kd7 26. Rxb6 Ra8 27.
Rb7+ Ke6 28. Bc5 Bf8 29. Bxb4 Rxa2 30. Kd3 g5 31. Rb8 Rb2 32. Kc3 Rxb4 33. Kxb4
Bg7 34. Rg8 Kf7 35. Rxg7+ Kxg7 36. f5 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. c4 O-O 10. b3 b6 11. Bb2 Bb7 12. Re1 Ng4 13. h3 Nh6 14. Bd3 Qf6 15.
Qe2 Bc8 16. Ne5 Ne7 17. Ndf3 Nhf5 18. c5 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Ng6 20. Qxf6 Rxf6 21.
Rac1 Nf4 22. Bf1 b5 23. Bxb5 Rg6 24. g4 Nxh3+ 25. Kh2 Nxf2 26. gxf5 Rh6+ 27.
Kg2 Ne4 28. Bc6 Rb8 29. Rh1 Rf6 30. Rh5 Ba6 31. fxe6 Be2 32. Rh3 g5 33. Bxd5 g4
34. e7+ Kg7 35. Rxh7+ Kxh7 36. Bxe4+ Kg8 37. Ne5 Re8 38. Re1 Bf3+ 39. Nxf3 Rxe7
40. Ne5 g3 41. Ng4 Rf4 42. Kxg3 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. h3 Nh6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O f6 8. c4
Nf7 9. Re1 Nd7 10. exd5 cxd5 11. cxd5 Nb6 12. Ne4 Nxd5 13. Bc4 e6 14. Nc3 Qd6
15. Qb3 Rd8 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Nb5 Qb8 18. Qc3 Bf8 19. Nc7 Bb4 20. Qxb4 Qxc7 21.
Re7 Qd6 22. Bd2 Bd7 23. Rae1 Qxb4 24. Bxb4 Bc6 25. R7e6 f5 26. g4 fxg4 27. hxg4
Re8 28. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Makarjev, Ilja"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. O-O Re8 11. Nde2 b5 12. a3 a5 13. g4 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. b3 c5 19. Re1 Qc8 20. Qc1 h5 21. f4
hxg4 22. fxe5 gxh3 23. e6 hxg2 24. exd7 Qxd7 25. Nf4 Qf5 26. Nxg2 Qxd5 27. Qd1
Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Be5 29. Kf2 f5 30. Bf4 Bd4+ 31. Kf3 Re6 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Nxe3 Kf7
34. Ng2 g5 35. Ne3 Rf6 36. Rg1 Kg6 37. Nc4 g4+ 38. Kf2 d5 39. Ne3 d4 40. Nd5
Rd6 41. Nf4+ Kg5 42. Kg3 Ra6 43. Re1 c4 44. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Nxf6 8.
O-O Bd6 9. Re1 O-O 10. c4 b6 11. b3 Bb7 12. Bb2 Ne4 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nxe4 dxe4
15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Rxe4 Ne7 17. d5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rg4 Rf7 20. Ng5 Re7 21.
Qc2 Bg8 22. Rh4 Re1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxg5 24. Qe4 1-0

[Event "URS-ch U18"]
[Site "Jurmala"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "URS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 028 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 Be6 9. Qb1 b6 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. Rd1 Na5
15. Be2 c5 16. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hernandez Bonilla, Amelia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2075"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. Bb5
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3
Nc6 16. Ne3 Bg7 17. h4 g4 18. Nh2 h5 19. f3 Bh6 20. fxg4 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3 Nxg4
22. Nxg4 Bxg4 23. Qd2 Qf6 24. Rf1 Qg6 25. Bd1 Bxd1 26. Qxd1 Ne7 27. Be1 Qh6 28.
Rg3+ Ng6 29. Bd2 Qh8 30. Rf5 Re6 31. Rxh5 Qf6 32. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 Qe7
8. Qd5 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Qd3 d6 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Ne4 13. Nd4 Nc5 14. Qd1
Ne5 15. O-O Kh8 16. Nb3 Ne4 17. Rc1 Ng6 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 Ne5 20. Nd4 Bd7
21. e4 Qf7 22. Qb3 b6 23. f4 Nc6 24. Qd1 Rae8 25. Bd3 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Relange, Eloi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2285"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Re8 10. e4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxd6 Qe6
15. Bxc5 Qxc4 16. Ba3 Ng4 17. h3 Nf6 18. Rd6 Bxh3 19. Bxh3 Nxe4 20. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasumov, R."]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E07"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. b3
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qd3 Bb7 11. Bf4 a6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3
Be6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. cxd4 Bxb3 12. Qxb3 Rb8 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nf1 Nd7
15. Ng3 g6 16. Be3 c6 17. Rad1 Bh4 18. Bc1 Bg5 19. f4 Bh6 20. e5 dxe5 21. dxe5
Qb6+ 22. Be3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Nf8 24. Ne4 Red8 25. g3 Bg7 26. Bb6 Re8 27. Kf2 Re6
28. Kf3 h6 29. g4 g5 30. f5 Rxe5 31. Bc7 Rc8 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34.
Rxd6 Kg7 35. Re7 Rb8 36. b4 a5 37. bxa5 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. Nxe5 Qe8
8. Nd3 Bxc3 9. dxc3 Qxe4 10. Re1 Qh4 11. Qf3 Ba6 12. Ne5 Rae8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kaminski, Marcin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Nf5 Bd8 13. Nb3 Nce4 14.
Be3 g6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Rfe1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Bulletin"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Nxe7 Qxe7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
O-O-O Nc6 9. Qc3 a5 {Der ganze Aufbau von Weiß macht einen verdächtigen
Eindruck; vor allem aufgrund seines Entwicklungsrückstandes. Schwarz droht
bereits c6-b4.} 10. a3 Qe5 {[#] Trotz allem hätte hier Weiß die Damen tauschen
sollen, obwohl auch dann Schwarz gut steht, z.B.} 11. Qd3 (11. Qxe5 Nxe5 12. e3
Ne4 13. Bf4 {[Solider wirkt 13. h3, Red.]} Nxf2 14. Bxe5 Nxh1 15. Nh3 d6 16.
Bf4 h6 17. c5 g5 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. cxd6 gxf4 20. d7 Bxd7 21. Rxd7 fxe3 22. Nf4
Rf6 $19) 11... Ne4 12. Nf3 Qe6 13. Bh4 d6 14. e3 Qh6 {Droht g7-g5 nebst e4xg3 .
} 15. Be2 Be6 16. Bg3 a4 17. Nd2 Na5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 {Hier war auch gut 18...
xc4 möglich, das Opfer der Dame durch 19. xc4+ xc4 20. xc4+ h8 21. f4 g6 ist
unzureichend.} 19. Qc3 (19. Qxe4 Nb3+ 20. Kb1 Bf5 {hatte er nicht so gerne.})
19... Rf5 20. Kb1 Rc5 {Nun fällt auf jeden Fall der Todeskandidat c4, 21. d4
b5.} 21. Qb4 Bxc4 22. Bxc4+ Rxc4 23. Qb5 Qe6 24. Rc1 Ra6 25. Qg5 h6 26. Qd8+
Kh7 27. Rxc4 Nxc4 28. Qxc7 Rc6 29. Qd8 {[#]} Nxa3+ {Ein schöner
kombinatorischer Abschluß.} 30. Ka1 Nc2+ {Hier hatte Weiß endgültig wegen 31.
b1 b4 nebst a2# genug. [Zapf/Pfleger] 1:55 1:20} 0-1

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 a6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. O-O
Ba7 9. h3 h6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. a4 b5 12. Ne3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ng4 Qd6 15. Re1
Rfe8 16. Nh4 h5 17. Nh2 g6 18. N2f3 b4 19. Qc2 Na5 20. Bc4 b3 21. Qd2 Nxc4 22.
dxc4 Nf4 23. Nxe5 g5 24. Qxd6 Nxh3+ 25. gxh3 cxd6 26. Bxg5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Bxc4
28. Rae1 Re6 29. Be7 Kh7 30. Rxh5+ Rh6 31. Rxh6+ Kxh6 32. Nf5+ Kg6 33. Nd6 Be6
34. Re5 Bb8 35. Rg5+ Kh7 36. Rh5+ Kg6 37. Rg5+ Kh7 38. Rh5+ Kg6 39. Rh8 Bxd6
40. Rxa8 Bxe7 41. Rxa6 Kf5 42. Ra7 Bf6 43. Rb7 Ke4 44. a5 Kd3 45. a6 Kc2 46. a7
Bd5 47. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. h3 b4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 a5 12. O-O Ba6 13. a3 Be7 14. Bd2 Qb6 15.
axb4 axb4 16. Be3 Qb5 17. Nc1 O-O 18. b3 f5 19. Re1 Nf6 20. Ra4 Bb7 21. Qd3
Qxd3 22. Nxd3 Nxd5 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Rxb4 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Rfb8 26. Ra1 Rxb4 27.
Rxa8+ Kf7 28. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U16"]
[Site "Duisburg"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2335"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1992.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. dxc6 Bxd4 8.
cxb7 Bxb7 9. Qb3 Qc7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Ne5 14. Nxe5
Qxe5 15. e4 Rab8 16. Qa4 Qc5 17. Be2 Ba8 18. Rab1 Rfd8 19. Qc4 Qa5 20. Qa6 Qxa6
21. Bxa6 Rd2 22. Rfc1 Bxc3 23. bxc3 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Bxe4 25. Re1 Bd5 26. Bf1 Be6
27. Rc1 Kf8 28. a4 Ra2 29. Bb5 Bb3 30. h3 Bxa4 31. Bf1 Bb3 32. c4 a5 33. Bd3
Rd2 34. Bf1 a4 35. Ra1 Rd1 36. Rxd1 Bxd1 37. c5 Ke8 0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Prakash, GB."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. b4 Bb6 8. a4
a6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. b5 Ne7 13. b6 Bxb6 14. Nxb6 cxb6
15. Qb3 Qd7 16. Ng5 d5 17. Ba3 Rfc8 18. f4 exf4 19. e5 Ng4 20. Rae1 Ng6 21. Qd1
N4xe5 22. Qh5 h6 23. Nh3 Nxd3 24. Qxg6 Nxe1 25. Nxf4 Qe8 26. Qg3 Nc2 27. Bd6
Rd8 28. Ng6 Rxd6 29. Rf8+ Qxf8 30. Nxf8 Rad8 31. Ng6 d4 32. Nf4 Ne3 33. cxd4
Nf5 34. Qf3 Rxd4 35. h3 R4d6 36. Nxe6 Rxe6 37. Qxf5 Red6 38. Qe4 R8d7 39. Kh2
g6 40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qe5 Rd5 42. Qe6 b5 43. axb5 axb5 44. Qb6 h5 45. Kg1 Rf5 46.
Kh2 h4 47. Qe6 Rfd5 48. Qb6 Re5 49. Qa5 Rf5 50. Qb4 g5 51. Qe4 Rdf7 52. Qe6 b4
53. Qe4 b3 54. Qb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2375"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. e3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Rc1 b6 12. c5 bxc5 13. b4 O-O 14. bxc5
Bb7 15. f3 dxc5 16. Qc3 Ng6 17. Bg3 Rfe8 18. Kf2 h5 19. h4 Rad8 20. Bb5 Rf8 21.
Be2 Rfe8 22. Qxc5 Rd2 23. Rhe1 Ba6 24. Qxe7 Nxe7 25. e4 Nf5 26. exf5 Bxe2 27.
Rxc7 Bd3+ 28. Kg1 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 Rd1 30. Kf2 Bxf5 31. Rxa7 Ra1 32. Ra5 Ra2+ 33.
Ke3 Bc2 34. Bc3 f6 35. g3 Bd1 36. Bd2 Bxf3 37. Kxf3 Rxd2 38. Rxh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hall, Jesper"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2370"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Ne4 d6 10. c4 Nc7 11. exd6 exd6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Ne6 14. Qc1 Qc7
15. Bh6 d5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc3 dxc4 18. dxc4 Nd4 19. Qe3 Nc2 20. Qxc5 Nxa1
21. Rxa1 Qb6 22. Qa3 Qa6 23. Qb4 Qb6 24. Qa3 a5 25. Ne4 Qb4 26. Qxb4 axb4 27.
Nd4 f5 28. Nc5 Re8 29. f3 Ra5 30. Nd3 Bb7 31. Nb3 Ra7 32. Nxb4 Re2 33. Rb1 Ra8
34. Kf1 Rae8 35. Rd1 Bc8 36. Rd2 Re1+ 37. Kf2 Rh1 38. h3 f4 39. Nd3 g5 40. Nd4
Bxh3 41. Nxc6 Bf5 42. Ncb4 h5 43. Rc2 Rd8 44. Rc3 h4 45. Nd5 Bxd3 46. Rxd3 Re8
0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topakian, Raffi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2255"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Qe7 6. Qd3 Nxe5 7. dxe5 Qxe5
8. Bd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qf4+ 11. Rd2 d5 12. Bxf6 dxe4 13. g3 Qf5 14.
Qd4 Qxf6 15. Qxe4 Be6 16. Bd3 g6 17. Bc4 Rae8 18. Rhd1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sjodahl, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. h3 b6 8. Bf4
Bb7 9. Be2 Ne4 10. O-O c5 11. Bh2 Re8 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Nd2 e5 14. Nc4 Qe7 15.
d5 Rad8 16. Na3 Nf6 17. c4 h5 18. Nb5 a6 19. Nc3 Bc8 20. a3 Bf5 21. Rb1 a5 22.
b4 cxb4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Na2 Bf8 25. Nxb4 Bd7 26. Qb3 Qd6 27. Rfc1 Ra8 28. Qc3
Qc7 29. c5 Qxc5 30. Bxe5 Qxc3 31. Bxc3 Bxb4 32. Bxf6 Bc5 33. g4 Ra2 34. Bc4 Ra4
35. gxh5 Kh7 36. d6 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Re6 38. hxg6+ Kxg6 39. Bd4 Rxd6 40. Bxc5 bxc5
41. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kogan, Artur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2370"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Qe7 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Nd5 Qd8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4 O-O 12. Bb2 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxd5
15. exd5 Nd4 16. Qd3 Qd6 17. f4 Qxb4 18. Rab1 e4 19. Rxe4 Nf5 20. Bb3 Qc5+ 21.
Kh2 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Rae8 23. Ba4 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Nd6 25. Qd3 Qf2 26. Rb4 a5 27. Qd4
Qf1 28. Rb3 b5 29. Rf3 Qe2 30. Bb3 a4 31. Bxa4 bxa4 32. Qxa4 Nf5 33. Qa3 Qxc2
34. Qc3 Qxa2 35. Qxc7 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hennigan, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2375"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
Bd7 (8... exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Re8 (10... Be6 11. O-O Qd7 12. Kh2 Rfd8
13. f4 c5 14. Be3 Rac8 15. f5 $1 Bc4 16. Rf2 $16 {Prandstetter,E-Melich,J,
Praha CS-ch 1992}) 11. O-O Bd7 12. Re1 Bc6 13. b4 $5 a6 14. a4 Qc8 15. g4 b6 $6
16. e5 Bxg2 17. exf6 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxh3 19. f3 Bxg4 $8 20. fxg7 Bxf3 21. Qg3
Bb7 22. Rf1 $16 {Khenkin,I-Zilberman,Y,Tel-Aviv 1992-CBM 30}) (8... a6 9. a4
Rb8 $5 10. O-O b5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Qd2 $6 (12. d5 $5 $14) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4
Nxd4 14. Bxd4 c5 15. Be3 b4 16. Ne2 Re8 17. f3 Qb6 18. Bf2 Ba6 19. Rfe1 d5 $1
20. exd5 Red8 $15 {Tibensky,R-Rasik,V,Bratislava ch-CS 1991}) 9. O-O a6 (9...
exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 (11. Nde2 b5 $5 12. a3 a5 13. g4 b4 14. axb4 axb4 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Ne5 18. b3 c5 19. Re1 Qc8 $15 {Svidler,
P-Makarjev,I,URS-chJ Jurmala-EXP 28}) 11... a6 12. Nxc6 $5 (12. a4 {-9...a6})
12... bxc6 (12... Bxc6 $142 $132) 13. Qd3 Qc8 14. Kh2 Rb8 15. b3 Re5 16. g4
Bxg4 17. hxg4 Nxg4+ 18. Kg1 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qg4 20. f3 Qh4 21. Ne2 Rh5 22. Rad1
$14 {Maliutin,E-Belotti,B,Forli op 1990}) 10. a4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re1 (12.
Nde2 h5 $5 (12... Nb4 13. Nf4 a5 14. Re1 Bc6 15. Bd4 Re7 16. Qd2 Qf8 17. Re2
Rae8 18. Rae1 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. b3 h5 21. h4 Nf6 $10 {Mohr,S-Kosten,A,
Altensteig 1989-CBM 14}) 13. Nf4 Ne5 14. b3 Bc6 15. Nfd5 Ned7 16. Qd2 Nc5 17.
Rae1 Bxd5 18. exd5 Nh7 19. Bd4 Qg5 $1 20. Qxg5 Nxg5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 $10 {Magem,
J-Chernin,A,Pamplona 1991-CBM 28}) 12... Nb4 13. g4 $5 (13. Qd2 c5 14. Nb3 Bc6
15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bg5 Bf6 17. Bh6 Qc7 18. Nd1 Bd7 19. g4 Ng7 20. c3 Nc6 21. Ne3
Be6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 (23. Qxd5 $5 $14) 23... Ne5 24. Re2 Qb6 $13 {Klinger,
J-Miles,A,Kusadasi op 1990-EXP 18}) 13... c5 14. Nde2 Bc6 15. Ng3 b6 {N,/\d5} (
15... Nd7 $13 {Bellon,J-Pein,M,Metz 1986}) 16. g5 (16. Nd5 Nxe4 $5 (16... Bxd5
17. exd5 {פb4,/\c3+-} Re5 18. c3 Nbxd5 19. g5 Nxe3 20. Rxe3 $16 Rxg5) (16...
Nbxd5 17. exd5 Bb7 $132 {/\Nd7-e5,Re5} 18. c3) 17. Bxe4 (17. Nxe4 Bxd5 18. Bg5
Qc7 $15 {/\} 19. c3 Bxe4 20. Bxe4 d5) 17... Rxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxd5 $13) 16... Nd7
17. f4 (17. Qxd6 $6 Ne5 $36 {><c2,/\Nc4|^}) (17. Qe2 Nf8 $1 18. Nd1 d5 19. c3
d4 20. cxb4 dxe3 $36 21. Nxe3) 17... Nf8 $13 18. Re2 (18. Qd2 Ne6 $5 19. f5 (
19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nd4 $36) 19... Nd4 20. f6 Nbxc2 $1 21. fxg7 (21. Bxd4
Nxe1 22. Rxe1 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Bf8 $15) 21... Nxa1 22. Rxa1 Nb3 23. Qd1 Nxa1 24.
Qxa1 d5 25. Bf4 $13) 18... Qc7 (18... Ne6 19. Rd2 Nd4 20. Nb1 $1 $16 {/\c3}) (
18... d5 19. exd5 Rxe3 20. Rxe3 Bd4 21. Nf1 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qxd5
24. Kh2 Rd8 25. Rd3 $16) 19. Qc1 Rad8 {/\d5|^} 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rxe3 $10
22. Rxe3 Bd4 23. Raa3 Re8 24. Nf1 f5 $5 25. gxf6 $6 (25. Kh2 $142 Bxe3 26. Rxe3
Rxe3 27. Nxe3 Qg7 $132 {/\} 28. Nc4 $6 b5 29. axb5 axb5 30. Nxd6 $6 Qd7 $19)
25... Nd7 $36 26. f7+ Kxf7 27. Kh2 Bxe3 28. Nxe3 $2 {צa3} (28. Rxe3 $142 Nf6
29. Rxe8 Kxe8 $15) 28... Nf6 29. f5 Kg7 30. fxg6 hxg6 $17 31. Qd2 (31. c3 Nd3 (
31... Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Nc2 33. Qe6 Nxa3 34. bxa3 Qd7 $15) 32. Qd2 c4 $17) 31...
Qe7 32. Nc4 (32. Kg1 $142 $17) 32... Qe2 $1 $19 33. Qxe2 Rxe2 34. Re3 (34. Nxd6
Nxc2 {/\Ne3-+}) 34... Rxc2 35. Nxb6 Nbxd5 {[Stohl]} (35... Nbxd5 36. Nxd5 Nxd5
37. Rf3 $8 Rxb2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Har Zvi, Ronen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Qd3 Bc5 7. Bg5 d6 8. g3
h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Bg2 Ne5 11. Qc2 c6 12. O-O a5 13. e3 O-O 14. Nd4 Ba7 15.
Rad1 Kh8 16. Na4 h5 17. h4 f4 18. exf4 Bxd4 19. Qd2 Nxc4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxd4
d5 22. b3 Nd6 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. Ra4 Bg4 25. Rxa5 d4 26. f3 Bf5 27. Rd1 Nb5 28.
Kf2 Rbd8 29. Nc4 Nc3 30. Re1 b5 31. Nd2 Rfe8 32. Re5 g6 33. g4 Bd3 34. gxh5
gxh5 35. Rxh5+ Kg7 36. Ra7+ Kg6 37. Re5 Ra8 38. Rg5+ Kh6 39. Rc7 Rxa2 40. Rxc6+
Kh7 41. Rc7+ Kh8 42. Rh5+ Kg8 43. Rg5+ Kf8 44. Rgg7 Rxd2+ 45. Kg3 Ree2 46. Bh3
Re1 47. Rgf7+ Kg8 48. h5 Nd5 49. Ra7 Rde2 50. Rfd7 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oakham YM"]
[Site "Oakham"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hassabis, Demis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A83"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2290"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1992.03.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 030"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1992.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 e6 4. e4 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. c3 d5 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. O-O Ng6 13. Bd3 Nf4 14. Ne5 b6
15. g3 Nh3+ 16. Kg2 Ng5 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qg4 Nf7 19. Rae1 Nxe5 20. Rxe5 Bd7 21.
h4 Rf7 22. h5 Rg7 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Rg5 Kf7 25. Rh1 Rag8 26. f3 Ke7 27. Rh6 Be8
28. Re5 Rf8 29. Rh1 Kd6 30. Rhe1 Bd7 31. c4 c6 32. Rh1 Be8 33. b4 Rgg8 34. b5
c5 35. Rhe1 Bf7 36. dxc5+ bxc5 37. cxd5 exd5 38. Qa4 Be6 39. Rxe6+ Qxe6 40.
Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Gylfi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2285"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Qxd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nb3 Be6 10. Be3 b6 11. Nc3 O-O-O 12. Rfd1 Bd6 13. f4 Ne7 14. Rd2
Rde8 15. g3 Bf7 16. Re1 Nc6 17. Bf2 Nb4 18. a3 Nxc2 19. Rxc2 Bxb3 20. Rd2 Rd8
21. Kg2 Be7 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bd6 24. Kf3 f5 25. h3 Kd7 26. Rde2 Rde8 27.
g4 Rxe2 28. Rxe2 Rf8 29. Bg3 fxg4+ 30. Kxg4 g6 31. h4 Rf5 32. Rd2 Be7 33. Kf3
Rh5 34. Kg4 Bf6 35. b3 Bd4 36. b4 Bc3 37. Rc2 cxb4 38. axb4 Bxb4 39. f5 Bc5 40.
fxg6 hxg6 0-1

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Blatny, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. c3 d3 6. O-O d6 7. Bxd3 Be7 8. c4
Bf6 9. h3 Nge7 10. Qd2 g5 11. Nc3 Ne5 12. Be2 N7g6 13. Nd5 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Be5
15. Bh5 Nf4 16. Qd1 Be6 17. Bxf4 gxf4 18. Qf3 Bxd5 19. cxd5 O-O 20. Rac1 Bxb2
21. Rc4 Be5 22. Rfc1 c5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Rb8 25. Kh2 Qh4 26. R1c2 a5 27.
Rc7 a4 28. Ra7 Rb4 29. Rcc7 Rb2 30. Bxf7+ Kg7 31. Bb3+ Kg6 32. Bc2 Rxa2 33.
Rxa4 Rxa4 34. Bxa4 Rb8 35. Bb3 h5 36. Rf7 Kh6 37. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nc6 6. c4 Nb6 7. d5 Bxf3 8.
gxf3 Ne5 9. f4 Ned7 10. f5 g6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. Nc3 Bg7 13. Bf3 Qd7 14. Qd3 Qxf5
15. Qxf5 gxf5 16. Rg1 Rg8 17. c5 Nbd7 18. d6 c6 19. O-O-O O-O-O 20. dxe7 Rde8
21. Ne2 Rxe7 22. Nd4 Re5 23. b4 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. Rg5 Nf6 26. Rdg1 f4 27.
Rxg7 Rxg7 28. Rxg7 fxe3 29. fxe3 Rh5 30. Rxf7 Nd5 31. Nf5 Nxb4 32. Nd6+ Kd8 33.
Nxb7+ Ke8 34. Nd6+ Kd8 35. Kd2 Rxh2+ 36. Kc3 Nd5+ 37. Kd4 Nc7 38. Ke5 h5 39.
Nf5 Nb5 40. a4 Ke8 41. Ke6 1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 O-O 7. h3 Be6 8. Qb3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bxc4 10. Qxc4 Qb6 11. O-O Qa6 12. b3 Rc8 13. Rfc1 Nfd7 14. Nd5
Qxc4 15. Rxc4 Kf8 16. Nc7 e5 17. Nxa8 exf4 18. Rb4 b6 19. Ra4 a6 20. exf4 b5
21. Ra3 Bf6 22. b4 Be7 23. Rb1 Nf6 24. Ne5 Nd5 25. Nd3 Bf6 26. Nc5 Bxd4 27. Rd1
Bb2 28. Rad3 Bf6 29. Rxd5 cxd5 30. Nb6 Re8 31. Nxd5 Rd8 32. Rd3 Be7 33. Nxe7
Kxe7 34. Re3+ Kf6 35. Ra3 Rd4 36. Nxa6 Nc6 37. Nc7 Nxb4 38. Nxb5 Rxf4 39. Ra4
Ke5 40. g3 Rc4 41. Kg2 Kd5 42. a3 Nc2 43. Ra7 Rc5 44. a4 Ke6 45. Rb7 Kf6 46. a5
Nb4 47. Nd6 Ke6 48. Ne4 Rc4 49. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kraidman, Yair"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bb3
h6 9. h3 b5 10. Re1 Bb7 11. Nf1 Bb6 12. Ng3 Ne7 13. Nh4 Kh7 14. Nhf5 Nxf5 15.
Nxf5 Ng8 16. Rf1 g6 17. Ne3 Qh4 18. Kh2 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 f5 20. f3 Ne7 21. Qd2 f4
22. Bf2 Qf6 23. d4 Rad8 24. a4 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Rfe1 Ne3 29. Bxe3 fxe3 30. Qxe3 exd4 31. Qe7+ Kg8 32. cxd4 Rxd4 33. Qxc7 Rd2
34. Ra7 Rf7 35. Qc8+ Rf8 36. Qe6+ Qxe6 37. Rxe6 Rxf3 38. Rxg6+ Kf8 39. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O d6 8. f4
Bg7 9. Nde2 Nd7 10. Kh1 Ngf6 11. f5 O-O 12. Qe1 b5 13. Qh4 b4 14. Nd1 Bb7 15.
Nf2 d5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bh6 Ne5 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Qh3 Rae8 21.
Rae1 Nc6 22. Ne4 Qe5 23. c3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rf5 25. Nc5 Rxf1+ 26. Rxf1 Nf4 27.
Nxf4 Qxc5 28. Nxg6 1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fossan, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2340"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. b3 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. c3 Nc6 8.
Bb2 Bc5 9. Qh5 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. Nc4 dxc3 12. dxc3 d5 13. Rad1 Qf6 14. exd5
exd5 15. Rxd5 Be6 16. Rd3 Bc7 17. Rfd1 g6 18. Qf3 Qg5 19. Bxc6 Bg4 20. Qd5 Qh6
21. h3 bxc6 22. Qxc6 Rac8 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Bxd1 25. c4 Qg5 26. Bf6 Qc5 27.
Rxd1 Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Rfe8 29. Kf1 Re6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Ke2 Kf7 32. Bd4 Rc7 33.
Kd3 Ke7 34. b4 a6 35. a4 Kd7 36. Bb6 Rc8 37. Be3 Kc6 38. Kc3 Rd8 39. Bd4 Kb7
40. h4 Rf8 41. g3 Rf7 42. Be3 Rd7 43. Bd4 Rf7 44. Kd3 Rc7 45. Be3 Rd7+ 46. Ke4
Rd1 47. Ke5 Ra1 48. a5 Rb1 49. Kf6 Rd1 50. Kxe6 Kc6 51. Bc5 Rd3 52. Kf6 Rd7 53.
g4 Rd3 54. Kg5 Rc3 55. Kh6 Rxc4 56. f3 Rf4 57. Kxh7 Kd7 58. Kxg6 Rxf3 59. h5
1-0

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Davies, Nigel Rodney"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Nb6 8.
d3 Nc6 9. Be3 h6 10. Rc1 Re8 11. a3 e5 12. b4 Nd4 13. Ne4 a5 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Bd2 axb4 16. axb4 Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Peer Gynt"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1992.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 g6 3. h3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nh6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O f6 8. c4
Nf7 9. Re1 Na6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nc7 12. Qb3 b6 13. Ne4 Bb7 14. Nc3 Qd7
15. Qa3 Nd6 16. Qb3 Nf7 17. Bb5 Nxb5 18. Qxb5 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Bf8 20. Qb3 Bxd5 21.
Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rac1 Rd7 24. g4 Nd8 25. Rc4 Kf7 26. Rec1 Ne6 27.
Be3 Rad8 28. Ra4 Rb7 29. Rac4 Bg7 30. Kf1 Rd5 31. Ra4 Nc7 32. Bf4 Ne6 33. Be3
Nc7 34. Bf4 Rd7 35. Bxc7 Rbxc7 36. Rac4 Rxc4 37. Rxc4 Ke6 38. Ke2 Kd5 39. Kd3
e5 40. dxe5 fxe5 41. Ng5 e4+ 42. Rxe4 Bxb2 43. f4 b5 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 a5
46. Rh4 Ke5+ 47. Kc2 Kxf5 48. Rxh7 Bg7 49. Nf3 Rc7+ 50. Kb1 Ke4 51. Ng5+ Kf5
52. Nf3 b4 53. Nd4+ Kf6 54. Rh4 Rc4 55. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dannevig, Oystein"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2290"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5
15. exd5 Ba5 16. Rb3 a6 17. Qd1 Bd7 18. Ra3 c4 19. Bxc4 Rc8 20. Bd3 Bxc3 21.
Kh1 Bb4 22. f5 Qh4 23. Bb1 Bxa3 24. Bxa3 Bb5 25. g3 Qg5 26. Rf4 Rfe8 27. Be4
Rc4 28. Qf3 Qh5 29. g4 Qh4 30. fxg6 hxg6 31. Kg2 Qe1 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hellers, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. h3 Be7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. g4 O-O 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bh6 Nc5 14. Bxf8 Bxf8 15.
Qd2 Ne6 16. Nge2 h5 17. g5 b4 18. gxf6 bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rc8 20. Qd2 Qxf6 21. c3
Nf4 22. Nxf4 exf4 23. Qd3 Rc5 24. Kh1 Bc8 25. Rad1 Qh4 26. Qf3 Bh6 27. Kg1 Bg7
28. Rd5 Be5 29. Rxc5 dxc5 30. Rd1 Be6 31. Qd3 Kg7 32. Kf1 g5 33. Qd8 Bxh3 34.
Qe8 Bxg2+ 35. Ke1 Bd4 36. cxd4 Bf3 37. Qe5+ f6 38. Qe7+ Kg6 39. Qe8+ Kh6 40.
Qf8+ Kg6 41. Rc1 Qh1+ 42. Kd2 Qg2 43. Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svensk, Ingemar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2265"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Bc5 6. d3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d6 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Qd2 c6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxh4 14. c3 d5 15.
cxd4 dxe4 16. dxe5 e3 17. Qc2 exf2+ 18. Kf1 Be6 19. Ra3 Qf4 20. h4 Rad8 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nb3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Rc8 11. Kh1 a6 12. Bf3 Nd7 13. Rf2 Nb6 14. Qe2 Bc4 15.
Qe1 Be6 16. Qe2 Bc4 17. Qe1 Be6 18. Rd1 Nc4 19. Bc1 b5 20. Nc5 Nd4 21. Nxe6
Nxf3 22. Nxd8 Nxe1 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. Rxe1 Nxb2 25. Nd5 Nc4 26. f5 e6 27. fxe6
Rxf2 28. Ne7+ Kf8 29. Nxc8 Rxc2 30. Rf1+ Ke8 31. Bg5 Rxa2 32. Ne7 h6 33. Bh4
Ne3 34. Nd5 Nxd5 35. exd5 Ra1 36. Rxa1 Bxa1 37. Be1 Bd4 38. g4 Bc5 39. Bc3 b4
0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Hjelmaas, Lars"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5 15.
Bg5 Nc5 16. Bc4 e4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. exd4 Nd3 19. Rc3 Bxd4 20. g4 Be6 21. Bf6
Bxd5 22. Bxd4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 Qd5 24. b3 b5 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vidarsson, Jon Gardar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 e6 6. c3 Ne5 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.
d4 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 Ne7 10. Bf4 Ng6 11. Bg3 Be7 12. Na3 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Qb3
Rfc8 15. Rad1 d5 16. Nc2 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Bf6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Be5 Nd5 20. Nxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gipslis, Aivars P"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
Bd7 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Re1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. a4 a5 14. Qd2 Re6
15. Re2 Qe7 16. Rae1 Re8 17. b3 Qd8 18. f4 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21.
axb5 b6 22. g4 h6 23. Qc3+ Kg8 24. e5 Nc5 25. Bc6 Rf8 26. Bd5 Re7 27. e6 fxe6
28. Bxe6+ Nxe6 29. Rxe6 Rg7 30. Kg2 Qd7 31. Kg3 Qxb5 32. Re7 Rff7 33. Qxc7 Rxe7
34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Qxe7 Qc5 36. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fries Nielsen, Jens Ove"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A52"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Ncxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O Re8 10. Kh1 a5 11. a3 Ra6 12. f4 Rd6 13. Qc2 Nc6 14. Ne4 Rh6
15. Bf3 Ba7 16. c5 d5 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Ng5 d5 19. Qd3 Ne7 20. e4 dxe4 21. Qxd8
Rxd8 22. Bxe4 Nf5 23. Bxf5 Bxf5 24. h3 Rc6 25. Nf3 Rc2 26. Bd2 Rcxd2 27. Nxd2
Rxd2 28. Rad1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Bb6 30. Rd5 Be4 31. Rb5 Bc7 32. Rc5 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Gausdal Int"]
[Site "Gausdal"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sveshnikov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1992.08.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. d4 Na5 7. Nxe5 Nxc4 8.
Nxc4 d6 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. a4 Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Qc2 g6 15.
c4 d5 16. e5 Nh5 17. f4 Ng7 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qb3 Nf5 20. Rfc1 Nxe3 21. Qxe3
Bf5 22. Ba3 Qb6 23. a5 Qa6 24. Bxf8 Rxf8 25. h3 Rac8 26. Nb3 h5 27. Nc5 Qb5 28.
g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Be4 30. Nxe4 dxe4 31. f5 Qb4 32. f6 Rfd8 33. Qh6 Qf8 34. Qxf8+
Kxf8 35. Kf2 Ke8 36. Ke3 Rxc1 37. Rxc1 Rd5 38. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. Nc3 b4 10. Nd5 Na5 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Ba2 c5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 d6 15.
Bg3 Bc8 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. f4 c4 19. Nf5 b3 20. Bh4 bxc2 21. Qxc2
Nh5 22. Qc3 Nb3 23. Rad1 Nc5 24. fxe5 Nxd3 25. exd6 Qxe4 26. b3 Ndf4 27. Rxf4
Qxf4 28. Rf1 Qe4 29. Qxc4 Qe6 30. Qg4 g6 31. Nxh6+ Kg7 32. Rxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gleizerov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "20"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. b3 Bb7
9. Rd1 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5
15. exd5 Ba5 16. Ba3 Bf5 17. Rxb7 Qf6 18. Bxc5 Bxc3 19. Qe3 Rfe8 20. Re7 Rxe7
21. Bxe7 Bd4 22. Bxf6 Bxe3+ 23. Kh1 Rc8 24. h3 h5 25. Bb5 Rc5 26. Re1 Rxb5 27.
Rxe3 Kf8 28. Re5 Ra5 29. a3 Ra4 30. d6 Rd4 31. Rb5 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 Ke8 33. Be5 Rb1
34. Ra5 Rb7 35. Bc3 Kd7 36. Bb4 Be6 37. Kg3 Bc4 38. Re5 Be6 39. Ra5 Bc4 40. Rc5
Be6 41. Rc3 a5 42. Bxa5 Kxd6 43. Bb4+ Kd5 44. Rc5+ Kd4 45. Kh4 Rd7 46. Re5 Rc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sturua, Zurab"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qa5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O dxc4 12. Bxc4 e5 13. Bh2 Rad8 (13... exd4
14. exd4 Qb4 15. Bb3 (15. Ne2 Nb6 16. Bb3 Rfe8 17. Rc5 Nfd5 18. a3 Qd2 19. Rc2
Qg5 20. Nc3 Bxd4 21. Ne4 Qh4 22. Nd6 Re7 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Qxe2 $44 {
Zaitshik-Arencibia/Camaguey II/1987/}) 15... Qxd4 (15... Nb6 16. Rfd1 a5 17.
Rb1 a4 18. Bc2 Rfe8 19. a3 Qe7 20. g4 h6 21. Bg3 Nh7 22. h4 Qf6 23. Kg2 Qxf3+
24. Kxf3 $10 {Portisch,L-Epishin,V/Reggio Top 15/1991/}) 16. Rfd1 Qb6 17. Rd6
Rae8 18. Rcd1 Re7 19. g4 Qa5 20. Qf4 h6 21. h4 g5 22. hxg5 Qxg5 23. Qxg5 hxg5
24. f3 $44 {Ligterink-Rayner/Stockholm tt (2)/1987/}) 14. Bb3 Rfe8 15. Rfd1
exd4 16. exd4 Nb6 17. Be5 Nfd5 (17... Nbd7 18. Ne4 Nxe5 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Qxf6
$18) 18. Bg3 Qb4 (18... Nf6 19. Bh4 $14) 19. Bh4 Rd7 20. Ne4 f5 $6 (20... Bxd4
$2 21. a3 $1 Bxf2+ 22. Qxf2 Qxe4 23. Re1 Ne3 24. Rc3 $18) 21. Nc5 Rf7 22. Bg5
f4 (22... Bxd4 23. a3 $18) 23. a3 Qa5 24. Ne4 Ref8 (24... Rf5 25. Nd6 Rxg5 26.
Nxe8 $18) 25. Nd6 Rd7 26. Nxb7 $1 Rxb7 27. Rc5 Qa6 28. Rxc6 Rd7 29. Bxd5+ Kh8 (
29... Rxd5 30. Rxb6 Qxb6 31. Qxd5+ Kh8 32. Be7 $18) 30. Be6 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Bxd4
32. Be7 (32. Be7 Re8 33. Qxf4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Geller, Efim P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C46"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O Re8 9. f3 d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Nxd5
cxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qh4 17. Bg5 Qb4 18. Qb3 Qc5 19. Rd5 Qc6 20. Qd3
Rab8 21. b3 h6 22. Bh4 Qb6 23. Kb1 g5 24. Bg3 Qf6 25. c3 Rbd8 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27.
Bxe1 Re8 28. Bd2 Bg7 29. Kc2 Bf8 30. h3 Bd6 31. Rd4 Re6 32. Be3 Qe7 33. Re4 Be5
34. Qd5 c6 35. Qc4 Qa3 36. Kb1 Qd6 37. Bd4 Bxd4 38. Rxe6 fxe6 39. Qxd4 Qh2 40.
Qf2 a5 41. Kb2 Qe5 42. Qc2 Kg7 43. Qd2 Qg3 44. Ka3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rashkovsky, Nukhim N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. a4 e5 8. Nf3
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Kh1 Bb7 12. Qe1 Rc8 13. fxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Qg3 Qd6 16. Be3 Rxc3 17. bxc3 Nxe4 18. Qh3 h6 19. Rab1 Bd8 20. Qf5 Nf6 21.
Qh3 Qc6 22. Qg3 Bc7 23. Bf5 Ba8 24. c4 Rd8 25. Qf2 Qxc4 26. Bxb6 Bxb6 27. Qxb6
Re8 28. Qd6 Qe2 29. Bh3 e4 30. Qg3 Kh8 31. Qc3 Nd5 32. Qc5 Nf6 33. Rf2 Qh5 34.
Qxh5 Nxh5 35. Rxf7 e3 36. Re1 Bd5 37. Rf5 Nf6 38. Kg1 Re4 39. Rf3 e2 40. Rf2
Bc4 41. Bf5 Re3 42. Rf4 Rc3 43. Rd4 g5 44. Bd3 Bxd3 45. cxd3 Kg7 46. Kf2 h5 47.
Rxe2 Ng4+ 48. Kg3 Kf6 49. h3 Ne5 50. Rd6+ Kf5 51. Rf2+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smyslov, Vassily V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Schussler,H"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 (8... Qe7+ 9. Qe2 cxd5 10. Bd2 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 c6 12. Na4 Bd6 13. Be3
O-O 14. f3 Nd7 15. Kf2 Re8 $10 {Shirov,A-Karpov,An, Moscow 1992. CBM 33 game
382.}) 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Bxc3 $5 (10... c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Be6 (12... Bd6
$5 13. Re1 Rb8 14. c3 Bg4 $13 {Arkhipov,S-Zaitsev,I, Moscow 1992. CBM 33 game
403.}) 13. c3 Be7 14. Re1 Nd7 $5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 {[]/=. Arkhipov,S, Tseitlin,MS,
Moscow 1992. CBM 33 game 401.}) 11. bxc3 h6 12. Bh4 Qd6 13. Qf3 Bg4 14. Qg3
Qxg3 15. Bxg3 $14 Ne4 $5 16. Bxc7 Nxc3 17. f3 Bd7 18. Kf2 {18. e5} Bb5 19. Be5
Rac8 20. Rfc1 $6 $10 a6 21. Re1 Bxd3 22. cxd3 f6 23. Bf4 {23. - a4!?.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 e5 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Alekhine op"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1992.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ye, Rongguang"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1992.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 033"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. Nc3 b4 10. Ne2 Re8 11. a5 Bf8 12. Re1 g6 13. Ng3 Bg7 14. Bd2 Rb8 15. Qc1
d6 16. h3 Bc8 17. Bc4 Ra8 18. Ng5 Rf8 19. c3 bxc3 20. bxc3 h6 21. Nf3 Kh7 22.
d4 Bd7 23. Qa3 Ng8 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rab1 Qh4 27. Rb7 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg qual U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Prosvirin, M."]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 Nd7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. h3 a6 12. Bg5 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. Re1 Re8 15.
Qd2 Qa5 16. Rac1 Rac8 17. Bh6 e6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. d5 e5 20. Nh2 Qb6 21. Bc2
Qd6 22. Rf1 Re7 23. f4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Rf8 25. Rcf1 f5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Ba4 Rxe4
28. Qb2+ c3 29. Qxb7 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Rb8 31. Qxd7+ Qxd7 32. Bxd7 c2 33. Rc4 Rb1+
34. Kf2 c1=Q 35. Rxc1 Rxc1 36. Ba4 c4 37. d6 Kf6 38. d7 Ke7 39. Ke3 Ra1 40. Kd4
Rxa2 41. Bc6 Rd2+ 42. Kxc4 Rc2+ 43. Kd5 Rxg2 44. Nf3 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg qual U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lependin, Anatolij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. a4 b6 12. g4 Bb7 13. f4 b5 14. g5 Nd7 15. Be3 b4
16. Nb1 O-O 17. N1d2 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Rac8 19. a5 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Nce5
22. Qg2 Bxd5 23. Qxd5 Ng4 24. Bd4 Nc5 25. Qf3 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 Qxc2 27. Qg3 Qf5
28. h3 Rxd4 29. Nxd4 Bc5 30. Rad1 Qe4 31. Qd3 Qe3+ 32. Kg2 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 Bxd4
34. hxg4 Bxb2 35. Rd6 Ra8 36. Rc6 g6 37. Rd1 Ba3 38. Rdd6 b3 39. Rxa6 Re8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg qual U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sotnikov, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Qc7 7. a4 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nb3 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qe1 e5 14. Rd1 Rfe8 15.
f5 Rad8 16. Qh4 Rc8 17. g4 gxf5 18. exf5 e4 19. Be2 Ne5 20. g5 Nfd7 21. f6 Bf8
22. Nd4 Nf3+ 23. Rxf3 exf3 24. Bd3 h6 25. Nf5 Rxe3 26. Nxh6+ Bxh6 27. Qxh6 f2+
28. Kf1 Re1+ 29. Rxe1 fxe1=Q+ 30. Kxe1 Re8+ 31. Kd2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg qual U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vakin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 e6 7. e4 Qg6 8. Nbd2
a6 9. a4 bxa4 10. Qxa4 Be7 11. g3 exd5 12. exd5 O-O 13. Bg2 d6 14. O-O Ra7 15.
Nc4 Bd7 16. Qa2 Bd8 17. Rfe1 Rb7 18. Nfd2 f5 19. f4 h5 20. Nb3 Kh7 21. Nba5 Rc7
22. Qb3 Rc8 23. Nb6 Bxb6 24. Qxb6 h4 25. Kf2 Rf6 26. Re7 Qg4 27. Rae1 Rg6 28.
R1e3 Qd1 29. Bf3 Qd2+ 30. Re2 Qd3 31. Qb7 hxg3+ 32. hxg3 Rh6 33. Bg2 Rh2 34.
R7e3 Qd1 35. Re1 Qd2+ 36. R1e2 Qd1 37. Re1 Qd2+ 38. R3e2 Qd3 39. Rh1 Rxh1 40.
Bxh1 Rh8 41. Qc7 Bb5 42. Bf3 Nd7 43. Nc6 Re8 44. Qxd7 Rxe2+ 45. Bxe2 Qxe2+ 46.
Kg1 Qf1+ 47. Kh2 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg qual U18"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zhuravlev, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1993.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1997"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 g6 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. e3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. O-O Ne8 10. Qb3 f6 11. Bh4 e6 12. h3 Nd6 13. Bg3 Qe7 14. a4 Bd7 15.
a5 Rfd8 16. Rfc1 Be8 17. Rc5 a6 18. Qb6 Bf7 19. Rac1 Rd7 20. Bf1 Kh8 21. Bxd6
Rxd6 22. Qb3 e5 23. Qc3 Qd8 24. Nb3 e4 25. Nfd2 Bf8 26. Ra1 Re6 27. Be2 Rc8 28.
Bg4 f5 29. Be2 Kg8 30. Qc2 Bxc5 31. Nxc5 Re7 32. Qc3 Qd6 33. b4 Na7 34. Qb3 Be8
35. Nb1 Bb5 36. Nc3 Bxe2 37. Nxe2 Nb5 38. Nf4 Rd8 39. Qd1 g5 40. Nh5 Qg6 41.
Rc1 Nd6 42. Qe2 Rf8 43. g4 Ref7 44. Rc2 f4 45. Rc3 fxe3 46. fxe3 Nc4 47. Rxc4
Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 d6 10. c3 bxc3 11. bxc3 Be6 12. Nc4 Re8 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. f3 Bh5 15.
Ne3 Na5 16. Ba2 c6 17. Nf5 d5 18. Be3 h6 19. Nh3 Bf8 20. Ng3 Bg6 21. f4 dxe4
22. f5 Bh7 23. Nxe4 Nd5 24. Bd2 Nb7 25. Qh5 Nd6 26. Nhg5 Ra7 27. Nxh7 Kxh7 28.
Bg5 Qc7 29. Rac1 Nxe4 30. dxe4 Nf4 31. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Nf6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nf8 13. h3 Ng6 14. Bh2 O-O 15.
O-O Re8 16. Bd3 Ne4 17. f3 Bg5 18. Nd1 Nf6 19. Bxf5 Qd8 20. f4 Bh6 21. g4 Ne4
22. g5 Bxg5 23. fxg5 Qxg5+ 24. Qg2 Qh6 25. Bf4 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Nf6 27. Qf2 Re7
28. Nc3 Rae8 29. Re1 g6 30. Bg4 Nxg4 31. hxg4 f5 32. gxf5 gxf5 33. Qh2 Qg5+ 34.
Qg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxe3 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Rb1 f5 7. e3 Nf6 8. Nge2
O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. b4 d5 11. b5 Ne7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Qb3 dxc4 14. dxc4 e4 15.
Nf4 Bf7 16. Rfd1 Qc8 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Ncd5 Ne5 19. Qb4 c5 20. Qb3 g5 21. Nxe7+
Rxe7 22. Nd5 Rd7 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. g4 Be6 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Qc2 Qf8 27. Bxe4
Be6 28. f4 gxf4 29. exf4 Bxf4 30. Nxf4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Qxf4 32. Bxb7 Rf8 33. Qe4
Bxc4 34. Qxc4+ Qxc4 35. Bd5+ Qxd5 36. Rxd5 Rc8 37. Kf2 c4 38. Ke2 c3 39. Kd1
c2+ 40. Kc1 Rc7 41. a4 Kf8 42. Rh5 Kg7 43. Rf5 Kg6 44. Rf8 Kg5 45. h3 Kh4 46.
Rf3 Rc4 47. a5 Rb4 48. Rf7 h5 49. Rb7 Kxh3 50. Kxc2 h4 51. Kc3 Rb1 52. Kc4 Rc1+
53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Kc6 Rc1+ 55. Kd6 Rb1 56. Kc6 Rc1+ 57. Kd6 Rb1 58. a6 Kg2 59.
Rg7+ Kf3 60. Kc6 Rc1+ 61. Kb7 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Sepp, Olav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 Qb6 6. Na3 Ng6 7. Re1 Be7 8.
Bf1 d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. d4 O-O 11. Nc2 c4 12. Ne3 Be6 13. g3 Qd8 14. Bg2 Bf6
15. Nd2 Qd7 16. f4 Nge7 17. Ndxc4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 dxc4 19. d5 Bh3 20. Bf3 c3 21.
Re2 Qb5 22. a4 Qc5 23. bxc3 Nf5 24. Ba3 Qxc3 25. Bb2 Qc5 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Qc2
Qxc2 28. Nxc2 Rac8 29. Kf2 Rc3 30. Rd1 Nd6 31. Nd4 Bd7 32. a5 Ra3 33. Re7 Rd8
34. Rc1 Kf8 35. Re3 Rxa5 36. Rc7 Ra2+ 37. Re2 Rxe2+ 38. Bxe2 Ke8 39. Nb3 Rc8
40. Rxc8+ Bxc8 41. Ke3 b6 42. g4 a5 43. Kd4 Ke7 44. h4 Bd7 45. Nd2 h6 46. Bd1
Nb7 47. Be2 b5 48. g5 fxg5 49. hxg5 hxg5 50. fxg5 b4 51. Kc4 Kd6 52. Bh5 Be8
53. Kd4 a4 54. Ne4+ Ke7 55. Kc4 a3 56. Kb3 Ba4+ 57. Ka2 Bb5 58. Nd2 Nd6 59. g6
fxg6 60. Bxg6 Bc4+ 61. Nxc4 Nxc4 62. Kb3 Nd2+ 63. Kc2 b3+ 64. Kc3 a2 65. Kb2
Nc4+ 66. Ka1 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3
Bd7 9. Be3 a6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qf3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 e5 13. Be3 Bc6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15.
Qf2 b5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 exf4 18. Bb6 Qb7 19. Bd4 Be7 20. h4 Nxg4 21. Qxf4
Qc7 22. Be4 Ne5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qg4 Rd8 25. Qxg7 Rf8 26. Qxh6 Qd6 27. Qh7 Kd7
28. h5 Bg5+ 29. Kb1 Kc7 30. Rh3 Kb8 31. Qf5 Bf4 32. Rc3 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34.
d6 Rc8 35. Bc6 Rf7 36. a4 bxa4 37. Rc4 a5 38. d7 Rd8 39. Bxa4 Be3 40. Rd3 Bb6
41. Rc6 Ka7 42. Rb3 Rf1+ 43. Ka2 Rf4 44. c4 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. e5 Nfd7 7. N2f3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd3 Ba6 10. O-O Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. Qc2 a5 14. Rd1 a4
15. Bf4 Nb6 16. b3 c5 17. Rac1 h6 18. Be3 Qb8 19. h4 Qb7 20. h5 Rfd8 21. Rd3 d4
22. Bd2 Qe4 23. Re1 Qf5 24. Nh2 axb3 25. Qxb3 Rdb8 26. Rg3 Na4 27. Ng4 Rxb3 28.
Nxh6+ Kf8 29. Nxf5 Rxg3 30. Nxg3 Nb2 31. Rb1 Nxc4 32. Bf4 Na5 33. Ne4 c4 34.
Kf1 Ke8 35. g4 c3 36. Ke2 Nc6 37. Kd3 Ra4 38. a3 Bxa3 39. Rb6 Nb4+ 40. Ke2 d3+
41. Kf3 Nd5 42. Rb8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 e5 6. Qd3 Be7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Ba4 Bg4 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bb3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd4 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Qd2 Ndxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. Qe2 Qc8 19. O-O c4 20. Nd5 Ra7 21.
bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23. Ra1 Rb8 24. Rfb1 Bf8 25. Kf1 f6 26. Ke2 a5 27. Ra4
Rab7 28. Rxa5 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Ne3 h5 31. Ra8 g6 32. Rc8 Rb5 33. Rxc4 Bc5
34. Nd5 Kf7 35. Nc3 Ra5 36. Ra4 Rxa4 37. Nxa4 Ba7 38. f3 f5 39. Nb2 fxe4 40.
fxe4 Bd4 41. Nd3 Bc3 42. Nc1 Kf6 43. Kd3 Ba5 44. Kc4 Ke6 45. Nd3 Kd6 46. Nb4
Bb6 47. Kb5 Bg1 48. h3 Bd4 49. c4 Bg1 50. Nd3 Bd4 51. c5+ Kd7 52. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khlian, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Ngf6 11. Bd2 e6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Nf5 Bf4
15. Ne3 O-O-O 16. g3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 c5 18. Qa3 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. Rhe1 Nd5 21.
Ba5 b6 22. Bd2 Kb7 23. Kb1 Qc5 24. Qd3 N5f6 25. Bf4 Qxh5 26. Qf1 Rc8 27. Qg2+
Qd5 28. Nf3 Qc6 29. Rd6 Qxc2+ 30. Ka1 Ka7 31. Nd4 Qa4 32. Nc6+ Rxc6 33. Qxc6
Qxc6 34. Rxc6 Nd5 35. Rd6 Nc5 36. Be5 Rg8 37. Bd4 Rc8 38. Bxg7 a5 39. Bd4 Nd3
40. Rd1 Rc4 41. Bxb6+ Kb7 42. b3 1-0

[Event "Rostov on Don op"]
[Site "Rostov on Don"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Matveeva, Svetlana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2395"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1993.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Re1 a5 10. a4 Be6 11. Ra3 Rc8 12. Bf1 Nb4 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Ndb5 Bxf1
15. Kxf1 Nd7 16. Re2 Nb6 17. Be3 Nc4 18. Rb3 Qd7 19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 e5 21.
Qd1 Rc5 22. Nb1 d5 23. c3 Na6 24. Re1 Rd8 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Qe2 Rd1 27. Nd4
Rxe1+ 28. Kxe1 Qxa4 29. Na3 Nd6 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Moskalenko, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8.
Rc1 Na6 9. cxd5 Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. Nge2 Qb4 12. O-O a6 13. d6 Be6 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxb5 16. Nd4 e6 17. Nxb5 exd5 18. Nc7 Rd8 19. Rxc5 Rxd6 20. Rxd5
Rc6 21. Rd7 Bxb2 22. Nd5 b5 23. Nb4 Rb6 24. Ra7 Kg7 25. g3 Rc8 26. Rb1 Ba3 27.
Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Nxa6 b4 29. Kf1 Kf6 30. Ke2 Rc2+ 31. Kf3 Rc4 32. Ke2 Rc2+ 33. Kf3
Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Bd7 12. Re1 Qc7 13. h3 O-O-O 14. Qe2
Bd6 15. Nf3 Bc6 16. c3 Rhg8 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Qf3 Kb8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 Bh2+ 21.
Kh1 Bf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Bg3 Qxg3 24. fxg3 Rc8 25. Re5 Bc6 26. Rf1 Rc7 27. g4
Bd5 28. Kg1 Rd7 29. g5 hxg5 30. Bxd5 Nxd5 31. Rxg5 g6 32. Re5 Kc7 33. Re2 Re7
34. Nf3 Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Nh3 a6 14. g4
Bd6 15. g5 hxg5 16. Nhxg5 Nc5 17. Kb1 Bd7 18. Bc3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bf4 20. Rhe1
Bxg5 21. Nxg5 Rh6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Ne4 Rf4 24. Qd4 e5 25. Nd6+ Kf8 26. Qxe5
Rxf2 27. c4 Be6 28. Rg1 Bf5+ 29. Ka1 Bg6 30. Rde1 Qc6 31. h4 Rf6 32. c5 Re6 33.
Qg5 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Qf3 35. Qe7+ Kg8 36. Qxb7 Bh5 37. c6 Rf8 38. Qe7 Qxc6 39.
Qe5 Bg6 40. h5 Bh7 41. Rg1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lerner, Konstantin Z"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd2 d4
15. e5 Qc7 16. Nb5 Bxd2+ 17. Qxd2 Qxe5 18. Re1 Qb8 19. Nxd4 O-O 20. Nxc6 bxc6
21. Re3 Nd5 22. Rd3 a5 23. g3 Ra7 24. Be2 Rb7 25. c4 Nb6 26. Rb3 Na4 27. Rxb7
Qxb7 28. Bd1 Nc5 29. Kb1 Rb8 30. Rf1 Nd3 31. b3 Nc5 32. Qb2 Nxb3 33. Rf2 a4 34.
Ka2 Qa7 35. Rg2 Qe3 36. Rc2 Qg1 37. Rd2 Qe3 38. Rc2 Qe1 39. Be2 c5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Purgin, Nikolaj"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Nb5 c5 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. c3 Rc8
15. bxc5 Bxc5 16. Nd4 Be7 17. Re1 Rxc3 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe6 Qb6 20. Nxf8 Bxf8
21. Bc2 Bc5 22. Kh1 Qd6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Rb1 g6 26. Bb3 Kg7 27.
Qd7+ Kh6 28. Bg8 Qxf2 29. Qxh7+ Kg5 30. Qd7 Re3 31. Qd1 Qf5 32. Bd5 Rd3 33.
Qc1+ Be3 34. Qe1 Qxd5 35. Qg3+ Kh6 36. Qh4+ Qh5 37. Qe1 Bf4 38. g3 Bxg3 39.
Qc1+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2340"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 $5 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 (6. Nxd5 Bg7 7.
e3 c5 8. Nf3 Nc6 $13) 6... c6 7. dxc6 Bxd4 8. cxb7 Bxb7 $44 9. e3 Bxc3+ 10.
bxc3 Qa5 11. Qc2 (11. Qd4 O-O 12. Qb4 Qc7 13. Nf3 (13. Rc1 Nc6 14. Qc5 Qb6 $1
15. Qb5 (15. Qxb6 axb6 $15) 15... Rfc8 16. Nf3 Nb4 $36) 13... Nc6 14. Qc5 Rfc8
15. Be2 Na5 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Rc1 Rac8 {=/+/=}) 11... O-O 12. Ne2 (12. Rb1 $2
Rc8 $1 13. Ne2 (13. Rb5 $2 Rxc3 $1 14. Rxa5 (14. Qxg6+ $2 hxg6 15. Rxa5 Rc1+
$19) 14... Rxc2 $17) (13. Rxb7 Rxc3 14. Qd2 (14. Rb5 Rxe3+ 15. Kd1 Re1#) 14...
Rc1+ 15. Ke2 Qa6+ $19) 13... Bd5 $15) 12... Nd7 13. Rb1 (13. Nd4 Rac8 14. Rc1
Nf6 $36 {/\ Ne4; /\ Nd5}) (13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Rb1 Rfd8 15. Rb5 Qc7 $44) 13... Nc5
14. f3 (14. Rb4 Rac8 $1 15. Nd4 (15. Ng3 Ne4 $1 16. Nxe4 Qxb4 $19) 15... Ne4
16. Rb5 $8 Qc7 17. c4 Rfd8 $36) 14... Rab8 $1 (14... Rfd8 15. Nd4 e5 16. Nb3
$13) (14... e5 15. Kf2 $44) 15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Be2 (16. Kf2 $5 Rxb1 (16... Qxa2
17. Qxa2 Bxa2 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Nc6 {=/+/=}) 17. Qxb1 e5 $1 18. Nc2 (18. Qb4
Qxa2+ $17) 18... Qxc3 19. Be2 Rc8 (19... e4 $5) 20. Rd1 Ne4+ $1 21. fxe4 Bxe4
$15) (16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Rfc8 18. b4 Qa3 19. Qb2 Rxc3 20. Qxa3 Rxa3 $15)
16... Na4 17. Kd2 $6 (17. Kf2 $8 Nxc3 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Rc1 Nxa2 20. Qc7 (20.
Ra1 e5 $1 21. Nc6 Qc7 $1 $15) 20... Qb6 $1 $15) 17... Rfc8 (17... e5 18. Rxb8 (
18. Bb5 exd4 19. Bxa4 dxc3+ 20. Ke2 Bc4+ 21. Kf2 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 Rd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1
24. Qxd1 Bxa2 $19) (18. Nb3 Bxb3 19. Rxb3 Rfd8+ 20. Bd3 Rxb3 21. axb3 e4 $1 $17
) 18... Rxb8 19. Nb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Rd8+ 21. Bd3 (21. Ke1 Nxc3 22. Kf2 Rd2 23.
Qxd2 Ne4+ 24. fxe4 Qxd2 25. Rd1 $15) 21... e4 22. bxa4 (22. fxe4 Qg5 $1 $19)
22... Rxd3+ 23. Ke2 Rxc3 24. Qd2 $17) 18. Rxb8 Rxb8 19. Bb5 $8 (19. Nb3 Bxb3
20. axb3 Rd8+ (20... Qd5+ 21. Qd3 Qxb3 22. Rc1 $15) 21. Ke1 (21. Bd3 Qg5 $1 $19
) 21... Nxc3 22. Kf2 Rd2 23. Qxd2 Ne4+ 24. fxe4 Qxd2 $17 {a5,Qb4,e6,
Kg8-g7-f6-e5}) 19... Rxb5 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 $17 21. Rb1 Qc6 22. Qd3 (22. Rb8+ Kg7
23. Qd3 e5 $1 $17) 22... Nb6 23. Ke1 (23. e4 Bxa2 24. Ra1 Qe6 25. Qc2 Bb3 $19)
23... e5 $1 24. Rb2 (24. Rb5 Kg7 25. Ra5 Bc4 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. fxe4 a6 28. Rxe5
Nd7 $1 29. Ra5 Kf6 $17) 24... Kg7 25. Rd2 Qa4 26. Qc2 Qh4+ 27. g3 Qg5 28. f4 (
28. Kf2 Qh5 $19) 28... exf4 29. exf4 Qe7+ 30. Re2 Qc5 31. Qd3 Qg1+ (31... Bc4
32. Qe3 $17) 32. Kd2 Qa1 $1 {/\ Nc4} 33. Qd4+ Kh6 34. Ke3 Nc4+ 35. Kf2 Qh1 $1
36. g4 Qxh2+ 37. Kf1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qf3+ 39. Ke1 Qg3+ 40. Kf1 (40. Kd1 Qxg4 $1
$19 41. Qxd5 $140 Ne3+) 40... Bg2+ $1 (40... Bg2+ 41. Rxg2 (41. Kg1 Bf3+ $19)
41... Ne3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2345"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. O-O Ng6 {N [8...0-0-52/312]} 9. Kh1 Ne5 10. Be2 d6 (10... Bxf2 11. Na3 $5 (
11. Bd1 Be3 12. Qe2 Qxf1+ 13. Qxf1 Bxc1 $13) 11... d6 12. Bd1 Be3 13. Qe2 Bxc1
14. Rxf6 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bxa3 16. Rf1 $14) (10... h5 11. Qf4 Qxf4 12. Bxf4 d6 13.
Nc3 $14) 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. f5 Qd4 $8 (13... O-O-O 14. h3 $1 Qh4 15.
Qf4 h5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Qxe3 $16 {/\ Kg1; /\ Qa7}) 14. Qe1 (14. h3 Qxd2 15.
Nxd2 Be2) (14. Qf4 Be2 15. Re1 O-O-O 16. Nc3 Ba6 17. Be3 Qc4 $13) 14... O-O-O
$6 (14... f6 15. Nc3 (15. Nd2 Bh5 (15... O-O-O 16. Nb3 Qc4 17. Rf4 $1 $16 {
/\ e5}) 16. Nb3 Qc4 17. Be3 Bb6 $13) 15... O-O-O 16. Qg3 Bh5 17. Bf4 $14 {
/\ Qg7; /\ Rae1,Be3}) 15. h3 $1 Rde8 16. Nd2 (16. Nc3 h5 $13 {/\ g6}) 16... h5
(16... Bh5 17. g4 d5 18. gxh5 dxe4 19. Nb3 Qd5 20. Be3 $18) (16... Qf6 $5 {
/\ Bf5} 17. Nb3 (17. Qg3 Be2 $13) 17... Bxf5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Qa5 Rxe4 20.
Qxa7 Rhe8 21. Bf4 R8e7 22. Rad1 Rd4 23. c3 $1 Rd3 (23... Rxd1 24. Rxd1 $18 {
/\ Qa8#}) (23... Rd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Qxd5+ $18) 24. Bxc7 $1
Rxh3+ (24... Rxc7 25. Qa8+ Kd7 26. Rxd3+ $18) (24... Rxd1 25. Rxd1 $18 {/\ Qb8#
}) 25. Kg1 $1 $18) 17. Nb3 Qc4 (17... Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Rxe4 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. hxg4
hxg4+ 21. Kg1 g3 22. Bf4 $18) (17... Rxe4 18. Nxd4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Bxd4 20. Re7
$14 (20. f6 gxf6 21. Be3 $14)) 18. Nxc5 dxc5 (18... Qxc5 19. Be3 Qxc2 20. hxg4
hxg4+ 21. Kg1 Qxe4 22. Bf4 Qxf5 23. Qc3 $14) 19. Rf4 $1 (19. hxg4 Rxe4 20. Qf2
$8 Re2 $1 21. Qf4 (21. Qg3 $2 hxg4+ 22. Kg1 Qd4+ $19) 21... Re4 $1 $10) 19...
g5 $8 (19... Be2 20. Be3 $1 g5 (20... Qxc2 21. Rf2 Qxe4 22. Rxe2 $18) 21. fxg6
fxg6 22. b3 Qa6 23. Bxc5 g5 24. Rf7 Rxe4 25. Qg3 $18) 20. fxg6 fxg6 $1 (20...
Be6 21. b3 $1 Qxc2 22. Rf2 $1 Qd3 23. Bb2 $1 $18) 21. b3 (21. hxg4 g5 22. Rf5
hxg4+ 23. Kg1 Rxe4 $40) 21... Qxc2 (21... Qd4 22. Bd2 $1 {/\ Bc3} (22. Be3 Qe5
23. hxg4 hxg4+ 24. Kg1 g5 25. Rf7 Qxe4 26. Bf2 g3 $1 27. Qxe4 $8 gxf2+ 28. Kxf2
Rxe4 29. Re1 {=/+/=}) 22... Qd6 (22... g5 23. Bc3 Qd6 24. Rf6 Be6 25. Qe2 $16)
(22... Rhf8 23. Bc3 $1 Qd6 24. Rxf8 Rxf8 25. hxg4 $18) 23. Rf7 $1 {/\ Bf4} Qe6
24. Qf1 Bf5 25. Qa6+ Kb8 26. Rxc7 Kxc7 27. Bf4+ Kd8 (27... Kd7 28. Qb7+ Kd8 29.
Qc7#) 28. Bg5+ $1 Re7 (28... Kd7 29. Rd1+ $18) (28... Kc7 29. Qxa7+ Kc8 30. Bf4
$18) 29. exf5 Qxf5 30. Rd1+ Ke8 31. Bxe7 Kxe7 32. Qxa7+ $18) 22. hxg4 hxg4+ 23.
Kg1 g3 $1 (23... g5 24. Rxg4 $18) 24. Be3 (24. Qd2 $6 Rxe4 $1 25. Rxe4 (25.
Qxc2 Re1+ 26. Rf1 Rh1+ $1 $19) (25. Rf3 Reh4 $1 26. Rxg3 (26. Rf8+ Rxf8 27.
Qxc2 Rh1+ $19) 26... Rh1+ 27. Kf2 Qxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Rxa1 $19) 25... Qxe4 26. Bb2
Rh5 $40) 24... Rh2 $2 $138 (24... Rh7 $1 25. Rc1 Qb2 (25... Qxa2 26. Qd2 Qxb3
27. Qc3 Qa2 28. Qc2 Qe6 29. Kf1 $16) 26. Qc3 Qe2 27. Qd2 Qh5 28. Kf1 g5 29. Rf3
Rxe4 30. Rxc5 $18) (24... Rh5 $6 25. Rc1 $1 Qb2 26. Qc3 Qe2 27. Qd2 $18 Reh8
$140 28. Rf8+ $1 $18) 25. Qxg3 Reh8 26. Rf8+ $1 (26. Qxh2 Rxh2 27. Kxh2 Qc3 28.
Rff1 Qxe3 29. Rae1 $14) 26... Rxf8 27. Kxh2 $18 Qxe4 28. Rc1 Kb7 29. Bxc5 Rh8+
30. Kg1 Rh4 31. Qf3 Qe5 32. Bf2 $1 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Rh5 34. Qxc6+ Kb8 35. Qe8+ Kb7
36. Qxg6 Qh1+ (36... Qe5 37. Qc6+ Kb8 38. Bxa7+ $1 Kxa7 39. Qxc7+ $18) 37. Bg1
Rh4 $138 38. Qc6+ {38...Kb8 39.Qxc7 Ka8 40.Qc8#} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Bf4 Nc6 $1 {N
} 8. Rd1 (8. d5 e5 $1 9. Bg5 Nd4 $10) 8... Nd7 9. Nf3 $6 (9. d5 Nce5 10. Qb3 c6
11. Be2 $10) 9... Nb6 10. Qc5 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Ne5 (12... Nd4 13. Qxc7
$1 (13. Rxd4 e5 $1 14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. Rd2 Qf6 $40) 13... Nxf3+ 14. Ke2 $13) 13.
Be2 Qd6 $1 $15 14. Qe3 (14. Qxd6 cxd6 $17 {/\ Nec4}) (14. Be3 f5 $1 15. f4 Ned7
16. Qxd6 cxd6 17. exf5 Rxf5 $15) 14... f5 (14... Qb4 $5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. f4
Bg7 17. Rd2 $13) 15. Kf1 $1 $8 (15. Nb5 Qb4+ $1 (15... Nxf3+ $5 16. Kf1 $1 (16.
Bxf3 Qb4+ 17. Nc3 Nc4 $19) (16. Qxf3 fxe4 $1 17. Bxd6 exf3 18. Bxe7 fxe2 $17)
16... Qf6 17. Nxc7 $13) 16. Qd2 (16. Kf1 Nbc4 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 fxe4 $17)
16... Nxf3+ $17) (15. O-O $6 fxe4 16. fxe4 Nf3+ 17. Bxf3 Rxf4 $17) 15... Nec4 (
15... fxe4 16. Qxe4 $1 $13 {/\ Bg3,Kg2} (16. Nxe4 Qd7 $40 {/\ Qh3; /\ 17...
Nxd5 18.Qb3 e6-/+})) (15... Nbc4 16. Bxc4 Nxc4 {- 15...Nec4}) 16. Bxc4 (16.
Bxd6 Nxe3+ 17. fxe3 cxd6 $1 18. exf5 gxf5 $17 {>< Be2}) 16... Nxc4 17. Bxd6
Nxe3+ 18. fxe3 cxd6 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. Ke2 (20. Kg2 Rc8 21. Rd3 b5 $1 $17) 20...
Raf8 (20... Rc8 21. Rc1 $1 Bxc3 22. e4 Rg5 23. Kf1 $1 {=/+/=}) 21. Rhf1 Rh5 22.
Rf2 Rff5 23. Rd3 $1 (23. e4 $6 Rf4 $17 {/\ Rfh4,Be5}) 23... a6 (23... Bxc3 $5
24. e4 $1 Bxb2 25. exf5 Rxf5 $44) (23... Rfg5 $1 $15 {(A.Chernosvitov) /\ Bxc3,
Rg1}) 24. Kf1 (24. f4 Bxc3 $1 25. e4 Rxf4 26. Rxf4 Rxh2+ 27. Rf2 Rxf2+ 28. Kxf2
Bxb2 29. Rb3 Bd4+ $17) 24... Rh3 (24... b5 25. e4 Rf4 26. Ne2 $13 {/\ Ng3}) 25.
f4 (25. e4 $6 Rfh5 26. Kg1 Be5 27. Rdd2 Bg3 $1 $19 28. Rg2 $140 Bf4 $1 29. Rdf2
Be3 $19) 25... Bxc3 26. bxc3 g5 $5 (26... b5 27. Rg2 Rfh5 28. Kg1 Kf7 29. Re2
$13 {/\ Rd4,a4}) 27. Kg2 $1 g4 {/\ b5} 28. c4 $1 Rfh5 29. Kg1 b5 30. cxb5 axb5
31. Rg2 Kf7 32. Rxg4 Rxh2 33. Rg2 $10 Rh1+ 34. Kf2 {/\ Kf2-f3-e4} Kf6 35. e4 (
35. Kf3 Kf5 36. e4+ Kf6 37. Ke3 $10) 35... R5h4 36. Rf3 Ra1 (36... Rc1 37. Kg3
Rhh1 38. Re3 $10) 37. Ke3 Rhh1 38. Kd4 $1 Rac1 39. e5+ Kf7 40. Rfg3 $138 (40.
Ke4 $5 Rc4+ 41. Kf5 Rh5+ 42. Rg5 Rxg5+ 43. Kxg5 Rd4 $15) 40... Rc4+ 41. Ke3
dxe5 (41... Re1+ 42. Kf2) 42. fxe5 (42. Rg7+ $2 Kf6 43. fxe5+ Kxe5 44. Rxe7+
Kd6 $1 $17) 42... Re1+ 43. Re2 Rxe2+ 44. Kxe2 Re4+ (44... Rc2+ 45. Kd3 Rxa2 46.
Kd4 $10) 45. Kd3 (45. Re3 $2 Rxe3+ 46. Kxe3 b4 $1 $19 47. Kf4 Kg6 48. Ke4 h6 $1
49. Kf4 (49. d6 exd6 50. exd6 Kf7 51. Kd5 Ke8 $1 $19) 49... h5 $19) 45... Rxe5
46. Kd4 $10 Rf5 47. Rb3 b4 48. Ke4 (48. Rxb4 $2 Rf4+ 49. Kc5 Rxb4 50. Kxb4 h5
51. a4 Ke8 $1 52. Kc5 Kd7 53. Kb6 Kc8 $19) 48... Rh5 49. a3 bxa3 50. Rxa3 Rg5
51. Rd3 Rg6 52. Rh3 h6 53. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1993.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 037"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1993.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Shipov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 $5 6. Bg5 (6. Nf3
Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O (7... c5 $1 {Shipov} 8. dxc5 Bxc3+ $5 9. bxc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Na4
$10) 8. e3 {- 6.Bg5}) (6. e3 {Shipov} Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 $1 9. O-O e5
$10) 6... Bg7 7. e3 O-O (7... c5 {Shipov} 8. dxc5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1
N6d7 (10... Na4 $2 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Rxd7 $18) 11. Bb5 $14) 8. Nf3 (8. Rc1 $5 c5
(8... N8d7 9. Nf3 Nf6 (9... c5 $2 10. dxc5 $1 Nxc5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bxe7 Nd3+
13. Bxd3 Rxd3 14. Ke2 $16) 10. Be2 $14) 9. dxc5 N6d7 10. Nd5 (10. Nf3 {Shipov})
10... Nc6 11. b4 $5 (11. Qd2 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nf6 $44) 11... h6 12. Bh4 g5
13. Bg3 Nf6 (13... e6 $5 14. Nc7 Nxb4) 14. Nc7 (14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $44) 14... Rb8
15. Nb5 Ra8 $13) 8... c5 $1 9. dxc5 (9. Be2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Nd7 11. Nd4 Qa5 $13)
9... N6d7 10. Rc1 (10. Be2 Nc6 {- 9.Be2}) 10... Nc6 (10... Nxc5 11. Nd5 $1 $16)
(10... h6 11. Bh4 Nc6 (11... g5 {Shipov} 12. Bg3 Nxc5 $2 13. Nd5 $1 Ne4 $2 (
13... Ne6) (13... Nba6) 14. Rxc8 $1 $18) 12. Nd4 {- 10...Nc6}) 11. Nd4 (11. Bb5
$1 {Shipov} h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Nxc5 14. O-O $14) 11... h6 12. Bh4 g5 (12...
Qa5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxe7 Re8 15. Bd6 $16) 13. Bg3 (13. Nf5 $5 Nxc5 $1 (13...
gxh4 14. Qg4 $18) (13... Bf6 14. Nxh6+ Kh7 15. Qh5 gxh4 16. Bd3+ Kg7 17. Nf5+
Kg8 18. Nxe7+ $18) 14. Nxg7 Kxg7 $1 (14... gxh4 15. Nh5 $14) 15. Bg3 Bf5 16.
Be2 Qa5 $36 {>< d3}) 13... Nxc5 14. Nxc6 bxc6 (14... Qxd1+ $2 {Shipov} 15. Nxd1
$1 $18) 15. Qc2 $1 (15. Be2 Bf5 16. O-O Nd3 (16... Qa5 {/\ Rad8} 17. Nd5 $1 (
17. Bc4 Rad8 18. Qf3 Bd3 $13) 17... cxd5 18. Qxd5 Be6 (18... Be4 $2 19. Rxc5
Qb6 20. Qc4 $16) 19. Qxc5 (19. Rxc5 Qb6 20. Qc6 $10) 19... Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Bxb2
$10) 17. Bxd3 Bxd3 18. Re1 $13) (15. Qxd8 {Shipov} Rxd8 16. Be2 Bf5 17. O-O Nd3
18. Bxd3 Bxd3 19. Rfd1 c5 $15) 15... Qa5 16. Be2 (16. h4 Na4 17. Be2 $1 {
- 16.Be2 Na4 17.h4} (17. hxg5 Bf5 18. e4 Rfb8 $1 $40 (18... Rab8 $6 19. gxh6 $1
{/\ hg7-gf8} (19. gxh6 {Shipov} Bf6 (19... Rxb2 20. hxg7 $1) 20. h7+ Kh8 21.
Kd1 $3 $13)))) (16. Be2 Na4 17. h4 g4 (17... Bf5 18. e4 Be6 19. hxg5 Nxc3 (
19... hxg5 $2 20. e5 $1 Rfd8 21. Qxa4 $18) 20. bxc3 hxg5 21. Rh5 $36) 18. O-O
Nxc3 19. bxc3 Be6 20. c4 $14 {/\ Qe4,Bd3}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Repkova, Eva"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2320"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8.
Bd3 a6 9. O-O d6 10. f4 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rae1 Rb8 13. Qg3 Nd7 14. Qh3 Nb4
15. a3 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Qd8 17. Rf3 Kh8 18. g4 Re8 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. Ref1 Kg8 21.
Nde2 g6 22. e5 Bg7 23. exd6 b5 24. Ne4 f5 25. gxf5 exf5 26. N4c3 Bb7 27. b4 Rc8
28. Rc1 Qf6 29. Bd4 Qxd6 30. Bxg7 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Kxg7 32. Rd1 Rxc3 33. Nxc3 Qd4+
34. Kh1 Qxc3 35. Qb7 Qd4 36. Qxa6 Qd5+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lamoureux, Charles"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2380"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 Bb4 10. Bb2 Qc5 11. c4 Ba3 12. Bd4 Qc7 13. O-O b6 14. Ne4 Bb7
15. Nfg5 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 17. Qh5 e5 18. Bc3 Nf6 19. Qe2 hxg5 20. Bxe5 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zyla, Janusz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2320"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 d5 $5 9. exd5 (9. Nxd4 $2 dxe4 $19) (9. c3 $2 dxe4 10. Bxe4 d3 $1 11. Nf4 (
11. Ng3 f5 12. Bf3 e5 $17) 11... e5 $1 12. Nxd3 f5 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Nxe5 Qd5
$15) (9. Re1 $5 {/\ 10.Nd4 de4 11.Re4} Nc6 $13) 9... Qxd5 (9... Nxd5 10. c3 (
10. Nxd4 Nb4 $15) 10... dxc3 11. dxc3 g6 (11... Be7 12. Qc2 g6 13. Bh6 $14) 12.
Be4 $14) 10. c3 Nc6 (10... dxc3 11. dxc3 Nc6 12. Qc2 $14) 11. Qc2 {/\ Be4} f5 (
11... Qd6 12. Be4 $14) (11... Bd6 $5 12. Be4 $140 $2 Bxh2+ 13. Kxh2 Qh5+ $13)
12. cxd4 b5 (12... Nxd4 13. Qa4+ Nc6 14. Bc4 Qd6 15. d4 Bd7 16. Qd1 $14) 13.
Re1 $1 (13. Nc3 Qd6 14. d5 Nb4 $17) (13. Nf4 Qd6 $15) 13... Nb4 (13... Be7 $5
14. Qc3 $1 {/\ Bc2-b3} (14. Qb3 $6 Qxb3 15. axb3 Rb8 $15 16. d5 $140 Nb4 $17)
14... Bb4 15. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 16. axb3 $16 {/\ d5, /\ Bb5}) (13... Qd6 14. a4 $5
$13) 14. Qc3 Nxd3 (14... Bd6 15. Bb1 $1 Bb7 16. Qh3 O-O (16... g5 17. Nc3 $18)
17. a3 g5 (17... Nc6 18. Ba2 $18) 18. Nc3 $1 $18 (18. axb4 g4 19. Nc3 gxh3 20.
Nxd5 Bxd5 $36)) 15. Qxd3 Bc5 $1 (15... Be7 16. Nf4 Qd6 17. Qe3 $16) 16. b3 (16.
Nf4 Qxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kd7 20. Re2 Rhe8 21. Rxe8 Rxe8
22. Kf1 Ke6 $1 $10 23. d3 $140 Rc8) 16... O-O 17. Bb2 {/\ Nf4, dc5} Bb6 $2 (
17... Bd6 $1 $8 18. Nc3 Qb7 $44) 18. Qg3 $1 $16 Qd7 $8 19. d5 $1 exd5 20. Nf4
d4 (20... Bc7 21. Be5 $16) 21. Ba3 Rf7 (21... Re8 22. Nh5 $1 $18) 22. Nd5 $1
Bd8 (22... f4 23. Qf3 Bd8 24. Nb6 Bxb6 25. Qxa8 {/\ Rac1}) 23. Re5 $18 f4 (
23... Bb7 24. Rae1 Bh4 25. Qxh4 Bxd5 26. Qxd4 Bc6 27. Qf4 Rd8 28. d4 $1 $18 {
/\ Bc5, f3, Re7} Qxd4 $2 29. Qxd4 Rxd4 30. Re8+ $18) 24. Rae1 $1 Be7 $8 25.
Nxe7+ (25. Qf3 Bxa3 26. Nb6 Bb7 $1 $13) 25... Rxe7 (25... Qxe7 26. Qf3 $1 $18)
26. Qxf4 (26. Qxf4 Rxe5 (26... Rf7 27. Re8+) 27. Qf8#) 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Voiska, Margarita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Nd5 Ne7 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. e4 Bg7 12. Be3 Be6 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. Qd2 c6 15.
Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Qe3 Nc6 19. d4 e4 20. b3 Rfe8 21. Rfd1
Rad8 22. Nf4 Bf7 23. Bf1 dxc4 24. bxc4 b6 25. d5 Ne5 26. Be2 Qd6 27. h4 Rc8 28.
Kg2 Re7 29. h5 Rec7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rh1 Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Rxc4 33. Ne6 Bxe6 34.
dxe6 f4 35. gxf4 Qxe6 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. Qe2 Rc3 38. Rh4 Qc6 39. Kh2 Qf6 40. Rg4
Qh8+ 0-1

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Avni, Amatzia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 dxe4 6. Be3 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
Qg4 Qa5+ 9. c3 Nxc5 10. Bc4 Na4 11. b4 Qc7 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Qxd7 14. Ne2
Qd5 15. Bd4 g6 16. O-O Bg7 17. Rfd1 Nb2 18. c4 Nxc4 19. Nc3 Qc6 20. Nxe4 O-O
21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 Rfe8 23. Bc5 Kh8 24. Qxc4 b6 25. Rd6 Qc8 26. Rad1 bxc5
27. bxc5 Rb8 28. c6 Rb6 29. c7 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Bxc3+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2 Na5 13. h4 f6 14. h5 g5
15. Nxg5 fxg5 16. Qxg5+ Kh8 17. h6 Rf7 18. Bh5 Qg8 19. Qxg8+ Kxg8 20. Bxf7+
Kxf7 21. Rc1 b6 22. Rc3 e6 23. Rf3+ Ke7 24. Rh5 exd5 25. Re5+ Kd6 26. Re8 Nc6
27. Rf6+ Kd7 28. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Obodchuk, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
f4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd3 e6 14. Be2
Rc6 15. f5 Kd8 16. Bh5 Be8 17. e5 Qxe5 18. Bf3 Qxf5 19. Qxf5 exf5 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Rhf1 Bd7 22. Ne2 Rg8 23. g3 Kc7 24. Nd4 Rg5 25. Rd2 d5 26. Rdf2 Bc5 27. c3
Bc8 28. Kc2 Rg8 29. Rf3 Re8 30. Kd2 Bxd4 31. cxd4 Kd6 32. Rf4 c5 33. dxc5+ Kxc5
34. Rc1+ Kd6 35. Ra4 a6 36. Rb4 Be6 37. Rb6+ Ke5 38. Rxa6 Rb8 39. Re1+ Kd4 40.
Ra4+ Kc5 41. b3 Rb6 42. Kd3 Bd7 43. Rc1+ Kd6 44. Rh4 Ra6 45. Rc2 Ke5 46. Re2+
Kd6 47. Rf2 Bb5+ 48. Kd4 1-0

[Event "Groningen op"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1993.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1993.12.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 038 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 a5 4. b5 Bg7 5. Bb2 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. d4 O-O 8. Be2 e5
9. Nc3 Re8 10. a4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. O-O h5 13. Qc2 c6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. h3
Ned7 16. Rd2 Nc5 17. Bf3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 Nh7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 c5 21. b6 Qxb6
22. Nb5 Bxb5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rxd6 Bc6 25. Bxg6 Qc7 26. Bxh7 Rad8 27. R6d3
Rxd3 28. Bxd3 Qe5 29. Bf5 Re7 30. Re1 Re8 31. e4 Rd8 32. Qe2 Qc3 33. Rf1 Kh6
34. e5 Qd2 35. Qxd2+ Rxd2 36. Bb1 Kg5 37. g4 Bxa4 38. Be4 Rd1 39. Rxd1 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Asanov, Bolat"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2360"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 Qa5 11. Qe2 Nd5 12. Rfc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 15.
Nc4 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Rac8 17. Qb3 Qa6 18. Ba3 b6 19. Bg2 Na5 20. Qa4 Qc4 21. Qd1
Qe6 22. Qf1 Rfd8 23. Qa6 Qc4 24. Qxa7 Qa4 25. Bb2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Peregudov, Nickolai"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxc4 b6 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. e3 Bb7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Na5 14. Qb4 Rac8
15. Rfd1 Qe6 16. Bf1 c5 17. Qa3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bd5 19. Ne1 Bc4 20. Nd3 Rfd8 21.
h3 Bf6 22. Rdc1 Qd7 23. Rc3 Be6 24. Nf4 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Rc8 26. Qb4 Bc4 27. Nd3
Bd5 28. Nf4 Bc4 29. Nd3 Qe6 30. a4 Qe4 31. Ra3 Be6 32. Kh2 Qc6 33. Ne5 Qc1 34.
Ba6 Rc2 35. Nd3 Nc6 36. Nxc1 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. d3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Rb1 f5 7. b4 a6 8. a4 Nf6
9. b5 axb5 10. axb5 Ne7 (10... Nd4 $142 11. e3 Ne6 $13) 11. Qb3 O-O 12. f4 $1
$14 exf4 13. gxf4 Kh8 14. Nf3 Be6 $5 15. Nd4 (15. Ng5 Qc8 (15... Bg8 16. Bxb7
d5 (16... Rb8 17. Bg2 d5 18. Nf3 $16) 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 18. Nf3 $16) 16. Nxe6 Qxe6
17. Bxb7 Rab8 18. Bf3 Ng4 $44) 15... Bg8 16. Bxb7 d5 17. c5 $1 (17. Bxa8 dxc4
18. dxc4 Qxd4 $44 19. e3 $140 Qd3 20. Nd5 Qxb3 21. Rxb3 Nexd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23.
cxd5 Bxd5 $19) 17... Rb8 (17... Nd7 18. Qb4 $16) 18. c6 Ng4 (18... Nd7 19. Qb4
$16) 19. Qb4 Nc8 20. Nd1 $1 Qh4+ 21. Kd2 Qh3 22. Bb2 Re8 23. Re1 $1 Nxh2 24.
Nc2 $16 Bf7 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qd4+ Kg8 27. Kc1 (27. Bxc8 Rbxc8 28. Nde3 $16)
27... Qh4 28. Nc3 Ng4 29. Kb2 $22 (29. Bxc8 $1 $16) 29... Nd6 $1 30. Ba6 Rb6
$13 31. Nb4 Ne3 32. Rh1 Qf2 33. Ka2 $2 (33. Ka1 $142 Ra8 34. Rxh7 Rbxa6+ 35.
bxa6 Rxa6+ 36. Nca2 $8 Nc2+ $1 37. Nxc2 Qxd4+ 38. Nxd4 Kxh7 $14) (33. Nc2 $5)
33... Ng4 $2 (33... Nd1 $1 34. Qxf2 $8 Nxf2 $19 {- 33...Ng4}) 34. Qxf2 $22 (34.
Nc2 $8 Qxd4 35. Nxd4 Ra8 36. Na4 Rbb8 $13) 34... Nxf2 $19 35. Rhf1 d4+ 36. Ka3
dxc3 37. Rxf2 Ra8 38. Ka4 Nxb5 39. e3 Nd4 $138 (39... Nd4 40. exd4 Raxa6+ 41.
Nxa6 Rxa6+ 42. Kb4 Rb6+ $19) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Qa5 10. O-O Qxa2 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Qd3 Qe6 13. Bh4 h6 14. Nd2 cxd4
15. cxd4 Nb6 16. d5 Qd6 17. f4 Bd7 18. Bf3 Qxf4 19. Bxe7 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Qe5 21.
Bh4 Rxc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 24. Nb3 a5 25. Bf2 Qb2 26. Nc5 Bb5 27.
Qd1 b6 28. Na4 Qb4 29. Qc1 Bd7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. c3 e5 5. Nf3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Re1 h6
9. Na3 Re8 10. Nc2 d5 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. Ne3 Qd8 13. Bb5 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Kf1 Nd5 19. Nd1 Rxe1+ 20. Kxe1 Rb8
21. Bd2 f5 22. Rc1 c5 23. Rc2 c4 24. Ne3 Nb6 25. Bc1 Kf7 26. Rd2 Ke6 27. Kd1 a6
28. Nc2 Nd5 29. Na3 Nb6 30. Re2+ Kf7 31. Kc2 g5 32. Nb1 Nc8 33. Be3 f4 34. Bc5
Rb5 35. Bb4 f3 36. gxf3 Rf5 37. Nd2 Bf6 38. Re4 Nb6 39. Kd1 a5 40. Ba3 Be5 41.
Ke1 Ke6 42. Ke2 Rf4 43. Nf1 Nd5 44. Ne3 Nxe3 45. Rxf4 gxf4 46. fxe3 fxe3 47.
Bf8 Bf4 48. a4 Kf5 49. Bc5 Ke5 50. Bxe3 h5 51. Kf2 h4 52. Ke2 Kf5 53. Bf2 Kg5
54. Bc5 Kf6 55. Kd1 Kf5 56. Bf2 Kg5 57. Ke2 Bd6 58. f4+ Bxf4 59. Kf3 Bc1 60.
Be3+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Asanov, Bolat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1
e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bg3 Nge5 15.
Rad1 Ng6 16. h3 Kh8 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nbd4 Qf6 19. Bf1 Nce5 20. b3 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3
Bxh3 22. Qb4 Be6 23. Qxb7 Qc3 24. Rd3 Qxc2 25. e5 d5 26. Qb4 c5 27. Qa5 c4 28.
Nd4 Qb2 29. Rd2 c3 30. Rxb2 cxb2 31. Bd3 Rac8 32. Qd2 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34.
Rxe5 Rc1+ 35. Re1 Rfc8 36. Nxe6 Rxe1+ 37. Kh2 Rxe6 38. Qxb2+ Kg8 39. Bf5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. f4 d6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bf3 Nc6 (11... Nbd7 12. g4 Nc5 13. Qg2 Nfd7 14.
O-O Nb6 15. Rae1 Nc4 16. Bc1 $13) 12. f5 $1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 O-O 14. O-O-O e5 (
14... Qc4 $5 15. Rhe1 $13 (15. Bxf6 $2 Bxf6 $1 16. e5 Bxe5 $1 (16... Bxf3 17.
exf6 $1 Bxd1 18. Qg5 g6 19. Qh6 $18) 17. Bxb7 Bf4 $19)) 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Bg5
Rfd8 (16... Rac8 17. Bxf6 gxf6 $13 (17... Bxf6 18. Qxd6 Rfd8 19. Qb6 $16)) 17.
Bxf6 (17. g4 Nxe4 $1 18. Bxe4 (18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe7 Bxf3 $17) 18... Bxg5 19.
Qxg5 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rhe1 $15) 17... Bxf6 18. g4 Be7 19. g5 f6 (19...
Qd4 20. h4 Qxd2+ 21. Rxd2 $14) 20. g6 h6 21. Be2 Qc5 22. Nd5 (22. b4 $5 $16)
22... Kf8 $2 (22... Bxd5 23. Qxd5+ Qxd5 24. Rxd5 $16) (22... Bf8 $16) 23. b4 $1
Qc6 24. Qe3 $16 {/\ Qb3 ><f7} Rdc8 $22 25. Qb3 Qe8 26. Nb6 $18 d5 (26... Bxe4
$2 27. Nd7+ Qxd7 28. Qf7#) (26... Rc7 27. Nxa8 Bxa8 28. Bd3 $18 {/\ Kb1,Rc1,c4}
) 27. Nxd5 Rc6 28. Rd2 Rac8 29. Rhd1 Bd8 30. Kb1 Rc4 $8 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Qe3
a5 33. Nb6 c3 34. Rd7 Rb8 35. Qc5+ Be7 36. Rxe7 (36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. Nd7+ Ke8 38.
Qxe7+ Kxe7 39. Nxb8 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Peregudov, Nickolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1 Be7
9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. Qf3 Ra7 13. Be3 Qc7 14. d4 Rc8 15.
Rad1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bc5 17. a3 Nbd7 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Rd2 Nd7 21.
Qe3 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Savon, Vladimir A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nh5 12. Nd5 Nc5 13. Nd4 Nf6 14. Bxf4 Nxd5
15. exd5 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. Nb3 Be7 10. O-O d6 11. f4 b5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Be3 Nd7 15. a3
Nb6 16. Kh1 Nc4 17. Bc1 Bf6 18. g4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 f5 20. h3 Kh8 21. a4 fxe4 22.
axb5 axb5 23. Qxe4 Rae8 24. Nd4 Nd8 25. Qe2 Bxg2+ 26. Qxg2 Qd7 27. Nf3 Nc6 28.
Ng5 d5 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxe8 Rxe8 31. gxf5 Nd8 32. Qg4 Nf7 33. Ne6 Nfe5 34. Qh4
Nd6 35. Qd4 Ndf7 36. Bf4 Qd6 37. Re1 b4 38. Bxe5 Nxe5 39. Rxe5 bxc3 40. Rxd5
Qg3 41. Qg4 Qe1+ 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nf6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O a5 11. f4 Ba6 12. Re1 d6 13. Na4 Bxd2 14. Qxd2 O-O 15.
Rad1 Rfd8 16. b3 Rac8 17. h3 d5 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. Qe3 h6 20. Rd2 dxe4 21. Nxe4
Qxe3+ 22. Rxe3 Rxd2 23. Nxd2 Rd8 24. Nf3 Nd5 25. Re5 a4 26. a3 c5 27. f5 Bc8
28. fxe6 Bxe6 29. bxa4 Nc3 30. a5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 Ra1 32. Rxc5 Ne4 33. Re5 Nd6 34.
Nd4 Bc4 35. Rc5 Rxa3 36. Rc6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
O-O Bb6 9. Nc2 d6 10. f4 Be6 11. Bd3 Kh8 12. Nd2 Ng8 13. Qf3 Rae8 14. a3 Bc8
15. Rae1 Bxe3+ 16. Nxe3 Qd8 17. Kh1 Nb8 18. Qg3 Nh6 19. Bc2 b6 20. Nf3 Ba6 21.
c4 Nd7 22. Nd4 Nc5 23. b4 Ne6 24. Nf3 Qd7 25. f5 Nd8 26. f6 g6 27. Ng5 Re5 28.
Nf5 gxf5 29. Qh3 f4 30. Qxh6 Rxg5 31. e5 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gogonian, Arsen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 h6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. h3 Qc7 10. a3 b5 11. Bd3 a6 12. b4 Bb7 13. O-O c5 14. bxc5 Nxc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. Rfb1 Rd8 17. Qe1 Be7 18. a4 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21.
Qxe5 O-O 22. Qf4 Kg7 23. Ne5 Bd6 24. Re1 Rfe8 25. Re2 Qc3 26. Rae1 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Del Rio de Angelis, Salvador Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 Qd7 13. c3 Rac8 14. Bd4
Nfe4 15. Ne3 Bf6 16. Qc2 Ne6 17. Bxa7 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Qb3 Bxa1 20. Rxa1
Nf4 21. Qb2 Re6 22. Bd4 Nd3 23. Qb3 Rc1+ 24. Rxc1 Nxc1 25. Qb2 Nd3 26. Qd2 Qb5
27. h3 Nf4 28. Kh2 f6 29. Qc2 Qc6 30. Qb3 Rd6 31. Qb4 Ne6 32. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c6 7. a4 a5 8. Qd2 d5
9. Bd3 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Bd3 Be6 14. Ng5 Bd7 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Be6 17. c3 Re8 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Bf4 Bd5 20. Bd3 Rad8 21. Bc2
c5 22. dxc5 Qc6 23. Rad1 Bf6 24. Bh6 e5 25. Qe3 Bxg2 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27. cxd6 Bd5
28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Bg5 Rxd6 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Qxe5 Bh1 32. Qh2 Bf3 33. Rd8+ Kg7
34. Qe5 Bh1 35. Qh2 Re6 36. Rd1 Bf3 37. Rc1 Qb6 38. b4 Qc6 39. Bb3 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. a4 Nc5 8. Qf3
e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Nf5 Bxf5 11. Qxf5 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. a5 Qc8 14. Qxc8 Raxc8
15. Bd3 Rfd8 16. Ke2 Ne6 17. Rhd1 Bc5 18. h3 Kf8 19. Na4 Bxe3 20. Kxe3 Nd4 21.
Nb6 Rc6 22. c4 Nb3 23. Ra3 Nxa5 24. c5 Rxb6 25. cxb6 Nc4+ 26. Bxc4 Rxd1 27. Bd3
Rc1 28. Bxa6 Rc6 29. Bb5 Rxb6 30. Ra5 Ke7 31. b3 Nd7 32. Bc4 f6 33. Ra8 Nc5 34.
Rg8 Ne6 35. Bd5 Rb4 36. Rh8 Nc5 37. Rg8 Ne6 38. Kd3 g5 39. Kc3 Rb5 40. b4 Rb6
41. g3 Ra6 42. Kb2 b5 43. Rh8 Nd4 44. Rxh7+ Kd6 45. Rf7 Ra4 46. Rxf6+ Ke7 47.
Rf7+ Kd6 48. Rf6+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dao, Thien Hai"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 c5
9. d5 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. f3 exf3 12. exf3 Nd7 13. f4 Bf6 14. Qd3 Re8 15. Qxf5
Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Ne5 17. Qc2 Nxc4 18. f5 Nb6 19. Ng5 Qd7 20. Ne6 Bxc3 21. bxc3
Ncxd5 22. a4 Nf6 23. Bg5 Qf7 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qd3 Bxe6 26. fxe6 Rxe6 27. a5
Nd7 28. a6 Nb6 29. axb7 Rb8 30. Rxa7 d5 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Qxd5 Rb6 33. Qxf7+
Kxf7 34. Ra5 R8xb7 35. Rxc5 Rb2 36. Rc6 Rc2 37. Kg1 Kg7 38. Rf2 Rbb2 39. Rxc2
Rxc2 40. Rc7+ Kg6 41. c4 h5 42. c5 Kf5 43. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. a4 h6 (9... d5 10. dxe5 dxe4 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Rxe5 12. Nf3 Re8 13.
e5 $14) (10... Nxe4 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bg5 $16) 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Bb5 c6 13.
Nxe4 $1 Nxe4 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. Rxe4 cxb5 16. axb5 $14) 10. Bc2 (10. dxe5 dxe5
11. b4 $14) 10... a5 (10... d5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 (11... Nxe4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Rxe4
Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxd1+ 15. Bxd1 Rxe5 16. Rxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxh6 $16) 12. Nxe5 Rxe5 13.
Nf3 $14) 11. Nf1 b6 {/\ Bb7,d5} 12. d5 Bb7 13. b4 Qb8 14. Ba3 Bf8 (14... c6 15.
dxc6 Bxc6 16. b5 $16) 15. Bb3 c6 (15... Kg7 $5 $13) 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Nh4 axb4
18. cxb4 Kg7 19. Ng3 {/\ 20.b5 Bb7 21.Nhf5!?->} b5 $1 20. a5 Qb7 21. Qe2 d5 (
21... Rac8 22. Rad1 $14) 22. Qa2 Nb8 23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bb2 $1 Bxb3 (24... Bxb4
25. Rxe5 $36) 25. Qxb3 Nc6 (25... Nbd7 26. Nf3 $13) 26. f4 $1 Qa7+ (26... Bxb4
27. fxe5 Bxe1 28. Rxe1 Kh7 29. Rf1 $44) 27. Kh1 Ng4 $22 (27... Nd4 28. Qd3 Ng4
29. Ne4 f5 30. fxe5 Rad8 31. Qg3 $13) 28. h3 Nf2+ 29. Kh2 $16 Nd4 30. Qe3 $2 (
30. Qc3 $1 Rac8 31. Qe3 Nc6 32. Qf3 $16) 30... Nc2 31. Qf3 (31. Qxa7 Rxa7 32.
Rxe5 Rxe5 33. Bxe5+ f6 34. Rc1 fxe5 35. Rxc2 exf4 $17) 31... Nxe1 32. Rxe1 Bxb4
33. Re2 Bc5 (33... Nd1 34. Bxe5+ Kg8 (34... f6 35. Qg4 fxe5 36. Nh5+ $1 $18)
35. f5 $40) 34. fxe5 $6 (34. Bxe5+ Kg8 (34... Kh7 35. f5 {/\ 36.fg6 fg6 37.
Ng6+-} Rf8 $8 36. fxg6+ fxg6 37. Qc6 Rg8 38. Rd2 $1 $18) 35. f5 $36) 34... Re6
(34... Nd1 $5 35. Ba1 Re6 (35... Qxa5 $2 36. e6+ $18) 36. Ne4 $13) 35. Rd2 $1
$44 {/\ Ne2-d4, /\ Ne2-f4} Rae8 (35... Qxa5 36. Rd7 Rf8 37. Nxg6 Rxg6 (37...
Kxg6 38. Qf5+ Kg7 39. Qxe6 $18) 38. e6+ Kg8 39. e7 $1 Re8 (39... Bxe7 40. Rxe7
Qb4 41. Ba3 Qa4 42. Rb7 $18) 40. Rd8 $1 Rxd8 41. Qc3 $3 $18) (35... Be7 36.
Nhf5+ gxf5 37. Nxf5+ Kg8 38. Bd4 $1 Qxa5 39. Rxf2 $40) 36. Rd5 Kg8 37. Ne2 Be7
$22 (37... Qe7 $142 38. Nf4 $44) 38. Bd4 Qb7 (38... Qxa5 $142 39. Qxf2 $16) 39.
Bxf2 $18 Bxh4 $22 40. Bxh4 Qc7 41. Bf6 b4 42. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kacheishvili, Giorgi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nc6 9. d5 (9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Ne5 $13) 9... Ne5 10. Bd4 c5 $1
$8 11. Bxc5 Nec4 (11... Nbc4 12. Qb3 b6 13. Bd4 $16) 12. Bxc4 (12. Bxb6 Qxb6
13. Bxc4 Qxb2 $17) (12. Qb3 Nxb2 13. Rc1 (13. Qxb2 Na4 $19) 13... Bxc3+ 14.
Qxc3 N2a4 $15) 12... Nxc4 13. Qb3 (13. Qe2 Nxb2 {- 13.Qb3}) 13... Nxb2 $1 14.
Qxb2 Qc7 15. Bb4 (15. Qa3 b6 16. Bb4 a5 17. Rc1 axb4 $1 $17) 15... a5 16. Nge2
axb4 17. Qxb4 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 19. O-O b5 $44 20. Kh1 $2 (20. Qxe7 Rfe8 21. Qb4
Bf8 22. d6 $8 (22. Qb3 b4 23. Nd1 Ra3 24. Qb1 Bb5 $19) 22... Bxd6 23. Qb3 Bxh2+
24. Kh1 Be5 $15) (20. Rab1 $1 Rfc8 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 Rxa2 $44) 20... Qd6
$1 $15 21. Qxd6 (21. Rab1 Qxb4 22. Rxb4 Rfc8 23. Nxb5 Bxb5 24. Rxb5 Rxa2 25.
Ng1 Bh6 $1 26. f4 Rcc2 $15) 21... exd6 22. Rab1 Rfb8 23. Rb4 Ra3 24. Rc1 (24.
Rb3 b4 25. Rxa3 (25. Rfb1 Rxb3 26. Rxb3 Rc8 $17) 25... bxa3 26. Rb1 Rb2 $19)
24... Rc8 25. Rb3 $8 (25. Nxb5 Rxc1+ 26. Nxc1 Re3 $1 $19) 25... Rxb3 26. axb3
Ra8 $1 $17 27. Rb1 $2 (27. Rc2 $1 $15) 27... Ra3 $1 $17 (27... b4 28. Na4 Bxa4
29. bxa4 Rxa4 30. Nc1 $17) 28. Nd1 (28. e5 $5 Bxe5 29. Ne4 Bf5 30. N2g3 Bxg3
31. hxg3 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Kg7 $17) 28... Ra2 29. Nf4 b4 $1 30. Nd3 (30. Ne3 Bb5
31. g3 Bd4 32. Nc4 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Ra1 $1 $19) 30... Re2 $1 31. g3 (31. N1b2 Rd2
$1 32. Rd1 Rxb2 $19) 31... Bb5 32. Nxb4 Re1+ 33. Kg2 Bd4 34. Nc2 (34. Kh3 Bf1+
(34... h5 $19) 35. Kg4 h5+ 36. Kg5 Kg7 37. Nc2 Bf6+ 38. Kf4 g5+ 39. Kf5 Bh3+
40. g4 Bxg4+ 41. fxg4 Rf1+ 42. Nf2 Rxf2#) (34. Nc3 Bxc3 $19) 34... Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Ba4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. O-O d6 8.
d3 Bg4 9. Qg3 Be6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qf3 Qh4 12. g3 Qh3 13. b4 Nf6 14. b5 c5 15.
b6+ Kd8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. bxa7 Rxa7 19. Rfb1 h5 20. Qg2 Qxg2+ 21.
Kxg2 Bg5 22. Bb3 Bd2 23. Nb5 Ra6 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rb3 Kd7 26. Na3 Bb4 27. Nc4
b5 28. Ne3 Ra3 29. c4 Rha8 30. Rxa3 Bxa3 31. cxb5 Bb2 32. Rb1 Bd4 33. Nc4 Rxa2
34. b6 Rxf2+ 35. Kh3 Kc8 36. Nxd6+ Kb8 37. b7 g5 38. Nc4 Ra2 39. Rb6 Bg1 40.
Rb2 Rxb2 41. Nxb2 Kxb7 42. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch U18"]
[Site "Szeged"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Waitzkin, Joshua"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1994.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 042"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. b4 Re8 10. Nc4 Nh5 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Na5 Nf4 13. Bf1 Qf6 14. Be3 $6
(14. Nd2 $14) 14... Bg4 $1 15. Nxb7 Rab8 16. Nc5 (16. Ba6 Nxg2 $1 (16... Rbd8
$5 17. Nxd8 Rxd8 18. Qc1 Nxg2 19. Bg5 Qxf3 20. Be2 Nxe1 21. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 22. Kg2
Rd7 23. h3 Nxg5 24. Qxg5 Be6 $15) 17. Kxg2 Na4 $1 18. Qxa4 (18. Bg5 Qxa6 $17) (
18. b5 Nxc3 19. Bg5 Bxf3+ $17) 18... Qxf3+ 19. Kg1 Bh3 20. Bf1 Qg4+ 21. Kh1
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Qxe4+ 23. Kg1 Qxb7 $17) 16... Rbd8 17. Qc2 (17. Nd3 Nc4 18. Bxf4
(18. Rb1 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 Rxd3) 18... exf4 19. Qb3 Qxc3 20. Rac1 Qxb3
21. axb3 Nd6 22. Rxc7 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nb5 24. Rb7 Nd4 $13) (17. Qc1 $142 Bxf3 18.
gxf3 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qh5 20. Bg2 $44) 17... Nxg2 18. Bxg2 (18. Bg5 Nxe1 19. Rxe1
Qc6 $17 (19... Qxf3 20. Bg2 Qd1 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Bf1 Bf3 $17)) 18... Bxf3 19.
Bxf3 Qxf3 20. Qe2 Qh3 21. Rad1 Bf8 $1 22. Nb7 Rb8 23. Na5 $2 (23. Nc5 Rbd8 $10)
23... Na4 $1 $17 24. Qc2 (24. Rd3 Nxc3 25. Rxc3 Bxb4 26. Rd3 Bxe1 (26... Bxa5
27. Bd2 $16) 27. Qxe1 (27. Bxa7 Rb2 $1 $19) 27... Qg4+ 28. Kf1 Qxe4 $19) (24.
Bd2 $8 Rbd8 $17 (24... Nxc3 25. Bxc3 Qxc3 26. Rd3 $1 Qxb4 27. Nc6 $15)) 24...
Qg4+ 25. Kf1 $8 (25. Kh1 Nxc3 26. Qxc3 Bxb4 27. Qxc7 Qxe4+ 28. Kg1 Rec8 29.
Qxa7 Ra8 30. Qb7 Qg4+ $19) 25... Qh3+ 26. Kg1 Nxc3 27. Qxc3 (27. Rd3 Nxe4 28.
Nc6 $17) 27... Bxb4 28. Qxc7 Rbc8 $1 $19 29. Qb7 $8 (29. Qxa7 Ra8 30. Qd7 (30.
Qb7 Bxe1 $19) 30... Qxd7 31. Rxd7 Bxe1 32. Nc4 Bb4 $19) 29... Bxa5 30. Rf1 Qg4+
31. Kh1 Qf3+ 32. Kg1 Rc4 $1 33. Qb5 (33. Qd7 Rf8 34. Bh6 Rxe4 35. h3 Rh4 36.
Bxf8 Rxh3 $19) 33... Rec8 $1 (33... Rxe4 34. Qxe8+ Kg7 35. Rfe1 $13) 34. Qxa5
Qg4+ 35. Kh1 Qxe4+ 36. f3 Qxe3 37. Rde1 Qf4 38. Qxe5 Qxe5 39. Rxe5 Rc2 40. Ra5
Rb8 41. Rxa7 Rbb2 42. Ra1 Rxh2+ 43. Kg1 h5 44. Ra4 Rbg2+ 45. Kf1 Rg3 46. Rf4
Rxf3+ 47. Rxf3 Rh1+ 48. Ke2 Rxa1 49. a3 Ra2+ 50. Kd1 Kg7 51. Kc1 g5 52. Kb1 g4
0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 01st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ortega Garcia, Francisco"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. c3 Bd7 7. O-O Qe7 8. Re1
g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nf1 Nxd4 12. cxd4 Bxa4 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qc4 Bb5
15. Qc3 Rad8 16. a4 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Rfe8 18. b4 Qe6 19. Bb2 c6 20. Rac1 Nh5 21.
g3 Qg4 22. Ng1 Rd4 23. f3 Qd7 24. Qb3 Rd3 25. Bc3 Rd8 26. Kg2 Nf6 27. Nh3 Bh6
28. Rc2 Bd2 29. Re2 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Qxc3 Qd4 32. Qb3 Ne8 33. Nf2 Nc7 34.
Re3 Ne6 35. Rd3 Qb6 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Ng4 Qd2+ 38. Nf2 Nd4 39. Qc4 Nc2 40. Qb3
Ne3+ 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 01st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2315"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 f6 7. c3 Nh6 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Nc4 Ba6 13. Ne3 f5 14. Qa4 Bb7 15.
f3 Qb6 16. Rd1 fxe4 17. fxe4 Bc8 18. h3 Kh8 19. b3 Qc7 20. Nc4 Bd7 21. Be3 Nf7
22. Qa5 Qxa5 23. Nxa5 c5 24. Nd5 e6 25. Nc3 Rb4 26. Nc4 Bb5 27. Nxb5 Rxb5 28.
Rab1 d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Nb2 Re8 31. Bf2 cxd4 32. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 33. Rxd4 Re2 34.
Na4 Rb7 35. Rb2 Rxb2 36. Nxb2 Rd7 37. Nd3 Kg7 38. Nb4 Kf6 39. Rxd5 Rxd5 40.
Nxd5+ Ke5 41. Ne7 Nd8 42. Kf2 Kd4 43. Kf3 Kc3 44. Ke4 Kb2 45. b4 Kxa2 46. b5
Kb3 47. Nc6 Nb7 48. Kd5 Ka4 49. Nxa7 Ka5 50. Kc6 Nd8+ 51. Kd7 Nb7 52. Kc7 Nc5
53. Kc6 Ne6 54. b6 Ka6 55. Nb5 Nd8+ 56. Kd7 Nb7 57. Nd6 Nc5+ 58. Kc6 Ne6 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 01st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dimitrov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2460"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rae8 12. Nf1 exd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Bc2 d5 15.
e5 Ne4 16. Ne3 f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng4 Qd6 19. Re2 Nc4 20. Qe1 c5 21. Nxf6+
Qxf6 22. dxc5 Bc6 23. Be3 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Nxc5 25. Rc1 Nd7 26. Bb3 Nb6 27. Qc3
Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 01st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Ne5 12. Bxf4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Re8 $2 $146 (13...
Be6) 14. Nd4 Qc5 $6 (14... Be6 15. Rae1 Rac8 16. Nf5 $14) 15. Be3 $1 Nc4 (15...
Neg4 16. Bg1 $16) (15... Nfg4 16. Nd5 $16 {/\ b4}) 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. b3 Qb4 $2
(17... Qc7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. Rxf5 Bd8 20. Raf1 Re6 21. Bd4 $16) 18. Qd3 $1 {
/\ Nf5, Bd4; /\ a5, Ra4} Qa5 (18... Be6 19. Nf5 (19. Nxe6 $6 fxe6 20. a5 d5 21.
exd5 Rad8 22. Ra4 Qd6 $13) 19... Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Rac8 21. Bd4 $16) 19. Nf5 Bxf5 (
19... Nxe4 20. Nxg7 $16) 20. Rxf5 Qd8 21. Bd4 Nd7 22. Nd5 $18 g6 (22... Ne5 23.
Bxe5 dxe5 24. Raf1 f6 25. Qh3 $18 {/\ Rh5}) 23. Raf1 (23. Rxf7 $6 Kxf7 24. Rf1+
Kg8 25. Qc4 Ne5 26. Nxe7+ Kh8 27. Nd5 $13) 23... Rf8 (23... gxf5 24. Qg3+ Bg5
25. Nf6+ $18) 24. Qh3 $1 {/\ Rh5} f6 (24... Ne5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rxe5 Bd6 27.
Rh5 $1 (27. Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Rxf6 $18) 27... gxh5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 (28... Kh8 29. Qxh5
$18) 29. Nxh5+ $1 Kg6 30. Qg4+ Kh6 31. Rf6+ $18) 25. R5f3 Rf7 26. Qe6 Nf8 (
26... Kg7 27. Rh3 {/\ Rh7} Nf8 (27... h5 28. Rg3 $18) 28. Qxe7 $1 Rxe7 29.
Bxf6+ $18) 27. Nxf6+ $1 Bxf6 28. Qd5 $1 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 01st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gonzalez Garcia, Jose"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Qxc3 Ba6 (12... Nd7) 13. f4 (13.
Ne2 $5 Nd7 14. Qxc6 Qa5+ $2 15. Bd2 Nxe5 16. Qe4 $1 $18 (16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Qxa6
Qxa1+ 18. Bc1 (18. Nc1 Bc3 $1 $13) 18... Bc3+ 19. Nxc3 Qxc3+ 20. Bd2 Qa1+ 21.
Bd1 Rad8 $13)) (13. h4 c5 $1 14. Qxc5 Nd7 15. Qa3 Nxe5 $1 16. Qxa6 (16. dxe5
Qd3 $19) 16... Qxd4 $40 {/\ Qa1, Nd3}) 13... Nd7 (13... Qc7 14. Nf3 Nd7 15. h4
$1 $16) 14. Nf3 (14. Qxc6 Nb6 15. Nf3 Rc8 16. Qe4 Qc7 17. Kf2 Bb7 $44) 14...
Rc8 $5 15. e6 $6 (15. Be3 Nb6 16. Kf2 Nd5 17. Qc5 Qd7 $13 {/\ f6}) 15... fxe6 (
15... Nb6 $2 16. exf7+ Kh8 17. Ne5 {/\ Ng6} Qd6 18. Ba3 Qf6) 16. Ng5 Kh8 $8 17.
Nxe6 (17. Nxh7 Kxh7 18. Qh3+ Bh6 19. f5 Qa5+ 20. Kd1 Qxf5 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Re1
Rf6 $17) 17... Qb6 $36 18. Nxg7 (18. Nxf8 Rxf8 (18... Bxd4 $2 19. Qd2 Ne5 $1 {
/\ Nd3} (19... Rxf8 20. Bb2 $16) 20. Nxg6+ $3 (20. fxe5 Rxf8 $19) 20... Nxg6 (
20... hxg6 21. fxe5 {/\ Qh6}) 21. Bb2 $18) 19. Be3 Nf6 {/\ Ne4} 20. O-O-O (20.
Qc5 $2 Qxc5 21. dxc5 Ng4 $19) 20... Nd5 21. Qd2 Rc8 $40 {/\ c5}) 18... Kxg7 19.
Be6 (19. Be3 Nf6 $40) 19... Rcd8 20. Be3 $2 (20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Be3 Qb5 22. Kf2
$15) 20... Nf6 $19 {/\ Ne4} 21. O-O-O Nd5 22. Qa3 (22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Kd2 Rc8
24. Qa3 Qe6 $19 {/\ Qe4}) 22... Rb8 23. Bxd5 (23. Kd2 Qb2+ 24. Qxb2 Rxb2+ 25.
Kc1 Rfb8 26. Bxd5 cxd5 $19 {/\ Be2}) 23... Qb1+ 24. Kd2 Rb2+ 25. Ke1 (25. Kc3
Rc2#) 25... Re2+ 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 01st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nedobora, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O exf4 11. Kh1 Nc5 12. Bxf4 Bg4 13. Be3 $5 $146 (13. Qd2)
13... Rc8 (13... Bh5 $2 14. Bxc5 $1 dxc5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Qe1 $16 {/\ Rd1, Nd5,
Qg3}) 14. Qd2 Bh5 $6 (14... Nxd3 $1 15. Qxd3 (15. cxd3 d5 16. e5 Bxf3 $1 17.
exf6 Bxf6 18. Rxf3 d4 19. Ne4 dxe3 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $1 21. Rxe3 $15) 15... Be6 $1
$11 {/\ Bc4, /\ d5, /\ Qa5, Ng4-e5}) 15. Nd4 Ng4 (15... Bg6 16. Nf5 $14) 16.
Nd5 (16. Bf4 Bf6 $13) 16... Nf6 $2 (16... Bg6 17. Nf5 $16) (16... Nxd3 17. cxd3
$16) 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nf5 Qe6 19. Nxg7 $1 $18 Kxg7 20. Bd4 Ncd7 21. Rxf6 $1
Nxf6 22. Rf1 Rc5 $6 (22... Qg4 23. Bxf6+ Kg8 24. h3 Qg3 25. Rf5 Bg6 26. Rf3 $18
) (22... Bg6 $142 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Qb4 Rfd8 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27.
Qa7 $1 $18 Rxb2 $140 $2 28. Qd4+) 23. Rxf6 Qxf6 24. Bxf6+ Kxf6 25. Bxa6 $1 Ke7
$8 26. b4 $1 (26. Bxb7 $6 Rb8 27. b4 $4 Rxb7 $17) 26... Re5 (26... Rc7 27. Bd3
$18 (27. Qg5+ $6 f6 28. Qxh5 bxa6 29. Qxh7+ Rf7 $16)) 27. Bxb7 Bg6 28. a5 f5
29. exf5 Rfxf5 30. h3 {/\ a6-a7} 1-0

[Event "Linares Anibal op 01st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Suba, Mihai"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 039"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 f6
8. Be3 e5 9. Nd2 Be6 10. Bc4 Kf7 11. Kc2 Nd7 12. Rhd1 Be7 (12... Bc5 $2 13. Nb3
Bd6 $16) 13. a4 Rhd8 (13... a6 14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. Nb3 b6 16. Rd2 $14) (13... a5
14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. Nc4 $14) 14. b4 (14. Bxe6+ Kxe6 15. Nb3 b6 16. a5 c6 $11 {
/\ Bd6-c7, Nf8}) 14... a5 $6 15. Kb3 c6 (15... axb4 16. cxb4 Nf8 17. Bxe6+ Nxe6
18. Nf3 $14) 16. Bxe6+ Kxe6 17. Nc4 (17. g4 $1 axb4 18. cxb4 b5 19. axb5 cxb5
20. Rxa8 (20. Nf3 Ra4 21. Rxa4 bxa4+ 22. Kxa4 Ra8+ 23. Kb3 Rb8 $11 24. Bd2 $140
Nc5+) 20... Rxa8 21. Nb1 Nb8 22. Nc3 Na6 23. Nd5 $16) 17... axb4 18. cxb4 f5 (
18... b5 19. axb5 cxb5 20. Na3 $1 $16) 19. exf5+ (19. f3 $1 fxe4 20. fxe4 Nf6
21. Bb6 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Nxe4 23. Re1 $1 Kd5 (23... Kf5 $2 24. g4+ Kf4 25. Rf1+
Kxg4 26. Nxe5+ Kh3 27. Rf7 $16) 24. Bg1 $5 (24. Rd1+ $11) 24... Bd8 $44) 19...
gxf5 20. Re1 e4 21. Rad1 Nf6 22. Na5 $6 (22. Bb6 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Bc5 $11)
22... Nd5 23. Nxb7 (23. Bd2 Kf7 $1 $15 24. f3 $140 e3 $1) 23... Rdb8 24. Nc5+ (
24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Nc5+ Bxc5 26. Bxc5 Rc8 $1 $15) 24... Bxc5 $1 (24... Kf7 25.
Rxd5 $1 cxd5 26. Rd1 $36) 25. Bxc5 Nxb4 $1 26. Bxb4 $8 c5 27. Kc4 Rxb4+ 28.
Kxc5 Rbxa4 $17 29. Rd6+ Ke7 $6 (29... Ke5 30. Rd5+ Kf4 $17) 30. Rb6 R8a5+ 31.
Kc6 $6 (31. Rb5 Kf6 (31... Rxb5+ 32. Kxb5 Ra2 33. f3 Rxg2 34. fxe4 f4 35. Rf1
$1 $11) 32. Rxa5 Rxa5+ 33. Kd4 Ra3 34. Rd1 Kg5 $15) 31... Ke6 32. f3 $2 $138
Ke5 $17 33. fxe4 fxe4 34. g3 Ra6 35. Re2 Rxb6+ 36. Kxb6 Rc4 $19 37. Kb5 Rc7 38.
Kb4 Kd4 39. Rd2+ Ke3 40. Rd6 Ke2 41. g4 e3 42. Kb3 (42. g5 Re7 $1 $19 {/\ Kf1,
e2-e1Q}) 42... Kf3 $1 (42... Rf7 43. g5 Kf3 $140 $2 44. Rf6+ $11) 43. Re6 (43.
g5 Re7 $19) 43... e2 (43... e2 44. g5 (44. Kb2 Rf7 $19) (44. Rf6+ Kxg4 $19)
44... Rc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares Anibal op 01st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Levin, Felix"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "TD"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd2 Qe7
15. e5 Nd7 16. Kb1 Bb6 17. f4 h5 18. h4 O-O-O 19. Ne2 Bb5 20. Bb4 Bc5 21. Nd4
Bxf1 22. Rxf1 g6 23. Nb3 Bxb4 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 Nb8 26. Nd4 Nc6 27. c3 Kc7
28. Kc2 Kb6 29. Kd3 Nxd4 30. Kxd4 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares Anibal op 01st"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1994.01.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1998"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Terekhin, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Be3 Bf6 12. b3 Qe7 13. c5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. b4 a6 16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qd2 Be4 18. h3 h6 19. a4 a5 20. b5 Nb4 21. Rac1 Bxf3
22. Bxf3 Bg5 23. Bg4 Qf6 24. Bd7 Re4 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. Qxg5 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 hxg5
28. b6 cxb6 29. cxb6 Ra6 30. Re8+ Kh7 31. Re7 Rxb6 32. Rxf7 Rf6 33. Re7 Nc6 34.
Bxc6 bxc6 35. Re3 Rf7 36. Rc3 Rf4 37. Rd3 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Begunov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 (11... Rc8 12. Bd3 e5 (12... Qc7 13.
d5 (13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Bh6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Rb3 Bg7 18. Be2 Qa5
19. dxe5 Be6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. Rb5 Bc6 24. Rb2 $10 {
Timoshchenko,G-Rytshagov,M/Cappelle op (05)/1993/0.5 (25)}) 13... Ne5 14. Bf4
b6 15. c4 f5 16. Bg3 Rcd8 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5 Rxf5 19. Nf4 Nxc4 20. Ne6 Qd7
21. Qe2 Nd6 22. Nxd8 Qxd8 23. Qe6+ Rf7 24. Be5 $16 {Karpman,V-Tseitlin,MD/
Podolsk GMA-qual/1989/1-0 (54)}) (12... Na5 13. d5 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5 15. c4 Qd7
16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Qc2 b6 18. Nf4 Nb7 19. Ne6 Nd8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bc1 Kg8 22.
Bb2 Nb7 23. Rbe1 Rcf8 24. Re2 $16 {Lukacs,P-Jansa,V/Baile Herculane/1982/1-0 
(35)}) 13. d5 Na5 14. Qc1 Qe7 15. Kh1 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. c4 b6 18. Bg5 Qf7
19. Ng3 Nb7 20. Be2 Qg6 21. f4 e4 22. Nh5 Bd4 23. Rb3 e3 24. Bh4 $13 {Cramling,
P-Groszpeter,A/Biel-B/1990/0.5 (32)}) (11... Na5 12. Bd3 Qc7 (12... e5 13. dxe5
Qc7 14. f4 Rad8 15. Nc1 b6 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Bf2 g5 18. Bg3 c4 19. Bc2 gxf4 20.
Bh4 Qc5+ 21. Kh1 Rc8 22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. exf6 Rcd8 24. Rxf4 $16 {Timoshchenko,
G-Cseshkovsky,V/Moscow GMA-op/1989/1-0 (30)}) 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 e6
16. d6 Qc6 17. f4 e5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bg5 Bg4 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Qg5 Qc5+ 22.
Kh1 Bxe2 23. Qxd8+ Kg7 {Polugaevsky,L-Romanishin,O/Tilburg/1985/1-0 (24)}) (
11... cxd4 12. cxd4 Qc7 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Nxd4 b6 16. Rfc1 Qd6
17. Qb4 Rc8 18. Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Qc4 Bd7 20. Nb5 Bxb5 21. Qxb5 e6 22. Rc1 Qd7 23.
Qc4 Bb2 24. Rb1 $14 {Sadler,M-Conquest,S/Telecom Dublin/1991/1-0 (60)}) 12. Bd3
(12. dxc5 Na5 13. Bb3 (13. Bd5 e6 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Rxb7 Bc6 16. Rb6 Bxe4 17.
Qa4 Qd3 18. Nf4 Qc2 19. Qc4 Rad8 20. Rd6 Bb7 21. Rc1 Qf5 22. Rcd1 Rc8 23. f3 g5
24. Nd3 $13 {Vokac,M-Van Mil,J/Mitropa Cup/1993/0-1 (49)}) 13... Bb5 14. Re1
Nxb3 15. Qxb3 Qa5 16. f3 Rfc8 17. c4 Bc6 18. Nd4 Be8 19. Qxb7 Qxa2 20. Qxe7
Qxc4 21. Rec1 Qa2 22. Qb7 Qa3 23. c6 a5 24. c7 $16 {Shneider,A-Van Mil,J/
Kusadasi op/1990/1-0 (27)}) 12... Qc7 13. Bf4 (13. f4 b5 14. dxc5 Rfd8 $13)
13... e5 14. Bg3 (14. dxe5 Be6 15. Qd2 b5 $132) 14... b5 15. Kh1 Rae8 16. Bc2
Qa7 17. d5 (17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. f4 Ree8 $10) 17... Na5 18. a4 f5 $1
19. axb5 axb5 (19... f4 $2 20. b6 Qb8 21. Bh4 h6 22. f3 $14) 20. f3 Nc4 21. Ra1
Qb6 22. Qc1 fxe4 23. Bxe4 (23. fxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Bh6 $15) 23... Bf5 (23...
Ra8 24. Rd1 (24. Rxa8 $6 Rxa8 25. Qg5 Bf6 26. Qc1 Bf5 $15)) 24. Bxf5 (24. Rd1
Bxe4 25. fxe4 Nd6 26. Qc2 Bh6 {/\ Nc4}) 24... gxf5 25. Qg5 $6 (25. Rd1 Ra8 $15)
25... Rd8 (25... Qg6 $6 26. Qxg6 hxg6 27. Bf2 Rc8 28. Rfb1) 26. Rfd1 h6 27. Qe7
Ne3 (27... Bf6 28. Qe6+ Qxe6 29. dxe6 e4 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. fxe4 fxe4 32. Rb1 b4
33. cxb4 Nd2 34. Rd1 cxb4 35. Bf4 Nc4 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Bxh6 b3 $15) 28. Ra7
Qg6 29. Rda1 (29. Rd3 f4 30. Rxe3 fxe3 31. Qxc5 Rf7 $17) 29... Rxd5 30. R1a6
Qf7 31. Qh4 (31. Rb6 Rd2 32. Ng1 Qxe7 33. Rxe7 f4 $19) 31... Rd7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7
33. Bf2 Qd2 34. Bxe3 (34. Ng1 Qxc3 $19) 34... Qxe3 35. Ng1 Qxc3 36. Ra7 e4 37.
Qe7 Qe5 38. Qd7 b4 39. f4 Qf6 40. Ne2 (40. Qd5+ Rf7 41. Ra8+ Kh7 42. Qxc5 b3
43. Rb8 b2 $19) 40... Rd8 41. Qa4 Qb2 42. Rd7 Rxd7 43. Qxd7 Qb1+ (43... Qxe2
44. Qe6+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Kf7 46. Qd7+ Kg6 47. Qe6+ Bf6 48. Qg8+ Kh5 49. Qf7+ Kg4
$19) 44. Ng1 e3 45. Qe6+ Kh7 46. Qxe3 b3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chuprov, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Bd7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qd2 Nf6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Rfd1 a6 13. Rac1 Rac8 14. a3 Qb6 15.
b4 Qa7 16. Bd3 Ng4 17. h3 Nge5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Ne2 Ba4 20. Rf1 b5 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. c5 Qd7 23. Rc3 h6 24. Qb2 Bg5 25. Rb1 Qc6 26. Ng3 Rd4 27. Qe2 Rcd8 28.
Nf1 Qd7 29. c6 Qd6 30. Bc2 Bd2 31. Rc5 Bxc2 32. Rxc2 Bg5 33. Rb3 Rc8 34. Rbc3
Bd8 35. Nd2 f5 36. exf5 exf5 37. g3 Bb6 38. Nf3 Rd5 39. Rd2 e4 40. Rxd5 Qxd5
41. Nh4 Qe5 42. Qa2+ Kh7 43. Qf7 e3 44. Kg2 e2 45. Rc1 Re8 46. c7 Bxc7 47. Nf3
Qe7 48. Rxc7 Qxf7 49. Rxf7 e1=Q 50. Nxe1 Rxe1 51. Rxf5 Ra1 (51... Kg6 52. Rd5
Re6 $5) 52. Rf3 Kg6 53. Rd3 Kf5 54. Kf3 Ra2 (54... g5 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. f4+ gxf4+
57. gxf4+ Kf5 58. Kd4 Kxf4 59. Kc5 $18 h5 60. Kc6) 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. f4+ Ke6 57.
Kd4 Kd6 58. Ke4+ Ke6 59. f5+ Ke7 60. Kf4 Rc2 61. Kg4 Rc4+ 62. Kh5 Rc6 63. g4 a5
(63... Rb6 64. h4 Rc6 65. g5 hxg5 66. hxg5 Rb6 67. Re3+ Kf7 68. Re6 Rxe6 69.
fxe6+ Kxe6 70. Kg6 $18) 64. bxa5 Ra6 65. Rd5 Rxa5 66. Kg6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e3 cxd5 8.
Bb5+ Kf8 9. Nge2 Kg7 10. Nf4 e6 11. O-O a6 12. Be2 Qd6 13. Nd3 Nd7 14. Qb3 b6
15. f4 Bb7 16. Ne5 Rhd8 17. Rac1 b5 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 Be7 20. a5 Nxe5 21. fxe5
Qb8 22. Rf2 Bf8 23. Rcf1 Rd7 24. Qa4 Bc8 25. Nc1 Raa7 26. Nd3 Rac7 27. h4 Kg8
28. g4 Rd8 29. Qb3 Bb7 30. Nf4 Bc6 31. Bxa6 Qa8 32. Qd3 Ra7 33. Bb5 Bxb5 34.
Qxb5 Rxa5 35. Qd3 Ra1 36. h5 Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Bh6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Qd3 Bxf4 40.
exf4 Qa1+ 41. Kg2 Kg7 42. f5 gxf5 43. gxf5 Rh8 44. f6+ Kf8 45. Qf1 Qxf1+ 46.
Rxf1 Rh4 47. Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Na4 h6 12. Bh4 Re8 13. c4 Bd6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Nc3 Be5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bxf6 Bb7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 O-O 10. Ne2 Bb7 11. O-O c5 12. d5 Nd7 13. Bg5 Nf6 14. f3 Qb6 15.
Kh1 Rfd8 16. Rb1 h6 17. Bh4 e6 18. c4 Qc7 19. Nc3 a6 20. cxb5 c4 21. b6 Qe5 22.
Ne2 exd5 23. f4 Qh5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. e5 cxb3 26. exf6 bxa2 27. Ra1 d4 28. Qd2
d3 29. Ng3 Qd5 30. f5 Rac8 31. Rxa2 g5 32. Qf2 d2 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zhelnin, Vladimir V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Glatman,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. Nc3 b5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Bd3 e6 7. Qe2 (7. O-O)
7... Ne7 8. e5 Bxg2 9. Rg1 Bb7 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Be3 Nd5 (11... Qc7 $2 12. Ndxb5
$1 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qa5+ (13... Qxe5 14. f4 $1 Qxb2 15. Bd4 $1 $18) 14. b4 $1
Qxb4+ 15. c3 Qa4 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. Bb6#) 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Nf5 Qc7 14. Nd6+ Bxd6
15. exd6 Qxd6 16. O-O-O Nc6 (16... O-O $2 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Rxg7+
$1 Kxg7 20. Rg1+ Kf6 21. Qg5#) 17. Rxg7 Qxh2 18. Rg5 {/\Rxd5} Nb4 19. Qg4 Nxd3+
20. Rxd3 Qh1+ 21. Kd2 Qe4 22. Qg3 f5 23. Qd6 Rc8 24. Rg7 Qh4 25. Qxd7+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 Bb4 5. Nxe5 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qe7 7. Nxc6
Qxe4+ 8. Be2 dxc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Rb1 Re8 11. Bd3 Qh4 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qf4 Nd5
14. Qd2 b5 15. a4 a6 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf5 18. Rb7 Be4 19. f3 Bg6 20. Bxd5
cxd5 21. Rxc7 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. c3 Qf6 24. Ba3 Qc6 25. a5 Bf5 26. Re1 Re8
27. Re5 Bd7 28. Qe1 Re6 29. Bb4 f6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg op"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1994.02.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 041"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1994.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. c4 Nf6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Qe3 Bf8 14. Nd4 Be8
15. Rd3 Ng4 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Rg3 Ng6 18. Kh1 a6 19. a4 Bd7 20. Qe3 Re8 21. f4
Rac8 22. Rf1 b5 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Ndxb5 Qb4 25. Na2 Qa5 26. Nbc3 Qa6 27. Qd3
Qa8 28. Re3 Bc6 29. Nc1 Rb8 30. Qd1 Qb7 31. Ba3 Red8 32. Re2 d5 33. Bxf8 d4 34.
Rd2 dxc3 35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Qxd8 Nxf8 37. Qd4 Bxe4 38. Kg1 Bxg2 39. Rf2 Bd5 40.
Qxc3 h6 41. b4 Nd7 42. Nd3 Qa7 43. Nc5 f5 44. Nxd7 Qxd7 45. a5 Ba8 46. Re2 Kh7
47. Kf2 Qd5 48. Ke1 Qh1+ 49. Kd2 Bf3 50. Rxe6 Qxh2+ 51. Kc1 Qxf4+ 52. Kb2 Be4
53. Ka3 h5 54. a6 h4 55. a7 Qg4 56. Rc6 Bxc6 57. Qxc6 Qg3+ 58. Ka4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanov, Mikhail M"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e5 7. Nc3 Be7 (7...
c6 8. O-O Be7 9. b4 O-O 10. a4 exd4 11. Nxd4 $1 $14 (11. exd4 d5 $13 {Hoffman,
A-Spangenberg,H/San Martin/1993/EXP37/})) 8. Nd2 $6 (8. O-O $5 O-O 9. b4 Re8
10. a4 exd4 11. Nxd4 $5 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Bf8 13. Rd1 g6 14. Ba3 $14 {Ivanov,
I-Miles,A/New York op/1994/EXP40/}) 8... Bg6 (8... exd4 9. exd4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2
O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Qd3 Bf8 13. Nf3 $10) 9. Bf3 c6 10. O-O O-O 11. d5 Qb6 12.
e4 Nc5 13. Na4 (13. Rb1 a5 14. b3 Rfc8 $13) 13... Nxa4 14. Qxa4 cxd5 15. cxd5
Rfc8 16. Nb3 (16. Nc4 $2 Qd4 $17) 16... Qc7 17. Be3 (17. Bg5 Nxd5 $17) 17...
Qc4 $1 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Nd2 (19. Rfc1 Rac8 $1 (19... Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Nxe4 22. Rc7 $44) 20. Na5 Rxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 Bxe4 23. Bxe4 Nxe4
24. Nxb7 Nf6 25. Be3 (25. Na5 $5 Nxd5 26. Nc6 a6 27. Bd2 $15) 25... a6 26. Ba7
Nxd5 27. Bb8 Nb4 $17) 19... Rc2 20. Rab1 Rac8 21. Bd1 $6 (21. Rfe1 $5) 21...
Nxd5 $1 22. Bxc2 (22. exd5 Rxd2 23. Bxd2 Bxb1 24. Bg4 Rc2 $17) 22... Nxe3 23.
fxe3 Rxc2 $44 24. Nf3 (24. Rf2 Bh4 25. Re2 Bxe4 $19) 24... Bxe4 25. Rfc1 Rc6 $1
26. Rxc6 Bxc6 27. Kf2 f6 28. g4 Kf7 29. Rc1 Ke6 30. Ke2 Bd8 31. Rd1 g6 32. b3
Bb5+ 33. Kf2 Bb6 34. Re1 f5 $1 35. gxf5+ gxf5 36. Kg2 (36. Ng5+ Ke7 37. Nxh7 f4
$19) 36... Bc6 $19 37. a4 a5 38. h4 Kf6 39. Re2 Ke6 40. Re1 h6 41. Re2 Bc5 42.
Re1 Bd5 43. h5 Bxb3 44. Nd4+ Bxd4 45. exd4 Bxa4 46. dxe5 dxe5 47. Kf2 Be8 48.
Rc1 a4 49. Rc8 Bxh5 50. Rb8 f4 51. Rxb7 Kf5 52. Rh7 e4 53. Rxh6 e3+ 54. Ke1 Bg4
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pushkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Qd2 Bxg5 9. Nxg5 Nf6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Be2 b6 12. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Lisenko"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 (14.
Nh5) (14. Ne2) (14. g3) 14... Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Bxh7+ (16. Ne2 Qxc1 17.
Raxc1 Bd7 $5 18. Bb5 Rac8 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxc6 21. Re1 $1 Bb5 22. Nc3
Bd7 23. Kf1 $2 (23. f3 Kf7 24. h4 $14) 23... Rf4 $13 {Wahls,M-Hertneck,G/BRD/
1993/0:1 (58)}) 16... Kxh7 17. Nxe6 Qf5 18. Nxf8+ Qxf8 19. Qg5 Qf5 (19... Bf5
20. Rfe1 Rd8 21. Re3 {Brodskij,M-Supatashvili,K/Pardubice(op)/1993/} Rd6 $5 22.
Rf3 Rf6 23. Rd1 $13 {Brodskij/}) 20. Qxf5+ $146 (20. Qh4+ $5 {Dvoirys,S-Ulibin,
M/URS/1994/}) 20... Bxf5 21. Rfe1 Kg6 (21... g5 22. b4 $1) 22. f3 (22. Rad1 Rh8
23. g3 Be4 24. Re3 Rf8 $13) 22... Kf6 (22... Nxd4 $2 23. Rad1 Nc2 24. Re2 {
/\ g4+/-}) 23. Rad1 g5 24. g4 Bd7 $1 (24... Be6 25. Rd2 {/\ Kf2-g3,f4} Ne7 $4
26. Rde2 $18) (24... Bg6 25. Kg2 Rh8 26. Kg3 Nd8 27. Rh1 Rh4 28. Rhf1 Ne6 29.
f4 $1 Be4 30. h3 Rh7 31. fxg5+ Kxg5 32. Rd2 a6 $5 $14) 25. Kf2 Rh8 26. Kg3 Ne7
$1 (26... Nd8 27. Re5 Be6 28. Rde1 Rh7 29. R1e2 $1 {/\ f4+/-}) 27. Re5 Ng6 $1
28. Rxd5 Be6 29. Rb5 $1 (29. Rd6 $2 Ke7 $19) 29... Nf4 30. d5 $1 (30. Rxb7 Rh3+
31. Kf2 Bd5 32. Rxa7 Rxh2+ $40) 30... Rh3+ 31. Kf2 Bxd5 $1 (31... Bxd5 32.
Rdxd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Rxh2+ 34. Kg3 Rxb2 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khasin, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 a6 7. d3 h6 (7... Nge7
$5 8. e3 O-O 9. Nge2 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Bd2 f5 $13 {Ribli,Z-Chernin,A/
Odorheiu Secuiesc/1993/CBM36/}) 8. e3 f5 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. Nd5 (10. O-O O-O 11.
a4 Ne7 12. b5 axb5 13. axb5 g5 14. f4 Ng6 $13 {Gonzalez,J-Browne,W/Saint John
op-2/1988/CBM06/}) 10... O-O 11. O-O Nh5 12. b5 (12. a4 $5) 12... axb5 13. cxb5
Ne7 14. a4 (14. Qc2 Nxd5 15. Bxd5+ Kh7 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Bg2 Be6 18. a4 d5 19.
Rfc1 Rf7 20. d4 $14) 14... Kh7 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16. Bb2 Qf7 17. Qc2 d5 18. Rfc1
Be6 19. a5 $2 (19. Qxc7 $1 Rxa4 20. Bxe5 $18) 19... Rfc8 (19... Rxa5 20. Qxc7
Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Rxb5 22. Nc3 Rb3 23. Bxd5 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 $14) 20. Bc3 Qd7 21. Qb2
Qd6 22. Ra1 Bd7 23. Bb4 Qe6 24. Qb3 Nf6 (24... c6 25. a6 $1 $14) (24... Bxb5
25. Bxd5 $14) 25. Nc3 e4 (25... c6 26. Na4 cxb5 27. Nb6 Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rd8 29.
Rc7 $36) 26. Bf1 c5 27. bxc6 Bxc6 28. d4 (28. Na4 Nd7 $10) 28... g5 29. Na4 Nd7
30. Bd2 Bf6 31. Nc5 Nxc5 32. Rxc5 f4 33. a6 f3 34. Qc2 bxa6 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36.
Bxa6 Qh3 37. Bf1 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 h6 8.
Bxf6 gxf6 9. O-O-O a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bc4 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 $132 (11... Bxc6 12.
Bc4 $16 {/\ f5})) (11. Nf3 Qb6 $13) 11... Qb6 12. Nf3 Qc5 (12... Na5 13. Bd3
$132) 13. Bb3 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Kb8 15. f5 Na5 16. Nd4 Nxb3 17. cxb3 (17. Nxb3 Qe5
$13) (17. axb3 h5 $13) 17... h5 (17... exf5 18. Qf2 $1 $16) 18. Rhf1 Be7 19.
Rc1 Qb6 (19... Qe5 $2 20. b4 $1 {/\ 21.Nf3+-} Qxh2 21. b5 $1 $40) 20. Rf3 (20.
Na4 Bxa4 21. bxa4 d5 $1 $17) 20... h4 $2 (20... Rc8 $13) 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Na4
$1 Qa7 (22... Bxa4 23. bxa4 Rc8 (23... d5 $2 24. Rb3 $18) 24. Nxe6 Rxc1+ 25.
Qxc1 $16) 23. Qb4 a5 (23... b5 24. Rc6 $1 e5 25. Rb6+ Ka8 26. Qa5 $18) (23...
d5 $1 24. Qxe7 Qxd4 25. Qd6+ (25. Nc5 dxe4 26. Rxf6 Rhe8 $13) 25... Ka7 26. Nc5
Bc6 27. Qf4 Rhe8 $132 (27... dxe4 28. Nxe6 Qe5 29. Qe3+ Ka8 30. Nxd8 exf3 31.
Qxe5 fxe5 32. Nxc6 bxc6 33. gxf3 $16)) 24. Qb6 $1 Bxa4 $8 (24... Rc8 25. Rfc3
Rxc3 26. Rxc3 Bxa4 27. Qxa7+ (27. Qc7+ Ka8 28. Rc4 Bc6 $1 $8 29. Qxe7 Bxe4+ $13
) 27... Kxa7 28. bxa4 d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Nf5 $16) 25. Qxa7+ Kxa7 26. bxa4 $14
d5 $8 27. exd5 (27. Nxe6 dxe4 $132) 27... Rxd5 (27... exd5 28. Rc7 Bd6 29. Rf7
$16) 28. Nxe6 Rg8 29. Rf2 Bd6 $2 $138 (29... Kb8 $1 $44) 30. Nc7 $1 $16 Bxc7
31. Rxc7 Rd1+ 32. Rc1 Rd4 33. b3 Rdg4 34. Rcc2 R8g5 35. Kc1 f5 36. Kd1 Ka6 37.
Ke1 Re4+ 38. Rce2 b5 $2 $138 39. axb5+ Kb6 (39... Kxb5 40. Rxf5+ $18) 40. a4
$18 Rgg4 41. Rxe4 Rxe4+ 42. Kd2 f4 43. Rf3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7.
N1f3 Bd6 8. Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qh4 Bd7 (11... Qc7 12. Bd2 Bd7
13. O-O-O O-O-O 14. Ne5 Bxe5 (14... g5 15. Qh3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxe5 17. Bc3 Qf4+
18. Qe3 $16) 15. dxe5 Qxe5 16. Qa4 Qb8 (16... Kb8 $4 17. Bf4 $18) 17. Rhe1 (17.
Be3 $44 {Blatny}) 17... Nd5 (17... e5 18. Bc3 Rhe8 19. Bc4 $40) 18. c4 Nf4 19.
Be4 $44) (11... Ke7 $5 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,A/ Dortmund/1993/0:1/(49)}) 12. Bf4 Qc7
(12... Qa5+ 13. c3 $14) (12... Qe7 $14) (12... Bxf4 {Blatny} 13. Qxf4 Nd5 $14)
(12... Qe7 $142 {Blatny /^b8-h2}) 13. Be5 $1 $16 Qa5+ 14. c3 g5 $6 (14... Be7
15. Qg3 O-O 16. O-O $16) 15. Nxg5 $1 Bxe5 16. Nf3 (16. dxe5 $2 {Blatny} Qxe5+
17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 $4 (18. Qxe4 $10) 18... f5 19. Qh5+ Kf8 20. f3 Be8 $19)
16... Bxd4 $8 17. Qxd4 Ke7 18. O-O-O Rad8 19. Rhe1 Bc8 (19... Be8 20. Qh4 $40)
20. Qh4 Rhg8 (20... Qxa2 21. Nd4 $18) (20... Qh5 21. Qb4+ c5 22. Qa5 $16) 21.
Re5 Rd5 (21... Qxa2 $2 22. Qb4+ $1 Ke8 23. Ra5 Nd5 24. Rxa2 $16) (21... Qb6 22.
Nd4 $16) 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 (22... cxd5 23. Nd4 Rg4 (23... Rxg2 24. Re1 $16) 24.
Qxh6 Qxa2 25. Re1 Qa1+ 26. Bb1 Ne8 27. Qh3 Rg8 28. f4 $16) 23. Qb4+ $1 (23. Bh7
$6 Rg4 $13) 23... c5 24. Qf4 {/\ 25.Bb5+-} Qc6 $8 (24... Rd8 25. Bc2 $1 $18)
25. Be4 $1 (25. Bb5 Qb6 $14 {/\ Rd8}) 25... Qb6 (25... Qxe4 26. Qd6+ Ke8 27.
Qd8#) (25... Nxe4 26. Ne5 Qe8 27. Qxe4 $18) 26. Ne5 {/\ 27.Nc6} Rd8 $8 27. Rxd8
Qxd8 28. Qxh6 $1 $18 Nxe4 $8 29. Qh4+ Nf6 (29... f6 $2 30. Qh7+ $1 Kd6 $8 31.
Nf7+ $18) (29... Ke8 30. Qxe4 Qg5+ 31. Kc2 $18) 30. Ng4 Kd6 (30... Qd3 31.
Qxf6+ Ke8 32. Qxf7+ (32. Qh8+ Ke7 33. Qxc8 Qf1+ 34. Kd2 $18) 32... Kxf7 33.
Ne5+ $18) 31. Nxf6 Kc6 32. Qe4+ Kb6 33. Qe5 $1 Qd3 34. Ne4 Qd5 $8 35. Qd6+ $1
Qxd6 (35... Kb5 36. Qxd5 exd5 37. Nd6+ $18) 36. Nxd6 Bd7 37. h4 Kc6 38. h5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 c6 5. Qd2 h6 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. h3 b5 8. Bd3 e5
9. Nf3 a6 10. O-O Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 exd4 13. Nexd4 c5 14. Nb3 Qc7 15. c4
bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bg7 17. Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nd2 e5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Ngf3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Qc2 a5 10. b3 b6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Bc4 Nh5 14. Rfd1 h6
15. Bb5 Qc8 16. b4 Ba6 17. Bc6 Bb7 18. Bb5 Ba6 19. Bc6 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21.
bxa5 bxa5 22. Qd3 Nhf6 23. Rab1 Qa6 24. Qxa6 Rxa6 25. Nb3 Rc6 26. Nxa5 Ra6 27.
Nb3 Rxa4 28. Bb4 Rc8 29. Ra1 Rxa1 30. Nxa1 c5 31. Ba3 Nb6 32. Re1 Nc4 33. Nc2
Bf8 34. Bc1 Rd8 35. Kf1 Rd3 36. Ne3 Nxe3+ 37. Bxe3 Nxe4 38. Nxe5 Rd5 39. Nc6
Rd6 40. Bf4 Re6 41. Nd8 Re7 42. c4 Re8 43. Nc6 f5 44. f3 Nd6 45. Rxe8 Nxe8 46.
Ke2 Kg7 47. Be3 Nc7 48. Kd3 Bd6 49. h3 Ne6 50. Na5 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Arkhipov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Qf6 5. Be3 Bc5 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 $146 (10. f3) 10... O-O (10... Qxe4) 11. Nd2 Ng4 12.
Bf4 Nf6 (12... Qf6 13. Bg3 Bxd4 14. Bxg4 $14 (14. cxd4 Qxd4 15. Rc1 Nf6 (15...
Nc6 16. Rc4 $1 Qxb2 17. Rc2 $18) 16. Rxc7 Nc6 $1 $13 {/\ 17...Ne8})) 13. Bd3 (
13. f3 $5 Nh5 14. Be3 f5 $13) 13... Qg4 $1 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. b4 Bxd4 $6 (15...
Bb6 $132) 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Rac1 $2 (17. d5 Nxb4 18. Be2 Re8 19. Rfc1 Re7 20.
Rab1 a5 21. a3 Na6 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Rxb7 Kf8 24. Be3 $14 {>< Na6}) 17... Nxd4
$1 18. h3 (18. Rxc7 Ne6 19. Bxd6 Rd8 $19) 18... Ne5 (18... Nf6 19. Be3 Ne6 20.
f4 $44) 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxc7 Ne6 (20... Rd8 21. Rfc1 (21. Bc4 Ne6 22. Bxe6
Bxe6 23. Nf3 f6 24. Rxb7 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Be6 26. Raxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Rb8 $10)
21... Ne6 22. R7c3 Nf4 23. Bf1 Be6 24. Nf3 f6 $10) 21. Rc3 Nf4 22. Bc4 Be6 23.
g3 $5 Bxh3 $6 (23... Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxh3 $1 25. Nxe5 $8 (25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4
Rac8 27. a4 Rfd8 28. Rff3 Nxf4 $1 (28... Rd4 29. Na5 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 g6 31. Rxh3
Rxb4 $16) 29. Rxf4 Rd4 $19) 25... Ng5 26. f3 Ne6 $10) 24. Rg1 $1 (24. gxf4 $2
Bxf1 25. Bxf1 (25. Nxf1 Rac8 $1 $15) 25... Rac8 $1 $15) 24... Ne6 25. g4 Nf4
26. Kh2 (26. Nf3 b5 $1 $8 27. Bxb5 f6 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Kh2 h5 30. gxh5 Rac8 $13
) 26... Rac8 27. Rxh3 Rfd8 28. Bd5 Rc2 29. Rd1 Nxh3 (29... Nxd5 30. Rd3 $18)
30. Kxh3 $14 Kf8 31. Kg2 f6 32. Nf1 $1 Rxa2 $2 (32... Rd7 33. Ne3 Rc3 34. g5 $1
fxg5 35. Ng4 Re7 36. Bb3 $16) 33. Rc1 Rb2 34. Rc7 Rxb4 35. Ne3 $1 $18 Rb6 (
35... Ke8 36. Nf5 Rd7 37. Rc8+ Rd8 38. Nxg7+ Ke7 39. Nf5+ Ke8 40. Bf7+ Kd7 41.
Be6+ Ke8 42. Rc7 $18) 36. Nf5 g6 37. Rf7+ (37. Rf7+ Kg8 (37... Ke8 38. Ng7#)
38. Rd7+ Kf8 39. Rxd8#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. Be2 d5 5. Nbd2 Bg4 6. c3 dxe4 $2 (6... Bxf3 7.
Bxf3 e6 $10) 7. Nxe4 Bxf3 $2 (7... Nd7 8. Bc4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Ngf6 $14) 8. Bxf3
$16 Nd7 9. Qe2 Qc7 $8 10. g3 $1 e5 $8 (10... Ngf6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Ng5 $16 {
Emelin}) 11. O-O Ne7 (11... Ngf6 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. d5 $16) 12. b3 $1 (12. Bg5
f5 13. Nd2 e4 14. Bg2 Nf6 $14) 12... f5 $8 (12... O-O-O 13. Ba3 Nf5 14. Ng5 $1
Nb6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxf7 $16) 13. Ng5 Qd6 14. dxe5 (14. Qc4 Nd5 $132) 14...
Bxe5 (14... Qxe5 15. Qc4 $18) (14... Nxe5 15. Bf4 h6 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Bxe5 Qxe5
18. Ne6 $18) 15. Bf4 $6 (15. Qc4 Nd5 $1 $13) (15. Be3 h6 16. Rad1 Qf6 17. Nh3
a6 $1 18. Nf4 O-O-O $16) (15. Bd2 $16) 15... Bxf4 16. gxf4 Qxf4 17. Ne6 Qe5 $1
$10 18. Rfe1 (18. Qxe5 $2 Nxe5 19. Nc7+ Kf7 $1 20. Nxa8 Nxf3+ 21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22.
Kg3 g5 23. Nc7 Rc8) (18. Rad1 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 Nd5 $1 20. Bc4 (20. c4 Nc3 21. Rd2
$8 (21. Nc7+ Ke7 22. Rde1 Rac8 $17) 21... Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2 Kf7 $17) 20... Ke7 $1
21. Rfe1 (21. Bxd5 cxd5 22. Nc7 Rad8 23. Rfe1+ Kf7 $10) 21... Kd6 $1 22. Bxd5
cxd5 23. c4 Nf6 24. Nf4 Rhe8 $10) 18... Qxe2 19. Rxe2 Kf7 20. Rd1 (20. Rae1 Nc8
$1 $44) 20... Nb6 21. Ng5+ Kf6 22. h4 (22. Re6+ Kxg5 23. Rxe7 $44) 22... Rae8
23. Rd6+ Kg7 24. Ne6+ Kf7 25. Ng5+ Kg7 26. Ne6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Be3 e5 8. Nf3
Ng4 9. Qd2 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 exf4 11. Qxf4 Be6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Nd5 (13. e5 Nxe5
$1 14. Nxe5 $140 Bg5 $19) 13... O-O 14. Kb1 (14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15. Qxd6 Qf6 16. e5
(16. Bd3 Rfd8 17. Qa3 a5 $44 {/\ Nb4}) 16... Qf4+ 17. Qd2 Qa4 18. a3 Rac8 $44)
14... Rc8 15. Be2 (15. Bc4 Nb4 $1 16. Bb3 $8 Bxd5 17. exd5 a5 $132) 15... Qa5 (
15... Bxd5 $5 16. Rxd5 (16. exd5 Ne5 $1 17. Nxe5 dxe5 $13 18. Qxe5 $140 Bf6 {
/\ Qb6 ><b2}) 16... Qc7 $14 (16... Nb4 17. Rb5 $1 Nxc2 $2 18. Rc1 $18)) 16. Bc4
$1 Rfe8 (16... Qc5 17. Nxe7+ $1 Nxe7 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qxd6 $1 Qxc2+ 20. Ka1
Nc6 21. Qxe6+ Kh8 22. Ng5 h6 23. Nf7+ Kh7 24. Qf5+ Kg8 25. Nxh6+ Kh8 (25...
gxh6 26. Qg6+ Kh8 27. Rd7 Ne7 28. Qxh6+ $1 Kg8 29. Qg5+ Kh8 30. Rxe7 $18) 26.
Nf7+ Kg8 27. Qg4 $1 $16) 17. Bb3 (17. Nxe7+ $6 Rxe7 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rxd6 $2
Qc7 20. Rhd1 (20. e5 Nxe5 $1 21. Rxe6 $140 Qxc2+ 22. Ka1 Nd3 $1 $19) 20... Nd4
$3 21. Nxd4 (21. R6xd4 Qxf4 22. Rd8+ Re8 $19) 21... Rxd6 $19) 17... Qc5 {/\ Na5
} 18. Rd3 $1 b5 $8 (18... Na5 19. Rc3 $18) (18... Nb4 19. Rc3 $18) (18... Bf8
19. Ng5 Ne5 20. Rc3 Qa5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8 (21... Bxc8 22. Rf1 $18) 22. Nxe6 fxe6
23. Ne7+ $1 Bxe7 24. Bxe6+ Kh8 25. Bxc8 $18) 19. Rhd1 (19. Rc3 Qf2 $13) 19...
Na5 20. Nxe7+ (20. Rc3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Rxd6 (23. Qxd6 $2
Rd7 $17) 23... Rb7 $44) 20... Rxe7 21. Rxd6 $1 Nxb3 22. Rd8+ Re8 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8
24. axb3 $16 h6 25. Rd4 Rc8 26. Qd2 Kh7 27. b4 $2 (27. h3 $1 $16 {/\ g4,e5,Rd6}
) 27... Qc7 28. b3 Ra8 $1 29. Rd6 $1 (29. e5 Bf5 $13) (29. Kb2 a5 30. Qc3 Qb6
$13 31. Qc5 $140 Qxc5 32. bxc5 Rc8 $10) 29... a5 30. bxa5 Rxa5 31. e5 Qa7 $6
$138 (31... Ra8 32. Nd4 Qa7 33. Qd3+ g6 34. Kc1 $16) (31... Bf5 32. Nd4 Be4 (
32... Qa7 33. Nxf5 Ra1+ 34. Kb2 Qa3+ 35. Kc3 Qc5+ 36. Kd3 Qxe5 37. Rxh6+ $1 Kg8
(37... gxh6 38. Qxh6+ Kg8 39. Qg5+ Kf8 (39... Kh7 40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. Nh6+ $18)
40. Qd8+ Qe8 41. Qd6+ Kg8 42. Qg3+ $18) 38. Rh5 Qd5+ 39. Ke3 Qe5+ 40. Kf2 $18)
(32... Bg6 33. Nc6 Ra6 34. Qd5 $16) 33. Qe3 Bg6 34. Nc6 Ra6 35. Qf3 f6 36. g4
$1 Be8 (36... fxe5 37. Rxg6 $1 $18) (36... Qb6 37. Nd4 $18) 37. Qd3+ Kh8 (37...
Bg6 38. Qxb5 $18) 38. Nb4 $16) 32. Qd4 (32. Qd3+ g6 33. Qd4 Qc7 {/\ Bf5}) 32...
Qa8 (32... Qc7 33. Qd3+ g6 34. Nd4 Qa7 35. Nxe6 $1 Qg1+ (35... Ra1+ 36. Kb2
Qa3+ 37. Kc3 Qa5+ 38. Kd4 Qa7+ 39. Ke4 Re1+ 40. Kf3 $18) 36. Qd1 Qxd1+ 37. Rxd1
fxe6 38. Rd6 $18) 33. Qd3+ $1 g6 34. Qd4 $16 {/\ Rd8,Nd2-e4-f6} Ra3 (34... Bf5
35. e6 $1 $18) 35. Rd8 Qa5 (35... Ra1+ 36. Qxa1 Qxd8 37. Qd4 $16) 36. Re8 $2 (
36. Rb8 $1 $16) 36... b4 $1 (36... Bxb3 37. e6 Bxc2+ 38. Kxc2 Ra2+ 39. Kb1 $18)
37. Nd2 Qa6 $2 $138 (37... Qd5 38. Qxb4 $18 {/\ Qf8} (38. Ne4 $5 Ra1+ $1 $8 39.
Qxa1 Qxe4 $16)) (37... Qb5 $1 38. Rd8 (38. Qd8 Qxe5 $19) 38... Qe2 39. Kb2 Qe1
40. Nb1 Ra5 41. Rb8 Qxe5 $132) 38. Nc4 $1 $18 Ra2 (38... Bxc4 39. e6 $18) 39.
Rb8 h5 (39... Bf5 40. e6 $18) 40. Rxb4 Bf5 41. Ne3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. e4 c6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. h3 e5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Qc2 Nac4
15. Rad1 Qc8 16. b3 Na3 17. Qc1 Nb5 18. Nxb5 cxb5 19. Qxc8 Raxc8 20. Nd4 Bd7
21. e5 Bc6 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rc1 Rfe8 24. Rxc6 Nd5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Nxb5 Nxf4
27. gxf4 a6 28. Nd4 Rd8 29. Nf3 Bh6 30. Rc1 Bxf4 31. Rc4 g5 32. Ra4 f6 33. exf6
Rd6 34. h4 h6 35. hxg5 hxg5 36. Nxg5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd2 Rc8
15. Qg3 d4 16. Ne2 Ba4 17. Bc3 Qb6 18. Rxd4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bb5 20. Qxg7 Ke7 21.
Nf4 Rhg8 22. Ng6+ Ke8 23. Qxf6 Qc5 24. Bxb5+ axb5 25. Rhd1 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Khalifman,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Donev,I Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5
e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 (11. e5 b4 12. exf6
bxc3 13. Qxc3 gxf6 $13) 11... gxf6 12. Bd3 (12. Kb1 Qb6 13. f5 (13. Bd3 {
Boensch} O-O-O 14. Rhf1 (14. Rhe1 Bf8 15. g3 Kb8 16. Bf1 Bc8 17. Nd4 Bb7 18. f5
Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Qxd4 20. Rxd4 $14 {Almasi,I-Groszpeter,A HUN-ch (07) 1992 1-0 34}
) 14... Kb8 15. Qe1 Qc5 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Ne2 Bc6 18. f5 Nxe2 19. Qxe2 h5 20. Nb3
Qb6 21. c4 $14 {Anand,V-Timman,J Amsterdam 1992 1/2 40}) 13... O-O-O 14. g3 (
14. g3 Kb8 15. Bh3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Nc1 Na5 18. Nd3 d5 19. exd5 Nc4 20. Qe2
Bb5 $15 {Almasi,I-Groszpeter,A Kecskemet (03) 1993 1-0 39})) (12. f5 {Boensch}
b4 (12... Qb6 13. g3 b4 (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Bh3 b4 16. Ne2 exf5 17.
Bxf5 Bxf5 18. exf5 Rg8 19. Kb1 Rc8 20. Rhf1 Rc6 21. Qd3 Qc5 22. c3 $14 {
Zarnicki,P-Granda Zuniga,J Buenos Aires Najdorf (01) 1993 1/2 47}) 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Ne2 Qf2 $1 16. Nh4 a5 17. Nf4 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Kf7 $15 {Tiviakov,
S-Sakaev,K St.Petersburg zt (7) 1993 1/2 53}) 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 Qa5 15. Kb1
Qc5 16. Qh6 a5 17. Ned4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 a4 19. Qh3 a3 20. Be2 Qe5 $132 {Polgar,
J-San Segundo,P Madrid (09) 1992 1/2 41}) 12... Qb6 13. Rhe1 b4 $146 (13...
O-O-O 14. Nd5 $5 exd5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Qh6 $5 $36 (17. Qh6 {
Donev,I} Qa5 18. Kb1 $14)) (13... Qc5 $5) (13... Qa7 $5 {Donev,I und 13.Qc5
sind spielbar.}) (13... Rc8 $13 {Donev,I}) 14. Nd5 $5 (14. Ne2 $14) 14... exd5
(14... Qa5 15. Bc4 exd5 16. exd5 Na7 17. Nd4 $44) 15. exd5 Na7 (15... b3 $5 16.
axb3 Qa5 17. Qxa5 (17. Rxe7+ $1 {Donev,I} Kxe7 18. Qe3+ Kf8 (18... Ne5 19. fxe5
fxe5 20. Nxe5 $1 dxe5 21. Qxe5+ Be6 22. d6+ $18) 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Qd4 $36)
17... Nxa5 18. Nd4 $44 (18. b4 Nb7 19. Re2 Kf8 20. Rde1 Bd8 21. Nd4 $44)) (
15... Ne5 $2 {Boensch} 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Qh6 $1 $16) 16. Qe2 Nc8 17. Nh4 Ra7
18. Bf5 (18. Qh5 Qa5 19. Kb1 Nb6 $132 (19... Nb6 {Donev,I} 20. Bxh7 {/\Ng6} Na4
$13 {/\Nc3})) (18. Nf5 $5 {Boensch} Bb5 (18... Bxf5 19. Bxf5 Qc5 20. Qg4 Kd8
21. Qg7 $16) 19. Qg4 $13) 18... h5 19. Rd3 Kd8 20. Bxd7 Rxd7 21. Nf5 Rc7 (21...
Kc7 {Boensch} 22. Re3 (22. Rb3 {Donev,I} Kb8 23. a3 a5 24. axb4 axb4 25. c3 $40
) 22... Bd8 23. Re4 $44) 22. Re3 Qb7 23. Qf3 Qb5 $6 (23... Re8 24. Nd4 $1 Na7
25. Qxh5 $40) (23... a5 $1 $13) (23... a5 {Donev,I} 24. Nd4 Na7 25. Nf5 Nc8 26.
Nd4 Na7 $10) 24. Nd4 Qc4 25. Nc6+ Rxc6 (25... Ke8 {Boensch} 26. b3 Qb5 27. Re4
a5 28. Qe3 Qb7 29. f5 $16) 26. dxc6 f5 (26... Qxa2 27. c7+ (27. Qh3 $1 $16 {
Donev,I}) 27... Kd7 28. Qh3+ Kxc7 29. Rxe7+ Nxe7 30. Rxe7+ $18) (26... d5 27.
c7+ $1 Kd7 (27... Qxc7 28. Qxd5+ Bd6 29. Qd4 $1) (27... Ke8 {Donev,I} 28. Rd1
Qxa2 (28... Qxc7 $142 29. Rxd5 $16) 29. Qh3 $1 $18) 28. Qh3+ $16) 27. b3 $1 Qc5
(27... Qd4 28. Rd3 (28. c3 {Boensch} bxc3 29. Rxc3 Kc7 $13) 28... Qc5 29. Qd5)
(27... Qb5 28. Rd1 (28. c7+ {Donev,I} Kd7 29. c4 Qc5 30. Qb7 $36 {/\Re7}) 28...
Kc7 29. Rd5 Qxc6 30. Rxf5 Qxf3 31. Rxf3 $16) 28. Qe2 d5 (28... Re8 29. Qxa6 Na7
(29... d5 {Donev,I} 30. Qb7 Qd6 31. Re5 $18 {/\Rd5}) 30. Rd3 (30. a3 bxa3 (
30... Nxc6 31. Qa8+ Kd7 32. Qb7+ Kd8 33. axb4 Nxb4 34. Qa8+ Kd7 35. Rxe7+ $1
$18) 31. Rc3 $3 Qxc3 32. Qb6+ $18) 30... Nxc6 31. Qa8+ Kd7 32. Qb7+ Kd8 33.
Red1 $18) 29. Qxa6 Rg8 30. Qb7 Qd6 31. Rxe7 $1 Nxe7 32. Rxe7 (32. Rxe7 Qxe7 (
32... Qxf4+ {Boensch} 33. Kb1 Qf1+ 34. Kb2 $18) 33. Qb8#) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Qc8 11. Kh1 Bg4 12. Bg1 Rb8 13. Nd4 a6 14. Bxg4 Qxg4
15. Qd2 Rbc8 16. Rae1 b5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 b4 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Ne2 Nh5 21.
Nd4 Rc5 22. Nf5 Rc7 23. Ne3 Qh4 24. Bf2 Qf4 25. Qd1 Bxe5 26. Ng4 Bxb2 27. Bb6
Qc4 28. Ne3 Qc6 29. Bxc7 Qxc7 30. Nd5 Qc4 31. Rxe7 Rd8 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Qxd8+
Kg7 34. Rxf6 Nxf6 35. Re1 Qxc2 36. Qd4 Qc3 37. Qxc3 bxc3 38. Re5 Ng4 39. Rc5
Nf2+ 40. Kg1 Ne4 41. Rc6 a5 42. Kf1 Kf8 43. Ke2 Ke7 44. Kd1 f5 45. h4 1-0

[Event "Tilburg blitz"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. h3 Bh5 5. Qe2 a6 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5
9. g5 Nfd7 10. Be3 c6 11. Bh3 d5 12. Nd2 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Bxc3 15. bxc3
dxe4 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Re8 18. Rab1 b5 19. Qh2 Nb6 20. Rbe1 Nd5 21. Kh1 Nxc3
22. Nb3 Nd5 23. Bg1 e3 24. Nc5 Bxf5 25. Rxf5 Nd7 26. Nb7 Qb6 27. Nd6 Qxd4 28.
Rxf7 Qg4 29. Re2 Ne5 30. Rg2 Qe6 31. Rf6 gxf6 32. gxf6+ Ng4 33. f7+ Kh7 34.
fxe8=Q Rxe8 35. Qg3 Rf8 36. c4 Nf4 37. Bxe3 Nxg2 0-1

[Event "Tilburg blitz"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Ne5 Bh5 8. c5
Qc7 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 f6 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. e4 b6 13. exd5 exd5 14. Re1+ Be7
15. Qc2 bxc5 16. Nc3 Kf7 17. Be3 Bd6 18. g4 Bxg4 19. Qg2 h5 20. h3 Bxf4 21.
hxg4 Bxe3+ 22. Rxe3 cxd4 23. Nxd5 Qd6 24. Re7+ Kf8 25. gxh5 g5 26. Rxd7 Qxd7
27. Nxf6 Qe6 28. Ne4 Rxh5 29. Rf1+ Kg7 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. Nf6 Rah8 32. Nxh5+ Rxh5
33. Re1 Qd7 34. Qe5+ Kg8 35. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Tilburg blitz"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ng6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. f4 Rc8 12. Bd3 Bc5 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Kh1 Nce7
15. Qe2 f5 16. exf5 Nh4 17. N2f3 Nexf5 18. Nxf5 Nxf5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Be4 Bxe4
21. Qxe4 Rf6 22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. cxd4 Qc2 24. Qb7 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rf2 Rf5
27. Kg1 Kf7 28. g3 Ke7 29. Re1 Rd5 30. Rd2 Kd6 31. Kf2 Rc4 32. Ke3 b4 33. b3
Rc3+ 34. Rd3 Rc2 35. Re2 Rc1 36. Rdd2 Rc3+ 37. Rd3 Rc1 38. Rdd2 Ra5 39. Rc2 Rd1
40. Rcd2 Ra1 41. Rc2 Kd5 42. Kd3 d6 43. Rcd2 Ra3 44. Ke3 a5 45. Kf2 a4 46. bxa4
Rxa4 47. Kf3 Rc1 48. Kg4 Rc4 49. Kg5 Rxd4 50. Rc2 Ra7 51. Rc8 Rf7 52. Rh8 Rf5+
53. Kg4 g5 54. Rf2 gxf4 55. gxf4 Rf7 56. Kg5 Rf5+ 57. Kg4 Rf7 58. Kg5 e5 59. f5
Ke4 60. f6 Ke3 61. Rf5 Rd2 62. h4 Rg2+ 63. Kh5 Rxa2 64. Re8 Rf2 65. Rxf2 Kxf2
66. Kg5 Kf3 67. Rb8 e4 68. Rxb4 e3 69. Rf4+ Kg3 70. Re4 Kf2 71. Rf4+ Ke1 72.
Rd4 Rd7 73. Kf4 Kf2 74. Rd3 Rf7 0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. gxf3 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e3 Bg7 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. f4
Nh6 9. O-O Nf5 10. Ne4 O-O 11. Ng3 Nh4 12. Bh1 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. d5 Rc8 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. b3 e4 17. Ba3 Re8 18. Bxe4 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Ne5 20. Qc3 f5 21. Bh1
Qd2 22. Qxd2 Nef3+ 23. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 24. Kg2 Nxd2 25. Rd1 Rcd8 26. Bc5 Ne4 27.
Rxd8 Rxd8 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Bxa7 Ra8 30. Bd4 Rxa2 31. Kg3 Kf7 32. h4 Ke6 33. f3
exf3 34. Kxf3 Ra3 35. b4 Rb3 36. b5 cxb5 37. cxb5 Rxb5 38. Kg4 h5+ 39. Kf4 Rf5+
40. Kg3 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bb5 e5 5. O-O Nge7 6. a3 g6 7. b4 Bg7 8. bxc5
dxc5 9. Bxc6+ Nxc6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. d3 f5 12. h3 Nd4 13. c4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 fxe4
15. Qxe4 Bf5 16. Qe2 e4 17. dxe4 Bxe4 18. Bb2 Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Bxg2 20. Bxf8 Bxf1
21. Kxf1 Qf6 22. Rd1 Rxf8 23. Rd5 b6 24. Kg2 Rf7 25. Qe3 Kg7 26. a4 Re7 27. Qd3
Qf4 28. Rd7 Rxd7 29. Qxd7+ Qf7 30. Qg4 Qe8 31. Qf4 Qxa4 32. Qe5+ Kf7 33. Qf4+
Ke6 34. Qe4+ Kd6 35. Qf4+ Kc6 36. Qf6+ Kc7 37. Qe5+ Kb7 38. Qe7+ Ka6 39. Qxh7
Qc6+ 40. f3 Qe6 41. Qg7 Qe1 42. Qxg6 Qe2+ 43. Kg3 Qxc4 44. Qe4 Qc3 45. Qa4+ Qa5
46. Qc4+ Qb5 47. Qa2+ Kb7 48. Qf7+ Kb8 49. h4 c4 50. h5 Qg5+ 51. Kh3 c3 52. f4
Qd8 53. Qc4 Qc7 54. Qg8+ Kb7 55. Qd5+ Qc6 56. Qf7+ Kc8 57. Qf8+ Kc7 58. Qa3 c2
59. Qc1 Qf3+ 60. Kh4 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 a6 8. d5
Nb8 9. a4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bd3 Re8 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Qd2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. a5 Qe6 20. f3 Qe5 21. Bc4 Ne6
22. Bd5 Bd7 23. Bf2 c6 24. Bxe6 Bxe6 25. Na4 Qb5 26. b3 Rad8 27. Bb6 Rd7 28.
Nc3 Qb4 29. Na4 c5 30. Qxb4 cxb4 31. Bd4 Rc7 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. Re2 Rec8 34.
Rdd2 Rc6 35. Nb6 R8c7 36. Nd5 Bxd5 37. Rxd5 Rxc2 38. Rxc2 Rxc2 39. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg rapid20"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1994.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1994.09.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 044"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Bc4 Ngf6 6. Ng5 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O-O Na4 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7
Qxd7 15. Bxh6 Qc7 16. Qb5 Nc3 17. bxc3 gxh6 18. Ne2 Ne4 19. Rd7 Qb6 20. Rxb7
Ba3+ 21. Kb1 Qxf2 22. Ka1 Nd6 23. Qh5 Nxb7 24. Qxh6 Qc5 25. g4 Nd6 26. Ng5 Rfb8
27. Qh7+ Kf8 28. Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Rf1+ Ke8 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Qg7+ Kc6 32. Nd4+
Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Tan, Tzer En"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2280"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Singapore"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. a4 a6 8. O-O
d6 9. c3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 c5 11. h3 Qe8 12. Nc4 Rc8 13. Bf4 Bxf3 14. gxf3 cxd4 15.
exd4 Rc7 16. Qb3 Qb8 17. Bh2 Qb7 18. Rfe1 Rfc8 19. Bf1 Qd5 20. Rxe7 Rxc4 21.
Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rd1 Bf8 23. Re3 Qc6 24. Ra1 d5 25. Qd1 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. b3
Rc7 28. Qd3 a5 29. Rae1 Nf8 30. Qb5 Ne6 31. Rd1 Nh5 32. Rb1 Nhf4 33. b4 Nxh3+
34. Kg2 Nhf4+ 35. Kf1 Qd8 36. Ke1 Ng2+ 37. Kd2 Nxe3 38. fxe3 axb4 39. Rxb4 Qd6
40. Qxb6 Qh2+ 41. Kd3 Qh1 42. Rb1 Qxf3 43. a5 Nf4+ 44. Kc2 Qe2+ 45. Kb3 Qc4+
46. Ka3 Qxc3+ 47. Rb3 Qa1+ 48. Kb4 Ne6 49. a6 Rc4+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Arencibia Rodriguez, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Chekhov,V"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Qe2+ $5 Be6 $6 (9... Qe7 $5 10. Qxe7+ Kxe7 11. Bd2 c6 12. O-O-O
Be6 13. Rhe1 Rhe8 14. h3 Kf8 15. Na4 $5 Bd6 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Ba6 $1 Rab8 18. c4
Bb4 19. Re2 dxc4 20. a3 {Rublevsky,S-Magomedov,M/RUS/1993/} Ba5 21. Bxa7 Bd5
$13) (9... Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. O-O-O Be6 12. Rhe1 h6 13. Bh4 Qd6 14. Bg3 Qb6
15. Nb5 Rfc8 16. Nd4 Rab8 $13 {De la Villa,J-Polgar,Z/Salamanca/1989/}) 10.
Bb5+ Kf8 (10... Nd7 11. Bc6 Rb8 12. Bxd5) 11. O-O Qd6 12. Qf3 Bg4 13. Qf4 d4
14. a3 $1 Bc5 (14... Qxf4 15. Bxf4 dxc3 16. axb4 cxb2 17. Ra5 $1 $16) (14...
Bxc3 15. bxc3 Qxf4 (15... dxc3 16. Qc4 $16) 16. Bxf4 dxc3 17. Rfe1) 15. Na4 $16
Qxf4 16. Bxf4 Bd6 17. Bxd6+ cxd6 18. f3 Bf5 19. Rfd1 Rb8 (19... Bxc2 20. Rxd4
Rb8 21. Nc3) 20. Bf1 (20. Bd3 Bd7 21. b3 Nd5) 20... Bxc2 21. Rxd4 Bb3 $6 (21...
Bxa4 22. Rxa4 Rxb2 23. Rxa7 g6 24. a4 $16) 22. Rc1 Ne8 23. Rc6 Ke7 24. Ra6 Rb7
25. Rb4 $6 (25. Nc3 $5) 25... Rxb4 26. Rxa7+ Ke6 27. axb4 Nf6 28. Nc3 Rc8 29.
Nb5 (29. Ra3 $5) 29... Ke5 30. Ra3 (30. g3 g5 $1) 30... Be6 31. Re3+ Kf4 32.
Rc3 Rb8 33. Kf2 Nd5 34. Rc4+ Ke5 35. Re4+ Kf6 36. Nxd6 Nxb4 37. Ne8+ Kg6 38.
Nc7 Bf5 39. Rd4 h5 (39... Nc2 $2 40. Rd2 Rxb2 41. g4 Bc8 42. Bd3+ $18) 40. Nb5
Nc2 41. Rd2 Nb4 42. Bc4 Kf6 43. Nc7 (43. h4 $16) 43... Rc8 44. Nd5+ Nxd5 45.
Bxd5 Rb8 46. Ke3 Be6 (46... g5 $5) 47. Bxe6 Kxe6 48. Kd3 g5 49. Re2+ Kf5 50.
Kc2 g4 (50... Rc8+ 51. Kd3 Rb8 52. Kc4 Rc8+ 53. Kd4 Rd8+ 54. Kc5 Rc8+ 55. Kd6
Rb8) 51. fxg4+ hxg4 52. b3 f6 (52... Kf4 $5) 53. g3 (53. g3 Kg5 54. Kc3 Rc8+
55. Kd4 Rb8 56. Rb2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Odeev, Handszar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkmenistan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TKM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qa4 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nxe4 9. d5 Nc5 10. Qc2 Qb6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qe2 d6 13. a3 Nba6 14. Be3 Bg4
15. Rac1 Qd8 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nc7 18. Bc4 a6 19. Qe2 Ne8 20. Rc2 Nf6 21.
Rfc1 Rc8 22. Ba2 Ncd7 23. Re1 b5 24. Bd4 Re8 25. Qe3 Nf8 26. Rd1 e5 27. dxe6
Nxe6 28. Bb6 Qd7 29. Qg3 Rc6 30. Be3 Ne4 31. Qf3 Nxc3 32. bxc3 Rec8 33. Qg3 Qe7
34. Rcd2 Be5 35. f4 Bxc3 36. Rd3 Bg7 37. f5 gxf5 38. Bh6 Qf6 39. Bxg7 Qxg7 40.
Qh4 Kh8 41. Rg3 Qe5 42. Bxe6 fxe6 43. Rd4 Rc4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.05"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 d6 7. O-O b6 8. h3 Bb7
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Bh2 Qc7 12. Qb1 Rac8 13. Re1 Bh6 14. e4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 e5 16. d5 Qc2 17. Bd3 Qxb1 18. Bxb1 Nh5 19. b3 Nc5 20. Ra3 f5 21. exf5
gxf5 22. Nc4 Rcd8 23. b4 Bxd5 24. Nxb6 Bxf3 25. Rxf3 e4 26. bxc5 exf3 27. c6
Bd2 28. Rd1 Ba5 29. Nd7 Rfe8 30. Bxf5 Kf7 31. Bxd6 Ng7 32. Bg4 Ne6 33. Bxf3 Bc7
34. Bxc7 Nxc7 35. Bh5+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kolev, Atanas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Ne2 h6 12. Bh4 Bd6 13. Nd4 c5 14. Nf3 Bg4
15. h3 Be6 16. c3 Rb8 17. Rb1 d4 18. cxd4 Bxa2 19. Ra1 Bd5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21.
Ra6 Rb6 22. Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.11"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rytshagov, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. f4
O-O 9. Qd2 b5 10. Bf3 b4 11. Nce2 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qd1 a5 14. Ng3 Bh4 15. Bxe4
dxe4 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh6 Bb7 18. O-O-O Nd7 19. f5 Nxe5 20. Nxe6 Qf6 21. Nxf8
Rxf8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rhf1 Qe7 24. Kb1 Ng4 25. Qf4 Nxe3 26. Qxe3 Bg5 27. Qb6
e3 28. Rde1 Bxg2 29. Rg1 Bh3 30. Qxa5 Rc8 31. Qb6 Ra8 32. Ne2 Be6 33. b3 Bf5
34. Nd4 Be4 35. h4 Bxh4 36. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.13"]
[Round "12.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Nd2 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. f3 Nf6 14. Nc4 Be6
15. Be3 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-31"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1994.12.15"]
[Round "14.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "1994.12.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 045"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 (9... Be7 10. f4 Bd7 11. Bd3 Ng4 12. Bg1 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5
14. Bg1 exf4 15. Nd5 Ne3 16. Nxe3 fxe3 17. Bxe3 Be6 18. Kb1 O-O 19. Bd4 {
1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Lutz,C/Wijk (3.1) ;CBM 45 1995}) 10. f4 b5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12.
Kb1 Na5 13. Qe1 Nc4 14. Bc1 b4 15. Nce2 a5 16. h3 Be7 17. g4 Rc8 18. Ng3 Qb6
19. Qg1 Qc5 20. h4 Nxg4 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Nh5 f5 23. Nxg7+ Kf7 24. Nh5 a4 25.
Rh3 Kg6 26. Ng3 h5 27. Rh2 Bf6 28. Rhd2 Rhd8 29. b3 axb3 30. cxb3 Qc5 31. Bb2
Rc7 32. Qg2 Rdc8 33. Ndxf5 exf5 34. Rxd6 Bb5 35. e5 Kh7 36. exf6 Ne3 37. Qf3
Be8 38. R1d2 Nc2 39. Rd7+ Rxd7 40. Rxd7+ Kh6 41. f7 Na3+ 42. Bxa3 Bxd7 43.
f8=B+ Qxf8 44. Qxh5+ Kg7 45. Bb2+ Rc3 46. Qg5+ Kh7 47. Bxc3 bxc3 48. Kc2 $18 {
White will win this postion with his better K, who will help to mate!} (48. h5
c2+ 49. Kxc2 Qc5+ 50. Kd2 $18) 48... Qa3 49. Kxc3 Qc5+ 50. Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Ke1
Qa1+ 52. Kf2 Qxa2+ 53. Kg1 Qxb3 54. Kh2 Qb2+ 55. Kh3 Qg7 56. Qh5+ Qh6 57. Qd1
Qe6 58. Qd4 Be8 59. Qd8 Qg6 60. Qe7+ Bf7 61. Kh2 Qe6 62. Qg5 Bg6 63. Kh3 Qd5
64. h5 Bf7 65. Kh4 Be6 66. Qg6+ Kh8 67. Qf6+ Kh7 68. Kg5 Qd7 69. Nxf5 Qf7 70.
Qg6+ Kh8 71. Qxf7 Bxf7 72. Nd6 Bb3 73. Kg6 Bc2+ 74. f5 Bb3 75. h6 Bc2 76. Nf7+
1-0

[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "game"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. a4 Nd7 12. a5 Rc8 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g6 15.
O-O Bg7 16. c4 O-O 17. Nd2 f5 18. Qa3 Qe7 19. Rac1 e4 20. fxe4 fxe4 21. Rfe1
Ne5 22. Bb6 Bh6 23. Be3 Bg7 24. Bb6 Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sher, Miron Naumovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Kb1 Na5 13. Qe1 Be7 14. Bc1 Nc6
15. Nf3 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. h3 O-O 18. g4 exf4 19. Nxf4 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. exd5 Bb5 23. Be4 a5 24. Bxh6 gxh6 25. d6 Bxd6 26. Qd2 Bc6 27. Bxc6
Qxc6 28. Qxh6 Ra6 29. Qg5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA-Intel qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Bg1 b5
9. Qe2 c5 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 dxe5 12. Nb3 Qe8 13. h3 Nh6 14. fxe5 Nc6 15.
g4 Be6 16. Bh2 Qb8 17. Bg2 Rc8 18. Rhe1 Kh8 19. Kb1 Ng8 20. h4 Bc4 21. Qe3 h6
22. h5 g5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Ra7 25. Rc5 Nb4 26. a3 Nxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28.
Kxc2 Qc8+ 29. Kb1 Qxg4 30. Qxa7 Qxg2 31. Qg1 Qf3 32. Nd4 Qxh5 33. Qg2 e6 34.
Bg3 Qg4 35. Qf3 Qxd4 36. Rd1 g4 37. Rxd4 gxf3 38. Rd3 f2 39. Rf3 Ne7 40. Rxf7
Nf5 41. Bxf2 Bxe5 42. Ra7 h5 43. Rxa6 Bd6 44. Rb6 Kg7 45. Rxb5 h4 46. Rb3 Bg3
47. Rf3 Kf6 48. a4 Ke5 49. a5 Ke4 50. Bxg3 Kxf3 51. Bxh4 Nd6 52. a6 Nb5 53. Kc2
Ke4 54. Kb3 Kd5 55. Kb4 Kc6 56. Bf2 e5 57. Ka4 e4 58. b4 Nc7 59. Bd4 Nb5 60.
Be3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Bd7 15.
Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qa6 Rb6 18. Qd3 Rxb2 19. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 20. Rxb1 Nc6 21.
Na2 Qc7 22. Rc1 Nb6 23. Qb5 Rc8 24. e4 Nc4 25. exd5 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 27. Kh1
exd5 28. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[Annotator "Horvath,Ta"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[BlackTeam "Kemerovo SDYuShOR Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Nd5 f5 12. c3 Bg7 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nc2 Be6
15. g3 O-O 16. Bg2 a5 17. O-O f5 18. Re1 $5 (18. Qh5 {18.a4;
Ndb4=>Topalov-Krasenkov/CBM/49/107,18.Nf4=>Lutz-Horvath,T/BL./1995/96 CBM/50/
108}) 18... Rc8 19. Qd2 Kh8 20. Rad1 e4 21. f4 (21. f3 $6 Bxd5 $1 22. Qxd5 Qb6+
23. Kh1 Ne5 24. Qxd6 Rc6 $17) 21... b4 $1 22. Nce3 (22. cxb4 $6 Bxd5 $1 23.
Qxd5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Ne7 $1 (24... Nxb4 $10) 25. Qd2 d5 $17) 22... bxc3 23. bxc3
a4 24. g4 fxg4 25. Bxe4 Ne7 26. Qf2 (26. c4 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 Nxd5 $1 (27... Rxf4
28. Be6 Rc5 29. Nxg4 (29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bd4 $13) 29... Ng6 30. Qxd6 Qxd6
31. Rxd6 Rg5 32. Kh1 Rgxg4 33. Bxg4 Rxg4 34. c5 Rc4 35. Re8+ Nf8 36. c6 Kg8 37.
Re7 $16) 28. Qxd5 Rxf4 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Bd4 $17) 26... Bxd5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5
28. Bxd5 Bxc3 29. Re4 a3 30. Kh1 Qf6 31. Qe2 Qh4 32. Rg1 Rb8 33. Rxg4 Qh5 $1
34. Rg5 Qxe2 35. Rxe2 Rxf4 36. Rg3 Be5 37. Rxa3 Rg4 38. Ra8 $10 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Nge2 Nbd7 8. Ng3
c6 9. a4 Qa5 10. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[BlackTeam "Surgut Fakel-Surgutgazprom"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O {Schwarz waehlt eine seltene Variante, wo Weiss einen
unbedeutenden Vorteil bekommt.} 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 Rd8 $1 12. Qf3 Nd5 13. h4
Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bd7 15. Bg5 Bxg5 $146 (15... Be8 $5 16. b4 (16. Rad1 Rxd1 $1 17.
Rxd1 Bf8 $1 $10) 16... a5 (16... Bxg5 17. hxg5 a5 18. b5 Rac8 $10 {Umanskaya,I}
) 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Bxg5 20. hxg5 Qb6 $10 {Georgiev,
Ki-Umanskaya,I/Komotini/1993/INF58,(219)/}) 16. hxg5 Be8 17. Be4 g6 18. b3 a5
$5 {Schwarz will seine allen Bauern am Damenfluegel auf die schwarzen Feldern
stellen, wo sie nicht so angreiffbar sind.} 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. Rad1 b6 21. Qe3 c5
22. Qf4 $1 {>< d6} Bc6 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. c4 (24. Rd6 Rxd6 25. exd6 Rd8 26. Rd1
Rd7 $14 {Weiss steht wegen seines starken d-Freibauern minimal besser, sehr
fragwuerdig ist ob er einen Durchbruch erhalten kann oder nicht?}) 24... Rd7
25. Rd6 $5 {Sonst kommt Rcd8 und Weiss hat gar nichts.} Rxd6 26. exd6 Rd8 27.
Rd1 a4 $1 {Der Nachziehende will das Material reduzieren, damit die
Remischance erhoehen wird.} 28. Rd2 axb3 29. axb3 Rd7 30. f3 b5 $5 31. Kg2 bxc4
32. bxc4 Kf8 33. Rb2 Qc8 $8 (33... Qxd6 $4 34. Rb8+ $18) (33... Rxd6 34. Rb8+
Ke7 35. Qf6+ Kd7 36. Qxf7#) 34. Qe5 Kg8 35. Rb5 (35. Rb6 Rd8 36. Rb5 (36. g4 $5
) 36... Qd7 37. Qxc5 Qxd6 38. Qxd6 Rxd6 39. Rb8+ Kg7 40. Rc8 Rd2+ 41. Kh3 h6
$10) 35... Qd8 36. Rxc5 Rxd6 37. Rb5 Rc6 38. Rb8 (38. c5 Rc8 39. Rb7 Qd2+ 40.
Kh3 Qc1 $10) 38... Rc8 39. Rxc8 Qxc8 40. c5 {Der Freibauer auf die c-Linie
sieht sehr gefaehrlich aus, aber Schwarz kann gut kontern.} Qa6 41. Qc3 Qc6 $1
$146 {Sonst maschiert der c-Bauern unaufhaltsam voran.} 42. Qd4 Kf8 43. Qh8+ (
43. Qd8+ Kg7 44. Qd6 Qb5 45. c6 Qe2+ $10) 43... Ke7 44. Qd4 Kf8 45. Kf2 Ke8 46.
Ke3 Qc7 47. f4 Qc6 48. Kd2 {Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk New Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 03rd"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg FINEK"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow CSKA"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 (9. Ne4 $13 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Reggio Emilia/1992/}) 9... Ng4
$1 (9... a5 10. Bb2 b6 11. O-O-O $40 {Rublevsky,S-Beliavsky,A/YUG-cht/1995/}) (
9... Bb4 10. Bb2 Qc5 11. c4 Ba3 12. Bd4 $13 {Svidler,P-Lamoureux,C/Groningen/
1993/}) 10. O-O (10. Ne4 Bb4+ 11. c3 (11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nexd2 Nge5 13. Be4
Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Qa5+ $10) 11... Nc5 $5 (11... Ba5 12. O-O f5 13. c4 Qc6 14. Ng3
$13) 12. Bc2 $1 (12. Bc4 Qxe4 13. cxb4 Qxe2+ 14. Bxe2 Ne4 15. h3 Ngf6 $132)
12... f5 $1 (12... Nxe4 $2 13. cxb4 $1 Ngxf2 $2 (13... Nc3 14. Qc4 $1 $14) (
13... f5 $14) 14. O-O $1 $16) 13. cxb4 fxe4 14. bxc5 (14. Nd2 $2 Nxf2 15. bxc5
Nxh1 16. Nxe4 Qd4 17. Rb1 Qg1+ 18. Kd2 Rd8+ 19. Nd6 Qxc5 $19) 14... exf3 15.
gxf3 Ne5 $1 (15... Qxf3 $2 16. Qxf3 Rxf3 17. Bd1 $1 $18) (15... Rxf3 $2 16. Be4
(16. Qe4 Nxf2 $1 17. Qxh7+ (17. Qxd5 exd5 18. Rf1 Nd3+ $17) 17... Kf8 18. Bb2
$8 Re3+ $1 19. Kxf2 Qf3+ 20. Kg1 Qg4+ 21. Kf1 $1 $10) 16... Qd4 17. Bxf3 Qxa1
18. O-O $40) 16. Be4 (16. Qe4 $6 Nxf3+ 17. Kf1 Qh5 18. h4 e5 19. Be3 Bf5 $40)
16... Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxf3 (17... Qe5 $6 18. Qd3 Qxa1 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. O-O Qf6
$5 21. Qh3 $1 e5 22. Bf5+ $1 (22. Qh5 Bg4 $1 $15) 22... Kg8 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24.
Qh5+ $1 g6 $8 25. Qh7+ $16) 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Be3 $10) 10... Nde5 $1 11. Be4 (
11. Nxe5 Qxe5 $1 $10 12. Qxg4 $140 $2 Qxa1 13. Qh5 f5 $17) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3
(12. gxf3 $2 Qe5 13. fxg4 Qxa1 $17) (12. Qxf3 Qe5 $1 $17) 12... Qh5 13. h3 (13.
Bb2 Nxh2 $1 $15) 13... Nf6 14. Bb2 (14. Bd3 b6 $15) 14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 f6 16.
Rad1 (16. Rad1 Qf7 $5 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nf5 Bxf5 (18... Be6 $6 19. Nd6 $1 Bxd6 20.
Rxd6 $14) 19. Qxf5 Rad8 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shneider, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 b6 (7...
Nc6) 8. g4 $5 $146 (8. Bd3) (8. f4) (8. a5) (8. f3 $146 Qc7 9. g4 h6 10. Bg2
Bb7 11. f4 Nc6 $13 {DeFirmian,N-Browne,W/USA/1995/0,5/41/}) 8... e5 $6 (8...
Bb7 $5 9. Bg2 d5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. f4 Nc6 12. O-O Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Bc5 14. Ne2 O-O
$13 {Smirin,I-Yudasin,L/ISR/1995/0,5/17/}) (8... h6 $5) 9. Nf5 g6 10. Bg2 $1
Bb7 (10... gxf5 $5 11. exf5 Ra7 12. a5 $1 Nbd7 13. g5 $44 {|^/}) 11. Ng3 h5 12.
g5 Nfd7 13. h4 $14 {>< d5/} Nc6 14. O-O Rc8 15. Bh3 Na5 $6 (15... Nb4 $5 16.
Qd2 Rc6 17. Rad1 Bg7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 $14 (19. exd5 Rc4 $5 $13)) 16. Nd5
$1 $16 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Nc4 $6 (17... Be7 $5 18. f4 Nc4 $1 (18... Rxc2 $2 19. f5
$1 $18 {->/} (19. Bxd7+ $6 Qxd7 20. fxe5 $2 (20. f5 $1) 20... Qh3 $1 $132)) 19.
fxe5 (19. Bc1 $6 exf4 20. Rxf4 Nce5 21. Rf2 O-O $14) 19... Ncxe5 20. Rf2 O-O
21. Raf1 $16 {/\ Bd4/}) (17... Rxc2 $2 18. b4 $1 Nc4 19. Rac1 Rxc1 (19... Nxe3
$2 20. fxe3 $18) 20. Rxc1 Nxe3 21. fxe3 $18 {/\ Qb7/}) 18. Bc1 Be7 19. b3 Na5
20. Ba3 Qc7 21. Rad1 Nb7 22. f4 $1 $18 exf4 23. Rxf4 O-O 24. Nxh5 $2 $40 (24.
Rdf1 $1 Nd8 $8 25. Bb2 $1 {/\ Qd4/} (25. e5 $2 Nxe5 $1 $16) 25... Rb8 26. Bxd7
Qxd7 27. Qd4 $18) 24... gxh5 25. g6 Ne5 $2 (25... Nf6 $1 26. Qg5 Qxc2 27. Rdf1
Qc3 $8 28. gxf7+ Kxf7 (28... Kh7 $4 29. Bf5+ $18) 29. Qxh5+ Kg7 30. Qg5+ Kf7
$13) 26. gxf7+ Rxf7 $6 (26... Nxf7 $2 27. Rd2 $1 $18) (26... Kh7 $5 27. Bf5+
Kg7 28. Bxc8 Qxc8 (28... Rxc8 $2 29. Rd2 Nc5 30. Rg2+ Kh7 31. f8=Q $1 Rxf8 32.
Rxf8 Bxf8 33. Qg8+ Kh6 34. Bc1#) 29. Rd2 Rxf7 30. Rxf7+ Nxf7 31. Rg2+ Kf8 32.
Qxh5 $16) 27. Rxf7 Nxf7 28. Qe6 $1 $18 Qxc2 (28... Re8 29. Rf1 Rf8 30. Qg6+ Kh8
31. Bb2+ $1 Ne5 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. Be6+ $18) (28... Ra8 29. Rf1 Bf8 30. Qg6+ Bg7
31. Rxf7 $1 Qxf7 32. Be6 Rf8 33. Bb2 $18) 29. Qxc8+ Qxc8 30. Bxc8 Nc5 31. Bxc5
dxc5 32. Be6 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Gagarin,V"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Nf3 c5 $5 (5... Ne4) (5... c6) (5...
dxc4) 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. cxd5 (7. Nxd5 Bg7 8. e3 Nc6 9. Be2 e6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11.
exd4 Nxd4 $10) 7... Qb6 8. e3 $146 (8. e4 cxd4 9. Nb5 Bg4 10. Rc1 Na6 11. Nbxd4
Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Bxb2 13. Rc2 Qb4+ 14. Nd2 Bc3 15. Bxa6 bxa6 16. O-O O-O $13 {
Burgess,G-Skjelde,A/Gausdal/1990/0:1/36/}) (8. Qb3 $5 Qxb3 (8... cxd4 9. Qxb6
axb6 10. Nb5 Ra5 $5 11. Nfxd4 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Rxd5 13. e3 $14) 9. axb3 Na6 $44 (
9... cxd4 $6 10. Nb5 $16)) 8... Qxb2 9. Qc1 Qxc1+ 10. Rxc1 cxd4 11. Nb5 (11.
Bb5+ $6 Kd8 $1 (11... Bd7 $6 12. Ne4 $1 O-O (12... Bxb5 13. Nxf6+ Kd8 14. Nxd4
$14) 13. Nxf6+ exf6 14. Nxd4 $14) 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. exd4 a6 14. Bd3 Nd7 $15)
11... Na6 12. Nbxd4 b6 $6 (12... Nb4 $5 13. Bb5+ (13. Bc4 Bg4 14. a3 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Bxd4 16. exd4 $5 (16. axb4 Bb6 $10) 16... Na6 17. Bxa6 bxa6 $13) 13... Kf8
$1 $13 (13... Bd7 $6 14. Bxd7+ Kxd7 15. Rb1 Nxd5 (15... Nxa2 16. Kd2 $1 a5 17.
Rxb7+ $36) 16. Rxb7+ $36)) 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. e4 Bxd4 (14... Bg7 $6 15. Nb3 $1 {
/\ Rc8/} Bb7 16. O-O $16 {>< Na6/}) 15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. f3 e6 (16... a6 $6 17. Bc6
Nd3+ 18. Kd2 Nxc1 19. Bxa8 Nxa2 20. Rb1 $16) 17. Bc4 (17. O-O $5 exd5 18. Bc6
Bb7 19. exd5 Rd8 20. Nb3 $1 Bxc6 21. dxc6 $36) 17... exd5 18. Bxd5 Rb8 19. O-O
(19. Nc6 Rb7 20. O-O Rc7 21. Nd4 Ba6 $10) 19... Bb7 20. Nb3 Bxd5 21. Nxc5 (21.
exd5 Rc8 22. Rfe1 Kg7 23. Rcd1 Rhd8 24. Re7 Rd7 $10) 21... bxc5 22. exd5 (22.
exd5 Rc8 23. Rfe1 Kg7 24. Rc4 Rhd8 25. Rd1 Rd6 26. Kf2 Kf6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Nb3 Nd7 7. g3 cxd4 8.
Bg2 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 e5 10. O-O O-O 11. Re1 f6 12. Nfxd4 N7b6 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Qd2
N4d5 15. Nb5 a6 16. Na3 Ne7 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Na5 Rb8 19. Qb4 Bf5 20. c4 Nc6 21.
Nxc6 bxc6 22. Qa5 Rfc8 23. b3 Nd7 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 25. Rd6 Rd8 26. b4 Kf8 27. c5
Rb8 28. Be4 Bxe4 29. Rxe4 a5 30. bxa5 Nxc5 31. Rc4 Ke7 32. Rd1 Ne6 33. Nc2 c5
34. f4 Rd7 35. Re1 Rd2 36. Ne3 g6 37. Rd1 Rxd1+ 38. Nxd1 Rb1 39. Kf2 Rxd1 0-1

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Be7 (9... a6 10. Bg3 {Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/Linares/1993/}) 10.
Be3 Qc7 11. f4 (11. Nb5 Qc6 $13) 11... Nc4 (11... Nc6 12. Bf3 a6 13. O-O O-O
14. a4 b6 15. g4 Rb8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg2 $14 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V/Linares/1994/})
12. Bxc4 (12. Nb5 Qc6 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. Qd3 $14) 12... Qxc4 13. Qf3 e5 (13...
O-O 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. e5 Bc6 16. exf6 Bxf3 17. fxe7 Bxd1 18. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 19.
Rxd1 Qc6 $132) 14. f5 b5 15. Nd2 (15. Bg5 $6 b4 16. Bxf6 bxc3 17. Bxg7 cxb2 18.
Rb1 Rg8 19. f6 Bd8 $15) 15... Qc6 (15... Qb4 $2 16. O-O-O $16) 16. Bg5 $1 (16.
a3 a5 17. O-O O-O 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxc2 20. Rac1 Qxb2 21. Rc7 Bf6 22. Ne4)
16... b4 (16... Bb7 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qd3 b4 19. Nd5 $16) 17. Nd5 (17. Bxf6 $2
bxc3) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxc2 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. O-O f6 (20... Qxd2 $2 21. f6+
$18) 21. Qg4 g5 (21... g6 22. Ne4 Qxb2 23. Qh4 g5 24. Qh6 Rf8 25. Nxf6 Rxf6 26.
Qg7+ Rf7 27. f6+ Ke8 28. Qg8+ Rf8 29. f7+ Ke7 30. Qxg5+ $18) 22. Rf2 $44 Qc5 $2
(22... Qxb2 23. Rb1 (23. Nb3 Qc3 24. Rc1 Qd3 $1 25. Rc7+ Bd7) 23... Qxa2 24.
Qxb4 Qxd5) 23. h4 h5 (23... Rg8 24. Ne4 Qxd5 25. hxg5 $40) 24. Qe2 gxh4 25. Ne4
Qb6 (25... Qxd5 $2 26. Rd1 $16) 26. a3 b3 (26... h3 27. axb4 Bd7 28. Ra6) (
26... Bd7 27. axb4 Qxb4) 27. Qf3 Bd7 28. Rc1 h3 $2 (28... Rag8 $5 29. Rc4 Rg4
30. Rb4 Qc7 $132) 29. Qxh3 h4 30. Rc4 $1 a5 $2 (30... Rag8 31. Rb4 Qc7 32. Rxb3
Qc1+ 33. Rf1 Qc4) 31. Nxf6 $1 Kxf6 32. Rxh4 $18 Rhf8 33. Rh7 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. f4
Nc6 (8... O-O 9. Qd2 (9. g4 $5 e5 (9... b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. a3 Bb7 12. Qd2 $40)
10. Nf5) 9... Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 $132) 9. Qd2 $5 Qc7 (9... O-O 10. O-O-O Qc7 11.
g4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. f5 b4 (13... Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b4 15. f6 bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bd8 17.
fxg7 Re8 18. Rhf1 $16) 14. f6 gxf6 15. Rhg1 bxc3 16. Qxc3 $40) (9... e5 10. Nf3
exf4 11. Bxf4 O-O 12. O-O-O $14) 10. O-O-O $40 Na5 $6 (10... b5 $2 11. Nxc6
Qxc6 12. Bf3 $16) (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. e5 $40) 11. g4 Nc4 $6 (11... h6
$5 12. g5 (12. h4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 14. g5 Ng4) 12... hxg5 13. fxg5 Nd7 14. g6
Ne5 15. gxf7+ Kxf7 16. Rdf1+ Bf6 $16) 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. g5 Nd7 (13... Ng4 14.
Bg1 e5 15. h3 $1 (15. fxe5 $6 Nxe5 16. Kb1 $14) (15. Nf5 $6 Bxf5 16. exf5 exf4
17. h3 Ne5) 15... exd4 16. Bxd4 $16) 14. Kb1 b5 15. Rhe1 b4 (15... Bb7 16. a3
b4 17. axb4 Qxb4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe6 $16) 16. Na4 Rb8 $6 (16... Bb7 17. b3 Qc7
18. Bf2 $16) 17. f5 Ne5 (17... e5 18. b3 Qc7 19. Ne2 $16) 18. f6 gxf6 (18...
Bf8 19. Bf4 $40) 19. gxf6 Bd8 (19... Bxf6 20. Nf5 $3 exf5 21. Qxd6 Nd7 22. exf5
$16) 20. Bf4 $18 Qc7 (20... Bb7 21. Nf5 exf5 22. Qxd6 $16) 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22.
Nc6 Bxf6 23. Nxb8 Qxb8 24. Nc5 Be7 25. Nd3 a5 26. Qh6 1-0

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miladinovic, Igor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 h6 5. Be3 e6 6. Nd2 Nxc5 7. Ngf3 d5 8. c3
b6 9. g3 Bb7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Nbd7 13. cxd5 Bxd5 14. b4 Ne4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qa4 Nf6 17. b5 Qd5 18. Rfd1 Qb7 19. Ne1 Rfc8 20. Rac1 Rxc1
1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Qd7 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. Bb2 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. axb5 Qxb5 19. Qc1 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4
22. Bxe4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Qd3 24. Ng5 Qxb3 25. Ra3 Qd5 26. Rh4 h6 27. Ne4 Ra6 28.
Nc5 Rc6 29. Qf1 g5 30. Rg4 f5 31. exf6 Rxf6 32. Rxa5 Nc2 33. Ne4 Qxa5 34. Nxf6+
Bxf6 35. Qc4+ Kg7 36. Qxc2 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Re7 38. Ba3 Rf7 39. Re4 Qa1 40. Bc5 Qa8
41. Qe2 Qd5 42. Qg4 c6 43. f3 Bd8 44. h4 Bc7+ 45. Kh3 Qc4 46. Re7 Rxe7 47. Bxe7
Qc1 48. Qe4 h5 49. Bf6+ Kxf6 50. hxg5+ Kxg5 51. Qe7+ Kf5 52. Qxc7 Qh1+ 53. Qh2
Qxh2+ 54. Kxh2 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. O-O Bc6 7. Re1 Ne7 8. b4
cxb4 9. cxb4 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd5 11. b5 Nd7 12. Bb2 Nc5 13. Be4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Rc8
15. Na3 Qa5 16. Qd3 Bxa3 17. Bxa3 Nc3 18. dxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. Be3 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Rd1 b4 10. Nce2 a5 11. Ng3 Na6 12. N1e2 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Nc1 Qb8 15.
Nb3 a4 16. Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanovic, Bozidar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxd4 6. Bxd4 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qd2 d5 10. O-O-O dxe4 11. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "YUG-chT"]
[Site "Tivat"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nevednichy, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1995.??.??"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 048 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. h4 h5 11. b3 Re8 12. g3 e5 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Ne2
c5 16. Bg2 b5 17. O-O bxc4 18. bxc4 Qb6 19. Bf4 Ba4 20. Qd3 Nd7 21. Qa3 Qb4 22.
Qxb4 Rxb4 23. Bxd6 d3 24. Nf4 d2 25. Rcd1 Bd4+ 26. Kh2 Be3 27. Bh3 Bxd1 28.
Bxd7 Bxf3 29. Bxe8 d1=Q 30. Rxd1 Rb2+ 31. Ng2 Rxg2+ 32. Kh3 Rf2 33. g4 hxg4+
34. Kg3 0-1

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb4 7. a3 N4c6 8. d5
Nd4 9. Ne2 (9. Nc3 c5 (9... O-O 10. Be3 (10. f4 e5 11. h4 c5 12. h5 Qb6 13. Rb1
Nd7 14. h6 Bh8 15. f5 gxf5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Rh5 Ne7 18. d6 Ng6 19. Bg5 c4 20.
Nge2 Nc5 21. Kf1 Nd3 22. Ne4 f5 23. Nf6+ {Lau,D-Pielnik,R/Dortmund op-A (10)/
1993/0-1 (23)}) 10... c5 11. Nge2 e5 12. O-O a5 13. h3 b6 14. f4 Ba6 15. Rf2
Nd7 16. f5 Qe7 17. a4 Rab8 18. Bf1 Rbd8 19. g4 Bxe2 20. Nxe2 Qh4 21. Bg2 Bh6
22. Bxh6 Qxh6 23. Ra3 Nf6 24. Qf1 {Epishin,V-Babula,V/Brno (02)/1994/0.5 (41)})
10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O Na6 $5 12. Rb1 e5 13. b4 b6 14. f4 Nxe2+ 15. Nxe2 Qd6 $13
{Deak,S-Mikhalchishin,A/Budapest/1990/}) (9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 O-O 11. O-O e6
12. Qb3 exd5 13. exd5 Nd7 14. Be3 Ne5 {Sekulic,D-Dzhandzhava,L/Belgrade GMA-op/
1988/0.5 (14)}) 9... Bg4 (9... c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nxd4 cxd4 12. Nd2 Na6 13. b4
Nc7 14. Bb2 Nb5 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Rc1 e6 17. Re1 e5 18. Nc5 Bh6 19. Rc2 Nd6 20.
f4 f6 21. Rf2 a5 22. Qb3 axb4 23. axb4 Re8 24. Ref1 {Shirov,A-Gavrikov,V/
URS-FL56 Klaipeda/1988/0.5 (31)}) 10. Nbc3 Nf3+ 11. Kf1 Nd4 (11... O-O $2 12.
h3 Bh5 13. g4 $18) 12. h3 Nxe2 13. Nxe2 (13. hxg4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3 15. Rb1 b6
$13) 13... Bc8 (13... Bxe2+ 14. Qxe2 O-O 15. Be3 $14) 14. Qb3 c6 15. Be3 O-O
16. Kg1 b6 (16... cxd5 17. exd5 Nd7 18. Rc1 Nf6 19. Kh2 $14) 17. Kh2 Bb7 18.
Rhd1 Qe8 (18... cxd5 19. exd5 Nd7 20. Nd4 Nc5 21. Qa2 $16) 19. Rac1 Na6 20. Nd4
cxd5 (20... c5 21. Nc6 Bxc6 22. dxc6 e5 23. Bf1 $16) 21. exd5 Nc5 22. Qc2 e5 (
22... e6 23. b4 Na6 24. dxe6 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 fxe6 26. Qc4 $16) 23. Nc6 Nd7 (23...
e4 24. Bxc5 bxc5 25. Bxe4 $16) 24. Ne7+ $5 Qxe7 (24... Kh8 25. Qc7 Ba6 26. d6
Rd8 27. Qxa7 $16) 25. d6 Qf6 26. Bxb7 Rad8 (26... Rab8 27. Qc7 $16) 27. b4 h6
28. Qd3 Rfe8 29. Rc7 e4 (29... Kh7 30. Bc6 e4 31. Qb3 $18) 30. Bxe4 Ne5 31. Qc2
(31. Qd2 Re6) 31... Rxd6 32. Rxd6 Qxd6 33. Rxa7 Qe6 34. Qd1 h5 (34... Ng4+ 35.
Qxg4 Qxg4 36. hxg4 Rxe4 37. Bxb6 $18) 35. Qd5 Qf6 (35... Ng4+ 36. hxg4 Qxe4 37.
Qxe4 Rxe4 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Bxb6 $18) 36. Kg2 h4 37. g4 Kh7 38. g5 Qe6 39. Qxe6
Rxe6 (39... fxe6 40. Bd4 $18) 40. Bd5 (40. Bd5 Rd6 41. Bxf7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8.
Ne5 $6 (8. Nxd4 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 $14 {Huebner,R-Korchnoi,V/Merano/1980/ Inf 30/
221/}) 8... Bd7 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. O-O Kd8 $1 $8 (10... f6 $2 11. Qh5+ g6 12.
Nxg6 $16) 11. Nb3 f6 12. Bg5 (12. f4 $5 $13 {Anand}) 12... fxg5 13. Na5 Qe8 $1
{Ivanchuk,V-Dolmatov,S/Manila(izt)/1990/} 14. Rfe1 Kc7 $17 (14... Bb4 $6 15.
Qa6 Bxe1 16. Rxe1 $40) 15. Qf3 Bb4 (15... Nf6 16. Nexc6 Qh5 17. Qb3 Bxc6 18.
Nxc6 Bd6) 16. Qg3 $8 Bd6 17. c4 Nf6 18. Naxc6 $6 (18. c5 $8 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Nh5
20. Rxe8+ (20. Qxg5 h6 21. Qxh5 Qxh5 22. Rxh5 g5 $19) 20... Nxg3 21. Rxh8 Rxh8
22. hxg3 Rb8 23. Nb3 a5 $17) 18... Ne4 19. Rxe4 dxe4 20. c5 Bxe5 21. Nxe5 Kc8
$6 22. Nc4 $6 (22. c6 $8 Be6 23. Qa3 a5 $17) 22... Qe7 23. Nd6+ Kd8 $19 24. Qb3
Bc6 25. Qc4 Qf6 0-1

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Ng4 10. h3 Nh6 11. Bd3 $1 (11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. a4 (12. Be2 c5 13. dxc5
Nc6 14. Rd1 Qa5 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Be6 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. Rxb4 Rac8 19. a4
Rxc5 20. axb5 axb5 21. f4 Bc4 22. g3 Rd8 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Ke2 {Barbero,
G-Fogarasi,T/OST-chT9394 (10)/1994/0.5 (44)}) 12... c5 13. dxc5 (13. axb5 cxd4
14. Ne4 Be6 15. Qb4 Qd5 16. Bd3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. O-O Nc6 19. Qc5 Rd8 20.
Bxb5 Bd5 21. Re1 Qb7 22. e6 fxe6 23. Nfg5 Rc8 24. Bxc6 {Kozul,Z-Jukic,B/Osijek
(08)/1993/0.5 (40)}) 13... Be6 14. Qb4 Nc6 15. Qh4 Kg7 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. axb5
axb5 18. Bxb5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Qxc5 {Dydyshko,V-Tseitlin,Ma/St.Petersburg/1992/0.5
(20)}) (11. Bf4 c5 (11... Bb7 12. Be2 Nf5 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. O-O c5 15. dxc5 Qc8
16. c6 Bxc6 17. g4 Nc5 18. Qb4 Ne6 19. Bh2 a5 20. Qb3 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nfd4 22.
Qd5 Rb8 23. Bg2 b4 24. Nb1 {Portisch,L-Adorjan,A/Budapest/1970/0.5 (39)}) 12.
Rd1 cxd4 (12... Nc6 13. d5 (13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Qa3 Qxa3 15. bxa3 Be6 16. Be2 Rfd8
17. O-O Nf5 18. Bd3 Rac8 19. a4 Nfd4 20. axb5 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3 Bxe5 22. Ne2 axb5
23. Bxb5 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 {Georgadze,G-Pavlovic,M/Beograd/1992/}) 13... Nd4 14.
Nxd4 cxd4 15. Rxd4 Nf5 16. Re4 e6 17. d6 Bb7 18. Bd3 $1 Bxe4 {Horvath,Cs-Leko,
P/Budapest/1992/}) 13. Nxd4 Qa5 14. Bd3 (14. Qd5 Ra7 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Qd2 {
Ivkov,B-Sax,Gy/Osijek/1978/0.5 (16)}) 14... b4 (14... Rd8 15. Be4 Ra7 16. O-O
Rad7 17. Bd5 e6 18. Nxe6 Rxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxe6 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Qe3 Nf5 22. Qc5
Nxe7 {Dizdar,G-Jukic,B/CRO-ch (09)/1995/1-0 (23)}) 15. Nd5 Bb7 16. Be4 Kh8 17.
O-O Nd7 18. Bf3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Nxe7 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Bg7 22. Rd7 Qb6 23.
Rfd1 Qf6 24. Qxb4 {Titov,G-Akopian,V/URS-OT56 Uzhgorod/1988/0.5 (63)}) (11. Bg5
c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Be2 Be6 14. Qc2 Qc7 15. Qe4 Rad8 16. O-O b4 17. Na4 Bd5 18.
Qf4 Nf5 19. Qc1 Ncd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bd1 Bxe5 22. Re1 {Horvath,J-Hoffmann,M/
Budapest/1992/0.5 (22)}) (11. g4 c5 12. dxc5 Nc6 13. Be3 Bb7 $2 14. Rd1 Qa5 $2
15. Rg1 Kh8 16. Be2 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. Kf1 Rae8 {Marinelli,T-Horvath,Cs/
Makarska/1994/}) 11... Nf5 (11... Bb7 12. Be4 Bxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc6 $6 14. Bxh6 $1
Bxh6 15. Rd1 Na5 16. Qb4 Nc4 17. O-O c6 18. Rfe1 Nb6 $6 19. Qc5 $1 Rc8 20. e6
$1 f6 21. Re2 Bf4 22. g3 Bb8 23. Qa3 $1 Rc7 24. Qe3 $1 {Soffer,R-Shmuter,L/
Israel/1994/0-1 (44)}) 12. Be4 Ra7 (12... c6 13. Ne2 Ra7 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Qc2
Kh8 16. h4 Rd7 17. h5 Kg8 18. O-O-O c5 19. dxc5 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qa5 21. b3 Rc8
22. Kb1 b4 23. c6 Qc7 24. hxg6 $40 {Soffer,R-Fogarasi,T/Budapest FS JunGM (06)/
1994/1-0 (32)}) 13. g4 $1 Nh6 (13... Nxd4 $2 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Be3 Qxe5 16.
Bxa7 $18) 14. Be3 c6 (14... Bb7 15. d5 Ra8 16. O-O-O $16) 15. O-O-O (15. d5
cxd5 16. Bxa7 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bb7 $132) 15... Qa5 16. Kb1 Rc7 17. Bd2 $1 Rb7 (
17... c5 18. Nd5 $18) (17... b4 18. Na4 Rb7 19. Nc5 Rb5 20. a4 Rb6 21. Bg5 $16)
18. Ne2 Qb6 19. Bf4 {/\ Qe3+-} (19. Bb4 Be6 20. Qa3 Bd5 $132) 19... Kh8 20. Qe3
Ng8 21. h4 f5 (21... Bxg4 $5 22. Rdg1 f5 23. Bc2 Nd7 24. Ng5 $40) 22. gxf5 gxf5
(22... Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Rxf5 24. Ng5 {xe6}) 23. Bc2 e6 24. h5 h6 25. Nh4 Kh7 26.
Rhg1 Qd8 27. Qg3 Rbf7 28. Bd2 (28. Bd2 Qd7 29. Bb4 Re8 30. Bd6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kosashvili, Yona"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Nf4 $146 (8... Nb4 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. c4 c5 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd2 $1 Qe6 13. Bc3
Be7 14. O-O-O $14 {Har Zvi,R-Almasi,Z/Altensteig/1994/1:0/56}) (8... Qe6 9. c4
Nb6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qe4 $13 {Pribyl,J-Cladouras,P/BL/9394/1:0/66/})
(8... Bb7 9. c4 Nf4 10. Qe3 Ne6 11. Nb3 Qb4+ 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. f4 a5 $132 {
Shirov,A-Timman,J/Moscow/1992/0,5/42/}) 9. Qe3 (9. Qe4 $6 Ng6 10. Nf3 d5 $1 11.
Qe3 Bg4 $17) 9... Ng6 10. Nf3 (10. Nc4 Qe6 $1 11. f4 (11. Be2 Ba6 $15) 11...
Ba6 12. b3 Bb4+ $1 13. c3 Be7 $13) 10... d6 $1 (10... Qe6 11. Bd3 $16) 11. exd6
cxd6 12. Be2 (12. Bd3 Bg4 $1 13. Be4 (13. O-O $5 Qxe3 14. Bxe3 (14. fxe3 Be7
$10) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 $13) 13... d5 14. Bxg6 Bxf3 $1 (14... hxg6
15. Ne5 $16) 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qxe7+ Bxe7 17. gxf3 Bd6 18. Kf1 Rhe8 19. Be3
$44) 12... d5 $1 $10 (12... Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Be7 14. O-O-O $14) 13. h4 $5 (13. O-O
Qxe3 14. Bxe3 Bd6 $10) 13... f6 (13... Qxe3 14. Bxe3 Bd6 15. O-O-O Nf4 (15...
O-O $5 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. Nb3 $14) 16. Bf1 Bg4 17. Rd4 $14) 14. h5 Qxe3 (14... Ne5
15. O-O $14) 15. Bxe3 Ne5 16. O-O-O (16. Nd4 $5 Bd7 17. O-O-O $14) 16... Ng4 $5
17. Bd4 Kf7 (17... c5 18. Bb5+ Bd7 19. Rde1+ (19. Rhe1+ Kd8 20. Bxc5 Bxb5 21.
Rxd5+ Bd7 22. Red1 (22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Red1 Rf7 $17) 22... Bxc5 23. Rxd7+ Kc8
24. Rxg7 Nxf2 $44) 19... Kd8 20. Bxd7 Kxd7 21. Rh4 $1 f5 22. Ne5+ Nxe5 23. Bxe5
$14) 18. Nd2 $1 c5 (18... Bd6 $5 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Rhe1 $13) 19. f3 Nh6 $2 (19...
cxd4 $2 20. fxg4 $16) (19... Ne5 20. Bxe5 fxe5 21. Rhe1 {/\ 22.Bb5!} Rb8 (21...
Bd6 22. Nc4 $16) 22. Bf1 $5 (22. c4 d4 23. Bd3 Bd6 24. Ne4 Be7 $14) 22... Kf6
23. f4 $5 exf4 (23... e4 24. c4 $16) 24. Re8 $44) 20. Bf2 $16 Be6 21. Nb3 Rc8
$6 (21... d4 22. c3 $1 dxc3 23. bxc3 Rc8 24. Rhe1 Be7 25. Ba6 Rc7 (25... Rc6
26. Bb5 Rb6 (26... Rc7 27. Rxe6 {- 25...Rc7}) 27. Bd7 Bxb3 28. axb3 $16) 26.
Rxe6 $1 Kxe6 27. Bc4+ Kf5 28. Bg3 $1 Rcc8 $8 29. Rd5+ Ke6 30. Rxc5+ $1 Kd7 31.
Bb5+ Ke6 (31... Kd8 32. Rd5+) 32. Nd4+ Kf7 33. Bc4+ $18) (21... c4 22. Nd4 $16)
22. Ba6 $1 Rc7 (22... Rc6 23. Bb7) 23. Bg3 Rd7 24. Bc8 $1 Rd8 25. Bxe6+ Kxe6
26. Bf2 $1 $16 Rc8 $6 (26... c4 27. Nd4+ Kf7 28. Nc6 $16) 27. Rhe1+ Kd6 28.
Bg3+ Kc6 29. Re6+ Kd7 30. Ra6 $18 d4 31. c3 Nf5 32. Bf4 g5 33. hxg6 hxg6 34.
Rxa7+ $1 Ke6 (34... Kc6 35. cxd4 cxd4 36. Kb1 $18) 35. Re1+ Ne3 (35... Kd5 36.
Na5 $1 $18) 36. cxd4 cxd4+ 37. Kb1 Bc5 (37... Kf5 38. g3 $18) 38. Bxe3 $1 dxe3
39. Nxc5+ Rxc5 40. Rxe3+ Kf5 41. a3 Rh1+ 42. Ka2 Rg1 43. Re2 Re5 44. Rc2 Kf4
45. Ra6 Kg5 46. f4+ $1 Kxf4 47. Rxf6+ Kg5 48. Rcc6 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gruenfeld, Yehuda"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 $5 5. Nc3 (5. Nb5 Bc5 6. Qf3 a6 7.
N5c3 Nc6 8. Qg3 Nge7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Qd8 11. Nd2 Ng6 12. Nb3 Be7 {Dutreeuw,
M-Christiansen,L/Antwerpen/1993/0:1/34/}) (5. Nb3 $5) 5... Nc6 (5... Bc5 $5 6.
Be3 Nc6 $132) 6. Nb3 (6. Ndb5 Bc5 $132) 6... Nf6 7. Bd3 Bb4 $5 (7... Be7 8. f4
d6 9. Qf3 a6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O-O b5 12. g4 Bb7 13. g5 Nd7 14. Qh3 Nb4 15. Kb1
$132 {Petrov,M-Todorov,I/Sofia/BUL-ch/1994/1:0/38/}) 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 (9. Bg5
Bxc3 10. bxc3 Ne8 $8 11. Qh5 e5 (11... f6 $5 12. e5 f5 (12... g6 13. Bxg6 $1
$18) 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f4 $13) 12. Bc4 d6 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. f4 Be6 15. Bd5 Bxd5
16. exd5 Nd8 17. f5 f6 $132 {Gurevich,I-Yermolinsky,A/New York op/1993/1:0/75/}
) 9... Qd8 10. f4 (10. Bg5 $6 h6 11. Bh4 Be7 $1 $13 {/\ 12...Nxe4!}) 10... Bxc3
11. bxc3 e5 $1 12. c4 (12. f5 $2 d5 $17) (12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Bg5 Qb6+ 14. Kh1
Nfg4 $1 (14... Ne8 15. Be7 $16) 15. Qe2 Qg6 16. Bf4 d6 $15) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4
d6 14. Kh1 (14. Bg5 Qb6+ 15. c5 dxc5 16. Bxf6 (16. Be3 Nd7 $17) 16... c4+ 17.
Kh1 cxd3 $17) 14... Ng4 $1 15. Be2 Nge5 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. Rb1 (17. Nf5 Bxf5 18.
exf5 f6 $132 (18... Rac8 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. f6 g6 21. Qd2 $40)) 17... Nxd4 (
17... Rd8 18. Rb3 (18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 f6 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Rb3 $36) 18...
Nxd4 19. Qxd4 b6 20. Rg3 f6 (20... Kh8 $2 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Rxf7 $1 $18) 21.
Bh6 Ng6 22. h4 $5 {Gruenfeld/} gxh6 23. h5 Kg7 (23... Qe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25.
hxg6 $40) 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Bh5 g5 26. e5 $1 Qxe5 (26... dxe5 27. Qe4 $1) 27.
Qd3 f5 28. Re3 Qf6 29. Rfe1 $40) (17... Nxd4 18. Qxd4 b6 19. Rbd1 Be6 $1 20.
Qxd6 (20. Bxe5 dxe5 21. Qxe5 Rad8 $15) 20... Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Bxc4 $10 (21... Nxc4
$2 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bxc4 $18)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Stohl} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 $5 (4... c6 {Stohl} 5. Qd2 b5 6.
Bd3 Nbd7 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O b4 10. Nd1 a5 11. Nf2 Qc7 12. c3 bxc3 13.
bxc3 Nb6 14. Rac1 d5 15. e5 Ng4 16. Nxg4 Bxg4 17. f5 $1 gxf5 18. Nh4 f6 19.
exf6 exf6 20. Bf4 $16 {Mestel,J-Dzindzichashvili,R/Reykjavik tt/1990/}) (4...
Bg7 {Stohl} 5. e5 dxe5 6. dxe5 Ng4 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Rd1+ Bd7 10. e6
Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 fxe6 12. Bc4 Ke8 13. O-O Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bb3 Rf8 16. Rfe1
Rf5 17. Bh4 Nc6 18. Bg3 Rc5 19. Bxc7 Rxc3 20. Re4 Rc8 21. Bf4 $44 {Oral,
T-Jansa,V/TCH-ch/1994/}) 5. Be3 a6 (5... Bg7 6. f3 c6 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2 Nbd7 9.
Rd1 Bb7 10. Nc1 Qc7 11. Be2 h5 12. O-O O-O $14 {Filipenko,A-Makariev,I/RUS-ch/
1992/1:0/48/}) (5... Ng4 {Stohl} 6. Bf4 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Bxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+
Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Nd7 11. Bc4 Rh7 12. Nge2 c6 13. Rhf1 Bc5 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxf4
Ke7 16. e5 Be3+ 17. Kb1 Bxf4 18. Rxf4 Nxe5 19. Re1 f6 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Ng3 Be6
$17 {Krasnov,S-Gavrilov,A/Moscow-ch/1994/}) 6. f3 (6. a4 $5) 6... b5 7. Qd2
Nbd7 {/\ 8..c5} 8. a4 (8. g4 {Stohl} Nb6 9. h4 h5 $5 10. g5 Nfd7 $13) (8. Nh3 {
Stohl} c5 $132) 8... b4 9. Nd1 Rb8 (9... a5 {Stohl} 10. Bb5 Bb7 11. Ne2 Bg7 12.
O-O $14) (9... c5 {Stohl} 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. Nh3 $14) 10. Nf2 $5 {/\ 11.f4} (10.
c3 c5 11. Bd3 $14) 10... c5 $1 11. dxc5 Nxc5 $1 (11... dxc5 12. f4 $1 (12. Nd3
{Stohl} Qc7 13. Nh3 $14) 12... Bb7 13. e5 Nd5 14. a5 $1 {>< Nd7} Bg7 15. Nf3 g5
16. Bc4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 gxf4 19. e6 $1 Ne5 $1 20. exf7+ Kf8 21.
Qxf4 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxb2 23. Rd1 $132) 12. e5 Nfd7 13. exd6 Bg7 $1 (13... exd6
14. Bd4 $16 (14. Bc4 $36 {Stohl})) 14. Bd4 (14. dxe7 $2 {Stohl} Qxe7 $17) 14...
Bxd4 (14... e5 {Stohl} 15. Be3 e4 16. Bd4 $16) 15. Qxd4 O-O 16. Ne2 $1 exd6 (
16... Rb6 $6 17. a5 $1 Rxd6 18. Qxb4 $16) 17. Ng3 (17. Qxd6 $6 {Stohl} b3 18.
c3 Re8 $36 {@}) 17... d5 $1 {>< Nf2,Ng3} (17... Re8+ {Stohl} 18. Be2 Qf6 $10 (
18... h5 $5 $13)) 18. Be2 (18. Qxd5 Qf6 $1 $40) 18... Ne6 19. Qd2 (19. Qxd5 Nf4
$17) 19... Qg5 (19... Qf6 $5 $13 {Stohl}) 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. h4 $2 (21. b3 $1
$10) 21... b3 $1 (21... gxh4 {Stohl} 22. Rxh4 $10) 22. c3 d4 $1 23. Nd1 $8 (23.
Nge4 f5 $1 24. Bc4 Nb6 25. Bxe6+ Bxe6 26. Nxg5 dxc3 27. Nxe6 Rfe8 $19) 23... g4
$1 (23... dxc3 {Stohl} 24. Nxc3 Nd4 25. O-O-O $14) (23... Ndc5 $5 {Stohl} 24.
hxg5 d3 25. Bf1 $13) 24. fxg4 Ne5 $17 25. g5 Kg7 $6 (25... Rd8 $17) (25... d3 {
Stohl} 26. Bf3 $14) 26. cxd4 Nxd4 27. O-O Nc2 (27... Nxe2+ 28. Nxe2 Nd3 $15 {
><b2}) 28. Rc1 Rb4 29. h5 $1 Rxa4 (29... gxh5 $5 {Stohl} 30. Nxh5+ Kg6 31. Nc3
Kxg5 32. Nf6 $14 {עg5}) 30. Nc3 Rd4 31. h6+ Kh8 (31... Kg8 $5) 32. Rf6 a5 (
32... Be6 33. Bxa6) 33. Bd1 $1 Ng4 $6 (33... Nd3 34. Bxc2 Nxc1 35. Bxg6 $1 Rg8
36. Bxf7 Rxg5 37. Bg6 Rd8 38. Nge4 $40) (33... Ne3 34. Bxb3 Rd2 (34... Rb4 $132
{Stohl}) 35. Rf2 $5 Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Nd3+ 37. Kxe3 Nxc1 38. Bc2 $10) (33... Bb7 $1
34. Bxc2 bxc2 35. Rxc2 Rg4 $15) 34. Rb6 Re8 $2 (34... Nge3 35. Rxb3 Rd2 36.
Rxc2 $1 Nxc2 37. Nge4 $16) (34... Rb4 35. Rxb4 axb4 36. Nce4 Nge3 37. Nc5 Be6
38. Bf3 $13) (34... a4 {Stohl} 35. Bxc2 bxc2 36. Rxc2 $16) 35. Bxg4 Rxg4 (35...
Bxg4 {Stohl} 36. Rxb3 $16) 36. Nce4 $1 $18 Rgxe4 (36... Nd4 37. Rb8 Rgxe4 38.
Rcxc8 $1 (38. Nxe4 $6 Ne2+) 38... Re1+ 39. Kf2 $1 $18) 37. Nxe4 Rxe4 38. Rxb3
Rc4 (38... Bf5 39. Rxc2 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Bxc2 41. Rb8+ $18) (38... Re2 {Stohl} 39.
Rb8) 39. Rb8 Nd4 $22 (39... a4 40. Rf1 $1 Rc7 (40... Kg8 41. h7+ $18) 41. Rd1
$18) (39... Kh7 40. Rd1 Nd4 41. b3 $1 Bg4 (41... Ne2+ 42. Kf2 Rc2 43. Rd8 $18)
(41... Nxb3 {Stohl} 42. Rxb3 Rc5 43. Rd8 $18) 42. bxc4 (42. Rd2 $6 {Stohl} Rc1+
43. Kh2 Ne6 $13) 42... Bxd1 43. Rd8 Ne2+ 44. Kf2 Nc3 45. Rd3 Ne4+ 46. Ke3 Bc2
47. Kxe4 a4 48. Kd4 $18) (39... Nd4 40. Rxc4 $18) (39... Rc7 {Stohl} 40. Rd1
$18) 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 Na6 8.
Nxc4 c5 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Nfe5 Rc7 12. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bg3 Bxg3 17. Nxg3 Qb6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rfe1 Rae8 20. h3 Bb5
21. Bc2 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Bb3 Bf7 25. Nf5 Be6 26. Qf4 Kf7
27. Nd4 Qc5 28. Nf3 h6 29. Qb8 Kg6 30. Qf4 Kf7 31. Ne5+ Ke7 32. Nd3 Qd6 33. Qa4
a6 34. Qd4 b6 35. Ba4 a5 36. Ne5 Kf8 37. a3 Qc5 38. Qd2 Kg8 39. b4 axb4 40.
axb4 Qc7 41. Qd4 Qc1+ 42. Kh2 Ne4 43. Nd3 Qc7+ 44. f4 Bf7 45. Be8 Nf6 46. Bb5
Bg6 47. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. f3 Qb6 6. Qc1 Bg7 7. Nge2 h5 8. Nf4
Qc7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 Bb7 12. Qf2 b4 13. Nce2 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5
15. Qg3 O-O-O 16. Nc1 Bh6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Bxh6 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Rxh6 20. exd5 Nb6
21. Re1 Kd7 22. Bb5+ Kd6 23. Bc6 Ba6 24. Nb3 e6 25. dxe6 Kxc6 26. exf7 Bc8 27.
Re5 Na4 28. Rhe1 Rhh8 29. Rg5 Rhf8 30. Rxg6+ Kc7 31. Re7+ Rd7 32. Rxd7+ Bxd7
33. Rf6 Kd8 34. Kc1 Ke7 35. Rh6 Rxf7 36. Rxh5 Rf5 37. Rh7+ Kd6 38. Nd2 Kc6 39.
Rh6+ Kc7 40. Nc4 Rd5 41. g4 Bb5 42. Rh7+ Kc6 43. Rh6+ Kc7 44. Rh7+ Rd7 45.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 46. Ne3 Nb6 47. b3 Ke6 48. Kd2 Nd5 49. Nf5 Ke5 50. g3 Nc3 51. f4+
Ke6 52. a4 Bc6 53. Kd3 Bf3 54. Kc4 Ne4 55. Kb5 Kd5 56. Ka6 Nd6 57. Kxa7 Be4 58.
Kb6 Nxf5 59. gxf5 Bxf5 60. a5 Kd4 61. a6 Bxc2 62. a7 Be4 63. f5 c4 64. f6 cxb3
65. f7 b2 66. f8=Q b1=Q 67. a8=Q Bxa8 68. Qxa8 Qe4 69. Qa1+ Kc4 70. Qa2+ Kc3
71. Qa1+ Kb3 72. Qd1+ Qc2 73. Qd5+ Qc4 74. Qd1+ Kb2 75. Qd2+ Ka3 76. Qd6 Kb2
77. Qd2+ Kb3 78. g4 Qe6+ 79. Ka5 Qe5+ 80. Kb6 Kc4 81. Qc1+ Kd5 82. Qc5+ Ke6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Ribli} e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d3 Bg7 6. e4 d6 7. Nge2 Nh6 {
!? Ribli: Eine seltene, aber spielbare Variante.} (7... Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Nd5 (
9. exf5 gxf5 10. f4 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 $132 {McNab,C-Van Mil,J/Oakham/1994/0:1/48/
}) 9... Be6 (9... Ne7 $5 $10 {Ribli Smejkal,J-Timman,J/Prague/1990/CBM20/INF50,
23/}) 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Qd2 Nh5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Rae1 Rf7 14. b4 Bh3 15. Bxh3
Qxh3 16. b5 Nd8 17. f4 Ne6 18. fxe5 Raf8 19. Rxf7 Rxf7 20. Bf6 dxe5 21. Bxg7 {
Ribli,Z-Ibragimov,I/ATI-Homorod/1993/0,5/21/}) 8. h4 fxe4 $5 (8... O-O 9. Bg5
Qd7 10. Nd5 Nf7 11. Be3 Ncd8 12. h5 c6 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Ndc3 $14 {Chernin,
A-Kupreichik,V/URS/1985/1:0/40/}) (8... Nf7 {Ribli} 9. h5 g5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11.
Bd5 h6 12. Be3 Qd7 $13 {Portisch,L-Sax,Gy/Tilburg/1979/INF28,64/}) 9. Bg5 (9.
dxe4 O-O 10. Nd5 (10. Qd3 Be6 $13) 10... Bg4 $13) (9. Nxe4 $5 Nf7 $13) 9... Qd7
10. Bxe4 (10. Nxe4 Qf7 11. Qd2 Nf5 $13) (10. dxe4 $5 {Ribli}) 10... Nf5 (10...
O-O $6 {Ribli} 11. h5 $40 {Sehr starke Initiative}) 11. Nd5 (11. h5 {Ribli} h6
12. Bd2 g5 13. g4 Nfe7 14. f3 O-O 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5+ Kh8 $13 {Beide haben
gute und auch schwache Punkte. Die Chancen sind gleich.}) 11... h6 (11... O-O
$5) 12. Bd2 (12. Nf6+ $2 {Ribli} Bxf6 13. Bxf6 Rf8 14. g4 Rxf6 15. gxf5 gxf5
$17) (12. Bf6 {Ribli} O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13) 12... O-O $132 13. g4 $5 {Ribli:
Jetzt beginnt ein sehr kompliziertes Mittelspiel.} (13. Bc3 Qf7 14. Qd2 $132)
13... Nfd4 14. Nxd4 (14. Bxg6 $2 {Ribli} Nf3+ 15. Kf1 Qxg4 16. h5 Qh3+ $1 17.
Rxh3 Bxh3# {Sehr huebsch}) 14... Nxd4 15. g5 $1 Qf7 (15... c6 16. gxh6 $1 $40)
16. Be3 $8 Bf5 (16... c6 17. Bxg6 $1 Qe6 18. Be4 $1 $16) 17. h5 $3 (17. gxh6 {
Ribli} Bxe4 18. dxe4 Bxh6 $17) 17... gxh5 (17... hxg5 18. hxg6 Qd7 19. Qh5 $18)
(17... Bxe4 18. dxe4 Nf3+ (18... hxg5 19. hxg6 Nf3+ 20. Qxf3 $1 Qxf3 21. Ne7#)
19. Kf1 gxh5 (19... hxg5 20. h6 $1 Bh8 21. h7+ Kg7 22. Qd3 $14) 20. gxh6 Bh8
21. Bf4 $1 Nd4 22. h7+ $1 $18) 18. g6 $2 (18. gxh6 Bxe4 (18... Bxh6 19. Bxh6
Bxe4 20. Rg1+ Kh8 (20... Bg6 21. Rxg6+) (20... Kh7 21. Rg7+) 21. Bg7+ Kh7 22.
Nf6+ Qxf6 23. Qxh5+) 19. dxe4 Bxh6 20. Qxh5 $3 (20. Bxd4 $2 exd4 21. Qxd4 c5 $1
$19) (20. Ne7+ Qxe7 21. Qxh5 (21. Bxh6 Nf3+ $17) 21... Bxe3 $1 22. Rg1+ Qg7 23.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. fxe3 Nc2+ $17) 20... Qxh5 21. Rxh5 Bxe3 (21... Nc2+ 22. Ke2 Nxa1
23. Bxh6 $36) 22. Nxe3 Kg7 $1 23. O-O-O Rh8 $10) 18... Qd7 (18... Bxg6 $2 {
Ribli} 19. Bxg6 Qxg6 20. Ne7+ $18) 19. Qxh5 {Ribli: Der weisse Angriff sieht
uebermaechtig aus, aber Schwarz kann gut kontern.} Nc2+ (19... Bg4 $2 {Ribli}
20. Qh4 Nc2+ 21. Kd2 Nxa1 $2 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Bxh6 $18) 20. Kf1 (20. Kd2 {Ribli
} Nxe3 21. fxe3 (21. Nxe3 Bxe4 22. dxe4 Rxf2+ $17) 21... Bxe4 22. dxe4 Rf2+ $17
) 20... Nxe3+ $1 (20... Bxe4 $2 {Ribli} 21. dxe4 Nxa1 $2 {Man darf nicht so
optimistisch sein.} 22. Bxh6 {Schwarz hat keine Verteidigung.} Nc2 (22... Bxh6
23. Qxh6 Qg7 24. Ne7+ $1 Qxe7 25. Qh8#) 23. Bg5 $1 Rfe8 24. Qh7+ Kf8 25. Bh6
$18) 21. Nxe3 Be6 $15 22. Bd5 (22. Bxb7 $2 {Ribli} Rab8 23. Bd5 Rxb2 $17 {>< f2
}) 22... Bxd5 (22... Rf4 23. Bxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nd5 $1) 23. Nxd5 (23. cxd5 Qb5 $17)
23... c6 24. Ne3 Rf4 {! Ribli: Schwarz hat schon die Initiative.} 25. Rh4 $1 $8
(25. Rg1 {Ribli} Raf8 26. Ng4 Qf5 $17) 25... Raf8 26. Rxf4 Rxf4 27. Ke2 (27. f3
d5 28. cxd5 cxd5 29. Rc1 d4 $1 30. Ng2 (30. Nc4 Qc6 $1 $17) 30... Rf8 $13)
27... e4 $1 {Ribli: oeffnet die Diagonale fuer den Bg7.} 28. dxe4 Rxe4 29. Rd1
(29. Rg1 {Ribli} d5 $36) 29... Qe6 $17 30. Kf3 (30. Kf1 Re5 31. Qg4 Qxg4 32.
Nxg4 Rg5 $17) (30. b3 {Ribli} Re5 31. Qh4 Qxg6 32. Qd8+ Bf8 $17) 30... Re5 31.
Qg4 Qf6+ 32. Ke2 Re6 $1 {Ribli: gewinnt einen Bauern.} 33. b3 (33. Rg1 Qxb2+
34. Kf1 Rf6 $17 (34... Qb1+ $1 {Ribli} 35. Ke2 Qc2+ 36. Kf1 Qd3+ $19)) 33...
Qxg6 34. Qxg6 Rxg6 35. Nf5 Bf8 36. f4 $4 $138 {Ribli: verliert noch einen
Bauern.} (36. Ng3 $17) (36. Rd4 $17 {Ribli}) 36... Rf6 $19 37. Ng3 Rxf4 {
Ribli: Der Rest ist einfach.} 38. Ke3 Rf6 39. Ne4 Re6 40. Kf4 Kf7 41. Ng3 Bg7
42. Nf5 Be5+ 43. Ke4 Kg6 44. Nh4+ (44. Rg1+ Bg3+ $19) 44... Kg5 45. Ng2 (45.
Nf3+ Kg4 $19) 45... h5 0-1

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1995.01.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 046"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. Ng5 $5 (16. g4 Nf4 17. Qc3 Rd5 $5 $132 {Xie,J-Gufeld,E/Kuala
Lumpur/1994/1:0/37/}) (16. Qh4 h6 17. g4 Nf4 $5 18. Bd6 $6 (18. Bxe6 Nxe6 19.
Bd6 $14) 18... Rxd6 $1 19. Nxd6 Bd5 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Nb5 Qc5 $40 {Baron,
I-Komljenovic,D/Ibercaja op/1993/0:1/28/}) 16... Bc8 17. g4 Rb8 $5 {/\ 18...e4}
(17... h6 18. Ne4 Be6 19. Qf2 $132) 18. Ba3 Bh6 $5 (18... h6 19. Ne4 Be6 20.
Nc5 $14) 19. Qh4 (19. h4 f6 $19) 19... Kg7 20. f4 $1 Bxg5 (20... Nxf4 21. Rxd8
Qxd8 22. Qxh6+ $1 $18) (20... exf4 21. Nxf7 $1 $18) (20... f6 21. Rd3 $1 (21.
Ne6+ Bxe6 22. g5 Bxg5 $1 23. fxg5 f5 24. b3 $1 $44 {/\ Bb2}) 21... exf4 (21...
Nxf4 22. Rxd8 Bxg5 $4 (22... Qxd8 23. Qxh6+ $18) 23. Rg8#) 22. Rh3 $1 fxg5 23.
Qxh6+ Kg8 24. Qxg5 $16) (20... Re8 21. fxe5 $5 $16 (21. Bd6 $5 Bxg5 $1 (21...
Qxd6 22. Qxh6+ Kxh6 23. Nxf7+ Kg7 24. Nxd6 $18) 22. Bxc7 Bxh4 23. Bxb8 Nxf4 $44
) 21... Rxe5 (21... Qxe5 22. Qxh6+ Kxh6 23. Nxf7+ $18) 22. Bf8+ $1 $18) 21.
fxg5 Be6 22. Rde1 $1 Nf4 23. Bxe6 Nxe6 24. Re3 $1 {/\ 25.Qh6 Kg8 26.Rh3} Qa5 $5
(24... Qd7 25. Rd3 $1 Nd4 26. Re1 $16) 25. Qf2 $1 (25. Qe1 $5 Rd5 (25... Qxe1+
26. Rhxe1 Nxg5 27. h4 Ne6 28. Rxe5 $14) 26. c4 Qxe1+ 27. Rhxe1 Rd4 $13) 25...
Rd4 (25... Nxg5 $2 26. Rf1 $1 e4 (26... Kg8 27. h4 $18) 27. b4 $3 Qd5 (27...
Rxb4 28. Bxb4 Qxb4 29. Qf6+ $18) 28. Bb2+ $18) (25... Qd5 26. Rf1 Qxa2 27.
Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Rd3 $1 Rf8 $1 29. Bxf8 Rxf8 (29... Qxb2+ 30. Kd2 Rxf8 31. Qxe6
Qb4+ 32. c3 Qb2+ 33. Ke3 Qb6+ 34. Ke4 Rxf1 35. Qe8+ $18) 30. Qxf8+ Nxf8 31.
Rxf8+ Kg7 32. Rc8 $14) 26. Rhe1 $1 Rb5 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. c3 Rf4 $8 (28... Rxg4
29. Rf1 $1 Qc7 (29... Rb7 30. Rxe5 $18) 30. Bd6 $1 Qd7 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. Qxe5
Rxg5 33. Qf6 $18) 29. Qe7 Qd8 30. Qxd8+ Nxd8 31. Rxe5 Ne6 32. h3 a6 33. Be7 Rb7
34. Bf6 Kf8 (34... h6 35. Rd1 Kf8 $1 (35... Rb8 36. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 37. Be5 $18)
36. h4 $1 $16) 35. R5e4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Ke8 37. Ra4 Rb6 38. Bd4 $1 c5 39. Be3 $18
Kd7 40. Rc4 Rc6 41. Kc2 Kd6 42. b3 Kd5 43. Kd3 Rd6 44. Ke2 Rc6 45. Kf3 Rd6 46.
Ra4 Rc6 47. Ra5 Ke5 48. b4 $1 Kd5 49. bxc5 Kc4 50. Ke4 $1 Nc7 (50... Kxc3 51.
Kd5 $18) 51. Ra4+ Kxc3 52. Bd4+ Kd2 53. Rb4 Ne6 54. Kd5 Rc8 55. Rb2+ Kd3 56.
Rb3+ Kc2 (56... Kd2 57. Kc4 $18) 57. Rc3+ Kd2 58. Bf6 $1 Nc7+ 59. Kd6 $1 Nb5+
60. Kd7 Rc7+ 61. Kd8 Rc6 62. Rc4 Kd3 63. Rc1 $1 Ke4 (63... Kd2 64. Bb2 $18 {
/\ 65.a4}) 64. a4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kochyev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4
Nge7 8. Nb3 Bd7 9. a4 Nc8 (9... b6 10. Qxd6 $1 Nd5 11. exd5 $1 Bxd6 12. dxc6
Ra7 (12... Bc8 13. c7 Qxc7 14. Bxa8 Bb7 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rg1 $18) 13. cxd7+
Qxd7 14. Be3 $16) 10. a5 Be7 11. O-O O-O (11... Bf6 $5 12. Be3 Bxc3 13. bxc3
Ne5 (13... O-O 14. c4 $14) 14. Nd2 $5 Bb5 15. c4 Bxc4 (15... Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxc4
17. Qd4 $5 Bxf1 18. Qxg7 Bxg2 (18... Rf8 19. Bh6 Qe7 20. Bxf1 $16) 19. Bg5 $1
Qc7 20. Qxh8+ Kd7 21. Kxg2 $16) 16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Qd4 Nxe3 (17... Ne5 18. f4
$18) 18. Qxg7 Nxf1 (18... Rf8 19. fxe3 $40) 19. Qxh8+ Ke7 20. Qb2 $1 $16) 12.
Be3 Qc7 $1 (12... Ne5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Nd2 $1 Bf6 15. Bd4 $16) (12... Bf6 13.
Na4 $14) 13. Na4 (13. f4 b5 $1 14. axb6 Nxb6 $132) (13. Qe2 Bf6 14. Rfd1 (14.
Na4 Ne5 15. Nb6 Nxb6 16. Bxb6 Qc8 $13 {/\ 17...Bb5, 17...Nc4}) 14... Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Ne5 $13) 13... Ne5 14. Nb6 Nxb6 15. Bxb6 (15. axb6 $5 Qc8 16. Na5 Nc4 $8
17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. b3 Qc8 19. c4 $14) 15... Qc8 16. Nd2 $1 Nc4 $5 (16... Bc6 17.
Re1 $1 f5 18. f4 Nd7 19. exf5 (19. Bf2 e5 $1 $13) 19... Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rxf5 21.
Nf3 $14) 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. b3 Qc8 (18... Qb4 19. c3 $1 Qxc3 (19... Qb5 20. c4
$16) 20. Rc1 Qf6 (20... Qb4 21. Rc7 Rfd8 22. Rxb7 Bf6 (22... Rab8 23. Bxd8 Rxb7
24. Bxe7 $18) 23. e5 Bxe5 24. Bxd8 $18) 21. e5 $1 Qxe5 22. Rc7 Rad8 23. Rxb7
$16) 19. c4 Bc6 20. Qe2 f5 21. b4 $6 (21. Rad1 f4 $1 $13) (21. exf5 $1 Bxg2 22.
Kxg2 Rxf5 23. Rfe1 Re5 (23... Qc6+ 24. Kg1 Re5 25. Qg4 $1 $16) 24. Qg4 Bf6 25.
Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Re1 $16) 21... Qd7 $1 (21... f4 $6 22. b5 $1 Be8 (22... axb5 23.
cxb5 f3 24. Bxf3 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxf3 26. Rac1 $16) 23. e5 $1 dxe5 24. Be4 $16)
22. Rfd1 (22. Rad1 f4 $1 23. Qg4 (23. c5 $2 Bb5) 23... e5 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. c5
f3 26. Bh1 Bb5 27. cxd6 Bd8 28. Rfe1 Bxb6 29. axb6 g5 $1 $13) 22... fxe4 (22...
f4 23. Qg4 e5 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. c5 Rf6 26. Bc7 $16) 23. Bxe4 (23. Rab1 e3 $1
24. Bxe3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Qc6+ $13) 23... Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Rac8 $132 25. Be3 (25. Ra2
$5 Rf6 26. Re2 Qc6 27. Qxc6 Rxc6 28. Re4 $14) 25... Rf5 {/\ 26...d5} (25... Rf6
26. Bg5 Rf7 27. Bxe7 Qxe7 28. Ra2 $14) 26. Rd3 $5 d5 27. Rad1 dxe4 (27... Rd8
$5 28. Bb6 dxe4 29. Rxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7 Bxb4 31. Rxb7 Bxa5 32. c5 (32. g4 $6 Rg5
33. Be3 Rxg4+ 34. Kh1 Rg6 $1 35. c5 e5 $17) 32... Bxb6 33. cxb6 Rb5 $10) 28.
Rxd7 Bxb4 29. Rxb7 Bxa5 $138 (29... Rxc4 $1 30. Rdd7 Bc3 31. Rd6 Bxa5 32. Rxa6
$10) 30. c5 Rf7 31. Rb3 (31. Rxf7 Kxf7 32. Ra1 Bb4 $10) 31... Rc6 32. Rd6 Rxd6
(32... Rfc7 33. Rd8+ Kf7 34. Ra8 Rc8 $1 $10) 33. cxd6 Rd7 34. Bc5 {Hecht:
RB<->RB. W hat Raumvorteil.} (34. Ra3 $10) 34... Bd8 35. Kf1 (35. Re3 $10)
35... Kf7 36. Ke2 Bg5 $6 $138 (36... Kf6 $5 37. Rb8 Ke5 38. Ra8 a5 39. Ba3 Kd5
40. Rb8 $36) 37. h4 $6 (37. Ra3 e5 38. Rxa6 Ke6 39. Ra8 $14) 37... Bh6 38. Ra3
e5 39. Rxa6 Ke6 40. Ba3 (40. Ra8 g6 41. g4 Kf7 $10) 40... g6 41. Ra8 Kf7 42. g4
Bf8 43. Ra6 Ke6 (43... Bh6 $1 44. g5 Bf8 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Kxe4 Bxd6 $10) 44. Ke3
Bxd6 45. Kxe4 $14 Rd8 {Hecht: RB<->RB. 3P<->3P am K-Flügel. S Bauernschwäche
h7.} 46. h5 Rd7 (46... gxh5 $2 47. gxh5 Rd7 48. f3 Rd8 49. Bxd6 Rxd6 50. Rxd6+
Kxd6 51. Kf5 Kd5 52. h6 Kd4 53. Kf6 $18) 47. h6 Rd8 48. Rc6 Rd7 49. Rb6 Rd8 50.
Ra6 Rd7 51. g5 Rd8 52. Bb2 $1 Ke7 $8 (52... Rd7 53. Bxe5 Ke7 54. Ra8 $16) 53.
f4 $1 Rb8 $8 54. Bc3 $2 (54. Bxe5 Bxe5 55. Kxe5 (55. fxe5 Rb7 $10) 55... Kf7
$10) (54. fxe5 $5 Bc5 (54... Rxb2 55. exd6+ Ke6 56. Ra7 (56. d7+ Kxd7 57. Ke5 (
57. Ra7+ Ke6 58. Rxh7 Rb4+ 59. Kf3 Rb3+ 60. Ke2 Rg3 61. Rh8 Kf7 $10) 57... Ke7
58. Ra7+ Kf8 59. Rxh7 Rb5+ 60. Kf6 Rb6+ $10) 56... Kxd6 (56... Rb4+ 57. Kd3 Rg4
58. Rxh7 Kxd6 (58... Rxg5 59. d7 Rd5+ 60. Kc4 Rd1 61. Rg7 Kf6 62. Kc5 g5 63.
Kc6 Rc1+ 64. Kb7 Rd1 65. Kc7 Rc1+ 66. Kd8 $18) 59. Rh8 $1 $18) 57. Rxh7 Rb4+
58. Kd3 Ke6 (58... Rg4 59. Rh8 $1 $18) (58... Rb5 59. Rh8 Rb7 60. Rf8 $18) 59.
Rh8 Kf7 (59... Rh4 60. Rf8 $18) 60. Ra8 Rh4 61. h7 Rxh7 62. Ra7+ Kg8 63. Rxh7
Kxh7 64. Ke4 Kg7 65. Ke5 Kf7 66. Kd6 $18) 55. Bc3 Rb3 56. Bd2 Rb2 $16) (54.
Rxd6 {Hecht} Rxb2 55. fxe5 Rb4+ 56. Rd4 Rxd4+ 57. Kxd4 Ke6 58. Ke4 Ke7 59. Kd5
Kd7 60. e6+ Ke8 61. Ke4 Kd8 62. Kf4 Ke8 63. Ke5 Ke7 64. Kd5 Ke8 65. Kd6 Kd8 66.
e7+ Ke8 67. Kd5 Kxe7 68. Ke5 Kf7 69. Kd6 Kf8 $10) 54... exf4 $1 (54... Rb3 55.
fxe5 Bc5 $16 (55... Rxc3 56. exd6+ Ke6 57. Ra7 $18 {- 54.fe5 Rb2 55.ed6 Ke6 56.
Ra7+-} (57. d7+ $5 Kxd7 58. Ke5 $1 Ke7 59. Ra7+ Kf8 60. Rxh7 Rc5+ 61. Ke6 $1
Rc6+ (61... Rxg5 62. Rh8#) 62. Kd5 Ra6 63. Rd7 Kg8 64. Ke5 Ra5+ 65. Rd5 Ra7 66.
Rd6 Kh7 67. Kf6 Rb7 68. Re6 $18))) 55. Ra7+ (55. Rxd6 $2 Kxd6 56. Be5+ Ke6 57.
Bxb8 Kf7 (57... f3 {Hecht} 58. Kxf3 Kf7 59. Ke4 Kg8 $10 {Hecht: Festung!
Verteidigungsidee!}) 58. Bxf4 Kg8 $10) 55... Ke6 56. Rxh7 f3 $1 57. Ra7 (57.
Kxf3 Rb3) (57. Rg7 f2 58. Rxg6+ Kd7 59. Rf6 Rf8 60. Rxf8 Bxf8 61. h7 f1=Q 62.
h8=Q $10) 57... f2 58. Ra1 Ra8 $1 (58... Bb4 $5 59. Bd4 $1 Be1 60. Ra6+ Ke7 61.
Rf6 $16 {/\ 62.Rf3, 63.h7+-}) 59. Rf1 Ra4+ 60. Kd3 Rh4 61. Rxf2 Rh3+ 62. Kc4
Rh4+ 63. Kb5 Be7 64. Bf6 $2 (64. Bd2 $1 $14) 64... Bf8 $1 $10 65. Re2+ (65. Bg7
Be7 $10 (65... Be7 {Hecht} 66. Rg2 Kf5 $10)) 65... Kf7 66. Kc6 Bxh6 67. Re7+
Kf8 68. gxh6 Rxh6 69. Kd6 {RB<->R} Rh1 70. Rb7 Rc1 $1 71. Bg7+ Kg8 72. Bb2 Rc2
73. Ke6 Rc6+ 74. Kd5 (74. Ke7 Kh7 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ernst} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O
Bg7 8. Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 (10. a4 Be6 11. f4 b5 12. axb5 Qb6+ $1 13. Kh1
axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8 15. Bxb5 Nxe4 $1 $15) 10... b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 (11... b4 $142 $1
12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Na5 14. Nxa5 Qxa5 15. Qc1 Ra7 $1 $15 {Donev,I-Novkovic,M
Dornbirn 1991}) (11... Bd7 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Re1 h6 14. Bh4 Nh7 15. Rb1 g5 16.
Bf2 Bxc3 {1/2 Xie Jun-Spassky,B Monaco Veterans-Women (07) 1994}) 12. Bh4 (12.
Nd5 Nd7 13. c3 Re8 14. Kh1 a5 15. Qd2 a4 16. Nc1 a3 17. Nd3 axb2 18. Qxb2 $10 {
Xie Jun-Serper,G Jakarta (02) 1994 1-0 35}) (12. Kh1 h6 (12... Nd7 13. Rb1 (13.
Qe1 {Ernst} a5 14. Nxb5 a4 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Nc5 $44 {Tal,M-Gufeld,E/USSR/1977
}) 13... Nb6 14. Nd5 Nc4 15. e5 Re8 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Bxb7 Qxd1
19. Rfxd1 Ra7 20. Rd7 $16 {Xie Jun-Alterman,B Cap d'Agde 1994 0-1 60 - EXP 43})
(12... Re8 13. e5 $5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15. e6 fxe6 16. Bg4 Nf8 17. Nc5 Qb6 18.
Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Bxe6+ Kh8 $13 {Christiansen,B-Ernst,T/Sweden/1982}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. e5 Bg7 (14... dxe5 $2 15. Nc5 $16) 15. exd6 Qxd6 16. Qxd6 exd6 17. Ne4 Rad8
18. Rab1 Ba8 19. Rfd1 Nb4 20. c3 Nd5 21. g3 Rfe8 $15 {Orlov,V-Fridman,D
URS-chJ Alma Ata 1991 1/2 86}) (12. Nd5 $14 {Ernst Gufeld}) 12... Nd7 13. Rb1
a5 14. a4 (14. Nxb5 $4 {Ernst} Qb6+ $19) 14... bxa4 15. Nxa4 Ba6 16. e5 $2 {[#]
} (16. Re1 $10) 16... Bxf1 17. Bxc6 Rc8 18. Bxd7 (18. exd6 Nf6 19. Bb7 Rb8 20.
Qxf1 Rxb7 21. Nbc5 Ra7 $17) 18... Qxd7 19. Qxf1 (19. Nb6 Qb7 (19... Qa7 $2 20.
Bf2 $16) 20. Nd5 Be2 21. Qd2 (21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Bxe7 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 dxe5 (23...
Rfe8 $2 24. exd6 $18) 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 $15) 21... Rfe8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bxe7
Qxe7 24. Qxe2 dxe5 $15) 19... Qxa4 20. Bxe7 Rxc2 $1 (20... Rfe8 21. exd6 Rxc2
22. Qd3 (22. Rd1 Qxb3 23. d7 Qe3+ 24. Kh1 Qxe7 $19) 22... Qc6 23. Nd2 $17) 21.
Bxf8 Bxf8 $19 {Trotz matteriellem Gleichgewicht ist die weiße Stellung
hoffnungslos. Der Nb3 findet keinen Stützpunkt und die K-Stellung ist arg
geschwächt. [#]} 22. Qf3 (22. Qd3 Qc6 23. Qf3 (23. Nd2 dxe5 (23... Bh6 $1 {
Ernst} 24. Ne4 (24. g3 dxe5) 24... Bxf4 25. exd6 Bxd6 $1 $19) 24. fxe5 Qb6+ 25.
Kh1 Rxb2 $19) 23... Qb6+ {- 22.Qf3} (23... Qc4 $19 {- 22.Qf3}) 24. Kh1 a4 $19)
22... Qc4 23. exd6 (23. Rd1 dxe5 24. fxe5 Rxb2 $19) 23... Bxd6 24. f5 a4 25.
Rd1 (25. fxg6 hxg6 26. Na1 Bc5+ 27. Kh1 Rc1+ $19) 25... axb3 (25... axb3 26.
Rxd6 Qc5+ $19) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 dxe5 8.
dxe5 Bb4+ 9. Nbd2 Nb6 10. O-O Nxc4 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. Nxc4 Qd3 13. Nd6+ Bxd6 14.
Rd1 Qa6 15. Qxa6 bxa6 16. exd6 e5 17. Be3 Bd7 18. Nd2 f5 19. Nb3 f4 20. Bd2 Rb8
21. Re1 Rf8 22. Nc5 Rxb2 23. Bc3 Rb5 24. Bxe5 Kd8 25. Rac1 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Rf5
27. Nxd7 Rfxe5 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. h4 Kd7 30. Rc7+ Kxd6 31. Rxg7 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Re2
33. f3 Rxa2 34. Rxh7 a5 35. Rxa7 Kc6 36. h5 Kb6 37. Rf7 Ra4 38. Kh3 Rd4 39. Kg4
a4 40. h6 a3 41. Rf8 a2 42. Ra8 Rd2 43. h7 Rxg2+ 44. Kh3 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14.
Rxc6 Qxa2 15. Rc7 a5 16. Rxe7 a4 17. Rb7 a3 18. Rb1 Rfb8 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. h3
Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lukin, Andrei M"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gubanov, Anton"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Horvath,T} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. d4
d5 $1 8. exd5 $6 (8. e5 $142 Ne4 9. Nbd2 (9. h3 {Horvath,T} Qb6 10. Bxc6 bxc6
11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxb2 $17 {Jozsa-Meszaros/Hungary/1995})
9... Qb6 $5 10. Bxc6 Qxc6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Nb3 Bg4 $13) 8... Qxd5 9. c4 (9.
Bxc6 $2 Qxc6 10. Rxe7 Be6 $1 {Torotto-Salai/Sala/1994} (10... Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3
12. Qxf3 Nd5 13. Re1 cxd4 $15) 11. Ne5 Qb6 $17) 9... Qd6 $15 10. d5 $6 (10.
dxc5 $142 Qxc5 (10... Qxd1 $5 11. Rxd1 Ne4 $132) 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Be3 Qh5 $15)
10... Nd4 $1 $17 (10... Na5 $6 {Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Moscow PCA 5'/1994/0,5/71/})
(10... Ne5 {Horvath,T} 11. Na3 a6 12. Ba4 b5 $13 {Degraeve-Rotstein/Paris/1992}
) 11. Nxd4 (11. Ba4 {Horvath,T} Bg4 12. Nbd2 a6 {/\b5~/=}) 11... cxd4 12. h3 $6
(12. Qxd4 Ng4 13. Qf4 Qxf4 14. Bxf4 Bxb2 15. Nd2 Bxa1 16. Rxa1 a6 17. Ba4 b5
18. cxb5 axb5 19. Bxb5 Bb7 $17) (12. b3 {/\ 13.Ba3} Ng4 $1 13. g3 d3 $19) (12.
Nd2 $5 a6 (12... e5 $5 13. dxe6 Bxe6 $15) 13. Ba4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5
Nxd5 $17) 12... a6 13. Ba4 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Bxb5 Qxd5 16. Be2 (16. Bf1 e5 (
16... Rxa2 17. Nc3 $1 dxc3 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 (18... Rxa1 19. Qb3 $10) 19. Rxa2 Nb4
20. Ra4 cxb2 21. Bxb2 Bxb2 22. Rxb4 Bc3 $15) 17. Nd2 Ba6 $1 $17) 16... e5 (
16... Rxa2 17. Nc3 dxc3 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxa2 Nb4 20. Ra4 cxb2 (20... Nc2 21.
Rd1 cxb2 22. Bxb2 Bxb2 23. Ra2 $10) 21. Bxb2 Bxb2 22. Rxb4 Bc3 $15) 17. Bg5 (
17. Nd2 e4 $1 18. Bc4 Qc5 19. b3 e3 $1 $17) 17... Rxa2 $1 18. Bf3 (18. Bxf6
Rxa1 $19) (18. Nc3 dxc3 19. Qxd5 Rxa1 $1 $19) 18... e4 (18... Qa5 19. Rxa2 Qxa2
20. Rxe5 Qxb2 $15) 19. Rxa2 (19. Bxf6 {Horvath,T} Rxa1 20. Bxe4 Qc5 $19) 19...
Qxg5 $1 (19... Qxa2 $2 20. Qxd4 $1 $13) (19... exf3 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 (20... Qxa2
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qxd4+ Kg8 23. Nd2 $1 fxg2 24. Ne4 $40) 21. Ra3 fxg2 22. Nc3
$1 Qb7 23. Ne4 Bg7 24. Rb3 $13) 20. Bxe4 $2 (20. Bg4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 e3 (21...
Bxg4 22. Qd2 $17) 22. f3 Rd8 23. Qd3 Be5 $19) (20. Rxe4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxh3 $17)
(20. Be2 {Horvath,T} Bxh3 21. Bf1 $17 Be6) 20... Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Bxh3 $19 22. g3
(22. Qf3 Qc1+ 23. Kh2 Qxb1 24. Ra7 Be6 $19) (22. Qf1 Qd5 $1 23. gxh3 Qxa2 $19)
22... Qd5 $1 23. Nc3 Qb7 24. f3 dxc3 25. bxc3 Bf5 26. Re3 Qb6 27. Qe1 Bxc3 $1 (
27... Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Qb1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wahls} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3
Be6 8. f3 h5 $5 {Wahls:Gerade in komplexen Systemen wie der Najdorfvariante,
fällt es angesichts der stets wachsenden Fülle von Analysen zunehmend schwerer,
eine Neuerung im frühen Eröffnungsstadium zu landen-es sei denn,es handelt
sich dabei um irgendwelche albernen,skurilen Züge.Und ein wenig merkwürdig
sieht Sakaevs Neuerung tatsächlich aus,schwächt sie doch den Königsflügel in
beträchtlichem Maße.Nicht von der Hand zu weisen ist allerdings auch ihr
Vorzug:der mit 8.f3 beabsichtigte Bauernaufzug(g4,g5 und gegebenenfalls h4,h5,
g6)wird vollständig verhindert,da nach h3 prizipiell h4 die Folge ist,und der
Plan(g3,h3,Wegzug oder Deckung des Th1 nebst g4)natürlich aus Zeitgründen
ausscheidet.Es bleibt also einzig und allein der Bauernhebel(f3-f4)und die
Frage wie er anzusetzen ist.} 9. f4 {Weiß kann ebensogut zuerst seine
Entwicklung mit 9.Dd2 und 10.0-0-0 beenden,oder den Zug f4 mit 9.Le2
vorbereiten:} (9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. f4 b5 $5 11. f5 Bc4 $13) (9. Nd5 Nxd5 (9... Nbd7
10. c4 $14) 10. exd5 Bf5 11. a4 Nd7 12. a5 g6 $132) (9. h3 $6 {Wahls} h4 10. f4
exf4 11. Bxf4 Nh5) (9. Be2 $5 {Wahls Wahls:Eine mögliche Folge könnte sein:}
Nbd7 10. f4 b5 (10... Qc7) (10... Ng4 $6 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Qd2 exf4 13. Bxf4
Ne5 14. Nd5 Be7 15. O-O $16) 11. O-O Qc7 12. f5 Bc4 13. Bxc4 Qxc4 (13... bxc4
14. Nd2 Rb8 15. Rb1 Be7 16. Qe2) 14. Qd3 Rc8) 9... Ng4 $1 (9... exf4 10. Bxf4
Nc6 11. Qd2 Ng4 12. O-O-O Nge5 13. Be2 $14) (9... Qc7 10. f5 Bc4 11. Bxc4 Qxc4
12. Qd3 $14) 10. Bd2 (10. Qd2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 exf4 (11... Qh4+ 12. g3 exf4 13.
Qxf4 Qxf4 14. gxf4 Nc6 $13) 12. Qxf4 Nc6 (12... Nd7 {Wahls} 13. O-O-O Be7 (
13... Qf6 $5) 14. Kb1 Ne5) 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Kb1 g6 15. Nd5 Bg5 16. Qg3 Ne5 $13
) 10... exf4 11. Bxf4 g5 $1 {Wahls:Im Stile der Variante: 6.Le3 Sg4!? 7.Lg5 h6
8.Lh4 g5 9.Lg3 Lg7 gespielt.} 12. Bc1 (12. Bg3 h4 13. Nd4 (13. Be2 Ne3 $1 $17)
13... Bd7 (13... hxg3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qxg4 $16) (13... Ne3 14. Qf3 hxg3 (
14... Nxf1 15. Rxf1 hxg3 16. Nxe6 $16) 15. Qxe3 Rxh2 16. Rg1 $1 $13) 14. Nf5 (
14. Be2 Ne3 $17) 14... Bxf5 15. exf5 Qe7+ $1 $19) (12. h3 gxf4 (12... Nf2 $5
13. Kxf2 gxf4 $40) 13. hxg4 Qg5 $1 $17 {Sakaev,K}) (12. Bd2 Bg7 13. h3 {
Wahls:dürfte kaum eine Verbesserung darstellen.} (13. Qe2 {Wahls Wahls:dürfte
kaum eine Verbesserung darstellen.}) 13... Ne5 14. Be3 {- 12.Bc1}) 12... Bg7 (
12... Nc6 $5 13. Be2 $1 (13. h3 Nge5 14. Be3 g4 $1 $132) 13... Qb6 14. Bxg4
hxg4 $1 (14... Bxg4 15. Qd3 Ne5 16. Qe3 Qxe3+ 17. Bxe3 $14) 15. Qe2 (15. Bxg5
Rxh2 $1 $17) 15... Rxh2 16. Rxh2 Qg1+ 17. Qf1 Qxh2 18. Bxg5 $13) 13. h3 Ne5 14.
Be3 (14. Be2 g4 15. Be3 gxh3 16. gxh3 Bh6 $1 17. Bf2 (17. Bxh6 Qh4+ $1 $17)
17... Nbc6 $17) 14... g4 $1 {Wahls:Ein etwas entäuschendes Ende nach
fulminantem Auftakt.Zum Ausklang jetzt noch ein paar Überlegungen in den
blauen Dunst hinein:} (14... g4 15. hxg4 (15. Nd4 Nbc6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 $17) (15.
Be2 gxh3 16. gxh3 Bh6 $1 $17 {- 14.Be2}) (15. Qe2 Qh4+ 16. Bf2 g3 17. Be3 Bc4
18. Qd1 (18. Qd2 $2 Nf3+ 19. gxf3 g2+ $19) 18... Nbc6 $36) (15. h4 Ng6 (15...
Bf6 16. Bf2 g3 $5 17. Bxg3 Rg8 $1 $36) 16. g3 Be5 17. Bf2 Nc6 $13) (15. Qd2 $2
gxh3) (15. Nd4) 15... hxg4 (15... Nxg4 16. Bd4 Bxd4 (16... Ne5 $2 17. Rxh5) 17.
Qxd4 Qf6 18. Qxf6 Nxf6 19. O-O-O Ke7 20. Na5 b6 21. Nc4 (21. Nb7 Ne8 $1 $17)
21... Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Nbd7 $10) (15... Bxg4 {Wahls} 16. Be2 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rg8 18.
Bxg4 Bxc3+ 19. bxc3 Rxg4 20. Qxg4 hxg4 21. Rh8+ Kd7 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 $13) 16.
Rxh8+ Bxh8 17. Qd2 Qh4+ $1 (17... Nbc6 18. O-O-O $14) 18. Qf2 $8 (18. Bf2 g3
19. Bg1 (19. Be3 Nf3+ 20. gxf3 g2+ 21. Bf2 (21. Qf2 g1=Q $1 22. Qxh4 Qxe3+ 23.
Ne2 Bxb2 $19) (21. Ke2 Bc4+ $19) 21... gxf1=Q+ 22. Kxf1 Qh3+ 23. Ke2 Bc4+ 24.
Ke3 Qh6+ 25. f4 Qh3+ 26. Bg3 Qxg3#) 19... Nf3+ 20. gxf3 g2+ 21. Qf2 gxf1=Q+ 22.
Kxf1 Qh5 $1 $40) 18... Qxf2+ (18... g3 19. Qf4 $1 Ng4 20. Bd4 $14) 19. Bxf2
Nbc6 20. O-O-O $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Stohl} d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 (7.
O-O {Stohl} Nc6 8. dxe5 (8. h3 $6 exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxe4 $1 $15) 8... dxe5 9. Bg5
Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Ne7 12. c4 h6 13. Bd2 Nf5 14. Qb3 Rb8 15. Rad1 Re8
16. Rfe1 Bf8 17. Qc2 b6 18. b3 Kh7 19. Bh3 Nd6 20. Nc3 Nd7 21. a3 f5 22. Bg2
Bg7 $132 {Hansen,Cu-Hoi,C/DEN-ch Vejle/1982/}) 7... Nc6 8. Be3 a6 9. O-O Bd7
10. f4 (10. Re1 {Stohl} b5 $132) (10. a4 {Stohl} exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Nb4
$1 13. g4 c5 14. Nde2 Bc6 15. Ng3 b6 16. g5 Nd7 17. f4 Nf8 18. Re2 Qc7 19. Qc1
Rad8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Bd4 23. Raa3 Re8 $10 {Svidler,
P-Hennigan,M/Oakham/1992/}) 10... exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 {><e4} 12. Re1 Na5 $5 (
12... Nxd4 {Stohl} 13. Bxd4 c5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxd6 Bd4+ 16. Kh2 Re6 17. Qd5
Rb6 $1 18. Ne2 Bc6 19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nxd4 Rxd4 21. b3 Rd2 22. Rac1 Rb4 23. Kg1
Rbd4 24. Bh1 Kf8 $44 {Byrne,R-Christiansen,L/USA-ch/1984/}) 13. Bf2 $1 (13. b3
$6 c5 14. Nde2 Bc6 15. Qd3 b5 $36) (13. Qd3 c5 14. Nde2 (14. Nf3 Bc6 15. e5
dxe5 16. Qxd8 Raxd8 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Nd5 $1 $10) 14... b5 $5 $36 15. Qxd6
$140 $2 Nc4 16. Qxc5 Rc8 17. Qa7 Rc7 18. Qd4 Nxe4 (18... Ng4 19. hxg4 Bxd4 20.
Bxd4 $17) 19. Qd3 Nxb2 $19) 13... c5 14. Nb3 (14. Nf3 Bc6 15. e5 (15. Qd3 $6 b5
$1 $36) 15... dxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg2 17. Qxd8 (17. Kxg2 $6 Qc7 $36) 17... Raxd8 18.
Kxg2 Nd5 $1 $10) (14. Nf3 $142 $5 $13 {Stohl /\e5}) 14... Nc4 15. e5 $1 $8 (15.
Qd3 b5 $1 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxa8 Qxa8 $17) (15. Nd2 Nxb2 16. Qb1 Na4 17. Nxa4
Bxa4 18. Qxb7 Bxc2 $17) (15. Bf1 b5 $36) (15. Qc1 {Stohl} Bc6 $15 {/\b5-b4|^})
15... dxe5 (15... Nxb2 $2 {Stohl} 16. Qc1 dxe5 17. fxe5 $16) 16. fxe5 (16. Bxb7
exf4 $1 17. gxf4 (17. Bxa8 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Qxa8 19. g4 Qf3 $40) 17... Rxe1+ 18.
Qxe1 Bxh3 $1 $132) (16. Nxc5 exf4 17. gxf4 (17. Nxb7 {Stohl} Qc7 $17 {׻})
17... Qc7 $36) 16... Nxe5 (16... Rxe5 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxc5 Bc6 19. Nxb7 $1 (
19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nxb7 Rb8 $1 (20... Bxb7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bxa6 $14)) 19...
Qxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxb7 21. Bxb7 Rb8 22. Bxa6 Rxb2 23. Bd3 $14) 17. Nxc5 (17. Bxb7
Rb8 (17... Bxh3 $5 $13) 18. Nxc5 Rxb7 $1 19. Nxb7 Qa8 $40) 17... Qc7 (17... Bc6
$142 $1 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bxc6 Nxc6 20. Nxb7 Rb8 21. Nd6 (21. Rxe8+ $2 Nxe8
22. Re1 Nc7 23. Nc5 Rxb2 $17 24. Re2) 21... Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Rxb2 23. Re2 $10)
18. Nxd7 (18. Nxb7 $2 {Stohl} Bc6 $40) 18... Nexd7 {׻,|^/^a1-h8} (18... Nfxd7
19. Nd5 $16) 19. Rxe8+ $1 (19. Qf3 Ne5 $1 20. Qxb7 Qxb7 21. Bxb7 Rab8 22. Bg2 (
22. Bxa6 $2 Nf3+ $19) 22... Rxb2 23. Re2 Nfd7 $10) 19... Rxe8 20. Qf3 $14 (20.
Qd2 {Stohl} Ne5 {/\Nc4|^}) 20... Nc5 (20... b5 $5 21. Qb7 Qxb7 22. Bxb7 b4 23.
Na4 Re2 24. Bxa6 Rxc2 25. Rd1 Ne4 26. Be3 (26. Bd3 Nxf2 27. Bxc2 $10) 26...
Ndc5 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Bh6 Ne6 30. Bd3 $14 Rxb2 $140 $2 31. Bc4
$18) 21. Re1 $1 (21. Rd1 $6 {Stohl} Nce4 $17) 21... Rxe1+ $6 (21... Rd8 22. Qf4
(22. Rd1 Re8 {/\ 23...Nfe4} 23. Rd4 Ne6 24. Rb4 $6 b5 25. a4 Qd6 $1 $132) 22...
Qxf4 23. gxf4 b6 $14) 22. Bxe1 b5 $6 (22... Nfd7 $142 23. Nd5 (23. Bf2 Qd6 $14)
23... Qe5 $1 24. Bc3 Qd6 $10) 23. a3 $1 (23. Qc6 Qxc6 24. Bxc6 Nfd7 $1 {
/\ 25..Ne5} 25. Bf2 Bxc3 (25... Kf8 26. b4 $1 $16) 26. bxc3 Kf8 $10 27. Bd5
$140 Na4 28. c4 Nab6 $15) (23. Qa8+ $5 Bf8 24. a3 (24. b4 Qe5 $1 25. Kf1 $8 Ne6
26. Qxa6 Nd4 $36) 24... Kg7 25. Bf2 Bd6 $13) 23... h5 $1 $8 (23... Nfd7 24.
Qa8+ Bf8 25. Bf2 $16) 24. Bf2 Nfd7 (24... Kh7 $142 {Stohl}) 25. Qa8+ (25. Nd5 {
Stohl} Qe5 26. c3 Na4 $15) 25... Kh7 26. Nd5 $6 (26. Qe8 $1 Bxc3 $8 (26... Nf6
27. Qc6 $1 $16) (26... Ne5 27. Nd5 $16) (26... Nb6 $5 27. Qe3 $5 {Solozhenkin/}
(27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. Bxd5 Ne6 $1 $10) (27. Qc6 Qxc6 28. Bxc6 Bxc3 29. bxc3 (29.
Bxc5 Na4 $1 $15) 29... Nca4 30. Bb7 Nc4 31. Bxa6 Nxa3 $10) (27. Kh1 $5 Qd7 $1
$8 (27... Nba4 28. Nd5 $16) (27... Nca4 28. Ne4 $16) (27... f5 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29.
Bxd5 $16) 28. Qxd7 Ncxd7 (28... Nbxd7 29. b4 $1 $16) 29. Bb7 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Na4
31. Bd4 Nac5 32. Bd5 $16) 27... Ncd7 28. Ne4 $40) 27. bxc3 (27. Qxf7+ $2 Bg7
28. Bd4 Ne6 $1 $19) 27... Ne5 $1 (27... Nf6 28. Qc6 $16) 28. Bd4 (28. Qa8 a5 $1
29. Qd5 Ne6 30. Qxb5 Qxc3 $13) (28. Bd5 Ne6 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6 Nf3+ 31. Kg2
Qb7 32. Kf1 Ng5 $13) 28... Ne6 $8 29. Bxe5 (29. Bd5 Nxd4 30. cxd4 Nc4 $1 $13)
29... Qxe5 30. Qxf7+ Kh6 31. Qf3 Kg7 $5 $14 (31... Ng5 $2 32. Qd3 Qc5+ 33. Kh2
Qxa3 $4 34. Qe3 $16) (31... h4 $5 32. gxh4 Qe1+ 33. Bf1 Qxh4 34. Qe3+ Nf4 35.
c4 $14)) 26... Qe5 {ףa8} 27. Qc8 (27. b4 Ne4 28. Bxe4 Qxe4 29. Qc6 (29. Nf6+
$4 Nxf6 $19) 29... Qf5 $1 $132) 27... Qxb2 $1 28. Ne7 (28. Bxc5 $2 Nxc5 29.
Qxc5 $4 Bd4+ $19) (28. c3 Nd3 (28... Bxc3 29. Qe8 Bd4 30. Qxf7+ Kh8 $1 (30...
Kh6 31. Qf4+ $18) 31. Qe8+ (31. Bxd4+ Qxd4+ 32. Kh2 Qg7 33. Qe8+ Kh7 $15) 31...
Kg7 32. Qe7+ Kh6 33. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 34. Kh2 $15) 29. Be3 Nf6 $1 30. Nxf6+ Bxf6 31.
Qd7 Qxc3 32. Qxf7+ Bg7 $17) 28... Bd4 (28... Qf6 $5 29. Qg8+ (29. Bxc5 $2 Nxc5
30. Qxc5 Qa1+ $1 31. Kh2 Bd4 $19) 29... Kh6 30. Be3+ g5 31. h4 $1 Ne6 32. Be4
$18) (28... Bf8 29. Bxc5 Qe5 30. Bb4 $1 $18) (28... Qxa3 $5 29. Qg8+ Kh6 30.
Qxf7 Ne5 31. Ng8+ (31. Qg8 Ncd7 $17) 31... Kh7 32. Nf6+ Kh6 33. Ng8+ $10) 29.
Qg8+ Kh6 30. Qxf7 Bxf2+ 31. Qxf2 $2 $138 (31. Kxf2 $1 Qd4+ (31... Qxc2+ $2 32.
Kg1 Qc1+ (32... Qd1+ 33. Kh2 {/\Ng8+-}) 33. Kh2 $18) (31... Qf6+ 32. Qxf6 Nxf6
33. Ke3 $14) 32. Kf1 (32. Ke2 {Stohl} Qe5+ 33. Kf2 Qd4+) 32... Qd1+ 33. Kf2
Qd4+ $10) 31... Qxa3 $1 $17 32. Qf4+ (32. Qf7 Qa1+ (32... Qxg3 $2 {Stohl} 33.
Ng8+ Kg5 34. Qe7+ Kf5 (34... Kf4 35. Qd6+ Ne5 36. Qd4+ $1 Kg5 37. Qxc5 $16) 35.
Qf7+ $10 Ke5 $2 36. Qd5+ Kf4 37. Qd6+ Ne5 38. Qd4+) 33. Kh2 Qg7 $17) 32... Kg7
33. Qd4+ (33. Bd5 {Stohl} Qa1+ 34. Kg2 Qf6 $17) 33... Kf7 $1 $19 34. Nc8 (34.
Nd5 Qxg3 $19) 34... Qxg3 $1 35. Nd6+ (35. Kf1 Qe5 $19) 35... Ke7 36. Nc8+ Kd8
37. Nd6 (37. Nb6 {Stohl} Qe5 $19) 37... Kc7 38. Ne8+ Kb6 $138 (38... Kb6 {Stohl
} 39. Nd6 Qe1+ 40. Bf1 $8 (40. Kh2 Qe5+) 40... Qe5 $19) 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Nb4 9. Nf3 Ba6 10. c4 c5 11. a3 Nc6 12. Bd2 Qe6 13. Bc3 Be7 14. O-O-O f6
15. exf6 Qxe2 16. f7+ Kxf7 17. Bxe2 Rad8 18. Bd3 Bf6 19. Kc2 Bb7 20. Bxf6 Kxf6
21. Kc3 Ne7 22. b4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 cxb4+ 24. axb4 d5 25. Ra1 dxc4 26. Be4 Nc8 27.
Ra5 g6 28. Rc5 Nd6 29. Ra1 Rb8 30. Bc6 Rb6 31. Rxa7 Rhb8 32. Ra4 Ke6 33. Bd5+
Kd7 34. Bxc4 Nxc4 35. Rxc4 Rf8 36. f4 Rc6 37. b5 Rxc4+ 38. Rxc4 Rf6 39. Kb4 Kc8
40. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e3 cxd5 8.
Bb5+ Kf8 9. Nge2 Kg7 10. Nf4 e6 11. O-O Qd6 12. Rc1 a6 13. Be2 Nc6 14. Nd3 Na5
15. Na4 b6 16. a3 Nc4 17. Nb4 Bd7 18. Bxc4 dxc4 19. Nc3 a5 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Nxf6
Qxf6 22. Na2 Bc6 23. Qe2 Rac8 24. Rfd1 Rhd8 25. Nc3 b5 26. f3 Qe7 27. Ne4 e5
28. Qe1 Bxe4 29. fxe4 b4 30. axb4 axb4 31. dxe5 Qc5 32. Rd5 Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2
a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 Rc8 11. g4 Ne5 12. Kb1 b5 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. Bc1
b4 15. Nce2 Nxf3 16. Nxf3 Qxc2+ 17. Ka1 Qxe4 18. Qg3 (18. Bg2 Rc2 19. Nfd4 (19.
Nf4 Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qxf4 $19) 19... Rxc1+ 20. Rxc1 Qxg2 $19) (18. Qf2 Nxg4 19.
Qg3 e5 20. Bh3 h5 21. Rhe1 $13) (18. Rh3 $5 e5 $1 19. g5 (19. Ng5 Qb7 $17)
19... Bxh3 20. Bxh3 (20. gxf6 Qxf3 $19) 20... Nd7 21. Qf1 $44) 18... e5 $1 (
18... Qxg4 19. Qf2 $36) 19. Bg5 (19. g5 Nh5 20. Qf2 Rc2 $36 (20... Bf5 $5 21.
Bd2 $13) 21. Qe3 $140 Rxc1+ $1 22. Qxc1 Qxf3 $19) 19... Nxg4 $1 20. Ned4 $5 (
20. Bxe7 Ne3 $19) (20. Bh3 Bxg5 21. hxg5 (21. Nxg5 Qxe2 22. Rhe1 Qf2 $19) 21...
Ne3 $1 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 $17) 20... Bxg5 (20... exd4 21. Bd3 (21. Bxa6) 21... Qd5
(21... Qb7 22. Bxe7 Kxe7 23. Rhe1+ $16) 22. Rhe1 Ne3 (22... Be6 23. Rxe6 Qxe6
24. Nxd4 $1 $16) 23. Nxd4 (23. Bxe3 dxe3 24. Bxa6 Qa8 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. Qxg7
$16) 23... Qxd4 24. Rxe3 $16 Be6 $140 25. Rxe6 (25. Bb5+ $2 axb5 26. Rxd4 Rc1#)
25... fxe6 26. Bg6+ hxg6 27. Rxd4 $18) 21. hxg5 (21. Nxg5 Qe3 22. Qxe3 (22. Ne2
Qxg3 23. Nxg3 Nf2 24. Bxa6 Rc7 $17) 22... Nxe3 23. Bxa6 Rd8 $17) 21... Ne3 (
21... exd4 22. Bxa6 $36) 22. Bd3 (22. Bxa6 exd4 $1 $17) 22... Qg4 (22... Nxd1
$4 23. Bxe4 Rc1+ 24. Bb1 $18) (22... Qd5 $142 23. Nb3 (23. Rde1 exd4 24. Rh4
Be6 $1 $19 25. Rxd4 $140 Qxa2#) 23... Nxd1 24. Rxd1 $17) 23. Qxg4 Bxg4 (23...
Nxg4 24. Nf5 $13) 24. Rde1 (24. Rdg1 $6 Rc5 (24... exd4 25. Nxd4 Rc5 26. Rg3
Re5 27. Nc6 (27. Re1 Nd5 $17) 27... Re6 28. Nd4 $10) 25. Nb3 $8 Bxf3 26. Rh3
Rd5 27. Bb1 e4 $17) 24... Bxf3 (24... exd4 $2 25. Nxd4 $16) 25. Nxf3 Nc2+ 26.
Bxc2 Rxc2 {Hecht: RRN<->RR. 3P<->7P} 27. Rh4 $1 $15 a5 $6 (27... Rf2 $142 $1
28. Rxb4 O-O 29. Rb3 $15) 28. Nd4 $1 Rg2 (28... Rc4 29. b3) 29. Nc6 Kd7 30.
Nxa5 Ra8 (30... Rb8 $5) 31. Nc4 Ke6 32. Ne3 Rxg5 33. Rxb4 {Hecht: 5 verbundene
Freibauern <-> 2 verbundene Freibauern. Es geht um Taktik, es geht um Tempo.}
f5 34. Rb6 f4 35. Nc4 Rd8 36. a4 f3 37. Ka2 f2 38. Rf1 Rf5 39. a5 e4 $138 (
39... g5 $142 40. a6 g4 (40... h5 {Hecht} 41. a7 Ra8 42. Rxd6+ Ke7 43. Ra6 g4
44. Nb6 $18) 41. a7 (41. Ne3 $5 Rf4 42. Nxg4 Rxg4 43. Rxf2 $13) 41... Ra8 (
41... g3 42. Rxd6+ Rxd6 43. a8=Q $18) 42. Rxd6+ Ke7 43. Ra6 g3 44. Ne3 Rf3 $13)
40. a6 g5 41. a7 Ra8 42. Rxd6+ Ke7 43. Ra6 Kf8 $3 (43... Rf6 44. Nb6 Rxb6 (
44... e3 45. Nd5+) 45. Rxb6 Rxa7+ 46. Kb1 e3 47. Rb3 $1 $18) 44. Nb6 Rxa7 $1
45. Rxa7 e3 46. Nd7+ $1 Kf7 (46... Ke8 47. Ra3 $1 Rf3 48. Nf6+ Kd8 49. Rxe3
Rxe3 50. Nxh7 $18) (46... Kg8 47. Ra8+ Kg7 48. Re8 $18) 47. Ne5+ $138 (47. Nc5+
$18) 47... Kf8 (47... Kf6 48. Ng4+ $18) (47... Ke6 48. Nc6 $1 $18) (47... Ke8
48. Nc6 $18) (47... Kg8 $5 48. Ng4 $1 e2 49. Nh6+ Kf8 (49... Kh8 50. Nxf5
exf1=Q 51. Ra8#) 50. Ra8+ Ke7 51. Nxf5+ Kd7 52. Ra7+ Kd8 53. Rxf2 e1=Q 54. Rf3
Qe6+ 55. Ka3 $18) 48. Nd7+ (48. Nd3 $5 g4 $3 $44 (48... e2 $2 49. Rc1 $1 Ra5+ (
49... e1=Q 50. Nxe1 f1=Q 51. Rc8#) 50. Rxa5 f1=Q 51. Rc7 $18)) 48... Kf7 49.
Nc5+ $1 Kg6 (49... Ke8 50. Ra3 $18) (49... Kf8 50. Ne6+ Kg8 (50... Ke8 51. Rc1
$18) 51. Rc1 $18) (49... Kf6 50. Ne4+ Kg6 51. Nc3 $18) 50. Re7 $1 Rxc5 51. Rxe3
Rf5 52. Re2 g4 53. Rexf2 Ra5+ (53... Rxf2 54. Rxf2 h5 55. b4 h4 56. b5 h3 (
56... g3 57. Rg2 Kg5 58. b6 Kg4 59. b7 h3 60. b8=Q hxg2 61. Qb6 $18) 57. b6 g3
58. Rd2 $1 h2 59. b7 h1=Q 60. b8=Q $18) 54. Kb1 h5 55. Rf8 Kg5 56. Rg8+ Kh4 57.
Rh1+ Kg3 58. Rh8 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "9"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Qe2 c6 7. g4 Bg6 8. h4 h5
9. g5 Nfd7 10. Bh3 Be7 11. Be3 d5 12. Nd2 Bb4 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Bxc3 15. bxc3
dxe4 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Re8 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Rf4 Nf8 20. Raf1 Nbd7 21. c4
Ne6 22. Rxe4 Nb6 23. Qd3 Qd7 24. Nf3 Nf8 25. Ne5 Qe6 26. Rff4 Nfd7 27. Nxd7
Qxd7 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. d5 Nc8 30. Re4 Rf8 31. Re6 Qf7 32. Bc5 Rd8 33. Qe4 b6
34. Ba3 c5 35. Qxg6 Qxg6 36. Rxg6 Rd6 37. Re6 Rxe6 38. dxe6 Nd6 39. Bb2 Nf5 40.
Be5 Kf8 41. Kf2 Ke7 42. Bb8 a6 43. Ba7 Kxe6 44. Kf3 Nxh4+ 45. Ke4 g6 46. Bxb6
Kd6 47. Ba7 Nf5 48. Bb8+ Kc6 49. Bf4 h4 50. a4 h3 51. a5 Nd6+ 52. Ke5 Nxc4+ 53.
Kf6 Kd5 54. Kxg6 Ke4 55. Bh2 Ne5+ 56. Kh5 Kf5 57. Kh4 Nf3+ 58. Kxh3 Kxg5 59.
Bd6 c4 60. Kg3 Nd4 61. Kf2 Nxc2 62. Ke2 Kf5 63. Kd2 Ke6 64. Bg3 Na1 65. Kc3 Kd5
66. Bf2 Nb3 67. Bb6 Nc5 68. Kb4 Ne4 69. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "Newark"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Schwartzman, Gabriel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 f5 3. d4 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Qe3+ Be7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
Nh3 d6 9. O-O Ne5 10. b3 c6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Rad1 Bf7 13. Qc1 Qc8 14. Ng5 Bg6
15. Ba3 h6 16. Nh3 Qc7 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Qc2 g5 19. Nd3 Bg6 20. e4 Bh5 21. Rde1
f4 22. gxf4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 gxf4 24. Bc1 Ne8 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. Qxf3 Bf6 27. Kh1
Be5 28. Rg1+ Kh7 29. Ne2 Ng7 30. Qg4 f3 31. Ng3 Rf6 32. Nf5 Nxf5 33. exf5 Qf7
34. Qh4 h5 35. Rg5 Rxf5 36. Reg1 Re8 37. Rxf5 Qxf5 38. Rg5 Qf7 39. Rxh5+ Kg8
40. Bd2 Bg7 41. Rg5 Qf6 42. Qg4 Re2 43. Qc8+ Qf8 44. Rxg7+ Kxg7 45. Qg4+ Kh7
46. Bc3 Re7 47. Qh4+ Kg8 48. Qg5+ Kf7 49. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "Newark"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Formanek, Edward W"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2345"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 h6 5. Be3 a6 6. f3 Nbd7 7. Qd2 b5 8. a4 b4
9. Nd1 Rb8 10. Bd3 e5 11. Ne2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. O-O c5 14. Ne2 Ne5 15. c4
bxc3 16. Ndxc3 Bg7 17. Rad1 Qb6 18. Nf4 O-O 19. Rf2 g5 20. Nfe2 Rfd8 21. Ng3 d5
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Bxd5 24. Qc1 Bxf3 25. Bxc5 Qb3 0-1

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "Newark"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Manion, Josh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2335"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1995.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 Bg4 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Be2 e5 8. d5
Nce7 9. h3 Bd7 10. g4 c6 11. a5 cxd5 12. exd5 Nf6 13. Bc4 O-O 14. Nd2 Bb5 15.
Bb3 Rc8 16. Qf3 e4 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Ng5 fxg4 20. Qe4 g3 21. Ne6
Qe8 22. O-O-O Nf5 23. Bb6 Qe7 24. Rhe1 Rfe8 25. Qf3 gxf2 26. Bxf2 Bh8 27. Re4
Qf6 28. c3 Re7 29. Kb1 Rf7 30. Rf4 Re8 31. Bc2 Rxe6 32. dxe6 Qxe6 33. Bxf5 gxf5
34. Bd4 Be5 35. Bxe5 dxe5 36. Qe3 Bc6 37. Rff1 f4 38. Rd8+ Kg7 39. Rg1+ Kh6 40.
Qf2 Qf5+ 41. Ka1 Kh5 42. Rg4 Qf6 43. Rd6 Qe7 44. Re6 Qd8 45. Rxe5+ Kh6 46. Re6+
1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "Newark"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Maldonado, Oscar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2250"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1995.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. f4 Qb6 8.
Nb3 e6 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O a6 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bxe7 Nxe7 13. Ne4 Nf5 14. Nxd6+
Nxd6 15. Qxd6 Bc6 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 O-O 18. Na5 Bd5 19. c4 Rac8 20. Kd2 Be4
21. Rxe4 Nf2 22. Re1 Nxh1 23. Ke3 b6 24. Nb3 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Be2 e5 27. f5
g6 28. Rxh1 gxf5 29. Nd2 Rd8 30. Nf3 Re8 31. g3 Rd6 32. b4 Rg6 33. Rc1 f4+ 34.
gxf4 exf4+ 35. Kf2 Rge6 36. Rc2 Kg7 37. c5 b5 38. Nd4 Re5 39. Bf3 Rc8 40. Bg4
Rc7 41. Ne6+ Rxe6 42. Bxe6 Kf6 43. Bd5 Ke5 44. Bf3 Kd4 45. c6 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "Newark"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Ne4 7. Qf3 Ng5 8.
Qg3 Ne6 9. Bd3 d6 10. O-O g6 11. Nc3 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Bg7 13. Qe4 O-O 14. Be3 Rb8
15. Rab1 c5 16. Qa4 Rb4 17. Qxa7 Bb7 18. a3 Qh4 19. axb4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "Newark"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zapata, Alonso"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nge7 7. Nf3 Ng6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. Qd2 b5 10. h4 h5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. e5 Bb7 13. Ng5 f5 14. exf6 gxf6
15. f5 Nf8 16. Nf3 Rc8 17. Kb1 Na5 18. Qf2 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rd4 Qc6 21.
fxe6 dxe6 22. Rhd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Nd4 1-0

[Event "New York op"]
[Site "Newark"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yedidia, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.04.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 047 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1995.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. c5 Nd5 8. Bc4
c6 9. Qb3 O-O 10. O-O Nxc3 11. bxc3 b5 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Re1 b5 14. Bd3 Be6 15.
Rxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Ng5 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Qe2 Qd6 20. Bb2+ Kg8 21.
Bc2 Rd8 22. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dmitriev, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. Ngf3 Nd7 5. Bd3 e6 6. O-O Ne7 7. h3 Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. c3 c5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qb3 Qc7
15. c4 Nf6 16. Be3 e5 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Qa3 Nc5 19. Bc2 Bd7 20. Bc3 f6 21. Rad1
Rfc8 22. b4 Ne6 23. Be4 Bc6 24. c5 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qf7 26. Qb3 Rd8 27. Rc1 Bh6
28. Rce1 Nf4 29. Qc2 Nd3 30. R1e2 Nc1 31. R2e3 Bxe3 32. Rxe3 Nxa2 33. Be1 Qd5
34. Qb2 b6 35. Ra3 Nxb4 36. Bxb4 bxc5 37. Be1 Rab8 38. Qc2 Rb7 39. Nd2 Rdb8 40.
Rd3 Qc6 41. Kh2 Kg7 42. Ne4 Rb2 43. Qc4 Rf8 44. Rd6 Qc8 45. Nxc5 Kh8 46. Rd7
Rd8 47. Rxa7 Rf8 48. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nh3 Nf6 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Nf4 c6
9. Nc3 Na6 10. h4 Nc7 11. d5 Nd7 12. Rh3 Ne5 13. c5 Ne8 14. Qb3 Kh8 15. O-O-O
Qc7 16. Be2 Nf6 17. h5 h6 18. Ng6+ Nxg6 19. hxg6 cxd5 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Nb5 Qb6
22. Bf4 Be6 23. Nc7 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rac8 25. Kb1 Bg8 26. Nb5 Bc5 27. Nd6 Bxd6 28.
Bxd6 Rfe8 29. Bb4 d4 30. Rxd4 Bxb3 31. Bc3 Nd5 32. Bd2 Red8 33. g4 fxg4 34.
Bxg4 Rc6 35. Bf5 Bc2+ 36. Kc1 Rf8 37. Rxd5 Bb3+ 38. Bc3 Bxd5 39. Rxh6+ Kg8 40.
Rh5 Rd8 41. Rh1 Rf8 42. Rh5 Rd8 43. Rh1 b5 44. Rd1 b4 45. Bxe4 bxc3 46. Bxd5+
Kf8 47. b3 Rxg6 48. f4 Rg3 49. e4 Ke7 50. Rh1 Rd6 51. Kc2 Rh6 52. Rxh6 gxh6 53.
e5 Re3 54. b4 h5 55. b5 h4 56. Kb3 Re1 0-1

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Notkin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bg5 Be6 7. O-O-O+
Nbd7 8. f4 exf4 9. Nf3 h6 10. Bxf4 c6 11. Nd4 (11. a3 Bc5 12. Nd4 Bg4 13. Be2
Bxe2 14. Ndxe2 Ng4 15. Na4 Be7 16. Rhf1 Ke8 17. h3 Nge5 $10 {Maljutin,E-Titov,
G/Azov/1991/0,5/68/}) (11. h3 Bb4 12. Bd3 Ke7 13. Nd4 Bxc3 $2 (13... Bd6 $1 $10
{Nevednichy/}) 14. bxc3 Nc5 15. Rhe1 Rhd8 16. g4 $1 Rd7 17. Nf5+ Bxf5 18. gxf5
$14 {Liss,E-Nevednichy,V/Biel/1994/0:1/42/}) 11... Bb4 12. e5 $5 (12. Nxe6+
fxe6 13. Bd3 Ke7 14. Ne2 Ng4 15. Rdf1 Bc5 16. Bg3 Rhf8 $17 {Biolek,R-Malaniuk,
V/Katowice/1992/0:1/32/}) 12... Ng4 (12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nf5 $16) 13.
Nxe6+ fxe6 14. Bc4 Ke7 15. Rhe1 Rhf8 16. Bg3 Rf5 17. Rd6 $6 (17. Bd3 Nf2 $1 18.
Rd2 (18. Bxf5 Nxd1 19. Bxe6 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 $15) 18... Nxd3+ 19. Rxd3 Ba5
$15) (17. Rd4 $5 Nf2 $1 (17... Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nf2 (18... Ngxe5 19. Bb3 $16) 19.
Be2 Nxe5 20. Ba6 $5 bxa6 21. Bxe5 $14) (17... Ngxe5 18. Bxe6 Bxc3 19. Bxf5 Bxd4
(19... Bxe1 20. Bxe1 Rf8 21. Bh4+ g5 22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Bg3 $14) 20. Bxd7 Kxd7
21. Rd1 $16) 18. Bxe6 Bxc3 19. Rxd7+ Kxe6 20. Rd6+ Ke7 21. bxc3 $16) 17... Nc5
18. Rd4 (18. h3 Bxc3 $1 19. bxc3 Nf2 20. Rd4 b5 $15) 18... Nf2 19. Re3 (19. a3
$5 Bxc3 20. bxc3 $14) 19... Ba5 $1 20. Nd1 (20. Rf3 Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nfe4 $15)
20... Nh1 $1 21. Bh4+ g5 22. Be1 Bxe1 23. Rxe1 Nf2 24. Nc3 (24. b4 Nd7 25. Rd6
Nf8 $1) 24... a5 (24... Raf8 $2 25. b4 Nd7 26. Rd6) 25. a3 a4 26. Re3 Raf8 (
26... Rd8 27. Rxd8 Kxd8 28. h3 $10) 27. g3 h5 $2 (27... b5 28. Be2 Nd7 29. Nd1
$15) 28. Be2 g4 29. Nxa4 Nd7 30. Kd2 Nxe5 (30... b5 31. Nc3 Nxe5 32. a4 $14)
31. Ke1 Nh3 $2 (31... Nf3+ $2 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. Rxf3 Rxf3 34. Nb6 $16) (31...
Nd7 32. Rb4 b5 33. Nc3 $14) 32. Rde4 Kf6 33. Nb6 $2 (33. Nc5 Nf3+ (33... Rd8
34. Nxb7) 34. Bxf3 Rxc5 35. Rxe6+ $16) 33... Rd8 34. Nc4 Nf3+ $2 (34... Rd5 $5
35. Nb6 Rd8 $10) 35. Bxf3 gxf3 36. Rxe6+ Kg5 (36... Kg7 $32 37. Nd6 f2+ 38. Kf1
Rd5 39. Rd3 $16) 37. Nd6 f2+ 38. Kf1 Rd5 39. Ne4+ Kf5 40. Nxf2 $18 Nxf2 41.
Kxf2 Rd2+ 42. Kf3 R8d5 43. c4 R5d3 44. R6e5+ Kg6 45. Rxd3 Rxd3+ 46. Re3 Rd7 47.
Ke4 Kg5 48. h3 1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 Nbd7 5. Nc3 e5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. e4 Rfe8 11. Be3 exd4 12. Nxd4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Bf8 14. f3 g6 15.
Kh1 Bg7 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Qd2 Qb8 18. Bg5 Nc5 19. Bh6 Nfd7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. b4
Ne6 22. Nxe6+ Rxe6 23. f4 Ree8 24. Qxd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Nb6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. c5
Nc4 28. Rd1 Rxd1+ 29. Nxd1 Na3 30. Ne3 Nb1 31. e5 Nc3 32. a3 f6 33. Nc4 fxe5
34. fxe5 Kf7 35. Nd6+ Ke6 36. Nxb7 Kxe5 37. g4 Nb1 38. a4 Nc3 39. b5 cxb5 40.
c6 Nxa4 0-1

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Qe6 9. Nf3 a5 10. Qe4 Qg6 11. Qxg6 hxg6 12. Bd3 Bb4+ 13. c3 Bc5 14. c4 Nb6
15. O-O O-O 16. b3 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 c5 20. Rfc1 a4 21.
Rab1 axb3 22. axb3 Ra5 23. b4 cxb4 24. Rxb4 Nc4 25. Bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Serper, Grigory"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 e6 11. Qd2 exd5 12. cxd5 Re8 13. f3 c6 14. dxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. c4 c5 16. Bc3 Rhg8 17. Rhe1 Kb8 18. Bc2 cxd4 19. Nxd4 a6 20. g3 Ka7
21. f4 Rc8 22. Nf3 Rgd8 23. Ne5 Ne8 24. h3 a5 25. b3 Bc5 26. Bb2 g6 27. g4 g5
28. fxg5 hxg5 29. Nf3 Qe7 30. Be4 f6 31. Nd4 Bxd4 32. Bxd4 e5 33. Bf5 Rc6 34.
Bf2 Ng7 35. Rxd8 Qxd8 36. Be4 Rd6 37. Bxb7 Kxb7 38. c5 Rd2 39. Qf3+ Qd5 40.
Qxd5+ Rxd5 41. cxb6 Ne6 42. h4 gxh4 43. Bxh4 Ng5 44. Bf2 Rd2 45. Be3 Rg2 46.
Bxg5 fxg5 47. Rxe5 Rxg4 48. Rxa5 Kxb6 49. Rf5 Rg2 50. a4 Kc6 51. Kc1 Kd6 52. a5
g4 53. Rg5 g3 54. b4 Kc7 55. Rg6 Kb8 56. Kb1 Rf2 57. Rxg3 Rf4 58. Rb3 Kb7 59.
b5 Ra4 60. a6+ Kb6 61. Kb2 Rc4 62. Rh3 Rb4+ 63. Rb3 Rc4 64. Ra3 Rc8 65. Rc3 Rh8
66. Rb3 Rh2+ 67. Ka3 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 (5... exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. h3
O-O 8. Nf3 Bf6 9. Be2 Re8 10. O-O Nc6 11. b3 Bf5 12. Be3 $14 {Sigurjonsson,
G-Rogoff,K/Haifa/1970/}) 6. Nc3 (6. Nf3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O $132) 6... g6
7. d5 Bg7 8. Nge2 O-O (8... Nxc4 $4 9. Qa4+ $18) 9. Nd4 e5 10. dxe6 Bxe6 (10...
fxe6 $5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O d5 $132) 11. Nxe6 Qe7 (11... fxe6 $6
12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O $14) 12. Be2 Qxe6 13. O-O Nc6 (13... Nxc4 $2 14. Nd5 Rc8
15. Re1 (15. Bg5 $6 Nxb2 16. Qb3 Nc6) 15... Ne5 16. f4 $40) 14. Nb5 Rad8 15.
Re1 Qf6 (15... Nxc4 16. Bf1 N4e5 17. f4 a6 18. Nc3 Nd4 19. fxe5 dxe5 $16) (
15... Rfe8 $2 16. Nc7 $18) 16. Rb1 d5 (16... a6 17. Nc7 Rd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19.
Qxd5 $14) 17. c5 Nc4 18. b3 N4e5 19. f4 $6 (19. Bb2 $5 d4 20. Qd2 Rfe8) 19...
Nd7 20. b4 b6 $2 (20... a6 $1 21. Nd6 (21. Nc7 Qd4+ 22. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 Nf6
$40) 21... Nxb4 $1 22. Rxb4 Qc3 $40) 21. Qxd5 Nxc5 22. Qc4 Na4 (22... a6 23.
Bb2 $8 (23. bxc5 $2 axb5 24. Rxb5 Qc3 $40) 23... axb5 24. Bxf6 bxc4 25. Bxd8
Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Ne4 27. Bh4 Nd2 28. Rbd1 c3 $14) 23. Bf3 Rc8 24. Qb3 a6 25. Qxa4
axb5 26. Qxb5 Nd4 27. Qf1 Rfe8 (27... Rfd8 $5 $44) 28. Bd2 Rxe1 29. Rxe1 Qd6
30. Rd1 Rc2 $2 (30... Nxf3+ $5 31. Qxf3 Rd8 $17) 31. Be4 Rxa2 32. Kh1 (32. Bc3
$2 Ne2+ $15) 32... Qe6 33. Bd3 $13 Qc6 34. b5 Qb7 35. Bc4 Rb2 $4 (35... Rc2 36.
Be3 Nf5 37. Bg1 $14) 36. Bc3 1-0

[Event "Novgorod op"]
[Site "Novgorod"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "1995.05.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 Bb7 9. b3 a5 10. Bb2 a4 11. Qe4 a3 12. Bd4 O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "World op 23rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Patterson, Tony M"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qf5 8.
Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Ne2 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O g6 14. e6 Nf6
15. exf7+ Kxf7 16. Ng3 d5 17. Kb1 e5 18. Qf2 b5 19. h4 a5 20. Nd2 Bc5 21. Qe1
Qb6 22. h5 Re8 23. hxg6+ hxg6 0-1

[Event "World op 23rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Weeramantry, Sunil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2300"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 Nbd7 5. f4 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. d5 Bg7 8. Nf3
Qb6 9. Qc1 Nh5 10. Nd1 g5 11. fxg5 Ne5 12. gxh6 Qb4+ 13. Nc3 Bxh6 14. Bg5 Nxf3+
15. gxf3 Bxg5 16. Qxg5 Qxb2 17. Kd2 Qb4 18. Qe3 a6 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. e5 dxe5 21.
Qxe5 Nf6 22. d6 Qd8 23. Nd5 Qa5+ 24. Kd1 Nxd5 25. Qxh8+ Kd7 26. Rb3 Kxd6 27.
Bc4 Be6 28. Qxa8 Nc3+ 29. Kd2 Nb5+ 30. Kc1 Bxc4 31. Rd1+ Ke6 32. Re3+ Kf6 33.
Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "World op 23rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 c6 4. Be3 e5 5. dxe5 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxe5 7. Nc3 Qa5 8.
Nge2 Be7 9. g4 Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Be2 h6 12. h4 b5 13. Rg1 b4 14. Nd1 Bxg4
15. Nf2 Bd7 16. f4 Ng6 17. h5 Nf8 18. a3 d5 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. axb4 Bf5 23. Nd4 Rd8 24. Qc3 Bh4+ 25. Bf2 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qb6 27. Qxc6+
Qxc6 28. Nxc6 Rd2 29. Ke3 1-0

[Event "World op 23rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bonin, Jay R"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2360"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd3 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Bxc5 dxc5
15. f3 Be6 16. f4 O-O 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 b5 19. b3 Ra7 20. Rfd1 Bc8 21. Rc6
Re7 22. Rxc5 exf4 23. gxf4 Bb7 24. e5 Nh5 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Nd5 Rd7 27. Kf2 Re8
28. Kf3 g6 29. Rc6 Re6 30. Rd6 Ra7 31. c4 bxc4 32. bxc4 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34.
Kg4 Nf4 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Kxg5 Ng6 37. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "World op 23rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karklins, Andrew"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2325"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qf3 e6 7. b3 Qb6 8. Nde2
Qc7 9. Bb2 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. g4 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. O-O Bd6 15.
Qh3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Be5 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Qe3 Bb8 20. Ne4 Ne5 21.
Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Nc5 Qc7 23. f4 Bf6 24. Rd7 Qb6 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. b4 a5 27. Qf3
axb4 28. axb4 Kf8 29. Kg2 Rdc8 30. R1d6 Qb8 31. Qd3 1-0

[Event "World op 23rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hook, William"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C05"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2155"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 5. c3 Qd7 6. Bd3 b6 7. Ne2 Ba6 8. Bxa6
Nxa6 9. Nf4 c5 10. O-O g6 11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Qe2 Qb7 13. c4 dxc4 14. Qxc4 b5 15.
Qe2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc7 17. Bd2 Rd8 18. Nf3 Ned5 19. Nd3 h6 20. Rfc1 Be7 21. Nc5
Qb6 22. Ne4 a5 23. Rc2 Nb4 24. Bxb4 Bxb4 25. Rac1 Nd5 26. Rc6 Qb8 27. g3 Be7
28. a3 O-O 29. Qd2 Kg7 30. Qxa5 b4 31. axb4 Bxb4 32. Qa6 g5 33. Qe2 g4 34. Nd4
h5 35. R6c4 Rd7 36. Nc6 Qb6 37. Nf6 Rc7 38. Nxh5+ Kh6 39. Qxg4 f5 40. exf6 Nxf6
41. Nxf6 Rxf6 42. Qh4+ Kg7 43. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "World op 23rd"]
[Site "Philadelphia"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leverett, Bruce W"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2270"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.06.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. f4 e6 12. g4 Rc8 13. dxc5 Na5 14. Bd3 Ba4
15. Qd2 Qh4 16. g5 Rfd8 17. Bd4 e5 18. fxe5 Nc6 19. Rf6 Qg4+ 20. Ng3 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Rxd4 22. Qe3 Rcd8 23. Be2 Qc8 24. Rc1 Qc7 25. Qf4 Be8 26. e6 Qxf4 27. Rxf4
Be5 28. Rff1 fxe6 29. Bg4 Bd7 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Rc2 Bc6 32. Re1 Rd2+ 33. Re2 Rxc2
34. Rxc2 Kf7 35. Bf3 Rd3 36. Ne2 Ba4 37. Rc4 Bc6 38. Rc2 Bxh2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 11th Group5"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Berend, Fred"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2415"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgrade Partizan-Telefonija"]
[BlackTeam "Dudelange"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "LUX"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. c5 Nd5 8. Qb3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 b6 11. Bc4 e6 12. O-O Bg7 13. Qa4+ Nd7 14. Bb5 a6
15. Bc6 b5 16. Qa5 Rb8 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 g5 19. Bg3 O-O 20. Rad1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 11th Group5"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vilnius Kaise"]
[BlackTeam "Belgrade Partizan-Telefonija"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Bg5
c6 9. Qd2 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Rad1 Ne6 12. Qe3 Nxg5 13. Nxg5 e6 14. Nce4 h6
15. Nf3 Qe7 16. Nd6 Rd8 17. Kh1 Qf8 18. Nc4 b6 19. Rd6 Ba6 20. Rxc6 Bxc4 21.
Rxc4 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rd1 Rc7 24. Bb5 Nxe5 25. Nxe5 Qc5 26. Nxf7 Qxe3 27.
fxe3 Kxf7 28. c3 Ke7 29. g3 Be5 30. Kg2 Bd6 31. Bd3 g5 32. Kh3 Bc5 33. Kg4 Bxe3
34. Re1 Bd2 35. Re2 Bc1 36. Kh5 Rc5 37. Kxh6 g4+ 38. Kg7 b5 39. Rc2 Bg5 40. Rf2
Bc1 41. b4 Rxc3 42. Bxb5 Rf3 43. Rxf3 gxf3 44. Bc6 f2 45. Bg2 e5 46. h4 Ke6 47.
Kg6 Ba3 48. b5 e4 49. h5 Bd6 50. h6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 11th Group5"]
[Site "Vilnius"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1995.09.??"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "LTU"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belgrade Partizan-Telefonija"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Vektor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. a4 dxe5 8. a5
N6d7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Ng5+ Kg8 11. Ne6 Qe8 12. Nxc7 Qd8 13. Ne6 Qe8 14. Nc7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Makarov, Marat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2520"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Bf4 Bd7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. f3 d5 12. Qe1 Bb4 13. a3 Ba5 14. Bd2 Rc8
15. Qg3 Bc7 16. e5 Nd7 17. Re1 Kf8 18. f4 Nc5 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Rd1 Qc7 21. Kb1
Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. c4 Kg8 24. Rd6 Kh7 25. Be2 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Rhd8 27. Rhd1
Rxd6 28. exd6 Qd8 29. g4 Qf6 30. g5 Qf5 31. Rg1 g6 32. Bg4 Qa5 33. gxh6 Qd8 34.
f5 Qxd6 35. fxg6+ fxg6 36. Qg5 Rf8 37. Ka2 e5 38. h4 Qf6 39. Kb3 Be8 40. Be2
Bc6 41. Kc3 e3 42. Rf1 Qd6 43. Rxf8 Qxf8 44. Qxe5 Qxh6 45. Qe7+ Kg8 46. Qf6 Be8
47. Kd4 Bf7 48. b4 Qf8 49. Kxe3 a5 50. c5 axb4 51. axb4 Qe8+ 52. Kf2 Qe4 53. b5
Qb4 54. c6 Qc5+ 55. Kg3 bxc6 56. bxc6 Qg1+ 57. Kf4 Qc1+ 58. Ke4 Qd2 59. Kf3
Bd5+ 60. Kf2 Bxc6 61. Qxg6+ Kh8 62. Qf6+ Kh7 63. Qxc6 Qf4+ 64. Kg2 Qxh4 65.
Bd3+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Goldin, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b3 a5 8. Nc3 Ne4
9. Bb2 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bf5 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Rc1 Be4 14. Bh3 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Ra6 16. Qd2 a4 17. Bd4 axb3 18. axb3 e6 19. f3 Bf5 20. g4 Qh4 21. Bg2 Bxg4
22. fxg4 Qxg4 23. Kh1 Ra2 24. Qxa2 Qxd4 25. e4 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nh6 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nf5 9. Bb2 Bd7 10. h4 Be7 11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 {For the purpose of restricting
Black's play on all sides of the board, White has advanced the b-pawn, and now
the g-pawn. If you compare this position with Hodgson-Kindermann, for instance,
you will see that Black cannot gain play down the c-file with ...Na5-c4. (Yes,
I am aware that 12...Na5 is still possible in this position, but it loses its
effectiveness after 13 Nbd2).  However, the upshot of White's pawn advances on
the flanks is that his king must remain in the centre - feasible, for the
centre is blocked. Therefore, Black's next move must be strong: Belyavsky
challenges the pawn on e5.} f6 $1 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bd3 Nf7 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16.
Nc3 Kb8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Nd6 21. g5 $1 {Seeking
to gain control over the e5 square.} Ka8 22. b5 Na5 23. gxf6 Qxf6 24. Ne5 Qe7 {
White's king was safe enough becuse the queen was by his side to protect him,
and Black's counterplay in the centre was cleverly restricted.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1
e5 9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. Nd4 Bd7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. f4 Qb8 15.
Rb1 Re8 16. Bf3 Be6 17. Bf2 Qb4 18. a3 Qa5 19. Kh1 Rab8 20. Bd4 c5 21. Be3 Nd7
22. Bd2 Qa6 23. Qc1 Kh7 24. b3 f5 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Nd5 Qc8 28.
b4 Be4 29. Qd1 c6 30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Nc3 Re7 32. Qf1 cxb4 33. axb4 Nf6 34. Qd3
d5 35. h3 d4 36. Ne2 Ne4 37. Rf1 Qe6 38. Be1 c5 39. Bh4 c4 40. Qd1 Rd7 41. Ng3
Nxg3+ 42. Bxg3 d3 43. cxd3 Rxd3 44. Qe1 Qxe1 45. Bxe1 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. Qg3 Bc6
15. Rae1 Qb7 16. Bd3 Rad8 17. Nd1 g6 18. Nf2 Nh5 19. Qe3 f5 20. Kg1 Bf6 21.
Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. O-O Bd6 8.
Re1 (8. Nb3 Ne7 9. Bg5 Nbc6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. Bg3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 O-O 13. Nfxd4 Nf5
14. c3 Nfxd4 15. cxd4 Bf5 16. Qd2 $14) 8... Ne7 9. Nb3 Nbc6 (9... O-O 10. Nbxd4
h6 11. h3 Qb6 $13) 10. Nbxd4 O-O 11. Be3 (11. h3 Qb6 $13) 11... Bg4 12. c3 Qc7
13. h3 Bh5 14. Qc2 Rfe8 (14... Bg6 15. Bd3 Na5 16. Re2 Nc4 17. Rae1 $14) 15.
Bd3 h6 (15... Bg6 16. Re2 $14) 16. Nh4 $1 Ne5 17. Be2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 $14 N7g6 (
18... Nc4 $6 19. Rae1) (18... Bc5 19. Rae1 $14) 19. Nxg6 (19. Nhf5 Nc4 20. Rae1
Re5 21. Bc1 Rae8 $10) 19... Nxg6 20. Nf5 Bc5 (20... Be5 $32 21. Rae1 Re6 (21...
Bf6 22. Qd3 Rad8 23. Bd4 Rxe2 24. Rxe2 $14)) 21. Rd2 Rad8 22. Rad1 Nf4 (22...
Re5 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rd4 $14) 23. Qa4 Bxe3 $8 24. fxe3 Ne6 25. Rxd5 $16 h5 $6
26. Nd6 Rf8 (26... Re7 27. Qh4 g6 28. Qf6 $18) 27. Qb4 g6 $1 28. c4 (28. Nxb7
Rxd5 29. Rxd5 Rb8) (28. Qxb7 Rxd6 $1 29. Qxc7 Rxd5 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Rxd5 Ke7
$17) 28... b6 29. Qc3 $18 Nc5 30. Qf6 (30. b4 $2 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Ne4 $14) 30...
Ne6 31. b3 b5 32. c5 (32. cxb5 $18) 32... b4 33. Ne4 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Rc8 35. Qf1
$1 Qc6 (35... Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. Qxa6 $18) 36. Qa1 (36. Rd7 Ng5 $1 37. Qf4
Qxe4 38. Qxg5 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 Qxa2 40. Qf6 Qxb3 41. c6 $18) 36... Rd8 37. Rxd8+
Nxd8 38. Qd4 Ne6 39. Qxb4 f5 40. Nc3 Qxc5 41. Qxc5 Nxc5 42. b4 $18 Nd3 43. Nd5
Kf7 44. a3 Nb2 (44... Ke6 45. Nc7+ $18) 45. Kf2 h4 46. Ke2 g5 47. Nb6 Ke6 48.
a4 Kd6 (48... Ke5 49. a5 Kd6 50. b5 $18) 49. Kd2 (49. Kd2 Kc6 50. Kc2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O (10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nb5 Bxb5 (11... Qb8 12. f4 Neg4 (
12... Ng6 13. f5 exf5 14. exf5 Ne5 15. Qd4 a6 16. Nc3 Bxf5 17. O-O Be6 18. Rxf6
gxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Rd1 Be7 21. Qh4 $36) 13. Bxg4 Bxb5 14. Bf3 e5 15. a4 Bc6
16. Qd3 Be7 17. c4 O-O (17... exf4 18. Bxf4 Nd7 $13) 18. f5 a6 19. O-O b6 20.
Nd2 $14 {Lastin,A-Dragomarezkij,E/Moscow/1995/1:0/55/}) 12. Bxb5+ Nc6 13. Bd3 (
13. Nd2 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Qf3 Be7 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. c4 Nb4 18. Qxc6+ Nxc6
19. Ke2 O-O-O 20. Kf3 {Sokolov,A-Belikov,V/Elista RUS-ch/1995/0,5/20/}) 13...
Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4 Nb4 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Qa5 19. a3 Qa6
20. Rad1 Bd8 21. g4 Nd7 22. Kh1 Bb6 23. Nc2 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qb6 25. Qxb6 Nxb6 $15
) 10... Be7 11. a4 (11. Be3 Qc7 12. Nd2 O-O 13. f4 Ng6 14. a4 b6 15. Bd3 Bc6
16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Nb3 a6 18. Rae1 Bb7 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Qf3 Bf6 21. Bd2 Nc5 22.
Qh3 {Rublevsky,S-Makarov,M/Novosibirsk/1995/0,5/22/}) 11... O-O (11... a6 12.
a5 Qc7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Be3 Bc6 15. f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 e5 17. f5 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6
19. Kh1 $10) 12. a5 Qc7 13. Qd4 Bc6 (13... a6 $5 14. Bg3 Bc6 15. f4 Ned7 16. e5
$13) 14. a6 b6 15. Qe3 $1 Ng6 (15... Neg4 16. Qd2 (16. Qg3 Ne5 17. Qe3 Neg4 $10
) 16... Ne5 17. f3 Ng6 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Bf2 Nhf4 20. Nd4 d5 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 22.
Bb5 $16) 16. Bg3 e5 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Qxf4 b5 $1 21.
Bxb5 (21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Bxb5 Qxc2 23. Nd4 Qxb2 $13) (21. Nd4 b4 22. Nd5 Nxd5
23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Qb6 26. Qc6 (26. Qb7 Qxb7 27. axb7 Rb8 $17)
) 21... Nxe4 $1 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Nf6 25. Rf5 $1 d5 (25... g6
26. Nd4 $18 gxf5 27. Nxf5 Kh8 28. Nxe7) (25... d5 26. Bd3 Rfe8 27. Qd4 Qc7 28.
Qf4 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ruban, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 Bd7 10. O-O Be7 11. a4 a6 12. a5 Qc7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Be3 Bc6 15.
f4 Ned7 16. Bf3 e5 17. f5 b5 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. Kh1 Bb7 20. Qe2 h6 21. Rfd1 Rfc8
22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. b3 Bc6 25. Ra5 Qb7 26. Qd3 Kh7 27. h3 Qc7 28.
Rda1 Bb7 29. Nd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Qb7 31. R5a4 Re8 32. Na5 Qb5 33. Nc6 Qc5 34. Rc4
Qf2 35. Rf1 Qb6 36. Rb4 Qc5 37. Be4 Bd8 38. Rb7 Bb6 39. Rxf7 Qe3 40. Qxe3 Bxe3
41. Re1 Bd4 42. b4 a5 43. bxa5 Bc3 44. Re2 Bxa5 45. Rb7 Bc3 46. Rb3 Ba1 47. c4
Ra4 48. Rb4 Rxb4 49. Nxb4 Bd4 50. g4 Ra8 51. Nc2 Bc5 52. Kg2 Ra2 53. Bd3 Kg8
54. Ne1 Ra3 55. Bb1 Rc3 56. Nd3 Rxc4 57. Rc2 Rxc2+ 58. Bxc2 Bd4 59. Bb3 Kf7 60.
Nc1 Ne4 61. Ne2 Kf6 62. Bc2 Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Chekhov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Be3 c5 8. Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Bb5 (10. Rd1 {Chekhov} Qa5 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12.
Nf3 O-O 13. Be2 Bd7 14. Bd2 b6 15. O-O Rfc8 16. Rc1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 $10 {
Sorokin,M-Dvoirys,S/Ljubljana/1992/0,5/51/}) 10... O-O (10... Bd7 11. Ne2 a6
12. Bd3 O-O 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. O-O Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. d5 b5 {1/2-1/2/
Vyzmanavin,A-Alterman,B/Pardubice (01)/1993/ Vyzmanavin,A-Alterman,B/Pardubice/
1993/0,5/16/}) 11. Ne2 Qa5 (11... Bd7 12. Rb1 a6 13. Bd3 Be8 14. e5 b5 15. O-O
Bd7 16. h4 Qa5 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 $4 {1-0/Kuzmin,A-Tseitlin,MS/Berliner Sommer/1991/
} 18. Rxc6 $1 Qxd2 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Bxd2 $18) 12. Qxa5 (12. Bxc6 Qxd2+ 13.
Kxd2 bxc6 14. Rhc1 Rd8 $132) 12... Nxa5 13. Rc1 a6 (13... f5 14. Bd2 b6 15. Rc7
$14) 14. Bd3 Nc6 15. Bb1 {/N/} (15. d5 Ne5 16. Bb1 f5 $132 (16... b5 {Chekhov}
17. O-O e6 18. Rfd1 exd5 19. exd5 Nc4 20. Bc5 Re8 $132 {Vyzmanavin,A-Dvoirys,S/
Cheliabinsk/1991/0|1/46/})) 15... Bd7 16. d5 Ne5 17. f4 (17. O-O {Chekhov} Bb5
$1 $36) 17... Ng4 18. Bc5 (18. Rc7 $5 Nxe3 19. Rxd7 e5 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Kf2
$16) 18... Rfe8 19. e5 {Such a center should normally do for a solid advantage.
The trouble here is unfinished development for white so black gets a room for
countermeasures.} (19. h3 Nf6 20. g4 h6 $14) 19... e6 20. d6 (20. dxe6 $5 {
Chekhov} Bxe6 21. h3 Nh6 22. O-O) 20... f6 $1 21. Be4 (21. exf6 {Chekhov} Nxf6
22. O-O Rac8 $13) 21... fxe5 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bf3 (23. Bxa6 exf4 24. h3 (24.
Nxf4 Bh6 $1 25. O-O e5 $15) 24... Ne5 25. Nxf4 Ra8 26. Be2 Rxa2 $10) 23... Nh6
24. O-O (24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. O-O Nf7 26. Rfd1 Rec8 $132) 24... Nf7 {The defender
have improved his piece efficiency, even his knight have landed on a near
ideal square f7.} 25. Rfd1 (25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Rfd1) 25... exf4 26. Nxf4 Rec8
27. Bg4 $2 {Vyzhmanavin lives under the impression, that he must play for win.
The grounds for this ambition are gone and he should have concentrated on
keeping the balance.} (27. Ba7 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rc7 Rxc7 30. dxc7 Be5 31.
Bb8 Bxf4 32. c8=Q+ Bxc8 33. Bxf4 $15) (27. Be2 $2 Bb2 $1) (27. Ba3 $5) 27...
Bb2 28. Rc2 (28. Rc4 Ne5 $19) 28... Ba4 $1 29. d7 (29. Rxb2 Rxb2 30. Rc1 (30.
d7 Bxd7 31. Rxd7 Rxc5 $22 32. Bxe6 Rc1+ $19) 30... Bd7 $19) 29... Bxc2 $1 (
29... Rd8 30. Rcd2 Bc3 31. Bxe6 $15) 30. dxc8=Q+ Rxc8 31. Bxe6 Rxc5 (31... Bxd1
$2 32. Bxc8 $14) 32. Rd7 Rf5 $1 {It was even possible to miss this tidy move,
that cements black's advantage. The bishop pair is not a pleasant enemy even
for the rook.} 33. Bxf5 Bxf5 34. Rb7 Bd4+ 35. Kf1 (35. Kh1 Nd6 36. Re7 g5 37.
Nd5 Kf8 $19) 35... g5 36. Nd5 Be6 37. Nb4 Ne5 38. a4 (38. Nxa6 $2 Bc4+ 39. Ke1
Bxa6 $19) 38... Bc5 39. Nc2 (39. g3 Bc4+ 40. Kg2 g4 $17) 39... Bc4+ 40. Ke1 Bd5
41. Rc7 $6 (41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Kf1 $19) 41... Bxg2 $1 (41... Bxg2 $1 42. Rxc5
Nd3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Qc7 11. Bd2 e6 12. Ne4 Ngf6 13. O-O-O Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qe2 O-O-O 16. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Novosibirsk"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Bd7 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. b4 Bb6 8. b5
Na5 9. Bd3 Nc4 10. a4 Qc7 11. Qe2 a6 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O Ne7 14. Na3 Rxa4 15.
Nxc4 dxc4 16. Rxa4 Bxa4 17. Bxc4 O-O 18. Bd3 Ng6 19. h4 Bc6 20. h5 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 Qxe5 22. hxg6 Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qh3+ 24. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Solozhenkin, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B05"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. c4
Nb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 d5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Ne1 Nc6 {N/} (13... Bb4
$5 14. Rc1 (14. f4 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Be4) 14... Nc6 15. Ng2 f6 16. e6 Qe7 17. Nf4
Bxc3 18. Rxc3 Nd8 19. Qb3 $13 {Hebden,M-Bricard,F/Clermont Ferrand/1989/}) 14.
f4 f5 15. exf6 $2 (15. b3 $13) 15... Bxf6 16. Nf3 h6 17. b3 Qd6 18. Bd3 Rae8 $1
19. Qd2 $2 (19. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bxe5 21. Nb5 (21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8
23. Bf2 Rxf2 24. Kxf2 Qh2+ 25. Ke1 Qg3+ 26. Ke2 Qg2+ 27. Ke1 (27. Ke3 $2 d4+ $1
28. Kxd4 Qf2+ 29. Ke5 Qf6#) 27... Qg3+ $10) 21... Qf6 22. Bxg6 Bxa1 23. Bxe8
Rxe8 24. Qxa1 Qxa1 25. Rxa1 Rxe3 26. Nxc7 Rxh3 $17) 19... Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nb4 21.
Qd2 Nc2 $1 22. Qxc2 Rxe3 23. Ne2 $6 (23. Ne5 $5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rxf1+ 25. Rxf1
Qe7 26. Ne2 Rxh3 27. Qf5 $13) 23... Rfe8 $1 (23... g5 24. fxg5 Bxg5 (24... hxg5
25. Kg2 Rfe8 $13) 25. Nxg5 hxg5 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rf1 Qe8 $13) 24. Ne5 $1 Rxh3
25. Kg2 Rh4 26. Qf5 (26. Kg3 Nd7 27. Qf5 Nf8 28. Rh1 Rxh1 29. Rxh1 Qa6 $17)
26... c5 27. Ng3 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qc6 29. Rae1 Rf8 30. e6 $1 Nc8 $2 (30... d4+ $1
31. Qe4 Nd5 32. Nf5 Rxg4+ 33. Kh3 Qe8 $1 34. Ng3 Nf6 35. Qe5 Qg6 36. Rf3 Rh4+
$1 $17) 31. Qe5 Ne7 32. Nh5 $1 Rxg4+ 33. Kh3 d4 $2 $138 (33... Rh4+ $1 34. Kg3
(34. Kg2 d4+ 35. Rf3 Rg4+ 36. Kf2 Rf5 $17 37. Qb8+ Kh7 38. Ng3 Rf6 39. f5 Nxf5
40. Nxf5 Rxf5 $1 $19) (34. Kxh4 Ng6+ 35. Kg4 Nxe5+ 36. Rxe5 g6 37. Ng3 Re8 38.
Rfe1 $13) 34... Nf5+ 35. Qxf5 Rxf5 36. Kxh4 Qe8 37. Ng3 Qe7+ 38. Kg4 Rf6 39. f5
Rf8 40. Rf4 $13) 34. Kxg4 Qg2+ 35. Ng3 Rf6 36. f5 h5+ (36... Nxf5 37. Qxf5 Rxf5
38. Rxf5 g6 39. Rff1 h5+ 40. Kf4 g5+ 41. Kf5 $16) 37. Kxh5 Qh3+ (37... g6+ 38.
Kg5 Nd5 39. Qxd5 $1 $18) 38. Kg5 Nc6 39. Rh1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Makarichev, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Baburin} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2
(7. Nde2 Bg7 8. Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3
b4 14. Ra2 Ng4 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bc1 e6 17. Ne3 b3 $15 {Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V
Horgen CS (07) 1995 1/2 49 - CBM 50}) 7... Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 (
10. Qd3 Be6 11. Nd5 Rc8 12. c3 Re8 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Rad1 h6 15. Bc1 Qa5 16. a3
Bd7 $1 17. Qe2 Ne5 18. Rfe1 Ba4 $17 {Martinez,F-Mestel,A Oviedo 25' (05) 1993
0-1 37}) (10. a4 Be6 11. Qb4 Qc7 12. a5 Nd7 13. Bd2 (13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Qxc2
15. Bg5 Qxb2 16. Qxb2 Bxb2 17. Bxe7 Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Rfe8 $17 {Reinderman,
D-Wojtkiewicz,A Wijk-B (01) 1994 1/2 39}) (13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Rfc1 Ne5 15. Nd5
Qd7 $10 {Milosevic,G-Petursson,M Lugano op 1989}) (13. Be3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5
15. f4 Nc4 16. Bd4 f6 17. Rfe1 $14 {Kotronias,V-Georgiev,Kir Sofia 1986 - Inf.
42/234}) 13... Rfe8 14. Rfc1 Ne5 15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Qa4 Rac8 17. Bc3 Bh3 18. Qxd7
Bxd7 19. f4 $14 {Kindermann,S-Wirthensohn,H Hamburg SKA 1991 1-0 79}) 10... Be6
(10... Qa5 11. Qd1 Be6 12. a4 Rac8 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Bd2 Qb4 15. e5 dxe5 16.
Rxe5 Qd4 17. Rb5 b6 $15 {Voigt,M-Gikas,B Dortmund op-A (05) 1992 1-0 36}) 11.
Qd1 Qc8 $146 (11... Qc7 12. Nd5 Bxd5 $6 (12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. c3 b5 15.
Qe2 Rab8 16. Bg5 Rfe8 17. Qd2 h5 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Rac1 $10 {Fabisovich,
V-Savchenko,S Pula op (2/28) 1990 1/2 64}) 13. exd5 $14 {^^} b5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. c3 Rab8 (15... a5 $5) 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Qd2 $14 {Lukin,
A-Arakelian,E St.Petersburg op (01) 1994 1-0 39}) 12. Kh2 Qc4 13. a4 Rac8 14.
a5 Nd7 15. Ra3 Qc7 16. f4 Bxc3 $5 {Baburin: This move either destroys the
White pawn structure on the QSide or wins the a5-pawn. It's likely that White
did not expect this solution.} 17. Rxc3 (17. bxc3 Qc5 {Obwohl der Drachen g7
fehlt, spielt sich die Stellung wegen des zerrissenen weißen Damenflügels
angenehmer für Schwarz.}) 17... Qxa5 $15 {Aber so ist es ein ganzer P.} 18. f5
Bc4 (18... gxf5 $2 19. exf5 Bxf5 (19... Rxc3 20. fxe6 $18) 20. Bh6 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 Bg6 (21... Rc8 $2 22. Qh5 Rc5 23. Rxf5 Rxf5 24. Qg4+ $18) 22. Bxf8 Kxf8
$13) 19. Rf4 Ba6 20. fxg6 hxg6 (20... fxg6 21. Qg4 $132) 21. Rh4 Rxc3 22. Bd2
Rfc8 $1 23. Bxc3 Rxc3 24. Qd2 Qe5 (24... Nf6 $1 25. Qh6 (25. bxc3 g5 26. Rh6
Kg7 $19) (25. Qxc3 Qxc3 26. bxc3 g5 27. Rh6 Kg7 $19) 25... Nh5 26. bxc3 Qxc3
$17) 25. bxc3 Bc4 {/\a7-a5-a1} 26. Qh6 (26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. cxd4 e5 $1 $19 {
Weiß spielt ohne den Rh4.}) 26... Nf8 27. Rg4 a5 28. Rg5 Qxc3 29. e5 Qxc2 $1
$19 30. Kh1 (30. exd6 Bf1 $19) 30... Qb1+ 31. Kh2 Qb2 32. Kh1 dxe5 33. Rg4 Be6
34. Rh4 e4 35. Qf4 (35. Bxe4 a4 $19 {[%cal Ga4a1]}) 35... a4 36. Qxe4 a3 37.
Qxb7 (37. Qd4 Qxd4 38. Rxd4 a2 39. Rd1 b5 $19) 37... Qc1+ 38. Kh2 a2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vyzmanavin, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. h3 e5 6. d3 f6 7. O-O Nh6 8. Be3
Nf7 9. c3 Bd6 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nc3 Qe7 13. Re1 Kg7 14. Qc2 Be6 15.
Rad1 Rfd8 16. a3 Bc4 17. d5 Rdc8 18. dxc6 Rxc6 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Qd3 b6 21. Nd5
Qb7 22. Nb1 Rac8 23. Nbc3 Rc4 24. Qe2 Be7 25. Rd2 Bd8 26. Red1 Qc6 27. f3 Qe8
28. Bf2 Be7 29. Qd3 Bf8 30. b3 R4c6 31. Nb5 Qd7 32. Nb4 Qxd3 33. Rxd3 Bxb4 34.
axb4 Ra8 35. Ra1 a6 36. Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kharlov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 d5 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. Nb3
d4 9. Ne2 e5 10. O-O Bg4 11. h3 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 Be7 13. Bd2 O-O 14. a4 Bb4 15. a5
Qc7 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Qc4 h6 18. Bc1 Rac8 19. c3 dxc3 20. bxc3 Be7 21. Be3 a6 22.
Rfc1 Nd8 23. Qe2 Nc5 24. Rcb1 Nxb3 25. Rxb3 Bc5 26. Bxc5 Qxc5 27. Bf1 Rc7 28.
Qb2 Re8 29. Ra4 Qd6 30. h4 Qd7 31. Qa1 Qc8 32. Kh2 Rc5 33. Qa3 Qc7 34. Qb4 Re6
35. Bc4 Rec6 36. Bd5 Rb5 37. Qa3 Rxb3 38. Qxb3 Rxc3 39. Qd1 Nc6 40. Qh5 Nd4 41.
Rb4 Nb5 42. Rb2 Qe7 43. Kg2 Rc7 44. Qf3 g6 45. h5 g5 46. Qe3 Kg7 47. Rb3 g4 48.
Qb6 Nd6 49. Qe3 Nb5 50. Qb6 Qf6 51. Qxf6+ Kxf6 52. f4 gxf3+ 53. Rxf3+ Kg7 54.
Rb3 Kf8 55. Kh3 Ke7 56. Kg4 Nd6 57. Rb6 Kd7 58. Kh4 Rc5 59. Bxb7 Rxa5 60. g4
Ra1 61. Bd5 Ke7 62. Rb8 Rf1 63. Ra8 Rf6 64. Kh3 Nb5 65. g5 hxg5 66. Kg4 Nd4 67.
Kxg5 Nf3+ 68. Kg4 Rf4+ 69. Kg3 Kf6 70. Rxa6+ Kg7 71. h6+ Kh7 72. Ra7 Ng5 73.
Re7 Nxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. Nf3
d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O dxc4 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Rfe1 b5 13. Bd5 Ra7 14. Bc6 Nb8
15. Ne5 Nh5 16. Bf3 f6 17. Bxh5 fxe5 18. Bg4 Bxg4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Bc5 {In der letzter Zeit spielt man fast alle Paulsen Variante dieser Zug.}
9. Be3 {Droht /\ Ne6} (9. Nb3 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. a4 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Qe1 $13 {
Nijboer,F-Linhart,W/Wien op/1990/CBM21/}) 9... Ne7 {Schwarz folgt eine neue
interessante Idee.} 10. f4 d6 11. Qd2 O-O 12. a3 b5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bd3 e5 $5
15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nde2 Ng4 $1 {Der Nachziehende hat das Spiel ausgeglichen.}
17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Ng3 Be6 $5 {Hier kontrolliert dieser Laeufer beide Fluegeln.}
19. Rae1 {Fuer Weiss war die einzige Moeglichkeit in Vorteil zu kommen, a4 in
guenstige Situation durchzusetzen.} (19. a4) 19... Rad8 20. h3 Nh6 21. Nh5 Kh8
22. Qg5 (22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Ng6 24. Qf6+ $10 {Wie in der Partie}) 22... Ng6
{Weiss sieht keine Moeglichkeit seinen Druck am Koeninfluegel zu verstaerken
und er macht mit einer kleinen Kombination Remis.} 23. Nxg7 $5 Kxg7 24. Qf6+
Kg8 25. Qg5 {Hoffentlich werden wir diese Interessante (8...Bc5 9...Ne7)
Eroffnungsidee in der Praxis mehrmal wiedersehen. Ribli} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h6 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Rf8 14.
Bd5 Ke7 15. Nf3 Kf6 16. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nb3 Nce4 11. Nfd4 Qd7 12. f3 Nd6 13. Nc5 Qc7 14.
Nd3 O-O 15. b3 {Dieser von Akopian 'erfundene' Aufbau macht es Schwarz nicht
leicht. Die Punkte e4 und c4 sind für die N gesperrt.} Rfe8 (15... Nd7 $5 {
Die Überführung des B nach f6 ist vielleicht der richtige Weg.} 16. Be3 Rfe8
17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. Nf2 Ne5 $10 {0-1 Rowson,J-Kaminski,M/WchJM-U16
Bratislava 1993 (53)}) 16. Kh1 (16. Bb2 $6 Nc4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Nf2 c3 19. Bc1
Rad8 $17) (16. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Gc1b2,Gb2h8] /\ Qf2, Bb2}) 16... Qb6 $5 17. Be3 {
Der B besetzt nicht sein Idealfeld (b2), dennoch kommt Weiß im folgenden in
Vorteil.} (17. Bb2 $2 Nc4 $15) 17... Bd8 18. Bf2 Qa5 19. a4 Rc8 20. Re1 a6 21.
g4 h6 22. Rxe8+ Nfxe8 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Nf4 Nc7 25. Rd1 Re8 26. Qd3 Qb4 27. Qd2
Qxd2 28. Rxd2 {+/=/+/-} Nc8 29. h4 Ne7 30. Re2 g6 31. Nd3 Nc8 32. Nc5 Rxe2 33.
Nxe2 b5 (33... Nd6 34. Bg3 Nce8 35. Nf4 d4 36. Ne2 $16) 34. Bg3 Ne6 35. Nxa6
bxa4 36. bxa4 Nb6 37. a5 (37. Nb4) 37... Nc4 38. Nc7 Nxa5 39. Nxd5 {+/-/+-} Bd8
40. Kg2 Kf8 41. Bf2 Nc4 42. Kg3 Ke8 43. Nef4 Kd7 44. Nxe6 (44. h5 {und Weiß
vermeidet die in der Partie folgende Festlegung seines h-P auf einem schwarzen
Feld.}) 44... Kxe6 45. Nf4+ Kd7 46. Nd3 h5 $1 47. gxh5 gxh5 48. Kf4 Kc6 49.
Ne5+ Nxe5 50. Kxe5 Be7 51. c4 Bd8 52. f4 Be7 53. f5 Bd8 54. f6 Ba5 55. Kf5 Bd2
56. Bd4 Bc1 57. Ke4 Bd2 58. Bf2 Bc3 59. Kf5 Bd2 60. Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Be6 10. f4 Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nbd7 13. c4 Rfe8 14. Be3 exf4
15. Bxf4 Bf8 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bb1 Nfd7 19. Qd2 g6 20. Na5 Qc7 21. b4
b6 22. Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Qf2 Re6 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bf4 Rae8 27. Bd3 Bg7
28. Qd4 f5 29. Qd5 Qc8 30. c5 dxc5 31. Bc4 Kh8 32. Qxe6 Rxe6 33. Bxe6 Qc6 34.
Bxd7 Qxd7 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Rxc5 h6 37. Rfc1 g5 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. R8c7 Qd5 40.
Bg3 Kg6 41. a4 Bd4 42. R7c6+ Kh5 43. Rd6 Qe4 44. Re1 Be3 45. h3 f4 46. Bh2 g4
47. hxg4+ Kxg4 48. Rf6 Qd5 49. Rf1 Qd3 50. R1xf4+ Bxf4 51. Rxf4+ Kg5 52. g3
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Nikitin,A"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1995.10.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 050"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Giese Donev} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7.
O-O Be7 8. Be3 O-O 9. f4 a6 10. Kh1 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14.
Qg3 Bc6 15. Rae1 Qb7 (15... Rac8 $5 16. Bd3 e5 $1 17. fxe5 Nh5 18. Qh3 dxe5 19.
Nd5 $1 (19. Bxe5 $2 Qxe5 20. Rf5 Qxf5 21. exf5 Nf4 22. Qg3 Bxg2+ 23. Kg1 Bc5+
$17) 19... Bxd5 20. Bxe5 $1 Qxe5 21. exd5 Qg5 $8 22. Rf5 Qh4 $8 23. Qxh4 Bxh4
24. Rxh5 Bxe1 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bf5+ Kg8 27. Bh7+ $10) 16. Bd3 Rac8 $2 (16...
a5 $6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nh5 19. Qh3 g6 20. Ne4 $36 Rfd8 21. c3 b4 22. g4 Ng7
23. Kg1 $16) (16... b4 17. axb4 (17. Nd1 Bb5 $5 $13) 17... Qxb4 18. Ne2 Qb7 19.
e5 Nh5 20. Qh3 g6 21. Ng3 dxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 Bb5 24. c4 Bc6 25. g4
Rad8 $1 $13 {Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Linares/1993/0,5/35/}) (16... Rad8) 17. Qh3 $1
{Doenv: Der Anziehende hat gute aussichten für eine Königsangriff.} g6 (17...
h6 $2 18. Re3 $1 b4 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Ne2 $40) (17... Nd7 $2 18.
Nd5 $1 $16) 18. f5 $1 $16 Bd7 (18... e5 19. Be3 d5 (19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Bxe4
21. f6 $16) 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bh6 Rfe8 22. Rxe5 $16) (18... gxf5 {Donev} 19.
exf5 e5) (18... e5 $5) 19. Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 20. e5 $1 Bh8 (20... Bxe5 21. Rxe5 dxe5
22. f6 (22. Ne4 exf5 $19) 22... h5 $8 (22... Kh8 23. Qh6 Rg8 24. Rf3 (24. Ne4
$18 {Donev}) 24... Bc6 25. Qxh7+ Kxh7 26. Rh3#) 23. Qe3 (23. Qh4 Bc6 (23... Rc4
$5 {Donev}) 24. Qg5 Bxg2+ 25. Qxg2 (25. Kg1 {Donev} Bxf1 26. Be4 Qb6+ 27. Kxf1
Qd8 $1 $19) 25... Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 $14) 23... Kh7 24. Qg5 (24. Ne4 {Donev} Bc6
25. Ng5+ Kg8 26. Ne4 Kh7 27. Ng5+ $10) 24... Rh8 25. Rf3 (25. Ne4 Qd5 $1 $13)
25... Bc6 (25... Rxc3 26. Rh3 (26. bxc3 e4 27. Rh3 Kg8 28. Be2 Qd5 $1 $15)
26... Kg8 $8 (26... Rxd3 27. Rxh5+ Kg8 28. Rxh8+ Kxh8 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qg7#)
27. Bxg6 Kf8 28. Bxf7 $18) 26. Rh3 Bxg2+ (26... Kg8 27. Bxg6 Bxg2+ 28. Kg1 $1
Kf8 $1 29. Rxh5 Rg8 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Rg5 fxg6 32. Rxe5 $40) 27. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 28.
Kxg2 Kh6 29. Re3 $16) (20... dxe5 21. Ne4 Be7 22. f6 $18) 21. f6 {Doenv: Der
Läufer h8 bleibt eingespert.} Rxc3 $8 {[%csl Rh8] this move doesn t solve
Black s Bh8-problem mit diesem Zug gelingt es Schwarz nicht, seinen Bh8 zu
aktivieren} (21... dxe5 22. Ne4 $18) 22. bxc3 Bc6 (22... dxe5 23. Rxe5 Bc6 24.
Rg5 $1 $40 Rd8 25. Qh6 Rd5 26. Rg4 Re5 27. h4 Be4 28. Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Qd2 h5 30.
Qd8+ Kh7 31. Qe7 $18) 23. exd6 Rd8 24. Qg3 Bd5 25. a4 Qc6 26. axb5 axb5 27. d7
(27. Rb1 Qxc3 (27... e5 28. Bxb5 Qxd6 29. Rbd1 $18) (27... Bc4 28. Qe5 $18) 28.
Qf4 (28. Qf2 b4 29. Qb6 Bxf6 30. Rxb4 Qd2 31. Rf2 Qe1+ 32. Bf1 $16) 28... e5 (
28... Qc6 29. Rf2 Qxd6 30. Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Rxb5 h5 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Re8 $16) 29.
Qb4 Qc6 30. Qxb5 Qxd6 31. Qb6 $16) 27... Qxd7 28. Qe5 {[%csl Rh8] +/-/+-} Qc8
29. Rd1 Bc6 30. Be2 h6 31. h4 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Qa8 33. Bf1 Bd5 34. Rd4 Qa1 35. Rf4
Qd1 (35... Bc4 {Donev} 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37. Qc7 e5 38. Kh2 $1 $18) 36. Qb8+ Kh7 37.
Qc7 e5 38. Qxe5 $18 Bc4 39. Kh2 Bxf1 40. Qe7 Bxf6 (40... Bc4 {Donev} 41. Rxc4
$18) 41. Qxf6 Bc4 42. Rxc4 bxc4 43. Qxf7+ Kh8 44. Qxg6 h5 45. Qh6+ Kg8 46. Qe6+
Kh7 47. Qxc4 Qd6+ 48. Kg1 Qd1+ 49. Qf1 Qxc2 50. Qf7+ Kh6 51. Qf6+ Kh7 52. Qe5
Qd1+ 53. Kh2 Qg4 54. Qd4 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 Qh5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Bd2
Rxe4 22. Rxe4 Nf6 23. f3 Qg6 24. Qf1 Nxe4 25. fxe4 Bxe4 26. Bf4 Bd3 27. Qf2
Bxf4 28. Qxf4 h6 29. Qf2 Re8 30. Re1 Rxe1+ 31. Qxe1 Be4 32. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Be2 Nbc6 12. Nb3 (12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. O-O Qb6 14.
Rb1 Be6 15. Qd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Kh1 Qd4 19. Qc1 e5 20. Rd1
Qc5 21. Na4 Qb4 22. b3 Be6 23. c4 {1/2-1/2 Perunovic,M-Perovic,V/JUG-chT2 (06)/
1994/ (54)}) (12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Nd4 14. Bg4 (14. Bd3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qa5 16.
f6 Bxf6 17. O-O Rc8 18. Rae1 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Ne6 20. Qf3 Qxc3 21. Qxb7 O-O 22.
Qxa6 Nd4 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. cxd3 Ra8 25. f4 Rxa2 26. fxg5 {1/2-1/2 Thorhallsson,
T-Gallagher,J/Forli op (05)/1992/}) 14... Nc4 15. Rb1 Nxb2 16. Rxb2 Qa5 17. O-O
Qxc3 18. Rxb7 Bf6 19. Be2 Qc6 20. Rb4 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 O-O {1-0 Misailovic,
N-Petrosian,A/JUG-chT2 (11)/1994/ (35)}) 12... Be6 {Despite the weaknesses on
d5 and f5 black seems to be enjoying good compensation. All his pieces are
active and pawns are not a target.} (12... Ng6 13. Qd2 Be6 14. h4 Nxh4 15. Bxh4
gxh4 16. Rxh4 Rc8 17. O-O-O Qb6 18. Bg4 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Bxg4 20. Rxg4 Ne5 21. Rg3
{Tolnai,T-Pigusov,E/EUCupf Lyon/1994/0.5 (44)}) 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. O-O Ng6 15. c3
Be5 16. Bxe5 (16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. Qxg4 e6 18. Ne3 h5 19. Qf3 Bxg3 20. Qxg3 Nf4 21.
Kh1 Ne5 22. Rad1 h4 23. Qh2 Qb6 24. Rd2 Ke7 {Szalanczy,E-Ruck,R/Budapest FS08
GM (07)/1993/1/2-1/2 (85)}) 16... Ncxe5 17. Ne3 Qb6 18. Qd4 $1 (18. Nd4 Qxb2
19. Rb1 Qxa2 $17) 18... Qxd4 19. Nxd4 $6 (19. cxd4 $1 Nf4 20. Rfe1 (20. Bxa6
bxa6 21. dxe5 dxe5 $15) 20... Ned3 21. Bxd3 Nxd3 22. Re2 Bxb3 23. axb3 $15)
19... Nf4 20. Bd1 $6 (20. Rfe1) 20... Bc4 $1 21. Nxc4 Nxc4 22. g3 Nd3 23. b3 (
23. Bg4 e6 24. b3 Nce5 $17) 23... Nd2 24. Bg4 Rxc3 25. Rfd1 Nxf2 {Very
interesting combination, but black had even slightly better option without
sacrificing material.} (25... h5 $5 26. Bf5 (26. Be2 Nxf2) 26... e5 $1 27. Rxd2
exd4 28. Kg2 Ke7 29. Rad1 Ne5 $15) (25... Nxe4 26. Ne2 Ndc5 27. Nxc3 Nxc3 28.
Rdc1 Nd5 29. Bf3 Nb4 $15) 26. Rxd2 (26. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 27. Kg2 Rxg3+ 28. Kh2 $13)
26... Nxg4 (26... Nxe4 27. Rc2) 27. Ne2 $6 (27. hxg4 Rxg3+ 28. Kf2 $1 (28. Rg2
Rd3 $15) 28... Rxg4 29. Rc1 O-O (29... Kd7 $6 30. Rdc2) 30. Kf3 Rf4+ 31. Ke3
$13) 27... Ne5 $1 28. Nxc3 Nf3+ 29. Kf2 Nxd2 30. Ke3 Nxe4 31. Nxe4 {The N is
not so strong in the fight against three passed P.} (31. Kxe4 e6 32. Rc1 Ke7
33. Na4 d5+ 34. Kd4 Kd6 $15) 31... f5 32. Nc3 Kd7 $2 (32... Kf7 $1) 33. Nd5 e6
34. Nb6+ Kc6 35. Nc4 b5 36. Na5+ Kb6 37. b4 Rc8 38. Kd3 Kc7 (38... h5 39. Re1
e5 40. Rf1) 39. Rc1+ Kd7 40. Rxc8 Kxc8 41. Nc6 $2 (41. g4 $1 Kd7 (41... f4 42.
Ke4) 42. Nb3 Ke7 43. Nd4 Kf6 $14) 41... Kd7 42. Nd4 h5 43. Nf3 g4 44. hxg4 hxg4
45. Nd4 Ke7 46. Ke3 $6 (46. Nc6+ $5 Ke8 $5 {/\e6-e5} (46... Kf6 47. Nb8 e5 48.
Nxa6 f4 $13) (46... Kd7) 47. Kd4 Kd7 (47... e5+ 48. Nxe5 $18) 48. Na5 (48. Nb8+
Kc7 49. Nxa6+ Kb7 50. Nc5+ dxc5+ 51. Kxc5 f4 $19) 48... e5+ 49. Kd3 f4 {
Black should win.}) 46... Kf6 47. Nc6 e5 48. Nb8 Ke7 $1 (48... Kg5 49. Nxa6 f4+
) 49. Nc6+ (49. Nxa6 Kd7) 49... Ke6 50. Nd8+ Kd7 51. Nb7 Kc7 52. Na5 d5 $19 {
Black pawn mass will be too strong for the N and a K.} 53. Nb3 d4+ 54. Ke2 Kc6
55. Nc5 Kd5 56. Nxa6 e4 57. Nc5 Kc4 58. a3 Kc3 59. Ne6 d3+ 60. Ke3 d2 61. Ke2
f4 $1 (61... f4 $1 62. Nxf4 Kc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 c6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Be3 Bg7 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Nh2 Qc7 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 d5
22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 exd4 24. cxd4 c5 25. Bf4 Qc8 26. e5 cxd4 27. Rac1 Qd8 28.
Qxd4 Kg8 29. Nf1 Qh4 30. g3 Qe7 31. Bxg6 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Qb6 Rab8 34.
Bd3 Qg5 35. Qe3 Qf6 36. Qe2 Qg5 37. Qe3 Qf6 38. Qe2 Qg5 39. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Qe6 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 a4 12. Qe3 axb3 13. axb3 Rxa1+ 14. Bxa1 Bb4
15. Bd3 d6 16. O-O dxe5 17. Bxe5 f6 18. Bf4 Qxe3 19. Bxe3 O-O 20. Nf3 c5 21.
Bf4 Rf7 22. h4 Bg4 23. Be4 Re7 24. Bd3 Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 Nbd7 7. a4 g6 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Qe1 e6 (11... b6 $5) 12. Qh4 b6 13. Be3 Bb7 14.
Rae1 Rae8 15. Bd4 $5 (15. Kh1 Nc5 16. f5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Nd7 18. Bh6 f6 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. fxe6 $16 {Balashov,Y-Psakhis,L/URS-ch/1985/1:0/42/}) 15... e5 (15...
Qd8 $5 {Lautier/} 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nd5 (17... Nh5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Be4
Bxe4 20. Nxe4 $14) 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Nxd5 exd5 (19... Bxd5 20. Bxa6 $16) 20. e6
fxe6 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Nd4 Rxf1+ 23. Bxf1 Re8 24. Rxe6 $14) 16. fxe5 dxe5 17.
Be3 Nh5 $6 (17... Nc5 $32 18. Bh6 (18. Bg5 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nh5 $15) (18. Ng5 Nxd3
19. cxd3 h5 20. h3 Rd8 21. Rd1 $13) 18... Nxd3 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 (19... Nxe1 20.
Bxf6 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Re6 22. Qxh7+ $18) 20. cxd3 Nh5 $15) 18. Nd2 Nc5 (18... Nf4
19. Bc4 Nc5) 19. Bc4 Nf4 20. b3 Kh8 21. Nf3 Nce6 $6 (21... f6 22. Bxf4 exf4 23.
Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 (24. Bxd5 Nd7 25. Nd4 Qc5 26. Qf2 f5 27. Ne6 Rxe6 $1 28. Qxc5
(28. Bxe6 Bd4 $19) 28... Nxc5 29. Bxe6 Nxe6 30. exf5 Nd4 $19) 24... Re3 25. Nd4
$16) 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Nf4 $8 24. d6 (24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Ng5 h6 26. d6 Qc5+
$19) (24. Nxe5 Nxg2 25. Nxg6+ fxg6 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 27. Kxg2 b5 $17) (24. Ng5 h6
25. d6 Qc6 26. Rf3 Nxg2 27. Kxg2 f6 $19) 24... Qc6 $2 (24... Qxd6 $32 25. Ng5
h6 26. Nxf7+ (26. Bxf4 Qc6 $1 27. Qh3 exf4 28. Nxf7+ Kh7 29. Ng5+ Kh8 $10)
26... Rxf7 27. Bxf7 Nxg2 28. Qh3 Nxe1 (28... Nxe3 $1 29. Bxe8 (29. Rxe3 Rf8
$146) 29... Nxf1 30. Rxf1 (30. Kxf1 Qf8+ $19) 30... e4 31. Qg2 $1 Kh7 $1 $44)
29. Bxe8 $1 (29. Bxh6 Bg2 30. Qh4 Nf3+ 31. Rxf3 Bxf3 $17) 29... Bg2 (29... Qd5
30. Rxe1 $18) 30. Qc8 Bxf1 31. Kxf1 $1 $18) 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Qxf4 $2 (26. Rxe8
Qxe8 (26... Rxe8 27. Bxf7 Rf8 28. Bxg6 $18) 27. Qxf4 $18) 26... b5 27. axb5
axb5 28. Bd3 (28. Rxe8 Rxe8 29. Bxf7 Rf8 $1 $44 30. Nh4 $2 Qc5+ 31. Kh1 g5 $1
$19) 28... Qc5+ (28... Rd8 29. Rf2 Qb6 (29... Rxd6 30. Be4 $18) (29... Qxd6 30.
Qxd6 Rxd6 31. Bxb5 $16) 30. Ne5 $1 f6 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Bxg6 $18)
29. Kh1 Bxf3 30. Qxf3 (30. Rxe8 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rxe8 32. Qxf7 Rf8 (32... Qc6+
33. Qf3 Qxd6 34. Bxb5 $16) 33. Qe6 Qg5+ 34. Kh1 $16) 30... Rd8 31. Qb7 Rxd6 (
31... Qxd6 32. Qxb5 $16) (31... b4 32. d7 $18) 32. Rxf7 Rb6 (32... Qc3 33. Ref1
Rxf7 34. Qb8+ Rf8 (34... Bf8 35. Rxf7 $18) 35. Rxf8+ Bxf8 36. Qxf8#) 33. Qa7 $1
Qb4 (33... Qc3 34. Ref1 Rxf7 35. Qa8+ Bf8 36. Rxf7 $18) 34. Ref1 Rxf7 35. Rxf7
(35. Qxb6 $18) 35... Qe1+ 36. Rf1 $2 (36. Bf1 Re6 $8 37. Qb8+ Re8 38. Qxb5 $18)
36... Qe6 $1 $10 37. Qc7 (37. c4 bxc4 38. Bxc4 Qd6) 37... Bf6 $1 (37... h5 38.
Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qg5 $16) (37... h6 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. h4 $16) 38. c4 bxc4 $2 {T/} (
38... Rd6 $10) 39. Bxc4 $18 Qc6 (39... Qd6 40. Qf7 Qd8 41. Re1 Rb8 42. Re8+
Qxe8 43. Qxf6#) 40. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. f4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Bg4 13. Nxc6 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 bxc6
15. Rae1 Nd7 16. Bf2 Qb8 17. b3 Qb4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Qxc6 Qxc3 20. Qxd7 e4 21.
Be3 Qa5 22. Re2 Rad8 23. Qb5 Qc3 24. Bxa7 Bd4+ 25. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 26. Kh1 Qd3 27.
Rfe1 Qxe2 28. Qxe8+ Kg7 29. Qe5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Bg5 O-O 10. Qe3 Be6 11. O-O Qb6 12. b3 Qxe3 13. Bxe3 Ng4 14. Bd2
Be5 15. g3 Nf6 16. f3 Rfc8 17. Rac1 a6 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Kg2 Bd4 20. Rd1 Bg7 21.
Be1 Rc7 22. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Bg5
Rd8 9. Nbd2 c5 10. Rfe1 Nbd7 11. Ne5 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Nxd7 Rxd7 14. Be5 Qa5
15. a4 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. e3 Rc8 19. h3 h5 20. Red1 c4 21. Qb5
Qc7 22. a5 a6 23. Qa4 Rd5 24. Rd2 Rb5 25. Qd1 Qd7 26. Kh2 Be6 27. Bxe4 Bxh3 28.
d5 Bg4 29. Bf3 Qf5 30. Kg2 Bh3+ 31. Kh2 Bg4 32. Kg2 Bh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Boensch} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3
Be6 8. f3 Be7 (8... Nbd7 {Boensch} 9. g4 h6 (9... Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O-O b5
12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 (13... Nh5 14. Ng3 Nf4 15. h4 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nd4 $14 {
Topalov,V-De Firmian,N Polanica Zdroj (01) 1995 1-0 44 - CBM 49}) 14. Ng3 a5
15. Kb1 Nc7 16. f4 a4 17. Nc1 exf4 18. Bxf4 Nc5 $132 {Smirin,I-De Firmian,N
Polanica Zdroj (04) 1995 1/2 72 - CBM 49}) 10. Qd2 Be7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Nb6
13. Qf2 Rb8 14. Nc5 b4 15. N3a4 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 Qc7 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 $10 {
Topalov,V-Lautier,J Belgrade (04) 1995 0-1 88 - CBM 51}) (8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5
10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. c4 Bb4+ 12. Kf2 Be6 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Rd1+ $14) 9. Qd2 O-O (
9... Nbd7 {Boensch} 10. g4 h6 (10... b5 11. a4 $1 (11. g5 $6 Nh5 12. Nd5 Bxd5
13. Qxd5 O-O 14. Rg1 Rc8 15. O-O-O Nb6 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Qf2 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Nf4
$17 {Ciornei,D-Mowsziszian,K Dresden op 1994 0-1 36}) 11... b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13.
exd5 Nb6 (13... Qc7 14. g5 Nh5 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. h4 h6 17. Rg1 hxg5 18. hxg5
Rh4 19. Kb1 $16 {Nunn,J-Sadler,M London Lloyds (09) 1993 1-0 31}) (13... O-O
14. a5 Nc5 15. Bc4 Rb8 16. h4 Nfd7 17. g5 Nxb3 18. cxb3 f5 19. Ke2 Qc8 20. Bf2
Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qe3 {1/2 Fleck,J-Gruenenwald,J BL 8788 1988}) 14. a5
Nbxd5 15. g5 Nxe3 16. gxf6 Nxf1 17. fxe7 Qxe7 18. Rxf1 $18) (10... Nb6 11.
O-O-O O-O 12. Rg1 Rc8 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Bd3 $14 {
Jonsson,B-De Firmian,N Akureyri 1994 1-0 40}) 11. O-O-O (11. h4 b5 12. Rg1 $146
b4 (12... Nb6 $5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 hxg5 16. hxg5 Rc8 17. Na5
Nxd5 $1 18. Nb7 Nxe3 19. Nxd8 Nxc2+ 20. Kd1 Nxa1 $17 {Georgiev,Ki-Kasparov,G
Paris PCA-Intel GP (02) 1995 0-1 58 - EXP 49}) 13. Na4 d5 14. g5 d4 15. Bxd4
Bxb3 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. axb3 exd4 18. O-O-O Ne5 19. f4 $3 Nf3 20. Qg2 Nxg1 21.
e5 $1 $16 {Anand,V-Kamsky,G Linares (01) 1994 1-0 39}) (11. Rg1 b5 12. O-O-O
Nb6 13. Bf2 Nfd7 14. Kb1 g5 $10 {Perez,RO-Rodriguez,Am CUB-ch (01) 1995 1/2 25
- EXP 46}) 11... b5 12. Kb1 (12. h4 Nb6 13. Qf2 Nfd7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qc7
16. Kb1 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qb6 (17... Ndb6 18. Bd3 Rb8 19. f4 a5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21.
Rhf1 $14 {Pupo,E-Rodriguez,Am CUB-ch (05) 1995 1/2 50 - EXP 46}) 18. Qe1 Rc8
19. Bd3 Nc5 20. f4 Na4 21. g5 $40 {Varavin,V-Bigaliev,R Budapest FS MayGM (06)
1995 1-0 37 - EXP 47}) 12... Nb6 13. Bxb6 Qxb6 14. h4 b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 (15...
Nxd5 16. exd5 Bd7 17. Re1 $16 {/\ f4}) 16. exd5 a5 (16... Rc8 $2 $146 17. Qd3
Ra8 18. Bh3 $14 {Ye Jiangchuan-Stangl,M Beijing Tan Chin Cup (04) 1995 0-1 38
- CBM 49}) 17. Bh3 a4 18. Nc1 Ra5 19. g5 Nxd5 20. Ne2 Rc5 21. Ka1 Qc6 22. Bf5 {
1/2 Lanka,Z-Piesina,G Vilnius zt 1993}) 10. O-O-O b5 11. g4 (11. Kb1 $5) 11...
b4 12. Na4 {12. .Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 a5 unclear; 12.Ne2 a5 13.Kb1 a4 14.Nbc1
unclear} (12. Ne2 a5 13. Kb1 a4 14. Nbc1 b3 15. Ng3 bxc2+ $1 $40 (15... bxa2+
$6)) (12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 a5 $13 14. Nc5 (14. Kb1 a4 15. Nc1 Qa5 16. g5 Nfd7
17. h4 Na6 18. h5 Nac5 $36 {Kaminski,M-Gutman,A/Bad Endbach/1995/} (18... Nac5
19. Rh4 $13)) (14. g5 Nh5 15. Nc5 dxc5 (15... Nf4 16. h4 dxc5 17. d6 Nc6 18.
Bxc5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Qxg5 20. Be3 h6 21. Bc4 Rad8 22. Kb1 $16 {Kotronias,V-Short,
N/Moscow olm/1994/}) 16. d6 Nc6 (16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 f6 18. Bc4+ Kh8 19. Be3
$16) 17. dxe7 Qxe7 18. Qd7 Qxd7 19. Rxd7 Nd4 20. Bc4 $13) 14... Nbd7 (14...
dxc5 15. d6 Nc6 16. Bxc5 $16) 15. Na4 Rb8 (15... Re8 16. h4 e4 17. g5 Nh5 18.
f4 Ng3 19. Rg1 Nf5 20. Bh3 $16 {Gulev-Mitenkov (Moskau 1995)}) 16. Kb1 Re8 17.
h4 e4 18. g5 Nh5 19. f4 Ng3 20. Rg1 Nf5 21. Bh3 $14 {Guliev,S-Mitenkov,A/
Moscow-ch/1995/0-1/57/}) 12... a5 $2 (12... Nc6 $6 13. Nb6 (13. g5 {Boensch}
Nh5 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. Nxa5 Qxa5 18. Kb1 Bd8 19. Qd3 Bb6
20. Bc1 $14 {Gofshtein,L-Gruenfeld,Y Rishon le Zion (03) 1994 1/2 31 - CBM 45})
13... Rb8 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Na5 16. Kb1 $16 {xa6} (16. Kb1 Nxb3 17. cxb3
$16 (17. cxb3 $1 a5 $14))) (12... Nbd7 $1 $13 13. Qxb4 $140 (13. g5 {Boensch}
Nh5 14. Qxb4 d5 15. Nac5 Bxg5 $15) 13... d5 $1 14. Bc5 Nxc5 (14... Rb8 $2 15.
Bxe7 $1 (15. Qa3 Nxc5 16. Naxc5 Qb6 $17) (15. Qd2 Nxc5 16. Naxc5 Bxc5 17. Nxc5
Qb6 18. Nb3 (18. Na4 Qc6 19. b3 dxe4 20. g5 Nd5 21. fxe4 Nb4 $17) 18... dxe4
$17) 15... Rxb4 16. Bxd8 Rxd8 17. Nac5 $16) 15. Nbxc5 (15. Naxc5 Qc8 16. g5 Nd7
17. exd5 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 $19) 15... Qc8 $1 $36 {Black has a good position.})
13. Nb6 a4 (13... Nc6 $142 14. Nxa8 (14. Bb5 a4 15. Nxa4 (15. Bxa4 Rxa4 16.
Nxa4 Qa8 $17) 15... Qc7 $40) 14... Qxa8 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nc1 $16) (13... Ra7 {
Boensch} 14. g5 Nh5 15. Nd5 Rb7 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Nc5 $16) 14. Nc5 $1 (14.
Nxa8 {Boensch} axb3 15. cxb3 Nbd7 16. g5 Nh5 $17) 14... b3 $1 {After the text
move (14... b3) things look pretty good for Black. At this moment I was scared
half to death, because Hansen made his moves so quickly that I was sure it's
all prepared at home. [#]} (14... dxc5 15. Qxd8 Bxd8 16. Nxa8 Nbd7 17. g5 Nh5
18. Bb5 $18) 15. axb3 $8 {Only move. After some time I found this move and
things began looking better. Everything else loses:} (15. Nxa8 bxa2 $19) (15.
Kb1 bxc2+ 16. Qxc2 (16. Kxc2 Qxb6 17. Nxe6 Qc6+ $19) 16... Qxb6 17. Nxe6 Qxe3
$19) (15. a3 bxc2 16. Re1 (16. Kxc2 Qxb6 17. Nxe6 Qc6+ $19) 16... dxc5 17. Qxd8
Rxd8 18. Nxa8 Bb3 $19 (18... Bb3 $19 19. Bb5 $145 $13) (18... Nc6 {Boensch} 19.
Nb6 Bb3 20. Bb5 Nd4 $15)) (15. cxb3 $2 Qxb6 16. Nxe6 Qc6+ $19) (15. Nxe6 bxa2
16. Qc3 a1=Q+ 17. Kd2 Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 fxe6 19. Nxa8 d5 $17) 15... Qxb6 $8 (15...
axb3 16. Nxa8 $18) 16. Nxe6 axb3 (16... Qc6 17. Nxf8 axb3 18. Qd3 $1 $18 (18.
Kb1 $2 bxc2+ 19. Qxc2 Ra1+ $1 $19) (18. Qc3 $2 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Ra1+ 20. Kd2 Rxd1+
21. Kxd1 b2 $19)) 17. Qc3 $1 $18 {And it becomes clear that White is almost
winning.} Qb7 (17... Ra1+ 18. Kd2 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 bxc2+ 20. Kxc2 Qb7 21. Nxf8
$18) 18. Nxf8 bxc2 19. Kxc2 Nc6 (19... Bxf8 {Boensch} 20. Bc4 $18) 20. Bc4 {
Maybe I should have taken on h7, but I did not bother.} (20. Nxh7 $5 $18) 20...
Bxf8 21. Kb1 $18 Ra4 {21. ...Nb4 22.Qb3! d5 (22...Nxe4 23.fxe4 Qxe4+ 24.Bd3+-)
23.Rxd5+-} (21... Nb4 22. Qb3 $1 d5 (22... Nxe4 23. fxe4 Qxe4+ 24. Bd3 $18) 23.
Rxd5 $18) 22. g5 {I spent 35 minutes on that move, looking for the safest way
to win after 22... Nd7, but my opponent made his move almost immediately and
as hit happens most of the time it was another move.} d5 (22... Nd7 23. Bb3 (
23. Bd5 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Qxe5 (25. Bxc6 Qxc6 $16) 25... Qa6 26. Bxc6 Ra1+
27. Kc2 Qe2+ 28. Rd2 Qc4+ 29. Qc3 Qxc3+ 30. bxc3 Rxh1 $16) (23. Qb3 Rb4 24.
Bxf7+ Kh8 $44) 23... Ra6 (23... Rb4 24. Bd5 Nc5 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Qxb4 $18) 24.
Qc4 Nc5 (24... Nb6 25. Qb5 $18) 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Rd7 Qxd7 27. Qxa6 Nd4 28. Bd5
Nxf3 29. h4 $18 {/\ 30.Ka2, 31.Rf1 +-}) 23. exd5 Na5 24. Ba2 Ne8 {Black has to
admit with sadness that the attack did not succeed.} (24... Ra3 25. Qc2 $1 Ne8
(25... Rxe3 26. gxf6) 26. Rd3 $18) 25. Qc2 Qb5 26. d6 {Opening the way for the
bishop on a2.} Nxd6 27. Rd5 Qe8 28. Bc5 Nac4 (28... Nab7 29. Ba3 $18) (28...
Ndc4 29. Rhd1 $18) 29. Bb3 $6 (29. Rhd1 Qa8 30. Qb3 Ra5 (30... Qa6 31. Bxd6
Bxd6 32. Rxd6 $18) 31. Bxd6 $18) (29. Bxc4 Nxc4 30. Bxf8 {seemed to be winning,
but then I found the move} Qa8 $1 {and decided that the outcome is not clear
enough.} (30... Ne3 31. Qxa4 Qxa4 32. Rd8 Qc2+ 33. Ka1 h6 (33... Qa4+ 34. Ba3+)
34. Bc5+ $18)) 29... Qa8 30. Bxa4 Qxd5 31. Bxd6 Qxf3 $2 $138 {A final mistake
in time-trouble.} (31... Nxd6 32. Bc6 Qd4 33. h4 $18 {White is winning,
although it will take time.}) 32. Bxf8 Qxh1+ 33. Ka2 Qd5 34. Bb4 $18 e4 35. b3
Nb6 36. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Stohl} d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 $6 {N/} (4... Nbd7 {Stohl} 5. f4
Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bd3 Ng4 8. Bg1 d5 9. e5 f6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. g4 f5
13. g5 Nf7 14. h4 Be6 15. h5 Re8 16. O-O-O Nh8 17. Be3 Kf7 18. Kb1 c6 19. Nd2
Nd7 20. Qg2 a5 21. Ne2 $16 {(),Huebner,R-Pfleger,H/BL 8687/1986/}) 5. Nf3 (5.
a4 b6 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. d5 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd4 Ne5 11. Be2 c5 12.
Nb3 Qd7 13. h3 Qc7 14. f4 Ned7 15. Bc4 Nh5 16. Qf3 f5 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. g4 $1
Ne5 19. fxe5 $1 Rxf3 20. Rxf3 Bxe5 21. gxh5 $16 {Ravi,T-Sahu,S/Calcutta op/
1993/}) 5... Bg7 (5... b5 6. e5 $16) 6. Qd2 O-O (6... b5 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 b4
9. Nd5 $16) 7. Bh6 Bg4 8. O-O-O Bxf3 (8... Nc6 9. d5 Ne5 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. gxf3
c6 12. h4 $1 cxd5 13. h5 $16) (8... Nbd7 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 (9... Bxf3 10. Bxf8 Bxd1
11. Bh6 $16) 10. e5 Ng8 11. Qe3 $16) (8... b5 $5 {Stohl} 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Qf4
Qc8 11. e5 Nh5 12. Qe4 Ra7 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Kg8 15. g4 Ng7 16. h4 b4 17.
Nd5 c6 18. Ne3 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qe6 20. Nc4 Rd7 21. Bd3 Rd4 22. b3 Qxg4 23. Qe3
Qf4 $15 {Gallagher,J-Reilly,T/London Lloyds/1993/}) 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. Bxg7 Kxg7
11. f4 $14 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4,Gf4,Rg7] Stohl: [+],(),עg7 Black's only chance to
beat off the looming attack is a King-side blockade. But if White plays
accurately it's impossible to achieve.} e6 (11... e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. fxe5 (
13. Bh3 $1 Nc5 (13... Qe7 14. Bxd7 Rad8 15. Nd5 Qxd7 16. fxe5 Nxe4 17. Qd4 Qf5
18. e6+ Nf6 19. e7 Rxd5 20. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 21. Qb4+ $10) 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. fxe5
Qxe5 16. f4 Qe7 17. e5 Nfd7 18. Nd5 $18) 13... Nxe5 14. Qe3 Qe7 15. f4 Nc6 16.
e5 Ng4 17. Qg3 (17. Qf3 Nh6 18. Nd5 Qc5 $13) 17... Nh6 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. h4 Nd4
20. h5 Nhf5 21. Qf2 $14) 12. h4 (12. e5 $5 Ne8 (12... Ng8 13. d5 $1 exd5 14.
Qxd5 Ne7 15. Qxb7 $16) 13. h4 $36) (12. f5 $6 exf5 (12... e5 $5 {Stohl} 13.
dxe5 dxe5 14. Bh3 Nb6 $13) 13. exf5 d5 14. Bg2 c6 $10 {/\} 15. fxg6 fxg6 $1)
12... d5 (12... h5 {Stohl} 13. f5 $40) 13. e5 Ng8 14. h5 {[%cal Yd2e3,Ye3h3] /
\Qe3-h3->} f5 (14... Ne7 {Stohl} 15. Bd3 $16) 15. Qe3 Ne7 16. Ne2 $1 Rc8 17.
Rh4 $6 (17. Ng1 $1 $16 {/\Nf3-g5/}) (17. Ng1 $142 $5 {[%csl Re6][%cal Yg1f3,
Yf3g5] Stohl: /\Nf3-g5+/-,><e6 was very strong. The text is time-consuming and
weaker.}) 17... c5 18. Qh3 Rh8 19. Bg2 Nc6 20. Rh1 (20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rxh8 Qxh8
22. Qg3 Nxd4 23. Nxd4 cxd4 24. Rh1 Qd8 25. Qh2 Nf8 $5 $15 (25... Qh8 {Stohl}
26. Qg3 Qd8 $10)) 20... g5 $1 $8 21. h6+ (21. fxg5 Qxg5+ (21... Nxd4 22. Nxd4
cxd4 23. f4 Qc7 24. Qd3 Nc5 25. Qd1 Qb6 $132) 22. f4 Qe7 23. Bxd5 (23. h6+ Kf8
24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Qxf5+ Ke8 $146) 23... exd5 24. Ng3 (24. Qxf5 $2 Rhf8 25. Rg1+
Kh8 $19) 24... Rhf8 25. Nxf5+ Rxf5 26. Qxf5 Nxd4 27. Qg4+ Kh8 $14) 21... Kf8
22. Rh5 {Stohl: Allowing the aforementioned blockade, after which the position
turns around completely-instead of attacking chances White will be saddled
with weak pawns (f2,f4,h6) in a bad endgame.} (22. fxg5 cxd4 (22... Qxg5+ $5 {
Stohl} 23. Kb1 Nxd4 $132) 23. Nf4 (23. f4 {Stohl} d3 24. Nc3 Ne7 $17) 23...
Qxg5 24. Kb1 Nd8 $13) 22... g4 23. Qa3 (23. Qd3 Ne7 $13) 23... Qa5 $1 (23...
Qe7) 24. Qxa5 Nxa5 $15 {[%csl Rf2,Rf4,Rh6] _|_,ק} 25. dxc5 $2 Nxc5 26. Rd1 (
26. b4 Nd3+ $19) 26... Nc6 27. c4 $6 {Stohl: White's attempt to open the
position is justified, (it's the only chance he has) only he should have
started on the other side.} (27. a3 Ke7 28. b4 Nd7 $15) (27. f3 $142 $1 {Stohl}
Rg8 (27... g3 28. Nxg3 Rg8 29. Rh3 Ne7 30. Bf1 Ng6 31. Ne2) 28. fxg4 Rxg4 29.
Bf3 Rg6 $36) 27... dxc4 28. Bxc6 (28. Rd6 Nd8 29. Nd4 Rg8 $17) 28... Nd3+ $1 (
28... bxc6 {Stohl} 29. Rd4 $44) 29. Kd2 (29. Rxd3 $2 {Stohl} cxd3 $19) 29...
bxc6 (29... Rxc6 $5 $17 {Stohl}) 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Rg5 (31. b3 Rhd8 32. Rg5 Nb2
33. Rg7+ Kf8 34. Rxd8+ Rxd8 35. Nc1 Rd1 $19) 31... Rhg8 (31... Rcd8 $5 32. b3
Nxe5 $1 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rg7+ Nf7 35. bxc4 $146) 32. Rxg8 Rxg8 33. b3 c5 34.
Rh1 (34. bxc4 {Stohl} Nb2 35. Rc1 Rd8 36. Ng3 (36. f3 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Rxf3+ $19)
36... Rd3+ 37. Ke2 Ra3 38. Rc2 Nd3 $19) 34... Rd8 35. Rd1 cxb3 36. axb3 (36.
Rxd3 {Stohl} Rxd3+ 37. Kxd3 bxa2 $19) 36... Nxf4 $1 $19 {Stohl: A nice
tactical trick clinches the point for Black.} 37. Rxd8 Ng2+ 38. Kd3 Kxd8 39.
Kc4 f4 40. Kxc5 g3 $1 41. f3 (41. fxg3 {Stohl} f3 $19 {[%csl Gf3] o^f}) 41...
Kc7 42. Kd4 (42. Nd4 {Stohl} Kd7 43. Ne2 (43. Kb6 Ne1 44. Kxa6 g2 45. Ne2 Nxf3
46. b4 Nxe5 $19) 43... Ne1 44. Nxf4 Nd3+ $1 $19) 42... Nh4 43. Ke4 (43. Nxf4 {
Stohl} g2 44. Nxg2 Nxg2 $19) 43... Ng6 0-1

[Event "Groningen"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1995.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "1995.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 051"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d3 Rb8 8. Rb1
O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bd7 11. Be3 a6 12. a4 Be6 13. h3 Ne8 14. f4 Nd4 15. b4
Nc7 16. Bf2 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 cxb4 18. a5 Na8 19. Qa4 b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Qxb4
Nxc4 22. Qxb8 Qxb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. dxc4 Bxc4 25. Re1 Rb2 26. Bf1 a5 27. Bd4
Rxe2 28. Bxe2 Bxd4+ 29. Kg2 Bb3 30. Rb1 Bc2 31. Rb8+ Kg7 32. Kf3 e6 33. Bb5 a4
34. Ra8 Bd1+ 35. Kg2 Bc2 36. Kf3 Bd1+ 37. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow PCA qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. c4 bxc4 15. Nxc4
c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qc2 Qc7 18. Bd2 Nbd7 19. Na5 Nc5 20. Nxc6 Nxb3 21. Qxb3
Qxc6 22. Qd3 Qb7 23. Bc3 d5 24. Nxe5 dxe4 25. Qe2 Re6 26. Rad1 Rae8 27. f4 exf3
28. Qxf3 Qb3 29. a5 Bb4 30. Nd3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qxc3 32. Rxe6 Rxe6 33. Rc1 Qxa5
34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Nc5 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Qa1 37. Nd3 Rh1+ 38. Kg3 Rf1 39. Qe2 g6 40.
Nf2 Re1 0-1

[Event "Moscow PCA qual"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 052 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
Bc5 9. Bf3 Ne7 10. Nb3 Ba7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bh5+ Ng6 13. Bh4 Nc6 14. Bg3 e5 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 O-O 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Be2 Kh8 19. c3 Nce7 20. Nxe7 Nxe7 21. Na5
Bc8 22. Qd6 Rb8 23. Nc4 Bb7 24. Rd1 Nc8 25. Qd2 Bb6 26. Bg4 Rf7 27. Be6 Re7 28.
Bd5 Qc7 29. Bxb7 Qxb7 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Ra8 32. Kf1 Kg8 33. f3 Kf7 34. b4
Ra7 35. Ke2 Re6 36. Nb2 Rc6 37. Ra3 Nd6 38. Kd3 Ke8 39. c4 Bd4 40. Rxd4 exd4
41. b5 Nxb5 42. cxb5 Rc3+ 43. Rxc3 dxc3 44. Nc4 axb5 45. Nd6+ Kd8 46. Nxb5 Ra2
47. Nxc3 Rxg2 48. Ne2 g5 49. Kd2 h5 50. Ke1 h4 51. Kf1 Rxe2 52. Kxe2 hxg3 53.
hxg3 Ke7 54. Kd3 Ke6 55. Kd4 Kd6 56. f4 gxf4 57. gxf4 Kc6 58. e5 f5 59. Kc4 d6
60. Kd4 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f4 b5 {Eine Erfindung von Miles aus den späten 70ern;
der Zug hat keinen guten Ruf, vielleicht zu unrecht.} ({Andere Züge sind} 10...
Na5) (10... Qc8) (10... Rc8) 11. Bf3 (11. Bxb5 $2 Ng4) ({Der Prüfstein des
Zuges 10...b5 ist} 11. f5 b4 $2 (11... Bxb3) 12. fxe6 bxc3 13. exf7+ Kh8 14.
bxc3 Ne5 (14... Nxe4 15. Bf3 Nxc3 16. Qd2 {/\Nd4 +/-}) 15. Bd4 {1-0 Spassky,
B-Miles,A/Bugojno 1978 (32)}) 11... Qd7 12. h3 Rac8 (12... Bc4 13. e5 Ne8 14.
Rf2 Rc8 15. Bg4 e6 16. Rd2 $14 {1-0 Liberzon,V-Miles,A/Baden 1980 (39)}) 13.
Nd5 Ne8 14. Rb1 (14. c3 b4) 14... f5 $11 15. Qd3 Nc7 16. c3 (16. Nxc7 $2 Bc4)
16... Kh8 17. Rbd1 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxd5 (18... Bf5 $5) 19. Bxd5 a6 20. Qe4 Nd8
21. Bd4 Bxd5 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxd5 Qe6 24. Qd4+ Kg8 25. f5 gxf5 26. Qd3 Nc6
27. Rdxf5 Rxf5 28. Rxf5 Qg6 29. Qe4 e6 $2 {übersieht die weiße Drohung} (29...
d5 $2 30. Qf3 $16) (29... Ne5 30. Nd4 Kh8 31. Qb7 $140 Rg8 $132) 30. Rg5 Qxg5
31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Qxc8 Qe3+ 33. Kf1 Qf4+ (33... Qd3+ 34. Kf2 Qc2+ 35. Kg3 Ne5
$16) 34. Ke2 Qe4+ 35. Kd1 Qd3+ $6 (35... Ne5 $142 36. Nd2 $140 Qa4+) 36. Nd2
Ne5 37. Qb7+ Kf6 38. Qe4 Qg3 $2 (38... Qxe4 $5 39. Nxe4+ Ke6 40. Ng5+ $140 $2
Kf5 41. Nxh7 (41. Nf3 Nc4 $132) 41... Kg6 42. Nf8+ Kf7 43. Nh7 Kg6 $11) 39. Ke2
Ke6 40. Nb3 d5 41. Nd4+ Kf6 42. Qf5+ Ke7 43. Qxh7+ Ke8 44. Qe7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rostov-on-Don Don-SDYuSShOR"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. a3 Nd7 7. Be2 Bb7 8. O-O c5
9. d5 Qc7 10. Kh1 Ngf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qd4 15.
Qe1 c4 16. Rd1 Qc5 17. d6 e6 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nd7 20. Nd5 O-O 21. Be3 Qxd5
22. Rxd5 exd5 23. Qd1 Bxb2 24. Qxd5 Rae8 25. h3 Re6 26. Bf4 Rd8 27. Re3 Nf6 28.
Qc6 Rdxd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Bxd6 h5 31. Re7 Nd5 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Be5+ Bxe5 34.
Rxe5 Nc3 35. Rc5 Nb1 36. a4 Na3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vokarev, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2310"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 a5 11. f3 Nc5 12. Be3 a4 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. Rac1 Be6 15.
Kh1 Rfc8 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qd8 19. f4 f6 20. Qe3 Nd7 21. Nd5
Bf7 22. Rcd1 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nc5 24. Rde1 Rc7 25. Rf3 f5 26. g4 Qf8 27. Rg3 Qf6
28. gxf5 Qxf5 29. Bg4 Qf6 30. f5 g5 31. Bd1 Kh8 32. Rxg5 Rg8 33. h4 Rxg5 34.
hxg5 Qxf5 35. Qd4+ Kg8 36. Bg4 Qg6 37. b4 axb3 38. axb3 Qg7 39. Qf2 Qf7 40. Qe3
Qg7 41. b4 Nd7 42. Rf1 Nf8 43. c5 e5 44. cxd6 Rf7 45. Rf5 e4 46. Rxf7 Qxf7 47.
Qxe4 Qf1+ 48. Kh2 Qf2+ 49. Kh3 Ng6 50. Qe6+ Kg7 51. Qd7+ Kh8 52. Qc8+ Nf8 53.
Qf5 Qe3+ 54. Qf3 Qxf3+ 55. Bxf3 Kg7 56. Bg4 Kf7 57. Bf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. Nc3 d6 11. b3 Bd7 12. Bb2 Nf7 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. h3 Qc7 15.
Rad1 Rfc8 16. Qd2 Qa5 17. d5 cxd5 18. exd5 Bh6 19. Qd4 Ne5 20. Nh2 Qb6 21. Qh4
Bg7 22. Ne4 Rc2 23. Bd4 Qa5 24. a4 Bf5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Ng4 Bxe4 27. Rxe4 Rd2
28. Rxd2 Qxd2 29. Ne3 Rf8 30. f3 Rf4 31. Qxe7 Rxe4 32. Qe6+ Kf8 33. Qxd6+ Kg8
34. Qe6+ Kf8 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zarubin, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2450"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Qxf6 $6 (9... Nxf6 $132) 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Bg5 $1 Qf7 12. O-O h6 $2 (
12... e5 $142 $5 13. dxe5 Ndxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 $5 Bxb2 16. Rb1 Bf6 17.
Qc2 g6 18. Qc5 $1 Be7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qxd5 Be6 21. Qe4 $14 {Schmittdiel,
E-Hertneck,D/BL9293/}) 13. Qb1 $3 $16 {/\Bd3-g6} Nf8 $8 (13... O-O $4 14. Bg6
$18) 14. Bh4 Bd7 15. b4 $1 $40 {xe5} Bxb4 (15... a6 $142 $5 16. a4 Bxb4 $1 (
16... Nxb4 $2 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Qxb4 $16 {/\Qb4xb7}) 17. a5 $1 $16 (17. Ne5 $2
Nxe5 18. dxe5 a5 $1) 17... Bc8 $1 (17... Bxa5 $2 18. Rxa5 $1 Nxa5 19. Ne5 Qh5
20. Ng6 Rg8 21. Nef4 Qg4 22. h3 $18) (17... Rb8 $2 18. Bg3 Rc8 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20.
Bxe5 Be7 21. Qxb7 $18 {xa6}) 18. Bg3 Be7 19. Nf4 g5 20. Ng6 Rg8 21. Nge5 (21.
Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Re1 $16) 21... Qg7 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qb6 Bd7 24. Qb7 Rd8 25. Qxa6
$18 {o^a}) (15... Nxb4 $2 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Qxb4 $18) 16. Ne5 $1 (16. a3 $6 Bd6
17. Qxb7 $2 Rb8 18. Qa6 Rb6 19. Qa4 Ng6 $132) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 a5 18. a3 g5
$5 (18... Be7 19. Qxb7 Rd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Rfc1 $1 $18) 19. axb4 gxh4 20.
bxa5 Bc6 21. Nd4 $18 Rg8 22. a6 h3 $8 23. g3 Nd7 (23... Ng6 24. axb7 Rb8 25.
Ra8 $18 Rxa8 26. b8=Q+ $1) 24. axb7 Rb8 25. Nxc6 $1 Qf3 26. Bg6+ Kf8 (26...
Rxg6 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qxh3) 27. Qb4+ $1 (27. Qb4+ Kg7 28. Qe7+
Kxg6 29. Qxe6+ Kg5 (29... Kh7 30. Qxd7+ Rg7 31. Qxh3) 30. Qxh3 Rxb7 31. Ra4 $18
) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 04th"]
[Site "Azov"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gabdrakhmanov, Rafail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1996.??.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Qc7 8. Bf4
Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne8 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 a5 14. a3 a4 15.
Ba2 Bf5 16. g4 Rd8 17. Qf3 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe3 Qc8 20. Bg5 Rf7 21. Qe4
Qa8 22. Rad1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nc7 24. Rd7 Nd5 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Qe2 Qc6 27. Rd8+
Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Bf4 d4 30. g5 Qd5 31. h4 Qa2 32. Qf3 Qb1+ 33. Kg2 Kg8
34. Qb7 Kf7 35. Qf3 Kg8 36. Qc6 Kf7 37. Bd2 Qxb2 38. Bb4 Qa2 39. Qf3+ Ke8 40.
Qc6+ Kf7 41. Qf3+ Kg8 42. Qa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 {Leko spielt selbst
auch 6.g3, sehr interessant welche Variante er spielen wird.} a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8.
O-O Nxd4 {Der junge ungarische Grossmeister haelt die alte Fortsetzung als
beste.} (8... Bc5 $5 {Dieser Zug ist in der letzten Zeit sehr populaer
geworden.}) (8... Be7) 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 h6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Be3
Ke7 14. f4 (14. Bxc5 $5 Qxc5 15. Na4 Qc6 16. f4 a5 17. Qd3 b5 18. Nc3 Be6 19.
Qxb5 $1 Qxb5 20. Nxb5 Bc4 21. Nxd6 Bxf1 22. Nf5+ $16 {Kotronias,V-Damljanovic,
B/Belgrade/1993/CBM39/INF59,(207)/}) 14... Be6 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5+ Bxd5 17.
exd5 Rhd8 18. Kh1 Bxe3 (18... Rac8 19. c4 Qd6 $13 {Short,N-Anand,V/Tilburg/
1991/CBM26/INF53,180/}) 19. Qxe3 Kf8 20. d6 (20. Rd2 Qd6 21. c4 Rac8 22. b3 b6
$13 {Georgiev,Ki-Hracek,Z/Odorheiu zt/1995/CBM47/}) 20... Rxd6 21. Qxe5 Rd7 $1
$146 {[#] Unglaublich aber wahr: der erste neue Zug ist der letzte Zug in
diesem Partie. Ribli} (21... Rc6 $6 22. Qe3 Re6 23. Qb3 Rc8 $2 24. Bh3 $16)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andersson, Ulf"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. c3 a6 13. Bd3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5
15. Be2 Bg6 16. Nfd4 Rfe8 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 19. Re2 Nc4 20. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 Ne4 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. e3 Nd7 10. Qe2 a5 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 13. Rfc1 Be4 14. Be1 e6 15.
Bf1 c5 16. cxd5 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd5 18. Rd1 Qb6 19. Rac1 Rfc8 20. Nb5 Ne4 21.
Bg2 Rc6 22. f3 Rac8 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Nf6 26. Bf2 e5 27. Rd6
Kg7 28. e4 Qb4 29. Qd2 Bb5 30. Qxb4 axb4 31. Be1 Rc2 32. Bxb4 Rxa2 33. Bc3 Rc2
34. Bxe5 Rc1+ 35. Kf2 Rc2+ 36. Kg1 Rc1+ 37. Kf2 Rc2+ 38. Ke3 Rxg2 39. Bxf6+ Kh6
40. Rd5 Bc6 41. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Donev Blatny,P} d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4
Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8. Ne4 $5 {Ein seltener, jedoch keinewegs harmloser Zug. Sein
Ziel besteht darin, den Springer c3 mit Tempogewinn nach g3 zu überführen.} (8.
Nh4 {Blatny,P} Bg6 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. Qf3 Qf5 $1 11. Qe2 Qg4 12. f3 Qh4+ 13. Qf2
(13. g3 $4 Qxg3+ 14. hxg3 Rxh1+ $19 {_|_}) 13... Bd6 14. Ne2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2
Nbd7 16. Bf4 Bxf4 17. Nxf4 g5 18. Nd3 g4 $10 {_|_ Polgar,J-Hansen,Cu/Biel izt 
(06)/1993/}) (8. h3 {Blatny,P} Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bb4 10. a3 Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd2+ 12.
Qxd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 cxd5 14. Be2 Rc8 15. Rhc1 Ke7 16. b3 $14 {_|_ Hracek,
Z-Hansen,MS/BL2-N 9394/1994/}) 8... Qd8 (8... Qb6 $6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. O-O $5 (
10. Bc3 Nd7 11. Qe2 (11. O-O O-O-O 12. Qe1 Qc7 $132) 11... O-O-O 12. O-O-O (12.
Nh4 Bg6) 12... Qc7 13. g3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nh4 Nb6 17. Nxg6 hxg6
18. Bb3 $15 {Erler,R-Ochs,H/2.BLO 9495 Griesheim-Anhalt [7] 1994/0-1 (46)}) (
10. a4 Qxb2 11. Bb3 Be4 $1) 10... Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qxc2 12. Qxc2 Bxc2 13. Rxb7 $36
Be4 14. Re1 $5 Bxf3 (14... Bd5 15. Bxd5 cxd5 16. Rc1 Nd7 17. Rxa7 $1 $16) 15.
Bxe6 $3 fxe6 16. Rxe6+ Kd8 17. Ba5+ $18) 9. Ng3 Bg6 (9... Bg4 10. c3 Nbd7 (
10... Nh5 {Blatny,P} 11. Qb3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Bxf3 13. Qxb7 Bxg2 14. Rh2 Nd7 15.
Rxg2 Qc8 $6 (15... Rb8) 16. Ba6 $1 Qxb7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Bxc6 Rxb2 19. Ba4 $1
$16 {^^_|_ Golod,V-Sergeev,Vl/Hlohovec op/1994/}) 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 {
Donev: +/= Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und Raumvorteil.} Bd6 13. Ne2 Qc7 14. g4
O-O 15. g5 Nd5 16. O-O-O b5 17. Bd3 c5 18. Kb1 c4 19. Be4 N7b6 20. h4 Rae8 21.
Rdg1 b4 $132 {Bologan,V-Ionov,S/RUS-chT Kazan (03) ;CBM 51 1995/1-0 (50)}) 10.
h4 $5 {Ein logischer Zug. Es droht 11.h5, was die Stellung von Schwarz
schwächen soll.} (10. c3 Nbd7 11. O-O (11. h4 h6 12. h5 Bh7 13. Qe2 Bd6 14. Bd3
Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Qa5 16. c4 Bb4 17. Qb3 Bxd2+ 18. Nxd2 O-O-O 19. Qc3 Qxc3 20. bxc3
c5 $36 {_|_ Bergmann,M-Delveborn,I/Stockholm op (04)/1995/}) 11... Be7 12. Qe2
Nd5 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Bc1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rad8 $10 {Goldberg,
A-Jackelen,T/BL 9394 Bochum-Dresden [5] 1993/1-0 (50)} (16... Rad8 {Blatny,P}
17. Bxd5 Rxd5 18. Rxd5 cxd5 19. f4 Qc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4 21. Be3 Bd3 $15 {^^_|_
Goldberg,A-Jackelen,T/BL 9394/1994/})) 10... Nh5 (10... Bd6 11. h5 (11. Ne5
Nbd7 12. Qe2 Qb6 $132) 11... Be4 (11... Bxg3 $4 12. hxg6 Bc7 13. gxf7+ $18) 12.
h6 $5 $36 (12. Nxe4 {Blatny,P} Nxe4 13. c3 $14)) (10... h5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Qe2
$14) 11. Qe2 Nd7 (11... Nxg3 12. fxg3 Bxc2 13. Bc3 (13. g4 Bd6 14. Bg5 Qa5+ 15.
Kf2 Ba4 16. Bxe6 O-O) (13. Bg5 Qa5+ 14. Kf2 Bf5 15. a3 $44) (13. O-O $1 {
Blatny,P <->f} Be7 14. Bc3 $1 Bg6 (14... Bf5 15. Ne5 $40) 15. Ne5 Rf8 16. h5
Bf5 17. g4 f6 $8 18. gxf5 fxe5 19. Qxe5 (19. h6 $5 gxh6 20. Qh5+ Kd7 21. Bxe6+
Kc7 22. dxe5 Bc5+ 23. Kh1 $18 {_|_}) 19... exf5 20. Rxf5 Rf6 21. Rxf6 gxf6 22.
Qe6 $18 {עe8}) 13... Bf5 14. Ne5 Be7 15. O-O $44) 12. O-O-O Bd6 13. Ne5 (13.
Nxh5 Bxh5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Bxd5) 13... Nxg3 14. fxg3 $14 {Es droht schon wieder
15.h5 mit noch mehr weißer Initiative.} Bxe5 (14... h5 $2 15. Nxg6) 15. dxe5 h5
(15... h6 16. h5 (16. Rhf1 $1 O-O (16... Qe7 {Blatny,P} 17. h5 Bh7 18. Qg4 Rg8
19. Qf4 $14) 17. Bb4 Re8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Qc7 20. Bd6 Qa5 21. Ra3 $1 Qb5
22. c4 Qb6 23. Raf3 f6 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Rxf6 $1 Nxf6 26. Rxf6 Qg1+ (26... h5 {
Blatny,P} 27. Qe5 Qg1+ 28. Kc2 Qxg2+ 29. Kb3 $18) 27. Kc2 Qd4 28. Be5 $18)
16... Bh7 17. Qg4 $36) 16. Bb4 $5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd6,Ge7,Gf8] Donev: Von b4
kontrolliert der B die geschwächten schwarzen Felder und verhindert die kurze
Rochade.} Qb6 (16... Bf5 17. Rhf1 $1 g6 (17... Qc7 18. Rxf5 $1 exf5 19. e6
O-O-O $8 20. e7 Rde8 21. Bd6 Qb6 22. Bxf7 Qa6 23. Qe6 $18 Rh6 $140 24. Qxf5 Rf6
25. Bxe8 $1 (25. Qxh5 {Blatny,P}) 25... Rxf5 26. Bf4 $3 Rd5 27. Bxh5 $1 Rxd1+ (
27... Nf6 {Blatny,P} 28. Bg4+ $1) 28. Bxd1 Nf6 29. Bg4+ Nxg4 30. e8=Q#) (17...
Bg4 {Blatny,P} 18. Qf2 Bf5 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Rxf5 exf5 21. e6 fxe6 (21... O-O-O
22. exd7+ Rxd7 23. Qxd7+ Qxd7 24. Rxd7 Kxd7 25. Bxf7 $18 {_|_}) 22. Bxe6 O-O-O
(22... Nf6 23. Bxf5 Kf7 (23... Rh6 24. Qe3+) 24. Qc4+ Nd5 25. Rxd5 $18) 23.
Qxa7 c5 24. Bxc5 b6 25. Rxd7 Qxa7 (25... Rxd7 26. Qa8+ Qb8 27. Qc6+ $18) 26.
Rxa7+ Kb8 27. Bxb6 Rd6 28. Bc7+ Kxa7 29. Bxd6 $18) 18. Qe1 Qb6 {-- game}) 17.
Qe1 $1 Bf5 (17... O-O-O 18. Ba5 Qc5 19. Qc3 $1 $16 (19. Bxd8 $4 Qxc4 $19) 19...
Rde8 $2 (19... Be4 {Blatny,P} 20. Bxd8 Rxd8 21. Rhf1 (21. Rxd7 $5 Rxd7 22. Bxe6
Qxc3 23. Bxd7+ Kxd7 24. Rd1+ Ke6 25. bxc3 Bd5 $16) 21... Qe7 22. Rf2 $18 {_|_})
(19... b6 $2 20. Bb4 Qxe5 21. Ba6+ Kb8 22. Rxd7 Qxc3 23. Bd6+ Ka8 24. Bb7#) (
19... Qxe5 $2 20. Rxd7 $18) (19... b5 20. Bxd8 Qxc4 21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. Ba5 Nxe5
23. Bc3 $18 {_|_}) 20. Rxd7 $1 $18) 18. Rf1 g6 (18... Nxe5 $6 19. Qxe5 Qxb4 20.
Rxf5 Qxc4 21. Rd7 $1 (21. Qxg7 $16) 21... Kxd7 22. Rxf7+ Ke8 23. Qc7 $18) (
18... O-O-O 19. Ba5 Qc5 20. Qc3 $16) (18... a5 19. Bc3 $16) (18... Rh6 {
Donev /\Rg6} 19. Qd2 $1 {[%cal Yd2g5,Yd2d7]} Qc7 (19... Nxe5 20. Qd6 c5 21.
Qxe5 Qxb4 22. Qxg7 Qxc4 23. Rxf5 $1 $18) 20. Qg5 $18) 19. Qc3 $16 Nc5 (19...
Qc7 $142 {Blatny,P} 20. Bd6 Qb6 21. a4 $40) 20. Rf4 (20. Ba5 $2 {Blatny,P} Na4
21. Qb4 Qxb4 22. Bxb4 Nb6 $14) 20... Ne4 $2 (20... a5 {Blatny,P} 21. Ba3 Nd7
22. Rfd4 Nf8 (22... Rd8 23. Qd2 Qc7 24. Bd6 Qb6 25. Qg5 $18) 23. Qe3 Qc7 24.
Bd6 Qc8 (24... Qb6 25. Bc5 Qc7 26. Rd6 a4 27. Bb6 Qe7 28. Qd2 $18) 25. Bc5 $1
b5 26. Qg5 Qc7 27. Qf6 Rh7 28. Rd7 $18) 21. Qe1 {Donev: Der Haupnachteil der
schwarzen Stellung sind die schlecht stehenden Türme auf a8 und h8 und der
unrochierte König e8. Im Gegenteil dazu sind die weißen Figuren gut plaziert
und harmonieren wunderbar.} Rh7 (21... Nc5 22. Ba5 $18 {Donev: Und die Dame
hat keine Fluchtfelder mehr.}) (21... a5 $142 {Blatny,P} 22. Ba3 Nc5 23. Qf2
Na4 24. Rfd4 Qc7 25. Rd7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Qd4+ Kc8 28. Bb3 b5 29. Bxa4
Ra6 (29... bxa4 30. Qb6 $18) 30. Bxb5 cxb5 31. Qc5+ Kd7 (31... Kb7 32. Qxb5+
Rb6 33. Qd7+ Ka8 34. Bc5 Rb7 35. Qd6 $18) 32. Qxb5+ Rc6 33. Bd6 Rhc8 34. c3 $18
) 22. Ba5 Qc5 23. Bd3 Nxg3 24. Bb4 1-0

[Event "Ter Apel"]
[Site "Ter Apel"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1996.03.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nd7 11. Ne2 Nc7 12. c3 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Ra2 Qb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Bb3 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bg5
Nd7 15. c3 Ne5 16. Qh5 Ng6 17. Bc2 Qc5 18. Qg4 Bd7 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Rfe1 Rae8
21. Qh5 Bf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Kg1 Rd8 24. Qa5 Bc8 25. Nf3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Nh4 27.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qxh4 Qxh4 30. Nxh4 e5 31. Nf3 f6 32. Rd6 Kf7 33.
Kf1 Ke7 34. Rb6 Kd7 35. Nd2 Kc7 36. Rb4 Be6 37. a3 Rh8 38. h3 Rd8 39. Ke2 Kc6
40. Rh4 b6 41. f4 exf4 42. Rxf4 Bd5 43. Rg4 Re8+ 44. Kf2 g5 45. c4 Be6 46. Re4
Kd6 47. Re3 f5 48. b3 Rg8 49. Nf3 g4 50. Nd4 Bd7 51. Ne2 gxh3 52. gxh3 Bc6 53.
Nf4 Be4 54. Rg3 Rxg3 55. Kxg3 Ke5 56. h4 Bc2 57. b4 Bd1 58. c5 bxc5 59. Nd3+
Kd4 60. bxc5 Kxd3 61. Kf4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f3 a6
8. Nh3 c6 9. Nf2 b5 10. O-O bxc4 11. Bxc4 Rb8 12. Qe2 (12. Rb1 $5 Qa5 (12... a5
13. Re1 $14) 13. Qd2 $14) 12... c5 13. dxc5 (13. e5 $2 cxd4 14. exf6 exf6 15.
Bf4 dxc3 16. Bxd6 Rxb2 $19) 13... Nxc5 14. Rfd1 (14. e5 dxe5 15. Qxe5 Be6 16.
Qxc5 Rc8) 14... h6 (14... Qe8 15. Rab1 a5 16. e5 $1 dxe5 17. Qxe5 Be6 18. Qxc5
Rc8 19. Qxa5 Rxc4 {(Deng Kongliang-Ye Jiangchuan, Beijing 1988)} 20. b3 $1 Rc8
(20... Rxc3 21. Qxc3 Ne4 22. Qe3 Nc3 23. Bh6 $16) 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Nd5 $16)
15. Be3 Qa5 16. Rab1 (16. a3 Nb3 17. Bxb3 Rxb3) 16... Bd7 {[#]} (16... Be6 17.
Bxc5) 17. e5 $5 {This looks a very promising continuation in view of the nasty
pins. However Svidler's brilliant defence was good enough for a draw.  DEFENCE}
(17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Bxa6 {wins a pawn, but Black grabs the initiative.} Nh5 19.
Nd5 (19. Rd5 Nf4 $1) 19... e6 20. b4 Qa7 21. Ne7+ Kh7 22. Rxd6 (22. b5 Bd4)
22... Bd4 23. Qd2 Bc5 24. Rxd7 Qxa6 $44) (17. a3 Na4) 17... dxe5 18. Nd5 Nxd5
19. Rxd5 Rfc8 20. Nd3 (20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Rxd7 Qa4 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Qd3 (23.
Ne4 Rc2) 23... Qxa2 24. Rd1 Qe6 25. Ne4 Rc6 26. Qa3 $44 {is a very comfortable
position for White, but it is not so easy to get anything real.}) (20. Ne4 Bf5
21. b4 Rxb4 $1 22. Rxb4 Bxe4 23. Rxc5 Rxc5 24. Rb8+ Kh7 25. fxe4 (25. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 26. Qf2 Qxc4 27. fxe4 Bf6) 25... Rxc4 26. Qxc4 Qe1+ 27. Qf1 Qxe3+) 20...
Bf5 $8 21. Rc1 (21. b4 $2 Bxd3 22. Bxd3 Rxb4) 21... Bxd3 22. Bxd3 e4 $1 23.
Bxe4 Rxb2 24. Qc4 Rb4 25. Qf1 Rb5 26. a4 (26. Bd3 Qa3 $1) 26... e6 $1 27. axb5
exd5 28. Bxd5 Qa3 $1 29. Bf2 axb5 30. Rc2 Qa4 31. Rxc5 Rxc5 32. Bxf7+ (32. Bxc5
Bd4+) 32... Kxf7 33. Bxc5 Bd4+ 34. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 35. Qf2 $11 Qd1+ 36. Qf1 Qxf1+
37. Kxf1 {[#]_|_ Hecht entfernter o^} Ke6 38. Ke2 Ke5 (38... Kd5 {Hecht} 39.
Kd3 b4 (39... Kc5 40. f4 h5 41. g3 Kb4 42. Kc2 (42. h3 Ka3 43. g4 (43. Kc2 Kb4
(43... b4 44. Kb1 Kb3 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 Kc4 $11) (43... Ka2 44. Kc3 Ka3 45.
Kc2 $11)) 43... hxg4 44. hxg4 b4 45. f5 gxf5 46. gxf5 b3 47. f6 b2 48. f7 b1=Q+
$19) 42... Kc4 43. h3 Kd4 44. g4 h4 45. Kb3 Ke4 46. f5 gxf5 47. gxf5 Kxf5 48.
Kb4 Kf4 49. Kxb5 Kg3 $19) 40. g3 b3 (40... h5 41. h4 b3 42. Kc3 b2 43. Kxb2 Kd4
44. g4 Ke3 45. gxh5 gxh5 46. Kc3 Kxf3 47. Kd3 $11) 41. Kc3 b2 42. Kxb2 Kd4 43.
f4 Ke4 44. Kc3 h5 45. Kd2 Kf3 46. Ke1 Kg2 47. Ke2 Kxh2 48. Kf2 $11) 39. Ke3 b4
40. g3 g5 41. Kd3 Kd5 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 h5 44. h4 Kc5 45. f5 Kd5 (45... Kd5
{Hecht} 46. f6 Ke6 47. Kc4 Kxf6 48. Kxb4 Kf5 49. Kc3 Kg4 50. Kd2 Kxh4 51. Ke1
Kg3 52. Kf1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. g5
Nfd7 9. a3 Bb7 (9... Nb6 10. Qg4 $1 N8d7 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Qg3 Qc7 13. f4 Nec4
14. Bc1 Bb7 15. Bg2 $16 {Aseev,K-Sakaev,K/URS-ch/ 1991}) 10. h4 Nb6 (10... Nc6
11. h5 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Ne5 13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Qd2 Rc8 15. Rh3 $16 {Renet,O -
Summermatter,D/ SWZ-chI (08)/ 1992/ 1-0/ 25}) 11. h5 N8d7 12. g6 $1 {The
strongest continuation. This excellent move was introduced into tournament
practice by Michael Adams.Preparement of the pawn breakthrough by 12. Rh3 or
12. Rg1 does not promise to White any advantage: 12. Rh3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 <=> Mainka,R- Espig,L Dortmund B 1990, or} (12. Rg1 g6 13. Rh1 Bg7 (
13... Rg8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rh7 Bg7 16. Qf3 Nf8 17. Rxg7 Rxg7 18. O-O-O Rh7 19.
Ndxb5 axb5 20. Bxb5+ Nbd7 21. Rxd6 Rc8 {-/+ Vuruna,M-Cvetkovic,S/Beograd (C.
Zvezda) 1977}) 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Rxh8+ Bxh8 16. Qg4 Qe7 17. O-O-O Rc8 18. f4
Rxc3 19. bxc3 Bxe4 20. Qh3 Bg7 21. Kd2 d5 $17 {Torre,E-Espig,L/Polanica Zdroj
1977}) 12... hxg6 13. hxg6 {[%csl Re6,Rf7]} Rxh1 14. gxf7+ Kxf7 ({The only
move. After} 14... Ke7 15. Qg4 Qc8 16. Qxe6+ Kd8 17. Qe8+ Kc7 18. Ne6+ {
Black's position is simply unbearable:} Kb8 (18... Kc6 19. Nd5 Rxf1+ 20. Kxf1
Nxd5 21. exd5+ Kxd5 22. Nxf8 Kc6 (22... Ne5 23. Rd1+ Ke4 24. Rd4+ Kf5 25. Rf4+
{1-0 Kotronias,V-Georgiev,K/Karditsa 1994}) 23. Qe4+ Kc7 24. Ne6+ Kb8 25. Qf4
Qc4+ 26. Qxc4 bxc4 27. f8=Q+ Nxf8 28. Nxf8 Be4 29. Ne6 Bb7 30. Nd4 {1-0
Forster-Weigler/SMM/5, SW 1993}) 19. Nxf8 Nxf8 20. Bxb6 Bc6 21. Qe7 Nd7 22.
Qxd6+ Kb7 23. Bd4 {+/-/+-Zontakh,A-Sakaev,K/St-Peterburg 1994}) 15. Qf3+ Nf6 ({
A new move, although one known might have been a better idea.} 15... Qf6 16.
Qxh1 Ne5 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxb6 $16 {Adams,M-Hansen,C/Wijk aan Zee 1991}) 16.
Qxh1 Qc7 17. Nf3 $1 ({White keeps a clear advantage after} 17. Bh3 Re8 18. Nf3
Bc8 19. Ng5+ {, but the move chosen by Svidler is undoubtedly the strongest.})
17... Kg8 18. Ng5 Re8 19. O-O-O $1 {Preparing the decisive mobilization at
h-file.} d5 $2 (19... g6 $142 $16 {/+-}) 20. Qh3 $1 Bc8 (20... Bxa3 $2 21. Bxb6
$18) 21. Bxb5 $1 {[%cal Gd1h1,Gh1h8] The final blow. Now after 21...ab5 (21...
e5 22.Qh4) 22.Rh1 mate is inevitable.} 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yemelin, Vasily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 c6 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. Bh6 Nf8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg5 Ng8 21. Nh5+
Kh8 22. Nf6 Nxf6 23. Qxf6+ Kg8 24. b4 a5 25. bxa5 Rxa5 26. Bb3 Qe7 27. Qxe7
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. e3 Rc8 15. g4
Nc4 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Bh4 f6 18. Nd3 b6 19. a4 Bc6 20. a5 Qd7 21. axb6 axb6 22.
Nb4 Bb7 23. Ra1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Orlov, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 {In Scandinavia this is
called the Nowegian variation. Its nice to have someone to blame. Over the
years (from the fifties and onward) allmost every norwegian top player has
tried this line. On the international level the results have been
dissapointing for Black.} 6. O-O d6 7. d4 f6 8. Nc3 Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. d5 $6
{The wrong approach. White should keep the center fluid as long as possible.} (
10. Be3 Ne7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. Rfd1 Qe6 14. Rd2 b4 15. Na4 Ng6 16.
Bc5 Nf4 17. Qe3 Qc6 18. Bxf8 Rxf8 19. Nc5 $14 {1-0 Kotronias,V-Gausel,E/
Gausdal Int 1990 (40)}) (10. Qe2 Ne7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nh4 Qd7 13. f4 Nc6 14.
Nd5 Bc5+ 15. Be3 Bxe3+ 16. Qxe3 O-O 17. Nf5 $14 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Agdestein,S/
Aker Brygge 1989 (37)}) 10... g6 (10... Ne7 11. Ne1 b4 12. Na2 a5 13. c4 c5 14.
f4 exf4 15. Nd3 Ng6 16. Qh5 Qe7 17. Bxf4 O-O-O $13 {0-1 Yemelin,V-Sepp,O/
Rostov op 1993 (37)}) 11. Nh4 Nh6 12. f4 Nf7 13. b4 f5 14. Nxf5 $6 (14. Nf3 Bg7
$13) 14... gxf5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Rxf5 Bg7 17. Qh5 O-O $15 {Whites has some
compensation. But in the long run the piece must be better.} 18. Be3 Nd6 19.
Rxe5 $5 {White refuses to defend. But by now its clear that White is skating
on thin ice.} (19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qe8 21. Qg5 Nc4 22. Bc5 Qg6 23. Qxg6 (23.
Qe7 Rc8 $17) 23... hxg6 24. b3 Na3 25. Rf2 Bf8 $17) 19... Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Qe8 21.
Qd4 Qg6 22. Re1 Rae8 23. Bc1 Nf5 $2 (23... Rf7 $1 24. Re3 (24. b3 Rfe7 25. e5
Qxc2 $19) 24... Rf4 25. Rg3 Rg4 $19) 24. Qf2 Nd6 25. Qh4 Nc4 (25... Rf7 $17)
26. h3 Kh8 27. Kh1 Qf6 28. Qxf6+ Rxf6 29. b3 Ne5 30. Be3 {Whites game is no
longer imediately lost.} Kg8 31. Bd4 Rf7 32. Nd1 Rfe7 33. Ne3 Bc8 34. Nf1 Ng6
35. Ng3 Nf4 36. c4 Nd3 37. Re2 Nf4 38. Re3 Bd7 39. e5 bxc4 40. bxc4 Ng6 41. e6
{Whites position has improved constantly since Black missed an easy win on
move 23. A draw is no longer out of the question.} Bxe6 42. dxe6 Rxe6 43. Rf3
Rf8 44. Nf5 h5 45. Bc5 Rff6 46. Bd4 Rf8 47. Bc5 Rff6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nc2 Be5 (11... f5 12. Qd2 Be6 13. Rad1 f4 14. Bf2
Be5 15. b4 Qf6 16. Nd5 Qg7 17. b5 Nd8 18. c5 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ndb4 dxc5 21.
Bxc5 a5 22. Na6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Notkin,M-Nevostrujev,V/RUS-ch 1996 (58)}) 12. Nd5
Ne7 13. f4 (13. Bg5 f6 14. Bc1 {_|/\15. f4} (14. Be3 $5) 14... Nxd5 15. cxd5 f5
(15... Nf4 16. Bc4 (16. Bb5 c6) 16... f5) 16. f4 Bg7 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. exf5
Bxf5 19. Ne3 Qf6 $36) 13... Nxd5 14. exd5 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 (15... Qf6 16. f5
Bxf5 (16... Rxe3 17. fxg6 Nf4 18. gxh7+ (18. Nxe3 Bd4 19. gxf7+ Kf8 20. Rb3 Qg5
21. Kh1 Bxe3 22. g3 Ng6 $13) 18... Kh8 19. Nxe3 Bd4 20. Qd2) 17. Bd3 (17. Bxh5
gxh5 18. Qxh5 Bxc2 19. Rxf6 Bxf6 20. Qg4+ Bg6 $44) (17. Rxf5 gxf5 18. Bxh5 Rxe3
19. Nxe3 Bd4) 17... Ng7 18. g4 Rxe3 (18... Bxd3 19. Rxf6 (19. Qxd3 Qc3 20. Qxc3
Bxc3 21. Rxb7 $11) 19... Bxc2 20. Qxc2 Bxf6 21. Qf2 $16) 19. Nxe3 Bd4 20. gxf5
Bxe3+ 21. Kh1 g5 22. Rxb7 Bb6 $44) 16. Bxh5 Bf5 (16... gxh5 17. f5 {ץc8} (17.
Qxh5 $5 {|_/\18.f5})) 17. Bf2 gxh5 $11 18. Rxb7 Bg4 (18... Qc8 19. Rb3 Qa6 20.
Nd4 $11) (18... Qf6 19. Rxc7 Qg6 20. Ne3 Be4 21. f5 $14) 19. Qd2 Re2 (19... Be2
20. Rc1 (20. Re1 $6 Bxc4 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Rxc7 Qe4 $15) 20... Qc8 21. Rxa7
Rxa7 22. Bxa7 Bxc4 23. Ne3 Qa6 24. Bd4 Qxa2 25. Qxa2 Bxa2 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Kf2
$11) 20. Qd3 Qc8 21. Rb3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Bxf5 23. Nd4 $11 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 h4 (24...
Rxa2 25. Rg3+ (25. Rb7 Re8 (25... Bd3 26. Rf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Bxc4 28. Rxc7 Bxd5
29. Bxa7 $11) 26. Rf2 $11) 25... Kf8 26. Bg7+ (26. Re1 h4) 26... Ke7 27. Re1+
Kd7 28. Bf6 $36) 25. h3 Rae8 26. Bf6 Rxa2 27. Bxh4 Ree2 28. Rf2 Rxf2 29. Bxf2
Rc2 30. c5 $1 dxc5 31. Rb7 Be4 32. Rxa7 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. Nf3 Nf5 8. b4
Bd7 9. Bxc6 Bxc6 10. c3 a5 11. O-O axb4 12. cxb4 b6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 bxc5
15. bxc5 Ra4 16. Qd2 Be7 17. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sivokho, Sergey V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Qc7 6. f4 e6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. exd6 Bxd6 11. d3 b6 12. Na3 a6 13. Nc4 Be7 14. Bd2 Bb7 15.
Rae1 Rad8 16. Bc1 Rfe8 17. Ng5 b5 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qxe6+ Kf8 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21.
Qxd5 bxc4 22. Qxc4 Na5 23. Qe6 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Re3 Rd8 26. Rd1 h5 27. h3
Bc8 28. Kg2 Bf5 29. Kh2 Bf6 30. Rf3 Be4 31. Re3 Bd5 32. a3 Kf7 33. g4 Be6 34.
Rde1 Bc8 35. f5 Rh8 36. Kg1 hxg4 37. hxg4 Rh4 38. Re4 g5 39. fxg6+ Kxg6 40. g5
Rxe4 41. Rxe4 Be7 42. Be3 Bf5 43. Rh4 Bxg5 44. Bxg5 Kxg5 45. Rc4 Ne5 46. Rxc5
Nxd3 47. Ra5 Nxb2 48. Rxa6 Bc2 49. Kf2 Kf4 50. Rd6 Be4 51. Rd4 Ke5 52. a4 Bc6
53. a5 Na4 54. a6 Nxc3 55. Rc4 Ne4+ 56. Ke3 Kd6 57. a7 Nc5 58. Rb4 Nd7 59. Rb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Ba7 10. Bb2 Ng6 11. e5 $5 (11. c4 d4 (11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 b5 13.
Nce5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qg5 16. Bb2 Rd8 17. Qe2 e5 18. Kh1 Bg4 19. f3
Be6 20. Bc1 Qe7 21. Be3 Rd6 22. Rfc1 Rad8 23. Rc3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Bc4 25. Bf1 h6
26. h3 Be6 27. Rac1 Qh4 28. Qe1 Qh5 29. Qg3 {Ermenkov,N-Nikolic,P/TUN/1985/0,5/
29/}) 12. e5 Ncxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7 15. Qh5+ Kg8 16. Qxe5 f6 17.
Qe4 e5 18. f4 f5 19. Qxe5 Re8 20. Qd5+ Qxd5 21. cxd5 Re2 22. Bc1 d3+ 23. Kh1 b5
24. Nf3 Bb7 25. Rd1 Bxd5 26. Rxd3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Re1+ 28. Kg2 Rg1+ {
Sigurionsson,G-Korchnoi,V/Wijk aan Zee/1980/} 29. Kh3) 11... Nf4 (11... f6 12.
Bxg6 (12. exf6 gxf6 13. c4 Nf4 (13... d4 14. c5 e5 15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Ne4 $14)
14. Nb3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 b5 $15) 12... hxg6 13. Nb3 g5 14. h3 fxe5 15. Nxe5 Rxf2
16. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 Qf6+ 18. Kg1 Nxe5 19. Qd4 Nc4 (19... Nd7 20. Re1 $13)
20. Qxf6 gxf6 21. Bxf6 g4 22. hxg4 e5 $10) 12. Nb3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 f6
$5 (14... Ne7 15. Bd4 (15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rxc8 Bxc8 17. Nc5 Ng6 18. Re1 Bb8 19.
Qe3 Re8 20. Bd4 Ne7 21. Bb2 Ng6 22. Bd4 Ne7 {Blauert,J-Grinfeld,A/Hamburg/1992/
}) 15... Bb8 16. a4 Nf5 17. Bc5 Re8 18. a5 f6 19. Rae1 fxe5 20. Nxe5 $16 {
Kengis,E-Lees,A/Vienna/1990/1:0/57/CBM-21/}) 15. Rac1 Rc8 (15... fxe5 16. Nxe5
Rf5 17. Qe2 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qh4 $6 (18... Bb5 19. Bd4 e5 20. Bxa7 Rxa7 21. Nd4 $1
$16) (18... Qg5 19. Bd4 Bb8 $6 (19... Bxd4 20. Nxd4 Rf6 21. Nf3 $14) (19... e5
20. Bxa7 Rxa7 21. Nc5 Bc8 (21... Bc6 22. f4 $1 Rxf4 (22... exf4 23. Qe6+ Kf8
24. Qd6+ $16) (22... Qe7 23. Rce1 b6 24. Nb3 e4 25. Nd4 Rf6 26. dxe4 dxe4 (
26... Qxe4 27. Qd2 Qg6 28. f5 $16) 27. Nxc6 Rxc6 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Rc3 30.
a4 $14) 23. Ne6 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 $18) (21... Be8 22. f4 Qe7 (22... Rxf4 23. Ne6
Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 $18) 23. Rce1 $16) 22. d4 $1 $14 (22. Ne4 Qd8 23. Nd6 Qxd6 24.
Rxc8+ Rf8 $10)) 20. Nc5 Bc8 (20... Qf4 21. g3 Qxd4 22. Nxd7 $16) (20... Bxh2+
21. Kxh2 Qh4+ 22. Kg1 Rh5 23. Qxh5 Qxh5 24. Nxd7 $18) 21. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2
Qh4+ 23. Kg1 Rh5 24. f4 $18) 19. Rc7 Rd8 (19... Raf8 20. Rxd7 Rxf2 21. Rxg7+
Kh8 22. Rg4+ R2f6+ 23. Kh1 $18)) 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 $14 fxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5
19. Bxe5 Rxc5 20. bxc5 Bc6 21. Bd4 Qh4 22. f4 Rf7 23. Qe3 Qe7 $6 (23... Qh6 $32
24. Rf3 Bb5 $14 25. Rg3 $22 Qxf4 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Rxf7+ Qxf7 $10) 24. Rf3 h6
$6 25. Rg3 Kh7 26. h3 Bd7 27. Kh2 Be8 {(.)/} 28. Qe2 $1 $18 Kg8 29. Qg4 Qd7 30.
Be5 $1 (30. Qg6 Rxf4 31. Qxg7+ Qxg7 32. Bxg7 $16) 30... Re7 31. Bf6 $1 Rf7 32.
Qg6 Kf8 33. Be5 Kg8 34. Qxh6 Qe7 35. Rg4 Bb5 36. Qg6 Be8 37. Rg5 Rxf4 38. Qxg7+
Qxg7 39. Rxg7+ Kf8 40. Rxb7 Ra4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Na5 11. b3 e4 12. Nd4 c5 13. Nc2 Nd7 14. Nxe4 Bxa1 15.
Nxa1 b6 16. Nc2 Nb7 17. Be2 Re8 18. Nc3 Nd6 19. g4 f5 20. g5 f4 21. Bxf4 Ne5
22. Ne3 Qe7 23. Kd1 Qf8 24. Bg3 Bd7 25. h4 h5 26. gxh6 Nf5 27. Nxf5 Qxf5 28.
Qg5 Kh7 29. Qxf5 Bxf5 30. Nb5 Rad8 31. Re1 a6 32. Nc7 Re7 33. Bf3 Rxc7 34. Bxe5
Re7 35. Bf4 Rxe1+ 36. Kxe1 Rf8 37. Bd6 Rf7 38. Bd1 Kxh6 39. Bf4+ Kh7 40. Be3
Rd7 41. Kd2 Kg8 42. Kc3 Rh7 43. Bg5 Kf7 44. b4 cxb4+ 45. Kxb4 Ke8 46. Ba4+ Kf8
47. Bc6 Bd7 48. c5 bxc5+ 49. Kxc5 Rf7 50. f4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[Annotator "Gutman,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 {Die von G. Kasparow bevorzugte Fortsetzung.} b5 {"Wenn Weiß noch
nicht f2-f4 gespielt hat, schwächt dieser Zug lediglich den Damenflügel.",C.
Lutz.} 10. a4 Bb7 11. Nd5 Nbd7 (11... bxa4 12. Rxa4 Bc6 13. Ra3 Nxe4 14. Na5
Nf6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Bc4 {Kasparow -Anand , Las Palmas 1996, mit weißer
Initiative.}) 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. f3 b4 (13... bxa4 14. Na5 Nc5 15. Nxb7 Nxb7
16. Rxa4 {Khalifman-Loginow,St.Petersburg 1995. Schwarz steht vor großen
Problemen.}) 14. Na5 Rfb8 15. Be3 d5 16. Nxb7 Rxb7 17. exd5 Qd6 18. Bc4 Nb6 19.
Bxb6 Rxb6 20. Qd3 Nd7 {Diese Stellung hatte Loginow anvisiert. Verspricht der
"gute" N gegen den "schlechten" B und die schwarzfeldrige Blockade tatsächlich
ausreichende Kompensation für den Bauern?} 21. b3 Nc5 22. Qe3 Re8 23. f4 (23.
Rae1 $142 Rb7 24. Re2 Rbe7 25. Rfe1 {mit besseren Aussichten für Weiß.}) 23...
f5 {Sinwoller war 23. ...e4!?.} 24. Rae1 e4 25. Qh3 Rf8 26. g4 fxg4 27. Qxg4
Rb7 28. Qg5 Rf6 29. Qe5 {Mit Vorteil für Weiß.} Kf8 30. Rg1 h6 31. Rg4 Re7 32.
Qxd6 Rxd6 33. Kg2 Rf7 34. Kf2 h5 35. Rg2 Rxf4+ 36. Ke3 Rf5 37. Reg1 Rf7 38. Rg6
Rdf6 39. d6 Rxg6 40. Rxg6 Rf5 41. Kd4 a5 42. Bd5 Nd7 43. Bxe4 Rf4 44. Ke3 Rh4
45. Bf5 Kf7 46. Rg2 Nc5 47. h3 Kf6 48. Rf2 g6 49. d7 Ke7 50. Rd2 Kd8 51. Bxg6
Rxh3+ 52. Kf4 Ne6+ 53. Ke5 Ke7 54. Re2 Ng7 {54. ...Rg3!?.} 55. d8=Q+ Kxd8 56.
Kf6 Rg3 57. Kxg7 h4 58. Kf6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "11"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 b5 2. e3 a6 3. b4 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. d4 a5 6. Bxb5 axb4 7. O-O bxa3 8. Bxa3
Bxa3 9. Rxa3 Rxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Qa1 O-O 12. Rb1 c5 13. Nc4 d5 14. Nce5 Qc7
15. dxc5 Qxc5 16. c4 dxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 (6... Nd7 7. O-O
Ne7 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Na3 c3 11. bxc3 Bxc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Nb5 O-O
14. Qc1 Qb8 15. Qe3 Nd7 $10 {Tkachiev,V-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee/1995/}) 7. Nxd4
Ne7 (7... Bg6 8. O-O Nc6 9. c4 Nge7 $14 {Short,N-Malisauskas,V/Moscow/1994}) 8.
c4 (8. O-O Nbc6 9. Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. c4 Qd7 12. Nc3 dxc4 13. Na4 Nd5
14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bd4 $13 {Gelfand,B-Karpov,A/Sanghi Nagar/1995/}) 8... Nbc6 9.
Qa4 a6 (9... dxc4 10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nab5 Nd5 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd2
a6 15. Nd4 $14 {Gelfand,B-Karpov,A/Sanghi Nagar/1995/}) 10. Nc3 (10. Na3 Qa5+
11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. cxd5 exd5 13. O-O Nac6 14. Rad1 $14 {Gallagher,J-Krueger,E/
Bern/1995/}) 10... dxc4 11. Rd1 Qc8 (11... b5 $2 12. Ndxb5 $18) (11... Qc7 12.
Ndb5 $16) 12. Nxf5 (12. Qxc4 b5 13. Qb3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 $10) 12... Nxf5 13.
Bb6 Be7 14. f4 O-O 15. Qxc4 Bd8 16. Bf2 Ba5 (16... b5 17. Qe4 Qb7 18. Bf3 Rc8)
17. O-O Qc7 18. Bd3 Nfe7 (18... Bb6 19. Bxf5 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 exf5 21. Nd5 $40) (
18... b5 $5 19. Qe4 (19. Qc5 $6 Bb4) 19... g6 20. g4 $14) 19. Ne4 Bb6 20. Nd6
Nd5 21. Be4 (21. Qe4 g6 22. Bc4) 21... Nce7 22. Qxc7 Bxc7 23. Bc5 b6 24. Ba3
Rad8 (24... Ne3 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Rc1 $18) 25. Rc1 Rd7 26. f5 $1 Rb8 (26...
exf5 27. Nxf5 $16) 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Rf3 $6 (28. Bf3 $16) 28... b5 29. Bc5 Bb6
30. Bxb6 Nxb6 31. Ra3 $14 Nc4 32. Rxa6 (32. Nxc4 bxc4 33. Rxa6 Rxb2) 32... Nxe5
$10 33. Rc5 (33. b3 $5) 33... Nc4 34. Rxb5 $2 Rf8 $1 $15 {[#]} 35. Rb7 Rxd6 36.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Rxd6 Nxd6 38. Rxe7 Nc4 $2 (38... Rf6 $15 39. a4 Nc4) 39. Rxe6
Nxb2 40. Re7 Nc4 $10 41. Re4 Nd2 42. Rh4+ Kg8 43. h3 Ra8 44. a4 Nb3 45. Rc4 Ra5
46. Rb4 Nc1 47. Kh2 Ra6 48. Rd4 Nb3 49. Rc4 Na5 50. Rc5 Kf7 51. h4 Nc6 52. Rc4
Ne5 53. Rd4 Ke6 54. Kh3 Rb6 55. g3 Rb3 56. Rf4 Ra3 57. h5 Ra1 58. Kh4 Nf7 59.
Re4+ Kf6 60. Rf4+ Ke7 61. Rb4 Ra3 62. g4 Ra1 63. Rb7+ Kf8 64. Rb8+ Ke7 65. Rb7+
Kf8 66. Rb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Dolmatov} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. f4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Bg4 13. Nxc6 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 bxc6 15. Rae1 (15. Bf2 Qc8 $1 (15... Qb8 16. b3 Ng4 17. Qxg4 Bxc3 18. Rad1
Qb4 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Rd3 Qa5 21. a4 $14 {Pelletier-Lyrberg, Bern op 1996}) 16.
Rae1 {-> 15.Rae1 Qc8 16.Bf2}) (15. Bd2 Qb8 16. b3 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Nxe4 $1 18. Nxe4
Qd4 $1 19. Nxd6 cxd6 20. Rad1 Qe4 {(Van der Sterren-Glek, Germany 1994)} 21.
Bc3 $1 $10) 15... Qc8 {[#] [#]} (15... Nd7 $6 16. Bf2 Qb8 17. b3 Qb4 {(Piket-P.
Shvidler, Groningen 1995)} 18. Re3 $1 Re6 (18... Bd4 19. Rd3 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Nc5
21. Rd1 $16) (18... a5 19. e5 Qb7 20. Rd1 $16) 19. Rd1 $1 $14 {P.Shvidler}) (
15... Qb8 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Rxe5 18. Bd4 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Qd8 $10 {
Lukacs-Kjeldsen, Budapest 1995}) 16. e5 (16. Bf2 Qg4 {(Solozhenkin-Glek, Le
Touquet 1994)} 17. Bd4 $10) 16... dxe5 17. fxe5 {N} (17. Qxc6 Ng4 18. Bc5 exf4
19. Nd5 Ne5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxf6 Qf5 $1 22. Qxf5 gxf5 23. Rd1 Nxc4 24. Rxf4
Nd6 $10 {Ftachnik,L-Glek,I/Wijk aan Zee/1995/}) 17... Rxe5 18. Bd4 Rxe1 19.
Rxe1 Qg4 (19... Qd8 $10) 20. Qf2 (20. Qxg4 Nxg4 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Re7 Rc8 23.
Ne4 Kf8 24. Rd7 Ne5 $17) 20... Nh5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 (21... Nxg7 $2 {Dolmatov} 22.
Ne4) 22. Re4 Qd7 23. Rd4 $44 Qe7 24. Re4 {Now it became clear that White has
got nothing after the opening and he has to play carefully in order to keep
the balance.} Qd6 25. Rd4 Qc5 (25... Qe5 {Dolmatov} 26. Re4 Qg5 $5) 26. g4 (26.
Ne4 {Dolmatov} Qe5 27. Rd7 Qxe4 28. Qxf7+ Kh6 29. Qxh7+ Kg5 $19) 26... Nf6 27.
Ne4 (27. Qxf6+ $2 {Dolmatov} Kxf6 28. Ne4+ Ke5 29. Nxc5 Kxd4 $19) 27... Nxe4
28. Rxe4 Qxf2+ (28... Qd6 {Dolmatov} 29. Qd4+) 29. Kxf2 Rd8 (29... Kf6 {
Dolmatov} 30. Rf4+ Ke6 31. Re4+ (31. g5 $2 f5 32. gxf6 Rf8 $17) 31... Kd6 32.
Rd4+ $10) (29... Kf8 {Dolmatov} 30. Rd4 Re8 31. Rd7 Re7 32. Rd8+) 30. Re7 Rd2+
31. Kg3 Rxb2 32. Rxc7 Rxa2 33. Rxc6 $10 Ra3+ 34. Kg2 Rc3 35. h3 a5 (35... a5 {
Dolmatov} 36. Ra6 Rxc4 37. Rxa5 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Blatny,P Dolmatov Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5
6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bg4 12. Rb1
Nd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. Rb5 (14. Rxb7 Nb6 15. Bd2 h6 16. Re1 Qc8 17. Ba6 Qc6 $44 {
Nadyrhanov,S-Raetsky,A/Krasnodar/1995/}) 14... Nb6 {[#]} 15. c4 (15. a4 a6 16.
Rb1 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $14) 15... Bxf3 (15... Nxc4 16. Rxd5 Bh2+ 17. Nxh2 Qxd5 18.
Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxh5 $16 {Mahia,G-Pla,S/Mar del Plata/1988/}) 16. Qxf3 dxc4 17.
Bc2 (17. Be4 Qd7 18. Rh5 g6 19. Rg5 Rab8 20. h4 $13) 17... Qd7 (17... Rb8 {
Dolmatov} 18. a4 a6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bf6 $40 {
Kudrin,S-Machado,H/Thessaloniki/1988/}) 18. a4 g6 (18... Bc7 19. Rc5 Bd6 {
Adams-Anand/Oakham/1992/} 20. a5 $1 $16 {Adams-Anand (Oakham 1992)} (20. Rg5 {
Dolmatov} Be7 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Bf5 $16 {Adams,M-Anand,V/Oakham/1990/})) (
18... Rab8 {Ftacnik Blatny,P}) (18... Bc7 {Ftacnik}) 19. Bh6 (19. Bd2 c3 20.
Qxc3 Rac8 21. Qb3 Rc7 22. Bd3 Rfc8 23. Re1 Bf8 24. a5 Nc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26.
Rxb7 Qxd4 $10 {Sokolov,A-Finegold (Reykjavik 1990)}) 19... Rfe8 20. Rfb1 $146 (
20. Be4 $2 Rab8 21. Rfb1 $2 Qe6 $17 {Riand-Delanoy (Genf 1992)} (21... Qe6 {
Ftacnik} 22. Rxb6 axb6 23. Rxb6 Qxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxe4 25. Rxd6 Re1+ 26. Kh2 c3 {
0-1 Riand,J-Delanoy,A/Geneve op (03)/1992/})) 20... Rad8 (20... Qe6 21. Be3 (
21. g4 $5 Qe2 22. Bd1 Qxf3 (22... Qe1+ 23. Kg2 $16) 23. Bxf3 $14) 21... Rab8
22. a5 Na8 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxb7 Nc7 25. Rxa7 Nd5 $14 {De Firmian-Appleberry 
(New York 1994)}) (20... Bf8 21. Be3 (21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. a5 Nc8 23. Rxb7 Qxd4
24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Rxf7 Nd6 26. Rxf8+ Rxf8 $10) 21... Rad8 22. a5 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Qe6
24. Bg5 Be7 (24... Rd7 25. Ba4 Rxb7 26. Rxb7 $16) 25. Bd2) (20... Qc6 $5 21.
Kf1 (21. d5 Qd7 $17 22. a5 $4 (22. Be3 {Ftacnik}) (22. Be3 {Blatny,P} Re7 23.
Bxb6 axb6 24. Rxb6 $15) 22... Qxb5 $19) 21... Qxf3 22. gxf3 c3 $1 {/\Nb6-c4-d2}
23. Bb3 $1 Rab8 24. a5 Nc8 25. Rc1 Ne7 26. Rxc3 Nf5 $10) 21. Bg5 (21. g4 Qc6 $1
22. d5 Qc7 23. a5 Nd7 24. Rxb7 Qxa5 $15) (21. a5 $2 Qxb5 $1 22. Rxb5 Re1#) (21.
Be3 $6 {Ftacnik} Bc7 22. a5 Nd5 23. Rxb7 Qd6 $17) 21... Be7 (21... Qe6 22. g3
Be7 23. a5 Nd5 (23... Bxg5 24. axb6 $16) 24. Be4 $1 Nc3 $1 (24... Nc7 25. Re5
Qd6 26. Rxb7 Bxg5 27. Rxg5 Rd7 28. Rc5 $14) 25. Re5 (25. Qxc3 Qxe4 26. Bxe7
Rxe7 $15) (25. Bxe7 Nxb5 26. Bxd8 Nxd4 $17) 25... Qxe5 26. dxe5 Nxb1 27. e6 $1
(27. Bxe7 Nd2 28. Qa3 Rd7 29. Bh4 Nxe4 30. Qa4 Nc5 31. Qxc4 Rxe5 $17) 27... f6
28. Bxb1 fxg5 29. Ba2 $13) (21... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 22. Be3 Re7 23. a5 Nc8 24. Be4
b6 $13 (24... b6 {Blatny,P} 25. Bc6 Qc7 $15)) 22. a5 (22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. a5 Nc8
$1 (23... Nd5 {Blatny,P} 24. Rxb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Be4 Rbd7 $15) 24. Rxb7
Qxd4 $17 (24... Qxd4 $2 25. Rxe7 Nxe7 26. Rd1 $18)) (22. Be3 Qd6 $1 23. a5 Nd5
24. Rxb7 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qf6 $10) 22... Nd5 $2 (22... Bxg5 $1 23. axb6 Be7 $1 (
23... Re1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxb5 25. bxa7 Qa5 (25... Ra8 26. Qg3 $1 $18) (25... Qa6 $13
{Dolmatov} 26. Qg3) 26. Re5 Qa1+ 27. Kh2 h6 (27... Qc1 28. Re2 Qf4+ 29. Qxf4
Bxf4+ 30. g3 $18) 28. h4 $1 (28. Rxg5 hxg5 29. Qxb7 Kg7 30. Qb8 $16) 28... Bxh4
(28... Qxd4 29. Ra5 Qxh4+ 30. Kg1 $18) 29. Bxg6 $1 fxg6 30. Qe4 Qxa7 31. Qxg6+
$18) 24. bxa7 b6 25. Be4 $1 (25. Rxb6 Qxa7 26. Rb7 Qa3 (26... Qxd4 27. Ba4 $14)
27. Qc6 Rc8 (27... Qc3 {Blatny,P} 28. Ba4 $14)) 25... Qxa7 26. Bd5 $36 (26. Bd5
Rf8 27. Qc3 $14)) 23. Rxb7 Qe6 (23... Qc6 $2 {Ftacnik} 24. Be4 $18 (24. Be4 {
Blatny,P} f6 25. R1b5 $18)) 24. Bd2 $14 Bf6 (24... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 25. Ba4 $1
Qxf3 (25... Rf8 {Blatny,P} 26. Bh6 $16) 26. gxf3 c3 27. Bh6 $18) (24... Bd6 {
Ftacnik} 25. Rxa7 $16 (25. Rxa7 Re7 26. Rxe7 Bxe7 27. Re1 $16)) (24... c3 $2 {
Dolmatov} 25. Bxc3 Qc6 26. Be4 $16) 25. Re1 Qc6 (25... Qd6 26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27.
Be4 $16) 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 $2 (26... Rxe8 $142 27. Rxa7 Qe6 $1 {/\ 28... Bxd4} 28.
Rb7 (28. Qg4 $6 Qxg4 29. hxg4 c3 30. Bh6 Bg7 31. Bxg7 Kxg7) (28. Ba4 $6 Rd8 (
28... Rd8 29. Be3 $16)) (28. Ba4 $16 {Ftacnik}) 28... Bxd4 29. a6 $36) 27. Be4
Qe6 (27... Qc6 {Ftacnik} 28. Rxa7 $16 (28. Rxa7 {Blatny,P} Qe6 29. Ra8 $1 Nc7
30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 31. d5 $18)) 28. Rxa7 $16 c3 (28... Bxd4 29. Ra8 $1 $18 (29. Ra8
$3 {Dolmatov} Rxa8 30. Bxd5 $16)) (28... Ne7 29. Bb4 Rxd4 30. Bc3 Rxe4 31. Qxf6
Qxf6 32. Bxf6 Nc8 33. Ra8 $18) 29. Bh6 $1 (29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Rxd5 31. Bxc3
Bxd4 $14 (31... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 $16)) 29... Ne7 (29... Bxd4 30.
Bxd5 Qe1+ 31. Kh2 Qe5+ 32. g3 Bxa7 33. Qxf7+ Kh8 34. Qxa7 c2 35. Bb3 $18 Qe3)
30. d5 Qd6 (30... Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Qe1+ (31... Rxd5 32. Ra8+ Rd8 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8
34. Qxc3 $18) 32. Kh2 Qe5+ 33. g3 Rxd5 34. Ra8+ Rd8 35. Rxd8+ (35. a6 $18 {
Ftacnik}) 35... Bxd8 36. a6 $18) (30... Qe5 31. Bf4 Qd4 32. Be3 Qe5 33. Ra6 $16
) 31. g3 $1 (31. Bf4 Be5 $13) 31... Rc8 32. Rb7 (32. Rd7 $5 Qe5 33. d6) 32...
Bd4 (32... c2 33. Bxc2 (33. Rb6 {Ftacnik} Qc5 (33... c1=Q+ 34. Bxc1 Rxc1+ 35.
Kg2 Qe5 36. Rxf6 $16) 34. Qxf6 $18 (34. Qxf6 {Blatny,P} c1=Q+ 35. Bxc1 Qxc1+
36. Kg2 $18)) 33... Rxc2 34. Rb6 $18) (32... Be5 33. Bc2 Qxd5 34. Qxd5 Nxd5 35.
a6 $18) 33. Bf4 Be5 (33... Qf6 34. d6 Nf5 35. d7 $18) (33... Qc5 {Ftacnik} 34.
d6 $18) 34. Rb6 Bxf4 (34... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 35. d6 $18 (35. d6 {Blatny,P} Qc5 36.
dxe7 Qxe7 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 $18)) 35. Rxd6 Bxd6 36. Qf6 $1 Nf5 (36... Ba3 37. d6 c2
38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. Qxe7 $18) 37. g4 (37. a6 c2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. a7 Rc8 40. Qb2
$18) 37... Be7 (37... c2 38. Bxc2 Rxc2 39. gxf5 Bc5 40. fxg6 $18) 38. Qa6 Nd6
39. Bc2 Rb8 $2 (39... Bf8 40. Qa7 Nb5 41. Qd7 Rc5 42. a6 $18) 40. Qc6 Rc8 41.
Qd7 Bf8 42. a6 Rc5 43. a7 Ra5 {[#]} 44. Qa4 $1 (44. Qa4 $1 {Ftacnik} Rxa4 45.
Bxa4) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E82"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {Hazai} Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 {Hazai:
This line has almost disappeared from the practice.} 7. Nge2 (7. Bd3 a6 8. Nge2
c5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. exd6 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc5 $132) 7... c5 8. d5 (8. Qd2 $5 Nc6 9.
d5 Ne5 10. Ng3 e6 11. Be2 exd5 12. cxd5 a6 13. a4 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Hellers,F/
Biel/1990/}) 8... Na6 $6 (8... e6 $5 9. Bg5 (9. Ng3 exd5 10. cxd5 Ba6 (10... a6
{Hazai} 11. a4 $14 (11. Qd2 b5 12. Bh6)) 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Nc7 13. a4 $14)
9... h6 $132) (8... e5 $6 {Hazai} 9. g4 $16) 9. Ng3 Nc7 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 $5 {
Hazai} a6 11. a4 $14) 10... Rb8 11. O-O Bd7 12. Qd2 (12. a4 $5 Na6 (12... a6
13. Qd2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. b3 $14) (12... a6 {Hazai}) 13. Qd2 Nb4 14. Bb1 e6
15. Kh1 $14) 12... b5 13. b3 bxc4 (13... e6 $2 14. dxe6 $16) (13... b4 14. Nce2
e6 15. Rae1 exd5 16. exd5 Re8 $14) 14. bxc4 e6 (14... Rb4 $5 15. Rab1 e6) 15.
Rab1 exd5 16. exd5 (16. cxd5 a6 17. a4 Rb4 $132) 16... Rb6 17. Rxb6 axb6 18.
Bf4 (18. Rb1 $5 $14 {Hazai}) 18... Nfe8 19. Rb1 $2 {[#] [#]} (19. a4 $5 Na6 (
19... Qf6 20. Nge4 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 $16) 20. Nb5 $16) 19... b5 $1 20. Nce4 (20.
Nxb5 Bxb5 21. cxb5 Nxd5 22. Bg5 Qb6 $40 23. Bxg6 $2 Bd4+ $19) (20. cxb5 Bxc3
21. Qxc3 Nxd5 22. Qd2 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 Qb6 24. Bc4 Be6 $10) (20. a3 $5) 20... Bc8
21. a3 f5 22. Bg5 $1 (22. Nc3 $2 g5 23. Bxg5 Bxc3 $17) (22. Ng5 $2 h6) 22...
Qd7 23. Nc3 bxc4 $10 24. Bxc4 Ba6 (24... f4 $2 25. Nge2 $16) 25. Bxa6 Nxa6 26.
Nge2 Nec7 27. h4 (27. Rb6 Rb8 28. Qb2 Qe8 29. Rxb8 Qxb8 30. Qxb8+ Nxb8 31. Bd8
Nba6 32. Kf2 Kf7 $10) 27... Rb8 (27... c4 28. Qf4 $16) 28. Rxb8+ Nxb8 29. Qb2
Qc8 30. Bf4 Bf8 31. Qb6 Nd7 32. Qc6 Nb8 33. Qb6 Nd7 34. Qc6 Nb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. f4 b5 8. Nxc6
Qxc6 9. Bf3 Bb7 10. Be3 Rc8 11. Qd3 Qc4 12. a3 Nf6 13. Bd4 d5 14. Bxf6 Qxd3 15.
cxd3 dxe4 16. Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anastasian, Ashot"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 c5 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. f4 d6 8. h3 e6
9. O-O Ne8 10. d3 Nc7 11. Be3 Nd4 12. Rb1 a5 13. a4 b6 14. Nb5 Ncxb5 15. axb5
Bb7 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bd2 Rc8 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Re8 20. Ra1 Rc7 21. Qb3 h5
22. h4 d5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. e5 Qd7 25. Qb2 Qxb5 26. Qxd4 Rc2 27. Ra7 Qc6 28.
Rf2 Rxf2 29. Qxf2 Ra8 30. Qa2 Rxa7 31. Qxa7 Bc8 32. Qb8 Kh7 33. Qd6 Qc1+ 34.
Kh2 Qb2 35. Qxb6 Bf5 36. Bc5 Qc2 37. Qd6 Bxd3 38. Qxd5 Bf5 39. Be7 Be6 40. Qc5
Qe2 41. Qd4 Bg4 42. Qc3 Qf2 43. Qc1 Be6 44. Qf1 Qb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Minasian, Artashes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c6 4. h3 d6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 Nbd7 8. a5 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qd6 Re8 11. Bc4 Bf8 12. Qd3 Bb4 13. Bxf7+ Kxf7 14. Qc4+ Kg7
15. Qxb4 Nb8 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. O-O Na6 18. Qd6 Nd7 19. Ng5 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 h6 21.
Nf3 Nc7 22. Rfd1 Re7 23. Nh4 Nf8 24. Bc5 Re8 25. Nf3 Na6 26. Ba3 g5 27. Rd8
Rxd8 28. Rxd8 Ng6 29. Bd6 Kf6 30. Na4 Ke6 31. b3 b6 32. axb6 Bb7 33. Rxa8 Bxa8
34. Ba3 axb6 35. Nxb6 Bb7 36. Nc4 Nb8 37. Nd6 Ba6 38. Nf5 Nf4 39. Nxh6 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Nikolic Ftacnik} Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6
7. Nbd2 (7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4 c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Nb3 Rd8 12. Qc1 Nc6
$10 {Nikolic-Khalifman/Erevan (06)/1996/1/2-1/2/ ;CBM 53}) 7... Ne4 8. b3 (8.
Qb3 a5 $132) 8... c5 (8... Nc3 $6 9. Qe1 c5 10. e3) (8... Nxd2 9. Qxd2 Bf5 $10)
9. Bb2 (9. e3 Nc6 10. Bb2 e6 11. Rb1 Qa5 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 $14 {Miles,
A-Sampouw/Surakarta/1982/}) 9... Nxd2 (9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 e5 12.
Nf3 d4 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. e3 dxe3 15. Qxe3 Nc6 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Bxf3
Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qe7 {1-0 Kustar,S-Csicsay,I/HUN-chT2 9293/1993 (33)}) 10.
Qxd2 dxc4 11. bxc4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 (12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qh4 Qd6 15.
Rfd1 Qf6 16. Qxf6 exf6 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Rb8 19. c5 Be6 20. Ra4 b6 21. c6
a5 22. c7 Rbe8 23. Rc1 {1-0 Ekstroem,R-Brkovic,Z/Banja Luka (11)/1987 (29)})
12... Nc6 (12... Qb6 13. Rab1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Bxd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4 16. Rfd1 $18) 13.
Rfd1 Nxd4 (13... Nxd4 $10 {Smyslov,V-Geller,E/Moscow/1955/}) 14. Bxd4 Qxd4 15.
Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rb8 17. c5 Be6 18. Ra4 a6 $2 (18... Rfc8 $5 19. Rxa7 (19.
Rc1 a6 $10 20. c6 Bd7 $10) 19... Rxc5 20. Rxb7 Ra8 21. Rb2 (21. Rxe7 Rxa2 $10)
(21. Bf3 {Nikolic} Rxa2 (21... Bh3 $6 22. Rb2 Ra3 23. Rb8+ Kg7 24. Ra8 $16) 22.
Rxa2 Bxa2 23. Rxe7 h5) 21... Ra3 $10) 19. c6 (19. Rb1 Rfd8 20. h4 (20. Bxb7 $2
{Ftacnik} Rxb7 21. Rxb7 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Bd5+ $19) 20... Bd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Rxa6
Rxc5 23. Ra7 Rc2 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. a4 Ra2 26. f3 b5 {1/2-1/2 Smyslov,V-Geller,E 
(05)/URS-ch22 plof-1pl Moscow/1955/}) 19... bxc6 20. Rxa6 c5 (20... Ra8 $5 21.
Rxa8 Rxa8 22. a4 Ra6 (22... Bd5 {Ftacnik} 23. a5 $14) 23. a5 Bc4 24. e3 e5 $14)
21. a4 Rb2 (21... c4 {Nikolic} 22. Rc6 Rfc8 23. a5 c3 (23... Rxc6 $2 24. Bxc6
c3 25. a6 c2 26. Be4 Bf5 27. a7 $18) 24. Rc1 Rxc6 $1 (24... c2 $2 25. Rxc8+
Bxc8 (25... Rxc8 26. a6 Rd8 27. a7 Rd1+ 28. Bf1 Rxc1 (28... Bd5 29. Rxc2 Ra1
30. Rc7 $18) 29. a8=Q+ Kg7 30. Qa3 Rb1 31. Qc3+ f6 32. Qxc2 Re1 33. Kg2 $18)
26. Be4) 25. Bxc6 Rb3) 22. a5 c4 (22... Rfb8 23. Ra8 Rxa8 24. Bxa8 c4 25. a6 c3
26. a7 (26. Be4 {Ftacnik} c2 27. a7) 26... c2 27. Be4 $18) (22... Rxe2 {Ftacnik
} 23. Rc6 Rd8 24. a6 Red2 25. Bf3 Bd5 26. Bxd5 R2xd5 27. a7 Ra8 28. Rc7 Kf8 29.
Rb1 Rdd8 30. Rbb7 $16) 23. Rc6 (23. Ra8 $1 {Ftacnik} Rxa8 24. Bxa8 c3) 23...
Rfb8 (23... Ra8 $2 24. Rxe6 $18) (23... Rbb8 24. a6 $18) 24. Be4 Rxe2 $2 (24...
f5 $5 25. Rxe6 fxe4 26. Rxe4 c3 27. Rc4 c2 28. Rc1 Ra8 $14) (24... Bf5 {Nikolic
} 25. Bxf5 gxf5 26. Rxc4 Rb1+ 27. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 28. Kg2 Ra1 29. Rc5 e6) 25. Rb6 $1
Rd8 (25... Rxb6 {Ftacnik} 26. axb6 Rb2 (26... Rxe4 27. b7) 27. b7 $18) 26. Bf3
$18 Red2 27. a6 c3 (27... Bd5 {Ftacnik} 28. Bxd5 R2xd5 29. a7) 28. a7 c2 (28...
Rb2 {Ftacnik} 29. a8=Q $18) 29. Rb8 (29. Rb8 {Ftacnik} Kg7 30. a8=Q (30. Rxd8
Rxd8 31. a8=Q Rxa8 32. Bxa8) 30... Rd1+ 31. Kg2 (31. Bxd1 $2 cxd1=Q+ 32. Rxd1
Rxd1+ 33. Kg2 Bd5+) 31... Rb1 32. Raxb1 cxb1=Q 33. Rxb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B58"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3 h6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. h3 Be6 11. Bf1 Qa5 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bc1 Qa5 14. Bd2 Qd8 15.
Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 d6 6. e3 Nbd7 (6... c5 7. Be2
h6 8. Bh4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qc2 a6 12. Rfd1 $10 {ECO}) 7. Qc2 (
7. Be2 c6 8. O-O h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nh5 $10) 7... a6 {N} (7... c6 8. Be2 Qc7
(8... h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Rd1 Qe7 11. O-O Re8 12. b4 Qf8 13. b5 Nh7 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. d5 Bb7 16. Rb1 Nc5 17. Na4 $16 {Bosboom,M-Nijboer,F/NLD-ch (07) 1991}) 9.
O-O e5 10. Rad1 Re8 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd2 Nf8 13. c5 Bf5 14. Qc1 N6d7 15. b4 a5
16. a3 axb4 17. axb4 Ne6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Bg6 20. Nc4 $14 {Inkiov,V-Krnic,Z/
West Berlin 1986}) (7... h6 8. Bh4 e5 9. Rd1 Re8 10. Be2 c6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12.
O-O Qc7 13. Nd2 Nf8 14. c5 Bf5 15. Qc1 N8d7 16. b4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 b6
19. Nc4 Be6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Ne4 Be7 22. Ncd6 Rf8 23. Bc4 $14 {Inkiov,
V-Uhlmann,W/Bulgaria-DDR 1986}) 8. Be2 h6 9. Bh4 c5 (9... c6 10. O-O b5 11. a3
Bb7 12. b4 $14) 10. O-O cxd4 $6 (10... Re8 11. Rfd1 Rb8 12. a3 b6 13. b4 Bb7
$14 {Knaak-Riemersma/Wijk/1988}) 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Rac1 Nc6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Rfd1
$14 {Man vergleiche die Stellung mit der theoretischen Variante (s. die
Anmerkung zum 6. Zug ), Weiß hat hier 2 Tempi mehr (Rac1 und a3).} Qb8 15. b4
Nxd4 16. exd4 Bc6 17. c5 (17. d5 $5 Bd7 18. c5 Rc8 (18... dxc5 19. bxc5 Rc8 (
19... Qc7 $2 20. d6 $1 Qxc5 21. dxe7 Qxe7 22. Nd5 $18) 20. Ne4 (20. Na4 $2 Qf4)
20... Bf5 (20... Nxe4 21. Qxe4 $16) 21. Bxf6 (21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qa4 b5 23.
cxb6 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Qxb6 $10) 21... Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxf6 23. Bg4 Rc7 24. Qb4 $16 {
/\d6}) 19. Ne4 Bf5 20. Bxf6 Bxe4 21. Qxe4 Bxf6 22. Bg4 Rc7 23. c6 bxc6 24. Rxc6
Rxc6 25. dxc6 Qc7 26. Bd7 $16) 17... dxc5 18. dxc5 Qe5 19. Bg3 Qe6 20. Re1 Qc8
21. Bc4 $16 e6 22. a4 $2 {Ein Fehlgriff. Das Spiel im Zentrum war dem
verlockenden Plan a4, b5 vorzuziehen.} (22. Rcd1 Rd8 23. Be5 $16 {/\} Nd5 $2
24. Bxd5 exd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Rd4 {/\Red1, ><d5}) 22... Rd8 23. Red1 Nd5 $1
$132 24. Bxd5 exd5 (24... Bxd5 $2 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. b5 axb5 27. axb5 {/\c6-c7+/
-}) 25. b5 axb5 26. axb5 Ra3 $1 $10 27. bxc6 (27. Nb1 Rxg3 28. hxg3 Bxb5 29.
Nc3 Bc6 (29... Qxc5 $2 30. Nxd5 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 $14) (29... Bc4 30. Ne4 $1 {/\Nd6
}) 30. Ne2 d4 $13) 27... Rxc3 28. Qxc3 $5 (28. cxb7 Qxb7 29. Qd2 $10) 28...
Bxc3 29. c7 Bg7 $1 (29... Rd7 $2 30. Rxc3 $16) 30. cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 31. Rb1 Qd7 32.
Bd6 $6 {Weiß ist fest davon überzeugt, noch in Vorteil zu sein und spielt
unvorsichtigt. Der Läufer steht schön auf d6, kann aber nicht von dort den
gefährlichen schwarzen Freibauern kontrollieren. Umsichtiger war} (32. f3 d4
33. Rd3 Qf5 34. Rbd1 Qxc5 35. Bf2 $10) 32... d4 33. Rb6 $6 Qa4 34. Rbb1 (34.
Rdb1 $2 d3 35. Kf1 Qc2 $19) 34... g5 $1 {Schwarz plant nun mittels f5-f4 dem
weißen Läufer die Rückzugmöglichkeit wegzunehmen.} 35. h3 $2 {Es war noch
nicht zu spät, die Notbremse zu ziehen-} (35. f3 $1 Qc2 36. Rbc1 (36. Rdc1 $5)
36... Qb3 37. Rb1 Qd5 38. Rd2 $1 f5 (38... d3 $2 39. Rbd1 $10) 39. Bg3 Qxc5 40.
Bf2 b5 41. Rdb2 $15) 35... Qc6 (35... Qc2 $5) 36. Re1 $2 (36. f3 f5 $1 37. Bg3
(37. Rd2 f4 $17) 37... Qxc5 38. Rxb7 d3+ 39. Bf2 Qc2 40. Rbb1 d2 $17) 36... d3
$19 37. Rbd1 Qd5 38. Re3 d2 39. g4 (39. Kf1 Qc4+ 40. Re2 Bc3 41. f3 Ba5 42. Kf2
Qc2 $19) (39. Kh2 b6 40. Re2 Bc3 $19) 39... Qc4 (39... Qc4 {/\Qc1} 40. Rxd2
Qc1+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Yerevan"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.04.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 053"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Qe2 (
8. Re1 {die Hauptfortsetzung}) 8... O-O 9. Nb3 {Normalerweise strebt der Nd2
über f1 zum Königsflügel.} (9. Re1) (9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1) 9... b6 10. e5 Nd7 11.
Bf4 a5 {[%cal Ya5a4]} 12. c4 {Durch 9.Nb3 hatte Svidler bereits angedeutet,
daß er sich nicht auf Spiel am Königsflügel beschränken will.} a4 13. Nbd2 (13.
cxd5 $2 exd5 14. Nbd2 Re8 $19) 13... a3 14. bxa3 $5 (14. b3 Nb4 $132 {[%cal
Yc8a6,Yb6b5]}) 14... Re8 (14... Rxa3 15. Nb1 (15. cxd5 $2 exd5 16. e6 Qe7 $17)
15... Ra5 16. Nc3 (16. cxd5 $2 exd5 17. Nc3 d4 $17) 16... dxc4 17. dxc4 Nd4 18.
Nxd4 cxd4 19. Nb5 $13) 15. Rac1 Bb7 (15... Rxa3 $5 16. Nb3 $13 {[%cal Yf1d1,
Yd3d4]} (16. Nb1 Ra5 17. Nc3 $2 (17. h4) 17... dxc4 18. dxc4 Nd4 $1 19. Nxd4 (
19. Qe3 Bb7 $17) (19. Qe4 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 g5 $17) 19... cxd4 20. Nb5 g5)) 16.
Nb1 {[%cal Yb1c3,Yc3b5,Yb5d6]} d4 17. h4 h6 18. Rfe1 Ra7 {[%cal Yd8a8]} 19. Rc2
Qa8 20. Qf1 {[%cal Yc2e2,Yf3h2,Yh2g4]} Ne7 21. Nh2 Bxg2 22. Qxg2 Nc6 (22...
Qxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Nc6 (23... g5 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Nxe5 26. Bxe7 Rexe7 27. f4
$1 Nxd3 $2 28. Rd1 $16) 24. Nf3 Rea8 25. Rce2 $10) 23. Rce2 g5 24. hxg5 hxg5
25. Bxg5 Ncxe5 26. f4 (26. Qxa8 Rexa8 27. f4 Nxd3 28. Rd1 Rxa3 29. Nxa3 Rxa3)
26... Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Nxd3 $5 28. Rd1 b5 29. Rxd3 (29. cxb5 c4 $132) 29... bxc4
30. Rd1 c3 {[%csl Gc3,Gc5,Gd4,Rb1] Lputian hat zwar nur einen P für die Figur,
aber dafür eine gewaltige Bauernkette, die den Nb1 hilflos aussehen läßt.} 31.
f5 {Beteiligt den Bg5 am Kampf gegen die fürchterlichen Bauern.} e5 (31... Nf6
$5 {ist ein Versuch, den Kontakt des Bg7 mit der Kette Pc4-d4-c3 bestehen zu
lassen.}) (31... c4 $5 {[%cal Rd4d3] sieht teuflisch gefährlich aus. Mit der
Bewertung bin ich nicht sicher.} 32. fxe6 (32. Rf1 d3) (32. f6 d3) 32... Rxe6
33. Rxe6 fxe6 $17) 32. Ng4 $1 {Es ist wichtig, den Bg7 aus dem Spiel zu nehmen.
Danach kann Weiß den toten Nb1 gegen Pc3+Pd4 geben.} f6 (32... e4 33. f6 Bh8
34. Rc1 {/\ Nxc3}) 33. Bc1 e4 (33... c4 $4 34. Rxd4) (33... Rea8 34. Rc2 $16)
34. Nxc3 (34. Rde1 $5 Rb7 (34... d3 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 d2 37. Nxd2 cxd2 38.
Bxd2 Rxa3 39. Re7 Nb6 40. Bh6 Rxa2+ 41. Kh3 $16) (34... Rb8 35. Nxc3 dxc3 36.
Rxe4 $14) (34... e3 35. Nxc3 dxc3 36. Rxe3 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 $16) 35. Nxc3 dxc3 36.
Nf2 $16) 34... dxc3 35. Bf4 (35. Rde1 $5 Ra4 (35... Rb8 36. Rxe4 Nb6 (36... Ne5
37. Nxe5 fxe5 38. g4 $18) 37. Re6 Kf7 38. Nf2 Nc4 39. Ne4 Nxa3 40. Nxc3 $14) (
35... Nb6 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Rxe4) 36. Nf2 $16) 35... Nb6 36. Rd6 (36. Nf2 Rxa3
37. Nxe4 Rea8 $10) 36... Nc4 (36... Nd7 $6 37. Nf2) 37. Nxf6+ Bxf6 38. Rxf6 Rd7
(38... Rxa3 39. Re6 Rxe6 40. fxe6 Nd2 41. Bxd2 cxd2 42. Rxd2 Kf8 $10) (38...
Nxa3 39. Re6 Rxe6 40. fxe6 $14) 39. Re6 Rxe6 40. fxe6 Rd2 $1 41. Kf2 Rxe2+ (
41... Rxe2+ 42. Kxe2 c2 43. Bc1 Kf8) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hazai} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4
8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. f4 Nf6 12. Bf3 Bg4 13. Nxc6 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
bxc6 15. Rae1 Qc8 16. Bd4 (16. Bf2 {Hazai} Qg4 $1 $15 {Solozhenkin-Glek, Le
Touquet 1994}) 16... Qe6 $5 (16... c5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e5 Bg7 (18... dxe5 19.
fxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxf7+ Kh8 21. Rxe5 $18) 19. g4 $5 Rb8 20. b3 dxe5 21. f5 $36 {
Bareev,E-Kindermann,S/Vienna op/1996/}) (16... Qg4 17. Qf2 Qe6 18. f5 gxf5 19.
exf5 Qxc4 20. b3 Qb4 21. a3 Qxa3 22. Ra1 Qb4 23. Ra4 Qb8 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. Ne4
Qd8 26. Ba1 Nh5 27. Bxg7+ Nxg7 28. Ng5 Qf6 29. Rh4 h5 30. Ne4 Qd4+ 31. Kh1 Rxe4
32. f6 Rg4 33. fxg7+ Kxg7 34. Rxg4+ hxg4 35. h3 Re8 36. Kh2 Re3 {Greenfeld,
A-Glek,I/Haifa/1996/0:1/36/}) 17. b3 (17. f5 $6 Qxc4 18. Rd1 (18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
fxg6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 fxg6) 18... Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) (17. e5 Qxc4) 17... c5 $5
18. f5 (18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nd5 (19. e5 Qe6 (19... dxe5 20. Nd5 $16) 20. g4 $1 (
20. Nd5 Rac8 $13 21. Nxc7 $4 Rxc7 22. exd6 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxe1 24. dxc7 Qe7 $19)
20... dxe5 21. f5 e4 $1 22. Nxe4 (22. fxe6 exf3 23. exf7+ Kxf7 24. Rxf3+ Kg8
$17) 22... Bd4+ 23. Kh1 gxf5 (23... Qc6 24. fxg6 fxg6 25. Nf6+ Qxf6 26. Qd5+
$18) 24. gxf5 Qc6 $13) 19... Qd8 $1 20. f5 (20. e5 c6 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6
Qxf6 23. Qxc6 $10) 20... c6 21. fxg6 fxg6 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Qd7 $10) (18.
Bf2 Qg4 (18... Ng4 19. Nd5 $1 $14) 19. Nb5 Qxf3 20. gxf3 Rec8 21. e5 Ne8 $13)
18... gxf5 19. Bxf6 (19. exf5 Qxe1 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 21. Kf2 Rae8 $17) 19... Bxf6
(19... Qxf6 $32 20. Nd5 Qd4+ 21. Kh1 fxe4 (21... Rxe4 22. Ne7+ $18 (22. Ne7+ {
Hazai} Kh8 23. Nxf5 $18)) 22. Qxf7+ (22. Qg4 e3 23. Nf6+ Kh8 24. Qxd4 cxd4 25.
Nxe8 Rxe8 $19) 22... Kh8 23. Nxc7 (23. Qxc7 e3 24. Re2 (24. Qxd6 e2 25. Rg1 Qh4
$36) 24... Rf8 25. Rfe1 Rae8 (25... Rf2 $5 26. Rxe3 Raf8 27. Re8 (27. Rg1 Rf1
$19) 27... Qe4 $1 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. Rg1 Rxg2 $10) 26. h3 Qd3 27. Rxe3 Rf1+ 28.
Kh2 (28. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 29. Kh2 Be5+ 30. Rxe5 Rg8 31. g4 Qf2+ $10) 28... Be5+ 29.
Rxe5 dxe5 30. Rxe5 Rg8 31. Ne3 Re1 32. Ng4 $16) 23... Rf8 24. Qe7 Rxf1+ 25.
Rxf1 Rg8 (25... Qd3 26. Rg1 Rg8 27. Ne8 Be5 28. Nf6 Bxf6 29. Qxf6+ Rg7 $10) 26.
Ne6 (26. Ne8 Qe5) 26... Qe5 27. Re1 $13) 20. Qg3+ $1 (20. exf5 Bd4+ 21. Kh1
Qxe1 $19) (20. Nd5 $5 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 fxe4 (21... Rac8 {Hazai} 22. Qg3+ Qg6 23.
Qh4 $14) 22. Qg3+ Qg6 23. Qxg6+ (23. Nxc7 Qxg3 24. hxg3 Re5) 23... hxg6 24.
Nxc7 Rac8 (24... f5 25. g4 $1 $16) 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. g4 e3 $14) 20... Kh8 21.
Nd5 (21. exf5 Bd4+ 22. Kh1 Qh6 $13 (22... Qf6 {Hazai} 23. Nd5 Rxe1 24. Qxe1 Qd8
25. f6)) 21... Rg8 22. exf5 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Qh6 24. Qf4 (24. Qf3 Be5 $13) 24...
Qxf4 25. Rxf4 Rge8 $1 $8 26. Rfe4 (26. Ref1 Rac8 $13) 26... Rxe4 27. Rxe4 c6
28. Ne7 d5 29. cxd5 (29. Re2 dxc4 30. bxc4 Rb8 31. g3 Rb4 $13) 29... cxd5 30.
Nxd5 Rd8 31. Nf4 {(.)} (31. Nc7 Be5 $19) (31. Ne7 Bf6 $19) (31. Nf4 Be5 (31...
Be3 32. h4 $1 $14) 32. g3 Rd1+ 33. Kg2 Rd2+ 34. Kf3 (34. Ne2 f6 35. a4 (35. a3
Rd3) 35... Rb2 36. Re3 Bd4 37. Re8+ Kg7 $146) 34... Bxf4 35. Kxf4 Rxa2 36. f6 (
36. h4 Kg7) 36... h6 $10) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Svidler HarZvi} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4
Qd6 (6... Qd8 7. O-O a6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Nbxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd6 12.
h3 Nf6 13. c3 O-O 14. Bg5 Nd5 15. Bc2 b5 16. Nf5 Bh2+ 17. Kh1 Bb7 18. Ng3 Bxg3
19. Qd3 f5 20. Qxg3 e5 21. Rad1 Kh8 22. Rfe1 Rae8 $13 {Hracek,Z-Dreev,A/Brno/
1994/}) 7. O-O Nf6 (7... a6 8. Nb3 Qc7 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Nbxd4 Ne7 11. Rd1 Nbc6
12. Nxc6 Nxc6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. b3 O-O-O 15. Bb2 e5 16. c4 f6 17. a3 Rhe8 18. Be4
f5 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. c5 Bxc5 21. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Bxa3 23. f4 Bxb2 24. Qxb2
Qb6+ 25. Kh1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. h3 Qd5 $15 {Emms,J-Hansen,LB/Copenhagen
BSF/1995/}) 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 (10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12.
Bf4 Rc8 13. Be2 Bc5 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. c3 Ke7 16. a4 a6 17. a5 Ba7 18. Rfd1 Rhd8
19. Nd4 Be8 20. Be3 Bc5 21. Bf3 Nd5 22. Bg5+ f6 23. Bh4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Bc6 25.
Bg3 e5 26. Rd2 Nc7 $10 {Istratescu,A-Huzman,A/Biel op/1993/}) 10... a6 11. Bb3
Bd7 (11... Qc7 12. Re1 Bd6 13. Nf5 Bxh2+ 14. Kh1 O-O 15. Nxg7 Rd8 16. Qf3 Kxg7
17. Bh6+ Kg6 18. c3 Nd5 19. Rad1 $1 f5 20. Bc1 $1 Bd6 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5
Bd7 23. Qh3 Bf8 24. Re3 Kg7 25. Rg3+ Kh8 26. Qh4 Be6 27. Bf4 Be7 28. Bxc7 {
1-0,Adams,M-Dreev,A/Wijk/1996/}) 12. c3 Qc7 13. Bg5 (13. Qf3 Bd6 14. h3 O-O-O
15. Bg5 Bh2+ 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rfe1 h6 18. Bh4 Bf4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re4 Be5 21.
Rae1 Kb8 22. Qh5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc6 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxf7 Qd2 26. Qxe6 Re8 27.
Qxe8+ Bxe8 28. Rxe8+ Ka7 29. Re7 {1/2,Agnos,D-Akopian,V/Ubeda op/1996/}) 13...
h5 $6 $146 {A slightly dubious novelty, after which Black will always miss one
tempo to achieve a good position. HarZvi: a new move according to my data,13...
Ne4 13...Bd6 and 13...0-0-0 have already been played.} (13... Ne4 $6 14. Bh4 (
14. Be3 Nf6 $1 $14) 14... Bd6 (14... Qf4 $2 15. g3 (15. Bg3 $6 Nxg3 16. fxg3 $5
Qe3+ 17. Kh1 Be7 18. Rxf7 $6 Kxf7 19. Nf5 Qg5 20. Qxd7 Qxf5 21. Re1 Kf8 22. g4
(22. Bxe6 Qf2 $1) 22... Qf4 $1 23. Qxe6 Bd6 $1 $19) 15... Qh6 16. Qe2 (16. Re1
$6 Nxf2 17. Kxf2 g5 $13) 16... Nd6 17. f4 (17. Qe5 $1 f6 $22 18. Nxe6 $3 fxe5
19. Nc7# {Glek/}) 17... Nb5 18. Nf5 Bc5+ (18... Qg6 19. Bc2 f6 $3 20. Nd6+ $6
Nxd6 21. Bxg6+ hxg6 $146) 19. Kg2 Qg6 20. Bc2 f6 21. Nxg7+ Qxg7 22. Qh5+ Qf7
23. Qxc5 Rc8 24. Qe3 O-O 25. Rad1 Bc6+ 26. Kg1 Bd5 27. f5 $18 {Ivanchuk,V-Glek,
I/Frunze/1988/}) (14... g5 {Svidler} 15. Qc2 $1 $16) 15. Qe2 (15. Qg4 Bxh2+ 16.
Kh1 Qf4 17. Qxg7 Qxh4 18. Qxh8+ Ke7 19. Nf3 Qh5 20. Qxa8 Bc7+ 21. Kg1 Nd2 22.
Rfd1 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qh3 24. Rxd7+ Kxd7 25. Rd1+ Kc6 26. Ba4+ Kb6 27. Rd6+ Bxd6
28. Qd8+ Kc5 29. b4+ Kd5 30. c4+ Ke5 31. f4+ Ke4 32. Qxd6 Qg4+ 33. Kf1 Qh3+ 34.
Ke1 Qc3+ 35. Qd2 Qa1+ 36. Ke2 h5 37. Bc2# {Tairi,F-Akvist,H/Sverige/1990/1:0/})
15... Nc5 16. Nf5 Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. Nxg7 Qe5 19. Qxe5 Bxe5 20. Nh5 Nxb3 21.
axb3 f5 22. Rfe1 Bh8 23. Rad1 Be8 24. Nf4 e5 25. Nd5 Bh5 26. Ne7+ Kf7 27. Rd7
Ke6 28. Rxb7 Rfb8 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Nc6 $36 {Wahls,M-Lautier,J/Biel-A/1990/}) (
13... O-O-O $142 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5 Be8 16. Rad1 Be7 17. Rfe1 Qc5 18. Qe2
Bd7 19. Bc2 Bd6 20. Be4 f5 21. Bf3 Qc7 22. h3 Kb8 23. Qc2 Rhg8 24. b4 Rc8 25.
b5 axb5 26. Qd3 Qxc3 27. Nxf5 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 exf5 29. Rxd6 Rc7 $15 {
Tzermiadianos,A-Kotronias,V/Ankara zt/1995/}) (13... Bd6 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Qh5
Qc5 16. Qf3 Qe5 17. g3 O-O-O 18. Rfe1 Qg5 19. Bc4 (19. Bc2 {Svidler} f5 20.
Rad1 Bc7 21. Re2 h5 22. Red2 h4 $13 {Emms,J-Akesson,R/Kobenhavn/1992/}) 19...
Kb8 20. Bf1 Rc8 21. Rad1 Bc5 22. h4 Qg6 23. Bd3 Qh6 24. Nb3 Ba4 25. Nxc5 Rxc5
26. b3 Bc6 27. Be4 $14 {Kudrin,S-Remlinger,L/Philadelphia opI/1992/}) 14. Qf3
Bd6 (14... Ng4 15. g3 {[%csl Re8] עe8 and Black will soon have big problems
with his K in the center.} (15. Bf4 $6 e5 16. Bg3 O-O-O {[%cal Rh5h4] /\h4}) (
15. g3 {Svidler} f6 16. Bxe6 fxg5 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18. Rad1 Bd6 (18... Ne5 19. Bxd7
$18) 19. Bxg4 hxg4 20. Ne6+ $18)) 15. h3 Bh2+ {A typical maneuver, Black has
more tactical chances with White's K on h1.} (15... O-O-O 16. Bxf6 (16. Rfe1 {
Svidler}) 16... gxf6 17. Qxf6 $16 {Black has no compensation due to White's
cenralized pieces.} (17. Qxf6 Rdg8 $146)) 16. Kh1 Be5 17. Rfe1 O-O-O {With the
K on opposite sides of the board a sharp position arises. White is better due
to his more active pieces.} (17... Bxd4 18. cxd4 Bc6 $2 {This but work without
the moves Rfe1,h5.} 19. d5 $18) (17... Ng4 {Svidler} 18. g3 Nxf2+ 19. Kg2 $1 h4
20. gxh4 $18) 18. Rad1 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4][%cal Ge1e4,Gd1d4] [+]} (18. Bc4 $5 {
Svidler} Bxd4 (18... Ng4 $6 19. Bxd8 Kxd8 20. Qxf7 Bxd4 21. hxg4 hxg4+ 22. Kg1
$16) 19. cxd4 Bc6 $13) 18... Rdg8 $6 {Plays with fire. This decentralizing
move puts Black's R out of play and his position on the brink of defeat. it
looks not natural to put your rooks on h8 and g8 I prefer the ones on d1 and
e1!!} (18... Kb8 $142 19. Qe3 Bd6 20. Nf3 Bc6 $5 {/\} 21. Rxd6 Rxd6 22. Bf4
Bxf3 $1 23. Qxf3 Rhd8 $10) 19. Qe3 $1 {Attacks the Be5, but also eyes a7! a
very strong move,white queen will be able to penetrate via a7 while,the black
squares are in white's control,black's position is not easy} (19. Bc4 $2 {
Svidler} Ng4 $1 $17) 19... Bd6 (19... Ng4 $2 20. hxg4 hxg4+ 21. Kg1 $18) (19...
Bxd4 20. Qxd4 $16 {is a major positional concession.}) 20. Nf3 $1 {[%cal Re3a8,
Rd1d6,Rg5f4] /\Qa7,Rd6!,Bf4} Bc5 $8 (20... Bc6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf4 Qe7 (22...
Qd8 23. Qa7 Nd5 (23... g5 $1 24. Qb8+ Kd7 25. Ne5+ Ke7 26. Nxc6+ bxc6 27. Qb4+
Ke8 28. Ba4 $16) 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 (24... Qxd5 25. Qb8+ Kd7 26. Qc7+ Ke8 27. Bd6
$18) 25. Rd1 $1 g5 26. c4 gxf4 27. cxd5 $16) 23. Qa7 Rd8 (23... Bxf3 24. gxf3 (
24. Ba4 $1 $18 {Svidler}) 24... Rd8 25. Qb8+ Kd7 26. Ba4+ $1 b5 27. Bxb5+ $1
$18) 24. Ne5 $18 {->}) (20... Ng4 {Svidler} 21. Qd2 (21. hxg4 hxg4+ 22. Nh4 f6
23. Bxe6 fxg5 24. Qxg5 $13)) 21. Qd2 Ng4 $5 (21... Bc6 22. Bf4 Qb6 23. Ne5 $1
Rd8 24. Qe2 $16 {[%cal Re5f7,Re5c4,Rc4d6] /\Nf7,Nc4-d6} (24. Qc2 $16 {Svidler})
) 22. Bf4 $1 {Nevertheless. White starts a complicated combination, which in
the end gives him an advantage in all lines. this move requires a very deep
and accurate calculation} Nxf2+ (22... Qd8 23. Re5 $1 (23. hxg4 {Svidler} hxg4+
24. Nh2) 23... Nxf2+ {is only a transposition.} (23... Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bc6 25.
Nxf7 Qxd2 26. Rxd2 $18) (23... Be7 24. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Re2c4] /\Qc4})) 23. Kh2
Qd8 (23... Qc6 24. Ne5 Ng4+ 25. hxg4 hxg4+ 26. Kg3 $18) 24. Re5 {all white
pieces are attacking} (24. Ne5 Ng4+ $5 {is weaker.}) 24... Bb6 (24... Ba7 25.
Qd6 $1 {[%cal Re5c5] /\Rc5+-} Bc6 $8 (25... Qc7 26. Rc5 Qxc5 27. Qxd7#) 26.
Bxe6+ fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Bd7 28. Qc4+ Qc7 29. Re8+ $1 $18) 25. Qd6 $1 {a critical
position,white is threatening Rc5 with Qb8 mate,there are three moves for
black Nxd1 as use played Bc7 which leaves to the same position as after Nxd1
and a third move Qc7 after it is not easy for white but still good} Nxd1 $2 (
25... Bc7 26. Rc5 Bc6 27. Rxc6 bxc6 (27... Qxd6 28. Rdxd6 bxc6 29. Rxc6 $18)
28. Qxc6 Nxd1 29. Ba4 $1 $18 {This line could also arise in the game.}) (25...
Bc6 26. Bxe6+ fxe6 27. Qxe6+ Bd7 28. Rxd7 $1 Qxd7 29. Qxb6 Nd3 30. Rd5 $1 Qf7
$8 31. Rc5+ $1 Nxc5 32. Qxc5+ Kd8 33. Bg5+ $18) (25... Qc7 $142 $1 26. Rc5 $1
Bc6 $8 (26... Qxc5 27. Qb8#) 27. Bxe6+ (27. Rxc6 $2 bxc6 28. Bxe6+ Kb7 $1)
27... fxe6 $142 $1 (27... Kb8 28. Rxc6 $1 (28. Qd4 Nxd1 29. Bxc7+ Bxc7+ 30. Kg1
Rd8 31. Bd5 Bb6 $36) 28... bxc6 (28... Qxd6 29. Bxd6+ (29. Rcxd6 {HarZvi} Bc7
30. Rf1 Ne4 31. Bxf7 Rf8 32. Ne5 $1 {with a big advantage in the endgame for
white}) 29... Ka7 30. Rxb6 Nxd1 31. Bc5 fxe6 32. Rd6+ b6 33. Rd7+ Ka8 34. Bxb6
Nxb2 35. Ne5 $40 {with a mating attack.}) 29. Qb4 Qxf4+ (29... Ka7 $2 30. Rd7)
(29... Nxd1 $4 {HarZvi} 30. Qxb6+) (29... Ka8 {HarZvi} 30. Rd7 $1 $18) 30.
Qxf4+ Bc7 31. Rd6 $1 {again the only move since Ne5 is not good enough} (31.
Ne5 {HarZvi} Nxd1 32. Nd7+ Kb7 33. Nc5+ Kb6 34. Nd7+ Kb7 $10) 31... Nd3 (31...
fxe6 32. Kg1 $18) 32. Qxf7 (32. Qd4 Rd8 $132) 32... Bxd6+ 33. Kh1 $16 {[%csl
Ra6,Rb8,Rc6,Rg7,Rh5] ע,P Black's K and P are both very weak, his piece
coordination is bad. White has a big, nearly decisive advantage.}) 28. Qxe6+ (
28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qxe6+ Kb8 $1 (29... Kb7 $2 30. Rd7) 30. Bxc7+ Bxc7+ {only
transposes.} 31. Rd6 $2 Rd8) 28... Kb8 29. Bxc7+ Bxc7+ 30. Kg1 Nxd1 31. Rxc6 (
31. Nd4 Bb6 32. Qd6+ Ka7 33. Nxc6+ bxc6 34. Qd7+ Kb8 $1 $10) 31... bxc6 32.
Qb3+ (32. Nd4 Bb6 $1 33. Qb3 Ka7 $10) 32... Ka7 33. Qxd1 $14 {/+/- Black has
beaten off the first wave of the attack, but his weaknesses remain.}) 26. Rc5+
Bc6 $8 (26... Bxc5 27. Qb8#) 27. Rxc6+ bxc6 28. Qxc6+ Qc7 {28...Bc7 29.Nd4
transposes to 25...Bc7} (28... Bc7 29. Ba4 $1 (29. Nd4 $3 {HarZvi an
unbelieveable position with 2 rooks for a bishop black is completely hopeless})
(29. Bc4 $1 {Svidler} Kb8 (29... Qe7 30. Bxa6+ Kd8 31. Qa8+ Kd7 32. Bb5#) 30.
Qb6+ Kc8 (30... Ka8 31. Bxc7 Qc8 32. Bxa6 $18) 31. Bxa6+ Kd7 32. Bb5+ Ke7 (
32... Kc8 33. Qa6+ Kb8 34. Ne5 $1 Qd5 35. Bc6 $18) 33. Bxc7 Qd5 34. c4 Qf5 (
34... Qe4 35. Qc5+ Kf6 36. Qg5#) 35. Bd6+ $1 Kf6 36. Qd4+ $18) 29... Kb8 $8 (
29... e5 30. Qa8+ Bb8 31. Qxa6+ Kc7 32. Qc6#) 30. Qb6+ Kc8 31. Qxa6+ Kb8 32.
Ne5 $1 Qd6 33. Bc6 $18) 29. Bxc7 Bxc7+ {Black had to give his Q, but it's
insufficient to save the game.} 30. Kg1 Rd8 (30... Ne3 31. Qxa6+ (31. Ne5 {
HarZvi and the game is over}) 31... Kd7 32. Qd3+ Nd5 33. c4 $18) 31. Qxa6+ (31.
Ne5 {Svidler} Kb8 32. Nxf7 $18) 31... Kb8 32. Nd4 $18 {White's K is safe, his
attack will cost Black a lot of material. The game is over. the game is
finished the rest needs no explanations} Rd6 (32... Bd6 33. Nc6+ Kc7 34. Qa7+
Kxc6 35. Ba4+ Kd5 36. Qd4#) 33. Nc6+ Rxc6 34. Qxc6 {Having won the exchange,
White sets to win also the unlucky Nd1.} Rd8 35. Bc2 {[%cal Rc2e4] /\Be4} Rd6 (
35... Ne3 36. Be4 Nd5 37. c4 $18) 36. Qe8+ Rd8 (36... Bd8 {Svidler} 37. Bxd1
Rxd1+ 38. Kf2) 37. Qb5+ Kc8 (37... Ka7 38. Qa4+) 38. Qa6+ (38. Qa6+ Kb8 39. Be4
) 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Glek,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudasin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 h6 $5 6. Nc3 (6. c4
$5) 6... Ngf6 7. O-O (7. Be3 $5 {Yudasin}) 7... e5 8. Qd3 a6 $1 9. Bxd7+ (9.
Bc4 Nc5) 9... Bxd7 10. Nd2 b5 11. a3 Be6 12. Re1 Qa5 $6 13. b3 Rd8 $2 (13...
Rc8 $142) (13... b4 $2 14. Nc4) 14. Bb2 Be7 (14... d5 $6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Rxe5
Nxc3 17. Bxc3 $16) 15. Nf1 O-O 16. Ne3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Re2 Qc5 $6 19. a4
$1 b4 20. Ncd5 Nxd5 (20... Bxd5 21. exd5 $16) 21. exd5 Bd7 22. Qxa6 f5 23. Nc4
f4 24. Ree1 $6 (24. Nb6 $142 $1 {Yudasin} Bg4 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Rdd2 Bxe2 27.
Qxe2 $18) 24... Bf5 25. Rd2 f3 26. Bd4 $2 exd4 $2 (26... Qxd5 27. Bxe5 $2 (27.
Nb6 Qc6 28. Qc4+ $13) 27... Qe6 28. Nxd6 $2 (28. Rxd6 $17) 28... Rc5 $1 $19 29.
Nxf5 Qxa6 30. Nxe7+ Kh7) 27. Rxe7 d3 $2 28. cxd3 Qd4 29. Rd1 $1 fxg2 30. Qa7
Qf6 31. Qe3 Bg4 32. Re1 Bf3 33. Nb6 Rcd8 34. a5 Qh4 35. a6 Kh7 36. a7 Rf5 37.
Re4 Bxe4 38. dxe4 Rff8 39. Ra1 Qf6 40. e5 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Kortschnoj} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 Nc6 (9... c6 $14 {Kortschnoj}) 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Qd2 (11.
Nd5 {Kortschnoj} Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c6) 11... f5 (11... Nf4 $142 12. Nxc6 Nxe2+ 13.
Nxe2 bxc6 14. Bd4 Bxd4+ 15. Nxd4 c5 16. Nc2 Bb7 17. Ne3 h5 18. Rad1 a5 19. h3
Bc6 $13 {Sakaev-Belov, Russia 1995}) 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Bd4 (14.
g4 {Kortschnoj} Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Qe7 $13) 14... Nf6 $6 (14... Bxd4+ 15. Qxd4 Qf6
16. Qxf6 Nxf6 17. g4 $14 {Akesson-Golubev, Leuven 1994}) 15. Rfe1 c5 16. Bf2
Qb8 17. Rad1 Qb4 $2 (17... Qb7 $14) 18. g4 $1 (18. b3 $2 Ng4 $1) 18... Be6 19.
Nb5 $1 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Rec8 21. Bd3 Bf7 (21... Bd7 22. g5 Nh5 23. Re7 Bxb5 24.
cxb5 Nf4 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Be3 Be5 27. Rf7 $16) (21... Kf7 $142 {Kortschnoj} 22.
Rde2 $16) 22. Re7 $18 Ne8 23. Be4 Bf8 24. Rxe8 $1 Rxe8 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxc7
Rb8 27. b3 a5 28. Bg3 a4 29. Nb5 1-0

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. b3 (11. Nb5 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Rc8) (11. c3)
11... O-O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Qe2 h5 14. h3 (14. Nf3 Ng4 15. Rad1 Bd6 16. h3 Bc6
$1 17. Rfe1 (17. Rxd6 Qxd6 18. hxg4 hxg4 19. Ne5 Rh4 $17) 17... Bc5 $13 18.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Bxe6+ $1 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kb8 21. hxg4 {Yandemirov,V-Vainerman,A/
Lvov/1986/}) 14... Ng4 15. Nf3 Bd6 $6 (15... Bc6 $1 16. Rfd1 (16. Ne5 Nxe5 (
16... Ba3 $1 17. hxg4 $2 (17. Bxa3 $8 Nxe5 18. Rad1 Nxc4 19. Qxc4 $10) 17...
Bxb2 18. Nxf7 hxg4 19. Bxe6+ Kb8 $19) 17. Bxe5 Bd6 18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Rad1 Qc5
20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rd1 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 h4 $10 {Geller,E-Arkhipov,S/Moscow/1986/}
) 16... Bc5 17. Rxd8+ (17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Be5 $1 Rxd1+ {[#]} (18... gxf3 19.
Bxc7 fxe2 20. Rxd8+) 19. Qxd1 Qe7 (19... Bxf3 20. Bxc7 Bxd1 21. Bg3 $1 Rd8 22.
Bd3) (19... Qb6 20. Nd4 Qd8 21. Qxg4 Rh4 22. Nxc6 $1 Qh8 23. Qxe6+ $18) 20. Nh2
Qg5 $1 (20... Qh4 $2 21. Qxg4 $1) (20... Rxh2 21. Bxh2 Qh4 22. Qf1 g3) 21. Bg3
Rxh2 $1 22. Bxh2 (22. Kxh2 Qh6+ 23. Kg1 Bxg2 $19) 22... g3 23. Bxg3 Qxg3 24.
Qf1 Qf4 (24... b5 25. b4 Bb6 26. Be2 g5 27. Rc1 g4 28. c4 Qh4 29. Bxg4) 25. Rd1
Bd6 26. Rxd6 {Kopylov,I-Kahn,A/EU-ch (corr)/1989/91/}) 17... Qxd8 18. Rf1 (18.
hxg4 hxg4 19. Bxe6+ fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Bd7 $5 (20... Kb8 $5 21. Qxg4 Bxf3 $1 22.
Qxf3 Rf8 $1 $10 {(Glek 89)}) 21. Qc4 gxf3 22. Qxc5+ Bc6 23. Qd4 $2 (23. Qf5+ $1
Qd7 24. Qxd7+ Kxd7 25. g3 Rg8 $44 {(Glek 89)}) 23... Qxd4 24. Bxd4 fxg2 25. f3
Bxf3 26. Bxg7 Rh1+ 27. Kf2 Kd7 28. Rg1 $6 (28. Bd4 a6 29. Re1 $1 $15 {(Glek 89)
}) 28... Be4 $17 {(Glek 89)} 29. Bd4 a6 30. c3 Ke6 31. a4 Kf5 32. b4 Rh3 $1 33.
b5 $5 a5 34. Re1 Rd3 $1 35. Kg1 Rd2 36. Ra1 Kg4 $1 37. Bb6 Rd6 $1 $19 38. Bxa5
Rh6 39. Kf2 Rf6+ 40. Kg1 Rh6 41. Kf2 b6 $1 42. Re1 Rf6+ 43. Kg1 Kf3 $1 {
Lanka,Z-Glek,I/Moscow-ch/0:1/1989/}) 18... Rh6 19. Bb5 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qd6 21. g3
Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Rg6 23. Kf1 Rxg3 24. Qxh5 Bxf2 25. Be5 Rg1+ 26. Kxf2 Qc5+ 27. Kf3
Qxb5 28. c4 Qc6+ 29. Ke3 Re1+ 30. Kd2 Qe4 31. Qh8+ Kd7 32. Qb8 Qe3+ 33. Kc2
Qc1+ 34. Kd3 Re3+ 35. Kd4 Qc3+ 36. Kc5 b6+ {Matulovic,M-Marjanovic,S/JUG/1986/
0:1/40/}) 16. Rfe1 (16. Rfd1 Bc6 17. hxg4 hxg4 18. Ne5 Rh6 19. Nxg4 Rh4 20.
Bxg7 Bh2+ 21. Kf1 Bd6 22. f4 Rg8 23. Bxe6+ Kb8 24. Rxd6 Rxg7 25. Qe5 Rg8 26.
Bxf7 Rf8 27. Nf2 Rh2 28. Rad1 Rhh8 29. Bd5 Re8 30. Re6 Bxd5 31. Rxe8+ {Peptan,
C-Hagarova,Z/WchJW Bratislava/1993/}) 16... Bc6 17. Ne5 $6 (17. hxg4 $1 hxg4 (
17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 hxg4 19. Qxg4 Bh2+ 20. Kf1 $18) 18. Ne5 g3 $1 (18... Rh5
19. Nxf7 Bh2+ 20. Kf1 Be5 21. Bxe6+ Kb8 22. Qxe5 $18) (18... Rh4 19. Nxf7) 19.
Bd4 (19. Qe3) 19... Bb4 (19... gxf2+ 20. Qxf2 Be8 21. Rad1 $18) (19... Rh2 20.
Nxc6 Qxc6 (20... Rdh8 $2 21. Bxe6+ $1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Qd7 23. Qxd7+ Kxd7 24.
fxg3 Kxc6 (24... Bxg3 25. Ne5+ Kc7 26. Kf1 $18)) 21. Qf3 Qxf3 (21... Qc7 22.
Rad1 Rdh8 23. Kf1 $16) 22. gxf3 Rdh8 (22... g2 $5 23. Rad1 Bc7 $14) 23. fxg3
$18 Bxg3 24. Re2) 20. c3 Rxd4 21. cxd4 $18) 17... Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 $10 (18...
h4 $6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rad1 Qf4 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 g5 23. Qa5 a6 24. Kf1
Rhg8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Qc5+ Kb8 27. Qe5+ Qxe5) 19. Qxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxe5 h4 21.
Rae1 Rd4 22. Bd3 Rhd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alterman, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Be6 5. d3 Qd7 6. Rb1 g6 7. b4 Bg7 8. b5 Nd8
9. e3 Ne7 10. Nd5 Nc8 11. Ba3 a6 12. bxa6 Rxa6 13. Qc1 O-O 14. Ne2 c6 15. Ndc3
Bh3 16. O-O Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Ne6 18. Rb3 f5 19. f3 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1996.06.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 054"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Be3 O-O 10. g4 Re8 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Bd3 (12. Bh5 g6 13. Bg4 Bf8 (13...
Nc6 $4 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Nd5 Qb8 17. Bf7 Rf8 18. Bd4+ Nde5 19.
Nxe7 Nxe7 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc5 Kg7 22. Bxe7 Qa7+ 23. Kh1 Bh3 24. Qf3 {1-0
Polgar,J-Hans Ree Amsterdam 1989}) 14. f5 Ne5 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Rf6 Nxg4 17.
Qxg4 Nc6 $2 {a mistake,the correct continuation is 17...Nd7 when black is Ok
after 17...Nc6 there is one difference} 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. e5 $1 d5 20. Raf1 Bg7
21. Bc5 $1 {with a very difficult position for black Shirov,A-Anand,V Buenos
Aires 62/227 [Shirov,A; Lanka,Z] 1-0 47}) 12... Nc6 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh4 Bf8 15.
Rf3 Bg7 16. Nde2 b5 17. Rh3 Nf8 18. f5 Ne5 19. f6 Bh8 20. a3 $1 {a very strong
move not giving any counter play,black's only idea seems to be b4 there for
this anmd espeically white's next move are very strong after I completely do
not like black's position} Rb8 21. b4 $1 {this position was reached in the PCA
1996 Semi-Final between Kasparov and Anand about one month before this game,
Anand lost after a terrible move on move 31 but I said he really lost after
white played f6!!} Nc4 (21... Bb7 22. Rf1 Rbc8 23. Bd4 Nc6 24. Be3 Ne5 25. Rf4
Qd7 26. Qh6 Nxd3 27. cxd3 e5 28. Rf1 Rc7 29. Bb6 Rc6 30. Nd5 Bc8 31. Re3 Qb7 $2
32. Bd8 $1 Ne6 33. Ne7+ Rxe7 34. fxe7 Qd7 35. Rh3 {Kasparov,G-Anand,V PCA
Kremlin Semi-Final 1996 1-0 35}) 22. Bxc4 Qxc4 23. Rd1 e5 24. Rg3 Re6 25. Bf2
Bb7 26. Rgd3 Qc7 27. Qg3 Nd7 28. Qe3 Bxf6 $6 {black probably thought that
there are not many chances in just playing normal, since white will just
improve his position and win,but after this move white is winning quick} (28...
Rd8 29. Qd2 Nb6 30. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 31. Kg2 {when black's position is lost,it is
impossible to play this position without a bishop}) (28... h6 29. h4 h5 30. Qd2
) 29. gxf6 Nxf6 30. h3 $1 Rc8 31. Bh4 Nh5 32. Qd2 $1 {white is winning,after
the "d" file will be open black's king will become very weak against white's
attack} Qc4 33. Rxd6 Rxd6 34. Qxd6 Bxe4 35. Qxe5 Bf3 36. Rd8+ Rxd8 37. Bxd8 Qc6
38. Qb8 $1 Kg7 39. Be7 Kh6 40. Qe5 (40. Qe5 f6 41. Bf8+ Ng7 42. Qe3+ g5 43. Nd4
) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Norri, Joose"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2385"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Finland"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. Nf3
d5 9. exd5 $6 cxd5 10. O-O a6 (10... Ne4 $6 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1 f6 13. Be3 e5
14. Rd1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Nc2 $14 {Portisch,L-Nunn,J/Linares/1988/}) 11. a3
(11. a4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nfd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxe7 Re8
$44) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. Ne5 $6 (14. d5 $5 Nc5 (14... Nb6
15. Rad1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Bh6 $14) 15. Rfe1) 14... Rc8 (14... Nxe5 $5 15.
dxe5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Ng4 17. f4 (17. e6 f5 18. Nd5 $4 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rad8) 17...
Rfd8 18. Rfd1 e6) 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. d5 Nfxd5 $1 (16... Rxc3 17. bxc3 Nfxd5 (
17... Ne4 18. Qe3 Nxg5 19. Qxg5 $16) 18. c4 Bxe5 19. cxd5 $10) 17. Bxd5 Nxd5
18. Nxd5 Qxd5 (18... Bxe5 19. Nxe7+ Kg7 20. Nf5+ $18) 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 e6
21. Rd6 (21. Nxg6 $5 exd5 (21... hxg6 22. Rd2 $15) 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8
24. Rc1 Re8 25. b3 Bb2 26. Rd1 $15) 21... Bxe5 22. Rxa6 Bxb2 23. a4 bxa4 (23...
b4 $2 24. Be7) 24. Rxa4 Kg7 25. Rb1 $15 Be5 26. Re1 Bc3 27. Rc1 h5 28. g3 (28.
h3 $5 e5 29. g4) 28... Be5 29. Re4 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Bf6 31. h4 Rd8 32. Bf4 Rd5
33. Kg2 Be7 34. Rc4 Bc5 35. Kf3 Rf5 36. Ke2 Bxf2 $6 (36... Rd5 37. Be3 Bd6 38.
Rd4 Kf6 $15) 37. Kxf2 e5 38. Kf3 exf4 39. gxf4 $10 Ra5 40. Rc6 Ra3+ 41. Kg2 Re3
42. Rb6 f6 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. f5 $2 (44. Ra7 Re7 45. Ra6 Kf7 46. Kf3 $10) 44...
gxf5 45. Rh7 Kg8 46. Rxh5 $2 (46. Rd7 $17) 46... Re5 $19 47. Kf3 f4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rahman, Ziaur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2460"]
[Annotator "Dolmatov,S"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bangladesh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BAN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Bb4 9. Qd3 d6 (9... Qd6 10. Nxc6 Qxd3 11. Bxd3 dxc6 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Be3 $14
{Ivanovic,B-Rajkovic,D/Vrsac/1987/}) 10. Bg5 Bd7 11. Nb3 $6 (11. Bxf6 $5 gxf6
12. Nd1 Ne5 13. Qh3 Bc5 14. c3 $16) 11... Ne5 12. Qe3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Bc6 $2 (
13... Rc8 14. f4 Nc4 (14... Ng6 $5 15. f5 Ne5 16. fxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18.
Nd4 Qxc3 19. Qf2 $10) 15. Qd3 $132) 14. f3 Ned7 15. c4 h6 16. Bh4 $14 e5 (16...
b6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Qd2 Rfc8 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 $14) (16... O-O $5 17. Rad1
Rfc8 18. Qd2 Ne8 19. Be7 Ne5 $10) 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Qd2 Ke7 (18... a4 19. Nc1 Ke7
20. Nd3 Rhc8 21. Nb4 $14) 19. Qc3 b6 20. Nd2 Nc5 (20... Nf8 21. Nf1 Ng6 22.
Bxf6+ Kxf6) 21. Nf1 Bd7 22. Ne3 Be6 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. cxd5 Rhc8 25. Bb5 Rab8 $6
(25... Ncd7 $5 26. Qe3 (26. Qxc7 Rxc7 27. c4 $14) 26... Qc5) 26. Qe3 Nb7 27. c4
Qc5 28. Qd2 $16 g5 (28... Qc7 29. Rf1 Nc5 30. f4 $40) 29. Bf2 Qc7 30. Be3 Rg8
31. Rab1 Nc5 32. Bc6 Nfd7 33. g3 $1 f6 $2 (33... Rbd8 34. Qg2 Nb8 35. Bb5 Qc8)
34. Qg2 $18 g4 35. Bxh6 Rg6 36. Be3 Rh8 37. Rf1 Qd8 38. fxg4 Rxg4 39. Qf3 Qg8
40. Bxc5 Rxg3 41. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 (11... b4 $5) 12. Kh1 Nd7 13. Rb1 (13.
Qe1 a5 14. Nxb5 a4 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bh4 Nc5 17. Nc4 Ba6 18. Nba3 Nd4 19. Rf2 Rc8
20. Rd1 Nxf3 21. gxf3 Qc7 $146 {Tal,M-Gufeld,E/URS/1977/}) 13... Re8 (13... Nb6
14. Nd5 Nc4 15. e5 Re8 (15... dxe5 16. Nc5 Ra7 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19.
Nxb7 Rd7 20. Rbd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 f6 $13 {Moroz,A-Levin,F/Lvov/1988/}) (15... f6
16. exf6 exf6 17. Bh4 Rf7 18. Re1 Qf8 19. c3 $14 {Sapis,L-Szymczak,R/POL/1988/}
) 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Nxe7+ Nxe7 18. Bxb7 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Ra7 20. Rd7 Nf5 $146 {
Xie,J-Alterman,B/FRA/1994/}) 14. Nd5 f6 $1 {N Kramnik/} (14... Qb8 15. c3 a5
16. a3 a4 17. Nc1 e6 18. Ne3 Nf6 19. Nd3 Ne7 20. Nf2 $13 {Xie,J-Tisdall,J/USA/
1995/}) 15. Bh4 e6 16. Ne3 g5 $1 17. Bg3 (17. fxg5 fxg5 18. Bg3 Nde5 (18... Be5
19. Ng4 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Nde5 21. Nd4 $13) 19. Bh5 Rf8 20. Qe2 Qe7 21. c3 $13)
17... gxf4 18. Bxf4 Nde5 19. Bh5 Rf8 $15 20. c3 Qe7 21. Qe2 Ng6 22. Bg3 Nce5
23. Nd2 $8 (23. Ng4 f5 24. exf5 exf5 $17) 23... Kh8 (23... Rad8 $5 24. Rf2 Bh6
25. Rbf1 Qg7 $13) 24. Rf2 Rad8 25. Rbf1 Bh6 $15 26. Ng4 $6 Nxg4 27. Bxg4 d5 $1
$17 28. Bh5 (28. e5 f5 29. Bh5 d4 $1 30. cxd4 Rxd4 31. Nf3 Re4 $17) (28. exd5
Rxd5 (28... Bxd5 29. c4 Bxg2+ (29... bxc4 30. Nxc4 f5 (30... Qc5 31. b3 f5 32.
Bh5 $13) 31. Bh5 f4 32. Bxg6 fxg3 33. Rf7 (33. Qe5+ Kg8 (33... Bg7 $1 34. Qh5
h6 35. Rxf8+ Rxf8 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Bd3 Bxg2+ $19) 34. Rxf8+ (34. Bf7+ Rxf7
35. Rxf7 Qh4 $19) 34... Rxf8 35. Rxf8+ Qxf8 36. Bd3 $15) (33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 (34... Bxf8 35. Bd3 $10) 35. Bd3 Bf4 $15) 33... Rxf7 34. Rxf7 Qh4
$19) (29... Ba8 $1 30. Nb3 $1 (30. Nf3 f5 31. Bh5 f4 $19) 30... f5 31. Bh5 f4 (
31... Be4 $1 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Re1 Rd3 (33... Bd3 34. Qxe6 Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Bxc4
$15) 34. Be5+ Kg8 35. cxb5 axb5 $17) 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Bxf4 Bxf4 34. Rxf4 Rxf4
35. Rxf4 (35. Qe5+ Qf6) 35... Qg5 36. Rg4 Qf5 37. h3 $16) 30. Kxg2 Rxd2 31.
Qxe6 $16) 29. Nb3 f5 30. Bh5 $1 (30. Bf3 f4 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 $17) 30... f4 31.
Bxg6 fxg3 (31... hxg6 32. Bxf4 Bxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Qg5 35. Rf1 $16))
28... dxe4 29. Nxe4 f5 30. Bxg6 (30. Nd6 $5 Rxd6 31. Bxg6 f4 32. Bc2 (32. Qe5+
Kg8 33. Bh4 Qxh4 34. Bxh7+ Kxh7 35. Qxd6 Qf6 $17) 32... e5 (32... fxg3 33. Qe5+
Kg8 34. Qxg3+ Kh8 35. Qe5+ $16) 33. Bxf4 $1 Bxf4 34. Rxf4 Rxf4 35. Rxf4 Bxg2+
36. Kxg2 Qg5+ 37. Rg4 Rd2 38. Rxg5 Rxe2+ 39. Kf3 Rxc2 $17) 30... hxg6 31. Nd6
Ba8 $1 $19 (31... Bd5 32. c4 $1 $13) 32. Be5+ (32. Qe5+ Kg8 33. Rd1 Bg7 34. Qc5
e5 35. Rfd2 f4 36. Bf2 Qg5 $19) 32... Kg8 33. Rd1 (33. Qd3 Bg7 34. Bxg7 Qxg7
35. Rd2 Bd5 $19) 33... Rd7 34. Qd3 Rfd8 35. Qg3 (35. Qh3 Bg7) (35. Rfd2 Bd5 36.
Qh3 Bg7 $19) 35... Qg5 36. Qxg5 Bxg5 37. Rd3 (37. b3 Bd5 38. c4 bxc4 39. bxc4
Bxc4 $19) 37... Be4 38. Rh3 Rxd6 39. Rh8+ Kf7 40. Rh7+ Ke8 41. Rh8+ Kd7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Makarichev,S"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Nge7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 (11... Bf5 $1 $132) 12. h3 $1 Bxf3
13. Qxf3 Ne5 14. Qh5 N7g6 15. Rad1 $40 Rc8 (15... a6 $6 16. Bf1 Rc8 17. Bxb6
Qxb6 18. Rxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Rxc2 20. Rd2 $16 {Psakhis,L-Lputian,S/Yerevan/1988/
}) 16. c3 a6 17. Bf1 Re8 18. g3 $1 {/^ g2-d5/} (18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Rxd5 $4 Nf3+
$1) 18... Qf6 19. Bg2 $16 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 Nc4 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxd5 Nxb2 23.
Rd4 $16 b5 $8 24. Nd2 $1 Re5 25. Qg4 Qf5 $8 (25... h5 $2 26. Qc8+ Kh7 27. Ne4 (
27. Nf3 $2 Ne7 $1) 27... Qe7 (27... Qf5 28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Nd6 $18) 28. h4 $1 {
/\29.Ng5+} f6 (28... Nxh4 29. gxh4 Qxh4 30. Bxf7 $18) 29. Qg8+ Kh6 30. f4 $1
Rf5 (30... Rxd5 31. Qxd5 $18) 31. Be6 $1 $18 Rc5 32. Rd7) (25... Ne7 $2 26. Ne4
$1 Qg6 (26... Qf5 27. Bxf7+ $1 $18 Kxf7 (27... Qxf7 28. Rd8+) 28. Nd6+) 27. Nd6
$1 $18 Qxd6 (27... Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Nxd5 29. Qc8#) 28. Bxf7+) 26. Qxf5 Rxf5 27. f4
$16 Nf8 28. g4 Rf6 29. f5 {xb2/} h6 (29... Na4 $2 30. Ne4 Rb6 31. Ng5 $18) 30.
Ne4 Rb6 31. Bb3 {/\32.Rd8; xf7/} Nc4 $8 32. Bxc4 bxc4 33. Rxc4 Nd7 34. Rc8+ Kh7
35. Rc7 Nf6 36. Nxf6+ Rxf6 37. Kf2 g6 38. Rc5 $1 Rb6 39. Kf3 gxf5 40. gxf5 Rb2
41. a4 Kg7 42. a5 Kf6 43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kd4 h5 (44... Rh2 45. Rc6+ Kxf5 46. Rxh6
f6 47. Kc5 Ra2 (47... Ke5 48. c4 f5 49. Rxa6 f4 50. Ra8 Ra2 51. a6 f3 52. a7 f2
53. Re8+ Kf4 54. a8=Q $1 $18) 48. Kb6 Ke5 49. Kxa6 $1 (49. c4 $2 f5 50. c5 f4
51. c6 f3 52. c7 Rb2+ $1 $13) 49... f5 50. Rh8 f4 51. Rf8 Ke4 52. c4 $1 (52. h4
$2 f3 53. h5 Rh2 $13) 52... f3 53. c5 Rc2 54. Kb6 f2 (54... Rb2+ 55. Kc7 Ra2
56. c6 Rxa5 57. Kb6 $18) 55. a6 Ke3 56. a7 Ra2 57. c6 $18) 45. Rc6+ $1 Kxf5 46.
Rxa6 Re4+ 47. Kd5 Re3 48. Kc4 Rxh3 49. Rc6 $1 Rh1 50. a6 Ra1 51. Kb4 Kg4 (51...
h4 52. Rc5+ Kg4 53. Ra5 Rb1+ 54. Kc5 Rb8 55. a7 Ra8 56. Kb6 h3 57. Kb7 h2 58.
Ra1 $18) 52. Rc4+ Kg3 53. Kb5 h4 (53... Rb1+ 54. Rb4) 54. Ra4 Rb1+ 55. Kc5 Rb8
56. a7 Ra8 57. Kb6 h3 58. Kb7 h2 59. Ra1 Rxa7+ 60. Kxa7 f5 61. Kb6 $1 $18 (61.
c4 $4 f4 62. c5 f3 63. c6 Kg2 64. c7 h1=Q 65. Rxh1 Kxh1 66. c8=Q f2 $10) (61.
Kb6 f4 62. Kc5 f3 63. Kd4 f2 64. Ke3 Kg2 65. Ke2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.20"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. h4 Nb6 12. a3 N8d7 13. h5 Rg8 14. hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.23"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Haba, Petr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Be7 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Qe2 Nxe4 8.
Qxe4 c5 9. Qg4 Bf6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. Bxd4 Bxd4 12. Qxd4 Qf6 13. Qb4 a5 14. Qb5
Ra6 15. c3 Rb6 16. Qc4 Rc6 17. Qd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rb6 19. O-O-O Nc5 20. Bc4 Bd7
21. Rhe1 O-O 22. Re5 Rc8 23. Nb3 Nxb3+ 24. axb3 Bc6 25. Rd6 Kf8 26. Rxa5 Ke7
27. Rd4 Bxg2 28. Rg5 Bh3 29. Rxg7 Bf5 30. Bd3 Bg6 31. Bxg6 hxg6 32. Rf4 Rf8 33.
Rc4 Rxb3 34. Rc7+ Kf6 35. Rh7 g5 36. Rh6+ Ke5 37. Rc5+ Kd6 38. Rxg5 Ra8 39. Rh4
Ra1+ 40. Kc2 Rb6 41. Rd4+ Ke7 42. Rd2 Rh1 43. Rh5 Rc6 44. Rd3 Re1 45. Kd2 Rb1
46. Rb5 Rc7 47. Rd4 Kf6 48. Rdb4 Rd7+ 49. Ke2 Rbd1 50. Rxb7 R7d2+ 51. Kf3 Rf1
52. Rf4+ Kg6 53. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.24"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Magem Badals, Jordi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bg2 e5 8. Nge2
a6 9. a4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nb4 13. g4 c5 14. Nde2 Bc6 15.
Ng3 b6 16. g5 Nd7 17. Qd2 Qc7 18. f4 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.25"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Spasov, Vasil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Vorotnikov} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6
7. c3 (7. Nc3 {Vorotnikov} f6 8. Qe2 Nf7 9. a3 Rb8 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 a6 12.
Ra4 O-O 13. d4 e5 14. Be3 Kh8 15. d5 f5 16. dxc6 dxc6 17. Bc5 Re8 18. Rd1 Qf6
19. Nd2 $16 {Orlov,G-Kaidanov,G/USA-ch/1994/}) 7... O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d6
10. h3 (10. Nc3 $5 {Vorotnikov} f6 11. b3 Nf7 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Nd2
Rac8 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Ne3 Bh6 18. Qb1 Rfe8 19. d5 $14 {Illescas
Cordoba,M-Kramnik,V/Alcobendas/1995/}) 10... f6 11. Nc3 Nf7 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2
(13. Rc1 Qa5 14. b3 (14. Nd2 Qb4 15. b3 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Na4 Bd7 18. Nc4
Rae8 19. Rc2 Nh6 20. Bd2 Qb5 21. Nc3 Qf5 22. Bc1 Qf7 23. Bb2 Nf5 24. Ne4 Qd5
25. Rd2 Nh4 $15 {Gavrilov,A-Yakovich,Y/St-Petersburg/1993/}) 14... Rad8 15. Qd2
Rfe8 16. Ne2 Qxd2 17. Nxd2 Rc8 18. f3 f5 19. Rc2 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Rd1 c5
22. Nc3 Bc6 23. Nf1 fxe4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Nf7 $10 {Vydeslaver,A-Yakovich,
Y/Leeuwarden/1995/}) 13... Qc7 (13... Qa5 $32 14. Rac1 (14. Nd5 $2 Qxd2 15.
Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd2 Rfe8 $19) 14... Rab8 (14... Rfe8 15. Rb1 Rab8 16. a3 Rb7 17.
Qc1 f5 18. b4 Qa6 19. Ra1 fxe4 20. Nxe4 Qb5 21. Qd2 Qf5 22. Nfg5 Rb5 23. Nxf7
Qxf7 24. Rac1 Rd5 25. Nc3 Rf5 $13 {Nielsen,P-Yakovich,Y/Alburg/1993/}) (14...
Qh5 15. Ne2 (15. Qe2 g5) 15... g5 $13) 15. b3 $16) 14. Rac1 Qb7 15. b3 Rad8 (
15... f5 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bh6 $16) 16. Qc2 (16. Na4
$5 c5 (16... e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Ng5 $1 $16) (16... Be6 $5 17. Qc2 (17. Qa5 $5
Rc8 (17... f5 18. d5 cxd5 19. Rc7 $16) 18. d5 cxd5 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. exd5 Ne5 $13
) 17... Rc8 18. Bf4 Bd7 $5) (16... f5 17. e5 c5 18. exd6 exd6 19. dxc5 Bc6 $1
$36 (19... Bxa4 20. bxa4 dxc5 21. Qa5 Qb4 22. Qxa7 Ra8 23. Bxc5 $14)) 17. dxc5
Bxa4 18. bxa4 dxc5 (18... Qxe4 19. c6 Qxa4 20. Nd4 $16) 19. Qc2 $14) 16... f5
$1 17. e5 c5 $1 (17... dxe5 {Vorotnikov} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bh6
$40) 18. exd6 (18. e6 $5 Bxe6 19. dxc5 Ne5 $5 20. Ng5 (20. Nd4 Bf7 21. Na4 Bd5
22. c6 Qa8 $13) 20... Bd7 $13) 18... exd6 19. Rcd1 $1 (19. dxc5 Bc6 $36 20.
cxd6 (20. Nd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Bxg2) 20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Ne5 22. Red1 Nxf3+ 23.
Kf1 Nh2+ $17) 19... Bc6 (19... f4 $5 20. Bxf4 Bxh3 21. Qe4 (21. dxc5 Bf5 $13)
21... d5 22. Qe3 (22. Nxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. gxh3 Rf5 25. Re4 g5 $17)) 20.
d5 Bd7 21. Ne2 $1 {/\Nf4-e6,Bd2-c3+/-/} (21. Bc1 Rfe8 22. Bb2 Ne5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5
$13) 21... Rde8 22. Nf4 Re4 23. Nd2 Re7 24. Nc4 Rfe8 {/\g5} 25. Bd2 Rxe1+ 26.
Bxe1 (26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Bh6 $17 (27... g5 $17 {Vorotnikov})) 26... Re4
27. g3 (27. Bd2 Bd4 $1 28. Be3 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Bc8 $1 $15) 27... Qa6 $1 {/\Ne5}
28. Bc3 $1 (28. Bd2 $5 {Vorotnikov} Ne5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Be3 $15) 28... Rxc4
$8 (28... Ne5 29. Nd2 $1 $16) 29. bxc4 Ba4 30. Rb1 $2 (30. Qb2 Bxc3 (30... Bxd1
31. Qb8+ Bf8 32. Ne6 $18) 31. Qb8+ (31. Qxc3 Bxd1 32. Ne6 Ne5 33. Qc1 $1 Nf3+
$1 34. Kg2 Nd4 35. Nxd4 cxd4 36. Qxd1 Qxc4 $19) 31... Kg7 32. Ne6+ Kf6 33. Qf8
(33. Rc1 Qxc4 34. Qf8 Qxd5 $19) 33... Bxd1 34. Nd8 (34. Qg7+ Ke7 35. Qf8+ $10)
34... Qxc4 35. Qxf7+ Ke5 36. Qe6+ Kd4 37. Qe3+ Kxd5 38. Qe6+ $10) (30. Re1 $3
Qxc4 (30... Bxc2 31. Re8+ Bf8 32. Ne6 $18) 31. Re3 (31. Qb2 Bxc3 (31... Qxc3
32. Qb8+ Bf8 33. Ne6 $18) 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Re7 Bb5 $1 $8 34. Ne6+ Kf6 35. Rxf7+
Ke5 36. Qh8+ (36. f4+ Ke4 37. Qxd6 Bd4+ 38. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 39. Kg2 Qd2+ 40. Kg1 Kf3
$1 $19) 36... Ke4 (36... Kxd5 37. Nc7+ Ke4 38. Nxb5 Bxh8 39. Nxd6+ Kd5 40. Nxc4
Kxc4 41. Rxh7 $18) 37. Ng5+ Kd3 38. Qxh7 Kc2 $1 39. Kh2 Qf1 40. Qxg6 Qxf2+ 41.
Kh1 Qe1+ 42. Kh2 Bd4 43. Qxf5+ Bd3 $19) 31... Qxf4 $1 32. Qb2 (32. Re8+ Bf8 33.
gxf4 Bxc2 34. Bf6 Nh6 $1 $19) 32... Qh6 $19) (30. Qd3 {Vorotnikov} Bxd1 31.
Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qxd1 Qxc4 $19) 30... Bxc2 31. Rb8+ Nd8 $1 (31... Bf8 {Vorotnikov}
32. Ne6 Nd8 33. Rxd8 Kf7 34. Rxf8+ Ke7 35. Bf6+ Kd7 36. Rd8#) 32. Rxd8+ Kf7 33.
Rd7+ Ke8 34. Rxg7 Qxc4 35. Bf6 Qe4 $1 $19 {/^h1-a8} 36. h4 (36. f3 Qe3+ 37. Kg2
Bd1 $19) 36... Bd1 37. Kh2 (37. Ne6 Qe1+ 38. Kg2 Bf3+ $19) 37... Qe1 38. h5 (
38. Re7+ {Vorotnikov} Qxe7 39. Bxe7 Kxe7 {/\Kf6,h6,g5-+}) 38... g5 $1 (38...
Qxf2+ {Vorotnikov} 39. Kh3 Bg4+ 40. Kh4 Qh2+ 41. Kg5 $40) 39. Nd3 Qf1 40. Re7+
Kf8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.27"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Novikov, Igor A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg5
Nbd7 9. Nd5 Bb7 10. Nec3 Be7 11. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.09.28"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. Rb1 a6 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. b4 b5 13. a4 Bb7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
c5 Rfd8 16. Bb2 Nf8 17. Rxd8 Rxd8 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Ne8 20. Qb1 Bc8 21.
Nc3 f6 22. Nd2 Be6 23. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-32"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "1996.10.01"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Hjartarson,J"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1996.09.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 055"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1996.12.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Iceland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe1 Bd7 12. Qg3 b5 $5 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5
Nxe5 15. Bh6 (15. Rxf6 {-61/(249)}) 15... Ne8 16. Bf4 Bd6 (16... f6 $2 17. Bg4
$16 {-22/528}) 17. Ne4 (17. Bxb5 Bxb5 (17... Ng6 $6 18. Bxd6 Nxd6 19. Bd3 $16 {
/\h4-h5->}) 18. Ncxb5 axb5 19. Nxb5 Qxc2 20. Bxe5 (20. Nxd6 Ng6 $10) 20... Bxe5
21. Qxe5 Nf6 $10) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 $6 $146 (18. Nxd6 Ncxd6 19. Rad1 (19. Bd3
$6 Qb6 $15 {-6/548}) 19... Rd8 $8 20. Bd3 $44) 18... Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Qxc4 (19...
bxc4 $5 20. Raf1 e5 21. R4f2 f6 (21... exd4 $2 22. Nf6+ Kh8 23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24.
Nxd7 $14) 22. Nf5 (22. Nxf6+ $2 Nxf6 23. Rxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 Qd8 $19) 22... Bxf5
23. Rxf5 Rd8 $17) 20. Ng5 e5 $1 21. Rh4 exd4 22. Rxh7 $2 {/\23.Rh8 Kh8 24.Qh4
Kg8 25.Qh7#} (22. Nxh7 Be6 (22... Qxc2 $2 23. Nxf8 Kxf8 24. Rh8+ Ke7 25. Qh4+
f6 26. Re1+ Be6 27. Qxd4 $44) 23. Qf2 $1 Rd8 (23... Rc8 $2 24. c3) 24. c3 Rd5
$1 (24... Qd3 25. cxd4 $1 Rxd4 $140 (25... Nd6 $2 26. Nf6+ gxf6 27. Qxf6 $16)
26. Qxd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 Kxh7 28. Rd8 Kg8 29. Ra8 $10) 25. Nxf8 (25. cxd4 $2 Rf5
26. Qe1 g5 $17) 25... Kxf8 $15) 22... d3 $8 23. Rh4 (23. cxd3 $2 Qg4 $19) 23...
Qc6 $8 24. Qxd3 g6 $2 (24... Nf6 $1 25. Nh7 (25. Rf1 Qd5 $1 $19) 25... Rfe8 26.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qh7+ Kf8 $19) 25. Nh7 Nf6 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Rf1 $2 (27. Qd2 Re8
28. Rf1 Bg4 $5 $15 (28... Bc8 $4 29. Qh6 Nh5 30. Rxh5 $18) (28... Re5 $15))
27... Bc8 $1 $17 28. Qf3 $8 (28. Qd4 Bb7 29. Rf2 Re8 $19) (28. Rhf4 Bb7 29.
R4f3 Ne4 $17) 28... Qxf3 29. Rxf3 Re8 30. Kg1 Ng4 31. h3 Ne3 (31... Re1+ $2 32.
Rf1 Rxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Ne3+ 34. Ke2 $1 (34. Kf2 $2 Nd1+ 35. Ke2 Nxb2 $19) 34...
Nxg2 35. Rd4 Bxh3 36. Kf2 $44 {xNg2,Pa6,b5}) 32. Rhf4 f5 33. c3 Nc4 34. Rf2 $6
(34. b3 Nd2 35. Rd3 Ne4 $17) 34... Re1+ 35. Kh2 Bb7 36. Rd4 Be4 37. a4 Ne3 38.
axb5 axb5 39. b3 g5 40. Ra2 Kf7 $4 $138 (40... Bd5 $1 {(/\41...f4-+)} 41. c4 f4
42. h4 $8 Nf1+ 43. Kh3 Be6+ 44. g4 Ne3 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. Ra7+ Kf6 47. hxg5+ Kxg5
$19) 41. Rd6 $1 $132 Bxg2 (41... f4 $2 42. Ra7+ Ke8 43. Re6+ Kd8 44. Rxe4 $16)
(41... Ke8 42. Rh6 {(43./\Ra7)} (42. Ra7 $2 Nf1+ 43. Kg1 Ng3+ 44. Kh2 f4 $19)
42... Bd5 43. Ra7 Nf1+ 44. Kg1 Ng3+ 45. Kh2 $8 (45. Kf2 $4 Re2+) 45... Nf1+ $10
) 42. Rxg2 Nxg2 43. Kxg2 Re2+ 44. Kf3 Rh2 45. Kg3 Rc2 46. Rd5 $1 Rxc3+ 47. Kg2
Rxb3 48. Rxf5+ Kg6 49. Rc5 $10 Kh5 50. Rc8 Re3 51. Rb8 Re5 52. Rb6 Rc5 53. Kg3
Rc3+ 54. Kh2 Rb3 55. Kg2 b4 56. Kf2 Rb1 57. Kg3 Rb2 58. Kf3 b3 59. Kg3 Rb1 60.
Kf3 Rh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group6"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1996.10.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. f4 Re8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. g4 Rd8 14. g5 Ne8 15.
h4 Bd7 16. h5 Rac8 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rc1 Nd6 19. e3 Bb5 20. Kf2 Rc7 21. Nxb5
Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Qxb5 23. Rc5 Qa6 24. b3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Nxc8 26. Qc2 Ne7 27. Bf1
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th Group6"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1996.10.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "1996.10.06"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vilnius Kaise"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. Bb5 e5 8. Bxc6
exd4 9. Nxd4 bxc6 10. Nxc6 Qe8 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Qf3 Bxc6 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qxf6
Qxe4 15. f3 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Bg4 9. a3 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rc8 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qf2 c4 14. Be2 Nac5 15.
Bf3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. c3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rae1 Qa5 20. Qg3 Qb6 21. Rf2
e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bg4 Rf6 24. Qe3 h5 25. Bd1 Rc8 26. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. Bh6 O-O 10. Nc3 Nh5 11. Ne2 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 c4 13. O-O cxd3 14. cxd3 f6
15. Qd2 c5 16. a3 b6 17. b4 Ba6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qe3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 Rab8 21.
Rac1 Rb3 22. Rxc5 Rbxd3 23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24. Qc1 Rd1+ 25. Qxd1 Qxc5 26. Qd8+ Kf7
27. Qd7+ Qe7 28. Qd5+ Kg7 29. Nc3 Nf4 30. Qa5 Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6 12. hxg4 Bxd4 13. Re2 Bg7 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Rd2 Ne5 16. Be2 Be6 17. Rc1 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. b3 Ba6 20. Rxd6 Rfd8 21.
Bf4 Rxd6 22. Bxd6 Qd7 23. e5 Re8 24. Qd4 Qe6 25. Ne4 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Qxe5 27.
Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Nc5 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Schlosser,P"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 8.
Bd3 h6 9. N5f3 c5 10. Be3 Qc7 (10... Nbd5 11. Ne5 a6 12. Ngf3 Qc7 13. O-O Bd6
14. c3 b6 (14... b5 15. a4 $1 (15. Bd2 Bb7 16. Rac1 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qb6 $132 {
0-1 Hellers,F-Khalifman,A/Biel izt 1993 (45)}) 15... c4 16. Bc2 Bb7 17. Bd2 O-O
18. Nh4 Ne7 19. f4 Rae8 $14 {Wedberg,T-Engqvist,T/Stockholm 1995/1/2-1/2 (99)})
15. Rad1 (15. Rac1 Bb7 16. Bd2 O-O 17. Bb1 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qe7 $11 19. a3 a5 20.
Rfe1 Ba6 21. Qd1 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. g4 $5 $36 {1-0 Hellers,F-Adorjan,A/
Thessaloniki olm 1988 (40)}) 15... O-O 16. Bc1 Bb7 17. Rfe1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 b5 19.
a3 Rac8 20. h3 Ba8 21. Nh4 $1 cxd4 22. cxd4 $15 {1-0 Karpov,A-Balashov,Y/
Tilburg 1977 (36)}) 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Ngf3 Nbd5 $1 {Ein in dieser Stellung
offenbar neuer Zug, der nach den Entwicklungen der letzten Jahre jedoch nicht
mehr sehr überrascht: Hat sich doch die freiwillige Aufgabe der Rochade zu
einem Standardmotiv im Karpov-Petrosian-System der Caro-Kann-Verteidigung
entwickelt.} (12... O-O $2 13. g4 $1 c4 14. Nxc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4 Nxg4 16. Rg1 e5
17. O-O-O Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Kh8 19. Rxg7 $1 $40 {1-0 Shamkovich,L-Kholmov,R/
URS-ch29 Baku 1961 (27)}) 13. Bb5+ {Verzichtet Weiß auf dieses Schach, so kann
Schwarz versuchen, sich gegenüber der Variante 10....Nbd5 11.Ne5 a6 12. Ngf3
Qc7 0-0 Bd6 14.c3 b6 das Tempo a6 zugunsten der Rochade zu sparen.} Ke7 14. O-O
a6 {Allerdings gewinnt Schwarz auch so gegenüber der alten Hauptvariante 10...
Nbd5 11.Ne5 a6 ein Tempo: Durch die weißen Läuferzüge zunächst zwei, von denen
später eines mit der künstlichen Rochade wieder "verloren" geht.} 15. Bd3 b5
16. c3 Bb7 17. Bd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 {In der Variante 10.Be3 kommt es oft zu
dieser eigenartigen Isolanistruktur: beide Seiten haben ohne nennenswerte
Berührungspunkte "ihre Springerfelder" fest unter Kontrolle; jeder steht "für
sich" gut... Die Partien, die ich zur alten Hauptvariante zitiert habe, geben
meines Erachtens die Chancen und Gefahren für beide Parteien recht gut wieder.}
Rhc8 19. Rfc1 (19. Rfe1 Kf8 20. Rac1 Qb6 $13 (20... Qe7 $2 21. Bg6 $18)) 19...
Qb6 20. Re1 {/\ 21.a4 >< c4} Bb4 $1 {Da nicht zu sehen ist, wie ein weißer
Springer nach c5 gelangen kann, ist der Läufertausch günstig für Schwarz, da
das weiße Angriffspotential reduziert wird - so ist ein Bauernsturm ähnlich
der Partie Hellers - Adorjan (s.o.) nicht mehr zu befürchten.} 21. a4 Bxd2 22.
Qxd2 Kf8 23. Bf1 Rab8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Qd3 Ne7 26. Qa3 b4 27. Qb3 Bd5 $15 {
Offensichtlich war Karpov in Tilburg nicht in besonderer Form und Spiellaune,
sonst wären wir hier sicher Zeuge einer der für ihn typischen "Massagen"
geworden.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2685"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gutman,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe3 $5 Qc7 13. e5 $1
dxe5 14. fxe5 $1 Nd7 15. Ne4 Bb7 16. Nd6+ $1 Qxd6 17. exd6 Bg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5
19. Bxg7 Rh4 20. Bc3 (20. Bd4 $1 Rc8 (20... f5 21. Bf2 Rh7 22. a4 Bc6 23. h4
Nf6 24. Bd3 Ng4 25. Bg3 gxh4 26. Rxh4 Rxh4 27. Bxh4 Kd7 $44 {Ferguson,
M-Kiselev,S/Benasque/1996/}) 21. Bf2 (21. Rd2 Bd5 22. Bf2 (22. Be3 f6 23. Bd3
Ne5 24. b3 Kd7 25. Rf1 Rxh2 26. Rxf6 Rxg2 27. Rxg2 Bxg2 28. Kb2 Rg8 29. Be2
Kxd6 $17 {Varavin,V-Makarov,M/Elista(RUS-ch)/1994/}) 22... Ra4 23. h4 $1 Nf6
24. Rd4 Ne4 25. Rxa4 Nxf2 26. Rxa6 Nxh1 27. Bxb5+ Kf8 28. hxg5 Ng3 29. g6 Bxg2
30. Ra7 Rd8 31. Rxf7+ Kg8 32. d7 Nf5 33. c4 Bf1 34. a4 Bd3 35. c5 {Jepson,
C-Degerman,L/Linkoping/1996/}) 21... Ra4 (21... Rh6 22. a4 $1 {Gutman,L} (22.
h4 e5 23. Rh3 (23. Be2 Bxg2 24. Rhg1 Be4 25. Rd2 Rc6 26. hxg5 Rhxd6 27. Rxd6
Rxd6 28. Rg3 Rc6 29. c3 Bg6 30. Rh3 Ke7 31. Rh8 {1/2-1/2 Wahls,M-Lagunov,A/
GER-ch Binz 1995}) 23... g4 24. Re3 Kf8 25. Bg3 f5 26. Bxe5 Be4 27. Rxe4 fxe4
28. Bg3 Rh5 29. c3 {1-0 Wahls,M-Lagunow,A/GER-ch 1996 (51)}) 22... bxa4 23. Rd4
e5 24. Rb4 a3 25. bxa3 $16) 22. Kb1 (22. h4 $5) 22... Bd5 23. a3 f6 24. Rg1 Rc6
25. Be2 Rxd6 26. b3 Rxa3 27. Kb2 b4 28. c4 Rc6 29. Rde1 Ne5 30. Bd4 Bxc4 31.
bxc4 Rd6 32. Rd1 {Wahls,M-Henrichs,T/Biel/1996/}) 20... Rc8 (20... Bd5 21. h3
Nc5 22. Be5 $6 Rc8 23. b3 $2 Kd7 24. Rh2 Re4 25. Bf6 Rf4 $1 26. Bxg5 Rf2 $36
27. Bd2 Bxb3 28. Kb2 Ba4 $19 {Klovans,J-Vekshenkov,N/URS/1987/}) 21. h3 (21.
Be1 $5 Ra4 (21... Be4 22. Rd2 Rh7 $13) (21... Rh6 22. h4 e5 $13) 22. h4 Be4 23.
Rd2 Nc5 24. d7+ $1 (24. hxg5 Nb3+ $1) 24... Nxd7 25. hxg5 $16) 21... Bd5 22.
Rh2 Re4 $1 (22... Bxa2 23. g4 $16) (22... Rf4 23. g4 $16) 23. Bd3 (23. g4 Nc5
$44 24. Bg2 Re2) 23... Rf4 $1 (23... Re3 24. Kd2 Rg3 25. Rg1 {/\Ke2-f2/}) 24.
Bd2 Rf2 25. Be3 (25. Bxg5 Ne5 $1 $40) 25... Rxg2 26. Rxg2 Bxg2 27. Bxg5 (27.
Rg1 Ne5 (27... Bxh3 28. Rxg5 Nf6 29. Bd4 Nd5 30. Rg3 $16) 28. Rxg2 Nxd3+ 29.
Kb1 Nb4 $1 30. Rxg5 Kd7 $44) 27... Ne5 (27... f6 {Gutman,L} 28. Bf4 Bxh3 29.
Rh1 Bf5 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Rh8+ $16) 28. Be2 $1 (28. a4 {Gutman,L} Kd7 29. axb5
Nxd3+ 30. Rxd3 axb5 31. h4 Be4 32. Rd2 Bg6 {Die verschiedebfarbigen Läufer
geben Weiß kaum reale Gewinnchancen.}) 28... Kd7 $1 (28... Bxh3 29. Bf4 (29. a4
Bf5 30. c3 bxa4 $1 31. Bxa6 Rc5 $1) 29... Bf5 30. c4 $3 {Adams/} (30. c3 Rc5)
30... Nd7 (30... Nd3+ 31. Bxd3 Bxd3 32. d7+ $18) 31. Rh1 Nf8 32. Rh8 Kd7 33.
Bh6 Ng6 34. Rxc8 Kxc8 35. cxb5 $16) 29. Bf6 (29. h4 Be4 (29... Bf3 $1 30. Bxf3
Nxf3 31. Bf6 Rc5 $10) 30. c3 Nf3 31. Bf6 Rc5 (31... Rg8 32. Rf1 Rg6 33. Be7 $14
) 32. Rf1 Rf5 33. Be7 $14) 29... Ng6 $1 (29... Nc4 30. h4 Ne3 31. Rd2 $14) 30.
Bg4 (30. Rd4 Bxh3 31. a4 Rc5 $10) 30... Nf4 31. Rd2 Bxh3 32. Bxh3 Nxh3 33. Rh2
Nf4 34. Rh7 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Shirov,A"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Bg4 $5 {A very provocative opening which probably
has every reason to be called 'Portuguese variation' because a large
percentage of the games on it found in the database have been played by
Portuguese players. I was suggested this setup by Kevin Spraggett who has
lived in Portugal for many years and has picked up many ideas of his local
colleagues. He has employed it as well.} 4. Be2 {One of the funniest
variations I've ever seen is} (4. f3 Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. dxe6 Nc6 $1 {which has
occured in several games. Other critical moves are}) (4. Bb5+ {and}) (4. Nf3 {.
}) 4... Bxe2 5. Qxe2 Qxd5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nc3 {A new move. 'Theory' (in fact the
whole system is still completely desert) is} (7. c4) 7... Qh5 8. Bg5 $6 {
During the game I couldn't understand whether this was a blunder or a
sacrifise. Normally in such a case it depends on the final result. Yet White
gets some initiative for a pawn but it seems not at all sufficient. Instead
White had an interesting opportunity} (8. Qb5 $5 {which I was slightly afraid
of. After} O-O-O (8... Qxb5 9. Nxb5 O-O-O 10. Ng5 $1 a6 11. Nxf7 axb5 12. Nxh8
Nxd4 13. O-O Nxc2 14. Rb1 $16) 9. Qxh5 Nxh5 10. Ng5 Nxd4 11. O-O Nxc2 12. Rb1 {
White seems to have a good compensation for sacrifised pawns. And, of course,
he could have chosen simple development like}) (8. Be3 {or}) (8. Bf4 {with
equal game.}) 8... Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Qxg5 10. h4 $1 {This I to be honest overlooked
counting only on} (10. Ncb5 Qc5 11. O-O-O a6 {which is very sad story for
White.}) 10... Qh5 $1 {Gaining an important tempo.} 11. f3 (11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12.
Ncb5 Rc8 $1 {is winning for Black due to} 13. Nxa7 $6 Rd8 $1 14. Nb3 c6 $19)
11... O-O-O 12. O-O-O e6 13. g4 Qa5 $1 {I think this is more precise than} (
13... Qc5 $6 14. Nb3 Qb6 15. Rxd8+ Kxd8 16. Rd1+ Bd6 17. g5 Nd7 18. Ne4 $15)
14. Nb3 {Going for an inferior ending. I was more concerned about} (14. g5 {
and actually my intention} Nd7 $1 (14... Nd5 $6 {proves to be incorrect
because of} 15. Nxe6 Ba3 $5 (15... Bb4 $5 {that I thought would be winning,
thanks to Fritz, leads just to an equal ending after} 16. Nxd8 $1 Nxc3 17. Qc4
$1 Nxa2+ 18. Kb1 Nc3+ 19. bxc3 Bxc3 20. Qa2 Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Rd1+ Ke7
23. Qxa5 Bxa5 $10) 16. Nxd8 Bxb2+ (16... Qxc3 $2 {fails to} 17. Qb5 Rxd8 18.
Rd3 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Rhd1 c6 21. c4 Be3+ 22. Kb1 $18) 17. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 18.
Kb1 {and Black can not make more than draw. However a simple retreat}) 15. Nb3
Qb6 {leaves White with no compensation for pawn.}) 14... Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Qa6 $1
{Now} (15... Qb6 16. g5 {would yield White a certain play after} Nh5 (16... Nd7
17. Qd2 Bd6 18. Ne4 $44) 17. Nd2 $1 $44) 16. Qxa6 bxa6 17. Rd4 Nd7 $1 {Not an
easy move. Black is ready to give up his 'a' pawns since White's ones on the
kingside are vulnerable as well.} 18. Ra4 Ne5 19. Nd2 (19. Rxa6 Kb7 20. Ra4
Nxf3 21. Na5+ Kc8 {isn't of much chance for White}) 19... Kb7 $17 20. Kd1 Be7
21. h5 $6 {Playing on Black's hands.} (21. Re4 Nc6 22. g5 $17 {would be
slightly more tenacious.}) 21... g6 22. Re4 Nc6 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. f4 Rh1+ $2 {
Having reached a winning position I started doing ridiculous things. I rejected
} (24... Rh4 {in view of} 25. f5 (25. g5 Bd6 $19 {, but the endgame resulting
after}) 25... Rh1+ 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Kxe1 gxf5 (27... Ne5 $5 $19 {is also
possible}) 28. gxf5 exf5 {should be hopeless for White.}) 25. Ke2 f5 $6 {
Activating Black's and White's pieces at the same time.} 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Rc4
Rh2+ 28. Kd1 e5 $2 {Almost losing the advantage.} (28... Bd6 $17 {was called
for.}) 29. Nd5 Rh1+ 30. Ke2 Bh4 $6 {Still} (30... Bd6 {should have been
preferred although after} 31. fxe5 Nxe5 (31... Bxe5 32. Nb3 $132) 32. Rf4 c6
33. Ne3 Rh2+ 34. Rf2 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 {it's already very difficult to win as one
extra pawn is not so sound anymore.}) 31. Nb3 $1 {Here I realised how wrong I
had gone. Still there was a last chance - his time-pressure and I decided to
try to use it by playing} Bg3 $5 {. At least Black is not risking to lose yet.}
32. Nc5+ Kc8 33. Nb3 $6 {The following day Peter stated that the simpliest way
to draw would be} (33. Nd3 Kd7 34. Nf6+ Kd6 35. Ne8+ Kd7 36. Nf6+ $10) 33...
Rh2+ 34. Kd1 $6 {Falling into a trap although not losing the game so far.} (34.
Kf3 exf4 35. Nxf4 Bxf4 36. Rxc6 Bd6 {would leave Black with a small advantage
hardly enough to win.}) 34... exf4 $3 {Quite an untipical for an endgame piece
sacrifise. Its main background is still opponent's clock although during the
game I thought that Black is already almost winning.} 35. Rxc6 (35. Nxf4 Ne5
$19) 35... f3 36. Rf6 $2 {Giving up the rook is no way to save the game.
Meanwhile} (36. c4 $1 {was probably enough for a draw. Black has then a choice
between} Bd6 $3 {I don't know whether I would find this move over the board
but it is the only way to pose White serious practical difficulties. Now} (
36... Rh1+ 37. Kc2 f2 38. Nd2 Bd6 39. Ne3 Re1 40. Rxd6 cxd6 41. Nxf5 $10) (
36... Rxb2 37. Rf6 Rb1+ {(during the game I missed that} (37... f2 $4 38. Rxf5
Rb1+ {is met by} 39. Nc1) 38. Kc2 (38. Nc1 $2 Bf4 39. Nxf4 Rxc1+ 40. Kxc1 f2
$19) 38... f2 39. Nd2 f1=Q 40. Nxf1 Rxf1 41. Rxf5 $10) 37. Nd2 (37. c5 {
leads to a probably lost ending after} Rh1+ 38. Kc2 f2 39. Nd2 Kb7 40. cxd6 (
40. Rxd6 cxd6 41. cxd6 Rh6 $1 $19) 40... Kxc6 41. dxc7 Kd7 42. Ne3 Re1 43. Nxf5
f1=Q 44. Nxf1 Rxf1 {. Also risky is}) (37. Rxa6 Rh1+ 38. Kc2 f2 39. Nd2 Re1 $1
40. Kd3 f4 $1 41. Nc3 Be5 $1 42. c5 Bxc3 43. Kxc3 Rc1+ 44. Kb3 Rd1 45. Rf6 Rxd2
46. Rxf4 $15 {although I am not sure whether Black can win this. The right way
for White is probably}) 37... Kb7 (37... Rh1+ 38. Kc2 f2 39. Ne3 Re1 40. Rxd6
cxd6 41. Nxf5 Kd7 42. Ng3 $10) 38. Rxd6 cxd6 39. Nxf3 Rxb2 {and although Black
will keep on fighting till the end, it's gonna be draw.}) 36... Rh1+ 37. Kd2 f2
38. Rf8+ Kd7 39. Rxf5 f1=Q 40. Rxf1 Rxf1 41. Nb4 Bd6 $1 $17 {A very important
move after which White has to turn into a passive defence.} 42. Nd3 (42. Nxa6
$6 Kc6 {is lost because the knight will not come back, for example} 43. Nb8+
Kd5 $19 {. However after the text Black's task is not at all easy. The ending
is unusual and on the board I couldn't decide whether it was good or bad for
me to change the bishop for one of his knights and where I should keep my
pawns. I am not sure that my further play was entirely correct. In fact I was
kind of moving back and forth searching for the right plan until something
became clear.}) 42... Rf5 43. Kc3 Rh5 44. Nd2 Kc6 45. Nc4 Rh4 46. Kb3 Kb5 47.
Ne3 {Is the position after} (47. Nxd6+ cxd6 {winning? I am not completely sure
about that.}) 47... Re4 48. Nd5 Rd4 49. Nc3+ Kc6 50. Na4 Kd5 51. Nc3+ Ke6 52.
Nd1 c5 $1 53. Ne3 Re4 54. Nc4 Be7 $1 {It took me some time to realise that} (
54... Kd5 $2 55. Nxd6 Kxd6 56. c4 $1 {might be just draw because Black's king
or rook will be stuck defending the c5 pawn and it will be very difficult to
make progress. Fortunately at this point I already saw the right setup.}) 55.
Nf2 Rh4 56. Nd3 Bg5 $1 $19 {Die pointe. White has to resign the fortress he's
built.} 57. Kc3 {I had to see that} (57. Nxc5+ Kd5 58. Nxa6 Rxc4 59. Nb4+ Kc5
60. Na6+ Kb5 61. a4+ Rxa4 62. Nc7+ Ka5 {is winning}) 57... Kd5 58. b3 Rh2 {
A move without a clear idea that suddenly wins the game immediately.} 59. b4 $2
{Of course, he should play something like} (59. Ne1 {. The best winning plan
seems to me then} Rh3+ 60. Nd3 Bf6+ 61. Kd2 Rh2+ 62. Kd1 Bg5 {intending to
penetrate with the king to c3.}) 59... Rh4 {White's defence collapses and
therefore he resigned.} 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Bd3 Qd7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Rad1 Rad8 16. Qe2 Nge5 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Nd5 e6 19. Ne3 Qf7 20. c3 d5 21. h4
Rde8 22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Nd4 Qg6 24. Rfe1 Nxd4 25. Rxd4 Rf7 26. Rdd1 Rff8 27. c4
d4 28. Bxe5 Bxe5 29. Ng4 Bg7 30. Ne5 Qf5 31. g4 Qxe5 32. Qxe5 Bxe5 33. Rxe5 Rf4
34. Rxg5+ Kf7 35. f3 e5 36. Rd3 e4 37. Rxd4 Rxf3 38. Kg2 e3 39. Kxf3 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qg3 Bc6 14. Rae1 Qd7 15.
Bd3 a5 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 e5 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Qxe5 Bd6 20. Qf5 Bxh2+ 21.
Kxh2 Qxd4 22. e5 Bd7 23. Qf3 Ng4+ 24. Kh1 Nxe5 25. Bxh7+ Kxh7 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27.
Qxe5 Qh4+ 28. Qh2 Qxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Rfe8 30. Rxe8+ Bxe8 31. Rf5 Rc8 32. Nxb5 Rxc2
33. Nd4 Rc4 34. Rd5 Rxb4 35. Rd8 Kh7 36. Rxe8 Rxd4 37. Kg3 f5 38. Kf3 Kh6 39.
Re3 Kh5 40. g3 g5 41. Ra3 g4+ 42. Kg2 Rd6 43. Ra4 Kg5 44. Rf4 Kf6 45. Rf1 Rd2+
46. Kg1 Re2 47. Rf4 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 {Nowadays the
most popular and fashionable line against 4.f4, together with 5...c5. However,
the alternative 6...Nc6 still remains playable.} 7. O-O c5 8. d5 Bg4 $5 {
An important resource, aiming to exchange one of the attackers. Many games
have been decided by the standard atacking scheme Qe1-h4,f5,Bh6,Ng5 etc.} 9.
Kh1 {It's not easy to decide what is White's best reply, but I like the direct
9.Qe1!?} (9. a3 Nd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Rc8 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qf2 c4 14. Be2
Nac5 15. Bf3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. c3 Nc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Rae1 (19. e5 $5 Qa5
20. Rae1 Qb6 {[%cal Yc5b5] /\Rb5=}) 19... Qa5 20. Qg3 Qb6 21. Rf2 e6 $1 22.
dxe6 fxe6 23. Bg4 Rf6 24. Qe3 h5 25. Bd1 Rc8 26. Qxb6 {1/2,Polgar,J-Svidler,P/
Tilburg Fontys/1996/}) (9. Bc4 Nd7 (9... Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 a6 (11... Nd7
12. Be3 a6 13. a4 b6 14. Rad1 Qb8 15. e5 b5 16. Be2 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Qb4 18. b3
Nb5 19. Bc4 Nd4 20. Qf2 Qb7 21. e6 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. Qd2 a5 24. Rb1 Nf5 25.
Bf2 Qb4 26. Qd3 Qc3 $132 {Solomon,S-Sarno,S/Jerevan olm/1996/}) 12. a4 b6 13.
Re1 Nd7 14. Ra3 Rb8 15. Rb3 Kh8 16. Kh1 Qc8 17. Be3 b5 $1 18. axb5 Nb6 19. Qf1
Nxc4 20. Qxc4 axb5 21. Nxb5 Rxb5 22. Rxb5 {1/2,Wahls,M-Nogueiras,J/Cienfuegos
Capablanca mem/1996/} Qa6 23. Rb4 Qa5 $1 24. c3 $1 cxb4 25. cxb4 Qb5 26. Qxc7
Qxb4 $10) 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nc7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Qd3 Re8 14. Be3 a6 15. Raf1 (
15. a5 $14) 15... Qc8 16. e5 $6 dxe5 17. d6 exd6 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Ne4 Kg8 20.
Nxd6 Qd8 21. f5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Re6 23. Rg5 Nf8 24. Nf5 Ng6 25. Qe2 Qe8 26. h4
Bf6 $19 {Finkel,A-Zilberman,Y/ISR-ch Jerusalem/1996/}) (9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3
Nd7 11. Ne2 Nc7 12. c3 b5 13. a4 a6 14. Ra2 Qb8 $13 {1/2,Nijboer,F-Svidler,P/
Ter Apel/1996/}) (9. Be2 $6 Nc7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. d6
exd6 14. Qxd6 Ne6 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bc6 Nb6 17. fxe5 Qh4 18. Rxf7 Qe1+ {0-1,
Tonning,E-Hoi,C/Copenhagen PC/1996/}) (9. h3 Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. Qe1 (11. a4
a6 12. a5 Nb5 13. Bd2 Nd4 14. Re3 e6 15. g4 exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Qf6 18.
Re4 Qh4 19. Kg2 f5 20. Re1 g5 21. Rf1 $1 $14 {Olivier,JC-Todorcevic,M/Cannes
op/1996/}) 11... e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. a4 d5 14. e5 Nd7 15. h4 c4 16. Be2 Rf7
17. Rh3 Qf8 18. Qg3 d4 19. Ne4 Bh6 20. h5 Bxf4 21. Bxf4 Rxf4 22. hxg6 Rxe4 23.
Rf1 Rxe2 24. Rxh7 Qc5 25. Rh8+ {1-0,Ankerst,Mil-Praznik,A/Bled op/1996/}) (9.
Qe1 $5 Nb4 10. a3 (10. Qh4 $6 c4 $1 11. Bxc4 Nxc2 12. Rb1 Rc8 $36) (10. Nd2 {
[%cal Rf4f5] /\f5} Bd7 11. Qh4 b5 $132) 10... Nxd3 11. cxd3 Rc8 12. Nd2 Bd7 13.
a4 a6 14. a5 Bb5 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. dxc4 b6 17. Bd2 Rb8 18. e5 Nd7 19. e6 Nf6 20.
f5 bxa5 21. Nd1 fxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. fxg6 Qc8 24. Qxe7 Qg4 25. Bc3 Qxg6 26.
Qxd6 Rbe8 27. Nf2 $16 {Kovacevic,A-Todorcevic,M/JUG-chT Budva/1996/}) 9... Nd7
$1 $146 {This logical move is surprisingly a novelty. The Na6 remains flexible
(Nb4 or Nc7) and Black makes another useful move.} (9... Nc7 10. Qe1 Bxf3 11.
Rxf3 Nd7 (11... e6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. f5 Nd4 14. Rh3 Ng4 15. Qg3 h5 16. Bf4 Be5
17. Rf1 Qf6 18. Nd5 Qg7 19. Ne7+ Kh7 20. Qxg4 {1-0,Cabrilo,G-Gerer,J/Royan
open A/1989/}) (11... a6 12. Qh4 e6 13. f5 exf5 14. exf5 b5 15. Bg5 c4 16. Be2
Nce8 17. Raf1 Qa5 18. Rh3 h5 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Nc7 21. Bxh5 Rfe8 22. Qh4
gxh5 23. f6 Qa4 24. Qxh5 Qxc2 25. fxg7 Qg6 26. Qh8# {1-0,De Firmian,N-Hoi,C/
Copenhagen PC/1996/}) 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. a4 a6 14. a5 e6 15. dxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 b5
17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Bxa6 Nxa6 19. Rxa6 Nc4 20. b3 Nxd2 21. Qxd2 Ra8 22. Ra4 c4
23. h3 cxb3 24. cxb3 Qb6 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Na4 Qc6 27. Rd3 $14 {Winterstein,
W-Hoi,C/Copenhagen Politiken op/1991/}) (9... Bxf3 10. Rxf3 Nc7 11. a4 e6 12.
dxe6 fxe6 13. Qe1 Nd7 14. Bd2 Kh8 15. Rh3 e5 16. Qg3 Qe8 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5
Qf7 19. Rxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh3+ Bh6 21. fxe5 Qg7 22. Bxd7 dxe5 23. Bg5 Rad8 24.
Bxd8 Rxd8 $14 {Jonkman,H-Reinderman,D/Wijk-B/1994/}) (9... e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11.
h3 Bxf3 12. Rxf3 Nb4 13. f5 gxf5 14. exf5 Qc8 15. fxe6 Qxe6 16. Bf5 Qe5 17. g4
Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rb1 b5 20. Bg5 Rae8 21. Rd3 Nf4 22. Rf3 Nd5 23. Rd3 Nf4
24. Rf3 {1/2,Okkes,M-Cuijpers,F/NLD-chT9495/1995/}) 10. h3 (10. Qe1 Bxf3 11.
Rxf3 Nb4 {[%cal Rc5c4] /\c4} 12. Qh4 Nxd3 13. cxd3 e6 $10) 10... Bxf3 11. Rxf3
Rc8 $5 {[%cal Rc5c4,Ra6c5] /\c4,Nac5} 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Bd2 (13. Nd1 Nb4 14. Bc4
Nb6 15. c3 Nxc4 16. Qxc4 Na6 $10) (13. a3 $2 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Rb1 c4 $19)
(13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 $132) 13... Nb4 $10 14. Nd1 Qc7 15. c4 (15. Bxb4 $2
cxb4 {[%cal Rd7c5] /\Nc5=/+}) 15... e6 (15... Nxd3 16. Rxd3 e6 $13) 16. Bb1
exd5 17. cxd5 (17. exd5 Rfe8 18. Qf1 Re7 $10 {[%cal Ge7e1] <->e}) 17... Rfe8 {
[%cal Rb4d5] /\Nd5} 18. Qf1 Na6 19. Bc3 (19. Bd3 c4 20. Rc1 b5 {[%cal Ra6c5] /
\Nac5|^}) 19... c4 $1 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Nc3 b5 $1 22. Nxb5 $8 (22. a3 Nac5 $36)
22... Qb6 23. a4 Nac5 24. Bc2 (24. Nc3 Qxb2 25. Ra2 Qb4 $132 {[%csl Re4] ><e4})
(24. Qxc4 $2 Nxe4 25. Qd4+ Qxd4 26. Nxd4 Rc1+ 27. Kh2 Nd2 $19) 24... Nxe4 25.
Bxe4 Rxe4 26. f5 f6 $5 (26... Ne5 $6 27. f6+ Kh8 28. Rf4 $14) 27. fxg6 hxg6 28.
Rf4 Rce8 {Black's pieces are nicely centralized and he holds the balance
easily.} (28... Rxf4 $6 29. Qxf4 Ne5 30. Rf1 f5 31. Nd4 $40 {[%csl Rf5,Rg6] ׻}
) 29. Rxe4 Rxe4 30. Re1 Re5 $5 (30... Rxe1 $10) 31. Rd1 (31. Rxe5 Nxe5 $15)
31... Re4 (31... Qc5 32. Nd4 Nf8 33. Nc6 Rxd5 34. Rxd5 Qxd5 35. Nxa7 $10) 32.
Re1 Rxe1 (32... Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Ne5 34. Qb4 Qf2 35. Qxd6 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Nf3+ $10 (
36... Ng4+ $10)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gutman,L} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 (12... Nd7 13.
Na5 $1 $14 (13. a4 {Gutman,L} b6 14. f4 {Gutman: mit besserem Spiel für Weiß,
gibt J. Nunn in "Naidorf for the Tournament Player" an.})) 13. f4 $5 {Gutman:
Eine ehrgeizige Entscheidung. Meiner Meinung nach war 13.a4 mit etwas besseren
Aussichten für Weiß angemessener.} (13. c4 Nd7 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Bg6 16. Kh1
a4 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Bf3 Nd3 19. Be3 Bf6 20. Bh5 Be4 21. Be2 Nc5 $17 {Borkowski,
F-Gralka,P/POL/1993/}) (13. a4 $142 {Gutman}) 13... exf4 (13... a4 $6 14. fxe5
$1 (14. Nc1 exf4 15. Rxf4 Bg6 16. Rb4 Qc7 17. Nd3 a3 18. b3 Bf6 19. Bd4 Na6 20.
Rc4 Qxc4 21. Bxf6 Qxd5 $19 {Rizouk,R-Bates,R/SVK/1993/}) 14... axb3 15. Rxf5
Rxa2 16. Rxa2 (16. Raf1 dxe5 (16... Rxb2 17. Bd3 dxe5 18. Qc3 Rxc2 (18... Ra2
19. Qxb3 (19. Bc4 Bd6 20. Bxb3 Ra8 $15) 19... Ra3 20. Qxb7 Nd7 $13) 19. Bxc2
bxc2 $13) 17. Bc4 Rxb2 18. Bxb3 (18. Qc3 Rxc2 19. Qxb3 Rxc4 20. Qxc4 Bd6) 18...
Qc7 (18... Bf6 19. Qc3 e4 20. Rxf6 Rxb3 21. Qxb3 gxf6 22. Bh6 $18) 19. d6 Qxd6
20. Qc3 (20. Rxf7 Rxf7 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Qc3 Rb4 23. Qc8+ Qd8) 20... Rxb3 21.
Qxb3 Bf6 22. Qxb7 $16) 16... bxa2 17. Rf1 Nd7 (17... dxe5 18. Bc4 Qd6 19. Bxa2
Nd7 $10) 18. Ra1 Nxe5 $15) 14. Rxf4 (14. Bxf4 Bg6 $13) 14... Bg6 15. Ra4 $5 b6
(15... Re8 16. Bb5 $14) (15... Bf6 $5 16. Rxa5 Rxa5 17. Nxa5 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Qf6
19. Nc4 $1 (19. Nxb7 Bc3 $146) 19... Bc3 20. Bg5 $1 Qd4+ (20... Bxd2 21. Bxf6
Re8 (21... Bf4 22. Be7 Re8 23. Rxb7) 22. Kf2 Bf4 23. g3 $16) (20... Qf5 21.
Qxc3 Qxg5 22. Bf3 $16) 21. Qxd4 Bxd4+ 22. Be3 Bxc2 23. Rxb7 $14) 16. Nd4 Bf6
17. Rc4 (17. Nc6 Nxc6 18. dxc6 Qc7 (18... Qe8 19. c3 (19. Bb5 Bxb2 (19... Qe5
20. c4) 20. Rf1 Qe5 21. c4 Bc2 $1 $15) 19... Qxc6 (19... Be4 20. Rxe4 Qxe4 21.
Bf3 $146)) 19. Bf3 (19. c3 Rfe8) 19... b5 20. Rf4 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Be5 22. Rxb5
Rab8 23. c4 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Rfd8 25. a4 $146) (17. Rc1 Nd7 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Rc4
Nc5) (17. Bb5 {Gutman,L Gutman: bringt nichts ein wegen} Nd7 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Z0
$140 Rfe8) 17... Re8 18. Re1 (18. Bg4 Na6 (18... Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Na6) 19. Nc6 Qc7
20. Ne5 Qe7 $17) (18. Bf3 Nd7 $1 19. Nc6 Ne5 20. Nxd8 Nxc4 21. Qf2 Nxe3 22. Re1
(22. Nc6 Bxb2 23. Rb1 Ba3 $17) 22... Bd4 23. c3 (23. Nc6 Ng4 $1) 23... Bc5 24.
b4 axb4 25. cxb4 Rxa2 26. bxc5 (26. Qxa2 Ng4+ $19) 26... Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Rxd8 28.
Rxe3 bxc5 $19) 18... Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Na6 20. Bf3 (20. Rc6 Nb4 21. Bxb6 Qb8 22.
Bc7 Qa7+ 23. Bb6 Qb8 $10) 20... Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nb4 22. Qg3 b5 23. Rc3 Qf8 $1 {
Gutman: Schwarz hat die Initiative übernommen.} 24. Bb6 Nxc2 (24... Nxa2 $5 {
Gutman,L} 25. Rc6 Nb4 26. Rxd6 Nxc2 {Gutman: kommt stark in Betracht.}) 25. Rc6
(25. Bc7 b4 26. Rc6 Qe7 27. Bxd6 Qe3+ 28. Qf2 Qc1+ 29. Qf1 Qxb2) 25... Qe7 26.
Rxd6 Rc8 (26... Re8 27. h3 Ne1 (27... Ne3 28. Rc6 Nc4 29. Bc5) 28. Bg4 Qg5 (
28... Qe4 29. Bd7) 29. Bxa5 (29. Kh2 h5 30. Bd1 Qd2) 29... h5 30. Bxe1 hxg4 31.
Kh2 Re2 $146) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1996.10.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1996.10.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 c5
9. d5 Nbd7 10. O-O Ne5 11. b3 Ne8 12. f3 exf3 13. exf3 Bf6 14. Qc2 Nc7 15. Nf2
Bd7 16. f4 Nf7 17. Bb2 a6 18. a4 b6 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Bf1 Rxe1 21. Rxe1 Qf8 22.
Ncd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 12th final"]
[Site "Budapest"]
[Date "1996.11.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1996.11.21"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "HUN"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Osijek Forina-Mursa"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg University"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. Qxg4 Bxd4 12. Qd1 Qf6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ne5
15. Qd2 Be6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Rg3 Qh4 18. Re1 a6 19. Ne2 Ng4 20. h3 Nf6 21. Nf4
b5 22. Rd3 bxc4 23. g3 Qg5 24. Nxe6 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 c3 26. Rc2 fxe6 27. Rxc3 c5
28. Bc4 Kf7 29. e5 Nd5 30. Rf3+ Ke7 31. exd6+ Kxd6 32. Rd3 g5 33. Rd2 a5 34.
Re4 h6 35. h4 Rf5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Be2 Re5 38. Rxe5 Kxe5 39. Bc4 Ra8 40. a4
Rf8 41. Re2+ Kd6 42. Kg2 Rf5 43. Kh3 Re5 44. Rxe5 Kxe5 45. Kg4 Kf6 46. Bd3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Ndb5
a6 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Nd4 e6 10. O-O Be7 11. Bb3 O-O 12. f4 Bd7 13. f5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
exf5 15. exf5 Bc6 16. Qd3 Nd7 (16... Rae8 17. Rad1 Bd8 18. Kh1 Nd7 19. Qg3 Bf6
20. Qxd6 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Nf6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Rd8 24. c4 Qxa2 25. Qb6 Nxd5
26. cxd5 Rxd5 27. Qxb7 Rb5 28. Qe7 Rbb8 29. Qd6 Qxb2 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,
S-Gulko,B/Munich 1990}) 17. Rad1 Rae8 18. Qg3 Bf6 19. Qxd6 Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 Nf6
21. h3 Re5 22. Qf2 Rfe8 23. Rde1 h5 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. a3 Bd7 26. Qd4 Rxf5 27.
Rxf5 Bxf5 28. Qd6 Nd7 29. Bd5 b6 30. Qe7 (30. Kf2 $142 {Since black has
nothing better than Qc5 this move wins a tempo}) 30... Qc5+ 31. Qxc5 Nxc5 32.
b4 Nd7 33. Ne4 Ne5 34. Kf2 Kf8 35. Ke3 f6 36. c4 a5 37. bxa5 (37. Nd6 $5 Bd7 $1
38. c5 (38. bxa5 $14 bxa5 39. Nb7 a4 40. Nc5 $14) 38... Ke7 $6 39. Nc4 Nxc4+
40. Bxc4 bxc5 41. bxc5 $132) 37... bxa5 38. Kd4 Ke7 39. Kc5 $15 Nd3+ 40. Kb5
Nf4 41. Nc3 (41. Ng3 Bd3) 41... Nxd5 42. Nxd5+ {[#] Hecht starker Läufer bei
offener Stellung und verteilten Bauernmehrheiten. Weiß erreicht remis durch
Blockade der letzten zwei schwarzen Bauern auf der Läuferfarbe.} Kd6 43. Nb6
Bd3 44. Kxa5 Bf1 45. g3 Bxh3 46. Kb5 Bg2 47. c5+ Kc7 48. Kc4 g5 49. Kd4 Kc6 50.
Ke3 Bd5 51. Kd4 Bg2 52. Na4 h4 53. gxh4 gxh4 54. Ke3 Kb5 55. Nc3+ Kxc5 56. Kf2
Bc6 57. Ne2 Kd6 58. Nf4 Be4 59. a4 Ke5 60. Ne2 Kf5 61. Kg1 Kg4 62. Kh2 f5 63.
a5 f4 64. Ng1 Bb7 65. Nh3 Bc8 66. Ng1 f3 67. Nh3 Kf5 68. Nf2 Kf4 69. Kg1 Ke3
70. Nh1 Ba6 71. Nf2 Bb5 72. Ng4+ Ke2 73. Nf2 Ke1 74. Nh1 Bf1 75. Nf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hodgson, Julian M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Alterman,B} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7.
O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Na5 (10... Rc8 {Alterman,B} 11. g4 Na5 12.
g5 Rxc3 $1) (10... Qc8 11. Kh1 Rd8 {main line}) 11. f5 Bc4 12. Nxa5 (12. Bd3 {
main line} Bxd3 13. cxd3) 12... Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Qxa5 14. Bd4 (14. g4) 14... Rac8
(14... Qb4 15. Rad1 Rac8 16. Rd2 (16. Kh1 Rfe8 17. Rf3 Qc4 18. Qe1 b5 19. a3 a5
20. Rd2 b4 21. b3 Qc6 22. axb4 axb4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Qa8 25. fxg6 fxg6 26.
Qe6+ {Nevostrujev,V-Petrakov,A/St.Petersburg op2 (03)/1994/1-0 (75)}) 16...
Rfe8 17. Nd1 Nxe4 18. c3 Nxd2 19. cxb4 Bxd4+ 20. Rf2 Nc4 21. Qe4 Bxf2+ 22. Kxf2
d5 23. Qxd5 Red8 24. Qxb7 {0-1 Ullrich,F-Kveinys,A/Marbach/1994 (32)}) (14...
Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 (16. Kh1 Qe5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Rfc8 19. c3 Rc5
20. Nd4 Re5 21. fxg6 hxg6 22. Nf3 Rh5 23. Rad1 Rc8 {0-1 Cetkovic,Mo-Jovicic,M/
JUG-chT2 (05)/1994/EXT 94ch (47)}) 16... Nf6 17. c4 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Qd4 19. fxg6
hxg6 20. Nxf6 exf6 21. Rad1 Qb6 22. Qf3 Qxb2 23. Rxd6 Qxa2 24. Qxf6+ Kg8 25. h4
{1-0 Milic,B-Matanovic,A/JUG-ch Zagreb (17)/1953 (30)}) 15. Rad1 (15. a3 a6 (
15... Qc7 16. Rad1 Qc4 17. Qf3 a6 18. Qh3 Nxe4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21.
Rde1 Qd4+ 22. Kh1 Rxc2 23. Rxe7 Rf2 {Rubinstein,J-Cruz,R/ARG-ch Buenos Aires 
(09)/1961/0-1 (54)}) 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc4 19. Rd3 b5 20. Rf4
Qc6 21. Rh4 Rfd8 22. fxg6 hxg6 23. Rhd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Qe6 {Witkowski,S-Wood,B/
Heidelberg (01)/1949/0-1 (51)}) (15. g4 Qb4 16. Rfd1 e5 17. fxe6 fxe6 18. g5
Nh5 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Qg4 Nf4 21. Rf1 Qxb2 22. Ne2 Nxe2+ 23. Qxe2 Rxc2 24. Qg4
Qe5 {Westland,A-Hamm,K/DDR-chW Nordhausen (06) 1986/0-1 (53)}) 15... b5 (15...
Qb4 16. Qf3 Rc4 17. a3 Qxb2 18. Rb1 Qxa3 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. Qd3 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Nd7
{0-1 Bouillon,T-Schwab,T/RLPF-op Polch/1990}) (15... Nd7 16. Qe3 (16. Bxg7 Kxg7
17. Nd5 Qc5+ 18. Rf2 e6 19. b4 Qc4 20. Qxc4 Rxc4 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Nf4 Rxe4 23.
g3 d5 {0-1 Durao,J-Johansson,I/Munich olm/1958 (33)}) 16... Ne5 17. Nd5 Rfe8
18. Qb3 b6 19. f6 exf6 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Rxf6 Nc4 22. Qf3 Ne5 23. Qb3 Rc7 24.
Rxd6 Nc6 {0-1 Ipavec,P-Djeno,M/EU-chJW U20 Litomysl (01)/1994 (34)}) (15...
Rfe8 16. Kh1 b5 17. Nxb5 Qxa2 18. Nxa7 Qc4 19. Rfe1 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Ra8 21. fxg6
hxg6 22. Bg1 Nd7 23. b4 Ne5 24. b5 {Glek,I-Lobron,E/Tilburg (02)/1994/1-0 (51)}
) 16. Nxb5 (16. Qxb5 $2 Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Rxc2 18. e5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Rc5 $15) (16.
e5 {Alterman,B} dxe5 17. Qxe5 $5) 16... Qxa2 (16... Nxe4 $6 17. c4 $1 (17. fxg6
hxg6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qxe4 Qxb5 20. Qxe7 Qxb2 21. c3 Rxc3 22. Qf6+ Kg8 23.
Rxd6 Rc2 $10) 17... Bxd4+ 18. Rxd4 $16) (16... a6 {Alterman,B} 17. Na7 Rc7 $16)
17. Nxa7 (17. Ra1 Qc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Rxa7 Rb8 $1 $14) 17... Qc4 18. Rfe1 Rc5
$5 (18... Rc7 19. Nb5 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Rb7 21. c4 $16) 19. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 20. Qf2 (20.
Qe3 Qxc2) 20... Qb4 (20... Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Ng4+ (21... Rb8 $18 {Alterman,B}) 22.
Kg3 $18) 21. e5 (21. c3 Qb7 $1) (21. Nc6 Qb7 22. e5 Qxc6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. fxg6
hxg6 25. c3 Rb8 $16) 21... dxe5 (21... Ng4 $2 22. Rd4 Nxf2 23. Rxb4 $18) 22.
Nc6 Qxb2 (22... Qb7 23. Nxe5 Qxb2 24. Nc6 $18) 23. Nxe7+ (23. Rxe5 $4 {
Alterman,B} Ng4 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 $19) 23... Kh8 24. Nd5 {White enjoys not only a
spare exchange, but also an attack. Weiß kann sich nicht nur auf die
Mehrqualität, sondern auch auf seinen Angriff verlassen.} (24. Rb1 $5 {
Alterman,B} Qc3 25. Qe3 Qxc2 (25... Qc4) 26. Rbc1 (26. Qxe5 Ng4 27. Qf4 Qc5+
28. Kf1 $16) 26... Qb2 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 Ng8 29. Re4 $18) 24... Ng4 (24...
Nxd5 25. Rxd5 Rc8 26. f6 Bf8 27. Rdxe5 Rxc2 28. R5e2 $18) 25. Qf3 gxf5 (25...
h5 26. c4 $18) 26. Qxf5 Nh6 27. Qd3 f5 28. Qc4 (28. c4 e4 29. Qe2 Qe5 $132)
28... e4 29. h3 Nf7 (29... Rg8 30. Qc5 $16) 30. Nf4 (30. Qc7 $18 {Alterman,B})
30... Qb8 (30... Ne5 31. Qc7 Rg8 32. Rd8 $18) 31. Ne6 Rc8 (31... Rg8 32. Nxg7
Rxg7 33. Qc5 Ng5 34. Kh1 $18) 32. Qd5 Qg3 (32... Rxc2 33. Qxf5 Qg3 (33... Qb6+
34. Kh1 Qf2 35. Qxe4 $18) 34. Qxe4 Ra2 35. Re2 $18) 33. Qxf5 (33. Nxg7 $2 {
Alterman,B is clearly worse} Rxc2 34. Qa8+ Kxg7 35. Qa1+ Kg8 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37.
Qa1+ Kg8 38. Qa8+ Kg7 $10) 33... Be5 (33... Nd6 34. Qg5 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 $18) 34.
Nf4 $1 (34. Qxf7 Rg8 35. Qf2 Qxh3 36. Rxe4 $18) (34. Nf4 $1 Rg8 (34... Bd4+ 35.
Rxd4 Qxe1+ 36. Kh2 Qc3 37. Qf6+ Kg8 38. Ne6 $18) 35. Rxe4 Bxf4 36. Qf6+ $18)
1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Alterman,B Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5
Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. Nf3 d5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. O-O a6 (10... Ne4 $6 {Alterman,B} 11.
Nxe4 dxe4 12. Ne1 f6 (12... Qe8 13. Nc2 e5) 13. Be3 (13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 e5
15. Qd2 f5 16. d5 Nf6 17. d6 f4 18. c5 Be6 19. Qc3 f3 20. gxf3 Nd5 21. Qxe5 Nf4
22. Qxe4 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Glek,I/URS 40/746 1985 (32)}) 13... e5
14. Rd1 exd4 15. Bxd4 Qe7 16. Nc2 $14 {Portisch,L-Nunn,J/Linares/1988/}) (10...
dxc4 {Alterman,B} 11. Bxc4 a6 12. Bb3 (12. Rfe1 b5 13. Bd5 Ra7 14. Bc6 Nb8 15.
Ne5 Nh5 16. Bf3 f6 17. Bxh5 fxe5 18. Bg4 $4 Bxg4 {0-1 Ivanov,Se-Svidler,P/
RUS-ch Elista (05) ,CBM 50 1995}) 12... b5 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1 Rc8 {>=14...
Nb6!} 15. Qe2 b4 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Ne5 e6 18. Bxf6 Nxf6 19. Nc5 Bd5 20. Nxa6 Bxb3
21. axb3 Nd5 22. Nc5 {Gaprindashvili,N-Watson,W/Brussels men-wom 1987/1-0 (46)}
) 11. Ne5 $5 $146 {This is a new and interesting idea I had analysed in 1989.}
(11. a4 {Ftacnik} Ne4 (11... dxc4 {Alterman,B} 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nfd5 (13...
Qd6 14. a5 Nbd5 15. Rfe1 Be6 16. Na4 $14) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxe7
Re8 $44) 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne1 Qe8 14. Nc2 e5 15. d5 f5 16. d6 Nc5 17. Rad1 Rf7
18. Be7 a5 19. b4 {1/2-1/2 Lukacs,P-Douven,R/Wijk-B/1988}) (11. cxd5 {Ftacnik}
Nb6 12. Qf4 Nbxd5 13. Qh4 Be6 14. Rfd1 Qa5 15. Bd2 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Qb6 17. Ng5
Bd5 18. Bd3 Rfd8 19. Re1 Rd7 20. a4 h6 21. Nh3 Qc6 {0-1 Romanov,O-Zhelnin,V/
Pardubice op/1995 (44)}) (11. a3 {Ftacnik} dxc4 12. Bxc4 b5 13. Ba2 Bb7 14. Ne5
Rc8 15. Rad1 Nb6 16. d5 Nfxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 (18... Bxe5 {
Alterman,B} 19. Nxe7+ Kg7 20. Nf5+ $18) 19. Qxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 e6 21. Rd6 Bxe5
22. Rxa6 Bxb2 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 {Norri,J-Svidler,P/Erevan olm (01)/1996/0-1
(47)}) 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 (12. Nxc4 {Ftacnik} b5 13. Bf3 Ra7 $15) 12... Qc7 (
12... Nb6 13. Bb3 Nbd5 14. Rfe1 Qd6 $14) (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qxd2 (13... Ng4
$2 14. Nd5 $1 $16) 14. Bxd2 $14 (14. Bxd2 {Ftacnik} Ng4 15. f4 $14)) 13. Bb3 $5
{White has to sacrifice a pawn because otherwise he cannot give any problems
to Black. Alterman: This is the most active continuation. Black should take
the pawn, allthough White's initiative can become very dangerous.} (13. Rac1 $6
Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 (14... Qxc4 15. exf6 exf6 16. Nd5) 15. Rfe1 Qd6) (13. Qe2
Nb6 14. Bb3 Qd6 15. Rfd1 Be6 $10) (13. Bxf6 $6 {Ftacnik} Nxf6 (13... Nxe5 14.
dxe5 exf6 15. exf6 Qxc4 16. fxg7 $14) 14. Rac1 Bf5 15. Rfe1 Qd6 $15) (13. Qf4
$5 {Alterman,B} e6 (13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ng4 15. Nd5 Qxe5 16. Nxe7+ Kh8) 14. Be2
Ne8 15. Rac1 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Qh4 $44) 13... Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qxe5 15. Rfe1
Qd6 (15... Qc5 16. Na4 (16. Bxf6 {Ftacnik} Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qd6 18. Rad1 $13) (16.
Rac1 Qb4 17. Qe3 e6 $15)) 16. Qe2 {maybe White had to exchange queens with
small advantage in the ending but I wanted to trap it instead.} (16. Qxd6 $5
exd6 17. Rad1 (17. Red1 {Ftacnik} Re8 18. Rxd6 Be6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. Rxe6 fxe6
21. Rd1 Rc8 $10) 17... d5 $1 $14 (17... Bf5 18. Re7) (17... Re8 18. Kf1 $10))
16... Qc5 (16... e6 17. Qf3 $1 (17. Rad1 {Ftacnik} Qb4 18. Qd2 $44) (17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Ne4 Qf4 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Rad1 Rd8 $15)) 17. Bxf6 (17. Bf4 Nh5 $5 18.
Be3 Qe5 19. Qf3 Be6 $1 $13) 17... exf6 (17... Bxf6 {Ftacnik} 18. Nd5 Qd4 (18...
Kg7 {Alterman,B} 19. Rac1 $36) 19. Rad1 Qxb2 20. Nxe7+ Kg7 21. Rd2 Qa3 22. Nd5
$44) 18. Nd5 Bd7 $6 (18... f5 19. Rac1 Qd4 $10 {would lead to an easy draw} (
19... Qd6 {Alterman,B} 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Ne8 Qd4 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rc7 $16)) (
18... Be6 19. Rac1 Qa5 (19... Qd6 {Ftacnik} 20. Rcd1 (20. Nc7 {Alterman,B} Bxb3
21. Nxa8 Bxa2 22. Nc7 $16) 20... Bxd5 21. Bxd5 $10) 20. Nc7 Bxb3 21. Nxa8 Bxa2
22. Nc7 $14) 19. Rac1 (19. Qd2 $5 Rae8 $1 (19... Rfe8 20. Nb6 $5 (20. Rec1 Qd6
21. Rc7 Kh8) 20... Qxb6 21. Qxd7 Rxe1+ $140 22. Rxe1 Rf8 23. Re8 Qc5 24. Qxf7+
Kh8 25. Qg8+ $1) 20. Rec1 Qd6 (20... Qa7 $5 21. Rc7 Bb5) 21. Rc7 Kh8 22. Rxb7
f5 $13) 19... Qa5 20. Red1 {Ftacnik: White pieces exert maximum pressure with
excellent central control. Ftacnik: Die weißen Figuren üben maximalen Druck
aus und besitzen ausgezeichnete Kontrolle im Zentrum.} (20. Qf3 {Alterman,B})
20... Kh8 $2 (20... Rad8 $1 21. Qf3 (21. Qe7 Be6 $10) 21... f5 (21... Be6 22.
Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qxb7 $14) 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Qxb7 Bb5 $10) (20... Ba4 $1 {Ftacnik}
21. Qe7 (21. Bxa4 Qxa4 22. b3 Qh4 23. Rc4 Qg5 $15) 21... Bxb3 22. axb3 Rfe8 23.
Qxb7 $10) 21. Nc7 (21. Nxf6 {Ftacnik} Bc6 22. Nd5 Rae8 $15) 21... Bb5 (21...
Rad8 22. Qe7 Qg5 (22... Bh6 {Ftacnik} 23. Rc3 Qe5 24. Qxe5 fxe5 25. Rcd3 $18)
23. Rc5 $18) 22. Qe7 Rac8 (22... Rab8 {Ftacnik} 23. Bxf7) 23. Be6 $3 {This
beautiful move is the most precise one.} (23. Bxf7 f5 (23... Bc6 24. Ne6) (
23... Be2 24. Rd7 Qg5 25. Re1 Bf3 26. g3) 24. Ne6 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Qd2 26. Rb1 Rc8
$132) 23... Rb8 {Alterman: Black return some of the material} (23... Rxc7 24.
Rxc7) (23... Rce8 24. Nxe8 Rxe8 25. Qxf7) (23... fxe6 24. Nxe6 Bh6 25. Nxf8
Rxf8 (25... Bxc1 {Ftacnik} 26. Qxh7#) 26. Rc7) 24. Bxf7 {Peter resigned as he
didn't want to destroy a position of complete domination which is rarely seen
in a practical game.} (24. Bxf7 {Ftacnik} Rfc8 25. b4 (25. Bb3 {Alterman,B} f5
26. Ne6 Rg8 27. Ng5 $18) 25... Qb6 26. Rd6 Qa7 27. Rcd1 Rf8 28. Rd8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Donev,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Meulders} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 c4 {Das ist eine
Lieblingsvariante von Kortschnoj.} 6. b3 cxb3 7. axb3 Bb4 8. Ne5 $5 {Eine neue
und sehr interessante Fortsetzung.} (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Nxd7 (9... Qxd7 10.
Ne5 $36) 10. O-O Ne7 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 O-O 13. c4 a6 14. Qb1 Nc6 15. cxd5
Nb4 16. d6 Nf6 17. Ne4 Ne8 18. Nfg5 g6 19. Qc1 Nxd6 20. Qc5 Nxe4 21. Nxe4 a5
22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Qxa5 Qxd4 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Raa1 Nd3 26. Qg5 Qxf2+ $19 {Van der
Wiel,J-Kortschnoj,V/Amsterdam OHRA 1988}) (8. Ba3 Qe7+ 9. Qe2 Bxa3 10. Rxa3 Be6
$13) 8... Nf6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Bc3 11. Ra4 Bd7 12. Nxd7 Nbxd7 13. Nb1 {
Der lästige Läufer muß vertrieben werden.} Ba5 14. Bd2 Bc7 {Meulders: Es
gereicht Kortschnoj zur Ehre, daß er den Kampf fortsetzen will.} (14... Bxd2 {
Meulders} 15. Nxd2 Qc7 16. Nf3) 15. Nc3 Re8 16. Qf3 $14 {Die weißen Figuren
stehen harmonischer als die schwarzen, das reicht aus für leichten Vorteil.} h6
17. Raa1 (17. Nxd5 $5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Nb6 19. Qxd8 Rexd8 20. Rb4 a5 21. Rb5 $16 (
21. Rb5 {Meulders} Rxd4 22. Bxa5 $16)) 17... Nb6 18. Rae1 Qd6 19. g3 a6 20. Re3
Qc6 21. Rfe1 Bd6 22. Nd1 Rxe3 23. Nxe3 Re8 24. c4 Ne4 {Meulders: Zu ungestüm} (
24... dxc4 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. bxc4 $16) (24... Bf8 {Meulders}) 25. Bxe4 dxe4 $6
(25... Rxe4 $142 26. Nxd5 (26. cxd5 Qe8 $14) 26... Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Nxd5 28. Qxd5
Qxd5 29. cxd5 $14) 26. Qg4 $1 $16 Bf8 27. Nf5 {[%cal Re1e4,Rf5h6,Rd2h6] Nach
diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß zumindest einen Bauern. Der Springer auf f5 steht sehr
aggressiv, räumt die e- Linie für den Re1 und die Diagonale c1-h6 für den Bd2.
Weiß hat starken Angriff am Königsflügel.} Kh7 28. d5 Qg6 29. Rxe4 {Der Rest
ist Sache der Technik. GM Svidler realisiert den weißen Vorteil musterhaft.}
Qxg4 30. Rxg4 Re2 31. Rd4 Bc5 32. Kf1 $1 {Dieser wichtige Zwischenzug
eliminiert das schwarze Gegenspiel.} Re5 33. Rf4 g5 34. Rf3 Kg6 35. g4 h5 36.
gxh5+ $18 Kxh5 37. Bc3 {Gewinnt auch noch die Qualität.} Kg4 {Meulders: Falls
der Turm zieht, folgt Ng7+ oder Ng3+.} 38. Kg2 Re2 (38... Nd7 39. Bxe5 Nxe5 40.
Ne3+ $1 $18) 39. h3+ 1-0

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 (9... Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f4 Be7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6
Qxd6 14. Rxd6 Bb7 15. e5 Be7 16. Rd1 g5 17. Bd3 Bxg2 18. Rhg1 Bc6 19. Be4 Rc8
20. Kb1 gxf4 21. Rg4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Rd8 23. Rd3 f3 24. Kc1 Bg5+ 25. Kd1 Ke7 26.
h4 Rxd3+ 27. cxd3 Be3 28. Nd6 h5 29. Rg3 Bd4 30. Rxf3 f5 {0-1 Dolmatov,
S-Makarichev,S/URS-ch48 Vilnius 1980}) 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe1 Bb7 (
12... O-O 13. Bd3 b4 14. Na4 e5 15. Bb6 Qe8 16. b3 Bg4 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Rd2
Qc6 19. Kb1 Nd7 20. Be3 Be6 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Re1 a5 23. Qf2 Rfc8 24. Qf1 Rab8
25. Ba7 Rb7 26. Be3 Ra8 27. Qf2 Rc7 28. Qf1 Rb8 29. Nb2 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Bxc5 31.
Na4 Bd4 32. Rdd1 Bg4 33. Rc1 Bc3 34. Nxc3 bxc3 35. Ka1 Qc5 36. Rb1 Be6 37. Qe2
{Zelic,Z-Biliskov,V/CRO-Cup Pula 1995/0-1 (53)}) 13. Kb1 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5
Be7 15. f5 Bh4 16. Qe2 O-O 17. fxe6 Qg5+ 18. Kb1 Qxe5 19. Qg4 Qg5 20. Be2 Qxg4
21. Bxg4 Bxg2 22. Rhg1 Bb7 23. Rxd6 Bf2 24. exf7+ Rxf7 25. Rgd1 Bc5 26. Rd7 Re8
27. a3 g6 28. b4 Bf8 29. R1d3 Rxd7 30. Bxd7 Re1+ 31. Kb2 h5 32. Kb3 g5 33. a4
bxa4+ 34. Bxa4 Rh1 35. h3 Bc8 36. Rg3 Be6+ 37. Kb2 Rxh3 38. Rxg5+ Bg7 39. Rc5
h4 40. Bc6 Bd4 41. Bb7 Rxc3 {0-1 Horvath,T-Dorfman,J/Lvov 1984}) (13. e5 dxe5
14. fxe5 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Ulibin,M-Yakovich,Y/Kursk 1987}) 13... Qc7 14. e5 dxe5
15. Bxe5 (15. fxe5 $5 Nd5 16. Ne4 O-O 17. Bd3 (17. Qg3 $2 Nb4) 17... Nb4 18.
Nd6 $13) 15... Qc6 16. Be2 O-O 17. Bf3 Qb6 18. Qg3 Rfd8 19. Ne4 Ne8 20. Nf2
Rxd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
Nh5 9. Rd1 ({The move 9.Bg5 complicates the realisation of the black`s plan.} 
9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Nf4 11. Rad1 (11. Bxf4 exf4 12. Rad1 c6 (12... Kh8) 13. c5 $5
dxc5 14. d5 Kh8 (14... cxd5 15. Nxd5 g5 16. Rd2 $36) 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Rd6 (16.
Na4 $44 {>=}) 16... Qc7 17. Rfd1 Nb6 18. Na4 Re8 $1 19. Nxc5 Nd5 $17 {0-1
Zueger,B-Vogt,L/Altensteig 1993 (37)}) 11... Nxe2+ 12. Qxe2 Rf7 (12... b6 13.
dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nd4 a6 15. h3 c5 16. Nf3 $14 {1-0 Hansen,C-Knaak,R/Hamburg SKA
1991 (40)}) 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. c5 c6 15. Nd2 b6 $11 {0-1 Fecht,H-Knaak,R/BL
1992 (32)}) 9... Nf4 10. Bf1 (10. Bxf4 exf4 11. Nd5 (11. c5 dxc5 12. dxc5 c6)
11... g5) 10... c5 11. d5 {Another plan for the white is to exchange pawns d
11.de de and to try to use the square d5.As practice shows owning of the
square d4 by the black makes the chances of the sides equal.} Nf6 ({The white
succeed in overgrouping pieces successfully after} 11... h6 12. g3 Nh5 13. Be2
Ndf6 14. Ne1 Nh7 15. Ng2 N5f6 16. Rb1 a5 17. a3 a4 18. f3 Bd7 19. b3 axb3 20.
Rxb3 Bc8 21. Be3 Ne8 22. Qd2 $14 {Lentao,R-Martin del Campo,1993}) 12. Bxf4
$146 (12. Rb1 Bg4) (12. Ne1 Ne8 13. Rb1 f5 14. b4 b6 15. f3 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Nf6
17. bxc5 Nxe4 18. fxe4 bxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hertneck,G-Vogt,L/EUCup Bayern
Muenchen-Porz 1991 (36)}) (12. Re1 h5 13. g3 Nh3+ 14. Kh1 Nh7 15. Bg2 g5 16.
Ng1 Nxg1 17. Kxg1 a6 18. Rb1 g4 19. b4 $14 {1-0 Hertneck-Knaak/München Rapid,
SW 1991 (36)}) 12... exf4 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qd6 15. Nf3 (15. Re1 Nxd5 16.
Nxf7 $2 Nb4 17. Nxd6 Nxc2 $19) 15... Bf5 (15... Bg4 16. Be2 Rfe8) 16. Bd3 Bg4
17. Be4 Nd7 {/\18...f5,18...Ne5} (17... Rfe8 18. Re1 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Qb6 {
/\20...Bf5,20...Bf3}) 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. d6 a6 20. Nc7 (20. Nc3 Ne5 21. Na4 Qa5 (
21... Qb4 22. a3 (22. Nxe5 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxe5 24. a3 Qa5 25. Bxb7 Rad8 $17)
22... Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24. Nxc5 Bxb2 25. Rab1 Bxa3 26. Nxb7 Rae8 27. Bc6 Rc8
28. Be4 Rfe8 $17) 22. Rd5) 20... Rad8 21. Nd5 (21. Qb3 Bxb2 22. Rab1 Qxb3 23.
axb3 Bd4 $15) 21... Qxd6 22. Ne3 Qb6 $1 (22... Qe6 23. Nxg4 (23. Bd5 Bf5 24.
Qb3 Qf6 25. Nxf5 Qxf5 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qxa6 Rxb2 28. Rac1 Ne5 $11) 23... Qxg4
24. Bxb7 Rb8 25. h3 Qe6 26. Bd5 Qf6 27. b3 $14) 23. Nxg4 h5 24. Nh6+ (24. Rxd7
$2 Rxd7 25. Nge5 Re7 $17) 24... Bxh6 25. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 (25... Bg7 26. Bxb7 Bxb2
27. Rab1 Qxb3 28. axb3 $11) 26. axb3 Nf6 (26... b6 27. Rxa6 $14) 27. Rxd8 Rxd8
28. Bxb7 Rb8 29. Rxa6 (29. Bxa6 Rxb3 30. Ra2 Ne4 $15) 29... Rxb7 30. Rxf6 Rxb3
31. Rc6 Rxb2 32. Kf1 Bf8 33. Ne5 Rd2 (33... Rc2 34. Rc8 Kg7 35. Nd7 Bd6 36.
Nxc5 f3 37. gxf3 Bxh2 $15 {\-/+}) 34. Rc7 Rd4 (34... Bd6 $6 35. Rd7) 35. Nxf7
Rxc4 36. Ng5 $44 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14.
g3 Qh3 15. Re4 Qd7 16. Nd2 Bb7 (16... f5 $6 {Ftacnik} 17. Re1 Kh8 18. f4 $1 g5
19. Nf3 gxf4 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Bxf4 $16) 17. Re1 (17. Qf1 {Ftacnik} c5 18. Re1
Kh8 19. a4 f5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Bd1 g5 23. Nf3 g4 24. Ne5 Qb7 25.
f3 Kg7 26. Qf2 Qc7 27. Qd2 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Sokolov,I/Amsterdam Donner (07) ;
CBM 55_09 1996 (37)}) 17... c5 (17... Kh8 {Ftacnik} 18. Ne4 Rae8 19. Bxd5 cxd5
20. Nxd6 Qxd6 21. Bf4 Qd7 22. d4 Re4 23. Qd2 Rfe8 24. f3 R4e6 {1/2-1/2
Schlenker,J-Kempter,R/Krumbach op (06) ;TD 91\04 1991 (50)}) 18. Ne4 Be7 19.
Bg5 (19. Qh5 Kh8 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. Qh3 Qc6 22. f3 c4 23. dxc4 bxc4 24. Bc2 Bc5+
25. Kf1 h6 26. Ne4 Ba7 27. g4 Rae8 28. g5 Nd5 29. gxh6 g6 30. Bg5 f5 31. Nd2
Ne3+ 32. Bxe3 Rxe3 33. Qg3 Rf6 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Ivanchuk,V/London PCA 1994}) (
19. d4 c4 20. Bc2 h6 (20... f5 $5 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Qc6 $44) 21. f3 f5 22.
Nf2 Bd6 23. Bd2 Rae8 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Qf1 Ne3 26. Bxe3 Rxe3 27. Qh3 $1 g6 $4 (
27... Rxf3 28. Re1 $1 Qc6 29. Bd1 $16) 28. Qxh6 Qe6 29. Be4 {1-0 Kveinys,
A-Wegner,H/Kuopio op 1992}) (19. f3 Kh8 20. Bd2 f5 21. Nf2 f4 $1 (21... Rad8 $5
{Ftacnik}) 22. Ne4 (22. Bxd5 fxg3 $1 23. hxg3 Bxd5 24. Ne4 Qh3 $40) 22... fxg3
23. hxg3 Qh3 24. Qe2 c4 $1 25. Bc2 (25. dxc4 Nxc3 $3 (25... Nxc3 $1 {Ftacnik}
26. Qg2 $1 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Nxe4 28. fxe4 Rad8 $17)) 25... cxd3 26. Bxd3 Rad8 27.
Qf1 Qh5 28. g4 Qh4 $40 {Leko,P-Sokolov,I/Groningen 1995/ 1/2-1/2 (43)}) 19...
f6 (19... Bxg5 $6 {Ftacnik} 20. Nxc5 Qc6 21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Re5 $16) (19... Rad8
{Ftacnik} 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Qh5 g6 (21... Rfe8 22. Bxd5 $1 Bxd5 23. Nf6+ Qxf6
24. Qxd5 $1 $16) 22. Qg5 f6 23. Qh4 Ba8 24. Re2 $1 $18 {Smagin,S-Nunn,J/
Dortmund/1991/}) 20. Bd2 $146 (20. Be3 Rac8 21. Nd2 Kh8 22. d4 c4 23. Bc2 f5
24. Qh5 Qc6 $44 25. f3 g6 26. Qh6 Bf6 27. a3 a5 $1 28. Bg5 Bg7 29. Qh3 b4 30.
axb4 axb4 31. Bh6 Rfe8 $1 32. Bxg7+ Kxg7 33. Nf1 (33. Ba4 $4 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1
Qxa4 $19) (33. cxb4 c3 $1 34. bxc3 Qxc3 $19) (33. Rxe8 Qxe8 $19) 33... bxc3 34.
bxc3 Nxc3 $19 {Anka,E-Von Buelow,G/Hamburg op 1992/ 0-1 (45)}) (20. c4 Nb4 $1 (
20... fxg5 {Ftacnik} 21. cxd5 Bxd5 22. a4 $1 Kh8 (22... b4 23. Nxg5 Bxg5 24.
Re5 $16) 23. Bxd5 Qxd5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Nc3 Qd7 27. Nxb5 $14)
21. cxb5+ Kh8 22. Bd2 (22. Be3 Nxd3 $19) 22... Nxd3 23. bxa6 Rxa6 $17) 20...
Kh8 21. c4 $2 (21. d4 $5 c4 $140 22. Bc2 f5 (22... Qc6 23. f3) 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24.
Bxg5 Qc6 $44) (21. Qh5 $5 {Ftacnik} g6 22. Qh6 Rae8 $14) 21... Nb4 $1 22. Bxb4
$8 cxb4 23. cxb5 $6 (23. d4 {Ftacnik} bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rfd8 $132) (23. Qh5 {
Ftacnik} f5 24. Nd2 Bf6 $132) 23... f5 $1 24. Nd2 (24. bxa6 Rxa6 (24... Bxa6
25. Nd2 f4 (25... Bxd3 26. Nc4 $18) 26. Ba4 $16) 25. Nd2 Rh6 (25... f4 $40 {
Ftacnik}) 26. Nf3 f4 $1 $40 {[%csl Gb7,Rf3,Gf8,Rg1,Rg2,Rh1,Gh6][%cal Gf8f2,
Gb7h1,Gh6h1,Gf4g3]} 27. Ne5 fxg3 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Gg3h2,Gh2h1]} 28. Nxd7 (
28. fxg3 Qd4+) (28. hxg3 Rh1#) 28... gxh2+ 29. Kf1 h1=Q+ 30. Ke2 Bf3+ 31. Kd2 (
31. Ke3 Rd6 $1 {/\Bg5#}) 31... Bg5+ $19) 24... axb5 {Ftacnik: White has a
spare pawn and solid control in the center, but he must be careful about
black's counterplay on the kingside. Ftacnik: Weiß kontrolliert das Zentrum
und hat schon einen Mehrbauern, aber er darf den Gegenangriff am Königsflügel
nicht unterschätzen.} 25. Re6 (25. Nf3 f4 $1 {[%csl Gb7,Gf8][%cal Gf8f2,Gb7h1,
Gd7h3]} (25... Bf6 {Ftacnik} 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 f4 $16) 26. Ne5 Qh3 {
[%csl Rg1,Rg2][%cal Gb7g2,Gh3g2]} 27. f3 fxg3 $19) (25. Qe2 $6 {Ftacnik} Bf6
$14) 25... Bf6 26. Nf3 (26. Rb1 {Ftacnik} Qxd3 $10) 26... f4 $1 (26... Bxb2 {
Ftacnik} 27. Rb1 Bf6 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 f4 $132) 27. d4 (27. Ne5 Bxe5 28.
Rxe5 Qd4 $1 $19 {[%csl Gd4,Rf2,Rg1][%cal Gd4f2,Gf8f2,Gf4g3]} (28... fxg3 {
Ftacnik} 29. hxg3 Qd4 30. Qe2 Rxf2 31. Qxf2 Qxe5 32. Rf1 h6 $15)) 27... fxg3
28. hxg3 Bxf3 29. Qxf3 Bxd4 30. Qc6 $2 (30. Qd5 $142 Bxf2+ (30... Qxd5 {Ftacnik
} 31. Bxd5 Rad8 32. Bb3 Rxf2 $19) 31. Kg2 $17) 30... Bxf2+ (30... Qxc6 {Ftacnik
} 31. Rxc6 Rxf2 32. Rd1 $17) 31. Kg2 Qd3 $19 32. Rg6 $5 $138 (32. Qd6 {Ftacnik}
Qf3+ 33. Kh2 Rf5 $19) (32. Kh1 {Ftacnik} Qxg3 $19) 32... Be1 $1 (32... Qxg6 $4
33. Qxg6 hxg6 34. Rh1#) (32... Be1 33. Rxe1 Qd2+ 34. Kh3 Qxe1 $19) 0-1

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bg5 {Dreev and Leko sometimes play this rather
rare line, but it's greatest practicioner is Tiviakov. In practice it's not so
easy for Black to hold the balance.} h6 (4... c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. Bd3 Nbd7 7. Nf3
h6 8. Be3 e5 9. d5 cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 a6 12. Be2 f5 13. Qb4 Qf6 14. a4
$36 {Krivec,J-Manca,F/Nova Gorica op/1997/}) (4... Bg7 5. Qd2 h6 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7.
O-O-O g5 8. Be3 Ng4 9. h4 Nxe3 10. Qxe3 g4 11. h5 $1 c5 12. Nge2 a6 13. dxc5
Nxc5 14. Nd4 Qa5 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Nd5 Na4 17. b4 Qd8 18. Nf5 Bb2+ 19. Kb1 Rc8
20. Bb3 Be5 21. Nfxe7 Nc3+ 22. Kc1 Nxd5 23. Nxd5 Be6 24. Kb1 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Qf6
26. Rhd1 $16 {Polgar,J-Smirin,I/Groningen PCA/1993/}) 5. Bh4 Bg7 (5... Nh5 $5
$146 6. Qf3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Nge2 c5 9. dxc5 Nc6 10. Qe3 Ne5 11. Bb3 g5 12. f4
Nxf4 13. Nxf4 gxf4 14. Qxf4 Ng6 15. Qg3 Nxh4 16. Qxh4 dxc5 17. Rd1 Qa5 18. Rd3
Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe7 Rae8 21. Qd7 c4 22. Rf3 Qb6 23. Na4 Qa5+ 24. Nc3 Qb6
25. Na4 Qa5+ 26. Nc3 {1/2,Sermek,D-Djuric,S/Nova Gorica op/1997/}) (5... c6 6.
f4 $5 (6. e5 Nd5 7. Nxd5 cxd5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. c3 Bg4 11. Be2 Bg7
12. O-O O-O 13. Bg3 Qd8 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxg4 {1/2,Heyne,
G-Farsakh,C/BAY-chT3SE/1995/}) 6... Qa5 7. Qd2 Bg7 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Nbd7 10.
h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. dxe5 (12. Bf2 $142 $1 $14) 12... dxe5 13. f5 g5 14. Bf2
Bf8 15. O-O Bc5 16. a3 Bxf2+ 17. Qxf2 Qb6 $11 {Hresc,V-Penn/Munich op/1985/})
6. Qd2 ({A more testing alternative is} 6. f4 $5 c5 $142 $5 (6... c6 7. Qd2 (7.
Nf3 Bg4 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qa5 10. O-O-O e6 11. g4 Nbd7 12. f5 O-O-O 13. fxe6
fxe6 14. Bc4 Rde8 15. Bg3 e5 16. d5 $36 {Mahdy,K-Schlosser/Wien op/1986/}) 7...
O-O 8. Nf3 a5 (8... b5 9. Bd3 a6 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 b4 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. O-O a5
14. Kh1 Ba6 15. f5 Bxd3 16. cxd3 Nd7 17. d4 Qe8 18. Rae1 gxf5 19. Nf6+ N7xf6
20. exf6 Nxf6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Qxh6 Bg7 23. Qh3 f6 24. Nh4 {1-0,Mahdy,
K-Steiner,U/AUT-chT/1991/}) 9. Bd3 Qc7 10. O-O Na6 11. a3 Rb8 12. f5 e5 13.
dxe5 dxe5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Qxh6 Bg7 16. Qh4 gxf5 17. Ng5 Re8 18. exf5 f6 19.
Qh7+ Kf8 20. Bc4 {1-0,Voekler,B-Juergenlimke,A/GER-ch Wildbad/1993/}) 7. e5 ({
Rather tame is} 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Qd2 Qxc5 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. h3 O-O 12.
g4 Qa5 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Kb1 b5 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxa5 Ba2+ 18. Kxa2
Nxa5 19. c3 Rab8 $11 {Westerinen,H-Vadasz,L/Budapest Tungsram/1976/}) 7... Nh5
8. dxc5 Nxf4 (8... dxe5 $2 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. O-O-O+ Bd7 11. Nd5 Nc6 12. Nxe7 $1
Nxe7 13. Bb5 $18) 9. exd6 g5 (9... Qa5 $5 10. Qd2 g5 11. Bf2 O-O 12. dxe7 Re8
13. O-O-O Nc6 14. Bc4 Bg4 15. g3 Ne6 16. Nge2 Ne5 17. Bxe6 Bxe6 18. Kb1 Nc4 19.
Qe1 Nxb2 20. Kxb2 Qxa2+ $40 {Kujawski,R-Szerwonski,A/Slupsk op/1992/}) 10. Bf2
O-O 11. Qd2 exd6 12. O-O-O Bg4 (12... Qa5 13. Bd4 Bxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxc5 15. Qxd6
Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Kg7 17. g3 Ng6 18. Bg2 Ne5 19. Nf3 Nc4 20. Rd3 Nc6 21. b3 Nb6 22.
Nd4 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 Nd7 24. Rc4 Nf6 25. Rc7 Ne8 26. Re7 Nd6 27. Rd1 Nf5 28. Re5
Rb8 29. Rdd5 $16 {Yakovich,Y-Kerkhof,P/Ostend op/1993/}) 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. cxd6 (
14. h4 $5 dxc5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Qe3 Qf6 17. Qxc5 Ne6 18. Qc4 Qf4+ 19. Qxf4
Nxf4 20. Ne4 Rac8 21. Bc5 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nexg5 Ne6 24. Nxe6 Bxe6 25.
Bd3 Bf6 26. a3 $14 {Voitsekhovsky,S-Berelovich,A/Smolensk/1992/}) 14... Rc8 (
14... Qf6 $5 $13) 15. h4 Nb4 $2 (15... Qa5 $132) 16. Bd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qxd6 18.
hxg5 hxg5 19. Qh2 f6 20. a3 Rxc3 21. axb4 Rcc8 22. Bc5 Qe6 23. b3 Rxc5 24. bxc5
Qe3+ 25. Kb1 Rc8 26. Bc4+ {1-0,Sorokin,M-Jansa,V/Ostrava/1992/}) 6... Nbd7 (
6... g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. O-O-O Nc6 (8... e6 9. Kb1 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nb6 11. d5 Bd7 12.
Nd4 Qe7 13. Be2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 O-O-O 15. g4 Kb8 16. Rh3 Qf6 17. Rf3 Qg6 18. Re3
Be5 19. g3 Qg7 20. Nb3 Rde8 21. Na5 Re7 $15 {Piza,D-Danialov,S/St.Cugat op/
1992/}) 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Nge2 e6 11. f3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. g4 Qe7
15. Ng3 Rg8 16. Rhe1 O-O-O 17. Nh5 Bh8 18. Nd5 Qf8 19. Ne3 Kb8 20. Qa5 Bd7 21.
Rd3 Bc8 22. Red1 Qe7 23. d5 b6 24. Qa3 Ka7 25. Ng3 Be5 26. Ne2 Bb7 27. Nd4 Qd7
$13 {Tiviakov,S-Markowski,T/Polanica Zdroj/1995/}) 7. O-O-O g5 8. Bg3 Nh5 9.
Nge2 {[%cal Rh2h4] Prepares h4.} (9. Bc4 $5 $13 {seems to be an interesting
alternative}) 9... e6 $5 $146 {A new move, which fits into Black's plans. It's
certainly connected with a better idea than Smirin's, who got into serious
truoble with Tiviakov quite quickly.} (9... a6 10. h4 g4 $6 (10... e6 $142 {
-see game.}) 11. f3 f5 12. e5 Nb6 13. exd6 cxd6 14. Bf2 Be6 15. d5 Nc4 16. Qe1
Bd7 17. Nd4 (17. Bd4 $5 $36) 17... Ne5 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qa5 20. Nd5 Qxa2
21. Qb4 O-O 22. Nxe7+ Kh8 $6 (22... Kh7 $142 23. Nd5 Rac8 $132) 23. Rxd6 Rad8
24. Bd4 Kh7 25. Rxd8 (25. Nxf5 Rxd6 26. Nxd6 Qxe6 27. Bxe5 Qxe5 28. Bd3+ $16)
25... Rxd8 26. Nxf5 Nc6 $1 $13 {Tiviakov,S-Smirin,I/Wijk/1994/}) ({Interesting
is} 9... c5 $5) 10. h4 (10. f4 gxf4 11. Bxf4 (11. Nxf4 $6 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qg5 $15
) 11... Nxf4 12. Nxf4 Qg5 13. g3 h5 $132) 10... a6 11. Bh2 {Interesting is also
} (11. hxg5 $5 hxg5 (11... Nxg3 12. Nxg3 Qxg5 (12... hxg5 13. Nh5 Kf8 14. Be2
$40) 13. Nh5 $36) 12. Bh2 Qe7 $13 {/\} 13. g4 Nhf6 14. Qxg5 $4 Bh6 $19) 11...
gxh4 $5 {It will be suprisinly difficult for White to regain this pawn and
maintain the tension.} 12. e5 (12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Bxf4 Qe7 $13 (13... e5 $5 14.
dxe5 Nxe5 $132)) 12... Nb6 ({It's usually not a good idea to open the position,
when you lack development.} 12... dxe5 $143 13. dxe5 Qe7 14. f4 $36 (14. Qe3 $6
Qc5 {/\} 15. Qf3 Nxe5 $1 16. Qxh5 Nd3+ $19)) 13. Nf4 {A tame move.} ({More
ambitious, but also more risky was} 13. Qe3 Qg5 $5 14. f4 Qg6 15. exd6 cxd6 16.
d5 Nc4 $132) 13... Nxf4 14. Bxf4 (14. Qxf4 $6 dxe5 15. dxe5 Qg5 $15) 14... dxe5
15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Bd7 {The endgame is slightly worse for
Black, but he has good counterchances.} 18. Rxh4 Bc6 19. Ne2 $6 (19. f4 $142 $5
{[%cal Rg2g4,Rd2h2] /\g4,Rdh2} Kf8 (19... Rd8 $6 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. g4 Bf3 22.
g5 h5 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Nxe2 $16) 20. g4 Kg7 $14) 19... Rg8 20. g3 (20. Rxh6
Bxg2 21. Bxg2 Rxg2 22. Rh8+ Ke7 $11) (20. Rh2 Rg5 21. f4 Rg4 {[%csl Rg2][%cal
Rc6b5] /\Bb5,><g2}) 20... Nd7 $1 21. Nd4 {Now the tension dissipates and a
drawish position arises.} (21. f4 Rg6 $132 {[%csl Rg3][%cal Ye8e7,Ya8g8] /\Ke7,
Rdg8,Bf3,><g3}) 21... Nxe5 22. Nxc6 Nxc6 (22... Nf3 23. Na5 Nxh4 24. gxh4 Rg1
25. Rd1 $14) 23. Rxh6 Ne5 24. Bg2 c6 25. Rh5 Nd7 26. Rd4 Rc8 (26... Ke7 27. Rh7
Rad8 $11) 27. Kd2 Ke7 28. Ke2 Nf6 29. Rh1 Rg5 30. Rhd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. d4 b5 8.
Bb3 Bxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Qc3 Bb7 12. e5 Ne4 13. Qe3 Na5 14. Nd2 Nxb3
15. axb3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Rechlis,G"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Be2 b4 (12... Bb7 13. Bf3 b4
14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Ne2 Qa5 16. a3 $16) 13. Na4 Nxe4 14. Qe3 Nf6 15. Bf3 (15. Nb6
Rb8 16. g4 Bb7 17. Rhg1 Qc7 18. g5 hxg5 19. fxg5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxg7
Rxh2 22. g6 fxg6 23. Rd2 Qa5 24. Bb5+ Rxb5 25. Rxh2 Qxa2 26. Qa7 Bb7 27. Rh8+
Kd7 {... 0-1 Ziatdinov,R-Yermolinsky,A/Tashkent 1987}) 15... d5 (15... Rb8 16.
Ba7 (16. Kb1 $6 Bb7 17. g4 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qd7 19. Nc5 $1 $8 dxc5 20. Bxf6 Qb7
21. Qxb7 Rxb7 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Bxh6 Rxg4 24. Rdg1 $1 $10 {Beliavsky,A-Salov,V/
Barcelona/1989/}) 16... Bd7 (16... Rb5 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. Nc5 $18 {Balashov,
Y-Tukmakov,V/Sverdlovsk/1987/}) 17. Nb6 Bb5 18. Kb1 (18. g4 O-O 19. Bxb8 Qxb8
20. g5 hxg5 21. fxg5 Bd8 $1 22. gxf6 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 $13 {Khalifman,A-Ionov,S/
USSR/1988/}) 18... O-O 19. f5 Qc7 20. Bxb8 Rxb8 (20... Qxb8 $2 21. fxe6 $16)
21. Na8 Qd8 22. Qa7 d5 23. Nc7 Bc6 24. fxe6 (24. Nxa6 Ra8 25. Qe3 Rxa6 $17)
24... Rb7 25. Nxd5 Rxa7 (25... Nxd5 26. exf7+ Kxf7 27. Qxa6 Rc7 28. Qc4 $18) (
25... Bxd5 $2 26. Qxb7 Bxb7 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. exf7+ Kxf7 29. Bxb7 $18) 26.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. exf7+ Rxf7 29. Bxc6 Rf2 30. Rd1 Be7 (30... Bf6
31. a3 bxa3 32. bxa3 a5 33. h3 Rf5 34. Ka2 $14 {Adams,M-Serper,G/Manila ol/
1992/}) 31. Bf3 a5 32. Rd3 {1/2-1/2 Adams,M-Salov,V/Biel izt 1993}) 16. Kb1 $5
(16. g4 {-> 16.Kb1} O-O 17. Nb6 (17. h4 e5 18. fxe5 Nxg4 19. Qe2 h5 20. Nb6 Be6
21. Qg2 Ra7 22. Nxd5 Rd7 23. Bb6 Qc8 24. Nf4 $13 {Beliavsky,A-Tukmakov,V/Wijk
aan Zee/1984/}) 17... Rb8 18. Kb1 $6) 16... O-O (16... h5 17. f5) 17. g4 (17.
Nb6 Rb8 18. g4 Bd6 $16 (18... Qc7 19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22.
Rhg1 $142) (18... Nd7 $40 19. Nxd7 Bxd7 20. h4 Bf6 21. g5 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 $16)
19. g5 hxg5 20. fxg5 Nd7 21. Nxc8 Rxc8 22. g6 $18 Qe7 (22... e5 23. Bxd5 exd4
24. gxf7+ Rxf7 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qxd4 $1) 23. Bg4 $18 Rfe8 (23... f5 24. Qh3
Nf6 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. g7 Kxg7 27. Rhg1 $18) (23... Rce8 24. Qh3 fxg6 25. Rde1
Rf5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 27. Bxg7 $1 $18) 24. gxf7+ Qxf7 25. Rdf1 Qg6 26. Rhg1 Bf8 (
26... Bc5 27. Bxe6+ Rxe6 28. Qd2 Qh7 29. Rxg7+ Qxg7 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Qg5+ Rg6
32. Qxd5 Rd6 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Qf4+ Kh5 35. Qf5+ Kh6 36. Qh3+ Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kh6
38. a3 Rf8 39. Rxf8 Nxf8 40. axb4 $1 $18) 27. Bf5 {1-0 Short,N-Rodriguez,A/
Subotica izt 1987} exf5 28. Rxg6 Rxe3 29. Bxe3 Ne5 30. Rxa6 g6 31. Re6) 17...
Ne8 18. h4 (18. Rhe1 $5 Nd6 $140 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nxd5 $16) 18... Nd6 19. f5 Bf6
20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Qf4 $6 (21. Nb6 Rb8 22. Bxd5 Rxb6 (22... exd5 $2 23. Nxd5 Qd8
24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Nc6 Qc7 26. Nxb8 Qxb8 27. Qe7 $18) 23. Qxb6 exd5 24. Qxb4 $14)
21... Nc4 22. g5 Qe5 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rb8 25. gxh6 gxh6 26. Be2 Ne3 27.
fxe6 fxe6 28. Rd3 Nf5 29. Bg4 Rb7 30. Re1 Rf6 31. h5 a5 32. a3 Ng7 33. Rg3 bxa3
34. Rxa3 Rb4 $15 {It seems that black could safely play on with a pawn up . I
suspect that the cause for this result was the time trouble .} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Koop Tjuchem"]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1996.??.??"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Boensch,U"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1996.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe1 $6 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. a3 (12. Rd1 Bb7 13. Bf3 Qc7 14.
e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Ne4 Rad8 18. Rd3 Qc7 19. Rc3 Qb8 20.
Nf6+ Nxf6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qh4 Qe5 24. Qh6 Kh8 25. Rh3 Qc5+ 26.
Kh1 Qf5 $15 {Martin Gonzalez,A-Anastasian,A/Linares op 1996/0-1 (62)}) 12...
Bb7 13. Qg3 g6 $1 (13... Bc6 14. Rad1 (14. Bd3 Qd7 15. Rf3 Qb7 16. Re1 b4 17.
Nd1 bxa3 18. bxa3 g6 19. Qh3 h5 20. Nf2 $16 {Sznapik,A-Schmidt,Wl/Smederevo/
1981/}) 14... Qb8 15. Bf3 Qb7 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. Ne4
Qc7 $11 {0-1 Renet,O-Portisch,L/Erevan olm 1996 (31)}) 14. Bf3 (14. f5 e5 15.
Be3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Bf8 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21.
f6 Re8 22. Qg5 Re6 $19 {0-1 Agnos,D-Jansa,V/Bad Woerishofen op 1993 (34)}) (14.
Bd3 Rc8 (14... a5 15. Rae1 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. Nd1 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qh3 Ba6
20. Rf3 Qc7 21. Qh6 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Lau,R-Espig,L/Berlin op 1990 (32)}) 15.
Rae1 Nd7 16. Re2 e5 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Qxe5 Bd6 20. Qf6 Qxf6 21.
Rxf6 Be5 22. Rf1 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Rxc3 $17 {Marciano,D-Berend,F/
FRA-chT 1996/1/2-1/2 (70)}) 14... a5 15. Nxb5 {Mit dem Tausch eines
Zentrumsbauern gegen einen Flügelbauern kann Weiß sicher nicht um Vorteil
kämpfen. In den beiden folgenden Beispielen erreichten die Anziehenden auch
mit anderen Zügen nichts, im Gegenteil, Schwarz hatte jeweils das bequemere
Spiel.} (15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qb6+ 17. Kh1 Rac8 18. Qg5 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 b4 20.
axb4 axb4 21. Na4 Qd8 $15 {1-0 Hatanbaatar,B-Orsag,M/Decin op 1995 (52)}) (15.
Rad1 b4 16. axb4 axb4 17. e5 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 bxc3 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Qxc3 Bxd4+
21. Qxd4 d5 $15 {0-1 Baches Garcia,G-Jansa,V/Benasque op 1996 (29)}) 15... Nxe4
16. Qe1 f5 $5 (16... d5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qe3 Qd7 19. a4 Qc6 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21.
b3 Rd7 22. Kh1 Ba6 23. c4 Rad8 $15 {0-1 Pira,D-Sahovic,D/Montpellier 1988 (32)}
) 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Qe2 a4 19. c4 Rf7 20. Rc1 Bf8 21. Rfd1 Qe8 {Durch den
folgenden Abtausch gibt sich Schwarz mit remis zufrieden.} 22. Bc3 Nxc3 (22...
Qc6 $5) 23. Rxc3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 d5 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Qxe8 Rxe8 27. Nc3 (27. Rxd5
Re1+ 28. Rf1 (28. Kf2 Rb1 29. Rd2 Rb7 $11) 28... Re2 29. Rb1 (29. Rf2 Re1+ $11)
29... Rc2 30. Nc3 Bxa3 31. Nxa4 Rb7 $11) 27... d4 28. Nxa4 Ra7 29. Nb6 Re2 30.
Nc4 (30. Nc4 Rc2 31. b3 Bxa3 32. Nxa3 Rxa3 33. Rf2 $11 (33. Rxd4 $2 Ra1+ 34.
Rf1 Raa2 $19)) 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. gxf3 Nd7 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Bg2 Rb8 8.
O-O e6 9. d5 Ngf6 10. Be3 a6 11. Qb3 e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Ba7 Ra8 14. Bd4 Nh5
15. e3 O-O 16. Qxb7 Qe7 17. Qb3 Rfb8 18. Qc2 Nxc4 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. Bc3 f5 21.
Rae1 Qh4 22. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bg5
Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bg6 10. Nb3 Qb6 11. Nb5 Nec6 12. Be3 Qd8 13. f4 a6 14. Nc3 d4 15.
Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Nc6 18. Bb6 Bxc2 19. Rc1 Bg6 20. O-O Be7 21.
Bf3 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Ne4 Bxb2 24. Nd6+ Ke7 25. Nxb7 Nd4 26. Rc7+ Kf6 27.
Rf2 Ba1 28. Rf1 Bb2 29. Rf2 Ba1 30. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Na4 Qe7 12. Qc2 b6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Rad1 Ba6 15.
c5 Bxf1 16. Kxf1 b5 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. cxb6 Rfc8 19. Bc5 Qe8 20. Qd2 Rb7 21. Qxa5
Nd7 22. Qc3 Nxb6 23. b3 Nd7 24. Re2 Nxc5 25. Qxc5 f6 26. Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tseitlin, Mark D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Qe3 b4 $6 $146 13. Na4 Qc7 14.
Nb6 (14. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 15. Qb6 Ra7 16. Rd4) 14... Rb8 15. Nc4 Qc6 (15... O-O 16.
e5 $36) 16. e5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Ra8 18. Nd6+ Kf8 (18... Bxd6 19. Rxd6 $16) 19. Qd4
$1 Kg8 20. Bc4 Bb7 21. f5 $2 (21. Nxb7 Qxb7 22. Rhe1 $16) 21... Bxd6 $1 22.
Bxd6 Rc8 23. b3 exf5 $1 24. Be5 Kh7 25. Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxf6 gxf6 27. Rd7 Be4 28.
Rhd1 Rhf8 29. g3 a5 30. Ra7 $6 (30. R1d6 Kg6 31. Kd2 $16) 30... Ra8 31. Re7
Rae8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Rd7 (33. Rd6 Kg6 34. Kd2 $14) 33... Rc8 34. Rxf7+ Kg6
35. Ra7 $6 {Better35.Re7} Rc5 36. Kd2 Bd5 37. Bd3 (37. Kd3 $5) 37... Be4 38.
Re7 Rd5 39. Ra7 h5 $1 $11 40. Re7 h4 41. gxh4 Bxd3 42. cxd3 Rd4 43. h5+ Kxh5
44. Ke3 Rd5 45. d4 Kg6 46. Rc7 Rd8 47. Rc5 Rh8 48. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Salov, Valery"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. e3 c5 6. c3 cxd4 7. exd4 b6 8.
Bd3 Bb7 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. a4 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Qe2 e6 14. Ba6 Bc6
15. Bb5 Bb7 16. Ba6 Bc6 17. Bb5 Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Be3 Ne7 14. d5 Nc5 15.
Bc2 b4 16. c4 Na6 17. Nbd2 c5 18. dxc6 Nxc6 19. Ba4 Na5 20. Bb5 Nc5 21. Bxc5
dxc5 22. Qa4 Ra8 23. Nb3 Nxb3 24. Qxa8 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Be6 26. Qc6 Qe7 27. Qb6
Rc8 28. Ra7 Qd8 29. Qxd8+ Rxd8 30. Kf1 g5 31. Ke2 g4 32. hxg4 Bxg4 33. Bc6 Kg7
34. Bd5 Rd7 35. Ra5 Rc7 36. Ke3 h5 37. Ne1 Bg5+ 38. Kd3 h4 39. f3 h3 40. gxh3
Bxh3 41. Ke2 Be7 42. Nd3 f6 43. Ra1 Bd6 44. Ra6 Be7 45. Ra1 Bd6 46. Ra6 Be7 47.
f4 Bc8 48. Rb6 exf4 49. Nxf4 Ra7 50. Kf3 Kh6 51. Be6 Ra6 52. Rxa6 Bxa6 53. Kg4
Bd6 54. b3 Bb7 55. Kf5 Bc6 56. Bc8 Bxf4 57. Kxf4 Kg7 58. Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Khalifman: The game between the oldest and the youngest participants (age
difference-45 years) was highly expected. I don't want to explain once more
what the name Kortschnoj means in our city and young sociable Peter who had
already proved his chess strength first of all winning 2 Russian Championship
titles has also enough fans in St-Petersburg. After 6 rounds both were at 50%
- just 1 point behind the leader so both had some expectations.Tournament
fortune was, however, completely different.} 1. d4 {Huzman} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3
Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3 Qe7 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6
11. Bd2 c6 12. d5 $1 $14 (12. h3 {Huzman} Nh6 13. b4 f5 $132) 12... f5 (12...
c5 $6 13. Nb5 Nb6 14. b4 a6 15. bxc5 $16) 13. Ng5 $1 $146 {Khalifman: Bad
surprise for Black! Korchnoj just didn't remember his own game. As a matter of
fact, the text move is an important improvement which pushes Black directly on
the ropes.After the game Svidler was shocked. He told me later: "Look what's
going on: in 1984 Kortschnoj played quite well, now he plays even better, so
what will happen in 2010 ?"} (13. exf5 $5 gxf5 14. Ng5 Ndf6 15. f3 Nh6 16. Bd3
c5 17. Rae1 Z0 18. f4 e4 19. Ncxe4 $40 {Kortschnoj-Mestel/Beersheva/1984 /})
13... Ndf6 $6 (13... Nc5 $6 14. b4 Nxe4 (14... Na6 15. a3 $16 (15. dxc6 bxc6
16. b5 $16 {Khalifman})) 15. Ngxe4 fxe4 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Qxe4) (13... Nb6 $1
$14) 14. f3 Nh6 15. c5 $1 cxd5 (15... dxc5 16. dxc6 b6 (16... bxc6 17. Na4 Nd7
$6 (17... Rd8 {Huzman} 18. Be3 $16) 18. Ne6 $16) 17. Nd5 Qd6 (17... Nxd5 18.
exd5 $14) 18. Rad1 $14) 16. Nxd5 (16. exd5 $5 {Huzman} dxc5 17. Bc4 Kh8 18.
Rfe1 $44) 16... Nxd5 17. Bc4 $16 (17. exd5 {Huzman} dxc5 18. Bc4 Kh8 19. Rfe1
$36) 17... f4 18. Bxd5+ Kh8 19. h4 (19. c6 {Huzman} bxc6 20. Bxc6 Rb8 21. h4
Ng8 $17 {[%cal Gh7h6]}) 19... dxc5 20. Rac1 Ng8 21. Qxc5 h6 22. Qxe7 Nxe7 23.
Nf7+ (23. Ne6 {Huzman} Nxd5 24. exd5 (24. Nxf8 Ne7 25. Rc7 Bxf8 {[%cal Ge7c6]})
24... Bxe6 25. dxe6 Rfe8 26. Rc7 Rxe6 27. Rxb7 Rb6 28. Rxb6 axb6 29. a3 e4 30.
fxe4 g5 $11) 23... Kg8 (23... Kh7 24. Bb4 Re8 (24... Nxd5 25. Bxf8 Ne3 26. Rc7
Bxf8 27. Rfc1 $18) 25. Nd6 Rd8 (25... Nxd5 26. Nxe8 Nxb4 27. Rc7 Kg8 28. Rxg7+
Kf8 29. Nc7 $18) 26. Bxb7 Rb8 27. Nxc8 Nxc8 28. Ba5 $16) 24. Bb3 $1 (24. Nxh6+
Kh7 25. Ng4 $1 (25. Nf7 Nxd5 26. Ng5+ Kg8 27. exd5 Rd8 28. Rc5 b6 29. Rc6 Rxd5
30. Bc3 Bf5 31. Ne4 Rc8 $11) 25... Rd8 26. Rc7 Nxd5 27. exd5 Kg8 $1 (27... Bxg4
$2 28. fxg4 Rxd5 29. Bc3 b5 30. g3 $1 $16) 28. Bc3 Rxd5 29. Re1 Bxg4 30. fxg4
b5 $14) 24... Rxf7 25. Rc7 Bf6 (25... Bf8 26. Bb4 Kg7 27. Rfc1 a5 28. Bd6 $18)
(25... Kf8 {Huzman} 26. Bb4 Bf6 27. Rfc1 a5 28. Ba3 $16) 26. Bb4 Kg7 27. Rfc1
a5 28. Ba3 $1 (28. Bd6 $2 Ra6) 28... b5 29. Bc5 (29. Bxf7 $2 {Huzman} b4 30.
Bd5 Rb8) 29... Ba6 30. Bxf7 Kxf7 31. h5 $1 (31. h5 gxh5 32. Bxe7 Bxe7 33. R1c6
Kf8 34. Rxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[Annotator "Aseev,K"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Qa5 9. f4 h6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. O-O-O Rc8 12. Be2 Qc5 13. Qd2 $6 (13. Qd3
$142 $14) 13... Bg7 (13... e6 $6 14. Bf3 Be7 15. Kb1 Rc7 16. f5 b5 17. Ne2 e5
18. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Leko,P-Lendwai,R/Erevan olm 1996/EXT 96ch2 (37)}) 14. Kb1 $2 (
14. f5 $2 h5 15. Z0 Bh6 16. Z0 Bf4 17. Z0 Be5) (14. g4 h5 $1 15. h3 (15. gxh5
f5 16. e5 Bc6 17. Rhg1 (17. exd6 Rd8 $17) 17... Bh6 18. exd6 Rd8 $17) 15... f5
$5 16. exf5 Bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 Rxc3 $13) (14. Rhf1 $142 $13) 14... f5
15. e5 O-O $1 (15... Bc6 16. Qd3 $8 $13 (16. exd6 $2 Rd8 $17)) 16. g4 (16. exd6
e6 {/\Qc5-b6} 17. Rhf1 b5 $5 $44 {|^}) 16... Rfd8 17. g5 (17. Rhg1 dxe5 18.
gxf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 $17 (19. Qxd8+ Rxd8 20. Rxd8+ Kh7 $17)) 17... dxe5 18. Rhg1
$2 (18. gxh6 $5 Bf6 (18... Bxh6 19. Qe1 $1 $132) 19. Nd5 Be6 20. c4 (20. Nxf6+
exf6 21. Bd3 (21. Qc1 $17) 21... e4 22. Qg2+ Kf8 $19) 20... Bxd5 21. cxd5 e4 $5
$17) 18... Be8 $5 19. Nd5 (19. Bd3 h5) 19... hxg5 (19... Rxd5 $2 20. Qxd5 Qxc2+
21. Ka1 exf4 22. Rb1 $132) 20. c4 $8 (20. Rxg5 $2 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxc2+ 22. Ka1
Qc1+ 23. Rxc1 Rxc1#) (20. fxe5 Rxd5 21. Qxd5 Qxc2+ 22. Ka1 Qxe2 23. Rxg5 Qe3 $5
$19) 20... g4 $138 21. Bxg4 $2 (21. fxe5 Kf8 $5 $19 (21... e6 22. Bxg4 $1 {[]})
22. Bxg4 (22. Qg5 $2 Rxd5) (22. b4 Qc6 $19) 22... fxg4 23. Rxg4 Bd7) 21... fxg4
22. Rxg4 Bd7 23. Rg5 f6 $19 24. b4 Qxc4 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sosonko, Gennadi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 (13. Rd1 Qc7 14.
Ng5 (14. Be3 Nc6 15. a4 (15. Rd2 e6 16. Ng5 (16. a4 b4 $1) 16... Bd5 17. Qc2
Rad8 (17... Nb4 18. Qb1 Rad8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Qc2) 18. Bf3 Nb4 19. Qd1 Bxf3 20.
Qxf3 Nd5 21. Rad1 (21. Rc2 h6 22. Ne4 f5 $17) 21... Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Bxb2 $1 23.
Qh3 h5 24. Nxe6 Rxd2 $1 25. Rxd2 Qe5 {0-1 Tisdall,J-Kortschnoj,V/San Francisco
(08)/1995/}) 15... Rab8 (15... Na5 16. Qb4 Bc2 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rf1 Nc6 19.
Qxb5 Rab8 20. Qc4 Rxb2 21. Ra3 $1 $11 {Farago,I-Mikhalchishin,A/
Portoroz-Rogaska Slatina/1993/}) (15... b4 16. Nd4 (16. Nd2 $5 Bf5 17. Nc4) (
16. Ng5 $5) 16... Be5 17. h3 e6 (17... a5 $5) 18. Nxc6 (18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. f4
Rae8 (19... Bd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5+ $44) 20. fxe5 Qxe5 21. Bh6 Nd4 22. Rxd4
Qxd4+ 23. Qe3 Qxb2 {0-1 Farago,I-Horvath,J/Zalakaros op (08)/1994 (43)}) 18...
Qxc6 19. Bf1 (19. f3 $5) 19... Bd5 20. Qxb4 Rfb8 21. Qa5 Rxb2 22. Ra3 h5 {
/\ Kh7, Bb3-/+} (22... Bb3 $2 23. Rd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxd8+ Kg7 25. Bd4 $16) 23. Qe1
{/\ Bc1} Rb3 24. Rxb3 Bxb3 25. Rb1 Qxa4 26. Bd2 $1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Farago,
I-Mikhalchishin,A/Slovenija/1993 (40)}) (15... Ne5 $1 16. Qb4 Bc2 17. axb5 Bxd1
$2 (17... axb5 $1 18. Rdc1 $6 Ba4 $1 19. Bxb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Rfb8 {/\ Bb2-/+
Mikhalchishin,A}) 18. b6 Qb7 19. Rxd1 Nc6 20. Qe4 $16) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Ra6 e6
18. Rb6 b4 19. Ng5 Bd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5 Nd4 22. Bxd4 Rbd8 23. Rd6 Rxd6
24. cxd6 Qc1+ 25. Bf1 Bxd4 26. d7 Qf4 27. Ne4 Bf6 28. g3 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,
B-Yermolinsky,A/URS-FL49 Volgodonsk (05)/ 1981}) 14... Bf5 (14... Bb7 $2 15.
Qh3 $40) 15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rd2 (16. Rac1 $11) 16... Ne5 17. Bd4 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4
19. Qe3 (19. Qc3 $6 e5 20. Be3 Bd3 $17) 19... Rac8 (19... e5 20. Bc3 Bd3 21. b4
$13) 20. Nf3 (20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Qc3+ f6 $17) 20... e5 21. Bxe5 Bxe5 22. Qxe5
Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxc5 24. Nf3 (24. f4 $5) 24... c3 25. bxc3 Rxc3 {Morovic
Fernandez,I-Gulko,B/New York op/1988/0-1 (60)}) (13. a4 Nc6 (13... Bd5 14. Qe3
(14. Qa3 $11) 14... Nc6 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Qxa8 17. Bxb5 Rb8 18. Bxc6 Bxc6
19. Qxe7 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qxf3 21. Qd7 Be5 22. h3 {1-0 Van der Sterren,P-De Boer,
G/Wijk op (10)/1993 (37)}) 14. Rd1 (14. axb5 axb5 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Qxb5 Rb8
17. Qc4 Na5 18. Qa2 Nb3 $36) 14... Qa5 15. Bd2 (15. Be3 Qb4 $1 16. Qxb4 Nxb4
17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bxb5 $11) 15... b4 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Rd2 (17. Ng5
Bf5 18. Bc4 e6 $15) (17. Nd2 Na5 $1 18. Qxb4 Bc2 {/\ Rab8}) 17... e6 18. Qc4
Bd5 19. Qh4 Qe7 $1 20. Qxe7 (20. Qh3 Rfc8 $15) (20. Qg3 Rfd8 {/\ Na5}) 20...
Nxe7 21. a5 {0-1 Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Dortmund (03)/1992 (46)}) 13... Nc6 14. Qe3
Bf5 15. Bh6 Bxb2 16. Rad1 Qa5 (16... Qc7 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Ng5 (18. Bd3 Bxd3
19. Rxd3 Bf6 20. Rfd1 b4 21. h4 h5 22. Qe4 a5 23. Rd7 {1-0 Shneider,
A-Yermolinsky,A/URS-FL Telavi (05)/1982 (42)}) 18... h6 19. Nh3 Bxh3 20. gxh3
Bg7 21. Bf3 Ne5 22. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Karpeshov,O-Tseshkovsky,V/RUS-ch Elista (01)/
1994/}) 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Qxa2 $1 {Important novelty, black
has two pawns and very solid position for the exchange. Eine wichtige Neuerung,
Schwarz kriegt fur seine Qualitat zwei Bauern und sehr solide Stellung.} (19...
Bf6 20. a3 b4 21. Rb1 Qb5 22. axb4 a5 23. Nd2 axb4 24. Ne4 Be5 25. g3 Ra8 26.
h4 h5 {0-1 Piket,J-Ivanchuk,V/Monaco rapid (09)/1995 (53)}) 20. Rd2 Qa3 21. Qe4
(21. Qxa3 Bxa3 22. Ra1 Bb4 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Rxa6 Bxc5 $15) 21... Rc8 22. Ng5 (
22. Rb1 Bf6 $17) 22... Bf6 (22... Bc1 23. Qg4 e6 24. Qh4 h5 25. Rdd1 Bb2 $17)
23. Qg4 Rc7 (23... e6 $2 24. Nxe6 Ne5 25. Qf4 Bh8 26. Rfd1 $18) 24. Ne4 Be5 25.
Qd1 (25. Rd7 Qa5 $15) 25... Qb4 26. Re1 Kg7 (26... f5 27. Ng5 (27. Ng3 Bc3 28.
Rd8+ Kg7 $19) 27... Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qf4+ 29. Kg1 Qxg5 30. Ra2 $15) 27. g3 h6 28.
Re3 Bd4 (28... f5 29. Rd7 fxe4 30. Rxc7 Bxc7 31. Qd7 Qxc5 32. Qxc7 b4 $17) 29.
Red3 Rd7 30. g4 $1 Qc4 (30... f5 $2 31. gxf5 gxf5 32. Qh5) (30... Ne5 $2 31.
Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Nf3+ (32... Qxd4 33. Qxd4 $18) 33. Qxf3 Qxd4 34. Qc3 $18)
31. Kg2 Qd5 32. f3 Kh7 33. Rxd4 $1 Nxd4 34. c6 Qxc6 (34... Rd8 35. c7) 35. Rxd4
Rxd4 36. Qxd4 Qc2+ 37. Kg3 Qc7+ 38. Kg2 Qc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Nc3 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nbd7 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Re1 Ne5 13. Bb3 Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.04.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2515"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 a5
9. Bd2 Nh6 10. Nf3 (10. Bd3 $5 Bd7 11. Nxc7+ Qxc7 12. Nf3 Nf5 13. b5 $1 Qc5 14.
Qe2 O-O 15. a4 f6 16. O-O Ne3 17. Rfe1 $16 {Almasi,Z-Kortschnoj,V/EUCup f
Budapest 1996 (32)}) 10... axb4 (10... Nf5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O (12. Bxf5 $6
exf5 13. Nfxd4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxc7 Qxc7 16. Be3 f6 $11 {Minasian,
A-Lputian,S/Philadelphia World op 1994 (22)}) 12... Nc6 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14. b5
Nce7 15. Qe2 Bd7 16. g4 Ne3 17. Bxe3 dxe3 18. Qxe3 $14 {Leko,P-Ivanov,S/EUCup
f Budapest 1996 (83)}) 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 O-O (12... Nf5 13. Nfxd4 $6 (13.
c3 $1 Ne3 (13... dxc3 $6 14. Qxc3 Nc6 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. b5 $18) (13... O-O 14.
Nxc7 Qxc7 15. cxd4 Qc2 16. g4 $1 $14) 14. Nfxd4 Nxf1 15. Nxc7+ Qxc7 16. Nb5 Qc6
17. Nd6+ Kf8 18. Rxf1 $14) 13... Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Bb6 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Be3 Bxe3 17.
Qxe3 Nc6 18. c3 f6 $17) 13. Nxc7 Qxc7 14. Nxd4 Nf5 $6 {After this move white
may be does'nt get such a big opening advantage,but black deprives himself
counterplay and against such player as Svidler it's extremly dangerous} (14...
f6 $5 15. exf6 Rxf6 16. Bd3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Qd4 $14) 15. Nxf5 exf5 16.
Qc3 Qxc3 17. Bxc3 $14 {White has a lot of small,but very meaningful pluses:
bishops pair,better pawn structure,more active king,in the future controle
over the a-file.All this factors make defense very difficult} Be6 18. Kd2 Rc8
19. Bd3 Nc6 20. Rb1 $1 {It was tempting to play} (20. b5 {immideatly,but after}
d4 $1 21. Bb2 Nb4 22. Bxd4 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bd5 $14 {white wins a pawn,but
does'nt have real chances to win the game!}) 20... Ra8 21. b5 Na5 22. Bxa5 Rxa5
23. Rb3 $1 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gb3c3,Gc3c7] Penitrating through the c-file on the
seventh rank} b6 (23... Ra1 24. Rc3 Rg1 25. g3 Rg2+ 26. Ke3 Rxh2 27. Rc7 $18)
24. Rc3 Ra7 25. Rc6 Rb7 26. c4 $1 (26. Rd6 $5 Kf8 27. g4 fxg4 28. f5 Bd7 29.
Rxd5 Ke7 30. c4 $14) 26... dxc4 27. Bxc4 Bd7 28. Rd6 $16 {The difference in
the strength of two remaining pieces is huge,it means that material balance
won't stay for long.} Kf8 29. Bd5 Rc7 30. Rxb6 Rc5 31. Bc6 Bxc6 32. bxc6 {
It's very useful to see how Svidler step by step wins this endgame.} Ke7 33.
Rb7+ Ke6 34. Rc7 h5 35. Kd3 h4 36. h3 g6 37. Kd4 Rc2 38. Rc8 $1 {Preparing the
place for a king} Ke7 39. Kd5 Rd2+ 40. Kc5 Rxg2 41. Rb8 $18 Rc2+ 42. Kb6 Rb2+
43. Ka7 Ra2+ 44. Kb7 Rb2+ 45. Kc8 Rc2 46. c7 g5 47. fxg5 Ke6 48. Kd8 1-0

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lejlic, Samir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 Rb8 11. h4 b5 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. h5 Nd7 14. g5 Bb7 15.
Rh3 Rc8 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Qh2 Rf8 19. Bf4 Qc7 20. Kb1 Rd8 21. b3 Nc6
22. Ne2 e5 23. Bc1 Nb4 24. c3 Nc6 25. Rg3 Bc8 26. f4 f5 27. gxf6 Bxf6 28. f5 h6
29. Rgd3 Bb7 30. Ba3 Ne7 31. Rxd6 Bxe4+ 32. Kb2 Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Qc6 34. Ng3 Bf3
35. Be2 e4 36. Bxf3 Qxc3+ 37. Ka3 Qa5# 0-1

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hillarp Persson, Tiger"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Kh1 Bb4 9. Qd3 h5 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. f4 e5 12. Qg3 Qd7 13. f5 h4 14. Qxg7 Rh7
15. Qg5 b5 16. a4 Bb7 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd6 20. Bf3 Kd7 21.
c3 Rg8 22. Qd2 Bc5 23. b4 Ba7 24. Qa2 Bb6 25. Qxa6 Ke7 26. Qb7+ Nd7 27. f6+
Qxf6 28. d6+ Qxd6 29. Rd1 Rxg2 30. Bg5+ 1-0

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Schandorff, Lars"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Qe7 9. Qc2 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bd2 c6 12. h3 Nh6 13. Rad1 f5 14. Bg5 Qe8 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Rfe1 e4 18. Nh2 Qg6 19. Bf4 Nf7 20. Nf1 Nc5 21. Ng3
Ne6 22. Bh5 Qf6 23. Bc1 Ne5 24. Be2 Qh4 25. Bf1 Nc5 26. Na4 Ncd3 27. Bxd3 Nxd3
28. Rxd3 exd3 29. Qxd3 f4 30. Re4 Bf5 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Qf3 Raf8 33. Nc3 Re5
34. Rxe5 Bxe5 35. Ne4 Qh6 36. b3 Qg6 37. Bd2 Re8 38. Nc5 Rd8 39. Bxf4 Rf8 40.
Nd3 Bg7 41. Qe3 Rd8 42. Ne5 Qe6 43. Bg3 h5 44. h4 Re8 45. f4 a6 46. Kh2 Re7 47.
Qd3 Bxe5 48. fxe5 Rg7 49. Qd8+ Kf7 50. Qd3 Qg6 51. Qe3 Ke6 52. Qf3 Rf7 53. Qe3
Rd7 54. Qe2 Rd3 55. Bf4 Qf5 56. Bg3 Ke7 57. Qe1 Ke6 58. Qe2 a5 59. Qe1 a4 60.
bxa4 Rd7 61. Qe3 Qg6 62. Qe2 Rd3 63. Bf4 Rc3 64. a5 Rc2 65. Qf3 Qg4 66. Qf1 Qe2
67. Qh1 Qxc4 0-1

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rae8 12. Bd2 Nd8 13. Ne2 Ne6 14. Ng3 Bd8 15. c3
c5 16. Bc2 Bc7 17. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akesson, Ralf"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E93"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8. d5
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nh6 11. Nd2 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. b4 Rb8 14. a3 Qe7 15.
Nb3 g5 16. Bg3 f5 17. Na5 f4 18. Nxc6 Qe6 19. h4 fxg3 20. hxg5 gxf2+ 21. Kf1
Nf7 22. Nd5 Nxg5 23. Nce7+ Kh8 24. Rh5 Rf7 25. Nxc8 Nxe4 26. Qd3 Qg6 27. Rh3
Rxc8 28. Bh5 Ng3+ 29. Qxg3 Qxg3 30. Rxg3 Rff8 31. Bg4 Rcd8 32. Ra2 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Re8 16. Ng3 Nc4 17. a4 Be6 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. b3 Na5 20. Bd2 Qc7 21. axb5 axb5
22. Qe2 h6 23. Nf3 Bf8 24. Ra2 Nb7 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. b4 Re8 27. Bb3 Bc6 28. Nh2
Qd7 29. Ng4 Nxg4 30. hxg4 d5 31. Rd1 d4 32. cxd4 Qxd4 33. Qf3 Nd6 34. Bxh6 Qa7
35. Bxg7 1-0

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Thorhallsson, Throstur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. a4 Nb4 10. Bc4 a6 11. a5 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Qe2 Qc7 15.
Ng5 Rbe8 16. e5 Nd7 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Nce4 Qc6 19. c3 Nd5 20. Bd2 h6 21. Nh3 e5
22. fxe5 Rxf1+ 23. Rxf1 c4 24. Qf2 Rxe5 25. Ng3 N7f6 26. Kh1 Qb5 27. Nf4 Kh7
28. Bc1 Qxa5 29. Qc2 Nxf4 30. Bxf4 Re6 31. Rd1 Qb6 32. h3 Nd5 33. Nh5 Nxf4 34.
Nxf4 Re5 35. Nd5 Qe6 36. Nf4 Qc6 37. h4 Rf5 38. Nh3 Rh5 39. Qf2 Qe4 40. Rd7
Rxh4 41. Kh2 g5 42. Qf6 Qg6 43. Qe5 g4 44. Rxg7+ Qxg7 45. Qe4+ Kg8 46. Qd5+ Qf7
47. Qd8+ Kg7 48. Qxh4 Qc7+ 49. g3 gxh3 50. Qd4+ Kg8 51. Qg4+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tisdall, Jonathan D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. g4 Rfc8 13. h4 Qa5 14. a3 Rab8
15. h5 b5 16. Nd5 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxg7 Bxf3 20. Rh3 Bxg4
21. Rg3 Kxg7 22. Rxg4 Rc5 23. Rh2 f5 24. Rg3 Re5 25. Bd3 d5 26. hxg6 hxg6 27.
Rh5 Kf6 28. Rh6 Re1+ 29. Ka2 Rg8 30. Bxb5 e5 31. Rh7 f4 32. Rc3 e4 33. Rc5 f3
34. Rxd5 Rb8 35. Rh4 g5 36. Rh6+ Kg7 37. Rc6 1-0

[Event "Nordic Grand Prix"]
[Site "Torshavn"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Brynell, Stellan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1997.02.07"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FAI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 056 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nf1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qb6 12. Bc2 f6 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ba4 Ne4
15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Ng3 e5 17. Be3 Nxg3 18. hxg3 exd4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 Qxd4
21. Nxd4 Bd7 22. Rac1 Rfe8 23. Red1 Rec8 24. Rc5 Rab8 25. b3 Kf7 26. Rdc1 Rb6
27. Ra5 Ra8 28. f3 h5 29. a3 Ke7 30. Kf2 Kd6 31. b4 Rbb8 32. Ke3 g5 33. Rh1 Rh8
34. Ra6 Kc7 35. Rc1 Kb7 36. b5 cxb5 37. Rd6 Rae8+ 38. Kf2 Re7 39. Rxd5 a6 40.
Rxg5 h4 41. gxh4 Rxh4 42. Rd5 Be6 43. Nxe6 Rxe6 44. g4 Rh2+ 45. Kg3 Ra2 46. Rc3
Re1 47. Kf4 Kb6 48. g5 Rg1 49. Kf5 a5 50. Rd6+ Kb7 51. Re3 Rc2 52. Re5 Rc3 53.
f4 Rxa3 54. Re7+ Kc8 55. Ra6 Kd8 56. Rh7 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Biriukov, Oleg V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Qc2
Nh5 9. Rd1 Nf4 10. Bf1 c5 11. Nb5 cxd4 12. Nxd6 Ne6 13. Rb1 a5 14. Ne1 Ndc5 15.
Nxc8 Rxc8 16. Bd3 f5 17. f3 Qh4 18. Qe2 Rc7 19. Bd2 Rcf7 20. g3 Qh5 21. Bxa5
Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Nc5 23. Qa3 fxe4 24. Qxc5 exf3 25. Nd3 f2+ 26. Kg2 Qf3+ 27. Kh3
g5 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lugovoi, Aleksei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. f4 O-O 11. Bc4 b5 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. Kb1 Re8 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Ne4 Nf8 18. Nd6 Qa7 19. Qg4 Qc5 20. Rhf1 Rb8 21.
Qh5 Qc7 22. Rd2 a5 23. Rdf2 g6 24. Qh4 a4 25. Nxf7 Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Rxf7
Kxf7 28. Bxa4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Nd7 30. Qh4 h5 31. c4 Bb7 32. Qd4 Ke8 33. g3 Bc6
34. Kc1 Rc8 35. b3 Bg2 36. Qd3 Rc5 37. Qxg6+ Ke7 38. Qg5+ Ke8 39. Qxh5+ Kd8 40.
Qg5+ Kc7 41. Qd2 Bh3 42. Qh6 Bf5 43. Qg7 Rxe5 44. g4 Re1+ 45. Kb2 Rg1 46. h3
Rg2+ 47. Kc3 Bb1 48. h4 e5 49. h5 e4 50. h6 e3 51. h7 Rc2+ 52. Kb4 e2 53. Qe7
Rc1 54. Qxe2 Rh1 55. g5 Rxh7 56. Qe1 Bg6 57. Qg3+ Kc6 58. Qf3+ Kc7 59. Qf4+ Kb7
60. Qd6 Bb1 61. g6 Rg7 62. Qd4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Loginov, Valery A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 $5 (10... Nxd5 $5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Qd2 a5 (12...
Nd7 13. Na5 $1 Qc7 14. c4 Rac8 15. b4 $16 {Browne}) 13. a4 $6 Nd7 14. Bb5 Qc7
15. f3 Nf6 16. Rac1 Bd7 $1 17. c4 b6 18. Qf2 Rab8 19. Nd2 Bc8 $1 20. Nb1 Nd7
$10 {Adla-Rodriguez,Am/Mondariz/1994/}) (10... Nxe4 $2 11. Bb6 Qd7 12. Nc7) 11.
Qd3 Bxd5 (11... Rc8 12. c4 Ne8 $5 13. Qd2 b6 14. Rac1 a5 15. a4 $6 Nc5 16. Nxc5
dxc5 17. f4 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Bf6 19. f5 Nd6 20. Bd3 c4 21. Bb1 b5 $13 {0-1
Conquest,S-Gallagher,J/Hastings Masters 1990}) 12. exd5 {It is a critical
position for the variation.In my subjective opinion,it is very hard for white
to get something.The knight on b3 is standing very bad, therefore it is very
hard to push the pawns on queen's flank.But even if white will suceed in doing
it-it is not enough!In order to win, white should have an advantage on both
flanks and this is not easy.} a5 (12... Re8 $5 13. c4 Bf8 14. Rac1 g6 15. Rfd1
b6 16. Nd2 a5 17. b3 Bg7 18. a3 Qe7 19. Qb1 Qf8 20. b4 Bh6 21. Qb3 Bxe3 22.
Qxe3 axb4 23. axb4 Ra4 24. Ra1 Rea8 25. Qc3 Qh6 $15 {Kudrin-Ljubojevic, New
York 1985}) (12... Qb8 13. a4 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. Nd2 $13 {0-1 Wach,M-Hoelzl,
F/AUT-chT 1995}) (12... Qc7 $6 13. c4 g6 (13... Rfe8 $5) 14. Nd2 $1 a5 (14...
Nc5 15. Qc2 a5 16. b3 $14 {/\ a3, b4}) 15. b3 {+/=}) (12... Nc5 $5 {Browne} 13.
Nxc5 dxc5 14. Rfd1 e4 15. Qd2 Bd6 16. a4 $6 (16. Bf4 $142) 16... Qc7 17. g3
Rae8 $36 18. a5 Nd7 19. Bf4 Ne5 20. c4 f5 21. Rac1 h6 22. h4 Ng6 23. Bxd6 Qxd6
24. b4 e3 25. Qe1 f4 $17 {0-1 King-Browne/Reykjavik/SW, 1990}) 13. c4 a4 $6
$146 {The novelty is helping white to make an order in his lines.I think that
Browne's idea on 12-th move is giving the best chanses for black in this
variation.} (13... b6 $142 14. f4 Ne8 15. Kh1 exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc5 17. Qd2 {
0.5:0.5 Ye Jiangchuan-Nunn,Luzern 1985}) 14. Nd2 Nc5 15. Qc2 Qa5 $6 (15... b5
$142 16. cxb5 (16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 b4 $1 18. Raf1 Nfd7 $132) 16... Nxd5 17.
Bxc5 dxc5 18. Nc4 (18. Rad1 Nb4 19. Qb1 Qc7 20. Nc4 Rad8 21. Bf3 $14) 18... Bf6
(18... f6 19. Rfd1 Nb4 (19... Ra7 20. Qe4 Rd7 21. Bg4 $18) 20. Qe4 Qe8 21. a3
$18) 19. Rfd1 e4 $8 (19... Nb4 20. Qe4 Qe8 21. a3 $18) 20. Qxe4 Re8 21. Qc2 (
21. Qxd5 Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxe2 $44) 21... Bd4 (21... Nb4 22. Rxd8 Nxc2 23. Rxa8
Rxa8 24. Rc1 Nd4 25. Bd3 Rd8 26. b6 $16) 22. Bf3 Nb4 23. Qf5 Rb8 24. a3 g6 25.
Qb1 Nd5 26. Qc2 $14) 16. Nb1 $1 $14 {Now white is better,but yet it is not
enough.} Bd8 {Black thinks that positionaly he can't loose.Maybe he is right,
but his defense is not easy.After 15...b5 or 16...b5 black would have more
chanses than now.} (16... b5 $142 17. Na3 (17. Bxc5 $6 dxc5 18. Qf5 Rad8 $1 19.
Qxe5 Bd6 20. Qc3 (20. Qf5 Rfe8 $36) 20... b4 21. Qc2 Qc7 22. Qxa4 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1
Qf4 $40) 17... b4 (17... bxc4 18. Nxc4 Qb4 (18... Qc7 19. Rfd1 Rfc8 20. Rac1
Rab8 $14) 19. a3 Qb3 20. Qxb3 Nxb3 21. Rad1 Nd7 22. f4 e4 23. f5 Ndc5 24. Bf4
Rfd8 25. Rfe1 $14) 18. Nb5 Rfc8 19. Qf5 g6 (19... Nfe4 20. f4) 20. Qh3 $14) 17.
Nc3 Bb6 18. Bg5 $6 {I think it was better to start with Bd2.} (18. Bd2 $1 Ba7 (
18... Qa7 19. Bg5 Ncd7 20. Nb5 Qb8 21. b4 $1 $16) 19. Bg5 Ncd7 20. Kh1 (20.
Nxa4 Qxa4 21. Qxa4 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Rxa4 23. b3 Ra5 $13) (20. Nb5 $5) 20... Rfc8
21. b4 $5 Qxb4 22. Rab1 Qa5 23. Rxb7 Bd4 24. Nb5 Nc5 25. Nxd4 $1 Nxb7 26. Nc6
Qc7 27. Qf5 $1 $36) 18... Ncd7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 20. Kh1 Bd4 21. Rac1 a3 $4 {
For a high level-players as those two are-a very serious mistake.Now white has
no weakness and can play without looking back.I can't even guess what had
black missed!} (21... Nc5 22. f4 (22. Nb5 Qb6 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bf4 Re8 $13)
22... Qb6 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rce1 Re8 $132) 22. b3 Qc5 23. Qf5 $1 $16 {Maybe
black didn't see a defence from two threats:B:f2 and B:c3 with b5. Now white
feels much better!} g6 24. Qh3 Re8 25. Qh4 $1 e4 26. Rcd1 {Althout 26.Bg5 is a
good move,white doesn't have to hurry-he is going to win.} (26. Bg5 $5 e3 $140
27. b4 Qb6 28. fxe3 Bxe3 29. Bxf6 Nxf6 30. Qxf6 Bxc1 31. Rxc1 $18) 26... h5 (
26... e3 27. fxe3 Bxc3 28. Bxc3 Qxe3 29. Bd3 $18) 27. Nb5 Be5 28. Qh3 {After
28.b4 with an idea of Bc1 [28...Qb6 29.Be3] white could win the pawn on a3,but
it is not enough for him!} Kg7 {Black can do nothing.} 29. Be3 Qc8 30. b4 Rh8
$6 31. Bd4 $18 Qf8 32. Bxe5 Nxe5 33. Qc3 $1 Qe7 34. Rd2 b6 (34... Ra4 35. c5
dxc5 36. bxc5 Rd8 37. Rfd1 $18) (34... Rhc8 35. Nxa3 $18) 35. c5 bxc5 36. bxc5
Nfg4 {It won't be long.} (36... Ne8 $142) 37. Nxd6 Kg8 38. Nxe4 Ra4 (38... Nxh2
39. Kxh2 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Qxe4 (40... Ng4 41. Qh3) 41. c6 $18) 39. Rd4 Qh4 40. h3
Rxd4 41. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. Qxg4 Bxd4 12. Qd1 Qf6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Ne5
15. Qd2 $14 {Space advantage and weakness of pawn d6 give positional edge to
white.The nearest plan of the white is to prepare the move f4.} h5 16. Rd1 Rd8
17. b3 (17. Ree1 Bg4 18. Be2 g5 19. b3 Kg7 20. Qe3 Re8 21. h3 Bd7 22. Rd2 Re6
23. Red1 Rh8 24. c5 g4 25. Rxd6 $18 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Saltaev,M/Tashkent
Agzamov mem 1986 (40)}) 17... h4 (17... Be6 18. Ne2 Ng4 19. Rf3 Qe5 20. Qf4 g5
21. Qxe5 dxe5 22. Rfd3 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Nf6 24. Nc3 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 Sosonko,G-Nunn,J/
EU-chT Plovdiv 1983}) 18. Be2 Be6 19. g3 (19. Rf1 g5) 19... Ng4 (19... hxg3 20.
Rxg3 $1 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. f3 Be6 22. g4 Rd7 23. Rd3 Rad8 24.
Qh6 $16 a6 25. g5 Qf4 (25... Qh8 26. Qxh8+ Kxh8 27. Na4 b5 28. Nb6 bxc4 (28...
Rb7 29. c5 d5 30. exd5 $16) 29. Rc3 $1 (29. bxc4 Rb7 30. c5 d5) (29. Nxc4 Bxc4
30. bxc4 Kg7 31. Kf2 (31. c5 d5) 31... f6 $14) 29... Rb7 30. Nxc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4
$16) 26. Ne2 Qe5 27. Qxh4 d5 (27... b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Nd4 $16) 28. Qf4 Qxf4
$2 29. Nxf4 dxe4 30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31. fxe4 Kf8 32. e5 Ke7 33. e6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 {This move came to
prominence after the third matchgame of Gelfand-Karpov 1995 where white won a
convincing game. Epishin has been working as Karpovs second for some time so
his reaction is of some interest.} cxd4 {The game with Kamsky given below was
played after the match with Gelfand and blacks problems seemed not completely
solved yet.} (6... Nd7 7. c4 dxc4 8. O-O a6 9. Bxc4 Ne7 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bd3 c4
12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Re1 b4 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Bg5 Qa5 16. Nh4 $14 {Kamsky,G-Karpov,An/
Dos Hermanas (08) 1995 (38). White went on to win. Since this game Karpov has
stopped playing 5..c5 and has changed to 5.Be2 Ne7. After 6.0-0 he has tried
out different things - also 6..c5}) 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 (9... dxc4
10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nab5 (12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 $14) 12... Nd5 13.
Nxf5 exf5 14. Bd2 a6 15. Nd4 Bb4 16. Nxf5 O-O 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. O-O $14 {
Gelfand,B-Karpov,An/Sanghi Nagar (m/3) 1995 (45)}) 10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5
12. O-O $2 (12. cxd5 {This is critical} exd5 (12... Nxd5 $5 {I think Epishin
would have tried this move. Is it enough to equalise?}) 13. O-O Nac6 14. Rad1
$14 {Gallagher,J-Krueger,K/Bern/1995/}) 12... dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Be4
$11 {Now black has no problems. No pawn weaknesses and white did not even get
the bishop pair.} 15. Rac1 Bd5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. f4 (17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 18. Rc1 Kd7
$11) 17... Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Kd7 19. a3 Nc6 20. Nf3 Be7 21. Nd2 Rd8 22. Nc4 Ke8 23.
Bb6 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Rd2 25. b4 Nd4 26. Bxa6 bxa6 27. Rc8+ Kd7 28. Rc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qc2 Ng4 13. Rad1 (13. Nb3 Ne6 14.
Bg3 Be5 15. Rad1 Qg5 16. Bxe5 $6 dxe5 17. Qd2 Qh5 18. h3 Nf6 $11 {Wegner,
Hannu-Vogt,Lothar/Bundesliga 1996/0-1 (59)}) 13... Qe7 $6 {/\14...Bd415.Rd4Ne6}
(13... Ne5 $5 14. Bg3 Qb6) (13... Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Qf6 15. Ne2 Nxf2 {ECO meint
nur 15...Ne6 16.Rd6+/-} 16. Kxf2 (16. Rxd6 Qe7 17. Nc3 Ng4 18. b4 $6 Ne6 19.
Bg3 Ng7 $1 $13 {Meduna-Mista/CSSR/1980/}) 16... g5 17. Rxd6 Qe7 18. e5 gxf4 19.
Nxf4 f5 (19... Qg5 $1 {N} 20. g3 {Knaak 1/2-1/2 Burgess,G-Schlosser,M/
Prestwich 1990} (20. Qd2 Bf5 21. Rd4 Rad8 $10) (20. g3 Bf5 21. Bd3 Bxd3 22.
Nxd3 Nxd3+ 23. Qxd3 Rxe5 $10)) 20. Bd3 Nd7 21. Re6 Qc5+ 22. Kf1 Rxe6 23. Nxe6
Qe7 24. c5 $18 {1-0 Adamski,J-Mista,L/Trinec 1980 (32)}) (13... Be5 14. Bg3 Qf6
15. Qd2 h5 16. f3 Bxg3 17. hxg3 Ne5 18. f4 Ng4 19. Nf3 $16 {1-0 Averkin,
O-Geller,E/URS-ch37 Moscow 1969 (29)}) 14. Bg3 (14. Nxc6 $2 bxc6 15. Bxd6 Qh4
16. h3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Nxf2) (14. Nb3 $5 Be5 (14... Nxb3 15. axb3 $14) 15. Qd2
$14) 14... h5 $6 {Getting the worse position the black try to open tactical
complications,but with the help of counterblow the white receive great
advantage.} (14... a5 15. Nb3 $14) (14... Ne5 $142 15. f4 Ng4 $14) 15. h3 h4
16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bxd6 Qg5 18. hxg4 (18. f4 Qh5 $8 (18... Qf6 $2 19. hxg4 (19.
Bxc5 Qxf4 20. hxg4 Be5 $132 21. g3 Qxg4) 19... Bxg4 20. Be2 $18) 19. e5 (19.
hxg4 Bxg4 20. Rd2 Ne6 $44) (19. Be2 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Nxe4 $11) 19... Ne6 (19...
Bf5 20. Qd2) (19... Nb7 20. hxg4 Bxg4 21. Be2) 20. Qe4 Nxf4 21. hxg4 Qxg4 22.
e6 Nh3+ 23. Kh2 Qxe4 24. Nxe4 $16) 18... Bxg4 19. Qd2 Qh5 (19... Qxd2 20. Rxd2
Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxe4 22. Rxe4 Rxe4 23. f3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 $16) 20. f3 Be6 21. Ne2 (
21. Nd5 cxd5 22. exd5 $16) 21... Rad8 22. Nf4 (22. Qe3 Nb7 23. Bc7 $1 {xa5}
Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bxc4 25. Qxa7 $16) 22... Qg5 23. Nxe6 $2 (23. b4 $1 Rxd6 (23...
Nb7 24. Nxe6 Qxd2 25. Rxd2 Rxe6 26. Bf4 Bd4+ 27. Kh1 c5 28. Red1 $16) (23...
Be5 24. Nxe6 (24. bxc5 Rxd6 25. cxd6 Bxf4 26. Qf2 $132 {/+/-}) 24... Qxd2 25.
Rxd2 Nxe6 26. Red1 $16 {/+-}) 24. Qxd6 Be5 25. Qxc6 Qxf4 (25... Rc8 26. Nxe6
$18) 26. Qxe8+ Kg7 27. bxc5 h3 (27... Qh2+ 28. Kf2 Bg3+ 29. Ke3 $18) 28. Rd8
Qh2+ 29. Kf2 Qg3+ 30. Ke2 Bxc4+ 31. Kd1 $18) 23... Qxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxe6 25. Bf4
Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Bxb2 27. Be3 Na4 28. Bxa7 (28. Rd1 $5) 28... c5 29. Bb8 Bd4+ 30.
Kh2 Nc3 31. Kh3 Nxa2 32. Bf4 Nb4 33. Bg5 (33. Rb1 $5) 33... f6 34. Bxh4 g5 35.
Bg3 Nc2 36. Rc1 Ne3 $132 {[%cal Gf6f5]} 37. Bf2 f5 38. Bxe3 $2 (38. exf5 $142
Rh6+ 39. Kg3 Be5+ (39... Nxf5+ 40. Kg4 Ne3+ 41. Bxe3 (41. Kxg5 Rh1 42. Kf4
Nxg2+ (42... Rxf1 $2 43. Rxf1 Nxf1 44. Bxd4 cxd4 45. Ke4 Ne3 46. c5) 43. Kg3
Ne3 $14 {/=}) 41... Bxe3 42. Rb1 $14 {/+/-}) 40. f4 Bxf4+ 41. Kf3 Nxf5 42. Rd1
Nd4+ 43. Bxd4 cxd4 44. Rxd4 $14 {/+/-}) 38... Bxe3 39. Rd1 fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ionov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. Ba7 Nxe5 19. Qc3 Bd6 20. Qd4 Bc7 21.
Qc5 Qc8 22. g3 Nc4 23. Bxb8 Qxb8 24. c3 Rc8 25. Rhf1 Bd6 26. Qf2 Qc7 27. Qf3 a5
28. Bc2 Ne5 29. Qe4 g6 30. Rf2 Bf8 31. Rdf1 Bg7 32. g4 Rd8 33. Rd1 Re8 34. h4
Nc4 35. Qd3 b4 36. cxb4 axb4 37. Bb3 Ne5 38. Qe4 Qb6 39. Rc2 Rb8 40. Rcd2 Rc8
41. Qd4 Qb8 42. Qf4 Qb6 43. Rd6 Qa5 44. h5 g5 45. Qe4 Rb8 46. Rc1 Qa7 47. Rd2
Qe7 48. Rdc2 Qd8 49. Rc7 Qd6 50. Rc8+ Rxc8 51. Rxc8+ Bf8 52. a4 bxa3 53. bxa3
Kg7 54. Bc2 Kf6 55. Rc3 Qb6+ 56. Ka2 Bc5 57. Rb3 Qc7 58. Rb1 Qd6 59. Rf1+ Ke7
60. Qb7+ Kf8 61. Rd1 Bd4 62. Qe4 Nc4 63. Rd3 e5 64. Qb7 Ne3 65. Bb3 Qf6 66.
Qb4+ Kg7 67. Bd1 Qf4 68. Qd2 Qe4 69. Qe2 Qd5+ 70. Bb3 Qh1 71. Bd1 Qd5+ 72. Bb3
Qh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1997.03.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomnishay, Mikhail I"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2465"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1997.03.04"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 058"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Bf4 Ne5 12. f3 a6 13. Qd2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
b4 Bd7 16. Kh1 Qb8 17. Rad1 Rc8 18. Bg5 c5 19. Nc2 Be6 20. a3 Bb3 21. Rc1 Nc4
22. Bxc4 Bxc4 23. Rb1 Nd7 24. Be7 Re8 25. Bh4 Ne5 26. Red1 Bd3 27. bxc5 dxc5
28. Bg3 Rd8 29. Nd5 c4 30. Rbc1 Qb7 31. Qg5 Re8 32. Nf6+ Bxf6 33. Qxf6 Re6 34.
Qg5 f6 35. Qe3 Qa7 36. Nd4 Rd6 37. Bf2 Qa4 38. h3 Rad8 39. f4 Rxd4 40. fxe5
fxe5 41. Bg3 Rxe4 42. Qxe4 Bxe4 43. Rxd8+ Kf7 44. Rf1+ Bf5 45. Bxe5 Qa5 46. Rh8
Ke6 47. Bf4 Kd5 48. Bc1 h5 49. Re8 Qc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. O-O a6 10. f4 Be7 11. Bd3 b5 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Qh3 O-O 14. Rae1 Nb4
15. Nd4 Rae8 16. g4 Nd7 17. g5 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nc5 19. Rd1 b4 20. Nce2 f5 21.
gxf6 Bxf6 22. Ng3 g6 23. Qg2 Bg7 24. Nf3 Qa5 25. b3 Qb5 26. Qd2 a5 27. Bd4 e5
28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Ba1 Ba6 30. d4 exd4 31. Nxd4 Rxf1+ 32. Rxf1 Qd7 33. Re1 Nd3
34. Nc2 Qa7+ 35. Qe3 Qxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Bh6 37. Rf3 Rc8 38. Rf6 Rxc2 39. Rxa6 Be3+
40. Kh1 Rc1+ 41. Kg2 Rxa1 42. Rxa5 Bd4 43. Ne2 Bc3 44. Kf3 Nc1 45. Ra8+ Kg7 46.
Ra7+ Kh6 47. Nf4 Rxa2 48. Re7 Nxb3 49. e5 Nd2+ 50. Kg4 b3 51. Nd5 Ra4+ 52. Kg3
Bxe5+ 53. Rxe5 b2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.24"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Nf6 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. e5 Ne8 7. h4 d6 8. e6 fxe6
9. h5 exd5 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Qxd5+ e6 12. Qe4 Rf5 13. Qg4 Bxc3+ 14. bxc3 Qf6
15. Bd3 Qxc3+ 16. Ke2 Qg7 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qh4 Nc6 19. Bh6 Qg4 20. Rh3 Qxh4
21. Rxh4 e5 22. Rah1 f4 23. g3 fxg3 24. Rg1 Kf7 25. Rxg3 Bf5 26. c3 Nd8 27.
Ng5+ Ke7 28. Rf3 Bb1 29. a3 Nc7 30. Bf8+ Kd7 31. Rh6 Ne8 32. Nh7 Kc6 33. Ng5
Kc7 34. Kd2 Ba2 35. Rd3 Bc4 36. Bxd6+ Kd7 37. Bxe5+ Bxd3 38. Kxd3 Nc6 39. Rh7+
Ne7 40. f4 Rd8 41. Ke4 Rc8 42. f5 Rc6 43. Ne6 Nd6+ 44. Bxd6 Kxd6 45. Nd8 Rc7
46. f6 Nd5 47. Nxb7+ Ke6 48. Rxc7 Nxc7 49. Nxc5+ Kxf6 50. c4 a6 51. Kd4 Kf5 52.
a4 Kf6 53. a5 Kf5 54. Nb3 Ke6 55. Kc5 Kd7 56. Kb6 Kd6 57. Kb7 Ne6 58. Kb6 Nc7
59. Nd4 Ne8 60. Nb5+ axb5 61. cxb5 Nc7 62. a6 Nxb5 63. Kxb5 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.02"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bb5 Bc5 8.
Nbd2 Nge7 9. Ng5 Qd6 10. Nxe6 Qxe6 11. Nb3 Qd6 12. Bf4 Qxf4 13. Nxc5 O-O 14. g3
Qh6 15. Rc1 Rfd8 16. Nxb7 Rdb8 17. Qa4 Ne5 18. Rxc7 N7g6 19. Qb3 Nf8 20. Qd5
Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Ne6 22. Rd7 Nh4+ 23. Kh1 Nf3 24. h4 {[%tqu "En","Can you find the
only move for Black to continue the attack and force a draw at least?","You
must do something drastic immediatly!","Sacrifice your knight!  That is your
only chance!","f3h4","",11]} Nxh4 $1 25. Be2 $4 {This clumsy move closes an
escape route for the White king and loses immediatly.} (25. gxh4 Qxh4+ 26. Kg1
Qg4+ 27. Kh1 {Here it seems that Black must take a draw}) 25... Nf3+ 26. Kg2 {
[%tqu "En","Can you find the only winning move for Black in this position?",
"Make use of the cramped position of the White king! It can not escape through
the e file.  This gives you a chance for a surprising direct attack!","Can you
fork his king and queen with a knight?","e6f4","VERY GOOD!  It feels so good
to find such a nice move!  Don't you agree?",14]} Nf4+ 27. Kxf3 Nxd5 28. exd5
Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Qh5+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.03"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qc7 10. h4 Be7 11. h5 h6 12. Be3 $14 Na5 $146 13. Kb1 (13. Nb3
Nc4 (13... Nxb3+ 14. cxb3 $14) 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Kb1 $14) 13... b5 14. Bd3 Nb7
$5 15. g4 Nc5 16. Rc1 (16. b4 Nxd3 17. cxd3 d5 18. a3 e5 $17) 16... b4 17. Nce2
a5 18. Ng3 d5 $11 19. e5 $11 Qxe5 $11 20. Bf4 Qxd4 21. Be3 Qe5 22. Bf4 Nxg4 $6
(22... Qd4 $142 $11) 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Qe3 Bd6 (24... Nc6 $142 25. c4 bxc3 26.
bxc3) 25. Rhg1 O-O-O (25... O-O $142 26. Nf5 (26. Be2 $5) 26... exf5 27. Qxh6
Ng6 28. Qg5 Bf4 (28... Ne6 29. Qxf5 $18) 29. Qg2 Bxc1 30. Kxc1 Rac8 31. Kd2 Rc6
32. hxg6 fxg6 33. Bb5 $14) 26. Be2 Bc6 (26... Nc6 $142 27. c4 d4 $14) 27. f4
Ned7 (27... Nc4 $142 28. Qd4 $16) 28. c4 $1 $16 d4 (28... bxc3 29. Rxc3 Kb7 30.
Rgc1 $18) 29. Qxd4 Nf6 30. Qe3 (30. Rgd1 $142 Rhe8 31. Qf2 $16) 30... e5 (30...
Rhe8 31. Rgd1 $16) 31. fxe5 Rhe8 32. Rgd1 Rxe5 33. Qf2 Kc7 $2 (33... Rg5 $1 34.
Rxd6 $1 Rxd6 35. Bf3 Nd3 36. Qb6 $16) 34. Bf3 Ba4 35. Re1 $18 Rg5 36. Ne2 Nfd7
37. b3 Ne5 38. bxa4 Ned3 39. Qh4 Nxc1 40. Rxc1 Nxa4 41. Qe4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O Nf6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. Nbd2 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. b3 O-O 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rac1
Kf8 15. Kf1 Bd5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bb7 18. g4 Nd5 19. e4 Nf6 20. f3 h6 21.
h4 Rac8 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nh5 24. Nd7+ Ke7 25. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 bxc5 27.
Be5 Rc6 28. Bb8 f6 29. gxf6+ gxf6 30. Kf2 Ng7 31. Rh1 Bc8 32. f4 a5 33. e5 Ne8
34. Rh7+ Kd8 35. Rh8 fxe5 36. Bb5 Bd7 37. Bxc6 Bxc6 38. fxe5 a4 39. bxa4 Bxa4
40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Ba7 c4 42. Kd4 Bc6 43. Rh7+ Kc8 44. Bb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m3-4"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.06"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1997.04.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Nbc6 9. Qh5 Ng6 10. Nf3 Qc7 11. Be3 c4 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qg4 Qf7 14. Ng5 Qe8
15. h4 h6 16. Nh3 b5 $146 (16... Ne7) (16... Qf7) 17. h5 $6 (17. Nf4 Ne7 18.
Qe2 a5 19. g4 {/\ 20.h5 g5 21.Nh3, 22.f4}) 17... gxh5 18. Qe2 a5 19. Nf4 g6 20.
g4 Ne7 $1 21. Ng2 (21. gxh5 g5 $17) 21... Kh7 22. Qd2 Ng8 23. Nf4 $5 (23. gxh5
g5 24. f4 g4 25. Qe2 Ra7 26. Qxg4 Rg7 27. Qh3 Ne7 $15) 23... hxg4 (23... Ra7
24. Ke2 $5 $44 (24. gxh5 g5 25. Ng6 Rf3 $17)) 24. Ke2 $1 g5 (24... Qf7 $142 25.
Rag1 g5 26. Nh5 Qf3+ 27. Ke1) 25. Nh5 Qf7 26. f4 $5 gxf4 (26... gxf3+ $2 27.
Kf2 $40) 27. Bxf4 Qg6 28. Raf1 (28. Rag1 $5) (28. Nf6+ $2 Nxf6 29. Rxh6+ Qxh6
30. Bxh6 Ne4 31. Qe3 Rf3 $19) 28... g3 $6 (28... Rf5 29. Ng3 Rf7 30. Rh4 $40) (
28... Ra7 $5 29. Nf6+ Nxf6 30. Rxh6+ Qxh6 31. Bxh6 Ne4 32. Qe3 Rxf1 33. Kxf1
Rf7+ 34. Bf4 Kg6) 29. Nxg3 Qg4+ 30. Ke1 Ra7 (30... b4 31. Ne2 bxa3 32. Rfg1 a2
33. Rxg4 a1=Q+ 34. Nc1 $18) 31. Ne2 Raf7 $2 (31... Rg7 $142 32. Qe3 (32. Rfg1
Qf3 33. Rxg7+ Kxg7 34. Bxh6+ Kh7) 32... Rg6 33. Rh2 Ne7 34. Rfh1 Nf5 35. Qd2
$36) 32. Qe3 Qg6 $4 (32... Bb7 33. Rfg1 Rxf4 34. Rxg4 Rxg4 35. Qh3 Rg6 36. Qh4
Rg7 37. Nf4 Bc8 $14) 33. Rfg1 (33. Rfg1 Qe4 34. Bxh6 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d6 10. Nc3 f6 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Rad1 Rac8
15. Bc1 Qb7 16. e5 fxe5 17. h3 Nh6 18. dxe5 Bxh3 19. Bxh6 Bxh6 20. gxh3 Rxf3
21. exd6 exd6 22. Rxd6 Bf8 23. Rd3 Rxd3 24. Qxd3 Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Bh5 14. Ng3 Bg6 15.
Be3 Qd7 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Qc2 Ne6 18. b4 a5 19. a3 Rfb8 20. Rad1 axb4 21. axb4
Ncd8 22. h4 Qc6 23. Qb3 Qc4 24. Qxc4 dxc4 25. Ne4 Kf8 26. g3 Ra3 27. Kg2 Ke8
28. Rh1 Nf8 29. Nd4 Nd7 30. h5 Nxe5 31. Bf4 Nd3 32. hxg6 Nxf4+ 33. gxf4 fxg6
34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Nf3 Nc6 36. Nfg5+ Bxg5 37. Nxg5+ Ke7 38. Rh3 Rd8 39. Re3+ Kf6
40. Re6+ Kf5 41. Rxd8 Nxd8 42. Re8 Kxf4 43. Nh3+ Kf5 44. Rxd8 {Wegen der
geringen Bauernzahl problematische Endspiel T+S vs T. Weiß gelingt der
Übergang in ein allerdings nicht ganz einfaches Turmendspiel, für das Sie die
ENDSPIEL-CD bemühen sollten.} Rxc3 45. Rd5+ Ke4 46. Rxb5 Rb3 47. Rc5 Rxb4 48.
Rxc7 Ra4 49. Ng5+ Kd3 50. Ne6 Kc2 51. Nc5 Ra3 52. Ne4 c3 53. Kf3 Kd3 54. Rd7+
Kc2 55. Ke2 Kc1 56. Nc5 Ra2+ 57. Ke3 Ra8 58. Nd3+ Kc2 59. Ne1+ Kc1 60. Kd3 Rc8
61. Rxg7 Kd1 62. Nc2 Rd8+ 63. Kxc3 Rc8+ 64. Kd3 Rxc2 65. Rxg6 Rd2+ 66. Ke3 Re2+
67. Kf3 Re8 (67... Ke1 68. Rg1+ {Gewinn in 33 Zügen laut ENDSPIEL-CD} Kd2 69.
Ra1 Re8 70. Ra3 Rg8 71. Re3 Rf8+ 72. Kg2 Rg8+ 73. Kf1 Rh8 74. Ra3 Rh1+ 75. Kg2
Rh8 76. f4 Ke2 77. Ra5 {ausgedacht von der ENDSPIEL-CD. Arbeiten Sie doch auch
damit!}) 68. Kg4 Ke2 69. f4 Kf2 70. f5 Re4+ 71. Kg5 Kf3 72. f6 Re5+ 73. Kh6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Estonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "EST"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. a4
b4 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. Ned4 Nf6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. e5 Ng8 14. O-O Ne7 15.
Bg5 Ng6 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Rad1 h6 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qc4 Rc8 21. Qxc7
Rxc7 22. Rc1 Nh4 23. f3 g5 24. Na5 Bd5 25. Be4 Bc5+ 26. Kf1 g4 27. Bxd5 exd5
28. f4 Nf5 29. Nb3 Ba7 30. Re2 g3 31. h3 O-O 32. Bxb4 Rb8 33. Bd6 Nxd6 34. exd6
Rc4 35. Rd1 Rxf4+ 36. Ke1 Bf2+ 37. Kd2 Rb6 38. Re5 Rxd6 39. Rxh5 Rxa4 40. Ra1
Rxa1 41. Nxa1 Kg7 42. Nb3 Kg6 43. Rh4 f5 44. Nd4 Bxd4 45. Rxd4 Kf6 46. Ke3 Ke5
47. Rd2 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. c3 Nc5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Bc2 b4 15.
Nc4 Qa2 16. Be3 Nd7 17. Ba4 bxc3 18. Re2 Ra8 19. b3 c2 20. Rxc2 Rxa4 21. Rxa2
Rxa2 22. Qb1 Ra8 23. h3 Nd8 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 Bf6 26. Qc2 Nc5 27. f3 Nce6
28. Qd2 g6 29. Nxe6 Nxe6 30. Na5 Ba6 31. b4 Rb8 32. Nc6 Ra8 33. Qd5 Bb7 34.
Ne7+ Bxe7 35. Qxb7 Ra1+ 36. Kh2 g5 37. h4 h6 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Bf2 Bf6 40. Qd5
Kg7 41. Qb3 Rc1 42. g3 Be5 43. Qa2 Ra1 44. Qb3 Rc1 45. Kg2 Kf6 46. Qd3 Rc3 47.
Qd1 Rc4 48. Qd2 c5 49. bxc5 dxc5 50. Be3 Bd4 51. f4 gxf4 52. gxf4 Bxe3 53. Qxe3
Rc2+ 54. Kh3 Nd4 55. Qg3 Ke7 56. Qg5+ Kf8 57. Qf6 Kg8 58. Kg3 Rc3+ 59. Kg4 Rc2
60. f5 Re2 61. Kf4 Rc2 62. Qh6 Ra2 63. Qd6 Ne2+ 64. Kg5 Nc3 65. Kh6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Lanka, Zigurds"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Latvia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LAT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Na3 Ba6 16. Nh2 Ng6 17. g3 Rb8 18. Bd2 Be7 19. h4 Nc5 20. Bc2 Bc8 21. Qa1 c6
22. b4 Nd7 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. Bb3 Nf6 25. Qa2 Qe8 26. Bg5 Ra8 27. Nf1 Bb7 28.
Nd2 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kozul, Zdenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Croatia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CRO"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 (10... Qxf6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Ndxb5 Qd8 13. Nd6+
Bxd6 14. Qxd6 exf4 15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Nb5 Ra7 17. Nxa7 Nxa7 18. Qd4 $16 {
Bachkov-Sherbakov,R,Cheliabinsk,1990}) 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nce2 h5 (12... Rc8 13.
g3 h5 (13... Na5 $5 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bg2 Qa5 $1 16. c3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Be7 18. Rhe1
h5 19. Rc1 Qc7) 14. Bg2 Na5 15. b3 Nc6 16. Rhf1 $1 Qa5 $1 17. c3 Qb6 $6 18. f5
$1 Bh6 19. Qe1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 e5 21. Nc2 a5 22. h4 $16 {Hjartarson-Yermolinsky,
Erevan1996}) 13. g3 Na5 14. b3 Nc6 15. Bg2 Rc8 16. Rhf1 Nxd4 $6 $146 17. Nxd4
Qc5 18. Rf3 $1 Bg7 (18... Be7 19. h4 $16) 19. c3 a5 20. h4 O-O (20... b4 21. c4
a4 22. Nc2 $16) 21. Rd3 b4 22. c4 f5 23. exf5 a4 24. fxe6 fxe6 $2 (24... Bxe6
$13) 25. f5 $1 e5 (25... exf5 26. Bd5+ Kh7 27. Qe2 $18) 26. Bd5+ Qxd5 (26...
Kh7 27. Qg5 $18) 27. cxd5 exd4 28. bxa4 Bxf5 29. Rf1 Bg6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Kb2
Rc3 (31... Bxd3 32. Qxd3 Rc3 33. Qd2 d3 34. Kb1 $18) 32. Qf4+ Kg8 33. Rd2 Ra3
34. Qxd6 d3+ 35. Kb1 Kh7 36. Qxb4 Rc3 37. d6 Rc6 38. a3 Ra6 39. g4 hxg4 40. h5
Bxh5 41. Qb5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Bd7 11. h3 (11. Be2 b5 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. g4 Na5 14. b3
Qc7 15. Nce2 e5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 O-O 18. Rhg1 Kh7 19. Rg3 Nc6 20. Rdg1 $40
{Arnasson-Stefansson,Island96}) 11... b5 12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b4 14. Ne2 e5
15. Be3 (15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Qxa2 $17) 15... Qa5 16. Kb1 O-O (
16... Be6 17. b3 (17. Nc1 exf4 18. Bxf4 O-O 19. g4 d5 20. Nb3 Qb6 21. exd5 Nxd5
22. Bxh6 a5 $17 {BRANKOVICH-NEVEDNICHY,NIC96}) 17... O-O 18. Rhf1 Rfd8 19. f5
Bd7 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6 Nh7 22. f6 Bf8 23. Qh5 Qc7 24. Bc4 $40 {BorrisM.
-WellsP,Budarest96}) 17. g4 (17. Rhf1 Rfd8 18. Nc1 Bc8 19. Nb3 Qc7 20. Qxb4 a5
21. Bb6 {OLL.L-Vaiser.A,HELSINKI91}) (17. f5 Bc6 18. Ng3 Rfc8 19. Rhf1 Bf8 20.
Qe2 d5 $132 {WIERSMA.E-HOEKSEMA.H,Leeuwarden,93}) 17... Be6 $146 (17... Rfd8
18. fxe5 (18. g5 hxg5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bxg5 Be6 21. Nc1 Nh5 $13) 18... dxe5
19. Ng3 Be6 20. b3 Ne8 21. Qf2 $40) (17... exf4 18. Nxf4 Bc6 19. Bd4 Nxe4 20.
Qe3 d5 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. h4 $36) 18. b3 d5 19. f5 (19. exd5 Bxd5 20. fxe5 Ne4
21. Qe1 Bg5 $44) 19... dxe4 20. fxe6 exd3 21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Qxd3 Qb5 $1 23. c4
$1 bxc3 24. Nxc3 Qxd3+ 25. Rxd3 Ke6 26. Re1 Rad8 27. Bd4 Nd7 28. Na4 Rf4 29.
Bg1 Rb8 30. Nc3 Rc4 31. Nd5 Bg5 $132 32. Nb6 Nxb6 33. bxc4 Nxc4+ 34. Kc2 (34.
Rb3 $2 Nd2+ $19) 34... Bf4 35. Rb3 Rc8 36. Rc3 Bg5 37. Re2 Bf6 38. Kb3 Na5+ 39.
Kc2 Nc4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. Bd2 Ne7 14. c4 c6 15. Qc2
Ng6 16. Nf5 bxc4 17. Bxc4 d5 18. Ba2 c5 19. Ng3 c4 20. exd5 cxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxd5
22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23. Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 11th"]
[Site "Pula"]
[Date "1997.05.??"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1997.05.05"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CRO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 057 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. b3 d5 $5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. Bb2 Be7 (6... Nxd5 7.
c4 (7. Qe2+ Be6) (7. Bc4 Qe7+ 8. Qe2 Qxe2+ 9. Kxe2 Nb6 10. Bd3 Nc6 $132) 7...
Nf6 8. Qe2+ Be6 9. Nd4 $13) 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qe2 Nbd7 9. O-O-O Re8 10. Qf2 (10. g3
$5 Nb6 (10... Bd6 11. Qg2) (10... Ba3 11. Qg2 Bxb2+ 12. Kxb2 fxg3 13. Rg1 $13)
11. Qg2 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. gxf4 (13. Re1) 13... Bf6 14. Be5 Bf5 $15) 10...
Ng4 {[%csl Rf2]} (10... Nb6 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Ne5 Qf5 14. Nd3 Nbxd5
15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. g4 $5 $13) 11. Qd4 (11. Qg1 Bc5 $17) 11... Bf6 12. Qg1 Be7 (
12... Nb6 $5) 13. g3 $5 (13. h3 $5 Ngf6 (13... Bc5 $2 14. d4) (13... Nge5 14.
Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Qf2 $14) 14. g4 fxg3 15. Qxg3 Bd6 16. Qg2 $13) 13... Bc5 14. Qg2
Nf2 15. gxf4 Nxd1 (15... Nxh1 16. Bc4 $5 (16. Ne4 $2 Bf8) 16... Nf2 17. Ne4 $1
g6 18. Nxf2 $44) 16. Nxd1 Nf6 17. Bc4 Bf5 18. Nf2 Nh5 19. Rg1 g6 20. Ne5 $5 (
20. Be5 a6 {/\ 21...b5}) 20... Nxf4 21. Qf3 Qh4 22. d4 Bxd4 $6 (22... Bd6 23.
Kb1 {/\24.Bc1} (23. Qg3 Qg5 $17) 23... f6 $5 (23... Rad8 $6 24. Bc1 Bxe5 25.
dxe5 $36) 24. Bd3 $13) 23. Bxd4 Ne2+ 24. Bxe2 Qxd4 25. Qxf5 Rxe5 26. Rxg6+ fxg6
27. Qxg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nde2 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. Nd5 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. h3 b4 14. Be3 Nd7 15.
Qc1 e6 16. Ndf4 Qc7 17. Ra2 Nf6 18. Nd3 Rd8 19. c4 Bb7 20. b3 Nd7 21. Rd1 Nce5
22. Nxb4 Nc5 23. Nd4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Rxb4 25. Nb5 Qb6 26. Qa3 Nxc4 27. bxc4 Rxc4
28. Bd3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. d5 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Nd2
exd5 9. exd5 Nbd7 10. Nc4 Nb6 11. Ne3 Bd7 12. a4 Rb8 13. Nb5 Ne8 14. c4 Nc8 15.
g4 Nf6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Bf3 h6 18. Bd2 b6 19. Rb1 a5 20. Kh1 Ne7 21. Be2 Kh8 22.
f4 Neg8 23. Bf3 Nh7 24. Ne4 Bc8 25. Qc2 Rb7 26. Rbe1 Rbe7 27. b3 Bd4 28. Qd3
Ngf6 29. Nf2 g5 30. Nc2 Rxe1 31. Bxe1 Bxf2 32. Rxf2 Nxg4 33. Bc3+ Kg8 34. Rg2
Ngf6 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Ne3 Qe7 37. Nf5 Bxf5 38. Qxf5 Nd7 39. Re2 Ne5 40. Bxe5
dxe5 41. Be4 Nf8 42. h4 Ng6 43. h5 Nf8 44. d6 Qd8 45. Rf2 f6 46. Qxf6 Qxf6 47.
Rxf6 Kg7 48. Rf5 Kh6 49. Rf7 Kxh5 50. d7 Rd8 51. Bf5 g4 52. Re7 Kg5 53. Rxe5
Kf4 54. Re8 Rxd7 55. Bxd7 Nxd7 56. Kg2 Ne5 57. Re6 Nf3 58. Rxb6 Nh4+ 59. Kf1 g3
60. Rc6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. e4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxc4 Rb8 8.
Qc2 b5 9. Bd3 Bb7 (9... c5 10. Bf4 Rb6 11. d5 Bb7 12. dxe6 Rxe6 13. Ng5 Re7 14.
O-O-O c4 15. Be2 h6 16. e5 hxg5 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bd6 Re6 19. Bg3 Bg7 20. Bg4
O-O 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Rhe1 f5 23. Qd2 Rf7 $132 {Ivanov S.-Rublevsky,Elista1997}
) 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. O-O (11. d5 $5 exd5 (11... c5 $142) 12. O-O-O $40) 11... c5
12. d5 c4 13. Be2 exd5 (13... b4 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. e5 $36) 14. Nxd5 (14. e5 Ne4
15. Rad1 Ndc5) (14. exd5 Bc5 15. d6 O-O 16. Rad1 Qb6 $11) 14... Bxd5 (14...
Nxd5 15. exd5 Nf6 16. d6 $5 (16. Rad1 Nxd5 17. Be5 f6 18. Bg3 $44 {[%csl Ge6]
[%cal Gf3d4]} (18. Nd4 fxe5 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bxg6+ hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kd7 $19) (18.
Ng5 fxe5 19. Bh5+ g6 20. Bxg6+ hxg6 21. Qxg6+ Kd7 $19)) 16... Bxd6 17. Rad1 Nd5
18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Ng5 $44) 15. exd5 Bc5 (15... Nxd5 $2 16. Qe4+ Ne7 17. Rad1
$40) 16. b3 (16. d6 O-O 17. Rad1 Qb6 {[%csl Yd6][%cal Yf8d8,Yd7f8]}) 16... cxb3
17. Qxb3 O-O 18. Rad1 Qb6 {[%cal Yf6e4]} 19. Ng5 (19. Bd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3f5]})
19... h6 (19... Bd6 $5 $11) 20. Ne6 (20. Nh3 Rfe8 $15) (20. Nf3 Ne4 $17) 20...
fxe6 21. dxe6 Bxf2+ (21... Nb8 $1 22. e7+ Rf7 23. Bd3 Bxe7 24. Bg6 Rcf8 25.
Rfe1 {White have some compensation}) 22. Rxf2 (22. Kh1 Nc5 $17) 22... Nc5 23.
Be3 (23. Rd6 Qxd6 (23... Qa5 $2 24. Qe3 Nce4 25. e7 Rf7 26. Rxf6 Nxf6 27. Bh5
$16) (23... Rc6 24. Rxc6 Qxc6 25. Qc2 Nfe4 26. e7 Re8 27. Bf3 Qe6 28. Re2 $44)
24. Bxd6 Nxb3 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. axb3 Ke7 $17) 23... Qxe6 24. Qxe6+ Nxe6 25. Rd6
Rfe8 26. Rxf6 (26. Rxa6 Nc7 (26... Nd5 27. Bd2 $14) 27. Ra3 Ncd5 28. Bd4 $14)
26... gxf6 27. Bg4 Kf7 28. Rxa6 Re7 $15 29. Bxh6 Rc5 30. Bd2 Nd4 31. h3 Rc2 32.
Bb4 Re3 {[%cal Ye3g3]} 33. Bh5+ Kg7 34. Ra7+ Kh6 35. Bg4 Kg6 $1 (35... Rg3 36.
Bf8+ Kg5 37. Rg7+ Kh4 38. Rh7+ $11) 36. Bf8 Ne6 (36... f5 $1 37. Rg7+ Kf6 38.
Bh5 Ne6 39. Rg6+ (39. Rf7+ Kg5 40. Bf3 Kg6 41. Re7 f4 $19) 39... Ke5 $19) 37.
Bd6 (37. Bxe6 $142 Rxe6 38. a3 $17) 37... f5 38. Bf3 Ng5 $19 39. Ba8 Nxh3+ 40.
Kh2 Nf2 41. Bf3 Rxf3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qc7 10. Kb1 Be7 11. h4 (11. g4) 11... h6 (11... Rc8 12. g4 (12.
Nxc6 $5) 12... Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Qd2 h5 15. gxh5 Nxh5 16. Rh2 b4 17. Ne2 Bf6
18. Nc1 a5 19. Rg2 Ke7 $11 {Luter-Grosspeter,Kechkemet 93}) (11... h5 12. Be2
Nxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. f4 e5 15. Qd3 b4 16. fxe5 bxc3 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Qd4 Rg8
19. Bxf6 cxb2 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 21. Bc4 Rxg2 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qd5 $18 {
Dimitrov-Sherbakov,Nic 96}) (11... O-O 12. h5 Rfd8 13. g4 d5 14. e5 $1 Nxe5 15.
h6 Nc4 16. Bxc4 dxc4 17. hxg7 Bc6 18. Qe1 Kxg7 19. Qh4 $18 {Elvest-Tishbirek,
New York94}) 12. Be3 h5 (12... Ne5 13. g4 b5 14. Qg2 $5 b4 15. Nce2 Nc4 16. Bc1
g6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ng3 Nxg3 19. Qxg3 e5 20. h5 $1 exd4 21. hxg6 fxg6 22. gxh6
Kf7 23. Rxd4 Be6 24. Qf4+ Ke8 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. e5 d5 27. b3 $40 {
Shulskis-Sherbakov,Kozalin 96}) 13. Nxc6 $5 bxc6 (13... Bxc6 14. Ne2) 14. Bg5
$5 Rb8 $5 (14... d5 15. e5 Ng8 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Qg5 g6 18. g4 $14) 15. Bc4 a5
$6 (15... Qb7 $5 16. Bb3 c5 $132) 16. Rhe1 e5 $2 (16... Qb7 17. Bb3 c5 $13) 17.
Rg1 Rb4 (17... O-O 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. g4 $36) 18. Bb3 Be6 19. Ne2 $1 Qb7 20. Qc3
$1 d5 21. exd5 cxd5 22. Qxe5 a4 23. c3 Rxb3 24. axb3 axb3 25. Nd4 $1 $18 Qa7
26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. Qxe6 Qa2+ 28. Kc1 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Qxb2+ 30. Ke3 Qxc3+ 31. Kf2
Rf8 32. Rge1 Ng4+ 33. Kg1 Qc5+ 34. Kh1 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 Rf7 36. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Nor} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6
8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 Be7 10. Qd2 Rc8 $5 (10... b5 $6 11. a4 $1 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13.
exd5 Qc7 (13... Nb6 $2 14. a5 $1 Nbxd5 $140 $2 15. g5 Nxe3 16. gxf6 Nxf1 17.
fxe7 Nxd2 18. exd8=Q+ Rxd8 19. Kxd2 $18) 14. g5 Nh5 15. O-O-O Nf4 16. h4 h6 17.
Rg1 hxg5 18. hxg5 Rh4 19. Kb1 Qd8 20. Nd4 $1 exd4 21. Bxf4 Nb6 22. Bg3 Nxa4 23.
Bc4 Nc3+ 24. bxc3 dxc3 25. Qe2 Qa5 26. Rde1 Ra7 27. Bf4 b3 28. Bxb3 Rb7 29. Rg4
Rxg4 30. fxg4 Qb4 31. Qxa6 {1-0 Nunn,J-Sadler,M/London Lloyds 1993}) (10... h6
$5) 11. O-O-O (11. g5 $6 {Too early.} Nh5 12. O-O-O (12. Rg1 Nf8 13. O-O-O Ng6
14. Qf2 O-O 15. Kb1 b5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ngf4 18. h4 Qc7 $13 {Rabczewski,
A-Marinelli,T/Roma op 1990/0-1 (76)}) (12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nf4 $1 14. h4 h6
$1 15. Bxf4 exf4 16. Nd4 g6 17. Bh3 hxg5 18. Bxd7+ Kxd7 19. O-O-O Rxh4 20. Rxh4
gxh4 21. Kb1 Bg5 22. Ne2 Qe7 23. Rg1 Qe5 24. Nc1 h3 25. Re1 Qf5 26. Re4 Rc5 27.
c4 {0-1 Gschwendtner,M-Hertel,P/Vienna op 1991}) 12... O-O 13. Ne2 Nb6 14. Ng3
Nf4 15. h4 d5 $1 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Qxf4 Bd6 18. e5 Qc7 $1 19. Qd2 Bxe5 20. Nh5
Bf5 21. Bd3 Nc4 22. Qf2 Bg6 23. Nf6+ gxf6 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. h5 Bxb2+ 26. Kb1
Bc3 27. Qh4 Na3+ 28. Kc1 Be1 {0-1 Acevedo,V-Danner,G/Dubai olm 1986}) (11. h4
h6 12. O-O-O b5 13. Qf2 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nc5 15. Nxc5 dxc5 16. Kb1 c4 17. Bb6 Qc6
18. Bf1 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Rxc5 21. Rd6 a5 22. Ra6 b4 23. Na4 Rc7 24.
Rxa5 Ke7 25. Rxe5 Rd8 26. Be2 Rd2 27. Re1 Nd7 28. Kc1 Rxc2+ 29. Kxc2 Nxe5 30.
f4 b3+ 31. Kc3 Nd3 32. Bxd3 cxd3+ 33. Kxd3 bxa2 34. Ra1 Rb7 35. Kc3 Rc7+ {
Lapinskaite,S-Sasirekha,N/WchJW-U12 Szeged 1994/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 11... Nb6 {
This regular maneuver takes a lot of time,which white uses for developing the
initiative.11...b5 should be checked deeper.} (11... Qc7 $6 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. h4
h6 14. Be2 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Rhg1 Nd7 17. g5 hxg5 18. Bxg5 Nf6 19. Qf2 b5
20. Be3 b4 21. Ne2 (21. Na4 $1) 21... g6 (21... d5 $1) 22. Nec1 Nd7 23. Bg5 a5
24. Bxe7 Kxe7 25. Nd3 a4 26. Nbc1 a3 27. b3 Be6 28. Rd2 Qc3 29. Rgd1 Nc5 30.
Ne2 Nxd3 31. cxd3 Qc5 32. d4 $16 {1-0 Chandler,M-King,D/Blackpool zt 1990 (45)}
) (11... b5 $5 12. g5 Nh5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6 15. Na5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Qxa5
17. Bh3 Rc4 {1-0 Korneev,O-Baburin,A/Linares op 1996 (35)} 18. Qa8+) 12. h4 Nc4
(12... O-O $6 13. h5 $1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. g5 Nd7 16. Rdg1 $40 Qc7 17. g6
Rc8 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. gxh7+ Kxh7 20. Bxg7 Bxg7 21. h6 Bf6 22. Qg2 {1-0 Adorjan,
A-Ribli,Z/Budapest plof (Riga izt 3pl) 1979}) 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g5 (14. Kb1 Qc7
15. Rdg1 b5 16. h5 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Qd3 $6 Bb5 20. Qd1 Ba4 {
1/2-1/2 Weis,R-Schuh,H/BL2-S 1992}) (14. h5 $5 h6 $5) 14... Nh5 15. Kb1 $5 {
With idea Nd5.} Qc7 16. Nd5 $1 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 O-O {After this move it had to be
one-sided game.} (17... Rxc2 $142 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qd7 20. Na5 O-O (20...
Ng3 21. Nxb7 O-O 22. Rd1 $16) 21. Qxb7 Qxb7 22. Nxb7 f6 $1 $14) 18. c3 $2 (18.
Bb6 $1 Qc8 19. c3 Nf4 20. Qd2 Qe6 $140 (20... f5 $6 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Na5 Ra4
23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Qb3+ d5 $140 25. exd5 Rxb6 26. Qxb6 Bd8 27. Qxb7 Qf5+ 28. Ka1
Rxa5 29. Qb8 Qd7 30. Qxe5 Bc7 31. Qe4 Nxd5 32. Rhe1 $16) 21. Na5 Rcc8 22. Be3
$16) 18... b5 $1 $132 19. Nd2 Rc6 20. Rc1 {Interesting plan!Black's knight and
bishiop are worse than white's and are far away from the queen's flank.So,
Svidler wants to open it.But there is only one "litlle" thing-white has
weaknesses on king's flank,from which black's peices are not far away!I'm not
really sure who is better after 20...Kh8! with idea 21...f6!} Rc8 $5 {Very
pretensious plan!"Try to beat me and I will show you!"-says black.} (20... Kh8
$5 21. Rc2 f6 $1 $13) 21. Rc2 Bd8 22. Rhc1 Qb8 23. c4 Bb6 24. Nf1 Ba5 $2 (24...
Bxe3 $142 25. Nxe3 Nf4 26. Qd2 Qb6 (26... b4 $5) 27. cxb5 (27. Nd5 Nxd5 28.
cxd5 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. Qxc2 $11) 27... Rxc2 (27... Qxb5 $2 28. Qxd6 $1 Nd3
29. a4 Qb3 30. Qd7 $3 $18) (27... axb5 $6 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Qxc6 30. Nf5
Qc4 $1 $14) 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 h5 $1 $13) (24... b4 $5 25. b3 Bxe3 26. Nxe3
Nf4 27. Qd2 a5 $13) (24... Bd4 $6 25. cxb5 (25. Bxd4 $2 Nf4 26. Ba7 Qxa7 27.
Qd2 bxc4) 25... Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Kxc2 axb5 28. Qc6 $14) 25. a4 $1 g6 (
25... Bb6 26. axb5 Bxe3 27. Nxe3 Rc5 28. Qd2 axb5 29. cxb5 Qxb5 30. Qxd6 $16)
26. cxb5 Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Rxc2 28. Kxc2 Nf4 29. Qc6 $1 {[%cal Rb5b8]} axb5 30.
axb5 Ng2 31. Bf2 Be1 32. Bg1 Nxh4 (32... Bxh4 33. b6 $18) 33. b6 $18 Ba5 34. b7
Qc7 35. Qxc7 Bxc7 36. Nd2 Bb8 37. Bf2 Ng2 38. Nc4 Nf4 39. Na5 Ne6 40. Nc6 Bc7
41. Bb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.29"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gofshtein,L} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 (13.
Na4 {Gofshtein,L} Rb8 14. e5 (14. b3 $5 $146 O-O 15. Qe2 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17.
Bxe5 Bg4 18. Qe3 Bxd1 19. Bxb8 Bxc2 20. Bxc2 Qxb8 21. e5 $1 Ng4 22. Qe4 Bg5+
23. Kb1 f5 24. exf6 Nxf6 $13 {Shabalov-Serper,Aleksandria96}) 14... dxe5 15.
Bxe5 Bd7 16. f5 Bxa4 17. fxe6 Rc8 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Qf4 Qb6 20. Bc4+ Kf8 21.
Rhe1 g5 $5 22. Qf1 Kg7 23. Bd4 Qc7 24. Re6 $6 (24. b3 $1 Bb5 25. Rxe7+ $1 Qxe7
26. Bxb5 Rhd8 $1 27. Bd7 $3 Rc7 28. Re1 Qf7 29. Re6 $16) 24... Rhf8 25. Qf5
Bxc2 26. Kxc2 Qxc4+ 27. Kb1 Rc7 28. Be5 Rf7 29. Rf1 Rd7 30. Bxf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxf6
Qxf1+ 32. Qxf1 Rxf6 $13 {Wang Zili-Atalik,BEIJING96}) 13... Qa5 14. Kb1 e5 15.
Be3 O-O 16. Ng3 {This move was mentioned in the very thorough annotations to
the game Huebner-Kramnik. It was also the only one which was not even assesed,
let alone analyzed, so I should've guessed it will be chosen by my opponent.
'N' Gofshtein,L.} (16. Rhe1 Rb8 17. Nc1 Rd8 18. Ba7 (18. h3 d5 $1) 18... Rb7
19. Bg1 Bg4 20. Nb3 Qa4 21. Rc1 exf4 $13 {Huebner-Kramnik, Dortmund 1996} (
21... exf4 {Gofshtein,L} 22. Qxf4 Be6 $132 {R.Hubner-Kramnik,Dortmund96}))
16... Rd8 (16... Ng4 $5 17. Nf5 (17. Bc4 Be6 18. Nf5 Bxc4 19. Nxe7+ Kh7 20. b3
Be6) 17... Bxf5 18. exf5 $13) 17. f5 {'?!' Gofshtein,L.} ({After} 17. Bc4 {
Black has a choice between} {and} d5 $5 (17... Bb7 $5 {e.g.} 18. Nf5 Bf8 (18...
Nxe4 19. Nxe7+ Kf8 20. Ng6+ fxg6 21. Qe2 $13) 19. fxe5 dxe5 (19... Qxe5 20. Bd4
Nxe4 21. Qxb4 $14) 20. Qf2 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qc7 22. Bd5 (22. Bb3 Nxe4) 22... Nxe4
23. Qf3 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Ng5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 $15) (17... Qc7 {Gofshtein,L} 18. Bd5
Nxd5 19. exd5 exf4 20. Bxf4 $40) 18. exd5 Nxd5 $1 {which yields Black an edge
after} 19. Bxd5 (19. Qe2 exf4 20. Bxf4 Be6 $15) 19... Be6 20. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 $1 (
20... Bf8 21. Bb6 Qxb6 (21... Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Ne3 $1 $14)
22. Qe3 Qxe3 23. Nxe3 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 exf4 25. Nxf4 $11) (20... Bf6 21. Bb6 $1
Qxb6 (21... Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. fxe5 $16) 22. Qe3 Rab8 (22...
Qxe3 $5 23. Nxe3 exf4 24. Bxa8 fxe3 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 $13) 23. fxe5 Bxf5 24. Qxb6
Rxb6 25. exf6 Rc8 (25... Rxf6 26. Bxf7+ $18) 26. Rd2 Rxf6 27. Re1 $11) 21. Bxa8
Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Be6 23. b3 exf4 24. Bd4 $15 (24. Bxf4 Bxb3 $1 25. cxb3 (25. axb3
Bf6) 25... Qf5+ $17)) (17. Nf5 Bf8 $5 $13 (17... Bxf5 18. exf5 e4 19. Be2 Qxf5
20. h3 $5 $44 (20. Qxb4 $13))) 17... d5 18. Qf2 (18. Qe2 {Gofshtein,L} Bb7 19.
Bc1 Qc7 20. Rde1 a5 $132) 18... Rb8 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bc4 Bb7 (20... Nxe3 21.
Qxe3 {with approximate equality was possible, but I decided to keep the knight,
only to exchange it a couple of moves later.}) 21. Bc1 Qc7 22. Bb3 {At first I
thought that I will be able to exploit the position of this Bishop by
something like Qc6 & a5-a4, but the small weakness on e5 doesn't allow for
that. After some 25 minutes I found another very fascinating idea.} (22. Bxd5 {
Gofshtein,L} Bxd5 23. Nh5 Be4 24. Bxh6 b3 $1 $40) 22... Nf4 $1 {The more I
thought about this move, the more I liked it. Black opens up both of his
Bishops, and White's first rank get weak.} (22... Bc5 {was another possiblity,
but after} 23. Qe2 Nf6 {(the knight certainly belongs there) White has an
opportunity to go for the crazy stuff I had no desire to get involved with:}
24. Nh5 $5 {thou} Qe7 $5 {, a move I missed during the game, allows Black to
play safe.} (24... Nxh5 25. Qxh5 Bxg2 26. Rdg1 $5 (26. f6 Bxh1 27. Rg1 (27. Qg6
Bf8 28. fxg7 Rxd1 29. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 $19) (27. Rxh1 Rb6 28. Rf1 Rdd6 (28... Rxf6
29. Rxf6 gxf6 30. Bxh6 $1 (30. Qg6+ Kf8 31. Bxh6+ Ke8 32. Qg8+ Kd7 33. Qxf7+
Kc8 $17) 30... Bf8 31. Qg6+ Kh8 32. Bxf7 (32. Qxf6+ Kh7 (32... Kg8 33. Qg6+ Kh8
34. Bxf7 Rd1+ 35. Bc1 Rg1 36. Qxg1 $16) 33. Bxf7 Rd6 $17) 32... Rd1+ 33. Bc1
Rg1 34. Qxf6+ Kh7 35. Be6 Qg7 $13) 29. fxg7 Rf6 $13) (27. Qg4 g5 (27... Bf8 28.
fxg7 Rxd1 (28... Bc5 29. Rxh1 Rb6 $15) 29. gxf8=Q+ Kxf8 30. Qxd1 Qc6 $15) 28.
Rxh1 $44) 27... Bxg1 (27... Bd5 28. Qxh6 $18) 28. Qg6 Kf8 (28... Qxc2+ 29. Kxc2
Rbc8+ 30. Kb1 Rxc1+ 31. Kxc1 Be3+ 32. Kb1 Rd1+ $11) 29. fxg7+ Ke7 (29... Kg8
30. Qxh6) 30. Qxf7+ Kd6 31. Qg6+ Kc5 (31... Ke7 32. Qe6#) 32. Qxg1+ Kb5 $1 (
32... Rd4 33. Be3 $14) 33. Qxh1 Qxg7 $17) 26... Bxh1 (26... Bxg1 27. Rxg1 $16)
27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxh6+ (28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. f6 Bf8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 31. Qh5+ $11)
28... Kh7 $1 (28... Kh8 29. f6 Rd1+ 30. Qxd1 $16) 29. Bxf7 (29. Bg5+ Kg8 (29...
Kg7 30. f6+ Kg8 31. Bh6 $1 $18) 30. Bf6 Rd1+ 31. Qxd1 Rb6 32. Qg4+ Kf8 $19) (
29. f6 Bf3 $19) 29... Rd1+ 30. Bc1+ Kg7 31. Qh6+ Kxf7 32. Qh7+ Kf6 33. Qxc7 Be3
$19)) (22... Nf6 23. Qe2) 23. Bxf4 {Forced.} exf4 24. Nh5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8
26. Re1 Qd6 {'-/+' Gofshtein,L.} ({Here I realized that after} 26... Qd7 27. a4
$1 (27. Qe2 Bg5 {is very good for Black.}) 27... bxa3 28. bxa3 Bxa3 29. Qxf4 {
the position is very unclear, and decided to go for another possibilty, thou
it's even sharper.}) 27. Qe2 (27. Qxf4 {Gofshtein,L} Qd1+ 28. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 29.
Qc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Bxg2 $17) 27... Bh4 $1 {This 'loss' of tempo is actually a
very nice move, since after} 28. Qg4 (28. Rf1 Bxg2 $17) 28... Bg5 {Black
threatens 29...f3} 29. a4 $2 ({Both players thought that} 29. h4 {is
impossible in view of 29...f3. Analysis showed that it's not that clear, but
on the whole Black is OK in this line.} Qd2 $1 {is much better:} (29... f3 $6
30. Rc1 $1 {we both missed that move} Bf6 $8 (30... Qd2 31. hxg5 f2 32. Ng3)
31. gxf3 $14 (31. Qg6 fxg2 32. Qxf7+ Kh8 33. Qxb7 g1=Q 34. Rxg1 Qd1+) (31.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 32. gxf3 Rd4 33. Qg6 Bxf3 $15)) 30. Rc1 (30. Rg1 {Gofshtein,L} Qf2
$19) 30... Qxg2 $1 31. Qxg2 Bxg2 32. hxg5 hxg5 33. f6 (33. a3 Bf3 $15) 33... g6
34. Ng7 f3 35. Bc4 g4 {, and Black pawns are decisive.}) 29... bxa3 30. h4 (30.
bxa3 Qxa3 31. h4 Bd5 $1 32. Rd1 Bxb3 33. Rxd8+ Kh7 34. cxb3 Qxb3+ 35. Kc1 Qc3+
36. Kd1 Bxd8 $19) 30... Qd2 $1 31. Re2 {Everything else also loses:} (31. Rc1
axb2 32. Kxb2 Qd4+ 33. Ka2 (33. c3 Qf2+ 34. Rc2 Qxh4 $19) 33... Bf6 34. Nxf6+
Qxf6 35. Qxf4 Bxg2 $17) (31. Rg1 Qd4 $19) (31. Rf1 $5 Bxg2 32. Rc1 Bd5 $1 33.
Bxd5 Rxd5 34. hxg5 Qb4 35. b3 Qc3 36. Nf6+ Kh8 $19) (31. Rh1 Bxg2 32. Rc1 {
- 31.Rf1}) 31... Qa5 $1 ({When I played 30...Qd2 I thought that 31.Re2 is
simply impossibly because of} 31... a2+ {, but after} 32. Ka1 {the game is
still on.}) 32. bxa3 $8 Qc3 $2 {At that point we both were in serious
time-trouble. The text move spoils a very nice game.} (32... f3 $1 {was
winning:} 33. Qc4 (33. gxf3 Rd1+ 34. Ka2 Qc3 $19) (33. hxg5 fxe2 34. Qxe2 Qxf5
$19) 33... Rd1+ (33... Bd5 34. Qd4) 34. Ka2 Bd5 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. gxf3 Bxb3+ 37.
cxb3 Be7 $1 $19) 33. Ka2 f3 ({Unfortunately,} 33... Rd1 {is impossible:} 34.
Re8+ Kh7 35. Qxd1) 34. hxg5 $1 fxe2 35. Qxe2 Qc5 ({A nice move, but} 35... Rb8
$1 {was even stronger:} 36. gxh6 (36. Bxf7+ Kh8 37. Bb3 Bd5) 36... Bd5 37. Qd1
Bxb3+ 38. cxb3 gxh6 $17) (35... Bd5 $2 {Gofshtein,L} 36. Bxd5 Rxd5 37. Qe8+ Kh7
38. g6+ $18 fxg6 39. fxg6#) (35... hxg5 $2 {Gofshtein,L} 36. Qe7) 36. Nf4 $3 {
Very impressive and strong, thou Black is able to parry the attack.} (36. gxh6
Bd5 $1 37. c4 (37. hxg7 Bxb3+ 38. cxb3 Qc3 $19) 37... Bc6 38. Qb2 (38. hxg7 Qd4
$15)) 36... Qxf5 $8 (36... hxg5 $2 37. Bxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qe6+ Kf8 39. Ng6#) 37.
Qe7 Qd7 $6 {Good enough, but} (37... Rc8 $1 {was better:} 38. Qxb7 Rxc2+ 39.
Bxc2 Qxc2+ 40. Ka1 (40. Qb2 Qc4+) 40... Qc1+ {, and Black has a pleasant
choice between a perpetual and a pawn-up queen ending.}) ({Attempt to simplify
the task by} 37... Qxf4 {does not work out:} 38. Qxd8+ Kh7 39. g6+ $1 Kxg6 40.
Qb6+ $18) (37... Rd7 $4 {Gofshtein,L} 38. Qe8+ Kh7 39. g6+ $18) 38. Bxf7+ Kh7 (
38... Kh8 39. Ng6+ Kh7 40. Nf8+ $18) 39. g6+ Kh8 40. Qe5 $2 ({After} 40. Qxd7
Rxd7 {Black should be able to create enough counterplay on the K-side before
the 'c' pawn gets too close, e.g.} 41. Kb3 (41. c4 Rd2+ 42. Kb3 Rf2 43. g3 Rf3+
44. Kb4 Rxg3 $17) 41... Rd4 42. g3 h5 43. Nxh5 (43. c3 Rxf4 44. gxf4 h4 45. Be6
Bg2 46. c4 h3 47. Bxh3 Bxh3 48. c5 Bf5 49. c6 Bxg6 50. c7 Bf5 51. Kc4 Kh7 52.
Kc5 Kg6 53. Kb6 Bc8 54. Ka7 Kf5 $19) 43... Rg4 44. c4 Be4 $15 {and if} 45. c5
Rg5 46. Nf4 Rxc5 $17) 40... Qd4 41. Qe7 $4 (41. Qxd4 Rxd4 $17 {is a couple of
tempi down compared to the previous case.}) 41... Rb8 {Now it's basically over.
} 42. Qb4 $8 Bd5+ 43. Nxd5 Rxb4 44. axb4 Qc4+ (44... Qe4 $1 $19 {Gofshtein,L})
45. Kb2 h5 46. g3 {White's only chance.} Qg4 47. Nf4 Qxg3 48. Nxh5 Qe5+ 49. Kb3
Qxh5 50. c3 {Now Black has to be careful, since some of the arising positions
could be drawn, e.g. if White exchanges pawns 'b' and 'a' and gets his king
behind the 'c' pawn.} Qe2 {Looks like a zugzwang, but} 51. Bc4 {solves this
first problem.} Qd1+ 52. Kb2 Qd2+ 53. Kb3 Qc1 54. Bf7 {Now Black starts a
forced line, getting White king out of his shell.} Qb1+ 55. Kc4 (55. Ka3 Qc2
56. c4 Qc3+ 57. Ka4 Qb2 58. c5 (58. b5 Qa2+ 59. Kb4 a5+) 58... Qe2 $1 59. Kb3
Qd3+ 60. Kb2 Qb5 61. Kc3 a5 $19) 55... Qc2 56. Kd4 $8 Qe2 $1 57. c4 ({Or} 57.
Kc5 Qd3 58. c4 Qa3) 57... Qb2+ 58. Kc5 Qa3 $1 {/\ a5 Gofshtein,L: 'Zuzvang'}
59. Kb6 Qxb4+ 60. Kxa6 Qc5 61. Kb7 Qd6 62. Kc8 Qe7 {White resigned, since in
two moves his king will be stalemated and the pawn on g6 will fall.} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.05.31"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Be3
Nb4 8. Be4 f5 9. exf6 exf6 10. a3 (10. Nc3 {Ftacnik} f5 11. Bb1 (11. Bf3 N4d5
12. Bd2 Be6 13. Nge2 Qd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Re1 Rg8 16. Bg5 Re8 17. Nf4 Nxf4 18.
Bxf4 g5 19. Be5 Bg7 20. Rc1 $6 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Short,N/Linares csf1 1992/
CAND (93)} (20. Bxg7 Qxg7 21. d5 $14 {Hansen,Cu})) 11... N4d5 12. Nf3 Bd6 (
12... Bb4 13. Bd2 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Re1 Bf6 16. a3 Kh8 17. Ba2 f4 18. Ne5 f3
19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20. Nf7+ {Huebner,R-Sulskis,S/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57/1-0 (60)} (20.
Bb4 $142 {Huebner})) (12... Be7 $11) 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Qe2+ Qe6 15. Ne5 O-O 16.
O-O Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qc6 $11 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Rac1 $2 {0-1 Timman,
J-Salov,V/FIDE-cm3 Sanghi Nagar 1994/CBM 42 (69) [Salov]} (20. Rad1 $1 $14))
10... f5 (10... N4d5 11. Qh5+ $16 (11. Qh5+ {Ftacnik} g6 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13.
Qxh8 Qe7)) 11. axb4 (11. Bf3 N4d5) 11... Bxb4+ 12. Nc3 (12. Bd2 Qe7 13. Qh5+ g6
14. Qe2 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 fxe4 16. Nxe4 O-O $17) 12... fxe4 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. Nge2
Be6 (14... Nd5 15. O-O Nf6 16. Qh4 Bf5 (16... Bg4 {Ftacnik} 17. Ng3 Be7 18.
Ngxe4 Bf5 19. Qf4 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Kg8 21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Qe4 Qc8 23. Qd5+ Kf8 24.
Bd2 g6 25. Bh6+ Bg7 26. Ra3 {1-0 Tregubov,P-Zvjaginsev,V/RUS-ch Orel 1992/EXT
92ch}) 17. Bg5 $44) (14... Qe8 15. Qh4 Bf5 (15... Kg8 $1 {Ftacnik} 16. O-O Bf5
17. Ng3 Bg6 18. Ngxe4 h6 19. Nc5 $6 {0-1 Greenfeld,A-Adams,M/Moscow olm 1994/
CBM 45 [Ftacnik] (32)} (19. f3 $5 {Ftacnik}) (19. d5 $5 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxd5 21.
Bc5 Bxc5 22. Nxc5 b6 23. Qd4 (23. Nd3 Kh7 24. Qc4 Rd8 25. Rfe1 Qg6 26. Ne5 Qf5
27. g4 Qf6 28. Rad1 Rhf8 29. f3 Nf4 30. Qc2+ {1/2-1/2 Antonsen,M-Hansen,L/
Politiken Cup 1996/EXP 54}) 23... Qf7 24. Nd3 c5 25. Qe4 Re8 26. Ne5 Qe6 27.
Rae1 {1-0 Tregubov,P-Nikitin,A/St.Petersburg Chigorin 1995/EXT 95 (42)})) 16.
O-O $44) 15. O-O Kg8 (15... Qe8 16. Qh4 Bc4 17. f3 $5 $40 (17. Rfc1 $44)) 16.
Nxe4 Qe8 17. Qxe8+ (17. Qh4 Bc4 18. N4g3 Nd5 $17) 17... Rxe8 18. Rfc1 (18. Rxa7
Bc4 19. N4g3 Ba6 $44) 18... Bc4 (18... a5 19. Rxc7 Nd5 20. Rcc1 $16) 19. N2g3
Bd5 (19... a5 20. Nc5 Bd5 21. Bf4 $36) 20. Bd2 $1 Bxd2 (20... a5 $5 21. Bxb4
axb4 22. Nc5 $14) 21. Nxd2 Bc6 22. Rxa7 Kf7 23. Nf3 $1 $16 Nd7 24. d5 $1 (24.
Rxc6 $5 bxc6 25. Rxc7 Ke6 (25... Rd8 26. Ng5+ Kf6 27. h4 $16) 26. Rxc6+ Kd5 27.
Rc7 $16) 24... Bxd5 25. Rxc7 Ke6 (25... Rd8 $142 $16) 26. Nd4+ Kd6 27. Nb5+ $18
Ke6 28. Nd4+ (28. Rc1 $1 $18 Rc8 29. Nc7+ Kf7 30. Nf5 $18) (28. Nh5 $1 $18 {
Ftacnik}) 28... Kd6 29. Nb5+ Ke7 (29... Ke6 {Ftacnik} 30. Nh5 $1) 30. Nf5+ Kf6
31. Ne3 Nb6 32. h4 (32. Nd6 $18) 32... Bc6 33. Nd4 Nd5 34. Ng4+ Kg6 35. h5+ (
35. h5+ {Ftacnik} Kxh5 36. Rxg7 Reg8 37. Rxg8 Rxg8 38. Nxc6 Rxg4 (38... bxc6
39. Ne5) 39. Rxb7) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.01"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 (6. g4
Bg6 7. Ne5 Nd7 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. Bg2 e6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Qf3 Qf6 12. Qxf6 N7xf6
13. c4 Nb4 14. Na3 O-O-O $11 {Goldberg,A-Dutschak,H/BL9596 1996/BL 90/1/2-1/2 
(50)}) 6... Nb6 7. Nc3 (7. c5 N6d7 (7... Nd5 $5 {Finkel,A} 8. Qb3 b6 9. Ne5 c6
10. g4 Bg6 11. Bg2 $14) 8. Qb3 (8. Bc4 e6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. a3 e5 12.
d5 Nd4 13. g4 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bg6 15. b4 O-O 16. Rd1 $16 {Byrne-Rogoff 1978,
ECO.}) 8... b6 (8... Nc6 9. d5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd4 11. Qe4 e5 $1 {Klovans-Gutman
1972.}) 9. Qd5 $1 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Nc3 e6 13. Bb5 Qc8 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. Qxf6 Rg8 16. Qf3 bxc5 17. Ne4 {>= 17.dxc5 Bxc5 18.0-0 +/-/+-.} Be7 18.
Ba4 Qa6 19. Bb3 Qa5+ {1/2-1/2 Watson,W-Adams,M/London WFW 1990/CBM 18/[King]})
(7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5 Nc6 (8... Be4 {Finkel,A} 9. Rg1 N8d7 10. Nxd7 (10. Nd2 $5
Nxe5 11. dxe5 (11. Nxe4 $2 Qxd4 $1 $17) 11... Bc6 12. Qe2 e6 13. Qe3 Qe7 14. b3
O-O-O 15. Bb2 h5 16. O-O-O $14) 10... Qxd7 11. Nc3 Bg6 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. Qb3 e6
14. Bg2 c6 15. a4 Bd3 $1 $13 {Buchanan,W-Bryson,D/ch-SCO, Oban 1996 (39)}) 9.
Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bg2 Qd7 11. Qf3 O-O-O 12. O-O Nxc4 13. Bf4 e5 $13 {Varavin,
V-Gipslis,A/Gausdal PG 1993/TD 93\09/1-0 (49)}) 7... e5 (7... e6 {Finkel,A} 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Qb3 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Bxf3 11. gxf3 N8d7 12. Rg1 $14) 8. g4 {After
this natural move black faces serious problems.} exd4 9. Nxd4 Bg6 (9... c5 $6 {
Finkel,A} 10. Qe2+ $1 $16) 10. Bg2 c6 11. O-O Be7 12. f4 {Svidler spielt mit
seiner Initiative nun sehr energisch:} h6 13. f5 Bh7 14. c5 $1 {White has to
do nothing to develop the initiative.All his moves are very simple and logical.
} N6d7 (14... Bxc5 15. Re1+ Kf8 (15... Be7 16. Bxh6 (16. f6 $1 {Finkel,A} gxf6
17. Bxh6 Nc4 18. Bg7 Nxb2 19. Qd2 $18) 16... gxh6 17. f6 Nc8 18. fxe7 Nxe7 19.
Ne4 $40) 16. Be3 Na6 $14 {während Schwarz große Probleme hat, seine Figuren
ins Spiel zu bringen, kann Weiß den Druck leicht weiter verstärken.} (16... Na6
17. b3 $1 (17. f6 $2 Nc4 18. fxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bf2 Nxb2 $19) 17... h5 18. a3 $5
$44)) 15. g5 $3 {Svidler carries out the attack with great energy and
creativity.He does'nt give black a time to breath.} O-O (15... hxg5 16. Ne6 Qa5
(16... fxe6 17. Qh5+ g6 18. fxg6 $18 (18. fxg6 Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 $18)) 17. Nxg7+ (
17. Qh5 {Finkel,A} Bxc5+ 18. Kh1 $16) 17... Kf8 18. Ne6+ fxe6 19. fxe6+ $40) (
15... Bxg5 {Finkel,A} 16. Bxg5 Qxg5 17. Ne4 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Re1 $18) 16.
g6 $1 fxg6 17. Ne6 Qc8 18. Nxf8 Bxc5+ 19. Kh1 Bxf8 20. fxg6 Bxg6 {[%tqu "De",
"Weiß hat zwar eine Qualität mehr, aber wenn Schwarz sich in Ruhe zuende
entwickeln kann, wird es schwer...","","","c1h6","",8]} 21. Bxh6 $3 {Without
this suprising move white's advantage would'nt be so big. Now the game is
almost finished.} Ne5 (21... gxh6 22. Qg4 Kg7 (22... Kh7 23. Rf6 Qe8 (23... Bh5
24. Be4+ Kh8 25. Qf5 Bf3+ 26. Bxf3 Bg7 27. Rf7 $18) (23... Bc2 {Finkel,A} 24.
Rg1 $18) 24. Rxg6 Ne5 25. Re6 Nxg4 26. Rxe8 Nf2+ 27. Kg1 Bc5 28. Kf1 $18) (
22... Qe8 23. Rae1 Ne5 24. Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxg6+ Qg7 26. Qe6+ Kh8 27. Qc8 Kg8 28.
Rg1 Kh8 29. Bd5 $18) 23. Be4 Qe8 24. Rae1 Nf6 (24... Bc5 25. Re2 Ne5 (25... h5
26. Qg3 Qe6 27. Bf5 Qd6 28. Qxd6 Bxd6 29. Bxg6 Kxg6 30. Re6+ $18) (25... Nf8
26. Bxg6 Qxg6 27. Qc4 $18) (25... Bd6 26. Rg1 Ne5 27. Bxg6 Qxg6 28. Qd4 $18)
26. Bxg6 Qxg6 27. Rxe5 (27. Qc8 $6 Nbd7 28. Qxa8 Qd3 {ist mir nicht
vollständig klar.}) 27... Qxg4 28. hxg4 Nd7 29. Ref5 $16) (24... h5 25. Qg5 Qe6
(25... Be7 26. Bxg6 Bxg5 27. Bxe8 Nf6 28. Re7+ $18) 26. Bf5 Qf6 27. Rg1 Qxg5
28. Rxg5 Nf6 29. Rxg6+ Kf7 30. Rg2 $18) 25. Rxf6 Kxf6 26. Rf1+ Kg7 27. Bxg6
Qxg6 28. Qd4+ Kg8 29. Rg1 $16) 22. Bf4 Nbd7 23. Ne4 Qe8 24. Qb3+ Qf7 25. Qg3
Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Nf6 27. Bg2 Nh5 (27... Ned7 $5 {Finkel,A}) 28. Qg5 Nd3 29. Be5
Qe7 {Looses on the spot,but black could only prolong his suffer,because
white's advantage is decisive.} 30. Qxh5 Qxe5 (30... Nxe5 31. Rae1 Re8 32. Be4
$18) 31. Qf7+ Kh8 32. Rf5 Nf2+ 33. Kg1 Nxh3+ 34. Kf1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bd3 c5 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nf3 Nxd3+ 10. Qxd3 a6 11. a4 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. O-O h6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15.
a5 Qc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Nd2 Rae8 19. Bh2 Qe7 20. Rae1 Nd7 21. Nc4
Ne5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. f4 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Qd7 25. b4 f5 26. bxc5 dxc5 27. Nb6 Qb5
28. Qxb5 axb5 29. e5 Kf7 30. g3 Ra8 31. e6+ Ke7 32. d6+ Kxd6 33. e7 Rfe8 34.
Nxa8 Rxe7 35. Rxe7 Kxe7 36. Rb1 b4 37. Kg2 Kd6 38. Kf3 Kc6 39. Ke2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m1-2"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.04"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Qb6 8. Na4
Qa5+ 9. c3 c4 10. b4 Qc7 11. g3 $5 (11. Be2) 11... Be7 (11... b5 12. Nc5 a5 13.
a3 axb4 (13... Be7 14. Bg2 O-O 15. O-O Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bd7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4
Ra6 19. Qf3 axb4 20. axb4 Rfa8 21. Rae1 Bf8 22. h4 Ra2 23. Re2 Qb7 24. h5 Rxe2
25. Qxe2 Ra3 26. f5 exf5 27. h6 Be6 28. hxg7 Bxg7 29. Bh3 Qa6 30. Qh5 Ra1 31.
Bxf5 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 h6 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Bxe6 Qxe6 35. g4 Ke7 36. Qf5 Kd7 37. Kh3
Bf8 38. Be3 Bg7 39. Bd4 Bf8 40. Kg3 Ke7 41. Kh4 Qa6 42. Qf6+ Qxf6+ 43. exf6+
Ke6 44. Kg3 Kd7 45. Kf3 Ke6 46. Kf4 h5 47. g5 {1-0, Rechlis-Korchnoj (Beer
Sheva 1988)}) 14. axb4 Rxa1 15. Qxa1 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Be7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4
O-O 19. Bg2 Bd7 20. O-O Qb7 21. Qd1 Ra8 22. Qe2 Ra6 23. h4 Qa8 24. Rf2 Ra1+ 25.
Kh2 Qa3 26. f5 exf5 27. e6 Bxe6 28. Qe5 Bf8 29. c6 h6 30. Qb8 Qa8 31. c7 Kh7
32. Re2 Bd6 33. Qd8 Ra6 34. Rxe6 Bxc7 35. Qxa8 Rxa8 36. Re7 {1-0, Lau-Luther 
(Bundesliga 1995)}) 12. Bh3 (12. Bg2 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ne5 O-O 15. O-O b6
16. Nb2 Bb7 17. Qc2 a5 18. b5 Nxe5 19. fxe5 Ne4 20. Na4 Rae8 21. Qe2 Bd8 22.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Rf1 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Ng5 25. Nb2 Bc8 26. Qc1 Qe7 27. a4 Bd7 $11 {
Soloshenkin-Ulibin (St. Petersburg 1995)}) 12... b5 13. Nc5 a5 14. a3 axb4 (
14... Nxc5 15. dxc5 O-O 16. Nd4 Qb7 17. O-O Bd7 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. Bd4 axb4 20.
axb4 Rxa1 {Remis, Luther-Atalik (Budapest 1991)}) 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nxc5
17. dxc5 O-O 18. Nd4 (18. O-O f5 $5 (18... f6 19. Nd4 fxe5 20. Nxe6 Qb7 21. Qd1
$1 $14) 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 e5 (21... Bxd4+ 22. cxd4 $14) 22.
Bxc8 Rxc8 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Re1 Qf6 26. Qd1 $14) 18... Nxd4 (
18... Nxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Qc1 Bg5 (20... Qh5 21. Bg2 e5 22. Nxb5 $18) 21.
Kf2 Bxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 23. Kxe3 e5 24. Bxc8 exd4+ 25. Kxd4 Rxc8 26. Kxd5 $18)
19. Bxd4 Bb7 (19... f5 20. exf6 gxf6 (20... Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. O-O $14) 21.
O-O $14 e5 $2 22. Bxc8 Rxc8 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Qd1 $3 Rf8 (24... exd4 25. Qg4+
Kh8 26. Rf7) 25. Qg4+ Kh8 26. Rxf8+ Bxf8 27. Qf5 Bg7 28. Bxe5 $1 $18) 20. O-O
Ra8 21. Qb1 Bc8 (21... g6 $5 22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Qxf5 Rf8 (24... Bc8
25. e6 f6 26. Bxf6 $18) 25. Rf4 (25. e6 f6 26. Rf4 Bd8) 25... Bd8 $1 (25... Bc8
26. e6 f6 27. Rg4+ Kh8 28. Rh4 Bd8 29. e7 Qxe7 30. Qxc8 Qe1+ 31. Kg2 Qe2+ 32.
Bf2 Qc2 33. Qd7 $16) (25... h6 26. e6 Bg5 27. Rg4 Qe7 28. Bf6 $18) 26. Qh5 Bc8
27. e6 f6 $17) 22. Bg2 (22. f5 exf5 23. Bxf5 g6) 22... Ra6 23. g4 (23. f5 $5
exf5 24. Bxd5 Be6 25. Bg2 Bd7 26. Qd1 g6 $13) 23... Qd8 (23... Qa7 24. f5 Bg5
25. Qe1 Ra2 26. Be3 Bd8 (26... Bxe3+ 27. Qxe3 $40) 27. f6 $40) 24. Qc2 (24. f5
$5 Bg5 25. f6 gxf6 $5 (25... g6 26. Qe1 Qc7 27. h4 Bh6 28. g5 Bf8 29. h5 Qa7
30. Kh2 Ra2 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Qg3 {/\ Rf1-f4-h4, Qg3-h3, Rh4-h8 matt!}) 26.
exf6 Qc7 $1 (26... e5 27. Bxe5 Bxf6 28. Bxf6 Rxf6 $14) 27. Qe1 Bf4 28. Qh4 (28.
g5 Bxh2+ 29. Kh1 Bg3 30. Qe2 Bb7 31. Qh5 Qb8 32. Qh6 Qf8 $17) 28... h6 $1 29.
Qh3 Bg5 $1 30. Be3 Qe5 31. Bxg5 Qxg5 32. Qg3 Ra2 33. h3 (33. Qb8 Qd2 (33... Kh7
34. Qc7 $16) (33... Qxg4 34. Qxc8+ Kh7 35. Rf2 Ra1+ 36. Rf1 Ra2 $11) 34. Bf3
Kh7 $13) 33... Qd2 34. Qf2 (34. Rf2 Qe1+ 35. Bf1 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Qxc3) 34...
Qxf2+ 35. Rxf2 Ra1+ (35... Rxf2 36. Kxf2 Kh7 37. c6 Kg6 38. Ke3 Kxf6 39. Kd4
$13) 36. Kh2 (36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Kh7 38. Kf2 Kg6 $17) 36... Bd7 $13) 24...
Bd7 {/\ 25...Qa8, 26...Ra1} 25. f5 Bg5 26. f6 (26. Qf2 Bh4) 26... g6 (26... Qa8
$5 27. fxg7 (27. Qf2 Ra2 28. Qg3 g6) 27... Ra1 $1 28. Qf2 Rxf1+ 29. Bxf1 Bh6
30. h4 Bxg7 31. g5 $14) 27. h4 $5 (27. Qf2 Qa8 28. h4 (28. Be3 Ra2 29. Qf3
Bxe3+ 30. Qxe3 Rxg2+ 31. Kxg2 d4+ 32. Qf3 Bc6 $19) 28... Ra2 29. Qg3 Bd2 $11)
27... Bxh4 (27... Bh6 28. g5 Bf8 29. h5 Qa8 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Kh2 Ra2 32. Qd1
$1 $16 {/\ Rf1-f4-h4, Qd1-f3-h3, Rh4-h8 matt}) 28. Qd2 g5 (28... Qf8 $1 29. Be3
(29. g5 h6 30. Be3 (30. gxh6 g5 31. Bf2 Qxh6 (31... Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxh6 33. Bf1
{/\ Rg2}) 32. Bxh4 Qxh4 $17) 30... Bg3 31. Qd4 (31. gxh6 Kh7 (31... Bxe5 32.
h7+ Kxh7 33. Rf3 $40) 32. Qd4 Qb8 33. Bf4 Bxf4 34. Qxf4 $15) 31... h5 (31...
hxg5 32. Bxg5 Qb8 33. Bf4 Bxf4 34. Qxf4 Ra2 35. Rf3 $16) 32. Rf3 Ra1+ 33. Bf1
Be1 $17) (29. c6 $1 Rxc6 (29... Bxc6 30. Bc5 $18) 30. Bc5 Rxc5 31. bxc5 Qxc5+
32. Kh1 Bg3 33. Ra1 Bc6 34. Qh6 (34. Ra6 Bxe5) 34... Qf8 35. Qe3 Bh4 36. g5 h6
37. gxh6 g5 38. Ra6 $13) 29... Bg3 30. Bd4 h6 $17) 29. Bf2 Bxf2+ $6 (29... Kh8
$1 30. Bxh4 gxh4 31. Qh6 Qg8 $11) 30. Rxf2 Ra1+ $2 (30... h6 $6 31. Bf1 Bc6 (
31... Qb8 32. Qe3 Kh7 33. Rh2 Qg8 34. Rxh6+ Kxh6 35. Qh3+ Kg6 36. Qh5#) 32. Rh2
Qf8 33. Rh5 Ra1 34. Qg2 $3 {/\ Qh3} (34. Qh2 Qa8 35. Rxh6 (35. Qh3 Qa3 36. Rxh6
Rxf1+ 37. Qxf1 Qxc3) 35... Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Qa1+ $11) 34... Qa8 (34... d4 35.
Qxc6 dxc3 36. Rh2 $18) 35. Rxh6 Qa3 36. Qc2 $18) (30... Kh8 31. Qxg5 Qg8 $11)
31. Bf1 Kh8 (31... h6 32. Rh2 Qf8 33. Rh5 d4 34. Qxd4 Bc6 35. Qe3 $14) 32. Rh2
$1 Qg8 33. Rh6 d4 $6 (33... Bc6 34. Kf2 {/\ Bf1-e2-d1-c2} Qa8 35. Be2 Ra2 36.
Qxg5 Qg8 37. Qf4 {/\ g4-g5-g6}) (33... Bc6 34. Kf2 {/\ Bf1-e2-d1-c2} Qa8 35.
Be2 Ra2 36. Qxg5 Qg8 37. Qf4 {/\ g4-g5-g6}) 34. Qxd4 Bc6 35. Kf2 Qa8 36. Be2
Ra2 (36... Bh1 37. Rh2 Ra2 38. Qe3) 37. Qe3 Qd8 (37... Bh1 38. Rh2 Qe4 39. Qxe4
Bxe4 40. Ke3 Bc6 41. Rh3 Rc2 42. Kf2 {/\ Kf2-e1-d1} Rc1 43. Re3 Kg8 44. Bf3
Bxf3 45. Rxf3 Rd1 46. Re3 $16 {/\ Re3-e2-a2-a5}) 38. Kg3 $1 (38. Qxg5 Rxe2+ 39.
Kxe2 Qd3+ 40. Kf2 Qf3+ 41. Ke1 Qxc3+ 42. Qd2 Qg3+ (42... Qxe5+ 43. Kf2 Bd5 $13)
43. Kd1 Qg1+ (43... Bd5 $5 44. Qd4 $13) 44. Kc2 Be4+ 45. Kb2 Qb1+ 46. Kc3 Qa1+
47. Qb2 Qe1+ 48. Qd2 $11 (48. Kd4 Bd5 $17)) 38... Rc2 (38... Qd2 39. Qxd2 Rxd2
40. Kf2 Rc2 (40... Rd5 41. Bf3 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 $18) 41. Rh3 $14) 39. Rh2 Qg8 $2
$138 (39... Qd2 40. Qxd2 Rxd2 41. Kf2 Rd5 (41... Rc2 42. Rh3 $14) 42. Rh1 $1 (
42. Bf3 Rd2+ 43. Ke3 Rxh2 44. Bxc6 $13) 42... Rxe5 43. Rd1 Rd5 44. Rxd5 exd5
45. Ke3 $16) 40. Bf3 $18 Rxh2 41. Kxh2 Bxf3 42. Qxf3 Qd8 43. c6 h6 44. Kg3 (44.
Qe3 Qd5 45. Qd4 (45. c7 Qd7) 45... Qf3 (45... Qxc6 46. Qd8+ Kh7 47. Qf8 $18)
46. c7 Qe2+ 47. Kg3 Qe1+ 48. Kg2 Qe2+ 49. Qf2 Qxg4+ 50. Kh2 Qh5+ 51. Kg3 Qh4+
52. Kf3 Qf4+ 53. Kg2 $11) 44... Qb6 (44... Kg8 45. Qe3 Qd5 46. Qd4 (46. c7 Qd7)
46... Qh1 47. Kf2 Qh2+ 48. Ke3 Qg1+ (48... Qg3+ 49. Kd2 Qg2+ 50. Kc1 $18) 49.
Kd2 Qg2+ 50. Kc1 Qxc6 (50... Qh1+ 51. Qd1 $18) 51. Qd8+ Kh7 52. Qf8 Qh1+ 53.
Kb2 Qg2+ 54. Ka3 Qa8+ 55. Qxa8) 45. Kg2 Qc7 (45... Kg8 46. c7 Qxc7 47. Qa8+ Kh7
48. Qf8 $18) 46. Qe4 Kg8 47. Kf1 $1 Kh8 (47... Qa7 48. c7 Qa1+ 49. Ke2 Qa2+ 50.
Kf3 Qa6 51. Kg3 $18) (47... Qd8 48. Qd4 $18) 48. Kf2 $1 {/\ Qe4-d4} h5 (48...
Qa7+ 49. Qe3 Qa2+ (49... Qc7 50. Qc5 $18) 50. Kg3 $18) 49. Qd4 (49. Qe3 $1)
49... Kh7 (49... hxg4 50. Qd7 g3+ 51. Kg2 Qxe5 52. Qe8+ Kh7 53. Qxf7+ Kh6 54.
Qg7+ Kh5 55. Qh7+ Kg4 56. Qh3+ Kf4 57. Qxg3+) 50. Qd7 Qb6+ 51. Ke2 (51. Ke2 Kg6
52. gxh5+ Kxh5 53. c7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m5-8"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Kb1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. h4 Bb7 14. h5 Rad8
15. Qe3 Nb8 16. h6 g6 17. Nb5 Ba6 18. Bxc5 bxc5 19. Nd6 Bxf1 20. Rhxf1 Nd7 21.
c4 d4 22. Qa3 Ra8 23. Ne4 Rfe8 24. Rd3 f5 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qxc5
e5 28. Rdd1 Rad8 29. fxe5 Qh4 30. Qxa7 Re7 31. Qb6 Rxe5 32. Rf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m5-8"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 h6 8. Be3
e5 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. a3 Qe8 {/\ a5-a4, /\ Nf6-h5, f7-f6} (11... Ne8 12.
b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Na6 15. Qa3 f5 16. Nb3 $16 {Beliavsky-Khalifman
(Ubeda 1997)}) 12. b4 Na6 13. Nb3 $6 (13. Rb1 $142 axb4 14. axb4 Nd7 $13 (14...
Nh5 15. c5 f5 16. cxd6 cxd6 17. Nc4 $14)) 13... axb4 14. axb4 Bd7 $1 15. b5 Nb4
16. Be2 Rxa1 17. Nxa1 Qa8 18. O-O Na2 (18... Qa3 19. Qd2 Ra8 20. Nc2 Nxc2 21.
Qxc2 b6 22. Qd2 Qa5 23. Rc1 Kh7 $13) 19. Na4 $1 Qa5 (19... Nxe4 20. Qb3 $18)
20. Qb3 Ra8 21. Bd1 c6 $4 (21... Qxa4 $2 22. Qxa4 Rxa4 23. Bxa4 Nc3 24. Bc2
Nfxe4 25. Nb3 $16 {/\ Rf1-a1-a7}) (21... Nc3 $1 22. Nxc3 Qxa1 $11) 22. Nb6 $1
Rb8 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Bg4 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. bxc6 Nb4 27. cxb7 Rxb7 28. Nc2
Bf8 $2 29. Na3 $18 Qb6 30. Nb5 Rb8 31. Ra1 Na6 32. Bd7 Nc7 33. Qf3 Rb7 34. Bc6
Nxb5 35. cxb5 Ra7 36. Rd1 Ra4 37. d6 Rd4 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Bd5 Qa7 40. b6 Qd7
41. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch m5-8"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. h3 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 a5
9. Bd3 (9. a3 Nc5 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Qxa1 Nb3 13. Qd1 Nd4 14. Nxd4
exd4 15. Qxd4 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qd3 Re8 18. Nb5 Qe7 $44) 9... Nc5 10. Bc2 c6
11. Qd2 cxd5 12. cxd5 (12. exd5 {Bareev-Gelfand (Linares 1994)}) 12... Bd7 13.
a4 Qb6 14. O-O Rfc8 15. Rfe1 Nb3 16. Bxb3 Qxb3 17. Ra3 Qb4 $11 18. Qc2 h6 19.
Bd2 (19. Be3 $2 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Rxc3 $19) 19... Qc4 20. Be3 Qa6 21. Qe2 Nh5 $1
22. Rb3 Nf4 23. Qxa6 bxa6 24. Rb6 $6 Nd3 $1 25. Rb1 Bf8 $15 26. Rb7 Be8 27. Nd2
Nxb2 28. R7xb2 Rxc3 29. Rb8 Rc8 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Nc4 Bxa4 32. Nxa5 Bb5 33. Rc1
Be7 34. Nb7 a5 35. Rc3 a4 36. Bc1 g5 37. Ba3 Ra6 38. Rc7 Kf8 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40.
Rc7 Kf6 (40... Kf8) 41. g3 $1 Rb6 42. f4 gxf4 43. gxf4 Bf8 44. fxe5+ Kxe5 45.
Rxf7 Kxe4 $2 (45... h5 $1 $15) 46. Nd8 Bc4 47. Rxf8 Rb3 48. Bxd6 Rxh3 $11 49.
Nb7 Bxd5 $2 (49... a3) 50. Nc5+ Kd4 51. Nxa4 Rf3 52. Rh8 Rf6 53. Bg3 Ra6 54.
Nb2 Ra1+ 55. Kh2 $4 (55. Kf2) 55... Rh1# 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch m5-8"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1997.06.05"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1997.05.19"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 059"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nf6 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Qd7 11. N2f3 O-O 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. Bf4 Nce4 14.
h3 Bf8 15. c3 Rac8 16. Qb3 a6 17. Rad1 b5 18. a3 Qb7 19. Qc2 Nd7 20. Nf5 Nb6
21. Re2 Qd7 22. Ne3 Qb7 23. Nf5 Nc4 24. Ng3 a5 25. Rde1 Nf6 26. Rxe8 Nxe8 27.
Ng5 g6 28. Nf3 Bg7 29. Ne2 Nf6 30. Ned4 Ne4 31. Qb3 Ned6 32. Re2 h6 33. Ne5 Bf8
34. Qc2 Ne4 35. Nd3 a4 36. Qc1 Kh7 37. f3 Nc5 38. Nxc5 Bxc5 39. Bxh6 Nxb2 40.
Qg5 Nd1 41. Qh4 Qb6 42. Bf4+ Kg7 43. Qh6+ 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.07.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nb3 b5 12. Be2 Nge5 13. O-O Nc4 14. Bxc4 bxc4 15.
Nc1 Rb8 16. Rb1 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Lutz} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1 Nbd7
(7... b5) (7... Bg4) (7... Qc7 {Svidler,P-Hickel,J CBM 60}) 8. e5 {white's
second move in the position is Bf4} Ne8 (8... dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. e6 fxe6 11.
h3 (11. Bc4 Nde5 (11... Nb6 $1 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bxe6+ Bxe6 14. Rxe6 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Rd1+ 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Nxe1 $15 {Karpov,A}) 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 (
13... Nxe5 14. Bb3 Nf7 $11) 14. h3 (14. Ne4 $5) 14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nf6 16. Bh6
$44 {Benjamin,J-Piket,Je Groningen 1993 59/145 [Benjamin,J]}) 11... Ngf6 (11...
Nge5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bf4 Nf7 15. Rad1 Rxd1 16. Rxd1 Bxc3 17.
bxc3 e5 18. Be3 Be6 19. a4 Nd6 20. a5 $44 {/=/+ Rozentalis,E-Azmaiparashvili,Z/
Lvov zt/1990/ CBM 18}) 12. Bc4 Nd5 13. Ne4 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Qe2 Qb6 16. c3
Bd7 17. Be3 $1 $14 {Karpov,A-Shirov,A/Linares 1995/ 63/101 [Karpov,A}) (8...
Nd5 $6 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. exd6 exd6 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6]} 11. Bf4 Nf6 12. c3 Nh5 13.
Bg5 Qc7 14. Nd2 Nf6 15. Bf3 Be6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qb3 Qc6 18. Nf1 $14 {/+/-
Mastrokoukos,G-Grivas,E Ano Liosia op 1995}) 9. Bf4 (9. h3 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7
11. Bf1 Ne6 12. a4 Qc7 13. Qe2 a5 14. b3 b6 15. Qe3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bb2
Raa8 $11 {Stohl,I-Gelfand,B/Dortmund/1990/}) 9... dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Qc1 {
/\ Bh6} (11. Ne4 $6 Ne6 12. Bg3 {[%csl Rg3]} Qa5 {[%csl Re5]} 13. Qd2 $8 Qxd2
14. Nexd2 Rd8 15. Nc4 b6 16. a4 c5 $11 {Salov,V-Ivanchuk,V Tilburg 1994}) (11.
Qd2 $6 {Lutz} Ne6 12. Bh6 $2 Nxe5) 11... Nb6 (11... Nc5 12. Rd1 Qe8 13. Qe3 b6
14. Bh6 Bb7 15. Rd4 f6 16. Bc4+ N5e6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Re4 $18 {
Abramovic,B-Schussler,H/Palma GMA/1989/}) (11... Ne6 {Lutz} 12. Bh6 Qa5 13. Bf1
) 12. h3 {not allowing black to play Bg4 which frees black's position,black
main problem in the position is his the c8 bishop after h3 by white he has no
good place} (12. Bh6 $6 Bg4 $132 {>< d4, e5}) 12... Ne6 13. Bh6 $14 {white
seems to have a very pleasent position,he has some spacw advantage,and better
pieces} (13. Rd1 $6 {Lutz} Qc7 14. Bh6 Nd7 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qe3 Qb6 $11) 13...
Nd4 {it is not a bad idea to exchange pieces when your opponent has a space
advantage it is probably a good idea but the problem here becomes black's king}
(13... Nd5 14. Ne4) (13... f5 {Lutz} 14. exf6 exf6 $14) (13... Bd7 $14 {Lutz})
14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bd3 $1 {taking the f5 square from black's bishop and
threatening Re4-Rh4 /\ Re4-h4} (15. Bxg7 $6 {Lutz} Kxg7 16. Bd3 Qh4 17. Re4 Qh6
$13) 15... Qd8 (15... Bxe5 16. Bxf8 (16. Re4 {Lutz} Qd6 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qh6+
Kg8 19. Rh4) 16... Bf4 (16... Kxf8 17. Re4 Qc5 18. Qh6+ $16 {/+-}) 17. Ne2 (17.
Qd1 Kxf8 18. Ne2) 17... Bxc1 18. Nxd4 Bxb2 19. Bh6 Bxd4 20. Rxe7 $16 {/+-}) (
15... f5 16. exf6 Bxh6 (16... exf6 $2 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Re7+ Rf7 19. Rxf7+ Kxf7
20. Qh6 Kg8 21. Bxg6 $18) 17. Qxh6 Qxf6 18. Re2 $14 {[%csl Re7] /+/-}) 16. Re4
f5 (16... Bf5 17. Rh4 (17. Bxg7 Bxe4 18. Qh6 Bxd3 19. cxd3 f6 (19... Qxd3 $4
20. Bf6) (19... Re8 $2 20. Ne4 {[%cal Ge4f6,Ge4g5]}) 20. Bxf8 Qxf8 21. Qe3 $11)
17... e6 18. Bxg7 $1 (18. g3 Bxe5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Bxf5 exf5 $44 {[%csl Rh4]})
18... Qxh4 19. Bf6 g5 20. Bxg5 Qh5 21. g4 Bxg4 22. hxg4 Qxg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh5+ 24.
Kg3 $16 {/+-}) 17. exf6 {an interesting move,white could simply get the
advantage after 17.Rh4 but the move played in the game is very interesting
since white goes for the attack} (17. Rh4 $5 e6 (17... Bxe5 {Lutz}) 18. Bxg7
Qxh4 19. Bxf8 Kxf8 20. Qe3 $14 {[%csl Rc8] /+/-}) 17... exf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19.
Rh4 (19. Qe3 {Lutz} Bd7 (19... Rf7 20. Re8) 20. Re1 Rf7 (20... Re8 21. Re7+ Kg8
(21... Rxe7 22. Qxe7+ Qxe7 23. Rxe7+ Kg8 24. Ne4 Rf8 25. Nd6 $18) 22. Qc5 Rxe7
23. Rxe7 Qf8 24. Ne4 $16) 21. a4 (21. Re7 $6 Qf8) 21... Qf8 (21... a5 22. Re7
$16) 22. a5 $16) 19... h5 (19... Qc7 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Bxg6 $18) 20. Ne2 {
[%cal Ge2f4] /\ Nf4} (20. Qe3 f5 21. Qg3 Kh6 22. Re1 Qg5 23. Qd6 Qf6 $14) (20.
Re4 Bf5 21. Re3 Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Qc7 $14) 20... Nd5 $8 (20... Be6 21. Nf4 Bf7 22.
Bxg6 $18) (20... f5 $5 {Lutz >< Bd3, >< Rh4} 21. Qf4 (21. Rd4 Qf6 22. Qf4 $14)
21... Qf6 (21... Be6 $6 22. Qg3 {/\ Nf4}) (21... Nd5 $6 22. Qg3 Qf6 (22... Kh6
23. c4 $16 {/\ Rd4}) (22... Qc7 23. Qg5 Rh8 24. c4 $16) 23. Rxh5 Qxb2 (23... f4
24. Qg5) 24. Rf1 Qf6 25. Rg5 $16 {/\ h4-h5}) 22. Qg3 Kf7 (22... Rh8 23. Nf4 Kf7
24. Re1 {/\ Ng6; /\ c4-c5}) 23. Rd4 Be6 {/\} 24. Qc7+ Qe7 25. Qxe7+ Kxe7 26.
Nf4 Kf7 $14) 21. c4 Ne7 {>< Ne7} (21... Nb4 22. Bxg6 (22. Bb1 f5 {[%csl Ra1,
Rb1]}) (22. Rd4 $16) 22... Kxg6 23. Rxh5 Rg8 (23... Kxh5 24. Nf4+ Kh6 25. Ne6+
Kg6 26. Nxd8 Rxd8 27. Qc3 $36 {/+/-}) 24. Ng3 $36 {[%csl Ra8,Rb4] /+/- when in
fact it is very difficult to play with the black pieces}) 22. Rd4 Qc7 (22...
Qe8 $5 {Lutz} 23. Qc3 $16) 23. Qe3 c5 {>< d5} (23... Nf5 24. Bxf5 Bxf5 25. Ng3
Qe5 26. Nxf5+ (26. Qd2 $5 $16) 26... Qxf5 27. Rad1 $16) 24. Re4 Nf5 25. Qf3 {
/\ Nf4, Rae1} Nd6 (25... b6 26. Nf4 $1 $16 Bb7 27. Nxh5+ Kh6 {the best move} (
27... Kh8 28. Nf4) (27... Kg8 28. Qg4) (27... Kh7 28. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4g6]}) 28.
Nf4 Qf7 (28... Bxe4 29. Bxe4 {[%csl Ra8,Rf5,Rg6]}) 29. Nd5 $16) 26. Re3 {
black's position is very difficult I do not know what to play for black,white;
s idea is Nf4 when he control the "e" file and his queen ,knight and bishop
are placed on very good squares} Nf5 (26... Bf5 {Lutz} 27. Nf4) 27. Re4 $6 {
taking on f5 is very strong for white as was played in the game 2 moves later,
so I do not want to play anything else} Nd6 28. Re3 Nf5 29. Bxf5 $1 Bxf5 30.
Ng3 (30. Nf4 $6 {Lutz} Rae8 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Nxh5+ gxh5 33. Qxf5 Qe5 $16)
30... Bd7 (30... Bc8 31. Rae1) (30... Rae8 {Lutz} 31. Nxf5+ gxf5 32. Rxe8 Rxe8
33. Qxh5 $18) 31. Re7+ Rf7 32. Ne4 $1 {and black resigned} (32. Ne4 {since
after his only move} Qc6 {white simply plays.} (32... f5 33. Qc3+ {/\ R:f7,
Qf6+}) 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34. Rd1 {threatening Rd6..} Bf5 (34... Re8 35. Nd6+ $18)
(34... f5 35. Nxc5 $18) 35. Nd6+ Kg8 36. Qxc6 bxc6 37. Nxf5 gxf5 38. Rd6 $18 {
the ending does not seem pleasent at all for black}) 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Alterman, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Bc5 Rfd8 16. g4 (16. Ng5 Bh6 17. Qh4 Kg7 18. Bxd5 Bxg5+ $1 (18... cxd5 $2
19. Be3 $18) (18... f6 $2 19. Qxh6+ Kxh6 20. Nxe6 $18) 19. Qxg5 f6 $15 {
Luther-Rogozenko/Gelsenkirchen/1996}) (16. h4) (16. Qh4) 16... Nf4 17. Qc3 (17.
Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. g5 $14 Nd4 (19... Rd7 20. h4 Rad8 21. h5 Nxg5 22.
Nxg5 Rxd6 23. Rxd6 Rxd6 24. Ne4 Rd7 25. h6 Bh8 26. Qe2 f5 27. Qc4+ Kf8 28. Nc5
Rd5 29. Qxd5 cxd5 30. Nd7+ {1-0 Beshukov,S-Olenin,N/RUS-Cup2 1996/EXP 56 (44)})
20. Rf1 Nf5 21. Bc5 Qa6 22. a3 Rd5 23. Qf2 Nd4 24. Bb4 Rb8 25. Kb1 c5 26. Nxc5
Rxc5 27. Bxc5 Qb5 28. Bxd4 exd4 29. b3 d3 30. Rxd3 Qe5 31. Kc1 {1-0 Dolmatov,
S-Ricardi,P/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991/CBM 24 (35)}) 17... Bd5 {This looks more
natural than 17. ... Rd5.} (17... Rd5 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. Rxd5 cxd5 $13 {Xie Jun
Gufeld/Kuala Lumpur/1994}) 18. Kb1 (18. g5 Rd7 (18... Qc8 19. Be7 Qe6 20. Bxd8
Rxd8 21. Kb1 Rb8 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. gxf6 Qxf6 25. Rhe1 Re8 26. Qc7
a6 27. Re3 Qf5 28. Qa5 Ng2 29. Rb3 {1-0 Pachmann,A-Zvara,P/Prague Bohemians
1995/EXT 95 (44)}) 19. h4 Rad8 $15) 18... Rd7 19. Bf2 h6 {Verwehrt dem Gegner
g5} 20. Bh4 Re8 21. a3 (21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Bxc4 23. Rxd7 (23. Qxc4 Rxd1+
24. Rxd1 Nd5 25. Bh4 Ne3) 23... Bxa2+ 24. Kxa2 Qxd7 25. Bxe5 Qd5+ $19) (21. Nc5
$6 Rd6) 21... Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rd4 $11 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. Rhf1 (24. Bf2 Rxd3 $19)
24... Nxd3 25. cxd3 Qb5 26. Rf2 (26. Bf6 c5 $5 27. Rc1 Bxf6 28. Rxf6 Rxd3 29.
Qxc5 Qxc5 30. Rxc5 Re7 $11) 26... Rb8 27. Rc2 {Greift den Isolani c6 an} Bf8
28. Bf2 (28. Qxc6 Qxc6 29. Rxc6 Bxa3 $15) 28... Ra4 29. Kc1 Rc8 30. Bc5 Bxc5
31. Qxc5 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 f6 33. Rd2 (33. h4 $5) 33... Kf7 34. Rdc2 Ra6 35. R2c3
Ke7 36. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kindermann, Stefan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Nor,I"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Gershon} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 $6 Nc6 7.
Be2 g6 $5 {6.a4 gives white nothing and 7...g6!? is one of the reasons why.
Certainly,not the only one!} 8. Be3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd2 {The more common
move here is 10.f4.But there is no big difference between this move and 10.Qd2,
because the main idea is that if Dragon dies someday [and I don't think so],it
will not happen in this position!} (10. Nxc6 $6 bxc6 11. a5 Nd7 12. Bd4 Rb8 13.
Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Qd4+ Kg8 15. b3 Ne5 16. f4 c5 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. f5 Kg7 19. Nd5 f6
20. Nf4 Ne5 21. Bxa6 Bd7 22. Bd3 g5 23. Nd5 Bc6 24. Nb6 h5 25. Qe2 Rh8 26. Bc4
Qe8 27. Rfb1 h4 28. Nd5 Qd7 29. Nb6 Qa7 30. Bd5 h3 31. Bxc6 Nxc6 32. g3 Ne5 33.
Nc4 Nxc4 34. Qxc4 Rb4 {Hanak,C-Maedler,J/OLO-B 1995/0-1 (60)}) (10. f4 {
The main line.}) (10. h3 $6) 10... Ng4 (10... Bd7 $5 11. Rfd1 (11. Nb3 Na5 12.
Nxa5 Qxa5 13. f3 Rfe8 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15. Bf1 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qa5 17. Ra1 Qc7 18.
Rac1 Qa5 {1/2-1/2 Vooremaa,A-Zilberstein,V/Tallinn 1979}) 11... Rc8 12. f3 Na5
13. Ra3 Qc7 14. g4 Be6 15. Qe1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. a5 Nd7 18. Kg2 Rfe8 19.
Rd2 e6 20. Qg3 Be5 21. Qf2 d5 22. exd5 exd5 23. Nd1 Qd6 24. Qh4 Nc5 25. g5 Ne6
26. Nf2 Bxd4 27. Rxd4 Nxd4 28. Qxd4 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. Ng4 Re6 31. Rc3 h5
32. Nf6+ Kf8 33. Nxd5 Rcc6 34. Nf4 Re5 35. Kf2 {Marjanovic,S-Ljubojevic,L/
Reggio Emilia 1986/0-1 (51)}) 11. Bxg4 Bxg4 12. Nxc6 (12. Nd5 $6 Rc8 13. c3 Na5
14. Bh6 e5 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Nb3 17. Qg5 f6 18. Qh4 Nxa1 19. Rxa1 Bxh6 20.
Qxh6 Rf7 21. Kf1 Qf8 22. Qe3 Qe8 23. Ke2 Kg7 24. b3 Qe6 25. Rd1 Qh3 26. Qb6 Rc6
27. Qd8 Qc8 28. Qa5 f5 29. Nb4 Rc5 30. Qb6 fxe4 31. Qxd6 exf3+ 32. Ke1 Qc7 33.
Qe6 Qe7 34. Qxe7 Rxe7 35. c4 e4 36. Rd6 Rh5 {0-1 Song,P-Yedidia,J/New York op
1993}) 12... bxc6 13. a5 $5 {Kamsky played 13.Bh6 and won.But not against
Svidler!13.a5 is maybe a litle better-now white has a chance to equalize!} (13.
Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 Rb8 15. b3 Qa5 16. Qe3 e5 17. h3 Be6 18. Rad1 Rbd8 19. Rd3
Rfe8 20. Rfd1 d5 21. Qg5 d4 22. Ne2 Qc7 23. Ng3 Bc8 24. Nh5 Re6 25. Nf6+ Kg7
26. Ng4 Qe7 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. f4 exf4 29. Qxf4 c5 30. e5 Bb7 31. Rf1 Bd5 32. Qh6
{1-0 Kamsky,G-Rechel,B/Bad Mergentheim op 1989}) 13... Rb8 14. b3 c5 (14... Re8
$5) 15. Bh6 $5 {White is trying to use the only possible idea - to tease the
king.} Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Be6 {With the idea of c4.} 17. Nd5 $6 (17. e5 $5 d5 (17...
dxe5 $6 18. Ne4 f6 (18... Qc7 $4 19. Ng5 $18) 19. Nxc5 Qd6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 $132)
18. Rfd1 Rb4 $1 $13) (17. f4 $6 f5 $1 $15 (17... c4 $2 18. f5 Bd7 19. Nd5 $18))
17... Bxd5 $6 (17... Rb5 $5 18. Qd2 f6) (17... f5 $1 18. Qh4 $140 Bxd5 19. exd5
e5 $1 $15) 18. exd5 Rb5 {Black's advantage is not enough.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[Annotator "Har Zvi,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. Re1
Qc7 (7... Nbd7 8. e5 {Lutz,Ch-Svidler,P CBM 60}) 8. Bf4 (8. e5 {is another
possible move in this position}) 8... Nh5 (8... Nbd7 9. e5 Nh5 10. Bg5 dxe5 (
10... f6 11. Be3 (11. exf6 exf6 12. Be3 f5 $6 {[%csl Re6,Rg5]} (12... d5 $11)
13. d5 f4 14. Bd4 Ndf6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ng5 Rb8 17. Bc4+ Kh8 18. Be6 $36 {
Dimitrov,V-Norwood,D/Wchj U20 Adelaide/1988/}) 11... dxe5 12. dxe5 fxe5 (12...
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxa7 $14) 13. Ng5 $36 {/+/- Bielczyk,J-Dunnington,A/
Virton 1992 54/119}) 11. Bxe7 Re8 12. d5 Qb6 {other moves just seems to give
white the advantage,white should play 13.d6 I think,since what he played in
the game 13.dxc6 is not really white's plan} (12... Rxe7 13. d6 Qd8 14. dxe7
Qxe7 15. Ne4 Bf8 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Bg7 18. Ng3 $14 {/+/- Popovic,
P-Damljanovic,B Jugoslavija 1992 55/134 [ Popovic,P]} (18. Qd2 $5)) (12... Nf4
13. d6 Qb6 14. Bc4 h6 15. Ne4 Qxb2 {Balashov,Y-Pribyl,J Helsinki 1984} 16. Nfg5
$1 {Razuvaev} hxg5 17. Nxg5 Rf8 18. Bxf8 Bxf8 19. g3 Nh5 20. Bxf7+ Kg7 21. Qd3
$18) 13. dxc6 $6 bxc6 14. Ba3 e4 15. Bc4 (15. Ng5 e3) 15... Nhf6 16. Ng5 Ne5
17. Ncxe4 Bg4 $44 {Savon,V-Chernyshov,K Podolsk 1992 57/132}) 9. Bg5 (9. Be3
Nd7 (9... e5 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Rad1 Nd7 12. d5 c5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. a4 a6 15. Nc3
Qc7 16. h3 Rb8 17. Nh2 $14 {Anand,V-Kramnik,V/Monaco rapid/ 1995}) 10. Qd2 b5
11. a3 a6 12. Rad1 Nhf6 13. Bh6 e5 $1 14. dxe5 dxe5 $13 {Andersson,U-Keene,R
Dortmund 1973}) 9... h6 10. Be3 Nf6 $6 $146 {I do not understand this idea
while white has developed his bishop to e3 black has done nothing?10...e5
seems more normal} (10... e5 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. d5 (13. g3 Re8 14.
dxe5 dxe5 15. Nh4 Nhf6 16. b4 Bf8 17. Qd3 Nb6 18. Bc5 Be6 19. Bxf8 Rxf8 20. Qe3
{Rodriguez,B-Perez,P/Las Palmas op 1991/EXT 91op/0-1 (71)}) 13... c5 14. h3 a6
15. a4 Qa5 16. Ra1 Nhf6 17. Qd3 Ne8 18. Nd2 $14 {/~~ Gallagher,J-McNab,C/
London Lloyds/ 1990}) (10... Nd7 11. Qd2 Kh7 12. a4 (12. Rad1 b5 13. e5 Nb6 14.
h3 f5 15. exf6 Nxf6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Nh4 e6 18. Bf4 b4 19. Nb1 Nbd5 20. Bh2 Rad8
21. c4 bxc3 {Slobodjan,R-Hickl,J/Nussloch 1996/CBM 53/1-0 (45)}) 12... e5 13.
Bc4 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ne5 15. Be2 Nf4 16. Rad1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 Be6 18. b3 Qa5 19. h3
Rad8 20. Qe3 {Lalic,S-Agnos,D/BCF-ch Eastbourne 1991/EXT 91ch/1/2-1/2 (31)})
11. Qd2 Kh7 12. e5 Nd5 (12... Ng4 13. exd6 Qxd6 (13... exd6 14. Bf4 $14) 14.
Bf4 $14) 13. exd6 exd6 (13... Qxd6 14. Nxd5 cxd5 (14... Qxd5 15. Bd3 Nd7 16.
Bf4 $14) 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Bd3 Nc6 (16... Qxb2 $4 17. Reb1 Qa3 18. Rb3 Qa4 19.
Bb5 $18) 17. c3 $16 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5]}) 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. h3 Bf5 16. c3 $14 {
white enjoyes a very nice position,first black has double "d" pawns in the
position,indeed in certain positions this may not be very bad since black has
control over many squares in the center,but here white really wants to play on
the King's side,where black's king does not have many gaurds around him} Nd7
17. Nh4 Be6 18. Bd3 {[%cal Gb1h7] first white gets the b1-h7 diagonal} Qd8 (
18... Nf6) 19. Nf3 Nb6 $6 {it is easy to see that there are almost no pieces
around black's king so I would prefer to put my knight on f6 and playing my
"a" rook to e8 before playing Qd8,since while white has very serious ideas
about attack on the king's side black is playing something to the queen's
side?!} 20. Bf4 Qd7 21. Re2 Rae8 {so now black is doing what I wrote on move
18 and 19 for him,but he already lost a few tempi} 22. Qc2 Nc8 23. Rae1 a6 (
23... Ne7 24. Nh4 {threatening Rxe6 followed by Nxg6} Kg8 25. Qd2 $1 g5 (25...
Kh7 $142 $16) 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Qxg5 Rc8 28. Qh5 Rfd8 29. f4 $18) 24. Nh4 {
[%cal Gh4g6]} Kg8 25. Qd2 Kh7 (25... g5 26. Bxg5 hxg5 27. Qxg5 $18 {[%cal
Gg5h5]}) 26. Qe3 {[%cal Ge3g3,Gh4g6]} Bf6 27. Qg3 Rg8 {[%tqu "En","it is not
easy to find a continuation for white,but Svidler found a 'genius' move
creating a mass in black's position,can you find it","","","g3f3","",10]} 28.
Qf3 $1 Bg7 (28... Kh8 $8 29. Be5 $1 Bxe5 30. dxe5 Kh7 $14 {/+/-}) (28... Bxh4
29. Qh5 Rh8 30. Qxh4 Kg7 31. Qg3 $16) (28... Ne7 29. Qh5 Bg7 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31.
Nxg6 $18) 29. Qh5 Bf8 30. Nf3 {threatening 31.Ng5 and after 31...Kh8 32.Qh4
and winning the h6 pawn after Nxe6...} Rh8 $8 31. Qh4 $1 Kg7 $6 (31... Be7 $1
32. Qg3 (32. Qxh6+ $4 Kg8 {[%csl Rh6]}) 32... Bf6 (32... Rhg8)) 32. Qg3 $1 {
now it seems black's position is defenceless} Rg8 (32... Re7 33. Nh4 $1 Rg8 34.
Bxg6 fxg6 (34... Kh8 35. Qd3 fxg6 36. Nxg6+ Rxg6 37. Qxg6 Bf5 38. Rxe7 Qxe7 39.
Rxe7 Bxg6 40. Rxb7 $18) 35. Qxg6+ Kh8 36. Bxh6 Rxg6 37. Nxg6+ Kg8 38. Nxf8 Qa4
39. b3 $18) {[%tqu "En","it seems like both players are moving around,but the
truth is that white is improving his position,now he has a nice winning move
which was played in the game van you find it","","","d3f5","",6]} 33. Bf5 $1
$18 Re7 (33... Bxf5 34. Rxe8 Be4 35. Qh4 (35. R1xe4 dxe4 36. Rxe4) 35... g5 36.
Bxg5 hxg5 37. Qxg5+ Kh8 38. Qh4+ Kg7 39. Rd8) 34. Bxe6 Rxe6 (34... fxe6 35. Qg4
$1 Kf7 (35... h5 36. Qg3 {[%cal Gf3h4,Gf4g5] when black will not be able to
save both the g6 and e6 pawns and with it the game}) 36. Be5 $1 $18 {[%cal
Gg4f4,Ge5f6]} Bg7 37. Qf4+ Ke8 38. Bxg7 Rgxg7 39. Qxh6) 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. Bxh6+
$1 (36. Qh4 {Petursson} h5 (36... Rh8 37. Ne5 dxe5 (37... Qe7 38. Qg3) 38.
Bxe5+ Kh7 39. Bxh8 Kxh8 40. Qf6+ Qg7 41. Qxe6 Qe7 42. Qxe7 Nxe7 43. Re6 $18)
37. Ng5 Be7 $1 $16) 36... Kxh6 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Ng5 Rh8 (38... Be7 39. Qh7+ Kf6
40. Qxg8 Kxg5 41. Rxe6) 39. Nxe6+ Qxe6 (39... Kg8 40. Nxf8 Qf7 41. Qd8) 40.
Qxh8+ Kxh8 41. Rxe6 {[%cal Ge6e8,Ge6g6]} (41. Rxe6 {Petursson BLACK RESIGNED.
The end could be:} Kg7 42. Re8 Ne7 43. Rb8 b5 44. Rb6 Kf7 45. Rxa6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.07.31"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15.
Nf1 g6 16. Ng3 Bg7 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Qd2 Nf8 19. Red1 Ne6 20. Be3 Red8 21. Qc2
Nd7 22. Bf1 Rac8 23. Rd2 Nb6 24. b3 Nd7 25. Rc1 Qb8 26. Qd1 Ndf8 27. b4 Ba8 28.
Qb3 Nd7 29. Rcd1 Qc7 30. c4 bxa4 31. Qxa4 Bb7 32. d5 cxd5 33. cxd5 Nef8 34. Ra2
Nb8 35. Nd2 f5 36. exf5 Bxd5 37. Nde4 Bxe4 38. Nxe4 gxf5 39. Qb3+ d5 40. Rxd5
Qf7 41. Nc5 Rxd5 42. Bc4 Kh8 43. Bxd5 Qg6 44. Bb7 Rc7 45. Bxa6 f4 46. Bd3 Qb6
47. Na4 Qc6 48. Rc2 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.08.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Nc6 6. O-O Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8.
Qb3 Qd7 9. Qxb7 Rb8 10. Qa6 Nf6 11. e5 Ng4 12. Nbd2 Bb4 13. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.08.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Qb6 9. a3 Bd7 $146 (9... Qxb2 $2 10. Na4 Qxa1 11. Qxa1 $18) (9... Nc6 10. Be2
Qc7 11. Nb3 b5 12. Bf3 Bb7 13. Qe2 O-O-O 14. O-O-O Be7 15. h4 Nd7 16. g5 g6 17.
Kb1 h5 18. Qf2 Kb8 19. Rhe1 Rhe8 20. a4 bxa4 21. Nxa4 $16 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Polgar,J/Leon 1996 (35)}) 10. Bg1 Qc7 11. h3 (11. Qe2 Nc6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13.
h3 Be7 14. Kb1 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 exf4 17. Bxf4 Rhe8 18. Bg2 Be6 19. Rd4
Nd7 20. Rhd1 Ne5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Bf6 23. Bf1 Re6 24. Qd2 Kd7 25. h4 $16 {
1-0 Hracek,Z-Stocek,J/Cesko 1996}) 11... Nc6 12. Qd2 Be7 13. O-O-O g5 $5 ({
Tempting, although a rather rash advance. More prudent was} 13... O-O-O {
White cannot immediately use the weakness of the b6-square, since e4-pawn is
attacked.} 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 {both} Nh7 {and Nh5 yield Black good
counterplay.}) 14. fxg5 hxg5 15. Be2 (15. Be3 Nxg4) (15. Qxg5 $2 {fails to}
Nxe4 16. Qg7 Bf6) 15... Rg8 $6 (15... Ne5 {was a good alternative here. Black
has good counterchances after} 16. Be3 Nh7) 16. Be3 b5 (16... O-O-O 17. Nf3 {
, with the idea Na4, using the weakness of b6-square.} (17. Bxg5 $4 Nxd4 $19)
17... d5 (17... Ne5 18. Nxg5 Bc6 {deserves attention.}) 18. exd5 (18. Nxg5 {
fails to} d4) 18... Nxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Nxg5 $16) (16... Rc8 $5 {was the
best continuation here.}) 17. Rhf1 b4 (17... O-O-O {is effectively met now by}
18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Ndxb5 {, winning d6-pawn.}) 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. Kb1 Rb8 (19...
Qa5 $2 {/\Ne4 is bad in view of} 20. Nb3) ({After} 19... Nh7 {White has the
interesting resource} 20. Nd5 $5 {, with attack.}) 20. Bxg5 Nfd5 (20... Rxg5 {
is insufficient:} 21. Qxg5 Nxc2 22. Kxc2 Ba4+ 23. Kc1 Nxe4 24. Qg8+ Bf8 25.
Nxe6 $18) 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 (22. Bxe7 $2 {allows Black to force a draw by
perpetual:} Nc3+ 23. Kc1 Na2+ 24. Kb1 Nc3+) 22... Rxg5 ({Allows decisive
activation of White's pieces, but after} 22... Bxg5 23. Qd3 {/\Qh7 Black's
position is unbearable.}) 23. Qf4 $1 Rg7 24. Qh6 $1 Bf8 (24... Rg6 {loses after
} 25. Qh8+ Bf8 26. dxe6) 25. dxe6 Bxe6 26. Bxa6 (26. Nxe6 {was also winning:}
Qc3 27. Nxg7+ Bxg7 28. Bb5+ Rxb5 29. Rfe1+ Be5 30. Rxe5+ Qxe5 (30... dxe5 31.
Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qd8+ Ke6 33. Qd6#) 31. Qc1 $18) 26... Qc3 27. Bb5+ Rxb5 28. Nxb5
Qc4 29. Nc3 Rxg4 30. Qe3 Rh4 31. Rf3 Rh5 32. Rd4 {Black is lost. He has no
compensation for the exchange and the pawn, and White easily realizes his
advantage.} Qc6 33. Re4 d5 34. Rg4 Bc5 35. Rg8+ Kd7 36. Qe2 d4 37. Ne4 Be7 38.
Rd3 Qd5 39. Nc3 Re5 40. Qd1 dxc3 41. b3 Bf6 42. Rxd5+ Rxd5 43. Qf3 Ke7 44. Ra8
Bd4 45. Qf4 f5 46. Qh6 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1997.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "1997.07.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 060"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.09.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6
Bxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 a6 8. h3 g5
9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. O-O-O Qc7 (11... b5 12. Nc6 $1 Nxc6 (12... Qc7 13.
Nxe5 dxe5 $16 {12...b5}) 13. e5 Nd5 (13... d5 14. exf6 $16) (13... Bb7 14. exf6
Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe5 16. Rhf1 $1 d5 17. f4 $44) 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bb7 16. exd6
Kd7 17. Be4 $1 $16) 12. Nf3 $1 $146 Ng6 (12... b5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. h4 Rg8 15.
hxg5 (15. Qf3 Nh7 $16) 15... hxg5 16. Qf3 $16) (12... Bd7 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. h4
Rg8 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. Qf3 $16) (12... Nxf3 13. Bxf3 Nd7 14. h4 Rg8 15. hxg5
hxg5 16. Qd2 $1 Ne5 17. Be2 f6 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 $16) 13. h4 $1 Nxg4 14.
hxg5 Bd7 (14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 hxg5 (15... Qc5 16. Qd2 hxg5 17. Rxh8 Nxh8 18. e5
d5 19. Ne4 $1 $16) 16. Rxh8 Nxh8 17. Qxg5 $16) 15. Bd2 $1 (15. gxh6 Bxh6 16.
Bxh6 Rxh6 17. Rxh6 Nxh6 18. Qd2 Ng4 $13) 15... O-O-O (15... hxg5 16. Rxh8 Nxh8
17. Nxg5 $16) 16. Nd4 Bg7 $5 (16... N4e5 17. gxh6 $16) (16... h5 17. f3 N4e5
18. Kb1 Nc4 19. Bc1 $16) 17. Qxg4 Bxd4 18. gxh6 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Rh3 $1 Nxd2
(20... Qc5 21. Bf1 $1 (21. Kb1 Bb5 $1 $44 (21... Qb4 22. Bc1)) 21... Bb5 22.
Qh5 $1 Nxd2 (22... Qb4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. b3 $16) 23. Nxb5 axb5 (23... Bxb2+ 24.
Kxb2 Qb4+ 25. Kc1 Nxf1 26. Rb3 $18) 24. Rxd2 $16) 21. Qxd2 Be5 22. f4 Bf6 (
22... Bxc3 23. Rxc3 Bc6 24. f5 $16) 23. Qxd6 Qxd6 24. Rxd6 Rdg8 25. Bf3 $6 (25.
e5 Rxg2 26. exf6 Rh7 (26... Rg6 27. h7 Rxf6 28. Rhd3 $1 Be8 $8 29. Rd8+ Kc7 30.
Ra8 $18) 27. Ne4 Rg6 28. Rhd3 (28. Ng5 Rhxh6 29. Rxh6 Rxh6 30. Nxf7 Rxf6 31.
Ne5 $16) 28... Bc6 29. Ng5 Rhxh6 30. Nxe6 $1 Kb8 $8 31. Nd4 Rxf6 32. Nxc6+ bxc6
33. Rxf6 Rxf6 34. Rd4 $18) 25... e5 26. f5 (26. Rh1 Be7 27. Rdd1 exf4 28. Nd5
Bd8 29. e5 Rg3 $14) 26... Rg1+ 27. Rd1 (27. Kd2 Be7 28. Rd3 Bg5+ 29. Ke2 Rc1
$13) 27... Bg5+ 28. Kb1 Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Rxh6 30. Rxh6 Bxh6 $14 31. Bh5 f6 32.
Bf7 Kd8 $1 33. Bd5 Kc7 34. Ne2 b6 35. c3 $6 $138 (35. c4 $14) 35... Kd6 36. Kc2
$4 $138 (36. Bb7 Bb5) (36. Bc4 Bc6 37. Bd3 b5 $14) 36... Bxf5 $11 37. Bb7 Bg6
38. Ng3 Bf4 39. Nf5+ Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2120]} 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Nf6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7.
Bd3 Nbd7 8. Re1 Be7 9. e4 cxd4 10. e5 Nd5 11. Bc4 Nc5 12. Nxd4 O-O 13. b3 (13.
a3 b5 14. Nc6 Qc7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nd4 Ne6 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Qg4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4
Bc5 20. Qf4 Rfe8 21. Bd2 d4 22. Ne4 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Rac1
Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Bd5 27. Rc7 Bc4 {Gelfand,B-Salov,V/Dos Hermanas 1995/CBM 47/1/
2-1/2 (42)}) 13... Nb6 $146 (13... Qd7 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15. Nc3 Qd8 16. Be3 Qa5
17. Qc2 Nd7 18. Bf4 Rd8 19. a3 Qc5 20. Red1 Nf8 21. Qd2 b5 22. Ne4 Qd5 23. Bg5
Ng6 24. Bxe7 Nxe7 25. Qg5 Ng6 26. Nc3 h6 27. Qxg6 fxg6 28. Nxd5 {Gelfand,
B-Lautier,J/Belgrade Invest 1995/CBM 51/[Gelfand]/1-0 (82)}) 14. Bf1 Qd7 {
[%cal Yf8d8,Yb6d5,Yb7b5]} 15. Bb2 (15. Qg4 $2 {[%cal Gc1h6]} f5 $1 16. exf6
Bxf6 17. Bb2 Rd8 $17) 15... Nd5 16. Nd2 b5 17. Rc1 (17. Qg4 $5 Bb7 18. N2f3
Rac8 19. h4 $36) 17... Bb7 18. Qg4 Rac8 19. N2f3 Qd8 {[%cal Yd8b6]} 20. h4 Qb6
21. a3 {[%csl Gd3,Ge4][%cal Gb3b4,Gf1d3,Gd3h7,Gg4e4] /\22.b4,getting important
for attack squares d3,e4.} (21. h5 Rfd8 (21... h6 {[%cal Yc5d3,Yd5c3,Yd5e3] It
is difficult to say how white can improve their attack,because good placed
knights of black controll important squares c3,d3,e3.}) 22. h6 g6) 21... b4 {
[%csl Rc4]} (21... Rfd8 22. b4 Na4 23. Ba1 Nac3 24. Bd3 h6 $36 {[%cal Ya6a5]})
22. axb4 (22. a4 {[%cal Gf1c4]}) 22... Nxb4 {[%cal Yb4d3]} 23. Rcd1 $2 (23.
Red1 Bd5 {[%csl Rb3]} (23... Bxf3 $5 24. gxf3 $13 {[%cal Gf1c4]} (24. Nxf3 Nxb3
) (24. Qxf3 Bxh4)) 24. Bc4 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Ncd3 $36) 23... Nc2 $1 {[%csl Rb3]}
24. Nxc2 (24. Re2 Nxd4 (24... Bxf3 25. Qxf3 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 Qxb3 (26... Bxh4 27.
Rc2 $44) 27. Re3 Qb4 28. Qg4 {[%cal Ge3g3]}) 25. Nxd4 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 Qxb3 27.
Rd7 Rfe8 $17) 24... Qxb3 25. Nfd4 (25. Ba3 Qxc2 26. Nd4 Qa2 (26... Qc3 27. Re3
Qa5 28. Rg3 g6 29. h5 $132) (26... Qg6 27. Qxg6 hxg6 28. Rb1 Rc7 29. Rec1 $132)
27. Ra1 Qd5 28. Rad1 Rfd8 $17) 25... Qxb2 $19 26. Ne3 {[%cal Ge3f5]} f5 $1 {
This move stops counterplay of white.} 27. exf6 Rxf6 {[%cal Yb2f2]} 28. Re2 Qa3
29. h5 Rcf8 30. Rc2 Kh8 (30... Rf4 $5 31. Qh3 Rh4 32. Qg3 Bf6 $19) 31. Nc4 Qa4
32. Qg3 Rf4 $1 {[%cal Ye7h4]} 33. h6 gxh6 34. Nb6 Qb4 35. Nd7 Bh4 36. Qe3 Re4
$2 (36... Nxd7 37. Nxe6 Re4 $19 38. Qxh6 Rf7 $19) 37. Qxh6 (37. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 38.
Qxc5 $17) 37... Nxd7 38. Nxe6 {Time} (38. Nf5 Rf7 39. Nd6 Rf6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 f5 14. O-O O-O
15. Qf3 bxc4 16. Nxc4 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. Rfd1 Bxd5 20. Nb6 Rad8 21.
Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Bxa6 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxb2 24. Rd5 Qf6 25. Bc4 Rd8 26. Rxd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qa4+
Qxa4 8. Nxa4 Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 $5 $146 (9... Na6 {Ftacnik} 10. cxd5 Nxc5 11. Nf3
O-O 12. Rd1 Rfd8 13. Be5 Na4 14. Nxa4 Bxa4 15. Rd4 Bc2 16. Bc4 a6 17. Ke2 b5
18. Rc1 Be4 19. Bb3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21. Rcd1 e6 22. e4 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Nf4+
24. Kf3 Rxd4 25. Rxd4 {1-0 Andruet,G-Bernard,C/FRA-ch Epinal 1986/(42)}) 10.
Nxd5 (10. Nge2 Nxc5 $5 (10... Na6 11. cxd5 Naxc5 12. Rd1 $1 (12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13.
Nd4 (13. f3 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Nc5) 13... Rc8 14. Rd1 (14. f3 Bxd4 15. exd4 Nf6 16.
Be5 Rc2 $13) 14... Bxd4 (14... Ba4 $5 15. b3 Bd7 $13 {/\ Nc3}) 15. Rxd4 Rc1+
16. Ke2 f5 (16... Bb5+ 17. Kf3 Bxf1 18. Rxe4 Be2+ 19. Kxe2 Rxh1 20. d6 e6 21.
Rc4 $18) 17. Rb4 Rc2+ 18. Kd1 Rc5 $13) (12. Nd4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 $44) 12...
Rc8 13. Nxe4 Nxe4 14. f3 Nc5 15. b3 $16) 11. Nxd5 Nd3+ 12. Kd2 Nxf2 13. Nc7+
Kd8 14. Nxa8 e5 15. Bg5+ f6 $13 {xNa8}) (10. Nxe4 {Ftacnik} dxe4 11. O-O-O Na6
$11) 10... Na6 11. f3 (11. Rb1 $5 Bf5 $1 $13) (11. Nf3 {Ftacnik} e6 12. Nc7+
Nxc7 13. Bxc7 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Bc3+ 15. Ke2 Nxc5 $13) 11... Nexc5 12. O-O-O (12.
Rb1 $5 e6 (12... Rc8 13. Bg5 $1 f6 14. Bh4 g5 15. Bg3 e6 16. Nc3 Nb4 (16... f5
17. Rd1 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. b3 Bc6 20. Bd6 $16) 17. Rd1 f5 18. Rd2 $1 $14)
13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Na4 $1 $13) (12. Bg5 Bxb2 13. Rb1 f6 $11) (12. Nc3 {
Ftacnik} Nb4 13. O-O-O Rd8 (13... Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxa2+ 15. Kb2 Na4+ 16. Kb3
N4xc3 17. Ra1 Ba4+ 18. Ka3 f6 $13) 14. Nd5 Nxa2+ 15. Kb1 Nb4 16. Nc7+ (16. Nxb4
Bf5+ $17) 16... Kf8 17. e4 $11) 12... e6 (12... Rc8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Be1 $16) 13. Nc7+ {Ftacnik: In the future white will rather have to try the
modest retreat, since now black gets hot counterplay. Ftacnik: Weiss soll im
Zukunft lieber den bescheidene Rueckzug 13.Nc3 versuchen, jetzt erhaelt
Schwarz heißes Gegenspeil.} (13. Nc3 Bxc3 (13... Rc8 14. e4 $1 Bxc3 15. bxc3 f6
16. e5 $16) 14. bxc3 f6 $44 {/\ e5, Be6, Rc8; xc3,c4} (14... f6 {Ftacnik} 15.
Ne2 Rc8 $14)) 13... Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Bd6 (15. Bg3 {Ftacnik} b5 16. cxb5
Na4+ 17. Kd2 Bxb2 $11) 15... b5 $1 16. b3 $8 (16. Bxc5 {Ftacnik} Rxc5 17. b4
Rc7 18. c5 Bc3 19. a3 a5 20. Kc2 (20. Rxd7 Kxd7 21. Bxb5+ Ke7 $17) 20... axb4
21. Kb3 Rxc5 22. axb4 Rc7 23. Ne2 Bf6 $11) (16. cxb5 $2 {Ftacnik} Ne4+ 17. Kb1
Nf2 $19) 16... bxc4 17. Bxc4 (17. bxc4 {Ftacnik} Nb7 18. Ba3 Bb5 $15) 17... Na4
$1 18. Rd2 $8 (18. bxa4 {Ftacnik} Rxc4+ 19. Kd2 Bxa4 $17) (18. Kd2 {Ftacnik}
Bc3+ 19. Ke2 Nb2 20. Rc1 Nxc4 21. bxc4 Rxc4 22. Kd3 Bb5 23. a4 Ba6 24. Rxc3
Rc6+ 25. Kc2 Rxd6 26. Nh3 $11) 18... Bb5 19. Rc2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 (20. Rxc4 {
Ftacnik} Rxc4+ 21. bxc4 Kd7 22. Bg3 Rc8 $15) 20... Kd7 21. c5 (21. Ba3 Rc6 22.
Ne2 Rhc8 23. Rd1+ Ke8 $11) 21... Rc6 $1 22. Ne2 (22. Ne2 Nxc5 $1 23. Rd1 $1 (
23. Bxc5 Rhc8 24. Rd1+ Ke8 25. Kd2 Rxc5 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 $15) 23... Rxd6 24. Rxc5
$11 {/\ Ra5}) (22. Rd2 {Ftacnik} Kc8 23. Rc2 Kb7 24. Ne2 Nxc5) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shaked, Tal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C19"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Nf3 Ne7 8. h4
Bd7 9. h5 h6 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. O-O Nd7 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. Be3 Kb8 14. dxc5 Nxc5
15. Rb4 Bd7 16. Nd4 Ka8 17. Qg4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Rhg8 19. Rfb1 b6 20. a4 f5 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. Qf3 f5 23. a5 bxa5 24. Rb7 Qxb7 25. Rxb7 Kxb7 26. Nb3 Rg4 27.
Nxa5+ Ka8 28. Bxh6 Rb8 29. g3 Rb5 30. Bf8 Rxa5 31. Bxe7 Be8 32. h6 Bg6 33. Qe3
Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Ra6 35. Qc5 Kb7 36. Bd8 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Lukin} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6
7. Nb3 Qc7 8. f4 d6 $5 (8... Bb7 9. O-O Nf6 (9... d6 10. Qe2 Nd7 11. Bd2 Ngf6
12. a3 Be7 13. Rae1 e5 14. h3 O-O 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Rf3 Bc6 17. g4 Rae8 18.
Ref1 Nb6 {Wang Zili-Yakovich,Y/ST Lee Cup 4th 1997/0-1 (46)}) 10. e5 b4 (10...
Nd5 11. Ne4 $14) 11. Ne2 (11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qe1 gxf6 13. bxc3 Rg8 $132) 11...
Nd5 (11... Qc6 12. Rf3) 12. Ng3 Be7 (12... Qb6+ $6 13. Kh1 Ne3 14. Bxe3 Qxe3
15. Nh5 $16) (12... d6 $5 13. Qe2 {/\ f5}) 13. Qe2 $14 {/\ 14.f5} g6 14. Ne4 (
14. Kh1 d6 $11) 14... Nc6 15. Kh1 a5 16. c4 bxc3 17. bxc3 f5 $6 (17... a4 $142)
18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Rb1 $2 (19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. f5 $1 gxf5 21. Rxf5 Be7 (21...
Bxc3 22. Bg5 $18) 22. Qh5+ Kd8 23. Bf4 $16) 19... Nxe4 20. Bxe4 Ba6 21. Bd3
Bxd3 22. Qxd3 O-O 23. Be3 Rab8 (23... Rf5 $5) 24. Nc5 $1 Rxb1 (24... Bxc5 25.
Bxc5 Rxf4 26. Bd6 $16) 25. Rxb1 Ne5 $1 $11 26. fxe5 Bxc5 27. Bxc5 (27. Qc4 Rc8
$15) 27... Qxc5 $11 28. Qxd7 Qxe5 29. h3 Qxc3 30. Qxe6+ {1/2:1/2
Lukin-Halifman, Russia (rapid) 1997}) 9. Qf3 Nd7 10. O-O Ngf6 11. Bd2 b4 $5 (
11... Be7 12. Rae1 Bb7 (12... O-O $2 13. e5 $1 Bb7 14. Qh3 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nxe5
16. Rxe5 Qxe5 17. Rxf6 $16) 13. Qh3 $14 (13. Qh3 {Ftacnik} b4 14. Nd1 d5 15. e5
Ne4 16. Be3 g6 17. Nf2 Ndc5 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. Bd4 O-O-O 20. Qe3 Kb8 21. c3 {
0-1 Hartman,C-Kengis,E/Karsten Kold op 1997 (40)})) (11... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 12. a4
b4 13. Nd1 Nc5 14. Nf2 $14) 12. Nd1 Bb7 13. Nf2 (13. Bxb4 $2 Qb6+) (13. Ne3 a5
$13) 13... a5 14. c3 $6 (14. g4 $5 Nb6 (14... h6 15. c3 $1 $14) (14... Nc5 15.
Bb5+ (15. Nxc5 Qxc5 16. Be3 Qc6 17. g5 Nd7 $13 18. Bd4 $6 e5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20.
Be3 Bc5 $11) 15... Bc6 (15... Nfd7 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxd7+ Kxd7 18. c3 $16) 16.
e5 (16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. g5 Nfd7 18. Nd4 Qb7 $13) 16... Nd5 17. Bxc6+ Qxc6 $13)
15. g5 Nfd7 $13) (14. a3 $5 {Ftacnik} a4 (14... d5 15. axb4 Bxb4 16. Bxb4 axb4
17. e5 $16) (14... bxa3 15. Rxa3 a4 16. Rfa1 Nb6 17. Bb5+ $16) 15. Nd4 bxa3 16.
Nb5 Qc6 $14) 14... bxc3 15. Bxc3 Be7 16. Rac1 Qb6 $1 17. g4 $6 (17. Bd4 Qd8 $13
{/\ 18...e5, 18...a4} (17... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 18. Rc4 a4 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Be5 O-O
$14)) 17... a4 18. Bd4 (18. Nd4 Nc5 19. Bb5+ Nfd7 $13 20. b4 $6 axb3 21. axb3
Bf6 22. b4 $2 Nxe4 $1 $17) 18... Qd8 (18... Nc5 {Ftacnik} 19. Nxc5 dxc5 20. Bc3
O-O 21. g5 Nd7 $14) 19. Nd2 O-O 20. g5 Ne8 21. h4 (21. Qh5 $5 e5 22. Ng4 exd4
23. Rf3 g6 24. Qh6 f6 25. f5 (25. Rh3 Rf7 26. f5 (26. Bc4 d5 27. exd5 Nd6)
26... fxg5 27. fxg6 Rg7 28. Bc4+ d5 29. Bxd5+ Bxd5 30. gxh7+ Kh8 31. exd5 Nf8
$17) 25... Rf7 26. fxg6 Rg7 27. gxh7+ Kh8 28. g6 Ne5 $17) (21. Ng4 {Ftacnik} e5
22. Be3 exf4 23. Qxf4 Nc5 24. Bc4 Ne6 $15) 21... e5 22. Bc3 (22. fxe5 dxe5 (
22... Nxe5 {Ftacnik} 23. Qg3 f6 $132) 23. Be3 f5 $1 $36) 22... exf4 23. Qxf4
Ne5 $1 24. Bxe5 {The win of this pawn was clearly very risky, but black was
already threatening with the unpleasant opening of the position with f6.
Dieser Bauerngewinn war offensichlich sehr riskant, aber mit f6 hat schwarz
schon mit unangenehme Stellungsoffnung gedroht.} (24. Nf3 {Ftacnik} f6 $1 $15)
24... dxe5 25. Qxe5 Bd6 26. Qf5 (26. Qb5 Rb8 (26... Bf4 $6 27. Qxb7 Bxd2 28.
Rc2 Be3 29. Qd5) 27. Qxa4 $2 (27. e5 {Ftacnik} Be7 28. Qxa4 Bxg5 $17) 27... Bg3
$17) 26... g6 27. Qf3 (27. Qh3 Be5 $44) (27. Qg4 $5 {Ftacnik} Be5 28. Nc4 Bd4
29. Rcd1 f6 $15) 27... Be5 28. Nc4 (28. Ng4 $142 $5 Bd4+ (28... Bxb2 29. Qxf7+
$1 $18) (28... Bg7 $5) 29. Kh2 f5 30. Nh6+ Kh8 $44) 28... Bd4 29. Rcd1 $2 (29.
Ne3 Nd6 $1 $36 (29... f5 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. Bd5 $14)) (29. Qg3 {Ftacnik} f6 $132)
29... f5 $1 $17 30. Be2 (30. Qe2 Qc7 31. Kg2 Ng7 $1 $17 {/\ Nh5}) (30. gxf6 {
Ftacnik} Nxf6 31. Qe2 Nh5 32. Qg4 Bc8 33. Qg5 Bh3 $17) 30... fxe4 31. Qg3 Ng7
$1 32. Qd6 (32. Nd6 Nf5 33. Nxf5 (33. Bc4+ {Ftacnik} Kh8 34. Qh2 Nxh4 35. Nxb7
Nf3+ 36. Kh1 Qc8 37. Qg3 Qxb7 $17) 33... Rxf5 $17) 32... Nf5 33. Qe6+ (33. Qxd8
{Ftacnik} Raxd8 34. Na5 Bd5 $19) 33... Kh8 34. Nd6 Qc7 $1 $19 (34... Qxd6 {
Ftacnik} 35. Qxd6 Nxd6 36. Rxd4 Nf5 37. Rd7 $13) 35. Nxf5 (35. Rxd4 {Ftacnik}
Nxd4 36. Qe5+ Qg7 $19) (35. Bg4 {Ftacnik} Rae8 $1 36. Nxe8 Qg3+ 37. Kh1 e3+ 38.
Ne4 Qxh4+ 39. Kg2 Qxg4+ 40. Kh2 e2 $19) 35... Rxf5 (35... Rxf5 36. Rxd4 Qg3+
37. Kh1 e3+ 38. Ne4 (38. Re4 {Ftacnik} exf2 $19) 38... Qh3+ 39. Kg1 Rxf1+ 40.
Bxf1 Qxe6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2820"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{When I was preparing for the tournament at home, the only things I looked at
were two possible black games- vs. Kasparov and Kramnik. None happened, which
is one of the reasons of my success. When thinking about the white game vs
Kasparov at home, I simply told myself that Najdorf 6.Be3 Ng4 cannot be all
that bad for White. But two rounds before me Alexei Shirov ran into 6...e5 and
didn't really pass the opening stage, so I shelved the idea and decided to go
for something not so optimistic.} 1. e4 {Winants Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3
Nf6 4. Be2 {Winants: Peter Svidler qui souhaitait probablement éviter un débat
théorique, sur le thème des grandes variantes de la défense sicilienne,
choisit ici un système peu connu, mais néanmoins très dangereux.  L'intérêt du
dispositif, réside dans son élasticité. D'abord, il faut envisager la
formation d'une phalange de pions au centre de l'échiquier, ensuite, songer au
développement pianissimo du début italien (d3 suivi éventuellement de 0-0, Re1,
Nbd2) et finalement, tenir compte de l'attaque Rossolimo en différé avec
l'échec sur b5.} Nbd7 {La réponse habituelle. D'autres possibilités seraient:}
({I.} 4... Nxe4 $4 {Winants Une bourde} 5. Qa4+ {[%csl Re4,Re8] Gagnant le
Cavalier}) ({II.} 4... Nc6 {Winants naturel mais maladroit!} 5. d4 $1 {Un
gambit prometteur imaginé par Michael Basman.} cxd4 6. cxd4 Nxe4 7. d5 Qa5+ 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Qxc3+ 11. Bd2 Qxe5 12. O-O {avec d'excellentes
compensations pour les pions sacrifiés, Basman,M-Stean,M Hastings 1973}) ({III.
} 4... g6 {Winants également très courant} 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ $1 {Une idée du
grand-maître Philippin Eugenio Torre, que l'on retrouve dans les parties de
Michael Adams.} ({moins bien serait} 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bf1 Nc6 8. h3 e5 {
Gentilleau-Shirov Oviedo 1992}) 6... Bd7 ({Si} 6... Nbd7 7. Re1 a6 8. Bf1 {
suivi de d4, Adams,M-Van Wely,L Wijk aan zee 1996}) ({ou} 6... Nc6 7. d4 {
Adams,M-Ivanchuk,V Wijk aan zee 1996 et aussi Adams,M-Lalic,B Erevan (ol) 1996}
) 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8. Re1 O-O 9. d4 Na6 10. d5 c4 11. Nbd2 Nc5 12. Nxc4 Ncxe4 13.
a4 $14 {Adams,M-Anand,V Dortmund (9) 1996}) 5. d3 {As Kasparov's second Yuri
Dokhoian said in the press-centre around this moment, 'If we start analysing
c3&d3 Sicilians we won't get anything serious done'. My point exactly.} b6 6.
O-O Bb7 7. Nbd2 g6 {Il est possible que Kasparov se soit laissé influencer par
l'aspect tranquille du développement adverse et qu'il n'ait pas pris
l'ouverture des Blancs suffisamment au sérieux, pour l'étudier avec toute
l'attention requise. Cela expliquerait sans doute la mobilisation optimiste
des Fous en fianchetto, mais aussi et surtout, "l'oubli" du Roi au centre de
l'échiquier. Peu importe la raison pourtant, car elle plaide pour cette
remarquable intuition de Svidler, qui est parvenu а déceler un point faible
dans l'incroyable arsenal théorique du champion du monde, jusqu'à le faire
vaciller, dès la première tentative. Bien d'autres champions s'y étaient
essayés avant lui, mais s'y étaient plus d'une fois cassés les dents.} ({
Plus prudent était donc} 7... e6 {Winants} 8. Re1 Be7 9. Bf1 Ne5 {, comme dans
la partie Spragett,K-Petursson,M disputée aux olympiades d'Erevan.}) 8. d4 $5 {
Voilà! Les Blancs passent а la vitesse supérieure.  La menace est double: soit,
le coup stratégique d5, gagnant du terrain et enfermant le Fb7 pour de bon,
soit le coup de bélier, e5-e6, dispersant les pions ennemis et ouvrant la voie
au Nf3 (Ng5-e6).  Autrement dit, les Noirs éprouvent déjà certaines
difficultés et ceci nous laisse supposer que Kasparov rejouera а l'avenir les
parties du championnat intercercles français, où Jean-Luc Seret et Jean-Marc
Degraeve avaient déjà essayé ce gambit bien avant son adversaire!} (8. Re1 {
Ftacnik} Bg7 9. Bf1 Ne5 (9... O-O 10. d4 e5 (10... e6 11. a4 a6 12. b4 Qc7 13.
Bb2 Rad8 14. Qb1 Rfe8 15. Qa2 Qb8 16. Rad1 Qa8 17. Qb1 Bf8 18. Ba1 Bg7 19. Bb2
{1-0 Georgiev,K-Ftacnik,L/Praha (zt) 39/224 1985 (41)}) 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
dxe5 13. Qc2 Qc7 14. a4 Bh6 15. f3 Rfd8 16. Nc4 Bxc1 17. Qxc1 Ba6 18. Qg5 Bxc4
19. Bxc4 Kg7 20. Rad1 h6 21. Qg3 Nh5 22. Qh4 Rd6 {1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Ginting,N/
Asia zt 1990 (53)}) 10. d4 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 O-O 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Nb3 d5 14. dxc5
bxc5 15. exd5 Ne5 16. Qe2 Qxd5 17. Be4 Qxe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 f5 20. Re2
Nd3 21. Na5 e5 22. f3 e4 23. fxe4 Rae8 {1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Ftacnik,L/Biel/1988/ 
(29)}) 8... cxd4 (8... Qc7 {was Black's reaction to 8.d4 in the stem game, and
it is not a good one. After} 9. e5 $1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Ng4 (10... Nxe5 11. Nxe5
Qxe5 12. Bb5+ Nd7 13. Nf3 Qd5 14. Qxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd7+ $1 Kxd7 16. Rd1 $18) 11.
e6 ({The game continued} 11. Qa4 h5 12. h3 Bc6 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 a6 15. Qa4
Ngxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Qc6 Rd8 18. Nf3 Qd6 19. Qb7 Nb8 20. Bf4 Qxf4 21. Rad1
Nd7 22. Rxd7 {1/2-1/2 Seret,JL-Pinter, France 1992}) 11... fxe6 12. Bc4 Bd5 (
12... e5 13. Ng5) 13. Qa4 {White is better in all the lines:} Ngf6 (13... h5
14. h3 Ngf6 (14... Bg7 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. hxg4 b5 17. Qa6 $1 $18) 15. Ng5) 14.
Ng5 Qf4 15. Nde4 Qf5 (15... Qe5 16. f4 Qf5 17. Ng3 Qg4 18. Be2 Qh4 19. c4 h6
20. cxd5 hxg5 21. dxe6 Qxh2+ 22. Kf2 $18) 16. Re1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxc4 (17...
Bxe4 18. Bb5 $16) 18. Qxc4 Bg7 19. Ng5 Qd5 20. Qa4 e5 21. Rd1 $16) 9. cxd4 Nxe4
$6 {The most principal answer, but White seems to be doing OK after it.} (9...
Bxe4 {is another way to capture the pawn, and White must play very
aggressively to prove the compensation.} 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. d5 $5 Bg7 12. Nd4
O-O (12... Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nef6 14. Bh6 $44) 13. Nc6 Qe8 14. Re1 {Although the
position does not look clear, the variations show that White has the upper
hand.} Ne5 (14... f5 15. f3 Nec5 16. Bb5 Bf6 17. b4 $1 Bxa1 (17... a6 18. Nxe7+
Bxe7 19. bxc5 bxc5 20. Bc6 Ra7 21. Qe2) 18. bxc5 Be5 19. cxd6 exd6 (19... Bxd6
20. Nxe7+ Bxe7 21. d6) 20. f4 a6 21. Bf1 $16) 15. Bb5 (15. Bf3 Nc5 16. Bg5 Nxc6
17. dxc6 Ne6 $15) 15... a6 (15... f5 16. Nxa7 Qf7 17. Nc6 $14) 16. Nxe5 (16.
Ba4 b5 (16... Nc5 17. f4 $1 Nxa4 18. fxe5 Nc5 19. Bg5 $5 (19. exd6 e5 20. b4
Nb7 21. Be3 Nxd6 22. Bxb6 $13) 19... e6 (19... f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6
22. Rxe7 Qc8 23. b4 $16) 20. Be7 $16) 17. Rxe4 bxa4 (17... Nxc6 18. dxc6 bxa4
19. Qxa4 d5 20. Re2 Rc8 21. Rc2 $14) 18. Qxa4 e6 $1 $15) 16... Qxb5 17. Nc6 Nf6
18. a4 Qc4 19. b3 Qh4 (19... Qc3 20. Ba3 $16) 20. Nxe7+ Kh8 21. Bb2 Rae8 22.
Rc1 $14) (9... Bg7 {was also played before. After the dubious} 10. e5 $5 {
deserves serious attention.} (10. d5 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Bf1 e6 13. dxe6 Nxe6
14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Qc7 16. Ndf3 Rad8 17. Qa4 {White was able to equalize in
Degraeve-Nepomnishay, St.Petersburg 1996}) (10. Bd3 {is too modest:} O-O 11. b4
e5 (11... a5 $5) 12. Bb2 d5 $11) 10... dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ne4 $1
(13. Ng5 Nc7 14. Bc4 Bd5 15. Re1 Nc5 $15) 13... Nc7 $1 (13... O-O 14. Nfg5 Nc7
15. Nxe6 $1 Nxe6 16. Qb3 $14) 14. Qa4 b5 (14... O-O 15. Rd1 Bd5 16. Nc3 $44)
15. Qc2 O-O 16. Rd1 Rc8 17. Bd3 Nd5 18. Qe2 $44) 10. Nxe4 Bxe4 11. Ng5 {
L'assaut est lancé selon les principes de l'ère romantique. Le pion f7,
extrêmement vulnérable, puisqu'il n'est protégé que par le Roi, se trouve déjà
en point de mire.} d5 $8 {This is actually the only move, which proves that
Black probably shouldn't have accepted the pawn sac. Erigeant des barricades
sur les cases blanches.} (11... Bb7 $2 {loses to} 12. Bc4 e6 (12... d5 13. Qf3
$18) 13. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 14. Nxe6 Qh4 {is the most stubborn, but it doesn not
save the game:} (14... Qe7 15. Re1 $18) (14... Qc8 15. Re1 (15. Bg5) 15... Kf7
(15... Be7 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5+ Kf8 18. Rc1 (18. Qb3 $18) 18... Qb8 19. Qg4
$18) 16. Qb3 d5 17. Qf3+ Nf6 (17... Kg8 18. Ng5 $18) 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Rac1 Bc6 {
and now White wins by a very peculiar-looking move} 20. Ng7 $1 Rf8 (20... Qd7
21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Re6 $18) 21. Re6 Qd8 22. Rcxc6 Kxg7 23. Qe3 $1 $18 (23. Qe3 {
Winants} Rf7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxe7 Rxe7 26. Bxf6+ Kf7 27. Bxe7 Kxe7 28. Rc7+))
15. Re1 (15. Bg5 $6 Qe4 16. Nc7+ Kf7 17. Qb3+ d5 18. Rae1 Qf5 19. Nxa8 Qxg5 20.
Nc7 Bd6 $15) 15... Be7 (15... Kf7 16. Bg5 Qh5 17. Qb3 d5 18. h3 $3 {(there's
no defense against 19.g4)} h6 19. g4 Qxg5 20. Nxg5+ hxg5 21. Qe3 $18) {but} 16.
Bg5 $1 {wins very beautifully:} ({and now} 16. Qb3 Qg4 (16... h6 $5) 17. f3
Bxf3 (17... Qh4 18. Bg5 $18) 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Kf7 $11) 16... Bxg5 17. g3
$3 Qh6 $8 18. Nxg5+ Kf8 19. Qd2 $1 Kg8 20. Re7 Bc6 21. Ne6 $1 $18) (11... Bd5 {
was played in Degraeve-Bacrot, France 1996. After} 12. Bf3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nf6
14. Qc6+ Nd7 {The game went on} 15. Qd5 (15. Re1 {gives nothing:} Bg7 (15...
Rc8 16. Qf3 $18) 16. Qxd6 Rc8 17. Qa3 (17. Bd2 Ne5 $1 $15) 17... Bxd4 18. Nf3
Bf6 19. Qxa7 Nc5 20. Qa3 O-O $13) 15... e6 {, and here Degraeve missed a very
difficult but beautiful victory:} 16. Nxe6 $1 (16. Qf3 Nf6 17. Qc6+ Nd7 18. Qf3
Nf6 19. Qc6+ Nd7 20. Qf3 {1/2-1/2 Degraeve-Bacrot, France 1996}) (16. Re1 $1
Nf6 (16... Be7 17. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 {et maintenant:} 18. Rxe6 $2 Nf6 19. Rxe7+ Qxe7
$1 (19... Kxe7 $2 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Re1+ Kd7 22. Qb5+ Kc7 23. Rc1+ Kb7 (23... Kb8
24. Bxf6) 24. Qc6+ Ka6 25. b4 $1 {Degraeve} Rc8 26. b5+ Ka5 27. Bd2+ Ka4 28.
Rc4+ Ka3 29. Qf3+ Kxa2 30. Ra4+ Kb2 31. Rb4+ Kc2 32. Rb3 $1 $18) 20. Qxa8+ Kf7
{et les Noirs gagnent (Degraeve).}) 17. Qc6+ Nd7 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20.
Rxe6+ Kf7 21. Rxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxa8 $16) 16... fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Be7 {is better.
Two of three possible continuations lead nowhere.} (17... Qe7 18. Qd5 Rb8 $1 (
18... O-O-O 19. Bg5 $18) (18... Rc8 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Qf3 Kf7 21. Rfe1 Qd8 22.
Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Qd5+ Kg7 24. Qb7+ $18) (18... Rd8 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Qf3 Kf7 21.
Rfe1 $18) 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Qb3 $1 (20. Qf3 Kf7 21. Rfe1 Qd8 22. Rac1 Bg7 $17)
20... Qf7 (20... Qg7 21. Rfe1+ Be7 22. Re6 $16) 21. Rfe1+ Be7 22. Re6 $1 O-O (
22... Kf8 23. Bh6+ Ke8 24. Rae1 Ng8 25. Bg5 Rb7 26. Qd5 $18) 23. Rxe7 Qxb3 24.
axb3 $16) 18. Bg5 $1 {wins by some very difficult tactics:} (18. Re1 $2 {
/\19.Bg5} Rf8 {forcé:} (18... Nf8 19. Qf6 $18) 19. Bg5 Rf7 20. Re3 (20. Qxd6 {
/\ 21.Re6 et 22.Rae1} Rc8 (20... Kf8 21. Rxe7 Rxe7 22. Re1) ({ou} 20... Nf6 21.
Rxe7+ $1 Qxe7 22. Qc6+) 21. Re2 (21. Kf1 $3 {[%csl Ge1,Re7][%cal Ya1e1]
Winants La clé!} Rc2 (21... Nf8 22. Bxe7 Rxe7 23. Rxe7+ Qxe7 24. Re1) 22. f3 $1
(22. Rxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bxe7 Rfxf2+ 24. Kg1 Rxg2+ 25. Kh1 Rxh2+ 26. Qxh2 Rxh2+ 27.
Kxh2 Kxe7) 22... Nf6 23. Rxe7+ Rxe7 24. Qxd8+ Kxd8 25. Bxf6 Kd7 26. Bxe7 Kxe7
27. Re1+ Kd6 28. Re2 {[%csl Gd4,Gf3] avec deux pions de plus.}) (21. Re6 Nf6 $1
$13) 21... Nf6 22. Qe6 Kf8 23. Rae1 Bb4 $17) 20... Kf8 21. Bxe7+ Qxe7 22. Qd5
Qd8 23. Qxd6+ Kg8 $19) (18. Bh6 $6 Rc8 19. Rfe1 Rf8 (19... Nf8 20. Qd5 $16) 20.
Bxf8 Nxf8 $15) 18... Kf8 $8 (18... Rf8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Qd5 $18) (18... Nf8
19. Qe4 Rc8 (19... d5 20. Qe5 Qd6 21. Rfe1 $18) 20. Rfe1 (20. Rac1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 {may be objectively better, but the position after 21...Rd7 is very
interesting in itself.}) 20... Rc7 21. Rac1 Rd7 $1 {Now all the normal moves
do not succeed:} (21... Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Kf7 (22... Rg8 23. Rc8 $18) (22... d5 23.
Qe5 Qd6 24. Re1 $18) 23. Qf3+ Kg8 24. Qd5+ Kg7 25. Qb7 Nd7 26. Rc7 $18) 22. Qf3
$1 {is winning, although I admit I could not find it without Fritz.} (22. Rc8
Qxc8 23. Qxe7+ Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Kd8 $11) (22. Bf6 Kf7 $3 (22... d5 23. Qf4 Rg8
24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Qg5+ Ke8 27. Qe5+ Kf7 28. Rc7+ Nd7 29. Qxd5+
$18) 23. Bxh8 Kg8 $13) (22. Rc3 h6 23. Qc2 (23. Qh4 Rh7) (23. Bf6 Rh7 24. Qc2
Kf7 25. Rc8 Bxf6 26. Rxd8 Bxd8) 23... hxg5 24. Rc8 Qxc8 25. Qxc8+ Kf7 $13)
22... h6 23. Bxe7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 (24... Kxe7 25. Re1+ Kd7 26. Qb7+ Qc7 27.
Re7+) 25. Rc8+ Kd7 26. Qc6+ Ke6 27. Re8 $18) 19. Bh6+ Ke8 20. Rfe1 (20. Bg5 $11
) 20... Rf8 $8 21. Bxf8 Nxf8 22. Qd5 Rc8 23. Re3 Rc7 24. Rae1 $16) 12. Bb5 {
Vers e8!} (12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. f3 e3 (13... exf3 14. Bxf3 Rc8 (14... Rb8 15. Bf4
Rc8 16. Bb7 Rc4 17. Bd5 $18) 15. Bb7 Rc7 16. Qf3 f6 17. Bc6 $40) 14. Bxe3 Bg7
15. Qd2 O-O 16. d5 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Ne8 18. Rac1 (18. Bb5 Nd6 19. Bc6 Nc4 20. Qe2
Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Rc8 $11) 18... Nd6 $13) 12... Bg7 (12... a6 {is bad:} 13. Bc6 (
13. f3 Bf5) 13... Ra7 (13... Rc8 14. Qa4 (14. Bb7 {Ftacnik} Rc7 15. Bxa6 $14)
14... Bf5 15. Bxd5 e6 16. Bb7 Rc7 (16... Rxc1 17. Raxc1 Qxg5 18. Rc8+ Ke7 19.
Bc6 b5 20. Qxa6 $18) 17. Bxa6 Rxc1 18. Raxc1 Qxg5 19. Rc7 e5 20. f4 $18) 14. f3
Bf5 15. g4 (15. Bxd5 e6 16. Bb3 Be7) 15... h6 (15... Qc7 16. Bxd5 e6 17. Bb3 h6
18. Nh3 $18) (15... Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qe2 Bg7 18. Qxe6 Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 $18)
16. gxf5 (16. Nxf7 Kxf7 17. gxf5 gxf5 18. Bxd5+ e6 19. Bb3 Nf6 $13) 16... hxg5
17. fxg6 Qc7 18. Qc2 Bg7 19. Bxg5 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 $16) 13. f3 ({I had seen that
after} 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc6 {Black is forced to give up the exchange, but the
position arising after} O-O (14... Rc8 15. Qa4 $16) 15. Bxa8 Qxa8 {didn't look
all that clear to me, thou White is, of coure, a bit better.} 16. Bg5 Nf6 (
16... Qd5 17. Bxe7 Re8 18. Ba3 Bxd4 19. Qe2 $1 Ne5 (19... e3 20. Kh1 $16) 20.
Rad1 $14) 17. Qe2 Qd5 $14) (13. Qa4 {Ftacnik} Bf5 14. Bc6 Rc8 15. Bxd5 O-O 16.
Qxa7 e6 17. Bf3 Bxd4 $15) {Then I realized that 13.f3 leads to some very
interesting and promising positions and decided that I should try and have
some fun. I know that it doesn't sound the way serious and professional
chessplayers are supposed to think during the game, especially if it's a game
against the World Champion, but that's exactly what I thought. And, after all,
it worked.} 13... Bf5 {[#]} 14. g4 {La pointe des coups précédents. Les Blancs
ont pour but d'exploiter le clouage du Cd7.} (14. Bc6 $6 {Ftacnik} Rc8 15. Bxd5
O-O 16. Be4 (16. g4 $6 Bc2) 16... h6 17. Bxf5 gxf5 $15) 14... h6 $8 {Le
moindre mal.} (14... Be6 $2 15. f4 $1 (15. Re1 O-O 16. Rxe6 fxe6 17. Nxe6 Qc8
18. Nxf8 Nxf8 19. Be3 $14) (15. Qe2 $1 {Winants} Bxd4+ 16. Kh1 {L'arrivée de
la Dame en e6 provoquerait une débâcle.} {Un exemple,} Bf6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
Qxe6 {[%csl Rd7,Re8]} d4 19. Re1 {[%csl Rf6] menaçant 20.Qxf6} Bh4 (19... Bg7
20. Bg5) ({ou} 19... Rf8 20. Bh6 Rf7 21. Bc4) 20. Re4 $18) 15... h6 (15... a6
16. f5 Bxf5 17. gxf5 axb5 18. fxg6 $18 (18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Nxf7 Qc7 20. Nxh8 $18
)) 16. f5 (16. Nxe6 {Ftacnik} fxe6 17. Re1 Kf7 18. Be3 $14) 16... Bxf5 17. gxf5
hxg5 18. fxg6 fxg6 (18... O-O 19. Bc6 Nf6 20. gxf7+ Rxf7 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Bxg5
$16) 19. Bxg5 (19. Qd3 $2 Qc7 $1 20. Qxg6+ Kd8 $19) 19... Rh5 20. h4 Qc7 21.
Qg4 Bxd4+ 22. Kh1 $16) 15. gxf5 (15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. gxf5 gxf5 17. Bc6 Rc8 18.
Bxd5+ e6 19. Bb3 Nf6 $13 (19... Rg8 {Ftacnik} 20. Kh1 Nf6 $11)) 15... hxg5 16.
fxg6 a6 $1 {A very important finesse, which allows Black to unpin the knight
on d7 at will.} (16... fxg6 17. Bxg5 $16 (17. Qd3 Qc7 $1 18. Rf2 (18. Qxg6+ Kd8
19. f4 Bxd4+ $15) 18... Kf7 19. Bxg5 Qd6 $14) (17. Bxg5 a6 18. Bc6 Qc7)) {
As I've heard later, Kasparov said that it was obvious to him that I blundered
both 14...h6 and 16...a6. That's not exactly true. I've seen 14...h6 and had
no doubt he will go for it, and as for 16...a6, I was just waiting for him to
make his mind, since it is a well-known fact that a lot of precious time is
wasted during the game on the moves which aren't played. So in some sense I
did blunder 16...a6, but the same applies to the manouevere 22..Rh3 and 23...
R8h4, which I didn't foresee either.} 17. gxf7+ (17. Ba4 $5 {was also possible.
The idea of this move is to prevent Black from activating the second rook.}
fxg6 (17... Qc7 18. Rf2 Rh4 {is not good enough in view of} 19. Be3 $1 fxg6 20.
Rc1) 18. Bxg5 (18. Qd3 Qc7 19. Rf2 Qd6) 18... b5 (18... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 19. Rf2
$14) 19. Bb3 Qb6 20. Bxd5 (20. Be3 Qd6 21. Rf2 Rc8) 20... Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 $13
) (17. Ba4 $5 {Winants}) 17... Kxf7 18. Ba4 {Les Blancs ont rétabli
l'équilibre matériel et ont même obtenu la paire de Fous. Ils pourraient, par
conséquent, chercher а ouvrir le jeu, via f4, ou а dresser une batterie
Dame-Fou sur la diagonale b1-h7 (Fc2, Dd3), pour infiltrer les lignes ennemies
en g6. Pourtant leurs pions sont dispersés (d4, f3 et h2) et l'impression est
donc que les Noirs devraient encore disposer de ressources diverses. L'une des
difficultés consiste ici а définir le rôle du Cd7. On pourrait certainement le
poster en f6, mais il n'y ferait pas grand-chose et gênerait même l'action du
Fg7.} (18. Bc6 Qc7 $17 (18... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 19. Qc2 Bxd4+ 20. Kh1 e6 21. Bxg5
Bxb2 22. Bf4 Qc8 23. Rab1 Bd4 $17)) 18... Rh5 $6 {Appearance does not deceive
in this case- this strange-looking move is in fact quite bad. Une décision
naturelle, mais probablement erronée. Kasparov désirait manifestement protéger
le pion g5 et préparer en même temps le doublement des Tours sur la colonne
-h-, mais ce plan s'est heurté а la solidité du fantassin h2.} (18... Nf6 {
was possible, gaining a tempo compared to the game after} 19. Be3 (19. Bxg5 $2
Qd6 (19... Bh6 {Winants} 20. Bxh6 (20. f4 $6 {[%csl Re4] cédant le contrôle du
point e4} Qd6 {vers h2} 21. Rf2 (21. Qe2 Qb4) 21... Rag8 22. Rg2 Bxg5 23. fxg5
Rxg5 $1 24. Rxg5 Qxh2+ 25. Kf1 Qf4+ {[%csl Rf1,Rg5]}) 20... Rxh6 21. Qd2 Rh4 {
[%csl Rd4,Rf3,Rh2] avec de bonnes contre-chances.}) 20. Qe2 Rag8 $40) 19... Qd6
20. Qd2 Rh3 (20... Rag8 21. Rf2 Nh5 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Yh5f4] suivi de ...Nf4,
résolvant le problème du Cavalier.}) 21. Rf2 Rah8 22. Raf1 {, though I still
prefer White.}) (18... Qc7 $1 {is another very natural move, and it is in fact
the best. After} 19. Rf2 Rh4 20. Be3 (20. f4 g4) 20... Rah8 {White can go on
in a very unclear position after} {or agree on a draw by playing} 21. Rc1 (21.
Qd2 b5 22. Bc2 $5 (22. Bb3 Nb6) {with the idea to meet} 22... Nb6 {with} 23. b3
) 21... Rxh2 22. Rxc7 Rh1+ 23. Kg2 R8h2+ 24. Kg3 Rh3+ 25. Kg4 Rh4+ $11 26. Kxg5
$4 Bf6+ 27. Kf5 e6#) (18... Bf6 {Ftacnik} 19. f4 (19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rf2 b5 21.
Bb3 $14) 19... gxf4 (19... Qc7 $2 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. fxg5 Rag8 22. Kh1 $18) 20.
Bxf4 Rc8 21. Bb3 e6 22. Qd3 Qg8+ $11) 19. Be3 {A good solid move, but White
could also call Black's bluff and play} (19. Bc6 Qh8 20. Qe2 $1 {a move I
underestimated during the game} Bxd4+ 21. Kh1 Rd8 (21... Nf6 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 $14)
22. Bxd5+ Kf8 23. Be6 $1 $16 {, and White is better due to the threats of 24.
Bg4 and 24.f4}) (19. f4 $6 {Ftacnik} g4 $1 (19... Qh8 20. fxg5+ Ke8 21. Be3
Rxh2 22. Qf3 $16) 20. Be3 (20. Bc6 $6 Qh8 21. Be3 Rd8 $15) 20... Nf6 $11) ({
Pas encore} 19. Bc2 $2 {Winants а cause de} Qh8 $1 {[%csl Rd4,Rh2]}) 19... Nf6
20. Qd2 {Un regroupement remarquable. Svidler projette de disposer ses Tours
en g2 et f1 pour mener ensuite une attaque concentrique vers le Roi noir.} Qd6
21. Rf2 (21. Bxg5 $5 {Ftacnik} Rah8 (21... Rg8 22. Kh1 e5 23. dxe5 Qxe5 24. Bf4
Qf5 25. Bc2 $16) 22. Bf4 Bh6 23. Bxd6 Bxd2 24. Be5 b5 $14) 21... Rah8 22. Rg2
$1 {It was a this moment that I realized that my position must be better-
Black has no serious play on the K-side, while White has a wide range of
targets- from g5 to a6.} (22. Bxg5 {Ftacnik} Bh6 $1 23. Bxh6 (23. f4 $2 Ne4 $19
) 23... R5xh6 24. Re1 Rg8+ $132) 22... Rh3 $6 {The beginning of a suicide.
After the normal} (22... Bh6 23. Bc2 Rg8 24. Bd3 $1 {White is clearly better,
but he's not at all winning.}) (22... Nh7 $5 {Ftacnik} 23. f4 (23. Bc2 e5)
23... g4 24. Rxg4 Nf6 25. Rg2 Ne4 26. Qe2 b5 27. Bb3 e6 $14) 23. Rf1 R8h4 $2 {
[#]} (23... Nh7 {Ftacnik} 24. Bc2 e5 25. dxe5 Bxe5 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Bxf4
28. Rxf4+ $16) 24. Bc2 $18 {And suddenly it's all over. There is no defense
against 25.Bf5 or 25.Bxg5 Décisif. Les Blancs menacent de gagner la qualité
via 25.Ff5, alors que toutes leurs pièces sont prêtes pour entamer les
hostilités.} (24. Bxg5 $5 {Ftacnik} Bh6 (24... Nh5 25. Bxh4 Rxh4 26. Qg5 $1
Bxd4+ 27. Kh1 Rxh2+ 28. Rxh2 Ng3+ 29. Kg2 Nxf1 30. Rh7+ $18) 25. Bxh6 (25. f4
Ne4 26. Qe2 Bxg5 27. fxg5+ Kg7 $14) 25... Rxh6 26. Re1 e6 27. Bc2 $16) 24...
Nh5 {Deux variantes pour illustrer le potentiel du Bc2:} (24... e6 25. Bxg5 Bh6
26. Bxh6 (26. f4 {Winants} Rh5 27. Bd1 $18) 26... Rxh6 27. Qg5 Rxh2 28. Qg7+
Ke8 29. Bg6+ Kd8 30. Qxf6+ Kc8 31. f4 $18) (24... g4 {Ftacnik} 25. fxg4 Qe6 26.
Bg5 Rxg4 27. Bf5 $18) (24... Nh7 {Ftacnik} 25. Bf5 $16) 25. Bf5 Nf4 (25... e5 {
Ftacnik} 26. Bxh3 exd4 27. Bxg5 Rxh3 28. Qd3 $18) 26. Bxh3 (26. Bxf4 {was also
good:} Qxf4 27. Qxf4 gxf4 28. Rd2 Bxd4+ 29. Rxd4 Rxh2 $16 {, but I did not
want to trade queens.}) 26... Nxh3+ (26... Nxg2 {Ftacnik} 27. Kxg2 $18) (26...
Rxh3 {Ftacnik} 27. Rxg5 $18) 27. Kh1 {Les dés sont jetés. Il suivit encore:}
Qf6 (27... Bf6 28. Rg4 Rh5 29. f4 $18) (27... e5 {Ftacnik} 28. dxe5 Bxe5 29.
Bxg5 $18) 28. Rg3 $1 (28. Bxg5 {Ftacnik} Nxg5 29. Qxg5 Qxg5 30. Rxg5 Bxd4 $16)
28... Qf5 (28... Nf4 29. Rg4 $18) 29. Bxg5 Nxg5 (29... Rxd4 30. Qg2 Nxg5 31.
Rxg5 Qf6 (31... Qh7 {Winants} 32. Rg1 Bf6 33. Rh5 $1 Qg7 (33... Qxh5 34. Qg8#)
34. Qc2 $1 {[%csl Rg7]} Qf8 35. Rh7+ Ke6 36. Qc6+ Kf5 37. Rh5+ Kf4 38. Qc1+
Kxf3 39. Rg3+ Ke2 40. Re3+ Kf2 41. Qe1#) 32. Rg1 $18) 30. Rxg5 Qh3 {Black
would be able to hope for a serious counterplay, if not for the weakness of
his own king. Schwarz konnte hofen um ein riesiges Gegenspiel, aber sein
eigener Koenig ist zu schwach.} (30... Qf6 {Ftacnik} 31. Rxd5 $18) 31. Rg2 $18
{There's no hope left for Black.} Bf6 (31... Rxd4 $2 {Ftacnik} 32. Rxg7+ Kf8
33. Qg2 $18) (31... Bxd4 {Ftacnik} 32. Qd3 e6 33. Qxa6 $18) 32. Qd3 Rxd4 (32...
e6 {Ftacnik} 33. Qxa6 Bxd4 34. Qb7+ Kf8 35. Rc1 $18) 33. Qg6+ (33. Qxa6 {
Ftacnik} Rb4 34. Qa8 $18) 33... Ke6 34. Qe8 Rc4 (34... Kd6 {Ftacnik} 35. Qb8+
Kc6 36. Qa8+ Kb5 37. a4+ $1 Ka5 38. b4+ Rxb4 39. Qxd5+ $18) 35. Qd8 $1 {
Cutting off the King. Le plus précis. La menace est 36.Te1} Qf5 (35... Rc6 {
Ftacnik} 36. Re1+ Be5 37. f4 $18) 36. Re1+ Be5 (36... Kf7 {Ftacnik} 37. Qg8#)
37. Qb8 {And in view of inevitable 38.Rxe5 Qxe5 39.Rg6 Kf5 40.Rg5 Black
resigned.} (37. Qb8 $1 {Ftacnik} b5 ({Si} 37... Kf6 {Winants} 38. Qh8+ Ke6 39.
Rxe5+ Qxe5 40. Rg6+) 38. Rxe5+ Qxe5 39. Rg6+ Kf5 40. Rg5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
Nd2 g6 9. c4 Ba6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 Nb4 12. Nf3 c5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 d5 15.
O-O Rad8 16. Rfd1 Rfe8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Qc2 d4 19. Re1 Qd7 20. b4 Nxe5 21. b5 Bc8
22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Qd2 Qd6 25. Re1 Be6 26. Qd3 Re8 27. Bc1 Bf5 28.
Qf3 Kg7 29. Bd2 Re6 30. Qd1 Bf6 31. Rxe6 Bxe6 32. Qb3 h5 33. Be4 Qe5 34. Bd3
Bg4 35. Qa4 Be2 36. Qc2 Bf3 37. Bf1 Bg5 38. Qb3 Bxd2 39. Qxf3 Qf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 c6 8. d5 Ng4
9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 c5 11. O-O h5 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Yg6g5,Yh5h4]} (11... Nh6 12.
Ne1 Nd7 13. f3 (13. Rb1 b6 14. a3 g5 15. Bg3 f5 16. exf5 Nxf5 17. Ne4 h6 18.
Nc2 Nf6 19. Bd3 Qe8 20. Ne3 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 h5 22. Qd3 Qf7 23. f3 Nxe3 24. Qxe3
Bh6 25. Be1 Qg7 26. Bd2 Rf6 27. Qd3 g4 28. Bxh6 Qxh6 29. fxg4 Bxg4 30. Rxf6
Qxf6 31. Rf1 Qg7 32. h3 Bd7 33. Qf3 Be8 34. Qf5 Qf7 35. Qg5+ Qg7 36. Qh4 Qh6
37. Rf6 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Rf3 {1-0 Topalov,V-Kramnik,V/Supertorneo Las
Palmas 1996/CBM 57/[Kramnik]}) 13... Nf7 14. Nd3 Bh6 15. Bf2 f5 16. Rb1 Nf6 17.
b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Qa4 Bd2 20. Qc2 Bxc3 21. Qxc3 fxe4 22. Nxc5 dxc5 23.
Bxc5 Re8 24. f4 Qc7 25. Qe3 Ng4 26. Bxg4 Bxg4 27. h3 Be2 28. d6 Qc6 29. d7 Red8
30. Rf2 Bxc4 31. fxe5 Qxd7 {0-1 Shulman,Y-Korotylev,A/Komercni Banka op 1996/
EXP 55}) 12. Ne1 ({It is worse} 12. Nd2 {,because knight on d2 has no
perspective.}) 12... Na6 13. a3 Qe7 14. Rb1 Bd7 15. b4 b6 {The idea of black
is to create a fortess on the queen`s side and to attack on the king`s side.}
16. Nc2 Nh6 {[%cal Yh6f7]} 17. f3 Nf7 18. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Rfc8 19. Nb5 Nd8
{[%cal Yd8b7]} 20. Bf2 Bh6 21. a5 (21. Rb2 $5 $36 {[%cal Gd1a1,Ga4a5]} Nb7)
21... bxa5 22. bxa5 {Now white try to occupy "b"file,but black defend easily
from this threat.After long unsucsessful manouvers a draw was agreed} Nf7 23.
Bh4 Kg7 24. Rb3 Qd8 25. Qe1 Rcb8 26. Qc3 Rb7 27. Rfb1 Rab8 28. Kh1 Bf4 29. Bf2
Bg5 30. Bd3 Nc7 31. Be1 Na6 32. Bf2 Nc7 33. Be1 Na6 34. R3b2 Bf4 35. Kg1 Qh8
36. Rb3 Qd8 37. R3b2 Kg8 38. Rb3 Kg7 39. Qa1 Qh8 40. Qa2 Qd8 41. Qa1 Bg5 42.
R1b2 Qe7 43. Qb1 Bc8 44. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. e5 Nd5 14. Bc1
Bc5 15. c4 Ne7 16. b3 Qc7 17. Bb2 d6 18. Bh5 O-O 19. Qe2 a5 20. Rac1 Nf5 21.
Rfd1 a4 22. Rd3 axb3 23. axb3 Rbd8 24. exd6 Bxd6 25. g3 Bc5 26. Rcd1 Rxd3 27.
Qxd3 Qb6 28. Rd2 Bb4 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1997.10.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "1997.09.27"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 061"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1997.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. g4 $5 Be6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f4 (12. Be3 Nb6 $5 13. f4 (13. Nd5
Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 $15) 13... exf4 (13... Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. f5 $5 (15. Rf2
exf4 16. Bxf4 Nc6 $13) (15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nd7 $13) 15... Bxf1
16. Qxf1 $44) 14. Bxf4 Nc4 $13) (12. a4 $5 Nc6 (12... Nb6 $2 13. a5 Nc4 14. Nd5
Bxd5 15. Qxd5 $16) 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. Rg1 Re8 $13 {Malisauskas-Berezein, Swednica
Piatka 1997}) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Nc6 (13... Ne5 $5 14. Nd5 (14. Nd4 Nbd7 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bg4 Qc4 $15) 14... Bxd5 15. exd5 Nbd7) 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 (15.
Qxd5 $5 Nde5 16. c3 Rfe8 17. Nd4 g6 $13) 15... Nce5 16. Nd4 g6 17. c4 Rfe8 18.
Rc1 Rac8 (18... Qd8 19. Rg1 Nc5 20. Qc2 a5 21. b3 Bf8 22. Rg3 $14 {
Onischuk-Lautier, Tilburg 1997}) 19. b4 $6 (19. b3 Qd8 20. Rg1 Bf8 $13) 19...
Qd8 20. Rg1 Bf8 $132 {xc4} 21. Qb3 (21. Qd2 Nb6 22. Bxe5 Rxe5 $15 (22... dxe5
23. Nb3 $13)) (21. Nf3 Bg7 $13) 21... Bg7 22. Rge1 $2 (22. Nf3 a5 $1 23. a3
axb4 24. axb4 Qb6 25. Be3 Nc5 $1 $17) (22. Rgd1 $142 Qe7 $1 23. Re1 $5 (23. Kg1
Nb6 $1 24. c5 (24. Bf1 Nexc4 25. Bxc4 Qe4) 24... dxc5 25. bxc5 Ned7 $1 26. cxb6
Bxd4+ 27. Rxd4 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qxe2 $17) (23. Nf3 $5 Ng4 24. Re1 $13) 23... Nxc4
(23... Nb6 $5 24. Bf1 Qd8 25. Nf3 $1 (25. Red1 Nexc4 26. Bxc4 Re4) 25... Nexc4
$2 26. Bxc4 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Qe7 28. Ng2 $1 $18) 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Nb6 $1 (
25... Qe4+ 26. Nf3 $18) 26. Qd3 Qe4+ 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxd6 Bxd4 29. Rd1 Rxe2
30. Rxd4 Rxa2 31. Re4 $1 f5 32. Re8+ Kf7 33. Re7+ Kg8 $11) 22... Nb6 $17 23.
Red1 (23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Nxc4 $17) 23... Nexc4 $1 24. Bxc4 Re4 25. Qf3 (25.
Nc6 bxc6 26. Bxa6 Rxf4 27. Bxc8 Qxc8 28. Rxc6 (28. dxc6 Be5 29. b5 (29. Rc2 Qf5
30. Qd3 Rf1+ $1 $19) 29... Qf5 30. Qd3 Qxg5 31. c7 Rf2 $19) 28... Qf5 29. Qd3
Rd4 $1 $19) (25. Bxa6 Rxf4 26. Rxc8 Qxc8 27. Ne2 Rf5 $19) 25... Rxd4 26. Rxd4
Bxd4 27. Bb3 (27. Bd3 Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qc7 29. Bf4 (29. Bd2 Bc3 $19) 29... Qc3
30. Bxd6 Nxd5 $19) 27... Rxc1+ 28. Bxc1 Qc8 $1 29. Bf4 (29. Bd2 Nc4 30. Bf4 Ne5
$19) 29... Qf5 30. Kg2 Nc8 $1 (30... Nd7 31. Bxd6 Qxg5+ 32. Bg3 $15) 31. Bd2
Qe5 32. Bf4 Qe1 33. a3 Ne7 $1 34. Bxd6 Nf5 35. Bg3 Ne3+ 36. Kh3 Qc3 $1 (36...
Qb1 37. Qf4 $1 $13) 37. Qe4 (37. Bd1 Qc8+ 38. Kh4 h6 $1 39. Bf2 (39. Bf4 hxg5+
40. Bxg5 Nxd1 41. Qxd1 Bf2#) (39. gxh6 Ng2+ 40. Qxg2 Bf6#) 39... Nf5+ 40. Kh3
Bxf2 41. Qxf2 Ne3+ 42. Kg3 Nxd1 $19) 37... Qc8+ 38. Kh4 h5 $1 (38... h5 39. Bd1
$8 (39. Bf2 Nf5+ 40. Kh3 Nd6+) 39... Nxd1 40. Qxd4 Ne3 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 13th Group6"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "1997.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grivas, Efstratios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2465"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "1997.10.10"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Heraklion"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. Nbc3 e5 4. Nd5 Nf6 5. Nec3 Be7 6. Bc4 d6 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 Bg5 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Bxf4 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.
Qg4 Qd7 15. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rodriguez Cespedes, Amador"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

{I decided to annotate this game for a few reasons. The first and foremost was,
of course, my laziness, because of which I like annotating my short games more
than long and somebody else's. Secondly, it was the very first victory of the
tournament. And finally, it is (or rather could be) quite interesting.} 1. e4 {
Winants Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 {This did not
exactly cheer me up, since I've looked at this line when I was a kid and
decided that it was pretty bad for Black (and it's probably true) and never
had a look at it again.} 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 (7. Qg4 {Winants} O-O 8. Bh6 g6 9.
Bxf8 Qxf8 10. Qg3 Qc5 11. Nde2 Nc6 12. O-O-O Nxc3 13. Nxc3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qxc3
15. bxc3 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez,A-Speelman,J/WchT-U26 Mexico 1980 (36)}) 7...
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Be7 9. Qg4 O-O {While 9...Kf8, 9...g6 and even 9...g5 were all
tried before, 9...0-0 is the only manly move at Black's disposal. Up to this
point I almost didn't think at all, being sure it was the main line, but when
Amador played 9...0-0, I stopped and tried to remember what I was supposed to
do. Were there any alternatives to 10.Bh6? If not, should White go for the
king or just take on f8? After realizing that I basically have no clue, I
decided that the team will be happier seeing me with an exchange up, and opted
for} (9... Kf8 {Winants} 10. Bd3 d6 11. f4 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. f5 dxe5 14. fxe6
Bf6 15. Rxf6 Qxf6 (15... gxf6 16. Bh6+ Ke8 17. Bb5+ Ke7 18. Nf5+ Kxe6 19. Bc4+
Kd7 20. Rd1+) 16. Bg5 $18 {Richter-Koch/Berlin 1950}) (9... g6 {Winants} 10.
Bd3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h4 $16 {van den Berg-van Scheltinga/Ned ch 1952}) 10.
Bh6 g6 11. Bxf8 $6 ({I had a guts feeling that} 11. h4 {is very strong, and
indeed it was, but I reasoned that if Amador played this line, he must have
something up his sleeve there, and the team competition is not a place to seek
enlightning. Those who like bloodshed and violence may consult ECO or, if
they're into stylish prose as well, John Nunn's treatise 'How to beat the
Sicilian, for the details of this starightforward approach. Here is a sample:}
d6 12. h5 Qa5 13. Nb5 a6 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Bxf8 axb5 16. Rxh7 $3 Qxc3+ 17. Kd1
Kxh7 18. Bd3 Qxd3+ 19. cxd3 Bxf8 20. Qh4+ Kg8 21. Qf6 $16 {Pinkas-Trefny,
Czech Republic 1993}) 11... Bxf8 12. Qg3 {I had vaguely remembered that when I
looked at this position about eight years ago, I felt that this move gives
White an edge. After trying it, though, I would prefer something else, for
instance >< Pc3,e5} (12. Bd3 Qa5 13. O-O {(Take it back!)} Qxe5 14. f4 {
, and even though Black sometimes holds this position, my general impression
is that White is better.} (14. f4 {Winants} Qc5 15. f5 exf5 16. Bxf5 Nc6 17.
Rae1 Ne5 18. Qf4 Bg7 19. Bxd7 Bxd7 20. Rxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxf7+ Kh8 22. Qxd7 Qxc3 {
1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Van Wely,L/4th ST Lee Cup 1997 (73)})) 12... Qa5 {After
this reply I started suspecting that everything is not exactly fine and dandy,
since natural moves like 13.Bc4 run into 13...Bg7 14.f4 d6!, and not only the
e5 pawn gets lost, but White also fails get anything for it.} (12... d6 {
Ftacnik} 13. Be2 (13. exd6 Bxd6 14. Qe3 Qf6 15. Qf3 Qe7 16. Bc4 Nd7 17. Bb3 Nc5
18. O-O Bd7 19. Rad1 Rc8 20. Rfe1 Qg5 21. Nxe6 Bxh2+ 22. Kxh2 Bxe6 23. Rd4 {
1-0 Sideris,N-Psaras,S/Nikea op 1985 (30)}) (13. Rd1 {Winants}) 13... Qa5 14.
Nb3 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 dxe5 16. Rd1 f5 17. Bb5 b6 18. Rd8 Bb7 19. O-O a6 20. Bc4 Kf7
21. Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Rxf8 Nd7 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. f3 {1-0 Strobel,W-Seibt,F/BL
1983 (37)}) (12... Bg7 {Ftacnik} 13. f4 d6 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. exd6 Nf6 16. Be2 Nd5
17. O-O Qxd6 18. Kh1 Qe7 19. c4 Nb6 20. Qg5 Bf6 21. Qa5 Bd7 22. Bf3 Be8 23. c5
Nc4 24. Qc3 Qxc5 25. Bxb7 Rd8 26. Nxe6 {1-0 Van der Wiel,J-Bosch,J/NLD-ch 1994
(37)}) 13. f4 {is the only move that does not lose anything right away.} (13.
Be2 {Ftacnik} Bg7 14. f4 d6 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Rd1 dxe5 17. O-O Nc6 18. Kh1 b6 19.
Rf3 Bb7 20. Rfd3 exf4 21. Qh4 Ne5 22. Qxf4 Rc8 {1/2-1/2 Strobel,W-Markmann,U/
BL 1983 (28)}) 13... d6 (13... Bg7 {Winants} 14. Rd1 (14. Nb3 Qc7 15. Rd1)
14... Qxa2 15. Nb5) 14. exd6 (14. Nb3 {Ftacnik} Qc7 $14) 14... Bxd6 (14... Bg7
{Winants} 15. Rd1) 15. Rd1 {Vainly trying to hinder Black's development and
defending against the threat of 14...Bxf4.} e5 $6 {Black understandably wants
to open the centre, but his idea meets a tactical refutation. Much better was
the natural developing move Ftacnik: Serious strategical mistake even though
the prove is done with a help of tactics. Black neglscts his development and
will be duly punished. Ftacnik: Ein ernsthafter taktischer Fehler. Schwarz
ignoriert seine Entwicklung und wird logischeweise bestraft.} (15... Nd7 $1 {
,and after the almost forced} 16. Nxe6 {Black calmly proceeds with his
manouevre:} (16. Bc4 Bxf4) (16. Bb5 Nf6 $15) 16... Nf6 $1 {Now White can
choose between} {and} 17. Rxd6 (17. Ng5 Bc5 (17... Qc7 $5 {is also possible:}
18. Qd3 Bxf4 19. Qd8+ Kg7 $44) 18. Bc4 Bf5 19. Bxf7+ Kg7 {with dangerous
compensation for the material}) 17... Bxe6 18. Rd4 (18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bc4 Qc5
$1 20. Bxe6+ Kh8 $36) 18... Re8 19. Kd2 Bxa2 $1 (19... Bf5 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. Bxf5
Re3 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. Be4 Ng4 24. Bxb7 $16) 20. Bd3 Rc8 {, which is no fun
either, to say the least.}) (15... Be7 {Ftacnik} 16. Be2 (16. Bc4 Bh4 17. Qxh4
Qxc3+ 18. Rd2 Qxc4 19. Qe7 Nd7 $13) 16... Qxa2 17. O-O $14) (15... Qxa2 {
Winants} 16. Nb5 $18) 16. Nb5 exf4 $2 {This move does not belong here at all
and loses simply. Black had to play} (16... Bc5 {, and after} {but} 17. Bc4 $1
{seems to give White a big edge, e.g.} (17. Rd5 Na6 $1 {(it's verty important
to keep the light-squared bishop free, so 17...Nd7 is out of the question)} 18.
Rxe5 Qxa2) ({or} 17. fxe5 Be6 $1 {is still very unclear:} (17... Nc6 $6 18. Bc4
Be6 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Nd6 Bd4 21. Ne4 $1 Rf8 22. Rf1 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Bxe5 24.
Qg4 $16) 18. Nd4 Bxd4 (18... Nc6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bc4 $16) 19. Rxd4 Nc6 20.
Rd2 Bxa2 $44 {Black seems to be doing OK}) 17... Be6 (17... Nc6 18. fxe5 {
returns to 17.fxe5 Nc6}) (17... a6 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. Rxd6 $18) 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19.
Qh3 $1 Qxb5 20. Qxe6+ Kg7 21. Qxe5+ Kf7 (21... Kh6 22. Rd3 $18) 22. Rd6 $1 Na6
23. Qe6+ Kf8 24. Rd7 $18) 17. Qg5 Bf8 $8 (17... Bc7 {Ftacnik} 18. Qe7 Na6 (
18... Nd7 {Winants} 19. Bc4 Ne5 20. Qxc7) 19. Bc4 $18) 18. Bc4 $1 {/\ 19.Qf6 /
\ 19.Bxf7 (ףa5)} (18. Qxf4 Be6 19. Nc7 Qxc3+ 20. Rd2 Bh6 $1 {was Black's idea,
but White's move prevents any such inconvinience.}) 18... Qb6 {The Black's
choise is not too wide here. White is threatening 19.Bxf7 Kxf7 20.Nd6Bxd6 21.
Qxa5, and after} (18... Nc6 19. Qf6 (19. Qxf4 Bf5 20. O-O {is also very good})
(19. O-O {Ftacnik} Be6 20. Qxf4 $16) 19... Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. Rd7 Be7 22.
Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rxb7 {White is just winning.}) (18... Be6 {Winants} 19. Bxe6 fxe6
20. Rd8 $18) 19. Qxf4 Be6 (19... Bf5 {Ftacnik} 20. Nc7 $18) 20. Nc7 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 (21. Nxa8 {Ftacnik} Qe6+ 22. Kf2 Bc5+ 23. Kg3 $18) 21... Qe3+ 22. Kf1 Bc5
{Even 23.Qh4 probably wins here, but White has an easier way. Ftacnik: Black
can not lose anything more. Ftacnik: Schwarz hat nichts mehr zu verlieren.} (
22... b5 {Ftacnik} 23. Qd4 $18) 23. Rd8+ (23. Qe2 $2 {Winants} Qf4+ 24. Qf3
Qxc7 $19) 23... Kg7 (23... Bf8 {Ftacnik} 24. Re8 Qc1+ 25. Re1 Qxc2 26. Nxa8 $18
) 24. Ne8+ Kf8 (24... Kh6 {Ftacnik} 25. Qh4#) 25. Nd6+ {Black resigned as he
either loses the queen or gets mated.} (25. Nd6+ {Ftacnik} Kg7 (25... Ke7 26.
Re8+ Kxd6 27. Rxe3 $18 (27. Rxe3 Bxe3 28. Qd3+)) {mat en six coups:} 26. Rg8+
$1 (26. Qxf7+ Kh6 27. Re8 $18) 26... Kf6 (26... Kxg8 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qf8#) (
26... Kh6 27. Qh4#) 27. Qxf7+ Ke5 (27... Kg5 {Winants} 28. Qf5+ $1 Kh4 (28...
Kh6 29. Nf7#) 29. g3+ Qxg3 30. hxg3+ Kxg3 {Winants: et la Tour quitte enfin sa
case initiale pour asséner le coup de graâce:} 31. Rh3# ({alors que} 31. Ne4# {
serait moins cavalier})) 28. Nc4+ Ke4 29. Re8+ Be7 30. Rxe7#) 1-0

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.26"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Nd3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Be2 d5
8. O-O c6 9. Nf4 Re8 10. c4 d4 11. Bd3 Na6 12. c3 Bf5 13. g4 Bg6 14. f3 Ng5 15.
Bxg6 hxg6 16. cxd4 b5 17. cxb5 cxb5 18. d5 Rc8 19. d6 Rc6 20. d7 Re7 21. Qd5
Rc5 22. Qd6 Rxd7 23. Qxa6 Nxf3+ 24. Rxf3 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Qh4 26. Ne2 Rc2 27. Rf2
Qxg4+ 28. Ng3 Rxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qd4+ 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.28"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Bg5 Nf6 5. Nd2 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. h3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Qb6 9. Nc4 Qd8 10. Ncd2 Qb6 11. Nc4 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.29"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Irzhanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazakhstan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "KAZ"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Qxc4 Nb6 9. Qb5 a6 10. Qb3 O-O 11. e3 a5 12. O-O a4 13. Qd1 Bg4 14. h3 Be6 15.
Kh2 Bc4 16. Re1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Bd2 Be6 20. Qc2 Nc4 21. Rad1
c6 22. f4 Bg7 23. e4 Qa5 24. e5 a3 25. b3 Nxd2 26. Rxd2 Rfd8 27. Red1 Bf8 28.
Ne4 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 Qb4 30. Rd1 Be7 31. h4 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Bxd8 33. Ng5 Bf5 34. Qd1
Bb6 35. Bh3 h6 36. Nxf7 Bxh3 37. Nxh6+ Kg7 38. Kxh3 Kxh6 39. Qd7 Bc5 40. Qe8
Bf8 41. h5 Kxh5 42. Qe6 Qe4 43. g4+ Kh6 44. Qg8 Qe3+ 45. Kh4 Be7+ 46. g5+ Bxg5+
47. fxg5+ Qxg5+ 48. Kh3 Qe3+ 49. Kg4 Qg5+ 50. Kf3 Qf5+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kh3
Qxe5 53. Qf8+ Kg5 54. Qxa3 Kf4 55. Qb4+ Qe4 56. Qd6+ Ke3 57. Qc5+ Ke2 58. Qa5
Qf5+ 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.10.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Qd2 a6 (4... c5 5. c3 Nf6 6. f3 cxd4 7. cxd4
Nc6 8. Nc3 O-O $14) 5. f3 (5. a4 $5) 5... Nf6 (5... c5 6. c3 Qc7 7. Na3 Nd7 8.
h4 h5 9. Nh3 Ngf6 10. Ng5 b5 11. Nc2 Bb7 12. a4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 O-O
15. Rc4 Qa5 16. Nb3 Qd8 17. Rb4 Qc7 18. Ra4 d5 19. Na5 dxe4 20. Nxb7 {Votava,
J-Vokac,M/CZE-ch 1995/EXT 95ch/ - (40)}) 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O-O (7. Bh6 O-O 8. g4
$14 c5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O-O cxd4 11. Qxd4 Qb6) 7... b5 8. Kb1 (8. g4 Nb6) (8.
Bh6 O-O (8... Bxh6 9. Qxh6 e5 $14) 9. h4 $36) 8... Bb7 9. Nh3 $6 (9. Bh6) 9...
c5 $1 $11 10. dxc5 dxc5 11. g4 (11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 Qc7 $22 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14.
Nc1 Ne5 $11) 11... h6 $1 12. Nf4 e6 13. h4 Qc7 14. Qh2 (14. Qg2 O-O-O 15. g5
hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1 17. Qxh1 Rh8 18. Qg1 Nh5 $11) (14. Qf2 O-O-O 15. Be2 $5)
14... Ne5 15. Nd3 Nfd7 16. Bf4 O-O-O $22 17. Be2 c4 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. a3 Qc5
$15 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.01"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Benjamin, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. b4 Bb6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 Nd8 14. Nxb5 Nxe4
15. d4 O-O 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Qe2 f5 18. Kh2 c6 19. Na3 Bc7 20. g4 Bf7 21. Bxe4
fxe4 22. Ng5 Bg6 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Nxe4 Ne6 25. f3 Nf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27. Nb1 Bb6
28. Nbd2 Rf8 29. Kg2 Be3 30. Qe2 Bf4 31. Nb3 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Qa3 33. Qc2 Qa6 34.
Nc5 Qc4 35. Qd3 Qg8 36. Qd7 Rd8 37. Qe6 Rd2+ 38. Rf2 Qd8 $1 39. Nb3 $2 $138 (
39. Rxd2 Qxd2+ 40. Kf1 $11) 39... Rd3 $1 40. Rf3 Rxf3 41. Kxf3 Qd3+ $19 42. Kf2
Qe3+ 43. Kf1 Qf3+ 44. Ke1 Qxc3+ 45. Kf2 Qe3+ 46. Kf1 Qf3+ 47. Ke1 Qg3+ 48. Ke2
Qe3+ 49. Kf1 Qxh3+ 50. Kf2 Qg3+ 51. Kf1 Qd3+ 52. Kf2 Qe3+ 53. Kf1 Qf3+ 54. Ke1
Qxe4+ 55. Kf1 Qf3+ 56. Ke1 Qe3+ 57. Kf1 Qd3+ 58. Kf2 Be3+ 59. Ke1 h6 60. Qc8+
Kh7 61. Qf5+ Qxf5 62. gxf5 Kg8 63. Na5 Kf7 64. Ke2 Bb6 65. Kd3 Kf6 66. Ke4 c5
67. Nc6 c4 68. b5 c3 69. Nb4 Ba5 70. Nd5+ Kg5 71. Kd3 e4+ 72. Kc2 Kxf5 73. b6
Bxb6 74. Nxb6 h5 75. Nd5 h4 76. Kxc3 h3 77. Ne3+ Kf4 78. Nf1 g5 0-1

[Event "WchT 4th"]
[Site "Luzern"]
[Date "1997.11.02"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Ioseliani, Nana"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1997.10.25"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 062"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Georgia (w)"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GEO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Yudasin,L} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 (5. f4 $5 {Yudasin,L}
) 5... Nd7 6. f3 (6. f4 {Yudasin,L} b5 7. Be2 Bb7 8. Bf3 Nb6 9. b3 c5 10. Nge2
$13) (6. Nf3 {Yudasin,L} Ngf6 7. h3 b5 8. e5 b4 $11) 6... b5 7. h4 (7. O-O-O {
Yudasin,L} Bb7 8. Kb1 Nb6 9. Bd3 Rc8 10. h4 $13) 7... Ngf6 (7... h5 8. Nh3) (
7... h6 $5) 8. g4 (8. Bh6 {Yudasin,L /\g4}) 8... h6 (8... Bb7 9. h5 Rg8 10.
hxg6 hxg6 11. g5 Nh5 12. Nge2) 9. Nh3 {Nge2./\9...Nb610.b3,11.Rg1} Nb6 (9...
Bb7 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Nh5 12. Nf2 $13 (12. Nf4 Nxf4 13. Rxh8+ Bxh8 14. Bxf4
c5)) 10. O-O-O (10. Bd3 {Yudasin,L}) 10... b4 11. Nb1 $6 (11. Ne2 Nc4 12. Qd3
Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Bb7 (13... c5 14. dxc5 Qa5 15. cxd6 Qxa2 16. e5 $16) 14. Nhf4 e6
$14) 11... a5 12. Nf4 Nfd7 $1 13. Bb5 (13. d5 Ne5) (13. e5 dxe5 (13... e6 $5
14. d5 Nxe5 (14... dxe5 15. Nxe6) 15. dxe6 O-O $13) 14. dxe5 Bxe5 15. Nd5 (15.
Bb5 c6) 15... Bb7 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Bb5 (17. Bxb6 Qxb6 18. Qxd7+ Kf8 $17) 17...
Bd6 $13) (13. c4 $5 $15 {Yudasin,L}) (13. Qe1 $15 {Yudasin,L /\Nd2}) 13... Bb7
14. d5 (14. e5 e6 $1 (14... Bxf3 15. e6)) 14... c5 $3 15. dxc6 (15. Ne6 fxe6
16. dxe6 Bc6 $1 17. exd7+ (17. Bxc6 Nc4 18. exd7+ Kf8 $17) 17... Qxd7 18. Bxc6
Qxc6 19. Qe2 O-O $5 $15 (19... Na4 20. b3 Bb2+ 21. Kd2 Nc3 22. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 23.
Kc1 a4 24. Kb1)) 15... Bxc6 16. Qe2 (16. Bxc6 Nc4 17. Bd4 (17. Qd3 Bxb2#) 17...
Nxd2 18. Bxg7 Rg8 $17) (16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd5 Qb7 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 $17) 16... Rc8
17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Nd5 O-O 19. Bd4 (19. Nxb6 Nxb6 20. Bd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qc7 $17)
19... Bxd4 20. Rxd4 e6 21. Ne3 (21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Rhd1 (22. Rc4 Qa6 23. Nd2 Ne5
$19) 22... Rfc8 23. R4d2 a4 $17) 21... Nc5 (21... Qf6 22. Rhd1 Qf4 23. Nd2 Rfc8
24. Kb1 Ne5 $17) 22. Nc4 $2 (22. Qb5 Qf6 $1 23. Rhd1 Rfc8 24. Rxd6 (24. Qe2 b3)
24... Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxf3 26. Nd1 Qxe4 $1 27. Qxb6 Nb3+ 28. axb3 Rxc2#) (22. b3
$8 e5 $1 23. Rdd1 a4 24. Nd2 (24. Qb5 Qc7 25. Qxb4 axb3 26. axb3 Rb8 $17) 24...
axb3 25. axb3 Qa8 26. Kb1 Qa7 $19) 22... Nxc4 23. Rxc4 d5 24. exd5 (24. Rd4 {
Yudasin,L} b3 $19) 24... exd5 25. Rd1 (25. Rd4 b3) 25... Nd3+ 26. Qxd3 Rxc4 27.
Nd2 Rc6 28. h5 Qg5 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Kb1 Rfc8 31. Nb3 Rxc2 32. f4 Qxf4 33.
Qxg6+ Kh8 34. Rh1 Rh2 (34... Rh2 35. Re1 Qe5) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adianto, Utut"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Re8 {This move has
become popular after the game Wang Zili-Yusupov,1990} 14. h3 Bh5 15. Ng3 (15.
g4 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Ne3 Qd7 18. Qxd5 Rad8 19. Rd1 Qe6 $10 {Wahls,M-Hübner,
R, Munich 1991.}) 15... Bg6 16. Nf5 (16. Bxg6 {1/2-1/2 Topalov-Marin,Budapest
1993}) (16. Be3 Bf8 17. Bd4 Ne6 18. h4 Ncxd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. Qd2
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rc8 24. Rac1 Rc4 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Qg4 Qd2 27. Qe2
Bb4 28. Qxd2 Bxd2 29. Re2 Bf4 30. Re4 Bc1 31. Re2 Kf8 32. h5 Bf4 33. hxg6 Rxe5
34. Ne4 f5 35. Nc3 b4 36. Rxe5 Bxe5 37. Nd1 Bd4 {0-1 Villavicencio,A-Garcia,G/
Las Palmas op 1989}) 16... Ne4 $5 (16... Bf8 17. Bf4 Ne6 18. Bh2 Na5 19. Ne3 c6
20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Nc4 22. b3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 c5 $1 24. Bxg6 hxg6 25. dxc5
Bxc5 26. Rd3 d4 27. Kh1 Rc8 28. f4 Qd5 $10 29. Bg1 g5 30. Qg4 gxf4 31. Re1 Bb6
32. Qxf4 Rc2 33. Rg3 Re6 34. Rf1 Rec6 35. e6 Qxe6 36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4 f6 38.
Qd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ Kg8 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Qd3+ Kg8 42. Qd8+ {1/2-1/2 Wahls,
M-Huebner,R/GER-CupT 1991}) 17. Nxe7+ (17. Bxe4 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} dxe4) 17...
Rxe7 18. Bf4 $14 Qd7 (18... Qe8 $5 {Mikhalevski,V /\Rd8} 19. Qxd5 $140 (19. a4
$5) 19... Nxc3 $1 (19... Rd8 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qa3 Ne6 $1 22. Bxg6 Nxf4 23. Bc2
Nxe5 24. Kf1 $1 $13) 20. Qd2 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nd5 $11) 19. Nh4 $1 Nc5 (19... Nxe5
$4 {Mikhalevski,V} 20. Bxe5 Rxe5 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rxe4 $18) 20. Nxg6 hxg6 21.
Be3 (21. Qf3 $1 {Mikhalevski,V} Rae8 22. Red1 $1 (22. Rad1 $2 Nxe5 23. Qxd5
$140 $2 Qxd5 24. Rxd5 Nf3+ $19) 22... d4 $1 (22... Nxe5 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Rxd5
$16) 23. b4 Ne6 24. Bh2 $1 (24. Be4 $2 Nxe5 $1 25. Bxe5 Ng5) 24... Ng5 $140 25.
Qd3 $1 Nxe5 26. Qg3 $1 (26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qxd4 $11) 26... Qd5 27. f4 Nef3+ (
27... Ngf3+ 28. Kh1 $1 Nxh2 29. Rxd4 Qc6 30. fxe5 $18) 28. Kh1 $1 Nxh2 (28...
Re3 29. fxg5 Ne1 $140 $2 30. Rxe1 $1 Rxg3 31. Rxe8+) 29. fxg5 $16) 21... Ne6
22. f4 d4 23. Be4 Rd8 (23... dxe3 $4 {Mikhalevski,V} 24. Qxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxc6 $18
) 24. Bf2 $1 $146 (24. Bc1 $2 {Mikhalevski,V} Nc5 (24... d3 {Mikhalevski,V} 25.
Be3 Na5 26. b3 $14) 25. Bf3 $6 (25. Bxc6 {Mikhalevski,V} Qxc6 26. cxd4 Ne6 27.
Be3 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Qc4 $14 {/=} 29. Re4 $140 c5 30. Rc1 Qd5) 25... Qe6 (25... d3
{Mikhalevski,V} 26. Be3 Ne6 27. Qd2) 26. f5 $2 (26. Bxc6 $142 {Mikhalevski,V}
Qxc6 27. cxd4 {see 25.B:c6}) 26... gxf5 27. Bxc6 (27. Bg5 {Mikhalevski,V} dxc3
28. Qc2 cxb2 29. Rab1 Nxe5 $1 30. Bxe7 (30. Qxc5 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Qxe1+ $19)
30... Qxe7 $17) 27... Qxc6 28. Bg5 f6 29. exf6 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 gxf6 31. Qe7 Re8
32. Qxf6 Qxf6 33. Bxf6 d3 $15 {This position has arised by force and it's
difficult to understand why Van der Doel didn't play 26.B:c6 to get slightly
better position.Now he has to fight for a draw.} 34. Bd4 $4 (34. Rd1 $8 {
Mikhalevski,V} Ne4 35. Bh4 d2 $15) 34... Na4 $2 (34... d2 {Mikhalevski,V} 35.
Bf2 Nd3 36. Rd1 Re2 (36... Re1+ $19) 37. Bg3 Nxb2 38. Kf1 Rxg2 $19) 35. Rd1 (
35. Kf1 {Mikhalevski,V} Nxb2 36. Re1 Re4 $1 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Ke1 Nc4 39. Kf2
d2 40. Ke2 e3 {/\Nb2}) 35... c5 36. Bf6 Kf7 $6 (36... Nxb2 $142 {Mikhalevski,V}
37. Rd2 Kf7 38. Bg5 Kg6 39. Bf4 (39. h4 Re2 40. Rxe2 dxe2 41. Kf2 Nd1+ 42. Kxe2
Nxc3+ $19) 39... Re2 40. Kf1 Rxd2 41. Bxd2 $17) 37. Bh4 $6 (37. b3 $142 {
Mikhalevski,V} Kxf6 $5 (37... Nb2 38. Rd2 Kxf6 (38... Re2 39. Bg5 $13) 39. Rxb2
Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rc1 41. Ke3 Rxc3 $17) 38. bxa4 c4 39. axb5 axb5 $17) 37... Nxb2
38. Rd2 Re4 $6 (38... Re2 $142 {Mikhalevski,V} 39. Rxe2 dxe2 40. Kf2 Nd1+ $19)
39. Bg3 Re3 $6 (39... Re2 $142 {Mikhalevski,V} 40. Rxe2 dxe2 41. Kf2 Nd1+ $19)
40. Bf4 Re2 41. Kf1 Rxd2 42. Bxd2 Nc4 {White is hopeless.The queen side pawns
decide the game. 0-1 Van den Doel,E-Timman,J/NLD-ch 1997}) (24. cxd4 $142 {
Mikhalevski,V} Ncxd4 25. Rc1 c5 (25... Nf5 $5 26. Bxf5 gxf5 $13)) 24... Ree8 (
24... Nxf4 25. Qf3 Nd5 26. cxd4 $16) (24... d3 25. Qg4 $16) 25. Qg4 Ne7 26. h4
(26. Rad1 $5 $16) 26... c5 (26... Nd5 27. f5) (26... d3 $5 27. Rad1 (27. Red1
Nd5 $1 (27... Nd4 $2 28. Qxd7 Ne2+ 29. Kh2 $1 Rxd7 30. g3 $18 {[%csl Rd3,Re2]})
28. f5 (28. g3 $2 f5 $1 29. exf6 Nxf6 30. Qxg6 Nxf4) 28... Nef4 $1 $132) (27.
h5 Nd5 $1 28. f5 Nef4 $13) 27... d2 28. Rf1 (28. Re2 $2 Nd4) 28... b4 29. Be3 (
29. cxb4 Qa4 30. a3 c5) 29... Qa4 $13) 27. Rad1 $16 Nd5 28. f5 gxf5 29. Qxf5
Nf8 30. Qf3 Qe6 31. cxd4 cxd4 32. Bxd4 $18 Ne7 33. a3 Rd7 34. Bc3 Red8 35. Rxd7
Rxd7 36. h5 Nh7 37. Qg3 Qb6+ 38. Kh2 Qh6 39. Qg4 Nf8 40. Rf1 Ne6 41. Rf6 $1 Qe3
42. h6 Ng5 (42... Qg5 43. Qxe6 $1 (43. h7+ Kh8 44. Qxe6 $1) 43... Qh4+ 44. Qh3
Qxh3+ 45. Kxh3 gxf6 46. h7+ Kh8 47. e6 $18) 43. e6 fxe6 44. Qxg5 $1 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.12"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Adianto, Utut"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O c6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c4 Ne4 8. e3
Nxd2 9. Nxd2 dxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. Qe2 Bd5 12. Rd1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Na6 14. b3 c5
15. Bb2 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Qc7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qf3 Rxd4 20. Rxd4 Nc5
21. e4 Ne6 22. Rd5 Rd8 23. Ne5 f6 24. Nc4 Kg7 25. Qe3 b6 26. Qd2 Rxd5 27. Qxd5
Nc5 28. b4 Na4 29. Qd4 b5 30. Ne3 Nb6 31. h4 h5 32. f4 Qc1 33. e5 Nc4 34. exf6+
exf6 35. Qxa7+ Kh6 36. Nxc4 bxc4 37. Qe7 c3 38. Qf8+ Kh7 39. Qf7+ Kh6 40. Qf8+
Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Epishin,V"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bg5
Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Bg6 10. O-O a6 $1 $146 11. h4 $1 h5 (11... h6 12. Bxe7 Bxe7 13.
Nxe6 $5 fxe6 14. Bh5 Bf7 (14... Bxh5 15. Qxh5+ Kd7 (15... Kf8 16. Ne2 $16) 16.
Nxd5 $1 exd5 17. c4 $1 Nc6 18. cxd5 $40) 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Ne2 $1 Rc8 17. Nf4
Kg8 18. Nxe6 Nc6 19. Qg4 Bf8 20. f4 $36) 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. cxd3 Nbc6 14. Nf3 Ng6
$1 (14... Nf5 15. d4 Be7 16. g3 Bxg5 17. hxg5 $14) 15. d4 Be7 16. Bxe7 Ngxe7
17. a3 Nf5 18. g3 $2 (18. Ne2 Qb6 19. b4 $11) 18... Qb6 19. Na4 Qa7 20. Nc5
Nfxd4 21. Rc1 Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Ne7 $6 (22... Rc8 23. b4 Ne7 24. Nd3 Rc4 25. Nb2
Rc6 $15) 23. Rc3 Rc8 24. Rfc1 Rc6 $6 (24... Qb8 $5 25. Qe2 Rc6 26. b4 b5 27. a4
d4 $132) 25. b4 Qb6 $2 26. Qf4 Qc7 27. a4 Ng6 28. Qd2 Qxe5 (28... Nxe5 29. b5
axb5 30. axb5 Rxc5 31. Rxc5 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Qxc5 33. Rxc5 Nxd2 34. Rc8+ Ke7 35.
Rxh8 Nc4 $16) 29. b5 axb5 30. axb5 Rb6 (30... Rxc5 31. Rxc5 O-O 32. Rc8 Rxc8
33. Rxc8+ Kh7 34. b6 f5 $44) (30... Rd6 31. Nxb7 Rb6 32. Rc8+ Ke7 33. R8c7+ Kf6
34. R1c3 $18) 31. Nd3 Qd6 32. Rc8+ Kd7 33. R1c7+ $18 Qxc7 34. Rxc7+ Kxc7 35.
Qc3+ Kd7 36. Nc5+ Kd6 37. Nxb7+ Kd7 38. Qc5 Rxb7 39. Qc6+ Ke7 40. Qxb7+ Kf6 41.
b6 d4 42. Qc7 d3 43. Kf1 Ne5 44. b7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 c5 11. e6 (11. Qd5 $5 Ra7 12. dxc5) 11... cxd4 (11... c4
12. exf7+ (12. Qc2 fxe6 13. h4 e5 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Qe4 Qc7 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. h5
Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. dxe5 Bf5 20. Qd5+ e6 21. Qd7 Rf7 22. Qxb7 Rxb7 23. Be2 {
1-0 Moskalenko,V-Qin Kanying/Beijing op 1991/ (43)}) 12... Rxf7 13. Qd1 Nb6 (
13... Bb7 14. Ng5 Rf5 (14... Rf6 15. Nce4) 15. f3 Qb6 16. Qd2 h6 17. Nge4 Kh7
18. Ng3 Rf8 19. Be2 Qa5 20. h4 h5 21. Nge4 b4 22. Ng5+ Kh8 23. Nce4 Bd5 24. O-O
Nc6 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 {1/2-1/2 Sarosi,Z-Schnitzspan,L/Tavasz 1997/ (41)}) 14. a4 (
14. Ne5 Rf8 (14... Bxe5 $2 15. dxe5 Qc7 16. Qd4 $16) 15. a4 b4 (15... Nd5 16.
axb5 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Be6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. g3 a5 21. Bg2 Ra7 22. b6
Rad7 23. O-O Rd3 24. Rxa5 Rxe3 25. Nd5 {1-0 Kruppa,Y-Beshukov,S/RUS-Cup1
Chigorin mem 1996/ (29)}) (15... Bb7 $5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Nxb5
N8d7 (18... Kh8 $5 19. Qg4 Bd5 20. Qh4) 19. Nxc4 (19. Qg4 $5 Kh8 20. Nxd7 Nxd7
21. Bxc4 Nf6 22. Qh3 Qa5+ 23. Ke2 Bd5 24. Bd3 Rb8 25. Bd2 Qa4 $44) 19... Kh8 $1
(19... Nd5 20. Be2 Nxe3 21. Nxe3 Qa5+ 22. Qd2 Qa1+ 23. Bd1 Rb8 24. O-O $1) 20.
h4 Bxg2 21. Bxg2 Nxc4 22. O-O Qb8 23. Nc3 Nf6 {0-1 Piket,J-Polgar,J/
Linares14th 1997/}) 16. a5 {><c4} (16. Ne4 a5 $2) 16... bxc3 17. axb6 cxb2 18.
Bxc4+ Kh8 (18... e6 $5 19. Rb1 Qxb6 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. Bxb3 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc6 23.
Rxb2 Rb8 24. Ke2 Nxe5 25. Rc1 $44) 19. Rb1 Qxb6 20. Qd2 {/\ Rb2|^} Be6 (20...
Nd7 21. Rxb2 Nxe5 $5 (21... Qf6 22. f4 $13) 22. Rxb6 Nxc4 23. Qb4 Nxb6 24. Qxb6
a5 (24... Bf5 25. Qa5 Rfb8 26. O-O $16) 25. O-O a4 26. Ra1 Bf5 (26... a3 27.
Qb3 $16) 27. h4 {1-0 Karpov,A-Kamsky,G/Fide-Wch 1996/ (40)}) (20... Qf6 21. O-O
Nc6 22. Bd5 Bb7 23. Qxb2 Nxd4 24. Bxb7 Qxe5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Qb7 Rf8 27. Bxd4
Qxd4 28. Qxa6 {Iskusnyh,S-Gavrjushin,O/RUS-Cup4 1997/CBM 58/1-0 (87)}) (20...
Nc6 21. Nf7+ $2 Rxf7 22. Bxf7 Nxd4 $17) 21. Rxb2 Qd6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. O-O Nd7
{1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Turov,M/Budapest FS11 GM/1996/}) 14... b4 (14... Bb7 15. Ng5
$6 Rf5 16. h4 (16. Ne6 Qd6 17. Nxg7 Kxg7 $11) 16... Nd5 17. axb5 Nxc3 $6 (17...
axb5 $1 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Ne6 Nxe3 20. Qe2 Nxg2+ 21. Bxg2 Qa5 22. Nxg7 Rf7 23.
Bxa8 Qa1+ 24. Qd1 Qxa8 25. d5 Rxg7 $17) 18. bxc3 axb5 19. Ne6 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Qd6
21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Qb1 {1/2-1/2 Pedersen,S-Hoffmann,M/Drury Lane 1997 (43)}) 15.
Ne4 a5 16. Ne5 Rf8 17. Nxc4 Nd5 18. Be2 Nxe3 19. fxe3 e5 20. Nxe5 Bb7 21. Bc4+
Kh8 22. Qg4 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Nd7 24. Nd6 Nxe5 25. Qd4 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,
L-Ribli,Z/HUN-ch 1971/ (41)}) (11... fxe6 12. Qxe6+ (12. dxc5 Nf6 13. Rd1 Qc7
14. h3 Nc6 15. Be2 b4 16. Na4 Na5 17. Qxb4 Nd5 18. Rxd5 Rb8 19. Qb6 Rxb6 20.
cxb6 Qc2 21. Bd1 Qc4 22. Rxa5 {1-0 Pedersen,S-Kosebay,O/Politiken Cup 1996/ 
(45)}) 12... Kh8 13. Qe4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qxa8 Bb7 16. Qa7 Nbd7 17. Ne6
Qa5 18. Nxf8 Bxc3+ 19. Ke2 Qb4 20. bxc3 Qb2+ 21. Bd2 b4 22. Nxd7 {1-0 Pereyra
Arcija,D-Madina,M/Clarin GP1 Boca Juniors/1997/}) 12. Nxd4 (12. exf7+ Rxf7 13.
Bxd4 (13. Ng5 Ne5 14. Nxf7 Nxf7 15. Rd1 Nc6 16. Ne4 Na5 $44) 13... Bxd4 14.
Nxd4 Nc5 15. Qd5 (15. Qd1 Ra7 $5 16. Nf3 Rd7 $15) (15. Qb4 $5) 15... Qxd5 16.
Nxd5 Nbd7 $1 $15 17. b4 $5 (17. Be2 Bb7 18. Ne3 Na4 19. b3 Nc3 20. Bf3 $15) (
17. Rd1 Bb7 18. Ne3 e5 $11) 17... Bb7 18. Nc3 (18. Nc7 Rc8 19. Ncxb5 axb5 20.
bxc5 Rxc5 $11) 18... e5 $1 19. Ndxb5 axb5 20. bxc5 b4 21. Nb5 Rf4 {0-1 Piket,
J-Timman,J/NLD-ch 1997/ (40)}) (12. exd7 dxe3 13. dxc8=Q exf2+ 14. Kxf2 Qb6+
15. Ke1 Rxc8 $44) (12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Nc5 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxe6 16.
Nxe7+ Kg7 17. O-O-O Ra7 $15) 12... Nc5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Qd1 {White have
managed to weaken opponent's pawn structure, but it had cost him some time.
Black has active pieces and few obvious vulnerable points.} (14. Qd5 Qxd5 15.
Nxd5 Nbd7 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. b4 Bxd5 18. bxc5 Rc8 19. Nb3 Ne5 20. f3 Nxf3+ $5 21.
gxf3 Rxf3 22. Bd2 Rxb3 23. axb3 Bxh1 24. Bh3 Rc6 25. Bd7 Be5 26. Ke2 Bd5 27.
Bxc6 Bxc6 28. h3 {1-0 Messner,H-Schnitzspan,L/Bayern-chI Bank Hofmann 1997/ 
(47)}) 14... Bb7 (14... Qd6 15. Nf3 Bg4 16. Be2 b4 17. Bc4 Be6 (17... Ne6 18.
Ne4 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nc6 20. Nfg5 $18) (17... Nd3+ 18. Kf1 bxc3 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7
20. Ng5+ $18) 18. Bxc5 Qxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Bxc4 20. Bxb4 Nc6 21. Ba3 Bxc3+ 22. bxc3
Rb8 $44) 15. Rc1 (15. Ndxb5 $5 Qxd1+ (15... Nbd7 16. Nd4 e5 17. Nb3 Ne6 18. Qg4
$16) 16. Rxd1 axb5 17. Bxc5 Bxc3+ (17... Na6 18. Bd4 $16) 18. bxc3 Rf5 19. Rd8+
Kf7 20. Be3 $1 (20. Bb4 Re5+ 21. Kd1 Nc6 $14) 20... Rd5 21. Rxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxb5
$16) 15... Qd6 16. Nf3 (16. a3 Nbd7 17. b4 Ne6 $15) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nc6 (
17... Nbd7 18. f4 Raf8 $15) 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. Bh3 $6 {It is hard
to blame white, that he is wishing to find active diagonals for his bishops.
Black is lucky to get serious counterplay with his pieces.} (20. Bxc5 dxc5 21.
Rxd8+ Nxd8 $15) (20. Be2 $1 Nb7 (20... b4 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 Kf8 23. Rd2 $14
) 21. Rg1 Re8 $13) 20... Rff8 (20... Rxf3 $2 21. Bg2 Rxe3+ 22. fxe3 Bxc3+ 23.
bxc3 Ne5 24. Rg1 $16) 21. f4 Nb4 22. Ke2 Rfe8 23. Nd5 $5 (23. Rd2 d5 24. a3
Nbd3 $17) 23... Nxd5 (23... Nc2 24. Nc7 Re7 25. Nd5 $13) 24. Rxd5 Bxb2 25. f5 (
25. Rhd1 $2 Ne4 $1 $19) 25... Ne4 (25... Be5 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Rg1 Kf7 28. Kf3
$17) 26. Kf3 Bf6 27. fxg6 hxg6 28. Rg1 Kf7 29. Rg4 Nc3 (29... Rh8 30. Kg2 Rde8
$17) 30. Rd3 d5 31. Rf4 (31. Bd4 Rh8 32. Bg2 Bxd4 33. Rgxd4 Rc8 $17) 31... Ne4
32. Kg2 (32. Bd4 g5 33. Rf5 Rh8 $17) 32... Rd6 {White has very little in the
way of compensation for his lost pawn.} 33. Bg4 Kg7 34. Bd1 d4 35. Bc1 (35. Bf3
Nc3 (35... dxe3 36. Rxe3 Rd2 37. Rexe4 Rxe4 38. Bxe4 g5 39. Rg4 Rxa2 40. h4 Kh6
41. hxg5+ Bxg5 $17) 36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. Rfxd4 Rxd4 38. Rxd4 Nxa2 $17) 35... Nc5
36. Rdf3 Re4 (36... Re1 37. Ba3 Rxd1 38. Bxc5 Re6 39. Bf8+ Kxf8 40. Rxf6+ Ke7
41. Rxe6+ Kxe6 42. Ra3 $15) 37. h4 (37. Ba3 Rxf4 38. Rxf4 Rc6 39. Bf3 Rc7 $17)
37... Rxf4 38. Bxf4 (38. Rxf4 Nd3 $19) 38... Rd5 39. Bh6+ Kxh6 40. Rxf6 Kg7 41.
Rc6 d3 (41... a5 42. Bf3 Re5 43. Kg3 b4 44. Rd6 d3 $17) 42. Kf3 Na4 $2 (42...
Re5 43. Kf4 Re4+ 44. Kg3 Rc4 $17) 43. Bxa4 bxa4 44. Rc1 Kh6 (44... Kf6 45. Ke4
d2 46. Rd1 Rh5 47. Rxd2 Rxh4+ $15) 45. Ke4 (45. Ke4 Rf5 46. f3 Kh5 47. Rd1 Kxh4
48. Rxd3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Bd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. a5 Nd7 14. Qd2 Nc5 15.
Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 b5 17. Bf1 Bb7 18. Nd5 e6 19. Nb6 Rc7 20. f3 Qf6 21. c3 Qe5
22. Qe3 Rd8 23. Ra3 d5 24. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.18"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. c3 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf1 c4 15. Ng3
h6 16. Nf3 Re8 17. d4 Bf8 18. d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3 c4 7. Bc2 Qc7 8. Qe2
g5 9. e6 dxe6 10. Nxg5 Qe5 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bxd3 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 h6 14. Ne4 e5
15. Na3 Bf5 16. Ng3 Bg6 17. Nc4 Nd5 18. O-O O-O-O 19. Re1 h5 20. h4 e6 21. Bf3
f6 22. a4 Kc7 23. a5 Bd3 24. Ra4 Bc5 25. Be4 Bxe4 26. Nxe4 Be7 27. Bd2 Rhg8 28.
b4 a6 29. Rb1 f5 30. Ng5 Bxg5 31. hxg5 f4 32. b5 axb5 33. Rxb5 Rxg5 34. a6 b6
35. Kf1 Rdg8 36. g3 h4 37. a7 Ra8 38. gxf4 Rgg8 39. Nxe5 h3 40. Nf3 Nxa7 41.
Rb1 Nc6 42. Rxa8 Rxa8 43. Ng5 Ra2 44. Rd1 Na5 45. Nxh3 Nc4 46. Ke1 Kc6 47. Ng5
Nb2 48. Rb1 Nd3+ 49. Kd1 Nxf2+ 50. Ke1 Nd3+ 51. Kd1 N5xf4 52. Bxf4 Nxf4 {
[#] In diesem Endspiel mit geringem Bauernmaterial steht Schwarz aufgrund des
Mehrbauern etwas besser. Man spürt bei dem Ablauf des Endspiels förmlich den
Zeitdruck, der auf den Spielern lastet. Schwqarz vergibt ein klares Remis im
64. Zug.} 53. Rb4 Nd5 54. Rc4+ Kd6 55. Kc1 Re2 56. Ne4+ Ke5 57. Nd2 Kf5 58. Rc8
Kf4 59. Rf8+ Kg4 60. Kc2 e5 61. c4 Nf4 62. Kd1 Rg2 63. Rb8 Nd3 64. Rg8+ $2 (64.
Rxb6 $11) 64... Kh3 65. Rh8+ Kg3 66. Rg8+ Kf2 67. Ne4+ Kg1 68. Rb8 Nb2+ 69. Ke1
Nxc4 70. Rc8 b5 71. Rc5 Rg4 72. Nf2 Rg3 73. Nd1 Rb3 74. Ke2 Kg2 75. Rc8 Kg3 76.
Rf8 Ra3 77. Nf2 Re3+ 78. Kd1 b4 79. Nh1+ Kg2 80. Nf2 b3 81. Ng4 b2 82. Rb8 Re4
83. Nf6 Rf4 84. Nh5 Rf1+ 85. Ke2 b1=Q 86. Rg8+ Kh2 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Ng3 c4 16. Bc2 d5 17. e5 a5 18. Be3 b4 19. axb4 axb4 20. Rxa8 Nxa8 21. Nh2 b3
22. Bb1 Nc7 23. Qh5 g6 24. Qh6 Re8 25. Ng4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Bf8 27. Qh3 Ne6 28.
Ne2 f6 29. Rd1 fxe5 30. dxe5 Qa5 31. Qf3 Nxe5 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5 Nxg4 34.
Nc3 Bg7 35. Nd1 Ra8 36. Be4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Qf5 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 Bg4 (17... h5 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Nh4 Qf6 20. f3 Bh3
21. Bxd5 (21. Qd2 Rae8 22. Re4 Nf4 23. Qe3 Bd7 24. Bd2 Nh3+ 25. Kh1 g5 26. Ng2
Rd8 27. Rf1 Bf5 28. Qe2 Bc7 29. Ne3 Bc8 30. d4 Qg6 31. Nd1 Bf5 32. Re3 c5 33.
dxc5 g4 34. Bc1 Ng5 35. Nf2 Nxf3 36. Ne4 Kh8 37. Bc2 Rfe8 38. Rf2 Re6 39. b4
Rde8 40. Nd6 Bxd6 41. cxd6 Bxc2 42. d7 Rd8 43. Rxe6 fxe6 44. Qxc2 Qxc2 45. Rxc2
Rxd7 {0-1 Koch,J-Pinter,J/FRA-chT 1989/TD 89\03}) 21... cxd5 22. Be3 g5 23. Bd4
Qh6 24. Ng2 Rae8 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Qb3 f5 27. Nxd5 f4 28. gxf4 Qg6 29. c4 Qf5 30.
Be5 Bxd5 31. cxd5 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Rxe5 33. d4 Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 g4 35. d6+ Kh8 36.
Qe6 Qxf3 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38. Qg6+ Kh8 39. Qxh5+ Kg8 40. Qg6+ Kh8 41. Qh6+ Kg8 42.
Qe3 {Brunner,L-Wahls,M/Altensteig 1989/CBM 14/1-0 (62)}) (17... Bc7 18. Nf3 Bg4
19. Nh4 Qh5 20. f3 Bh3 21. Qe2 Rad8 22. d4 f5 23. f4 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 Rfe8 25.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Kf2 Bg4 27. Be3 Kf8 28. Re1 Bd8 29. Ng2 Nf6 30. d5 cxd5 31. Bd4
Rxe1 32. Kxe1 Ke7 33. Ne3 Kd6 34. Be5+ Kc6 35. Bxf6 Bxf6 36. Bxd5+ Kd6 37. Bg2
g5 38. h3 gxf4 39. gxf4 Bh5 40. Nxf5+ Kc5 41. Kf2 b4 42. Ng3 {1-0 Smagin,
S-Malaniuk,V/URS-ch53 1986/URS-ch}) 18. f3 Bh3 (18... Bf5 19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. fxe4
Bxg3 21. Re2 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Bxf4+ 23. Rg2 Qh6 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Rf1 g5 26. Qf5 Rae8
27. d4 c5 28. Kh1 c4 29. Bc2 Qe6 30. e5 Qxf5 31. Bxf5 Re7 32. Re2 Rd8 33. Rfe1
Rde8 34. Kg2 Kg7 35. Kf3 f6 36. Bd7 fxe5 37. Bxe8 Rxe8 38. dxe5 Re6 39. h4 h6
40. Kg4 Kg6 41. h5+ Kf7 42. Kf5 Ke7 43. Rd1 Rc6 44. Rd5 Bc1 45. e6 {1-0 Mrva,
M-Betko,L/CSR-ch 1992/TD 92\10}) (18... Bh5 19. Ne4 Rae8 20. Kg2 Bb8 21. Bd2 f5
22. Nf2 Kh8 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24. d4 f4 25. g4 Bxg4 26. Nxg4 h5 27. Qb1 Qg5 28. h4
Qxh4 29. Nh2 Re3 30. Qd1 Rfe8 31. Kh1 Rxe1+ 32. Bxe1 Qh3 33. Bd2 g5 34. Qf1 Qf5
35. Re1 Rg8 36. Qe2 g4 37. Qe6 Qg5 38. Qe7 Qxe7 39. Rxe7 g3 40. Re6 Kh7 41.
Rxa6 gxh2 42. Kxh2 Re8 43. Kh3 Re2 44. Bc1 Rc2 45. Rb6 Bc7 46. Rb7 Rxc1 47.
Rxc7+ Kg6 48. Rc5 Rh1+ 49. Kg2 Rb1 50. Rxb5 Kg5 51. a4 Kh4 52. a5 Rc1 53. a6
Rc2+ 54. Kf1 Kg3 55. Rb3 h4 56. a7 h3 57. a8=Q Rf2+ 58. Ke1 Rg2 59. Qg8+ Kh2
60. Rb8 {1-0 Georgiev,K-Bryson,D/Dubai olm 1986/TD 86\02}) 19. Ne4 Bc7 20. Be3
Kh8 21. Qd2 h6 22. Kh1 Rfe8 23. Bd4 Kg8 24. a4 Rad8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Nf2 Be6
27. Ne4 Qf5 28. Qf2 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Nc5 Re8 31. Nxe6 Rxe6 32. Re4 Qg5 33.
Rxe6 fxe6 34. Qe2 Kf7 35. f4 Qf5 36. Bc2 Nf6 37. Bb3 h5 38. Qf3 Nd5 39. Kg2 h4
40. Bd1 g6 41. Qe4 Bd6 42. Bf3 hxg3 43. hxg3 Ke7 44. Bf2 Kd7 45. Qd4 c5 46.
Qg7+ Be7 47. Be4 Qg4 48. Qf7 Nf6 49. Bf3 $2 (49. Qxg6 Qe2 50. f5 $18) (49. Bxg6
Qe2 50. f5 $18) 49... Qf5 50. d4 c4 51. Qg7 Qc2 52. Qh8 Ne4 53. Bxe4 Qxe4+ 54.
Kg1 Qb1+ 55. Kg2 Qxb2 56. Qa8 Qb1 57. Qb7+ Ke8 58. Qc6+ Kf7 59. Qb7 b4 60. g4
b3 61. Bh4 Qc2+ 62. Kh3 (62. Kh1 Qd1+ 63. Kg2 Qe2+ 64. Kh3 Qf1+ 65. Kh2 Qxf4+
$19) 62... Qxc3+ 63. Kg2 Qd2+ 64. Kf3 Qd1+ 65. Kf2 Qxd4+ 66. Ke2 Qd3+ 67. Kf2
Qd2+ 68. Kf3 Qb4 69. Qc7 b2 70. Bxe7 Qxe7 71. Qb6 c3 72. Ke3 Qd7 73. f5 gxf5
74. gxf5 exf5 75. Kf4 Qd2+ 76. Ke5 Qe2+ 77. Kxf5 Qd3+ 78. Ke5 b1=Q 79. Qe6+ Kg7
80. Qf6+ Kg8 81. Qe6+ Kf8 82. Qf6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Groningen"]
[Date "1997.12.19"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1997.12.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 063"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.03.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 $5 (5. g3 $5) 5... Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6
7. Be2 O-O (7... Ng4 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 c5 $132) 8. O-O b6 (8... c5 9. d5 Ng4 10.
Bg5 Nge5 $5) 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nd2 e6 (10... c5 11. d5 e6 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Nc4 d5
14. exd5 exd5 15. Bf3 $16) 11. Re1 Qb8 (11... e5 12. d5 Ne8 13. Nc4 f5 14. exf5
gxf5 15. f4 Qh4 16. Qd2 $13) 12. Bf3 Rd8 13. Nc4 c6 (13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 d5 15.
Bg5 Re8 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. Ng3 $14) 14. Qc1 (14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. e5 Qc7 16. exf6
Nxf6 {[%cal Gf6d5] /\Nd5=}) 14... Qc7 (14... e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rd1 $14) 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. e5 Qb4 (16... Nxe5 $2 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. Bxb6) (16... Qc7 17. exf6
Nxf6 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Be5 c5 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. dxc5 bxc5 $14) 17. exf6 Nxf6 18.
a5 $1 b5 (18... bxa5 19. Ra4) 19. Ne2 $1 Nd5 $5 (19... Rac8 20. c3 Qf8 21. b4
$16) (19... Qe7 $6 20. c3 c5 21. Bxb7 Qxb7 22. dxc5 Nd5 23. b4) 20. c3 Qd6 $1 (
20... Qf8 21. Ng3 f5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. b4 $16) 21. Ng3 $1 f5 22. Ne2 Re8 (22...
e5 23. dxe5 Bxe5 24. Bd4) (22... Nxe3 23. Qxe3 e5 24. dxe5 Qxe5 25. Qb6) 23.
Bxd5 Qxd5 24. Nf4 Qc4 $5 (24... Qd6 25. Nd3 e5 26. Nc5 exd4 27. Bxd4 $16) 25.
Qc2 e5 $8 26. b3 Qf7 27. dxe5 c5 (27... Bxe5 28. Nd3 $16) 28. e6 Qf6 29. Bxc5
Be4 $1 (29... Qxc3 30. Rac1 Qxc2 31. Rxc2 Be4 32. Rcc1 Bb2 33. Rcd1 Bc3 34. Re3
Bxa5 35. f3 Bc7 36. Ne2 Bc6 37. Nd4 $16) 30. Qe2 $2 (30. Qa2 Qxc3 31. b4 $16)
30... Qxc3 31. Rac1 $2 (31. b4 Be5 32. Rac1 Qb3 33. Qe3 $10) 31... Qxb3 32. f3
Bb7 33. e7 $13 (33. Rb1 Qc3) 33... Rac8 34. Kh1 (34. Rb1 Qc3 35. Bb4 Qd4+)
34... Bf6 35. Rb1 Qf7 36. Bb4 Bxe7 $1 (36... g5 37. Nd3) 37. Bxe7 Rc7 38. Qd2
Rcxe7 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40. Rc1 $146 Qe5 (40... Rd8 41. Qa2+ Kh8 42. Qb2+ Kg8 $10)
41. Qa2+ Kg7 42. Nd3 Qd6 (42... Qe3 43. Rc7+ Kh6 44. Qf7 Bxf3 45. Qxh7+ Kg5 46.
h4+ Kg4 47. Qxg6+) 43. Qb2+ Kg8 44. Nc5 Ba8 $1 (44... Bc8 {[%cal Gh7h6,Yg8h7,
Ge8e7] /\h6,Kh7,Re7}) 45. Qb3+ Kg7 (45... Bd5 46. Qd3 Rc8 47. Qd4) 46. Qc3+ Kh6
47. Nd3 $2 Re3 48. Rd1 f4 $2 (48... Rxf3 $1 49. Qd2+ g5 50. gxf3 Bxf3+ 51. Kg1
Qg3+ 52. Kf1 Qxh3+ 53. Kf2 Bxd1 54. Qxd1 f4 $17) 49. Qc2 Re7 (49... Rxf3 50.
gxf3 Bxf3+ 51. Kh2 Bxd1 52. Qxd1 f3+ 53. Kh1 Qg3 54. Qd2+ g5 55. Nb4 $2 Qxh3+
$4 56. Qh2 $18) 50. Nf2 $132 Qb4 51. Kh2 Kg7 52. Nd3 Qd4 53. Nf2 Qb4 54. Nd3
Qxa5 (54... Qd4 $10) 55. Qb2+ Kg8 (55... Kh6 56. Qf6 Qc7 57. Nf2 $2 Rf7 58.
Ng4+ Kh5 59. Qxa6 $17 Bxf3 60. Qxb5+ g5) 56. Qb3+ Kg7 57. Qb2+ Kf7 $4 (57...
Kg8 58. Qb3+ $10) 58. Ne5+ Kg8 (58... Ke8 59. Ng4) (58... Kf8 59. Ng4) 59. Ng4
$18 h5 60. Qf6 {60...Rg7 61.Rd8 Kh7 62.Qf8 Qd8 63.Qd8 hg 64.Qa8 g3 65.Kg1 Rc7
66.Kf1 Rc1 67.Kf2 Rc2 68.Kd3 Rg2 69.Qf8 ,62.Ra8 Qe1.62.Ne5 Qe1 63.Qf4 Yudasin}
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Razuvaev, Yuri S"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Graz Merkur Versicherung"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. e3 f5 6. d3 Nf6 7. Nge2 O-O 8. O-O
Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 {A tough decision for me, since I never looked at
this move seriously in my life, at least before this game, but also a forced
one, because I don't believe anymore that 3.Nxe5 gives White anything.} Nxe4 4.
Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Be7 {Artur plays this line from time to
time, among other things. It gives Black a rather dull but very bullet-proof
position.} 8. c4 Nf6 9. Nc3 {An interesting bit of statistics: in ten games in
which this position occured, Black were only able to make two draws.} Be6 10.
c5 O-O 11. Bf4 c6 12. h3 (12. b4 {was played by Kindermann in his game vs.
Jussupow in Garmisch-Partenkirch 1994, but it allowed Black to activate his
pieces, slowly but unstoppably:} Qd7 13. Re1 Rfe8 14. Qc2 g6 15. h3 Nh5 16. Be5
Bg5 17. b5 Nf4 18. Bf1 Bf5 19. Qd1 f6 20. Bd6 Rxe1 21. Qxe1 Re8 $13 {, even
though White went on to win the game, which shows that even the simplest
set-ups may work for White in this position. But I wanted to destroy any
counterplay in its cradle.}) 12... Re8 13. Re1 Nd7 $5 ({Black has another very
natural move here:} 13... Qd7 {, planning 14...Bf5. But here White is able to
play} 14. g4 $5 {and it is not very clear where is any of the Black pieces
going.} (14. b4 {was seen in Polgar-Jussupow, Vienna 1996, where this position
was reached thru another move order, and after} Bf5 15. Re5 Bg6 16. Qf3 Bd8 17.
Rxe8+ Nxe8 18. Rd1 Nc7 19. Be5 Ne6 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. a4 Bc7 22. Bxc7 Nxc7 {
the draw was agreed.}) (14. Qc2 g6 15. b4 {transposes to Kindermann-Jussupow.})
) 14. Qd2 {After a lenghty thought I decided that prophylaxis is still my most
important task. At first I wanted to play} (14. b4 {, but it allows} Bg5 $1 (
14... Bf6 15. Bc2 a5 16. b5 Nxc5 {does not work in view of} 17. dxc5 Bxc3 18.
Qd3) 15. Bg3 Qf6 {, and White is unable to stop Bf5.}) 14... Bf6 15. Bc2 Nf8
16. Re2 {Another prophylactic move, but in a normal course of events it would
lead to a highly unclear position with both sides playing for a win, which is
hardly a worthy result of prophylactic measures. The problem is that after} (
16. b4 Ng6 17. Bd6 Nh4 $1 {Black's counterplay is very disturbing.} (17... Qd7
18. Qd3 $1 $16)) 16... b6 $1 {Right on time.} (16... Ng6 17. Bd6 Qd7 18. Rae1
Red8 19. b4 Bf5 20. Ba4 {gives White a huge advantage,}) ({while after} 16...
Bd7 17. Rxe8 Qxe8 18. Re1 ({or even} 18. Be3 $5 {in order to meet} Ne6 {with}
19. f4 $5) 18... Ne6 19. Be5 {White enjoys a stable plus.}) 17. Rae1 ({Worse is
} 17. b4 a5 18. Na4 Nd7 {, and White is needlesly tangled up in queenside
affairs.}) 17... bxc5 18. dxc5 Bd7 (18... Qa5 $4 19. Nxd5 $18) 19. Rxe8 Bxe8
20. b4 Ne6 21. Bd6 g6 $1 {The forced sequence ended, and I started to think.
The first thing I noticed was that unless Black plays a5 himself , I will
never be able to push b4-b5 because of Qa5 - the beautiful bishop on d6 no
longer protects the queen. Then I realized that Black plans 22...Bg7 and 23...
Qf6, and after that White can only be worse. After some thought I came to the
conclusion that} (21... a5 22. b5 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 cxb5 24. Qd3 $16) 22. f4 {
is the only way to answer all of this.} Bd7 $6 {After the game Artur was very
displeased with this decision. He made this move almost immediately, and, as
it turned out, it was almost the last chance to change the course of the game.
Black had to play} (22... a5 $1 {, and it is very hard to tell who has the
upper hand in the following complications.} 23. f5 $1 (23. b5 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Bxc5
$17) 23... gxf5 (23... Nd4 24. b5 Nxc2 25. Qxc2 Bd4+ (25... d4 26. Ne4 cxb5 27.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Qe4 $16) 26. Kh1 Qf6 27. Ne2 $1 $14) (23... axb4 24. Nxd5 cxd5
25. fxe6 Rxa2 (25... Bc3 26. Qh6 Bg7 27. Qf4 $16) 26. e7 Qa8 27. Qd3 $44) 24.
Bxf5 (24. Ne2 $5 axb4 25. Bxf5 $44) 24... Bg7 $1 (24... axb4 $2 25. Qh6 $18) (
24... Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Ne2 $1 Bf2 27. Rf1 Qxf5 28. Ng3 Qg5 29. Qxf2 axb4
30. Nf5 $40) 25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Qh4 27. Ne2 $13) 23. Ne2 $1 {This little
move secures White's edge. Black is unable to stop 24.f5.} Bg7 24. f5 gxf5 25.
Bxf5 Qh4 $2 {The decisive mistake. It was necessary to play} (25... Nxc5 $1 {
, but after} 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. Bxc5 Qh4 28. Nd4 $1 {the control over d4, the
safer king and the weakness of a7 pawn gives White a lasting egde.}) 26. Rf1
Re8 27. Kh1 $1 {Completing the consolidation and leaving Black paralized.
White is planning, for instance, 28.Ng3, 29.Bg4 and 30.Bf5, while Black is
hard-pressed to find a move.} Bc8 28. b5 $1 Bb7 (28... cxb5 {is bad:} 29. Qxd5
Qc4 30. Bxh7+ $1 $18) 29. Bxe6 $1 Rxe6 30. Nf4 ({It was tempting to play} 30.
Qa5 $5 Rxe2 31. Qc7 {, but after} Qe4 $1 (31... Bf6 32. Qb8+ Kg7 33. Qf8+ Kg6
34. Qg8+ $18) 32. Qb8+ Qe8 33. Qxb7 Re1 {Black is escaping.}) 30... Re8 31. Qa5
Qd8 $8 32. Qxa7 Qd7 (32... Qa8 33. Qxa8 Rxa8 34. b6 Rxa2 35. Kh2 $1 {, and
with rooks on board, White will easily win.}) 33. bxc6 Qxc6 34. Rb1 Ba8 $2 $138
(34... Bc8 {did not lose at once, but if White does not fall for} 35. Rb6 $2
Re1+ 36. Kh2 Qe8 $132 {, he is still almost winning.}) 35. Rb6 Qc8 36. Rb8 Qc6
37. Nxd5 $1 $18 Kh8 38. Qc7 Qa4 39. Rxe8+ Qxe8 40. Ne7 Be4 41. c6 h6 42. Qb8 {
Black resigned - he loses a piece.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Oll, Lembit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1997.12.28"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. Be3 Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. O-O g6 14. Qe1 Bg7 15.
Qh4 O-O 16. Bh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 13th final play-off"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "1997.12.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Oll, Lembit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1997.12.30"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Warszawa Polonia"]
[BlackTeam "Azov Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Yudasin,L} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 (6...
Nc6 {Yudasin,L} 7. Re1 e5) 7. Nbd2 e5 8. Re1 b6 {This double fianchetto looks
slightly suspicious, so White decides to punish his opponent.} (8... c6 {
Yudasin,L} 9. Bc2 {/\Nc4}) 9. d5 $5 {[%csl Rc6] Although White would prefer to
have his c-pawn already on c4 and his knight on c3 instead of d2, White gladly
closes the center, as in the arising pawn formation the potential weakness of
the c6-square might be unpleasant for Black.} (9. a4 {Yudasin,L} a5 10. d5) (9.
Nf1 {Yudasin,L} Bb7 10. Ng3 $14) 9... Bh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6c1] A logical attempt
to exchange the dark-squared bishop.} 10. a4 Nh5 11. Bc2 (11. a5 $5 {would be
more energetic.} Nc5 {Yudasin,L} 12. Bc2 Qf6 13. b4) 11... Ba6 12. c4 (12. a5 {
Yudasin,L}) 12... Bb7 13. a5 Ng7 14. Nb1 {White is keen to move this knight to
it's 'normal' c3-square.} ({However, White would perhaps be even better off
with} 14. b4 {when he might follow with Nb3 and an eventual c4-c5.}) (14. b4 {
[%cal Ga1a3] Yudasin,L /\Ra3}) 14... Bxc1 15. Qxc1 f5 16. exf5 (16. Nc3 {
Yudasin,L} Nf6 17. b4 $14) 16... gxf5 17. Nc3 e4 18. Nd4 Qf6 (18... Ne5 {
Yudasin,L} 19. a6 Bc8 20. Nc6 Nxc6 21. dxc6 Be6 22. b3 Rf7 $13) 19. Nce2 (19.
Ndb5 {Yudasin,L} a6 20. Nxc7 Rac8 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Nxa6 Nxc4 $146) 19... Ne5
20. a6 {White would probably prefer not to close the queenside, but he had to
deal with the threat of ...Nd3.} Bc8 21. Nb5 (21. b3 $2 {Yudasin,L} Nd3) 21...
Rf7 22. b3 Nh5 23. Ng3 Qh4 $4 {A blunder.} 24. Nxh5 $4 {White does not take
his chance.} (24. Qd2 {Yudasin,L} Ng4 25. h3 $2 e3 $1 (25... Nxf2 $2 26. Nxh5
Nxh3+ 27. gxh3 Qxh5 28. Kh2 f4 29. Rg1+ Kf8 30. Qg2 $16) 26. fxe3 Nxg3 $19) (
24. Qh6 $1 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Rh6h4] would mean curtains for Black.}) 24... Qxh5
25. Qf4 Rg7 26. Nd4 (26. Bd1 {Yudasin,L} Qg6) 26... Bd7 27. Kh1 Kh8 $1 28. Ne2
(28. Rg1 {Yudasin,L} Rag8 29. Bd1 Qh3 $1) 28... Rg4 29. Qe3 Rag8 $19 {Now all
Black's pieces are in the attack.} 30. Rg1 (30. Ng3 {Yudasin,L} Qh4 {[%cal
Rf5f4] /\f4}) 30... Nf3 $1 31. h3 (31. gxf3 Qxh2+ 32. Kxh2 Rh4# {is a pretty
finish.}) 31... Rxg2 $1 0-1

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nd7 (13... Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Bg4 (
20. Qf2 Rdc8 21. Rad1 Bc5 22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Kasparov,G/
Las Palmas 1996/CBM 57 (33)}) 20... Bc4 21. Qf2 Qc6 22. b3 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 f6 24.
Nd5 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Akopian,V/Ubeda 1997/CBM 58 (52)}) 14. Bg2 b6 15. g5 Bb7
16. Qg4 (16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh3 Bf8 18. f5 Nde5 19. fxe6 Nxd4 20. exf7+ {1-0 De
Firmian,N-Irzhanov,R/WchT 4th 1997/CBM 62 (34)}) 16... Bf8 17. f5 exf5 18. Qxf5
Nde5 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Nb3 Ne7 (20... Bc8 $5 21. Qf2 b5 22. axb5 axb5 {/\Be6
Dokhoian}) 21. Qf4 Rc8 22. Nd4 Nxd5 23. exd5 Qd7 24. b3 g6 $2 (24... b5 $5 25.
axb5 axb5 26. Ra5 Ra8 27. Rfa1 Qc7 28. Ra7 $14) (24... Ng6 $5 25. Qf2 Nh4 26.
Qxh4 Rxe3 27. Rae1 $14) 25. c4 $1 $14 Re7 26. Bg1 Rce8 27. Rae1 Bg7 28. Qg3 Qc7
29. Rd1 $6 Nd7 30. Rde1 $14 Nc5 31. Nc6 $138 (31. Rxe7 $5 Rxe7 32. Nc6) 31...
Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Nxb3 34. Qe8+ Bf8 35. Bh3 $2 (35. Nd8 Bc8 36. Nxf7
Qxf7 37. Qxc8 $11) 35... Na5 (35... Nd2 $5 36. Qe2 Bxc6 37. dxc6 Nb3 $17) 36.
Qd8 (36. Nxa5 $5 bxa5 37. Qd7 Qxd7 38. Bxd7 h6 39. h4 Be7 40. Be3 hxg5 41. hxg5
Kg7 42. Kg2 f5 43. gxf6+ Bxf6 44. Bf4 Be7 45. Bc6 Bc8 46. c5 $14) 36... Qxd8
37. Nxd8 Ba8 (37... Be7 38. Nxb7 Nxb7 39. Bxb6 Nc5 $11) 38. Bf1 Nb7 39. Nxb7
Bxb7 40. Bxb6 $11 h6 41. h4 hxg5 42. hxg5 Be7 43. Bc7 Kf8 44. Kh2 Ke8 45. Bh3
Bxg5 46. Bxd6 Be7 47. Be5 Bc5 48. Bf6 a5 49. Kg3 Ba6 50. Bf1 Bc8 51. Bd3 Kd7
52. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Yudasin,L} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 (5. h4 $5 {Yudasin,L}
) 5... b5 (5... Nf6 {Yudasin,L} 6. h3 b5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. exd6 exd6 9. Bd3 $14) 6.
Bd3 Nd7 {/\c5} (6... Bb7 {Yudasin,L} 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 Nf6 (8... a5 9. c3 e6 10.
Nf4 Nf6 (10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nd5 Ne7 13. Bg5 Bxd5) 11. Qc2 Nbd7 $13) 9.
Nxf6+ $14) 7. e5 {I believe this move was played the first time against me in
1991} Bb7 (7... e6 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. a4 bxa4 10. exd6 cxd6 11. Rxa4 O-O 12. O-O Bb7
13. Be4 d5 14. Bd3 f6 15. Bh4 Nf5 $132 {Fishbein,A-Hansen,C/Kerteminde 1991/
(59)}) (7... dxe5 {Yudasin,L} 8. Be4 Rb8 9. dxe5 {/\10.Ba7,10.e6}) 8. e6 (8.
exd6 {Yudasin,L} cxd6 9. O-O Ngf6 $15) 8... fxe6 9. Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O $44 {
[%csl Re8] White has longterm compensation. Blacks P-structure has been
weakened and his development has been obstructed seriously. However white
needs to open lines to improve his position and that is not so easy} (10. Qe2
$44 {Was another idea with the option of castling queenside}) 10... Nf6 (10...
e5 {Yudasin,L} 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Be4 $146) 11. Re1 (11. a4 $142 $14 {Svidler})
11... Qd7 12. Bd2 (12. a4 {Yudasin,L} b4 13. Nce4 h6 14. Nxf6+ exf6 $13) (12.
Qe2 {Yudasin,L} h6 13. Nge4 $146) 12... h6 {[%csl Rg6] This move weakens g6,
but black cannot tolerate the white N on g5} 13. Nf3 (13. Nge4 {Yudasin,L} Nxe4
14. Bxe4 d5 15. Bf3 Bxd4) 13... Rb8 (13... g5 {Yudasin,L} 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 g4
16. Nh4) 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 {/\c3,,Rb1,Qe2~/=} Qc6
$5 {White cannot easily put more pressure on e6. So it is quite possible that
he will try to attack blacks pawns on the Q-side. Playing a4-a5 and attack b4
would be one idea. Blacks textmove is played with the idea of putting the Q on
the square c4. It can easily be forced away, but white might have to make some
consessions like playing the positionally dubios move b2-b3} 18. Re3 {/\Rb3,c3}
Qc4 (18... Qd5 {Yudasin,L} 19. c3 b3 20. Qe2) (18... g5 {Yudasin,L} 19. c3 bxc3
20. Bxc3 Qd5 21. Qd3 a5 22. Nd2 {/\Nc4-a5,/\Nc4,Rf3,Ne3}) 19. c3 (19. b3 $6 Qd5
) (19. Rb3 {Yudasin,L} Nd7 20. c3 O-O 21. cxb4 c6 $13) 19... b3 {Black wants
to keep the Q-side closed. As long as his N is on f8, he cannot let white get
more open files for his Rs as Rh8 does not participate in the game} 20. Re1 {
[%csl Rb3][%cal Yd2e3,Yf3d2,Ya1a3] White has created a weakness on b3 and now
he will regroup with Be3, Nd2 and possibly Ra3 to attack this weakness} (20.
Be1 {Yudasin,L} g5 21. Nd2 Qd5 22. Ra3 Ng6 23. Qh5 Qf5 24. Rf3 Qc2 $13) 20...
g5 (20... Kf7 {Yudasin,L} 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Nd2 Qd5 23. c4 Qb7 24. Ra3) 21. Be3
Qd5 (21... Ng6 {Yudasin,L} 22. Nd2 Qd5 23. Ra3 Nh4 24. f3 g4 25. Bf2) 22. Qd3
$1 {[%cal Yd3a6,Yd3g6] Anand:?!} a5 23. Ra3 {Anand: ?!} Kf7 24. Nd2 Ng6 (24...
Bf6 $5 $13 {Yudasin,L}) 25. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Ye2h5] e6 Black was finally ready
to develop Rh8, but now the pin on blacks N after Qh5 would keep blacks forces
tied up} (25. c4 Qf5 $132) 25... Nh4 (25... Rhf8 26. Qh5 $16 (26. c4 {Yudasin,L
} Qf5 27. Nxb3 $36)) (25... e5 {Yudasin,L} 26. c4 Qa8 27. d5 Nf4 $2 28. Bxf4
gxf4 29. Qh5+ $40) 26. f3 Ng6 (26... Rhf8 $5 27. c4 Qa8 {Black does not like
to move the Q away from the K but the alternative is not very good either:} (
27... Qf5 28. g3 Ng6 29. g4 Qf6 30. Ne4 Nf4 31. Qd1 $16) 28. Bf2 (28. Bxg5
Bxd4+ 29. Be3 Rg8 30. Bxd4 Rxg2+ 31. Qxg2 Nxg2 32. Kxg2 $14) 28... e5 29. dxe5
Bxe5) (26... e5 {Yudasin,L} 27. dxe5 Bxe5 28. Nc4 Bf6 29. Rd1 $36) 27. c4 Qf5 (
27... Qa8 {Yudasin,L} 28. Bxg5 (28. Nxb3 Bf6 $14) 28... Bxd4+ $13) 28. Ne4 $1 {
[%csl Rf5][%cal Rg2g4] /\g4 White is not mainly interested in winning back the
P on b3. He wants to disturb the coordination of the black forces. The threat
g2-g4, makes it one more time impossible to develop Rh8} Kg8 {[%csl Rh8]} (
28... Nf4 {Yudasin,L} 29. Qd1 Rb4 30. Rxb3 Rxc4 31. Rb5) (28... g4 {Yudasin,L}
29. Rf1) 29. Qd1 Rb4 $2 (29... Kh7 $142 $5 {Yudasin,L}) (29... g4 $142 {Svidler
} 30. Ng3 $140 Qc2) 30. Rxb3 Rxc4 $2 $16 (30... Rxb3 $142 31. Qxb3 Kh7 $13 {
Anand}) 31. Rb5 Qf7 (31... d5 {Yudasin,L} 32. b3 Rb4 33. Rxa5) 32. Rxa5 Kh7 33.
Rb5 (33. Bxg5 {Yudasin,L} Rxd4) (33. Rxg5 {Yudasin,L} d5) 33... d5 $2 {[%csl
Rc5] Now black could and should move Rh8 into the game} (33... Ra8 34. b3 Rc6
$16) (33... Rc6 $16 {Yudasin,L} 34. Rxg5 $2 d5 35. Rxg6 Qxg6 36. Nc5 $13) 34.
Nc5 {[%csl Rc4] /\b3,Qd2 The black R on c4 is now in trouble} Qf5 35. b3 Rc3
36. Qd2 Rc2 37. g4 $1 Nh4 38. gxf5 Nxf3+ 39. Kh1 Nxd2 40. Re2 Nc4 (40... exf5 {
Yudasin,L} 41. Bxd2 (41. Ne6 f4 42. Bxd2 f3 43. Rf2 c6 44. Rb7 Bf6 $132) (41.
Rxd2 Rxd2 42. Bxd2 Bxd4 43. Ne6 c6 44. Rb7 Bf6 45. a5 $18) 41... Bxd4 42. Rxe7+
Kg6 $132) 41. Rxc2 Nxe3 42. Re2 (42. Re2 {Yudasin,L} Nxf5 43. Nxe6 c6 44. Rb6
Rc8 45. Rc2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. f4 Qc7 10. Kh1 Rd8 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Ne5 (12... Bd7 13. Qe1 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 e5 15. Be3 b5 16. Qf2 Rdc8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Bd6 20.
axb5 axb5 21. Be4 Be8 22. Bf5 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 Rb8 24. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Geller,
E-Platonov,I/URS-ch39 1971/URS-ch}) 13. Be2 (13. Ndb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qc6 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 Bd7 17. c4 Be8 18. Qc2 b6 19. Qc3 {1/2-1/2 Sokolov,A-Lazarev,
V/Biel op 1992/EXP 31}) (13. Qe1 Nxf3 14. Nxf3 b6 15. Bd4 Qc6 16. e5 dxe5 17.
Nxe5 Qc7 18. Qf2 Rd6 19. a5 bxa5 20. Bc5 Rb8 21. Bxd6 Bxd6 22. Rab1 Bb7 23.
Rfd1 g6 24. Qd4 Bc5 25. Qc4 Qe7 26. Qa4 Bb4 27. Nc6 Bxc6 28. Qxc6 Ng4 29. Rd2
Qh4 30. g3 Qh3 31. Qc7 Rf8 32. Qb7 Qh5 33. Qf3 Qf5 34. Re2 Bxc3 35. Qxc3 Rd8
36. Qf3 h5 37. Kg2 Rd4 {Diker,M-Suba,M/Beersheba 1984/MCL 01/1/2-1/2 (50)})
13... b6 14. Qe1 (14. Nb3 Ned7 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Bf2 Re8 18. Rad1 e5
19. f5 d5 20. exd5 e4 21. Nxe4 Bxd5 22. Bg3 Qa7 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Qd2 Bxf3 25.
Rxf3 Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Qf2 Qb7 28. Rfd3 h6 29. Nd4 Rce8 30. h3 Qe4 31. b3 {
1/2-1/2 Haag,E-Jansa,V/Tungsram 1976/MCL 01}) 14... Nc4 15. Bc1 Bb7 16. b3 Na5
17. Bf3 Nd7 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Rd1 Rac8 20. f5 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Nc6 22. Rd2 Nce5 23.
fxe6 fxe6 24. Be2 Nc5 25. Qg3 Rf8 26. Rfd1 Rcd8 27. Qe3 Bc6 28. Ba3 a5 29. h3
h6 30. Rd4 Rf6 31. Bb2 Nb7 32. R4d2 Rff8 33. Kg1 Nc5 34. Rd4 Kh7 35. Bh5 Rd7
36. Nb5 Bxb5 37. axb5 Qd8 38. Qg3 Qe7 39. Kh2 Kg8 40. Bc1 Qf6 41. Be3 Kh8 42.
R1d2 Kh7 43. Bd1 Qe7 44. Bh5 Qf6 45. Bd1 Qe7 46. c3 Rf6 47. b4 Nb7 48. Qxe5
dxe5 49. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht Ftacnik Hansen,Cu} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3
6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 c5 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Na5 (11... Qc7
{Ftacnik} 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qc2 a6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. dxc5 Be6 16. Qa4 Rdb8 17.
Rb1 Rb5 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Rab8 {Bern,I-Swidler,P/Gausdal Arnold Cup (8)/
1991/0.5 (33)}) 12. Rb1 (12. dxc5 Nc4 $1 (12... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 13. Nf4 Nc4 (
13... e6 14. Nd3 b6 15. Bb5 Bb7 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Qc2 Bc6 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. Rfd1
bxc5 20. Nxc5 Nc4 21. Bf2 Reb8 22. Rab1 Rb6 {1/2-1/2 Shariyazdanov,A-Dvoirys,S/
RUS Cup Moscow/1998/ (34)}) 14. Nd5 Nxe3 15. Nxc7 Nxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rb8 17. Rab1
Be5 18. Nd5 e6 19. Ne7+ Kg7 20. c6 b6 21. c4 Kf6 22. Nxc8 Rfxc8 23. f4 Bxf4 24.
Rf1 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A-Yandemirov,V/RUS-Cup8/1997/}) 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Bg5 Bd7
15. Bb3 Na5 16. Bxe7 Re8 17. Bd6 Rxe4 18. Nd4 Nxb3 19. axb3 Bxd4 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,V-Kasparov,G/Linares 1998/}) 12... Nc4 (12... b6 13. dxc5 Ba6 14. Bb5
$1 (14. cxb6 {Topalov} Qxd1 15. Bxd1 axb6 $44 16. Bxb6 Nc4 {/\17... Rfb8; 17...
Nd2}) 14... Bxb5 15. Rxb5 Nc4 (15... Qe8 16. Qa4 a6 17. Rb4 $16) 16. Qxd8 (16.
Bg5 $1 f6 (16... h6 17. Rb4 $1 $16) (16... Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8
19. f3 $16) (16... Qc7 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qa3 $14) 17. Rb4 (17. Qb3 Qd3 18. Nd4 $1
fxg5 19. Rd1 Qxe4 20. Qxc4+ $14) 17... Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. g3
(20. f3 Ne5 $1 21. Rd4 $8 Rxd4 22. cxd4 fxg5 23. dxe5 bxc5 24. e6 Be5 $15)
20... fxg5 21. Rxc4 bxc5 (21... Rd2 22. c6 $18) 22. a4 $14) 16... Rfxd8 17. Bg5
f6 $1 (17... Kf8 18. Rb4 Nd2 19. Re1 bxc5 20. Ra4 $14 {פd2}) 18. Bc1 (18. Rb4
Nd2 19. Bxd2 Rxd2 $15) 18... Rdc8 $13) (12... cxd4 13. cxd4 b6 14. d5 e6 (14...
Ba6 15. Re1 e6 16. dxe6 fxe6 17. Nf4 $16) 15. Bd2 $1 Ba6 (15... exd5 16. Bxa5
bxa5 17. Bc6) 16. Bb4 $16 {Dautov-Labunsky (UdSSR 1989)}) (12... e5 {Ftacnik}
13. dxe5 $16) (12... Bd7 {Ftacnik} 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. dxc5 $14) 13. Bg5 h6 $6 (
13... Qc7 $5 14. Qd3 Na3 (14... Nb6 {Ftacnik} 15. Bc2) 15. Rb2 Qa5 16. Bd1 cxd4
(16... c4 {Ftacnik} 17. Qe3 Re8 18. Bh6 $40) 17. Bxe7 Re8 (17... dxc3 {Ftacnik}
18. Rb3 c2 19. Rxa3 cxd1=Q 20. Rxd1 Qe5 21. Bxf8 Bxf8 22. Rb3 $16) 18. Bb4 Qb5
19. Bc2 (19. Qxb5 {Ftacnik} Nxb5 20. Ba4 dxc3 21. Bxb5 cxb2 22. Bxe8 Be6 23.
Bb5 Bxa2 $132) 19... dxc3 20. Rb3 Qxd3 21. Bxd3 Rd8 22. Nf4 Rxd3 23. Nxd3 Nb5
$13 (23... Nb5 {Ftacnik} 24. Bc5 b6 $132)) (13... a6 {Ftacnik} 14. Bb3 $14) 14.
Bh4 b6 $2 {Hansen,Cu: Around here things start to go seriously wrong for black}
15. Bc6 Rb8 16. Bd5 $1 (16. Bg3 e5 (16... Bb7 {Ftacnik} 17. Bxb8 Bxc6 18. Bxa7
Bxe4 (18... Qc7 19. Qd3 $1) 19. dxc5 Bxb1 (19... Qa8 $5 20. cxb6 Bxg2 21. Qd3
Ne5 22. Qg3 Bxf1 23. Kxf1 $13) 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxb1 bxc5 22. Bxc5 $14) 17.
Bd5 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 $13) (16. Qa4 Na5 $13) 16... Ba6 $8 17. Qd3 b5 $8 18. a4
{Hansen,Cu: Black has build his position on his N-position on c4, but this
stronghold cannot be kept after whites textmove White pieces are firing into
the opponent with a suprising ferrocity, only rook on f1 is still waiting for
its turn.} (18. dxc5 $16) 18... cxd4 $8 (18... Na3 19. Ra1 Qa5 20. axb5 Qxb5
21. c4 Nxc4 22. Rxa6 Qxa6 23. Bxc4 $18) 19. Nxd4 (19. axb5 Ne5 $13 (19... Ne5 {
Ftacnik} 20. Qd2 Bxb5 21. cxd4 Nc4 $14)) 19... Bxd4 {Hansen,Cu: A sign of
serious crisis. Normally black would not want to change this bishop for any
other piece that whites dark-squared B unless he gets something serious in
return. Here the Bg7 is exchanged to avoid imidiate material loss.} 20. cxd4 $6
(20. Qxd4 e5 (20... Na3 21. Rbc1 (21. Qxa7 Nxb1 22. Bxe7 Qb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24.
Rxb1 $18) 21... bxa4 22. Rfd1 $18) (20... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 21. Bxc4 Qxc4 (21...
bxc4 22. Bg3 $18) 22. Qxc4 bxc4 23. Bxe7 Rfe8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. Bf6 $16) 21.
Qxa7 (21. Bxf7+ $5 Rxf7 22. Qxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bxd8 bxa4 $16) 21... Qxh4 22. Qxa6
Nd2 23. axb5 $1 (23. Qxg6+ Kh8) 23... Nxf1 24. Rxf1 $18) 20... Nd6 $16 21. Rfc1
Rb6 $6 (21... Bb7 $1 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. axb5 Qd7 24. f3 (24. Rc5 Qg4) 24... Nxb5
25. d5 $16) 22. a5 (22. Qd2 $5 {Hansen,Cu} Kh7 23. a5 Rb8 24. Bg3 $16) (22.
axb5 {Ftacnik} Bxb5 23. Qa3 (23. Qh3 $5) 23... g5 24. Bg3 e6 25. Bxd6 Qxd6 26.
Qxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxb5 exd5 28. e5 $16) 22... Rb8 {[#] Hecht:  The start of the
transition into a queen+rook versus queen+bishop+knight ending. By tactical
means (pin), the g6 point will be stormed to get at the black king. [#] Hecht:
Beginn des Übergangs in das Endspiel D+T gegen D+L+S Mit taktischen Mitteln 
(Fesselung) soll der Punkt g6 mit Hinwendung zum schwarzen König gestürmt
werden.} 23. Rc6 $1 Bb7 $8 (23... Bc8 24. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 25. Bg3 $18) 24. e5 $1
Nf5 (24... Bxc6 $4 {Ftacnik} 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 26. Qxh6+ Kg8 27. Rb3 $18 (27. Rb3 {
Hecht} Nf5 28. Qg6+ Kh8 29. Bf6+ exf6 30. Rh3+ {(Hecht)})) 25. Rxg6+ Kh8 {
This position shows a model situation of a great exposure of white pieces.
Black king narrowly survives, but rook g6 and both white bishops are under
fire.} (25... Kh7 $2 {Ftacnik} 26. Rd6 $18) 26. Bxf7 $2 (26. Qxf5 fxg6 27. Qxg6
Qxd5 (27... Bxd5 {Ftacnik} 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+ $11) 28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qg6+
Kh8 30. Bxe7 Qe4 $1 31. Bf6+ Rxf6 32. Qxf6+ Kh7 33. Qf7+ Kh6 34. Qe6+ Kg7 35.
Qf6+ Kh7 $11) (26. Rg4 $5 Qxd5 27. Qxf5 Rg8 28. f3 $1 (28. Bxe7 $2 Rxg4 29.
Qxg4 Rg8 30. Bf6+ Kh7 31. Qf5+ Rg6 32. f3 Qa2 $1 33. g3 Bxf3 34. Qxf3 Qxb1+ $17
) 28... Rxg4 29. Qxg4 Rg8 30. Qf4 Kh7 31. Rb2 Qxf3 32. Qxf3 Bxf3 33. Bxe7 a6
$16) (26. Bf6+ $1 exf6 27. Bxf7 $1 {[#] Variation Diagram [#] Variantendiagramm
} Rxf7 (27... Qd7 $1 28. e6 Qd5 29. Qh3 Kh7 30. Rxf6 Nh4 $1 {/\Q:d4,Qg5 Idea: .
..Qg5 and ...Qxd4. Ideen: Dg5 und Dd4 Ideen: Dg5 und Dd4} 31. Qd3+ $1 (31. e7
Rxf7 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxh4 Qg6 $1 $19) (31. Rxh6+ Kxh6 32. Qxh4+ Kg7 33. Qg3+
Kf6 34. Qf4+ Kg7 $11) 31... Qe4 32. Qxe4+ Bxe4 33. Re1 $16) 28. Qxf5 Qxd4 (
28... Qf8 29. Qh5 Rh7 30. Rxf6) 29. Rxh6+ Kg8 30. Qh5 $18) 26... Rxf7 (26...
Nxh4 $2 {Ftacnik} 27. Rxh6+ Kg7 28. Rh7# (28. Qh7#)) 27. e6 Rf8 28. Bg3 Kh7 (
28... Nxg3 {Ftacnik} 29. Rxh6+ Kg7 30. Qg6#) 29. Rg4 Rc8 $2 (29... h5 $1 30.
Rg5 (30. Rxb5 $1 Qc8 $1 31. Rc5 $1 {[#] Variation Diagram: [#]
Variantendiagramm} (31. Bxb8 Qc1+ 32. Qf1 Qxf1+ 33. Kxf1 Ba6 34. Rf4 Bxb5+ $17)
(31. Qb1 hxg4 32. Rxf5 Be4 33. Rf7+ Rxf7 34. Qxe4+ Kg7 35. Qxg4+ Kf8 36. Qd1
Rf6 $19) (31. h3 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Bxg2 $1 33. Kxg2 Rxb5 $19) 31... Qxe6 $6 (31...
Ba6 $5 32. Qe4 (32. Rxc8 Bxd3 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Bxb8 hxg4 35. Bxa7 Kg6 $15)
32... Bb7 (32... hxg4 33. Bxb8 Qxb8 (33... Qb7 34. Qxb7 Bxb7 35. Bxa7 $14) 34.
Rxf5 Rxf5 35. Qxf5+ Kh6 $13) 33. Qd3 $11) 32. Re5 Rbc8 (32... Qc8 $2 33. Rxe7+)
(32... Ba6 $5 33. Qe4 Rbc8 34. h3 Qf7 35. Rg5 e6 $13) 33. h3 $1 (33. Bf4 Qxe5
34. dxe5 hxg4 $17) 33... Qf7 (33... Qxe5 34. Bxe5 hxg4 35. hxg4 $18) 34. Rg5 e6
{for example: zum Beispiel: zum Beispiel:} 35. d5 $5 (35. Qd1 $5 Ng7 36. Rxh5+
Nxh5 37. Rxh5+ Kg8 38. Qg4+ Qg7 39. Rg5 $18) 35... Bxd5 (35... Rcd8 36. Qe2
Rxd5 37. Rxh5+ Kg8 38. Rg5+ $1 Kh8 39. Rxe6 $16) 36. Rgxf5 exf5 37. Rxd5 Rc3
38. Qd4 $44) 30... Qxd4 31. Qxd4 Nxd4 32. Bxb8 Rxb8 33. Rxh5+ (33. Rbxb5 Nxb5
34. Rxb5 Rd8 $19) (33. Rd1 Rd8 $17) 33... Kg6 $15) 30. Be5 {/\Rg7+} Rc5 $8 {
Black goes into extremes in order to survive the attack. [#] [#]} (30... Qd5 {
Ftacnik} 31. f3 $18) 31. Rg7+ (31. Re1 $142 $1 Rd5 (31... Rxe5 32. Rxe5 Qc8 33.
h3 $18) 32. Rg7+ Kh8 33. Rf7+ Rxe5 34. Rxe5 $18) 31... Kh8 32. dxc5 Nxg7 (32...
Qxd3 33. Rg3+ $18 (33. Rg3+ {Hansen,Cu} Kh7 34. Rxd3 $18 (34. Rxd3 {Ftacnik}
Be4 35. Rdb3 Bxb1 36. Rxb1 $18))) 33. Qg6 Rf6 34. Bxf6 exf6 {[#] Hecht: 
Tactical endgame. White has a material- and positional advantage. The only two
easily maneagable weaknesses are his first-rank and the g2 point. For the
highly-interesting developments up to this point and the following aberrations,
we give a 'big' Tactics Medal, which the finesse-rich play of both opponents
deserves. [#] Hecht: Taktisches Endspiel. Weiß hat Material- und
Stellungsübergewicht. Einzige leicht behebbare Schwächen sind die Grundreihe
und der Punkt g2. Für die hochinteressante Abwicklung bis hierher und die
nachfolgenden Irrungen gibt es eine "große" Taktikmedaille, die das
finessenreiche Spiel beider Kontrahenten würdigen soll.} 35. Qxh6+ Kg8 36. Re1
$2 $138 {Hansen,Cu: Giving away whites best P Horrible back rank oversight,
when white had still all the reasons to believe in success.} (36. Qg6 $18 Bc6 (
36... Qe7 {Hansen,Cu} 37. Rxb5 (37. Re1 {Ftacnik} Bd5 (37... Bc8 38. h4) 38. h4
Bxe6 39. h5 Qf7 40. Qxf7+ Bxf7 (40... Kxf7 41. h6 $18) 41. Re7 Bxh5 42. Rxa7
$18) (37. Qf7+ Qxf7 38. exf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxb5 Bc6 40. Rb8 $16) 37... Qxe6 38. h3
{Hansen,Cu: is the game continuation with the very important difference that
black does not have a P on b5. White has R + 3Ps for B+N and should win} (38.
h3 Qc6 39. Rb4 $18)) 37. h4 Qd5 (37... Qd4 38. h5 Be8 39. Qg3 Qe4 40. Rd1 Kh7
41. Rd7 $18) 38. h5 Be8 (38... Qxh5 39. Qxh5 Nxh5 40. Rd1 $18) 39. Qxf6 Qxe6
40. Qxe6+ Nxe6 41. Re1 $18) 36... Nxe6 {Hecht: Back Rank! Grundreihe!} 37. h4 (
37. Rxe6 $4 {Ftacnik} Qd1+ 38. Re1 Qxe1#) (37. Qg6+ {Ftacnik} Ng7 38. h4 Bc6
39. a6 b4 $13) 37... Ng7 38. Qf4 $1 {/\39.Qd6} Qd5 $8 (38... Bc6 39. Qd6 Qxd6
40. cxd6 Nf5 41. Rc1 Be8 42. Rc7 Nxd6 43. Rxa7 b4 44. a6 b3 45. Rb7 $1 $18) 39.
Qg3 $4 $138 (39. Qg4 $1 Qxc5 (39... Kf7 40. Rd1 $18) 40. Qg6 Qf8 41. h5 Qf7 42.
Qxf7+ Kxf7 43. h6 Nf5 44. h7 Kg7 45. g4 $18) 39... Kf7 $11 (39... Qxc5 $2 {
Ftacnik} 40. h5 $1 Kh8 (40... Qxh5 41. Qb8+ $18) 41. h6 Nf5 42. Qg6 $18) 40.
Qc7+ Kg6 41. Qg3+ Kf7 42. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Manor,I} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7.
Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O
14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O (16. Qh5 {Manor,I} Ne7 (16... e4) (16... Qd7))
(16. Bc2 {Manor,I} f4 17. Qh5 Rf7) 16... Ra7 $6 {In my opinion Black has two
plans in this sharp position. One is to concentrate his pieces and play on the
kingside and the other one (less popular nowdays), is to push the pawns on the
queenside, starting with 16. ... Rb8!?. With the move 16. ... Ra7 Black shows
his intention for the first plan, but in that case a vital question is who
will bring first his queen on the kingside. 16. ... Ra7 allows White to play
17.Qh5. Later in his game against Anand from the same tournament Kramnik found
a way to place his Queen on g5 first.} (16... e4 17. Nf4 Bf7 18. Bc2 Be5 19.
Nfd5 Qg5 $13 {Anand-Kramnik, Linares, 1998}) 17. Qh5 (17. a4 {Manor,I} f4 (
17... e4 18. Nf4 Bf7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Ne7 $16) 18. Qh5 h6 (
18... Bh8 19. Bxh7+ Rxh7 20. Qg6+ $18) (18... Bf6 19. Bf5 $16) 19. Qg6 Re8 20.
Nf6+ $18) 17... Raf7 (17... e4 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. f3 exf3 21. Rxf3
$14 {Ivanchuk-Kramnik, London PCA rapid, 1994}) 18. g4 e4 19. Bc2 (19. Nf4 Bd7
20. Bc2 fxg4 21. Bxe4 Be5) 19... fxg4 (19... Ne5 {Manor,I} 20. Nf4 $16) (19...
Ne7 {Manor,I} 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. gxf5 Nxf5 22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Bb3 $18) (19... Bxd5
{Manor,I} 20. Nxd5 Ne5 21. Nf4 $14 Qd7) 20. Bxe4 Be5 21. Qh6 $2 (21. h3 $142 $5
gxh3 22. f4 Qe8 $5 23. Kh1 $16) 21... Kh8 22. Kh1 (22. Qxe6 Qh4 23. Nxg4 (23.
f4 {Manor,I} gxf3 24. Ng4 Rg7 $19) 23... Rg7 $40) 22... Bxd5 23. Nxd5 (23. Bxd5
Bf4 $1 24. Qh5 (24. Qe6 Qh4 $19) 24... Rf6 25. Nxg4 Rf5 $19) 23... Ne7 24. Qh4
$8 (24. Nxe7 Qxe7 $17) 24... Nxd5 (24... Qd7 $5 $13) 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxd5 Rf5
(26... Rf6 {Manor,I} 27. Kg2 Rdf8 28. f3 gxf3+ 29. Rxf3 Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Bxh2 31.
Bb7 $11) 27. Rad1 Rdf8 (27... Rh5 28. f4 gxf3 29. Rf2 (29. Rd2 Bxh2 $15) 29...
Rf8 30. Rd3 Rxh2+ 31. Rxh2 Bxh2 32. Kxh2 f2 33. Bg2 f1=Q 34. Bxf1 Rxf1 35. Rxd6
Rf2+ 36. Kg3 Rxb2 37. Rxa6 $11) 28. Kg2 Rh5 29. Rh1 Rf6 30. Rd3 Rhf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Petursson} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7.
Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. O-O-O (10. Nd5 Nxd5 (10... Bxd5 11. exd5 g6
12. Be2 Ng8 13. Qb4 Qc7 14. Na5 Bh6 15. Bf2 Ngf6 16. c4 O-O 17. O-O Rae8 18.
Kh1 Bf4 {Tiviakov,S-Tisdall,J/World Cities 1997/1/2-1/2 (40)}) 11. exd5 Bf5 12.
Be2 g6 13. Na5 Qc7 14. O-O Bg7 {Nijboer,F-Van Wely,L/Hoogovens/1998/}) 10...
Rc8 (10... Qc7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Qa5 Rc8 14. c3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4
16. Rhe1 Be7 17. Bg5 O-O 18. Bxf6 Qf4+ 19. Nd2 Qxf6 20. Qb6 Rb8 {Shirov,
A-Ljubojevic,L/Investbanka 1997}) (10... b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Kb1 (
13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 g6 15. f4 Bh6 16. Rde1 O-O 17. f5 Bxe3+ 18. Rxe3 Qg5 19.
Rf1 Nf6 {0-1 Kasimdzhanov,R-Sadvakasov,D/WchJM U18 1996/ (41)}) 13... Rc8 14.
Bd3 Bxd3 15. cxd3 Be7 16. Na5 Nf6 17. d4 Nxd5 18. dxe5 Nxe3 19. Qxe3 O-O 20.
Nb7 Qc7 21. Nxd6 Bxd6 22. exd6 Qc2+ 23. Ka1 Rfe8 24. Qd4 Re2 {Hachian,
M-Sadvakasov,D/RUS-Cup3 1996/1/2-1/2 (45)}) 11. Kb1 Be7 (11... Qc7 12. Nd5 (12.
g3 Be7 13. h3 b5 14. Qf2 Qb7 15. Na5 Qc7 16. Nb3 Qb7 17. Na5 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Sax,
G-Leko,P/HUN-ch 1997/}) 12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Be7 16.
Nd2 g6 17. c3 b5 18. h4 Qb7 19. Nb3 Bd8 20. Bg5 Nc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 22. f4 O-O
23. g4 {0-1 Wang Zili-Van Wely,L/ST Lee Cup 4th 1997/ (41)}) 12. Nd5 (12. h3 b5
13. Be2 h4 14. a4 b4 15. Na2 a5 16. Bb5 O-O 17. Nac1 Qc7 18. Qf2 Rb8 19. Qxh4
Rxb5 20. axb5 a4 21. Na1 a3 22. Qe1 axb2 23. Kxb2 d5 {0-1 Porubszky
Angyalosine,M-Bacso,G/HUN-chT 1993/ (37)}) 12... Bxd5 (12... Nxd5 13. exd5 Bf5
14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Bg5 16. Rhe1 O-O 17. g3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qc7 19. c3 Nb6 20.
Qg5 Nc4 21. Nd2 Qb6 22. Nxc4 Rxc4 {0-1 Kovacevic,A-Gelfand,B/Investbanka
Belgrade/1997 (29)}) 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Bxb6 (14. Qa5 Qc7 15. c3 Bd8 $13) 14...
Qxb6 15. g3 O-O 16. Bh3 Ra8 $6 (16... Rc7 17. Rhe1) 17. Rhe1 a5 $2 {Svidler is
impatient and hopes for a quick counterplay. The problem is weakening of the
white squares.} (17... Rfe8 $14) 18. a4 Qc7 $6 (18... Qb4 $5 19. f4 e4 (19...
Qxa4 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. d6 Rfd8 22. Nc5 Qc6 23. Nd7 $1 Rxd7 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 25.
dxe7 Qxe7 $13) 20. Qxb4 (20. Qd4 Bd8) 20... axb4 21. Bf5 (21. a5 Bd8) 21...
Rxa4 22. Bxe4) 19. Bf1 $1 Rfc8 20. Bb5 Bf8 21. f4 $1 {White pieces are clearly
more active and black must be very careful in order to avoid great
disadvantage.} exf4 (21... e4 22. Re2 Qb6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 g6 25. Nd2 $16)
22. gxf4 Qb6 23. Re2 Ne8 (23... Rc7 24. Rde1 Rac8 25. Qd3 $16) 24. f5 Nc7 $2 {
[%csl Yf6][%cal Ye8c7]} (24... Nf6 25. Rde1 Rc7 26. h3 $14) 25. f6 $1 {Shirov
could have only dreamed about the chance like this. White's attack will be
dangerous, since his pieces can use open g file.} g6 (25... Nxb5 26. fxg7 $1 (
26. axb5 g6 27. Nd4 $16) 26... Bxg7 27. Rg2 Rc4 $1 (27... Nc7 28. Qh6 Ne8 29.
Re1 Kf8 30. Rxg7 $1 Nxg7 31. Qh8#) 28. axb5 $1 (28. Rdg1 Rg4 29. Rxg4 hxg4 30.
Rxg4 Nc7) (28. h3 Nc7 29. Qg5 (29. Rdg1 Ne8 30. Rxg7+ (30. Qh6 $2 Rg4) 30...
Nxg7 31. Qg2 Qxg1+ 32. Qxg1 Rxa4 $13) 29... Ne8 30. Re1 Kf8 31. Rxe8+ Kxe8 32.
Qxg7 Rd8 33. Re2+ Kd7 34. Qxf7+ Kc8 35. Qxh5 Rxa4 $13) 28... Rg4 29. Rxg4 hxg4
30. Qg5 Qxb5 (30... Kf8 31. Qxg4 Be5 32. Nd4) 31. Qxg4 Qe8 32. Nd4 Qe5 33. c3
$18) 26. Bd7 Rd8 27. Be6 $1 {The bishop was already on h3 in the 16th move,
but used quite a different route for landing on the e6 square. Black's king is
now in a hopeless situation.} Re8 (27... fxe6 28. Qg5 (28. dxe6 Nxe6 29. Qd5
Re8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Qf7 $18) 28... Kf7 29. Rg2 Ke8 30. dxe6
Nxe6 31. Qxg6+ Kd7 32. Qf7+ $18 (32. Qf7+ {Petursson} Kc8 33. Qxe6+ Kb8 34. Qd5
$18)) 28. Qg5 (28. Qg5 Bg7 (28... Nxe6 29. dxe6 Kh7 30. e7 Bh6 31. Qd5 Kg8 32.
Rg2 $18) 29. Rg1 (29. Qxg6 Nxe6) 29... Nxe6 30. dxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 h6 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Nb8 14. Nh4 d5 15. exd5
Bxd5 16. Nhf5 Nbd7 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qg4 Kh8 19. Qf3 N5f6 20. Ne4 Kh7 $6 (20...
Nxe4 21. dxe4 Qf6 {[%cal Yg7g6]}) 21. h4 $6 (21. Rd1 $1 Re6 (21... Nxe4 22.
dxe4 {[%cal Rd1d7]}) 22. a4 $1 $16) 21... Nxe4 22. dxe4 Qf6 23. g4 g6 24. g5
Qe6 25. Nxh6 Bxh6 26. gxh6 Nf6 27. Bg5 $6 (27. a4 $14) 27... Ng4 28. Rad1 f6
29. Bc1 Nxh6 30. Bxh6 Kxh6 31. Rd3 Rad8 32. Red1 Rxd3 33. Rxd3 {[#]} Rg8 34. b3
f5 35. Qg2 $2 (35. Kf1 $142) (35. exf5 $142) 35... fxe4 36. Qxe4 Rf8 37. Rg3
Rf4 38. Qe3 Kh7 39. Rg5 Qd5 $1 $40 40. Rxe5 (40. Qxe5 $2 Rg4+ 41. Kf1 Qh1+ 42.
Ke2 Re4+ $19) 40... Rg4+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Qe1 Qd3+ 43. Qe2 Qb1+ 44. Qe1 Qd3+
45. Qe2 Qh3+ 46. Ke1 Qxc3+ 47. Kf1 Qh3+ 48. Ke1 Rg1+ 49. Kd2 Qd7+ 50. Kc2 Qc6+
51. Kd3 Qd6+ 52. Kc2 Qc6+ 53. Kd3 Qd6+ 54. Kc2 Ra1 55. Re7+ Kg8 56. Qe6+ {
The transition into a rook ending as well as the final advance of the White
king into the weakened black queenside saves the draw for Kasparov. Der
Übergang ins Turmendspiel sowie der sich anschließende Vormarsch des weißen
Königs zum geschwächten schwarzen Damenflügel rettet Kasparow das Remis.} Qxe6
57. Rxe6 Rxa2+ 58. Kc3 $1 Kg7 59. Kb4 Kh6 60. f4 Kh5 61. Re5+ Kxh4 62. Rg5 Rf2
63. Rxg6 Rxf4+ 64. Ka5 Rf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B65"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qa5 11. Bc4 Bd7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Bc6 14. Bd2
Nd7 15. Nd5 Qd8 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Rhe1 Rfd8 18. Qg4 Nf8 19. Bd3 (19. Bf1 Qc5
20. Qb4 Qf2 21. Qf4 Qb6 22. Qe3 Ng6 23. g3 Rd5 24. Bc3 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Qd8+ 26.
Kc1 Qe8 $1 27. Bd4 Bb5 $11) 19... Rxd3 (19... Rd5 20. Bb4 (20. g3 Ng6 21. Bc3
Rc8 $6 (21... Qc5 $13) 22. h4 Qc5 23. Qe2 Bb5 24. Bxb5 Qxb5 25. Qxb5 Rxb5 26.
a4 $14) 20... Qd8 (20... Qc7 21. c4 $1 Rd7 22. Bd6 Qa5 23. Kb1 Ng6 24. h4 $1 f5
$8 25. Qg3 $16) 21. g3 (21. Kb1 $6 Ng6 22. Bd6 Qh4 $1 23. Qxh4 Nxh4 24. Rg1
Nxg2 $1) (21. h4 $6 Ng6 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23. Qf4 Rc8 24. Rf1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Bd5)
21... Ng6 22. Bc3 Qb8 $1 23. Qe2 b5 24. b3 a5 $6 (24... b4 $142) 25. h4 b4 26.
Bb2 Bb5 27. Bxb5 Qxb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. h5 $16) 20. cxd3 Qd7 21. Bb4 $5 (21.
Kb1 Qxd3+ 22. Ka1 h5 23. Qxh5 Ba4 24. Bc3 Bxd1 25. Rxd1 Qe4 $15) (21. Re3 Qd5
22. Kb1 Ng6 23. Rg3 Qxe5 24. Bc3 Qb5 25. h4 h5 26. Qe2 Bd5 $44) (21. b3 a5 22.
Bc3 Ng6 23. Re2 Ne7 $44) 21... Ng6 $146 (21... Qd5 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. Kb1 Qxg2
24. Qxg2 Bxg2 25. Rg1 (25. Rc1 Bc6 26. Kc2 f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rf1 Rh6 29. Rf2
Rh3 $44) (25. Re3 Bd5 (25... Rd8 $1 26. Rg1 Bc6 27. Reg3 g6 28. Kc2 $14) (25...
f5 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Rg1 Bd5 28. Reg3 Rf7 $5 $14) 26. Rc1 h6 27. Rc7 g5 28. Re1
g4 $13) 25... Bc6 26. Kc2 Rd8 (26... f5 27. exf6 Rxf6 28. Rdf1 Rh6 29. Rf2 $16)
27. Kc3 g6 28. Rdf1 Rd5 29. d4 Kg7 30. Rf4 Rd7 31. Rg3 $14) 22. Bd6 $5 (22. Kb1
Qd5 $1 $44) (22. h4 Qd5 23. h5 Nxe5 24. Qg3 f6 $44) 22... f5 $1 23. Qg5 Bd5 $1
24. b3 (24. Kb1 $6 Qa4 $1) 24... Qc6+ 25. Kb2 Qb6 $1 (25... Bxg2 $2 26. h4 $40)
26. g3 (26. d4 a5 $1 $132) 26... Qd4+ $5 (26... a5) 27. Kb1 Rc8 28. Qe3 Qxe3
29. Rxe3 f4 $5 30. gxf4 Nxf4 $44 31. Rf1 $6 (31. Kb2 $14 {Svidler}) 31... Ng6
32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Kxc1 Nh4 $5 34. Re2 g5 35. Kd2 Kg7 36. Rf2 Nf5 $5 $15 37. Bc7
Kg6 38. Bd8 h6 (38... g4 39. Rf4 h5 40. Ke2 $11) 39. Ke1 Kh5 40. Kf1 Kg4 41.
Kg1 Kh3 42. b4 g4 43. a4 h5 44. Rf4 a6 (44... g3 45. hxg3 Kxg3 46. Rf2 h4 47.
Bg5 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3
c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14.
Bc4 Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Bc4 Qa4 17. Bb5 Qa2 18. Re1 (18. Rb2 Qe6 19. Re1 Rc8
20. Rc2 {Brenninkmeijer,J-Van Heste,J/Amsterdam OHRA-B/1988/} Nd7 $1 $10) (18.
Qe1 $6 Qc2 19. d5 Ba6 $17 {Yusupov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Reykjavik WCUP/1988/}) 18...
Rc8 19. Qd1 e6 (19... Qc2 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Rec1 Qd8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Bf4 Bd7
24. Rc1 a6 25. Bc4 e6 26. d5 $16 {Agrest,E-Krzywicki,D/Bielsko Biala/1990/}) (
19... Nc6 20. Re2 e6 21. d5 exd5 22. Be1 Qa3 23. exd5 Rd8 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Qb3
$18 {Wells,P-Pribyl,J/BL/1988/}) 20. h4 {New concept in a well known position.
White tries to get some play against black's kingside, since his majesty is
quarded only by bishop g7.} (20. Qe2 Nc6 21. Qe3 (21. Bc4 Qa3 22. d5 exd5 23.
exd5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Bb4 Qa4 26. Bb5 Qc2 27. d6 Qf5 {Sandstrom,L-Hjelm,N/
SWE-ch Vaxjo/1992/}) 21... e5 (21... Rd8 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Reb1 (23. Bxc6 Bxc6
24. Bc3 $13 {Epishin,V-Tseitlin,M/USSR/1988/}) 23... Qc2 24. Rc1 Nxd4 25. Nxd4
Qxe4 26. Nc6 Qxe3 27. Bxe3 Bxc6 28. Bxc6 Bxa1 29. Bxa8 Bb2 30. Rb1 Rxa8 31.
Rxb2 Rd8 {Sakaev,K-Ernst,T/Gausdal Int 1992/1/2-1/2 (131)}) 22. d5 Nd4 23. Nxd4
exd4 24. Qf4 Bf8 25. Ra1 Qc2 26. Bd7 Rc5 27. Bb4 d3 28. Bxc5 Bxc5 29. Rec1 Qb2
{1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Epishin,V/Vilnius 1988/ (40)}) (20. Ba4 Nc6 (20... Qc4 21.
Rc1 Qa6 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 Bd7 24. Rc1 $1) (20... Na6 21. h4 Qa3 22. h5 Qf8
23. Bf4 Rd8 24. Bg5 Rd6 {Kramnik,V-Bacrot,E/Paris PCA-Intel GP/1995/}) 21. Bb3
(21. d5 exd5 22. Bb3 Qa6 23. exd5 Na5 24. Bxa5 Qxa5 25. Re7 $16) 21... Qa3 22.
d5 exd5 23. Bxd5 (23. exd5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Re4 Qc5 (25... Bf6 26. Bb4 $16
) 26. Be1 {><f2} Bf6 27. Qf3 Kg7 28. Rf4 Qd6 29. Bb4 Qd8 30. Bd2 $1 $16 {
1-0 Chernin,A-Dvoirys,S/Podolsk 1993/ (50)}) 23... Qe7 24. Bg5 Bf6 25. Bxf6 {
1/2-1/2 Alterman,B-Rytshagov,M/Komotini op 1992/}) (20. Re2 Qc2 21. Qe1 Qc7 22.
d5 Na6 23. Rd1 Qc5 24. Bd7 exd5 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Re8+ Rxe8 28.
Qxe8+ Bf8 29. Re1 {1-0 Prusikin,M-Schnitzspan,L/Tavasz 1997/ (35)}) 20... h5 {
xg6} (20... Nc6 21. Bc3 Qa3 $13) (20... a6 $5 21. Bd3 Nd7 22. h5 Qa3 23. Qe2
Qe7 $14) 21. Qe2 Nc6 22. Bc4 Qa4 $2 {I suspect that this retreat is a bit
overcourageous. The queen will not be lost, but saving of her life will be
costly.} (22... Qa3 $1 23. d5 exd5 24. exd5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 26. Bb3 $13) 23.
Ra1 Qc2 (23... Nxd4 24. Rxa4 Nxe2+ 25. Bxe2 $18) 24. Bd3 Qb2 (24... Qb3 25.
Reb1 $18) 25. Ra4 $1 (25. Reb1 $2 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Qxd4 $19) 25... b5 $8 (25...
Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rb1 $18 (27. Rb4 $18)) (25... Qb3 26. Rea1 Rd8 27. R1a3
Qb2 28. Ra2 Qb3 29. Bc2 $18) 26. Bxb5 (26. Rb1 Qxb1+ 27. Bxb1 bxa4 $17) 26...
Rd8 (26... Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Rb4 Qxd2 29. Qxd2 Bc3 30. Qd7 $1 Bxb4 31. Rb1
$18) 27. Bg5 $1 Qxe2 28. Bxe2 {The material balance was restored and white
enjoys central majority and open space for pieces.} (28. Rxe2 $2 Nxd4 29. Bxd8
Nxe2+ 30. Bxe2 Rxd8 31. Rxa7 Bxe4 32. Ng5 Rd2 33. Bf1 Bf5 $17) 28... Rd7 29.
Rb1 Nd8 (29... a5 30. Bb5 Rc8 31. Rba1 $14) (29... f6 30. Be3 a5 31. Bb5 $14) (
29... Ne7 30. Ne5 $1 Bxe5 (30... Bxe4 31. Nxd7 Bxb1 32. Bxe7 $18) 31. dxe5 $16)
30. Bd3 f5 (30... a6 31. Be3 $14) 31. d5 $1 {This fine move attacks black's
kingside pawn structure, that was made vulnerable by the move 20...h5.} fxe4 (
31... exd5 $2 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 $18) 32. Bxe4 Bxd5 (32... Kh7 33. dxe6
Bxe4 34. Rxe4 $18) (32... Kf7 $2 33. Bxd8 Raxd8 34. dxe6+ Kxe6 35. Bxb7 $18)
33. Bxg6 Rb7 (33... Bxf3 34. gxf3 Nc6 35. Bxh5 $16) 34. Rxb7 Nxb7 (34... Bxb7
35. Bxh5 Nc6 36. Bg4 $18) 35. Be3 (35. Bxh5 Nc5 36. Ra5 Nb7 37. Ra3 a5 $132)
35... a5 (35... Bxf3 36. gxf3 a5 37. Bxh5 Bf6 38. Bg6 $18) 36. Bxh5 Bc6 (36...
Bb3 37. Ra3 (37. Rg4 Nd6 38. Rg6 a4 39. Nd4 Ra5 40. g4 Re5 41. Nxb3 axb3 42.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Bd4 Nc4 44. f4 b2 45. Bxb2 Nxb2 46. fxe5 Nd3 47. g5 Nxe5 48. Kf2
$16) 37... a4 38. Nd4 Bxd4 39. Bxd4 Rd8 40. Be3 $16) 37. Rg4 Bxf3 $6 (37... Nd6
38. Nd4 Bd5 39. Rg6 a4 40. Nxe6 (40. Bh6 Ra7 41. Nxe6 Bxe6 42. Bxg7 Bf5 43.
Rxd6 Kxg7 44. g4 Bh7) 40... Bxe6 41. Rxe6 a3 (41... Nf5 42. Bf3 $18) 42. Rxd6
a2 43. Rd1 a1=Q 44. Rxa1 Rxa1+ 45. Kh2 $18) (37... Kh8 38. Ng5 Bd5 39. Nf7+ Kh7
40. Bg6+ Kg8 41. h5 $16) 38. Rxg7+ $5 (38. gxf3 Nd6 39. Ra4 $16) 38... Kxg7 39.
Bxf3 Rb8 $2 {Move that was clearly made under the ticking clock. Right now
black had to show some courage and go for counterplay.} (39... a4 $1 40. Bxb7
Ra5 41. Bd4+ (41. Bd2 Rc5 42. Be4 a3 43. Bb1 Kf7 44. Kh2 Rb5 45. Be4 Rb3 46.
Bf4 Rb5 $11) 41... Kf7 42. Kh2 a3 43. Kg3 a2 44. Bf3 a1=Q 45. Bxa1 Rxa1 $16)
40. Bf4 Rd8 (40... Rf8 41. Be5+ Kg6 42. Bxb7 $18) 41. Bxb7 a4 42. Be5+ Kg8 (
42... Kh6 43. Ba6 $1 a3 44. Bc4 Rd1+ 45. Kh2 Re1 46. f4 $18) 43. h5 $6 (43. Be4
$1 a3 (43... Rd1+ 44. Kh2 Re1 45. f3) 44. h5 a2 45. h6 $18) 43... Rd1+ 44. Kh2
Re1 45. f4 Rxe5 (45... a3 46. Bc8 Kf7 47. h6 a2 48. h7 Rxe5 49. fxe5 a1=Q 50.
h8=Q $18) 46. fxe5 a3 47. Bc8 Kf7 48. h6 a2 49. Bxe6+ (49. h7 $2 Kg7 50. Bxe6
a1=Q $19) 49... Kxe6 50. h7 a1=Q 51. h8=Q {[#] Hecht:  The ending is easily
won, because the pawn on e5 can't be taken and the king can't reorient itself
towards the first ranks because of e6+. Also, Black has hardly any checking
possibilities. [#] Hecht:  Das Endspiel ist leicht gewonnen, da der Be5 nicht
zu nehmen ist und der König sich wegen e6+ nicht nach hinten orientieren kann.
Zudem besitzt Schwarz kaum Schachmöglichkeiten.} Kd5 {Hecht: A brief example
follows of Black moving in the direction of the kingside. This cannot claim to
be exhaustive, but in should show that White can continually work with queen
exchange threats even when a pawn is lost thereby. Ein kleines Beispiel folgt,
wenn Schwarz sich zur Königsseite orientiert. Es hat keinen Anspruch auf
Vollständigkeit, sondern soll nur zeigen, daß Weiß bei zwei Mehrbauern ständig
mit der Damentauschdrohung selbst unter Bauernverlust arbeiten kann.} (51...
Qd4 52. Qf6+ Kd5 53. Qd6+ $18) (51... Kf5 {Hecht} 52. Qf6+ Kg4 53. Qf3+ Kg5 54.
Qe3+ Kg6 55. e6 Qh8+ 56. Kg3 Qb8+ 57. Qf4 Qb3+ 58. Kh4 Qxe6 59. Qg4+) 52. Qg8+
Ke4 (52... Kxe5 53. Qg7+ Kf4 54. Qxa1 $18) 53. Qg6+ Kd5 54. Qf7+ Ke4 55. Qg6+
Kd5 56. Qf7+ Ke4 57. e6 Qh8+ (57... Qe5+ 58. g3 $18) 58. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1 Ne7 11. Nd4 Ng6 12. f4 (12. Ne4 Be7 13. f4 {
This in a way looks impressive, but the problem is how to ever achieve the
thrust f5.} Bg4 14. Rd3 Rd8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Be3 c5 17. Ne2 b6 18. c4 h5 {
1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Almasi,Z/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997/CBM 63 [Wedberg] (33)}) 12...
Bc5 13. Ne4 (13. Be3 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Bf5 15. Rc1 b6 16. b4 Ne7 17. Bf2 Rd8 18.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bh4 Ke8 20. Ne2 Ng6 21. Bg3 h5 {Ye Jiangchuan-Rausis,I/Lee Cup
1996/EXP 54/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 13... Bxd4+ 14. Rxd4 b6 15. Be3 h5 16. Re1 Be6 17.
Ng5 Bf5 18. Rc4 Ne7 19. Rd1 a5 20. Bf2 c5 21. Rc3 Ng6 22. Re1 Rg8 (22... Ke7
$142 23. Z0 Rhd8) 23. a3 a4 24. e6 f6 25. Ne4 h4 26. Rc4 Ke7 $2 (26... Ra5 $142
$11) {[%tqu "En","Can you find the strongest move for White in this position?",
"Break through on the dark squares!","Sacrifice your knight!","e4c5","",20]}
27. Nxc5 bxc5 28. Rxc5 Nxf4 (28... Bxe6 29. f5 Ne5 30. fxe6 $16) (28... Bg4 29.
h3) 29. Rxf5 Nxe6 30. Bxh4 $16 Rgb8 31. Rc5 Kd6 32. Rc3 Rxb2 33. Bg3+ Kd7 34.
Rd1+ Ke8 35. Rc6 Kf7 36. Rd7+ Ke8 37. Rd1 Kf7 38. Re1 Re8 39. Re4 Ra2 40. Rxa4
Rd8 41. Re4 Rd1+ 42. Kf2 Nd4 43. Rxc7+ Kg6 44. Rg4+ Kf5 45. Rc5+ Ke6 46. Re4+
Kf7 47. Rc7+ Kg6 48. Rg4+ Kf5 49. Rc5+ Ke6 50. Rxg7 Nxc2 51. Rc6+ Kf5 52. Rc5+
Ke6 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 54. Kg4 Rxa3 55. Rc8 Ra4 56. Re8+ Kd5 57. Rd7+ Kc4 58. Bf2 Kc3
59. Bxd4+ Rdxd4+ 60. Rxd4 Kxd4 61. Kf5 Ra2 62. g4 Rf2+ 63. Kg6 Rf4 64. Kh5 f5
65. g5 Re4 66. Rf8 Ke5 67. Kg6 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik Donev Das ist Kramniks Lieblingszug. Ribli.} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3
d5 4. d4 {Meines Erachtens bietet dieser Zug bessere Chancen auf
Eröffnungsvorteil als z.B. 4.Bg2, worauf Schwarz 4...dxc4 mit besseren
Ausgleichschancen antworten kann.} Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 {Der sogenannte
klassische Aufbau. Schwarz öffnet das Spiel und nimmt den Bauern. Die
Zurückeroberung des Bauern kostet Weiß Zeit, die Schwarz für die Beendigung
seiner Entwicklung nutzen möchte.} 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 {In letzter Zeit ist die
andere Variante mit 8.a4 populär.} b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 (10. Bg5) (10. Bd2 {
[%cal Yd2a5,Ya5c7]}) 10... Nd5 {Mit dem Textzug verteidigt Schwarz seinen Pc7
und droht gleichzeitig, auf f4 zu nehmen. Der andere Springerzug ist jedoch
aussichtsreicher.} (10... Nc6 $5 11. Nc3 Nb4 {In dieser Variante besitzt
Schwarz gute Ausgleichschancen. Sein Plan ist klar: Er will nach Möglichkeit
c7-c5 durchsetzen.}) 11. Nc3 Nxf4 12. gxf4 {[%csl Yc5,Ye5] Weiß hat einen
Doppelbauern auf der f-Linie, beherrscht aber das Feld e5. Das schwarze
Läuferpaar ist nicht von großer Bedeutung. Weiß übt zudem starken Druck im
Zentrum aus.} Nd7 13. Rfd1 Bxf3 $6 {Ftacnik: Dubious exchange, the defender
hopes to exploit opposite colour bishops. His problem are connected with a6-b5
pawn structure and weakness of c6 square. Dieser Zug gefällt mir nicht, weil
er die Kontrolle über die weißen Felder aufgibt. Nach diesem Abtausch wird der
schwarze Damenflügel spürbar schwach. Donev: Schwarz entscheidet sich für
diese theoretische Fortsetzung, weil Weiß im nächsten Zug Ne5 oder e2-e4
spielen will. Doch nach dem Textzug hat Weiß klarenVorteil. Wahrscheinlich
wird die Variante mit 13...Bf3 nach dieser Partie in Vergessenheit geraten.} (
13... Qc8 $5 14. Ne4 (14. a4 bxa4 (14... b4 15. Ne4 Bd5 16. Rac1 Ra7 17. Ne5
Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qa8 19. Qd3 f5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Qe3 Kh8 23. Kh1 Rg8
24. Rg1 c6 25. Nd2 {Sosonko,G-Dutreeuw,M/Brussels zt 1993/1-0 (53)}) 15. Nxa4
Rb8 16. Rac1 Bd6 17. e3 Nf6 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Qxc5 Bd5 20. Qxc7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sosonko,G-Rausis,I/Viking op 1997} (20. Rc2 $2 Bb3 $17) (20. Qc2 $2 Bb3 $17) (
20. Rd2 $2 Ne4 {[%cal Re4d2,Re4c5]})) (14. Rac1 {Ftacnik} c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16.
Qb1 Rd8 17. b4 Na4 18. Rxd8+ Qxd8 19. Nxa4 bxa4 20. Ne5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Rc8 {
1-0 Kurajica,B-Gavric,M/Banja Luka 1985/ (38)}) 14... c5 (14... f5 15. Ned2 (
15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Be4 17. Qb3 c6 18. Ne5 Bd5 19. Qe3 Bf6 20. Rd2 Qc7 $10 {
= Ricardi,P-Granda Zuniga,J/Buenos Aires 1991} (20... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 21. Nf3 {
0-1 Ricardi,P-Granda Zuniga,J/Buenos Aires Najdorf 1991/ (35)})) 15... Bd6 16.
Ne5 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Ndf3 Nf6 19. e3 g5 20. fxg5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Ne4 22.
Rd7 Nxg5 23. e4 Nxf3 24. Kxf3 Rad8 25. Rg1+ {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Hansen,S/
Copenhagen op 1995}) 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Qxc5 Bxc5 18. Rac1 (18.
Ne5 {Ftacnik} Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfc8 20. Rd7 f6 21. Nd3 {1/2-1/2 Kirov,N-Guseinov,
A/Baku 1983/ (42)}) 18... Rfc8 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 f6 21. Nf3 Bf8 (21... Kf8
{Ftacnik} 22. Rd7 Be7 23. Rcc7 Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Bd6 25. Rd7 Bxf4 26. e3 Be5 27.
Nxe5 fxe5 28. Rb7 {1/2-1/2 Novak,I-Prandstetter,E/Bohemians 1981}) 22. e3 g6
23. b3 Bb4 24. h3 Kf8 25. Nd4 Kf7 26. a4 $14 {1-0 Ribli,Z-Karpov,A/IBM 1980 
(54)}) (13... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 14. Ne5 (14. a3 Qd6 15. e3 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qb3
Qh5 18. Ne5 Ng4 19. h3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 {Biosvert,J-Barrios,R/
Erevan olm 1996/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bd6 16. e3 (16. Rac1 Qc8 17.
Qd3 g6 18. Qf3 Nh5 19. Ne4 Qd8 20. e3 f6 21. Nc6 Qe8 22. Kh1 {Orseth,
D-Kristiansen,E/NOR-ch 1982/1-0 (69)}) 16... Qc8 17. Ne4 Nd5 18. Rac1 f6 19.
Nc6 Qe8 20. f5 Qh5 21. Ng3 Qg4 22. fxe6 Qxe6 23. Qf5 {Bohm,H-Luczak,A/
Rubinstein mem 1980/1-0 (56)}) (13... Qb8 $5 {Ftacnik}) 14. Bxf3 {[%csl Gf3]}
Rb8 15. e3 $14 {Weiß kontrolliert mehr Raum, sein Läufer ist besonders stark.
Schwarz hat viele Schwächen am Damenflügel zu beklagen, zumal es kaum
Befreiungschancen mit c7-c5 oder e7-e5 gibt.} (15. Ne4 Bd6 16. e3 Qh4 17. Kh1
$14 Nf6 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Rg1 Qe7 20. Bc6 f5 21. Rg5 Rf7 22. Rag1 g6 23. h4
Kh8 24. h5 Rg7 25. R1g2 Qf6 26. Bf3 a5 27. Qc6 b4 28. Qa6 {Smyslov,V-Barczay,L/
EU-chT Kapfenberg 1970/1-0 (58)}) 15... Nf6 (15... c5 $2 16. dxc5 Bxc5 (16...
Qc7 {Ftacnik} 17. b4 $16) 17. Bc6 $18) 16. Rac1 {[%cal Yc1c7]} Qd6 {Ftacnik:
Queen's desire to cover all important weaknesses (a6,c6,c7) is quite
understandable, but at the same time she becomes exposed.} (16... h6 {Ftacnik}
17. Ne2 Ne8 18. d5 $14) 17. Ne2 {Weiß hat starken positionellen Druck auf der
c-Linie. Der Punkt c6 sowie der Pc7 sind schwach.} Rfc8 (17... Nd5 {Ftacnik}
18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxc7 Bf6 20. b3 $14) 18. e4 $5 {[%cal Re4e5,Re5f6,Re5d6]} Qd7
19. d5 $1 {Dieser Zentrumsdurchbruch bietet Weiß die besseren Perspektiven.
Donev: Das weiße Spiel läuft mit der Präzsion eines Uhrwerks.} (19. Qc6 Rb6 $14
(19... Qxc6 $6 20. Rxc6 $16 {[%csl Gc6][%cal Rc6a6]})) 19... exd5 {Ftacnik:
Svidler was already facing a very difficult choice. His solution with hope for
counterplay will be convincingly refuted.} (19... Bf8 $5 {Ftacnik} 20. Bg2 (20.
dxe6 Qxe6 21. e5 Ne8 22. Nd4 Qh6 23. Nc6 Qxf4 24. Be4 g6 25. Nxb8 Rxb8 $13)
20... exd5 21. e5 Ng4 22. Rxd5 Qe7 23. Nd4 $16) 20. e5 Ne8 {Donev: Der arme
Springer. Sein Schicksal ist es, die ganze Partie über am Rand zu bleiben.} (
20... Ng4 {Ftacnik} 21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. Nd4 $18) 21. Rxd5 {[%csl Gd5,Rd7] Die
schwarze Dame findet keinen guten Platz. Weiß erfreut sich nicht nur großen
Raumvorteils, sondern auch der besseren Figurenkoordination. Donev: Weiß hat
eine überlegene Stellung - er hat den besseren Bf3 (als Be7), den besseren Ne2
(als Ne8) und dazu noch Druck auf den schwachen Pc7.} Qh3 (21... Qe6 22. Nd4
$16 {[%csl Gd4,Gd5,Re6]}) 22. Bg2 Qh4 (22... Qg4 {Ftacnik} 23. h3 Qh4 24. Nd4
$1 $16) {[#]} 23. Nd4 $1 $16 {Ftacnik: Impressive manouver, white knight aims
for the best square on the board. Black's pieces will face enemy in top
coordination. Weiß stellt mit diesem Zug sehr unangenehme Drohungen auf, z.B.
24.Nf5 und 24.Nc6. Donev: Die vielseitigen Drohungen von Nc6 und Nf5 lassen
Schwarz keine große Wahl. So findet Schwarz keine Zeit für den befreienden Zug
c7-c5.} (23. Qe4 {Ftacnik} c5 24. f5 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Rd8 $1 $14) 23... Qxf4 (
23... c5 $2 {Ftacnik} 24. Nf5 $18) 24. Nc6 {[%csl Gc6,Gd5,Rf4][%cal Rc6e7,
Rc6b8]} Bh4 (24... Bg5 25. Rcd1 Rb6 26. R5d4 $18 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Rd4f4] Und
die schwarze Dame hat kein Feld!} (26. R1d4 {Ftacnik} Rxc6 27. Qxc6 Qc1+ 28.
Qxc1 Bxc1 29. Rd8 $18)) 25. Rcd1 $1 {Donev: Die schwarzen Figuren stehen sehr
schlecht, und Kramnik nützt dies in blendender Manier aus. Denn nun stehen
auch noch die schwarze Qf4 und der Bh4 schlecht.} (25. Rd4 $4 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2
Qxc1+ $17) (25. Nxb8 {Ftacnik} Rxb8 26. Rcd1 $16) 25... Rb6 (25... Ra8 26. R5d4
Qh6 (26... Qg5 27. Qe4 $18 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Rd4h4]}) 27. Qe4 {[%csl Rh4][%cal
Rd4h4]} Bg5 28. h4 $18 {[%csl Rg5]}) 26. R5d4 Rxc6 {Ftacnik: Black was in
danger of beeing punished by the strong kingside attack.} (26... Qg5 27. Qe4 {
[%csl Rh4][%cal Rd4h4]} (27. Qe4 {Ftacnik} Qh6 28. e6 Bf6 29. exf7+ Kxf7 30.
Qd5+ Kf8 31. Qc5+ Nd6 32. Rxd6 cxd6 33. Qxd6+ $18)) (26... Qh6 27. Qf5 {
[%csl Rc8]} Ra8 28. Ne7+ (28. Rf4 $18 {[%cal Yf5f7] Donev}) (28. Rf4 $18 {
Ftacnik}) 28... Bxe7 29. Bxa8 $18) 27. Bxc6 (27. Qxc6 {Ftacnik} Bxf2+ 28. Kh1
Bxd4 29. Qd7 Bxe5 $19) 27... Qxe5 (27... Qg5+ {Ftacnik} 28. Kh1 $18) 28. Bd7
$18 (28. Rxh4 $4 Qg5+ $17 {[%cal Rg5h4,Rg5g1]} (28... Qg5+ {Ftacnik} 29. Bg2
Qxh4 $19)) 28... Rd8 (28... Qg5+ {Ftacnik} 29. Rg4 $18) 29. Rxh4 {Und Schwarz
gab in verlorener Stellung auf. Ribli.} (29. Rxh4 Rxd7 (29... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 30.
Bc6 Qg5+ 31. Kh1 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qxh4 33. Qd8+ $18) 30. Qxh7+ (30. Rxd7 Qg5+ 31.
Kf1 $16) 30... Kf8 31. Rxd7 Qg5+ 32. Kf1 Qc1+ 33. Kg2 Qg5+ 34. Kh3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Linares 15th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1998.03.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1998.02.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "12"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.06.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4
Rb8 (7... Bb7 {Kasparov-Shirov; Anand-Shirov /Linares/1998/}) 8. c3 d6 9. d4
Bb6 10. Na3 Bg4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Re1 (13. Be3) 13... Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Nh5 {Wedberg: Black has given a P and hopes for play against Whites
weakened K-side.} 15. Kh1 $1 $16 {An innovation, which gives White clear
advantage.} (15. Be3 Qf6 16. Kh1 exd4 17. cxd4 Ba5 $1 18. Rg1 Rxb5 19. Ba4 Rxb2
20. Bxc6 Bb6 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Shirov,A/Investbanka 1997/CBM 62 (45)}) 15...
Qf6 (15... Qh4 16. Be3 exd4 17. cxd4 Ba5 18. Nc3 $16) (15... exd4 16. Nxd4 (16.
cxd4 Qf6 17. Be3 Ba5) 16... Bxd4 (16... Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qf6 18. Be3 $16) 17. cxd4
Nxd4 (17... Qf6 18. Ra4 $16) 18. Qxd4 Rxb3 19. Qd5 $1 $18) 16. Rg1 $1 Nf4 (
16... h6 17. Be3 $16) (16... exd4 17. Bg5 Qe5 18. Bd5 $16 (18. Bd5 {Wedberg}
dxc3 $1 {The point.} 19. Bxc6 Bxf2 20. Rg2 cxb2 21. Rb1 Rxb5 22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23.
Be7 Re8 24. Rxf2 Rxe7 25. Rfxb2 Qd7 $13)) 17. Be3 {White has secured his
position and can fully enjoy the advantage of an extra P.} (17. Rg4 h5 18. Rg3
exd4 19. Bxf4 (19. cxd4 Bxd4 $1 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxf4 Nxb3) 19... Qxf4 20.
cxd4 Qf6 $13) 17... Ne6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rg3 Kh8 (19... exd4 20. Nxd4 $5 (20.
cxd4 e5 21. Bg5 $1 Qf7 22. Bh6) 20... Ne5 (20... Bxd4 21. cxd4 Rxb2 22. Rc1 Ne7
23. Bg5 $1 Qf7 24. Rxc7 $18) 21. f4 Nc4 22. Qe2 Nxe3 (22... Nxb2 23. Ra2 $18)
23. fxe3) 20. Qd3 (20. Rc1 $142) 20... exd4 21. cxd4 e5 22. d5 (22. Rc1 $2 Nxd4
23. Bxd4 exd4 24. Nxc7 $4 Rbc8 $19) 22... Ne7 23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Nxc7 Rxb2 (
24... Ng6 25. Ne6 Nf4 26. Qe3 $18) 25. Ne6 Rg8 26. Kg1 $1 Ng6 27. Qa3 Rb6 (
27... Rc2 $5 28. Qxd6 Nf4 29. Qd7 Ne2+ (29... Rgc8 30. Rf1 Ne2+ 31. Kg2 Nxg3
32. hxg3 {/\33.f4+-}) 30. Kg2 Nxg3 31. hxg3 Rc3 $1 32. f4 $1 exf4 33. Nxf4
Rxg3+ 34. fxg3 Qb2+ $1 (34... Qxa1 35. Ng6+ hxg6 36. Qh3#) 35. Kf3 Qc3+ 36. Ke2
Qb2+ 37. Kd3 Qb3+ 38. Kd4 Qb2+ (38... Qb4+ 39. Ke5 Qb6 $5 40. Qe7 $1 Qb2+ 41.
Ke6 Qxa1 42. Ng6+ hxg6 43. Qh4#) 39. Kc5 Qc3+ 40. Kd6 Qb4+ (40... Qf6+ 41. Qe6
Rd8+ 42. Kc7 $18) 41. Ke6 Qxe4+ 42. Kf7 g5 43. Qe6 Rg7+ 44. Kf6 Qd4+ 45. Qe5
$18) 28. Kh1 $1 {/\29.Rag1} Nf4 $6 {Now White gets another P.} (28... Nf8 $5
29. Qa7 $1 Rb3 30. Ng5 h6 31. Nf7+ Kh7 32. Rag1 $2 {/\33.N:d6} (32. Rh3 $1 {
/\33.N:h6} Rxf3 (32... Ng6 33. Rxh6+ gxh6 34. Ng5+ Kh8 35. Qh7#) 33. Ng5+ Qxg5
34. Rxf3 $18) 32... Rxf3 $1 $17) 29. Nxg7 $1 Ne2 (29... Rxg7 $4 {Wedberg} 30.
Qa8+ $18) 30. Nf5 $1 $18 {Wedberg: Brilliant, the N is as strong as a R on f5.
It threatens the black K and the weak d6-P, while at the same time protecting
the white K.} Rgb8 31. Qd3 Rb2 32. Rf1 $1 (32. Rg7 $1 {Wedberg}) 32... Ra8 (
32... Nxg3+ 33. hxg3 R2b3 34. Qd1 $1 (34. Qe2 Rb1) 34... Rb1 35. Qxb1 Rxb1 36.
Rxb1 $18) 33. Qc4 Nxg3+ 34. hxg3 Qd8 (34... Rba2 {Wedberg} 35. Qc7 Rf8 36. Kg2
Ra6 37. Rb1 $18) 35. Qc1 Rb3 36. Kg2 Qf8 37. Qc7 1-0

[Event "ICC blitz m"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1998.05.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
b3 c5 9. Bb2 Bd6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Nc4 f6 12. Nh4 Nb8 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Nc6
15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Qe4 Kh8 17. Rfe1 b5 18. Ne3 Nd4 19. c3 Nc6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. h4
Rfe8 22. h5 h6 23. g3 Ne7 24. g4 c6 25. c4 Bb8 26. Ng2 Qb7 27. Nh4 Rd7 28. Ng6+
Kg8 29. f4 Nxg6 30. fxg6 Rde7 31. f5 Rd7 32. Bc3 Red8 33. Kf1 Bc7 34. Re3 Bb6
35. Rf3 Qc7 36. Kg2 Rd6 37. Rh3 R8d7 38. g5 Ba5 39. Bb2 Qd8 40. gxh6 gxh6 41.
Qe3 bxc4 42. bxc4 Qb8 43. Ba3 Bb4 44. Bc1 Bc3 45. Qe2 Kg7 46. Qc2 Qb4 47. Kh1
Qa5 48. Bxh6+ Kxh6 49. Qc1+ Kg7 50. h6+ Kh8 51. g7+ Kh7 52. Rg1 Rd8 53. g8=Q+
Rxg8 54. Rg7+ 1-0

[Event "ICC blitz m"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1998.05.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.05.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. Na5 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. c3 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Ng3 O-O 19. Nb3 Nca4 20. Rc1 Rfd8 21.
Be2 Nc4 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. h4 Qa3 24. O-O Qxa2 25. Bxc4 Qxf2+ 26. Rxf2 dxc4 27.
Na5 Rd3 28. Ne2 Rb8 29. Nc6 Rb5 30. Nb4 Rd6 31. f4 exf4 32. Nxf4 Nxc3 33. e5
Rd4 34. Nxe6 Rg4+ 35. Kf1 Rxb4 36. Nd8 Nd5 37. Rxf7 c3 38. Rd7 Rbf4+ 39. Ke2
Rg2+ 40. Kd3 Rd2# 0-1

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1092]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3 c5 {It is a bit
surprising, but black can afford to "ignore" white's pressure against the pawn
d5.} 6. Bxf6 (6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Qd2 (7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. Rc1 Na6 (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4
O-O 10. Nf3 Qxc5 11. Qe2 Bg4 12. O-O Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nc6 14. Ne4 Qe5 15. Nxf6+
Qxf6 {1/2-1/2 Sorin,A-Sorokin,M/Clarin GP f/1998/}) 9. cxd5 Nxc5 10. Bb5+ Kf8
11. Nge2 Qb4 12. O-O a6 13. d6 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Qxb5 16. Nd4 e6 17.
Nxb5 exd5 18. Nc7 Rd8 19. Rxc5 Rxd6 20. Rxd5 Rc6 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,V-Svidler,
P/St.Petersburg op/1993/ (33)}) 7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 $5 (8... Nc6 9. Rc1 Qxc5
10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 Qd6) (8... Qxc5 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Qd6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6
12. Ne2 {1/2-1/2 Sharif,M-Rowson,J/Liechtenstein op/1996/}) 9. Rc1 $6 (9. Nf3
O-O 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bf4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 $13) 9... O-O 10. Nf3 Nxc5
11. O-O (11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nd5 Nd3+ $1 $17) 11... Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. Bh4
Rac8 14. Rfd1 Rc4 (14... Rc6 15. a3 Rfc8 16. Rb1 b5 17. h3 b4 18. axb4 Qxb4 19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 Qxd2 21. Rxd2 $11) 15. b3 Rcc8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qxd2 18.
Nxd2 Rfd8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Ne4 Rc2 {Moskalenko,V-Adorjan,A/Alusta/1994/1/2-1/
2 (45)}) 6... Bxf6 7. cxd5 (7. Nxd5 Bg7 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Be2 (9. Qd2 e6 10. Nc3
cxd4 11. exd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qxd4 (13. Qc2 O-O 14. Be2 b6 15. Rd1 Qe5
16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfe1 Qg5 18. Bf1 Rfd8 19. b3 Qf4 20. Ne2 Qe4 21. Qxe4 Bxe4 {
Lankriet,C-Aubel,J/BEL-chT9697/1997/1/2-1/2 (54)}) 13... Bxd4 14. Nb5 Bxb2 15.
Nd6+ Ke7 16. Rd1 Bc3+ 17. Ke2 Rd8 18. Ne4 Rxd1 19. Kxd1 Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Tran An H
Tri-Belov,V/WchJM U12 Disney/1996/ (37)}) 9... e6 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Qb3 O-O 14. O-O Qf4 15. Rad1 b6 16. Rd3 Ba6 17. Rf3 Qe5 18.
Re3 Qc5 19. Qa4 Bb7 20. b4 Qc6 {Lasinskas,P-Bilinskas,R/Radviliskis op/1995/1/
2-1/2 (44)}) 7... cxd4 8. exd4 O-O (8... Qb6 9. Bb5+ $1 Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11.
Nge2 $11) 9. Bc4 {Suddenly the character of the position has transformed to
the one similar with lines of Carro-Can defense with pawn sacrifice on d5.} Qb6
10. Nge2 (10. Qb3 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qf4 12. O-O Nd7 $15) 10... Qxb2 11. Rb1 Qa3 12.
O-O Nd7 (12... Rd8 13. Qc1 Qxc1 14. Rfxc1 Nd7 15. Ne4 $11) 13. Ne4 (13. Nb5 Qa5
14. d6 exd6 15. Nxd6 Qc7 16. Nxc8 Raxc8 17. Bb3 Rfd8 $15) 13... Nb6 14. Bb3 (
14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Bb3 Rd8 16. Nc3 Bf5 $15) 14... Bg7 (14... Rd8 15. d6 Bf5 16.
N2g3 $13) 15. Re1 Rd8 16. N2c3 (16. d6 exd6 17. N2c3 Qa5 $17) 16... Bf5 {
Black pieces are getting organized and white must become carefull. His double
pawn on d file is a scant compensation for the black's bishops pair.} 17. g4
Bxe4 (17... Bd7 $5 18. Nc5 $1 (18. Qf3 h6 19. d6 (19. Rbd1 Rac8 20. d6 e6 21.
d5 $17) 19... e6 20. g5 Bc6 $17) 18... Qb4 19. N3e4 Qxd4 20. Nxb7 $11) 18. Rxe4
Rac8 19. Qf3 Rd7 (19... Qb4 $2 20. d6 $1 e6 (20... Qxc3 21. Bxf7+ Kh8 22. Qxc3
Rxc3 23. dxe7 $18) 21. Bxe6 Qxc3 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Re7 $14) 20.
Rf4 Nc4 (20... Bh6 21. g5 Bxg5 22. Rxf7 $132) (20... Qb4 21. Ne4 Nxd5 22. Rxf7
$13) 21. Rxf7 $1 {Krasenkow is quite right in his attempt to solve problems by
a nice combination, even though black could have tried for more.} (21. Nb5 Qb4
(21... Qa5 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxf7 Rc2 $17) 22. Nxa7 Ra8 $19) 21... Nd2 (21...
Nd6 $1 22. Rf4 (22. Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qe3 h6 $17) 22... Bh6 (22... g5 23. Rf5 h6
24. Nb5 Nxb5 25. d6+ Kh8 26. Rxb5 Qxd6 $11) 23. g5 Bxg5 24. Rg4 Bf6 $17) 22.
Qf4 Nxb1 (22... Rxc3 23. Qxd2 Rh3 24. d6 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Qxd6 26. Rbf3 Bf6 27.
Qh6 Kxf7 28. Qxh7+ Kf8 29. Qh8+ Kf7 30. Qh7+ $11) 23. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 24. Qe5+ {
Finally white managed to get some advantage from the remote location of black
queen.} Kf7 (24... Kh6 $2 25. g5+ Kh5 26. Bd1+ Kh4 27. Qg3#) (24... Kf8 25.
Qh8+ Kf7 26. Qxh7+ Kf8 (26... Kf6 $4 27. Ne4#) 27. Qh8+ $11) 25. Qe6+ Kg7 (
25... Kf8 $2 26. d6 $1 Qc1+ (26... Qxb3 27. axb3 $18) 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Qxd7 Qxc3
29. Qxe7+ Kh6 30. g5+ Kh5 31. Qxh7+ Kg4 (31... Kxg5 32. h4+ Kf5 33. Qf7+ Kg4 (
33... Ke4 34. Qe6+ Kf4 35. Qe5+ Kg4 36. Qg5#) 34. Bd1+ Qf3+ (34... Kxh4 35.
Qf4#) 35. Bxf3+ Kxh4 36. Qf4#) 32. h3+ Kf5 33. Qh4 $1 Qc6+ 34. f3 $18) 26. Qe5+
Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht Kostakiev,D Lukacs} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6
6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 8. h5 (8. Ne5 {Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Bareev,E/
President's Cup 1998/CBM 65_03 (20)}) 8... Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2
(11. Bf4 {Lukacs - Survey Opening CBM 59}) 11... Be7 (11... c5 {Lukacs} 12. Ne4
(12. O-O-O Nc6 {This is the main idea of c6-c5} 13. Bc3 Qc7 (13... Qd5 $5 14.
b3) 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Ne4 Qf4+ 16. Nfd2 Rd8 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Qe4 {(Gi.
Hernandez-Zapata, Merido op. 1995)} Qxf2 $1 19. Rhf1 Qe3 20. Bxf6 Rxd2 21. Qxe3
Bxe3 22. Bxh8 Rxg2+ 23. Kb1 f5 $44 {Gi.Hernandez}) 12... cxd4 (12... Nbd7 {
is a bit passive here.} 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. dxc5 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nxc5 16. Qc4 Bd6
17. Bc3 O-O 18. Qd4 Bf4+ 19. Kb1 f6 20. Bb4 b6 21. Rhe1 $14 {Hazai-Campora,
Tuzla 1983}) 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. O-O-O Nc6 15. Bc3 Rc8 16. Rhe1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 O-O
18. Kb1 Qc7 $14 {Leko-Granda Zuniga, Madrid 1998}) 12. O-O-O O-O {Lukacs:
Despite of the opposite side castles it is not easy to attack without caution.}
13. Kb1 (13. Ne4 {Lukacs} Nbd7 14. Kb1 (14. Rdg1 {Kostakiev,D} Nxe4 {1/2-1/2
Jagodzinski,A-Lauber,A/2nd Perenyi mem, Gyula HUN 1998}) 14... c5 15. dxc5 Nxc5
16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Qe2 Qb6 $11 {R.Mainka-Dautov, Bad Zwesten op. 1997}) 13... c5
(13... Nbd7 {Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Grabarczyk,M/Ch Poland Brzeg
Dolny (Poland) 1996 (30)}) 14. Bc3 (14. Ne4 {Lukacs} Nbd7 15. Rhe1 cxd4 16. g4
$5 {Lukacs: is not consistent with the previous move.} Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Nc5 18.
Qxd4 Qxd4 $11 {Voekler-Kachiani, BL 1996}) (14. c4 $5 {Lukacs} cxd4 (14... Nc6
$5 {Lukacs: looks more to the point again.}) 15. Nxd4 Na6 16. Bc3 Nc5 17. Qf3
Qb6 {[#]} 18. Ndf5 $1 exf5 19. Nxf5 Rfe8 20. Qg3 Bf8 21. Nxh6+ $40 {
Toloza-Garcia Palermo, Pico City op. 1996}) (14. Bc1 {Kostakiev,D 1/2-1/2
Rodriguez Lopez Rafael-Garcia Palermo,C/It (open) (a) 1995 (18)}) 14... Nbd7 {
Bent Larsen - and a little later Yasser Seirawan - were the first top-players
in the 1980s, who realised, that blacks K might be relatively safe on g8.} (
14... Nc6 $6 {Lukacs} 15. dxc5 Qxd3 16. Rxd3 Bxc5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Ne4 $14)
15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Qe2 Qb6 17. Bd4 (17. Nf5 $2 {Lukacs} exf5 18. Qxe7 Rfe8 19.
Qd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Nce4) 17... Qa6 18. c4 $6 {In the following part of the game
white has no sence of danger. Black has easy play on the Q-side while whites
attack on the K-side never gets off} (18. Qxa6 $142 Nxa6 {Lukacs} 19. Ne5 Rfd8
$11) 18... Ncd7 19. Nf1 {Lukacs: White pushes too hard.} (19. Nf5 $2 {Lukacs}
exf5 20. Qxe7 Qxc4) (19. b3 {Lukacs} Rab8 {/\ b5}) (19. Rc1 {Lukacs /\ Rhd1 ~~}
) (19. Bc3 $142 {Kostakiev,D} Rac8 20. Rd4 $11) 19... Qc6 (19... Rfd8 {
Kostakiev,D}) 20. Ne3 Rfd8 21. Qc2 (21. Nf5 $142 $15 {Kostakiev,D}) 21... a6 {
Lukacs: Now Black can create attacking chances on the <<, while White's
chances on the >> are not easy to discover} (21... b5 {Kostakiev,D} 22. Bxf6
Bxf6 $15) 22. b3 $6 {[%cal Yd4b2,Yf3d4]} b5 $36 23. Bb2 (23. cxb5 {Lukacs} Qxb5
{/\ a5,a4}) 23... bxc4 (23... Rac8 {Kostakiev,D} 24. Rh4 Bc5 25. cxb5 axb5 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 $15 (26... Nxf6 $2 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. b4 $16)) 24. Nxc4 (24. Qxc4 {
Lukacs} Qb7) 24... a5 {[%cal Ya5a4,Ya4b3,Ya8a2] Lukacs: Black has to open up
the files against the white K.} 25. Ne3 (25. Nce5 {Lukacs} Qxc2+ (25... Qb7 26.
Nc6) 26. Kxc2 Nxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxd1 28. Kxd1 Ne4 $17) 25... Qb7 {White has
managed to put his B on b2 - as planned with 22.b3. However this has most
certainly not improved his position. The pawn on b3 is a serious weakening.}
26. Rh4 a4 27. Rxa4 Rxa4 28. bxa4 Rc8 29. Qb3 (29. Qd3 {Kostakiev,D} Nc5 30.
Qc2 Nce4 31. Qb3 Qa8 $17) 29... Qe4+ 30. Ka1 (30. Qd3 {Kostakiev,D} Qxa4 31. g4
Qf4 $17) 30... Nc5 31. Qb5 Qxa4 32. Qxa4 Nxa4 33. Rc1 (33. g4 {Kostakiev,D} Ne4
34. Be5 Nxf2 $17) 33... Rxc1+ $6 {So far black has played a classical
Caro-Kann game but not he wants a concrete advantage - +P - to early} (33...
Ra8 $1 {[%cal Ra4b2,Rf6h5] /\34. - Nxb2 35.Kxb2 Ba3+ + /\34. - Nxh5} 34. Rh1 $8
Ne4 35. Nd1 Rc8 $17 {With massive pressure. Whites a2-P is just a weakness as
long as there are rooks and minor-pieces on the board}) 34. Bxc1 Nxh5 {Lukacs:
The _|_ is winning for Black, but technically Black has to play very carefully.
} 35. Kb1 Nf6 (35... Nf4 {Lukacs} 36. Nf5 $1) 36. Kc2 {The fact that blacks K
is so far away from whites passed a2-P means that black has a lot of tecnical
difficulties in converting his extra P. If it is at all possible.} (36. Ne5 $5
{Kostakiev,D} Nc3+ 37. Kb2 Ne2 38. N3c4 Nxc1 39. Kxc1 Kf8 $17) 36... Ne4 (36...
Bc5 $1 {Lukacs} 37. Nd1 g5 $19) 37. Nd1 g5 {Capablanca teaches that first of
all should be moved the free pawan (which is without opponent's P in front of
it). Here 37...h6-h5} (37... Bc5 $142 $1 {Lukacs Lukacs: looks better with
grabing the |^.}) (37... Bc5 $142 {Kostakiev,D} 38. Kb3 Nb6 $17) (37... h5 {
Kostakiev,D} 38. Ne5 (38. Bf4 Bc5 $17) 38... Kf8 39. f3 Nf6 $17) 38. Ne5 Kg7 (
38... Kf8 {Kostakiev,D} 39. f3 Ng3 $17) 39. f3 Nec5 40. g4 {Now White has
created some sort of blockade position on the >>.} f6 41. Nc6 Bd6 42. Be3 Kg6
43. Nc3 h5 44. gxh5+ Kxh5 45. Nxa4 Nxa4 46. Kb3 {Lukacs: Here the barrier on
the << is destroyed and White's o^ begins to tell.} Bc5 (46... Nc5+ {Lukacs}
47. Kc4 Nd7 48. a4) 47. Bxc5 (47. Bxg5 {Kostakiev,D} Kxg5 48. Kxa4 Be3 $17)
47... Nxc5+ 48. Kc4 {Hecht [#] White has compensation in the form of his
passed a-pawn as well as his active king position . [#] Weiß hat Kompensation
in Gestalt des a-Freibauern sowie der aktiven Königsstellung.} Nd7 49. a4 Nb6+
(49... g4 {Lukacs} 50. fxg4+ Kxg4 51. a5 f5 52. Kb5) (49... f5 {Lukacs} 50. a5
g4 51. fxg4+ fxg4 52. a6 $1 (52. Kb5 g3 53. a6 g2 54. a7 g1=Q (54... Nb6 $2 55.
Kxb6 g1=Q+ 56. Kb7) 55. a8=Q Qb6+ 56. Kc4 Qxc6+ 57. Qxc6 Ne5+ 58. Kc5 Nxc6 59.
Kxc6 Kg4 $19) 52... g3 53. Nd4 $1 (53. a7 Nb6+) 53... g2 54. Ne2 (54. Nf3 $2
Ne5+) 54... Nb6+ 55. Kc5 Nc8 56. Kc6 Kg4 57. Kb7 $11) 50. Kc5 (50. Kb5 {Hecht}
Nxa4 51. Kxa4 Kh4 52. Nd4 e5 53. Nf5+ Kh3 54. Kb4 Kg2 55. Kc4 Kxf3 56. Kd5 g4
57. Ke6 g3 58. Kxf6 e4 $19) 50... Nxa4+ 51. Kd6 e5 52. Ke6 e4 53. fxe4 g4 (
53... Nc3 {Kostakiev,D} 54. e5 fxe5 55. Nxe5 Ne2 56. Kd5 $11) 54. Kxf6 g3 55.
Nd4 g2 (55... Nc3 $5 {Kostakiev,D} 56. e5 (56. Kf5 {[%csl Yg4,Yg5,Yg6][%cal
Yd4f3,Ye4e5] Hecht}) 56... Kg4 (56... Kh4 57. Nf5+ $11) 57. e6 $1 g2 (57... Kh3
58. Ne2 $11) 58. Ne2 $1 $11) 56. Ne2 Kg4 57. e5 (57. Ke5 {Kostakiev,D} Nc3 58.
Ng1 Nb5 $17) 57... Nc3 58. Ng1 Ne4+ 59. Kg6 (59. Ke6 {Kostakiev,D} Kf4 60. Kd5
$11) 59... Ng5 60. Kf6 Nh3 (60... Ne4+ {Kostakiev,D} 61. Ke6 Kf4 62. Kd5 Ng5
63. e6 Nxe6 $11) 61. e6 Nxg1 62. e7 Nh3 63. e8=Q g1=Q 64. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ubilava,E"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 O-O 13. O-O (13. Qd2 $5 {
/\ h2-h4-h5}) 13... Bg4 14. f3 Bd7 15. Rb1 (15. Qd2 $142 {/\ Rab1/Rac1}) 15...
Qc7 16. Qd2 a6 17. Bb3 b5 18. Kh1 Qb6 19. f4 (19. d5 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Na5 21. Qd2
Rac8 $11) 19... Rac8 20. f5 b4 21. Ba1 (21. Bxb4 Nxb4 22. a3 Bb5 (22... a5 23.
axb4 axb4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. e5 $13) 23. axb4 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Bxd4) 21... Na5 22.
Nf4 (22. d5 $5) 22... Nxb3 23. Rxb3 a5 24. Qf2 $6 (24. Rg3 Rc4 25. d5 Bxa1 26.
Rxa1 Qd4) (24. Rbf3 $5 {/\ 25.Nd5, 26.f6}) 24... Bc6 (24... Rc4 $6 25. Nd5 Qd6
26. Rf3 $36) 25. Re1 e5 $1 26. f6 Bxf6 27. Nh5 (27. Nd3 Ba4) 27... Bh8 28. Nf6+
Bxf6 29. Qxf6 Qd8 30. dxe5 (30. Qxe5 Re8 31. Qf4 Rxe4 32. Rxe4 Bxe4 $19) (30.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 31. d5 Ba4 32. Rf3 Rc2 33. Bxe5 Rxa2 $19) 30... Qxf6 31. exf6 Bxe4
$19 32. Rbe3 Bd5 33. R3e2 Rfd8 34. Kg1 h6 35. Kf2 Be6 36. a3 bxa3 37. h3 a2 38.
Be5 a4 39. Ra1 Rc5 40. Bb2 Rb5 41. Rc1 Rdb8 42. Ba1 Rb1 43. Ree1 g5 0-1

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[Annotator "Cifuentes Parada,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Manor,I Kostakiev,D} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6.
Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 (11... fxe4 $2
12. Bxb5 $1 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qg5 14. Nbc7+ Kd8 15. Nxa8 Qxg2 16. Rf1 Ba6 17. Ne3
Qf3 18. Rg1 Bd3 19. Nb6 Bh6 20. Qxf3 exf3 21. Rd1 Be4 22. Nbd5 $16 {A
Rodriguez-Georgadze, 1977}) 12. exf5 {[#] (3) 0.53/1} Bxf5 13. Nc2 (13. Qf3 $6
Be6 (13... Bg6 $2 14. Nxb5 $1 $16 {Rogers}) (13... Bd7 14. Bd3 O-O 15. Bf5 e4
$5 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bc2 Re8+ 18. Kf1 Ne5 19. Qh5 Kh8 20. Rd1 $1 Ng4 21. h3 Nf6
22. Nxf6 Qxf6 $13 {Mokry-Kouatly, Geneve 1988}) 14. Nf4 (14. Rd1 $5 O-O 15. Nc2
f5 16. Be2 e4 17. Qg3 Bxd5 $1 18. Rxd5 f4 19. Qg4 Rf6 20. Rf5 Qf8 $17 {Molnar
Z-Vegh, Kecskemet 1978}) (14. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6 15. Qxc6+ Ke7 16. Be2 d5 $17 {
Mirkov - Kharlov, Bern 1992}) (14. O-O-O O-O 15. Nc2 f5 16. g3 (16. h4 Ne7 17.
Nce3 Kh8 18. h5 Bh6 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. Kb1 Rac8 $17 {Tandai-Polak, corr 1979/80}
) 16... e4 17. Qe2 Rb8 18. Qd2 a5 19. Nf4 Bxa2 20. Qxd6 Qb6 21. Nd5 Nd4 $17 {
Gasser-Schrantz, corr 1977/81}) (14. Bd3 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Ne7 16. Qf3 d5 $15 {
Bellon-Lombard, Haifa 1976}) 14... Nd4 $1 (14... exf4 $1 15. Qxc6+ Ke7 16. Nc2
Re8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Qf3 Kf8+ 19. Kd2 $6 Qh4 $15 {Nicholson-Povah, London 1976})
15. cxd4 exf4 16. Nc2 O-O 17. Bd3 Qg5 $36 {Rogers-Ivanovic, Vrsac 1987}) (13.
Be2 O-O 14. Nc2 Be6 15. O-O Kh8 16. Bf3 $6 (16. a4 bxa4 17. Rxa4 a5 $11) 16...
Rc8 17. Ncb4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 a5 19. Nc6 $2 Qc7 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 e4 $17 {
Sveshnikov-Timoshchenko, USSR 1975}) 13... O-O (13... Ne7 $5 14. Bd3 $1 (14.
Nxe7 Bxc2 (14... Qxe7 $4 15. Qf3 $18) 15. Qxc2 Qxe7 (15... Kxe7 $5) 16. Rd1 (
16. Be2 O-O 17. O-O d5 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Qc5 20. a4 bxa4 21. Rxa4 a5 22. g3
e4 23. Qb5 Bf8 $11 {Adams-Shirov, Chalkidiki 1993}) 16... O-O 17. Qf5 e4 $5 18.
Be2 Qe5 $11 {Holzke-Hardicsay, Budapest 1992}) 14... Nxd5 (14... Be6 15. Be4
Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Rc8 17. O-O O-O 18. Ne3 (18. a4) 18... Kh8 19. a4 f5 20. axb5 f4
21. bxa6 fxe3 22. fxe3 Qb6 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 {Dvoirys-Nijboer, Leeuwarden 1994}
24. a7 Nxd5 25. a8=Q Nxe3 26. Qdf3 Ng4+ $11) (14... e4 $6 15. Nxe7 Qxe7 16.
Bxb5+ $16) 15. Bxf5 Ne7 16. Qg4 Nxf5 (16... O-O $6 17. Rd1 d5 18. Ne3 d4 19.
Be4 dxe3 20. Rxd8 $14 {Ivanchuk-Kramnik, Novgorod 1994}) 17. Qxf5 Qd7 18. Ne3
Qe6 $1 19. Rd1 Rd8 $11) (13... Be6 $143 {Kostakiev,D}) 14. Nce3 Be6 15. Bd3 f5
(15... Ne7 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Qh5 h6 18. Be4 Rac8 19. O-O (19. Nf5 Bxf5 20.
Qxf5 Rfd8 21. Bd5 $14) 19... Rc5 20. Rfd1 Rd8 21. Bd5 $14 {Garcia
Martinez-Remon, Bayamo 1986}) 16. O-O (16. Qh5 e4 17. Bc2 Ne7 (17... Ne5 18.
Rd1 (18. Nf4 Bd7 (18... Bf7 19. Qxf5 Bd5 20. Ne6 $1 $18 {Hardicsay}) 19. O-O
Rf6 $5 $132) (18. O-O $4 f4 19. Bxe4 h6 20. Nf5 Rxf5 $17) (18. Nf4 $14 {
Kostakiev,D 1-0 Forgo,E-Kerek,C/Hungary tt 1995 (36)}) 18... Nc4 (18... Bf7 19.
Qh3 Bg6 20. Bb3 Kh8 21. Nf4 $16) 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. O-O Be5 21. Kh1 Ra7 22. f4
$16 {Arnason-Kouatly, Thessaloniki 1988}) 18. Bb3 {[#] (3) 0.47/6} (18. Nxe7+
$6 Qxe7 19. g4 $6 f4 $1 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. O-O-O e3 23. Qd3 Be5 $17
{Yagupov-Minasian, Moscow Tal 1992}) (18. O-O-O $6 Ng6 $5 {[#] (3) -0.28/6} (
18... Nxd5 $5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qf6 {[#] (1) -2.56/1} 21. Rhd1 Qh6+ {
[#] (3) -1.63/1} 22. Qxh6 Bxh6+ 23. Kb1 Bf4 $11) 19. f3 {[#] (3) 0.50/3} f4 20.
Ng4 Rf5 21. Nh6+ {[#] (3) -2.91/1} Bxh6 {[#] (3) 0.59/7} 22. Qxh6 {[#] (2) -1.
50/1} Rxd5 {[#] (3) 0.78/8} 23. Bxe4 {[#] (3) -0.13/8} Rxd1+ {[#] (3) 0.16/8}
24. Rxd1 {[#] (3) -0.59/6} Qf8 {[#] (3) 0.06/9} 25. Qh5 {[#] (2) -1.06/1} Bxa2
$1 {[#] (3) 0.66/2} 26. Bxa8 {[#] (3) -0.53/8} Qxa8 {[#] (2) 0.13/1} 27. Rxd6 {
[#] (3) -0.72/6} Qe8 {[#] (3) 0.09/1} 28. Qc5 {[#] (3) -0.94/9} Bb3 {[#] (1)
-0.13/1} 29. Qf2 {[#] (3) -1.16/9} b4 $1 $40 {[#] (3) 1.03/8}) (18. Nf4 Bf7 19.
Qg5 (19. Bb3 d5 20. Qd1 (20. Qh3 Kh8 $8 21. Nexd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Rd1 e3
$1 $13 {Enders}) (20. Qg5 d4 $5 21. cxd4 Bxb3 22. axb3 h6 23. Qh4 Qd6 24. O-O
Nc6 $132) 20... d4 $13) 19... Ng6 20. Qxf5 Bc4 21. Ne6 Bxc3+ $1 22. Kd1 Rxf5
23. Nxd8 Rxf2 $17 {Pelling-Emerson, London 1977/78}) (18. Rd1 $6 Nxd5 (18...
Ng6 19. g4 fxg4 20. Bxe4 Qe8 21. O-O Ra7 22. Nxg4 $16 {Honfi-Muse, Budapest
1986}) (18... Rc8 19. O-O Rc5 20. Bb3 Kh8 (20... f4 21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 22. Nd5 Qf7
23. Qxf7+ Rxf7 24. Rfe1 $14) 21. Nf4 $14) 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qf6 $11) 18...
Nxd5 $1 19. Nxd5 (19. Bxd5 $5 Bxd5 20. Nxd5 a5 21. O-O b4 22. f3 bxc3 23. bxc3
e3 $132) 19... a5 20. Nf4 (20. Qd1 a4 21. Nf4 Bxb3 22. axb3 a3 $1 23. Qd5+ Kh8
24. Rxa3 Rxa3 25. bxa3 Bxc3+ 26. Ke2 Be5 27. Ne6 Qa8 $132 {Escobar-Godoy/
Buenos Aires 1990}) 20... Bxb3 21. axb3 Qe7 22. O-O b4 $11 {Adams-Beliavsky,
Debrecen 1992}) (16. Bc2 f4 $1 (16... b4 $5 {Kostakiev,D 1-0 Topalov,
V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Alcobendas (m/1) 1994/[Topalov,V] (21) N}) 17. Qh5 (17.
Nf1 $5) 17... Rf7 $3 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Bf5 (19. Qg6) 19... Qe8 $1 (19... Rxf5
$2 20. Nxf5 Bxd5 21. Rd1 $1 (21. O-O-O $2 Nd4 $1 {Arnason-Birnboim/ Beer Sheva
1987}) 21... Be6 22. Rxd6 Qc8 23. Nxg7 Kxg7 24. g3 $18) 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qg4
Qh6 $1 22. Nf5 (22. Nc2 $2 e4 $1 $36) (22. Nb6 Rd8 $1 (22... fxe3 23. Nxa8
exf2+ 24. Ke2 $18) (22... Re8 $6 23. Ned5 e4 24. Nd7+ Kg8 25. N5f6+ Rxf6 26.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Qd7 Qe5 28. Qxc6 e3 29. O-O $17) 23. Ned5 e4 24. O-O Ne5 25. Qe2
Qg6 26. Qc2 f3 27. g3 Bh6 28. Rae1 Qf5 $1 29. Rxe4 Qh3 30. Ne3 Ng4 31. Rxg4
Bxe3 32. fxe3 Qxg4 $17) 22... Qe6 23. Nfe3 $11 {Topalov,V-Illescas,M/ Dos
Hermanas 1996}) 16... Ra7 $5 (16... e4 17. Nf4 (17. Bc2 f4 18. Bxe4 fxe3 19.
Qh5 exf2+ 20. Kh1 Rf7 21. Qxh7+ Kf8 $17) 17... Bf7 18. Bc2 Be5 19. Nfd5 (19.
Nh3 Kh8 20. f4 (20. Nxf5 Be6 21. Ng3 Bxh3 22. gxh3 d5 $44) 20... Qb6 21. Re1 $2
Bg7 22. Kh1 Ne7 $17 23. g4 $6 d5 $6 (23... b4 $1 24. Nxf5 Nxf5 25. gxf5 bxc3
26. bxc3 Bxc3 27. Rxe4 Qc6 28. Ng5 Bd5 29. Qh5 Ra7 $17) 24. gxf5 b4 25. Ng5 Bg8
26. Ne6 $1 Bxe6 27. fxe6 Qxe6 28. c4 Rxf4 29. cxd5 Qh3 30. Qe2 Raf8 31. Qg2
Qxg2+ 32. Nxg2 Rf2 33. Bxe4 Nc8 $1 $15 {Lutz,C-San Segundo,P/ Pamplona 97-98})
19... Qg5 20. f4 exf3 21. Qxf3 Bh5 22. Qf2 (22. Qh3 $5 f4 23. Nc7 fxe3 $1 24.
Nxa8 Rxf1+ $1 25. Rxf1 e2 26. Re1 Bg4 $3 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28. Nc7 Qe3+ 29. Kh1 Qf2
30. Qh6+ Bg7 31. Qc1 Ne7 $1 32. Bd3 $5 (32. Nxa6 $2 Be5 33. Qh6+ Ke8 34. Qc1
Bf3 $19) 32... Be5 33. Bxe2 Bxe2 34. Qd2 Qh4 35. g3 Bf3+ 36. Kg1 Bxg3 37. Re3
Qg4 38. Rxf3+ Qxf3 39. hxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Qg2 Qe3+ 41. Qf2+ Nf5 42. Nxa6 Qg5+ $132)
22... f4 23. Nc7 $3 (23. h4 $6 Qd8 24. Nf5 Bg6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. cxd4 Bxc2 27.
dxe5 dxe5 28. Qc5 Rf7 $15 {1/2-1/2, Anand,V-Kramnik,V/ Linares 1998}) 23...
Rac8 (23... fxe3 $2 24. Qxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rxf8+ Kxf8 26. Ne6+ Ke7 27. Nxg5 $16)
24. Ne6 Qh6 25. Nxf8 fxe3 26. Qf5 $1 (26. Bb3+ Kg7 27. Qf5 $3 (27. Qh4 Rxf8 28.
Rxf8 Kxf8 29. g4 $16) 27... Bxh2+ 28. Kh1 Bg3 29. Qh3 e2 30. Ne6+ Kh8 31. Rf5
Qe3 32. Re1 $1 $18) 26... Bxh2+ (26... Rxf8 27. Bb3+ $18) 27. Kh1 Rxf8 28.
Qxf8+ Qxf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Kxh2 e2 31. Kg3 Ne5 32. Kf2 $18) (16... Ne7 $2
17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nxf5 $1 $16) 17. Qh5 (17. a4 $5 $14 {Kostakiev,D}) 17...
Raf7 (17... e4 {Manor,I} 18. Bc2 Qe8 19. Qxe8 Rxe8 20. f3 exf3 21. Rxf3 Ne5 22.
Rg3 Rf7 23. Nf4 Nc4 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Nxf5 Nxb2 26. Rf1 Nc4 27. h4 Rg6 28. Rgf3
Nd2 29. Bb3 Nxb3 30. axb3 Rc7 31. h5 Rg5 32. h6 Rxf5 33. Rxf5 Bxh6 34. R1f3 Bg7
35. Rg5 Kh8 36. Kf1 Rxc3 37. Rxc3 Bxc3 $14 {Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,V/London PCA
rapid 1994/1/2-1/2 (52)}) 18. g4 (18. Bc2 Ne7 (18... b4 {Kostakiev,D} 19. Rfd1
bxc3 20. bxc3 Ne7 21. Nxe7+ $14 {1/2-1/2 Marjanovic,S-Simic,R/It (open) Bela
Crkva (Yugoslavia) 1984}) 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. Rfe1 Rf6 22. Nd5 Bxd5
23. Rxd5 Rh6 24. Qf3 Qe6 $13 {Delchev-Lalic/ Abierto de Zadar 1997}) (18. a4
$142 $16 {Kostakiev,D}) 18... e4 19. Bc2 Ne5 $1 {N} (19... fxg4 $6 20. Bxe4 Be5
21. Qh6 $2 (21. h3 $1 gxh3 22. f4 $1 Qe8 23. Kh1 $1 $16) 21... Kh8 $1 22. Kh1 (
22. Qxe6 Qh4 23. Nxg4 Rg7 24. Kh1 Rxg4 25. f4 Qh3 26. Nc7 Bxf4 27. Rf2 Qh4 28.
Raf1 Rf6 $17) 22... Bxd5 23. Nxd5 Ne7 $11 24. Qh4 Nxd5 25. Qxd8 Rxd8 26. Bxd5
Rf5 27. Rad1 Rdf8 28. Kg2 Rh5 29. Rh1 Rf6 30. Rd3 Rhf5 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,
P-Kramnik,V/ Linares 1998 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Kramnik,V/ Linares 1998}) 20. Nf4
Bd7 (20... Bc4 $5 {Manor,I} 21. Nxc4 (21. Nxf5 Nxg4 22. Bxe4 Nf6 $17) 21...
bxc4 22. Ne6 Qe7 23. Nxf8 (23. Ng5 $4 Qxg5) 23... Qxf8 24. gxf5 Rxf5 25. Qh3
Nf3+ 26. Kh1 d5 $44) 21. Bb3 (21. gxf5 Rxf5 $1 22. Nxf5 Rxf5 $19) 21... fxg4
22. Ne6 (22. Bxf7+ $2 Rxf7 23. Nfd5 (23. Ned5 Rf5 $19) (23. Nfg2 Rf3 $1 $19)
23... Rf3 $19) 22... Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Kh8 $1 (23... Qf6 $5 {Kostakiev,D}) 24. Bxf7
Rxf7 (24... Nxf7 $6 {Kostakiev,D} 25. Nxg4 $14) 25. Rad1 (25. Nxg4 Rf4 (25...
Qf8 $5 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rae1 Rf5 28. Qh3 d5 $44) (25... Nf3+ {Kostakiev,D} 26.
Kh1 Rf4 (26... Qf8 {Manor,I} 27. Rad1 Rf5 28. Qh3 $13) 27. h3 $1 (27. Rfd1 Qc8
$1 28. Rg1 Rf5 $15) (27. Rad1 Qc8 28. Rg1 Rf5 $15) 27... Qc8 (27... Qf8 28. Qd5
Qd8 $40) 28. Qd5 Be5 $1 29. Rae1 Rxg4 $1 30. hxg4 Qf8 $1 31. Rxe4 Qh6+ 32. Kg2
Nh4+ 33. Kh1 $11) 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27. h3 Rh4 28. Qf5 Rf4 29. Qh5 Rh4 $11) 25...
Qf8 26. Kh1 {[#]} (26. Nxg4 $2 {Kostakiev,D} Rf5 27. Qh3 Rg5 $19) 26... Rf3 (
26... Nd3 $5 27. Nxg4 (27. Rd2 {Kostakiev,D} Bh6 $17) 27... Nxb2 28. Rde1 Rf5
29. Qh3 Rf3 30. Qh5 Rf5 $11 (30... Rf4 $5)) 27. Nxg4 Rf5 28. Qh3 Rf3 29. Qh5 (
29. Qg2 $6 Nd3 $1 30. Rd2 h5 $1 (30... Nf4 $11) 31. Ne3 Bh6 $15) (29. Qh4 {
Kostakiev,D} Rf4 30. h3 $17) 29... Rf5 (29... Nd3 {Kostakiev,D} 30. Qd5 Nxb2
31. Rde1 $11) 30. Qh3 (30. Qh3 Rf3) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. Nd2
Bd7 9. Rb1 c5 10. O-O Ne8 11. a3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 e4 14. Kh1 Nac7 15.
Qc2 Nf6 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Nd1 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 Nbc6 8. dxc5
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bg4 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. Rxd8+ Kxd8 13. Ng5 Nxe5 14. Bf1
Nd5 15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bf4 h6 17. Bxe5 hxg5 18. Rc1 Rh6 19. f3 Bd7 20. h3 a6 21.
b4 Re6 22. Bc3 Ba4 23. Kf2 Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 Na6 (7... a5
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Na6 10. Nd2 Qe8 11. a3 Bd7 12. b3 Nh7 13. Rb1 h5 {[%cal Yg6g5,
Yh5h4]} 14. f3 Bh6 {[%cal Yh6e3,Ye3c5,Yc5g1,Yc5a3]} 15. Bf2 Qe7 {[%cal Ye7g5,
Yg5g2,Yg5d2]} 16. h4 Nc5 17. Qc2 f5 $132 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Na4 20. Nb5 $1 c6
$6 (20... Bxb5 21. cxb5 Nf6 $132) 21. Nc7 Rac8 22. Ne6 cxd5 (22... Bxe6 23.
dxe6 b5 $13) (22... Rf6 $5 $13) 23. Nxf8 Nxf8 24. exd5 $16 {Zilberman,
Y-Becerra Rivero,J/Capablanca mem Elite 1998/1-0 (75)}) 8. Nd2 Bd7 9. O-O (9.
a3 c6 (9... Ne8 10. b4 f5 11. O-O Nf6 12. exf5 gxf5 13. Nb3 Qe7 14. Na5 b6 15.
Nc6 Bxc6 16. dxc6 Nb8 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Kh8 20. b5 $16 {
1-0 Franco,Z-Arroniz,R/San Sebastian op 1994 (33)}) 10. b4 (10. O-O Ne8 11. b4
c5 12. Rb1 b6 13. Rb3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4 e4 16. b5 Nac7 $11 {Hetey,
L-Buenermann,V/BL9697 1996/1-0 (49)}) 10... c5 11. Rb1 b6 12. h4 Nh5 13. Bxh5
gxh5 14. Qxh5 f5 15. b5 Nc7 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nde4 $16 {Kumaran,D-Vouldis,A/
WchJM-U18 1993/1/2-1/2 (49)}) (9. Rb1 c5 10. O-O Ne8 11. a3 f5 12. exf5 gxf5
13. f4 e4 14. Kh1 Nac7 15. Qc2 Nf6 16. b4 b6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Nd1 Rb8 {
1/2-1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M-Svidler,P/Madrid 1998}) 9... Ne8 10. a3 c5 11. Kh1 {
[%cal Gf2f4]} ({The white choose the plan with movement f2-f4 using the factor
that the black knights can't occupy square e5.The better attempt was} 11. dxc6
$5 bxc6 (11... Bxc6 12. b4 Nac7 13. Nb3 $14 {[%csl Rd6] /+/-}) 12. b4 Nac7 13.
Nb3 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Ne6 14. Be3 $14) 11... f5 12. exf5 gxf5 13. f4 e4 {Now the
main idea of the black is after 14...Bc315bc3 to get typical pawn structure
limiting the possibility of the white bishops.It is strange but the white
didn't prevent this threat.} 14. g4 (14. Qc2) 14... Nac7 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3
Nac7 $17) 15. gxf5 (15. Qc2 e3 16. Nb3 fxg4 $16) 15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Bxf5 $17
17. Rg1+ Kh8 18. Nf1 Qf6 19. Ng3 Ng7 (19... Qxc3 $2 20. Rb1 $18 {[%cal Gb1b7,
Gc1b2,Gb2h8]}) 20. Rb1 b6 21. Be3 Rae8 (21... Qxc3 $2 22. Bc1 $40 {[%cal Gc1b2,
Gb2g7,Gg1g7]}) 22. Qe1 $6 (22. a4 $5 {[%cal Ga4a5]}) 22... Re7 23. Rb2 {
[%cal Ge2d1,Gb2g2,Gg1g7]} Qh6 $1 {[%cal Yc7e8,Ye8f6]} 24. Bd1 Nce8 25. Rbg2 Nf6
(25... Bh3 $5) 26. Nf1 Bh3 27. Rg5 (27. f5 {Ubilava} Bxg2+ 28. Kxg2 $1 $18)
27... Nf5 {[%cal Yf5h4,Yh4f3]} 28. Ng3 (28. Bf2 {[%cal Gf1e3]} e3 $1 29. Nxe3
Ne4 30. Nxf5 (30. Ng4 Bxg4 31. R5xg4 Neg3+ (31... Nf6 $17) 32. Bxg3 Rxe1 33.
Rxe1 (33. Bxe1 Ne3 $17) 33... Qf6 $17) 30... Bxf5 $17) 28... Nh4 29. Qf2 (29.
f5 $2 {Ubilava} Nf3 30. Bxf3 exf3 31. Qf2 Rxe3 32. Qxe3 Ng4 33. Qd2 Qxg5 34.
Qxg5 Nf2#) 29... Nf3 $1 30. Bxf3 exf3 {[%cal Yf6g4]} 31. Qxf3 Bg4 (31... Ng4 $2
32. Rxg4 Bxg4 33. Qxg4 Rxe3 34. Nf5 $18) 32. Qf2 (32. Rxg4 $142 Rxe3 33. Rg8+ (
33. Qxe3 Qxh2+ 34. Kxh2 Nxg4+ 35. Kh3 Nxe3 $17 {/-+}) 33... Rxg8 (33... Nxg8
34. Qxe3 Qxf4 35. Qe2 $15) 34. Qxe3 Qxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Ng4+ 36. Kh3 Nxe3 37. Re1
Nxc4 38. Nf5 $132) 32... Rfe8 33. Re1 (33. Nf1 Bh3 34. f5 Bxf1 $1 35. Rg8+ Nxg8
36. Bxh6 Bxc4 $1 $19) 33... Bd7 $1 {[%cal Yf6g4,Yg4e3,Yg4f2,Yg4h2,Yh6h2]} 34.
Qg1 Ng4 (34... Qh3 $142 {Ubilava} 35. Nf1 (35. Qf2 h6 36. Rg6 Ng4 $19) 35...
Qf3+ 36. Qg2 Rxe3 37. Nxe3 Rxe3 38. Qxf3 Rxf3 39. Re7 Rxf4 40. Rgg7 Be8 41.
Rxa7 Rxc4 $17) 35. Nf1 Qh3 (35... Qh4 $1 36. Bd4+ cxd4 37. Rxe7 (37. Qxd4+ Re5
38. fxe5 Nf2+ 39. Kg2 (39. Kg1 Qxg5+ 40. Kxf2 (40. Ng3 Nh3+ 41. Kh1 dxe5 $19)
40... Rf8+ 41. Ke2 Qg2+ 42. Kd1 (42. Kd3 Rf3+ 43. Ne3 Bf5+ $19) 42... Ba4+ 43.
Kc1 Qc2#) 39... Bh3+ 40. Kg1 Qxg5+ 41. Ng3 Ng4 42. exd6+ Ne5 $19) 37... Nf2+
38. Kg2 Rxe7 39. Qxf2 Bh3+ 40. Kg1 Qxf2+ 41. Kxf2 Rf7 $5 (41... dxc3 $15) 42.
cxd4 Bxf1 43. Kxf1 Rxf4+ 44. Ke2 Rxd4 $17) 36. Bd4+ cxd4 37. Qxd4+ Re5 38. fxe5
dxe5 39. Qd2 Rf8 $1 {[%cal Yf8f1,Yf8f2,Yf2h2]} 40. Kg1 (40. Rxg4 Bxg4 $40 (
40... Bxg4 {Ubilava} 41. Ng3 $16)) 40... Rf2 41. Qxf2 Nxf2 42. Kxf2 Qh4+ 43.
Rg3 Qxc4 $15 {/=} 44. Ne3 (44. Rge3 $1 $132) 44... Qa2+ 45. Kg1 Qxa3 46. Rf1
Qe7 47. Nc4 {[%csl Rh8][%cal Gd5d6]} (47. Rgf3 $5 Qc5 48. Kg2 $132) 47... h5 (
47... Qc5+ 48. Rf2 e4 49. Kg2 b5 (49... Bh3+ 50. Rxh3 Qxc4 51. Rg3 Qc5 52. Rf6
$132 {/=}) 50. Ne5 Be8 51. Rf6 e3 52. d6 $11 {[%cal Gf6f8]}) 48. Rf2 $6 (48. d6
Qe6 49. Rf8+ Kh7 50. Rfg8 Qxc4 (50... Qxg8 $2 51. Rxg8 Kxg8 52. Nxe5 $18) 51.
R3g7+ Kh6 52. Rg6+ $11) 48... Kh7 49. Rgf3 $6 (49. Nxe5 Qxe5 50. Rf7+ Kh6 51.
Rxd7 h4 52. Rf3 Qe1+ 53. Rf1 Qxc3 $15) 49... Be8 $15 {/-/+} 50. Rf5 Qg7+ $1 51.
Rg2 Qc7 $1 52. Rxe5 $2 (52. Nxe5 $8 Qc5+ $1 (52... Qxc3 $5 $17) 53. Rgf2 Qxd5
$17) 52... Bg6 $1 $19 53. Re6 (53. Reg5 Qc5+ 54. Kh1 Qxc4 55. Rxg6 Qf1+ 56. Rg1
Qf3+ 57. R1g2 (57. R6g2 h4 58. h3 Qxh3+ 59. Rh2 Qf3+ 60. Rgg2 (60. Rhg2 h3 $19)
60... Qd1+ 61. Rg1 Qxd5+ 62. Rgg2 Qd1+ 63. Rg1 Qf3+ 64. Rgg2 h3 $19) 57... Qd1+
58. Rg1 Qxd5+ 59. R1g2 (59. R6g2 h4 60. h3 Qf3 61. Kh2 Qxc3 $19) 59... Qd1+ 60.
Rg1 Qf3+ 61. R1g2 Qxc3 $19) 53... Bf7 $1 54. Rf6 (54. Rc6 Qe7 $1 $19 {[%cal
Yf7d5,Ye7e1,Ye1g1]}) 54... Bxd5 0-1

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Qe1 Qc7 14. a3 Bb7 15.
f5 a5 16. Nxb5 Qxc2 17. Nc3 Qb3 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Rfd8 20. Rf2 Bc6 21. Rd2 Ra7
22. Rad1 Qb8 23. Qe2 Rb7 24. Bf2 Rb3 25. h3 Qb7 26. Bh4 Nxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxh4 28.
Bxc6 Qxc6 29. Nd5 Qb5 30. Qg4 Bg5 31. a4 Qa6 32. f6 g6 33. Rc2 Rd3 34. Rc6
Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qb7 36. b4 axb4 37. Rb6 Qa7 38. Qb3 Kh8 39. Qxb4 Rc8 40. h4 Bf4
41. Nxf4 exf4 42. Qxf4 Kh7 43. Rxd6 Qb8 44. h5 Qb1+ 45. Kh2 Rc5 46. hxg6+ Qxg6
47. Qf3 Rf5 48. Qd3 Rf4 49. Qxg6+ Kxg6 50. a5 Ra4 51. a6 h5 52. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Madrid Magistral 7th"]
[Site "Madrid"]
[Date "1998.05.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "ChessBase"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 065"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.08.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 dxc4 10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 a6 14. f3
Ng6 15. Nxf5 Nxe5 16. Bb3 exf5 17. O-O-O Be7 18. Rd5 Nc6 19. Rxf5 O-O 20. Rd1
Bf6 21. Rd7 b5 22. f4 (22. Rc5 $142 Ne5 23. Rdd5 $36) 22... Na5 23. Bd4 Nxb3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet m1"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 Be7 8.
Bg5 O-O 9. Bxd7 Nxd7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. O-O-O Nf6 12. Qxd6 Qxd6 13. Rxd6 Re8 14.
h3 b6 15. Rhd1 Bb7 16. Nd2 Rac8 17. f3 Kf8 18. Nf1 Ke7 19. Ne3 g6 20. a4 Red8
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rxd8 Kxd8 23. Nc4 Nd7 24. Nd6 Ba6 25. Nd5 f6 26. Kd2 Nc5 27.
b4 Nxa4 28. b5 Bc8 29. Nxc8 Kxc8 30. Nxf6 h5 31. h4 Kd8 32. g4 Ke7 33. Nd5+ Ke6
34. Ke3 Nb2 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. f4 Nc4+ 37. Kd3 Nb2+ 38. Ke2 exf4 39. Nxf4+ Ke5
40. Nd3+ Nxd3 41. Kxd3 1-0

[Event "Internet m1"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Qc7 8. f4
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Kh1 Ngf6 11. Qf3 Bb7 12. a3 g6 13. Qh3 Bg7 14. f5 gxf5 15.
exf5 e5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 Rg8 18. Rae1 Bf8 19. Re2 Rg4 20. Nd2 h5 21. Nde4 Be7
22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Be4 O-O-O 25. Qxh5 Rh4 26. Bxb7+ Qxb7 27. Qf3
Qxf3 28. Rxf3 d5 29. Rd3 Rf4 30. g3 Rxf5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Nxd5 Bd8 33. Kg2 Kd7
34. h4 Ke6 35. g4 1-0

[Event "Internet m1"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2825"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Qa5 11. Bb2 Nd5 12. Rfc1 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nb6 15.
Rab1 cxd4 16. cxd4 e5 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 exd4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Nxd4 Na4 21.
Ba3 c5 22. Rc4 Nb6 23. Rxc5 Bxd4 24. exd4 Rfd8 25. Rd1 Rd7 26. Bc1 Rad8 27. Be3
f6 28. Kg2 Kf7 29. g4 Nd5 30. Kf3 Nc7 31. Ra5 a6 32. h4 Rd5 33. Rxd5 Rxd5 34.
Rc1 Ne6 35. Ke4 Ra5 36. d5 Ra4+ 37. Kf3 Nd4+ 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Rc7+ Ke8 40.
Rxh7 Rxd5 41. Rg7 Ra5 42. Rxg6 Kf7 43. Rh6 Kg7 44. Rh5 Ra3+ 45. Kg2 Rxa2 46.
Rc5 a5 47. Kg3 a4 48. Ra5 a3 49. Ra7+ Kg6 50. h5+ Kh6 51. Ra6 Kg7 52. h6+ Kxh6
53. Rxf6+ Kg7 54. Ra6 Ra1 55. Kf4 a2 56. Kf5 Kf7 57. g5 Kg7 58. Ra7+ Kg8 59.
Kf6 1-0

[Event "Internet m1"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1998.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2825"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.05.24"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 064 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.07.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. Qh5 Raf7 18. g4 e4 19. Bc2 Ne5 20. Nf4 Bd7 21.
Bb3 fxg4 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Qf6 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7 25. h3 Qe6 26. hxg4 Rf6 27.
Kg2 Nd3 28. Qh4 Nf4+ 29. Kg1 h5 30. g5 Nh3+ 31. Kh1 Rf3 32. Qxh5 Nxf2+ 33. Kg2
Rh3 34. Qe2 Qe5 35. Rg1 Rh2+ 36. Kf1 Nh3 37. Qg4 Nxg1 38. Kxg1 Rxb2 39. Qc8+
Bf8 40. Qh3 Qxg5+ 41. Kh1 Qh6 42. Rg1+ Kh7 43. Qxh6+ Bxh6 44. Nd5 Bg7 45. Rg2
Rxg2 46. Kxg2 Kg6 47. Kf2 Kf5 48. Ke3 a5 49. Ne7+ Ke6 50. Nc6 d5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Bf4
b5 9. Qxc7 Qxc7 10. Bxc7 Bb7 (10... b4 11. Na4 Nbd7 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. d5 Rfe8 14.
O-O e6 15. dxe6 Rxe6 16. Ng5 Rc6 17. Bf4 h6 18. Nh3 g5 19. Bg3 Re6 20. f3 Bc6
21. Bc2 Nh5 {0-1 Precour,J-Neininger,R/VLS Baden/1992/ (32)}) 11. Bd3 (11. e5
Nd5 12. Nxd5 (12. Ba5 Nf4 13. O-O-O Nh3 14. gxh3 Bxf3 15. Be2 Bxh1 16. Rxh1 Nc6
17. Bb6 Rfc8 (17... Rab8 18. Bc5 Rfc8 19. b4 f5 20. Bd1 e6 21. Bb3 Kf7 22. Rd1
Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. d5 Nxe5 25. dxe6+ Ke7 26. Nd5+ Kxe6 {0-1 Balashov,
Y-Barczay,L/Skopje 1970 (50)}) 18. f4 b4 19. Bg4 bxc3 20. Bxc8 cxb2+ 21. Kb1
Rxc8 22. d5 Nb4 23. Rd1 Rc1+ {0-1 Bolduc,S-Spraggett,G/Quebec/1986/}) (12. Bxb8
Raxb8 13. Be2 Nf4 14. g3 Nxe2 15. Kxe2 Rbc8 16. Rhe1 Rfd8 17. a3 Bxf3+ 18. Kxf3
Rxd4 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Nxd1 e6 {0-1 Rusev,R-Chudnovsky,J/WchJM-U14/1994/ (30)})
12... Bxd5 13. Be2 (13. Bd3 Nc6 14. Bb6 Rfc8 15. O-O Nb4 16. Rfd1 Nxd3 17. Rxd3
Rc2 18. Rd2 Rac8 19. Rxc2 Rxc2 20. b3 Bh6 21. Ba5 Be4 22. Ne1 Rc1 23. Rxc1 Bxc1
24. Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Berkovich,D-Alterman,B/UKR-ch sf/1986/ (42)}) 13... Rc8 14.
Ba5 (14. Bb6 Rc2 15. b3 Nc6 (15... Nd7 16. Ba5 Rac8 17. Bd1 Rc1 18. Rxc1 Rxc1
19. O-O f6 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nd2 Bxd4 22. Bf3 Rxf1+ 23. Kxf1 e6 24. Bxd5 exd5 {
Aseev,K-Marinkovic,I/Leningrad/1989/1/2-1/2 (60)}) 16. Bd1 Rc3 17. O-O Rb8 18.
Bc5 Rd8 19. Bb6 Rb8 20. Bc5 b4 21. Re1 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Be2 a5 24. Rad1 Rc2
25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Nxd2 Nxd4 {1/2-1/2 Dreev,A-Neverov,V/Uzhgorod/1987/ (40)})
14... Nc6 15. Bc3 b4 (15... Rab8 16. a3 a5 17. Rd1 (17. Rc1 Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nxd4
19. Bg4 Rc4 20. O-O Nb3 21. Be2 Rc5 22. Rcd1 b4 23. axb4 axb4 24. Bd4 Rc2 25.
Rfe1 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxb2 {0-1 Gohil,H-Luecke,N/FRG-chJ/1990/ (40)}) 17... b4 18.
axb4 axb4 19. Bd2 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Nxd4 21. Bg4 Rc4 22. f4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Nc2+ 24.
Kf2 Rxg4 {1/2-1/2 Antoshin,V-Kalinitschew,S/Moscow-ch 1982/MCD-ch (42)}) 16.
Bd2 f6 17. O-O {1/2-1/2 Ivkov,B-Ree,H/Wijk/1971/}) (11. d5 b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 13.
Rd1 a5 14. Nb6 Ra7 15. Nd4 Nd6 16. Be2 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Ba6 {1/2-1/2 Porper,
E-Vadasz,L/Borsodtavho/1991/}) 11... b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 (12... Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4
14. Rc1 Nd7 15. O-O Bh6 16. Rc6 Nef6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Rd1 Nxc7 20.
Rxc7 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. g3 Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Ra1 24. b3 Rxa2 25. Kf3 {1/2-1/2
Donner,J-Ree,H/Amsterdam m 1971/MCD-ma (30)}) 13. O-O Nf6 14. Ne5 Nc6 (14...
Nd5 15. Rfc1 f6 16. Bxb8 Rfxb8 17. Nc6 Rc8 18. Be4 Bxc6 19. Rxc6 Nf4 20. Rd1
Rxc6 21. Bxc6 Rd8 22. d5 f5 23. g3 {1-0 Quiroga,F-Palmisano,J/San Luis Clarin
GP/1995/ (53)}) 15. Nc5 (15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. Nc5 Rfc8 $15) (15. Nb6 Ra7 $1 16.
Nbc4 Rc8 17. Bb6 Raa8 $15) 15... Rfc8 16. Nxc6 (16. Nxb7 $5 Rxc7 17. Nxc6 Rxc6
(17... Rxb7 18. Rfe1 e6 19. Rac1 $11) 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Rxc6 Rxc6 20. Re1 $11)
16... Bxc6 17. Be5 {White is coming out of the opening with one serious
drawback-worse pawn structure due to the isolated d4 pawn.} (17. Nxa6 $2 Bb7 $1
18. Nxb4 Rxc7 $19) 17... Bb5 $1 18. Rfd1 (18. Bxb5 axb5 19. Rfc1 h5 $15) 18...
Bxd3 19. Nxd3 (19. Rxd3 Nd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. Re1 a5 $15) 19... Nd5 20. Bxg7 (
20. Rac1 Bh6 21. Rc5 e6 $15) 20... Kxg7 21. Rac1 a5 22. Kf1 (22. Rc5 Rd8 23.
Rdc1 Nb6 $1 $17) 22... Rd8 23. Rc5 e6 24. Rb5 (24. Rdc1 Nb6 $1) 24... Ra7 25.
Ne5 Rd6 26. Rc1 Ne7 $1 (26... a4 27. Rcc5 h5 28. Nc6 $1 (28. Nc4 Rdd7 29. Ne3
Nf4 30. Nc2 b3 31. axb3 axb3 32. Rxb3 Rxd4 $15) 28... Rad7 29. Nxb4 Nxb4 30.
Rxb4 Rxd4 $11) 27. Rcc5 $6 (27. Rc4 $5 f6 28. Nf3 Nd5 29. a3 h5 $13) 27... Rxd4
28. Rxa5 Rxa5 29. Rxa5 Kf6 {Black is on the top, since in the worst case he
can hope ate least for an endgame with 4 pawns against 3 on the same flank.}
30. Rb5 $2 (30. a3 $1 bxa3 31. bxa3 Nd5 32. Nf3 Rd3 $15) 30... Nd5 31. Nf3 Rd1+
32. Ne1 (32. Ke2 $2 Rb1 $19) 32... Rb1 33. g3 (33. Rc5 Rxb2 34. Rc2 Rb1 $19) (
33. b3 $2 Nf4 34. Rxb4 Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Nd3+ 36. Kd2 Nxb4 $19) 33... Kf5 $1 (
33... Rxb2 34. Nd3 Rb1+ (34... Rxa2 35. Nxb4 Nxb4 36. Rxb4 $15) 35. Kg2 h5 36.
Kf3 $17) 34. Rb7 (34. b3 h5 $17) 34... f6 35. b3 (35. Rxh7 Rxb2 36. Ra7 Nc3 37.
a4 b3 38. Rb7 Rb1 39. a5 b2 40. a6 Nd1 41. Nd3 Ra1 42. Nxb2 Nxb2+ $19) 35... h5
36. Rb5 Ke4 (36... Ra1 37. Ra5 g5 38. f3 $15) 37. Rc5 (37. Ra5 Ra1 38. h4 g5 (
38... Nc3 39. f3+ Ke3 40. Ra6 e5 41. Rxf6) 39. hxg5 fxg5 $17) 37... Ra1 38.
Rc4+ Kf5 39. Rc2 Nc3 40. a4 (40. h4 Nxa2 41. Rc5+ e5 42. Ra5 Kg4 43. Ra6 g5 44.
hxg5 fxg5 $17) 40... Rb1 41. a5 Ra1 (41... Rxb3 42. Nd3 Rb1+ 43. Kg2 Nd5 44. a6
Ra1 45. Rc5 b3 46. Rb5 Rxa6 47. Rxb3 $15) 42. Rd2 e5 (42... Rxa5 43. Nc2 $15)
43. Rd6 (43. a6 Rxa6 44. Nc2 Ra2 45. f3 Kg5 46. Ke1 Rb2 47. h4+ Kh6 48. Nxb4
Rxb3 $17) 43... Nb5 44. Rd8 (44. Rb6 Nd4 $19) 44... Nd4 45. a6 g5 46. Kg2 (46.
a7 Rxa7 47. Nd3 Ra1+ 48. Kg2 g4 49. Nxb4 Nf3 $19) 46... g4 (46... Rxe1 $2 47.
a7 Ra1 48. a8=Q Rxa8 49. Rxa8 Nxb3 50. Ra4 $14) 47. a7 Rxa7 48. Nd3 Ra1 49. Rc8
Rd1 $1 (49... Nf3 50. Rc1 Rxc1 51. Nxc1 Ke4 52. Na2 Ne1+ 53. Kf1 Nd3 54. Ke2 f5
$19) 50. Nb2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Agat"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 b5 13. c3 a5 14. Bd4 b4
15. Ne3 Nce4 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Rc8 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nc4 Rc8 20. Nb6 Rb8 21.
Na4 Bf8 22. Rc1 Qd5 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Red8 25. Rc4 Rd5 26. g3 h6 27. Kg2
Rbd8 28. Bb6 Re8 29. Nd4 Ra8 30. Rcc1 Nd6 31. Nc6 Nfe4 32. Be3 Rb5 33. Nb6 Ra6
34. Nd7 Nf6 35. Ncb8 Ra8 36. Nxf6+ gxf6 37. Nd7 Bg7 38. Rcd1 Nf5 39. Bc5 h5 40.
Rd5 Nh6 41. Rxh5 f5 42. Be7 Kh7 43. Rd1 Re8 44. Bf6 Re6 45. Bxg7 Kxg7 46. Rg5+
Rg6 47. Rxg6+ fxg6 48. Rc1 Rd5 49. Rc7 Rd2 50. Ne5+ Kf6 51. Nc4 Re2 52. Rc6+
Kg7 53. Kf1 Rc2 54. Ne5 Rxb2 55. Rxg6+ Kh7 56. Ra6 Rxb3 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Rxa5
Rc3 59. Rb5 b3 60. Kg2 Kg7 61. h3 Kf6 62. Nd7+ Kg6 63. Nc5 f4 64. g4 Nf7 65.
Nxb3 Ng5 66. Nd2 Nxh3 67. Ne4 Rd3 68. f3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Sberbank-Tatarstan"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 $5 (10. Bh5 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qd3 (11... Qh4 12. Nb5 O-O)
12. Be2 Qg6 13. Bh5 Qd3 (13... Bg4 $5 14. Bxg6 (14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qd1) 14...
Bxd1 15. Bxf7+ (15. Ne6 $2 Bxe3 16. Nxc7+ (16. fxe3 hxg6 17. Nxc7+ Kd7 18. Nxa8
Bg4 $17) 16... Kd7 17. Nxa8 $17) 15... Nxf7 16. Raxd1 Bxd4 (16... Nd5 $5) 17.
Bxd4 Nf5) (13... Qf6 $2 14. Nb5 $1 O-O 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Ne4 $16) 14. Be2 Qg6
15. Bh5 Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Kotsur,P-Benjamin,J/4th World Team Ch, Lucerne SUI 1997})
(10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 (11. Kh1 Bb6 (11... d5 12. Nd2 dxe4 13. fxe4 Bg4 14. Bf4
Bd6 15. Bxe5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxe5 17. Nc4 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qe6 19. Qc2 f5 20. e5
Rad8 21. Rad1 Rd7 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. Rfd1 f4 24. b3 Qd5 25. e6 Qxe6 26. Ne5 Rd5
27. Qxc7 Nf5 28. Qxb7 Ne3 29. Rc1 Qxe5 30. dxe5 Rxd2 31. Rg1 Ng4 32. h3 Nxe5
33. Qxa7 Re2 34. Qe7 Ra8 35. a4 h6 36. Qe6+ Kh8 37. Qf5 f3 38. gxf3 Re8 39. Rc1
Re3 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41. Qxc8+ Kh7 42. Qe6 Kh8 43. f4 Re1+ 44. Kg2 Nd3 45. Qc8+ {
1-0 Rosito,J-Sorin,A/ch-ARG 1998}) 12. a4 a6 13. Qb3 Kh8 14. Nd2 Nd7 15. a5 Ba7
16. c4 Re8 17. Nc2 Bc5 18. Qc3 Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. b4 Bxe3 21. Nxe3 c6 22.
Kg1 Ne5 23. f4 N5g6 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. g3 Rad8 26. Kf2 Nf8 27. Rfd1 Ne6 28. Nf3
Nc7 29. Bc2 Be6 30. Rab1 d5 31. exd5 cxd5 32. Ba4 Rg8 33. c5 Bf5 34. Nxf5 Nxf5
35. Rdc1 Kg7 36. c6 Rb8 37. Bc2 Nd6 38. Bd3 b6 39. Nd4 Rge8 40. Nf5+ Nxf5 41.
Bxf5 h6 42. b5 axb5 43. axb6 Rxb6 44. Ra1 b4 45. Ra7 {1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Franic,M/
Open, Zadar CRO 1997}) 11... f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15.
Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4+ Kh8 17. Qd2 Rad8 18. Qf2 Qb6 19. Rae1 Nd6 20. Re6 c6 21. Bd3
c4 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Bc2 Rfe8 24. Rfe1 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 Kg8 26. h4 Kf7 27. Re2 g6
28. g4 b5 29. Kf2 Ne8 30. f4 Nf6 31. Kf3 Nd5 32. f5 b4 33. cxb4 Nxb4 34. Be4
Nd5 35. g5 gxf5 36. Bxf5 Kg7 37. Rc2 {1-0 Voitsekhovsky,S-Kazantsev,V/Zepter
Open, Minsk BLR 1998}) (10. f4 Qxe4 11. Bf2 Bxd4 12. cxd4 N5g6 13. Nc3 Qxf4 14.
Nb5 O-O 15. Nxc7 Rb8 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. Nxa7 Qg5 18. a4 Nf5 19. Kh1 Rfe8 20. Bf3
Ngh4 21. Ra3 Nxf3 22. Rxf3 Ra8 23. d5 Re7 24. Qb3 Rae8 25. Qxb7 Be6 26. Qb4
Bxd5 27. Qf4 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Re5 29. Nb5 g5 30. Rb4 Re2 31. Kg1 Bc6 32. Nc3 Rc2
33. Rb6 Ba8 34. Rb5 Nh4 {Helbich,J-Acs,P/XVII Mitropa Cup, Montecatini Terme
ITA 1997/1/2-1/2 (47)}) (10. Nd2 Bh3 $1 11. Bf3 $8) 10... Qxe4 (10... Ng4 11.
Bxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Bd7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Qb3 Rab8 15. Rae1 Kh8 16. a4 a6 17. Qa2 b5
18. a5 b4 19. c4 f5 20. exf5 Nxf5 21. Nxf5 Rxf5 22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Re7 Be6 24.
Re1 b3 25. Qa4 Bg8 26. Qd7 h6 27. h3 Bxc4 28. Nxc4 Rxc4 29. R7e6 Qg5 30. Qf7
Rc1 31. f4 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 Qf6 33. Qxc7 Rg8 34. Qc1 Rf8 35. Rf1 {Timmerman,
G-Hector,J/Antwerpen op 1994/1/2-1/2 (59)}) (10... O-O 11. f3 (11. Nd2 Ng4 12.
Bf4 Nf6 (12... Qf6 13. Bg3 Bxd4 14. Bxg4 $14 (14. cxd4 Qxd4 15. Rc1 Nf6 (15...
Nc6 16. Rc4 $1 Qxb2 17. Rc2 $18) 16. Rxc7 Nc6 $1 $13 {/\ 17...Ne8})) 13. Bd3 (
13. f3 $5 Nh5 14. Be3 f5 $13) 13... Qg4 $1 14. Qxg4 Nxg4 15. b4 Bxd4 $6 (15...
Bb6 $132) 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. Rac1 $2 (17. d5 Nxb4 18. Be2 Re8 19. Rfc1 Re7 20.
Rab1 a5 21. a3 Na6 22. Bxg4 Bxg4 23. Rxb7 Kf8 24. Be3 $14 {>< Na6}) 17... Nxd4
$1 18. h3 (18. Rxc7 Ne6 19. Bxd6 Rd8 $19) 18... Ne5 (18... Nf6 19. Be3 Ne6 20.
f4 $44) 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxc7 Ne6 (20... Rd8 21. Rfc1 (21. Bc4 Ne6 22. Bxe6
Bxe6 23. Nf3 f6 24. Rxb7 Bxa2 25. Ra1 Be6 26. Raxa7 Rxa7 27. Rxa7 Rb8 $10)
21... Ne6 22. R7c3 Nf4 23. Bf1 Be6 24. Nf3 f6 $10) 21. Rc3 Nf4 22. Bc4 Be6 23.
g3 $5 Bxh3 $6 (23... Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Nxh3 $1 25. Nxe5 $8 (25. f4 exf4 26. gxf4
Rac8 27. a4 Rfd8 28. Rff3 Nxf4 $1 (28... Rd4 29. Na5 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 g6 31. Rxh3
Rxb4 $16) 29. Rxf4 Rd4 $19) 25... Ng5 26. f3 Ne6 $10) 24. Rg1 $1 (24. gxf4 $2
Bxf1 25. Bxf1 (25. Nxf1 Rac8 $1 $15) 25... Rac8 $1 $15) 24... Ne6 25. g4 Nf4
26. Kh2 (26. Nf3 b5 $1 $8 27. Bxb5 f6 28. Bc4+ Kh8 29. Kh2 h5 30. gxh5 Rac8 $13
) 26... Rac8 27. Rxh3 Rfd8 28. Bd5 Rc2 29. Rd1 Nxh3 (29... Nxd5 30. Rd3 $18)
30. Kxh3 $14 Kf8 31. Kg2 f6 32. Nf1 $1 Rxa2 $2 33. Rc1 Rb2 34. Rc7 Rxb4 35. Ne3
$1 $18 Rb6 36. Nf5 g6 37. Rf7+ {1-0 Svidler,P-Arkhipov,S/RUS-ch 1994}) (11. f4
Qxe4 (11... Ng4 12. Bg1 f5 13. exf5 Nxf5 14. Bxg4 Ng3+ 15. hxg3 Bxg4 16. Qb3+
Kh8 17. Nf3 Bxf3 18. Rxf3 Qh5+ 19. Bh2 Rf6 20. Nd2 {0-1 Grosar,K-Basagic,V/
Bled opW 1993}) 12. Nd2 Qxe3 13. Nc2 Ng4 14. Nxe3 Nxe3 15. Qa4 Nxf1 16. Rxf1
Nd5 17. Bf3 Ne3 18. Re1 Bf5 19. b4 Bb6 20. Bxb7 Rae8 21. Bc6 Re6 22. h3 d5 23.
Bd7 Bc2 24. Qa3 Rg6 25. g4 Bd3 26. Kh2 Nc2 27. Qc1 Rd8 28. Bf5 Nxe1 29. Bxg6
Re8 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. Qf1 Re3 32. c4 c6 33. b5 Bc7 34. bxc6 Nxf4 35. cxd5 Re2+
{Berg,E-Acs,P/EU-chJM U16 1996/1-0 (65)}) 11... Kh8 12. Nd2 d5 13. Bf4 f6 14.
h3 Bb6 15. Bh2 dxe4 16. fxe4 Qe8 17. Nc4 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20.
Qd5 Qxd5 21. exd5 Bd7 22. a4 a5 23. Bb5 Rad8 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. c4 Bc5 26. Rfe1
Kg8 27. Bg1 Bxg1 28. Kxg1 Kf7 29. Ra3 Re8 30. Rae3 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Re7 32. Kf2 b6
33. Rd3 Re4 34. b3 Ke7 35. Kf3 Re1 36. Kf2 Re4 37. Kf3 Re1 38. Kf2 Re5 39. Rg3
g6 40. Rf3 Re4 {1/2-1/2 Richter,O-Souleidis,G/BL2-W 1994}) (10... c6 11. Nd2
O-O 12. h3 f5 13. f4 Nf7 14. Bh5 Qh6 15. Qe2 fxe4 16. f5 Qf6 17. Nxe4 Qe5 18.
Bf4 Qd5 19. f6 Ng6 20. fxg7 Kxg7 21. Bh2 Bxd4 22. Rad1 Qe6 23. Rxd4 d5 24. Ng3
Qxe2 25. Bxe2 Nh6 26. Nh5+ Kg8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. g4 Be6 29. Kg1 Ke7 30. b4 Rf8
31. Bg3 Nf7 32. Nf4 Nxf4 33. Rxf4 Ng5 34. Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Kg2 Ne4 36. Be5 Kf7 37.
h4 Kg6 38. Kf3 b6 39. Bd3 c5 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. c4 Kf7 42. cxd5 Bxd5 43. Bxe4
Bxa2 44. Bxh7 {1-0 Mencinger,V-Roskar,R/Bled op 1992}) 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Nb5 {
Second try.J.Lautier didn't get anything special against Van der Sterren in
1994.} (12. Bh5 Qd3 13. Be2 $11 (13. Qa4+ $2 Bd7 14. Qb3 Bxd4 $1 15. cxd4 Qxb3
16. axb3 N5g6 $17 {Makropoulou,M-Mastrovasilis,A/Komotini GP 1993/0-1 (69)}))
12... O-O (12... Bxe3 13. Nxc7+ Kd8 14. Nxa8 $16) 13. Nxc7 Rb8 14. Nc4 $5 $146
(14. Bf4 Bf5 $1 15. Nb3 (15. Bh5 Qf6 16. Nf3 Be4 $1 $15) 15... Bb6 16. Nb5 Rbd8
17. Qd2 N7c6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Rfe8 20. Qd2 (20. Nxa7 $2 Nd7 $1 $19) 20...
d5 21. Rae1 Nc4 22. Qc1 Be4 $1 23. f3 Bf5 {xe3} 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. N3d4 Nxd4 26.
Nxd4 Bd3 $10 27. Rxe8+ (27. Rg1 h6) 27... Rxe8 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 h6 30.
Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qb5 Qf6 32. Qxb7 Qg5 $1 33. h3 $8 Qc1+ {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Van der
Sterren,P/Donner mem-A 1994}) 14... Nxc4 (14... Bh3 $142 $1 15. Rg1 (15. gxh3
$6 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qe4+) 15... Nxc4 16. Bxc5 (16. Bxc4 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Bf5 {
and Black get the game position with white rook on g1 instead of f1 that
should be in Black's favour.}) (16. gxh3 $2 Nxb2 $1 17. Qb1 $8 Qxb1 18. Raxb1
Bxe3 19. fxe3 Na4 $17) 16... dxc5 17. Bxc4 Bg4 $5 $11 (17... Qb6 $13)) 15. Bxc4
Bxe3 ({Now} 15... Bh3 {is senseless because of} 16. Qf3 (16. Rg1 Bxe3 17. fxe3
Bf5)) 16. fxe3 Bf5 (16... Bg4 $143 17. Qd2 (17. Qa4) 17... Rbc8 18. Bd3 $1 {
[%csl Ra7,Rd6][%cal Gc7b5]}) 17. Nd5 Rbe8 (17... Nxd5 $5 18. Bxd5 Be6) 18. Nf4
Qh6 {[%cal Gf5e4,Ge7c6,Gc6e5]} 19. Qf3 (19. Qa4 Nc6 20. Rae1 {[%cal Gc4d5]} Ne5
{[%cal Ge5g4]} 21. Be2 a6 22. Qb4 Bg4 $1 $132) 19... Nc6 20. Bd5 Ne5 21. Qg3
Bc8 {[%cal Ge5g4]} (21... Re7 $5) 22. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6]} Kh8 $1 {[%csl Re3]
[%cal Gf7f5,Ge5g4]} 23. Bb3 $6 (23. e4 $5) 23... Ng4 24. Nd5 (24. Rde1 Nf6 {
[%cal Gf6e4]}) 24... Be6 $1 {A try to play for a win.Both captures on e3 were
enough for a draw.} (24... Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Rxe3 26. Qf2 $5 (26. Qxd6 Qxd6 27.
Rxd6 f6 28. Kg1 $11)) (24... Rxe3 25. Nxe3 Nxe3 26. Rfe1 Nxd1 27. Rxd1 Kg8 $1
28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. Rxd6 Re8 30. Kg1 Kf8 31. Ba4 Re1+ 32. Kf2 Ke7 $11) 25. Nc7 $1
{The simplest and probably the only way to equalize.} (25. Rd3 $2 Bxd5 26. Qxg4
(26. Bxd5 Rxe3 $1) 26... Bxb3 27. axb3 Rxe3) (25. Rf3 $2 Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Nxe3)
25... Nxe3 (25... Bxb3 26. axb3 (26. Rxd6 Rxe3 27. Rxh6 Rxg3 28. hxg3 (28. axb3
$2 Rxg2 $1) 28... Nxh6 29. axb3 Rd8 $15 {[%csl Rg2,Rg3]}) 26... Nxe3 27. Nxe8
Nxf1 (27... Rxe8 $4 28. Rfe1) 28. Qxg7+ (28. Qxd6 Rxe8 (28... Qxh2+ 29. Qxh2
Nxh2 30. Kxh2 Rxe8 31. Rd7) 29. Qxh6 gxh6 30. Rxf1 Re2 $11) 28... Qxg7 29. Nxg7
Kxg7 (29... Ne3 30. Rd3 Ng4 31. Rd4) 30. Rxf1 Re8 31. Kg1 $11) 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 $1
(26... Nxf1 27. Qxg7+ (27. Rxf1 Rxe8 28. Qxd6 Bxb3 29. Qxh6 gxh6 30. axb3 Re2
$11) 27... Qxg7 28. Nxg7 Bxb3 (28... Ne3 $2 29. Nxe6 fxe6 30. Re1 $14) 29. axb3
Kxg7 (29... Ne3 30. Rd3 Ng4 31. Rd4) 30. Rxf1 Re8 31. Kg1 $11) 27. Qxd6 Qg6 $1
28. Qg3 (28. Rg1 Bxb3 29. Qxg6 (29. axb3 Nxd1 30. Qxd1 (30. Qxg6 $4 Nf2#) 30...
Qe6 $15) 29... hxg6 30. axb3 Nxd1 31. Rxd1 Re2 32. h3 $1 a5 $1 33. Rd7 Rxb2 34.
Rxb7 a4 35. Rxf7 $11) 28... Nxf1 (28... Qxg3 $142 29. hxg3 Bxb3 30. axb3 Nxf1
31. Rxf1 Re7 $11) 29. Qxg6 hxg6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Rxf1 Re2 32. Kg1 $1 Rxb2 $11
(32... Kg8 33. Rf2 Re1+ 34. Rf1 Re2 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malaniuk, Vladimir P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C75"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{This is a prime effort by Peter Svidler. His opening setup is proven to be
very effective after the slightly surprising break on the K-side. The attack
is crisp and beautiful.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6.
d4 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. d5 Nb8 9. Bc2 {Exchanging on d7 or not - that's the
question. In general keeping pieces on the board benefits the player with more
space. In this postition White has more room for his pieces due to his forward
post on d5. But on the other hand the white-squared B is Black's good B. For a
similar discussion see the games Topalov,V - Jussupow,A/Novgorod/1995/CBM48
and Tischbierek,R - Sale,S/Budapest/1996/CBM56.} (9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. c4 O-O 11.
Nc3 Ne8 12. g4 (12. O-O g6 13. Bh6 Ng7 14. Qd2 f5 15. Ng5 $14 {1-0 Cimra,
J-Kovacova,Z/SVK-ch 1993/TD 93\10 (49)}) 12... c5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. O-O-O Rb8 15.
Qc2 b5 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. h4 $14 {1-0 Cimra,J-Kovacova,Z/SVK-chT 1994/TD 94\03 
(53)}) 9... c6 10. c4 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. O-O O-O 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 c5 {Black
goes for a complete blockade.} 15. Ne1 $1 g5 {A dangerous decision since the
blockade is a bit fragile.} (15... Nh7 16. f4 Bf6 (16... exf4 17. Bxf4 $36) 17.
f5 $40) 16. a3 Kg7 17. Nd3 Qe8 18. f4 $1 {Drastic and good. Black is not well
organised to withstand White's attack.} (18. Kh2 {/\g3, f4} Nc7 19. g3 Qc8 $1
$13) 18... gxf4 19. Nxf4 Rh8 (19... exf4 20. Bxf4 Rh8 21. e5 $40) 20. Rf2 $5 (
20. Nh5+ {is good enough} Nxh5 21. Qxh5 f6 22. Qh4 $40) 20... exf4 21. Bxf4 Nh7
22. e5 Bh4 (22... Bg5 23. Raf1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Yf2f7]} (23. Bh2 $5) 23... Bxf4
24. Rxf4 Ng5 (24... Rf8 25. Qd3 $18) 25. h4 dxe5 (25... Qxe5 26. hxg5 Raf8 27.
Qf3 Qe7 28. Ne4 $18) 26. R4f2 Nh7 27. Rxf7+ Qxf7 28. Rxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qh5+ $18)
23. e6 $1 fxe6 (23... Bxf2+ 24. Qxf2 fxe6 25. Qg3+ $18) (23... Bxe6 24. dxe6
Bxf2+ 25. Qxf2 Qxe6 26. Qg3+ Ng5 27. h4 $18) 24. Qg4+ Bg5 25. Bxd6 exd5 26. Qf3
Rf8 (26... d4 27. Be5+ Kg8 28. Nd5 Bc6 29. h4 $1 $16) (26... Bf6 27. Bxh7 Bd4
28. Bd3 $16) (26... Be3 27. Be5+ $1 $18) 27. Bxf8+ Nxf8 28. Nxd5 $16 Be6 29.
Re1 Qc6 30. Qc3+ Kg8 31. Qg3 Bxd5 32. cxd5 Qc7 33. d6 Qg7 34. Kh2 c4 35. h4 (
35. h4 Bd8 36. Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Qf3+ Kxe8 39. Ba4+ Qd7 40. Qh5+ Kf8
41. Bxd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zakharevich, Igor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cherepovets Severstal"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 Bf5 9. Ne2 Rc8 10. Nf4 Qd7 11. Ba5 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14. Bd3
Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Bc3+ 17. Bxc3 Rxc3 18. Rb3 Rc2 19. O-O b6 20. Nb4
Rc4 21. Nd5 Ra4 22. Nc3 Ra5 23. Rd1 Nc5 24. Rb2 Rc8 25. Kf1 Ne6 26. Nb5 Rc5 27.
Nd4 Rd5 28. Ke2 Nxd4+ 29. exd4 {[#] Beginn eines langen Doppelturmendspiels,
daß den Schwarzen durch die zahlreichen weißen Bauernschwächen im Vorteil
sieht.} Kf8 30. Ke3 Ke7 31. Rd3 Ra4 32. a3 Rda5 33. Rbb3 Kd6 34. g4 Kd5 35. g5
Rc4 36. Rb1 Rc7 37. Kd2 Kd6 38. h4 Rf5 39. f3 Rf4 40. a4 Rxh4 41. a5 bxa5 42.
Ra1 Re7 43. Rxa5 Rh2+ 44. Kc3 Rc7+ 45. Kb3 Rb7+ 46. Kc3 Rc7+ 47. Kb3 Rb7+ 48.
Kc3 Rhb2 49. Ra3 R2b5 50. f4 a5 51. Re3 Rc7+ 52. Kd3 Ra7 53. Re1 Rf5 54. Rea1
Rxf4 55. Rxa5 Rxa5 56. Rxa5 {[#] Beginn des Turmendspiels nach Tausch des
Doppelturms.} Rg4 (56... h6 57. gxh6 Rh4 58. Ra6+ Ke7 59. Ra7+ Kf6 60. Ra6+ Kg5
61. Ra7 $11 f5 $6 62. h7 {[%cal Rd4d5,Rd5d6,Rd6d7]} Kf6 63. d5 (63. Kc4 $6 f4)
63... Ke5 64. Rg7 $11) 57. Kc4 Rg1 58. Ra6+ Ke7 59. Ra5 Ke6 60. Re5+ Kd6 61.
Ra5 Rh1 62. Ra6+ Ke7 63. d5 h5 (63... h6 64. Ra7+ Kf8 65. d6 Rd1 66. gxh6 Kg8
67. d7 Kh7 68. Kc5 $16) 64. Ra7+ Kd6 65. Rxf7 Rh4+ 66. Kd3 Kxd5 67. Rg7 Rd4+
68. Ke3 Re4+ 69. Kf3 Re6 {[#] Der schwarze gedeckte Freibauer wird durch die
aktive Turmstellung und den Umstand, daß der weiße König seinen Kollegen an
der Annäherung hindert, kompensiert. Schwarz besitzt keinerlei konstruktive
Gewinnansätze.} 70. Kf4 Kd6 71. Ra7 Kc6 72. Rg7 Kd5 73. Rg8 Rd6 74. Rg7 Kd4 75.
Rg8 Kd3 76. Kf3 Kd2 77. Kf2 Re6 78. Rg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Noyabrsk Yamal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Be7 10. g4 h6 11. O-O-O b5 12. h4 Nb6 13. Qf2 Nfd7 (13... Rb8 14.
Kb1 b4 (14... Nc4 15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nc1 Qc7 18. Be3 Rb8 19. N1e2
Qb7 20. Bc1 Nd7 21. Qg2 Nc5 22. g5 {Almasi,Z-Lutz,C/Vienna op 1996/EXP 53/1-0 
(61)}) 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bd7 19. Bd3 h5 20. g5
f5 21. gxf6 Bxf6 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Lautier,J/Tilburg Fontys 1996/CBM 56 (34)})
14. Kb1 (14. f4 Bxg4 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Nf6 19.
Rdd1 Qc7 20. h5 Rc8 21. Rhg1 {0-1 Horvath,T-Groszpeter,A/HUN-ch 1980/MCD-ch 
(29)}) 14... Qc7 (14... Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Nc1 Rb8 17. N1e2 Qc7 18. Bc1 Rb7
19. Ka1 Qc6 20. Qg3 Nb6 21. f4 f6 22. g5 {Adams,M-Szekely,P/Hastings op 1987/
EXT 97/1-0 (53)}) (14... Rc8 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 17. Bc1 Qb6 18. Qe1 b4
19. Bd3 (19. Bh3 a5 20. Rd3 Qc7 21. Qd1 Bxh4 22. f4 Be7 23. g5 hxg5 24. Bxd7+ {
1-0 Torok,J-Farkas,T/HUN-chT2 1993/TD 93\10 (31)}) 19... h5 {1/2-1/2
Sittenfeld,J-Dzevlan,M/Sollentuna op 1995/EXT 95op}) 15. Nd5 $1 ({This
continuation is much stronger than passive} 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. Qg3 Bd6
18. g5 h5 19. f4 Bg4 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Qf2 O-O 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Bc1 N7b6 $36 {
Labuckas,A-Lapienis,D/LTU-ch 1996/EXP 53/0-1 (55)}) 15... Bxd5 16. exd5 Nc4 (
16... Na4 $6 {was tried in the game Feher,G-Kuczynski,R/Cappelle op 1992/EXT
92op, and draw was agreed upon after} 17. Bd3 Ndb6 {Still, it seems that White
has an advantage in the final position. The text move looks stronger.}) 17. Bc1
a5 18. Bd3 a4 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. Ne4 b4 (20... Nc5 $5 {was an interesting option
here.}) 21. Qe2 Rc8 22. g5 a3 $2 (22... h5 {was to be preferred.}) 23. b3 Nb2
24. gxh6 $1 Nxd1 $2 ({Bettter was} 24... gxh6 {The text move allows White to
obtain overhelming compensation for the sacrificed exchange.}) 25. hxg7 Rg8 26.
Qxd1 Rxg7 27. h5 {[%csl Rh7][%cal Gh5h7,Gd3h7] Now the h-pawn easily reaches
h7, as White controls the b1-h7 diagonal.} Rg8 28. h6 Nc5 (28... Nf8 {is
strongly met by} 29. f4 $1) 29. Bb5+ Kd8 30. h7 Rh8 31. Bc6 {[%csl Rg7,Rg8]
[%cal Gd1g1,Gg1g8]} (31. Qg1 $5 {deserved attention here, e.g.:} Nxe4 (31...
Nxb3 32. Qg8+ Bf8 33. Bg5+ $18) 32. Qg8+ Bf8 33. Bc6 (33. fxe4 $4 Qxc2+ 34. Ka1
Qxc1+ 35. Rxc1 Rxc1#) 33... Rxg8 34. hxg8=Q Nc3+ 35. Ka1 Qe7 36. Bg5 f6 37. Rh7
$18) 31... Qa5 32. Qg1 Nxe4 33. fxe4 Kc7 34. Qg4 Kb8 35. Qf5 {White has a
winning position. Black is entirely deprived of counterplay and cannot prevent
further activation of the white pieces.} Qa7 36. Qf1 {Threatening 37.Qb5+ Kc7
38.Be3 Qe3 39.Qb7+ Kd8 40.Qd7#.} Bd8 37. Qe1 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Ge1b4,Gc1e3,
Ge3a7] Attacking the b4 pawn and seizing the g1-a7 diagonal.} Ba5 38. Be3 Qa6
39. Qf2 Rcf8 40. Qf5 Bc7 41. Kc1 f6 42. Kd1 {Intending to transfer the rook to
the 7th rank via g1.} (42. Rg1 {is strongly met by} Bb6 $1) 42... Bb6 43. Bd2
Bc5 44. Qd7 Qb6 45. Qg7 Rd8 46. Bh6 Bd4 47. Qe7 Bg1 48. Rh3 Qd4+ 49. Bd2 Qb6
50. Rg3 {Threatening 51. Rg7 and 51.Rg8.} Qa7 {The queen exchange does not
resolve Black's problems.} 51. Qxa7+ Bxa7 52. Rg7 Bc5 53. c3 bxc3 54. Bxc3 Rdf8
55. b4 Bd4 56. Bxd4 exd4 57. b5 {Black is defenseless against the threat 58.b6
followed by Ra7-a8#.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Epishin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3
Be7 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 Bb4 $6 ({Another option here is} 10... e5
11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Bf2 Rb8 15. Bb3 a5 16. Na4 Qc7 17.
Bc5 Rfe8 18. h4 Rb5 19. Bxe7 Nxe7 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21. h5 {1-0 De la Riva,
O-Semprun,F/San Sebastian op 1995/EXT 95op (40)}) (10... Bd7 {Epishin} 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. e5 Ne8 13. Na4 f6 14. f4 fxe5 15. fxe5 Nc7 16. Bd3 Be8 17. Qg3 Bh5 18.
Rdf1 Qe8 19. Rxf8+ Bxf8 20. Rf1 Bg6 $11 {Khalifman-Aseev,S-Petersburg ch 1998})
11. a3 Ba5 12. Nb3 Bxc3 (12... Bb6 {Epishin} 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3
a6 $14) (12... Bc7 {Epishin} 13. g4 $16) 13. Qxc3 Qc7 14. Bc5 Rd8 15. Bb5 $1 {
A strong response, yielding White a durable advantage.} Bd7 (15... dxe4 {
is elegantly refuted by} 16. Bxc6 Rxd1+ (16... bxc6 {Epishin} 17. Qe5 $18) 17.
Rxd1 bxc6 {, and now} 18. Qe5 $1 {, exploiting the weakness of the last rank,
wins immediately.}) 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 ({Vacating a square d7 for the knight.} 16...
bxc6 17. e5 {is still worse for Black.}) 17. e5 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gc5d6,Gb3d4]}
Nd7 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. Nd4 Rac8 20. Qb4 a5 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. b3 {Preventing 22...
Nc4 and preparing the rook transfer to the c-file.} Nd7 23. Rd3 b6 24. Rc3 Bb7
25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Kb2 {[%cal Gh1d1,Gd2d3,Gd1d3,Gd3c3,Gc3c8] Preparing the
transfer of the second rook to the queenside.} Bc6 (26... f6 $2 {fails to} 27.
exf6 e5 28. Nf5 {, and the f6-pawn is invulnerable due to the threat 29.Ne7+.})
27. Rd1 h6 28. Rd3 Nc5 29. Rc3 Bd7 30. a4 f6 31. Nb5 Na6 $2 ({This move yields
White a decisive advantage.} 31... Kf7 $2 {fails to} 32. Bxc5 (32. Ka3 {Epishin
} Bxb5 (32... Ke8 33. Bxc5 Rxc5 34. Nd6+ Ke7 35. Rxc5 bxc5 36. exf6+ gxf6 37.
Nb7 $18) 33. axb5 fxe5 34. Bxe5 $18) 32... Rxc5 (32... bxc5 $4 33. Nd6+) 33.
Rxc5 bxc5 34. Nd6+ Ke7 35. exf6+ gxf6 (35... Kxd6 36. fxg7 $18) 36. Nb7 $18) (
31... Kh7 $16 {was to be preferred.}) 32. Rxc8+ Bxc8 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Be7 $1 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb6,Rf6][%cal Ge7f6,Ge7d8,Gd8b6] Attacking the f6-pawn, White wins a
tempo for transferring his bishop to d8.} Kg7 35. Bd8 Nb8 36. Bxb6 Nc6 37. c3 {
Threatening 38.Nd4} e5 38. Nc7 $1 d4 39. cxd4 exd4 40. Nb5 d3 41. Kc3 Be6 (
41... Bf5 42. Nd6 Bg6 43. Ne4 {did not help either.}) 42. Be3 Nb4 43. Nd4 Bf7
44. Bd2 Kg6 45. Kb2 {Black is defenseless against 46.Bxb4, followed by Kc1-d2.}
1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Yakovich,Y"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Elista Uralan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 64]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nxc6 {Peter don't
like to compete in teoretical knowledge and postpone main events to the
middlegame} bxc6 6. Bd3 d5 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2 Be7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. c4 ({If white
play} 10. b3 {,black reply} a5 {[%cal Ra5a4,Ya8a1] and win temp in comparison
with game Spasski-Petrosian m1 Moskow 1969}) 10... Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. e5 Nd7
13. Nf3 c5 $1 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15. Bf4 {[%cal Yf3d2,Yd2e4,Yd2c4]} Qb7 $1 {Black
prevent 16.Nd2} 16. Ng5 $6 (16. b3 a5 $11) 16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Nxe5 $1 (17...
Bxg2 $4 18. Ba6 $18) 18. Qxe5 f6 19. Bxf6 $6 (19. Qg3 $142 fxg5 20. b3 $15)
19... gxf6 $1 20. Qh5 $1 (20. Qe2 $2 Bxg2 $1 21. Qxe6+ (21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qxg2
Rg8 $19) 21... Kh8 22. Ba6 Qg7 23. Rd7 Qg6 $19) 20... Rf7 $1 (20... Bxg2 21.
Qxh7+) 21. Bf1 $1 (21. f3 Qxb2 $17 (21... Rg7 22. Rd2 Bxf3 23. Bxh7+)) 21...
Qxb2 (21... Rg7 22. g3 $1 (22. Qh3 Qxb2 23. Rac1 c4 $1 24. g3 c3 $17) 22... Bf3
23. Qxc5 Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Qxb2 (24... Qb6 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Bc4 Re7 27. Rd6) (
24... Rd7 $11) 25. Bc4 $1 $11 (25. Qc6) 25... Re8 $6 (25... Kh8 26. Bxe6 $11)
26. Bxe6+ Rxe6 $4 27. Rd8+ Kf7 28. Qh5+) 22. Rac1 Qxa2 (22... Qb4 23. Rxd5 $1
exd5 24. Qxd5 $11) 23. Rxc5 Raf8 24. Rdc1 {[%cal Yf1c4] White want to change
bishops. After this black will have many weaknesses and they might not be able
to realize extra pawn.} Qd2 25. g3 $1 {[%cal Yf1g2]} Qg5 26. Qe2 Qe5 (26... f5
27. Bg2 f4 $2 28. Qxe6) 27. Qd3 $1 (27. Qxe5 fxe5 $17) 27... Rd7 {28.Bg2=}
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. a3 c6 15. b4
Nh5 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Ra2 Nc7 19. Rd2 Re8 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. Qd1 Ng5 22.
Nxg5+ hxg5 23. Be2 Nf4 24. Bg4 Ne6 25. Ne2 a5 26. c5 axb4 27. axb4 Nf8 28. Bxc8
Raxc8 29. Qc2 Ne6 30. Red1 Rcd8 31. Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 05th"]
[Site "Maikop"]
[Date "1998.06.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "1998.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Apiko-Yakimanka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4
Nc6 9. h3 Qc7 10. Bg2 Be7 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Qf2 O-O {[%csl Rg8,Rh6] A brave
decision. White has build up a strong P-formation on the K-side and still
black decides to place his K on g8. With his h-P on h7 that would maybe not be
so unusual but with the P on h6 white will be able to open lines quickly and
easily by g4-g5.} 13. O-O-O b5 {[%cal Yb5b4] >< Nc3} 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 Nh7 {
[%csl Rh7]} 16. Nxc6 (16. h4 Ne5 $13 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ya8c8,Yc8c1]}) 16... Bxc6
17. h4 Qb7 $1 $132 {[%cal Yb7h1,Yb5b4] White seems to have done everything
right in the opening. Even so black has a somewhat irritating counterplay
against e4.} 18. Kb1 (18. Bd4 $5 b4 19. Nd5 exd5 20. exd5 Bd7 {seems to me to
be a tempo better that the game. I don't think Kb1 is rearly necessary. But
even in that case it is not clear how white should build up a dangerous attack.
}) 18... b4 19. Nd5 $5 {The logical way to keep the initiative} exd5 20. exd5
Bd7 {[%csl Rg2] So what ? White has sacrificed a piece - probably more or less
based on a general feeling - but there does not seem to be a clear way to
continue the attack. White would like to play g5-g6, or build up a strong
battery with Q and B in the /^ a1-h8 to attack g7. However that is not so easy
to achieve. After the game it seems that whites major problem is the not
active enough placed B on g2. If it had been placed on d3 blacks defence would
have been much more difficult.} 21. Rdg1 (21. Bd4 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yd4b2,Yf2d4] /
\b2-b3, Bd4-b2, Qf2-d4} Rae8 22. b3 Bd8 23. Bb2 Bb6 {White has not achieved
anything more than in the game}) 21... Rae8 22. Bd4 {[%cal Yb2b3,Yd4b2,Yf2d4]}
Bd8 23. b3 a5 {[%cal Ya5a4,Ya4b3] Now black has consolidated his position and
starts to think about counterplay based on opening the a-<->.} 24. Rh2 a4 25.
h5 $5 {White until now had some positional compensation based on the misplaced
Nh7. However in the long run he would have no hopes if he did not get his
attack going. With the textmove he gives up another P to open <->s.} axb3 26.
axb3 Bxg5 27. Bf1 {[%cal Yf1d3,Yd3h7,Yd4g7,Yg1g7]} Qxd5 28. Bc4 Qf5 29. Qg3 Re4
30. Bd3 Rxd4 31. Bxf5 Bxf5 {[%cal Yg5h6,Yf5e6,Yh7f6] Black his ready to
consolidate his material advantage by placing his minor pieces on active and
safe squares with Bh6, Be6 and Nf6.} 32. Rf2 $2 {A blunder in a depressing
position} Rg4 33. Qh2 Rxg1+ 34. Qxg1 Be3 $19 35. h6 Bg6 36. hxg7 Rd8 37. Qg3
Bxf2 38. Qxf2 Rc8 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Rc8c2,Rg6c2]} 39. Qd4 Rxc2 40. Ka1 Rc1+ 41.
Ka2 Rc2+ 42. Ka1 Re2 43. Qxb4 d5 44. Qd6 Kxg7 45. Qxd5 Re4 46. Qc5 Nf8 47. b4
Ne6 48. Qc3+ Rd4 49. b5 Be4 50. Ka2 f5 51. Qc8 Kf7 52. Ka3 Rd8 53. Qc4 Rd3+ 54.
Kb2 Rd4 55. Qc8 f4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Svidler tries a new idea in a line that was more or less considered to be
closed. The verdict was that Black was OK. He may still be OK theoretically.
This game is no real test of Svidlers 17.cxb5.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11.
Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. c4 c6 15. axb5 (15. dxc6 Nxc6 16. axb5 axb5
17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. cxb5 Nb4 19. Bc4 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mestel,A-Short,N/Esbjerg
1984/MCL 02 (41)}) 15... axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. cxb5 $5 $146 {An interesting
idea. Svidler gives up the centre, but keeps a strong passed P on b5.} (17.
dxc6 Nxc6 (17... b4 18. Ba4 Nxc6 19. Nf1 $14 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Dorfman,J/Tbilisi
1978/URS-ch (39)}) (17... bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc6 19. Ba4 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Kindermann,
S-Hazai,L/Plovdiv 1984/MCD-r8 (19)}) (17... Bxc6 $2 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Bxf7+ $18
) 18. cxb5 Nb4 19. Bc4 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Rowson,J-Acs,P/Budapest 1996/EXP 52 
(49)}) 17... cxd5 (17... cxb5 18. Bc2 $14 {/\Bb3,קb5}) 18. exd5 Nbd7 $2 (18...
Nxd5 {This must be the right response.} 19. Nc4 (19. Ne4 Nb4 $132 {/\d5}) (19.
Nb1 Nf6 20. Nc3 Nbd7 21. Be3 Qa5 $13) 19... Qd7 (19... Nd7 $2 20. Nxd6 $16) (
19... Nb6 $2 20. Nfxe5 $1 $16) 20. b6 Rc8 $13) (18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20.
Nc4 Nf6 (20... Nb6 21. Nfxe5 $16) 21. Bd2 $14) 19. Nb1 $1 {White keeps his
extra P on d5 - and it's a good one.} Nc5 20. Nc3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 $16 Nd7 22. Be3
f5 23. Nd2 Bb7 24. Ra1 f4 25. Ba7 Nf6 26. f3 Qd7 27. Bf2 Qf7 28. Ra7 Re7 (28...
Ra8 29. Nde4 $18) 29. b6 Rd7 30. Nc4 (30. Nc4 Nxd5 31. Na5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Kostakiev,D} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7
7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bc3 (
13. Bb5+ Bd7 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 (14... Nxd7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. O-O $14) 15. O-O (15.
Bc3 Qg4 (15... Rc8 16. O-O Nf3+ 17. gxf3 Rxc3 18. Nxc3 Bxc3 19. Rc1 Be5 20. Kg2
$13) 16. O-O (16. Qa4+ Qd7 17. Qb3 Qg4 18. Qxb7 O-O $17) 16... Qxe4 17. Ng3 Qf4
18. Re1 {/\ Re4} Nf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qxf3 20. Bxg7 Qxd5 21. Bxh8 Rc8 $6 (21... Kf8
22. Bb2 Re8 23. Ba3 f5 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. Re1 Qxa2 26. Bxe7+ Kf7 $13) 22. Bf6
Rc7 23. Ne4 {/\ Be7!} Qa5 24. Bg5 $1 f5 25. Bd2 $1 (25. Nd2 e5 $13) 25... Qa6
26. Ng5 h6 27. Nf3 {1/2-1/2 Veingold,A-Dvoirys,S/Budapest/1989/ (36)}) 15...
O-O 16. Bc3 Rfc8 (16... Rac8) 17. f4 Ng4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. h3 Qb5
21. Ng3 Rc4 22. Qd2 Nf6 {Larsen,B-Lombardy,W/Zuerich/1961/0-1 (96)}) (13. Rc1
O-O 14. O-O Nxc4 15. Rxc4 e6 16. Bc3 $1 $14 exd5 17. exd5 Bd7 $2 (17... b6) 18.
Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nc3 $1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. Ne4 $1 f5 22. Qd4+ Kg8 23. Nc3 $1
Qf6 24. Qb4 b6 25. Rd1 $16 {1-0 Rashkovsky,N-Dvoirys,S/USSR-ch/1986/ (51)})
13... O-O 14. Bb3 Qb6 (14... Bd7 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Kg8 18. h3
Qa5+ 19. Kf1 Nf6 20. e5 Ne8 21. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 Donner,J-Ree,H/NLD-ch/1977/ (42)})
15. f4 $146 (15. O-O Bg4 16. h3 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 a5 19. Bd2 h5 20.
Kh1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 a4 22. Bd1 Nd7 23. Rc4 Qb1 {1/2-1/2 Shneider,A-Huzman,A/
URS-sf Ukraine-ch/1989/ (41)}) 15... Ng4 (15... Nd7 $5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+
Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Bc2 Rd8 $11) 16. Bd4 (16. Bxg7 Qf2+ 17. Kd2 Kxg7 18. Qg1
Bd7 $15) 16... Qa5+ (16... Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxd4 Rd8 (18... Nf6 19. e5
Ne4 (19... Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rd8 21. Nb5) 20. Rc1 $14) 19. Ke2 e5 20. fxe5 Nxe5 $13
) 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 {[#]} e5 $2 {A very illustrative mistake, white will
be able to build a dominating pawn chain in the center.} (18... Bxd4 19. Nxd4
Rd8 20. h3 Nf6 21. Ke3 $14) (18... Nf6 19. e5 (19. Bxf6 {Kostakiev,D} Bxf6 20.
Rac1 $16) 19... Ne4+ 20. Ke3) 19. h3 $1 (19. fxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21. Rhc1
$13) 19... exd4 20. hxg4 g5 (20... d3 21. Nc3 Re8 22. Rae1 (22. e5 Bxg4 23.
Kxd3 f6 $1 $13) 22... Bxg4 23. Kxd3 $16) (20... Bxg4 21. e5 Bxe2 22. Kxe2 Rac8
23. Rad1 $16) 21. g3 Bxg4 (21... d3 22. Nc3 Bxg4 23. Kxd3 Bf3 24. Rhe1 $16) 22.
e5 Bxe2 (22... Bf3 23. Rhf1 g4 (23... Be4 24. d6 $16) 24. d6 $1 $16) 23. Kxe2
Rfc8 24. Rad1 (24. Kd3 $2 Rc3+ 25. Kxd4 Rxg3 $17) 24... Rc3 25. Rd3 Rac8 (25...
Rd8 26. d6 $16) (25... b5 $142 {Kostakiev,D}) 26. d6 {Black is technically
pawn up, but his pieces are not getting anywhere. On the contrary Kramnik is
eying f7 and h7 weaknesses and his cenral pawns are already quite far.} b5 (
26... Rd8 27. Rxc3 dxc3 28. Rc1 gxf4 (28... h5 29. Rxc3 h4 30. Rc7 hxg3 31.
Rxf7 Kh8 32. e6 g2 33. e7 g1=Q 34. exd8=Q+ Kh7 35. Bc2+ Kh6 36. Qh8+ Bxh8 37.
Rh7#) (28... Rc8 29. e6 $18) 29. gxf4 Bh6 30. Kf3 Rc8 31. e6 $18) (26... Kf8
27. Rxh7 $16) (26... Re8 27. Rxc3 dxc3 28. Kd3 Rd8 29. Rc1 h5 30. Rxc3 h4 31.
gxh4 gxh4 32. Rc7 $18) 27. Rxc3 dxc3 28. e6 $1 Kf8 (28... Rb8 29. e7 Bf6 30.
fxg5 Bxg5 31. Rf1 c2 32. Kd3 c1=Q 33. Rxc1 Bxc1 34. d7 $18) (28... Bf6 29. e7 (
29. fxg5 {Kostakiev,D} Bxg5 30. e7 $16) 29... Re8 (29... Bxe7 30. dxe7 Re8 31.
Kd3 Rxe7 32. Kxc3 Re3+ 33. Kb4 Rxg3 34. fxg5 Rxg5 35. Rf1 Rg7 36. Kxb5 $18) 30.
Bd5 Bxe7 31. Bc6 Bxd6+ 32. Bxe8 $18) (28... c2 29. d7 Rf8 30. e7 $18) (28...
gxf4 {Kostakiev,D} 29. d7 $18) 29. e7+ Ke8 {[#]} 30. Bxf7+ $1 (30. Bxf7+ $1
Kxf7 (30... Kd7 31. f5 (31. Rxh7 $18 {Kostakiev,D} c2 32. e8=Q+ Rxe8+ 33. Bxe8+
Kxe8 34. Kd2 $18) 31... Rb8 32. Rxh7 Bf6 33. Bh5 $18) 31. d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 12. Qh5 Bb4 {By this way Black can
avoid the 12...g6 13.Qh6 line, which is not dangerous at all.} (12... g6 {
is the main line, but the text move leads to the same positions with
transposition.}) 13. Be3 Re8 14. a3 g6 15. Qh3 (15. Qh6 Bf8) 15... Ba5 16. Rc1
h5 {This original move is against the white Q, which can easily be trapped now!
} (16... Rc8 {See Svidler-Yusupov, CBM 66}) (16... Qd6) 17. Nc3 Bd7 18. Qf3 Bg4
19. Qf4 Bxc3 ({The consequent} 19... g5 $5 {forces the positional Q sacrifice,
after which Black's position is ugly but perhaps better than it looks at first
sight.} 20. Qxe4 Rxe4 21. Nxe4 f6 22. Nc5 (22. d5 {/\ Bd4 is parried by} Bf5
23. Bd4 Bxe4 24. Bxe4 Bb6) (22. Rc5 {brings the R immediately into the battle
without any success:} Bb6 23. Rd5 Qe7 24. Rd6 Rf8) 22... Qe7 23. Be4 $44) (
19... Bc7 20. Qh6 $40) 20. Bxe4 (20. bxc3 $2 {is already answered by} g5 (20...
g5 {Poldauf} 21. Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Bxe4 $16 f5 $8 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Ba6 f4 $132))
20... Bxb2 21. Rc7 (21. Bxb7 $2 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Rb8 {/\} 23. Rc7 Qd5 $1 $19)
21... Be6 (21... Re7 $6 {allows White to continue the ->:} 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23.
Rb1 Qxa3 (23... Bxa3 24. Rxb7) 24. Qf6 $40 {/\ Bxg6}) 22. Rb1 Bxa3 {[#]
Surprisingly enough White has no decisive blow here, although the position
looks precarious for Black at first sight.} 23. Bxg6 $1 {This nice sacrifice
is not enough for a win.} (23. Rbxb7 Bd6) (23. Rcxb7 Bd5 (23... Bd6 24. Qf3 a5
$5 (24... Ba2 25. Bc6 (25. R1b2 Rxe4 $1 26. Qxe4 Bd5) 25... Re7 26. Rxe7 Bxe7
27. Ra1 $14)) 24. Bxg6 {pushes too hard, for example:} fxg6 25. Qh6 Bf7 26.
Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Qh7+ Kf6 28. Rb5 Rxe3 $19) 23... fxg6 24. Rbxb7 Re7 $1 {Black's
defence is on the top.} (24... Bf8 $2 {[#]} 25. Qxf8+ $3 $18) (24... Be7 $2 25.
Qe5 Qd5 26. Rxe7 Qxe5 27. dxe5 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 $18) 25. Rxe7 (25. Qf6 Rxc7 26.
Qxg6+ (26. Qxe6+ Kh7 $19) 26... Kf8 27. Bh6+ Ke7 28. Bg5+ Kd7 $17) 25... Bxe7
26. Qe4 Bf5 27. Qxe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 a5 {This remote o^ secures Black the draw
in the _|_.} 29. Bc1 Rd8 30. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.06.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 $5 b5 6. Nf3 Bb7 (6... Nf6 7. e5
Ng4 8. Bg1 Bb7 9. Bd3 $16 (9. e6 $1) (9. Ng5)) 7. Bd3 b4 (7... Nf6 8. e5 Nd5 9.
Nxd5 Bxd5 10. Qe2 $36) 8. Ne2 Nf6 9. e5 (9. Ng3 h5 (9... Nbd7 10. Qd2 c5 $132)
10. Ng5 h4 11. Nf1 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bc4 $16) 9... Nd5 10. Bd2 $6
(10. Bf2 Bh6 11. Qd2 c5 $14) 10... c5 11. c4 (11. dxc5 dxc5 {/\Nb6}) 11... bxc3
12. bxc3 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O $14 14. O-O (14. Qb3 Bc6 15. Rc1 e6) 14... a5 15.
Rb1 (15. Qb3 Bc6) 15... Ra7 (15... Ba6 16. Be4 (16. Bxa6 Nxa6 17. Qa4) 16... e6
17. Re1 Nc6 $10) 16. Qa4 Ba6 $1 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Rfc1 (18. Qxa5 Qa8 19. Qb5
Nac7 $10) (18. Bxa5 Qa8 19. Qb5 Nb8 20. Bd2 Rxa2 21. Rfc1 dxe5 22. dxe5 e6 23.
Ned4 Na6 $10) 18... Nac7 19. Ng3 $6 (19. Qc6 dxe5 20. dxe5 Ne6 21. Rd1 Qa8) (
19. Rc6 $36 {/\ed,Qa3}) 19... Bh6 20. Ne2 Qc8 (20... Bg7 21. Rc6) 21. Qc6 Qf5
$132 {/\Nf4,/\Qd3} (21... Ra6 22. Qb7 Qxb7 23. Rxb7 Ne6 24. g3 dxe5 25. dxe5
Rd8 26. Rb5 Nb4 $13) 22. exd6 (22. Rb7 Rxb7 23. Qxb7 dxe5 24. dxe5 (24. Rxc7
Nxc7 25. Qxc7 Qb1+ 26. Qc1 Qxa2 27. dxe5 a4 $13) 24... Qd3) 22... Ra6 23. Qc2
$1 (23. dxe7 $4 Rxc6 24. exf8=Q+ Bxf8 25. Rxc6 Qxb1+) (23. Qc4 Rxd6 24. Bxa5
Ne6 $146) 23... Qxc2 24. Rxc2 exd6 (24... Rxd6 25. Bxa5 Ne6 26. g3 Ra8 27. Be1
Ne3 28. Rd2 Nc4 $132) 25. a4 $1 (25. Rb7 Ne6 26. g3 a4) 25... Ne6 26. g3 Rfa8
27. Rb5 Nec7 $2 (27... Nb6 $10) 28. Rb7 R6a7 29. Rxa7 (29. Rcb2 $5 Rxb7 30.
Rxb7 Ne6 (30... Bg7 31. Nc1 Ne6 32. Nb3 $16) 31. Nc1 Nd8 32. Rd7 $6 (32. Rb5
$16) 32... Bf8 33. Nb3 Nb6 34. Rc7 Nxa4 $10) 29... Rxa7 30. Rc6 Bf8 31. Nc1 Na8
$1 $10 32. Nb3 Nab6 33. Nxa5 {Yudasin} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nh4 g6 13. g3 Bb7 14. Ng2 Rfe8 15.
Bf3 Rac8 16. Ne3 Qb8 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Re1 Rc5 19. Qd3 Rec8 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. h4
h5 22. Bg2 Qc7 23. Re2 Qd7 24. Red2 R8c7 25. Ra1 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rdd1 Qe8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Shirov tries a new move and later manages to get his N secured on d4. Not
very common in the Berlin defence. Then he spoils the position by making a
dubious P-sacrifice. Svidlers excellent defence, which soon turns into an
attack, refutes the Black plan.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5.
d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. Rd1 Ne7 11. Nd4
Bg4 $146 (11... Ng6 12. Bg5 (12. f4 Bc5 13. Ne4 (13. Be3 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Bf5 15.
Rc1 b6 16. b4 Ne7 17. Bf2 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bh4 Ke8 20. Ne2 $14 {1/2-1/2
Ye Jiangchuan-Rausis,I/Beijing 1996/EXP 54 (48)}) 13... Bxd4+ 14. Rxd4 b6 15.
Be3 h5 16. Re1 Be6 17. Ng5 Bf5 18. Rc4 $14 {1-0 Svidler,P-Topalov,V/Linares
1998/CBM 64 (67)}) (12. Ne4 Be7 13. f4 (13. Re1 c5 14. Nb3 b6 15. Nf6+ $6 $17 (
15. Nd6+ $11) 15... Kf8 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Nd2 c6 18. Ne3 Nxe5 $17 {0-1 Leko,
P-Almasi,Z/Budapest 1997/CBM 62 (53)}) 13... Bg4 14. Rd3 Rd8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Be3
c5 17. Ne2 b6 18. c4 h5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Peng Xiaomin-Almasi,Z/FIDE-Wch k.o. 1997/
CBM 63 [Wedberg] (33)}) 12... Bd7 13. Re1 h6 14. Bd2 Bc5 15. Nb3 Be7 16. Ne4
Nxe5 17. Bc3 f6 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. Nec5 Bc8 20. Nd3 $14 {1-0 Almasi,
Z-Dumitrache,D/Odorheiu Secuiesc zt 1995/CBM 47 (67)}) 12. f3 Bd7 13. Ne4 Ng6
14. f4 c5 {Fighting for control over f5, but it's not without drawbacks since
d5 and b5 becomes weak.} (14... Be7 15. Be3 Rd8 16. Rd2 h5 17. h3 $14 {/\Rad1})
15. Ne2 Bg4 16. Kf2 Nh4 17. N4c3 h5 18. h3 (18. Nb5 Rc8 19. Nxa7 Rd8 $132 {
[%csl Ra7,Re2,Rg2] פa7,><g2,פe2}) 18... Bd7 (18... Bf5 $2 19. Nb5 $16) 19.
Ng3 Rc8 20. Nd5 Nf5 21. Ne4 $14 {/\Ndf6+} (21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Ne3 Be4 23. f5 $6
h4 $1 {/\Rh5}) 21... Bc6 22. g3 $6 {Preventing h4, but creating a weakness on
h3 and letting Black put his N on d4.} (22. Be3 $5 {Simple chess.} b6 (22...
Nxe3 23. Kxe3 h4 24. c4 $14) 23. Rd2 $36) 22... Nd4 $1 23. c4 f6 $2 {Black
breaks loose at the cost of a P. In practice often a good decision, but here
there was a better option.} (23... Bxd5 $6 24. cxd5 Rd8 25. Nc3 $16) (23... Bd7
$1 {Playing this move for the third time might seem a bit too much, but there
is a new target on h3. By opening up an attack on the White K-side the R on h8
can become active without ever moving.} 24. Kg2 (24. Be3 Bxh3 (24... Nc2 $4 25.
Ndf6+ $18) (24... Bf5 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 $1 c5 27. Ne3 cxd4 28. Nxf5 Kd7
29. Nfd6 Bxd6 30. Nxd6 $14) 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Rxd4 Bf5 $132) 24... Bf5 25. Ndc3
Be7 $15) 24. exf6 gxf6 25. Nexf6+ Kf7 26. Bd2 Bg7 27. Ne4 Rhe8 28. Re1 $1 $16 {
This move takes the sting out of Blacks activity.} (28. Nxc5 $2 Nc2 29. Rac1
Bd4+ 30. Kf1 (30. Kg2 $2 Re2+ 31. Kf3 (31. Kh1 Rd8 $19) 31... Rf2+ 32. Ke4 Bxc5
33. Rxc2 Bd7 $40) 30... Bxc5 31. Rxc2 Bd7 $1 $132) 28... Nc2 29. Ng5+ Kg6 30.
Rxe8 Rxe8 31. Rc1 Bd4+ 32. Kf1 Bxd5 33. Rxc2 Bc6 34. Bc3 h4 (34... Kf5 $142)
35. g4 Re3 36. Bxd4 cxd4 37. Re2 $18 Rg3 38. Re6+ Kg7 39. f5 d3 40. f6+ Kf8 41.
Re7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Be3 c5 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. Qd2 b5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Qa5
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. f3 e5 18. Kf2 exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Wedberg: A very nice attacking game by Peter Svidler. He fully exploits the
chances given to him.} 1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.
O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3
Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 Nb8 15. Nf1 Nbd7 16. Ng3 Rc8 $146 (16... Nc5) (16... g6
{Wedberg} 17. Bg5 (17. Nh2 Nc5 18. Bc2 a5 (18... c6 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Ng4 Qg5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Arakhamia,K-Cela,A/Ikarios 1995/EXT 95op (42)}) 19.
Qf3 h5 20. Be3 Nfd7 21. b3 Qe7 22. Ngf1 c6 $13 {0-1 Arnason,J-Sturua,Z/
Katerini 1993/TD 93\09 (48)}) 17... h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bc2 c6 20. b4 $14 {
1-0 Renet,O-Guyard,B/Paris 1995/EXT 95op (49)}) (16... h6 {Wedberg} 17. Nf5 Kh7
18. g4 g6 19. Ng3 Nc5 20. Bc2 c6 21. b4 Na4 22. Bxa4 bxa4 23. c4 cxd5 24. cxd5
Qd7 25. Nh2 Rac8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Almasi,Z/Biel 1996/CBM 55 (47)}) 17.
Nh2 (17. a3 $5 {/\/^a2-g8}) (17. a4 Nc5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bc2 (19. Ba2 Ra8)
19... c6 20. b4 Ncd7 (20... Na4 21. Bxa4 bxa4 22. c4 $16) 21. dxc6 Rxc6) 17...
Nc5 18. Bc2 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 (20. Ng4) 20... g6 $2 (20... h6 $142 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Ng4 Qd8 23. Ne3 $14 (23. Nf5 $6 h5 $1)) 21. Ng4 Be7 (21... Bg7 {
Wedberg} 22. Qf3 $36) 22. Nh6+ Kf8 (22... Kg7 23. Qf3 Ne6 (23... Nfxe4 {Wedberg
} 24. Nhf5+ gxf5 25. Nxf5+ Kh8 26. Bxe7 $18) 24. Nhf5+ gxf5 25. Nxf5+ Kg6 (
25... Kf8 26. Nxe7 Nxg5 27. Qxf6 $18) 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. Qg3+ Bg5 28. Rad1 $1 (
28. h4 Rc7 29. Rad1 Rd7 30. Rd2 $1 $16) 28... Kf6 29. Rxd6 Qc7 30. h4 Bh6 31.
f4 $3) 23. Qf3 (23. Bb3 Ne6 (23... d5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Bxd5 $16) 24. h4 Ng8
25. Qf3 (25. Bxe6 fxe6 26. Qf3+ Kg7 27. Qf7+ Kh8 $13) 25... Nxh6 (25... Nxg5
26. hxg5 Nxh6 27. gxh6 f5 28. Nxf5 gxf5 29. Qh5 d5 30. exd5 $18) 26. Bxh6+ (26.
Bxe6 $6 Bxg5 27. Bxc8 Bxh4 $14) 26... Kg8 27. Nf5 Bxh4 (27... Bf6 28. Nxd6) 28.
Ng7 $1 Re7 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 (29... fxe6 30. g3 $18) 30. Bxe6 fxe6 $16) 23... Bd7
$8 {/\Kg8-g7;Re8-f8;Nf6-g8} (23... d5 {Wedberg} 24. Rad1 (24. Nhf5 gxf5 25.
Nxf5 Ng8 $15) 24... d4 25. h4 $16) (23... Ne6 24. h4 Kg7 25. Nhf5+) 24. Red1 $1
Rc6 $8 (24... Be6 $2 25. Ngf5 $1 gxf5 26. exf5 Bd7 (26... Bc4 27. b3 Bd5 28.
Rxd5 e4 29. Qd1 $16) 27. Qg3 $1 Ng8 (27... Nce4 28. Bxe4 Nxe4 29. Bxe7+ Kxe7
30. Qh4+ Kf8 (30... Nf6 31. Ng4 $18) 31. Qxe4 Qf6 32. Ng4 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Bxf5
34. Ne3 Be6 35. Rxd6 $16) 28. Bxe7+ Nxe7 29. Rxd6 Rc6 (29... Qc7 30. Rf6) 30.
Rad1 (30. Qxe5 Ng8 31. Qd5 Nxh6 32. Rxc6 $18) 30... Qc7 31. Qxe5 Ng8 32. Qh8
Rxd6 33. Qxg8+ Ke7 34. Re1+ $18) 25. b4 $1 Na4 26. Bb3 {Svidler was ready to
make a serious concesion in exposing his c3 pawn. As a compensation the bishop
controls a2-g8 diagonal and multiplies the pressure against black king.} Be6 (
26... Rxc3 27. Nxf7 Rxf3 28. Nxd8 (28. Bh6+ Kg8 29. Nxd8+ Rxb3 30. axb3 Rxd8
31. bxa4 bxa4 $16) 28... Rxb3 (28... Rxd8 29. gxf3 Bxh3 30. Rac1) 29. axb3 Rxd8
30. bxa4 bxa4 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Rxd6 Be7 33. Rd5 $16) 27. c4 $1 (27. Bxa4 bxa4
28. Ngf5 gxf5 29. exf5 e4 30. Qg3 Bc4) 27... Bxc4 (27... Nb2 28. cxb5 axb5 29.
Rdc1 $16 (29. Rac1 {Wedberg} Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Kg7 $14)) 28. Bxa4 bxa4 29. Rac1 d5
(29... Bb5 30. Rxc6 Bxc6 31. Nhf5 $1 gxf5 32. Nxf5 Ng8 (32... Nxe4 33. Bh6+ Kg8
34. Rxd6 $3 Bxd6 35. Qg4+ Ng5 36. Bxg5 $18) 33. Bxe7+ Rxe7 (33... Nxe7 34. Nxd6
$18) 34. Rxd6 Bd7 (34... Qc7 35. Qg3 f6 36. Rxc6 Qxc6 37. Qxg8+ $18) 35. Qg4 f6
36. Nxe7 Kxe7 37. Rxd7+ Qxd7 38. Qg7+ Kd6 39. Qxg8 $16) (29... Rc7 {Wedberg:
might be better.}) 30. Nhf5 $1 gxf5 $2 (30... d4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 32. Nxe7 Qxe7
33. Bxf6 Qe6 34. Bg5 $16 Rxb4 $2 35. Qa3 Qd6 36. Bd2 Rb6 37. Qxd6+ Rxd6 38. Bb4
$18) (30... Bxb4 {Wedberg} 31. Ne3 $18) 31. Nxf5 $4 Nxe4 $1 (31... Ng8 32. exd5
(32. Nxe7 $2 Nxe7 33. exd5 Bxd5 34. Bxe7+ Kxe7 $1 $19) 32... Bxg5 (32... Rc8
33. Nxe7 Nxe7 34. d6 $18) (32... Bxd5 {Wedberg} 33. Rxd5 Rxc1+ 34. Bxc1 Qc8 35.
Be3 $18) (32... Bxg5 33. dxc6 Bxc1 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Qg4 $18)) (31... d4 {
Wedberg} 32. Bh6+ Kg8 33. Qg3+ Ng4 34. Rxc4 $18) 32. Bh6+ (32. Bxe7+ Rxe7 33.
Qxe4 dxe4 $4 (33... Re8 $3 $17) 34. Rxd8+ Re8 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. Rxc4 $18)
32... Kg8 $4 (32... Rxh6 33. Nxh6 Ng5 $19) 33. Rxc4 $1 (33. Rxc4 Rxc4 {Wedberg:
White still has to make some good moves to win this.} 34. Rxd5 $3 $18 (34.
Nxe7+ $2 Qxe7 35. Qg4+ Ng5 36. Bxg5 Rxg4 37. Bxe7 Rc4 $19) 34... Qc7 (34... Ng5
35. Bxg5 (35. Qg3 $18) 35... Bxg5 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Qg3 f6 38. h4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2
Rdd1 40. Qg4 h5 41. Qxh5 $18) (34... Qc8 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36. Qg4+ $18) (34...
Qxd5 35. Nxe7+ Rxe7 36. Qg4+ $18 (36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Qg7#)) (34... Bg5 {Wedberg}
35. Rxd8 Rxd8 36. Bxg5 Nxg5 37. Qe3 $1 (37. Qg3 f6 38. h4 Rc1+ 39. Kh2 Rdd1 40.
Qg4 Rh1+ 41. Kg3 Rh3+ 42. gxh3 Rg1+ 43. Kh2 Rxg4 44. hxg4 Ne4 $15) 37... f6 38.
Qa7 Nf7 39. Qe7 $18) 35. Nxe7+ Qxe7 36. Qg4+ Ng5 37. Qxc4 Qf6 38. Bxg5 Qxg5 39.
Qxa6 Qc1+ 40. Qf1 Qb2 41. Qc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 26th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "1998.07.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.06.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik Blatny,P} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1
b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13.
Re1 Qh4 (13... Bf5 $5 {Blatny,P} 14. Nd2 (14. Bxd5 cxd5 15. Nd2 Bxd3 $13) 14...
Nf4 15. Qf3 Qd7 16. Ne4 Bg4 17. Qe3 Nxd3 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Qe7 Rad8 20. Qxd6
Rxd6 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Adams,M/Tilburg 1992}) 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 {The young
Hungarian stars Leko and Z.Almasi make their opponent's life easier in the Ruy
Lopez Marshall. They play always this line, which helps a lot for their
opponents to prepare for the battle, and unfortunately their results are not
encouraging.} Qf5 (15... Nf6 {See Leko-Adams CBM 65}) (15... Qd7 {Blatny,P} 16.
Nd2 Bb7 17. Re1 c5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. a4 b4 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nxg5 h6 22. Ne4 Rac8
23. Qh5 f5 24. Bc4 Kh8 25. Nd2 Nf6 26. Qe2 Rce8 27. Qf1 Qc6 28. f3 Ng4 $1 29.
Rxe8 Rxe8 30. Re1 Ne3 $36 {Leko,P - Bennedik/Frankfurt 1998}) (15... Nf6 {
Blatny,P} 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Bc2 Qg6 18. Nd2 (18. d4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Qxf5 $44) 18...
Bg4 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Kg2 Nd5 21. d4 Bf5 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 23. Bd2 Nf6 24. Bf4 Bf8
25. Bd2 Bd6 $11 {Leko,P-Adams,M/Madrid 1998}) 16. Nd2 Qg6 17. Re1 f5 (17... Bc7
{Ftacnik} 18. Nf3 Bg4 19. Nh4 Qh5 20. f3 Bh3 21. Qe2 $14) 18. Nf3 {This is a
new move here. White wants to play Ne5 forcing to exchange Black's strong B.
However the idea is a bit slow.} (18. c4 {is the theoretical main line leading
to immense complications.}) (18. f4 {was also tried several times, but Black
has found the antidote here.}) (18. c4 $142 {Blatny,P}) (18. f4 {Blatny,P} Bxf4
(18... Kh8 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qf3 Bd7 21. Nb3 d4 22. Nxd4 Rae8 23. Be3 Qf7 24.
Bf2 Bc8 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Pavlovic,M/Belgrade IKO/1992/ (29)}) 19. Qf3 (19.
Nf3 Bc7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Be6 22. c4 bxc4 23. dxc4 Nb6 24. Be3 Rab8 25. Qd6
Bf7 26. Qxg6 hxg6 {1/2-1/2 Milos,G-Sanz Alonso,F/Elgoibar/1993/ (43)}) 19...
Bb8 $1 (19... Bxd2 $6 20. Bxd5+ cxd5 21. Qxd5+ Kh8 22. Bxd2 Ra7 23. Qc5 Raf7
24. Bf4 h6 25. d4 Bb7 26. d5 $16 {Koch,J-Blatny,P/EU-chT Haifa 1989}) 20. Bxd5+
cxd5 21. Nf1 (21. Qxd5+ $6 Kh8 22. Nf3 (22. Qxa8 $2 Qb6+ 23. d4 Bb7 24. Re6 $1
Qc7 $1 $19 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc7g3,Gf5f4,Gf8f1]}) 22... Bxg3 $1 (22... Ra7 {
Ftacnik} 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Raf7 {/\ Bb7} (24... Bb7 25. Qc5 Raa8 {/\ Rc8})
25. Bf4 h6 26. Rae1 Bb7 27. Qe6 Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Sion Castro,M-Sanz,J/Benidorm op/
1993/ (34)}) 23. Qxa8 (23. Re2 Bc7+ 24. Rg2 Qb6+ 25. d4 Bb7 26. Qd7 Rg8 27. Ng5
Raf8 $17) (23. hxg3 Qxg3+ 24. Kf1 (24. Kh1 Ra7 $19) 24... f4 $40) 23... Bxe1+
24. Kf1 f4 25. Kxe1 (25. Qd5 Re8 $1) 25... Re8+ 26. Kf2 Bh3 27. Qxe8+ Qxe8 28.
Bxf4 $17) 21... Ra7 $1 (21... Bb7 22. Re7 Bc6 23. Qe3 f4 24. Qe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6
Bd7 26. Re7 Bh3 27. Bxf4 Bxf4 28. gxf4 Rxf4 {1/2-1/2 Popovic,P-Pavlovic,M/
JUG-chT/1993/ (32)}) 22. Bf4 $1 (22. Qxd5+ $6 Kh8 $40 {[%csl Rg1][%cal Gc8b7,
Gb7h1,Gb8h2,Gf8f1]}) 22... Bxf4 23. Qxf4 d4 $1 24. cxd4 Rd7 $44 25. Re5 {
1/2-1/2 Fogarasi,T-Lukacs,P/Budapest FS10 GM 1994}) (18. c4 {Ftacnik} f4 19.
Ne4 fxg3 20. fxg3 Bg4 21. Qc2 bxc4 22. dxc4 (22. Qxc4 Bc7 23. Qc2 (23. Be3 Kh8
24. Bc5 Nf4 25. Bd1 Nh3+ 26. Kg2 Nf4+ 27. Kh1 Rf5 28. Nf2 Bxd1 29. Raxd1 Rh5
30. Be3 Qxg3 {0-1 Zdenek,N-Van der Kooij,J/EU-ch M corr/1988/}) 23... Kh8 24.
Bxd5 cxd5 25. Nf2 Rac8 26. Qa4 Bd7 27. Qh4 Bd8 28. Qb4 Bc7 29. Qh4 Bd8 30. Qb4
Bc7 {1/2-1/2 Hellers,F-Wahls,M/WchJM U20/1988/}) 22... Bb4 (22... Rae8 23. cxd5
Bf3 24. dxc6+ Kh8 25. Bd5 (25. Bd2 Rxe4 26. Rxe4 Bxe4 27. Qc3 Qf5 {0-1 Ivanov,
A-Agapov,K/USSR/1984/}) (25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. c7 Qb6+ 27. Qf2 Bxc7 28. Nc5 Be5 29.
Rf1 Qd6 30. Ne6 Rf6 {0-1 Sholys,L-Shkurovich Chasin,B/Baltic tt5 corr8691/
1986/ (39)}) 25... Bxg3 (25... Qf5 $2 26. Be3 Rxe4 27. Bxe4 Bxe4 28. Qe2 Bxc6
29. Rac1 Qd5 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Bd4 $16) (25... h5 26. Bg5 {/\ Qd2}) 26. hxg3
Rxe4 $4 (26... Qh5 $2 27. Qh2 Qxd5 28. Bf4 Bxe4 29. Rac1 g5 30. Be3 $16) (26...
Bxe4 $1 27. Rxe4 Rxe4 28. Bxe4 Qxg3+ 29. Qg2 Qe1+ 30. Kh2 Rf2 31. Bf4 Rxg2+ 32.
Bxg2 Qh4+ 33. Kg1 Qxf4 34. Rf1 Qe3+ 35. Rf2 Qc1+ 36. Rf1 $11) 27. Bf4 $1 Rfxf4
(27... Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Qxc2 29. Bxf3 {/\ Rc1+-}) (27... Qh5 28. Qh2 Qxd5 29.
Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Rc1 Qd4+ 31. Qf2 Qxf2+ 32. Kxf2 Bxc6 33. Rxc6 g5 34. Rxa6 $18)
28. Qf2 Qh5 29. Qh2 Qxd5 30. gxf4 $18 {1-0 Andrijevic,M-Pavlovic,M/JUG/1988/ 
(69)}) 23. Bd2 Nf4 24. Bxf4 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Bf5 26. Qg2 Rfe8 (26... Rae8 $1 $44)
27. Bc2 Re6 28. g4 Bxg4 29. Rf1 {1-0 Smagin,S-Hebden,M/Moscow/1986/ (36)}) (18.
Ne4 $2 {Ftacnik} fxe4 19. dxe4 Bg4 20. Qd4 Qh5 $1 21. exd5 c5 $1 $19) 18... f4
19. Ne5 (19. Nh4 {Ftacnik} Qf6 20. Qc2 Be6 $13) 19... Bxe5 (19... Qf5 $2 {
Ftacnik} 20. Nxc6 fxg3 21. fxg3 Be6 22. Qe2 Rae8 23. d4 $18) 20. Rxe5 fxg3 21.
hxg3 ({and not} 21. fxg3 $6 Bg4 (21... Bh3 $140 $2 {Blatny,P} 22. Rxd5 $1 cxd5
23. Bxd5+ $18) 22. Qe1 (22. Qc2 Rae8 $1 23. Bf4 (23. d4 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Bh3 $40)
23... Be6 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qe2 Rxe5 26. Bxe5 Qe6 27. b4 Rf5 28. d4 Rf3 $44)
22... Bh3) 21... Bg4 22. Qe1 (22. Qf1 $5 Rae8 $1 (22... Bf3 23. Bd2 Rae8 24.
Rae1 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 h6 26. c4 $14) 23. Rg5 Qe6 24. Bf4 Bf3 (24... Bh3 {Blatny,P}
25. Qd1 Bf5 $44) 25. Re5 Qg6 26. Qh3 Rxe5 27. Bxe5 Rf5 28. d4 Qh5 29. Qh4 Rg5
$1 {is very strong according to Svidler.}) (22. Qd2 Rae8 $1 (22... Rae8 {
Ftacnik} 23. d4 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Bf3 $1 (24... Be6 25. Qd4 $16) 25. Bd1 Qf7 26.
Bxf3 Qxf3 $11)) 22... Bf3 $1 {Here already Black is playing for more.
Equalizing for black is not so easy, even though he has quite good
compensation. Endgames tend to slightly favour white.} (22... Rae8 {is good
only for a perpetual check after} 23. Bg5 Rxe5 24. Qxe5 Rf5 25. Qb8+ Rf8 26.
Qe5 $11) (22... Qxd3 {Blatny,P} 23. Qd2 $14 {^^} (23. Qd2 {Ftacnik} Qxd2 24.
Bxd2 Rae8 25. Rae1 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Rf5 27. Rxf5 Bxf5 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 $14))
23. Bd2 (23. Rg5 Rae8) (23. Bd1 Bxd1 24. Qxd1 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qf6+ 26. Bf4 Nxf4 {
looks dangerous for White, but the cold-blooded defence} 27. Re4 $1 Nxd3+ 28.
Ke2 Qf2+ $1 29. Kxd3 Rd8+ 30. Rd4 Re8 31. Rf4 Rd8+ $11 {leads to a draw again,
as many times in the Marshall after phantastic complications.}) (23. c4 Rae8
24. Bd2 {- 23.Bd2 Rae8 24.c4}) (23. d4 {Ftacnik} Rf5 (23... Rae8 24. Bd2 Rxe5
25. Qxe5 Re8 26. Qg5 Qxg5 27. Bxg5 Re2 28. Rb1 $14) 24. Rxf5 Qxf5 25. Bd1 Bxd1
26. Qxd1 Re8 $13) 23... Rae8 (23... Qxd3 {Blatny,P} 24. Qe3 $1 (24. Qe3 {
Ftacnik} Qg6 25. Qg5 $14)) 24. a4 $2 {White has no time for moves like that.} (
24. c4 $1 {was the last chance to hold the position:} bxc4 25. dxc4 Nf6 (25...
Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Rf5 27. Qb8+ Rf8 28. Qe5 $11 {is the well-known repetition again.
}) 26. c5+ Kh8 27. Qe3 Ne4 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Bd1 Bxd1 30. Rxd1 Qh5 (30... Rxf2
$2 31. Ba5 $1) 31. Rf1 Qg4 32. Bc3 Rf3 33. Qd4 Rxg3+ 34. fxg3 Qxg3+ 35. Kh1
Qh3+ $11 {and Black has again his perpetual check.}) 24... h6 $1 {This is a
strong move in order to cover g5 and open the way for the K.} (24... Rxe5 {
Blatny,P} 25. Qxe5 Qxd3 $11 (25... Qxd3 {Ftacnik} 26. Be3 Qg6 27. axb5 axb5 28.
Qg5 $11)) 25. Bd1 {Leko loses the nerves and falls into difficult position.
His anxiety is quite understandable in the face of the mating threats for the
white king.} (25. axb5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Rf5 27. Qb8+ Kh7 {The black K escapes
from the checks now.} 28. Bd1 Qh5 29. Bxf3 Qxf3 $19 {/\ Rh5}) (25. c4 Rxe5 26.
Qxe5 Rf5 27. Qb8+ Kh7 $40) (25. d4 {Blatny,P} Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Re8 $1 (26... Rf5
$6 27. Bc2 $1 (27. Bc2 Qh5 28. Qe6+ Rf7 29. Qe8+ Rf8 30. Qxh5 Bxh5 31. axb5
axb5 32. Ra6 $16)) 27. Bc2 $1 (27. Qf4 Rf8 28. Qe5 (28. Qh4 Qd3 $13) 28... Re8)
27... Qf7 $1 (27... Rxe5 28. Bxg6 Re2 29. Re1 $1 (29. axb5 Rxd2 30. bxa6 Nc7
31. a7 c5 $1 (31... Kf8 $14 {Ftacnik}) 32. dxc5 Rxb2 33. Ra4 Rd2 $1) (29. Bf4
Nxf4 (29... bxa4 $5) 30. gxf4 Kf8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Ra8+ Ke7 33. Re8+ (33. f5
$2 Rxb2 34. Ra7+ Kf6 35. Rf7+ $4 Kg5 36. Rxg7 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Kh4 38. f6 Rh1#)
33... Kd6 34. Rxe2 Bxe2 $11 {_|_}) 29... Rxe1+ 30. Bxe1 bxa4 31. c4 Nb6 32. Bd3
$16 {_|_}) 28. Qf5 Qxf5 29. Bxf5 Re2 $11) 25... Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Bxd1 27. Rxd1
Qxd3 28. Qd4 (28. axb5 $2 {Blatny,P} Qf3 (28... axb5 29. Qe1 (29. Qxg7+ Kxg7
30. Bxh6+ Kxh6 31. Rxd3 Ra8 $17) 29... Qf3 30. Ra1 $11) 29. Rf1 (29. Qe1 Rf5
30. bxc6 Rh5 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qxh5 Qxh5 $19) 29... Rf5 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. c4 Rh5
32. Qxh5 Qxh5 33. cxd5 (33. bxa6 {Ftacnik} Nb6 $19) 33... Qxd5 $19 {_|_}) 28...
Qf3 (28... Qc2 $5 {Ftacnik} 29. Re1 Qxb2 30. axb5 axb5 $17) (28... Qxd4 {
Ftacnik} 29. cxd4 bxa4 30. Ra1 Rb8 31. Bc3 Nb6 32. Ra2 $1 Kf7 33. Ba5 Nc4 34.
Bc3 a3 35. bxa3 Rb3 36. Bb4 a5 37. Bc5 Nb2 38. a4 Nd3 (38... Ke6 39. Bf8) 39.
Bd6 Nb4 40. Ra1 Rd3 41. Bc7 $132) 29. Be1 $4 {Ftacnik: The knight surprisingly
dominates the bishop, but the situation was not so critical.} (29. Bc1 Rf5 $19)
(29. Rf1 Rf5 $19) (29. Re1 $1 {was the only persistent defence leading to a
favourable _|_ for Black after} Rf5 30. Re8+ Kf7 $1 (30... Kh7 $2 31. Be1 (31.
axb5 $2 c5 $1 $19) 31... Rh5 $140 32. Qe4+ $11) 31. Re5 Rxe5 32. Qxe5 Qd1+ 33.
Be1 Qxa4 (33... bxa4 {Blatny,P} 34. c4 Nf6 35. Kg2 $15) (33... bxa4 $17 {
Ftacnik}) 34. Qh5+ Ke6 $17) 29... Ne3 $1 $19 {Simple and brilliant!} 30. fxe3 (
30. Qxe3 Qxd1) 30... Qe2 $1 {/\ Rf1} 31. Bf2 (31. Qd8 {Ftacnik} Qxe3+ $19)
31... Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Qxg3 33. axb5 (33. Qe4 {Blatny,P} Qh3+ 34. Kg1 bxa4 $19 {
_|_}) 33... Rf5 34. Qd8+ (34. Qc4+ {Ftacnik} Kh7 35. Qe4 Qg6 $19) 34... Kh7 35.
Qd3 Qg6 (35... Qg6 {Ftacnik} 36. Rd2 Rh5+ 37. Rh2 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qxd3 $19) (
35... Qh3+ $1 {Ftacnik} 36. Kg1 Qg4+ 37. Kh1 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Qg6+ 39. Kh1 Rh5#)
0-1

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Qxd5 Bc6 {This positional P sacrifice is
more and more popular amongst the leading grandmasters. It is easy to
understand this trend, because the ^^ and the development problems of White
give Black good chances for equalization.} 12. Qh5 g6 (12... Bc7 13. Be3 g6 14.
Qh3 {(Sveshnikov-Mejers, SU 1991)} Ng5 15. Qh6 Ne6 16. Nc3 Nxd4 17. Rad1 Be5
18. Rfe1 $14 {White has given back the extra P, but his pieces are better
developed, and the pressure on the e and d <-> is also important}) (12... Bb4
13. Be3 Re8 14. a3 g6 15. Qh3 {- 12...g6}) 13. Qh3 (13. Qh6 {runs into Bf8
after} Re8 14. Nc3 Bf8 15. Qf4 Qxd4 $11) 13... Bb4 (13... Rc8 {See the notes
of Shirov-Kramnik, Cazorla (m/4) 1998 CBM 65.}) (13... Qb6 {See J.
Polgar-Jussupow/ CBM 47}) 14. Be3 (14. Nc3 Bxc3 15. Bxe4 {1/2:1/2
Smirin-Jussupow/CBM 65}) 14... Re8 15. a3 Ba5 16. Rc1 Rc8 (16... h5 {see
Svidler-Anand here in CBM 66.}) 17. Qh6 (17. Nc3 $1 {gives back the P
immediately, but in open positions the finishing of development is of high
importance.} Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bd7 19. Qg3 Rxc3 (19... Bxc3 20. Rab1 Be6 (20... b6
21. Ba6) 21. Bb5 $16) 20. Rxc3 Bxc3 21. Rc1 Bb2 22. Rb1 (22. Rc7 $2 {founders
on backrank motifs:} Bxd4 $1 {/\} 23. Bxd4 Re1+ 24. Bf1 Bb5) 22... Bxa3 23.
Rxb7 $14) 17... Bb6 18. Nc3 {[#]} Nxf2 $3 {This is a beautiful sacrifice in
order to drive the enemy K to the middle of the board!} 19. Bxf2 (19. Kxf2 Rxe3
$1 20. Kxe3 Qxd4+ 21. Kd2 Rd8 22. Qh3 Qf2+ 23. Ne2 Re8 $40 {Black is a R down,
but White's K is in clear and present danger because of Black's ^^ and
menacing heavy artillery.}) 19... Bxd4 20. Rd1 (20. Qd2 Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qd4+ 22.
Kf1 Rcd8 23. Rd1 Rd6 $40 {/\ Rf6}) 20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qb6+ (21... Qd4+ $5 {
was also very exciting, for example:} 22. Kf1 Re6 {/\ Rf6} 23. Be2 (23. Ne2
Rf6+ 24. Ke1 Qxb2 $17) (23. Bf5 Qf6 $17) 23... Rf6+ 24. Bf3 Qc4+ 25. Kf2 Re8
26. Qd2 Qh4+ 27. Kg1 Rxf3 28. gxf3 Bxf3) 22. Kf1 Qxb2 23. Qd2 (23. Ne2 Bxg2+ $1
24. Kxg2 Rxe2+ 25. Bxe2 Qxe2+ $11) 23... Qxc3 $1 $11 {and the wild
complications end in a pieceful draw.} (23... Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rxc3
$11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhu, Chen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 h6 10. d5 c5 11. Nd2 ({An alternative method of delaying Black's
intended ...f5 is} 11. g3 {followed by Nh4.}) 11... Ne8 12. g4 $5 {Otherwise
Black's play is just too straightforward.} Ndf6 ({If Black chances} 12... f5 {
then exchanging everything and using the e4 square is, I think, White's best
policy:} 13. gxf5 gxf5 14. exf5 Rxf5 15. Nde4 $16) 13. Be2 Qd7 14. f3 h5 15. h3
Nh7 16. Bd3 $5 Qe7 17. Re2 Ng5 18. Rh2 hxg4 19. fxg4 f5 20. h4 Nxe4 {Svidler
times his draw offer well, just before the position stabilises. I think White
has the better chances due to his firm hold over e4. For instance:} (20... Nxe4
21. Ndxe4 fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf6 23. Bg5 Qd7 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. h5 (25. g5 $5 Bg7 (
25... Be7 26. h5 $40) 26. h5 $40) 25... Qxg4+ 26. Qxg4 Bxg4 27. hxg6 Bf5 28.
Rd1 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Bg7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hort, Vlastimil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2510"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 h6 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. Nf1 Nd7 8. c3
Bh7 9. Ng3 Nf5 10. Nh5 g6 11. Ng3 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. O-O f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Bd2 O-O-O 16. b4 Bd6 17. b5 cxb5 18. Qb3 g5 19. Qxb5 h5 20. f3 Bxg3 21.
hxg3 Qxg3 22. Qc5+ Kb8 23. Qe7 Rhf8 24. Qg7 Ka8 25. Qxg5 Qc7 26. Rfc1 Bf5 27.
Bf4 Qf7 28. Qh4 Rg8 29. Bf1 Qg6 30. Rd1 Nd7 31. a4 Rc8 32. Qe7 Qg7 33. Qxg7
Rxg7 34. a5 a6 35. Rac1 Nb8 36. c4 dxc4 37. Bxc4 Nc6 38. Ba2 Rd8 39. d5 exd5
40. Rxd5 Rxd5 41. Bxd5 Bd7 42. Rc5 Be8 43. Be4 Ka7 44. Kf2 Re7 45. Rg5 b5 46.
Bd6 Re6 47. Rg7+ Ka8 48. Bh2 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik Epishin} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 (5...
Nb6) 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 Nc6 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. d5 (10. e5 $5) 10... Bxf3
11. gxf3 (11. Bxf3 $5 Ne5 12. Be2 c6 13. Qb3 $14) 11... Ne5 (11... Nb8 {Ftacnik
} 12. Qb3 c6 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. h4 h5 15. a4 cxd5 16. a5 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Nc4 18.
Bh6 Rd8 19. Rxd5 Rxd5 20. exd5 Nd6 21. c4 Nd7 22. Qc3 Nf5 23. Bc1 Nc5 24. Bb2 {
1-0 Buhr,C-Prosch,C/DLM/1995/ (48)}) (11... Na5 {Ftacnik} 12. Bd4 Qd6 (12... e5
13. Bc5 Re8 14. Bb5 c6 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Ba6 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 18. Qxd8 Raxd8
19. Rd1 Rd4 20. Ke2 {Soppe,G-Malisauskas,V/Erevan olm/1996/1-0 (74)}) 13. Nb5
Qb4+ 14. Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 c6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. Rhd1 f5 19. Ke1
Rac8 20. Nd4 Kf6 21. a4 a5 22. Nxc6 Rxc6 23. b4 axb4 24. Rdb1 {Shabtai,R-Jansa,
V/Gausdal Int/1995/1-0 (69)}) 12. Qb3 (12. Bd4 {Ftacnik} c5 (12... e6 13. f4
Ned7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd4+ (15. dxe6 fxe6 $17 {><f4}) 15... Qf6 16. O-O-O (16.
e5 Qh4 $17 {><f4}) (16. Qxf6+ Nxf6 17. Bf3 exd5 18. e5 Nfd7 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Bxd5 c6 21. Bb3 Nc5 $15) 16... exd5 17. Nxd5 (17. exd5 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 Nf6 19.
Bf3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rd6 21. Na4 $1 $132) 17... Nxd5 18. exd5 Rad8 19. Bf3 Rfe8
20. Rd3 Nb6 21. Rhd1 Rd6 22. Kc2 c5 23. Qxf6+ Rxf6 {0-1 Tyrtania,M-Lagunow,A/
Berliner Sommer/1994/ (29)}) 13. Bxc5 Rc8 14. Bd4 Rc4 15. Bxc4 Nbxc4 16. Kf1
Qc8 17. Kg2 Nxb2 18. Qd2 Nec4 19. Qc2 Bxd4 20. Rac1 a6 21. a4 Qc5 22. Qb3 Nd3 {
1/2-1/2 Akhsharumova,A-London,D/New York op/1987/}) 12... c6 (12... Qc8 {
Ftacnik} 13. h4 h5 14. O-O-O c6 15. Kb1 Ned7 16. d6 Qe8 17. Rhg1 Kh7 18. f4 Rd8
19. e5 exd6 20. Rxd6 Nc8 21. Rdd1 Ncb6 22. Rg3 Qe7 23. Rdg1 Rg8 24. Ne4 Kh8 25.
Bxh5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 gxh5 27. Ng5 Rgf8 28. Bxb6 {1-0 Boensch,U-Gyorkos,L/
Szekszard op/1989/}) 13. O-O-O (13. f4 Ned7 14. dxc6 bxc6 15. Rd1 e5 $5 (15...
e6 16. h4 $14 (16. h4 {Ftacnik} Qe7 17. h5 Rab8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qc2 Rfd8 20.
Kf1 Nf6 21. Kg2 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Qb3 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 {Hausrath,D-Mohandesi,
S/BEL-chT9697/1997/1-0 (54)}))) 13... cxd5 (13... Qc7 {Ftacnik} 14. Kb1 Ned7
15. h4 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 b6 18. h5 Nc5 19. Qc4 e6 20. Rg5 Rac8 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. e5 Rfd8 23. Qh4 Nd3 {0-1 Shabtai,R-Honfi,K/Budapest FS09 IM-A/
1994/ (33)}) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Rxd5 Qc7+ (15... Qc8+ {Ftacnik} 16. Kb1 Qh3 (
16... e6 17. Rc5 Qd7 18. Rd1 Qe7 19. Rdc1 Nc6 $11) 17. Bd4 Qg2 18. Rc1 Qxh2 19.
Qc3 f6 20. Qb3 Nf7 21. Qxb7 Bh6 22. Rd1 Rfe8 23. Rd7 Rab8 24. Qxa7 Bf8 25. Qc7
{1-0 Wilhelmi,C-Honfi,K/Budapest FS03 IM-B 1995/EXT 95 (31)}) 16. Kb1 Nc6 17.
f4 $13 e5 (17... e6 $5) (17... e6 {Epishin} 18. Rc5 (18. Rd3 {Ftacnik} Rfd8 $11
) 18... Rfd8 19. e5 $14) 18. fxe5 (18. f5 {Ftacnik} Nd4 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. fxg6
hxg6 21. h4 Rad8 $11) 18... Bxe5 (18... Nxe5 {Ftacnik} 19. f4 Nc6 20. h4 $14)
19. h4 Rfd8 (19... Rad8 20. Rhd1 Qe7 21. Bc5 Qxh4 22. Bxf8 Qxe4+ 23. Qd3 Qxd3+
24. R5xd3 Rxf8 25. Rd7 $16) (19... Qe7 $1 $13) 20. Bc4 $1 (20. h5 {Ftacnik} Nd4
$1 21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. hxg6 hxg6 $14) 20... b5 $1 {Ftacnik: Very interesting
move, black understands problems he will be facing with passive defence.
Surprising sacrifice tries to open the b file against white king.} (20... Na5
21. Rxa5 Qxa5 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Bd5 $44 (23. h5 $16 {Epishin}) (23. h5 $16 {
Ftacnik})) (20... Nd4 {Epishin} 21. Bxd4 (21. Qd3 {Ftacnik} Nc6 22. h5 Rxd5 23.
exd5 $16) 21... Bxd4 22. Rd1 (22. h5 $2 Qf4 $11) 22... Rxd5 (22... b5 23. Rxd8+
Rxd8 24. Bd5 Bf6 25. h5 $14) 23. Bxd5 Bf6 24. h5 $14) 21. Rxb5 (21. Rxd8+ $142
$5 Rxd8 22. Bd5 Na5 23. Qa3 Nc4 24. Qxa7 Nxe3 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 26. fxe3 $14) (21.
Bxb5 {Epishin} Nd4 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 $11) (21. Qxb5 $2 {Ftacnik} Rdb8 $1 $19) 21...
Rab8 22. Rc1 $1 (22. f4 Nd4 $1 $44) (22. h5 {Ftacnik} Nd4 $2 23. Bxf7+ $1 Kf8 (
23... Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxe5 $18) 24. Bxd4 Bxd4 25. Bc4 $18) 22... a6 23.
Bb6 (23. Rb6 $6 Na5 24. Qb4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 Rxb6 26. Bxb6 Rd1+ 27. Kc2 Qd7 28.
Rc8+ Qxc8+ 29. Kxd1 Qg4+ $15) 23... Qd7 (23... axb5 $2 {Epishin} 24. Bxc7 bxc4
25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Bxb8 $18 (26. Bxb8 {Ftacnik} Nxb8 27. Rxc4 $16)) 24. Rd5 (24.
Bxd8 axb5 25. Bxb5 Qxd8 26. Rxc6 Qxh4 27. f3 Rd8 (27... Qg5 $1 {Epishin} 28. a4
h5 $13) 28. a4 Rd2 29. Rc2 Qh1+ 30. Ka2 Rd1 (30... Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Qxf3 32. Qc6
Kg7 33. Qd5 $14) 31. Qe3 h5 $44) 24... Qg4 {Ftacnik: Svidler has managed to
stop white's attack and gain serious chances in counterplay.} (24... Qe7 $5 25.
Bxd8 Rxb3 26. Bxe7 Rxb2+ $11) 25. f3 (25. Rxd8+ {Epishin} Nxd8 26. f3 Qxh4 27.
a4 (27. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Bf6 28. Bxa6 (28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. Bxd8 Qe1+ 30. Kc2 Qf2+
31. Kd1 Bxd8 32. Bxf7+ Kg7 $11) 28... Nc6 $132) 27... Bd4 28. Bxd4 Rxb3 29.
Bxb3 h5 30. Rc8 Kh7 $13) 25... Qxh4 26. Bxd8 (26. Rc5 $2 {Epishin} Rd2 27. Rxc6
(27. Bxf7+ Kg7 28. R5c2 Rxc2 29. Rxc2 Nd4 30. Bxd4 Rxb3 31. Bxe5+ Kxf7 32. axb3
Qh1+ 33. Ka2 Qxf3 $19) 27... Rxb2+ 28. Qxb2 Bxb2 29. Kxb2 Qf2+ (29... Rxb6+ {
Ftacnik} 30. Rxb6 Qf2+ $19)) (26. Rxd8+ {Epishin} Nxd8 (26... Nxd8 {Ftacnik}
27. Rd1)) 26... Rxb3 (26... Nxd8 27. Rxe5 Rxb3 28. Bxb3 $14) 27. Bxb3 (27. Bxh4
{Ftacnik} Rxb2+ 28. Ka1 Rc2+ 29. Kb1 (29. Rxe5 Rxc1+ 30. Kb2 Rxc4 31. Re8+ Kg7
$17) 29... Rb2+ 30. Ka1 $11) 27... Qf2 {Ftacnik: This move in effect forces a
drawing combination, the optional 27...Nxd8 was more fighting, but also more
dangerous.} (27... Nxd8 $5 {Ftacnik} 28. Rxe5 Kg7 29. Rd5 (29. Rec5 h5 30. Rd1
Ne6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 $13) 29... Ne6 30. Rd7 Ng5 31. Rc3 h5 $36) 28. Rxe5 (28. Rc2
{Ftacnik} Qf1+ 29. Rc1 Qe2 30. Rc2 $11) 28... Nxe5 29. Bf6 Nd7 30. Rc8+ Nf8 31.
Be7 Qf1+ 32. Kc2 Qe2+ 33. Kc1 (33. Kc3 $4 Qxf3+ 34. Kd4 Qf2+ 35. Kd5 Qd2+ 36.
Kc6 (36. Kc5 {Ftacnik} Qe3+ 37. Kd5 Qd2+ $11) 36... Qd7+ $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. c3 h6 8. Nf1
Bh7 9. Ng3 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. f4 Qb6 13. O-O Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Larsen, Bent"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2515"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Na3 $5 {To the best of my
knowledge this move is a genuine novelty and further testimony, if any were
needed, to Bent Larsen's seemingly inexhaustible quest for the original.
However, the idea - exchanging on c6, advancing the e-pawn to e5 and then
basing operations around the 'strong-pointing' of this pawn and the consequent
cramping effect on black's position - is certainly not new. Indeed, at move 10
we will found ourselves back in 'known territory' -others have pointed there
knight at the c4 square via the more prosaic d3 and Nbd2. My only reservation
about this particular exposition of white's idea is that placing the knight on
c4 loses the option of kicking black's knight from d5. This, it seems to me
hinders white's ability to find a convincing plan once he has done all the
obvious things ( ie about move 13 ). For this reason, I think an alternative,
also relatively rare method of supporting e5 is worth a look. I have,
strangely encountered it twice in my recent praxis:} (5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7.
b3 $5 (7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 {is the main line.}) 7... O-O 8. Bb2 d6
$5 (8... Nc7) 9. Bxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yb2e5,Yf3e5,Ye1e5] White is
offering his key e5 pawn full support, and the ultimate exchange of
dark-squared bishops is not out of the question. Moreover black must take into
account the possibility of white driving his knight from d5. However, this is
not to be rushed!} 10. d3 (10. c4 $2 {instigates an inappropriate tactical
'solution'...} Nf4 11. exd6 Bxb2 12. dxe7 Qd7 $1 {[%csl Rg2] ...as white
failed to reckon with the fact that the knight has been 'driven away' to an
excellent outpost from where it supports counterplay against g2.} 13. exf8=Q+
Kxf8 14. Nc3 Qg4 15. g3 Bxa1 16. Re4 Bxc3 17. Rxf4 Qd7 $1 {[%cal Yd7d1]} 18.
Ng5 f5 $17) 10... a5 $5 11. Nbd2 (11. a4 {[%csl Rb4,Gd5] would strengthen the
knight on d5, since any later advance of the c-pawn to c4 would have serious
implications for the b4 square.}) 11... a4 12. Nc4 (12. h3 $4 a3) 12... Bg4 13.
h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nb4 $1 15. exd6 exd6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ne3 Re8 {[%csl Yc2]
[%cal Ge8e3,Yb4c2] black's potential activity on the a-file, and the tactical
possibility of Rxe3 and Nxc2 is comfortably sufficient to hold the balance.}
18. bxa4 Qd7 19. Qd1 Nd5 20. c4 Nxe3 21. fxe3 Qa7 $11 {de Gleria,F - Wells,P
Koszeg 1998.}) 5... Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. e5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Ya3c4,
Yf3e5,Ye1e5]} Nd5 9. d3 d6 10. Nc4 {[%cal Rg7e5]} h6 (10... Bf5 $6 11. exd6
exd6 12. Bg5 $1 $36) 11. Bd2 (11. h3 $6 Be6 12. Bd2 Qd7 13. Qc1 Kh7 14. Re4 g5
15. Bxg5 hxg5 16. Qxg5 Bf5 17. Rh4+ Kg8 18. g4 Bg6 19. Re1 dxe5 20. Nfxe5 Qe6
21. Qd2 Nb6 22. Nxg6 Qxg6 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Rh5 Nd5 25. Rg5 Qh6 26. Nf3 f6 27.
Rf5 Qxd2 28. Nxd2 Rae8 29. Re6 Kf7 30. Rxc6 e6 31. Rf3 Rc8 32. Ra6 Rc7 33. c3
Rb8 34. Nc4 Ke7 35. h4 Nb6 {Benjamin,J-Kramnik,V/New York 1994/0-1 (61)}) 11...
Bf5 $1 {[%csl Ye4]} (11... Rb8 12. Qc1 Kh7 13. Re4 $1 f5 (13... g5 $5) 14. Rh4
h5 {[%csl Rg5]} 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. f4 Nb6 17. Bc3 d5 18. Na5 Qc7 19. Nb3 Na4 20.
Ba5 Qb7 21. c4 $1 Qa6 22. Rh3 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rc8,Rg7] Campora,D - Antunes,A/
Candas (op) 1992. Black's bishops sorely lack scope, and his position is
riddled with weak squares and weak pawns.}) 12. h3 (12. Qc1 Kh7) 12... Qd7 13.
Qe2 Rae8 14. a3 Nb6 15. Bf4 (15. Ne3 Be6 16. Bc3 $140 Na4) 15... g5 $5 {
[%csl Ye6,Yg6,Yh7] To some extent this is a luxury afforded by the two bishops.
Normally such a move carries the danger of light square weaknesses, but here
this hardly applies. Indeed black is precisely trying to gain space for his
light-squared bishop to highlight his superiority on these squares.} 16. Bg3
Bg6 17. h4 Nxc4 18. dxc4 g4 19. Nh2 h5 20. Qd2 Qf5 21. exd6 exd6 22. c3 $1 {
An important decision. Both sides have weaknesses. After this move both will
be able to cover them. After the alternative...} (22. Bxd6 $2 {both sides get
to take them off!} Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. Qf4 (24. b4 g3 $1) 24... Qxf4 25.
Bxf4 Bxb2 {[%csl Ra3,Ra7,Rc2,Rc4,Rc5,Rc6,Rh2][%cal Yg6c2,Yg7b2] in this open
position black's sweeping bishop pair ensures that white's weaknesses will be
the easier to hit. The knight on h2 also requires valuable tempi to
recentralise. White's decision to undertake this in a more closed setting is
therfore clearly correct.}) 22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Rd8 24. Nf1 d5 25. Ne3 Qd7 $4
(25... Qd3 $142 26. Qxd3 Bxd3 27. Rd1 Be4 $15) 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Bf4 $4 (27.
Nxd5 $142 $1 $16 Qxd5 $4 28. Re8+ $18) 27... Re8 28. c4 $1 {An excellent move,
securing an outpost for the knight which proves just sufficient to hold the
balance.} d4 29. Nd5 {[%csl Yd5]} Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Kh7 31. Bg5 Qf5 32. b4 cxb4
33. axb4 d3 34. Bd2 Bd4 35. Bc3 Qe4 36. Qxe4 Bxe4 37. Bxd4 Bxd5 38. Kf1 Bxg2+ (
38... Bxc4 39. Ke1 $11) 39. Ke1 a6 40. Kd2 Be4 41. Ke3 Kg6 42. Bc3 Kf5 43. Bd2
Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gabriel, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 (12. Na3 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Qd2
$5 Re7 $5) 12... Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 (14... Bxa8 15. Na3 Qb8 16.
Nxb5 Nc5 (16... c6)) 15. Na3 Ba6 16. Be3 (16. Nh2 Ng6 (16... g6) 17. g3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Svidler,P/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57 (28)}) 16... Nc5 (16... c6 $2 17.
dxc6 Qxc6 18. Nc2) (16... g6) (16... Rb8) 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 $5 bxc4
20. Ba4 (20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. b5 (21. Ba4 Qc7 $15) 21... Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23.
Ba4 Qb7 24. Qxd6 Rd8) 20... Bb7 $6 (20... cxd5 $1 21. Bxd7 d4 $1 (21... dxe4
22. Nh2 d5 23. Ng4) (21... Bc8 22. Ba4 d4 23. Nxc4 (23. Bc1 c3 $13) 23... dxe3
24. Rxe3 $14) 22. Nxd4 $5 (22. Bc1 c3 23. b5 Bb7) 22... exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24.
Qxd4 Bc8 $1 25. Bxc8 Qxa3 26. Bg4 Qxb4 27. Rc1 $11) 21. Nxc4 $36 cxd5 22. Nxd6
dxe4 23. Nh2 $5 (23. Nxb7 Qxb7 24. Qxd7 Qxd7 25. Bxd7 exf3 26. gxf3 $16) 23...
Bc6 (23... Rd8 $2 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Bxd7 Kf8 26. Bb6) 24. b5 (24. Bxc6 Nxc6 25.
b5 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nxe4 $14) 24... Bd5 25. b6 (25. Ng4 h5 $1) 25... Rd8 (
25... Bc6 26. Bb3 {>< f7}) 26. Bxd7 (26. Ng4 Qb8 $1 27. Ne8 $5 Rxe8 28. Bxd7
Rd8 $13) 26... Rxd7 27. Nxe4 Kh8 $6 (27... Qc6 28. Nc5 $1 Rd8 29. b7 Ng6 (29...
Nf5 $2 30. Qb1 $18) 30. Re2 $1 Rb8 (30... Be7 31. Rd2 $18) 31. Rd2 Bc4 32. Rd6
Qb5 33. Nd7 Rxb7 34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Ng4 $40) 28. Nxf6 gxf6 29. Qh5 $1 Ng6 (
29... Bxg2 30. f3 Qg8 31. Kf2 $8 (31. Qg4 $2 Bxh3) 31... Nd5 (31... Rd3 32. Ng4
Nd5 33. b7 Rb3 34. Nxf6 $1 $18) 32. Ng4 Nxe3 33. Nxf6 $1 Bxf3 34. Qxf3 (34.
Qxe5 $5 Nc4 35. Qe8 Rd2+ 36. Kxf3 Rd3+ 37. Kf2 Qxe8 38. Rxe8+ Kg7 39. b7 Rb3
40. Nh5+ Kh6 41. b8=Q Rxb8 42. Rxb8 Kxh5 $16) 34... Rd2+ 35. Re2 Qd8 36. b7 $18
) 30. Ng4 Rd6 31. Rd1 $1 f5 32. Bc5 (32. Qxf5 Be4 33. b7 $3 Rxd1+ (33... Qxb7
34. Rxd6 Bxf5 35. Rd8+ Nf8 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Bh6+ Kg6 38. Rg8+ Kh5 39. Rg5+ Kh4
40. Nf6 $18) 34. Kh2 Qd8 (34... Qxb7 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Bh6 $18) 35. Qxe4 $18)
32... Nf4 (32... Re6 33. Qxf5 Bxg2 34. Qxf7 Nf4 35. Be7 $18) 33. Qxf5 Bb3 34.
Qxe5+ f6 35. Qxf4 1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Baburin,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nh4 c5 8. c3
Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Nc6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. a3 Rc8 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. Qe2 cxd4 14. cxd4 a6
15. b3 Qd7 16. Qb2 Na7 17. Bf4 O-O 18. h4 {A typical idea for such positions -
White, who already has more space on the kingside thanks to his e5-pawn, aims
to weaken the opponent's position on that wing. This forces Black to try to
distract White from his plans of attacking on the kingside.} Nb5 19. a4 Nc3 20.
Rbc1 Ne4 21. Qb1 $1 h6 22. a5 Na8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Rfd8 25. Rc4 b5 26.
Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd1 Qd5 28. Qxd5 exd5 29. h5 $1 (29. Rc1 $6 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Nc7
31. Bd2 Ne6 {with a further ...Ne6-d8-c6 and ...Bd8.}) 29... Kf8 30. e6 fxe6
31. Re1 Kf7 32. Ne5+ Ke8 33. Re3 Bf6 34. Ng4 Kf7 35. Nxf6 gxf6 36. Rg3 Rg8 37.
Rxg8 Kxg8 38. Bxh6 Nc7 39. Bf4 e5 40. dxe5 Ne6 41. g3 f5 42. Kg2 Kh7 43. Bd2
1-0

[Event "Bad Homburg"]
[Site "Bad Homburg"]
[Date "1998.07.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Torre, Eugenio"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "1998.07.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "13"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 066"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 Ra5 11. Nb3 Ra8 12. Nd4 Ra5 13. b4 Ra4 14. Nb5 g6
15. e4 Bg7 16. Nc7+ Kf8 17. Bb5 Ra3 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Bc1 Rxc3 20. Bb2 Rc2 21.
Bxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nd5 e6 23. Ne3 Rb2 24. a3 d5 25. Nd1 Rxe2+ 26. Bxe2 Nd4 27. Ne3
Nf4 28. Bf1 dxe4 29. fxe4 e5 30. g3 Nfe6 31. O-O-O b5 32. Kb2 Bd7 33. Bh3 Bc6
34. Bxe6 Nxe6 35. Nd5 Nd4 36. Rhe1 h5 37. h4 Re8 38. Nc3 Re6 39. Rf1 f5 40.
Rde1 Kf6 41. Re3 Ke7 42. Rfe1 fxe4 43. Nxe4 Bxe4 44. Rxe4 Kd6 45. Kc3 Kd5 46.
Kd3 Nf5 47. Rc1 b6 48. Rc8 Nxg3 49. Rd8+ Kc6 50. Re1 e4+ 51. Ke3 Nf5+ 52. Kf4
e3 53. Rc1+ Kb7 54. Rd7+ Kb8 55. Rd8+ Kb7 56. Rd7+ Kb8 57. Kg5 e2 58. Rd8+ Kb7
59. Rd7+ Kb8 60. Rd8+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Kh1 O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 $5 {Interesting approach, black simplifies in the center in
order to quickly develop his white squaered bishop. If the concept works,
white will have more problems with a fight for advantage in the Scheveningen
without a6.} 10. Qxd4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 {[%mdl 4]} 12. Qf2 {Too modest,
Galliamova now equalizes without effort.} (12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Rd1 Nc5 14. Qe2 Qb8
15. Be3 Bf6 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Rxd4 e5 18. Rd2 Ne6 19. f5 Nd4 {0-1 Szily,
J-Huebner,R/Buesum/1969/ (39)}) (12. Be3 {Looks like most promising move, but
black was able to hold his own in several games.} Qc7 (12... d5 13. exd5 (13.
e5 Bc5 14. Qd3 Nd7 15. Ne2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 Ba6 17. Rf2 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Qc7 19. Rd1
Rac8 20. f5 {1-0 Guliev,N-Markowski,T/Moscow olm/1994/ (41)}) 13... Nxd5 14.
Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Qd3 Qd6 (16... Qc7 17. c3 Rad8 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. Qg3
Bf8 {0-1 Moroz,A-Markowski,T/POL-chT/1994/ (45)}) 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bd4 Bf6 19.
c3 Rfe8 20. Qf3 Re4 21. Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. Qxe4 {1-0 Smirin,
I-Markowski,T/Oviedo rapid/1993/ (45)}) (12... Rc8 13. Rad1 Ba6 14. Rf2 Rc4 15.
Qd2 Qc8 16. Bd4 Rd8 17. Be2 Rxc3 18. Bxa6 Qxa6 19. Bxf6 Rc7 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21.
a3 Qc4 22. Qe3 {1-0 Malisauskas,V-Rytshagov,M/Tallinn rapid/1996/ (56)}) 13.
Nb5 Qc6 14. e5 dxe5 15. Bxc6 exd4 16. Bxb7 Rab8 17. Bxd4 {1/2-1/2 Hindle,O-Law,
A/BCF-ch 1974/MCD-ch}) 12... Rc8 13. e5 Nd5 (13... Bxf3 14. exf6 Bxg2+ 15. Qxg2
Bxf6 16. Ne4 $14) 14. Nxd5 (14. Bd2 dxe5 15. fxe5 f6 $1 $11) 14... Bxd5 15.
Bxd5 exd5 16. exd6 (16. Be3 dxe5 17. fxe5 Qc7 $15) 16... Qxd6 17. Be3 Bf6 18.
c3 Rfe8 19. Rad1 (19. Rae1 Re4 $11) 19... Re4 20. Qf3 {White had no reason to
hope for an advantage.} (20. Qf3 Rce8 21. Bg1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Yudasin,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Bg5 a6 5. a4 (5. f4 b5 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
e5) (5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O) 5... Nc6 6. Nge2 Nf6 7. f3 (7. g3 h6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bc1 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Bg2 Qf6 12. f4 Nxe2 13. Qxe2 exf4 $13) 7... e5 8.
d5 (8. dxe5 dxe5 $4 (8... Nxe5 9. Nd4 O-O 10. Qd2 h6 $13) 9. Qxd8+ Nxd8 10.
Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd5 $18) 8... Ne7 (8... Nb8 9. Ng3 h6 10. Be3 h5 11. Bc4 Nbd7 12.
O-O $14) 9. Qd2 h6 10. Be3 c6 $5 (10... h5 11. Rd1 (11. Nc1 c6 12. dxc6 Nxc6 (
12... bxc6 13. a5 d5 14. Bb6 Qd6 15. Nb3 $13) 13. Bg5) 11... O-O 12. Nc1 Nh7
$132) 11. dxc6 bxc6 12. a5 $1 d5 $8 13. Bc5 (13. Bb6 Qd6 14. Na4 Nd7 15. c4 d4
16. b4 O-O $13 {/\f5}) 13... Be6 (13... Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. exd5) (13... O-O
14. Nc1 d4 15. Na4 Be6 {-13 ...Be6}) 14. O-O-O (14. Nc1 Nd7 (14... d4 15. Na4
Nd7 $13) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Qc5 18. c4) 14... O-O (14... Qxa5
15. Bxe7 Qa1+ (15... Kxe7 $4 16. Nxd5+) 16. Nb1 Kxe7 17. Qb4+ Ke8 18. Rd3 (18.
Nec3 Rc8 $13) (18. Kd2 Rd8) 18... Bf8 19. Qb7 Rc8 $13) 15. Kb1 Re8 16. Na4 Nd7
17. Nc1 (17. Be3 Kh7 18. Nb6 $2 (18. Nc5 $1 d4 (18... Nxc5 19. Bxc5 f5 $36) 19.
Nxe6 fxe6 20. Bf2 c5 21. Nc1 Nc6 22. Nb3 $14) 18... d4 19. Nxa8 (19. Nxd7 Bxd7
20. Bf2 c5 21. Nc1 Bb5 $17) 19... dxe3 $19) 17... Nc8 (17... Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Bc8
19. N1b3) 18. Nb3 Qc7 19. Bd3 (19. h4 $6 $13) 19... d4 $1 {/\Bb3,Nc5,Bf8~~} 20.
Bb4 (20. Rc1 $5 Nd6 21. Nb6 (21. Bb6 Nxb6 22. Nxb6 (22. axb6 Qb8 23. Nbc5 $36)
22... Ra7 23. Nc5 Nb5 $13) 21... Nxc5 22. Nxa8 Nxb3 23. Nxc7 Nxd2+ 24. Ka1 Re7
$2 (24... Rb8 $1 25. Nxe6 fxe6 26. b3 c5 27. Rhd1 c4 28. Rxd2 cxd3 $17) 25.
Nxe6 fxe6 26. b3 c5 27. Rhd1 c4 28. Rxd2 cxd3 29. cxd3 $16) 20... Nd6 21. Nbc5
(21. Nb6 Ra7 22. Nxd7 Bxd7 23. Nc5 Bc8 24. c3 $13) 21... Nxc5 22. Bxc5 $2 (22.
Nxc5 Bc8 23. c3 Nb5 $13) 22... Nb7 23. Bb6 (23. Qb4 Nxc5 24. Nxc5 Bf8 25. Nxe6
Rxe6 $15) 23... Qe7 24. c4 $2 (24. h4 c5 25. Qe2 Bd7 26. b3 Bxa4 27. bxa4 Reb8
28. Ka2 c4 29. Bxc4 Qb4 30. Bb3 Nxa5 31. Bxa5 Qxa5 32. Qc4 Ra7 $15) 24... c5
25. b3 $6 (25. Kc2 Bd7 26. Ra1 Qd6 {/\Kh7,Bf6-d8,Ba4-/+}) 25... Rab8 26. Qa2
Bd7 27. Nb2 {Qa4 unemployed} (27. Qa3 Rec8 {/\Qd6,Bf6-d8}) 27... Bf6 $1 28. Be2
Qd6 29. Nd3 Bd8 $17 30. Bxd8 Nxd8 31. Qa3 Nc6 $1 32. Qxc5 (32. Nxc5 Rxb3+ 33.
Qxb3 Qxc5 34. Kc1 Rb8 35. Qc2 Qxa5 $19) 32... Qc7 33. Kc2 (33. Kb2 Qxa5 34.
Qxa5 Nxa5 35. Nc1 Ba4 (35... Rb6 36. Kc2 Reb8 37. Rd3 f5 $17) 36. Rd3 Nxc4+ 37.
Ka2) 33... Rec8 34. Qa3 Nxa5 35. Nc1 (35. Rb1 Nxb3 36. Rxb3 Qxc4+ 37. Kb2 Qc3+
38. Ka2 Be6 39. Nc1 Qd2+ 40. Qb2 Rc2) 35... Be6 36. Kd2 Qb6 {37.Kc2 Bc4 38.bc4
Nc4 39.Bc4 Rc4 40.Kd2 Rc3 41.Qa2~~,37...Rc7/\Rcb7.Time Yudasin} 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dvoirys, Semen I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 Rc8 10. g4 Be7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Kb1 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g5 Nh5
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Qc7 17. Na5 Rxc2 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Rxc1 Qd7 20. Nxb7 O-O
21. Na5 Nf4 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nc6 g6 24. h4 Re8 25. Ne5 Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27.
Nd3 h6 28. gxh6 Kh7 29. Nxf4 Bxh4 30. Rc6 Rf8 31. Nxe6 Rxf3 32. Rxd6 Bf6 33.
Nf8+ Kxh6 34. Nxg6 Rf1+ 35. Kc2 Rf2+ 36. Kd3 Kxg6 37. e5 Rxb2 38. Rxf6+ Kg5 39.
Rf8 Kg6 40. e6 Rb7 41. Kd4 Kg7 42. Rf2 a5 43. Ke5 a4 44. Rd2 Rb5+ 45. Kd6 Kf8
46. Rd4 Rb6+ 47. Kd7 Rb7+ 48. Kd8 Rb8+ 49. Kc7 Rb2 50. Rxa4 Ke7 51. Ra6 Rc2+
52. Kb7 Rb2+ 53. Ka7 Kd8 54. a4 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.07.31"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4160]} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 (5. e4 $5 {
wäre die prinzipielle Fortsetzung. Ribli.}) 5... Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 {Schwarz
besetzt mit seinem Königsläufer die lange Diagonale.} 7. d4 Bg7 {Die Stellung
ist jetzt typisch für die Grünfeld-Indische-Verteidigung, die eine beliebte
Waffe Svidlers gegen 1.d4 ist.} 8. Bd3 (8. Bb5+ $5) 8... O-O 9. O-O Nc6 $6 {
Meines Erachtens wäre es flexibler, zuerst nur 9...Qc7 zu ziehen, um sich
später zwischen ...Nc6 oder ...Nd7 zu entscheiden.} (9... Qc7 10. Qe2 Rd8 (
10... b6 11. Rd1 Nc6 12. Be4 Rb8 13. Ba3 Nd8 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. Qc4 Ne6 16. Bd5
{1-0 Adorjan,A-Tseshkovsky,V/Riga IZT (66)}) 11. Rd1 b6 12. Bb2 (12. Ba3 Bb7
13. Rac1 Nc6 14. Nd2 Qd7 15. Nb3 cxd4 16. cxd4 e6 17. Bc4 a5 18. Bb5 {1-0
Razuvaev,Y-Topokian,R/Biel 1994 (36)}) 12... Nc6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. e4 e6 15. h4
(15. Qe3 Rac8 16. h4 h6 17. Be2 Qe7 18. h5 g5 19. Ba3 Bf8 20. dxc5 Qf6 21. e5
Qf4 22. Qxf4 gxf4 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rd1 {1/2-1/2 Portisch,L-Kasparov,G/Madrid
1988 (69)}) 15... Rac8 16. h5 Qf4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bb1 Na5 19. Re1 Qg4 20.
Rcd1 cxd4 21. cxd4 Nc4 22. Bc1 b5 23. g3 Re8 24. Kg2 f5 25. Ng5 {1/2-1/2
Kramnin,V-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee 1998 (25)}) 10. Ba3 $1 cxd4 (10... b6 $5 {
Das ist ein typisches Motiv. Schwarz opfert einen Bauern für offene Linien am
Damenflügel.} 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Be4 (12. cxb6 axb6 $44) 12... Bb7 13. Qc2 Na5
14. Rab1 Rfc8 15. cxb6 $5 (15. c4 Rab8 16. Rfc1 bxc5 17. Ng5 e6 18. Bxb7 Nxb7
$11) 15... axb6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Bb4 Nc4 18. a4 $14) 11. cxd4 {Jetzt hat Weiß
ein starkes Bauernzentrum und Schwarz keine konkreten Angriffspunkte.} Qa5 (
11... Bg4 12. Be4 Rc8 13. Rc1 Re8 14. h3 Bd7 15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Qb2 b6 17. Rc2 e6
18. Rfc1 Nb8 19. Bd6 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Na6 21. Qc1 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Rxf8 23. a3 {
1-0 Cooper,J-Omuku,E/Novi Sad 1990 (33)}) 12. Bb2 (12. Qc1 $5 Rd8 (12... Bg4 $5
) 13. Rb1 Bg4 14. Rxb7 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qg5+ 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. Qd1 Qh4 18. f4 Rd5
19. Qf3 Ra5 20. Bc5 Rxa2 21. Bb5 Nd8 22. Rxe7 Ne6 23. Rxe6 fxe6 24. Bc4 Rxc5
25. Bxe6+ Kf8 26. dxc5 {1-0 Olafsson,H-Castillo Gallego,S/Linares op 1994 (32)}
) 12... Be6 (12... e5 $5 {Dieser Zug bietet dem Schwarzen gute
Ausgleichschancen. Warum hat Svidler diese Fortsetzung nicht gewählt?
Vielleicht wollte er die Stellung komplizieren, denn er hat schließlich 160
Elo-Punkte mehr.} 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) 13. Qe2 (13. Nd2 $5 {
[%cal Gd2b3,Gb3c5]}) (13. Qd2 Qxd2 14. Nxd2 Rac8 $11) 13... Rac8 {Die schwarze
Drohung ist 14...Nb4 und, wenn möglich, 15...Bc4.} 14. a3 {Weiß verhindert ...
Nb4.} (14. Rfc1 Nb4 {[%csl Gb4,Rd3]}) 14... Qa4 15. Ng5 $14 {[%csl Re6,Gg5]} (
15. Rfc1 Rfd8 $11) 15... Bd5 16. Nxh7 $1 $36 {[#] Ein unerwarteter Zug. Dieses
Springeropfer ist gar nicht typisch, aber Weiß gewinnt einen Bauern und/oder
bekommt das Läuferpaar.} (16. Rac1 e6 17. e4 Bb3 18. Nf3 a6 19. d5) (16. e4 Bb3
$132 {[%csl Rd4] 1/2-1/2 Chuchelov,V-Rytshagov,M/Capelle 1993 (19)}) 16... Kxh7
(16... Bxg2 17. Kxg2 (17. Nxf8 Bxf1 18. Rxf1 Kxf8 $11) 17... Kxh7 18. h4 $40 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Rh4h5] Weiß droht 19.h5 mit starkem Angriff. In der schwarzen
Stellung macht sich das Fehlen des weißfeldrigen Läufers bemerkbar.}) 17. Qh5+
{[%cal Rh5h7,Rh5d5,Gd3h7]} Kg8 18. Qxd5 {Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern und das
Läuferpaar. Schwarz muß sofort reagieren, sonst verwertet Weiß seinen Vorteil.}
e5 (18... Rfd8 19. Qb5 (19. Qe4) (19. Qa2) 19... Qxb5 20. Bxb5 $16) 19. dxe5 (
19. Bb5 Qc2 $132 {[%csl Rb2,Gc2,Rd4]} (19... Qa5 $2 20. Bxc6 $18 {[%cal Rd5a5]}
)) 19... Rfd8 20. Qe4 (20. Qb5 Qxb5 21. Bxb5 Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rad1 $14 {
Weiß besitzt einen Mehrbauern, aber Schwarz steht aktiv und die
ungleichfarbigen Läufer bieten ihm gute Remischancen.}) (20. Qc4 Qxc4 21. Bxc4
Nxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Rac1 Bb2 24. Rc2 Bxa3 $11) 20... Qb3 {[%cal Rb3d3,Rb3b2]
} (20... Qxe4 21. Bxe4 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Ge4]}) 21. Bd4 $8 Nxd4 (21... Nxe5 22.
Be2 $16 (22. Bxe5 Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Rxd3 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11 {[%csl Gc8,Gd3] Die
aktiven schwarzen Türme kompensieren den weißen Mehrbauern.})) 22. exd4 Qd5 (
22... Qb2 23. e6 $16 {[%csl Gd3,Ge4,Ge6,Rg8]}) 23. Rad1 (23. Qxd5 Rxd5 24. e6
Rxd4 $14) 23... Qxd4 24. e6 Qxe4 (24... fxe6 $2 25. Qxe6+ $18) 25. Bxe4 $5 (25.
exf7+ Kxf7 26. Bxe4 b5 27. g3 $14) 25... fxe6 {[%csl Ge4]} (25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1
fxe6 27. Bxg6 $16) 26. Bxb7 $6 (26. Bxg6 b5 27. g3 $16 {Diese Fortsetzung
bietet dem Weißen bessere Chancen als die Partiefortsetzung, wenngleich der
Gewinn noch weit entfernt ist.}) 26... Rxd1 27. Rxd1 (27. Bxc8 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1
Kf7 $11 {Der Mehrbauer ist in diesem ungleichfarbigen Läuferendspiel
bedeutungslos.}) 27... Rc3 {[%csl Gc3]} 28. a4 Bd4 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Rf2] Schwarz
aktiviert seine Figuren. Der Läufer steht ausgezeichnet im Zentrum und ist
natürlich wegen Grundreihenmatt tabu.} 29. g3 (29. h3 e5 $14) 29... e5 {
[%csl Gd4] Der Läufer - Stolz der schwarzen Stellung - wird gedeckt.} 30. Rd2 (
30. Be4 Kf7 31. Rb1 Bb6 $14) 30... Kg7 31. Be4 g5 32. Kg2 (32. Rb2 $4 Rc1+ $19
{[%cal Rc1g1,Rd4b2]}) 32... Rb3 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Gb3b2,Gb2f2]} 33. Rc2 Rb2 34.
Rc7+ (34. Rxb2 Bxb2 $11) 34... Kf6 35. Bc2 (35. Rc2 Rxc2 36. Bxc2 $11) 35... e4
$5 {Schwarz reduziert das Material.} 36. Kf1 (36. Bxe4 Rxf2+ $14) (36. Rc4 e3
37. fxe3 (37. Rxd4 Rxc2 $11 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Rc2g2]}) 37... Bxe3 $14) 36... e3
37. fxe3 Bxe3 38. Ke2 Bg1 {[%csl Rh2]} (38... Bb6 $14) 39. h3 Ra2 (39... Ke5
$14) 40. Rc6+ Ke5 41. h4 {Endlich bildet sich Weiß einen Freibauern, aber
wegen der großen Aktivität der schwarzen Figuren ist Remis wahrscheinlich.}
gxh4 42. gxh4 Kd5 43. Rc8 Bc5 {[%cal Ra2e2]} 44. Kd1 (44. Kd3 Ra3+ 45. Kd2 Rh3
$11 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Gh3,Rh4]}) 44... Ra3 45. h5 Rh3 $11 {[%csl Gh3] Wegen der
aktiven schwarzen Figuren ist der weiße Materialvorteil nur von symbolischer
Natur. Er kann nicht verwertet werden.} 46. Bg6 (46. Rh8 Rh1+ 47. Ke2 Rh2+ {
Das ist Dauerschach, denn Weiß wegen ...Bd4+ nie Kc3 spielen.} 48. Kd3 Rh3+ $11
) 46... Rh2 {[%csl Rd1]} 47. Re8 Kc4 48. Re4+ Kc3 49. Rg4 Be3 {[%csl Gc3,Ge3,
Gh2] Ohne aktiven König kann Weiß nichts erreichen.} 50. Rg3 Kd4 51. Rg4+ (51.
Rg4+ Kc3 $11 {Es wurde Remis vereinbart. Weiß kommt nicht voran.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dolmatov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Nce2 c5 6. c3 Qb6 (6... Nc6) (6...
b5 $5) 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. Nc3 Nc6 {The arising position
usually comes up from variation which starts with 3.Nd2,but in the modern
chess it's quiet often occasion that after completly different move order or
even from completly different openings may arise similiar positions!} 11. Bd3
Bd6 12. O-O O-O 13. a3 {Till now both sides didn't have much choise:all the
moves are very logical without reasonable alternatives;but from now on almost
on each move both players have the the possibility to deviate from the main
line and sometimes these possibilities deserve serious attention.} a6 ({
Of course not} 13... e5 $6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 (15. Be3 $5 Qc7 16. Nxe5 Bxe5
17. h3 d4 $2 18. Nb5 Qb6 19. Bxd4 $16 {Lampe,J-Idessis,D/DLM 1994 (26)}) 15...
Bxe5 16. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 17. Qh5 Bxh2+ 18. Qxh2 $14 {and white is clearly better;
Rott,G-Busse,K/Dortmund op 1990 (29)}) (13... Kh8 $5 14. Be3 (14. Bc2 Bd7 15.
Re1 Rae8 16. Bg5 a6 17. Qd3 $14 {Beshukov,S-Akhundov,R/Voroshilovgrad op 1989 
(44)}) 14... a6 (14... Qd8 15. Rc1 (15. h3 a6 16. Rc1 Bc7 17. Bb1 Qd6 18. Qd3
g6 19. Rfe1 Nh5 $132 {Dabetic,R-Radonjanin,V/JUG-chT 1994 (45)}) 15... e5 16.
dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bh4 Bf4 20. Rb1 Qd6 21. Bg3 $14 {
Zapata,A-Ostos,J/Merida op 1992 (47)}) 15. h3 (15. Rc1 Qc7 16. h3 Qf7 17. Ng5
Qe7 18. f4 Bd7 19. Na4 $5 $14 {Tseitlin,M-Schulz,M/Berlin Summer op 1992 (36)})
15... Bb8 16. Re1 Qc7 17. Rc1 e5 $2 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxd5 $1 $16 {Van Wely,
L-Tober,G/Vienna op 1991 (27)}) 14. Be3 (14. Bg5 {[%cal Gg5h4,Gh4g3]} Qc7 (
14... Kh8 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qf7 17. h3 Qh5 18. Be3 $14 {Sorsak,J-Hagara,E/
SVK-chJ U18 1994 (24)}) 15. Bh4 Nh5 16. Rc1 g6 17. Na4 Qg7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Bxa6
$5 Nxd4 $1 20. Nxd4 bxa6 21. Nxc8 Rfxc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Re1 $1 $14 {
Stillger,B-Gross,R/NRW-I 1990 (34)}) 14... Qc7 (14... Bd7 $5 15. b4 Qc7 16. Qc2
h6 17. h3 Rac8 18. Rac1 Be8 19. Qb3 Qe7 $13 {Daillet,E-Roos,L/FRA-ch 1990 (38)}
) 15. Rc1 Bd7 16. h3 Be8 17. Ng5 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]} ({Nothing promises} 17. Qc2
h6 18. Nb1 $6 Nh5 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Nh4 $5 Nf4 21. Ng6+ Bxg6 22. Bxg6 Qe7 $15 {
and black seized the initiative;Sellos,D-Roos,L/FRA-chT 1989 (51)}) 17... Qe7
18. f4 {That's the idea of Ng5.} (18. Qc2 $6 h6 19. Nh7 Nxh7 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21.
Rfe1 Qh4 $13) 18... h6 19. Nf3 Nh5 $1 {[%cal Gh5g3,Gg3f5] Very simple and
effective way to equalize.} 20. Ne5 Ng3 21. Re1 (21. Rf2 Nf5 22. Bxf5 Rxf5 23.
Qd3 {[%cal Gc3d5]} Rf8 24. Rcf1 Rd8 $13) 21... Bxe5 22. fxe5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bc4 Qc7 14. Bb3 dxc3
15. g6 fxg6 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qg2 Qc6 18. Qxg6+ Kd8 19. Rhe1 Kc7 20. Qf7 cxb2+
21. Kb1 Bb4 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Rxd2 Kb8 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. Re1 b5 8. Bc2
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nd7 11. d3 g6 12. Bb3 e6 13. Qd1 Bg7 14. Be3 O-O 15.
Nd2 Nb6 16. a3 a5 17. a4 b4 18. Rc1 Rc8 19. Qe2 Qd7 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. Nxb6 Rxb6
22. Bc4 Na7 23. Qd1 Rc8 24. Re2 Qb7 25. Rec2 b3 26. Re2 d5 27. exd5 exd5 28.
Bb5 Nxb5 29. axb5 Rxb5 30. c4 Rb6 31. d4 dxc4 32. dxc5 Rb4 33. Bd2 Rb5 34. Rxc4
Qd5 35. Qc1 Bxb2 36. Qxb2 Qxc4 37. Bh6 f6 38. Re7 Qh4 39. Qe2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a4
b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nb3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. g3 Rfe8 15.
Bg2 Rac8 16. Rae1 d5 17. exd5 Bb4 18. fxe5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qxe5 20. c4 Qc3 21.
Rf4 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smagin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2496] Black over-optimistically throws his forces forward on the Q-side,
but then a few silent White moves later he desperatly have to give all his
gains back with interest to prevent mate. Again Svidler shows his
understanding of the White side of the Spanish.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3 d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4
Bb7 12. Na3 ({For the more positionally minded the line to play is} 12. axb5
axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d5 Ne7 15. Na3 Ba6 16. Be3 Qb8 (16... c6 17. dxc6 Qxc6
18. Nc2 Bb7 19. Nb4 Qc7 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Dimitrov,V-Brenjo,S/
Jagodina 1998/EXP 65 (57)}) 17. Nc2 Nc5 18. Nb4 Bb7 19. Bc2 Na6 20. Nxa6 Bxa6
21. Qe2 Bc8 22. Ra1 Bd7 23. Qd3 c6 24. dxc6 Bxc6 25. Ra6 Rd8 26. Nh2 Qc8 27.
Ra7 $14 {1-0 Fritz5-Beliavsky,A/Frankfurt 1998/EXP 65 (54)}) 12... exd4 13.
cxd4 Re8 14. Bf4 Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 Nf8 (16... c5 17. Nbd2 Qc7 18. Rc1 Rad8
19. Bb1 g6 20. Qc2 Qb6 21. dxc5 Nxc5 {0,5/Luther,T-Lalic,B/Hastings 9596/CBM
51/[Hansen,Cu] (21)}) (16... b3 17. Bd3 c5 18. Nbd2 cxd4 19. Bxd6 Qb6 20. e5
Be7 21. Ne4 Rad8 22. Qc1 Bxe4 23. Bc7 Qb4 24. Bxe4 Nc5 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 $44 {
Ernst,Th-Tisdall,J/Gausdal 52/350 1991 (44)}) (16... g6 17. Nbd2 Nf8 18. Bg3
Ne6 19. Nb3 Nxb3 20. Bxb3 c5 21. d5 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Re2 Qf6 $10 {
Hermansson,E-Barkhagen,J/SWE-ch op Vaxjo ,EXT 92ch 1992 (35)}) 17. Nbd2 Ne6 18.
Be3 c5 19. d5 Nf8 20. Rb1 c4 21. Qe2 Rc8 22. Nh2 b3 $146 (22... Nd7 23. Ng4 Bg5
24. f4 Bh4 25. Rf1 b3 26. Bd1 f5 27. exf5 Nb6 $132 {0-1 Jonczyk,W-Murdzia,P/
Polanica Zdroj 1993/EXT 93op2 (41)}) 23. Bd1 Nd7 24. Ng4 Bxb2 $6 {Dubious,
because Black loses control over the black squares. The black P:s look much
more dangerous than they actually are.} (24... Bg5 $142) 25. Rxb2 c3 26. Rb1
cxd2 $6 (26... c2 $142 27. Rc1 cxd1=Q 28. Rcxd1 $14) 27. Bxd2 Nc5 (27... Bxd5
28. Nh6+ $1 (28. Qxa6 Nc4) 28... gxh6 29. Qg4+ Kh8 30. exd5 $16) 28. Qf3 Nc4
29. Bc3 $40 {Black suffers from the absence of defenders on the K-side. White
threatens to win easily with the standard attack starting with Nf6+.} f5 (29...
Nxa4 $2 30. Nf6+ $1 $40) 30. Qxf5 Rc7 31. Bxb3 $18 Rf8 32. Nf6+ $1 {A nice
touch to conclude a rather strange game.} gxf6 33. Bxc4 Rg7 34. Re3 Bc8 35. Qf4
Nxa4 (35... Nxa4 36. Bd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Bf4 Na5
15. Bxc7 Rac8 16. Bxa5 Qxa5 17. c4 Bf6 18. Qb3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch51"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.08.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "King,D"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "1998.07.28"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 067"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.30"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 h6 11. Bd2 dxe5 12. h3 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. a3 c6 15. b4
Nh5 {Moving the knight to h5 makes far more sense in this position: it is
actually likely to end up on f4; or at the very least the threat of it keeps
White on his toes. This variation makes a solid impression from Black's point
of view.} 16. c5 (16. Re1 Rd8 (16... Qf6 17. c5 Nc7 18. Ra2 Be6 19. Rd2 Nf4 20.
Bf1 a5 21. b5 cxb5 22. Nxb5 Nxb5 23. Bxb5 Rfd8 24. Bf1 Bf8 25. Kh2 Rdc8 26. g3
Nh5 27. Rb2 Bxc5 28. Bxh6 Bxa3 29. Bg5 Bxb2 30. Bxf6 Nxf6 31. Ng5 Rc6 32. Qa4
Bd4 33. Nxe6 Rxe6 34. Bc4 Rb6 35. Re2 Kg7 36. Qa2 a4 37. Bxf7 a3 38. Bb3 Nd7
39. Rc2 Nc5 40. Rxc5 Bxc5 41. Qc2 {Van Wely,L-Shirov,A/Amber-blind6th 1997/0-1
(58)}) (16... Nf4 17. Bf1 Rd8 18. Qc2 Ne6 19. Rad1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Na4 b6
(21... c5 $5 22. Qb2 b6 $15) 22. c5 $1 b5 23. Nb2 $14 {0-1 Lyrberg,P-Ryskin,A/
Minsk 1994 (44)}) 17. Qc1 Kh7 18. Ra2 Nc7 19. Rd2 Re8 20. Bf1 Ne6 21. Qd1 Ng5
22. Nxg5+ hxg5 23. Be2 Nf4 24. Bg4 Ne6 25. Ne2 a5 26. c5 axb4 27. axb4 Nf8 28.
Bxc8 Raxc8 29. Qc2 Ne6 30. Red1 Rcd8 31. Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 Iskusnyh,S-Svidler,P/
Russian Club Cup 1998}) 16... Rd8 17. Qc1 Kh7 {Svidler does not rush.} (17...
Nf4 {is perhaps a little eager:} 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. e5 g5 20. Bxa6 bxa6 21. Ne4
Bxe5 22. Nxe5 (22. Re1 Bg7 23. Ra2 Be6 24. Rae2 $44 {Hjartarson,J-Apicella,M/
ISD-FRA/1993/1-0 (42)}) 22... Qxe5 23. Nd6 Be6 24. Re1 Qf6 25. Qd1 a5 26. Qf3
Bd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalchishin,A-Ryskin,A/Ljubljana op 1994 (41)}) 18. Rd1 Be6
19. Qc2 Nc7 {There is not a great deal that White can achieve.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Marin, Mihail"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. e3 Nb6 10. b3 d5 11. cxd5 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Rc1 c6 15.
Qd2 Nc7 16. Bb2 Nb5 17. Rfd1 Bg4 18. f3 Nxd4 19. fxg4 Ne6 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21.
Qxd8 Raxd8 22. Kf2 Ne6 23. h4 h6 24. b4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27.
Ke2 Kf8 28. Kd3 Ke7 29. Kd4 Kd6 30. Bf1 Ne6+ 31. Ke4 b5 32. h5 Ng5+ 33. Kf4
Ne6+ 34. Ke4 a6 35. hxg6 fxg6 36. Bd3 c5 37. a3 Ng5+ 38. Kf4 Ne6+ 39. Ke4 c4
40. Bc2 Nc7 41. Kd4 Ne6+ 42. Ke4 Nd8 43. Kf4 g5+ 44. Kf5 Nc6 45. Bd1 Ne5 46. e4
c3 47. Bc2 Nc4 48. Kf6 Ne5 49. Kf5 Nc6 50. Kf6 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Nf3 Bg4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Ng5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Be2
Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Rfc8 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Rd8 19. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Re1
Bh7 9. Nf1 c5 10. c4 dxc4 11. Ne3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxe5 13. Nxc4 N7c6 14. Nxe5
Qxd4 15. Nxc6 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 bxc6 17. Bf3 Rc8 18. Be3 c5 19. Rac1 Be7 20. Rc4
O-O 21. Rd7 Bf6 22. Rxc5 Bxb2 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bb7 Re8 25. Bxa7 Bc2 26. g3 Ba3
27. Bf3 Bb1 28. Be3 Rc8 29. Ra7 Bc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. a4 Bd3 32. h4 e5 33. Ba8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f4 e5
9. Nf5 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Qxd5 g6 12. O-O-O gxf5 13. exf5 Nc6 14. Bc4 Qf6 15.
fxe5 Nxe5 16. g5 Qxf5 17. Bb3 Qf3 18. Qd2 Qc6 19. Rhf1 Be6 20. Bxe6 fxe6 21.
Rf6 O-O-O 22. Rxe6 Bg7 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. O-O Be7 7. Bb3 O-O 8.
c4 Nf6 9. d4 Bg4 10. Bxf4 Nc6 11. Be3 $146 (11. d5 Bc5+ 12. Kh1 Nd4 13. Nc3 (
13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Re1 Qd7 15. Rxe8+ Rxe8 16. Qf1 Nxf3 17. Nxf3 Ne4 18. Bg3 Nxg3+
19. hxg3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qd6 21. Qf4 Re5 22. Qh4 Bf2 23. Qd8+ {0-1 De Oliveira,
P-De Souza,M/Sao Paulo 1997/CBM 60 ext (23)}) 13... Nxf3 14. gxf3 Bh3 15. Re1
Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3+ 17. hxg3 Bf2 18. Re5 Bxg3 19. Rh5 Bf5 20. Qd4 Bg6 21. Rh3 Qd6
22. Qg4 Be5 23. c5 Qxc5 24. Ne4 Qe7 25. Re1 Bxb2 26. Re2 Bf6 27. Reh2 Rfe8 28.
d6 cxd6 29. Qxg6 Qc7 30. Nxf6+ {1-0 Jacobs,B-Jackson,S/London 1979/MCD (30)}) (
11. Nc3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nxd4 13. Qxb7 Rb8 14. Qxa7 Nxb3 15. axb3 Rxb3 16. Bxc7
Qc8 17. Rfe1 Rb7 18. Rxe7 Rxa7 19. Rxa7 Qg4 20. Be5 Qxc4 21. h3 Nd5 22. Nxd5
Qxd5 23. Kh2 h6 24. Rad7 Qc6 25. Rc7 Qa4 26. Rb7 Qd1 27. b4 Qd5 28. b5 Rc8 29.
Rbd7 Qxb5 30. Rb7 Qc5 31. Bg3 Qf5 32. Re5 Qf6 33. Re2 Rc1 34. Rf2 Qa1 35. Bd6
Rh1+ 36. Kg3 Qc3+ 37. Rf3 Qe1+ 38. Kf4 Qd2+ 39. Kg3 Qxd6+ {0-1 Geuljans,S-De
Heer,M/NLD-chT9596 1995/EXT 99 (39)}) 11... Bxf3 12. gxf3 (12. Rxf3 Ng4 $17)
12... Re8 13. Qd2 (13. Nc3 Bc5 $17) 13... Nh5 (13... Qd7 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nc3)
14. d5 (14. Nc3 Na5 $1 (14... Bf6 15. Nd5) (14... g6 15. c5 $5) 15. Bc2 Nxc4 $1
16. Qd3 Bf6 17. Rae1 (17. Qxc4 Rxe3 $17) (17. Qxh7+ Kf8 $17) 17... Rxe3 $17) (
14. c5 $2 Bf6) 14... Ne5 15. c5 $5 (15. Nc3 b6 16. Rae1 Bd6 17. Nb5 (17. Ne4
Nxf3+ 18. Rxf3 Rxe4) 17... Qh4 18. Nxd6 cxd6 $36) 15... b6 $1 16. d6 cxd6 17.
cxb6 axb6 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Rad1 $44 Rc8 20. Qg2 Nc4 21. Bd4 Bf8 22. Rd3 d5 23.
Kh1 Ne5 24. Re3 Bc5 25. Rxe5 Bxd4 26. Rg5 g6 27. Nxd5 Rc5 28. f4 Ne4 29. h4 Kh8
30. Nb4 Nxg5 31. fxg5 Rf5 32. Nc6 Qd6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[Annotator "Blatny,P"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Nd2 $5 (17. Bc2 {Leko-Adams/Madrid/1998/}) 17... g5 $5
(17... Qxd3 $4 18. Rd4 $18) 18. Rh6 (18. Ne4 gxh4 19. Nxd6 Qg6 $36) 18... Ng4
19. Ne4 Nxh6 20. Nxd6 Qg6 (20... Qh3 21. Qe2 Be6 (21... Bf5 22. Bxg5 Ng4 23. f3
Bxd3 24. Qd2 Rae8 (24... Ne5 25. Qe3 Rae8 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Rd1 Bg6 (27... Qf5
28. f4 $18) 28. Bf6 $1 Qf5 29. Qxe5 $1 Qxe5 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Kf2 $18 {_|_})
25. Nxe8 Rxe8 26. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 27. Qf4+ Kg8 28. Qxg4 (28. fxg4 $2 Re2 $11)
28... Qxg4 29. fxg4 Re2 30. Rd1 Be4 $16 {_|_^-}) 22. Bxg5 (22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23.
Qxe6 fxe6 24. Bxg5 Nf7 $11) 22... Bxb3 23. axb3 Nf5 24. Ne4 $16) 21. Ne4 (21.
Nxc8 $5 Raxc8 22. d4 $44) 21... Ng4 $5 (21... Bf5 22. Nxg5 (22. f3 $5 g4 (22...
Bxe4 23. fxe4) 23. Bf4 gxf3 24. Qxf3 Ng4 (24... Bxe4 25. dxe4 Ng4 26. e5 $16)
25. Nd6 Be6 26. Re1 $44) 22... Bxd3 23. Nf3 Bc4 (23... Rfd8 24. Ne5 Qe4 25. Bf4
Be2 26. Qb1 $16) 24. Ne5 Qe6 (24... Bxb3 25. Nxg6 Bxd1 26. Nxf8 Rxf8 27. Bxh6
Rd8 $14) 25. Bxh6 (25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Bc2 Ng4 $13) 25... Qxh6 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27.
Qg4+ Qg7 28. Qxc4 $14) (21... g4 22. Bg5 Bf5 23. Qc1 Kg7 24. Bf6+ Kg8 25. Bg5
Kg7 $11) 22. Bxg5 Bf5 23. Bf4 Rad8 24. Qe2 (24. f3 $6 Rfe8 $1 25. Qe2 Ne5 $13)
24... Rfe8 25. Re1 Kg7 (25... Ne5 26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Nf6+ Qxf6 28. Qxe5 $18) 26.
f3 Ne5 27. Bc2 c5 28. Qe3 $1 f6 (28... c4 29. d4 Nd3 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 Re7
32. d5 {/\32...Rde8 33.d6!}) 29. Kh1 $1 {/\Nf6} Bxe4 $2 (29... c4 $142 30. d4 (
30. Nxf6 Kxf6 31. Bxe5+ Kf7 $13) 30... Nd3 31. Bxd3 cxd3 32. Qxd3 Re7 $13) 30.
fxe4 $16 Nd7 $6 31. d4 cxd4 32. cxd4 Nb6 (32... f5 33. g4 $1 (33. e5 Qc6+ {ץc2
}) 33... fxe4 (33... fxg4 34. Bd3 {/\e5}) 34. Bxe4 $40) 33. Qf2 Nd5 34. Bd2 (
34. exd5 Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Qxc2 36. Qe7+ Kg6 37. Qxd8 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Qe1+ 39. Kg2
Qe2+ $11 40. Kh3 $4 Kh5 $19) 34... Ne7 35. e5 f5 36. e6 $1 $18 {[%csl Rg7]
[%cal Gd2c3,Gc3g7,Gd4d5]} Qf6 37. Bb3 Kg8 38. Re5 Kg7 39. d5 Qxe5 (39... Qxe5
40. Bc3 Qxc3 41. bxc3 Nxd5 42. Qxf5 Ne7 43. Qf7+ Kh6 (43... Kh8 44. Bc2 Ng6 45.
e7 Rxe7 46. Qf6+ $18) 44. Qf6+ Ng6 45. h4 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.09"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ivanchuk,V"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 48]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7.
c3 Qd7 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 O-O-O 10. Rd1 $146 (10. Be3) 10... Ne7 11. Nd2 Ng6 ({
If black take the pawn} 11... exd4 {after} 12. Nb3 Ng6 13. cxd4 {White is
better}) 12. Nf1 $1 {The knight go to f5} Bd6 13. Ne3 Rhe8 14. Nf5 Bf8 15. Be3
exd4 16. Rxd4 ({After} 16. cxd4 Qe6 17. Qg4 Ne7 $1 18. Nxe7+ Rxe7 $11 {the
endgame is equal}) 16... Qe6 17. Qh5 Qg8 (17... Rxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxe4 19. Qxh7 $14
) 18. Rad1 Ne5 19. b3 g6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Qd1+ ({Better was} 
22. Qh4 $5 Nd7 (22... Nf3+ 23. gxf3 gxf5+ 24. Kf1 Qg6 25. Bd4 $14) 23. Nd4 Bd6
24. f4 Qe8 25. f5 Qe7 26. Ne6+ Kc8 $14 {keeping better position}) 22... Kc8 23.
Nd4 c5 24. Nf3 Nc6 25. Nd2 h5 $2 (25... Qe6 {leads to equality}) 26. f4 Qe6 27.
f5 Qe8 (27... gxf5 $2 28. Qxh5 fxe4 29. Qh8 Qe8 30. Bh6 e3 31. Nf3 $18) 28.
fxg6 Qxg6 29. Qf3 Bd6 30. Kf2 Kd8 31. Nc4 b5 32. Nxd6 cxd6 33. Bf4 (33. Qg3 Ne5
34. Qxg6 Nxg6 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Bf4 Ke6 $11) 33... Ne5 34. Qd1 Kc7 35. Qd5 h4 36.
Kf1 Qh5 37. Ke1 (37. Kg1 Qe2 38. Bxe5 fxe5 39. Qf7+ Kb6 40. Qd7 Qe1+ $11) 37...
Qg6 38. Kf2 Qh5 39. Ke3 Qg6 40. Kf2 Qe8 41. b4 ({Missing last chance} 41. Kg1
$1 Qg6 42. Kh2 Qe8 43. Qd1 Qg6 44. Qe1 Qh5 45. Qe3 Qg6 (45... Qd1 46. Qf2) 46.
Qf2 Qh5 47. Be3 {and the white is control ><f6,><h4}) 41... c4 $1 42. Qd4 Nd3+
43. Ke3 Nxf4 44. Qa7+ Kc6 45. Qxa6+ Kc7 46. Qa7+ (46. Kxf4 $2 Qe5+ 47. Ke3
Qxc3+ $17) 46... Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.11"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E73"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qd2 c6 8. Rd1
e5 9. Nf3 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qd6 Kh8 12. O-O Ng8 13. c5 f6 14. Be3 f5 15. b4
f4 16. Bc1 Nh6 17. Bc4 Rf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-33"]
[Site "Elista"]
[Date "1998.10.12"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Timman, Jan H"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "1998.09.29"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Rd1+ Ke8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Nd4 Ng6 (11... Nf5 12. Nde2 Be7 13.
b3 Bd7 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Ne4 h5 16. c4 a5 17. Rd3 Bc8 18. Rad1 $14 {1-0
Matulovic,M-Karaklajic,N/Banja Vrucica 1991/EXT 97 (41)}) 12. Ne4 {The
negative aspect of the manouvre Nf5-e7-g6 is that White can establish a N on
d4. Together with the companion on e4 this gives a number of attacking
possibilities.} (12. f4 {this promises White nothing because Black can
exchange Bf8 for Nd4.} Bg4 (12... Bc5 13. Be3 Bxd4 14. Rxd4 Bf5 $11 {Ye
Jiangchuan-Rausis,I/Lee Cup 1996/EXP 54/1/2-1/2 (48)}) 13. Rd3 Rd8 14. Be3 Bc5
15. Rf1 h5 16. Rf2 Ne7 17. Rfd2 Bxd4 18. Rxd4 Rxd4 19. Bxd4 b6 $11 {0-1
Goloshchapov,A-Haba,P/Pardubice 1998/EXT 99 (87)}) (12. Re1 Bc5 13. Nb3 Bb4 $11
) 12... Be7 13. f4 (13. Re1 c5 {This looks a bit daring, but is a logical move
to fight for the control of the centre.} 14. Nb5 (14. Nb3 b6 15. Nf6+ $2 (15.
Nd6+ $11) 15... Kf8 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. Nd2 c6 18. Ne3 Nxe5 $17 {Leko,P-Almasi,Z/
HUN-ch 1997/CBM 62/0-1 (53)}) 14... Kd7 $1 15. Bg5 Re8 16. a4 a6 17. Bxe7 axb5
18. Bxc5 Rxa4 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. Bd4 Kc6 21. c3 Kd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Spasov,V-Zhang
Zhong/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (57)}) 13... Nh4 $146 {[%mdl 8] A logical and
seemingly strong novelty. The idea is to blockade Whites f-P and at the same
time to challenge the N on d4. Blacks plan is to play Nf5.} (13... Bg4 14. Rd3
{keeping the R on the d-file prevents the manouvre c5 followed by Kd7-c6.} Rd8
15. h3 Bd7 16. Be3 c5 17. Ne2 b6 18. c4 h5 19. Rad1 h4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Peng
Xiaomin-Almasi,Z/Groningen 1997/CBM 63/[Wedberg] (33)}) 14. Re1 {Perhaps
threatening to check on d6, but it also allows Black to develop in an
explosive way.} (14. Be3 Nf5 15. Bf2 Nxd4 16. Rxd4 Be6 $13) 14... c5 $5 (14...
Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Nd6+ (16. Nf6+ Kf8 $15) 16... Bxd6 17. exd6+ Kd7 $11) 15.
Nb5 Kd7 {Shooting up the K from e8 to c6 is a powerful manouvre. If White
reacts timidly Black can soon get the upper hand. (see Spasov - Zhang Zhong/
Elista 1998 above). Svidler knows this and starts a series of aggressive moves.
} 16. b4 $5 Kc6 $1 (16... a6 17. Nbc3 cxb4 18. Rd1+ Kc6 19. Nd5 $132) (16...
cxb4 17. a3 Kc6 18. Nd4+ Kd5 19. Bb2 $5 (19. Nb5 $11) 19... bxa3 20. Bc3 Kc4
21. Red1 $13) 17. a4 b6 {Timman keeps a P on c5 to guard the vulnerable square
d4.} 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Ba3 Nf5 20. Nf2 (20. g4 Nh4 21. Re3 a6 (21... Bxg4 22.
Rc3 $40) 22. Rc3 axb5 23. Bxc5 Bxc5+ 24. Rxc5+ Kd7 $17) (20. Rab1 $5) 20... a6
21. Nc3 Nd4 22. Rac1 g5 $1 $36 23. Nd3 gxf4 24. Nxf4 Bg5 25. Ncd5 Bf5 $17 {
A complex position, both sides are quite active. The question is whether the K
on c6 is strong or a liability. The answer is that the K is safe for the time
being, so the advantage goes to Black.} 26. Re3 {/\Rc3} Rad8 27. c4 Ne6 28. Rf1
$2 (28. g3 $142) 28... Nxf4 29. Nxf4 Rd4 30. Bb2 {White is now out on a
fishing expedition. His position is lost, but Black has to find out how to do
it.} Rxc4 (30... Rxf4 31. Rxf4 Bxf4 32. Rf3 Bxh2+ 33. Kxh2 Be6 $17) 31. e6 f6
$6 (31... Bxf4 32. Rxf4 (32. Ref3 Rb8 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34. Rxf4 Bxe6 $19) 32...
Rxf4 33. Bxh8 Bxe6 $19) 32. g3 Re8 33. e7 Be4 (33... Rxa4 34. h4 Bxf4 35. Rxf4
Rxf4 36. gxf4 $15) 34. h4 Bxf4 35. Rxf4 Rxe7 36. Bxf6 Re6 37. a5 Kd5 38. Bc3
Rxc3 $6 {Strange decision, now White can play for a win.} (38... Ra4 $15) 39.
Rxc3 c4 40. Rf7 $132 c6 41. Kf2 Kd4 (41... Bd3 $142 42. Rd7+ Ke4 $13) 42. Re3
c3 43. Rd7+ Kc4 44. Ke1 h5 45. Rdd3 Bxd3 $1 46. Rxe6 Kb3 47. Rxc6 Kb2 48. Rc5
Bg6 49. Rc8 Bd3 50. Rc6 Bg6 $4 (50... Bf5 51. Rb6+ $18) (50... Bb5 $8 51. Rc7
Bd3 52. Kf2 Bb5 (52... c2 53. Ke3 $18) 53. Ke3 Bf1 54. g4 hxg4 55. h5 g3 56. h6
g2 57. Kf2 Bd3 58. h7 Bxh7 59. Rb7+ Ka3 60. Rxh7 c2 $11) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd7 12. Bb5 a6 13. Bd3 Na5 14. Rab1 Rad8
15. c4 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Rbd1 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. c5 Qd5 20. f3 Nc4 21.
Bxc4 Qxc4 22. Qxd8 Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kf7 24. Rd2 bxc5 25. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C98"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd8 14. a4 Qb7 15. Nf1
Ne8 16. N3h2 f6 17. b3 (17. Ng3 g6 18. f4 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nf7 20. Nf3 Bd7 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Jansa,V-Nikolic,Z/Vrnjacka Banja 1982/MCD (41)}) 17... Nf7 18. f4 exf4
19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Ne3 g6 21. Neg4 Bxg4 22. Nxg4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 $1 {An
intreresting decision. The point is that after a later f5 by Black, the
manouvre exf5 gxf5 and then g5 will keep the black minor pieces caged in. The
h-file is also opened for attack. So White now has an easy way to mobilise
against Blacks K.} (23. Qxg4 Ng7 $14) 23... Nc7 24. Rf1 Rf7 25. Qf3 b4 26. Bd2
(26. c4 {Now Black can concentrate on the K-side and probably defend even
though White is better.}) 26... a5 27. cxb4 cxb4 28. Rac1 Raf8 $2 (28... Na6
$142 {/\Nc5}) 29. Bd3 $1 {[%mdl 32] There is a gaping hole on c6. We now get
an example of the classical principle of two weaknesses. White can probe Black
on both the K and Q-side. This double stress will in the end be to much for
the defenders, since they lack coordination and space.} Na6 30. Bxa6 $1 $16 {
Not allowing the blocking Nc5.} Qxa6 31. Rc6 Qa7+ 32. Be3 Qd7 33. Rfc1 Ra8 34.
Rc7 Qe8 35. Bd4 Bd8 36. R7c6 Be7 37. Rc7 Bd8 38. R7c6 Be7 39. R1c4 h6 40. Rc7
Bd8 41. R7c6 Be7 42. Rc7 Bd8 43. Rxf7 Qxf7 44. Qf4 Qd7 45. Rc6 Be7 46. Qxh6
Qxg4 47. Rc7 (47. Rc7 Qxe4 48. Bxf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 h6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 exd4 15.
Nxd4 Bf8 16. b3 Bb7 (16... Nb7 17. Ng3 Nc5 18. Ndf5 Bb7 19. f3 Ncd7 20. Bf4 Ne5
21. Qd2 Rc8 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Bb1 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Cabrilo,G-Pavlovic,M/
Vrnjacka Banja 1988/EXT 97 (29)}) (16... g6 17. Bb2 Bg7 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. Rad1
Rc8 20. f3 $14 {1-0 Emms,J-Hebden,M/London 1993/TD (65)}) 17. Ng3 Nc6 (17...
Rc8 18. Bb2 g6 19. Qd2 h5 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Rad1 Ne5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qxd8 {
1/2-1/2 Hazai,L-Pavlovic,M/Copenhagen 1987/EXT 97 (23)}) 18. Bb2 Nxd4 19. Bxd4
(19. Qxd4 $5) 19... Rc8 20. Bd3 d5 $5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Qg4 (22. Nxe4 dxe4 23.
Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5 25. Qd3 (25. Qe2 $2 f5 26. Rf4 g5 $19) (25. Re2 Red8 26.
Rd2 Qe4 $44) 25... Bc5 26. Rd1 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Qxd4 28. Rexd4 Rxe5 $11) 22... Qg5
23. Qxg5 Nxg5 24. Rad1 Ne6 $14 {White has the better P-formation, but Black
has a nice blockading square on e6. At this moment the pressure is on Black to
get some activity before White consolidates by placing a piece on d4.} 25. Bb2
g6 26. Ne2 Bb4 27. Rf1 d4 $5 28. Bb1 (28. Nxd4 $2 Nf4 $36) (28. f4 Bc3 29. Bc1
Nc7 $13) 28... Bc3 29. Bc1 b4 $6 (29... Kh7 30. f4 $40) (29... Kg7 $142 30. f4
b4 31. f5 Nc5 32. fxg6 (32. Nf4 $5) 32... fxg6 33. Nf4 Ne4 $13) 30. Bxh6 a5 31.
Bd3 Nc5 32. Bc4 Rcd8 33. Bg5 Rd7 34. Bf6 $16 Bc6 35. f3 d3 36. Nxc3 $1 bxc3 37.
e6 Nxe6 38. Bxc3 Nf4 39. Bd2 Ne2+ 40. Kf2 Nd4 41. Be3 $6 (41. Rfe1 $18) 41...
Nc2 42. Bc1 Re2+ 43. Kg1 Nd4 44. a4 d2 45. Bb2 Ree7 46. Kf2 Nc2 47. Bf6 {
Resigning a bit too early. Black can still put up a fight.} (47. Bf6 Re8 48.
Bg5 Na3 $1 49. Be2 (49. Rxd2 Nxc4 50. bxc4 Bxa4 51. Ra1 Rxd2+ 52. Bxd2 Bb3 $14)
49... Rb7 50. Rxd2 (50. Bxd2 Rxb3 51. Bxa5 Bxa4 $16) 50... Rxb3 51. Bf6 Bxa4
52. Ra1 $16) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 (
8. Bg5 Qa5+ 9. Qd2 (9. c3 Bg6 10. O-O a6 11. h4 h5 {See Svidler-Epishin,
FIDE-wch 1997 CBM 63}) 9... Qxd2+ 10. Nxd2 Bg6 11. Nb5 Kd7 12. c4 Nbc6 13. Nf3
Be4 14. Rd1 {White wants to open up the position at any rate.} Bxf3 15. Bxf3
Nxe5 16. Be2 f6 17. Bc1 a6 18. Nc3 Kc6 19. cxd5+ Nxd5 20. Bd2 $44 {
Morozevich-A.Galkin, Moscow 1998}) 8... Nbc6 (8... Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Nbc6 10. O-O
dxc4 {See Shaked-Burmakin Anibal (op) CBM 58}) 9. Qa4 a6 (9... dxc4 10. Na3 Qd7
11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. Nxc6 (12. Nxf5 $6 {is strongly met by the intermediate} Bb4+ {
See Khalifman-Dreev, Russian Club Cup 1998 CBM 66}) 12... bxc6 (12... Bb4+ $2
13. Qxb4 $1 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 $16) (12... Qxc6 $2 {[#]} 13. Nd6+ $1 {[%mdl 64]}
Bxd6 14. Bb5 Bb4+ 15. Ke2 Bd3+ 16. Kxd3 Nf4+ 17. Bxf4 O-O-O+ 18. Ke2 Qe4+ 19.
Be3 $18) 13. O-O Be7 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Rfd1 $14 {Dreev}) 10. Nc3 (10. Na3 {
allows the exhange of the queens after} Qa5+ $1 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O dxc4 13.
Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Be4 15. Rac1 Bd5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {1/2
Svidler-Anand, Tilburg Fontys 1998}) 10... dxc4 11. Rd1 (11. O-O-O $5 Bd3 (
11... b5 $4 12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. Nxb5 $18) (11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5
14. Bb6 Bb4 (14... Nc6 15. f4 $44) 15. Bf3 $44) 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 Qa5 (
13... b5 $2 14. Ndxb5 $1 Qxd3 15. Rd1) 14. Nxc6 Nxc6 $11) 11... Bd3 (11... Qa5
{may hold the P, but White's pieces are very active:} 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5
Nxf5 14. Bb6 Bb4 15. Bf3 $44) 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 b5 $5 (13... Qa5 {comes
into consideration.}) 14. Qb3 (14. Ndxb5 $6 {is dubious on account of} Qxd3 15.
Nc7+ Kd7 $1 16. Nxa8 Nd5 $1 17. Nb6+ (17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nb6+ Kc7) 17... Nxb6
18. Bxb6 Bb4 $15) 14... Nxe5 15. Rd1 Qc8 (15... Qa5 $6 16. O-O N7c6 17. Nxe6 $1
fxe6 18. Qxe6+ $40) 16. O-O N7c6 17. Rc1 Na5 (17... Be7 $2 {runs into the
devastating} 18. Ncxb5 $1 axb5 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Qxb5 Ra6 21. Bb6 $18) 18. Qd1
Nac4 19. Bf4 Ng6 20. Bg3 Qb7 21. a4 Be7 22. axb5 O-O {and Black has finally
successfully finished the development!} (22... axb5 $6 23. Ncxb5) 23. Qe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Nb6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 (12... Bxd5 13. exd5 Rc8 14.
Na5 Nxd5 (14... Qc7 15. Bh3 Ra8 16. Bg4 g6 17. Bxh5 gxh5 18. O-O-O Bg7 19. Bxb6
Qxb6 20. Rde1 O-O {0-1 Fierro Baquero,M-Buervenich,S/WchJW-U20/1994/ (35)}) 15.
Nb7 Nxe3 16. Nxd8 Nxc2+ 17. Kd1 Nxa1 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qd5+ Ke8 20. Qb7 Rd8 21.
Qxa6 Be7 22. Bxb5+ {1-0 Garcia Carbo,M-Gallego,V/Pontevedra2/1992/ (30)}) 13.
exd5 Bd7 14. Na5 (14. Rg1 Be7 15. O-O-O O-O 16. Nc5 Bf5 17. Ne4 Rc8 18. h4 Qd7
19. Bd3 Rc7 20. f4 exf4 21. Bxf4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rc4 23. Rde1 Nxf4 24. Qxf4 {
1-0 Ionica,I-Iwaniuk,D/EU-chJW U16/1996/ (29)}) 14... Rc8 (14... Be7 15. O-O-O
O-O 16. Rg1 (16. Bd3 f5 17. gxf6 Bxf6 18. Be4 g6 19. Rdg1 Bg7 20. h4 Bf5 {
0-1 Dolgener,T-Armas,I/Dortmund op/1988/ (42)}) 16... Qc7 17. Kb1 g6 18. h4
Rab8 19. Be2 b4 20. Nc6 Bxc6 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. f4 Nxf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. Qxf4
Rfc8 25. Bd3 Bf8 {1/2-1/2 Lukin,A-Spassov,L/Plovdiv/1984/ (39)}) 15. O-O-O Be7
16. Kb1 O-O 17. c4 $1 {Both knights are at the edge, but white is supporting
pawn break and also aims at sensitive square c6. Black one is more displaced
and has much less future.} Nf4 (17... bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nf4 19. h4 $14) 18. h4 Re8
19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Nc6 Qb6 (20... Bxc6 21. dxc6 Rxc6 (21... bxc4 $2 22. Bxc4
Rxc6 23. Bxf7+ $1) 22. cxb5 Rb6 23. bxa6 $16) 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qxf4 $1 (22.
Nxe7+ $6 Rxe7 23. Qxf4 Re5 $44) 22... Bxc6 23. dxc6 Rxc6 24. Bd3 {[%mdl 128]
The whole difference for players lays in the position of their bishops. White
is ready to attack on the kingside while black needs many moves just to create
any threat on the opposite part of the board.} Rc5 (24... g6 $2 25. h5 $1 d5 (
25... Rf8 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Qh4 h5 28. Qe4 $18) 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Rxh7 $18) 25.
Rhe1 (25. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 26. Qxf7 Qd8 27. Rhe1 d5 $2 (27... Qd7 28. Re6 Kh8 29.
h5 Rf8 30. Qxe7 Qxe7 31. Rxe7 Rxg5 32. Rxd6 $16) 28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. g6 $18) 25...
Qc7 26. Qe4 (26. Bxh7+ $5 Kxh7 27. Qxf7 Qd7 28. Re6 Kh8 29. h5 $16) 26... g6
27. f4 Qd7 (27... d5 28. Qe3 b4 29. h5 $40) 28. h5 Rcc8 (28... d5 29. Qe2 b4
30. hxg6 fxg6 31. f5 gxf5 32. Qh5 $16) 29. Qd5 Rc5 30. Qe4 Rcc8 31. hxg6 hxg6 (
31... fxg6 $2 32. Qd5+ Kh8 33. Bxb5 $18) 32. f5 $1 {If white succeeds in
opening the kings protection his task will be much easier.} (32. Qd4 Bf8 33.
Rxe8 Rxe8 34. Qd5 Qe6 35. Qxb5 $16) 32... Bxg5 (32... Qxf5 $2 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34.
Bxb5 $18) 33. Qg2 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Qe7 35. Qg1 $1 (35. Rxe7 $4 Rc1#) 35... Qf6 36.
Rf1 Qe7 (36... Qd8 37. fxg6 fxg6 38. Bxg6 Rc7 39. Bf5 $16) 37. Re1 $138 (37.
fxg6 $16) 37... Qf6 38. Rf1 Qe7 39. fxg6 fxg6 40. Bxg6 {The material balance
is restored, but only one king fools around naked.} Kg7 (40... Rf8 41. Re1 Qf6
42. Bd3 b4 43. Qg4 $18) 41. Bf5 (41. Rf7+ Qxf7 42. Bxf7 Rc1+ 43. Qxc1 Bxc1 44.
Be8 $14) 41... Rf8 (41... Rc5 42. Qh1 Kg8 43. Bc2 $18) 42. Qg4 Qe3 (42... Qf6
43. Bd3 Qxf1+ 44. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 45. Kc2 $18) 43. a3 Rh8 44. Bc2 (44. Bc2 Rf8 45.
Rg1 Kh6 46. Rh1+ Kg7 47. Qd7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[Annotator "Petursson,M"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4096]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Bb5 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. e5 dxe5 7.
Bxc6+ bxc6 8. Re1 Qc7 9. d3 Nf6 10. Nxe5 Nd5 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxe5 13.
Qxe5 Bxe5 14. Rxe5 c4 15. dxc4 f6 16. Rc5 Bd7 17. Ra5 Kf7 18. Be3 Bf5 19. Rb1
Bxc2 20. Rb7 Rhb8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. h4 Rb7 23. Bxa7 Bd3 24. Bc5 Bxc4 25. a4 Ke6
26. Ra8 Kd5 27. Be3 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Ra1 29. a5 c5 30. Ra7 Kd6 31. Bh6 Bd5 32. Bf4+
e5 33. Bh6 Ra2 34. Ra6+ Ke7 35. Be3 c4 36. Bc5+ Kf7 37. Rd6 Be4 38. a6 f5 39.
a7 f4 40. Rd7+ Ke6 41. Rxh7 Bc6 42. Rh6 Be4 43. Rh8 Kd7 44. Bb6 Ra6 45. Rd8+
Ke7 46. f3 Bc6 47. Rg8 Kf7 48. Rc8 Bd5 49. Rd8 Ke6 50. Bc5 Bb7 51. Kh3 Ra5 52.
Re8+ Kf5 53. Bd6 Bc6 {[%tqu "En","How do you force a quick win for White in
this ending?","Activate your king at all cost!","Sacrifice a piece to distract
his king!","e8e5","",22]} 54. Rxe5+ $1 Rxe5 55. Bxe5 Kxe5 (55... Bb7 56. Bc7
Bc6 {[%cal Rh3h2,Rh2g1,Rg1c1,Rc1a3,Ra3c5] and Black has no defence against the
march of the White king}) 56. Kg4 Kf6 57. Kxf4 Bb7 58. g4 Bc6 59. Ke3 Ke5 60.
f4+ 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. e3 O-O 8.
Nge2 e5 9. d5 c6 10. e4 cxd5 11. exd5 Na6 12. O-O Bf5 13. b3 Nb4 14. Ba3 a5 15.
Qd2 Nc8 16. Ne4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 Nd6 18. Bg2 e4 19. Rac1 Re8 20. Bxb4 axb4 21.
Qxb4 Rxa2 22. Nc3 Bxc3 23. Qxc3 e3 24. fxe3 Qb6 25. Rfe1 Rc8 26. Qd4 Rxc1 27.
Rxc1 Qxb3 28. e4 Ra4 29. Qc3 Qb6+ 30. Qc5 Qb2 31. Qc3 Qb6+ 32. Qc5 Qxc5+ 33.
Rxc5 Rc4 34. Rxc4 Nxc4 35. Kf2 Kf8 36. Bf1 Ne5 37. Be2 Ke7 38. Ke3 Kd6 39. Kd4
f6 40. h4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.10.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. g5
b5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qd2 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Kb1 Rc8
15. Qf2 Nb4 16. Bb6 Qe8 17. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Ne2 Rd8 14. Rc4
f5 15. Rb1 Be6 16. Ra4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Rd7 18. d5 Bxd5 19. Rxb7 Rad8 20. Rxd7
Rxd7 21. Bxd5+ Rxd5+ 22. Kc2 a5 23. a3 Kf7 24. Rc4 Ne5 25. Rc5 Rxc5+ 26. Bxc5
Ke6 27. Kb3 Nd3 28. Bb6 Kd5 29. Nc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Lautier,J"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6
14. Bh4 Bf6 $6 {Ftacnik: 'This is certainly a concession, but black avoids
sharp lines in which his sfate hangs on the merit of each move.'} (14... Rd8 {
Ftacnik} 15. d5 g5 16. Bg3 b6 $2 (16... e6 $5 17. Bc7 Rd7 18. d6 Na6 19. Bb5
Rxc7 20. dxc7 Nxc7 21. Qd7 $13) 17. Re1 Bxf3 (17... e6 18. Nxg5 Bxe2 19. Rxe2
Qa5 20. Nf3 (20. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 21. dxe6+ Ke8 22. Qb3 $14) 20... exd5 21. exd5
Nc6 22. Rd2 $16) 18. Bxf3 Nd7 19. e5 Rac8 20. e6 $1 (20. Ra1 Qc2 21. Rxa7 Qxd1
22. Rxd1 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe7 $14) 20... fxe6 21. Rxe6 {1-0 Anand,
V-Illescas Cordoba,M/Madrid 1998/ (34)}) (14... Qe6 {Ftacnik} 15. h3 Bxf3 16.
Bxf3 Qd7 17. d5 Na6 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. e5 e6 20. Rfd1 exd5 21. Bxd5 Qf5 22. Be7
Rfc8 23. Qe3 {Komljenovic,D-Sanchez Almeyra,J/San Sebastian op/1993/1/2-1/2 
(109)}) (14... g5 $1 {Ftacnik} 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5 (16. Rxb7 $6 Bxf3 17. Bxf3
Nxd4 18. Rxe7 Qa3 $15) 16... Rad8 (16... Na5 17. e5 b6 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Rb1 Qa2
20. Rb4 Bh5 21. h4 Rad8 22. Rd4 f5 23. hxg5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 hxg5 25. f4 gxf4 26.
Bxf4 {1-0 Sapis,W-Touzane,O/Legnica Voivode Cup/1994/ (40)}) 17. Rxb7 e6 (17...
f5 $1 18. Qe1 (18. Bc7 fxe4 $1) 18... Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Nd4 20. exf5 Nxf3+ 21. gxf3
Qxd5 22. Rxa7 Rxf5 $11) 18. Bc7 exd5 19. Bxd8 dxe4 (19... Nxd8 20. Rb8 dxe4 21.
Rxd8 $16) 20. Be7 Re8 21. Bc5 (21. Bb5 $1 exf3 22. Bxc6 fxg2 23. Bxe8 $1 (23.
Qxg4 gxf1=Q+ 24. Kxf1 Qa6+) 23... Bxd1 24. Rxd1 Qe2 25. Rbd7 $1 (25. Ba4 $2 Bd4
$1) 25... Be5 26. Bc5 $18) 21... Rd8 $5 22. Qb3 $8 {1-0/ Chernin,A-Horvath,J/
HUN-ch/1992/ (35)}) (14... a5 {Ftacnik} 15. Rxb7 g5 16. Bg3 a4 17. h4 a3 18.
hxg5 hxg5 19. Rc7 (19. Rb5 Nc6 (19... f6 20. Qd3 Rc8 21. Rfb1 Nd7 22. Bd1 $16)
20. Rxg5 Bxf3 21. gxf3 $1 (21. Bxf3 Qb2 22. e5 Nxd4 23. Bxa8 Ne2+ 24. Kh2 Rxa8
25. Qd5 Rb8 26. e6 Nxg3 27. exf7+ Kf8 28. fxg3 a2 29. Rxg7 Qxg7 30. Qxa2 Qh8+
31. Kg1 Qd4+ $14) 21... Qb2 22. Bc4 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Sokolov,I/Malmo 1998/ 
(40)}) 19... Na6 20. Rxe7 Qb2 21. Bc4 Qb4 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 23. Rd7 Bxd7 24. Nxg5
Qb6 25. Be6 Qxe6 26. Nxe6 Bxe6 27. Be5 $1 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Shirov,A/Polanica
Zdroj 1998/ (39)}) 15. Bxf6 (15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5 Bxf3 (16... Ne5 17. Rxb7 a5 (
17... Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 $14) (17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 $14) 18. Re1 Nxf3+
(18... Bxf3 19. gxf3 $14) 19. Bxf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 $14) 17. Bxf3 (17. gxf3 Nd4
$132) 17... Ne5 (17... Nd4 18. e5) 18. Rxb7 a5 $11) 15... exf6 16. Rxb7 Nc6 17.
h3 (17. d5 Ne5 (17... Bxf3 {Ftacnik} 18. Bxf3 Ne5) 18. Nd4 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 (19.
Qxe2 Qa4 20. Rd1 Rfb8 21. Rxb8+ Rxb8 $11 {/\ Rb2}) 19... Qc4 $11) 17... Bxf3
18. Bxf3 Qc4 19. d5 (19. Rd7 $6 {Ftacnik} Rfd8 20. Rc7 Rac8 $11) 19... Ne5 20.
Qd2 $1 Nxf3+ $6 {'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Strategical blunder, since black
trades the good central piece that was making the march of d pawn more
laborious.'} (20... a5 21. Rc1 (21. Qxh6 $6 a4 $132) 21... Qd3 22. Qxd3 Nxd3
23. Rc3 Ne5 24. Be2) (20... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 21. Rc1 Qa4 22. Qe3 Rfb8 $14) 21.
gxf3 Qc8 22. Qb2 $16 {'!' Ftacnik.} f5 $2 (22... Qxh3 $2 23. Qxf6) (22... Kg7
$8 23. Kg2 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Qxb8 Rxb8 26. Ra1 Rb7 27. Ra6 g5 28. f4 gxf4
29. Kf3 $16) 23. e5 $18 Qc4 24. Rd1 (24. d6 {Ftacnik} Rad8 (24... Qh4 25. e6
Qg5+ 26. Kh1 Qf4 27. e7 $18) 25. Rxa7 Qh4 $16) 24... Rad8 25. d6 (25. e6 $2
Rxd5 26. Re1 (26. Rc1 Qf4 (26... Qd4 $2 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rd7 $1 $18) 27. Rxf7
(27. exf7+ Kh7 $13) 27... Rxf7 28. exf7+ (28. Rc8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qf6+
Kg8 31. Qxg6+ Kh8 32. e7 Re5 $11) 28... Kxf7 29. Qb7+ Kf6 30. Rc6+ Rd6 $11) (
26. exf7+ Kh7 (26... Rxf7 $2 27. Rb8+ Rf8 28. Rxf8+ Kxf8 29. Qf6+ $18) 27. Rb1
Qh4 $13) 26... Rc5 $1 (26... Qd4 $2 27. Qxd4 Rxd4 28. Rd7 $1 $18) 27. Qf6 (27.
e7 Re8 28. Rb8 Rcc8 29. Rxc8 Qxc8 30. Qf6 Qd7 $11) (27. exf7+ Kh7 $13 (27...
Rxf7 $2 28. Re8+ $18) (27... Kh7 {Ftacnik} 28. Re8 Qc1+ 29. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kg2
Kg7 $11)) 27... Qc3 (27... Rc7 $13) 28. exf7+ Kh7 $13) (25. Qd4 $6 {Ftacnik}
Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rfe8 27. f4 g5 $14) 25... Qf4 (25... Qc6 {Ftacnik} 26. Rd3 (26.
e6 Rxd6 (26... Qxf3 27. Rd4 fxe6 28. Rd3 $18) 27. exf7+ Rxf7 28. Rb8+ Rf8 29.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Rc1 Qd5 31. Qh8+ Ke7 $13) 26... Rd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qc1 $14)
26. Qc3 (26. e6 {Ftacnik} Rxd6 27. exf7+ Rxf7 28. Rb8+ Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.
Qb8+ Ke7 31. Qc7+ Ke6 32. Re1+ Kd5 33. Qb7+ $16) 26... a5 27. Re1 (27. Qxa5 {
Ftacnik} Qxf3 28. Qd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rfe8 $14) 27... Rb8 (27... a4 {Ftacnik} 28.
e6 Rxd6 29. e7 Re8 30. Rb8 $1 Rxb8 31. e8=Q+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kh7 33. Rh8#) 28.
Rxb8 (28. Ra7 Qb4 $132) 28... Rxb8 {Ftacnik: 'Hecht: '[#] Riesiger weißer
Zentralfreibauer; Taktik.''} 29. d7 Rd8 (29... Qg5+ {Ftacnik} 30. Kf1 Qd8 31.
e6 fxe6 32. Qe5 Rb6 33. Qxa5 $16) 30. e6 $1 {Ftacnik: 'Decisive move, that
combines the opening of the black king with the support of the dangerously
passed d pawn.'} Qg5+ (30... fxe6 31. Qc6 $18) 31. Kf1 Qe7 (31... fxe6 {Ftacnik
} 32. Qc6 $18) 32. Qc6 (32. Qc7 $2 fxe6 33. Rxe6 Qxd7) 32... Kh7 (32... Kg7 33.
Qb6 $1) 33. Qc7 Kg7 34. Qxd8 1-0

[Event "Tilburg Fontys"]
[Site "Tilburg"]
[Date "1998.11.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "1998.10.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 1999"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1998.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4
Be4 15. Rac1 Bd5 16. Be2 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Nxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa act"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 Nb6 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.
Kxd1 Na4 9. Nc3 Nxc5 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Rc1 g6 12. Kc2 Bg7 13. Rhd1 O-O 14. Kb1
Rd8 15. Nd5 Kf8 16. Rd2 Bd7 17. Rcd1 Be8 18. h4 h6 19. Bh3 Rab8 20. Bxe6 fxe6
21. Nc7 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Bf7 23. Nd4 Bxd4 24. Bxd4 e5 25. Be3 Kg7 26. Nb5 a6 27.
Nc3 Rd8 28. Rxd8 Nxd8 29. b3 Nc6 30. Na4 Bd5 31. Kc2 Nd4+ 32. Kd3 Nf5 33. Nc3
Bc6 34. Bb6 Kf6 35. a4 Nd6 36. f3 h5 37. e4 Ke6 38. Na2 Be8 39. Be3 Nc8 40. Kc4
b5+ 41. Kb4 bxa4 42. bxa4 Nd6 43. Nc3 Nb7 44. Bb6 Kd6 45. Nd5 Bf7 46. Nc7 Kc6
47. a5 Nc5 48. Bxc5 Kxc7 49. Bxe7 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa act"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1998.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5
15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Rfd1 a4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Qc4 Rac8 19. b4 axb3 20. cxb3 Qd8 21.
Rac1 f5 22. b4 Ne4 23. Qxc8 Qxc8 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bd3 f4 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27.
Bxc1 Nc3 28. Bd2 Na4 29. Bb5 Nb6 30. a4 Kf8 31. a5 Nxd5 32. Bd7 b6 33. Bc6 Nxb4
34. Bxb4 bxa5 35. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "Haifa act"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1998.11.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Nge7 7. Be3 a6 8. g5
b5 9. h4 Bb7 10. Bg2 Rc8 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. b3 Qa5 13. Nce2 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 h6 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 Nd7 17. Nc3 g6 18. gxh6 Bxh6 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Kd2 Rh5 21. Rh3
Rhc5 22. Nde2 a5 23. Rh1 Nb6 24. Ra2 d5 25. exd5 Nexd5 26. Ne4 Rd8 27. Nxc5
Nb4+ 28. Nd3 Bxg2 29. Rha1 Be4 30. Rxa5 Bxd3 31. cxd3 Rxd3+ 32. Kc1 Rxb3 33.
R1a3 Nd3+ 34. Kc2 Rxa3 35. Rxa3 Nxf2 36. Nf4 e5 37. Nxg6 fxg6 38. Ra6 Nc4 39.
Rxg6 Kf7 40. h5 e4 41. Rg1 Ne3+ 42. Kd2 Nf5 43. Rf1 e3+ 44. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Haifa act"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "1998.11.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "1998.11.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. O-O-O exf2
15. Nd5 Qc5 16. b4 Qd6 17. Bb3 Bd7 18. Qc4 Bc6 19. Qh4 Nd7 20. Qxf2 Nxf6 21.
Nb6 Ne4 22. Qe1 Bh6+ 23. Kb2 Bd2 24. Qg1 Rd8 25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Qg7 Qd4+ 27. Ka3
Rf8 28. Rd1 f6 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Be6 d3 31. cxd3 Rxd3+ 32. Kb2 Rd4 33. Nc8
Rxb4+ 34. Ka1 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 5'"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.12.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 O-O 6. Nc3 a6 7. Qd2 Nc6 8. Nge2
Rb8 9. h4 b5 10. h5 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Ng3 bxc4 13. O-O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 5'"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.12.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Taimanov, Mark E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 a6 8. N5c3
Nf6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Ne7 11. c4 Nf5 12. Bc1 Be7 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15.
Nc3 Nd4 16. Kh1 f5 17. Be3 Bf6 18. f3 Rc8 19. Rc1 Re8 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Rfd1 b5
22. Ne4 Qxd2 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Rxd2 bxc4 25. Bxc4 f4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Kg1 Bb5
28. Rxd4 Re2 29. Bxe2 Rxc1+ 30. Rd1 Rc2 31. Bxb5 axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 5'"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.12.26"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Aseev, Konstantin N"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. e3 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qxd5 Bxd5 12. Be2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 14. Kd2
Nd7 15. Rhc1 Nf6 16. Bc7 Bf8 17. Ke1 e6 18. a4 Ne4 19. Rab1 Ba3 20. Rc2 Bd6 21.
Rbc1 Bb3 22. Bd3 Bxc2 23. Rxc2 Nxf2 24. Bxd6 Nxd3+ 25. Kd2 Rxc2+ 26. Kxc2 Nf2
0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 5'"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1998.12.26"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1998.12.??"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 a6 5. Bg2 Nd7 6. O-O e6 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3 O-O
9. Be3 h6 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Rc1 b6 12. f4 f5 13. e5 b5 14. d5 dxe5 15. dxe6 Nf6
16. cxb5 axb5 17. Ba7 Bxe6 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Nb3 Bc4 20. Re1 Nxe5 21. Bxb8 Qxb8
22. Nd5 N7c6 23. Nc5 Qa7 24. b4 Nxb4 0-1

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Bb7 14. b3 Ncb6 15.
Nbd2 g6 16. a4 bxa4 17. bxa4 a5 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Rb1 Bg7 20. Bd3 d5 21. exd5
Bxd5 22. Qc2 Bc6 23. Bb5 Bxb5 24. axb5 a4 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5
Bxe5 28. c4 Qf6 29. Nf3 Bf4 30. Qe4 Qf5 31. Qxf5 gxf5 32. c5 Nc4 33. Bc1 Bxc1
34. Rxc1 a3 35. Nd4 a2 36. Nc2 Nd2 37. Na1 Rb8 38. Rc2 Ne4 39. b6 cxb6 40. cxb6
Rxb6 41. Rxa2 Rb1+ 42. Kh2 f4 43. h4 Rf1 44. Nb3 Nxf2 45. Ra1 Rxa1 46. Nxa1 Kg7
47. Nc2 Kg6 48. Nd4 Kh5 49. g3 Kg4 50. gxf4 Kxf4 51. Kg2 Nd3 52. Kh3 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Grabarczyk, Bogdan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2380"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rac1 c6 14. b3 Bh3
15. Qd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd7 17. e4 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nc6 19. Nxb6 Qxd2 20. Rxd2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
e4 Bg4 9. a4 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. d5 Nd4 12. Qd1 O-O 13. a5 Nd7 14. Be3 c5 15.
dxc6 Nxc6 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Qe2 Ne5 19. Rd1 Qc8 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bc5
Re8 22. O-O e5 23. f3 Nf6 24. Na4 Nd7 25. Be3 exf4 26. Bxf4 Qb7 27. Kh1 Rad8
28. Bg5 Rb8 29. Rf2 Qb5 30. Rxd7 Qxa4 31. Qxa6 Bd4 32. Rd2 Qa1+ 33. Kg2 Qg1+
34. Kh3 Qxg5 35. R7xd4 Qg1 36. Qxc6 Qf1+ 37. Kg3 Qg1+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg3 Qg1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Koziak, Vitali"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f3 Nd7 6. Qd2 b5 7. h4 h6 8. Nh3 Ngf6
9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 a5 14. c3 Ba6 15. Bxa6
Rxa6 16. cxb4 axb4 17. Qxb4 O-O 18. Nc3 Qa8 19. b3 Rb8 20. Nb5 Qb7 21. Qd2 c5
22. Rc1 c4 23. a5 c3 24. Nxc3 Rxa5 25. Kf2 Ra3 26. Rb1 Nbd7 27. Qe2 Rxb3 28.
Rhc1 e6 29. Rxb3 Qxb3 30. Qc2 Qa3 31. Rb1 Rc8 32. Rb3 Qa5 33. Qd3 e5 34. Ne2 d5
35. Qb5 Qa2 36. Rb2 Qa8 37. Qb7 dxe4 38. Qxa8 Rxa8 39. fxe4 Ng4+ 40. Kf3 Nxe3
41. Kxe3 exd4+ 42. Kf2 d3 43. Rd2 Nc5 44. Nf4 f6 45. Nge6 Nxe4+ 46. Ke3 Nxd2
47. Kxd2 Ra4 48. Kxd3 Bh6 49. Nxg6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. b5 cxd4 8. exd4
e5 9. Be2 e4 10. Nfd2 Re8 11. O-O h5 12. Nc3 Bf5 13. Re1 a6 14. a4 axb5 15.
axb5 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Nbd7 17. Nf1 Nf8 18. Ne3 Ne6 19. Ncd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 h4 21.
Ne3 Qa8 22. Rd1 Qxa1 23. Bxa1 Ra8 24. g3 Bh3 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 h3 27. Nd5
Ng5 28. Bc3 Ra2 29. c5 dxc5 30. dxc5 Bxc3 31. Nxc3 Rc2 32. Na4 e3 33. fxe3 Nf3
0-1

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Suwarski, Pawel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2120"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f3 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Be2
Ngf6 9. Nh3 O-O 10. Bh6 c5 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nf2 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Rc8 14. g4 Qb6
15. Qxb6 Nxb6 16. h4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nd3 Ng3 19. Rg1 Nxe2 20. Kxe2 d4 21. Nd1
Rxc2+ 22. Kf1 Nc4 23. Rg2 Nd2+ 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Nc5 Bc8 26. Nb3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Brodsky, Michail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nc6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bf3 h5 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bxb7 Qxb7
15. Ne4 Rc8 16. h3 Nh6 17. Be3 Be7 18. Bf2 Nf5 19. b3 Qc6 20. Rad1 f6 21. exf6
gxf6 22. Rc1 d5 23. Ng3 Nxg3+ 24. Bxg3 f5 25. Bf2 Ba3 26. Rce1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kuczynski, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2430"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Bh3 Nb6 15.
Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lutsko, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 e5 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Kb1 Rc8
15. Qf2 Qc7 16. g4 Qb7 17. Qd2 Be7 18. h4 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Bd7 21. Qg2
h5 22. Bd3 Bf6 23. g5 Be7 24. f4 Bg4 25. Rde1 O-O 26. Rhf1 Rfe8 27. fxe5 dxe5
28. Qe4 g6 29. Rxf7 Bf5 30. Rxf5 gxf5 31. Qxf5 Bf8 32. Rf1 Qg7 33. g6 Rc7 34.
d6 Bxd6 35. Be4 Rf8 36. Bd5+ Kh8 37. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mikhalchishin, Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c3 h6 10. d4 d6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. a3 Rad8 15. Ba2
exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Be3 Na5 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. e6 Rxe6 21. Ne5 Qe8
22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qg4 Qxg4 24. Nxg4 Nb3 25. Rad1 f6 26. h3 f5 27. Ne5 g5 28. f4
gxf4 29. Bxf4 1-0

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qb6 10. Nd5 Qc6 11. O-O-O e6 12. Rhe1 f6 13. Qb4 Kf7 14. Nd4
Qc5 15. Qxc5 Nxc5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Bg3 Be7 18. Nb3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 e5 20. f3 Be6
21. Re3 Bd8 22. Nd5 Rc8 23. Red3 a5 24. Be1 f5 25. Ne3 fxe4 26. fxe4 Bb6 27.
Kb1 Rhf8 28. Bc3 Ke7 29. Nd5+ Bxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc6 31. b4 a4 32. b5 Rxc3 33. bxc3
Bc5 34. Rxc5 dxc5 35. Rd5 b6 36. Rxe5+ Kd6 37. Rd5+ Ke6 38. Kb2 Rf4 39. Rd8
Rxe4 40. Rb8 Kd5 41. Rxb6 Kc4 42. Rb8 a3+ 43. Kxa3 Kxc3 44. Rc8 c4 45. b6 Re1
46. Ka4 Rb1 47. Ka5 g5 48. g4 Rb2 49. Ka6 Ra2+ 50. Kb7 Rb2 51. Kc6 Kxc2 52. b7
1-0

[Event "Gawlikowski Memorial 18th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.??.??"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8.
Qb3 Be6 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Bg7 11. g3 Nc6 12. Bg2 Nb4 13. Qd1 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1
O-O 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Nd4 Ng4 17. Nxe6 Nxf2+ 18. Kc1 fxe6 19. Rf1 Rxc5 20. Kb1
Rcf5 21. a4 Ne4 22. Rd1 Nxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Rf2 24. Bh3 Rxh2 25. Bxe6+ Kh8 26. axb5
Rh1+ 27. Nd1 axb5 28. Ra5 Bh6 29. Rd7 Rc8 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. dxc5 O-O 8.
O-O Na6 9. Ng5 e6 10. Ne4 Qc7 (10... Bd7) 11. Nbc3 (11. Qc2 f5 12. Nec3 Qxc5
13. Qb3 Nac7 14. e4 fxe4 15. Nxe4 Qb5 16. Nbc3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Bd7 18. Nc5 Bc6
19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Nxd5 {1-0 Smejkal,J-Comp Fritz5/Frankfurt/1997/ (54)}) 11...
Nxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxc5 13. Bf4 (13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qc1 Bd7 16. Bxh6 Rac8
17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qe3 Qb6 19. Rab1 Be8 20. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 21. Nxd1 Qa6 22. Qc3+ Kh7
23. b4 Qxa2 24. Rc1 b6 25. Qe3 {1-0 Blagojevic,D-Mitrovic,P/Kladovo/1996/ (25)}
) 13... Qb6 (13... Qa5 14. Rc1 Rd8 15. b4 Rxd1 16. bxa5 Rxf1+ 17. Kxf1 e5 18.
Be3 Bf8 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Nb5 Bf8 21. a6 {1-0 Mochalov,E-Kis,B/Matra/1993/ (21)
}) (13... e5 14. Be3 Ne6 15. Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Stohl,I-Shirov,A/BL9495/1995/ (15)})
14. Be3 Qa5 {White's bishop pair is very active, black finds it difficult to
complete the development of the queenside.} (14... Qxb2 15. Bxc5 Qxc3 16. Rc1
Qa5 17. Bxf8 {+/-}) (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Rd8 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Rfd1 {+=}) 15. Rb1
Nd7 (15... Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rd8 17. Rb5 $1 Rxd1 18. Rxa5 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 {+/-}) (
15... Rd8 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Rfd1 {+=}) 16. b4 Qa6 (16... Qa3 17. Nb5 (17. Rb3 Qa6
) 17... Qxa2 18. Rc1 $1 {+/-}) 17. Qb3 Ne5 (17... Bxc3 $2 18. Qxc3 Qxe2 19. Bh6
{+-}) 18. Rfc1 Bd7 $6 {Unfortnatelly for black this move doesn't solve the
problems, the pressure was becoming too opressive.} (18... Rd8 19. Rd1 {+/-})
19. b5 Qa5 (19... Qd6 20. Bxb7 {+-}) 20. Bxb7 Rab8 21. Ba6 $1 (21. Bg2 Rfc8 22.
Qb4 Qxb4 23. Rxb4 {+/-}) 21... Rfd8 22. Qa4 (22. Bxa7 Ra8 23. Be3 Ng4 24. Bf4 {
+-}) (22. Qa4 Qxa4 (22... Qc7 23. Ne4 {+-}) 23. Nxa4 Ra8 24. Rc7 {+-}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Zemun Agrouniverzal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Interesting moment. With such move
order White tries to avoid Sveshnikov variation, but now Black has a pleasant
choice between other lines, where the Knight on c3 could be placed a bit
premature.} g6 (3... e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bh6 8. Qh5 (8. g4
Bf4 9. Nd5 Nge7 10. Nxf4 exf4 11. Bb5 O-O 12. Bxc6 Nxc6 13. Nb3 d5 {0-1
Kupreichik,V-Kramnik,V/Moscow olm 1994/CBM 45 (42)}) 8... g6 9. Qd1 Nf6 10. h5
Bg4 11. f3 Bd7 12. Bd5 Nxh5 {=+ 0-1 Fedorov,A-Morozevich,A/Kishinev 1998/CBM
64 (12)}) 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 {Choosing Dragon, Black avoided Maroczy
variation and also in the main lines of the Dragon, White has limited
possibilities, due to the fact that Black didn't play d7-d6 yet.} 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Nb3 {Black achieved his aim - White proved to be unprepared for the main lines.
} O-O 8. Be2 d6 9. O-O Be6 (9... a6) 10. f4 {Schulz,A: 'Das ist das
Hauptabspiel in der Klassichen Variante.'} Rc8 (10... Qc8 11. Kh1 Rd8 12. Bg1
d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Bd3 f6 15. exf6 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxf6 17. f5 {~ Kotronias-Agnos,
Peristeri 95}) ({In alten Zeiten dachte man, Schwarz m�sse sich gegen f4-f5
stemmen:} 10... Qc8 {Schulz,A}) ({oder dem Le6 ein aktives Ausweichfeld
er�ffnen.} 10... Na5 {Schulz,A Das sind die beiden Hauptvarianten.}) 11. Kh1
(11. f5 $2 {Schulz,A} Bd7 {-/+} 12. g4 $2 Ne5 {$140 13...Rxc3 14.bxc3 Nxe4 -+})
(11. Bf3 {Schulz,A ist die Alternative.}) 11... Na5 (11... a6 $5 {Schulz,A} 12.
Bf3 (12. f5 $2 Bd7 13. g4 $2 Ne5 14. g5 Rxc3 15. bxc3 Nxe4 {-+ wie oben.})
12... Na5) 12. Nxa5 $6 (12. f5 Nc4 (12... Bc4) (12... Bd7 $2 13. Bxa7) 13. Bd4
Bd7 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 15. Qd3 {+=}) 12... Qxa5 13. Bd4 Bc4 {= Black has achieved
everything. The position is equal.} 14. a3 e5 15. fxe5 (15. Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4
Bxe2 17. Qxe2 d5 {=}) 15... dxe5 16. Bf2 Be6 17. Bd3 Nh5 18. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 14th final"]
[Site "Belgrade"]
[Date "1999.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Smirin,I"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "1999.01.11"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Gorzow Stilon Welkopolski"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. O-O a6 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Ne2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 (9... Qxd5 10. c3 Nc6 11. Qc2 f5 (11... Bd6 $5 12. b3 Qh5
13. Ng3 Qh4 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bb2 Bd7 16. Bf1 Rac8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,
M-Markowski,T/Katowice op 1993 (46)}) 12. cxd4 $5 b5 13. Re1 Nb4 14. Qc3 Nxd3
15. Qxd3 Bc5 16. b3 O-O 17. Bb2 Bb6 18. Qg3 {+= 1-0 Svidler,P-Zyla,J/
Groningen op 1993 (25)}) 10. c3 (10. Nxd4 $6 Nf4 {=+}) 10... dxc3 11. dxc3 Bd6
12. Nd4 Qc7 13. h3 ({Deserved attention} 13. Qh5 $5 {But after simple} Nf4 (
13... Nxc3 $5 14. Re1 (14. bxc3 Qxc3 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Be3 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qe5 {~}
) 14... g6 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Bh6 {~=}) (13... Nf6 14. Qh4 {+=}) 14. Bxf4 Bxf4 15.
Rfe1 g6 16. Qh4 O-O {= black is O.K}) 13... Bd7 14. Qf3 Nf4 15. Be4 Ng6 16. Be3
(16. Bxb7 $2 Ne5 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qxe5 Bxe5 19. Bxa8 O-O 20. Bf3 Bxd4 21. cxd4
Bc6 {-/+}) 16... Ne5 17. Qe2 O-O-O $5 $132 18. Rfd1 Kb8 19. a4 Nc4 20. Bc1 e5
21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 e4 $1 $36 {in arising complications white has to play
very carefuly for not to find himself in the trouble.} 23. Kh1 (23. Rd4 $5 Na5
(23... Bh2+ 24. Kh1 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Re8 26. Bxh7 g6 27. Bg5 {~}) 24. Rxe4 g6 {-/+
}) ({After} 23. Bxe4 $2 Rhe8 {whites position looks undeefensible}) 23... Rhe8
24. Bg5 f6 25. Bh4 g5 26. Rd4 $8 Qc5 $1 ({Doesn't work} 26... Na5 27. Rxd6 $1
Rxd6 28. Bg3 {+=}) (26... Nxb2 $6 27. Qxb2 gxh4 28. Bxe4 $40) 27. Qxc4 (27.
Bxe4 gxh4 28. Qxc4 Qe5 29. Rxd6 $8 Rxd6 {=+}) 27... gxh4 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. Bxh7 Bxf2 {=} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Bg4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Ng5 $1 {Now, after Black's castling, this
move is possible as ...h7-h6 can be met with h2-h3! Therefore the position of
the black bishop on g4 becomes meaningless.} cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ (12... Nc6 13.
Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Be2 Bxe2 15. Kxe2 Rfc8 16. Nf3 Nc4 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Rd8 19.
Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Yermolinsky,A-Svidler,P/33rd Chess Olympiad, Elista 1998}) 13.
Kxd2 Nc6 (13... h6 $6 14. h3 Bh5 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Rc8+ Rf8 17. Bc4+ Kh7 18.
Rxf8 Bxf8 19. g4 Bxg4 20. hxg4 Nc6 21. Bd5 Rd8 22. Rb1 Rd7 23. Kd3 Bg7 24. Bxc6
bxc6 25. Kc4 Kg8 26. Kc5 Rd6 27. Rb7 Kf7 28. Rxa7 {Wendt,R-Pfretzschner,R/
BL2-O 1994/1-0 (41)}) 14. d5 Na5 15. Bd3 h6 16. h3 Bd7 17. Nf3 e6 18. Bc5 Rfe8
19. Bb4 {White has eventually found its way to the black knight but it's
insufficient for any advantage as his centralized king is very vulnerable.}
exd5 20. exd5 b6 21. Rc7 Rad8 22. Re1 (22. Rxa7 Bf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 $36) (22.
Bxa5 bxa5 23. Rxa7 Bf8 $44) 22... Rxe1 23. Kxe1 (23. Kxe1 Ba4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Hansen,Cu"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Alterman,B} c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. a4 Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 d6 $5 {After} (11... Nxb3 12.
cxb3 d6 {is supposed to be bad because of:} 13. Nd5 {[%cal Re3b6,Rd5e7]}) 12.
Nd5 (12. O-O Nxb3 13. cxb3 Be6 $132) 12... Re8 13. Rd1 (13. O-O Be6 $132) 13...
Nxb3 14. Bb6 {'!' Alterman,B.} (14. cxb3 {Alterman,B} Ra6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh6
Rc6 $11) 14... Qd7 15. cxb3 Ra6 {[%cal Re7e6]} 16. Bd4 Qd8 {The blacksquared B
will soon be exchanged so the black Q has to be in a position to defend these
squares.} 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 {[%csl Rb3][%cal Ye7e6] Threatening to exchange even
more pieces with e7-e6. After alle black has the slightly better P-structure
so the ending might even be a little bit better for him} 18. Qg3 (18. O-O $6 {
Alterman,B} e6 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Ne3 Rc6 $1 21. Nc4 b6 22. Rd4 Ba6 $11) 18...
Be6 {[%cal Ye6d5] in the lines where black plays d7-d6 this bishop is always
well-placed on e6. It attacks the P on b3 and can be exchanged against the
strong N on d5.} 19. O-O Rc6 20. Qe3 Bxd5 (20... f6 $5 {maybe best. The idea
is to follow up with Rc5-c5 and b7-b5} 21. Nf4 Bf7 {This is why f7-f6 maybe
better than 20. - Rc5}) (20... Rc5 {[%cal Yb7b5] Black would like to see what
white will do before he takes on d5} 21. Nf4 $5 $14) 21. exd5 Rc5 22. h4 $1 $14
{'|^' Alterman,B. ()} (22. f4 $5 {[%cal Yf4f5]}) 22... Qd7 (22... e5 $2 23.
dxe6 Rxe6 {would be a good idea if it was not for the tactical trick:} 24. Qxc5
) (22... h5 23. f4 {[%cal Yf4f5]} (23. Rd4 $14 {Alterman,B}) 23... Qb6 24. Kh1
$36) 23. Qd4+ Kg8 24. h5 Qf5 {[%csl Rd5,Re7] Now d5 is just as weak as e7, but
still black has some problems after the opening of the h-<-> to coordinate the
defence of Kg8 and Pe7} 25. hxg6 hxg6 {[%csl Rg8]} 26. Rfe1 b5 (26... e5 {
Alterman,B} 27. dxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Qxe6 29. Qxd6 Qxd6 30. Rxd6 Rc1+ 31. Kh2 Rc2
32. Kg3 Rxb2 33. Rb6 $16) 27. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3h3,Rd4h4]} (27. Re3 {[%cal Ye3h3,
Yd4h4] Now the R on the third rank now does not have to cover d5 as in the
game.} b4 (27... f6 $6 28. axb5 Rxb5 29. Qa4 $1 $14) 28. Rh3 Qf6 $1 {This is
the negative side of 27.Te3 - no pressure in the e-<->}) 27... f6 28. axb5 (28.
Rh3 {Alterman,B} g5 29. Qd1 Qxd5 30. Qh5 Kf8 31. Qh6+ Kf7 $11) 28... Rxb5 29.
Rh3 {[%cal Rd4h4]} g5 30. Qc4 Rb4 $6 (30... Rc5 31. Qa4 $14) (30... Qxd5 $1 31.
Qe2 $44 {However this is similar to a postion in the game - only in the game
black does not have an extra P} (31. Qc2 Qf7 $17) (31. Rxe7 {Alterman,B} Rxe7
32. Qc8+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ Kg6 34. Rxe7 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Qh5+ $11) 31... Kg7 32. Rh7+ (
32. Qh5 Qg8 33. f4 (33. Rc1 Kf8 $5 (33... Rc5 $11)) 33... Kf8 {Black does not
seem to be in any real danger - white is a P down.}) 32... Kxh7 33. Qh5+ Kg7
34. Qxe8 Rb7 $11) 31. Qe2 Qg6 (31... Qxd5 {Alterman,B} 32. Qh5 Kf8 $1 33. Qh6+
(33. Rhe3 Rh4) 33... Kf7 34. Qh7+ Kf8 $11) 32. Qe6+ Kg7 33. Qd7 Qf7 34. Rhe3
Kf8 {'[]' Alterman,B.} (34... e5 {Alterman,B} 35. dxe6 Qxd7 36. exd7 Rd8 37.
Re7+ Kg6 38. Rd1 $18) 35. Rh3 Kg7 36. Rhe3 (36. Re6 $5 {With the idea 37.Rxd6
exd6 38.Rh7+ seems to put black in a difficult position} Rbb8 37. Qa4 $1 {
[%cal Ra4a5,Ra4e4]}) 36... Kf8 37. Rh3 (37. Qa7 {Alterman,B} Rb5) 37... Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Ne2 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 Qb6 7. Nde2 e6 8.
Bb3 a6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qd3 Bd7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Qg3 b5 13. a3 O-O 14. Bh6 Ne8 15.
f4 Na5 16. f5 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Qd8 18. b4 Rc8 19. fxe6 Bxe6 20. Bf4 Nf6 21. Be3
Ng4 22. Bd4 Bh4 23. Qf4 Bg5 24. Qg3 Bh4 25. Qf4 Bg5 26. Qg3 Bh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Ra3 Rb8 22.
Rea1 Bc8 $146 (22... Nh7 23. Be3 Bf6 24. Ne2 Nf8 25. Nc1 Nfd7 26. axb5 axb5 27.
b4 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V-Van der Sterren,P/Antwerp 1997/CBM 61/[Wedberg] (55)}) (
22... Qc7 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 Ra8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Seres,L-Farkas,T/Szeged 1998/
CBM 63 ext (30)}) 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra7 Rb7 25. Ra8 Nfd7 26. Be3 Qc7 27. Rf1 $5
{Svidler shifts his attention to the K-side, obviously thinking there is not
much he can do on the other side. It looks like a very reasonable plan given
the weakness of Black's K-side P-structure.} ({Following in Topalovs footsteps
with} 27. Ne2 {(/\Nc1, b2-b4) would be the alternative.}) 27... Ra7 28. Rxa7
Qxa7 29. Ng5 Bd8 30. Kh1 Bb6 31. Qd1 f6 {Pre-empting a sacrifice on h5.} 32.
Nf3 Nf8 33. Nh4 Ncd7 34. Bc1 Re7 35. f4 {This looks like a nice attack for
White, but Black has a good defensive R on the seventh.} Rh7 36. Qf3 (36. f5 g5
37. Ng6 h4 38. Nh5 Be3 $11) (36. Nxg6 Nxg6 37. Nxh5 {is aggressive, but does
it work?} Kh8 38. Qg4 Ne7 39. Qe6 {Crazy! You work it out.}) 36... Bd8 37. Qd1
(37. f5 g5 38. Ng6 h4 (38... g4 39. Qe2 $40) 39. Nh5 Kf7 $13) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. h5 Qc8 20. h6 g6 21. Rhg1 Kh8
22. f4 Ng4 23. fxe5 Nxe5 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Qe3 Qc7 26. Ne4 Rac8 27. Rg2 Kg8 28.
Qh3 Rce8 29. Rf2 Bh8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. b3 Kg8 32. Ng5 Qb7 33. Bxe5 Bxe5 34.
Rf1 Bd4 35. Kb1 Be3 36. Ne6 Bd2 37. Qh2 Qxd5 38. Qf2 Qf5 39. Qg2 Rxe6 40. Qa8+
Kf7 41. Qb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 {Schwarz
entwickelt sich nicht, sondern gewinnt zuerst Raum am Damenflügel. Ribli.} 6.
Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 {Die frühere Theorie empfahl die Variante 7.Nb3 Qc7 8.f4 mit
scharfer Stellung.} (7. Nce2 $5) 7... Bc5 8. Be2 $146 {[%mdl 8] '!?' Ftacnik.
Ftacnik: 'Important little discovery, white improves on the famous ideas in
this line.'  Dieser Zug bringt neues Leben in die Variante. Früher spielte
Weiß automatisch 8.Nce2, aber dann bekommt Schwarz besseres Spiel.} (8. Nce2
Nf6 9. h3 (9. c3 Ng4 (9... Qc7 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Bg5 d6 13. a4 bxa4
14. Rxa4 h6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rfa1 O-O {0-1 Shour,J-Shaposhnikov,E/St.
Petersburg 1997/CBM 61 ext (40)}) 10. Bd2 e5 11. b4 Be7 12. h3 Nxf2 13. Kxf2
exd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Rf1 Nxd4 16. Be3 Qf6+ 17. Kg1 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Qe6 19. a4
Bb7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8+ Bxa8 22. Bxb5 O-O 23. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Gazik,I-Banas,J/
SVK 1997/EXT 99 (51)}) (9. O-O Ng4 10. Ng3 Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bxd4 12. exd4 Qxd4+
13. Kh1 Nc6 14. c3 Qc5 15. Nh5 Qg5 16. Be2 O-O 17. Rf4 Ne5 18. Qd4 f6 19. Raf1
Bb7 {1-0 Yudasina,I-Botvinnik,I/ch-ISR (women), Ramat Aviv ISR (3.2) 1998 (66)}
) 9... Bb7 10. e5 Nd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. c3 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Nxe5 14. Ng3 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 O-O 16. Rae1 f5 {0-1 Hoiberg,N-Kveinys,A/Aarhus 1997/EXT 99 (33)}) 8...
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 (9... Bxe3 10. fxe3 dxc6 (10... Qxc6 11. Qd4 {'+/=' Ftacnik.}
(11. e5 $14 {Ftacnik})) 11. Qd4 {[%cal Rd4g7,Rd4b6]} Qxd4 12. exd4 $14) 10.
Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3g3] Weiß bereitet die lange Rochade und den
Angriffszug Qg3 vor.} Nf6 {Ftacnik: 'Black is behind with the development and
his c8 bishop is locked by his own pawns.'} (11... e5 12. O-O-O {[%cal Rd3d8]}
Be6 (12... Qe7 {Ftacnik} 13. Qg3 $14) 13. Qg3 {[%csl Rg7]}) 12. f4 {[%cal
Re4e5]} e5 $8 (12... b4 {Ftacnik} 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Qd6 b3+ (14... Qxa4 15. b3
Nxe4 16. Qc7 $18) 15. Nc3 Bb7 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. fxe5 Nd7 18. axb3 Nxe5 19. Ra5
$14) 13. f5 $14 {Weiß hat Raumvorteil und der schwarze Damenläufer hat keine
aktiven Möglichkeiten.} Bb7 14. O-O-O Ke7 $6 {[%csl Re7] '!?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'A courageous move that avoids the problems with immediate pawn attack after
castling on the kingside. '} (14... O-O {Ftacnik} 15. g4 b4 16. g5 bxc3 (16...
Nh5 17. Na4 Qa5 18. Bxh5 Qxa4 19. Kb1 c5 20. f6 b3 21. axb3 Qxe4 22. Qxe4 Bxe4
23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Rhe1 $18) 17. gxf6 cxb2+ 18. Kb1 gxf6 19. Qg3+ Kh8 20. Qh4
Qe7 21. Rd7 $1 $18) 15. g4 Rhd8 (15... h6 16. h4) 16. Qf3 b4 (16... Rxd1+ {
Ftacnik} 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. g5 Rxd1+ 19. Nxd1 Nd7 20. Qh5 Qg1 21. f6+ gxf6 22.
gxf6+ Kxf6 23. Bg4 Nf8 24. h4 Kg7 25. Qxe5+ $16) 17. Na4 Qa5 18. b3 c5 (18...
Rxd1+ {Ftacnik} 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. g5 (20. Rxd8 Qxd8 21. Qe3 Qd4 22. Qxd4 exd4
23. Nc5 Bc8 24. g5 Nd7 $14) 20... Rxd1+ 21. Bxd1 Nd7 22. Qh5 $14) 19. g5 $1 {
Ftacnik: 'An attack is the best defence and white correctly concentrates on
the assault of the black's king.'  Weiß opfert für chancenreichen Angriff
zeitweilig einen Bauern.} (19. Bd3 c4 $1 20. g5 (20. Bxc4 Bxe4 $19 {[%cal
Re4h1]}) 20... cxd3 21. gxf6+ gxf6 22. Rxd3 Bc6 $17) 19... Nxe4 (19... Ne8 {
Ftacnik} 20. f6+ $16) 20. f6+ $40 {[%mdl 128]} Kf8 (20... gxf6 21. gxf6+ $16)
21. Bd3 {[%csl Re4]} (21. fxg7+ Kg8) 21... Rd4 (21... Nd6 22. fxg7+ (22. Qh5 {
Ftacnik} gxf6 (22... Bxh1 23. Qxh7 gxf6 24. gxf6 Ke8 25. Bf5 $18) 23. gxf6 e4
24. Qxh7 Ke8 25. Bc4 $18) 22... Kg8 23. Bxh7+ Kxg7 (23... Kxh7 24. Qf6 $18 {
[%csl Rh7][%cal Rf6h6]}) 24. Qh5 $18) 22. Rde1 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'A very
important factor plays a displaced location of a black queen.'} (22. fxg7+ {
Ftacnik} Kxg7 (22... Kg8 23. Qf5 Re8 24. Rhf1 Qc7 25. Nxc5 $1 $18) 23. Bxe4
Bxe4 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qxe5 Rc4 $1 26. bxc4 Bxh1 $13) 22... Nd6 23. Qh5 e4 (
23... gxf6 24. Qh6+ (24. gxf6 {Ftacnik} e4 (24... Bxh1 25. Rxe5 Nf5 26. Bxf5
$18) 25. Rhg1 Rc8 26. Rg5 Ke8 27. Nxc5 $18) 24... Ke8 25. Qxf6 $18) 24. g6 $1
$16 {'!!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This fine attacking move accelerates the opening
of the files against the black king and turns the game into brilliancy.'  Ein
schönes Bauernopfer! Weiß muß um jeden Preis Linien öffnen.} (24. Qxh7 {Ftacnik
} gxf6 25. gxf6 Ke8 26. Qh5 Kd8 $13) 24... fxg6 (24... gxf6 25. gxh7 $18) (
24... hxg6 $2 25. Qh8#) (24... exd3 {Ftacnik} 25. Qxh7 d2+ 26. Kb2 d1=N+ 27.
Ka1 $18) 25. Qxh7 gxf6 26. Rhg1 $1 g5 (26... exd3 27. Qh6+ (27. Rxg6 $18) 27...
Kf7 28. Qxg6+ $18) 27. Rxg5 $1 {Ftacnik: 'Time is often more important than
the material in the attacking positions.'  Ein weiteres schönes Opfer! Der
schwarze König steht allein im Sturm.} fxg5 28. Rf1+ Ke8 29. Qg7 $18 Kd8 {
Leider kann Schwarz nicht rochieren.} 30. Rf8+ Ne8 31. Qxb7 Rc8 (31... exd3 32.
Qxa8+ Kc7 33. Rf7+ Kd6 34. Qxe8 $18) 32. Qf7 {[%csl Rd8,Re8]} 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 Be6 9. Qb1 (9. Ng5 $5 Bd5 10. e4 h6 11. exd5 hxg5 12. Qa4+ Kf8 13. Bxg5 Qxd5
14. Be3 b5 15. Qd1 a5 16. Be2 c6 17. a4 $14 {Guliev,S-Beshukov,S/Lugansk/1989/
0,5/48/}) 9... b6 (9... Qd5 $5 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Be2 Qa5 $1 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4
Na6 14. a3 b5 $15 {Zvjaginsev,V-Svidler,P/Leningrad/1990/0-1 (63)}) 10. Ng5 Bd5
11. e4 Bb7 (11... h6 12. Nf3 (12. exd5 hxg5 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15.
Bxg5 b5 $13) 12... Be6 13. Be5 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. d5 Bc8 16. Bxc4 c6 17. O-O
Bb7 18. Bb3 cxd5 19. exd5 Nd7 20. c4 Nc5 21. Qb2+ Kh7 22. Rad1 $14 {0-1 Frog,
I-Baikov,V/Moscow/1995/ (49)}) 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. h4 (13. O-O Nc6 14. Rd1 Na5 15.
Be2 c5 16. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Svidler,P/Jurmala 1992/ (16)}) 13... Ba6
14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Qb5 (15. O-O c5 16. Nf3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qd7 18. Qb3 Bxd4 19.
Rad1 Qg4 20. Rxd4 Qxf4 21. e5 Qf5 22. Qe3 Nc5 {0-1 Zvjaginsev,V-Svidler,P/St.
Petersburg 1992/ (41)}) 15... Qc8 16. h5 c5 {Following the wisdom, that the
flank attack is best answered by the counteraction in the center.} (16... c6
17. Qb3 $14) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rc1 (18. Rd1 Nc7 19. Qe2 Ne6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 $14)
18... Nc7 19. Qd3 (19. Qc6 $2 Ne6 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 21. Nxe6 fxe6 $15) (19. Qe2
Ne6 20. Nxe6 Qxe6 21. d5 Qd7 22. c4 $14) 19... Qg4 20. g3 (20. Qh3 Qxh3 21.
Rxh3 $14) 20... e5 $1 {[%mdl 256] Tactics in the service of defence, black
opens air for his bishop g7.} 21. dxe5 (21. Be3 $6 exd4 22. cxd4 cxd4 23. Rxc7
dxe3 24. Qxe3 Rac8 $15) 21... Ne6 22. Qe2 (22. Nxe6 Qxe6 23. Qe2 (23. Qd5 Rae8
24. Qxe6 Rxe6 $11) 23... Rfe8 24. f3 Bxe5 25. Qh2 b5 $14) 22... Qxe2+ 23. Kxe2
Nxg5 (23... Rfe8 $6 24. Nh7 $16) 24. Bxg5 Bxe5 25. f4 Bg7 (25... f6 $2 26. Bh6
$18) 26. e5 f6 $1 {Otherwise the pressure along h file would become decisive.}
27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Rh6 Kg7 (28... Bxg5 $2 29. Rxg6+ Kf7 30. Rxg5 $16) 29. Bxf6+
Kxf6 (29... Kxh6 $4 30. Rh1#) (29... Rxf6 30. Rch1 Rd6 $11) 30. Rd1 Rfe8+ 31.
Kf3 Rad8 32. Rxd8 (32. Rhh1 b5 $11) 32... Rxd8 33. Rh7 (33. Rh7 Rd3+ 34. Kg4
Rxc3 35. Rxa7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nf6 {
Nowadays this old-forgotten line is popular again.} (7... Nd7 {is the
beginning of the long theoretical line with only a slight _|_ advantage for
White.}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 {This exchange of the B is the best continuation
according to modern theory.} Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qa6 13. Qf3
Nbd7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 $142 {This is the improvement here.} (14... Kxd7 {
Topalov-Leko, Tilburg Fontys 1998 CBM 68}) 15. Ne4 Nf6 $1 (15... Be7 $6 {
runs into} 16. Qg3 $1 $16) (15... c5 $6 {opens up the position before Black
has finished his development.} 16. dxc5 Nxc5 (16... Bxc5 17. O-O-O $1 Qxa2 $2 {
This loses outright.} 18. Rxd7 Qa1+ 19. Kc2 Qa4+ 20. Kb1 $18) 17. Rd1 $1 (17.
O-O-O $6 {seems to be too risky here in view of} Qxa2 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Qxb7
O-O $13) (17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Qg3 Kf8) 17... Nxe4 (17... Qxa2 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19.
b4 Bb6 {Black has to keep his B on the /^ g1-a7 threatening on f2.} (19... Be7
$2 {founders on} 20. Qxb7) 20. O-O O-O 21. Qg3 Kh8 22. Rd7 $1 $44 {with
penetration on the seventh rank.}) 18. Qxe4 Be7 (18... Qxa2 $2 19. Qxb7 $18)
19. Rh3 $1 {White wants to control the only opened <-> d.} Rd8 (19... O-O $2 {
runs into} 20. Bxh6 $1 f5 ({after} 20... gxh6 $2 {Black cannot avoid mate:} 21.
Rg3+ Kh8 22. Qe5+ f6 23. Qh5 $18) 21. Qe3 gxh6 22. Qxh6 $18 {with a
devastating -> for White.}) 20. Rhd3 $16) 16. Nd6+ (16. Nxf6+ gxf6 17. h5 (17.
Bg3 f5 18. Be5 Rg8 {/\ 0-0-0}) (17. g4 Qb5 $1 {Black has to activate his Q and
threatening with the centralization by Qd5.} 18. O-O-O Qd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. h5
Kd7 (20... Rg8 21. f3) 21. f3 Bd6 22. Be3 b5 $11) 17... O-O-O $142 {and the Q
on a6 has an ideal position.} (17... f5 18. Qg3 $1 $14)) 16... Bxd6 17. Bxd6
Qb5 (17... O-O-O $2 18. Be7) 18. Be5 (18. O-O-O {is met again by the standard}
Qd5 $11) 18... Qd5 {Black has to control the [+].} (18... Qxb2 $2 {hunting for
pawns is not healthy here:} 19. O-O $1 Qa3 (19... O-O-O $4 {allows the quick
execution after} 20. Rab1 Qa3 21. Rxb7 $1 $18) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qxf6 $16) 19.
Rh3 (19. Qg3 $5 Qe4+ $142 {This is the best reaction here.} (19... O-O-O $5 {
unnecessarily complicates matters.} 20. Qxg7 Qe4+ 21. Kf1 Ng4 22. Rh3 $1 {
other moves fail to impress:} (22. Qxf7 $2 Ne3+ $1) (22. Qxh8 $2 Rxh8 23. Bxh8
Qc2 $1 $19) (22. Re1 Qd3+ 23. Kg1 Qd2 24. Qxg4 (24. Rf1 Nxe5 25. dxe5 (25. Qxe5
Qxb2) 25... Qxb2 $1 26. Qxf7 Qxa2 $15) 24... Qxe1+ 25. Kh2 Qxf2 26. Bxh8 Rxh8
$11) 22... Nxe5 (22... Rhg8 $2 23. Qxf7 Nxe5 (23... Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 Nxe5+ 25.
Qxg8 Rxg8+ 26. Rg3 $18) 24. Qxe6+ $18) 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. dxe5 Rd2 25. Rb1 Rhd8
26. Rf3 $14 {with better chances in the R _|_.}) 20. Kd2 (20. Kf1 Nh5 21. Qh3
O-O-O $11) 20... Qg4 $1 {Otherwise White gets the upper hand:} (20... O-O-O 21.
Rhe1 Qf5 22. f3) (20... Nh5 21. Qh3 O-O-O (21... Nf4 22. Qe3 $1 Qxe3+ 23. fxe3
$14) 22. Rhe1 Qg6 23. g4 Nf6 24. f3 $14) 21. Qe3 Nd5 $11 {with mutual chances.}
) 19... Qxf3 20. Rxf3 Ke7 $11 {This _|_ is completely sound for Black.} 21.
O-O-O Rhd8 22. Rg1 h5 23. Re1 Rd7 24. Kc2 Rg8 25. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Qb3 Be6 11. Qxb7 O-O 12. Bb5 Nb4 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Bc6
Rac8 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. O-O cxd4 17. cxd4 Rc2 18. a4 f6 19. Rfc1 Rfc8 20. Rxc2
Rxc2 21. Bb8 a6 22. h3 Bf8 23. a5 e6 24. Rb1 Rc4 25. Ba7 Bb4 26. Bb6 Be4 27.
Ra1 Rc2 28. Rb1 Rc4 29. Ra1 Rc2 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Na4 c6 8.
O-O O-O 9. d4 e4 10. Bg2 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Be7 13. Bf4 b6 14. Rfc1 Ba6
15. Qd1 Nh5 16. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. c3 Bg7 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nc2 O-O 14. Nce3
Be6 15. Bd3 f5 16. O-O Ra7 17. a4 {A relatively new idea. It seems that after
the "old" move 17.Qh5 Black has good attacking prospects.} (17. Qh5 Raf7 18. g4
(18. f4 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Kh1 e4 21. Bc2 b4 22. g4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Kh8 24.
gxf5 Bxf5 25. Rab1 Qa7 26. Nxf5 Rxf5 27. Qe2 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxf4 29. Bxe4 Qe7
30. Bf3 {1/2-1/2 Asrian,K-Rogozenko,D/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext (30)}) 18... e4
19. Bc2 Ne5 20. Nf4 Bd7 21. Bb3 fxg4 22. Ne6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6 Qf6 24. Bxf7+ Rxf7
25. h3 Qe6 26. hxg4 Rf6 27. Kg2 Nd3 28. Qh4 Nf4+ 29. Kg1 h5 30. g5 Nh3+ 31. Kh1
Rf3 32. Qxh5 Nxf2+ 33. Kg2 Rh3 34. Qe2 Qe5 35. Rg1 Rh2+ 36. Kf1 Nh3 37. Qg4
Nxg1 38. Kxg1 Rxb2 $19 {0-1 Svidler,P-Kasparov,G/ICC m1 1998/CBM 64 ext (50)})
17... Ne7 (17... bxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 $14) (17... b4 $6 18. Qh5 (18. cxb4 $5) 18...
e4 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Bc4 $14 {Golubev - Nechaev, Donetzk (zt.) 98}) 18. Nxe7+
Rxe7 (18... Qxe7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa7 Qxa7 21. Bxb5 Qc5 22. Ba4 $16) 19. axb5
axb5 20. Bxb5 d5 21. Nc2 $6 {After this move Black is OK.} (21. Ra6 $1 {
White should´ve tried this. In my opinion Black still has to prove the
equality.} f4 $140 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxd5 Qxd5 24. Nxd5 {/\25.Bc4.} Kh8 25. f3
{and White has better chances.}) 21... Rb7 22. Bc6 (22. Na3 $6 Qc7 $5 $44 {
/\ 23. ... Rfb8.}) 22... Rxb2 23. Ra8 Qd6 24. Ra6 Qc5 25. Nb4 Qxc3 (25... Rd8
$5 26. Nd3 Qc4 27. Ra4 Qxc6 28. Nxb2 Qxc3 $13) 26. Bxd5 Qxb4 27. Bxe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7.
e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 (11. h4 Nf6 12. Be3 Qd6 $1 13.
Ng5 Nc6 14. O-O-O Na5 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. h5 b4 17. Na4 b3 $1 18. axb3 Bd5 19. Nc5
Rab8 $17 {Alexandria,N-An Yangfeng/Dubai olw/1986/ (19)}) (11. Qxe6+ Kh8 12.
Qe4 (12. Ng5 c5 (12... Qe8 13. Qe4 Ra7 14. Bd3 e5 15. O-O exd4 16. Qh4 Nf6 17.
Nd5 c6 18. Nf4 Kg8 19. Nxh7 Nxh7 20. Bxg6 Bf6 21. Qg3 Qe5 {0-1 Palacios,
B-McTavish,D/Toronto/1992/ (29)}) 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nf7+ Rxf7 15. Qxf7 Nc6 16.
Be3 Be6 17. Qf4 Be5 18. Qf3 Nb4 19. Qd1 Ncd3+ 20. Bxd3 Nxd3+ 21. Kf1 Nxb2 22.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 {1/2-1/2 Mirzoev,A-Sideif Sade,F/Baku/1997/ (50)}) 12... Nb6 13. Qh4
(13. Be2 Bf5 14. Qh4 Nc6 15. Bh6 e5 16. Ng5 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qe7 18. dxe5 Nd4 19.
Rd1 c5 20. Rd2 b4 21. Nd1 Nd5 {0-1 Portisch,L-Adorjan,A/Amsterdam/1971/ (59)})
13... Nc6 (13... Rxf3 14. gxf3 Nc6 15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Bg5 Bxd4 17. O-O-O b4 18.
Be3 Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Qg8 20. Qe4 bxc3 21. Qxc6 cxb2+ 22. Kb1 {1-0 Rajkovic,
D-Zakic,S/Tivat/1995/ (35)}) 14. Bh6 (14. Bd3 $5 Rxf3 $8 (14... e5 15. Bg5 (15.
Ng5 h6 16. Be4 $1 Qd6 17. Nf3 $36) 15... Qe8 16. O-O exd4 17. Rae1 Qf7 18. Be4
Bd7 19. Bxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxd4 Qc4 21. Nxc6 Qxc6 {0-1 Pereyra Arcija,D-Hoffman,A/
Villa Martelli 1997/ (65)}) 15. gxf3 (15. Bxg6 $2 Qg8 16. gxf3 Bf6 $19) 15...
Nxd4 16. Be4 $8 Bf5 $1 17. Be3 $8 c5 (17... e5 $1 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. O-O-O c5
20. f4 $6 (20. Kb1 b4 21. Ne2 Rf8 $5 $13 {<=>}) 20... b4 21. Bxf5 gxf5 {
Stohl,I-Ruck,R/HUN/1997/ (21)}) 18. Bxd4 $1 (18. O-O-O $5 b4 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20.
Bxf5 gxf5 21. Ne2 d3 22. Kb1 (22. Qxb4 $5) 22... Na4 23. Nf4 Nc3+ 24. bxc3 bxc3
25. Ng6+) 18... cxd4 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Rg1 Bf6 21. Qh6 Bg7 22. Qh4 Bf6 23. Qh6
Bg7 {1/2-1/2 Karpov,A-Kamsky,G/Elista (m/5) 1996/ (23)}) 14... e5 (14... Bf5
15. Bxg7+ Kxg7 16. Be2 Qd6 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rfd1 Qf6 19. Qxf6+ Rxf6 20. Rac1
Rfd6 21. d5 Nb4 {1/2-1/2 Ostenstad,B-Sigfusson,S/Reykjavik 1988/ (49)}) 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Bxg7+ Kxg7 17. Nxe5 Nxd4 18. O-O-O Bb7 (18... Be6 $11) 19. f3 c5
{1/2-1/2 Bronstein,D-Pein,M/Wrexham 1995/ (19)}) 11... Nb6 12. h4 Nc6 (12...
Nd5 13. h5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 c5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Qc2 e5 17. dxc5 Bf5 18. e4 Bg4
19. Be2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nc6 {0-1 Levtchouk,G-Duong Thanh Nha/Quebec 1992/ (31)})
13. h5 Rxf3 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4 15. hxg6 hxg6 (15... Bxe3 16. gxh7+ Kh8
17. fxe3 Qd6 18. Ne4 $16) 16. Rd1 c5 17. Bxd4 (17. Rh4 Bxe3 18. Rxd8 Bxf2+ 19.
Ke2 Bxh4 20. Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Ne4 $13) 17... cxd4 18. Qc2 $1 (18. Nxb5 $6 axb5
19. Qh3 Kf7 20. Qh7+ Kf6 $17) (18. Rh4 Qe8 19. Rdxd4 Qf7 20. f3 $14) 18... Rf5
19. Qd2 e5 20. Qh6 Qd6 21. Bd3 $16) 14. gxf3 Nxd4 (14... Bxd4 15. hxg6 hxg6 16.
Rd1 $16) 15. Rd1 $1 {[%mdl 4] Kasparov was very proud of this game, he
considered it to be his best achievement in Wijk. This idea was surely
prepared at home, black is in grave danger.} c5 (15... Nxf3+ $2 16. Ke2 Nd4+
17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qc2 Kg7 20. Rg1 $18) 16. Bxd4 cxd4 (16... Bxd4
17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rg1 Qe8 19. Bd3 $18) 17. hxg6 h6 (17... hxg6 18. Rg1 $1 Nd5 (
18... Qe8 19. Ne2 Qf7 20. Nxd4 $18) 19. Nxd5 (19. Ne2 e5 20. f4 Bf5 $16) 19...
exd5 20. Rxg6 e5 21. Bd3 $16) 18. Rh5 $1 {xd5 This move is very profound, the
central square d5 is not accessible for black.} (18. Bg2 $6 Nc4 19. f4 Ra7 $14)
18... Qe8 (18... Qc7 19. Ne2 Qd6 20. Nxd4 $1 Bxd4 21. Rh4 Qe5+ 22. Re4 Bxf2+
23. Kxf2 $18) (18... Kh8 19. Ne2 e5 20. Qf7 Qg8 21. Qxe7 $18) 19. Ne2 Qxg6 20.
Rh1 Kh8 (20... Bb7 21. Rg1 Qf6 22. Nxd4 Bd5 23. Qe3 Bxa2 24. Bh3 $18) 21. Rg1
Qf7 (21... Qf6 22. Rxd4 Bb7 23. Rdg4 Bd5 24. Qd3 Rg8 25. Nf4 $18) 22. Nxd4 Nd5
23. Qd3 (23. Bh3 Nf4 $16) 23... Bd7 (23... e5 24. Nxb5 Bb7 25. Na3 Nf4 26. Qe3
$18) 24. Qe4 Rc8 (24... Rg8 25. Bd3 Nf6 26. Qg6 $16) 25. Bd3 {Black had
finally developed all his pieces, but he has only one pawn for the sacrificed
exchange and his king is under attack.} Nf6 (25... Qg8 26. Rg6 Nf6 27. Qh4 Qf7
28. Ke2 e5 29. Rxh6+ Bxh6 30. Qxh6+ Nh7 31. Rh1 exd4 32. Bxh7 Qe6+ 33. Qxe6
Bxe6 34. Bf5+ Kg7 35. Bxe6 $18) 26. Qh4 Rc5 27. Ne2 $1 Nd5 (27... e5 28. Nc3 $1
Bc6 29. Qb4 $18) 28. Rg6 Qf8 (28... Be8 29. Rxh6+ $1 Bxh6 (29... Kg8 30. Bg6
Qxg6 31. Rxg6 Bxg6 32. Nd4 $18) 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Kd2 Qg7 32. Rg1 $18) 29. Qe4
Qf7 (29... Nf6 $2 30. Rxf6 $18) (29... Bxb2 30. Rxe6 $1 Qg7 31. Rg6 $18) 30.
Kd2 $1 Nf6 31. Qe3 {Black surprisingly resigned, but the doubling of white
rook along the g file is decisive.} (31. Qe3 Rh5 (31... Rg5 32. Rxg5 hxg5 33.
Rh1+ Kg8 34. Qxg5 $18) 32. Rdg1 Bf8 33. Nf4 Rh2 34. R6g3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "1999.01.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 069"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Schulz,A} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Avoiding Sveshnikov variation.} g6 4. d4
cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 (7. f3 {Now it´s impossible to play the
lines with the long castle and Bishop on f1. Black can play d7-d5 immidiately.}
O-O 8. Qd2 $2 d5) 7... O-O 8. Bb3 (8. f3 Qb6 {is good for Black.}) 8... d6 9.
f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Rc8 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 {is another possibility here,
exploiting the fact that White had to play early Bc4-b3.}) 11. O-O-O Ne5 12.
Kb1 {This line became very popular lately. Till now Black wasn´t able to prove
a clear way to equalise.} (12. h4 {Schulz,A usw.}) 12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14.
g4 {Schulz,A: 'Mit dieser weniger scharfen weißen Vorgehensweise (12.Kb1)
hatte Schwarz in letzter Zeit große Mühe.'} Qc7 $5 (14... b5 $2 15. b3 Rc8 (
15... Rc5 $2 16. Ne6 fxe6 17. Bxc5 Qc7 18. Bd4 Rc8 19. g5 $18 {Lobron-Zhu Chen,
Bad Homburg 98}) 16. Ndxb5 Qa5 17. a4 a6 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Nxe7+ Kh8 20. Rxd2
Rce8 21. Nxd6 (21. Nf5 gxf5 22. Nxd6 fxg4 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Bd4 Bc6 $1 25. Bxf6
Bxf6 26. Rd6 Re6 27. Rxe6 fxe6 28. fxg4 Bc3 $1 $13 {Timoshenko-Rogozenko,
Cappelle la Grande 98}) 21... Rxe7 22. Bc5 $1 $16 {Bologan-Fedorov, Calcutta 99
}) 15. g5 Nh5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Ne2 Be6 18. Ng3 {Trying to make an improvement
over the first game with this variation.} (18. Qd3 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qc7 {'?!'
Schulz,A.} (19... Ra4 $6 20. Qb5 Qa5 21. Qxa5 Rxa5 22. Ng3 $14 {
Tiviakov-Alterman, Beijing 97} (22. Ng3 {Schulz,A} Rc8 23. Nxh5 gxh5 24. b3 b5
25. Bd2 Bc3 26. Rhe1 Kf8 27. Re3 Bxd2 28. Rxd2 b4 29. f4 $16 {1-0 Tiviakov,
S-Alterman,B/Beijing 1997/CBM 61 (76)})) (19... Rh4 20. Bf2 Nf4 {wurde als
Verbesserung vorgeschlagen.}) 20. b3 Rh4 $13) 18... Bxd5 19. exd5 (19. Qxd5 Qc7
$13) 19... Qd7 20. b3 Rc7 21. Nxh5 (21. Bxa7 Rfc8 22. Rc1 Nxg3 23. hxg3 Qf5 24.
f4 $13) 21... gxh5 {Despite the broken pawn structure, it seems that Black has
good chances here. The weaknesses on the kingside are not so easy to exploit.}
22. Bd4 (22. Qd3 Rfc8 23. Rd2 a5 $1 $40) 22... Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rfc8 24. Rd2 (24.
c4 $5 b5 25. cxb5 Qxb5 $13) 24... Qf5 25. Rc1 b5 {Black has little to fear now.
} (25... Qxf3 {Schulz,A} 26. Qxa7 b5 27. Qf2 $11) 26. f4 a5 27. Re2 Rc5 (27...
a4 {Schulz,A} 28. Qe4) 28. Qd2 (28. Rd2 $2 {Schulz,A} a4) 28... Rxd5 (28... b4
{Schulz,A} 29. Rxe7 Rxd5 30. Qe3 $11) 29. Qxa5 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Reinderman, Dimitri"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. Bd3
Nbd7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 e6 11. O-O Qe7 12. Rfe1 Ng8 13. Qe3 Ngf6 14. e5 dxe5
15. dxe5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 O-O 19. Qf4 Rad8 20. Qh6 f6
21. exf6 Qxf6 22. b3 Nc5 23. b4 Ne4 24. Qe3 Nc3 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxe6 Nd5 27.
b5 axb5 28. axb5 Nc3 29. Re7 Nxb5 30. Ng5 Rde8 31. Rae1 Rxe7 32. Rxe7 h6 33.
Ne6 Rf7 34. Re8+ Kh7 35. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. Re1 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 c6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Bf1 Qb4 20. Qe2 Rd4 21.
Qc2 Red8 22. a3 Qc5 23. Kg2 Bf8 24. Bd3 Kg7 25. Ne2 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. Be3
f6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Qe2 e5 12. Nf3 Nf7 13. O-O Qe7 14. a4 O-O 15. a5
b5 16. Nd2 Nd8 17. Nb3 Ne6 18. Rfd1 Rfc8 19. f3 Be8 20. Qf2 c5 21. Nd5 Qf8 22.
Nc1 f5 23. exf5 gxf5 24. f4 exf4 25. Nxf4 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Bxb2 27. Rb1 Bg7 28.
Rb3 Rc6 29. Re3 Rg6 30. Nd3 Bd4 31. Ne5 Rg7 32. Bh6 f4 33. Rxd4 cxd4 34. Re4
Bg6 35. Rxf4 Qd6 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Nxg6 hxg6 38. Rf7+ Kg8 39. Rf6 Qe7 40. Rxg6+
Kh7 41. Qf5 Rf8 42. Qh5# 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Qd2 Qd6 12. Rad1 e5 13. Ba6 Na5 14. Bxb7 Nxb7
15. Bh6 Rfe8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ng3 Rad8 18. f4 exd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. d5 f6 21.
e5 fxe5 22. f5 Rf8 23. Ne4 Qd7 24. f6+ Kh8 25. Ng5 Rde8 26. f7 Rc8 27. Qe3 Qe7
28. h4 Nd6 29. Ne6 Rxf7 30. Qxe5+ Rg7 31. Rde1 Re8 32. Qa1 Kg8 33. Nxg7 Qxg7
34. Rxe8+ Nxe8 35. Qe1 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Nd6 37. Qe6+ Kg7 38. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bosboom, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f3 b5
9. Qd2 Qc7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Nce2 d5 13. e5 Nfd7 14. f4 Nc5 15. Ng3
Nbd7 16. Kb1 a5 17. Bb5 Ba6 18. Bxa6 Rxa6 19. Qe2 Rb6 20. Rhe1 Be7 21. Qh2 a4
22. b3 Qa7 23. f5 axb3 24. cxb3 Qa6 25. Nh5 Bf8 26. fxe6 fxe6 27. Qc2 Ne4 28.
Bd2 Ndc5 29. Nf4 g5 30. Ndxe6 Nxe6 31. Nxd5 Nxd2+ 32. Rxd2 Nf4 33. Nc7+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yermolinsky, Alex"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. g4 Nb6 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Qf2 Nfd7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. h4 O-O 15.
g5 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. cxd3 a5 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Rc6 a4
22. Nd2 Qb5 23. Qe2 b3 24. a3 Qxd5 25. Rc7 Qe6 26. Rhc1 d5 27. Bf2 Rfd8 28.
R1c6 Qf5 29. Nf1 d4 30. Ng3 Qh3 31. Ne4 Bf8 32. Bg3 Re8 33. Be1 Be7 34. h5 Nf8
35. h6 Ne6 36. Rb7 Nf4 37. Qd1 Rac8 38. Rbc7 Rxc7 39. Rxc7 Qf1 40. hxg7 Qxd3+
41. Qxd3 Nxd3 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. Bc4 Nc6 8.
O-O e6 9. Qe2 Bd6 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Rad1 a6 12. Bd3 b5 13. Bb1 Bb7 14. e5 Bxe5
15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 Qc6 17. f3 Ng6 18. Bg3 Rad8 19. h4 Ne7 20. h5 h6 21. Bh4
f6 22. Be4 Nd5 23. Bb1 Rd7 24. Rde1 Nf4 25. Qc2 Nd3 26. c4 bxc4 27. Re4 Rd4 28.
Rfe1 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 f5 30. Bf2 Rd5 31. Qxc4 Re8 32. a3 Qb5 33. Qc3 Qd7 34. Ba2
Rd3 35. Rxe6 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rxe6 37. Qe5 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe2 h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15.
Be3 Kf8 16. a5 Nd7 17. Na4 Bb5 18. Qd2 Bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rc8 20. c3 Ne5 21. Bb6 Qc6
22. Rb4 g5 23. Bd4 Qc7 24. f4 gxf4 25. gxf4 Ng6 26. Bxh8 Nxh8 27. f5 Bf6 28. e5
Qc5+ 29. Kh1 Bxe5 30. Rxb7 exf5 31. Rf1 f4 32. Bd5 Qxa5 33. Qg2 Qd8 34. Qg4 Rc7
35. Rxc7 Qxc7 36. Rg1 a5 37. Qg5 Ke8 38. Qh6 Qc5 39. Rg8+ Kd7 40. Qh3+ Ke7 41.
Qh4+ Bf6 42. Qe1+ Be5 43. Bf3 Ng6 44. Qg1 Qb5 45. Qg5+ f6 46. Qg1 Nh4 47. Qg7+
Ke6 48. Qg4+ f5 49. Qxh4 Qf1+ 50. Rg1 Qxf3+ 51. Rg2 Qe4 52. Qh7 f3 53. Qg8+ Ke7
54. Qh7+ Ke6 55. Rg6+ Kd5 56. Qb7+ Kc5 57. Qxe4 fxe4 58. Kg1 e3 59. Kf1 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qc2 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. O-O b6 8. Bg5
Bb7 9. Nbd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nbd7 11. Rac1 Rc8 12. Qb1 h6 13. Bh4 Rxc1 14. Rxc1 g5
15. Bg3 Nh5 16. d5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e6 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bc4 Qe7 20. b4 Kh8 21.
Qb3 Rf6 22. a3 Nf8 23. e5 dxe5 24. Qe3 Ng6 25. Ne4 Rf8 26. Bd3 g4 27. Nfd2 Bd5
28. Nc4 Nf4 29. gxf4 exf4 30. Qe1 Qh4 31. Ncd2 Bd4 32. Rc7 Bxe4 33. Nxe4 g3 34.
Rd7 Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 f3+ 37. gxf3 Qxe1+ 38. Kxe1 g2 39. Rxd4 g1=Q+ 40.
Ke2 Qa1 41. Rd7 Qb2+ 42. Nd2 Qxa3 43. Rh7+ Kg8 44. Rxh6 Rd8 45. Rg6+ Kf7 46.
Be4 Qb2 47. Kf1 Rxd2 48. Kg1 Rxf2 49. Kh1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 h6 8. h3
Nh7 9. d4 Bf6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 exd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Qa5 Re8 14. e5 Be7
15. Nc4 Be6 16. Ne3 Qb8 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Bd2 a5 19. Rfc1 Ra6 20. Nc4 Bxc4 21.
Qxc4 Nf8 22. Rc3 d5 23. Qd3 Ne6 24. Rac1 Qb7 25. R3c2 a4 26. Be3 Rb6 27. Qe2
Rb8 28. Rb1 Rb5 29. Qd2 Ba3 30. Qc3 Bxb2 31. Qxc6 a3 32. Qxb7 R8xb7 33. Kf1 g5
34. Ke2 Kf8 35. Kd3 Ke8 36. Bd2 c5 37. dxc5 Nxc5+ 38. Ke2 Ne4 39. Be1 f6 40.
exf6 Bxf6 41. Rxb5 Rxb5 42. Kd3 Kd7 43. Nd4 Bxd4 44. Kxd4 Rb2 45. Kd3 d4 46.
Rxb2 axb2 47. Kc2 d3+ 0-1

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. b4 Nd7 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. O-O f6
9. b5 O-O 10. a4 Nf7 11. a5 Rb8 12. Ne1 f5 13. Nc2 Nf6 14. Nb4 Bd7 15. Nb3 b6
16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 f4 18. Ba3 Nd6 19. Na6 Rc8 20. Rxc7 Rxc7 21. Bxd6 Ra7 22.
Bxe5 fxg3 23. hxg3 Ng4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qa1 Bc8 26. Nxd4 Qf6 27. Nc6 Qxa1 28.
Rxa1 Raf7 29. f4 Ne3 30. Bf3 h6 31. Nab4 g5 32. Nd5 gxf4 33. Nxf4 Nf5 34. Nh5+
Kh8 35. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Hoogovens 5'"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "1999.01.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.01.18"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 068 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.03.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. exf5 Bc5 6. O-O O-O 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Nxe5 Bxf5 9. d3 Qe8 10. Qe2 Bd6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Nc4 Qg6 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. Bd2
Nf6 15. Rae1 d5 16. Qf2 b6 17. Ne2 c5 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. f5 Qf7 20. Qf3 h6 21. h3
Rfe8 22. Bf4 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Re8 24. Be5 d4 25. b3 Nd5 26. Nh5 Nb4 27. Nxg7 Rxe5
28. Rxe5 Kxg7 29. Qg3+ Kh7 30. Re2 Bxf5 31. Qd6 Nd5 32. Re5 Bxh3 33. Qxd5 Qxd5
34. Rxd5 Bg4 35. Kf2 Kg6 36. Rd6+ Kg5 37. b4 cxb4 38. Rxd4 Bd1 39. Rxb4 Bxc2
40. Ke3 h5 41. Rc4 Bb1 42. a3 Ba2 43. Rc7 a5 44. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
{A pity. I would very much like to see Kasparov play the white side of the
Marshall.} d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. d4
cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bb7 18. Ng3 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4
$146 (20. Qd3 Bc5 21. Be3 Qb6 22. Kh2 $13 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-German,G/Boca 1997/
CBM 58 ext (35)}) 20... dxe4 21. Be3 Qxd4 22. Bxd4 Bb4 $6 (22... Rad8 23. Rad1
(23. Bxe4 $2 Bb4 24. Re2 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 f5 26. Rf4 g5 $19) 23... Bb4 24. Re3 Rd7
$11) 23. Red1 Bd5 (23... Rad8 $142) 24. a3 Ba5 25. Bc5 Bb7 26. Bd6 $14 {
Svidler has given Kasparov a slight but clear advantage.} Bb6 27. Bb3 Rac8 28.
a4 g5 29. axb5 $6 $11 (29. a5 $1 {Kasparov claims a win with this move on his
own website.} Ba7 30. Kf1 $16) 29... axb5 30. Bb4 Rcd8 31. Bc3 e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qb5 c6 13. Qa4 Bd6 14. Be2 Qc7
15. Ne5 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 b5 17. Qc2 c5 18. Nf1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qxc2 20. Rxc2 Nc4 21.
Nd3 Rac8 22. f3 Nf6 23. Bg5 h6 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Rac1 Re8 26. b3 Nb6 27. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. Bd3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Nd7 13. O-O-O Be7 14. Kb1 Bg5
15. Bf2 Rc8 16. h4 Bf4 17. Rhe1 O-O 18. g3 Bh6 19. g4 hxg4 20. fxg4 Bf4 21. Nd2
Bxd2 22. Rxd2 Qa5 23. c3 Nf6 24. g5 Nh5 25. Qf3 g6 26. Re4 b5 27. Qg4 Qc7 28.
Rb4 Rb8 29. c4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Qa5 31. Qd1 Rb4 32. Rc6 Rfb8 33. b3 Nf4 34. Be3
Re4 35. Qf3 Ra4 36. Qd1 Rxb3+ 37. Qxb3 Rb4 38. Rxd6 Rxb3+ 39. axb3 Qc3 40. Bxf4
exf4 41. Rb2 Qe1+ 42. Ka2 Qa5+ 43. Kb1 Qe1+ 44. Ka2 f3 45. Rf6 Qa5+ 46. Kb1
Qe1+ 47. Kc2 Qe4+ 48. Kc1 Qe1+ 49. Kc2 f2 50. Rb1 Qe4+ 51. Kb2 Qxd5 52. Rf1
Qe5+ 53. Ka3 Qe7+ 54. b4 a5 55. R1xf2 Qxb4+ 56. Ka2 Qxh4 57. Rg2 Qc4+ 58. Kb2
Qd4+ 59. Ka3 Qa1+ 60. Kb3 a4+ 61. Kc4 Qc1+ 62. Kb5 Qb1+ 63. Ka5 Qe1+ 64. Ka6
Qb4 65. Rff2 Kf8 66. Re2 a3 67. Rd2 f6 68. gxf6 g5 69. Rgf2 Qa4+ 70. Kb6 Kf7
71. Kc7 Qa5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Qd3 ({The
main lines starts with} 7. Bg5) ({or} 7. Re1) 7... d6 (7... d5 {an interesting
way to break the normal patterns} 8. Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxe5 Nxe4 10. Nd2 (10. Nxc6
Qd6 11. Ne5 c5 $132 {Ehlvest}) 10... Bf5 11. Qf3 Qf6 (11... Nxd2 12. Bxd2 Be4
13. Qg4 (13. Qe3 Re8 $13) 13... c5 $5 $13) 12. Nxc6 (12. g4 Be6 13. Qxf6 gxf6
14. Nxc6 Bxg4 15. f3 Nxd2 16. Bxd2 Bh3 17. Rfe1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Litvinov,
V-Tolstikh,N/Minsk 1993/EXT 97 (58)}) 12... Rae8 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Nb4 Qe6 15.
Nd3 c6 16. Bd2 Re8 17. Rae1 $44 {1-0 Ehlvest,J-Short,N/Belgrade 1989/CBM 16 
(41)}) 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Bd7 (9... g5 $6 10. Nxg5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Kg7 12. f4 $40 {
1-0 Polgar,S-Bayon Fernandez,R/Oviedo 1993/CBM 38 ext (25)}) (9... exd4 10.
cxd4 g5 (10... Bg4 11. Nbd2 Bh5 12. Rfe1 g5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15.
Bxg5 $40 {1-0 Arnason,J-Lima,D/Thessaloniki 1988/TD (44)}) 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12.
Nxg5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Kg7 14. a4 a5 15. Ra3 Qd7 16. e5 Nh7 17. Qd2 Rg8 $17 {
0-1 Renet,O-Ninov,K/Ostend 1989/EXT 99 (26)}) 10. Nbd2 a6 11. Bc4 exd4 $146 {
The standard plan for Black is to hold the e5-point firmly, and to lay out the
barbwire on the K-side by putting P:s on g5 and f6. This plan worked well in
Ehlvest - Salov, Moscow 1988. Leko plays a new sequence of moves with the aim
of playing an early g5.} (11... Qe7 12. Rfe1 (12. a3 Kh8 13. Rfe1 g5 14. Bg3
Nh5 15. Bd5 Nf4 (15... f6 $5) 16. Bxf4 gxf4 17. Nc4 f6 18. Nh4 $14 {1-0 Mainka,
R-Law,A/Gausdal 1991/TD (31)}) 12... Kh8 (12... Rad8 13. Bd5 Kh8 14. Nc4 Bg4
15. Nxb6 cxb6 16. Nd2 g5 17. Bg3 Nb8 18. Nc4 b5 19. Nxd6 $16 {1-0 Luther,
T-Gruen,P/BL9192 1992/GER-chT (29)}) 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Nc4 f6 16. Nxb6
cxb6 17. Nd2 b5 $13 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Salov,V/Moscow 1988/URS-ch (82)}) 12.
cxd4 g5 $5 13. Bg3 (13. Nxg5 $5 {Tempting, but maybe not quite as good as it
looks at first.} hxg5 14. Bxg5 Kg7 $1 (14... Bxd4 $2 15. e5 Bxe5 16. Qg6+ Kh8
17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Ne4 $18) (14... Nxd4 $2 15. e5 Bf5 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qh4 Qd7 18.
Qxh5 $18) 15. e5 (15. Nf3 Qe8 16. Rfe1 $13) 15... dxe5 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. dxe5
Nxe4 18. Bxd8 Raxd8 19. Qf3 Bg6 {A highly unclear position. Blacks minor
pieces are quite active.}) 13... Nh5 14. e5 $5 {/\Qg6} Kg7 (14... Nxg3 $2 15.
Qg6+ Kh8 16. Qxh6+ Kg8 17. Nxg5 $18) 15. exd6 Nxg3 16. dxc7 (16. hxg3 cxd6 $13)
16... Qxc7 17. fxg3 $5 {[%mdl 16] Svidler creates a dangerous tactical
liability by self-pinning himself on d4. White hopes to compensate himself
with play on the f-file later on.} g4 18. Nh4 {[%cal Rf1f7,Yd3g6] White has a
threat.} Ne5 $1 {[%cal Ge5f7,Ge5g6,Re5c4,Re5d3]} (18... Bxd4+ 19. Kh1 Bxb2 20.
Rxf7+ $1 Rxf7 21. Qg6+ Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8 23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Bxf7 $18) (18... Nxd4
19. Rxf7+ $1 $18) 19. Nf5+ (19. Qc3 Rac8 20. Rac1 Qd6 21. Rf4 Nc6 22. Nb3 Ne5
23. Nd2 $11) 19... Bxf5 (19... Kh7 $2 20. Qe4 $18) (19... Kh8 $2 20. Qe3 $18)
20. Qxf5 Bxd4+ $6 {This helps White a bit.} (20... Rad8 $5 {This was the way
to immediately utilise White's weaknesses. White has problems with his loose
pieces on c4 and d2.} 21. Kh1 (21. Rf4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Rd8 $1 $19) 21... Rxd4 22.
Qf6+ Kh7 23. Qf5+ (23. Rf5 Rxd2 24. Rxe5 Qxc4 25. Qxb6 Qc6 26. Qxc6 bxc6 $13)
23... Kg7 (23... Kg8 $2 24. Ne4 $16) 24. Qf6+ $11) 21. Kh1 Qd6 22. Rae1 (22.
Rad1 Qg6 $11) 22... Rad8 $6 (22... Bxb2 $5 {Still some problems with Nd2 and
Bc4.} 23. Ne4 (23. Re2 Rae8 24. Bb3 Qg6 $17) 23... Qg6 24. Bd5 Qxf5 25. Rxf5
Rab8 26. Nc5 Rfe8 27. Nxb7 $11) 23. Bb3 $1 $16 {White has consolidated. Blacks
weak K-side and the opposite coloured B:s gives White good attacking chances.}
Bxb2 24. Nc4 {Exchanging Black´s best defender.} Nxc4 25. Qxg4+ Qg6 26. Qxc4 b5
27. Qb4 Rc8 28. Re3 $1 {[%cal Yb3f7,Yf1f7,Ye3f3,Yf3f7,Ge3c3][%mdl 128]} (28.
Bxf7 Bc3 29. Qxf8+ (29. Qxc3+ Rxc3 30. Bxg6 Rxf1+ 31. Rxf1 Kxg6 $11) 29... Rxf8
30. Bxg6 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Kxg6 32. Kg1 $14) 28... Qg5 29. Qd2 Bf6 30. h4 Qc5 31.
Re4 h5 32. Ref4 {[%cal Yf1f7,Yb3f7] Black is doomed.} Rc6 33. Rf5 Qc3 34. Qf4
$18 Rd8 35. Rxh5 Qd2 36. Qg4+ Kf8 37. Rh8+ $1 Ke7 38. Rh7 Rf8 39. Qe4+ Kd7 40.
Bxf7 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nbd2 Rae8 12. c3 d5 13. Ba2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nh5 15.
Nb3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Nf6 17. Re1 Nb8 18. Nxe5 Bd6 19. Nd3 Bxe4 20. Nbc5 Bd5 21.
Rxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Kf1 f6 24. a4 Kf7 25. Bd2 g5 26. a5 Ne7 27. Rc1
Nec6 28. c4 b4 29. Ra1 Bxc5 30. Nxc5 Re5 31. Nb3 Nd7 32. Be3 Ke7 33. g3 Re4 34.
Nd2 Re5 35. Nb3 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.02.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {I had an idea in the Qb3 Grunfeld that I had wanted to try. In Wijk aan
Zee, Kasparov entered the same system against Svidler, but he had another idea
in mind. Now it was my chance.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4
6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 {Svidler repeats the Hungarian system.} 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3
Nfd7 10. h4 {Kasparov played e6, but I assumed that Svidler had improved on
that.} c5 11. e6 c4 {I had briefly acquainted myself with the theory of this
move, but had concentrated on Black's alternatives.} 12. Qd1 Nb6 13. exf7+ Rxf7
14. h5 Nc6 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Be3 {This is all theory. The main move is 16...
Bg4, but Svidler had something else in mind.} Bf5 $1 {Svidler said that he was
surprised that this natural move had hardly ever been played.} 17. Ng5 {
Obviously, the difference between Bf5 and Bg4. I thought it would be better
not to follow Lputian-Sokolov blindly, so when I saw this plan, I decided to
go for it.This is the sort of thing one shouldn't really do this without
developing all his pieces, but if you already played h4 on move 10, then it
doesn't matter.  However, this move isn't totally illogical. White wants to
play g4 and Bg2 instead of placing the bishop on e2.  Still, Black seems to be
OK after this move.} (17. Be2 Nb4 18. Rc1 {I remembered that Lputian-Sokolov
had reached this position.} e5 $1 {Later I discovered that this was played in
Kroeze-Van Haastert Wijk aan Zee 1998. (No, not Hoogovens, but Sonnevanck!). I
havent' checked everything, but it looks good for Black.}) 17... Rf6 (17...
Nxd4 {Black seems to have enough compensation here.} {For instance} 18. Nxf7
Kxf7 19. Rc1 e5 20. g4 Be6 21. Bg2 Ra7) 18. g4 Be6 $1 {The bishop goes for the
d5 square.} (18... Bd7 19. Bg2) 19. Nce4 (19. Bg2 Bd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 $15) 19...
Bd5 20. Qd2 (20. Nxf6+ exf6 21. Nf3 Qd7 {Gives Black too much ~/= for the
exchange!}) 20... Rd6 $2 {This wins the d-pawn (White can hardly save it now,
but White's attack on the h-file more than compensates.} (20... Qd7 $1 {
Svidler. The idea is that Black can now meet f3 with Rxf3.  It is difficult to
analyse a position like this. White has many options - he can play the
immediate f4 or interpolate Rd1 and Rd8 first or Bg2 and so on. The usual cop
out "unclear" seems called for!}) 21. f3 $1 {Now the rook will be sorely
missed on the f-file.} Bxe4 (21... Nxd4 $2 22. Bxd4 Bxe4 23. Qh2 $18 (23. Bxg7
Rxd2 24. Be5 $18)) 22. fxe4 Nd7 (22... Nxd4 23. Bxd4 $1 {This seems to work
and is much simpler.} (23. Qh2 {I considered this during the game. White plays
Bxc4+ and follows up with Qh7+ and castles check, but afterwards a simpler win
presented itself.} e5) 23... Rxd4 (23... Bxd4 24. Qh2 Bg7 (24... Kf8 25. e5)
25. e5 $1 Rc6 26. Be2 $18) 24. Qf2 $1 (24. Qh2 Qd6 $1 25. Bxc4+ Nxc4 26. Qh7+
Kf8) 24... Qf8 (24... Bf6 25. Rh8+ $1 $18) 25. Qh4 Qf6 26. Be2 $1 {Black seems
to have no defence against Qh7+ and Rf1.}) 23. Qh2 Nf8 {If White gets Qh7 in,
then it's usually over.} (23... Qb6 24. Bxc4+ bxc4 25. Qh7+ Kf8 26. O-O+ Nf6
27. Qxg6 Kg8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. Rf3 Nxg4 30. Rh3+ Rh6 (30... Nh6 31. Qf5 Kg8 32.
Qh7+ Kf8 33. Rf1+ Ke8 (33... Rf6 34. Ne6+ $18) 34. Qxg7 $18) 31. Rxh6+ Nxh6 32.
Qg6 Kg8 33. Rf1 $18) 24. e5 $1 (24. d5 Ne5 {Allows Black to keep fighting.})
24... Rd7 (24... Rxd4 {Fails to...} 25. Qf2 Qa5+ 26. Ke2 $18) 25. Ne6 $1 Qa5+ (
25... Nxe6 26. Bxc4 $1 {A recurring theme.} Qa5+ (26... bxc4 27. Qh7+ Kf7 28.
O-O+ $18) 27. Bd2 Qxd2+ 28. Kxd2 Rxd4+ 29. Ke3 bxc4 30. Qh7+ Kf7 31. Raf1+ $18)
26. Bd2 Nxe5 $1 (26... Qb6 27. Nxg7 $18) 27. Be2 $1 c3 (27... Qb6 28. Nxf8 $18)
28. Bxc3 $6 (28. bxc3 $1 Nf7 {Gives White a better version of the next
variation.}) 28... b4 29. Nxg7 bxc3 $2 {Svidler thought he was lost already
and didn't find his last chance.} (29... Nf7 $1 30. Bd2 Kxg7 $16 {The open
h-file and his two bishops promise White a massive edge, but Black is still
fighting. Also, White has to watch the d4 pawn.}) 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. O-O+ {
The reason why Peter played on so long - he wanted to finish a game where
White plays 0-0+ winning. Unfortunately, it was published in the net as 31.
Rf1+ resigns and it took a while for this to be corrected. Still, for the
record, 31.0-0+ was the last move.} 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32768]} 1. e4 {Kortschnoj} e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+
6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3
dxc3 13. Rb1 (13. Qxc3 $5) (13. Nxc3 $5) 13... O-O-O 14. Nxc3 Na5 15. g3 {
It looks, that move in the text doesn,t raised real problems for black.
Another interesting possibility could be} (15. Nb5 $5 {for example} Bxb5 16.
Rxb5 Kb8 (16... Nf5 17. g3 $1 Nc4 18. Bh3 Qd7 19. Rb4 Kb8 20. O-O Rc8 21. Rd1
$16 {1-0 Rodriguez,A-Larrosa,J/Orense 1997/EXT 99 (53)}) 17. Qd2 $5 {
improvement, compare to} (17. g3 Rc8 18. Bd2 Nc4 19. Bg2 Qc6 20. Rb3 Nf5 21.
O-O Nxd2 22. Qxd2 Qxc2 23. Qb4 b6 $11 {0-1 Carlsson,D-Antonsen,M/Hallsberg jr
1993 (53)}) (17. Be3 $5) 17... Nc4 18. Qf2 d4 (18... Nxa3 $2 19. Rc5 $18) 19.
Rb3 (19. Bd3 $2 Qc6 $1) 19... Nd5 $1 $44 {with double eged game.} (19... Nf5
20. Bd3 Qa5+ 21. Ke2 Qd5 22. Rg1 Nfe3 23. Qf3 Na5 24. Rb5 $16 {1-0 Rodriguez,
A-Paredes,E/Mondariz op 1994 (34)})) ({Other moves are not very dangerous for
Black, for instance} 15. Rg1 Kb8 16. g4 Ng6 17. Nb5 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Nc4 19. Rg3
Ka8 20. a4 Rd7 21. Rbb3 a6 22. Qb4 Rc8 $44 {0-1 Sanden,S-Schulman,J/Rilton Cup
1997 (31)}) ({or} 15. h3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Nec6 17. g4 Nc4 18. Qc3 Be8 19. g5 Qe7 20.
h4 Qc5 21. h5 d4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Timoshenko,G-Poldauf,D/Cairo-B 1997 (29)}) 15...
Kb8 {[%cal Gd8c8] '!' Kortschnoj. Kortschnoj: 'This move is stronger than 15...
a6, what has been played before - black obtains a good game.'} 16. Ne2 Ba4 17.
c3 $6 {N/ New and not the best move, it was better to continue Kortschnoj:
'Dubious move'} (17. Nd4 {and after, for example} Rc8 (17... Nf5 18. Rb4 (18.
Be3 b6 19. Nxf5 Bxc2 20. Rc1 Bxd3 21. Rxc7 Kxc7 22. Bxd3 exf5 23. Bxf5 $44) (
18. Nb3 {Kortschnoj} Rc8 {black would have had anyway a very active position.})
18... Nxd4 19. Rxa4 Nxc2+ 20. Kd1 Rc8 21. Bd2 Nc4 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc2 Qc6
24. Rg1 c3 25. Bc1 Qb6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Pedzich,D-Pupo,E/Santiago Wch-jr 1990 (31)
}) 18. Bd2 Nec6 (18... Nc4 $13) 19. Nb5 Bxb5 20. Qxb5 Nc4 21. Qc5 Qd7 22. Qf2
Nxa3 $36 {game is compleatly unclear, 1/2-1/2 Kokkila,T-Norri,J/Espoo KvT 1987
(29)}) 17... Nf5 (17... Bb3 $5) 18. Bh3 $6 {Allows breakthrough in the centre
of the board. Maybe better was to play} (18. Rb4 $5 Bb3 $1 $13 {with unclear
position}) (18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc2 20. Rb2 Nb3 21. Qe3 (21. Qb4 a5 $1 22.
Qb5 Qxc3+ 23. Kf2 Qd4+ 24. Ke1 (24. Be3 Qxb2) 24... Qe4+ 25. Kf2 Qxh1 $19)
21... Be4 (21... d4 $5) 22. Rg1 Nxc1 23. Qxc1 Qc5 {'-+' Kortschnoj.} 24. Rf2 d4
$36) 18... d4 $1 {'-/+!' Kortschnoj. White needs good advice after this
typical move.} 19. Bd2 {What else?} (19. Bxf5 dxc3 20. Nd4 (20. Qxc3 Rd1+ 21.
Kf2 Rxh1 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 $19) 20... exf5 21. Rb4 Bc6 22. O-O Be4 {[%csl Ge4]
[%cal Rd8d3,Ga5c6]}) (19. Kf2 Bc6 $1 20. Rg1 Rh8 21. Bxf5 Rxh2+ $17) ({Maybe
Svidler just forgot that in the case of} 19. O-O dxc3 20. Qxc3 Qxc3 21. Nxc3 {
he lose after simple combination} Nxg3 $1 22. Nxa4 (22. hxg3 Rxg3+ 23. Kh2 Rxc3
$19) 22... Nxf1+ 23. Kxf1 Rd1+ 24. Ke2 Rgg1 25. Rb5 $1 Rxc1 26. Rxa5 (26. Kf2
b6) 26... Rc2+ 27. Ke3 Rxh2 $19 {[%csl Rh3]}) (19. c4 {Kortschnoj} Ne3 $1 $19)
19... Nb3 20. Bxf5 (20. c4 Nc5 21. Qf3 Bc6 $19) (20. cxd4 Nfxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4
22. Rxb3 (22. Qh7 Rgd8 $40) 22... Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc4 $1 24. Re3 $8 Qc2 $19 {
[%cal Rc2d1,Rg8d8]}) 20... dxc3 21. Qxc3 Nxd2 22. Qxc7+ Kxc7 23. Rc1+ Bc6 $1 {
[%csl Gc6,Gd2]} 24. Bh3 (24. Bc2 Kb6) 24... Kb6 25. Rxc6+ {White can,t keep
material equality any case} (25. Kf2 Bxh1 26. Rxh1 Rd3) 25... bxc6 $17 26. Kf2
c5 27. Bg2 c4 28. h4 {Pawn h - last whites hope} Nb3 29. h5 Rd2 {'-+'
Kortschnoj.} 30. Ke3 (30. h6 Nd4 31. Bf3 Kc5) 30... Ra2 31. h6 Rxa3 32. h7 Rh8
33. Nc3 Ka5 34. Ne4 Nc5+ ({Interesting alternative to the move in the game
could be} 34... Kb4 $5 {for example} 35. Ng5 Nc5+ 36. Kf2 Nd3+ 37. Ke3 Nxe5+
38. Kd4 Ng4 39. Nxf7 Rd3+ 40. Ke4 Kc5 $1 41. Rh5+ Rd5 $19) 35. Ke2 {
Unfortunately the king can't move into the centre -} (35. Kd4 Kb4 $1 (35...
Nxe4 {Kortschnoj} 36. Bxe4 Kb4 {with a threat Rd8-+}) 36. Nxc5 Rd8+ 37. Nd7
Rxd7+ 38. Ke4 Kc5 $1 {[%cal Rd7d4] loses immediately}) 35... Nxe4 {Unnacuracy
in won position} (35... Ra2+ $142 $1 36. Ke3 Rxg2 37. Nxc5 Rxg3+ 38. Kd4 Kb5
$19 {leads to easy victory}) 36. Bxe4 Rxg3 37. Rb1 Rh3 38. Kd2 $2 ({After} 38.
Rb7 $142 {Black must demonstrate good ending technique, after move in the text,
game is over.}) 38... Rd8+ 39. Kc2 Rd4 (39... Rd4 40. Rh1 Rxh1 41. Bxh1 Rd8 $19
) 0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
Bg5 e6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. Rhe1 O-O 11. Kb1 h6 12. Bh4 (12. Bc1 Qc7 13. Qd3 Rfc8
14. Nd4 b5 15. Ndxb5 Bxb5 16. Nxb5 Qb7 17. f3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Qb5
{1-0 Titova Boric,E-Gocheva,R/Cetinje 1991/ (104)}) (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6
Bxc3 14. bxc3 Qb6+ 15. Qb4 Qxf2 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 f5 18. exf5 Bxf3 19. gxf3
Rxf5 20. Rxe6 Rxf3 21. Re7 Rf7 22. Rde1 {1-0 Stoian,V-Huberty,M/Duisburg/1992/
(44)}) 12... Re8 (12... Qc7 13. Qd2 (13. g4 Nxg4 14. Rg1 f5 15. Qc4 Bxh4 16.
Nxh4 Kh7 17. Qxe6 Rf6 18. Qc4 Ne5 19. Qe2 f4 20. f3 g6 {1/2-1/2 Pichler,
M-Mescheder,W/DDR-Cup4 corr7677 1976/ (29)}) 13... Rfd8 14. Nd4 Rab8 15. f3
Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxe4 17. Bxe7 Bxc2+ 18. Qxc2 Qxe7 19. f4 d5 20. g4 Rbc8 21. Qf2
Rc4 22. h4 Rdc8 23. g5 h5 {1/2-1/2 Tringov,G-Groszpeter,A/Plovdiv/1982/ (34)})
13. Bg3 d5 $5 {Kasparov solves the problem of the d6 pawn with a small
sacrifice. As a compensation he will play with bishop's pair.} 14. e5 (14. exd5
Nxd5 15. Be5 Nf6 $11) 14... Ne4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxd8 (16. Qe3 Qb6 17. Nd4
Red8 $13) 16... Rexd8 17. Nd4 Be8 (17... Bd5 18. Nb5 (18. b3 Bc5 $1) 18... h5
19. Bf4 $13) 18. c3 (18. Rxe4 Bc6 19. Re2 Bxg2 $15) 18... Rac8 19. Kc2 (19.
Rxe4 Bc6 20. Re2 Bxg2 $15) 19... b5 20. Rxe4 b4 21. Re3 (21. Rd3 f5 22. exf6
Bxf6 23. Kd2 Bg6 24. Rxe6 Bxd3 25. Kxd3 $11) 21... a5 22. Ne2 $2 {Svidler's
ambition to exchange the pieces is quite understandable, but this unfortunate
move will open space for black's bishops.} (22. Red3 $1 $13) 22... Bc6 $1 23.
f3 Rxd1 24. Kxd1 Bc5 25. Rd3 (25. Nd4 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bd5 27. Re2 Bxd4 28. cxd4
Rc4 29. Bf2 Ra4 $15) 25... Bb5 26. Rd2 Be3 27. Rd6 (27. Rc2 $2 Bd3 $19) 27...
bxc3 28. Nxc3 (28. bxc3 Bc4 $15) 28... Bf1 29. Bh4 (29. h4 Kf8 $15) 29... g5
30. Be1 (30. Bg3 Kg7 $15) 30... Bxg2 31. Ke2 Bf4 32. Bg3 Bc1 33. Na4 (33. Nd1
h5 $17) (33. Rb6 h5 $17) 33... h5 $1 {Black has all the advantage he could
have been dreaming about. Two bishops, pawn assymetry and lot's of potential
objects of an attack (e5,h2).} 34. Rd1 (34. Be1 Bf4 35. Bg3 Rc2+ 36. Kd3 Rd2+
37. Kc3 Re2 $17) (34. h4 gxh4 35. Bxh4 Rc4 36. Bf6 Rxa4 37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rh8+
Kg6 39. Rg8+ Kf5 40. Rxg2 Rxa2 $19) 34... h4 35. Be1 Bf4 36. Bc3 (36. Bxa5 Bxe5
37. Bd2 Ra8 $1 38. b3 f6 39. Bb4 Bxh2 $17) 36... Kg7 37. Nb6 Rh8 38. Kf2 (38.
Bxa5 Bxh2 39. Nc4 h3 40. Ne3 Bxe5 $17) 38... h3 39. Bd2 Bxh2 {The h pawn will
decide the game.} 40. Nd7 (40. Bxg5 Bxe5 41. Nc4 Bc7 $19) 40... Kg6 41. Be3 g4
$1 42. fxg4 (42. f4 g3+ 43. Ke2 Kf5 $19) 42... Bc6 (42... Bc6 43. Nc5 (43. b3
Rd8 $19) 43... Bxe5 44. Nd3 f6 45. Bf4 Bxf4 46. Nxf4+ Kf7 $19) 0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7.
Nf3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3
Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Bg5 {An attempt to make use of the pawn position on h7} Bxf3
$6 {This novelty had been probably refuted by Kramnik at home!} (15... Qa3 16.
Bd2 Bc3 17. Bc1 Qd6 18. e5 Qd7 19. Bd2 Rfc8 (19... Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Bxd2 21. Qxd2
Nc4 22. Qe2 b5 23. e6 Qd6 24. exf7+ Kg7 25. Rxb5 Ne5 26. Be4 Rxf7 27. Ra5 Rf6
28. g3 a6 29. Bg2 Raf8 30. Kh1 h5 31. Ra4 Ng4 32. f4 e5 33. dxe6 {1/2-1/2
Kramnik,V-Ivanchuk,V/Amber Rapid, Monte Carlo MON 1998}) 20. Bxc3 Rxc3 21. Qd4
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rac8 (22... Rc4 23. Qe3 b6 24. e6 Qd6 25. exf7+ Kg7 26. Rfe1 Rf8
27. Qxe7 Qxe7 28. Rxe7 Rxf7 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Shirov,A/8th Amber Blindfold
1999 (42)}) 23. Qxa7 Rxf3 24. gxf3 Qxd5 25. f4 Nc6 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Qc7 Rxb1
28. Rxb1 Nd4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Shirov,A/Hoogovens 1999 (42)}) 16. Bxf3
Rfe8 17. e5 $3 {A typical pawn sacrifice in this type of positions. The black
e5 bishop is vulnerable to tactical threats and the e7 pawn - to frontal
attack. '!' Ftacnik.} Nc4 {The rejection of the sacrifice looks like a
positional capitulation but can it be taken? '?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black is
letting the great defensive tactical chance to slip away and thus lands in
difficult position. '} (17... Bxe5 18. Re1 (18. d6 {Ftacnik} Bxd6 (18... exd6
19. Bd5 Qa3 20. Bd2 Nc6 (20... Bc3 $2 21. Qf3 $18) 21. Rxb7 $16) 19. Ra1 (19.
Bd5 Qa3 $17) 19... Qc4 20. Rxa5 Bxh2+ 21. Kh1 $13 (21. Kxh2 Qc7+ $19)) 18...
Nc4 (18... Bd6 $2 19. Ra1) (18... f6 $2 19. d6 (19. Rxe5 fxe5 20. Ra1 Qb3 21.
Rxa5 Qxd1+ 22. Bxd1 $13) 19... Kh8 20. d7 Red8 21. Rxe5 fxe5 22. Bxe7 Rxd7 23.
Bf6+ Rg7 24. Bxg7+ Kxg7 25. Ra1 $18) (18... Bc3 19. Rxe7 $16 {[%csl Gd5]} (19.
Rxe7 Bd4 20. d6 $13)) 19. Rxb7 {[%csl Re7]} f6 20. d6 $1 e6 21. Rxe5 $1 Nxe5
22. Bxf6 $16) 18. d6 Nxe5 19. Bd5 $1 (19. Bxb7 Rab8 20. Bxe7 Bf8 {was not so
strong. It is essential for White to lure the Black queen to a3.}) 19... Qa3 (
19... Qa5 20. Bxe7 Bf8 21. Rxb7) 20. Bxe7 Bf8 21. Bxb7 Bxe7 (21... Rab8 22. d7
{- that's the point!}) 22. Bxa8 Bxd6 23. Bd5 {Ftacnik: 'White has won an
exchange and the opposite colour bishops can help him to realize the advantage.
'} Re7 24. Kh1 {In this open position the White rook is much stronger than the
black knight but this advantage is not easy to convert. White prepares
f2-f4-f5. '!' Ftacnik.} h5 25. h3 Kg7 26. Qd2 Bc7 27. Rbd1 {Ftacnik: 'Kramnik
has met all the preparations for the decisive push of the f pawn.'} Nd7 $2 {
This allows a deadly blow leading to a favourable endgame for White.} (27...
Ba5) (27... Ba5 {Ftacnik} 28. Qg5 $16) (27... Qd6 {Ftacnik} 28. f4 Nd7 29. Qc3+
Nf6 30. Bxf7 $18) 28. Bxf7 $1 Rxf7 29. Qxd7 Rxd7 30. Rxd7+ Kh6 31. Rxc7 {
Two rooks are stronger than a queen especially as the black king is unsafe.}
Qd3 {This leads to a quick loss of the a-pawn.} (31... a5 $142) 32. Kg1 Qd4 $2
33. Rc2 {34.Ra2 or 34.Ra1 is inevitable. Ftacnik: 'Black has resigned, since
he will lose the a pawn and then he stands no chance against two rooks turning
their attention to the pawns on the kingside.'} 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Nd7 10. d4 Nb6 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Nf1 c5 14. a3 Nc6 15.
Be3 {Probably the best move. White enjoys a P-majority in the centre, but it
is important not to advance the P:s to early. The move Be3 supports d4, which
allows the jump Ne5 at a later stage.} (15. Ng3 c4 (15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4
17. Qxd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z-Adams,M/Tilburg 1996/CBM 56 (25)}) 16. Bc2 d5
17. e5 (17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 d4 $17 {This line is the reason why White
prefers Be3 over Ng3.}) 17... a5 18. Be3 b4 $36 {0-1 Svidler,P-Adams,M/
Groningen 1997/CBM 63 (36)}) (15. d5 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Bd6 18. Qd2 Bd7
19. Rec1 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Shirov,A-Piket,J/Linares 1997/CBM 57 (40)}) (15. Bc2 Nxd4
16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. b3 Be6 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Bxd4 Be5 $11 {0-1 Bologan,
V-Zagrebelny,S/Kstovo 1998/EXT 99 (31)}) (15. Bf4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4
Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Bg3 Nc4 $15 {0-1 Bologan,V-Piket,J/Germany 1997/GER-chT 
(44)}) 15... Na5 (15... c4 16. Bc2 d5 17. Ne5 $1 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V-Peng
Xiaomin/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext/[Wedberg] (42)}) (15... a5 16. Rc1 c4 17. Bc2 d5
18. Ne5 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V-Piket,J/Monte Carlo 1997/CBM 57 ext (37)}) 16. Bc2
Nbc4 17. Bc1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Bf6 19. Rb1 d5 20. b3 $146 {This also seems good
for a slight plus.} (20. exd5 Bb7 21. Nf5 Qxd5 22. Qg4 $5 (22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. b3
Nb6 24. Be3 $14 {1-0 Karpov,A-Ivkov,B/Bugojno 1980/MCD (58)}) 22... h5 23. Qg3
Rfe8 24. Bg5 Be5 25. f4 Bd4+ 26. Kh2 Nc6 27. Rbd1 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Ivkov,B/FRA
1991/TD (37)}) 20... dxe4 (20... Nb6 21. e5 $16) 21. Bxe4 Bxd4 22. bxc4 (22.
Bxa8 Bf5 23. bxc4 Bxb1 24. Bd5 $14) 22... Rb8 (22... Bb7 23. Bxb7 Nxb7 24. cxb5
Qb6 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Nxe3 axb5 27. a4 $36) 23. Bf4 Rb6 24. cxb5 Rxb5 25. Rxb5
axb5 26. Ne3 $14 {[%mdl 2048] The position looks fairly simple, but it's not
that easy to play for Black, because White's minor pieces are better
positioned. This gives him a slight advantage. Especially the N on a5 is a
problem for Black in many cases.} Bxe3 (26... Bb7 27. Bxb7 Nxb7 28. Qd3 Bxe3
29. Qxe3 $14 {The B is stronger than the N.}) (26... Nc4 27. Qd3 $1 Bxe3 28.
Bxh7+ Kh8 29. Bxe3 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 g6 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Qxg6 Qh4 33. Rg3 $16) 27.
Bxe3 {Now White has a material advantage as well. The pair of B:s is more
worth than the black N and B in this open position with P:s on both wings.}
Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Be6 29. Bc5 Rc8 $2 {Adams forgets about his weak back rank.} (
29... Rb8 $142 $14 {Keeping the b-P is paramount for Black.}) 30. Bb4 Nc4 31.
Bc6 $1 {Simply winning a P.} Nb2 (31... Rb8 32. Bxb5 $18) 32. Rd2 Nc4 33. Rd4 {
White has an easy win when he has picked up the b5-P.} 1-0

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Qe7 {
Morozevich's variation again.} 8. Qg5 $1 {[%mdl 16] Probably the best reaction
which was found by little-known international master Mellado Trivino.White
proposes the queen's exchange in order to make use of the better pawn
structure at the endgame.} Nf6 ({Korneev's} 8... Bd4 $5 {deserves serious
attention.} 9. Qxe7+ Nxe7 10. Bf4 f5 $1 11. O-O-O Bxc3 $6 (11... Bxf2 $142) 12.
Bxc7 Bd7 13. bxc3 fxe4 14. Re1 O-O 15. Bd6 Rf7 16. Rxe4 Nd5 17. c4 {1/2-1/2
Van der Wiel,J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998 (17);see comments in CBM 69.}) 9.
Be3 $1 Bxe3 $146 {Black is agree to recieve slightly worse position after this
exchange.} (9... Bd6 $5 {followed up by 11...h6! gives good chances for an
equality.} 10. Bd4 $1 Rg8 11. O-O-O Be6 (11... h6 $142 $1) 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4
$1 Qxg5+ 14. Nxg5 Be7 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Mellado Trivino,
J-Korneev,O/Elgoibar ESP 1998 (51)see comments in CBM 69.}) 10. Qxe3 $14 {
[%mdl 16] Now every pieces' exchange is in the White's favour.} Be6 {[%cal
Gf6d7]} (10... O-O 11. O-O-O {leads to the same.}) 11. h3 ({An immediate} 11.
O-O-O {deserved an attention as an attempt to make use of the g4-square by} Ng4
$6 12. Qg3 Qc5 {[%csl Rf2]} (12... O-O) 13. Rd2 Rd8 {[%csl Rf2] is refuted by}
14. Rxd8+ Kxd8 15. Be2 $1 Qxf2 $140 $2 (15... Nxf2 $2 16. Rf1 {[%csl Rf2]}) 16.
Rd1+ $1 Kc8 (16... Ke8 17. Qxc7 $18) 17. Bxg4 Qxg3 18. Bxe6+ $18) 11... Nd7 12.
Be2 f6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 {Prophylaxis against the pawn attack on the
queen's side.} ({A tactical blow} 14. Nd5 $6 {doesn't promise a lot as after}
Bxd5 $1 (14... cxd5 $2 15. exd5 {[%cal Ge3e7]}) (14... Qd8 $2 15. Nf4 {[%cal
Gd1d8]}) 15. exd5 Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 cxd5 17. Rxd5 Ne5 {[%csl Re3][%cal Gg8f7,
Gf7e7] White remains with a weak pawn on e3.}) (14. Bg4 $5 {proceeding with
the strategy of exchanges was not a bad alternative of 14.Kb1}) (14. Rd2 $5 b5
$140 $6 {[%cal Gd7b6]} 15. Nd5 $1 {Now this idea is much stronger than in the
previous case as the pawn on b5 is falling dawn.} (15. Rhd1 $143 Nb6) 15...
Bxd5 (15... cxd5 16. exd5 $16 {[%cal Ge3e7]}) (15... Qd8 16. Nf4 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gd2d8]}) 16. exd5 Qxe3 17. fxe3 cxd5 18. Rxd5 $16 {[%csl Rb5]}) 14...
Rfe8 15. Bh5 $5 {White is preparing Bg4,but preliminary 15.Bh5 looks useful
since both 15...g6 and 15...Red8 make Black's position slightly worse.} (15.
Rd2 $5) 15... Red8 {Certainly it's better than 15...g6} 16. Ne2 {[%cal Ge2d4,
Ge2f4]} (16. Bg4 $5) 16... Kh8 {freeing the g8 square for the bishop.} 17. Bg4
Ne5 $5 {An interesting pawn sacrifice.} ({After} 17... Bf7 {[%cal Gd7e5]
leaving on the board as many pieces as possible Black has to take in
consideration} 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. Rxd8+ {[%csl Ra7]}) 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. b3 ({
In case of} 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qxa7 {Black obtains strong initiative.Here are
the examplary variations:} Nc4 $1 {[%cal Ge6e4]} 21. f3 (21. Qxb7 $143 Qxe4 (
21... Nd2+ $5 22. Ka1 $8 (22. Kc1 $4 Qxa2 $19) 22... Qxe4 23. Qxc7 $140 $2 Ra8
$1 {[%cal Ra8a2,Ge4a4,Re4e2]} 24. Nc3 Qxc2 {[%cal Rd2b3]} 25. a3 Rxa3+ $1 26.
bxa3 Nb3#) 22. Qxc7 Re8 23. Re1 (23. Nc3 $4 Qe1+) 23... Nxb2 $1 {[%csl Rb1]
[%cal Ge4e1]}) 21... Qd6 $1 {[%cal Rd6d1,Gd6b4]} 22. Nc1 (22. Rc1 Qb4 (22...
Qd1 23. Qf2 $1 Qd2 24. Qe1 f5 $140 $6 25. exf5 $1 Re8 26. Rd1 $1 Qe3 (26...
Rxe2 27. Qxe2 $1) 27. b3 $1 Nd6 28. Rd2 $16) (22... Qd2 23. Nc3 Qxg2 24. Qxb7
$14) 23. b3 Na3+ 24. Ka1 (24. Kb2 Nc4+ 25. Ka1 (25. Kb1 $11) 25... Qd2 $1 26.
bxc4 Qxe2 27. Qxb7 Qxg2 $36 28. Qxc7 $140 $2 Qd2 $40) 24... Nb5 25. Qe3 Rd2 (
25... Qd2 $5 26. Qxd2 Rxd2 $44) 26. e5 $1 fxe5 $1 (26... Rxe2 $6 27. Rd1 $1 (
27. Qxe2 $4 Qc3+ 28. Kb1 Na3#) 27... Qf8 (27... Qe7 28. Qxe2 Nc3 29. exf6 $1)
28. Qxe2 Nc3 29. Qd2 Nxd1 30. Qxd1 fxe5 31. Qd7 $16) (26... Na3 $2 {[%cal
Rd2e2]} 27. c3 $18) 27. Qxe5 h6 $44 (27... Rxe2 28. Rd1 $1 $16)) 22... b6 $1
$44 {[%csl Ra7][%cal Gc4e3]}) (19. Rd4 $5) 19... a5 {[%cal Ga5a4] taking the
pawn away and preparing a5-a4.} 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Qa7 {[%csl Ra5,Rb7] Now
when an access to the c4-square is denied White tries to work on the Black's
queen side.} Nf7 22. Nc3 $6 (22. f3 $5) (22. Ng3 $5) 22... Qe5 {Now Black has
no problems.} 23. Qe3 Re8 24. Rd1 Nd6 25. f4 (25. f4 Qe6 {[%cal Ga5a4]})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O (9. h4 a4 10. Bd5 a3 11. b3 Ng4 12. Bxc6 dxc6 13. Nde2 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 Qa5 $19) (9. h3 d5 10. Bxd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Nde2 Bf5 13. Rc1 Rc8 14.
O-O b5 15. Nd4 Bxd4 16. Qxd4 Nxc2 17. Rxc2 Bxc2 18. Bh6 e5 19. Qxe5 f6 20. Qd4
$44 {1/2-1/2 Romero Holmes,A-Frois,A/La Coruna TH op 1995 (29)}) 9... a4 (9...
Ng4 10. Qxg4 Nxd4 11. Qh4 Nxb3 12. axb3 Ra6 13. Bh6 Re6 $11 {1-0 Luecke,
N-Heinatz,T/BL 1993 (41)}) 10. Nxa4 (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nxa4 Nxe4 12. f3 Nf6 13.
Bb6 Qe8 14. Re1 d6 15. Bf2 c5 16. Nb6 Ra7 17. a4 Bb7 18. c3 Qd8 19. a5 Bc6 20.
Qe2 Re8 21. Ra3 e5 22. Ba4 Bxa4 23. Rxa4 e4 24. fxe4 d5 25. Qd1 d4 26. e5 Nd7
27. cxd4 Nxb6 28. axb6 Rd7 29. Ra7 cxd4 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Qxd4 {1-0
Shchekachev,A-Pigusov,E/Open, Bourbon Lancy FRA 1997 (58)}) (10. Bxa4 Nxe4 11.
Nxe4 Rxa4 12. c3 Ra8 (12... Ra5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Qb3 Rb5 15. Qc2 d5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Gallinnis,N-Guempges,x/corr 1981 (53)}) 13. Ng3 d5 14. f4 e6 15. Re1 f6
16. Nf3 e5 17. Qb3 Na5 18. Qb5 Nc4 19. Bc5 Ra5 20. Qb4 Rf7 21. Rad1 Qc7 22.
Rxd5 Be6 23. Bb6 Bf8 24. Bxc7 Bxb4 25. Rd8+ {1-0 Baranyai,A-Toth,S/Providencia
Open, Debrecen HUN 1997}) 10... Nxe4 11. Nb5 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nb6 (12. Bb6
Qe8 13. f3 Ng5 (13... Nf6 14. Bf2 Ba6 15. Re1 d6 16. c4 c5 17. Nc3 Qd8 18. Qe2
Ra7 19. a4 Qb8 20. Nb5 Rd7 21. Rad1 Rc8 22. Kh1 Nh5 23. Bc2 Nf4 24. Qd2 Ne6 25.
Be4 Nd4 26. b4 e5 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. b5 Bb7 29. a5 $16 {1-0 David,A-Abolianin,A/
Lost Boys Open, Antwerp BEL 1998 (39)}) 14. c3 d6 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17.
a4 Nc7 18. a5 Be6 19. Ba4 Na8 20. Re1 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 Rxb6 22. axb6 Qb8 23. Kh1
Qxb6 24. Qd2 $14 {1-0 David,A-Taleb,M/Montpellier 1998 (35)}) 12... Rb8 13.
Nxc8 Qxc8 14. f3 (14. c3 d5 15. f3 Nd6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Ba7 Rb7 18. Bc5 Rd7 19.
a4 Qb8 20. a5 Qb5 21. Bf2 Ra8 22. Ba4 Qa6 23. Bc2 Qb7 24. Ra2 e5 25. Bd3 Nb5
26. Qa1 Rdd8 27. a6 Qd7 28. Bxb5 cxb5 29. a7 d4 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Ra6 Qc4 32.
cxd4 $13 {0-1 Nykopp,J-Keskisarja,T/FIN-chT 1994/EXT 97 (39)}) 14... Nf6 15.
Re1 (15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 d6 18. Kh1 e5 19. Bg5 d5 20. Qf2 Nd7
21. c3 f5 22. Bc1 Kh8 23. Qh4 Nc5 24. Bc2 Ne6 25. g4 Qf7 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Rg1
Rg8 28. Qh3 Rbf8 29. a4 e4 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Rdf1 $14 {1-0 Mokry,K-Antunes,A/
EUCup Gr2 Strasbourg 1994/EXP 43 (44)}) 15... d6 16. a4 c5 17. a5 c4 18. Ba4
Qa6 19. Bb6 Rxb6 20. axb6 Qxb6+ 21. Kh1 Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qa3 23. Bb5 d5 24. Qd4 Qd6
25. Rbd1 Rb8 26. Rb1 Ne4 27. Qa7 Nc3 28. Rxe7 Nxb5 29. Qe3 Bf8 30. Re5 Na3 31.
Rxb8 Qxb8 32. Rxd5 $17 {0-1 Garcia,G-Turner,M/Lloyds Bank op 1994/EXP 43 (47)})
11... Ra6 (11... d6 12. Qe2 (12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Nc7 Rb8 14. Re1 Nf6 15. Qd2 Ne8
16. Nd5 e6 17. Ne3 d5 18. Rad1 Nc7 19. Nc5 Qd6 20. Ne4 Qf4 21. Nc5 Na8 22. Nd3
Qh6 23. Bc5 Rd8 24. c3 b6 25. Bb4 $17 {Voicu,C-Andreeva,N/EU-chJW U16 Rimavska
Sobota 1996/EXT 96ch2/0-1 (53)}) 12... Nf6 13. Rad1 Bf5 14. c4 Ng4 15. Bc1 Qb8
16. h3 Nf6 17. Be3 Nd7 18. f4 Na5 19. g4 Nxb3 20. axb3 Be4 21. Ba7 Rxa7 22.
Qxe4 Ra6 23. Qxe7 Nc5 24. Nxc5 dxc5 25. Qxc5 Bxb2 26. Rd2 Bg7 27. Rd7 Ra2 28.
Qd5 Qe8 29. Qd3 Re2 30. Nc7 $16 {1-0 Theissen,H-Fabisch,C/Dortmund op-A 1993/
TD 93\06 (58)}) (11... Rxa4 12. Bxa4 Bxb2 13. Rb1 Bg7 14. f3 Qa5 15. Bb3 Nc3
16. Nxc3 Qxc3 17. Qe1 d6 18. Qxc3 Bxc3 19. Rfd1 Bd7 20. Ba4 Ra8 21. Rxb7 Rxa4
22. Rxd7 Rxa2 23. Rc7 Ra6 24. Rb1 Bf6 25. Bh6 $16 {1-0 Bologan,V-Katz,F/
Corsican Open, Bastia FRA 1998 (42)}) 12. Qe2 (12. Re1 d6 $11) (12. Qd3 d5 13.
f3 Nf6 14. Nc5 Ra8 15. Rfd1 e6 $11) 12... d6 13. c4 (13. Rad1 Bd7 $132) 13...
Nf6 $1 (13... f5 $2 $16 14. Bb6 $1 Qd7 (14... Rxb6 $2 15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. c5+ $18
) 15. f3 (15. c5+ Kh8 16. Rad1 $16) (15. Rad1 Na5 16. Bc2 $14) 15... Nf6 $2 (
15... Ng5 16. Rad1 Ne6 $1 17. c5 Kh8 18. cxd6 exd6 19. Rf2 d5 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21.
Bxc5 Re8 22. Qf1 Ne7 23. Rc2 $16) 16. Rad1 $22 $18 {1-0 Rogic,D-Sale,S/
CRO-ch06 Pula 1998/CBM 64/[Tsesarsky] (20)}) 14. Rfd1 (14. Rad1 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7
16. c5 Na5 17. Bc2 d5 $11) 14... Bd7 15. Nac3 Qb8 16. h3 {Position not so easy
to play for black.Topalov first of all need to find some plan to open the
center , but in such position it's very difficalt.} Rc8 17. a3 Ne5 18. Rac1
Bxb5 {Probably black should to exchange some peaces because space problem, but
now white has two bishops and clear plan to attack on the Qeen side.} 19. cxb5
(19. Nxb5 $14) 19... Ra8 20. b6 (20. Bd4 e6 21. a4 Ned7 $14) 20... Rc6 21. Nb5
Qd8 22. Nc7 Rb8 23. Qb5 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 $6 (24. Bxc1 $1 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Nfxd7 26.
Be3 {Still better for white}) 24... e6 $1 25. a4 d5 26. a5 Ne4 $1 {[%mdl 2048]
Finally black gets strong contrplay.} 27. Rd1 (27. Bc2 Nd6 28. Qc5 Ndc4 $36)
27... Nd6 28. Qc5 Nf5 29. Bc1 Bf8 30. Qc2 Nc6 (30... Qh4 $1 31. Qe2 Nc6 32. Bd2
Bc5 $17 {[%cal Rc5f2,Gf5d4,Gc6d4,Gc6a5]}) 31. Bd2 Bd6 32. Ba4 Nb4 33. Qb3 Nd4
34. Qe3 Nf5 35. Qb3 Qh4 36. Rc1 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (36. Re1 Bc5 $17) 36... Nd4
0-1

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bd3 Nb4 13. a5 Bd7 14. Nf3 Rac8 15.
Bd4 Bc6 16. Qe1 Nd7 17. Qg3 Bf8 18. Nd1 Nxd3 19. cxd3 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc3
Qd6 22. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Linares 16th"]
[Site "Linares"]
[Date "1999.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "1999.02.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.06.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 5376]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 (3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 $2 5. Nxe5 (5.
d3 Bc5 6. Nxe5 $16 (6. Bg5 d6 $11 (6... O-O 7. Nxe5 $16 {1-0
Florianova-Mulisova/CZE-chJW Svetla ,EXT 1994 (24)}))) 5... Qe7 6. Nxf7 Rg8 7.
Ng5 Rh8 8. O-O $18 {1-0 Vaupotic,M-Ozdemir,O/ch World cadets g (under 1994 (36)
}) 3... Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 c6 $2 $16 {This variation is bad for Black.} (
5... Nxe4 $2 6. Nxd4 $5 (6. Nxe4 d5 7. Bxd5 $2 (7. Nxe5 $1 Qe7 (7... dxc4 8.
Nxc4 Qe7 9. d3 f5 10. Be3 fxe4 11. Bxd4 exd3+ 12. Ne3 dxc2 13. Qxc2 Be6 14. O-O
c5 (14... O-O-O 15. Bxa7 $16 b6 16. Bxb6) 15. Bc3 Qf7 (15... O-O-O 16. b4 c4 (
16... cxb4 17. Bxg7+ $18) 17. Rfd1 $16 {[%csl Rc8,Rf8]}) 16. Rad1 Be7 (16...
Bxa2 17. Qa4+ $18) 17. Qa4+ Kf8 18. b3 Kg8 19. Nc4 a6 (19... h6 20. Nb6 Rf8 21.
Qxa7 $16) 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 Re8 22. Re1 h6 23. Qe4 Bd7 24. Qxb7 Rxe1+ 25.
Bxe1 $18) 8. O-O Qxe5 9. Nc3 dxc4 (9... Nf3+ 10. Qxf3 dxc4 11. d4 cxd3 12. Bf4
$18) 10. Re1 Qxe1+ 11. Qxe1+ Be6 12. Qe5 O-O-O 13. Nb5 Nxb5 14. Qxb5 Be7 15. b3
Bf6 16. Rb1 c3 17. d3 $16) 7... Qxd5 8. d3 f5 9. Ned2 Bd7 10. O-O O-O-O 11.
Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb3 Bc6 13. f3 Bd6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Tashtanbekov,A-Koukov,V/
WchJM-U10 Bratislava 1993 (66)}) (6. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 7. Nxe4 (7. Nxe5+ Kg8 8.
Nxe4 Qe7 9. f4 d6 10. c3 Ne6 (10... Nf5 11. Qb3+ Be6 12. Qxb7 Re8 13. g4 (13.
Nc6 Qh4+ 14. Kd1 (14. g3 Nxg3 $1 $19) 14... Bd5 $1 $19) 13... Qh4+ 14. Kd1 dxe5
15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. d3 exf4 17. Bd2 $132) 11. Nf3 d5 12. Ng3 Nxf4+ 13. Kf1 $132)
7... Kg8 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. O-O d5 10. Ng3 Bd6 $132) 6... exd4 (6... Nd6 7. Ndb5
Nxc4 8. Nd5 Bd6 9. Qg4 Nb6 10. Qxg7 Rf8 11. Nf6+ Ke7 12. Nxh7 $18) 7. Bxf7+ (7.
Nxe4 d5 8. Qe2 dxe4 9. Qxe4+ Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. d3 Bd6 $11 {1-0 Bustos,
C-Iglesias,J/San Rafael ch-ARG jr 1992 (31)}) 7... Kxf7 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd5+ Ke8
10. Nxe4 Bg7 11. O-O $16 {[%csl Re8]}) (5... b5 $2 6. Bxb5 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nxe4 8.
Nxe5 $18 {1-0 Walker,H-Clare,P/cr Compuserve Fall95 1995 (16)}) (5... Nxf3+ 6.
Qxf3 Be7 $2 (6... d6 7. d3 (7. Nd5 c6 8. Nxf6+ Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. d3 $11 {
1-0 Dvalishvili Pavel S-Kazantsev Valentin/It (cat.8) Moscow (Russia) 1996 (55)
}) (7. h3 c6 8. a4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. d3 Be6 $11 {0-1 Roy Chowdhury,S-Hasan,K/
op, Calcutta IND 1996 (21)}) 7... Bg4 8. Qg3 Qd7 9. h3 Be6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Simagin,V-Ragozin,V/Moscow ch-RUS
1947 (60)}) (6... Bb4 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8. Bxd5 O-O 9. c3 Bc5 10. O-O c6 11. Bb3 $11
{1/2-1/2 Wall-Hayes,J/North Wilkesboro,NC 1976 (33)}) (6... Bc5 7. O-O d6 8. d3
(8. h3 Be6 9. d3 c6 10. Na4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Qa5 12. Nxc5 Qxc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Van
Eekhout,M-De Koeyer,F/Vlissingen op 1996 (25)}) 8... c6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 Bg4
11. Qg3 Bd4 12. h3 Bh5 13. f4 (13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qxh6 Rg6 15. Qh8+ Rg8 $11)
13... exf4 14. Qxf4 Qb6 15. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 16. Qf2 Qxf2+ 17. Rxf2 O-O-O $11 {
0-1 Van der Veen,T-Van Gool,R/Venlo 1988 (58)}) (6... c6 7. O-O d6 8. Re1 Be7
9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bb3 Qd7 $11 {1-0 Persson,R-Blomstrom,L/SWE-chB
Borlange ,EXT 1995 (59)}) 7. Qg3 $1 (7. d3 $2 d6 $11) 7... O-O 8. Qxe5 Ng4 9.
Qg3 d5 10. Nxd5 Bd6 11. f4 $16 {1-0 Parrino,G-Damasco,R/Italy chW Formia 1992 
(57)}) (5... d6 6. Ng5 (6. h3 Be7 (6... c6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O $132) 7. d3 O-O
(7... c6 8. Nxd4 exd4 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 c5 11. a4 b4 12. Nf4 Bb7 13. O-O O-O
$132 {0-1 Rodriguez,A-Apanaviciute,K/Eu Youth gu18, Mureck AUT 1998 (56)}) 8.
Be3 c5 9. Nd5 Be6 10. c3 Bxd5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nf5 $11 {0-1 Hauss,
C-Pommerin,B/RLPF-chJW U17 ,GER 1989 (40)}) (6. d3 Bg4 7. Be3 c6 8. Bxd4 exd4
9. Ne2 d5 10. exd5 Bxf3 11. gxf3 Nxd5 $15 {0-1 Mrva Martin-Marciano David/Ch
Croatia (team) (2nd league), Tucepi 1996 (33)}) 6... Ne6 7. d4 Nxg5 $1 (7...
exd4 8. Nxe6 Bxe6 9. Qxd4 Be7 10. Bxe6 (10. Bg5 a6 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. Rhe1 $14 {
1-0 Jonas,R-Stark,H/RLNN 1988 (56)}) 10... fxe6 11. e5 dxe5 12. Qxe5 Qd7 13.
Qe2 O-O 14. O-O $14 {0-1 Bocksberger,S-Mathe,G/St.Ingbert ,EXT 1987 (25)}) 8.
Bxg5 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qd3 c6 11. a4 Qb6 $11 {0-1 Panov,V-Yudovich/Moscow
1936 (40)}) 6. Nxe5 (6. d3 Qa5 (6... b5 7. Bb3 Qa5 (7... Nxb3 8. axb3 d6 $132)
(7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 a5 9. a3 d6 10. O-O a4 11. Ba2 Be7 $11) 8. Nxe5 (8. Bd2 Qc7
9. O-O b4 10. Ne2 Nxf3+ 11. gxf3 g5 $1 $15 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rg1]}) 8... Nxb3 9.
cxb3 b4 10. Nc4 Qd8 11. Ne2 d5 $44) 7. Bd2 Bb4 8. Bb3 (8. a3 Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 d6 (
9... Be7 10. Nd5 Qd8 11. Nxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg5 $14) (9... d5 10. exd5 Bg4 (10...
cxd5 11. Ba2 $16) 11. Qg3 $16) 10. O-O Bxc3 11. Bxc3 $14) 8... Nxb3 9. axb3 Qc7
10. O-O Be7 (10... d6 11. Nb5 cxb5 12. Bxb4 O-O $132) (10... Bxc3 11. bxc3 d6
$11) (10... Bc5 11. Bg5 Be7 $11) 11. h3 O-O 12. Ne2 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Conquest,
S-Hebden,M/Hastings 1996/CBM 57/[Tsesarsky] (63)}) 6... d5 7. exd5 Bd6 (7...
cxd5 8. Bb5+ Nxb5 9. Nxb5 a6 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Nd4 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Ndf3 Qc7
14. d4 Bf5 15. c3 $16 {1-0 Nimzowitsch,A-Levenfish,G/It, St. Petersburg 
(Russia) 1913 (57)}) 8. Nf3 (8. Nxf7 Kxf7 (8... Qe7+ 9. Ne2 (9. Kf1 Qxf7 $17)
9... Kxf7 10. dxc6+ Be6 11. Bxe6+ Qxe6 12. d3 (12. cxb7 Rae8 $19) 12... Rhe8
13. Be3 Nxc6 $15) 9. dxc6+ Kf8 10. d3 Bg4 (10... Nxc6 $15) 11. f3 Qe7+ 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bc5 14. cxb7 Rd8 15. b8=Q (15. fxg4 Qxe4+ 16. Kf1 Ke7 17. Bg5+
Kd6 18. Be2 Rdf8+ 19. Bf3 Kc7 20. Qd3 Nxf3 21. Qxe4 Nd2+ 22. Ke2 Nxe4 $17)
15... Rxb8 16. Be3 $1 (16. c3 Qh4+ 17. Kd2 Qf2+ 18. Kd3 Nc6 19. Qe2 (19. Bf4
Rxb2 $19 {0-1 Schubert,H-Baturinsky,V/cr EUR/M 1960 (21)}) 19... Ne5+ 20. Kc2
Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nxc4 22. Qxf2 Bxf2 $15) (16. fxg4 Qxe4+ 17. Kf1 Ke7 $19) 16...
Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxe3 18. fxg4 Qh4+ 19. Ke2 Qf2+ 20. Kd3 Bf4 21. Qe2 $18) 8...
Nxf3+ 9. Qxf3 O-O 10. h3 b5 $5 $146 {This active move also doesn't solve
Black's problems.} (10... Re8+ $5 11. Kd1 $1 $16 (11. Be2 cxd5 12. d4 (12. Nxd5
$5 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Be6 (13... Qc7 14. c3 Be6 15. Qf3 $16) 14. Qf3 Qa5 15. O-O Qe5
16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. fxg3 Bxh3 18. Bb5 Re5 19. gxh3 Rxb5 20. c4 $16) 12... Qb6 13.
Qd3 (13. O-O Bb8 14. Bb5 Rd8 15. Bg5 (15. Bf4 $2 Qxd4 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. Bd3 Be6
18. Rab1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Podlesnik,B-Polgar,Z/Ljubljana 1994 (19)}) 15... Qxd4 16.
Rfd1 Qe5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. Nxd5 $16) 13... Bc7 14. O-O Qd6 15. f4 Bd7 16. Bf3
a6 17. Bd2 $16)) 11. Be2 b4 12. Ne4 (12. Nd1 cxd5 13. O-O Bc7 $44 {[%csl Rh2]
[%cal Gd8d6]}) 12... Nxe4 13. Qxe4 cxd5 14. Qf3 $1 (14. Qxd5 $2 Re8 (14... Be6
15. Qh5 g6 16. Qf3 Re8 17. O-O Bd5 18. Qd3 Be4 19. Qa6 Re6 $8 $36 {[%csl Ra6,
Rc1][%cal Gd6h2]}) 15. Qxa8 Rxe2+ 16. Kd1 (16. Kxe2 Ba6+ $19) (16. Kf1 $2 Qe8 (
16... Bc5 $1 17. Qf3 (17. d4 Bxd4 18. Be3 Rxe3 $19) 17... Rxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxf2
19. Kxf2 Qd4+ $11) 17. g4 Rxd2 18. Kg2 Rxc2 19. Be3 Qxe3 20. Qxc8+ Rxc8 21.
fxe3 Rc2+ 22. Kf3 Rxb2 23. Rhd1 Bf8 24. Rac1 $18) 16... Rxf2 17. Qe4 Bf5 18.
Qe3 Rxg2 19. Qf3 Qg5 20. d3 Rg1+ (20... Qg6 21. Bd2 $16) 21. Ke2 (21. Rxg1
Qxg1+ 22. Kd2 Qh2+ 23. Kd1 Bxh3 24. Be3 h5 25. Kc1 Bg2 $17 (25... Bg4 26. Qa8+
Kh7 27. Kb1 f5 $17)) 21... Qg2+ (21... Rg2+ 22. Kf1 $16) 22. Qxg2 Rxg2+ 23. Kd1
g5 24. a3 b3 $1 {[%csl Ra1,Rd1]} 25. cxb3 Bxd3 26. Bd2 f5 27. Rc1 f4 $132)
14... Qc7 (14... Be6 15. d4 Rc8 16. Bd3 Re8 17. O-O Qh4 18. Be3 $16) 15. O-O (
15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxa8 Bb7 17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Qa4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Qh2 20. Rxg2 Qxg2
21. Kd1 Qh1+ (21... Ra8 22. Qb5 Qh1+ (22... b3 23. Bxc4 Qg1+ 24. Bf1 Rxa2 25.
Rb1 $16) 23. Kc2 Qe4+ $11) 22. Kc2 Qe4+ 23. Kd1 Bxf2 24. Qxb4 Qh1+ 25. Kc2 Qe4+
26. Kd1 $11) 15... d4 $2 $18 (15... Bb7 $5 16. Bd3 (16. d4 Qxc2 17. Bd3 Qc7 18.
Be3 $11) 16... Rfe8 17. b3 Bh2+ 18. Kh1 Be5 19. Rb1 Qa5 20. Bb2 Bxb2 (20...
Qxa2 21. Bxh7+ (21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Qf4 $16) 21... Kxh7 22. Qf5+ Kg8 23. Bxe5
Rac8 24. Qg5 $18) 21. Rxb2 Re5 22. c3 $1 (22. c4 $2 Rae8 23. cxd5 Bxd5 $44)
22... Rae8 (22... bxc3 23. dxc3 Qxc3 24. Bxh7+ $18) 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. Rc2 d4
25. Qg3 $16) 16. Qxa8 (16. Qe4 $2 Bc5 (16... Bb7 17. Qxd4 Rfe8 18. Qc4 Rac8 19.
Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Bd3 $16) 17. Bd3 g6 18. Qxa8 Bb7 19. Qxf8+ Kxf8 $44) 16... Bb7
17. Qxa7 Bc5 18. Qxb7 $2 $16 (18. Qa4 $1 d3 $5 {Seems very dangerous, but...}
19. Qb5 $1 (19. Bxd3 Qg3 $19) (19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Qg3+ 21. Kh1 Qxh3+ 22. Kg1
Qg3+ 23. Kh1 Qxf3+ $19) 19... Qg3 (19... dxe2 20. Qxe2 Qg3 21. Qg4 $18) 20.
Qxb7 dxe2 21. d4 Bxd4 22. Bd2 exf1=Q+ 23. Rxf1 $18) 18... Qxb7 19. Bd3 Qb8 (
19... Re8 20. a4 b3 21. Bb5 $16) 20. b3 $2 $14 (20. a4 $1 $16 {[%csl Ya4][%cal
Ga4a6,Gd3a6]} bxa3 (20... Qf4 21. Re1 (21. a5 $2 Bd6 22. g3 Qf3 23. Re1 (23. a6
Bxg3 $11) 23... Bxg3 24. fxg3 Qxg3+ 25. Kf1 Qf3+ $11) 21... Bd6 22. g3 Qf3 23.
Be4 $16) 21. bxa3 Re8 (21... Qf4 22. Re1 Bd6 23. g3 Qf3 24. Be4 Qh5 25. Kg2 $16
) 22. a4 Qf4 23. a5 h5 24. a6 Re7 25. Ba3 $16) 20... Qf4 21. Bb2 Bd6 22. g3 Qg5
(22... Qf3 23. Rae1 Bxg3 24. Be4 $18) (22... Qxd2 23. Bxd4 $14) 23. Kh2 h5 (
23... Qxd2 $14) 24. f4 Qd5 {[%cal Gh5h4]} 25. h4 Re8 (25... Ra8 $14) 26. a4 Bc7
{[%csl Ga5]} (26... bxa3 27. Bxa3 Bxa3 28. Rxa3 $16) 27. a5 $6 $11 (27. Rfe1
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 Kf8 29. Re4 Bb6 30. Re5 (30. Kg1 g6 (30... f5 31. Re5 Qf3 32.
Rxf5+ Ke7 33. Re5+ Kd6 34. Kh2 Qf2+ 35. Kh3 Qg1 36. Be4 $18) 31. Kf2 f5 32. Re1
(32. Re5 Qh1 $14) 32... Qc6 (32... Kg7 33. Bc4 Qc6 34. Re6 Qh1 35. Bf1 Bc5 36.
Re5 Bd6 37. Re1 (37. Bxd4 Bxe5 38. Bxe5+ Kf7 39. a5 Qe4 40. Bd3 Qh1 $44) 37...
Qh2+ 38. Bg2 Bxf4 39. gxf4 Qxh4+ 40. Ke2 Qg4+ 41. Bf3 Qxf4 42. a5 Qe5+ 43. Kf1
Qxa5 44. Bxd4+ Kh6 45. Ra1 Qb5+ 46. Kf2 $14) 33. Ra1) 30... Qf3 $14) 27... Bxa5
28. Bxd4 Qxd4 29. Rxa5 Rc8 {[%csl Rc3]} (29... g6 $14) 30. Re5 Qd6 31. Rfe1 g6
32. f5 gxf5 33. Bxf5 Rc5 34. Re8+ Kg7 35. Bd3 Rd5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gd5d3]} 36.
R8e3 (36. R1e3 Rd4 37. Kg2 Qc6+ $14) 36... Rd4 37. Kh3 Qd7+ 38. Kg2 Qd5+ 39.
Kf2 Qc5 40. R1e2 Rd5 41. Kg2 Rd6 42. Kh2 (42. Re4 Rd4 43. Rxd4 Qxd4 44. Re4 Qd5
$14) 42... Qc6 43. Re4 Qc5 44. Re5 Rd5 45. R5e3 Qd6 46. Rf2 f6 47. Kg2 Re5 48.
Rf4 $2 (48. Rxe5 $5 Qxe5 49. Rf5 Qe1 50. Rxh5 Qxd2+ 51. Kh3 Qd1 (51... Kf7 52.
Rh7+ Ke6 53. h5 Qg5 54. Rh8 f5 55. h6 Qg4+ 56. Kg2 f4 (56... Qd4 57. Rf8 $18)
57. Rg8 $1 $18) 52. Rf5 (52. Rh7+ Kg8 53. h5 Qh1+ 54. Kg4 Qd1+ 55. Kf4 Qc1+ 56.
Kg4 Qd1+ $11) 52... Qh1+ 53. Kg4 Qd1+ 54. Rf3 $16) 48... Qc6+ 49. Kg1 Rxe3 50.
dxe3 $44 Qc3 51. Kf2 Qd2+ 52. Be2 Qxc2 53. Rxb4 Qf5+ (53... Kg6 54. Rb5 Kf7 55.
b4 Qd2 56. Rb7+ Kg6 57. b5 Qd5 58. Bf3 Qd2+ 59. Be2 Qd5 $11) 54. Rf4 Qc2 55. b4
Kg6 56. b5 Kg7 57. Rc4 Qf5+ 58. Rf4 Qc2 {White can't take Ph5 with R...} 59. g4
hxg4 60. Rxg4+ Kh6 61. Rf4 Kg6 62. h5+ Kg7 63. Rg4+ Kh7 64. Rc4 Qf5+ 65. Rf4 (
65. Ke1 Qe5 66. Kd2 Qb2+ 67. Ke1 Qe5 $11) 65... Qe5 66. Bd3+ Kh6 67. Be2 Kh7
68. Rd4 Qf5+ 69. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3
Be6 8. f3 Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 $1 $146 {[%cal Ge2g3,Gg3h5,Gg3f5]
[%mdl 12] Ftacnik: 'An ambitious attempt to keep the position more complicated
than after the standard 11.Nd5. '} ({This novelty is an important alternative
to the standard continuation} 11. Nd5 {, which was tested in the strongest
tournaments this year:} Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15. Rg1 (
15. h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. h5 Qc8 20. h6 g6 21. Rhg1
Kh8 22. f4 Ng4 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Svidler,P/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 69_07 (41)})
15... O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Kb1 Nh5 20. Rg4 Qd7 21. Rc4
Qf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Rc7 Bf8 24. Rb7 Nf6 25. Rb5 Ne8 26. Rb7 Nf6 27. Rb5 Ne8
28. Rb7 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kasparov,G/Linares 1999/CBM 70_07 (28) Avoiding
exchanges, White strives towards rapid development completion, intending to
place his knight on g3, from where he can access h5- and f5-squares.}) 11...
Nh5 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Ng3 Nf4 (13... Nxg3 {Ftacnik} 14. hxg3 a5 15. Bb5 $14) 14.
h4 (14. Bxf4 {Ftacnik} exf4 15. Qxf4 Bxg5 16. Qxd6 Be7 $14) 14... h6 (14... O-O
{Ftacnik} 15. Qxb4 d5 16. Qd2 $16) 15. Bxf4 $1 (15. Nd4 {Ftacnik} hxg5 16. Nxe6
fxe6 17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Nxh1 Qc7 $11) (15. gxh6 $2 {Ftacnik} Bxh4 $1 16. Bxf4
exf4 17. Qxf4 Rxh6 18. Bg2 Bxb3 19. axb3 g5 20. Qg4 Nf6 21. Qh3 Nh5 $19) 15...
exf4 16. Nh5 $1 {Ftacnik: 'White has given up the important dark squared
bishop, so he needs a good compensation for it. '} (16. Qxf4 $6 {Ftacnik} hxg5
17. hxg5 Rxh1 18. Nxh1 Ne5 $15) 16... Bxb3 (16... hxg5 {yileds White a very
dangerous attack:} 17. hxg5 (17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Nd4 $36) 17...
Bxg5 18. O-O-O (18. Nxg7+ Ke7) 18... O-O 19. Qh2 g6 (19... f6 20. Nxg7 $1 $18)
20. Nf6+ Kg7 $8 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Qh7+ Kf6 23. e5+ $1 Kxe5 24. Qg7+ f6 (24...
Bf6 25. Re1+ Kf5 26. Bd3+ Kg5 27. Qh6#) 25. Bc4 $1 Qxg7 (25... d5 26. Qxd7 Bxd7
27. Rxd5+ Ke6 28. Re1+ Kf7 29. Rxd7#) 26. Rhe1+ Kf5 27. Bxe6#) (16... g6 {
Ftacnik} 17. Ng7+ Kf8 18. Nxe6+ fxe6 19. Nd4 Nc5 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. Qxf4+ $16) 17.
axb3 g6 18. Nxf4 hxg5 19. Nd5 Rxh4 (19... gxh4 {was more stubborn, although
after} 20. O-O-O {White has excellent attacking prospects.}) (19... Ne5 {
Ftacnik} 20. Be2 Rxh4 21. Rxh4 gxh4 22. Qxb4 $14) 20. Rxh4 gxh4 21. O-O-O {
Ftacnik: 'Black seems to be doing good with elimination of most white's
attacking pieces. Unfortunatelly for him the king will be hard presses to find
a safe heaven and opposite coloured bishops are strong weappon for the
attacker. '} (21. Qxb4 {Ftacnik} a5 22. Qa4 Kf8 $14) 21... Nf6 (21... Bg5 {
falls short} {after} 22. f4) 22. Bc4 {'!' Ftacnik.} (22. Nxe7 {Ftacnik} Qxe7
23. Qxb4 Rd8 24. Bxa6 Qe5 $14) 22... Nxd5 23. Qxd5 {[%csl Rd6,Rf7][%cal Gc4f7,
Gd1d8,Ge4e5,Ge5d6,Ge5e6]} Bg5+ 24. Kb1 Ra7 {'[]' Ftacnik.} 25. e5 $1 {
Undertaking impressive march of the e-pawn, which crowns White's attack.
Ftacnik: 'Adams has higher ambitions than eliminating into inferior ending
with 25.Qxd6.'} Kf8 (25... dxe5 {loses after} 26. Qxe5+ Qe7 27. Qb8+ {'+-'
Ftacnik.}) (25... Qa8 {Ftacnik} 26. Qd4 $16) 26. e6 $1 Bf6 (26... fxe6 {
fails to} 27. Qxe6 Kg7 28. Rxd6 Qf6 (28... Qe7 29. Qxg6+ Kh8 30. Qg8#) 29. Qg8+
) 27. exf7 Qe7 28. f4 Qxf7 (28... Kg7 {Ftacnik} 29. Qg2 d5 30. Bxd5 $18) (28...
Rd7 {Ftacnik} 29. Rg1 $18) 29. Qxd6+ Qe7 30. Qb8+ Kg7 31. Rg1 {[%csl Rg6,Rg7,
Rg8][%cal Gc4g8,Gb8g8,Gc4d3,Gd3g6,Gg1g6] Black is defenseless against manifold
threats of the perfectly interacting white pieces.} Kh6 32. Bd3 Rd7 33. Qg8 {
[%mdl 1]} (33. Qg8 Qf7 34. Rxg6+ Kh5 35. Be2#) 1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Qxd2 Be7 7. Bb5+ c6
8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O f6 10. c4 fxe5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxe5 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
b3 c5 15. Ba3 Bb7 16. Rac1 Rc8 17. Bg4 Rc7 18. Rce1 d4 19. Qd3 Bd6 20. Bc1 Kh8
21. f4 Re7 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Bd2 Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Hecht,Hj} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7.
e4 a6 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 {Very topical position,
black knight hopes to slow down the attack on the kingside.} (11... Nb6 12. h4
Nd5 (12... Nc6 13. h5 Rxf3 14. gxf3 Nxd4 15. Rd1 c5 16. Bxd4 cxd4 17. hxg6 h6
18. Rh5 Qe8 19. Ne2 Qxg6 20. Rh1 Kh8 21. Rg1 Qf7 22. Nxd4 {1-0 Kasparov,
G-Svidler,P/Wijk aan Zee/1999/ (31)}) 13. h5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 c5 15. hxg6 hxg6 16.
Qc2 e5 17. dxc5 Bf5 18. e4 Bg4 19. Be2 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nc6 21. Qb3+ Rf7 22. Kf2
Nd4 23. Qd1 e6 {0-1 Levtchouk,G-Duong Thanh Nha/Quebec/ 1992/ (31)}) 12. a4
bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nc6 (13... Nd5 $5 14. Bc4 c6 15. h4 Nd7 16. h5 N7b6 17. hxg6 hxg6
18. Bd3 Nxa4 19. Qxa4 Qd6 20. Bxg6 Rxf3 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Bh7+ Kf8 23. gxf3 Rb8
24. Qc2 Qb4+ 25. Kf1 Qc4+ 26. Qxc4 dxc4 {0-1 Piket,J-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo/1999/
(49)}) 14. Bc4 Rb8 (14... Qd6 $5 15. Ng5 Nd8 16. f3 $13 (16. Nce4 $6 Nxe4 17.
Nxe4 Qc6 18. f3 Rb8 19. Qxb8 Qxa4 $17)) 15. Bxe6+ Kh8 16. Qc4 (16. Qa2 $2 Nb4
17. Qc4 Bxe6 18. Qxe6 Nd3+ 19. Kf1 Rb6 $15) 16... Bxe6 (16... Nb4 17. Ng5 Nc2+
18. Kd1 Nxe3+ 19. fxe3 $36) 17. Qxe6 Qd6 {Svidler must have believed, that
with this move his pieces will win sufficient coordination for keeping the
balance.} 18. Ng5 (18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. Rxa6 Nb4 20. Ra7 Nc2+ 21. Ke2 Nxe3 22.
fxe3 Rxb2+ $11) 18... Rxb2 19. O-O (19. Nf7+ Rxf7 20. Qxf7 e5 $1 (20... Nb4 21.
O-O $16) 21. Bc1 Nd8 (21... Rc2 22. Ba3 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 $13) 22. Qc4 Rc2 $40)
19... Nd8 20. Qh3 (20. Qxd6 cxd6 21. Rxa6 Ng4 $11) 20... Qd7 $6 (20... Qc6 21.
Ra3 Nf7 22. Ne6 $13) 21. Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Rxa6 $14 {[%mdl 4096] Karpov's
advantage is minimal, but black has to work hard for limiting the demage.} Nb6
(22... c5 $6 23. Na4 cxd4 24. Nxb2 dxe3 25. fxe3 Bxb2 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Ra8
Bf6 28. Rxd8 Bxg5 29. Rxf8+ Kg7 30. Rf3 $18) 23. h4 Rc2 (23... Nc4 24. Ra4 $14)
24. Nce4 h6 25. Nf3 Nc6 26. Raa1 Nb4 (26... Rd8 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Nxd4 29.
Nxd4 Bxd4 30. Bxh6 $14) 27. Rfc1 Rxc1+ (27... N6d5 28. Bd2 Kh7 $14) 28. Rxc1
N4d5 29. Nc5 {The defender must take care of many weak pawns: c7,e7 and h6.}
Rf6 (29... Nxe3 30. fxe3 Nd5 31. Ne6 Rf6 32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. e4 $16) 30. Bd2 Rd6
31. Nb7 Rf6 (31... Rd7 $6 32. Ne5 Bxe5 33. dxe5 $16) 32. Ne5 Kh7 33. g3 $1 Rf8
34. Nc5 Ra8 35. Rc2 Rd8 (35... Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Rd1 37. Kf3 $14) 36. Kg2 Bxe5 $6 {
Svidler's patience was severely tested, but exhcanges of pieces only underline
the structural advantages of white position.} (36... Ra8 37. Ne6 Ra4 38. Nxg7
Kxg7 39. Rc6 $1 Nf6 40. Rxc7 Nbd5 41. Rc4 $16) (36... Rd6 $5 37. Kf3 Rf6+ 38.
Ke2 $14) 37. dxe5 Nd7 38. Nxd7 (38. Ne6 Rc8 39. Kf3 c5 40. Ke4 Nc7 41. Nxc7
Rxc7 $14) 38... Rxd7 39. Rc6 {Hecht,Hj: 'Turm und Läufer arbeiten hervorragend
zusammen und sind von besserer Qualität als die passiv stehenden schwarzen
Figuren. Zudem sind alle schwarzen Bauernschwächen unter Beschuß und das
wünschenswerte e6 ist verhindert.'} Nb6 (39... Rd8 40. Kf3 Rf8+ 41. Ke4 Rxf2
42. Kxd5 Rxd2+ 43. Ke6 g5 44. Kxe7 $16) (39... h5 {Hecht,Hj} 40. Kf3 Kg7 41.
Ke4 Rd8 42. Bg5 Rd7 43. e6 Rd8 44. Rc5 $18) 40. Bc1 Rd5 (40... Nd5 41. h5 g5
42. f4 gxf4 43. Bxf4 Nxf4+ 44. gxf4 $16) 41. Re6 Nc8 (41... Rd7 42. h5 gxh5 (
42... g5 43. f4 gxf4 44. Bxf4 $18) 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44. Rxh5 $16) 42. h5 $1 {
Black's pawn structure on the kingside is now doomed.} gxh5 (42... g5 43. f4
Rc5 44. Be3 Rc3 45. Kf2 $18) 43. Rxh6+ Kg7 44. Rxh5 c5 (44... Nb6 45. Kf3 $16)
45. Kf3 $1 c4 46. Be3 e6 (46... c3 47. Rh4 $1 Kg8 48. Rc4 $18) 47. Rh4 Ne7 (
47... Rxe5 $2 48. Bd4 $18) 48. Rxc4 Ng6 49. Bd4 {Hecht,Hj: 'und Sxe5 scheitert
an der Läuferfesselung.'} (49. Bd4 Nxe5+ 50. Ke4 Kf6 51. Bc3 $1 Rb5 52. f4 $18)
1-0

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 $1 {I has
found this idea during my preparation to the match against Psakhis.It worked
very well and after several moves White had to be careful to equalize(The game
you can find below).} ({After natural} 6... Bg7 {black has to solve serious
problems.For example:} 7. e4 $1 O-O 8. e5 $1 Ng4 9. d4 {[%csl Rg4] and black
has to choose between} Nc6 {tried in the game Ivanchuk-Shirov,Rubinstein mem
1998} ({and} 9... Be6 10. d5 Bf5 11. Bf4 {[%cal Gh2h3]} Nd7 12. Qe2 {[%csl Rf5,
Rg4][%cal Gh2h3]} f6 {Otherwise black pieces feel very uncomfortable on the
kingside.} 13. e6 Nde5 14. Rd1 $1 $146 ({In the origin game black has got good
counterchances after} 14. Bxe5 fxe5 15. h3 Nf6 16. Rd1 e4 17. Ne5 c6 $1 18.
dxc6 Qc7 19. cxb7 Rad8 $1 $36 {0-1 Goldin,A-Mikhalevski,V/Rishon Le Zion 1997/
CBM 62 ext (30);71/12}) 14... c6 $2 (14... Nxf3+ $5) (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Nd4 Bd3
16. Rxd3 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 cxd5 18. Be2 Ne5 19. Qb5 g5 20. Be3 f5 21. Bxg5 f4 22.
O-O Ng6 23. Rd1 {1-0 Rustemov,A-Zezulkin,J/Swidnica POL 1999 (23)My analysis
of this game you can find in CBM 71.}) {but after} 10. Bf4 Na5 11. Qe2 $1 $14 {
White is better in view of unfortunate position of black knights.}) 7. g3 {
Strange enough that Topalov chooses this inoffensive move.} (7. d4 {Looks more
logical and puts much more problems.} b5 8. Qb3 Nc6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11.
Be2 Be6 12. Qd1 Nb4 $6 (12... Nd5 $5) 13. e4 $1 Bc4 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bxc4 bxc4
16. O-O Rb8 17. d5 Nh5 18. Be3 Na5 19. Qa4 c6 20. dxc6 e6 21. e5 Qc7 22. g4 $18
{1-0 Lautier,J-Bacrot,E/Enghien-les-Bains FRA 1999 (30).See my comments in
CBM70.}) 7... Nc6 {Another surprise.} ({Why not} 7... b5 8. Qb3 c5 9. d3 Nc6
10. Bg2 Rc8 {solving all opening problems easily?} 11. Qd1 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13.
Be3 Nb4 14. h3 Nfd5 15. Bd2 Nb6 16. Qc1 c4 17. dxc4 Rxc4 18. Bh6 N4d5 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 20. Ne5 Rc5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Nxd5
Qxd5 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Mikhalevski,V/Ramat Aviv 1998/CBM 68 (25)}) 8. Bg2 Bg7
9. O-O e5 10. d3 h6 {Similar position with White's queen on d1 can be reached
by 1.c4 Nf62.Nc3 d5 3.cd N:d5 4.g3g6 5.Bg2 Nb6 6.Nf3 Bg7 and so on.The
position of queen on c4 is in the Black's favour as he can win few tempos by
the means of Be6 and then Nd5 and Nb6.} 11. Rd1 Be6 12. Qa4 O-O 13. Be3 Nd5 14.
Bc5 Nb6 (14... Re8 $5 {leaving the idea of Nb6 for later use.} 15. d4 Nxc3 (
15... exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Nxc3 (17... Bxd4 18. Bxd5 $1) 18. Bxc3 {
with some pressure.}) 16. bxc3 e4 (16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 $14 (18.
cxd4 Bd5)) 17. Ne5 (17. Ne1 f5 18. d5 $140 $2 Bxd5 19. c4 b5 $1) 17... Bd5 (
17... Nxe5 $5 18. dxe5 Qg5) 18. c4 (18. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Gd1d8,Gc3c4]}) 18... b5 {
and Black is OK.}) 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Rac1 Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b5] White's queen life
doesn't promise to be very quite in this game.} 17. Nd2 Nb5 18. Qb4 (18. Qa5
$143 Nd5 $1 {[%cal Gb7b6]} (18... Nd7 19. Nxb5 b6 20. Qa3 $1) 19. Nxb5 $140 $2
b6 $1 20. Qa3 (20. Bxd5 $142) 20... axb5) 18... c6 {[%cal Ga6a5]} 19. Qa5 Nd7
20. Qxd8 {A big relief for White.His main problem has finally gone.} Raxd8 $11
21. Bb4 Nf6 ({Of course not} 21... Nxc3 22. bxc3 Bxa2 $4 23. c4 {and Black has
to look for an escape by} a5) (21... c5 $2 22. Nxb5 cxb4 (22... axb5 23. Bxc5)
23. Nc7 (23. Nd6 $5)) (21... Nd4 $5 {in order to meet Ba5 with b6.} 22. e3 Nf5)
22. Ba5 Rb8 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Gb7b6] Creating a threat of b6 catching White's
bishop.} 23. Nc4 Nd5 {[%cal Gb5c3,Gd5c3][%mdl 2048] Look at this knight.That's
its second loop.} 24. Nxd5 {This knight should be killed.} cxd5 25. Nb6 {
[%csl Rd5]} e4 $5 {An interesting decision.Black chooses immediate
counterattack.} (25... Rbd8 26. Na4 $1 {[%cal Ga4c5]}) (25... Nd4 $5 26. Kf1
Nc6 27. Bc3 Rbd8 $11) 26. e3 {[%csl Gd4] restricting Black's knight.} ({After} 
26. dxe4 dxe4 {Black's bishops are too active.}) 26... Bxb2 27. Rc2 Bg7 28. a4
exd3 (28... Na3 $6 {is dangerous in view of} 29. Ra2 Bf8 30. Rda1 exd3 31. Rxa3
Bxa3 32. Rxa3) 29. Rcc1 (29. Rxd3 $2 Bf5) 29... Na7 {[%cal Ga7c6]} (29... Nd6 {
[%cal Gd6c4]} 30. Nxd5 {[%cal Ga5c7,Gd5c7]} b6 31. Bb4 $1 $14 {[%cal Gd5c7]} (
31. Bxb6 $2 Bxd5) (31. Nxb6 Bf5 $13)) 30. Rxd3 Nc6 31. Bc3 Ne5 {This knight
has worked not worse than its colleague and also is killed on its second loop.}
32. Bxe5 Bxe5 33. Bxd5 Rbd8 ({After} 33... Bxd5 34. Rxd5 {White is slightly
better.}) 34. e4 Re7 {[%cal Ge5c7]} 35. Kg2 Bc7 36. Rb1 Kg7 {[%cal Gc7b6]
Preparing series of exchanges.} (36... Bxd5 $2 37. Nxd5 Rxe4 $140 $2 38. Nf6+
Kg7 39. Rxd8 $18) 37. Nc4 Bd7 38. Rxb7 (38. a5 Bb5) (38. Rxb7 {Here are the
variations which show possible developing of the play:} Bxa4 (38... Bc6 $143
39. Ra7 Bxa4 (39... Rxe4 40. Bxc6 Rxc4 41. Rxd8 Bxd8 42. Rxa6 $14 (42. Bd5 $5
Rc7 43. Rxa6 $14)) 40. Rxa6 Bb5 (40... Bc2 41. Re3) 41. Ra7 Bxc4 (41... Rxd5 $2
42. Rxd5 Bxc4 43. Rc5 Bd6 44. Rxe7 Bxc5 45. Rc7) 42. Bxc4 Rxd3 (42... Rxe4 $2
43. Rxd8 (43. Rxc7 $2 Rxc4 $1 44. Rxf7+ Kxf7 45. Rxd8 $11) 43... Bxd8 44. Rxf7+
Kh8 45. Bd3 $18) 43. Bxd3 $14) 39. Nb6 (39. Rc3 Be8) 39... Bb5 (39... Bc6 $6
40. Bxc6 $1 Rxd3 41. Nc8 $1 Red7 (41... Re6 $2 42. Bd5 $1) 42. Bxd7 (42. e5 a5
$3 43. Bxd7 Rxd7 {see 42.B:d7}) 42... Rxd7 43. e5 $1 {[%cal Gc8b6,Gb6d5]} (43.
Nb6 Rd6) 43... a5 $1 44. Nd6 (44. Nb6 Re7 45. Nd5 Rxe5 46. Nxc7 Re7 47. Ra7 a4
$1 $11) (44. Na7 {[%cal Ga7b5]} Re7 45. Nc6 Rd7 $1 (45... Rxe5 $5 46. Nxe5 (46.
Rxc7 Rc5 $11) 46... Bxe5 $14) 46. Nxa5 Rd5 47. Rxc7 Rxa5 48. e6 Kf6 49. exf7
Kg7 $11 {[%cal Gh6h5]}) (44. Ra7 $5 {[%cal Gc8b6,Gb6d5]} a4 $1 45. Nb6 (45. Nd6
Re7 $1) 45... Re7 46. Nxa4 $14) 44... Rxd6 (44... Re7 $2 45. Rxc7 $18) 45. exd6
Bxd6 $14) 40. Rc3 Bd6 41. Rxe7 Bxe7 42. Rc7 Kf8 $11 {[%cal Gb5e8]}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht,Hj} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3
d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 11. Ng5 Bd5 $2 {A new idea of I.Sokolov
and J.Piket tried by the first against Anand in Leon in 1994.It's interesting
that it was born not as an attempt to alive 10...d4 line after brilliant win
of Kasparov in the 10-th game of his match against Anand,but a year before
against the same opponent! Up to the current game it seems to be working,but
Svidler shows that attack is much more strong than it was considered before.} (
11... dxc3 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. bxc3 Qd3 14. Bc2 $1 Qxc3 15. Nb3 $3 {
Kasparov-Anand,New York(m/10) 1995.}) (11... Qxg5 12. Qf3) 12. Nxf7 $1 ({
Lately the line} 12. Bxd5 Qxd5 13. Nb3 Nxb3 (13... d3 {Dorfman} 14. Nd4 Nxe5
15. Re1 Be7 16. Nf5 $36) 14. axb3 Be7 15. Nf3 d3 $1 $13 {was discussed.} ({
In the origin game Black played worse and White obtained better play.} 15...
Nxe5 16. Nxd4 Ng6 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Nxf3 c5 19. Rd1 $14 {0-1 Anand,V-Sokolov,I/
Lyon 1994/CBM 45/[Kortschnoj] (53)}) 16. Be3 (16. Nd4 $13) (16. Bg5 {Dorfman}
Bxg5 17. Nxg5 O-O $10) 16... O-O 17. Bd4 $146 (17. b4 Rfd8 18. Re1 a5 19. bxa5
Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd4 Nc4 22. b3 Nxe5 23. f4 Ng6 24. b4 Qc4 25. Qd2 c5 26.
bxc5 Bxc5 27. f5 Ne5 28. Kh1 f6 29. Ne6 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 d2 31. Rd1 Qb3 32. Qg1
Ng4 {0-1 McDonald,N-Gyimesi,Z/Budapest 1995/EXT 97 (32)}) 17... Rfd8 18. Qxd3 {
White has nothing from the opening.} (18. b4 Bxb4 19. Qxd3 Be7 $15) 18... Qxb3
19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Rfd1 Rd5 21. h3 a5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Onischuk,A-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan
Zee 1997/CBM 57/[Wedberg] (62)}) (12. Re1 {1-0 Szelag,M-Jedryczka,K/Augustow
1996/EXT 99 (42)}) 12... Kxf7 13. Qf3+ Ke6 14. Qg4+ $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14. Ne4
{was played and analysed by Cuban players.In according to Wedberg Black forces
a draw after} Nxb3 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Ne7 $13) 15. Qg4+ Kf7 16. Qf5+ Kg8 $1 (
16... Ke8 {'?' Wedberg.} 17. e6 Bxe6 (17... Ne5 18. axb3 $16) (17... Qc8 18.
Qxd5 Nba5 19. b4 Ne7 20. Qh5+ $16) 18. Qxe6+ Ne7 19. Qxb3 Qd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21.
cxd4 $16 {2.30-2.15. 1/2-1/2 Dominguez,L-Rios,E/Cienfuegos 1996/CBM 52 ext (49)
}) 17. e6 h6 (17... Qe7 $2 18. Qxd5 Nxa1 19. Bg5 Rd8 20. Qxc6 Qe8 21. Qxc7 Rc8
22. Qe5 $16) 18. Qf7+ (18. axb3 Rh7 $17) 18... Kh7 19. Ng5+ hxg5 20. Qh5+ Kg8
21. Qf7+ $11) 14... Ke7 $8 (14... Kf7 $2 15. Qf5+ Ke7 (15... Kg8 16. e6 $18) (
15... Ke8 16. e6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Qf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bd5 Kd7 20. cxd4 $18) 16.
e6 Nxb3 (16... Nxe6 17. Bxd5 $18 {[%cal Gf1e1]}) (16... Bxe6 17. Re1 $1 (17.
Qxc5+ Qd6 $8 18. Qg5+ Kd7 $16 (18... Kf7 19. Qf5+ Ke7 20. Re1)) 17... Qd6 18.
Bxe6 Nxe6 19. Nb3 $1 {[%cal Gc1g5,Gb3c5]} (19. Ne4 $5 Qe5 20. Bg5+ Kd7 (20...
Nxg5 21. Nxg5 $18 {[%cal Re1e7]}) (20... Ke8 21. Nf6+ $18) 21. Nc5+ $1 Bxc5 (
21... Qxc5 22. Qxe6#) 22. Rxe5 Nxe5 23. Qxe5 $18) 19... Ncd8 20. Bg5+ Kd7 21.
Bxd8 Kxd8 (21... Rxd8 22. Nc5+ $1 Kc8 23. Rxe6 Qxc5 24. Re5+ $18) 22. Rxe6 Qd7
23. Nxd4 $18) 17. Nxb3 {[%cal Gc1g5]} Bxe6 18. Re1 (18. Bg5+ $2 Kd7) 18... Qc8
19. Nxd4 (19. cxd4 $5) 19... Nxd4 20. cxd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 15. e6 $1 {
[%cal Gg4g5]} Bxe6 (15... Nxb3 {doesn't save} 16. Nxb3 Bxe6 17. Re1 Qd5 (17...
Qd6 $2 18. Nc5 Nd8 19. Bg5+ Kf7 20. Qf3+ {[%cal Rf3f7,Rf3a8]}) 18. Nc5 Nd8 19.
cxd4 $1 {[%cal Ge1e5,Gc5e6]} h6 $8 (19... g6 $2 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Re5 Qd6 22.
Bg5+ Kd7 (22... Kf7 23. Qf3+ {[%cal Rf3f7,Rf3a8]}) 23. Rae1 Re8 24. d5 $18) (
19... Kf7 $2 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. Re5 Qd6 22. Qf3+ $18 {[%cal Rf3f7,Rf3a8]}) 20.
Bf4 $1 Kf7 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Re5 Qd7 23. Qf5+ $18) 16. Re1 Qd7 (16... Qd6 {
allow White to bring knight into play with tempo.} 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Ne4 Qe5
19. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Ge4c5,Ge4g5]} (19. Bg5+ Kd7 20. Nc5+ Bxc5 (20... Qxc5 21.
Qxe6#) 21. Rxe5 Nxe5) 19... h5 (19... Qd5 20. Ng5 Ncd8 21. Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxe6+
Qxe6 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Bxe1 $16) 20. Qh4+ (20. Qg6 $5) 20... Kd7 21. Ng5 Qf5
22. Nxe6 Qg4 23. Qxg4 hxg4 24. cxd4 $16) 17. Bxe6 ({Unfortunately} 17. Ne4 $2 {
doesn't work because of} Nxb3 ({In case of} 17... Bxg4 $4 {White beautifully
mates} 18. Bg5+ Ke8 19. Nd6#)) 17... Nxe6 18. Nf3 (18. Nb3) 18... Re8 (18...
Kf7 $2 19. Rxe6 (19. Ng5+ $5)) 19. Ng5 Ncd8 $8 20. Bd2 $1 {[%cal Gc3d4,Gd2b4]
Svidler brings another piece into attack.} h6 $6 {[%csl Rg6]} ({It was
interesting to seek a refuge on the queenside.Here is examplary variation:} 
20... Kd6 $5 21. cxd4 Kc6 22. Qe4+ Kb6 23. d5 Bc5 $1 (23... Nxg5 24. Qxe8 Qxe8
25. Rxe8 {with an advantage for White.}) 24. Nxe6 (24. b4 Nxg5 25. bxc5+ Ka7
$13) 24... Nxe6 25. b4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Nd8 {and Black is still alive.}) 21. Nf3
$1 $16 {[%cal Gf3e5,Ge5g6] White's attack on its final stages.} ({After} 21.
Nxe6 Nxe6 22. Rxe6+ Qxe6 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Bxe1 $14 {[%csl Re7] White is
better,but Svidler already goes for more.}) 21... Qd5 22. Re5 Qd6 23. cxd4 {
[%cal Gd4d5]} h5 (23... c6 24. d5 cxd5 $140 25. Bb4 $18) 24. Qe4 Kf7 25. d5 Kg8
26. Qg6 (26. dxe6 $5 Rxe6 27. Bf4 (27. Bc3 $5) 27... Rxe5 28. Bxe5 $18) 26...
Re7 27. Rae1 Nd4 $8 28. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 cxd6 30. Rxe7 Bxe7 31. Rxe7 $18 {
Certainly White is winning anyhow and that can sometimes be a problem. Hecht,
Hj: '[#] Aktiver Turm, Mehrbauer: Urteil: +- Partieverlauf: Anand gibt für
höchste Aktivität den Damenflügel auf und erreicht dennoch nur ein anscheinend
verlorenes Endspiel mit einem Springer gegen drei vereinzelte weiße Freibauern.
Doch mit seinem letzten Bauern als "Siegfried" kann Schwarz Remis erreichen.
Wirklich?! Siehe dazu die Anmerkung am Partieende!!'} Nf7 32. Ra7 $6 {First
inaccuracy.} (32. h4 $1 {preventing possible counterplay was the simplest way
to the victory.} Ne5 33. Kg2 Kh7 34. Bc3 $18) 32... h4 $1 {[%cal Gh8h5]} 33.
Ra8+ Kh7 34. Rxa6 Kg6 {[%cal Gh8h5]} 35. Rb6 Rc8 36. Rxb5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] A
serious mistake.White should prevent possible counterplay.} (36. Bc3 $5 h3 37.
f4 $1 {[%cal Gf2f3]} Re8 38. Kf1 $18) (36. h3 $5 Rc2 37. Bc3 $18) 36... Rc2 37.
Bc3 h3 {[%csl Rg1,Rh2] Now suddenly Black creates counterplay.} 38. Kf1 Ng5 {
[%csl Rf3,Rh2]} 39. Rb7 Nxf3 40. Rxg7+ Kf5 {[%csl Rf1]} 41. Rg3 Ke4 {[%cal
Gf3h2]} 42. Rxh3 $8 {It's time to sacrifice a piece.Otherwise 42...N:h2+ is
following.} Rc1+ 43. Ke2 (43. Kg2 $4 Rg1#) 43... Rxc3 $1 44. bxc3 Ng1+ 45. Kf1
Nxh3 {Look at the position ten moves ago.It's just unbelievable.Fortunately
White is still better,but now he must prove his superiority.} 46. a4 Kxd5 47.
Kg2 Ng5 48. h4 Ne4 49. h5 Ke6 50. c4 Nd2 ({Or} 50... Kf5 51. f4 $1) 51. a5 Nxc4
52. a6 Nb6 53. a7 Kf5 54. f4 $18 {White gets winning position once again.Now
first part of his plan is to bring king to the queenside and force d5-d4.Black
has to wait.} Na8 55. Kf3 d5 56. Ke3 Nc7 {Only defensive setup.} 57. Kd2 Kf6
58. Kc2 Kf5 59. Kb3 d4 60. Kc4 Kf6 61. Kd3 Kf5 {Second part of White's plan is
to reach the board position with Black to go.The triangle makes the day.} 62.
Ke2 Kf6 63. Kf2 (63. Kd2 {is shorter.} Na8 ({or} 63... Kf5 64. Kd3 Kf6 65. Ke4)
64. Kd3 Nc7 65. Ke4) 63... Kf5 ({or} 63... Ke6 64. h6 Kf6 65. f5) 64. Kf3 Na8
65. Ke2 Nc7 66. Kd3 {two extra moves and White reaches the position of
zugzwang.} Kf6 67. Ke4 Kf7 68. f5 Kf6 (68... Kg7 69. Kd3 Kf6 70. h6 {leads to
the same.}) 69. h6 Kf7 {It's incredible.White accepts draw in the situation
when a win as close as never. Hecht,Hj: '[#] Entgegen meinen Anmerkungen im
Vorspann ist Anand überraschenderweise doch verloren. Wenn Swidler seinen
a-Bauern gegen den d-Bauern hergibt, stellt er dabei den Springer so schlecht,
daß der entweder gar nicht mehr eingreifen kann oder aber selbst den Verlust
verursacht. Das geht so:'} (69... Kf7 {After} 70. Kxd4 {White wins by force}
Nb5+ $8 71. Kc5 Nxa7 72. Kb6 $1 Nc8+ (72... Kg8 73. f6 $1 (73. Kxa7 $4 Kh7 74.
Kb6 Kxh6 75. Kc6 Kg5 $11) 73... Nc8+ 74. Kc7 Na7 75. Kd7 $18) 73. Kc7 Ne7 (
73... Na7 74. Kd7 {'!' Hecht,Hj.} Nb5 (74... Kf6 75. h7 $1 Kg7 76. f6+ Kxh7 77.
f7 Kg7 78. Ke8 $1 $18 {'+-' Hecht,Hj.}) 75. h7 Kg7 76. f6+ Kxh7 77. f7 Kg7 78.
Ke7 $18) 74. h7 Kg7 (74... Nd5+ 75. Kd6 (75. Kd6 {Hecht,Hj} Kg7 76. Kxd5 Kxh7
77. Ke6 Kg7 78. Ke7 $18)) 75. f6+ $1 $18 {'+-' Hecht,Hj. It's clear that
Svidler missed this nice idea.Even the sun has spots!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 {A rare system but deeply
analysed by Korchnoi.} Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. Be2 e5 (8... Nc6) (8... f5)
9. d5 c6 10. Qb3 $146 {[%cal Yb3b7,Yb3g8,Ya1d1,Ya2a5] White intends to press
on the q-side but first he develops his queen. The immediate} (10. a4 {yielded
Black counterplay after} cxd5 11. exd5 e4 $5 12. Bd4 (12. a5 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3
Nxd5) 12... Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Nc6 14. Qc5 Ne5 15. a5 Re8 $1 16. Qd4 (16. axb6 $4
axb6) 16... Nbd7 17. Nxe4 Nf6 18. Nf3 (18. Nc3 Bf5) 18... Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nxe4
20. fxe4 Qh4 21. Ra4 Bh3 {the white king is trapped in the centre} 22. Rg1 Rac8
$44 {1-0 Moskalenko,V-Pirrot,D/St.Ingbert op 1989 (32)}) 10... cxd5 11. exd5 e4
{Black must exploit White's delay in development, even at a price of material
concessions, otherwise he will be worse.} 12. Rd1 Na6 13. Nxe4 $6 {I don't
think it was wise to grab this pawn, losing time and opening the e-file for
the black rook.} (13. Nb5 Bd7 14. Nxa7 Na4) (13. a4 $5 {deserved serious
attention} Qe7 $1 {protecting the e4 pawn and planning 14...Qb4} (13... Qd6 14.
a5 Nd7 (14... Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Qxd5 17. Bh6 f6 18. Bc4 $18) 15.
Nxe4 Qb4+ 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Kf1 $16 Bxb2 $140 18. Rb1 Ba3 19. Rb3 Nc2 20. Bh6
Re8 21. Bd3 Nb4 22. Bb1 $18) (13... Bxc3+ 14. Qxc3 (14. bxc3) 14... Nxa4 15.
Qd4 Qa5+ 16. Bd2 $18) (13... Bd7 14. a5 Bxc3+ 15. Qxc3 (15. bxc3 Ba4) 15... Na4
16. Qd2 $16) 14. a5 (14. d6 Qe6) 14... Nd7 15. d6 Qe5 16. Rd5 Qe6 17. Nh3 $1
Nac5 18. Qc4 {and White seems to have better prospects.}) 13... Bd7 14. Nc3 (
14. Bg5 f6) (14. Bb5 Bxb5 15. Qxb5 Re8 16. Nc3 Qh4 $44) 14... Rc8 {So, at a
price of a pawn Black has completed his development. Now 15...Bxc3+ 16.bxc3
Ba4 is threatened.} 15. Qa3 Na4 $6 {But this operation is dubious. I would
prefer} (15... Qh4 $1 16. Nf3 (16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. Nf3 Qc4) 16... Qb4 17. Qxb4
Nxb4 18. O-O Bxc3 19. bxc3 N4xd5 {and Black is OK}) 16. Nxa4 Qa5+ 17. Rd2 (17.
Kf1 $1 Qxa4 18. Qxa4 Bxa4 19. b3 Bd7 20. Bxa7 Rc2 21. a4 {and it is not easy
for Black to prove that his compensation is sufficient for two (not one!)
pawns, e.g.} Nc5 (21... Nb4 22. Nf3 Rc3 23. Bc4 Bxa4 24. bxa4 Rxc4 25. Bb6 $16)
22. Bc4 (22. Bxc5 Rxc5 23. Nf3 Rc3 {and Black's compensation should be
sufficient for surviving, e.g.} 24. Nd2 Bf5 25. g4 Bc2 26. Rc1 Bh6) 22... Rc8
23. Bxc5 (23. Nf3 Bxa4 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. bxa4 R5xc4 26. d6 Rc1 27. Ke2 R1c2+
$11) 23... Rxc5 24. d6 $18) {After the text move Black forces a draw.} 17...
Rc1+ 18. Bd1 Nb4 $1 19. Nc3 Qxa3 20. bxa3 Bxc3 21. axb4 Ba4 22. Ke2 Bb5+ (22...
Bxd2 $2 23. Bxa4) 23. Ke1 (23. Rd3 $2 Ra1) 23... Ba4 24. Ke2 Bb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Illescas Cordoba, Miguel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2585"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 $5 (8... Qc7 $5 {-see comments to Hector,J-Ziegler,A/Goteborg,1999/CBM
69(1-0)(Golod,V)(37) Besides:8...Qa5;8...f5;8...Qh4;8...Ba6;8...Be7;8...Qb6;8..
.c5 and 8...h6-was checked in the previous games.}) 9. Be2 ({Can be
recommended:} 9. c4 $5 {-you can see comments to game Kasparov,G-Leko,P/
Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 9... c5 $5 {/^a8-h1,/\Qc7(קe5)}
10. O-O {with the idea c4,Nd6} ({Worse is:} 10. c4 {in view of:} Ne3 $1 11.
Bxe3 Bxe4 12. f3 Bc6 $11) 10... Qc7 11. Nd6+ ({After:} 11. f4 {black has two
equals options: 11...c4 or 11... f5}) 11... Bxd6 12. exd6 Qc6 $5 {[%csl Gb7,
Gc6,Rg2]} ({Another alternative is:} 12... Qb6) 13. f3 ({Dubious:} 13. Bf3 {
because of:} c4) 13... c4 {/\Rc8,Qd6} 14. Qd4 {[%csl Rc4,Rg7]} O-O 15. Bxc4 {
with the idea:16.Bb3 or 16.Bd3 and 17.c4} Qxd6 16. Rd1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} ({After:
} 16. Bb3 Qb6 $1 {Black transfers to nearly egual endgame. See comments to
Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 16... Rfc8 $5 {
/\Qb6} ({Dubious right away:} 16... Qb6 {in view of:} 17. Bxd5 $1 (17. Bb3 $143
Rfc8 $11) 17... Bxd5 18. b3 {[%cal Gc1a3]} Bc6 19. Ba3 Qxd4+ 20. Rxd4 Rfc8 21.
Bd6 {and white has a slight positional advantage in the endgame.}) ({Badly:} 
16... e5 {because of:} 17. Qf2 $1 (17. Bf4 $6 {[%csl Gd4,Rd6,Gf4]} Qb6 $1 (
17... exf4 $2 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qb6+ 20. Qd4 {+/=/+/-_|_}) 18. Bxe5 $8 Ne3
19. Qxb6 axb6 20. Rd4 Ra5 $5 $11 (20... Nxc2 $5 21. Rg4 g6 22. Rc1 Ne3 $11))
17... Rfc8 18. Bb3 $16 {[%csl Rd5]}) 17. Bd3 $6 (17. Bb3 $5 Qb6 {-transfers to
game Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares,1999/CBM 70(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(48)}) 17... Qb6
$11 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 $5 {with the idea d5,a5 and Ba6} ({Slightly worse is:} 18...
axb6) 19. a4 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Ga4a5]} a5 {[%cal Gb7a6]} 20. Be3 Nd5 (20... Nc4
$2 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxd7 Bc6 {[%csl Ra4,Rc2]} 23. Rd2 Rxa4 (23... Bxa4 $4 24.
b3 $18 {[%csl Ra4,Rc4]}) 24. Rad1 $14) 21. Bd2 Nb6 $1 {/\d5 or Nc4} 22. b3 d5
23. Bb5 d4 $5 {[%csl Rc2,Yd4][%cal Yd4e3,Gb6d5]} ({After:} 23... Rxc2 24. Be3 {
[%csl Rb6]} Nc8 $6 (24... d4 $5 25. Bxd4 Nd5 $11) 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd6
27. Rc7 {white has a strong compensation behind pawn.}) 24. Bf4 Nd5 $5 (24...
Rxc2 $143 25. Rxd4 Nd5 26. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5] +/=/=}) 25. Be5 (25. Rxd4 Nxf4 $5 (
25... Rxc2 $143 26. Bd2 {[%csl Ra5] +/=/=}) 26. Rxf4 Rxc2 $11 {[%cal Gb7d5]})
25... Rxc2 26. Bxd4 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4100]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Schwarz möchte mit
Springertausch die Stellung vereinfachen. Die Alternativen sind 4...Bc5, 4...
Bb4 und 4...d5. Ribli.} 5. Bg2 (5. Nxe5 {Die Annahme des Baueropfers wäre mehr
als gefährlich.} Qe7 6. f4 d6 7. Nd3 Bf5 $36) 5... Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 (6... Bc5
{Dieser Zug wird seltener als der Partiezug gespielt. Schwarz plaziert in der
Partie den Läufer eigentlich nur auf c5, weil Weiß seine Dame etwas
unglücklich nach b3 stellt.}) 7. Qb3 (7. Qc2 O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. d3 c6 10. Bg5 h6
11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qg6 $13) (7. d4 e4 8. Bg2 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 h6 {Schwarz
beugt eventuellem 10.Bg5 vor.} 10. Qc2 Qe7 $11) 7... Bc5 (7... a5 8. O-O O-O 9.
Rd1 (9. d3 Re8 10. Bg5 Bxc3 11. bxc3 $1 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. c5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Lalic,B-Ristic,N/Metz 1995 (25)}) 9... d6 10. d4 exd4 11. Rxd4 Nd7 $6 12. Qc2
Ne5 13. Be4 $14 {Uhlmann,W-Gelfand,B Debrecen 1989 CBM/14 48/25}) 8. O-O (8.
Na4 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 c6 11. Nc3 d6 12. d4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bh3 $1 14. b3 h6
15. Bb2 Nh7 $11 {Gulko,B-Nikolic,P/Polanica Zdroj 1996/Inf 67 (17)}) 8... O-O
9. d3 (9. Na4 {Weiß vertreibt so den Läufer, stellt aber seinen Springer
schlecht.} Be7 10. Rd1 c6 $1 (10... d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. d4 Bf6 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14.
Be3 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Timman,J/Wijk aan Zee 1998/CBM 62 ext (47)}) 11. Nc3 (11. d4
$5 e4 12. Bg2 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 b6 15. Nc3 Be6 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. Nb5 Rac8
18. Nc7 h6 19. f3 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Aseev,K/St.Petersburg
1994/CBM 43 ext (32)}) 11... d6 12. d4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bh3 14. b3 h6 15. Bb2 Nh7
16. c5 Ng5 17. cxd6 Nxf3+ 18. exf3 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Nikolic,P/Rubinstein mem
1996/CBM 55}) 9... h6 {Schwarz verteidigt sich gegen Bg5.} (9... a6 10. a3 d6
11. Bg2 $5 Rb8 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Bg5 $1 (13. b4 $6 Ba7 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bxf6 Qxf6
$11 {Skembris,S-Drasko,M/Jagodina 1994/Inf 61/[Skembris,S] (36)}) 13... h6 14.
Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. b4 $1 $14 {Damljanovic,B}) (9... Re8 $5
10. Bd2 c6 11. Rac1 h6 12. Qa4 Bf8 13. Rfd1 d6 14. b4 Bg4 $11 {0-1 Hansen,
C-Hjartarson,J/Reykjavik 1997/CBM 62/[Ribli] (45)}) (9... c6) 10. Bd2 (10. e3
a6 11. Rd1 Ba7 12. d4 Qe7 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. Nd5 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Piket,J/
Merrillville 1997/Inf 71/[Van Wely,L] (32)} (14. Qc2 d6 15. b3 Bf5 $11)) (10.
Na4 Be7 11. Be3 c6 (11... d6 12. Nc3 c6 13. d4 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Petursson,
M-Khalifman,A/Narva 1998/CBM 67/[Khalifman] (62)}) 12. c5 d5 13. cxd6 Bxd6 14.
Rfc1 Qe7 $11 {Minasian,A-Nikolic,P/Erevan 1996/CBM 53/[Ribli]/0-1 (70)}) 10...
Re8 11. Bg2 (11. Rac1 Rb8 12. Qa4 a6 13. b4 Bf8 14. b5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Hansen,
C-Christiansen,L/Munich 1992/CBM 30/[Ribli] (31)}) 11... c6 {Ein Schlüsselzug
in dieser Variante. Schwarz schränkt die Beweglichkeit des Läufers g2 ein.} 12.
Rac1 Bb6 13. Qa4 {Die Dame kann nicht ewig auf b3 bleiben. Die positionelle
weiße Drohung besteht jetzt im Vormarsch des b-Bauern.} d6 (13... d5 $2 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 $16 {[%cal Ga4e8]}) 14. b4 Be6 $11 {Schwarz
hat eine feste Stellung ohne Schwächen. Die weiße Initiative am Damenflügel
ist nicht so gefährlich, denn Schwarz hat Reserven im Zentrum.} 15. b5 d5 (
15... cxb5 $6 16. Qxb5 $14) 16. bxc6 (16. cxd5 cxd5 $15) 16... bxc6 17. cxd5
cxd5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Weiß kann das starke schwarze Zentrum nicht sprengen.} 18.
Qa3 {[%cal Gc3a4,Ga4c5]} Rb8 $1 {Ein ausgezeichneter positioneller Zug, dessen
Idee im 23.Zug klar wird.} (18... Rc8 19. Na4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Ba5 21. Bc3 $11)
19. Na4 Ba5 20. Bc3 (20. Bxa5 Qxa5 21. Rc5 Qa6 $15 {[%csl Ra4]}) 20... d4 (
20... Bxc3 21. Nxc3 $11) 21. Bxa5 Qxa5 {[%csl Ra4]} 22. Rc5 {[%cal Rc5e5,Rc5a5]
Weiß scheint Aktivität am Damenflügel zu entfalten, aber sein Springer steht
auf a4 schlecht.} Qa6 23. Rc6 (23. Rxe5 Bd7 $19 {[%csl Ra4]}) 23... Rb6 $1 $15
{Ein schönes Motiv. Der Springer a4 ist gefesselt, so daß Weiß tauschen muß
und Schwarz mit dem b-Bauern zurücknehmen kann.} 24. Rxb6 axb6 {[%csl Ra4]} 25.
Qb4 $8 Rc8 $1 {[%csl Gc8][%cal Gc8c1] Der schwarze Turm steht ausgezeichnet
auf c8. Weiß kann nicht auf b6 nehmen.} (25... b5 26. Nc5 $132) 26. a3 (26.
Nxb6 $2 Rb8 27. Rb1 Nd7 $19) 26... Rc2 {[%csl Gc2]} 27. Re1 (27. Nxb6 Rxe2 $15)
27... Nd7 28. f4 $5 {Weiß sucht taktische Gegenchancen am Königsflügel.} (28.
Nb2 Rc3 $15 (28... Qa5 $15)) 28... b5 (28... exf4 29. gxf4 {[%csl Rd4]} b5 30.
Nb2 Qb6 $15) 29. Nb2 Rc3 {[%csl Ra3]} 30. fxe5 (30. Ra1 Rb3 31. Qd2 exf4 32.
gxf4 Rxa3 $19) 30... Rb3 {[%cal Rb3b4,Rb3b2]} (30... Qxa3 31. Qxb5 Rb3 32. Nc4
Rxb5 33. Nxa3 Rb2 $11) 31. Qxd4 Qxa3 32. Nd1 {Weiß hat in der ganzen Partie
Schwierigkeiten mit seinem Springer.} Rb1 {[%csl Gb1,Rd1][%cal Gb1g1] Schwarz
hat zwar einen Bauern weniger, aber der weiße e5-Bauer ist schwach und die
Fesselung auf der Rrundreihe ist für Weiß unangenehm, während der schwarze
b-Freibauer sehr gefährlich ist.} 33. Rf1 Qa4 $1 {[%cal Rb1d1,Ra4d1] Dieser
Zug forciert den Damentausch und der entstehende a-freibauer ist ncoh
gefährlicher als der in der b-Linie.} 34. Qxa4 bxa4 {[%csl Ga4]} 35. Nc3 (35.
d4 a3 36. Nc3 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Nb6 {Das ist nur Zugumstellung zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 35... Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 a3 37. d4 Nb6 $5 (37... a2 38. Nxa2
Bxa2 $17) 38. Ke1 (38. d5 $2 Nxd5 39. Nxd5 a2 $19) 38... a2 39. Nxa2 Bxa2 $17 {
Weiß hat nur zwei Bauern für die Figur, aber wegen des reduzierten Materials
muß Schwarz präzise spielen.} 40. Kd2 Kf8 41. e4 Nc4+ 42. Kd3 (42. Kc3 Ne3 43.
Bh3 (43. Bf3 Nf1 $19 {[%cal Gf1h2,Gf1g3]}) 43... Be6 44. Bxe6 fxe6 $19) 42...
Ke7 43. Bf3 Kd7 44. Kc3 (44. Bg4+ Kc6 $17 45. e6 fxe6 46. Bxe6 Ne5+ {[%cal
Re5d3,Ra2e6]} 47. dxe5 Bxe6 $19) 44... Nb6 45. d5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4,Ge5] Wegen
der starken weißen Bauernmasse im Zentrum ist die Verwertung für Schwarz gar
nicht so einfach.} Ke7 46. Kd4 Nd7 47. Bg4 {Weiß muß wenn möglich seine Bauern
auf d5 und e5 behaupten. Ansonsten verliert die Bauernmasse an Elastizität und
kann von Schwarz blockiert werden.} Bb3 48. Bh3 Nf8 49. Bg4 Ba4 {Schwarz
aktiviert seinen Läufer, der auf b3 und a2 keine aktive Rolle spielte.} 50. Be2
Bd7 51. h4 Bh3 52. Bb5 Bg4 {[%csl Gg4]} 53. Bc4 Ng6 {[%csl Gg6]} 54. Bb3 f6 $1
55. e6 (55. exf6+ gxf6 $17 {[%csl Ye5][%cal Gg6e5,Ge7d6] Endlich hat Schwarz
auf e5 einen Vorposten für seinen Springer und daher ausgezeichnete
Gewinnchancen.}) 55... Kd6 56. Bc2 Ne5 {Schwarz hat mit seiner
Springerstellung auf e5 etwas erreicht, aber der Bauer e6 bietet Weiß einige
Konterchancen.} 57. Ke3 Kc5 58. Ba4 (58. e7 Bd7 $19 {[%cal Gc5d6,Gd6e7]}) 58...
Ng6 59. Bb3 Kd6 60. Kd4 f5 $1 61. e7 {Weiß opfert einen Bauern. Er möchte die
Bauernaufstellung d5 / e5 erreichen.} (61. exf5 Ne7 $17 (61... Bxf5 $17)) (61.
e5+ $2 Nxe5 62. e7 Nf3+ $19 (62... Bh5 $19)) 61... Kxe7 62. e5 f4 63. gxf4 Nxf4
64. Kc5 (64. d6+ Kd8 $19) 64... Ng6 {[%cal Rg6e5,Rg6h4]} 65. e6 Nxh4 66. d6+
Kd8 67. e7+ {Weiß hat das Maximum erreicht, kommt aber nicht weiter voran.} Ke8
68. Bc2 (68. Ba4+ Bd7 $19) 68... Bd7 $19 {Die weißen Bauern sind blockiert und
Schwarz besitzt eine klare Mehrfigur.} 69. Bd1 g6 (69... Kf7 $19) 70. Kd5 Nf5 {
[%cal Gf5d6,Gf5e7]} 71. Ke5 h5 (71... Nxe7 72. dxe7 Kxe7 $19 {Mit zwei
verbundenen Freibauern steht Schwarz auf Gewinn. Nur mit schwarzfeldrigen
Läufern hätte Weiß Remischancen, denn in diesem Fall wäre die Stellung mit
König gegen Läufer und h-Bauern remis.}) 72. Kf6 Nxd6 73. Kxg6 Bg4 74. Bc2 (74.
Bxg4 hxg4 $19) 74... Kxe7 75. Kg5 Nf7+ 76. Kh4 Kf6 77. Ba4 Nd6 {Schwarz
gewinnt mit dem h-Bauern leicht. Weiß gab daher auf.} (77... Nd6 78. Kg3 Kg5
$19) 0-1

[Event "Dos Hermanas 10th"]
[Site "Dos Hermanas"]
[Date "1999.04.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.04.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 071"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nbd7 11. Qd3 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 (13. Nxc5 dxc5
14. c4 Bd6 15. b4 $5) 13... Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5 (14... b6 15. f3 Nf6 16. Qd2 Qd7
17. f4 Nfe4 18. Qb4 Rfb8 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Rad1 Bd6 22. Qh4 Rf8
23. g4 Qa4 24. c4 Qc2 25. Rd2 Qe4 26. Qh3 a5 27. b3 {Shirov,A-Topalov,V/
Sarajevo/1999/ 1-0 (76)}) 15. Qb5 Qc7 16. Rfd1 (16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Qc4 Nf6 18.
Rfd1 Bd6 19. a3 Nd7 20. Rab1 Rac8 21. g4 Qd8 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Rg1 e4 24. Rg2
Rce8 25. g5 Ne5 26. Qa4 Nf3 27. Qd7 Bxh2 {0-1 Nikolenko,O-Voitsekhovsky,S/
Minsk/1998/ (50)}) 16... b6 17. Qc4 (17. a3 f5 18. Nxc5 bxc5 $13) 17... f5 18.
Bd3 Qd8 {Black must get some counterplay on the kingside, since white's two
bishops and domination on queenside make his position vulnerable.} (18... f4 $6
19. Bxe4 (19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Qxc5 21. Qe4 g6 $14) 19... fxe3 20. fxe3 b5
21. Qc3 b4 22. Qc4 Bg5 23. Re1 Rac8 24. Nxc5 Qxc5 25. Qd3 h6 26. Bf5 $16) 19.
Nxc5 Nxc5 20. a3 Rc8 21. Qb5 (21. b4 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 f4 23. Bd2 f3 $1 $15) 21...
e4 22. Bf1 Bf6 (22... f4 $5 23. Bd4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 (24. b4 $5) 24... Rxf6 25. b4
Nd7 26. Re1 e3 $1 27. fxe3 f3 28. gxf3 Ne5 29. Bg2 Nxf3+ 30. Bxf3 Rxf3 $17) 23.
Rab1 (23. Bd4 f4 (23... Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Nd7 $15) 24. b4 (24. Bxf6) 24... Nd7 25.
Bxf6 Nxf6 26. c4 e3 $15) 23... Be5 24. b4 axb4 25. Rxb4 $2 {Svidler is making
a move, that equals positional bancrupcy. Black seems to be having a good game,
but after this move all white pawns on the queenside are of lesser quality.} (
25. axb4 Nd7 26. c4 f4 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Nf6 $15) 25... Nd7 26. Rc4 (26. c4
f4 $40) (26. Bxb6 Nxb6 27. Qxb6 Qg5 $17) 26... Rxc4 27. Qxc4 Qe8 28. Re1 (28.
h3 Qg6 $17) 28... Nf6 $1 29. h3 (29. Bxb6 Bxh2+ 30. Kxh2 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Ng4 32.
Bd3 Qh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 exd3+ $17) 29... Nd7 $1 30. Qc7 (30. Qb4 $5)
30... f4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Polgar plays her cards very skilfully, white has
problems to hold his endangered kingside.} 31. Bc1 (31. Bxb6 Nxb6 (31... e3 $2
32. Bb5 $1 $16) 32. Qxb6 Qg6 (32... e3 33. fxe3 f3 $17 34. gxf3 Qg6+ 35. Bg2
Qg3 36. Kf1 Rxf3+ 37. Bxf3 Qxf3+ $11) 33. c4 e3 $40) 31... e3 32. Bb5 (32. fxe3
f3 33. gxf3 Qg6+ 34. Bg2 Qg3 35. Kf1 Nc5 $1 (35... Rxf3+ 36. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 37. Kg1
Nf8 (37... Bh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qf2+ 39. Kh1 Qxe1+ 40. Kg2 Nf6 41. Qc8+ Kf7 42. Qe6+
Kg6 43. Bb2 $11) 38. Bd2 Qg3+ 39. Kf1 Qxh3+ 40. Ke2 Bg3 41. Rb1 Qg2+ 42. Kd3
Qxd5+ 43. Ke2 $13) 36. f4 g5 37. Qe7 gxf4 38. exf4 Bd4 $1 39. Qe2 Qh2 40. Qg4+
Kh8 $19) 32... exf2+ 33. Kxf2 f3 $1 (33... f3 $1 34. Qxd7 (34. gxf3 Bg3+ 35.
Kxg3 Qxe1+ $19) 34... Bg3+ 35. Kxg3 Qxe1+ 36. Kh2 Qxc1 $19) 0-1

[Event "ICC GM Fights 1"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. d5
Rb8 9. Bc4 Nc7 10. a4 a6 11. a5 Nb5 12. e5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Re1 b5 15.
axb6 Nxb6 16. Bxa6 Bxa6 17. Rxa6 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Nd7 Ra8
21. Rxa8 Rxa8 22. c4 Nb4 23. Rxe7 Bd4+ 24. Be3 Nc6 25. Re4 f5 26. Re6 Kf7 27.
Rxc6 Bxe3+ 28. Kf1 Bxf4 29. g3 Be3 30. Ke2 Bg1 31. Ne5+ Kg7 32. Rc7+ Kh6 33.
Nf3 Re8+ 34. Kf1 Be3 35. h4 Re4 36. Kg2 Rxc4 37. Re7 Rxc2+ 38. Kh3 Rc3 39. g4
fxg4+ 40. Kxg4 Rc4+ 41. Kh3 Bf4 42. Rf7 Re4 43. Kg4 Be3+ 44. Kg3 c4 45. Nh2 c3
46. Kf3 Rf4+ 47. Rxf4 Bxf4 48. Ng4+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "ICC GM Fights 1"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Annakov, Babakuli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. O-O a6 6. Bxc6 Qxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. Bg5 Rc8 11. Rad1 Qc5 12. Qd2 Be7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. e5 d5
15. Ne4 Qb6 16. Nd6 Rc6 17. c4 dxc4 18. Nf5+ exf5 19. Qxd7+ Kf8 20. Ng5 Qc7 21.
e6 fxe6 22. Nxe6+ 1-0

[Event "ICC GM Fights 1"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e5 Be6 11. exf6 Bxb3 12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. axb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. O-O Qb4 16. Bf3 Qxb3 17. Nd5 e6 18. Nxc7 Rac8 19. Nxa6 Rfd8 20. h3 Rd3
21. Be2 Rd4 22. Be3 Re4 23. Bf3 Rxe3 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qb3 26. Rad1 Qxb2
27. Rb1 Qa3 28. Nb4 Rc4 29. Nc6 Qc3 30. Na7 b4 31. Rf2 Qd4 32. Ra2 b3 33. Rxb3
Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Qg1+ 35. Kg3 h5 36. h4 Qe1+ 37. Kh3 Qh1+ 38. Kg3 Rc4 39. Kf2 Qxh4+
40. g3 Qh2+ 41. Bg2 h4 42. Re2 h3 0-1

[Event "ICC GM Fights 1"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7. Be3 Qe7 8. Qd2
Nf6 9. Qc3 Nd7 10. a4 O-O 11. Na3 b6 12. Nc4 f5 13. O-O f4 14. Bd2 h5 15. h4
Bf6 16. b4 cxb4 17. Qxb4 c5 18. Qb3 Kh7 19. a5 b5 20. Qxb5 Rb8 21. Qc6 Bxh4 22.
Rab1 Bf6 23. Bc3 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 g5 25. Qc7 g4 26. Nfxe5 g3 27. Nxd7 Bxc3 28.
Nxf8+ 1-0

[Event "ICC GM Fights 1"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Annakov, Babakuli"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2600"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Ne2 Nc6 11. O-O Qa6 12. Nf4 Bd7 13. Re1 Rac8 14. Bf1 Qa3
15. Rb1 b6 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 e5 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Bg2 Bg4 20. Ra1 Nf3+ 21.
Bxf3 Bxf3 22. e4 Rfe8 23. Rxa7 Rcd8 24. Nd5 Rxe4 25. Rxe4 Bxe4 26. c4 Bxd5 27.
cxd5 h5 28. Bf4 Rxd5 29. Rb7 g5 30. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ICC GM Fights 1"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "1999.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.05.??"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 070 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.07.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. h3 O-O 11. Be3 h6 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Qc1 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Qc3 Qb6 18. Rac1 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Qc5 20. e5 Nfd5 21.
Qxc5 dxc5 22. Rxc5 Nxe3 23. Re1 Nf5 24. e6 fxe6 25. Rxe6 Kh8 26. Rxf5 Bxe6 27.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Bxe6 Nd3 29. b3 Nf4 30. Bd7 b4 31. Bb5 Rc8 32. Bc4 Ra8 33. h4
Ra2 34. g3 Nh5 35. Kg2 Nf6 36. Bd3 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. g4 Nxg4 39. Kg3 Ne3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nbd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. a5 b5 12. axb6 Nxb6 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Bd3 Nfd7 15.
Qe2 Rfc8 16. Ra2 $6 {This move is too soft, white had to hit b7 bishop gaining
advantage of bishops pair.} (16. Na5 $1 Nc5 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. f5 Bxc3 $140 19.
bxc3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rxc3 21. Qf2 f6 22. Rb1 Rc6 23. Be3 Rb8 24. d4 $1 $16) 16...
Nc4 17. Nd5 (17. Bxc4 $2 Qxc4 18. Qxc4 Rxc4 19. Na5 Rc7 $1 (19... Rxc3 20. bxc3
Bxe4 21. Re1 f5 $15) 20. Nxb7 Bxc3 21. Nxd6 (21. bxc3 Rxb7 22. Be3 Rc7 $17)
21... Bg7 22. Nb5 Rxc2 23. Na3 Re2 $17) 17... Bxd5 18. exd5 Nf6 19. Qf3 (19.
Rd1 Nb6 20. Rxa6 (20. Bxa6 Qxc2 $17) 20... Rxa6 21. Bxa6 Qxc2 $17) 19... Nb6 $5
(19... a5 20. Nd2 Nb6 21. c4 a4 $13) 20. Rxa6 Rxa6 21. Bxa6 Rb8 22. Bd3 (22. c4
Ra8 $1 (22... Nxc4 23. Qc3 e6 24. dxe6 d5 $14) 23. Bb5 Nxc4 24. Qc3 Rc8 25. Qf3
Qb6 $17) 22... Nbxd5 23. Bd2 (23. f5 Nb4 24. Nd4 Nxd3 25. Qxd3 Nd7 $15) 23...
Nb4 24. Bxb4 Rxb4 25. f5 $6 (25. Ra1 d5 26. Ra8+ Bf8 $15) 25... d5 $1 {[%mdl
32] Black controls the center, njoys prospects of kingside attack with Ng4 and
b2 pawn needs lasting protection.} 26. fxg6 (26. Ra1 Qe5 27. Ra8+ Bf8 $17)
26... hxg6 27. Qf2 e6 (27... Qe5 $6 28. h3 Qxb2 29. Qc5 Rb8 30. Qxe7 $11) (
27... e5 28. Qd2 Rb8 $15) 28. g3 (28. h3 Nh5 29. Rb1 Bf8 $17) 28... Ng4 29. Qe1
Rb6 30. Qe2 (30. Qc1 $2 Rxb3 $1 31. cxb3 Nf2+ 32. Kg2 Qxc1 33. Rxc1 Nxd3 $19)
30... Ne5 31. Rb1 (31. Bb5 Nc4 32. Bxc4 dxc4 33. Na5 Rxb2 34. Nxc4 Qc6+ 35. Rf3
Rxc2 36. Qxc2 Qxf3+ 37. Qg2 Qd1+ 38. Qg1 Qd5+ $19) 31... Nc4 {The picture of
strategical triumph is complete, white will lose some material.} 32. Bxc4 (32.
Ra1 Nxb2 33. Ra8+ Kh7 $19) 32... dxc4 33. Nd2 (33. Na5 Rb4 34. c3 Ra4 35. b4
cxb3 36. Nxb3 Qxc3 $19) 33... c3 $1 34. Ne4 Qc6 35. Kg1 Rb4 36. Ra1 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Qd3 e5 12. Qg3 g6 13. O-O-O Nf6 14. f4 Be6
15. f5 Bc8 16. Qh4 Qe7 17. Rhf1 Rg8 18. Rd3 Ra7 19. fxg6 Rxg6 20. Rdf3 Ng4 21.
Rh3 Qxh4 22. Rxh4 Ne3 23. Rf2 Nxg2 24. Rxh7 Nf4 25. Rh8+ Kd7 26. Bd1 Kc7 27.
Ne2 Nxe2+ 28. Bxe2 Be6 29. h4 Kb6 30. h5 Rg1+ 31. Rf1 Rg2 32. Bf3 Rh2 33. h6 f5
34. Rh1 Rxh1+ 35. Bxh1 Kc5 36. h7 f4 37. Bf3 Bh3 38. c3 a5 39. Kd2 Rg7 40. Ke1
Rd7 41. Kf2 Rg7 42. Ke1 Rd7 43. Bh5 Rg7 44. Bg6 Rxg6 45. Rg8 Rh6 46. h8=Q Rxh8
47. Rxh8 Bg2 48. Rh5 Kd6 49. Rh6+ Kc5 50. Re6 Kc4 51. Rxe5 Kd3 52. c4 Ke3 53.
cxb5 f3 54. Rf5 cxb5 55. e5 Ke4 56. Rf8 Kxe5 57. Rb8 b4 58. Rb5+ Kd4 59. Rxa5
Ke3 60. Re5+ Kd3 61. b3 Kd4 62. Rb5 Ke3 63. Re5+ Kd4 64. Re7 Kc3 65. Rb7 f2+
66. Kxf2 Bxb7 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 a5 10. Nbd2 h6 11. Nc4 d6 12. Ne3 Be6 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Be3 Bf8 15. Nd2
Nd7 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 Bxb3 18. Nxb3 Nf6 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Nf3 c5 21. Bf2 g6
22. b3 Bg7 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Bg3 Qd7 25. Qf3 Rae8 26. h3 R5e7 27. Rad1 Qb7 28.
Rf1 d5 29. exd5 Re3 30. Qf2 Nxd5 31. Nxd5 Qxd5 32. Kh2 Rxg3 33. Qxg3 Be5 34.
Rf4 g5 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. N1e2 Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 8.
Nxg6 hxg6 9. dxe5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxe5+ 11. Qe2 Qxe2+ 12. Bxe2 Nbd7 13. h3 Bc5 14.
O-O O-O 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bf1 Nb6 17. Rxe8+ Rxe8 18. Re1 Rxe1 19. Bxe1 Nbd5 20.
c3 Kf8 21. Bd2 Bd6 22. Bd3 Bf4 23. Be1 Bc1 24. b3 Ba3 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Bd2 Bd6
27. Ne2 Nd7 28. c4 Nc7 29. f4 Ne6 30. g3 Nec5 31. Bc2 Nf6 32. Kg2 Na6 33. Kf3
Bb4 34. Bc1 Nc7 35. Be3 a5 36. Nd4 Ne6 37. f5 gxf5 38. Bxf5 Bc3 39. Nxe6 fxe6
40. Bc2 Nd7 41. g4 b5 42. cxb5 cxb5 43. h4 Ne5+ 44. Kg3 Nc6 45. g5 Nb4 46. Bb1
Nd5 47. Bc5+ Kf7 48. h5 Bb4 49. Bd4 Nc3 50. Bd3 Nxa2 51. Bxb5 Bc3 52. Be3 Nb4
53. Kg4 Nc2 54. Bc5 Nd4 55. Bc4 Nc6 56. Kf4 Bd2+ 57. Be3 Bc3 58. Ke4 Ne5 59.
Be2 Nd7 60. Bb5 Ne5 61. Bf4 Ng4 62. Be2 Nf2+ 63. Kf3 Nh3 64. Be3 e5 65. Bc4+
Ke7 66. h6 gxh6 67. Bc5+ Ke8 68. gxh6 Ng5+ 69. Kg4 Ne4 70. Ba3 Nd2 71. Bd5 e4
72. Bc5 Nf3 73. Bxe4 Ne5+ 74. Kf5 Nf7 75. Bc6+ Kd8 76. h7 Nh6+ 77. Ke6 Kc7 78.
Bf3 Ng8 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Comp Fritz 6"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D92"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Luther,T"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Fritz's only 1.d4 game in Frankfurt. In our preparations
Grunfeld-Indian seemed more promising than the Najdorf, in which Fritz didn't
look at all good against Lutz two rounds earlier. Fritz einzige 1.d4-Partie in
Frankfurt. Bei der Vorbereitung erschien uns Grünfeld-Indisch aussichtsreicher
als Najdorf, womit Fritz 2 Runden zuvor gegen Lutz schlecht aussah.} Nf6 2. c4
g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 {A lovely position for
Fritz, all pieces are involved and the program can develop its pieces normally.
Eine schöne Stellung für Fritz, alle Figuren spielen mit und er kann sich
normal entwickeln.} Be6 {Forciert das Geschehen.} (7... Bg4 8. Bxc4 Nbd7 9. O-O
$14) (7... c5 8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 {results in a long theoretical
variation. ergibt eine lange Theorievariante.}) 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5
hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 (13... Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Bxd4 15. Nb5
Bxb2 16. Rc2 Be5 17. Nxc7 $16) (13... Bxd4 14. Nb5 Bxb2 15. Qc2 Bxc1 16. Qxg6+
Kh8 17. Qh6+ Kg8 18. Bc2 $18) 14. d5 Nd4 15. O-O Qd7 16. Be3 {Up to here Fritz
was still in its openings book. The program plays very well in the resulting
position, it can attack the the pawns on a7, c7 and e7, and it has the better
king position. This is enough to defeat one of the strongest players in the
world. Bis hier war Fritz noch in seinem Eröffnungsbuch. Die entstandene
Stellung spielt er sehr stark, er kann die schwarzen Bauern a7,c7 und e7
attackieren und er hat die bessere Königsstellung. Das reicht ihm, um einen
der stärksten Spieler der Welt zu besiegen.} Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Rad8 18. Rfe1 $1
Rfe8 19. Rcd1 Qg4 20. Nb5 {The time has come, the game moves into tactical
waters and Fritz can demonstrate its strength. Es ist soweit. Die Partie geht
in taktische Gefilde über und Fritz kann seine Stärken ausspielen.} Rxd5 21.
Nxc7 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rc8 23. f3 Qc4 24. Bxb6 Qxb3 25. axb3 axb6 26. Nd5 {Nothing
much has happened, has it? But White has a decisive advantage in the resulting
endgame. Es ist nicht viel passiert, oder? Im entstandenen Endspiel hat Weiß
jedoch einen deutlichen Vorteil.} Rc2 27. Nxe7+ Kh7 28. Nd5 Rxb2 29. Rd3 {
Black has a lot of difficulties with his double pawns. On the other side White
makes good use of his majority. Sein Boppelbauer macht Schwarz schwer zu
schaffen, Weiß setzt seine Majorität nun gut in Szene.} Bf8 30. h4 Bc5+ 31. Kh2
Kg7 32. Kh3 Rb1 33. g3 Rh1+ 34. Kg2 Rg1+ 35. Kh2 Rb1 36. g4 Bd6+ 37. f4 f5 38.
gxf5 gxf5 39. Kg2 Bc5 40. b4 $1 {A great way to continue. Eine tolle
Abwicklung.} Bxb4 41. Ne3 Rb2+ 42. Kf3 Rd2 43. Rb3 $3 {White can only win with
the rook. Weiß kann nur mit Türmen gewinnen.} (43. Nxf5+ Kg6 44. Rxd2 Bxd2 45.
Kg4 b5 {gives White nothing. Here many computer programs would have failed.
bietet Weiß nichts. Hier wären viele Computerprogramme gescheitert.}) 43... Bc5
44. Nxf5+ Kg6 45. Ng3 Ra2 46. h5+ Kh6 47. Rb1 Bf2 48. Kg4 Rc2 ({When do you
play the rook ending with an h and f-pawn against a computer? I can understand
Peter Svidler for not taking the Ng3. Wann spiele ich gegen ein Programm das
Turmendspiel mit h- und f-Bauern? Ich kann Peter Svidler verstehen, das er
nicht den Sg3 genommen hat.} 48... Bxg3 49. Rxb6+ Kg7 50. Rxb7+ Kf6 51. Rb6+
Kf7 52. Kxg3) 49. Ne4 Be3 50. Rb5 {The rook decides. Der Eingriff des Turmes
bringt die Entscheidung.} Rc4 51. Re5 Rc6 52. f5 Bd4 53. Re6+ Rxe6 (53... Kg7
54. Re7+ Kh6 55. Ng5 Bg7 56. Nf7+ Kh7 57. h6 $18) 54. fxe6 Kg7 55. e7 {After
54...Kf7 the continuation 55.Nd6+ Kxe7 56.Nf5+ wins the bishop on d4. Nach 54..
.Kf7 gewinnt 55.Sd6+ Kxe7 56.Sf5+ den Läufer d4.} 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 {Michael Adams griff in Frankfurt gleich
mehrfach auf diesen Zug zurück. Er hatte es allerdings nicht leicht, damit
Ausgleich zu erzielen, was das Urteil der Theorie +/= in etwa widerspiegelt.}
4. d4 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Ne5 e6 8. g4 Bg6 9. h4 Nbd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11.
h5 Be4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. c3 {festigt d4 und verhindert Lb4+, was Christopher
Lutz zuließ:} (13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Qf3 Bb4+ 15. c3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxc3+ 17. Ke2
Bxa1 18. Rxa1 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. d5 $14 {1-0 Lutz,C-Adams,M/Frankfurt GER
1999 (63)}) 13... O-O-O 14. Qe2 Nf6 15. Bd2 $14 {das Läuferpaar gibt Weiß
einen leichten aber dauerhaften Vorteil. Daher bewahrt Svidler seinen
schwarzfeldrigen Läufer vor dem Abtausch.} Bd6 (15... c5 16. g5 Nd5 (16... Qc6
17. Rh4 $14) 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. O-O-O $14) 16. O-O-O Rhe8 17. f4 Qc7 18. Qf3 c5
$5 {Adams unternimmt etwas, um Gegenspiel zu erlangen, bevor Weiß seine
Stellung weiter verbessern kann.} 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Kb1 (20. Bb5 {hätte die
folgende Entlastung durch den Damentausch verhindert. Andererseits bietet das
Endspiel dem Läuferpaar natürlich auch Chancen.}) 20... Qc6 $5 21. Qxc6+ bxc6
22. Be2 Ne4 23. Bc1 Kc7 (23... Ng3 $5) 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1 26. Bxd1 g6
27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Bf3 Nf6 29. c4 $5 (29. Kc2 Nd5 30. Kd3 (30. c4 $2 Nb4+ $15)
30... Bd6 $11) 29... Nd7 30. Kc2 e5 31. a3 exf4 32. Bxf4+ Bd6 33. Be3 (33. Bd2
$5 Ne5 34. Be2 f5 (34... c5 35. b4 $14) 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. b4 $14) 33... a5 34.
Bd2 Kb6 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 c5 37. b5 Ne5 38. Be2 f5 39. gxf5 gxf5 40. Kb3 f4
41. Bxf4 (41. Bxf4 Nxc4 42. Bg5 Na5+ 43. Ka4 Nb7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 Bd7 11. Bf2 Qc7 12. Ndb5 Qf4+ 13. Kb1 dxe4 14. Bg3 Qh6
15. fxe4 Rad8 16. Be2 e5 17. Bf3 Be6 18. Nd5 Bc5 19. Rf1 Rd7 20. a3 Rfd8 21.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Nc3 Rxd1+ 23. Bxd1 Qe7 24. Bh4 f6 25. Nd5 Qf7 26. g4 Bxd5 27.
exd5 Qxd5 28. g5 f5 29. g6 Be7 30. gxh7+ Kh8 31. Be2 e4 32. Bxe7 Nxe7 33. Qc3
Qc6 34. Qb3 Rf8 35. Bb5 Qf6 36. Bc4 b6 37. Qa4 a5 38. Bb3 Kxh7 39. Qd7 Qe5 40.
Rg1 Rf6 41. Qe8 Rg6 42. Rd1 Rd6 43. Qh5+ Rh6 44. Qe8 Rd6 45. Qh5+ Rh6 46. Qe8
Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Alterman,B"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 Qa5 {This variant less playable than normal 8...d6 ,because next forced
line gives for white clear advantage in the endgame.} 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11.
Qd2 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rd8 15. c4 e6 16. Be4 Bxd4 17.
Bxd4 Rxd4+ 18. Kc3 Rd7 {In the endgame white has a lot of small pluses: Active
king and strong bishop,pawn advantage on the Queenside.Black should to work
very hard to make a draw.} 19. Rhd1 {[%mdl 6176]} Rb8 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Rd1 Be8
{[%cal Gf7f5,Gg8f8,Gf8e7]} (21... Bc6 $2 {Is bad.} 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rd7 {
Winning.}) 22. f4 $1 (22. c5 Kf8 23. f4 b6 24. cxb6 axb6 25. Rd4 Ke7 26. Rb4 f6
27. Kd4 Kd6 28. h4 Bc6 29. g4 {1/2-1/2 Tal,M-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1968/
Candidates (40)}) 22... Kf8 23. b4 {[%cal Gc4c5,Ga2a4,Gb4b5]} Ke7 24. b5 b6 25.
a4 {[%cal Ga4a5]} Rc8 26. Kb3 h6 (26... Rc5 27. a5 g5 28. axb6 axb6 29. fxg5
Rxg5 30. Ra1 f5 31. Bf3 e5 32. Bd5 Bd7 33. Ra7 Kd8 34. c5 {1-0 Martin Gonzalez,
A-Harman,K/Benidorm 1991/EXT 97 (34)}) 27. a5 f5 (27... bxa5 28. Ra1 {[%csl
Ra5][%cal Ga1a7]} Kd6 29. Rxa5 Rc7 30. Kb4 {[%cal Gc4c5] And black is loosing.}
) 28. Bf3 g5 29. g3 Rc5 30. Kb4 e5 31. fxe5 Rxe5 32. axb6 axb6 33. Bd5 Re2 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Lutz looking for a contrplay by attacking the whites pawns on the
Kingside but black has no time for this action.Last chance was} (33... f4 $1
34. gxf4 gxf4 35. Rd4 Rf5 36. Re4+ Kf8 37. Re6 f3 38. Rxb6 f2 39. Bg2 f1=Q 40.
Bxf1 Rxf1 41. Rxh6 Ke7 {With a chances for a draw.}) 34. Ra1 {[%csl Rb6]} Rb2+
{Doesn't help.} (34... f4 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Ra6 Rb2+ 37. Kc3 Rxh2 38. Rxb6 f3
39. Re6+ Kd7 40. Rf6 f2 41. b6 {And white is winning.}) 35. Kc3 Rxh2 36. Ra6 f4
37. gxf4 Kd6 38. Rxb6+ Kc5 39. Rb8 Rh3+ 40. Kd2 Bg6 41. b6 Rh2+ 42. Ke1 Rb2 43.
b7 Rb1+ 44. Kd2 Kd4 45. Rd8 Rb2+ 46. Ke1 Rb1+ 47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 Rb1+ 49. Kh2
1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Re1 d6 8. h3
Qe7 (8... Ne7 {is the main alternative.}) 9. Na3 {Not an unusual path for the
b1-N, but the move is a novelty in this position.} (9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxe5 dxe5
11. Na3 Nh5 12. Nc4 Qc5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Nh4 Nf4 $13 {0-1 Barczay,L-Honfi,K/
Budapest 1955/MCD (33)}) (9. a4 a5 (9... a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. a5 Ba7 12. dxe5
dxe5 13. Na3 Rd8 14. Qe2 Ne8 15. Be3 $14 {1-0 Oltra Caurin,R-Mendoza,J/
Valencia 1992/EXT 98 (41)}) 10. Bg5 (10. Qc2 exd4 11. Bxc6 d3 12. Qxd3 bxc6 13.
Bg5 Ba6 14. Qc2 Qe6 $11 {1-0 Hellsten,J-Dworakowski,L/Hallsberg 1993/EXT 97 
(39)}) 10... h6 11. Bh4 Kh8 12. Na3 g5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. dxe5 gxh4 15. exf6 $14
{1/2-1/2 Bednarski,J-Van Geet,D/Amsterdam 1970/MCD (44)}) (9. d5 Nd8 10. Bd3
Nh5 11. g4 Nf6 12. Na3 h5 $132 {0-1 Alexander,C-O'Kelly de Galway,A/Hilversum
1947/MCD (45)}) 9... Bd7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nc4 Rad8 13. a4 exd4 14.
Nxb6 (14. a5 Nxa5 15. Rxa5 Bxa5 16. Bxd7 Rxd7 17. Nxa5 dxc3 $15) 14... axb6 15.
cxd4 Nb4 16. Qd2 c5 17. Bxd7 Rxd7 18. a5 $6 (18. Rad1 $14) 18... bxa5 19. dxc5
Nc6 $2 {This gives the game away.} (19... Qe7 $1 $13 {stops White´s centre
attack.}) 20. e5 $1 $18 Qf5 21. cxd6 Re8 22. Qc3 f6 23. exf6 Rxe1+ 24. Qxe1
Rxd6 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27. Re1 Qf6 28. Re4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8.
Rg1 b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. f3 g6 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. g5 Nh5 13. Bh3 h6 14. gxh6 e5 15.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 16. Nb3 Be7 17. Qd2 Bh4+ 18. Bf2 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Nf4 20. O-O-O Rc8
21. Qb6 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Na5 b4 24. Rxd6 bxc3 25. Rg5 cxb2+ 26. Kxb2 Rxh6
27. Rxe5+ Ne6 28. f4 Rxh2 29. f5 gxf5 30. exf5 Rhxc2+ 31. Ka3 R2c5 32. Rxc5
Nxc5 33. Kb4 Ke7 34. Nxb7 a5+ 35. Kb5 Nxb7 36. Rd5 Rd7 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 (12. Na3 exd4 13. cxd4 Re8 14. Qd2 $5
Re7 $5) 12... Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 (14... Bxa8 15. Na3 Qb8 16. Nxb5
Nc5 (16... c6)) 15. Na3 Ba6 16. Nc2 (16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4
$5 bxc4 20. Ba4 Bb7 $6 (20... cxd5 $1 21. Bxd7 d4 $1 $132) 21. Nxc4 $36 {
1-0 Svidler,P-Gabriel,C/Bad Homburg 1998/CBM 66/[Svidler] (35)}) (16. Nh2 Ng6 (
16... g6) 17. g3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Svidler,P/EU-chTM 1997/EXP 57 (28)})
16... Nc5 17. Nb4 Bc8 18. Bc2 Na6 19. Nxa6 Qxa6 20. Nh2 Ng6 21. Ng4 Be7 22. g3
f5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A logical novelty. Black needs space.} (22... Bd7 23. h4 Rb8
24. Ne3 Nf8 25. Nf5 $14 {1-0 Hartman,C-Barkhagen,J/Stockholm 1995/EXT 97 (33)})
23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qd3 Rf7 $11 26. h4 Qc8 27. f3 Bxh4 $5 $132 {
Black gets a lot of play for the piece - plus two P:s.} 28. gxh4 Nxh4 29. Re3
Rf4 (29... Nxf3+ 30. Rxf3 Qxg4+ 31. Rg3 $13) 30. Nf2 Qf8 31. Nh3 Rf5 32. Qe4
Nxf3+ 33. Kg2 Ng5 34. Nxg5 Rxg5+ 35. Rg3 Rxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Qf1 37. Bd2 h6 38. Qf3
Qg1+ 39. Kh3 Qb1 40. b4 e4 41. Qe3 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf5 43. Qd4 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 Qd1+
45. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Comp Fritz 6"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. a3 d5 2. e3 e5 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nfd2 Ngf6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Qb3
Nb6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. a4 Qd6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. Be2 Qe6 (12... O-O 13. f3 $14) 13.
O-O O-O 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 Nb8 (15... Bd8 16. Bd3 Re8 17. Bd2 Bc7 $13) 16.
Ng5 Qd7 17. Bf3 Na6 18. Nh3 (18. Nxd5 $2 Nxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxg5 $19)
18... Nc7 19. Nf4 Rd8 20. Rd1 g5 $6 {xg5 Many human players would never even
dream about a move like this, but the computer knows no fear. From higher
point of view this weakening of the kingside is unnecessary, white gets
additional chances to play for advantage.} (20... Qc6 $5 21. Nd3 Bd6 $13) 21.
Nd3 Qf5 (21... Qe6 22. Rf1) 22. Be2 Bd6 23. Rf1 Qe6 24. Nf2 Rb8 25. Bd2 Qe7 (
25... b5 26. axb6 Rxb6 27. Qc2 $14) (25... Re8 26. e4 $1 Nxe4 27. Nfxe4 dxe4
28. Bc4 Qh6 29. Bxf7+ Kh8 30. g3 Be6 31. Bxe6 Rxe6 32. d5 $14) 26. e4 $1 {
[%mdl 64] The punishment for the weak g5 pawn is coming, black has his hands
tied with a defense.} Ne6 (26... dxe4 $2 27. Bxg5 $16) (26... Nxe4 27. Nfxe4 $1
dxe4 28. Nxe4 Ne6 (28... Qxe4 29. Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Qf6+ Kg8 31. Qxd8+ $18) 29. Bc4
$16) 27. e5 (27. Be3 dxe4 28. Nfxe4 Nxe4 29. Nxe4 Nf4 30. Bf3 $14) 27... Nxd4 (
27... Bc7 28. Be3 $18) 28. exd6 Qxe2 (28... Nxb3 29. dxe7 Re8 30. Bxg5 Nxa1 31.
Bxf6 Nb3 32. Be5 Rxe7 33. Bxb8 d4 34. Nce4 $18) 29. Nxe2 Nxb3 30. Bxg5 $1 Re8 (
30... Rxd6 31. Ra3 Nc5 32. Bf4 $18) 31. Bxf6 Rxe2 (31... Nxa1 32. Nd4 $18) 32.
Rae1 Re6 (32... Rxe1 33. Rxe1 Kf8 34. Bg5 Be6 35. Rxe6 fxe6 36. d7 Nxa5 37.
d8=Q+ Rxd8 38. Bxd8 $16) 33. Ng4 Rxe1 34. Nh6+ Kf8 35. Rxe1 Nc5 (35... Nxa5 36.
Re7 Be6 37. Rc7 Nc6 38. d7 $18) 36. Re5 $1 {Not only are black pieces
uncoordinated, but white has a nasty threat of 37.Rg5!} (36. Re7 Be6 37. Rc7
Ne4 $14) 36... Ne4 (36... Be6 37. Rg5 $18) 37. Be7+ Ke8 (37... Kg7 38. Nf5+
Bxf5 39. Rxf5 Nc5 40. Rg5+ Kh6 41. Rxd5 Nd7 42. Kf2 $18) 38. Rxd5 b6 39. Rd4 f5
(39... Bb7 40. a6 Bc6 41. Bh4 Nc5 42. Ng4 $18) 40. g4 $1 Bb7 41. gxf5 Kd7 42.
a6 Bc6 43. Kf1 Bb5+ 44. Kg2 Nc5 45. Ng4 Rg8 46. Kh3 Rxg4 47. Kxg4 Bxa6 48. Kf3
Nb3 49. Rf4 Bc4 50. Ke3 Bf7 51. Rg4 h6 52. Rg7 Ke8 53. d7+ $1 Kxe7 54. Rxf7+
Kd8 55. f6 Nc5 56. Kf4 Nxd7 57. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. axb5 axb5 11. Rxa8 Qxa8 12. b4 Bb6 13. Na3 Nd8 14. Re1 c6 15.
d4 Qa7 16. g4 Bg6 17. c4 exd4 18. e5 dxe5 19. Nxe5 O-O 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21. cxb5
cxb5 22. Nxb5 Qb7 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Ne6 25. Qe3 g5 26. Bd2 Rd8 27. Qf3 Qb5
28. Bc3 Nf4 29. h4 N6d5 30. hxg5 f6 31. gxf6 gxf6 32. Bd2 fxe5 33. Rxe5 Qd3 34.
Rg5+ Kf7 35. Qxd3 Nxd3 36. b5 Nf6 37. Be3 Rd5 38. Rxd5 Nxd5 39. b6 Nxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt-West Masters"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.02"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "1999.06.29"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. Bxc3 Ne4 8. Ne2
O-O 9. Bb4 (9. f3 Nxc3 10. Nxc3 c5 11. dxc5 Qh4+ $5 12. g3 Qb4 {[%cal Gb4b2,
Gb4c5]} 13. Qd3 Nc6 14. Qb5 Qd4 $15 {Koch,J-Murrey,J/Paris-ch 1989}) (9. Qd3 $5
f6 10. f3 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 fxe5 12. dxe5 Nc6 13. f4 Qe7 14. O-O-O Nb4 15. Kb1 $14
{Kogan,A-Kaminik,A/ISR-chT 1996}) 9... c5 10. Ba3 Nc6 $1 {Very strong move
promising black good chanses in forthcoming struggle.} (10... Qa5+ 11. c3 b6
12. f3 Ng5 13. Ng3 Nc6 14. dxc5 bxc5 15. f4 $14 {Goldberg,A-Neuberger,G/BL2-SW
1991}) (10... cxd4 $6 11. Bxf8 Qxf8 12. f3 d3 13. fxe4 dxe2 14. Qxe2 $16 {
Galkin,A-Morozevich,A/RUS-Cup9 1997}) 11. f3 ({Nothing changes} 11. c3 b5 12.
Bxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Nxe5 14. f4 Nc4 15. b3 Ne3 16. Qd3 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 a5 $1 $36 {
and black seizes the initiative.}) 11... b5 $1 12. fxe4 b4 13. Bxb4 (13. exd5
Qxd5 14. Bxb4 cxb4 15. c3 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Qb3 Qg5 $36 {[%csl Re1][%cal
Gc8d7,Ga8f8,Gg5e3,Ge3f2]}) 13... Nxb4 14. c3 Nc6 15. exd5 $6 ({Probably better
was} 15. Qa4 $5 Qb6 (15... Bd7 16. dxc5 Nxe5 17. Qd4 Nc6 18. Qd3 $14) 16. Rd1
cxd4 17. exd5 exd5 18. cxd4 f6 19. Qb3 Qxb3 20. axb3 Bf5 $44 {,but black keeps
very good chanses.}) 15... Qxd5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 $32 17. Nc1 (17. Qd6 Qb6 $1 (
17... Nxe5 18. Qxc5 Nd3+ 19. Kd2 Nxc5 20. Re1 e5 $11) 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Qc2 Nxe5
20. Nd4 Bb7 $32 {[%csl Re1]}) 17... Qxe5+ 18. Qe2 Qc7 {The material balance is
restored and black's advantage in development starts to play a significient
role.} 19. Nd3 Ba6 (19... e5 $6 20. Nc5 $1 (20. O-O-O Be6 21. Kb1 Qa5 22. Nc1
Rad8 $15) 20... Ne7 (20... Qe7 21. b4 a5 22. Qe4 Bd7 23. Nxd7 (23. Rd1 Be8 24.
Bd3 f5 25. Qd5+ Kh8 $13) 23... Qxd7 24. Bb5 Rfc8 25. O-O $11) 21. Qf2 Rd8 22.
Bd3 Bf5 23. Bxf5 Nxf5 24. O-O $11) 20. O-O-O Rfd8 21. Qf2 (21. Qe4 $5) 21...
Bc4 22. Qf4 $6 ({Better was} 22. b3 $5 {with good chanses to equalize.} Bxd3
23. Bxd3 Ne5 (23... Nb4 24. Bc4 Nd5 25. Qf3 $11) 24. Qc2 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Nxd3+
26. Qxd3 Rc8 27. Kb2 $11) 22... Qxf4+ 23. Nxf4 Rxd1+ 24. Kxd1 Bxa2 25. Kc2 Rb8
$2 {Serious inaccuracy after which it's very difficult to convert the
advantage into win.} (25... e5 $1 26. Bb5 Rc8 $17) 26. b4 $15 g5 (26... e5 27.
Kb2 g5 28. Kxa2 gxf4 29. Be2 Rd8 30. Bf3 $44) 27. Nh5 ({Deserved attention} 27.
Kb2 $5 gxf4 28. Kxa2 Rd8 29. Bb5 Rd2+ 30. Kb3 Ne5 31. Re1 $1 $132 {[%csl Ra7]
[%cal Ge1a1] with counterchanses.}) 27... Kf8 (27... Bd5 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxd5
exd5 30. Be2 Rc8 31. Rd1 Ne7 32. Bf3 Rd8 33. c4 $132) 28. Kb2 Bd5 29. Nf6 Ke7
30. Nxd5+ exd5 31. Be2 {[%csl Rd5]} a5 32. Bf3 axb4 ({More chanses to fight
for the win would leave} 32... Kd6 33. Rd1 Ne7 34. Kb3 axb4 35. c4 $1 f5 36. g3
f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Bxd5 Kc5 39. Bf3 $15) 33. Bxd5 Ne5 34. cxb4 Rxb4+ 35. Kc3
Ra4 36. Rf1 $15 h5 37. Bb3 Re4 38. Bd5 Re2 39. Kd4 f6 40. Be4 h4 41. h3 Nf7 42.
Ra1 Nd6 43. Bf3 Rd2+ 44. Kc3 Rf2 45. Kd3 f5 46. Ra5 Ke6 47. Bd5+ Kf6 48. Bf3
Rb2 49. Kd4 Rd2+ 50. Kc3 Rf2 51. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bakhmatov, Eduard"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
cxd4 9. cxd4 g5 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nh5 13. Qe2 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Nd4
15. Qe4 Bf5 16. Qxd4 Qxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd3 18. Re1 Rfd8 19. Nf3 g4 20. Nh2 Bf5 21.
Nc3 Rac8 22. f4 Rd2 23. Re2 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 e6 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. Kf1 Bd3+ 27. Ke1
Rc4 28. Nb3 Rc2 29. Nxg4 Bb4+ 30. Kd1 Rxg2 31. a3 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pirrot, Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qd5
8. c4 Qd6 9. Qh5+ g6 10. Qe5+ Qxe5 11. Nxe5+ c6 12. Ba4 Bg7 13. d4 exd3 14. Bf4
Be6 15. O-O-O O-O-O 16. Rhe1 Rd4 17. Nxd3 Bxc4 18. Nc5 Nh6 19. Rxd4 Bxd4 20.
Nb3 Bxf2 21. Re7 Nf5 22. Rc7+ Kd8 23. Rxb7 Re8 24. Na5 Re1+ 25. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Smejkal, Jan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d4 Nb6 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. Rd1 c6 14. dxc6 Nxc6
15. Nxc6 Bxc6 16. e4 Qe6 17. Be3 Red8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7
21. Bxb6 axb6 22. e5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qc6+ 24. f3 e6 25. Qe3 h6 26. Kh3 b5 27. a3
Qc4 28. Kg2 b4 29. axb4 Qxb4 30. Qe2 g5 31. Kh3 b6 32. Kg2 Qd4 33. Qb5 Bxe5 34.
Ne2 Qxb2 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Bxf6 Nxf6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. O-O-O Bb7 12. Ne5 Qe7 13. Rhg1 c5 14. g4
cxd4 15. g5 Nd7 16. g6 Nxe5 17. gxh7+ Kh8 18. Qxe5 Qf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rxd4
f5 21. Rd3 f4 22. Rd4 f3 23. Rdg4 Rfc8 24. Kd2 Rc5 25. Rg8+ Kxh7 26. Bd3+ Kh6
27. R8g7 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giorgadze, Giorgi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B25"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 Rb8 6. f4 Bg7 7. Nf3 b5 8. O-O b4
9. Ne2 Nf6 10. h3 e5 11. g4 exf4 12. Nxf4 O-O 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Rb1 Nde5 15. Nxe5
Bxe5 16. Qd2 Be6 17. c4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rxb1 19. Rxb1 Qa5 20. Ne2 Rd8 21. c4 Qc7
22. Rb3 Rb8 23. Qc2 Kg7 24. Qb1 Rxb3 25. Qxb3 Qa5 26. Kf2 Qd8 27. Kg1 Qh4 28.
Bf2 Qg5 29. Qb7 Qd2 30. Bf1 Nb4 31. d4 cxd4 32. Qxa7 Bxc4 33. Bxd4 Bxe2 34.
Bxe5+ dxe5 35. Qf2 Nxa2 36. Bxe2 Nc3 37. Bf3 Qf4 38. Bg2 Qxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Kf6 40.
h4 h6 41. Ke3 Na4 42. Bf1 Nc5 43. Bc4 Ne6 44. Kf3 Nf4 45. Bb3 h5 46. g5+ Ke7
47. Bc4 f6 48. gxf6+ Kxf6 49. Bb5 g5 50. hxg5+ Kxg5 51. Be8 Ne6 52. Bd7 Nd4+
53. Kg3 h4+ 54. Kh3 Ne2 55. Bc8 Nf4+ 56. Kh2 Kf6 57. Kg1 Ke7 58. Kf2 Kd6 59.
Kf3 Kc5 60. Kg4 h3 61. Kg3 Kd4 62. Bf5 Ke3 63. Bh7 Ne6 64. Bf5 Ng5 65. Bg6 Ke2
66. Bf5 Kf1 67. Kh2 Kf2 68. Bg6 Kf3 69. Bf5 Kf4 70. Bg6 Kg4 71. Bf5+ Kh4 72.
Bc8 Nf3+ 73. Kh1 Nd2 74. Kh2 Nf3+ 75. Kh1 h2 76. Kg2 Kg5 77. Ba6 Kf4 78. Be2
Nd4 79. Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Stangl, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
d6 9. Bf3 Nd7 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Ngf6 12. g3 Be7 13. Nb3 Nb6 14. Rd4 Nc4 15.
Rxc4 Qxc4 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 O-O 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nd2 Qc7 20. Nde4 Be7 21.
Qd3 h6 22. Nd2 Rfc8 23. Nf3 Qb7 24. b3 Rc7 25. Na4 Rac8 26. Re2 Bf6 27. c4 Rb8
28. Re3 Qb4 29. Qd1 d5 30. cxd5 exd5 31. Rd3 Rc6 32. Be3 Qa3 33. Kg2 Rb7 34.
Nd4 Rc8 35. Nf5 Qb4 36. Bd4 Rc6 37. Qf3 Bxd4 38. Rxd4 Qxb3 39. Qxb3 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 b5 14. Qd2 Qa5
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. f3 e5 18. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. Nxf4 Ne4 14. g3 Ng5
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Rxf4 17. gxf4 Nh3+ 18. Kh1 Nxf4 19. Rg1 Bd7 20. Rg4 Qf8
21. Qf3 Nxd3 22. Qxd3 Bc6 23. Kg1 Qf7 24. Qd4 Rf8 25. Rc1 Qf5 26. h4 h6 27. Rc3
Rf7 28. Rcg3 Bb5 29. Qe3 Kh7 30. a4 Ba6 31. Kg2 b6 32. Qf3 Bf1+ 33. Kxf1 Qxf3
34. Rxg7+ Rxg7 35. Rxf3 Rg4 36. Rf7+ Kg6 37. Rf6+ Kh5 38. Rxe6 Rxa4 39. Rf6 Re4
40. e6 d4 41. f3 Re3 42. Kf2 Kxh4 43. Rxh6+ Kg5 44. Rh7 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 b5 12. O-O-O a5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Bxe5 Bc6
15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rhe1 e6 20. Re3 Nf6
21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Re5 Bd5 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. g3 Kf6 25. f4 h6 26. c4 Rc8 27. b3
g5 28. Kd2 gxf4 29. Re4 Nb4 30. Rxf4+ Kg6 31. Rd4 e5 32. Rd6+ Kf5 33. Rxh6 Rd8+
34. Ke2 Nc2 35. Rh5+ Ke4 36. Nc5+ Kd4 37. Nb7 Ra8 38. Kd2 Na1 39. Nd6 Nxb3+ 40.
Kc2 a4 41. Nb5+ Ke4 42. Nc3+ Kd4 43. Rh4+ Kc5 44. Nxa4+ Rxa4 45. Kxb3 Ra1 46.
Re4 f6 47. h4 Rh1 48. Kc3 Rh3 49. Re3 e4 50. Rxe4 Rxg3+ 51. Kd2 f5 52. Rf4 Rh3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "1999.07.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ulybin, Mikhail"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "1999.07.??"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2000"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.11.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Ngf6 6. Bg5 a6 7. Bxd7+ Nxd7
8. c4 Qb6 9. Qxb6 Nxb6 10. b3 f5 11. Be3 fxe4 12. Ng5 Nd7 13. Ne6 Kf7 14. Nc7
Rb8 15. Ba7 e6 16. Nd2 Be7 17. Nxe4 b6 18. Bxb8 Nxb8 19. O-O-O Rd8 20. Rd3 Rd7
21. Rf3+ Bf6 22. Ng5+ Kg6 23. Ngxe6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.03"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qa5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5
15. b4 Qd8 16. bxc5 Qxd5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Bd4 Nf4 20. Rfe1 Bd3 21.
Bf1 Bxf1 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Kxf1 Ne6 24. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 ({Vor zwölf Jahren demonstrierte Weiß
den gleichen Plan in der Partie Aseev-Dautov/Dresden 1987:} 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. h3
Bd7 {/\c5} 12. Re1 $1 c5 13. Ng3 $1 Nd5 $6 (13... h6 $1 14. Bd2 Nc6 {/\Be6=})
14. Bd2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Be6 16. Ng5 $14) 10... a5 {Dieser Zug, in der modernen
Spielpraxis häufig angewandt, gefällt mir nicht. M.E. verliert Schwarz dadurch
nur Zeit und muß bei den Plänen mit c6-c5 an der Schwäche des Punktes b5
leiden. Erst beim weißen Fianchetto b2-b3 ist a7-a5-a4 ratsam.} 11. Ne2 Ne7 {
Wedberg: This move is the fashionable way to play the Berlin these days.} 12.
Ng3 (12. Rd1 a4 13. Nf4 h5 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e6 Bxe6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Re1 {
'~~' Wedberg. Wedberg: '1/2-1/2 Kunte,A-Aleksandrov,A/Elista 1998/CBM 66 ext 
(42)'} Be7 18. c4 Nb6 19. Rxe6 Kd7 20. Re4 Bf6 21. Bf4 $14 {Kunte,
A-Aleksandrov,A/Elista 1998}) 12... a4 $146 (12... h5 13. Bg5 c5 14. Rfe1 Be6
15. c3 b6 16. Nh4 Ng6 17. Nxg6 fxg6 18. h4 Be7 19. Ne4 $14 {Aseev,K-Tunik,G/St
Petersburg RUS 1998}) (12... c5 $1 {scheint mir die beste Aufstellung zu sein-
der schwarze Springer bekommt einen aussichtsreichen und sicheren Posten auf
c6 und der Bc8 wird nach h7-h6 auf e6 entwickelt, wo er nicht so leicht in die
Abtauschgefahr gerät.} 13. Be3 (13. Re1 Nc6 14. a3 h6 15. Bd2 Be6 $11) 13...
Nc6 14. Ne4 b6 $132 {/\Bf5}) 13. a3 Nd5 $2 {Vgl. mit der Anmerkung zum 10. Zug
von Weiß. Hier steht der schwarze Springer zwar schön, aber uneffektiv und
unsicher (c2-c4!). Es war noch nicht zu spät, zu 13...c5 nebst Nc6 zu greifen.}
14. Re1 $1 Be7 $6 {Zu langsam gespielt, Weiß hat bekommt ausreichend Zeit für
die optimale Figurenaufstellung. Schwarz unterbindet das Manöver Nf3-g5-e4,
aber 14... h6 eignete sich besser dafür.} (14... c5 15. Ng5 $1 h6 16. N5e4 {
/\f4-f5} h5 $5 17. Bg5 $14) (14... h6 $1 15. Bd2 (15. Nd4 c5 16. Nb5 Bd7 $13)
15... c5 16. Rad1 Be6) 15. Bd2 h6 (15... c5 16. Rad1 Be6 17. Bg5 $14 Bf8 $5)
16. Rad1 Kf8 $2 {'?!' Wedberg. Wedberg: 'Black decides to run to h7 with the K.
Very unusual indeed.'} (16... Be6 17. Nd4 Bc5 {'!?' Wedberg.} (17... c5 $5 {
Wedberg} 18. Nxe6 (18. Ndf5 Bf8 $11) 18... fxe6 $13) 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Ne4 Be7
20. f4 $14) ({Selbst hier war} 16... c5 $1 {/\Be6 noch möglich.} 17. Bxh6 $2 (
17. Nh5 $14) 17... Rxh6 18. Rxd5 Rb6 19. Rb1 c4 $44) (16... Bd7 {Wedberg} 17.
Nd4 Bc5 18. e6 $36) 17. Nd4 $16 {Nun ist die Lage des Nachziehenden äußerst
prekär, er hat keinerlei Gegenspiel und seine Figuren koordinieren nicht.} Kg8
(17... g6 $5) (17... g6 $5 {Wedberg}) 18. Ngf5 Bc5 19. e6 {'!' Wedberg.
Wedberg: 'With the goalkeeper gone the penalty kick must score.'} fxe6 (19...
Kh7 $5 20. c4 (20. exf7 g6) 20... Nb6 21. Bc3 $16 (21. exf7 Rf8 $13)) 20. Nxe6
Bxe6 21. Rxe6 Kh7 22. c4 {Führt forciert zu einer für Weiß gewonnenen Stellung.
} Rhf8 (22... Nb6 23. Bc3 (23. Be3 {Wedberg} Bxe3 24. Nxe3 $14) 23... Rhd8 24.
Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Bxg7 $16) 23. Re5 $1 $18 {'!' Wedberg.} Bd6 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Re4
Nb6 (25... Nf6 26. Re7 $18) 26. Bc3 {'+/-' Wedberg.} Nc8 27. f4 {Der Rest ist
einfach. Schwarz ist vollkommen hilflos.} b6 28. g4 {/\f5} g6 29. Rde1 Ra7 30.
Re8 Raf7 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Re6 $1 Rd8 (32... Rxf4 $4 {Wedberg} 33. Re8 $18) 33.
Kf2 Rf8 34. Kg3 Rd8 35. h4 d5 36. cxd5 cxd5 37. Bd4 h5 38. f5 gxf5 39. g5 Kg8
40. Rh6 Kf7 41. Rxh5 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c3 8. bxc3
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Bb2 Be4 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Nb3 Qb6 (
14... Qc7 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. cxd4 $14) 15. Kxg2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Na5 (16... Rfc8
17. e4 Nb4 18. Nc5 $14) 17. Nc5 Qc6+ 18. Qf3 b6 $6 {Black was doing great in
the fight for the control of the center, but this move lets the knight to the
active square a6. From there the control of b4 and c7 spots will be rather
vital.} (18... Rfc8 19. Rac1 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Nd5 21. Ba1 Nb4 22. Rb1 Nxa2 23.
Nxb7 $11) 19. Qxc6 Nxc6 20. Na6 Nd5 (20... Ne4 21. Rac1 Rfc8 22. Nb5 $16) 21.
Nb5 Rfc8 (21... Ndb4 22. Nac7 Rac8 23. a3 a6 24. axb4 axb5 25. Nxb5 Nxb4 26.
Ra7 $14) 22. Ba3 $1 Nb8 (22... f5 $5 23. Rac1 Kf7 24. Rd2 Ke8 25. Rdc2 Kd7 $14)
23. Nxb8 Raxb8 24. Rac1 (24. Nxa7 Rc2 25. Kf3 Ra8 26. Nb5 Ra5 27. Rdb1 f5 28.
Rb3 $14) 24... a6 25. Na7 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 {Georgiev enjoys the clear advantage
with active pieces and control of the only open file.} f5 (26... b5 27. Nc6 Rb7
28. e4 b4 29. Rb1 Rc7 30. exd5 bxa3 31. Rb3 $16) 27. Nc6 Rb7 (27... Re8 $1 28.
Nb4 (28. Kf3 Kf7 29. e4 fxe4+ 30. Kxe4 Nf6+ 31. Kd3 Nd5 $13) 28... Nxb4 29.
Bxb4 a5 30. Ba3 b5 31. Bc5 $14) 28. Nd8 Rb8 29. Nc6 Rb7 30. Nd8 Rb8 31. Ne6 Bf6
(31... Kf7 32. Ng5+ (32. Nxg7 Kxg7 33. Kf3 b5 34. e4 fxe4+ 35. Kxe4 Rd8 $14)
32... Kg8 33. Kf3 b5 34. Rc5 Bf6 35. Nxh7 Kxh7 36. Rxd5 b4 37. Bc1 b3 38. axb3
Rxb3 39. Ke2 $16) 32. Kf3 Kf7 (32... b5 33. e4 fxe4+ 34. Kxe4 Nb6 35. Rc6 $14)
33. Rc6 a5 34. e4 $1 fxe4+ 35. Kxe4 Nb4 (35... Nc3+ 36. Rxc3 Kxe6 37. Rc7 b5
38. d5+ Kf7 39. Bxe7 Bxe7 40. d6 Re8 41. Kd5 b4 42. Kc4 $18) 36. Bxb4 axb4 37.
Nc7 $1 {[%mdl 4096] The knight limits the freedom of black rook and prepares
for the attack on the weak black pawns.} Rb7 (37... Rc8 38. d5 Bh8 39. Na6 $16)
38. Nd5 e6 (38... Ra7 39. Nxb4 b5 40. Rc5 Ra5 41. f4 $16) 39. Nxf6 Kxf6 40. d5
Ra7 (40... Re7 41. Rxb6 $18) 41. Rxe6+ Kf7 42. Rxb6 Rxa2 43. Rxb4 Rxf2 44. Rb7+
Kf6 45. Rxh7 Rd2 46. h3 Rd1 47. g4 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Las Vegas"]
[Date "1999.08.07"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Atlas,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 072"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "1999.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 $5 Ne5 11. Nf5 (11. Be2 Nbc6 12. Nxc6 (12. Nf5 Bxf5 13.
exf5 Nd4 14. Bd3 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3 Qa5 16. f6 Bxf6 17. O-O Rc8 18. Rae1 Rxc3 19.
bxc3 Ne6 20. Qf3 Qxc3 21. Qxb7 O-O 22. Qxa6 Nd4 23. Qd3 Qxd3 24. cxd3 Ra8 25.
f4 Rxa2 26. fxg5 {1/2-1/2 Thorhallsson,T-Gallagher,J/Forli 1992/TD (26)}) 12...
bxc6 13. O-O Qb6 14. Rb1 Be6 15. Qd2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Kh1 Qd4
19. Qc1 e5 20. Rd1 Qc5 21. Na4 Qb4 22. b3 Be6 23. c4 O-O 24. a3 Qb7 25. Qe3 f5
26. exf5 Bxf5 27. Rb2 {1/2-1/2 Perunovic,M-Perovic,V/JUG-chT2 1994/EXT 97 (54)}
) (11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 e6 13. Qd2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bd7 15. Nd1 O-O 16. Ne3 Rc8 17.
O-O-O Bc6 18. h4 Bf6 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Be2 Qe7 21. Bc3 Rfd8 22. Bb4 {1-0
Dutreeuw,M-Van Mechelen,J/Antwerp 1997/EXT 99 (40)}) 11... Bxf5 12. exf5 Qa5 $5
$146 ({An interesting novelty, which seems to be an important alternative to
Polgar's natural choice} 12... Nbc6 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Be2 e6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.
Ne3 d5 17. O-O Qb6 18. Ng4 Rf5 19. c3 Qxb2 20. Rb1 Qxc3 21. Rxb7 Rf7 22. Qb1
Rxb7 23. Qxb7 Re8 24. Qxa6 Nxg4 25. Bxg4 Nd4 26. Rb1 Qc2 27. Rb7 Qg6 28. a4 {
1-0 Shirov,A-Polgar,J/Prague 1999 (38)}) 13. Qd5 Nbc6 ({Certainly, not} 13...
Qxd5 $2 14. Nxd5 {. and White has a large advantage.}) 14. Qxa5 (14. O-O-O $5
Rc8 15. Be2 {deserved serious attention.}) 14... Nxa5 15. Nd5 Rc8 16. O-O-O e6
17. Ne3 ({More pincipal was} 17. f6 $5 Bf8 18. Ne3 {, with mutual chances. The
text move allows Black to accomplish his development and obtain a counterplay.}
) 17... Ke7 18. Be2 h5 19. Rhf1 $6 ({Not the best move.} 19. f4 $5 {was to be
preferred:} gxf4 20. Bxf4 d5 (20... Bh6 21. Rhf1 $14) 21. Rhe1 $5 (21. Bg5+ Bf6
22. Bxf6+ Kxf6 23. Rhf1 $13) 21... Nac6 (21... Nec4 $2 22. Nxd5+ $18) (21...
Nac4 $2 22. Bxc4 dxc4 (22... Nxc4 $2 {fails to} 23. Nxd5+ Kf8 24. f6) 23. Bxe5
Bxe5 24. Nd5+ $18) 22. g4 d4 {, wtih mutual chances.}) 19... d5 {[%csl Rb2]
[%cal Ge5c4,Gg7b2,Gc4b2] Threatening 20...Nec4, with initiative.} 20. f4 gxf4
21. Bxf4 (21. Rxf4 $2 {fails to} Bh6 22. fxe6 fxe6 (22... Bxf4 $6 23. Bxf4 Kxe6
24. Bxe5 Kxe5 25. Bxh5 $14 (25. Rxd5+ $5 Ke4 26. Rxa5 Kxe3 27. Bxh5 {, with
unclear play.})) 23. Bh4+ Ke8 $17) 21... Nac4 22. Bg5+ Kd6 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24.
fxe6 fxe6 (24... Bxb2+ $2 {loses to} 25. Kb1 Nxe3 26. Bxe3 Bc3 27. exf7 $18)
25. Nxc4+ Rxc4 26. Rf7 Rg8 27. h4 ({If} 27. Rxb7 {then} Bxb2+ {,with good play
for Black.}) 27... Be5 28. Re1 $2 ({After this move White has no chance to win
the game.} 28. Be7+ {does not bring anything after} Kc6) ({, but} 28. Rxb7 Bf4+
29. Bxf4+ Rxf4 30. Rb6+ {,with the sharp and unclear play was to be preferred.}
) 28... Rg7 $1 29. Rf3 (29. Be7+ {falls short after} Kd7 (29... Kc6 $2 30. Rxg7
Bxg7 31. Rxe6+) 30. Rxg7 Bxg7 {, and Black has an edge in the ending.}) 29...
Rgc7 30. Re2 Bg7 {[%cal Gc7c2,Ge6e5,Ge5e4,Gd5d4,Gg7b2]} 31. g3 $15 {/-/+ Black
has better chances in this position. All his pieces are actively placed,
whereas White has very little to oppose to the march of the central pawns. The
draw was agreed, as it allowed Georgiev to advance to the 4th round of the
World Championship.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C81"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2568"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Beer-Sheva Chess Club"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Bc5 10. Qe2 $5 {Other options are:} (10. Qe1) (10. Nxe4 $5 {
You can see comments to Khalifman,A-Golod,V/ Belgrad,1999/CBM 69 (1/2-1/2)
(Golod,V) (52)}) ({and} 10. c3 $5 {Is the main line.}) 10... Nxd2 ({Badly:} 
10... Bf5 $2 {in view of:} 11. a4 $1 Rb8 (11... b4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Be3 Bxe3
14. Qxe3 O-O 15. Ng5 $36 {Emms,J-Gretarsson,H/Kopavogur,1994 (1-0)(53)}) 12.
axb5 axb5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 $2 (13... Bxe4 $142 14. Be3 {+=}) 14. Rd1 {+/- Wahls,
M-Mikhalevski,A/ Biel,1992(0-1)(34)}) 11. Bxd2 O-O {This move better than: 11..
.Bg4;11...Nd4;11. ..h6 and 11...Ne7.} 12. Rad1 $5 {Besides this move:} (12. Bg5
) (12. Rfd1 $5) (12. h3) (12. c3) ({and} 12. a4 $5 {repeatedly was checked in
the previous games.}) 12... Be7 $5 {(Rapoport,E)} ({Also can be recommended:} 
12... Ne7 $5 13. Be3 (13. c3 Qd7 14. Nd4 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 16. Kh1 Rae8 {+/=/=
Kindermann, S-Slobodjan,R/Nussloch, 1996(1/2-1/2)(42)}) 13... Bxe3 14. Qxe3 c6
$5 (14... Bg4 $143 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 c6 17. c3 {+= Skold,K-Poulsen,C/
Dubrovnik,1950 (1/2-1/2) (41)}) 15. h3 Nf5 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Rfe1 Rae8 18. c3 f6
{+/=/= Jansa, V-Pribyl,M/Turnov,1996(1/2-1/2)(62)}) ({and} 12... Re8 $5 {
See comments to Ljubojevic,L-Larsen,B/ Linares,1981(1/2-1/2)(Kharitonov)(57)})
({In my opinion dubious:} 12... Bg4 $6 13. Qd3 $1 Bxf3 14. Qxf3 Nxe5 15. Qf5 {!
} (15. Qxd5 Qxd5 16. Bxd5 Rae8 {+=}) 15... Ng6 $2 (15... Re8 $5) 16. Bxd5 Ne7
17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxc5 {+- Wahls,M-Mikhalevski,A/Berlin,1994(1-0)(51)}) ({and
} 12... Qd7 $6) 13. h3 $5 {+/=/=} (13. Be3 $143 Na5 14. Nd2 $6 (14. Nd4 $5)
14... c5 $36 {Doggers, P-Rapoport,E/Dieren,1999(1/2-1/2) (53)}) 13... Na7 $5 {N
} (13... Kh8 $5 14. c3 (14. Qd3 $5) 14... Na5 15. Bc2 c5 16. b3 Nc6 {=
Dervishi,E-Rapoport,E/ Tallinn,1997(0-1)(37)}) 14. c3 ({Interestingly:} 14. Nd4
$5 c5 (14... Qd7 $5 15. Nxe6 fxe6 {+/=/=}) 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. c3 (16. Qg4 $143
c4 (16... Rf5 $6 17. c3 $36) 17. Qxe6+ (17. Bh6 $2 Rf7 {-+}) 17... Rf7 18. Be3
{~=}) 16... Nc6 17. Qg4 $36) 14... c5 {/\Nc6-a5} 15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Bc2 $5 ({
Senseless:} 16. Rd2 {because of:} Na5) (16. Qd2 $6 Qc7 $1 17. Bxd5 $140 {??}
Rad8 {-+}) 16... Qd7 $5 17. Qd3 g6 $8 18. Qe3 d4 $6 ({Good enough:} 18... Rad8
$5) ({or} 18... Rfd8 $5) 19. cxd4 Nxd4 (19... cxd4 $144 20. Nxd4 {see 19...Nxd4
}) 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Rxd4 Bc5 22. Rfd1 $8 (22. Rxd7 $2 Bxe3 23. Bxe3 Bxd7 {-/+}
) 22... Qc7 $5 (22... Bxd4 $5 23. Rxd4 Qc7 24. Be4 {transfer to 22...Qc7} (24.
Bg5 $2 {is refuted by:} Qxc2 25. Bf6 Rac8 $1 (25... g5 $143 26. Qxg5+ Qg6 27.
Qh4 {~=}) (25... Rfc8 $4 26. Rd8+ $1 Rxd8 $140 27. Qh6 Qc1+ 28. Qxc1 {+-}) 26.
Kh2 g5 27. Qxg5+ Qg6 {-/+}) (24. Bh6 $4 Qxc2 25. Qg5 Qf5 {-+})) 23. Be4 {
Is the best move!} ({Worse is:} 23. Qc3 {because of:} b4 $1 24. Rxb4 Rac8 25.
Re4 (25. Rd2 $6 Bxb4 26. Qxb4 Qc4 {=}) 25... Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qb6+ 27. Qd4 Rxc2+
28. Rd2 Rxd2+ 29. Bxd2 Qxd4+ 30. Rxd4 f6 $1 {+/=/=K} (30... Bxa2 $2 31. Ra4 {
+/-})) 23... Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Rad8 25. Rd6 a5 $5 (25... Rxd6 $5 26. exd6 Qd7 27.
Qd4 f5 {+=} (27... f6 $2 28. Bh6 Rf7 29. Qb6 {+/-})) 26. a3 b4 27. axb4 axb4
28. Qd4 Rc8 29. Bc6 $5 ({Another alternative is:} 29. Bh6 $5 Rfd8 (29... Qc5 $2
30. Bxf8 Kxf8 (30... Qc1+ $143 31. Kh2 Rxf8 32. Bd5 {+/-/+-}) 31. Kh2 {+/-})
30. Qxb4 $5 {+=} (30. Bb7 $6 {(Svidler,P)} Rb8 (30... Rxd6 $4 31. exd6) 31. Qh4
f5 $8 32. Rxe6 (32. Qf6 Rxd6 33. exd6 Qxb7 34. Qxe6+ Qf7 35. Qe3 {~=}) 32...
Rxb7 {~})) 29... Rb8 $2 {I made this tactical blunder,because I didn't see 31.
Qh4!} ({Can be recommended:} 29... Qe7 $1 30. Bh6 Rfd8 31. h4 (31. Qf4 $5 f6 $1
32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Ba4 {+=}) 31... f6 $1 32. Bf3 (32. exf6 $6 Rxd6 (32... Qxd6
$4 33. f7+ Bxf7 (33... Kxf7 34. Qg7#) 34. Qg7#) 33. f7+ Qxf7 34. Qxd6 b3 {+/=/=
}) (32. Bd5 $2 Bxd5 $1 (32... Rxd6 $143 33. exd6 Qf7 {~} (33... Qxd6 $4 34.
Qxf6 {+-})) 33. Qxd5+ Kh8 34. exf6 $140 Qxf6 $1 (34... Qxd6 $4 35. Bg7#) (34...
Rxd6 $4 35. Bg7+ Qxg7 36. fxg7+ Kxg7 37. Qxd6 {+-}) 35. Rxf6 Rxd5 {=+}) 32...
fxe5 (32... Bf7 $5) 33. Rxd8+ Rxd8 34. Qxe5 {+/=/=}) 30. Bh6 Rfc8 $4 ({It is
neseccary:} 30... Qe7 31. Bxf8 Kxf8 32. Bd7 {+/-/+-}) 31. Qh4 (31. Qh4 f5 $8 (
31... Qxc6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Qf6) 32. Rxe6 {+-}) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Breda Panfox"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4
$5 {An interesting continuation firstly introduced in the game of two Israeli
youngsters(see below).The idea of the move is to prevent typical queen
exchange 8.Qf4 which is now impossible as the knight on c3 will remain
undefended.} (7... Ne7 {is the main line.}) 8. f4 ({In the later game Tkachev
gives to 7...Bd4 another try,but Van der Wiel brings in a new idea of
development and soon obtains a slight,but long-term advantage in the endgame.} 
8. Bc4 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Kh1 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Bb6 13. Qg5 Ne5 14. f3
Rd8 15. b3 O-O 16. Qxf6 gxf6 17. Ba3 Rfe8 18. Rad1 {+= 1-0 Van der Wiel,
J-Tkachiev,V/Cannes 1999/CBM 74_02 (46)}) 8... Be6 ({A month before the
current game} 8... Nh6 $5 {was tried in the Polish team championship} 9. Qd3
O-O (9... Ng4 10. Nd1 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. e5 Qd8 13. c3 Bb6 14. Qxd8 Rxd8 15. g4
{seems to be in white's favour.}) 10. Be3 Bxc3+ 11. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Re8 13.
Bd3 Bf5 14. exf5 Ng4 $1 15. Kd2 Nxe3 16. g3 Rad8 {1/2-1/2 Bobras,P-Stempin,P/
Suwalki POL 1999 (42) with approximately equal endgame in which weaknesses of
both sides compensate each other.}) 9. e5 Qh4+ {Black forces White to weaken
the d5-h1 diagonal,but at the same time allows development of the
white-squared bishop from g2.} ({Immediate} 9... Qd8 {looks also sensible.})
10. g3 Qd8 11. Bg2 Nh6 ({In the origin-game Black continued} 11... Ne7 {
which led to the interesting play:} 12. Nd1 Nf5 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Be4 g6 15. c3
Bc5 16. Qf3 f6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Nf2 Bc4 19. b3 Ne3 20. Bd2 Ba6 21. Rc1 Nf5 22.
Kd1 Rad8 23. Kc2 Rd6 24. Ng4 Qg7 25. Rcd1 Rfd8 26. Ne5 {+=} Qf6 27. h4 h5 28.
g4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 $4 (29. Nxg4) 29... Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Ne3+ {0-1 Bar,R-Bitansky,I/
Petach Tikva 1995/EXT 99 (30)}) 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Qe2 {Preparing development of
the queen side by means of c3;Bd2(e3) and 0-0-0 after preliminary Ng5.} Nf5 (
13... Bg4 {seems to be senceless as after simple} 14. Qd3 {Black's bishop on
g4 will be out of play.} (14. Bf3 $143 Bxf3 15. Qxf3 Re8 16. c3 Bb6 {and Black
can try to make use of weakened white squares in the White's camp.})) 14. c3
Bb6 15. Bd2 Qe7 $6 {Probably first inaccuracy.} (15... Re8 {deserved serious
attention with the idea} 16. Ng5 Bd5) 16. Ng5 Rad8 ({Temporary pawn sacrifice
by means of} 16... Bd5 {was interesting,but White obtains advantage declining
it.} 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. Qd3 h6 $1 (18... Qd7 $143 19. g4 f6 (19... h6 20. gxf5
hxg5 21. fxg5 {+/-}) 20. e6 Qd6 21. gxf5 fxg5 22. O-O-O $1 {+=}) 19. Nf3 $1 {
This cool decision promises very comfortable attacking position.} ({Accepting
pawn yields nothing special:} 19. Qxf5 hxg5 20. fxg5 f6 {!} (20... Rae8 21.
O-O-O $1 Qxe5 22. Qxe5 Rxe5 23. Bf4 Rf5 24. Rhe1 {+=}) 21. gxf6 Rxf6 22. Qh5 (
22. Qg5 Qe6 (22... Re6 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. O-O-O Rxe5 25. Bf4 Rf5 {=}) 23. O-O-O
Rf5 {=}) 22... Qe8 $1 (22... Re6 23. Bf4 $1 g5 24. Qg4 Kh8 25. Bd2 Rxe5+ 26.
Kd1 {+=}) 23. Qxe8+ Rxe8 24. O-O-O (24. Bf4 g5 25. O-O-O Rf5) 24... Rxe5 25.
Bf4 Ref5 {=}) 19... Qd7 20. O-O-O $40) 17. Be4 {Strengthening pressure and
taking the bishop out of possible attack Nh4 in case of g4.} Bc8 {Black is
lack of useful moves and has to take in consideration possible g4.So the move
in the game looks almost obligatory.} (17... Bd5 $2 {is impossible in view of}
18. Bxf5 $1 Bxh1 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Qh5) 18. O-O-O {+= White completes the
development and obtains clear positional advantage thanks to the better pawn
structure. Sometimes one inaccuracy can bring big troubles especially if you
play as black.} f6 19. Nf3 {White decides to refrain from complications,but} ({
after} 19. Nxh7 $1 {Black is in the serious troubles:} Kxh7 (19... Rfe8 20. Qh5
(20. Rhe1 $5) 20... Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rhe1 Kg8 23. exf6 Kxh7 24. g4 {+/-})
20. g4 $1 (20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Bxf5 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 fxe5 23. Qxe5 (23. Qe4 Qf7 $1
24. Kb1 exf4 25. Bxf4 {+=}) 23... Qf7 {with definite compensation.} (23... Qxe5
24. fxe5 Rf2 25. h4 $1 Rdxd2 26. Rxd2 Be3 27. Rhd1 Re2 28. Kc2 Bxd2 29. Rxd2
Rxe5 30. Rd7 {+/-})) 20... fxe5 21. gxf5 Kg8 22. f6 $1 Qxf6 (22... Rxf6 23.
fxe5 Rf2 24. Qh5 {+-}) (22... gxf6 23. Rhg1+ (23. fxe5) 23... Bxg1 24. Rxg1+
Kf7 25. Qh5+ Ke6 26. fxe5 $1 {+-}) 23. fxe5 {+/-}) 19... Nh6 {Black has been
preparing Bf5 to relieve the defence.It' always useful to exchange pieces when
you are lack of space!But...} 20. exf6 Qxf6 21. Ng5 {Very good use of the
better pawn structure.Now White's turn to force Black to exchange pieces as an
extra pawn on the king side will be much more essential in the endgame.} Bf5 (
21... g6 {doesn't look better.}) 22. Bxf5 Qxf5 ({Or} 22... Nxf5 23. Qe6+ (23.
Rhe1 $5) 23... Kh8 24. Rhe1) 23. Qe6+ Kh8 (23... Qxe6 $4 {loses an exchange}
24. Nxe6) 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 (24... Nxf5 $4 25. Ne6) 25. c4 $1 {Good positional
move.White prevents regrouping of the black army by means Rd5 and Nf5 and
prepares Bc3 continuing above-mentioned strategy of exchanges.} Ng4 {Maybe not
very fortunate move,but it was really difficult to do something better.} 26.
Bc3 {+/-} Rd6 27. Ne4 (27. Rxd6 $1 {is even stronger and leads to immediate
win while the move in the game is good enough "only"for big advantage.} cxd6
28. Re1 Be3+ (28... Kg8 29. Re7 g6 30. Ne6 $1 {+-}) (28... Ne3 29. Ne6 $1 {+-})
29. Kb1 h6 30. h3 $1 Nf2 31. Ne6 Bb6 32. Nxg7 {+-}) 27... Be3+ 28. Kb1 Rxd1+
29. Rxd1 Kg8 30. Ng5 $1 h6 31. Ne6 g5 (31... Nf6 $5) 32. Rd8+ Kf7 33. Ng7 $1
Rc5 34. Rd7+ {White establishes good coordianation forcing Black to sacrifice
an exchange to avoid immediate disaster.} Kg6 (34... Kg8 35. Ne6) 35. f5+ (35.
b4 $1 {wins simplier:} Rxc4 (35... Nf6 36. f5+ $1 Rxf5 37. Nxf5 Nxd7 38. Nxe3 {
+-}) 36. f5+ Kh7 37. Ne6+ Kg8 38. f6 Nxf6 $8 39. Bxf6 {+-}) 35... Rxf5 36. Nxf5
Kxf5 37. h3 Nf2 38. h4 $6 {Probably time-trouble doesn't allow White to find
more convincing continuations.} (38. Re7 $1 {was much better} Nd1 $8 (38... Bb6
39. c5 Bxc5 40. Re5+ {+-}) (38... Ne4 39. Re5+) 39. Re5+ (39. Bh8 $5) 39... Kg6
40. Kc2 Nxc3 41. Kxc3 Bf2 42. g4 {+-}) 38... Ne4 (38... Kg4 $5) 39. Be1 Kg4 40.
hxg5 hxg5 41. Rxc7 Nxg3 {Smoke has disappeared.White is still winning ,but has
to be accurate to avoid possible counterplay.} 42. Kc2 Ne4 43. Rxb7 Kf3 44.
Rf7+ Ke2 45. Re7 Nd6 46. Bd2 {White puts his money on the a-pawn.} Nf5 (46...
Nxc4 47. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 48. Kc3 Kf3 49. Rxa7 {and White has to win.}) 47. Bxe3 $1 {
Unexpected decision based on the accurate calculation.White sacrifices an
exchange in order to decide the game with the aid of the a-pawn.Bishop is much
stronger than knight in the positons with pass pawns on the different sides.}
Nxe7 48. Bxa7 g4 49. a4 g3 50. a5 g2 51. a6 Nf5 52. Bg1 $1 {The key move.In
the case of any other move Black plays Ne3 with good chances to escape in the
queen ending.Now it's over.The a-pawn is unstopable.} Ne3+ 53. Kb3 Ng4 54. a7
Kf1 55. Bc5 (55. Bc5 Nf2 56. Bxf2 Kxf2 57. a8=Q g1=Q 58. Qa7+ {and White wins.}
) (55. a8=Q {is also sufficient for the win,but move in the game is simplier.})
1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 15th final"]
[Site "Bugojno"]
[Date "1999.10.31"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yudasin, Leonid"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "1999.10.29"]
[EventType "team-k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Petah-Tikva Elitzur"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

 0-1

[Event "About.com/ICC GM m"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4
Nd7 9. c4 O-O 10. e4 dxe3 11. Bxe3 Nd4 (11... Rb8 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14.
Bxd4 b5 15. cxb5 Rxb5 16. Bc6 Rb4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 Rc4 19. Bb5 Re4 20. Re1
Rxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Nf6 {0-1 Gurevich,M-Butnorius,A/Severodonetsk/1982/ (31)}) (
11... Qc7 12. Rb1 b6 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bb7 15. Nb5 Qc8 16. Bh3 Rd8 17. b4
Nxb4 18. Rxb4 Qc6 19. Qd5 Qc8 20. Qd2 a5 21. Nxb6 Qc6 22. Nd5 Kh8 23. Nd4 Qc8
24. Nxe7 Qc7 25. Rxb7 {1-0 Lim,M-Rachels,S/Adelaide/1988/ (25)}) (11... Qa5 12.
a3 Rd8 13. Rb1 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. Qe2 Bg4 16. h3 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Rd6 18. g4 Be6
19. Ng5 Rad8 20. Ne4 R6d7 {1/2-1/2 Grunberg,M-Pham Minh Hoang/Budapest/ 1998/ 
(86)}) 12. Rb1 (12. Nc3) 12... Rb8 (12... Nf5 13. Bf2 Qc7 14. b4 cxb4 15. Rxb4
Rd8 16. Re1 $14) 13. b4 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 (14. Qxf3 cxb4 15. Rxb4 b6 16. d4 Nf6
$13) 14... cxb4 15. Rxb4 (15. Bxa7 $2 Ra8 16. Be3 Qa5 17. Nb2 Qxa2 $17) 15...
b6 16. d4 Nf6 (16... e6 17. Nc3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Qf3 $14) 17. Nc3 h5 $5 {
[%mdl 32] Black's concept deserves serious attention. Svidler understands,
that he has hardly any weaknesses, but white set up is quite ambitious.} (17...
e6 18. Qd3 Bb7 19. Bxb7 Rxb7 20. Rd1 Ng4 $11) 18. d5 Ng4 19. Bd4 (19. Bxg4 Bxg4
20. Qd2 Rc8 21. Bd4 $11) 19... e5 $1 20. fxe5 Nxe5 21. Bg2 $6 (21. Be2 Re8 22.
c5 Bh3 23. Rf4 bxc5 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Bxc5 Bg4 $15) 21... Bg4 22. Qd2 (22. Qb3
Nd3 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rb5 a6 $17) 22... Rc8 {Black pieces have sprung to life
with maximum effect, white is in big trouble.} 23. Nb5 (23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. Nb5
a6 25. Nd4 (25. Na7 $2 Rc7 26. Nc6 Rxc6 $19) 25... Qd6 $17) 23... a5 24. Rb3 (
24. Bxe5 axb4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qxb4 f6 $15) 24... Rxc4 25. Rf4 (25. Qf2 a4 26.
Bxb6 Qd7 27. Rbb1 Bf5 $19) 25... Qc8 $1 26. Nd6 (26. Bxb6 Rc1+ 27. Rf1 (27. Bf1
a4 $17) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 a4 29. Re3 Nf3+ 30. Rxf3 Bxf3 $19) 26... Rc1+ 27.
Rf1 (27. Kf2 Rc2 28. Nxc8 Rxd2+ 29. Ke3 Re2#) 27... Rxf1+ 28. Bxf1 (28. Kxf1
Qc7 29. Nb5 Qc4+ $17) 28... Qd8 29. Bxe5 (29. Nc4 Qxd5 $19) 29... Bxe5 30. Nc4
Bg7 $5 {The attacker rather keeps his bishop on a1-h8 diagonal for the further
blow from d4 square.} (30... Bd6 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 $17) 31. Rxb6 (31. Nxb6 Re8 32.
d6 Re4 $1 33. Nc4 a4 34. Ra3 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Qf6 $19) 31... Re8 32. Rc6 Re4 $1 (
32... Re4 $1 33. Qxa5 Bd4+ 34. Kg2 Qe8 $1 35. Qd2 (35. Nd6 Re2+ $19) 35... Re2+
36. Bxe2 Qe4+ 37. Kf1 Qh1#) 0-1

[Event "About.com/ICC GM m"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "1999.11.06"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. e3
Bd7 9. b3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Nd5 Bh3 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 a5 18. Rfd1 Re6 19. Rd2 f5 20. Qh4 b6 21. Rad1
Qb7 22. Kg1 Rae8 23. Bb2 Rf8 24. Nf4 Re7 25. Nd5 Ref7 26. f3 Qc8 27. c5 b5 28.
a4 b4 29. Qc4 h6 30. f4 Kh7 31. Qe2 Qe6 32. fxe5 Bxe5 33. Nf4 Qxb3 34. Qf3 Qxa4
35. Ne6 Re8 36. Rd7 Ree7 37. Rxe7 Rxe7 38. Nd8 Nxd8 39. Bxe5 Nf7 40. Bd4 Ng5
0-1

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
e4 O-O 9. e5 Be6 10. exf6 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14.
Be2 c6 15. O-O Qb4 16. a3 Qb3 17. a4 Rad8 18. a5 Rd7 19. Ra3 Qc2 20. b4 Rfd8
21. h3 Rd4 22. b5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Rc8 24. Ba4 Qf5 25. Bb2 Kg8 26. Bd1 Rd2 27. Bg4
Qe5 28. Ba1 Rcd8 29. Nb1 Qd6 30. Rb3 Ra2 31. Bc3 Qd5 32. Rb4 Rxa5 33. Bf3 Qd3
34. Rxb7 Rb5 35. Rxb5 Qxb5 36. Nd2 a5 37. Ra1 a4 38. Ne4 h6 39. h4 f5 40. Ng3
Qc5 41. Ne2 a3 42. Rc1 Rd3 43. Ba1 Qd6 44. Nc3 Kf7 45. Be2 Rd2 46. Bf1 Qd4 47.
Ne2 Qxh4 48. Bc3 Rd8 49. g3 Qe4 50. Nf4 a2 51. Ba1 Qb1 52. Bc4+ Ke8 53. Ne2
Rd1+ 54. Kg2 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Be2 e5 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Nxd4 N8d7 11. O-O Ne5 12. Ndb5 c6 13. Nd6 Qc7 14. f4 Ng4
15. Bc5 Nd7 16. Bxg4 Nxc5 17. Nxc8 f5 18. Nd6 fxg4 19. e5 Qb6 20. Kh1 Qxb2 21.
Rc1 h5 22. Qd4 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qa5 24. Nc4 Ne6 25. Qd6 Qxc3 26. Qxe6+ Kh7 27. Nd6
Qd4 28. f5 gxf5 29. Rxb7 Rab8 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nxf5+ Rxf5 32. Qxf5 1-0

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 b5 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Bf4 b4 13. Ne2 e5 14. Be3 d5
15. Ng3 d4 16. Bf2 g6 17. f4 Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. fxe5 Rc8 20. Bd3 Bxg2 21.
Rhg1 Bd5 22. b3 h5 23. Bxa6 Ra8 24. Bb5+ Kf8 25. Qxd4 Qa5 26. Qxd5 Qxa2+ 27.
Kc1 Kg7 28. Bd4 Rhd8 29. e6+ Kh7 30. Qxh5+ gxh5 31. Bd3+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a6 13. N5d4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qc7 15. Kb1 b5 16. h4 Bb7 17. h5 h6 18. Bc1 Rc8 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Be3 Qd8 21. g4
Rdc7 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Nd7 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qg3 Qf6 26. h6 g6 27. Qxd6 e5
28. Qxf6 Nxf6 29. Ne2 Kh7 30. Rdg1 Nh5 31. a3 Rd8 32. Rg5 Re7 33. b4 Bc6 34.
Kb2 Be8 35. Rh4 f6 36. Rg1 g5 37. Rh2 Bg6 38. Rgh1 Nf4 39. Nxf4 exf4 40. a4
bxa4 41. Ra1 g4 42. fxg4 Rg8 43. Rf1 Rb8 44. Ka3 Reb7 45. Rxf4 Rxb4 46. Rh1
R4b6 47. Rhf1 Rc8 48. Rxf6 Rc3+ 49. Ka2 Rb7 50. g5 a3 51. Rb1 Bf7+ 52. Rxf7+
Rxf7 53. e5+ Rxd3 54. cxd3 Kg6 55. Rh1 Rd7 56. h7 1-0

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
a3 a5 9. d4 Bg4 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Ne5 Qe6 12. Nxg4 Qxg4 13. e3 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 a4
15. Bd2 e5 16. d5 Na5 17. Rac1 e4 18. Rxc7 Bxb2 19. Bb4 Rfe8 20. d6 Nc6 21. d7
Red8 22. Bc5 f5 23. Rxb7 Rab8 24. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 Qb5 10. Rb1 Be6 11. b3 Rad8 12. Be3 Bd5 13. Qd2 Qb4 14. Rfc1
Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Rd7 17. b4 Nd4 18. Kf1 c6 19. Ne4 Rfd8 20. a4 a6
21. Bf4 e5 22. Bg5 Re8 23. Nc5 Rc7 24. Bd2 h6 25. f3 Bf8 26. Kf2 f5 27. Nb3
Nxb3 28. Rxb3 Rd7 29. Be3 Rd5 30. Bc5 e4 31. dxe4 fxe4 32. f4 Bg7 33. Be3 h5
34. Rc5 Bf8 35. Rc4 Kf7 36. Bc5 b5 37. Rc2 Bxc5+ 38. bxc5 Kf6 39. Ke3 Kf5 40.
axb5 axb5 41. Ra3 Kg4 42. Ra7 Re6 43. Rh7 Kh3 44. Rh8 Kxh2 45. g4 Kg3 46. gxh5
Rxh5 47. Rg8 Rh3 48. Rc1 Kg4+ 49. Kd4 Kxf4 50. Rf1+ Kg5 51. Rd8 Rg3 52. Rd6 Re8
53. Rxc6 Rg2 54. Ke3 Rg3+ 55. Kd4 Rg2 56. Ke3 Rg3+ 57. Kd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 cxd4 12. cxd4 a6 13. Bd3 b5 14. d5 Ne5
15. Bd4 e6 16. Bc2 exd5 17. exd5 Re8 18. h3 Rc8 19. Bb3 Bf5 20. Rc1 Rxc1 21.
Nxc1 Nf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bxd4 23. Rd1 Be4 24. Qg3 Be5 25. Qe3 Qd6 26. Kh1 Bf4 27. Qc3
Qd7 28. Ne2 Rc8 29. Qxc8+ Qxc8 30. Nxf4 g5 31. f3 Bc2 32. Rc1 gxf4 33. Rxc2 Qd7
34. Rd2 Qd6 35. a4 b4 36. a5 Kf8 37. Re2 Qc5 38. Kh2 Qd4 39. Re4 Qc5 40. Rc4
Qxa5 41. d6 Ke8 42. Rd4 Kd7 43. Rd5 Qa3 44. Bc2 b3 45. Bf5+ Kd8 46. d7 f6 47.
Rd1 Qc5 48. Be6 b2 49. Ba2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bg5 O-O 8.
Rc1 h6 9. Bh4 c5 10. dxc5 N6d7 11. e3 Nc6 12. Be2 g5 13. Bg3 Nxc5 14. O-O Bf5
15. Nd5 Ne4 16. Nc3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Rfd8 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. a3 Kf8
21. Kf1 g4 22. Ne1 h5 23. b4 Ne5 24. Nb5 a6 25. Nd4 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Nb3
Ke8 28. Nc2 Kd8 29. Ke1 Kc7 30. Nbd4 Nc6 31. Kd2 Nxd4 32. Nxd4 Kd6 33. a4 e5
34. Nb3 f5 35. a5 Be6 36. Kc3 f4 37. e4 fxg3 38. fxg3 Bd7 39. Nc5 Bc6 40. Bc4
Bf6 41. Kd3 h4 42. gxh4 Bxh4 43. Ke2 Bg5 44. Bd5 Bxd5 45. exd5 Kxd5 46. Kd3 Be7
0-1

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. Qb3 c6 13. f4 Ned7 14. dxc6
bxc6 15. Rd1 Qc7 16. h4 Rab8 17. Qc2 Rfd8 18. h5 Nf8 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. hxg6
hxg6 21. Kf1 Ne6 22. e5 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Nb5 Qd7 25. Nxd4 Qxd4 26. e6 Nd5
27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Qxc6 Qe4 29. Kg1 Bd4 30. Rh2 Kg7 31. Bf1 Bb6 32. Rg2 Qf5 33.
Rg3 Nxf4 34. Qf3 Qe5 35. b4 Qd4 36. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Ne2 c5 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Bd3 Rfd8
15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Nf4 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Nxc4 18. Nd5 Rxd5 19. exd5 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qxc5
21. Rxb7 Qxe3+ 22. Qf2 Qxc3 23. d6 exd6 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. h3 Rf8 26. Qe7 h5 27.
Kh1 Rf2 28. Qxd6 Kh7 29. Qc7 Qxc7 30. Rxc7 Kh6 31. a3 Ra2 32. Rc6 Rxa3 33. Re1
Bd4 34. Kh2 h4 35. Ree6 Kh5 36. Rxa6 Rb3 37. Ra5+ Kh6 38. Raa6 Kh5 39. Rxg6 Rb1
40. g4+ hxg3+ 41. Kg2 Rg1+ 42. Kf3 Be5 43. Rh6+ Kg5 44. h4+ 1-0

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. g3 Bg7 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. d3 O-O 11. Qh4 Ng4 12. Qxd8 Rfxd8 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bd2 f5
15. Rfc1 Nf6 16. Rab1 e4 17. dxe4 Nxe4 18. Be1 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Rxc3 Be6
21. a3 Rd6 22. Kf1 Rad8 23. Ke1 Bd5 24. Rbc1 Be4 25. Nh4 Bxg2 26. Nxg2 Nd4 27.
h4 c5 28. Nf4 c4 29. Rxc4 Nb3 30. Nd3 Nxc1 31. Rxc1 Rc6 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Kd2
Kf7 34. Kc3 a5 35. Kc4 Rd5 36. a4 Ke7 37. f3 Kd8 38. b4 Kc7 39. e4 fxe4 40.
fxe4 Rh5 41. Nc5 axb4 42. Kxb4 Re5 43. Kc4 g5 44. hxg5 Kd6 45. Nb7+ Ke7 46. a5
Rxg5 47. a6 Rxg3 48. Kc5 h5 49. Na5 Kd7 50. a7 Rg8 51. Nxc6 Kc7 52. Ne5 h4 53.
Nf3 h3 54. e5 Ra8 55. Kd5 Rxa7 56. Ke4 Ra2 57. e6 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. c3 a5 12. h4 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Kb1 h6 15.
Rhe1 O-O-O 16. g3 Kb8 17. Rc1 e5 18. c4 b4 19. d5 Rhe8 20. Red1 Nc5 21. Nxc5
Bxc5 22. Be4 cxd5 23. cxd5 Qb6 24. Rd2 f5 25. Bxf5 e4 26. Bxe4 Rxd5 27. Qd1
Rxd2 28. Nxd2 Rxe4 29. Nxe4 Bxe4+ 30. Ka1 Bb7 31. Qg4 Bd4 32. Qf4+ Ka7 33. Rc2
Bf6 34. Qe3 Bd4 35. Qf4 Bf6 36. Qe3 Qxe3 37. fxe3 Kb6 38. Rc4 Bd5 39. Rf4 Kc5
40. Kb1 a4 41. a3 bxa3 42. bxa3 Bb3 43. Rb4 Kd5 44. h5 Ke5 45. g4 Be7 46. Rb7
Bxa3 47. Rxg7 Bb4 48. Rb7 Bf8 49. Rf7 0-1

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 Be7 9. Qe2 c6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. Kb1 h6 13. h4 Bb7 14. Rhe1 b4
15. Ba6 Bxa6 16. Qxa6 Qb6 17. Qc4 Rc8 18. d5 1-0

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Bd3 Nxf3+ 7. Qxf3 e6 8.
Re1 d6 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 b5 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bb7 13. a4 Be7 14. axb5 Bxd5
15. Qg3 Bf6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. bxa6 Ke7 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qc6 20. Rea4 Rhg8
21. Qh3 Ra7 22. g3 Rga8 23. Qxh7 Rxa6 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Qxa6 26. h4 f5 27.
Qh6 Qa1+ 28. Kg2 Qd1 29. Qg5+ Kd7 30. h5 Qxc2 31. h6 Qe4+ 32. Kh2 f4 33. Qxf4
Qg6 34. Qh4 Qh7 35. Qf6 Kc6 36. g4 d5 37. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Be2 Qa5 13. e5 fxe5 14. fxe5
d5 15. Bh5 Rf8 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Qxd5 Ra7 18. Qc6+ Bd7 19. Rxd7 Rxd7 20. e6 Qc7
21. exd7+ Qxd7 22. Qxa6 1-0

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
g3 Bb7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Bg2 f5 11. Nc3 c6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13. Rhe1 O-O-O 14. Ne5
Nxe5 15. dxe5 h5 16. f4 h4 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. g4 fxg4 20. Qxg4 h3
21. Bxh3 Rh4 22. Qg3 Qh8 23. Bg2 Qh6 24. Kb1 Qg6 25. Be4 Qxg3 26. hxg3 Rh3 27.
Ne2 Rh2 28. Re1 Kc7 29. Kc1 Bc5 30. Kd1 Ba6 31. Bd3 Bb7 32. Rf1 Bf2 33. Be4 Ba6
34. Bd3 Bb7 35. Be4 Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Na2
Bb7 9. f3 Nf6 10. Qd2 e5 11. Nb3 a5 12. Bb5+ Bc6 13. c4 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Nac1 Qc7 16. Ne2 Bb7 17. Ng3 g6 18. Rac1 Nbd7 19. Bg5 Nc5 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21.
Rfd1 Rfd8 22. Qf2 Ng4 23. Bxe7 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Nxf2 25. Rd7 Qxd7 26. Bxd7 Nd3
0-1

[Event "Internet Chess Club m1 g/5'"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "1999.12.08"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "1999.12.??"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Ngf3 Nc6 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
Qe2+ Be7 9. N2f3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Ne5 Rc8 13. Qa6 Qb6 14. Qxb6
axb6 15. Bg5 Rfd8 16. Rfe1 Kf8 17. Nxd7+ Rxd7 18. Nf5 Bd8 19. Rad1 h6 20. Be3
c5 21. c3 Bc7 22. a4 Ra8 23. b3 Rdd8 24. h3 Re8 25. g4 Re6 26. Rd3 Kg8 27. Kg2
Kh7 28. Red1 g6 29. Nxh6 Rxe3 30. Rxe3 Kxh6 31. Re7 Bd8 32. Rxf7 g5 33. Rb7 Kg6
34. Re1 c4 35. bxc4 dxc4 36. Re6 Rxa4 37. Rb8 Kf7 38. Rc6 Be7 39. Rbxb6 Nd5 40.
Rb7 Nxc3 41. Rbc7 Nd5 42. Rxc4 Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 5'"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.12.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2396"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "1999.12.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Nge2 e5 8. h3
Re8 9. O-O Bd7 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 c6 12. Be3 cxd5 13. cxd5 a6 14. a4 Nh5 15. a5
f5 16. Qb3 Qb8 17. Na4 Bb5 18. Rfe1 Qd8 19. Nec3 f4 20. Bb6 Qd7 21. g4 Nf6 22.
Nxb5 axb5 23. Nc3 h5 24. Qxb5 Qc8 25. f3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Kf7 27. Rec1 Rh8 28. Nd1
Qe8 29. Qxe8+ Nxe8 30. Bf1 Bf6 31. Rc2 Bh4 32. Rac1 Be1 33. Nc3 Bxc3 34. Rxc3
Kf6 35. R3c2 Kg5 36. Rh2 Rxh2 37. Kxh2 Kf6 38. b4 g5 39. b5 Nc8 40. Bf2 Ne7 41.
a6 bxa6 42. bxa6 Nc8 43. Bb5 Rb8 44. Bxe8 Rb2 45. Kg1 Ne7 46. a7 Ra2 47. Rc4
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 5'"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.12.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Chepukaitis, Genrikh"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2396"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "1999.12.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bh4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. b3 e6 8. e4
exd5 9. e5 Nh5 10. Qxd5 Nf4 11. Qe4 Ng6 12. Bg3 Nc6 13. Nd2 Qa5 14. Ne2 b5 15.
a4 Bb7 16. h4 h5 17. Kf2 Be7 18. Qf5 c4 19. b4 Qb6+ 20. Ke1 a6 21. Ne4 Nf8 22.
Bf2 Qc7 23. f4 Ne6 24. Nd6+ Bxd6 25. exd6 Qxd6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8+ Bxa8 28.
Qxb5 O-O 29. Be3 Qd3 30. Kf2 Re8 31. Rh3 d5 32. Rf3 Qc2 33. Qb6 d4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 5'"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.12.25"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanov, Vladimir Ivanovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "1999.12.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 c6 8.
O-O-O b5 9. f3 b4 10. Nce2 d5 11. Ng3 dxe4 12. fxe4 c5 13. Ndf5 Bxf5 14. Nxf5
Qxd2+ 15. Rxd2 Bd8 16. Bc4 Nc6 17. e5 Nh5 18. g3 Nxf4 19. gxf4 Nd4 20. Nxd4
cxd4 21. Rxd4 Bb6 22. Re4 Rad8 23. Rd1 g6 24. Bd5 a5 25. e6 fxe6 26. Rxe6 Kg7
27. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 5'"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.12.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ivanov, Vladimir Ivanovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "1999.12.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
d5 9. Ng3 Na5 10. Nxe5 Bd6 11. Nf3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bxg3 13. hxg3 dxe4 14. dxe4
Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 Nxe4 16. Ke2 Bb7 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. Rh4 Re7 19. Nd4 Rae8 20. Nf5
Re5 21. g4 Bc8 22. Nd4 Nxf2 23. Kxf2 Rxe3 24. Rah1 f6 25. Rxh7 Bxg4 26. Rh8+
Kf7 27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Ra1 c5 29. Nf3 Re6 30. Rd1 g5 31. Rd7+ Kg6 32. Ra7 Bf5
33. c3 Kh5 34. Rc7 Bd3 35. Ng1 c4 36. b4 f5 37. Rd7 Kg4 38. Rd4+ f4 39. Rd5 Be4
40. Rc5 Rd6 41. Nh3 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 Rxg2 43. Nxg5 Bd3 44. Ne6 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 5'"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.12.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malcsev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "1999.12.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. a4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. Qd3 Qc7 14. Rad1 Rfd8
15. Qe3 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ f6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Ba2 Qb6 21.
Rfe1 Rd7 22. c3 Qxb2 23. Bc4 Nxa4 24. Re3 Rc7 25. Rde1 Kf7 26. h4 b5 27. h5
bxc4 28. hxg6+ hxg6 29. Rh3 Rg8 30. Qe3 Kf8 31. Rh7 Qb5 32. Rxe7 Rd7 33. Qh6+
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-ch 5'"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "1999.12.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karasev, Vladimir I"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2373"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "1999.12.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 073 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.01.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Ndb5 Nf6 7. Be3 Qa5 8.
Bd2 Qd8 9. Bf4 e5 10. Bg5 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. Nxc3 h6 13. Be3 O-O 14. Bc4 d6
15. Qd3 Be6 16. Rd1 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 Rc8 18. Qd3 Ng4 19. O-O Nxe3 20. fxe3 Qg5 21.
Rf5 Qg6 22. Qxd6 Rfd8 23. Qxg6 Rxd1+ 24. Nxd1 fxg6 25. Rf2 Na5 26. Rd2 Nc4 27.
Rd3 b5 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Ke2 Ke6 30. Rb3 a6 31. Rc3 Rd8 32. Rd3 Rc8 33. Rc3 Rd8
34. Rd3 Rc8 35. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "GSM World Blitz Cup"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2000.01.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mikhaletz, Lubomir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2461"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.01.09"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 d6 5. e5 Ng4 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Qxd4 e5 9. Qxd6 Bxd6 10. Ne4 Bc7 11. h3 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Be3 Be6 14.
O-O-O a6 15. Be2 f5 16. Ng5 Bxa2 17. b3 h6 18. Nxf7 O-O 19. Rd7 Rac8 20. Bc4
Na5 21. Bd5 f4 22. Ng5+ 1-0

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Nh4 c6 6. e3 Ne6 7. Bg2 g6 8. d4
exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Bg7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rd8
15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. a3 Ne4 20. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 Bb7 14. b3 Ncb6 15. Be3
Re8 16. d5 Be7 (16... Rc8 17. Nbd2 c6 18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 Qc7 20. Rc1 Qb8 21.
a4 Nc5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra1 b4 24. Qe2 Nbd7 25. Bd3 {1-0 Spassky,B-Petrosian,
T/Moscow 1969/MainBase (53)}) 17. Nbd2 c6 (17... f5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4
20. bxc4 f4 21. Bd2 a5 22. Ba4 Rf8 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. c5 Bc8 25. Rc1 h5 26. cxd6
cxd6 27. Rc6 Qe8 28. Qb3 Kh8 29. Bc3 Bd7 30. Rb6 a4 31. Qa3 Rf6 32. Bb4 Bf8 33.
Rc1 Rb8 34. Rxb8 Qxb8 35. Qc3 Kg8 36. a3 Qe8 37. Kh1 Qg6 38. Qd3 Rf7 39. Ba5
Qf6 40. h4 Bg4 41. Ng5 f3 42. Nxf7 Qxh4+ 43. Kg1 {1/2-1/2 Brodsky,M-Ginsburg,G/
Kherson 1990/EXT 97 (43)}) 18. c4 cxd5 19. cxd5 f5 20. exf5 Nxd5 21. Nf1 Rc8
22. Bd2 N7f6 23. Ng5 Qd7 24. Rc1 b4 25. Ne6 Nc3 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 27. Bb1 Rec8 28.
Rxc3 bxc3 29. Bc2 Qc6 30. Ne3 d5 31. Ng4 d4 32. f3 Nxg4 33. hxg4 Qd6 34. Qd3 h6
35. Qe2 Bf6 36. Bd3 a5 37. Kh1 e4 38. fxe4 Qg3 39. Kg1 Be5 40. Rc1 Qh2+ 41. Kf2
Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Nbc6 10. Nf3 f5 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Qh5 Nf5 13. c4 Qa4 14. cxd5 exd5
15. dxc5 Bd7 16. O-O Be8 17. Qh3 Bg6 18. Bc3 d4 19. Bd2 Nfe7 20. Ng5 Bxd3 21.
Qxd3 Ng6 22. f4 Raf8 23. Rae1 h6 24. Ne4 Rf5 25. Nd6 Nxf4 26. Bxf4 Rxf4 27.
Rxf4 Rxf4 28. Re8+ Rf8 29. Qf5 Rxe8 30. Qf7+ 1-0

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Be7 {
Multimedia Dateien nicht kopiert} 8. e3 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. dxe5 Be7 13. c4 Qd7 14. Bb2 Qg4 15. O-O-O Be4 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rhg1 Bg6 18.
Rd4 Qf5 19. e4 Qf4+ 20. Qe3 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 c5 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nd2 Bg5 24.
Re1 Rd3 25. Kc2 Rxe3 26. Rxe3 Bxe3 27. Kd3 Bxd2 28. Kxd2 Bxe4 29. g3 Bf5 30.
Kc3 h6 31. Bc1 Be6 32. Be3 b6 33. h4 Kh7 34. Bd2 Kg6 35. Bf4 Kf5 36. Kd3 Kg4
37. Kc3 g5 38. hxg5 hxg5 0-1

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2692"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 O-O 11. c4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. O-O Bxd5 14. exd5 Nb6
15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxb5 Qa7 17. a4 Rfb8 18. Qc4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Rab8 20. a5 Rb4 21.
a6 Bd8 22. Na5 Bxa5 23. Rxa5 Rxb2 24. Rb5 Ra2 25. Rb7 Qc5 26. Qb5 g6 27. a7 Kg7
28. g3 Qxb5 29. Bxb5 Ra8 30. Rb8 R8xa7 31. Rd8 Rb2 32. Bc4 Ne4 33. Bd3 Nf6 34.
Rxd6 Rd2 35. Bc4 Ne4 36. Rc6 Ra4 37. Bb3 Rad4 38. Rc4 Nf6 39. Re1 Ng4 40. Rc2
Nxf2 41. Rxd2 Rxd2 42. Rxe5 Ng4 43. Re7 Kf8 44. d6 Rxd6 45. Rxf7+ Ke8 46. Rxh7
Rb6 47. Bc2 Kf8 48. Rc7 Ne5 49. Rc5 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Rb1 e6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Ba3 Re8 14. c4 b4 15.
Bxb4 c5 16. dxc5 Bxe4 17. Ba4 Bxb1 18. Bxd7 Bxa2 19. Bxe8 Qxe8 20. Qc2 Rb8 21.
Ba5 Bb3 22. Qe4 Qa4 23. Bc7 Rc8 24. Bd6 Bxc4 25. Rc1 Bb5 26. Qb7 Qa6 27. Qxa6
Bxa6 28. Nc3 Bd4 29. Ne4 Bb7 30. Nd2 Bd5 31. Nf3 Bg7 32. Ne5 f6 33. Nd7 Bc6 34.
Nb8 Bb5 35. c6 Bf8 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. c7 e5 38. Rc5 a6 39. f3 Ke7 40. Nc6+ Kd7
41. Nb4 Rxc7 42. Rxc7+ Kxc7 43. Nd5+ Kc6 44. Nxf6 a5 45. Ne4 a4 46. Nd2 a3 47.
Nb3 Kd5 48. Kf2 Kc4 0-1

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nc5 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. O-O-O e4 14. Qb3
Qc7 15. Qa4+ Kf8 16. g4 Rd8 17. d6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Rd1 g5 20. Bxg5 Bf4+
21. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 22. Kb1 h5 23. gxh5 Qxf2 24. Qc4 Rg8 25. a4 Rg1 26. Rxg1 Qxg1+
27. Ka2 Qd4 28. Qb3 e3 29. Qxb7 Qxa4+ 30. Kb1 Ne4 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. h6+ Kg6 33.
Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 {Piter vainly afraid of my preparion in Gruenfeld
and choose very modest line, which doesn't suit his active style.} 4. b3 Bg7 5.
Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O a5 (7... Bg4 $142 $5) 8. d3 a4 9. Nbd2 (9. Na3 $5 Na6
10. Nc2 Re8 11. Qc1 Bg4 12. b4 Qc8 13. Rb1 Bh3 14. b5 cxb5 15. cxb5 Nc5 16.
Bxh3 Qxh3 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Ne3 $36 {1-0 Dizdar,G-Michaelsen,N/BW 1992 (28)}) (
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. bxa4 Qa5 12. Nfd2 Nb6 13. Nb3 Qxa4 14. Nc3 Qa3
15. Qd2 N8d7 16. Rfb1 Nf6 17. Ne4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Taimanov,M-Alonso,S/Malaga op-2
1999 (44)}) (9. b4 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Nbd7 12. a3 Nb6 13. Nbd2 Be6 14.
Rdc1 Rfd8 15. c5 Nc8 16. Nc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Speelman,J-Sokolov,I/Hastings 1999/
CBM 69 (45)}) 9... axb3 ({Deserves attention} 9... a3) 10. axb3 Rxa1 11. Qxa1
Na6 (11... Qb6 12. Qa3 Na6 13. Bd4 Qb4 14. Qxb4 Nxb4 15. Bc5 Na6 16. Bxe7 Re8
17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. e3 $18 {1-0 Polugaevsky,L-Poch,C/Mar del Plata 1971 (38)})
12. Qa3 $1 $146 {White keep small but solid advantage not least thank's to
ugly position black knight on a6} (12. Bc3 Ne8 13. Rc1 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nf6 15.
cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Urban,K-Kaminski,M/Koszalin op-A 1999 (15)}) 12... Be6 13. Be5 {
[%cal Gf3d4,Gb3b4,Gf3g5]} h6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. c5 $1 {[%csl Ra6][%cal Gb3b4,
Gd2b3,Gb3a5] With clear idea to play b4 and bring later knight on a5, but it
is not easy to stop white} Ng4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 e5 18. N4f3 $5 ({I didn't
like that after} 18. N4b3 Qg5 $5 {Black can get some activity on the king side,
and decided to keep knight closely to my king}) 18... Re8 (18... f5 $142 $5 19.
h3 (19. e4 $5) 19... e4 20. hxg4 (20. Qc3+ Qf6) 20... exf3 21. Nxf3 fxg4 22.
Ne5 $14) 19. e4 $1 {[%mdl 32]} Be6 (19... Nf6 $5 $14) 20. d4 $1 $16 {Now
white's advcantage is obvious and Black really needs good advice.} dxe4 ({maybe
} 20... exd4 $142 21. Nxd4 Qf6 {was better option.}) 21. Nxe4 Bd5 22. Nd6 e4 {
Svidler is ready to sacrifice exchange, but not to get to passive an
unpleasant position after} (22... Re7 23. dxe5 (23. Nxe5 $5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxe5
25. dxe5 Rxe5 26. Qb2 Qf6 27. Ra1 $16) 23... Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Nxe5 25. Qc3 $16 {
[%csl Gd6,Gg2][%cal Gb4b5]}) 23. Nxe8+ Qxe8 24. Re1 Qe6 (24... f5 $5 25. h3 Nf6
26. Ne5) 25. Qb2 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf3e5] Preparing to play Ne5} Nxb4 $2 {Black
position is desperate any case} 26. Qxb4 Qf6 (26... Qf5 27. Qb1 (27. h3 Nxf2)
27... exf3 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Bf1 $18) 27. h3 $1 {Refutation of black
combination.} exf3 (27... Nxf2 28. Kxf2 exf3 29. Bf1 Qf5 30. Qd2) 28. Bf1 {
[%csl Rg4]} 1-0

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 a6 10. Qe2 b5 11. Bd3 g5 12. Bg3 c4 13. Be4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Qd5
15. Qxd5 exd5 16. h4 Rg8 17. hxg5 hxg5 18. O-O-O f6 19. Rh7 Bg7 20. Re1+ Kf7
21. Bd6 Bf5 22. Rhh1 Rae8 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Kd2 Kg6 25. Nh2 Re4 26. c3 Re6 27.
Bc7 Rc6 28. Ba5 g4 29. Nf1 Bh6+ 30. Ne3 Be4 31. Rh2 f5 32. g3 Rc8 33. Bb4 a5
34. Bd6 Bg7 35. Ng2 Bxg2 36. Rxg2 b4 37. Rg1 Bh6+ 38. Kd1 bxc3 39. bxc3 Re8 40.
a4 Re6 41. Bc5 Re8 42. Re1 Rxe1+ 43. Kxe1 Kf7 44. Bb6 Ke6 45. Bxa5 f4 46. gxf4
Bxf4 47. f3 g3 48. Kf1 Kd7 49. Kg2 Kc6 50. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. e4 b5 8.
Qe2 c5 9. e5 Nh5 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nxc5 Bf5 12. d3 e6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nf4
15. Qe3 Nd5 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6 Bxh6 19. Bxh6 f6 20. h3 g5 21.
g4 Bg6 22. h4 gxh4 23. Rxh4 Kd7 24. g5 Ncb4 25. Kd2 Rhc8 26. Ne1 fxg5 27. Bxg5
Rf8 28. Rh2 Kxd6 29. Bh4 Nc6 30. Bg3+ e5 31. Nc2 Rad8 32. Re1 Nf4 33. Rh4 Kc7
34. Rxe5 Nxe5 35. Rxf4 Rfe8 36. Rf6 Kb7 37. Bg2+ Ka7 38. Nb4 Rxd3+ 39. Nxd3
Nxd3 40. Rxg6 hxg6 41. Kxd3 Kb6 42. Be4 g5 43. f3 Rd8+ 44. Ke3 Rd1 45. a3 Kc5
46. Be5 Kc4 47. Bf6 Kb3 48. Ke2 Rd6 49. Bc3 Rh6 50. Kf2 Rh1 51. Bb7 a5 52. Bxa5
Kxb2 53. Bb4 Rh4 54. Kg3 Rd4 55. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Greenfeld, Alon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2563"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 c5 8. Bxc4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. Bb5 Bxb5 14. Nxb5
Rac8 15. Bc7 Qa6 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Be5 Qb7 18. h3 a6 19. Nd4 Ne4 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Nf3 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rd8 23. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wydra Memorial rapidplay"]
[Site "Haifa"]
[Date "2000.02.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2000.02.03"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 074 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {(...) Multimedia Dateien nicht kopiert} 1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 Nc6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. f4 d6 11. Kh1 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
Bg1 Rfe8 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Qh3 Nf8 18. Nd4 Bf6 19. Nf3 Nb4 20. Be2 Ng6 21. Nd4
Nc6 22. f5 Nf8 23. fxe6 fxe6 24. Bg4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd4 Qe7 27. Rfd1
Rc6 28. Qg3 e5 29. R4d2 Rxc4 30. Rxd6 Bxe4 31. Rxb6 Bb7 32. h3 Rd4 33. Re1 Qc7
34. Rf6 Ng6 35. Be6+ Kh8 36. Rxg6 hxg6 37. Qxg6 Bxg2+ 38. Kg1 Rxe6 39. Qxe6 Rd2
40. Qe8+ Kh7 41. Qh5+ Kg8 42. Qe8+ Kh7 43. Qh5+ Kg8 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qh5+
1/2-1/2

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.09"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 6176]} 1. e4 {King.} Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Nb6 6. Bb3
Bg7 7. Qe2 O-O 8. h3 Nc6 9. O-O Na5 10. Nc3 Nxb3 11. axb3 Bf5 {In this
position black has tried many other moves,but white managed to get small
opening advantage:the move in the game is probably the best reaction.} (11...
h6 12. Rd1 c6 13. Ne4 f5 $6 14. Nc3 f4 $6 15. d5 $5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rxd5
$16 {Toth,A-Khechumyan,G/FSIM March 1999}) (11... Be6 12. Re1 h6 13. Ne4 Nd7
14. Ng3 c5 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Qe4 Qc7 $13 {Cernin,R-Sysala,S/CZE-chJM U16 1994})
(11... c6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bd7 (13... Be6 $6 14. Ng5 Qd7 15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16.
exd6 exd6 17. Qxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bxd6 Bxd4 20. Re1 $14 {Grosar,
A-Schroll,G/Graz zt 1993}) 14. Qe3 a6 15. Ng5 f6 16. Nf3 Be6 17. Re2 Nd5 18.
Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Olafsson,D-Werner,B/Reykjavik op 1994}) 12. Rd1 c6 13. Bg5 (13.
Bf4 a6 14. Rd2 Rc8 15. Re1 d5 $6 16. Qe3 Be6 17. Bh6 Qc7 18. Ne2 $14 {
Landenbergue,C-Ruefenacht,M/SWZ-chT 1995}) 13... Qd7 (13... f6 14. Bh4 Qd7 15.
Re1 fxe5 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. Nxe5 Qe6 $13) 14. Ne4 f6 15. Bf4 $2 fxe5 (15... Bxe4
16. Qxe4 d5 (16... fxe5 17. dxe5 d5 18. Qe3 Qf5 $6 19. Bh6 Qxc2 $2 20. Bxg7
Kxg7 21. Nd4 $18) 17. Qd3 a6 18. Re1 $14) 16. dxe5 Bg4 {I didn't manage to
understand why not} (16... Bxh3 $1 17. Bg3 Bg4 18. exd6 exd6 19. Bxd6 Bxf3 20.
gxf3 Rfe8 $15 {with better chanses.}) 17. hxg4 Rxf4 18. exd6 exd6 19. Nxd6 Nd5
(19... Qxg4 $6 20. Nxb7 Raf8 (20... Re4 21. Qd3 Nd5 22. Nh2 Qf4 23. g3) 21. Rd3
Nd5 22. Nc5 $16) 20. c4 (20. Nc4 Qxg4 $15) 20... Qxd6 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Ra5 d4
$5 (22... Rxg4 $2 23. Raxd5 Qf6 (23... Qb6 24. Rd7 $1 $18 {[%cal Ge2e7]}) 24.
Rd7 (24. Nd4 Qh4 25. Ne6 Re4 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Qxe4 Qd1+ 29. Kh2
Qh5+ $11) 24... Rf8 25. Nd4 $1 {[%cal Ge2g4,Gd4e6]} Rf4 26. Ne6 Rxf2 27. Rxg7+
Qxg7 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Nxg7 Rxb2 30. Rd7 Rxb3 31. Ne8 $16) 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Rd5
Qe7 (24... Qf8 25. Rd7 Rxf3 26. gxf3 Qxf3 27. R1xd4 $18) 25. Qb5 Rxg4 (25... a6
26. Rd7 axb5 27. Rxe7 Rxg4 28. Rxb7 $14) 26. Rd7 Qe4 27. Qxb7 Qxb7 28. Rxb7 $14
Kg8 ({Missing typical sacrifice of the pawn} 28... a5 $1 29. Ne1 d3 $1 30. Nxd3
Rd4 31. Kf1 Rad8 32. Ke2 Re4+ $11 {with equality.}) 29. Ne1 a5 (29... d3 $5 30.
Nxd3 a5) 30. Nd3 $14 {Now black bishop on g7 is just a shadow of what he might
have been!} Bf8 31. g3 Re4 32. Rc1 Re7 33. Rb5 $5 Bg7 (33... Re2 34. Rd1 $1 {
[%cal Gg1f1]}) 34. Kf1 a4 (34... Bf6 $5) 35. Ra1 Rea7 36. bxa4 Rxa4 37. Rxa4
Rxa4 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Rb7+ Kg8 {King: 'The blockading knight on d3 gives White
a big advantage: Black's passed d-pawn has been stopped; the scope of Black's
bishop, normally better than a knight in open positions, has been restricted;
and the knight itself, beautifully centralised, controls a number of important
squares.'} (39... Kf6) 40. b4 $16 {[%cal Gb4b8,Gf1e2,Ge2f3,Gf3d5] Black is
helpless against the advance of the b-pawn with the little help of rook and
knight.} Ra2 ({Black could have tried to dislodge the knight immediately,
though White's king is well-placed to support it:} 40... Ra3 $5 {King} 41. Ke2
Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Rd2 43. Nf4 (43. Ke4 Re2+ 44. Kd5 Rd2 45. Nc5 d3 $132) (43. Nc5 d3
44. b5 Bd4 $132) 43... g5 (43... d3 $2 44. Ke3) 44. Nh5 Be5 45. Re7 Bd6 46. Rd7
Bxb4 47. Nf6+ Kf8 48. Nxh7+ Ke8 (48... Kg8 49. Nxg5 $16) 49. Nf6+ Kf8 50. Ne4
$16) 41. Ke1 $1 {[%csl Rd2]} Bh6 (41... Ra3 42. Ke2 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 Rd2 44. Nc5 (
44. Ke4 Re2+ 45. Kd5 Rd2 46. Nc5 d3 $132) 44... h5 45. b5 Bh6 46. b6 $18) 42.
b5 Rd2 43. Ne5 d3 44. f4 $1 Re2+ 45. Kd1 Rg2 46. Rb8+ Kg7 47. Nxd3 Rxg3 48. Rd8
$18 g5 49. b6 Rg1+ 50. Kc2 Rg2+ 51. Kb3 {King: 'Black's bishop does not even
have a legal move...'} 1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
Kf8 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Nb4 12. Bd2 Nxd3+ 13. cxd3 Na4 14. O-O Bd7
15. Rab1 b6 16. Nh4 Qe8 17. Rfe1 Kg8 18. Re3 Rh7 19. Rg3 Kh8 20. Re1 Rc8 21.
Ree3 c5 22. Ref3 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Rc2 24. Qf4 Rxa2 25. h3 Rxd2 26. Qxd2 g5 27. Qb4
a5 28. Qd4 Qc8 29. Re3 Qc3 30. Qg4 d4 31. Re4 Nc5 32. Rxd4 a4 33. Nf3 Qc1+ 34.
Kh2 h5 35. Qxg5 Qxg5 36. Nxg5 Rg7 37. Rd6 Rxg5 38. Rxg5 a3 39. d4 a2 40. dxc5
a1=Q 41. Rxd7 Qc1 42. Rxh5+ Kg7 43. Rh4 bxc5 44. g3 Kf8 45. Rf4 Ke8 46. Rfxf7
1-0

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C51"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 (5... Ba5 {is the old main
line.}) 6. d4 Na5 7. Be2 d6 (7... exd4 {deserves attention as well.} 8. Qxd4 (
8. cxd4 {improves the P structure, but Black can quickly finish his
development attacking the [+].} Nf6 $1 (8... d5 9. e5) 9. e5 Ne4 {/\ d5 Bb4} (
9... Nd5 {looks playable as well.} 10. Bd2 {This doesn't look necessary, does
it?} Nc6 {The N goes back to the [+].} 11. Bc4 Nb6 12. Bb3 d5 $1 {Now Black's
position is solid not mentioning his extra P.} 13. Nc3 Bg4 14. Be3 O-O 15. h3
Bh5 16. O-O Qd7 17. Rb1 {(Van Heerden-D.Lau, AUS-ch 1999)} Bb4 $5 (17... Bg6
$15) 18. Rc1 Ba3 19. Rb1 Bg6 20. Bc2 Bb4 21. Bxg6 hxg6 $15) 10. O-O d5 $1 $15 {
with a healthy P up.}) 8... d5 $5 {This is the idea of a quick counterattack,
characteristic of the gambit openings.} (8... Nf6 {- Kasparov-Anand, Tal mem
Riga 1995 CBM 47}) (8... d6 {- Shirov-Timman, Biel 1995 CBM 49}) 9. exd5 (9.
Qxg7 Bf6 10. Qg3 dxe4 $36 {and Black grabs the |^ in the [+].}) 9... Nf6 {
Black gives back the P, but he can quietly finish his development and play
against White's [+].} 10. c4 (10. Qa4+ $6 {is useless because of} c6 11. c4 Ne4
12. Bd2 Nxd2 13. Nbxd2 O-O 14. dxc6 Nxc6 $15 {Gunnarson-Sashikiran, Elista ol
1998}) (10. Bb5+ c6 11. dxc6 bxc6 $11) 10... c6 (10... O-O 11. Nc3 Bb4 $5) 11.
Nc3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Bb2 Bf8 14. Rfd1 cxd5 (14... Qb6 15. Qxb6 (15. Qd2 Ng4)
15... axb6 $11 {and White has also defects in his P structure.}) 15. cxd5 {
White's position looks a bit better because of his strong o^.} Bg4 16. Bb5 Bxf3
17. gxf3 Re7 18. Ne4 Nh5 19. Kh1 a6 20. Be2 Re8 21. Rg1 $13 {Winants-Kremer,
Donner mem 1996}) 8. Qa4+ (8. O-O $6 exd4 9. Qxd4 (9. cxd4 Nf6) 9... Nf6 {
and Black can finish his development without beeing disturbed.} 10. Ba3 O-O 11.
c4 c5 12. Qd3 Be6 13. Nfd2 Nd7 14. Nc3 Ne5 15. Qg3 Bh4 16. Qe3 Bxc4 $19 {
Zawadzka-Zayac, Wisla Hugart op 1999}) (8. dxe5) (8. Ba3 {is answered by} Nc6 (
8... c6 $6 {leaves the N on a5.} 9. Bb4 {/\ Qa4} (9. Qa4 b5 {- 8.Qa4}))) 8...
c6 9. dxe5 (9. Ba3 $6 b5 10. Qc2 Qc7 11. Nbd2 Nf6 12. Bb4 Nb7 {White has no
real compensation for the sacrificed P.} 13. c4 a5 14. Bc3 b4 15. Bb2 exd4 16.
Bxd4 c5 17. Bb2 a4 18. Rb1 {(Alexander-Euwe, Maastricht 1946)} O-O $1 19. O-O (
19. e5 dxe5 20. Bxe5 Qd8 $17) 19... Ng4 $17 (19... Nh5 $5)) 9... dxe5 10. Nxe5
Nf6 {Black gave back the P, but he can finish his development.} 11. O-O b5 (
11... O-O {looks satisfactory for Black.} 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Bf4 b5 14. Qc2 Qb7 (
14... Bd6 $6 {is strongly met by} 15. Rxd6 $1 Qxd6 16. Ng6 Qd8 17. Nxf8 Qxf8
18. a4 $14 {^^}) 15. Nd2 Be6 {White has weaknesses on the <<.} 16. a4 Qb6 17.
axb5 cxb5 18. Rdb1 a6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bd4 Rfd8 $15 {>< c3, Hesse-Mottas, Pizol
op 1997.}) 12. Qc2 O-O (12... Qc7 13. Nf3 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Rd8 15. a4 a6 16. axb5
axb5 17. Ba3 $14 {Melts-Jahkind, corr Ukraina, 1991}) 13. a4 Qc7 (13... b4 14.
cxb4 Bxb4 15. Rd1 $1 $13 {P.Blatny} (15. Nxc6 $2 {eliminates the weak P
instead of developing the pieces.} Nxc6 16. Qxc6 Qd4 17. Qc2 Bb7 $17 {
Bulloskus-Melts, corr Ukraina 1983}) 15... Qc7 16. Bb2 (16. Nd3 Bd6) (16. f4
Be6 $13) 16... Be6 $13) (13... a6 14. axb5 cxb5 $13 (14... axb5 $2 15. Nxc6))
14. Nf3 a6 15. Bg5 Bg4 {There are plenty of alternatives for Black:} (15... Rd8
16. e5 (16. Nbd2 h6 17. Bh4 Nh5 {/\ Nf4} 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. e5 (19. g3 Bh3 20.
Rfd1 Nf6 $11) 19... Nf4 $132) 16... Nd5 17. Bxe7 (17. Bd3 Bxg5 {Black is not
afraid of losing his h P by check, he wants to eliminate White's central P.}
18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Nxg5 Qxe5 20. Nf3 Qh5 21. Be4 Nc4 $132) 17... Qxe7 18. axb5
axb5 19. Qe4 g6 20. Nd4 Bb7 $13) (15... h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 {/\ Nf4} 17. Bxe7 Qxe7
18. axb5 (18. Nd4 Nf4 19. axb5 (19. Bf3 Bd7 $15) 19... axb5 20. Bf3 (20. Nxc6
$2 {founders on} Qg5 21. Bf3 Bh3) 20... Bd7 $15) 18... axb5 19. Nd4 Nf4 20.
Nxc6 Qg5 21. g3 (21. Bf3 Bh3 $17) 21... Nxe2+ 22. Qxe2 Bg4 23. f3 Nxc6 24. Rxa8
Rxa8 25. fxg4 Ne5 $44) 16. Nbd2 Nb7 17. h3 (17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. h3 (18. Bh4 Nc5)
18... Bh5 $13) 17... Bh5 18. Rae1 (18. e5 $6 {throws away the important d5
square and activates Black's B on the b1-h7 /^.} Bg6 19. Qb2 Nd5 $132) (18.
Rad1 Nc5 $13) 18... Nc5 19. Nd4 $6 (19. axb5 cxb5 $15) 19... Bg6 {attacking
White's [+].} (19... Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Nxa4 {Now White gets some |^ on the >>.} (
20... Ng4 21. hxg4 Bxg5 22. N2f3 Bf4 23. e5) 21. c4 Qd7 22. Nf5 $44) 20. f4 $6
{White doesn't sense the danger!} (20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bf3 Rad8 $15) 20... Ncxe4
$1 ({and not} 20... Nfxe4 $2 21. Bxe7 Nxd2 (21... Qxe7 22. f5) 22. Qxd2 Ne4 23.
Qe3 Qxe7 24. f5 $18) 21. Nxe4 Bxe4 22. Bd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rfe8 24. Re5 (24. Qf3
Rac8 $17) 24... Qd7 (24... h6 $1 {was the solution!} 25. Bh4 Nd5 $1 {Black
wants to exchange as many pieces as he can.} (25... c5 26. Nf5 $44) (25... g5
26. Bg3 $44) 26. Rfe1 {At first glance the pin is annoying on the e <->.} f6
27. Ne6 Bc5+ $1 {This is the point!} 28. Kh1 Rxe6 $1 29. Rxe6 Nxf4 30. Re8+
Rxe8 31. Rxe8+ Kf7 32. Qe4 Be7 $1 {the R is suddenly trapped!} 33. Rxe7+ (33.
Ra8 Qb7 34. Rh8 Ng6 $19) 33... Qxe7 34. Qxf4 g5 $17 {with a very comfortable Q
_|_.}) 25. Qf3 $44 {Now White is active enough to equalize.} Nd5 26. axb5 axb5
27. Bxe7 ({or simply} 27. Nxc6 Bc5+ 28. Kh2 Qxc6 29. Qxd5 $11) 27... Nxe7 28.
Rfe1 Ng6 {Black has to leave the pin on the e <->.} 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rxe8+
Qxe8 31. Nxc6 Nh4 32. Qg4 Qxc6 33. Qxh4 f6 34. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.18"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 c6 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Qd2 Nf8 18. a4 Qc7 19. b4 bxa4 20. Bxa4 Ne6 21. Be3 Re7
22. Reb1 h5 23. Bb3 Rae8 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Bc4 c5 26. Qc2 cxb4 27. Rxb4 Nc5 28.
Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Qb3 Bc8 30. Bxa6 Be6 31. Bc4 Rc8 32. Raa4 Bh6 33. Rb5 Qd6 34. Rb6
Rc6 35. Rxc6 Qxc6 36. Nxe5 Qd6 37. Nf3 Bf4 38. Bxe6 Rxe6 39. Ne2 Be5 40. g3 Kg7
41. Kg2 Qd3 42. Nc1 Qd6 43. Qc4 Qd1 44. Nd3 Bxg3 45. Nc5 Rc6 46. Ng5 Rc7 47.
Nce6+ fxe6 48. Nxe6+ Kh6 49. Nxc7 Bxc7 50. Ra6 Ng4 51. Qf7 Ne3+ 52. fxe3 Qe2+
53. Qf2 Qxa6 54. Qf8+ Kh7 55. Qf7+ Kh6 56. Qf8+ Kh7 57. Qf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "KasparovChess GP g/60"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2000.02.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2000.02.09"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "NET"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 $5 {It's important to
surprise your opponent in the opening, especially if you play "active chess".
Piket's 5.h4 was a real surprise for Peter and he spent 10-15 minutes for his
next move.} Nf6 {It's strange enough, but this move has never been played yet.
In the preceding games Black tried 5...Bg7;5...h6 and 5...h5.} ({The following
game is one of the examples showing that 5.h4!? is not a joke :} 5... Bg7 6. h5
Nc6 7. g3 Bg4 8. h6 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Bxf3 10. exf3 Qd6 11. Be2 O-O-O 12. Qb3 f5 13.
a4 e5 14. a5 e4 15. f4 Nf6 16. O-O Ng4 17. Ba3 Qxd2 18. a6 Na5 19. axb7+ Kb8
20. Qb5 e3 21. Bc5 exf2+ 22. Rxf2 {1-0 Piket,J-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM
63 ext (22)}) (5... h6) (5... h5) 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 O-O 8. Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. h5
Nxh5 11. g4 $2 {According to Shipov this move is a mistake. He writes that
White could develop an initiative with 11.Ng5.} (11. Ng5 $5 $36 {[%cal Ge2h5]
Shipov}) 11... Nf6 12. Bg5 Qb6 $6 (12... Qa5 $1 {[%cal Gf6e4] Shipov"leads to
Black's advantage"}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2h6]} Bg7 15. O-O-O Nd7 16.
g5 c4 $2 {[%mdl 16384] (Shipov) Now 16...Qa5 with the threat B:c3 was
necessary. The most important is that the knight on d7 could use the b6-square
and exchange on d5 would become possible.} (16... Qa5 $5 {[%cal Gd7b6] Shipov})
17. Rh2 {[%cal Gd1h1]} Re8 18. d6 {White closes the centre in order to start
direct attack against Black's king.} Rd8 19. Qf4 {[%cal Gh2h7]} Qa5 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] Too late.Black should make up his mind and to exchange his
black-squared bishop immediately.} ({With} 19... Bxc3 $1 {Svidler could put
much more difficult problems than in the game.In all the lines White would
have to calculate unnumerable amount of variations.} 20. bxc3 Qa5 21. Rxh7 $1 (
21. Kb2 e5 22. Qh4 Nf8 $14) 21... Qxc3+ 22. Kb1 Qb4+ 23. Kc2 Qa4+ 24. Kd2 $1 {
White shouldn't afraid.} Qa5+ $1 (24... Qxa2+ 25. Ke1 $3 Kxh7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27.
Kf1 $1 {[%cal Gf1g2,Gd1h1]} Rf8 28. Qxg6 Rxf3 (28... Qb2 29. Qh6+ Kg8 30. Qxe6+
Rf7 (30... Kg7 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Bxc4+ $18) 31. Bxc4 Qg7 32. g6 $18) 29. Bxf3
Qb2 30. Qh6+ Kg8 31. Qxe6+ Kg7 32. Qh6+ Kg8 33. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Gf3d5]}) 25.
Ke3 $1 Qc3+ $1 {[]} (25... Qa3+ 26. Bd3 Qc5+ 27. Ke2 $1 (27. Nd4 $2 Qxd4+ $1
28. Kxd4 e5+ 29. Qxe5 Nxe5 30. Rdh1 Nf3+ 31. Ke3 Bh3 $3 32. R7xh3 Nxg5 33. Rh8+
Kg7 34. Rxd8 Rxd8 35. Bxc4 Rxd6 $15) 27... cxd3+ 28. Kf1 Rf8 (28... Kxh7 $2 29.
Qxf7+ Kh8 30. Kg2 {[%cal Gd1h1]}) 29. Qh4 {[%cal Gh7h8]} Qc3 30. e5 $18) (25...
Qc5+ 26. Nd4 f5 (26... Qa3+ 27. Bd3 $18) 27. Qh2 Qa3+ (27... f4+ 28. Qxf4 Qa3+
29. Bd3 Rf8 30. Qh2 $18) 28. Bd3 f4+ 29. Qxf4 Rf8 30. Qh2 $18) 26. Bd3 $1 f5 $1
{[]} (26... Rf8 27. Qh4 {[%cal Ge4e5]} cxd3 28. Rh1 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gh7h8]}
d2+ 29. Kf4 $18) 27. gxf6 Qxf6 (27... Nxf6 $2 28. Rh6 $1) (27... Kxh7 $2 28.
Qh6+ $1 Kxh6 29. Rh1#) 28. Rdh1 $5 (28. Rxd7 $5 Qxf4+ 29. Kxf4 Bxd7 30. Bxc4
$36 {[%csl Re6]}) 28... Qxf4+ 29. Kxf4 Nf8 30. Rh8+ Kg7 31. Bxc4 Rxd6 32. e5
$36) 20. Rxh7 $1 $18 {Now it's over.} f5 (20... Rf8 21. Rdh1 Bxc3 22. e5 $1 {
[%cal Gh7h8]} Bxb2+ 23. Kb1 $1 Bxe5 24. Qxe5 $1 {and mate in seven.}) (20...
Bxc3 $2 21. Qxf7#) (20... Kxh7 21. Qxf7 {[%cal Gd1h1]}) 21. gxf6 Nxf6 (21...
Kxh7 22. Rh1+ Kg8 23. fxg7 $18 {[%cal Gh1h8]}) (21... Bxf6 22. Rxd7 Rf8 23. Qh6
$5 Bxd7 24. Qxg6+ Bg7 25. Rg1 Rf7 26. Ng5 $18) 22. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 23. e5 {
Shipov says: "Piket acted brilliantly.He cutted Black's position on two parts
and then finished the right one."} (23. e5 {The following variations confirm
that Black resigned just in time:} Nh5 (23... Nd7 24. Rh1 {[%cal Gf4h6]} Rh8
25. Rxh8 Kxh8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Qxg6+ Kf8 28. Ng5 $18) (23... Nh7 24. Rh1 {
[%cal Gf4h6]} Kg8 25. Rxh7 Kxh7 26. Qf7+ Kh6 27. Nh4 {[%csl Rg6]} Kg5 28. Qxg6+
Kxh4 29. Qg4#) 24. Qg5 Rf8 25. Rg1 Nf4 26. Rh1 Nxe2+ 27. Nxe2 Qd8 28. Qh6+ Kf7
29. Ng5+ Ke8 30. Qxg6+ Kd7 31. Qxe6+ Kc6 32. d7+ Kb5 33. Nd4+ Ka5 34. Qd5+ Kb6
35. Qd6+ Ka5 36. Qc5+ Ka6 37. Qb5#) 1-0

[Event "Oz.com qual blitz"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Guadalpi, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2287"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2000.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 Qc7 12. h4 b5 13. h5 Rfc8 14. g5 b4 15.
Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. g6 Nf6 18. gxf7+ Bxf7 19. Bd3 a5 20. Kb1 a4 21. Nc1
a3 22. b3 Nd5 23. Ne2 Bf6 24. Rdg1 Nxe3 25. Qxe3 Kh8 26. Rg4 Rab8 27. Rhg1 d5
28. Qd2 e4 29. fxe4 Qe5 30. c3 bxc3 31. Qc2 Bxh5 32. R4g2 Bf3 33. Rf2 dxe4 34.
Bc4 Rd8 35. Ng3 Rd2 36. Rxd2 cxd2 37. Qxd2 Qa1+ 38. Kc2 Qb2# 0-1

[Event "Oz.com qual blitz"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Landenbergue, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2406"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 h6 10. Be3 h5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. h3 h4 14. f4 Rc8 15.
Qf2 Qc7 16. Rhe1 b5 17. Nf3 b4 18. Na4 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nb6 Nxb6 21. Bxb6
Qb7 22. Be4 f5 23. Ne5 fxe4 24. Nxd7 Nb8 25. Ne5 O-O 26. Ng6 Rf7 27. Nxe7+ Qxe7
28. Rxe4 Nd7 29. Bd4 Rf5 30. Qe2 Rc6 31. b3 Qf7 32. Bb2 Nc5 33. Rxb4 1-0

[Event "Oz.com qual blitz"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mohr, Georg"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2488"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2000.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e5 6. d3 Ne7 7. b4 O-O 8. a4 Nbc6
9. b5 Nb4 10. Ba3 a5 11. bxa6 Nxa6 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. a5 Bc6 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Ne1
Rfe8 16. Rb1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Nc6 18. Qb5 Nab8 19. Nb3 b6 20. Bb4 Nxb4 21. Qxb4
Nc6 22. Qb5 Reb8 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Qd5 Qxd5+ 25. cxd5 Nb4 26. Nf3 Nxd5 27. Nbd2
Nc3 28. Rxb6 cxb6 29. Ne4 b5 30. Nfd2 f5 31. Nc5 Nxe2 32. f4 exf4 33. gxf4 Bh6
34. Ndb3 Re8 35. Kf3 Re3+ 36. Kf2 Nxf4 37. Nxd4 Nxd3+ 38. Nxd3 Rxd3 39. Nxb5
Bf4 40. h4 Rh3 41. Kg2 Rxh4 42. Nd4 Kf7 43. Rb1 Rh2+ 44. Kf3 Be5 45. Rb7+ Kf6
46. Rb6+ Kg5 47. Ne6+ Kh6 48. Rb5 Bf6 49. Rb7 Rh3+ 50. Kg2 Re3 51. Nf4 Be5 52.
Nd5 Rd3 53. Ne7 Kg5 54. Nc6 Bf4 55. Rxh7 Kg4 56. Ne7 Rd2+ 57. Kf1 Kf3 58. Ke1
Rd6 59. Rg7 Bg3+ 0-1

[Event "Oz.com qual blitz"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2507"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2000.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
Bc5 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 Nd7 12. Qg4 O-O 13. Bf4 Qa5 14. b3 Nf6 15.
Qe2 e5 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. c5 Bg4 18. Qc4 Rad8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Qc2 h6 21. Rad1 Ng4
22. Bc1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. h3 Nf6 25. Be3 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd7 27. Qxd7 Nxd7
28. Kf1 Kf8 29. Ke2 Ke7 30. Kd3 f6 31. Kc3 Bb8 32. a3 Bc7 33. Nb2 Nf8 34. Nc4
g5 35. b4 h5 36. Bd2 Bf7 37. Ne3 Bg6 38. Nf5+ Ke6 39. Bf1 Kd7 40. Be3 Ne6 41.
Be2 Bd8 42. a4 Be7 43. f3 Bf8 44. Bd1 a5 45. bxa5 Bxc5 46. Bxc5 Nxc5 47. h4 Ne6
48. Ne3 Nd4 49. Nc4 Bf7 50. hxg5 Bxc4 51. Kxc4 fxg5 52. f4 gxf4 53. gxf4 h4 54.
fxe5 Ne6 55. Bg4 Ke7 56. Kd3 h3 57. Bxh3 Nf4+ 58. Kd4 Nxh3 59. Kc5 Nf4 60. Kb6
c5 61. Kxc5 Kd7 62. Kb6 Kc8 63. a6 bxa6 64. Kxa6 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oz.com qual blitz"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. d5 h6 14. Be3 e6 15.
c4 exd5 16. exd5 Re8 17. Rad1 Ne4 18. Rc1 Bc8 19. Qb3 Bd7 20. Rfe1 Qf6 21. Nd2
Nd6 22. Bd3 Re7 23. Nf1 Rae8 24. Bd2 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxe1 26. Bxe1 Qd4 27. a4 Qa1
28. Qb1 Qxb1 29. Bxb1 Nxc4 30. Ba2 Nd6 31. Bb3 c4 32. Bd1 a6 33. Bb4 Ne4 34.
Ne3 b5 35. axb5 axb5 36. Bc2 Nc3 37. Kf1 Na2 38. Bc5 b4 39. Nxc4 Bb5 40. Bb3
Nc1 41. Kg1 Nxb3 42. Nd6 Nxc5 43. Nxb5 b3 0-1

[Event "Oz.com qual blitz"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rohde, Michael A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2000.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. h4 h6 6. h5 g5 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 d5 11. O-O-O dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4
Bxd4 15. Rxd4 a6 16. Bc4 b5 17. Be2 Nf5 18. Rd2 Be6 19. a3 Rad8 20. Rhd1 Rxd2
21. Rxd2 Kg7 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. Bg4 Nd6 24. Bxc8 Rxc8 25. Nxa6 Ne4 26. Re2 Nf6 27.
Re5 c6 28. Nb4 Nxh5 29. Rc5 Nf4 30. g3 Nh3 31. Nd3 Kf6 32. Kd2 Ng1 33. Ne5 Rd8+
34. Ke3 Rd5 35. Rxd5 cxd5 36. Ng4+ Ke6 37. Nxh6 f5 38. g4 f4+ 39. Kd3 Nf3 40.
Ke2 Nd4+ 41. Kd3 Nf3 42. b3 Ne5+ 43. Ke2 Nc6 44. Nf5 Ke5 45. c3 Ke4 46. f3+ Ke5
47. Kd3 Kf6 48. Nd4 Na5 49. Kc2 Ke5 50. Nxb5 Nc6 51. Kd3 Na5 52. Nd4 Kd6 53. a4
Nb7 54. b4 Nd8 55. a5 Nf7 56. Nf5+ Kc6 57. Kd4 Nd8 58. Ne7+ Kd6 59. Nxd5 Nc6+
60. Ke4 Ne5 61. a6 1-0

[Event "Oz.com qual blitz"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Golod, Vitali"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2000.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd3 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Nd2 Qd7 14. a4 Rfd8
15. a5 cxd4 16. cxd4 e6 17. Rfb1 b5 18. a6 Bc6 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Nb3 b4 21. Nc5
Qe7 22. Qc4 Nd7 23. Nd3 Rdc8 24. Rxb4 Nb6 25. Qb3 Qd8 26. Nc5 Nd7 27. Nb7 Qe7
28. Rc1 Nb6 29. Nc5 Be8 30. Rd1 e5 31. d5 Bf8 32. d6 Qf6 33. d7 Bxd7 34. Rxb6
Rxb6 35. Nxd7 Rxb3 36. Nxf6+ Kg7 37. Nd5 Bc5 38. Rc1 Bxe3 39. Rxc8 Rb1+ 40. Kh2
Bxf2 41. Rc7 h5 42. g4 h4 43. Rb7 Ra1 44. g5 Rxa6 45. Bg4 Be1 46. Kg2 Bd2 47.
Nc7 Rb6 48. Rxa7 Rb2 49. Kf3 Rb3+ 50. Ke2 Bxg5 51. Ne6+ Kf6 52. Nxg5 Kxg5 53.
Rxf7 Rb4 54. Kd3 Rd4+ 55. Ke3 Ra4 56. Rf8 Ra3+ 57. Kd2 Ra4 58. Kd3 Rd4+ 59. Ke3
Ra4 60. Be2 Ra3+ 61. Bd3 Ra1 62. Re8 Rh1 63. Rxe5+ Kf6 64. Ra5 Rxh3+ 65. Kd4
Rh1 66. e5+ Ke7 67. Ra7+ Kd8 68. e6 1-0

[Event "Oz.com qual blitz"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Oz.com qual blitz"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2000.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lesiege, Alexandre"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.03.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nge2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d3
O-O 9. Rb1 Be6 10. Nd5 Nh5 11. b4 Qd7 12. b5 Nd8 13. f4 Kh8 14. a4 Nf7 15. a5
e4 16. dxe4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bh3 18. Re1 Rae8 19. Bh1 g5 20. Bb2 c6 21. Bxg7+ Nxg7
22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Nb4 Rxe3 24. Bxc6 Qd8 25. Nd5 Ra3 26. Nd4 Ra2 27. Re7 Qxa5
28. Rxf7 Rxf7 29. Rb8+ Ne8 30. Rxe8+ Kg7 31. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Chuprov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2415"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8. f4
Nc5 9. Qf3 b5 10. f5 Bd7 11. Bg5 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. e5 $2 {Agressive
approach, that will be refuted with an elegant, lengthy combination.} (13. Rhe1
$5 e5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Nde2 $13) (13. fxe6 fxe6 14. e5 (14. Qh3 Nxb3+ 15. axb3
b4 $17) 14... Nfe4 (14... dxe5 15. Nxe6 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 Bxe6 17. Rxd8 Raxd8 18.
Qe2 $16) 15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16. Nxe4 Rxf3 17. exd6 Qf7 18. gxf3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 e5
20. Ne2 Qxf3 $17) 13... dxe5 14. Nc6 (14. Nde2 Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Qc7 $19) 14...
Bxc6 15. Qxc6 (15. Rxd8 Bxf3 16. Rxf8+ Rxf8 17. gxf3 b4 18. Ne4 Nxb3+ 19. axb3
exf5 $19) 15... Qa5 $1 (15... Rc8 16. Rxd8 Rxc6 17. Rxf8+ Kxf8 18. fxe6 Nxb3+
19. axb3 b4 $17) 16. fxe6 (16. Bxf6 Nxb3+ 17. axb3 Bxf6 $19) 16... Rac8 17.
exf7+ (17. Qf3 Nxb3+ 18. axb3 b4 $19) 17... Kh8 18. Qf3 Nxb3+ 19. axb3 (19.
cxb3 b4 $19) 19... b4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Suddenly it becomes clear, that white has
too many worries. His king is already under attack and also the future of
white bishop on g5 is shaky.} (19... Qa1+ 20. Nb1 (20. Kd2 Qxb2 $19) 20... Rxf7
21. Qe2 $15) 20. Na4 (20. Bxf6 bxc3 21. Bxe7 Qa1#) (20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe7 Qa1#)
20... e4 $1 21. Qg3 (21. Qf4 Nh5 $19) 21... Nh5 22. Bxe7 Nxg3 23. Bxf8 (23.
hxg3 Rxf7 $19) 23... Ne2+ 24. Kd2 (24. Kb1 Rxf8 $19) 24... Qg5+ (24... Qg5+ 25.
Ke1 (25. Kxe2 Rxc2+ $19) 25... Qe3 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh OShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O h6 9. Be3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 b5 11. f4 Bb7 12. Bd3 Be7 13. Kb1 b4 {Looks like
the 13...0-0 variation is in crisis so black is trying new ways to get a
decent counterplay} (13... O-O 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Nd7 (15... Nd5 16. Ne4 Rc8
17. c3 b4 18. c4 b3 19. cxd5 bxa2+ 20. Ka1 Qxd5 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. exf6 Rfd8 23.
Bb6 Rd6 24. fxg7 Kxg7 25. Qb4 $18 {1-0 Nimzo 7.32-Shredder 4/Cadaques ESP 2000
(41)}) 16. Ne4 Bxe4 (16... Qc7 $2 17. Nf6+ Kh8 $8 18. Rhe1 Rfd8 19. Ng4 {
[%cal Rg4h6]} Bf8 20. Rf1 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rxf7 $18 {Rytshagov,M-Hultin,J/
Excelsior Cup 1997/1-0(44)}) 17. Bxe4 Rb8 18. c3 $1 (18. Ba7 Nxe5 19. Qc3 Bd6
20. Qd4 Bc7 21. Qc5 Qc8 22. g3 (22. Bxb8 Qxb8) (22. Rhe1 Nc4 23. Bxb8 Qxb8 24.
g3 Be5 25. c3 Rc8 26. Qe7 b4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Linares14th 1997 
(32)}) 22... Nc4 23. Bxb8 Qxb8 24. c3 Rc8 25. Rhf1 Bd6 26. Qf2 Qc7 27. Qf3 a5
28. Bc2 Ne5 29. Qe4 g6 30. Rf2 Bf8 31. Rdf1 Bg7 $44 {Svidler,P-Ionov,S/St.
Petersburg-ch 1997/1/2-1/2 (72)}) 18... Qc7 19. Bc2 $1 Rfd8 20. Qf4 $1 Nf8 21.
Rhf1 Bg5 22. Qf2 {Kasparov,G-Kramnik,V/Novgorod 1997/CBM 60/[Gofshtein,L] (41)
with the double threat 23.h4 and23.Bc5}) (13... Rc8 14. Rhe1 O-O 15. h3 {
1/2-1/2 De la Riva Aguado,O-Kosten,A/Escaldes 1998/CBM 68 (15)}) 14. Na4 Bc6 (
14... Nxe4 15. Qxb4 {[%csl Rb7,Rg7]}) 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Nc4 Nxe4 (16... d5 17.
Ne5 Bb7 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Rhe1 Qa5 20. b3 Bc5 21. Bb2 Rd8 22. g4 Nd7 23. Nxd7
Rxd7 24. f5 $40 {1-0 Hamdouchi,H-Apicella,M/FRA 1998/CBM 64 ext (28)}) 17. Qe2
Nf6 {Black has an extra pawn but white's pieces' placing combined with the bad
positioning of black king more than compensate the pawn. White has a big
advantage.} (17... d5 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Bxg7 $18) 18. Rhf1 {[%csl Gf4]} (18.
Rhe1) 18... h5 {preventing g2-g4, but after this move black will never be able
to castle.} (18... O-O 19. g4 Nd5 (19... d5 20. Ne5 Bb5 21. g5 hxg5 22. fxg5
Ne4 23. g6 f5 24. Qh5 $40) 20. g5 $1 hxg5 21. fxg5 Bxg5 22. Qh5 f5 $8 (22...
Bh6 23. Qxh6 $1 gxh6 24. Rg1+ Qg5 25. h4 $18) 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Rg1 Rf7 25.
Rxg5+ Kf8 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Re1 $16 {[%csl Re6,Rf5]}) 19. Rfe1 $2 {[%csl Re8]
the rook is no better placed on e1 than on f1, epesially when the black K is
stuck in the center.} (19. g3 $142) 19... Kf8 20. g3 {[%cal Gh2h3,Gg3g4] White
has the time for g3-h3-g4 since black counterplay is falling way behind} Qc7 (
20... a5 21. h3 a4 22. g4 hxg4 23. hxg4 b3 24. cxb3 axb3 25. a3 d5 26. Ne5 $16
{[%cal Gg4g6]}) 21. h3 a5 (21... Nd5) 22. g4 Nd5 23. Rf1 hxg4 24. hxg4 Rh4 (
24... a4 $142 25. Ne3 (25. g5 b3 26. cxb3 axb3 27. g6 bxa2+ 28. Ka1 Rh4 $17 {
[%csl Rd4,Rf4]}) 25... b3 $132) 25. Ne3 $1 {Black's most important piece in
the position is the N on d5, it must be exchanged.} Qb7 {[%cal Gd5c3]} 26. Ba6
$8 Qa8 27. Bc4 Nxe3 (27... a4 $4 28. Bxd5 Bxd5 29. Nxd5 exd5 30. Bxg7+ Kxg7 31.
Qxe7 $18) 28. Bxe3 Rh3 $1 {[%cal Gc6f3]} 29. f5 $2 {Feeling that his
initiative is fading away, white dives into compications but objectively after
this move his position is lost.My guess is that the time was a strong factor
here.} (29. Qd2 $142 {[%cal Gf4f5] was the better choice keeping the
possibilities}) 29... Bf3 30. Qd3 Bxd1 (30... Be4 31. Qd2 exf5 32. gxf5) 31.
fxe6 Rh1 $4 {Thowing away a full point.} (31... Bf3 32. Qf5 f6 (32... Bf6 33.
g5 Bg4 (33... Rh5 34. Rxf3 $16) 34. Qxg4 Rxe3 35. gxf6 $18) 33. Qg6 Kg8 34.
Qf7+ Kh8 35. Qxe7 Qc6 $19) (31... Rf3 $2 32. Rxd1 {[%cal Gc4d5,Gd3h7]}) (31...
Bxc2+ $1 32. Kxc2 (32. Qxc2 Rxe3 $19 {[%cal Ga8e4]}) 32... Qg2+ 33. Rf2 (33.
Kb1 Rh1 $19) 33... Qxf2+ 34. Bxf2 Rxd3 $19) 32. Qxd1 Rxf1 33. Qxf1 Bf6 (33...
f6 34. Qh3 Kg8 35. Bd3 $18) 34. g5 Qe4 35. Bf4 (35. Bc1 $18) 35... Ke7 36.
gxf6+ gxf6 37. exf7 Rh8 38. Bc1 d5 39. Bd3 Qh1 40. f8=Q+ Kxf8 41. Qxf6+ Kg8 42.
Bf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2534"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Phoenix"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 c6 4. e4 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bg2 Nxc3 8.
dxc3 Nc6 9. Bxd5 Nxe5 10. Nf3 e6 11. Nxe5 Qxd5 12. Qxd5 exd5 13. Be3 f6 14. Nf3
Bh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. Nf4 c5 {This is
a very sharp variation which chances for both sides.} 8. dxc5 (8. h4 {-
Kotronias-Boaziz FIDE-Wch k.o. Las Vegas 1999 Cbm 72}) 8... Nec6 (8... Nbc6 {
deserves attention as well, for example:} 9. h4 d4 10. h5 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 dxc3
12. Qxc3 Qd4 13. Qxd4 Nxd4 14. Bg2 Nec6 15. O-O Bxc5 $11 {
Smirnov-Chiburdanidze, RUS-Cup Ekaterinburg 1997}) 9. h4 Qc7 (9... Nxe5 10.
Bb5+ (10. Bg2 h6 $1 {Now the B can retreat.} (10... Bxc5 $2 {is certainly met
by} 11. h5) 11. Qe2 Nbc6 12. Nxg6 (12. Ncxd5 Bxc5 {and Black can successfully
finish his development.}) 12... Nxg6 13. Nxd5 Rc8 $15 {and White has committed
some weaknesses on the >> without grabbing the |^.}) (10. h5 Be4 11. Nxe4 dxe4
12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Bg2 Nbd7 $5 (13... Nbc6 14. Bxe4 Nxg4 {is also worthy of
attention.}) 14. b4 Nf3+ 15. Bxf3 exf3 16. Bb2 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 Rxa1+
19. Bxa1 b6 $13 {blowing up White's P chain on the <<.}) 10... Nbc6 11. Qe2 Be4
$1 (11... Qd7 {puts the Q into a nasty pin.} 12. Be3 O-O-O 13. O-O-O f6 14.
Nxg6 hxg6 15. f4 Nf7 16. Bf2 Re8 17. Rhe1 Re7 {(Schaack-Kierzek, Hessenliga
1996)} 18. Bd3 f5 19. g5 $16 {with a huge space advantage for |_hite.}) 12.
Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Qxe4 Qd4 $11 {heading for a comfortable _|_.}) 10.
Bg2 (10. h5 $6 {is useless because of} Qxe5+ 11. Be2 Be4 $15) 10... Qxe5+ 11.
Nce2 (11. Kf1 $5 d4 (11... Qd4 12. Qe2 Qxc5 (12... Bxc5 $2 {is feeble because
of the double ->} 13. Nb5) 13. Nb5 (13. Nxg6 {is also interesting} hxg6 14.
Nxd5 Nd4 15. Be3 $1 Nxe2 16. Bxc5) 13... Kd8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. Be3 Qc4 16. Qxc4
dxc4 17. Rd1+ Kc8 18. f4 $44 {and White has a strong ^^ and the lead of
development for the P.}) (11... Nb4 $6 {can be met by the cold-blooded} 12. a3
$5) 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nb5 Na6 {Other tries fail:} (13... Bxc5 $2 14. f4) (13...
Kd8 $2 14. Nxd4 $1) 14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qf3 Qd5 (15... Qxc5 $6 16. Nxd4 $1) 16.
Qxd5 cxd5 (16... exd5 17. Nxd4) 17. c6 Bc5 $11) 11... Bxc5 $2 {Black clearly
overestimates his position. The time was not ripe for the piece sacrifice yet.}
(11... d4 $1 {looks stronger} 12. h5 (12. f3 Qxc5) 12... Be4 13. f3 Bd5 14.
Nxd5 Qxd5 {solving Black' s problem of the vulnerable B.}) (11... Nb4 $6 {
on the other hand is only a loss of a tempo after} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. c3 $16)
12. h5 Be4 13. f3 {Now Black certainly has some play for the piece, but this
is not enough.} f5 (13... g5 14. Nh3 $1 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Nd4 16. Qd3 Nbc6 17. a3
$16 {and White consolidates his position.}) 14. fxe4 fxe4 (14... dxe4 15. gxf5
exf5 16. Qd5 $16) 15. Nxe6 $1 {White gives back the material immediately
ruining Black's mighty central P formation.} Qxe6 16. Nf4 Qe5 17. Qxd5 Qxd5 (
17... Bb4+ $1 {was a chance for fishing in troubled waters.} 18. Ke2 $1 (18.
Kd1 $6 {runs into checks on the d <->.} Na6 $1 19. Qxe5+ (19. Qxe4 $2 O-O-O+
20. Nd3 Nc5 $44) 19... Nxe5 20. c3 Rd8+ {This is more active than} (20... Be7
21. Bxe4 Rd8+ 22. Kc2) 21. Kc2 Bd6 22. Bxe4 Nc5 23. Bf5) 18... Nd4+ 19. Kd1
Nbc6 20. c3 Qxd5 21. Nxd5 O-O-O 22. Bxe4 Rhe8 23. Bg2 Re2 24. Rg1 Rxg2 25. Rxg2
Rxd5 26. Bd2 {winning material.}) 18. Nxd5 O-O (18... Nb4 19. Nxb4 Bxb4+ 20. c3
Bd6 21. Bxe4 $18) (18... Na6 19. h6 $1) 19. Bd2 (19. Nc7 $5) 19... Bf2+ (19...
Nd7 20. O-O-O) 20. Kd1 Na6 21. h6 (21. Bxe4 Nc5 22. Bg2 Rae8 23. h6 g6 24. Rf1
$16 {and White is a healthy P up.}) 21... Rfe8 22. hxg7 Bd4 23. c3 Rad8 $1 (
23... Bxg7 24. Re1) 24. Rh5 $1 (24. cxd4 Rxd5 $11) 24... Bxg7 25. Kc2 (25. Ne3
Re5 26. Kc2 Rxh5 27. gxh5 Nc5 28. Rg1 Kf7 29. Nf5 $16 {with many threats and a
strong ^^.}) 25... Nc5 26. Be3 (26. Rah1 $16) 26... Nd3 27. Rd1 Rd6 28. a3 (28.
Bxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxd3 $16 {and White still holds the P.}) 28... Rg6 29. g5 Re5 30.
Rh4 Rge6 31. Nf4 Re8 32. Nh5 Bh8 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34. gxf6 h5 (34... R8e6 35. f7+
$1) 35. Bxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Kxd3 $18 {eliminating Black's last active
piece the _|_ is won for White without any troubles.} Rg4 38. Ke2 Rg2+ 39. Bf2
Ne5 40. Kf1 Rg6 41. Rd5 Nc4 42. Rd8+ Kf7 43. Bd4 Nd2+ 44. Ke2 Nb3 45. Rd7+ Ke8
46. Re7+ Kf8 47. Be5 Na5 48. Rc7 Kg8 49. Bd4 Nb3 50. Bxa7 h4 51. Rxb7 h3 52.
Rb8+ Kf7 53. Rxb3 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Iskusnyh, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 {A variation that has lost some of its
popularity but white can still get a very dangerous game if black is not
careful.} Rd7 12. Qe1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gg5f6]} (12. Be3 Qd8 13. N5d4 Bf8 (13...
e5 14. Nf5 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qc3 Qc7 16. Na5 Bb7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. g4 Rb8 19.
g5 Ne8 20. h4 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4 22. b3 $14 {1-0 Sax,G-Ermekov,A/Pardubice 1997/
CBM 59 ext (45)}) 14... d5 15. Bd3 Bb4 16. Qe2 d4 17. Bg5 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19.
Bc4 Qc7 20. Qf2 Ne8 21. Qh4 f6 22. Bd2 Bxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Nb4 24. Bb5 Re7 25. a3
Nc6 26. g4 $36 {0-1 Toth,A-Nor,I/Paks 1998/EXT 99 (40)}) (13... a5 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Nd4 Rc7 16. g4 a4 17. g5 Nh5 18. Ne2 e5 19. Ng3 (19. h4) 19... Nf4 20.
h4 Rb7 21. Qc3 Rab8 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Nh5 Qf8 {With black having the better
chances to succeed. 0-1 Liss,E-Kotronias,V/Rishon Le Ziyyon 1996/CBM 53 (39)})
14. g4 e5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. g5 Ne8 (16... Nh5 $5) 17. Na5 Rc7 18. h4 Be6 19. h5
Qb8 20. Qc3 Qc8 21. g6 Rb8 22. f4 Nf6 23. gxh7+ Kh8 24. Bg2 $16 {0-1 Maiorov,
O-Fomichenko,E/Krasnodar RUS 1999 (44)}) 12... a6 (12... Qd8 13. h4 a5 14. a4
e5 15. g3 Ne8 16. Be3 d5 17. Bh3 d4 18. Bd2 Nb4 19. Kb1 Qb6 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21.
c3 Bxb5 22. axb5 Qxb5 $1 23. Qf1 Qa4 24. cxb4 axb4 $44 {... 1/2-1/2 Nunn,
J-Pelletier,Y/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (60)}) 13. Be3 (13. N5d4 {was Anand's
novelty in the Wydra tournament, leaving the bishop on g5} Qc7 14. h4 Ne5 15.
Kb1 b5 16. g4 d5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 Nf4 20. g5 e5 21. Qg3 Kh8 22.
g6 Bf8 23. gxh7 $18 {1-0 Anand,V-Avrukh,B/Haifa ISR 2000 (32)}) 13... Qd8 14.
N5d4 Nxd4 (14... Bf8 15. g4 e5 16. Nf5 d5 17. g5 dxe4 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Nxg7
Bxg7 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. fxe4 Nd4 22. Bc4 Rc8 23. Rf1 Qc6 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. c4
Qxe4 $40 {[%csl Rc1] 1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Sherbakov,R/St Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 
(67)}) 15. Nxd4 $146 {This move is a more logical on than Bd4 since this way
white doesn't allow e5 in the view of Nf5} (15. Bxd4 e5 16. Bc3 d5 17. Bxe5
dxe4 18. Rxd7 Nxd7 (18... Bxd7 19. fxe4 a5 20. Kb1 a4 21. Nc1 a3 22. b3 Ng4 23.
Bc3 Qc7 24. Bd4 Rc8 $36 {With black having a strong initiative for the pawn in
: Huebner,R-Piket,J/Lugano 1989/TD (40); 0-1}) 19. Qxe4 Nxe5 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21.
Qe4 Be6 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Qxc4 Rc8 24. Qe4 Qc7 25. Kb1 b5 $44 {1-0 Lau,
R-Fedorowicz,J/Wijk aan Zee 1989/CBM 12 (52)}) 15... Qc7 16. g4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 (
17... Ne8 18. h4 Nd6 19. exd5 exd5 20. h5 $40) 18. Qh4 g6 19. Bh3 {[%cal Gd4e6]
} Rd8 (19... Qa5 20. Kb1 Rc7 21. Bg4 Ng7 22. Nb3 Qa4 23. Bd4 Qc6 24. Bc3 dxe4
25. fxe4 Qxe4 26. Rhe1 Qa4 27. Rd4 $44) 20. Ne2 {[%cal Ge3d4,Ge2f4]} Bd7 21.
exd5 (21. Nf4 $2 Rac8 22. c3 (22. Rd2 d4 $19) 22... Nxf4 23. Bxf4 e5 $17) 21...
exd5 22. Bxd7 Rxd7 {Black has an isolated pawn and a temporarily passive
knight, but he more than compensates it with the 'c' and 'e' files, and the
uncoordinated placing of white pieces.} 23. Nd4 (23. Nf4 Rc8 24. c3 d4 $1 25.
Nxh5 dxc3 $1 $19) 23... Bd6 24. Kb1 Re8 25. Bd2 Bf4 26. Qf2 Rde7 27. a3 Be3 28.
Bxe3 Rxe3 29. h4 {Black stands better to my taste and if not in timetrouble
one would expect him to go on.} (29. h4 Qf4 $17) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C36"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Bangiev,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Smolensk TsEM"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nxd5 6. Bxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc3 Qd8
8. d4 Be7 9. Bxf4 O-O 10. O-O Bf5 $1 (10... c6 11. Ne4 $5 (11. Qd3 $5)) 11. Qd2
(11. Nb5 $6 Na6 12. d5 (12. c4 c6 13. Nc3 Nb4 $36) 12... Nb4 13. Nfd4 Bg6 14.
Nxc7 (14. c4 c6 $17) 14... Rc8 $132) 11... c6 $1 {Damit wird der Bauer auf d4
als Angriffziel blockiert.} 12. Kh1 {Der Anziehende bereitet den Vorstoß d4-d5
vor.} (12. d5 $6 Bf6 $1 (12... Bc5+ 13. Kh1 cxd5 14. Nxd5 Nc6 15. Rad1) (12...
Qb6+ 13. Nd4 $1) (12... Bb4 13. d6 $5) 13. Be5 (13. d6 Qb6+ 14. Be3 Qxb2 15.
Bd4 Qxc2 $15) 13... Bxe5 14. Nxe5 Be6 $5 $132) (12. Rae1 $5 Nd7 (12... Bb4 13.
a3 Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Nd7 15. Bd6 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Re1 $36) 13. Ne4 Nb6 14.
Rf2 Nd5 15. Rfe2 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 $36) 12... Bb4 $1 13. a3 (13. Rae1 Nd7 14. a3
Bxc3 15. Qxc3 Nb6 16. Bg3 $14) 13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 Qd5 15. Qd2 {/\b3 gefolgt
von c4.} (15. Rae1 $142) 15... Nd7 16. b3 {[%cal Yc2c4] /\c4} b5 17. Rac1 {
[%cal Yc2c4]} Nb6 18. Rfe1 {/\Re5} Rfe8 19. Ne5 {/\c4} f6 $1 20. c4 bxc4 21.
bxc4 Qe6 22. Nf3 (22. c5 $5 fxe5 (22... Nd5 23. Nc4 Qd7 24. Nd6 $13) 23. cxb6
axb6 24. Rxe5 Qd7 25. Qb4 b5 26. Rce1 $11) 22... Qf7 23. d5 $6 (23. Qa5 Rxe1+
24. Rxe1 Bg4 $15) (23. c5 Nd5 $15) 23... cxd5 24. Nd4 Nxc4 $1 (24... Be4 25. c5
Nc4 26. Qa2 Rac8 27. c6 Qg6 28. Bg3 $132) 25. Rxc4 Rxe1+ 26. Qxe1 Re8 (26...
dxc4 27. Nxf5) 27. Qa5 dxc4 28. Nxf5 Qe6 $17 29. Bd2 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Rxe5 {
Der schwarze Turm ist hier stärker als zwei weiße Leitfiguren, da die ohne
Stützpunkten immer gejagt und weiter verdrängt werden.} 31. Nd4 Re4 32. Nf3 g5
33. h3 h5 34. Kg1 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. Nh4 Rd4 37. Bb4 Rd1+ (37... Rd3 $19) 38.
Kf2 Rc1 39. Ke3 c3 40. Nf5 a5 41. Bxa5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {Großmeister Rublevsky spielt sehr
gerne die Paulsen-Variante.} 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 (6... Nf6) (6... Bb4) 7. O-O
Bb7 8. Re1 {Der Turm steht - auf den ersten Blick - recht genügsam auf e1,
aber in einigen Varianten muss Schwarz das taktische Motiv Nd5 beachten.} Nc6 (
8... d6 9. Bf3 Nd7 10. a4 bxa4 (10... b4) 11. Rxa4 $14 Ngf6 12. g3 Be7 13. Nb3
Nb6 14. Rd4 Nc4 15. Rxc4 Qxc4 16. e5 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 O-O 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Nd2 {
1-0 Svidler,P-Stangl,M/Frankfurt 1999/EXT 2000 (39)}) (8... Nf6 9. Bf3 d6 10.
Bf4 e5 11. Nd5 $36) 9. Nxc6 (9. Bf1 Nf6 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. e5 b4 12. Ne2 Nd5 13.
a3 Qb6 $1 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. c3 Bc5 16. Nd4 O-O 17. Qg4 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bg5
Rf7 20. b4 Bd6 21. Bd3 Raf8 22. Qh4 h6 23. Ra2 Bf4 $1 $19 {Sareen,V-Vyzmanavin,
A/Calcutta/1992/EXP27/}) 9... dxc6 (9... Bxc6 $5) 10. e5 Rd8 (10... c5 $2 11.
Bf3 Ne7 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. a4 Rd8 14. Qh5 Nf5 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7
Qxe7 18. Nxb5 O-O 19. Na3 Rd4 20. c3 Ra4 21. Qe2 Qg5 22. Nc4 $16 {Khalifman,
A-Eingorn,V/Leningrad/1990/CBM21/}) (10... Bb4 $5 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Qg4 Bxc3 13.
bxc3 c5 14. a4 (14. Bg5 $5) 14... c4 15. Be4 O-O 16. Ba3 Rfe8 17. Bd6 Qd7 18.
Bxe7 Qxe7 19. Qf3 Rab8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Red1 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Red8 $10 {Wang,
P-Cramling,P/Jakarta-IZT/1993/ Ribli. CBM 52}) (10... Ne7 11. Bd3 O-O-O 12. a4
(12. Qh5 $5) 12... c5 13. axb5 c4 14. bxa6 Bc6 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. a7 Kb7 17. Be4+
Bc6 18. Qd4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4+ Qc6 20. Bg5 $13 {Marciano,D-Korneev,O/Ubeda op/1996/
EXP51/}) 11. Bd3 c5 (11... Ne7 12. Bg5 $5 (12. Qh5 c5 13. Bg5 g6 14. Qh4 Rd4
15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Nf5 17. Qh3 Be7 18. Bxe7 Qxe7 19. c3 Rd2 20. Bxf5 gxf5
21. Qh6 Qd7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 {1/2-1/2 Moreno,J-Kazhgaleyev,M/Ubeda 1999/
CBM 68 ext (31)}) 12... h6 13. Qh5 Rd7 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4 Ng6 16. Nd6+ Bxd6 17.
exd6 Rxd6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qh4 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Lutz,C/Dortmund 1993/CBM 35 
(35)}) 12. Qh5 {Wir haben eine sehr scharfe Stellung vor uns. Weiß hat
Raumvorteil und gute Angriffschancen. Die schwarze Stellung hingegen hat keine
Schwachpunkte, und wenn Weiß nichts Konkretes erreicht, bekommt Schwarz am
Ende die bessere Stellung.} (12. Bg5 Be7 13. Qh5 Bxg5 14. Qxg5 Ne7 15. a4 h6
16. Qg4 b4 17. Nd1 Rd4 {0-1 Zelcic,R-Eingorn,V/Metz 1998/EXT 99 (31)}) (12. Qg4
Rd4 13. Be4 $1 b4 $4 (13... Bxe4 $5) 14. Qf3 $1 $18 Bxe4 15. Nxe4 Qxe5 16. c3
$1 Rd5 17. Nf6+ $1 {1-0 Bezgodov,A-Pugachov,A/Petropavlovsk 75/(164) 1999/Inf
75/[Bezgodov,A] (17)}) (12. Qe2) 12... c4 (12... g6 13. Qh3 Bg7 14. Bg5 Ne7 15.
Bf6 O-O 16. Qh4 Rd4 17. f4 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. Be7 Re8 20. Bd6 Qc6 21. Qg3
Rxf4 22. h3 Rd4 23. Rad1 Rxd1 24. Nxd1 Re6 25. Nf2 c4 {0-1 Midoux,S-Eingorn,V/
Metz FRA 2000/The Week in Chess 285 (25)}) (12... Ne7 13. Bg5 Rd7 14. Rad1 Nc6
15. Be4 Nd4 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Rd2 h6 18. Ne4 Nf5 {1/2-1/2 Kuczynski,R-Lau,R/
Polanica Zdroj 1991/CBM 26/[Blatny,P] (24)}) 13. Be4 Bb4 (13... Bxe4 $6 14.
Nxe4 $40) 14. Qg4 $5 Ne7 (14... g6 $6 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. a4 $36) 15. Qxg7 $5 {
Weiß hat keine Angst vor unklaren Verwicklungen und nimmt den Bauern.} (15. Bg5
h5 16. Qg3 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Nf5 19. Bxd8 Nxg3 20. Bxc7 Nxe4 21. Rd1
Ke7 22. Ba5 Rc8 23. f3 Nc5 24. Rd6 g5 25. Bb4 Ke8 {1/2-1/2 Polzin,R-Mortensen,
E/Luebeck GER 2000 (41)}) 15... Rg8 16. Qxh7 Bxc3 (16... Bxe4 17. Qxe4 $16) 17.
bxc3 Qxe5 18. Bf4 $1 (18. Ba3 Rh8 19. Bxb7 Qxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxh7 21. Bxa6 Rh5 $13
) (18. Bc6+ $4 Bxc6 19. Rxe5 Rd1+) 18... Qxf4 19. Bxb7 $14 {Weiß hat einen
Bauern mehr, aber die Stellung ist nicht klar - Schwarz hat aktives
Figurenspiel.} Rd2 {[%csl Gd2,Gf4]} 20. Rf1 (20. Bf3 Rg6 {Droht 21...Qxf3 und
nach 22.Qxg6 kommt 22...Qxf2+.} 21. Qh8+ Rg8) 20... Rg6 21. g3 {Jetzt droht 22.
Qxg6 mit Gewinn.} (21. Qh8+ Rg8 22. Qh7 $11) (21. Bxa6 Rxg2+ 22. Kxg2 Qg4+ 23.
Kh1 Qf3+ $11) 21... Qf5 (21... Qc7 22. Be4 $14) 22. Qh8+ Rg8 (22... Kd7 $2 23.
Rad1 Qxc2 24. Rxd2+ Qxd2 25. Bxa6 Qd5 26. Qb8 $18) 23. Qh6 Rxc2 24. a4 $1 {
[%mdl 128] Der schwarze König steht unsicher in der Mitte, daher öffnet Weiß
die Stellung.} Rxc3 25. Bxa6 bxa4 (25... b4 26. Bb5+ Kd8 27. Qh4 Qc5 (27... Rg4
28. Rfd1+ Rd3 29. Rxd3+ cxd3 30. Qh8+ Ng8 31. h3 Rg6 32. Qd4+ $18) 28. Rfd1+
Kc8 29. Qd4 $16 {[%csl Rc4] Auf diese Weise gewinnt Weiß den Pc4.}) 26. Rxa4 {
Die Stellung ist nur materiell ausgeglichen. Der Pc4 ist schwach, und während
der weiße König vollkommen in Sicherheit ist, findet der schwarze König keine
Ruhe.} Qc5 (26... Qd5 27. Qf4 $16) 27. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Ng6 (27... Nd5 $2
28. Bb5+ Qxb5 29. Ra8+ $18) 28. Qh7 Rf8 (28... Rh8 29. Bb5+ Qxb5 30. Ra8+ Ke7
31. Ra7+ $18) 29. Qg7 Rf3 30. Qb2 Ne5 (30... Rb3 31. Qc2 $16) (30... Rd3 31.
Rxd3 cxd3 32. Bxd3 $16) {[#]} 31. Rxc4 $1 {[%mdl 64]} (31. Qb7 $2 {[%cal Ra6b5,
Rb5e8] Es scheint, dass dieser Zug sofort gewinnt, aber Schwarz bekommt hier
unerwartetes Gegenspiel.} Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Rd3 33. Bb5+ Nd7 34. Bxd7+ (34. Raa1
Rh8 {Das ist nur eine Zugumstellung.}) 34... Ke7 35. Bc6+ Kf6 36. Raa1 (36.
Rda1 Rh8 37. Bg2 Rxh2+ $11) 36... Rh8 37. Bg2 Rxh2+ 38. Kxh2 Qxg3+ 39. Kh1 (39.
Kg1 Qe3+ $11) 39... Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Qd4+ $11) 31... Nxc4 32. Qb8+ Ke7 33. Qb7+ {
[%cal Rb7e7,Rb7f3]} Kf6 34. Qxf3+ Ke7 35. Rc1 $18 {[%csl Rc4]} (35. Rc1 Qd5 (
35... Ne5 36. Qb7+ $18) 36. Qxd5 exd5 37. Bxc4 dxc4 (37... Rc8 38. Re1+ $18)
38. Rxc4 $18) 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dyachkov, Sergej"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Rd1 Re8 13. d6 h6 14. Bf4 Qb6 15.
Be5 Rad8 16. Rd2 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. Qf4 Rxd6 21.
Qxh6+ Ke7 22. Ng8+ Kd7 23. Rad1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2+ Kc6 25. Qf4 Qb4 26. Ne7+ Kb6 27.
Qxe5 Qxd2 28. Nd5+ Kc6 29. Bxa6 bxa6 30. Qc7+ Kb5 31. Qb7+ Ka5 32. Qc7+ Kb5 33.
Qb8+ Kc6 34. Qa8+ Kd6 35. Qb8+ Kc6 36. Qa8+ Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 07th"]
[Site "Smolensk"]
[Date "2000.04.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2551"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.04.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 077"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Transsib"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 {Großmeister
Svidler spielt gerne diesen klassischen Aufbau.} a6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Be3 (8. Kh1
Bc5 $6 9. Be3 (9. Nb3 $5 $14) 9... Ne7 {Diese spezielle Nebenvariante für
Schwarz kam in einer früheren Partie derselben Kontrahenten aufs Brett 
(Svidler,P. - Fominyh,A RUS ch 1995).}) 8... Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 (10. c4 $5
{Dieses Bauernopfer führt zu unklaren Verwicklungen, aber meiner Meinung nach
hat Schwarz gute Ausgleichschancen.}) 10... bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13.
Bd4 {Es ist interessant, vor fünf Jahren war dieser Zug praktisch unbekannt,
und jetzt spielt ihn jederman.} c5 14. Be5 Rb6 (14... d6 $2 15. Bxd6 Rxb2 16.
Bxe7 Kxe7 17. e5 Nd5 18. Qc1 $36 {[%cal Rc1b2,Rc1g5]}) 15. Qd3 (15. b3 Nxe4 16.
Bxg7 Rg8 17. Bb2 Rd6 $1 18. Bd3 c4 $1 19. bxc4 Qc6 20. Qf3 $8 Nd2 $11 {1/2-1/2
Lutz,C-Miladinovic,I/Corfu 1999/CBM 74/[Ribli] (31)}) (15. Bf3 O-O (15... d6
16. Bc3 e5 17. a4 g5 18. a5 Rc6 19. Ra4 c4 20. Qe1 h5 21. Bd1 h4 22. Bd2 Rg8
23. Kh1 Bd8 24. Qe3 Qe6 25. Be2 d5 {1/2-1/2 Hernandez,Y-Botsari,A/Eu Team Ch 
(women) 1999 (70)}) 16. Bc3 d6 17. a4 Nd7 18. a5 Rb8 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Rfd1 Bf6
21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. e5 Ne8 23. exd6 Nxd6 24. Qc3 Nb5 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Qxc5 Nd4
{0-1 Dashko,A-Tregubov,P/Krasnodar 1998/EXT 2000 (48)}) 15... O-O $6 (15... d6
$5 {Dieser Zug ist viel logischer als die Partiefortsetzung, denn jetzt muss
sich der weiße Läufer mit dem Feld c3 begnügen.} 16. Bc3 O-O 17. b3 d5 $11) 16.
b3 (16. c4 d6 17. Bc3 Nd7 18. f4 (18. Rab1 Bf6 19. Ba5 Rxb2 20. Rxb2 Bxb2 21.
Qxd6 Be5 22. Qd3 Bd4 23. Rb1 Qc6 24. Qc2 g6 25. Bd3 Qd6 26. Kh1 Rb8 27. Rxb8+
Qxb8 {0-1 Bremond,E-Andrijevic,M/Cannes op 1989 (39)}) 18... Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6
20. b3 a5 21. Rae1 e5 22. f5 {1-0 Koch,J-Fressinet,L/FRA 1999/EXT 2000 (35)})
16... d6 17. Bb2 Nd7 {[%cal Ge7f6,Gf6b2] Mit diesem Springerzug bereitet
Schwarz den möglichen Läufertausch mittels Bf6 vor.} 18. Rad1 {[%cal Gd1d7]} (
18. f4 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 $11) 18... Bf6 19. Bc1 {Weiß möchte sein Läuferpaar
behalten.} Ne5 $146 (19... a5 20. f4 Rd8 21. Qh3 Nf8 22. Bd2 Qa8 23. Bd3 a4 24.
Rde1 axb3 (24... g6 $6 25. f5 exf5 26. exf5 Re8 27. fxg6 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 hxg6 29.
Bc4 d5 30. Bxd5 Qxd5 (30... Rxe1 31. Bxf7+ $18) 31. Rxe8 Bg7 32. Bc3 {1-0
Shirov,A-Atakisi,U/Batumi 1999/CBM 74 (32)}) 25. axb3 Ng6 26. g3 Rbb8 27. Qg2
Bd4+ 28. Kh1 d5 {0-1 Korneev,O-Halkias,S/Ubeda 2000/CBM 75/[Ribli] (51)}) (
19... c4 $5 20. Qxc4 (20. bxc4 Nc5 $44) 20... Rc6 {[%cal Gc8c2]} 21. Qa4 Rxc2 (
21... Nc5 22. Qb4 a5 23. Qxa5 Nxe4 24. Bd3 Nc3 25. Rde1 d5 26. a4 $16) 22. Bxa6
Nc5 23. Bxc8 Nxa4 24. Ba6 (24. bxa4 Rfxc8 $44) 24... Nc3 25. Rxd6 Rxa2 $44) 20.
Qh3 (20. Qg3) 20... Qc6 (20... c4 $2 21. Be3 $16 {Der Rb6 hängt, und Weiß
spielt 22.f4 mit Bauerngewinn.}) 21. f4 Ng6 22. Qd3 $14 {Weiß hat das
Läuferpaar und Übergewicht im Zentrum. Schwarz hat keine besondere Schwäche
aber auch kaum Chancen auf aktives Gegenspiel.} (22. Bd3 $5 $14) (22. Bf3 Nh4
$11) (22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Ne5 $11 {[%csl Ge5]}) 22... Qb5 (22... Bd4+ 23. Kh1
(23. Be3 $2 e5 $2 $15) 23... f5 24. exf5 (24. Bf3 Nh4 $11) 24... Nh4 {[%csl
Rg2][%cal Rc6g2]} 25. Qh3 Nxf5 26. c3 Bf6 27. Bc4 {[%csl Rf5][%cal Gc4g8,Rh3f5]
} d5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qxf5 $16) 23. Qxb5 (23. Be3 Qxd3 24. Rxd3 $14) 23...
axb5 24. a4 bxa4 25. bxa4 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ge2a6,Ga4a5] Weiß hat einen
potentiell gefährlichen entfernten Freibauern auf der a-Linie.} Ra8 26. Bb5 {
[%csl Ga4,Gb5]} Bd4+ (26... Ne7 27. e5 dxe5 28. Ba3 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Ra3c5]}
exf4 (28... Rc8 $2 29. Bxc5 $16) 29. Bxc5 Rb7 30. Rxf4 $14) 27. Kh1 Ne7 {
[%cal Ge7c6]} 28. Bd2 Nc6 (28... Nc8 {[%cal Gc8a7,Ga7b5]} 29. c3 Bf6 30. c4 Na7
31. Ba5 Rb7 32. Ba6 Rd7 33. Bb6 Bd4 34. a5 $14) 29. e5 $5 $36 {[%csl Rd4][%cal
Rc2c3,Rc3d4][%mdl 64] Nach diesem Zug droht der Läuferfang durch 30.c3.} (29.
Rb1 $14) 29... dxe5 (29... Na7 30. Be2 $14 (30. c3 Nxb5 31. axb5 dxe5 32. cxd4
(32. Ra1 Rab8 33. Rfb1 c4) 32... exd4 33. Ra1 Rab8 34. Rfb1 h5 $132)) 30. c3 {
[%csl Rd4]} exf4 (30... Na7 31. Bd3 $16) 31. Bxf4 $5 (31. Bxc6 Rxc6 32. cxd4
cxd4 33. a5 (33. Bxf4 Rxa4 $15 {[%cal Gf7f6,Ge6e5]}) 33... e5 34. Rc1 $14)
31... Bxc3 32. Bc7 Rba6 (32... Rxb5 $2 33. axb5 $16) 33. Rd6 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} (
33. Bxa6 Rxa6 $11) 33... Nb4 34. Bxa6 Nxa6 {[%mdl 1024]} 35. Rd8+ $6 (35. Bb6
Bf6 36. a5 c4 37. Bd4 $14) 35... Rxd8 36. Bxd8 Kf8 37. Rd1 Bd4 {[%csl Gc5,Gd4]}
(37... Ke8 $13) 38. Rb1 c4 $2 {Nach diesem scheinbar aktiven Zug verliert
Schwarz den c-Bauern.} (38... Nb4 39. a5 (39. Ba5 Nc6) 39... Ke8 (39... f5) 40.
Bb6 {Droht 41.Rxb4.} Na6 $13) 39. Rc1 c3 40. Ba5 $18 {[%csl Rc3]} Nc5 41. Bb4
1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Niebling, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2191"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 e6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb5 Nge7 6. exd5 exd5 7. Qe2 Qd6 8.
O-O Bg4 9. b3 O-O-O 10. Bxc6 Nxc6 11. h3 Nd4 12. Qd3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qxf4 14. Rf2
Qg3+ 15. Kf1 Qxh3+ 16. Kg1 Rd6 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wippermann, Till"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2255"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 e5 13. Bc5 Be6 14. Ne4 Re8
15. Bc4 Qc7 16. g4 Nf4 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Bd6 Qb6 19. g5 Rad8 20. Kb1 Nd4 21.
Bc5 Qc7 22. Qe3 Nf5 23. Qa3 a5 24. Qb3 Rb8 25. Qc4 Qb7 26. b3 Qb5 27. Qxb5 cxb5
28. h4 h5 29. gxh6 Nxh6 30. h5 f5 31. Nd6 Re6 32. Rdg1 Bf8 33. hxg6 Bxd6 34.
Bxd6 Rxd6 35. Rxh6 Rbb6 36. Re1 Re6 37. Rh5 e4 38. Rxf5 exf3 39. Rxe6 Rxe6 40.
Rxf3 Rxg6 41. Rf5 Rb6 42. Kb2 Kg7 43. Kc3 Kg6 44. Rd5 Kf6 45. Kd4 Ke6 46. Kc5
Rb8 47. Rd6+ Ke5 48. Rb6 Rc8+ 49. Kxb5 Rxc2 50. a4 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vehi Bach, Victor Manuel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2431"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Nf6 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 Nb4 11. O-O Re8 12. Qd2 d5 13. exd5 Nbxd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5
15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 c6 18. c3 Bd7 19. c4 Nc7 20. Nf3 Ne6 21.
Rd1 Qc7 22. Bf4 Nxf4 23. Qxd7 Ne6 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Rd7 Rc8 26. h4 b5 27. b3
bxa4 28. bxa4 Ne6 29. Bh3 Nc5 30. Ra7 Rd8 31. Ng5 Bxg5 32. hxg5 Rd4 33. Bg2
Rxc4 34. Bxc6 Ne6 35. Rxa6 Nxg5 36. a5 Rc2 37. Kg2 Ra2 38. Ra7 Kg7 39. a6 Kf6
40. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Schmaltz, Roland"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2508"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. Kh1 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Qh4 e6 14. Bd2 Nc5 15. f5
exf5 16. exf5 Nxd3 17. cxd3 Rae8 18. Bg5 Nd7 19. Be7 Rxe7 20. Qxe7 Bf6 21. Qe3
Nc5 22. Rae1 Qd7 23. d4 Na4 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Nxa4 bxa4 26. Qf4 Qd8 27. Re2 Bd5
28. Rfe1 Kg7 29. Qg4 Rh8 30. h3 Qb6 31. Kh2 Rh5 32. Rf2 Rf5 33. Ref1 Bc4 34.
Nd2 Rxf2 35. Rxf2 Be6 36. Qf3 Bxd4 37. Re2 Qxb2 38. Ne4 Be5+ 39. g3 Qb3 40. Re3
Qc4 41. Nf2 Bd4 42. Re1 Bd5 43. Qe2 Qb3 44. Ng4 Qxa3 45. Qd2 Qb2 46. Re2 a3 47.
Qh6+ Kg8 48. Rxb2 axb2 49. Qd2 b1=Q 50. Nh6+ Kh7 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 Bxe3 10. fxe3 dxc6 11. Qd4 Qxd4 12. exd4 e5 13. d5 Bb7 14. a4 b4
15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ke7 18. d6+ Kxd6 19. O-O-O+ Kc7 20. Rd5 Ne7
21. Rxe5 Nc6 22. Rf5 f6 23. Rf4 a5 24. Rg4 g6 25. Rc4 Kb6 26. Bf3 Ne5 27. Rf4
Raf8 28. Rd1 Nxf3 29. gxf3 f5 30. Rd6+ Kc7 31. Rd5 Kb6 32. Rfd4 Ra8 33. Rd6+
Kc7 34. Rd7+ Kc6 35. Kd2 Rhe8 36. Kd3 Re5 37. Rxh7 Rae8 38. Rhd7 Re2 39. R4d6+
Kc5 40. Rd5+ Kc6 41. R7d6+ Kc7 42. Rxg6 R8e3+ 43. Kc4 Rxc2+ 44. Kb5 Re7 45.
Kxa5 Rxb2 46. Rxf5 b3 47. Rb5 Re8 48. Rbb6 Rxh2 49. Rxb3 Rf2 50. Rc3+ Kd7 51.
Kb4 Rf8 52. Rg3 Rf4+ 53. Kb3 Rf5 54. Rh3 Kd6 55. Rd3+ Kc6 56. Rh6+ Kc5 57. Rc3+
Kd5 58. a5 R5xf3 59. Rxf3 Rxf3+ 60. Kb4 Rf1 61. Kb5 Rb1+ 62. Ka6 Kc5 63. Ka7
Kb5 64. Rb6+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O c6 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qc1 Re8 8. Bh6
Bh8 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Bg5 Qb6 12. g4 Nhf6 13. Be3 Ne4 14. c4 Qa6 15.
Nbd2 Nxd2 16. Nxd2 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Re1 Be6 20. Bd4 Rac8 21.
Qd1 Nd3 22. exd3 Bxd4 23. Qb3 Qb6 24. Re2 Bxb2 25. Qxb6 axb6 26. Rb1 Rc2 27.
Bf1 Bc3 28. Nb3 Rxe2 29. Bxe2 Ra8 30. Nc1 Bd2 31. Nb3 Rxa2 32. Nxd2 Rxd2 33.
Kf1 Bd7 34. Rxb6 Bc6 35. f4 h6 36. Kf2 Kf8 37. Ke3 Ra2 38. Rb4 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5
40. Bf3 Ke7 41. d4 Rh2 42. Rb1 Rxh3 43. Kf2 Rh2+ 44. Bg2 Rh8 45. Re1+ Kd6 46.
Bf3 b5 47. Be2 Ra8 48. Rb1 Ra4 49. Ke3 Bd7 50. Bxb5 Ra3+ 51. Bd3 Bxg4 52. Rb6+
Ke7 53. Kd2 Be6 54. Rb8 Kf6 55. Rg8 Bf5 56. Be2 Be4 57. Rf8 Kg7 58. Rd8 f5 59.
Bb5 g4 0-1

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bc4 a6 10. O-O Be7 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 Bxc5 13. a4 Ke7 14.
Rfe1 Bd7 15. Bb3 Rhd8 16. Ne5 Be8 17. Ng4 g5 18. Nxf6 Kxf6 19. Bg3 Bc6 20. c3
Ke7 21. h4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 f6 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. a5 Rh8 25. Bc2 e5 26. Bf5 Ba7 27.
Rd2 Bc5 28. Bg4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 a5 10. g3 a4 11. Bg2 Ra5 12. O-O Ba6 13. Rb1 Rxe5 14. Qd3 Qd6 15.
Qc3 Be7 16. Ne4 Qe6 17. Bf4 f6 18. Bxe5 fxe5 19. b3 d5 20. Qa5 Bxc4 21. bxc4
dxe4 22. c5 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qb6 11. Bd3 Rb8 12. Qe2 Be7 13. c4 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Nc3 O-O 16. Na4 Qa6 17. b3 c5 18. O-O Bb7 19. Rae1 g6 20. f5 gxf5 21. Bxf5
Rf7 22. Bg4 Rg7 23. Bf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Rg6 25. Bc3 Qc6 26. Nb2 Ng4 27. h3 Nh6
28. Nd3 Bd6 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Qxe5 Qxf3 31. Qh8+ Kf7 32. Qxh7+ Kf8 33. Qxg6 Qxc3
34. Qxh6+ Ke7 35. Qh7+ Kd8 36. Rd1 Rb7 37. h4 e5 38. Qe4 Rb6 39. Qd5 d6 40. Kh2
Qe3 41. Rf1 Qh6 42. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 Bg7 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. h3 Be6 12. Be3 h5 13. f4 Nd7 14. g3 Nf6
15. Bg2 O-O 16. Nb3 b6 17. a4 c5 18. a5 Rfd8 19. Rhd1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rb8 21.
axb6 axb6 22. Ra1 Bd7 23. e5 Bf5+ 24. Kc1 Nd7 25. Ra7 Bh6 26. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Podzielny, Karl Heinz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be2 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8. Be3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rc1 a6 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. Nb3 Ne5 13. Nd2 Bc6 14. f4 Ned7 15.
b4 b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17. a3 Rc7 18. Qe2 Qa8 19. Bg1 Rfc8 20. Rc2 b5 21. Rfc1 bxc4
22. Nxc4 d5 23. Na5 dxe4 24. Nxe4 Rxc2 25. Nxf6+ Nxf6 26. Rxc2 Rxc2 27. Qxc2
Bd5 28. Bc5 Bd8 29. Nc4 Bc7 30. Ne5 Ne4 31. Be3 Qb7 32. Qa4 Nd6 33. Qxa6 Bxg2+
34. Kg1 Qd5 35. Qa7 Bh3 36. Kf2 Ne8 37. Qc5 Qg2+ 38. Ke1 Qh1+ 39. Kd2 Qxh2+ 40.
Kc3 Qa2 41. Bc1 Nf6 42. Bb2 Nd5+ 43. Kc2 g5 44. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Frankfurt Ordix op"]
[Site "Frankfurt"]
[Date "2000.06.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2000.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 e4 8. Ne5
f5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Bf4 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rc1 Bb6
15. e3 Ba6 16. Re1 d4 17. exd4 Qxd4 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Be3 Qf6 20. Bxb6 axb6 21.
Rc7 Rad8 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Rxc3 Rd2 24. Rb3 Rfd8 25. Rxb6 Bc4 26. Bf1 Bxa2 27.
b3 g6 28. Bc4 Rc2 29. Re2 Rc1+ 30. Kg2 Bb1 31. Rb7 e3 32. Re7 Be4+ 33. f3 Rd2
34. fxe4 Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Darmstadt sim"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Breitwieser, Horst"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
Nf6 9. cxd5 h6 10. h3 Nbd7 11. Nc3 Nb6 12. Ne5 Nfxd5 13. Re1 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5
15. Ne4 Bb4 16. Qh5 f5 17. Bxh6 Qe8 18. Ng6 fxe4 19. Bc4 Qf7 20. Be3 Qf6 21.
Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "Darmstadt sim"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Falkenstein, Walter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 e6 4. Nf3 c5 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Qg4 g6 10. Bd3 Ne7 11. O-O h5 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Rac1 Bb6 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Ne4 Bc7 17. Bc4 Kf8 18. Bxd5 exd5 19. Nc5 Qc8 20. e6 f5 21. Qe3
Kg8 22. Qd4 Qe8 23. Nxb7 Bxh2+ 24. Kxh2 Qb8+ 25. Kg1 Qxb7 26. e7 Qc8 27. Qf6
Qe8 28. Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Darmstadt sim"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fietz, Harald"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2179"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ gxf6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. g3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 Nf8 11. d5 h5 12. Nd4 Qc8 13. Re1 e5 14. Qa4+ Kd8 15.
Nc6+ Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Bd6 17. b4 Nd7 18. Bh3 Rb8 19. c5 bxc5 20. bxc5 Be7 21. Be3
h4 22. Bf5 hxg3 23. hxg3 Rb4 24. Rab1 Nb8 25. Qa8 Rxb1 26. Rxb1 Nd7 27. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Darmstadt sim"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Funk, Volker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bxc6 dxc6 8.
Re1 O-O 9. h3 Nh6 10. Ne4 b6 11. d3 Nf5 12. Bf4 Nd4 13. c3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bf5
15. g4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Qd5 17. c4 Qe6 18. Rae1 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Qg3 Qxb2 21.
Rxe7 Bd4 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. R1xe3 Qf6 24. R3e6 Qa1+ 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27.
Rxc6 Kg8 28. Qd6 Rf8 29. Qe6+ Kh8 30. Qe7 Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Kxg7 32. Rc7+ Kg8 33.
Rxa7 Rd8 34. Ra3 Kf7 35. f4 Ke6 36. Kf3 Kd6 37. Ra7 Kc6 38. Rxh7 Rxd3+ 39. Ke2
Rd4 40. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Darmstadt sim"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Haertel, Volker"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Be6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. O-O Nf6 11. e4 d4 12. e5 Nd7 13. Ne4 Qb6 14. Qg4
Ndxe5 15. Qxg7 O-O-O 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Bf4 Rhg8 18. Qh6 Qe7 19. Rac1 Kb8 20.
Rfe1 1-0

[Event "Darmstadt sim"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jugler, Wolfgang"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. g3 g6 8. Bg2
Bg7 9. Nc2 O-O 10. Ne3 e6 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rb1 Rd8 13. b3 Rb8 14. Bb2 b6 15. Rc1
Bb7 16. Qd2 Rd7 17. Ncd5 Qd8 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Rfd1 h5 21. f4
Qg7 22. e5 Rbd8 23. exd6 Qf8 24. Qc3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Rd1 Qc5 27. Rxd8+
Nxd8 28. b4 Qd6 29. Bxb7 Nxb7 30. Kf2 a5 31. a3 axb4 32. axb4 Qc6 33. Qd4 Qd6
34. Qxd6 Nxd6 35. Ke2 Kf8 36. Kd3 Ke7 37. Kd4 Nb7 38. Nd1 Nd8 39. Nb2 Nc6+ 40.
Kc3 Kd6 41. Na4 Kc7 42. b5 Ne7 43. c5 bxc5 44. Kc4 Nc8 45. Kxc5 Kb7 46. Nb2 Kc7
47. Nc4 Kd7 48. Nb6+ Kc7 49. Nxc8 Kxc8 50. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Darmstadt sim"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Miklos, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qe2 Bg4 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 cxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6 14.
Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Qe4 Rc8 16. O-O-O Ba3 17. c3 Bc5 18. Rhg1 O-O 19. Bg5 Qg6 20.
Qh4 Kh8 21. Bf4 Qf6 22. Qxf6 gxf6 23. Be3 Bxe3+ 24. fxe3 Rcd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Kg7 28. b4 Kf8 29. c4 Ke7 30. Ke2 Kd6 31. Kd3 Kc7 32. c5 Kb7
33. Kc4 Ka6 34. e4 Kb7 35. f4 Kc7 36. f5 Kb7 37. a4 Kc8 38. b5 Kc7 39. Kb4 Kb7
40. Ka5 h6 41. h3 h5 42. h4 e5 43. Kb4 Kc7 44. bxc6 Kxc6 45. a5 1-0

[Event "Darmstadt sim"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Schramm, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B75"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2326"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Bb3 Ne5 12. Kb1 a6 13. h3 b5 14. f4 b4 15. Nd5
Nxe4 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Rxc6 18. Bb6 Rxb6 19. Nxb6 Nc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxb6 21. Qc4
O-O 22. cxb4 Be6 23. Qe4 Bf5 24. Qe1 h4 25. Rf1 a5 26. a4 Bf6 27. Rd5 axb4 28.
Qd2 Bc3 29. Qf2 Qxf2 30. Rxf2 Ra8 31. Re2 Kf8 32. Rb5 Bd7 33. Rb7 Bxa4 34.
Rexe7 Bd7 35. Rxf7+ Ke8 36. Ba2 Rxa2 37. Kxa2 Be6+ 38. Kb1 Bxf7 39. Rb5 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Darmstadt sim"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Simon, Frank"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Nf6 5. e5 Ng8 6. Nf3 d6 7. Bf4 dxe5 8. Nxe5
Nd7 9. Nxd7 Bxd7 10. Bc4 Rc8 11. O-O Nf6 12. Re1 O-O 13. a4 a6 14. a5 Re8 15.
h3 b5 16. axb6 Qxb6 17. b3 Bb5 18. Qd3 Rcd8 19. Be5 e6 20. d6 Nd5 21. Bxg7 Nb4
22. Qd2 Kxg7 23. Ne4 f6 24. Qc3 e5 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. Nxf6 Kxf6 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28.
f4 Rde8 29. fxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Darmstadt sim"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Starke, N."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Bxd4 6. Bxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Qf6
8. e5 Qc6 9. Nc3 Qg6 10. Nd5 Qxc2 11. Bd3 Qc6 12. Bb5 Qc2 13. Ba4 c5 14. Qh4 g5
15. Nc7+ Kd8 16. Qxg5+ f6 17. exf6 Qe4+ 18. Kf1 Kxc7 19. Qxc5+ Kd8 20. Re1 b6
21. Qf8+ Kc7 22. Qxc8+ Rxc8 23. Rxe4 Nxf6 24. Rd4 Rhe8 25. f3 Re7 26. Kf2 Rce8
27. Rc1+ Kb7 28. Rd6 Rf7 29. Kg1 Re2 30. Rc4 Ree7 31. Rf4 Nh5 32. Rxf7 Rxf7 33.
Rxd7+ Rxd7 34. Bxd7 1-0

[Event "Darmstadt sim"]
[Site "Darmstadt"]
[Date "2000.06.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wissmann, Ralf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.06.19"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 076 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.07.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nge7 5. Nc3 Nxd4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qe3 b6
8. Bc4 Ne5 9. Bb3 Ba6 10. Qg3 Qf6 11. Nd5 Qd6 12. Bf4 f6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14.
Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Bxe5 Qh6+ 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. e5 Qf5 18. e6 d6 19. e7 Bxe7 20. Rhe1
1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 Ne7 (12... Na5 13. Bc2 Nb6 14. b4
Nac4 15. a5 Nd7 16. Bb3 Be7 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nfd2 f5 $132 {0-1 Jaracz,
P-Onischuk,A/Koszalin 1999/CBM 73/[Wedberg] (28)}) 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. Na3 Ba6 16. Nh2 (16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Ba4 Bb7
$6 (20... cxd5 $1 21. Bxd7 d4 $1 $44) 21. Nxc4 $36 {1-0 Svidler,P-Gabriel,C/
Bad Homburg 1998/CBM 66/[Svidler] (35)}) (16. Nc2 Nc5 17. Nb4 Bc8 18. Bc2 Na6
19. Nxa6 Qxa6 20. Nh2 Ng6 21. Ng4 Be7 22. g3 f5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Svidler,P/
Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72/[Wedberg] (45)}) 16... Ng6 17. Ng4 (17. g3 Rb8 18. Bd2
Be7 19. h4 Nc5 20. Bc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lanka,Z-Svidler,P/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (28)
}) 17... Be7 18. Ne3 (18. Bc2 Rb8 19. b4 Nf6 (19... c6 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Bb3 Bb7
$132 {0-1 Knezevic,B-Blagojevic,D/Nis 1996/EXT 99 (39)}) 20. Qf3 Bc8 21. g3
Nxg4 22. hxg4 h6 23. Qe2 Bd7 24. Bb2 Bg5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Iordachescu,V-Grischuk,A/
Porto San Giorgio 1999/EXT 2000 (40)}) 18... Rb8 19. Bd2 Bg5 (19... Nc5 20. Bc2
Bc8 21. Nf5 Bf8 22. Qf3 c6 23. dxc6 Qxc6 24. b4 Na6 25. c4 $36 {1-0 Popovic,
P-Blagojevic,D/Niksic 1997/EXT 99 (35)}) 20. Bc2 Bc8 21. Qa1 Qb7 22. c4 $5 {
[%mdl 48] An unusual move in these positions. Svidler refrains from the
standard b4 manouvre and goes for something new.} bxc4 (22... b4 23. Nb5 $14 {
[%csl Rb4]}) 23. Naxc4 $14 {White aims for the nice c6 outpost and at the same
time Black has some coordination problems. A slight white plus seems in order.}
Nf6 $6 (23... Ra8 $5) 24. Na5 $1 Qxb2 25. Nc6 Bxe3 $8 (25... Qxa1 $4 26. Rxa1
$18) 26. Bxe3 Qxc2 27. Nxb8 Qxe4 28. Nc6 Nxd5 (28... Qxd5 29. Qa8 Qe6 30. Na7
Ne7 31. Rb1 $18) 29. Qa8 Qf5 30. Na7 Nge7 31. g4 Qe6 32. Rb1 h6 33. Rb8 Kh7 34.
Nxc8 Ng6 {Surely this should be winning for White.} 35. Qa2 e4 36. Na7 Ne5 37.
Re8 $2 {Now Black gets drawing chances.} (37. Kh1 Nf3 38. Nc6 Qf6 39. Qc2 Nc3
40. Nd4 $18) 37... Nf3+ 38. Kh1 Qxe8 39. Qxd5 Qa4 40. Kg2 Ne5 41. Nb5 c6 42.
Nc3 cxd5 43. Nxa4 Nf3 44. Bf4 f5 45. gxf5 Nh4+ 46. Kf1 d4 47. Bxd6 Nxf5 48. Be5
e3 49. Nc5 exf2 50. Kxf2 g5 51. Kf3 h5 52. Ke4 Kg6 53. Ne6 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Rd8 14.
Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hansen, Curt"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 {I like to play
this risky and complicated line myself.} 7. Qg4 f5 8. Qg3 ({Deserves attention
} 8. Qh5+ g6 9. Qd1 {[%cal Gh2h5]}) 8... cxd4 9. cxd4 Ne7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bd3
b6 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Nf4 Qd7 14. h4 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Rc8 $5 {[%cal Gc8c4,Gb8c6]
Small improvement compare to} (15... Nbc6 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Rg3 Rf7 18. h5 Nd8
19. c3 Rf8 20. Kf1 Rc4 21. Kg1 Nf7 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Qb1 Nc6 24. Qd1 $36 {
1-0 Kasparov,G-Short,N/Novgorod 1997/Inf 70 (31)}) 16. Rh3 Rc4 {[%csl Gc4]} 17.
Rg3 Nbc6 18. c3 Kh8 $146 ({White didn't get to much and after} 18... Rf8 19.
Ke2 Rf7 20. Kf1 Ra4 21. Qc2 Rc4 22. Qd1 Nd8 23. Nh3 Qe8 24. a4 Nec6 25. Nf4 Kh8
26. Kg1 Na5 27. Kh2 Rcc7 28. Nh3 Rfd7 29. Nf4 Nc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Gofstein,
L-Psakhis,L/ISR t-ch 1998 (45)}) 19. Qe2 {[%cal Ge2h5]} Na5 {[%cal Ga5b3]} 20.
Qd1 {Protect b3 square from black's knight.} Rc6 {[%cal Ga5c4]} 21. Kf1 Nc4 22.
Bc1 b5 $1 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gc6a6]} 23. Nh5 (23. Nd3 $5 {[%cal Gd3c5]} Qe8 $13)
23... Ng6 ({After} 23... Rg8 24. Bg5 $1 {[%cal Rh5f6] it is very difficult to
find defence against threat Nf6}) 24. Nxg7 Kxg7 25. h5 {Black position looks
rather dangerous, but he has enough protective resources.} Rh8 $1 26. Bg5 Kf8
27. Bf6 Rg8 28. hxg6 (28. Qc1 $5 Qf7 29. hxg6 Rxg6 30. Rxg6 Qxg6 31. a4 $5)
28... Rxg6 29. Rh3 Ra6 30. Qc1 $6 ({Maybe perpetual check, possible after} 30.
Qh5 $5 Kg8 31. Qxg6+ $1 hxg6 32. Rh8+ Kf7 33. Rh7+ $11 {was the best option
for White in this position.}) 30... Kg8 31. g3 {[%cal Gf1g2,Ga1h1]} Nd6 $1 {
[%cal Gd6e4]} 32. Kg2 Ne4 {[%csl Ge4]} 33. Qf4 Rc6 34. Rah1 Rxc3 35. R1h2 (35.
Rxh7 Qxh7 36. Rxh7 Kxh7 {[%cal Rc3c2]} 37. Qh4+ $140 Rh6 $19) 35... Rc2 36. Kg1
Qc7 37. Qh4 Rc1+ $2 {Maybe Hansen was short on time, other case he will play} (
37... f4 $1 {with clear advantage , for example} 38. Qxh7+ (38. Qxf4 $2 Qc3 (
38... Nxf6 $5 39. Rh6 Ne4) 39. Qe3 Qa1+ 40. Kg2 Nxf2 $1 41. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 42. Kxf2
Qxd4+ 43. Ke2 Rg4 $19) (38. Qh5 $2 {[%cal Rh5g6]} Nxf6 39. exf6 fxg3 40. Qxg6+
hxg6 41. Rh8+ Kf7 42. R2h7+ Kxf6 43. Rf8+ Kg5 44. Rxc7 gxf2+ 45. Rxf2 Rxc7 $19)
(38. Be7 $2 Rc1+ 39. Kg2 f3+ 40. Kxf3 Qc3+ 41. Kg2 Rg1+ $1 $19) 38... Qxh7 39.
Rxh7 Nxf6 $1 (39... Rc1+ $2 40. Kg2 f3+ 41. Kxf3 Rxf6+ 42. exf6 Ng5+ 43. Kf4
Nxh7 44. f7+ Kxf7 45. Rxh7+ Kf6 46. Rxa7 $16) 40. exf6 fxg3 $17) 38. Kg2 Rc2
39. Kg1 Rc1+ $2 40. Kg2 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 a6 $5 (8... b6 9. d5 $6 Ne5 10. Nxe5 Bxe5 11. O-O $2 Bxh2+ 12. Kxh2 Qh4+
13. Kg1 Qxe4 $17 {Jackova,J-Nguyen Thi Dung Than/WchJW-U12 1994}) (8... Be7 9.
Qe2 Nb6 (9... c6 10. O-O-O Qc7 11. Kb1 b6 12. h4 h6 13. Ng3 $14 {Short,
N-Nikolaiczuk,L/Dortmund 1986}) 10. Bb3 a5 11. a3 Bd7 12. Ne5 a4 13. Ba2 O-O
14. O-O Ra5 15. Rad1 $14 {Cvicela,A-Sladecek,J/SVK-chT3a 9697}) (8... O-O 9.
Qe2 (9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 a6 11. Rad1 b5 12. Bb3 Bb7 13. d5 $14 {Renet,
O-Gurevich,M/Linares zt 1995}) 9... c5 (9... a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bb3 Bb7 12. d5
e5 13. Rhe1 Be7 14. d6 cxd6 15. Nxd6 $16 {Kindermann,S-Roth,P/Vienna Bawag 1996
}) 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Nxf6+ Nxf6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Ne5 Rb8 14. Rhe1 b5 15. Bd3
b4 16. g4 $36 {Magem Badals,J-Dizdar,G/Erevan olm 1996}) 9. Qe2 $5 b5 $5 {
Deciding to take the risk.It was possible to play} (9... O-O $5 10. O-O-O b5
11. Bb3 Bb7 12. Rhe1 Bd5 $13 {with mutual chanses.}) 10. Bd5 $5 {Trying to
prevent c5,which would solve all opening problems for black.} Rb8 (10... exd5
$2 11. Nxf6+ Kf8 12. Nxd5 Bb7 13. Ne3 $16) 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Bc6 Rb6 $1 ({
Not enough for equality is} 12... Bb7 $6 13. Bxb7 (13. d5 $1 exd5 14. Bxb7 Rxb7
(14... dxe4 15. Bxe4 (15. Qxe4 Bxb2+ $1 16. Kxb2 Qf6+ 17. c3 Nc5 18. Qc6 Nxb7
19. Qxf6 gxf6 $15) 15... Rb6 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qd3+ g6 18. Qxd7 $16) 15. Rxd5
c6 16. Rd6 Qc8 (16... Qc7 $6 17. Rhd1 $16) 17. Rhd1 Re8 18. Qd3 $14) 13... Rxb7
14. Ne5 $5 $14) 13. d5 (13. Nxf6+ Nxf6 14. Ne5 Nd5 $11 {[%cal Gf7f6]}) 13...
exd5 14. Bxd5 c6 15. Bb3 c5 $1 16. Bd5 ({White can't take the pawn on c5
because of} 16. Nxc5 $6 Bxb2+ $1 17. Kxb2 Qf6+ 18. Rd4 Nxc5 19. Qe5 Nxb3 20.
Qxf6 Rxf6 21. axb3 Bb7 $15 {and black has better prospects in the endgame.})
16... Qc7 17. Rhe1 Bd8 $5 (17... Bb7 $6 18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rxd7 Qxd7 20. Nxc5
$16) 18. Neg5 Bxg5+ 19. Nxg5 Nf6 20. Qe5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "De Firmian, Nick E"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. a4 Bb7 11. d4 Bf6 12. axb5 (12. d5 {This was Svidlers choice
against Grischuk in the same event. It makes a5 a slightly less attractive
square for the N.}) 12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. d5 Na5 (14... Ne7 15. Na3 Ba6
{is the other main line.}) 15. Bc2 Nc4 (15... Be7 16. Na3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18.
Qe2 Qa6 19. Nd2 Rb8 20. b4 Nb7 21. Nb3 Nf6 22. Bd3 Nd8 23. Na5 Be8 24. Bd2 Ne6
$13 {1/2-1/2 Galkin,A-Polovodin,I/St. Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 ext (58)}) 16. b3
Ncb6 17. Ba3 $146 {[%mdl 8] I guess Nick wants to halt the c6 break, but it´s
just a temporary measure. The B later ends up on b4 but it´s not a very
comfortable place since Black can threaten to exchange it for a N.} (17. Na3
Ba6 18. Nh2 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Bd2 Be7 21. Ng4 Ra8 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Nf5 Bf8
24. Bg5 Nbd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Lyon/New York 1990/CBM 21/
[Schussler] (41)}) 17... Be7 18. Qe2 Ba6 19. Bd3 c6 20. dxc6 Qxc6 21. Bb4 {
Superficially this looks quite good, but the B is doing nothing on b4.} Nc5 22.
Bc2 Nbd7 23. Na3 Rb8 24. Nd2 Nf6 25. Bb1 Bd8 $1 {[%csl Ya5,Rb4][%mdl 2048]} 26.
Qf3 Bc8 $1 $15 {[%csl Rb4][%cal Yc5a6] Svidler has played all the right moves.
Now the threat is simply to play Na6. All White´s minor pieces are in bad
squares.} 27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc5 Qxc5 29. Naxc4 Be6 30. Rd1 Qb4 31. Bd3 Ra8 32.
Bf1 Ra2 33. Qd3 Bc7 34. Rb1 g6 {Setting a trap.} 35. g3 $2 (35. Rb2 $142) 35...
d5 $1 $17 36. exd5 Bf5 37. Qf3 Rxd2 38. Nxd2 Qxd2 39. Rd1 Qb4 40. Qe2 Qxb3 41.
g4 Bd7 42. d6 Bb6 43. Bg2 Bd4 44. Kh1 Bb5 45. Qf3 Qxf3 46. Bxf3 Ne8 0-1

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "De Vreugt, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rae8 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nd8 15.
Bxb7 Nxb7 16. d4 exd4 17. Qxd4 a5 18. Qd5 Qc8 19. Bf4 c6 20. Qc4 Bf6 21. Rad1
Re6 22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Rd8 24. Kh2 d5 25. exd5 Rxd5 26. Qb6 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 h6
28. Qd4 Re7 29. Rd3 Qf5 30. Bxh6 f6 31. Be3 Qe6 32. b3 c5 33. Qf4 Kf7 34. h4
Re8 35. Qf3 Qc8 36. Bf4 Nd8 37. Qh5+ 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Emms, John M"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. a3 h6 14. b4 (14. Ne3 c4
$1 15. b4 cxb3 16. Bxb3 Nxb3 17. Qxb3 Nd7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J-Almasi,Z/
Kopavogur 1994/CBM 41 ext (48)}) 14... cxb4 15. cxb4 Nc6 16. Bb2 Bf8 17. Bb3 a5
$5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Playing this break with the R still on a8 adds some
interesting possibilities. The white setup is not giving Emms any dividends.} (
17... Rc8 18. Ne3 Qd7 19. Rc1 a5 20. bxa5 Nxa5 21. Ba2 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Nc6 $13 {
[Leko,P]. 0-1 Emms,J-Leko,P/Copenhagen 1995/CBM 46/[Leko] (42)}) 18. bxa5 Nxa5
19. Ba2 (19. Bc2 Nc6 20. d4 $6 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxe4 $1 23. Bxe4 Ra4
$17) 19... Qd7 20. Ng3 Nc6 21. h3 (21. d4 $6 {is just not functional} exd4 22.
Nxd4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Ra4 $1 $17) 21... d5 $15 {Black wins the battle for this
advance. In effect White is playing Black now.} 22. Bb3 (22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nxe5
Nxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxa3 $15) 22... d4 23. a4 b4 24. Nd2 $6 (24. Bc4 $142) 24... Na5
25. Ne2 Nxb3 26. Qxb3 Qd8 27. f4 Nd7 28. fxe5 Nxe5 29. Qc2 (29. Bxd4 Ba6 30.
Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Nf3 Ra5 32. d4 Bb5 33. Ne5 Qe8 $36) 29... Ba6 30. Nc1 $17 {
White is in retreat mode. Black is looking for killer moves at this point.} Rc8
31. Qb1 Nd7 $2 (31... Qg5 $1 {would have won on the spot.} 32. Re2 (32. Rd1
Qe3+ $19) 32... Rxc1+ $1 33. Qxc1 Nxd3 34. Qc6 (34. Qc2 Nf4 $19) 34... Re6 $19)
32. Nf3 $2 (32. Bxd4 $142 $13) 32... Ne5 33. Nxe5 (33. Nxd4 $2 Bc5 34. Ncb3
Bxd3 35. Qd1 Bc2 $19) 33... Rxe5 $17 34. Nb3 Rg5 $40 35. Bxd4 Rg3 36. Re3 Rxe3
37. Bxe3 Bxd3 38. Qd1 Bxe4 39. Qxd8 Rxd8 40. Bc5 $2 Bc2 $19 41. Bxf8 Kxf8 42.
Na5 Ra8 43. Nc4 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hansen, Lars Bo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. b3 g6 (15... Bf8 16. Bb2 g6 17. Qf3 (17. Re2 $6 Bg7 18. Qe1 Rc8 19. Rd1 Nh5
$1 20. Bb1 Nf4 21. Re3 Qf6 $15 {0-1 Leko,P-Fritz 6/Frankfurt 1999/CBM 72/
[Luther] (49)}) (17. b4 Nc6 (17... Nc4 $5) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qf3 Bg7 20. Bb3
$14 {1-0 Milos,G-Spangenberg,H/Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 67 ext (41)}) 17... Bg7
18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bb1 Qe7 20. Qe3 $14 {1-0 Short,N-Thipsay,P/Torquay 1998/CBM
66 ext (65)}) 16. Bb2 Nd7 (16... Bf8) 17. Nf1 Bf6 18. Ne3 $1 {White has a very
harmonious position. A more or less ideal setup in the Ruy Lopez.} Nc6 (18...
Bxe4 $6 19. Ng4 Bxc2 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Nxf6+ Nxf6 22. Nxc2 $36 {[%csl Rg7,Rh8]
[%cal Yb2h8] The B is tremendous.}) 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Qd4 Re6 22.
f3 a5 23. b4 $1 {White prepares to put his B on the a2-f7 diagonal.} a4 24.
Rac1 Qe8 25. Red1 Rd8 26. Bb1 Ba8 27. a3 $16 d5 28. Rc7 Rdd6 29. Ba2 dxe4 30.
Qxd6 $1 $40 {[%mdl 64]} Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qe5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Rxf7+ Kh6 34. Rxf6
$1 $18 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 exf3 36. Ng4+ Kg5 37. Bd5 fxg2 38. Bxg2 Bxg2 39. Kxg2 h5 (
39... Qxa3 40. Rd5+ Kh4 41. Nf2 Qg3+ 42. Kf1 Qc7 43. Rf3 $18) 40. Rd5+ Kh4 41.
Rf4 $1 1-0

[Event "North Sea Cup 15th"]
[Site "Esbjerg"]
[Date "2000.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2000.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 078"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.10.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bc4
Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 {Schwarz wartet
noch mit 6...Qb6. Aufgrund dieser Zugfolge jedoch kann Weiß einen gefährlichen
Aufbau wählen.} 7. O-O Qb6 {Schwarz verfolgt mit dem Textzug eine ähnliche
Idee, wie in der Variante mit 6...Qb6 - er möchte den Nd4 verjagen.} 8. Be3 (8.
Nf3 Qc7 9. a4 (9. Re1 Bc5 10. e5 (10. Bd2) 10... f5 $1 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. Ne4
Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nc6 14. Bxc6 (14. Bd3 Ng4 15. Re2 O-O $40) 14... Qxc6 15. Ne5 Qc7
16. Bf4 O-O 17. Bg3 Qb7 18. Qe2 {1-0 Adams,M-Topalov,V/Tilburg 74/196 1998/Inf
74/[Adams,Mi] (61)}) 9... b4 10. Ne2 Nf6 11. Bf4 d6 12. e5 Bxf3 13. exf6 Bb7
14. fxg7 Bxg7 15. c3 Qc6 16. f3 Nd7 17. cxb4 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Qxb4 {1/2-1/2 Mainka,
R-Milov,V/Frankfurt GER 2000/The Week in Chess 293 (32)}) (8. Nb3) 8... Bc5 9.
Nce2 (9. Be2 $2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxe3 11. Ne5 Bd4 $17) 9... Nf6 10. b4 $1 {Das ist
der große Unterschied! Nach 6...Qb6 7.Be3 Bc5 wäre der weiße Aufbau mit 8.Nce2
fehlerhaft, weil Schwarz 8...Nf6 mit der "Nebendrohung" 8...Ng4 spielt und
Weiß zu 9.h3 gezwungen ist, gefolgt von 9...Bb7 und Vorteil für Schwarz (der
Pe4 hängt). In unserer Partie konnte Weiß - aufgrund der Zugfolge 6...Bb7 7.
0-0 Qb6 - das wichtige Tempo h2-h3 einsparen.} Bxd4 $6 {Das Ablehnen des
Opfers ist kaum zu empfehlen.} (10... Bxb4 $5 11. Nf5 (11. Nxb5 Bc5 12. Bxc5
Qxc5 13. Nbc3 Nc6 $11) 11... Qc7 (11... Bc5) 12. Nxg7+ $13) 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. c4
$1 $36 {Ein ausgezeichneter Angriffszug - Weiß hat das Läuferpaar und die
bessere Entwicklung, daher öffnet er die Stellung.} e5 (12... bxc4 13. Rc1 {
[%cal Gc1c7]} Bxe4 (13... d5 14. exd5 exd5 15. Re1 O-O 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Bb1
$16 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gc1c3,Gc3h3,Ge2d4,Gb1h7]}) 14. Rxc4 (14. Bxf6 Bxd3 15.
Bxg7 Rg8 $13) 14... Bc6 15. Qa1 $44) 13. Bb2 Nc6 (13... bxc4 14. Rc1 d5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qc2 $14 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Rc1c7]}) 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Nc3 $14 {[%mdl 2048] Weiß besitzt das Läuferpaar und Entwicklungsvorteil, der
schwarye König steht unsicher in der Mitte, außerdem hängt der Pb5.} (15. Bxb5
$14) 15... Nd4 (15... Nxb4 16. Nxb5 Qb8 17. Bc4 $14) 16. Bxb5 O-O (16... Nxe4
17. Nxe4 Nxb5 18. Nc5 $16) (16... Nxb5 $2 17. Nxb5 $18) 17. Bd3 {Weiß hat
einen Mehrbauern und selbst wenn Schwarz durch d7-d5 etwas Gegenspiel erlangt,
so bleibt seine Kompensation doch ungenügend.} Rfd8 18. Re1 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 (
19... Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 (20... Bxd5 21. Qh5 $18 {[%cal Rh5e5,Re1e5,Rh5h7,
Rd3h7]}) 21. Rc1 $16) 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Rc1 Qb7 22. Bc4 (22. a3 $16) 22... Rd7
23. a3 $16 {[%mdl 1024] Die Opposition von Turm und Dame auf der d-Linie
bringt Schwarz nichts Greifbares. Weiß behält einen gesunden Mehrbauern und
das Läuferpaar.} Rad8 24. Qd3 {[%cal Gd3g3] Die weiße Dame möchte eventuellen
Unannehmlichkeiten auf der d-Linie aus dem Weg gehen und strebt nach g3 oder
h3.} e4 {Durch diesen Zug wird die schwarze Kontrolle über das Feld d4
geschwächt.} 25. Qe3 h6 26. h3 Rd6 27. Bf1 {[%cal Gc1c4] Alles in der weißen
Stellung ist verteidigt. Der Läuferzug räumt das Feld c4 für den Turm.} Rd5 28.
Rc4 Nf5 (28... Qd7 29. Bxd4 (29. Rec1 $16) 29... Rxd4 30. Rxd4 Qxd4 31. Qxd4
Rxd4 32. Rc1 $18) 29. Qc1 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc1c8,Rb2f6]} R8d6 $6 (29... Nd4 30.
Bxd4 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rd1 $18) 30. Bxf6 Rxf6 31. Rcxe4 $18 {Weiß hat
zwei gesunde Mehrbauern und steht auf Gewinn. Schwarz hat kein Gegenspiel.} Qb6
32. Re5 Ng3 {Dieser Zug sieht schön aus, verliert aber leicht. Schwarz hatte
ohne keine Verteidigung mehr.} 33. Qc8+ Rd8 (33... Kh7 34. Qc2+ $18 {[%cal
Gc2f2]}) 34. Qxd8+ (34. Qxd8+ Qxd8 35. Re8+ Qxe8 36. Rxe8+ Kh7 37. fxg3 $18)
1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 b6 10. a4 Bb7 11. f3 Nc6 12. Bg5 Nb4 13. Nb1 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Na3 Qc7 16. c3 Nc6 17. Nc4 Rad8 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. c4 Bg5 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 f5
22. Bd3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Rxf1+ 24. Qxf1 Rf8 25. Qe2 Bc8 26. Nd2 a5 27. Nf3 Bg4 28.
Rf1 Bf4 29. Qe1 Qf7 30. Ng1 Qc7 31. Ne2 Qc5 32. Nc3 Qd4 33. Be2 Bd7 34. Bb5 Bc8
35. Qe2 g6 36. g3 Bd2 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38. Qd3 Qxd3 39. Bxd3 Bxc3 40. bxc3 Bd7
41. Bc2 b5 42. axb5 Bxb5 43. Kg2 a4 44. c4 a3 45. Bb3 Ba4 46. Ba2 Ke7 47. Kf3
Bc2 48. Ke3 Kd7 49. Kd2 Bxe4 50. Kc3 Bf3 51. Kd3 Kc7 52. Ke3 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Finkel,A} g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 (5. a4 {is often the
instinctive reaction of many less experienced players, but in the Modern
defence it is rarely necessary to prevent black's queen-side expansion in this
way. Playing in the centre sharpens the struggle and intensifies the battle
for the initiative.}) 5... b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nf6 (7... Nd7 {Finkel,A} 8. e5
c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. Bxd4 dxe5 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bxe5 13. Bxb5+ axb5 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe5 $14 {De Vilder,H-Jonker,M/Dieren op 1997}) 8. e5 (8. a3 {
Finkel,A} Nbd7 9. h3 c5 10. e5 Nh5 $17) 8... Ng4 (8... Nd5 {Finkel,A} 9. Nxd5
Bxd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qe2 {/\a4,/\f5}) 9. Bg1 $5 (9. Qe2 {has been more often
played.}) (9. Qe2 {Finkel,A} Nc6 (9... c5 10. e6 $5 (10. Bg1 cxd4 11. Nxd4)
10... Bxf3 (10... fxe6 11. Bg1 {/\Ng5}) (10... Nxe3 11. exf7+ Kxf7 12. Qxe3
Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd4 14. Ne4 $40) 11. Qxf3 Nxe3 12. exf7+ Kxf7 13. Qxa8 cxd4 14.
Nd1 (14. Ne4 Nxg2+ 15. Kd2 Nxf4 16. Ng5+ Kg8 17. Raf1 Bh6 18. h4 $16) 14... Qc7
15. Nxe3 dxe3 16. Qd5+ $13 {Thorhallsson,T-Hjartarson,J/Nordic-ch VISA 1997}) (
9... Nxe3 10. Qxe3 O-O 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. e6 Bxf3 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. gxf3 Bh6
15. Ne2 {/\h4}) 10. Bg1 O-O 11. h3 Nh6 12. h4 Nb4 13. h5 Nxd3+ 14. Qxd3 c5 15.
e6 c4 16. exf7+ Rxf7 17. Qe2 e5 $36 {Rahman,Z-Norwood,D/Dhaka 1993}) 9... c5 {
Finkel,A: 'Breaking white's center,but also sacrificing a pawn,and frankly
speaking without full compensation for it.'} (9... O-O {Finkel,A} 10. h3 Nh6
11. Bf2 dxe5 12. dxe5 f6 13. O-O Kh8 14. Ne4 $14 {Andreescu,N-Kiseleva,N/
EU-chJW U18 1995}) 10. dxc5 $5 {looks best} (10. exd6 c4 $15 {[%csl Rg1]
-Yudashin is an example of how in such a sharp line, a small slip can transfer
the initiative.}) 10... dxe5 11. h3 e4 $1 {[%cal Gg7b2,Gg4f6] '!?' Finkel,A.} (
{Deserved attention} 11... b4 {Finkel,A} 12. Be4 (12. Na4 e4 13. hxg4 exd3 14.
Qxd3 Qxd3 (14... Nc6) 15. cxd3 Nc6 16. Rd1 Rd8 17. Bf2 $14 {with better
prospects for white.}) 12... Nc6 13. Qxd8+ Rxd8 14. Nd5 Nf6 15. Nxf6+ exf6 $132
) 12. Nxe4 (12. hxg4 {Finkel,A} exf3 13. gxf3 Qa5 (13... Qc7) 14. Qd2 Nd7 15.
Be4 Bxe4 16. fxe4 $14) 12... Nf6 13. Bd4 $5 {As we shall see, this is another
bold move in the tussle for the initiative. The time-gaining aspect is clear -
this piece needed to up and leave the back-rank, but it also virtually commits
it to exchange. White had to forsee a good deal of what is to come. Putting
his knight on d6 would be a big mistake if it turns out it can be
straightforwardly undermined there.} (13. Nxf6+ {Finkel,A} Bxf6 14. c3 Nd7 15.
Bd4 Qc7 16. a4 $1 $14) 13... O-O 14. Bxf6 $1 (14. Nxf6+ {Finkel,A} exf6 15. Be2
Re8 16. Kf2 Nc6 17. c3 Nxd4 18. cxd4 $14) 14... exf6 15. Nd6 Qc7 {[%csl Yd6]
[%cal Yb2b4,Yb4c5,Yc5d6]} 16. b4 $1 {'?!' Finkel,A. Finkel,A: 'After this
natural move it seems that black manages to equalize while after'} (16. Nxb7
Re8+ 17. Be2 (17. Kf2 {Finkel,A} Qxb7 18. b4 f5 (18... a5 19. a3 axb4 20. axb4
Rxa1 21. Qxa1 Nc6 22. c3 f5 23. Qc1 $16) 19. Rb1 a5 20. a3 axb4 21. axb4 Nc6
22. Qd2 Nd4 23. Rhe1 $16 {his defensive task is far from being simple.}) 17...
Qxb7 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gf6f5] would hand black the initiative on a plate.
However, again it is important to realise the level of decision-making
underlying such a move. White is now commited to pffering material too.}) 16...
f5 17. O-O $1 {Again critical.} (17. Rb1 Bc3+ 18. Kf1 Bd5 {[%cal Gb8c6] and it
looks as if the initiative is well on the way to changing hands}) 17... Bxf3 $1
{Not just praiseworthy for rightly resisting the material, but emphasising
again the reason why 17...Bxa1 would be so wrong, namely the central
importance of the dark squares. For obvious reasons, the exchange of bishop
for knight in general increases influence over that set of squares which is
the opposite of the exchanged bishop's domain. The knight on f3 was in
particular a heroic guardian of white's dark squares.} 18. Rxf3 Nc6 $1 (18...
Bxa1 {Finkel,A} 19. Qxa1 Nc6 20. a3 Rfd8 21. c4 $14) 19. a3 $1 a5 $1 {Perhaps
the best move of all. Material has long since been passed up ( note that aside
from the positional objections any ...Bxa1 would involve serious danger to
black's king too. ) However, the persistency with which white bolsters his
pawn chain, and black attacks it shows two players confident in their
understanding of the battleground for the initiative.} 20. Nxb5 ({The point of
black defnsive plan we can see after} 20. Rb1 {Finkel,A} axb4 21. axb4 Nxb4 $1
{[%cal Gc7c5]}) 20... Qe7 21. c3 (21. Rb1 {Finkel,A} axb4 22. axb4 Nxb4 $1 $11)
21... axb4 22. axb4 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Nxb4 {'!' Finkel,A.} 24. Qa7 Qxa7 25. Nxa7
Bxc3 {'=' Finkel,A.} 26. Nb5 Bf6 27. Bc4 Rc8 28. Bxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. O-O-O exf2
15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Kxf6 17. Ne4+ Ke7 (17... Kg7 $4 18. Rhg1+ fxg1=Q 19.
Rxg1+ Kh6 20. Qd2+ Kh5 21. Qg5#) (17... Kxf5 $2 18. Rhf1 Bh6+ 19. Kb1 Bf4 20.
Rxf2 Qe7 21. Rxf4+ $1 Kxf4 22. Rf1+ Kg4 23. Nf6+ $18) 18. f6+ (18. Nd6 Bh6+ 19.
Kb1 Kf6 20. Ne4+ (20. Rhf1 Rf8 (20... Nc6 $5 21. Ne4+ Kg7 22. f6+ Kf8 23. Qc5+
Kf7) (20... Bxf5 21. Rxf2 Bf4 22. Nxf5 Nc6 23. Nd6 $13) 21. Rxf2 Nc6 22. Qc4
Bf4 $4 (22... Kg7 $1 23. Rg1+ Kh8 24. Rfg2 Bg7 $1) 23. Rxf4 $1 exf4 24. Qc3+
Kg5 25. Rg1+ Kh4 26. Qf3 {1-0 Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Monaco/2000/ (26)}) 20... Ke7
(20... Kg7 $5 21. f6+ Kf8 22. Qd8+ Qxd8 23. Rxd8+ Kf7 24. Rxh8 Bf5 25. Nd6+
Kxf6 26. Rf1 Bf4 27. Rxf2 b5 28. Nxf5 Kxf5 29. Rg2 $16) 21. Nd6 Kf6 22. Ne4+
Ke7 23. Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Gormally,D-Kaufman,L/Hampstead/1998/ (23)}) 18... Ke8 19.
f7+ Ke7 20. Qd2 Qc6 $2 {Black can be severely punished for even small mistakes
in this complicated position.} (20... Qb6 $1 21. Qg5+ Kxf7 22. Rhf1 Bh6 (22...
Rg8 $5 23. Rxf2+ Qxf2 24. Qh5+ Rg6 25. Qxh7+ Bg7 26. Nxf2 $13) 23. Rxf2+ Ke8 (
23... Qxf2 24. Nd6+ Ke6 25. Qxh6+ Qf6 26. Qh3+ Ke7 27. Nxc8+ Ke8 28. Nb6 $1 $40
) 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxh6 Qe7 26. Nf6+ Kd8 27. Nd5 Qe6 28. Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qg7+ Kc6
30. Rf6 Kxd5 31. Rxe6 Kxe6 32. Qxh8 Nd7 $6 (32... Nc6 $1 33. h4 Rb8 34. h5 Bd7
35. Qxh7 $13) 33. Qxh7 $6 (33. Qg8+ Kd6 34. Qxh7 $13) 33... Nf6 $17 {0-1
Almasi,Z-Svidler,P/Polanica Zdroj/2000/ (54)}) 21. Qg5+ Kxf7 22. Rhf1 Bc5 (
22... Nd7 23. Rxf2+ Ke8 24. Nf6+ Nxf6 25. Rxf6 Qd7 $1 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 (26... Kxd7
27. Rf7+ Ke8 28. Rf1 Be7 29. Qh5+ Kd7 30. Qf7 $18) 27. Qxe5+ Be7 (27... Kd8 28.
Rf4 Rg8 29. Qa5+ Ke8 (29... Kc8 30. Rxf8+ Rxf8 31. Qc5+ $18) 30. Re4+ Be7 31.
Qe5 $18) 28. Rf1 Rg8 29. Re1 $18) 23. Nxf2 Nd7 (23... Bxf2 $2 24. Rxf2+ Ke8 25.
Rd8#) 24. Ng4+ Ke8 25. Nxe5 Qe6 (25... Be3+ 26. Qxe3 Qe6 27. Qd4 Rf8 28. Rfe1
$18) 26. Rfe1 Nf6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Under the strain of a defensive task Gelfand
makes a calculation blunder.} (26... Rg8 27. Qh5+ Rg6 28. Nxg6 Be3+ 29. Kb1
hxg6 30. Qf3 $16) 27. Nd3 (27. Nd7 $5 Bxd7 28. Rxe6+ Bxe6 29. Qxf6 $18) 27...
Be7 (27... Ne4 28. Qh5+ Qg6 (28... Kf8 29. Nxc5 $18) 29. Rxe4+ Be7 30. Qe5 $18)
28. Rxe6 Bxe6 29. Re1 Nd7 (29... Ne4 30. Qe5 $18) (29... Nd7 30. Rxe6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 {About this line - see CBM74} 17. Rxb7 a5 $1 {
Similar to the 13.Be3 line, this is more accurate than} (17... e6 18. Qe2 Nxf3+
19. Qxf3 exd5 20. exd5 a5 21. Rfb1 Qc2 22. Bf4 (22. Rc1 $5) 22... Qc3 23. Qxc3
{1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Amber Rapid, Monte Carlo MON 1998}) 18. Bc5 ({
Also after} 18. Rxe7 a4 19. Bd4 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 a3 {the a-pawn
guarantees Black sufficient counterplay, e.g.} 22. Kg2 Qb2 23. Qxb2 axb2 24.
Rb7 Rfb8 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. Rb1 Kg7 27. f4 Kf6 28. h4 Rb3 29. f3 Ke7 30. e5 h5
31. Kf2 f6 32. Ke2 Rb5 33. Ke3 fxe5 34. fxe5 Rxd5 35. Rxb2 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,
E-Barkhagen,J/ch-SWE 2000}) 18... a4 19. Bxe7 Rfb8 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. d6 Qe6 $1
{The simplest way to equality. White must take the a4 pawn before it becomes
dangerous, and Black forces a perpetual.} 22. Qxa4 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Qh3 $1 {
[%cal Rg7e5] even better than} (23... Be5 24. Qa5 Bxd6) 24. Qa5 Qxf3 25. Qd5
Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 Qb4
15. Rfc1 Rac8 16. Bc4 $146 {[%cal Yc4d5,Yd5c6] Quite a harmless attempt to
improve White's play in this dull variation. The text move prevents 16...Be6
and prepares Bd5xc6 creating weak pawns in Black's camp.} (16. Bb5 Be6 17. Qd3
Qa5 18. a3 Bd5 19. Rab1 Ba2 20. Ra1 Bd5 21. Rab1 Ba2 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,
E-Kasparov,G/Sarajevo 1999-CBM71}) 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. Bd5 Bd3 {
protecting the a6 pawn and moving to b5.} 19. Nd2 Rfd8 20. Bxc6 Rxc6 21. Rxc6
bxc6 {[%cal Rc6c5]} 22. Rc1 Bb5 {[%cal Re7e5] Black's pair of bishops and the
active position of his pieces compensate the defects of his pawn structure.
Tactics is also on his side.} 23. Nb1 ({Unfortunately,} 23. Ne4 {doesn't work
in view of} Bxd4 $1 24. exd4 Rxd4 25. f3 f5 26. Be5 (26. Be3 Rd3) 26... Rd5) (
23. Nc4 $5 {doesn't give anything either:} Bxc4 24. bxc4 (24. Rxc4 e5 25. Bg5
f6 26. Bh4 exd4 27. exd4 c5 $1) 24... a5 25. c5 (25. Ra1 c5 $1) 25... a4 26.
Ra1 Ra8 {and then ...f6 and ...e5}) 23... f6 24. Nc3 e5 25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Bg5
Rd3 27. g4 (27. e4 Bf8 {doesn't change much}) 27... Bf8 28. Bf6 Ba3 29. Rc2 Bd6
30. Kg2 (30. Ne4 $4 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 Bd3) 30... Kf7 31. g5 (31. Ne4 Rxb3) 31... Ke6
32. Kf3 Kf5 33. Ne4 Ke6 34. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.07.31"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gallagher, Joseph G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
h4 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. h5 Qc8 20. h6 g6 21. Rdg1 Kh8
22. f4 Qa6 23. Nc4 Rfc8 24. b3 a4 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. d6 axb3 27. axb3 Rd8 28.
Bg5 Ng8 29. Qe3 Bxg5 30. Rxg5 Rxd6 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Kb1 Ra5 33. Qc1 Qf6 34.
Rg4 Nxh6 35. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.08.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nd5 14. Bc4 c6 15.
Ng5 h6 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Rb4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 a5 21. Rb6
dxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kh7 23. Rxc6 Bb7 24. Rc7 Bxf3 25. gxf3 Rb8 26. O-O Rxb2 27. Qc5
Rf7 28. Ra1 Rb5 29. Qxb5 Qxc7 30. Qxa5 Qxa5 31. Rxa5 Rxf3 32. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.08.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[Annotator "Van Wely/Cifuentes"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 (7... h5
) (7... h6) 8. Nf5 g6 9. Bg2 $5 (9. g5) 9... d5 (9... gxf5) (9... h5 10. h3
hxg4 11. hxg4 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 gxf5 13. exf5) 10. Bg5 gxf5 11. Nxd5 (11. Bxf6
$143 Qxf6 12. Nxd5 Qd6 13. exf5 Nc6 $1 (13... Bh6 14. h4 Bf4 15. Qe2 O-O 16.
Rd1 Nc6 17. c3 Qc5 18. Be4 Qb5 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. g5 Rxd5 21. Rxd5 Qxb2 22. O-O
Bxf5 23. Bxf5 Ne7 24. Be4 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Qb6 26. Bxb7 Rf8 27. Rd1 h6 28. Be4
hxg5 29. Qh5 Rd8 30. Bd5 Rd7 31. hxg5 Kg7 32. c4 Qg6 33. Qxg6+ fxg6 34. Rb1
Bxg5 35. Rb6 a5 36. Be4 Rd4 37. Rxg6+ Kf7 38. Bf5 Bf6 39. Rg4 Rxg4+ 40. Bxg4
Be7 41. Kf1 Bc5 42. Ke2 Ke7 43. f3 Kd6 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Gelfand,B/Eupen BEL 1999
(43)}) 14. Qe2 h5 15. O-O-O hxg4 $1 16. Nb6 Nd4 17. Rxd4 Qxd4 18. Nxa8 Bc5 19.
Nc7+ Kf8 20. Nd5 Bxf5 $15 21. Ne3 Qf4 22. Bxb7 Rh3 23. Qd2 Rxe3 24. Qd8+ Kg7
25. fxe3 Bxe3+ 26. Kb1 Qc4 27. Qd1 Bd4 28. Qc1 f6 29. Rd1 a5 30. b3 Qc3 31.
Rxd4 Qxd4 32. Qf1 Bg6 33. Qc4 Qg1+ 34. Kb2 Qxh2 35. Qxg4 Qxc2+ 36. Ka3 Qc5+ 37.
Kb2 f5 38. Qc4 Qxc4 39. bxc4 Kf6 40. Kc3 f4 41. c5 Ke7 42. a3 Kd7 43. Kc4 Bc2
44. Kd5 e4 45. Kd4 f3 46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Bc6 Ke5 48. Bb7 Bd3 49. Ba8 Kf5 50. Bb7
Ke6 51. Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Gelfand,B/Biel SUI 2000}) 11... Be7 $1 (11...
Qa5+ $5 12. Bd2 Qd8 13. Bg5 Qa5+) 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. exf5 h5 14. h3 Bd7 (14...
hxg4 $5 15. hxg4 Rxh1+ 16. Bxh1 Bd7 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 18. Bxb7 Ra7 19. Qd5 Bc6 (
19... Nc6 $2 20. g5 $1 Qxg5 21. Bxc6 Qg1+ 22. Ke2 (22. Kd2 $2 Qxf2+) 22... Qxa1
23. Qxe5+ Kf8 (23... Kd8 24. Qb8+) 24. f6 $3 Bxc6 25. Qb8+ Be8 26. Qd6+ $1 $18)
20. Bxc6+ Qxc6 $13) 15. Qd3 $6 $146 (15. Qe2 $142 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1
Bc6 18. O-O-O Bxd5 (18... Nd7 19. f4 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qe7 21. Bxb7) 19. Bxd5 Bg5+
$13 {1/2-1/2 Tolnai-Gavrikov, Berlin 1989}) (15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Bxb7 Ra7 17.
Qd5 Qe7 (17... O-O $5 18. Rg1 h4) 18. O-O-O Bxf5 19. Rhe1 Rxb7 20. gxf5 f6 21.
f4 Rd7 22. Qb3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd7 24. Qb7 $13) 15... hxg4 16. O-O-O gxh3 17.
Rxh3 Rxh3 18. Qxh3 Bc6 19. Qh7 Kf8 $2 (19... Nd7 $142 20. f4 Rc8 $1 (20... Nf8
$2 21. Qh6) 21. Kb1 (21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qg8+ Nf8 23. Re1 Rc7 (23... Bxg2 24.
Rxe5+ Kd8 25. Qxf8+ Kd7) 24. Rxe5+ Re7) (21. Re1 Nf8 22. Qh1 Bg7 23. fxe5 Bxd5
(23... Qg5+ 24. Kb1 Qxf5 25. Bh3 Bxd5 26. Bxf5 Bxh1 27. Bxc8 Bd5) 24. Bxd5 Qg5+
25. Kb1 Qxf5 26. Qg2 Rc5) (21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. f6 Qa5 $1) (21. Qg8+ Nf8 22. Nxf6+
Qxf6 23. Re1 Bxg2 24. Rxe5+ Kd8 $19) 21... Nf8 22. Qh6 Bxd5 23. Bxd5 Qc7 24. c3
Qe7 25. Re1 Rc7 26. fxe5 Bxe5 27. f6 Qd6 28. Qh5 Ng6 29. Be4 Nf4 30. Qh8+ Qf8
31. Qh7 Ne6 32. Bxb7 Rxb7 33. Rxe5 Rb5 $17) 20. Be4 (20. Rd3 Bxd5 (20... e4 21.
Bxe4 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Bg7 23. Bxf7 (23. Bxb7 Qg5+ 24. Kd1 Ra7 25. f6 Bxf6 (25...
Qxf6 26. Qh3 Qe6 27. Qh4 Bf6 28. Qb4+) (25... Qg4+ 26. Ke1 Qe6+ 27. Kf1 Qxf6
28. Qh3 Qe6 29. Qh4) 26. Rg3 Qf4 27. Qg8+ Ke7 28. Re3+ Qxe3 (28... Be5 29. Rd3
Bc7 (29... Bd6) (29... Rxb7 30. Qd8+ Ke6 31. Qd5+) 30. Re3+ $11) 29. fxe3 Rxb7
$11) (23. Qh5 Qf6 24. Rb3 Qh6+ (24... Ra7) (24... Qe7 25. Re3 Qd7)) 23... Qg5+
24. Rd2 (24. f4 Qxf4+ 25. Rd2 Kxf7 26. Qg6+ Kf8) 24... Bh6) 21. Bxd5 Bg7 22.
Bxf7 $1 (22. Bxb7 Qg5+ 23. f4 Qxf4+) 22... Qg5+ 23. f4 $1 Qxf4+ 24. Rd2 $1 Kxf7
(24... Bh6 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qe8+ Kf6 27. Qe6+ Kg7 (27... Kg5 28. Qg6+ Kh4 29.
Qh5+ Kg3 30. Qh2+ Kg4 31. Qh5+ $11) 28. Qg6+ $11) 25. Qg6+ Kg8 26. Qe6+ $11) (
20. Ne3 Nd7 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Ng4 Bg5+ $1 23. f4 (23. Kb1 Nf6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8
25. Qh1 Nxg4) 23... Nf6 $1 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Qh1 Bxf4+ 26. Kb1 Nxg4 $19) (20.
Nf4 Qxd1+ 21. Kxd1 exf4 22. Bxc6 Nxc6 23. Qh6+ Ke7 24. Qxf4 Rd8+) 20... Bxd5 $8
21. Bxd5 Qd7 $1 (21... Bg7 22. Bxf7 $1 Qg5+ 23. f4 Qxf4+ 24. Kb1 Qf3 25. Rg1
$18) (21... Bg5+ $2 22. Kb1 Qf6 23. Rg1 Ke7 24. Qg8 $18) 22. Bf3 (22. c4 Nc6
23. Be6 (23. Rg1 Nd8 24. Rg8+ Ke7 25. Qh6 (25. Bxf7 Nxf7 26. Rxa8 Bg5+) 25...
Ne6 (25... Qxf5) 26. fxe6 Rxg8 27. exd7 Bg5+ 28. Qxg5+ Rxg5 29. Bxb7 a5) 23...
Qe8 $1 (23... Bg5+ 24. Kc2 Nb4+ 25. Kc3 Nxa2+ 26. Kc2 Nb4+ 27. Kc3 $11) 24. Rd7
Ne7) (22. c3 Nc6 23. Be6 Bg5+ 24. Kc2 Nb4+ $1 25. cxb4 Rc8+ $19) 22... Qc7 (
22... Qe7 23. Rg1 Ke8 24. Rg8+ Kd7 25. Bxb7 Ra7 26. Qh1 e4 (26... Qd6) 27. Bxe4
$36) (22... Qa4 $5 23. Bd5 (23. Kb1 Qh4 24. Bh5 (24. Qxh4 Bxh4 25. Rh1 Bf6 26.
Bxb7 Ra7 27. Bd5) 24... Bg7 25. Rd6 (25. a3 Qf6 (25... Nc6 26. Rd7 Ne7 (26...
Nd8))) 25... Ke7 26. Rd1 Nd7) 23... Qd7 24. Bf3) 23. Rg1 Qc4 $2 (23... Ke7 $1
24. Bd5 (24. Bh5 Kd6 25. Bxf7 Qe7 26. Qg8 Kc7 27. Be6 Kb6) 24... Kd6 25. Rd1
Nc6 $1 26. Bxf7+ (26. b4 Nd4) 26... Kc5 27. Qg6 Qe7 $15) (23... e4 $2 24. Bh5
$1 Bxb2+ 25. Kxb2 Qb6+ 26. Kc1 Qf6 27. Rg8+ Ke7 28. Bxf7 $1) 24. Bxb7 $16 e4 $6
(24... Qxa2 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Bxa8 (26. c3 Nc6 27. Bxa8 Na5 28. Rd1 Nb3+ 29. Kc2
Na1+ 30. Rxa1 Qxa1 31. Bc6) 26... Qa1+ 27. Kd2 Qxb2 28. Qc8 $18) (24... Nc6
$142 25. Bxa8 Nd4 (25... Nb4 26. Qh6+ Ke7 27. Qd2) 26. Qg8+ Ke7 27. c3 Ne2+ 28.
Kb1 Qd3+ 29. Ka1 Nxg1 30. Qxg1 Qxf5 31. f3 $16) 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Bxa8 Qxa2 (
26... Qb4 27. c3 Bxc3 28. Qg5+ Bf6 29. Qd2 $18) 27. Qxb8 (27. c3) 27... Qa1+
28. Kd2 Qxg1 29. Qb4+ Kd7 30. Qb7+ Kd8 31. Qb6+ Ke7 (31... Ke8 $142 32. Bxe4 (
32. Qxf6 $2 Qxf2+ 33. Kc3 Qc5+ $11)) 32. Qc5+ Kd8 33. Qd6+ Kc8 34. Qc6+ 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2000.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.07.24"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Wedberg} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. Na3 (12. d5 {Wedberg} Ne7 13.
axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Na3 {is the main alternative.}) 12... exd4 13. cxd4
Re8 14. axb5 (14. Bf4 {Wedberg} Na5 15. Bc2 b4 16. Nb1 Nf8 17. Nbd2 Ne6 18. Be3
c5 19. d5 Nf8 20. Rb1 c4 21. Qe2 Rc8 $13 {1-0 Svidler,P-Smagin,S/St Petersburg
1998/CBM 67/[Wedberg] (35)}) 14... axb5 15. Bf4 (15. d5 {Wedberg} Nce5 16. Nxe5
Nxe5 17. Rb1 Ba6 18. Nc2 Bb7 19. Nd4 $14 {1-0 Manik,M-Dolezal,V/Mlada Boleslav
op 1995/EXT 97 (40)}) (15. Ba2 $6 {Wedberg} b4 16. Nc2 $2 Rxa2 $1 17. Rxa2 b3
$17 {0-1 Bashkov,V-Barkhagen,J/URS 1991/CBM 26/[Schussler] (32)}) 15... Na5 16.
Bc2 b4 17. Nb5 Bc6 18. Qd3 $1 {N 'N!?' Wedberg.} (18. Bd3 {Wedberg} Qb8 19. Qe2
(19. Qa4 Nc4 20. Qxb4 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Qxb5 22. Qxc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Rxe4 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Konguveel,P-Ravi,T/Kasaragod 1996/EXT 98 (40)}) 19... Qb6 20. d5 Bb7
21. Be3 Nc5 22. Qc2 Nab3 23. Rad1 Qa5 $13 {1-0 Toth,A-Belmonte,D/Rio de
Janeiro 1998/EXT 2000 (45)}) 18... Nf8 (18... g6 $142 $5) (18... g6 {Wedberg}
19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Bg7 21. e6 $1 $16 {[%cal Yb5c7,Yf4c7]}) 19. d5 $16 (19. e5
$5) 19... Bd7 (19... Bb7 20. Bd2 $16) 20. e5 (20. Nbd4 Ng6 21. Bd2 c5 (21...
Qb8 22. Ba4) 22. dxc6 Nxc6 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxb4 Bxb2 26. Bxd6
$16) 20... dxe5 (20... b3 21. exf6 bxc2 22. Rxe8 Bxe8 23. fxg7 Ng6 24. Bd2 $18)
21. Nxe5 {'|^' Wedberg.} b3 {'!' Wedberg.} (21... Bxe5 22. Rxe5 $1 (22. Bxe5 b3
23. Bxb3 $140 $2 (23. Bb1 $142) 23... Nxb3 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. Qxb3 Qa5 26. Nc3
Ng6 $17 (26... f6 $5)) 22... Rxe5 23. Bxe5 Bxb5 24. Qxb5 c6 $16) 22. Nxd7 (22.
Bxb3 $2 {Wedberg} Nxb3 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 24. Nxc7 (24. Qxb3 Bxb5 25. Qxb5 Ng6 $19)
24... Qa5 25. Qc3 Rb8 $17) 22... Qxd7 (22... Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxd7 (23... bxc2
24. Nxf8 Qxf8 25. Qxc2 Qb4 26. Qe2 $18) 24. Bd1 (24. Nxc7 Rc8 25. Bxb3 Nxb3 26.
Qxb3 Rxc7 27. Bxc7 Qxc7 $14) 24... Ne6 (24... Rb8 25. Nc3 Ne6 26. Bg3 Bxc3 27.
Qxc3 Qxd5 28. Bf3) 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Nxc7 Ra7 (26... Rd8 27. Bg4) 27. Bg4 $16)
23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Bb1 (24. Nxc7 bxc2 25. Nxe8 (25. Qxc2 $5) 25... Qxe8 26. Qxc2
Qb5) (24. Bd1 $5 Re1+ (24... Ne6 25. Bg4 Rb8 26. Qf3) 25. Kh2 Nb7 (25... Be5
26. Bxe5 Rxe5 27. Bf3 $16) 26. Qxb3 $16 (26. Bg4 Qe7 $132 (26... Qe8 27. Nxc7
Qe4 28. Qxe4 Rxe4 29. Bg3 Bxb2 30. Rb1 Be5 31. Rxb3 Nd6 $16))) (24. Bxb3 {
Wedberg} Nxb3 25. Qxb3 Rb8 26. Ra5 Bd4 $1 $44) 24... Nb7 (24... Re1+ 25. Kh2
Nb7 26. Nxc7 Bxb2 27. Ra8 Nd8 (27... g6 28. Qxb3 Rxb1 29. Qxb7 $18) 28. Na6 $16
) (24... c6 $5 {Wedberg}) 25. Nxc7 (25. Qxb3 $2 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Rxb1 $1 27. Rxb1
Qf5 {'-/+' Wedberg.}) (25. Ra7 $6 c6 (25... Nc5 26. Qc4 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Rxb1 28.
Rxc7 Qf5 (28... Qd8 29. Qxc5 Rxb2 30. Rc8 Rc2 31. Nc3 $1 $16) 29. Rxc5 Rxb2 $13
) 26. dxc6 (26. Nd6 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Nc5 28. Rxd7 Nxd3 29. Bxd3 Nxd7 30. dxc6 Nb6
31. Nc4 Nxc4 32. Bxc4 Be5 $15) 26... Re1+ 27. Kh2 Qxc6 $132) 25... Bxb2 26.
Nxe8 $2 (26. Ra7 $1 Re1+ 27. Kh2 Nc5 28. Qc4 Rxb1 (28... Rd1 29. Ra8 Bd4 30.
Nb5 $18) 29. Qxc5 Ra1 (29... Qf5 $2 30. Qxf8+ $1) (29... Bf6 30. Ra8 Be7 31. d6
Bd8 32. Qb5 Qxb5 33. Nxb5 b2 34. Nc3 Rc1 35. Rxd8 Rxc3 36. Rb8 $16) 30. Ne6 Qe8
31. Nxf8 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 Kxf8 33. Qc5+ Kg8 34. Qb6 $16) 26... Bxa1 27. Qxb3 (27.
Nc7 Na5 $132) 27... Qxe8 28. Qxb7 Qe1+ 29. Kh2 Qxf2 (29... Bd4 $11) 30. Bg3 (
30. Bd6 Bd4) 30... Qe3 31. Bxh7+ Kh8 32. Bc2 (32. Be4 Qxe4 33. Qa8 Kg8) 32...
Be5 33. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. Qf3 d4 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. Bd3 Nc5 15.
gxf6 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Qc6 17. Qe3 e4 18. Bc4 Bxf5 19. Rd4 Ne6 20. Bd5 Qb6 21. Rc4
Bc5 22. Qg3 Bxf2 23. Qe5 Qe3+ 24. Kb1 Qf4 25. Qxf4 Nxf4 26. Bxb7 O-O 27. Rf1
Rad8 28. b3 Be3 29. Ba5 Bh3 30. Bxd8 Bxf1 31. Rxe4 Rxd8 32. Rxe3 h5 33. Kb2 Rd6
34. Rf3 Rxf6 35. Rxf1 Nd3+ 36. Kc3 Rxf1 37. Kxd3 a5 38. a4 Rf4 39. c4 Kf8 40.
b4 axb4 41. a5 b3 (41... Rh4 $5 42. a6 Rh3+ 43. Kd4 Ra3 44. c5 Ke7 45. Kc4 b3
46. Kc3 Kd8 47. Kb2 Ra5 48. Kxb3 Kc7 49. Kb4 $15 {gefolgt von h4, Kb5 sowie
Ld5 oder Lf3.}) 42. a6 b2 43. Kc2 Rxc4+ 44. Kxb2 Ra4 45. Kb3 Ra1 46. Kc4 Ke7
47. Kd5 Kd7 48. Ke5 Kc7 49. Kf6 Rf1+ (49... h4 50. Kxf7 h3 (50... Ra2 51. h3
Ra3 52. Kf6 Rxh3 53. Kg5 Kb6 54. Kg4 Rh2 55. Bd5 Kxa6 56. Bc4+ Kb6 57. Bf1 $11
{[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf1h3]}) 51. Kf6 Ra2 52. Kg5 Rxh2 53. Kg4 $11) (49... Ra4) 50.
Kg5 Rg1+ 51. Kxh5 f5 52. h4 f4 53. Kh6 Rb1 (53... Kb6 54. h5 Rg3 55. Kh7 $11)
54. Be4 Rb6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[Annotator "Wells,P"]
[PlyCount "180"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4
Nxd4 8. Qxd4 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 (10. Qb4 $5 {[%csl Rc8][%cal Gb4b7]}) 10...
Be6 11. Qb4 $6 {[%csl Rb4]} (11. Qd1 $13) 11... Qc8 $1 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ge6h3,
Gc8c2]} 12. Kh2 a5 13. Qa3 b5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rb5,Rf1][%cal Yc3b5,Ge6c4] and the
seizure of the iniative is as powerful as it is sudden. The threat of ...b4
leaves white little choice but to jettison a pawn, with rather stale
positional prospects to boot.} 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qxc2 16. Qe3 Rfe8 17. Re1
Nd7 18. Re2 Qc4 19. b3 Qc3 20. Rb1 Rac8 21. Be4 Nf6 22. Bg2 b4 23. a3 bxa3 24.
Ra2 Qc5 25. Qd2 Qb5 26. Rxa3 Rc5 27. Rba1 Qb6 28. Qd1 Rb5 29. Be3 Qc7 30. Qd3
Reb8 31. Qc4 Qd8 32. Bd2 Qb6 33. Be3 Qd8 34. Bd2 Nd7 35. R1a2 Ne5 36. Qa4 Rb4
37. Qxa5 Qxa5 38. Rxa5 Rxb3 39. Ra7 Kf8 40. Bg5 f6 41. Bf4 Nd3 42. Be3 f5 43.
Bf1 Bf6 44. R2a3 Ne1 45. Rxb3 Rxb3 46. Ba6 Ra3 47. Be2 Rb3 48. Ba6 Bg5 49. Ra8+
Kg7 50. Ba7 Bf6 51. Bc8 Ra3 52. Be6 Nf3+ 53. Kg2 Nd4 54. Rg8+ Kh6 55. Bb6 Ra6
56. Bxd4 Bxd4 57. f4 Ra2+ 58. Kh1 {Hecht: '[#] Bauernreduzierung und
Lavierphase'} Ra3 59. Kg2 Ra2+ 60. Kh1 Bf2 61. g4 fxg4 62. hxg4 Be3 63. Rf8 Ra4
64. g5+ Kh5 65. Rh8 Bxf4 66. Rxh7+ Kxg5 67. Rxe7 Kf6 68. Rf7+ Ke5 69. Rh7 Ra2
70. Rh3 Ke4 71. Kg1 Be3+ 72. Kf1 g5 73. Rg3 Rf2+ 74. Kg1 Rb2+ 75. Kf1 Kf4 76.
Rg2 {Hecht: '[#] Schwarzer Plan: Unterbrechen der Wirkungslinie des Tg2
Richtung g4'} Rb1+ 77. Ke2 Rb2+ 78. Kf1 Rb1+ 79. Ke2 Ke4 80. Bg8 Rb2+ 81. Kf1
Rb1+ 82. Ke2 Rb2+ 83. Kf1 Rb3 84. Ke2 Ra3 85. Bf7 Bf4 86. Be6 (86. Kf2 {Hecht}
Rf3+ 87. Ke2 Bg3 88. Be6 Kf4 $19 {[%cal Rg5g4]}) 86... Bg3 87. Bf7 g4 88. Bh5
Re3+ 89. Kd2 Be1+ 90. Kd1 g3 (90... g3 {Hecht} 91. Ra2 Bf2 92. Ra4+ Kxd5 93.
Rg4 Kc5 94. Kc2 d5 $19) 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2668"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. O-O-O exf2
15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Kxf6 17. Ne4+ Ke7 18. f6+ Ke8 19. f7+ Ke7 20. Qd2 Qb6
21. Qg5+ Kxf7 22. Rhf1 Bh6 23. Rxf2+ Ke8 24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Qxh6 Qe7 26. Nf6+
Kd8 27. Nd5 Qe6 28. Qg5+ Kd7 29. Qg7+ Kc6 30. Rf6 Kxd5 31. Rxe6 Kxe6 32. Qxh8
Nd7 33. Qxh7 Nf6 34. Qc7 Kf5 35. h4 Be6 36. Qxb7 Bd5 37. Qb6 Ng4 38. c4 Be4 39.
h5 Rh8 40. Qg6+ Kf4 41. Qf7+ Bf5 42. b4 e4 43. b5 axb5 44. cxb5 e3 45. b6 Ne5
46. Qe7 Rxh5 47. b7 Rh1+ 48. Kb2 Rb1+ 49. Kc3 e2 50. Qh4+ Bg4 51. Qh2+ Kf5 52.
Qh7+ Ng6 53. Qd7+ Kg5 54. Qd2+ Kh5 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12. Nc2 Bg5 13. a4 bxa4 14. Rxa4 a5
15. Bb5 Ne7 16. Ncb4 Bd7 {Better than the usual 16. ... Be6. Apparently this
move (16. ... Bd7) is enough for Black to hold equal position.} (16... Be6 17.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Bc6 Ra7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Rb8 21. Qa1 $1 {[%cal Rb2b4]
Black is in seriuos trouble here. In fact White wins a pawn after the
inevitable b2-b4. 1-0 Calzetta,M-Holmsten,A/Linares 2000/ (35).} (21. Qc2 Qd7
22. O-O Bd8 23. b3 Bb6 $14 {Tiviakov-Iskusnikh/St.Petersburg 1998})) 17. Nxe7+
Bxe7 18. Bxd7 (18. Nc6 {Slightly better than the game, but should lead to
equal positions as well.} Qe8 $1 (18... Bxc6 19. Bxc6 Rb8 20. Ra2 Qb6 21. Bd5
g6 (21... Qc5 22. O-O Bd8) 22. h4 Kg7 23. h5 f5 24. Qd2 g5 25. g3 Kh6 26. exf5
Rxf5 27. O-O $14 {1-0 Motylev,A-Agamaliev,G/Bydgoszcz 1999 (42)}) 19. Qd5 (19.
Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Bxd7 Qxd7 21. O-O {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S-Cifuentes Parada,R/Essent
2000}) 19... Be6 20. Qd3 Bd7 21. Rc4 (21. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11) 21... Rc8 $11) 18...
axb4 $1 (18... Qxd7 $2 19. Nd5 $16) 19. Bc6 Rxa4 20. Qxa4 bxc3 21. bxc3 $11 Qb8
22. O-O Bd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2568"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Bd2 Nge7 8.
Bg2 Be6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. O-O Qd7 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. Bh3 Qd8 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc3 Bf7
15. Bg2 Qd7 16. Bg5 Rab8 17. Nd2 Nd4 18. Nf3 c5 19. Qd2 Nec6 20. Bh6 Rbd8 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd1 b6 23. Re1 Rfe8 24. Nd2 Ne7 25. a3 Ng8 26. b4 cxb4 27. axb4
Nf6 28. e3 Nc6 29. Qa4 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. d3 b5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nf3 b4 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Ba4 Qc7 15.
Rfc1 Rfc8 16. d4 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb2 18. Qa6 Ncb8 19. Qd3 Nb6 20. Bd1 Nc6 21.
Rcb1 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 cxd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. e5 Nc4 25. Bg5 e6 26. h4 Rb8 27. Bb3
N6a5 28. h5 Nxb3 29. axb3 Nb6 30. hxg6 fxg6 31. Bd2 Nd7 32. b4 Nf8 33. b5 Qd7
34. Ne1 h6 35. Qb3 Qf7 36. Ra1 g5 37. Nd3 Ng6 38. Nc5 Nh4 39. Ra6 Rb6 40. Ba5
Rxa6 41. bxa6 Qf5 42. Qh3 Qxh3 43. gxh3 Nf3+ 44. Kg2 Nxd4 45. Nd7 Kf7 46. Bb6
Nb5 47. Bc5 Ke8 48. Nb8 Bxe5 49. Nc6 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Bxf3 ({After} 15... Ne5 {was put into doubt in Khalifman-Leko 
(Linares, 2000 - see CBM75), Black started to look for alternatives. The text
move is the most obvious one.}) 16. gxf3 (16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Rxb7 a5 $1 {leads
to an almost a forced draw (see Van Wely-Svidler in this issue).}) {The text
move leads to more interesting play but doesn't guarantee White any advantage.}
16... Nd4 17. Bd3 (17. Bxd4 $5 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxe2 19. Kg2 {deserves attention
but after, say,} Qa6 {Black shouldn't lose. Therefore White avoids exchanges
planning to encircle Black's d4 knight.}) 17... Qa3 $5 {A good idea - to
prevent 18.Rb4 and bring the queen back to defense.} (17... b6 $5 18. Rb4 e5 {
deserved attention, too.}) 18. f4 Qd6 19. Rxb7 (19. Bc4 {is not dangerous in
view of} Rfc8 (19... b5 $5 20. Ba2 Qa3) 20. e5 Qd7 21. Qxd4 Qg4+ {with a
perpetual check.}) 19... Rfb8 20. Qb1 {White must let the black knight go.}
Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22. Kh1 g5 $2 {But this plan is wrong. Black's own king will
be in bigger jeopardy than its white counterpart.} (22... a5 23. Rc1 {would be
favorable for White, too. Black should probably play}) (22... e6 $1 23. Bxa7 (
23. dxe6 fxe6) 23... Rxb7 24. Qxb7 Rd8 {with a satisfactory position} ({but not
} 24... Rxa7 $6 25. Qxa7 Qxf4 26. Qe3)) 23. Rg1 $1 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Rg1g8]}
gxf4 {Black's position is already difficult. If} (23... Nf3 {then} 24. Rg3 gxf4
$140 25. Bc5) 24. Bc5 Qe5 25. Bd4 $6 {This "showy" move seriously complicates
White's task. After the simple} (25. Bxe7 {White easily wins, e.g.} Ng6 (25...
Nf3 26. Bf6 $1 $18) (25... Rxb7 26. Qxb7 Rb8 27. Bf6 $1 $18) 26. d6 Re8 27. Bb5
Rxe7 28. dxe7 Nxe7 29. Bc4 $1 {and Black will not survive long.}) 25... Rxb7 ({
better than} 25... Qxd4 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Qxb8+ Kh7 28. Qb1) 26. Qxb7 Qxd4 27.
Qxa8+ Kh7 28. Bb1 Qe5 (28... Qxf2 29. e5+ Ng6 {loses due to} 30. d6 $1 exd6 31.
Bxg6+ fxg6 32. Qe4 Kh8 33. exd6 {I didn't take the text move seriously, hoping
to "cope" with it somehow. However, things were more difficult than I expected.
}) 29. Qe8 Nf3 30. Rc1 (30. Rd1 $1 {was more accurate. I was afraid of} Nxh2 (
30... Kg6 {loses to} 31. d6 $1 exd6 32. Rxd6+ $1) {but it is just a
mosquito-bite:} 31. Qxf7 Ng4 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Rg1 $1 $18) 30... Kg6 $5 {[%cal
Yg6g5,Yg5h4] To liberate his queen, the black king sets off for a journey.
With considerable help of White, the journey perfectly succeeds!} 31. Rc6+ Bf6
32. Qg8+ Kh5 33. Qxf7+ Kh4 34. Qg6 $4 {A bad slip.} (34. Qh7 $1 {was correct.
34...Bg5 is now impossible, and otherwise Black can't create any counterplay:}
Qg5 (34... h5 35. Qf5 $1) 35. Rc1 Kh3 (35... Qh5 36. Qf5 Bg5 37. Kg2 $18) (
35... Nd4 36. Rg1 Qh5 37. Qg6 Qf3+ 38. Qg2) 36. Qf5+ Qxf5 37. exf5 Nxh2 38. Rc4
$1 f3 39. Kg1 {and White should win this endgame.}) 34... Bg5 $1 {[%csl Rh1]
Unexpectedly, the black king is safe and it is the white one in trouble!} 35.
Kg2 {What else?} (35. Qh7 {is now useless because of} h5) (35. Rc1 Qb2 36. Qc6
Qxf2 37. Qc2 {doesn't help due to} Nd2) 35... Nd4 {Amazingly, there is no
final blow in sight:} (35... Qd4 36. Qh7 $1 {[%cal Rc6h6,Yc6c1]} (36. Rc1 $2
Ne5 {[%cal Rf4f3,Re5g6]}) 36... h5 37. Rc1 Ne5 38. Rf1) (35... Ne1+ 36. Kf1 f3
(36... Nf3 $11) 37. Kg1 Qd4 (37... Ng2 38. Qf5) 38. Qh7 h5 39. Rh6 Bxh6 40.
Qxe7+ Kg4 (40... Bg5 $2 41. Qd6 $18) 41. Qe6+ Kg5 42. Qe7+ $11) (35... Nd2 36.
Qf5 $1 (36. Rc1 $2 Qb2 37. Rg1 Qb3 $19) 36... Qxf5 (36... f3+ 37. Kg1 Qb2 38.
e5) 37. exf5 f3+ 38. Kg1 Nxb1 39. Re6 $1 {[%cal Yd5d6,Yf5f6] and White saves
the game by a break d5-d6 or f5-f6} ({but not at once} 39. d6 $6 exd6 40. Rxd6
Kh5 {and the pawn is stopped})) 36. f3 {The simplest defense.} (36. Rc8 $2 {
loses:} f3+ 37. Kh1 Qf4 38. e5 Kh3) (36. Rc4 {was also enough for a draw:} f3+
37. Kh1 Qf4 (37... Qb8 $2 38. e5) 38. e5 Qg4 (38... Kh3 $6 39. Qh5+ Bh4 40.
Bf5+ Qxf5 41. Qxf5+ Nxf5 42. Rf4) 39. Rxd4 Qxd4 40. Qe4+ $11) 36... Qb8 $2 {
In his striving for a win, Black oversteppes the limit of risk.} (36... Nxc6 {
led to a draw:} 37. Qxc6 Bf6 38. Qc2 $11) 37. e5 $1 {Peter said later that he
had taken this idea into account in all positions except... this particular
one! The white queen enters the game defending his king and starting bothering
the black one. Now, if Black takes the rook, White can recapture with the pawn,
creating a strong passed pawn.} Qxe5 (37... Qb2+ 38. Bc2 Qb4 39. Qd3 $18) 38.
Qe4 Nxc6 $2 {Black is completely bewildered. After} (38... Qxe4 39. Bxe4 Nb5 {
it was still difficult for White to win the endgame} (39... e6 $6 40. Rc4 $1))
39. dxc6 {[%csl Gc6,Rh4]} Bf6 40. c7 $1 Qxc7 41. Qe1+ {Black resigned as after}
(41. Qe1+ Kg5 42. h4+ Kh5 43. Qe6 {he is mated.}) 1-0

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qg4 h5 12. Qe2 h4 13. a4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Nf6 15.
a5 Rc8 16. Be3 Kf8 17. Red1 e5 18. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Rubinstein Memorial 37th"]
[Site "Polanica Zdroj"]
[Date "2000.08.26"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2000.08.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 g6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. O-O Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. a4 a6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nc4 Qe7
15. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "BCF-chT 0001 (4NCL)"]
[Site "Birmingham"]
[Date "2001.05.07"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2000.09.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "IND"]
[BlackTeam "Wood Green"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
c3 f5 9. Nc5 O-O 10. Bc4 b5 11. Bb3 Bxc5 12. dxc5 Bb7 13. Nd4 Qf6 14. Qe2 e5
15. Nf3 Nd7 16. O-O-O Rad8 17. Bd5 c6 18. Bb3 e4 19. Nd4 Nxc5 20. Bc2 Rfe8 21.
f4 a5 22. Qe3 b4 23. Qg3+ Kf8 24. Qg5 Qxg5 25. fxg5 Nd3+ 26. Bxd3 exd3 27. Nxf5
c5 28. Rd2 Ba6 29. h4 Bc4 30. cxb4 Bxa2 31. bxa5 Re4 32. Rf1 Bb3 33. Kb1 Ra4
34. Rf3 c4 35. Ne3 Rxa5 36. Rdf2 d2 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 (12... e5 {
main line.}) 13. Qxd4 Qc7 {When this plan first appeared in 1996, it looked
like a good alternative to the main 12. ... e5. Alexey Fedorov and Kiril
Georgiev, best Dragon specialists use it. But recently White succeeded to find
the drawbacks here. In the present game Svidler follows Morozevich's plan.} 14.
Qc5 (14. Bc4 Nb6 15. Be2 (15. Ne4 $5) 15... Be6 16. Qc5 Rfb8 17. g3 Qb7 18. b3
a5 19. a4 Nd5 20. Ne4 Nb4 21. Bc4 Bd5 22. Rd4 Qa7 23. Qxa7 Rxa7 24. f4 Bxe4 25.
Rxe4 Rd8 26. Rf1 e6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Fedorov,A/Batumi GEO 1999/ (39)})
14... Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Be6 16. Bd3 (16. h4 Rfd8 17. Bd3 c5 18. h5 Qf4+ 19. Kb1 Qd4
20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Qa5 Rab8 22. b3 $14 {1-0 Balinov,I-Velickovic,Z/Vienna 1998/
(32)}) 16... c5 (16... Rad8 17. Rde1 c5 18. Kb1 Rd4 19. h4 Qd6 20. h5 g5 21. h6
Rd8 22. b3 f6 23. g3 Bd5 24. Rhf1 e5 25. f4 $16 {1-0 Morozevich,A-Georgiev,K/
Sarajevo 2000/ (34)}) 17. h4 {This is it. By pushing his h-pawn to h6 White
creates discomfort to black King. After h4-h5, Black must play g5, otherwise
the opening of the h-file in absence of the g7-Bishop is disastrous for Black.
Then White continues to play in the center, speculating on opening the
position. Strange enough, but Black couldn't show a clear counterplan yet. It
seems that White is just quicker. Ftacnik: 'The new fashion in this line is a
peaceful white's attempt to generate attack without giving black too many
counterchances. '} (17. Rde1 {Ftacnik} c4 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. Bxc4 Qf4+ 20. Kb1
Qf6 21. Qe3 Rab8 22. b3 a5 $13) 17... c4 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (17... Bxa2 $2 {
Ftacnik} 18. b3 a5 19. h5 $16) (17... Qf4+ {Ftacnik} 18. Kb1 Qb4 19. Qe5 (19.
Qxb4 cxb4 20. h5 $13) 19... c4 20. Be4 c3 $1 21. Qxc3 Qxc3 22. bxc3 Rab8+ 23.
Ka1 Rb5 $5 (23... Rfc8 24. Rb1 $14) 24. Rb1 Ra5 25. Rb2 Rc8 $13) 18. Be4 Rad8
19. h5 g5 {'?!' Ftacnik.} (19... f5 20. Rxd8 (20. hxg6 $2 Qf4+) 20... Rxd8 21.
hxg6 $1 h6 22. Bb7 (22. Rxh6 $4 Qf4+) 22... Qf4+ 23. Kb1 {Maybe Black
should've tried this. He is a pawn down, but has the control over d-file and
the Bishop on b7 is out of play for a while.}) (19... Rxd1+ {Ftacnik} 20. Rxd1
Rd8 $5 (20... f5 21. Bd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 gxh5 23. Qe3 $16) 21. Rxd8+ (21. Rh1
Qf4+ 22. Kb1 Qh4 $1 $15) 21... Qxd8 22. h6 f6 23. g3 $13) (19... Qf4+ $142 $1 {
Ftacnik} 20. Kb1 gxh5 21. Qa5 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 f5 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 $13)
20. h6 f6 21. a3 {I should ask Peter about the purpose of this move. Probably
White was so happy about the position that he permitted himself to make such
prophylactical moves.} Bf7 (21... Rxd1+ {Ftacnik} 22. Rxd1 Rd8 $5) 22. Rhe1 (
22. Kb1 {Would be a logical continuation of the previous "plan".}) 22... Qg3 {
'?' Ftacnik.} (22... Qh2 23. Qa5 $16) (22... Rxd1+ $142 {Ftacnik} 23. Rxd1 Rd8
$14 {/+/-.}) (22... e5 {Ftacnik} 23. g3 $1) 23. Qa5 $1 {[%csl Ra7,Rd8]} Qf4+ (
23... Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxg2 $2 25. Qf5 $18) 24. Kb1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 g4 26. Qxa7 c3
{'?!' Ftacnik.} (26... f5 27. Bd5 Bxd5 28. Qxe7 Qxh6 (28... Bf7 29. Qf6 $18) (
28... Rf7 29. Qd8+ $18) 29. Rxd5 Qf6 30. Qxf6 Rxf6 31. Rc5 $18) 27. Qxe7 $18
Qxh6 28. b3 f5 29. Bxf5 gxf3 (29... Bxb3 30. cxb3 Rxf5 31. Rd8+) 30. gxf3 Qb6
31. Bxh7+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4] Zhang Zhong plays the Black side of things in an instructive way.
His active approach against the Qe2 setup is a useful model.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 {This avoids the increasingly popular Berlin Defence.
But the closed Ruy Lopez with the Q on e2 is quite slow and puts less pressure
on Black than the standard lines. Especially when Black still has the option
to put the B on c5.} Bc5 (4... Bd6 {Planning 0-0, Re8 and Bf8 is a decent
alternative.}) (4... Be7 {followed by a later d6 is possible, but less active.}
) 5. c3 (5. Bxc6 bxc6 {Best, Black doesn´t get the P back straight away, but
he gets a very good game if White tries to stick to the P.} 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nd3
(7. f4 O-O 8. d3 d5 9. Nc3 Ba6 $44 {0-1 Salazar,J-Sanchez,V/Cali 1999/CBM 74
ext (44)}) 7... Ba6 8. Nc3 O-O 9. b3 (9. O-O Rfe8 10. Re1 Bd4 11. Qd1 {1-0
Quinteros,M-Laird,C/Jakarta 1978/EXT 98 (40)} d6 $13) 9... Rfe8 10. f3 Nd5 $36
{1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Smejkal,J/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 (41)}) 5... Qe7 6. O-O O-O 7.
Rd1 d6 8. h3 (8. d4 Bb6 9. d5 Nd8 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. Rf1 f5 $40 {0-1 Rantanen,
Y-Haanpaa,J/Tampere 1989/EXT 97 (22)}) 8... Bd7 (8... Nb8 9. d4 $14) 9. d3 (9.
d4 {The principal move.} Bb6 (9... exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 (10... Bb4 11. a3) 11. Nc3
Rae8 12. Bg5 $14) 10. d5 Nb8 11. Bd3 $13 {White has a space advantage, but the
B on b6 is well placed. A later f5 from Black will give him play.}) 9... a6 10.
Ba4 Ba7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Rfe8 $11 13. Bb3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. Nbd2 b5 16.
d4 {Finally White breaks with d4, but compared to the normal Ruy Lopez lines
Black has already managed to exchange a pair of B:s.} cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18.
Nxd4 Nc6 19. Re1 Rac8 20. N2f3 Ne5 21. Rad1 Rc5 22. Nh4 $6 Nc4 23. Qc1 g6 24.
b3 (24. b4 Rc7 25. Qg5 Qe5 $13) 24... Ne5 25. Qd2 (25. f4 $6 Nc6 $15 {Black is
active and White´s pieces are scattered.}) 25... Nh5 $1 26. Nhf3 Qf6 $1 $40 {
[%csl Rc2,Rg1][%cal Yh5f4,Yd7h3,Ye5f3][%mdl 128] Black has grasped the
initiative on the K side. The usually so proud white squared B on c2 is quite
unhappy here.} 27. Re3 Nf4 28. Bb1 Rec8 29. Kh2 h6 30. Ng1 $6 {White wants to
expand with g3 and f4 but this only invites Black to gain more ground.} Qh4 31.
Rg3 (31. Ngf3 Qh5 32. Nxe5 dxe5 33. Ne2 Bg4 $17) 31... Nh5 32. Ndf3 Qf6 33.
Nxe5 Qxe5 34. Nf3 Qe7 35. e5 Nxg3 36. fxg3 Bc6 37. exd6 Qf6 38. Rf1 Rd8 39.
Qxh6 Rxd6 40. Re1 Rh5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nfd7 11. Be3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qb4 13. f4 Nc6 14. a3 Qb3 15.
O-O Rd8 16. Bf2 b6 17. Qd3 Na5 18. Rfd1 Bb7 19. Rab1 Bf8 20. Bf3 Rdc8 21. e4 d4
22. Nb5 Qxd3 23. Rxd3 Ba6 24. a4 Bxb5 25. axb5 Rc5 26. Rxd4 Rxb5 27. Be2 Rb3
28. Bd1 Rb4 29. Rxb4 Bxb4 30. Rc1 Nb7 31. Rc4 Bc5 32. b4 Bxf2+ 33. Kxf2 a5 34.
Rc7 Rb8 35. bxa5 Nxa5 36. f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rizouk, Aimen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Be2 d6 {[%csl Ra1] Black is trying
to make use of weakness of the a1-h8 diagonal.} (12... Ne4 {is more popular.
Here are few recent examples:} 13. Qe3 f5 14. Ba3 $1 {Morozevich} Qe6 (14... d6
$6 15. Nd2 g5 16. exd6 Nxd6 17. Bh5+ Kf8 18. Qxe7+ Kxe7 19. O-O-O gxf4 20. Nf3
Rhc8 21. Rhe1+ Kf8 22. Nd4 Kg8 23. Nxc6 Kh8 24. Bf3 Bb7 25. Bxd6 cxd6 26. Ne7
Bxf3 27. Nxc8 Bxd1 28. Re8+ Bf8 29. Kxd1 Kg7 30. Nxd6 $1 $18 {1-0 Goloshchapov,
A-Moiseenko,A/Ordzhonikidze UKR 2000 (41)}) 15. Nd2 Nxd2 16. Qxd2 O-O-O 17. Qa5
Bb7 18. O-O d6 (18... Kb8 $2 {Morozevich-Salinnikov,Russian Cup 1998 CBM67
[Mikhalevski,V]}) 19. Qxa7 dxe5 20. c5 exf4 21. Rae1 Rhe8 22. Ba6 Bd4+ 23. Kh1
Qxe1 24. Bxb7+ Kd7 25. Bxc6+ Kxc6 26. Qa6+ Kd5 27. Qc4+ Kc6 28. Qa6+ {1/2-1/2
Rosito,J-Sorin,A/Buenos Aires 1999/EXT 2000 (28)}) 13. Ba3 $1 $146 {
Strengthening the play in Van der Wiel-Beliavsky and inviting to transpose to
12...Ne4.} ({With} 13. Bf3 O-O 14. O-O Bb7 15. Bb2 Nd7 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Bxg7
Kxg7 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Rd3 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5 22. Rfd1 $14 {John Van
der Wiel got a slight adge in Van der Wiel,J-Beliavsky,A/Groningen 1994/1/2-1/
2 CBM 45 (38)}) 13... O-O $2 {[%csl Re7,Rf8][%cal Ga3f8][%mdl 16384] Black
puts another peace under a very unpleasant pin along the a3-f8 diagonal.} (
13... Ne4 $6 14. Qe3 f5 {transposes to Goloshchapov,A-Moiseenko,A/
Ordzhonikidze UKR 2000 (41)(12...Ne4 13.Qe3 f5 14.Ba3 d6?!}) (13... Qe6 $5 {
[%csl Ra1][%cal Gd6e5] was interesting creating a direct threat of de.}) 14.
Nc3 $1 {[%cal Ge5f6] Now White is ready for ef and Black has to move the knight
} ({Of course not} 14. exf6 $4 Qxf6 {[%csl Ra1] and Black wins}) 14... Nd7 (
14... Ne8 $6 {is too passive}) 15. O-O $16 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Ga1d1,Ga3f8] Black
is already in trouble.He has not much to do against direct attack of the
d6-pawn with Rad1.} f6 ({Black has no time for taking his pieces away from the
pin as after} 15... Rfe8 16. Bf3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Qe6 {White wins with a simple
but nice tactical blow:} 18. Nb5 $1 (18. Qd2 $5) 18... cxb5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 20.
Bd5 Qf5 21. exd6 $18) (15... c5 {was probably the last chance to stay in life
for a little while.}) 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Rad1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Gd1d6,Ga3d6] The
d6-pawn is falling.} Nc5 18. Bf3 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} ({Computer's} 18. b4 Ne4 19.
Nxe4 Qxe4 20. b5 $1 {was also sufficient for a win.}) 18... f5 (18... Bb7 {
wouldn't change anything.}) 19. Na4 $1 $18 {[%csl Rc5,Rd6,Re7,Rf8]} ({It
wasn't necessary to complicate the matters with} 19. Bxc6 Bxc3 20. Bxa8 Rxa8
21. Bxc5 dxc5 22. Qf3 {[%csl Ra8,Rc3]} Bd4+ 23. Rxd4 Bb7 24. Rd5 $16) 19...
Nxa4 20. Bxd6 {[%csl Re7,Rf8]} Qf7 (20... Qb7 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. bxa4 Bxc4 23.
Rfe1 $18) 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. bxa4 Qxc4 ({Or} 22... Bxc4 23. Bxc6 $1 {[%csl Rf7,
Rg8]} Rc8 24. Qf3 $1 $18 {[%cal Gc6d5]}) 23. Qxa7 {Black could resign any
moment now.} Rf7 24. Qb8+ Rf8 25. Qd6 Rc8 26. Rfe1 Qxa4 27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Qxc8+
$1 {[%csl Rh8] Winning in style} Bxc8 29. Re8+ Bf8 30. Rxf8+ Kg7 31. Rxc8 Qa7+
32. Kh1 Qxa2 33. Rc7+ (33. Rc7+ Kh6 34. Rdd7 {[%csl Rh6]} Qa1+ 35. Bd1 {
[%csl Rh6] with mate in few moves.}) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2000.09.01"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bd3
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qc7 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. b3 c5 13. Qg3 Bb7 14. Bd3 d5 15.
e5 Nh5 16. Qh3 g6 17. Bb2 Rae8 18. Rae1 f5 19. Be2 Ng7 20. Bf3 Rb8 21. Rd1 Rfd8
22. Qg3 d4 23. Nb1 Be4 24. Na3 c4 25. Nxc4 Bxc2 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Bxd4 Bd3 28.
Rc1 Ba3 29. Rc3 Bxc4 30. h3 Rb4 31. Qf2 h5 32. Bc5 Rb8 33. Bxa3 Qa5 34. Qa7 Rd8
35. Qe7 Re8 36. Qb4 Qxb4 37. Bxb4 Bd5 38. Be2 h4 39. Bxa6 Nh5 40. Rc8 Rxc8 41.
Bxc8 Nxf4 42. Bd2 Nd3 43. Kg1 Nxe5 44. Bg5 Nd3 45. Bxh4 e5 46. a4 e4 47. a5 Nb4
48. Be1 Nc6 49. a6 Kf7 50. b4 Bc4 51. Bb7 Na7 52. Bf2 Nb5 53. a7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. g4 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Be7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. O-O Qb8 15.
Nf5 Bd8 16. a3 a5 17. Kh2 Ba6 18. Re1 g6 19. Ng3 Be7 20. f4 Rc8 21. fxe5 Nxe5
22. axb4 Qxb4 23. c3 Qb6 24. Bf4 Rab8 25. Rb1 Bc4 26. g5 Qb5 27. Qd4 Re8 28.
Rbd1 Bb3 29. Rd2 Qa4 30. Qf2 Bc4 31. Ne4 Qd7 32. Bxe5 dxe5 33. d6 Bd8 34. Nc5
Qa7 35. Bc6 Bxg5 36. Bxe8 Bf4+ 37. Kg1 Bxd2 38. Rxe5 Rxb2 39. d7 Qb8 40. Qd4
Bg5 41. Qxc4 Be3+ 42. Kh1 Rf2 43. Bxf7+ Kg7 44. Ne6+ Kf6 45. Rd5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup-C playoff"]
[Site "Shenyang"]
[Date "2000.09.05"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.09.05"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 079"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. h3 Nbd7 10. g4 Be7 11. Ng3 b4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. O-O Qb8 15.
a3 a5 16. Kh2 Rc8 17. f4 Qc7 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Rf2 g6 20. Ng3 Nc5 21. Be3 exf4
22. Bxf4 Bg7 23. axb4 axb4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. b3 Ba6 26. Qf3 Bd4 27. Be3 Be5 28.
Bf4 Bc3 29. Bd2 Be5 30. Bxb4 Re8 31. Bc3 Bxg3+ 32. Qxg3 Nd3 33. cxd3 Qxc3 34.
Qxd6 Bxd3 35. Qf4 Rf8 36. b4 Bc4 37. d6 Be6 38. b5 Qc5 39. Bc6 g5 40. Qg3 Rd8
41. Rd2 Qb4 42. Qd3 Qf4+ 43. Kg2 Bc4 44. Qd4 Qf1+ 45. Kh2 Bxb5 46. Qe5 f6 47.
Qd5+ Kh8 48. Bxb5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.24"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nedev, Trajce"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 5. h3 Nd4 6. e5 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nd5 8.
O-O a6 9. c4 Nf4 10. Nc3 Ne6 11. d4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bg7 13. Nf3 b5 14. cxb5 axb5
15. Be3 Rb8 16. Nd5 d6 17. Qb3 dxe5 18. Rfd1 O-O 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. a4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bf4 e5 24. Bh6 Be6 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27.
a5 Bd5 28. Qg3 f6 29. Qa3 Rd7 30. Qc5 d3 31. Rd1 e4 32. f3 Ba8 33. Kf2 Re8 34.
fxe4 Rxe4 35. Qc8 Re2+ 36. Kg1 Rde7 37. Rxd3 Bb7 38. Qd8 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rge2 40.
Rd7 Re1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Chernin, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Graz Merkur"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.26"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Svidler,P"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Niksic Radonja"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. Ng3 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bb3 h6 19. Qd3 (19. Nh2) 19... Qc8 $5 $146
(19... Qc7) 20. Nh4 (20. Nh2 Nb6) 20... Qb7 21. Ng6 d5 22. Nxf8 dxe4 $2 (22...
Nxf8 23. Nf5 Re6 $1 (23... Nxe4 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qg3 $18) (23... Rad8 24. Bxh6
$1 gxh6 25. Qe3 $1 N6h7 (25... Nxe4 26. Qxh6 Ne6 27. Rad1 Qa7 28. Rxe4 $1 dxe4
29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. Bxe6 fxe6 31. Qxe6+ $18) 26. Qxh6 Ne6 27. Rad1 $16) 24. Qg3
Ng6 25. f3 Nh5 (25... Rd8 26. Be3 Qc7 27. Rad1 Bb7 28. Bc5 $13) 26. Qg4 Nf6 $11
) 23. Qe3 $1 (23. Nxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 Nxf8 25. Re1 $14) 23... Nxf8 (23... Rxf8
24. Nf5 Nh5 25. Nxh6+ $1 gxh6 26. Qxh6 $18) 24. Nf5 Nd5 $8 25. Qg3 Ng6 26. Nd6
Qc7 27. Nxe8 Rxe8 28. c4 $1 (28. Rxe4 Ndf4 $13 29. Re1 $140 $2 Bxg2 $1 (29...
Nxg2 30. Qxg6 Kf8 31. Qxf7+ Qxf7 32. Bxf7 $14) 30. Bxf4 Nxf4 31. Qxf4 exf4 32.
Rxe8+ Kh7 $17) 28... bxc4 29. Bxc4 $14 Qb7 30. Bd2 Ndf4 31. Rac1 Bd5 $1 (31...
Nd3 $2 32. Qxg6 $18) 32. Bxf4 Nxf4 $6 $138 (32... exf4 $142 33. Qb3 Bxc4 34.
Rxc4 Nh4) 33. Qe3 f5 34. Red1 Bxc4 35. Rxc4 Kh7 (35... Nd3 36. Rd2 $14) 36. f3
$1 Qf7 (36... exf3 37. Qxf3 $14) 37. Rc2 Nd5 38. Qb3 Qa7+ 39. Rc5 Nf6 40. Kh2
$6 (40. Rd6 $5 a5 $1 (40... Nd7 41. Qf7 $18) (40... Rc8 41. Qe6 Rxc5 42. bxc5
Qxc5+ 43. Kh2 Kg6 44. fxe4 fxe4 45. Rxa6 $16) 41. a3 axb4 42. axb4 Rc8 43. Qe6
Rxc5 44. bxc5 Qxc5+ 45. Kh2 $14) (40. Kh1 $5) 40... Qb8 $1 41. Rc6 $6 (41. fxe4
Nxe4 42. Rc6 Ng5 $1 43. h4 $5 e4+ 44. Kh1 Nf3 $3 45. gxf3 Qg3 $13) 41... exf3
$1 42. Rxf6 e4+ 43. Rdd6 $8 (43. g3 Qa7 $1 $19) (43. Rfd6 Rd8 44. Qe6 Rxd6 45.
Rxd6 f2 46. Qxf5+ Kh8 47. Qxf2 Qxd6+ $17) 43... Re7 $1 (43... Qc7 44. Qd5 gxf6
45. Qxf5+ Kh8 46. Qxf6+ Qg7 47. Qxg7+ Kxg7 48. gxf3 e3 49. Rd1 $14) (43... Rf8
44. Rxh6+ (44. Rg6 f2 45. Rxg7+ Kxg7 46. Qg3+ Kh7 47. Qg6+ Kh8) 44... gxh6 45.
Qe6 f2 46. Qxh6+ Kg8 47. Qg6+ Kh8 48. g3 Qxd6 49. Qxd6 f1=Q 50. Qxf8+ Kh7 $14)
44. Qd5 (44. Rg6 f2) 44... gxf6 45. Qxf5+ Kg8 46. Qxf6 f2 47. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.27"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.28"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 (4. f4 d5 5. e5 {The Gurgenidze Variation
gives White at least the space advantage.}) 4... d5 5. h3 Nf6 (5... dxe4 6.
Nxe4 Nd7 {/\ Ngf6 is a safe option with only slightly better chances for White.
}) 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxe4 (7. Bd3) 7... dxe4 8. Ng5 c5 9. e6 $5 {This leads to
immense complications.} (9. dxc5 {- Yemelin-Lebedev/ St Petersburg Petroff mem
op RUS 2000}) (9. Bc4) 9... Bxe6 {[%mdl 32768]} (9... f6 $5 10. Nf7 $5 {
Here White certainly wants more, but the risk is also higher!} (10. Nxe4 {
White is satisfied with a small, but durable advantage.} Qxd4 (10... cxd4 11.
Bc4 Qb6 12. O-O Bxe6 13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Qxd4 Nc6 15. Qa4 $14) 11. Qxd4 cxd4 12.
Bc4 Nc6 13. Bf4 $14 {with a lead of development for White.}) 10... Qxd4 11.
Nxh8 Bxh8 $1 {This is the precise move order.} (11... Bxe6 {allows White to
get back a P.} 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Bb5+ Nd7 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Qe2 Ne5 16. Be3 Qd6
17. Rfd1 Qc7 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Qd2+ Kc8 20. Bf4 $16 {B.Lalic-Webster, St
Heliers op 1997}) (11... Qxd1+ 12. Kxd1 {The _|_ can only be better for White
with an exchange up.} Bxh8 13. Bc4 Nc6 14. g4 Nd4 15. Re1 Nxe6 16. Rxe4 $16 {
Minguez Rodriguez-Bosque Ortega, Canovelles opA 1999}) 12. Bb5+ $142 {
Development first!} (12. Qxd4 cxd4 13. Bc4 Na6 14. Bb5+ Kf8 15. Bh6+ Kg8 16.
O-O-O f5 {and suddenly the phalanx of the black pawns begin to move ahead.} 17.
Bg5 (17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Bg5 Bxe6 19. Bxe7 Bxa2 20. Bc5 (20. b3 d3 $1) 20... d3
$1 $15 {with a funny landscape having the black pawns on the b1-h7 /^.}) 17...
Nc7 18. Bd7 Bxd7 19. exd7 Kf7 20. h4 Ne6 21. f3 exf3 22. gxf3 Rd8 $13 {S.
Lalic-Webster, St Heliers op 1997}) 12... Nc6 ({Both} 12... Kd8 13. Be3 $1 $16)
({and} 12... Kf8 {are answered by} 13. Be3 $1 $16) 13. O-O Bxe6 14. c3 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Bd7 16. Be3 $14) (9... fxe6 $6 {creates a rather ugly P structure with a
passive B on c8.} 10. dxc5 Qa5+ (10... Qd5 11. Qg4 $5 (11. Qe2 Qxc5 (11... O-O
12. Nxe4 Nd7 13. Qc4 $14) 12. Nxe4 Qc7 13. c3 O-O 14. Be3 Nc6 15. Rd1 $14)
11... Qxc5 (11... O-O 12. Nxe4 (12. Qh4 $5 h6 13. Nxe4 g5 14. Qg4) 12... Bd4 (
12... Nc6 13. Bc4 $1 $16) 13. c3 $1 (13. Bd3 Nc6 14. O-O Ne5 15. Qe2 Nxd3 16.
Qxd3 e5 17. Bg5 Bf5 18. Rae1 Rf7 19. b3 Raf8 20. Kh1 Bxe4 21. Rxe4 Qxc5 22. f3
b5 $11 {Ziatdinov-Raicevic, Belgrade-C 1991}) 13... Bxc5 14. Nxc5 Qxc5 15. Be3
$16) (11... e3 12. Bxe3 Bxb2 13. Bc4 $14) 12. Qxe4 (12. Nxe4 Qxc2 13. Bc4 Nc6
14. O-O e5) 12... Bc3+ $1 13. Kd1 Bf6 14. Qc4 $14 {with a virtual P majority
for White.}) 11. c3 Qxc5 12. Nxe4 Qd5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. Qe2 Nc6 15. Bc4 Qa5 16.
O-O Ne5 17. Bb3 $16 {and the weak pawns on the e line secure White the
long-lasting advantage, Agnos-Carlier, Val Thorens Principal 1994.}) 10. Nxe6
fxe6 11. dxc5 (11. Bc4 $5 {is a bit generous move ignoring material and
preferring development.} cxd4 $5 (11... Nc6 12. Qg4 Nxd4 (12... Qxd4 13. Qxe6
Rf8 14. O-O Rd8 15. Be3 Qe5 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 17. c3 Bf4 $1 18. Bxc5 Rd2 19. Ba3
Bd6 $11) 13. Qxe4 O-O (13... Qb6 14. c3) 14. c3 b5 15. Bxe6+ Nxe6 16. Qxe6+ Rf7
17. O-O {Black's P structure is only slightly inferior.} Qd6 18. Qe4 Rd8 19.
Be3 a6 20. Rad1 Qxd1 21. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 22. Kh2 Bf8 23. Bxc5 Rd2 24. b4 (24. Qa8 $5
Rxb2 (24... Rf5 25. Bd4 Rxb2 26. Qxa6 $14) 25. Qxa6 $14) 24... Rxa2 $11 {
Palkovi-Velicka, Team Championships CZE 1998}) (11... Qxd4 12. Qe2 (12. Bxe6 $5
Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 Nc6 14. c3 Rd8+ 15. Ke2 Rf8 16. Be3 $14 {^^}) 12... Nc6 13. O-O
O-O 14. Bxe6+ Kh8 15. c3 Qd3 16. Re1 Rad8 17. Bb3 Ne5 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19. Rxe4
Nd3 20. Rxe7 Rxf2 {(Kosten-Webster, Hastings 1995)} 21. Bc4 $1 Bf6 22. Rxb7 Re2
23. Bh6 Rxb2 24. Rf7 Ne5 (24... Bxc3 $4 25. Bxd3) 25. Rxf6 Nxc4 26. Raf1 $16) (
11... Qb6 12. O-O $1 cxd4 13. Qg4 Nd7 $1 14. Qxe4 Rc8 15. Qe2 e5 {The light
squares are terribly weak in Black's camp.} (15... Nc5 16. Bb5+) 16. c3 $1 {
opening up the position, Balinov.} (16. b3 $5 e6 17. a4 O-O 18. a5 Qd6 19. Ba3
Nc5 20. Rad1 Kh8 21. h4 Rf5 22. Rd3 $1 Qd8 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bxe6 Rh5 25. g3
$16 {Balinov-Srienz, Austria 1992})) (11... Qa5+ 12. c3 (12. Bd2 $5) 12... cxd4
13. O-O dxc3 (13... d3 14. Re1 Qf5 15. Qb3) 14. Bxe6 cxb2 15. Rb1 bxc1=Q 16.
Rxc1 Nc6 17. Qd7+ Kf8 18. Qxb7 Rd8 19. Qxc6 Bf6 20. Qxe4 Kg7 21. Bb3 $14 {
Balinov}) 12. Bxe6 (12. Qg4 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qf5 14. Bxe6 Qxg4 15. hxg4 Nc6 16.
O-O-O (16. Bd5 e3 $1 17. fxe3 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Rd8 21.
Be4 Nd4+) 16... Rd8 (16... d3 17. Bd5) 17. Rde1 e3 18. fxe3 d3 $11) 12... Qb6
13. Bb3 Nd7 14. O-O Nc5 15. Bc4 e6 $13) (11. Qg4 Qd5 $1 (11... Qxd4 12. Qxe6
Nc6 13. Bc4 Rf8 14. O-O Rd8 15. Be3) (11... cxd4 12. Qxe6 Qa5+ 13. Bd2 Qf5 14.
Qb3 Nd7 15. Bc4 $44) 12. Bb5+ (12. dxc5 O-O) 12... Nd7 (12... Nc6 $6 {runs
into the pin.} 13. c4 Qf5 14. Qxf5 gxf5 15. d5 (15. dxc5 $6 O-O-O $17 {
Crut-Gicguel, Crean op 1999}) 15... a6 16. dxc6 axb5 17. cxb7 Rb8 18. cxb5 Rxb7
19. a4 $14) 13. dxc5 (13. c4 {is now not so dangerous.} Qf5 14. dxc5 Qxg4 15.
hxg4 O-O-O 16. c6 Nc5 17. Be3 Nd3+ 18. Ke2 a6) 13... O-O-O $13) 11... Qd5 $6
$146 {This unnecessarily complicates matters.} (11... Qxd1+ {is the logical
continuation.} 12. Kxd1 O-O (12... Nd7 $6 13. c3 (13. Be3 $6 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Ba3
15. Bb5 {(1/2:1/2 L.Vajda-Moldovan, Cicoltea mem Bucharest 1997)} O-O-O $17)
13... Nxc5 14. Bb5+ Kf7 15. Be3 $14 {^^ Milu,R}) (12... Nc6 $2 13. c3 {
securing the escape of the K to c2.} O-O-O+ 14. Kc2 e5 15. Bb5 Rhf8 16. Rf1 $16
{Bjerring-Bosque, Barbera-A 1997}) 13. Bc4 $1 (13. Ke2 $6 {is against common
sense.} Na6 14. Be3 Rac8 $11 {Timoschenko-Maculskij, SU 1974}) 13... Nc6 (13...
Rxf2 $2 {Brack is hunting pawns instead of finishing development.} 14. Bxe6+
Kh8 15. Bc8 $1 {Here is the punishment!} (15. Bd5 Nc6 16. Be3 (16. Bxe4 Bd4)
16... Rxg2 17. Bxe4 Rd8+ 18. Ke1 Bxb2 (18... Rg3 19. Kf2 (19. Bf2 Rg5) 19...
Be5 20. Rad1 $14) 19. Rb1 Bc3+ 20. Kf1 Rg3 21. Kf2 Be5 22. Rxb7 Rf8+ 23. Ke2
Nd4+ 24. Kd2 Rd8 25. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 26. Bd3 Rd5 27. c6 Rc5 28. Rxe7 {1/2:1/2
Agnos-Komliakov, Val Thorens Principal 1994}) 15... Nd7 $1 16. Bxd7 Rd8 17. Ke1
Rxc2 18. Ba4 Rxg2 19. Kf1 Rg3 20. Bc2 $16) 14. Bxe6+ (14. Be3 Bxb2 15. Rb1
Rad8+ 16. Ke2 Nd4+ 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 $11 {Klovsky-Sokolin, New York Enhance 1993})
14... Kh8 15. Rf1 Rad8+ 16. Ke1 Bd4 17. c3 Bxc5 18. Ke2 {Now the K is safe in
the middle.} Rf6 19. Bb3 Ne5 20. Be3 Nd3 21. Rad1 $14 {looks simpler.} (21.
Bxc5 Nf4+ $5 (21... Nxc5 22. Rad1 Nd3 23. Ke3 $14) 22. Ke3 {This is the
beginning of a funny K march.} Nxg2+ 23. Kxe4 Rf4+ 24. Ke5 Rf5+ 25. Ke6 Rxc5
26. Rad1 Nf4+ (26... Rg8 $6 {(Vitolinsh-Ubilava, URS-ch otbor 1975)} 27. Rd7
$16) 27. Kxe7 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Re5+ 29. Kd6 Re2 30. h4 Rxf2 31. Kc7 $14)) 12. c3 (
12. Bb5+ Nc6 13. O-O Qxc5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. c3 Qf5) (12. Be2 Qxc5 13. O-O O-O 14.
c3) 12... Nc6 $6 (12... Qxc5 $6 13. Be3 Qd5 14. Qa4+ Nc6 15. Rd1 $44) (12...
Nd7 $6 13. Bb5 $16) (12... O-O $142 {was the logical continuation.} 13. Be3 Nd7
14. Bb5 Ne5 15. O-O $14 {Svidler}) 13. Be3 $16 O-O-O $5 (13... O-O 14. Bb5 Ne5
15. O-O Nd3 16. Qb3 $1 $16) 14. Bb5 Ne5 (14... Qxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 16. Kxd1
Rd8+ 17. Ke2 $16 {and the _|_ is clearly better for White.}) (14... a6 15. Be2
Ne5 16. O-O Qc6 17. Qc2 $16 {and Black's triple pawns remain ugly.}) 15. O-O
Nd3 $2 {Black wants to complicate matters.} ({The _|_ after} 15... Qxd1 16.
Raxd1 Rxd1 17. Rxd1 Rd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Bd4 $16 {was not rosy either
because of the weak P structure and White's ^^.}) 16. c4 $1 (16. Qb3 Nxc5 (
16... Rhf8 17. c6 $1 bxc6 18. Bc4 $16) 17. Qxd5 Rxd5 18. Bc4 $16) (16. Qa4 $6
a6) 16... Qh5 $5 (16... Qe5 17. c6 $1 (17. Qa4 a6 $1 {is not that clear, for
example:} 18. Bxa6 bxa6 19. Qxa6+ Kd7 20. c6+ (20. Qa4+ Kc7) 20... Ke8 $1)
17... a6 18. cxb7+ Kxb7 19. Ba4 $16) (16... Qf5 $2 17. Qa4 a6 18. Bxa6 $18) 17.
Qa4 Kb8 (17... a6 {is already met by the devastating} 18. Bxa6 $1 bxa6 19.
Qxa6+ Kd7 20. Qa4+ {and Black' Q is off-side.} Kc7 (20... Kc8 21. Qc6+ Kb8 22.
Qb6+ Kc8 23. c6 $18) 21. Qa7+ Kc8 (21... Kc6 22. b4 Nxb4 23. Rab1 Rb8 24. a3
$18) 22. c6 $18) 18. c6 Bd4 (18... Nc5 19. c7+ Kxc7 20. Qxa7 $18) 19. c5 $3 $18
{[%mdl 512] This nice tactical blow decides the battle.} (19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20.
cxb7 Nf4) 19... Nxc5 (19... Qxc5 20. Bxd3 exd3 21. c7+ $18) (19... Bxe3 {
is met by the zwischenzug} 20. Bxd3 $1 Bxc5 (20... exd3 21. Qb5 b6 22. Qa6 $18)
21. Bxe4 $18) 20. Qa3 Bxe3 21. fxe3 Qe5 (21... Rc8 22. Rac1 b6 (22... Nd3 23.
Bxd3 exd3 24. c7+ Ka8 25. Qxd3 $18) 23. b4 $18) 22. Rac1 Rd5 (22... b6 23. b4
$18) 23. b4 bxc6 (23... Rd2 {is again met by the standard} 24. c7+ $1 (24. Rxc5
$4 Qg3 $19) 24... Qxc7 (24... Kc8 25. Qxa7 $18) (24... Ka8 25. Rxc5) 25. Rf4 $1
$18) (23... Qg3 24. c7+ $1 $18) 24. Bxc6 Nd3 (24... Nb7 25. Bxd5 exd5 (25...
Qxd5 26. Qc3) 26. Rf2 $18) 25. Qa6 Qc7 26. Bxd5 Nxc1 27. Bc4 $1 {Domination
over the bad N.} Nd3 28. Qb5+ Ka8 (28... Qb6 29. Bxd3 exd3 30. Qe5+ $18) 29.
Bxe6 Qb6 30. Qd5+ Kb8 31. Qxe4 Rd8 32. Bc4 Nb2 33. Be2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 16th"]
[Site "Neum"]
[Date "2000.09.30"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.09.24"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BIH"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Breda"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. d3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 b4 12. a5 Rb8 13. Qe2 bxc3 14. bxc3 d5 15. d4
exd4 16. Qxa6 dxc3 17. Qxc6 cxd2 18. Nxd2 Bd4 19. Ra4 dxe4 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 Be2 22. Bxh7+ Kh8 23. Bc2 Re8 24. Re1 Re6 25. Qxe6 fxe6 26. Rxe2 e5 27. a6
Qd7 28. a7 Ra8 29. Rxe5 g6 30. Re4 c5 31. Ra6 Rxa7 32. Rxg6 Bg7 33. Bb2 Qb5 34.
Bc3 1-0

[Event "Abihome op"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Zaragatski, Ilja"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2193"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. O-O Nd7 8. a4 b4
9. Ne2 c5 10. d5 Ngf6 11. c4 bxc3 12. Nxc3 O-O 13. a5 e6 14. dxe6 fxe6 15. Bc4
Qe7 16. Ng5 d5 17. exd5 exd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5+ Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. Ne6
Qf7 22. Qd6 Be5 23. Qc6 Rfc8 24. Qd5 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Nf6 26. Qa2 Ne4 27. Nxd4 Qxa2
28. Rxa2 cxd4 29. b4 Rc4 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bf4 d3 32. Rd1 Rxb4 33. g3 Rd8 34. Kg2
Kg8 35. Be5 Rd5 36. Ba1 Kf7 37. Kf3 Ke6 38. Ra3 d2 39. Ke2 Rc5 40. Re3 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Abihome op"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wantiez, Fabrice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2244"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Na7 13. Nf1 g6 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. Bg5
h6 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Qd2 Kh7 18. a4 c5 19. Bc2 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Nb5 21. Rea1 Rec8
22. Qe2 Bf8 23. Bd3 Qe8 24. Nd2 Be7 25. Nc4 Bd8 26. R4a2 Nd7 27. Nf1 Ra7 28.
Na5 Bxa5 29. Rxa5 Nc7 30. b4 Raa8 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Nd2 Qe7 33. c4 Ne8 34. Bc2
Rc7 35. Ba4 Nef6 36. Qd3 Qd6 37. Qc3 Rac8 38. Rf1 Nh5 39. Bxd7 Rxd7 40. Nb3
Rdc7 41. Nxc5 Nf4 42. Bxf4 Rxc5 43. Bxe5 Qe7 44. Rxc5 Qxc5 45. Rb1 Ba8 46. Qf3
Qe7 47. Bf6 Qe8 48. Bd4 f5 49. exf5 Rxc4 50. fxg6+ Qxg6 51. Rb6 Qg8 52. Qe4+
1-0

[Event "Abihome op"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2449"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2000.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 e5 8. Nf5
g6 9. g5 gxf5 10. exf5 d5 11. gxf6 d4 12. Bc4 Qc7 13. Qd3 dxe3 14. O-O-O exf2
15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Qd5+ Kxf6 17. Qf3 Bh6+ 18. Kb1 Rd8 19. Rxd8 Qxd8 20. Rd1 Qf8
21. Qxf2 Kg7 22. Nd5 Nc6 23. Qg3+ Kh8 24. f6 Be6 0-1

[Event "Abihome op"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vysochin, Spartak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C12"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2511"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Be3 Ne4 7. Qg4 g6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Nxc3 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. h4 Qe7 13. h5 g5 14. Nh2 O-O-O
15. Qf3 f5 16. exf6 Qd6 17. Ng4 e5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. O-O Rhf8 21.
f7 Be6 22. Bxa7 Rxf7 23. Rae1 Ne4 24. Qe3 g4 25. c4 Rf3 26. Qe2 Qxh5 27. Bxe4
dxe4 28. Qxe4 Bf5 29. Qe5 Rfd3 30. Qa5 Qf7 31. Bc5 b6 32. Qa8+ Kd7 33. Qa4+ Kc8
34. Re7 1-0

[Event "Abihome op"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "2000.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2000.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 d6 3. f4 Nc6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 Bg7 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Qe1
h6 9. Bb3 a6 10. a4 b6 11. Qg3 d5 12. f5 d4 13. Ne2 exf5 14. Bf4 Ra7 15. Ne5
Nxe5 16. Bxe5 O-O 17. a5 fxe4 18. dxe4 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Nc6 20. Qg3 Kh7 21. axb6
Qxb6 22. Nf4 Qb8 23. Nxg6 Rg8 24. Qxb8 Nxb8 25. Ne5 Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Rf6
Re7 28. Nc4 Rg4 29. e5 Re4 30. Raf1 Nc6 31. R6f4 Rxf4 32. Rxf4 Kg7 33. Rg4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Abihome op"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "McShane, Luke J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2480"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2000.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O e5 6. Bc4 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Ng5
h6 9. f4 d6 10. Nf3 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. Qd2 Qd7 13. Rae1 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 f6 18. Qg6+ Kh8 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Abihome op"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2000.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 e6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b5 11. h4 Bb7 12. Rh3 Qc7 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. a4 b4
15. Na2 a5 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Bb5+ Kf8 18. Qd3 d5 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Nc1 f5 21. Qd2
Rg8 22. g3 Bf6 23. Nb3 Kg7 24. Qf2 Rgd8 25. Bd3 Bxb3 26. cxb3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Abihome op"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van der Stricht, Geert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2000.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. d3 b5 11. Nd2 b4 12. Nf3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Nd7 14. Bd2 Rb8 15.
Ba4 Qc7 16. Rab1 Rxb1 17. Rxb1 Rb8 18. Rxb8+ Ndxb8 19. Qd1 Qb6 20. Qc2 Nd7 21.
d4 Nf8 22. dxc5 Qxc5 23. Be3 Qc4 24. Qb3 Na5 25. Qxc4 Nxc4 26. Bxa7 Bxc3 27.
Nd4 Kg7 28. Kf1 e5 29. Nb5 Bb4 30. Ke2 Ne6 31. g3 Nc5 32. Bc2 Kf8 33. Nc7 Na3
34. Bd3 Na4 35. Nd5 Nc3+ 36. Nxc3 Bxc3 37. Ba6 Ke7 38. Kd3 Bb4 39. h4 h6 40.
Be3 h5 41. Bb7 Ke8 42. Bg5 Kd7 43. f3 Be1 44. Bd5 Ke8 45. Bc6+ Kf8 46. Bd2 Bxd2
47. Kxd2 Ke7 48. Kc3 f6 49. Ba4 d5 50. exd5 Kd6 51. Kb4 Nb1 52. Bc2 Nd2 53.
Bxg6 Nxf3 54. Bxh5 e4 55. Kc3 Ne5 56. Kd4 f5 57. Be2 f4 58. gxf4 Ng6 59. Kxe4
Nxh4 60. f5 1-0

[Event "Abihome op"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Hellsten, Johan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2000.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. O-O e6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Qd2 c5 14. f3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 a5 16. a3 Qe7 17. Rfc1 Qd6 18. Nc3 Ba6 19. e5 Qb8 20. Bh6 b4 21. Ne4 bxa3
22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rxa3 Qb6 24. Nc5 Bb5 25. Nxd7 Bxd7 26. Rc5 a4 27. Bc2 Rfc8
28. Qc3 Rxc5 29. dxc5 Qc7 30. Be4 Rc8 31. c6 Bxc6 32. Bxc6 Qb6+ 33. Qe3 Qb1+
34. Kf2 Rxc6 35. Kg3 Qb4 36. Rd3 h6 37. h4 Rc4 38. Rd6 Rxh4 39. f4 g5 40. Rd4
Qc5 0-1

[Event "Abihome op"]
[Site "Brussels"]
[Date "2000.10.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2000.10.07"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Ne7 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. Ng3 c5 13. Re1 h6 14. h4 b6
15. h5 Ne7 16. Nh4 Kd7 17. f4 Kc6 18. f5 Nd5 19. c3 a5 20. Bd2 c4 21. Re2 b5
22. Rf1 b4 23. Kh1 a4 24. cxb4 a3 25. bxa3 Rxa3 26. Ne4 Rxa2 27. Nf3 Kb7 28.
Nd4 Ra3 29. Rc1 Rd3 30. Nf3 Bxf5 31. Rxc4 Be7 32. Nc5+ Bxc5 33. bxc5 Ra3 34.
c6+ Kc8 35. Rf2 Rd8 36. Kh2 Nb6 37. Rf4 Be6 38. Nd4 Rd3 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Ba5
Nd5 41. Ra4 Rb3 42. Rf7 Rg8 43. Rg4 Kb8 44. Rfxg7 Rxg7 45. Rxg7 Re3 46. Rh7
Rxe5 47. Rxh6 Nf6 48. Rh8+ Ka7 49. Bxc7 Rxh5+ 50. Rxh5 Nxh5 51. Be5 Kb6 52. g4
1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tissir, Mohamed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2342"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Morocco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MAR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O a6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Bd4 $1 {This
move has only recently been discovered.} c5 14. Be5 Rb6 15. b3 O-O 16. Qd3 d5
$2 (16... d6 17. Bb2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Bc1 a5 20. f4 Rd8 21. Qh3 $1 $14 {
Shirov-Atakisi/Batumi/1999/}) 17. exd5 exd5 18. Bf3 $16 c4 19. Qd2 Qf5 20. Rae1
cxb3 21. axb3 Bb4 22. c3 Bd6 23. Qd4 Rc6 24. c4 $18 Bc5 25. Qb2 Ng4 26. Bg3 Rg6
27. cxd5 Qg5 28. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.30"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. exd5 Bf5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 a5 13. a4 Nd7 14. Bb5 Bf6 15.
f3 h6 16. c3 Bg6 17. Rae1 Bh4 18. g3 Be7 19. f4 exf4 20. gxf4 Be4 21. Nd4 Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.10.31"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hauchard, Arnaud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 32]} c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7.
Nf3 Nf6 (7... Nd7 {is the positional old main line.}) 8. Ne5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Nbd7
10. Bxh7 Nxh7 (10... Nxe5 $5 {- Leko-Bareev, Dortmund Super GM 2000 CBM 78})
11. Qe2 (11. Bf4 e6) 11... e6 (11... Nxe5 12. dxe5 e6 (12... Qd5 {allows} 13.
e6 $1 {This is the typical blow here hindering Black's development.} Qxe6 (
13... fxe6 14. O-O O-O-O 15. Bf4 $16 {and the f8 B looks miserable.}) 14. Qxe6
fxe6 15. Be3 Nf6 16. O-O-O $14 {with a rather bad P structure for Black.}) 13.
Bd2 {/\ 0-0-0} Qc7 (13... Qd5 $2 {is too greedy.} 14. c4 $1 Qxg2 15. O-O-O c5
16. Ne4 $16) 14. O-O-O $14 {with space advantage for White and a badly placed
N on h7.}) 12. Bd2 Be7 (12... Nxe5 13. dxe5 Qd5 $6 {is again worse because of}
14. c4 $1 Qxg2 15. O-O-O $16) (12... Bd6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Nh5 $1 Ndf6 15.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. g4 $1 {with a dangerous P march on the >>.}) 13. O-O-O (13. Nh5
$5 Rg8 (13... O-O {is losing to} 14. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 15. Nxd7 Qxd7 16. Qg4+ Ng5
17. hxg5 hxg5 18. O-O-O $16) 14. O-O-O Nhf6 15. Rh3 Nxh5 16. Qxh5 Nxe5 17. dxe5
Qd5 18. Rb3 Qxg2 $5 (18... g6 $2 {Black sacrifices a P in order to finish his
development.} 19. Qxh6 O-O-O (19... Qxe5 20. Rxb7 $16) 20. Qf4 Rd7 21. Qa4 (21.
Qxf7 $6 {activates only Black's heavy artillery.} Rf8 22. Qxg6 Rxf2 23. Rd3
Qxa2 24. Qe8+ Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. c3 Kc7 (26... Rxg2 $5 27. h5 Rh2 28. h6
Qa1+ 29. Kc2 Qa4+ 30. Kc1 Qa1+ $11) 27. Qg6 Qa1+ 28. Kc2 (28. Qb1 Qxb1+ 29.
Kxb1 Bxh4 $11) 28... Qa4+ 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 30. Kc2 {1/2:1/2 Akesson-Rausis,
Schacknytt GM 2000}) 21... Rgd8 (21... Qxe5 22. Qxa7 $16) 22. Qxa7 Qxe5 23.
Qa8+ Qb8 24. Qxb8+ Kxb8 25. Bf4+ $16 {with a healthy P up for White.}) 19. Rxb7
(19. Rg3 $2 Qxf2 20. Rf3 g6 $1 $17) 19... Qxf2 20. Kb1 $1 (20. Rxe7+ Kxe7 21.
Bb4+ Ke8) 20... g6 (20... O-O-O 21. Rxe7 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Qxd2 23. a3 $16) (20...
Bc5 21. Bc1 $16) 21. Qxh6 Qxh4 22. Qe3 Qc4 (22... Rd8 23. Qf3 $16) 23. Bc1 $16
{and the black K remains in the middle.}) 13... O-O 14. f4 {/\ f5} f5 $5 {
against f4-f5, but weakening the vital e6 and e5 squares.} (14... Re8 {is
certainly met by} 15. f5 $1 Bf6 (15... Bxh4 16. Nxf7 $1 $18) (15... Bd6 16.
Bxh6 $1 Bxe5 $1 (16... gxh6 17. Qg4+ Kf8 18. Nh5 $18) 17. dxe5 gxh6 18. Nh5 $1
{is the precise way of continuing the ->.} (18. f6 $5 Kh8 19. Ne4 (19. Qh5 Rg8
20. Ne4 Rg6) 19... Rg8 20. Nd6 Qf8 21. Qh5 Rg6 22. Nxf7+ Qxf7 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24.
Qxg6 Rg8 25. Qxh6 Qd5 $13) 18... exf5 19. Qd3 (19. Qd2 Re7) 19... Re6 $1 20.
Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 b6 22. Re1 Nf8 23. Rd6 Ng6 24. g3 $14) 16. Bf4 $36) (14...
Nb6 {is again met by} 15. f5 $1 $36) 15. Qc4 (15. Ng6 $5 Rf6 16. h5 (16. Nxe7+
Qxe7 17. Bc3 Qd6 (17... Rf7 18. Rde1 Re8 19. Qf3 (19. Qc4 Qd6) 19... Qd6 {
and the dark-squared B remains passive.}) 18. Rhf1) 16... Nhf8 17. Ne5 $14) (
15. Nd3 Rf6) 15... Nxe5 $1 16. dxe5 (16. fxe5 Qd5) 16... Qd5 17. Qxd5 cxd5 18.
h5 $14 {blockading the weaknesses on the >>.} Rfc8 19. Ne2 Nf8 20. g4 $1 (20.
Nd4 Bc5 21. Be3 Rc7) 20... fxg4 {otherwise >< f5 remains a target.} (20... Bc5
21. gxf5 exf5 22. Ng3 Ne6 23. Nxf5 Rf8 24. Nd6 $18) (20... Kf7 21. gxf5 exf5
22. Nd4 $18) 21. Rdg1 Rc7 (21... Bc5 22. Rxg4 Rc7 {was a real alternative.})
22. Be3 $1 (22. Rxg4 Bc5 {- 21...Bc5}) 22... Rac8 23. c3 b6 (23... b5 $5 {
looks more active.} 24. Kb1 (24. Kd2 b4) (24. Rxg4 b4 25. Rhg1 Bd8 26. Kd1 bxc3
27. Nxc3) 24... b4 25. cxb4 Bxb4 26. Nd4 Bc5 27. Rxg4 Bxd4 28. Bxd4 $14) (23...
Bc5 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Rxg4 b5 26. Rhg1 R5c7 (26... R8c7 $2 27. Nd4 $1 b4 28. f5
bxc3 29. b4 Rc4 30. f6 Rxb4 31. Rxg7+ Rxg7 32. Rxg7+ Kh8 33. Nc6 $18) 27. Kb1
Rf7 28. Nd4 a6 29. f5 $1 exf5 30. Nxf5 $18 {and Black collapses.}) 24. Rxg4 Bc5
25. Kd2 (25. Bxc5 $2 bxc5 $11) 25... Rf7 26. Rhg1 {<-> g} Nd7 27. Rg6 Kh8 (
27... Re8 $2 28. Rxh6 $18) (27... Bxe3+ 28. Kxe3 $18) 28. Bxc5 (28. Rxe6 $2 {
falls into the trap after} Nf8) 28... Nxc5 (28... bxc5 $2 29. Rxe6 $18) 29. Ke3
Re7 (29... Rf5 30. Rxg7 Rxh5 31. Rxa7 $18) 30. Nd4 Rce8 31. Rc1 $1 {White
opens the c <-> widening the battlefront.} Nd7 32. c4 $1 dxc4 33. Rxc4 {<-> c}
Nf8 (33... Nc5 34. b4) 34. Rg2 {/\ Rgc2} Kh7 (34... Rd7 35. Rc6 Red8 36. Nxe6
Nxe6 37. Rxe6 Rd3+ 38. Ke4 R3d4+ (38... R8d4+ 39. Kf5 Rf3 40. Kg6 Rdxf4 41.
Re8+ Rf8 42. Rxf8+ Rxf8 43. Rd2 Re8 44. Rd7 $18) 39. Kf3 Rf8 40. Rg4 $16) 35.
Rgc2 {White's active rooks dominate the board.} g5 (35... Kg8 36. Rc8) 36.
hxg6+ Nxg6 37. Rc7 Kg8 38. R2c6 Nf8 39. Nb5 $1 $18 {Total domination!} Ng6 40.
Rxa7 Rxa7 41. Nxa7 Ne7 42. Rc4 Ra8 43. Nc6 Nf5+ (43... Nd5+ 44. Ke4 Rf8 (44...
Rxa2 45. Nd4 Rxb2 46. f5 $18) 45. Kf3 $18) 44. Ke4 Rxa2 45. Nd8 (45. Rb4 Ra1
46. Rxb6 Re1+ 47. Kd3 Rf1 48. Rb7 Rf3+ 49. Ke2 Rxf4 50. b4 h5 $11) 45... Ng7 (
45... Rxb2 46. Nxe6 Ne7 47. Rc7 (47. f5 $2 Re2+ 48. Kf4 Nd5+) 47... Rb4+ 48.
Nd4 Kf8 49. e6 Rb1 50. Nc2 (50. f5 Re1+ 51. Kd3 Rd1+) 50... Rb5 51. Rd7 (51.
Ne3 Rb4+ 52. Kf3 Rb3) 51... Rc5 (51... h5 $2 52. Nd4 Rb1 53. f5 Re1+ 54. Kf4
Rf1+ 55. Kg5) 52. Nd4 Rc1 53. f5 Re1+ 54. Kf4 $18) 46. Rc6 Rxb2 47. Nxe6 {
Two connected passed pawns are very dangerous.} Rb4+ 48. Kf3 Nf5 49. Kg4 Ne3+
50. Kf3 Nf5 51. Rc8+ Kf7 52. Rf8+ Kxe6 53. Rf6+ Kd5 54. Rxf5 Rc4 (54... Rb3+
55. Kg4 Rb1 56. Rf8 Ke4 (56... b5 57. Kf5 Re1 58. Rd8+ Kc6 59. Ke6 $18) 57. e6
$18) 55. Rh5 Rc6 56. Rh1 b5 57. Kg4 b4 58. Kf5 b3 59. e6 $1 b2 60. Rb1 Rc2 61.
e7 Re2 62. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.02"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Dautov,R"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Germany"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. Rb5 cxd4 12. Rxa5 dxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxa5 14. h4
$1 {Eine wichtige Verbesserung gegenüber dem theoretischen 14.Nd4. Weiß
startet sofort den Angriff auf den gegnerischen König.} ({Nach} 14. Nd4 Bd7 {
hat Schwarz eine sichere Stellung.} 15. e5 (15. Be2 Rfc8 16. O-O Nc4 17. Qg5
Bf6 18. Qd5 Nb6 19. Qa5 e6 20. e5 Be7 21. f4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Rb1 b6 24.
Qa6 Rxc3 25. Qb7 Rd8 26. Nb3 a5 27. Rd1 a4 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. Qxd7 axb3 30. Qxe7
b2 31. Qd8+ {1/2-1/2 Dautov,R-Smejkal,J/Frankfurt Ordix op 1997}) 15... Rfc8
16. f4 e6 17. Be2 Rc7 18. O-O Rac8 19. Qd2 Bf8 20. Rf3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. h3
b5 23. Kh2 a6 24. Rd3 Bc6 25. Nxc6 R4xc6 $11 {Dautov,R-Alterman,B/Bad Homburg
1997}) 14... Be6 $1 {Peter findet den besten Zug.} ({Weder 14...Bd7 15.h5, noch
} 14... Bg4 15. Nd4 Rac8 16. h5 Rfd8 17. f3 Bd7 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. e5 Rc5 20. f4
Rdc8 21. Kd2 Rc4 22. Kc2 Ra4 23. Kb2 Nc4+ 24. Bxc4 Raxc4 25. Rd1 Ba4 26. Nb3
Bc6 27. g3 e6 28. Rd4 $16 {Khenkin,I-Sutovskij,E/Polanica Zdroj 1999, ist
sicher genug für Schwarz.}) 15. h5 (15. Ng5 $5) 15... Rfc8 16. e5 Nc4 $1 {
Erneut die beste Reaktion.} (16... Bxa2 17. Ng5 Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. hxg6 hxg6
20. Rh7 $1 {mit der Drohung 21.Qh3 und 22.Rxg7+ (oder 22.Rh8+) mit Mattsetzung
wäre für Schwarz sehr gefährlich.}) 17. Bxc4 ({Auf den ersten Blick scheint} 
17. Qg5 $5 {sehr verlockend für Weiß, aber} Nb6 $1 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Qxe7 Rxc3
{ermöglicht dem Gegner einen gefährlichen Gegenangriff.}) 17... Rxc4 $1 (17...
Bxc4 $2 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 $40) 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Ng5 Rac8 $1 $11 {Gerade
rechtzeitig organisiert Peter sein Gegenspiel, das zum Ausgleich ausreicht.}
20. Nxe6 Rxc3 21. Qg5 (21. Qxa7 {führt ebenfalls zu einem gleichen Endspiel:}
Rc1+ 22. Kd2 Rxh1 23. Nxg7 Rb1 (23... Kxg7 24. Qxb7 Rd8+ 25. Ke2 Kf8 26. a4 Ra1
$11) 24. Qa3 Kxg7 25. Qxe7 $11) 21... Rc1+ 22. Kd2 ({Oder} 22. Ke2 Rxh1 23.
Qxe7 Rhc1 $1 $11 ({aber nicht} 23... Bxe5 $2 {wegen} 24. Ng5 $1 $16)) 22...
Rxh1 ({Schwarz konnte auch sofort das Dauerschach geben:} 22... R8c2+ 23. Kd3
Rc3+) 23. Nxg7 Rd8+ 24. Ke2 ({Nach} 24. Kc2 {da die Variante} Kxg7 $6 ({
müßte Schwarz mit} 24... Rc8+ 25. Kd2 (25. Kb2 $2 Kxg7 26. Qxe7 Rc6 $1 $15)
25... Rd8+ $11 {das Dauerschach geben,}) 25. Qxe7 Rc8+ 26. Kd2 Rhc1 27. Qf6+
Kg8 28. e6 {nur für ihn unangenehm werden kann.}) 24... Kxg7 25. Qxe7 Rdd1 26.
f4 $1 ({Selbstverständlich nicht} 26. Qf6+ Kg8 27. e6 $2 Rhe1+ $19) 26... Rhf1
27. g3 {, und da 28.Qxb7 droht, und Schwarz dauernd auf e5-e6 aufpassen muß,
sah er sich endlich zum Dauerschach gezwungen:} Rfe1+ 28. Kf2 Rf1+ 29. Ke2
Rfe1+ 30. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 {Dieser Zug ist in den letzten paar
Jahren wieder populär geworden, meiner Meinung nach aber bietet er Weiß nichts.
} exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 O-O (6... h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne5 {Das ist die
andere Hauptfortsetzung für Schwarz.}) 7. Rc1 h6 8. Bh4 Nxd4 {Gewoenlich Mann
spielt dieser Springertausch nach 8...Te8 9.e3.} (8... Re8 9. e3 Nxd4 (9... g5
$5 10. Bg3 Ne4 11. Nde2 $2 (11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd3 Bxc3+ 13. bxc3 d6 $11) 11...
Qf6 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Nxb4 $1 14. axb4 Bxb4 $44 {[%csl Gb4,Re1,Ge4,Gf6][%cal
Rb4e1] 0-1 Claesen,P-Bacrot,E/Escaldes 1998/CBM 68/[Ribli] (23)}) 10. Qxd4 c5
11. Qd6 (11. Qd3 g5 12. Bg3 Ne4 $13 (12... d5)) 11... Re6 12. Qd1 b6 (12... Qa5
13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. a3 Bxc3+ 15. Rxc3) 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Bxc3 15. Rxc3 Qe8 16.
Bf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rd6 18. Rd1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 Qe6 20. Rd3 g5 21. Bg3 Re8 22. b3
h5 23. f3 b5 24. e4 h4 25. Rd6 Qe7 26. Bf2 bxc4 27. Bxc5 {1-0 Smirin,I-Almasi,
Z/Pula 2000 (27)}) (8... Bxc3+) (8... d6) (8... Ne5) 9. Qxd4 g5 (9... c5 10.
Qd6 (10. Bxf6 $4 cxd4 11. Bxd8 dxc3 12. bxc3 Ba3 $19) 10... g5 11. Bg3 Re8 {
Das ist nur eine Zugumstellung zu unserer Partie.}) 10. Bg3 c5 11. Qd6 {
Die Dame steht exponiert auf d6, aber Weiß möchte den Zug d7-d5 verhindern.} (
11. Qd1 d5 $36) 11... Re8 (11... Ne4 $5 12. Qxh6 (12. Qd3 Re8) 12... Qb6 (12...
d5 $2 13. Be5 f6 14. Qg6+ Kh8 15. h4 g4 16. Bf4 $16) 13. Qxb6 axb6 $44) 12. e3
Ne4 $5 {[%mdl 512] Schwarz opfert einen Bauern für aktives Figurenspiel.} (
12... Re6 13. Qd1 (13. Qd3)) 13. Qxh6 d5 (13... Qb6 14. Qh5 (14. Qxb6 axb6 $44)
14... Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qb2 16. Qd1 Qxa2 17. Bd3 $36) 14. cxd5 Qxd5 $44 {[%cal
Rd5d2,Rd2e1] Schwarz hat einen Bauern weniger und seine Königsstellung ist
geschwächt. Dafür verfügt er über großen Entwicklungsvorteil.} 15. Rd1 Qe6 (
15... Qxa2 $2 16. Be5 $1 $18) 16. Qxe6 (16. Qh5 $2 Nxc3 17. Qxg5+ Kf8 $19)
16... Bxe6 17. Bb5 Red8 (17... Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3+ 19. Ke2 Red8 $13) 18. Rc1 (
18. O-O $2 Bxc3 19. Rxd8+ (19. bxc3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Nxc3 $19 {[%cal Rc3b5,Rc3d1]}
) 19... Rxd8 20. bxc3 Nxc3 {[%csl Rb5]} 21. a4 a6 22. Be5 axb5 23. Bxc3 bxa4
$19) 18... a6 19. Be2 Bxa2 $15 {Schwarz hat seinen Bauern zurückgewonnen, sein
Figurenspiel scheint mir aktiver.} 20. Bf3 Nxg3 (20... Bd5 $15) 21. hxg3 Bc4 $5
{[%csl Gb4,Gc4]} 22. Be2 (22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Bf3 Bxc3+ 24. bxc3 Rb2 $44 {
[%cal Ga6a5,Ga5a4,Ga4a3]}) 22... Bd5 23. f4 $6 {Weiß opfert einen Bauern, um
die Stellung am Königsflügel zu öffnen. Aber ich bin nicht sicher, ob dieses
Opfer ganz korrekt ist.} (23. Bf3) (23. f3) 23... Bxg2 24. Rh5 gxf4 25. gxf4
Bc6 (25... Rd5 $5 $15) 26. Kf2 {[%cal Gc1g1,Gg1g8]} Kf8 27. Rg1 a5 (27... Ke7
$15) 28. Rh7 Bxc3 29. bxc3 {[%mdl 4096]} Ke7 $6 (29... Be4 $17) 30. Rg5 Rh8 $15
(30... b6 31. Bc4 $44) 31. Rxh8 Rxh8 32. Rxc5 Ra8 (32... a4 33. Ra5 $15) 33.
Bc4 a4 {Schwarz hat aufgrund des ernfernten Freibauerns die etwas besseren
Aussichten.} 34. Re5+ Kf6 35. e4 {[%cal Re5f5,Rf5f7]} Bd7 (35... a3 36. Rf5+
Kg6 37. Bxf7+ Kg7 38. Ba2 Bxe4 39. Rf7+ $11) 36. Ba2 a3 37. Ke3 Be6 38. c4 (38.
Bxe6 fxe6 $19) 38... Rh8 {[%cal Gh8h2] Bei reduziertem Material besitzt
Schwarz die Initiative.} 39. Kd4 Rh2 40. Bb3 b6 41. Rb5 a2 (41... Rd2+ 42. Kc3
a2 43. Bxa2 Rxa2 44. Rxb6 {Das ist nur eine Zugumstellung zur
Partiefortsetzung.}) 42. Bxa2 {Weiß muss den Läufer hergeben, bekommt dafür
aber zwei Bauern.} Rd2+ 43. Kc3 Rxa2 44. Rxb6 {[%cal Gb6f6,Rf4f5,Rf5e6]} Ke7
45. f5 $11 {Der Läufer findet keinen Stützpunkt, daher kann Schwarz dieses
Endspiel nicht gewinnen.} Bc8 46. Kd4 Ra6 (46... f6 47. e5 $11 {In diesem Fall
kann Schwarz maximal ein Endspiel R und B gegen R, erreichen, und auch das
wäre bei gutem Spiel Remis.}) 47. Rxa6 Bxa6 48. e5 {Weiß hat nur zwei Bauern
für den Läufer, aufgrund des reduzierten Materials kann Schwarz nicht mehr als
Remis erreichen.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.06"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Georgiev, Kiril"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Kb1 Bb7 (12... b4 $5 13. Nce2 h6
14. Bh4 Nc4 15. Qe1 $13) 13. Ndxb5 (13. Bd3 Ne5 $13) 13... axb5 14. Nxb5 Qc5 (
14... Qc6 15. Nxd6+ Bxd6 16. Qxd6 $44) 15. b4 $6 {This seemingly aggressive
move will have serious consequences, much better was 15.Be3.} (15. Be3 $5 Qc6 (
15... Nc4 16. Bxc5 Nxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nxc5 18. Nc7+ Kd7 19. Nxa8 Bxa8 20. b4 $16)
16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 $13) (15. Nxd6+ $2 Bxd6 16. Qxd6 Qxg5 $19) 15... Qc6
16. Nxd6+ Bxd6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6 18. Rxd6 Na4 19. Kc1 (19. Bd2 Ke7 20. Rd4 Ne5 $15)
19... Bc8 (19... Nc3 20. Kb2 Nxa2 $2 21. Bb5 $1 Bc8 22. Rhd1 $18) 20. Bb5 Nc3
21. Bxd7+ (21. Bc6 Rxa2 22. Kd2 Na4 23. Rb1 h6 $17) 21... Bxd7 22. Kb2 Rc8 (
22... Nxa2 $2 23. Ra1 $16) 23. Bd2 (23. Rc1 h5 $1 (23... Bb5 24. Bd2 Ke7 25. e5
Na4+ 26. Kb3 Rc4 $15) 24. Rd3 Na4+ 25. Kb3 hxg4 26. fxg4 Rxh2 27. Rxd7 (27.
Rcd1 Nb6 $19) 27... Kxd7 28. Kxa4 Rhxc2 $17) 23... Na4+ 24. Kb3 Bb5 25. Rd4 $2
{Svidler will be surprised, that his centralized rook can get trapped.} (25.
Rc1 Bc4+ $1 26. Ka3 Ra8 27. Ra1 h5 $15) 25... Nb6 26. Rc1 (26. e5 Ba4+ 27. Ka3
Bxc2 $17) 26... e5 $1 27. Rd6 Bc4+ (27... Ba4+ $1 28. Ka3 Nc4+ 29. Kxa4 Nxd6
$19) 28. Kb2 Na4+ 29. Ka3 (29. Kb1 Ke7 $19) 29... Ke7 30. Rd5 Bxd5 31. exd5 Nc3
0-1

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.08"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Baklan, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
f4 h6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Qc5 13. Qd3 Bg7 14. Qg3
Kf8 15. f5 h5 16. Qf3 Bc6 17. Bd3 e6 18. Qh3 e5 19. Qf3 a6 20. h4 Ke7 21. Ne2
Rcg8 22. Ng3 Bh6 23. Rde1 Rg4 24. Nxh5 Rhg8 25. g3 d5 26. exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-34"]
[Site "Istanbul"]
[Date "2000.11.10"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2000.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2001"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2000.11.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "England"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Be7 5. Re1 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. h3 Bd7 8. Ba4
Qe8 9. Bb3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Be3 Qb8 14. Nbd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.11.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Rf8 14.
Rd2 O-O-O 15. Rhd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Nb8 13. a4 Nbd7 14. Bd3 c6 15.
Nf1 d5 16. Bg5 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Be7 18. Re2 exd4 19. Nxd4 g6 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Bc2
Nd5 22. Qd2 Bxg5 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Qxg5 Qe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. Be4
b4 28. cxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Nb8 13. b3 Nbd7 14. d5 c6 15. c4
Rc8 16. a4 b4 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nf1 a5 19. Ng3 Nc5 20. Nh2 g6 21. Ra2 h5 22.
Nf3 Qc7 23. Bb1 Qb7 24. Rae2 Be7 25. Bc2 Nh7 26. Nf1 Nf8 27. Ng5 Bxg5 28. Bxg5
Nfe6 29. Bc1 Nd4 30. Re3 Nce6 31. Bb2 Rcd8 32. f3 h4 33. Rd3 Qe7 34. Qd2 Nxc2
35. Qxc2 Rd7 36. Ne3 Qg5 37. Kh1 Red8 38. Bc1 Qh5 39. Ng4 Kg7 40. Bh6+ Kh8 41.
Be3 Kg7 42. Bb6 Rb8 43. Bxa5 f5 44. exf5 gxf5 45. Nxe5 dxe5 46. Rxe5 Qg6 47.
Rxd7+ Bxd7 48. Qd2 Rb7 49. Bxb4 Kh7 50. Bc3 Bc8 51. b4 Rg7 52. Ra5 Rd7 53. Rd5
Rf7 54. Be5 f4 55. Qd3 Rf5 56. b5 Ng5 57. Rd8 Nf7 58. Rxc8 Nxe5 59. Qd8 Nf7 60.
Qxh4+ Nh6 61. Rc6 Qg7 62. b6 Rf7 63. a5 Re7 64. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nc2 d5 7. Bg2 dxc4 8. O-O
Be6 9. Nxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Nd7 11. Ne3 Nf6 12. Bf5 Bxf5 13. Nxf5 Qb5 14. Qc2
O-O-O 15. Ne3 Re8 16. Re1 Re4 17. b3 Qh5 18. Bb2 Ng4 19. Nxg4 Rxg4 20. bxc4 Bd6
21. e4 Re8 22. d4 Re6 23. e5 Bb4 24. f3 Rf4 25. Rf1 Rxf3 26. Qe4 Rh6 27. Qh4
Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Qe2 29. Rf2 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Hecht} e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 {Other theoretical line starts with 8...Ba6.} 9. Nd2 {
Other moves: 9.Nc3; 9.b3.} Bb7 10. b3 g6 ({Deserving attention} 10... O-O-O 11.
Bb2 d5 12. O-O-O Qe6 13. Qe3 Bb4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Nf3 Kb8 16. Bd3 Rhe8 17. Ng5
Qe7 18. f4 d4 19. Bxd4 Bxg2 20. Rhg1 Rxd4 21. Qxd4 Bc5 22. Qc3 Nd5 23. Qc4 Nb6
24. Qc2 Bxg1 25. Rxg1 Bb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Shaked,T-Morovic Fernandez,I/Groningen
1997/CBM 63 (53)}) 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. O-O-O ({White has no time for} 12. Ne4 $6 {
[%csl Rf6] due to simple} O-O-O 13. f4 Rhe8 $15) 12... O-O-O 13. f4 c5 14. Nf3
d6 $146 (14... Rhe8 15. g3 f6 16. Bg2 fxe5 17. Nxe5 d6 18. Bxb7+ Kxb7 19. Qf3+
Kc8 $6 (19... Ka6 $5) 20. Nd3 $6 (20. Nc6 Bxb2+ 21. Kxb2 Qe2+ 22. Qxe2 Rxe2+
23. Kb1 $14) 20... Bxb2+ 21. Nxb2 Qe2 22. Qxe2 Rxe2 23. Rd2 Rde8 $11 {
Rublevsky,S-Adams,M /Frankfurt 2000}) 15. exd6 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2
Rhe8 18. Rde1 {More accurate then 18.Rhe1.White need d1 square for the bishop.}
Rxd6 ({Why not to take with the pawn} 18... cxd6 {correcting pawnstructure?}
19. Ng5 {is not dangerous} f5 20. Nxh7 $2 Re7 $1 $19 {[%csl Re1,Re2,Rh7][%cal
Rd8e8]}) 19. Bd1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1 f6 {limiting the knight.} 21. Kc1 {Status is:
white has small advantage thanks to separated black pawns on the queenside,
however with accurate play black should hold the position without suffer too
much.} Kd8 22. Re3 Nd7 {preparing Nf8 with Re6 to swap the rooks.} 23. Ne1 Nf8
24. g3 Re6 25. Kd2 Rxe3 26. Kxe3 Ke7 {Black's only care now-c5 pawn.} 27. Bg4
Kd6 28. Nd3 f5 29. Bf3 {Bishops are going off the board too.} Bxf3 30. Kxf3 Nd7
$11 {[%csl Yc5,Yd7,Ye5][%cal Yd7c5,Yd7e5]} 31. h3 {[%cal Gg3g4]} Ke6 32. g4 {
trying to create something on the kingside...} h6 33. Kg3 Kf6 34. Kh4 Ke6 {
Stand by.} (34... g5+ $2 35. Kh5 $18) 35. g5 {The only thing, that white can
achieve on the kingside, is to fix g6 pawn.} h5 36. Kg3 {Back to the queenside.
} Kd6 37. Kf3 Kc6 38. Ke3 Kb6 39. Kd2 a5 40. Kc3 Kb7 41. Ne1 c6 {Strange move 
(pawns are not going back!).However it doesn't change the evaluation, of
course, the position is drawish.} 42. Nd3 Ka6 43. Nb2 Nf8 {There is no reason
to move the knight from d7.The simpliest is to play with the king on squares
b6,b7,c7, but maybe Svidler playing for a win?!} 44. a3 Ne6 {Back to d7 is
safer.} 45. Nd3 Kb6 46. Kd2 {Hecht: '[#] Die schwarze Bauernschwächen sind
fixiert. der weiße Plan lautet nun: Decken des Bf4 mittels Kf4, danach Se5 und
Zurückdrängen des schwarzen Springers nach f8. Danach wird der weiße König
wieder frei.'} Ka6 $4 {'?' Hecht. Decisive mistake! In endgame king should be
placed in the center.  Hecht: 'Möchte den König bei dem Hebel a4 in der Nähe
der a-Bauern lassen, lässt aber eine taktische Lösung zu. Es scheint, dass an
dieser Stelle die richtige passive Aufstellung (Kc7) der aktiven Fortsetzung 
(a4) vorzuziehen war.'} ({After} 46... Kc7 {black was holding the position.}
47. Ke3 ({doesn't work} 47. Ne5 Nxf4 48. h4 Kd6) 47... Kd6 48. h4 (48. Ne5 Nxg5
$1 49. Nxg6 Nxh3 $6 (49... Ne6 $11) 50. Nh4 $16 {[%cal Rh4f3,Rf3e1,Re1d3]})
48... Nf8 (48... Nd4 49. Ne5 Nxb3 50. Nxg6 $16) 49. Ne5 Kc7 50. Kd2 Kb6 51. Kc3
Kc7 (51... Kb7 $11 {Hecht und es geht auch nicht mit b4 entscheidend weiter.}
52. b4 axb4+ 53. axb4 Kb6 $1 $11 (53... cxb4+ 54. Kxb4 Kb6 55. c5+ Kc7 56. Ka4
Kb7 57. Ka5 Kc7 58. Ka6 Ne6 59. Nxg6 Nxc5+ 60. Ka5 Kd6 $132)) 52. b4 axb4+ 53.
axb4 cxb4+ 54. Kxb4 Kd6 $11) ({Plan B: Aktivität} 46... a4 {Hecht} 47. b4 (47.
bxa4 Ka5 48. Ne5 Nf8 49. Kc3 Kxa4 50. Kb2 h4 51. Ka2 Ka5 52. Nxc6+ Ka4 53. Ne5
Ka5 54. Kb3 Kb6 $14) 47... cxb4 48. axb4 Nd4 49. Kc3 Ne2+ 50. Kb2 Ng1 51. Ne5
Nxh3 52. Nxg6 $18) 47. Ne5 Nxf4 48. h4 $18 {[%csl Ya6,Rg6][%cal Gd2e3]} a4 {
The only chance, but insufficient.} 49. bxa4 Ka5 50. Ke3 Ne6 (50... Ng2+ 51.
Kf2 Nf4 (51... Nxh4 52. Kg3 $18) 52. Kf3 Ne6 53. Nxg6 Kxa4 54. Ne7 Kb3 55. g6
$18) 51. Nxg6 {Now the "g" pawn decides the game.} Kxa4 52. Ne7 (52. Nf4 {Hecht
} Ng7) 52... f4+ (52... Kb3 53. Nxf5 Kxc4 54. g6 $18) 53. Ke4 Kb3 54. g6 Kxc4
55. Nf5 (55. Nf5 {Hecht} Kb3 (55... f3 56. Kxf3 Kd3 57. g7 Nxg7 58. Nxg7 c4 59.
Nxh5 c3 60. Nf4+ Kd2 61. Ne2 $18 {ändert nichts}) 56. g7 Nxg7 57. Nxg7 c4 58.
Nxh5 c3 59. Nxf4 c2 60. Ne2 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 Bd7 13. b3 g6 14. Bb2 Bg7 (14...
Nh5 15. Kh2 Nf4 16. Nf1 Bg7 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. d5 Ne7 19. Ng1 Qg5 20. f3 f5 21. c4
bxc4 22. bxc4 Qf6 23. Ba3 $14 {[%cal Yc4c5] 1-0 Kovacs,L-Forintos,G/Budapest
1965/MCD (69)}) 15. d5 (15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Bd3 Qb7 17. d5 Ne7 18. c4 c6 19. c5
cxd5 20. cxd6 Nc6 21. exd5 Nxd5 22. Ne4 $16 {1-0 Westerinen,H-Odendahl,S/
London 1979/MCD (33)}) 15... Ne7 16. c4 c6 $146 (16... Nh5 17. c5 Nf4 18. c6
Bc8 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Kh7 21. Nc4 Ng8 22. Bc1 $16 {0-1 Chudinovskih,
A-Balashov,Y/Smolensk 1991/EXT 2000 (47)}) 17. b4 ({The thematic move would
have been} 17. c5 $5 {like in Westerinen-Odendahl above.} cxd5 (17... dxc5 18.
d6 Nc8 19. Bxe5 $14) 18. cxd6 Nc6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Nc4 $5 $36) 17... cxd5 18.
cxd5 Nh5 {If we compare this position to the examples given above, Black seems
to have a better version here. He hasn't lost that much ground on the Q-side.}
19. Nb3 Nf4 20. Na5 Rc8 21. Bb3 g5 $5 {[%cal Ye7g6]} 22. Nh2 Neg6 $2 {This
allows White to start some nice counter action.} (22... h5 $5 {[%cal Ye7g6,
Yg6h4] preventing Ng4 would have been much tougher for White to handle.}) 23.
Nc6 $1 $132 {[%mdl 256] With Black drumming up some rather nasty action on the
K-side White is forced to start doing something. You could call it active
defence.} Qf6 (23... Bxc6 24. dxc6 Rxc6 25. g3 $1 Ne6 (25... Nxh3+ 26. Kg2 Qc8
27. Qg4 $14) 26. a4 $36) 24. Ng4 $1 {[%mdl 256] White loses a P, but even
though it's the important defender on g2 White now gains control over the
vital white squares.} Bxg4 25. hxg4 Nh4 26. Re3 $1 {[%mdl 256]} Nhxg2 27. Rg3
Nh4 28. a4 $1 {Already the initiative is with White.} Qg6 (28... Ra8 29. axb5
axb5 30. Ra5 Rxa5 31. bxa5 $16 {[%cal Ya6a7,Ga5a6,Ra7a8]}) 29. Bc2 Bf6 30. axb5
axb5 31. Ra5 $16 Kg7 32. Rxb5 h5 33. Rb7 Rh8 34. Rd7 hxg4 35. Qxg4 Qh7 {
[%cal Yh4f3,Rh7h1] Finally Black has a threat - alas it's very easy to parry.}
36. Kf1 $8 Nhg6 37. Rxd6 $18 Qh1+ 38. Rg1 Qh3+ 39. Qxh3 Rxh3 40. Ke1 Ra8 41.
Kd2 Rh2 42. Rf1 g4 43. Kc3 Bh4 44. Bd1 Rg2 45. Kc4 f6 46. Rd7+ Kh6 47. Bc1 $1
Kg5 48. Be3 Ra2 49. Ra7 Rb2 50. d6 Bxf2 51. Rxf2 $1 Rgxf2 52. d7 g3 53. d8=Q g2
54. Rh7 Rbe2 (54... g1=Q 55. Rh5#) 55. Bxe2 Rxe2 56. Qd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. Re1 d6 8. h3
h6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. Nbd2 a6 12. a3 Ba7 13. Rc1 b5 14. d5 Ne7 15. c4
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 c6 17. c5 cxd5 18. cxd6 Nc6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Re1 Nf4 21. Be4 Rc8
22. Nb3 f5 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Rxe5 Rxe5 25. Nxe5 Nxh3+ 26. Kf1 Qh4 27. gxh3
Qxh3+ 28. Ke2 Re8 29. Qd4 Qh5+ 30. Kd2 f4 31. Nxc6 Re2+ 32. Kc3 Qf3+ 33. Kb4
Re4 34. d7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. Rb1 b6 9. e4 Nc6 10. Bc4 e6 11. Qg3 Bg7 12. h4 Qb8 13. Qg5 Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. Qe3 Bc6 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Rxb5 Qd6 18. h5 O-O-O 19. a4 Qc6 20. O-O f5 21. h6
Bf6 22. e5 Be7 23. d4 Rd5 24. Ba3 Rhd8 25. Qf3 Qb7 26. Rfb1 cxd4 27. Bxe7 Qxe7
28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. c4 Ra5 30. Rd1 Qd7 31. Qf4 Qc7 32. Qxd4 Rxe5 33. Qh4 Re4 34.
Qf6 Kb7 35. Qg7 Rxc4 36. g3 Qxg7 37. hxg7 Rc8 38. Rd7+ Ka6 39. f4 b5 40. axb5+
Kxb5 41. Rxa7 Kc6 42. Kf2 Kd6 43. Ke3 Rg8 44. Kd4 h6 45. Ra6+ Ke7 46. Ke5 Rxg7
47. Rxe6+ Kf7 48. Ra6 Kg8 49. Kf6 Kh7 50. Re6 Ra7 51. Rd6 Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 081"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Ne5 f6 12. Nf3 Kh8 13. Re1 (13. a3 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Nc6 15. Nd2 (15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bd3 f5 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bf4 Rae8 19. Bb5 Bd6 20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Aarthie,R-Goodger,M/York ENG 2000/ 
(22)}) 15... f5 16. Re1 Bf6 17. Bf3 Bg8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nb3 b6 20. Bf4 Ne7
21. Be5 c6 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. Nc1 Ng6 24. Nd3 h6 25. Ne5 Nh4 26. Bxd5 Qxd5 27.
f3 c5 28. dxc5 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund GER 2000 (28)}) (13. Qb3 Nxc3
14. bxc3 dxc4 15. Bxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd5 17. Qb3 Qxb3 18. axb3 Nd5 19. Re1 Rfe8
20. Bd2 c6 21. c4 Nb6 22. Nh4 Kg8 23. Nf5 Kf7 24. Kf1 $14 {1-0 Adams,M-Timman,
J/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 75/ (41)}) 13... f5 (13... c6 14. a3 Na6 15. cxd5 cxd5
16. Bd3 f5 17. Bf4 Rc8 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Be5 Qe7 20. Rac1 Bg8 21. Bxa6 bxa6 22.
Ne2 $16 {1-0 Khalifman,A-Timman,J/Hoogeveen NED 2000 (36)}) (13... Bg8 14. a3
Nxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. cxd5 Bxd5 17. Bb2 f5 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. c4 Bf7 20. Nb3 b5
21. cxb5 Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Nxd4 23. Qc4 Nxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 a6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Van der Sterren,P/Venlo NED 2000/The Week in Chess 303 (30)})
14. a3 Nc6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 (15... Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bxd5 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Qd2 Qf6 $11)
16. Bd3 Bf6 (16... Nxc3 $5 17. bxc3 Qd6 18. Rb1 Rae8 $11) 17. Be3 (17. Nxe4
fxe4 18. Bxe4 Re8 19. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 20. Qxe1 Qxd5 $15) (17. Bxe4 fxe4 18. Nxe4 Re8
19. Nxf6 Qxf6 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Be3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxf3 23. gxf3 Ne7 $1 $11)
17... Nxc3 (17... Qd7 18. Nxd5 (18. Qc2 Nxc3 (18... Rfe8 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Bc4
Qd6 21. Rad1 $14) 19. Bxf5 Qf7 20. bxc3 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Bxd4 $17) 18... Qxd5 19.
Rc1 Rfe8 20. Qa4 $14) 18. bxc3 Qd7 19. Ng5 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Ne7 (19... Na5 $2 20.
Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Bxf5 g6 23. Bxg6 $16) 20. c4 Bg8 21. Rb1 b6 (21...
f4 $5 22. Bxf4 Bxd4 23. Bg3 (23. Re4 Rad8) 23... Nf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Nf3 c5
26. Be5 Re8 (26... Rd8 27. Nxd4 cxd4 28. Qd3 $14) 27. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 cxd4
29. Qe4 b6 30. Ne5 Qe6 31. f4 d3 32. Rd1 g5 $132) 22. Nf3 $14 Bf7 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Yf7h5,Yh5d1]} 23. Bg5 (23. Qd2 $5 Bh5 (23... Rad8 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5
$14) 24. Be2 Rad8 25. Bg5 Bxf3 26. Bxf3 Ng6 27. Bxf6 Rxf6 28. d5 Rff8 (28...
Nh4 29. Qf4 Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 c6 31. Rbd1 Rd6 32. Re5 $14) 29. Re2 Rfe8 30. Rbe1
Rxe2 31. Qxe2 $14) 23... Bxg5 (23... Bh5 $2 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Ne5 $1 Qe8 26.
Qd2 (26. Qc2 $16) 26... Rd8 27. d5 Qf8 28. Qg5 $36) 24. Nxg5 Bg8 25. Nf3 (25.
d5 $2 c6 26. Ne6 Rf6 $15) (25. Qc2 Nc6 (25... Rae8 26. Nf3 Nc6 27. Rxe8 Rxe8
28. Bxf5 $16) 26. d5 Nd4 27. Qc3 c5 $1 $11) 25... Nc6 26. d5 Na5 27. Re5 (27.
Nd4 c6 28. Qh5 cxd5 (28... g6 29. Qh4 cxd5 30. Re7 Qd6 31. Ne6 $140 dxc4 32.
Nxf8 Rxf8 $15) 29. Bxf5 Qd6 30. Ne6 Rf6 $132 {[%cal Yf6h6]}) 27... Rae8 (27...
c6 $5 28. Nd4 (28. Qd2 Rad8 29. Rbe1 Qd6 $132 30. Re7 cxd5) (28. Qc2 cxd5 29.
Bxf5 Qc7 30. cxd5 Qxc2 31. Bxc2 Nc4 $17) 28... cxd5 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Bxf5 Qf7
$132 {[%cal Yf8f2]}) 28. Rxe8 (28. Qc2 Rxe5 29. Nxe5 Qd6 30. Re1 c6 $11) 28...
Rxe8 29. Qc2 f4 $11 {[%cal Yc7c6]} 30. Rd1 Qd6 31. Qc3 Re7 32. Bc2 Nb7 $1 (
32... c6 33. c5 Qxc5 34. Qxc5 bxc5 35. d6 $16) 33. h3 a5 34. Nd4 Qf6 35. Qf3
Nd6 36. Qc3 Nb7 37. Qf3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 cxd4 6. Qxd4 e5 7. Qd3 h6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. Bc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nd2 Rb8 13. a5 Nc5 14. Qe2 Be6 15.
Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Ra4 Qc6 17. Rc4 Qd7 18. Rd1 Bd8 19. Ra4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nde4
Nxc3 22. Nxc3 Qe8 23. b3 Rc8 24. Nd5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Qd3 Kh8 27. Rxd4
Bxa5 28. Re4 Qd7 29. Re7 Qc6 30. c4 Rce8 31. g3 Bd8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Qf3 Kg8
34. Kg2 Bc7 35. Rd4 Re6 36. Re4 Rxe4 37. Qxe4 Bd6 38. h4 Bf8 39. h5 Qd7 40. Qe5
b5 41. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd6
15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nh4 Na5 17. Ba2 Bg4 18. Qd3 Rae8 19. h3 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Re8 21.
Re3 Rxe3 22. Bxe3 Be6 23. d5 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Qxh3 25. Qf5 Qxh4 26. Qc8+ Bf8 27.
Bc5 Qg5+ 28. Kf1 Qc1+ 29. Kg2 Qg5+ 30. Kf3 Qh5+ 31. Kg2 Qg6+ 32. Kf1 Qd3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "New Delhi/Teheran"]
[Date "2000.12.08"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2000.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "IND"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.01.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. a3
b5 9. g4 Bb7 10. f3 Nfd7 11. Qd2 Ne5 12. O-O-O Nbd7 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4
15. Rhe1 Nf6 16. Qg2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Kb1 Bd5 20. b3 Qc7 21. Bc1
Bc5 22. Bb2 O-O-O 23. f5 Qb6 24. b4 Be7 25. g5 Rd7 26. f6 Bd8 27. Nb3 gxf6 28.
gxf6 Qc6 29. Nc5 Ra7 30. Nxe4 Bc7 31. Qg7 Rd8 32. Nc3 Bf3 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34.
Qxh7 Rd7 35. Ne4 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Bxe4 37. Rxd8+ Kxd8 38. Qg8+ Qe8 39. Qg1 Qc6 40.
Qf2 Ke8 41. Qd2 Qc4 42. Qd1 Bd5 43. Qg1 Kd7 44. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. Qf2 N8d7 11. a4 bxa4 12. Nxa4 Nxa4 13. Rxa4 Bb7 14. Nb3 Be7
15. h4 a5 16. h5 O-O 17. h6 g6 18. Qd2 d5 19. Be2 Qc7 20. Rxa5 dxe4 21. f4 Bf6
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. O-O Bxb2 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Nc5 Nd5 26. Nxe4 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Rd8
28. Rxd8+ Qxd8 29. Kf1 Qd4 30. Qxd4 Bxd4 31. Bf3 Ba6+ 32. Kg2 f5 33. Ng5 Bc4
34. Kg3 e5 35. gxf5 gxf5 36. fxe5 Bxe5+ 37. Kh4 Bf6 38. Kh5 Bf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ehlvest, Jaan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 Ne7 7. g5 Nec6 8. Be3
b5 9. f4 h6 10. Nf3 hxg5 11. Nxg5 Nd7 12. Qd2 Nb6 13. Bd3 Na4 14. Nxa4 bxa4 15.
O-O-O Rb8 16. a3 Be7 17. Qc3 Bxg5 18. Qxc6+ Bd7 19. Qxd6 Be7 20. Qd4 Rh3 21.
Bf1 Rh7 22. Bxa6 Qc7 23. Rd3 Rb3 24. Kb1 Rxd3 25. Bxd3 Bc6 26. Rg1 g6 27. f5
exf5 28. exf5 Rh4 29. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.01.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Sepp, Olav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2439"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2001.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. O-O g6 7. Nbd2 Bb7 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg7 10. e5 dxe5 11. dxe5 Nd5 12. e6 fxe6 13. Ng5 Nc7 14. Bf3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Ne5 16. Qh3 Qd5 17. Ndf3 h6 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.01.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2001.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 a6 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 exf6 10. Rd1 Bg7 11. g3 O-O 12. Bg2 Ne7 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. O-O c6
15. Qa3 f5 16. Ne5 Be6 17. Nd3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf4 Be4 20. f3 Bd5 21.
Ncxd5 cxd5 22. Qb3 Re8 23. e3 b5 24. Nxd5 Rc8 25. Nf4 Rc4 26. Kg2 Qe7 27. Rfe1
Rec8 28. Re2 g5 29. Nh5 Bxd4 30. Qd3 Be5 31. Qxf5 Qe6 32. Qxe6 fxe6 33. f4 Bh8
34. b3 Rc2 35. Rdd2 Rxd2 36. Rxd2 Kf7 37. g4 Ke7 38. Kf3 Rc1 39. h4 gxh4 40.
Rh2 b4 41. Ke4 a5 42. f5 Ra1 43. Nf4 exf5+ 44. gxf5 Kf7 45. Rxh4 Rxa2 46. Rxh6
Ba1 47. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.01.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gavrikov, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nd7 11. g4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. Kb1 Rb8 14. Bf3 b4 15.
Ne2 e5 16. Qd2 exf4 17. Nxf4 Ne5 18. Qe2 Bg5 19. h4 Bxf4 20. Bxf4 Qf6 21. Bxe5
dxe5 22. g5 Qe7 23. Bg4 Bxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.01.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Miezis, Normunds"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 Bb7 3. e4 e6 4. Nge2 Nf6 5. Ng3 c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. f4 h5 8. e5 h4
9. Nge4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 d6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Qa4 O-O 14. O-O-O Nd4
15. Rd2 f5 16. Nc3 a6 17. Qd1 b5 18. Qe1 Qb6 19. Bf2 h3 20. Bh4 Bd6 21. Qg3 Qa5
22. Rg1 b4 23. gxh3 Rf7 24. Nb1 Nf3 25. Rdg2 Qc7 26. Qf2 Bxf4+ 27. Kd1 Nxg1 28.
Rxg1 Qe5 29. Rg6 Kh7 30. Bg3 Bxg3 31. Rxg3 f4 32. Rg4 Qe3 33. Qh4+ Kg8 34. Nd2
Bf3+ 35. Nxf3 Qxf3+ 36. Ke1 Rf5 37. Be2 Re5 38. Qf2 Qxd3 39. Kf1 Qxh3+ 40. Kg1
Qe3 41. Rxf4 Qxe2 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2001.01.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2534"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2001.01.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[EventCategory "14"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 080 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.03.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Ned2 Be7 9. b3 O-O 10. Bb2 Bxf3 11. Nxf3 c6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. g3 Rfe8 14. a3 Rad8
15. Rfe1 Bf8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nd5 18. h4 g6 19. h5 Bg7 20. Qf3 Rd7 21. Re2
Red8 22. Kg2 Ne7 23. Rh1 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2001.03.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 b6 13. O-O Bb7 14. d5
Ba6 15. Bxa6 Nxa6 16. Be3 f5 17. Rfd1 fxe4 18. Ng5 Rfd8 19. Nxe4 Rd7 20. d6
exd6 21. Nxd6 Nc7 22. Kf1 Ne6 23. Ne4 Rad8 24. Rxd7 Rxd7 25. Rc1 Kf7 26. Ke2
Rd5 27. Rc4 Ra5 28. a4 Rd5 29. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2001.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "203"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. c4 Qd4 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. exd6 Nf6 13. Bc3 Qxd1+ 14.
Rxd1 c5 15. h4 O-O 16. f3 a5 17. Rh3 Bb7 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Bd3 Rfc8 20. Kf2 Ra6
21. Bc2 a4 22. a3 Ne8 23. h5 h6 24. Rh1 f6 25. Rh4 Kg8 26. Rhg4 Kf8 27. Bd2
Rxd6 28. Bc1 Rd4 29. Bxa4 f5 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Bxd7 Rxc4 32. Bd2 Bd5 33. Bxe8
Kxe8 34. Rxg7 Rc2 35. Ke1 Rxb2 36. Bxh6 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rh1 38. g4 Rh3 39. gxf5
exf5 40. Rg3 Rxh5 41. Bd2 Rh2+ 42. Rg2 Rh3 43. Rg3 Rh2+ 44. Rg2 Rh7 45. Rg5 Be6
46. Rg6 Kf7 47. Rh6 Rg7 48. Rh4 Kg6 49. Rxd4 Rd7 50. Ke3 Ra7 51. Bb4 Kf6 52.
Kf4 Ra6 53. Rd3 Bc4 54. Re3 Be6 55. Bc3+ Kf7 56. Bb4 Kf6 57. Rc3 Bd5 58. Rc5
Be6 59. Bc3+ Ke7 60. Bb4 Kf6 61. Rc7 Bd5 62. Rh7 Rc6 63. Rd7 Rc4+ 64. Ke3 f4+
65. Kd3 Be6 66. Rd6 Rc1 67. Bd2 Rf1 68. Ke2 Rb1 69. Bxf4 Ra1 70. Ra6 Kf5 71.
Ke3 Re1+ 72. Kf2 Rf1+ 73. Kg2 Ra1 74. Be3 Bd5 75. Ra5 Ke6 76. Kf2 Rb1 77. f4
Rb2+ 78. Ke1 Ra2 79. Bc1 Rc2 80. f5+ Ke5 81. Bd2 Rc8 82. f6 Ke6 83. Bb4 Ra8 84.
Rb5 Bc4 85. Rb6+ Kf7 86. Be7 Bd5 87. Kd2 Ra4 88. Kc3 Rc4+ 89. Kb2 Rg4 90. Rb4
Rg2+ 91. Kc3 Ra2 92. Rg4 Rg2 93. Rd4 Bc6 94. Rh4 Bd5 95. Kd4 Ke6 96. Rh5 Rd2+
97. Ke3 Rd1 98. a4 Re1+ 99. Kd3 Ra1 100. Bc5 Rxa4 101. f7 Bc4+ 102. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2001.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ernst,T"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Qf2 Bb7 12. Bd3 Rc8 13. Nce2 Be7 14. h4 Nc5
15. Kb1 Qc7 16. Bg5 Nba4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. g5 O-O 19. Ng3 f6 20. Nh5 Qf7 21.
Ng3 d5 22. Qe1 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Nc5 24. Rg1 fxg5 25. hxg5 dxe4 26. dxe4 Rc7 27. g6
$5 hxg6 28. Rh1 e5 29. Nc2 Ne6 30. Qg1 Qxf3 31. Qh2 Nf4 $1 32. Nb4 Bxe4+ 33.
Ka1 Nh5 34. Nxe4 Qxe4 35. Qd2 Nf4 36. Qd6 Rfc8 37. a3 a5 38. Nd5 Rb7 (38...
Nxd5 $2 39. Qe6+ $18) 39. Ne7+ Rxe7 40. Qxe7 b4 41. Rhe1 Qf5 42. Rxe5 Qg4 43.
Rd8+ Rxd8 44. Qxd8+ Kh7 $16 45. Re8 g5 46. Rh8+ Kg6 47. Qd6+ Ne6 48. Re8 Kf6
49. Qe7+ Ke5 50. Qxg7+ Kd6 51. Qe7+ Ke5 52. axb4 axb4 53. Qg7+ Kd6 54. Qe7+ Ke5
55. Qc7+ Kf6 56. Qc1 b3 57. Ra8 Qe4 58. Qc3+ Kg6 59. Rg8+ Kf7 60. Rh8 Nd4 61.
Qc7+ Kg6 62. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2001.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 Nf6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nf3 d6 8. b4 a6
9. a4 h6 10. O-O Be6 11. b5 axb5 12. axb5 Ne7 13. Nd2 c6 14. Qb3 d5 15. Ba3 Re8
16. bxc6 bxc6 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Nb5 Qd7 19. Rfc1 Reb8 20. Rc7 Rxb5 21. Rxd7
Rxb3 22. Nxb3 Nxd7 23. Bxe7 Ra2 24. e3 d4 25. exd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gulko, Boris F"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 $5 {This move look more
logical than 12.Be3,first of all qween go away from d-file,and second-position
black's qween on b6 doesn't help for black to began the counterplay} (12. Be3
Qd8 $8 13. N5d4 Bf8 (13... e5 14. Nf5 (14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qc3 Qc7 16. Na5 Bb7
17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. g4 Rb8 19. g5 Ne8 20. h4 Qb4 21. Qxb4 Rxb4 22. b3 $14 {
1-0 Sax,G-Ermekov,A/Pardubice 1997/CBM 59 ext (45)pair of bishops give for
white clear advantage}) 14... d5 15. Bd3 Bb4 16. Qe2 d4 17. Bg5 g6 18. Nh6+ Kg7
19. Bc4 Qc7 20. Qf2 Ne8 21. Qh4 f6 22. Bd2 Bxd2+ 23. Rxd2 Nb4 24. Bb5 Re7 25.
a3 Nc6 26. g4 $36 {0-1 Toth,A-Nor,I/Paks 1998/EXT 99 (40)}) (13... a5 $5 14.
Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nd4 Rc7 16. g4 a4 17. g5 Nh5 $132 {0-1 Liss,E-Kotronias,V/Rishon
Le Ziyyon 1996/CBM 53 (39)}) 14. g4 e5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. g5 Ne8 (16... Nh5 $5)
17. Na5 Rc7 18. h4 Be6 19. h5 Qb8 20. Qc3 Qc8 21. g6 Rb8 22. f4 Nf6 23. gxh7+
Kh8 24. Bg2 $16 {0-1 Maiorov,O-Fomichenko,E/Krasnodar RUS 1999 (44)}) 12... a6
(12... Qd8 $5 13. h4 (13. g4 b6 14. h4 Bb7 15. N5d4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rc8 17. Kb1
a6 18. Bc1 Rdc7 19. g5 Nd7 20. Rh2 d5 21. e5 Bc5 22. h5 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Nf8 24.
Bd3 Rd7 25. g6 {1-0 Anand,V-Tissir,M/Shenyang 2000/CBM 79 no vc (25)}) 13... a5
$5 14. a4 e5 15. g3 Ne8 16. Be3 d5 17. Bh3 d4 18. Bd2 Nb4 $44 {... 1/2-1/2
Nunn,J-Pelletier,Y/Germany 1999/EXT 2000 (60)}) 13. N5d4 $5 (13. Be3 $6 Qd8 14.
N5d4 Nxd4 (14... Bf8 15. g4 e5 16. Nf5 d5 17. g5 dxe4 18. Rxd7 Bxd7 19. Nxg7
Bxg7 20. gxf6 Qxf6 21. fxe4 Nd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Yemelin,V-Sherbakov,R/St
Petersburg 1998/CBM 67 (67)}) 15. Bxd4 (15. Nxd4 $146 {This move is a more
logical on than Bd4 since this way white doesn't allow e5 in the view of Nf5}
Qc7 16. g4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 (17... Ne8 18. h4 Nd6 19. exd5 exd5 20. h5 $40) 18.
Qh4 g6 19. Bh3 {[%cal Gd4e6]} Rd8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Iskusnyh,S/Smolensk
2000/CBM 77/[Gershon] (29)}) 15... e5 16. Bc3 d5 17. Bxe5 dxe4 18. Rxd7 Nxd7
$132 {1/2-1/2 Huebner,R-Reeh,O/Germany 1989/GER-chT (75)} (18... Bxd7 19. fxe4
a5 $44 {0-1 Huebner,R-Piket,J/Lugano 1989/TD (40)})) 13... Rd8 (13... Qc7 14.
h4 Ne5 15. Kb1 b5 16. g4 d5 17. Bxf6 gxf6 18. f4 Ng6 19. f5 $40 {1-0 Anand,
V-Avrukh,B/Haifa 2000/CBM 74 ext (32)}) 14. g4 e5 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. exf5 $5 {
[%mdl 4]} Nd5 $2 (16... d5 $5) 17. h4 Bxg5+ (17... Ncb4 18. Kb1 Rac8 19. c3 $16
) 18. hxg5 Qe3+ (18... Ndb4 19. Kb1 $18) (18... Ncb4 19. Kb1 Ne3 20. Rc1 $18)
19. Qd2 Rac8 20. Kb1 {[%csl Yh1,Rh7][%cal Yh1h7]} Ncb4 (20... Qxd2 21. Rxd2 Nf4
22. Rdh2 $18) 21. a3 (21. Qh2 h6 22. Rd2 Qxg5 23. a3 Nxc2 24. Rxd5 Ne3 25. Rd3)
21... Rxc2 22. Qxe3 Nxe3 23. axb4 Rf2 (23... Rxb2+ 24. Kxb2 Nxd1+ 25. Kc2 Ne3+
26. Kd2 $18) 24. Re1 Rxf3 25. Nd2 Rg3 26. Ne4 Rf3 27. Rh3 Rxh3 28. Bxh3 $16 Nd5
29. Rd1 Nf4 30. Bf1 d5 31. Nc5 b6 32. Nd3 Nxd3 33. Bxd3 Kf8 34. Be4 $18 d4 35.
Kc2 f6 36. g6 hxg6 37. fxg6 Ke7 38. Ra1 Rh8 39. Rxa6 Rh2+ 40. Kd3 Rh3+ 41. Kc4
Re3 42. Bf5 b5+ 43. Kxb5 d3 44. Ra7+ Ke8 45. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2849"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. f4
b5 9. Nf3 b4 10. Na4 Rb8 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. b3 h5 13. g5 d5 14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Bxe4
Rb5 16. c4 bxc3 17. Nxc3 Rb8 18. Rd1 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. g6 fxg6 21. Qg2 Bb4
22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Rd3 Qe8 24. Rg1 Qxg6 25. Rxg6 Ne7 26. Rgd6 Bxd6 27. Rxd6 Ke8
28. Ne5 Bc8 29. Bc5 Rb7 30. Nc4 Rd7 31. Rb6 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rxd5 33. b4 Rh6 34.
Rb8 Rc6 35. h4 Rcxc5 36. bxc5 Rxc5 37. Ne5 Ke7 38. Rb6 Rc1+ 39. Kd2 Ra1 40. Rg6
Rxa2+ 41. Kc3 Ra4 42. Rxg7+ Kd6 43. Nc4+ Ke6 44. Rg6+ Kf7 45. Rb6 Be6 46. Ne5+
Ke7 47. Ng6+ Kf7 48. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 082"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.05.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Bb7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Re8
15. b3 Bf8 16. Bb2 g6 17. Qf3 Bg7 18. Rad1 Rc8 19. Bb1 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21.
Bd4 Re6 22. b4 Qe7 23. Qa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A playoff"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Bxd5 11. exd5 Rc8 12. c4 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Rac1 b6 15.
Nd2 g6 16. Kh1 Ne8 17. f4 f5 18. Qb3 Bf6 19. Nf3 Nc5 20. Qc2 Qe7 21. Rfe1 Qg7
22. b3 e4 23. Ng5 Bxg5 24. fxg5 f4 25. Bxc5 bxc5 26. Qxe4 Nc7 27. Bg4 Rce8 28.
Be6+ Kh8 29. Rc2 Re7 30. Rf2 Rfe8 31. Qxf4 Nxe6 32. dxe6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6 Rxe6 34.
h4 Kg8 35. Qf3 Qe7 36. Kh2 Re4 37. g3 Kg7 38. Qc3+ Qe5 39. Qxa5 Rxh4+ 40. Kg2
Qe4+ 41. Rf3 Qe2+ 42. Rf2 Qe4+ 43. Rf3 Qe2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A playoff"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Nc6 7. d4 a6 8.
e4 b5 9. Qb3 b4 10. e5 bxc3 11. exf6 cxb2 12. Bxb2 Rb8 13. Qc2 exf6 14. Bc4
Bb4+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. Rd1 Bd6 17. h4 Nb4 18. Qd2 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Rxb5 20. h5 Nd5
21. g3 Qd7 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Bc1 Rf7 24. Rh4 Ne7 25. Kg1 Nf5 26. Re4 Re7 27.
Rxe7 Nxe7 28. Qe2 Qf5 29. a4 Rb3 30. Qc4+ Qd5 31. Nd2 Rb4 32. Qxd5+ Nxd5 33.
Ne4 Rxa4 34. Rd3 Be7 35. Bb2 Rb4 36. Ba3 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Kf7 38. Bc5 f5 39. Rf3
Ke6 40. Nd2 Rb5 41. Ra3 Bxc5 42. dxc5 Nb4 43. Nb3 Kd5 44. Ra1 Kc4 45. Nd2+ Kxc5
46. Re1 a5 47. Re7 Nd5 48. Rxh7 a4 49. Rh8 a3 50. Ra8 Kb4 51. Kf3 Ra5 52. Rb8+
Nb6 0-1

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A playoff"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4
Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Qf2 Bb7 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Nce2 Qc7 14. Ng3 d5
15. e5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qc7 17. g5 Nc5 18. Bh3 Nc4 19. Bc1 g6 20. Rhe1 Ne4 21. Nxe4
dxe4 22. f5 gxf5 23. Nxf5 exf5 24. Bxf5 Bg7 25. Bd7+ Kf8 26. Bxc8 Qxc8 1-0

[Event "World Cup of Rapid Chess-A playoff"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2001.03.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2001.03.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qa5+ 9. c3 f5 10. exf6 Nxf6 11. Nd6+ Bxd6 12. Qxd6 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Qxa6 14. b3
Ne4 15. Qd4 d5 16. f3 Nf6 17. c4 O-O 18. O-O Rae8 19. Bf4 Nd7 20. Bd6 Rf6 21.
Rfe1 Qb6 22. c5 Qb5 23. f4 a5 24. Re3 Qb4 25. Qxb4 axb4 26. Rd3 e5 27. fxe5
Nxe5 28. Rd4 Nf7 29. Bg3 Re4 30. Rxe4 dxe4 31. Be1 Ne5 32. Bxb4 Nd3 33. Bd2 Rf2
34. Be3 Re2 35. Bd4 Nf4 36. a4 e3 37. g3 Nh3+ 38. Kf1 Rxh2 39. Ra3 e2+ 40. Ke1
Ng5 41. Bf2 Ne4 42. Kxe2 Nxf2 43. a5 Ne4+ 44. Kf3 Nxc5 45. a6 Nxa6 46. Rxa6 Rc2
47. Rb6 Kf7 48. b4 h5 49. b5 cxb5 50. Rxb5 g6 51. Rb7+ Kf6 52. Rb6+ Kg5 53. Ke4
0-1

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-B"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Spassky, Boris Vasilievich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nge2 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. h3 Nf6 7. g4 d5 8. Bg2
Qb6 9. Nb3 d4 10. Ne2 e5 11. c3 Be6 12. O-O Rd8 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nf4 Bc4 15.
g5 Nd7 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nce5 18. Qxd4 Bd6 19. f4 Nd3 20. Be3 Qxd4 21. Nxd4
O-O 22. Nf5 Bc5 23. Rad1 Nxb2 24. Rb1 Nc4 25. Bxc5 Nxc5 26. Rfc1 Nd2 27. Rxc5
Nxb1 28. Rc7 g6 29. Ne7+ Kg7 30. f5 gxf5 31. h4 Kh8 32. Nxf5 Rc8 33. Rxb7 Rc1+
34. Kh2 Nc3 35. d6 f6 36. g6 hxg6 37. Ne7 Rd8 38. Nxg6+ Kg8 39. Ne7+ Kf8 40.
Nf5 Rb1 41. Rh7 Kg8 42. Rg7+ Kh8 43. Re7 Rbb8 44. d7 Na4 45. Nd6 Rf8 46. Nf7+
Kg8 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-B"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hug, Werner"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {This move became very popular,
thanks to efforts of Lputian and Vaganian.} 6. Qg4 ({Maybe} 6. b4 {is more
ambitios try, but many strong GM ( Leko, Svidler, Short, Sutovsky) prefer text,
which leads to also very complicated, but not so force lines.}) 6... Ne7 7.
dxc5 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Ng6 {White's pawn structure looks terrible but
pair of bishops and active position of all pieces fully compensate this defect.
} 10. Bd3 (10. h4 h5 $5 (10... Qc7 11. Qg3 Nxc5 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nxd7 14.
O-O Nc5 15. h5 Ne4 16. Qg4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Qxe5 18. Rb1 b6 {1-0 Descovich,
J-Behrmann,K/corr 1996 (36)}) 11. Qd4 (11. Qg3 Nxc5 {[%cal Gc5e4]}) 11... Qa5
12. a4 Ne7 {[%cal Ge7f5]} 13. Bb5 Nc6 14. Qe3 a6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nd4 Qc7 $13
{0-1 Pietrow,A-Barsov,A/Utrecht op 1999 (31)}) 10... Nxc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. O-O
O-O $146 ({Vaganian played} 12... Bd7 {and comfortably equalized chances after}
13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. h4 Qxc3 15. Qg3 O-O-O 16. Rab1 f6 17. Rfe1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 fxe5
19. Qxg7 Rdg8 20. Qxe5 Qxe5 21. Rxe5 Kc7 22. c4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Vaganian,R/
Istanbul olm 2000/ (22)}) 13. Bd4 (13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. h4 Qxc3 {[%cal Gg6e5]})
13... b6 14. Rfe1 ({Black doing well and after} 14. h4 Nxd3 15. cxd3 Ne7 $1 $11
{[%cal Ge7f5,Gc8a6]}) 14... f5 15. Qh5 $6 {I think Svidler overstimated his
chances for attack in this moment.} ({Best what White could do now is to play} 
15. exf6 $5 e5 16. Qg3 Nxd3 17. cxd3 gxf6 18. Nh4 (18. Be3 Kh8 $13) 18... Qg7
$11) 15... Nf4 16. Qh4 (16. Qg5 Ncxd3 17. cxd3 Nxd3 18. Re3 h6) 16... Ncxd3 17.
cxd3 Nxd3 18. Re3 Nc5 {[%cal Gc5e4]} 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nh3 {Surely White have
some compensation for a pawn but good question is it enough?} Qd8 ({Worth
consideration} 20... Ne4 $5 21. f3 Nd2 {[%cal Gd2b3,Gd2c4]}) 21. Qh5 Qe8 22.
Qh4 Qd8 23. Qh5 (23. Qg3 Ne4) 23... Qe8 24. Qh4 {Hug won theorethical duel and
didn't want to take serious risk against so strong opponent.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-B"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Ne5 17. Rxb7 a5 18. Rxe7 a4 19. Bd4 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3
Bxd4 21. Qxd4 a3 22. d6 Qe2 23. Kg2 a2 24. Ra1 Rab8 25. d7 Rb1 26. d8=Q Qf1+
27. Kg3 Qg1+ 28. Kh3 Qf1+ 29. Kg3 Qg1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-B"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Dieser Zug wird relativ selten
gespielt - die Alternativen sind 4...d5 und 4...Bb4.} 5. Nh4 $6 {Dieser Zug
wirkt unnatürlich auf mich. Weiß möchte die Springer auf dem Brett halten und
nach 6.e3 den gegnerischen Springer verjagen. Das natürliche 5.Bg2 ist meines
Erachtens die beste Fortsetzung für Weiß.} d5 $5 {Es ist bemerkenswert, dass
dieser natürliche Bauernzug nicht nur noch nie gespielt, sondern seinerzeit
von Kortschnoj selbst empfohlen wurde (s. die Monographie A 29 (1993)).} (5...
c6 6. e3 Ne6 7. Bg2 (7. d4 exd4 8. exd4 d5 $15 9. c5 b6 10. b4 a5 11. Na4 Nd7
$1 12. b5 Bb7 13. Ba3 bxc5 14. dxc5 Ndxc5 15. Rc1 $2 (15. Nxc5 $5) 15... Nxa4
16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxc6 Qe8 $1 $19 {0-1 Gulko,B-Hansen,C/Esbjerg
2000/CBM 78/[Ribli] (26)}) 7... g6 (7... Bb4 8. O-O O-O 9. d4 exd4 10. exd4 d5
11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Qa5 13. Rd1 Rd8 14. Nf5 {1-0 Liberzon,V-Tatai,S/
Beersheba 1976/MCL (22)}) 8. d4 exd4 9. exd4 d5 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. O-O Bg7 12.
Be3 O-O 13. Qb3 Qa5 14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf3 Bc6 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qxb6
axb6 19. a3 Ne4 20. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Huzman,A-Svidler,P/Haifa 2000/CBM 74 ext (20)
}) (5... g5 $2 6. Nf3 Nxf3+ 7. exf3 Bc5 8. Qe2 Qe7 $2 (8... d6 $13) 9. d3 Rg8
10. h4 h6 11. hxg5 hxg5 12. Bxg5 Rxg5 13. Nd5 Qd6 14. Rh8+ Ng8 15. f4 Rg6 16.
fxe5 $18 {Botterill,G-Botto/England 1977/Inf 24 (16)}) 6. e3 $6 {Dieser Zug
bedeutet eine Schwächung der weißen Felder.} (6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bg2 Be6 $11) 6...
Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {Schwarz hat eine bequeme Stellung erreicht - er kann mit 8...
Be7 (mit Tempogewinn dank der schlechten Stellung des Nh4) die Entwicklung des
Königsflügels beenden. Weiß hingegen muss immer auch mit Ndb4 rechnen.} 8. d3
Be7 $15 9. Nf3 (9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Bg2 Bb4+ $15) 9... O-O {Schwarz hat
Entwicklungsvorsprung und eine gesunde Stellung. Weiß steht schon jetzt vor
Problemen - es ist nicht leicht, den Bf1 zu entwickeln.} 10. Bg2 (10. a3 $15) (
10. Be2 Bh3 $15) 10... Ndb4 {[%csl Rd3]} 11. Ke2 {[%csl Re2] Man muss hier
darauf hinweisen, dass es sich hier um eine Schnellschachpartie handelt. Unter
normalen Bedingungen hätte Kortschnoj natürlich eine andere Variante gewählt.
Der König steht schlecht in der Mitte.} (11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Nxd4 $1 $17)
11... Be6 {Durch natürliche Züge verschafft sich Schwarz eine gute
Angriffsstellung - anschließend kann er Qd7 und f7-f5 ziehen.} 12. Ne1 {
Weiß bereitet 13.a3 vor und verteidigt den Pd3.} (12. a3 Bb3 $5 (12... Nd5 $15)
13. Qd2 (13. Qxb3 $2 Qxd3+ 14. Ke1 Nc2+ $19) 13... Nc2 14. Rb1 f5 $36) 12...
Qd7 13. a3 {Dieser Bauernzug ist jetzt besser - Schwarz kann nun nicht 13...
Bb3 ziehen.} Nd5 14. Qc2 Rad8 {[%cal Gd8d2][%mdl 2048]} 15. Bd2 Kh8 (15... f5
$15) 16. Nxd5 (16. Rd1 f5 $15) 16... Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Nf3 f5 19. Qc4 (19.
Bc3 e4 20. Ne1 Rd7 $15) 19... Qd7 {Natürlich muss Schwarz angesichts des Ke2
die Damen auf dem Brett halten.} 20. Rhd1 b5 $1 21. Qc2 (21. Qxb5 e4 $19 {
Und wenn der Nf3 sein Feld verlässt, gewinnt Schwarz die Dame mit 22...Nd4+.})
21... f4 $40 22. Rac1 $2 (22. gxf4 exf4 $40) 22... fxg3 {[%mdl 128]} 23. fxg3 (
23. Qxc6 Qxd3+ 24. Ke1 g2 $19) 23... e4 $1 {Mit diesem Bauernopfer schließt
Schwarz die Diagonale a8-h1. Nun kann Weiß den Nf3 nicht mehr mit Qxc6
verteidigen.} 24. dxe4 Qg4 25. Rf1 Rxf3 $1 $19 26. Rxf3 Ne5 27. Rcf1 Nxf3 (
27... Nxf3 28. Rxf3 Rf8 $19) 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj-B"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2001.04.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 h6 12. a4 Na5 13. Ba2 b4 14. Ne2 c5 15. Ng3 Bf8
16. Nh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj KO"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. Qg3 Bf5 9. Ng5 Qd5 10. e4 Bxe4 11. Be3 O-O-O 12. Be2 Ne5 13. O-O Bd3 14. c4
Bxc4 15. Rfd1 Nd3 16. b3 Ba6 17. Bf3 Qa5 18. b4 Qxb4 19. Nxf7 Bg7 20. Rab1 Qa5
21. Nxh8 Bxh8 22. Qh3+ Kb8 23. Qxh7 Bf6 24. Qxg6 Qxa2 25. Qe4 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Kortschnoj KO"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2001.04.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.04.29"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 083"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.07.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qf6 17. Be4 g6 $1 {Piket had successfully used this idea
in couple of games.} (17... h6 $6 18. b4 Nc7 19. Rad1 Be5 20. Rd7 Re7 21. Rfd1
Rae8 22. Rxe7 Qxe7 23. Bxa7 $16 {1-0 Anand,V-Piket,J/Monaco MNC 2001/ (51)})
18. b4 Nc7 19. Rab1 (19. Rad1 a5 20. Bg2 axb4 21. c5 Be5 22. axb4 Nb5 23. Rd7
Re7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. Rd1 h5 26. Bf1 Ra1 27. Rxa1 Bxa1 28. Bc4 Qf6 29. Qd3 Nd4
$11 {1-0 Leko,P-Piket,J/Monaco MNC 2001/ (57)}) 19... Ne6 20. Rfd1 Be5 21. Rd7
Nd4 22. Qd1 (22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Rf1 Re7 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Piket,J/Monaco MNC
2001/ (23)}) 22... Rad8 23. Rxb7 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bxd4 Rxd4
25. Qe2 $11) 23... Bxg3 24. hxg3 (24. fxg3 Rxe4 25. Bxd4 Rdxd4 26. Qf1 Qe6 $40)
24... Rxe4 25. Kg2 $2 (25. Bxd4 $142 Rdxd4 (25... Rexd4 26. Qe2 Rd2 27. Qe3
R8d3 28. Qc5 h5 $40) 26. Qc2 Qf3 $36) 25... Nf5 $19 26. Qe2 Nxe3+ 27. fxe3 Qe6
(27... Qc3 $5 28. Qf1 f5 29. Rxa7 Rd2+ 30. Kh3 Qxe3 $19) (27... Qe6 28. Re1
Rxc4 29. Rxa7 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Rc2 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 08th Group2"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2001.05.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Popov, Valerij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz II"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Bc2 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. d3 b5 11. Nd2 Nd7 12. Nf3 Qb6 13. Bd2 Rab8 14. Rfd1 b4 15.
Bb3 Qb5 16. Rac1 Na5 17. Bc2 Rfc8 18. Bg5 e6 19. Bf4 Qa6 20. e5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5
dxe5 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Nc6 24. Qxc5 Qxa2 25. d4 Qxb2 26. Be4 bxc3 27. Bxc6
Rb6 28. Rxc3 Rbxc6 29. Qxc6 Rxc6 30. Rxc6 a5 31. Ra6 Qa2 32. Rc1 a4 33. Rc8+
Kg7 34. Rca8 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Qxd4 36. f3 Qe5+ 37. Kh1 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qe5+ 39. Kh1 h5
40. Rxa4 Qe3 41. h4 Qe5 42. R8a7 Qg3 43. Rb7 Kf6 44. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 08th Group2"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2001.05.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tyumen Gazovik"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. g4
h6 9. f4 b5 10. g5 Nfd7 11. Nd5 Bb7 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. gxh6 Bh4+ 14. Kf1 gxh6 15.
c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 exf4 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Be2 Nf6 19. Bg4 Nxd5 20. exd5 Ne5 21.
Bxc8 Bxc8 22. Rc3 Bg4 23. Qc2 Qd7 24. Bxf4 Qb5+ 25. Kg1 Qxd5 26. Bg3 Rg8 27.
Qg2 Bf3 28. Rxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Kf2 Rg5 30. Qh3 Rf5 31. Rd1 Ng5+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 08th Group2"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2001.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ovetchkin, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Nf6 12. a3 Bg4 13. d5 Nd4 14. Bxh7+ Nxh7
15. Qxd4 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bf6 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Bf4 Rfe8 19. Ne4 b6 20. Re2 c5 21.
Rae1 Bd4 22. d6 Re6 23. b4 Rae8 24. bxc5 bxc5 25. Qc4 Nf8 26. Qd5 Re5 27. Bxe5
Rxe5 28. Qa8 Qh3 29. f4 Rh5 30. Ng5 Qxh2+ 31. Kf1 Rxg5 32. fxg5 Kh7 33. Qg2
Qxd6 34. Re8 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 08th Group2"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2001.05.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Nb6 9. Nd2 Bb7 10. b3 g6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. f4 c5 14. Nf3 d6
15. exd6 Qxe2 16. Bxe2 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Rhe8 18. Rde1 Rxd6 19. Bd1 Rxe1 20. Rxe1
f6 21. Kc1 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Kd7 23. Kc2 Re6 24. Rd1+ Rd6 25. Rd3 f5 26. g4 h6 27.
h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 08th Group2"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2001.05.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vekshenkov, Nikolai"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2449"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.05.13"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Transsib"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 d6 9. f4 Be7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a4 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
fxe5 dxe5 16. Ba7 Ra8 17. g5 Rd8 18. Qe2 Ne8 19. Be3 Be6 20. Bg4 Qc6 21. Qg2
Nc7 22. Bxe6 Nxe6 23. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 08th final A"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2001.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.05.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Ne7 7. f4 Na6 8. Ng3
Nb4 9. f5 exf5 10. a3 f4 11. axb4 fxg3 12. hxg3 a6 13. Bg5 Qb8 14. Bd3 Qa7 15.
Ne2 b5 16. c3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ng6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. gxf4 h6 20. f5 Qc7 21. Qe3 a5
22. e6 f6 23. Bf4 Qd8 24. Qh3 h5 25. gxh5 axb4 26. Ke2 Ra4 27. Qg3 Qe7 28. b3
Ra3 29. cxb4 Qxb4 30. Bd2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 08th final A"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2001.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.05.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. e3 Ne5 10. Nb5 d6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxc7 Nf3+ 13. Ke2 Bg4 14. Nd5
Nxh2+ 15. Ke1 Qg5 16. Qd4 Nxf1 17. Kxf1 Be6 18. Rd1 Rac8 19. Qxa7 Ra8 20. Qb6
Rxa2 21. Qxd6 Bxd5 22. Qxd5 Qf6 23. Qf3 Qxc3 24. Rh4 Ra1 25. Rhd4 Rfa8 26. Qxb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 08th final A"]
[Site "Tomsk"]
[Date "2001.05.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2001.05.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 c5
8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Ne5 Qd5 13. O-O Bxc5 14.
Rfe1 Nd7 15. Nf3 Qc6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17. Qd3 Qb6 18. Nd2 Nf6 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. c3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op rap"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2001.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gohil, Harry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2307"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2001.06.23"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. h4 c5 4. dxc5 h6 5. Bf4 e6 6. Nd2 Qf6 7. Nxe4 Qxf4 8.
Qd3 Na6 9. Nd6+ Kd8 10. Nh3 Qb4+ 11. c3 Qxb2 12. Rb1 Nxc5 13. Nxf7+ Ke8 14.
Nd6+ Kd8 15. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 {
Black wants to punish White for putting the B on c2 rather than on b3.} 8. d4
dxe4 9. Nxe5 (9. Nbd2 {was surprising but not very effective after} exf3 10.
Qxf3 Be7 11. Qxc6+ Bd7 12. Qf3 exd4 13. cxd4 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V-Anand,
V/Wijk aan Zee 2001/CBM 81/[Wedberg] (34)}) (9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Bxd1 exf3 11.
Bxf3 Bb7 12. b4 e4 13. Be2 O-O 14. a4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Rowson,J-Benjamin,J/
Edmondton 2000/EXT 2001 (54)}) 9... Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bxe4
Nxf2 (12... Rb8 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Bg5+ Ke6 15. Bh4 Nxe5 16. Bd5+ Kf5 17. Nd2 $13
{1-0 Shirov,A-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 1998/CBM 63 ext (57)}) 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14.
Rd5 Bb6 15. Bg5+ $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (15. Bxa8 {has been exclusively played
here, but after} Nd3+ $1 (15... Be6 $2 16. Rd4 $16 {1-0 Lutz,C-Onischuk,A/
Germany 1996/GER-chT (44)}) 16. Kf1 Nxc1 17. Na3 Be6 18. Rxc1 Rxa8 19. Rd3 Bf5
20. Rdd1 Be3 (20... Bg4 21. Rd3 Bf5 22. Rdd1 Bg4 {1/2-1/2 Mariano,N-Onischuk,A/
Jakarta 1997/CBM 58 ext (22)}) 21. Ra1 Bf4 22. g3 Bxe5 {Black is clearly not
worse. 1/2-1/2 Zhang Zhong-Onischuk,A/Beijing 2000/CBM 78 (40) and 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Onischuk,A/Germany 2000/CBM 74 ext (78)}) 15... f6 (15... Ke6 16. Rd4
$18) 16. exf6+ gxf6 17. Bh4 {White covers f2 and prepars to play against the
weak black K. Black has no really good discovered check. This alreday looks
very pleasant for White - even without having seen Svidlers computer analysis.}
Ng4+ 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. Nd2 Be6 20. Rh5 $1 {[%mdl 128] Black has long term
problems with his K. Fritz gives an equal game here, but that is surely wrong.}
Kf7 (20... Rbd8 21. Ne4 $40) 21. h3 Ne5 22. Rh6 $1 Ng6 23. Rf1 f5 24. Bg5 Kg7
25. Nf3 Bc4 26. Rd1 $16 {[%cal Yc6e8,Yg5d8,Gd1d7] Domination in the centre and
attack. Svidlers delivers a very nice strangulation excercise in this game.}
Rbf8 (26... Be6 27. Bd7 (27. h4 $5) 27... Rbd8 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxh7+ $18) 27.
h4 Bxa2 28. h5 Ne7 29. Rd7 Re8 30. Ne5 (30. Nh4 $1 Rhf8 31. Rxe7+ $18) 30...
Bc5 31. Nd3 Bb6 32. Bf3 Bc4 33. Ne5 (33. Ne5 Bc5 (33... Bb3 34. c4 bxc4 35.
Bf6+ Kxh6 36. Nf7#) 34. Nxc4 bxc4 35. Re6 Kf7 36. Bd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 ({Accepting the pawn
sacrifice} 6. cxd5 $6 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8. Bxc7 {deserves attention, if White
has played e3 instead of Nf3, then the important manoeuvre Ne2-c3 allows him
to cover the c-file at a suitable moment. But here after} Nc6 9. e3 Bf5 10. Be2
Rac8 $44 {|^ Black's lead in development and initiative is threatening.}) (6.
e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 $11 {
has a drawish reputation.}) 6... dxc4 (6... c5 7. dxc5 Be6 ({The pawn sacrifice
} 7... Na6 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. e3 Bf5 10. Bc4 {is rather speculative}) (7... dxc4
8. Qxd8 Rxd8 9. e4 Na6 10. e5 Ne8 11. Be3 Be6 12. Ng5 Nec7 13. f4 Bh6 14. Nxe6
Nxe6 15. g3 Naxc5 16. Bxc4 a6 17. Nd5 b5 18. Nxe7+ Kf8 19. Bxe6 Nd3+ 20. Ke2
Nxc1+ 21. Rxc1 Kxe7 22. Bh3 $44 {/+/-,Zvjaginsev,V-Turov,M/Linares op/2001/}) (
7... Qa5 $2 8. cxd5 Rd8 9. Bd2 Qxc5 10. e4 $16) 8. Nd4 Nc6 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. e3
Qa5 11. Be2 {or even} (11. Qa4 Qxc5 12. Be2 {despite official theory promising
Black equality is not so simple and in practice White has been doing well
thanks to his ^^ and better pawns.})) (6... c6 7. e3 Bg4 (7... Be6 $5 $132 {
are both fully playable, but more passive than the most popular text move.}))
7. e3 (7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Nh5 10. Be3 e5 $1 11. dxe5 Bxe5 (11...
Qh4 12. Bxf7+ $5 Rxf7 13. e6 Rf8 14. Qb3 Nc6 15. e7+ Kh8 16. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 17.
Kd2 Nd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Kc2 b6 20. Kb1 Qxf2 21. Rhf1 $16 {Bosboom,M-Finkel,A/
Dieren op/1997/}) 12. Qxd8 (12. Qb3 $6 Nc6 13. Qxb7 Qf6 $44 {->}) 12... Rxd8
13. O-O Nd7 14. Rc2 Nb6 15. Bb3 c6 16. Ne2 Rd3 17. f4 Bc7 18. Rd2 Rxd2 19. Bxd2
Re8 20. e5 Rd8 21. Be3 Ng7 22. Kg2 Nf5 23. Kf3 Kg7 24. Rd1 Rxd1 25. Bxd1 Nxe3
26. fxe3 Nc4 $11 {Epishin,V-Ftacnik,L/Bad Zwesten op/1999/}) 7... c5 {A
reliable alternative, but the main excitement recently took place in the
variation} (7... Be6 8. Ng5 Bd5 (8... Bg4 $5 9. f3 Bc8 10. Bxc4 e6 11. h4 h6
12. Nge4 Nd5 13. g3 b6 14. Bb3 Na6 15. Kf2 Bb7 16. Qe2 $13 {Dreev,A-Sutovsky,E/
Essen/2000/}) 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5 Nxd5 (11... b5 $5 12. Qf3 c6 $1 (
12... b4 13. Ne4 Nxd5 14. Bxc4 Nb6 15. Be3 $1 $36 {/\} Nc6 $2 16. Ng5 $18) 13.
dxc6 Qxd4 14. Be2 a6 15. O-O Qc5 16. Be3 Qxc6 17. a4 e6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nxb5
Ra2 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Bc5 Rb8 22. Bxc4 Rxb2 23. Bd6 Rb6 24. Nc3 Na5 25. Na4 Bh6
$11 {Babula,V-Kasparov,G/Prague sim/2001/}) 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 (13...
Bxd4 $2 14. Nb5 $36) 14. Ne2 $5 (14. d5 Nd4 15. O-O Qd7 $11 {is too sterile.})
{A safer move is} 14... a5 (14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. O-O $44 (16. Qc2 $5
Qd6 17. Qxc7 Rac8 $132)) (14... Na5 15. Bc2 (15. h4 $5) 15... Qd5 16. h4 Qxg2
17. Rg1 Qh2 18. Be4 Rad8 19. Rh1 Qd6 20. h5 {Sokolov,I-Stohl,I/Istanbul olm/
2000/} Bxd4 $5 21. Qc2 Qb4+ $13) 15. a3 (15. a4 Rc8 16. Be3 e5 $1 $11 17. d5
Nd4 18. Nc3 $6 Qh4 19. Ba2 c6 20. dxc6 Rxc6 21. O-O Rd8 22. Qe1 Nc4 $15 {
Dreev,A-Ni Hua/Shanghai/2001/}) 15... a4 16. Ba2 Rc8 17. d5 Na5 18. Nc3 Nb3 19.
Bxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3 Bxc3+ 21. Qxc3 Nxd5 22. Qb3 Qd7 23. O-O c6 24. Rfe1 Rc7 25.
Qf3 Rd8 26. Rcd1 f6 $11 {Sokolov,I-Krasenkow,M/Shanghai/2001/}) 8. Bxc4 (8. d5
$6 a6 $132 (8... b5 $5 9. Nxb5 Nxd5 10. Be5 $11)) (8. dxc5 Qa5 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 $11
) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd4 (9. exd4 Bg4 $11 (9... Nbd7 {or}) (9... a6 {also give
Black sufficient <=>.})) 9... Bd7 $1 {This strong move prepares the active
developmnet of the N and has rehabilitated 7...c5.} ({Less convincing is the
older} 9... Nbd7 10. Nf3 $5 a6 11. O-O b5 12. Bd5 $1 Nxd5 13. Qxd5 Ra7 14. Rfd1
Qb6 15. Qb3 Nf6 16. e4 Be6 17. Nd5 Qa5 18. Nd4 $36 {Farago,I-Adorjan,A/
Budapest/1971/}) 10. Nb3 ({The seemingly more natural} 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nb3 Na5
12. Be2 (12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Qxd5 b5 $1 {/\Be6=}) 12... Rc8 13. Bf3
b5 $132 {led even to problems for White after the careless} 14. Qe2 $6 b4 15.
Nd5 Nxb3 16. axb3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Qb6 18. Bc4 Be6 19. Rfd1 a5 20. h3 Bxc4 21.
Rxc4 Qa6 22. Rdc1 a4 $1 $17 {Dreev,A-Krasenkow,M/Dos Hermanas/2001/}) 10... Qb6
$146 {This novelty is rather ambitious, but the N will not be too well placed
on the edge of the board.} ({More natural and solid is} 10... Nc6 11. Nc5 Bc8
12. O-O Nd7 13. N5e4 Nde5 14. Be2 {1/2,Dreev,A-Smirin,I/Sarajevo/2001/}) 11.
O-O Na6 (11... Nc6 $6 12. Na4 $36 {/\Nac5 is unpleasant.}) (11... Rc8 12. Qe2
$14 {or}) (11... Bc6 12. Qe2 Nbd7 13. e4 $36 {is also not ideal, Black's
pieces are uncoordinated.}) 12. Be5 $6 {[%mdl 2048] White puts his hopes on
piece play, from now on the central tension will grow as the pieces will
gradually come into contact. But it seems here he could have pinpointed the
drawbacks of Black's 10-th move with the more energetic} (12. e4 $1 {[%cal
Re4e5,Yf4e3] /\e5,Be3} Bg4 $142 $5 {Black wants to use the temporary
disharmony in White's camp to create <=>.} (12... Rfd8 13. Be3 $142 (13. e5 Be6
(13... Nh5 $2 14. Nd5) 14. Qe2 Bxc4 15. Qxc4 Ng4 (15... Rac8 16. Qe2 Nd7 17.
Be3 $14 {()}) 16. Qe4 Nb4 $132 {/\Na2} 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Nc3 Qb6 $11) 13... Qc6 (
13... Qb4 14. Bxa6 bxa6 15. Bc5 Qb7 16. Bxe7 Bg4 17. Qxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxd8 Nxe4
19. Rfe1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 $16) (13... Qc7 14. Nd5 $14 {/+/-}) 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5 Qb5 16. Nd4 Qxb2 17. Rb1 $36) ({Both} 12... Bc6 13. Qe2 $16 {and}) (12...
Rac8 13. Be3 (13. e5 Bg4 14. exf6 $5 Bxd1 15. fxg7 (15. Nd5 Rxc4 16. fxg7 Kxg7
17. Nxb6 Rxf4 18. Rfxd1 axb6 19. Rd7 Nc5 $11) 15... Kxg7 16. Nxd1 $13 {/+/= is
for those who like complications.}) 13... Qd8 (13... Qb4 $2 14. Bxa6 {a e5}
bxa6 15. e5 $18) 14. Qe2 $16 {also do not solve Black's problems with piece
coordination.} (14. Be2 $36)) 13. Qd3 ({Only after} 13. Qe1 {Black can't again
attack the Q, but who would make such a move?}) 13... Rac8 (13... Rfd8 14. Qg3
$16 {ץg4}) (13... Nb4 14. Qg3 Bd7 (14... Be6 15. Be3 (15. Bxe6 $2 Nh5 $1 $11)
15... Qc6 16. Bb5 {/\} Nxe4 17. Qf3 $18) (14... Rac8 $2 15. Na4 {/\e5+-}) 15.
Be3 $16) 14. Be3 $142 (14. Na4 Qb4 15. Bxa6 Rxc1 $1 (15... bxa6 $143 16. Nac5
Nh5 17. Bd2 Qb6 $14) 16. Rxc1 Qxa4 17. Bxb7 Nh5 $11 {<=>}) 14... Nb4 15. Qb1 (
15. Bxb6 Nxd3 16. Bxd3 axb6 17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 g5 $1 {/\} 19. Nd5 Rxc1 20. Nxe7+
Kh8 21. Nxc1 gxf4 22. Rxf4 Nxe5 23. Bf5 Bh6 $11) 15... Qd8 16. Bc5 ({
Interesting is also the sharp} 16. Nb5 $5 a6 17. Na7 Ra8 18. a3 b5 19. Bxf7+
Rxf7 20. axb4 {/\} Be2 21. Nc6 Qd3 22. Qxd3 Bxd3 23. Rfd1 Bxe4 24. Nd8 Rf8 25.
Ne6 Rfc8 26. Nc7 $16) 16... Nc6 17. h3 Bd7 18. Rfd1 $14 {/+/-} (18. f4 $5 $36 {
Despite Black's efforts White still has pressure.})) 12... Rfd8 13. Qf3 (13.
Bd4 Qd6 14. e4 (14. Qf3 e5 15. Bxa6 exd4 $5 (15... Bc6 $11) 16. Bxb7 Ng4 17. g3
Ne5 18. Qg2 dxc3 19. Bxa8 cxb2 $44) 14... Ng4 (14... Qf4 $5) 15. f4 Bxd4+ (
15... Be6 16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. Qf3 $16) (15... Ba4 16. Bxg7 Qxd1 (
16... Bxb3 17. Qxd6 Rxd6 18. Bxb3 Kxg7 19. h3 Nh6 20. Nb5 Rd7 21. g4 $36) 17.
Rfxd1 Bxb3 18. Bxb3 Kxg7 19. h3 Nf6 20. e5 Nd7 21. Nd5 $16) 16. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 17.
Nxd4 Nb4 $1 18. a3 Nc6 $11 {/+/=}) 13... Bc6 14. e4 Rd7 15. h4 {Original, but
with the open [+] such a flank attack can rarely be successful.} ({More
logical, but hardly promising any edge was} 15. Nd5 Nxd5 (15... Bxd5 16. exd5
Nc5 17. Bd4 Nfe4 18. Be3 $36) 16. Bxg7 (16. exd5 Bxd5 $5 17. Bxd5 Bxe5 18.
Qxf7+ Kh8 $132) 16... Kxg7 17. exd5 Bb5 18. Rfe1 $13) (15. Rfd1 Rad8 $11) 15...
Rad8 (15... h5 {was probably also possible, but Svidler decides to ignore the
flank aggression.}) 16. h5 Nb4 $6 (16... Nxh5 $6 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Bxg7+ Nxg7
19. Rfd1 $14) (16... Nc5 17. hxg6 (17. Qf4 $143 Nd3 $1 18. Bxd3 Nxh5 $36) 17...
hxg6 18. Nd5 (18. Qf4 $5) 18... Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxb3 20. Bxb3 Qa5 21. Bc3 Qh5 $11
) (16... Qb4 $142 $1 17. Bxf6 (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20.
Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h6+ Kxh6 $8 (21... Kg8 $4 22. Qxd5 $18) 22. Qxf7 Rh5 $15) 17...
Bxf6 (17... Qxc4 {/\} 18. Nd5 Bxd5 $1 19. Rxc4 Bxc4 $11) 18. Nd5 $11 Bxd5 19.
Bxd5 Qd6 20. Rfd1 Qe5 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Bxb7 Nb4 $44) 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Qf4 a5
{Black must look for <=> quickly, as} (18... Nd3 $2 19. Bxd3 Nh5 20. Qh2 Bxe5 (
20... Rxd3 21. Bc7 $16) 21. Qxe5 Rxd3 22. Qxe7 $16 {doesn't work yet.}) 19. Qg5
$1 {[%cal Rg5g6,Re5f6,Rg5a5] /\Qg6,Bf6,Qa5 Consistent.} (19. a3 $2 Nd3 $17)
19... Bxe4 $1 {[]} (19... a4 $2 20. Qxg6 Nbd5 21. Qg5 $1 (21. exd5 fxg6 22.
dxc6+ $36 {is also good, but why sacrifice unnecessarily?}) 21... Nc7 (21...
Nxc3 22. Rxc3 {[%cal Rc3g3] /\Rg3+-}) 22. Na1 $1 $16 {with a material and
positional advantage.} (22. Bxf6 $143 exf6 23. Qc5 Na8 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Na5 f5
$132) (22. Nxa4 Bxa4 23. Nc5 $1 Qxc5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Rxc5 Ne6 26. Qc1 Nxc5
27. Qxc5 $14)) 20. Na4 $1 {Lautier wants more than a drawish _|_ after the
more modest} (20. Bxf6 exf6 (20... Bxf6 $2 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 $16 {/\} Bxc3
23. bxc3 Nd3 24. Nxd7 Nxc1 25. Ne5 Nd3 26. Nxf7 $18) 21. Qc5 Qxc5 22. Nxc5 Bd3
23. Rfd1 ({Simpler is} 23. Nxd7 Bxf1 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Kxf1 $11) 23... Rc7 24.
N3a4 Rd4 $1 (24... b6 $2 25. Nxd3 Nxd3 26. Rc3 $16) 25. Bb3 $1 (25. Bxd3 $2
Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Rxa4 $17) 25... b5 26. Nb6 (26. Nxd3 bxa4 27. Bxa4 Rxc1 28. Nxc1
Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 f5 $11) 26... Rd6 $142 (26... f5 27. a3 (27. Nxd3 Rxc1 28. Nxc1
Rxd1+ 29. Bxd1 Bxb2 $44) 27... Bc2 (27... a4 28. axb4 axb3 29. Rxd3 Rxc5 30.
bxc5 Rxd3 31. c6 Be5 32. c7 $16) 28. Rxd4 Bxd4 29. axb4 Bxb3 30. Na8 $1 $14)
27. Nxd3 Rxc1 28. Nxc1 Rxb6 29. Rd7 $11) 20... Qa7 21. Nac5 $2 {One can
understand White that he wants to activate the N on the edge. But here} (21.
Nbc5 $142 $1 {/\ and if Black plays as in the game} Rd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Bc7
Rc8 24. Bb6 $16) 21... Rd5 $8 {[%mdl 512] This is the only way to sacrifice
the exchange.} (21... Nxa2 $2 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 (22... Nxc1 23. Bxf6 Nxb3 24. Bxg7
Kxg7 25. Qxe7 $18) 23. Nc5 $1 Nxc1 24. Nxd7 Nxd7 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qxe7 $18)
22. Bxd5 Bxd5 {Black's forces are centralized and White's material advantage
is hardly felt.} 23. Bc7 (23. a3 Nc6 {[%cal Rb7b6] /\b6} (23... Na2 24. Rcd1 a4
25. Nc1 $14) 24. Nd4 Bxg2 $5 (24... Nh7 25. Nxc6 Nxg5 26. Nxa7 Bxe5 27. Nd3 Bd4
28. Rc8 $11 {/+/=}) 25. Kxg2 Nxd4 26. Rfd1 Nc6 $11) 23... Rc8 24. Na4 (24. Bxa5
Nxa2 25. Bb6 $5 {[]} (25. Ra1 $2 b6 $1 26. Rxa2 bxc5 $19) 25... Qxb6 26. Nd7
Qxb3 (26... Rxc1 $5 27. Nxb6 Rxf1+ 28. Kxf1 Bxb3 29. Qg3 $13) 27. Rxc8+ Kh7 28.
Qh4+ Nh5 29. Qxe7 $132 Bxg2 $5 30. Kxg2 Nf4+ 31. Kg1 Qh3 32. Nf6+ $1 (32. Qe4
$2 Qg4+ 33. Kh1 Qh4+ $19) 32... Bxf6 33. Qxf7+ Bg7 34. Qxf4 Qxc8 35. Ra1 $11 {
always gives White at least a perpetual.}) ({After} 24. Be5 $5 {Black would
probably repeat moves, as} b6 (24... Nxa2 $2 25. Bxf6) 25. Ne4 $1 $16 {/\} Rf8
26. Nxf6+ exf6 27. Bxf6 Bxf6 28. Qxf6 Nxa2 29. Rcd1 $1 Bxb3 30. Rd4 {[%cal
Rd4h4] /\Rh4+-}) 24... Nxa2 25. Bb6 Qa8 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Nxa5 Qc2 28. b3 {
[%csl Ra4,Ra5] White wants to get rid of his mispaced N at any cost.} (28. Qf4
$2 e5 $17) (28. Qh4 Nc1 $5 $36 (28... g5 29. Qd4 e5 30. Qd1 $13)) 28... Bxb3
29. Nxb3 ({Too dangerous is} 29. Nc5 $143 Bd5 30. Qe5 (30. Naxb7 $2 Bxb7 31.
Nxb7 Qc6 32. Ba5 Qxb7 33. Qd2 Nd5 $1 34. Qxa2 Nf4 35. f3 Bd4+ 36. Kh2 Qb5 $19)
30... Nc3 $40) 29... Qxb3 30. Qa5 Nd5 31. Bc5 Nf4 $6 $138 {The rising flags
bring active and concrete play.} ({More refined was} 31... Kh7 $142 $1 {/\Nf4|^
} 32. g3 $6 b5 {[%csl Rf3] ><f3} 33. Nb6 Nac3 34. Nxd5 Qxd5 35. Bxe7 Qf3 $40)
32. Re1 $2 {[%mdl 8192] The previous complications obviously cost a lot of
time and energy, this is a decisive mistake.} ({Necessary was} 32. Bxe7 Qc4 (
32... b5 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Nb6 Qe6 35. Bd6 (35. Bg5 Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Qg4 37. Nd7 $13
) 35... Ne2+ 36. Kh2 Qg4 37. g3 $13) 33. Bg5 (33. Re1 $2 Qc6) 33... Ne2+ 34.
Kh2 Qg4 35. g3 Qf3 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Qd7 Bd4 (37... Be5 $44 {and with Black's K
also vulnerable the chances are about equal.})) 32... Qd5 $19 {->} 33. f3 Qg5 (
33... Bd4+ $142 $1 {wins the Q:} 34. Kh2 (34. Kf1 Qc4+) 34... Qh5+ 35. Kg3 Qg5+
) 34. g4 $8 (34. Qd2 $2 Nh3+ $19) 34... Qh4 35. Qd8+ (35. Rxe7 Qg3+ 36. Kf1
Qxf3+ 37. Ke1 Nc3 $1 $19 {[%cal Rf4g2,Rf3d1] /\Ng2,Qd1#}) 35... Kh7 36. Qd2 (
36. Kf1 Nc1 $1 $19 {/\} 37. Rxc1 Qh1+ 38. Kf2 Qg2+ $1 39. Ke3 Qe2+ 40. Kxf4
Qe5#) 36... Qg3+ 37. Kf1 Qxf3+ 38. Kg1 (38. Qf2 Qd3+ $1 39. Re2 Qh3+ $19) 38...
Qxg4+ 39. Kh1 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Nc3 {[%cal Rc3e2] /\Nce2-+} (40... Nc3 41. Nxc3 Bxc3
42. Qh2+ Nh3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Re1 Be6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. a3 Bf6 13. Be4 h6 14. h3 Qd7 15.
Ne5 $146 (15. Bc2 Bf5 16. Ne4 Rae8 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. Ba4 Qd6 20.
Be3 Re7 21. Rc1 Nd5 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Ne5 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Be4 25. Qg4 {1/2-1/2
Topalov,V-Jussupow,A/Moscow 1994/CBM 45 (25)}) 15... Bxe5 (15... Qd6 16. Nxc6
Qxc6 (16... bxc6 17. Bc2 Nxc3 18. bxc3 $36 {[%cal Gd1d3]}) 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Be3
$1 {[%cal Ga1c1,Gc1c6]} (18. Bxh6 $5 gxh6 (18... Bxd4 19. Bg5 $16 {[%csl Rg8]})
19. Rac1 Qd6 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Bg5 22. Bxb7 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd4 24. Rxc7
Qxb2 $11) 18... Qd7 19. Bxh6 $16) 16. dxe5 Nxc3 $1 (16... Rad8 17. Qh5 $36) 17.
Qxd7 (17. bxc3 Qxd1 18. Rxd1 Na5 $1 (18... Nxe5 19. Bf4 f6 20. Rab1 Rab8 21.
Bxb7 $14) (18... Rad8 19. Be3 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rb8 (21... a5 22.
Bf4 $14) 22. Ba6 Bc4 23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Bxa7 $16) 19. Be3 Rad8 $11) 17... Bxd7
18. bxc3 Rae8 19. f4 Na5 $1 20. Be3 f5 (20... b6 21. Rad1 Be6 $11) 21. Bd5+ (
21. Bd5+ Be6 22. Rad1 b6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 h6
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Bb5+ c6 10. Bd3 Bd7 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Kb1 Kb8 14.
Be4 g5 15. Nd2 Qe7 16. Nc4 f5 17. Bd3 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Ne5 Rhg8 20. Nxd7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Be6 9. Qc2 O-O ({Laut Büchern besteht die beste Folge in} 9... Nc6 10. Rd1
Nb4 11. Qb1 O-O 12. e3 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4) 10. Rd1 c6 {Dieser passive Aufbau
entspricht nicht Svidlers Stil, aber die schwarze Stellung bleibt solide.} 11.
e4 a5 12. Be2 Na6 13. O-O ({Man konnte auch das Feld b4 mittels} 13. a3 {
kontrollieren.}) 13... Nb4 14. Qb1 Bc4 ({Dem Anziehenden gehört das Zentrum,
weshalb er auch Raumvorteil geniesst. Der Textzug sieht logisch aus, da
Schwarz eine Figur tauschen kann, aber die Alternative} 14... f5 {[%csl Rh4]
[%cal Gg6g5] kam auch in Frage. Um Vorteil zu behaupten, müsste Weiss eine
Qualität opfern:} 15. a3 Bb3 $1 (15... Na6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Qa2+ Kh7 18. Rfe1
$14) (15... g5 16. axb4 axb4 17. d5 $1 Bd7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Na2 $36) 16. exf5
$1 (16. axb4 axb4) 16... g5 (16... Bxd1 17. Nxd1 $36) 17. axb4 $5 (17. Rd2 gxh4
18. axb4 axb4 19. Ne4 $14) 17... axb4 18. Ne4 Bxd1 19. Bxd1 gxh4 20. Bb3+ Nd5
21. Nc5 {[%csl Rb7,Gg6,Rh4][%cal Gc5e6] mit sichtlicher Kompensation.}) 15.
Bxc4 ({Auch gut war} 15. Rfe1 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 $14) 15... Nxc4 16. a3 Na6 17. Qa2
({Im Fall von} 17. d5 Qc7 18. Qa2 Ne5 {wäre Schwarz in Ordnung.}) 17... b5 $2 (
{Schwarz hätte das passive} 17... Nd6 18. Rfe1 $14 {bevorzugen sollen, denn
nun gelingt es Weiss, das Zentrum unter günstigen Umständen zu öffnen.}) 18. d5
Bxc3 ({Peter vertraut auf seinen Nc4, um die gegnerische Initiative in Grenzen
zu halten. Aber wie in den nächsten Zügen klar wird, ist die Stabilität dieses
Springers nicht garantiert. Ich verbrauchte vor 18.d5 viel Zeit bei der
Betrachtung von} 18... Nxb2 19. Qxb2 b4 {Ich hatte vor, mit} 20. d6 {
fortzusetzen, denn die Alternativen} (20. dxc6 bxc3 21. Qb7 Qc8 22. Bxe7 Re8
23. e5 Qxb7 $1 24. cxb7 Ra7 {[%csl Rb7]}) ({und} 20. axb4 axb4 21. dxc6 bxc3
22. Qb7 Qc8 23. Bxe7 Re8 24. e5 Qxb7 25. cxb7 Ra7 {führen bloss zu schwarzem
Vorteil}) {Während der Partie hatte ich vieles übersehen, hier sind aber die
Schlussfolgerungen nach meiner Hausanalyse. Da 20...Bxc3 21.Qc1 nicht gut ist,
muss Schwarz} 20... g5 {[%cal Rh4d8] ziehen. Aber nach} 21. Bg3 bxc3 ({
logischer als} 21... Bxc3 22. Qe2 {[%csl Rg8] , was die zusätzliche
Möglichkeit h2-h4 zulässt}) 22. Qc1 {hat Weiss starken Druck, z.B:} Qb6 (22...
f5 23. exf5 $1 Rxf5 24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 $16) 23. Be5 $1 {[%csl Rc3]} ({nach} 
23. dxe7 Rfe8 24. Bd6 Nc7 {hat Weiss den Bauern c3 noch nicht erobert}) 23...
Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qb2 (24... exd6 25. Nd7) 25. dxe7 Rfe8 26. Ng4 $1 {[%csl Rf5]
[%cal Gg4h6] und Weiss verbleibt mindestens mit einem Mehrbauern.}) 19. bxc3
Qd7 $6 (19... Qe8 {war präziser, da nun die Dame auf der d-Linie unter
Beschuss geraten kann. Trotzdem hat Schwarz nach} 20. Nd2 Nd6 (20... Nxd2 21.
Qxd2) 21. dxc6 e6 22. Nf3 {Mühe, den Bauern c6 zurückzunehmen.}) 20. a4 $1 {
[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd5c6,Ga4b5,Yf3d4] Dies ist der Zug, den Peter unterschätzt
hatte. Der schwarze Damenflügel bricht zusammen.} Nc5 $6 ({20...Nc7 oder 20...
Rfe8 waren vorzuziehen, obwohl Weiss in beiden Fällen ein klares Übergewicht
behält:} 20... Nc7 21. dxc6 Qxc6 22. Bxe7 Rfe8 23. Nd4 Qxe4 24. Rfe1 Qb7 25.
Bh4 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rc4]}) ({oder} 20... Rfe8 21. Nd4 cxd5 22. Nxb5) 21. dxc6
Qxc6 22. Bxe7 ({Ich zögerte lange zwischen dem Textzug und} 22. axb5 {Dabei
rechnete ich die folgende Variante:} Qxb5 23. Rd4 Nb2 {(?)} 24. Bxe7 Rfb8 25.
Bd6 $1 Qb3 (25... Rb7 26. Rb4 $1 $18) {, verpasste aber den Gewinnzug} 26. Ra1
$1 {Glücklicherweise, denn mittels 23...Nb3! 24.Rd5 Qb7 könnte Schwarz die
Karten neu mischen!}) 22... Rfe8 $6 ({Sie haben es bemerkt, Peter hat keinen
guten Tag erwischt! Zäher war hier} 22... Nxa4 23. Bxf8 Nxc3 (23... Rxf8 24.
Nd4 Qc5 25. Qb3) 24. Qa1 Ne2+ (24... Nxd1 {ist unmöglich wegen} 25. Qg7#) 25.
Kh1 Rxf8 26. Rfe1 Nf4 {, auch wenn die schwarze Stellung nach} 27. Nd4 {
nicht sehr gut aussieht.}) 23. Nd4 Qc8 24. axb5 $1 {[%csl Gc6] Danach besitzt
Weiss nicht nur Materialvorteil. Er dominiert dank des Feldes c6 auch
positionnell.} Nxe4 (24... Rxe7 25. Qxc4 Rxe4 26. Rfe1 {ist nicht besser.}) 25.
Nc6 Ne5 (25... Qe6 {scheitert an} 26. Rfe1) 26. Nxe5 Rxe7 27. Nc6 Re6 $2 ({
... und Peter gab auf, bevor ich meinen Turm auf d8 stellen konnte. Nach} 27...
Re8 {würde Weiss mittels} 28. Rd8 {[%cal Gc6e7]} ({oder} 28. Qc4 {gefolgt von
Rfe1}) 28... Qb7 (28... Qc7 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. Qd5 $18) 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qxa5
{leicht gewinnen.}) 1-0

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Ne2 Nh5 12. Qd2 a5 13. Ng3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 Qc7 15. a3
$1 bxa3 (15... Qb7 16. axb4 axb4 17. Rxa8+ Qxa8 18. Qxb4 d5 19. Qa5 Qb8 20. Qb5
Qxb5 21. Bxb5 dxe4 22. fxe4 Bxb3 23. cxb3 Bb4+ 24. Ke2 $16) 16. Rxa3 a4 17. Bb5
(17. Nc1 Qb7 18. c4 Be7 19. Na2 $11) 17... d5 18. exd5 $5 {Grischuk plays with
phantasy in order to prove, that black underdeveloped pieces will have hard
time fighting against activity of his own army.} (18. Rxa4 Rxa4 19. Bxa4 dxe4
20. fxe4 Qc4 21. Bxd7+ Bxd7 22. Qd5 Qc7 $14) 18... Bxa3 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. bxa3
(20. Bb6 $2 Qxb6 21. Qxd7+ Kf8 22. bxa3 Rd8 $19) 20... axb3 21. cxb3 Rxa3 22.
O-O (22. Bb6 $2 Ra1+ 23. Ke2 Rxh1 24. Bxc7 Rh2+ 25. Ke3 Rxd2 26. Kxd2 Rf8 $17)
22... Rxb3 (22... e4 23. Rd1 Qxg3+ 24. Qg2 Qxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rxb3 26. Bxd7+ Kf7
27. Kf2 $11) 23. Rc1 Qd8 24. Bc4 Rxe3 $5 {Sensible decision by Svidler as in
other lines white pieces would be too dangerously active for black king.} (
24... Rb8 25. Bxe6 Nf8 26. Bd5 $44) 25. Qxe3 Qb6 (25... Kf7 26. Bb5 Qb6 27.
Qxb6 Nxb6 28. Rc7+ Kg6 29. Bd3+ Kxg5 30. Rxg7+ Kf6 31. Rxh7 $11) 26. Qxb6 Nxb6
27. Bxe6 Ke7 28. Rc6 (28. Bf5 g6 29. Be4 Rd8 $11) 28... Rb8 29. Bf5 g6 30. Bg4
Kf8 31. Rf6+ (31. Rc5 Re8 $11) 31... Kg7 32. Re6 {White is still slightly
better in the endgame, but it is not enought for win.} Nc4 33. Re7+ Kf8 (33...
Kh8 34. Be6 Nd6 35. Bd5 $14) 34. Rxh7 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 (35. Kg2 Ne3+ 36. Kf2 Nxg4+
37. fxg4 Rb4 $11) 35... Rb2+ 36. Ke1 Ne3 37. Be6 Ng2+ 38. Kf1 Ne3+ 39. Ke1 Ng2+
40. Kd1 Ne3+ 41. Kc1 Rc2+ 42. Kb1 Rg2 43. g4 e4 $1 44. fxe4 (44. fxe4 Nxg4 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O (9... a6 10. a3 b5 11. Ba2 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 O-O 13. O-O Ne8 14.
Ncd5 Bg5 15. b4 Nc7 16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qc1 Qd8 20. Qe3
Nd4 21. c3 Ne6 22. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Macieja,B-Jakubiec,A/Zakopane chT 2000/The
Week in Chess 310 (76)}) 10. O-O (10. a3 Ne8 11. O-O Nc7 12. Ned5 Bxd5 13. Nxd5
Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bg5 15. c3 Bxc1 16. Qxc1 Qb6 17. f4 Ne7 18. Bc4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Kh8
20. Kh1 f6 21. Qd2 Rad8 22. Rae1 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Qf2 Qc7 25. Qf3 Ne7 26.
Qh5 Ng6 27. Re4 Ne5 $11 {1/2-1/2 David,A-Rogozenko,D/Neukoelln GER 2000/The
Week in Chess 284 (51)}) 10... Nd7 {Beside this black has tried many various
moves here:} (10... a6 11. a3 Nd7 (11... b5 12. Ba2 Ne8 13. Ned5 Bg5 14. f4
exf4 15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Rxf4 b4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Ne2 Ne7 19. Ng3 Bxd5 20. Bxd5
Nxd5 21. exd5 a5 22. Qf3 $14 {[%csl Re8,Rf7] 1-0 Lutz,C-Krasenkow,M/Saint
Vincent ITA 2000/The Week in Chess 296 (44)}) 12. Ncd5 {Allows black echange
his bad B for a N, which is important in fighting for the 'd5' square.} (12.
Ned5 b5 13. Bb3 {[%cal Gf3f4]} b4 $140 (13... Nd4 14. Ba2 b4 15. axb4 cxb4 16.
Nxb4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Qb6+ 18. Be3 Qxb4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 $18 {[%csl Rf7]})
14. axb4 cxb4 15. Ba4 Rc8 (15... bxc3 16. Bxc6 cxb2 17. Bxb2 $14 {[%csl Ra6]})
16. Bxc6 Rxc6 17. Nxb4 $1 Qb6+ 18. d4 Qxb4 19. d5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 Rcc8 21. Qe2 $14
) 12... Bg5 13. g3 Bxe3+ 14. Bxe3 Kh8 {[%cal Gf7f5,Ya2g8] Moving the king away
form the diagonal in case of a future f7-f5} 15. c3 Ne7 $11 {0-1 Sedlak,
N-Shariyazdanov,A/Subotica 2000/CBM 81_01/[Gershon] (42)}) (10... Ne8 11. Ned5
(11. Bd2 Bg5 12. g3 Bxe3+ 13. Bxe3 Nf6 14. Qd2 Nd4 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Kg2 Qe8 (
16... Qd7 17. Rf2 Rf7 18. Raf1 Raf8 19. Nd1 Nc6 20. c3 b6 21. d4 exd4 22. cxd4
e5 23. d5 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Jakubiec,A/Warsaw POL 2001/The Week in Chess 346 
(23)}) 17. Rf2 Qg6 18. Raf1 Qe8 19. Nd1 Qd7 20. h3 Rf7 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4
Raf8 23. g4 d5 24. Be5 Nc6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Nf2
Kg7 29. g5 $14 {1-0 Shirov,A-Sveshnikov,E/Tallinn EST 2000/The Week in Chess
273 (83)}) (11. f4 $5 exf4 12. Rxf4 Bg5 13. Rf1 Nc7 14. Ned5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Ne7
16. Nxc7 Qxc7 17. Qh5 Ng6 18. Rf2 Qb6 $6 19. Bb3 Ne5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 g6
22. Qg5 Qxb2 23. Rcf1 Qb6 24. h4 $40 {1-0 Blehm,P-Gershon,A/Yerevan 1999/CBM
72 ext (44)}) 11... Bg5 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Qd2 Bxf4 15. Qxf4 Nc7 16.
Bb3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Ng6 18. Qg3 Qd7 19. Rf2 Ne7 20. Bb3 b5 21. Raf1 Rae8 22. Bxe6
fxe6 23. e5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Fressinet,L-Bekker Jensen,S/Brussels BEL 2000/The
Week in Chess 309 (41)}) (10... Rb8 11. a3 Nd4 (11... a6 12. Ncd5 b5 13. Ba2
Nd7 14. c3 Bg5 15. g3 Bxe3+ 16. Bxe3 Ne7 17. Bg5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 h6 $11 {1/2-1/2
Arizmendi Martinez,J-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Barcelona ESP 2000/The Week in
Chess 301 (22)}) 12. Ba2 b5 13. Ncd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bg5 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. c3 Nc6
17. b4 (17. Qe1 Qd8 18. Ne3 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Ne7 20. b4 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Almasi,
Z-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Ohrid MKD 2001/The Week in Chess 345 (25)}) 17... Qd8
18. f4 Ne7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. f5 Bxa2 21. Rxa2 f6 22. a4 d5 $5 23. Qb3 c4 24.
Qc2 d4 25. axb5 cxd3 26. Qxd3 dxc3 27. Qxc3 Rxb5 28. Qc4+ Qf7 $11 {1/2-1/2
Emms,J-San Segundo Carrillo,P/Mondariz ESP 2000/The Week in Chess 305 (36)})
11. g3 Nb6 12. f4 $146 (12. Ncd5 Nxc4 13. dxc4 g6 14. Bd2 f5 15. exf5 gxf5 16.
f4 Bf6 17. Qh5 Qd7 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Ng4 fxg4 21. Rxf6 Qxd2 22.
Rxe6 Qe3+ 23. Kh1 Qe4+ 24. Kg1 Qe3+ 25. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Nedev,T/
Panormo GRE 2001/The Week in Chess 360 (25)}) 12... Nxc4 13. dxc4 exf4 14. gxf4
f5 $1 {Although black's response is typical it's not an easy decision: to give
up a pawn and then return your piece to its initial position.} 15. exf5 Bc8 ({
of course not:} 15... Bxf5 $4 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Nxf5 $18) 16. Ncd5 Nd4 {It
becomes clear now that black has solved all his problems!} 17. b3 Nxf5 18. Bb2
Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Bf6 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 {One by one all the working
pieces are disappearing} 22. f5 Rb8 {[%cal Gc8d7,Gd7c6,Yb7b6,Yc8b7]} 23. Rf4 b6
24. Raf1 (24. Qf3 $143 {[%cal Ge3d5]} Bb7 25. Nd5 Bxd5 26. Qxd5 Qe7 $15 {
[%csl Rg1]}) 24... Bb7 25. Qd3 Rf7 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.07.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Horn,Pe"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O d5 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 dxc4 {
Ein Nebenweg.} 8. bxc4 c5 {Von dieser Stellung gibt es viele Beispiele, nur
ist in aller Regel hier Schwarz am Zug, weil er für c7-c5 nur einen Zug
aufgewendet hat.} 9. Nc3 ({In dem einzigen hochklassigem Vorgänger entschied
sich Weiß für} 9. d3 {und fuhr damit nicht schlecht:} Nc6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5
Ne8 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Qa4 $14 {Stein,L-Shamkovich,L/
Leningrad 1971}) 9... Nc6 10. Na4 Qd6 11. Ba3 Nd7 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. e3 b6 (13...
e5 14. Ng5 {[%cal Yg5e4,Ye4c3,Yc3d5]}) 14. d4 Ba6 15. dxc5 bxc5 16. Qc2 (16.
Qxd6 $2 exd6 $15 {wäre im Interesse von Schwarz: die weißen Leichtfiguren am
Damenflügel schauen dann einen gedeckten P an.}) 16... Nb4 17. Bxb4 Rxb4 18.
Rxb4 cxb4 19. Rd1 ({Nach} 19. c5 Qd3 {steht Schwarz ausgezeichnet.}) 19... Qc7
20. Qd2 $11 {Danach verflacht das Spiel vollständig; es mangelte aber an
vernünftigen Alternativen.} Nb6 21. Qxb4 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. Nxb6 axb6 24.
Rb1 Rd8 25. h4 Rd6 26. a3 Ba2 27. Rc1 Bf6 28. e4 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.08.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Nf5 8. Bd3
h5 9. Qf4 Qc7 10. dxc5 Na6 11. Bxf5 exf5 12. Ne2 Nxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng3 Re8
15. Be3 Ne6 16. Qxf5 h4 17. Nh5 Qxc3 18. Rad1 Nf8 19. Qg5 Qxe5 20. Rxd5 Qxg5
21. Rxg5 Ng6 22. Bd4 h3 23. Bxg7 Re2 24. Bd4 Rxc2 25. Re1 Be6 26. Nf4 Re8 27.
Nxh3 Rd8 28. Bxa7 Re2 29. Rf1 Bxh3 30. gxh3 Kg7 31. Rb1 Rd7 32. Kg2 Ra2 33. Rb3
Kh7 34. Rg4 Rad2 35. Bc5 R2d5 36. Be3 Rd3 37. Rgb4 Rxb3 38. Rxb3 Nh4+ 39. Kg3
Nf5+ 40. Kg4 Kg6 41. h4 Nxe3+ 42. fxe3 Rc7 43. e4 Rc4 44. Kf4 Ra4 45. h5+ Kg7
46. Kf5 Ra6 47. Rxb7 Rxa3 48. h6+ Kxh6 49. Rxf7 Rh3 50. e5 Rxh2 51. Kf6 Rf2+
52. Ke7 Ra2 53. Rf1 Kg6 54. Rd1 Ra7+ 55. Rd7 Ra8 56. Rc7 Kg7 57. e6 Kg6 58. Kd6
Ra6+ 59. Kd7 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2001.08.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2001.07.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. Bb5+ Nc6 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14.
O-O c5 15. Rad1 cxd4 16. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Lightning"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.09.02"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.09.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "19"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
d3 c6 9. g4 d6 10. g5 Ng8 11. Ne4 Bb6 12. Qc2 Bc7 13. c5 dxc5 14. Qxc5 Ne7 15.
Bd2 Be6 16. Qa3 b6 17. Rc1 Bd5 18. Bg4 a5 19. Rg1 c5 20. Nc3 Bc6 21. Qb3 O-O
22. a4 Nd5 23. h4 Kh8 24. Bf3 Ne7 25. Bxc6 Nxc6 26. Qd5 Qe8 27. Nb5 Rd8 28. Qe4
Bb8 29. h5 f5 30. gxf6 gxf6 31. Bh6 Rf7 32. Kd2 Qd7 33. Rg2 Ne7 34. Rcg1 Nf5
35. Be3 Qe6 36. Kc2 c4 37. dxc4 Nxe3+ 38. fxe3 f5 39. Qh4 Rc8 40. b3 Bd6 41. h6
Be7 42. Qg3 Rxc4+ 43. bxc4 Qxc4+ 44. Nc3 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS m"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2001.09.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2001.09.05"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Qd7 13. d5 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15. Ng3
Nf4 16. Be3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Ng5 d5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Bxa8 21. exd5
N6xd5 22. Nh5 Nxh5 23. Qxh5 h6 24. Nf3 g6 25. Qh4 Nxe3 26. Rxe3 Bg7 27. Qg3 Qf5
28. Nh4 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 g5 30. Nf3 Qxb2 31. Nd4 Rc8 32. Qg4 Rf8 33. Qe2 Qa3 34.
Nf5 Qxb3 35. Rxe5 Qc4 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS m"]
[Site "Beijing"]
[Date "2001.09.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.09.05"]
[EventType "team (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nd4 Qc7 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bb2 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. Qg3 e5 15.
Nc2 b5 16. Nb4 Be6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Rc5 21.
Ncd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Bg4 23. f3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Bd7 25. Rc2 f5 26. Bc1 f4 27. Qe2
Bf5 28. Rc6 Bd8 29. Kh1 Ba5 30. Bd2 e4 31. fxe4 Re8 32. Qh5 Bg6 33. Qg4 Bxe4
34. Bc3 Bxb4 35. Bxb4 Bxd5 36. Rxd6 f3 37. Qd4 Kh8 38. Kg1 Bc6 39. gxf3 h5 40.
Rd8 Rxd8 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42. Qd3+ g6 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Qd7 {This line all but forgotten
today. It used to be a weapon in the arsenal of Karpov and he used it a couple
of times against Kasparov in their matches.} 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 (14...
Rxa8 $6 15. Ng5 $16) 15. d5 Nb8 {Black has tried every possible N-move at this
point. Black needs to challenge White's P-wedge in the centre or he will have
to suffer from lack of space. So ideally Black plays c6 and frees his game.
The question where to put the N to achieve this aim is still not settled.} (
15... Ne7 16. c4 (16. Nf1) 16... Rd8 17. cxb5 (17. c5 c6 $132) 17... Qxb5 18.
Nb1 (18. Ba4 $5) 18... h6 19. Nc3 Qb8 20. Nh2 c6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,
Y-Podgaets,M/Kiev 1986/EXT 97 (27)}) (15... Nd8 16. Nf1 (16. c4 c6 17. dxc6
Bxc6 18. cxb5 Bxb5 19. Nc4 $14 {0-1 Passoni,C-Almada,E/Mendrisio 1988/EXT 97 
(61)}) 16... h6 17. N3h2 Nb7 18. Bc2 Nc5 19. b4 Na6 20. Ng4 $36 {1/2-1/2
Kasparov,G-Karpov,A/Moscow 1985/MainBase/[ChessBase] (41)}) (15... Na5 16. Ba2
c6 17. b4 Nb7 $1 18. c4 Rc8 19. dxc6 (19. c5 $13) 19... Qxc6 $10 {0-1 Kasparov,
G-Karpov,A/Moscow 1985/MainBase/[ChessBase] (41)}) 16. Nf1 Na6 (16... c6 17.
Bg5 Be7 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Ng3 h6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nf5 $36) 17. Bg5 Be7 18. Ng3
g6 19. Qd2 Bb7 20. Ba2 $146 {[%mdl 8] Improving on Kasparov.} (20. Ra1 Ra8 21.
Bc2 c6 22. dxc6 Bxc6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Qe3 Qb7 25. Bh6 Nc7 26. Nf5 $36 {1-0
Kasparov,G-Smejkal,J/Dubai 1986/TD (41)}) 20... Nc5 21. b4 Na4 22. c4 $1 {
An interesting decision. The b4-P will be a weakness, but can Black touch it?
More important is the fact that Black loses ground on the Q-side when the b5-P
is exchanged. White opens the c-file for attack against the backward c7-P and
there is also an interesting outpost on c6 to play for.} bxc4 23. Bxc4 Nb6 24.
Bb3 Ra8 (24... c6 25. Qe3 $1 Qc7 26. Rc1 $16) 25. Rc1 Ne8 (25... c6 26. Qe3 Nc8
27. dxc6 Bxc6 28. Bh6 Qb7 29. Ng5 $36) 26. Bh6 $14 {White has more space and
more possibilities. Black's position is fairly solid, but without prospects.
The freeing move c6 is risky since it opens up the b3-f7 diagonal.} Qb5 27. Nh2
Ba6 (27... Ra3 $5 {was more testing.}) 28. Bc2 Bc8 29. Bb3 Ba6 30. Rd1 Rb8 31.
Ra1 Qd3 (31... Nc4 32. Qc3 $1 Qxb4 $4 33. Qxb4 Rxb4 34. Rxa6 Rxb3 35. Ra8 $18)
(31... Ra8 $5) 32. Qb2 Bc8 (32... Nc4 33. Qa2 Rxb4 (33... Nb6 $142) 34. Bc2 Qc3
35. Qxa6 Qxc2 36. Qc8 Rb1+ 37. Nhf1 $18) 33. Bc2 $1 Nc4 $2 {Now the Black game
caves.} (33... Qb5 34. Ra5 Qd7 35. Qc3 $16) 34. Qa2 Qc3 (34... Qd4 35. Rd1 Qc3
36. Ba4 $18) 35. Ba4 $18 Nf6 36. Rc1 Qa3 37. Qxc4 Qxa4 38. Qxc7 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Pengxiang"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4
9. Na4 Bd7 10. b3 Bxa4 11. bxa4 Qc7 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Be7 (13... h6 14. f4
Nxd4 15. e5 $5 Nxc2 16. Rc1 Nxe3 (16... Rc8 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Bd4 $40) 17. Rxc7
Nxd1 18. Bxa8 Kd8 19. Rxf7 Ne3 20. exf6 Nxf1 21. fxg7 Bxg7 22. Rxg7 $14) 14. g5
Nd7 15. f4 Nb6 (15... Na5 16. Rc1 Nc4 17. Bf2 Rb8 18. c3 $13) 16. Nxc6 Nc4 $1 {
Black has to play very carefully in order to get enough compensation for the
opponent's bishops pair.} (16... Qxc6 17. Qd4 Qc5 18. a3 $1 bxa3 19. Qd3 Qc7
20. Rxa3 $14) 17. Qd4 $1 (17. Bd4 Qxc6 18. Bxg7 Rg8 19. Bd4 e5 20. Bf2 exf4 21.
h4 Ne5 $15) 17... Nxe3 18. Qxg7 Rf8 (18... Nxf1 $2 19. Qxh8+ Bf8 20. Rxf1 Qxc6
21. f5 $18) 19. Nxe7 Nxf1 (19... Kxe7 20. Rf2 Qc5 21. Bf3 $11) (19... Qc5 20.
Kh1 Nxf1 21. e5 d5 22. Nxd5 exd5 (22... Ng3+ 23. hxg3 exd5 24. Qf6 $14) 23.
Rxf1 Qxc2 24. Qf6 $40) 20. Rxf1 $6 {[%mdl 128] White's attack is losing
momentum, it was much more dangerous to open up the position at all costs with
the sharp 20.e5!?} (20. e5 $5 d5 (20... Qc5+ 21. Kh1) 21. Nxd5 exd5 22. Rxf1
Qxc2 23. Qf6 $40) 20... Qxe7 21. Qxh7 Rc8 22. Kh1 (22. Rf2 Qa7 23. e5 Rc4 24.
Qd3 d5 $17) 22... Rxc2 23. e5 Rc4 (23... Rd2 $17) 24. g6 fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Qf7 (
25... Kd8 26. Rd1 Rfxf4 27. exd6 Qf6 28. Qg8+ Qf8 29. Qxe6 $13) 26. Qh6 Rg8 (
26... d5 27. f5 Rg4 (27... Rc2 28. Bf3 Kd8 29. f6 Rg8 $17) 28. h3 Rgg8 29. fxe6
Qxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 $11) 27. f5 $5 (27. exd6 Rc5 $17) 27... Rcg4 (
27... dxe5 28. f6 (28. fxe6 Qg6 $1 29. Qxg6+ Rxg6 30. Bb7 a5 $19) 28... Rg6 29.
Qh8+ $40 Rg8 30. Qh3 e4 $19) 28. Bc6+ Kd8 29. Qe3 Rc4 $2 {Probably the final
inaccuracy in a messy position, black is losing lion share of his advantage.} (
29... Qc7 $1 30. Bf3 Rh4 $19) 30. Bg2 Rxg2 (30... exf5 $2 31. exd6 $14) 31.
Qb6+ Qc7 32. Qxc7+ Rxc7 (32... Kxc7 33. Kxg2 exf5 34. exd6+ Kxd6 35. Rxf5 $11)
33. Kxg2 dxe5 34. fxe6 (34. f6 Ke8 $15) 34... Rg7+ 35. Kf3 Ke7 36. Rc1 Kxe6 (
36... Kd6 37. Rc8 $11) 37. Rc6+ Kf5 38. Rxa6 Rh7 39. Kg3 (39. Rb6 Rxh2 40. Rxb4
Rxa2 $11) 39... Rg7+ 40. Kf3 Rh7 41. Kg3 Rg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Liang, Chong"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2556"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 c6 16. Bg5 Bg7 17. Qd2 Nf8 18. a4 Qc7 19. b4 N6d7 20. Bb3 c5 21. bxc5 dxc5
22. d5 c4 23. Bc2 Rab8 24. Nh2 h5 25. Reb1 Bc8 26. Be3 Nc5 27. axb5 axb5 28. f4
exf4 29. Bxf4 Be5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Ngf1 Qd6 32. Qd4 Bd7 33. Nf3 f6 34. N1d2
Ra8 35. Rxa8 Rxa8 36. e5 fxe5 37. Nxe5 Ra2 38. Rf1 Be8 39. Ne4 Nxe4 40. Bxe4
Ra6 41. Kh1 Nd7 42. Nc6 Nc5 43. Bf3 Bd7 44. Qe3 Kg7 45. Qd4+ Kg8 46. Ne5 Bf5
47. Qe3 Kg7 48. Nc6 Ra2 49. Nd4 Bxh3 50. Re1 Nd3 51. Nxb5 Qg3 52. Qe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Peng, Xiaomin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Qxd6 Bxb5 14. Nxb5
Nc4 15. Qxb8 Raxb8 16. Nxa7 Ra8 17. Nb5 Bxb2 18. Rab1 Rxa2 19. Rfd1 Bf6 20. Bf1
Na5 21. Bd3 b6 22. Nd6 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Xu, Jun"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 a6 11. g4 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b5 15.
h5 b4 16. Na4 Nc5 17. Naxc5 dxc5 18. Qe1 Rxd1+ 19. Qxd1 a5 20. Nd2 a4 21. f4
Nd4 22. g6 b3 23. gxf7+ Kf8 24. cxb3 axb3 25. Nxb3 Rxa2 26. Kb1 Qa7 27. Bxd4
cxd4 28. Bc4 Ra4 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. Rc1 Qxf4 31. e5 Bb7 32. Nxd4 Ra1+ 33. Kxa1
Qxc1+ 34. Ka2 Bc8 35. Nc6 Ba6 36. Bxa6 Qxc6 37. Bc4 Qa8+ 38. Kb3 Qb8+ 39. Kc2
Qxe5 40. Qxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 1st"]
[Site "Shanghai"]
[Date "2001.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ye, Jiangchuan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C56"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2001.09.07"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 085"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 d5 6. Bb5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 Bc5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Bxc6 Rb8 12. Qxd5 Qe7 13. O-O Rxb2 14.
Nc3 Ba6 {Despite activity of black pieces Svidler's position is quite
endangered. The rook on b2 is indirectly threatened and white pieces could
become quite menacing.} (14... Rxc2 $5 15. Qd4 Rd8 16. Nd5 Qg5 17. h4 Qd2 18.
Qxd2 Rxd2 19. Rfd1 $14) 15. Rfc1 Rd8 16. Qf3 Qxe5 17. Bd5 Qf6 (17... Ne6 18.
Bb3 Re8 19. Qe3 $14) 18. Qe3 $1 (18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Bb3 Rd2 20. Nd1 (20. h3 Nxb3
21. axb3 Rdxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Rxa6 Rxc3 $11) 20... Nxb3 21. axb3 Rdxc2 22.
Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Rxa6 Rc1 24. h3 Rxd1+ 25. Kh2 $11) 18... Ne6 19. Bb3 Nd4 20. Re1
$1 h6 (20... Nxc2 $2 21. Qe8+ Rxe8 22. Rxe8#) 21. Nd5 Qh4 (21... Rxd5 22. Bxd5
Bb5 23. Be4 Nxc2 24. Qxa7 $18) 22. Rad1 (22. Qc3 Rxd5 $1 (22... Rxb3 23. axb3
Ne2+ 24. Rxe2 Bxe2 25. Qc5 $1 $16) 23. Re8+ Kh7 24. Bxd5 Rxc2 25. Qe3 Qf6 $14)
22... c5 $2 {[%mdl 64] Decisive mistake in the position with electrifying
tactical potential, white's attack will become unstoppable.} (22... Rxb3 $1 23.
Ne7+ $1 (23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 Rbb8 $11) 23... Kf8 (23... Kh7 24. cxb3 Nc2 (
24... Ne2+ 25. Kh1 $18) 25. Qe5 $18) 24. cxb3 Ne2+ 25. Qxe2 (25. Kh1 Qxe7 26.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Rxe2 Bxe2 28. Qxe2 $11) 25... Bxe2 26. Rxd8+ Kxe7 27. Rd3 Qh5
28. Re3+ Kf6 29. R3xe2 $14) 23. Ne7+ Kh7 (23... Kf8 24. Nc6 $1 Ne2+ (24... Nxc6
25. Qxc5+ Kg8 26. Qxc6 $18) 25. Qxe2 Bxe2 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. Nxd8 $18) 24. Bxf7
Rd6 $2 (24... Rb6 25. c4 $16) 25. Nf5 Ne2+ (25... Nxf5 26. Qe8 Qd8 27. Bg6+
Rxg6 28. Rxd8 $18) 26. Kh1 Rxd1 27. Bg6+ $1 (27. Bg6+ $1 Kxg6 28. Nxh4+ Kh5 29.
Rxd1 Kxh4 30. Qh3+ Kg5 31. Rd5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.23"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Berndt, Stephan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. h3 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Bb3 d5 21. Rad1
Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grabarczyk, Miroslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Plock"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rd2
c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2 g5 17. h4 Kb7 18. hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.25"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Donetsk"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
$5 {This also belongs to the Anti-Marshall continuations, such as} (8. a4) (8.
h3 {or}) (8. d3) 8... d6 {The safest.} (8... exd4 $2 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bd5 $16 {
()[+]}) ({Black's main alternative is} 8... Nxd4 {when White has to choose
whether to gain, or sacrifice a P:} {More ambitious is} 9. Nxd4 (9. Bxf7+ Rxf7
10. Nxe5 Rf8 $1 {[]} (10... Nc6 $2 11. Nxf7 Kxf7 12. e5 Ng8 (12... Ne8 13. Qd5+
Kf8 14. Re3 $18 {->}) 13. Qh5+ Kf8 14. Qf5+ $1 Ke8 15. Qxh7 $18) 11. Qxd4 c5 (
11... Bb7 $132) 12. Qd1 Bb7 $44 {leads to positions, where Black has a lot of
play for the minimal investment, this guarantees him at least equality.}) 9...
exd4 10. e5 Ne8 11. c3 $5 ({without the pair of N Black gets good piece play
after} 11. Qxd4 Bb7 12. c4 bxc4 13. Qxc4 d5 14. exd6 Nxd6 15. Qg4 Bf6 16. Nc3
Nb5 $1 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Bf4 c5 19. Rad1 Qc8 20. Qxc8 Raxc8 $11 {Polgar,J-Nunn,
J/Hastings/1992/}) 11... dxc3 12. Nxc3 $32 d6 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. Bf4
Bg5 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Bc2 {Gurevich,I-Nunn,J/Hastings/1992/} g6 $44) 9. c3 {
With this the game transposes from C88 to the index C91, but this is more or
less forced. Black already wanted to take on d4 and} (9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5
dxe5 $11 {leads only to a sterile position.}) 9... Bg4 10. d5 {Nowadays White
counter the pressure against d4 radically.} ({The other move} 10. Be3 {has
somehow went out of fashion.} Bh5 $5 {/\} ({also the more usual} 10... exd4 11.
cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 {is quite reliable}) 11. Nbd2 d5 $5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. dxe5
Nxe5 14. Bg5 Nd3 15. Bxd5 Bxg5 16. Bxa8 Nxe1 17. Qxe1 Bxd2 $11 {Chandler,
M-Romanisin,O/Leningrad/1987/}) 10... Na5 11. Bc2 {[%csl Gc2] Although
formally the Bc2 is a bad B, it's worth preserving, as Black will sooner or
later have to move his c-pawn. Then both dxc6 or cxd5 will open up new
perspectives for the Spanish B, which even in this game will play a major role.
} Qc8 $5 {Black makes a useful move, as White can't prevent the liberating c6
anyway. The text has become very popular on the highest level and is gradually
pushing out the older} (11... c6 12. h3 (12. dxc6 Qc7 {is less flexible, as
after} 13. h3 Be6 {the B retreats to a better sqaure.}) 12... Bc8 (12... Bxf3
13. Qxf3 cxd5 14. exd5 Nc4 15. Nd2 Nb6 16. Nf1 {is rarely played, as taking
the P with} Nbxd5 $6 17. Ng3 Nc7 18. Nf5 Ne6 19. a4 {|^}) (12... Bd7 $6 13.
Nxe5 $1 dxe5 14. d6 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gc2] ^^}) 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15. Nf1
Nc4 16. Ng3 Re8 17. a4 $5 (17. Qe2 Be6 18. Bd3 h6 19. Nh2 Rad8 20. a4 $6 {
Movsesian,S-Nunn,J/Hastings/1996/} bxa4 $1 21. Bc2 Nb6 $15) {with a chance to
gain some edge after the main replies} 17... Be6 ({or} 17... Bb7 18. Qe2 Bf8
19. Bd3) 18. Ng5) 12. Nbd2 $1 {A rare, but tricky move, which will perhaps
become more popular after this game.} ({White usually interpolates} 12. h3 {
Now on h5 the B is misplaced and quickly just becomes a target for the N after
Nbd2-f1-g3. So logical is} Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 ({Here after} 14. b4 Nb7
15. dxc6 Qxc6 16. Bb2 {the strong manoeuvre} Nd8 $1 17. Bd3 Ne6 $11 {/=/+})
14... Qxc6 15. Nf1 Nc4 (15... Rac8 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. a4 Bd8 18. axb5 axb5 19.
Qe2 Qb6 20. Bd3 Qb8 21. Bg5 Nb3 22. Rad1 h6 23. Be3 Nc5 24. Nh4 Nd5 $1 25. exd5
Nxd3 26. Rxd3 Bxh4 27. Qh5 e4 $2 (27... Bxg3 $142 28. Bxh6 $5 Bf4 29. Rg3 Bxh6
$1 30. Qxh6 g6 31. Rxg6+ fxg6 32. Qxg6+ Kh8 33. Re4 Rc4 $11) 28. Rd4 Bxg3 29.
fxg3 Re5 30. Qe2 Ree8 31. g4 $16 {[%csl Rb5,Rd6,Re4] ><e4,b5,d6,Movsesian,
S-Adams,M/Bundesliga 9899/1998/}) 16. Ng3 g6 17. Qe2 (17. a4 $142 {Movsesian})
(17. Nh2 $5) 17... Rfe8 18. a4 Bf8 19. Nh2 Be6 20. Qf3 Bg7 21. Rd1 h5 $1 22.
Bg5 Nh7 23. Bc1 Nf6 $11 {Movsesian,S-Bacrot,E/Sarajevo/2000/}) 12... c6 13. b4
Nb7 (13... cxd5 14. bxa5 Qxc3 15. Rb1 Rac8 16. Bb3 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Rxe4
Bf5 19. Re3 Qxa5 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Rc1 Rxc1 22. Qxc1 Rc8 23. Rc3 $14 {Ehlvest,
J-Magerramov,E/Dubai op/2001/}) 14. dxc6 {The Nb7 is usually a source of
trouble for Black in the Ruy Lopez (or even in other openings, as the King's
Indian). But this goes for positions with the closed [+], where the N has no
perspective and even after the long and time-consuming manoeuvre Ne8,g6,Ng7,
Nd8,f6,Nf7 it remains passive. Here the N has a nice square on e6 and White
can't lock it in even after} (14. c4 Bxf3 $5 (14... a5 $5 {/\} 15. dxc6 Qxc6
16. cxb5 Qc3 $5 17. Rb1 Rfc8 $36) (14... cxd5 15. cxd5 a5 $11) (14... c5 $11)
15. Qxf3 bxc4 16. Re3 a5 $13) 14... Qxc6 15. Bb2 Nd8 {Consistent, but maybe
here on should search for alternatives as} (15... Rfe8 {or}) (15... Bd8 $5 {
/\Bb6~~}) 16. Nf1 {This was White's idea. Once Black finishes his intended N
manoeuvre, his B will stay sidelined on the >>.} Ne6 17. Ne3 $6 {Logical, but
better seems} (17. h3 $142 $5 Bh5 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 $36 {/\} Nd4 19. cxd4
Qxc2 20. Re2 $16 {[%cal Rf1e3,Re3f5] /\Ne3-f5->}) 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Nh4 $14 {
with a pleasant position, the Bg6 is misplaced.}) 17... Bh5 (17... Bxf3 $6 18.
Qxf3 Ng5 19. Qe2 $16 {/\} Ngxe4 $2 20. Nf5 $16) 18. Nf5 ({A tempting
alternative was} 18. Nd5 {And finally interesting is also} Qe8 $5 {[%cal Rf6d5,
Re6g5] /\Nd5,Ng5} ({The move from the game} 18... Rfe8 $2 {fails to} 19. Nxe5
$1 dxe5 (19... Bxd1 20. Nxc6 $16) 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Qxh5 $16) (18... Qb7 19.
Bb3 {forces Black to invest another tempo with} Rad8 $13 {but Ng5 is still in
the air and the pin is unpleasant, because} 20. Qd3 $6 Nxd5 21. Bxd5 Nf4 $1 $15
{favours Black.}) 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 {/\} 20. Qxd6 $2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qc8 $1 $40)
18... Rfe8 19. Bb3 {[%cal Rb3d5] /\Bd5} Ng5 {[%mdl 64] Prompted by White's
threat Black starts to act, provoking a short, but sharp tactical shootout.} ({
The main alternative to the text was} 19... Nf4 $5 {The passive} 20. Ng3 (20.
g3 Nh3+ 21. Kg2 Ng5 (21... Bxf3+ $6 22. Qxf3 Ng5 23. Qd3 Ngxe4 24. Rxe4 $1
Qxe4+ 25. Qxe4 Nxe4 26. Bd5 $14) 22. Nxg5 Bxd1 23. Raxd1 $15 {leads to a
similar position as in the game, but here White's K is misplaced and also the
3-rd rank is closed for R manoeuvres.}) 20... Bg6 $15 {is not too enticing
either.}) ({The quiet} 19... Rac8 $13 {is interesting as well.}) 20. Nxg5 $1 {
[]} Bxd1 21. Raxd1 {White is in no hurry.} (21. Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Raxd1 h6 $5 (
22... Reb8 23. Bb3 $44 g6 24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Nf7 Rf8 26. Rxd6 Qc8 27. Re6+ Kxf7
28. Rc6+ $11) 23. Bxe8 Nxe8 24. Nf3 g6 $1 (24... Nf6 $2 25. N3h4 $1 $18) 25.
Nxe7 (25. Nxh6 Nf6 26. Ng5 Kg7 27. Nhf7 Rf8 $17) 25... Kxe7 $11 {/=/+}) 21...
h6 $1 {Frees a relatively safe square for the K and forces White to declare
his intentions.} ({Black couldn't safely protect f7 anyway,} 21... d5 $2 22.
Nxf7 $1 (22. exd5 Qc8 23. Nxe7+ Rxe7 24. d6 Rd7 $13 {is less convincing}) 22...
Kxf7 23. exd5 {[%cal Rd5d6] /\d6->}) 22. Nxf7 {Rightly keeps the tension.} (22.
Bxf7+ {-21.Bxf7+}) 22... Kh7 23. Rd3 (23. N7xd6 $2 Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Qc7 {/\Red8-/+
}) 23... Bf8 24. Rh3 d5 {Closing the /^ a2-g8 allows a perpetual, but Black
hardly had more, e.g. the "ambitious"} (24... g6 $2 {runs into} 25. N7xh6 $1
gxf5 26. Nxf5+ Kg6 27. Rg3+ Kh7 28. Bf7 Bh6 (28... Kh8 29. Rh3+ Nh7 30. Ree3 $1
d5 31. Reg3 $18) 29. Rh3 Ng4 30. Bc1 Rf8 31. Bg6+ $1 $18) 25. Ng5+ Kh8 $8 (
25... Kg8 $2 26. exd5 {/\} Nxd5 27. Ne3 $18) (25... Kg6 $2 26. Nh4+ Kh5 (26...
Kxg5 27. Bc1+ Kh5 28. Bd1+ Ng4 29. Bxg4+ Kxg4 30. f3+ Kh5 31. g4#) 27. Nh7 $1
$18 {->}) 26. Nf7+ Kh7 (26... Kg8 $2 27. exd5 Qd7 (27... Nxd5 28. Rd1 $18) 28.
d6 $40) 27. Ng5+ Kh8 28. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Kiseljak"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 f6 8. Nf3
c4 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Qg3 Qf7 11. O-O Nge7 12. exf6 gxf6 13. Nh4 Rg8 14. Qd6 Ng6
15. Bh5 Bd7 16. Qc7 Bc8 17. Qd6 Bd7 18. Bf4 Qe7 19. Nf5 Qxd6 20. Nxd6+ Ke7 21.
Bxg6 Rxg6 22. Nxb7 e5 23. Rfe1 Bc8 24. Rab1 Rb8 25. Na5 Rxb1 26. Nxc6+ Kf7 27.
Rxb1 exf4 28. Nxa7 Bf5 29. Rb7+ Kf8 30. Nc6 Be4 31. g3 f5 32. Ne5 Ra6 33. f3
Bxc2 34. Nd7+ Ke8 35. Nb6 Rxa3 36. Nxd5 Bd1 37. Nc7+ Kd8 38. Ne6+ Kc8 39. Rc7+
Kb8 40. d5 Ra6 41. Rxc4 fxg3 42. Rf4 gxh2+ 43. Kxh2 Ra3 44. d6 Kc8 45. Rd4 Ba4
46. Rxa4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.27"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tyumen"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. O-O Qc7 13. h3 Nb4 14. Qb1 Qxc5 15.
a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.28"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. c4 c6 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. cxb5 cxd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. Bxh6
d5 22. Bd2 Nd3 23. Nfg5 Qf5 24. Re3 Nxf2 25. Qf1 f6 26. Rf3 Qg6 27. Rxf2 fxg5
28. Qd3 Kh8 29. Bxd5 Bc5 30. Bxa8 Bxf2+ 31. Kxf2 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 17th"]
[Site "Panormo"]
[Date "2001.09.29"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2001.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 084 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.10.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. Ne5 Ra7 6. d4 bxc4 7. Nxc4 d5 8. Ne5
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Bd6 12. Be3 Rc7 13. Nd3 Nbd7 14. Rc1 Bb7
15. Qb3 Qa8 16. Bb6 Nxb6 17. Qxb6 Rc6 18. Qa5 Qd8 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. e3 Rdc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Sued 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2001.10.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Renner, Christoph"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2431"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Bayern Muenchen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bxc5 Nxc5 11. Qf2 Qe7 12. Bd3 b4 13. Ne2 a5 14. O-O Ba6 15.
Qe3 O-O 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Ng5+ Kg6 18. f5+ 1-0

[Event "BL2-Sued 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.01.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gheng, Josef"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B66"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2319"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Bebenhausen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 a6 10. f4 Bd7 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Ne4
b5 15. Nd6+ Kf8 16. h4 Be8 17. Rh3 h5 18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Qa7 20. Qd2 Qc5 21.
Kb1 Nb6 22. Bb3 Rh6 23. Rc1 Qxe5 24. Qb4 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Nc8+ 1-0

[Event "BL2-Sued 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.02.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gschnitzer, Oswald"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kirchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. a3 Nf5 8. Rb1
a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Bd2 e6 11. Na4 Bd7 12. e3 Rb8 13. Nc3 Be8 14. Ne1 Nfe7 15. e4
f5 16. Nc2 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nf5 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Nxb4 Nxb4 21. Bxb4
Bc6 22. h4 h5 23. Ng5 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Qd7 25. Qe1 Rfe8 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 e5
28. Ne4 Rf8 {(=)} 1/2-1/2

[Event "BL2-Sued 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.03.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. a4 b4 13. Qxb4 Nc6 14. Qc5 Qd6 15.
Bc4 Rb8 16. O-O Rxb2 17. Rab1 Qxc5 18. dxc5 Rc2 19. Rfc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Rd8 21.
Ng5 Nd5 22. Ne2 Na5 23. Ba2 Nb4 24. Bf4 Nxa2 25. Bxc7 Rd5 0-1

[Event "BL2-Sued 0102"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.04.28"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Heidenfeld, Mark"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2377"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2001.10.07"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ulm"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

 0-1

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Qc7 9. f4 Qb6 10. c4 Bb4+ 11. Ke2 f5 $5 (11... Ba6 $5 {[%csl Rc4] See
comments to Yagupov,I-Malakhatko,V/St.Petersburg, 1999/CBM 74 (0-1)(Golod,V)
(67)}) 12. exf6 $5 {[%mdl 4]} ({Also it deserves attention:} 12. Nf2 Ba6 13.
Kf3 Ne7 14. Qa4 $5 {You can see comments to De Firmian,N-Shabalov,A/Seattle,
2000/CBM 80 (1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(40)} (14. Be3 $5 {See comments to Zubarev,
A-Eljanov,P/Kharkov,2001/CBM 83(1-0)(Golod,V)(55)})) 12... Nxf6 13. Be3 Qd8 ({
Also was checked repeatedly in the previous games:} 13... Qa5 14. Nxf6+ gxf6
15. Kf2 (15. a3 $5 Be7 16. Kf2 O-O 17. b4 Qd8 18. c5 $14 {Timofeev,A-Nikolaev,
N/St.Petersburg,2001 (1-0)(38)}) 15... O-O 16. Bd3 Rf7 17. Qe2 $5 {See
comments to Rublevsky,S-Rogozenko,D/Azov,1991/CBM 25(1-0)(Blatny,P)(36)} (17.
Qc2 $143 Bf8 18. c5 Ba6 $11 {Wiersma,E-Timoshenko,G/Groningen,1999 (1/2-1/2)
(25)}) (17. h4 $143 {[%cal Gh1h3]} Bc5 18. Rh3 Bxe3+ 19. Rxe3 Qc5 20. Qe2 Qd4
21. g3 Rb8 $132 {Sutovsky,E-Birnboim,N/Tel Aviv,1993(1-0)(35)})) 14. Nd6+ ({
Leads to equal position:} 14. Nxf6+ $6 Qxf6 15. Qd4 Qxd4 $5 (15... Be7 16. Rd1
Qf7 17. Kf2 c5 18. Qe5 O-O 19. Be2 d6 20. Rxd6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6 $44 {Faure,
J-Domont,A/Geneve,1988(0-1)(34)}) 16. Bxd4 O-O 17. a3 Be7 18. Ke3 (18. g3 $5)
18... c5 19. Be5 d6 20. Bc3 e5 $1 $36 {Horvath,A-Czebe,A/Budapest,1996(0-1) 
(45)}) 14... Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Bb7 $146 ({Probably,a little bit better:} 15... Qe7
16. Qxe7+ (16. Bc5 $5 Qxd6 17. Bxd6 Ne4 18. Ba3 d5 19. Ke3 a5 20. Rc1 Kd7 21.
f5 Kc7 22. Be2 Nd6 23. fxe6 Bxe6 24. cxd5 Bxd5 25. Rhd1 Rhe8+ 26. Kf2 Ne4+ 27.
Kg1 $14 {Martin Gonzalez,A-Li Zunian/Biel,1985(1/2-1/2) (54)}) 16... Kxe7 17.
g3 a5 18. Bg2 Ba6 19. Rhc1 Rhb8 20. Bd4 {+/=/= Lau,R-Thiel,T/Dortmund,1992(1/
2-1/2) (57)}) 16. Kd1 {[%cal Gf1e2] It is necessary to finish development.} Qe7
17. Qxe7+ ({Senselessly:} 17. Qc7 $6 {in view of:} d6 {[%csl Ye7]} 18. Qxe7+
Kxe7 $11) 17... Kxe7 18. Be2 $14 {Now white has a big positional advantage in
the middlegame( two bishops and better pawn chain).} ({Much worse is:} 18. Bd3
Ng4 19. Bd4 Rhf8 $36 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gf8f4,Gf4d4]}) 18... a5 ({Can be
recommended:} 18... Rhf8 $5 {[%csl Rf4]}) 19. Kc2 d5 20. b3 Rhc8 ({Is a
possible continuation of the play:} 20... a4 $5) 21. Bf3 c5 22. Rhe1 a4 23. g4
$1 {[%csl Rd5,Yf6][%cal Gg4g5,Yf6d5] By game on the king side white loosen
pawns centre of the black.} Kd6 24. f5 axb3+ $6 {[%mdl 16384]} ({Better at
first:} 24... exf5 $5 25. gxf5 ({Now for black is not terrible the
intermediate move:} 25. Bf4+ Kd7 26. gxf5 Rd8 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Yd7c8,Yc8b7] +/
=/=}) 25... axb3+ 26. axb3 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 $14) 25. axb3 Rxa1 ({It deserves
attention:} 25... exf5 26. Bf4+ Kd7 27. gxf5 $14) 26. Rxa1 exf5 $6 ({In my
opinion,the best protective resource:} 26... e5 $5 27. g5 $140 Ne8 28. cxd5 Nc7
$14 {[%csl Gb7,Gc7,Yd5]}) 27. Bf4+ Ke6 ({Nor decides of all problems:} 27...
Kc6 28. gxf5 Rd8 29. Re1 {[%csl Rc6,Ge1,Gf3,Gf4]}) 28. g5 $1 Ne4 29. Ra7 {
[%cal Ra7h7]} Bc6 30. Rxg7 dxc4 $6 {[%mdl 16384] Again positional mistake.} (
30... Ra8 $142 31. Bxe4 (31. Kb2 $143 {[%csl Yb2][%cal Yb2a2]} dxc4 32. bxc4
Ra4 33. Bxe4 (33. Rxh7 $2 Rb4+ 34. Kc1 (34. Ka3 Ra4+) 34... Rxc4+ 35. Kb2 (35.
Kd1 $4 Nc3+ $19 {[%csl Rf3]}) 35... Rb4+ $11) 33... Bxe4 34. Kb3 Rb4+ 35. Kc3
Rb7 $14) 31... fxe4 32. Rxh7 Kf5 33. Rf7+ Kg4 34. Rf6 Bb7 $16 (34... d4 $140 $2
35. h3+ Kxh3 36. Rxc6 $18)) 31. bxc4 Rd8 ({Senselessly:} 31... Ba4+ {in view
of:} 32. Kb2) 32. Rxh7 $16 Nf6 $2 {After this mistake white receive the
absolutely won position.} ({More stubborn resistance after:} 32... Rd4 33. Rh6+
(33. g6 $2 Rxc4+ 34. Kb2 Rb4+ 35. Kc1 Rc4+ 36. Kb2 (36. Kd1 $4 Nc3+ {[%csl Rf3]
} 37. Kd2 Bxf3 38. g7 Ne4+ 39. Ke1 (39. Ke3 Rc3#) 39... Kf7 $19) 36... Rb4+ $11
) 33... Kd7 {[%cal Yd7c6]} 34. Bxe4 (34. Be5 $2 Rxc4+ 35. Kd3 Bb5 {[%csl Rd3,
Rg5]}) 34... Bxe4+ 35. Kc3 Rd3+ 36. Kb2 Rf3 37. Be5 $16) 33. Rh6 $1 {It the
best decision!} Bxf3 34. Rxf6+ Ke7 35. Be3 $1 {[%csl Rc5]} Be4+ 36. Kb2 Rc8 37.
Kc3 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gh4h5,Gh5h6]} Rc6 ({Does not rescue:} 37... Rh8 38. Bxc5+ Kd7
39. Bd6 $18 {[%cal Yd6h2]}) 38. Rxc6 Bxc6 39. Bxc5+ Ke6 40. Bf2 $18 {The rest
is the matter of technics.} f4 41. Kd4 Bg2 42. h4 {[%csl Gc4,Gg5,Gh4]} Bf3 43.
c5 Kf5 (43... Bg2 $144 44. h5) (43... Bh5 $144 44. Ke4 f3 45. c6 Be8 (45... Kd6
46. Kf5 Kxc6 47. g6 Kd7 (47... Kd5 48. Kf6 {[%cal Gg6g7]} Bg4 49. h5 $1 {
[%cal Gh5h6]} Bxh5 $8 50. g7) 48. Kg5 {[%csl Rh5]} Bxg6 49. Kxg6) 46. c7 Kd7
47. Kf5 Kxc7 48. g6 Bb5 (48... Kd7 49. Kf6 {[%cal Gg6g7,Gg7g8]}) 49. h5 Kd6 50.
h6 {[%cal Gh6h7]}) 44. Kc4 {[%cal Gc5c6,Yc4b5]} Bc6 {[%csl Yc6]} 45. Kb4 {
[%cal Gb4a5,Ga5b6]} Be8 46. Ka5 Ke6 47. Kb6 Kd5 48. Bg1 (48. Bg1 $22 f3 49. Bf2
{[%csl Yd5,Ye8][%cal Ye8c6,Ye8h5,Yd5c6]}) 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iran"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be4 Rd8 13. Qd3 h6 14. Rd1 Bd7 15.
Qe2 Nd5 16. Bc2 Ncb4 17. Bb3 a5 18. Ne5 a4 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxh6 Nxc3 21. bxc3
gxh6 22. Rd3 Kh7 23. Qh5 Rg8 24. Rh3 Bf8 25. Qxf7+ Rg7 26. Qh5 Kg8 27. Ng4 Rxg4
28. Qxg4+ Kf7 29. Rf3+ Ke7 30. Qh4+ Ke8 31. Re1 Bc6 32. Rf6 Kd7 33. Qg4 Kc7 34.
Rexe6 Qd5 35. Qf4+ Kb6 36. Rxc6+ bxc6 37. Rxf8 Qxa2 38. Rb8+ Rxb8 39. Qxb8+ Ka6
40. Qa8+ Kb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.14"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mitkov, Nikola"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 d5 5. dxe5 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Nbd2 Nc5 8.
Bb1 Bg4 9. b4 Ne6 10. Qa4 Bh5 11. O-O Qd7 12. b5 Ncd8 13. Qh4 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6
15. c4 Be7 16. Qg4 dxc4 17. Qxc4 a6 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. Ne4 Ra4 20. Qe2 O-O 21.
Nc3 Ra8 22. Rd1 Qc6 23. Nd5 Rf7 24. Be3 Qa6 25. Qc2 Qa4 26. Qd3 Nc6 27. Rab1 b6
28. Nc3 Qa6 29. Qe4 Ncd8 30. Nd4 Bc5 31. Ndb5 Qb7 32. Rxd8+ Nxd8 33. e6 Re7 34.
Qxb7 Nxb7 35. Bxc5 Nxc5 36. Nd5 Rxe6 37. Nbxc7 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 {Dieser auf den ersten Blick etwas
sonderbare Zug wurde von Romanishin in die Turnierpraxis eingeführt. Schwarz
möchte anschließend b7 - b5 spielen.} 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 c5 6. O-O (6. Nc3 Qb6 7.
O-O Bb7 8. Re1 d6 9. e4 Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. Nxd4 bxc4 12. bxc4 Nc6 13. Rb1 Qxd4
14. Qxd4 Nxd4 15. Rxb7 Rc8 16. Rd1 Rxc4 17. Bb2 e5 18. Bf1 Rc6 19. Nd5 $44 {
1-0 Filippov,V-Atalik,S/Bled SLO 2001/(52)}) 6... Bb7 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. e3 {
Mit diesem Zug bereitet Weiß 9.Qe2 vor, um Schwarz zur Entscheidung zwischen
b5 - b4 oder Tausch auf c4 zu zwingen.} (8. Bb2 Be7 9. e4 b4 (9... d6 10. e5
dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Qc7 13. Qf3 Ra7 14. Rfe1 Qb7 15. cxb5 axb5 16. a4
bxa4 17. bxa4 Qxf3+ 18. Kxf3 {1/2-1/2 Sulava,N-Bogdanovski,V/Ohrid MKD 2001/
(48)}) 10. e5 bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qd8 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qc2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Nc6 15.
Bxc6 dxc6 16. Qe4 Rc8 17. Rad1 Bd4 18. Rfe1 a5 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Qc2 O-O 21.
Re4 {1-0 Delchev,A-Lalic,B/Zadar CRO 2000/(55)}) (8. Re1 Be7 9. e4 d6 10. e5
dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 O-O 13. cxb5 axb5 14. a4 Nfd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16.
Nxb5 Bf6 17. Ra2 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Dizdarevic,E-Romanishin,O/Zadar 1995/EXT 2000/
(26)}) 8... Be7 9. Qe2 bxc4 (9... O-O 10. Bb2 bxc4 11. bxc4 d6 12. Rab1 Nbd7
13. d3 Rab8 14. e4 Ba8 15. Qc2 Ne8 16. Nd2 Bf6 17. Nb3 Qd8 18. f4 Nc7 19. g4 {
1-0 Hoffman,A-Rosito,J/Buenos Aires ARG 2001/(40)}) 10. bxc4 O-O (10... Nc6 11.
Rb1 Rb8 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxb7 O-O 14. f4 Ng6 15. Rb3 Rfd8 16. e4 Ne8 17. Ra3
Qb6 18. Bxa6 Nc7 19. Bb5 Bf6 20. e5 Be7 21. Rb3 {1-0 Zarnicki,P-Rosito,J/
Buenos Aires 1998/CBM 67 ext (31)}) 11. Rb1 {[%cal Gb1b7]} Bc6 12. e4 $5 $14 {
Dieser Zug schwächt das Feld d4, aber das spielt keine Rolle, weil der Läufer
und nicht der Springer auf c6 steht.} d6 13. Rb3 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik:
'Akopian is preparing the d2-d4 push and smartly defends his c3 knight. '} Ra7
{Der Turmzug soll das Feld a8 für den Bc6 räumen.} (13... e5 14. Nh4 $14 {
[%cal Gh4f5,Gf2f4]}) (13... Nbd7 14. d4 cxd4 $2 (14... Rab8 $14) (14... Rfb8 {
Ftacnik} 15. Ra3 (15. d5 {Ftacnik} Rxb3 16. axb3 Qxc3 17. dxc6 Nb6 $13) (15.
Bd2 {Ftacnik} Rxb3 16. axb3 Qb6 17. d5 $14) 15... Qc7 16. d5 $14) 15. Nxd4 Rac8
16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. e5 $18 {[%cal Re5f6,Rg2c6]}) 14. d4 cxd4 (14... Rb7 {Ftacnik}
15. Ra3 Qc7 16. d5 $14) 15. Nxd4 Ba8 16. Be3 {[%cal Ge3a7]} Rb7 $4 {[%mdl 64]
Ein schwerer Fehler von Svidler.} (16... Rd7 $5 17. Rfb1 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19.
Bb6 Qh5 $11) (16... Rc7 {Ftacnik} 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bb6 $18) 17. e5 $1 $16 {
[%cal Rg2a8] Dieser einfache Zug gewinnt Material.} Rxb3 (17... dxe5 18. Bxb7
exd4 19. Bxd4 $18) 18. exf6 {'!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'This position is in
tactical sense exceptionally rich, Svidler will pay the prize for a relative
disparity of his forces in the moment of sharp direct clash. '} (18. Nxb3 $2
Qxe5 19. Bxa8 Qxc3 $15 20. Bd4 Qb4 $17) 18... Bxg2 (18... Rxc3 19. fxe7 Re8 20.
Bxa8 Ra3 21. Nxe6 $1 fxe6 22. Bc1 $18) (18... Bxf6 19. Nxb3 Qxc3 20. Bxa8 $18)
19. Nxb3 $1 (19. fxe7 {Ftacnik} Bxf1 20. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 21. Nxb3 Bxe2 22. Nxa5
$18) 19... Bxf1 (19... Qxc3 20. fxe7 Bxf1 21. exf8=Q+ $18) 20. Qg4 $1 {[%cal
Rb3a5,Rg4g7] Ftacnik: 'This move decides the game, white wins opponent's lady.
' Das ist die Pointe des weißen Spiels.} (20. Nxa5 Bxe2 21. fxe7 Re8 22. Nxe2
Rxe7 $14 23. Bf4 $14) 20... Bxf6 21. Nxa5 Bxc3 22. Kxf1 Bxa5 {[%mdl 1024]
Schwarz hat R + N + P für die Dame. Weiß steht aber viel besser, seine Dame
ist aktiv, und Schwarz hat große Probleme bei der Koordination seiner Figuren.}
23. Qd4 Rd8 (23... Bb4 24. Qb6 a5 25. Qb7 {Droht 26.Ba7.} Bc5 26. Bxc5 dxc5 27.
a4 $18) 24. Qa7 {[%csl Ga7]} h6 25. Bb6 Bxb6 26. Qxb6 $18 {Nach dem
Läufertausch verliert Schwarz Material - seine Figuren stehen auf der
Grundreihe.} Rc8 27. Qxd6 Kh7 28. c5 {Der c - Bauer entscheidet die Partie.}
Kg6 29. c6 $1 (29. c6 Nxc6 30. Qd7 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nbd5 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nc3 c6 14. Bg5 Be6 15.
Qb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb3 (18. Bd3 h6 19. Bf4 Rfc8 20. Nd2
Ne8 21. Nf1 Nd6 22. Ne3 Bf8 23. Be5 Ra5 24. Bxd6 Bxd6 25. Bf5 {1/2-1/2
Grischuk,A-Gelfand,B/Biel SUI 2001/(25)}) 18... Rfc8 19. Re2 Kf8 {Jussupow
didn't find right plan of defence. Black's problem is that it is very
difficult to create some counterplay.} (19... h6 $5) 20. Ne5 Ne4 $2 (20... h6
21. Bh4 g5 22. Bg3 Ne4 23. Rxe4 $1 dxe4 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nd7+ Kf7 26. Nxb6 $16
) {[%tqu "En","Find a tactical solution.","","","e5d7","",10]} 21. Nd7+ $1 Bxd7
22. Bxe7+ Kxe7 23. Bxd5 $16 Kd6 (23... f5 $142 24. f3 (24. Bxb7 Kd6 25. Bxc8
Rxc8 $11) 24... Bc6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. fxe4 fxe4 27. Rxe4+ Kd6 $16) 24. Bxe4 Re8
25. Re3 {[%csl Rb6,Rb7][%cal Ge3b3]} Bc6 26. Bc2 Bd5 27. a3 Rec8 28. Bb3 Ra5
29. Rae1 {[%cal Ge3e7]} Rc7 {Svidler is making strong manouevre, puting aside
Black's defence.} 30. Rg3 $1 g6 31. Re8 $1 Bc6 (31... Kd7 32. Rf8 Ke7 33. Rh8
h5 34. Re3+ Kd7 35. Rf8 $18) 32. Rd8+ $1 Ke7 33. Rh8 Rh5 34. Re3+ Kf6 35. Rd8
$1 $18 {[%cal Gd4d6]} Bd7 36. d5 Re5 37. d6 Rc1+ 38. Kh2 Rxe3 39. fxe3 Bc6 40.
Rc8 $1 Rc5 (40... Re1 41. Bd5 $1 Bd7 42. Rc7 Be6 (42... Ke5 43. Rxd7 Kxd5 44.
Rxb7 Kxd6 45. Rxf7 $18) 43. e4 Re2 44. b4 $18) 41. Rc7 Rg5 42. e4 $1 Bxe4 43.
Rxf7+ Ke5 44. Re7+ (44. Re7+ Kd4 45. Rxe4+ Kxe4 46. d7 $18) 1-0

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. d4 Bf6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Na3 exd4 15.
cxd4 Re8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bf4 Na5 18. Bc2 b4 19. Nb5 Bc6 20. Qd3 b3 21. Bb1
Qb8 22. e5 g6 23. Nxd6 cxd6 24. exf6 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Nxf6 26. Bh6 Bd5 27. Qc3
Nc6 28. Rxa8 Qxa8 29. Bd3 Qa4 30. Be3 Be6 31. Nf3 Nd5 32. Qd2 Nxe3 33. fxe3 Bc4
34. Kh2 Qa6 35. Bxc4 Qxc4 36. Ne1 Nb4 37. Kg1 Nd5 38. e4 Nf6 39. Qe3 Qe6 40. e5
Nd7 41. Nf3 dxe5 42. dxe5 Qd5 43. Qd4 Qxd4+ 44. Nxd4 Nxe5 45. Nxb3 Nd3 46. Nd2
Nxb2 47. Kf2 Kg7 48. Ne4 h6 49. Kf3 Nc4 50. Kf2 f5 51. Nc5 Kf6 52. Nd3 Ne5 53.
Nc5 Ke7 54. Ke3 Kd6 55. Na4 Nd7 56. Kd4 Nf8 57. Ke3 Ne6 58. Nb6 g5 59. Nc4+ Kd5
60. Nd2 Nd4 61. Kf2 Nb5 62. Ke3 Nd6 63. Kf3 Nc4 64. Nb3 Ne5+ 65. Kf2 Kc4 66.
Na5+ Kd5 67. Nb3 h5 68. Ke2 Ke4 69. Nc5+ Kd5 70. Nb3 Nc6 71. Ke3 h4 72. Nd2 Ne5
73. Nb3 Kc4 74. Na5+ Kb4 75. Nb7 Nf7 76. Kd4 Kb5 77. Kd5 g4 78. hxg4 fxg4 79.
Ke4 Nh6 80. Kf4 Kc6 81. Nd8+ Kd5 82. Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UZB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. Nf1 exd4 15.
Bf4 Nc6 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Rc1 Qb6 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 d5 $1 $146 (19... Ra7 $6
{occured in Galkin-Bologan, 2001. Black kept on playing very passively and
lost.}) 20. a3 Rac8 21. Bb1 $6 (21. Bd3 $5 Bf8 22. g4 $13 {was much better,
leading to sharp play} h6 $5) 21... Bf8 22. Ba2 h6 23. Qd3 Na5 24. Nxd4 {
Svidler offered a draw here} Nc4 $15 25. Rc2 Re8 (25... Bc5 $5 26. Nb3 Bd6 27.
Bc1 (27. Bxd6 $6 Qxd6 28. Nd4 Re8 29. Rd1 Re4 30. g3 Rce8 $17 31. Kg2 $2 Ne3+
32. fxe3 Rxe3 $19) 27... Re8 28. Rce2 $15) 26. Rxe8 Rxe8 27. Nf3 a5 $2 {
a really bad idea. As Svidler pointed out after the game, very strong was} (
27... Bc5 $1 28. Bg3 $8 (28. b4 $2 Bf8 $17 {X a3}) 28... Ne4 29. Bh4 Qd6 30. a4
$15) 28. a4 Re4 29. Bc1 bxa4 30. Bxc4 dxc4 31. Rxc4 Rxc4 (31... Qb5 32. Rd4
Qxf5 $6 33. Rd8 $44) 32. Qxc4 Qb4 33. Qc2 Bc5 34. Bd2 Qb5 35. Be1 a3 36. bxa3
Bxa3 37. Nd4 Qe5 38. Nf3 Qa1 $4 {a horrible blunder, quite typical for my
shaky play in Yerevan.} (38... Qb5 39. Nd4 Qc5 40. Qxc5 Bxc5 41. Nb3 Bb4 42.
Bxb4 axb4 43. Kf1 Kf8 44. Ke2 Ke7 45. Kd3 $11) 39. Qa4 Qc1 40. Qxa5 Bc5 41.
Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qa4 Qb1 43. Qc4 Qxf5 44. Qxf7 $14 Qd3 45. Qe6 Qb1 46. g3 Qd3 47.
Kg2 Qe4 48. Qxe4+ Nxe4 49. Ne5 Bd4 50. Nc4 Kg6 51. f4 h5 52. Kf3 Nf6 53. Ba5
Kf5 54. Bd8 Ke6 55. Ne3 $2 (55. Bxf6 $14) 55... Bxe3 56. Kxe3 (56. Bxf6 Bxf4 $1
57. Bxg7 Bd6 $11) 56... Nd5+ 57. Kd4 g6 58. Ke4 Nc3+ 59. Kf3 Nb5 $11 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 5th"]
[Site "Yerevan"]
[Date "2001.10.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2001.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ARM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rd8 14. Re2 Nc6 15.
d5 Nb4 16. Bb1 a5 17. Nf1 Bd7 18. Bg5 Rdc8 19. Qd2 Na6 20. Ng3 Qd8 21. Bc2 Nc5
22. Rc1 Na4 23. Bb1 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rc8 25. Qd2 Nc5 26. Re1 Qb6 27. Nh4 g6 28.
Kh2 Qd8 29. Nf3 b4 30. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.27"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2506"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 532]} 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 {This flexible move is the P.
Svidler's stile; he likes tactical play with sharp complications usually.
Another way can be a line with the trade of queens by 4.de;} Nc6 $6 {This move
causes black difficulties to create counterplay; Much better is to make
another moves how it is shown in undermentioned games.} (4... Nbd7 $5 5. f3 Be7
6. Be3 c6 7. Qd2 Nb6 $5 8. b3 exd4 9. Nxd4 d5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Grin,D-Ivanov 2001}
) (4... c6 5. f3 $5 (5. g3 b5 $5 6. dxe5 dxe5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bg2 a6 (8... b4
$5) 9. a4 Bb7 (9... b4 $132) 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Bb2 Kc7 $11 {0-1 Prandstetter,
E-Neumann 2001}) 5... h5 $1 (5... Nbd7 6. Be3 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. Qd2 b4 9. Nd1 d5
10. g5 $1) 6. Be3 Be7 7. a4 a5 8. Nc1 Na6 9. Bxa6 Rxa6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nd3 Ra8
12. Qe1 Be6 $132 {1/2-1/2 Horvath,C-Jovanovic,Z 2001}) (4... Be7 5. g3 Bg4 6.
Bg2 exd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8. Qe3 O-O 9. h3 Nb4 10. Qd2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Na6 12. O-O Nc5
13. Nc3 c6 14. b3 a5 15. Bb2 Ne8 16. Rad1 f5 $132 {1-0 Ivanchuk,V-Georgiev,V
2001}) 5. f3 Be7 $6 {More flexible was 5...g6} (5... d5 $2 {This attempt of
liberation would be uncorrect as it is proved below.} 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. f4 Nc6 (
7... Neg4 8. h3 Nh6 9. exd5 (9. e5 Nh5 10. Qxd5 $2 (10. g3 $5 c6 11. Be3 Nf5
12. Bf2 $16)) 9... Bc5 10. g4 Nd7 11. Qd3 $16) (7... Bc5 $2 8. fxe5 Ng4 9. Nd4
dxe4 10. Ndb5 Bf2+ 11. Ke2 Bd7 12. e6 $18) 8. e5 d4 9. exf6 dxc3 10. Qxd8+ Nxd8
11. Nxc3 $16) (5... g6 $5 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O h5 $5 9. Kb1 Bd7 10. d5
Na5 11. Nc1 b5 12. b3 Nb7 $13 {1/2-1/2 Benjamin,J-Hamdouchi,2000}) (5... exd4
6. Nxd4 Be7 7. Bc4 (7. Be3) 7... O-O 8. O-O Re8 9. Kh1 Bf8 10. Bg5 Ne5 11. Bb3
h6 12. Bh4 Ng6 13. Bf2 Bd7 14. a4 c6 15. Qd2 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Magem Badals,
J-Franco,Z 1992}) 6. Be3 (6. d5 $5 {To close the center by 6.d5 deserves
attention:} Nb8 7. g4 c6 8. Ng3 cxd5 9. g5 Nfd7 10. Nxd5 $16 {1-0 Gamboa,
N-Jaramillo,G/Cali COL 2000/The Week in Chess 320 (31)}) 6... O-O (6... exd4 7.
Nxd4 O-O) 7. d5 $5 (7. Qd2 a6 8. g4 (8. d5 $5) 8... b5 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Nb6 11.
b3 f5 $132 {1-0 Matras,A-Glazik,M 2000} (11... exd4 $5 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qxd4
c5 14. Qd3 b4 15. Ne2 d5 $36)) 7... Nb8 8. Qd2 c6 9. g4 {[%csl Yf5][%cal Ye2g3,
Yg3f5] White tries to capture space over the king side;} cxd5 $16 (9... Ne8 10.
O-O-O $16) 10. exd5 Bxg4 $2 {This wrong sacrifice gives White decisive
advantage.} 11. fxg4 Nxg4 12. Bh3 Bh4+ 13. Kd1 $6 {Right move-13.Ng3 could
lead to the decisive advantage by:} (13. Ng3 $5 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 f5 15. O-O f4 (
15... g6 16. Bxf5 gxf5 17. Nxf5 Bg5 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. Ne4 $18) 16. Qf3 $18) 13...
Nxe3+ 14. Qxe3 f5 (14... Bg5 $5) 15. Rg1 {[%cal Yg1g7]} Kh8 16. Kd2 $6 {
[%cal Ya1f1] This move leads to sharp complications; Much better was 16.Qf3} (
16. Qf3 $5) 16... g5 (16... Nd7 17. Raf1 $18) 17. Qf3 g4 18. Bxg4 Bg5+ 19. Kd1
fxg4 20. Qxg4 Nd7 $2 {This is a decisive mistake, while 20...Qe7 could lead to
the unclear position.} (20... Qe7 $5 21. Ne4 (21. Ng3 Na6 22. Nce4 Be3 23. Rg2)
21... Be3 $13) 21. Ne4 $1 Bh6 22. Qh3 $18 Rf6 (22... Bg7 23. Ng5 $18) 23. Nxf6
Qxf6 24. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hoffman, Alejandro"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. Qg3 Bg7 9. Bf4 Bf5 10. Nh4 Qd5 11. Rd1 Qe6 12. Nxf5 Qxf5 13. Qg5 Qc2 14. Qb5
O-O 15. e3 a6 16. Qe2 Qf5 17. Qd3 Qa5 18. Qb1 Rad8 19. Be2 Be5 20. O-O Bxf4 21.
exf4 e6 22. g3 Ne7 23. a3 Rd6 24. Qe4 Qb6 25. Qb4 Rfd8 26. Bf3 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. d4 Nxe4 10. dxe5 Be6 11. Nd4 Qe8 12. Bc2 Rd8 13. a4 Qd7 14. axb5 axb5 15.
f3 Nc5 16. b4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Na4 18. Bxa4 Ra8 19. Nc3 bxa4 20. Ba3 Qc6 21. Qd3
Qb7 22. b5 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Rfb8 24. Rb1 g6 25. Rb4 c6 26. Nxa4 cxb5 27. Nc5 Rxa3
28. Qxa3 Qe7 29. Qe3 Ra8 30. Qf4 Ra1+ 31. Kf2 Ra2+ 32. Kg3 Bd7 33. h4 h5 34.
Rb1 Ra8 35. Qf6 Qxf6 36. exf6 Be8 37. Kf4 Rb8 38. Ke5 Rb6 39. g4 Kf8 40. g5 Rb8
41. Kd6 Ra8 42. Re1 b4 43. Rb1 Rb8 44. Kxd5 Rd8+ 45. Kc4 Bc6 46. Rxb4 Bd5+ 47.
Kd3 Bxf3 48. Nd7+ Ke8 49. Ne5 Bd5 50. Rb5 Ba2 51. Rb7 Bd5 52. Re7+ Kf8 53. Kc3
Ba2 54. Rc7 Be6 55. Re7 Ba2 56. Rd7 Rc8+ 57. Kb4 Be6 58. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nxe4 $5 dxe4 12. Ne1 {White wants to prove that
their pawn advantage on the Q's side is more important than black's on the K's
side.} Bf5 ({Another plan of defence connect with} 12... c6 13. Qd2 (13. Be3 f5
14. g3 Qd7 15. Ng2 Rad8 16. a3 Na6 17. Qc2 Nc7 18. Rac1 Bf6 19. Rfd1 Kh8 20.
Nf4 Bf7 21. d5 g5 22. d6 gxf4 23. dxc7 Qxc7 24. Bxf4 Qe7 $11 {0-1 Van Gool,
R-Schoeber,P/Venlo 1992 (34)}) 13... f5 14. f3 exf3 15. Nxf3 a5 16. a3 Na6 17.
b3 Bf6 18. Bb2 Nc5 19. Qc2 Ne4 20. Bd3 Qb6 21. Rae1 Rae8 22. Kh1 g6 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Schlosser,M-Duer,W/AUT-chT 1993/TD (50)}) 13. Be3 Bf6 14. Qd2 {White
are implementing a new plan,connected with d5,f4 and after ...ef3 Nf3 white'
pieces will be well placed.} (14. a3 Nc6 15. Nc2 a5 16. b3 Qe7 17. Qc1 Rfd8 18.
Rd1 Rd7 19. g4 Rad8 20. gxf5 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24.
Qe3 Qe5 25. Re1 c5 26. Qg3 {1-0 Nagy,B-Molnar,L/Heves, Rainbow op 1997 (26)})
14... a5 (14... c5 15. d5 (15. dxc5 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Na6 $11) 15... Qd6 16. Rd1
$14) 15. a3 Nc6 16. d5 Ne5 17. f4 $1 exf3 (17... Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. f5 (19.
Nc2 $1 Re8 20. Bd4 $16 {[%cal Gc2e3]}) 19... Qd7 20. Qf2 Qa4 $1 21. h3 Bd1 $13)
18. Nxf3 $14 {[%cal Gc4c5]} Nxf3+ (18... Be4 $1 19. Ng5 (19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd4
Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 f5 $14)) 19. Bxf3 Re8 20. Bd4 $1 $16 Bxd4+ 21. Qxd4 Qe7 (21...
b6 22. d6 Ra7 23. c5 $16) 22. c5 Rad8 23. Rae1 Qd7 24. Rc1 Qe7 25. Rfe1 Qxe1+
26. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 27. Kf2 Rc1 (27... Re7 28. Qa4 b6 (28... Ra8 29. Qb5 $16) 29. d6
$1 cxd6 30. cxb6 $16) (27... Rde8 28. Qa4 b6 29. d6 cxd6 30. cxb6 $16) 28. Qe5
$18 Rc2+ 29. Ke3 g6 30. g4 Bc8 31. Qxc7 $6 (31. Be4 Rc1 32. Qxc7 Re8 33. Kd2
$18) 31... Re8+ 32. Kf4 Rxb2 33. d6 Rd2 34. Qxa5 Rd4+ 35. Kg3 Rd3 36. Kf2 h6
37. Qb4 g5 38. Qb2 Re6 39. a4 $1 Bd7 40. a5 Bc6 41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. a6 Rh3 43.
Kg2 Rhe3 44. d7 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C52"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Ba5 6. d4 exd4 (6... d6 7. Qb3
Qd7 {- Sveshnikov-Sharma, Dubai op 2001 CBM 83}) 7. O-O (7. Qb3 Qf6 {-
Short-Piket,Zuerich 2001 CBM 83}) 7... Nge7 8. cxd4 (8. Ng5 {-
Morozevich-Adams, Corus Wijk aan Zee 2001 CBM 81}) 8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Qb3
(10. Ba3 {White wants to prevent Black from castling.} Be6 11. Bb5 (11. Qb3 {
- 10.Qb3}) 11... Bb4 {The a3 B is too strong to let him live.} 12. Qa4 (12.
Bxb4 Ndxb4 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Nc3 Ne7 15. Ng5 O-O 16. Qb1 $11 {Levenfish}) (12.
Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. Qa4 Rb8 15. a3 Nd5 16. Qxa7 O-O {White has got
back the P, but lost the |^, and Black's pieces are better developed.} 17. Qc5
Nf4 18. Qc2 Bd5 $15 {Freidank-Fritsch, corr 1990}) 12... Qd6 (12... Rb8 $5) 13.
Nbd2 (13. Ne5 $2 O-O $1 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bxc6 Rab8 $15 {and again Black has
the better development, Muravlev-Tanin, corr 1967-68.}) 13... O-O (13... Bxa3
14. Nc4) 14. Nc4 Qe7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Nfe5 Bxa3 17. Nxa3 (17. Nxc6 Qe8) 17...
Nb4 $11) 10... Be6 $1 {Development first!} (10... Nce7 {is too passive, and
the black K remains in the middle.} 11. Ba3 c6 12. Bxe7 $1 Kxe7 {Sad, but true.
Other moves lose immediately.} 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qa3+ Kf6 (14... Kd8 15. Rc1
Bc7 (15... b6 {wants to prevent Rc5, but} 16. Rc5 $1 {is very strong!} bxc5 17.
Qxa5+ Ke8 18. Nc3 Qd8 19. Qxc5 Be6 20. d5 $1 Bxd5 21. Re1+ Be6 22. Nd4 Qd7 23.
Nf5 Rg8 24. Rd1 $18 {Erlandsson-Demidenko, corr 1980}) 16. Nc3 Bd6 17. Qb2 Qa5
(17... Qf5 18. d5 $1) 18. Qb3 Ke7 19. Re1+ Kf8 20. Re3 Qc7 $5 {Konikowski} (
20... Rb8 $2 21. Rae1 Be6 22. Rxe6 $1 $16 {Krantz-Eilmes, cr 1978})) 15. Nc3
Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Be6 $5 {Konikowski} (16... Re8 17. Rfe1 Bf5 (17... Be6 $5 {
Konikowski}) 18. Qb4 $1 Be4 $6 19. Re3 {White has a nice compensation for the
P mostly because of the delicate position of the K.} b6 20. Rae1 Re6 21. Ne5
Bf5 22. g4 $18 {Krantz-Marcussi, cr 1975})) 11. Qxb7 {This hunting for the P
is not in the spirit of the Evans Gambit.} (11. Ba3 Bb4 {is again the most
logical continuation.} (11... Bb6 $6 {leaves the strong a3 B unattended.} 12.
Nc3 $1 Nxc3 (12... Na5 13. Qa4+) 13. Rfe1 $1 {This is a wonderful zwischenzug!}
(13. Bxe6 {immediately is not that effective:} fxe6 14. Qxe6+ Ne7 15. Rfe1 Ncd5
{and the N comes back to defend the K.} 16. Ng5 (16. Re5 Qd7 $1) 16... Rf8 $1 (
16... Qd7 $2 {founders on the effective} 17. Qf7+ Kd8 18. Ne6+ Kc8 19. Nf8 $1
$18 {Chekhov-Kaushansky, Riga ch 1977}) 17. Nxh7 Rf7 $1 (17... Rf4 18. Re5) 18.
Ng5 Rf6 $13) 13... Na5 (13... Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxe6 Kd8 16. Bxf7 Qxf2+
17. Kh1 $18 {and the black K is helpless against the threats on the opened
central lines.}) 14. Bxe6 $1 Nxb3 15. Bf5+ $1 $18 {is a nice romantic finish!})
(11... Qd7 $5 {/\ 0-0-0 securing the K's position.} 12. Rc1 (12. Qxb7 $4 {
is out of question:} Rb8 13. Qa6 Rb6 $19) (12. Nbd2 Bxd2 13. Nxd2 Na5 14. Qb2
Nxc4 15. Nxc4 Nf4 16. Ne3 Bd5 17. Rab1 O-O-O {and the K has escaped from the
middle.} 18. Rfd1 Rhe8 19. Rd2 Re6 20. Nxd5 Qxd5 21. f3 Rde8 22. Qb3 Rb6 23.
Qd1 Rxb1 24. Qxb1 Qe6 $19 {Markosian-V.L.Ivanov, Moscow open 1995}) (12. Rd1
O-O-O $1) (12. Bb5 Nde7 $1 {/\ 0-0} 13. d5 Bxd5 14. Qa4 Bxf3 15. gxf3 O-O 16.
Bxc6 Nxc6 17. Bxf8 Rxf8 $1 $15 {Szilagyi-Harding, cr 1988}) (12. Ne5 $5 Nxe5
13. Qxb7 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8 15. dxe5 {It is not rare that White has a better
development except the bad N on b1, but this ruins his hopes.} Rb8 16. Rc1 Kd7
17. Rd1 Kc6 18. Bxd5+ Bxd5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 (19... Be6 {keeping the ^^ in an open
position looks interesting.} 20. Ne4 Rhd8 21. Rdc1+ Kb7 22. Nc5+ Ka8 {
Kolenbrander-Sogaard, cr 1991}) 20. Rac1 Rb5 $1 21. Rxc3+ Kb7 $11) 12... Nb6
13. Bxe6 Qxe6 14. Qb5 a6 15. Qg5 Qg6 16. Qh4 {The K cannot castle anywhere.} f6
17. Qh3 Qf7 18. Nc3 Qd7 19. Qxd7+ Kxd7 20. d5 Nb4 21. Rab1 Nd3 22. Rd1 Nxf2 23.
Kxf2 Bxc3 24. d6 $1 Nc4 25. Rxb7 Ba5 {1/2:1/2 Krantz-Harding, cr 1988}) 12.
Bxb4 Ncxb4 13. Nc3 (13. a3 Nc6 14. Qxb7 Na5 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Qa6 Nb3 17. Ra2
Nb6 $19 {Ilczuk-Ostowski, POLchT 1999}) 13... O-O 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Qxb7 {
White wins back the material, but that's it.} Qd6 16. Qb3 Rab8 17. Qc2 h6 $11 {
Trapl-Sosna, Czech Extra League 2000-01}) 11... Ndb4 12. d5 $2 {This Q
sacrifice cannot be correct.} (12. Bb5 {was the best try.} Bd5 $1 (12... Bd7 $2
{allows White} 13. Re1+ Kf8 {and the K causes a lot of headache for Black.} 14.
Ne5 (14. Ba3 Rb8 15. Qa6 Kg8 $1 {is the best defence.} (15... Rb6 $2 {founders
on the brilliant} 16. Qxa5 $1 Nxa5 17. Bxb4+ Kg8 18. Bxd7 $1 Rxb4 (18... Qxd7
19. Bxa5 $16) 19. Re8+ Qxe8 20. Bxe8 $18 {Davis-Peters, USA 1983})) 14... Nxe5
15. Rxe5 Rb8 (15... c6 16. Bc4 Rb8 (16... Bb6 $5 17. Rf5 $1 Rb8 18. Bf4 $1 $16
{is a brilliant line by Nunn.}) 17. Qxa7 Bb6 18. Qa3 Bxd4 19. Bb2 Be6 20. Re4
$1 Bxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxc4 22. Nd2 $40 {Chandler}) 16. Qxa7 $14) (12... O-O 13. Bxc6
Rb8 14. Qxa7 Nxc6 15. Qc5 Bd5 {White has now an extra P, but Black has the
better developed pieces.} 16. Nbd2 (16. Ba3 Re8 17. Nbd2 Bb6 $1 {Chandler} (
17... Re2 $143 18. Rfd1 Qd7 19. Nf1 {Anderssen-Mieses, Breslau 1867})) 16...
Re8 17. Nb3 Bb4 18. Qc2 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Qd5 20. Bf4 Qxf3 21. Bg3 Bc3 22. Qd1 Re2
23. Rc1 Rbe8 24. Rc2 h5 25. d5 h4 26. Bxh4 Nb4 27. Rxe2 Qxe2 28. Bg3 Qc4 29. d6
cxd6 30. Qxd6 Nxa2 $11 {Sveshnikov-Nenashev, Kemerovo 1995}) 13. Ne5 $1 (13.
Re1+ Kf8 14. Ba3 Kg8 {and the Q is in the trap.} 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Qxa8 Qxa8
17. Re8+ Qxe8 18. Bxe8 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nc2 $19) 13... Rb8 (13... O-O 14. Nxc6
Nxc6 15. Bxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxc6 Qxd4 17. Bd2 Bxd2 {and White has saved his skin, 1/
2:1/2 Roy Chowdhury-Venkataramanan, Calcutta op 1994.}) 14. Bxc6+ (14. Nxc6
Rxb7 15. Nxd8+ Rxb5 16. Nc3 $1 Nc2 17. Nxb5 Nxa1 18. Bf4 Kxd8 19. Rxa1 a6 20.
Na3 Re8 $15 {and the ^^ is a super power.}) 14... Nxc6 15. Qa6 Rb6 16. Qd3 O-O
17. Bf4 Rb4 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Qg3 Qxd4 20. Be5 Qg4 $17 {Schroeder-Harding, cr
1988}) 12... Rb8 13. Qxb8 Qxb8 14. dxe6 fxe6 {White has no adequate
compensation for the Q.} ({but not} 14... Nc2 $2 15. exf7+ Kf8 16. Nbd2 Nxa1
17. Re1 Ne7 18. Ba3) 15. Nc3 (15. Bxe6 Nc2 $19) 15... O-O 16. Rb1 (16. Ng5 Nd4
17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. Bxe6+ Kh8 $19) 16... Qe8 17. Ng5 (17. Re1 Nd8) 17... Nd4 18.
Ba3 Qc6 $6 {Black unnecessarily complicates matters.} (18... c5 $1 {was simpler
} 19. Rfe1 $17) 19. Bxb4 Bxb4 20. Rxb4 Qc5 21. Bxe6+ $2 ({missing the only
chance after} 21. Rd1 $1 Qxb4 22. Rxd4 Kh8 $1 (22... Qxc3 $2 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24.
Nf7+ Kg8 25. Ne5+ Kh8 26. Ng6+ $18) 23. Nge4 c5 $1 24. a3 Qxa3 25. Rd7 $15 {
and White's pieces are at least active.}) 21... Nxe6 $19 {Now Black liquidates
to a winning _|_.} 22. Rb5 Qxc3 23. Nxe6 Qc4 24. Re5 Re8 25. Rfe1 Qxa2 26. f4
h6 27. f5 Rb8 28. R5e2 Rb2 29. Kf2 a5 30. g4 a4 31. Kf3 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Qd5+ 33.
Kf2 a3 34. Nf4 Qc4 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.11.30"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sulskis, Sarunas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 a6 8. Qd2
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 b5 10. a4 bxa4 11. Nxa4 e5 12. Qb6 Be7 13. Qxd8+ Bxd8 14. O-O-O
Bd7 15. Nc3 Ke7 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Be2 h6 18. Bxf6+ gxf6 19. Nd5+ Kf8 20. Ne3 Ke7
21. Bc4 h5 22. Rd3 Bb6 23. Nd5+ Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Rab8 25. g4 Bd4 26. c3 Bc5 27.
Kc2 a5 28. h3 f5 29. exf5 hxg4 30. fxg4 Rh4 31. f6+ Kxf6 32. Rf3+ Kg6 33. Rxf7
e4 34. Rhf1 Re8 35. R1f6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2602"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 bxc6 7. Bd3 Ne7
8. Nc3 d6 9. O-O Bb6 (9... O-O 10. e5 $1 Qe6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Ne4 Qd5 13. Qg5
Qxg5 14. Bxg5 h6 15. Bxh6 Bxf2+ 16. Rxf2 gxh6 17. Nf6+ Kh8 18. Nh7 Re8 19. Rxf7
h5 20. Nf6 {1-0 Ciganikova,A-Quinn,D/Pula 1997/ (20)}) 10. Kh1 Qh4 11. f4 f5
12. b3 $5 {[%mdl 4] The clever development of the dark squared bishop, the
games are clearly indicating problems for black in the struggle for equality.}
fxe4 (12... O-O 13. Bb2 (13. Bc4+ Kh8 14. e5 d5 15. Bd3 Ba5 16. Ba3 d4 17. Bxe7
Qxe7 18. Nd5 Bxd2 19. Nxe7 Bd7 $11) 13... Be6 14. Rae1 $14) 13. Nxe4 O-O 14.
Bb2 (14. Ng5 Bf5 15. Bb2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Rae8 17. g3 Qh6 18. Rae1 $14) 14... Bg4
$6 (14... Nf5 15. Rf3 $14) (14... Bf5) 15. Ng5 Nf5 16. Bxf5 $1 {The bishop's
pair is less important than the safety of a white king and possibility to
benefit from the pressure along the a1-h8 diagonal.} Rxf5 (16... Bxf5 17. Qc3
Qh6 18. Qxc6 $16) 17. Qc3 Qh6 18. Rae1 (18. Qxc6 Raf8 19. Qc4+ d5 20. Qd3 c6
21. Rae1 $16) 18... Raf8 (18... Rc5 $2 19. Qg3 Rxc2 20. Qxg4 Rxb2 21. Re6 g6
22. Re7 $18) 19. h3 Be2 (19... Bh5 20. Ne6 R8f6 (20... R8f7 21. Qxc6 $18) 21.
Qc4 Bf7 22. Bxf6 Rxf6 23. f5 $18) 20. Rxe2 Rxg5 21. Re7 (21. Qxc6 Rgf5 22. Re7
R5f7 23. Qc4 Qh5 $16) 21... d5 (21... c5 $2 22. fxg5 $1 Rxf1+ 23. Kh2 $18) 22.
Rfe1 Rg6 (22... Rxf4 23. Re8+ Kf7 (23... Rf8 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qf3+ Kg8 26.
Re8#) 24. Bc1 $18) 23. R1e6 $1 {White pieces are clearly triumphant in the
fight for the control in the position.} Rgf6 (23... Rxe6 24. Rxg7+ Kh8 25. Rg6+
d4 26. Qxd4+ Bxd4 27. Bxd4+ Qg7 28. Bxg7+ Kg8 29. Rxe6 Kxg7 30. Rxc6 $18) 24.
Rxf6 (24. Qxc6 Rxe6 25. Qxe6+ Qxe6 26. Rxg7+ Kh8 27. Rg6+ d4 28. Rxe6 Rxf4 $16)
24... Rxf6 (24... gxf6 25. Qxc6 Qxf4 26. Qxd5+ Kh8 27. Qd3 $18) (24... Qxf6 25.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg3+ $18) 25. Qe5 d4 $2 (25... Bc5 26. Rxc7 Bd6 27. Rc8+ (27.
Rxg7+ Qxg7 28. Qxf6 Qxf6 29. Bxf6 Bxf4 30. g4 $16) 27... Rf8 (27... Bf8 28. f5
a6 29. Ba3 $18) 28. Rxf8+ Bxf8 29. a4 $16) 26. Ba3 $1 Qh4 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rf8+
Kg6 29. f5+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.02"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Ba3 {
This move is quite playable, although well-forgotten.} Nd7 (7... b6 {is the
other possible plan, probably, more appropriate.}) 8. Nf3 c5 9. Bc4 $6 {
A rare, quite harmless move.} (9. Qb3 {was played more frequently, e.g.} O-O
10. Be2 (10. Bd3 $143 {this is not a good place for the bishop} Qc7 (10... b6
11. Rd1 e6 12. O-O Qc7 13. e5 Bb7 14. Ng5 Rfc8 15. Qb1 Rab8 16. h4 $36 {
1-0 Dolmatov,S-Bagirov,Y/Frunze 1983/Inf 35 (35)}) 11. O-O Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rb7b5]
} 12. Bb5 b6 13. Rad1 a6 14. Bd3 b5 15. Bb1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Ba8 17. h4 a5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Evans,L-Kortschnoj,V/Buenos Aires 1960/MCD (41)}) (10. Rd1 cxd4 11.
cxd4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Qxb7 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd4 15. O-O (15. Qxe7 Qc3+ 16. Ke2
Nd5 $1 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. Bxc5 Nc3+ $19 {0-1 Hund,J-Sauermann/corr 1968/Inf 05 
(29)}) (15. Bxe7 Qc3+ $36) 15... Qe5 16. Bxe7 Rfb8 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qc7 Bh6
19. Qg3 Bf4 20. Qg4 Rc8 $17 {0-1 Fajdetic,H-Rogulj,B/Pula 1992/EXT 98 (31)}) (
10. Bc4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 {leads to the game position}) 10... cxd4 (10... Qc7
11. O-O Rb8 12. e5 $1 {Now, unlike in the 10.Bd3 line, it is quite possible.}
e6 (12... b5 13. e6 c4 14. Qb4 {-the bishop is on e2 and not d3 and therefore
not hanging!} fxe6 15. Qxe7 $14) 13. Nd2 $1 b6 14. Nc4 $6 (14. Ne4 $142 $14)
14... Ba6 15. Rfe1 Bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rfd8 $4 (16... b5 {with an excellent play for
Black}) 17. Bb5 $16 {1-0 Papaioannou,I-Krasenkow,M/Leon 2001/CBM 86 (42)}) (
10... b6 $5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Rfd1 (12. Rad1 $5 Bb7 13. e5) 12... Bb7 13. e5 e6
14. Nd2 Rfc8 15. Rac1 a6 16. Bf3 $6 (16. Nc4 Bd5 17. Qb2) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3
c4 18. Qc2 b5 {0-1 Gerlach,M-Schulz,P/Germany 1993/EXT 97-B (45)}) 11. cxd4 Nf6
12. e5 (12. Bd3 Bg4 $1) 12... Nd5 13. O-O b6 14. Ng5 h6 15. Bf3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Qd7
17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Rad1 Rfd8 19. e6 $5 fxe6 20. Bg4 Rc6 21. Bc1 $44 {1/2-1/2
Atalik,S-Lin Weiguo/Beijing 1997/CBM 61 (28)}) 9... cxd4 10. Qb3 O-O 11. cxd4
Nb6 12. Be2 {If White gives up this bishop, Black obtains an excellent
position:} (12. O-O Nxc4 13. Qxc4 Bg4 14. Rad1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qd7 16. Rd3 Rfc8
17. Qb4 e6 18. Rb1 Rc7 19. d5 exd5 20. Rxd5 Qe6 $15 {1-0 Ivanov,I-Lonoff,M/
Chicago 1990/EXT 97 (33)}) 12... Be6 13. Qb4 Rc8 $1 {Black must play actively
in the Gruenfeld!} 14. O-O {Black correctly assessed that after} (14. Qxe7 Qxe7
(14... Bxd4 $143 15. Nxd4 Qxd4 16. O-O $44) 15. Bxe7 Rfe8 16. Bh4 ({or} 16. Bd6
Bg4 17. e5 Nc4 18. Bb4 f6) 16... Bg4 17. e5 f6 $1 {White can't maintain his
material advantage.}) 14... Bc4 15. Rfe1 ({Perhaps} 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Rac1 {
was more appropriate. If} b5 $5 {then after} 17. Qxb5 Nxa3 18. Qa4 e5 $8 19.
Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qxa3 exd4 21. Qxa7 d3 22. Qe3 {the draw is not far away.}) 15...
Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nc4 17. Rd1 Qd6 $1 {In the arising endgame Black has a small but
stable advantage due to his extra queenside pawn.} 18. Qxd6 exd6 19. Bc1 Rfe8
20. Bf4 b5 21. Rb1 a6 22. g4 (22. Kf1 {was more appropriate, moving the king
towards the centre.}) 22... Na3 23. Rb3 Rc2 $5 24. Re1 $2 {A strange mistake,
after which White loses at least a pawn.} (24. Rxc2 $142 Nxc2 25. Bxd6 (25. e5
{runs into} Nxd4 $1 26. Nxd4 dxe5 27. Re3 Rd8 28. Rxe5 $1 f5 $1 (28... f6 $143
29. Re4 f5 30. Nxf5 gxf5 31. gxf5 $11) 29. Nc6 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rd1+ 31. Kg2 fxg4
{with good winning chances for Black}) 25... Nxd4 (25... Rxe4 $2 26. Rc3) 26.
Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Rb4 $1 {White probably missed this move giving him good drawing
chances as} Rxe4 $6 {was not good due to} 28. Kf1 {[%cal Rd6c5,Rf2f3]}) (24.
Rbe3 {is inferior as after} Rxe2 25. Rxe2 d5 26. e5 b4 {the march of Black's
queenside pawns should decide the game.}) 24... Rxa2 (24... Nc4 $17 {was
possible, too, so it is not clear what White hoped for.}) 25. Bxd6 Nc2 26. Rd1
({Or} 26. Re2 Ra1+ 27. Kg2 Nxd4 28. Nxd4 Bxd4 {and Black should win}) 26...
Rxe4 27. d5 {A desperate attempt to create counterplay. However, Black can
easily neutralize White's d-pawn.} Nd4 28. Nxd4 Rxd4 {This is simpler than} (
28... Rxg4+ 29. Bg3 Bxd4) 29. Rxd4 Bxd4 30. Rd3 (30. Bg3 Rd2 31. Ra3 Bc5 32.
Rxa6 Rxd5 $19) 30... Bxf2+ 31. Kh1 Ra4 32. Be5 Rxg4 33. h3 Re4 34. Bf6 Bb6 35.
Rd1 (35. d6 Re6 36. Bh4 f6 37. d7 Bd8 $19 {-the pawn is stopped!}) 35... Kf8
36. Rc1 Rc4 37. Re1 Bc5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nc6 7. f3 d5 8. Nxd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Nxc6 Qxc6 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qd2 Qc7 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Kb1
Be7 15. Qf2 Qa5 16. b3 f5 17. Qe1 Qc7 18. Bd4 Bd6 19. f4 O-O-O 20. fxe5 Bc5 21.
Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Qg3 Rd7 23. Be2 Rc7 24. Rd2 Qc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. Bd3 Rd8 27. Rf2
g6 28. Re1 Rd4 29. g3 b5 30. Kb2 Rc5 31. a3 Kd7 32. b4 Rc7 33. Rf4 Rd5 34. Re3
Ke7 35. h4 h5 36. Re1 Bd7 37. Rf3 Bc6 38. Rfe3 Rd4 39. c3 Rg4 40. Rf1 Bd5 41.
Rf4 Bc4 42. Bc2 Ke6 43. Bd1 g5 44. hxg5 Rxg5 45. Rd4 Rcg7 46. Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Nf1 Nd8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Ng3 Ne6
15. c3 c5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. dxc5 N4xc5 20. Ba2 d4 21. Nf5
d3 22. b4 Na6 23. Re3 Rd8 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Nxe7+ Qxe7 26. Rxd3 Rxd3 27. Qxd3
Nxb4 28. Qxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 b4 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3 Be7 15.
Rg1 O-O 16. O-O-O a5 17. Nd2 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. f4 Nd7 20. Rg4 Rf7 21. Rdg1
exf4 22. Bxf4 Nc5 23. Qg3 Bf8 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Kb1 Qd7 26. Bd4 Qc7 27. Rc1 Rf5
28. b3 Rxd5 29. Nc4 Ne6 30. Bb2 Rf5 31. Ne3 Rb5 32. Qf2 Qf7 33. Qe2 Rg5 34.
Rxg5 Nxg5 35. Qg4 Ne6 36. Nf5 h5 37. Qh3 Rc5 38. Rf1 Qg6 39. Qf3 Kh7 40. h3 Ng5
41. Qd3 d5 42. Bd4 Rc7 43. Ne3 Qxd3 44. cxd3 Be7 45. Nxd5 Rd7 46. Nxe7 Rxd4 47.
Rf5 Kh6 48. Ng8+ Kg6 49. Ne7+ Kh6 50. Ng8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Ne6 15.
c3 c5 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Nh2 Rc8 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 Kh8 20. Qf3 Qd7 21. Ne3 Nf4
22. Nf1 Ne6 23. Ne3 Nf4 24. Nf1 Ne6 25. Ne3 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 b4 13. Ne3 Rb8 14. Nd2 Bc8 15. Bc4
Nxc4 16. dxc4 Be6 17. b3 Rb7 18. Rf1 Nd7 19. Qe2 Nb8 20. Nd5 Nc6 21. Bb2 Bg5
22. Rad1 a5 23. f4 exf4 24. Nxf4 Bxf4 25. Rxf4 f6 26. Nf1 Re8 27. Ne3 Rbe7 28.
Qd2 Rd7 29. Qf2 Ne5 30. Qg3 Bf7 31. h3 Bg6 32. Nd5 Rf7 33. c3 bxc3 34. Nxc3 Rd7
35. Nb5 Nf7 36. h4 Ne5 37. Bc3 Re6 38. Qh3 Bf7 39. h5 h6 40. Rf5 Kh8 41. Qe3
Qe7 42. Bxa5 Ng4 43. Qg3 Rxe4 44. Rf4 Rxf4 45. Qxf4 Ne5 46. Qf5 d5 47. Re1 dxc4
48. bxc4 Bxc4 49. Bc3 Rd5 50. Qc8+ Rd8 51. Qf5 Re8 52. Bxe5 fxe5 53. Nc3 Qh4
54. Re4 Bd3 55. Qd7 Bxe4 56. Qxe8+ Kh7 57. Nxe4 Qe1+ 58. Kh2 Qh4+ 59. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.05"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. d3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. O-O g6 8. Re1
Bg7 9. Bf1 O-O 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 e5 12. d5 a5 13. Rb1 Nc5 14. b3 Ne8 15. Nc4
b5 16. Na3 b4 17. Nc4 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Be3 Ne4 20. Rc1 Nc3 21. Rxc3 bxc3
22. Bb6 Qc8 23. Ng5 c2 24. Qd2 a4 25. Ne6 Rf6 26. Nxg7 Nxg7 27. f4 axb3 28.
axb3 Qf8 29. Qxc2 Bxd5 30. Qd2 Bxc4 31. Bxc4+ Kh8 32. Qb2 d5 33. Bxd5 Rxb6 34.
Bxa8 Qxa8 35. Rxe5 Qf8 36. Qc3 h6 37. h3 Qb4 38. Qc8+ Kh7 39. Qc4 Qxb3 40. Qe2
Qg3 41. Qf1 Rb4 42. Re7 Qxf4 43. Qe1 Re4 44. Rxe4 fxe4 45. Qc3 Nf5 46. Qf6 Qe3+
47. Kh2 Qg5 48. Qe6 Qf4+ 49. Kg1 Ng7 50. Qc4 h5 51. Qd4 h4 52. Qc4 Kg6 53. Qc6+
Kg5 54. Qd7 Qe5 55. Qg4+ Kf6 56. Qxh4+ Ke6 57. Qg4+ Kd6 58. Qd1+ Ke7 59. Qe1
Qd4+ 60. Kh2 e3 61. Qb1 Ne6 62. Qb7+ Kf6 63. Qf3+ Qf4+ 64. Qxf4+ Nxf4 65. Kg3
Ke5 66. Kf3 e2 67. Kf2 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.06"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Nbd2 Nbd7 14. Nb3 Rc8 15.
Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Qe7 18. Rac1 Bd5 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 c6 21.
Rfd1 Nd5 22. Qd2 Qc7 23. Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Nf3 b6 8.
Bg2 Bb7 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. c4 Re8 13. b3 c5 14. Bb2 cxd4
15. Rxd4 Qc7 16. Qe5 Rac8 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Ne5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rec8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "258"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 Bd5 11. Qd3 Be4 12. Qe3 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Bc6 14. Qd3 h6 15.
Bxf6 Nxf6 16. e4 b6 17. Rfd1 Bb7 18. d5 Bc5 19. Ne5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5
Qf6 22. Nd7 Qxf2+ 23. Kh1 Rfd8 24. Rf1 Qe3 25. Qf5 Qe7 26. Nxc5 bxc5 27. Rae1
Qd7 28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Rc1 Bxd5 30. Rxc5 Bxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Rd2+ 32. Rf2 Rxf2+ 33.
Kxf2 Rb8 34. Rc2 Rb4 35. Ke3 Rxa4 36. Rxc7 Rb4 37. Rc2 a5 38. Kd2 a4 39. Rc8+
Kh7 40. Kc3 Rb3+ 41. Kc2 Rf3 42. Ra8 Rf2+ 43. Kc3 Rxh2 44. Rxa4 Rh3 45. b4
Rxg3+ 46. Kc4 h5 47. Ra1 h4 48. b5 Re3 49. b6 Re8 50. b7 Rb8 51. Rb1 g5 52. Kd5
h3 53. Ke4 h2 54. Kf5 Rxb7 55. Rh1 Rb2 56. Kxg5 Kg7 57. Kg4 Kg6 58. Kg3 Kg5 59.
Rf1 f5 60. Kh3 Rf2 61. Ra1 Re2 62. Rh1 Kf4 63. Rf1+ Ke4 64. Kg3 Ke5 65. Ra1 f4+
66. Kf3 Ra2 67. Rh1 Rb2 68. Kg4 Rf2 69. Kh3 Ke4 70. Re1+ Kd3 71. Ra1 Rd2 72.
Ra3+ Kc2 73. Ra2+ Kb1 74. Rxd2 h1=Q+ 75. Kg4 Kc1 76. Rd3 Qe4 77. Rf3 Kd2 78.
Rxf4 Qg6+ 79. Kf3 Kd3 80. Kf2 Qg5 81. Kf3 Qg1 82. Rf5 Qe3+ 83. Kg4 Ke4 84. Rf8
Qg1+ 85. Kh5 Qg7 86. Rf1 Qe5+ 87. Kg4 Qe6+ 88. Kg5 Qg8+ 89. Kh4 Qg6 90. Kh3 Ke3
91. Kh4 Qh7+ 92. Kg3 Qg8+ 93. Kh3 Qg5 94. Kh2 Ke2 95. Rg1 Qf4+ 96. Kh3 Qh6+ 97.
Kg3 Qe3+ 98. Kh2 Kf2 99. Rg2+ Kf1 100. Rg4 Qe5+ 101. Kh3 Kf2 102. Kh4 Kf3 103.
Rg6 Qe7+ 104. Kh5 Kf4 105. Kh6 Qh4+ 106. Kg7 Kf5 107. Rh6 Qe7+ 108. Kg8 Kg5
109. Rh7 Qe8+ 110. Kg7 Qe5+ 111. Kf7 Qd5+ 112. Kg7 Qd6 113. Kg8 Kg6 114. Rg7+
Kf6 115. Rf7+ Ke6 116. Kg7 Qg3+ 117. Kf8 Qh4 118. Kg8 Qg5+ 119. Rg7 Qd8+ 120.
Kh7 Qh4+ 121. Kg8 Qh5 122. Ra7 Qg6+ 123. Kh8 Qf6+ 124. Rg7 Qh6+ 125. Kg8 Qh2
126. Rg6+ Ke7 127. Rg7+ Ke8 128. Rg6 Qh5 129. Kg7 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxb5 Qxb5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 11. Qxc4 Qxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2
Nge7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Bd3 h6 18. Be4 Nd5 19. g3 Rd7 20. Rd3 Rad8
21. Rad1 Nce7 22. h4 Rc8 23. h5 Rdc7 24. R3d2 a5 25. bxa5 Bxa5 26. Re2 Bc3 27.
Kg2 b6 28. Nd4 Bxb2 29. Rxb2 Nc3 30. Re1 Rc4 31. Rd2 Ra4 32. Bf3 Rxa3 33. Rb2
Ncd5 34. Nb5 Ra5 35. Nd6 Rc3 36. Ne4 Rc7 37. Nd6 Rc3 38. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 Bb5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Nc3
cxd4 9. Nxb5 Qxb5 10. Qxd4 Nc6 (10... Bc5 11. Bxc4 Qb6 12. Qh4 Nc6 13. O-O a5 (
13... Nge7 14. b4 Bd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bb2 Ndf5 17. Qe4 O-O 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 19.
Rd3 Rxd3 20. Bxd3 Ng6 {0-1 Menshikov,A-Davydov,S/Orsk/2000/ (42)}) 14. Qg3 g6
15. Ng5 Be7 16. b3 Qd4 17. Bf4 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qg7 20. Bd2 Nf6 21.
Bc3 O-O 22. Rfe1 {1-0 Gunnarsson,J-Kjartansson,D/Reykjavik 1999/ (40)}) 11. Qf4
Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Bxc4 (13. Bxb4 Nxb4 14. O-O-O Nd5 15. Qxc4 a6 16. Kb1 Nge7
17. Qg4 Rc8 18. Bd3 Rc6 19. Nd2 O-O 20. Qe4 Ng6 21. g3 Rb6 {0-1 Fofanov,
I-Badmatsyrenov,O/Smolensk 2001/ (31)}) 13... Bxd2+ (13... Nge7 14. Bxb4 Nxb4
15. O-O Nbd5 16. Qe4 $14) 14. Qxd2 Qc5 (14... Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Rd8+ 16. Ke3 Nge7
17. Rhd1 $14) 15. Qc3 Nge7 (15... Na5 16. Rc1 Nxc4 17. Qxc4 Qxc4 18. Rxc4 Ne7
19. Ke2 Nd5 20. Rhc1 Kd7 21. Ng5 $14) 16. b4 Qb6 (16... Nd5 17. Qb3 Qb6 18.
Bxd5 exd5 19. Qxd5 O-O 20. O-O $16) 17. O-O O-O 18. Rad1 {White has more space
and great potential in active bishop.} Rad8 19. Bd3 h6 (19... Nd5 20. Qc4 Nce7
21. Rd2 Rd7 22. Rfd1 $14) 20. h4 Rd5 (20... Nd5 21. Qc4 f6 22. exf6 Rxf6 23.
Qe4 $14) 21. Be4 Rxd1 (21... Rdd8 $5) 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rd6 $1 Rc8 (23... Rxd6
24. exd6 Nd5 25. Qc4 Nf6 26. Bxc6 bxc6 27. Ne5 $16) 24. Qd3 a6 25. h5 Rd8 26.
Nh2 Nc8 (26... Rxd6 27. exd6 Nd5 28. Bxd5 exd5 29. Qxd5 $16) 27. Rd7 (27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. Qxd8+ Nxd8 29. Ng4 $14) 27... N8e7 28. Ng4 Rxd7 (28... Nd5 29. Nxh6+
$1 gxh6 30. Qg3+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 31. Rxf7 $18) 31. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 32. Qg6+ Kf8 (
32... Ke7 33. Qg7+ Ke8 34. Bg6#) 33. Qxh6+ Ke8 34. Qxe6+ Kf8 (34... Nde7 35.
Bg6+ $18) 35. Bxd5 Rxd5 36. Qxd5 Qd4 37. Qxd4 Nxd4 38. Kh2 $16) 29. Qxd7 Qd8 (
29... Kf8 30. g3 a5 31. bxa5 Qxa5 32. Bxc6 Nxc6 33. Qxb7 Qe1+ 34. Kh2 $16) 30.
Qxb7 Nxe5 31. Ne3 {The pawn assymetry helps the player with a bishop, Gelfand
faces serious problems.} (31. Nxe5 $2 Qd1+ 32. Kh2 Qxh5+ 33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34. Kh2
Qh5+ $11) 31... f5 (31... Nc4 32. Nxc4 Qd1+ 33. Kh2 Qxh5+ 34. Kg3 Qg5+ 35. Kf3
f5 36. Bd3 Qg4+ 37. Ke3 Nd5+ 38. Kd2 Qf4+ 39. Kc2 Qxf2+ 40. Kb3 Qg3 41. Nb2 $16
) 32. Bc2 Qd6 33. Bb3 (33. Qa8+ Kh7 (33... Kf7 34. Ba4 Nd5 35. Nxd5 exd5 36. f4
$16)) 33... f4 (33... Kh7 34. Qa8 Qb6 35. Qf8 Qd6 36. Qe8 $16) 34. Nc4 Nxc4 (
34... Qd3 35. Nxe5 Qxb3 36. Qa8+ (36. Qxe7 $2 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qxh5+ 38. Kg1 Qxe5
$11) 36... Kh7 37. Qxa6 Qd1+ 38. Qf1) 35. Bxc4 Qd1+ 36. Bf1 $1 Nf5 37. Qxa6 Nd4
(37... Kf7 38. Qe2 Qa4 39. Qf3 $18) 38. Qd3 Qa1 (38... Qxd3 39. Bxd3 $18) 39.
b5 {The b pawn can be stopped only at a great cost of freeing white pieces.} e5
(39... Qb2 40. a4 Kf7 41. a5 $18) 40. b6 f3 (40... Qb2 41. Qc4+ Kf8 42. Qc8+
$18) 41. gxf3 (41. b7 Ne2+ 42. Kh2 Qb2 43. Qxf3 $18) 41... Qb2 42. Qc4+ Kf8 (
42... Kh8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Bd3+ $18) 43. Qc5+ Kf7 44. Bc4+ Kf6 (44... Ke8 45.
Kg2 $18) 45. Qf8+ Kg5 46. Qxg7+ Kf5 47. Bd3+ (47. Qg6+ $1 $18) 47... Ke6 48.
Bc4+ Kf5 (48... Kd6 49. Qc7#) 49. Qg6+ (49. Qg6+ Kf4 50. Qg4#) 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.07"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E05"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 a5 11. Nc3 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e4 Nb4 14. Rfd1 g6 15.
Rac1 Bg7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nd4 Qc8 19. b3 c6 20. d6 Bg4 21. Rd2 Qd7
22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Nc5 Qxd6 24. Nxb7 Qb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. Nxc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc6 Rfc8
28. Nd6 Rc7 29. Nb5 Rcc8 30. Rc4 Rab8 31. Bd5 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Bf8 33. Kg2 h5 34.
Rd4 Kg7 35. Rf4 f6 36. Rd4 Bc5 37. Rd2 Bb4 38. Rd3 Re8 39. Nd4 Be2 40. Re3 Rxe3
41. fxe3 Bd1 42. c5 Bxa4 43. c6 Bd6 44. c7 Bxc7 45. Ne6+ Kf7 46. Nxc7+ Ke7 47.
Ba2 Kd6 48. Ne6 Be8 49. Nd4 a4 50. Kf3 Ke5 51. Ke2 Bd7 52. Nf3+ Kd6 53. Nd4 g5
54. Kd3 Ke5 55. h4 gxh4 56. gxh4 a3 57. Ke2 f5 58. Nf3+ Kf6 59. Nd2 Be6 60. Nc4
Bf7 61. Kf3 Bd5+ 62. Kf4 Bf7 63. Kf3 Bd5+ 64. Ke2 Bf7 65. Bb3 Be6 66. Ba2 Bf7
67. Kf2 Be6 68. Kg3 Bf7 69. Kf4 Be6 70. Nxa3 Bxa2 71. Nb5 Be6 72. Nd6 Bd7 73.
Nb7 Be6 74. Nd6 Bd7 75. Nc4 Bb5 76. Ne5 Ke6 77. Nf3 Kf6 78. Nd4 Bd7 79. Ne2 Be8
80. Nd4 Bd7 81. Nf3 Bc6 82. Ne5 Bb5 83. Nf3 Bc6 84. e4 Bd7 85. Nd4 Bc6 86. Nb5
Bd5 87. Nd4 Kf7 88. Ne6 Kf6 89. Kf3 Bb3 90. Kf2 Bxe6 91. Kg3 Bf7 92. Kf4 Be6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Be6 14. cxd5 Bxd5
15. Be3 Na5 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. c4 Be6 18. Qc2 c5 19. Bd3 h6 20. Rad1 Qc7 21. Qc3
Rfd8 22. h3 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rd7 24. Bf1 b6 25. Bf4 Rad8 26. Rd6 Nb7 27. Qg3 Kf8
28. Qd3 Kg8 29. Qg3 Kh8 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Qe3 Qd8 32. Bxh6 Rd1 33. Bf4 Na5 34.
Rxd1 Qxd1 35. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.10"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game shall meet us with the typical middle game technic: N sacrifice for
3 pawns: Pb5+Pa6+Pd6:} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6.
f3 e6 ({For:} 6... e5 7. Nb3 {see: 1-0 Kosteniuk,A-Zhu Chen/Moscow RUS 2001 
(38).}) 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 Nfd7 9. Qd2 Nb6 10. O-O-O N8d7 11. Bg5 Qc7 {[#]} 12.
Ndxb5 {Ftachnik wrote before this game: 'Very interesting novelty, white is
forcing exchange combination despite his vulnerable a2 pawn.'} (12. Kb1 {
Ftacnik} Bb7 13. Ndxb5 axb5 14. Nxb5 Qc5 {0-1 Svidler,P-Georgiev,K/Istanbul/
2000/ (31)}) 12... axb5 13. Nxb5 Qc6 14. Nxd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6 Qxd6 16. Rxd6 Ba6
{'?!' Ftacnik.} (16... Rxa2 {Ftacnik} 17. Kb1 Ra5 18. Be3 Na8 19. Be2 Ke7 20.
Rhd1 $13) 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. a3 h5 19. gxh5 $146 (19. h4 {Ftacnik} hxg4 20. fxg4
f6 21. Be3 (21. Rxe6+ $2 {Ftacnik} Kf7 22. Rxb6 Rxb6 $19) 21... Ke7 22. Rhd1 $5
Rb8 $2 {Shipov defends the position in a very passive way, white has excellent
chances due to the coordination of his pieces.} (22... Rxh4 {Ftacnik}) (22...
Nd5 $5 {Ftacnik}) 23. Rc6 {1-0 Smirnov,P-Shipov,S/Elista 2001/CBM 83/[Ftacnik]
(39)}) 19... Ra5 {May be after correct play from both sides the final shall be
draw. Probably in near future we shall see some more games on this topic which
sall confirm this opinion} (19... Rxh5 20. h4 $13) 20. h4 (20. Be3 Nc8 21. Rc6
Ne7 $11) 20... Nc4 21. Rc6 Rc5 22. Rxc5 Nxc5 {[#]} 23. b3 (23. b4 Nd7 24. a4
Rxh5 25. a5 Nb8 $15) (23. h6 $5 {/\ <->hXh4} gxh6 24. Bd2 Ke7 25. b3 $13) 23...
Nxa3 24. h6 gxh6 25. Be3 Nb7 26. Kb2 (26. e5 $5 Nb5 27. c4 Nc7 28. Kb2) 26...
Nb5 27. e5 Rg8 (27... Nc7 $5 $11) (27... h5 $5 28. c4 Nc7) 28. Bxh6 $14 {o^ Ph4
} Nd4 29. h5 Rg2 30. Kc3 Nxf3 31. Bf4 Kf8 32. Rf1 (32. h6 Kg8 $11) 32... Ng5
$11 {[#]} (32... Ng1 $5 33. Bh6+ Kg8 34. Be3 Ne2+ 35. Kd3 Nd8 $15) 33. Kb4 $5 {
It leads to a nice draw} ({From the stronger Wite's position draw should be
after:} 33. h6 $1 $14) 33... Ne4 $15 34. c4 Nbc5 35. Rf3 Ra2 36. h6 (36. Kb5
Ra3 37. Kb4 Ra8 38. h6 Kg8 39. Re3 Rb8+ $17) 36... Kg8 37. Bc1 (37. Kb5 Ra3 38.
Kc6 Nxb3 $17) 37... Ra7 38. Kb5 Nxb3 39. Kb6 Ra8 40. Be3 Rb8+ 41. Kc7 Rb4 42.
Kd8 Rxc4 43. Rf4 Na5 44. Rg4+ Kh8 45. Ke7 {[#]} Nc6+ (45... Nb7 46. Kf8 Rc8+
47. Kxf7 Nbc5 48. Rg7 Rd8 49. Rg1 Rd7+ 50. Kf8 Rd8+ 51. Kf7 $11) 46. Kf8 $11
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.11"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Nd7 6. Nxd7 Bxd7 7. O-O Bd6 8.
c4 c6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. Qh5 f5 13. Re1 Qc7 (13... Qf6
14. Bg5 Qf7 15. Qxf7+ Kxf7 16. c4 h6 17. Bd2 dxc4 18. Bxc4+ Kf6 19. Reb1 b6 {
1/2-1/2 Cappello,R-Paoli,E/Reggio Emilia 1973/ (19)}) (13... Be8 14. Qf3 Kh8
15. Bc2 Rc8 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. g3 Qh3 18. Bb3 f4 19. Qg2 Qxg2+ 20. Kxg2 fxg3 21.
fxg3 Bf7 22. Re3 {1-0 Behnke,K-Berrou,M/Griesheim/1999/ (28)}) 14. Bd2 Rae8 15.
Bc2 (15. Rab1 a6) 15... g6 16. Qf3 (16. Qh6 Bb5 $11) 16... Re4 $1 {[%mdl 4]
Courageous and logical sacrifice, Svidler is confronted with unpleasant
problems.} (16... Bxh2+ 17. Kh1 Bd6 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Qf3 Bc6 $13) 17. g3 (17.
Bxe4 fxe4 18. Qe2 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 (19. Kf1 Qg3 20. Be3 Bh3 $1 $19) 19... Rf5 20.
Rac1 Rh5 $19) 17... Bb5 18. Bf4 (18. Bxe4 fxe4 (18... dxe4 19. Qe3 Bd3 20. Qg5
$16) 19. Qg4 Rf5 $44) 18... Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qd6 (19... Qxf4 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21.
Qxf4 Rxf4 22. Rab1 $11) (19... Rxf4 20. Qxd5+ Rf7 21. Qxb5 Rxf2 22. Re8+ Kg7
23. Kxf2 Qxh2+ 24. Kf3 $18) 20. Bxe4 fxe4 21. Qg3 (21. Qe3 Rxf4 $40) 21... Rxf4
22. Rab1 Bd7 23. f3 (23. h3 b5 24. Re2 Qf6 $15) (23. Rxb7 $2 Rg4 $19) 23... b6
24. Re3 Qf6 $6 {Serious inaccuracy that could have even caused problems for
black.} (24... exf3 25. Kf2 (25. h3 Rg4 $19) 25... Bf5 26. Re8+ Kf7 27. Rbe1
Be4 28. Ra8 $132) 25. Rf1 $2 (25. Kg2 h5 $1 $17) (25. h3 $1 Rxf3 26. Rxf3 Qxf3
27. Qxf3 exf3 28. h4 Bf5 29. Rb5 Be4 30. a4 $14) 25... Bg4 $1 26. Qxg4 (26. Rf2
Bxf3 27. h3 h5 28. Kf1 g5 $17) (26. fxg4 Rxf1+ 27. Kg2 Ra1 28. Qb8+ Qf8 29.
Qxf8+ Kxf8 30. Re2 Rc1 31. Kg3 g5 $19) 26... Rxg4+ 27. fxg4 Qg5 28. Rg3 (28.
Re2 Qxg4+ 29. Rg2 Qh5 $19) 28... b5 29. Rf2 (29. Rb1 Qd2 30. Rxb5 $2 Qe1+ 31.
Kg2 Qe2+ $19) 29... Kg7 30. Kg2 a5 31. Rb2 b4 32. cxb4 axb4 (32... Qc1 33. Rf2
axb4 34. Rb3 Qd1 $17) 33. h3 Qc1 {The rooks are too passive and clumsy as
defenders, black queen dominates the game.} 34. Rgb3 Kh6 35. Rxb4 Qd1 36. Kf2 (
36. a4 $2 e3 37. Rb1 e2 $19) 36... Kg5 37. Re2 (37. a4 Kf4 38. R4b3 Qxd4+ $19)
37... Kf4 38. Rb3 (38. a4 e3+ 39. Rxe3 Qd2+ 40. Re2 Qxb4 $19) 38... Qxd4+ 39.
Kg2 Qc4 40. Rf2+ Kg5 41. Rf7 d4 42. h4+ (42. Rxh7 Kf4 43. Rb2 e3 $19) 42...
Kxh4 (42... Kxg4 $4 43. Rg3+ Kh5 44. Rxh7#) 43. Rxh7+ Kxg4 44. Rg3+ Kf5 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch k.o."]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2001.12.13"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Kostakiev,D"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2001.11.27"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 086"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.02.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Even short game between great players could be imporant for the opening
theory.} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 {In my country this line is called
'Bulgarian variation'. Devoted to the topic, about 25 years ago Jivko
Kajkamdjozov wrote small nice opening book with this title. Looking back in
the time we can see that yet in 1864 Popert use the move 3.c3 against Staunton.
Alekhine said that the move is not worse than 3.d4. Today gm. Sveshnikov is
among the big partisans of this line.} Nf6 (3... d5 4. e5 (4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4
Nc6 {1/2-1/2 Grob,H-Kostic,B/Meran 1926/EXT 2000 (52)}) 4... Nc6 5. d4 (5. Bb5
Bd7 (5... Qb6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 {0-1 Moreau,C-Maroczy,G/Monte Carlo 1903/HCL (50)})
6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. O-O d4 8. d3 Qd7 9. c4 Ne7 {0-1 Albin,A-Maroczy,G/Monte Carlo
1902/EXT 2000 (58)}) 5... Qb6 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. Bc2 Rc8 8. O-O {1-0 Popert,
H-Staunton,H/London 1841/EXT 99 (23)}) (3... Nc6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bd3 (
6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O cxd4 8. cxd4 Be7 {1/2-1/2 Suhle,B-Anderssen,A/Berlin 1864/
EXT 99 (56)}) (6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O {0-1 Jensen,T-Aalheim,T/
Goteborg 1920/EXT 2000 (36)}) 6... Nf6 7. O-O Be6 8. Re1 Bd6 9. Bf5 O-O 10.
Bxe6 {1-0 Szen,J-Kennedy,H/London 1851/HCL (45)}) 4. e5 (4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Nc6
6. Qc2 Be7 7. Be2 {1/2-1/2 Wolf,H-Tartakower,S/Maehrisch Ostrau 1923/HCL (79)})
4... Nd5 5. Bc4 (5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 Be7 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8. bxc3 {1/2-1/2
Nimzowitsch,A-Vidmar,M/New York 1927/HCL (33)}) 5... d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6
8. O-O Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Qe4 {Har Zvi: 'I think it will not be a mistake to
say very clearly that Sermek is the leading player in the world in this
variation,many of the important lines in theory are in the games Sermek-Kozul
in the line 10...Qc7'} Qa5 $146 ({For} 10... Bd7 {is also ineresting the
comment of Har Zvi below:} 11. Bd3 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 {1-0 Sermek,D-Radocaj,D/Pula
1996/EXT 98 (40)}) (10... Kh8 11. Bd3 f5 12. exf6 {1/2-1/2 Chekhov,V-Dorfman,J/
Kischniev 1975/EXT 2001 (26)}) 11. Nbd2 $14 Bd7 12. Bb3 (12. Re1 $14 Rac8 13.
a3) 12... Qa6 $5 (12... Rac8 $5) 13. Qg4 Rfd8 (13... dxe5 14. dxe5 (14. Nxe5
Rfd8 $132) 14... Rad8 15. Ne4 $14) 14. Ne4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 dxe5 16. Bh6 Bf8 17.
Nc5 Qb6 18. Nxd7 (18. Bxd5 Qxc5 19. Bxb7 Rab8 $132) (18. Ndxe6 Bxe6 19. Nxe6
Qxe6 20. Qxe6 fxe6 21. Bg5 Rd7 $132) 18... Qxd4 $15 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qd2 Bxf3 10. gxf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. Rd1 O-O 13. d5 Ne5 14. Be2
Rc8 15. O-O Qd7 16. Kg2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rc1 Rxe4 19. fxe4 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT1"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.02.??"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Nancy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. b4 Bg7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Nd2 b6 12. Nc2 Bb7 13. f4 Nc6 14. a3 a5 15. Nb3
axb4 16. axb4 Rxa1 17. Rxa1 Ra8 18. Qe1 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. Qc3
Nh5 22. g3 Qe7 23. Ne3 Qf6 24. e5 dxe5 25. Ng4 Qd8 26. Nxe5 Nxb4 27. Qxb4 f6
28. Bf1 fxe5 29. fxe5 Ng7 30. Qd6 Qxd6 31. exd6 Kf7 32. g4 h5 33. h3 hxg4 34.
hxg4 Bf3 35. Nd4 Bb7 36. Bd3 g5 37. Nb3 e5 38. c5 bxc5 39. Bc4+ Kf6 40. Nxc5
Bf3 41. Nd7+ 1-0

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2002.03.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {GM Epishin spielt gern die
Paulsen-Variante.} 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 {Dieser Zug provoziert den
schwarzen Königsflügel.} (7. c4) 7... g6 8. Qe2 d6 9. a4 $5 (9. O-O Nd7 10. Kh1
(10. Nc3 Ne5 11. a4 Nf6 12. a5 O-O 13. Na4 Bd7 14. Nb6 Rb8 15. Kh1 {1/2-1/2
Naiditsch,A-Epishin,V/Bad Zwesten GER 2002/(15)}) (10. f4 Qc7 11. a4 (11. Nc3
Ngf6 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. e5 Nh5 15. exd6 Bxd6 16. Ne4 O-O {0-1 Borisek,
J-Korneev,O/Nova Gorica SLO 2002/(38)}) 11... b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Bd2 Ngf6 14.
Rae1 O-O 15. f5 exf5 16. exf5 Rfe8 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bh4 {
0-1 Stefansson,H-Korneev,O/Reykjavik ISL 2002/(28)}) 10... Qc7 11. a4 (11. Nc3
h5 12. f4 Ngf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Qf3 h4 16. Qh3 g5 17. Bf5 Nh5 {
0-1 Handke,F-Agrest,E/Stockholm SWE 2002/(34)}) 11... b6 12. Nc3 Bb7 13. Be3 h5
14. f4 Ngf6 15. Rf3 Ng4 16. Bd2 g5 17. fxg5 Nde5 18. Rh3 Qd8 19. Nd1 Bxg5 20.
Ne3 Bxe3 {51 moves. 1/2-1/2 Krzesaj,R-Anuszkiewicz,K/Polanica Zdroj 2001/EXT
2002 (20)}) (9. c4 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. O-O Nd7 12. f4 Qc7 13. f5 Ngf6 14. fxe6
fxe6 15. Nd4 Qc5 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Nf3 Qh5 {1/2-1/2 Holzke,F-Kveinys,A/Germany
2000/CBM 74 ext (34)}) 9... Nc6 $6 {Ein automatischer Entwicklungszug, der
Weiß zu Raumvorteil kommen lässt.} (9... b6 $142 $5 {Meiner Meinung nach
verdient dieser Zug den Vorzug gegenüber dem Textzug.}) 10. a5 {[%csl Yb6]} Nf6
11. Nc3 {[%cal Gc3a4,Ga4b6]} O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Be3 $14 {[%cal Ge3b6] Weiß
hat die Kontrolle über das Feld b6 und zudem mehr Raum.} Bf8 14. Na4 {[%cal
Ga4b6]} Bg7 15. Nb6 {[%csl Gb6]} Rb8 16. c3 {Ein kleiner, aber guter Zug - in
der Folge kommt dadurch der Bg7 nicht so stark zur Geltung.} Bd7 (16... Ne5 17.
f4 (17. Bc2 $14) 17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gd3d6]}) 17. Rfd1 {
[%cal Gd1d8]} Ne5 18. Bc2 Qc7 19. h3 {Weiß erobert das Feld g4 und droht jetzt
schon 20.f4.} Bb5 20. Qd2 {Weiß hat die aktivere Figurenstellung. Der Pd6 ist
prinzipiell schwach.} d5 $6 {Schwarz möchte aktiv spielen, muss dafür aber
einen isolierten Bauern in Kauf nehmen.} (20... Red8 21. Nd4 Be8 $14) 21. exd5
Nxd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Bf4 {[%cal Gf4b8] Natürlich nimmt Svidler nicht auf d5.
Weiß hat nun dauerhaften Vorteil erreicht: er kontrolliert das Feld d4 und der
schwarze Pd5 ist schwach.} (23. Qxd5 $6 Nc4 $44) 23... Rbd8 24. Nd4 {[%csl Gd4]
[%cal Gd4b5][%mdl 32] Wenn man gegen einen isolierten Bauern spielt, ist es
immer wichtig, das Feld vor dem Bauern zu kontrollieren. Jetzt muss Schwarz
immer mit Nxb5 rechnen.} Qc5 25. b4 {Mit diesem Zug schwächt Weiß freiwillig
das Feld c4, aber das ist hier nicht von großer Bedeutung.} Qc8 26. Bg5 Nc4 (
26... Rd6 $14) 27. Qf4 f6 28. Bh6 Nd6 (28... g5 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. Nxf5 $14) 29.
Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rac1 {30...Qxc3 scheitert natürlich an 31.Bxg6.} Bc4 31. Re1 Qd7
32. h4 $1 {[%csl Gd4,Gf4,Gh4][%cal Gh4h5,Gc2h7] Weiß hat spürbaren
positionellen Vorteil.} h5 33. f3 {Schritt für Schritt verbessert Weiß seine
Stellung - der Pf3 steht gut, denn er kontrolliert das Feld e4 Feld. Später
kann Weiß evtl. g2-g4 ziehen.} Rxe1+ 34. Rxe1 Re8 35. Qg3 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 {
Das Material ist reduziert, aber Weiß hat positionellen Vorteil. Der Nd4 steht
ausgezeichnet, es droht eventuell 37.Qg3.} Kf7 {Sonst kann Weiß Ne6 spielen.}
37. Qe3 {[%cal Ge3h6]} Qe8 38. Qxe8+ (38. Qh6 $2 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxh4+ $11) 38...
Nxe8 {[%mdl 4096] Das Material wird weiter reduziert, dennoch behält Weiß
seine Chancen Die schwarze Bauernstellung am Königsflügel ist schwach.} 39. g4
Ng7 (39... hxg4 40. fxg4 $16 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 40. Kf2 g5 $2 $138 (40... Ne8) 41.
gxh5 Nxh5 42. hxg5 fxg5 43. Bf5 $1 $16 {[%csl Rb7][%cal Gf5c8,Gc8b7] Es droht
44.Bc8. Schwarz hat keine ausreichende Verteidigung mehr.} Ke7 44. Bc8 Kd6 45.
Bxb7 Nf4 (45... Kc7 46. Bc6 $16) 46. Bc8 Nd3+ 47. Ke3 Nf4 48. b5 $1 $18 {
Dieser Bauernvorstoß gewinnt sofort.} Bxb5 (48... axb5 49. a6 $18) 49. Nxb5+
axb5 50. a6 d4+ 51. Kxd4 1-0

[Event "GER CupT semifinal"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2002.03.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Golubev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.03.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 088"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.03.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Stuttgart"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 {It is always of a high
interest to see the Dragon Variation played by its biggest specialist - GM
Mihail Golubev. However, in this game Peter Svidler was very well prepared,
and he showed a clear way to advantage in the line which was considered more
or less unclear. For instance in Informator 82 the position after 21.Rd1 from
the present game was evaluated as "unclear", while in fact it is "more
unclear" for Black than for White, who has a big advantage.} 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3
Nc6 8. Qd2 O-O 9. Bc4 Bd7 10. O-O-O Ne5 11. Be2 {An interesting move order.}
Rc8 12. Kb1 Nc4 {Now White succeeded to enter the lines, which are considered
by the modern theory to be favourable for White, namely 11.Bb3 Rc8 12.Kb1 Nc4 
(12. ... Re8 is main alternative) 13.Bxc4.} 13. Bxc4 Rxc4 14. g4 Qa5 15. Nb3
Qa6 16. e5 (16. Bh6 Rfc8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h4 h6 19. g5 Nh5 20. Rh2 $14 {
0-1 Slobodjan,R-Malakhov,V/Koszalin 1999(35)}) 16... Nxg4 {The only way for
Black to complicate matters.} 17. fxg4 Bxg4 (17... Bxe5 18. Nd5 Re8 19. h3 $16
{1-0 Bauer,C-Van Wely,L/Enghien les Bains 2001 (40)}) 18. exd6 (18. Rdf1 dxe5 (
18... Bxe5 19. Nd5 Re8 $13) 19. Bh6 Qe6 20. h4 Bxh6 21. Qxh6 f6 22. Nd2 Rd4 23.
Nde4 Rf7 24. Rhg1 $36 {1-0 Jakubowski,K-Wojcieszyn,J/Glogow 2001 (38)}) 18...
Bxd1 $6 {After this move Black won't have time to take on c3. In one of my
previous comments I also thought this move would be possible (though the
correct 18. ... Bxc3 was another suggestion of mine), but as Svidler
demonstrates, there are tactical tricks in the position and Black cannot allow
to make such inaccuracies.} (18... Bxc3 {Apparently this is the only move to
keep the tension.} 19. bxc3 Bxd1 20. Rxd1 $1 (20. dxe7 Bxc2+ $1 {An important
resourse, which doesn't necessarily aims to take material, but first of all it
makes the position of White's king more exposed (second rank and the diagonal
b1-h7).} 21. Qxc2 Re8 {Now White seems unable to keep the pawn on e7. A
possible line would be:} 22. Rd1 Rxe7 23. Rd8+ Kg7 24. Qd2 Rh4 25. Bg5 Re2 26.
Bxh4 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 {and thanks to the unsecure position of white king Black is
not worse.}) 20... Qxd6 (20... exd6 21. Bd4 {looks very dangerous for Black.})
21. Qxd6 exd6 22. Bxa7 {and White is better here, though the endgame is quite
complicated.}) (18... exd6 $2 19. Rde1 $16) 19. dxe7 Bxc2+ 20. Qxc2 Re8 21. Rd1
$1 {Svidler's evaluation proved to be correct - White is much better, since he
will keep the pawn on e7.} Qe6 ({No time for} 21... Bxc3 {due to} 22. Rd8 $1 {
Thanks to this "zwischenzug" White keeps the pawn on e7 and consequently a big
advantage.} (22. bxc3 Rxe7 {transposes to the above given variations, which
start with 18. ... Bxc3.}) 22... Rc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. bxc3 Qe6 25. Bc5 $16)
22. Bc5 $16 {The next part is a demonstration of the strength of White's
position.} Bf6 23. Qd3 b6 24. Ba3 Bxc3 ({The pawn cannot be taken:} 24... Bxe7
25. Bxe7 Rxe7 26. Nd5 {[%csl Rc4,Re7] On the other hand the game continuation
is also hopeless.}) 25. bxc3 Rc7 26. Nd4 Qf6 27. Rf1 Qg5 28. Rxf7 {A nice move,
which wins by force, though 28.Ne6 was even simpler.} Kxf7 29. Qf3+ Qf6 (29...
Kg8 30. Qf8+ Rxf8 31. exf8=Q# {The triumph of White's e7-pawn - it queens with
mate, isn't this the "dream of each soldier"?}) 30. Qd5+ Kg7 31. Ne6+ Kh8 32.
Nxc7 Rxe7 33. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
c3 $5 {Interesting continuation, leading to very sharp tactical struggle.} (8.
Qd2 b5 9. a4 (9. Qh6 Bb7 10. Qg7 Rf8 11. Qxh7 f5 12. Ned2 Nc6 13. c3 Bf6 14.
Qh6 Rh8 15. Qe3 Ne7 16. g3 Nd5 17. Qe2 $16 {Tupy,M-Sykora,R/CZE 1999}) 9... Bb7
10. Bd3 b4 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. a5 f5 13. Ng3 O-O 14. O-O Kh8 15. Rfe1 Rg8 16. Bc4
$14 {Gonzalez Fuente,C-Barrio Garcia,S/Santa Clara 2000}) (8. Bd3 f5 (8... Nd7
9. Qe2 f5 10. Ng3 Nf6 11. O-O-O Qd5 12. Kb1 f4 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Qd6 15.
Ne5 $14 {Toth,A-Dobos,J/Szekszard 1995}) 9. Nc5 (9. Ned2 Nc6 10. Nb3 b6 11. c3
Bb7 12. Qe2 Rg8 13. Rg1 Qd5 14. O-O-O b5 $132 {Gross,D-Thiel,T/Germany 1999/
GER-chT}) 9... b6 10. Nb3 Bb7 11. Qe2 Qd6 12. O-O-O Nd7 13. Rhe1 b5 14. Kb1 Qf4
$15 {Hracek,Z-Morozevich,A/Germany 1999/GER-chT}) (8. Bc4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Qe2
Nd7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Nc5 Bd5 13. Rhe1 Qd6 14. g3 Nc4 $13 {Walek,M-Michalek,J/
CZE 1999}) (8. c4 b6 9. Qe2 Bb4+ 10. Ned2 Bb7 11. O-O-O Qe7 12. g3 Bxd2+ 13.
Rxd2 b5 14. d5 $14 {Kovchan,A-Vysochin,S/Alushta 1999}) 8... f5 9. Nc5 $5 b6 ({
Deserved attention} 9... Bxc5 $5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Nc6 12. g3 Bd7 13. Bg2
e5 $13 {and the position is not perfectly clear.}) 10. Nd3 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12.
Qa4+ Bd7 13. Qf4 $1 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gf3e5,Gg2g4] Starting an attack against
black king.} Nc6 14. g4 fxg4 (14... Qb8 15. gxf5 exf5 16. O-O-O Qxf4+ 17. Nxf4
$16 {[%csl Ra6,Rc5,Rf5]}) 15. Nfe5 f5 16. Bg2 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 (17. Qxe5 Bf6 18.
Qxc5 Rc8 19. Qd6 Bb5 $5 (19... a5 $2 $13) 20. Qxe6+ Qe7 21. Qxe7+ Kxe7 22. Rd1
(22. Nf4 $6 Rhe8 $36 {[%csl Re1][%cal Ge7f8]}) 22... Rhd8 $44) 17... Bg5 18.
Qc4 $5 (18. Qg3 $1 Bh4 19. Qe3 $36) 18... Bd2+ 19. Kd1 $6 {Missing good chance
to get serious advantage after} (19. Kxd2 $4 Bb5+ $19) (19. Ke2 $5 {[%cal
Gh1d1]} Rc8 (19... Bb5 $2 20. Bc6+ $18) 20. Qxa6 (20. Nxd7 $6 Qxd7 21. Rhd1 Rd8
22. Qxa6 Kf7 23. Qc4 Qd6 $13) 20... Bf4 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Rhd1 Qc7 23. Qxe6+
Qe7 $16) 19... Bf4 20. Nxd7 Qxd7+ 21. Ke2 Qd2+ 22. Kf1 Kf7 $8 23. Bxa8 Rxa8 24.
Re1 Re8 $13 {White pieces lack coordination which permits black to create
counterplay.} 25. Kg2 (25. h3 $5 g3 26. Re2 Qd6 27. Rg1 $14) 25... Qd6 26. Rhf1
h5 27. Rd1 Qc6+ 28. f3 Bb8 29. Qd3 Kf6 30. Qd7 (30. Qe3 Kg6 31. Rd2 $5 Qc7 32.
Kh1 $14) 30... gxf3+ 31. Rxf3 Rg8+ 32. Kf2 Qe4 $1 $132 33. Re1 Qc2+ 34. Re2
Rg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qxe2+ 36. Rf2 Qe4+ 37. Kf1 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kf1 Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bd2 Bf8 12. f4 Bg7 13. Rae1 Nf6 14. Nd1 O-O 15.
Ne3 b5 16. g4 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. g5 Ne7 19. Bb4 a5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Bxb5 a4 22.
Nd4 a3 23. c4 Qc5 24. Nb3 Qb6 25. Kg2 dxc4 26. Bxc4 Bb7 27. Kh3 axb2 28. Qxb2
Rfd8 29. Qc2 Ra3 30. Re2 Nd2 31. Rd1 Nxb3 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. axb3 Qd4 34. Kg3
Ra1 35. Qd3 Rg1+ 36. Kf2 Rg2+ 37. Ke1 Qa1+ 38. Kd2 Rg1 39. Qc3 Qa2+ 40. Kd3 Qa8
41. Qd4 Bf8 42. Nc2 Rb1 43. Rd2 Ba6 44. Ke3 Bxc4 45. Qxc4 h6 46. gxh6 Bxh6 47.
Nd4 Re1+ 48. Re2 Rf1 49. Rf2 Rxf2 50. Kxf2 Bxf4 51. Nxe6 Bxh2 52. Ng5 Qa7+ 53.
Kf3 Bxe5 54. Qd5 Qe7 55. Ne4 Kg7 56. b4 f5 57. Nc5 Bd6 58. Nd3 Bc7 59. b5 Bb6
60. Ne5 Bc7 61. Nc4 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C14"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7 7. f4 a6 8. Nf3
c5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. dxc5 Qxc5 11. Bd3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Ned4 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Rae8 16. Qe3 f6 17. O-O-O fxe5 18. fxe5 Qe7 19. h4 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. h5
Nc5 22. Bg6 Re7 23. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Na4 25. Nb3 hxg6 26. hxg6 Qh4 27. Qf3
Qg5+ 28. Nd2 Qf5 29. Qg3 Qh5 30. Qf4 Qf5 31. Qh4 Qxe5 32. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15.
Bb1 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 Bd7 19. Qb3 Qb7 20. Bd3 Bd8 21. Nf1 Bb6
22. Bg5 Nh5 23. Be7 Rfe8 24. Bxd6 Bxh3 25. Bxe5 Qd7 26. N1h2 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rxe5
28. Nxe5 Nf4+ 29. Kh1 Qh3 30. Rg1 Bd4 31. Bc2 Bxe5 32. Qxh3 Nxh3 33. Ng4 Bxa1
34. Rxa1 Nc7 35. Rxa8+ Nxa8 36. Kg2 Nf4+ 37. Kf3 g5 38. d6 Nb6 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40.
e5 h6 41. Bf5 Kf8 42. Ke4 h5 43. Nh7+ Ke8 44. Nxg5 Nfd5 45. d7+ Ke7 46. Nxf7
1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2002.04.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.04.03"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nce2 Qe7 11. O-O-O f6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd4 Bxd4 14. Bxd4
fxe5 15. fxe5 c5 16. Be3 O-O 17. Bg5 Qe8 18. Be2 Nxe5 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Bg4 Nf6
21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Qxc5 Qf8 23. Qe3 Rb8 24. a3 Bd7 25. Rhe1 Qd6 26. g3 h6 27.
Rf1 Rxf1 28. Rxf1 Qb6 29. Qe5 d4 30. b4 Rc8 31. Be2 Ba4 32. c4 dxc3 33. Bd3 Bb5
0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. Rxc3 O-O 11. Bc4 Qa1+ 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. Nf3 a5 14. Nd4
Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Na6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. Bc7 a4 18. Rc3 Bf5 19. f3 Rc8 20. Bb6 Bd7
21. Ra3 Be5 22. Rc1 e6 23. dxe6 fxe6 24. Rb1 Bf6 25. Nb5 Be7 26. Nd6 Rc6 27.
Nc4 Be8 28. Kd3 Bxc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Nd2 Rd6+ 31. Ke2 Bb5+ 32. Ke1 Rd3 33.
Rxb5 Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Rxa3 35. Ne4 Rc2+ 36. Kd1 Rxg2 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Piket, Jeroen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2
Ngf6 9. c3 Bb7 10. Ng3 h5 11. Bg5 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5 14. Re1 O-O 15.
Bd2 Rab8 16. h3 e6 17. Rc1 Rfd8 18. Qb3 Ba8 19. Rc4 h4 20. Nxh4 d5 21. Rxb4
Rxb4 22. Qxb4 Qxb4 23. Bxb4 dxe4 24. Ba5 Rb8 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxb2 27.
Rb1 Ra2 28. Bc6 Rc2 29. Bxd7 Nxd7 30. Nf3 Ra2 31. Rb4 Bf8 32. Rb7 Ra1+ 33. Kh2
Rxa4 34. Bd8 Bd6+ 35. g3 Nf8 36. Ng5 Rb4 37. Ra7 Bb8 38. Rxa6 Rxd4 39. Bf6 Rb4
40. Kg2 Nd7 41. Bc3 Rb3 42. Rc6 e5 43. h4 Kf8 44. g4 Ke7 45. h5 gxh5 46. gxh5
Ba7 47. h6 Rb8 48. h7 Rh8 49. Bb4+ 1-0

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "188"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 a6 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. d4 Bxe4 8.
Re1 Nf6 9. Bg5 Bd5 10. Nbd2 e6 11. c4 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 cxd4 13. Qxb7 Be7 14. Qc6+
Nd7 15. Bxe7 Kxe7 16. Nf3 Qb6 17. Qxb6 Nxb6 18. b3 Rhc8 19. Nxd4 d5 20. cxd5
Nxd5 21. Nf5+ Kf6 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Rxe3 Rc2 24. b4 Rd8 25. g3 g5 26. h3 Rdd2
27. Rf3+ Kg6 28. a3 h5 29. Re1 Rd4 30. Rfe3 Ra2 31. R1e2 Rd1+ 32. Kg2 Raa1 33.
g4 Rh1 34. f3 h4 35. Rb3 Rag1+ 36. Kf2 Rg3 37. a4 Rh2+ 38. Kf1 Rhxh3 39. Rf2
Rh1+ 40. Ke2 h3 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 h2 43. b6 Re1+ 44. Kxe1 h1=Q+ 45. Rf1 Rg1
46. Rxg1 Qxg1+ 47. Kd2 Qh2+ 48. Kc1 Qf4+ 49. Kc2 Qb8 50. b7 Kf6 51. Kd3 Ke5 52.
Ke3 Kd5 53. Rb1 Kc6 54. Rc1+ Kd7 55. Rb1 Kc7 56. Rc1+ Kd6 57. Rd1+ Ke7 58. Rb1
f5 59. gxf5 exf5 60. Ke2 Kd6 61. Rd1+ Ke5 62. Rb1 Kf4 63. Rb3 Kg3 64. Kf1 f4
65. Ke2 g4 66. fxg4+ Kxg4 67. Rb6 Qe5+ 68. Kf1 Qb8 69. Rb3 f3 70. Rb6 Kg3 71.
Rg6+ Kf4 72. Rb6 Ke4 73. Rb4+ Ke3 74. Rb3+ Ke4 75. Rb4+ Kd5 76. Rb3 Kc4 77.
Rxf3 Qxb7 78. Kf2 Kd4 79. Re3 Qf7+ 80. Rf3 Qa2+ 81. Kg3 Ke4 82. Rf4+ Ke5 83.
Rf3 Qe2 84. Rf2 Qh5 85. Rf3 Qg5+ 86. Kh2 Ke4 87. Rg3 Qh4+ 88. Kg2 Qh5 89. Rg8
Ke3 90. Rg3+ Kf4 91. Rg7 Qd5+ 92. Kh2 Kf3 93. Rg2 Qh5+ 94. Kg1 Qh4 0-1

[Event "Eurotel Trophy"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2002.04.30"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2002.04.28"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.08.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 c6 6. Be2 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 b6 10. a4 Ba6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Bb5 Qc8 13. Ba3 Qb7 14. e6 Nc6 15.
exf7+ Rxf7 16. Qe2 Bxb5 17. axb5 Na5 18. Ng5 Rf6 19. Qxe7 Qxe7 20. Bxe7 Rf5 21.
Nf3 Nc4 22. Ra2 Rf7 23. Bb4 Rc7 24. h4 Bf8 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Ng5 Re8 27. Rfa1
Ree7 28. Nh3 Red7 29. Nf4 Kf7 30. Re2 Rd6 31. Rae1 Na3 32. Ne6 Rxe6 33. Rxe6
Nxb5 34. g4 Nxc3 35. g5 Ne4 36. Re5 Rd7 37. Kg2 b5 38. R1xe4 dxe4 39. Rxb5 Ke6
40. Kg3 Rxd4 41. Ra5 Rd7 42. Kf4 Kd6 43. Kxe4 Kc6 44. f4 Re7+ 45. Kf3 Kb6 46.
Ra1 a5 47. f5 gxf5 48. h5 Re4 49. Rg1 a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th final A"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2002.05.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th final A"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2002.05.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Maykop Universitet"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th final A"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Filippov, Valerij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2002.05.??"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Starosek, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2495"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Omsk Lidrikh"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Nf1 Bg4 8. f3
Be6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Ned5 Nd7 12. a3 a6 13. g3 b5 14. Ba2 Kh8 15. Be3
f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Ne4 Nb6 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. c3 Qd8 20. Bd5 Qd7 21. b4 Be6
22. Qb3 Nd8 23. f4 Rc8 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rxf8+ Bxf8 26. Rf1 Be7 27. Bxe6 Nxe6
28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 30. bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. e3 Ndxe5 12. fxe5 f6 13. exf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fominyh, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Transsib"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 Be7 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. f4 O-O 10. Qf3 Nb4 11. a3 Nxd3+ 12. cxd3 b6 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. O-O Rac8
15. Qh3 Qd8 16. Nd4 Ne8 17. f5 e5 18. Nf3 f6 19. Nh4 Nd6 20. Ng6 Re8 21. Rf3
Nf7 22. Qh5 Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rg3 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5 26. Re1 Rc7 27. Nh4 Bc6
28. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novokuznetsk"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qf5 8.
Bxb8 Rxb8 9. Qxd4 b6 10. e4 Qf4 11. Nh3 Qc7 12. e5 Ng8 13. O-O-O e6 14. Bd3 Ne7
15. Be4 Nc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Ng5 Be7 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Rhe1 Rd8 20. Qe3 O-O 21.
Nd6 Ba8 22. Kb1 f6 23. Re2 fxe5 24. Qxe5 Rf6 25. Red2 Rg6 26. Qe2 Qc7 27. h3
Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Bd5 29. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Tyumen Gazovik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 09th Group1"]
[Site "Ekaterinburg"]
[Date "2002.05.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Iljushin, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2002.05.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov GShK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 a6 12. Bf2 $5 {In the following game
Svidler introduces very interesting and logical plan, which is however not
very typical for this variation.} (12. Qe3 Qc7 (12... b5 13. Bd3 (13. Qh3 Nxd4
14. Rxd4 Qb6 15. Bd3 $6 f5 16. Ne2 Nb8 17. g4 Nc6 18. c3 b4 $15 {Brustman,
A-Voiska,M/Thessaloniki 1988}) 13... Nxd4 (13... Qa5 14. f5 $1 Nxd4 15. f6 Qd8
16. Qxd4 $16 {Palkovi,J-Marinkovic,S/Cacak 1991}) 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Ne2 Bb7 16.
Qxb6 Nxb6 17. Nd4 Nd7 18. Rde1 Rae8 $11 {Damjanovic,V-Marinkovic,S/Belgrade
1995}) 13. Bd3 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc5 15. Ne2 b5 16. Rhe1 Bb7 17. f5 Qxd4 18. Nxd4
Rae8 19. Nf3 Re7 20. Re3 $14 {Ekstroem,R-Quinto,G/Mendrisio 1989}) (12. Bg1 b5
13. Kb1 b4 14. Na4 a5 15. Bb5 Qc7 16. Qe2 Bb7 17. h4 Ncb8 18. h5 Ba6 19. Bd3
$14 {Mitkov,N-Marinkovic,S/Vrnjacka Banja 1991}) (12. Be3 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Na4
Qa5 15. b3 Bb7 16. Rh3 Rab8 17. Kb1 Ne7 18. Ba7 Rbc8 19. h5 $14 {Vasiukov,
E-Zaitseva,L/Moscow 1991}) (12. g3 b5 13. Bg2 Bb7 14. Rhe1 b4 15. Ne2 Qa5 16.
Kb1 Rfc8 17. f5 $36 {Adla,D-Mellano,S/ARG 1991}) 12... b5 (12... Qa5) 13. Ne2
$5 b4 14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 a5 16. g4 Qc7 {Probably more accurate was} (16...
Ba6 $5 17. f5 $6 Qc7 18. f6 Rfc8 (18... Nxe5 $5 19. Qg5 Ng6 $36) 19. fxg7 a4
$36) 17. Bb5 $5 Ba6 {Black doesn't feel the danger yet.} (17... Nc5 18. Qe3 Ne4
19. Bd3 Bb7 20. f5 a4 $13) 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Rhg1 Rfc8 20. f5 Qb5 $5 {[%cal
Gb5e2,Gb4b3]} (20... Qa4 $6 21. Kb1 Rc7 22. f6 Rac8 23. Rc1 $16) 21. Rg2 $1 {
Preventing Qe2 and defending on c2 in case black triples his major pieces over
the c-file.} b3 22. axb3 Qxb3 23. f6 Qb4 (23... Qa2 $2 24. Qg5 g6 25. Qh6 Qa1+
26. Kd2 $18) 24. Qxb4 axb4 25. b3 $1 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rb4] Black bishop is out
of play, which makes black's defensive task very difficult.} gxf6 (25... Bb5
26. Kb1 Ra6 27. fxg7 Kxg7 28. Rf2 Rca8 29. Rg1 $14 {[%csl Rb4,Rf7][%cal Gg1g3,
Gg3f3,Gf3f4]}) 26. exf6 Rc6 27. g5 Kf8 28. h4 Ke8 29. h5 Rac8 30. Be5 $1 {
[%cal Gd1d4] Preparing to attack the pawn on b4.} Kd7 31. Kb1 Rg8 32. g6 $1
hxg6 33. hxg6 Rxg6 (33... fxg6 34. Rh1 $1 Rcc8 35. Rh7+ Kc6 36. f7 Rgf8 37.
Rxg6 Kd7 38. Bf4 $18) 34. Rxg6 fxg6 35. Rh1 $18 {White pawn on f6 is
unstoppable.} Rc8 36. Rh7+ Kc6 37. Re7 d4 38. f7 d3 39. cxd3 Bxd3+ 40. Kb2 Kd5
41. Rc7 $1 1-0

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. Bxc4 c5 7. a4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd4
Qxd4 15. Rxd4 O-O 16. Bg5 Bf5 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Re5 Bg6 19. h3 h6 20. Bh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.06.01"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2002.06.01"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 8.
O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bxc5 {Schwarz hat seinen Bauern zurück und das Läuferpaar.
Doch seine Aktionen haben ihn viel Zeit gekostet und in dieser recht
geschlossenen Stellung sind die weißen Springer nicht schlechter. Weiß muss
nun versuchen, seinen Entwicklungsvorsprung in Initiative umzusetzen, um
positionelle Vorteile zu erlangen.} 10. Nb3 Be7 11. e5 (11. Bg5 {kommt
ebenfalls stark in Betracht, z.B.} h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 (12... Bd7 13. e5 (13. Rac1
dxe4 14. dxe4 Qb6 15. Rfd1 Ba4 16. Qc4 Bxb3 17. axb3 O-O $11 {1/2-1/2
Ponomariov,R-Morozevich,A/Istanbul TUR 2000/The Week in Chess 314 (56)}) 13...
Ng8 14. Bxe7 (14. Bg3 a5 15. Bf4 a4 16. Nbd4 Bc5 17. Be3 Bb6 18. Rfc1 Ne7 $11 {
0-1 Hossain,E-Johannessen,L/Dhaka BAN 2002/The Week in Chess 390 (56)}) 14...
Nxe7 15. Nc5 Bc6 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. Rfc1 $14 {1-0 Luther,T-Duppel,M/Boeblingen
2000/CBM 79 ext (40)}) (12... b6 13. e5 Ng8 14. Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Nfd4 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Heim,S-Gudbrandsen,G/NOR 2002/The Week in Chess 387 (57)}) (12... O-O
13. e5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Nbd4 $14) (12... dxe4 13. dxe4 O-O 14. Rfd1 $14)
13. e5 (13. Rfc1 dxe4 14. dxe4 Bd7 15. Ne5 Bb5 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Qxc4 O-O {
1/2-1/2 Matulovic,M-Itkis,B/Bucharest 2000/CBM 79 ext (17)}) 13... Ng8 14. Bxe7
$14 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Morozevich,A/Sarajevo BIH 1999 (54). (54)} (14. Bg3 $5 Bd8
(14... a5 15. Bf4 a4 16. Be3 Qa6 17. Nbd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ye Jiangchuan-Barsov,A/
Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (25)}) 15. Bf4 Qb5 $6 (15... Ne7 16. Be3 $14) 16. Rfc1 Ne7
17. Nbd4 $14 {1-0 Brodsky,M-Jenetl,R/Krasnodar 1999/CBM 75 (40)}) (14. Rac1 Bd7
15. Bxe7 Nxe7 16. Rc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Markos,J/Pardubice CZE 2000/The
Week in Chess 299 (61)})) 11... Nd7 12. Nfd4 {Weiß macht sich zu Nutze, noch
nicht d4 gespielt zu haben - ein wichtiges Motiv in solchen Stellungen.} (12.
Be3 O-O 13. Rac1 $11 {/+/=}) 12... O-O 13. Bf4 Nc5 $5 {Schwarz entlastet sich
durch den Tausch eines Springerpaares.} 14. Qg4 (14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15. Be3 Qb6 $6
16. Nb3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 $14) 14... Kh8 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Nf3 {Im Folgeden
versickert die weiße Initiative langsam aber sicher.} ({Vielleicht ist} 16. Be3
$5 {eine Möglichkeit, leichten Vorteil festzuhalten.}) 16... Be7 17. Rfe1 Bd7
18. Qh5 f6 $5 {ein typisches Motiv, um dem weißen Angriff am Königsflügel
entgegen zu treten.} 19. Rac1 (19. exf6 gxf6 (19... Bxf6 $6 20. Ne5 $14) 20. d4
Qe8 21. Qh4 Rc8 $132) 19... Be8 20. Qh3 f5 21. Be3 Bd7 22. Bc5 (22. Qg3 $5)
22... Rc8 23. Bd6 Rc6 24. d4 {dieser Zug ist sehr zweischneidig, denn Weiß
nimmt sich das Manövrierfeld d4.} (24. Qg3 Bxd6 25. exd6 f4 26. Qg5 Qxg5 27.
Nxg5 Rxd6 28. Rc7 h6 29. Nf3 $44) 24... Be8 25. Rxc6 Bxc6 (25... bxc6 $4 26.
Ng5 $18) 26. Qg3 h6 {Schwarz ist es gelungen, die c-Linie zu neutralisieren
und nun nimmt er das Heft in die Hand und zwar nicht wie üblich am Damen-
sondern am Königsflügel!} 27. h4 Kh7 28. Qf4 Rg8 29. Rc1 g5 $5 {ein
interessanter Angriff am Königsflügel von Radjabov. Sein König bleibt sicher
und er kann seinen Turm über die h-Linie ins Spiel bringen.} 30. hxg5 hxg5 31.
Qh2+ Kg6 32. Qg3 Rh8 33. Ne1 $6 {Es ziehen dunkle Wolken über dem weißen
Herrscher heran, doch es ist nicht leicht, die schwarze Initiative zu bremsen.}
Rh4 $5 34. Nd3 $2 (34. Bxe7 Qxe7 35. Nf3 $13) (34. Nf3 Rh5 $13) 34... Rxd4 35.
Nc5 (35. Qe3 Rh4 36. Qc5 Qh8 37. f3 Rh1+ 38. Kf2 Bd8 $17) 35... Rg4 36. Qe3 $2
{ein Fehler in sehr schwieriger Lage.} (36. Nxe6 $2 Qh8 37. Qf3 Rh4 38. g3 Rc4
$19) (36. Bxe7 Qxe7 37. Qd3 Rh4 $17) 36... d4 $19 37. Qb3 Bd5 38. Nxe6 Qa5 (
38... Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Qh8 40. Qxd5 Qh1+ 41. Ke2 Rxf2+ $19) 39. Qd3 Bxd6 (39...
Rxg2+ 40. Kf1 Rh2 41. Ke2 Bxd6 42. exd6 Bxe6 43. Qxd4 Qb5+ $19) 40. exd6 Bxe6
41. f3 Rh4 42. g3 Rh8 43. Qxd4 Qb6 44. Rc5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Mainz handicap m2"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Freise, Eckh/Comp Junior7"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2002.08.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be3 c5 11. dxc5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. a3 Be6
15. Qc2 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. Rd2 Nd7 18. c6 Nf6 19. Be2 Rac8 20. Bf3 Bb3 21.
Qc1 Bc4 22. h4 h5 23. Bh6 Rfd8 24. Be3 Nd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. O-O
Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qxd2 29. Bxd2 Rxc6 30. Bc3 Bxc3 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. g3 Kf6 33. Kf1
Ke5 34. bxc3 Kd5 35. Ke2 Kc4 36. Kd2 Rf6 37. Ke3 a5 38. Ra1 Ra6 39. Kd2 a4 40.
Ke1 0-1

[Event "Mainz handicap m2"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Freise, Eckh/Comp Junior7"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.08.15"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 d5 7. Nxf6+ gxf6
8. d4 Bg7 9. dxe5 O-O 10. e6 Ne5 11. Bf4 c6 12. Bd3 Nxd3+ 13. Qxd3 Bxe6 14. Nd4
Qd7 15. O-O-O Bg4 16. f3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. Nf5 Kh8 19. h4 h5 20. c4 Rfe8 21.
cxd5 cxd5 22. Qxd5 Qa4 23. Rd4 Rac8+ 24. Kb1 Qc2+ 25. Ka1 Bf8 26. Qb3 Qxb3 27.
axb3 Bxf5 28. gxf5 Rc5 29. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Niebling, Ferdinand"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2154"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nf3 c5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Be3
cxd4 9. Bxd4 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 Bxe5 13. fxe5 Be6 14.
Nd5 Bxd5 15. Rxd5 e6 16. Rd4 Nd7 17. Re4 Rc8 18. Bd3 Rc5 19. Kd2 Nxe5 20. Rhe1
Nxd3 21. cxd3 Ke7 22. Rb4 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Ra1 Rd8 25. Ra7+ Rd7 26. Rxd7+
Kxd7 27. Rh4 h5 28. Rf4 Rf5 29. Rd4+ Kc6 30. Ke2 Rg5 31. g3 Rg4 32. Rd8 Rb4 33.
Rf8 Rxb2+ 34. Ke3 Rxh2 35. Rxf7 b4 36. Rf1 b3 37. Kf4 b2 38. Kg5 Kd5 39. Kxg6
Ke5 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Unzicker, Ferdinand"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2283"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bh4 c5 14. dxe5 dxe5
15. Bg3 a6 16. Bc4 Nc6 17. Bh4 h6 18. Bd5 Rac8 19. Rb1 Rc7 20. c4 Bh7 21. c3
Kh8 22. Qe2 g5 23. Bg3 Nd7 24. Rb2 f6 25. Reb1 Rb8 26. Nd2 b6 27. Nf1 Nd8 28.
Ne3 Bg6 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. gxf5 Qe8 31. h4 Kg7 32. Kg2 Nf7 33. Rh1 Nd6 34. a4 b5
35. axb5 axb5 36. cxb5 Nb6 37. Be6 Na4 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Qg4 Nxb2 40. Bxe5 Nxe4
41. Qxe4 Re7 42. Qg4 Rxe6 43. Qxg5+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pirrot, Dieter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2421"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Bd3 b5 7. e5 Bb7 8. Qe2 e6
9. Ng5 Ne7 10. h4 h6 11. Nf3 Nf5 12. Bxf5 gxf5 13. d5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nb6 15.
dxe6 fxe6 16. Bf4 b4 17. Nb1 Nd5 18. g3 Qd7 19. Nbd2 O-O-O 20. O-O-O Qa4 21.
Kb1 Rd7 22. Nb3 Rhd8 23. Nc5 Qb5 24. Qxb5 Nc3+ 25. bxc3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+
27. Kb2 axb5 28. Nd4 bxc3+ 29. Kxc3 b4+ 0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lobron, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. e5 Bb7 8. Qe2 Nh6
9. a4 b4 10. Ne4 O-O 11. c3 bxc3 12. bxc3 c5 13. O-O Qc7 14. e6 Nf6 15. Neg5
cxd4 16. exf7+ Nxf7 17. Ne6 Qxc3 18. Bb2 Qa5 19. Nfxd4 Rfe8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21.
Ne6+ Kg8 22. f5 g5 23. h4 h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rae1 Ne5 26. Qe3 Nh7 27. Nxg5
1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Glek, Igor Vladimirovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bd2 d5 7. Bg2 Bd6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. exd5 exd5 10. Re1 Kf7 11. Nc3 Re8 12. h3 Be6 13. a3 Qd7 14. Kh2 Kg7 15.
Rb1 a6 16. Na4 Nc8 17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. c4 d4 20. Bf4 Be7 21. Nd2 g5 22.
Qf3 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karpatchev, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2496"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nc3 a6 12. O-O d5 13. a3 Bd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15.
b4 O-O 16. Qc2 h6 17. Qe2 Na7 18. Nd2 Rc7 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Bb5 21. Nxb5
Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Rxc2 23. Bxc2 Nxb5 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. h4 Nxd4 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Bd3
Qxe5 28. Qh8+ Ke7 29. Nf1 Nc6 30. Ng3 Nc4 31. a4 Nb2 32. Bf1 Nxa4 33. b5 axb5
34. Bxb5 Nb6 35. Bd3 Nd7 36. Qa8 Nc5 37. Bb5 Qe1+ 38. Bf1 d4 39. Nh5 Qe5 40.
Ng3 Qd6 41. Nh5 g6 42. Ng7 Qd8 43. Qa3 Qa5 44. Qf3 Kf8 45. Qf6 Qd8 46. Nxe6+
Nxe6 47. Qh8+ Ke7 48. Qxh6 Qd6 49. h5 gxh5 50. Qxh5 d3 51. Qh4+ Kd7 52. Qh7 d2
53. Qxf7+ Ne7 54. Be2 d1=Q+ 55. Bxd1 Qxd1+ 56. Kh2 b5 57. Qf6 Qd4 58. Qf7 Qf4+
0-1

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 14. Nc3 Bb7 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 c5 17. d5 Re8 18. Re1 c4 19. Bc2 g5 20. Bg3 Nh5 21. Bh2 Nf4 22.
Bxf4 gxf4 23. Bb1 Qf6 24. Qd2 Rbc8 25. e5 Qg7 26. exd6 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Nxd5 28.
Be4 Nxc3 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. bxc3 Rxb7 31. Qe8+ Qf8 32. d7 Rb8 33. Re1 b4 34. cxb4
c3 35. Qe5 c2 36. Qxf4 Rd8 37. Qd2 Bb8 38. Qxc2 Rxd7 39. Qf5 Rd6 40. b5 axb5
41. Qxb5 Rd8 42. g3 Kg7 43. Kg2 Qd6 44. Re4 Ba7 45. Rg4+ Kf8 46. Qb2 f6 47. Qb7
Qd7 48. Qa6 Kf7 49. Rf4 Qe7 50. Nh4 Rd6 51. Qc4+ Qe6 52. Nf5 Ra6 53. Qc7+ Kf8
54. Nxh6 Qd5+ 55. Kh2 Rxa5 56. Rxf6+ Ke8 57. Qc8+ Ke7 58. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dautov, Rustem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qa4 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. cxd5
Nb6 9. Qb3 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Bf4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf5 13. a4 Qd7 14. a5 Nc4 15.
Nd2 Rac8 16. Rfe1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxe5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20. Bxd5 Rfd8
21. e4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Rxd2 23. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B77"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 d6 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Be6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Bxb3 13. cxb3 Rc6 14. Kb1
Qd7 15. g4 Rfc8 16. h4 h6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. gxh6 Nh5 20. Rhg1 Qe6
21. f4 Rxc3 22. bxc3 Qxe4+ 23. Kb2 Qxf4 24. Qe2 Qxh4 25. Rxg6+ fxg6 26. Qe6+
Kh7 27. Qxc8 Qf2+ 28. Ka3 Qe2 29. Rd4 Ng3 30. Qxb7 Nf5 31. Rc4 g5 32. Qxa7 g4
33. Qd7 Qf3 34. Rc8 Kxh6 35. Rg8 Kh5 36. Qe6 Kh4 37. Qg6 Qe4 38. Rf8 e6 39. Re8
Ne3 1-0

[Event "Mainz Ordix op"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2002.08.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2002.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 089 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.09.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. d4
Ne4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Ne5 Nd7 11. Nxd7 Bxd7 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Bxb7 Rb8 14. Bg2
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Bxd4 16. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. f4 a6 6. Nf3 d5 7. d3 Nf6 8. e5 Nfd7
9. g3 Nc6 10. Bg2 b5 11. O-O Nb6 12. d4 c4 13. Ne2 g6 14. g4 h5 15. h3 Qc7 16.
c3 a5 17. f5 hxg4 18. hxg4 gxf5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qc2 Bc8 21. Kf2 b4 22. Rh1
Rxh1 23. Rxh1 bxc3 24. Bxc3 Nb4 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Rh7 Be6 27. Bh3 Qa7 28. Nc1
Rc8 29. Qd2 cxb3 30. Nxb3 Nc4 31. Qd3 Qxa2+ 32. Kg3 Qb2 33. Bxf5 Qc3 34. Kf4
Qxd3 35. Bxd3 Ra8 36. Ng5 Ra3 37. Bc2 Be7 38. Nxe6 fxe6 39. Bd1 Ra2 40. Bg4
Rf2+ 41. Kg3 Rb2 42. Nc5 Bxc5 43. dxc5 Nxe5 44. Bxe6 Rc2 45. Rb7 Rc3+ 46. Kg2
Nd3 47. Bd7+ Kd8 48. Bf5 Nxc5 49. Rxb4 Ke7 50. Kf2 Kf6 51. Bb1 Ke5 52. Ke2 Rh3
53. Bc2 Rh2+ 54. Kd1 d4 55. Rb5 Kd5 56. Bb3+ Kc6 57. Rb4 d3 58. Bc4 Rf2 59. Rb8
Rf4 60. Bb5+ Kc7 61. Rh8 Rb4 62. Bxd3 Nxd3 63. Kd2 Nc5 64. Rh6 Kd7 65. Ke3 Ne6
66. Kd3 Kd6 67. Kc3 Rg4 68. Rh5 Nf4 69. Ra5 Nd5+ 70. Kd3 Ke5 71. Ra8 Rg3+ 72.
Ke2 Rb3 73. Re8+ Kd4 74. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 {Hecht} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4
a6 8. Be2 b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bg5 Nc6 14.
Qe3 Qd5 15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Bh6 Bc2 17. Rd2 Qxe3 18. Bxe3 Bf5 19. Nd4 $6 Bxd4 20.
Bxd4 Rad8 21. Be3 Rxd2 22. Bxd2 Rd8 23. Be3 Bd3 $1 24. Bxd3 Rxd3 {[%mdl 4100]
This endgame is very pleasant for black and draw would actually be a great
achievement for Radjabov.  Hecht: 'Merkmale: Blockierte weiße Mehrheit am
Damenflügel, bewegliche schwarze im Zentrum, guter Springer gegen schlechten
Läufer, schwarzer Raumvorteil. Turmtausch bringt keine Erleichterung für Weiß.
Gedeckter weißer Freibauer bindet den Springer. ACHTUNG: Rapidschachmodus!'}
25. Rc1 e5 26. Kf1 f5 27. Ke2 Rd5 28. f3 (28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Kxd1 Kf7 30. a3 a5
31. f3 Ke6 $17) 28... Kf7 29. g4 {'?!' Hecht.} (29. g3 Ke6 30. h3 a5 31. a4
bxa4 32. Rc4 Rd8 33. Rxa4 Rb8 34. Ra2 Rb5 $17) (29. g3 $142 {Hecht}) 29... f4
30. Bf2 Ke6 31. h4 a5 32. Rh1 (32. g5 Kf5 (32... a4 33. Rc3 Rd8 $15) 33. Rc3 e4
34. fxe4+ Kxe4 35. a4 b4 36. Rc4+ Kf5 $15) 32... h6 33. Rc1 Rd7 {Hecht:
'Vorbereitung für den Bauernhebel e4'} 34. Rc3 e4 $1 {Svidler will show a
masterful handling of the endgame. All white pieces are passive and c5 is a
longterm weakness.} 35. fxe4 Ke5 36. Kf3 (36. b4 axb4 37. Rd3 Ra7 38. Kf3 Ra3
$19) (36. a4 {Hecht} bxa4 37. Rc4 Rb7 $1 {[%csl Rb2,Re4]}) 36... Rd2 37. a3 b4
$1 (37... Rxb2 $2 38. Rd3 $14) 38. axb4 axb4 39. Rc1 (39. Rb3 g5 40. h5 Ke6 41.
Kg2 Ne5 42. Kf1 Nxg4 43. Be1 Rc2 44. Bxb4 f3 $19) 39... Ke6 $1 {Leaving the
space for the knight, white king will now fall under the mating attack.} 40.
Kg2 (40. Rf1 g5 41. Kg2 Ne5 $19) (40. Be1 Ne5+ 41. Kxf4 Rd3 $19) 40... Rxb2 41.
Rd1 Ne5 42. Rd6+ Ke7 43. Kg1 Rc2 {'-+' Hecht.} (43... f3 44. Bd4 Rg2+ 45. Kf1
Nxg4 46. e5 Rc2 47. Ke1 b3 $19) 44. Rb6 Nxg4 45. Rb7+ (45. Bd4 {Hecht} f3 $19 {
[%cal Rc2c1]}) 45... Ke6 46. Be1 (46. Bd4 f3 47. Rb6+ Kd7 48. Be3 Re2 $19)
46... Rc1 {The game is over as black's coordinated forces have triumphed over
the poor defender.} (46... f3 47. Rb6+ Ke5 48. Rxg6 b3 49. Rxg4 b2 50. Bg3+ Kd4
51. e5+ Kxc5 52. Bf2+ Kb5 53. Be1 Rg2+ 54. Rxg2 b1=Q $19) 47. Rb6+ (47. Kf1 f3
48. Rb6+ Ke5 $19) 47... Ke5 48. Rxg6 Rxe1+ 49. Kg2 Ne3+ 50. Kf3 (50. Kh2 Re2+
51. Kh3 f3 $19) 50... Rf1+ 51. Ke2 Rc1 52. Kf3 (52. Rxh6 b3 53. Rb6 Kxe4 54.
Re6+ Kd4 55. Rb6 Rc3 56. Rb8 Ng4 $19) 52... b3 53. Rb6 Nc4 $1 {Hecht:
'Genauigkeit bis zum Schluss!'} 54. Rb8 (54. Rxb3 Nd2+ 55. Kg4 Nxb3 $19) 54...
b2 55. c6 b1=Q 0-1

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. Qh5 Nh6 8. h3
Nd4 9. Bb5+ Kf8 10. Qd1 f5 11. Bc4 g6 12. exf5 Nhxf5 13. Nde4 Bxc1 14. Qxc1 Kg7
15. O-O b5 16. Bxb5 d5 17. Ng3 Rf8 18. Nxf5+ Bxf5 19. f4 Qd6 20. Ba4 Be6 21. f5
Bxf5 22. Qe3 Rab8 23. Rae1 Rxb2 24. Qxe5+ Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Be6 26. Rxf8 Kxf8 27.
Nxd5 Rxa2 28. Bb3 Nxb3 29. cxb3 Bf7 30. Nf6 Bxb3 31. Rxc5 a5 32. Rc7 h5 33. d4
Rd2 34. d5 Bxd5 35. Rd7 Rxg2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 {This is Short's quiet
system, which can also lead sometimes to wild complications.} c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7.
Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. cxd5 (10. O-O dxc4 11. Rd1 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5
13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. Bxc4 Ncd4 {White cannot keep his
strong ^^.} 17. Nd2 Rc6 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bd3 Bc5 $11 {Kosteniuk-Chiburdanidze,
FIDE World Cup-C (Women) 2000}) (10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Rd1 (11. O-O-O $5 Bd3 $1 {
This is the typical defensive method here. Other tries are less impressive.} (
11... b5 $4 12. Nxc6 Qc7 13. Nxb5 $18) (11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5
14. Bb6 Bb4 (14... Nc6 15. f4 $44) 15. Bf3 $44 {with a very active ^^.}) 12.
Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 Qa5 (13... b5 $2 {founders on} 14. Ndxb5 Qxd3 15. Rd1 $18)
14. Nxc6 Nxc6 $11 {and Black has time to finish his development because of the
hanging e5 P.}) 11... Bd3 (11... Qa5 12. Qxa5 (12. Qxc4 Rd8 13. O-O Nxd4 14.
Rxd4 Rxd4 15. Bxd4 Nc6 16. Bf3 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Bc5 18. Qa4+ $11 {Mitkov-Garant,
EU-chT 1997}) 12... Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Bb4 (14... Nc6 15. f4 {
(Soln-Sitnik, SLO-chT Ljubljana 1997} g5 $5 16. g3 (16. g4 Nh4) 16... gxf4 17.
gxf4 Bh6 $132) 15. Bf3 $44) 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 b5 (13... Qa5) 14. Ndxb5 $5
{Ni Hua-Wu Shaobin, Zhong Hong Real Estate Cup 2001 CBM 85} (14. Qb3 {
Svidler-Leko, Tilburg Fontys 1998 EXT 99})) (10. Na3 Qa5+ 11. Qxa5 Nxa5 12. O-O
dxc4 13. Nxc4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Be4 15. Rac1 Bd5 $11 {Svidler-Anand, Tilburg
Fontys 1998}) 10... Qxd5 $6 (10... b5 $5 11. Nxc6 (11. Qd1 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd5
13. Nc3 (13. O-O Nb4 (13... Nf4 $5 14. Nc3 Rc8) 14. Nc3 {- 13.Nc3}) 13... Nb4
14. Rc1 (14. O-O Nc2 $5 15. Nxb5 $1 Be7 $1 $15) 14... Nc2+ 15. Rxc2 Bxc2 16.
Qxc2 Qxd4 $17 {Trygstad-Solozkhenkin, Classics GM Gausdal NOR 2001}) (11. Nxf5
Nxf5 $15) 11... Nxc6 12. Qf4 (12. Qd1 Nb4 13. Na3 Nxd5) 12... Nb4 $1 (12...
Qxd5 13. Bf3 Qd7 (13... Bb4+ 14. Nc3 $16) 14. O-O $14) 13. O-O Nxd5 (13... Nc2
14. Nc3 Nxa1 15. Rxa1 $44) 14. Qf3 Rc8 (14... Be7 15. Nc3 $14) 15. Rd1 Bb4 $13)
(10... Nxd5 {- Bologan-Bareev, RUS-chT 9th Ekaterinburg 2002}) 11. Nc3 (11. Nd2
Qa5 (11... Qxe5 12. Nc4 Qb8 13. Nb6 Ra7 14. O-O-O Qc7 (14... Bg6 15. Bf3 $16)
15. Bf3 $1 $16) 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. O-O Nd5 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Bd4 Bb4 16. Rfd1
O-O 17. Nc4 Nc6 18. a3 Be7 19. b4 Rfd8 20. Bb2 $14 {Sikula-Mihalko,
Nyiregyhaza 1999}) 11... Qa5 $6 {This is the clear sign of something went
wrong. Ftacnik: 'Anand has chosen very cautious solution, since accepting the
pawn sacrifice was probably too risky for his taste.'} (11... Qxe5 $5 {looks
risky, but this was the main idea!} 12. Bf3 Rc8 13. O-O) 12. Nxf5 $14 Nxf5 (
12... exf5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. O-O $14 {with an active ^^ and a lead of
development for White.}) 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bb6 Nc6 (14... Bb4 15. Rd1 Ne7 16.
O-O Nac6 17. Na4 $14) 15. f4 {Now White can keep his strong ^^ and the space
advantage.} Be7 (15... g5 $5 {immediately is also interesting:} 16. fxg5 (16.
g3 {Ftacnik} gxf4 17. gxf4 Bh6 $5 18. Rf1 Nh4 19. Ne4 Bxf4 20. Nd6+ Kf8 21.
Nxf7 Rg8 $13) 16... Bg7 17. O-O Nxe5 18. Rad1 $14) 16. O-O-O $1 $14 (16. O-O g5
$5 (16... O-O 17. Rad1 Bd8 18. Bc5 $14) 17. fxg5 (17. g3 gxf4 18. gxf4 Bd8 {
is similar to the game continuation, but the white K is not so well placed.}
19. Bf2 Be7) 17... Bxg5 18. Ne4 $14) 16... g5 $5 (16... O-O $6 {allows the
penetration on the 7/th rank.} 17. Rd7 $16) (16... Bd8 17. Bf2 $14) 17. g3 gxf4
18. gxf4 Bd8 (18... Rg8 19. Rhg1 $14) 19. Bf2 {White has to avoid the exchange
of his bishops.} Bh4 (19... Rc8 20. Kb1 Rg8 21. Rhg1 Rxg1 22. Rxg1 Nce7 23. Bf3
$14) 20. Bg1 (20. Bxh4 Nxh4 21. Ne4 Ke7 22. Nd6 $14 {looks also tempting, but
White prefers the fight with the ^^.}) 20... Rg8 21. Bf3 Rc8 22. Kb1 Na5 {
'?' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Black pieces would very much welcome some strongholds
or counterplay, but unfortunatelly this move is achieving neither of the goals.
'} (22... Be7 23. Ne4 $14 (23. Bb6 {Ftacnik} Nh4 (23... f6 {Ftacnik} 24. exf6
Bxf6 25. Rhe1 $16) 24. Be4 h6 $14)) 23. Ne4 Nc4 24. b3 $1 Na3+ $6 {Now the N
is in big trouble.} (24... Na5 25. Bc5 $14) 25. Kb2 Nb5 26. a4 Nc7 27. Rc1 $1 {
Ftacnik: 'Svidler's biggest problem was to chose the most efficient way to
increase his considerable advantage.'} Be7 (27... Ke7 $1 {is not an easy move
to find without much time.} 28. Bc5+ Kd7 29. Bd6 $16) 28. Nf6+ $1 $18 Bxf6 29.
exf6 {and the ^^ decides the battle.} (29. Bxb7 $18 {is even nicer!}) 29... Kd7
30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. Bc6+ Kd6 32. Ba7 Rbd8 33. Bb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc3 c4 13. Bd2 h6 14. b4 cxb3 15. cxb3
Nc6 16. b4 Bc8 17. Rc1 Be6 18. Nd5 Rc8 19. d4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Rxc1 21. Bxc1 exd4
22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 23. Bb1 Rc8 24. Bb2 Bc4 25. Qxd4 Qe6 26. e5 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Qd7
28. Qxd7 Nxd7 29. Re3 Be6 30. Be4 Rc7 31. Rg3 f6 32. Rd3 Rc4 33. Bb7 Rc2 34.
Bd4 Bc4 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. Ra1 Rd2 37. Be3 Rd6 38. Bf4 Ne5 39. Re1 Rd3 40. Bxe5
fxe5 41. Re3 Rd6 42. Rxe5 Kf7 43. Kh2 Rb6 44. Be4 a5 45. Rc5 axb4 46. axb4 Ke6
47. f4 Kd6 48. Rc8 Ra6 49. Rd8+ Ke7 50. Ra8 Rd6 51. Rb8 Rd4 52. Bc6 Rxf4 53.
Bxb5 Bxb5 54. Rxb5 Rc4 55. Kg3 Kf6 56. Kf3 Kg6 57. Rb7 Rc3+ 58. Kf4 Rb3 59. h4
Kh5 60. Rxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ne3 Re8 15. Nd5
Bd8 16. Bd2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. d4 Nxd5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nxe5
Bf6 22. Nc6 Ra8 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Bxb2 25. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxc6 Bxc6 8.
Re1 Be7 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. h3 O-O 12. Qf3 c6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rad1
Rad8 15. g4 Ne8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Bf6 18. g5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 Rd7 20. f6 Qd8
21. Kh1 Nc7 22. Qg3 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. fxg7 Qe4+ 25. Kh2 Nd5 26. Bxd6 Qxc2
27. Rg1 Rd8 28. Be5 Qe2 29. Rg2 Re8 30. f4 Qe4 31. Rf2 a5 32. h4 Ne3 33. Qf3
Rxe5 34. fxe5 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Qxg5+ 36. Kh1 Qh4+ 37. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "The World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. c4 Qe4 17. Be3 Bf6 18. Ra2 b6 19. h3 Na5 20. g4 Bg6 21. g5 Be7
22. Ne5 Bd6 23. Bd3 (23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. c5 Bf8 25. Bg4 Rcd8 26. Rae2 Qc6 (26...
Qd5 27. Bf4 Rxe2 28. Qxe2 c6 $2 (28... Qc6 $5 {Huzman} 29. Bf3 Qd7 $11) 29. Bc7
$1 $16 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Adams,M/Linares 2002/CBM 88/[Huzman] (47)}) 27. cxb6 {
1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Adams,M/Linares ESP 2002/ (27)}) 23... Qh4 24. Nxg6 hxg6 {
The king's side of White is weak, that's why Svidler decides to go for
exchanging of queens.} 25. Qg4 (25. Qf3 Nb3 26. Rae2 c5 $1 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28.
Qd5+ Kh7 29. Qxd6 cxd4 30. Bf4 Red8 31. Qe5 d3 $17) 25... Qxg4+ 26. hxg4 Bf4 (
26... c5 27. d5 Nb3 $11) 27. Rae2 Bxe3 28. fxe3 (28. Rxe3 Rxe3 29. Rxe3 Kf8 $11
) 28... c5 29. Kf2 Nc6 30. Kg3 cxd4 31. exd4 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Nxd4 33. Re7 Nc6 (
33... a5 $5 34. Kf2 (34. Rb7 b5 35. Rd7 (35. cxb5 Rc3 36. Rb8+ Kh7 37. Kf4 Rxd3
38. Ke4 Rd1 39. Rd8 Nxb5 $18) 35... bxc4 36. Rxd4 cxd3 37. Rxd3 Kf8 $17) 34...
Nc6 35. Rb7 Ne5 $17) 34. Rb7 Ne5 (34... Re8 35. Kf4 Re7 36. Rxe7 Nxe7 37. Ke5
Nc6+ 38. Kd6 $16) 35. Be2 Nxc4 36. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-The World"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.09.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2002.09.08"]
[EventType "schev (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "The World"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 Qa5 13. b3 Rc8 14. Kb1 $5 {Shirov
has prepared the peaceful continuation instead of the heavily played and
analysed continuation 14.a3.} (14. a3) 14... Nc5 15. Nxc5 (15. Nb2 Nfxe4 {
0-1 Mull,T-Maxion,D/Dortmund 1987/ (15)}) 15... dxc5 16. Ne2 Bc6 (16... Rd8 17.
Qxd8+ Qxd8 18. Rxd8+ Kxd8 19. Nf4 Nd7 20. Be2 Bd6 21. Nd3 Kc7 {1/2-1/2 Kim,
A-Belov,V/Pardubice 2002/ (60)}) (16... c4 $5 17. Ng3 (17. bxc4 Qa4 18. Qd3 (
18. Nc1 $2 Bxe4 19. fxe4 Nxe4 20. Qd3 Nc3+ 21. Ka1 Be7 $19) 18... Be7 $13)
17... cxb3 18. cxb3 Qc7 19. Be2 Be7 (19... Qxg3 $2 20. Bf4 Qf2 21. Bb5+ $18)
20. Bf2 $13) 17. Ng3 Nd7 (17... Rd8 18. Qxd8+ Qxd8 19. Rxd8+ Kxd8 20. Bxa6 $14)
18. f4 Be7 (18... Nf6 19. g5 Ng4 20. Bg1 hxg5 21. hxg5 Rxh1 22. Nxh1 $14) 19.
Bd3 Nb6 (19... Nf6 20. Qe2 $14) 20. Qf2 Na8 $5 {Svidler has very original mind
and his knight on b5 would certainly cause his opponent serious problems. The
disadvantage of the rather longish knight manouver is the chance for white to
begin the attack first.} (20... Rb8 21. Be2 c4 22. Bd4 c3 23. Ka1 $14) 21. g5
$1 Nc7 22. Nh5 Nb5 (22... g6 23. Ng7+ (23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. gxf6 Nb5 25. Bd2 c4
26. bxc4 Nc3+ 27. Bxc3 bxc3 28. Ka1 Qd8 29. h5 Qxf6 $11) 23... Kf8 24. f5 $1 (
24. gxh6 $6 Nb5 25. Bxb5 (25. Bd2 c4 26. bxc4 Nc3+ 27. Bxc3 bxc3 28. Ka1 Bc5
29. Qg3 Rxh6 $19) 25... axb5 26. h5 Ra8 $17) 24... exf5 (24... Kxg7 25. f6+ $18
) 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Rd8 27. Bc4 $18) 23. Bxb5 axb5 (23... Qxb5 24. Nxg7+
Kf8 25. f5 hxg5 26. fxe6 f6 27. hxg5 $18) 24. Nxg7+ Kf8 25. Nxe6+ $1 {[%mdl
128] Black will not get the chance to build attack, since his own defense will
colapse after white's combination.} (25. f5 Ra8 26. a4 $18) 25... fxe6 (25...
Kg8 26. gxh6 Rxh6 27. f5 $18) 26. f5 Ke8 (26... Rh7 27. g6 Ra8 28. fxe6+ Kg8 (
28... Ke8 29. Qf7+ $3 Rxf7 30. gxf7+ Kf8 31. Bxh6#) 29. gxh7+ $18) (26... Kg8
27. Qg3 Rh7 28. gxh6+ Kf8 29. Rhg1 $18) (26... Bxe4 27. fxe6+ $18) 27. fxe6 (
27. fxe6 Rf8 (27... Rh7 28. g6 Ra8 29. Qf7+ $3 Rxf7 30. gxf7+ Kf8 31. Bxh6#)
28. Qe2 Bd8 29. Qh5+ Ke7 30. Bxc5+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2519"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Tel Aviv Shlomo Har Zvi"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Bd3 a6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. f4 Bb4 10. Qd2 e5 11. O-O O-O 12. fxe5 Nxe5 13. Bd4 Bxc3 14. Bxc3 d6
15. Nd4 Re8 16. h3 Be6 17. Rf4 Nfd7 18. Be2 Nc5 19. Nf5 Rad8 20. Bd4 f6 21. Qc3
Rd7 22. Rd1 Rc8 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ilincic, Zlatko"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2532"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Novi Sad"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 b4 10. Nce2 e5 11. Nb3 a5 12. Ng3 a4 13. Nc1 Qa5 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. Nd3 Nc6 17. O-O Be7 18. Qg2 g5 19. c3 bxc3 20. Rac1 Nb4 21. Nxb4 Qxb4
22. Rxc3 d5 23. Qc2 d4 24. Rc4 Qb5 25. Bd2 Kf7 26. Nh1 Nd7 27. Nf2 Nb6 28. Rc7
Rhc8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Nxd3 Rc2 32. Rf2 Bd6 33. Ba5 Rxf2 34. Kxf2
Nc4 35. Be1 Kf6 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Bf2 Kf6 38. Kd1 Kf7 39. Be1 Kf6 40. Bd2 Kf7 41.
Bc1 Ke7 42. Kc2 Na5 43. Nf2 Nc6 44. Kd3 Nb4+ 45. Kc4 Nxa2 46. Bd2 a3 47. Kb3
Nb4 48. bxa3 Na6 49. Nd3 Nc5+ 50. Nxc5 Bxc5 51. a4 Kd6 52. Ba5 Kd7 53. Kc4 Ba3
54. Bb6 Bd6 55. Kb5 Kc8 56. a5 Ba3 57. a6 Bc1 58. Kc4 Bf4 59. h3 Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.24"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Skopje Kisela Voda"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Bb3 {About this
line-see CBM84, annotations to the game V.Georgiev-Jaracz.} Qa5 {[%mdl 4] A
new plan pretending to refute 12.d5 altogether. Black is ready to meet c3-c4
with ...b7-b5.} 14. h3 ({Or} 14. Qd2 Qa6 $1 15. Bg5 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bd5
Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. Ng3 Nd3 20. Rb1 c4 $17 {0-1 Georgiev,V-Ftacnik,L/Bled
SLO 2002/The Week in Chess 417 (32)}) 14... Qa6 $1 {[%cal Rd7b5]} 15. a4 (15.
c4 b5 16. f4 bxc4 $1 17. fxe5 cxb3 18. axb3 Bxe5 19. Rxc5 Bb5 $1 20. Re1 Bd3
$17) 15... Nc4 16. Bg5 e6 (16... f6 $142 $1 17. Bf4 (17. Bh4 Bh6 18. Rc2 Nd6
$17 {[%cal Rd6e4,Rc5c4]}) 17... Nb2 18. Qd2 Nd3 $15 {Svidler,P}) 17. Qd3 exd5
18. exd5 Na5 (18... b5 19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Qf3 $13) 19. Qxa6 bxa6 {Black's
active pieces fully compensate the defects of his pawn structure. White must
play accurately not to get into trouble.} 20. Bc2 Rfe8 21. Ng3 {[%cal Rg3e4]
Just losing time as Black easily parries White's threat.} (21. Rfe1 $142 $13)
21... f5 22. Rfe1 c4 23. Nf1 $6 {This knight can't find a good square.} (23.
Ne2 $142 {Svidler,P}) 23... Nb3 24. Rb1 h6 25. Rxe8+ Bxe8 26. Be3 Bxa4 $17 {
White has a lot of weaknesses (c3, d5) while Black's a-pawns are potentially
very dangerous.} 27. g4 $1 {The only way to create counterplay.} Nc5 28. Bxa4
Nxa4 29. Rb7 Rd8 (29... Nxc3 30. Rxg7+) 30. gxf5 gxf5 31. Ng3 Rxd5 32. Rc7 (32.
Rxa7 a5 $17) 32... Nxc3 33. Rxc4 {It is not easy for Black to bring home his
material advantage because of the limited pawn material.} a5 34. Rc6 (34. Bxh6
Bxh6 35. Rxc3 a4 {is certainly hopeless for White.}) ({Or} 34. Rc8+ Kh7 35. Rc7
Nb5 $5 (35... f4 36. Bxf4 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Nd5 38. Rc4 Rd4 39. Rxd4 Bxd4 40. Bxh6
Bb2 $17 {Svidler,P}) 36. Re7 f4 37. Bxf4 a4 38. Re6 a5 $1 39. Ra6 Nd4 $19)
34... a4 35. Ra6 a3 $6 $138 (35... Bf8 $142 36. Rxa7 a3 37. Nh5 Rd6 38. Kg2 a2
39. Kf3 Be7 $1 $19 {[%cal Rd6d1] Svidler,P}) 36. Rxa3 a5 37. Nh5 Be5 38. Kg2 a4
39. Bf4 Bd4 40. Be3 Bh8 41. Bxh6 {Black had to give the pawn back but his
strong passed pawn guarantees him good winning chances.} Rb5 42. Ng3 Kh7 43.
Bf8 Kg6 44. Bd6 Bd4 $2 {Not energetic enough. Black captures the f2 pawn but
White's passed h-pawn enables him to create counterplay.} (44... Rb3 $1 $17 {
Svidler,P} 45. Ra1 (45. h4 Nb5) 45... Nb5 46. Re1 Bc3 47. Re6+ Kf7 48. Re7+ Kf6
49. Bc5 a3 $19) 45. h4 Rb2 46. Kh3 Rxf2 47. h5+ Kf6 48. Bc5 Bxc5 49. Rxc3 Bd6 (
49... Bf8 $5) 50. h6 Kg6 51. Rc6 Rd2 52. h7 Kxh7 53. Nxf5 $15 {White should
still play accurately to reach the draw.} Bb4 54. Ra6 (54. Rh6+ Kg8 55. Rh4 Rb2
56. Ne7+ Bxe7 57. Rxa4 {with a theoretical draw (everybody must know how to
reach it but not everybody does!)}) (54. Rb6 $5 {Svidler,P}) 54... a3 55. Ra4
a2 56. Nd4 $4 {Quite typical: a blunder destroys fruits of long and hard
defense.} ({According to GM P.Svidler, after} 56. Kg4 {Black can't win, e.g.}
Bc3 ({Or} 56... Rg2+ 57. Kf3 Rh2 58. Kg3 Rc2 59. Nd4 (59. Ne3 Rd2) 59... Rc3+
60. Kg4 Ba3 61. Nc2 Kg6 62. Ra6+ Kf7 63. Kf5 {etc.}) 57. Ra7+ Kg8 58. Ra8+ Kf7
59. Nd6+ Ke6 60. Ne4 Rd4 (60... Rg2+ 61. Kf3 Rc2 62. Nxc3 Rxc3+ 63. Ke4 $1 Rc2
64. Kd3 $11) 61. Rxa2 Rxe4+ $15 {Svidler,P}) 56... Rd3+ 57. Kg2 Ba3 58. Nc2
Rd2+ 59. Kf3 Rxc2 60. Ra7+ Kg6 (60... Kg6 61. Rxa3 Rc3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.25"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
Nd7 9. O-O Nc5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. b4 {[%mdl 4] Black should decide, to accept P
sacrifice or not.} Bxc3 $18 {?? After this game we can say: to accept P
sacrifice is decisive mistake...} ({It was necessary to reply} 11... Ne6 12.
Rc1 ({After} 12. Rb1 Ned4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Nd5 e6 15. Ne3 b6 16. Bd3 Bb7 17.
Nc2 {Black equalized:} Nxc2 18. Qxc2 Rc8 19. Qa4 Rc7 20. Be3 Qa8 21. f3 f5 $132
{0-1 Sokolov,I-Reinderman,D/Rotterdam 1999/CBM 72 (65)}) 12... a5 (12... Bd7
13. Nd5 {-see detailed commented game 1-0 Ananchenko,I-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar
1997/EXT 2000[Tsesarsky,I] (42)}) 13. b5 $5 {Interesting try.} (13. a3 axb4 14.
axb4 Ned4 {-see detailed commented game 1-0 Pigusov,E-Reinderman,D/Ohrid 2001/
CBM 84_01[Tsesarsky,I] (31)}) 13... Ne5 14. Nd5 Nc5 15. Bg5 $1 {White
sacrifices P.} f6 16. Be3 Nxe4 17. Bb6 Qd7 18. f4 Nf7 19. Bd3 f5 $8 20. Bxe4
fxe4 21. Bd4 {[%cal Gd5b6]} Qd8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Nce3 $14 {1-0 Ibragimov,
I-Vokarev,S/Ubeda ESP 2001/The Week in Chess 325 (37)}) 12. Bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bb2
Be6 14. b5 $1 {Looks the best move in this position.} ({Very bad is} 14. f3 $2
Qb6+ 15. Nd4 Qxb4 16. Qc1 Qc5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Kristiansen,J-Trauth,M/Berlin-West
1980/MCD (21)}) (14. Bf3 Nf6 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Rac1 a5 17. b5 Ne5 18. Ne3 Nxf3+
19. Qxf3 Nd7 20. h4 f6 21. h5 gxh5 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. Qxd5+ Kh8 24. Rfe1 Nc5 25.
Rcd1 Rad8 26. b6 Qd7 27. Bd4 e6 28. Qxh5 $14 {1-0 Franco Ocampos,Z-Adla,D/
Cordoba 1994/EXT 97 (39)}) (14. Bd3 Nf6 15. Qd2 a5 16. a3 Ne5 17. Ne3 axb4 18.
axb4 Rxa1 19. Bxa1 Qc7 $44 {1/2-1/2 Perunovic,M-Pikula,D/Lazarevac 1999/CBM 73
ext (38)}) 14... Ne5 15. Qd4 (15. Ne3 $5 f5 16. Nd5 Nf6 17. f4 Ned7 18. Bf3
Bxd5 19. Bxd5+ Nxd5 20. Qxd5+ Rf7 21. Rfe1 Nf6 22. Qxb7 Qb6+ 23. Qxb6 axb6 24.
Bxf6 exf6 25. Re6 $16 {1-0 Matsuura,E-De Souza,M/Sao Paulo BRA 2002/The Week
in Chess 413 (44)}) 15... Nf6 16. f4 $1 $18 (16. Ne3 $143 $2 Ned7 17. Rad1 a6 {
and Black eventually equalized:} 18. g4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Bxf6 exf6 21.
Rxd6 Nc8 22. Rd2 axb5 23. cxb5 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I-Tiviakov,S/Paris 1991/TD (23)}
) 16... Ned7 ({After} 16... Neg4 17. h3 Nh6 18. g4 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6][%cal Gg4g5,
Gb2h8] White has winning position:} Rc8 19. Ne3 Bd7 20. g5 $18 {1-0 Van Wely,
L-Gustafsson,J/Dieren 1999/CBM 71 ext (35)}) 17. g4 {[%csl Re6][%cal Gf4f5]
Threatening f4-f5} Qb6 18. f5 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 {It was possible to resign just
here...} Nxg4 20. Bd5 Rac8 21. Ne3 Nge5 22. Qxb6 Nxb6 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Ba6 Nd3
25. Bd4 Nb4 26. Rfc1 Nxa6 27. bxa6 e5 28. fxe6 fxe6 29. Rab1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.26"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Ba2 Ne6 15.
Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 h6 17. Be3 d5 18. Qf3 Bf8 19. Rad1 Qd6 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Ne4
Bxe4 22. dxe4 Qc6 23. Qf5 Re7 24. c3 Kh8 25. b4 g6 26. Qf3 Bg7 27. c4 Qxe4 28.
Qxe4 Nxe4 29. cxb5 Nc3 30. Bc5 Nxd1 31. Bxe7 Nc3 32. Bxf7 axb5 33. Bxg6 Rxa3
34. Kh2 Ra2 35. Bc5 Bf6 36. Rc1 Kg7 37. Rxc3 Kxg6 38. Be3 Rb2 39. Rxc7 Rxb4 40.
g4 h5 41. Kg3 hxg4 42. hxg4 Rb3 43. Kf3 Bg5 44. Rc6+ Kf7 45. Ke4 Bxe3 46. fxe3
b4 47. Rb6 Kg7 48. Re6 Rb1 49. Kxe5 b3 50. Rb6 b2 51. e4 Kh7 52. g5 Kg7 53. g6
Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. Bc4 c6 6. exd6 Qxd6 7. O-O Bg7 8. h3
O-O 9. Re1 (9. Nbd2 Bf5 (9... Nd7 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Re1 e5 $5 (11... N7f6 12. Nc4
a5 (12... b5 13. Nce5 a5 14. a3 e6 15. Nd3 Nd7 16. Bg5 $14 {Berndt,S-Schrems,H/
RLNS 1991 (37)}) 13. a3 a4 14. Ba2 b5 15. Nce5 c5 16. dxc5 Qxc5 17. Qd4 Qd6 18.
Qh4 $14 {Kavalek,L-Ljubojevic,L/Las Palmas 1973 (55)}) 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5
Bxe5 14. Nf3 Bg7 15. c3 Be6 16. Bg5 $14 {Korneev,O-Krivonogov,A/Moscow 1998})
10. Re1 (10. Bb3 b5 $6 (10... Na6 $5 11. Re1 Rad8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Nce5 b5 $6
14. Qe2 Qb6 15. a4 $1 b4 16. a5 Qb7 17. Qc4 $16 {Stocek,J-Freisler,P/CZE-ch
1993 (55)}) 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Ne4 Bxe4 13. Rxe4 Nd5 14. a4 e6 15. Bg5 $14 {
Kaula,R-Wielecki,Z/POL-ch Bielsko-Biala 1991/1-0 (51)}) 10... Nd7 11. Bb3 h6 $6
12. Nh4 $1 Bxd4 13. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 14. Qxd4 (14. Rxe4 $2 Bg7) 14... N5f6 15. Rxe4
Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc5 $1 17. Qe2 Nxb3 18. axb3 $14 {Kavalek,L-Bohm,H/Wijk aan Zee
1977}) 9... Nd7 10. Bb3 (10. Bf1 b5 11. a4 b4 12. c4 bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Ba3
Qb8 15. c4 Nb4 16. Nc3 a5 17. Rb1 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 Breyther,R-Konopka,M/Germany
1997/GER-chT2 (17)}) 10... b5 {Less commiting is 10...b6, but then black would
be exposed to c4 forcing black knight to leave very comfortable position on d5.
} (10... N5f6 11. Qe2 e6 12. Nc3 b6 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 $14 {Komissarov,
I-Labunskiy,D/Podolsk 1993}) 11. Nbd2 Bb7 (11... Ba6 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. c3 Bb7 14.
Bg5 Rfe8 15. Qd2 a5 16. a3 Rad8 17. Rac1 $14 {Donatti,A-Soppe,G/Montevideo 1994
}) 12. Ne4 Qc7 13. Bg5 e6 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 14. c4 {Black was ready to push c5 so
white didn't have much choice, but to play c4.} (14. Qd2 $6 c5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5
16. Bh6 f6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 $11) 14... bxc4 15. Bxc4 N5f6 {A bit passive. Very
serious attention deserved} (15... c5 $5 16. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7]} Rac8 17. dxc5 (
17. Nxc5 $6 Nxc5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxc5 Qb7 $44) 17... Bxb2 18. Rc2 Bg7 19. Qd2
(19. Nd6 Nc3 20. Qd2 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Qxc5 22. Nxc8 Rxc8 $132) 19... Bc6 20. Bh4
$5 $14 {[%cal Gh4g3,Gg3d6]}) 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. Rc1 h6 18. Bh4 Rad8 (18... Rac8
$5) 19. Bb3 Qb6 20. Qc2 Rde8 21. Bg3 $16 {Black is deprived of active
counterplay while his weak pawn on c6 is a target for white pieces.} Qb4 22. a3
Qe7 23. Ne5 (23. Be5 $5) 23... Nd5 24. Nxc6 Qg5 {[%cal Gd5f4]} 25. h4 Qg4 26.
Qd1 $6 {Giving up a part of advantage. More convincing was} (26. Bxd5 $1 exd5
27. Ne5 $1 Qxd4 (27... Bxe5 28. dxe5 d4 29. Qd2 $18) 28. Red1 Qe4 29. Qxe4 dxe4
30. Nd7 e3 31. Nxf8 e2 32. Re1 $18) 26... Qxd1 27. Rexd1 Bxc6 28. Rxc6 Ne7 29.
Rc4 $6 {Another inaccuracy after which black has very good chances to survive.}
(29. Ra6 $5 Nf5 30. Be5 Re7 31. g4 Nxh4 32. Bd6 Rb7 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Ba4 $16)
29... Nf5 30. Bc7 Rc8 31. d5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Bxb2 33. Ra5 Nd4 34. Ba2 Rfe8 $5 (
34... Ne2+ $5 35. Kf1 Nc1 36. Bb1 Nb3 {[%cal Gb3d2]} 37. Rd5 Bxa3 (37... Bc1 $6
38. Ba2 $1 Nd2+ 39. Rxd2 Bxd2 40. Ke2 $16 {[%csl Rd2]}) 38. Bc2 Nc5 39. Rcxc5
Bxc5 40. Rxc5 Rfe8 $14) 35. g3 Ne2+ 36. Kg2 Nc1 37. Bb1 Nb3 38. Rxa7 Nd2 39.
Rc2 Bd4 {Forcing multiple exchanges leading to a drawish endgame.} 40. Rb7 Nxb1
41. Rxb1 Be5 42. Rbc1 Bxc7 43. Rxc7 Rxc7 44. Rxc7 Re2 $14 45. Kf3 Ra2 46. Ra7
h5 47. a4 Kg7 48. a5 Kf6 49. a6 Ke5 50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Ra7 Ke5 52. Ke3 Ra3+ $2 (
52... f6 53. Re7+ Kd6 (53... Kf5 54. a7 g5 55. Rg7 $18 {[%cal Ge3b6]}) 54. Rg7
Rxa6 55. Rxg6 Ke6 56. Rh6 Ra5 57. Rh7 Rb5 $11) 53. Kd2 Ra2+ (53... Ke6 54. Kc2
f6 55. Kb2 Rf3 56. Rb7 Rxf2+ 57. Ka3 Rf1 58. Rb2 $18) 54. Kc3 Rxf2 (54... Kd5
55. Kb4 Rxf2 56. Rc7 Ra2 57. a7 $18) 55. Rb7 Ra2 56. a7 Kf6 57. Kc4 Ra1 58. Kb5
Rb1+ 59. Kc6 Rc1+ 60. Kb6 Rb1+ 61. Kc7 Ra1 62. Kb8 Kf5 63. Rb4 $1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 18th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2002.09.28"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2002.09.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 092"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.02.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 {Krasenkow,M} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 {
Until now Dreev used to play the recently popular (partly thanks to him) line}
(5. Nf3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Ng5 Bd5 9. e4 h6 10. exd5 hxg5 11. Bxg5
Nxd5 12. Bxc4 Nb6 13. Bb3 Nc6 14. Ne2 {But probably the following game
discouraged him:} (14. d5 Nd4 $11) 14... a5 15. a3 a4 16. Ba2 Nxd4 $1 17. Nxd4
Qxd4 18. Qxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxc7 Rac8 $1 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Kd2 e6 22. Be3 Bxe3+ 23.
fxe3 Nc4+ 24. Bxc4 {1/2, Dreev,A-Khalifman,A/Wijk aan Zee/2002/} Rxc4 $11) ({
After} 5. Rc1 {theory nowadays considers Black's best reaction to be} Nh5 $1 6.
Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 dxc4 8. e3 Be6 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Nf3 c6 11. Ne5 b5 12. f4 Nd5 13.
Qd2 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bd5 15. Qc2 Bf6 $13 16. Bf2 Bxg2 17. Rg1 Qd5 18. Rxg2 Qxg2
19. Bf3 Qh3 20. Bg4 Qg2 21. Bf3 Qh3 22. Bg4 Qg2 23. Bf3 {1/2, Dreev,A-Leko,P/
Wijk aan Zee/1996/}) 5... c5 ({The P sacrifice} 5... O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5
Qxd5 8. Bxc7 {isn't too popular nowadays, although the position after} Na6 9.
Bxa6 Qxg2 10. Qf3 Qxf3 11. Nxf3 bxa6 $13 {[%csl Gc8,Gg7] =<=>^^ hardly
promises White anything special. Fashion is sometimes difficult to explain.})
6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 {Here it's already easier to understand, why White didn't
play his former favourite} (7. Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 {It was his opponent in this
game, who came up with a convincing antidote} Bd7 9. Nc3 Ne4 $1 10. Nxd5 Na6
11. f3 Nexc5 12. O-O-O e6 13. Nc7+ Nxc7 14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Bd6 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17.
Bxc4 Na4 18. Rd2 Bb5 19. Rc2 Bxc4 20. bxc4 Kd7 21. c5 Rc6 22. Ne2 {1/2, Van
Wely,L-Svidler,P/Tilburg/1997/} Nxc5 23. Rd1 Rxd6 24. Rxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rb8
26. Ra5 $11 {1/2, Kiss,P-Ruck,R/HUN-chT/1998/}) 7... dxc4 ({The reputation of} 
7... Ne4 $6 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 {has been tarnished by the energetic} 10.
Rxc3 $1 (10. bxc3 Qa5 {from the famous Petrosian-Fischer game in 1971 was
later found to be quite playable for Black despite Fischer's loss.}) 10... O-O
(10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qa1+ 12. Kd2 O-O 13. Bh6 f6 14. Nf3 Rf7 15. Rg1 Qa4 16.
Bc4 $40 {Cherepkov,A-Zdrojewski,W/Leningrad/1990/}) 11. Bc4 Qa1+ 12. Rc1 Qxb2
13. Nf3 a5 14. Nd4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Na6 {Piket,J-Svidler,P/Eurotel Prague/2002/}
16. c6 $36) 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 $5 (9. Nf3 {-D93 transposes into a line, which
is harmless for Black.} Qxc5 10. Bb3 (10. Nb5 $6 Be6 $15) (10. Qb3 Nc6 $11)
10... Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 {and Blackis OK in a symmetrical
position. One of the plausible drawish lines is} 14. Nd5 e5 15. Bh2 Be6 16.
Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Nxe4 21. Rxc6 Rxc6 22.
Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc6 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 bxc6 25. Bc2 Nc5 26. Nxe5 Bxa2 27. Nxc6 Bb3
28. Bxb3 {1/2, Volzhin,A-Oral,T/Koszalin op/1999/}) 9... Qxc5 (9... Nc6 $143
10. O-O Qxc5 11. Nb5 $36 {[%csl Rc5] ףc5 makes life unpleasant for Black's Q,
with White's K already castled} Be6 {is not so effective anymore due to} 12.
Bd3 $5 Qb4 13. Nc7 $14 {ק}) 10. Qb3 (10. Nb5 Qb4+ (10... Be6 $2 11. Qb3 $16 {
is different from the similar line above, the Ne2 protects the Rc1!}) 11. Kf1
a6 $1 12. a3 Qxb2 13. Rb1 Qxb1 14. Qxb1 axb5 15. Bxb5 Rxa3 $1 16. Qb2 (16. Bxb8
$143 $2 Ne4 $1 $17 {loses material}) 16... Ra8 17. Be5 Nc6 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. h3
$15 {1/2, Dydyshko,V-Begun/USSR/1990/ is already more pleasant for Black.})
10... Nc6 {Black must tread carefully, this position is not so well-known as
the D93 lines.} (10... e5 $6 11. Bg5 $36 {[%csl Rd5,Rd6] ><d5,d6}) (10... Qa5
11. O-O $32 {avoids the tactical complications from our game, but here White's
lead in development causes Black problems:} Nc6 $142 (11... Nbd7 12. a3 $1 Nc5
(12... Nb6 13. Bc7 Qc5 14. Na4 Nxa4 15. Qxa4 Qg5 16. Ng3 Ne8 17. Bf4 Qf6 18.
Ne4 Qb6 19. b4 Bf5 20. Nc5 Nd6 21. Bd5 $16 {Piket,J-Leko,P/Monte Carlo blind/
2001/}) 13. Qa2 Ne6 14. Bg3 Bd7 15. b4 Qb6 (15... Qf5 16. Nd5 $36) 16. Be5 $36
{[%cal Yf1d1,Ye5f6] /\Rfd1,Bf6}) (11... Na6 12. a3 $1 $14 {is similar and can
transpose into the line above.}) 12. h3 $5 (12. Rfd1 Nh5 13. a3 Nxf4 14. Nxf4
e6 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Ne4 Qc7 18. Nec5 Rab8 19. Qa2 Be8 20. b4 Qe7 21.
Bf3 Ne5 22. Nxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Bxe5 $11 {Kraidman,Y-Schmidt,W/Nice olm/1974/})
{seems to be a slight improvement over the quoted older game below, White
retains some pressure after} 12... Qh5 13. Qc2 Bd7 14. Rfd1 $14) 11. Nb5 Qh5 {
Seemingly forced, but if Black can't find an improvement later on, he should
give some more attention to} (11... Qb6 $5 {/\} 12. Bc7 (12. Nc7 Qxb3 13. Bxb3
Rb8 14. Nd5 Ra8 $13 15. Rxc6 $6 bxc6 16. Nxe7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Bb7 $36) (12. O-O
$6 Na5 $15) 12... Qa6 13. Nbd4 Na5 $1 14. Bxa6 Nxb3 15. Nxb3 (15. axb3 bxa6 16.
Nc6 Re8 17. Be5 Bb7 $132) 15... bxa6 $13 {[%csl Gc8,Gg7] ^^ and the active B
compensate Black's split P}) 12. Ng3 ({The older move was} 12. Nc7 {but after
the coldblooded} Rb8 $1 {[%cal Rc6a5] /\Na5 Black is OK and White probably has
nothing more than repetition with} (12... Qa5+ 13. Qc3 Qxc3+ 14. Nxc3 Rb8 15.
N7d5 Ra8 16. O-O $14 {/=}) 13. Nd5 (13. Bxf7+ $6 Rxf7 14. Rxc6 Qa5+ $1 15. Qc3
(15. Nc3 e5 $17 {loses at least an exchange}) 15... Qxc3+ 16. Rxc3 Nh5 $15 {
and Black regains his P with an active ^^ in an _|_.}) 13... Ra8 14. Nc7 $11 {
Dreev has higher ambitions.}) 12... Qh4 13. Nc7 {Krasenkow,M: 'About this
sharp line - see CBM73, annotations to the game Gretarsson-Schandorff.'} g5 $5
{[%mdl 64] Black's best, as now he can't avoid a tactical melee anymore. 
Krasenkow,M: 'This move was put under doubt in the present game.'} (13... Rb8
$2 14. Bxf7+ Rxf7 15. Rxc6 Ng4 16. Ne8 $5 (16. Rc2 e5 17. Na6 Be6 $1 18. Qxe6
bxa6 $13) 16... Be5 17. Rc2 Bxf4 18. exf4 $16) ({Another alternative tested in
practice is} 13... e5 $6 {but after} 14. Bxe5 (14. Bh6 $6 Bxh6 15. Nxa8 Ng4 16.
Nc7 Nd4 17. Qa3 Nf5 18. Nd5 Ngxe3 19. Nxe3 Bxe3 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Qb3+ Kf6 22.
fxe3 Nxg3 23. Rc4 Qh5 24. Qd3 Be6 25. Rg1 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qxh2 {0-1, Piskov,
Y-Dvoirys,S/RUS-chT Podolsk/1992/}) 14... Nxe5 15. Nxa8 Bd7 16. Nc7 {it
doesn't seem Black's compensation is sufficient, e.g.} Rc8 17. O-O $5 (17. Be2
Ne8 18. f4 {Krasenkow,M: 'Too bold.'} (18. Qxb7 $5 {Krasenkow,M} Qd8 19. O-O
Rxc7 20. Rxc7 Qxc7 21. Qxc7 Nxc7 22. f4 Nc6 23. Rd1 $14) 18... Ng4 19. Qd1 Nxe3
20. Qxd7 Qxf4 {'!' Krasenkow,M.} 21. Nf1 {'?!' Krasenkow,M.} (21. Qxc8 $4 {
Krasenkow,M} Nxg2+ 22. Kd1 Qd4+ 23. Kc2 Qxb2+ 24. Kd3 Qd4+ 25. Kc2 Qc3+ $19) (
21. Bc4 $5 {Krasenkow,M} Rxc7 (21... Nxg2+ {Krasenkow,M} 22. Ke2) 22. Qxe8+ Bf8
23. Qe4 Nxg2+ 24. Kd1 Qd6+ 25. Bd3 (25. Qd3 {Krasenkow,M} Rxc4 $1) 25... Nf4
26. Rxc7 Nxd3 27. Ke2 Nf4+ 28. Kf3 Ne6 $1 $44) 21... Nxg2+ 22. Kd1 Qh4 {
'!?' Krasenkow,M.} 23. Qxc8 Qd4+ 24. Kc2 $2 Qxb2+ 25. Kd3 {'??' Krasenkow,M.} (
25. Kd1 $11 {Krasenkow,M}) 25... Nf4+ 26. Ke4 (26. Kc4 {Krasenkow,M} Qxc1+ 27.
Kb3 Qb2+ 28. Ka4 Qc2+ 29. Kb5 Qc6+ 30. Kb4 a5+ $1 31. Kb3 Qc3+ 32. Ka4 Qb4#)
26... Qe5+ 27. Kf3 Qxe2+ 28. Kg3 Nh5+ 29. Kh3 Qf3+ {0-1, Veremeichik,
V-Zhigalko,A/Minsk/2001/}) 17... Rxc7 18. Bxf7+ Nxf7 19. Rxc7 $16 {and the
unusual material balance (2R+3P/3 minor pieces after b7 falls) favours White.})
14. Bxg5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Formally this move is a novelty, but it was already
published in Krasenkow's notes. Krasenkow,M: 'Quite an obvious novelty.'} (14.
Nf5 $2 Bxf5 15. Bg3 Nd4 $1 (15... Qe4 $2 16. f3 $16) (15... Qh6 16. Nxa8 $16 {
are both insuffcient}) 16. exd4 (16. Qxb7 Rab8 $1 17. Qxb8 Nc2+ 18. Rxc2 Rxb8
19. Bxh4 Bxc2 20. Bxg5 Ne4 {[%cal Re4g5,Rb8c8] /\Ng5,Rc8} 21. Bxe7 Rxb2 $1 22.
O-O Nd2 $19) 16... Qe4+ 17. Kf1 Rac8 18. Rd1 Qc6 19. Bb5 Qb6 20. Bc4 Qa5 21.
Qb5 Qxb5 22. Bxb5 Rfd8 $19 {[%csl Rh1] Gretarsson,H-Schandorff,L/Gentofte/1999/
and the Rh1 won't get out in time.}) 14... Qxg5 15. Nxa8 Bd7 {Again Black
makes the most natural move, now White's N is a goner.} (15... Qe5 {[%cal
Re5b8] /\Qb8} 16. Be2 Qa5+ (16... Qb8 $2 17. Rxc6 $18) 17. Qc3 Qd8 18. Rd1 $5 (
18. b4 Nd5 19. Qc5 Be6 $1 20. b5 Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Ncb4 $36) 18... Bd7 19. Nf5 e5
20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bf3 $40) 16. Qxb7 (16. Nc7 $2 Qa5+ $17) 16... Rb8 (16... Qa5+
$2 17. b4 Nxb4 18. O-O Bc6 19. Qc7 Qa3 {also wins the N, but White's ->
crashes through after} 20. Nf5 Bxa8 21. Qxe7 $18) 17. Qc7 (17. Ne4 $2 Qxg2 (
17... Qa5+ 18. b4 Qa3 $19) 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Qxd7 Qxh1+ 20. Bf1 Ne5 $19) 17...
Rxa8 (17... Rc8 {Krasenkow,M} 18. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 $140 $2 19. Qxd7 Rd8 20. Qxc6
Qa5+ 21. Kf1 Qd2 22. Be2 $18 {A.Dreev}) 18. Ba6 $36 {'!' Krasenkow,M. 
Krasenkov considers this position unclear, but Dreev probably went deepeer
than that. In reality it's not so easy to coordinate Black's minor pieces.} Ne8
{A computer move, but probably not the best. Krasenkow,M: 'Black has a lot of
other options but none of them apeears to offer full equality, due to the poor
position of his minor pieces:'} (18... Nd8 19. O-O Ne6 20. Qb7 $36) (18... Nb4
$2 19. Qb7 $18) (18... Qa5+ $2 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. b4 $18) (18... Qg4 {was tried
in a later game. But it's rather mysterious why White didn' play} 19. Rxc6 (19.
O-O $6 Nd5 20. Qb7 Rb8 21. h3 Rxb7 22. hxg4 Rxb2 23. Rfd1 e6 24. e4 Nb6 $15 {
Tregubov,P-Oral,T/Selfoss/2002/}) 19... Nd5 (19... Bxc6 20. Qxc6 Qb4+ 21. Ke2 (
21. Qc3 $5) 21... Qxb2+ 22. Kf3 $16) (19... Ne8 $1 {see analysis in
Tregubov-Oral}) 20. Qb7 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 Qxb2+ (22... Rd8 23. Bc4 {
can transpose}) 23. Kf3 Rd8 24. Bc4 $14 {with an extra P and good winning
prospects.}) (18... Qd5 {Krasenkow,M} 19. Rd1 Qe5 (19... Qa5+ {Krasenkow,M} 20.
Qxa5 Nxa5 21. b4 Nc6 22. Bb7 Rb8 23. Rxd7 Nxd7 24. Bxc6 Ne5 25. b5 $1 $16) 20.
Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Qxc6 Qa5+ 22. Ke2 Rb8 23. Qxd7 Qxa6+ 24. Kf3 $16) (18... Qg4 $5 {
(Krasenkow,M) -see Tregubov-Oral in this issue.}) 19. Qxd7 Qa5+ 20. b4 $1 (20.
Qd2 $143 $6 Qxa6 $13 {[%csl Re1] עe1}) 20... Nxb4 21. O-O (21. Bc8 $2 Nxa2+
22. Ke2 (22. Kf1 Nxc1 23. Qxe8+ Bf8 $36) 22... Nxc1+ 23. Rxc1 Nd6 24. Nf5 $11 {
and it's White, who barely manages to maintain equality.}) 21... Qxa6 22. Nf5 (
22. Qxe7 Nxa2 $13 {is unconvincing, the text move is definitely stronger.})
22... Nxa2 $2 ({Black hardly wanted to give the Pe7, but after} 22... e6 23.
Nxg7 Nxg7 24. Rc7 Rf8 25. Rxa7 $16 {he is also in serious trouble.}) (22... Nf6
$142 $5 23. Qxe7 Bf8 24. Qe5 Re8 (24... Nxa2 $2 25. Ra1 $18 {[%csl Ra2] פa2})
(24... Qe6 25. Qg3+ Kh8 26. Qf3 Re8 $14 {/+/-}) 25. Qg3+ Kh8 $14 {was a better
chance, offering more prospects of <=>.}) (22... e5 {Krasenkow,M} 23. Nxg7 Nxg7
24. a3 Nd3 25. Rc7 Rf8 26. Rxa7 $16 {[%csl Ga3]}) 23. Rc6 Qa5 (23... Qa3 $5 24.
Nxe7+ (24. Qb7 $5 Rd8 25. Ra6 Qb4 (25... Qd3 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Rxa7 Nc3 28.
Ng6+ $1 $18) 26. Qxa7 Qb5 $1 (26... Nc3 27. Nxe7+ Kf8 28. Nc6 $18) 27. Ra5 (27.
Nxg7 Nc3 $1 $14 {[%cal Rb5f1] /\Qf1!-+}) 27... Qd3 28. Nxe7+ Kf8 29. Rxa2 Rd7
$16 (29... Qe4 $5 $16)) 24... Kf8 25. Nc8 Be5 26. Qf5 $40 {+/-}) (23... Qb5 $2
{Krasenkow,M} 24. Nxg7 Nb4 25. Nf5 {A.Dreev}) 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Nc8 (25. Nf5 $5
{Krasenkow,M}) 25... Qb4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] A blunder, but even after the only
move Krasenkow,M: 'Overlooking a nice tactical blow.'} (25... Qe5 $8 26. Qb7
Rb8 27. Qxa7 Rb2 (27... Nb4 28. Rc5 $18) 28. Nb6 Qe7 29. Nd7+ Kg8 30. Rc8 $16 {
/+- White's pressure is unbearable.} f5 31. Qa4 Kf7 $8 32. Qd1 {[%cal Rd1h5]}
Qd6 33. Qh5+ Qg6 34. Qh4 {the initiative certainly belongs to White.}) 26. Rc4
$1 (26. Rc4 Qxc4 (26... Qa3 27. Re4 $18) 27. Qe7+ Kg8 28. Qxe8+ Bf8 29. Ne7+
Kg7 30. Nf5+ Kg6 31. Qxa8 $18) 1-0

[Event "BEL-chT 0203"]
[Site "Belgium"]
[Date "2003.02.23"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.10.06"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BEL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eynatten"]
[BlackTeam "Rochade"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BEL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 a6 11. Bb2 Nh6 12. Nxd4 Nc6 13. Nf3 Qb6 14. Qd2 Nf5 15.
Bd3 Rc8 16. Qf2 Ne3 17. Bc1 Nc4 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Be3 Na4 20. Kd2 h5 21. Rhb1
Ne7 22. Rb3 Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 24. Bd4 Rh6 25. Re1 Rhc6 26. c3 Be6 27. Re3 Kd7
28. Rb1 b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.19"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nbd5 15.
Qb3 b6 16. Qa3 a5 17. Rfe1 Ra7 18. Rac1 Nb4 19. Qb3 Rc7 20. a3 Nbd5 21. Nc3 Bb7
22. Nb5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ba8 24. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.10.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 Bd6 10. g3 b5 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Rxc8 13. c4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4
bxc4 15. Rc1 Qb8 16. Bxc4 a5 17. Qe2 e5 18. Be3 O-O 19. Bg5 Be7 20. Rfd1 Rc7
21. b3 Qb6 22. Bxf6 Bxf6 23. Rd5 a4 24. Rcd1 axb3 25. Bxb3 Qa7 26. Qf3 Re8 27.
Rd6 Re7 28. h4 Qb7 29. Qf5 Qa7 30. h5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.11.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Babula, Vlastimil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qb3
b5 9. Be2 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2
15. Rad1 e6 16. Ne5 Nd7 17. Nd3 Bg7 18. Nb4 Nf6 19. Be5 Ne8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.11.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Rd1 Kc8 11. Ng5 Be8 12. b3 b6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Nge4
Kb7 15. Rd3 Rd8 16. Rad1 Rxd3 17. Rxd3 h5 18. Bc1 Kc8 19. Bg5 Bd7 20. h3 Re8
21. Bxe7 Nxe7 22. Ng5 Ng6 23. Nxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.14"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Prusikin, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Forchheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qa5 {One of the most
topical positions of the 7.Bc4 system.} 13. Qb2 (13. d5 $6 {is apparently
refuted by the new plan} Ne5 14. Bb3 Qa6 $1 {The idea of this move - see CBM92,
annots to Onischuk-Svidler. Other lines:} (14... c4 15. Bc2 e6 16. Rb1 b6 17.
f4 Ng4 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. e5 Bc6 20. Nd4 Bd5 21. h3 Nxe3 22. Qxe3 Qc5 23. h4 $16
{1-0 Vyzmanavin,A-Mikhalchishin,A/Moscow 1989/TD (31)}) (14... Ng4 $5 15. Bg5
c4 16. Bc2 f6 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Nd4 Bf7 20. Rb1 b6 21. Bd6 Rfd8 22.
Bb4 Qh5 23. h3 Ne5 $132 {0-1 Wendt,J-Konopka,M/Pardubice 1996/CBM 55 ext (42)})
(14... e6 15. f4 Ng4 16. e5 (16. c4 Qxd2 17. Bxd2 exd5 18. cxd5 Bb5 19. Bc4
Bxc4 20. Rxc4 b5 21. Rc2 Nf6 22. Ng3 Rfe8 23. d6 Nd7 24. Be3 Rc6 25. Rb1 {
1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Epishin,V/Daugavpils 1989/CBM 16 (25)}) 16... Rfd8 $1 (16...
c4 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bc2 Rfd8 19. Bd4 Rd7 20. h3 Nh6 21. g4 Bd5 22. Ng3 $36 {
1-0 Knaak,R-Michaelsen,N/Germany 1990/GER-chT (37)}) 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 c4 $5
19. dxe6 Bxe6 20. Bc2 Qc5 21. Nd4 b5 22. Rce1 b4 $1 23. Nxe6 Qxe3+ 24. Rxe3
fxe6 25. cxb4 Bf8 $1 26. a3 a5 27. Rb1 c3 $1 $44 {Shneider,A-Epishin,V/Sibenik
1989}) 15. Rfd1 (15. Bg5 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. Ng3
Nd3 20. Rb1 c4 $17 {0-1 Georgiev,V-Ftacnik,L/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (32)}) 15...
Bb5 16. Ng3 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Rc2 Rfd8 19. Qe1 Qa4 20. Rcc1 b5 21. f4 Rd7
22. f5 Qxa2 23. Ra1 Qb3 24. Bd2 Bd3 25. Qe3 c4 26. fxg6 hxg6 {0-1 Eynullaeva,
R-Vorobiov,E/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (26)}) (13. Rfd1 {is inpretentious:} e6 14.
Qb2 cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb4 16. Rd2 Qxb2 17. Rxb2 Na5 18. Bd3 Rxc1+ 19. Bxc1 b6 20.
Rc2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 $11 {0-1 Alberton,R-Epishin,V/Bratto 2000/CBM 77 ext 
(58)}) 13... b6 {A simple but good response. Practice has also seen:} (13...
Qc7 $6 14. Qa3 Qb8 15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. h3 $6 (16. Bf4 $5) 16... b5 17. Rb1 b4 18.
Qa6 cxd4 19. cxd4 Be8 $13 {0-1 Roeschlau,B-Van Mil,J/Groningen 1988/EXT 97 (42)
. (42)}) (13... cxd4 $5 14. cxd4 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. a3 Nc6 17. Ba2 Na5 18.
Nc3 e6 $11 {0-1 Syre,C-Suhl,D/Germany 1999/GER-chT2 (31)}) (13... Rc7 14. Bf4
e5 15. Bd2 exd4 16. cxd4 Qa4 17. Bf4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Qb1 b5 20. Bb3 (20.
Bxc7 bxc4 $44) 20... Qa5 21. Bxc7 Qxc7 22. Qd3 Qb6 $44 {0-1 Ruiz Escobar,
R-Alonso,S/Pamplona ESP 2002/The Week in Chess 424 (34)}) 14. f4 e6 15. Rfd1 $6
{This doesn't correspond to White's previous move.} ({Logic dictates} 15. Ng3 {
[%cal Yf4f5]}) 15... Rfd8 16. dxc5 {It is well known that this capture is
harmless even if White wins a pawn.} Bf8 $1 17. Qb5 $6 (17. cxb6 {was more
consistent although after} Bc5 18. Qd2 axb6 19. Nd4 Qa8 $5 {Black has a full
compensation for the missing pawn as his position is "more compact" 
(definition by Nimzowitsch) and White has a number of weaknesses (a2, c3, e4
or, in case of e4-e5, light squares).}) 17... Bxc5 18. Bxc5 bxc5 {Now, with
material balance and still a more compact position, Black has good prospects.}
19. Rb1 Be8 20. Qxa5 (20. Kf2 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Rb8 {doesn't change much.}) 20...
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nxa5 22. Bb3 $6 {Too passive.} (22. Ba6 Rb8 23. Ng3 $15 {
was probably a must.}) 22... Rb8 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Rd1 Ne3 25. Rd2 $4 (25. Rd3 c4
26. Rxe3 cxb3 27. axb3 Rxb3 {lead to a clear advantage for Black, due to his
outside passed pawn, but the text loses instantly.}) 25... c4 26. Bc2 Rb2 27.
Rd8 Kf8 ({After} 27... Kf8 28. Ba4 Rxe2 {Black sweeps away White's second rank.
}) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2002.12.15"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Hecht,H"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nb3 O-O 9. Bg5 a6 10. Re1 b5 11. Bf1 h6 12. Bh4 Nd7 13. Rb1 Nde5 14. Nd5 g5 15.
Bg3 e6 16. Ne3 Bb7 17. c4 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Ne5 20. Nd2 Nxc4 21. Nxc4
Bxe4 22. Rxe4 d5 23. Re1 dxc4 24. Qh5 Qd5 25. h4 Rad8 26. hxg5 Qxg5 27. Qxg5
hxg5 28. Rbc1 Bxb2 29. Rxc4 Rd5 30. Ra4 a5 31. Bc7 Rc8 32. Bb6 Rb8 33. Be3 Rb4
34. Rxb4 axb4 35. Kf1 f6 36. Re2 Rd1+ 37. Re1 Rd5 38. Re2 Be5 39. Rd2 Bd6 40.
Rxd5 exd5 {"Schlechter" schwarzer Läufer - daher wertloser schwarzer Mehrbauer}
41. g4 Kf7 42. Ke2 Ke6 43. Bd4 Be5 (43... Be5 44. Bc5 Bc3 45. Kd3 Ke5 $140 46.
a3 $1) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Luther, Thomas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Erfurt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nge7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nf5 8. Nc2
Nb4 9. Be2 Nxc2+ 10. Qxc2 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Bb4 12. a3 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 14. Kxd2
Bd7 15. Rac1 Ne7 16. h4 Nc6 17. h5 h6 18. Rh4 O-O 19. b4 Rac8 20. Bd3 Ne7 21.
Rhh1 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rc5 b6 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. b5 Ne7 26. a4 Be8 27. Nh4
f6 28. g4 f5 29. gxf5 Bxh5 30. fxe6 g5 31. Nf5 Nxf5 32. Bxf5 Kf8 33. Bc2 Ke7
34. Ke3 Kxe6 35. f4 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Be2 37. Kg3 Ke7 38. Kh4 Bf3 39. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.01.12"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 093"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.04.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Plauen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 b5 14. h3 Qa5
15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.08"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Luebeck"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. d3
Nd7 9. Be3 h6 10. Nbd2 Bg5 11. Qe2 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. d4 b5 15.
Bd1 Bg6 16. dxe5 Ncxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. b4 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxd2 21.
Bb3 Rac8 22. Qxe5 Rfe8 23. Qg3 Kh8 24. Rad1 Qxc3 25. Qxc3 Rxc3 26. f3 a5 27.
Rd7 f6 28. Rb7 a4 29. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.09"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bxc4 c5 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 a6 11. Re1 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Ne5
Qd6 15. Qf3 Rad8 16. h3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bd5 18. Qe2 Bxb3 19. axb3 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.29"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 c5 ({Less common than:} 12...
Re8) 13. Nf1 Re8 14. d5 g6 15. b3 (15. Be3 Bf8 16. N1h2 Bg7 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18.
hxg4 Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Spassky,B-Gligoric,S/Bath 1973/EU-chT (18)}) (15. a4 Nb6 16.
Ne3 Nxa4 17. Bxa4 bxa4 18. Nc4 Bc8 19. Qxa4 {1/2-1/2 Georgiev,K-Sygulski,A/
Warsaw 1983/MCD (19)}) 15... Nb6 (15... a5 $5 16. Rb1 Nh5 17. Ne3 Ba6 18. c4 b4
19. g3 Bc8 20. Kh2 Ndf6 21. Ng1 Ng7 22. Rb2 Nfh5 23. Ng4 Rf8 $40 {0-1 Cervetto,
E-Slipak,S/Villa Martelli 1998/EXT 2000 (48)}) 16. Ne3 {We have a P-formation
typical of the closed Ruy Lopes. But quite often Black has a N on a5 to worry
about in these situations. Now it´s on b6 which is more flexible. Still the
only one who can be better here is White with his considerable space advantage.
} (16. a4 bxa4 17. bxa4 a5 18. Ne3 Ba6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 Bc8 21. Nd2 Bg5
22. Bd3 Bd7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Torre,E-Gligoric,S/Nice 1974/EXT 2000 (48)}) 16... Bc8
17. a4 Bd7 18. a5 Nc8 19. b4 c4 {With the preliminary fighting over on the
Q-side the real game begins on the K-side.} 20. g4 h5 21. Nh2 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nh7
23. Kg2 Bg5 24. Rh1 Qf6 25. Bd2 Ne7 26. Qe2 Kg7 27. Rag1 Rh8 {Both sides mass
pieces on the K-side for the coming battle.} 28. Kf1 Bf4 29. Nf5+ $5 {[%mdl
640] In the right moment before Black has moved Ra8 to g8 with all pieces in
play.} gxf5 30. gxf5+ Kf8 31. Ng4 Qg7 32. Rh6 $5 f6 (32... Bxh6 $2 33. Bxh6 $18
) 33. Bxf4 exf4 34. e5 $1 (34. Rgh1 {just pinning Black into submission was
also interesting. One idea is to continue with f3 and then play the N to f4
via f2 and h3 after due preparation.}) 34... dxe5 $2 (34... Ng8 $142 35. exf6
Qf7 36. Rh3 Re8 37. Qd2 Ngxf6 38. Qxf4 Rg8 $13) 35. d6 Nxf5 36. Nxe5 Qxh6 (
36... fxe5 $2 37. Rxg7 Kxg7 38. Qh5 $1 $18) 37. Nxd7+ Kf7 38. Bxf5 Rae8 39. Qf3
Ng5 40. Qb7 Qh5 41. Bg4 $2 {What a pity.} (41. Ne5+ $1 Kg8 42. d7 Rd8 43. Qd5+
Kg7 44. Qd6 $1 {Nice move - easy to miss. The Q threatens to come to e7 with
deadly effect.} Rhf8 45. Ng6 $18) 41... Qh7 42. Ne5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0203"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.03.30"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Breder, Dennis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B57"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2002.10.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 Qb6 {Black doesn't
want to allow Velimirovic Attack by this move order, which could be arised by
6...e6 7.Be3;} 7. Nb3 (7. Ndb5) 7... e6 8. Bf4 Ne5 9. Be2 a6 (9... Be7 10. Be3
$1 Qc7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. f4 $16) 10. g4 {White goes for immediate pawn storm
over the kingside; Another possible continuation of the attack is 10.Bg3
following by 11.f4 and e4-e5 then as it happened in one games of Kramnik;
Black received good counterplay there thanks to the 10...h5 reply;} (10. Bg3 h5
$3 11. h3 (11. f4 $2 Neg4) (11. f3 Qc7 12. Qd4 $6 h4 13. Bf2 b5 $1 14. a4 Nc6
15. Qd2 b4 16. Na2 d5 $1 $132) (11. f3 $5 {Boensch}) 11... Qc7 (11... g5 $5)
12. f4 (12. a4 Bd7 $1 13. Qd4 Rc8 $10) 12... Nc4 $132 {0-1 Ivanchuk,V-Kramnik,
V/Linares 1993/CBM 34/[Kramnik] (33)}) (10. Qd2 Qc7) 10... Qc7 11. g5 Nfd7 12.
Bg3 (12. Qd4 b5 13. O-O-O Rb8 14. Bg3 b4 15. Nd5 exd5 16. exd5 g6 17. Bg4 Bg7
18. Bxd7+ Bxd7 19. f4 Bf5 20. Kb1 Qxc2+ 21. Ka1 Qxb3 22. fxe5 Qa4 {0-1 Cela,
A-Kotronias,V/Athens 1996/CBM 55 ext (22)}) 12... b5 13. Qd4 Rb8 14. f4 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Only this move is a novelty! White begins immediate operations in the
centre; 13.0-0-0 ,which was played in Kotronias game (see 12.Qd4 ) allows
black to get immediate counterplay by b5-b4;} Nc6 15. Qe3 Be7 16. O-O-O b4 17.
Na4 Nb6 $6 {In my opinion, the swap of white Na4 isn't necessary here since
that knight is just dumb there; Black could get good counterplay by 17...Nd8
or 17...Bb7;} (17... Bb7 $5 $132) 18. Nxb6 Qxb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 {[%mdl 4096]
White has better chances in this multiple-pieces ending because of better
placed pieces and weak of pawns of black over the queenside;} 20. Nd2 {[%cal
Rd2c4]} (20. Bf2 Rb8 21. h4 $14) 20... Na5 {[%cal Ra5c4] Black is just
preventing Nc4 of white by his last move;} 21. Bf2 Rc6 22. Rhg1 O-O 23. Kb1 Re8
24. Rg3 {White transfers the rook to 3rd rank intending a2-a3 break;} Bb7 25.
a3 d5 26. axb4 Bxb4 27. Rd3 $6 {Unaccuracy, which wasn't exploited by black in
this game; 27.c3 could give white obvious advantage;} (27. c3 $5 Bd6 28. e5 Bc7
$16) 27... Nc4 $6 {Unaccurate moves which leads black to troubles; Correct is
27...dxe4 with good counterplay;} (27... dxe4 $5 28. Nxe4 (28. Rd7 Bc8 (28...
Rd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Nb3 Bb4 31. Bc5 $14) 29. Ra7 e5 30. c3 Bd6 $132) 28...
Rxc2 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Kxc2 Be4 $132) 28. Nxc4 dxc4 {Probably, 28....Rxc4 was
better idea which leads to some complications; After the text move, white's
advantage is obvious;} (28... Rxc4 29. Rb3 Rxe4 30. Bd3 Rxf4 31. Be3 Rh4 32. c3
e5) 29. Rd7 $16 {White intercepts the initiative by entering to the 7th rank;}
Bc8 30. Ra7 Kf8 $6 {This waiting strategy led black to the loss in this game;}
(30... Rd6 $5 31. Be3 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Bd6) 31. e5 $1 $18 {This move grabs even
more space and opens up the diagonal for white light square bishop;} Bc5 32.
Bxc5+ Rxc5 33. Rd4 c3 34. b4 Rd5 35. Rc4 Rd2 36. Bd3 {[%cal Rc4c7]} a5 37. b5 {
Black resigned since there is no good defense against all threats of white;}
1-0

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2002.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nd5 Be7 6. Bf4 d6 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Nb5 Nxd5 9. exd5 a6 10. dxc6 axb5 11. Bxb5 Bg5 12. cxb7 Bxb7 13. Qg4 Qe7+ 14.
Kd2 Bf6 15. Rhe1 Qd8 16. c3 Rb8 17. Kc2 Bc8 18. Qe2 c6 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Qd2 g6
21. Kc1 Qa5 22. Bxd6 Rxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxc3 24. Qa3 Qxa3+ 25. Bxa3 Ra8 26. Rxe6
Bxa1 27. Rxc6 Rxa3 28. Bc4 Bd4 29. f4 Ra5 30. Kd2 Rc5 31. Rxc5 Bxc5 32. a4 Kf8
33. Kd3 Bb6 34. Ke4 Ke7 35. f5 g5 36. Kd5 g4 37. Kc6 Bg1 38. h3 gxh3 39. gxh3
Kf6 40. Bd3 Kg5 41. a5 Kh4 42. a6 f6 43. Kb7 Kxh3 44. a7 Bxa7 45. Kxa7 Kg4 46.
Kb6 Kf4 47. Kc5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2002.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2002.10.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 090 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qe5 9. Bd3 Qxd4 10. O-O f5 11. Be3 Qe5 12. f4 Qc7 13. Ng5 Bc5 14. Qh5+ g6
15. Qh3 h6 16. Rae1 Qb6 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qh5+ Kd8 19. Nf7+ Kc7 20. Nxh8 Bxe3+
21. Kh1 Qxb2 22. Rxe3 Qxh8 23. Qf7 Qd4 24. Rxe6 Qxc4 25. Rfe1 Qxf4 26. R6e5 Nc6
27. Rxf5 Qd2 28. Rff1 b5 29. Rd1 Qe3 30. Rf3 Qe4 31. h3 h5 32. Qxh5 Bb7 33. Qg5
Re8 34. Rfd3 Ne5 35. Re3 Qc2 36. Ree1 Bc6 37. Rd2 Qc3 38. Rde2 d6 39. Re3 Qc4
40. Rg3 Kb6 41. Qd2 Qc5 42. Kh2 Nc4 43. Qc3 Rxe1 44. Qxe1 Nxa3 45. h4 b4 46.
Rg5 Qd4 47. Qg3 Nc2 48. Rg4 Be4 49. Rf4 Ne3 50. Qg8 Qe5 51. Qg3 Nxg2 52. Rxe4
Qxe4 53. Qxd6+ Kb5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.27"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Dydyshko, Viacheslav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Nc4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Ne1 Nbd5 14. Bb2 Rc8 15.
Ne5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. f3 Bf5 18. Rf2 Nc3 19. Qd2 Na4 20. Ba3 Nb6 21. Qe2
Bxe5 22. dxe5 Nc4 23. Bb2 Qa5 24. g4 Bd7 25. Nd3 Bb5 26. Qe1 Qxe1+ 27. Rxe1
Nxb2 28. Nxb2 Rc5 29. f4 Rd8 30. Kg2 Bc6+ 31. Kg3 b5 32. Rd1 Rxd1 33. Nxd1 b4
34. Rd2 a5 35. Rd8+ Kg7 36. Rc8 Rc2 37. Nf2 Ba4 38. Ra8 Rxa2 39. Rxa5 b3 40.
Nd1 Bc6 41. Rc5 Rg2+ 42. Kh3 Rc2 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.28"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Qb6 7. Nb3 e6 8.
Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f3 a6 11. h4 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qf2 Nd7 14. g4 b5 15.
g5 Nce5 16. h5 b4 17. Ne2 a5 18. Kb1 a4 19. Nbd4 Nc5 20. g6 b3 21. gxh7+ Kh8
22. Rg1 Bf6 23. Qg2 Bb7 24. Bg5 Bxg5 25. Qxg5 f6 26. Qe3 bxc2+ 27. Nxc2 d5 28.
h6 g6 29. Qf4 dxe4 30. Qxf6+ Kxh7 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Ned4 exf3 33. Rg5 Be4 34.
Qxe5 Qxe5 35. Rxe5 Rxd4 36. Kc1 Rd5 37. Rxd5 Bxd5 38. Kd2 Kxh6 39. Ke3 g5 40.
Nd4 g4 41. Kf4 Kh5 42. Nc2 Kh4 43. Ne3 g3 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.29"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc5 11. c3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4
Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 Bc6 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qb7 O-O 19. Qxa7 Rfd8 20. Rfd1
c5 21. dxc5 Qxb2 22. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.10.31"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bosnia&Herzegovina"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. d4 c5 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. c4
dxc4 9. bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qc1 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc6 13. c5 Qc7 14. Nb5 Qc8 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Ne5 17. Nd4 Rb8 18. Rb1 Qc7 19. Qc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Qa5 21. Qc3
Qxc3 22. Rxc3 Nc6 23. Nxc6 Bxc6 24. Rc4 b5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.02"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van den Doel, Erik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 Be7 11. Rd1 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Ne2 Be7 14.
Be3 h5 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. Bf4 Be6 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. b3 Rd8 20. c4 Be4
21. e6 Bf6 22. Bxc7 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Bb1 25. Rd8+ Ke7 26. exf7 Kxf7
27. Rb8 b5 28. a4 bxa4 29. bxa4 Ba2 30. Rb7 Bxc4 31. Rxa7 Ke6 32. Bd8 Rh8 33.
Bg5 g6 34. a5 Bd5 35. a6 c5 36. Rc7 c4 37. a7 Rf8 38. Bxh4 Rf4 39. Re7+ Kd6 40.
Re8 Rxh4 41. Rd8+ Ke6 42. Rxd5 Rh8 43. Ra5 Ra8 44. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.04"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ruck, Robert"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 Qb6 7. g4 h6 8. a3 e5
9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. gxf5 Nc6 11. Bc4 Nd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Be7 14. Qd3 Bg5 15.
b4 Rc8 16. c3 Nb5 17. Bb2 Bh4+ 18. Kd1 a5 19. Rc1 Ke7 20. Rc2 axb4 21. axb4
Rhd8 22. Rg2 Bg5 23. h4 Bf6 24. Ke2 Rd7 25. Bc4 Nxc3+ 26. Bxc3 Rdc7 27. Rgg1
Rxc4 28. Rc1 Qa6 29. Kf2 Qc6 30. Bd2 Bxh4+ 31. Kg2 Bg5 32. Bxg5+ hxg5 33. Rcd1
Rd4 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.06"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2554"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Germany"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
b5 9. Qd2 Bb7 10. f4 Nc8 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. g5 Qe8 14. Rg1 b4 15.
Ne2 a5 16. Ng3 a4 17. Nd4 b3 18. cxb3 axb3 19. Nxb3 Bd8 20. Bb5 Qe7 21. f5 Ne5
22. f6 Qc7 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. Bd4 Na7 25. Be2 Nac6 26. Bc3 Be7 27. Nh5+ Kh8 28.
g6 fxg6 29. Qh6 Rg8 30. Nf4 Na5 31. Nxa5 Rxa5 32. Nxg6+ Rxg6 33. Rxg6 Bxe4+ 34.
Bd3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.07"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Zelcic, Robert"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. e5 Rd8 11. Bd3 c5 12. Qg4 Ne7 13. Bg5 Rd4 14. Qg3 Ng6 15.
Rad1 Be7 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Ne2 Rdh4 19. h3 R8h5 20. f4 g5 21. Rf1
gxf4 22. Rxf4 Be4 23. Nc3 Rxf4 24. Qxf4 Rh4 25. Qg3 Bxc2 26. Rd6 Rd4 27. Rxa6
Qb7 28. Ra5 Bd3 29. Qxg7 Rd8 30. a4 Qb6 31. Rxb5 Bxb5 32. Nxb5 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Rf1
34. Nd6+ Kd7 35. Qg8 Qd8 36. Qg4 Qb6 37. Qg8 Qd8 38. Qg3 Qa5 39. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-35"]
[Site "Bled"]
[Date "2002.11.10"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2002.10.26"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugoslavia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. h4 c5 11. e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Inmortales op 4th"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2002.12.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. Nxc3
h5 9. h4 Nd7 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. Na4 Qc7 14. gxh5 Bxh5 15.
Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Nh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Los Inmortales op 4th"]
[Site "Santo Domingo"]
[Date "2002.12.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2002.11.29"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "DOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 091 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.01.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8.
h4 h6 9. Nf4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. h5 Bh7 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Re1 Qb6
15. c4 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qb4 18. Qd2 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4]} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7.
Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Qc7 {Black applies a relatively rare continuation.}
10. g4 Be7 {10...h5 deserves attention as demonstrated in the afformentioned
game.} (10... h5 $5 11. gxh5 Rxh5 12. h4 O-O-O 13. Kb1 Be7 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Bh3 Kb8 16. Ne2 Rdh8 17. Nf4 R5h7 18. Rhg1 Ne8 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mullon,J-Moldovan,
D/Creon 2002/CBM 89 ext (25)}) (10... b5 11. Bxb5 axb5 12. Ndxb5 Qb8 13. Nxd6+
Bxd6 14. Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 $16 {1/2-1/2 Ramesh,R-Lovlu,S/Sakthi 1996/CBM 53 
(45)}) (10... Ne5 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. f4 h5 $5 14. gxh5 Nxd3+ 15. Qxd3
Rxh5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Peptan,C-Galliamova,A/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext (87)}) 11. Be3 $1
$146 {[%cal Rg4g5][%mdl 8] White transfers its bishop to e3 in advance
preparing for g4-g5. In case of 11.h4 Black has counterplay: 11...h5} (11. h4
Rc8 (11... h5 $5 12. gxh5 Nxh5 13. Rg1 O-O-O 14. Kb1 Be8 15. Be2 g6 16. f4 Bxg5
17. hxg5 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Mendoza,R-Minaya,J/Cartagena 1995/EXT 2001
(18)}) (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Bc6 13. Kb1 O-O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Yildirim,
M-Alaybeyoglu,H/Kocaeli 2002/CBM 89 ext (38)}) 12. Kb1 Ne5 (12... b5 13. Nxc6
Bxc6 14. Bd3 b4 15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 Ng8 17. Nd4 $36 {1-0 Diringer,K-Fauth,D/
Wuerttemberg 1992/GER (41)}) 13. Rg1 b5 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4
17. Rge1 Kd8 18. a3 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Nb3 $16 {1-0 Pinter,G-Balogh,V/
Budapest 2000/EXT 2001 (30)}) 11... Ne5 {Black is already experiencing
difficulties. It's unclear how they can achieve some kind of counterplay.
Perhaps it was worth trying 11...h6, temporarily haulting White's attack.} 12.
g5 Nh5 13. f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. f5 {White's attack is developing on its
own. White's active play along with the bad positioning of Black's knight on
h5 which is practically out of play.} b5 {[%cal Rb5b4] With the idea of
innitiating counterplay by way of advancing b4.} 16. a3 Rc8 17. Rhf1 a5 18. Qf2
$1 {[%csl Yf7][%cal Rf2f7][%mdl 128] White activates the Queen for in order to
attack along the f line.} O-O (18... b4 19. fxe6 Bxe6 (19... fxe6 20. Qf7+ Kd8
21. Nf5 $18 exf5 22. Bb6+) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qf7+ Kd7 22. Rxd6+ $1 Kxd6 23.
Rd1+ $18) (18... e5 19. Nb3 $36) 19. Nb3 b4 20. f6 Bd8 {Black's choice isn't
easy. White's attack is very dangerous in all cases.} (20... bxc3 21. fxe7 $18)
(20... Bxf6 21. gxf6 bxc3 22. fxg7 Nxg7 23. Rg1 f5 24. Rxd6 Ba4 25. Bh6 Rf7 26.
Qd4 cxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Qxd4+ 28. Nxd4 $18) (20... gxf6 21. Nxa5 Qa6 22. gxf6 Bxf6
23. axb4 $40) 21. axb4 a4 22. Rxd6 Bb5 (22... axb3 23. Rxd7 Qxb4 24. fxg7 Nxg7
25. Rxf7 $18) 23. Nd2 Qc7 (23... Qxb4 $5 {More stubborn is 23...Qb4 although
in this case, White's advantage is again unquestionable.} 24. Rd4 Qa5 25. fxg7
Nxg7 26. Rxd8 Rcxd8 27. Bb6 Qa6 28. Nxb5 Rxd2 29. Kxd2 Qxb5 30. Kc1 $16) 24.
fxg7 Nxg7 25. Rxd8 $1 Rfxd8 26. Bb6 $18 Rxd2 (26... Qb7 27. Nxb5 $18) 27. Bxc7
Rxf2 28. Rxf2 Rxc7 29. Nxb5 Rc4 30. c3 Rxe4 31. Nd6 {The active knight and the
pass-pawn 'b' decide the outcome.} Re1+ 32. Kc2 e5 33. b5 Ne6 34. b6 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Markowski, Tomasz"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 d4 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Na3 Nf6 8. Nc2 a5
9. b3 O-O 10. a3 e5 11. Rb1 e4 12. Ng5 exd3 13. exd3 Bg4 14. Qd2 h6 15. Nf3 Nd7
16. h3 Be6 17. Re1 Re8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 cxb4 20. Nxb4 Nxb4 21. Rxb4 Nc5 22.
Bf1 Bd7 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Rb1 Bc6 25. Ne1 Qd7 26. Nc2 Na4 27. Ra1 b5 28. cxb5
Bb7 29. Ne1 Qxb5 30. Qc2 Qd7 31. Bg2 Re8 32. Bd2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Nc3 34. Nf3 Qd5
35. Bxc3 dxc3 36. d4 Rc8 37. Qd3 Rc4 38. Rd1 Bxd4 39. Kh2 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Rd8 {The idea behind this move is
to play d5 at some point. It is an active move that White needs to meet
carefully.} 13. b3 {Best.} cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. Bb2 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17.
Bxd4 Be6 18. Rc1 Qa5 19. Nf1 $5 {This is the latest try in this line. White
hurries to mass his pieces against the black K.} (19. Bb1 d5 20. Bc3 Qb6 21.
Bxf6 (21. e5 Ne4) 21... Bxf6 22. e5 Bg5 23. Qe2 g6 $13 {1/2-1/2 Sendera,
J-Stempin,P/Lubniewice 2002/CBM 90 ext (29)}) (19. Nf3 d5 20. exd5 Rxd5 21.
Rxe6 fxe6 22. Qe2 Qa3 23. Bb2 Qd6 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Be4 Rd8 26. Bxd5 exd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Iuldachev,S/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 (38)}) 19... d5 {Black must
act or White will build an attack on the K-side.} (19... Qxa2 $4 20. Ra1 $18)
20. e5 Ne4 21. f3 Rac8 {Black fights for the initiative with a piece sacrifice.
} 22. fxe4 $5 $146 (22. Qd3 g6 23. Bb1 Bb4 (23... Ba3 $5) 24. Red1 Nc3 25. a3
Bf5 26. axb4 Bxd3 27. bxa5 Ne2+ 28. Kf2 Rxc1 29. Bxd3 Rxd1 30. Kxe2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Lutz,C-Iuldachev,S/Yerevan 2001/CBM 86 (53). (53)}) 22... Ba3 $1 23.
exd5 (23. b4 Qc7 $132) 23... Rxd5 24. Bxh7+ $1 (24. Ne3 Bxc1 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26.
Qxc1 Rxc2 27. Qxc2 Qxe1+ $11) 24... Kxh7 25. Rxc8 Bxc8 26. Qc2+ g6 27. Bf2 $14
{White is a P up, but the position is not clear since Black has the pair of B:
s.} Qd8 28. Qe4 Bb2 29. Qf4 Be6 30. Kh2 Kg8 31. Re2 Bc3 32. Bh4 Rd4 33. Bxd8
Rxf4 34. Ng3 Rd4 35. Ne4 Ba1 36. Bf6 $16 {White has consolidated and has a
nice grip with the B on f6.} Rd5 37. Kg3 Rd4 38. Nc5 a5 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. Rc2
a4 41. bxa4 Rxa4 42. h4 b4 43. Kf3 Bc3 44. Ke3 Ra5 45. Kd3 Kh7 46. Kc4 Kh6 47.
Be7 Ra8 48. Re2 Kh5 49. Bxb4 Bxb4 50. Kxb4 Rb8+ 51. Kc5 Ra8 52. Kb5 Rb8+ 53.
Kc6 Ra8 54. Kd7 Ra6 55. Re4 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d5 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6
9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd8 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 a6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. d4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Nce5 16. Qe2 f5 17. Nc3 Nf7 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Nb3 Nf6 21. Na4
e5 22. Bc5 Qc7 23. Bb6 Qe7 24. Bc5 Qc7 25. Bb6 Qe7 26. Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Christiansen, Larry Mark"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. c3 Nxe4 8. d4
Na5 9. Bc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c5 11. Nf5 Qf6 (11... d5 {is the main alternative to
the text} 12. f3 (12. a4 g6 13. f3 Nf6 14. Qe2+ Kd7 15. axb5 axb5 16. Bg5 h6
17. Bh4 gxf5 18. Bxf5+ Kc6 19. Na3 {is highly unclear - see 1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,
B-Mikhalchishin,A/Herceg Novi 1999/EXT 2001 (41)}) 12... Ng5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14.
Re1+ Kd7 15. Nd2 g6 16. f4 Qxf4 17. Rf1 Qc7 18. Ne3 f5 19. Bxf5+ (19. Nb3 Nxb3
20. Nxd5 Qd6 21. Bxb3 Rd8 22. Nf4 c4 23. Bc2 Kc8 24. Qxd6 Bxd6 $17 {0-1
Yurtaev,L-Kuzmin,A/Dubai 1999/CBM 70 ext (62)}) 19... gxf5 20. Rxf5 Kc8 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 $13 {0-1 (57) Almasi - Beliavsky, Vrnjacka Banja 1998.}) 12.
Nd2 $1 d5 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Ng3 Be7 15. Nxe4 Qc6 16. Qh5 g6 (16... Nc4 17. b3
g6 18. Qh3 Nd6 19. Re1 O-O 20. Bf4 Nf5 21. Ng5 Bxg5 22. Bxg5 $16 {1-0 Almasi,
Z-Beliavsky,A/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66/[Wedberg] (43). (42)}) (16... Qg6 17. Qe2
Qe6 18. Bf4 (18. Re1 h6 19. Nxc5 $16 {1-0 Yurtaev,L-Mozaliov,S/Smolensk 1997/
EXP 58 (27)}) 18... O-O 19. Rfe1 Rfe8 20. Rad1 Bf8 21. Qh5 $40 {1-0 Smirnov,
P-Belozerov,A/Novokuznetsk 1999/EXT 2001 (37)}) 17. Qh3 $146 (17. Qe5 f6 18.
Qg3 O-O 19. f3 $1 $14 {has been played a couple of times.}) 17... O-O 18. b3 {
[%csl Ra5][%mdl 4] This move highlights one of Black's main problems - the
inactive N on a5. The other headache is the weak K.} Rfe8 19. Re1 Bf8 20. Bf4
h5 21. Qg3 Re6 $6 (21... h4 $5 {with the idea} 22. Qxh4 (22. Qh3) 22... f5 $40)
22. Re3 f5 23. Ng5 Rxe3 24. fxe3 h4 25. Qh3 {[%cal Ye3e4,Yh3h4,Yh4h7] Black
has made some aggressive moves, but he hasn't changed the status of his two
weaknesses: the K and the N. White threatens to play simply e3-e4 with an
overwhelming position.} Bd6 (25... Be7 26. e4 Bxg5 27. Bxg5 fxe4 28. Re1 Re8
29. Qxh4 e3 30. Re2 $18) 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Qxh4 Qe7 28. e4 $1 fxe4 29. Rf1 Bd5
30. Bxe4 $1 Rd8 (30... Bxe4 31. Rf7 $18) 31. Bxd5+ (31. Bxd5+ Rxd5 32. Rf8+ $1)
1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.01.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2565"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. g4
h5 9. gxh5 Nxh5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O-O Bf4 13. Ne2 Bxe3 14. Qxe3
Rb8 15. e5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 Rxb6 17. b3 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gershon, Alik"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2571"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 dxc4 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. e4 Na6 10. e5 Nh5 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bxe5 14. c6
Nc7 15. cxb7 Rab8 16. Bxa7 Rxb7 17. Bc5 Rxb2 18. O-O e6 19. Na4 Rbb8 20. Rb1
Nf4 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 22. Nb6 Nfd5 23. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. Bd3 {White first evade from the mainline theoretical variation: 9.
exd5!?} d4 {Rare move.More popular is:} (9... dxe4 $5) 10. Ne2 e5 {Simple and
good move. Black opens Bc8 and places PP on the black squares in view of
factor of black-squares bishop exchange.} 11. O-O O-O 12. f4 $5 {Peter Svidler
has decided to save on move:} (12. h3 {You can see comments to games:
Ponomariov,R-Kortschnoj,V/Donetsk,2001/CBM 81(1/2-1/2)(Golod,V)(63) and Shirov,
A-Grischuk,A/Linares,2001/CBM 82(1-0)(Golod,V)(32)}) 12... exf4 {From my point
of view,it's correct positional decision.} ({It was checked in the previous
games:} 12... Bg4 $6 13. h3 Bd7 14. f5 $14 {Cantin Zaborras,V-Sancho Cortes,M/
Aragon,1992(1-0)(33)}) ({and} 12... h6 13. h3 (13. Qe1 $5 {[%cal Ge1g3]}) 13...
exf4 14. Bxf4 Re8 15. Ng3 Ne5 16. Qd2 Bd7 17. Rf2 Qb6 18. Raf1 $36 {Fontaine,
R-Golubovic,B/Kastav,2002/CBM 87(1-0)(26)}) 13. Bxf4 Ng4 14. Qd2 $146 ({
Hardly is better:} 14. Qe1 Nge5 15. Qg3 f6 16. Kh1 a6 17. Bd2 Be6 18. Nf4 Qd7
$11 {Rjabzev,K-Nikolaev,N/St.Petersburg,2002(1/2-1/2)(42)}) 14... Nge5 {
The a little bit hasty decision.Can be recommended:} (14... Be6 15. Bg3 {/\Nf4}
(15. Bb5 $2 {[%csl Yc6,Rd4][%cal Gb5c6]} {[%tqu "En","White's last move was a
blunder. How can black exploit it?","It is necessary to use a weakness of the
white king!","","d4d3","",10]} d3 $1 {[%csl Rb5,Rg1][%cal Gd8b6]} 16. Bxd3 Qb6+
17. Kh1 Nf2+ 18. Rxf2 Qxf2) 15... Qb6 $13) 15. Bg3 Be6 ({Senselessly:} 15...
Bg4 {because of:} 16. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5,Gf4e6]}) 16. Nf4 ({Leads to equality:} 
16. Bxe5 $6 Nxe5 17. Qb4 Qg5 $1 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gg5e3]} 18. Qxd4 (18. Nxd4
$143 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 Ng4 $132 {[%cal Gg4f2]}) 18... Rfd8 19. Qf2 Nxd3 20. cxd3
Rxd3 21. Nf4 Rd7 $11) 16... Qg5 {[%csl Rd2,Gg5][%cal Ya8e8] Black,using a case,
reconstruct the pieces.} 17. Qe2 Rae8 18. Bb5 a6 $6 ({It was necessary to
withdraw the bishop from exchange:} 18... Bg4 $5 19. Qd2 $140 a6 $13) 19. Nxe6
fxe6 ({I am not sure,that it was better:} 19... Rxe6 20. Ba4 {[%cal Ga4b3] /
^a2-f7}) 20. Bxc6 Nxc6 21. Bd6 $1 {<->f} Rxf1+ 22. Rxf1 Rd8 (22... e5 $4 {
is refuted by:} 23. Qc4+ Kh8 24. Qf7 {[%csl Rh8]} Qd8 (24... Rg8 25. Qxg8+ Kxg8
26. Rf8#) 25. Bf8 $1 $18 {[%csl Re8,Rg7]}) 23. e5 ({Also it deserves attention:
} 23. Qf2 {[%csl Rf7,Rf8][%cal Gf2f8]} Qe3 $140 24. e5 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 $14)
23... Qe3+ ({Is a possible continuation of the play:} 23... Ne7 {[%cal Ye7d5,
Ye7f5]}) 24. Qxe3 dxe3 25. Re1 $14 {This move is much better than:} (25. c3 Na5
26. Bc7 e2 27. Bxd8 (27. Re1 $143 Rd1 28. Kf2 Nc4 29. b3 (29. Rxe2 Rb1 {
[%csl Rb2]}) 29... Nxa3 30. Kxe2 Rxe1+ 31. Kxe1 Nb5 32. Ba5 b6 $11 {[%csl Rc3]}
) 27... exf1=Q+ 28. Kxf1 Nc4 29. b3 Nxe5 {+/=/=}) 25... Nd4 26. Rxe3 $1 ({
There is no sense to give a counterplay for black:} 26. c4 e2 {[%csl Ge2]})
26... Nxc2 27. Rb3 b5 ({After:} 27... Rd7 {White begin to catch the knight of
the contender:} 28. Rd3 {[%csl Rc2][%cal Yg1f2,Yf2e2,Ye2d2]}) 28. Rc3 Nd4 29.
Kf2 h5 ({Leads to very bad position:} 29... Nf5 30. Rc6 a5 31. g4 $1 Nxd6 32.
exd6 Kf7 33. Ke3 e5 34. Ke4 Ke6 35. Rc5 {[%csl Rb5,Re5]}) 30. Rc7 Nf5 31. Bb4 (
31. Rc6 $143 a5) 31... Rd5 $2 {Now black will be doomed on passive defence.It
was much better:} (31... Rd4 32. Bc3 $140 Rf4+ 33. Ke2 Rg4 $132) 32. Bc3 {
[%csl Ra6,Yc3,Re6][%cal Gc7c6,Yc3b2,Yc3e5]} a5 ({After:} 32... Nh6 {white also
keep a big advantage:} 33. Rc6 Ng4+ 34. Ke2 Kf7 35. Rxa6 Nxe5 36. Ra7+ {+/=/+/-
}) 33. Bxa5 Rxe5 34. Bc3 Rd5 35. g3 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Yh2h3,Yg3g4]} g5 36. b3 {
[%cal Ga3a4]} g4 37. a4 $16 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6] This pawn should
bring a victory for white.} Nd6 $6 (37... bxa4 $142 38. bxa4 Rd6 39. a5 Ra6 40.
Ke2 Kf8 41. Kd3 Ke8 {[%cal Ge8d8]}) 38. a5 Ne4+ ({Loses right away:} 38... Rc5
39. Rxc5 Ne4+ 40. Ke3 Nxc5 41. Kf4 $18 {[%csl Rf4,Rh5][%cal Gf4g5]}) 39. Ke3
Nxc3 40. Rxc3 b4 $8 {Differently,white will borrow this point:} (40... Rd1 41.
b4 Rb1 42. Ra3 Rc1 43. a6 Rc8 44. a7 Ra8 45. Kd4 $18 {[%cal Yd4c5,Yc5b6,Yb6b7]}
) 41. Rc8+ Kf7 42. a6 Ra5 43. Rc7+ Kf6 44. a7 Ra1 (44... Ke5 $2 45. Rc5+ Rxc5
46. a8=Q) ({More stubborn resistance after:} 44... e5 {[%cal Yf6e6,Ye6d6]} 45.
Kd3 $18 {[%cal Yd3c4,Yc4b4]}) 45. Kd4 $18 {[%cal Yd4c5,Yc5b6,Yb6b7]} e5+ 46.
Kc5 e4 47. Kb6 e3 48. Rc8 {After this move black resigns,because of next
variant:} (48. Rc8 Ke5 49. a8=Q Rxa8 50. Rxa8 Kd4 51. Re8 Kd3 52. Kb5) 1-0

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. a5 Ngf6 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. f4 Kg7 15.
N1d2 Rf8 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. Rae1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. Be3 Nc6 8. dxc5
h5 (8... Rc8 {- Grischuk-Shirov, RUS-The World rapid rapid 2002 CBM 91}) (8...
a6 {- Motylev-Anand, RUS-The World rapid 2002 CBM 91}) (8... Nxe5 9. Nd4 {
- Motylev-Miton, Bermuda-A 2003 CBM 94} (9. Nf4 Ne7 {- De Vreugt-Kallai,
Bundesliga 2001 CBM 71} (9... Nf6 {- Sutovsky-Adianto, EUR-ASIA m rapid 2001
CBM 86}) (9... Nc6 10. Bb5 Nge7 {- Sutovsky-Rogers, EUR-ASIA m 30' rapid CBM 86
}))) 9. Nd4 (9. Nf4 $6 {- De Vreugt-Maksimenko, Lvov Cup of Galychina 2001 CBM
87}) 9... a6 (9... hxg4 {allows the usual pin on the a4-e8 /^.} 10. Bb5 Rc8 (
10... Qd7 11. Qxg4 Nge7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ba6+ Kb8 15. Rd4 Ka8
16. Rb4 Rb8 17. Na4 {concentrating all the forces on the <<.} Rxb4 18. Qxb4 Nf5
19. Bd2 Be7 20. f4 $14 {Galdunts-Heinis, Strasbourg 1991}) 11. Qxg4 Qh4 {
The _|_ is usually playable for Black because of White's weakened P structure.}
12. Qxh4 Rxh4 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ba6 Rb8 15. O-O-O Nh6 $13) (9... Qd7 10. Nxc6
bxc6 11. g5 $14 {This looks rather anti-positional at first sight giving up ><
f5. However White's chances now lie on the <<.} (11. b4 Rb8 12. Rb1 Qc7 $13 {
Vetemaa-Kapengut, Minsk 1981})) 10. g5 {Nowadays White is not so frightened
from this "ugly" move.} (10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. g5 Ne7 $13) 10... Nge7 (10... Nxe5
11. f4 Ng4 12. Bg1 $14 {still keeping the important c5 P.}) 11. Na4 (11. f4 Nf5
$1 (11... Nxd4 12. Qxd4 (12. Bxd4 Nc6) 12... Nc6 13. Qa4 Be7 (13... d4 14.
O-O-O Bxc5 15. Bg2 $16) 14. O-O-O O-O 15. Kb1 $14) 12. Nxf5 Bxf5 {and White
cannot hold the vital >< d4 square.} 13. Bg2 Nb4 14. Rc1 Qa5 15. O-O Bxc5 $15)
11... Nxe5 (11... Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Nb6 Rb8 14. f4 Bxc2 15. Qxc2 Nxd4 16.
Qa4+ Nc6 17. b4 $14 {keeping the space advantage.}) 12. f4 Be4 (12... Ng4 $5 {
/\ Be4}) 13. fxe5 Bxh1 14. Nb6 {White has sacrificed an exchange, but he gets
compensation on the <<.} Ra7 {The R looks rather entombbed here.} (14... Rb8 $5
15. c3 Qc7 16. Qa4+ Nc6 17. Bxa6 Bxc5 18. Nxc6 {In this delicate position
where almost all of the pieces are hanging} bxc6 $1 {is the right answer!} (
18... Bxe3 $2 19. Nxb8+ Ke7 20. Bb5 Qxb6 (20... Qxe5 21. Nc6+ $18) 21. Nd7 Qa7
22. Qb4+ Kd8 23. Qd6 $16) 19. Bxc5 Rxb6 20. O-O-O Bf3 $13) 15. c3 Nc6 (15...
Qc7 $5 {may transpose to a better line:} 16. Qa4+ (16. Bb5+ Nc6 $1 $17) 16...
Nc6 {- 15...Nc6}) 16. Nxc6 (16. Qa4 Qc7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Qd4 (18. Bd3 Qxe5)
18... Be4 $17) 16... bxc6 17. Bd3 Be7 18. h4 f5 (18... Qc7 19. Bd4 $44) 19.
gxf6 gxf6 20. Qa4 (20. Bg6+ {is a completely other plan to take up the
gauntlet on the >>.} Kf8 21. Qe2 Kg7 22. Bxh5 $44 {/\ 0-0-0}) 20... f5 21.
O-O-O Bf3 (21... d4 $2 22. Rxh1 dxe3 23. Qxc6+ Kf7 24. Bc4 Qd2+ 25. Kb1 e2 26.
Qxe6+ $16) 22. Qxc6+ Kf7 23. Bxf5 $1 {This is the biginning of a positional R
sacrifice.} exf5 24. Rg1 Bg4 25. e6+ $1 {White is a whole R down, but his
pieces are excellent and Black's are disorganized.} (25. Nxd5 Qd7 $19) 25...
Kg6 (25... Kg8 {is also met by the thematic} 26. Nd7 $1 (26. Nc8 Rc7) (26. Nxd5
) 26... Qa8 27. Qa4 Bxh4 28. Qf4 Rh7 29. c6 $44) 26. Nd7 $1 {The N is really
annoying here cutting off the << from the >>.} (26. Nxd5 Kh7) 26... Qa8 (26...
Kh7 27. Qxd5) 27. Qa4 d4 (27... Bxh4 28. Ne5+ (28. Qd4 $13) 28... Kg7 (28...
Kf6 29. Nf3 $1) 29. Qf4 Qf8 30. Bd4 Kg8 31. c6 $44) 28. Qxd4 {White has got
already a lot of pawns for the R.} Qe4 29. Ne5+ Kh7 30. Qxe4 fxe4 31. Nxg4 hxg4
32. Rxg4 $44 {Even the _|_ is very exciting with so many pawns for the R.} Rc7
33. b4 Rc6 34. Bd4 Rg8 35. Rxe4 {Five pawns for the R!} Rg6 36. Kc2 $5 (36. a4
Rcxe6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. b5 Bxh4 39. c6 Bd8 $13) 36... Rcxe6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38.
Kd3 {Still four...} Kg8 (38... Bxh4 39. a4 $44 {Only three, but they are a
real pest!}) 39. Kc4 Kf7 40. Kd5 Rh6 41. a4 Ke8 42. b5 axb5 43. axb5 Kd7 44.
c6+ Kc8 45. b6 Bd8 46. Kc5 Rh5+ 47. Kd6 Rh6+ 48. Kc5 Rh5+ 49. Kd6 Bxb6 50. Bxb6
Rxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bermuda-A"]
[Site "Bermuda"]
[Date "2003.02.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2003.01.25"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "BER"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Qe2 h6 18. Bd3 Be6 19. Nh2 d5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] White
seems to have nothing after this. If a well timed d5 solves Black's problems
this easily 9.d4 shouldn't scare anyone.} (19... Rad8 20. a4 d5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Ng4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bxe4 Bd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. b3 Nd6 27. Qxe5 $16 {
1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S-Nunn,J/Hastings 1996/CBM 57/[Wedberg] (67). (66)}) 20. Ng4
Nxg4 21. hxg4 (21. exd5 $5 Bxd5 (21... Qxd5 22. Be4 $14) 22. Qxg4 {with some
activity on the K side.}) 21... Nd6 22. Bd2 dxe4 23. Nxe4 Bd5 24. Nxd6 Bxd6 25.
Be4 Rad8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 c5 (6... h6 7. c3 Nd7
8. O-O (8. Nf1 {/\ Ng3} Bh7 9. Ng3 c5 {The N on g3 is far from the critical
square >< d4.} 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. f4 Qb6 13. O-O Ne4 {1/2.1/2
Svidler-Dautov, Bad Homburg 1998}) 8... Ng6 9. Re1 Nf4 10. Nf1 Nxe2+ {The
light-squared B is an important piece, it is better to keep it.} 11. Qxe2 Be7
12. Ng3 Bg6 13. h3 O-O 14. Nh2 {/\ f4} c5 15. Be3 cxd4 16. Bxd4 Nb8 {/\ Nc6
fighting for >< d4.} 17. f4 Nc6 $13 {Benjamin-Seirawan, USA-ch 1999}) (6... Nd7
7. c3 (7. Nh4 {and at least the active B cannot run away.} Bg6 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9.
Nf3 $14) 7... h6 {- 6...h6}) 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Nb3 Nd7 9. O-O {Black can chose
between the two pawns...} Bxc5 (9... Ndxe5 $2 {is the wrong choice here:} 10.
Nxe5 Nxe5 11. g4 $1 Bg6 12. f4 $18 {and the g6 B is in trouble.}) 10. Nxc5 Nxc5
11. Nd4 (11. Be3 {was the other logical move emphasising the pressure on >< d4.
} Nd7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 (12... O-O {- 11.Nd4}) 13. Bxd4 $14) 11... O-O $6 (11...
Nxd4 $142 {at least forces White to take back with the Q.} 12. Qxd4 Nd7 13. c3
$14) 12. Be3 {Now White can also take back with the B.} (12. Nxf5 exf5 13. c3
d4 $13 {and despite of White's ^^ Black is very active in the [+].}) 12... Nd7
(12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 $14) 13. Nxf5 exf5 14. Qd3 $14 (14. Qxd5 $1 Ndxe5 (14...
Ncxe5 15. Rfd1 $16) 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Rfd1 $16) 14... d4 $6 (14... Ndxe5 15.
Qxf5 $14 {and White's ^^ has a bright future, plus the isolated d P remains a
target.}) 15. Bf4 (15. Bxd4 {seems to be an easy win of the P.} Ndxe5 (15... f4
16. Bc3 $16) 16. Bxe5 Nxe5 17. Qxf5 $16) 15... Qe7 (15... Ndxe5 16. Qxf5 $14 {
is similar to the previous note.}) 16. Qb5 $5 {White wants to get the most
from the position.} (16. Qxf5 Ndxe5 17. Rad1 $14 {was the simple solution.})
16... Nb6 17. Bf3 Qe6 $5 (17... Rac8 18. a4 $1 Rfe8 (18... Rfd8 19. a5 $16) (
18... g5 19. a5 $1 $14) 19. Rad1 $14) 18. a4 {/\ a5-a6 attacking both knights.}
Rfd8 19. a5 Nd5 20. a6 (20. Bg5 Nxe5 21. Bxd8 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Rxd8 $44) 20... b6
(20... bxa6 $1 {was the best choice.} 21. Rxa6 Nxf4 22. Rxc6 Qe7 $13) (20...
Nxf4 $2 21. axb7 $18) 21. Bg5 Nxe5 $1 {Black has to sacrifice the exchange,
but the game is far from the end.} 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 (22... Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Rxd8 24.
Rfe1 {- 22...Rd8}) 23. Rfe1 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 Qg6+ 25. Kh1 Nc7 {Black has a P and
a good blockading position for the sacrificed exchange, and White's P
structure is ruined as well.} 26. Qc4 (26. Qe5 Ne6 27. Rad1 $14) 26... Ne6 27.
Qc6 h6 28. Re5 d3 $2 {This allows White to activate his pieces.} (28... Qh5 {
was more to the point:} 29. Rg1 d3 $5 30. cxd3 Nd4 31. Qc3 Qxf3+ 32. Rg2 f4 33.
Re1 g6 $44) 29. cxd3 Rxd3 $6 {This leaves the back rank unattended.} (29... Qh5
$5 {was still required.}) 30. Rg1 $1 Qh5 31. Qb7 $2 ({missing the forceful
penetration} 31. Qe8+ $1 Nf8 (31... Kh7 32. Rxe6 $1 $18) 32. Qa8 Qxf3+ (32...
Kh7 33. Re3 $18) 33. Qxf3 Rxf3 34. Re7 {and the vital a P falls.} Rxf2 35. Rxa7
Rxb2 36. Ra1 $18 {o^}) 31... Rxf3 $1 {Now Black escapes by tactical means!} 32.
Rxe6 Rxf2 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qg3 Rxh2+ $1 35. Qxh2 (35. Qxh2 Qf3+ {and draw by
perpetual!}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Balashov, Yuri S"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 Nc6 {By this move order Black
sometimes wants to vacate the d6 square for his N in a peculiar variation.} 6.
e3 (6. Nf3 a6 (6... d6 {transposes to the main lines.}) (6... d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 {
leads to the Neo-Grunfeld.}) 7. d5 Na5 8. Nd2 c5 9. O-O Ne8 {/\ Nd6 is an
original, but not completely correct idea to put pressure on >< c4.}) 6... e5
7. Nge2 (7. d5 Ne7 (7... Nb8 {is even worse.} 8. Nge2 d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Rb1
Re8 11. e4 $16 {Alatortsev-Kasparian, Kiev 1940}) (7... Na5 {puts the N to an
awkward place.} 8. b3 c5 9. dxc6 dxc6 10. Ba3 Re8 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bb4 b6 13.
Bxa5 bxa5 14. Bxc6 $16 {Yrjola-Pyhala, Helsinki 1990}) 8. Nge2 d6 9. O-O (9. e4
Nd7 10. Be3 f5 11. f3 Nf6 12. Qd3 c6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. O-O {(Kengis-Lukin,
Daugavpils 1989)} d5 $1 $13) (9. b3 {doesn't look really frightening.} Nf5 {
This looks a bit sophisticated. Black is fighting against e3-e4, but he has no
f7-f5 plans as well.} ({Why not} 9... Nd7 10. Bb2 f5 {with a normal play on
the >>?}) 10. Bb2 e4 11. Qc2 Re8 12. h3 Qe7 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. Rhg1 h5 15. Kb1
a6 16. Nc1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. b4 c5 19. dxc6 {(1/2-1/2 Smejkal-Stohl,
Ostrava 1994)} Bxc6 20. Nb3 $14) 9... Nd7 {Bareev} (9... h5 $6 {-
Bareev-Ehlvest, Las Vegas (m/2) 76/496 1999 CBM 72}) 10. e4 f5 11. Rb1 Nf6 (
11... a5 12. a3 Nc5 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 fxe4 16. Nc3 Nf5 17.
Nxe4 Nd4 {gives Black good chances for equality.}) 12. b4 $13) 7... exd4 (7...
d6 8. O-O) 8. exd4 d5 {This is an interesting P sacrifice in order to grab the
|^, but I am not 100% convinced.} (8... d6 9. O-O Bg4 (9... Re8 10. h3 Bd7 11.
Be3 $14 {and Black cannot find a good plan.}) 10. h3 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Re8 12. Nc3
Qd7 13. Be3 $14 {White has a strong [+], and a nice fianchettoed B controlling
the long /^, Pcola-Pribyl, Pardubice 1996.}) 9. cxd5 $1 (9. Nxd5 {helps only
for Black.} Nxd5 10. cxd5 (10. Bxd5 Re8 (10... Bh3 11. Be3) (10... Nb4 11. Bg2
Bf5 12. O-O Nc2 13. g4 $16) 11. O-O Bg4 $44 {and >< d4 is in a big danger.})
10... Ne7 11. Qb3 (11. Nc3 Nf5 {winning back >< d4.} 12. O-O Nxd4 $11) 11...
Nf5 12. Be3 Re8 13. O-O Qe7 $132) 9... Nb4 10. Bg5 {White has to keep his
doubled pawns in the [+] at any rate.} (10. O-O Nbxd5 $11) 10... Bg4 (10... Bf5
11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. a3 {and the N has to go back into passivity.}) (
10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. a3 {and the N has to go back again into passivity.})
11. Bxf6 {There is no need to hurry with this exchange.} (11. a3 Bxe2 12. Kxe2
{The K can escape from troubles easily.} Na6 13. Re1 h6 14. Be3 $14 {/\ Kf1})
11... Bxf6 12. a3 (12. O-O {is less adequate:} Re8 13. Qb3 a5 $44) {forcing
more or less} 12... Bxe2 13. Kxe2 $1 (13. Nxe2 Nxd5) 13... Na6 14. Re1 c5 $1 {
This is the only chance to activate the black pieces.} 15. dxc6 bxc6 16. Qa4 $6
({The cautious} 16. Kf1 {was required, for example:} Bxd4 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. Qd2
Nc5 19. Rad1 $14) 16... Qb6 17. Qxc6 Qxb2+ 18. Kf1 Bxd4 {Now the position is
completely equal.} 19. Ne2 Bb6 20. Rab1 Qa2 21. Rbc1 Qb3 22. Rb1 Qa2 23. Rbc1
Qb3 24. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Halkias, Stelios"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 {Almost everyone is trying to avoid Sveshnikov
variation.} d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3 Bxf3 $5 {
Othercase, White will play 9.Nbd2 and 10.h3.} (8... g6 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. h3 Bxf3
11. Nxf3 O-O 12. a3 Nd7 13. Rb1 b5 14. d4 c4 15. b3 cxb3 16. Qxb3 Nb6 17. d5
Na5 18. Qb4 Na4 19. Nd4 $36 {1-0 Malakhov,V-Degraeve,J/Koszalin op-A 1999 (39)}
) 9. Qxf3 g6 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Qd1 Nd7 $146 {[%cal Gb7b4]} (11... O-O $5 12. Nf3
Ng4 13. a3 Rc8 14. Rb1 Nge5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Bg5 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rbc1 b5
19. h3 Nc6 20. Be3 d5 $13 {Grischuk,A-Radjabov,T/RUS vs. ROW Moscow 2002/The
Week in Chess 409/1-0 (46)}) 12. Nf3 {[%cal Gd3d4]} O-O 13. Be3 {Svidler
prepares d3-d4 - only possible plan foe White.} Qc7 (13... b5 14. d4) 14. d4 b5
15. Rc1 (15. a4 $5) 15... e5 16. Qd2 $14 {I think that White managed to get
small advantage, thanks to pawn centre and pair of bishops.} Rfe8 17. d5 $5 {
Would somebody believe that it was Sicilian defense?} Ne7 18. g3 $5 (18. c4 f5
$5) 18... Nf6 (18... f5 19. Ng5 $36) 19. Bg5 (19. Qc2 Ng4 20. Bd2 Bh6 $5) 19...
Nc8 20. b3 $5 {[%cal Ga2a4] Black's position is quite passive now, but for
White it is not easy also to make real progress.} Nb6 21. Qc2 h6 22. Be3 Ng4
23. Bd2 c4 24. Bh3 h5 $5 25. Ng5 {[%cal Gc2d1]} Bf6 26. Qd1 (26. Bf1 $5) 26...
Qe7 27. Nf3 Rec8 28. Qe2 {Worth considering} (28. Bf1 {[%cal Gh2h4,Gf1h3]})
28... Nd7 {[%cal Gd7c5,Gc5d3]} 29. Red1 (29. Bg2 Bg7 30. h3 Ngf6 31. Bg5) 29...
cxb3 {I don't like this move, it looks that it will be better for Black to
keep tension on the queen's side.} 30. axb3 Nc5 31. b4 (31. Rb1 $5 $14) 31...
Na4 32. Be1 ({It will be interesting to check} 32. Bg2 Bg7 (32... Nb2 33. h3
$16) 33. c4 $5 {with possible continuation} Nb2 $140 $6 34. Bg5 $1 f6 35. Qxb2
fxg5 36. c5 $5 dxc5 37. d6 Qa7 38. h3 Nh6 39. bxc5 Rxc5 40. Qa2+ Kh8 41. Rxc5
Qxc5 42. Qe6 $18) 32... Rc7 33. c4 bxc4 34. Rxc4 Rxc4 35. Qxc4 Nb2 $5 {Black
is trying to use some tactical devices.} 36. Qc6 Rb8 37. Rb1 Nd3 38. Qxa6 Nxe1
39. Nxe1 Bg5 40. b5 (40. Bxg4 hxg4 41. b5 f5 42. b6 Qb7 $5) 40... Nf6 $1 {
[%cal Gf6e4,Gf6d7] White needs to invest a very big effort to get something
real.} 41. Bg2 Nd7 42. Nd3 {[%cal Gd3b4]} (42. b6 Qd8 43. b7 Nc5 {[%csl Rb7]})
42... Nb6 43. Qa3 (43. Nb4 Qc7 44. Qa2 (44. Nc6 $4 Ra8 {[%csl Ra6]}) 44... Ra8
{[%csl Ga8,Gb6,Gg5]}) 43... Ra8 44. Qb2 Qc7 45. f4 exf4 46. gxf4 Qc4 $1 {
Amazingly, White has already lost winning chances.} 47. Qb3 (47. fxg5 Qxd3 $44)
(47. Qb3 Qd4+ 48. Kh1 Bh6 $44) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Alexandrova, Olga"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 ({For} 11. Rc1 {- see several games in
previous issues, in which Black obtained good positions.}) 11... a6 $1 {
The most useful reply. Black intends to solve the problem of his b-pawn by
means of ...b7-b5. Less accurate are} (11... Rc8 12. Bd3 {and}) (11... Na5 12.
Bd3) 12. dxc5 {As Black can't play ...b7-b6 anymore, it is logical that White
captures this pawn and tries to keep it as long as possible. Other options:} (
12. f4 Na5 (12... b5 $5 13. Bd5 e6 14. Bb3 cxd4 15. cxd4 Na5 16. Rc1 Rc8 17.
Qd2 Bc6 18. Ng3 Nxb3 19. axb3 Qd7 $11 {0-1 Vladimirov,E-Van Mil,J/Groningen
1989/EXT 98 (37)}) 13. Bd3 e6 14. dxc5 Ba4 15. Qd2 Qd7 16. e5 Rfd8 17. Bd4 Nc6
18. Qe3 Rac8 19. Rb6 Bf8 20. Rfb1 Nxd4 21. cxd4 Bxc5 22. Rxb7 Qd5 $11 {0-1
Blasko,I-Feher,G/Zalakaros 2000/EXT 2002 (42)}) (12. a4 Na5 13. Bd3 Qe8 {
[%csl Ra4]} 14. Bc2 b5 15. Nf4 Nc4 16. Bc1 Rc8 $132 {0-1 Banhazi,I-Schneider,V/
Budapest 2001/EXT 2003 (51)}) (12. d5 $5 {needs more tests:} Na5 (12... Ne5 $5)
13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Qd2 e6 15. Bh6 exd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. exd5 b5 18. Ng3 Qh4 19.
Rfe1 Rfe8 20. f4 Nb7 21. Qf2 Nd6 22. Re5 $14 {1-0 Vaisser,A-Colovic,A/Ohrid
2001/CBM 84 (37)}) (12. Qd2 b5 13. Bd3 (13. Bd5 cxd4 14. cxd4 e6 15. Bb3 Qa5
16. Qd3 Rac8 $132 {1-0 Farago,I-Dub,Z/Budapest HUN 2003/The Week in Chess (29).
}) 13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. f3 e5 18. Kf2 exd4 {
1/2-1/2 Jussupow,A-Svidler,P/Dortmund 1998/CBM 66 (18)}) (12. Bd3 Qc7 (12...
cxd4 13. cxd4 b5 14. h3 Qa5 15. Qb3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Rbc1 {1/2-1/2
Beliavsky,A-Svidler,P/Germany 2003/CBM 93 (17)}) 13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 b5 15. Kh1
Rae8 16. Bc2 Qa7 17. d5 Na5 18. a4 f5 $1 $132 {0-1 Begunov,K-Svidler,P/St
Petersburg 1994/CBM 41/[Ftacnik] (46) 0-1}) 12... Na5 (12... Qc7 $5 13. Nd4 Na5
14. Be2 Rfc8 15. f4 e5 16. fxe5 Qxe5 17. Bd3 Qe7 18. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Sokolov,I/Wijk aan Zee 1999/CBM 69 (18)}) 13. Bd5 $6 {This "active" move
can't harm Black. The other options are preferable:} (13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Nd4 (14.
Qc2 Rfc8 15. Nc1 e6 16. Nb3 Rab8 17. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Khalifman,A-Avrukh,B/
Panormo 2001/CBM 84 ext (17)}) (14. f4 Be6 15. Qa4 Rfd8 16. Bd4 Bd7 17. Qb4
Rac8 18. e5 Bc6 19. Ng3 e6 20. Qb2 Bf8 $44 {1/2-1/2 Ftacnik,L-Svidler,P/Berlin
GER 2003/The Week in Chess 437 (31)}) 14... Rfd8 (14... Rfc8 15. Qe2 e6 16. Nb3
Nxb3 17. Rxb3 Bc6 18. f4 Rd8 19. e5 {1/2-1/2 Gustafsson,J-Horvath,C/Jenbach
AUT 2003/The Week in Chess 429 (19)}) 15. Qe2 e6 16. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,
B-Shabalov,A/Seattle USA 2003/The Week in Chess 428 (16)}) (13. Bb3 $5 {
is interesting but nobody has played it since 1990:} Bb5 14. Re1 Nxb3 (14...
Qxd1 $5 15. Rbxd1 Nxb3 16. axb3 Bxe2 17. Rxe2 Bxc3) 15. Qxb3 Qa5 16. f3 Rfc8
17. c4 Bc6 18. Nd4 Be8 $2 19. Qxb7 $16 {1-0 Shneider,A-Van Mil,J/Kusadasi 1990/
EXT 2000 (27)}) 13... Qc7 $1 $146 {The most solid reply.} (13... e6 {brings
Black a poor position, with insufficient compensation for the missing pawn,
but... quite satisfactory results:} 14. Bxb7 Nxb7 15. Rxb7 Bc6 (15... Bb5 $5)
16. Rb6 Bxe4 17. Qa4 Qd3 (17... Qd5 18. Rd1 (18. Rd6 $1 Qe5 (18... Qf5 19. Ng3
Bc2 20. Nxf5 Bxa4 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Bd4+ $16) 19. f4 Bc6 20. fxe5 Bxa4 21. Rf4
$1 Bc2 22. Bd4 $16) 18... Bd3 19. c6 Bb5 20. Rxd5 Bxa4 $14 {0-1 Iclicki,
W-Zeliakov,N/FIDE.com 2002/EXT 2003 (50). (50)}) 18. Nf4 Qc2 19. Qc4 (19. Qxc2
$5 Bxc2 20. Rc1) 19... Rad8 20. Rd6 Bb7 21. Rc1 Qf5 22. Rcd1 $14 {0-1 Vokac,
M-Van Mil,J/Bad Woerishofen 1993/CBM 34 (49)}) 14. Bf4 (14. a4 e6 15. Ba2 Qc6)
14... Qc8 15. Qd2 (15. Qd3 {, with idea to prevent ...Bb5, can be met by} Qxc5
$1 16. Bxf7+ (16. Bxb7 Bb5) 16... Rxf7 17. Qxd7 Qc4 18. Qd2 Qxe4 $15) 15... Bb5
$1 16. c4 {White gives back a pawn to prevent the blockade on c4.} Nxc4 17. Qb4
Ne5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 $15 {In this position Black's bishop is stronger than
White's knight.} 19. Rfe1 Rb8 20. a4 Bc6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 {Black's plan is to
exchange one pair of rooks and continue bothering White on both sides, making
use of his strong bishop.} 22. Qc4 Rd8 23. Rb6 (23. a5 Rb5 $1) 23... a5 $1 24.
Reb1 h5 $5 (24... Rd2 $5) 25. Qb3 Qd7 26. Qc2 h4 27. h3 Bc7 28. Rxb8 Bxb8 29.
Kf1 Ba7 {[%csl Rc5]} 30. f3 Qc7 31. Qc3 Rd7 32. Kf2 Qd8 33. Ke3 $6 {Too bold.}
(33. Rc1 $142 {firmly defending.}) 33... e6 34. Qe5 Rd3+ (34... Rd1 {was
strong enough.}) 35. Kf2 Qe7 36. Nd4 Qd7 (36... Rd2+ $5 37. Ke3 Rxg2 (37... Ra2
38. Kd3 $1) 38. Kd3 $1 Kh7 39. Nxc6 Qxc5 40. Qxc5 Bxc5 $17) 37. Ne2 Ra3 38. Qg5
(38. Ke1 $142 $1 $132) 38... Rxa4 $6 (38... Qd3 {or even}) (38... Qd6 $5 {
was much stronger. The text move gives White strong counterplay.}) 39. Ke1 $1
Ra3 40. Nf4 $4 {This time-control move definitely loses the game. Meanwhile,
after} (40. Rd1 Rd3 41. Rxd3 Qxd3 42. Qe7 Qb1+ (42... Qa6 43. e5) 43. Kf2 Qb8 {
[%csl Ra7,Rb8]} 44. f4 $1 a4 45. f5 $1 {, opening up the position of Black's
king, White should reach a perpetual check.}) 40... Qd4 41. Ne2 Qxc5 42. Qxh4
g5 43. Qg3 Ra2 44. f4 Rxe2+ 45. Kxe2 Qc2+ 46. Kf3 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berelowitsch, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. c3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Kh1
e5 9. Nb3 Ba7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. N1d2 O-O 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nc4 Ne7 15.
Ne3 Bd7 16. Bc4 Qg5 17. Nd5 Ng6 18. Nd2 Kh8 19. Rad1 Be6 20. Nf3 Qd8 21. Bb3
Qd7 22. Ne1 f5 23. exf5 Rxf5 24. Nd3 Raf8 25. Qe4 Qf7 26. f3 Rh5 27. Nf2 Rh4
28. Qe1 Qf5 29. Ng4 Qh5 30. Nde3 Bc8 31. Qg3 Nf4 32. Rfe1 Qg5 33. Rxd6 Bxe3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kempinski, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rfc8 13. g5 Nh5 14. Rg1 a5 15.
a3 Nb6 16. f4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Nc4 19. Rg3 g6 20. Nd4 Bf8 21. Ndb5
Qb6 22. Bxc4 Rxc4 23. Nxd6 Rd4 24. Rxd4 Qxd4 25. Ndb5 Qb6 26. Nc7 Rd8 27. N3d5
Bd6 28. Qf1 Qd4 29. Nf6+ Kh8 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Rd3 Qe5 32. Nxh7 Be7 33. Rxd8+
Bxd8 34. Qf7 Qg7 35. Qe8+ Kxh7 36. Qxd8 Qe5 37. Qd7+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 e5 11. Nb3 Nc6 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bc4 a5 14. c3 Qb6 15. Be3
Qb7 16. Nd2 Rd8 17. Bd5 Bf8 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. cxb4 Qxa4 20. b5 Be6 21. b3 Bxb3
22. Nxb3 Qxb3 23. Bg5 d5 24. Rfb1 Qc4 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Nc3 Rd3 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Nd5 Bc5 29. Rc1 Bd4 30. Rab1 Rb3 31. b6 a4 32. Nxf6+ Kg7 33. Nd7 a3 34. b7
Rd8 0-1

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot op-A"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2003.02.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kaidanov, Gregory S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.02.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.05.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 ({The main line is} 11... Bg4) 12. Nb3 (
12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 {- see the game Leko,P-Khalifman,A/Budapest 2000/
CBM 75 [Mikhalevski,V]}) (12. Ne4 d3 13. Nxc5 {leads to the identical position
as in the game.}) 12... d3 13. Nxc5 ({Another possibility is} 13. Bb1 {. For
instanse see the game Topalov,V-Piket,J/Lost Boys 1997/CBM 61}) 13... dxc2 14.
Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3 {The arised endgame is slightly better for
white, but black has good chances to equalize.} Rd5 17. c4 $1 {This is the
best way to create a problems for black in this endgame. Breaking black's pawn
structure on the queenside, white is opening the "c" file for his rooks as
well.} ({After} 17. Rfc1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 O-O {the position is very
close to a draw, see the game Sutovsky,E-Krasenkow,M/Tan Chin Nam Cup 1999/CBM
73 [Mikhalevski,V]}) ({Also after} 17. Rac1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Rxc2 Kf7 20.
c4 b4 21. Rd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Bxd8 23. Kf1 Bg5 {white has a small edge, but black
can easily hold it, 1/2-1/2 Xie Jun-Polgar,Z/Jaen 1996/CBM 52 (46)}) 17... bxc4
18. Rac1 Nxe5 (18... Bc5 19. Rxc2 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Rc5 21. Ng5 Nd8 22. Rd2 Rd5 23.
Rfd1 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 $16 {1-0 Xie Jun-Qin Kanying/New Delhi 2000/CBM 79 ext (41)}
) 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc2 Rb5 $6 $146 {This is not a mistake, but a prelude...}
(20... Re4 21. Rfc1 Kd7 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Rxc4 Rb8 24. Bd4 g6 25. Bc3 $14 {
1-0 Bologan,V-Korneev,O/Mondariz Balneario 2002/CBM 90 ext (68)}) 21. Rxc4 Rxb2
$2 {Probably Kaidanov has underestimated the danger to his position.} (21...
Bd6 $14) 22. Rxc7 {[%csl Gc7]} Kf7 23. g4 $1 Re8 (23... Rxa2 $2 24. Bc5 Re8 25.
Rb1 $18 {[%csl Re7]}) (23... h5 $2 24. Rd1 {and the black bishop is doomed.})
24. Rd1 Kg6 25. a4 Rb4 26. Rd4 a5 27. Rxb4 Bxb4 (27... axb4 $2 28. a5 Bf6 29.
a6 b3 30. a7 b2 31. Rb7 $18 {and the marsch of white's king to the queenside
will decide the game, while the black king is out of the game.}) 28. Kg2 Rd8
29. h4 h6 30. h5+ Kh7 {[%csl Rh7] The black king on h7 is out of the game but
30...Kf6 was not better.} (30... Kf6 31. Kf3 (31. f4 $6 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Gg4g5]
} Rd3) 31... Rd1 32. Ke4 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yg4g5]}) 31. Kf3 Rd1 32. Ke4 Rg1 33. f3 {
White's pieces are in great harmony. It does not seems, that black can save
this endgame.} Re1 34. Kd3 Rd1+ 35. Kc2 Rf1 36. f4 Bd6 (36... Rf3 37. Kd3 (37.
Bd4 $6 Rxf4 38. Rxg7+ Kh8 39. Be5 Re4 40. Bf6 Rf4 41. Rg6+ Kh7) 37... Rg3 38.
g5 {The winning plan is the same as in the text.}) 37. Rc4 Bb4 38. g5 $18 hxg5
39. fxg5 Kg8 40. g6 {The black king is now boxed in, and white is now winning,
combining the threats to black's king and Pa5.} Rf5 41. Rc8+ Bf8 42. Ra8 Rxh5
43. Bb6 Rh4 (43... Rg5 44. Bxa5 Rxg6 45. Bb4 Rf6 46. Rxf8+ Rxf8 47. Bxf8 Kxf8
48. a5 $18 {[%csl Ga5]}) 44. Rxa5 Rc4+ (44... Rg4 45. Ra8 $18) 45. Kd3 Rc6 46.
Be3 Rc8 47. Ra7 {An examplary harmony between the white pieces, with such a
limited material.} e5 48. a5 Bb4 49. Bb6 Rb8 50. Kc4 Bf8 51. Rd7 e4 52. Rd8 {
The simplest way to conclude the game. The black passed pawn will be stopped,
while the white one queens.} Rxd8 53. Bxd8 e3 54. a6 {Impressive endgame
technic by Svidler.} 1-0

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2003.03.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7.
O-O Nf6 8. Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. a4 O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. g4 Bf8 14.
g5 Nd7 15. Bg2 b6 16. Qh5 g6 17. Qh4 Bb7 18. Qf2 {Svidler is indicating, that
he will treat the position peacefully hoping for better central control.} Nb4 (
18... Bg7 19. Rad1 (19. Ndb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qd8 21. Nxd6 Rf8 22. e5 Ba8 23. Rad1
Ne7 $15) 19... Na5 $13) 19. Rad1 Rbc8 20. Rd2 Nc5 21. Nde2 (21. Qh4 Bg7 22.
Rfd1 $14) 21... Bc6 (21... d5 22. e5 Red8 23. Nd4 $13) 22. b3 Qb7 23. Ng3 d5 $5
{[%mdl 32] Lutz have done everything right to prepare this central blow, black
pieces are coming to life.} (23... Qc7 24. Rfd1 Bb7 $14) 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5
Bxd5 (25... exd5 26. f5 (26. a5 Qe7 (26... Ne4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. axb6 $16) 27.
Bxc5 Qxc5 28. Qxc5 Bxc5 29. Bxd5 Bb4 30. Bxc6 Rxc6 $11) 26... Ne4 27. Nxe4 dxe4
28. fxg6 hxg6 29. Kg1 Bg7 30. c4 $14) 26. Rfd1 Bg7 $6 {Equality was much
easier after 26...Bxg2+!?, after the game move white will become aggressive.} (
26... Bxg2+ $5 27. Qxg2 Qc7 28. Ne4 (28. b4 Nxa4 29. Ne4 Be7 30. Rd7 Red8 $1
$17) 28... Nxe4 29. Qxe4 Red8 $11) 27. Bxd5 exd5 28. Rxd5 Rcd8 29. c4 (29. Qf3
$2 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rxe3 $19) 29... Nxb3 30. Qf3 Na5 (30... Nc5 31. a5 Na4 32. Bd4
Bxd4 33. R1xd4 Rxd5 34. Qxd5 Qc7 35. Ne4 $14) 31. Ne4 Rxd5 (31... Qe7 $2 32.
Bxb6 Rxd5 33. cxd5 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Rxe4 35. Bxa5 $18) 32. cxd5 Qd7 33. Bxb6 Qxa4
34. Re1 (34. Nd6 Rf8 35. Bxa5 Qxa5 36. Nb7 Qa4 37. d6 Bd4 38. Re1 Qb4 $13)
34... Nc4 35. Bf2 Rd8 (35... Qb5 36. Qd3 $14) 36. Kg2 Qc2 (36... a5 37. Rd1 Qc2
$13) 37. Re2 Qc1 $2 {Black is making a great positional error in losing
control of the white squares. Immediatelly his position turns into a difficult
one.} (37... Qb1 $1 38. Bc5 Qb7 39. d6 Qb5 $13) 38. Qb3 $1 h6 (38... Na3 39.
Bb6 Rb8 40. Bc5 Nb5 (40... Rxb3 41. Nf6+ Bxf6 42. Re8+ Kg7 43. Bf8+ Kg8 44.
Bh6#) 41. Qe3 Qxe3 42. Rxe3 $16) 39. Re1 Qxf4 (39... Nd2 40. Qd3 Qc4 41. Qxd2
Rxd5 42. Qc1 $18) 40. Qxc4 hxg5 41. Bg3 Qf5 42. Nd6 (42. Nd6 Qd7 43. Rb1 $18)
1-0

[Event "GER CupT semifinal"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2003.03.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ftacnik, Lubomir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.03.22"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 a6 {About this favourite weapon of GM
Peter Svidler - see CBM94, annotations to Alexandrova-Svidler.} 12. dxc5 Na5
13. Bd3 Qc7 14. f4 Be6 (14... Rfd8 {-see Nielsen-Ivanchuk in this issue.}) 15.
Qa4 Rfd8 16. Bd4 {White doesn't want to remove his rooks from "b" and "f"
files but the bishop is vulnerable on d4.} Bd7 17. Qb4 Rac8 18. e5 Bc6 19. Ng3
e6 {[%cal Yg7f8]} 20. Qb2 (20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Bf8 $11) 20... Bf8 21. Qf2
Bxc5 $2 {A tactical oversight.} (21... Bd5 $11) 22. Bxg6 $2 {Did White believe
his opponent? After} (22. Bxc5 Rxd3 23. Bb6 Qd7 24. Bxa5 Rd2 (24... Qd5 25. Bb4
) 25. Ne2 Qd3 26. Rfe1 Rxa2 (26... Bb5 27. c4) 27. Ra1 {Black can't recover
the piece.}) {With the text move White's sacrifices a piece himself but his
attack can be parried.} 22... Bxd4 23. Bxh7+ Kxh7 24. cxd4 Rg8 (24... Bd5 $5
25. f5 (25. Nh5 Qc2 26. Qg3 Qg6) 25... Qc2 26. Ne2 Qd2 $1 (26... Qe4 $2 27. Nf4
$1) 27. fxe6 Bxe6 $17) 25. f5 Bd5 $2 (25... Qd8 $142 $1 {[%cal Rd8h4,Yd8d5]}
26. f6 Qd5 $17) (25... Rg4 $5 26. h3 Rg7 {[%cal Rc8g8]}) 26. Rbe1 $2 {Missing
a strong reply} (26. Ne4 $1 Bxe4 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Qxe4 $5 (28. fxe6 Bxb1 29.
Qf6+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Rg7 31. Qh8+ Rg8 $11) 28... Qc2 29. Qe1 $40 {[%csl Rg7]})
26... exf5 $6 {Unwisely giving up the f5 point.} (26... Rg4 $1) 27. Qxf5+ Rg6
28. Re2 {White's pieces are now active and his g2 pawn protected, which
guarantees him a sufficient compensation for the piece.} Nc6 29. Qh3+ Rh6 (
29... Kg8 30. Nf5 $5) 30. Qf5+ Rg6 {Black decides not to risk playing for a
win.} (30... Kg8 31. Qf4 Rg6 32. Rd2 $44 {[%cal Yg3f5,Yg3h5]}) 31. Qh3+ Rh6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vescovi, Giovanni P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 g6 13. d5 Nb8 14. c4 c6 15. b3 a5
16. Nf1 Qc7 17. Ne3 Nbd7 18. Nh2 Rec8 19. Bd2 Bg7 20. Rc1 Nc5 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22.
cxb5 Bxb5 23. Nhg4 Qd8 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Nd5 Bc6 26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 27. Bc3 Rd8
28. Qd2 a4 29. b4 Ne6 30. Bd3 Nf4 31. Bf1 d5 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Qe3 Re8 34. g3
Ne6 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Obodchuk, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Nc1 e5 10. d5 Nd4 11. Nb3 Nxb3 12. axb3 Nh5 13. b4 f5 14. b5 axb5 15.
cxb5 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Nf4 18. O-O Qd7 19. Bc4 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[Annotator "Tsesarsky,I"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 e6 {Rare old move with a new ideas.} 9. f4 ({Another
possibility is} 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. f3 Re8 12. Bf2 {Black has
sufficient counterplay:} a6 ({or} 12... Bh6 13. Kh1 Bg5 14. f4 Bg4 15. Qd3 Bh6
16. Bh4 Bg7 17. h3 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Be6 19. Rfe1 Nh5 20. Qxg7+ Kxg7 21. Bxd8 Rexd8
22. Ne2 $132 {0-1 Vesselovsky,S-Cicak,S/CZE 1999/EXT 2001 (34)}) 13. Nxc6 bxc6
14. Na4 Bf5 15. Qd2 Nd7 $132 {1-0 Yudasin,L-Spangenberg,H/Moscow 1994/CBM 44
ext (52)}) 9... Ng4 $1 {Strong.} ({Most popular was} 9... d5 $6 {but in this
case White leaves with advantage and strong initiative on the kingside.} 10. e5
Nd7 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 Na5 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbc4 14. Bc1 Bd7 15. h4 $14 {
1-0 Tseitlin,M-Shabanov,Y/Barnaul 1969/EXT 2001 (39)}) 11... Nxd4 (11... a6 12.
h4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. h5 $14 {0-1 Dely,P-Haag,E/Budapest 1961/EXT 98 (24)})
12. Bxd4 b6 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. h4 $14 {1-0 Minev,N-Trifunovic,P/Varna 1960/EXT
2000 (30)}) 10. Bg1 e5 $1 {This is the keymove of Black's idea.} 11. Nxc6 dxc6
12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. h3 Nf6 14. fxe5 Ne8 {[%cal Ge8c7,Gc7e6]} 15. Bh2 Nc7 16. O-O
Be6 17. Rad1 Bxb3 18. axb3 Ne6 19. Bg3 {White has useless extra P. Black's
strategy was very powerful, the idea of old e7-e6 variation should be adopted.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Rf8 14.
Rd2 Na5 15. Rhd1 O-O-O 16. Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4
Bd7 9. Bf3 Rc8 10. Qe2 b5 11. a3 (11. O-O-O b4 12. Nb1 Qa5 $15) 11... Qc7 {
Rublevsky is meeting the Scheveningen setup with the unusually early
development of the whole queenside.} 12. g4 (12. O-O-O b4 13. axb4 Nxb4 $36)
12... Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qc4 14. Qxc4 (14. Qf2 e5 15. fxe5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Nxg4 $13)
14... Rxc4 (14... bxc4 15. g5 Ng8 16. O-O-O $14) 15. O-O-O h6 (15... e5 16.
fxe5 dxe5 17. Bxe5 Nxg4 18. Bd4 f6 19. Nd5 $14) 16. Rhe1 (16. e5 $5 dxe5 17.
fxe5 Nh7 (17... Ng8 18. Ne4 Bc6 19. Rhe1 $16) 18. Rhf1 Be7 (18... Bc5 $2 19.
Ne4 Rxd4 20. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bc8 22. Nxa6 $18) 19. Be2 $16) 16... Be7 17.
e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 (18. fxe5 $1 Nh7 19. Be2 Rc7 20. Ne4 $16) 18... Bc8 (18... Bc6
19. Be2 Rc5 20. Bd4 $16) 19. Be2 Rc6 20. h4 (20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Bxb5 Bb7 (21...
Bd7 22. Rxd7 Kxd7 23. Rd1+ Nd5 24. c4 Rhc8 25. Kb1 f6 26. cxd5 exd5 27. Bc3 $16
) 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Re3 Kf8 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. b4 $16) 20... O-O 21. g5 Nd7 (
21... hxg5 22. hxg5 Nd7) 22. Bd4 (22. gxh6 Nxe5 23. hxg7 Kxg7 24. fxe5 Rc5 25.
Bf3 Rh8 26. h5 $14) 22... hxg5 23. hxg5 Bd6 (23... Rc7 24. Bf3 Bb7 25. Bxb7
Rxb7 26. g6 $14) 24. Be3 Bxa3 $6 (24... Bb8 25. Bf3 Rc7 26. Re2 (26. Rd3 Bb7
27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Red1 Nb6 29. b3 Kh7 $14) 26... Bb7 27. Bxb7 Rxb7 28. Ne4 $16)
25. Nxb5 $1 Bxb2+ $2 {[%mdl 4096] The transfer into the endgame with the
necessity to fight bishops pair and a passed "c" pawn is not very clever,
white will control the whole board.} (25... Bb4 26. Nd4 $1 (26. Na7 Rc7 27. c3
Bc5 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Nxc8 Rfxc8 $14) 26... Rc7 27. c3 $16) (25... Bc5 26. Bf3
Rb6 27. Bxc5 Nxc5 28. Nd6 $16) 26. Kxb2 axb5 27. Bxb5 Rc7 28. c4 Nc5 (28... e5
29. Kc3 f6 30. g6 $1 $18) 29. f5 $5 (29. Kc3 Bb7 30. Kb4 Rfc8 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32.
Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Kxc5 $16) 29... exf5 (29... Bb7 30. Bf4 Rcc8 31. Bd6 Rfd8 32.
Bxc5 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rxc5 34. g6 fxg6 35. fxe6 Re5 36. Rd7 Bf3 37. e7 Re2+ 38.
Kc3 Kf7 39. e8=Q+ Kxe8 40. Rd3+ Ke7 41. Rxf3 $18) 30. Bf4 Rb7 (30... Ra7 31.
Bd6 Nd7 32. Bxf8 Kxf8 33. Rd5 $18) 31. Bd6 Be6 32. Bxc5 Rc8 (32... Bxc4 33.
Bxf8 Bxb5 (33... Rxb5+ 34. Kc3 $18) (33... Kxf8 34. Re8# (34. Rd8#)) 34. Rd8
$18) 33. Rxe6 $1 {Black has even managed to generate magical defense due to
the pin along the b file, but this simple blow practically finishes the fight
in white's favour.} (33. Bb4 Bxc4 $15) 33... fxe6 34. g6 Rbb8 (34... Rxc5 $2
35. Rd8#) 35. Ba7 Rb7 (35... Ra8 36. Bd7 Rc7 37. Bxe6+ Kf8 38. Bd4 $18) (35...
Rd8 36. Re1 Rb7 37. Bc5 Rc8 38. Rxe6 $18) 36. Bf2 Kf8 37. Kb3 e5 (37... f4 38.
Rh1 Kg8 39. Re1 Re7 40. Bh4 Rb7 41. Rxe6 $18) 38. Rd6 f4 (38... Ke7 39. Ra6 f4
40. Bh4+ Kf8 41. Re6 $18) 39. Rd5 Rc6 40. Bc5+ 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Bologan,V"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 {In his latest games Peter started to play and not
without success the Paulsen variation. Especialy it helped him in the last
Aeroflot Open. So I decided to go for an unusual for him type of position in
which he didn't show up any skills (see the notes to the 4-th move).} Nc6 4. c3
{This continuation was worked out by my coach Vyacheslav Chebanenco. The idea
is to prevent the developement of the bishop on g7. Still nowdays is clear
that black can achieve it by pushing his knight first either to e7 or to f6.} (
4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d5 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Bg5 h6 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Nc3 Qd8 11.
Be3 Nd7 12. Qd2 a6 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Nce5 16. Qe2 f5 17. Nc3 $16
{Vescovi Giovanni(2611) - Svidler Peter(2690), Bermuda 2003 It (cat.15)}) 4...
Nf6 5. g3 g6 (5... d5 6. Qe2 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 cxd4 11.
cxd4 $14) 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3 $6 {The idea is right but first I should
play} (8. Re1 d5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Bf4) 8... d6 {Now would make sence to get use
of premature 8.a3} (8... d5 $5) 9. Re1 e5 {That was the plan which I first saw
in Tregubov's game. The idea of settling the knight on f6 and not to e7 is to
have the opportunity to play Ng4 some time and also after d5 the e4 pawn is
under pressure.} (9... h6 10. b4 Rb8 11. b5 (11. Nbd2 $6 Ng4 12. Qb3 b5 13. Bb2
Qb6 14. bxc5 dxc5 15. Qc2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rfd8 17. h3 Nge5 18. Bf1 Rd7 $17 {
Popovic Dragan B (YUG) 2324 - Vasovski Nikola (MKD) 2322, Belgrade (Yugoslavia)
2001}) 11... Na5 12. Ra2 $16) 10. b4 a6 11. h3 $1 {This simple prophilactical
move escaped from Vescovi's attention in our previous Poikovsvky game. He
suffered a lot but at the end he managed to draw it.} (11. Bb2 Re8 12. Nbd2 h6
13. d4 $6 exd4 14. cxd4 Nh7 15. Nc4 Bg4 $15 {Vescovi Giovanni (BRA) 2611 -
Bologan Viktor (MDA) 2631, Poikovskii (Russia) 2002}) 11... b5 {The next few
moves are proving that Peter doesn't realy know what he wants. Still is not so
easy to find the easy way to equality for black -} (11... h6 12. Be3 b6 13.
Nbd2 Re8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4 Bb7 (15... cxb4 16. Qc2 Bb7 17. d5 Na7 18. axb4
Nb5 19. Qd3 $14) 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. dxc5 b5 18. Qc2 Nd7 19. Rab1 $36) 12. Be3
cxb4 $6 (12... Qe7 13. Nbd2) 13. axb4 Re8 (13... a5 14. Nbd2 Bb7 15. bxa5 Rxa5
16. Qb3 $14) 14. Nbd2 h6 15. d4 $1 {Now it's getting clear that since his
third move when white decided to adjourn his d pawn march to the forth rank
white considerably improved his position while black we can say weakened it.
Actualy this is the idea of all close sicilians play that having in mind the
capture of the centre one is trying to prepare for it as better is possible.}
exd4 (15... Qc7 16. d5 Nb8 17. Qc2 Nbd7 18. c4 bxc4 19. Nxc4 Rb8 20. Reb1 Nb6
21. Nfd2 Nxc4 22. Qxc4 $16) 16. Nxd4 Bd7 (16... Nxd4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxa8 Bf5
19. Rxa6 $16) 17. f4 Qc7 {Now I felt quite comfortable because the position
transposed to the g3 line in the Pirc which is familiar to me. Still they are
subttless in the position, for example the weak pawn on c3 so the traditional
g4 doesn't look so good.} 18. Qf3 Ne7 (18... Nxd4 19. cxd4 (19. Bxd4 Bc6 20.
Qd3 $14) 19... Bc6 20. d5 (20. Rac1 Qd7 21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. e5 Qxf3 23. Bxf3 dxe5
24. dxe5 Nd7 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 $14) (20. Bf2 d5 21. e5 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Qc3
Qb7 24. Qc2 f5) 20... Bb7 21. Bd4 Rac8 22. Qf2 $16) 19. Rac1 Rac8 (19... a5 20.
c4 $1 bxc4 21. Nxc4 axb4 22. e5 dxe5 23. fxe5 Nfd5 24. Nd6 $18) 20. N2b3 Bc6 $6
{After a long thought Svidler almost gives up. May be disliked the d5 move.
Still I consider it as the best chance for black.} (20... d5 $5 21. e5 Ne4 22.
Kh2 $5 (22. Nd2 Nf5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Nxg3 25. Qb7 Qxb7 26. Bxb7 Rb8) (22.
Ne2 f6 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Bd4 Nf5 25. Bxf6 Nxf6) 22... h5 (22... Nf5 23. Nxf5
Bxf5 24. g4 Be6 25. Nc5 $16) 23. Nd2 h4 24. g4 f6 25. exf6 Ng5 (25... Nxf6 26.
Kg1 $16) 26. Qf2 Bxf6 27. Kh1 Ne6 28. N2b3 $16) 21. Nxc6 Nxc6 22. Bf2 a5 23.
Qd3 $1 {The key move. Now the pawn on b4 is posioned while his opponent on b5
becomes an difficult task to protect.} a4 (23... axb4 24. cxb4 Nxb4 25. Qd2 Nc2
26. Nd4 $18) 24. Nd2 Rb8 25. Nb1 {For the next 15 moves the position is
completely lost for black and is only up to white to decide the method of
execution.} Re6 26. Na3 Qd7 27. Rb1 Ne7 28. Red1 Ne8 29. h4 f5 30. e5 d5 31.
Bc5 $18 Nc7 32. Bxe7 (32. c4 bxc4 33. Nxc4 Bf8 34. Ne3 $18) 32... Qxe7 33. Bxd5
Nxd5 34. Qxd5 Qe8 35. Rbc1 (35. Nc2 Qc6 (35... Kh8 36. Nd4 Reb6 37. h5 $18) 36.
Qa2 Qxc3 37. Qxe6+ Kh8 38. Ne1 Qxg3+ 39. Ng2 $18) 35... Bf8 36. Nc2 Qc6 37. Qd3
h5 38. Nd4 Qb6 39. Qf3 {been in time trouble I miss the easiest way to finish
the game.} (39. Kg2 Ree8 40. c4 Qb7+ 41. Kh2 bxc4 42. Qxc4+ Kh7 43. Nc6 $18)
39... Rd8 40. Qe3 {'time'} Rc6 41. Kf2 Rcc8 42. Nxf5 Qxe3+ 43. Nxe3 Rxd1 44.
Rxd1 Rxc3 {Even so the position was still winning. I needed only to rest a bit
and to think over the position for a while. But I thought that there is
nothing better then natural Rd7 and together with mating threats and pushing
the e pawn white should win. First I underestimated the defensive
possibilities for black and second I missed not very complicated win.} 45. Rd7
$4 (45. Rd8 $1 Kf7 (45... Kg7 46. Rd7+ Kh8 47. Nd5 Rd3 48. e6 a3 49. Rf7 $18)
46. f5 $1 gxf5 (46... Bxb4 47. e6+ Kg7 (47... Ke7 48. fxg6 {%02!!$18}) 48. Nd5
Bc5+ 49. Ke2 Rc2+ 50. Kd3 Rf2 51. Rd7+ Kh6 52. f6 $18) 47. e6+ Ke7 48. Rb8 $1
Kxe6 49. Rxf8 Rb3 50. Nxf5 Rxb4 51. Ng7+ Kd6 52. Ra8 Rb3 53. Nxh5 a3 54. Nf4 b4
55. h5 Rb2+ 56. Ke3 $18) 45... Bxb4 46. Nd5 Bc5+ 47. Ke2 (47. Kg2 Rc2+ 48. Kh3
Re2) 47... Rc4 $1 {The only move, but enough for draw.} (47... Rxg3 48. e6 Kf8
49. Rf7+ Ke8 50. Rc7 $18) 48. Kf3 (48. Nf6+ Kf8 49. Kd3 a3 50. e6 Be7 51. Nd5
a2 52. Rxe7 Rd4+ 53. Kxd4 a1=Q+ 54. Kc5 {=}) 48... a3 49. e6 Kf8 {Here I spend
about 50 from the left 52 minutes and didn't find aything which was proved
home with the machine. The best I could achieve was a rook ending 3 to 2 on
the same side which is easy draw.} 50. Rf7+ {Unfortunately didn't work} (50.
Rh7 {in order to prepare Nf6, because of} Bd4) 50... Ke8 51. Rb7 Kf8 52. Rf7+ {
'time'} (52. Rxb5 Rc2 (52... a2 53. Ra5) 53. Ra5 a2 54. Ra8+ Kg7 55. e7 Rf2+
56. Ke4 Bxe7 57. Ra7 Kf8 58. Nxe7 Re2+ 59. Kf3 Rxe7 60. Rxa2 Kf7 {=}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C08"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[Annotator "Pelletier,Y"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Nbxd7
8. O-O Be7 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Re1 O-O 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. c3 (13. Bd4
Ncd7) 13... Ncd7 $1 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ge8e4,Gd7b6] Vor einem Jahr habe ich in
derselben Variante gegen Michael Adams verloren. Dabei hatte ich diesen
anscheinend passiven Springerzug nicht gespielt, obwohl ich das Mannöver
früher mal zu Hause vorbereitet hatte. Nun verpasste ich die Chance nicht zum
zweiten Mal!} 14. Bd4 Bc5 {Der weisse Läufer steht sehr gut auf d4, da er auf
beiden Flügeln wirkt.} 15. Ne3 {Der Turmtausch auf e8 vor diesem Zug kam
ebenfalls in Frage.} Re4 $1 {In dieser Variante besetzt normalerweise ein
schwarzer Springer dieses starke Feld. Die Idee von Nbd7 ist, den zentralen
Stützpunkt mit einem Turm zu kontrollieren.} 16. Bxc5 (16. Ng5 Re7 {bringt
nichts ein, während}) (16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nxd5 {wegen dem taktischen Schlag}
Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Qc5+ 19. Kg3 Qd6+ 20. Kf2 Qc5+ 21. Kg3 $11 {ebenfalls nichts
taugt.}) 16... Qxc5 17. Nd2 {Von nun an verpasste ich mehrere Züge, die den
klaren Ausgleich sicherten.} Re5 (17... Re7 $142 {[%cal Ye7a7]}) 18. Qb3 Nb6 (
18... Rae8 $142 19. Qxb7 $140 (19. Nf3 R5e6) 19... Rb8 20. Qa6 Rxb2) 19. a4
Rae8 20. Nf3 R5e7 $6 ({Nach} 20... Re4 21. a5 (21. Qb5 Nxa4 22. Nd4 Qxb5 23.
Nxb5 R8e6 24. b3 a6 25. bxa4 axb5 26. axb5 g6 $11) 21... Nc4 22. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 23.
Rxe1 Rxe1+ 24. Nxe1 Qxc4 $11 25. Qxb7 $2 {übersah ich} Qe2 $1 {[%csl Rg1]}) 21.
Qb5 Qc6 (21... Qc8 22. Red1) 22. Red1 (22. Nd4 Qc8) 22... a6 (22... Re4 23.
Qxc6 bxc6 24. a5 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Nd4 $11) 23. Qxc6 bxc6 24. a5 Nc8 25. c4
$6 ({Nach dieser Vereifachung muss Schwarz nur noch einige genaue Züge finden.
Mittels} 25. Nd4 Na7 26. b4 (26. Nb3 Ne4 {[%csl Rc5]}) 26... Ne4 27. Rd3 {
konnte Weiss etwas Druck ausüben.}) 25... Rb7 26. cxd5 cxd5 27. Nxd5 Nxd5 28.
Rxd5 Rxb2 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Rc1 Ne7 31. Rdc5 (31. Rd6 Rc8 $1 32. Ne1 $1 Ra8 $11 {
[%csl Ra5] /\ Rb5}) 31... Reb8 32. g3 (32. Ne5 R8b5) 32... Rb1 33. Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 {Lputian together with
Vaganian are the main experts in this system for Black.} 6. b4 $5 cxd4 7. Nb5 (
7. Qg4 Ne7 8. bxa5 dxc3 9. Qxg7 Rg8 10. Qxh7 Nbc6 $132) 7... Bc7 8. f4 Ne7 9.
Nf3 a6 ({Worth considering} 9... Bd7 $5) 10. Nxc7+ (10. Nbxd4) 10... Qxc7 11.
Bd3 Nd7 {A new idea, White did very well after " normal "} (11... Nbc6 12. Bb2
Bd7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Kh1 O-O 15. a4 $5 $36) 12. Bb2 (12. O-O Nb6 13. Bb2 Nc6 14.
Nxd4 $140 Na4) 12... Nb6 13. Bxd4 Bd7 {[%cal Gd7b5] Black is ready to offer
exchange of light-coloured  bishops.} ({Premature castle leads to big troubles
-} 13... O-O 14. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 15. Ng5+ Kg8 16. Qd3 $1 {[%csl Yc2]} Nf5 (16...
Ng6 17. Qh3 Re8 18. Qh7+ Kf8 19. Bc5+ Re7 20. h4 $40) 17. g4 $40) 14. Qe2 Na4
15. O-O Rc8 16. Rac1 {[%cal Gc2c4]} (16. f5 $6 Nxf5 $1 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. e6 (
18. Ng5 Qc4 $5 19. Qe3 Nc3 20. Rf2 Be6 $15) 18... fxe6 19. Bxg7 Rg8 $17) 16...
Nc3 $6 {White get better chances as a result of opening and , possibly , black
should have considered pawn sacrifice} (16... Bb5 $5 17. Bxb5+ axb5 18. Qxb5+
Qc6 $44 {with small compensation for the pawn.}) 17. Qe3 Bb5 $6 ({Being fully
aware of what is going to happen, I would recommend the following to Black:} 
17... Nf5 $5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. e6 Bxe6 20. Bxg7 Rg8 21. Be5 Qc4 22. Rfe1 $14)
18. Bc5 ({Svidler thinks that an extra pawn in the ending after} 18. Bxc3 $5
Qxc3 19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Qxc3 Rxc3 21. Nd4 Rxa3 22. Nxb5 Ra2 23. Nd6+ Kd7 24.
Nxf7 (24. c4 $5) (24. Nxb7 $5) 24... Rc8 (24... Rb8 $5) 25. Nd6 $16 {will be
not enough for victory, but I am not so optimistic about black's chances for a
draw.}) 18... Na4 $6 ({Interesting was} 18... Nf5 $142 $5 {with possible line}
19. Bxf5 {the following lines might have arisen -} (19. Qe1 $5) 19... Bxf1 (
19... Ne2+ $5 20. Kh1 Nxc1 21. Rxc1 exf5 22. e6 $1 f6 23. Nh4 g6 24. Qd4 b6 $5
25. Bxb6 Qc3 $132) 20. Rxf1 exf5 21. Qxc3 (21. Nd4 $143 $2 Ne4 22. Nxf5 Nxc5
23. Nd6+ Ke7 24. Nxc8+ Rxc8 25. bxc5 Qxc5 {and White gets an obviously
inferior ending}) 21... b6 $1 22. e6 f6 23. Rd1 bxc5 24. Rxd5 $44) 19. Bxe7 (
19. Bxb5+ axb5 20. Nd4 Nf5 (20... O-O 21. Bxe7 Qxe7 $44) 21. Nxf5 exf5 22. Qg3
{with clear advantage.}) (19. Bd6 Qb6 20. Nd4 $36) 19... Qxe7 20. f5 $1 $40 {
Without special effects Peter obtained a almost winning position.} Bxd3 $8 (
20... O-O 21. Nd4 $1 (21. f6 $143 gxf6 22. Bxh7+ Kg7 $1 (22... Kxh7 $2 23. exf6
$18)) 21... Bxd3 22. f6 $16) (20... exf5 21. Nd4 (21. Bxb5+ $5 axb5 22. Nd4 {
[%csl Rb5,Gd4,Rf5]}) 21... Bxd3 22. cxd3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 O-O 24. Nxf5 Qe6 25. Qg5
g6 26. Nh6+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ $5 Qxf6 28. exf6 $18 {[%csl Gh6,Rh8]}) 21. cxd3 Rxc1 (
21... O-O 22. f6 gxf6 23. exf6 Qxf6 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Ne5 $18) 22. Rxc1 O-O 23.
f6 $2 {White is in hurry to break the enemy king's shield.} ({H~~ could
develop a crushing kingside attack by playing} 23. Nd4 $1 Nb6 24. Rf1 $1 {
/\ f5-f6 +-}) 23... gxf6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Re5d7]} Qg7 $8
$132 {Only move!} ({Quickly lose and} 25... Qe7 $2 26. Rc7 $1 Qxc7 27. Qg3+ Kh8
28. Ng6+ hxg6 29. Qxc7 $18) ({and} 25... Qh4 $2 26. Nd7 Rd8 27. Qe5 $1 Rxd7 28.
Rc8+ Rd8 29. Qg3+ $1 Qxg3 30. Rxd8+ Kg7 31. hxg3 $18 {with big advantage in
ending.}) 26. Rf1 (26. Rc7 b5 27. h3 $44) 26... Nc3 $5 {Avoiding cunning trap -
} (26... f6 $2 27. Rf3 d4 $5 (27... Kh8 28. Rg3 Qe7 29. Ng6+ hxg6 30. Qh6+ $18)
28. Qd2 fxe5 29. Rg3 $16) (26... f5 27. Rf3 Kh8 28. d4 {[%csl Re5][%cal Gf3g3]}
) 27. Rf3 d4 $1 {Best defense!} 28. Qe1 Kh8 $138 (28... Qh6 $5 {[%cal Gc3a2,
Gh6c1]} 29. Qg3+ (29. Nd7 Rc8 $15) 29... Kh8 30. Nxf7+ Rxf7 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32.
Rg3+ Kf6 33. Rf3+ $11) 29. Nd7 Rd8 $6 {Too passive} ({Black could maintain
balance after} 29... Rc8 $142 $1 {for example} 30. Nf6 $5 ({In the case of} 30.
Rg3 Qh6 31. Qe5+ f6 32. Nxf6 Ne2+ $1 33. Qxe2 Rc1+ 34. Kf2 Qxf6+ $36 {White
should play very accurately in order not to get the worst position.}) 30... h6
31. h4 Nd5 32. Nxd5 (32. Nh5 Qg4 33. Qe5+ f6 34. Rxf6 (34. Nxf6 Rc1+) 34...
Nxf6 35. Qxf6+ Kh7 $11) 32... exd5 33. Qe7 Rg8 $11) 30. Nf6 $5 (30. Rg3 Qh6 (
30... Qxg3 31. hxg3 Rxd7 32. Qe5+ Kg8 $13) 31. Ne5 (31. Qe5+ f6 32. Nxf6 Qc1+
33. Kf2 Qd2+ $11) 31... Rf8 32. Nd7 $11) 30... Nd5 (30... h6 $143 $6 31. h4 $1
{great idea - White takes g5 square under the control.} Nd5 32. Nh5 Qg6 33.
Qe5+ Kh7 34. Rg3 f6 35. Rxg6 fxe5 36. Rxe6 $16) 31. Nxh7 $5 (31. Qh4 Rc8 $1 32.
Nxd5 Rc1+ 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34. Kxf1 exd5 35. Qd8+ Qg8 36. Qxd5 Qg4 $11) 31... Ne3
32. Rg3 Qxh7 ({Black could play} 32... Qe5 {but after} 33. Ng5 Rf8 34. Nf3 Qf4
35. Nxd4 $1 Qxd4 36. Rxe3 Rc8 37. Kh1 {[%csl Rh8] White's chances are higher
any case.}) 33. Rh3 Qxh3 34. gxh3 Rg8+ (34... Rd5 $142 $1 35. Qh4+ Kg7 36. Kf2
Nf5 37. Qg5+ $36) 35. Kf2 e5 $2 (35... Rg2+ 36. Kf3 Kg7 37. Qh4 (37. a4 $5)
37... Nf5 $1 {with great chances for a draw.}) 36. Kf3 $16 {'The queen is
clearly stronger than R+N and with precise play Svidler brings game to the
victory.} Rg6 37. Qh4+ Kg7 38. Qe7 Rf6+ (38... Re6 39. Qxb7 Kg6 40. a4 f5 41.
b5 e4+ 42. Ke2 $18) 39. Ke2 Re6 40. Qxb7 Kg6 41. a4 $18 {Rest is quite simple.}
e4 $5 42. dxe4 Nc4 43. Qd5 (43. Kd3 $5 Nb2+ 44. Kxd4 Nxa4 45. e5 $5 $18) 43...
Nb6 44. Qf5+ Kg7 45. a5 Na4 $1 {[%cal Ga4c3]} 46. Kd3 Nc3 47. Kxd4 Nb5+ 48. Kc5
Rg6 49. h4 Re6 (49... Rh6 50. e5 Rg6 (50... Nc7 51. Qg5+ Rg6 52. Qe7 Nb5 53. h5
) 51. h5 Rh6 52. Qg5+ Kh7 53. Qxh6+ Kxh6 54. Kb6 $18) 50. Qxe6 $1 {The
shortest way to victory} fxe6 51. Kb6 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4]} e5 (51... Nc3 52. e5 $1
Nd5+ 53. Kxa6 Nxb4+ 54. Kb5 Nd5 55. a6 Nc7+ 56. Kb6 Nxa6 57. Kxa6 Kg6 58. h5+
$1 Kxh5 59. Kb6 $18) 52. Kxa6 Nd6 53. Kb6 Nxe4 54. Kc6 Nd6 {'!?'} 55. a6 (55.
Kxd6 e4 56. a6 e3 57. a7 e2 58. a8=Q e1=Q 59. Qa7+ Kf8 60. Qc5 $18 {was good
enough}) 55... Nc8 56. Kd5 Kf6 57. h5 {White just have too many pawns!} Na7 58.
h6 Nb5 59. h7 Kg7 60. Kxe5 Kxh7 61. Kf6 $1 {[%cal Gf6d7] Avoiding last trap -}
(61. Kd5 $4 Nc7+ {[%cal Gc7d5,Gc7a6]}) 61... Nc7 62. a7 Nd5+ 63. Ke5 Nb6 64.
Kd4 {The technical part of the game was greatly conducted by Svidler} 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 04th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2003.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 Rd8 14. Ke1
Na5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Ke2 e6 18. Be3 exd5 19. exd5 b5 {About this
variation - see CBM87, annotations to the game Schandorff-Ftacnik.} 20. Nd2 a6
21. Ne4 Nc4 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (21... Bf5 {is the main line. GM Peter Svidler
finds an easier way to equality.}) 22. Bxc4 (22. Nc5 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Bg4+ 24. Kf2
Bb2 25. Rc2 Ba3 {is good for Black.}) 22... bxc4 23. Nc5 (23. Nd6 Rd8 24. Bf4 (
24. Nxc4 Bb5) {is risky:} 24... g5 $1 (24... c3 $5) 25. Bg3 f5 26. f4 Bf8 $1
27. fxg5 $140 $2 f4 $1 28. Bxf4 Bg4+) 23... Rd8 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Rxc4 Rxd5 $11
26. Rhc1 h5 27. Ra4 Rd6 28. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.05.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. h3 e5 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Na3 Re8 10. d3 h6 11. Nc2 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2003.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2003.05.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 f6 12. Bd2 Nh6 13. Rb1 Nf7 14. b4 c6 15.
Be3 Qe7 16. Qa4 Be6 17. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.07"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Marzolo, Cyril"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mulhouse"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. O-O b6 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Bb7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qe2 Nd7 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15.
Bb1 Rd8 16. e5 dxe5 17. f5 exf5 18. Bxf5 Nf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Nb4 21. Bxb6
Rxd5 22. Rf1 g6 23. Qg4 Bc6 24. Be3 Qe8 25. a3 Nd3 26. Be6 Bd7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7
28. Qxd7 Rxd7 29. Rcd1 Rad8 30. Rd2 f5 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.08"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 b5 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. Bd3 Qc7 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Re1 (9. a4 $5) 9... a6 (9... e5 $143 10. dxe5 (10. a4 a6) 10... dxe5 11.
a4 $1 {Typical idea in this line} b4 (11... a6 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8+ Bxa8 14.
Qa1 Bb7 15. Qa7 Ne7 16. Qa3 $1 $40 {[%csl Ge8]}) 12. Nb1 a5 (12... Ngf6 13. a5
$1 $14) 13. Nbd2 Ngf6 14. Nb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kruppa,Y-Korotylev,A/Alushta 1994/
CBM 41/[Belov] (41)}) (9... Ngf6 $2 10. e5 $1 dxe5 $140 11. dxe5 Nxe5 $2 12.
Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bh6 $16) 10. Qd2 $146 (10. Ne2 c5 (10... Ngf6 $5) 11. c3 Ngf6 12.
Ng3 h5 $2 (12... O-O $142) 13. Bg5 Nh7 14. Bd2 h4 15. Nf1 e5 16. Ne3 $16 {
1-0 Gheng,J-Reschke,T/Schwabisch Gmund 2002/EXT 2003 (27)}) 10... c5 $5 {
This idea looks very dangerous, since black is really behind in development,
but in Pirc we can see very often that black is very successful in such things.
} (10... Ngf6 $143 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. e5 $40) 11. a4 ({After} 11.
dxc5 Nxc5 {black is clearly alright}) 11... b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 c4 (13...
Ngf6 {Desreve serious attention} 14. dxc5 (14. Bg5 $143 c4 $1 15. Qe2 Nb6 16.
a5 cxd3 17. axb6 dxe2 18. bxc7 Nxd5 19. Rxa6 Kd7 $1 $15) 14... Nxc5 15. Bd4 (
15. Qxb4 $2 Nxd5) 15... Nxd3 $1 (15... O-O 16. Bf1 Rfe8 17. a5 $14) 16. Qxd3
O-O 17. c3 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rfe8 $11) 14. Bf1 c3 (14... a5 $140 $5 {[%csl Gd5]}
15. c3 (15. Qe2 Nb6 16. Nd2 Nf6 17. Nxc4 Nbxd5 $11) 15... b3 16. Qe2 Nb6 17.
Nd2 Rc8 {[%cal Gg8f6]}) 15. bxc3 bxc3 16. Qd3 (16. Qe2 $143 Ngf6 17. Bh6 O-O $1
{and black is fine}) 16... Ngf6 17. Bg5 O-O ({After} 17... h6 18. Bxf6 (18. Bh4
$140 $2 g5 $1 19. Bg3 Nxd5 $17) 18... Nxf6 (18... Bxf6 19. Ra3 {[%cal Ga3c3]})
19. Qc4 $1 (19. Ra3 $2 Nxd5 20. Qe4 Qc6 $17) 19... Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Kd7 21. Ra3 $1
{black has problems with defending c3-pawn}) (17... Nxd5 $2 18. Qe4 $1 $18 {
[%csl Ga8]}) 18. a5 {[%csl Ra6]} Rfc8 $6 (18... h6 $1 {was much more to the
point} 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Qc4 Rfc8 21. Qa2 (21. Ra4 Qb7 $1 {[%csl Gd5]}) 21...
Rcb8 22. Rab1 Rb2 $1 23. Rxb2 cxb2 24. Qxb2 Nxd5 $11) (18... Nxd5 19. Qc4 (19.
Bxe7 Rfe8 20. Bg5 Nb4 $1) 19... e6 20. Qxc7 Nxc7 21. Be7 Rfc8 22. Bxd6 Nd5 23.
Reb1 Bf8 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Rb7 $14) 19. Rxe7 Nxd5 20. Ree1 Nb4 (20... Rcb8 21.
Qc4 $1 $14) 21. Qe2 Nf6 {[%cal Gf6d5]} (21... Nc6 22. Qc4 $1) 22. Bxf6 $1 $14 {
Otherwise black would easily hold with second knight on d5} Bxf6 23. Ra4 Nc6 (
23... Rcb8 $143 24. Rb1 Nc6 (24... Nd5 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26. Qc4 Qb7 27. Ra3 $1
$16 {[%cal Ga3b3]}) 25. Rxb8+ Qxb8 26. Qe4 Ne7 27. Ra3 $16 {[%cal Ga3c3] and
black is losing c3-pawn} (27. Rb4 Qxb4 28. Qxa8+ Kg7 29. Qxa6 Nf5 $1 $132)) 24.
Rea1 ({Nothing gives-} 24. Qe4 Nxa5 25. Rea1 Nc6 26. Rxa6 Rxa6 27. Rxa6 Nb4 $11
{[%cal Gd6d5]}) 24... d5 25. R1a3 {[%cal Ga3c3]} Nd8 {[%cal Gd8e6]} 26. Qe3 (
26. Rb3 Rcb8 $1) 26... Ne6 27. g3 Be7 $2 {Untill this moment black was able to
defend his inferior position quite well, but right here he is missing white's
next idea.} (27... Qc6 $142 $1 {[%csl Ga4][%cal Gf6e7,Ga8b8] and not so clear,
how white can break through, for example:} 28. Ne5 (28. Rb4 Be7 29. Rb6 Bxa3
30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Ne5 Rc7 32. Bg2 Rd8 {and black should hold}) 28... Bxe5 29.
Qxe5 (29. dxe5 d4) 29... Rab8 {[%cal Gb8b1]} 30. Bg2 Rb5 $1 $11) 28. Rb3 Rab8
29. Rb6 $1 {A key idea which leaves black with very unpleasant postion} Rxb6
30. axb6 Qxb6 31. Rxa6 Qd8 (31... Qb7 32. Rxe6 $1 (32. Ne5 $143 {[%cal Ge5f7]}
Ng5 $1 {and black holds}) 32... fxe6 33. Qxe6+ Kg7 34. Ba6 Qb1+ 35. Kg2 Re8 36.
Qe5+ Kg8 37. Qxd5+ Kg7 38. Qe5+ {wins easily}) 32. Ne5 $1 $36 {Decisive
involvement, since black is unable to defend all his weaknesses.} Bg5 (32...
Bd6 33. Bg2 Nc7 34. Rc6 $16 {[%csl Gc3]}) (32... Qe8 33. Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 34. Rxe6
Bf6 35. Bg2 Rd8 36. Rc6 $18 {[%csl Gc3]}) 33. Nxf7 $1 $18 {The decisive
tactical blow, which leads to an easily winning position.} Bxe3 (33... Kxf7 34.
Qxe6+ Kg7 35. Rd6 {absolutely hopeless for black too}) 34. Nxd8 Bxf2+ (34...
Nxd4 35. fxe3 Nxc2 36. Nc6 $18 {[%cal Gc6e7]}) 35. Kxf2 Nxd8 36. Bg2 $1 {
[%csl Gd5] d5-pawn is falling and the rest is very easy since the c3-pawn is
falling soon.} Kg7 37. Bxd5 Rc7 38. Ke3 {[%csl Rc3][%cal Ge3d3]} Rd7 39. Ra5
1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.09"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Nice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c5 15.
d5 c4 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Qd2 Reb8 18. Nh2 Ne8 19. Ng4 Bc8 20. Rf1 a5 21. Kh1 Nc5
22. f4 b4 23. Rf3 bxc3 24. Qxc3 exf4 25. Bxf4 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Nf6 27. g5 Ng4 28.
Nf5 Nd7 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Nxd6 Bxd6 31. Rxf7 Nde5 32. Rf5 g6 33. Rf6 Nxf6 34.
gxf6 Nf7 35. Qxc4 Rb4 36. Qc6 Rab8 37. b3 R4b6 38. Qa4 Be5 39. Rf1 Bxf6 40.
Qxa5 Be5 41. d6 Rb5 42. Qc7 Nxd6 43. Bd3 R5b7 44. Qc5 Re8 45. a4 Kg7 46. Qd5
Rbe7 47. a5 Rd8 48. a6 Rdd7 49. Qa8 Ne8 50. Bb5 Ra7 51. Qd8 Nf6 52. Bc6 Rac7
53. b4 Rf7 54. b5 Nxe4 55. Rf3 Ng3+ 56. Kg1 Nf5 57. g4 Nd4 58. Rxf7+ Rxf7 59.
Qe8 Bd6 60. Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2003.05.10"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.05.07"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 095"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Nde2 Nf6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 d6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. g4 b5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Ng3 Re8 15.
Qd2 Bb7 16. Nce2 Rad8 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 e5 19. Bc3 d5 20. Kh1 dxe4 21. Ba5
Nb6 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. bxc3 exf4 24. Nxe4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Bc5 26. Bd3 g5 27. Rae1
Rc8 28. Bxb6 Bxb6 29. Kg2 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Rxc3 31. Re5 h6 32. Rd5 Bc7 33. h4 gxh4
34. Kh3 Ra3 35. Kxh4 Rxa2 36. Kh5 Kf8 37. Kxh6 Ke7 38. Rf5 Ke6 39. Rc5 Bd6 40.
Rc8 f3 41. Re8+ Be7 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 10th Group2"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2003.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 c5 8. d5
a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. e4 Qc7 11. Be2 Rb8 12. Bg5 Ne5 13. Nd2 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Nxb5 Qb6 16. Bf4 Nfg4 17. Qg3 c4 18. Na3 Qd4 19. Naxc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Rb4 21.
Rd1 Qxe4 22. f3 Qc2 23. Rc1 Qa4 24. fxg4 Ba6 25. Bd1 Qa2 26. b3 Bd4 27. Bd2 Rb5
28. Be3 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Qxg2 30. Bf3 Qa2 31. Nd2 Rb4 32. Qc3 Rc8 33. Qxb4 Rxc1+
34. Kf2 Rc2 35. Rd1 Qb2 36. Be4 Qf6+ 37. Kg2 Qf4 38. h3 Be2 39. Qa5 Rxd2 40.
Qxd2 Qxe4+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kg2 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 10th Group2"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2003.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. c3 Nge7 5. Be3 d6 6. a3 g6 7. b4 b6 8. d4 Bg7
9. dxc5 bxc5 10. bxc5 d5 11. Bb5 Bd7 12. Nbd2 Bxc3 13. O-O Bg7 14. Rc1 O-O 15.
Bg5 h6 16. exd5 hxg5 17. dxc6 Nxc6 18. h3 Rb8 19. Qa4 Rxb5 20. Qxb5 Nd4 21. Qd3
Bb5 22. Nc4 Qd5 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Rfd1 Rd8 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Rxd4 Rxd4 27. Nd6
Bc6 28. Rb1 Kg7 29. f3 Rd5 30. Rb8 Rxc5 31. Rc8 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rc2 33. Rc7 Kf6
34. Rxa7 e5 35. Rc7 Ba4 36. Ne4+ Kg7 37. Rxc2 Bxc2 38. Nc5 Kf8 39. a4 e4 40. a5
1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 10th Group2"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Makarov, Marat"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2003.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Na3 c3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. e3 Nc6 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Bb2 Nb4 14. Ne5 Be4 15.
Bh3 e6 16. f3 Bf5 17. Bf1 Bc2 18. Rdc1 Ba4 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Qd2 Nc6 21. Nac4
Rd8 22. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 10th Group2"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2003.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norilsk Norilsky Nikel"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2 a6 8. O-O b5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 e6 11. Nd3 Nc6 12. Rc1 Qb6 13. b4 Bd7 14. a4 Rfc8 15. axb5
axb5 16. Qb3 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 10th Group2"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yandemirov, Valeri"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2003.05.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya-TsSDYuSShOR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. d4
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 exd4 10. Rd1 Qf6 11. Qb3 Ne7 12. c3 Qe6 13. Qb7 Qc8 14. Qxc8+ Rxc8
15. cxd4 f5 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nd2 Kd7 18. Nf3 Be7 19. Re1 Rhg8 20. h4 Rb8 21. b3
f4 22. Bd2 g5 23. hxg5 Bxg5 24. Rac1 Be7 25. Re4 Rg6 26. Bxf4 Rg4 27. e6+ Kc8
28. g3 Kb7 29. Nh2 Rg6 30. Bd2 h4 31. g4 Nf6 32. Rf4 Nd5 33. Rf5 Rxe6 34. Re1
Rxe1+ 35. Bxe1 Bf6 36. Bd2 Bxd4 37. Nf3 Bb2 38. Nxh4 Re8 39. g5 Re4 40. Nf3 Ne7
41. Rf7 c5 42. Kf1 d5 43. Ba5 Kc6 44. Nd2 Re6 45. f4 Kd6 46. f5 Re5 47. f6 Rf5+
48. Ke2 Ng6 49. Rxc7 Rxg5 50. f7 Re5+ 51. Kd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 10th final A"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2003.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Nd5 11. d3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. c4 Nb6 14. a3 Na4 15. Bd2
O-O 16. Nc3 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Qd7 18. Rfb1 Rab8 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Rxb5 Nd4 21. Nxd4
cxd4 22. Rab1 dxc3 23. Rxb7 Rxb7 24. Rxb7 Qd4 25. Rxe7 Qc5 26. Qc2 Qxe7 27.
Qxc3 Qd7 28. g3 Rc8 29. Qb4 g6 30. h4 Qc7 31. d4 Rb8 32. Qd2 Rd8 33. Qe3 Qc4
34. d5 exd5 35. Bd3 Qg4 36. Bb5 d4 37. Qb3 Qf5 38. Bc4 d3 39. e6 d2 40. exf7+
Kg7 41. Qc3+ Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 10th final A"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2003.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 Bg7 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 10th final A"]
[Site "Togliatti"]
[Date "2003.05.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.05.23"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Lentransgaz"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 Bg7 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Nxe7 Qxe7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 f5
15. Qf3 bxc4 16. Nxc4 d5 17. exd5 e4 18. Qe3 Bb7 19. d6 Qf6 20. Bc2 Rac8 21. b3
Bd5 22. Rad1 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. Bb3 Rc3 25. Qa7 Rd8 26. Rd5 Bf8 27. d7 Qc6
28. Qd4 Rd3 29. Qc4 Qxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd7 32. Rd1 Bc5 33. Bb3 Bd4
34. g3 Kg7 35. Kf1 a5 36. Ke2 Kf6 37. f4 Rd6 38. Rd2 h5 39. h4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Paris NAO"]
[Site "Internet"]
[Date "2003.05.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2003.05.28"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Be6 6. Na3 Bd5 7. Qc2 c5 8. Nxc4
Nc6 9. O-O e6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Qc3 Qc7 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15.
Ne3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nd4 17. Bg2 Rd7 18. Rb1 Bf8 19. d3 Qd8 20. Ba1 g6 21. Nc4 Bg7
22. Qd2 Nd5 23. Kf1 b6 24. Rec1 Nc6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. h4 Qf6 27. Na3 Rcd8 28.
Kg1 Nd4 29. Nc4 h5 30. Qb2 Nc6 31. Qd2 Nd4 32. Qb2 Nc6 33. Qd2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voronezh m"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Ngf6 8.
Neg5 Bxf3 9. Nxf3 c6 10. Bd2 Qc7 (10... Qb6 11. O-O Be7 (11... Qc7 12. c4 Bd6
13. Rac1 O-O 14. Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Bc3 Rad8 $132 {Alvarez Peon,R-Alberto,A/ESP 1997
}) 12. c4 O-O 13. b4 Rfe8 14. Rfe1 Bf8 15. Rab1 Qc7 16. g3 g6 $13 {Jansa,
V-Karlsson,L/Esbjerg 1981}) (10... Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. f4 c5 14. c3
Rad8 $15 {Mason,D-Dunworth,C/Nottingham 1996}) 11. O-O-O (11. c4 Bd6 12. O-O-O
Bf4 13. Kb1 Bxd2 14. Rxd2 O-O-O 15. Rhd1 Kb8 16. Bc2 h6 17. Ne5 $14 {Martinez,
C-Cuartas,C/Cartagena de Indias 2001}) 11... Bd6 12. g3 {Not a bad move, but
more flexible looks 12.Kb1 keeping an option to play g4 without losing a tempo.
} (12. Kb1 O-O $6 13. g4 $1 Rfe8 14. g5 Nd5 15. Qe4 Nf8 16. c4 Nf4 17. c5 Nxd3
18. cxd6 Nxf2 19. Qe2 {1-0 Brinck Claussen,B-Rasmussen,P/Copenhagen 1996/EXT
99 (19)}) 12... O-O (12... O-O-O 13. Rhe1 c5 14. Kb1 (14. Ne5 Nb6 15. dxc5 Bxc5
16. Bf4 Nbd5 17. Ng6 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 Kb8 $11 {Rudd,J-Arkell,K/Scarborough 2001})
14... Nb6 (14... cxd4 15. Nxd4 Qb6 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Ba5 b6 18. Ba6+ Kb8 19. Nd4
$1 $14 {Wiesner,R-Hutter,O/Bayern 1998}) 15. c4 $16 {Kalesis,N-Kosic,D/Athens
1993}) 13. Rhe1 Rfe8 (13... c5) 14. Ne5 c5 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bc3 Bf8 {Taking
on d4 is premature since the ending arising after} (16... cxd4 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7
18. Qe4+ Kg8 19. Qxd4 {[%csl Rd6,Rd7]} Be5 20. Qxd7 Qxd7 21. Rxd7 Bxc3 22. bxc3
$14 {is better for white.}) 17. d5 {[%cal Ge2g4]} c4 18. d6 $1 {Nice
intermediate move keeping an initiative in white's hands.} (18. Bxc4 exd5 19.
Qxe8 Rxe8 20. Rxe8 Qxc4 $19) 18... Bxd6 (18... cxd3 19. dxc7 dxe2 20. Rxd7 Re7
21. Rd8 Re8 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Rxe2 Rc8 24. Rd2 Rxc7 25. Rd8 f6 26. Bb4 $16) 19.
Bxc4 (19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd2 Be5 21. Qxd7 Rad8 22. Qxc7 Bxc7 $11) 19... Rad8
20. Bb5 {Having in mind to trade queens.} (20. f4 a6 21. Qg4 Bf8 $13) 20... a6
21. Qg4 Bf8 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Bxc4 Bc5 24. f4 Nf6 25. a4 ({May be more chances
to fight for a win would leave} 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. f5 exf5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28. Bd3
Rd5 29. Kd2 $14 {and black is still facing a few problems to solve.}) 25... Ng4
{[%csl Rg3,Rh2]} 26. Be2 $1 Ne3 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. a5 Nd5 29. Bd2 f5 30. Bf3 Kf7
31. c3 (31. c4 Nb4 32. Bxb4 Bxb4 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34. Kxd1 Bxa5 35. Bxb7 e5 $11)
31... Rd7 32. b4 Be7 33. Kc2 h6 34. h4 Nf6 35. Rd1 (35. c4 $2 Rxd2+ 36. Kxd2
Bxb4+ 37. Ke2 Bxe1 38. Kxe1 Ne4 $19) 35... Ne4 36. Be1 (36. Bxe4 fxe4 37. Re1
Rd3 38. g4 Rg3 39. g5 Rh3 $15) 36... Rxd1 37. Kxd1 e5 38. Ke2 exf4 39. gxf4 g5
40. fxg5 hxg5 41. h5 (41. hxg5 Bxg5 42. Kd3 Ke6 43. Bxe4 fxe4+ 44. Kxe4 Kd6 $11
) 41... Kg7 42. Kd3 Kh6 43. Bd2 Bd8 44. Be3 Bc7 45. c4 (45. Bxe4 fxe4+ 46. Kxe4
Kxh5 47. Kd5 g4 48. Ke6 g3 49. Kd7 Be5 50. c4 Bc3 $17) 45... Bg3 46. Kd4 Be1
47. Ke5 Nd2 48. Bxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voronezh m"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 {This is mainly an Anti-Grunfeld idea.} Bg7 (3... Ne4
$5) 4. Nc3 c5 (4... h6 {was played in the fourth game of the match.}) 5. d5 h6
(5... b5 $5 {- Riazantsev-Nevostrujev, Russia ch Krasnodar 2002 CBM 91}) 6. Bf4
(6. Bh4) 6... d6 7. e4 Nh5 {The idea with the following exchange on c3 looks a
bit odd, although there were some games recently with similar ideas in the Bg5
line.} (7... O-O {looks more natural.} 8. Be2 {transposes to the Averbakh
Variation E74.} (8. Bd3 {- Hort-Zuger, Prague 1996 CBM 54}) (8. Qd2 g5 {
and White cannot avoid the exchange of his important B.} 9. Bg3 (9. Be3 Ng4)
9... Nh5) (8. Nf3 Re8 9. Be2 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxd6 $44 {transposes to the
Averbakh Variation E74.}) (8. h3 Re8 9. Bd3 e6 10. Nge2 exd5 11. exd5 {In this
P structure the N belongs to f3 and the B to e3.} (11. cxd5 c4 12. Bc2 b5 $40 {
Reshevsky}) 11... Nh5 $5 (11... a6 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qd2 Qf8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. b3
Nh5 16. Bh2 Ne5 17. Bc2 f5 18. a5 $1 {fixing the weaknesses on the << for the
_|_.} Nf7 19. Rab1 $16 {Larsen-Reshevsky, Santa Monica 1966 2/638}) 12. Bh2 Qg5
$132)) (7... Qa5 8. Bd2) (7... Qb6 8. Qc1 {keeping the way back opened for the
B.} (8. Qd2 g5 9. Bg3 Nh5) 8... e6 9. Nf3 exd5 10. cxd5 O-O 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Be2
Nxe4 $1 {This is a typical Benoni blow!} 13. Ndxe4 Rxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxb2 15. Nf6+
Bxf6 16. Rb1 Qd8 17. Bxh6 Nd7 {Black has got only one P for the exchange, but
his pieces rapidly come out of passivity.} 18. O-O Nb6 19. Rd1 Na4 20. Rb3 a6
21. Rg3 b5 22. Bd3 Kh7 23. Qf4 Ra7 $44 {H.Gruenberg-Moldovan, Stara Zagora (zt)
1990 49/(704)}) (7... a6 8. a4 {hindering any b7-b5 ideas typical for the
Benko Gambit.}) 8. Be3 (8. Bd2 {avoiding the text was a real alternative.} e5
9. g3 $1 {Now the N is completely misplaced on the edge of the board.} Nf6 10.
h4 (10. Bh3 Bxh3 11. Nxh3 Nbd7 (11... Qd7 12. Ng1) 12. f3 {and the exchange of
the light-squared B is favourable for White from strategical point of view.})
10... h5 11. Qc1 {against Bh6} Ng4 (11... Ng8 $6 {Gheorghiu} 12. f4 $14) 12. f3
Nh6 13. Bh3 f6 $1 14. Bxc8 (14. Be6 $6 Bxe6 15. dxe6 Ke7 $1 $17) 14... Qxc8 15.
Nh3 Nf7 $13 {Psakhis-Gheorghiu, Palma de Mallorca 1989 48/771}) 8... Bxc3+ 9.
bxc3 Qa5 {Black gave up the important fianchettoed B for some weak pawns on
the <<. It is hard to say that it looks a good business.} 10. Qb3 Nd7 11. Be2
$6 {The N was badly placed on h5, he would leave anyway.} (11. Nf3 {looks
simple and strong.} Nhf6 (11... Ndf6 12. Bd3) 12. Bd3 Ng4 13. Bf4 $14) 11...
Nhf6 12. f3 {Be2 and f3 do not harmonize together.} e5 {Black wants to close
the position against White's ^^.} 13. dxe6 {Now Black can breethe more freely.}
({In case of} 13. Bd3 {Black will try to organize a counterplay on the <<
against the doubled pawns.} Nb6 14. Ne2 Bd7 15. O-O Ba4 (15... Rb8 16. Kh1 Na4
17. f4 Ng4 18. Bd2 $36) 16. Qb2 Qa6 {>< c4} 17. Qc1 h5 18. Bg5 Nfd7 19. f4 f6 {
repelling the first wawe of the ->.}) 13... fxe6 14. Rd1 Qc7 15. Nh3 Ne5 (15...
e5 $6 {runs into} 16. Nf2 (16. Qa4 Ke7 17. Nf2 Nb6) (16. O-O g5) 16... Nb6 17.
f4 $36) 16. Qc2 (16. O-O Bd7 17. Rd2 O-O-O) 16... Bd7 17. f4 $6 {This idea
with the following breakthrough in the [+] is unjustified.} (17. O-O) 17...
Neg4 18. e5 $6 O-O-O $1 {This is the strong reply!} 19. Bc1 dxe5 20. O-O {
White sacrifices the P, but he has no real counterplay for it.} (20. Qxg6 Rhg8)
20... exf4 21. Bxf4 e5 $17 22. Bg3 Bf5 $1 {and the rest is not interesting.} (
22... Ne3 23. Qxg6 Nxd1 24. Bxd1 Nh7 25. Rf7) 23. Bxg4 Nxg4 24. Qe2 Rhe8 25.
Nf2 Rxd1 26. Nxd1 Qc6 27. h3 Nf6 28. Ne3 Bd7 29. Bh2 h5 30. Qf2 Ne4 31. Qc2 h4
32. Rf7 Nd6 33. Rf6 Qe4 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Rxg6 Nxc3 36. Rg5 Nxa2 37. Bxe5 Nb4
38. Ng4 Nd3 39. Bc3 Bc6 40. Nf2 Nf4 41. Be5 Nxg2 $19 42. Nd3 Ne3 43. Rg7 Nxc4
44. Bf4 Nb6 45. Nxc5 Nd5 46. Bg5 a5 47. Bxh4 a4 48. Bf2 b6 49. Nd3 Re2 50. Bg3
a3 51. Ne5 a2 52. Ra7 Nb4 53. Kf1 Bb5 54. Kg1 Na6 0-1

[Event "Voronezh m"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 f5 $2 4. d5 {Svidler geht auf Nummer sicher und
lässt sich nicht auf die Komplikationen nach} (4. exf5 $1 {ein:} Bxg2 5. Qh5+
g6 6. fxg6 Bg7 (6... Nf6 $4 7. gxh7+ Nxh5 8. Bg6#) 7. gxh7+ Kf8 8. Nf3 (8. Ne2
$5) (8. hxg8=Q+ $5) 8... Nf6 9. Qg6 Bxh1 (9... Bxf3 10. Rg1 Rxh7 11. Qg3 Be4
12. Bxe4 Nxe4 13. Qf3+ $18) 10. Bh6 Rxh7 11. Ng5 Bxh6 12. Nxh7+ Nxh7 13. Qxh6+
Kf7 14. Qxh7+ Ke6 15. Qh6+ Kd5 16. Nc3+ Kxd4 {1-0 Roederer,K-Nefzer,W/Lauda
1986/GER (16)}) 4... fxe4 (4... Nf6 $5) 5. Bxe4 Nf6 6. Bf3 c6 7. c4 (7. Nc3 $5)
7... Ba6 8. b3 b5 9. cxb5 Qa5+ 10. Bd2 Qxb5 11. Ne2 cxd5 12. Nbc3 Qb7 13. O-O
e6 (13... e5 $2 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bg5 $16) 14. Re1 Nc6 $6 (14... Bd6 15. Nd4
Be7 $13 (15... O-O $2 16. Nxe6 dxe6 17. Rxe6 Qc6 18. Rxf6 Bxh2+ 19. Kxh2 Qxf6
20. Bxd5+ Kh8 21. Qf3 $16) (15... Kf7 $2 16. Bg5 $40)) (14... Be7 15. Bg5 Nc6
$13) 15. Nxd5 $1 exd5 $6 (15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bc5 $14 {scheint mir besser zu
sein.}) 16. Nf4+ Kd8 $2 (16... Ne7 $1 17. Nxd5 Nfxd5 18. Bg5 Bb5 (18... Rc8 $2
19. Bxd5 Qb4 20. Re4 $18) 19. Bxd5 Bc6 20. Qh5+ g6 21. Qf3 Bxd5 22. Qf6 $16 {
[%cal Gf6e7,Gf6h8,Ge1e7]}) 17. Nxd5 Ba3 (17... Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Ba3 19. Qg4 $18)
18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. b4 $1 {[%mdl 128] Svidler führt den Angriff vorbildlich. In
Kürze sind alle seine Kräfte beteiligt und der Druck wird unerträglich.} Bc4
20. Re3 (20. Rb1 $5 Qa6 21. Bf4 Rc8 22. Bg4 $18) 20... Bb2 21. Rb1 Bd4 $2 (
21... Be5 22. b5 (22. Bc3 $5) 22... Bxb5 23. Ba5+ Kc8 (23... Ke7 $2 24. Bb4+
Kd8 25. a4 $18) 24. a4 Bxa4 25. Qd3 Qxb1+ 26. Qxb1 Rb8 27. Qd3 Nxa5 28. Qa6+
$16) 22. b5 d5 (22... Bxb5 23. Ba5+ Kc8 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qxd4 Rg8 26. g3 $18)
(22... Bxe3 23. bxc6 Qc7 24. Bxe3 $18 {[%cal Gb1b7]}) 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Ba5+
Bb6 25. Rc1 Rc8 26. Bxb6+ axb6 27. Rec3 (27. Rec3 Qd7 (27... Ke7 28. Rxc4 $18)
28. Bxd5 b5 (28... Bxd5 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Rxc8+ Kxc8 31. Qxd5 $18) 29. Qf3 $18
) 1-0

[Event "Voronezh m"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.06.12"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 096"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.09.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 (3... Ne4 $5) 4. Nc3 h6 (4... c5 {was played in
the second game of their match, which is also playable.}) 5. Bxf6 {Exchanging
the important dark-squared B cannot be a good strategy} (5. Bh4 $1) 5... Bxf6
$11 6. e4 d6 7. f4 e5 (7... c5 {opening up the long /^ for the B looks more
common.} 8. dxc5 (8. d5 O-O) 8... Qa5) 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. Qxd8+ {In the _|_ Black
can hold his own because of his ^^.} Bxd8 (9... Kxd8 {deserves attention as
well, for example:} 10. O-O-O+ Nd7 11. Nd5 Bg7 12. fxe5 Bxe5 13. Nf3 Bg7 14.
Bd3 (14. e5 Re8) 14... c6 {and the N has to leave the [+].}) 10. fxe5 c6 (10...
Nc6 {is the other idea to get back the P, but then Black has to exchange the
^^.} 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. O-O-O Bxf3 (12... Bg5+ 13. Kc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nxe5 15. f4 (
15. Nd5 Bd8 16. f4 Ng4) 15... Bxf4 16. Nd5 Ng4 17. Nxf4 Ne3+ 18. Kc1 Nxd1 19.
Kxd1 O-O-O+ 20. Kc2 $14 {and two pieces are a bit better than R+P.}) 13. gxf3
Nxe5 14. f4 Ng4 15. Rg1 Ne3 16. Rd3 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 c6 18. e5 $14 {/\ Ne4 and
Black still has problems with his development.}) 11. Nf3 Bc7 12. O-O-O Bg4 13.
h3 Be6 $6 {Black probably didn't see the following tactical blow.} (13... Bxf3
{was the logical continuation.} 14. gxf3 Bxe5 15. Ne2 Nd7 16. f4 Bc7 $11) 14.
Be2 Nd7 $6 {[#]} (14... O-O) 15. Nd5 $1 {[%mdl 64] This is the point!} Bb8 (
15... cxd5 16. cxd5 Bxe5 17. dxe6 Bf4+ 18. Kb1 fxe6 19. Rhf1 $16 {with a much
better development for White.}) 16. Nf6+ Ke7 (16... Nxf6 17. exf6 O-O 18. e5
$16) 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. c5 {gaining more space on the <<, while Black is unable
to get back the lost P.} (18. Rd2 Bc7 19. Rhd1 Rhd8) 18... Be6 19. Rd4 Bc7 (
19... Bxa2 {allows White to penetrate on the 7-th rank.} 20. b3 Bxb3 21. Rb4
Be6 22. Rxb7+ Ke8 23. Ba6 Bc8 24. Kc2 $16) 20. Rhd1 Rhd8 21. Ra4 a5 {This
weakness will be vulnerable in the long run.} (21... a6) 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Kc2
Rg8 24. a3 g5 25. g4 h5 26. Nd4 hxg4 27. Bxg4 Bxg4 28. hxg4 Bxe5 (28... Rh8)
29. Nf5+ Kd7 (29... Ke6 30. Rxa5) 30. Rxa5 Rh8 31. b4 Rh4 $2 {This looks witty,
because White cannot take the R, but in fact this move leads to a lost _|_.} (
31... Rh2+ 32. Kd3 Rh3+) 32. Ra7 $1 $18 (32. Nxh4 $4 {falls into the trap!}
gxh4 33. Ra8 h3 34. Rf8 Ke7 $19) 32... Rxg4 (32... Kc7 $2 {is already met by}
33. Nxh4 gxh4 34. Ra8 h3 35. Rf8 $18) 33. Rxb7+ Bc7 34. Nd6 Rg2+ 35. Kd3 Rg3+
36. Kd4 Rxa3 37. b5 Ra4+ 38. Ke5 cxb5 39. Kd5 Ra1 40. c6+ Kd8 41. Nxf7+ Kc8 42.
e5 1-0

[Event "Voronezh m rapid"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2003.06.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 Nc6 6. Nc3 d4 7. Nb5 Bg4 8. Nbxd4
Qa5+ 9. c3 Qxc5 10. Qa4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Qd5 12. Bc4 Qe4+ 13. Be3 Qg4 14. O-O-O Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxd1+ 16. Rxd1 Bxa4 17. Nxf7 Nf6 18. Nxh8 Bxh8 19. Bd4 b6 20. Re1 Bg7
21. Be5 Bh6+ 22. Kb1 Ng4 23. Bg3 Bc6 24. Bh4 g5 25. Bg3 Bxg2 26. Nd4 Nf6 27.
Nf5 Bf8 28. Nd6+ Kd7 29. Nf7 a6 30. Rd1+ Ke8 31. Nxg5 Bh6 32. Ne6 b5 33. Nc7+
Kf8 34. Nxa8 bxc4 35. Nb6 Be4+ 36. Ka1 Bd3 37. b3 Ne4 38. Nxc4 Be2 39. Rd8+ Kf7
40. Kb2 Bg5 41. Rd4 Nf6 42. Ne5+ Ke6 43. f4 Bh6 44. c4 Bg7 45. c5 h5 46. a3 1-0

[Event "Voronezh m rapid"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2003.06.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nc6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bd3 a6 6. O-O Bd6 7. Bc2 Ng4 8. Ba4
Nge5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. d3 O-O 11. f4 Bd4+ 12. Kh1 f5 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Bd2 d6
15. Qf3 Qc7 16. Rae1 Rb8 17. b3 Qa5 18. Rc1 Bd7 19. Rc2 Qc7 20. Ne2 Bf6 21. Ng3
a5 22. Re1 Rf7 23. Qe2 Bd4 24. Rcc1 a4 25. Rb1 axb3 26. axb3 Ra8 27. Be3 Re8
28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. e5 c5 30. b4 cxb4 31. Rxb4 Bc6 32. Qb2 dxe5 33. Rxe5 g5 34.
Qxd4 Rd7 35. Qe3 gxf4 36. Qxf4 Rxd3 37. Rb1 Red8 38. Qg5+ Qg7 39. Qxg7+ Kxg7
40. Rxe6 Rd1+ 41. Re1 Rxb1 42. Rxb1 Rd2 43. Nxf5+ Kf6 44. Ne3 Re2 45. Nd5+ Bxd5
46. cxd5 Rd2 47. h3 Rxd5 48. Rb7 Kg6 49. Kh2 Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Voronezh m rapid"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.06.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d5 4. e5 c5 5. dxc5 Bg4 6. c4 Qa5+ 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8.
cxd5 Nxe5 9. Qb3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 Qxc5 11. Ne4 Qd4 12. Be2 Qb6 13. Qa4+ Kf8 14. f4
Ng4 15. Bxg4 f5 16. Ng5 fxg4 17. O-O Nh6 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Bc5 Qxd5 20. Rad1 Qf5
21. Bxe7+ Kg8 22. Qc4+ Nf7 23. Rd5 Rc8 24. Bc5 b5 25. Qb3 Qxf4 26. Rfd1 Qc4 27.
Qe3 h6 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 29. Rd7+ Kg8 30. Rxg7+ Kxg7 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Voronezh m rapid"]
[Site "Voronezh"]
[Date "2003.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2003.06.16"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 094 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.07.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e3 Nd7 4. Be2 Bxf3 5. Bxf3 Ngf6 6. b3 e5 7. fxe5 Nxe5 8.
Bb2 Bd6 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Kb1 b5 13. g4 a5 14. g5 Nfd7
15. h4 a4 16. Rdg1 axb3 17. cxb3 Nc5 18. h5 b4 19. Nxd5 Qe6 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21.
d4 cxd5 22. dxc5 g6 23. Rd1 Rfd8 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. e4 d4 26. Bg4 Qe7 27. c6 Ra5
28. Bd7 Rda8 29. a4 bxa3 30. Ka2 Rc5 31. Rc1 Rc3 32. Rxc3 dxc3 33. Rc1 Qxg5 34.
Rc2 Kg7 35. b4 Qe7 36. Qc4 Rb8 37. c7 Rxb4 38. Qxb4 Qxd7 39. Qc5 Qxc7 40. Qxc7
Bxc7 41. Rxc3 Bd6 42. Kb3 Kf6 43. Rf3+ Ke6 44. Rf2 g5 45. Kc4 g4 46. Kd3 g3 47.
Ra2 Bc5 48. Rc2 Bd6 49. Ke3 f6 50. Kf3 Ke5 51. Rd2 Bb4 52. Rd5+ Ke6 53. Rd8 Bd6
54. Re8+ Kd7 55. Ra8 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shcherbakov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2555"]
[Annotator "Gofshtein,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 4] Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5
Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8. f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 $5 {The main line of this
variation, which allows white to fight for the initiative. The calmer 10.0-0-0
as it is well known gives black counterchances after 10...Rc3} (10. O-O-O Rxc3
$5 11. bxc3 e5 12. Qb4 Qxb4 13. cxb4 Nxe4 14. Bh4 g5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,
V-Ubilava,E/URS 1973/EXT 2001 (25)}) 10... dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Bc6 {
Practically forced move, as the practice showed that 12...Rc3 is not
sufficient, for example:} (12... Rxc3 13. Bd2 Qxa2 14. Bxc3 g6 15. b4 $1 Nd5
16. Bc4 Bh6+ 17. Rd2 Qa3+ 18. Bb2 Qxb4 19. Bxd5 Qxd2+ 20. Qxd2 Bxd2+ 21. Kxd2
exd5 22. e6 $16 {1-0 Beliavsky,A-Ubilava,E/Ordzhonikidze 1978/EXT 2001 (47)})
13. Nb5 (13. Bb5 {-another mainline.}) 13... Bxb5 14. exf6 Bc6 {Black also has
other options: 14...g6 or 14...Ba4, but they also lead to a dangerous position
for him} ({Dubious are} 14... g6 $143 $6 15. Bxb5+ (15. Bd2 Qa4 16. Bxb5+ Qxb5
17. Bc3 $14) 15... Qxb5 16. h4 $36 {1/2-1/2 Inkiov,V-Nikolov,S/Sofia 1982/EXT
99 (41)}) ({and} 14... Ba4 $143 $6 {[%csl Rc2]} 15. Bd2 $1 Rxc2+ 16. Kb1 Rxd2
17. Rxd2 gxf6 18. Bd3 $1 Bc6 19. Rhd1 Be7 20. Be4 $16 {1-0 Videki,S-Kostic,V/
Hohenems 1998/EXT 99 (58)}) 15. h4 g6 {As the vaiations shown below prove,
another possible move, 15...Rg8 leads to initiative fo white.} (15... Rg8 16.
Bc4 gxf6 17. Rhe1 $5 Rg6 ({Not} 17... fxg5 $2 18. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 19. Qf6 $3 {
Decisive "silent" move!} (19. Rxe6+ $2 Be7 20. Rxe7+ Kxe7 $19 {0-1 Kupreichik,
V-Yudasin,L/Frunze 1981/URS-ch (30)}) 19... Qxe1 $8 20. Rxe1 $16) 18. Bxf6 $5 (
18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Rxe6+ Kf7 20. Rxf6+ Kg8 21. Qc4+ Kh8 $13 {1/2-1/2
Tseshkovsky,V-Zaichik,G/Telavi 1982/MCD (26)}) 18... Bc5 19. Qf4 $40) 16. Bc4
Qc5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An unsuccessful novelty. Previously played only 16...Bc5
and the position is still unclear. Ftacnik: 'The first independent move in a
very sharp variation, black is fighting with the problem of dark squared
bishop development. Since it is difficult to see sensible defense later on
Sherbakov's move is probably not the best.'} (16... Bc5 $5 17. Qg4 (17. Qe5 Bb4
18. Qxa5 Bxa5 $132 {0-1 Sutovsky,E-Thorhallsson,T/Gausdal 1995/EXT 97 (52)})
17... h5 (17... O-O $2 18. h5 $18) 18. Qe2 (18. Qg3 $144 $5 O-O {and Black
eventually equalizes:} 19. Bxe6 Be4 $1 $13 {0-1 Groszpeter,A-Gyorkos,L/
Zalakaros 1994/TD (53)}) 18... O-O 19. Rhf1 {[%cal Gg2g4]} ({Black can be
satisfy by opening results also after} 19. Rhe1 $5 a6 20. Be3 Bb4 21. Bd2 Bb5
$132 {0-1 Brustman,A-Thorhallsson,T/Cappelle la Grande 1995/EXT 97 (59)}) 19...
Bb4 $132 {1-0 Almasi,Z-Miroshnichenko,E/Ohrid 2001/CBM 84/[Gofshtein,L] (23)} (
{Or} 19... Bd5 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Kb1 {and here} Bb6 $1 ({Not} 21... Rfe8 22.
Qf3 d4 23. g4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rg8] 1-0 Varga,Z-Robatsch,K/Mitropa Cup 1995/CBM
46 ext/[Ernst] (27)}) 22. g4 Rfe8 23. Qg2 hxg4 24. Qxg4 (24. Rxd5 Re1+ $132)
24... Qc5 25. Qg2 $132)) 17. Qd3 {White holds control over the d-file and
makes it difficult fo black to develop his dark-squared bishop} Qf5 (17... b5
18. Bb3 Qf5 19. Bxe6 Qxd3 20. Bxc8 $16) 18. Qb3 $1 {Because of the threat Be6,
white has a desicive advantage} Rd8 19. Rdf1 Qg4 20. Bxe6 $1 fxe6 (20... Qxe6
21. Re1 Be4 22. Qa4+ b5 23. Qxb5+ Rd7 24. Qa4 Kd8 25. Rxe4 $18) 21. Rf4 Qe2 22.
f7+ Kd7 23. Rd4+ Bd6 24. Rhd1 Bd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qxb7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Popov, Valerij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ {One of the recent tries to avoid a
theoretical clash in the main lines of the Grunfeld. This move originated
already in the 70-ties, but became popular due to some recent efforts by
Krasenkov. Also Kramnik, Ivanchuk, Gelfand ao. gave it a try.} ({The former
main anti-Grunfeld try was} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ {However,practice has shown
White doesn't achieve too much after} Bd7 (5... c6 $6 6. Qd4 $14 (6. Nxd5 Qxd5
7. e4 Qd8 8. d4 $36)) 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 (7. bxc3 $5 c5 8. Rb1 b6 9. d4 $13)
7... Nc6 $1 8. Qg3 (8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 $11) 8... f6 9. e4 e5 {[%cal Yf8c5] /
\Bc5= The Bf8 ignores the intended fianchetto and finds play on different
diagonals.}) 4... Bd7 (4... Nc6 5. Nd4 Qd7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxc6 $36) (4... c6
$6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 $14 {-4.cd5 Nd5 5.Qa4 c6?!}) 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 {What is the
point of losing a tempo to force Black to play Bd7? The answer is the B is not
really too well placed here and limits Black's options in some of the lines of
the Grunfeld with 5.Qb3.} (6. Qxb7 $6 Nc6 7. Nb5 Nd5 $36 {[%csl Rb7] ףb7})
6... a6 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yb7b5,Yd7e6] /\b5,Be6,ףc4 Svidler's favourite
move, he intends to make life difficult for White's Q.} (6... Nc6 7. d4 (7. e4
e5 $5 8. d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 $1 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. Nf3 Qe7 12. Bg5 O-O-O 13. Nd5
Qd6 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. f4 Qd6 16. Nc3 Bg4 17. Qc2 Rhe8 18. e5 Rxe5+ 19. fxe5
Qxe5+ 20. Be2 Qxg5 21. O-O Rd2 22. Bxg4+ Nxg4 23. Qe4 Qh4 24. h3 Bd4+ 25. Kh1
Qxh3+ $1 {0-1,Gerzhoy,L-Sutovsky,E/Tel Aviv/2001/}) 7... Bg7 8. e4 O-O 9. e5
Be6 10. exf6 Bxc4 11. fxg7 Kxg7 12. Bxc4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Be2 {[%csl Gc1,
Ge2] An interesting position. Although Black is doing well materially, he
often has to give an exchange to fight successfully against White's ^^. All in
all White is somewhat better.} Rad8 15. O-O Qe5 16. Be3 Rd7 17. Rfe1 Qa5 18. a3
Rfd8 19. Bg4 f5 20. Bf3 e5 21. Bxb7 $1 $16 (21. Bg5 e4 $1 $44 {Kramnik,
V-Ivanchuk,V/Belgrade/1997/})) ({The most natural move is} 6... Bg7 {The most
dangerous is the modern} 7. e4 $1 {here Black is still coping with problems:} (
{White first used to play the calm} 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2 {, but after} Ne8 $1 9. d4
Nd6 10. Qd3 Na6 $1 {[%cal Rc7c5] /\c5= Black has no problems whatsoever.}) ({
Then came the attempts with} 7. d4 O-O 8. e4 {/\e5 Black misses the d7-square
for his N and transposing to the Smyslov variation is not to everyone's taste.
The best antidote is} b5 $1 (8... Bg4 {D98-99,Smyslov}) 9. Nxb5 Nxe4 10. Qxc7 (
10. Nxc7 Nc6 $1 11. Nxa8 Qa5+ $40) 10... Nc6 11. Bd3 Nb4 12. Bxe4 Bxb5 13. Qxd8
Raxd8 14. Bd2 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Bxd3 16. Bc3 Be4 17. Rd1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Rd5 (18...
Rd5 {a kompenzacia cierneho pohodlne staci k vyrovnaniu, Giorgadze-Stohl,
Senec 1998.}) 19. Ke2 Rfd8 20. Rd2 e6 21. Rhd1 Rh5 22. Rh1 Rhd5 $11 23. Rhd1 {
1/2,Giorgadze,G-Stohl,I/Senec/1998/}) 7... O-O (7... Bc6 8. d3 O-O 9. Be2 Nbd7
10. O-O (10. e5 $5 $14) (10. Bf4 Nh5 11. Be3 e5 12. g3 Nhf6 13. O-O Ne8 $6 14.
b4 a6 15. a4 Nb6 16. Qb3 Bd7 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Qc2 Qe7 19. Ng5 Rd8 20. Nxe6 Qxe6
21. b5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Na8 23. Rab1 c6 24. Na3 $16 {Piket,J-Bacrot,E/Escaldes zt/
1998/}) 10... e5 11. b4 $1 a6 12. a4 Nb6 13. Qb3 Re8 14. Be3 Nh5 15. Ng5 Qf6
16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. b5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Re7 19. Nxc7 Rxc7 20. Bxb6 Rd7 21. Nf3 $16 {
Khalifman,A-Jansa,V/BL 0203/2002/}) 8. e5 Ng4 (8... Ne8 9. d4 $14 {is rather
passive}) (8... Be6 9. Qh4 (9. exf6 Bxc4 10. fxg7 $36) 9... Nd5 10. Ng5 h6 11.
Nxe6 fxe6 12. Qe4 Nxc3 13. dxc3 Qd5 14. Qxg6 Qxe5+ 15. Be3 $16 {Adamski,
J-Vujic,B/Valjevo/1984/}) 9. d4 Be6 10. Qb5 $5 (10. d5 Bf5 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Qe2
f6 $1 13. e6 Nde5 $13 {<=>}) 10... Qc8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bf4 c6 (12... Nd7 13. Qe2
Nb6 14. Qd2 Nf5 15. g4 Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Nh6 19. d5 Kh8
20. O-O f6 21. e6 $16 {(),Krasenkov,M-Jansa,V/BL 0203/2002/}) 13. Qd3 f6 14.
Be2 Nf7 15. Qe3 {Greenfeld,A-Serebro,A/ISR-chT/2002/}) 7. d4 $5 {Central
expansion is a necessity, otherwise Black easily solves his problems with b5
and c5.} (7. g3 b5 8. Qb3 c5 $11) ({The alternative is} 7. e4 b5 8. Qe2 (8. Qb3
c5 9. e5 Be6 $132) 8... Nc6 $5 (8... c5 9. e5 Nh5 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nxc5 Bf5 12.
d3 e6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nf4 15. Qe3 Nd5 16. Qh6 Bf8 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6
Bxh6 19. Bxh6 f6 20. h3 g5 21. g4 Bg6 22. h4 $14 {/~~,Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/
Haifa act/2000/}) 9. e5 Nb4 10. exf6 Nc2+ 11. Kd1 Nxa1 12. b3 Be6 (12... Bf5 $2
13. Bb2 Nc2 14. g4 Bxg4 15. Kxc2 e6 $2 16. Qxb5+ {1-0,Krasenkov,M-Mikhalevski,
V/EU-ch Saint Vincent/2000/}) 13. Bb2 Nxb3 $13) 7... b5 {[%csl Rc5] Logical,
but also quite double-edged-if White manages to finish his development without
allowing an effective c5 he gets play against the ׫.} (7... Be6 8. Qa4+ b5 9.
Qd1 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4][%cal Ye2e4] /\e4+/=}) 8. Qd3 $146 {Here White doesn't have
to lose another tempo with his Q, but it stands less harmoniously, than on b3
or c2.} (8. Qb3 Be6 (8... Nc6 $6 9. Bf4 Bg7 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. Qd1 Nb4
13. e4 $16 {Lautier,J-Bacrot,E/Enghien les Bains/1999/ is exactly the type of
unpleasant position Black must avoid}) 9. Qc2 c5 $5 10. dxc5 Bg7 11. g3 $6 (11.
Bf4 $142) (11. e4 $5 {in both cases Black still must prove his compensation})
11... Nc6 12. Bg2 Nb4 13. Qd1 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 O-O 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Nd4 (16. Nxb5
axb5 17. Bxb4 Ne4 $40) (16. Ng5 Bf5 17. a3 $5 $13) 16... Ng4 $1 17. Nxe6 Nxf2+
18. Kc1 fxe6 19. Rf1 Rxc5 20. Kb1 Rcf5 21. a4 $6 Ne4 $17 {Van Wely,L-Svidler,P/
Warsaw act/1999/}) 8... Bg7 9. Bf4 (9. e4 c5 $5 (9... O-O 10. e5 $14) (9... Bg4
10. Ne5 Be6 11. d5 Bc8 12. Be3 $14 {[%csl Gd5,Ge4] [+]}) 10. dxc5 (10. e5 Ng4
$132 11. Qe4 cxd4 12. Qxa8 dxc3 $44) 10... Qc7 (10... b4 $6 11. Nd5 $16) 11.
Be3 b4 $13) 9... O-O 10. Rc1 $6 {Very provocative, as Black will play the c5
break at any cost and White will fall behind in development even more. More
logical were moves with the e-pawn:} (10. e4 c5 11. e5 Bf5 $5 12. Qd2 (12. exf6
Bxd3 13. fxg7 Re8 14. Bxd3 e5 $1 $36) 12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. dxc5 Nc6 $44)
({Modest, but relatively safe is} 10. e3 c5 11. dxc5 b4 12. Ne2 Qa5 13. Ned4
Qxc5 14. Be2 $11) 10... c5 $1 $32 {[%mdl 512] Black relies on his better
development and opens the position.} 11. dxc5 b4 12. Nd1 $2 {Too passive and
maybe already the decisive mistake, now Svidler will seemingly effortlessly
increase his pressure. Centralization was necessary:} (12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4
Nc6 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bc6 $5 (15... Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qa5 17. e3 Be6 18. Bc4
b3+ 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Rxc3 bxa2 21. Kd2 $13) 16. Qf4 (16. Qxc6 Bxe5 $40) 16...
Bxe5 17. Qxe5 Qa5 {and White still hasn't fully solved his problems, e.g.,} 18.
e4 b3+ 19. Qc3 Qxc3+ 20. Rxc3 bxa2 21. Ra3 Bxe4 22. Rxa2 Rfb8 23. f3 Bd5 24.
Rxa6 Rxb2 $15 {_|_ and Black will have an extra P.}) (12. Nd5 $142 $5 Nxd5 13.
Qxd5 Nc6 14. Ne5 $13 {leads to the above line with an extra tempo for White,
moreover exchanges usually help the defence.}) 12... Nc6 $1 {[%cal Rd8a5,Rd7e6,
Rf8d8] /\Qa5,Be6,Rfd8} (12... Qa5 $5 $36 {was also possible, but Svidler
realizes he can afford to be patient.}) 13. Nd4 {Tactics work for Black with
his superior development:} (13. e4 Qa5 14. e5 Bf5 $36) (13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5
Qa5 $1 $36 {/\} 15. Bxf6 $6 Bb5 16. Bxg7 Bxd3 17. Bxf8 b3+ 18. Nc3 bxa2 19. Ra1
Qb4 $1 20. Rxa2 Bb1 $1 $19) 13... Qa5 14. Nb3 Qa4 $1 {Here the Q is
exceptionally well placed, although right now it doesn't have a single move.
The Pa2 was still taboo, but Black will quickly prepare Qa2.} (14... Qxa2 $2
15. Ra1 $18) 15. e4 Be6 16. Qc2 $6 (16. Be2 Qxa2 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nh5 19.
Be5 Rfd8 $19) ({White must lose another tempo, but as the Q ends on b1 anyway,
better was the immediate} 16. Qb1 $5 Rfd8 $1 17. Be2 (17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Rxc4 Nh5
19. Be3 Qb5 $40 {[%csl Re1] עe1}) 17... Bxb3 18. axb3 Qxb3 19. O-O Rd4 $17)
16... Rfd8 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Piece play and coordination is more important, than
material.} (16... Qxa2 $143 $6 17. Bc4 $11) 17. Bg3 {White would like to
develop his B, but this fails tactically:} (17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Nh5 19. Bc7 (
19. Be3 $2 Ne5 $19) 19... Rd7 20. g4 Rxc7 21. gxh5 Ne5 22. Qd5 Rac8 {[%cal
Rc7d7] /\Rd7-+}) (17. Be2 Nh5 $1 18. Bxh5 Qxa2 19. Nd2 gxh5 $17 {/-+,/\} 20.
O-O $2 Nd4 $19) (17. Nd4 $2 b3 $1 18. Nxb3 Nb4 {[%cal Rb4a2] /\Na2-+}) 17...
Ng4 $1 {[%cal Ra4a2] /\Qa2 Taking on a2 still requires preparation.} (17...
Qxa2 $6 18. Bc4 $11) 18. Qb1 (18. Ra1 Bxb3 $5 (18... Na5 19. Qc1 $1 Nxb3 20.
axb3 Qc6 21. Qc2 $15) (18... Bh6 $5) 19. Qxb3 Qa5 20. Bd3 Nd4 21. Qc4 b3+ $40 {
and White's K in the [+] can't survive for too long.}) 18... Bh6 19. Rc2 (19.
f4 $142 {was somewhat better, but still insufficient after} Bxb3 20. axb3 Qxb3
21. Be2 (21. Bc4 $2 Rxd1+ $19) (21. Qc2 $2 Rxd1+ $1 22. Qxd1 Qe3+ 23. Be2 Bxf4
$19) 21... Ne3 22. Kf2 g5 $1 $17 (22... e5 $40)) 19... Na5 $1 $19 (19... Nd4 $6
20. Nxd4 Bxa2 21. b3 Bxb1 22. bxa4 Rxd4 23. Rb2 Rxe4+ 24. Be2 Bd3 25. f3 $15)
20. f4 (20. Nxa5 Bxa2 $19) (20. Bc7 Nxb3 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 $19) (20. c6 Nxb3 21. c7
Nd2 (21... Bd2+ $19) 22. b3 (22. Qc1 Nxf1 23. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 24. b3 Qd7 $19)
22... Qd7 $1 23. cxd8=Q+ Rxd8 24. Qa1 Nf3+ $1 25. gxf3 Bd2+ 26. Ke2 Qd3#) 20...
Nxb3 21. axb3 Bxb3 22. Rc1 Qd7 (22... Qd7 23. Be2 $8 Qd2+ 24. Kf1 Bxf4 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2575"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. f4 Nc6
9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 b5 11. Bd3 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. O-O-O $5 {This move is
quite daring, but all that white is risking is equality.} (13. a3 Be7 14. O-O-O
Qb8 15. g5 hxg5 16. fxg5 Nd7 17. g6 {1/2-1/2 Rytshagov,M-Sokolov,A/Bled 2002/ 
(17)}) 13... b4 14. Ne2 Qa5 (14... Nxe4 15. Qxb4 (15. Qe3 Nf6 16. Rhe1 Nd5 17.
Qf2 Qa5 $15) 15... Nc5 16. Rhe1 Nxd3+ 17. Rxd3 Rc8 $11) 15. Bxf6 gxf6 (15...
Qxa2 $4 16. Qxb4 gxf6 17. Nc3 Qa1+ 18. Kd2 $18) 16. Nd4 Bd7 (16... Qxa2 17.
Qxb4 d5 18. Qb6 Bd7 19. Qb7 Rd8 20. exd5 Bd6 21. Rhf1 $16) 17. Bc4 h5 18. Rhf1
hxg4 19. hxg4 Qc5 (19... Rc8 20. Qe2 Rc7 21. Kb1 $14) 20. Qe2 a5 21. Kb1 Rc8 (
21... a4 22. f5 Qe5 23. Bb5 b3 $14) 22. b3 (22. Ba6 Rb8 23. f5 Qe5 $11) (22.
Bb5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 a4 24. c3 bxc3 25. Nxc3 a3 $11) 22... Ke7 $2 {Black king
must have felt safe under the protective shield of many pawns. One step
towards the enemy and the hell is breaking loose...} (22... a4 23. f5 Qe5 (
23... axb3 24. cxb3 Qe5 25. Nf3 Qg3 $11) 24. bxa4 Rh2 25. Qd3 $14) 23. e5 $1 {
[%mdl 128]} fxe5 (23... dxe5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 (24... fxe5 25. Qf3 f5 26. gxf5 exf5
27. Nxf5+ $16) 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Rfe1 Qc7 27. Nf5+ Kf8 28. Nxg7 Kxg7 29. Rf1 Rh6
30. g5 Rg6 31. gxf6+ $18) 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf3 Rh7 (25... Qg7 26. Qb7 Kd8 27.
Bb5 Rc7 28. Qa8+ Rc8 29. Qxa5+ Ke8 30. Qa4 $18) 26. Qb7 Ke8 (26... d5 27. Rfe1
(27. Bd3 $6 Rg7 28. Qxc8 Bxc8 29. Nc6+ Kd6 30. Nxe5 Kxe5 $15) 27... Qxe1 (27...
Qc7 28. Qxd5 $18) 28. Rxe1 dxc4 29. bxc4 $18 Rxc4 $140 30. Rd1) 27. Bb5 Rd8 28.
Nc6 {Now black must have learned to regret his 22nd move.} Qc5 (28... Qe4 29.
Rfe1 Qg2 30. Re2 Qf3 31. Qc7 Be7 32. Nxd8 Bxb5 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Qb8+ Kf7 35.
Qxb5 $16) 29. Nxd8 Qxb5 (29... Bxb5 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. Qb8+ Kd7 32. Rxf8 $18)
30. Qa8 Ke7 31. Nb7 Qb6 32. Nxd6 (32. Rxd6 Qc7 33. Rfd1 Bb5 34. Nxa5 $18) 32...
Qc6 33. Qxa5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Rg1 Nge7 8. Be3
b5 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 g6 13. Ba2 Bg7 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nf1
Qd7 16. Ng3 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nh2 Bg5 21. Nf3 Bf6
22. Re3 Kg7 23. Rd3 Rad8 24. Qd2 Nc8 25. Rd1 Qb7 26. Qe2 Re7 27. h4 Qc7 28. h5
Nb6 29. Qd2 Nc4 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qxd6 Qb7 33. hxg6 fxg6 34. Re1
h5 35. Qb4 h4 36. Nf1 Bxe4 37. Qxb7 Bxb7 38. N3d2 g5 39. Nxc4 Kg6 40. Nfe3 e4
41. Rd1 Re6 42. Na5 Bc8 43. b4 Kh5 44. c4 g4 45. c5 Bg5 46. Nac4 g3 47. fxg3
hxg3 48. Nf5 Kg4 49. Nce3+ Bxe3+ 50. Nxe3+ Kf4 51. Nd5+ Ke5 52. Nc3 e3 53. Rd8
Bb7 54. Ne2 Bc6 55. Rd3 Ke4 56. Rd4+ Ke5 57. Rd3 Ke4 58. Rd4+ Ke5 59. Rg4 Bb5
60. Rxg3 Bxe2 61. Rxe3+ Kd5 62. Rxe6 Kxe6 63. Kf2 Bd1 64. Ke3 Ke5 65. g3 Bg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7.
O-O O-O 8. c4 c6 9. Qc2 Na6 10. a3 f5 11. Nc3 Nc7 12. b4 a5 (12... Bd7 13. Bb2
Be8 (13... Ng5 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 f4 16. f3 Kh8 17. Rfd1 Qe8 18. Rac1 (18.
cxd5 $1 $16 {Leko}) 18... dxc4 $8 19. Bxc4 a5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Morozevich,
A/Dortmund 2002/CBM 90/[Huzman] (41)}) 14. c5 Be7 15. Ne5 g6 16. f3 Ng5 17.
Rae1 Bf6 18. Nd1 Bg7 19. g3 Nf7 20. f4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Rytshagov,M-Lauk,U/Tallinn
EST 2003/(32)}) (12... Nxc3 13. Qxc3 dxc4 14. Bxc4+ Be6 $1 (14... Nd5 15. Qb3
Kh8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bxe7 Nxe7 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Rfe1 $16 {1-0
Gaprindashvili,N-Sternina,V/Tbilisi 1973/EXT 2001 (53)}) 15. Bxe6+ Nxe6 16. Re1
Qd7 17. Ra2 Rae8 18. Rae2 Nc7 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Re6 21. Rd2 Nd5 22. Qd4 $14
{1-0 Polgar,J-Lautier,J/Cap D'Agde FRA 2003/(48)}) (12... Kh8 13. Bb2 (13. c5
Be7 14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Be5 Bf6 16. Rfd1 Bd7 17. Rab1 Be8 18. Be2 Bh5 19. Na4 Qe8
20. b5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nf4 $17 {0-1 Wang Yu-Nguyen Thi Thanh An/Chennai 2001/CBM
84 ext (46)}) 13... Bd7 14. Ne5 Be8 15. Ne2 Qg5 16. Kh1 Qh4 17. g3 Qf6 18. f3
Ng5 19. Nf4 Nge6 20. Nxe6 Nxe6 21. f4 $16 {1-0 Zontakh,A-Kochyev,A/St
Petersburg 2002/EXT 2003 (34)}) 13. b5 $1 (13. c5 Be7 14. Bb2 Ne6 15. Na4 Bf6
16. Nb6 Ra7 17. Ne5 Nf4 18. f3 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Ng5 20. e6 Bxe6 21. Qd2 Nxd3 22.
Qxd3 axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 $44 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo MNC
2003/(39)}) 13... Bd7 14. Rb1 (14. b6 Ne6 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Nxd5 Bc6 17. Ne3
Nf4 18. Bc4+ Kh8 $44) 14... Kh8 $6 {Unfortunately, this move deprives Black of
a possibility to meet Bf4 with g5} (14... Be8 $5 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. c5 Be7 17.
Ne2 Bf6 18. Rb6 $1 {[%csl Rc6]} Ne6 (18... Bh5 19. Rxc6 $16) 19. Nf4 $16) 15.
c5 Be7 16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Bf4 $16 Ne6 (17... g5 $2 18. Be5+ Bf6 19. Rb7 Ne6 20.
Bxf6+ Rxf6 21. Ne5 $18) 18. Be5 {[%mdl 32] White has just everything- the "c6"
pawn and the "e5" square are quite weak while the "b" file is under his total
control} Be8 {[%cal Ye8h5]} 19. Rb6 $1 Qc8 (19... Bf6 20. Ne2 Bh5 21. Rxc6 Qe8
22. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 23. Nf4 Qe8 (23... Qf7 24. Bxf6 Bxf3 25. Be5 Bh5 26. f3 Ng5
27. Bd6 $18) 24. Bxf6 Rxf6 25. Ne5 Bf7 26. f3 Ng5 27. Bxf5 $16) (19... Bh5 20.
Rxc6 Qd7 21. Rb6 Bxf3 22. gxf3 N4g5 23. Kg2 $16) 20. Nd2 (20. Rfb1 Bh5 21. Rb7
Qe8 $132) 20... Bg5 (20... Bd8 21. f3 $1 {Svidler} Bxb6 22. cxb6 $44) (20...
Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Ne2 $16) 21. Nb3 (21. f4 Bd8 22. Rb2 $14) 21... Bh5 (
21... Bd8 {Svidler} 22. f3 $1) 22. a4 $1 (22. f3 Be3+ 23. Kh1 a4 24. Nxa4 Rxa4
25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Rxf8+ Qxf8 27. Rb8 Nd8 28. Be2 Bxe2 29. Qxe2 Bg5 $13) 22...
Qe8 (22... Bf4 {Svidler} 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. f3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Rf6 26. Qd2 $16) (
22... Nf4 {Svidler} 23. f3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Bd8 26. Nxa5 f4 27. Rfb1
Qf5 28. R1b3 $16) 23. f3 N6xc5 (23... Be3+ 24. Kh1 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 f4 26. Na1 $5
$16 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ga1c2] Svidler}) (23... N4xc5 {Svidler} 24. dxc5 Be3+ 25.
Kh1 Nxc5 26. Nxc5 Bxc5 27. Bc7 $1 $16) (23... Rc8 {Svidler} 24. fxe4 Be3+ 25.
Kh1 fxe4 26. Ba6 Rxf1+ 27. Bxf1 Qf7 28. Ba6 Ra8 29. Nd1 $18) 24. Nxe4 (24. fxe4
Nd7 25. Ra6 $1 Rxa6 26. Bxa6 Nxe5 27. dxe5 fxe4 $44) 24... Nxe4 (24... fxe4 25.
Nxc5 exd3 26. Qxd3 $16) 25. Rb7 (25. g4 $5) (25. fxe4 fxe4 26. Ba6 $1 $16 Rxa6
$140 27. Rxf8+ Qxf8 28. Rb8 Be8 29. Qf2 $1 Bf6 (29... Qg8 30. h4 $1 (30. Qg3
Bh6 31. Qh4 c5 32. Nxc5 Be3+ 33. Kh1 Ra7 34. Qd8 Rf7 35. h4 Rf8 36. Qe7 $18 {
[%cal Gc5e6]}) 30... Bh6 31. g4 $18) 30. Nc5 Ra7 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Ne6 Qe7 33.
Qxf6+ $1 Kg8 34. Qf5 $18 {[%cal Gf5h5]}) 25... Bf6 (25... Nf6 26. Bxf5 $16) 26.
fxe4 Bxe5 27. dxe5 fxe4 (27... dxe4 28. Bc4 Qxe5 29. Qd2 e3 30. Qd4 $16) 28.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 29. Be2 (29. Bf1 $5 e3 30. Nc1 $16) 29... Bxe2 30. Qxe2 Qf5 31. Qf2
Qxe5 32. Qg3 $1 Qxg3 33. hxg3 h6 34. Kf2 Rf8+ 35. Ke2 Rf6 36. Nxa5 Rg6 (36...
c5 37. Rb5 $18) 37. Kf2 Rf6+ 38. Ke1 e3 (38... Rg6 39. Rb6 d4 40. Nxc6 d3 41.
a5 Rxg3 (41... e3 42. Ne5 d2+ 43. Ke2 Rxg3 44. Rg6 $18) 42. a6 e3 43. a7 d2+
44. Kd1 Rxg2 45. Rb8+ (45. a8=Q+) 45... Kh7 46. Rd8 $18) (38... d4 39. Nb3 $18)
39. Re7 d4 40. Nb3 c5 41. a5 (41. Nxc5 $18) 41... Ra6 42. Ke2 (42. Re5 d3 43.
Nxc5 d2+ 44. Kd1 Rxa5 45. Re8+ Kh7 46. Nb3 $18) 42... Rg6 43. Nxc5 Rxg3 44. a6
Rxg2+ 45. Kd3 Rd2+ (45... Ra2 46. Kxd4 e2 47. Kd3 $18) 46. Kc4 Kh7 (46... e2
47. a7 Ra2 48. Nd3 Kh7 49. Kb5 $18) 47. a7 Ra2 48. Kb5 d3 49. Na6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. d4 d5 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qb6 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Nxc6 {Black still has to work for
equality in this line, but Svidler knows what he is doing.} (12. c5 Nxd4 13.
Bxd4 Qa6 14. Qb2 Rd8 15. e3 Ne8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nc3 Qc4 18. Qa3 Ne6 19. Rfd1
Bd7 20. Nd5 Qxc5 21. Qb2 Re8 22. Qxb7 Bc6 23. Qxc6 Qxc6 24. Nf6+ exf6 25. Bxc6
{1-0 Dizdar,G-Golubovic,B/Pula 1999/ (32)}) 12... bxc6 13. Nd2 (13. c5 Qc7 14.
Nc3 Rb8 15. Rab1 Bf5 16. e4 Be6 $11) 13... Bf5 14. Qb3 (14. e4 Nxe4 15. Bxg7
Nxd2 16. Qxd2 Kxg7 17. Qc3+ Kg8 18. c5 Qc7 $15) 14... Rfd8 15. Bc3 (15. Rfd1
Qc7 16. Nf3 Be4 $11) 15... Ng4 16. Bxg7 (16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Bxg7 Rxd2 18. Bc3
Rxe2 19. Bxc6 Raxa2 20. Rxa2 Rxa2 21. Ra1 $11) 16... Rxd2 17. Bc3 (17. h3 $2
Kxg7 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qc3+ Qd4 $17) 17... Rxe2 18. h3 Nf6 (18... Nxf2 19. Qxb6
Nxh3+ 20. Bxh3 axb6 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. Rxf5 Raxa2 23. Rxa2 Rxa2 24. Bd4 $14) 19.
Rae1 Rc2 $6 {Very risky move, since Malakhov will find the way to keep his
dark squared bishop.} (19... Re6 $5 20. Qa3 (20. Rxe6 Bxe6 21. Re1 Qa6 22. Qb4
Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Bxc4 24. Rxe7 Nd5 25. Bxd5 Bxd5 26. a4 $15) 20... Ne4 (20... Re8
21. c5 Qc7 22. Qa4 $11) 21. Ba1 Qc5 22. Qb2 Nf6 23. g4 Rxe1 24. Rxe1 Be6 $11)
20. Qa3 $1 (20. Bb4 Rb8 21. Bxe7 Nd7 22. g4 Qxb3 23. axb3 Bd3 24. Bxc6 Bxf1 25.
Kxf1 Nf8 26. Re3 Ne6 $11) 20... Nd7 (20... Be6 21. Rb1 Qd8 22. Bxc6 Rc8 23.
Rfd1 Qf8 24. Ba4 Re2 $11) 21. Ba5 (21. Rxe7 $1 Be6 (21... Bd3 22. Be4 $1 Bxe4 (
22... Rxf2 $2 23. Bxd3 (23. Rxf2 Qb1+ 24. Kh2 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Qd6 $11)
23... Rxa2+ 24. c5 Rxa3 25. cxb6 Nxb6 26. Bb4 Rb3 (26... Rxd3 27. Rfxf7 Rd7 28.
Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rhg7+ Kh8 31. Rxd7 Nxd7 32. Rxd7 $18) 27. Rfxf7 Rxb4
28. Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Bxg6 $18) 23. Rxe4 $16) 22. Be4 Rxc3 23. Qxc3
Qc5 24. Rxe6 fxe6 25. Rd1 $14) 21... Qc5 (21... Qa6 22. Rxe7 Qxc4 23. Rfe1 Rf8
24. Qe3 Rxa2 25. Rc1 $11) 22. Qxc5 Nxc5 23. Rxe7 (23. Bxc6 Rc8 24. Bg2 Be6 $17)
23... Rxa2 24. Bb4 Nd3 (24... Ne6 25. Bxc6 Rb8 26. Bc3 Kf8 27. Bf6 Bxh3 $11)
25. Bxc6 Rc8 26. Bb7 Rd8 (26... Nxb4 $2 27. Bxc8 Bxc8 28. Re8+ Kg7 29. Rxc8 $18
) 27. Bc3 (27. Rd1 Ra4 28. Bc5 Rxc4 29. Bxa7 Kf8 $11) 27... Kf8 28. Re3 (28.
Bf6 Rd6 29. Bh4 g5 30. Bxg5 f6 31. Re3 fxg5 32. Rf3 Rf6 33. g4 Ne5 34. Rxf5
Rxf5 35. gxf5 Nxc4 $15) 28... Rc2 (28... a5 29. Bf6 Rb8 30. Bg2 Nb4 31. Rd1 $14
) 29. Bf6 {White bishops are unpleasant beasts and black still has to work for
his survival.} Re8 30. Rxe8+ (30. Bg7+ Kxg7 31. Rxe8 Bxh3 32. Ra1 (32. Bg2 Bxg2
33. Kxg2 Rxc4 $11) 32... Rxc4 33. Ba6 Rd4 $11) 30... Kxe8 31. g4 (31. Bc6+ Kf8
(31... Bd7 $2 32. Be4 Rd2 33. Bg5 $18) 32. Rb1 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Nxc1 $14) 31...
Be6 32. Bc6+ Kf8 33. Rb1 Rc1+ 34. Rxc1 Nxc1 35. Bb5 (35. c5 Nb3 36. Be5 Ke7 37.
Bd6+ Kd8 38. Kg2 $14) 35... Nb3 36. Bb2 Ke7 37. Ba3+ Kd8 38. Bd6 a5 39. c5 $6 {
This mechanical move puts white in danger of losing the game.} (39. Be5 h5 40.
gxh5 gxh5 41. Kg2 Ke7 $11) 39... Nd4 40. Ba4 (40. Bd3 a4 $15) 40... Bb3 41. Be5
(41. Bxb3 Nxb3 42. c6 Nd4 $17) 41... Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Nxe5 (42... Nh4+ 43. Kg3 Bxa4
44. Kxh4 $11) 43. Bxb3 f6 44. Bg8 h6 45. f4 Nd3 46. Kf3 g5 $2 {It is not easy
to guess, why Svidler refrained from 46...Nxc5! with good chances of success.}
(46... Nxc5 $1 47. Bf7 (47. h4 Ke7 48. Ke3 a4) 47... g5 48. fxg5 fxg5 49. Ke3
Ke7 50. Ba2 Ne6 $17) 47. fxg5 hxg5 (47... fxg5 48. Ke4 Nxc5+ 49. Kf5 $11) 48.
Ke4 Nxc5+ 49. Kd5 Nd3 50. Ke6 Nf4+ 51. Kxf6 Nxh3 52. Ke5 Kd7 53. Kd4 Nf2 (53...
Nf4 54. Kc5 $11) 54. Bh7 Kc6 55. Bf5 Kb5 56. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 a5 7. b3 (7. Bd3 Bb5 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. O-O Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Nc6 11. a4 Nge7 12. Na3 O-O 13. Nb5 Ng6 14. Qe2
Rae8 15. Kh1 f6 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. Bg5 Rf5 $36 {0-1 Bastian,H-Wiedenkeller,M/
OSW 0102 2002 (25)}) (7. Be2 a4 $5) 7... Na6 (7... Ne7 8. dxc5 $5 (8. Be2 cxd4
9. cxd4 Bb5 10. Bxb5+ Qxb5 11. Nc3 Qa6 12. a4 Nec6 13. Nb5 Qb6 14. O-O h6 15.
Ba3 Bxa3 16. Rxa3 O-O 17. Ra1 Na6 18. Rc1 Nc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V-Volkov,
S/RUS t-ch St.Petersburg 1999/CBM 71/[Psakhis,L] (20)}) 8... Qxc5 9. c4 Qc7 10.
Nc3 Bc6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nb5 $14 {0-1 Delchev,A-Volkov,S/EUR-ch
Batumi 2002/CBM 90 (39)}) 8. Be3 Rc8 9. Bd3 Ne7 $146 (9... Nh6 10. Bxh6 gxh6
11. O-O Bg7 12. Ra2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb5 14. Rd2 O-O 15. Bxb5 Qxb5 16. Rd3 Rc1 $1
17. Qxc1 Qxd3 $13 {Sveshnikov,E-Volkov,S/RUS t-ch Togliatti 2003/The Week in
Chess/0-1 (39)}) 10. O-O (10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Bc2 Qa6 $13) 10... Nf5 11. Bxf5
exf5 12. Re1 c4 $6 {Mistake! After} (12... Be6 $132 {it will be not so easy
for White to get real advantage.}) 13. bxc4 $1 Rxc4 14. e6 $1 {[%mdl 2176]
White is ideally developed, now it is time for action! White frees the e5
square for the knight.} (14. Nfd2 Rc8 15. c4 $140 $2 Qb2 $1) 14... Bxe6 15. Ne5
{[%csl Re8]} Rc7 16. Qa4+ (16. c4 f6 $1 17. Qh5+ Kd8 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nd3 g6
$15) 16... Kd8 17. c4 $5 {It looks that in this moment Svidler overstimated
his chances.A natural development of the initiative can be achieved by} (17.
Nd2 $5 Rxc3 (17... f6 18. Rab1 Qd6 19. Nd3 Qxa3 20. Qb5 $40) 18. Ndf3 $1 $40 {
[%cal Ge3d2]}) 17... f6 18. c5 (18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Nc3 Bb3 20. d5 Bc5 $5 $132 (
20... Nc5 21. Qh4 $1 g5 $140 22. Bxg5 fxg5 23. Qxg5+ Kc8 24. Nc4 $5 $40)) 18...
Qb2 19. Nd3 Qxa1 20. Qxa5 Qa2 $6 {A critical position of the variation,since
it is the end of series of forced moves, but it looks, that Volkov made now
serious mistake.} ({In the case of} 20... f4 21. Nxf4 Bf7 22. Nd3 {or}) (20...
g5 21. Nc3 Qxe1+ (21... b6 22. Qxa6 Qxc3 23. cxb6 $16) 22. Nxe1 f4 23. Bd2 Ke8
24. Nd3 {[%cal Rd3b4] white's advantage is obvious, but Black could play}) (
20... Bc8 $5 {[%cal Rc8a6] (Svidler) with possible continuation} 21. Nd2 (21.
Nc3 b6 $1 22. cxb6 Qxc3 23. bxc7+ Qxc7) 21... b6 $1 (21... Qa2 22. Bf4 $18) 22.
cxb6 Qxa3 23. bxc7+ Nxc7 24. Qb6 Qa6 $13) 21. Bf4 Qc4 22. Nb4 {[%csl Gb4] An
optimal place for the knight} Ke8 $8 (22... Qxd4 23. Nxa6 Qxf4 24. g3 bxa6 25.
gxf4 Bf7 26. c6 $18) 23. Bxc7 (23. Nxa6 Re7 $1 24. Nc7+ Kf7 25. Bd6 Bd7 26.
Bxe7 Bxe7 27. Qb6 Bc6 $14) 23... Kf7 (23... Nxb4 24. axb4 Kf7 25. Qb6 Bc8 26.
Bf4 $40) 24. Qb6 Bc8 (24... Nxc7 25. Qxc7+ Be7 26. Qxb7 $18) 25. Nxa6 Qxa6 $6 (
{Maybe} 25... bxa6 $142 26. Qb4 $16 {was the better choice}) 26. Qxa6 bxa6 27.
Nc3 Be6 28. Rb1 $18 Be7 29. Rb7 {[%cal Rc7d6]} Re8 (29... Bc8 30. Ra7 Ke6 31.
Na4 $18) 30. f3 (30. f4 $5) 30... g5 31. Ra7 f4 32. Bd6 (32. Kf2 $5) 32... Kf8
33. Rxa6 Bxd6 34. Rxd6 Bf7 35. Nxd5 (35. Rxf6 $5 Re3 36. Nxd5 Rxa3 37. h4 $18)
(35. c6 $5 {[%csl Gc6]}) 35... Re1+ 36. Kf2 Rc1 (36... Ra1 37. Nxf6) 37. Ke2 (
37. Nxf6 $5 $18) 37... Rc2+ 38. Kd1 (38. Ke1 $142 $5 Rxg2 39. c6 Rc2 40. Rd8+
Kg7 41. c7 Bxd5 42. c8=Q Rxc8 43. Rxc8 Bxf3 44. a4 $18) 38... Rxg2 {Suddenly
Black is back in the game! White is still winning, but he has to be very
careful.} 39. c6 Bh5 $1 {Having obtained his chance, Volkov skilfully sharpens
the position.} 40. c7 Bxf3+ 41. Kc1 Rg1+ (41... Bg4 42. Nxf6) 42. Kd2 (42. Kb2
$5 Rg2+ 43. Kc3 Bg4 44. Nxf6 Bf5 45. Rd5 $1 $18) 42... Rg2+ 43. Ke1 Re2+ (43...
Bg4 $140 $5 44. Nxf6 Bh3 45. Nd7+ Ke7 46. c8=Q Kxd6 47. Qe8 $1 Rg1+ (47... f3
48. Ne5 f2+ 49. Ke2 $18) 48. Kf2 Rf1+ 49. Ke2 f3+ 50. Kd2 f2 (50... Bxd7 51.
Qe5+ Kc6 52. Qc5+ Kb7 53. Qb4+ $1 Ka7 54. Qe7 $18) 51. Ne5 Rd1+ $8 52. Ke3
f1=N+ 53. Ke2 Rxd4 54. Nf3 $18) 44. Kf1 Rc2 45. Rd8+ Kf7 46. c8=Q Rxc8 47. Rxc8
Bxd5 48. a4 $18 Ke6 49. a5 Kd7 50. Rc3 Bb7 (50... h5 51. a6 h4 52. a7 g4 53.
Rc5 Bb7 54. Rh5 $18) 51. Rb3 Ba6+ 52. Kf2 f5 53. Rb6 Bc8 54. d5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 56th"]
[Site "Krasnoyarsk"]
[Date "2003.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Mueller,Karsten"]
[PlyCount "21"]
[EventDate "2003.09.03"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. f4
(8. Nb3 b5 (8... Ng6 $5) 9. Bg2 Ne5 $5 10. Qe2 Bb7 (10... Nc4 $5) 11. Nd2 g5 $5
12. Bxg5 Rg8 13. h4 (13. f4 Rxg5 14. fxg5 N7g6 15. h4 b4 16. Nd1 Rc8 $44) 13...
h6 14. Bf4 Nxg4 (14... N7g6 $5 15. Bg3 Qf6 $44) 15. O-O-O $44 {0-1 Nijboer,
F-Hall,J/Reykjavik 1998/CBM 64/[Gofshtein,L] (58)}) 8... b5 (8... Nxd4 9. Qxd4
(9. Bxd4 $5) 9... e5 $5 (9... Nc6 10. Qd2 b5 $6 11. O-O-O Qa5 12. Kb1 Be7 13.
g5 O-O 14. h4 $16 {Shirov,A-Polgar,J/Monaco (rapid) 1996/Inf 69/[Shirov,A] (14)
}) 10. fxe5 Nc6 11. Qd1 Nxe5 $132) (8... Bd7 $5) 9. Nf3 (9. Bg2 Nxd4 10. Qxd4
Nc6 11. Qb6 Qxb6 12. Bxb6 Rb8 13. Be3 g5 $5 14. fxg5 Ne5 $11 {/+/= 1/2-1/2
Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo MNC 2003/The Week in Chess 436 (38)}) (9. Nb3
Bb7 10. Qe2 (10. Qf3 $2 g5 $1 11. fxg5 Ne5 12. Qg2 b4 13. Ne2 h5 $1 14. gxh5
Nf5 $1 15. Bf2 Qxg5 16. Na5 Ne3 $3 $17 {Shirov-Polgar.J-Buenos Aires 1994})
10... Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bg2 b4 $5 13. Nd1 d5 $5 $132 {1-0 Lautier,J-Hall,J/
Harplinge 1998/CBM 67/[Gofshtein,L] (40)}) (9. g5 Bb7 10. Bg2 h6 $1 11. gxh6 (
11. h4 $6 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Rc8 $132 {Shabalov-Smirin ,Los Angeles
1997}) 11... Ng6 (11... Rxh6 $5) 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Qd4 $1 $14 {1-0 Shirov,
A-Polgar,J/Madrid 1997/Inf 69/[Shirov,A] (36)}) 9... Bb7 $5 (9... b4 10. Na4
Rb8 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. b3 h5 13. g5 d5 14. Bd3 dxe4 15. Bxe4 Rb5 16. c4 bxc3 17.
Nxc3 Rb8 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Svidler,P/Cannes 2001/CBM 82 (48). (47)}) 10.
Qe2 Na5 11. Kd2 $2 {Was this move really played? Wurde dieser Zug wirklich
gespielt?} (11. Nd2 {ist naheliegender.}) (11. Kd2 $2 Rc8 12. a3 d5 $17)
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cicak, Slavko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Trinec"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Bg5 Nf6 6. Qd2 Bf5 7. O-O-O e6 8.
Nf3 Nbd7 9. a3 Qc7 10. Ne5 Be7 11. f4 h6 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Bd3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Bd6 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. Rd3 Kb8 17. Kb1 a6 18. Rhd1 Rhf8 19. g3 Be7 20. Qe2 Nd7
21. Nf3 Rfe8 22. Ne4 f6 23. Re3 g5 24. Nc3 Nf8 25. f5 exf5 26. d5 c5 27. Re1
Ng6 28. Re6 g4 29. Nh4 Ne5 30. Nxf5 h5 31. Nxe7 Rxe7 32. Rxf6 Nc6 33. Qf2 Rxe1+
34. Qxe1 Nd4 35. Qe4 Nf3 36. Qf5 Nxh2 37. Rf7 Qd6 38. Qh7 Qb6 39. Na4 Qb5 40.
c4 Qb3 41. Nxc5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f5 15.
gxf6 Rxf6 16. Na5 (16. Kb1 Nf4 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. Bd3 Raf8 19. Be4 Bd8 20. Nc1 Qb7
21. Qg3 Bb6 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qe1 Ne5 {0-1 Vovsha,E-Pavlovic,M/Biel 2001/ (52)}
) 16... Nf4 17. Nc6 (17. Rg1 Qf8 18. Nc6 Bd8 19. Qf2 Qf7 20. Rg3 Rh6 21. Qg1
Bh4 22. Rg4 Nf6 23. Bxf4 {1/2-1/2 Ciemniak,R-Gralka,J/Lubniewice 1994/ (23)})
17... Qf8 {Black is hoping to compensate for the intruder on c6 with his own
magnificient knight on f4.} (17... Qe8 18. Re1 (18. c4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Kh8 20.
Kb1 Bd8 21. Nxd8 Qxd8 22. Rc1 Rf7 23. Rc3 {1-0 Jaracz,P-Mrdja,M/Lido Estensi
2002/ (38)}) 18... Kf8 19. Rg1 Qf7 20. Bxf4 Rxf4 21. Bh3 Bh4 22. Re4 Rxe4 23.
fxe4 Nf6 24. Qb4 Qc7 25. Be6 g6 26. Nxe5 {1-0 Malakhov,V-Cvitan,O/Saint
Vincent 2002/ (34)}) 18. Kb1 Bd8 (18... Nb8 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. Qa5 Qe8 21. Rg1
Nd7 $13) 19. Nxd8 Qxd8 (19... Rxd8 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 Nb8 $13) 20. c4 bxc4 (
20... Rb8 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Rg1 Rf7 23. Rc1 $14) 21. Bxc4 Nb6 22. Bb3 (22. Rc1
a5 23. Rhg1 a4 $13) 22... a5 23. a3 (23. a4 Nd7 24. Rc1 Rb8 $15) 23... Rf7 (
23... a4 24. Ba2 Rb8 25. Rc1 Qe8 26. Rc6 Nd7 27. Rhc1 Qh5 $13) 24. Rc1 Rb7 25.
Rc2 Qd7 $2 {Hracek is eager to generate some real counterplay, but there was
no need to sacrifice the pawn.} (25... Qf6 26. Rg1 a4 27. Ba2 $13) 26. Bxf4
exf4 27. Qxf4 Qb5 (27... Rf8 28. Qg4 Qf5 29. Qxf5 Rxf5 30. Rc3 $14) 28. Ba2 Qd3
(28... Rd8 29. Re1 $14) 29. Rhc1 (29. Qxd6 $5 Na4 (29... Kh8 30. Rhc1 Re8 31.
f4 $16) 30. Qe6+ Kh8 31. Kc1 Rf8 32. Qe4 Nxb2 33. Qxd3 Nxd3+ 34. Kd2 $16) 29...
Rd8 30. Ka1 Rf7 31. Qh4 Re8 (31... Rdf8 32. Rc6 Qb5 33. Rxd6 Na4 34. Qd4 $16)
32. Rc6 {Black simply doesn't have enough play for the missing pawn.} Qe3 33.
Qg3 (33. Bb1 g6 34. Be4 $16) 33... Rf6 (33... Qd2 34. Qxd6 Rd7 35. Qe6+ Rxe6
36. dxe6 Kf8 37. exd7 Nxd7 38. R6c2 $16) 34. Bb1 (34. Qg1 Qxg1 35. Rxg1 Nd7 36.
Ra6 $16) 34... Na4 (34... Nxd5 35. Ba2 Qd2 36. R6c2 Qd3 37. Rc8 Rxc8 38. Rxc8+
Kf7 39. Qg5 $18) 35. Rc7 (35. Qh4 Nc5 36. Qxh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Rc7+ $18)
35... Re7 (35... Qh6 36. Re1 $16) 36. Rc8+ Rf8 (36... Kf7 37. Bxh7 $18) 37. Qh4
$1 (37. Qh4 $1 g6 38. Qxa4 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.09.30"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2466"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Minsk Vesnianka"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. g4 b4
9. Nce2 h6 10. Qd2 e5 11. Nb3 a5 12. Rd1 a4 13. Nbc1 Nc6 14. Ng3 Qa5 15. Nf5
Bxf5 16. gxf5 d5 17. exd5 O-O-O 18. Bc4 Bc5 19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Nd3 Qxc4 21. dxc6
e4 22. Qxb4 Qxc6 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Nxc5 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Rd8+ 26. Ke2 exf3+ 27.
Kxf3 a3 28. Ne4 Nxe4 29. Kxe4 axb2 30. Rb1 Rd2 31. Rxb2 Rxh2 32. Rb1 Rxc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Warsaw Polonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

{[%mdl 8192]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qa4 $5 {
[%cal Yd2d4] Creative move. White protects his central e4 pawn, and, at the
same time disturbs black to complete the development of the queenside. Other
theoretical possibilities, which more popular are:} (6. e5) (6. Re1 O-O 7. d4 (
7. h3 {1-0 Akobian,V-Kretchetov,A/Los Angeles 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (39)})
7... d5 {1-0 Rozentalis,E-Nataf,I/Montreal 2003/CBM 97_01/[Erenburg] (29)})
6... O-O (6... Qb6 $5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 Rd8 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Bxc6 bxc6
12. e5 Nd5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 dxe5 15. Nf3 f6 $17 {Totsky,L-Yakovich,Y/
RUS-Cup4 1997/CBM 58/0-1 (43)}) 7. d4 {White provides the main idea of his
previous move. He sacrifices the e4 pawn, but hopes to get a very strong
initiative.} cxd4 8. cxd4 d6 $5 {Black isn't accpeting the challenge, but
offers the pawn sacrifice by himself. He hopes to get a sufficient
compensation, thanks to white's passive pieces on the queenside. Black tried
also} (8... d5 {1-0 Totsky,L-Lopushnoy,D/St Petersburg 1997/CBM 62/[Yakovich] 
(60)}) (8... Nxe4 $6 9. d5 Nc5 10. Qa3 $1 $36 {/+/- Totsky,L-Grebenkin/
Rus-Cup5 1997;EXP 57 (22)}) 9. Bxc6 {White chooses the most principal
continuation. He has the following possibilities as well:} (9. Nc3 Bd7 (9...
Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Be3 a6 13. Qb4 Qb8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 $14 {
1/2-1/2 Potkin,V-Gagarin,V/Moscow 2000/EXT 2001 (43)}) 10. d5 Nb8 11. Be3 a6
12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. Qb3 $14 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Anand,V/Frankfurt 2000/CBM 78 (34)
}) (9. d5 Nb8 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Be2 Ng4 13. Bd2 (13. Bd4 $5) 13...
Nge5 14. Ne1 Nc5 15. Qc2 f5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Totsky,L-Mochalov,E/Spasskoe 1996/EXT
99 (48)}) 9... bxc6 10. Qxc6 Bg4 11. Nbd2 (11. Nc3 Qa5 $1 {[%cal Gg4f3,Gf8c8]})
11... Qc8 $146 {New move. In the fresh game black continued} (11... Rc8 12. Qa4
Qb6 13. Re1 Qb7 14. Qb3 (14. d5 $5) (14. e5 $5) 14... Qxb3 15. Nxb3 (15. axb3
Rc7 $11) 15... Rc2 16. h3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rfc8 $44 {0-1 Alekseev,E-Ramirez,A/
Open, Santo Domingo DOM 2003 (67)}) 12. Qxc8 (12. Qa4 {seems dubious, in view
of} Bxf3 13. gxf3 Qh3 $44) 12... Rfxc8 13. Re1 Bh6 {Black puts some pressure
on the white pieces. It's not so clear how can black use his development
advantage in other way:} (13... Rc2 14. Nf1 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Rac8 16. Ne3 R2c7 17.
Bd2 $16) (13... Rab8 14. b3) 14. Nc4 $1 {This move solves all white's problems
with the development.} (14. e5 Nd5) (14. Nb3 Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Rxc1 16. Nxc1 Rc8
$44) 14... Bxc1 (14... Rxc4 15. Bxh6 Bxf3 16. gxf3 Rxd4 17. Rac1 $14) (14...
Bg7 15. Nfd2 $14) 15. Raxc1 d5 {Other moves lead to white's slight edge as
well:} (15... Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 d5 18. Rxe7 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20.
Rc7 $16) (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 d5 {-the game.}) 16. exd5 $2 {Quite serious
mistake. White throws away his advantage, while after} (16. Nce5 Bxf3 (16...
dxe4 17. Ng5) 17. gxf3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 dxe4 19. Rc7 Kf8 20. fxe4 Nxe4 21. Nc6 $16
{he has a pleasant prospects.}) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxd5 $44 {Black has some
compensation, thanks to a better pawn structure and to very strong knight on
d5.} 18. Na5 Kg7 (18... e6 $5) 19. Kf1 Nf4 {Black starts to play agressive.
Probably, Boris wanted to get more than a draw. He could equalize easily with}
(19... e6 {[%cal Gd5b4]} 20. Nc6 a5 $11) 20. Red1 (20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Rxe7 Rc2
$44) 20... Rd8 $6 {I think, black shouldn't give up on "c" file. He doesn't
hurry to play e7-e6, as he wants to keep the option of transfer the rook to h6
via 6-th rank.} (20... Rab8 21. b3 e6) 21. b4 Rd6 (21... Rd7 22. Nc6 Rc8 23. b5
) 22. Nc6 Rc8 $1 (22... e6 23. b5) 23. Nxa7 (23. b5 Rc7 $1 {[%cal Yg6g5,Gd6h6]}
) 23... Ra8 {Black is going to eliminate one of the white's pawns on the
queenside, thus, improving his chances for a draw.} (23... Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rxd4
25. Rb1 Rd2 26. b5 Nh3 27. Kg2 $1 Nf4+ (27... Nxf2 28. b6) 28. Kh1 $18) 24. Nc8
(24. Rc7 Nd5 25. Rb7 Ra6 $11) (24. Nb5 Rb6 25. Rc5 Ne6 $11) 24... Rda6 25. a4
$1 (25. Nxe7 $2 Rxa2 {[%cal Gf4h3]}) 25... Nd5 $1 {covering the b6 square and
attacking the b4 pawn.} (25... Rxa4 26. Nb6) 26. a5 (26. b5 Rxa4) 26... Nxb4 {
Probably the best continuation, while after} (26... e6 27. Rc4 Rb8 28. Nb6 Nxb6
29. Rc6 Raa8 30. axb6 Ra6 31. d5 exd5 32. Rxd5 Raxb6 33. Rxb6 Rxb6 34. Rd4 $16
{White's chances are quite high.} (34. b5 Kf6 $11)) 27. Nxe7 $2 {throwing away
the advantage. White had more chances after} (27. d5 $1 Rxa5 (27... Kf6 28. Rd4
$1 $16 {[%cal Gd4f4]}) 28. Nxe7) 27... Re6 $1 {Maybe this move was overlooked
by white...} 28. Rc4 (28. Re1 Rxa5 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Rc7 Kh8 $1 $11 {[%cal
Gb4d5,Ge6e5]}) 28... Rxe7 29. Rxb4 Rxa5 30. d5 (30. d5 Rd7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.02"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8. g4
Nc6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nd7 12. g5 $6 {In retrospect Svidler
was not too happy about this line, since with best play black's chances are
even more promising.} Bxg5 (12... b5 13. h4 Bb7 (13... Rb8 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2
Ne5 16. f4 Nc6 17. Qd2 a5 18. h5 a4 19. Bg2 {1-0 Pinol Fulgoni,F-Weindl,A/
Switzerland 2002/ (36)}) 14. Qd2 Qa5 15. Kb1 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. Nc1 Ne5 18. Nb3
Qa4 19. Qg2 Rfc8 {1/2-1/2 Prelog,S-Nikolic,S/Slovenia 1991/ (23)}) 13. Rg1 (13.
Bxg5 Qxg5+ 14. Kb1 Ne5 15. Qxd6 Nc6 16. Be2 Rd8 17. Qc7 Kf8 18. f4 Qe7 19. Qb6
Bd7 20. Na4 Qb4 21. Qxb4+ Nxb4 22. Nb6 {1-0 Marxen,P-Homuth,M/Kropp 1993/ (43)}
) (13. f4 Be7 14. Rg1 g6 $15) 13... e5 $6 (13... Bxe3+ 14. Qxe3 Ne5 $1 (14...
Qe7 15. Qd2 (15. f4 b5 16. Bd3 Nc5 17. e5 Nxd3+ 18. Rxd3 dxe5 19. fxe5 f6 $13)
(15. Qh6 g6 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Rg3 Rd8 18. f4 Nc6 19. Rd3 $13) 15... Ne5 16. Rg3
Rd8 $15) 15. f4 Ng6 16. e5 d5 17. f5 (17. Bd3 d4 18. Qh3 f5 19. exf6 Qxf6 20.
Ne2 e5 21. fxe5 Qxe5 22. Qg3 $11) 17... exf5 18. Nxd5 Qh4 $1 $15) 14. Bxg5 (14.
Qd2 Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Nf6 16. Qg5 g6 17. f4 $13) 14... exd4 15. Bxd8 dxc3 16. Be7 (
16. Ba5 cxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Nc5 18. Rxd6 Be6 $13) 16... cxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Re8 18. Bxd6
g6 19. Rg5 {White enjoys bishops pair and a better development.} (19. h4 Nf6
$14) 19... Nf8 20. Rc5 Ne6 21. Rc3 Bd7 22. Be5 Bc6 23. Bf6 $1 Rec8 24. Bc4 $6 (
24. Rd6 Ng7 $14) 24... Nc5 $1 25. Re3 (25. Kc1 $2 Bxe4 $1 26. Bd4 Na4 27. Bxf7+
Kxf7 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. fxe4 $11) 25... Na4+ $6 {Bologan is missing a chance to
win a tempo with timely 25...b5! with good survival prospects.} (25... Nd7 $6
26. Bd4 Bxe4 27. Bb3 $1 Bc6 28. Re7 Rf8 29. Be3 $1 $18) (25... b5 $1 26. Bd5
Na4+ 27. Kc1 Nb6 28. Bb3 $14) 26. Kc1 b5 27. Bb3 Nb6 28. Rd4 Be8 (28... Nc4 $5
29. Bxc4 bxc4 30. Rxc4 Bb5 $14) 29. f4 Rc6 (29... Nd7 30. Bh4 Nc5 31. Bd5 Bc6
32. f5 $14) 30. e5 Rac8 31. f5 Nc4 32. Re2 (32. Rh3 $5 Na5 33. Rxh7 $3 Nxb3+
34. Kb1 Rxf6 35. Rdh4 Nd2+ 36. Ka1 $18) 32... R6c7 (32... Na5 33. Bd5) 33. fxg6
fxg6 34. e6 Rc6 (34... Rc5 35. Rd7 $1 R5c7 36. Bxc4 bxc4 37. Red2 $18) 35. Bg5
$6 (35. Rd7 $1 $18) 35... Kg7 $2 {Both players have ignored the key attacking
trick, but now Svidler has got the message...} (35... Rc5 36. h4 Rf5 $14) 36.
Rd7+ $1 Kg8 37. Bh6 Nd6 (37... Rc5 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rf2 Rf5 40. Rxf5 gxf5 41.
Rf7 $18) 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Rf2 (39. Rf2 Bc6 40. e7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.03"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 e6 (6... g6 7.
Nc3 Bg7 8. e5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qd8 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Qc8 12. Re1 Kf8 13. Bf4 Nh5
14. Qe4 e6 15. Be5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Nf6 17. Qf3 Qc7 18. Rad1 a6 19. h3 h5 20. a4
Kg8 21. Qf4 {Celaya Tapiz,J-Hidalgo Paniagua,F/Dos Hermanas-D 2003/FCD438/1-0 
(69)}) 7. Ng5 $146 {[%cal Gf2f4] This is a novelty in this position, although
the idea is not new at all.} (7. Nbd2 Nc6 8. a3 Qc7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Rb1 d5 11.
e5 Nd7 12. Qe2 g5 13. h3 h5 14. g4 hxg4 15. hxg4 O-O-O 16. b4 f6 17. exf6 Nd4
18. Qf1 Bxf6 {0-1 Jansa,V-Bednarski,J/Havana Armies-ch 1967/EXT 2001 (24)}) (7.
Nc3 Nc6 8. Nd2 d5 9. Re1 d4 10. Ne2 Be7 11. Ng3 O-O-O 12. Nc4 b5 13. Nd2 Kb7
14. a4 a6 15. Nb3 Qc7 16. Bd2 Ra8 17. c3 Qb6 18. a5 Qa7 19. e5 Nd5 20. Qf3 Rhf8
21. c4 bxc4 {Sanduleac,V-Navratescu,C/Calimanesti 1999/1-0 (41)}) 7... h6 (7...
Nc6 8. f4 {[%cal Gg5f3]}) 8. Nh3 Nc6 9. Nd2 (9. f4 {looks more natural}) 9...
d5 10. c3 Rd8 11. f3 dxe4 12. dxe4 Ne5 {[%csl Gd3]} (12... c4 $5) 13. Nf2 c4
14. f4 Bc5 $3 {[%mdl 2112] Great move!} 15. fxe5 $8 (15. Kh1 Nd3 16. Nxd3 Qxd3
17. Qa4+ Rd7 $36) 15... Nxe4 16. Qf3 (16. Qg4 Nxd2 17. Bxd2 (17. Qxg7 Rf8 18.
Bxd2 Qxd2 $15) 17... Qxd2 18. Qxc4 Bb6 {with small advantage of Black}) 16...
Nxd2 17. Bxd2 Qxd2 18. Kh1 {[%cal Rf2e4]} O-O (18... Bxf2 19. Rxf2 Qd7 20. Qg4
O-O 21. Qxc4 $11) 19. Ne4 {[%csl Ge4]} Qe3 20. Qg4 $5 ({I think that
Morozevich rightly avoided the line} 20. Qxe3 Bxe3 21. Nd6 Bg5 22. Nxc4 Rd5 $15
) 20... Be7 21. Rae1 Qd3 22. h4 ({It looks that} 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 g6 24.
Qf4 Kh7 25. Re3 Qd5 26. Rh3 h5 $17 {leads to better prospects for Black}) 22...
Qd5 23. Ng3 $44 Qd3 ({Piter Svidler could try} 23... Qb5 {but any case draw
will be normal result of interesting fight -} 24. Nh5 g6 25. Rxf7 $1 Rxf7 26.
Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qxh6+ Ke8 28. Qg6 $1 $11) 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Ng3 Qd3 26. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 19th"]
[Site "Rethymno"]
[Date "2003.10.04"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2554"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2003.09.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. Nf3 {[%mdl 4096]} g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Be2 {
I was very surprized by Peter's choice,since his favourite opening is
Gruenfeld defence.} Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Be3 Ng4 {Not the most popular nowdays.} (
8... c6 9. d5 c5 {is the main line.}) 9. Bg5 f6 {Now all 3 retreats are
possible ways to fight for advantage.} 10. Bc1 (10. Bd2 c6 11. d5 Qe7 12. b4
Kh8 (12... Nh6 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b5 Bb7 15. bxc6 (15. a4 $5 Nf7 16. a5 Rac8 17.
a6 Ba8 18. Be3 $14 {1-0 Onischuk,A-Van der Weide,K/Groningen 1995/CBM 50 ext 
(54)}) 15... Bxc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rac1 Qd7 20. Be3
$14 {1-0 Gausel,E-Kotronias,V/Manila 1992/TD (31)}) 13. dxc6 bxc6 14. b5 Bb7
15. bxc6 Bxc6 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. cxd5 Nc5 18. Ne1 Nh6 19. f3 Nf7 20. Nd3 $14 {
1-0 Donaldson,J-Browne,W/Reno 1992/EXT 97 (54)}) ({The most principal looks:} 
10. Bh4 $5 Nh6 11. d5 (11. Qd2 Nf7 12. Rad1 c6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. h3 Qc7 15. b4
$14 {1/2-1/2 Chuchelov,V-Badea,B/France 2001/EXT 2002 (20)}) 11... Nf7 12. Ne1
Ng5 13. Kh1 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. Nd3 f4 16. Ne4 Bf6 17. Bxg5 Bxg5 18. c5 Be7
19. Qb3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Damljanovic,B/Batumi 1999/CBM 74/[Lautier] (54)}
) 10... Nh6 11. Rb1 {Too soft.} ({more to the point was:} 11. Qc2 c6 (11... Nf7
12. Rd1 c6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. c5 $1 exd4 15. cxd6 Nxd6 16. Rxd4 Nf7 17. Rad1 $14 {
1-0 Sulava,N-Badea,B/Nice 2001/EXT 2002 (37)}) 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. c5 (13. d5 c5
14. Nb5 Nb8 15. b4 a6 16. Nc3 cxb4 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rb1 a5 19. a3 $36 {1-0
Eljanov,P-Paragua,M/Ubeda 2001/CBM 80 ext (39)}) 13... dxc5 14. d5 Kh8 15. dxc6
bxc6 16. Na4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Vera,R-Damljanovic,B/Vila Real 2001/EXT 2003 (23)})
11... Nf7 12. dxe5 $6 {I wanted to simplify the postion,but aftet that move
black doesn't have any problems.} ({Even here,white has some chanses for
advantage after the correct} 12. Qc2 $1 f5 $6 13. exf5 gxf5 (13... exd4 14.
fxg6 hxg6 15. Nb5 $16) 14. dxe5 dxe5 (14... Ndxe5 15. Be3 $14) 15. Qxf5 Nf6 16.
Qc2 $16 {1-0 Zakharov,A-Lymar,I/Decin 1997/EXT 98 (30)}) 12... Ndxe5 $1 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A very important novelty,that changes the evaluation of 12.dxe5.Black
should change the passive knight on d7.} ({white has got a stable advantage
after:} 12... dxe5 13. b4 c6 14. c5 Re8 15. Qb3 Qc7 16. Bc4 $14 {1/2-1/2
Gagarin,V-Hanko,P/Pardubice 2000/EXT 2001 (44)}) 13. Nd4 {Not the best
practical decision,since black gets an easy piece play with chanses for
initiative-just what Peter wants!} ({better was} 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Be6 $11
{with en equal endgame.}) 13... c5 $1 {Now black gets an excellent piece play,
that will compensate some wekness of d6.} 14. Nc2 f5 15. f4 {I believe my
position is not worse,but it's not easy to play such positions in the time
trouble.} (15. Ne3 $5 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Be6 $132) 15... Nc6 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc6d4]
Now all black's minor pieces are very active.} 16. exf5 {It looks like a loss
of time,since it helps black to complete the development,but it's not easy to
keep pressure.} (16. Bd3 Nh6 17. Nd5 Nd4 $132) 16... Bxf5 17. Bd3 Nh6 $1 18.
Ne3 ({after} 18. Nd5 Qh4 19. Nce3 Rae8 {black is clear better.}) 18... Bxd3 19.
Qxd3 Nb4 $1 {An excellent move,especially for the time trouble.} 20. Qd1 Qd7 $6
{That was a pleasant surprize for me,since i felt that Peter could reach a
strong initiative,playing more energetically.} (20... Qh4 $142 $1 21. a3 (21.
Qxd6 $6 Bd4 {[%cal Gb4d3,Gh6g4]} 22. Qe6+ Kh8 {[%csl Re3][%cal Ga8e8]}) 21...
Bd4 $1 22. Kh1 Nc6 {and black should be better here due to activity of his
pieces.}) 21. Ned5 {Now i have time to consolidate my position} Nxd5 ({after} 
21... Rae8 22. Nxb4 cxb4 23. Nd5 {[%csl Rb4] white is not worse.}) 22. Qxd5+ $1
{I have to keep the knight on c3,controlling on e2 and e4.} (22. Nxd5 Rae8 23.
b3 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Qg4 $36 {[%cal Ge8e2]}) 22... Qf7 $1 {An excellent decision of
Peter! He has felt that his position may be worse if i could complete the
development,so he goes for an endgame.} (22... Kh8 23. h3 Rae8 24. Bd2 Nf5 25.
Rfe1 Bd4+ 26. Kh2 Ne3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Bxe3 29. g3 $14) 23. Bd2 Rae8 {
Now my problem is that i cannot change the rooks immediately and have to spen
time for h2-h3.} 24. Qxf7+ (24. Rbe1 Qxd5 25. cxd5 Bd4+ 26. Kh1 Ng4 $36) 24...
Rxf7 25. h3 $6 {I cannot understand this move.There was no reason for that
profilactic in the endgame!} ({the draw is unavoidable after:} 25. Rfe1 Rfe7 (
25... Bd4+ 26. Kf1 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Ng4 28. Re8+ Kg7 (28... Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8
30. h3 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Nf6 32. Ke2 $11) 29. h3 Ne5 30. b3 Bxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxf4+ 32.
Kg1 $11) 26. Rxe7 Rxe7 27. Re1 Kf7 $11) 25... Nf5 {Now black has got an
important tempo and white should play accurately.} 26. Rfe1 Bd4+ $1 {Cutting
white's king.} 27. Kh2 {Now there is a clear drawback of 25.h3: I cannot play
27.Kf1 Ng3#!} Rfe7 28. Rxe7 ({nothing changes} 28. b3 Kf7 ({also possible is:} 
28... Bxc3 $5 29. Bxc3 Re2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Rb2 Re3) 29. Rxe7+ Rxe7 30. Re1
Rxe1 31. Bxe1 {-28.Rxe7.}) 28... Rxe7 29. Re1 (29. b3 $2 Bxc3 30. Bxc3 Re3 31.
Rc1 Re2 $17) 29... Rxe1 30. Bxe1 Kf7 {The endgame is drawn,but white has to
play accurately,since his king is too far away from the centre.} 31. b3 Ke6 32.
Nb5 a6 33. Nc7+ $1 {A correct move.Actually,i just win a tempo because a7-a6
is not so usefulo move for black.More important is that when i will play Nd5
his king will be on d7 and not on e6.} (33. Nxd4+ Nxd4 34. g4 d5 35. Kg3 (35.
cxd5+ Kxd5 36. Kg3 b5 $17 {[%cal Gd5e4]}) 35... dxc4 36. bxc4 b5 $15) 33... Kd7
34. Nd5 b5 35. g4 Ne7 ({only not} 35... Ne3 $2 36. Nxe3 Bxe3 37. Kg3 Ke6 38.
Kf3 Bd4 39. Ke4 $16 {and white suddenly gets a huge advantage.}) 36. Kg3 $1 (
36. Nxe7 $2 Kxe7 37. Kg3 Ke6 38. Kf3 d5 39. cxd5+ Kxd5 $17 {[%csl Gd5][%cal
Gc5c4]}) 36... Nxd5 37. cxd5 $11 c4 38. bxc4 bxc4 39. Bb4 $4 {That is one of
the most terrible blunders in my life! I have completely missed black's reply!}
({The draw is unavoidable after:} 39. Bf2 Bb2 40. Kf3 c3 41. Bd4 Ba1 $8 42. Be3
$8 Bb2 $8 $11) 39... Bb2 {Now I cannot stop the pawn.} 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. h3 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 Ne4 14. Nc3 Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. g4 Bg6 18. Bf5 a5 19. Qd3 b4 20. Re2 Ra6 21. Kg2 Rb6
22. cxb4 axb4 23. Rae1 Qb8 24. Bc1 b3 25. axb3 Rxb3 26. Qc2 Qb4 27. e6 Rc3 28.
Qa2 Bf6 29. exf7+ Bxf7 30. Ne5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qe7 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33. Qxc2 Bg6 34.
Bxg6 hxg6 35. e6 Qf6 36. e7 Re8 37. Qe2 Kf7 38. Bg5 Qd6 39. h4 Nb6 40. h5 gxh5
41. gxh5 Nd7 42. Qf3+ Kg8 43. Qf5 Nc5 44. Re5 c6 45. h6 g6 46. h7+ Kg7 47. Qf4
Nd7 48. Bh6+ Kxh7 49. Qf7+ Kxh6 50. Re6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 Qb6 5. Qc1 Nh6 6. Nf3 (6. h3 e6 7. Nf3 Bg6 {
/\ Nf5, Black's only problem is that he cannot put both pieces on f5 at the
same time!} 8. c3 (8. Bxh6 gxh6 9. c3 c5 {/\ Nc6 and the ^^ is a good
compensation for the corrupted P structure.}) 8... Nf5 9. Bf4 c5 10. g4 $5 (10.
Be2 Nc6 (10... Be7 11. dxc5 Bxc5 $13) 11. g4 Nfe7 12. dxc5 Qxc5 $13) 10... Ne7
11. dxc5 Qxc5 12. Nbd2 h5 $5 $132 {Black makes profit from the weakness of ><
g4.} (12... Nd7) 13. gxh5 (13. Bg2 Nd7) 13... Bxh5 {Now the >< f5 will cause
White a lot of headache, his only chance is an active piece play.} 14. Nd4 a6
15. N2b3 Qc7 16. Qe3 Nd7 17. Bd3 Ng6 $15 (17... g5 $5 {Black wants to
annihilate White's [+], Smirin-Bareev, Moscow 2002 CBM 91.})) (6. c4 Ng4 $1
$132) 6... e6 (6... Nd7) (6... Ng4 7. Bf4) 7. Nbd2 (7. c4 Bxb1 $142 {has to be
inserted first.} (7... dxc4 $2 {Black has to take on c4, otherwise he will be
pushed to the wall. The real question is, when?} 8. Nbd2 $1 {White wants to
take back on c4 by the N gaining a vital tempo.} (8. Bxc4 Be4 (8... Ng4) (8...
Bxb1 9. Rxb1 Bb4+ 10. Bd2) 9. Nbd2 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Qxd2
O-O (12... Nf5 13. O-O) 13. O-O {is similar to the previous note.}) 8... Bd3 (
8... Bb4 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Nxd2 $16 {/\ Nc4}) (8... Ng4 9. Nxc4 Qd8 10. Bg5 Bb4+
11. Bd2 Be7 12. h3 $16 {and the N has to retreat.}) (8... Qa5 9. Bxc4 Bg6 10.
Bxh6 gxh6 11. O-O $16) 9. Bxd3 (9. d5 $5 Qb5 10. d6 $1 Nf5 11. Nxc4 Bxf1 12.
Rxf1 Nd7 13. Qc2 $14) 9... cxd3 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. O-O {(Now Black's P
structure is weakened as well, Anand-Khenkin, Germany 2002 CBM 93)} Na6 $1 12.
Nc4 Qb5 {/\ Nc7-d5, Nb4-d5 Anand}) 8. Rxb1 Bb4+ (8... dxc4 9. Bxc4 {- 7..dxc4})
9. Bd2 (9. Nd2 Nf5) 9... Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O (11... Nf5 12. O-O) (
11... c5 $2 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Bxe6 $1) 12. O-O {and Black has counterchances
in view of the backward >< d4.}) 7... c5 (7... Nd7 $140 8. c4) 8. Nb3 (8. c4 {
If White wants to open up the position he needs a better development.} Ng4 9.
Bf4 Nc6 $132) (8. Bxh6 gxh6 {is not a bad exchange for Black, he gets the ^^
and the g <->.} 9. c3 Nc6 $132) (8. dxc5 {helps Black to finish his
development.} Bxc5 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nb3 Qc7 11. c4 Nc6 $13) (8. h3 Bg6) 8...
Nd7 (8... c4 {This is what White is aiming for, there is no more pressure
against d4.} 9. Nbd2 (9. Nc5 Ng4 $17) 9... Nc6 10. c3 $14 {/\ b3}) 9. dxc5 Nxc5
10. Nfd4 (10. Nbd4 a6 $5 (10... O-O-O $5 {allows White to ruin Black's P
structure completely, but quickly finishes development.} 11. Bxh6 gxh6 12. Nxf5
exf5 13. Bd3 Ne4 14. O-O Bc5 $132) (10... Ng4 $2 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Bd4 $16) 11.
Bxh6 gxh6 12. Nxf5 exf5 {^-} 13. Be2 Ne4 14. O-O Bc5 $132) 10... Ng4 $2 (10...
Nxb3 11. Nxb3 (11. axb3 Bc5 12. Bb5+ Kf8 {/\ Ng4}) 11... Qc7 12. Bb5+ {is a
rather annoying check for Black.} Kd8 13. O-O Ng4 $5 (13... Qxe5 14. Bf4 Qe4
15. Bd3 Qa4 16. Bxh6 $18) 14. h3 Nxe3 (14... Nxe5 15. Nd4 $44) 15. Qxe3 $16) (
10... a6 $5 {defending the vulnerable >< b5 looks logical.} 11. Qd2 (11. Bxh6
Nxb3 12. Nxb3 (12. axb3 Qxd4 13. Bb5+ Ke7 {and too many pieces are hanging.}
14. Bg5+ f6 $17) 12... gxh6 13. c3 Rg8 $132) (11. Be2 {is too quiet.} Nxb3 12.
axb3 Bc5 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. O-O Be4 $13) (11. c3 Ng4 {Now this N manoeuvre comes
in time.} (11... Bg6 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qe3 $5 (13. Be2 Nd3+ 14. Bxd3 Bxd3 15.
Qe3 Bc4) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bc5 15. Be2 Bxd4 16. cxd4 Qb4+ 17. Qc3 $14) 12.
Nxf5 exf5 13. Bd4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bc5 (14... Qxb3 15. Bd3) 15. h3 Bxd4 16. cxd4
Nh6 {with weknesses in the P structure on both sides.} 17. Qc5 (17. Qc3 $5 O-O
18. Rc1 f6 19. Be2 Rfe8 $1 20. f4 Rac8 21. Qxc8 Rxc8 22. Rxc8+ Kf7 $17) 17...
Qxc5 18. dxc5 Ke7 19. Bd3 f6 20. exf6+ Kxf6 21. Kd2 Nf7 22. f4 Nd8 $11 {Svidler
}) 11... Ne4 $1 (11... Bg6 {/\ Nf5} 12. Be2 $14) (11... Be4 12. f3 Bg6 13. h4
$1 (13. c3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Nd4 $14) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bc5 15. h5 Nf5
16. Bb5+ $16) 12. Qd1 {improving a bit the Q's position.} Qc7 $5 (12... Bb4+
13. c3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxc3+ 15. Nd2 $1 Bxd4 16. Qa4+ $18) (12... Bg6 13. Bd3 Qc7
14. f4 Be7 15. O-O {/\ g4}) 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qd4 Bg7 {>< e5
will fall, and Black is active enough enough to compensate his weaknesses.} 16.
f3 Bxe5 $1 17. Qa4+ b5 18. Bxb5+ Ke7 19. Bc6 Rac8 20. Bxd5 Bxb2 $13 {Svidler})
11. Bb5+ {Now the black K feels himself a bit uncomfortably in the [+].} Kd8
12. O-O ({The simple} 12. Nxf5 {deserved attention as well.} exf5 (12... Nxe3
13. Qxe3 Qxb5 14. Nfd4 $16) 13. a4 a6 (13... Nxe3 14. Qxe3 a6 15. Bd3 $16) 14.
Be2 Qb4+ (14... Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qb4+ 16. Kf1 Nxb3 17. cxb3 $16) 15. Bd2 Nxb3 16.
cxb3 Qc5 17. Bxg4 Qxc1+ 18. Rxc1 fxg4 19. Ke2 $14 {with somewhat better
chances in the _|_.}) 12... Nxe3 (12... Bg6 {allows the B to escape:} 13. Bg5+
Kc8 (13... f6 14. Qf4 $1) 14. Qf4 Bh5 15. Be2 h6 16. Bxg4 hxg5 17. Qxg5 Nxb3
18. Nxb3 $16) 13. Qxe3 Bg6 (13... Kc8 14. Nxf5 Qxb5 15. Nfd4 $16) (13... Bxc2 {
looks too greedy!} 14. Qg5+ $1 Kc7 (14... Kc8 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Qxg7 Rd8 17.
Nxc2 Qxb5 18. Qxf7 $16) 15. Rac1 (15. Nxc2 Nxb3 16. axb3 Qxb5 17. Rfc1 Qd7 18.
Nd4+ Kb8 19. Qf4 {/\ Rc3-f3}) 15... Bxb3 16. axb3 Kb8 17. Qf4 a6 (17... Ne4 18.
Qxf7 Bc5 19. Nxe6 Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 a6 21. Bd3 Be3 22. Bxe4 Bxc1 23. Bxd5 Rc8 24.
Nf8 Ka7 25. Nd7 $16) 18. Qxf7 Qc7 19. Qxc7+ Kxc7 20. Be2 Kb6 21. b4 Ne4 22.
Nxe6 $16 {Svidler}) (13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bc5 15. Qg5+ $1 $16) 14. Rfd1 $1 {
White has to open up the lines against the exposed K.} Kc7 (14... Bxc2 15. Qg5+
Kc7 16. Nxc2 Nxb3 17. axb3 Qxb5 18. Rdc1 $40) (14... Nxb3 15. axb3 Bc5 16. c4
Ke7 $1 (16... a6 17. cxd5 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxb5 19. dxe6+ Ke8 20. Rac1 fxe6 21.
Qd6 $18) (16... Bxd4 17. Rxd4 Ke7 18. Qg5+ Kf8 19. Rad1 $36) 17. cxd5 exd5 $1 (
17... Bxd4 18. d6+ Kd8 (18... Kf8 19. Qxd4 Qxb5 20. d7 Rd8 21. Qd6+ Kg8 22. Qe7
Qb6 23. Qe8+ $18) 19. Qxd4 Qxb5 20. Qh4+ f6 21. exf6 $18) 18. Be2 Rhd8 19. Rac1
Rac8 20. Rc3 Kf8 $13 {Svidler}) 15. c4 $1 dxc4 $4 (15... Nxb3 $6 16. axb3 $16)
(15... a6 $2 {is strongly met by} 16. cxd5 $1 axb5 17. d6+ Kd7 18. Nxc5+ Qxc5
19. Rac1 $18) (15... Rd8 $142 {was the best defence with the following
variations.} 16. cxd5 Rxd5 17. Bc4 Rd7 18. Nb5+ Kc8 19. Rac1 $1 {White's lead
of development is the major factor in the position.} Kb8 20. Rxd7 Nxd7 21. Rd1
$1 Qxe3 22. fxe3 {The black >> is still undeveloped.} Kc8 23. Nxa7+ Kc7 24.
Nb5+ Kc8 25. Nd6+ Kc7 26. Nxb7 Nxe5 27. N7a5 Ng4 28. Be2 Nxe3 29. Rc1+ $14 {
Svidler}) 16. Bxc4 $2 (16. Nd2 $1 $18 {would have won outright!}) 16... Rc8 17.
Nd2 Kb8 {and Black has consolidated his position.} 18. Bb5 a6 19. Be2 Na4 (
19... Be7 20. Nc4 $16) 20. Nc4 (20. Rac1 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Bc5 $13 (21... Qxb2 22.
N2b3 $40)) 20... Rxc4 $1 {This is the right plan, but the follow-up will not
be correct.} (20... Qc7 21. Rac1 $18 {/\ Nd6}) 21. Bxc4 Nxb2 $2 {[#] This
founders on a nice tactical blow.} (21... Bc5 $1 {finishing finally the
development and pinning the N was good for equalization.} 22. b3 (22. b4 $6
Bxb4 (22... Qxb4 23. Bxa6 $1) 23. Bd3 (23. Qf4 Bc3 24. Rac1 Rc8 $132) (23. a3
Bc5 $132) 23... Nc3 24. Bxg6 hxg6 $15) 22... Nb2 23. Qd2 (23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Nc6+
Kc7 $17) 23... Nxd1 24. Rxd1 Bh5 25. Nf3 $11) 22. Nxe6 $3 $18 {[%mdl 512] and
Black will never make a move with his dark-squared B in this game!} Qxe3 (22...
Nxc4 23. Qxb6 Nxb6 24. Rd8+ Ka7 25. Nxf8 $18) 23. Rd8+ Ka7 24. fxe3 fxe6 (24...
Nxc4 25. Nxf8 $18) 25. Bxe6 (25. Bxe6 Bd3 26. Bb3 $1 (26. Rc1 $2 Bc5 $1 $17) (
26. Bd5 $2 Nc4 27. e6 Nxe3 28. Bf3 Bc5 $1 $11) 26... g5 27. e6 $18 {and the o^
decides the battle just in time.}) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bd5 Bd7 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. Bf4 Qc8
15. a4 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. d5 Qd7 18. Qc2 e5 19. Bc1 c4 20. Be3 Rfe8 21. Rb5
b6 22. Rfb1 Bf8 23. Ng3 Rac8 24. Nf1 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia & Montenegro"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "YUG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d5 7. c3 Nf6 8. Qe2 O-O
9. e5 Nd7 10. d4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bg5 Qf5 13. Be3 b6 14. Na3 a6 15. Rad1
Bb7 16. Ng5 Rfe8 17. f4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qf8 19. Bh3 Qd6 20. Bf2 Nf8 21. Rfe1 Re7
22. Nb1 Rae8 23. Nf3 Nd7 24. Nc3 Nf6 25. Ne5 b5 26. Bg2 Qd8 27. a3 Nd7 28. h4
Ndxe5 29. dxe5 Rd7 30. Qg4 Qe7 31. h5 g5 32. Qxg5 Qxg5 33. fxg5 Bxe5 34. Ne4
Bc8 35. Rc1 dxe4 36. Rxc6 Bxb2 37. Bxe4 Bb7 38. Rb6 Bxe4 39. Rxe4 Bxa3 40. Rxa6
Bc1 41. Raxe6 Rxe6 42. Rxe6 Bxg5 43. Re5 Bf6 44. Rxb5 Bd4 45. Bxd4 Rxd4 46. Kg2
h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. Be3 Be6 11. Qd2 b5 12. f3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15.
Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 Bc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 Nb4 19. Nxc4 Nxc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D86"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Qd2 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] A new, quite interesting plan.} (13. O-O {-see Korobov-Avrukh in
CBM96.}) 13... Bd7 14. h4 Rc8 15. Bb3 h5 16. f3 $6 {This move proves useless.}
(16. Rd1 $142 e6 $140 17. g4 $5) 16... e6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. f4 (18. g4 $6 hxg4
19. fxg4 e5 20. h5 exd4) 18... Rfd8 19. e5 b5 20. f5 $6 {An interesting but
risky idea of seizing the initiative.} exf5 21. Nf4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge5] Still,
these pawns can't move forward and White doesn't obtain a sufficient
compensation for the pawn.} Kh7 22. O-O b4 23. Bb2 Na5 24. Qf2 Bb5 25. Rfe1 Bc4
26. Ba4 Qb7 $1 (26... Bxa2 27. d5 $44) 27. e6 $5 fxe6 28. Nxe6 Bxe6 29. Rxe6
Nc4 30. Ba1 Rd6 (30... Qd5 $143 31. Re7) 31. Qe2 Rxe6 $2 {Black starts a
tactical operation, which is only enough for a draw, missing a strong
possibility} (31... Qa6 $1 $17 32. Bd7 $140 Rc7) 32. Qxe6 Qe4 33. Qxc8 Ne3 34.
Bc6 Qxh4 (34... Qc2 35. Re1 Qd2 36. Rb1 $11) 35. Rc1 Ng4 36. Bf3 Qf2+ 37. Kh1
Qh4+ 38. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Poland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "POL"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Nf6 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1
O-O-O 15. c4 c5 16. Bc3 Rhe8 17. Rhe1 Nh5 18. g3 Nf6 19. Bc2 Qc6 20. Ne5 Bxe5
21. dxe5 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qe2 Ng8 24. Qg4 g6 25. Rd1 Qf3 26. Rxd8+ Kxd8
27. Qxf3 Bxf3 28. Kc1 Ne7 29. Kd2 Nf5 30. Ba4 a5 31. a3 Ne7 32. Ke3 Bc6 33. Bd1
a4 34. g4 Ke8 35. h4 Kf8 36. Bd2 Kg7 37. f3 Bd7 38. Bc2 Bc6 39. Kf2 Bd7 40. Kg3
Bc6 41. Bc3 Bd7 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 Bc6 44. Kf4 Kf8 45. Bd2 Bd7 46. Be1 Nf5
47. b4 axb3 48. Bxb3 Nd4 49. Bd1 Nc6 50. Ke4 Na5 51. Kd3 Nc6 52. f4 Nd4 53. Bf2
Nc6 54. Kc3 Na5 55. Bh4 Nc6 56. Bf6 Kg8 57. Bg4 Kf8 58. Bf3 Kg8 59. Bd1 Kf8 60.
a4 Be8 61. Bh4 Bd7 62. a5 Nxa5 63. Bd8 Nb7 64. Bxb6 Bc6 65. Kd2 Ke7 66. Ke3 Kd7
67. Bc2 Bg2 68. Ba7 Bc6 69. f5 Kc7 70. Kf4 Bd7 71. Bd3 Bc6 72. Be2 Bg2 73. Bg4
Kd7 74. Bb8 Bf1 75. Bf3 Kc8 76. Ba7 Kc7 77. Bxb7 Kxb7 78. Bxc5 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 14th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2003.10.20"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Aleksandrov, Aleksej"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2003.10.10"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 b6 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Rac1 O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Bb7 10. Bc4 Nd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. Bb3 Nc5 13. Be3 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15.
Bc4 Nd7 16. Nc6 Bxc6 17. dxc6 Ne5 18. Bb6 Qc8 19. Bd5 e6 20. Bb3 d5 21. c7 O-O
22. Qd2 Nd7 23. Qxb4 Be5 24. c4 dxc4 25. Qxc4 Qb7 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. fxe4 Nxb6
28. axb6 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Bxb6 30. Rfc1 Rac8 31. Rxa6 Rxc7 32. Rxc7 Bxc7 33. Ba4
Rb8 34. g3 Rxb2 35. Ra7 Be5 36. Be8 Rf2 37. Ra5 Bd4 38. Ra4 Rd2 39. Ra8 g5 40.
h3 Be5 41. Ra3 Kf8 42. Bb5 h5 43. Bf1 Rd1 44. Kg2 Re1 45. Kf2 Rxe4 46. Be2 g4
47. hxg4 hxg4 48. Bd1 Rd4 49. Be2 f5 50. Ra6 Ke7 51. Ra3 Kf6 52. Rb3 Ra4 53.
Kf1 Ra1+ 54. Kg2 Bd4 55. Bf1 e5 56. Rb8 f4 57. gxf4 exf4 58. Rf8+ Kg5 59. Be2
Rg1+ 60. Kh2 g3+ 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Kb1 g6 15.
Qf2 Nc4 16. Bc1 $5 {[%mdl 4] Svidler opened a new plan with this game, white
is insisting on keeping white squared bishop.} (16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Qd2 Qc7 18.
Rg2 f5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5+ Kh8 21. c3 Qc6 22. Na5 Qxd5 23. Rxd5 b5 {1/2-1/2
Leko,P-Anand,V/Monte Carlo 2003/ (23)}) 16... Na3+ (16... f6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18.
gxf6 Rxf6 19. exd5 Nf4 20. Rg4 Qb6 21. Qe1 Bf8 22. h4 Qc7 23. h5 {1-0 Tiviakov,
S-Shneider,A/Istanbul 2003/ (27)}) (16... b5 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 f6 19. gxf6
Bxf6 20. c3 Bh4 21. Qc2 Rxf3 22. Qe4 Rf2 23. Nd2 Nxd2+ 24. Bxd2 Qf6 25. a4 bxa4
26. Bxa6 {1-0 Spasov,V-Grischuk,A/Plovdiv 2003/ (43)}) 17. Ka1 (17. bxa3 $6
Rxc3 18. Bb2 Rc6 19. Bxe5 Bxg5 20. Rxd6 Rxd6 21. Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxg5 Rd8 $15)
17... b5 18. Bd3 Qc7 (18... f5 19. gxf6 Rxf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Nc4 22. Rg4
$13) 19. Rg2 a5 (19... Nc4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 a5 $132) 20. Nd5 (20. Nxb5
Nxb5 21. Bxb5 a4 22. Bxa4 Rb8 23. a3 Rb7 24. Nd2 Nf4 25. Rg3 Ra8 26. Bb3 d5 27.
exd5 Bxd5 28. Bxd5 Rxa3+ 29. Kb1 Nxd5 $40) 20... Bxd5 21. exd5 Nc4 (21... a4 $5
22. bxa3 (22. Nd4 exd4 23. bxa3 Qc5 24. Rg4 f6 $13) 22... axb3 23. axb3 b4 24.
a4 f6 $44) 22. Rg4 a4 23. Nd2 Qb6 $6 {Polgar is playing very passively, in
this moment the timely 23...f5! would promise fair chances for an advantage.} (
23... f5 $1 24. Rxc4 (24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. Rg3 a3 (25... Kh8 26. Nb1 Nxd5 27. Bxg6
Bh4 28. Bxh7 Qxh7 29. Rxd5 Bxg3 30. hxg3 Qh1 $19) 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Bf5 axb2+
28. Bxb2 Rb8 $17) 24... bxc4 25. Nxc4 f4 (25... Rb8 26. f4 Rb4 27. b3 axb3 28.
cxb3 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Qxf4 Ra8 31. Kb2 Qa7 32. Bb1 Qc5 $17) 26. h4 Rb8
$17) 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Bxb5 Nxd5 $2 {Another important moment, when 25...f%
would have been a more viable option.} (25... f5 26. gxf6 (26. Rb4 Nxd5 27.
Rxa4 Ne3 28. Rh1 Bxg5 $11) 26... Nxf6 27. Rxa4 Rxc2 28. Ra7 Rfc8 29. Kb1 Nfxd5
$11) 26. Ne4 $1 Ndf4 (26... f5 27. gxf6 (27. Nxd6 $5 Bxd6 (27... fxg4 28. Nxc8
Rxc8 29. Rxd5 gxf3 30. Kb1 Rc5 31. Bxa4 Rxd5 32. Bb3 f2 33. Bxd5+ Kf8 34. Bc4
Bc5 35. c3 $14) 28. Rxa4 Nb6 29. Rxd6 Rxc2 30. Bd2 Rfc8 31. Kb1 Nxa4 32. Bxa4
$14) 27... Nhxf6 28. Bc4 Nxg4 29. Bxd5+ Kg7 30. fxg4 Rxc2 31. Bd2 $16) 27. Bxa4
d5 28. Ng3 (28. Nc3 d4 29. Ne4 h6 30. h4 hxg5 31. hxg5 Rfd8 32. Kb1 $16) 28...
Rfd8 (28... f5 29. gxf6 Nxf6 30. Rg5 (30. Nf5 Bd8 31. Rxf4 exf4 32. Nd4 $14)
30... Nd7 31. Bxd7 Bxg5 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. Kb1 $16) (28... Nxg3 29. hxg3 Ne2 30.
Be3 Bc5 31. Bxc5 Rxc5 32. Re1 Nd4 33. Rxe5 Nxf3 34. Re3 $16) 29. Nxh5 gxh5 (
29... Nxh5 30. Bb3 d4 31. Re4 $16) 30. Rgg1 Ng6 (30... Ne2 31. Rge1 Nxc1 32.
Rxe5 Bd6 33. Rexd5 Ra8 34. Bc6 (34. Rxc1 Rxa4 35. c4 Be7 $14) 34... Rxa2+ (
34... Nxa2 35. Bxa8 Rxa8 36. Kb1 Be7 37. Rd7 Kf8 38. f4 $18) 35. Kb1 Rb8 36. b3
Ba3 37. Rxc1 Rb2+ 38. Ka1 R2xb3 39. cxb3 Bxc1 40. Bb5 Kg7 41. Bc4 $16) 31. Bb3
d4 32. Kb1 Kg7 33. Rge1 {Svidler has no problems playing a position with two
bishops and an extra pawn.} Bd6 (33... f6 34. gxf6+ Kxf6 35. Re4 $18) 34. Re4
h4 35. h3 Rf8 (35... f5 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. Rg1 $18) 36. c3 Bc5 (36... f5 37.
Ree1 Bc5 38. f4 $1 dxc3 39. Rd7+ Be7 40. fxe5 $18) 37. cxd4 exd4 (37... Bxd4
38. a4 f5 39. gxf6+ Rxf6 40. f4 $18) 38. Bd2 Rce8 (38... f5 39. gxf6+ Rxf6 40.
Rc1 Rxf3 41. Bb4 Rf5 42. Be6 $18) 39. Rde1 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 f5 41. gxf6+ Rxf6 42.
f4 Ne7 (42... Bd6 43. Rxd4 Bxf4 44. Bc3 Be5 45. Rd7+ $18) 43. a4 Rg6 (43... Nf5
44. a5 Ne3 45. Ba2 Nf1 46. Be1 Ng3 47. Re8 Bf8 48. b4 Rxf4 49. a6 $18) 44. Re5
Bd6 (44... Rg2 45. a5 Rxd2 46. Rxc5 $18) 45. Rg5 Rxg5 46. fxg5 {Polgar is
helpless against bishops.} Nc6 47. Bd5 Nb4 (47... Bb4 48. Kc2 Bxd2 49. Kxd2 Nb4
50. Be4 $18) 48. Be4 Be7 49. a5 Bc5 50. b3 Bd6 51. Kb2 Bc5 52. Ka3 Nd5+ 53. b4
Ne3 54. bxc5 Nc4+ 55. Kb4 Nxd2 56. Bg2 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Qc2 cxd4 13. Bxa6 Nxa6 14. cxd4
Qd7 15. Bg5 Rac8 16. Qe2 Nc7 17. Rfd1 Ne6 18. Be3 Qa4 19. d5 Rc2 20. Rd2 Rxd2
21. Qxd2 Nc5 22. Rb4 Qa6 23. Qc2 e6 24. d6 Qd3 25. Qxd3 Nxd3 26. Ra4 a5 27. Ra3
Nb2 28. e5 Nc4 29. Rc3 Nxd6 30. Bxb6 Rb8 31. Rc6 Nc4 32. Rxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Kb1 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc1 O-O 14. Bf4
Bxc3 15. Bxc7 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 c3 17. bxc3 d5 18. e5 Nd7 19. c4 dxc4 20. Ne2 Ra7
21. Bd6 Rd8 22. Rhd1 Nb6 23. Bc5 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rd7 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Bd4 f6 27.
exf6 e5 28. Ba7 Nxf6 29. Kb2 Kf7 30. Kc3 Be6 31. Bb8 Nd5+ 32. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Bg5 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 c5 12. Bf1 Rd8 13. g3 Rb8 14. a4 Nf8 15.
Nh4 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Ng2 Qe8 18. Bg5 Qe6 19. Ne3 h6 20. Bc4 Qh3 21. Bxf6 gxf6
22. f4 cxd4 23. f5 dxe3 24. Bf1 Bxf5 25. Bxh3 Bxh3 26. Qh5 Be6 27. Qxh6 d5 28.
Rxe3 dxe4 29. Qxf6 Nh7 30. Qh6 Rbc8 31. Rxe4 Rxc3 32. Rxe5 Rc6 33. Rg5+ 1-0

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nc3 Ne8 14. Bd2 Nc7 15. Nd5
Kh8 16. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde-B"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2003.10.24"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Nf5 Ne6 15.
Bd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Nc5 17. Qg4 Bf6 18. Ne4 Rxe4 19. Rxe4 h5 20. Nh6+ Kf8 21.
Qxd7 Nxd7 22. Nf5 Bxd5 23. Re1 Nc5 24. Ne3 Re8 25. Bd2 Be6 26. Rab1 Ba2 27. Ra1
Be6 28. Rab1 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O f4
15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1) (15. Nc2) 15... Ra7 $5 {Controlling the seventh rank is
important for two main reasons:  1.The rook can be quicker transferred to the
kingside (usually to f7, but sometimes to g7 as well). 2.Often after the
opening of the b1-h7 diagonal the pawn on h7 needs protection. For instance
now Black is ready for f7-f5, which wasn't very good right away.} (15... f5 16.
exf5 (16. Bc2 Bxd5 $5 17. Rxd5 Ne7 18. Rd2 d5 19. exd5 Qd6 $44) 16... Bxd5 17.
f6 {[%cal Gd3h7]} Rxf6 18. Bxh7+ Kf8 19. Rxd5 Ne7 20. Qf3 (20. Be4 $5) 20...
Nxd5 21. Qxd5 $44) (15... Kh8 {was considered good enough for Black, but
Svidler might have had an improvement in mind over one of Anand's games.} 16.
g3 Rg8 17. Kh1 Bf8 18. Be2 Rg5 19. Qf3 f5 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Bxa2 22. c4 (
22. exf5 Rxf5 23. Qe4 Rf7 24. Bh5 Rf6 25. c4 Ne5 26. c5 $2 Rc8 $1 $132 {
0-1 Anand,V-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo 2001 (30)}) 22... fxe4 (22... Qf6 23. exf5
Rc8 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. bxc3 Ne5 26. Ne6 Rxf5 27. Nxf8 Rfxf8 28. Rxd6 {1/2-1/2
Maletin,P-Yudin,S/Essentuki 2003 (29)}) 23. Qxe4 Qe8 24. Bf3 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Rc8
26. Ne6 Re5 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Nxf8 b4 29. Nc2 Bxc4 $11 {was approximately
equal in Anand,V-Hernandez,G/Merida 2001, although White succeeded to win
later on.}) 16. Nc2 ({After} 16. g3 {Black can try} f5 17. Bb1 (17. exf5 $2 {
This doesn't work now because the rook protects pawn h7:} Bxd5 18. f6 {[%csl
Rh7][%cal Gd3h7]} Bxf6 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Ga7h7]}) (17. Bc2 $5) 17... Bxd5 18.
Rxd5 fxg3 19. fxg3 f4 $13 {[%cal Ga7f7]} 20. gxf4 $6 exf4 {and Black is fine -
open diagonal for the bishop and a good square e5. Once again the rook from a7
plays an important role after 21.e5? Bxe5 the pawn on h7 is protected.}) 16...
Kh8 17. Ncb4 $146 (17. g3 Rg8 18. Rfe1 $6 (18. Kh1 $142 Bf8 19. Be2) 18... Bf8
19. Qe2 Qh4 $40 {0-1 Jedlicka,L-Cichy,M/Svetla 1994 (41)}) 17... Nxb4 18. Nxb4
Qd7 (18... Qc8 $5 {keeping the seventh rank free for an eventual transfer of
the rook from a7 deserved attention.}) 19. Be2 (19. h3 Rg8 20. Nd5 f5 $13)
19... f5 {[%cal Gf8f6,Gf6h6]} 20. exf5 Rxf5 21. Qh4 (21. Qf3 d5 $36 22. Nxd5 $2
e4 $17) 21... Bf6 22. Qh6 Bg7 23. Qh4 Bf6 24. Qh6 Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. Re1 h6 10. c3 b4 11. Nbd2 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 Kh8 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Nf6 16. Ng3 Bd6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Qxd1 19. Bxd1 Nd5 20. f4 f5 21. Bd2
Nd4 22. Ne2 Ne6 23. Rc1 a5 24. Bb3 Rad8 25. Kf2 c5 26. Be3 Nxe3 27. Kxe3 Bd5
28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Red1 Rfd8 30. Rxd5 Rxd5 31. h4 h5 32. Ng3 g6 33. Nf1 Rd4 34.
g3 c4 35. Ke2 Re4+ 36. Ne3 c3 37. bxc3 b3 38. c4 Nc5 39. Rd1 Nxa4 40. Rd8+ Kg7
41. Kd2 Nc5 42. Rc8 Rd4+ 43. Kc1 Nd3+ 44. Kb1 Re4 45. Rc7+ Kf8 46. Rc8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 e5 8. Nf3
Ng4 9. Bd2 Be7 10. Qe2 exf4 11. Bxf4 Be6 12. O-O-O Qa5 13. h3 Nge5 14. Qb5 Qxb5
15. Bxb5 Nxf3 16. gxf3 O-O-O 17. Nd5 Bh4 18. Be3 Kb8 19. Kb1 f5 20. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. Ba4 d5
15. e5 Ne4 16. Be3 f6 17. Nxc7 Nb4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Bxc7 20. fxe4 dxe4 21.
Qg4 fxe5 22. dxe5 Qd5 23. Bd7 Qxe5 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Qxe5 Bxe5 26. Ra4 Nd5 27.
Rxe4 Nxe3 28. Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. Rad1 Nd7 13. Na4 Nb6 14. Nxb6
Qxb6 15. b3 c5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Qh3 g6 18. Be5 Rfe8 19. Re3 Bf8 20. Qh4 Bg7
21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Rh3 h5 23. Qg5 Qd8 24. Rxh5 Qxg5 25. Rxg5 f5 26. Rg3 Kf6 27.
Be2 a5 28. Rc3 Rec8 29. a4 Rab8 30. Bc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Rb4 32. Rc3 c4 33. h3
Rcb8 34. Rd6 cxb3 35. cxb3 Rxb3 36. Rcc6 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Re1 38. h4 Rb4 39. g3 Rb2
40. g4 fxg4 41. Kg2 Re4 42. Kg3 Rb3+ 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Kg3 Rxa4 45. Rxe6+ Kf7 46.
Rf6+ Ke7 47. Rxg6 Ra3+ 48. Kxg4 Rxf2 49. Kh5 Rf7 50. Kh6 Raf3 51. Ra6 R3f6 52.
Rxa5 Rxg6+ 53. Kxg6 Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Cap d'Agde KO"]
[Site "Cap d'Agde"]
[Date "2003.10.29"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2003.10.27"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.02.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Nc3 Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. Be3 b5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Qe3 O-O 13. Rfd1 Rd7 14. h3 Bb7
15. a4 b4 16. Ne2 Qc7 17. a5 Rc8 18. Ned4 Ne5 19. Qe2 Nc4 20. Rdc1 e5 21. Nf5
d5 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Qxd2 Ne4 25. Qxb4 Nc5 26. Bf1 Be6 27. Ne3 Rd4
28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. axb6 Rb4 30. Bxa6 Nxa6 31. Rxa6 Rxb2 32. c4 h5 33. c5 Rb5 34.
c6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Re8 14. Bg5 Nxe4 15.
Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxg5 17. Qg4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2003.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rogozenco, Dorian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2004"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2003.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Neukoelln"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nb6 7. O-O Nc6 8. e3
e5 9. Nc3 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 b6 {Rare move} (3... c5 {leads to well known positions.
}) 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Nc3 (5. Be3 Qd7 6. c4 Ba6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bxa6 Nxa6 9. O-O Be7
10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg5 Nxc3 12. bxc3 c5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kovacevic,B-Sedlak,N/Zadar
Christmas op 2003/The Week in Chess 476 (26)}) (5. Bd3 Ba6 6. O-O Bxd3 7. Qxd3
Nf5 8. a4 a5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Ne2 Nb4 11. Qd1 c5 12. c3 Nc6 13. Ng3 Be7 $13 {
0-1 Ustinov,G-Bronstein,D/Dnepropetrovsk USSRc 1970 (42)}) ({Worth considering
typical manouevre} 5. Bb5+ $5 c6 6. Ba4 {trying to keep important bishop from
exchange.}) 5... Ba6 6. Bxa6 $146 {Despite its obviousness, White's last move
looks like a novelty} (6. Nb5 Nc8 7. Ng5 h6 8. Qh5 g6 9. Qh3 Qd7 10. c4 Bxb5
11. cxb5 Bb4+ 12. Kd1 Bf8 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. Nf3 a6 15. a4 axb5 16. Bxb5 c6 17.
Bd3 $14 {Tseitlin,M-Shabalov,A/Podolsk 1989/0-1 (44)}) 6... Nxa6 7. O-O Qd7 8.
Ne2 $5 {[%cal Ge2f4,Gf4h5] White knight moves to the king side.} c5 9. dxc5 (9.
c3 $5) 9... bxc5 $6 {I don't like this natural move.} (9... Nxc5 $142 $5 10.
Ned4 Rc8 $13 {remind sicilian defense and leads to more or less balance
position}) 10. Ng3 Qb5 (10... Ng6 11. Nh5 $5 {[%csl Gh5]}) 11. b3 h6 (11... Nc6
$5) 12. c4 $1 Qb7 ({In the case of} 12... dxc4 13. Qe2 $36 {[%csl Ge4] White
gets important square e4.}) 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Be3 (14. cxd5 $5 exd5 $140 15. e6
$36) 14... Nc6 (14... d4 15. Bd2 {[%cal Gf3e1,Ge1d3]}) 15. Rad1 d4 16. Bd2 Qc7
(16... Be7 17. Qe4 O-O 18. Nh5 $40) 17. Nh5 {White got some advantage from the
opening, thanks to active pieces.} Nab8 {[%cal Gb8d7,Gg7g6]} 18. Rfe1 Nd7 19.
Qe4 a5 (19... g6 20. Nf4 {[%cal Gh2h4]} (20. Nf6+ Nxf6 21. exf6 Bd6 22. h4 $13)
) 20. h4 $1 {White immediately takes this opportunity to grab space on the
kingside} Rb8 (20... a4 $5) 21. Qg4 Rh7 {[%csl Rh7]} ({Doesn't change
evaluation of position and} 21... g6 22. Nf6+ (22. Nf4 $5 Ndxe5 $140 $6 23.
Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe6 $1 Nxg4 25. Nxc7+ Kd7 26. Nd5 {[%cal Rf2f3,Gd2a5]}) 22...
Nxf6 23. exf6 h5 24. Qe4 $36) 22. Nf4 Kd8 23. Nd3 {[%csl Gd3] An optimal place
for the knight} Be7 (23... a4 24. Rb1) 24. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gb3b4]} Nb4 25.
Qe4 Rh8 26. a3 (26. Nc1 $5 {[%cal Ga2a3,Gc1d3]}) 26... Nxd3 (26... Nc2 $2 27.
Rec1 Nxa3 28. Ra1 Rxb3 29. Qa8+ Rb8 30. Qa6 $18) 27. Qxd3 Ke8 28. h5 $1 $16 {
[%csl Rb8,Re8,Rh8]} Rb7 29. Qe4 {White has got an excellent chances while
Black still has no real counter play.} Kf8 $2 {Terrible mistake, butb and after
} (29... Rb8 $16 {white's advantage is obvious.}) 30. Bxa5 $18 Qb8 31. b4 Rg8
32. bxc5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.02.15"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 Bg4 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nf1 Re8 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bf4 Qd7 18. N3h4 Rad8 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21.
cxd4 Ne6 22. Bg3 c5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.07"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Savchenko, Stanislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2563"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Hofheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Qf2 Nc4 13. Bxc4 Bxc4 14. Rg1 O-O 15.
Na4 f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. O-O-O b5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 Qc7 21. Kb1
a5 22. Qf1 a4 23. Nd2 Rfc8 24. c3 a3 25. Rxb5 axb2 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Nc4 Nf4
28. Bxf4 exf4 29. Qh3 Re8 30. Qf5 Kh8 31. Qd5 Be5 32. Rd1 Qc7 33. Rd3 Qa7 34.
Nxe5 dxe5 35. Qd7 Qxd7 36. Rxd7 g5 37. h3 h5 38. Rf7 g4 39. fxg4 hxg4 40. hxg4
Kg8 41. Rd7 Rc8 42. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.03.08"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 100"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.06.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Ingbert"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bh4 Be6 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. Qb1 O-O 12. e3 Bf5 13. e4 Bg4 14. d5 f5 15.
a3 g5 16. Bg3 f4 17. axb4 fxg3 18. hxg3 Rxf3 19. Be2 $5 $146 {[%mdl 4] It is
hard to imagine, that white has found this move over the board. The sacrifice
of a piece could become quite dangerous for black.} (19. gxf3 Bxf3 20. Rh2 Bxd1
21. Qxd1 Qd6 (21... a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Bh3 Nc4 24. Be6+ Kh8 25. Qh5 Qf8 26.
Qxg5 Nxb2 27. Ke2 Qf6 {1/2-1/2 Tisdall,J-Jansa,V/Aarhus 1983/ (35)}) 22. Bh3
Rf8 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Qh5 Qe5 25. Qg6 Qf6 26. Qxf6 Rxf6 27. e5 (27. Ke2 Rf8 28.
Nd1 Nc4 29. b3 Nd6 30. Ne3 Nxe4 31. Nf5 c6 32. dxc6 bxc6 33. Nxh6 Bxh6 34.
Rxh6+ Kg7 35. Rh2 Rb8 {0-1 Salo,H-Manninen,M/Helsinki 1992/ (61)}) 27... Rf8
28. Ne4 Nc4 29. Nxg5 Nxe5 {1/2-1/2 Herraiz Hidalgo,H-Fernandez Garcia,J/Burgos
2003/ (43)}) 19... Rxc3 20. Bxg4 (20. bxc3 Bxe2 21. Kxe2 Na4 $19) 20... Rb3 (
20... Rc4 21. Be6+ Kh8 22. e5 Qe8 23. Qf5 g4 $17) 21. Be6+ Kh8 (21... Kf8 $2
22. e5 Bxe5 23. Qg6 $18) 22. e5 Qe8 23. Qf5 Nc4 $1 {Svidler correctly attacks
e5 pawn, the direct 23...Rxb2? could have had serious consequences.} (23...
Rxb2 $2 24. Qxg5 Qf8 25. Bf5 $1 e6 26. dxe6 Qxb4+ 27. Kf1 Qb5+ 28. Kg1 $18) 24.
Qxg5 Qf8 25. d6 (25. Bf5 Nxe5 $19) 25... Rxb2 (25... exd6 26. Bxc4 Rxb2 27. Rd2
Rb1+ 28. Rd1 Rxb4 $15) 26. Bf5 e6 (26... Nxe5 $2 27. dxe7 Nd3+ 28. Rxd3 Re8 29.
Re3 $18) 27. dxc7 $1 {Most likely this idea belongs to the white preparation.
Bauer will land with his rook on d8, so black must be content with equality.}
exf5 (27... Qxb4+ 28. Kf1 Nd2+ 29. Kg1 exf5 30. Rxh6+ Bxh6 (30... Kg8 31. Rd6
$18) 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Kf8 33. Qf6+ Kg8 $11) 28. Rd8 Rb1+ 29. Ke2 Rb2+ (
29... Rxh1 30. Rxa8 Qxa8 31. Qd8+ Qxd8 32. cxd8=Q+ Kh7 33. e6 $18) 30. Ke1 (30.
Kf3 $2 Nxe5+ 31. Ke3 (31. Kf4 Ng4 $19) 31... Ng4+ 32. Kd3 Nxf2+ 33. Ke3 Ng4+
34. Kd3 Rxb4 $19) (30. Kd1 Rb1+ 31. Kc2 Rxh1 32. Rxa8 Qxa8 33. Qd8+ Qxd8 34.
cxd8=Q+ Kh7 35. e6 Rf1 $11) 30... Rb1+ 31. Ke2 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0304"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.04.25"]
[Round "15.3"]
[White "Wahls, Matthias"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2003.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Nd5 e4 6. Ng1 O-O 7. a3 Bd6 8. Ne2
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Ne5 10. Ng3 f5 11. d3 Qh4 12. dxe4 fxe4 13. Be2 b6 14. Qd4 Bb7 15.
Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxd5 17. Nxd6 cxd6 18. f4 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3
21. Bd2 Rac8 22. Bc3 g6 23. h4 Kf7 24. f5 Be4 25. fxg6+ hxg6 26. Kd2 Ke6 27.
Raf1 Kd5 28. Rg5+ Kc6 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Rg4 Kd5 31. Rf4 Rc8 32. Rf7 Rc7 33. Rf4
a5 34. Rg4 Rc8 35. Ke2 Re8 36. Bd4 Rf8 37. Rg5+ Kc4 38. Bxb6 Bd3+ 39. Ke1 Rf1+
40. Kd2 Rf2+ 41. Ke1 Rxb2 42. Bxa5 Re2+ 43. Kd1 Rxe3 44. Rg4+ Kb5 45. Rd4 Bc4
46. Bd2 Rxa3 47. Rxd6 Be6 48. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Ng5 d5 15. d4
h6 16. dxe5 hxg5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ba2 Be5 19. exd5 Bxg3 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.
fxg3 cxd5 22. Kh2 Qe5 23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qxg5 Re8 25. Qxe5 Rxe5 26. Bf4 Re2 27.
Rd1 Rxc2 28. Rd2 Rxd2 29. Bxd2 d4 30. Ba5 Be4 31. g4 Nd5 32. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Oratovsky,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%mdl 13]} c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 e5 7.
O-O (7. a3 Qe7 8. Nbd2 Nf6 9. b4 Nd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nc4 b6 12. c3 $6 (12. Qd2
$5 Ba6 13. Qc3 h6 $13 {[%cal Gf7f5,Ge7e6]}) 12... Ba6 13. Qa4 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Qe6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Radjabov,T/Bastia 2003/CBM 98 no vc (22). (22)}) (7.
Be3 Qe7 (7... b6 8. Qd2 h6 9. Qc3 Qc7 (9... Qe7 10. b4 $16 {[%csl Rc6]}) 10.
Nbd2 Be6 11. a3 a5 12. O-O Nf6 13. b4 cxb4 14. axb4 O-O (14... a4 15. d4 exd4
16. Bxd4 $16) 15. bxa5 bxa5 16. Rfb1 $16 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6] 0-1 Perunovic,M-Pap,M/
Dimitrovgrad 2003/CBM 93 ext (34). (34)}) 8. Nbd2 (8. Qd2 {[%cal Gd2c3,Gb2b4]}
Nf6 $8 9. Bh6 Qf8 10. Bxg7 Qxg7 11. Qc3 Nd7 12. Nbd2 f6 13. a4 (13. a3 $5 {
[%cal Gb2b4]}) 13... O-O 14. a5 Qe7 15. Nb3 Rb8 16. O-O Rf7 17. Nfd2 b6 18.
axb6 axb6 19. Ra7 $16 {1-0 Balogh,C-Uysal,M/Denizli 2003/CBM 95 ext (28). (27)}
) 8... Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. a3 Rd8 $6 {rook is better placed on f8,
supporting f5} (11... b6 $142) 12. O-O b6 13. b4 f6 14. Qc3 Ba6 15. Nfd2 f5 16.
f3 f4 17. Bf2 Bb5 18. Rfb1 h5 19. a4 Ba6 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Na5 $1 $16 {1-0
Felgaer,R-Llorens,M/Asuncion 2003/CBM 96 ext (41). (40)}) 7... Ne7 $6 {[%csl
Ge4,Re7][%cal Ge4f5,Ge4d5] In my opinion Ne7 isn't placed so well, restricted
by the e4 pawn. Better is the plan with Qe7 and Nf6-d7 then.} 8. a3 a5 (8...
O-O 9. b4 cxb4 10. axb4 a5 11. bxa5 Rxa5 12. Ba3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Be6 14. Ng5 Qd7
15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Nb3 $1 (16. Nc4 Ra6 17. Bc5 Rea8 18. Rxa6 Rxa6 19. Qd2 $14 {
[%cal Gf2f4]}) 16... Raa8 17. Nc5 Qc8 18. Qb1 b5 19. Qb3 $16 {[%csl Gc5,Re7]
[%cal Ge4d5,Ge4f5] 1-0 Kovalevskaya,S-Ankerst,M/Bad Wiessee 1997/CBM 61 ext 
(29). (28)}) 9. Be3 (9. Nbd2 $5 f6 10. Nc4 Be6 11. Be3 b6 12. b4 $1 {a typical
for such pawn structure breaktrough.} axb4 (12... Bxc4 13. dxc4 Qxd1 14. Rfxd1
axb4 15. axb4 Rxa1 16. Rxa1 cxb4 17. Bxb6 $16 {[%cal Ga1a7,Gb6c5]}) 13. axb4
Rxa1 14. Qxa1 b5 (14... Bxc4 15. dxc4 cxb4 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. c5 b5 18. Qa2 $1 $14
{[%csl Re8]}) 15. Na5 cxb4 16. Nb7 Qb8 17. Nc5 Bf7 18. Rb1 $16 {[%csl Gc5] 1-0
Glek,I-Kleeschaetzky,R/Berlin 1994/EXT 97 (28). (27)}) 9... b6 10. Qd2 $146 (
10. Nbd2 {see commented game Sandipan,C-Guseinov,K (Finkel)}) 10... O-O 11. Nc3
{[%csl Rb6,Rc5][%cal Gc3a4,Gb2b4]} a4 $1 {Otherwise after Na4 and b4 black is
in trouble.} 12. Nh2 Be6 13. Bh6 c4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. f4 $1 exf4 ({too
dangerous for black was to play} 15... cxd3 16. f5 $1 (16. fxe5 dxc2 $17) 16...
gxf5 17. Qg5+ Kh8 (17... Ng6 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. exf5 Bc4 20. fxg6 dxc2 $14) 18.
Qf6+ (18. exf5 f6 $17) 18... Kg8 19. exf5 (19. Qg5+ $11) 19... Nxf5 20. Rxf5
Bxf5 21. Qxf5 dxc2 22. Ng4 $36) 16. Qxf4 (16. d4 g5 {[%cal Ge7g6]}) 16... cxd3
17. Rad1 Qd4+ 18. Kh1 {This is safer than} (18. Rf2 f5 19. Rxd3 Qc5 20. Qd6
fxe4 21. Qxc5 bxc5 22. Nxe4 Rxf2 23. Kxf2 Bf5 $36 {[%cal Ge7d5,Ga8b8]}) 18...
f5 (18... Bc4 19. Nf3 Qc5 20. cxd3 Bb3 21. Rc1 $16 {[%cal Gd3d4,Gc3d5]}) 19.
Rxd3 Qc5 {From now on Svidler manages to find the only moves not to lose the
game by forse.} 20. Re1 Ra7 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Rf3 Ng8 (22... Nd5 23. Nxd5 cxd5
(23... Qxd5 24. g4 Raf7 25. gxf5 Rxf5 26. Re7+ Kg8 27. Qh6 $18) 24. Qe5+ Kg8
25. Ng4 (25. c3 Raf7 26. Rf4 $14 {[%csl Gd4][%cal Gh2f3]}) 25... Bxg4 26. Rxf8+
Qxf8 27. Qxd5+ Kg7 28. hxg4 $16) 23. Nxa4 (23. Re5 {[%cal Gg2g4]} Bxc2 $8 24.
Rxc5 Rxf4 25. Rxc6 $14 {[%csl Rb6] with a better ending, but probably white
hopes for more!}) 23... Qxc2 24. Nxb6 Qxb2 25. Nc4 Qf6 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4
Qd8 28. Rxf8 Kxf8 29. Rd1 (29. Qf3+ Qf6 30. Qxf6+ Nxf6 31. Re6 Nd5 32. Rxc6 Ra4
(32... Nc3 33. Rb6) 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. g4 Nc3 35. g5 Nb5 36. Rc5 Nxa3 37. Rc7+
Kg8 38. Nd6 $36 {[%csl Ra3][%cal Gd6e8,Ge8f6]}) ({much stronger was} 29. Re6 $1
c5 (29... Ne7 $2 30. Rd6 $1 $18 {[%cal Gg4d4,Rd4a7,Rd4h8]}) 30. Nd6 $40) 29...
Qf6 30. Nd6 (30. Rd6 $5 $36) 30... Ne7 31. Qb4 {[%cal Gd6c8]} Ra8 $8 32. Qb7 $2
{Loses all the advantage in one move. White could continue to press with} (32.
Ne4 $5) (32. Re1 $5) 32... Rd8 $11 33. Qb1 Kg7 34. Ne4 Rxd1+ 35. Qxd1 Qe5 {
In the arised ending white has only a symbolical edge because of the "a" pawn,
which could be decisive in pawn or even knight endgames. But since queens are
on the board this ending is not dangerous for black.} 36. Qd3 Nd5 37. Kg1 h5
38. h4 Nf4 39. Qd7+ Kh6 40. Qxc6 Nd5 $6 {In timetrouble black could forse the
draw after} (40... Qd4+ $142 41. Kh2 (41. Nf2 Ne2+ 42. Kf1 Ng3+ 43. Kg1 Ne2+
$11) 41... Ne2 {[%cal Gd4g1]} 42. Qc5 $8 Qxe4 43. Qf8+ Kh7 44. Qf7+ $11) 41.
Qc2 $6 (41. Qc1+ $142 Kg7 42. Qc4 (42. Nf2 $14) 42... Qa1+ (42... Ne3 43. Qc3
Qxc3 44. Nxc3 Nf5 45. a4 $18) 43. Kh2 Qe5+ 44. g3 Qb2+ 45. Kh3 $16) 41... Qd4+
42. Kh2 Ne3 43. Qc3 Nf1+ 44. Kh1 Ng3+ 45. Qxg3 Qxe4 {Although white has an
extra pawn, this ending is drawish due to the unsecured position of the white
king.} 46. Kh2 Kh7 47. Qf2 Qe5+ 48. Qg3 Qe4 49. Qc7+ Kh6 50. Qc1+ Kh7 51. g3
Qe2+ 52. Kg1 Qf3 53. Qc7+ Kg8 54. Qd6 Kh7 55. Qc7+ Kg8 56. Qd8+ Kh7 57. Qd6 Kg7
58. Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 (9... h6 $6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. c3 $5 Bd6 12. Qa4+ Bd7 13.
Qa3 Qe7 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. b4 Bb6 16. Bxb7 $16 {Honfi,K-Dolgener,T/Budapest
FS09 IM-B 1995/1-0 (50)}) 10. Nxd4 (10. Qe2 Be7 (10... Qb6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12.
Rfd1 Bg7 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. c3 Bd7 15. a4 a6 16. a5 Qc7 17. Qh5 $36 {Shirov,
A-Gelfand,B/Monaco 2002}) 11. Rad1 Nxe4 12. Rxd4 Qxd4 $2 (12... Bd7 $142 13.
Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Qxe4 Bc6 $11) 13. Nxd4 Nxg5 14. f4 $16 {Morozevich,A-Zakharevich,
I/RUS-Cup6 1997} (14. h4 e5 15. Qxe5 Ne6 16. Nf5 f6 17. Qb5+ Kf7 18. Nxe7 Kxe7
19. f4 $36 {Shirov,A-Van Wely,L/Monte Carlo 2001})) 10... h6 $6 {I must admit
that it's very difficult for me to explain Bareev's last move: Svidler's
opening choice was hardly a surprise for black since he already played this
line about a year ago. Wasting a tempo in the position in which none of black
pieces is developed looks just too brave.} (10... Be7 11. Bf3 $1 (11. Bd3 O-O
12. c3 Qd5 $1 13. Nf3 Rd8 14. Bc2 Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Bd7 $11 {Pandavos,P-Ellison,D/
Balatonbereny op 1992}) 11... O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. c3 a6 14. Bh4 $14 {Shirov,
A-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2001}) (10... Bc5 11. Nb3 (11. c3 h6 $5 12. Bxf6 $5 Qxf6
13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qc4 Bxd4 15. cxd4 Rc8 16. Qb4 Bc6 $1 17. Bxc6+ bxc6 18. Qb7
O-O 19. Qxa7 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 c5 21. dxc5 Qxb2 22. h3 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Izoria,Z/
Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (22)}) 11... Bd6 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qh5 f5 14. Bxf5 $4 exf5
15. Rfe1+ Be7 $19 {Ardeleanu,A-Negulescu,A/Cupa Dinamo 1998}) 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 (
11... gxf6 12. Re1 Qb6 13. c3 Be7 14. a4 $16) 12. Qd3 {[%csl Re8] Threatening
to play Qb5+ on the next move.} a6 (12... Qd8) 13. Rad1 Be7 (13... Bc5 14. Nb3
Ba7 15. Bxb7 Bxb7 16. Qd7+ $18) 14. Nc6 $1 {May be this move was overlooked by
Bareev while playing 11...h6.} e5 (14... O-O 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Rfe1 e5) 15.
Nxe7 {I guess this move is even more dangerous for black than} (15. Qc3 $5 $16
{winning a pawn on e5.}) 15... Qxe7 16. f4 exf4 $4 {This move proves once
again that even the very best players are still human!} (16... O-O 17. Qe3 Re8
18. f5 Qf6 19. c4 $16 {[%csl Rc8]}) 17. Bxb7 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Nb6 Rd8 14. Nxd7
Rxd7 15. Be2 h6 16. Bh4 Nh5 17. Bxh5 Bxh4 18. Rhd1 Bf2 19. R4d3 Ke7 20. Kb1 Rc8
21. Bg4 Rc4 22. Bf3 g6 23. b3 Rcc7 24. Be2 Rd8 25. g4 Bc5 26. Rh3 Rh8 27. Kb2
Rcc8 28. a3 Rcd8 29. b4 Bf2 30. a4 d5 31. Rf3 Bb6 32. exd5 Rxd5 33. Rxd5 exd5
34. Rd3 Bc7 35. Bf3 Bxf4 36. h3 b6 37. Kb3 Kf6 38. Bxd5 Re8 39. c3 a5 40. bxa5
bxa5 41. Rf3 g5 42. Kc4 Re3 43. Rxe3 Bxe3 44. Kb5 Ke5 45. Bxf7 Kd6 46. c4 Bf2
47. Be8 Ke7 48. Bc6 Kd6 49. Bb7 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 ({More popular is} 9... Nc5) 10. c3 (10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ng5 Qxd1 (12... Bxg5 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qxg5 O-O 15. Qg4 Qd5 16. Re1 Rf5
17. Bh6 $36 {1-0 Geller,E-Krasenkow,M/Cappelle la Grande 1992/EXT 97 (26)}) 13.
Rxd1 Bxg5 14. Bxg5 Rf8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Sax,G-Tarjan,J/Hastings 1977/MCD (42)})
10... Qd7 {More common continuations are: 10...Nc5 and 10...0-0.} 11. Re1 (11.
Qe2 {- see the annotated game Ivanchuk,V-Krasenkow,M/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93 
[Postny,E] (36)}) (11. Bc2 Bf5 (11... Nxd2 12. Qxd2 Bg4 13. Qf4 Bxf3 14. Bf5
Qd8 15. Qxf3 Nxe5 16. Qe2 Qd6 17. Re1 Nc6 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Be3 $36 {1-0 Polgar,
J-Anand,V/Munich 1991/CBM 23 (65)}) 12. Nd4 Bg6 13. a4 O-O (13... Nxd2 $142 14.
Bxd2 O-O {Krasenkow}) 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. axb5 axb5 16. Rxa8 Rxa8 17. Bxe4 dxe4
18. e6 fxe6 19. Nxb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Luther,T-Krasenkow,M/Asti 1996/CBM 57 (34)})
11... Nc5 12. Bc2 Bf5 (12... d4 13. Nb3 dxc3 14. Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. bxc3 Na4 16.
Bd2 Nd8 17. Nbd4 g6 18. Bxa4 bxa4 19. Bg5 $16 {1-0 Short,N-Motwani,P/Isle of
Lewis 1995/CBM 49 (46)}) 13. Bxf5 (13. Nf1 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 O-O 15. Be3 Ne6 16.
Rad1 f6 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Ng3 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Zapata,A-Rodriguez Cespedes,A/
Bogota 1991/TD (27)}) 13... Qxf5 14. Nb3 (14. Nf1 Qd3 (14... Rd8 15. Nd4 Nxd4
16. cxd4 Nd3 17. Qc2 Qg6 18. Rd1 Nxe5 19. Qxc7 Nc6 20. Bf4 O-O 21. Rac1 Rc8 22.
Rxc6 Qg4 23. Qxe7 Rxc6 24. Rc1 Rxc1 25. Bxc1 Qxd4 $13 {0-1 Henao,R-Cunha
Pereira,S/Buenos Aires 1991/EXT 2000 (38)}) 15. Be3 O-O-O 16. Qc1 Kb7 17. Bxc5
Bxc5 18. b4 Bb6 19. a4 $16 {1-0 Boleslavsky,I-Kortschnoj,V/Moscow 1966/EXT 99 
(42)}) 14... Rd8 15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. Be3 $1 $146 {Svidler clearly indicates,
that black still has problems to solve in this position.} (16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Be3
Be7 18. a4 O-O 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb3 Rb8 21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. cxd4 c5 23. dxc5 d4
24. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Borsos,B-Karsa,L/Zalakaros 1991/TD (24)}) 16... Be7 ({
Probably safer was} 16... Bxe3 17. Rxe3 O-O 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 f6) 17. Nd4
Nxd4 (17... Qg6 18. a4 $36) 18. cxd4 c5 $1 {Typical breakthrough for this
opening variation.} 19. dxc5 d4 20. Bxd4 $1 O-O $2 {This is quite inconsistent.
} (20... Bxc5 21. Bxc5 Rxd1 22. Raxd1 {I guess, that Anand was concerned about
this position, and indeed, white has excellent compensation for the queen.
However, after} h5 $1 {[%cal Yh8h6] black has sufficient defensive resources,
for instanse:} 23. Rd5 Rh6 24. Red1 Qc8 $14) 21. c6 $6 (21. Rc1 Bxc5 22. Rxc5
Qf4 23. g3 Qxd4 24. Qxd4 Rxd4 25. Re2 $16) 21... Rd5 $6 (21... Bc5 $2 22. Bxc5
Rxd1 23. Raxd1 $18) (21... Bb4 $1 22. c7 $8 (22. Re3 $4 Bc5 23. Rd3 (23. Bxc5
$2 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qc2 $19 {[%csl Rc5,Rd1]}) 23... Qe4 $17) 22... Bxe1 23.
cxd8=Q Rxd8 24. Qxe1 Rxd4 {and black's active pieces gives him good survival
chances.}) 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. g3 Qe6 {Black captures the Pc6, but still remains a
pawn down without any compensation.} 24. Qd3 Rxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxc6 26. Qe4 g6 ({
Very dangerous for black is} 26... Qc4 27. Bc3 Qxa2 28. e6 $40) 27. Bc3 Qe6 28.
Kg2 h5 {Anand is building his defense on the white squares, which makes
difficult for white to achieve progress in the position.} 29. h3 Rd8 {[%csl
Ra2]} 30. a3 {White's possible plan can be connected with advance of the
kingside pawns (g3-g4,Kg2-g3,f2-f4, etc.).} Rc8 {Threatening 31...Bxa3.} 31.
Re3 Rc4 32. Qa8+ Rc8 33. Qb7 Rd8 34. Ba5 $1 Re8 35. Rd3 $1 Kf8 (35... Qxe5 $2
36. Re3 $18 {[%cal Ge3e8]}) 36. Rd7 $2 {Strange decision. Svidler goes for
simplification, which increases black's drawing chances.} ({Simple and good was
} 36. Bc3 {keeping all the benefits in the position.}) 36... Qxe5 37. Rxe7 {
The position transforms now to queens endgame.} Rxe7 38. Bb4 Qe6 39. Bxe7+ Qxe7
40. Qxa6 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qd4 {[%csl Rb2,Rf2]} 42. Qc8+ Ke7 43. Qb7+ Ke6 44. Qc6+
Ke7 45. Qc2 {Now, if there was white's turn, he could play h3-h4 getting good
winning chances, but...} {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for black.","","",
"h5h4","Important move, which gives black reasonable drawing chances, since
the white king will be exposed to checks.",3]} h4 $1 {Important move, which
gives black reasonable drawing chances, since the white king will be exposed
to checks.} 46. g4 Qe5+ 47. Kg2 Qd5+ 48. Kg1 Qe5 49. Qd2 ({Logical was} 49. b3
Qa1+ 50. Kg2 Qxa3 51. Qe2+ Kf8 52. Qxb5 $16) 49... Kf8 50. Qc3 Qg5 51. Qe3 $6 (
{It was a right time for} 51. b3 {intending to create a passed pawn.}) 51...
Qd5 52. Kf1 (52. Qh6+ Kg8 53. Qxh4 $6 Qd4 $14 {capturing one of white's
queenside pawns.}) 52... Qd1+ 53. Kg2 Qd5+ 54. Qf3 Qa2 55. Qb7 Qc4 (55... Qxb2
$2 {was falling into a trap:} 56. a4 b4 57. a5 Qa3 58. a6 b3 59. a7 b2 60.
a8=Q+ $18) 56. Qa8+ Kg7 57. Qf3 Qa2 58. Qc3+ Kg8 59. Kf3 {Svidler decides to
transfer his king to queenside, but this plan does not yield him much.} Qd5+
60. Ke2 Qe4+ 61. Kd2 Qd5+ 62. Kc2 Qg2 63. Qe3 Qc6+ 64. Kd2 Qd5+ 65. Kc2 Qc6+
66. Kb1 Qd5 67. f4 $6 {This move weakens the g3 square, which can be used by
black.} ({Again, why not} 67. b3 {?}) 67... Qg2 68. Ka2 Qg3 69. Qb3 Kf8 {
The weakness of the h3 pawn gives black sufficient counterplay to maintain the
balance.} 70. f5 {The last chance to achieve progress in the position.} gxf5
71. gxf5 Qe5 72. f6 Kg8 $1 $11 {[%cal Gg8h7,Gh7g6]} 73. Qf3 Kh7 74. Qg4 Qd5+
75. Kb1 Qh1+ 76. Kc2 Qc6+ 77. Kd2 Qxf6 78. Qh5+ Kg7 79. Qxb5 Qf4+ 80. Kc3 Qc1+
{[%mdl 256] Again Anand showed his ability to survive in tough positions.} (
80... Qc1+ 81. Kb3 Qe3+ 82. Ka2 Qxh3 83. Qg5+ Kf8 84. Qd8+ $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Timman, Jan H"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 {Dieser Zug wird relativ selten gespielt, die
Alternativen 3...Nc6 oder 3...e6 sind populärer.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 (5...
e6 {Auf diese Weise haben wir die Variante 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c5
5.cxd5 Nxd5 - mit Zugumstellung.}) (5... cxd4 6. Qxd4 Nxc3 7. Qxc3 Nc6 8. e4)
6. bxc3 g6 {Mit diesem Zug möchte Schwarz eine Stellung erreichen, die typisch
für die Grünfeld-Indische Verteidigung ist.} 7. e3 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nd7 {Mit diesem
Zug möchte Schwarz das Spiel komplizieren. Nach 8...Bd7 hat Schwarz gute
Ausgleichschancen.} 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 {Mit diesem Zug gewinnt Weiß Raum am
Damenflügel und verhindert, dass Schwarz a6 und b7-b5 spielt.} Qc7 (10... b6
11. Qe2 Bb7 12. e4 a6 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Nc5 15. Bc2 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17.
Be3 Qf6 18. a5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Akesson,R-Hellers,F/Sweden 1999/EXT 2000 (39)}) 11.
e4 {Weiß hat eine starke Zentrumstellung, aber Schwarz kontrolliert die
wichtigsten Zentrumsfelder mit seinen Figuren.} (11. Ba3 b6 12. a5 Bb7 13. Qa4
Nf6 14. a6 Bd5 15. Rfe1 Ne4 16. Rac1 Rad8 17. Bd3 f5 18. c4 Bc6 19. Qc2 e6 {
1/2-1/2 Frolov,Y-Svidler,P/Leningrad 1990/CBM 18 ext (35)}) 11... Nf6 (11...
Rd8 12. Qe2 $1 Nf8 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Rfd1 Ne6 15. e5 a6 16. Bc4 cxd4 17. cxd4
Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nf8 19. Rab1 Rab8 20. f4 $36 e6 21. d5 $1 {1-0 Kortschnoj,
V-Grosar,A/Ptuj 1995/CBM 47/[Ribli] (40)}) 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Ba3 (13. h3 b6 14.
Bg5 Bb7 15. Bd3 Nh5 16. e5 Bh8 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Qb7 20. Qe2
Ng7 21. e6 f5 22. Re3 Ne8 23. Rd1 Nf6 24. Ne5 Ne4 {1/2-1/2 Olafsson,
H-Rytshagov,M/Stockholm 1997/EXT 98 (65)}) 13... b6 14. Qb3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 4]
Weiß vermeidet die Fesselung auf der d-Linie.} (14. Bd3 Bb7 15. a5 (15. Qd2)
15... Nh5 16. Rc1 e5 17. a6 Bc8 18. Bc4 Be6 19. d5 Bg4 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nf6
22. Bd3 Ne8 23. h4 Nd6 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Gavrikov,V/Horgen 1994/CBM 43 (79)
}) 14... e6 (14... Bb7 15. Ng5 e6 16. e5 Nd5 17. Ne4 $14) 15. a5 $14 {Weiß hat
freie Hand am Damenflügel und im Zentrum. Schwarz hat keine Schwächen, aber
seine Stellung ist ein wenig passiv.} Bb7 (15... cxd4 $6 16. cxd4 (16. axb6
Qxb6 (16... axb6 17. Bd6 Qb7 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Be7 $16) 17. Be7 Rd7 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. e5 Bg7 20. Nxd4 Rc7 $11) 16... bxa5 17. Rac1 Qb7 18. Qd3 $16) 16. e5
Nd5 (16... Nh5 $5 {[%cal Gh5f4]} 17. Ng5 Nf4 $132 (17... cxd4 18. cxd4 Rxd4 19.
a6 Bxg2 (19... Bc6 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Qxe6+ $18) (19... Bd5 20. Qe3 Rf4 21. g3
Rf5 22. f4 $16) 20. Kxg2 Rg4+ 21. Kh1 Rxg5 22. Rac1 Qb8 23. Bd6 $13)) 17. a6
Bc6 (17... Bc8 $2 18. c4 Nf4 19. g3 $16) 18. c4 {Mit einfachen Zügen
verbessert Weiß seine Stellung.} Ne7 (18... Bxb5 19. cxd5 Bxa6 20. dxe6 $16)
19. dxc5 bxc5 (19... Bxb5 20. cxb6 $18) 20. Bxc5 $16 {Weiß hat einen Bauern
mehr - ich sehe keine Kompensation für Schwarz.} Nf5 (20... Bxb5 21. Qxb5 Rab8
22. Bd6 $18) 21. Bxc6 Qxc6 22. Qb5 Qc7 (22... Rdc8 23. Ra5 $16) 23. g4 {
Weiß möchte den f5-Springer verjagen, aber der Textzug schwächt die weiße
Königsstellung.} (23. Ba3 Rab8 24. Qc5 $16) 23... Rdb8 (23... Rac8 24. Bxa7
Qxa7 25. Qb7 Qxb7 26. axb7 Rb8 27. gxf5 Rxb7 $16) 24. Qa5 Qc6 (24... Qxa5 $2
25. Rxa5 $18) 25. Ra3 Rc8 26. gxf5 $6 {Dieser Zug führt zu Vereinfachungen,
aber die taktische Alternative - 26.Rd1! - scheint mir besser.} (26. Rd1 $1
Qxc5 27. Rd8+ Rxd8 (27... Bf8 28. Qxc5 Rxd8) 28. Qxc5 Bf8 29. Qa5 Bxa3 30. gxf5
$16) 26... Qxc5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. f6 Bf8 {[%cal Gf8a3] Der weiße c-Bauer ist
permanent blockiert, so dass die Verwertung des Materialvorteils nur sehr
schwer, wenn überhaupt möglich ist.} 29. Ra4 Rb8 (29... Rac8 30. Rc1 $16) 30.
Rd1 Rc7 31. Kg2 h6 32. Rd3 (32. h4 $5 $16) 32... g5 $1 {[%mdl 256] Auf diese
Weise erhält Schwarz mehr Raum am Königsflügel, wonach seine
Verteidigungschancen steigen.} 33. Kg3 (33. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4b5]} Rd7 (33... Rd8
34. Nxe6 $18) 34. Nc6 Rxd3 35. Nxb8 Rd4 36. Nc6 $16) 33... Bc5 34. h4 $6 (34.
Nd2 $16 {[%cal Gd2e4,Ge4c5]}) 34... gxh4+ 35. Nxh4 Kh7 {[%cal Gb8g8,Gg8g1]} 36.
f4 Rg8+ 37. Kh3 (37. Kf3 $16) 37... Bf2 38. Ng2 (38. Rb4 $16) 38... Rgc8 39.
Rf3 (39. Ra2 Bb6 40. Rg3 Rg8 41. Rxg8 Kxg8 42. Ra4 Rd7 $14) 39... Bb6 $14 {
Weiß steht natürlich besser - mit Plusbauern -, aber der c4P ist schwach und
Weiß kann nicht weitergehen.} 40. Rg3 Kh8 41. Nh4 (41. Rg7 Bc5 $14) 41... Bf2 (
41... Rxc4 42. Rxc4 Rxc4 43. Rg7 Rc7 44. f5 $18) 42. Rg7 Bc5 {[%cal Gc5f8,
Gf8g7]} 43. Rg3 Bf2 44. Rg7 Bc5 45. Rg3 {Und Remis mit Zugwiederholung.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Qf2 Rxc3 $5
$146 {[%mdl 8] Topalov comes up with a very important novelty in a popular
variation. With exchange sacrifice black wants to grab the initiative.} (14...
Nc4 15. Bxc4 Rxc4 (15... Bxc4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 f5 18. gxf6 Nxf6 19. Rdd1
Rf7 20. Qe2 Qc7 21. Rd3 Qc4 22. Qd1 {1/2-1/2 Hracek,Z-Ftacnik,L/Germany 2003/ 
(22)}) 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5 f5 18. gxf6 Rxf6 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. Kb1 Qd7 21. Rdd1
Qh3 22. Nd2 {Shirov,A-Sutovsky,E/Reykjavik 2003/1-0 (35)}) 15. Bxb6 (15. bxc3
Na4 16. Rd3 Qc7 $44) 15... Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 (16. Nd2 Bh4 17. Rg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rc7
$15) 16... Bh4 $1 17. Rg3 (17. Bxd8 Bxf2 18. Rg2 Rxf3 19. Be2 Nf4 20. Bxf3 Nxg2
21. Be7 (21. Bxg2 Rxd8 $19) 21... Re8 22. Bxd6 Ne3 23. Rd2 Bg1 24. h4 (24. Bxe5
$2 Nc4 $19) 24... Nc4 $19) 17... Bxg3 18. hxg3 Rc7 19. Nc5 (19. Bxc7 Qxc7 $17)
19... Qe7 (19... Bc8 20. Qh2 Nf6 21. Qd2 Ne8 22. Nd3 Qf6 23. Bxc7 Nxc7 24. f4
b5 $15) 20. Nxe6 fxe6 21. Bxc7 Qxc7 22. Bh3 {White can not be satisfied with
the outcome of the opening. He can claim obly very meagre compensation for the
pawn.} Re8 (22... Kf7 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Nf6 25. Bg2 e5 $15) 23. Rd3 Nf6 24.
Qa7 (24. Qd2 d5 $17) 24... Kf7 (24... d5 25. Rb3 Re7 26. a3 $15) 25. Rc3 Qd7
26. Qb6 Re7 (26... Rc8 $2 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qxd6 $14) 27. Rd3 d5 (27... Ne8 28.
Qb3 $13) 28. exd5 Nxd5 29. Qc5 Qb5 (29... Qc6 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. Bf1 $11) 30.
Qd6 (30. Qxb5 axb5 31. Bf1 b4 32. Rd2 h5 $15) 30... Nb4 ({Much more compact
was to idea to support the king with the other jump} 30... Nf6 $5 31. Bf1 Rd7
32. Qb8 e4 $1 33. fxe4 Qb4 34. Rxd7+ Nxd7 35. Qf4+ Nf6 $17) 31. Rd2 Qc4 32. b3
Qc3 33. f4 (33. Bg4 Nc6 34. Rh2 Qe1+ 35. Kb2 Qxg3 $15) 33... Qxg3 $2 {Black is
getting nervous, this move throws out the advantage.} (33... e4 $1 34. Re2 a5
35. Qe5 Qxe5 36. fxe5 Rc7 37. Bg2 Nd5 38. Kb2 Nc3 39. Re1 Kg6 40. Bxe4+ Nxe4
41. Rxe4 Kf5 $17) 34. Qxb4 Qxh3 35. fxe5 Qe3 36. Qd6 h5 $6 (36... b5 37. Rd1
Qe2 38. Rd4 $11) 37. Rd1 Qf2 (37... Qe2 38. Rg1 Qf2 39. Qd1 Kg8 40. Rh1 g6 $11)
38. Qd3 Qg2 39. Rf1+ Kg8 $2 {A losing retreat, Topalov did not manage to
adjust his ambitions to survival.} (39... Ke8 $5 40. Qc4 Qc6 41. Qh4 Rd7 42.
Qxh5+ Kd8 43. Rf4 $14) 40. Qd8+ Kh7 41. Rf8 Qg1+ 42. Kb2 Qg5 (42... Qc5 43.
Rh8+ Kg6 44. Qd3+ Kg5 45. Qg3+ Kf5 46. Rxh5+ $18) 43. Qd3+ $1 {Very fine move,
that decides the game. Black is forced to open up access to his king.} g6 (
43... Qg6 44. Rh8+ $18) 44. Qd6 Kg7 45. Qb8 Qh6 46. Qd8 $1 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 $1 {
A strong move, after which White can easily get into trouble.} (7... dxc4 {
-see Gabriel-Oral in CBM74.}) 8. e3 (8. Nxd5 Nc6 9. e3 Be6 $1 10. Be2 cxd4 11.
exd4 Bxd5 12. cxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxh5 gxh5 14. Nf3 Nxd4 $17 {Kortschnoj,V-Vaganian,
R/Reggio Emilia 1987}) (8. cxd5 cxd4 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxd4 Qa5+ 11. Rc3 Nb4 12.
Qd2 Bxd4 13. Rc4 Bb6 14. Rxb4 Qxa2 $36 {1-0 Stefansson,H-Borge,N/Copenhagen
1998/CBM 65 ext (27)}) (8. dxc5 d4 9. Nd5 g5 $17) 8... cxd4 9. Nxd5 (9. exd4
dxc4 (9... Nc6 10. Nf3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 g5 12. d5 gxh4 13. dxc6 $13 {1/2-1/2
Tisdall,J-Elsness,F/Stockholm 1996/CBM 57 ext (31)}) 10. d5 (10. Bxc4 $142 O-O
11. Nf3 Bg4 $132) 10... O-O 11. Bxc4 Nf4 $1 (11... Nd7 12. Nf3 g5 13. Bg3 Nxg3
14. hxg3 g4 15. Nh4 Ne5 16. Bb3 Qb6 17. O-O Bd7 $13 {1-0 Wengholm,A-Karlsson,L/
SWE 1995/EXT 2002 (43)}) 12. Qf3 Qc7 13. Bb3 Nd7 (13... Nxg2+ $3 14. Qxg2 Qf4
$17) 14. Kf1 b6 $4 15. Nce2 $16 {0-1 Biliskov,V-Rade,M/Budapest 1993/EXT 97 
(31)}) 9... Nc6 10. exd4 Bxd4 (10... O-O $143 11. Be2 Qa5+ 12. b4 Qa3 13. Bxh5
gxh5 14. Ne2 $16 {1-0 Zaja,I-Rade,M/Mravinci 1995/EXT 98 (33)}) (10... Be6 $5)
11. Qd2 (11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. Qxd4 O-O $44 {with a big development advantage for
Black.}) 11... g5 12. Be2 {White tries to equalize with the help of tactics.} (
12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 e6 $15) (12. Nf3 Bg7 13. Bg3 Nxg3 14. hxg3 g4 $17) 12...
Nf6 $1 13. Nf3 (13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 $19 {[%csl Rb2]}) 13... Bb6 $6 {Wrong!} (13...
Ne4 $142 $1 14. Qc2 Qa5+ 15. Kf1 gxh4 16. Qxe4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 h3 $3 $17 18. Rxb2
$140 $2 hxg2+ 19. Kxg2 Rg8+) 14. Nxf6+ exf6 15. Qxd8+ Bxd8 {[%mdl 4096]} 16.
Bg3 Ba5+ 17. Kf1 {[%csl Rh1] Black is still better due to White's passive h1
rook but must now play accurately.} f5 (17... Be6 $142 18. h4 (18. Bd6 O-O-O
19. c5 Bc7 $17) 18... O-O-O $15) 18. Bd6 Be6 19. Ne5 $1 {This important
simplifying resource would have been impossible in the event of 17...Be6.}
O-O-O (19... Nd4 $6 20. c5) 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21. Bc5 (21. c5 Bc7) 21... f4 {
Who cares about the stupid a7 pawn? Who could predict that White's queenside
pawns would become an important factor in the future?} (21... Rd2 22. Be3 Rxb2
$2 23. Bd4) (21... Bb6 $142 22. Bb4 Rhe8 $36) 22. Bxa7 Rhe8 $6 {Obvious but
not necessarily the best.} (22... Rd2 $142 23. Bc5 Kb7 $1 (23... Re8 24. b4 {
-see game}) 24. b4 Bb6 {to get rid of White's important bishop.}) 23. Bc5 Rd2 {
The black rook has invaded the second rank but the white c5 bishop,
underestimated by Black, now holds up White's whole position!} 24. b4 Bc7 {
[%csl Gc5,Rc7] Now just compare the activity of the dark-squared bishops!} 25.
g4 $1 f5 (25... h5 26. h3 {[%cal Rg4h5]}) 26. h3 h5 {Black desperately tries
to make use of his development advantage but has too few resources.} (26...
Rxa2 27. Bf3 {[%cal Yf1g2]}) 27. gxf5 Bxf5 28. Bxh5 Rh8 29. Bf3 Rxh3 30. Bxc6
Rxa2 31. Rxh3 Bxh3+ 32. Kg1 $16 {So, after all the complications White is
simply a pawn up.} Bd7 33. Bd5 g4 34. b5 f3 35. Bd4 {In the time trouble White
starts playing too timidly.} (35. b6 Bf4 36. Re1 Re2 (36... Kb8 37. Bd4 $18)
37. b7+ Kb8 38. Ra1 Kc7 39. Ba7 $18) 35... Bf4 36. Rd1 $2 {It looks that White
needn't hurry but Black finds a fantastic defensive resource!} (36. b6 $1 {
was still quite strong:} Rd2 (36... Bxc1 $2 37. b7+) 37. b7+ Kb8 38. Ra1 Ba4
39. Ba7+ $1 Kxa7 40. Rxa4+ Kb6 41. c5+ $18) 36... Re2 $1 37. b6 $2 {At last
but now this move lets the win go...} (37. Ba7 $1 {was the last chance for
White to win:} Be6 (37... g3 38. Bxf3) 38. Bc6 $1 Bxc4 39. b6 Rb2 (39... Ba6
40. Bd7+ Kb7 41. Bxg4) 40. b7+ Rxb7 41. Bxb7+ Kxb7 42. Rd4 $18) 37... Be6 $1 {
The exchange of the light-squared bishops is the key to Black's defense! After
that 1) the white b-pawn is less dangerous; 2) Black starts threatening ...g3.}
38. Bc6 (38. Be3 Bxd5 39. Bxf4 Bxc4 40. Rc1 Re4 $11) (38. b7+ Kb8 39. Ba7+ Kxa7
40. Ra1+ Kb6) 38... Bxc4 $11 39. Bc5 Rb2 40. Bd7+ Kb7 41. Bf5 (41. Bxg4 Be2 42.
Ra1 Rb5 {and Black is by no means worse.}) 41... Kc6 42. Bd4 (42. Bd4 Rb5 43.
Be4+ Bd5 44. Bf5 $11 g3 45. fxg3 Bxg3 46. Rc1+ Kb7 47. Bc8+ Kb8 48. Ba6 f2+ 49.
Bxf2 (49. Kf1 Bc4+) 49... Bxf2+ 50. Kxf2 Rxb6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8.
Nbd2 Nf6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. a3 b6 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. Bc3 Bxc4 13. dxc4 O-O 14. Qe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Bc4 h6 13. h3 Re8 14. b3 Bf8 15. Bb2
Qd7 16. Qe2 Bxc4 17. Nxc4 g6 18. Nh2 Bg7 19. Ng4 Nh7 20. Nge3 f5 21. Nd5 f4 22.
d4 Ng5 23. Qg4 Qf7 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Rad1 Ne6 26. Rd3 Rab8 27. Qd1 Red8 28. f3
Qf8 29. Kh1 Kh7 30. Rd2 Qc5 31. Qa1 Ncd4 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Qd1 Rf8 34. Qe2 Rbe8
35. Qf1 Rf7 36. Ra1 d3 37. Rxd3 c6 38. Nd6 cxd5 39. Rxd5 Qc3 40. Rad1 Ree7 41.
Nxf7 Rxf7 42. Qxa6 Nd4 43. Qd3 Nxc2 44. Rc1 Rc7 45. Qxc3 Rxc3 46. a6 Ne3 47.
Rxc3 bxc3 48. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 f5 11. Bd3 Be6 12. c3 Bg7 13. Qh5 O-O 14. O-O f4
15. Rad1 (15. Rfd1 {[%cal Ga3c2,Ga2a4] is a different story.}) 15... Kh8 (15...
f5 16. exf5 Bxd5 17. f6 {is known to be unpleasant for Black.}) 16. g3 Rg8 17.
Kh1 Bf8 18. Be2 Rg5 19. Qf3 f5 {This position was played three times by Anand
in 2001. These days following the Indian GM seems to be the easiest and at the
same time a very optimal approach of working on one's opening repertoire.} 20.
exf5 $146 (20. gxf4 {In all games Anand took on f4 with a complicated position,
which would most likely end up into a difficult to asses endgame. Here is the
latest game from that series of Anand:} exf4 21. Nxf4 Bxa2 22. c4 fxe4 23. Qxe4
Qe8 24. Bf3 Qxe4 25. Bxe4 Rc8 26. Ne6 Re5 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Nxf8 b4 29. Nc2
Bxc4 30. Nd4 Rc8 31. Nd7 Bxf1 32. Rxf1 Re4 $11 {Of course evaluating this
endgame as equal sounds strange and rather wrong. Still, it means first of all
that both sides have equal chances in this highly complicated and unclear
endgame. There have been plenty of mistakes later in the game, but in the end
White won, Anand,V-Hernandez,G/Merida 2001 (53)}) 20... Bxf5 (20... Rxf5 21.
Qe4 $14 (21. Nxf4 Qd7 $1)) 21. Nxf4 exf4 22. Qxc6 Rc8 23. Qf3 (23. Qg2 $6 {
[%csl Rg2] The fianchettoed queen doesn't impress much.}) 23... fxg3 24. fxg3
d5 $1 {[%cal Gf8a3,Gf5e4]} 25. Qg2 (25. Rxd5 Be4 $1) 25... Bxa3 26. bxa3 (26.
Rxd5 Bd7 27. Rxg5 Qxg5 28. bxa3 Rxc3 29. Bf3 {is a similar situation - White
is better but Black's chances to draw are much higher.} Kg7 $5) 26... Qe7 {
Black neutralized quite easy opponent's opening preparation. Although White
still formally tries to win, Black should be able to draw without problems -
too many weak pawns in White's camp.} 27. Bf3 (27. Rxd5 $2 Be4) 27... Be4 28.
Qd2 Qg7 29. Bxe4 dxe4 30. Qe3 Re5 31. Kg1 $14 Rf8 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Qd4 (33.
Rd7 $5) 33... Qe7 34. Kf2 (34. Rf1 Kg8 {[%cal Ge4e3]} (34... Kg7 $4 35. Rf5))
34... Qf6+ 35. Ke2 Qf3+ 36. Kd2 e3+ 37. Kc1 Qf6 38. Qd8+ Qxd8 39. Rxd8+ Kg7 40.
Kd1 Rf5 41. Ra8 Rf2 42. h4 Rd2+ 43. Ke1 Rxa2 44. Rxa6 Rc2 45. Rc6 h5 (45... Ra2
46. h5 h6 47. Rg6+ Kh7 48. Ra6 Rc2 49. Ra7+ Kg8 50. Rc7 Ra2 $11) 46. Rc5 Kg6 (
46... Kg6 47. Rg5+ Kh6 48. Rxb5 Rxc3 49. Rb6+ Kg7 50. a4 Ra3 51. Ra6 Ra2 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.24"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Kortschnoj,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. Nc3
Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 c5 13. Nf3 {This is a
well-known theoretical line. 13.Nb3 yields some advantage to white; 13.Nf3,
introduced by Dautov in 1999, pretends to get more.} Nbc4 14. Qc2 b5 15. b3 b4
16. bxc4 Bxc3 17. Bd2 $5 {In the famous game Dautov-Sutovsky 17.Bb2 had been
played. The move Bd2 was suggested by Dautov in his annotation to the game.}
Bg7 $6 {After this move black finds himself in an inferior position, even
without any material compensation for it.} ({After} 17... Bxa1 18. Rxa1 Nb7 19.
Bc1 {followed by Bb2, eventually by e4-e5, or Qc1-h6 white certainly had good
compensation for an exchange. But alas! it is not possible to be always on the
offensive in chess...}) 18. Rac1 Qb6 {It is hard to suggest anything else. In
a similar position with the black knight somewhere on b8 black would play
e7-e5. Here however e7-e5 would be always met by the unpleasant a2-a3!} (18...
Nb7 {Ftacnik} 19. e5 (19. Bf4 a5 20. Be5 f6 21. Ba1 e5 22. dxe6) 19... Bf5 20.
Qb3 Qd7 21. Bf4 $14) 19. Rfe1 Rad8 20. h3 $1 {White is not in a hurry. In an
exemplary manner he gradually prepares a push e4-e5.} e6 21. g4 exd5 22. cxd5
c4 23. Be3 Qc7 {Black obviously has not foreseen the next move of the opponent.
More promising was} (23... Qb5 {In case of} 24. Bxa7 b3 25. axb3 Nxb3 26. Rb1
Qa6 27. Be3 Ba4 {black would acquire some counterplay - exactly what he was
looking for!}) 24. e5 $1 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 {Less committal was} (25... Rxe5 {
although after} 26. Qd2 (26. Qb2 {Ftacnik} Qd6 27. Rb1 Rb8 (27... f5 28. Qxb4
Qxb4 29. Rxb4 fxg4 30. hxg4 Bxg4 31. Rb5 Nc6 32. Rc1 $14) 28. Bd2 Rxe1+ 29.
Bxe1 $14) 26... c3 27. Qd4 {or 26...Qd6 27.Ba7 black position looked still
pretty dubious.}) 26. Bc5 $1 Qxe1+ {After 26...Qb8 27.Be7 or Qd2 are strong.} (
26... Qb8 {Ftacnik} 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8 28. Qd2 $16) 27. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 28. Kh2 Rde8 {
Black tries to achieve coordination of his pieces. It was a worth to consider
Ftacnik: 'Black is walking on a thin ice, since white can try to mate him on
the a1-h8 diagonal and his knight on a5 is beyond repair.'} (28... b3 {Then} {
White had an edge after} 29. axb3 (29. Qc3 {would turn to be a grave mistake:}
bxa2 30. Qxa5 (30. Qxe1 Nb3 31. Qe7 (31. Bd4 Re8) 31... Ra8) 30... a1=Q 31.
Qxd8+ Be8) 29... Nxb3 (29... cxb3 {Ftacnik} 30. Qc3 Rde8 31. Ba3 R1e2 32. Qxa5
Rxf2 33. Kg3 $18) 30. Be3 {or 30.Qc3!? After, say,} (30. Qxc4 {Ftacnik} Nxc5
31. Qxc5 $16) 30... Rxe3 31. fxe3 Rc8 32. Qc3 a5 {white had a problem to stop
black passed pawns. He would solve this minor problem the following way:} 33.
Bf1 a4 34. Bxc4 Bb5 35. d6 {winning.}) (28... Rb8 {Ftacnik} 29. Qd2 Rb1 30. Be4
Rf1 31. Kg2 c3 32. Qf4 $18) 29. Bxb4 R1e2 30. Qc3 Rxf2 31. Kg3 Rxa2 (31... Rxa2
{A nice trap: if} 32. Bxa5 {'!' Ftacnik.} {However, after} Rb8 {Bologan,
presumably after home analyses, pointed out a winning move -} (32... Rb8 33.
Qxc4 (33. Bb4 Ra4) (33. Qe5) 33... Rxa5 34. Qc7 Rb3+ 35. Kh4 $2 ({Stronger is} 
35. Kf4 Ra2 36. Be4 {, where white still has better chances.}) 35... Ra2 36.
Bf1 h6 $1 37. Qxd7 Rf2 {and white is in danger.}) (32... h5 {Ftacnik} 33. gxh5
gxh5 34. Bf3 $18) 33. Qe5 $1 Rb3+ 34. Bc3 $18) (31... Rfe2 {Ftacnik} 32. Bf3
R2e3 33. Qf6 Nb7 34. Bd2 $1 $18) 32. Qf6 Nb7 {According to Bologan} (32... Nb3
{was much stronger.} 33. Kh4 {Ftacnik} Re3 34. Qd6 $18) 33. Bf3 {Ftacnik:
'Bologan's only worry is the safety of his king, otherwise he roams on the
whole board.'} (33. Bc3 {Ftacnik} Re3+ 34. Bf3 Rxc3 35. Qxc3 Nd6 $11) 33... Rc2
({Or} 33... Re3 34. Kf4 {or 34.Bc3, in both cases with a won position.}) 34.
Qa6 Nd8 35. Qxa7 Bb5 36. Qd4 f5 37. gxf5 Nf7 (37... gxf5 38. Bh5) 38. fxg6 hxg6
39. Qb6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2004.01.25"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2004.01.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
Rd1 Qc7 16. b3 Nc6 17. Nf1 b4 18. cxb4 Nxb4 19. Ne3 Nf6 20. Bb2 Bf8 21. Ng4
Nxg4 22. hxg4 a5 23. Bd3 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 a4 25. g5 Bc6 26. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.01.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B72"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2572"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Nice"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. O-O d6 10. h3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bd7 12. a4 Bc6 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Bc4 Qb6 16. Bb5 Qc5 17. Kh1 Qb4 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nc5 20. Qa3 Qxa3 21.
Rxa3 e5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Re3 Rf4 24. c3 Kf7 25. f3 d5 26. g3 Rf6 27. h4 Rd8
28. Kg2 Ke7 29. b4 axb4 30. cxb4 Na6 31. Rc1 Kd6 32. Bxa6 bxa6 33. Rec3 Rb8 34.
Rc6+ Kd7 35. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.02.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 098 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.03.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Gonfreville"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 Nc6 7. c3 Nd7 8. O-O
e5 9. Bh2 f5 10. b4 a6 11. a4 Kh8 12. Nbd2 e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.04.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chuchelov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. d4 Nxe4 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1
Nf6 9. Be3 b6 10. d6 e6 11. b4 cxb4 12. cxb4 Bb7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. a3
Qb8 16. h3 Rc8 17. Qd2 a5 18. Na4 Ne4 19. Qd3 Nxd6 20. Nxb6 Nxb5 21. Qxb5 axb4
22. axb4 Rd8 23. Red1 Ba6 24. Qc5 Bf8 25. Qg5 Be7 26. Qh6 Bf8 27. Qh4 Be2 28.
Ng5 h6 29. Ne4 Be7 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxf6 Bxd1 32. Rxc6 Ra1 33. Bd4 e5 34. Bxa1
Re8 35. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Gp-A"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.04.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2004.01.30"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nancy"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. c4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Ne5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Bh6 Nfg4 13. Bg7 Rg8 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15.
f4 Nxd3 16. Qxd3 Bd7 17. Kh1 Qc7 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Nd2 Qb6 20. b3 Qa5 21. Rce1
Bc6 22. Re2 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f4
e5 9. Nf3 Ng4 10. O-O-O Nxe3 11. Qxe3 exf4 12. Qxf4 O-O 13. Kb1 Be6 14. Nd5 Rc8
15. h4 Bxd5 16. Rxd5 Qb6 17. Bc4 Na5 18. Rb5 Qc7 19. Bd3 Nc4 20. e5 Nxe5 21.
Nxe5 dxe5 22. Qe4 f5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 Bd6 25. Rd5 Rf6 26. Bxf5 Rc5 27.
Be4 b6 28. Rdd1 Re5 29. Bd3 h5 30. a3 Kf8 31. Ka2 Ke7 32. Rhf1 Rxf1 33. Rxf1
Re6 34. Rf5 Rg6 35. Rxh5 Rxg2 36. Rh8 a5 37. h5 Bc5 38. Bg6 Bd4 39. Re8+ Kd7
40. Ra8 Rh2 41. Bf5+ Ke7 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Bg6 Ke6 44. Rc7 Kd6 45. Rc8 Bf6 46.
a4 Kd7 47. Rb8 Kc7 48. Re8 Rh4 49. Ka3 Rd4 50. c3 Rd8 51. Re2 Rd7 52. Kb3 Rd5
53. Rf2 Rg5 54. Rd2 Re5 55. Rf2 Rg5 56. Bf7 Be7 57. Re2 Bf6 58. Re8 Re5 59. Rf8
Be7 60. Rg8 Bf6 61. Bg6 Rd5 62. Ra8 Rd7 63. Be4 Re7 64. Bf5 Kc6 65. Rf8 Bg5 66.
Kc4 Re2 67. Rf7 Re7 68. Rf8 Re2 69. b4 axb4 70. cxb4 Re5 71. Bg6 Kd6 72. Rg8
Bf6 73. Rb8 Kc6 74. Rf8 Bg5 75. Kd4 Kd6 76. Kc4 Kc6 77. Rf7 Re7 78. Rf3 Re5 79.
Rd3 Bf6 80. Rd4 Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. h3 Nh5 8. Bh2
e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rfd1 a6 13. g4 Nf6 14. Nxe5 Nb4
15. a3 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Nd3 Rac8 18. Bf3 c6 19. Rab1 Bf8 20. Rbc1 Nb6 21.
Be2 Bc4 22. Be5 Re8 23. Bf6 Nd5 24. Bh4 Bg7 25. Bf1 b5 26. c3 a5 27. Nc5 Bxf1
28. Kxf1 a4 29. Nb7 Ra8 30. Nd6 Re6 31. Nxb5 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 cxb5 33. Rd3 Rae8
34. Re1 Bh6 35. Kf2 f5 36. gxf5 Re4 37. Rd8 gxf5 38. Rxe8+ Rxe8 39. Bf6 Kf7 40.
Bd4 Re4 41. Rd1 Rh4 42. Kg3 Re4 43. Kf3 Rh4 44. Kg3 Re4 45. Rd3 Bf8 46. Ba7 Ke6
47. Rd8 Bd6+ 48. Kf3 Rh4 49. Kg2 Rh5 50. Bd4 Rg5+ 51. Kf2 Rh5 52. Re8+ Kd7 53.
Re5 Bxe5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Qe1 Bb4 10. Qe3 O-O 11. Nxe4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Re8 13. Bxf5 Rxe3 14.
fxe3 Ne7 15. Bd3 f6 16. e4 Kh8 17. e5 c5 18. exf6 gxf6 19. a3 Ba5 20. dxc5 Bc7
21. b4 Nc6 22. Bb2 Ne5 23. Be4 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rb8 25. Bxb7 Bxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Qc7+
27. Kg1 Qxb7 28. Rxf6 Kg8 29. Raf1 Rd8 30. R1f3 Qc7 31. R6f4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8.
cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. Be2 e5 11. dxe5 Qa5+ 12. Qd2 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Bxe5 14.
Rb1 O-O 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Nd4 a6 17. Bf3 Ra7 18. a4 Nd7 19. Rhc1 Ne5 20. Bd5 b5
21. axb5 axb5 22. Nxb5 Rd7 23. Nxd6 Rxd6 24. e4 Ra6 25. f4 Ng4 26. h3 Nf6 27.
Bc6 Bd7 28. Bb7 Ra2+ 29. Rc2 Rxc2+ 30. Kxc2 Nh5 31. Bg5 Kg7 32. g4 f6 33. gxh5
fxg5 34. hxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 d5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Be3 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Rab1
Qd7 15. Ne1 a6 16. Ba4 Bf5 17. Nd3 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxa4 19. Nc5 Qc4 20. Qxc4 dxc4
21. Rxb7 Rfb8 22. Rxb8+ Rxb8 23. Nxa6 Ra8 24. Nb4 Bf8 25. Nd5 Kf7 26. Ra1 Ra3
27. h3 h5 28. f3 h4 29. Nxf6 Bg7 30. Ne4 Bxd4+ 31. cxd4 Bxe4 32. fxe4 Rd3 33.
d5 Re3 34. a4 Rxe4 35. a5 c3 36. a6 c2 37. Rc1 Ra4 38. Rxc2 Rxa6 39. Kf2 Ra3
40. Rd2 Ke7 41. d6+ Kd7 42. Rd4 Ra2+ 43. Kf3 g5 44. Rd5 Ra3+ 45. Ke4 Rg3 46.
Rd2 g4 47. hxg4 Rxg4+ 48. Kf3 Rg3+ 49. Kf2 Ra3 50. Rd4 h3 51. g4 Rb3 52. Rd1
Ra3 53. g5 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Qa4 Nb6 9. Qh4 O-O 10. d3 e5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Ne4 c4 13. Bg5 f5 14. Nc3 Rd7
15. dxc4 h6 16. Bc1 e4 17. Nd2 Rd8 18. c5 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Na4 20. Nb3 Nxc3 21.
Bxh6 Nxe2+ 22. Kh1 Be6 23. f3 exf3 24. Bxf3 Nc3 25. Bf4 Rd3 26. Kg1 Bd5 27.
Bxd5+ Rxd5 28. Rf3 Ne4 29. Rc1 Rad8 30. h4 R8d7 31. Kg2 Nb4 32. Rc4 Nd3 33. Rf1
Ndxc5 34. Nxc5 Nxc5 35. Be3 b6 36. g4 Ne6 37. h5 f4 38. Bxf4 gxh5 39. gxh5 Rxh5
40. Bg3 Rg5 41. Re4 Rg6 42. Re3 Rd4 43. Rf2 Rdg4 44. Kh2 b5 45. Rc3 b4 46. Re3
a5 47. a3 Rc4 48. axb4 axb4 49. Rf5 Rc2+ 50. Rf2 Rc6 51. Rb2 Rc4 52. Bd6 Ng5
53. Re8+ Kg7 54. Re7+ Kh6 55. Bg3 Nf3+ 56. Kh3 Rcg4 57. Bf2 Kg5 58. Rh7 Kf6 59.
Ra2 Ng1+ 60. Bxg1 Rxg1 61. Ra6+ Kg5 62. Rxg6+ Kxg6 63. Rb7 Rb1 64. Kg4 b3 65.
Kf3 Kf5 66. Ke3 b2 67. Kd2 Rh1 68. Rxb2 Rh2+ 69. Kc3 Rxb2 70. Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14. Nf5 Bf8 15.
Nh2 d5 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. Qxg4 g6 20. Ne3 Qd6 21. Qf3
Rad8 22. Rad1 Bg7 23. c4 bxc4 24. dxc4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Qc5 26. Ba4 a5 27. b4 axb4
28. axb4 Qxb4 29. Bxc6 Rd4 30. Qf3 e4 31. Nc2 Bxc6 32. Qe3 Qxe1+ 33. Qxe1 Rxc4
34. Ne3 Rd4 35. Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg5 a6 7. Rc1 Nbd7 8. b3 c6
9. Bd3 b5 10. Nge2 bxc4 11. Bxc4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 e5 14. O-O Bb7 15.
dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bb1 Re8 17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Qb6+ 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Nc6 21.
Nce2 h6 22. Bh4 Ng4 23. Rxc6 Bxc6 24. fxg4 Bb5 25. Kf2 Bd7 26. h3 a5 27. Bd3 a4
28. b4 a3 29. b5 Bf8 30. Kf3 Bc5 31. Bf2 Rb8 32. Rc1 Rec8 33. Nc6 Bxc6 34. Rxc5
Bxb5 35. Rxc8+ Rxc8 36. Bxb5 Rc2 37. Ba4 Rxa2 38. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Qa5 14. a3 Qxd2
15. Nxd2 f6 16. exf6 exf6 17. Nb3 Ne7 18. Rac1 Bf5 19. Bb5 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8
21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Nc5 Kf7 23. Kf1 Nf5 24. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nde2 O-O 9. O-O Ne5 10. Bf4 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. a3 Bc5 13. b4 Ba7 14. c5 Bb8 15.
Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nc1 b6 17. Nb3 Ba7 18. Bxa6 bxc5 19. bxc5 Qe7 20. Rc1 Bc6 21. Qe2
Rab8 22. Bb5 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Na5 Bxc5 25. Nc6 Qg5 26. Qxe4 Rxb5 27. h4
Qd2 28. Qc4 Bxa3 29. Qxb5 Bxc1 30. Qc5 Bb2 31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Ng6+ hxg6 33. Qxf8+
Kh7 34. Qxf7 Bd4 35. Qxe6 Qf4 36. Qh3 e4 37. g4 Bc5 38. h5 g5 39. Qg2 Bd4 40.
Re1 e3 41. fxe3 Bxe3+ 42. Kh1 Qc4 43. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. Nxf6+ Bxf6
8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Rb8 10. Bf4 b5 11. Ne5 Bb7 12. Bxb7 Rxb7 13. Qf3 Rb6 14. Rad1
Qc8 15. Rd3 Ra6 16. Rb3 c6 17. Rd1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nb6 19. a3 Nd5 20. Be3 Ra4 21.
Bc5 Rd8 22. Bd6 a6 23. Rbd3 c5 24. Ra1 Qc6 25. c3 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Na5 10. Qe1 Bxc3 11. Qxc3 Qxc3 12. bxc3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. f4 b5
15. Nb3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Kd2 Nb6 18. Rb1 Nc4+ 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Nc5 O-O 21.
Rhd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 c5 7. O-O Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Nf6 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Be7 11. Bf3 O-O 12. c4 a6 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Nb3 Bd7
15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Nxd4 Ra7 17. Bc7 Bc5 18. Nb3 Rc8 19. Be5 Bb6 20. c5 Bc7 21.
Bxc7 Rxc7 22. Rac1 a5 23. Nd4 Kf8 24. b3 Ra8 25. Rfe1 Rac8 26. Re5 Nd5 27. Bxd5
Rxc5 28. Rxc5 Rxc5 29. f3 exd5 30. Kf2 Bc6 31. Re2 a4 32. Rc2 Rxc2+ 33. Nxc2
Ke7 34. Ke3 Kd6 35. Kd4 axb3 36. axb3 Bd7 37. Ne3 Be6 38. g3 f6 39. Nc2 Kc6 40.
Kc3 Kd6 41. Nd4 g5 42. b4 Bh3 43. Kd3 Ke5 44. Ke3 Bd7 45. f4+ Kd6 46. h4 h6 47.
hxg5 fxg5 48. fxg5 hxg5 49. Kf3 Ke5 50. Ke3 Bg4 51. Kd3 Bf5+ 52. Ke3 Be4 53.
Ne2 Kf5 54. Nd4+ Kf6 55. Kd2 Bh1 56. Kd3 Bg2 57. Kd2 Ke5 58. Ke3 Bf1 59. Nf3+
Kf5 60. Nd4+ Kg4 61. Kf2 Bc4 62. Kg2 Bd3 63. Kf2 Be4 64. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Nb3 Bxb5 10. Nxb5 d5 11. exd5 a6 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. d6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6 Bxd6
15. O-O-O Be7 16. h3 Nbd7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 O-O 19. Na5 Bb4 20. Nxb7 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Rfc8 22. Rd3 Rc4 23. Bh2 Nc5 24. Nxc5 Rxc5 25. Re1 h5 26. gxh5 Rxh5
27. Re5 Rh4 28. Ra5 Ne4 29. c4 Rc8 30. c5 Rxc5 31. Rxa6 Nf2 32. Rf3 Nxh3 33.
Ra8+ Kh7 34. Rxf7 Rhc4 35. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Kb1 a5 15.
Nbc1 a4 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nc5 18. Bg2 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. a3 d5 21. Nd4 Nd6
22. exd5 Bg4 23. Rde1 Qd7 24. Qb4 Bf5+ 25. Ka1 Rfb8 26. Qxc5 Nc4 27. d6 Rxa3+
28. Qxa3 Nxa3 29. dxe7 Nc2+ 30. Nxc2 Qa4+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Bc6 7. e3 O-O 8. Ne5
b6 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Bc4 Qxg2 12. Bxf7+ Kh8 13. Rf1 Nc6 14. Nxc6
Qxc6 15. Bd2 Rad8 16. Bb4 Qe4 17. O-O-O a5 18. Ba3 c5 19. dxc5 Rb8 20. Bd5 Qe5
21. cxb6 a4 22. Qb5 Ne4 23. f4 Qf5 24. Qd3 Rfc8+ 25. Kb1 Nc3+ 26. bxc3 Rxb6+
27. Bb3 axb3 28. Qxf5 gxf5 29. Rd3 Ra6 30. Bb2 bxa2+ 31. Ka1 Bf6 32. Rg1 Rg8
33. Rxg8+ Kxg8 34. Rd2 Ra4 35. Rc2 Kf7 36. Rc1 Kg6 37. c4 Bxb2+ 38. Kxb2 a1=Q+
39. Rxa1 Rxc4 40. Ra6+ Kh5 41. Re6 Rc7 42. h3 Kh4 43. Rh6+ Kg3 44. Rxh7 Kf3 45.
Rf7 Kxe3 46. Rxf5 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6 7. O-O d6 8.
h3 Be7 9. Rd1 b5 10. Bb3 O-O 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 d5 13. Ng3 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nd5 15.
d3 Be6 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Ng5 Bxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bd2 c5 20. a5 Rad8 21. Qe4 Nc7
22. Ba4 Qf7 23. Qc6 Bd5 24. Qxc5 Qg6 25. f3 Ne6 26. Qf2 Nd4 27. Kh2 b3 28. Bxb3
Bxb3 29. cxb3 Nc2 30. Qxa7 Rxd3 31. Bc3 e4 32. fxe4 Nxa1 33. Rxa1 Qxe4 34. Qc7
Re3 35. Ra4 Qe6 36. Qc4 Ra8 37. Qxe6+ Rxe6 38. b4 Rb8 39. a6 Reb6 40. Bd4 Rb5
41. Bc5 Ra8 42. a7 Kf7 43. Ra6 Rb7 44. Kg3 g5 45. Kf3 f5 46. h4 gxh4 47. Kf4
Rd7 48. Kxf5 Rd2 49. Rb6 Rd7 50. Rh6 Kg7 51. Rxh4 Rd5+ 52. Ke6 Rd2 53. Rg4+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qd2
Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nd7 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Ba7 Ra8 14. Bd4 Rb8
15. Ba7 Ra8 16. Be3 Rb8 17. g4 b5 18. g5 Bb7 19. h4 b4 20. Ne2 Nc5 21. Qd4 Qa5
22. Kb1 e5 23. fxe5 Ne6 24. Qd3 dxe5 25. Nc1 Rbc8 26. Rh2 Qc7 27. Qd7 Bc5 28.
Qxc7 Rxc7 29. Bxc5 Nxc5 30. Nd3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 f5 32. gxf6 Rxf6 33. a3 a5 34.
axb4 axb4 35. Rhd2 Ba6 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Bg4 Rf4 38. R2d7+ Rxd7 39. Rxd7+ Kf8
40. Rd8+ Kf7 41. Rd7+ Kf8 42. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. dxc5 Qb8 12. Re1 Re8 13. Bd4 Bg4 14. Nbd2 Qxb2
15. Nxe4 Qxe2 16. Rxe2 dxe4 17. Rxe4 Be6 18. Ree1 Reb8 19. a4 Rb2 20. Be3 Bd5
21. Nd4 Rc8 22. Bc1 Rb7 23. Bf4 e6 24. Rac1 Bf8 25. Be3 Bxc5 26. c4 Be4 27.
Nxe6 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 fxe6 29. Rxe4 Rb4 30. g3 Rxa4 31. Rd1 Rf8 32. Rd6 Ra2 33.
Rf4 Rxf4 34. gxf4 Kf7 35. Rxc6 h6 36. Rc7+ Kf8 37. Kg2 a5 38. c5 Rc2 39. c6 a4
40. Ra7 Rxc6 41. Rxa4 Rc3 42. Ra6 Kf7 43. Ra7+ Kf8 44. Rh7 h5 45. f3 Rc1 46.
Ra7 Rb1 47. Rh7 Ra1 48. f5 exf5 49. Kg3 Ra4 50. f4 g5 51. fxg5 Rg4+ 52. Kf3
Rxg5 53. Kf4 Rg2 54. h3 Rf2+ 55. Kg5 f4 56. Kf6 Kg8 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rg5 f3 59.
Kf7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 d5 8. e5
Nh5 9. Nf3 Nxf4 10. Qxf4 c6 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Bf5 g5 14. Qg4 h5 15.
Qh3 g4 16. Qxh5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 gxf3 18. Qg4+ Kh7 19. Qh5+ Kg7 20. Qg4+ Kh6 21.
Qh3+ Kg6 22. Qg4+ Bg5 23. h4 Rh8 24. hxg5 Rh5 25. Qxf3 Qxg5 26. Qf6+ Qxf6 27.
exf6 Rah8 28. f3 Kxf6 29. Ne2 Ne6 30. Kf2 Rh2 31. Rad1 Rg8 32. Rg1 Ng5 33. Kf1
Re8 34. Nf4 Re5 35. Nd3 Rf5 36. Nf2 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.03.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Na4 Nd4 8.
Nxc5 Nxb5 9. a4 Nd4 10. Nxd4 dxc5 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. f4 c6 13. Nc3 exf4 14. Bxf4
Nc7 15. Be3 Ne6 16. Ne2 Nd4 17. Bxd4 cxd4 18. Qe1 Qd6 19. Qh4 Qe5 20. Rf3 Bd7
21. Raf1 c5 22. b3 Rae8 23. Nf4 f6 24. Nh5 Rf7 25. Ng3 Qd6 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27.
Rxf5 Rfe7 28. Rh5 h6 29. Qg4 Kh8 30. Qg6 b6 31. Rxf6 Qxf6 32. Rxh6+ gxh6 33.
Qxf6+ Kh7 34. a5 Rb7 35. axb6 axb6 36. h3 Ree7 37. e5 Rf7 38. Qd6 Rfd7 39. Qc6
Re7 40. Qe4+ Kg7 41. Qg4+ Kf7 42. Qf5+ Kg7 43. Kh2 Rf7 44. Qg4+ Kh7 45. e6 Rg7
46. Qf5+ Kg8 47. g4 Rbe7 48. Qf6 Kh7 49. Kg3 Re8 50. Kf4 Reg8 51. Ke5 Rg5+ 52.
Kd6 R5g6 53. Qf5 R8g7 54. Kd5 Re7 55. h4 Kg7 56. Kd6 Ra7 57. g5 h5 58. Qf3 b5
59. Qc6 c4 60. Qb6 Rf7 61. Qxd4+ Kh7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 13th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2004.04.01"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2004.03.20"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. h3 Nd4 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Ne2 Qa5 10. Bc4 d5 11. Bd2 Qd8 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 g5 15.
Bg3 f5 16. c3 f4 17. Bh2 dxc3 18. Nxc3 e6 19. Qb3 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Kh8 21. Kh1 e5
22. Bd5 Bf5 23. c4 Qd7 24. f3 Rae8 25. a4 Be6 26. Be4 Bf5 27. a5 h5 28. Rab1
Rf7 29. Qb5 Bxe4 30. dxe4 g4 31. Rfd1 Qc8 32. Rd6 Ref8 33. c5 gxf3 34. gxf3
Qxh3 35. Qf1 Qxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Rf6 37. Bg1 Kg8 38. Rfd1 a6 39. Rb6 R8f7 40. Rdb1
Rxb6 41. axb6 Rf6 42. Rd1 Bf8 43. Rd8 Rf7 44. c6 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Qg4 Kf8 8. h4
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qa4 10. Qd1 b6 11. h5 h6 12. Nf3 Ba6 13. Bd3 Nbc6 14. dxc5 Bxd3 15.
cxd3 Qxd1+ 16. Kxd1 bxc5 17. Rb1 Kg8 18. Ke2 Kh7 19. Rb5 Rhb8 20. Rhb1 a6 21.
Rb6 Nc8 22. Rb7 Rxb7 23. Rxb7 Ra7 24. Rxa7 N8xa7 25. Be3 Nb5 26. Bxc5 Nxc3+ 27.
Kd2 Nb5 28. a4 Nc7 29. Kc3 g6 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Kxd4 gxh5 32. Bd6 Ne8 33. Kc5 f6
34. Kb6 Kg6 35. Kxa6 Kf5 36. Kb6 fxe5 37. Be7 e4 38. dxe4+ Kxe4 39. a5 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. e5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Na4 c5 14. c4 Bb7
15. b3 Bc6 16. Nc3 d4 17. Nb1 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Nd2 e5 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. Ne4
Kh8 22. Nxf6 gxf6 23. Qh5 e4 24. f3 e3 25. Re2 Rg8 26. Qh4 a5 27. a3 f5 28.
Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Bxf5 Rb8 30. Rb1 Reb7 31. Reb2 a4 32. Bc2 Kg7 33. Kf1 Kf6 34. Ke2
Ke5 35. g3 Kd6 36. f4 h5 37. b4 cxb4 38. Rxb4 Rxb4 39. axb4 a3 40. b5 Bd7 41.
Ra1 Bg4+ 42. Kd3 Kc5 43. Ke4 Re8+ 44. Kd3 Bf5+ 45. Ke2 Bxc2 46. Rxa3 d3+ 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zaitsev, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Ndb5 Qb8 8.
f4 d6 9. Qd2 a6 10. Nd4 Be7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Be2 Rd8 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. g4 d5 15.
e5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qc3 Bd7 18. Nb3 Rac8 19. Qc4 b5 20. Qxe4 Nb4 21. Nd4
Be8 22. f5 Rd5 23. Bf4 Bd7 24. c3 Nc6 25. fxe6 fxe6 26. Nf5 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bf8
28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Bd3 g6 30. h4 Ne7 31. Bg5 Bc6 32. Qe2 Rd7 33. h5 Bd5 34. Bf6
Bg7 35. Bxe7 Rxe7 36. hxg6 hxg6 37. Bxg6 Qa5 38. a3 Qa4 39. Bc2 Qf4 40. Rf1
Qxe5 41. Qd3 Bf6 42. Qg6+ Rg7 43. Qe8# 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Battesti, Saveriu"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E67"]
[WhiteElo "1864"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. e4 Nd3 11. Qc2 Nxc1 12. Rfxc1 Nd7 13. f3 f5 14. Nb5 Bh6 15.
Rd1 Nc5 16. Nb3 fxe4 17. Nxc5 Be3+ 18. Kh1 Bxc5 19. fxe4 Bg4 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. h3
c6 22. Nc3 Bd7 23. Kh2 Qg5 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Rf1 Rxf1 26. Bxf1 Qe3 27. Qg2
Bxh3 28. Kxh3 Qh6+ 29. Kg4 Qh5# 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Bc5 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. e5
dxe5 9. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 10. Rxd1 Bxe6 11. Bxc5 Nbd7 12. Bd6 Rc8 13. b3 b5 14. Be2
bxc4 15. b4 e4 16. O-O Nb6 17. Rd4 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rc1 Kd7 20. Be5 Ke6
21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Rcd1 c3 23. Rxd5 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polaczek, Richard"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2426"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qa5+ 5. c3 e6 6. f3 Nf6 7. e4 exd5 8. exd5
d6 9. Na3 Be7 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 12. Nc4 Qa6 13. Ne3 O-O 14. Ne2 Rfe8
15. O-O Bf8 16. g4 g6 17. b3 Ne5 18. c4 b5 19. cxb5 Qxb5 20. Nc3 Qd3 21. Rc1
Bg7 22. Qc2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 Nd3 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bxf6 Bxf6 26. Nc4 Nb4 27. Rcc1
Bd4+ 28. Kh1 Bxc3 29. Rxc3 Nxd5 30. Rd3 Nf4 31. Rxd6 Re2 32. Rd7 Rae8 33. Nd6
R8e7 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Ne4 Kg7 36. Rc1 Rd7 37. Nxc5 Rd2 38. a4 Rf2 39. b4 Rxf3
40. b5 Ra3 41. Rb1 Kf6 42. b6 axb6 43. Rxb6+ Kg5 44. Kg1 Kxg4 45. Rb4 Kf3 46.
Rb3+ Rxb3 47. Nxb3 Nd5 48. a5 Nc7 49. Nd4+ Ke4 50. Nc6 Kd5 51. Nd8 f5 52. Nf7
h5 53. Nh8 g5 54. Nf7 g4 55. Kf2 f4 56. Nh8 Ke4 57. Ng6 Na6 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Qe7 17. c4 c6 18. Be3 Rec8 19. Nd2 a5 20. cxb5 cxd5 21. Rc1 h6
22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Nc4 Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Rc5 25. Be4 Rxb5 26. Bxb7 Rxb7 27. Ne4 Nf6
28. Nxf6+ Qxf6 29. Qd5 Rbb8 30. Rc7 a4 31. b4 a3 32. Rec1 Qe6 33. Qxe6 fxe6 34.
Rd7 Rd8 35. Re7 Re8 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Rc6 Rb8 38. Nc2 Bf8 39. Rc3 d5 40. Rxa3
Bxb4 41. Rb3 Bd6 42. Rxb8+ Bxb8 43. f3 Kf7 44. Kf2 Ke7 45. Ke3 Kd6 46. Kd3 Ba7
47. Nb4 Bc5 48. Na6 Kc6 49. Nb8+ Kc7 50. Na6+ Kb6 51. Nb8 Kc7 52. Na6+ Kc6 53.
Nb8+ Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Psakhis, Lev"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2545"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. Bg2 d5 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. Bxd4 Nc6 10. Bb2 d4 11. b4 Nxb4 12. Bxd4 Nc6 13. Bc3 Bf5 14. O-O Qd7
15. Nb3 Qc8 16. Re1 Rd8 17. Qc1 Bh3 18. Bh1 Qc7 19. Qf4 Qxf4 20. gxf4 Rac8 21.
e3 Ne4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. fxg5 b6 25. Red1 Ne5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rc1 Nxc4 28. Nd4 e5 29. Rxc4 exd4 30. Rxd4 Rc8 31. Bf3 Rc5 32. Rd5 Rxd5 33.
Bxd5 Be6 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Kf1 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke7 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. f4 e5 39. Ke4
exf4 40. exf4 Ke6 41. h4 b5 42. f5+ gxf5+ 43. Kf4 b4 44. h5 a5 45. h6 Kf7 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "11"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. c4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
Nc3 Ng4 9. e3 d6 10. b3 Nxd4 11. exd4 Nh6 12. Bd2 Nf5 13. d5 Bd7 14. Re1 Rc8
15. a4 Nd4 16. Rb1 a6 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Bf1 Qa5 19. Bd2 Bf5 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21. Bxa5
Nf3+ 22. Qxf3 Bxf3 23. Bb6 e5 24. dxe6 fxe6 25. Bh3 Kf7 26. Re3 Bc6 27. Rd1 d5
28. Rde1 dxc4 29. bxc4 Bd7 30. c5 Bf8 31. Re5 Bg7 32. R5e3 Bf8 33. Re5 Bg7 34.
R5e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 c5 5. Qg4 g6 6. dxc5 Nd7 7. Ndf3 Nxc5 8. Bd3
Qa5+ 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. b4 Nxd3+ 11. cxd3 Bd7 12. a4 h5 13. Qd4 Nh6 14. Ne2 Nf5 15.
Qb2 O-O 16. O-O Rfc8 17. h3 Qa6 18. b5 Qb6 19. Ned4 Bc5 20. Nxf5 exf5 21. a5
Qxb5 22. Rfb1 Qxb2 23. Rxb2 Bc6 24. Be3 b6 25. d4 Be7 26. axb6 axb6 27. Rxa8
Rxa8 28. Rxb6 Rc8 29. Bg5 Bf8 30. e6 fxe6 31. Ne5 Be8 32. Rxe6 Kh7 33. Ra6 Bg7
34. Bf6 Bxf6 35. Rxf6 Kg7 36. Rd6 Bf7 37. Rd7 Rf8 38. h4 f4 39. Rb7 Kg8 40. Kf1
Be8 41. Ke2 Rf6 42. Kf3 Kf8 43. Rc7 Ba4 44. Rc5 Bd1# 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Rfd1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 a4 13. Qb2 Na5 14. Ne5 f6
15. Nd3 Nc4 16. Qc2 e5 17. dxe5 fxe5 18. Nb4 exf4 19. Bxd5+ Kh8 20. Bxc4 Qc7
21. Bd3 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Rab1 Be6 24. a3 Bb3 25. Rdc1 Bxb4 26. axb4 fxg3
27. hxg3 Rfc8 28. Be4 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 a3 30. Kf1 a2 31. Ra1 Ra4 32. Ke1 Rxb4 33.
f3 Bd5 34. Bd3 Bc4 35. Kd2 Bxd3 36. Kxd3 Ra4 37. e4 g5 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Kg7
40. Kc3 Rxe4 41. Rxa2 Rxf4 42. Rb2 Rf7 43. Kd4 Re7 44. Rg2+ Kf6 45. Rf2+ Ke6
46. Ke4 Kd6+ 47. Kd4 Kc6 48. Kc4 b5+ 49. Kd4 Kb6 50. Rf1 h5 51. Rh1 Rh7 52. Rh4
Ka5 53. Kc5 Ka6 54. Kb4 Kb6 55. Kc3 Kc5 56. Kd3 Kd5 57. Rb4 Kc5 58. Rh4 b4 59.
Rc4+ Kb5 60. Rh4 Ka4 61. Kc2 Ka3 62. Kb1 b3 63. Ka1 Rg7 64. Rh1 h4 65. Kb1 h3
66. Kc1 b2+ 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bg4 5. O-O e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 Nc6 8. Nbd2
d5 9. Qa4 a6 10. Re1 b5 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Nf1 O-O 13. Ng3 Bg6 14. Nh4 Qc7 15. Bf1
Bd6 16. Nxg6 fxg6 17. Qe2 d4 18. Bd2 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Qxg3 20. Rac1 Nh5 21. e5 Nf4
22. Bxf4 Rxf4 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2522"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nbd2 d6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Bh2 e6 10. e4 a6 11. c3 Qe7 12. Re1 Rfe8 13. a4 e5 14. Qc2 Nh5 15. Nc4
Qf6 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. b4 Nf4 18. Be2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qe6 20. Nfd2 Rad8 21. Bg3
Nf6 22. f3 Nh5 23. Bf2 Nf4 24. Qf1 Nd3 25. Re2 f5 26. exf5 gxf5 27. Bg3 Qg6 28.
Bh2 e4 29. fxe4 fxe4 30. Ne3 Rf8 31. Qd1 Kh8 32. Bxc7 Rd7 33. Bh2 Bxc3 34. Rb1
Bd4 35. Ndf1 Rdf7 36. Qd2 Rf2 37. Kh1 Bc8 38. Bg3 R2f7 39. Kh2 Be6 40. Nc2 Bf6
41. Nfe3 Rg8 42. Be1 Be5+ 43. Kh1 Bxh3 44. Bh4 Qh5 45. Nf5 Bxf5 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Golod, Vitali"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2552"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 Bd7 15.
d5 Na5 16. b4 Rfc8 17. Bb1 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Bc2 a5 20. Be3 axb4 21. axb4
Qb7 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Qd2 Ba4 24. Rb1 Bb3 25. Qc3 Ra4 26. Bd2 Ra3 27. Bxb3 Rxb3
28. Rxb3 cxb3 29. Qxb3 Nxe4 30. Qc4 f5 31. Qc6 Qxc6 32. dxc6 Bd8 33. b5 f4 34.
Bb4 Kf7 35. Kf1 Ke6 36. Ke2 Kd5 37. Nd2 Nc5 38. f3 h6 39. Ne4 Nxe4 40. fxe4+
Kc4 41. Bxd6 Kxb5 42. c7 Bxc7 43. Bxc7 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Prelim4"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.15"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2004.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "17"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "12"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8.
Qxd8 Rxd8 9. Be3 Na6 10. h3 Be6 11. a3 Nd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. b3 Rac8 14. Rd1 Rxd1+
15. Kxd1 Bd7 16. e5 Bc6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Nb5 Nc8 19. Kc1 Kf8 20. Rd1 Ke8 21.
Nec3 Nc7 22. Nxc7+ Rxc7 23. Nb5 Rc6 24. a4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. f4 h5 7. Ngf3 Nh6 8. g3 a6
9. c3 Rc8 10. b4 Be7 11. h3 Bg6 12. Be2 a5 13. a3 b5 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bf2 Ra8
16. Nh2 Bf5 17. Kg2 g5 18. fxg5 Bxg5 19. Bxh5 Na4 20. Nb1 Nb2 21. Qe2 Nc4 22.
h4 Be7 23. Bf3 axb4 24. cxb4 Bxb4 25. Rc1 Be7 26. Nd2 Rg8 27. Kh1 Bh7 28. a4
Nf5 29. Nhf1 bxa4 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Bxc6+ Kf8 32. Qf3 Rc8 33. Be4 Rg7 34. Rxa4
Nxd4 35. Qe3 Nf5 36. Qf4 Qd4 37. Bxd4 Nxd4 38. Bxh7 Rxh7 39. Qxd4 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Nbd2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8.
N2f3 Nge7 9. Bd3 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Qe2 h6 14. h4 d4
15. Bd2 dxc3 16. Bxc3 Nb4 17. Bd4 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Rfd1 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bb5
21. Qb3 O-O 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. Qe3 Rfd8 24. Rac1 Qb6 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. b3 Rd8 27.
Rd2 Rd5 28. f4 Qc5 29. Kf2 b6 30. a4 Bb7 31. g3 Qc1 32. Nf3 Qh1 33. Rxd5 Bxd5
34. Nd4 h5 35. Nb5 Qb1 36. Nxa7 Qb2+ 37. Ke1 Bxb3 38. Nc8 Qb1+ 39. Kf2 Qc2+ 40.
Ke1 Bxa4 41. Nxb6 Bb5 42. Qd2 Qc5 43. Qd6 Qe3+ 44. Kd1 Qxg3 45. Qc5 Qf3+ 46.
Kc2 Bd3+ 47. Kd2 Bf5 48. Qe3 Qg2+ 49. Kc3 Qh2 50. Qd2 Qxh4 51. Nc4 Qg3+ 52. Kb4
Qd3 53. Qf2 Qb1+ 54. Kc5 Qc2 55. Kd4 Qxf2+ 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bd6 8.
Nf4 Qh4 9. Ngh5 Bxh5 10. Qxh5 Qe7 11. Qe2 Nf6 12. Bd2 Nbd7 13. O-O-O O-O 14.
Kb1 Nd5 15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. h4 b5 18. f4 a6 19. Qf3 Qf6 20. f5 Qxd4
21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bg5 Qb4 23. Qh5 Nf8 24. Rhf1 g6 25. Qf3 Ra7 26. h5 Be5 27.
Bc1 Bg7 28. Qh3 Rc6 29. Rf4 Qd6 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rg4 Rac7 32. Rh1 e5 33. Bxg6
Nxg6 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Rf1+ Rf7 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. c4 Qe5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd3
Rd8 15. Rhe1 Qc7 16. Qc2 h6 17. Bh7+ Kh8 18. Be4 Bb7 19. g3 f5 20. Bd3 Bf6 21.
c5 Qa5 22. Bc4 Ba6 23. Bxe6 Bd3 24. Qd2 Qa6 25. Bf4 Bc4 26. Qc2 Rxd1+ 27. Kxd1
Bxe6 28. Rxe6 Qf1+ 29. Re1 Qxf3+ 30. Kc1 a5 31. Kb1 a4 32. Qe2 Qd5 33. Bd6 a3
34. b3 Qd4 35. Be5 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Qd3+ 37. Ka1 Kh7 38. Qe3 Qc2 39. Qc1 Qxh2 40.
Qb1 Rf8 41. Rg1 Qd2 42. Qc1 Qd4+ 43. Kb1 Rd8 44. Re1 Qd3+ 45. Qc2 Qxg3 46.
Qxf5+ Kh8 47. Qe4 Qf2 48. Qe5 Qd2 49. Rg1 Qd3+ 50. Kc1 Rd7 51. Rh1 Qd2+ 52. Kb1
Qd3+ 53. Kc1 Qd2+ 54. Kb1 Qd3+ 55. Kc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. a3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Bxb5+
Qxb5 9. Nc3 Qa6 10. Ne2 Ne7 11. O-O Nec6 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Nd3 Rc8 14. Be3 Be7
15. Rc1 O-O 16. h3 b6 17. a4 Na5 18. b3 Rxc1 19. Nxc1 Rc8 20. Bd2 Ba3 21. Re1
Nf8 22. Re3 Ng6 23. Nd3 Bf8 24. Qb1 h6 25. Re1 Ne7 26. Rc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Qc8
28. Bd2 Nec6 29. Qc2 Qd7 30. h4 Qe7 31. g3 Qa3 32. Nc1 Bb4 33. Be3 Qa1 34. Kg2
Qc3 35. Qb1 Ba3 36. Bd2 Qb2 37. Qd3 Bb4 38. Be3 Bc3 39. h5 Nb4 40. Qb5 Nbc6 41.
Qd3 Nb4 42. Qb5 Nbc6 43. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Nd7 12. b4 a6 13. a4 a5 14. b5 Re8 15.
Rc1 Qe7 16. Ne1 Qd6 17. Nd3 Nf6 18. Qb3 Bf5 19. Rfd1 Rab8 20. h3 h5 21. Bf1 Bh6
22. Kh1 h4 23. Nc5 Re7 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Nxd3 Rbe8 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qb6 Nh5 28.
Ne5 Re6 29. Qxa5 f6 30. Ng4 Bg7 31. Ne2 f5 32. Nh2 f4 33. Nxf4 Nxf4 34. exf4
Qxf4 35. Nf3 Re2 36. Rf1 Rxf2 37. Qc3 Re3 38. Qxc6 Rexf3 39. Qxd5+ Kh7 40. Qxf3
Rxf3 41. gxf3 Qg3 42. Rcd1 Qxh3+ 43. Kg1 Qg3+ 44. Kh1 Bf8 45. a5 Bd6 46. Rd2
Qg5 47. Ra2 Qd5 48. Rff2 h3 49. a6 Qxd4 50. Rf1 Bc5 51. Rc1 Ba7 52. Rc7+ Kh6
53. Rc1 Qd3 54. Kh2 Qxf3 55. Rcc2 Bb8+ 56. Kg1 Qd1+ 57. Kf2 h2 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Bd3 Bb5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bf8 10. Be3 Qc7 11. O-O Ne7 12. Na3 a6 13. Rfe1 Ng6 14. Bd4 Nc6
15. Nc2 Be7 16. g3 Rc8 17. Rac1 O-O 18. h4 Rfd8 19. h5 Nf8 20. Ne3 h6 21. a3
Nh7 22. Kg2 Ng5 23. Nd2 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Qc6 25. f3 f6 26. Ng4 f5 27. Nf2 Rc7 28.
Qe3 Qa4 29. c4 Rdc8 30. c5 a5 31. Qb3 Qb5 32. Qd3 Qe8 33. Nb3 axb4 34. axb4
Qxh5 35. Nd4 Qf7 36. Nb5 f4 37. g4 Rd7 38. Nd6 Bxd6 39. cxd6 Rdd8 40. Rc2 Rxc2
41. Qxc2 Qd7 42. Rc1 Nf7 43. Nd3 Qb5 44. Nxf4 Re8 45. Qc5 Qxc5 46. Rxc5 Nxe5
47. Rc7 b6 48. Nh5 Nf7 49. d7 Rd8 50. Nf4 Ng5 51. Rc8 Nf7 52. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. f4 Bg6 7. Ngf3 Nh6 8. h3
Nf5 9. Bf2 h5 10. Bd3 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Qe2 Qb6 13. Nb3 Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 Qe3+
15. Qxe3 Nxe3 16. Bxg6 fxg6 17. Kf2 Nc4 18. Nbd4 Nc5 19. Ng5 Ke7 20. b3 Nd2 21.
Ke3 Nde4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. c4 Rac8 24. Rhc1 Ng3 25. cxd5 exd5 26. Nb5 Nf5+ 27.
Kd3 a6 28. Nc3 Rhd8 29. Na4 Nh4 30. g3 Nf5 31. Nb6 Rc6 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Rc1
Nxg3 34. Rxc6 h4 35. Rxg6 Kf7 36. Rc6 Nf5 37. Na4 Rg8 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Nc5 a5
40. Ne6 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D84"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 8.
Bxc7 Na6 9. Bxa6 bxa6 10. Nf3 Qb7 11. Be5 Bxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxg2 13. Qf3 Qxf3 14.
Nxf3 Rb8 15. b3 Bb7 16. Ke2 a5 17. Rhc1 Rfc8 18. Ne5 Ba6+ 19. Kd2 a4 20. Nd7
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rb5 22. Nc5 axb3 23. axb3 Bc8 24. Kc3 Rb6 25. Ra1 a6 26. Ra5 Kf8
27. f4 Ke8 28. h4 Kd8 29. e4 Rf6 30. Nd3 Rc6+ 31. Rc5 Rxc5+ 32. Nxc5 f6 33. e5
h6 34. e6 Kc7 35. d5 g5 36. fxg5 fxg5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. b4 g4 39. Ne4 Kb6 40.
Kd4 a5 41. bxa5+ Kxa5 42. Ng3 Kb6 43. Nf5 Kc7 44. Ke5 Bb7 45. Nxe7 g3 46. d6+
Kb6 47. d7 Kc7 48. Nf5 g2 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Nd2 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Ngf3
Nh6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Be2 O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Nf1 Nf5 13. Bd3 Rfe8 14. N1h2 Nd6
15. Ng4 Bxg4 16. hxg4 Qc8 17. g5 Qg4 18. g3 Nc4 19. b3 Nd6 20. Bf4 Rac8 21. Rc1
Qd7 22. Kg2 Nf5 23. b4 a6 24. a4 f6 25. b5 axb5 26. Bxb5 Nd6 27. Bxd6 Qxd6 28.
Qb3 Red8 29. Re3 Na5 30. Qb1 Rc7 31. Rce1 Kf8 32. Re6 Qa3 33. Rh1 Kg8 34. gxf6
exf6 35. Nh4 Qb3 36. Qe1 Qxc3 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Qxe8+ Bf8 39. Bd7 Qb4 40. Nxg6
Kg7 41. Nxf8 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D92"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Rc1 dxc4 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bxc4 Nh5 9. Bg5 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nc6 11. d5 Nd4 12. Qd1 c5 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. O-O
Nf6 15. Qa4 a6 16. Rfd1 Qb8 17. Be2 b5 18. Qb3 e6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nd5 exd5
21. Rxc6 Be5 22. Rxd5 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 Qf4 24. Qf3 Qh6 25. Qh3 Qxh3 26. gxh3 Bf4
27. Kg2 Rfe8 28. Kf3 Be5 29. b4 Re7 30. Rdc5 Kg7 31. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
O-O 9. g4 Be6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 b5 12. O-O-O b4 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. Qxd5 Nd7 15.
Rg1 a5 16. Kb1 a4 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Bb5 Nc5 19. Nc4 Rfc8 20. Nxd6 Bxd6 21. Qxd6
Qb7 22. Bc4 b3 23. Bxc5 bxc2+ 24. Kxc2 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d3 d6 7. Ng5 Be7 8. f4 Nc6
9. O-O Bxg5 10. fxg5 Nge7 11. Ne2 e5 12. Kh1 Bc8 13. Nc3 Be6 14. Nd5 O-O 15.
Be3 Nb4 16. Nf6+ gxf6 17. gxf6 Ng6 18. a3 Nc6 19. Bh6 Qd7 20. Qh5 Bg4 21. Qg5
Rfe8 22. h4 Bh3 23. h5 Qg4 24. hxg6 hxg6 25. Kh2 Qxg5 26. Bxg5 Be6 27. Rh1 Bg4
28. Kg1 Nd4 29. Rh4 Be2 30. Kf2 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Bb7 11. h4 b4 12. Na4 d5 13. Bh3 dxe4 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 exf3 16. gxf6 Nxf6 17. Qd3 Be4 18. Qb3 Bd5 19. Qd3 Be4 20. Qf1 Qa5 21. b3
Rc8 22. Qf2 g6 23. Bxe6 Rxh1 24. Bxc8 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Bg7 26. Kc1 Qh5 27. Qe1
Nd5 28. Bf2 Qe5 29. Bxa6 g5 30. Nc5 Nc3 31. Bb5+ Nxb5 32. Qxe4 Qxe4 33. Nxe4
Bxd4 34. Bxd4 Nxd4 35. Kd2 f5 36. Nf2 g4 37. Ke3 g3 38. Nh3 f2 39. Nxf2 Nxc2+
40. Kf3 gxf2 41. Kxf2 Ke7 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 a6 11. O-O-O Nd7 12. Kb1 b5 13. h4 Bb7 14. a3 Ne5 15.
Qf2 Nc6 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. g5 b4 18. axb4 Nxb4 19. g6 fxg6 20. h5 Bf6 21. hxg6 h6
22. Bc4 d5 23. Bb3 a5 24. Bd4 Bc6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. exd5 a4 27. Bc4 exd5 28.
Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Kh8 30. Qd2 Rxg6 31. Rc5 a3 32. b3 Qf8 33. Qd4 Rd8 34. Qe3
Qf6 35. Re5 Rg2 36. Bd3 a2+ 37. Kxa2 Rxd3 38. Qxd3 Qxe5 39. Qd8+ Be8 0-1

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B55"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e5 6. Nb3 Be6 7. c4 Nbd7 8. Be3
Rc8 9. N3d2 b5 10. b3 bxc4 11. bxc4 Nb6 12. Nc3 Be7 13. Nd5 Nfxd5 14. cxd5 Bd7
15. Qb3 O-O 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. O-O Bg5 18. Qa3 f5 19. Rab1 Kh8 20. Rfc1 Bxe3+ 21.
Qxe3 fxe4 22. fxe4 h6 23. Bf1 Be8 24. Be2 Bg6 25. Bg4 Nxd5 26. exd5 Bxb1 27.
Nxb1 Rb2 28. Nc3 Qa5 29. Bf3 a6 30. h3 Qb4 31. Ne4 Rxa2 32. Rc6 Ra1+ 33. Kh2
Re1 34. Qd3 a5 35. Qc4 Qb2 36. Rc8 Rxc8 37. Qxc8+ Kh7 38. Bg4 1-0

[Event "ACP Blitz Final"]
[Site "Playchess.com INT"]
[Date "2004.04.17"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2004.04.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 099 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O
Nf6 9. a3 Nbd7 10. Ne2 b5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Qe2 Rac8 15.
a4 d5 16. axb5 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21.
Bd4 axb5 22. Bxb6 Nxb6 23. Ra5 Rb2 24. Rxb5 Nd5 25. h4 Rxb4 26. Rxb4 Nxb4 27.
Rd1 Nd5 28. g3 h6 29. Rd2 Ra8 30. Kg2 g6 31. Ne5 Kg7 32. Nf3 Kf6 33. Nd4 Ra3
34. Nf3 Rc3 35. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2004.05.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.05.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy"]
[BlackTeam "Paris NAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 Be6 9. Qxc7 Nd5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. e3 Nd7 13. Bg5 f6 14. Bh4
Rac8 15. Bd3 e5 16. e4 Bc4 17. Bxc4+ Rxc4 18. b3 Rb4 19. Bg3 Bf8 20. Rb1 Rc8
21. O-O exd4 22. Rfd1 Nc5 23. Rbc1 d3 24. Rxd3 Rxe4 25. Rdd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.05.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Nf1 exd4 19. Nxd4 Ne5 20. Ng3 g6 21. b3
Rfc8 22. f4 axb3 23. axb3 Nc6 24. Nf3 Nb4 25. Bb1 Na2 26. Rxc8+ Qxc8 27. Bd4
Nc3 28. Qd2 Nxb1 29. Rxb1 Ra6 30. f5 d5 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. exd5 Nxd5 33. Qh6 Bf6
34. Rd1 Qc2 35. Rd2 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Bxd4 37. Nxd4 Ra2 38. Nf3 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Nf6
40. Qf4 Qc6 41. Qd4 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT poule haute"]
[Site "Belfort"]
[Date "2004.05.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Renet, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2004.05.08"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Paris NAO"]
[BlackTeam "Monaco"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nc3 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 7. h4 h5 8. Nf4 Bh7
9. Nxh5 cxd4 10. Nb5 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Nge7 12. c3 a6 13. Rh3 Nxe5 14. Bg5 Qc7 15.
Re3 O-O-O 16. Nf4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Qe2 Bd3 19. Nxd3 cxd3 20. Rxd3 e5 21.
O-O-O exd4 22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Rxd4 b5 24. Qe4 Qc6 25. Bxe7 Qxe4 26. Rxe4 Bxe7
27. Rxe7 Rxh4 28. f3 Rh8 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0304 playoff"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.05.09"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.05.09"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 c6 9. e4 b5 10. Qb3 Qa5 11. Bd2 b4 12. Na4 Nxe4 13. Bxb4 Qc7 14. Bd3 Be6
15. Qd1 Bd5 16. O-O c5 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. Bxc5 Nc6 19. Re1 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Nxd4
21. Bxd4 Bxd4 22. Rac1 Qd6 23. b3 Rad8 24. Rc6 Qb4 25. Re2 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 17th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2004.06.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2004.06.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 (3. Bxf6 exf6 $5 4. e3 c6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. Nd2 O-O 7.
Qf3 Re8 8. Ne2 Nd7 9. O-O-O b5 $1 10. g4 Nb6 11. h4 Nc4 $13 {Psakhis,
L-Podgaets,M/Kharkov/URS-FL/1985/0:1/38/}) 3... c5 $5 4. Bxf6 {In my opinion
white should eiher take on f6 right away or to refrain from the trade. This
particular variation is just harmless for black.} gxf6 5. dxc5 (5. Nc3 e6 6.
Qf3 Bd7 7. O-O-O Nc6 8. Nge2 f5 9. Nf4 Qa5 10. Kb1 O-O-O $13 {Tukmakov,
V-Cseshkovsky,V/Kishinev/URS-FL/1975/0:1/36/}) 5... e6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Qa4+ {
The trade on d8 is no better} (7. Qxd8+ Kxd8 8. Bxc4 Bxc5 9. Nc3 (9. Ne2 Nc6
10. Nbc3 Ke7 11. O-O-O Ne5 12. Bb3 Bd7 13. Ba4 Bxa4 14. Nxa4 Bd6 15. h3 Rhg8
16. Rhg1 Rac8+ 17. Kb1 Nc4 {1/2-1/2 Gagunashvili,M-Timofeev,A/Tallinn 1997/EXT
98 (17)}) 9... Ke7 10. Rc1 Bd7 11. Bb5 Rc8 $13 {Lombardy,W-Ivkov,B/Amsterdam
1974}) 7... Nc6 8. Qxc4 ({White should pobably follow Stefanova's footsteps if
he is to fight for a win, even thogh black is doing fine anyway.} 8. Nc3 Bxc5
9. Bxc4 a6 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. O-O b5 $13 {Stefanova,A-Kovalevskaya,E/
Rabac 2003}) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Qxc5 (9... Bxc5 10. Nf3 Bd7 11. Be2 Bb4 12. O-O
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rc8 $13 {Hall,J-Moberg,K/Linkoping 1996}) 10. Nf3 Qxc4 11. Bxc4
Bd7 {The position is completly equal.} (11... f5 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. Ke2 a6 14.
Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Rhd1 Bg7 $15 {Bogoljubow,E-Alekhine,A/Munich 1942}) 12. Ke2 Rc8
13. Rac1 (13. Rhd1 Ne5 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Bb5 Bxb5+ 16. Nxb5 Rc2+ 17. Rd2 Rxd2+
18. Kxd2 a6 19. Nc3 f5 $11) 13... Be7 14. Rhd1 {[%cal Gc3b5,Gc3e4] With idea
to come to d6 with the knight.} f5 15. Nb5 (15. e4 fxe4 16. Nxe4 Na5 17. Bd3
Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Nc6 19. Nc5 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 f6 $11) 15... Na5 16. Bd3 Rxc1 17. Rxc1
Nc6 18. Nfd4 Nxd4+ 19. Nxd4 Bd6 20. Bb5 (20. g3 Ke7 21. a3 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8
$11) 20... Ke7 21. Bxd7 Kxd7 22. g3 h5 23. Nf3 (23. h4 Rg8 24. Nf3 Rg4) 23...
Rg8 24. Rd1 Ke7 25. Rd4 Rg4 26. h3 $6 (26. b3) 26... Rxd4 27. Nxd4 Be5 28. Kd3
Kd6 29. Kc4 a6 30. a4 Bf6 31. h4 Bg7 32. b4 Bxd4 33. Kxd4 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35.
e4 $2 (35. f3 e5+ 36. Kd3 Kd5 37. Kc3 f6 38. Kd3 e4+ 39. Ke2 exf3+ (39... Kc4
$2 40. fxe4 fxe4 41. g4) 40. Kxf3 Kc4 41. e4 Kxb4 42. exf5 Kc3 43. g4 hxg4+ 44.
Kxg4 b4 45. h5 b3 46. h6 b2 47. h7 b1=Q 48. h8=Q $11) 35... e5+ 36. Ke3 fxe4
37. Kxe4 Ke6 38. f3 f5+ 39. Ke3 Kd5 40. Kd3 e4+ 41. fxe4+ fxe4+ 42. Ke3 Ke5 43.
Ke2 Kf5 44. Ke3 Kg4 45. Kxe4 Kxg3 46. Kf5 Kxh4 47. Kf4 Kh3 48. Kf3 h4 49. Kf2
Kg4 50. Kg2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Leon 17th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2004.06.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2004.06.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Bc2 h6 12. O-O d5 13. d4 Nxe4 14. dxe5 Be6 15.
Re1 Nh4 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f3 Ng3 18. Qd3 Nhf5 19. Bf4 c5 20. Bxg3 cxd4 21. cxd4
Rc8 22. Bf2 g6 23. Qd2 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Bb3 Be6 26. g4 Ne7 27. Rac1 Nc6
28. Bc2 f6 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Bd1 Rcf8 31. Be3 Rxf3 32. Bxf3 Rxf3 33. Kg2 Rf7
34. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "Leon 17th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2004.06.04"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2004.06.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. d5 Qb6 {That actual position can also arise
by another order of moves:1.d4 Nf6 2.Bg5 c5 3.d5 Ne4 4.Bf4 Qb6.} 5. Bc1 {
White's play looks a bit strange,as all his pieces are not developed. On the
other hand,he is ready to push black's knight with a tempo by f2-f3,so black
has to play energetically in order to exploit his development advantage.} ({
Another option is sacrifice:} 5. Nd2 Nxd2 ({or} 5... Qxb2 6. Nxe4 Qb4+ 7. Qd2
Qxe4) 6. Bxd2 Qxb2 7. e4 $44) 5... e6 6. f3 Qa5+ 7. c3 (7. Nd2 Nf6 8. dxe6 dxe6
(8... fxe6 $5 9. e4 d5) 9. e4 Nc6 10. Nh3 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O e5 13. Nf2
Nd4 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. c3 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Hodgson,J-Hracek,Z/Germany 1999/
GER-chT (20)}) 7... Nf6 8. e4 d6 9. Bg5 $6 {As the following game shows, that
move can hardly cause any problems, as the exchange on f6 is not a threat at
all.} ({I would prefer to prepare c3-c4:} 9. Bd2 Qb6 10. c4 Qxb2 11. Nc3 Qb6
12. f4 e5 13. f5 Qd8 14. Nf3 g6 15. Bd3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Szymanski,M-Ni Hua/Artek
1999/EXT 2000 (37)}) 9... Be7 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] That move is the most logical,
as it doesn't allows white to destroy black's pawn structure on the k-side.} (
9... exd5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qxd5 Nc6 12. Na3 Be6 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. Bc4 Ne5 15.
Bd5 f5 16. Bxe6+ fxe6 17. exf5 exf5 18. O-O-O $14 {1/2-1/2 Stefanova,
A-Holmsten,A/Reykjavik 2002/CBM 87 ext (117)}) 10. Bc4 $2 {The bishop is
vulnerable here, and it allows black to develop a serious initiative.} (10. Nd2
exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nc4 Qd8 $15) ({More to the point was:} 10. dxe6 $142 Bxe6
({after} 10... fxe6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Qxd6 {black's compensation is not that
obvious.}) 11. Na3 O-O 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Ne2 d5 14. exd5 (14. Bxf6 dxc4 15. Bxe7
Nxe7 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Qe1 f6 $15 {[%csl Ra3]}) 14... Nxd5 15. Bxe7 Ncxe7 16.
Qb3 $11) 10... b5 $1 {Pushing white's bishop from an active position.} 11. Be2
O-O {Black is already ahead in development,so his prospects are better!} 12.
Na3 (12. Nh3 exd5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxd5 Qb6 15. Nf4 Nc6 $1 $36) 12... a6 ({
Weaker was} 12... c4 $6 13. Nc2 Nbd7 14. Nd4 {[%cal Gd4c6]}) 13. dxe6 {That
move helps black to complete development.} ({Badly was also} 13. Qd2 exd5 14.
exd5 Nbd7 15. Nc2 Nb6 16. Ne3 Re8 $17 {and it's not easy for white to conplete
the development,while ''d5'' is hanging.}) ({or} 13. Nc2 exd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Qxd5 Qb6 16. Qd2 Nc6 $17) 13... Bxe6 14. Nh3 {That move leads to a very hard
position, but I don't see another way to complete development.} (14. f4 {
fails to:} Re8 15. Bf3 Nxe4 $1 16. Bxe4 Bxg5 17. Ne2 d5 $17) 14... Bxh3 15.
gxh3 Nc6 16. Rg1 ({Black has also a great strategical advantage after} 16. O-O
Rad8 {[%cal Gd6d5] because white's knight is out of play and white has no
compensation for weaknesses of his pawn structure.}) (16. Nc2 Rad8 17. Bxf6
Bxf6 18. Ne3 Bh4+ 19. Kf1 Ne7 $17) 16... Rfe8 $2 {That move is too slowly,as
d6-d5 is not a threat yet.} ({Much stronger was:} 16... Rfd8 $1 {[%cal Gd6d5]
with an effective idea of d6-d5, breaking white's centre} 17. Qd2 (17. Bh6 g6)
17... d5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. exd5 Ne7 20. d6 Be5 $40 {[%csl Re1]}) 17. Bxf6 $2 {
It's clear that exchanging the dark-squared bishop cannot be good, but white
is looking for a pawn, which at least will compensate the drawbacks of his
position...} ({It was necessary to improve the placement of white's worst
piece:} 17. Nc2 $142 $1 Rad8 18. Ne3 d5 19. exd5 ({an attempt to develop
attack by:} 19. Nf5 $2 dxe4 20. Qc1 {fails to} g6 $1 ({only not} 20... exf3 $2
21. Nxg7 $1 Ne4 22. Bxf3 Bxg5 23. Nxe8 Rxe8 24. Bxe4 Rxe4+ 25. Kf2 h6 26. Rxg5+
hxg5 27. Qxg5+ Kf8 28. Qh6+ Ke7 29. Qxc6 $18) 21. Nxe7+ Nxe7 22. Bxf6 exf3 23.
Qg5 Rd5 $19) 19... Ne5 20. Kf1 Qc7 $44 {In this position black has more than a
sufficient compensation for a pawn, but white is still in the game.}) 17...
Bxf6 18. Qxd6 {Otherwise white is just lost-mainly because his king cannot
leave the centre.} Re6 19. Qg3 $2 {That loses immediately, but white could
hardly keep this position for a long time anyway.} ({The only way to continue
the fight was:} 19. Qd2 Rd8 20. Qc1 (20. Qe3 Bd4 $19) 20... Ne5 {[%cal Ge5d3,
Ge5g6]} 21. Qc2 (21. Nc2 b4 22. cxb4 (22. Ne3 bxc3 23. bxc3 Nd3+ 24. Bxd3 Rxd3
25. Rb1 Re8 26. Ke2 Rxc3 27. Qd2 Bd4 28. Nd5 (28. Nf5 Bxg1 29. Rxg1 g6 30. Nh6+
Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kh8 $19) 28... Ra3 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 $19) 22... cxb4 23. Kf1 Rc6 24.
f4 Rdc8 25. fxe5 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Rxc2 27. exf6 Qe5 $19) 21... Red6 {but black's
domination will decide the game very soon.}) 19... Bxc3+ {The point is that
this move is just winning!} (19... Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qxc3+ {[%csl Ra1][%cal Gc3a1]
} 21. Kf2 Qd4+ 22. Kg2 Rg6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Leon 17th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2004.06.04"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.06.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 Bb6 8. h3
Ne7 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 Ng6 14. d4 Nd7
15. Be3 Qe7 16. a4 h6 17. Rc1 Rf7 18. dxe5 Ndxe5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. b3 Qh4 21.
Bd4 Raf8 22. Rc2 Nf3+ 23. gxf3 Rxf3 24. Kf1 Rxh3 25. Ke2 Qxe4+ 26. Be3 Rxf2+
27. Kxf2 Rh2+ 28. Kf1 Rxc2 29. Re2 Rxc3 30. Kf2 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qg4+ 32. Kf2 Qf5+
33. Ke1 Rd3 34. Qc1 c5 35. Qc4 Qd5 36. Qg4 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Qf5+ 38. Qxf5 exf5 39.
b4 g5 40. bxc5 bxc5 41. Rb2 f4 42. Bd2 Kf7 43. a5 Ke6 44. Ke2 Ra1 45. Rxb7 Ra2
46. Rh7 c4 47. Rxh6+ Ke5 48. Kd1 d5 49. Rg6 Kf5 50. Rd6 Ke5 51. Rg6 Kf5 52. Rd6
Ke4 53. Bb4 d4 54. Bc5 d3 55. Rd4+ Kf3 56. Rxc4 Rxa5 57. Kd2 g4 58. Bd6 Rf5 59.
Rc8 g3 60. Rg8 g2 61. Bc7 Rd5 62. Bxf4 Kxf4 63. Rxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 17th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Psakhis,L"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2004.06.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {The Advance Variation is a very popular choice in
modern practice.} c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 (6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 $5) 6...
Bb5 {The exchange of light-squared bishops is strategically goal for Black,
but quite often Black use same plan after exchange on d4 -} (6... cxd4 $5 7.
cxd4 Bb5 8. Nc3 Bxe2 9. Nxe2 {[%cal Ge2g3] with interesting and complicated
positions}) 7. dxc5 {Quite new plan.} (7. O-O {allows to black to continue
with his strategy by} Bxe2 8. Qxe2 Qa6 $5) ({Another possibility is} 7. c4 Bxc4
8. Bxc4 Qb4+ 9. Nbd2 dxc4 10. O-O $13) 7... Bxc5 8. b4 $5 Bxf2+ {Brave move,
but after} (8... Be7 9. a4 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd7 11. a5 Qc7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Re1 Qc4
14. Qe3 {Wolf,A-Salewski,B/Dresden ZMD 2002//1-0 (36) initiative belongs to
white.}) (8... Bf8 9. O-O Bxe2 10. Qxe2 $14) 9. Kf1 {White has sacrificed a
pawn, but Black's bishop on f2 is in big danger.} Bd7 $146 ({It's clear that
after} 9... Bxe2+ $2 10. Qxe2 $18 {[%csl Rf2] black can't protect bishop
anymore.}) ({Worth considering} 9... Bc6 {with possible continuation} 10. Qd3 (
10. Qd2 $143 $2 Nh6 $1 {[%cal Gh6f5,Gh6g4]} 11. Qf4 Nf5 12. Bd3 Be3 13. Bxe3
Qxe3 14. Qxe3 Nxe3+ $17 {1/2-1/2 Larsson,P-Nyander,J/SWE t-ch 1992/ (50)})
10... a6 11. a4 Ne7 12. Ra2 Nf5 13. g4 Nh4 (13... Be3 $5) 14. a5 Qa7 15. Nxh4
Bxh4 16. Be3 b6 17. Bxb6 Qb7 18. Bd4 f6 $1 $132 {[%csl Rf1] Kristjansson,
S-Thorsson,O/ISL t-ch 1998/0-1 (40)}) 10. Qd2 $6 {[%cal Ge2d3]} (10. c4 $5 {
was more critical, however. Possibly, Black then could have continued} Na6 $5 (
{Not} 10... dxc4 $6 11. Na3 $1 $16) 11. c5 Nxc5 12. bxc5 Bxc5 (12... Qxc5 13.
Nbd2) 13. Nc3 (13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Nb3 Ba4 $5 (14... Bb5 $5) 15. Rb1) 13... Ne7
14. Na4 (14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Nb5 Bxb5 16. Bxb5+ Nc6 17. Qc2 $36 {could be nice
alternative too}) 14... Bxa4 15. Qxa4+ Nc6 16. Bd3 $36 {and Black is in
serious danger. Possibly that Shirov had something in mind in this line.})
10... Nh6 $8 11. Bd3 $4 {[%mdl 8192] Terrible mistake!} ({Good or bad, but
Svidler had to try move} 11. c4 {with double-edged play. For example:} Na6 ({
Maybe Black had right and for sharp move} 11... Ng4 $5 {at least I didn't find
how White can get advantage -} 12. Qg5 (12. c5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Qxc5 14. Bd3 Bb5
$36) 12... Be3 13. Qxg7 Bxc1 (13... Rf8 14. c5 Qd8 15. Nc3 $16) 14. Qxh8+ Ke7
15. c5 Qxb4 16. h3 $1 Ne3+ (16... Bb2 17. hxg4 Bxa1 18. Qf6+ Ke8 19. Nbd2 $40)
17. Kf2 Qxc5 18. Qf6+ Ke8 19. Qh8+ $11 {with draw.}) 12. c5 Nxc5 13. bxc5 Bxc5
14. Nc3 Nf5 $132 {This position is quite complicated , but I believe that
Black has nothing to worry about .}) ({BTW, in the case of} 11. a4 $5 {black
continues} a5 $1 $13) 11... Ng4 $17 {Finally Black takes control over the
critical e3 square.} 12. Qg5 $4 {This move loses quickly, but White already
hadn't a good choice:} ({For example,} 12. h3 Be3 $19) ({or} 12. Qf4 $5 f5 $1 (
12... h5 $143 13. h3 Be3 14. Bxe3 Nxe3+ 15. Ke2 Nf5 16. Bxf5 exf5 17. Rd1 {
and white still has some chances for survival.}) (12... Bb5 $143 13. Bxb5+
Qxb5+ 14. c4 Qxc4+ 15. Qxc4 dxc4 16. h3 Be3 (16... Ne3+ 17. Kxf2 Nc2 18. Na3
Nxa1 19. Bd2 $13) 17. Ke2 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Nh6 19. Na3 $44) (12... Be3 $5 13. Bxe3
(13. Qxg4 Bxc1 14. Qxg7 Rf8 {with a clear advantage for Black.}) 13... Nxe3+
14. Ke2 $15) 13. h3 (13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Ke2 O-O $19) 13... Be3 14. Bxe3 Nxe3+
15. Ke2 Nxg2 16. Qg5 (16. Qd2 f4 17. Rg1 Nh4 $1) 16... f4 $1 $17 {[%csl Ge3]
[%cal Gg2e3]}) 12... Bb5 $1 $19 (12... Bg1 {or}) (12... Be1 $5 {winning as
well.}) 13. c4 (13. Qd2 Bxd3+ 14. Qxd3 Be3 15. Bxe3 Qxe3 $19) 13... Bg3 $1 {
It looks that it was not Svidler day!} (13... Be1 14. c5 Bxd3+ $19) (13... Bg3
14. Qd2 dxc4 15. hxg3 cxd3 16. a4 Bc6 $19) 0-1

[Event "Leon 17th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2004.06.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O b5 8.
Nxc6 dxc6 9. f4 Bb7 10. e5 Rd8 11. Qe1 Nh6 12. Ne4 c5 13. Ng5 Be7 14. Bd2 c4
15. Ba5 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. c3 Nf5 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 Qc6 20. Qe2 Rd3 21.
Rad1 Qd5 22. Rd2 Ne3 23. Re1 Bc5 24. a3 Ng4 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. Rxd3 cxd3 27. Qxg4
d2 28. Rd1 Bc5 29. Qxg7 Rf8 30. Qxh7 Be3 31. Bb4 Qb3 32. Qh5 Rg8 33. Qf3 Qd5
34. Qxd5 exd5 35. c4 Bxf4 36. cxd5 Bxe5 37. Rxd2 Kd7 38. g3 Rg4 39. Kg2 Rc4 40.
Kf3 Rc1 41. b3 Rf1+ 42. Ke4 Bc7 43. Bc5 f5+ 44. Kd3 f4 45. gxf4 Bxf4 46. Rg2
Be5 47. Rg6 Bxh2 48. Rxa6 Rf3+ 49. Ke4 Rxb3 50. Ra7+ Kc8 51. d6 Rc3 52. Rc7+
Kd8 53. Kd5 Bxd6 54. Kxd6 1-0

[Event "Leon 17th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2004.06.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 {A fashionabe line
that seems to cause Black no problems. The present game doesn't change the
assesment of this line.} O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5 Ne4 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd7 11.
Nc3 $146 {The new try to fight for advantage .} (11. Bd3 Rc8 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13.
Qxd2 Qa5 14. a3 Qxd2 15. Nxd2 f6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Leko,P/Monte Carlo MNC
2004/The Week in Chess 491 (24)}) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Na5 $1 {[%csl Ga2,Gc3]
Obviously Black doesn't face any problems after White's novelty, he has a very
easy play against white weakened pawns on the queenside.} 13. Bd3 {Surely the
exchange of the light-squared bishops would be clearly in black's favour.} Rc8
{[%csl Gc3]} 14. Rac1 Nc4 15. Bf4 Rc6 $5 {[%cal Gd8c8]} 16. Rb1 (16. Nd2 Nxd2 (
16... Nb2 $5 17. Bb5 Rb6 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. c4 $11) 17. Qxd2 Be6 (17... Qa5 18.
c4) 18. Rb1 b6 $11) 16... Qc8 17. Bg5 $2 {No wonder, that Peter tries somehow
to complicate the game, but his last move is too much, since after obvious
answer Black gets a clearly better game.} (17. Rfc1 $142 Bf5 18. Nd2 $11) (17.
Rb5 $142 $5 {[%csl Gd5]} a6 (17... Nb6 18. Ra5 $13) 18. Rxd5 Be6 19. Rc5 Rxc5
20. dxc5 Qxc5 21. Re1 $11 {[%cal Gf3d4]}) 17... f6 18. Bc1 ({Objectively
better was :} 18. exf6 $142 exf6 19. Bc1 {but after} Re8 20. Qd1 Rce6 {Black
keeps a clear positional advantage.} (20... Nd6 $5)) 18... fxe5 19. Nxe5 (19.
dxe5 $2 Bg4 $1 $17) 19... Nxe5 20. dxe5 Rxc3 21. Bg5 $2 (21. Bb2 $142 {would
be much better} Rc6 22. Bd4 b6 23. Qe3 {[%cal Gf1c1] and White keeps some
compensation.}) 21... Bf5 $1 $17 22. Bxf5 (22. Rfd1 Bxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc4 24. Rd2
e6 $17) 22... Rxf5 23. f4 e6 ({Very strong was :} 23... Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rxg5 25.
Qf2 Qc5 $1 $19) 24. Bf6 Bxf6 25. g4 Rc2 26. Qf3 Rc3 {Of course Black is
clearly better and he has a few possibilities to keep his advantage, but
Alexey decided to repeat the moves, since draw was enough for him to secure a
win in the final match.} ({After both} 26... Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Rc3 28. Qe2 Re3 29.
Qf2 (29. Qg2 Rxf4 30. Rxf4 Bxe5 $17) 29... Bh4 30. Qxh4 Rf7 $17) ({and} 26...
Bxe5 27. gxf5 Bd4+ 28. Kh1 gxf5 $17 {Black would keep a clear advantage.}) 27.
Qe2 (27. Qg2 $2 Rxf4 28. Rxf4 Bxe5 29. Rff1 Rc2 $19) 27... Rc2 28. Qf3 Rc3 29.
Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Leon 17th"]
[Site "Leon"]
[Date "2004.06.06"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.06.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8.
f4 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. g3 Nf6 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. b3 Bc5+ 14. Kh1 Rd8
15. Qe1 Bd4 16. Rb1 a5 17. Ne2 Ba6 18. Bd2 a4 19. c4 Bc5 20. Ba5 Bb6 21. Bxb6
Qxb6 22. Nc3 axb3 23. axb3 Rd3 24. Na4 Qd4 25. Qa5 Ng4 26. Qxa6 Nf2+ 27. Rxf2
Qxf2 28. Rf1 Qe2 29. c5 Rbd8 30. Nc3 Qe3 31. Ne4 h6 32. Nd6 Rxb3 33. Qxc6 Rc3
34. Nxf7 Rxc5 35. Nxd8 Rxc6 36. Nxc6 g5 37. fxg5 hxg5 38. g4 Kg7 39. h3 Qc3 40.
Nd8 Qe3 41. Rf7+ Kg8 42. Rf3 Qe1+ 43. Rf1 Qe3 44. Nb7 Qb6 45. Rd1 Qb3 46. Rd8+
Kf7 47. Nc5 Qb1+ 48. Kh2 Qc1 49. Ne4 Qf4+ 50. Ng3 Qe3 51. Rd1 Ke7 52. Ne4 Qf4+
53. Kh1 Qe3 54. Rf1 Ke8 55. Bf3 Ke7 56. Kg2 Qd3 57. Rc1 1-0

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nfd7 12. f4 Rc8 13. f5 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Rxc4 {
Gelfand doesn't want to lose control of the d5 square.} (14... bxc4 15. Nd2 Be7
16. h4 $14) (14... Nxc4 15. Nd5 Nf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. g4 Qe7 18. g5 Qc7 19.
Rhe1 Be7 20. f6 $14) 15. Qd2 Qc8 (15... Rc8 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Rhe1 b4 18. Nd5
Nxd5 19. exd5 Be7 20. Bxe7 Kxe7 $11) 16. Na5 Rc7 17. g4 Be7 (17... b4 18. Nd5
Nxd5 19. exd5 Be7 20. Kb1 $14) 18. g5 Rxc3 $6 {This sacrifice is going too far
as black doesn't have enough attacking pieces on the queenside and also his
development is not finished yet.} (18... b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 f6 21. h4 $14
) 19. Qxc3 (19. bxc3 Na4 20. c4 Ndc5 $14) 19... Qxc3 20. bxc3 d5 (20... Na4 21.
Nb7 $1 d5 (21... Nxc3 22. Nxd6+ Kf8 23. Rd3 Nxa2+ 24. Kb2 Nb4 25. Rc3 $18) 22.
Rxd5 Nxc3 23. Nd6+ Bxd6 24. Rxd6 $18) 21. exd5 Ba3+ 22. Kb1 $1 (22. Kd2 Nxd5
23. Nb7 Ke7 24. Rhe1 Rc8 $44) 22... Na4 23. c4 (23. Bd2 Ndb6 24. c4 Nxc4 25.
Nxc4 bxc4 26. c3 Kd7 27. Kc2 Kd6 28. Rhf1 $16) 23... Nc3+ 24. Ka1 Bb4 (24...
Nxd1 25. Rxd1 g6 26. cxb5 axb5 27. Rd3 $16) 25. Nc6 Nxd1 26. Rxd1 Bc3+ 27. Kb1
bxc4 28. Rg1 h5 {Despite material balance black is in great trouble, since
with c4 pawn he would lose the house. The bishop on c3 is rather vulnerable.} (
28... g6 29. Rg4 gxf5 30. Rxc4 $18) 29. a4 (29. Kc1 $5 Rh7 30. Bf2 $16) 29...
e4 (29... O-O 30. Ka2 e4 31. Rb1 Ne5 32. Rb6 $16) 30. Ka2 Ne5 31. Rb1 Kd7 (
31... Nxc6 32. dxc6 Be5 (32... O-O 33. Bf4 Ba5 34. c7 e3 35. Bd6 $18) 33. h3
O-O 34. Rb4 $16) 32. Rb6 $6 {Both players have missed the great tactical shot
32.Bd2! with an immediate solution.} (32. Bd2 $1 Bxd2 (32... Nxc6 33. dxc6+
Kxc6 34. Bxc3 $18) 33. Nxe5+ Kc7 (33... Ke7 34. Rb7+ $18) (33... Kc8 34. Nxf7
Rf8 35. Nd6+ Kd7 36. Nxe4 $18) 34. d6+ Kc8 35. Rb6 $18) 32... Rc8 33. Nb8+ Ke8
(33... Kc7 34. Nxa6+ Kd8 35. Nc5 $18) 34. h3 Nd7 (34... a5 35. Rb7 Rd8 36. Na6
Bb4 37. Bb6 Rd6 38. Rb8+ Kd7 39. c3 Bxc3 40. Nc5+ Ke7 41. f6+ gxf6 42. gxf6+
$18) 35. Nxd7 Kxd7 36. Rxa6 Rb8 (36... Be5 37. g6 fxg6 38. fxg6 Rf8 39. Re6 $18
) 37. Rc6 Rc8 38. Rxc8 Kxc8 39. Kb1 $1 {Once again a very good move since
white king has to fight his way into the center.} g6 (39... Kd7 40. Bf4 Bb4 41.
Kc1 Bd6 42. Bxd6 Kxd6 43. Kd2 Kxd5 44. Ke3 $18) 40. fxg6 fxg6 41. Kc1 Kd7 42.
Bf4 Ba5 43. Kd1 c3 44. Ke2 Bb6 45. Be5 Ke7 46. Bxc3 Kd6 47. a5 Bc5 48. Bd2 Kxd5
49. Be3 Be7 50. a6 Kc6 51. a7 Kb7 52. Kd2 1-0

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lputian, Smbat G"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8.
cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14.
Kxd2 Nxe5 15. Rab1 Nc6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] Svidler is the strongest player, who
consequently defends and enrichesthe Gruenfeld defence these days. The logical
retreat of the knight preventing Nd4 is new.} (15... O-O 16. Nd4 h6 (16... Nc6
17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. Rhc1 Be6 (18... Bf5 19. Bd3 Be6 20. Bc4 Rfe8 21. Rb7 a5 22.
Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Pytel,K-Beliavsky,A/Le Havre 1977/ (70)}) (18... h6
19. Rxc6 g5 20. Bg3 Rd8+ (20... Bf5 21. Bd3 Rfd8 22. Rd6 Bf8 23. Rd4 Be6 24. a4
Bc5 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Rb8 Rxb8 27. Bxb8 {1-0 Lukov,V-Dausch,R/Cappelle la
Grande 1995/ (59)}) 21. Rd6 Be6 22. a4 a5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 24. Bd3 Bd7 25. Bc7
Rc8 26. Bxa5 Bxa4 27. Be4 {1/2-1/2 Van der Sterren,P-Beliavsky,A/Munich 1990/ 
(61)}) 19. Bc4 Rfe8 20. Rb7 Bf8 21. f4 c5 22. e4 Reb8 23. Rxb8 Rxb8 24. Bxe6
fxe6 25. Bf2 Rb4 26. Kd3 Ra4 27. Bxc5 Rxa2 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Kd4 {1-0
Gheorghiu,F-Jansa,V/Sochi 1976/ (41)}) 17. f4 g5 18. fxg5 Ng6 19. Bg3 hxg5 20.
Bc7 Nh4 21. Rb5 Bf6 22. Rg1 Kg7 23. g3 Ng6 24. Bf3 a6 25. Rb6 {1-0 Benko,
P-Pinter,J/Szolnok 1975/ (40)}) 16. Rhc1 O-O 17. Bc4 (17. Ba6 Na5 18. Be2 Be6
$11) 17... h6 18. Ke2 (18. h3 g5 19. Bg3 Rd8+ 20. Ke2 $14) 18... Bf5 $5 (18...
g5 19. Bg3 g4 20. Nd2 Rd8 21. Bd3 $14) 19. Rxb7 Na5 20. Rc7 (20. Rxf7 $5 Rxf7
21. Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Rc5 Rb8 23. e4 (23. Rxa5 Rb2+ 24. Nd2 (24. Kd1 Rb1+ 25. Kd2
Rb2+ $11) 24... Bc3 25. Rd5 Rxa2 $11) 23... Bxe4 24. Rxa5 Rb7 $11) 20... Nxc4
21. R1xc4 Rfb8 {This was the position black had in mind when he sacrificed the
pawn. Two bishops and active pieces promise good chances for a draw.} 22. Nd4
$6 (22. a4 Rb2+ 23. Ke1 Rb1+ 24. Rc1 Rab8 25. Be7 $14) 22... Be4 $1 23. Nb5 (
23. f3 Rb2+ 24. Kd1 Bd5 25. Rc2 Rxa2 26. Bf2 $11) 23... Bxg2 (23... Rxb5 $2 24.
Rxe4 Rb2+ 25. Kf3 Rxa2 26. Ree7 a5 27. Bg3 a4 28. Rxf7 Rf8 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30.
e4 $16) 24. Rxa7 (24. Nxa7 Rb2+ 25. Ke1 Rxa2 $17) (24. Nd6 $5 Rb2+ 25. Rc2 Rab8
26. Bg3 Bd5 27. a4 $11) 24... Rxa7 25. Nxa7 Rb2+ 26. Ke1 (26. Kd3 $2 Bf1+ $19)
26... Bf3 {Peter is not happy with nominal advantage after 26...Rxa2 and tries
something more ambitious instead.} (26... Rxa2 27. Nb5 g5 28. Bg3 h5 29. h4 $15
) 27. a4 Re2+ 28. Kf1 (28. Kd1 $2 Rxf2+ 29. Ke1 Rxh2 $19) 28... g5 29. Bg3 Bb2
$5 (29... Rd2 30. Rc1 Ra2 31. Nb5 Rxa4 32. Nd4 $15) 30. Bd6 (30. Rc8+ Kh7 31.
Rd8 Rc2 $19) 30... Rd2 31. Bb4 Rd1+ 32. Be1 Be5 33. Nb5 $2 {Lputian sacrifices
"h" pawn for some mysterious reason, but now black has fair chances to try for
win.} (33. h3 Ra1 34. Nc6 (34. Nb5 f6 35. a5 Kf7 $13) 34... Bd6 35. e4 Bf4 36.
Rd4 Kg7 $13) 33... Bxh2 34. Nd4 (34. a5 Ra1 $17) 34... Bb7 35. Rb4 (35. Ke2 Ra1
36. Bc3 Ra2+ $17) 35... Ba6+ 36. Kg2 Bc7 (36... Rxe1 $2 37. Kxh2 $11) 37. Bc3
h5 38. Nb5 (38. f3 Rd3 39. Be1 Rxe3 $17) 38... Bb6 39. Nd4 (39. Bf6 Ba5 40. Rc4
Bb7+ 41. e4 g4 $15) 39... Bf1+ 40. Kf3 (40. Kg1 Bc7 41. Nf3 Ba6+ 42. Kg2 g4 $17
) 40... Bc7 41. a5 $2 {White have missed the beautiful shot by black, suddenly
white king is in the mating net.} (41. Rb7 g4+ 42. Ke4 Bg2+ 43. f3 Bd6 44. Rb5
$15) 41... f5 $1 (41... f5 $1 42. Nxf5 g4+ 43. Rxg4+ (43. Ke4 Bg2+ 44. f3 Bxf3#
) 43... hxg4+ 44. Kxg4 Be2+ $19) 0-1

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Nf3 Ba4 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. Bb2 Nbc6 13. Qe2 a6 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Qf2 Bb5 16. Nxd4 Bxd3 17. cxd3 Rc8 18. Rfc1 O-O 19. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Rg1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. O-O-O Qc7
15. Bc4 Bf5 16. Qd3 Rad8 17. Nf6+ Nxf6 18. Qxf5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Qb6 20. Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2817"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Rest of the World"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qd2 h6 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. Ne2 Ne6 13. a3 Nd4 14. b4 Be6 15.
bxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qb4 b6 18. Nf3 O-O-O 19. Qxc5 bxc5 20. Nf4 Bd7 21.
e5 Rhe8 22. Rfe1 g5 23. e6 fxe6 24. Nh5 Bh8 25. Ne5 Kc7 26. Ng3 Bxe5 27. Rxe5
Kd6 28. Re2 c4 29. dxc4 e5 30. Rae1 Re7 31. f3 c5 32. Rb1 Kc6 33. Rb5 a6 34.
Rb3 Ree8 35. Re1 Rb8 36. Rxb8 Rxb8 37. Rxe5 Re8 38. Rxe8 Bxe8 39. Ne4 Bf7 40.
Nd2 Bg6 41. Ne4 Bf7 42. Nd2 Kb6 43. Kf2 Ka5 44. Nb3+ Ka4 45. Nxc5+ Kxa3 46.
Nxa6 Bxc4 47. Nc5 Kb2 48. f4 Kxc2 49. fxg5 hxg5 50. Kf3 Kc3 51. Ne4+ Kc2 52.
Nc5 Bd5+ 53. Kg4 Kc3 54. Kxg5 Bc6 55. Kf4 Kc4 56. Ne6 d3 57. Ke3 Kc3 58. Nf4 d2
1/2-1/2

[Event "ARM-ROW m"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.06.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2004.06.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Rest of the World"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d5 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Bc4 Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Rad1 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Qe3
Nbd7 15. Ne4 Rfe8 16. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA Cup final"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2004.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.06.19"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Nbd2
d6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bh2 a6 11. a4 {This quiet positional system is a reversed
Reti Opening. Black has no problems for equalization, although White's
position is so safe, that losing it is not easy at all.} cxd4 {Black
liquidates the tension in the [+], and now White has to decide.} (11... Qc7 {
- Zhukova-A.Kovacevic, Belgrade 2000 CBM 76}) (11... Ra7 {- Touzane-Al.David,
Cannes 2000 CBM 76}) 12. exd4 ({In case of} 12. cxd4 {the symmetry doesn't
bring White any real.}) 12... Bh6 {Now the h2 B is out of play and the >< f4
can be used as a stepping-stone for the black pieces.} (12... Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4
14. Re1 Nf6 15. Nd2 Bb7 {It is not easy for White advancing his pawns without
creating painful weaknesses.} 16. Bc4 Qc7 17. Qb3 Rac8 18. Bf1 Bh6 $11 {
Karlik-Pisk, Czechia 1997}) (12... Nd5 13. Re1) (12... Qc7 13. Re1) 13. Re1 Rc8
{Other tries deserve attention as well:} (13... Qc7) (13... Nd5) 14. Bd3 Re8
15. Ne4 {The exchange of the light pieces may diminish the tension, but Black
has still some play on the << due to the minority attack.} (15. Qe2) 15... Nxe4
16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Nf6 18. Re2 (18. Re1 Qc7) 18... b5 {Black grabs the |^
on the << and the h2 B may become a bad one.} (18... Qc7) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qb3
Qb6 21. Rae1 (21. Ree1 {holding the only opened a line was logical.} e6) 21...
e6 {Now at least there is a target for the B on d6.} 22. Nd2 Qc6 (22... Bxd2
23. Rxd2 Nd5 {looked promising with an excellent N on d5.}) 23. Nf1 (23. Ne4
Nxe4 24. Rxe4 d5 25. R4e2 Qc4 $15 {is a typical small but durable advantage
because of the minority attack on the <<.}) 23... Nd5 (23... Ra8 {taking
control over the a line was still possible.} 24. Ne3 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Nd5 {
with some pressure on the light squares.}) 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 {/\ e4} e5 26.
e4 Qc4 27. Qxc4 (27. Qd1 b4 $15) 27... bxc4 {The P structure is still a bit
better for Black in view of the backward P on b2, and the h2 B remains passive.
} 28. Kf2 (28. Ra1 exd4 29. cxd4 Bg7 30. e5) 28... f6 (28... Ra8 29. dxe5 dxe5
30. Rd1 f6 31. Rd7) 29. Rd1 Kf7 {Now the penetration on the d line is parried.}
30. Kf3 (30. Ra1 Ra8) 30... Ke6 (30... Ra8 {grabbing the a line was the real
alternative.}) 31. Bg1 {/\ Be3 to get rid of the bad B.} (31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Ree1
Reb8) 31... f5 (31... Ra8 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Kxe3 {and the R _|_ is drawish as
usual.}) 32. dxe5 dxe5 33. Be3 Bxe3 34. Kxe3 Red8 35. Red2 Rxd2 (35... f4+ 36.
Kf3 Rxd2 37. Rxd2) 36. Rxd2 Rb8 37. exf5+ gxf5 38. g4 $11 {and finally White
has evened out completely.} Rg8 (38... fxg4 39. hxg4 Rg8 40. Kf3) 39. gxf5+
Kxf5 40. Rf2+ Ke6 41. Ke4 Rg1 42. Rd2 Re1+ 43. Kf3 Rf1+ 44. Ke4 Rf4+ 45. Ke3
Rh4 46. Rh2 h6 47. Rh1 h5 48. Rh2 Kf5 49. Rf2+ Rf4 50. Rd2 Rf1 51. Rd8 Re1+ 52.
Kf3 Rh1 53. Rf8+ Ke6 54. Re8+ Kd6 55. Rd8+ Ke7 56. Rh8 Rxh3+ 57. Ke4 Kf6 58.
Rf8+ Kg5 59. Kxe5 Rh2 60. Ke4 Rd2 61. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. O-O Ne7 8. c4
d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. Qe2 Nbc6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rad1 Ng6 13. Nd5 a5 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15.
Qe3 a4 16. Na1 Ra5 17. Nc2 Nce7 18. Nc3 Nf4 19. g3 Nh3+ 20. Kh1 f5 21. exf5
Nxf5 22. Qe2 Ng5 23. f4 exf4 24. gxf4 Nf7 25. Rde1 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 b5 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Qf2 Nc4 12. Bxc4 bxc4 13. Nc5 Be7 14. h4 (14.
g4 $2 Bxg4 15. N5a4 Be6 16. Rhg1 g6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Ncd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 Nxd5 20.
Rxd5 Rb5 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Bh6 Rxb2 23. Bg7 {0-1 Illes,S-Stanescu,C/Miercurea
Ciuc 2002/ (23)}) (14. N5a4 h5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5
Rb5 19. Rhd1 Qa5 20. Kb1 O-O 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Rxb5 axb5 23. Qd5 b4 24. b3 {
1-0 Almasi,Z-Lalic,B/Jahorina 2003/ (46)}) (14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Qe2 d5 16. exd5
exd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxc4 Nxe3 19. Qc6+ Kf7 20. Rxd8 Rhxd8 21. Qe4 Bg5 22.
Qxe5 Rd5 23. Qc7+ Kg8 24. f4 Rad8 25. b3 Bf6 {0-1 Pym,T-Eckersley Waites,T/
Millfield School 2003/ (30)}) 14... Qc8 15. N5a4 Rb8 16. g4 Qc6 17. Nb6 Bd8 $1
(17... Qb7 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nba4 Qc6 20. a3 O-O 21. h5 f5 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Qg3
Kh8 24. Rdg1 Rf7 {1/2-1/2 Slobodjan,R-Bruzon Bautista,L/Varadero 2000/ (52)})
18. Ncd5 O-O $6 {[%mdl 4] Svidler misses a golden opportunity to show the
weaker side of white's set up. Taking on b6 would promise black excellent
chances.} (18... Bxb6 $5 19. Nxb6 d5 20. exd5 (20. g5 $2 d4 21. gxf6 Qxb6 $19)
20... Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rh3 O-O 23. f4 f5 $15) 19. c3 Nxd5 (19... Bxb6 $4
20. Ne7+ $18) 20. Nxd5 (20. exd5 Qb7 21. Nxc4 Bxd5 22. Nxd6 Qc6 $15) 20... Rb5
21. Nb4 Qb7 (21... Qd7 22. Nxa6 Be7 23. Nb4 Ra8 24. Kb1 Qc7 $13) 22. Rxd6 a5 (
22... Be7 23. Rxa6 Bxb4 24. Ra7 Qc6 25. cxb4 c3 (25... Rb7 26. Rxb7 Qxb7 27. a3
$16) 26. b3 $1 Ra8 27. Rd1 $16) 23. Na6 $1 {Anand is certainly not afraid of
concrete tactical solutions, the knight is heading for c5 square.} (23. Nc6 Bc7
24. Ne7+ Kh8 25. Rd2 a4 $14) 23... Be7 (23... Bc7 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Rhd1 $16)
24. Nc5 Qc8 (24... Rxc5 25. Bxc5 Bxd6 26. Bxd6 Rd8 27. Bxe5 $16) 25. Nxe6 fxe6
(25... Bxd6 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Rd1 $16) 26. Rb6 $1 Rxb6 27. Bxb6 a4 (27... Qc6
28. g5 $16) 28. a3 Qc6 29. g5 Rb8 30. Ba5 Qb5 (30... Bc5 31. Qe2 Ra8 32. Bb4
Bxb4 33. cxb4 c3 34. Qc2 $16) 31. Bb4 Bxb4 32. cxb4 c3 {Black has to seek
counterplay as his pawn structure is rather misserable.} 33. Qc2 (33. bxc3 Qc4
34. Qc2 Rf8 35. Rd1 Rxf3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Kb2 Kg6 38. Rd2 $16) 33... cxb2+ 34.
Kxb2 Rd8 (34... Rf8 35. Rd1 Rxf3 36. Rd8+ Kf7 (36... Rf8 37. Rxf8+ Kxf8 38.
Qc5+ $18) 37. g6+ $1 $18) 35. Rc1 Kf7 36. Qc4 Rd2+ 37. Kb1 Qd7 (37... Qxc4 38.
Rxc4 Rd3 39. b5 Rb3+ 40. Ka2 Rxb5 41. Rxa4 $18) 38. Qc7 Qxc7 (38... Kg6 39.
Qxd7 Rxd7 40. Rc6 Rd3 41. Rxe6+ Kh5 42. Kb2 Rb3+ 43. Ka2 Rxf3 44. Rxe5 Kxh4 45.
Ra5 Rf2+ 46. Kb1 Re2 47. Rxa4 Rxe4 48. Ra7 Kxg5 49. Rxg7+ $18) 39. Rxc7+ {
The rook endgame is also bad for Svidler, since white will quickly create two
passed pawns on the queenside.} Kg6 40. Ra7 Kh5 (40... Rh2 41. b5 Rxh4 42. b6
Rh1+ 43. Kc2 Rh2+ 44. Kc3 Rh3 45. Rxa4 Rxf3+ 46. Kb4 $18) 41. Rxa4 Kxh4 42. g6
$1 {A very fine moment, since it is impossible to find a good antidote to this
move.} h5 (42... hxg6 43. Ra6 Kg3 44. Rxe6 Kxf3 45. Rxe5 Kf4 46. Re7 $18) 43.
Ra7 Kg5 44. Rxg7 Rd8 (44... h4 45. b5 Kf6 46. Rh7 Kxg6 47. Rxh4 $18) 45. Kb2
Kf6 46. Rc7 Kxg6 47. b5 h4 48. Rc1 h3 49. Rh1 Rh8 50. a4 Kf6 51. b6 Ke7 52. a5
Kd6 53. Rc1 $1 (53. Rc1 $1 h2 54. b7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Re8 11. Nc3 h6 12. Nd5 Bf8 13. c3 Nb8 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
Nh2 Nd7 16. Re3 d5 17. exd5 Qd6 18. c4 c6 19. dxc6 Qxc6 20. Rg3 Nc5 21. cxb5
axb5 22. Ba2 Re7 23. Qh5 Nxd3 24. Bxh6 Nf4 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rg6 Qe4 27. Rg5
Rc8 28. Rf1 Rc5 29. Nf3 Rxg5 30. Qxg5 Qc2 31. Ne5 Qe4 32. Ng6 Rd7 33. f3 Qd4+
34. Kh2 Bd5 35. Nxf8 Kxf8 36. Rc1 Bc4 37. Bxc4 bxc4 38. Qb5 Rd8 39. Rxc4 1-0

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. a4 a6 8. Nd5
Ba7 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Re1 Be6 14. c4 a5 15.
Rc1 Bd7 16. Bb1 Ra8 17. Rc3 Nb4 18. Nd4 Nfxd5 19. cxd5 c6 20. dxc6 bxc6 21. Nc2
Qf6 22. Nxb4 axb4 23. Rc2 c5 24. b3 Be6 25. e5 dxe5 26. Rxc5 Red8 27. Qc2 g6
28. h3 Rac8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qe4 Qf4 31. a5 Bxb3 32. a6 Qxe4 33. Bxe4 Bc2 34.
Bxc2 Rxc2 35. Rxe5 Ra2 36. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. f4 Qc7 11. Qe2 b6 12. Bd2 Bb7 13. Rae1 O-O 14. Kh1 g6 15.
Nd4 Rfe8 16. Nf3 Rad8 17. Ng5 Bf8 18. Qf2 Bg7 19. b4 Nh5 20. Rc1 Rc8 21. a3 Qd8
22. Nf3 Rc7 23. Rfe1 Nhf6 24. Qh4 Qa8 25. Qh3 Rec8 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nxe5 Nxe5
28. fxe5 Nd7 29. Bf4 Rxc4 30. Bxc4 Rxc4 31. Qg3 h5 32. Ne2 Nxe5 33. Rxc4 Nxc4
34. h4 Qd8 35. Bg5 Qd7 36. Nf4 e5 37. Nd3 Qd5 38. Nf2 Nd6 39. Rd1 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund Gr-A"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2004.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 102"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. c3 Bc8 14. Nf1 Be6 15. Bxe6
fxe6 16. Ng3 Qe8 17. Be3 Nh5 18. Nxh5 Qxh5 19. Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rg1 Qc7 15.
Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Bxc4 17. Na4 b5 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 f5 21. gxf6
Nxf6 22. Rd3 b4 23. Qg2 Rf7 24. Qh3 a5 25. Nd2 a4 26. Qe6 Bf8 27. b3 Re8 28.
Qc4 Qa5 29. bxa4 Qxa4 30. Rd1 Ra8 31. Qb3 Ne8 32. Qxa4 Rxa4 33. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 d6 5. d3 Be7 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nf6 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Be6 11. f4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 h5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5
Qxd1 15. Raxd1 Ng4 16. Nb5 O-O 17. c3 f6 18. Bc1 a6 19. Nd6 b6 20. Nf5 Rad8 21.
Rd5 Kf7 22. Rfd1 Rxd5 23. cxd5 Rd8 24. Kf1 Ne7 25. Nxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. Bf4 e5 7. Be3 a6 8. N5c3
Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Qxd6 Bg5 14. Bd3 Bxc4
15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bxc4 Rd2 17. h4 Bh6 18. Rd1 Rxc2 19. Bb3 Rc1 20. Rh3 Nd4 21.
Nd5 Rd8 22. Rc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Ne6 24. Nb6 Rxd1+ 25. Kxd1 Nc5 26. Bd5 Kf8 27.
Nc4 f6 28. Nd6 b6 29. Kc2 g6 30. c4 Ke7 31. Nc8+ Kd7 32. Nxb6+ Kc7 33. Na8+ Kd6
34. Nb6 Kc7 35. Na8+ Kd6 36. Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund 3rd-4th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.08.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Qf3 Nh6 8.
Ne2 O-O 9. d3 Ng4 10. Bb3 d6 11. Qg3 a5 12. a4 Nf6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Bg5 Nc5 15.
Qh4 Re8 16. Bd5 Be6 17. Bxe6 Nxe6 18. Bh6 Bf6 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Qb6 21. b3
Rc5 22. f4 Rh5 23. f5 Rxh6 24. fxe6 fxe6 25. Nf4 Qc5 26. Nxe6 Qe5 27. Qxe5 Bxe5
28. g3 Rh5 29. c3 dxc3 30. d4 Bf6 31. Rxc3 Kf7 32. Nc7 Rc8 33. Kg2 Kg8 34. Rd1
Rc5 35. dxc5 Bxc3 36. cxd6 exd6 37. Nb5 Be5 38. Rd5 Rc6 39. Na3 Rc3 40. Rb5 Re3
41. Nc4 Rxe4 42. Nxa5 Re2+ 43. Kf3 Rxh2 44. Nc4 Bd4 45. Rxb7 d5 46. Ne3 h5 47.
Nxd5 g5 48. a5 Ra2 49. b4 h4 50. gxh4 gxh4 51. Kg4 Bf2 52. Kg5 Kf8 53. Nf6 Ra3
54. Ng4 Be1 55. Kf6 Bc3+ 56. Ne5 Kg8 57. Rg7+ Kh8 58. Rg4 h3 59. Kf7 Be1 60.
Rg7 1-0

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.29"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Nxd2 Rd8 13. Nf3 $5 {
A relatively new idea. White aims to a well-known theoretical position but
with a very important difference...} (13. Nb3) (13. Bb5) 13... Nc6 (13... Bg4
$5 {needs further tests. Here is one game:} 14. d5 Nd7 15. Nd4 Nb6 16. Nb5 Rdc8
17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Be2 (18. f3 Bd7 19. Nxa7 Rc2 $1 20. Bxb6 Ba4 $1 $40) (18. h3
Bd7 19. Nxa7 Rc2 $40) 18... Bd7 19. O-O Rc2 20. Bd3 Rxa2 21. Nxa7 Na4 22. Nb5
Rb2 23. Rc1 f5 24. Nc7 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Nc3 26. Bf3 b5 27. Ne6 Bxe6 28. dxe6 b4
29. h4 b3 30. h5 Ra2 31. hxg6 b2 32. gxh7+ Kh8 {0-1 San Segundo Carrillo,
P-Mamedyarov,S/Leon 2001/CBM 86 (32).}) 14. d5 {Here it is! Normally this
position arises after the move sequence Kxd2 and Ke1. In the present game,
however, White has kept his right to castle!} Na5 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rdc8 (
16... f5 {now looks too risky.}) 17. O-O {This is the difference; however,
Black defends well.} e6 18. Bd2 b6 19. Ba6 Rd8 {[%csl Rd5] It is essential for
Black to keep both pairs of rooks to have the a7 pawn and the 8th rank under
control.} 20. d6 e5 $1 {[%csl Rd6][%cal Yd7e6,Yd7e8]} 21. Bxa5 (21. Rc7 Be6 (
21... Bf8 $2 22. Bg5) 22. Bb4 Bxa2) 21... bxa5 22. Bb7 Rab8 23. Bd5 Be8 24. Rc7
Rxd6 25. Rxa7 a4 $11 {The position has equalised: Black's bishop pair is
compensated by White's more active pieces.} 26. h4 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Rc1
Bf6 (28... Rc8 $2 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Ng5) 29. Rc7 Be8 30. Ra7 h5 31. g3 Kf8 32.
Ng5 Bxg5 33. hxg5 Rc8 34. Kg2 Rc3 35. Rb7 Rc2 36. Kf3 Rc3+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Ke3
Rc3+ 39. Kd2 Rf3 40. Ke2 Rc3 41. Ra7 Rc2+ 42. Kf3 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Rc2 44. Rb7 Rc3
45. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. Rd2 Be6 14.
Rfd1 Be7 15. Ne2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg5 17. f4 Be7 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Kh2 Bxd4 20.
Rxd4 f6 21. Nd3 b6 22. g4 g6 23. f5 gxf5 24. Nf4 c5 25. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. Rc7 Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Bxd4 15. Rxb7 Nc6 16. Ba6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Bh7+ Kh8 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Be4 Rad8
21. g3 Rfe8 22. Bc6 Re7 23. a4 Nd4 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bxb5 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Rb8 27.
Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Na4 Bb6 8.
Nxb6 axb6 9. c3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Ba4 Re8 12. Bb3 Be6 13. Bc2 d5 14. a3 dxe4
15. dxe4 Bc4 16. Re1 Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Na5 18. Nd2 Be6 19. b4 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21.
a4 Red8 22. Be3 Ne8 23. f4 exf4 24. Bxf4 Be6 25. e5 Kf8 26. Be3 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1
h5 28. Kf2 g6 29. Kf3 Ng7 30. g4 Bc4 31. Bh6 Kg8 32. Bg5 c6 33. Rd7 Bd5+ 34.
Kg3 hxg4 35. hxg4 Rb8 36. Be3 Ne6 37. Bxb6 Kg7 38. Bd3 Bb3 39. a5 Ba4 40. Bc4
Ng5 41. Be3 c5 42. Rc7 Ne4+ 43. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
h3 c5 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd2 e6 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Rd8 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bg5 Rd7 15.
Rc1 h6 16. Be3 Qd8 17. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 g6 (4... Nd4 5. e5 Nxb5 6. Nxb5 Nd5) 5.
h3 (5. Qe2 $5) 5... Bg7 (5... Nd4 6. e5 Nxb5 7. Nxb5 Nd5 8. Qe2 Nc7 9. d4 Nxb5
10. Qxb5 cxd4 11. Bg5 $1 h6 12. Bf4 $14 {Egin,V-Tukmakov,V/URS/1979}) 6. e5 Ng8
7. Bxc6 dxc6 8. O-O {Back in the seventies white didn't hurry with the castle:}
(8. d3 $5 Nh6 (8... b6 9. a4 a5 10. Bf4 h5 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. Qf3 Qc8 13. O-O-O
$16 {Grigorov,J-Popov,P/Sofia 1989}) 9. g4 $1 f5 10. exf6 exf6 11. Qe2+ $1 Qe7
12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. Be3 $14 {Kuzmin,G-Timoscenko,G/Baku 1977}) 8... Nh6 9. Ne4
b6 10. d4 $5 Nf5 $5 11. dxc5 (11. c3 Qd5 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 O-O 14. Nc3 Qd7
15. g4 Nh6 16. Bf4 Kh8 17. Qd2 Ng8 18. Rad1 $14) 11... Ba6 12. Re1 $2 {Serious
mistake after which white is on defensive till the end of the game.} (12. Qxd8+
$142 Rxd8 13. Re1 $16) 12... Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Be2 14. Re1 $6 {I can understand
Svidler who didn't want to give up an exchange at such an early stage, bit it
was worth a try.} (14. Bf4 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. g4 Nh6 18. Nd4
Kd7 19. a4 Rd8 $15) 14... Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rf3]} 16. Rd1 Nxf3+
17. Kg2 Nxe5 18. Be3 O-O (18... f5 19. Ng5 Nc4 20. Bd4 $15) 19. b3 $6 {It was
better to take on b6 with good chances to save the game.} (19. cxb6 axb6 20.
Bxb6 Nc4 21. Bd4 Nxb2 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rd7 Rfe8 24. Rc7 Rac8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26.
a4 $132) 19... f5 20. Ng5 f4 21. Bd4 bxc5 22. Bxc5 (22. Bc3 f3+ 23. Kg3 Rf5 24.
Ne6 Bf6 25. Nxc5 Nd7 26. Ne4 Bxc3 27. Nxc3 Nf6 28. Rd3 Rf8 $17) 22... f3+ 23.
Kh1 (23. Kg3 $2 Nd3 $1 24. cxd3 Be5+ 25. Kh4 Rf4+ 26. Kg3 Rf5+ 27. Kg4 h5+ 28.
Kh4 Rf4+ 29. Kg3 h4+ 30. Kh2 Rf5+ 31. Kh1 Bxa1 $19) 23... Rf5 24. Ne4 Rh5 25.
Kh2 Ng4+ 26. Kg3 Bxa1 27. hxg4 Be5+ 28. Kxf3 Rf8+ (28... Rh3+ $5) 29. Ke2 Rh4
30. Bxe7 (30. f3 Rh2+ 31. Nf2 Bg3 32. Rd7 h5 33. gxh5 gxh5 34. Rxe7 h4 $19)
30... Rxg4 31. f3 $1 (31. Bxf8 Rxe4+ 32. Kf3 Rf4+ $19) 31... Rg2+ 32. Kf1 Rxc2
(32... Rg3 $5 33. Nxg3 Rxf3+ 34. Ke2 Rxg3 35. Rd7 $17) 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Rd7
Rxa2 35. Rxh7 Bg7 $1 36. Ng5 $6 (36. Rh4 Rb2 37. Rg4 Rxb3 (37... Kf7 38. Nd6+
Kf6 39. Ne4+) 38. Rxg6 Rb6 39. Rg5 $15) 36... Kg8 37. Rh4 Ra5 38. Ne6 Rf5 39.
Kf2 (39. Nxg7 Kxg7 (39... Rxf3+ 40. Ke2 Rf6 41. Nh5 gxh5 42. Rxh5 $11) 40. Ke2
Rb5 41. b4) 39... Bf6 40. Rc4 c5 41. Ra4 (41. Ke3) 41... Kf7 42. Nc7 Bd4+ 43.
Kg2 (43. Ke2 Re5+ 44. Kd2 Re3 45. Nb5 Rxf3 46. Nxd4 cxd4 47. Rxd4 Rxb3 48. Rd7+
Kf6 49. Rxa7 Rf3 50. Ke2 Rf4 51. Ra5 g5 52. Ra1 $11) 43... Rg5+ 44. Kf1 Rg3 45.
Ke2 Rg2+ 46. Ke1 $2 {[%csl Re1]} (46. Kd3 Rf2 47. Ke4 Re2+ 48. Kd5 $15) 46...
Kf6 47. Nb5 Ke5 48. Rxa7 Kf4 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gf4e3,Ge3d3]} 49. b4 Rb2 $1 50.
Nxd4 cxd4 51. Rg7 Ke3 52. Kd1 d3 53. Re7+ Kxf3 54. Rd7 Ke4 55. Re7+ Kf4 56. Rd7
Rxb4 57. Rxd3 Re4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund final"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2004.07.30"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2004.07.29"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 103"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 c6 5. Bb3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. a4 b6
9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qe1 Qc7 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Nd5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Ng5 Rf6 15.
Nxe6 1-0

[Event "BCF-chT 0405 (4NCL)"]
[Site "West Bromwich"]
[Date "2005.05.02"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.09.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wood Green"]
[BlackTeam "Guildford"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ENG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. b3 Bd6 11. Qh5 Nf6 12. Qh4 Be5 13. Bb2 dxe4 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. Rxe4 c5 16. Nd5 Bxh2+ 17. Qxh2 Qxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Bxd5 19. Rg4 O-O-O 20.
Rxg7 Rhg8 21. Rxg8 Rxg8 22. f3 c4 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Bf6 Rd7 25. Kg3 Bc6 26. Rh1
Rd2 27. Rxh7 Rxc2 28. Rxf7 Bd5 29. Rf8+ Kd7 30. Rf7+ Kc6 31. bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3
Be6 8. Be3 Nbd7 9. Qd2 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. g4 b4 12. Ne2 a5 13. Kb1 h6 {
Sutovsky makes a very courageous decision, since this move aiming to slow down
advance of the White's g pawn criticaly weakens the f5 square.} (13... Nb6 14.
Ng3 g6 15. g5 Nfd7 16. f4 a4 17. Nc1 exf4 18. Bxf4 b3 19. Bxd6 bxc2+ 20. Qxc2
Bxd6 21. Rxd6 O-O 22. h4 {1-0 Luethgens,E-Koscielski,J/Germany 1993/ (34)}) 14.
Ng3 a4 (14... g6 15. Bxh6 a4 16. Nc1 b3 17. Bb5 bxa2+ 18. Ka1 Qc7 $13) 15. Nc1
d5 (15... g6 $5) 16. Nf5 Bxf5 (16... Bf8 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bg2 (18. Be2 Qb8 $15
) 18... b3 19. f4 $13) 17. gxf5 d4 (17... dxe4 $5 18. fxe4 (18. Qg2 exf3 19.
Qxg7 Rh7 20. Qg3 Qa5 $15) 18... a3 $1 (18... Nxe4 19. Qg2 Nd6 20. Qxg7 $14) 19.
Bb5 axb2 20. Kxb2 Qc7 21. Rhg1 $13) 18. Bf2 O-O (18... g6 19. fxg6 fxg6 20. Rg1
g5 21. h4 $36) 19. Rg1 Kh8 20. Bb5 Nc5 (20... Qc7 21. Bg3 Bd6 (21... Rfb8 22.
Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Qxd4 $14) 22. Qg2 Rg8 $13) 21. Nd3 a3 $2 {Black understands the
necessity to quickly generate counterplay, but he choses a wrong version of it.
Much better seems to be 21...Ra5! with chances for both sides.} (21... Ra5 $1
22. Bc4 Nxd3 23. Qxd3 Nh5 $11) (21... Qc7 22. Nxe5 $1 Qxe5 23. Bxd4 (23. Bg3
Ncxe4 24. Bxe5 Nxd2+ 25. Rxd2 Ra5 $17) 23... Qc7 (23... Ncxe4 24. Qg2 $18) 24.
e5 $16) 22. Nxe5 axb2 (22... b3 23. cxb3 (23. Bc4 $6 bxa2+ 24. Bxa2 axb2 25.
Qxd4 Qa5 26. Qc4 Ncxe4 $11) 23... Qb8 24. Bc4 Qxe5 25. Bg3 Ncxe4 26. Bxe5 Nxd2+
27. Rxd2 $18) 23. Bxd4 Rxa2 {Spirited, but not sufficient as White is never in
real danger of getting mated.} (23... Qc7 24. Qg2 Nh5 25. Nc6 $18) 24. Kxa2 (
24. Qg2 Nh5 25. Kxa2 Qa5+ 26. Kxb2 Qxb5 (26... Qa3+ 27. Kb1 Ra8 28. Nxf7+ Kg8
29. Nxh6+ $18) 27. Ng6+ fxg6 28. Qxg6 Bg5 29. Rxg5 hxg5 30. Qxh5+ Kg8 31. Qg6
$18) 24... Qa5+ 25. Kxb2 Qxb5 26. Rxg7 $3 {[%mdl 64] The bishop on d4 enables
fascinating combination, Black's defence is simply falling apart.} (26. Ra1
Na4+ 27. Kc1 $18) 26... Kxg7 27. Ng4 Rh8 (27... Kg8 28. Qxh6 $18) 28. Nxf6 Bxf6
29. Rg1+ Kh7 (29... Kf8 30. Bxf6 Qb6 31. Bxh8 Na4+ 32. Kb3 Nc5+ 33. Kc4 $18)
30. Bxf6 Na4+ 31. Kc1 (31. Kc1 Rg8 32. Rxg8 Qf1+ (32... Kxg8 33. Qd8+ $18) 33.
Qd1 Qxd1+ 34. Kxd1 Kxg8 35. Be7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Delchev, Aleksander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 e5 8. d4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. a4 Bb7 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Rxa8
15. Na3 b4 16. Nc4 h6 17. Bd2 Bf8 18. h3 Bc6 19. Rc1 Qb8 20. Bd3 Bb7 21. Be1
Nh5 22. g3 Qe8 23. Nh2 Nhf6 24. Nf3 Qe6 25. h4 Qg4 26. Nfxe5 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Qxe2
28. Bxe2 Re8 29. Nc4 Nxe4 30. Kf1 bxc3 31. Bxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 a5 7. Bf4 a4 8. Qb4
dxc4 9. Qxc4 O-O 10. O-O Qb6 11. Qc1 Bg4 12. e3 Nd5 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. h3 Bf5 15.
a3 Qa5 16. Re1 Nxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3 18. bxc3 e5 19. e4 Be6 20. Be3 Rfd8 21. Reb1
b5 22. Nd2 Rab8 23. d5 cxd5 24. exd5 Bf5 25. Rb2 Nf6 26. c4 Bd3 27. Rc1 Bf8 28.
Rxb5 Rxb5 29. cxb5 Bxb5 30. Bg5 Be7 31. Rb1 Be8 32. Rb7 Nxd5 33. Bxe7 Nxe7 34.
Rxe7 Kf8 35. Rxe5 Rxd2 36. Re3 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 h5 38. h4 Bd7 39. Be4 Bb5 40. Rc3
Ke7 41. Rc7+ Bd7 42. Kg2 Kd6 43. Rc3 Bb5 44. Kf3 f5 45. Bc2 Rd2 46. Ke3 Re2+
47. Kf3 Rd2 48. Ke3 Re2+ 49. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "India"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "IND"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. a3 Rac8 18. Bd3 Na5 19. Qe2 Qb8 20. Reb1 h6 21. b4 axb3
22. Nxb3 Nc4 23. Nbd2 Qa8 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 Qxe4 27. Ba6 Rc3
28. Bb7 Qa4 29. Nxe5 Rxa3 30. Rxa3 Bxa3 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 {
A weird move order many people employ this days} 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4 {Back to
normal main Scheveningen lines... but nor for long!} Be7 9. Qd2 $5 {Already
with the anticipation of whites next move. This move is rather unusual, yet it
has been seen at top levels now and then.} O-O 10. O-O-O {Both Svidler and
Lautier had previous experience with this line, Svidler, with white, drawing
Gavrikov and Lautier, with black, losing against Shirov.} Nd7 {The main line
is Nxd4. The text is seldomly played.} 11. Bf3 {But this move is new, and
probably Svidler had home prepared the following endgame transition. 11. g4 is
more natural and had occured in the previous games.  Ftacnik: 'Svidler comes
up with a fresh approach to a well known position, White uses a special method
to slow down Black's counterplay.'} (11. g4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. g5
Rc8 $13 {Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2001 1/2-1/2 (35)}) 11... Rb8 12. Nce2 Qa5
13. Nxc6 $1 {Svidler correctly asses this endgame as better for white, reasons
given below.} Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2 bxc6 15. Rhd1 Nb6 {[#]} (15... c5 {Ftacnik} 16.
Rxd6 Bxd6 17. Rxd6 e5 18. fxe5 Re8 19. Nc3 h6 $14) 16. Bxb6 $1 Rxb6 17. Rxd6 $1
$16 {[%mdl 1056] Basically "the" point. White will obtain a huge compensation
for this exchange, in form of a pawn (2 in the game) and more active pieces.}
Bxd6 18. Rxd6 e5 {'?!' Ftacnik. Virtually forced, everything else was
unplayable} (18... Bb7 19. e5 Rb8 20. b3 $16 {Black's pieces wont go anywhere.}
) (18... Rb7 $5 {Ftacnik} 19. Rxc6 (19. e5 Rd7 20. Nd4 Rxd6 21. exd6 c5 22. Nc6
Bd7 $11) 19... Rd7 20. c3 Bb7 21. Rc5 Rfd8 22. Nd4 $14) 19. fxe5 Re8 20. Nd4 {
Pressuring the weak pawns, of course e5 is taboo due to mate, and Bb7 is
strongly answered by e6!, so only Kf8 is left.} Kf8 21. e6 {'!' Ftacnik.
Anyways!} (21. Nxc6 $2 Rxe5 $1 $13 (21... Bb7 $2 22. Na5 $16)) 21... Bxe6 22.
e5 {The other pawn takes its place, the difference being the opening of the f3
bishop.} Bc4 23. b3 Bf1 24. Nxc6 g5 25. a4 {Whites game is much easier, mainly
due to the fact that the plan of "push the pawns and queen" is much easier
then "stop the pawns"} g4 {No need to give g2 up. The next few moves are very
precise from Peter, not allowing Lautier any counterplay, while keeping his
strong pawns and eliminating blacks weak ones.} (25... Rxe5 $2 26. Rd1 Rf5 27.
Nd4 Rf4 28. g3 $18 Rxf3 29. Nxf3 Be2 30. Ne5 Bxd1 31. Nd7+) 26. Bd5 (26. Bxg4
Bxg2 27. Nd4 Rxd6 28. exd6 Rd8 29. d7 Ke7 $14 {Creates unncesary complications.
}) 26... Rxe5 27. Rd8+ Re8 28. Rd7 Re1+ 29. Kb2 Rd1 30. Rxf7+ Ke8 31. Re7+ Kf8
32. Re5 {Black still hasn't created real counterplay.} Rd2 33. Kc1 $1 {Bd3 was
a threat.} Rf2 34. Rg5 {And now Svidler picks up the g4 pawn!} Ke8 35. Rxg4 {
3 pawns and more active pieces constitute a winning advantage here, despite
the exchange less.} Kd7 36. Ne5+ Kd6 37. Nc4+ Bxc4 38. Bxc4 Kc5 39. Bd3 h6 40.
a5 Rbf6 41. Kb2 R2f4 42. Rg7 Rf7 43. Rg3 Kb4 44. Bxa6 Kxa5 45. Bd3 {Perhaps
the rest might be spared, white already has 2 passed pawns, and will create a
third one in the king side. The rooks are useless against this.} Rf2 46. Rh3
R7f6 47. Rh5+ Kb6 48. g4 Rd6 49. Ka3 Rg2 50. h3 Rg3 51. Kb4 Rd4+ 52. Kc3 Rd6
53. Kc4 Rf3 54. b4 $18 Rf4+ 55. Kb3 Rf3 56. Ka4 Rg3 57. Be4 Rc3 58. Bd3 Kb7 59.
h4 Rc8 60. g5 hxg5 61. hxg5 Rd4 62. g6 Rg4 63. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. c3 Bf8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 Rb8 15. a5
Bc8 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Ba4 Bd7 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxb4
Bb7 22. Qa4 Qc8 23. Rab1 Qe6 24. c4 c5 25. Na2 f5 26. Nd2 Be7 27. Nc3 Rec8 28.
Qa3 fxe4 29. dxe4 Bg5 30. Rbd1 Bxd2 31. Rxd2 Qxc4 32. Rxd6 Bc6 33. h3 Qb4 34.
Qxb4 Rxb4 35. Re2 Kf7 36. Nd5 Ra4 37. Nb6 Ra1+ 38. Kh2 Bb5 39. Rc2 Rc7 40. Nd5
Rc8 41. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Izoria, Zviad"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2600"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bb4+ $6
{Black wants to provoke a "weakness", but it may even help for White.} (7...
Bd6 8. h4 h6 9. Nf4 Bxf4 (9... Ne7 {- Rublevsky-Dreev, Presidents Cup 1997 CBM
65}) 10. Bxf4 {In this variation White gets the ^^, but it has no real
importance.} Nf6 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 $5 Nd5 $5 ({accepting the P sacrifice by} 
11... Qxd4 $6 {requires good nerves.} 12. Be5 Qd8 (12... Qc5 13. O-O-O Bxc2 {
Black is really hungry for pawns...} 14. Bd6 Bxd1 15. Rxd1 Qa5 16. Bxe6 $1 {
This is the punishment for Black's greedy play.} fxe6 17. Qxe6+ Kd8 18. Bb4+
Qd5 19. Be7+ Kc7 20. Bd6+ Kb6 21. Qe3+ Ka6 22. Rxd5 Nxd5 23. Qa3+ $16 {
Kosteniuk-Susilodonata, Jakarta JAPFA 2002}) 13. Rd1 $44 {- Fressinet-Bareev,
Enghlen les Blans 2001 CBM 83}) (11... O-O 12. h5 Bh7 13. O-O-O Nbd7 (13... b5
$6 {Black wants to build up a stronghold on d5, but also weakens his <<.} 14.
Bd3 Bxd3 15. Rxd3 Qd5 16. Kb1 Nbd7 17. f3 Rfc8 (17... c5 18. dxc5 Qc6 19. Qd2
Rfc8 20. b4 $1 {White doesn't want to give up his strong o^.} a5 21. Bxh6 $1 {
It's time for a devastating ->!} gxh6 22. Qxh6 axb4 23. Ne4 Qa6 24. a3 {
and Black has no mating threats.} e5 25. Nd6 Rxc5 26. Nf5 {1-0 Aronian-Izoria,
Wch U20 Athens 2001}) 18. Ne4 Nxh5 19. Bd2 Nhf6 20. g4 {Black has won a P, but
this only helps for White's ->.} Nh7 21. Qh2 Ndf8 22. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 23. Qxh6 Qd8
24. g5 $18 {with an irresistable ->, Kveinys-Eliet, Capelle la Grande 2002.})
14. Kb1 (14. f3 b5 15. Bd3 $5 (15. Bb3 {The B is not well-placed here.} a5 16.
a3 Qb6 17. Bd6 Rfc8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 $13 {Tiviakov-Anand,
Corsica Masters rapid 2001})) 14... Qa5 15. f3 {/\ Ne4} b5 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17.
Rxd3 c5 18. Bd6 Rfc8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 $14 {
and White has a firm control over the d <->, his Q is centralized,
Kveinys-Abdulla, Bled ol (Men) 2002.}) (11... Nbd7 12. O-O-O (12. h5 Bh7 13.
O-O-O Nd5 14. Bd2 N7f6 (14... Qc7) 15. Bd3 {- Rublevsky-Burmakin, RUS-ch St
Petersburg 1998 CBM 67} (15. f3 Nb6 16. Bb3 a5 17. a3 O-O 18. Kb1 Re8 $11 {
Ciuksyte-Burmakin, Zurich 2002}) 15... Bxd3 16. Qxd3) 12... Nd5 {-
Rublevsky-Burmakin, RUS-ch St Petersburg 1998 CBM 67} (12... O-O 13. Bd3 Bxd3
14. Rxd3 Qa5 15. Kb1 Rfe8 {1/2:1/2 Rublevsky-Dreev, FIDE World Cup-B Hyderabad
2002})) (11... b5 12. Bd3 (12. Bb3 {The B has no future on this /^.} O-O 13. c3
Nd5 14. Be5 Nd7 15. Rd1 N7b6 16. Qg4 Nf6 17. Qf3 Nfd5 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6
20. Ne4 Qe7 21. O-O a5 $11 {Landa-Kallai, FRA-chT Epinal 2002}) 12... Bxd3 13.
Qxd3 Nbd7 14. O-O-O Nb6 15. Be5 Nbd5 16. Kb1 O-O 17. Ne2 Nh7 18. g4 f6 19. Bg3
Re8 20. f4 {White has some attacking chances on the >>.} Nf8 21. Qf3 $14 {
Fressinet-Theon, FRA-chT France 2002}) 12. Bd2 {This allows} Bxc2 13. Nh5 Kf8
14. Rh3 Bg6 15. Nf4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 h5 {White's attacking chances are fairly
problematic.} 17. O-O-O Nd7 18. Rg3 Bf5 19. Rg5 Nb6 20. f3 f6 21. Rxf5 exf5 22.
Bb3 Qd7 $17 {Kovalevskaya-Chiburdanidze, Bled ol (Women) 2002}) (11. h5 Bh7 12.
c3 (12. Qd2 Nbd7 (12... O-O {- 11.Qd2}) 13. O-O-O Nd5 $11) (12. Qe2 Nbd7 {
- 11.Qe2}) (12. O-O Nbd7 13. Bb3 O-O 14. Re1 Qb6 15. c4 {White has permanent
problems with his bad light-squared B.} c5 16. d5 exd5 17. cxd5 Qb4 18. Qd2
Qxd2 19. Bxd2 {1/2:1/2 Short-Svidler, Santo Domingo 2002}) (12. Bb3 O-O 13. c4
c5 14. dxc5 Na6 15. O-O Nxc5 16. Qf3 Qd3 $1 17. Bd1 $1 Qxc4 18. Bxh6 {
(Glek-Tukmakov, Zurich 1998)} Qh4 $1 19. Be3 Rac8 20. Rc1 b6 $13 {Tukmakov})
12... Nbd7 13. Qf3 O-O 14. O-O b5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 a6 17. Rad1 Nd5 {
The blockade on the light squares svaes Black from any inconveniences.} 18. Bd6
Re8 19. Rfe1 N7f6 20. Be5 Ng4 $11 {Bellini-Zelcic, Mitropa Cup Baden 1999})
11... Nbd7 {is a logical developing move keeping the position as flexible as
possible.} (11... Nd5 $6 12. Ne2 {White wants to take back on f4 by the N with
a tempo.} (12. O-O-O Nxf4 13. Qxf4 O-O 14. Qg4 Qf6 15. Ne4 Qe7 16. Nc5 Bf5 $5 (
16... Nd7 17. Nxd7 (17. Nxe6 Nf6 18. Qg3 Ne4 19. Qc7 Qxc7 20. Nxc7 Rac8 21. Ne6
fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Bf7 23. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11) 17... Qxd7 18. Rhe1 $14 {and at least
the freeing moves c5 and e5 is prevented for a while.}) 17. Qf3 b6 18. Nd3 Nd7
19. g4 Bh7 20. Qxc6 Rac8 21. Qb5 Be4 22. Rh3 Bc6 23. Qb4 Qxb4 24. Nxb4 Bg2 25.
Rc3 Nf6 $44 {Madl-Peredy, Balatonbereny op 1995}) (12. Be5 $5 O-O 13. h5 Bh7
14. O-O-O Nd7) 12... Nd7 (12... Nxf4 13. Nxf4 $16) 13. O-O-O b5 14. Bd3 (14.
Bb3) 14... Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nxf4 (15... O-O {runs into} 16. Bd6 Re8 17. g4 $1 {
with attacking chances for White on the >>, e.g.:} N7f6 18. Be5 Nxg4 19. Bxg7
Kxg7 (19... Nxf2 20. Qf3 Kxg7 21. Rhg1+ Kh8 22. Qxf2 $44) 20. Rdg1 h5 21. f3
Qa5 22. Kb1 $40) 16. Nxf4 O-O (16... Qc7 $6 {Black wants to wait with the
decision about his K.} 17. Qf3 O-O 18. g4 $1 {With opposite castled kings
White begins the P -> on the >>, Sadvakasov-Kortschnoj, Astana 2003 CBM 93.} (
18. Nh5 $14)) 17. Qf3 Rc8 (17... Qc7 {- 16...Qc7}) 18. Kb1 $14) (11... O-O 12.
h5 Bh7 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Kb1 N7b6 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxf4 18.
Nxf4 Qf6 19. Qe4 Rfd8 20. g3 a5 $11 {Jakubowski-Gyimesi, Capella la Grande 2002
}) 12. Bd3 (12. Bb3 Qe7 (12... a5 $5) 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Ne2 O-O 15. Rh3 Bf5 16.
Rg3 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 Kh8 18. Re3 Bh7 19. Qc7 Rab8 20. g4 Rfc8 21. Qf4 c5 22. d5 c4
23. Bxc4 e5 24. Bb3 Qc5 25. Qxf7 {1/2:1/2 Grigoriants-Riazantsev, RUS-ch U20
Vladimir 2002}) (12. O-O-O Nb6 (12... Nd5 {White cannot save his B.} 13. Rde1
N7b6 (13... Nxf4 14. Qxf4 Nf6 {is simple and good.} 15. Kb1 O-O 16. Qe5 b5 17.
Be2 Qa5 18. Rd1 Rfd8 $13 {Masternak-Grabarczyk, Katowicze op 1995}) 14. Bb3
Nxf4 15. Qxf4 Nd5 16. Qe5 O-O (16... Qf6 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxf2 {This is
rather risky!} 19. Rhf1 Qg3 20. Rxf7 $1 Qxe1+ 21. Qxe1 Kxf7 22. Qf2+ Nf6 23. g4
g5 24. Qf5 Rae8 25. h5 $14 {Markowski-Grabarczyk, POL-ch 1993}) 17. Ne4 Qb8 18.
Nd6 Rd8 19. Nc4 Nb6 20. Qxb8 Raxb8 21. Ne5 Bh7 22. Rh3 Nd7 $11 {Tal-Botvinnik,
World Championship 1960}) 13. Bb3 a5 $13) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 {but now White's
whole strategy keeping the ^^ fails.} Qa5+ (13... O-O 14. O-O-O $14) 14. Bd2
Qd5 $1 15. c4 Ne5 $1 (15... Qxg2 {- Leko-Anand, Madrid Magistral 1998 CBM 65})
16. cxd5 Nxd3+ 17. Ke2 Nxb2 {-Landa-Groszpeter, EUCup Halkidiki 2002 CBM 92}
18. dxe6 (18. Rab1 Nc4 19. dxe6 b5 20. a4 a6 21. exf7+ Kxf7 $11) 18... Nc4 $11)
8. c3 Bd6 9. h4 h6 10. Nf4 Bxf4 11. Bxf4 Nf6 12. h5 (12. Qe2 $142 {/\ 0-0-0
making profit from the extra c3.}) 12... Bh7 13. O-O ({Still the previous plan
was required with 0-0-0 by} 13. Qf3 $142 O-O 14. O-O-O $14) 13... O-O 14. Bb3
a5 15. c4 $6 {In fact this is the way how White can lose control over >< d5
and the light squares on the <<.} (15. Re1 Nbd7 16. Qf3 a4 17. Bc4 b5 18. Bf1 {
was the quiet plan, although Black is strong enough to control the light
squares on the <<.}) 15... b5 $1 {[%mdl 32] This is the point!} (15... Nbd7 16.
c5 $14) 16. a3 (16. cxb5 cxb5 $13) 16... a4 17. Ba2 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nd5 19. Bxd5
(19. Be5 Nd7 $13) 19... Qxd5 {Black has a strong blockading position on the
light squares, the ^- helps also for him.} (19... cxd5 20. Qg4 $1 (20. Rc1 Nd7)
20... Nc6 21. Bxh6 Qf6 22. Be3 $14) 20. Qg4 $6 (20. Re1 Nd7 21. Rc1 Rfc8 {/\ c5
}) 20... Kh8 ({missing the concrete} 20... Qxd4 $1 21. Rad1 Qxb2 22. Bxh6 f5
23. Qg5 Qb7 $1 (23... Qf6 24. Qxf6 Rxf6 25. Bf4 $14) 24. Rd8 (24. Rfe1 Kh8)
24... Na6 $17 {and White's -> is beaten back.}) 21. Be5 f6 (21... Rg8 22. Rfe1)
22. Bf4 Nd7 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. Rad1 Nb6 25. Nf1 Qf5 $6 {The _|_ is not so good
as it looks like at first sight.} (25... Nc4 $11) 26. Qxf5 Bxf5 27. Rc1 Rac8
28. Rc5 (28. Ne3 Bd3 (28... Nd5 $2 29. Nxf5 Nxf4 (29... exf5 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 31.
Bd6 $14) 30. Nd6 Nd3 31. Nxc8 Rxc8 32. Kf1 Nxc1 33. Rxc1 Kg8 34. Rc4 $16) 29.
Rc3 (29. Bd6 Nd5 $11) 29... Bb5 30. Bd6 Nd5 $11) (28. Bd6 $1 Red8 $1 (28... Nd5
29. Rc4 Red8 30. Bg3 $14 {and the weakness of a4 and c6 begins to tell.}) 29.
Bc5 (29. Bg3 $2 Rxd4) 29... Nd5 30. Ng3 (30. Rc4 Ra8) 30... Ra8 31. Nxf5 exf5
32. Rc4 $14 {with a somewhat better P structure for White.}) 28... Bd3 (28...
Red8 $11) 29. Nd2 Nd5 30. Bg3 Kg8 31. Rec1 Ne7 $1 (31... Bb5 32. Nc4 $16) 32.
Nc4 Nf5 $1 (32... Bxc4 33. R1xc4 {and Black's weak pawns are hanging.} Nf5 34.
Rxa4 Red8 35. Rcc4 $16) 33. Nb6 $2 {White pushes it too hard, the N goes
astray.} (33. Rc3 Be4 34. Rxf5 exf5 35. Nd6 Bd5 36. f3 $11 {was totally
drawish in view of the ^-.}) 33... Rcd8 $15 34. Bc7 Rxd4 ({missing the nice
positional exchange sacrifice} 34... Nxd4 $1 35. Bxd8 Rxd8 36. Kh2 Bb5 $1 (
36... Nb3 37. Nxa4 Bb5 38. Nb6 Nxc5 39. Rxc5 Rb8 40. Nc4 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rxb2 42.
Rxc6 $11) 37. Re1 e5 $44 {with a very good compensation for the sacrificed
material.}) 35. Rxc6 Be2 (35... e5 36. R6c5 Be2 37. f3 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ba6 39. Rd5
(39. Ra5 Rd2+ 40. Kg1 Nd4) 39... Rxd5 40. Nxd5 Bb5 41. Bb6 $11) 36. f3 Bd1 (
36... e5 37. R6c5 Kf7 38. Rd5 Rxd5 39. Nxd5 Nd4 40. Kf2 Ke6 41. Nc3 $11) 37.
R6c4 Bb3 38. Rxd4 Nxd4 39. Rc5 e5 {It is only Black who can play, because he
can still mobilize his pawns.} 40. Bd6 Nf5 (40... Rd8 41. Rc8 Rxc8 42. Nxc8 Kf7
$15 {and only Black can be a bit better.}) 41. Bc7 Nd4 42. Bd6 Nf5 43. Bc7 {
draw by repetition of moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. Nbd2 c6 13. b4 Nc4 14. Nxc4 bxc4 15.
h3 Bd7 16. dxc6 Qxc6 17. a4 Rfe8 18. Bg5 h6 19. Bxf6 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (19.
Bh4 Rad8 20. Qe2 Be6 21. a5 Qc7 22. Ba4 Rf8 23. Bg3 Nh5 24. Bh2 g6 25. Bc2 Bf6
26. Qe3 Nf4 $132 {0-1 Efimenko,Z-Onischuk,A/Chalkidiki 2002/CBM 092 (64)})
19... Bxf6 20. a5 Rad8 21. Ba4 Qb7 22. Nd2 d5 23. exd5 Qxd5 (23... Bxa4 24.
Qxa4 Qxd5 25. Ne4 Be7 26. Rad1 Qe6 27. b5 $14) 24. Bxd7 Qxd7 (24... Rxd7 25.
Nxc4 $1) 25. Nxc4 Qe6 26. Qg4 e4 27. Qxe6 Rxe6 28. Rac1 Rc8 29. Nb6 Rxc3 30.
Nd5 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 {This ending is delicate. The B is often better than the N
in this type of P-position, but here White has the initiative and the N is
placed on an optimal square. Black must play well to defend this.} Bg5 32. Rc8+
Kh7 33. Kf1 Rd6 34. Rc5 $1 {[%csl Gd5] The N is a monster on d5.} Bf6 (34...
Bd8 35. Ke2 f5 36. g4 g6 37. gxf5 gxf5 38. Ne3 $16) 35. Nxf6+ {The R-ending is
also in Whites favour. The old saying that all R-endings are drawn is not true.
} gxf6 (35... Rxf6 36. Re5 $16) 36. Ke2 Rd4 37. b5 axb5 38. Rxb5 Kg6 39. Ke3
Ra4 40. g4 {The isolated e-P is a real headache for Black.} Kg7 41. h4 Kg6 42.
h5+ Kg7 43. Rf5 Rc4 44. Rd5 Ra4 45. Kf4 Kf8 46. Kf5 Ke7 47. Rb5 Ra2 48. Kxe4
Rxf2 49. a6 Ra2 50. Rb7+ Kf8 51. a7 Kg7 52. Kd5 $18 f5 53. gxf5 Kf6 54. Kc6
Kxf5 55. Rxf7+ Kg4 56. Kb7 Kxh5 57. a8=Q Rxa8 58. Kxa8 Kg4 59. Rg7+ Kf4 60. Rh7
Kg5 61. Kb7 {The K is too fast.} 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-36"]
[Site "Mallorca"]
[Date "2004.10.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Xu, Jun"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2004.10.15"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. e3 c5 8.
cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Macieja, Bartlomiej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Bg6 8. Nh4
c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Qb6 14. Qe2 Rfc8 15.
h4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 Qa6 18. Qd1 Qc6 19. Ne1 Bxh4 20. a3 Na6 21. g3 Be7
22. Nd3 Nf8 23. Qg4 Nb8 24. Kg2 Nbd7 25. Rh1 Nh7 26. Qh3 Ndf8 27. Nf4 Bg5 28.
Nxg6 fxg6 29. Bxg5 Nxg5 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Rh4 Qc1 32. Bd3 Nfh7 33. Rxc1 Rxh8 34.
Rc7+ Kg8 35. Rg4 Rf8 36. Bxg6 Nf7 37. Rxb7 Nhg5 38. Rxa7 Rh6 39. Bxf7+ Nxf7 40.
Rf4 g5 41. Rf3 Nd8 42. Rxf8+ Kxf8 43. b4 Nc6 44. Ra8+ Kf7 45. b5 Nxd4 46. b6
Kg6 47. b7 Nc6 48. g4 Rh7 49. Re8 Rxb7 50. Rxe6+ Kf7 51. Rxc6 Ra7 52. Rd6 Rxa3
53. e6+ Kf6 54. Rxd5 Ra4 55. Rf5+ Kg6 56. Re5 Rxg4+ 57. Kf1 Kf6 58. e7 Kxe5 59.
e8=Q+ Kf5 60. Qf7+ Ke5 61. Qg6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2004.11.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Gyimesi, Zoltan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Bc4 d6 5. Qf3 e6 6. Nge2 Nd7 7. Bb3 Ngf6 8. Bg5
Qc7 9. O-O-O a6 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 c5 12. e5 dxe5 13. d5 c4 14. Ba4 exd5 15.
Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 O-O 17. Bxd7 Rd8 18. Bc5 Bxd7 19. Be7 Re8 20. Qxd7 Rxe7 21.
Qxc7 Rxc7 22. h5 e4 23. Rd6 Be5 24. Rd5 Bf6 25. hxg6 Bg5+ 26. Kd1 fxg6 27. Nc3
Re8 28. Ke2 Re6 29. Rhd1 Bf6 30. Rd6 Rce7 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. R1d7 Bxc3 33. bxc3
Kf6 34. Rxe7 Rxe7 35. Rc8 b5 36. Ke3 h5 37. a4 h4 38. Rf8+ Kg7 39. Ra8 Re6 40.
a5 g5 41. Rb8 g4 42. Rb6 Rf6 43. Rxf6 Kxf6 44. Kf4 e3 45. Kxe3 h3 46. gxh3 gxh3
47. Kf3 Kf5 48. Kg3 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.12"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. f4 Be7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Qd2 Na5 12. b3 Nc6 13. O-O-O Nxd4 14. Bxd4 e5 15.
Be3 exf4 16. Bxf4 Be6 17. Rhe1 O-O 18. Ne2 Ne8 19. Nd4 Bf6 20. g5 hxg5 21. Bxg5
Be5 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. Rg1 Rfe8 24. Kb1 Rac8 25. Qf2 d5 26. Bxf6 Bxf6 27. exd5
Bxh3 28. Bg4 Bxg4 29. Rxg4 Be5 30. Rd3 g6 31. Ne6 Qd6 32. Qg2 Re7 33. Nd4 Bg7
34. Rd1 Re5 35. c4 Rce8 36. Qd2 Re4 37. Qg2 R4e5 38. Qd2 Re4 39. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.02.13"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Sedlak, Nikola"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Stuttgart"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Bg5
Ne7 9. h3 c6 10. Ba4 Nd7 11. g4 Nc5 12. Bc2 Ne6 13. Be3 d5 14. Ng3 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Qc7 16. Ng5 Nf4 17. Bxf4 exf4 18. Nf1 c5 19. Nd2 h6 20. Ngf3 Be6 21. Qe2
b5 22. O-O Nc6 23. Rfe1 Rfe8 24. e5 Bd7 25. Qe4 Nxe5 26. Qxf4 Re6 27. Nxe5 Bxe5
28. Qf3 Rae8 29. Be4 Bf4 30. Nf1 Bc6 31. Bxc6 Rxe1 32. Rxe1 Rxe1 33. Bxb5 Rb1
34. Qe2 Qe5 35. Qc2 Re1 36. Qa4 Qe4 37. Qa6 Be5 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Bc6 Qe2 40.
Bg2 Qxb2 41. Qxc5 Bxc3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.12"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7.
O-O Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8
14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. c4 Qe4 18. Bg3 Qc2 (18... Bf6 $5 19.
Bf1 Qc2 20. Qxc2 Bxc2 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rc1 Ba4 (22... Be4 $5 23. d5 Bxf3 24.
gxf3 Ne5 $11) 23. d5 Ne5 24. Bxe5 (24. Nd2 $5) 24... Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Rxe5 $11 {
0-1 Naumann,A-Fridman,D/playchess INT 2005/(36)}) 19. Qxc2 $1 {Svidler managed
to prove that even in the endgame the passed d-pawn gives White a strong
initiative.} Bxc2 20. d5 Na5 21. Nd4 Ba4 (21... Bg6 22. Bg4 $18) 22. Bg4 Ra8
23. Bxc7 Nxc4 24. Rac1 $1 {Black can't blocade the pawn d5.} Nxa3 (24... b5 25.
Bd7 Bxa3 26. Bxe8 (26. Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Rxc4 Re1+ 28. Kh2 bxc4 29. Bxa4 Bc5 30.
Nc2 Rd1 31. Bc6 Bxf2 $132 32. d6 $140 Bg1+ 33. Kg3 Rd3+ 34. Kg4 Bh2 35. Be4 h5+
$1 (35... Rd2 36. Kf3 Bxd6 37. Ba5 Rd1 $11) 36. Kh4 Bg3+ 37. Kxh5 Rd2 38. Ba5
Rxd6 $15) 26... Bxc1 27. Bc6 Bd2 28. Re2 Rf8 29. Nxb5 $18 {[%cal Gd5d8]}) 25.
d6 {[%mdl 32]} Bf6 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 $2 ({White would have had more problems to
get advantage after} 26... Rxe8 $1 27. d7 Re4 (27... Bxd4 28. dxe8=Q+ Bxe8 29.
Bf3 b6 (29... Bb2 30. Re1 Bc6 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Be5 Nc2 33. Re2 Bxe5 34. Rxc2 (
34. Rxe5 $18) 34... Bd4 35. Rxc6 $18) (29... b5 30. Re1 Bd7 31. Rd1 Nc2 32. Be4
$18) (29... Nb5 30. Bxb7 Nxc7 31. Rxc7 Kf8 32. Bc6 $1 $18) 30. Bxb6 $1 axb6 31.
Rc8 $18) 28. Bb6 $1 g6 (28... Bxd7 29. Bxd7 g6 (29... Rxd4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31.
Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rc7 $18) (29... Bxd4 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. Bf5+ g6 32. Bxe4 Bxb6 33.
Bxb7 $18) 30. Bc5 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. Rc7 b5 33. Be8 $16) (28... Rxg4 29.
hxg4 axb6 30. Rc8+ Kh7 31. d8=Q Bxd8 32. Rxd8 $16) 29. Rc8+ Kg7 (29... Kh7 30.
d8=Q Bxd8 31. Bxd8 $1 $18) 30. Bc5 Bxd7 31. Bxd7 Rxd4 (31... Bxd4 32. Bxa3 $18)
32. Bxd4 Bxd4 33. Rc7 b5 34. Be8 $16) 27. Bf3 $18 Bd7 28. Bxb7 Rf8 (28... Re8
29. Bc6 Bxd4 30. Bxd7 Re2 31. Bc6 Rxf2 32. d7 $18) 29. Bc6 $1 Bxc6 30. Nxc6 Nb5
31. Ba5 $1 {[%cal Gd6d7]} Nxd6 32. Bb4 Nb5 33. Bxf8 Kxf8 34. Rb1 a6 35. Nb8 Nc3
(35... Bd4 $142 36. Nxa6 Nc3 37. Rb7 Nd1 38. Rd7 $18) 36. Rb7 Kg8 37. Nd7 Bg5 (
37... Be7 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39. Nf8+ Bxf8 40. Rxf8 Kg6 41. Ra8 $18) 38. Rb8+ Kh7 39.
Nf8+ Kg8 40. Ne6+ Kh7 41. Nxg5+ hxg5 42. Ra8 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 f6 44. Rxa6 Nd4 45.
g3 Nf3+ 46. Kg2 Ne5 47. Kf1 Kg6 48. Ke2 Kf5 49. Ra7 Kg6 50. Ke3 Nc6 51. Rc7 Ne5
52. f4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.03.13"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8. g4
h6 9. Bd2 Nc6 10. Nxc6 dxc6 11. O-O-O b5 12. h4 g6 13. Kb1 e5 14. g5 Nh5 15.
gxh6 Bf8 16. Bg5 Bxh6 17. Qe3 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qa7 19. Qd2 Bd7 20. f4 exf4 21. Be2
O-O-O 22. Bxh5 Rxh5 23. Rxh5 gxh5 24. Qxf4 Be6 25. Rh1 Qd4 26. a3 a5 27. Kc1
Bg4 28. Kb1 Rd7 29. Na2 Qd2 30. Qf6 Kb7 31. Nc1 Bd1 32. Qc3 Qxc3 33. bxc3 Rd2
34. Nd3 Bxc2+ 35. Kc1 Re2 36. Nf4 Bxe4 37. Rxh5 Rc2+ 38. Kd1 Rxc3 39. Rh6 Rxa3
40. Rf6 Rg3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.09"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Hickl, Joerg"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hofheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 d4 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O c5 6. d3 Nc6 7. Na3 Nf6 8. Nc2
O-O 9. a3 a5 10. b3 e5 11. Rb1 e4 12. Nfe1 Re8 13. Bg5 Bf5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
b6 16. dxe4 Bxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0405"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.04.10"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.11.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 b4
9. Nce2 h6 10. c4 Qc7 11. Bd2 e5 12. Nc2 a5 13. a3 bxa3 14. Nxa3 Be7 15. Be3
Nc6 16. Nc3 O-O 17. h4 Qd8 18. Nab5 Be6 19. Qd2 Nd7 20. g5 Nc5 21. Rd1 Nb3 22.
Qc2 Ncd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Rxd4 exd4 25. Bxd4 a4 26. Bd3 a3 27. bxa3 Rxa3 28.
Nb5 Qa5+ 29. Bc3 Rxc3 30. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 31. Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tseshkovsky, Vitaly"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2577"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 a5 12. c3 a4 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Nd2 Ne7 15.
a3 h6 16. Bc4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Qe2 Qc8 20. Ba2 Nb6 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. Be3 Qc4 23. Qf2 Nd7 24. Rfd1 Rfd8 25. Nd6 Qe6 26. Nb5 Nf6 27. Re1 Qc4
28. Qf1 Rd3 29. f4 Qxb5 30. fxe5 Ng4 31. Bd4 Qd5 32. Qf5 Rxd4 33. cxd4 Qxd4 34.
h3 Nf2+ 35. Kh2 g6 36. Qf3 Nd3 37. Qxb7 Re8 38. Re4 Qc5 39. Qd7 Rd8 40. Qxa4
Nxe5 41. Rf1 Kg7 42. Re2 h5 43. Qf4 Rd4 44. Qe3 Qd5 45. Kh1 Bd6 46. Qg5 f5 47.
Rfe1 Nf7 48. Qc1 f4 49. Rf2 Rd3 50. Qc8 f3 51. Rxf3 Rxf3 52. gxf3 Qxf3+ 53. Kg1
Bh2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 {
A somewhat surprising choice from Kramnik's second. Peter has never played
this move before. Possibly his choice is also based on the fact that St.
Petersburg Grandmaster has never won a single tournament game against
Sveshnikov Sicilian (according to MEGA 2005 database) and he just wanted to
try new type of positions. However, it will turn out that this was an
unispired decision.} Nxd5 8. exd5 Nb8 {The most popular move, traditionally
considered the best by the theory. But these days E.Sveshnikov himself
considers the alternative 8...Ne7 to be at least not worse.} 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3
Be7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. f3 Bg5 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. b4 a5 (15... b6 {is a
reasonable alternative (without taking on c1 first).}) 16. a3 axb4 17. Bxg5
Qxg5 18. axb4 Rxa1 19. Qxa1 Qe3 20. Be2 {This variation gained some popularity
after Leko's win against Krasenkow in 2002. Later black players found ways to
achieve the draw in a slightly worse endgame. Kramnik himself played such an
endgame in 2003 versus Leko and achieved an easy draw. My impression is that
the value of 20.Be2 was overestimated, partially because both Leko and
Krasenkow considered it to be a very strong move.} Nb8 {Filippov's
continuation is more ambitious than 20...b5.} (20... e4 21. Qc1 $1 $14 {
/+/- 1-0 Leko,P-Krasenkow,M/Essen 2002 (41)}) ({Svidler must have found an
improvement somwhere after 20...b5. Here is the game between Leko and Kramnik
in this variation:} 20... b5 21. Qc1 Qxc1 22. Rxc1 bxc4 23. Nb5 Bb7 24. Nxd6
Bxd5 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 e4 27. fxe4 fxe4 28. Kg1 e3 29. Re4 Nf6 30. Rxe3
Rd8 31. Re6 Rb8 32. Re7 Rxb4 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/Monte Carlo 2003}) 21.
Qb2 $146 {This novelty hardly changes anything. White is unable to make
progress on the queenside anyway. Svidler soon reaches a very similar position
from Belozerov-Filippov, with an additional possibility to play Nc3-d1 at some
point, but as the game proved, that was a very doubtful achievement.} (21. Qc1
Qb6 22. Qa3 (22. Nb5 Na6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. c5 Qd8 25. Qc3 Qh4 26. f4 exf4 27.
b5 Qe7 $19 {0-1 Salgado Lopez,I-Khairullin,I/Heraklio 2004 (43)}) 22... Na6 23.
Rb1 Qf2 24. Qb2 Bd7 {Compare this position to the one after move 22...Bd7 from
the main game.} 25. Bf1 (25. Nd1 $4 Qe1+) 25... Qd4 $15 {0-1 Belozerov,
A-Filippov,V/Tomsk 2004 (35)}) 21... Na6 22. Rb1 (22. Ra1 Bd7 23. Nd1 Qd4 (
23... Qb6 24. b5 Nc5 {is also completely okay for Black.}) 24. Qxd4 exd4 25. b5
Nc5 26. Kg1 Re8 27. Kf2 $13) (22. c5 $2 {just loses a pawn:} dxc5 23. Bxa6 bxa6
24. bxc5 Qxc5 $19) 22... Bd7 {In Belozerov-Filippov black queen was on f2 and
White could not play Nd1 because of the mate on e1.} 23. Nd1 Qd4 ({I don't see
any clear advantages of having the knight on d1 after, say} 23... Qb6) 24. Qxd4
exd4 25. Kg1 ({No time for} 25. c5 {due to} Re8 $19 ({but not} 25... dxc5 $2
26. Bxa6 bxa6 27. bxc5 $36)) 25... Rb8 $1 {An amazing prophylactic move
against the advance c4-c5. At the same time Black wants to play ...b5.} (25...
Re8 26. Kf2 (26. Kf1)) (25... Rc8 26. Nf2 $13) (25... Kf7 $6 26. c5 dxc5 27.
Bxa6 bxa6 28. bxc5 $16) 26. b5 (26. Nf2 b5 27. cxb5 Bxb5 28. Bd3 g6 $15 (28...
Bxd3 29. Nxd3 Rb5 30. Rc1 $13 Kf7)) (26. c5 $2 dxc5 27. Bxa6 bxa6 $19 {and the
b-pawn is pinned.}) 26... Nc5 $15 27. Nf2 {Svidler wants to attack the pawn d4,
but Black has a very nice idea to counter that.} (27. Ra1 $142 {at least
preventing Black from taking control of the a-file.}) 27... Ra8 $1 28. Rd1 Ra4
$1 29. Nh3 (29. Rxd4 Bxb5 $17) 29... h6 $1 {White has troubles to find any
good moves.} (29... d3 30. Bxd3 Nxd3 31. Rxd3 Rxc4 32. b6 Rb4 33. Rc3 $132) 30.
Rxd4 (30. Nf4 g5 $17) 30... Bxb5 31. g4 {This looks like a sort of desperation.
Black has considerable positional advantage thanks to his better pieces.} Bd7
$17 32. Rd2 (32. Nf2 b5 {is no fun either.}) 32... fxg4 33. fxg4 Nb3 34. Rb2
Nd4 35. Bf1 (35. Bd1 Ra1 36. Nf2 Ba4 37. Kg2 Bxd1 38. Rd2 Bf3+ 39. Kg3 Rg1+ 40.
Kf4 Bxg4 $17) 35... Bxg4 36. Nf2 Bf3 37. Nh3 Bg4 38. Nf2 Bf3 39. Nh3 g5 $17 {
/-+} 40. Kf2 Bg4 41. Ke3 Nf5+ 42. Kd2 Ra1 43. Bg2 Rd1+ 44. Kc3 Rc1+ 45. Kd3 Re1
46. Nf2 Re3+ 47. Kd2 Re2+ 48. Kc3 Rxb2 49. Kxb2 Ne3 50. Kc3 Bf5 ({also
possible is} 50... Bd7 {or 50...Bc8.}) 51. Be4 Bd7 (51... Kf7 $5) (51... Bxe4
52. Nxe4 Nf5 53. c5 dxc5 54. Kc4 Kf7 55. Kxc5 $132) 52. Kd4 Nf5+ 53. Bxf5 Bxf5
54. c5 dxc5+ 55. Kxc5 Kf7 56. Kb6 (56. Kd6 h5 57. Kc7 b5 58. d6 b4 59. Ne4 g4
60. Ng3 Be6 61. Ne4 Kf8 $19) 56... Ke7 57. Kc7 (57. Kxb7 Kd6 $19) 57... b5 $19
58. d6+ Ke8 59. Nd3 (59. Ne4 b4 60. Nf6+ Kf7 61. Ne4 b3 62. d7 Bxd7 63. Kxd7 b2
64. Nc3 g4 65. Kd6 Kf6 (65... h5 $4 66. Ke5 h4 67. Kf4 g3 68. hxg3 h3 69. Kf3
$11) 66. Kd5 Kf5 67. Kd4 Kf4 68. Kd3 Kf3 69. Kd2 h5 70. Ke1 Kg2 $19) 59... h5
60. Ne1 g4 61. Ng2 b4 62. Ne3 Be6 63. Nc2 h4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. c4 d4 5. d3 a5 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nb5 e5 8. O-O Bg7
9. e3 dxe3 10. Bxe3 O-O 11. Re1 Be6 12. b3 Qc8 13. d4 exd4 14. Bf4 Ne8 15. Qd2
Qd7 16. Rad1 Bg4 17. Bh6 Rd8 18. Qf4 a4 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 axb3 21. axb3 Bxh6
22. Qxh6 Ng7 23. Re4 Nf5 24. Qf4 Nd6 25. Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. a3 Nf8 12. b4 Ne6 13. bxc5 Nxc5 14. Rfe1 Ne6
15. a4 Kf8 16. a5 Kg8 17. Na4 Kh7 18. Qc3 Rd8 19. Rab1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21.
Qc4 Qc7 22. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Na6 8.
Nf3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 {[%cal Yb7b6,Yc8a6,Rb4d5] The latest
twist in this system.} ({The immediate} 11... b6 {has proved insufficient for
equality in view of} 12. Qh4 $1 Nxd5 (12... Nb4 13. Bg5) (12... Nc7 13. Bg5)
13. Bg5 {etc.}) 12. Bg5 (12. Rd1 b6 {leads to a well-known theoretical
position, with the following options for White:} 13. Qh4 (13. h3 Ba6 14. Qb3
Bxe2 15. Nxe2 Nbxd5 16. Nf4 c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Epishin,V-Svidler,P/
Moscow RUS 2004/The Week in Chess 525 (30)}) (13. a3 Ba6 (13... Nc2 14. Rb1 Bf5
15. Bd3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bxf5 dxc3 18. Bh3 cxb2 19. Bxb2 Qd6 $11 {Ftacnik,
L. 1/2-1/2 Piesina,G-Baikov,V/Moscow 1992/CBM 30 (32)}) 14. Qb3 Bxe2 15. Nxe2
Nbxd5 16. Nc3 (16. Nf4 c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Tukmakov,V-Chiburdanidze,M/
Biel 1988/CBM 09 (26)}) 16... c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Bf4 Ne6 20. Be5
Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Budnikov,A-Chuchelov,V/Khabarovsk 1990/EXT 97 (50)}) (13. Bg5
h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rd2 Ba6 16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Re1 Rfe8 19. Rde2
Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Nc7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. f4 Kg7 24. h3 f6 25. Rxe8 Nxe8
26. Qb5 Qe7 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Kalantarian,N/Yerevan 1995/
CBM 50 (28)}) (13. Qb3 $5 Bf5 14. Ne1 Ng4 $6 (14... Re8 $5) 15. Bf4 Bd4 16. Bg3
Qf6 17. a3 (17. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 (17... Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qf6 19. a3) 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19.
Qxb4 dxc3 20. Qxg4 cxb2 21. Rb1 $16) 17... Nxf2 $1 18. Rxd4 cxd4 19. Bxf2 dxc3
20. bxc3 Qe5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Nikitin,A-Sergienko,S/Smolensk 2000/CBM 77 (55)})
13... Nc2 $1 (13... Nfxd5 $2 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Bc4 Bb7 16. a3 $18) (13... Nbxd5
14. Bc4 Be6 15. Bh6 $1 b5 16. Bxd5 Nxd5 17. Ng5 Bf6 18. Bxf8 Bxg5 19. Qe4 Qxf8
20. Nxd5 $14 {E.Sutovsky}) 14. Rb1 Bf5 15. Bd3 (15. Bg5 $2 Nd4 16. Rbc1 (16.
Nxd4 $6 cxd4 17. Ne4 (17. Rxd4 Bxb1 18. Nxb1 h6 19. Bxh6 Nxd5 20. Bg5 Qe8 21.
Re4 Qd7 $17 {E.Sutovsky}) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxf6 Qxd5 19. Rxd4 Qxa2 20. Re1 Bxf6
21. Qxf6 Rae8 $17 {0-1 Sarno,S-Horvath,J/Leibnitz 1990/CBM 20 (40)}) 16... h6
$1 17. Bxh6 Nxd5 18. Bg5 Nxc3 $1 19. Nxd4 $8 (19. Bxd8 Ncxe2+ 20. Kf1 Nxf3 21.
gxf3 Nxc1 22. Be7 Nxa2 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 $19 {E.Sutovsky}) 19... Qxd4 20. bxc3 Qxh4
21. Bxh4 Bh6 22. Ra1 Bg7 (22... Rfe8 23. Bb5 Re6 24. Bc4 Ree8 25. Bb5 Rec8 26.
Ba6 Rc7 27. Bg3 Rd7 28. Bb5 Rxd1+ 29. Rxd1 Bg7 30. c4 Bd4 $15 {0-1 Bykhovsky,
A-Sanikidze,T/Denizli 2003/CBM 95 ext (58)}) 23. Rac1 Bh6 24. Ra1 Rae8 25. Bb5
Re4 26. Bg3 Bg7 27. Rac1 Be6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Bareev,E-Sutovsky,E/Chalkidiki 2002/
CBM 92 (42)}) 15... Nd4 (15... Bxd3 16. Rxd3 Nb4 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. Bg5 Qf5 $13 {
E.Sutovsky}) 16. Bxf5 Nxf5 17. Qc4 Nd6 18. Qf1 Re8 19. Bf4 Nfe4 20. Qd3 Qd7 21.
Nxe4 Nxe4 22. d6 $8 Re6 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Qxe4 Rae8 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 $11 {E.
Sutovsky}) 12... Nbxd5 (12... b6 13. Qh4 $1 {is unpleasant for Black. Here are
some examples:} h6 (13... Bf5 14. Rad1 Qd6 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Bc4 h6 17. Bxh6 Qe4
18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd6 Qg4 20. h3 Qxh4 21. Nxf5+ gxf5 22. Nxh4 Ne4 23. Nxf5+ Kf6
24. f3 {1-0 Onischuk,A-Thiel,T/Muenster 1994/EXT 98 (24)}) 14. Bxh6 Nbxd5 15.
Rad1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qe7 17. Bc4 Qe4 (17... Be6 $142) 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rd8+ Bf8
20. Bxf8 Qxh4 21. Bd6+ Kh7 22. Nxh4 $16 {1-0 Shabalov,A-Yandemirov,V/Moscow
2003/CBM 94 (43)}) (12... h6 {is another option, still insufficient for full
equality:} 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Qxc5 Bxc3 15. Qxc3 (15. bxc3 Nxd5 16. Rad1 Qe7 $1
17. Qxd5 Qxe2 18. Rfe1 Qa6 19. Nd4 Bg4 20. f3 Rad8 21. Qe5 Bc8 $11 {E.Sutovsky}
) 15... Nxd5 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Rfd1 Qe7 (17... Be6 18. Nd4 $14 {E.Sutovsky}) 18.
Re1 (18. Rac1 $14 {E.Sutovsky}) 18... Nb6 19. Qf4 Kg7 20. Rac1 Qf6 21. Qxf6+
Kxf6 22. Nd4 Rd8 23. Red1 Bd7 24. Bf3 $14 {_|_1-0 Naumann,A-Gurieli,N/Berlin
1998/CBM 66 ext (44)}) 13. Rad1 Nxc3 14. Rxd8 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 Rxd8 16. Qe7 Be6
$1 ({According to GM Emil Sutovsky, White is slightly better after} 16... Re8
17. Qxc5 Be6 $14 {However, the text move is more accurate and solves all
Black's problems.}) 17. Bxf6 (17. Qxc5 Ne4 18. Qb5 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Bd5 $11) 17...
Rd7 $1 18. Qxc5 Bxf6 {Black's bishop pair fully compensates White's material
advantage.} 19. b3 b6 20. Qe3 Rd5 21. h3 Rad8 22. Re1 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. f3 Rd8 11. Nb5 Rd7 12. Qe1 a6 13. N5d4 Rd8 14. Be3 Qc7
15. Nxc6 {Svidler is looking for a new paths in a well known position. The
Black queen will have to retreat from the c6 square after the timely Nd4.} (15.
g4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. Qh4 g6 19. Bd3 dxe4 20. Bxe4 e5 21. Ne2 Be6
22. Nc3 Rac8 {1/2-1/2 Korneev,O-Kotronias,V/Port Erin 2003/}) 15... Qxc6 (15...
bxc6 16. Bd2 Rd7 17. Ba5 Qb7 18. g4 $13) 16. g4 b5 (16... d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Qg3
Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. f4 Be7 21. Kb1 $14) 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bd2 $5 Nd7 (18... Re8
19. Ba5 Qc5 20. Kb1 Bb7 $13) 19. Ba5 {White originally, but very efficiently
slows down counterplay against his own king from a5 square.} Nb6 20. h4 Bd7 (
20... d5 21. e5 Bb7 22. f4 $14) 21. g5 Rdc8 22. Kb1 Rab8 (22... e5 23. Bxb6
Qxb6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. exf5 b4 26. Qe4 $14) 23. Bh3 Qb7 (23... e5 $2 24. Bxd7
Qxd7 25. Bxb6 Rxb6 26. Nf5 Rbc6 27. Rh2 $16) 24. Bxb6 {Since Korotylev has
invested many moves in the preparation of the counterplay with Nc4 jump, White
is completing the logic of the move Ba5 with the swap on b6.} Qxb6 25. Qd2 Rc4
(25... Rc5 26. f4 Rbc8 27. h5 $40) 26. h5 Rbc8 (26... Bxg5 $4 27. Qxg5 Rxd4 28.
Rdg1 g6 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Qf6 $18) 27. f4 Qc7 (27... b4 28. Rh2 a5 $132) 28.
Rh2 Rd8 $6 {Black is fooling around, instead he had to look for ways of
attacking on the queenside at any cost.} (28... d5 29. exd5 exd5 30. Bxd7 Qxd7
31. Re2 $14) 29. Bf1 Rc5 (29... Ra4 $2 30. b3 Ra5 31. g6 $16) 30. Nb3 Rc6 31.
Bd3 Bc8 (31... Rc8 32. g6 $16) 32. Rg2 (32. Nd4 Rb6 33. g6 $16) 32... Bf8 (
32... d5 33. e5 Qb6 34. f5 exf5 35. Qf4 g6 36. Rh2 $16) 33. g6 $1 {The
kingside will not be closed any more after this typical attacking measure.} (
33. h6 g6 34. Nd4 Rb6 35. f5 d5 $14) 33... fxg6 (33... h6 34. gxf7+ Qxf7 35. f5
$16) 34. hxg6 h6 35. Nd4 Rc5 (35... Rb6 36. Qe3 $1 Qc5 37. Be2 $16) 36. c3 Qe7
(36... e5 37. Nb3 Rc6 38. Rh2 d5 39. exd5 Rxd5 40. fxe5 Rxe5 41. Rf1 $16) 37.
Bc2 Kh8 (37... d5 38. Re2 $16) 38. Nf3 Rh5 $6 (38... Qf6 39. e5 Qe7 40. Ng5 Rd5
41. Nf7+ Kg8 42. Qe2 $18) (38... Kg8 39. Rh2 d5 40. Ne5 $16) 39. Ne5 $1 {
An excellent jump of the knight with the aim to access f7 close to the Black
king.} Re8 $8 (39... Kg8 40. Nc6 $18) 40. Nf7+ Kg8 41. Qe2 Qh4 (41... Rh4 42.
Nxd6 $18) 42. Rf2 (42. Bb3 Bb7 43. Rgg1 Qh2 $16) (42. Nxd6 $6 Bxd6 43. Rxd6
Qxf4 44. Qxh5 Qxd6 45. e5 Qc5 46. a3 $14) 42... d5 43. a3 (43. exd5 $5 Rxd5 44.
Rdf1 $16) 43... dxe4 $6 {This faulty move improves White pieces, centralizes
the bishop on e4 and opens up the central d file.} (43... Bb7 44. Rff1 (44. Rd2
dxe4 45. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 46. Qxe4 Qh1+ 47. Qxh1 Rxh1+ 48. Kc2 Rg1 $14) 44... Qh2 45.
Qe3 dxe4 46. Bxe4 Qh3 47. Qe1 Bxe4+ 48. Qxe4 Qf5 49. Rfe1 $16) (43... Bc5 44.
Rff1 Qh2 45. Qxh2 Rxh2 46. exd5 exd5 47. Rxd5 $16) 44. Bxe4 Rc5 45. Qe3 Rc4 (
45... Rc7 46. Rfd2 $16) 46. Rfd2 Bc5 47. Qf3 Be7 {[%mdl 128] It looks as if
Korotylev has managed to defend against the worst threats. The following serie
of blows is very impressive.} (47... Qf6 48. Rd8 Rf8 49. Ka2 (49. Rxf8+ Bxf8
50. Ne5 Rc7 51. Qe3 $16) 49... a5 50. Rxf8+ Bxf8 51. Rd8 Qe7 52. Qd3 Ba6 53.
Qd6 Qxd6 54. Nxd6 Rc7 55. f5 $18) 48. Ne5 Rc7 49. Rh1 Qf6 50. Ng4 Qf8 51. Nxh6+
gxh6 52. g7 $1 Qxg7 (52... Qf6 53. Qh5 $18) (52... Kxg7 53. Rxh6 $1 $18) 53.
Rg2 {Svidler has managed to open up the kingside, the fight was decided to his
benefit.} Bf6 (53... Bg5 54. fxg5 hxg5 55. Qh5 $18) 54. Rxh6 Kf8 55. Rxg7 Bxg7
(55... Kxg7 56. Qh5 $18) 56. Rh1 Rd8 (56... e5 57. fxe5+ Rf7 58. Qd3 Rxe5 59.
Qd6+ Ree7 60. Bg6 Bf5+ 61. Bxf5 Rxf5 62. Qxa6 $18) 57. Qe3 Rd6 58. Rg1 Bd7 59.
f5 $1 Be8 (59... exf5 60. Qg3 $18) 60. f6 $1 {A witty small combination at the
end...} Bxf6 61. Qh6+ Ke7 (61... Bg7 62. Qf4+ $18) 62. Rg8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Ftacnik} d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 b5 5. a4 b4 6. Na2 Nf6 7. e5 Nd5
8. Bxc4 e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Bd2 a5 11. Nc1 Nd7 12. Nb3 h6 {Ftacnik: 'Svidler is
preventing the jumps of the White pieces to g5 and prepares for the tough
defence.' Meist zieht Schwarz hier 12...Bb7, um so bald wie möglich c6-c5
durchsetzen zu können. Weiß spielt dann auf Königsangriff, wie die unten
angefügten Beispielpartien zeigen. Svidler wählt einen anderen Plan. Er
bereitet mit dem Textzug Qd8-b6 vor, indem er sowohl Bd2-g5 wie Nf3-g5-e4
ausschaltet; dann tauscht er die weißfeldrigen Läufer mit Bc8-a6. Weiß hat nun
keinerlei Aussichten auf Königsangriff. Einen Nachteil hat jedoch die
Verfolgung dieses Planes: Schwarz kommt nicht mehr zu c6-c5. Die Bauern auf a5
und c6 bleiben schutzbedürftig, und Schwarz hat keinerlei aktives Spiel.} (
12... Bb7 13. O-O (13. h4 h6 14. Rh3 Kf8 15. Qe2 N5b6 16. Bd3 c5 17. dxc5 Nxc5
18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. Rg3 Rc8 20. Rg4 Bc6 21. Bb5 Bd5 22. h5 Rc7 23. Kf1 Nd7 24.
Ng1 Be7 25. Bf4 b3 26. Qe3 Rc2 27. Qg3 Nc5 28. Rxg7 Bg5 29. Rxg5 hxg5 30. Bxg5
Ne4 31. Bxd8 Nxg3+ 32. fxg3 Bxg2+ 33. Ke1 Rxh5 34. Rd1 Rxe5+ 35. Ne2 Bf3 36.
Bf6 Rexe2+ 37. Bxe2 Rxe2+ 38. Kf1 Rf2+ 39. Kxf2 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L-Piket,J/
Vlissingen 2001/CBM 83 ext (39).}) 13... h6 (13... O-O 14. Qe2 c5 15. dxc5 (15.
Bd3 cxd4 16. Rfc1 Qb6 17. Nbxd4 Rfc8 18. Bb5 Nf8 19. g3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Yakovich,
Y-Sadler,M/EU-chTM 1997 (42)} Rc7 20. Rxc7 Nxc7 21. Bd3 Rd8 22. Re1 Na6 23. Be4
Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Bc5 25. Be3 Rd5 26. Nb3 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qb7 28. Nfd4 Nb8 29. Nb5
Nc6 30. f4 Ne7 31. N3d4 Nfg6 32. Nd6 Qb8 33. N4b5 Nf5 (33... h6 $14) 34. Nxf5
exf5 35. Nd6 (35. e6 $18 {vgl. "Schach" 5/1997, S. 21.}) 35... Ne7 36. Kf2 h6
37. Re2 Rd1 38. Re1 Nd5 39. Qe2 Rxe1 40. Qxe1 Qa7+ 41. Kg2 Qa6 42. Kf2 Qa7+ {
1/2-1/2 Yakovich,Y-Sadler,M/Pula 1997/CBM 57 ext/[Huebner,R] (42)}) 15... Nxc5
16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Bd3 Ne7 {Dieser Rückzug erregt mein Mißtrauen. Nach} (17...
Be7 18. Qe4 g6 {ist die Stellung des Schwarzen meines Erachtens solide genug.})
18. Rad1 h6 $6 (18... Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qb6 20. Qe4 Ng6 {ist noch keineswegs fatal
für Schwarz.}) 19. Bxh6 Bxf3 $6 (19... gxh6 20. Bh7+ Kxh7 21. Rxd8 Raxd8 22.
Qc2+ Nf5 23. Qxc5 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Rg8+ 25. Kh1 Rd5 {lohnte vielleicht einen
Versuch; die Festung des Schwarzen ist schwer zu knacken, zum Beispiel} 26. Qc7
Rg7 27. f4 h5 28. h3 h4 29. Rc1 (29. Qc2 Rg8) 29... Rd2 30. Rc2 Rd1+ 31. Kh2
Nd4) 20. Qxf3 gxh6 21. Qf4 Qb6 $2 ({Die richtige Verteidigung bestand in} 21...
Qe8 22. Qxh6 Ng6 23. Be4 Ra7 24. Rd3 f5 25. exf6 Rxf6 {doch wird der Angriff
des Weißen nach} 26. Qg5 Be7 27. Rg3 {durchdringen.}) 22. Qxh6 Nf5 23. Qg5+ Ng7
24. Qh4 Nf5 25. Qg4+ Ng7 (25... Kh8 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. g4 {ist ebenfalls
hoffnungslos.}) 26. Qe4 Nf5 27. g4 Kg7 28. Kh1 {1-0 Slipak,S-Rojas,L/Villa
Martelli 1998/CBM 65/[Huebner,R] (28)}) 14. Qe2 (14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Qe4 c5 16.
Rac1 Kf8 17. Bb5 Ba8 (17... Bc6 {sollte meines Erachtens versucht werden. Nach}
18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Rxc5 (20... Bxc5 21. Be3) 21. Rc4 g6 22.
Rfc1 Rxc4 23. Qxc4 Kg7 {kann Schwarz sich halten.}) 18. Qd3 g5 19. Bxd7 ({Nach
} 19. Nxa5 Qxa5 ({Die Fortsetzung} 19... g4 20. Ne1 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Qxa5 22. f3 {
ist riskant für Schwarz.}) 20. Bxd7 Rd8 21. Bb5 Nc7 {erhält Schwarz prächtiges
Gegenspiel.}) 19... Qxd7 20. dxc5 Qxa4 (20... Bc6 21. Nxa5 Bxa4 22. c6 Bxc6 23.
Qa6 g4 24. Nd4 Nc7 25. Qxc6 Qxd4 26. Rfd1 {führt zu einer Verluststellung für
Schwarz.}) 21. Nfd4 (21. Ra1 Qd7 22. Rxa5 {war meines Erachtens das richtige
Verfahren. Weiß setzt mit Sf3-d4, Tf1-a1 usw. fort; eines Tages wird der Bauer
auf b4 nicht mehr haltbar sein. Nach dem Textzug kann sich Schwarz erholen.})
21... Qe8 22. c6 Bxc6 ({Die Folge} 22... a4 23. Na5 Qd8 24. Nb7 (24. Qa6 Kg7 {
führt zu einer unklaren Stellung.}) 24... Qb6 ({Die Fortsetzung} 24... Qc7 25.
Nc5 Bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qxe5 27. Ra1 {birgt für Schwarz Gefahren, weil sein Läufer
eingeschlossen bleibt.}) 25. Nd6 Bxd6 26. exd6 Bxc6 27. Rxc6 Rxc6 28. Nxc6 Qxc6
29. Bxb4 {überläßt dem Weißen einige Initiative; der Textzug ist sicherer.})
23. Nxc6 Rxc6 24. Nxa5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Kg7 (25... Qa4 26. Nc6 Bc5 27. Rxc5 Qd1+
28. Qf1 Qxd2 {zu sein; Schwarz hat keine Probleme.}) 26. Nc6 Qd7 27. Bxb4 Rc8 (
27... Bxb4 28. Nxb4 Rd8 {kam in Betracht. Nach} 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 {hat Weiß meines
Erachtens kaum Gewinnaussichten.}) 28. Bxe7 Rxc6 (28... Qxe7 {bietet nach wie
vor prächtige Remischancen.}) 29. Bf6+ Kg8 30. Rxc6 Qxc6 31. Qd2 Qa4 (31...
Nxf6 32. exf6 e5 33. b4 Qxf6 34. b5 e4) 32. h3 Qe4 33. f3 Qf5 (33... Qc4 {
, um den Versuch zu unternehmen, eine Art Festungsstellung aufrechtzuerhalten.}
) 34. Qa5 Nxf6 35. Qd8+ Ne8 36. Qxe8+ Kg7 37. Qb5 Qc2 (37... Qf4 38. Qc5 {
ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 38. Qb4 Qe2 39. Qd4 h5 40. b4 Qe1+
41. Kh2 h4 42. b5 Qg3+ 43. Kh1 Qe1+ 44. Qg1 Qxe5 45. Qb1 Qd5 46. b6 Qb7 47. Qb4
e5 48. Qc5 Kg6 49. Qc7 {1-0 Kasparov,G-Sokolov,I/Sarajevo 1999/CBM 71/[Huebner,
R] (49).}) 14... Qb6 15. Rfc1 Kf8 16. Ne1 g6 17. Nd3 Kg7 18. Rc2 Qd8 19. Bxd5
cxd5 20. Ndc5 Nxc5 21. Nxc5 Bc8 22. Rac1 Ra7 23. Qf3 h5 24. h3 h4 25. b3 {
1/2-1/2 Baikov,V-Rustemov,A/Elista 2001/CBM 83 (25).}) 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Ba6
15. Rfc1 O-O 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 {Auch ohne Damentausch behält Weiß die bequemere
Stellung:} (16... Rxa6 17. Be3 {nebst Nf3-d2 (zum Beispiel).}) 17. Qxa6 Rxa6
18. Kf1 Rc8 19. Ke2 Kf8 {Ftacnik: 'Svidler has reached nearly an equal
position, the weakness of a5 and c6 pawns is compensated by the d4-e5 pawn
structure.'} (19... Ra7 {Ftacnik} 20. Rc2 N7b6 $11) 20. Rc2 Ke8 21. Be3 {
'!?' Ftacnik.} N5b6 22. Ne1 h5 23. Nd3 {Ftacnik: 'Kasparov was playing in
Moscow with a great energy, he has managed to discover the most unpleasant set
up of his pieces.'} Nd5 24. g3 f6 $6 {Dies ist vermutlich schlecht; die
Bauernstruktur des Schwarzen wird geschwächt, indem h5 isoliert und e6
schutzbedürftig wird. Nach} (24... Raa8 25. Rac1 N7b6 26. Nbc5 Rcb8 {kann sich
Schwarz vielleicht halten: gelegentlich mag der Stich b4-b3 für Weiß pieksend
sein, und falls der Anziehende selbst b2-b3 zieht, entsteht ein Loch auf c3,
und a5 kann nicht mehr von einem Springer auf b3 angegriffen werden.}) 25. Rac1
Kf7 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Nf4 Nxf4+ 28. Bxf4 Nf8 $6 {Schwarz sollte wohl den
folgenden Abtausch nicht gestatten} (28... Bf8 29. Nd2 {mag schließlich zu
einer beinahe gleichen Stellung führen wie die Partiefortsetzung;}) (28... e5 {
kommt in Betracht.}) 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 {Ftacnik: 'Black has got additional
weaknesses, but White's bishop is only half a piece due to the d4 pawn.'} f5 {
Das sieht nicht schön aus, aber nach} (30... Kg6 31. R5c4 Nd7 32. Bd6 {hat
Schwarz keine fruchtbaren Züge mehr.}) 31. Bg5 Nd7 32. R5c2 Kg6 33. h4 Kf7 34.
f3 c5 $6 {Ftacnik: 'It is only natural, that the defender was not willing to
suffer forever. Spirited pawn sacrifice enables him to show surprising
activity. '  Die Öffnung der Stellung begünstigt Weiß.} ({Auf} 34... e5 {folgt}
35. dxe5 (35. d5 c5 36. Be3 Rd6 {gibt dem Weißen keinen Vorteil.}) 35... Nxe5
36. Rc5 Re8 37. Kf1 Kg6 38. Rd1 Nf7 39. Bf4 {Es ist nicht zu vermuten, daß
Schwarz dem Druck auf die Dauer standhalten kann.}) ({Passives Ausharren mit} 
34... Nf8 {oder}) (34... Kg6 {ist geboten; um weiterzukommen, wird Weiß g3-g4
anstreben müssen. Ob er diesen Vorstoß unter Umständen zuwege bringen kann,
die ihm den Gewinn garantieren, ist nicht sicher. Wo der entscheidende Fehler
von Schwarz liegt, ist mir nicht klar; deshalb habe ich nirgendwo ein volles
Fragezeichen gesetzt. Erstaunlicherweise dürfte 24...f6 die Hauptursache der
Schwierigkeiten gewesen sein.}) 35. dxc5 Rac6 36. Rd1 Nb6 (36... Nxc5 {führt
zum Verlust:} 37. Rdc1 Nb3 38. Rxc6 Rxc6 39. Rxc6 Nd4+ 40. Kd3 Nxc6 41. Kc4
Ne5+ 42. Kb5 Nxf3 43. Bd8 (43. Be3 Ne5 {ist weniger klar.}) 43... Nd4+ 44. Kxa5
Nc6+ (44... e5 45. Bb6 Nc2 46. Kb5 Ke6 47. a5 Kd7 48. a6 Kc8 49. Bc5 Kb8 50.
Bd6+ {ist ebenfalls hoffnungslos für Schwarz.}) 45. Kb6 {, und Weiß gewinnt.})
37. Be3 Nxa4 38. Ra1 b3 39. Rd2 Nxc5 40. Rxa5 $18 {Der Bauer auf b3 ist
unhaltbar, der Läufer dem Springer überlegen, und auch die Bauernstruktur am
Königsflügel weist Schwächen auf. Schwarz ist verloren.} Na6 41. Rb5 {Ftacnik:
'The good form is manifesting itself by strong moves in all phases of the game,
ex-champion is mounting his pressure.'} Rb8 42. Rd7+ Ke8 43. Rxb8+ Nxb8 44. Rb7
Rc2+ 45. Kf1 Nd7 46. Rxb3 {Ftacnik: 'White has excellent chances for win
because of the assymetry of the pawns and the domination of the Bishop against
Knight.'} Ke7 47. Bg5+ Kd6 48. Rd3+ Kc6 49. Rd2 Rc4 50. Ke2 e5 51. Be7 e4 52.
Rd6+ Kc7 53. Rd5 Rc2+ 54. Ke3 Rxb2 55. Rxf5 exf3 56. Kxf3 Rb3+ 57. Kf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 (9. Be3 {gained some popularity lately as well.}) 9... Nc5 10. c3
Be7 (10... d4 11. Ng5 {leads to a sharp fight.}) 11. Bc2 d4 {This way black is
trying to create an immediate counterplay, or to force some exchanges and
simplify to a playable endgame.} ({More popular continuation is} 11... Bg4) 12.
Nb3 (12. Ne4 d3 13. Nxc5 {might lead to the same position as after 12.Nb3. The
move in the text gives white another possibility, which took place in current
game...}) 12... d3 13. Bb1 {Svidler does not want to go for a slightly better
endgame, probably being concerned that Motylev prepared an improvement of the
game Svidler-Kaidanov...} (13. Nxc5 dxc2 14. Qxd8+ Rxd8 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be3
Rd5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rac1 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxe5 20. Rxc2 $14 {1-0 Svidler,
P-Kaidanov,G/Moscow 2003/CBM 94 [Postny,E] (54)}) 13... Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Be3 {Black's far advanced Pd3 will not survive for long, but black has time to
create counterplay in the centre.} O-O 16. Re1 (16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18.
Bxd3 cxd4 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Qb1 Bg6 21. Bd2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 f6 $132 {0-1 Luther,
T-Mikhalevski,V/Port Erin 2003/CBM 96 ext (33)}) 16... Qd5 17. Bd4 Rfd8 ({
A worthy alternative for black is:} 17... d2 18. Nxd2 (18. Re2 Bxb1 19. Rxb1
Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Bg5 21. Nf3 Bh6 22. Nxd2 Rad8 23. Qc2 Bxd2 24. Rd1 Qe6 25. Rdxd2
Rxd2 26. Qxd2 Qxb3 $11) (18. Qxd2 Bxb1 19. Raxb1 Qxb3 $11) 18... Bxb1 19. Nxb1
Nxd4 20. cxd4 b4 $1 $132 {[%csl Rb1]}) 18. Re3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 (19. Nxd4 $6 Bg6 {
[%cal Ge7g5]}) 19... c5 (19... Be4 $5 20. Bxd3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxf3 (21... Qxd4
$2 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. Rh3 f5 25. e6 $18) 22. Rxf3 Rxd4 23. Bxb5
Rad8 24. Bxa6 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bf1 Bc5 $1 {and black should hold the
endgame without much difficulties.}) 20. Bxd3 cxd4 {Winants: 'Les Noirs sont
parvenus а conserver l'équilibre matériel, mais leur position présente encore
quelque danger car le pion d4 est vulnérable.'} 21. Re2 {This position is
critical for the evaluation of this opening line. From the first glance, black
seems to be OK. However, if white will manage to transfer his knight to a
blockade outpost d3, black will suffer...} Qe6 (21... Bxd3 $1 22. Qxd3 Rac8 {
Mikhalevski,V}) 22. h3 {Covering the g4 square.} ({et} 22. Bxf5 $6 Qxf5 23.
Nxd4 Qd7 $1 (23... Qf4 24. Rd2 Bg5 25. Rd3 Qxe5 26. Nf3 Qf6 $11) 24. Rd2 Bb4
25. Rd3 Bc5 26. Qf3 Bxd4 27. Rad1 Rac8 28. h3 Bxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Qa7+ $15) 22...
Rac8 $1 $146 {This obvious move is definitely better than the previously
played 22...Rd5.} (22... Rd5 $6 23. Ne1 $1 a5 ({Surtout pas} 23... Rxe5 $2 24.
Rxe5 Qxe5 25. Qf3 $18 {[%csl Ra8,Rf5] avec attaque double.}) 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25.
Nd3 $14 {1-0 Topalov,V-Piket,J/Antwerp 1997/CBM 61/[Winants] (35)}) 23. Ne1 Rc6
24. Qb1 $6 ({Why not simply to put the knight on d3?} 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Nd3)
24... Bxd3 {[%csl Rb3]} 25. Qxd3 h6 26. f4 Qc8 27. Nf3 $4 {Just a big blunder..
.} ({After the normal prophylactic move} 27. Kh2 {white's chances seems to me
slightly preferable.}) 27... Rc1+ 28. Re1 (28. Rxc1 Qxc1+ {[%csl Rf4][%cal
Gc1f4]}) {[%tqu "En","Please enter a move for black.","","","c8c2","The
decisive penetration. This move was probably missed by Svidler, when playing
27.Nf3.",10]} 28... Qc2 $1 {The decisive penetration. This move was probably
missed by Svidler, when playing 27.Nf3.} 29. Qxc2 Rxc2 30. e6 {Desperately
trying to create a counterplay, but Motylev did not miss his chance.} fxe6 31.
Rxe6 Bc5 32. Kh2 d3 {Black's passed pawn is simply unstoppable.} 33. Rd1 d2 34.
Kg3 Rd3 35. Kg4 Bb4 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. f5 Rc1 38. Ne5 {[%cal Ge5g6] The last
chance to create a mating net.} Re3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Epishin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Rd1 b6 13. h3 Ba6 14. Qb3 Bxe2
15. Nxe2 Nbxd5 16. Nf4 c4 17. Qxc4 Qc7 18. Qxc7 Nxc7 19. Be3 Rfd8 20. Ne5 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Nfe8 22. Nc6 Bxb2 23. Rd7 Bg7 24. g4 Nb5 25. g5 Nc3 26. Nxa7 h6 27. h4
hxg5 28. hxg5 Nd6 29. Bxb6 Nc4 30. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 57th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2004.11.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B61"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.11.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 104"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.01.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 a6 10. O-O-O e6 11. Ne2 {Svidler likes to manoeuvre with the
knights in the center against Sicilian Defence.} Be7 12. h4 (12. Nd4 Bd7 (12...
Nxe4 13. Bxe7 Nxd2 14. Bxd8 Nxf1 15. Bb6 Ne3 16. Nxc6 Nxd1 17. Na7 $14) 13. Bd3
) 12... Bb5 (12... h6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. g4 $13) 13. Nd4 Bxf1 14.
Rhxf1 h6 (14... O-O 15. Kb1 Qc7 $11) 15. Be3 Nd7 16. h5 {Dreev could have felt
at home after this move, in his beloved Caro Kann such fixation of the
kingside is quite common.} (16. g3 Ne5 17. Qe2 (17. b3 Qc7 18. Kb1 O-O $11)
17... Nc4 18. f4 $11) 16... Ne5 17. b3 d5 18. exd5 (18. Ne2 Qc7 19. Bf4 Bf6
$132) 18... Qxd5 19. Kb1 b5 {Black has equalised the game and the last move
even indicates ambitions to limit his opponent.} (19... Nc6 20. c4 Qd6 $11) 20.
g4 Nc6 21. Qc1 O-O (21... Nxd4 22. Bxd4 e5 23. Bb2 Qc5 24. f4 $14) 22. Nf5 $1
Qe5 23. Bf4 (23. Bd4 Nxd4 24. Nxe7+ Kh7 25. Nxc8 Ne2 26. Rde1 Rxc8 27. f4 Nc3+
28. Ka1 Qd4 29. Qb2 b4 $14) 23... Qc3 (23... Qf6 $5 24. Nxe7+ Nxe7 25. g5 Qf5
26. gxh6 Nd5 27. Rxd5 (27. hxg7 Nc3+ 28. Kb2 Rfe8 29. Rde1 Nxa2 30. Qd2 Red8
31. Qh2 Nb4 32. Rc1 Nxc2 $13) 27... exd5 28. Rg1 Rfe8 29. Qd2 f6 30. Rxg7+ Kh8
31. Qg2 $14) 24. Rd3 Qa5 {The dance of the Black Queen is over, but from the
square a5 she can not contribute to the defence of her own king.} (24... Qc5
25. Nd6 (25. Nxe7+ Nxe7 26. Bd6 Qa7 27. g5 Rfd8 28. gxh6 Nf5 29. Qg5 Kh7 $11)
25... Nb4 26. Nxc8 Rxc8 27. Rd2 Bf6 28. c4 bxc4 29. Qxc4 Qxc4 30. bxc4 Rxc4 31.
Bd6 Nd5 $11) 25. Nxe7+ Nxe7 26. g5 Nd5 $2 {[%mdl 128] Black's defensive
possibilities are surprisingly promising, but Dreev's move is spoiling it. It
was necessary to swap on g5 in order to slow down White's advance.} (26... hxg5
27. Bxg5 (27. Bd6 Nd5 (27... Rfd8 28. Qxg5 Nf5 29. h6 f6 30. Qg2 Qb6 31. Rfd1
Nxh6 $13) 28. Qxg5 Nc3+ 29. Kc1 Qxa2 30. h6 Qxc2+ 31. Kxc2 Ne4+ 32. Kb2 Nxg5
33. Rg1 gxh6 34. f4 Rfd8 35. fxg5 h5 36. Rgg3 $11) 27... Nd5 28. Bd2 b4 29. h6
$14) 27. Bd2 Nc3+ (27... b4 28. gxh6 g6 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. Qe1 $18) 28. Rxc3
Rxc3 29. gxh6 b4 (29... Rd8 30. Bxc3 Qxc3 31. hxg7 $18) 30. hxg7 Rd8 31. Bxc3
bxc3 32. h6 {Svidler has won two pawn and they are very close to the promotion
squares. Black can only hope, that his c3 pawn will make the opponent's task
more difficult.} Qe5 (32... Kh7 33. Qe3 Qh5 34. Qxc3 $18) (32... Qd5 33. Rh1
Kh7 34. Qe3 $18) 33. Rd1 Rxd1 34. Qxd1 Qf6 (34... Qg5 35. Qh1 Kh7 36. a4 $18)
35. Qh1 Kh7 (35... Qd8 36. b4 Kh7 37. Qg1 Qg8 38. a4 $18) 36. Qg1 Qd8 37. g8=Q+
$1 {The transfer to the pawn ending is an elegant solution. White will get the
new queen and a point in the tournament crosstable.} (37. g8=Q+ $1 Qxg8 38.
Qxg8+ Kxg8 39. b4 Kh7 40. a4 Kxh6 41. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 e6 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. Bh6 Bxh6 11. Qxh6 Nf5 12. Qf4 Qe7+ 13. Kd2 O-O 14. Re1 Qc7
15. Bd3 Ne7 16. h4 Nxd5 17. Qh6 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Nd7 19. h5 Ne5 20. Be2 f5 21.
hxg6 Nxg6 22. Bd3 Rf6 23. Rh5 Raf8 24. Reh1 R8f7 25. Qe3 Qa5 26. Bb1 Re7 27.
Qd4 Re5 28. Qb4 Rf7 29. Qxa5 Rxa5 30. Kc1 Rc5 31. Kb2 Re5 32. Ka1 Nf4 33. Rg5+
Rg7 34. Rxg7+ Kxg7 35. g4 Re2 36. Bxf5 h6 37. Rd1 Rxf2 38. Rxd6 Nd5 39. Rg6+
Kf7 40. Rxh6 Nxc3 41. Be6+ Kg7 42. Rh3 b5 43. f4 Rf1+ 44. Kb2 Na4+ 45. Ka3 Rxf4
46. Bd7 Rc4 47. Be6 Rc1 48. Kb4 Nc5 49. Bb3 Nb7 50. Re3 a5+ 51. Ka3 Nc5 52. Kb2
Nxb3 53. axb3 Rc5 54. Re6 b4 55. g5 Rc3 56. Re5 c5 57. Re7+ Kg6 58. Ra7 Kxg5
59. Rxa5 Kf4 60. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. Rb1 e6 10. b4 Nd7 11. g3 Nb6 12. Qd3 f5 13. Bg2 fxe4 14. fxe4 d5 15. c5
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nd5 17. Bd2 e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lautier, Joel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qa4 O-O (6... Qb6 $5 7.
Re1 O-O 8. h3 Rd8 9. Na3 d6 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. e5 Nd5 13. d4 cxd4
14. Nxd4 dxe5 15. Nf3 f6 $17 {Totsky,L-Yakovich,Y/RUS-Cup4 1997/CBM 58/0-1 (43)
}) 7. d4 ({Very serious attention deserved} 7. e5 $5 Nd5 8. Re1 Nc7 9. Bxc6
dxc6 10. Qh4 Ne6 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nc3 $36 {
Skripchenko,A-Mira,H/Mallorca 2004}) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 d6 {Instead of
accepting white's pawn sacrifice black offers a one of his own.} (8... Nxe4 $5
9. d5 Nc5 10. Qa3 $1 $36 (10. Qc2 Qb6 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qe2 d6 13. a3 Nba6 14.
Be3 Bg4 15. Rac1 Qd8 $13 {Odeev,H-Svidler,P/Moscow 1994}) 10... Qb6 11. Nc3 Nd4
(11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Bh6 Rd8 14. Rfe1 Bd6 15. b4 Na6 16. Re4 $16 {
Totsky,L-Grebenkin,V/Ekaterinburg 1997}) 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bh6 d6 $1 14. Bxf8
Kxf8 15. Rad1 Be5 16. Be2 Bf5 17. g3 $6 a5 $1 $15 {[%csl Ra3]
Hernandez-Kotronias, 2004}) 9. Bxc6 {White chooses the most principal
continuation. He has the following possibilities as well:} (9. Nc3 Bd7 (9...
Bg4 10. d5 Nb8 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Be3 a6 13. Qb4 Qb8 14. h3 Bxf3 15. Bxf3 $14 {
Potkin,V-Gagarin,V/Moscow 2000}) 10. d5 Nb8 11. Be3 a6 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. Qb3
Qa5 14. Bd4 b5 $13 {Morozevich,A-Anand,V/Frankfurt 2000}) (9. d5 Nb8 10. Nc3
Nbd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Be2 Ng4 13. Bd2 Nge5 14. Ne1 Nc5 15. Qc2 f5 $13 {Totsky,
L-Mochalov,E/Spasskoe 1996}) 9... bxc6 10. Qxc6 Bg4 11. Nbd2 (11. Nc3 $6 Qa5 $1
{[%csl Rf3][%cal Gg4f3,Gf8c8]}) 11... Qa5 (11... Qc8 12. Qxc8 (12. Qa4 Bxf3 13.
gxf3 Qh3 $44) 12... Rfxc8 13. Re1 Bh6 14. Nc4 $1 Bxc1 (14... Rxc4 15. Bxh6 Bxf3
16. gxf3 Rxd4 17. Rac1 $14) 15. Raxc1 d5 (15... Nxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 d5
18. Rxe7 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Rc7 $16) (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 d5) 16. exd5 $2
Bxf3 17. gxf3 Nxd5 $44 {Svidler,P-Gelfand,B; Rethymno 2003}) (11... Rc8 12. Qa4
Qb6 13. Re1 Qb7 14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. Nxb3 Rc2 16. h3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Rfc8 $44 {
Alekseev,E-Ramirez,A/Open, Santo Domingo}) (11... Qb8 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qa4 a5
14. h3 Bd7 15. Qa3 e5 16. d5 Nh5 17. Nb1 Nf4 18. Be3 $14 {Kovalev,A-McShane,L/
Mallorca 2004}) 12. Qc2 $1 {The queen has to come home!} Qa6 13. Re1 Rfc8 14.
Qd1 Qd3 {May be more promising was} (14... Rab8 15. h3 Bd7 16. b3 Rb7 17. a4
Rbc7 18. Ba3 Nh5 $132 {even though I'm not quite sure black's got a sufficient
comensation for a pawn.}) 15. Qb3 Qa6 $2 {This move is probably the decisive
mistake. I don't want to say that black is lost after 15...Qa6, but white's
chances to win the game are pretty high after this move.} (15... Qxb3 $142 16.
Nxb3 Rc2 17. Nfd2 a5 (17... Rac8 18. f3 Bd7 19. Nf1 R2c7 20. Ne3 $14) 18. d5 (
18. f3 $6 Bd7 19. Nf1 a4 20. Nbd2 Nh5 $36) 18... Rc7 19. h3 Bd7 20. Nf3 $14 {
[%cal Gb3d4]}) 16. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Ge4e5]} Rf8 (16... e6 {[%csl Rg4]} 17. Qe3 {
[%csl Ge2][%cal Gh2h3]} h6 18. h3 Bh5 19. Ngf3 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 $16) 17. e5 $1 $16
dxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 (18... Nh5 19. Qb4 $5 {[%cal Gb4h4]} (19. e6 f6 (19... fxe6
20. Nxe6 Rab8 21. Qc4 $16) 20. Qb4 Bf5 21. Ngf3 Rab8 22. Qc4 Qxc4 23. Nxc4 $16)
19... Bf5 20. Qh4 f6 21. Ngf3 $16) 19. e6 {Forcing an exchange of queens.} (19.
Qb4 $5) 19... fxe6 20. Nxe6 Rab8 21. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxe6 {It was
necessary to get rid of the knight on e6.} (22... Rfc8 $6 23. Nxg7 Rxc4 24. b3
Rc2 25. Rxe7 Rf8 26. f3 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7 28. Bh6 $18) 23. Rxe6 Rfc8 24. Rxe7
Rxc4 25. Rxd7 {Black's defensive task is very difficult due to the weakness of
his king.} Bxb2 (25... a5 26. g3 Bxb2 27. Bxb2 Rxb2 28. Re1 Kf8 29. Ree7 Rxa2
30. Rxh7 $18) 26. Bxb2 Rxb2 27. h3 (27. Rxa7 $2 Rcc2 28. Re1 Re2 $11) 27...
Rcc2 (27... Rf4 28. Rc1 Rxa2 29. Rc8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rxh7 $16) 28. Re1
Rxf2 29. Re8+ Rf8 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Rxa7 h5 32. a4 ({It's too early for} 32.
h4 $6 {because of} Rb4 33. g3 Rb2 {[%csl Rg1] and white king is misplaced.})
32... Ra2 $6 (32... h4 $142 $1) 33. h4 $1 $18 {Now it's just over.} Ke8 (33...
Kg8 34. a5 Kf8 35. a6 Kg8 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. g3 Kg8 38. Ke1 Kf8 39. Kd1 Kg8 40.
Kc1 Kf8 41. Kb1 Ra3 42. Kb2 Ra5 43. Kb3 Ra1 44. Kb4 Rb1+ 45. Kc5 Rc1+ 46. Kd6
Ra1 47. Ke6 $18) 34. a5 Kf8 35. a6 Ke8 36. Kf1 Kd8 37. Ra8+ Kc7 38. a7 Kb6 39.
Rg8 Rxa7 40. Rxg6+ Kc5 41. Rg5+ Kd4 42. Rxh5 Ke3 43. Kg1 Kf4 44. Rg5 Rh7 45.
g3+ Kf3 46. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bg5 Kf8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Bd5 Bb7
15. Nbd2 Na5 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. b3 Nd6 18. Kf1 Rab8 19. Re3 Rb6 20. Rd3 Rc6 21.
Rc1 Ke8 22. g4 Rc3 23. Ke2 c5 24. Nb1 Rxd3 25. cxd3 c4 26. Rxc4 Nxc4 27. dxc4
Bf8 28. Nbd2 Bh6 29. Nf1 Bf4 30. Nh4 Kd7 31. Nf5 a5 32. h4 Rg8 33. Kf3 Rd8 34.
h5 Rg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lautier, Joel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E84"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. Nge2 a6 8. Qd2
Rb8 9. h4 b5 (9... h5 {is the main line.}) 10. h5 e5 11. d5 Na5 12. Ng3 bxc4 (
12... Nxc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4) 13. O-O-O Bd7 {Black wants to organize a counterplay
on the b <->.} (13... Rb4 14. Bh6 Bd7 (14... Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Kh8 {! Kasparov} (
15... Qe7 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rdf1 $1 g5 18. Nf5 Qf6 19. g3 $1 Qxh6 20. Nxh6+ Kh8
21. Rhg1 $3 $16 f6 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 gxf4 24. Rxf4 Ne5 25. Rxf6 $1 $18 {
Kasparov}) 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Be2) 15. Be2 $1 {If White can hold >< b2 his
advantage on the >> may become really annoying.} Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Kh8 17. hxg6
fxg6 18. Nf1 $1 Rg8 {(Psakhis-Djurhuus, Gausdal 1994)} 19. g4 $1 $16 {Djurhuus}
) (13... Nd7 14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Nb1 $1 {The target is the bad N on the edge of
the board.} Nb7 (15... Rb5 $2 {is witty, but not correct.} 16. b4 $1 cxb3 17.
Bxb5 c5 {(Timman-Kasparov, Bugojno 1982)} 18. Be2 $18 {Timman}) 16. Bxc4 Nbc5
17. Nc3 $14 {Kasparov}) (13... c6 {! Kasparov} 14. dxc6 $14 {Fedorowicz}) 14.
Bh6 (14. hxg6 fxg6 15. Nb1 c6 $5 {Black wants to open up the <<, the fall of
the weak d6 P is not a high price for it.} (15... Nb7 {is simply too passive.}
16. Bxc4 Bb5 17. Na3 Qd7 18. Kb1 Rfc8 19. Rc1 $14 {Belotti-Beil, Reggio Emilia
1988}) 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Qxd6 Qc8 {with some counterchances on the <<.}) (14.
Nb1 c6 15. dxc6 Bxc6 16. Qxd6 Qc8) (14. Nge2 Rb4 15. g4 Qb8 16. Ng3 (16. Bh6 $6
{is overoptimistic.} Qb7 $1 17. Bxg7 {[#]} Rb8 $3 {This beautiful zwischenzug
decides the battle, >< b2 falls and Black's -> on the b <-> becomes decisive!}
18. Qh6 Rxb2 $19 19. Rd4 exd4 20. Kd1 Rb1+ 21. Nxb1 Qxb1+ 22. Nc1 Nxg4 23. fxg4
Bxg4+ {0-1 Nguyen Anh Dung-To Quoc Khanh, Ho Chi Minh City 2003})) 14... Bxh6
15. Qxh6 Qe7 16. Be2 Rb4 17. Rd2 (17. Nf1 $1 {is the precise move order.} Rfb8
(17... Nxh5 18. g4 Nf6 19. Ng3 $18) 18. Rd2 {- 17.Rd2}) 17... c6 {This is the
difference!} (17... Rfb8 18. Nf1 c5 {? Kasparov} (18... Be8 19. g4 Nd7 20. hxg6
fxg6 21. Ne3 $16 {Kasparov}) 19. Bd1 $1 (19. g4 $2 Ba4) 19... Ne8 (19... Be8
20. g4 Qb7 21. Rhh2 $1) 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. g4 Qg7 22. g5 Qxh6 23. Rxh6 Nb7 {
It is rather remarkable, that this is the first new move! However, it will not
change the bad reputation of the entire line.} (23... Ng7 24. f4 $3 exf4 25.
Rdh2 Re8 26. Nd2 Reb8 27. Rxh7 Rxb2 28. R2h4 $1 $18 {Kasparov-Loginov, Manila 
(ol) 1992}) (23... R4b7 24. Rdh2 Bc8 25. Ba4 $18 {Kasparov}) 24. a3 $1 (24. Ne3
Nd8 25. Rdh2 Nf7 26. Rxh7 Ng7) 24... Rb6 25. Rdh2 Nd8 26. Rxh7 Nf7 27. Ne3 R6b7
(27... Ng7 28. Nxc4 $16) 28. R7h4 Ng7 (28... Nxg5 $2 29. Rg2 $18) 29. Nxc4 $16
{Gallagher-Sutovsky, Biel 1996 CBM 55}) 18. Nf1 (18. dxc6 Bxc6) 18... Kh8 $2 {
This is hard to understand!} (18... Rfb8 $1 {was logical doubling the rooks on
the important b file.}) 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Qxg6 (20. Ne3) 20... cxd5 $6 (20...
c5 {avoids the opening of position, but White's attacking chances on the >>
remain.}) 21. Ne3 (21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5) 21... Be6 (21... d4 22. Ncd5 dxe3 {
leads nowhere after} 23. Nxe7 exd2+ 24. Kc2 Ba4+ 25. Kc3 $18) 22. exd5 Rg8 23.
Qh6 Bd7 24. g4 Qg7 25. Bd1 (25. f4 {looks also very strong opening up the
position.}) 25... Qxh6 26. Rxh6 Rg6 27. Rdh2 Kg7 28. R6h4 $18 {The position is
materially equal, but the black pieces lack any harmony.} h5 {Desperation, but
Bc2 was the threat.} 29. gxh5 Rg1 30. h6+ Kh8 31. Rg2 (31. f4 $18 {was also
tempting widening the battlefront.}) 31... Rxg2 32. Nxg2 Rb7 33. Ne3 Rc7 {
The passive defence leads nowhere.} 34. Be2 Be8 (34... Bb5 35. f4 $18) 35. Bxc4
{White has already two extra pawns.} Bf7 36. b3 Nxc4 37. Rxc4 Rxc4 38. Nxc4 Ne8
(38... Bxd5 39. Nxd5 Nxd5 40. Nxd6 $18 {and the N _|_ is very easy.}) 39. Kd2
Kh7 40. Ke3 Kxh6 41. f4 exf4+ 42. Kxf4 Kg7 43. Nb6 Kf6 44. Nc8 Bg6 45. Ne4+ Kg7
46. Ncxd6 Nxd6 47. Nxd6 Bb1 48. a3 Ba2 49. Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Petrosian Memorial Internet"]
[Site "ICC INT"]
[Date "2004.12.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2004.12.18"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. f4 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 4] There is a great proliferation of the f3-f4 ideas in various lines of
English attack. More often than not black faces new unpleasant problems after
the modification of the pawn structure.} (14. Ne2 Rfc8 (14... Rac8 15. f4 exf4
16. Nxf4 Bxb3 17. axb3 Bxg5 18. Nd5 Bxe3 19. Nxe3 Ndf6 20. Rg1 Qc5 21. b4 Qe5
22. Bd3 Kh8 23. Rdf1 g6 {Vallejo Pons,F-Sutovsky,E/Moscow 2001/ 0-1 (31)}) (
14... Nb6 15. Ng3 g6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nxh5 gxh5 18. f4 Bxb3 19. cxb3 exf4 20.
Qxf4 Rfe8 21. Be2 Bf8 22. Bxh5 Qb7 23. Rhf1 {Tiviakov,S-Lobzhanidze,D/Ubeda
1998/ 1-0 (31)}) 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Nc5 18. Nxc5 Qxc5 19. Bg2
b4 20. h4 a5 21. Bh3 a4 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Rh3 Rf8 24. a3 bxa3 {1/2-1/2 Socko,
B-Kuczynski,R/Brzeg Dolny 1996/}) 14... exf4 (14... b4 15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. exd5
exf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Ne5 19. Nd4 Qc5 20. Bg2 a5 21. h4 a4 $132) 15. Bxf4
Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Ne5 17. Nd4 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Rxd5 b4 19. Nd4 a5 $13) 17... Qc5
18. h4 b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 a5 $6 {The good move in principle might still
be inferior to the brave 20...Qxd5!? when black has at least a pawn for his
suffering.} (20... Qxd5 $5 21. Bh3 Qc5 22. Rhe1 $13) 21. Bg2 Rfc8 (21... a4 22.
Nc6 Nxc6 23. dxc6 b3 24. cxb3 axb3 25. axb3 Ra6 (25... Qa5 26. Bd5 $14) 26.
Rhf1 Qa7 27. Bd5 $14) 22. Nc6 Bf8 (22... Rc7 23. Be4 a4 24. Rdf1 Bf8 25. Nxe5
dxe5 26. Qf5 g6 27. Qf2 $13) 23. h5 g6 $2 {Bu Xiangzhi believes, that the
bishop on g7 can help avert the disaster. He will be much disappointed in his
hopes.} (23... a4 24. g6 b3 25. cxb3 axb3 26. axb3 $14) 24. hxg6 hxg6 (24...
fxg6 25. Bh3 Re8 26. Qf6 $18) 25. Rh3 Bg7 26. Rdh1 Rc7 (26... Nxc6 27. Qf6 Bxf6
28. gxf6 Qg1+ 29. Rxg1 $18) 27. Qf6 $1 (27. Qf6 $1 Bxf6 28. gxf6 Qg1+ 29. Rxg1
Ng4 30. Rgh1 Nxf6 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rxa8 $18) (27. Qh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. g3 Bd6 13. Re1 Qd7 14. d3 Qh3 15.
Re4 Nf6 16. Rh4 Qf5 17. Nd2 Re8 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Rxe4 20. dxe4 Qxe4 21.
Bc2 Qe7 22. Bg5 f6 23. Be3 Be6 24. Qf3 Qd7 25. Rd1 Rd8 26. Be4 Bxa2 $2 (26...
Rc8 27. Bc5 Bg4 28. Rxd6 Bxf3 29. Bxh7+ (29. Rxd7 Bxe4) 29... Kxh7 30. Rxd7)
27. Bb6 Bb3 28. Rd4 c5 29. Bxc5 Qe6 30. c4 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7.
Bb3 d5 8. dxe5 Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 d4 ({The main alternatives are:} 10...
Bg4) ({and} 10... Be7) 11. Bxe6 Nxe6 12. cxd4 Ncxd4 13. a4 {Trying to create a
weakness in black's queenside pawn structure.} ({Another theoretical line goes
with} 13. Ne4) 13... Bb4 {Quite a rare move, which braught black success in
the following game.} (13... Be7 14. Nxd4 Qxd4 (14... Nxd4 15. Ne4 Ne6 16. Be3
O-O 17. f4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 $14 {Karpov,A-Kortschnoj,V/Merano 1981}) 15. axb5
Qxe5 16. bxa6 O-O 17. Qa4 Nc5 18. Qc4 $14 {Topalov,V-Kortschnoj,V/Madrid 1996})
(13... Bc5 14. Ne4 Bb6 15. Nfg5 (15. Be3 O-O 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18.
Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Nf6+ gxf6 20. Bxd4 Rd8 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Be3 Rg8 23. Qh3 fxe5 $15
{Georgiev,K-Gyimesi,Z/Vrnjacka Banja 1998}) 15... Qd5 16. Nxe6 Qxe6 17. axb5
Nxb5 18. Ng5 Qg6 19. e6 O-O $11 {Leko,P-Gyimesi,Z/Ulcinj 1997}) (13... Rb8 {
--> 1/2-1/2 Hansen,C-Sokolov,I/Malmo 1997/CBM 60 [Mikhalevski,V] (40)}) 14.
axb5 (14. Nxd4 Qxd4 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nf3 Qd5 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. Qc2 c5 $13 {
Passerotti,P-Thipsay,P/Lucerne 1982}) 14... Nxb5 (14... Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3 O-O 16.
Ne4 axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qg4 Kh8 $132 {Fehling,M-Beikert,G/Germany 1989/
GER-chT2}) (14... axb5 $2 15. Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qg4 $16 {[%csl Rb4,
Rd4,Rg7]}) 15. Qa4 $5 {This move appears to be a novelty. The queen is very
well placed on a4, since it could be easily transferred either to the kingside
or to c4.} (15. Qb3 a5 16. Qc4 Nbd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Qc6+ Ke7 19. Nf3 Qd7 20.
Qc2 $14 {Azarov,S-Mamedyarov,S/Nakhchivan 2003}) (15. Ne4 O-O 16. Be3 Qxd1 17.
Rfxd1 {White keeps small, but stable advantage thanks to a superior pawn
structure.} a5 18. Nfg5 $1 Nxg5 19. Nxg5 Rfe8 20. f4 f6 21. Nf3 fxe5 22. fxe5
$1 $14 {Shirov,A-Anand,V/Mainz 2004}) 15... Be7 16. Ne4 ({There was no point
in putting the knight on b3.} 16. Nb3 O-O 17. Be3 c5 18. Rfd1 Qb6 19. Qg4 Rfd8
$13) 16... O-O 17. Rd1 Qc8 18. Bg5 (18. Be3 $5 c5 19. Rac1 Qc6 20. Nd6 Rfd8 21.
Nf5 Bf8 22. Qg4 $14) (18. Ng3 $5 {[%cal Ga4g4,Gg3f5]}) 18... Nxg5 19. Nexg5 h6
$1 {[%csl Ge7]} (19... Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Qf5 21. f4 $14) 20. Ne4 $6 {The knight
has nothing much to do on e4, so more in the spirit of the position was} (20.
Nh3 $1 Qf5 21. Nf4 {[%cal Gf4d5]} c6 22. Ne2 Rfb8 (22... c5 23. Nf4 Rfd8 24.
Nd5 Qe6 25. Qe4 $14) 23. Qc4 $14 {[%cal Ge2d4] with better chances.}) 20... Qe6
21. h3 c5 22. Rac1 Rac8 {[%cal Gc5c4,Gc8c6,Gf8c8]} 23. Qc4 ({Nothing promises} 
23. Rc4 Nd4 $5 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Rcxd4 Rb8 $1 (25... Qxe5 $2 26. Qxa6 Rc1 27.
Rxc1 Qxd4 28. Qb7 $1 $16) 26. f4 Rxb2 27. Nd6 Qg6 $11 {and black is doing fine.
}) 23... Rc7 24. Qxe6 fxe6 25. Ra1 (25. Rc4) 25... Ra8 26. Ra5 Rc6 27. Rd7 (27.
Rda1 Nd4 28. Nfd2 Rb6 29. Nc4 Rb4 $132) 27... Ra7 28. Rxa7 Nxa7 29. Nfd2 Rb6 $1
30. Nc4 Nc6 $1 31. Nxb6 (31. Ra4 Rb4) 31... Nxa5 32. Nc8 Bf8 33. Ncd6 Nb3 34.
Kf1 Bxd6 35. exd6 (35. Nxd6 Nc1 (35... g5 36. Ke2 Kg7 37. Kd3 Na5 38. g3 $16)
36. Nc4 g5 37. Ke1 Nd3+ 38. Ke2 Nf4+ 39. Kf3 $14) 35... Kf7 36. Ke2 c4 37. Kd1
Nd4 38. Nc5 (38. Kd2 Nb5 39. Ke3 e5 $11) 38... e5 39. Kd2 Nb5 40. d7 Ke7 41. f3
g5 42. Kc2 Kd8 43. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 b5 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nb6 16. Rg1 Rab8 17. Rg4 g6 18. h4 Ng7 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Na5 Rfc8 21. Nc6
Rxc6 22. dxc6 Nf5 23. Re4 Qxc6 24. Bg2 Rd8 25. f4 Qc5 26. Qe1 Rc8 27. c3 b4 28.
Rxb4 Ne3 29. Rd2 a5 30. Re4 Nc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. fxe5 Qe6 33. Re2 d5 34. Qf1
Qa6 35. Rd2 Qc4 36. Rd4 Qxf1+ 37. Bxf1 Rd8 38. b4 axb4 39. cxb4 Bf8 40. Bg2 Re8
41. Bxd5 Rxe5 42. a4 Kg7 43. Bb3 h6 44. gxh6+ Kxh6 45. Bxf7 g5 46. h5 Re7 47.
Bg6 Ra7 48. b5 Bc5 49. Rc4 Bf2 50. Kc2 Re7 51. Kb3 Re5 52. Re4 Rc5 53. Kb4 Rc1
54. Ka5 Rg1 55. b6 g4 56. b7 Rb1 57. Re2 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 {White
takes away the b4-square but this allows Black possibilities involving taking
on d4. The alternatives are:} (14. d5 Nb4 15. Bb1 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 axb4 18.
axb4 Bd7 {Solid for both. White can hope for some plus due to his space
advantage in the centre.}) (14. Nb3 a5 15. Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 {
A more fluid game than in the previous line. White has chances in the centre
and can try to generate play around the square c5 after exchanging on e5.
Black is on the other hand well advanced on the Q-side.}) 14... exd4 (14... Bb7
15. d5 Nb8 16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Bd3 Nbd7 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. Ba5 Qb8 20. Nxc5 dxc5 21.
b3 Nd7 22. a4 b4 23. Nd2 Bd8 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. a5 $14 {1-0 Anand,V-Nikolic,P/
Germany 2004/EXT 2005 (53)}) 15. Nb3 d3 (15... Bb7 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8
18. Bf4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Favaro,E-Royset,P/Buenos Aires 1992/EXT 97 (45)}) 16. Bxd3
(16. Qxd3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Bd2 Be6 $11 {0-1 Johansson,M-Nilsson,Z/Sweden
1965/EXT 2002 (45)}) 16... Ne5 17. Bf4 $5 {[%mdl 8] Anand gives away the
spanish B. This is always a slightly surprising decision. Here White gets fast
development and central pressure in return.} (17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Be6 19. Rc1
Qd7 20. Nc5 Bxc5 21. Rxc5 Rfd8 22. Bc2 Qb7 23. Qb1 Nd7 {1/2-1/2 Byrne,R-Lein,A/
Amsterdam 1979/MCL}) 17... Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Re8 (18... Be6 19. Nbd4 Rac8 $14) 19.
Rac1 Qb6 20. Be3 Qb7 21. Bd2 Bd8 $6 {Svidler wants to unsettle Anand with a
P-sacrifice. According to reports he was already considering his position
inferior. Still a daring and/or slightly desperate decision at this early
stage.} (21... Be6 {is solid but maybe not very comfortable.} 22. Na5 Qd7 23.
Nd4 $14) 22. Qxd6 $1 Bb6 23. Ba5 $5 (23. Qc6 Qa7 $132) (23. e5 $1 Nd5 24. Nc5
Bxc5 25. Rxc5 $16) 23... Bxf2+ $1 {White will be better, but the game is
unbalanced at least.} 24. Kxf2 Nxe4+ 25. Rxe4 Qxe4 26. Qd2 (26. Re1 Qc2+ 27.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 28. Bxd2 Rxe1 29. Bxe1 {is minutely better for White but far from
winning - the black R is strong and unopposed.}) 26... Qg6 27. Nc5 Bf5 28. Qg5
Qxg5 29. Nxg5 $14 {This is better for White. Compared to the previous note
White still has a R on the board.} Re5 30. Nf3 Rd5 31. Rc3 h5 32. Kg3 f6 33.
Kh2 {White makes some preparations before starting his activity. Still in the
end the K is not too happy on h2.} Kf7 34. Nh4 Bh7 35. Nb3 Re8 36. Bb4 g5 37.
Nf3 Be4 38. Rc7+ Kg6 39. Nfd4 (39. Nfd2 Bf5 40. Rc6 Re6 {After an exchange of
R:s White has nothing.}) 39... Rde5 40. Nc5 Bd5 41. Bc3 $2 (41. Rd7 $5 {
was a better chance.} a5 42. Bxa5 Bxg2 43. Kxg2 Rxc5 44. Bc3 $16) 41... h4 (
41... Re2 $5 {is an option here.}) 42. Nxa6 (42. Rd7 Bxg2 $1 43. Kxg2 Rxc5 44.
Rd6 Re3 45. Rxa6 Rce5 $132 {[%csl Rg2]}) 42... Re2 $1 {Black must act or go
down slowly when White picks P after P.} 43. Nxe2 Rxe2 44. Kg1 Bxg2 45. Nc5
Bxh3 46. Rc6 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rf2 48. Rd6 g4 $2 (48... Rf1+ $1 49. Kh2 Rf2+ $1 50.
Kxh3 (50. Kh1 $11) 50... Kh5 51. Rd4 f5 52. Rxh4+ gxh4 $13) 49. Ne4 $2 (49. Nd3
$1 Rf5 50. Bd2 $16 {[%cal Yd3f4]}) 49... Rf4 50. Rxf6+ Rxf6 51. Nxf6 g3 $11 {
The P:s and the B just makes a draw here.} 52. Nd5 Bd7 53. Kg1 h3 54. Be5 (54.
Ne3 Bc6 55. Nf1 h2+ 56. Nxh2 gxh2+ 57. Kxh2 $11) 54... h2+ 55. Kg2 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bc1
Nf6 9. Bc4 e6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. Qf3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b5 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. e5 Bh4+ 17. g3 Rb8 18. O-O-O Be7 19. exd6 Bxd6 20. Ne4 Bb7 21.
Qe3 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rb6 23. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 d6 10. O-O Ne5 11. f4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 exd4 16. e5 dxc3 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. exf6 g5 19. Bg3 Be6 20. Rac1 Bxc4
21. Rfe1 Kd7 22. Re7+ Kc6 23. Rc7+ Kd5 24. Rd1+ Ke6 25. Rxc4 Rac8 26. Bc7 Kxf6
27. Rxc3 Rhe8 28. Rf3+ 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Loek Van Wely had a great tournament finishing it with 50% score. His only
failure and the only loss was against Svidler- the game he lost just in 20
moves...} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4
Bxd2+ 8. Bxd2 Nf6 9. O-O Bg4 (9... Be6 10. f4 Bxc4 11. dxc4 h5 12. f5 $1 $146 {
Home-made improvement by Garry.} (12. fxe5 dxe5 13. Bg5 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Ng4 15.
Nb5 O-O 16. c3 f6 $11 17. Bc1 a6 18. Nd6 b6 19. Nf5 Rad8 20. Rd5 Kf7 21. Rfd1
Rxd5 22. cxd5 Rd8 23. Kf1 Ne7 24. Nxe7 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Leko,P/Dortmund 2004/
CBM 103}) 12... Ng4 13. f6 {still a home prepation!} gxf6 14. Nd5 Ne7 (14... f5
15. Bg5 f6 16. Nxf6+ $1 Nxf6 17. Rxf5 O-O 18. c3 $1 $16 {[%cal Gd1f3,Yg5d8]})
15. Nxf6+ Nxf6 16. Rxf6 Ng8 $1 17. Rf5 Qxh4 18. Be3 {Still it goes according
Garry's analysis!} Qe7 $5 {Seems like Garry understimated or even missed this
move in his analysis... 18...Qe7 holds black's position, while 18...leads
probably to a forced draw.} (18... Qxe4 19. Qxd6 Qxe3+ (19... Qxf5 20. Bxc5 $18
) 20. Kh2 (20. Kh1 f6 21. Rxf6 $11) 20... f6 21. Qe6+ (21. Rxf6 Nxf6 22. Qe6+
Kd8 23. Rd1+ Kc7 24. Qd6+ Kc8 25. Qe6+ $11) 21... Ne7 22. Qxf6 Rg8 $11 (22...
Nxf5 $11)) 19. Rxh5 Rxh5 20. Qxh5 O-O-O 21. Bg5 f6 22. Bh4 Qe8 $1 23. Qf5+ Qd7
24. Rf1 Qxf5 $11 25. Rxf5 Rf8 26. Rh5 Kd7 27. Rh8 Ke6 28. g4 Rc8 29. Kg2 Ne7
30. Rh6 Ng8 31. Rh8 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G-Leko,P/Linares ESP 2005}) 10. Qe1 $1
$146 {[%mdl 8] Svidler definitely prepared this novelty at home!  A previous
game by Svidler went: 10.f3 Be6 11.f4 Bxc4 and it transforms to 9...Be6 line.
The move of Peter is much stronger and probably refutes 9...Bg4 move.} (10. f3
Be6 11. Nd5 (11. f4 {-leads to above mentioned game Svidler-Leko}) 11... O-O
12. f4 Ng4 (12... Bxd5 $5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. fxe5 $13) 13. g3 exf4 14. Nxf4 Bxc4
(14... Bd7 $5 {[%cal Gg4e5,Gd7g4]}) 15. Qxg4 Ne5 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18.
Bc3 Nc6 19. Rxf8+ Qxf8 20. Rf1 Qe7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A-Kramnik,V/Monaco 2004/
CBM 099 ext (40)}) 10... Be6 11. f4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 h5 $6 {This moves secures
g4-outpost for black night, on the other hand this wastes some time, and
allows white to pin Nf6.} (12... O-O 13. Rd1 Nd4 14. fxe5 Ng4 15. Nd5 Nxe5 16.
c3 $16) (12... h6 $5 {to prevent Bg5 ideas of white.}) 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5
$16 {Semilar to Svidler-Leko but black can't trade queens now (white queen is
on e1 and not on d1). It makes a big difference here since black can't unpin
by Ng4 like in Svidler-Leko.} Ne7 {This move leads to immediate loss. Black
still could suffer for a while by 14...Qd4+ and Qxc4 then, but white has a
large advantage anyhow.} (14... Qd4+ 15. Kh1 Qxc4 (15... O-O-O 16. b3 {[%cal
Ga1d1,Yg5f6,Yc3d5]}) (15... Ng4 $2 16. Nb5 $18) 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Rxf6 O-O-O
18. b3 Qd4 19. Rd1 Qb4 20. Nd5 Qxe1+ 21. Rxe1 $16) 15. Rd1 $18 {The last piece
of white joins the party- white has decisive advantage in development.} Qb6 (
15... Qa5 16. Rxf6 (16. Qf2 Qb6 {-transforms to the game.}) 16... gxf6 17. Bxf6
Rg8 18. Bxe7 $18) 16. Qg3 {now pawn e5 hang, also Bxf6 is coming.} Ng6 17. Bxf6
gxf6 18. Nd5 {White pieces dominate, while black rooks are sleeping, also
black king is a target.} Qxb2 19. Nxf6+ (19. Nc7+ Ke7 20. Qf2 $18) 19... Kf8
20. Nxh5 {Black is helpless against white's threats, so Van Wely resigned
right in time.} (20. Nxh5 Rxh5 (20... Kg8 21. Rxf7 $1 (21. Rd6 $1) 21... Kxf7
22. Rd7+ $18) 21. Qxg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Be7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. a4 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Bf8 13. Nde2 Rb8 14. Qe1 Nd7 15.
Qf2 b5 16. axb5 axb5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxc6 Qxc6 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Bd4 Ng6 21.
Qxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Tyomkin,D"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Peter and Alex, who usually don't fight hard each other (number of draws in
less than 25 moves), give a real fight this time!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5
g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 {This is one of the most
popular plans for black in Rossolimo variation with early Bxc6 nowadays.} 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 {Oratovsky: Most of the players, including top GMs, play this
automatically. Of course, this move looks very logical - white keeps the
possibility for both 0-0 and 0-0-0 and threatens Bh6, but since black has an
option for long castle it doesn't seem for me the best way for white. It
deserved serious attention} (9. Nd2 {is a favourite variation of GM Oratovsky,
one of experts of Bb5 variation.}) 9... h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4
13. Rxf4 Be6 {13...Ne6 leads to white's slight advantage- the way Akopian
played vs Van Wely- see the game below. However, Oratovsky recommends 13...Ne6
for black (Oratovsky says : Ne6 move seems more logical then Be6);} (13... Ne6
{Oratovsky} 14. Rf2 Nd4 15. Raf1 Be6 16. b3 ({Another, more agressive,
possibility was} 16. Ng4 $5 O-O-O (16... Bxg4 17. hxg4 (17. Rxf7 Qxf7 18. Rxf7
Kxf7 19. hxg4 Rad8 20. Nd1 $14) 17... f6 18. Bxd4 (18. b4 $5 O-O-O 19. Ne2
Nxe2+ 20. Rxe2 cxb4 21. Bxa7 b5 22. Qe3 Rd7 23. Bc5 Qe6 24. Bxb4 $16 {1-0
Palac,M-Loncar,R/Zadar 2001/CBM 85 ext (46). (45)}) 18... cxd4 19. Ne2 O-O 20.
Nf4 (20. Nxd4 f5 $132) 20... Kh7 21. Qe2 Rf7 22. Qf3 Qe5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Delgado,
N-Corrales,F/Santa Clara 2003/EXT 2004 (40). (39)}) (16... f5 17. Nxh6 Qh4 18.
exf5 gxf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rxf5 Nxf5 21. Rxf5 O-O-O (21... b6 22. Bg5 $40) 22.
Bxc5 $16 Rhe8 23. Bf2 Qb4 24. Bg3 Bd4+ 25. Kh2 Be3 26. Qd1 Bb6 27. Rf4 Qc5 28.
Na4 {1-0 Vokarev,S-Khasin,A/Koszalin 1999/EXT 2000 (28).}) 17. Nf6 (17. Nxh6 $6
{This move is very risky for white, since the knight can not return to g4.} f6
(17... f5 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Ng4 $14) (17... Nxc2 $2 18. Bg5 f6 19.
Rxf6 $16) (17... Rdf8 $5) 18. Na4 (18. e5 f5 19. Bg5 Qc7 $15) 18... b5 19. Nc3
Qf8 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Qg8 $40) 17... Bxf6 18. Rxf6 Bf5 $1 {enough to
equalize} 19. Bxh6 Qxf6 20. Bg5 Qd6 21. exf5 (21. Bxd8 Rxd8 22. exf5 Nxf5 $11)
21... Nxf5 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 {'='} 23. Qf2 Qd4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Fernandez,D-Lesiege,A/
Philadelphia 2003/EXT 2004 (25). (25)}) 16... O-O-O 17. Ne2 b6 18. Nf4 Rd7 19.
Nxe6 {1/2-1/2 Akopian,V-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 099/[Oratovsky,M] (26)
} ({The last chance to fight for an advantage was} 19. a4 $5 a5 20. Nxe6 Qxe6
21. Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. Rxf3 $14)) 14. Rf2 (14. Raf1 {Oratovsky} Nd7 (14... O-O-O $5
{Tyomkin}) 15. R4f2 b6 (15... f6 16. Nf3 b6 17. Ne2 h5 18. e5 (18. a4 $5 O-O-O
19. a5 $36) 18... O-O-O 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Bg5 Bd5 21. Nc3 Rhf8 22. Nxd5 cxd5
23. Re1 Bxg5 24. Rxe7 Bxd2 25. Nxd2 Rde8 26. Rxf8 Rxf8 27. Nf3 $14) 16. Ng4
Bxg4 (16... g5 $142 $13) 17. Rxf7 Qxf7 18. Rxf7 Kxf7 19. hxg4 Ne5 20. Qf2+ Ke7
21. Qg3 $14 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Radjabov,T/Bastia 2003/CBM 98 no vc (41). (40)}) ({
too slow is} 14. Rff1 Nd7 15. Qf2 b6 16. a4 a5 17. Nf3 O-O 18. Qg3 g5 19. Rae1
Rae8 20. Kh1 Qd8 $11 21. d4 $6 (21. Bg1 $5) 21... Bc4 22. Rf2 $2 (22. Rg1 $8 f5
(22... Qb8 $5) 23. exf5 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 cxd4 25. Re4 Nc5 26. Rxd4 Bxd4 27. Rd1
$13) 22... f5 $19 23. exf5 cxd4 {0-1 Oral,T-McShane,L/Qaqortoq 2003/EXT 2004 
(30). (30)}) 14... O-O-O 15. Raf1 Nd7 16. Ne2 f6 {Unfortunately 16...Ne5
doesn't lead to equality- 17.b3! but not the way white chose in the folllowing
game. While 16...f5 is completely new approach in this position- black gets
weak pawns h6 and f5 after pxp pxp but active positions of black pieces
compensate the weakness of black pawns. Anyhow, I don't see any clear way for
white to achieve any advantage after 16...f5;} (16... Ne5 $5 17. Qa5 {White
achieved nothing in the game! the only way to achieve slight advantage in 17.
b3!} (17. b3 $1 Kb8 (17... c4 18. d4 $14) 18. Nf3 $1 $14) 17... b6 18. Qa6+ Kb8
19. Nf3 (19. Nf4 Bc8 20. Qa4 f5 $1) 19... Nxf3+ 20. Rxf3 Rhf8 (20... g5 $1 21.
c3 (21. Ng3 Bxb2 22. Nf5 Qb7 $15) 21... f5 $1 22. exf5 $140 Bd5 $17) 21. Nf4
Bc8 22. Qa4 Qe8 $11 {1-0 Souleidis,G-Meins,G/Erfurt GER 2005/The Week in Chess
536 (37)}) (16... Bxb2 $6 17. Qa5 Kb8 18. c3 b6 19. Qa4) (16... f5 $5 17. exf5
gxf5 (17... Bxf5 18. Ng3 Be6 19. Re2 (19. Qa5 Kb8 20. Re2 $11) 19... Rdf8 20.
Rfe1 $14) 18. Ng3 (18. Nf4 Rhe8 19. Re2 Bf7 $11 {[%cal Ge7d6]}) 18... Rde8 19.
Re2 Qf7 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Ng3 $11) 17. Qa5 $1 $146 {Very strong and logical plan.
Qa5 is definitely an improvement of Rublevsky's play, however white's play in
Rublevsky-McShane can be improved as well.} (17. Nf3 b6 18. Bf4 (18. b4 $5 cxb4
19. Nfd4 Kb7 20. a3 bxa3 21. Qc3 $40 {white gets dangerous initiative on the
queenside.}) 18... h5 19. Bh2 Bh6 20. Nf4 Bf7 21. Nh4 Rdg8 22. Qc3 Kb7 23. Kh1
Rh7 24. a3 $6 Qd8 (24... f5 $1 25. e5 Qxh4 26. e6 Qf6 $1 $15) 25. Ne2 Bg5 (
25... f5 $1) 26. g3 Be6 $17 {0-1 Rublevsky,S-McShane,L/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096/
[Meyer,CD] (59)}) 17... Kb8 18. b4 f5 19. bxc5 fxe4 20. d4 Bc4 $6 {Dubious
idea by Alex. Now white get an advantage. 20...g5 leads to very reasonable
play for black with mutual chances. Alex probably declined this move afraiding
to give up the control over f5, but seems like black can get a very convenient
play in case of Ng3-f5 in that line.} (20... g5 {to prevent Nf4 and Bf4 ideas.}
21. Ng3 Nf6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Rxf5 Rhf8 {[%cal Gf6d5,Ge7c7]} 24. c4 Qc7 {
black is not any worse here.}) 21. Qa4 $1 {Probably Grischuk overlooked this
move.} Bxe2 $6 {2nd mistake in a row. Alex trades his important light square
bishop which is one of the strongest pieces of black.... But after this trade
black is lacking any counterplay.  Both 21...Bb5 and 21...b5 would lead to
better position than Alex got in the game, however white has an advantage in
both cases.} (21... Bb5 22. Qb3 {[%cal Yf2f7]} Nf6 23. c4 Ba6 24. Bf4+ Ka8 25.
Bd6 (25. Be5 Rhf8 26. Nf4 Qe8 {and black survives.}) 25... Rxd6 (25... Qe6 {
[%csl Rc4]} 26. Nf4 Qxc4 27. Ne6 Qxb3 28. axb3 Bxf1 29. Nxf1 Nd5 30. Nxg7 Rd7
31. Ne6 e3 32. Nxe3 Nxe3 33. Nc7+ Rxc7 34. Bxc7 Nd5 35. Be5 $16 {[%cal Gf2f7]
black's kingside will be in trouble.}) 26. cxd6 Qxd6 27. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gh2f1,
Gf1e3]}) (21... b5 22. cxb6 Nxb6 23. Qxc6 g5 24. Ng4 Rd6 25. Qc5 Rc8 26. Qa5 {
black has some compensation for the sacrificed pawn here.}) 22. Rxe2 $14 {
The main difference with 20...g5 line is that white rooks take much better
positions- white can transfer them quickly to a queenside, while black is late
to ogranize some real counterplay. Time is a big factor in chess.} Qe6 (22...
Nf6 23. Bf4+ Ka8 24. Re3 {[%cal Ra4a7,Ye3a3]}) (22... g5 23. Ng4 Rhf8 (23... h5
24. Nf2 $16 {[%cal Gf1b1]}) 24. Rb1 Ka8 25. c3 $16 {[%cal Ge2b2]}) 23. c4 Ka8
24. Rb1 Nb8 $1 {Black correctly chooses passive defense here- Alex gets rid of
all white's threats on a queenside, and then improves the positions of his
pieces.} 25. Rd2 Qf7 (25... Rd7 26. d5 $1 cxd5 $140 27. cxd5 Rxd5 28. Qb3 {
[%csl Rb7,Rd5]}) 26. Ng4 Rd7 27. Qb3 Rhd8 28. Rbd1 {Black has successfully
defended the queenside, so Peter switches plans and prepares d4-d5 break.} g5
29. Nf2 {All white pieces have taken optimal positions, now d4-d5 is coming.}
Qf5 30. d5 (30. Nh1 $5 {[%cal Gh1g3,Gg3e2]}) 30... h5 31. dxc6 {Doubled pawns
of white isn't a problem here- white gets d5 outpost for his pieces, as well
as black pawn e4 will fall soon.} Nxc6 $2 {31...bxc6 was much more resistant-
there is no clear way for white to achieve an advantage in that line. After
the game move black's position falls apart...} (31... bxc6 32. Rxd7 (32. Rb1
Be5 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Bd4 g4 $1 $132) 32... Nxd7 33. Qb1 Re8 34. Nxe4 Rb8 $1 {
with some counterplay.}) 32. Rd5 $16 {d5 is a perfect outpost for white major
pieces.} Be5 33. Qb1 $1 {black pawn e4 falls now.} g4 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Qxe4
Qf7 (35... Qxe4 36. Nxe4 $18) 36. Nxg4 {White is up two pawns, but this is not
an easy task to win it here- white pawns are invalids- all of them are
isolated and two of them are doubled, only good thing is that pawn g2 is
potentially a dangerous passer.} Bb8 37. Bg5 Re8 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. Rxd7 Rxe4
40. Ne3 a5 41. Kf1 Re8 42. a4 Ka7 43. g4 $6 {Premature. White can activate
pieces first before advancing a g-passer. Now black get some chances to escape
for a draw.} (43. Rf7 $142 $5 {[%cal Gf1f2]} Ne5 44. Rf5 $18) (43. Kf2 Rf8+ 44.
Ke2 Be5 {[%cal Ge5d4]}) 43... Rg8 44. Bh6 Rg6 45. Rh7 (45. g5 $2 Bf4 46. Nf5
Bxg5 47. Bxg5 Rxg5 48. Nd6 Rxc5 $11) 45... Be5 46. Kg2 (46. Ke2 Bd4 47. Kf3
Ne5+ 48. Ke4 Nc6 $1 {[%cal Gd4e3,Yg6g4]}) 46... Bd4 47. Kh3 Bxc5 $2 {This
makes it easier for white. 47...Ne5 gives black some practicall chances, but
leads to a loss anyhow if white plays precisely, while I am not sure what is
exact evaluation of 47...Rxh6 line which was definitely the best chance for
black here. Strange that Grischuk, who is usually ver tough in defense, didn't
go for it.} (47... Rxh6+ $142 $1 48. Rxh6 Bxe3 {white will win one of black
light pieces for g-pawn, but I am not sure white will win the game...} 49. Rh7
Kb8 $1 (49... Bxc5 50. g5 Ne7 51. Rg7 $1 {[%cal Gg5g6,Yg7e7]} Nf5 52. Rf7 Ne7
53. Kg4 {[%cal Gg4h5,Yg5g6] and after Kh5, g6 NxP KxN the ending R and 2P vs B
and 2P on a kingside will be winning for white.}) 50. Kh4 Ne5 51. Kh5 Bxc5 52.
g5 Nxc4 53. g6 Bd4 54. g7 Bxg7 55. Rxg7 Nb2 56. Rg4 Ka7 $11 {[%cal Gb7b5]}) (
47... Ne5 48. Bg7 (48. Nc2 $5) 48... Nf3 (48... Rxg7 49. Rxg7 Bxe3 50. g5 Bxc5
51. g6 Bf8 52. Rg8 Bh6 53. c5 Nxg6 54. Rxg6 Be3 55. c6 bxc6 56. Rxc6 {this is
a book win, but it takes a while to win it with K+R+a4 pawn vs king in the
corner opposed to a color of the bishop...}) 49. Bxd4 Ng5+ 50. Kh4 Nxh7 51. c6+
Ka6 {others lose as well.} 52. c7 Rh6+ 53. Kg3 Rc6 54. Be5 $18) 48. Bf4 $18 Re6
(48... Nb4 {[%cal Gb4d3]} 49. Rd7 Re6 50. Nf5 $18) 49. Nd5 Re4 50. g5 Ne7 (
50... Nb4 51. Rh4 $1 $18 (51. g6 Nxd5 52. cxd5 Rxf4 53. g7 Rf1 $1 54. d6 $1 Rg1
55. d7 Bb6 56. Kh4 $1 $11 {[%cal Gh4h5,Gh5h6]}) 51... Rxc4 $140 52. Bb8+ $18)
51. Kg4 Nxd5 52. cxd5 {Now white passers are unstoppable- that was a good time
for black to resign, but Alex decided to make some few moves more.} Rxa4 53. g6
Bd6 54. Rf7 Be5 55. Kg5 (55. d6 $18) 55... Bb2 56. d6 Rd4 57. Be3 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Short, Nigel D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Kh1 Nc6 10. f3 Be6 11. Nd5 a5 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 a4 15.
Nd2 d5 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Bd3 a3 18. b3 Nb4 19. Qe2 Qe6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Be4
Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Qb6 23. c3 Nd5 24. c4 Nf4 25. Qf2 Qxf2 26. Rxf2 Rfd8 27. g3 Nd3
28. Re2 f6 29. Kg2 Nb4 30. Nc3 Rd3 31. Nb5 Nc6 32. Rae1 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34.
Kf2 Rad8 35. Rc1 Kf7 36. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Wedberg,T"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 {This line is not as
popular as the alternative} (5... Nd6) 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 dxc6 $5 {[%mdl 4]
This is the start of a very sharp line. Solid, but not very enterprising for
Black is} (7... bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7) 8. dxe5 Nf5 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. e6 $5 {With this
White wants to punish Black with tactics. But the verdict on this line is not
at all clear. Because even though white wins some material, Black gets a very
active game.} fxe6 11. Ne5 Bd6 12. Qh5+ g6 13. Nxg6 Ng7 14. Qh6 Nf5 15. Qh3 Rg8
16. Qxh7 Rg7 17. Qh5 Qf6 18. Ne5+ Ke7 19. Ng4 {This position is the starting
point of this line. Black is a P down and has an inferior P-formation overall.
But he has compensation in the form of activity, development and the pair of B:
s. White's advantage - if he has any - is not very big. The last move is
important since it forces the exchange of Q:s. With Q:s on the board White
would surely be in trouble.} Qg6 (19... Qh4 20. Qxh4+ Nxh4 21. h3 e5 22. f3
Bc5+ (22... Bf5 $5) 23. Kf1 Bf5 24. Be3 Bd6 25. Rd2 e4 26. Bf2 Ng6 27. Ne3 (27.
Nc3 $14 {Khalifman}) 27... Be6 28. fxe4 Rf8 $44 {0-1 Taubenhaus,J-Pollock,W/
New York 1893/HCL (45)}) 20. Qxg6 Rxg6 21. h3 e5 22. Nd2 $5 {White wants to
bolster his threatened K-side.} (22. c4 {Khalifman} Nd4 23. c5 Nc2 24. Be3 Nxa1
25. Na3 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Rxg4 27. Rxa1 Rag8 28. g3 b6 29. cxd6+ cxd6 $13) (22. c3
$5 {suggests itself after seeing this game.}) 22... Nd4 23. c3 Nc2 $5 {Wins
back the P, but leaves the N in a very delicate position. It's difficult to
imagine that it will make any more moves in this game. At the same time it's
not all that easy for White to coordinate a defence on the K-side and to
successfully net the N.} (23... Ne2+ {was safer} 24. Kf1 Nf4 (24... Nxc1 25.
Raxc1 Bxg4 26. hxg4 Rxg4 $14) 25. Ne4 (25. Nxe5 $5 Bxe5 26. Nc4 Bd6 27. Nxd6
Nxg2 28. Nxb7 Bxh3 29. Ke2 Rf8 $13) 25... Bxg4 26. hxg4 Rxg4 27. g3 Nh5 28. Re1
Rag8 $11) 24. Rb1 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Rxg4 26. Nf1 Rf8 {[%csl Rf2][%cal Yd6c5]} (
26... Rag8 $5 27. g3 e4 28. Bd2 (28. b4) 28... Bc5 29. Kg2 Rf8 30. Rbc1 Rxf2+
31. Kh3 Rg8 32. Rxc2 Rh8+ 33. Kg4 Rg8+ 34. Kh5 Kf6 $11) 27. b4 a5 28. Rb2 {
The N survives after all.} Na3 29. Ne3 Rgf4 30. bxa5 Ra4 (30... Nb5 $5 31. Rb3
Ke6 $132 (31... Rxf2 32. a4)) 31. Rxb7 Ke6 32. Rd2 Ra8 33. Bxa3 Rxa3 34. Rb3
R3xa5 35. Rbb2 Rc5 36. Rbc2 Ra3 37. Nd1 Rd5 38. g3 Be7 39. c4 {White is a P up,
but Black is too active for him to have any real chances of activating his
position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
a6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Re1 Qc7 14. Na4 Rae8 15.
Nb6 f5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Qd3 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rf5 20. Bb6 Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2005.01.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.01.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.04.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qd2 $146 Qd7 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Re1 (19. Nh4 Na5
20. Nxf5 Nxc4 21. Qg5 f6 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Re1 g6 $11) 19... Re8 $11 20. Rxe8+
Qxe8 21. Qf4 Qd7 22. Nh4 Bc2 23. Qd2 Bf5 24. Qf4 (24. Qe2 Bg4 25. f3 Bh5 26. g4
Bg6 27. f4 Bb1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.02.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 c5 11. O-O Nf6 12. Qh4 cxd4 13. Re1 Bd7 14. Qxd4
Bc6 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. Qxe5 Qd5 17. Qxd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 a5 19. c4 Nb4 20. Bb1 Ke7
21. Bc3 Rhd8 22. f3 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.02.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sadvakasov, Darmen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 h6 13. Nf1 Re8 14. Ng3 Bf8 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Bb7 19. Bf4 Rc8 20. Bb3 a5 21. a4
bxa4 22. Bxa4 Re6 23. Bb3 d5 24. e5 Nd7 25. Bd2 Qb6 26. Qxb6 Rxb6 27. Ba4 Nc5
28. Bc3 Nd3 29. Re3 Nf4 30. Nf5 Nxg2 31. Rg3 Nf4 32. Bd1 g6 33. Nd6 Ra8 34. Bd4
Rb4 35. Bc3 Rb6 36. Bd4 Rb4 37. Bc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.02.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
Be6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd3 Nbd7 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Nc5 13. Qd2 Nfe4 14. Qb4 a5
15. Qc4 Rc8 16. Nxc5 Nxc5 17. Qb5 f5 18. c3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nfd7 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Rd1 Nf6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bh6 Rfc8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h4 Be8 17. Rfe1 Na5 18. Ne5 Nc4 19. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b4 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. c4 exd4 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxd4 c6 19. a4 d5 20. N4f3 bxa4 21. e5 a3 22.
Rxa3 Rxa3 23. Bxa3 Nh5 24. e6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Bxg6 Nf4 27. Bb1 Qf6 28.
Kh2 Bg7 29. Qa4 Nf8 30. Qa7 Qf7 31. Qb8 Ne2 32. b5 Qf4+ 33. Qxf4 Nxf4 34. Bd6
Ne2 35. bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Rb1 b6 9. Nf3 c6 {A new idea instead of the normal move} (9... Bg7) {Black
firmly keeps his extra pawn.} 10. a4 (10. e4 {was played in the stem game,
with very complex play after} b5 11. Be2 Bh6 12. O-O a6 13. Ng5 Bc8 14. f4 f6
15. Nh3 Nd7 16. g4 Nb6 17. Qc2 Be6 18. f5 gxf5 19. gxf5 Bf7 20. Qd1 Kd7 $5 21.
Kh1 Kc8 {1/2-1/2 Gurevich,M-McShane,L/Vandoeuvre 2005/CBM 106 (45)}) (10. Ng5
$2 {is senseless in view of} Bd5 11. e4 h6 12. exd5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 cxd5 {
- one of the ideas of 9...c6.}) 10... a6 11. e4 {Of course it is a big
question whether this move is necessary. The other plan is Be2,Nd2,Bf3 etc.,
which Black would meet with ...f7-f5 (controlling the e4 square).} b5 12. Be2
Bg7 {More natural than} (12... Bh6) 13. O-O O-O 14. Ng5 Bc8 15. f4 f6 16. Nf3
f5 $1 {Here, too, this move, attacking the white centre, is very effective.
Black captures the d5 square.} 17. Qe1 Bf6 {Black takes the opportunity to
exchange (or activate) his passive bishop.} (17... fxe4 18. Ng5 Bf5 19. g4 $13)
18. Bd1 (18. Bf2 fxe4) 18... fxe4 19. Ng5 Qd5 20. Bc2 Bf5 21. h3 e3 22. Bxf5
gxf5 $17 {Suddenly Black offers a draw. Peter condemned his decision later on.
White's compensation for the missing pawn is slim.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 (16... Bf6 $6 17. Nh2 $1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Rcd8 (18... Ne7 19.
Bf3 Rcd8 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 $1 $16 {0-1 Shirov,A-Bologan,V/Wijk aan Zee
2004/CBM 99/[Huzman] (40)}) 19. Bf3 h6 20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 Bg5 22. Bxg5 hxg5
23. Rxe8+ (23. Qc1 $1 $36) 23... Rxe8 24. Qd3 Nd8 $1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Anand,V/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 93/[Huzman] (51)}) (16... Be4 $5 17. Be3 Rcd8 (
17... Na5 18. c4 (18. Nd2 Bf5 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Ne4 Bd6 (20... Rcd8 $142 $1 $11)
21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 c6 24. Rd4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Laznicka,V-Stopa,
J/Legnica POL 2004/(64)}) 18... Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Nd2 Qd5 21. Nxe4 Qxe4
22. Bg5 Qxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Bxg5 24. Qa5 Bf6 25. Qxa7 c5 $11 {0-1 Leko,P-Kramnik,V/
Brissago SUI 2004/(65)}) 18. Nd2 Bg6 19. Bf3 Qd7 20. Qa4 Ne5 21. Qxd7 Nxf3+ 22.
Nxf3 Rxd7 23. Ne5 Rd5 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. a4 Kf7 26. Reb1 {1/2-1/2 Leko,
P-Bologan,V/Dortmund GER 2004/(26)}) (16... Be4 $5) 17. Qa4 (17. Nd2 Qd7 (17...
Na5 $5) 18. Nc4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 (19. Qd2 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Re4 (20... Ne7 $5) 21. Qg3
Rce8 22. Ne3 R4e7 23. Bb5 a6 24. Bc4 Na5 25. Ba2 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,
G-Motylev,A/Moscow RUS 2004/(76)}) 19... cxd6 20. Ne3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Karjakin,
S-Gelfand,B/Pamplona ESP 2004/(26)}) (17. c4 Qe4 18. Bg3 Qc2 (18... Bf6 19. Bf1
Qc2 20. Qxc2 Bxc2 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Rc1 Ba4 23. d5 Ne5 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5
Rxe5 $11 {0-1 Naumann,A-Fridman,D/playchess INT 2005/(36)}) 19. Qxc2 Bxc2 20.
d5 Na5 21. Nd4 Ba4 22. Bg4 Ra8 23. Bxc7 Nxc4 24. Rac1 Nxa3 25. d6 Bf6 26. Rxe8+
Bxe8 27. Bf3 $16 {1-0 Svidler,P-Landa,K/Katernberg GER 2005/(52)}) 17... Bd7
18. Qc2 (18. Rab1 Qf5 19. Bg3 Bd6 $11) 18... Qf5 (18... Bd6 $5 19. Be3 Bf5 20.
Qb2 Na5 21. Nd2 b6 22. c4 Qe6 $11) 19. Qxf5 (19. Qd2 Bd6 20. Bxd6 cxd6 21. Rab1
Na5 $11) 19... Bxf5 20. d5 Na5 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Nb5 (22. Bf1 Bd6 $11) 22... Bxb5
23. Bxb5 c6 $1 $11 24. Ba4 Bg5 $1 25. Bxg5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 hxg5 $11 27. dxc6
Nxc6 28. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Bd6 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O b6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Bd2 Ne5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. f4 Bd4+ 14. Kh1 d6
15. Nd1 Nd7 16. c3 Bf6 17. Nf2 O-O 18. Ng4 Be7 19. f5 Kh8 20. fxe6 fxe6 21.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 22. Rf1 Nc5 23. Bc2 Qc6 24. Qf2 Be7 25. Bg5 Qe8 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. e5
d5 28. Bxh7 Kxh7 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Qh4+ Kg8 31. exf6 Qh7 32. f7+ Qxf7 33. Rxf7
Kxf7 34. Qh7+ Ke8 35. h4 d4 36. cxd4 Nd7 37. h5 Bd5 38. h6 Nf8 39. Qg7 Be4 40.
Qe5 Bh7 41. Qc7 Rd8 42. Qxb6 Bd3 43. a4 Rd5 44. Kg1 Kf7 45. Qc7+ Nd7 46. Qg3
Bg6 47. b4 Nf6 48. Qc7+ Rd7 49. Qf4 Bf5 50. g4 Nxg4 51. Qg5 Nxh6 52. Qxh6 Rxd4
53. Qe3 Rxb4 54. Qa7+ Kf6 55. Qxa6 Be4 56. Kf2 Bd5 57. a5 Rb2+ 58. Ke3 Ra2 59.
Kd4 Ra4+ 60. Kc5 Ra2 61. Kd6 Kf5 62. Qd3+ Kf4 63. a6 Kg4 64. Ke5 Kh4 65. a7 Kg4
66. Qb1 Re2+ 67. Kd4 Bf3 68. Qg6+ Kh3 69. Qd3 e5+ 70. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Poikovsky Karpov 06th"]
[Site "Poikovsky"]
[Date "2005.03.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.02.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.06.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Na5 12. Bxf7+ Rxf7 13. fxg4 Rxf1+ 14.
Kxf1 Qd6 15. e5 Qd5 16. Bf2 Rd8 17. Qa4 b6 18. Qc2 Rc8 19. Qd1 Rd8 20. Qc2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc2 Qh5 8. h3
Na6 9. Nc3 Qg6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Qa4 b5 12. Qd1 O-O 13. O-O Rd8 14. Qc2 Nb4 15.
Qb1 Re8 16. a4 Rb8 17. b3 Nbd5 18. axb5 Bxe3 19. Nxd5 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 cxd5 21.
Bb2 Qxg3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Rxf6 Bxh3 24. Qf1 Re5 25. Rxa7 Rg5 $4 {Black was
muc h better but slowly slipping. The last move overlooks a mate in three.} 26.
Rf2 $4 (26. Rg6+ hxg6 (26... Kh8 27. Qf6#) 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qh7#) 26... e3 27.
dxe3 Qxe3 28. Kh1 Qxa7 29. Bxh3 Rxb5 30. Qc1 Rg6 31. Rf3 Rc5 32. Qf4 Qc7 33.
Qe3 Rc1+ 34. Bf1 Qc5 35. Qxc5 Rxc5 36. Bg2 d4 37. Rf4 Rc1+ 38. Bf1 Rg3 39. b4
Rb3 40. Kg2 Rxb4 41. Kf2 Rc2 42. Rg4+ Kf8 43. Kf3 Rb1 44. Bg2 Rb3+ 45. Ke4
Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e6 7. Be3 b5 8. g4 h6
9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O b4 11. Nce2 Qa5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Nb3 Qc7 14. Qxb4 d5 15.
Qa5 Rc8 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bg2 Nxg4 19. Bf4 Nge5 20. Nc3 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 g5 22. Bg3 Bg7 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 O-O 26. Nd4 Rb8+ 27. Kc1
Rc8 28. Nf5 Rxc3 29. Bd2 Rc5 30. Rg1 Bf6 31. Bxd5+ Kh8 32. Be4 Rc4 33. Bh1 Nd3+
34. Kb1 N3e5 35. Bxh6 Nb6 36. Bd2 Na4 37. Rg3 Rc8 38. Ne3 Nc4 39. Nxc4 Rxc4 40.
Bd5 Rb4+ 41. Bxb4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. f4 e6 5. Nf3 h5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Qc1 Nh6 8. c4 Nd7
9. Nbd2 c5 10. Nb3 Rc8 11. Qd2 Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Nxc5 Bxc5 15.
Bxc5 Qxc5 16. b4 Qc7 17. c5 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bb5 a6 20. Ba4 b5 21. Bd1 Be4
22. Ng5 Bxg2 23. Rg1 Be4 24. Bxh5 Rcf8 25. Rc3 Rxf4 26. Nxe6 Qe5 27. Nxf4 Rxf4
28. Be2 d4 29. Rcg3 Nf5 30. Rg4 Rxg4 31. Rxg4 d3 32. Qf4 Qc3+ 33. Qd2 Qa1+ 34.
Bd1 Bf3 35. Rg3 Nxg3 36. hxg3 Qe5+ 37. Kf2 Bxd1 38. Qxd1 Qd4+ 39. Kf3 Qxb4 40.
Qb3+ Qxb3 41. axb3 Kf7 42. b4 Ke6 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Kxd3 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 Qc5 9. c4 a6 10. b4 Qxb4 11. Ba4 g6 12. Bb3 Bg7 13. a4 d6 14. Ba3 Qa5
15. Re1 Qd8 16. c5 O-O 17. Rc1 dxc5 18. Bxc5 Re8 19. a5 Bf5 20. Qf3 Qxa5 21.
Bxe7 $2 (21. d6 {was parhaps a better try}) 21... Qxd2 $2 (21... Bh6 {keeps
the advantage}) 22. d6 Bf8 23. g4 $2 Bxe7 24. dxe7 Qg5 25. h3 Be6 26. Rxe6 fxe6
27. Bxe6+ Kh8 28. Rc7 Rxe7 29. Qxb7 Rae8 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O c6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nxd5 Be6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd5
Rad8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rf1 e4 17. Qxb7 Qf3 18. d4 h5 19. Qb3 Rd5 20. Bd2 Bd6
21. Qd1 Qf5 22. Qe2 h4 23. Rac1 Qh3 24. Rc6 Rf3 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rc1 Rd5 27.
Qf1 Qf5 28. Be1 Qg6 29. Rc6 Rf6 30. Qe2 hxg3 31. hxg3 Rh5 32. Rc8+ Kh7 33. Qf1
Qg4 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Na5 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.
e4 c6 9. b4 cxb3 10. axb3 b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. Ba6 Qb8 13. Ne5 Bg7 14. Bf4 Nd6 15.
h3 O-O 16. Bh2 Qe8 17. Nf3 c5 18. e5 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Nf5 20. Nf3 Nh5 21. g4 Bc6
22. Ne4 Nd6 23. Ned2 Bh6 24. O-O Nf4 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. exd6 Bxd6 27. Nd4 Bd5
28. Bb5 Qb8 29. N4f3 Bxb4 30. Rfd1 Qf4 31. Qd3 Rfd8 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. fxe3 a5
34. Kf2 Kg7 35. Ke2 Rdc8 36. Rdb1 Rc2 37. Kd1 Rc5 38. Bd3 Rd8 39. Ke2 Rc3 40.
Ne1 Rc6 41. Bb5 Rcd6 42. Nd3 Bxd2 43. Kxd2 Bg2 44. h4 Bf3 45. g5 Be4 46. Ra3 h6
47. gxh6+ Kxh6 48. Ke2 Kg7 49. Rb2 Rh8 50. Nf2 Rxh4 51. Nxe4 Rxe4 52. Rab3 Rc4
53. Bxc4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 Bg5 7. h4 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 Nf6 9. O-O Be6 10. Nd5 O-O 11. Bg5 Bxd5 12. Bxd5 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qg4
Ne7 15. Bb3 Rad8 16. Rae1 Qf4 17. Qh3 Nc6 18. c3 Qd2 19. Rb1 b5 20. Qe3 Qxe3
21. fxe3 Ne7 22. a4 bxa4 23. Bxa4 d5 24. Bb3 Rd7 25. Rf2 Rb8 26. Ba2 Kf8 27.
Rbf1 f6 28. g4 dxe4 29. dxe4 Rb6 30. g5 hxg5 31. hxg5 Ke8 32. Bc4 Rdd6 33. Ra1
a6 34. b3 Kd7 35. gxf6 Rxf6 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Rxa6 Rxa6 38. Bxa6 Kc7 39. Kf2
Kb6 40. Bd3 Nc8 41. Kf3 Nd6 42. Kg4 Kc7 43. Kh5 Kd7 44. Kg6 Ke7 45. b4 c4 46.
Be2 Nxe4 47. b5 Nxc3 48. b6 Kd6 49. Bxc4 Kc6 50. Kxf6 Kxb6 51. Kxe5 Nd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg5 f6 6. Be3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. d4
Nge7 9. Bg2 Nf5 10. O-O Nxe3 11. fxe3 Bh6 12. dxc5 Bxe3+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Nc3
Bxc5 15. Qxd5+ Qxd5 16. Nxd5 Kg7 17. c3 Bg4 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Rae8 20. Rad1
Ne5 21. Be2 f5 22. Bb5 Rd8 23. Rfe1 Bd6 24. Kg2 a6 25. Nf4 Kf6 26. Ba4 g5 27.
Nd5+ Kg7 28. Bc2 Bb8 29. Re2 Ng6 30. Red2 Rde8 31. Rf1 f4 32. Bxg6 Kxg6 33.
gxf4 gxf4 34. Rdf2 Kg5 35. Kf3 Rf5 36. c4 Kh6 37. Rg2 b5 38. b3 Rh5 39. Rh1 Re6
40. h4 bxc4 41. bxc4 Bd6 42. Rg4 Rg6 43. Rb1 Bc5 44. Rb7 Rf5 45. Rxf4 Rxf4+ 46.
Nxf4 Rc6 47. Rd7 Bg1 48. Rd1 Ba7 49. Kg4 Bf2 50. Rc1 Rc8 51. Rc2 Rg8+ 52. Kf3
Bxh4 53. c5 Rc8 54. Rh2 Kg5 55. Ng2 Rf8+ 56. Ke4 Bf2 57. c6 h5 58. Rh3 h4 59.
Rf3 Re8+ 60. Kd5 Bg3 61. Ra3 Re2 62. Nxh4 Kxh4 63. Rxa6 Kg5 64. Ra3 Bf4 65. Ra4
Rc2 66. a3 Kf5 67. Rxf4+ Kxf4 68. Kd6 Rd2+ 69. Ke6 Re2+ 70. Kd6 Rd2+ 71. Ke6
Re2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 O-O 7. h3 Qb6 8. Na3
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Rc1 Rfc8 14. Qa4 Bd7 15.
Qb3 e6 16. Bd3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Nb4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rxc8+ Rxc8 20. Nd2 Nd3 21.
Ra1 Rc1+ 22. Rxc1 Nxc1 23. Nab1 Bc6 24. Nc3 b5 25. Ncxe4 Nxb3 26. Nxb3 Bxe4 27.
Nc5 Bc6 28. Bd2 Kf8 29. f4 Ke8 30. Kf2 Bf8 31. g4 Be7 32. Ba5 Bh4+ 33. Ke3 Be7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d5 8. exd5
exd5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Rfd1 h6
15. Bh4 dxc4 16. Qg3 Qb8 17. Bxf6 Qxg3 18. hxg3 gxf6 19. Rd4 Rfd8 20. Rf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. c3 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Ne7 10. Ne3 c6 11. Ba4 Qc7 12. Bb3 a5 13. O-O Bd7 14. d4 exd4 15.
Qxd4 Nh5 16. Qd1 Rae8 17. Nd4 Bf6 18. Bg3 Nxg3 19. hxg3 c5 20. Ne2 Bc6 21. f3
b5 22. a4 c4 23. axb5 Bxb5 24. Bc2 Qb6 25. Nd4 d5 26. exd5 Rd8 27. Be4 Bxd4 28.
Qxd4 Qxd4 29. cxd4 a4 30. f4 Rfe8 31. Rfe1 Kg7 32. Bf3 h5 33. Kf2 Rb8 34. g4
hxg4 35. Bxg4 Red8 36. Bf3 Nc8 37. g4 Nd6 38. g5 Bd7 39. Ra2 Rb3 40. Bd1 Rb4
41. Bc2 Rh8 42. Kg2 Rhb8 43. Nd1 Bg4 44. Bxa4 Nf5 45. Bd7 Bxd1 46. Bxf5 Rxb2+
47. Kg3 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
O-O 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 d6 11. exd6 exd6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Re1 Bd7 14. h3 Rfe8
15. Qb3 a6 16. Bd3 Be6 17. Qa3 Bd5 18. Nd2 Qa5 19. Qxa5 Nxa5 20. Be7 Bh6 21.
Ne4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 d5 23. Re2 Rac8 24. Bb4 Nc6 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bc5 Bf8 27.
Bb6 Rc8 28. Rb1 Nb8 29. Be2 Nd7 30. Bf3 Nf6 31. Rb3 Rc4 32. Bd8 Ne4 33. Bxe4
dxe4 34. Rxb7 Rxc3 35. g4 Rc1+ 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. Rb8 Kg7 38. g5 f5 39. gxf6+ Kf7
40. Kf1 Rd2 41. Rb7+ Ke6 42. Ra7 Rxd4 43. Rxa6+ Kf7 44. Bc7 Bc5 45. a4 Rd2 46.
Bg3 Ra2 47. Rc6 Bd4 48. Rc4 Bxf6 49. Rxe4 Bd8 50. Ke1 h5 51. Rd4 Ba5+ 52. Kd1
Bb6 53. Rb4 Bc5 54. Rc4 Bb6 55. Kc1 g5 56. Kb1 Re2 57. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Ba6 12. Qe3 Qd7 13. d5 Bxe2 14. Qxe2 Bxc3
15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfd1 Qa4 18. e5 Nd7 19. Rbc1 Rad8 20. e6 Nf6 21.
exf7 Qe4 22. Qxe4 Nxe4 23. Re1 Nf6 24. Ng5 Rxd5 25. h4 Rxf7 26. Nxf7 Kxf7 27.
Re3 Rd4 28. Rce1 Nd5 29. Rf3+ Ke8 30. h5 c4 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rc1 c3 33. Rfxc3
Nxc3 34. Rxc3 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Rd2 36. Ra3 a5 37. f4 Kd7 38. Kh3 Rb2 39. g3 Kc6 40.
Kg4 Kb5 41. Kg5 Kb4 42. Re3 Rxa2 43. Kxg6 Rg2 44. Kg5 a4 45. g4 a3 46. Rxe7 a2
47. Ra7 Kb3 48. f5 Kb2 49. f6 a1=Q 50. Rxa1 Kxa1 51. Kh5 b5 52. g5 Rf2 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. Be2 Qb6 10. Nd1 b4 11. O-O a5 12. c3 Be7 13. Bf2 O-O 14. f5 bxc3 15. bxc3
cxd4 16. cxd4 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Qxa6 18. Ne3 Bb4 19. Qd1 Rac8 20. Ng5 Nxd4 21. Qxd4
Bc3 22. Qh4 h6 23. f6 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Nxf6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Qh5 Bxa1 27. Rxa1
Qd3 28. h3 Rb8 29. Ng4 Rb1+ 30. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 31. Kh2 f6 32. Bc5 Rc8 33. Bd6 Qh7
34. Nxf6+ gxf6 35. Qg4+ Kf7 36. Qa4 Qg8 37. h4 Rc4 38. Qd7+ Kg6 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be2 a5 12. Bd2 Be6 13. Qc2 a4 14. Rc1 Bb3
15. Qc5 Qf6 16. e4 Nd7 17. Qb5 Rfb8 18. Bc3 Ra6 19. d4 exd4 20. Bd2 Rb6 21. Qh5
Be6 22. Rc2 Rb3 23. Bg5 Qg6 24. Qxg6 hxg6 25. Nd2 d3 26. Nxb3 dxc2 27. Na1 Nd4
28. Bd3 Bb3 29. Kd2 Nc5 30. Nxc2 Nde6 31. Be7 Nxd3 32. Kxd3 Re8 33. Bb4 c5 34.
Bd2 Rd8+ 35. Kc3 Nc7 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 e5 8.
Qe2 Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qe4 10. Qxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe5 Nc5 12. Be3 f6 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Na5
O-O-O 15. b4 Ne4 16. O-O f5 17. a3 Be7 18. Rad1 Bf6 19. Rd3 a6 20. Rfd1 c6 21.
Bb6 Rxd3 22. Rxd3 Nc3 23. Rd6 Bd5 24. Bh3 Be4 25. Nc4 Nd5 26. Bc5 Bxc2 27. Re6
Kd7 28. Re2 Bd3 29. Ne5+ Bxe5 30. Rxe5 g6 31. Bg2 Re8 32. Rxe8 Kxe8 33. Bxd5
cxd5 34. f4 Kd7 35. Kf2 Kc6 36. Ke3 Be4 37. Kd4 Kb5 38. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "256"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Bb5 g6 9. Rd1 Bg7 10. Na3 O-O 11. Bxc6 Ne5 12. Qe3 Nxc6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4
Qb6 15. Nc4 Qa6 16. b3 Rad8 17. Na3 d5 18. e5 f6 19. exf6 exf6 20. Nc2 Rfe8 21.
Qf3 Re4 22. a4 f5 23. Bb2 Qe2 24. Qc3 Rde8 25. Re1 Qa6 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. b4 Qd3
28. b5 Qxc3 29. Bxc3 Ne7 30. Nb4 Rc8 31. Be1 Bxd4 32. Rd1 Rc4 33. a5 Kf7 34.
Nc2 Rxc2 35. Rxd4 Ke6 36. Rd8 Rc8 37. Rd1 Nd5 38. Bd2 Rc5 39. a6 b6 40. Rb1 Nc7
41. Bf4 Rxb5 42. Rc1 Nxa6 43. Rc6+ Kd7 44. Rf6 Ke7 45. Bg5 Kd7 46. Rf7+ Kc6 47.
Rxh7 Rd5 48. Rg7 Rd6 49. Bf4 Re6 50. Rxa7 Nc5 51. g3 Nd3 52. Be3 Ne5 53. Kf1
Nc4 54. Bf4 b5 55. Rc7+ Kb6 56. Rc8 Rc6 57. Rb8+ Ka5 58. Ke2 Ka4 59. g4 fxg4
60. hxg4 b4 61. Ra8+ Kb5 62. Bh6 b3 63. Bg7 Rb6 64. Re8 Rb7 65. Bc3 Kc5 66.
Rxe4 b2 67. Bxb2 Rxb2+ 68. Kd3 Rb3+ 69. Ke2 Rb2+ 70. Kd3 Rb3+ 71. Ke2 Kd5 72.
Rf4 Ne5 73. f3 Rb2+ 74. Ke3 Rb3+ 75. Ke2 Ke6 76. Rf8 Ke7 77. Rf4 Rb2+ 78. Ke3
Rb5 79. Ke2 Rb8 80. Re4 Kf6 81. Kf2 g5 82. Re3 Ng6 83. Kg3 Rd8 84. Ra3 Rd6 85.
Rb3 Nf4 86. Ra3 Rd5 87. Ra4 Rc5 88. Rb4 Rc1 89. Rb6+ Ne6 90. Ra6 Ke5 91. Ra4
Rc2 92. Ra5+ Kd4 93. Ra4+ Kd3 94. Ra3+ Rc3 95. Ra5 Ke2 96. Ra2+ Ke3 97. Ra5 Rc5
98. Ra3+ Kd2 99. Ra2+ Rc2 100. Ra5 Ke1 101. Ra1+ Ke2 102. Ra5 Rc3 103. Ra2+ Ke3
104. Ra5 Nc5 105. Ra8 Nd3 106. Re8+ Kd2 107. Rg8 Rc5 108. Rd8 Ke2 109. Re8+ Kd2
110. Rd8 Re5 111. Ra8 Re1 112. Rd8 Ke2 113. Re8+ Kf1 114. Rg8 Re5 115. Ra8 Re2
116. Ra1+ Ne1 117. Ra3 Rf2 118. Rb3 Kg1 119. Rc3 Rf1 120. Ra3 Ng2 121. Ra5 Ne1
122. Rxg5 Rxf3+ 123. Kh4 Kg2 124. Rf5 Rh3+ 125. Kg5 Nf3+ 126. Kf6 Rh6+ 127. Kg7
Rh4 128. g5 Nxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. c4 Nc6 8. Nc3
d6 9. O-O Nge7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Nd5 a5 14. a4 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 Nb4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nc1 Qc7 18. b3 Qc5 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Bc2 Bg4 21. Qxd6
Qb6 22. Rd5 Rfd8 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 Rd2 25. Bb1 Rad8 26. Rd5 Be6 27. Rxd8+
Nxd8 28. f3 Nc6 29. Rf2 Rd1+ 30. Rf1 Rd2 31. Rf2 Rd1+ 32. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bf4 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. h3 Nd4 15.
Bxd4 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 exd4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Qb6 19. Rab1 Rfe8 20. Qg3 Rac8
21. h4 Rc5 22. h5 Bf6 23. f4 Rc2 24. Kh2 Rxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxb2 26. Rb1 Qd2 27.
Rxb7 Re5 28. f5 Bg5 29. Kh3 Bf4 30. Qf3 gxf5 31. g3 Be3 32. exf5 Qxd3 33. f6
Kf8 34. Rb3 Qc4 35. Qf5 Re8 36. Rb7 Qc1 37. g4 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. f4 Ne7 12. Kh1 O-O 13. e5 Bb4 14. Rf3 Bxc3
15. bxc3 c5 16. Rh3 h6 17. Qh5 f5 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Re1 c4 20. Bf1 Ng6 21. Qg4
Raf8 22. Rf3 e5 23. f5 Bc8 24. Kg1 Bxf5 25. Qg3 Bxc2 26. Rxf6 Rxf6 27. h4 Be4
28. h5 Nf4 29. Qg4 Qf7 30. Bxc4 Bf5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. g3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg2 e5 8.
Qe2 Qxd4 9. Nf3 Qd5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e4 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4+ Qxe4 16. Rxe4+ Kd7 17. Bf4 Rhe8 18. Rd4 Re6 19. Rad1 Rae8 20.
Kf1 Kc6 21. Bxd6 Rxd6 22. Rxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 14th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2005.03.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.03.19"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Be3 Ne4 11. Rd1 Bf6 12. Qa3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Nd6 14. Bc5 Nb5
15. Qd3 Nc7 16. Ba3 g6 17. Rac1 Bf5 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. e3 Qd7 20. Bb4 Nxb4 21.
Qxb4 Qb5 22. Qxb5 Nxb5 23. Rc5 a6 24. a4 Na7 25. Nd4 Bxd4 26. exd4 Nc6 27. Bxd5
Nxd4 28. Nf1 Ne6 29. Rcc1 Bg4 30. f3 Bh3 31. Ne3 b6 32. Kf2 h5 33. Rc6 Kg7 34.
Nc4 b5 35. Nd6 Re7 36. a5 Rc7 37. Rdc1 Rd7 38. Bxe6 Bxe6 39. Rxa6 Rbd8 40. Rcc6
Bd5 41. Rcb6 b4 42. f4 Kf8 43. f5 gxf5 44. Ke3 Bg2 45. Nxf5 Rd5 46. Kf4 Bh3 47.
Rf6 Bxf5 48. Rxf5 Rxf5+ 49. Kxf5 Rd2 50. b3 Rb2 51. Kf6 Rf2+ 52. Kg5 Rb2 53.
Kf6 Rf2+ 54. Ke5 Rb2 55. Kd4 Rxb3 56. Kc5 Rb1 57. Rb6 b3 58. Rb5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Noyon"]
[Date "2005.04.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2005.03.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d5 6. Nbd2 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O
Bb7 9. h3 Nc6 10. Ne5 e6 11. b4 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "Noyon"]
[Date "2005.04.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2455"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.03.31"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 a6 6. Nd6+ Bxd6 7. Qxd6 Qe7 8.
Qd1 Nf6 9. Nc3 h6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qd2 b5 12. O-O-O Qe6 13. f3 Ne7 14. Bc5 Rd8
15. Qd6 Qxd6 16. Bxd6 Ng6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Ne8 19. Bb4 a5 20. Nb6 Ra7 21.
Bc5 Ba6 22. Nxd7 Raxd7 23. Bxa6 Nf4 24. Bb6 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ra8 26. Bc4 1-0

[Event "GER CupT final"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2005.04.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.04.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden Oos"]
[BlackTeam "Porz"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 (8... Qa5 $6 9. Qd2 h6 $2 10. O-O e5 11. a3 {[%cal Gb2b4]} Nf8 $2 12. b4
cxb4 13. axb4 Qxb4 14. Bxa7 $1 $18 {Oratovsky,M-Kagan,S/Ramat Aviv 2000/CBM 77
.}) (8... a5 9. a4 $6 b6 10. Qd2 h6 11. O-O e5 12. Ne2 $2 Nf8 {[%cal Gf8e6]}
13. c3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Ne6 $17 {[%csl Gd3] Groffen,H-Abolianin,A/Vlissingen 1995/
EXT 2000}) (8... b6 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 O-O 11. O-O-O Re8 12. g4 Nf8 13. Ne2 a5
14. Rdg1 Bf6 15. Bg5 Ne6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 $13 {Bologan,V-Anand,V/New Delhi/Theran
2000/CBM 80}) 9. O-O Qe7 (9... O-O 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Nh2 Qe7 12. Bh6 Bh8 13. Ng4
Nf8 $13 {Adams,M-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2000/CBM 78}) 10. Qd2 Nf8 ({Another good
continuation is} 10... h6 {preventing Bh6.} 11. a3 (11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13.
Bxf4 Ne6 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Nd1 $5 (15. Nf3 Be6 16. Qf2 Rd8 17. Rab1 O-O $13)
15... b6 16. c3 Ne6 17. Nf3 Ba6 $13 {Galdunts,S-Jakubiec,A/Griesheim 2002})
11... a5 12. Nh2 a4 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Ne5 15. Nf3 Nxf3+ 16. Rxf3 g5 17. Be3
Be6 18. Qf2 b6 19. d4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Qc5 22. Qxc5 bxc5 $16 {
[%csl Ga4,Gc5,Gc6,Gf6] Tseitlin,M-Schmittdiel,E/Groningen 1994}) 11. Bh6 f6 (
11... Bxh6 12. Qxh6 f6 13. Nh4 Be6 14. f4 exf4 15. Rae1 c4 16. d4 O-O-O $13 {
Galdunts,S-Motylev,A/Bastia 2004}) 12. Nh4 $5 {This move is a novelty, but
just as White's previous tries to get an opening advantage it shouldn't be too
dangerous for Black.} (12. Bxg7 Qxg7 13. Qe3 (13. Ne2 g5 (13... Ne6 14. c3 O-O
15. d4 Rd8 16. Qe3 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nexd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Nb5 Qe7
$11 {Baklan,V-Mochalov,E/Kiev 1995}) 14. Nh2 (14. Ng3 Ng6 15. Nh5 Qe7 16. Rfb1
g4 17. Nh2 gxh3 18. g3 O-O $13 {Ovetchkin,R-Saveljev,V/Krasnoyarsk 2003}) 14...
Ne6 15. b4 cxb4 16. Qxb4 Nf4 17. Ng3 h5 18. Rab1 Rh7 19. Rfe1 Be6 $15 {Kutuzov,
D-Gonzalez Valero,J/Benidorm 2003}) 13... Ne6 14. a4 Nd4 15. Ne1 g5 16. a5 O-O
17. Na4 b6 18. Ra3 Nb5 19. Ra1 Be6 20. Rc1 Rab8 $13 {Porubszky Angyalosine,
M-Grabics,M/Hungary 1992}) (12. Nh2 Ne6 13. Bxg7 (13. Ne2 Bd7 14. a4 O-O 15.
Bxg7 Qxg7 16. f4 exf4 17. Nxf4 f5 $11 {Abzalov,I-Nigametzianov,M/Dagomys 2004})
13... Qxg7 14. Ne2 O-O 15. f4 exf4 16. Nxf4 Nxf4 17. Qxf4 f5 18. e5 Be6 19. Nf3
h6 $13 {Demakov,P-Arzamasov,I/Dagomys 2004}) 12... Ne6 13. Ne2 O-O 14. Rad1 b6
(14... Nd4 15. Nxd4 cxd4 16. Bxg7 Qxg7 17. f4 Be6 (17... exf4 18. Nf3 g5 19.
Nxd4 f5 $11) 18. Nf3 Rae8 19. a3 c5 $11) 15. Bxg7 Nxg7 $2 {This very strange
decision passes the initiative into White's hands. It was much better to
capture with the queen preventing White to push f4 right away.} (15... Qxg7 16.
a3 (16. f4 $2 Qh6 $1 {[%csl Rh4]} 17. g3 Nxf4 18. Nxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Qxf4 20.
gxf4 Bxh3 $17) 16... a5 17. Qe3 Nd4 18. c3 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Be6 20. d4 cxd4 21.
cxd4 exd4 22. Rxd4 f5 $11) 16. f4 $1 $14 exf4 $6 (16... f5 $1 17. Nf3 exf4 18.
Qxf4 (18. e5 $6 g5 $1 $15) 18... fxe4 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. dxe4 Ba6 (20... Be6 21.
Ne5 $16) 21. Rfe1 Rae8 22. Nc3 Bc8 23. Kh2 $14) 17. Nxf4 {Black can do nothing
to prevent Ng6, which is highly unpleasent under the circumstances.} g5 (17...
Qf7 18. Nfxg6 $1 hxg6 19. Qh6 {[%csl Rg8]} Qe6 20. Nxg6 Re8 21. Rf2 f5 22. g4
$1 $18) 18. Nhg6 hxg6 19. Nxg6 Qe8 20. Nxf8 Qxf8 21. e5 f5 ({No better is} 
21... Nh5 22. exf6 Nf4 23. Rxf4 gxf4 24. Qxf4 Be6 25. Re1 $18 {and black is in
troubles.}) 22. Qxg5 $16 Be6 23. Rf4 Re8 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Re3 Qe7 (25... Re6)
26. Qg3 $1 Qf7 27. Rh4 Re6 28. Qf4 Be8 $6 (28... Rg6 $142 $1 29. Rg3 (29. Rh6
Rxh6 30. Qxh6 f4 31. Rf3 Ne6 $132) 29... Rxg3 30. Qxg3 Qxa2 31. Rh6 Qd5 32. Rd6
Qf7 33. Qg5 Be8 34. Rf6 Qe7 35. Rxf5 Qxg5 36. Rxg5 Kh7 37. Kf2 $14) 29. Rg3 Qf8
(29... Bd7 $5) 30. Rh6 Qe7 31. Rxe6 Qxe6 32. Qg5 $1 Qxe5 $6 (32... Qd7 33. e6
Qd4+ 34. Kh1 Qe5 (34... Qxb2 $6 35. Qxf5 $18 {[%cal Ge6e7]}) 35. c3 Kh7 $16)
33. Re3 Qb8 34. Re7 Bf7 35. Qf6 Qf8 36. Rxa7 $18 Be8 37. Qxf8+ Kxf8 38. a4 $1 {
[%cal Ga7b7] The final touch!} Ne6 39. Rb7 c4 40. Rxb6 cxd3 41. cxd3 1-0

[Event "GER CupT semifinal 1"]
[Site "Baden-Oos"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Schneider, Andreas2"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2137"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.04.17"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hannover"]
[BlackTeam "Baden Oos"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxe5 13. dxe5 Qa5 14. Rb1 Rab8
15. Rd1 Rfd8 16. Qe4 Qa4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxe7 Nxe7 19. Bd3 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Bc6 21.
Bxc6 Nxc6 22. Kf1 Na5 23. Ke2 Rdc8 24. Rd3 Rc5 25. a4 a6 26. Rbd1 Nc6 27. Kf1
g5 28. h3 Rc8 29. Rd7 Na5 30. R1d4 Rxc3 31. h4 Rc1+ 32. Ke2 R8c2+ 33. Nd2 Nb3
34. Rg4 Nxd2 35. Rxd2 Rc4 36. Rxc4 Rxc4 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rd7 Rxa4 39. Rxb7
Re4+ 40. Kf3 Rxe5 41. Kg4 Kg7 42. Ra7 Ra5 43. Kh5 Kf6 44. g3 Ra2 45. f3 Ra3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. Qd2 c6 8. Nf3
e5 9. O-O exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Qf4 ({Of course} 11. f3 $2 {is bad in view of
the typical blow} Nfxe4 $1 {[%csl Gg5][%cal Oe4d2,Gg7d4]}) 11... Qe7 {[%cal
Ge7e5] The pin along the h4-d8 diagonal is extremely annoying, so Peter
logically removes his Q from this dangerous zone.} 12. Rad1 Qe5 ({After} 12...
Ncxe4 13. Nxe4 Qxe4 14. Qxd6 {White has clearly better chances according to
the theory.}) 13. f3 Ne6 (13... Qxf4 14. Bxf4 Ne8 {looks a bit passive, though
Black has managed to equalise after} 15. Be3 a5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 f5 18.
exf5 Bxf5 19. Bd3 Rf7 20. Bxf5 gxf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Moskalenko,V-Schlosser,M/
Groningen 1989/EXT 98 (50)}) 14. Nxe6 Bxe6 15. Kh1 $5 $146 (15. Qe3 Qa5 16.
Rxd6 Nd7 17. Rfd1 (17. f4 $5 {[%csl Ge5]}) 17... Nb6 18. c5 Na4 19. e5 Nxc3 20.
bxc3 Rfe8 21. f4 Qxa2 $13 {0-1 Palatnik,S-Gallagher,J/Baku 1988/CBM 010 (37)})
(15. Qh4 $5 {comes into consideration.}) 15... Rfe8 ({Premature would have been
} 15... Nd7 {in view of} 16. Qc1 $1 {[%csl Gd6]} (16. Rxd6 h6 $1) 16... Qa5 17.
Be7 Rfe8 18. Bxd6 $16) 16. Rxd6 {In my opinion this move is too soft and
significantly eases Black's task.} ({Keeping the queens on the board would
cost Black definite problems, for example :} 16. Qh4 $1 Nd7 17. f4 Qa5 18. Rxd6
Nb6 19. Bf6 $36) 16... Nd7 {I wouldn't say this move is a mistake, but much
easier would be} (16... Qxf4 17. Bxf4 Nh5 $1 18. Be3 Be5 19. Rdd1 (19. Rd2 Nf4)
19... Nf4 {with comfortable play in all lines :} 20. Bxf4 (20. b3 Nxg2 $1 21.
Kxg2 Bxc3 $11) 20... Bxf4 21. g3 Be5 $44 {[%csl Ge5,Ge6]}) 17. Qxe5 ({After} 
17. Rfd1 Nb6 (17... Qxf4 $143 $6 18. Bxf4 Ne5 19. c5 $16) 18. c5 (18. Qh4 Bxc4
19. f4 Qa5) 18... Qxf4 (18... Qxc5 19. Bf6 $36) 19. Bxf4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Na4 21.
Be5 Nxc5 {we actually reach the position similiar to the game.}) 17... Bxe5 18.
Rd2 Nb6 19. c5 (19. f4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxc4 $11) 19... Bxc3 20. bxc3 Na4 {
[%csl Gc3,Gc5]} 21. Bf6 Nxc5 22. Rfd1 {The arisen endgame looks very
attractive for White, it may seem that he has an obvious advantage, due to his
very strong dark-squared bishop and absolute control of d-file.Nonetheless
things are not that easy, Black is pretty solid. He is not afraid of getting
mated, like it would easily happen in the middlegame (with QQ).} (22. c4 Nd7
23. Bh4 f5 24. exf5 Bxf5 {and Black should be fine,due to White's poor bishop
on e2.}) 22... b5 $1 {Black has a clear plan of counterplay - pushing his
queenside pawns, which allows him to maintain the balance.} 23. g4 a5 24. Kg2 (
{The alternative would have been} 24. a3 {which stops Black's idea to push
further with b5-b4, but that is a clear drawback of White's last move - it
weakens the b3-square.} Bb3 25. Rb1 Be6 $1 {[%cal Gc5d7]} 26. Kg2 (26. Rbd1 $11
) 26... Nd7 27. g5 (27. Bg5 Ne5) (27. Bd4 Rad8 {[%cal Gd7e5]}) 27... Nxf6 28.
gxf6 Rad8 29. Rbd1 Rb8 $1 {[%cal Gc6c5,Gb5b4] and Black should be able to hold.
}) 24... b4 25. cxb4 (25. g5 b3 $1 26. Bd4 Nd7 27. axb3 Bxb3 28. Ra1 a4 $11)
25... axb4 $11 {[%csl Ga2]} 26. Rc1 Nd7 $1 {It is very important to drive away
the bishop from f6.} ({Less accurate would be} 26... Ra5 27. Bc4 Rea8 28. Rd6
$1 {[%csl Gc6]} Bxc4 $140 29. Rxc4 Rxa2+ 30. Kg3 Ne6 31. Rdxc6 $40 {[%csl Gg8]}
) 27. Ba1 c5 (27... Rec8 28. Bc4 Bxc4 29. Rxc4 c5 $11) 28. Bb5 (28. Bc4 Bxc4
29. Rxc4 Rec8 $1 {[%cal Gd7b6]} 30. Kg3 Nb6 31. Rc1 c4 32. Rd6 Rab8 33. Be5 Rb7
{should be equal as well.}) 28... Rec8 29. Bxd7 Rd8 30. Rxc5 ({After} 30. Rxc5
Rxd7 31. Rxd7 (31. Rdc2 Rda7) 31... Rxa2+ 32. Kg3 Bxd7 33. Bf6 Ra8 $11 {
the position is absolutely equal.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7.
e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Rb1 b6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Be2 {About this line - see CBM104,
annotations to Dreev - Huzman.} c5 {This move had been considered a mistake
before this game. However, GM Peter Svidler comes up with a fantastic idea.}
12. Bf3 {Otherwise Black is just fine, e.g.} (12. Nxc4 Nc6 13. O-O cxd4 14.
cxd4 Rc8 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. Qd2 Bd5 17. Rfd1 Qe6 18. a3 Rfd8 $11 {0-1 Brustkern,
J-Szeberenyi,A/Budapest 2004/CBM 103 ext (66)}) (12. O-O cxd4 13. exd4 Nd7 14.
Nxc4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. c4 Ne4 17. Rc1 Nd6 18. d5 Bxe5 19. dxe6 f5 20. Re1 Rc5
21. Bf3 Qc7 22. Bd5 Ne4 $132 {0-1 Nogueiras,J-Sasikiran,K/ICC INT 2005/The
Week in Chess 544 (35)}) 12... cxd4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 520] This is the point!
Black sacrifices a whole rook!} (12... Bd5 {is met by} 13. Bxe7 $1 Bxf3 14.
Qxf3 Qxe7 15. Qxa8 {and Black's counterplay after} cxd4 16. cxd4 c3 17. Nb3 c2
{is insufficient:} 18. Rc1 Qb4+ 19. Nd2 Rc8 (19... Qc3 20. Qd5 Rc8 21. Qb3 Bf8
22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Nb3 Na6 24. Kd2 Bb4 25. Na1 Ra3+ 26. Ke2 $18 {1/2-1/2
Steinhoff,I-Henao,R/Sao Paulo 1992/EXT 98 (59)}) 20. Qb7 $1 (20. Qd5 Bf8 21.
Qb3 Na6 22. Ke2 Qxb3 23. Nxb3 Ba3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Solozhenkin,E-Slizhevsky,A/St
Petersburg 2004/EXT 2005 (51)}) 20... Qc3 21. O-O $1 Bf8 22. Nf3 (22. Ne4 Qc6)
(22. d5 Qc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7 24. Nf3 Ba3 25. Nd4 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 f5 27. Rxc2 Rxc2
28. Nxc2 Kf7) (22. h3 Kg7 (22... Ba3 $2 23. Nb1 $1) (22... Qc7 23. Qxc7 Rxc7
24. Nb3 Ba3 25. Na1) 23. Nb3 Ba3 24. Qxa7 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Nc6 26. Qxb6 Nb4 $132)
22... Ba3 23. Ne5 Qc7 24. Qd5 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Kg7 26. Qb3 f6 27. Nf3 Qc3 28. Qxc3
Rxc3 29. Ne1 {and Black loses the c2 pawn.}) 13. cxd4 $6 (13. Bxa8 {is crucial
of course. The position after} dxc3 {needs further analysis; Black's passed
pawns should not be underestimated!}) 13... Nd7 14. Bxa8 (14. d5 Bf5 15. e4 c3
16. Nb3 Rc8 17. Qc2 g5 $1 18. Bxg5 Bg6 {[%csl Gc3] with an excellent position
for Black.}) 14... Qxa8 {With a strong passed pawn for the exchange and a pair
of bishops, Black's position should be prefered.} 15. O-O (15. f3 $5 c3 $140
16. Ne4) 15... c3 16. Nf3 Rc8 {It is not easy to say where White made a
mistake later in the game but Black won quite confidently:} 17. Qa4 Nf6 18.
Rfc1 ({Perhaps} 18. Bxf6 $142 $5 {giving up this useless bishop.}) 18... Nd5
19. Qc2 a5 20. a3 Qa6 21. Bg3 Bh6 22. Re1 b5 23. e4 b4 $1 24. Ne5 (24. exd5 $2
Bf5 25. Qb3 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 c2) 24... Bd2 25. Rf1 (25. Red1 Qe2 $1 {[%csl Re4]
[%cal Ce4d5,Rd5e3,Rd5f6]}) 25... Qb5 (25... Qe2 $1 {was quite strong here, too.
}) 26. a4 Qb7 (26... Qe2 $1 27. exd5 Bf5 28. Qd1 Qxd1 29. Rbxd1 Bc2 30. Ra1 b3
31. Nc6 Kf8 $19) 27. Nf3 Bh6 28. h4 (28. Ne5 Nb6 29. d5 Nxd5 $1 30. exd5 Qxd5 {
[%cal Cf1d1,Cd1d5,Rb4b3]}) 28... Nb6 29. d5 Bd7 30. Ra1 Nxa4 31. Nd4 Qb6 32.
Nb3 Bb5 33. Rfb1 Nc5 34. Nxc5 Rxc5 35. Be5 Rc8 36. Rd1 a4 37. d6 b3 38. d7 Bxd7
39. Qd3 Bb5 40. Qh3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Nizhny Tagil Politekhnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nge7 {Diese
Variante wurde von Taimanov seinerzeit oft gewähltt. Schwarz kann in folgendem
7...Nxd4 und 8...Nc6 spielen, oder den e7-Springer auf g6 entwickeln.} 7. Bf4 {
Der Läuferzug ist gegen das Feld d6 gerichtet, das eigentlich ein
positionelles Loch in der schwarzen Stellung ist; die Alternativen sind 7.f4,
7.Nb3, 7.0-0 und 7.Be3.} Ng6 8. Bg3 (8. Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bd6 Bxd6 10. Qxd6 Qe7)
8... Be7 9. h4 $146 {[%cal Gh4h5] Mit diesem Zug opfert der ukrainische
Großmeister einen Bauern.} (9. a4 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13.
Qd3 Be6 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. c3 Bg5 16. a5 Kh8 17. Qd1 Ne7 {1/2-1/2 Efimenko,
Z-Volokitin,A/Groningen NED 1999 (41)}) (9. O-O O-O 10. Nb3 d6 11. a4 (11. Qd2
e5 12. Rfd1 Be6 $11) 11... Na5 12. Nxa5 Qxa5 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. Ra3
h5 16. h3 h4 {1-0 Wolff,P-Van Mil,J/Wijk aan Zee 1992/CBM 28 (42)}) 9... Bxh4 (
9... Nxh4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Rh2 $44 {Und in folgendem Weiss kann Qd2 und 0-0-0
spielen mit Rdh1.}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bxh4 Nxh4 12. Qd4 (12. g3 Ng6 13. Qd6 Qe7
14. O-O-O Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Ke7 $15) 12... O-O (12... Nxg2+ $2 {Dieser Zug wäre
wirklich zu optimistisch.} 13. Kf1 Nf4 14. Qxg7 Rf8 15. e5 $18 {[%csl Re8]
[%cal Gc3e4,Ge4d6,Ge4f6]}) 13. e5 Ng6 (13... Nf5 14. Qe4 $44 {[%cal Ge4h7]} (
14. Bd3 Nxd4 15. Bxh7+ Kh8 16. Bg6+ Kg8 $11)) 14. Bd3 f5 (14... Qg5 15. Bxg6
fxg6 16. Ne4 Qxg2 17. O-O-O $44) 15. g4 $44 {[%csl Rc8] Weiß hat einen Bauern
weniger, aber seine Figuren stehen sehr aktiv und er hat Initiative am
Königsflügel.} (15. O-O-O $44) 15... Qc7 16. f4 c5 {[%cal Gc8b7,Gb7h1]} (16...
Qa7 17. Qxa7 Rxa7 18. Ne2 fxg4 19. O-O-O $44) 17. Qe3 Bb7 {Endlich bringt
Schwarz den Läufer ins Spiel.} 18. gxf5 $6 {[%mdl 512] Weiß opfert die
Qualität für Aktivität. Dieses Opfer ist wirklich sehr interessant, aber ich
bin nicht sicher, ob das korrekt ist .} (18. Rh5 $44) 18... Bxh1 (18... Nxe5
19. fxe5 Bxh1 20. f6 $44) (18... Nxf4 $5 19. Qxf4 Bxh1 20. O-O-O Bc6 21. f6 $2
Rxf6) 19. fxg6 h6 (19... hxg6 20. O-O-O Bc6 21. Bxg6 $36) 20. O-O-O Bc6 21. Ne2
(21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Rab8 $17) 21... Qa5 22. Kb1 Rab8 $17 {[%cal Gb8b1]
Schwarz hat eine Qualität mehr und Angriffchancen am Damenflügel.} 23. b3 Qb4 {
[%cal Gc5c4] Es droht jetzt 24...c4.} 24. Ka1 a5 (24... Bd5 $17) 25. f5 $5 {
Die einzige Gegenchance für Weiß - er möchte im Trüben zu fischen.} exf5 26.
Bc4+ Kh8 27. Nf4 {[%csl Gf4] Endlich hat Weiß eine starke Springerstellung,
aber das ist alles, er hat keine Drohungen.} Rbe8 (27... a4 $17) 28. Rd6 (28.
Bf7 Re7 29. e6 a4 $17) 28... a4 29. e6 axb3 30. cxb3 Qa3 (30... Re7 $17) 31.
Qc3 Re7 32. Nh5 Ra8 33. Qd2 dxe6 34. Bxe6 Be4 $6 (34... Rxe6 35. Rxe6 Bd5 36.
Re7 Bxb3 37. Rxg7 Qxa2+ 38. Qxa2 Rxa2+ 39. Kb1 $15) (34... Be8 35. Nxg7 $1
Qxa2+ (35... Rxg7 $2 36. Qxh6+ $18) (35... Kxg7 36. Qc3+ Kxg6 37. Qg3+ Kh5 38.
Qh3+ $18) 36. Qxa2 Rxa2+ 37. Kxa2 Kxg7 38. Bxf5 h5 $15) (34... Qa6 $1 35. Bxf5
c4 $17) 35. Rd8+ Re8 36. Rd7 $1 {[%csl Rg7,Rh8][%mdl 64] Weiß opfert den
e6-Läufer, aber sein Gegenspiel ist gegen die schwarze Königsstellung
gerichtet .} Rxe6 37. Rxg7 $11 {[%csl Gg6,Gg7,Gh5] Es droht 37.Qxh6#, somit
ist die schwarze Antwort erzwungen, aber Weiß kann die Partie retten.} Qxa2+
38. Qxa2 Rxa2+ 39. Kxa2 Bf3 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rg7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 d6 7. exd6 Bxd6 8. d4
O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Qc7 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Ne4 Be5 14. Qd3 Bc6
(14... a6 $11 {[%cal Gd7b5]}) 15. f4 Qb6+ (15... Bf6 16. c4 Ne7 17. Nxf6+ gxf6
18. b3 Rfd8 19. Qc3 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc6+ 21. Kh3 Rd5 22. Qf3 Rd7 23. Bb2 Qxf3 24.
Rxf3 f5 25. Kg2 Nc6 26. Bf6 Nb4 27. Kf1 h5 28. Ke2 $16 {1-0 Baklan,V (2590)
-Van der Stricht,G (2375)/Gent 1999 (58)}) 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. c4 Nb4 {With this
dangerous strategy of leaving the kingside unprotected Black is walking on the
edge.} (17... Ne7 18. c5 Qb5 $13) 18. Qe2 Rfd8 19. Be3 Qa6 20. b3 $1 {The
throng of black pieces on the queenside secures White better prospects, who
besides the threat a2-a3 can also launch a kingside attack. Black must play
very precisely to avoid a quick loss.} ({Black is fine after the immediate} 20.
a3 Nd3 21. b3 Rd7 {For instance:} (21... Bb6 22. Rfd1) 22. Rfd1 Rad8 23. Rd2 (
23. Rxd3 $2 Rxd3 24. Nc5 Bxg2+ 25. Qxg2 Rd1+ $19) 23... Ba5 $17) 20... Bb6 (
20... Qa3 21. f5 $36 (21. Qh5 Qb2 (21... h6 22. f5 $36 Qa5 $140 23. Bxh6 $1 $18
) 22. Rae1 {[%cal Ge1e2]} g6 $1 $14 (22... Qxa2 23. Re2 Qxb3 24. Ng5 Bxg2+ 25.
Kxg2 $18 {After} Qxc4 {even} 26. f5 {is completely winning}))) (20... Nd3 21.
Rfd1 $16) 21. a3 (21. Nc5 $6 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Bxg2+ 23. Qxg2 Nd3 {is fine for
Black}) (21. f5 $2 Bxe3 22. Qxe3 Nc2) 21... Nd3 (21... Nd5 22. Bxb6 axb6 (22...
Nxb6 $2 23. Nc5 Qa5 24. b4 $18) 23. f5 $16) 22. Rad1 (22. Rfd1 $5 Bxe4 23. Bxe4
Nc5 24. Bxh7+ Kxh7 25. Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qxc5 Rac8 28. Qb5 $14) 22...
Bxe4 $1 {Provoking White to win a pawn.} (22... Bxe3 23. Qxe3 Nb2 24. Rb1 Qxa3
25. Qc1 Rd4 26. Ng5 Bxg2+ 27. Kxg2 $18) (22... f5 23. Bxb6 (23. Rxd3 Rxd3 24.
Qxd3 fxe4 $13 25. Bxe4 $140 $2 Rd8) 23... Qxb6 (23... axb6 24. Ng5 Bxg2+ 25.
Kxg2 $18) 24. Rxd3 (24. Ng5 $2 Nf2+ $19) 24... Rxd3 25. Qxd3 fxe4 (25... Rd8
26. c5 $1) 26. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 27. Qxe4 Qxb3 28. Qxe6+ Kh8 29. f5 $36 (29. Qf7 Qxa3
30. Qxb7 $16) 29... Qd3 30. Kg2 $16) 23. Bxe4 Nc5 24. Bxh7+ {Wins a pawn, but
exchanges all minor pieces, after which Black will reach a draw thanks to
White's exposed king.} (24. Bc2 $142 $14 Qxa3 25. Bc1 Qb4 (25... Qa6 26. b4 Nd7
27. Bb2 Rac8 28. Bd3 $16) 26. Bd2 Qa3 27. b4 Nd7 28. Rf3 $16) 24... Kxh7 25.
Bxc5 Bxc5 26. Qh5+ Kg8 27. Qxc5 Rac8 28. Qb5 ({White does not win the endgame
also after} 28. Rxd8+ Rxd8 29. f5 Qc6+ 30. Qxc6 bxc6 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Kg2 Rd3
33. Rf3 Rd2+ 34. Rf2 Rd3 35. Rb2 Rc3 {and Black must be able to achieve a draw
without problems.}) (28. Qb4 $2 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Qf3 31. Re1 Rd8 $132
) 28... Qxa3 29. Qxb7 Rb8 30. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {Black's control over the d-file and
White's exposed king secure enough compensation for the pawn.} 31. f5 (31. Qf3
Rb8 32. Rb1 a5 33. f5 exf5 34. Qxf5 Rxb3 $11) 31... exf5 32. Rxf5 Qc1+ 33. Kg2
Rd2+ 34. Kh3 Rxh2+ $1 {A logical end of the game. Black saves himself with a
perpetual.} 35. Kxh2 Qc2+ 36. Qg2 Qxf5 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Qxa7 Qc2+ 39. Kh3 Qf5+
40. Kg2 Qe4+ 41. Kh2 Qc2+ 42. Kh3 Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chernyshov, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Voronezh Red October"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. f4 e5 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. fxe5 Ng4 8.
Nf3 Nd7 9. Bf4 Bc5 10. Bc4 Ke7 11. Ke2 b5 12. Bd3 Nf8 13. h3 Ne6 14. Bg3 Ne3
15. Ne1 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Bf2 Bb4 18. Nf3 Nf4+ 19. Kf1 Be6 20. Be3 Ng6 21.
Ne2 Rhb8 22. Rd1 Kf8 23. Ned4 Bd7 24. Nf5 Be8 25. c3 Ba5 26. Rd2 Bc7 27. Bc5+
Kg8 28. Bd6 Bxd6 29. exd6 Bd7 30. Ne7+ Nxe7 31. dxe7 Be8 32. e5 f6 33. e6 Bg6
34. Rd7 c5 35. g4 Be4 36. Kf2 g5 37. Rhd1 Bd3 38. b3 Re8 39. bxc4 Bxc4 40. Rd8
1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Burmakin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vladivostok Debiut-DVGU"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 c5 7. c3 b6 8. O-O Bb7
9. Nbd2 Nbd7 {This quiet positional system is a reversed Reti Opening. Black
has no problems for equalization, although White's position is so safe, that
losing it is not easy at all.} 10. a4 cxd4 {Black liquidates the tension in
the [+], and now White has to decide.} (10... a6 {is the standard main line.}
11. Bh2 Qc7 (11... Ra7 {- Touzane-David, Cannes 2000 CBM 76}) (11... cxd4 12.
exd4 Bh6 {- Apicella-Svidler, Paris 2004 CBM 102}) 12. Qb1 {- Zhukova-A.
Kovacevic, Belgrade 2000 CBM 76}) 11. cxd4 {this weakens >< b4.} (11. exd4 {
allows Black to organize a counterplay against >< f4.} Nd5 (11... Ne4 12. Nxe4
Bxe4 13. Re1 Bb7 14. a5 e5 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Bg5 f6 17. Be3 $14 {
Koch-Reinderman, Singapore 1990}) 12. Bh2 Bh6 {Now the h2 B is out of play and
the >< f4 can be used as a stepping-stone for the black pieces.} 13. Bc4 Nf4
14. Re1 e6 15. Bf1 a6 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Ne4 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Sarlamanov-Dancevski,
Gevgelija 2002}) 11... Nd5 (11... Rc8 12. Bg3 Rc7 {/\ Qa8, Rfc8 is a nice
manoeuvre.} 13. a5 bxa5 14. Rxa5 Bd5 15. Qa1 Qa8 $11 {M.Kuijf-Chandler,
Amsterdam 1984}) 12. Bh2 (12. Bg3 a5 13. Ne1 Nb4 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15. Bxd3 Nf6 16.
Qb3 Rb8 (16... Bd5) 17. Bc4 (17. Rfc1 Nd5) 17... Bc6 18. Rfc1 $14 {Cobb-Sowray,
England 1997}) 12... a5 {Black is fighting for >< b4 weakening the light
squares at the same time.} 13. Qb3 (13. Ne1 Nb4 14. Nd3 Nxd3 15. Bxd3 {is
similar to the previous note.}) 13... Nb4 14. Rfc1 Nf6 $15 {Black's knights
are excellent, especially the b4 one. The white B on h2 bites to d6.} 15. Ne1
Rc8 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Ndxf3 Qd7 {Black now has a control over the light squares.
} 18. Qd1 (18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Qxd3 Qc6 $15 {gaining a total
control over the only opened c file.}) 18... h6 19. Nd2 Qe6 20. b3 Nfd5 {
Black's pieces are more active, he has to advance in the >>.} 21. Nc4 Rc6 {
/\ Rfc8} 22. Qd2 Rfc8 23. Kh1 (23. Nc2 {exchanging the passive N looks logical,
although the other one will jump to b4.} Nxc2 24. Rxc2 Nb4 25. Rcc1 Qf5 $15)
23... f5 {securing the stronghold on d5, emphasisizing the pressure on the
light squares and preparing the further advance of pawns on the >>.} 24. Nc2
Nxc2 25. Rxc2 Nb4 26. Rcc1 g5 27. f3 (27. Kg1 g4 $40 {and the -> begins!})
27... d5 28. Na3 {Sad, but true. He has to defend the penetration square >< c2.
} (28. Ne5 Rc2 $15) 28... Bf6 29. Bg3 h5 {Black's -> on the >> comes slowly
but surely.} 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 (30... Qxc6 $15 {controlling the c file was logical.
}) 31. Rd1 h4 32. Be1 (32. Bh2 g4 33. Bf4 $15) 32... g4 $1 {Black creates
weaknesses on the >> and opens the position for his active pieces.} 33. hxg4
fxg4 34. Qe2 g3 35. e4 Bg5 $1 {restricting the white pieces even more.} (35...
dxe4 36. fxe4 (36. Bxb4 axb4 37. Nc4 exf3 38. Qxf3 Bxd4 39. Qf4 Bf6) 36... Qxb3
{wins material but activates the enemy pieces.} 37. d5 Rc5 38. Nb5 Qxa4 39.
Qg4+ Kf8 40. Nd4 $44) 36. Qb5 (36. Bxb4 axb4 37. Qb5 Rc1 38. Rxc1 Bxc1 39. Nc2
(39. Qxb4 Bxa3 40. Qxa3 dxe4 $19 {and the white K is in serious trouble in the
_|_.}) 39... dxe4 $17) 36... Rd6 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Black forgets about the
imprisoned N on the edge of the board...} (36... h3 {was the logical
continuation of the -> on the >>.} 37. Bxg3 hxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qg6 $40) 37. Nc4 $1
{It is easy to overlook the vertical threats.} Rd8 38. Qxb6 (38. Nxb6 $1 h3 $1
39. Bxg3 $1 (39. Qxa5 Bf4 40. Qxb4 Qh6 $1 $17) 39... Be3 40. Qe2 $16) 38...
Qxb6 39. Nxb6 dxe4 (39... e6 40. Bxb4 axb4 41. a5 $14 {and the a o^ is
dangerous.}) 40. fxe4 Nc2 41. Bxa5 (41. d5 Rf8 42. Bc3 h3 $1 $17) ({missing} 
41. Nc4 $1 Nxe1 42. Rxe1 Rxd4 43. Nxa5 Rb4 (43... Rd2 44. Nc4) 44. e5 Kf7 45.
Rf1+ Ke6 46. Nc6 Re4 $13) 41... Rf8 $1 {Now Black has nasty threats against
the white K again!} 42. Nc4 (42. Nd5 Rf2 $1) 42... Rf2 $1 43. Bb6 (43. Rg1 Re2
$1 {Black has to prepare the final blow.} (43... h3 {immediately was not so
effective because of} 44. Bc7 $1) 44. d5 h3 45. Bc7 (45. d6 exd6) 45... Ne1 $19
{Here is the difference!}) 43... h3 $1 44. Rg1 (44. d5 Rxg2 45. Bc7 Rh2+ 46.
Kg1 Rf2 47. Bxg3 Rg2+ 48. Kh1 Rxg3 $17) 44... Re2 {/\ Ne1, as before.} 45. Ba5
(45. Bc7 Ne1 46. Bxg3 hxg2+ $19) 45... Nxd4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Golod,V"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Youth of"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8.
Ne4 Bb7 {Peter Leko's novelty.} 9. c4 Nb4 10. c5 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Nxa6 12. Qd4 $5 {
I strongly recommended this move in my analysis 4 years ago.} (12. O-O $2 {
You can see the annotations to Shabalov,A-Vescovi,G/Paget Parish,2001/CBM 81
(0-1)(Golod,V)(33)}) 12... Be7 (12... Rb8 $5 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rd1 (14. Bc3 O-O
15. O-O Nc7 {/\Nd5} 16. Ba5 Qc8 17. Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 gxf6 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20.
Qxf6 Qd8 $14) 14... O-O 15. Bc3 Rb7 16. O-O f5 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19.
Rd3 $16 {Nedev,T-Malakhatko,V/Leon,2001(1/2-1/2)(61)}) (12... Qa5+ $5 13. Bd2
Qb5 14. b4 Be7 15. a4 (15. a3 $5) 15... Qb7 16. O-O O-O 17. Rab1 $14) (12...
Nxc5 $4 13. Nxc5 Qa5+ 14. b4 $18) 13. O-O O-O $5 $146 {New attempt to solve
the opening problems.} (13... Rb8 $5 14. Bd2 O-O 15. Rad1 Nc7 16. Ba5 Qc8 17.
Nf6+ Bxf6 18. exf6 Nd5 19. fxg7 Re8 20. Rd3 f6 21. Qh4 Re7 22. Bc3 e5 23. f4
exf4 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Qxf6 Rf7 26. Qd4 $16 {Peng Xiaomin-Zhang Zhong/HeiBei,
2001(1-0)(39)}) 14. Rd1 {<->d; קd7} f5 {Black aspires to open the game, in
order to make use of his advantage in development. Another move with a similar
idea, that deserves attention, is:} (14... Rb8 $5 15. a3 (15. Qxd7 Nxc5 16.
Nxc5 Bxc5 $15) 15... f5 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Qd3 (17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Rfd8 19.
Nxf6+ gxf6 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Be3 $14) 17... Nc7 18. Qxd7 Be5 19. g3 $14) 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Qxd7 {It's not so clear, whether the attempt to use Black's bad
knight position, was much better:} (16. Qd3 $5 Nb4 17. Qxd7 Qxd7 18. Rxd7 Rad8
$44) 16... Qxd7 17. Rxd7 Rfd8 18. Nxf6+ (18. Rxd8+ $5 Rxd8 19. Nxf6+ gxf6 20.
Be3 Nb4 $44 {with a rook on the open d-file and an active knight Black has
good compensation for pawn.}) (18. Rd6 $2 Nxc5 $15) 18... gxf6 19. Rd6 {
The idea of this move - to force Black to take the c-pawn, and open the c-file
and /^ a7-g1 for the white pieces.} (19. Rxd8+ $5 {- see previous variant.})
19... Nxc5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Be3 {+/=/= White has advantage in this endgame
because of the weak black pawns. White's bishop is also stronger in comparison
with the black knight, especially in case of a play in two sides. A general
plan of White in this position - to take black pawn on a7 and run with his
a-pawn. But Black has good chances for counterplay, because his pieces are
very active.} Na4 22. Rc1 $5 {Peter Svidler doesn't see the necessity to
protect his b-pawn. More important for him is to activate his rook and attack
the pawns at the queen side.} (22. b3 $5 Nc3 23. Kf1 a6 $11) 22... Nxb2 23. Kf1
Nd3 $6 {A serious mistake. Black needs to protect his c-pawn at first. After
this move White forces an endgame with an extra pawn.} (23... Rd6 $5 24. Bxa7
Nd3 25. Rc4 e5 26. Bb8 Re6 27. a4 $14 {[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a6,Ga6a7,Ga7a8]}) 24.
Rxc6 Nb4 25. Rxe6 Kf7 26. Re4 Nxa2 27. g3 $5 (27. Bxa7 $5 Rd1+ 28. Re1 Rxe1+
29. Kxe1 {even with an extra pawn, White has no chance to win this position.
Therefore, Svidler refrained from rook exchanges now and in future.}) 27... Rd7
28. Ra4 Nc3 29. Ra5 $1 Kg6 30. Bxa7 {In the last 10 moves White greatly
enlarged his advantage and now has an extra pawn. But he still needs to work
hard in order to convert his advantage for a point.} Rd6 31. Kg2 h5 $14 32. Be3
Nd5 33. Bc5 Rd7 34. Ra4 Ne7 35. f3 (35. Bxe7 $5 Rxe7 {- RR ending looks
drawish, so there is no reason to exchange the bishop for the knight.}) 35...
Rd2+ 36. Kh3 Nc6 37. g4 {White wants to create a passed pawn on the h-file.}
Ne5 38. gxh5+ Kxh5 39. Kg3 Nxf3 $5 {An interesting decision. The ending R+B
against R is theoretical drawn, but in a practical game it is frequently not
so easy to do it. In this game Vladimir Malakhov demonstrates perfect
knowledge of theory. Also possible to play:} (39... Rd3 $5 40. Rf4 Kg6 {
with good chances for draw.}) 40. Kxf3 Rxh2 41. Ra6 Kg5 42. Bd4 Rh3+ 43. Ke4
f5+ 44. Ke5 Rb3 45. Ra1 Rb5+ 46. Ke6 f4 47. Ra4 Rb1 48. Bf6+ Kg4 49. Be5 Rf1
50. Kf6 Rf2 51. Rc4 Rf3 52. Bd6 Rf2 53. Bc7 Rf3 $2 {After this move White
takes black's last pawn. Therefore, much better was:} (53... Rf1 {,saving for
the present the pawn.}) 54. Rc5 Rf1 (54... Rf2 $144 55. Rg5+ Kf3 56. Kf5 {
[%csl Rf4]} Ke3 $140 $2 57. Bb6+) (54... Rb3 $144 55. Rg5+ Kf3 56. Rf5 Rb4 57.
Kg5) 55. Rg5+ Kf3 56. Bxf4 $5 {[%csl Rf1,Rf3][%cal Gg5f5,Gf5f1] Nice tactical
hit. But, unfortunately for Peter Svidler, it's not enough for win.} Ke4 57.
Re5+ Kd4 58. Kf5 Rf3 59. Re8 Rd3 60. Ra8 Kd5 61. Ra5+ Kc4 62. Be5 Rd1 63. Ra8
Rf1+ 64. Ke6 Rb1 65. Rc8+ Kd3 66. Rc3+ Ke4 67. Rc4+ Kd3 68. Rh4 Rb5 {It's not
easy for White even remove black's king to backrank.} 69. Rd4+ Ke3 70. Kf5 Rb1
71. Ra4 Kd3 72. Rd4+ Ke3 73. Rc4 Rf1+ 74. Ke6 Rd1 75. Bf4+ Kf3 76. Kf5 Rd5+ 77.
Be5 Ke3 78. Rc8 Rd1 79. Bf4+ Kd3 80. Rc7 Re1 81. Be5 Rf1+ 82. Ke6 Rb1 83. Rc3+
Ke4 84. Rc4+ Kd3 85. Rd4+ Ke3 86. Ra4 Kd3 87. Bd4 Rb5 {During last 30 moves
White didn't really improve his position.Therefore the opponents agreed to a
draw.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "18"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Yunilain"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Termosteps"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Bg4 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Be2 a6 11. h3 Be6 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Bxg5 f6 14. Be3
O-O-O 15. g4 Rhe8 16. b3 Bf7 17. Rhe1 Bg6 18. f4 Be4 19. c4 Qe7 20. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 12th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2005.04.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2005.04.19"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Togliatti Lada"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nxc6 Bxc6 10. a4 Be7 11. a5 O-O 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Na4 f5 14. Nb6 Nxb6
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Hernandez Guerrero, Gilberto Eduardo"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. Nc3 b6 7. Bf4 $5 {
Not a bad square for a bishop, even though black may gain a tempo by pushing
e5 later on.} (7. Be3 e5 8. Qd2 Qe7 9. h3 Nf6 10. Bh6) (7. h3 e5 8. a4 h6 9.
Be3 Be6 10. a5 Ne7 11. Qd2 f5 $132 {Kovalevskaya,E-Chernyshov,K/St Petersburg
2000}) (7. O-O Nh6 8. Bf4 f6 9. h3 e5 10. Bd2 Nf7 11. Nh2 O-O 12. f4 c4 13.
dxc4 Qd4+ 14. Kh1 exf4 15. Bxf4 Qxc4 $15 {Campora,D-Goldin,A/Cali 2001}) 7...
Bg4 (7... Nf6 8. h3 O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. Be5 $14) 8. h3 (8. e5 $6 Qd7 9. h3 Qf5
10. hxg4 Qxf4 11. Qe2 Qxg4 12. O-O-O Qe6 13. Kb1 h5 14. Rhe1 Nh6 $15 {
Shaposhnikov,E-Bu Xiangzhi/Shanghai 2001}) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e5 (9... Nf6 10.
O-O O-O 11. Be5 Ne8 12. Bxg7 Nxg7 13. Qg3 $14) 10. Be3 Nf6 11. a4 O-O (11... a5
12. O-O O-O 13. Ne2 Qd6 14. Rae1 Nd7 15. Qg3 $14) 12. a5 Ne8 $6 13. O-O $6 {
White was so concentrated on playing for a draw that he missed a chance to get
a significant opening advantage.} (13. Ne2 $5 Nd6 (13... f5 $6 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Qxc6 f4 16. Bd2 $16) (13... Nc7 $6 14. h4 Ne6 15. h5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17.
Bd2 $16) (13... Rc8 14. h4 $1 f5 15. h5 f4 16. Bd2 g5 17. h6 Bf6 18. g3 Qd7 19.
gxf4 gxf4 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bc3 $14) 14. O-O Nb5 15. Qg3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17.
Bd2 $14) 13... Nc7 14. Ra2 Ne6 $11 {Now Black is doing ok.} 15. axb6 axb6 16.
Rfa1 Rxa2 17. Rxa2 Qd7 (17... Nd4 18. Qd1 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ra7 Qb8 21. Rd7
Rd8 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Qh5 $11) 18. Ra6 Qb7 19. Ra2 Ra8 20. Rxa8+ Qxa8 21. Qd1
Nd4 22. Qb1 (22. Bxd4 $5 cxd4 23. Ne2 Qa2 24. Qc1 $11) 22... Bf8 23. Bxd4 cxd4
24. Qa2 (24. Ne2 $5) 24... Qxa2 25. Nxa2 f5 26. f3 c5 27. Nc1 Bh6 28. Nb3 Kf7
29. Kf2 Be3+ 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. c4 {[%csl Re3]} Kg5 32. Na1 Bc1 33. b3 Kh4 34. Nc2
Kg3 35. Kf1 Bb2 36. b4 f4 37. bxc5 bxc5 38. Kg1 g5 39. Kf1 h6 40. Kg1 h5 41.
Kf1 Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 {In my opinion this move is far more dangerous for Black than the more
popular 8.B:f6 and 8.Bh4.} Nd5 (8... Bd6 9. Bd3 Nd5 10. Qe2 Nxe3 11. Qxe3 Bd7
12. Be4 c5 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 O-O-O $11 {Krakops,M-Kaminski,M/Guarapuava
1995/Juniors}) 9. Qd2 (9. Bd2 Be7 10. Bd3 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. dxc5 Qc7
13. c4 Nf4 14. Bxf4 Qxf4 15. b4 a5 16. a3 $14 {Tischbierek,R-Ellers,H/Germany
1997/GER-chT}) 10... Nb4 11. Bc4 c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. c3
Nd5 16. Ne5 $14 {Lau,R-Backwinkel,P/Germany 1996/GER-chT}) (9. Bd3 Nxe3 (9...
c5 10. O-O Bd6 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. dxc5 Nxe3 14. fxe3 Bxc5 15.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 $15 {Bagirov,R-Kacheishvili,G/Baku 1997/EXT 2000}) 10. fxe3 Bd6 11.
O-O O-O 12. c3 Qe7 13. Bc4 e5 14. dxe5 Bc5 15. Qb3 Bxe3+ 16. Kh1 $14 {
Arencibia,W-Rahal,M/Barbera 1996/EXT 97}) 9... Bb4 {I am not sure that black
should enforce c3, but it doesn't seem to be of major importance anyway.} (9...
Bd6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Ne5 (11. c4 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Bc6 13. c5 Be7 14. Ne5 Bd5 15.
Kb1 Bf6 $13 {Lupulescu,C-Jeremic,V/Korinthos 2004}) 11... Qe7 12. Bc4 Bxe5 13.
dxe5 Bc6 14. Qd4 Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Qg5 16. f4 Qxg2 17. Rhg1 Qe4 18. Qxe4 Bxe4 19.
Rxg7 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Bareev,E/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 099 (19)}) (9... Nxe3 10.
fxe3 c5 11. O-O-O (11. Bd3 Be7 12. O-O O-O 13. c3 b6 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. Qc2 cxd4
16. exd4 Bd6 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qc7 $13 {Horn,P-Plesec,D/Geneve 1994}) 11...
cxd4 12. Bb5+ Bd7 13. Qe2 a6 14. Bxd7+ Qxd7 15. exd4 Bd6 16. Kb1 O-O 17. g4 $14
{Mamedyarov,S-Gaprindashvili,V/Kocaeli 2002}) (9... a6 10. Bd3 Bd6 11. O-O Qe7
12. c4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 c5 $6 14. b4 b6 15. Be4 Rb8 $6 16. Bc6+ $14 {Gallagher,
J-Markos,J/Leon 2001}) (9... c5 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Ne5 Nxe3 12. fxe3 Be7 13. h4
Bf6 14. Ng4 Be7 15. Kb1 O-O 16. c3 Rd8 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Bc2 $36 {Arnold,L-Papa,
S/Landau 2002}) 10. c3 Bd6 11. O-O-O (11. Bd3 Bd7 12. O-O-O Qe7 13. c4 Nxe3 14.
fxe3 c5 15. Qc3 O-O $13 {Shirov,A-Vallejo Pons,F/Monaco 2004}) 11... Qe7 12.
Ne5 ({Nothing promises} 12. Bd3 Bd7 13. Rhe1 Ba4 14. b3 Bc6 $11) 12... Bxe5 13.
dxe5 Bd7 14. Qd4 {[%cal Ge3d2]} Nxe3 15. Qxe3 $14 {White has a minimal
advantage due to a possibility to transfer the rook on g4, however Black can
be satisfied with the outcome of the opening.} Bc6 16. Rd4 O-O 17. Bd3 Rad8 18.
Rg4 f5 (18... Kh8 19. Rd1 a6 20. Qg3 Rg8) 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. f3 h5 $5 21. Rg6
Qf4 22. Qxf4 Rxf4 23. Bc2 Rf6 (23... h4 $5 24. Rxe6 h3 25. gxh3 Rxf3 26. Re7
Rd7 27. Rxd7 Bxd7 28. Be4 Rf2 29. Bxb7 Bf5 $14) 24. h4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rh5]} Rxg6
(24... Kf7 25. Rg5 g6 $14) 25. Bxg6 Be8 26. Bxe8 (26. Be4 b6 27. f4 Kf7 28. Re1
Kf6 $11) 26... Rxe8 27. Rd1 Kf7 28. Rd7+ Re7 29. Rd8 (29. Rxe7+ $5 Kxe7 30. Kd2
Kd6 31. Ke3 Ke5 32. c4 Kf5 33. b4 $14) 29... e5 (29... Re8 $2 30. Rxe8 Kxe8 31.
Kd2 Ke7 32. Ke3 Kf6 33. Ke4 $16 g5 34. hxg5+ Kxg5 35. Ke5 Kh4 36. g4 $18) (
29... Kf6 30. Kd2 g5 31. Rf8+ Kg7 32. Rb8 gxh4 33. Rxb7 Kf6 34. Ke2 Rg7 35. Kf1
$16) 30. Kd2 e4 $2 (30... Ke6 31. Ke3 Rf7 32. g3 Kf5 $14) 31. f4 $16 {[%csl
Re4]} e3+ (31... Ke6 32. Rf8 Rd7+ 33. Ke3 Rd3+ 34. Kxe4 Rd2 35. f5+ Ke7 36. Rc8
Kd7 37. Rg8 Rxg2 38. f6 $16) 32. Ke2 g6 33. Rd3 Kf6 34. Rxe3 Rd7 35. Re5 Rd6
36. Ra5 $1 a6 37. Rc5 c6 38. Re5 Rd8 (38... b6) 39. a4 Rd7 40. a5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Ge2e3,Ge3b6]} Rd8 41. b4 Rd7 42. g3 Rd8 43. Rg5 Rd7 44. Ke3 Rd1 $6 (44...
Rd8 45. Ke4 Rd1 46. f5 Re1+ 47. Kd3 (47. Kd4 gxf5 48. Rxh5 Re4+ 49. Kc5 Rg4 50.
Kb6 Rxg3 51. Kxb7 Rxc3 52. Kxa6 Rc4 $132) 47... gxf5 48. Rxh5 Rg1 49. Rg5 Rh1
50. Kc4 f4 51. g4 Rxh4 52. Rf5+ Ke6 53. Rxf4 $18) 45. Ke4 Rd7 46. f5 Re7+ 47.
Kf4 gxf5 48. Rxf5+ Kg6 49. Rg5+ Kh6 50. Re5 Rd7 51. Re6+ Kg7 52. Ke4 Kh7 53.
Rf6 Kg7 54. Rf3 Rd1 55. Rd3 Re1+ 56. Kd4 Kf6 57. Rf3+ Kg6 58. c4 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Port Barcares"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2005.05.04"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. h4 Nd7 13. Bg5 Qc7 14. h5 h6 15.
Be7 Rfe8 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Qc6 18. e5 Red8 19. Qe3 a6 20. Rfd1 b5 21. a4 bxa4
22. Ne1 Nb6 23. dxc5 Nd5 24. Qc1 Qc7 25. Bf3 Bc6 26. Nd3 a5 27. Qa3 Rab8 28. c4
Ne7 29. Rb6 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Nf5 31. Rd6 Nxd6 32. exd6 Qc6 33. Ne5 Bxe5 34. Bxe5
Rb3 35. Qa1 Rxf3 36. Bh8 f6 37. Bxf6 Rh3 38. Rd5 exd5 39. Qe5 Re8 40. Be7 Rf3
41. Qe6+ Rf7 42. cxd5 Qa8 43. Qg6+ Rg7 44. Qe6+ Rf7 45. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "19"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 Bf5 4. f3 e5 5. d5 e4 6. g4 Nxg4 7. fxg4 Qh4+ 8. Kd2
e3+ 9. Kxe3 Qg5+ 10. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg-Moscow m"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2005.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2005.05.14"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 106 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Nd5 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Rxc8+ Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Kxc1 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. Be3 Ne5 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qd4 Ned7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15.
Qd2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qc7 17. Kh1 Qb8 18. Nc2 Bd8 19. Qe1 d5 20. cxd5 exd5 21. exd5
b5 22. Qf2 Qd6 23. a3 Nb6 24. Nb4 Nfxd5 25. Ncxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. b4 a6 14. a4 Bd6 15.
Ba3 Kh8 (15... Rf6 16. b5 (16. h3 Nxd2 17. Nxd2 Bxh3 18. gxh3 Rg6+ 19. Kf1 Qh4
20. Bxf5 $18 {1-0 Lastin,A-Slugin,S/Voronezh RUS 2005/(28)}) 16... Nxd2 17.
Qxd2 Bxf3 18. bxc6 Rg6 19. g3 bxc6 20. Bxd6 $1 (20. Bxf5 Rf6 21. Qd3 Bxa3 22.
Rxa3 Qf8 23. Bxh7+ Kh8 24. Ra2 Qf7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Morozevich,A-Shirov,A/Monaco
2002/CBM 87 ext (36)}) 20... cxd6 21. Bxf5 Rf6 22. Qd3 g6 23. Qxf3 Rxf5 24. Qe2
$14 {0-1 Morozevich,A-Karpov,A/Prague 2002/CBM 89/[Huzman] (97)}) (15... Qf6
16. b5 axb5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. axb5 Na5 19. b6 Rfc8 20. Qb2 {1/2-1/2 Amonatov,
F-Turov,M/St Petersburg RUS 2003/(20)}) 16. Qb2 (16. b5 axb5 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18.
axb5 (18. Bxb5 $5 Na5 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Qb2 Qb6 21. Qb4 Bxf3 22. Nxf3 Rc7 23.
Rc2 Rfc8 24. Rec1 Nc4 25. Ne1 $14 {1-0 Santo Roman,M-Koch,J/Belfort FRA 2004/
(45)}) 18... Na5 19. h3 Bh5 20. Nh2 Rc8 21. Ra3 b6 22. Ndf1 f4 23. f3 (23. Bxe4
dxe4 24. Qxe4 Qg5 25. Nf3 Qxb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Wittmann,W-Blauert,J/Budapest HUN
2005/(65)}) 23... Qh4 24. Re2 Ng3 25. Nxg3 fxg3 26. Nf1 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Rxf3 $44
{1/2-1/2 Ponomariov,R-Adams,M/Wijk aan Zee NED 2005/(41)}) 16... Re8 17. b5
axb5 18. Bxb5 $6 (18. axb5 $5 Na5 (18... Rxa3 19. Rxa3 Bxa3 20. Qxa3 Nb8 21.
Bxe4 fxe4 22. Ne5 Be6 23. Qa7 $36) (18... Ne7 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21.
Nh4 $16) 19. Bxd6 cxd6 20. b6 $14) 18... Qf6 (18... Bf4 $5 19. Bf1 Qf6 $15) 19.
Bxd6 cxd6 20. a5 $6 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ga5a6] The pawn a5 becomes weak now and
it will be lost soon.} Reb8 $1 21. Ra4 Qd8 (21... Nxa5 22. Qa3 Qd8 23. Ra1 b6
24. Bc6 Ra7 25. Bxd5 $14) 22. Rea1 Nxa5 23. Qa3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 Nc4 $1 {Black
returns his extra pawn back in time, forcing an advantageous endgame.} (24...
b6 25. Bc6 $14) 25. Bxc4 Rxa4 26. Qxa4 dxc4 27. Qxc4 Qc8 $1 28. Qf7 $8 (28.
Qxc8+ Rxc8 29. Rb1 Rxc3 $17) 28... Qxc3 29. Rf1 Qc8 (29... g6 30. h4 Qc8 31.
Ng5 $44) 30. Nh4 Qf8 $1 31. Qxf5 Qxf5 32. Nxf5 b5 $6 (32... g6 $1 33. Ne3 (33.
Ne7 Nc3 $17) 33... Nc3 $1 34. Ra1 b5 35. Kf1 b4 $17) 33. f3 Nc3 (33... Nd2 $5
34. Rf2 (34. Re1 b4 35. Nxd6 b3 36. Ne4 Nc4 37. Nc3 b2 $15) 34... Nc4 35. Rc2
g6 36. Ne7 Kg7 37. Nd5 $11) 34. Nxd6 Ne2+ (34... b4 35. Ne4 Ne2+ 36. Kf2 Nxd4
37. Rd1 $11) 35. Kf2 Nxd4 36. Ke3 Ne6 37. Rb1 b4 38. Ne4 g5 39. g3 Kg7 40. Kd3
Rd8+ 41. Ke3 Rb8 42. Kd3 Rd8+ 43. Ke3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 d6 5. h3 ({After a bad start Bacrot
doesn't display his usual ambitions and spurns the more enterprising
alternative, which had already ocurred in his practice:} 5. d5 Ne5 (5... Nb8 6.
h3 e5 (6... c6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. Be3 $14 {()} b5 $6 11. cxb5
cxb5 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. Rxb4 Bd7 15. Bxb5 Na6 16. Rb3 Qa5 17. Bd4 e5
18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Rb1 Nb4 20. a4 Rfc8 {Fridman,D-Appel,R/Essen/2001/} 21. Re1
$16) 7. g4 c5 $6 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Be2 Ne8 11. a3 a5 12. Qd2 Na6 13.
O-O-O Bd7 14. Rdg1 f6 15. h4 Rf7 16. Qd1 Nec7 17. g5 f5 18. h5 f4 19. Bd2 Bf8
20. Rh4 Rb8 21. hxg6 hxg6 22. Rgh1 Bg7 23. R1h2 Rf8 24. Qh1 $18 {->,Bacrot,
E-Istratescu,A/FRA-chT/2003/}) 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O {[%cal Yb1d2,
Yd2f3] /\Nd2-f3+/=}) 5... Nf6 ({More in the spirit of the line is} 5... e5 $5
6. d5 Nd4 $13 {, for example after} (6... Nb8 7. g4 {-5.d5}) (6... Nce7 $5 7.
Be2 f5 $13) 7. Be3 Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3 {Black can develop his N more effectively to
e7.}) 6. d5 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (6. Nc3 {-E90 transposes to normal King's
Indian lines.}) 6... Ne5 (6... Nb8 7. Nc3 $14 {, now} c6 {transposes to
Fridman-Appel.}) 7. Nxe5 dxe5 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Be3 e6 10. Bc5 $5 {With this White
prevents the Ne8-d6 manoeuvre, on the other hand Black gains an important
tempo develop his Bc8 and free his position.} (10. Be2 exd5 11. cxd5 (11. exd5
$5 {()}) 11... Ne8 12. h4 $5 $14 (12. O-O Nd6 {[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5<=>})) 10...
Re8 11. Be2 b6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. O-O exd5 (13... c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Qc2 $14)
14. cxd5 (14. exd5 c6 15. dxc6 (15. d6 $6 c5 16. Nb5 Re6 {[%csl Rd6][%cal
Ra7a6,Yf6e8] /\a6,Ne8,><d6}) 15... Bxc6 $11) 14... c6 15. dxc6 $8 (15. d6 $2
Re6 $17) (15. Bc4 $6 cxd5 16. exd5 Rc8 $36) 15... Bxc6 16. Qxd8 (16. Qc2 $5 {
also gives White some chances to claim an edge, as Black still has to activate
his Bg7.}) 16... Rexd8 17. f3 $14 {[%csl Ra7,Rb6][%cal Ge3a7,Ge2a6] Despite
the symmetrical nature of the position, Black must still be very careful, as
White's pieces are trained on his vulnerable <<.} Bf8 $1 18. Rfd1 (18. Bg5 Kg7
$11 {/\} 19. f4 Bc5+ 20. Kh1 Bd4) 18... Bb7 19. Kf2 Kg7 20. a4 $1 Rxd1 $6 (
20... Bb4 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Nb5 $36) (20... Bc5 $142 $5 $14 {/=}) 21. Rxd1 Rc8
22. g4 (22. Nb5 $1 $36 {/\} Bc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Nd6 Bc8 (24... Bc6 25. b4 Rc2
26. b5 Bd7 (26... Be8 27. f4 $1 Rc5 28. fxe5 Rxe5 29. Ke3 $16 {/\} Nxe4 30. Kd4
$1) 27. Nc4 Be6 28. Nxe5 Bb3 29. Rd4 Ra2 30. Nc6 $16) 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6
27. Ke3 $14 {/+/-}) 22... h6 23. h4 Be7 24. Nb5 Bc5 25. Rd2 $6 (25. Bxc5 Rxc5 (
25... bxc5 26. Rc1 $1 $16) 26. Nd6 $36) 25... Bb4 26. Rd3 Rc2 $1 $132 27. Rb3 (
27. Nxa7 Rxb2 (27... Bxe4 $5 28. fxe4 Nxe4+ 29. Kf3 Nf6 $13) 28. Bxb6 Ra2 $11)
(27. g5 hxg5 28. hxg5 Nh5 29. Rd7 (29. Nxa7 Ba6 30. Nb5 Nf4 $11) 29... Bc6 30.
Rxa7 Bxb5 31. axb5 Nf4 $44) 27... a5 28. Kf1 $2 (28. Bxb6 Nd7 29. Be3 Nc5 30.
Bxc5 Bxc5+ $44) 28... Nd7 $36 29. Na3 Rc8 30. Nc4 Bc6 $15 31. Rd3 (31. Nxb6
Nxb6 32. Bxb6 Bxa4 33. Rd3 Rc1+ $17) 31... Bxa4 32. b3 $5 {White is already
forced to sacrifice a pawn to face the growing pressure.} Bb5 33. Rd5 Bc6 34.
Rd1 Rb8 (34... b5 35. Nd6 Bxd6 (35... Rb8 36. Rc1 $132) 36. Rxd6 $44 {[%csl
Ge2,Ge3] ^^}) 35. Rc1 Bb5 36. Kf2 {[%cal Rc4b6] /\Nb6} Bxc4 37. Bxc4 Bc5 38.
Rd1 Bxe3+ (38... Bxe3+ 39. Kxe3 Nc5 40. Rd5 Rc8 (40... f6 41. g5 $15 {/<=>})
41. g5 (41. Rd6 $2 b5 42. Bxb5 Nxb3 $17) (41. Rxe5 Nxb3 $1 $17) 41... Rc7 $5
$15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D88"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 {
A rare move.} (14. Bh6 {or}) (14. Rac1 {is mostly played.}) 14... Rc8 (14... e6
{is the principal move needing more tests. In the following game Black
obtained a good position:} 15. Bh6 Rc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf4 Qf6 18. Qg3 Nc6
19. e5 Qe7 20. Nf4 Kh8 21. Be4 Rfd8 22. d5 $6 exd5 23. Bxd5 Nxe5 24. Bxb7 Qxb7
25. Qg5 Re8 $17 {0-1 Schmitzer,K-Mohr,S/Schoeneck 1988/TD (47)}) 15. d5 {
Restricting the b7 bishop - a standard idea.} (15. Qb4 Qd7 16. d5 Qd6 17. Bd2
Rc5 18. Qa3 Nc4 19. Bxc4 Rxc4 20. Qxa7 Qd7 21. Qxb6 Rxe4 22. Be3 Bxd5 $11 {
0-1 Keatinge Clay,A-Krnic,Z/Wijk aan Zee 2000/CBM 074 ext (42)}) 15... Nc4 16.
Bxc4 Rxc4 17. Bd4 Qd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Qb4 20. Qe3 {Compare this position
with Milov-Krasenkow in this issue!} Rfc8 21. h4 Kg8 {GM Peter Svidler avoids
the weakening ...h7-h5 but allows h4-h5-h6.} 22. h5 Qc3 23. Rd3 Qb2 24. h6 (24.
Rfd1 $5 {, played by GM V.Milov in a similar position in the game mentioned,
deserved serious attention.} Rc3 $140 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Qg5) 24... Rc3 {
[%cal Cd4c6,Cd3c3] /\Rxd3 Qxd3 Q(R)c3} 25. Nc6 $1 {White certainly relied on
this move. He had no other good ways to avoid the queen exchange anymore.} Rxd3
26. Qxd3 Kf8 27. a4 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Qf6 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. Qc3 $6 {GM Loek Van Wely
probably failed to calculate the rook endgame; therefore, he decided to evade
the exchange of queens. He was apparently wrong:} (30. Qxd6 exd6 {[%mdl 4096]}
31. f4 (31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Ke6 (32... Kd8) (32... d5 33. exd5 Kd6 34. Rd1 Re8+
35. Kf3 $16) 33. f4 (33. Kd3 d5) 33... d5 (33... f5 $6 34. Kd3 $16) 34. e5 g5
$1 35. g3 (35. Ke3 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Rc7 $11) 35... gxf4 36. gxf4 f6 37. exf6 Kxf6
38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Kd4 Kd6 $11) 31... f5 (31... Ke7 32. Kf2 Kd8 33. Ke3 Kc7 34.
Kd4 Re8 35. Kd5 $16) 32. Kf2 fxe4 33. Ke3 d5 34. Kd4 Ke7 35. Kxd5 e3 36. Re1
Rd8+ 37. Kc4 Kd6 38. Rxe3 Rf8 39. g3 Rf5 40. Re8 Rc5+ 41. Kb4 Rxc6 42. Rg8 $16
{The "nail" on h6 gives him good winning chances.}) 30... e5 31. c7 {This
looks formidable but now the black king joins struggle against this passed
pawn.} Ke7 32. g3 a6 33. Kg2 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Qa5 g5 36. Qa7 Kd7 37. Qa1
Ke7 38. Qa7 Kd7 39. Qb7 Rxc7 40. Qxb5+ Ke7 41. Ra1 Qc5 42. Qb8 Qc6 43. Re1 (43.
Kg1 $142 $1 {maintaining various threats.}) 43... g4 44. Qh8 (44. Kg1 Qd6 45.
Qh8 Qf6 46. Qxh7 Rc2 47. Qf5 (47. Rf1 Kf8 $11) 47... Qxf5 48. exf5 Kf6 49. Kg2
Rc8 $11) 44... Qf6 45. Qxh7 Qf3+ (45... Rc2 $2 {is now insufficient due to} 46.
Qf5 Qxf5 47. exf5 Kf6 48. Rh1 Rc8 49. Rh5) 46. Kg1 Rc2 47. Rf1 (47. Qf5 Qxf5
48. exf5 Kf6 $11 {- Black gains a crucial tempo}) 47... Rxf2 $1 {Accurate
calculation proves that this sacrifice secures a draw.} 48. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 49. Kf1
Qd3+ 50. Re2 (50. Ke1 Qe3+ 51. Re2 Qg1+ 52. Kd2 Qd4+ 53. Kc1 Qa1+ 54. Kc2 Qa4+
55. Kc3 Qd4+ $11) 50... Qd1+ 51. Kf2 g3+ 52. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nf6 {This line is
considered to be quite dangerous for black, but Emil proably knew something
that we don't since he has some experience on the white side of this variation.
} (6... Nh6 $5 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 (9... d5 10. e5 f6 11. e6 Qd6
12. Qe2 a5 13. b3 Nf5 $132 {McShane,L-Yakovich,Y/Stockholm 2000)}) 10. b3 Nf7
11. Nbd2 d6 12. Bb2 Ba6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. b4 e5 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. Bc3 Bc4 17. Qc2
Be6 18. h3 Qa6 $11 {Morozevich,A-Kasimdzhanov,R/Wijk aan Zee NED 2002}) 7. e5
Nd5 8. c4 Nc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 O-O (10... Ne6 $5 11. Qh4 d6 12. Bh6 Bxe5 13.
Nxe5 dxe5 14. Nc3 f6 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. f4 exf4 17. Re4 Rb8 $132 {Miroshnichenko,
E-Bu Xiangzhi/Bled 2000}) (10... d5 11. cxd5 (11. Nc3 O-O 12. Qh4 h5 $2 13. h3
Be6 14. Nd4 Qd7 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Bg5 $14 {Estrada Nieto,
J-Mirzoev,A/Linares ESP 2002}) 11... cxd5 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rb8 14. b3 Ne6
15. Bh6 a5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rad1 $14 {Velicka,P-Umansky,M/Bayern 2001}) 11.
Qh4 f6 (11... d5 $6 12. Bh6 f6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc3 $16 {[%csl Rg7][%cal
Ga1d1] Glek,I-Cacco,C/Porto San Giorgio 1999}) (11... Ne6 {[%csl Rg5][%cal
Ge6g5]} 12. Bh6 Rb8 (12... d5 13. Nc3 f5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rad1 Bb7 16. Rd2
Bxh6 17. Qxh6 d4 18. Rxd4 $1 $16 {Magomedov,M-Myo Naing/Kuala Lumpur 1993}) 13.
b3 d5 14. Nc3 f6 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rad1 $16 {Komliakov,
V-Rakhimov,Z/Moscow 1997}) 12. exf6 ({More challenging for black is} 12. Nc3 {
but may be Svidler didn't want expose his preparationd for the Buenos-Aires!}
Ne6 13. exf6 Rxf6 (13... exf6 14. Be3 Rb8 15. Re2 Qa5 16. Rd1 Rb4 17. a3 Rb8
18. Red2 $16 {Sutovsky,E-Tibensky,R/Kaskady 2002}) 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. Nge4 Re6 16.
Bg5 d6 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Re3 Rb8 19. b3 Rb4 20. Bh6 $16 {Kharitonov,A-Markos,J/
Oropesa del Mar 1999}) 12... exf6 13. Qd4 $6 {This move can't be right. White
is wasting too much time for moving around his queen, letting black to seize
an initiative.} (13. c5 d6 14. cxd6 Qxd6 15. Bf4 Qd8 16. Nc3 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5
18. Rad1 $36 {Arykin,A-Kryschilovskij,A/St Petersburg 1999}) (13. Bh6 g5 14.
Qh5 Ne6 15. g3 Bxh6 (15... Qe8 16. Qxe8 Rxe8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Nc3 $14) 16.
Qxh6 g4 17. Nh4 f5 18. Nc3 Qa5 19. Rad1 $36) 13... Ne6 14. Qd6 f5 15. Nbd2 ({
In case of} 15. Nc3 $6 {white has some problems with his c-pawn:} Ba6 16. c5 (
16. Ne5 Qb8 17. Qxb8 (17. c5 $2 Re8 18. Nxd7 Nxc5 $19) 17... Rfxb8 18. Nxd7 Re8
$36) 16... Re8 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Gg7f8]} 17. Be3 Bf8 $15) 15... c5 16. Nf1 (
16. Rb1 {[%cal Gb2b3,Gc1b2]} Qb6 17. Qd5 Bb7 (17... Rd8 $5 18. b3 Bb7 19. Qd3
d5 $13) 18. Qxd7 Rae8 19. b3 Bc6 20. Qd3 Nf4 21. Qf1 Rxe1 $17) (16. Nb3 Qb6 17.
Qd5 Bb7 18. Qxd7 Rae8 19. Qd3 Qc7 $44) 16... Bb7 17. Qd1 (17. Ne5 $6 Nd4 $36 {
[%cal Gd4c2]}) 17... Rb8 $1 {Very strong move putting a pressure on b2,
however black has another promising possibility} (17... Qc7 $5 18. Ne3 Nf4 19.
Nd5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qd6 $17) 18. Ne3 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Nd4 $6 ({I see no reason why
black shouldn't take a pawn on b2.} 19... Bxb2 $5 20. Bxb2 Rxb2 21. Reb1 Qb6
$17) 20. Qd5+ Kh8 21. Qxc5 f4 22. Nd5 Qg5 $6 {After a move in the game a draw
becomes inevitable. Nothing promised} (22... Rc8 $6 23. Qxa7 Nc2 24. Bxf4 Nxa1
25. Rxa1 Rxc4 26. Be3 Bxb2 27. Rd1 $11 {and white is doing fine.}) ({The
correct way to play was} 22... Nc2 $1 {with much better chances in all of the
lines.} 23. Bxf4 Rxb2 24. Bc7 (24. Be3 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Qh4 $17) 24... Qc8 (24...
Qh4 25. Re2 $1 (25. Be5 $6 {[%csl Rf8]} d6 $1 {[%csl Rf2]} 26. Bxg7+ Kxg7 27.
Qxa7+ Rf7 28. Re7 Rxe7 29. Nxe7 Kf8 30. Nd5 Nxa1 31. Qa8+ Kg7 32. Qa7+ Kh6 33.
Qe3+ Qg5 34. Qh3+ $11) 25... Nxa1 26. Rxb2 $16) 25. Qe7 {[%cal Gc7e5]} d6 $1
26. Bxd6 Rb7 27. Qe2 Nxa1 28. Be5 Qf5 $1 $17 29. Bxg7+ $140 Kxg7 30. Rxa1 Rb1+
31. Rxb1 Qxb1+ 32. Qf1 Rb8 $19) 23. Qe7 $1 $11 Nf3+ (23... Qxe7 24. Rxe7 Nc2
25. Rb1 Na3 26. Ra1 $11) (23... Qf5 $2 24. Bxf4 $14) 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. gxf3 Qxf3+
26. Kg1 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+ 29. Kh1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. e5 Bf8 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. c4 Bg7 15.
Qe2 O-O 16. Bd2 dxc4 17. Bxc4 c5 18. Rac1 Rfd8 19. Nd3 Nf5 20. f3 Rd4 21. Bg5
a5 22. Qf2 h5 23. b3 Qb6 24. a4 Rc8 25. Rc3 Bd5 26. Bb5 Qb8 27. Qb2 c4 28. bxc4
Rxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxc4 30. Qd2 Rb4 31. f4 Bf8 32. Kh1 Qb6 33. Rc1 Nd4 34. Qf2 Qa7
35. Be8 Bc5 36. Rdc3 Nb3 37. Rxc5 Nxc1 38. Bxf7+ Kxf7 39. Rxd5 Qxf2 40. Rd7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd7 8.
Be3 e5 9. Qd2 h6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. f4 exf4 13. Rxf4 Ne6 14. Rf2 Nd4
15. Raf1 Be6 16. Ng4 O-O-O 17. Nxh6 f6 18. Nd1 Rh7 19. c3 Nb5 20. Rf3 c4 21.
Ng4 Rxd3 22. Qe2 Bxg4 23. hxg4 Qe5 24. Bf4 Qc5+ 25. Nf2 Bh6 26. Bxh6 Rxh6 27.
Rxd3 cxd3 28. Qxd3 Rh8 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. e5 fxe5 31. Qxg6 Kb8 32. g5 Nc7 33. Qf6
Qe8 34. Rd7 Kc8 35. Re7 Qd8 36. Qf5+ Kb8 37. Qxe5 Rg8 38. Ne4 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+
40. Kg3 Rc8 41. Nf6 1-0

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. b3 c5 13. Na4 c4 14. Bf1 Bb7 15.
Bd2 Bc6 16. Nb2 Qb8 17. Qg3 O-O 18. Rab1 cxb3 19. axb3 Nc5 20. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 33rd"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2005.07.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 108"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
Nxd4 $5 {Rare continuation. Usually Black reacts with 8...d6, which transforms
the game to C91 lines.} (8... d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 {strengthening the centre.}
exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 {transfering the knight to c4.} 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3
{throwing away the knight from active position, as well as preparing to
fianchettoe the dark-squared bishop.} Nb6 {See commented game 1/2-1/2 Kramnik,
V-Adams,M/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (58)}) (8... exd4 {gives White
too many possibilities:} 9. e5 Ne8 10. Bd5 Bb7 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxb7 Ra7 13.
Qxd4 Rxb7 14. Nc3 d6 15. Qe4 Qc8 16. Qc6 dxe5 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. a4 Rb8 19. Rxe5
Qd8 20. Rf5 Qh4 21. Bf4 bxa4 22. Re1 Rxb2 23. Qxe8 g6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Ne7+
Kg7 26. Rxf7+ {1-0 Tseshkovsky,V-Stambulian,A/Krasnodar 2002/CBM 091 ext (26)})
9. Nxd4 (9. Nxe5 {shouldn't be a good move.} Nxb3 10. axb3 Bb7 {and only Black
can be better.}) 9... exd4 10. e5 ({Of course not} 10. Qxd4 $2 c5 $19 {[%cal
Gc5c4]}) 10... Ne8 11. Qxd4 ({Another interesting attempt to fight for an
advantage is} 11. c3 {, but after} d5 12. cxd4 c6 13. Bc2 g6 14. Bh6 Ng7 15.
Nd2 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 {Black equalizes:} 17. Nb3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. Qd2 Qxd2
20. Nxd2 Bf5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Short,N-Beliavsky,A/Warsaw POL 2004/The Week in
Chess 528 (46)}) 11... Bb7 {covering the long diagonal. Now White has to move
the queen from d4.} (11... c5 {is already met by} 12. Qe4) 12. Qg4 (12. c4 $5 {
seems as one of the most logical continuations.} bxc4 13. Qxc4 d5 14. exd6 Nxd6
15. Qg4 {and White's position is slightly better, thanks to a superior pawn
structure:} Bf6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Bf4 $14 {1-0 Arakhamia,K-Hebden,M/ch-GBR,
Scarborough ENG 2004 (50)}) 12... c5 $146 {threatening with c5-c4 advance.} ({
Black easily eqaulized after} 12... d6 13. Bf4 c5 14. c4 dxe5 15. Bxe5 b4 16.
Bc2 g6 17. Rd1 Qb6 {1/2-1/2 Timofeev,A-Khalifman,A/Sochi RUS 2005/The Week in
Chess 547 (17)}) 13. c3 {preparing the c2 square for the bishop.} d6 {
intending to get a symetrical pawn structure.} 14. exd6 {Other continuations
are not better:} ({Dubious is} 14. e6 d5 15. Bc2 (15. exf7+ Rxf7 $15) 15... Nf6
16. Qh3 Bc8 $15) (14. Bf4 dxe5 15. Bxe5 Nf6 16. Qg3 Re8 $15) 14... Bxd6 $11 {
Black has got a symmetrical pawn structure. His pieces are located not worse,
than the White ones. Therefore, the position is equal.} ({In my opinion,} 14...
Nxd6 {equalizes as well:} 15. Bf4 (15. Bh6 Bf6 16. Bf4 Qc8 $11) 15... Qc8 16.
Qh5 Qc6 17. f3 Rae8 18. Nd2 $11) 15. Bg5 Nf6 ({Less clear is} 15... Qc7 16. Kh1
Qc6 17. Nd2 $13 {with some chances for white to get an advantage, due to
black's misplaced knight on e8.}) 16. Qh4 h6 {forcing White to exchange his
dark-squared bishop.} 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Qxf6 gxf6 {In spite of White's
superior pawn structure, Black compensates it with a bishops pair.} 19. Nd2
Rfe8 20. Bc2 Rad8 21. Ne4 {The opponents agreed for a draw, in view of the
following variation:} ({After} 21. Ne4 {the easiest way to get a draw in this
position is} Bxe4 22. Bxe4 Bc7 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.07.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. O-O O-O 11. Qc2 d6 12. Rb1 Ne5 13. Be2 Qc5 14. Bg5 Ned7
15. Be3 Qc7 16. f4 b6 17. f5 Nc5 18. Bf3 Bb7 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. e5 dxe5 21. Bxb7
Qxb7 22. Nf3 Qc7 23. h3 e4 24. Nd4 Nfd7 25. Qe2 Qg3 26. Nc6 Qd6 27. Nd4 Rf6 28.
Rbd1 Raf8 29. Rxf6 Nxf6 30. Nb3 Nd3 31. c5 Qg3 32. Nd2 bxc5 33. Nxe4 Nxe4 34.
Qxd3 Qe5 35. c4 h5 36. Re1 Qg3 37. Rd1 Qh4 38. Qd7 Qf6 39. Qd3 Qf5 40. Rf1
Qxf1+ 41. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 Kf7 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. Kd3 Ke5 45. Bg1 h4 46. Be3
Kf5 47. Bg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "France"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

{[%mdl 256]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7.
Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 {Another theoretical possibility is} (9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2
c5 11. d4 Nd7 {1-0 Leko,P-Adams,M/Miskolc 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (44)})
9... Bg4 10. Be3 {White has two main principled attempts to fight for an
advantage. Another one is:} (10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 {1-0 Comp Hydra-Adams,M/London
2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (28)}) 10... exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 {attacking the
light-squared bishops, and, preparing to carry out c7-c5.} 12. Bc2 c5 {Another
theoretical possibility is} (12... Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V-Adams,M/
Dortmund 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (58)}) 13. h3 {White forces black
immediately to define the location of his light-squared bishop. Other
continuations are:} (13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Nc3 Nc4 15. e5 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L-Ivanov,
A/Moscow 2005/CBM 106/[Wedberg] (26)}) (13. Nbd2 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6 15. Be3 d5 {
0-1 Ivanovic,B-Smejkal,J/Zagreb 1985/MCL/[Kharitonov] (43)}) 13... Bxf3 {
giving white a pair of bishops. Black can keep his light-squared bishop on the
board as well:} (13... cxd4 14. Bxd4 Bh5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Nc3 Rc8 17. Rc1 Nc6 18.
Be3 {1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Adams,M/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102/[Ftacnik] (44)}) 14.
Qxf3 cxd4 {opening the "c" file for the rook.} ({Black faced some problems
after} 14... Nc4 15. dxc5 dxc5 16. Nc3 Nd7 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Socko,B/Istanbul
2003/CBM 096/[Wedberg] (50)}) 15. Bxd4 Rc8 {Black allowed white to get a pair
of bishops and superior pawn structure. But, black can compensate it by
development advantage.} (15... Nc6 {1-0 Dominguez,L-Morovic Fernandez,I/Havana
2004/CBM 101/[Wedberg] (40)}) 16. Bb3 {White is ready to change one of his
bishops in order to stabilize the position and to keep a superior pawn
structure. White has the following alternatives:} (16. Qd1 $146 Nd7 17. Nc3 Bf6
{[%cal Gb5b4,Yc8c2,Gf6d4,Yf6e5,Yd8f6]} 18. Re2 {1/2-1/2 Gelfand,B-Bacrot,E/
Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109_01/[Erenburg] (30)}) (16. Qd3 Nc6 17. Bc3 g6 18. Bb3
Nd7 19. a3 Nc5 20. Qd5 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Bf6 22. Qd5 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Qf6 24. Rad1 $14
{1-0 Lanc,A-Mrva,V/SVK 1997/EXT 98 (52). (51)}) 16... Nc6 17. Qd1 {White
cannot move away the bishop from the central position. Otherwise, black's c6
knight will get some important spots:} (17. Be3 Ne5 $15) (17. Bc3 b4 18. Bd2
Nd4 19. Qd3 Nxb3 20. Qxb3 d5 $11) 17... d5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 520] Black is
sacrificing a pawn, but he will get a control over the dark squares. It looks
like a serious improvement in comparison to the previous games, where black
haven't equalized:} (17... a5 18. Nc3 a4 19. Bd5 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Qa5 21. a3 $1
Nd7 22. Qb4 $16 {1-0 Grischuk,A-Tkachiev,V/France 2003/CBM 95/[Wedberg] (59)})
(17... Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Nh5 19. Nc3 Bf6 20. Qd2 Bg5 21. Qe2 Nf4 22. Qf3 Ng6 23.
Red1 Bf6 24. Rac1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V-Romanishin,O/73rd ch-UKR, Kharkiv
UKR (2.2) 2004 (93)}) {Other continuations are not better:} 18. exd5 (18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. exd5 Bxb2 20. dxc6 Bxa1 $19) (18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Qxd5 20. Nc3 Qf5
$15 (20... Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Nxd4 22. Rxe7 $11)) 18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bc5 {If we
compare the locations of white's light-squared bishop, that is limitted by his
d5 pawn, and black's dark-squared bishop, that is extremely active on a7-g1
diagonal, it is easy to understand, that black has a sufficient compensation.}
20. Qd3 ({Doesn't promise too much:} 20. Qd2 b4 {preventing from white to
complete the development.} 21. Qd3 (21. a3 Qb6 $44) 21... Qb6 22. Qf3 (22. Qf5
Bd4 23. Nd2 Bxb2 24. Nc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Qd4 $11) 22... Bd4 23. Nd2
Bxb2 24. Nc4 Rxc4 25. Bxc4 Bxa1 26. Rxa1 Rc8 $11 (26... Qd4 27. Rc1 Rc8 28. d6
$13)) 20... Qb6 21. Qf3 a5 $44 {Black has got a full compensation for a
sacrificed pawn. White faces some problems to complete the development, and
his pieces are passive in comparison to black's ones.} 22. Nc3 (22. Nc3 Bd4 (
22... a4 23. Bc2 a3 24. Bf5 axb2 25. Rab1 Bxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 27. Kxf2 Rxc3
28. Rxb2 Rc5 29. Bd3 Nxd5 30. Bxb5 Nc3 31. Bd3 $14) 23. Rad1 Bxc3 24. bxc3 a4
25. Bc2 Qd6 $44 {[%cal Yd6a3]}) (22. Nd2 $6 a4 23. Bd1 Rfd8 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "McNab, Colin Anderson"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2451"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Scotland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SCO"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 (5. h4 $5) 5... b5 (5... Nf6 6.
h3 b5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. exd6 exd6 9. Bd3 $14) 6. Bd3 Bb7 (6... Nd7 7. e5 e6 (7...
dxe5 8. Be4 Rb8 9. dxe5 {/\10.Ba7,10.e6}) 8. Bg5 Ne7 9. a4 bxa4 10. exd6 cxd6
11. Rxa4 O-O 12. O-O Bb7 13. Be4 d5 14. Bd3 f6 15. Bh4 Nf5 $132 {Fishbein,
A-Hansen,C/Kerteminde 1991/(59)}) 7. e5 $5 {Black is a way behind in
development so it's just a natural try to take advantage of this fact. It's
interesting that Svidler suffered a tough loss on the black side of this
variation by the hands of Anand, even though the position looked quite unclear.
} (7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 Nf6 9. Nxf6+ $14) 7... Nd7 (7... e6 8. Ne4 Ne7 9. Bg5 h6 10.
Bf6 Bxf6 11. Nxf6+ Kf8 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Nxd7+ Qxd7 $11 {Hatanbaatar,B-Spasov,V/
Elista olm 1998}) (7... dxe5 8. dxe5 Nc6 9. e6 f5 10. O-O Qd6 11. Qe2 Nb4 12.
Rad1 $36 {Herrera,I-Asanov,B/Guillermo Garcia Premier II 1999}) 8. e6 fxe6 9.
Ng5 Nf8 10. O-O (10. Qe2 $44) 10... h6 $2 {I guess this move is a blunder, as
I can't see any reason for black to give up 2 pawns for absolutely no
compensation!} (10... Nf6 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Bd2 h6 13. Nf3 Rb8 14. a4 b4 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 {/\c3,,Rb1,Qe2~/=} Qc6 $5 18. Re3 $44 {Anand,
V-Svidler,P/Linares 1998}) (10... e5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Be4) (10... Qd7) 11.
Bxg6+ $1 Nxg6 12. Nxe6 Qd7 13. Nxg7+ Kf7 14. Nh5 $16 {White emerged out of an
opening with an extra pawn, even though he is yet to neutralize black's
attempts to get some play on the kingside.} Nf6 (14... b4 $5 15. Nb1 Qb5 16.
Nd2 Nf6 17. Nxf6 exf6 $16 {[%csl Gh5]}) 15. Nxf6 exf6 16. Qh5 $5 (16. f3 $5)
16... Rag8 17. d5 Re8 (17... b4 18. Ne2 Ke7 19. Ng3 Kd8 20. c4 $1 $16) 18. Bd4
Bc8 {Black is doing his best, but his position remains very difficult as white
has no weaknesses (except of a pawn on d5) black can attack.} (18... c5 19.
dxc6 Qxc6 20. f3 b4 21. Ne4 $18) 19. f3 (19. Nd1 Re4 20. c3 Rh4 21. Qf3 Ne5 22.
Bxe5 dxe5 23. Ne3 $16) 19... Qf5 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. g3 Rhg8 ({My be more
chances of survival would've left} 21... Bxc2 $5 22. Rac1 Bf5 23. Ne4 Rc8 24.
Nxf6 Ne7 $16 {keeping an eye on d5.}) 22. Kf2 b4 (22... Ne7 $5) 23. Nd1 Bxc2 $6
(23... Ne7 24. Ne3 Bh3 25. Rfd1 Nf5 26. a3 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rc7]}) 24. Ne3 Bd3 25.
Rfd1 Bb5 26. Rac1 Rc8 27. Ng4 $18 {[%csl Rf6,Rh6]} Rh8 28. Nxf6 Ne7 29. g4 {
[%csl Gf5]} c5 $2 {[%csl Rd6]} (29... Rhd8 $142) 30. dxc6 Nxc6 31. Ne4 Rhd8 32.
Bb6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Stefansson, Hannes"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Iceland"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Nc3 Nd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. g4 Ngf6 12. g5 Nh5 13. f4 b5 14. a3 O-O 15. O-O-O
Rb8 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Kb1 Bb7 18. Rhf1 Rfe8 19. f5 Bf8 20. Bd4 Ba8 21. Rf2 Re7
22. fxe6 Rxe6 23. Rdf1 Re7 24. Be2 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Bxh5 gxh5 27. Bf6
Ree8 28. Nd4 Qc4 29. Nf5 Bxf5 30. Rxf5 Re2 31. Qd1 Rbe8 32. Bc3 R8e7 33. R5f4
R2e4 34. Qxd6 Rxf4 35. Qxf4 Qxf4 36. Rxf4 Bg7 37. Bb4 Re5 38. Rd4 Re1+ 39. Bxe1
Bxd4 40. Bd2 Kf8 41. b3 Ke7 42. c4 bxc4 43. bxc4 Ke6 44. Kc2 Bc5 45. a4 Be7 46.
Kd3 Ke5 47. h3 Bd8 48. Bc1 Be7 49. Be3 Bd8 50. Bd4+ Ke6 51. h4 Bc7 52. Bf2 Be5
53. Ke4 f5+ 54. gxf6 Bxf6 55. Bg3 h6 56. c5 Bg7 57. c6 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.05"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

{[%mdl 68]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 {Zoltan Almasi is one of the
biggest experts in Berlin, therefore, Svidler chooses to avoid Berlin
variation by 4.d3.} d6 5. O-O {Another theoretical line is} (5. c3 g6 {0-1
Zhang Pengxiang-Harikrishna,P/Tiayuan 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (28)}) 5...
Bd7 {preventing white's possible 6.d3-d4.} (5... g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. Re1 Bg7 8. d5
{1-0 Sutovsky,E-Kramnik,V/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108_01/[Erenburg] (51)}) 6. c3 {
White has the following alternatives:} (6. d4 Be7 7. d5 Nb8 8. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9.
Re1 Nc5 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Nd2 a5 12. Nb3 Ncd7 13. Be3 c6 14. a4 cxd5 15. exd5 b6
16. f4 Qc8 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. d6 Bd8 19. Qf3 $14 {0-1 McShane,L-Harikrishna,P/
Tiayuan CHN 2005/The Week in Chess 557 (80)}) (6. Re1 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2 Re8
9. Nf1 Bf8 10. h3 g6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bxd7 Qxd7 14. b4 Nc6 15. b5
Nd8 16. c4 Ne6 17. Ne2 c6 18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. Rab1 {1/2-1/2
Rozentalis,E-Onischuk,A/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 no vc (20)}) 6... g6 {preparing
an fianchetto for dark-squared bishop.} (6... a6 7. Ba4 g6 8. Nbd2 Bg7 9. Re1
O-O 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Bg5 Qe8 12. Bb3 Kh8 13. Ne3 f5 14. Nd5 Rc8 15. exf5 gxf5
16. d4 e4 17. Nh4 Na5 18. Ne7 Nxb3 19. axb3 Ra8 20. f3 Qf7 21. fxe4 fxe4 22.
Rf1 Qxf1+ 23. Qxf1 Rxf1+ 24. Rxf1 Rf8 25. Nhf5 Bf6 $15 {1-0 Timofeev,
A-Aleksandrov,A/Izmir 2004/CBM 104 no vc (76)}) 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1 O-O 9. Ba4 {
White's light-squared bishop has nothing to do on a4-e8 diagonal. White
transfers it to b3.} (9. Nf1 {Erenburg} Nh5 10. Ba4 Qe8 {1-0 Morozevich,
A-Krasenkow,M/Plovdiv 2003/CBM 098/[Ftacnik] (60).}) (9. Bc4 {is met by} Na5 {
, eliminating white's important bishop.}) 9... Qe8 {The location of queen on
e8 is very successful, as it creates quite unpleasan opposition for white's
light squared bishop. It should be noted, that black's main plan in this
position is carrying out f7-f5. Usually black transfers his kingside knight to
h5, and then push forward his "f" pawn. In this case, black's queen protects
the h5 knight.} (9... Nh5 10. Nf1 Qe8 11. Bc2 Kh8 12. d4 f6 13. Ne3 Rc8 14. b3
Nf4 15. Bb2 Nd8 16. Qd2 Nf7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. c4 c5 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qa5 $16 {
1-0 Azarov,S-Aleksandrov,A/Minsk 2000/EXT 2001 (60)}) 10. Bb3 ({White didn't
get anything after} 10. Nf1 Nh5 11. Ne3 Kh8 12. Nd5 Rc8 13. Bc2 Ne7 14. d4 exd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qd8 17. Be3 Re8 18. a4 {1/2-1/2 Azarov,S-Aronian,L/Goa
2002/CBM 091 ext (18)}) 10... Nh5 11. Nf1 {transfering the knight to g3.} ({
Another possibility is} 11. Nc4 Kh8 12. d4 Bg4 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Ncxe5 dxe5 15.
h3 Rd8 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Be3 a6 18. Rad1 Qe7 19. Qc2 $14 {1-0 Palac,M-Marcelin,C/
France 2000/EXT 2001 (32)}) 11... Nd8 $146 {Black is going to bring the knight
to f4 via e6.} ({In a previous game black tried} 11... Kh8 12. d4 Bg4 13. d5
Ne7 14. a4 f5 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 fxe4 17. Qd1 (17. Qxe4 Nf6 18. Qd3 Qf7 $15)
17... Qf7 18. Re2 Rad8 19. a5 $13 Nf4 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21. Ra4 Bh6 22. Nd2 Qg5 23.
Nxe4 Qc1 24. Qxc1 Bxc1 25. Rb4 Rb8 26. g3 Nf5 27. Kg2 Kg7 28. Ba4 Ne7 29. Re1
Bh6 30. Rd1 Ng8 31. h4 Rf7 32. Rd3 b6 33. Bd1 Nf6 34. Nxf6 Rxf6 35. Bg4 Rf7 36.
Be6 Re7 37. Rd1 c5 38. Rb5 a6 39. Rxb6 Rxb6 40. axb6 Rb7 41. b4 cxb4 {1/2-1/2
Xie Jun-Ruan Lufei/Wuxi CHN 2005/The Week in Chess 551 (41)}) (11... Na5 12.
Bc2 f5 13. d4 fxe4 14. Bxe4 Nf6 15. dxe5 Nxe4 16. Qd5+ Qe6 17. Qxe4 $14) 12. d4
Ne6 13. Ng3 Nef4 (13... Nxg3 14. hxg3 Kh8 15. Be3 $14) (13... Nhf4 14. Be3 {
[%cal Yd4d5]} Qe7 15. d5 Nc5 16. Bc2 $14) 14. Be3 Qe7 15. Nxh5 $1 Nxh5 16. dxe5
dxe5 17. Qd5 {attacking the b7 pawn and threatening with Bc5.} Bc6 18. Qc4 Nf4
$2 (18... Rfd8 19. Rad1 $14 (19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21. Ng5 Be8) (19. Ng5
Be8) (19. Bc5 Qf6)) 19. Bc5 Qd7 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 (20... Qg4 21. Qxf7+ $18) 21. h3
(21. Re3 Bb5 (21... Qg4 22. Ne1 Bh6 23. Rd1 a6 {[%cal Yc6b5]} 24. Rd8 $18) 22.
Qb4 Nd3 23. Qa5 Bh6 24. Rxd3 Bxd3 25. Nxe5 $18) 21... Bb5 22. Rad1 (22. Qc5 Nd3
23. Qxa7 Nxe1 24. Rxe1 $16) 22... Qxd1 (22... Nd3 23. Rxd3 Qxd3 24. Qxc7 Qd7
25. Qxd7 Bxd7 26. Rd1 Bc6 27. Bd5 $18) 23. Rxd1 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 a6 25. a4 $1 (25.
Rd7 b5 26. Bb3 c5 $13) 25... b5 {Black is trying to neutralize white's
domination by sacrificing pawn.} (25... Ne6 26. Rd7 Nc5 27. Rxc7 Nxe4 28. Bd5
Nd6 29. Rd7 e4 30. Nh2 $1 Be5 31. Ng4 $18) (25... c6 26. a5 $18 {[%cal Gd1d7]})
26. axb5 axb5 27. Bxb5 Ne6 (27... Rb8 28. Bc4 Rxb2 29. Rd8+ Bf8 30. Nxe5 Kg7
31. Rd7 $18) 28. Bc4 Rd8 (28... Nc5 29. Ng5 Bf6 30. Nxf7 Rxf7 31. b4 Nxe4 32.
Rd7 Nd6 33. Bxf7+ Nxf7 34. Rxc7 $18) 29. Ra1 $1 Bf8 30. b4 {covering the c5
square.} (30. Nxe5 Rd2 (30... Bc5 31. b4 Bb6 32. Bd5 $18) 31. b4 Rc2 32. Ra8
$18) 30... Kg7 (30... Bd6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Ra5 $18 {collecting another pawn.})
31. Nxe5 Rd2 32. Nf3 Rd6 (32... Rc2 33. Bxe6 fxe6 34. Nd4 $18) 33. Ra7 Rd1+ 34.
Kh2 Nd8 35. e5 {closing the b8-h2 diagonal for black's dark-squared bishop.} (
35. Rxc7 $4 Bd6+ $19) 35... Rc1 36. Rxc7 Rxc3 37. b5 Bb4 (37... Ne6 38. Rc8 Nc5
39. Bd5 $18) 38. Rc8 $1 (38. b6 Ba5 39. Bxf7 Rxc7 40. bxc7 Bxc7 {and black
gets some chances.}) 38... Ba5 39. Ng5 Rc2 40. Ne4 Bb6 41. f4 h5 42. h4 Rc1 43.
g3 Rc2+ 44. Kh1 Kh6 45. Nd6 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Kg7 47. Rb8 Rc2+ 48. Kf1 Ba5 49. Bxf7
{Black resigned in view of white's enormouse material advantage.} (49. Bxf7
Nxf7 (49... Bc7 50. Rc8 Nxf7 51. Rxc7 $18) 50. Rb7 Bc7 51. Rxc7 Rxc7 52. Ne8+
$18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.06"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lithuania"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8. a3
Nf6 9. b4 O-O 10. Nbd2 Nd7 11. bxc5 Qxc5 12. a4 b5 13. Nb3 Qd6 14. axb5 cxb5
15. Qd2 Re8 16. Ba3 Qc7 17. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 15th"]
[Site "Gothenburg"]
[Date "2005.08.07"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Agrest, Evgenij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2592"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Hazai,L"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2005.07.30"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SWE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 109"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sweden"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SWE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg5 {This setup has earned some
popularity these days, although it's main advantage is that White can avoid
the theoretical main lines and the position has a complex strategical
character with many possibilities for transpositions.} c5 6. d5 d6 7. e3 h6 8.
Bh4 a6 {/\ b5} (8... g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 {and}) (8... e6 {are the major alternatives
here.}) 9. Nd2 {against g5 and Nh5.} (9. a4 {White radically prevents Black
from b7-b5.} g5 (9... e5 $6 {closes the long /^ and Black cannot organize
easily counterplay on the >>.} 10. Nd2 Qe8 {/\ Nh7, f5} (10... Qc7 11. Be2 $5 (
11. Bd3 Nh7 12. e4 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. O-O Nd7 15. f3 e4 $1 16. fxe4 Ne5 17.
Nf3 f4 18. Qd2 Bg4 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 $44 {Jussupow-Mochalov, Minsk 1982}) 11... Nh7
12. O-O f5 13. f4 $14) 11. Be2 Nh7 12. g4 (12. O-O f5) 12... f5 13. gxf5 Bxf5 {
(Ibrahimov-Purtov, Alushta 2004)} 14. Nde4 Qd7 15. Rg1 g5 16. Bg3 $14) (9...
Qa5 {Black has no counterplay on the <<.} 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. Ra3 Nbd7 12. h3 Bxf3
13. gxf3 Rfe8 14. f4 $14 {Akobian-Muhammad, New York 2003}) (9... Qb6 10. Ra3 (
10. Ra2 g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 {Black wants to exchange the important dark-squared B.}
12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 f5 14. f4 gxf4 15. gxf4 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Rh3 Qd8 18.
Bd3 Nc6 $132 {and White cannot connect his rooks, Soppe-Shchekachev, Santo
Domingo 2002.}) 10... g5 11. Bg3 Nh5 12. Nd2 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Nd7 14. Bd3 (14. Be2
$5) 14... Ne5 15. Bb1 f5 16. Qc2 Bd7 $13 {Oim-Tal, Parnu 1971}) (9... e6 {
leads to Benoni type of positions.}) 10. Bg3 Nh5 $132 {is the typical
counterplay for Black.}) 9... Nbd7 ({The idea to play a Benko Gambit type of
position after} 9... b5 {is not quite correct, for example:} 10. cxb5 Nbd7 (
10... axb5 11. Bxb5 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. Qe2 Qb6 14. Nc4 Qb7 15. e4 Nbd7 16.
O-O $16) 11. bxa6 $5 (11. a4 axb5 12. Bxb5 Ba6 13. Nc4 Nb6 14. Na3 $14 {
Hellsten-Salguero, Mendoza 2004}) 11... Bxa6 12. Bxa6 Rxa6 13. O-O $14) (9...
e6 {is still valid.}) 10. a4 {Radically preventing the push b7-b5.} (10. Be2
Nh7 (10... b5 $5 {here looks better than before.}) 11. e4 {Now Black can play
for a blockade on the dark squares securing the e5 square for his N.} (11. f4 {
was an interesting alternative against this plan, for example:} g5 $6 12. Bg3)
(11. O-O g5 12. Bg3 f5 $132) 11... Ne5 $1 12. Bg3 (12. f4 g5 $1 {This is the
main idea of Black playing on the dark squares.} 13. Bg3 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Ng6 $132
) 12... f5 13. f4 (13. exf5 Bxf5 $132) 13... Ng4 {Now the P structure will be
corrupted, but Black gets the ^^.} (13... Nf7 {is passive.} 14. O-O) 14. Bxg4
fxg4 15. O-O (15. e5 Bf5 (15... g5 16. fxg5 Nxg5 17. e6) 16. O-O g5 $15 (16...
b5 $5)) 15... Nf6 {The N has to come back immediataly.} 16. e5 (16. f5 $5 gxf5
17. exf5 b5 18. Qe2 $13) 16... Nh5 17. Qe2 (17. e6 $2 {was the interesting
idea, when Black has to do efforts to develope his B, the only problem is that
White gets mated after} Nxg3 18. hxg3 (18. Qxg4 Nxf1 19. Rxf1 Kh7) 18... Bd4+
19. Kh2 Rf5 {/\ Rh5}) 17... Nxg3 18. hxg3 b5 $1 19. Rae1 (19. e6 $2 {is still
bad on account of} Bd4+ 20. Kh1 Rf5) 19... Bf5 $36 {Jussupow-Gallagher,
Dresden 1998 CBM 065}) 10... Qb6 (10... Ne8 {/\ Nc7} 11. f4 $1 (11. e4 g5 12.
Bg3 Ne5 13. Be2 f5 $11 {Speelman-Lanka BL 1996/97 69/(501)}) 11... Rb8 {
/\ b7-b5} 12. Be2 Nc7 13. e4 {White has got a total control over the centre.} (
13. O-O $6 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15. cxb5 $2 Bxc3 $1 16. bxc3 Nxd5 $17) 13... Nf6 {
(Glek-Lanka, Linz 1997 CBM 059 69/501)} (13... Bd4 14. Nf3) (13... b5 14. axb5
axb5 15. cxb5 Nf6 16. Ra7 Bd7 17. Qa4 $16) 14. O-O $1 $14 {was simple and good!
}) 11. Ra3 Re8 {preparing e7-e6, but is it playable without preparation?} (
11... e6 12. Be2 {cannot be refutation, then Re8 was not necessary.} (12. dxe6
{weakens Black's P structure, mainly >< g6 but how can White exploit it?} fxe6
13. Qc2 Kh7 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 (14... Nxf6 $2 15. Bd3 $16) 15. h4 Kh8 16. h5 g5 17.
Nde4 Rf7 {and Black can defend his somewhat weakened >>.}) 12... exd5 13. cxd5
Re8 14. O-O {- 11...Re8}) 12. Be2 e6 13. O-O (13. dxe6 {is again not logical
giving up the space advantage in the [+].} Rxe6 (13... fxe6 14. Qc2) 14. O-O
Ne5) 13... exd5 14. cxd5 {We have now a Benoni type of position where White's
chances are preferable.} Ne5 15. Bg3 {White's only problem is his dark-squared
B.} (15. Bxf6 {gives up the vital B, but gains a lot of tempi for an -> on the
>>.} Bxf6 16. Nde4 Bg7 17. f4 (17. a5 Qd8 18. f4 Nd7 {- 17.f4}) 17... Nd7 18.
a5 Qd8 19. f5 {White has gained a lot of space but irreversibly weakened >< e5.
} Ne5 (19... Bxc3 $6 20. Nxc3 Rxe3 21. Qd2 $40) 20. f6 Bf8 21. h4 b5 22. axb6
Qxb6 23. h5 $13 {with a rather original middlegame position.}) 15... Qc7 16. h3
{/\ f4} (16. e4 g5 {fighting for the dark squares and securing the strong
centralized N.}) 16... g5 ({There is no time for quiet plans.} 16... b6 17. f4
Ned7 18. e4 $16) 17. f4 {White begins his advance in the [+], but this also
weakens the e <->.} (17. a5 $5) 17... gxf4 18. exf4 (18. Rxf4 Ng6) 18... Ng6
19. f5 Ne7 {counterattacking >< d5 and f5.} (19... Ne5 20. Nde4) 20. Bd3 (20.
Nc4 Nxf5 21. Rxf5 Bxf5 22. Nxd6 Bg6 23. Nxe8 Qxg3 24. Ne4 Qf4 25. N8xf6+ Bxf6
26. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $11) 20... Nexd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Nc4 {White has a strong |^
for the P, but the position remains very complicated as in the Benoni most of
the cases.} Qc6 (22... Rd8 23. Qf3 Nf6 24. a5 $44 {trying to paralyze Black's
<<.}) 23. f6 Nxf6 (23... Bxf6 24. Qh5 $44) 24. Nxd6 Be6 (24... Rd8 25. Bc4 (25.
Nxc8 Raxc8) 25... Be6 26. Bxe6 fxe6 27. Be5 $44) 25. Nxe8 Rxe8 {Black has a P
and active pieces for the exchange, White has to find a target.} 26. Bh4 Bd5
27. Bc2 $1 {clearing the way for the R on the third rank.} (27. Rf5 Bxg2 28.
Bc4 Be4 29. Rf4 $13) 27... Ne4 28. Raf3 Ng5 $6 (28... Bxb2) 29. Rg3 Re5 $6 (
29... Be5 30. Rg4 $36) 30. Bxg5 hxg5 {Black has a strong ^^, and the
fianchettoed B defends his somewhat weakened >>.} 31. Qh5 Qh6 32. Qg4 {White
wants to keep his active Q.} (32. Qxh6 Bxh6 33. Rf5 Rxf5 34. Bxf5 {and the _|_
can only be better for White.}) 32... c4 (32... Be6 33. Bf5 $16) 33. Qc8+ Bf8
34. Qd8 $6 {White unnecessarily complicates matters.} (34. Rf5 $1 Be6 (34...
Rxf5 35. Qxf5 $18) 35. Rxe5 Bxc8 36. Rgxg5+ $18) 34... Kg7 35. a5 {White has
lost the thread probably already in time trouble.} Be7 36. Qc8 Qe6 37. Qxe6
Bxe6 {The _|_ is already better for Black!} 38. b3 $2 (38. Ra1 f5 $36) 38...
Rxa5 39. bxc4 Bxc4 40. Bd3 Be6 41. Be4 b5 42. Rb1 b4 43. Bc2 Ra2 44. Bb3 Ra3
45. Kf2 a5 46. Rf3 Rxb3 47. Rfxb3 Bxb3 48. Rxb3 a4 49. Rb1 a3 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.09.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Rb1 a6 (
14... Nc4 15. a4 Be6 16. Rb5 c5 17. Ng5 Rab8 18. Qd3 Bxg5 19. Rxc5 Qxc5 20.
dxc5 Rfd8 21. Qg3 $16 {1-0 Sibarevic,M-Vianin,P/Geneve 1990/EXT 2000 (32)}) (
14... b6 15. Bf4 Bd6 16. Ne5 Bf5 17. Rb5 Qe4 18. Bg3 Qc2 19. Qe1 a6 20. Bd1 Qa2
$17 {0-1 Harper,R-Rene,M/Dos Hermanas 2004/CBM 99 ext (29)}) (14... c5 15. Qa4
Qd8 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Bf4 Qd8 19. Rfd1 $18 {1-0 Crut,A-Friot,E/
Bescanon 1999/EXT 2000 (23)}) (14... c6 15. Qa4 Qa2 16. Bd3 Qd5 17. Re1 $16 {
0-1 Li Ruofan-Koneru,H/Hyderabad World Cup QF w 2002/[Barsky] (35)}) 15. Ne5 (
15. Re1 Bf6 16. Bf4 Bf5 17. Bd3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc4 19. Nd2 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Rac8
21. Be5 Bd8 22. Qe2 f6 23. c4 Qd7 24. Bf4 $16 {1-0 Balog,M-Varga,C/Harkány
2002/Magyar Versenyek 2002 (48)}) 15... Bf5 (15... Qa2 16. Rb2 Qxa3 17. Rb4
Qxc3 18. Bd2 Bxb4 19. Bxc3 Bxc3 20. Qd3 Bb4 {1/2-1/2 Schirmer,W-Kraft,G/
Hamburg GER 2005/(20)}) 16. Bf3 Qe6 (16... Be4 17. Bxe4 Qxe4 18. Rb2 Qd5 19.
Re2 Bd6 20. Rfe1 b5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Blehm,P-Urban,K/Koszalin 1998/CBM 65 ext (27)}
) 17. Rb2 {White temporarily sacrifices a pawn by transferring the Rb1 to e2.}
Bxa3 18. Re2 Bxc1 (18... Qd6 19. Bf4 $1 (19. Qa4 Bxc1 20. Rxc1 Nc6 21. Nxc6
bxc6 22. Bxc6 Rab8 $14) 19... Nc6 20. Qb3 Na5 21. Qa4 $16) 19. Nc6 (19. Qxc1
Qd6 20. Qa1 Nc6 21. Rfe1 Be6 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qa5 Rfb8 $11) 19... Qf6 20. Nxa5
(20. Ne7+ Kh8 21. Nxf5 Bf4 22. Ng3 Rad8 $15) 20... Bf4 21. Nxb7 Rab8 {The pair
of bishops compensates the pawn weaknesses of Black on the queen's side.} 22.
Rfe1 g6 (22... c6 23. Nc5 Rb1 24. Qa4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Bd2 26. Rd1 Bxc3 27. Qc4
Ba5 28. Qxa6 $14) 23. Ra2 (23. g3 $5 Bc8 24. Rb2 Bh6 25. Qd3 $14) 23... c6 24.
Nc5 (24. Nc5 Bd6 (24... Rb1 25. Qe2 (25. Qxb1 Bxb1 26. Rxb1 Rb8 27. Rba1 $14))
25. Qd2 Bxc5 26. dxc5 Rfd8 27. Qe3 Rb3 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be3 b6 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. e5
Ng4 9. O-O-O c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. Bxc5 Qa5 12. Ba3 dxe5 13. Nd5 Qxd2+ 14. Rxd2
Bxd5 15. Rxd5 Ne3 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Bb5 Rfc8 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. fxe5
Nc4 21. Bxe7 Nxd2 22. Kxd2 Rb8 23. Kc1 Rc4 24. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.09.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {
Svidler invites his opponent to try the Marshall Attack, but lately heroes to
stand up to accept the challenge are quite hard to find.} 8. h3 {This move is
an entrance into the so called "Anti Marshall systems". The general idea here
is to postpone the c3 and d4 advances, and finish the development meanwhile.
Actually, there are different ways for Anti Marshal, in this game we will
observe one of them.} Bb7 (8... d6 {is a transposition into the classical Ruy
Lopez after} 9. c3) 9. d3 Re8 $5 {An infrequent and yet promising continuation.
Black tries to manoeuvre without d6 which allows the e7 bishop to find some
more appropriate places to live in (such as b4 or c5).} ({More popular is} 9...
d6) 10. a4 ({Kramnik tried here} 10. Nc3 {against Leko and after} Bb4 11. Ng5
Rf8 12. a3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Na5 14. Ba2 c5 {he could have only thought about
equalizing.} 15. f4 exf4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Qxg5 18. Bxb7 {And here the
opponents agreed to draw, Kramnik-Leko, 2004.}) ({Another, an even more
popular approach here is} 10. a3) 10... h6 {De facto, this is a novelty as
nobody played here h6 before. However, in a few moves we will realize that it
was just a different move order. The idea here is, in fact, very simple - h6
will be played anyway and Black doesn't want to run with d6, so why not now?}
11. Nc3 {Leko was hoping to advance d5 in one fling and Svidler deprives him
of this option.} ({It is very interesting in those schemes to develop the
knight via} 11. Nbd2 {which bring us to a very similar position to those in a
classical Ruy Lopez positions.}) 11... b4 {When Black plays b4 he should be
aware of some positional dangers, like White's advance a4-a5 at some point.}
12. Nd5 Na5 $146 {This is a real novelty, which looks very logical. a5 is
taken away which leaves White with one idea only - settling on d5.} (12... Bc5
{was examined, without big success though.} 13. a5 $1 Rb8 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. fxe3
Nxd5 16. Bxd5 d6 17. Rf1 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2606)-Tkachiev,V (2657)/New
Delhi/Teheran 2000/CBM 080}) 13. Ba2 Bc5 14. Bd2 $1 {Simple, but powerful -
Black is forced now to take on d5 which gives White the hope to isolate the
knight on a5.} Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 {Here Balck has to play very
carefully, trying to bring the knight back into the game. It looks
unbelievable now, but 10 moves from now Black's position will become
completely lost.} Qf6 $2 {With each move the knight is kept on a5 its chances
to see daylight in this game decrease.} ({For an answer why} 16... d6 $2 {
is not the most fortunate move, I'd suggest asking the knight on a5, which is
pinning all his hopes to this square.}) ({Interesting is} 16... c6 17. Rxe5 (
17. Nxe5 $6 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Rxe5 19. Rxe5 Qf6+ 20. Qf3 Qxe5 {and only White can
have problems here.}) 17... Rxe5 18. Nxe5 Qf6 19. Nf3 cxd5 $14 (19... Qxb2 $2
20. Rb1 Qa3 21. Ne5 $16)) 17. c3 $1 bxc3 {Another inaccuracy which will be
obvious by the next move.} (17... Qb6 $142 18. Be3 (18. d4 $6 exd4 19. cxb4
Bxb4 20. Bxb4 Qxb4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Nxd4 c5 $1 {And Black is OK.}) 18... Bxe3
19. Rxe3 d6 20. Nh4 $14) 18. Bxc3 $16 Qb6 19. Rxe5 $1 {White is virtually a
piece up on the K side, so he tries to open it.} Bxf2+ 20. Kh1 d6 $2 {The
importance of the 'd6' square has already been mentioned. In addition, this
move weakens 'c6'. It's hard to say what Peter missed here, but it seems that
he underestimated White's 22nd move.} (20... Nb3 {is bad due to} 21. a5 Qb5 22.
Ra3 Nc5 23. Qe2 {and Black is hopeless.}) (20... Nb7 $142 {In order to insert
the poor thing into the game.}) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. b4 $1 $18 {The beginning of
the end.} Nb7 23. Ra2 Bg3 {Gives no hope, but other continuations do not
really save the day either.} (23... Qa7 24. Re2 Rxe2 25. Qxe2 Qe3 26. Qxe3 Bxe3
27. a5 $1 $18) 24. Re2 Rd8 {The last mistake which finishes the game
immediately.} (24... Rf8 {would have prolonged the "battle".} 25. Nd4 a5 26.
Nf5 Be5 27. bxa5 Nxa5 28. Qe1 $1 Bxc3 (28... Ra8 29. Rb2 Qa6 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31.
Qxe5 Qf6 32. Qxf6 gxf6 33. Nxh6+ $18) 29. Qxc3 f6 30. Re7 {and Black can
resign.}) 25. Nd4 {The only reason why Black continues his suffering is the
time-trouble - a very common reason is those cases.} a5 (25... Rf8 26. a5 Qa7
27. Nc6 Qa8 28. Re7 {As in the game.}) 26. Nc6 Rf8 27. Bd4 Qa6 28. b5 Qa8 29.
Re7 {A great position.} Be5 30. Nxe5 dxe5 31. Bxe5 {Great technique by Peter
Svidler.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2 b5
9. h4 h5 10. Bh6 e5 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc1 Bb7 15.
Nb3 Rac8 16. a3 Qd8 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. g4 bxc4 19. Bxc4 Nb6 20. Qg5 Qc7 21. Be2
c5 22. Na5 Rb8 23. gxh5 Nxh5 24. Nxb7 f6 25. Nxc5 Qxc5 26. Qg1 Qc6 27. Rc1 Qb7
28. Rh2 Kh7 29. Bf1 Nf4 30. Rhc2 Ne6 31. Nd5 Nxd5 32. exd5 Qxd5 33. Bc4 Qd7 34.
Bxe6 Qxe6 35. Qa7+ Kh6 36. Rc7 Rh8 37. Qe3+ Kh5 38. R1c6 Qf5+ 39. Ka1 Rbc8 40.
Rxc8 Rxc8 41. Rxa6 Rd8 42. Qe2 Qf4 43. Ra7 Kh6 44. Rc7 Rd2 45. Qe1 Rd3 46. Ka2
Qxf3 47. Qc1+ Kh5 48. a4 Qd5+ 49. Rc4 e4 50. b3 Rd2+ 51. Ka3 Qd6+ 52. Rc5+ f5
53. Qg1 Kxh4 54. a5 Rc2 55. b4 Qd3+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. Ne3 (14.
fxe6 fxe6 15. Ne3 O-O (15... Qa5+ 16. c3 Nf3+ $146 17. Qxf3 Bxc3+ 18. Kd1 Bxb2
$13 19. Rc1 Bxc1 20. Nc4 Qxa2 21. Qf6 Qb1 22. Qxe6+ Kf8 23. Qxd6+ Kg7 24. Bd3
Bf4+ 25. Bxb1 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 {1-0 Cheparinov-Ibarra Jerez, Roquetas de Mar 2004}
) 16. Be2 Qe7 17. O-O Rad8 18. Bh5 $1 Kh8 19. Re1 d5 20. a4 Nc4 $2 (20... Nd7
$5 21. Nxd5 $140 Qc5 22. Ne3 Nf6 23. Qe2 Nd4 $1) 21. Nxc4 dxc4 22. Qg4 $16 {
1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R-Anand, FIDE Wch San Luis 2005}) 14... Qa5+ $146 {Topalov
played his combination rather quickly and the whole idea was obviously
prepared at home.} (14... O-O 15. c3 d5 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Be2 Qe7 18. O-O Rad8
19. Qe1 Ng6 20. Rd1 Nf4 21. Bd3 Kh8 22. Bb1 {1-0 Bromberger,S-Berczes,D /
Budapest 2004/ (45)}) (14... Qe7 15. Be2 O-O 16. O-O d5 17. c3 Rad8 18. fxe6
Qxe6 19. Nc2 d4 20. cxd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 {1/2-1/2 Spasov,V-Elsness,F/
Gothenburg 2005/ (79)}) 15. c3 (15. Qd2 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 h5 $11) 15... Nf3+ $1
16. Qxf3 (16. gxf3 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Ke2 Nd4+ $19) 16... Bxc3+ 17. Kd1
Qa4+ $1 (17... Bxb2 18. fxe6 Qa4+ 19. Kd2 Qb4+ 20. Kd1 fxe6 $13) 18. Nc2 (18.
Kc1 Bxb2+ 19. Kxb2 Qb4+ 20. Kc1 Nd4 $44 21. Qd1 (21. Nc2 Rc8 $40) 21... Qc3+ (
21... Rc8+ 22. Bc4 Qc3+ 23. Kb1 Rxc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. a3 $16) 22. Kb1 (22. Nc2
Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Qxa1+ $40) 22... Qb4+ $11) 18... Bxb2 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qb3 $1 {
[%mdl 1024] Svidler was well aware of the dangers of playing the middlegame
with his own king loose in the center.} (20. Qg4 Nd4 $1 21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Bd3 Kd7
23. Re1 Qxa2 $17) 20... Qxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Nxa1 $13 Ke7 23. Bd3 (23. Kd2 $5
Rac8 24. f3) 23... Rac8 (23... Nb4 $5 24. Bb1 $140 a5) 24. Re1 (24. Nc2 Na5 25.
Nd4 e5 26. Nf5+ Kf6 27. b4 Nc4 28. Ke2 d5 $13) 24... Nd4 25. f3 (25. Nc2 Nxb3
26. Bf5 e5 27. Bxc8 Rxc8 $11) 25... Rc3 (25... Rc5 $13) 26. Kd2 Rhc8 {Topalov
had to hurry to bring his pieces into attacking locations, otherwise white
pieces might have become pretty dangeorus.} 27. Rb1 (27. Bc4 $5 R8xc4 (27...
Rxf3 $5 28. gxf3 Nxf3+ 29. Ke3 Nxe1 30. Bxe1 $14) 28. bxc4 Rxc4 $11 (28... Ra3
29. Bh2 Ra2+ 30. Kc3 Nxf3 31. Bxd6+ Kxd6 32. gxf3 Rh2 33. Nb3 $14)) 27... R3c5
$1 28. b4 (28. Bf2 Rd5 29. Rb2 Rf8 $1 30. Nc2 Nxf3+ 31. gxf3 Rxf3 32. Be3 Rxh3
33. Nb4 $14) 28... Rd5 $13 29. Bf2 (29. Be4 $2 Nxf3+ $1 30. Ke2 Rd2+ 31. Kxf3
Rc3+ 32. Kg4 Rd4 33. Re1 Rxb4 $1 $19) 29... Kd7 (29... Nc6 30. Ke2 Ne5 31. Be4
Rb5 32. Nc2 d5 33. Bh7 a5 $13) 30. Be3 (30. Nb3 Nc6 31. Ke2 Nxb4 32. Be4 Re5 (
32... Na2 33. Bxd5 Nc3+ 34. Ke1 Nxb1 35. Bxb7 Rb8 $17) 33. Bg3 Rb5 34. Nd4 Rb6
35. Bf2 d5 $13) 30... Nf5 31. Bf2 Nh4 $5 {The future champion is trying his
luck and undertakes some risk. After 31...Nd4 the game would most likely have
ended in a draw.} (31... Nd4 32. Be3 $11) 32. Bxh4 gxh4 33. Nc2 h5 34. Re1 (34.
b5 $1 $14) 34... Rg8 35. Kc3 $6 {Svidler nerves were already playing games
with him and he overlooks opponent's reaction.} (35. Re2 Rdg5 36. Ne1 $11)
35... a5 $1 (35... Rxg2 36. Ne3 Rxd3+ 37. Kxd3 Rh2 $15) 36. Bc4 $2 {With more
time and calm white would surely have taken on a5 and calculated, that the
long tactical line was still better for him.} (36. Re4 axb4+ 37. Rxb4 Rc5+ 38.
Kb3 Rxg2 39. Rxb7+ Rc7 $15) (36. bxa5 $1 Rxg2 37. Nd4 Rc5+ 38. Kb4 Rb2+ 39. Ka3
Rf2 40. Bb5+ Rxb5 41. Nxb5 Rxf3+ 42. Kb4 Rf4+ (42... Rxh3 43. Rc1 $16) 43. Kc3
Rf3+ 44. Kb2 Rf2+ 45. Ka1 Rf5 46. Rb1 $14) 36... Rc8 $1 37. Ne3 (37. Kb3 a4+
38. Kxa4 Rxc4 39. Ne3 Re5 $19) (37. bxa5 Rdc5 38. Ne3 d5 $19) 37... Rb5 $1 38.
Kd3 (38. bxa5 d5 $19) 38... Rxb4 39. Bxe6+ {Black had too many pawns for the
normal continuations, but the rook endgame will be also hopeless.} Kxe6 40.
Nc2+ Kd5 41. Nxb4+ axb4 42. Re7 b5 43. Rh7 Rc3+ (43... Rc4 $1 $19) 44. Kd2 Rc4
$1 (44... Rc4 $1 45. Rxh5+ Kc6 46. Rh8 b3 47. Re8 Kc5 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
$5 {We shouldn't forget that Svidler was Kramnik's second in his recent match
against Leko. We shouldn't also forget that Kramnik suffered a crushing defeat
with White in Marshall attack in that match. I guess you can figure out the
rest by yourself...} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13.
Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 {This move-order is considered to be the
most principled way to meet Black's set up.} (16. Qe1 $5 Nf6 17. Nd2 Qh5 18.
Qd1 Qxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Be7 21. Bxg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 $14 {Motylev,
A-Tkachiev,V/Kazan 2005}) (16. Bxg5 $2 Qf5 $19) 16... Qxf1+ $5 {Svidler
decides to deviate from the famous Kramnik-Leko game that we've mentioned
earlier.} (16... Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Re1 Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. a4
Qg6 $36 {Kramnik,V-Leko,P/Brissago 2004}) 17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. f3 {Diagram [#]} (
18. Re1 Rae8 19. Be3 Bh3+ 20. Kg1 f5 21. Na3 f4 22. Bd2 Kg7 23. Bxd5 cxd5 24.
Nc2 Bf5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Moraru,M-Florescu,C/Olanesti 1997}) (18. Nd2 $5 Rfe8 19.
f3 g4 $2 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Ne4 Bxe4 22. fxe4 Rxe4 23. a4 $14 {Hotting,
A-Elburg,J/IECG email 2002}) 18... h6 19. Nd2 $5 {An exchange sacrifice on e4
isn't a new idea in Marshall variation, but white's last move is a novelty.} (
19. Re1 Rfe8 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Kf2 a5 23. a3 Bd3 $44 {1/2-1/2
Peng Xiaomin-Grischuk,A/Shanghai 2001}) 19... Bxe4 20. fxe4 {[%csl Gd4,Ge4]
White's got a pawn and a very strong centre for exchange. In my opinion the
arising position is some kind of dynamic equality, but Black has more
obstacles to find the right pass, so I'd pick White if had I been offered the
choice! That's the best of evaluation I can come with at this late hour!} Nc7
21. Kg2 ({Nothing promised} 21. e5 Be7 22. Ne4 Nd5 23. Kg2 f6 24. exf6 Bxf6 $11
{and Black is fine.}) 21... c5 $1 {Black needs open lines for his rooks, so
his last move is perfectly logical in that sense.} 22. e5 Be7 23. Ne4 (23. dxc5
$6 Ne6 (23... Bxc5 $6 24. Ne4 Be7 25. h4 $14) 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. b4 Rf5 26. a4
Raf8 27. axb5 axb5 $36) 23... cxd4 24. cxd4 a5 25. Be3 $6 {Many commentators
regarded this move with an exclaimation mark, but I think it's a dubious idea
after which Black is the only one who can fight for advantage. It was better
to play} (25. a3 $5 {[%cal Gb3a2] even though Black doesn't face any problems
in that case too:} a4 26. Ba2 Rfd8 (26... b4 27. axb4 Rab8 28. d5 Rxb4 29. Kf3
$14) 27. Be3 Nd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc1 Rd7 30. Kf3 Rb8 $11) 25... a4 26. Bd1
Nd5 $6 (26... f6 $1 27. exf6 Bxf6 28. Bf3 Rad8 $15 {[%csl Rd4][%cal Gc7d5]})
27. Bf2 Rac8 28. Rb1 $1 {In certain lines the pawn on b2 is hanging so it's
just the right moment to protect it since Black may hardly improve his
position.} f6 (28... Rfd8 29. Be2 b4 30. Bd1 Nb6 31. g4 (31. d5 $2 Nxd5 32.
Bxa4 f5 33. exf6 Nxf6 $15) 31... Rc7 32. Ng3 Rdc8 33. Nf5 Bf8 34. Bf3 $14) 29.
exf6 Bxf6 (29... Nxf6 30. Nc3 b4 31. Nxa4 Ne4 32. Be3 $14) 30. Nd6 $1 $14 {
From now on Black has to defend very carefully to keep the balance.} (30. Bg4
Rcd8 31. Nc5 Rd6 $11) 30... Rc6 (30... Rb8 31. Bf3 Ne7 32. Rd1 $1 Rfd8 33. Nb7
Rd7 34. Nc5 Rd6 35. Ne4 $14) 31. Nxb5 Rb6 32. Bxa4 Rfb8 33. Na3 Rxb2 {Diagram 
[#]} 34. Rxb2 $2 {Missing a chance to check out Black's defensive resourses
after} (34. Bb3 $1 Rxb1 35. Nxb1 Kf8 36. Kf3 $14 {and White can play for a win.
}) 34... Rxb2 $11 35. Nc4 (35. Bb3 $2 Bxd4 $15) 35... Rxa2 36. Bb3 Rxf2+ 37.
Kxf2 Bxd4+ 38. Ne3 Bxe3+ 39. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. f3 Nbc6 12. Bf2 Ng6 13. Qd2 Qa5 14. O-O-O Bd7 15.
Kb1 Rc8 16. g3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qe5 19. Qf2 Rxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21.
Rd3 Qa5 22. Qe3 Be6 23. Ra3 Qb4+ 24. Ka1 Kd7 25. Be2 Qc5 26. Rb1 Qxe3 27. Rxe3
Rb8 28. Bxa6 Ra8 29. Bb5+ Kd8 30. a3 h5 31. Bf1 Ra7 32. Rb4 Bc8 33. Kb2 f6 34.
h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Bd7 36. Reb3 Bc8 37. Rb5 Nf4 38. Bc4 Kc7 39. Bf7 Bd7 40. Rc3+
Kd8 41. Rxh5 Nxh5 42. Bxh5 e6 43. Bg6 Bc6 44. h5 Ke7 45. f4 Ra8 46. h6 Rh8 47.
h7 f5 48. exf5 Kf6 49. Rd3 Be4 50. Rxd6 Bxf5 51. Bxf5 Kxf5 52. Rd7 b6 53. Rf7+
Kg6 54. Rb7 Kf5 55. c4 Kxf4 56. Rxb6 e5 57. Rh6 e4 58. Kc2 Ke3 59. Rh2 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. O-O-O a6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nd7 12. h4 b5 13. g5 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15.
Ne2 Bb7 16. h5 Ne5 {Svidler refuses to open up the g file against his king
even at the cost of win of a pawn.} (16... Bxg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. h6 e5 (18...
Rfd8 19. hxg7 Qf6 20. Qe3 Ne5 {1/2-1/2 De la Villa Garcia,J-Bauer,C/ Lausanne
2001/ (47)}) 19. Qxb4 Nc5 20. Rxd6 Qe3 21. Qc3 Qxc3 22. Nxc3 {1-0 Vasiesiu,
D-Navrotescu,C /Sovata 2001/ (64)}) 17. f4 (17. h6 Rfc8 18. Ng1 (18. hxg7 $2
Nxf3) 18... Bf8 19. hxg7 Bxg7 20. Qd2 d5 $1 (20... Nxf3 $2 21. Nxf3 Bxe4 22.
Bd3 $1 Bxf3 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Qxd6+ Ke8 25. Qd7+ Kf8 26. g6 $1 $18) 21. Qh2
dxe4 22. Qxh7+ Kf8 23. fxe4 Rxc2 $1 24. Kxc2 Qa4+ 25. Kc1 Rc8+ 26. Bc5+ (26.
Kd2 Rd8+) 26... Rxc5+ 27. Kd2 Rc2+ 28. Ke1 b3 $19) 17... Ng4 18. Bh3 (18. h6 e5
19. Qd3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 g6 $11) 18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc5 (19... e5 20. g6 $1 $16)
20. Qd3 (20. Qxc5 dxc5 21. Rd7 $2 Bxe4 $17) 20... Qb5 21. Qe3 Qc5 22. Qf3 h6 $5
{[%mdl 32] Black comes up with very original defense. Due to the absence of
white's dark squared bishop he plans to build up defense on squares of that
colour.} (22... Rfc8 23. Nd4 $13) 23. gxh6 (23. g6 $2 f5 $1) 23... gxh6 24. f5
(24. Nd4 Bf6 25. Nb3 Qc7 26. f5 e5 $11) 24... Qe5 $1 25. Rhg1+ (25. Rd4 $13)
25... Kh7 26. fxe6 Bxe4 27. Qb3 a5 {In a very complex position it was not easy
to decide between various ideas.} (27... Rac8 28. Nd4 d5 $1 29. Rge1 (29. exf7
$6 Rc4 $1 30. Qg3 Qxg3 31. Rxg3 Rxf7 $17) 29... f5 $13) 28. Bg2 {The
annotators have discovered phantastic lines. One of them is so fascinating,
that it deserves to be quoted.} (28. Ng3 $1 a4 $1 29. Qxb4 d5 $1 30. Qxe7 Rab8
31. Qa3 Rxb2+ $1 32. Qxb2 Rb8 33. Qxb8 Qxb8+ 34. Kc1 Qf4+ 35. Rd2 Qf6 $1 36.
Kd1 $1 Qa1+ 37. Ke2 Qxg1 38. e7 Qxg3 39. e8=Q Qf3+ 40. Ke1 Qe3+ 41. Re2 (41.
Kf1 Bd3+ $1 42. Rxd3 Qxe8) 41... Qc3+ 42. Kd1 Qa1+ 43. Kd2 Qd4+ $11 {Shipov})
28... Bxg2 29. Rxg2 fxe6 30. Qd3+ Qf5 31. Nd4 {Adams is looking for drawing
chances in the endgame.} (31. Qd4 Bg5 $15) 31... Qxd3 32. cxd3 Rg8 {Svidler
gives up his spare pawn in order to get real chances to win.} (32... e5 33. Ne6
Rg8 (33... Rf7 34. Rdg1 Bf6 35. Rg6 Bh8 (35... Re8 36. Nc7 $1) 36. Rc1) 34. Rf2
Rae8 35. Rf7+ Kh8 36. Rdf1 (36. Nc7 Rgf8 $1 37. Rdf1 Rxf7 38. Rxf7 Kg8 $1 $17)
36... Bg5 37. Nxg5 (37. Nf8 $6 Rg7 38. Ng6+ Kh7 39. Rf8 Rxf8 40. Rxf8 Rc7 $1)
37... Rxg5 38. Rd7 Rxh5 39. Rff7 Rg5 40. Rh7+ Kg8 41. Rxh6 Rc8 42. a4 b3 43.
Rh1 Rg2 44. Rb7 $15) 33. Rxg8 Rxg8 34. Nxe6 Rg2 35. Rf1 Kg8 36. a4 $6 (36. b3
Rh2 37. Rf5 $11) 36... b3 $6 {The time trouble is taking it's toll, both last
moves are imprecise.} (36... Rh2 37. Rf5 b3) 37. Nd4 $1 Bf6 38. Nxb3 Rxb2+ 39.
Kc1 Rxb3 (39... Bc3 40. Nxa5 Ra2 41. Rf5) 40. Rxf6 Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Ng3 (14. f4
a5 15. f5 a4 16. fxe6 axb3 17. exf7+ Rxf7 18. Kb1 $1 bxc2+ 19. Kxc2 Nb6 20. Nc1
d5 21. exd5 Nd6 22. Kb1 Nbc4 $11) 14... a5 15. Kb1 a4 16. Nc1 Qb8 {The line is
very sharp and not without dangers for white.} (16... Nc7 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4
b3 19. Nf5 Nd5 $6 20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Bxd6 $16 {Inarkiev,E-Loginov,V/RUS-ch 58
sf/2005/}) 17. f4 (17. Nf5 Bd8 $1 18. Nxd6 b3 19. Nc4 (19. cxb3 axb3 20. axb3
Ba5 21. Qd3 Nc7 22. h4 Bb4 {Solovjov - Loginov/St Petersburg/2004/}) 19...
bxa2+ 20. Nxa2 Be7 21. Qc3 Nc7 {Bologan - Smeets/Warsaw/2005/}) 17... exf4 18.
Bxf4 b3 19. cxb3 axb3 20. a3 Qb7 (20... Bd8 21. Nf5 Nc5 22. Qd4 Qc8 $6 (22...
Bc7) 23. Bxd6 (23. Nxd6 Nxd6 24. Bxd6 Bg4) 23... Nxe4 $1 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Bd3
Nc5 26. Ng3 Bxg5 {1/2-1/2 Anisimov,P-Loginov,V/St Petersburg 2002/ (40)}) 21.
Nce2 (21. Nf5 Nc5 $5 (21... Bxf5 22. exf5 Qxh1 23. Bg2 Qxd1 24. Qxd1) (21...
Qxe4+ 22. Bd3 Bxf5 23. Bxe4 Bxe4+ 24. Ka1 Bxh1 25. Rxh1 Nc5 26. Be3 $16) 22.
Bg2 Ra4 $13) 21... Bd8 22. Nd4 Ba5 23. Qe2 Nc5 24. Bg2 Bc3 $1 {Black can
afford very original sacrifice adding yet more pressure against the queenside
castling position.} 25. e5 (25. bxc3 Rxa3 26. Bc1 Ra2 27. Rd2 Na4 $19) (25. Nb5
Bxb2 $1 26. Bxd6 (26. Kxb2 Na4+ 27. Kb1 Qxb5 $1 28. Qxb5 Nc3+ 29. Kb2 Nxb5 $17)
26... Nxd6 27. Nxd6 Be5 $3 28. Nxb7 Rxa3 29. Qb2 (29. Kc1 Bc3 30. Qb2) 29...
Bxb2 30. Kxb2 (30. Nxc5 $2 Bc3) 30... Ra2+ 31. Kb1 Nxb7 $19) (25. Nxe6 fxe6 26.
Bxd6 $1 Nxd6 27. e5 Qa6 $1 (27... Qa7 28. Bxa8 $18) 28. Qxa6 (28. Bxa8 $2 Nb5
$1 29. Rhf1 Rxa8 30. Qf3 Qa7 31. Nf5 Ne4 $1 (31... exf5 $2 32. Qd5+) 32. Qxe4
Nxa3+ 33. Kc1 (33. bxa3 Qxa3 34. Ne7+ Kh8 $19) 33... Nc4 $19) (28. exd6 $2 Qxa3
$1 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. Qb2 Bxb2 31. Kxb2 Ra2+ 32. Kc3 Rxg2) 28... Rxa6 29. exd6
Rf2 $1 30. bxc3 Na4 31. Ne4 Rxg2 (31... Rb2+) 32. d7 Rb2+ $11) (25. Bc1 $5 $13)
25... d5 26. Qb5 (26. Qe3 Bxb2 $1 27. Kxb2 Qa6 28. Ra1 Nd3+ $40) (26. Ndf5 Na4
$1 27. Rxd5 $5 Bxf5+ 28. Nxf5 Bxb2 29. Rd3 Qa6 30. Qf3 Nc7 $15) 26... Qc7 (
26... Qa7 $1 27. Nc6 (27. Nxb3 Na4) (27. Nge2 Bxb2) (27. Bc1 Nc7 28. Qe2 Bxd4
29. Rxd4 Ne4 $17) 27... Qxa3 $1 28. bxa3 Rxa3 29. Qxb3 Rxb3+ 30. Kc2 Nc7 31.
Be3 (31. Ne7+ Kh8 32. Nxd5 Nb5 $1 $40) 31... Rb2+ 32. Kxc3 Na4+ 33. Kd3 Rxg2
34. Bd4 Ra8 $17) 27. Nge2 (27. bxc3 Rxa3 28. Nc6 Ra6 $1 (28... Na4 29. Rd3 Ra2
30. Bc1) 29. Qxc5 (29. Nb4 Ra5 30. Qc6 Qa7 $19) 29... Rxc6 30. Qa3 Rxc3 31. Rc1
Qc4 $17) 27... Bd7 $1 {[%mdl 64] The queen is trapped but the defensive
resource obvious, position is extremely charged with tactics.} 28. e6 (28. Nc6
$5 Ra5 $1) 28... Bxb5 29. Bxc7 Bxd4 (29... Bd3+ 30. Rxd3 Nxd3 31. e7 (31. Bg3
$1) 31... Bxd4 (31... Bxb2 32. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 33. Rd1 Nf2 34. Rd2 Bxd4 35. Nxd4
Nxc7 36. Rxf2 Rxa3) 32. exf8=Q+ Kxf8 33. Bxd5 Rc8 34. Nxd4 Rxc7 35. Bxb3 $16) (
29... Nxc7 $2 30. Nxb5 Nxb5 31. exf7+ Kxf7 32. Bxd5+ Kg6 33. Bxa8 Rf2 $5 34.
Nxc3 Nxc3+ 35. bxc3 Na4 36. Rd6+ Kxg5 (36... Kf7 37. Bd5+ Ke7 38. Re6+ Kd8 39.
Bxb3 $18) 37. h4+ Kh5 38. Bf3+ $1 Rxf3 39. Rd4 Nxc3+ 40. Kb2 $18) 30. Nxd4 (30.
exf7+ Rxf7 31. Nxd4 (31. Bxd5 $2 Bxe2) 31... Bc4 $5 (31... Bd3+ 32. Rxd3 Nxd3
33. Bg3 Rd8 $13) 32. Bg3 Ne4 $11) 30... fxe6 (30... Nxc7 31. Nxb5 Nxb5 32.
exf7+ Rxf7 33. Bxd5 $13) (30... Nxe6 31. Nxb5 N8xc7 32. Nxc7 Nxc7 33. Bxd5 Nxd5
34. Rxd5 $11) 31. Nxb5 Nxc7 32. Nxc7 Rf2 $1 {Black is somin up with a
fascinating drawing idea.} 33. Nxa8 Na4 34. Rd3 {Svidler proposed a draw as
white can only lose by trying to avoid the perpetual check.} (34. Be4 $5 dxe4
35. Rd8+ Kf7 36. Rc8 Rxb2+ 37. Kc1 Ra2 38. Re1 $2 (38. Kb1 $11) 38... b2+ $1
39. Kc2 Ra1 40. Rb1 e3 $1 41. Rc7+ Kg6 42. Rc6 Kf5 43. Nc7 Rxb1 44. Kxb1 e2 45.
Rxe6 Nc3+ $1 46. Kxb2 Ne4 $19) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{One of many possible ways to avoid the Marshall Attack.} b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5
Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 {The queen is well placed on c8 guarding a pawn on a6 in case
of Rb8. In their previous game Svidler opted for the more popular} (11... Rb8 {
and easily held the position.} 12. Bc4 Qc8 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ne3 Re8 15. Nd5 Bd8
16. Bd2 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. d4 Nxd5 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Nxe5 Bf6
22. Nc6 Ra8 23. Nxb4 Nxb4 24. Bxb4 Bxb2 25. Rb1 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P-Svidler,P/
Moscow 2002}) 12. Nc4 h6 {Aimed to prevent 13.Bg5, which allows White to take
control over the very important d5 square.} (12... Rb8 13. Bg5 $5 (13. h3 h6
14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Ncd2 Bxb3 17. Nxb3 Re8 18. Nfd2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5
20. Qf3 Rb5 21. Nc4 Qd7 22. Rad1 f5 23. Bc1 g6 $11 {Smirin,I-Grischuk,A/Moscow
2002}) 13... h6 14. Bh4 Bg4 15. Ne3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nd4 17. Qd1 Nxb3 18. cxb3 Nd5
19. Nxd5 $14 {Paehtz,T-Kasimdzhanov,R/Rethymnon 2003}) 13. c3 {Usually White
tries to refrain from ths move, since a pawn on b4 is a potential target for
the white pieces. On the other hand to transfer d4 seems to be the most
logical way to fight for the opening advantage.} Rb8 $6 (13... bxc3 14. bxc3
Rb8 {with the idea to meet} 15. d4 {with} exd4 16. cxd4 d5 $13 {deserved
attention.}) 14. d4 Bg4 ({It's too late for} 14... exd4 $6 15. cxd4 d5 {
as after} 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nce5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 $14 {White keeps a steady
advantage.}) 15. Ba4 Qb7 16. d5 Na7 17. Ne3 $14 {It's obvious that white
emerged out of the opening with advantage.} Bc8 {This awkward looking move is
pretty forced as after} (17... c6 $6 18. Nxg4 Nxg4 19. c4 $14 {White's chances
are clearly better.}) 18. Qd3 Ng4 19. c4 ({Another promising continuation was} 
19. cxb4 Qxb4 20. Bd2 Qb7 21. Rac1 $16) 19... Nxe3 20. Bxe3 c5 {This move had
to be played sooner or later as White would've pushed c5 himself.} 21. dxc6
Nxc6 22. Qd5 Bd7 23. c5 $5 dxc5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Rfc8 {Diagram [#]} 26.
Qe3 ({White could've posed Black serious problems after} 26. Bb3 $1 {
threatening to capture on e5 and not letting Black to put the bishop on e6.}
Qc7 (26... Nd4 27. Bxf7+ Kh8 28. Qxe5 Nc2 29. Bd5 Qa7 30. Qf4 $16) 27. Bc4 Ra8
(27... Nd4 28. Qxc7 Nxf3+ 29. gxf3 Rxc7 30. Bxa6 Be6 31. Bf1 $16) 28. Bd5 $16)
26... Be6 $1 {Now Black has nothing to worry about.} 27. h3 (27. Bxc6 $5 Rxc6
28. Nxe5 Rc2 29. Re2 b3 30. f4 Qb5 31. Rf2 $13) 27... b3 28. Bxc6 Rxc6 29. Nxe5
Rc2 30. Rab1 (30. Re2 Qb5) 30... Qb4 31. Nf3 Rd8 $1 {It's far more important
not to let the white knight to come to d4 than to capture a pawn on a5.} (31...
Qxa5 $6 32. Nd4 Rc4 33. Rbd1 $14) 32. Qb6 {Forcing a draw.} Qxb6 33. axb6 Rb8
34. Nd4 Rd2 35. Red1 Rxd1+ 36. Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Nc3 dxc4 (11... Nd2 $6 12. Bxd2 Bxd3 13. c5 $16 {
Khalifman}) (11... Nec5 $6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bxf5 Nxb3 14. axb3 dxc4 (14... d4
15. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 16. Kxh2 Qxd4 17. Kg1 a6 (17... Qf6 18. Bc2 (18. Be4 Rfe8 19.
Be3 a6 20. Bc5 Qg5 21. Be3 Qe5 22. Re2 Qc7 23. Rae1 $14 {1-0 Genesis-The King
2.0/3/92-12 London 1992 (49)}) 18... Rfe8 19. Be3 a6 20. Re2 Qh4 21. Rae1 b5
22. Ne4 Re6 23. f3 Rae8 24. Bg5 Qh5 25. g4 Qxg5 26. Nxg5 Rxe2 27. Rc1 h6 28.
Ne4 $14 {1-0 Foy,J-Trevis,R/Chessfriend.com 2003/Telechess CBM 95 (64)}) (17...
Rfe8 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Bc2 f5 20. Red1 f4 21. Bxa7 f3 22. Be3 Rxa1 23. Rxa1 fxg2
24. Be4 Qh5 25. Bxg2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Van Kempen,H-Tsvetkov,A/Pappier mem 1998 (43)
}) 18. Be3 Qe5 19. Bc2 $16 {Voina - Dempster, corr 1991}) 15. bxc4 Bb4 16. Bg5
Qb6 17. Be3 Qc7 18. g3 $16 {Khalifman - Rozentalis, Vilnius 1988 -45/351}) 12.
Bxc4 (12. Qxc4 Bxh2+ $1 13. Kxh2 Nd6 14. Qb3 Bxd3 $17 {0-1 Yemelin,V-Avrukh,B/
USSR 1991 (29)}) 12... Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Bf1 (14. Be2 Rb8 15. Ba3 Be6 16.
Qb2 b4 17. cxb4 Nxb4 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 $15 {0-1 Vanhamme,P-O'Sullivan,M/corr 1998 
(47)}) 14... Nc7 15. Bg5 (15. a4 a5 (15... Be6 16. Qc2 Bd5 17. Ng5 f5 18. axb5
cxb5 19. c4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 Qd7 21. Ra5 Bxc4 22. Qxc4+ Kh8 23. d5 $14 {1-0 Szucs,
C-Csillag,B/corr HUN-ch 1998/MegaCorr2 (47)}) 16. Bg5 (16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Rxe5
Be6 18. Qc2 b4 19. Be3 h6 20. Bd3 Nd5 21. c4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Qd6 $132 {0-1
Laplaza,J-Borisov,V/Memorial Ljubomirov corr. 1998 (33)}) 16... Qd7 17. Ne5
Bxe5 18. dxe5 Be6 19. Red1 Bxb3 20. Rxd7 Rfc8 $13 {1/2-1/2 Oll,L-Rozentalis,E/
Klaipeda 1988/CBM 11 (32)}) (15. Ba3 Be6 16. Qb2 Bd5 $11 17. Ne5 Re8 18. Bxd6 {
1/2-1/2 Serper - Akopian, Adelaida 1988 -47/(387)}) 15... Qc8 (15... Qb8 16.
Bh4 Nd5 17. Bg3) 16. Bh4 a5 $6 {Black tries to seize initiative on the queen's
side but it only weakens his pawn structure.} (16... Nd5 17. Bg3 (17. c4 bxc4
18. Bxc4 Rb8 $11) 17... Bxg3 18. hxg3 Nb6 19. Re5 $14) 17. Bg3 a4 18. Qb2 Bxg3
19. hxg3 Nd5 $2 ({Black should prevent the move c4 by} 19... Be6 $5 20. Bd3 Bf5
21. Qc2 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 f6 23. c4 Qd7 $11) 20. c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 $14 Rb8 22. Qd2
Qb7 {[%cal Yb7b2]} 23. Ne5 Qb6 24. Rac1 {[%csl Rc6]} Be6 25. a3 $1 $16 {
[%csl Ra4][%mdl 36] The advantage of White is determined by more active pieces
and the weak pawns a4 and c6.} Rfc8 26. Ba2 h6 27. Rc2 (27. Rc5 Qb2 28. Qxb2
Rxb2 29. Bc4 $16) 27... Bf5 28. Rc5 (28. Rb1 $1 Qxb1+ (28... Qa7 29. Rxb8 Qxb8
30. Nxc6 $18) 29. Bxb1 Rxb1+ 30. Rc1 $18) 28... Qb2 29. Qxb2 Rxb2 30. Bc4 Kf8 (
30... Be6 31. Nxc6 Kh7 32. Rc1 $16) 31. Rc1 (31. Nxc6 Nb6 32. Bxf7 $18) 31...
Nb6 32. Nxf7 (32. Bxf7 Nd7 33. Nxd7+ Bxd7 $16) 32... Rb1 33. Rxb1 Bxb1 34. Ne5
Ke7 35. Ba6 Rc7 36. Be2 (36. Rc1 Ba2 37. Rxc6 Rxc6 38. Nxc6+ Kd6 39. Ne5 Kd5
$44) 36... Kd6 37. Bf3 Ba2 38. Be4 (38. Bxc6 $18) 38... Bd5 39. f3 Re7 40. Rc3
Rc7 41. Rc5 Bb3 42. Kf2 Nd5 43. Ke2 Ne7 44. Ra5 Rb7 45. Ke3 Bd5 46. Nd3 Bc4 47.
Nb4 Bb5 48. g4 Nc8 49. Kd2 Ra7 50. Rxa7 Nxa7 51. Nc2 c5 52. Kc3 Bf1 53. dxc5+
Kxc5 54. Ne3 Ba6 55. Bc2 Nb5+ 56. Kb2 Nd6 57. Bxa4 Kd4 58. Nf5+ (58. Nc2+ Ke5
59. Kc3 Kf4 60. Kd4 Kg3 61. Ne3 $16) 58... Nxf5 59. gxf5 h5 (59... Ke3 60. g4 (
60. Kc3 h5) (60. Be8 Kf2 61. g4 Kxf3 62. Bh5 Ke3) 60... Kxf3 61. Bd1+ Ke4 62.
Kc3 h5 63. Bc2+ Kf4 64. gxh5 Kg5 65. a4 Kxh5 66. a5 Kg5 67. Kd4 Kf6 68. Kc5 $18
) 60. g3 Be2 61. Bc6 Ke3 62. Kc3 Kf2 63. Kd2 $1 (63. g4 h4 (63... hxg4 64. fxg4
Bxg4 65. Bd7 $18) 64. g5 h3 65. f6 h2 66. f4 gxf6 67. gxf6 Bf3 $14) 63... Ba6 (
63... Bf1 64. g4 h4 65. g5 h3 66. f6 gxf6 67. gxf6 h2 68. f7 (68. f4 Bg2 69.
Bxg2 Kxg2 70. f7 h1=Q 71. f8=Q $18) 68... h1=Q 69. f8=Q $18) 64. g4 h4 65. g5
h3 66. f6 gxf6 67. gxf6 Bb5 (67... h2 68. f4 Bb5 69. Bh1 Be8 70. a4 Bh5 71. a5
Bf3 72. f7 Bxh1 73. f8=Q Bf3 74. Qc5+ Kg3 75. Qg5+ Bg4 76. Qh6 Bf3 77. f5 h1=Q
78. Qxh1 Bxh1 79. f6 Bd5 80. a6 Kf4 81. a7 Ke5 82. f7 $18) 68. Be4 (68. Bxb5 h2
69. f7 h1=Q 70. f8=Q Qe1+ 71. Kc2 $18) 68... Be8 69. f4 Bg6 (69... h2 70. a4
Bg6 71. f5 Bxf5 72. Ba8 Bg6 73. a5 $18) 70. Bxg6 1-0

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.11"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Gershon,A"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{Topalov likes the Anti-Marshall. He even won against Kasparov in this opening!
} Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 {Nowadays this seems to be the most dangerous
Anti-Marshal concept.} Qd7 ({Another approach is} 10... Na5 11. Ba2 c5 {
for instance} 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. c3 Be6 14. Bxe6 fxe6 15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Nc6
17. Qb3 Qd7 18. Bb2 h6 19. Ra2 Rfb8 20. Rea1 Qc8 21. Nf1 d5 22. Ng3 Kh8 23. Bc1
Bd6 24. Be3 $16 {0-1 Leko,P (2741)-Anand,V (2782)/Dortmund GER 2004 (83)}) ({
Also worth considering is} 10... Nb8 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 c6 14.
Nh2 d5 15. Qf3 g6 $1 $13 {Ponomariev-Ivanchuk, 2002.}) 11. Nc3 {This is a very
natural line if White doesn't want to take risks (which is obvoiusly the case
here). He will play d4 and get some plus, which is not easy to realize, but
almost impossible to lose.} ({More complicated is} 11. Nbd2 {For example, same
opponents played here:} Rae8 12. c3 d5 13. Ba2 dxe4 14. dxe4 Nh5 15. Nb3 Qxd1
16. Rxd1 Nf6 17. Re1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2700)-Svidler,P (2713)/Linares
1999/CBM 070 (35)}) 11... Nd8 {Instead of moving the knight to a5, Black is
looking for a better place for it, but it costs him - White gets an important
tempo - he has no need to withdraw the Bishop to a2 - and he makes use of it.}
({Less convincing is} 11... Rae8 12. a4 $1 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Nd8 15.
Bxb7 Nxb7 16. d4 exd4 17. Qxd4 a5 18. Qd5 $14 {1-0 Svidler,P (2689)-De Vreugt,
D (2511)/Esbjerg 2000/CBM 078 (37)}) 12. d4 {Again, White chooses the less
risky way - a tiny advantage and no chance to lose.} (12. Ne2 $5 Ne6 13. Ng3 g6
14. Bh6 (14. c3 c5 15. d4 c4 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. Be3 a5 $13 {0-1 Bologan,V (2682)
-Aronian,L (2724)/Stepanakert ARM 2005 (56)}) 14... Rfe8 15. Ng5 Bf8 16. Bxf8
Rxf8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qd2 c5 19. f4 exf4 20. Qxf4 d5 $15 {0-1 Gelfand,B (2695)
-Shirov,A (2732)/Rethymnon 2003/CBM 098 (39)}) 12... exd4 13. Nxd4 {The
statistics approve Topalov's decision - White has never lost a game in this
position, though he rarely won here, but it's not needed here.} Re8 14. Nf5 ({
Svidler himself played this variation on the white side, so he knows well that
Black has no right to err:} 14. Bg5 Nxe4 $4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Bxg5 17. Qg4
{1-0 Svidler,P (2723)-Almasi,Z (2631)/Germany 2003/EXT 2004}) 14... Ne6 (14...
Nxe4 $2 15. Qg4 g6 16. Nh6+) (14... Bf8 $6 15. Bg5 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Rxe4 17. Rxe4
Qxf5 18. Bxf6 Qxe4 19. Bd5 Qf4 20. Bxa8 Qxf6 21. c3 $18 {1-0 Anand,V (2782)
-Shirov,A (2725)/Mainz 2004/CBM 103 (30)}) 15. Nxe7+ (15. Be3 $5 Bf8 16. Qf3 c5
17. Bd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Nc7 19. Ne4 Nxd5 20. Qg4 Kh8 21. Nexd6 Nf6 22. Qf4 Nd5
23. Qg4 Nf6 24. Qf4 Nd5 {1/2-1/2 Sutovsky,E (2665)-Almasi,Z (2628)/Paks HUN
2005/The Week in Chess 553}) 15... Rxe7 16. f3 Rd8 {Black is ready for d5,
which will liquidate all of White's dreams for an advantage- he does not have
many in this games anyway.} 17. Bxe6 (17. Be3 d5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 {
1/2-1/2 Movsesian,S (2629)-Aronian,L (2675)/Porz GER 2004/The Week in Chess 528
}) 17... fxe6 (17... Rxe6 $6 18. Bg5 $14) 18. e5 {Forcing the draw.} dxe5 19.
Qxd7 Rdxd7 (19... Nxd7 20. Bg5 Nf6 21. Rxe5 {And the position is similar to
the game.}) 20. Rxe5 Rd6 $146 {It is funny, but there is a novelty here! Not
an extremely important, but still...} (20... h6 21. Be3 Nd5 (21... Re8 22. Re1
{1/2-1/2 Efimenko,Z (2601)-Aronian,L (2684)/Moscow RUS 2005/The Week in Chess
538}) 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Rxd5 Bxd5 24. a4 Kf7 25. axb5 axb5 26. Ra7 c6 27. Rxe7+
{1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2782)-Shirov,A (2725)/Mainz 2004/CBM 103}) 21. Bf4 {In this
game Topaliv showed how to play in case White if wants to ensure he doesn't
lose, while all accusations on Svidler not trying hard enough to win lack
ground.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Mikhalevski,V"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game was played in the penultimate round. While Svidler had to win to
retain some theoretical chances for the title, Polgar had a bad tournament and
brought up the rear.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {Let's make the first stop for some statistics. This
position was rather popular in San Luis with not less than nine games played.
All the players excluding Morozevich had it on the board while Svidler played
it not less than 5(!) times, 4 of them with the black pieces.} 8. c3 {The
brave lady accepts the challenge. Nowadays most of the players are trying to
avoid the sharp and well-explored variation of Marshall. This tournament
hasn't become an exception and only two more games featured the Marshall.} ({
White deviated from 8.c3 six times, three times with each} 8. h3 {scoring 2.5
out of 3}) ({and} 8. a4 {with all three games drawn.}) 8... d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10.
Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 {A novelty for this tournament.} ({In two earlier
Marshalls in San Luis White played d4, which is the main alternative to 12.d3.
} 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 (15. Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2
Re6 18. a4 Qh5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qf1 Rfe8 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. h3 Bh5 23. Qg2
Qxg2+ 24. Kxg2 f5 $44 {1/2-1/2 Polgar,J-Adams,M/San Luis ARG 2005 (37)}) 15...
g5 16. Qf1 Qxf1+ 17. Kxf1 Bf5 18. f3 h6 19. Nd2 Bxe4 20. fxe4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Anand,V-Svidler,P/San Luis ARG 2005 (39). (38)}) 12... Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3
Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd2 {A very uncommon continuation, which seems to lead to
almost a forced draw.} (16. Bxd5 {is the main line.Here are a few recent
examples:} cxd5 17. Be3 {The latest fashion in the 12.d3-line.} (17. Bf4 {
was tested several times without big successes.} Bg4 (17... Bxf4 18. Qxf4 Bxd3
19. Nd2 $14 {Rodrigez Cespedes,A-Peng Xiaomin,WchT 3rd Luzern 1993/ CBM38
[Wolff].}) 18. Qg2 Bxf4 19. Qxh3 (19. gxf4 d4 20. Qg3 (20. Qxh3 {transposes to
19.Qxh3.}) 20... Rad8 21. c4 Rd6 22. Re5 f5 23. Nd2 Rg6 24. Kh1 Qh5 25. f3 Bh3
26. Qf2 Bg2+ 27. Qxg2 Rxg2 28. Kxg2 bxc4 29. dxc4 Qh4 $19 {0-1 Kotronias,
V-Grischuk,A/Tripoli LBA 2004/The Week in Chess 503 (37)}) 19... Bxh3 20. gxf4
d4 21. cxd4 (21. Nd2 dxc3 22. bxc3 Rfd8 23. Re3 Bf5 24. Ne4 Rac8 25. a4 g6 26.
axb5 axb5 27. h4 Rc6 28. Ra5 Rb6 29. Ra7 h6 30. Kh2 b4 31. cxb4 Rxb4 32. h5
Rbd4 33. hxg6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Bauer,C-Adams,M/Senat FRA 2003.}) 21... Rfd8 22. Re3
Bf5 23. a4 b4 24. Nd2 Rxd4 25. Ne4 g6 26. Rc1 Rad8 27. Rc4 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3
29. Rxb4 Bh3 {with more than sufficent compensation for a pawn. Grischuk,
A-Tkachiev,V/Prague CZE 2002.}) 17... Bxd3 18. Qxd5 Rad8 $1 19. Qf3 (19. Qg2 {
provides a nice square on f5 for the black queen.} Qf5 20. Nd2 b4 21. Bd4 bxc3
22. bxc3 h6 23. a4 Rfe8 24. Qc6 {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A-Khalifman,A/Rethymnon GRE
2003.}) 19... Qf5 ({Black can also play with the queens:} 19... Bc4 20. Nd2 Be6
21. Bd4 h6 22. a3 Bb8 23. Qg2 Qf5 24. f3 Rfe8 25. Ne4 Bd5 26. Re2 Re6 27. Rae1
{1/2-1/2 Kasimdzhanov,R-Adams,M/Linares ESP 2005.}) 20. Qxf5 Bxf5 21. Nd2 Rfe8
22. Bd4 f6 23. Nb3 (23. f3 b4 24. Ne4 Bc7 25. Kf2 bxc3 26. bxc3 Rb8 27. Re2 Kf7
28. Rd1 h5 29. Bc5 Kg6 30. Bd4 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,M-Anand,V/Leon ESP 2005/The
Week in Chess 553 (30)}) 23... Kf7 24. Bb6 Rc8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Rd1 Bf8 27.
Nd4 Be4 28. f3 Bd5 29. a3 Rb8 30. Bc7 Rb7 31. Bf4 Bc5 $44 {1/2-1/2
Kasimdzhanov,R-Onischuk,A/Calvia ESP 2004. All these games show that a pair of
bishops is usually a sufficient compensation for a pawn.}) 16... Rae8 17. Ne4
Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ $1 {A precise move demonstrated earlier this year by Levon
Aronian. Black needs the white king on g2 in order to have a check on f3 after
the exchange on e4.} ({In case of} 18... f5 {Black experiences problems.} 19.
Qxh3 Bxh3 20. Bd2 {After the exchange on g2 neither this move nor} (20. c4 $5 {
is possible.}) 20... fxe4 21. dxe4 Bc5 (21... Be6 22. exd5 Bxd5 23. Rxe8 Rxe8
24. Be3 $16 {1-0 Pariente Lopez,F-Rubio Doblas,R/Malaga 1995.}) 22. Be3 Rxe4
23. Bxc5 Rfe8 24. Rxe4 Rxe4 25. Be3 $1 Kf8 26. Re1 {and White ends up a pawn
for nothing in both cases. 1-0 Kotronias,V-Nakamura,H/Port Erin IOM 2004.}) 19.
Kxg2 f5 {[%csl Rd5,Re1,Re4,Rg8]} 20. Bf4 {Formally this is a novelty, but in
fact the difference with Aronian's game is only in the position of the h-pawn
which doesn't seem to matter.} (20. h3 Bh5 (20... fxe4 $2 {is bad in view of}
21. hxg4 exd3 22. Rxe8 Rxe8 23. Be3 $1 {Preparing Rd1.} Re5 24. Bf4 $1 Re6 25.
Bxd5 cxd5 26. Bxd6 Rxd6 27. Rd1 $16) 21. Bf4 $1 Bxf4 22. gxf4 fxe4 23. dxe4
Bf3+ $1 {A nice tactical trick, which allows Black to restore material
equality.} 24. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 25. Kg3 Rfxe4 26. Rxe4 Rxe4 27. f3 Re2 28. c4 bxc4
29. Bxc4 Rxb2 30. Bxa6 g5 {1/2-1/2 Nakamura,H-Aronian,L/Caleta ENG 2005. and
Black successfully compensated White's passed a-pawn by counterplay on the
kingside.}) ({Now} 20. Bd2 $2 {would be a blunder in view of} fxe4 21. dxe4
Bf3+ $1 {That's why 18...Qxg2 was played!}) 20... Bxf4 21. gxf4 fxe4 22. dxe4
Bf3+ $1 {Coping Aronian's play in the above-mentioned game.} 23. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 24.
Kg3 Rfxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. f3 Re5 {Only now Svidler deviates from Aronian's
Re2. Probably he considered the position which arose in Nakamura-Aronian as
dangerous for Black.} 27. c4 $1 {The only try to play for a win. This way
White succeeds to destroy Black's pawn structure on the queenside.} (27. a4 Kf8
28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra6 ({or} 29. h4 Ke7) 29... c5 {with equality in both cases.}
) 27... bxc4 {The knight can't move in view of a discovered check.} 28. Bxc4 a5
29. Rc1 $1 {[%csl Rc6] I believe Judit is still in her home preparation. White
wants to exploit weakness of the c6-pawn by means of Bb3.} Kf8 $1 {Unpinning
the knight.} 30. Bxd5 {Probably too tired of the tournament Judit forces a
draw.} (30. Bb3 Ne7) ({If White wanted to set some problems she had to try to
cover the g5-square and take her h-pawn away from the second rank with} 30. h4
$1 {[%csl Gg5] though even in this case White chances for a win are not big.})
30... Rg5+ $5 {[%csl Rh2] An interesting intermediate move, which forces White
to leave the h-pawn unprotected.} ({I believe there was also nothing wrong with
} 30... cxd5 31. Rc5 a4 32. Kf2 Rh5 33. Kg3 Re5 $11 {with an obvious draw.})
31. Kf4 ({Certainly the passive} 31. Kf2 Rxd5 32. Ke1 Rh5 {is fine for Black.})
31... Rxd5 32. Rxc6 Rd2 {[%csl Rb2,Rh2]} 33. Ra6 Rxh2 {The point of the
intermedite check on the 30th move.} 34. Rxa5 Rxb2 $11 {Now it's a dead draw.}
35. a4 Kf7 36. Kf5 g6+ 37. Ke5 {With the positional threat of Ra7+. So} Re2+
38. Kf4 h5 39. Ra7+ {The game leaves the question where to look for an
advantage in the 12.d3-line open.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE-Wch"]
[Site "San Luis"]
[Date "2005.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2005.09.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ARG"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 O-O 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. Kb1 Re8 11. Nd4 a6 12. f4 Ng4 13. Bd3 d5 14. Rhe1
Bh4 15. g3 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Rxe3 17. Qxe3 Bf6 18. Nf3 Qe7 19. Qxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Bf4 Rac8
15. Bg3 {[%cal Gc3c4]} Bf6 {preventing c3-c4} 16. Nd2 (16. Re1 Rfe8 17. Qa4 Qa5
$11) 16... Na5 (16... Qa5 17. Qc1 (17. Rc1 Qxa3 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Re1 Rfe8 20.
Ne3 Bg6 21. Qb3 $44) 17... Bg5 18. f4 Be7 19. Nc4 Qa4 20. Ne3 Be4 21. f5 $36)
17. Qa4 (17. Bf3 Qd7 $132 {/\c5}) 17... b6 18. Rfe1 (18. Bf3 Qd7 (18... Qd8 $5
19. Ne4 Be7 $14 {/=}) 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rfe1 Be6 $11 (20... c5 21. Ne4 $16) (
20... Rfe8 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. Bd6 Rxc3 24. Ne4 $36)) 18... Rfe8
19. Bd3 {A poisoned gift.} (19. Ba6 $5 Bd7 20. Qc2 Ra8 (20... Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1
Re8 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Bxc7 $16) 21. Bd3 (21. Bxc7 Qc6 {[%cal Yb6b5]}) 21...
Qh5 22. Bxc7 Rac8 23. Rxe8+ Bxe8 24. Re1 Bd7 25. Be5 $16) 19... c6 $11 20. Ba6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2005.12.11"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Fridman, Daniel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bb2 Ndxe5 13. fxe5 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6
15. Rxf6 Bxf6 16. e3 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.01.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

{[%mdl 8]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O
a6 8. d5 Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 e5 {By blockading the
centre, Black avoids immediate tactical complications, characteristic for the
line} (12... bxc4 13. bxc4 Bh6 14. f4 e5) ({Nowadays he often combines this
idea with the advance of the h-P, as in our game. He would like to keep the
position closed for the time being, until he manages to solve the typical
problem of the offside Na5 by Nb7-d8-f7. Also possible and quite popular is
the immediate} 12... h5 13. Rae1 (13. h3 bxc4 14. bxc4 e5 15. Rab1 Bd7 (15...
h4 $5 16. g4 Nh7 {[%cal Yf7f5] /\f5<=> Rogozenko}) 16. Ba1 Qe7 17. Rxb8 Rxb8
18. Rb1 Qd8 19. Nd1 Rb6 20. Bc3 Nb7 21. Rb2 Bc8 22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Qa3 $14 {
Rogozenko,D-Magai,V/Istanbul olm/2000/}) (13. e4 e5 $1 14. cxb5 $6 (14. Rae1
$142 h4 $132) 14... axb5 15. a3 b4 16. axb4 cxb4 17. Ncb1 Ba6 18. Nc4 Rc8 19.
Nbd2 Bh6 20. f4 Ng4 21. Qd3 Bxc4 22. bxc4 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Ra8 24. Qf3 Qe3 $36 {
Pantsulaia,L-Kovalev,A/EUCup Saint Vincent/2005/}) 13... Bf5 (13... bxc4 $142
14. bxc4 e5 $11) (13... h4 $5 $13) 14. e4 Bd7 15. Nd1 e5 16. f4 bxc4 17. bxc4
h4 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. exd6 (19. e6 $5 $14) 19... Rxb2 20. Nxb2 Bd4+ 21. Kh1 Nxh2
22. Nf3 Nxf1 23. Bxf1 hxg3 24. Nxd4 Qh4+ 25. Kg1 {Bocharov,D-Iskusnyh,S/
Novosibirsk/1999/} cxd4 $13) 13. Rae1 {Leads to a manoeuvring struggle, but
opening the [+] is not clear:} (13. dxe6 fxe6 (13... Bxe6 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Rad1 $14) 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 (16. Bxg7 Nxd2 17. Bxf8 Nxf1 18.
Bh6 Nxh2 19. Qc3 Qe7 $5 (19... e5 20. Kxh2 (20. Bd5+ Kh8 21. Kxh2 Bb7 22. Rd1
Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Nc6 24. Qf3 Qe7 25. e3 Nb4 26. Rd1 e4 27. Qe2 Nd3 $17 {Tregubov,
P-Bologan,V/St Petersburg/1996/}) 20... Bb7 21. Qd2 Qc7 22. Bd5+ Kh8 23. Rd1
Re8 24. Kg1 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Nb7 {Jobava,B-Motylev,A/Ubeda/2001/} 26. b4 $1 $36 {
Motylev}) 20. Kxh2 (20. Qxa5 Ng4 $15) 20... b4 21. Qe3 Bb7 22. Bh3 Bd5 23. Rd1
Re8 24. Bf4 Nb7 25. Kg1 Qf7 $15 {1/2,Kharitonov,A-Schmidt,W/Lodz/1980/}) 16...
Bxb2 17. Qxb2 Bb7 18. Rfd1 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 {[%csl Gc5,Gd5,Ge6] [+]<=>}) 13...
h5 $5 {The current fashion. Older moves are:} (13... Ng4 14. e4 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Nd1 Rb7 17. f3 Nh6 18. f4 e4 19. Bxg7 Rxg7 20. Qc3 b4 21. Qb2 Nb7 (
21... Nf7 22. Ne3 h5 23. Rf2 h4 24. g4 Nb7 25. g5 Nxg5 26. fxg5 Qxg5 27. Kh1 h3
28. Bxh3 Qh4 {Minaya Molano,J-Sigurjonsson,G/Bogota/1978/} 29. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 30.
Ng2 $16) 22. Ne3 Ng4 23. Nxg4 Rxg4 24. Kf2 Rg7 25. Rg1 Bd7 26. Nf1 Qf6 27. Qxf6
Rxf6 28. Ne3 Kf7 29. Bh3 Ke7 30. Bf1 Kd8 31. Be2 Kc7 32. h4 Nd8 33. Ra1 Bc8 34.
a3 $14 {Spassky,B-Byrne,R/San Juan/1969/}) (13... Ne8 $5 14. e4 f5 15. exf5
gxf5 16. Nd1 Rb7 17. f4 e4 18. Bxg7 Rxg7 19. Qc3 h5 20. Ne3 b4 21. Qa1 Nb7 22.
Rf2 a5 $11 {Smejkal,J-Huebner,R/Leningrad izt/1973/}) 14. Nd1 (14. e4 {[%cal
Yc3e2,Ye2c1,Yc1d3];Nielsen,P (2626)-Bologan,V (2673) Samba Cup 1st 2003 (6)
1-0 is maybe more flexible, White might transfer his N also via e2, possibly
even c1-d3 in the future - see also}) 14... h4 15. e4 hxg3 (15... Nh5 $5 $13)
16. fxg3 $146 {[%mdl 32] This novelty is not too impressive. Although White
opens the <->f, without the option to play a future f4 his position becomes
too static and Black can pursue his strategic goals without having to hurry.} (
16. hxg3 $142 Ng4 17. Bc3 Bh6 $6 (17... b4 18. Bb2 f5 $132) 18. f3 Nf6 19. f4
Ng4 20. Nf2 Bg7 21. Bf3 Nxf2 22. Rxf2 Nb7 23. Rh2 Qe7 24. Kg2 Bd7 25. Reh1 Nd8
26. Nf1 f6 27. Ne3 Nf7 28. Bg4 $40 {Van Wely,L-Anand,V/Monte Carlo/1998/})
16... Ng4 17. Nf2 Nh6 $5 {Black is already ambitious and avoids exchanges, his
position remains solid and flexible.} (17... Nxf2 18. Rxf2 f5 (18... Bh6 $11)
19. Bc1 $13) 18. Bh3 f5 19. Bc3 Rb7 $1 {Svidler first uses this square for his
R, then his N.} 20. Qd3 b4 21. Bb2 Rbf7 22. Qe2 Nb7 23. exf5 (23. Bc1 $142 $5
$13) 23... gxf5 {[%csl Ge5,Gf5] [+]} 24. Qh5 Rf6 $15 {[%cal Yc8d7,Yd7e8,Yh6f7,
Yf6h6] Black already has a more comfortable position with his P[+], he can
proceed to evict the Q from h5 (Bd7-e8, or Nf7,Rh6) and (or) manoevre his Nb7
to the >>. On the other hand, showing a concrete plan for White is more
difficult.} 25. g4 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Yusupov lashes out, but this otherwise
strategically sound move is a miscalcualtion.} fxg4 26. Bxg4 {White must give
material to avoid losing his exposed Q.} (26. Nxg4 $2 Nxg4 27. Bxg4 Rh6 28.
Rxf8+ Bxf8 $1 $19 {[%csl Rh5] ףh5}) (26. Bg2 $2 Rf5 27. Qg6 R8f6 $19) 26...
Rxf2 $1 27. Rxf2 Bxg4 28. Rxf8+ Qxf8 $19 {Black has 2 minor pieces for a R and
his position remains impregnable. The rest is more or less a matter of
technique.} 29. Qh4 Qf5 30. Ne4 (30. Qe7 Bh3 $19 {forces the Q back}) 30... Qg6
31. Qg5 (31. Bc1 Nf5 $19) 31... Bf5 32. Qxg6 Bxg6 33. Ng5 Nd8 {There is no
need to hurry...} 34. Bc1 (34. Ne6 Nxe6 35. dxe6 Nf5 $19 {/\Nd4}) 34... Bf6 {
Svidler converts his advantage by gradually activating all his pieces.} 35. Ne4
Bh4 36. Re2 Nf5 37. Rg2 Kg7 38. Bg5 Nf7 39. Bxh4 Nxh4 40. Rg3 Nf5 41. Rg2 N7h6
42. Kf2 Ng8 $1 43. Rg1 Nf6 44. Nxf6 (44. Ng5 Kh6 45. h3 Nd4 $19) 44... Kxf6 45.
Kf3 a5 46. Rf1 Kg5 47. Rg1+ Kh6 48. Kg4 Nd4 49. Rf1 e4 50. Kf4 Nc2 $1 {[%cal
Re4e2] /\e3-e2-+} (50... Nc2 51. Rc1 e3 52. Kf3 Bd3 $19) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.01.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.
Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. g3 O-O 14. h4 Be6 15.
Bh3 Nd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Kf1 Rc5 19. Kg2 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc7 21.
Rhe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.04.01"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jenni, Florian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2502"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 b4 13. c3 Rb8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15.
Bd2 Bc8 16. Rc1 Bg4 17. Ne3 Be6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Nc4 Nc6 20. Qb3 Qd7 21. Be3
Bd8 22. h3 Nh5 23. Qd1 Nf4 24. d4 exd4 25. Nxd4 Ne7 26. Nb3 Neg6 27. Nxd6 Bc7
28. e5 Nxe5 29. Bxf4 Rxf4 30. Rxc7 Qxc7 31. Rxe5 Rbf8 32. Re2 Rd8 33. Rd2 Qc6
34. Na5 Qc7 35. Nac4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0506"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.04.02"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Lutz, Christopher"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2005.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Porz"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12. Nc4 Rb8 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2
Bf8 16. Nfd2 Qb7 17. Ba4 Ne7 18. Qf3 Ng6 19. Bb3 Be7 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. Nf3 Nh5
22. Qh2 c5 23. Ncd2 Qc8 24. Bxe6 Qxe6 25. Nf1 f5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Ng3 Nxg3 28.
fxg3 c4 29. g4 Qf7 30. Bb6 Re8 31. d4 Bf6 32. Qg3 Qd5 33. dxe5 Nxe5 34. Nh4 Nf7
35. Rad1 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Qd2 37. Ng6+ Kh7 38. Nf4 Be5 39. Be3 Qxc2 40. Qf3 Ng5
0-1

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Cuba"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CUB"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. h3 h6 {The plan with evacuating the king to
queenside is the most popular on the top level since the match
Kasparov-Kramnik 2000.} 11. Bf4 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 (12... Bb4 13. Ne4 Be6 14. c3
Be7 15. b3 b6 16. g4 Nh4 17. Nxh4 Bxh4 18. Bg3 Be7 19. f4 h5 20. f5 Bd5 21. Rd4
hxg4 22. hxg4 Ba3 23. Kf2 a5 24. c4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 $16 {Short,N-Sokolov,I/Wijk
aan Zee 2005}) 13. Ne4 {White has tried many different moves in this position
except the move in the game:} (13. a3 $5 Be6 14. g4 Ne7 15. Nd4 Bc4 16. Rfe1 c5
17. Nf5 Nc6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 $14 {Carlsen, M-Nielsen,P/Warsaw 2005}) (13.
Rd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3 g5 16. Bc1 c5 17. Nd5 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Bxe7 19. c4 Rag8
$13 {Anand,V-Topalov,V/Monte Carlo 2005}) (13. b3 Ne7 14. Bh2 a5 15. Rd2 Be6
16. Nd4 Nd5 17. Nce2 Bb4 18. Rd3 Bc5 19. a4 Nb4 20. Rg3 g5 21. c3 Nd5 22. Nxe6
fxe6 $15 {Polgar,J-Bruzon,L/Wijk aan Zee 2005}) 13... c5 (13... Be6 14. g4 Ne7
15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Nc3 Bc4 17. Rfe1 Kb7 18. b3 Be6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Ne2 Re8 21.
Bg3 g5 22. Kg2 Bg7 23. Kf3 c5 24. Ke4 $16 {Timofeev,A-Mastrovasilis,A/Warsaw
2005}) 14. Rfe1 {This move appears to be a novelty. White's idea is to prepare
f4 hoping to exploit the extra pawn on the kingside.} (14. Bh2 Be6 15. g4 Ne7
16. Nfd2 g5 17. Nf6 Nc6 18. Nh5 Kb7 19. f4 $14 {Lanka,Z-Novkovic,M/Austria 2000
}) 14... Be6 15. a3 (15. b3 {is less accurate since Black might get
counterplay on the queenside by pushing a7-a5-a4 and opening up the a-file.})
15... Kb7 16. g4 Ne7 17. Bg3 Nc6 18. Nh2 {Diagram #} g5 {The most natural way
to deal with f4, but this may deserve attention.} (18... Be7 $5 19. f4 g6 20.
Kg2 (20. Nf3 $6 h5 21. Nfg5 Bxg5 22. Nxg5 hxg4 23. Nxe6 fxe6 (23... Rxh3 $2 24.
Ng5 Rxg3+ 25. Kf2 $18) 24. hxg4 Nd4 $15) 20... h5 {with an unclear position,
since it's very difficult for White to transfer f5.}) 19. Nf6 Be7 (19... c4)
20. Nh5 Rad8 21. f4 $14 {White's prospects are slightly better due to the
weakness of the pawn on h6, but I believe Black should hold this position.}
gxf4 (21... Nd4 $6 22. Rd2 Bd5 23. f5 $14) 22. Nxf4 Bc4 (22... c4 23. c3 $1 $14
) 23. Nf3 {In most of the cases transposition to the endgame with opposite
colored bishops is not a bad idea for the defending side, but an arising
endgame is clearly better for white due to the possibility to create a passer
on the h-file.} Bg5 $6 (23... Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. e6 Rhe8 $1 $11) 24. Kf2 Nd4
25. h4 {Diagram #} Bxf4 $6 {It wasn't too late to admit a mistake and to come
back with the bishop.} (25... Be7) 26. Bxf4 Be6 27. c3 Nxf3 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29.
Kxf3 $16 {The endgame is very tough for Black, but it's even more difficult to
hold it with very little time left on the clock.} Rh8 30. h5 Kc6 31. Bc1 $1 Kb5
$6 (31... Kd5 32. b3 (32. Kg3 Rg8) 32... a5 33. c4+ Kc6 34. a4 $16) (31... c4
$5) 32. Kg3 Kc4 33. Kh4 {Now everything is set up for g5.} Kd3 (33... Kd5 34.
g5 Rg8 35. Bf4 a5 36. Rg1 Ke4 37. Bh2 $16) 34. g5 Rg8 35. Bf4 a5 36. Re3+ Kc2
37. Rg3 {Diagram #} hxg5+ ({The last chance to put up some resistance was} 
37... Kxb2 {,but it seems that White is winning by force anyway:} 38. gxh6 (38.
g6 $6 fxg6 39. hxg6 Kxa3 40. Bxh6 b5 41. Kg5 Ka2 42. Kf6 Re8 $132) 38... Rh8
39. Kg5 Kxa3 40. Kf6 Rh7 41. Rg7 Rh8 42. Rxf7 Bxf7 43. Kxf7 Kb3 44. e6 a4 45.
e7 $18) 38. Bxg5 Re8 (38... Kxb2 $2 39. Bc1+ Kxc1 40. Rxg8 $18) 39. Rg2+ Kd3
40. Bf6 $18 Bf5 41. Rf2 Be4 42. Bg7 Re7 43. Kg5 Rd7 44. Kf6 b5 45. Bh6 Kc4 46.
Rd2 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Na5 15. Bg5 Qa3 16. Re1 {The most dangerous move for Black. White prepares
e4-e5.} Rfd8 $146 {[%mdl 8] Anticipating e4-e5, Black starts pressing the d5
pawn. The other options seen in practice:} (16... b6 $6 17. e5 Rad8 18. d6 exd6
19. Bxd8 Rxd8 20. Ng5 Bf5 21. Rc1 Bh6 22. h4 Bxg5 23. hxg5 d5 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25.
Qxg4 Qe7 26. Rc8 Nb7 27. e6 Rxc8 28. exf7+ Qxf7 29. Qxc8+ Kg7 30. Re6 Nc5 31.
Rc6 Qf8 32. Rc7+ Kg8 33. Qh3 {1-0 Avrukh,B-Ruck,R/Gothenburg SWE 2005/The Week
in Chess 561}) (16... Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Qd6 18. Qe2 Be5 19. g3 (19. Kh1 b6 20. Bg4
Rfe8 21. Qe3 Nc4 22. Qe2 Na5 23. Bd2 Nb7 24. f4 {1/2-1/2 Comas Fabrego,L-Jerez
Perez,A/Sanxenxo 2004/CBM 105}) 19... b6 (19... Rfc8 20. Qa2 b6 21. Bg2 Rc7 22.
f4 Bd4+ 23. Kh1 f6 24. e5 fxe5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. d6+ Rc4 28. Bf4
Qf5 29. Bxa8 exd6 30. Bh6 {1-0 Lafarga,D-Krueger,H/IECG 2002/Telechess CBM 105}
) 20. Bg4 (20. Bg2 $5 {Lautier}) 20... Nb7 21. Rbd1 (21. f4 $5 $146 Bf6 22.
Bxf6 exf6 23. Bf3 Nc5 24. e5 fxe5 25. fxe5 Qd7 26. Rb4 $5 a5 27. Rf4 a4 28. d6
$36 {1-0 Lautier,J-Shipov,S/Moscow 2001/CBM 86 (47)}) 21... a5 22. Qc2 (22. Be3
a4 23. f4 Bc3 24. e5 Qb4 25. Rb1 Bxe1 26. Rxb4 Bxb4 27. Kg2 Bc5 28. Bd2 a3 29.
Bc3 a2 30. Ba1 Ra3 $132 {1/2-1/2 Mikhalevski,V-Howell,D/Port Erin IOM 2005/The
Week in Chess 569 (84)}) 22... a4 $6 (22... Bg7 $142) 23. f4 Bg7 24. e5 Qb4 25.
Qc7 $1 $16 {1/2-1/2 Lautier,J-Shipov,S/Moscow (m/2) 83/468 2001/Inf 83/
[Lautier,J] (75)}) (16... Bc3 $6 17. Qd3 $1) 17. e5 h6 18. Bf4 $6 (18. Bc1 {
, recommended by GM S.Shipov, is more logical. Black failed to equalize in the
following correspondence game:} Qa2 19. Rb2 Qa1 20. Rb4 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nc6 22.
Ra4 Qb1 23. e6 fxe6 24. Be4 Qb5 25. Qg4 exd5 26. Bxg6 Rd6 27. Bxh6 Qb2 $1 28.
Bf4 Rf8 29. Bf5 Qf6 30. Be6+ Rxe6 31. Rxe6 Qf5 32. Qxf5 Rxf5 33. g4 Rf8 34. Bh6
$1 $16 Bxh6 35. Rxh6 a5 36. h4 Rf3 37. Kg2 Rc3 38. h5 d4 39. Rg6+ Kh7 40. Rg5
e5 41. Ra1 b5 42. Rh1 {1-0 Kordts,W-Brueckner,J/IECG 2003/Telechess CBM 105})
18... Bf5 $1 19. Rc1 $6 (19. Ra1 Qc5 20. d6 exd6 21. Rc1 {(also recommended by
S.Shipov) looks too late. Black has a comfortable position; White's
compensation for the pawn is doubtful} ({or} 21. exd6)) (19. Bc1 $5 {was still
possible. Of course, it's not easy to admit that 18.Bf4 has been inaccurate
but it enables White to keep his strong pawn centre:} Qc3 20. Rb5 b6 21. Bb2
Qc7 22. Qa1 $5 a6 $140 23. d6 $1 $36) 19... Qb3 $1 {[%csl Rd5] Exchanging
queens and keeping the extra pawn.} 20. d6 (20. Qxb3 Nxb3 21. Rc3 Na5 $17) (20.
Nd4 $5 Qxd5 (20... Qxd1 21. Rcxd1 Bd7 {is possible, too, but with two central
pawn White keeps some counterplay.}) 21. Nxf5 gxf5 22. Qc2 Qe4 23. Qxe4 fxe4
24. e6 {(S.Shipov)} fxe6 {and Black's material advantage must be enough to win,
despite White's bishop pair.}) 20... exd6 21. exd6 Qxd1 22. Rexd1 Nc6 23. Bb5
Bd7 {With this bishop blocking White's passed pawn he has few counterchances.
Black wins advancing his queenside pawns.} 24. Be3 a5 25. Bb6 Re8 26. Rc4 (26.
Ba4 Re4 $1 27. Bc2 Rb4 28. Bc5 Rc4) 26... Nb8 27. Ba4 Bxa4 28. Rxa4 Nd7 29. Bc7
b6 30. Kf1 f5 31. Rb1 Re4 32. Ra2 Rc4 33. Bxb6 Rb8 34. Nd2 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Azmaiparashvili, Zurab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[Annotator "Lukacs,P"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Nb3
Bxc5 $143 (8... Nd7 9. O-O {Black can chose between the two pawns...} Bxc5 (
9... Ndxe5 $2 {is the wrong choice here:} 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. g4 $1 Bg6 12. f4
$18 {and the g6 B is in trouble.}) 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 {- Svidler-Belov,
Moscow 2003 CBM 094} (11. Be3 {was the other logical move emphasising the
pressure on >< d4.} Nd7 12. Nd4 Nxd4 (12... O-O {- 11.Nd4}) 13. Bxd4 $14)) 9.
Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qb3 $5 (11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Qe7 13. h3 {against Bg4}
(13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Nc6) 13... Nd7 14. Nd4 {Now it's better than before,
there is no Nc6.} Nxd4 15. Bxd4 $14) 11... Qe7 (11... Nd7 12. Be3 Na5 13. Qa4
Qc7 14. Nd4 $14) 12. Bg5 Qc7 {[#]} 13. Nd4 $1 {This is the typical motif again.
} (13. Qa3 $5 Bg4 $1 14. O-O Nd7 15. c4 (15. Bf4 Bxf3 (15... O-O-O 16. c4 $1
$36) 16. Bxf3 Ndxe5 $15) (15. Rae1 Ndxe5 $1 (15... Bxf3 $6 16. Bxf3 Ndxe5 17.
Bh5 h6 18. Bh4 $44) 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Ba6 Qxg5 18. Bxb7 Kd7 19. f4 Qd8 20. Bxa8
Qb6+ $15) 15... dxc4 $13) 13... Nxd4 (13... Nxe5 $2 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Qxd5 $18)
14. cxd4 {The P structure has been changed, >< d4 is a bit weak as in the
French or the Slav, but White's ^^ is active, his stronghold on e5 secures the
space advantage.} Nc6 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Be3 Qa5+ (16... Qe7 17. O-O Rab8 18. Rc5
$14) 17. Rc3 Qb4 (17... Rab8 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rfc1 $14) 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rfc1
Qxb3 20. axb3 $14 {/\ b4, the _|_ is not so easy for Black.} Rb8 21. Rc5 (21.
g4 Bg6 22. h4 h6 23. Rc5 Rfd8) 21... h6 22. f3 {/\ Kf2, White can slowly
strengthen his position, since Black has no real counterplay, although a
breakthrough will be difficult, too.} Rfd8 23. Kf2 Kf8 24. g4 Bg6 25. h4 h5 {
Black doesn't allow further advance on the >>, otherwise he will be pushed to
the wall.} 26. Bg5 Rdc8 (26... Re8 {runs into another pin after} 27. Bb5 (27.
Ke3 a6) 27... hxg4 28. fxg4 Be4 29. Ke3) 27. Ke3 (27. Bb5 {was the other
alternative.} hxg4 28. fxg4 Ke8 29. h5 Be4 $14) 27... Ke8 28. b4 $1 {White
strengthens his position on both flanks.} Kd7 29. b5 Nb4 30. Kd2 (30. gxh5 Bxh5
(30... Nc2+ 31. Kd2 $18) 31. Be7 $1 $16 {was the nice way for an advantage!})
30... Rxc5 31. Rxc5 a6 32. b6 $5 (32. Rc1 Ra8 (32... Rc8 $2 33. Rxc8 Kxc8 34.
Be7 Nc2 35. gxh5 Bf5 (35... Bxh5 36. bxa6 $18) 36. bxa6 bxa6 37. Bxa6+ $18) 33.
bxa6 bxa6 34. Bd1 {/\ Ba4, the ^^ is decisive in opened positions.} Rc8 35.
Ba4+ Nc6 36. Rc5 $16) 32... Nc6 33. Kc3 Rf8 {/\ f6 to find some counterplay.}
34. b4 f6 35. exf6 gxf6 36. Bf4 hxg4 (36... Rc8 37. Bd1 Ke7 38. Ba4 Be8 39. Bc7
$18) 37. fxg4 {White has already a strong o^ on the >>.} e5 $2 {Now can win
easily.} (37... Rc8 38. Bd1 $16) 38. Rxd5+ Ke6 39. Rc5 (39. Bc4 $1 exf4 40.
Rg5+ $18 {was the simple solution.}) 39... Nxd4 40. Bc4+ Kd6 41. Be3 Nb5+ (
41... Ne6 42. Rd5+ (42. h5 Be4) 42... Ke7 43. g5 $16) 42. Kb2 Be4 43. h5 Bf3 $2
(43... Rh8 44. h6) 44. h6 ({missing} 44. Bxb5 axb5 45. Rc3 $1 $18 {/\ Bc5
winning the piece.}) 44... Be4 {However White's ^^ dominates the board the h6
o^ is very dangerous.} 45. Ba2 (45. Rd5+ $1 Kc6 (45... Bxd5 46. Bc5+) 46. Rd2
$18) 45... Rh8 46. Rc1 $18 Ke7 47. Re1 Bf3 48. Bc5+ Nd6 (48... Kd7 49. Rf1) 49.
g5 fxg5 50. Rxe5+ Kd7 51. Re6 Nf5 52. Rf6 Rxh6 53. Rf7+ Kd8 54. Rxf5 Rh2+ 55.
Kc1 Be4 56. Rf8+ Kd7 57. Bb3 Kc6 58. Ba4+ Kd5 59. Rd8+ Ke6 60. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O d6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Nf1 Be6 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Qd7 14. Nh2 Ne7 15.
Nhg4 Nxg4 16. hxg4 d5 17. d4 exd4 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd4 Bc6 21.
Qf4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. a3 g5 25. Qf5 Be4 26. Qd7 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. dxe5 exf3 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Re1+ Be6 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Qxf3 Qxf3 14.
Nxf3 Bd5 15. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Bg2 Qb6 8. O-O {
In this position either side refrains from exchanging queens on b3(b6), which
would open the a-file for the opponent.} Rd8 {A useful move preparing ...dxc4,
after which d8 will be an appropriate place for the rook.} 9. c5 {A logical
reaction. Other options:} (9. Qa3 $5 {needs more tests. In the only game Black
failed to equalize:} Re8 $6 (9... Bf8 $5 10. c5 Qa6) 10. cxd5 (10. Qa4 dxc4 11.
Qxc4 Be6 12. Qa4 Qa6 13. Qc2 Nd5 14. Bd2 Nd7 15. Ng5 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bd5 17. e4
Bc4 18. Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Fedorowicz,J-Zavadsky,P/Berkeley USA 2005/The Week in
Chess 581 (25)}) 10... cxd5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. e3 Nc6 14. Nd2 Rad8
15. Rfc1 Rd6 16. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Yuferov,S-Sygulski,B/Warsaw 1989/EXT 97 (32)}) (
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Bg5 Qxb3 11. axb3 Kf8 12. Rfc1 (12. Rfd1 {1/2-1/2 Greenfeld,
A-Nataf,I/Albufeira Algarve 1999/EXT 2000}) 12... Be6 13. Bd2 h6 14. e3 Nd7 15.
Ne1 Nxc3 16. Rxc3 g5 17. Nd3 Bf5 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. Rxc5 Bg6 20. Bc3 e6 21. b4 a6
22. Rca5 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P-Radjabov,T/Tripoli 2004/CBM 102}) (9. Rd1 Bf5 {
Threatening 10...Qxb3 11.axb3 Bc2} (9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Bf5 11. Ne1 (11. cxd5
Bc2 12. Rd2 Bxb3 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Ra3 Be6 15. Ne5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5
Rxd5 18. Nxc6 bxc6 19. e3 e5 20. dxe5 Rxd2 21. Bxd2 Bxe5 22. b4 Rd8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Lalic,B-Hugentobler,P/Zuerich 1989/EXT 97 (29)}) 11... Na6 (11... Be6
$5) 12. Ra4 h6 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. f3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 g5 17. Bd2 e5 18.
e3 $14 {Portisch,L-Hort,V/Tilburg 1979/Inf 28}) 10. Qxb6 (10. Ne1 Be6 $1 11. c5
Qxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 (12... Na6 $5 $11 {(Murey,Y)}) 13. b4 a6 14. h3 h6 $11 15.
Ra3 Ne8 16. g4 Nc7 17. Be3 g5 18. f4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Nb5 20. Nxb5 axb5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Anic,D-Nataf,I/Vichy 2000/CBM 079 (47)}) 10... axb6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12.
Nxd5 cxd5 (12... Rxd5 $5) 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. Ne5 e6 15. f3 Nc6 $6 (15... f6 $1 $11
) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Rd2 $14 {[%csl Rf5] 1-0 Jankovic,A-Muslic,E/Pula 2001/EXT
2002 (30)}) (9. h3 Bf5 (9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Be3 Ne4 12. Rfc1 Nxc3 $6 13.
bxc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Lingnau,C-Schaefer,M/Germany 1994/GER-chT (43)}) 10. cxd5
Qxb3 11. axb3 Nxd5 12. Bg5 Na6 13. e4 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Bxe4 15. Rfe1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3
f6 17. Bf4 e5 18. dxe5 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Loginov,V-Balashov,Y/Elista 2001/CBM
083 (22)}) (9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 Na6 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qc1 {1/2-1/2
Greenfeld,A-Smirin,I/Haifa 1993/EXT 2000} (13. Qa4 Nbd5 14. Qa3 Nxf4 15. gxf4
Bd5 16. e3 e6 17. b3 Ne4 $15 {[%csl Ra3] 1/2-1/2 Sargissian,G-Guseinov,G/Dubai
UAE 2005/The Week in Chess 545 (41)})) (9. Qxb6 axb6 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Rxd5 12. Rd1 (12. e3 Rd8 13. Bd2 c5 14. Bc3 Nc6 15. Ne5 Nxd4 16. exd4 cxd4 17.
Bb4 Bxe5 18. Bxe7 Re8 19. Bb4 Be6 20. Rfe1 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Kavalek,L-Ogaard,L/
Manila 1975/EXT 99}) 12... Rb5 $6 (12... Bf5 $5) 13. e4 Be6 14. a3 Bb3 15. Re1
Ra4 16. Bf1 Rba5 17. Bd2 Ra8 18. Bc3 $14 {0-1 Rogozenko,D-Donchev,D/Debrecen
1992/EU-chT (57)}) 9... Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 (10... Ne4 $5 11. e3 (11. b4 Na6 12.
Ra4 b5 $1) (11. Bf4 $5) 11... Na6 12. Rd1 e5 13. Ne1 Nc7 14. f3 exd4 15. exd4
Nf6 $11 {1-0 Sapis,W-Svenn,G/Gothenburg 1989/EXT 97 (74)}) 11. Bf4 (11. h3 Nd7
12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Ra4 Bf5 14. Rfa1 Ne6 15. e3 Be4 16. g4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Bxf3 18.
Bxf3 Nc7 19. f5 {1/2-1/2 Tregubov,P-Vorobiov,E/Moscow 2004/CBM 100}) 11... Nd7
{To prepare ...e7-e5} (11... Bf5 12. Ra4 Ne4 13. Rfa1 Naxc5 $6 {failed to} 14.
dxc5 Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nxc3 16. Rxa7 Nxe2+ 17. Kf1 $18 {1-0 Roiz,M-Grebionkin,V/
Internet 2004/EXT 2005 (32)}) 12. Rfd1 (12. Ra3 Re8 13. Bh3 f5 14. Rc1 e5 15.
Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 h6 17. Be3 Rxe5 18. Bd4 Re8 19. e3 Bf8 20. Bf1 Nc7 21. b4
Bd7 22. f4 {1/2-1/2 Petrosian,A-Lamprecht,F/Germany 1994/EXT 99}) 12... e5 $6 {
Premature!} (12... Re8 $142 {The only way to prevent ...e7-e5 is} 13. e4 dxe4
14. Nxe4 {but Black obtains an excellent position after} Nb4 15. Nc3 Nf6 16.
Be5 Be6 17. Nd2 Red8 18. Nc4 Nbd5 19. Ra3 h5 20. Rda1 a6 $11 {0-1 Bocharov,
D-Kamsky,G/Khanty Mansyisk RUS 2005/The Week in Chess 578 (46)}) 13. Nxe5 Nxe5
14. Bxe5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Bf5 (15... Nxc5 16. b4 $1 Ne6 17. b5 $14) 16. Ra5 (16.
e4 $5 dxe4 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Bxe4 {[%cal Ca6c5,Re4c6]} Nxc5 (18... Bxe4 19.
Nxe4 Rd4 20. Ra4 $1) 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Rxa7 Rd4 $132) 16... Bc2 17. Rd4 Bxb3
18. f4 $14 {Black has recaptured the pawn but his pieces are placed poorly.}
Bc4 19. e4 Nb4 $6 {A risky move! Black's minor pieces are now dangerously
hanging.} (19... Nc7 $14) 20. exd5 cxd5 21. Rd2 {A bit passive but what else
to do?} (21. Nxd5 {is inefficient due to} Nxd5 $1 (21... Bxd5 $143 22. Rxb4)
22. Rxc4 Ne3 23. Rc3 (23. Rb4 Rd1+ 24. Kf2 Ng4+ 25. Ke2 Rad8 $1) 23... Nxg2 24.
Kxg2 Rd2+ $11) (21. Rxc4 $5 dxc4 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. c6 (23. Rb5 $6 Nd5 24. c6
Nc7 25. Rb4 Rd2 $1 26. Ne4 Re2 27. Rxc4 Rd8 $132) 23... Nxc6 24. Bxc6 Rxb2 25.
Bd5 Rc2 26. Ne4 Rb8 $44) (21. Bxd5 $5 Bxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Rxc4 Nxc3 23. bxc3
$1 Rd1+ 24. Kg2 Rad8 25. Rxa7 R8d2+ 26. Kf3 $1 $16) 22. Rxb4 Bc6 23. Nb5 $5
Rd1+ 24. Kf2 Rd2+ 25. Ke3 Rxh2 26. Rxa7 {was probably a worthy alternative to
the game move.}) 21... a6 (21... b6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Nxd5 $16)
22. Ra4 $6 {Losing an important tempo.} (22. Ra3 $142 $1 Kg7 $140 23. b3 d4 24.
Ne4 Bd5 25. Nd6 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 d3 27. Ra4 a5 28. Nxb7 $18) 22... a5 23. Ra3 Kg7
{A useful prophylactics.} 24. Na4 (24. b3 d4 $1 (24... Bd3 25. Nxd5 $1) 25. Ne4
(25. bxc4 dxc3 26. Rxd8 c2 $1) (25. Na2 $1 Nxa2 26. bxc4 $1 (26. Bxb7 Nc3 $1
27. bxc4 Nb1 28. Bxa8 Rxa8 29. Rdd3 Nxa3 30. Rxa3 f6 $1 $11) 26... Nc3 27. Rd3
Ra7 $1 28. Kf2 (28. Raxc3 $2 dxc3 29. Rxd8 c2 {- another merit of 23...Kg7})
28... a4 29. Bd5 (29. Ke1 Nb1 $1 30. Ra1 Nc3) 29... Nxd5 30. Rxd4 Ra5 31. cxd5
Rxc5 32. d6 b5 {and Black should survive.}) 25... Bd5 {that's why 23...Kg7!}
26. Nd6 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 d3 28. Nxb7 (28. Kf3 $14) 28... Rd5 $14 {[%csl Gd3]})
24... Rac8 25. Nb6 Rxc5 26. Rc3 {It looks like Black is in trouble but...} Nc6
27. b3 {What else?} (27. h3 f6 $5) 27... Rb5 28. Nxc4 (28. bxc4 Rb1+ $1 (28...
Rxb6 29. cxd5 $16) 29. Kf2 d4 $1 $11 {- the point of Black's idea!}) 28... Rc5
29. Rcd3 (29. Rxd5 $5 Rcxd5 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Nd6 {wins a pawn but} Rd2 $1 (
31... Nd4 $143 $6 32. Rc7 Nb5 33. Rxf7+ (33. Ne8+ Kf8 34. Rc8 Na7 $1 (34... Ke7
35. Nf6 Rd8 36. Rc5 $16) 35. Ra8 Nc6 $14) 33... Kg8 34. Rd7 $1 Nxd6 35. exd6 b5
36. Ra7 $1 a4 (36... Rxd6 37. Rxa5 $16) 37. bxa4 bxa4 38. d7 $1 Kf8 39. d8=Q+
Rxd8 40. Rxh7 $16) 32. Nxb7 Nd4 {gives Black a good counterplay.}) 29... dxc4
30. Rxd8 Nxd8 31. bxc4 ({After} 31. Rxd8 cxb3 {the black pawns are too strong.}
) 31... Ne6 32. Bd5 Nc7 33. Bxb7 Rxc4 34. Ra2 a4 35. Kf2 f6 {A nightmare draw
- because of the inaccurate 12...e5?!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 6th"]
[Site "Beersheba"]
[Date "2005.11.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2005.11.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 110"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O Nd7 8.
Re1 Ngf6 9. d5 O-O 10. Be3 Qa5 11. f4 Rac8 12. Bd4 Rfe8 13. a3 a6 14. g3 Qc7
15. Bf1 Nb6 16. Rc1 cxd5 17. cxd5 Qd8 18. Bh3 Rc4 19. Bf1 Rc8 20. Bh3 Rc4 21.
Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4 Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7
15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qe7 18. Ng4 Qe6 19. Rdg1 Kh8 20. h6 g6 21. Re1
Qf5 22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4+ f6 24. a3 Re6 25. Ne3 Qc5 26. Nd5 Rae8 27. Rxe6 Rxe6
28. Qxc5 dxc5 29. Nxc7 Rc6 30. Ne8 Kg8 31. Rd1 Nf8 32. Nd6 f5 33. a4 Ne6 34.
axb5 axb5 35. Nxb5 Nxf4 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ Kf6 38. Rxh7 Kg5 39. b3 Ne6 40.
Kb2 Kh5 41. Rc7 Rb6 42. h7 Rb8 43. Re7 Ng5 44. f4 Nh3 45. Nc7 Rh8 46. Nd5 g5
47. fxg5 Nxg5 48. Re5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[Annotator "Huzman,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. O-O-O Qd7 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. Bxg5 f6 12. Be3 (12. Bf4 a6 13. Bd3
Ne5 14. Be2 Qa4 15. a3 O-O-O 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. cxd4 Ng6 18. Bg3 Bd5 19. f3 Rhe8
20. Bd3 Re7 21. h4 Rde8 22. h5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Borin,F-Bondielli,G/Arco 2003/EXT
2004 (44)}) 12... O-O-O 13. Be2 (13. Bb5 a6 14. Ba4 b5 15. Bb3 Bxb3 16. axb3
Qf5 17. c4 Kb7 18. Qd5 Qxd5 19. cxd5 Ne5 $14 {/=}) 13... Rhe8 14. h3 Kb8 15. b3
Ne7 {Black's maneuvres are directed against White main threat of c3-c4-c5. As
a result, White fails to turn his pair of Bs into a real attacking force.} 16.
f3 (16. c4 $5 b6 (16... Nf5 17. Bf4 g5 18. Bh2 Qc6 19. g4 Nh4 20. f4 $36) 17.
Bf3 Nf5 18. Bf4 Nh4 $11) 16... Bd5 17. c4 Bc6 18. Rhe1 b6 $11 19. Bf1 Ng6 20.
Bd4 Qf7 21. Kb2 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Re8 23. Qc3 Bb7 24. a4 (24. b4 $5 Ne5 (24... Nf4
25. Be3 Ne6 26. c5 $36) 25. c5 Bd5 $11) 24... a5 25. Bf2 Ne5 26. Re1 {f3-f4 is
quite risky, because it would result in weakening the strategic "e4" square.
Since there are no other possibilities to develop White's initiative, the draw
agreement looks pretty natural.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Ribli,Z"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 {Dieser Springerzug ist ebenso gut,
wie die populären Alternativen 4...Bb4 und 4...d5.} 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7.
Qb3 Bc5 $5 8. d3 (8. O-O O-O (8... c6 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 d5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12.
Nxd5 Be6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bd5 Rad8 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Rf1 {0-1 Bareev,
E-Svidler,P/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (33)}) 9. d3 h6 (9... c6) 10. Bd2 Re8
11. Bg2 c6 $5 {Ein Schlüsselzug in dieser Variante. Schwarz schränkt die
Beweglichkeit des Läufers g2 ein.} 12. Rac1 Bb6 13. Qa4 d6 14. b4 Be6 $11 {
. 0-1 Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/Dos Hermanas 1999/CBM 71/[Ribli] (77)}) 8... c6 (8...
h6 $6 9. h4 $5 (9. g4 c6 10. h4 Qb6 (10... d5 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13.
Bxh1 Ng4 14. cxd5 $1 Bxf2+ 15. Kd1 Bb6 16. Kc2 Bd7 17. dxc6 bxc6 (17... Bxc6)
18. Bd2 {1-0 Gulko,B-Hector,J/Kobenhavn 2000/ (31)}) 11. Qxb6 Bxb6 12. g5 hxg5
13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Bxh1 Nh7 15. f4 d6 16. Ne4 Bc7 17. fxe5 dxe5 18. b4 {
1-0 Van der Sterren,P-Balcerak,J/Germany 2000/CBM 82 ext (45)}) 9... Nh7 $2 10.
Ne4 $1 Be7 11. Qb5 c5 $6 12. Be3 a6 13. Qa4 Qc7 14. Nc3 $16 {1-0 Piket,
J-Avrukh,B/Amsterdam 82/23 2001/[Piket,Je] (39)}) 9. O-O (9. g4 d6 $5 10. g5
Nd7 $5 (10... Ng8 11. Na4 (11. Ne4 Bb6 (11... Ne7) 12. Qa3 Bc7 13. c5 dxc5 14.
Qxc5 Ne7 15. Bd2 Be6 16. Qa3 b6 17. Rc1 Bd5 {1-0 Zvjaginsev,V-Svidler,P/Moscow
2001/(44)}) 11... Ne7 $6 (11... Qa5+ $142) 12. Nxc5 dxc5 13. Be4 $1 O-O 14. h4
Nf5 15. Qc3 {0-1 Vallejo Pons,F-Gelfand,B/Pamplona 1999/CBM 75/41)}) 11. Ne4
O-O 12. Rg1 Bb6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 f5 15. gxf6 Nxf6 16. O-O-O Kh8 17. d4 Qe7
{1/2-1/2 Aronian,L-Gelfand,B/Saint Vincent 2005/(24)}) 9... O-O 10. Bg5 Be7 $1
{Ein starker Verteidigungszug: der Läufer geht zurück und verteidigt sich
gegen das Motiv Ne4.} (10... h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Nxc5 Qxc5 14. Qc3
a5 15. a3 (15. Rfc1 $5) 15... a4 16. Rfc1 Qe7 17. c5 d5 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Qb4
Qc7 20. Rc5 Be6 21. Rac1 Rfd8 22. Rb5 {1-0 Timman,J-Hector,J/Sigeman&Co 2005/
CBM107[Ribli](61)}) 11. Rfd1 $6 (11. Qc2 $5 {[%cal Yb2b4] Dieser Zug scheint
mir logischer, als die Partiefortsetzung, da Weiß eventuell nach 11...h6 12.
Bxf6 Bxf6 - 13.b4 ziehen kann.}) 11... d6 12. Rac1 h6 13. Bd2 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6
14. e3 Qc7 15. d4 exd4 16. exd4 Bh3) 13... Qc7 14. Bg2 Bf5 15. Qa4 (15. e4 Bd7)
15... Qd7 16. b4 a6 {[%cal Gb7b5][%mdl 32]} 17. Qb3 b5 $1 18. a4 Be6 {[%cal
Ge6b3]} 19. Qb2 $6 (19. Ne4 $1 $11) 19... d5 $1 $15 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] Schwarz
besitzt eine starke Zentrumstellung, mit besseren Gewinnaussichten.} 20. cxd5
cxd5 21. axb5 axb5 22. Ra1 (22. e3 {[%cal Gc3e2]}) 22... Rfc8 23. Rdc1 Bh3 24.
Bh1 (24. Bxh3 $2 Qxh3 25. f3 $17) 24... Rxa1 25. Rxa1 d4 $1 26. Ne4 Nd5 {
[%csl Rb4,Yc3][%cal Gd5b4,Gd5c3]} 27. Qa3 (27. Bf3 Bg4 $15) 27... Qc7 {[%cal
Gc8c1] Schwarz kontrolliert die c-Linie und provoziert den nachfolgenden
Fehler.} 28. Rc1 $2 $138 {[#]} Bxb4 $1 $19 {[%mdl 64] Mit dieser kleiner
Kombination gewinnt Schwarz einen Schlüsselbauern und die Partie.} 29. Qb2 (29.
Rxc7 Bxa3 30. Rxc8+ (30. Rb7 Nc3) 30... Bxc8 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Bxd5) 29... Qe7
30. Nf6+ (30. Rxc8+ Bxc8 31. Bxb4 Qxb4 32. Qxb4 Nxb4 33. Nd6 Bd7 $19) 30...
gxf6 (30... Qxf6 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Bxd5 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Qa6 $19) 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8
32. Bxd5 Bxd2 33. Qxd2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Bd7 8. a4
Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. f4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. b4 O-O 13. b5 Be8 14. e5 Qc7 15. b6
Qc6 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Bf3 Qb8 18. Qe5 Bd6 19. Qd4 Be7 20. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Be3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2
O-O 9. Nb3 Bxe3 10. Qxe3 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. c4 Ne5 13. N1d2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7
15. Bb1 Rad8 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Qf2 Ba8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Qe8 13. Nd4 Ngxe5 14. Nxb5 d6
15. Ba4 Bg4 16. Qc2 f5 17. Nd2 Qg6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bxd4 20. exf5 Bxf5 21.
Qxc7 Bd3 22. Bxe5 dxe5 23. Nf3 Bxf1 24. Rxf1 Qf7 25. Qxf7+ Rxf7 26. Bc6 Kf8 27.
b3 Rc7 28. Bd5 h6 29. h4 Rc5 30. Bc4 Ra5 31. Rd1 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33. Nd2 Rd8
34. Ne4 Rd1+ 35. Kh2 Re1 36. Bd5 Rd1 37. Bc4 Rd4 38. f3 Rd1 39. h5 Bd4 40. Kh3
Rg1 41. g3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Ne7 7. d4 Ng6 8.
Na3 Be7 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Be3 Qxd1 11. Rfxd1 Ba6 12. Ne1 Rd8 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14.
Nd3 c4 15. Nb4 Bxb4 16. cxb4 Kc7 17. Rd1 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Nb1 Rd8 20. Rxd8
Kxd8 21. Nc3 Ke7 22. Kf1 Kd6 23. Ke2 Ke5 24. Kd2 Bc8 25. b5 cxb5 26. Nxb5 Bd7
27. Na3 Kd4 28. f3 f5 29. e5 c3+ 30. bxc3+ Kxe5 31. Kd3 Kd5 32. c4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Na6 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Nb4 12. Rd1 b6 {This line was examined
in CBM104, annotations to the game between the same players!} 13. Bg5 {[%mdl 4]
A logical developing move.} (13. Qb3 {-see Bareev-Sutovsky in CBM107.}) 13...
h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Rd2 {After this move the position of Black's b4 knight
becomes quite foolish.} (15. Qb3 $5 {is also possible:} Re8 16. Rd2 Bg4 17.
Rad1 a5 18. h3 a4 19. Qc4 Bd7 20. a3 Na6 21. d6 Kg7 22. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2
Gyimesi,Z-Iordachescu,V/Tusnad 2005/CBM 106 ext (65)}) {However, White
shouldn't fear the exchange of the light-squared bishops!} 15... Ba6 16. Qb3
Bxe2 {In the following game Black equalized but White's play can certainly be
improved:} (16... Qd7 17. Bxa6 Nxa6 18. Re1 (18. Qc4 $5) (18. d6 $5) 18... Rfe8
19. Rde2 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Nc7 21. Ne5 Bxe5 22. Rxe5 Re8 23. f4 Kg7 24. h3 f6 25.
Rxe8 Nxe8 26. Qb5 Qe7 27. Kf2 Nd6 28. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Lputian,S-Kalantarian,N/
Yerevan 1995/CBM 050}) 17. Nxe2 Qd7 (17... Qd6 18. Ng3 Rfe8 19. Qc4 $16) (17...
Na6 {looks too ugly.}) 18. Qc4 {[%csl Rb4]} Rfe8 19. Rad1 (19. a3 {is
premature:} b5 20. Qxc5 Nd3 21. Rxd3 Rac8 $1 22. Qb4 Rxe2 $44) 19... a5 {
Freeing the knight but terribly weakening the b5 square.} (19... b5 20. Qxc5
Nd3 21. Qa3 $1 $16) 20. Nc3 $1 {Of course!} Na6 21. d6 Nb4 22. a3 Bxc3 (22...
Nc6 23. Nd5 Bd8 24. Nc7 $1 Bxc7 25. dxc7 $18) 23. bxc3 {[%csl Rb6] Now the
backward b6 pawn on the open file becomes weak.} Nc6 24. Rd5 Re6 25. h3 Rae8
26. Qb3 Rb8 27. a4 Rb7 28. Qc4 Kg7 29. Qf4 Rb8 30. Qc4 Rb7 31. Qa2 {Still,
it's not easy to win as Black's weaknesses (the b6 pawn and White's passed
pawn) are close to each other. Fortunately, the opponent is always there to
help!} Qd8 $4 {[%mdl 16384] Curiously, I committed the same mistake against
Grischuk (see CBM110). Do blockading pieces sometimes get tired of their
thankless role?} 32. d7 $1 {Of course! This pawn cuts up Black's position like
a knife.} Ne7 (32... Re7 33. Qd2) 33. R5d3 Ng8 34. c4 Ne7 (34... Nf6 35. Qb2
Kg8 36. Ne5 {[%cal Rd3d6]}) 35. Qb2+ Kh7 36. Ne5 Kg8 37. Rd6 {After the rook
exchange White has many winning plans, the simplest being an attack of the
defenseless f7 pawn.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nce2 $5 {A very rare continuation, but not
such a bad one - White's idea is to trade the dark-squared bishops reducing
Black's attacking potential on the queenside.} Qe7 (11... Qc7 12. h4 b5 13.
Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Nf3 b4 16. Ng5 Re8 $13 {Luther,T-Knaak,R/Berlin 1990}
) (11... Na5 12. Ng3 b5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Kb1 Rc8 15. h4 Nc6 16. Nge2 Qe7 17. Nxc6
Rxc6 18. Nd4 Rc7 19. Bd3 $14 {Anand,V-Shirov,A/Monte Carlo 2000}) 12. Nb3 Bxe3
13. Qxe3 f6 $1 {Starting counterplay in the center.} 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. h3 {
White is forced to waste a tempo since Ng4 is not so easy to meet. For example
after} (15. Ned4 Ng4 16. Qf3 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 e5 $1 18. h3 (18. Qxd5+ $6 Kh8 $36)
18... exd4 19. hxg4 Qe3+ $11) 15... a5 16. a3 (16. Nbd4 a4 17. a3 Ne4 18. g3 e5
$13) 16... b5 17. g4 a4 18. Nbd4 Na5 $1 {[%cal Ga5c4,Gf6e4] Active counterplay
is much more important than the pawn!} 19. Nxb5 (19. Nc3 $6 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4
21. Nxe6 Rb8 $40) 19... Nc4 20. Qd4 Bd7 21. Nec3 (21. Nbc3 $2 Rab8) 21... Rac8
(21... Bxb5 $142 $1 22. Nxb5 Rfc8 23. Bxc4 ({After} 23. Re1 Rab8 24. g5 Nh5 25.
Na7 Rc7 26. Bxc4 dxc4 $17 {the knight is trapped on a7.}) 23... Rxc4 24. Qb6 (
24. Qe5 Re4 25. Qc7 Qxc7 26. Nxc7 Rc8 27. Nb5 Rxf4 $15) 24... Nd7 25. Qf2 Rb8
26. Nd4 Nc5 $36) 22. f5 Bxb5 23. Nxb5 Ne4 (23... e5 24. Qa7 Qd8 25. Qxa4) 24.
Bxc4 $5 {The black knights are very annoying on e4 and c4, so Svidler decides
to trade them.} (24. Bd3 Qg5+ 25. Kb1 Ned2+ (25... Ncd2+ 26. Ka1 Nf3 27. Qb6
$14) 26. Ka2 Rb8 27. h4 Qe7 28. Rxd2 Nxd2 29. fxe6 Qxe6 $15) 24... Rxc4 25. Qe5
{White gets 2 pawns for the exchange so it's hard to call this move a
sacrifice.} Nf2 26. Qxe6+ Qxe6 27. fxe6 Nxd1 {Taking the ''right'' rook!} (
27... Nxh1 $2 28. e7 Re8 29. Nd6 Rxe7 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Rxh1 Re3 32. Kd2 Rg3
33. Re1 $16 {[%cal Ge1e4]}) 28. e7 Rb8 29. Rxd1 ({Unfortunately for Svidler} 
29. Nd6 Nxb2 30. e8=Q+ Rxe8 31. Nxe8 Nd3+ 32. Kb1 Nf2 33. Rf1 Ne4 $19 {[%csl
Re8] doesn't work as the white knight is trapped on e8.}) 29... Re4 30. Nc3
Rxe7 31. Nxa4 Re3 32. Rxd5 Rxh3 33. c4 Rh4 34. c5 Rxg4 35. Nb6 ({Svidler is
not willing to take risks after} 35. b4 Ra8 36. Nc3 Rxa3 37. Kb2 Ra8 38. Kb3 {
with a very complicated struggle.}) 35... Kf7 36. a4 Rxb6 $1 {Forcing a draw.}
37. cxb6 Rxa4 38. b7 Rb4 39. Rd7+ Ke6 (39... Kf6 $2 40. Kc2 h5 41. Kc3 Rb5 (
41... Rb6 42. Rd6+ $18) 42. b4 Ke6 43. Rxg7 Kd6 44. Kc4 $18) 40. Rxg7 h5 41.
Kc2 Kd6 42. Kc3 Rb5 43. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2005.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2005.12.19"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.04.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb5 a6 9. Be2 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Bf3 Nc6 12. Nge2 Qd6 13. O-O Rad8 14. Qb3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 d5 5. Ne2 Nxe4 6. O-O Nc6 7. f4 Be7 8. dxe5
f5 9. Kh1 Bc5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Qc2 Na5 12. g4 Be6 13. gxf5 g6 14. Rd1 gxf5 15.
Nd4 Nc4 16. Rg1+ Kf7 17. Re1 Na3 18. Qa4 Nd6 19. Qa6 b5 20. Qxa7 Rh8 21. Re3
Ke8 22. Bf1 Bc8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2609"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Nf6 9. d5 Nb4 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 a5 12. Bc3 d6 13. Re1 Na6 14. h3 Nc5 15.
Bb5 Nfxe4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qd4+ Nf6 18. Nc4 b6 19. Bc6 Rb8 20. Re3 b5 21. Na3
Bd7 22. Rae1 Bxc6 23. dxc6 e5 24. Rxe5 dxe5 25. Qxc5 Qb6 26. Rxe5 Rfc8 27. Nd4
b4 28. Nc4 a4 29. Nd6 Nd7 30. c7 Ra8 31. Nxc8 Ra7 32. Nb5 Nb8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B21"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. f4 d5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. c3 e6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O Nge7 10. Na3 a6 11. Qf2 Rc8 12. Nc2 O-O 13. e5 d4 14. c4 f6 15. exf6
Rxf6 16. Bd2 Qd6 17. b4 Nxb4 18. Nxb4 cxb4 19. Rab1 Nc6 20. Bf3 a5 21. Qe2 Rc7
22. h4 Ne7 23. g4 h5 24. Be4 hxg4 25. Qxg4 Nf5 26. Rf2 b6 27. Re1 Bh6 28. Rf3
Rg7 29. Re2 Ne3 30. Bxe3 dxe3 31. Rexe3 Bxf4 32. Re2 a4 33. Kg2 a3 34. d4 g5
35. h5 Ra7 36. c5 bxc5 37. dxc5 Qxc5 38. Bb1 Qd5 39. Be4 Qb5 40. Bd3 Qd5 41.
Be4 Qd1 42. Rf1 Qd4 43. Bb1 Be5 44. Qxd4 Bxd4 45. Rxf6 Bxf6 46. Rxe6 Kg7 47.
Kf3 Bd4 48. Rc6 Bb6 49. Ke4 Bd8 50. Rc7+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shipov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2576"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bd3 dxe4 8.
Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qxe4 Bc6 11. Qe2 Nd7 12. O-O a5 13. Rd1 Qc7 14. b4
Be7 15. Bb2 Bf6 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 axb4 18. Bc4 O-O 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5
exd5 21. Rxd5 Rfe8 22. Qg4 Ne5 23. Qxb4 f6 24. h3 Qf7 25. Qb3 Nc6 26. Rad1 Red8
27. Rd7 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Qxb3 29. axb3 Ra2 30. Bc3 Rc2 31. Rd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 g6 8. Bg5
Bg7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Bb3 Qe8 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 Nh5 13. Nc4 Nf4 14. Ne3 Rc8 15.
d4 Kh7 16. Nd5 g5 17. Nxf4 gxf4 18. Qd3 Ne7 19. Rad1 Bg4 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. h3
Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qg5 23. Qg4 Bf6 24. Rd3 Kg6 25. Red1 Rce8 26. dxe5 Re7 27. f3 Rh8
28. Kf2 c6 29. Rh1 b5 30. g3 Rh7 31. Kg2 fxg3 32. Bc2 d5 33. Rdd1 Kg7 34. Rd2
Rc7 35. f4 Rd7 36. Kxg3 Kf8 37. a4 Kg7 38. fxg5 Kf8 39. exf6 Ke8 40. Qd1 1-0

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 f5 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Nh3 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. e3 c5
9. Nf4 Nc6 10. Be2 cxd4 11. exd4 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. d5 Nd4 14. O-O Bd7 15.
Qd2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Bg5 17. g3 Bf6 18. b3 g5 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. dxe6 Bxe6 21. Nb5
Be5 22. Rfd1 f4 23. Nxd6 e3 24. fxe3 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rc7 26. Qc2 Rg7 27. Qe4 Qa5
28. b4 Qxa2 29. Qxe5 Bh3 30. Qd5+ Kh8 31. Qd2 Qa3 32. Qc3 Qa6 33. b5 Qb6 34. c5
Qc7 35. Bf1 Bg4 36. Rd2 Bf3 37. Bg2 Qe7 38. Rf2 g4 39. Rcf1 b6 40. Bxf3 Rxf3
41. Rxf3 bxc5 42. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. h3 Nh6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Nf3 f6 8. Be3
d6 9. c3 Nf7 10. O-O e5 11. Nd2 Rb8 12. Rab1 f5 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 g5 15. Bh2
f4 16. Nc2 d5 17. d4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. Kh1 Nd6 20. Nc4 Nxc4 21. b3 Re8 22.
Bg1 Rxe4 23. bxc4 a6 24. Rbc1 Kf7 25. Rb1 Bxd4 26. c5 h5 27. Rb3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 b5 7. Qd2 Bb7 8. f3
Nf6 9. g4 d6 10. g5 Nfd7 11. a4 b4 12. Nce2 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Nf4 g6 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Nb3 Bg7 17. Qxd5 O-O 18. Qxa8 Qxc2 19. Nd2 Nc6 20. Qxa6 Re8 21.
Ne4 Bxb2 22. Bd3 Qg2 23. Rg1 Qxf3 24. Kd2 Nce5 25. Rg3 Qh5 26. Rf1 Qxh2+ 27.
Rf2 Qh1 28. Rf1 Qh2+ 29. Be2 Bc3+ 30. Kd1 b3 31. Bf2 Rd8 32. Kc1 Qh4 33. Nxc3
Qb4 34. Rd1 Nb8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Na3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Qc7 4. c3 Nf6 5. Qe2 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. h3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 Be6 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Rxd4 Rac8 16. Bf4 Qc5 17. Qd2 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Re1 b4 21.
Nb1 Bxa2 22. Rdxe4 Qc2 23. Qd7 Rc7 24. Qg4 h5 25. Qxh5 Bxb1 26. e6 Rb7 27. Be5
f6 28. Bd4 Qxe4 29. Rxe4 Bxe4 30. Qg4 Bd5 31. h4 Rc7 32. Qf5 Rd8 33. h5 Rc4 34.
Be3 Be4 35. Qa5 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 Rd5 37. Qxa6 Rxh5+ 38. Kg3 Bd5 39. f3 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. b3 Be7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Na4 Rb8 13. c4 c5 14. f4 Nd7 15.
Qe2 Bb7 16. Rae1 Rbd8 17. Nc3 Nb8 18. Qg4 g6 19. f5 Nd7 20. fxe6 Ne5 21. exf7+
Rxf7 22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Rf2 Kg7 24. Ref1 Re8 25. Bh3 a5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Rff8
28. Be6 Qa7 29. Kg2 h5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31. Rf7+ Rxf7 32. Rxf7+ Qxf7 33. Bxf7 Kxf7
34. Qd2 Ra8 35. h4 Kg7 36. Kh3 Bd4 37. g4 hxg4+ 38. Kxg4 Be5 39. h5 gxh5+ 40.
Kxh5 Kf7 41. Kg4 Ke7 42. Qh6 Rg8+ 43. Kf5 Rf8+ 44. Ke4 Rf6 45. Qg7+ Rf7 46. Qg8
Rf8 47. Qh7+ Rf7 48. Qh3 Kd8 49. a3 Rf4+ 50. Ke3 a4 51. bxa4 Rxc4 52. Qh7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Korotylev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2609"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 c6 8. a4
b6 9. Bg5 Bb7 10. Nh4 g6 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Nf3 Ng4 13. Bd2 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nge5 15.
Ba2 Nf6 16. f4 Ned7 17. Qf3 Bf8 18. Nde2 Bg7 19. Ng3 a6 20. Rad1 b5 21. Bc1 Qc7
22. Kh1 b4 23. Nb1 Nc5 24. Nd2 Nxa4 25. Nc4 d5 26. Ne5 Nc5 27. exd5 cxd5 28.
Qf2 a5 29. Be3 Rac8 30. Bd4 Ne6 31. c3 Nxd4 32. cxd4 a4 33. f5 b3 34. Bb1 Re7
35. fxg6 fxg6 36. Qd2 Qd6 37. Rf1 Ne4 38. Nxe4 dxe4 39. Qa5 e3 40. Rg1 e2 41.
Rde1 Qxd4 42. Nf3 Qf4 43. Qxa4 Qxa4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Superblitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.01.05"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.01.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bc2 Nc6 7. d3 e6 8. Nbd2
d5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Nf1 O-O 11. Ng3 Bg6 12. O-O Qc7 13. Nh2 b5 14. f4 c4 15. d4
dxe4 16. Nxe4 Rad8 17. Nf3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 Rd5 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21.
fxg5 Qd7 22. Bf4 a5 23. a4 b4 24. Qe2 Rc8 25. h4 Ne7 26. Rf3 Rf5 27. g4 Rd5 28.
Raf1 bxc3 29. bxc3 Qxa4 30. Be5 Rf8 31. h5 Nc6 32. Bxg7 Kxg7 33. h6+ Kg8 34.
Qxe6 Nxd4 35. cxd4 Qd7 36. Qf6 Qxg4+ 37. Kf2 Qxd4+ 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39. Rf5 a4 40.
Ra1 c3 41. Rc5 f6 42. Ke3 Rd6 43. gxf6 Rdxf6 44. Rxa4 Rxh6 45. Rg4+ Kh8 46.
Rxc3 Rh3+ 47. Kd2 Rd8+ 48. Kc2 Rxc3+ 49. Kxc3 h6 50. Rd4 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2006.02.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2518"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. h4 Ngf6 7. f3 b5 8. O-O-O
Bb7 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 e5 11. d5 Qe7 12. g4 Nb6 13. a3 Nfd7 14. Nge2 Nc5 15.
Kb1 O-O-O 16. Nc1 Kb8 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. cxb3 f5 19. Qe3 fxe4 20. fxe4 Rhf8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2006.02.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. c3
Be7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. Bxh6 gxh6 11. Qd2 Kg7 12. Nc1 c5 13. Nd3 Qb6 14. a3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 a5 16. Nf4 Rfc8 17. Rac1 Rc6 18. a4 Rac8 19. Bb5 Bb4 20. Qe3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Rxc1+ 22. Qxc1 Qd8 23. h4 Nb8 24. Nh2 Qxh4 25. g3 Qd8 26. Ng4 Be7 27. Nxg6 hxg6
28. Qxh6+ Kg8 29. Qf4 Kg7 30. Qc1 Bg5 31. Qc5 Be7 32. Qc3 Bb4 33. Qc1 Be7 34.
Kg2 Bg5 35. Qc5 Be7 36. Qc3 Bb4 37. Qc1 Be7 38. Bd3 Kg8 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Ng4
Kg8 41. Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpB"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "2006.02.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.02.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Qa5 10. Ra2 Qb6 11. Ne2 b4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Ra1 Nc6 14. b3 Bb7 15. Nc3
Qc7 16. Na4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bb4 18. c3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Be7 20. Bd3 O-O 21. O-O f5
22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Qe3 Rae8 24. b4 e5 25. fxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxf8+ Nxf8 27. Bxe5 Rxe5
28. Qc5 Qd8 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. Rf1 Ne6 31. Qf2 Qe7 32. Qg3 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7.
dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ {This check does not
allow black to hide his king on the queenside. The black king is forced to
stay in the centre where it might be vulnerable.} Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 {Topalov
already played this position also as white.} (12... Be6 13. Nd4 Bc4 14. Rfe1
Bb4 15. Nf5 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Rg8 17. a3 h6 18. Bc1 Be6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2741)
-Kramnik,V (2770)/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103 (34)}) 13. Nd4 (13. Rd2 Be6 14. Rfd1
Be7 15. Ne2 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxg5 17. f4 Be7 18. Nd4 Bc5 19. Kh2 Bxd4 20. Rxd4 f6
$15 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2727)-Kramnik,V (2770)/Dortmund 2004/CBM 103 (25)}) (
13. a3 h6 14. Bc1 Rd8 15. Rfe1 Be7 16. Ne4 Be6 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. Nd4 Bd7 19.
f4 Nh4 20. Kf2 h5 21. g3 Nf5 22. Nf3 c5 23. Rd1 Ke8 24. Nc3 Nd4 25. Nd5 Bd8 26.
Nxd4 cxd4 27. Rxd4 Bxh3 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2735)-Vallejo Pons,F (2662)/
Benidorm 2003/CBM 99 (61)}) 13... h6 14. Be3 h5 $146 {Black is fighting
against white's pawns offensive on the kingside. Also, after the forthcoming
h5-h4 black's rook gets a chance to join the battle via h5.} ({The plan
adopted by Almasi is probably safer:} 14... Bb4 15. f4 Bxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. Ne2
b6 18. Ng3 h5 19. f5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 f6 21. Rfe1 Ba4 {1/2-1/2 Shirov,A (2715)
-Almasi,Z (2644)/Monaco 2002/CBM 087 ext (21)}) 15. f4 h4 16. f5 $3 {[%mdl 512]
A very deep and sound pawn sacrifice based mainly on intuition. At the price
of a pawn Svidler seizes the initiative.} (16. Rd3 Bc5 17. Rfd1 Bxd4 18. Rxd4
Bf5 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. f6 $1 {[%mdl 32] It's very important to prevent from
black to play f7-f6, so that the knight won't have a stronghold on e5.} Rh5 18.
Ne4 g6 (18... Nc4 19. Bf4 Nxb2 20. Rb1 {is bad for black.}) 19. Bf4 c5 (19...
Bd6 $2 20. g4 $1 hxg3 21. Nxg3 Rxh3 22. Rde1 Kf8 23. Rxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 $16)
20. Nf3 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 {Black's main problem is his king which is highly
vulnerable in the centre and disconnected rooks. In my opinion, the position
remains playable for black, but from psychological point of view it's much
easier to be on the offensive side.} Be6 (21... Rf5 $6 22. Re3 $1 Be6 ({
A spectacular mate is after} 22... Rxf4 23. Nd6+ Kd8 24. Re8+ $1 Bxe8 25. Nxf7+
Kc8 26. Rd8#) 23. Bxc7 c4 24. Re2 $1 Rc8 25. Red2 Rd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5
Rxc7 28. Kf2 {[%csl Rh4] with a good winning chances for white.}) 22. Rfd3 ({
After} 22. Ng5 $6 Rd8 23. Re1 c4 24. Nxe6 fxe6 25. Rxe6+ Kf7 {[%cal Gd8d1,
Gf8c5] white loses all his trumps.}) 22... c4 23. R3d2 c6 24. Ng5 Bc5+ 25. Kh2
Bd5 $6 {This moment was rather critical.} (25... c3 $1 26. bxc3 Bxa2 {Looks
rather risky for black, but some concrete variations does not confirm that
white has more than equality here. For instanse:} 27. Rd7 ({Not dangerous for
black:} 27. Ne4 Bf8) ({Or:} 27. Re1+ Kf8 28. Rd7 Bf2) 27... b6 28. Rb7 (28. Ne4
$2 Be6 29. Nxc5 $2 (29. Rc7 Rd5 30. Nxc5 bxc5 31. Re7+ Kf8 $15) 29... Bxd7 30.
Nxd7 Rf5 $1 31. Bc7 Rd5 {and after the exchange of rooks black is simply
winning.}) 28... Bd5 29. Re1+ (29. c4 $5 Bxc4 30. Rdd7 (30. Ne4 Rd5 31. Re1 Kf8
32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. Ree7 Rf5 34. Rxa7 Rxa7 35. Bh6+ Kg8 36. Re8+ Kh7 37. Bg7 Rxf6
$8 38. Bxf6 g5 {black saves his king and even gets some winning chances.})
30... Rxg5 31. Bxg5 a5 32. Be3 Bxe3 33. Re7+ Kf8 34. Rxe3 b5 $132 {[%csl Ga5]})
29... Kf8 30. c4 Bxc4 31. Ree7 a5 (31... Bxe7 $2 32. fxe7+ Kg7 (32... Ke8 33.
Ne4 {mating.}) 33. Be5+ $1 Kh6 34. Bb8 $18) 32. Rxf7+ Bxf7 33. Rxf7+ Ke8 (33...
Kg8 $2 34. Rg7+ Kf8 35. Ne6+ Ke8 36. f7+ $18) 34. Rg7 (34. Rb7 $2 Rxg5 $1 35.
Bxg5 Kf8 36. Rh7 Kg8 37. Rg7+ Kh8 $17 {[%csl Ga5]} (37... Kf8 $4 38. Bh6 $18))
34... a4 35. f7+ Ke7 36. f8=Q+ Kxf8 37. Ne6+ Ke8 38. Nc7+ Kf8 39. Ne6+ Ke8 $11)
26. Re2+ Kf8 27. Rde1 b5 ({Here} 27... c3 {was not so sound due to simple} 28.
b3 {and the Pc3 will be a target.}) 28. c3 a5 29. a3 Rc8 30. g4 {The only way
to make progress.} hxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Be6 $6 ({The bold} 31... Ra8 $1 {would have
been patient. Ok, white has the initiative, but I don't see a clear plan of
improvement.}) 32. h4 $1 (32. Nxe6+ fxe6 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Bd6 (34. Kg4 Rf5 $11)
34... Rg5+ $1 35. Kf3 Rf5+ 36. Kg4 Bxd6 37. Rxd6 Rc7 $11) 32... Kg8 $2 {
Topalov is really eager too change the course of the game, but after the move
in the text his position is beyond saving.} ({It was necessary to come back
with the bishop:} 32... Bd5) 33. Re5 $1 (33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Rxe6 Rf5 {with good
drawish chances.}) 33... Bf8 (33... Bd6 34. Rxe6 $1 Bxf4+ 35. Kxf4 fxe6 36. Kg4
{followed by 37.Rxe6. Despite being an exchange down, white has a winning
position. Black's rooks are actually out of play.}) 34. Nxe6 {Now it's the
right time for this capture, since black's Rh5 won't come out.} fxe6 35. Rd1 $1
{It's very important to control the "d" file.} Rh7 (35... Kf7 36. Bg5 {[%csl
Yh5] locking the rook.}) 36. Rxe6 Rb7 37. Re4 {Preventing black's possible
counterplay with b5-b4.} Kf7 38. Bg5 Re8 39. Rxe8 Kxe8 40. Kg4 Rh7 (40... Rd7
$2 41. f7+ $1 Rxf7 42. Rd8#) (40... a4 {might be an improvement, but from
psychological point of view it was obviously hard for Topalov to make such a
move which deprives of any counterplay.}) 41. Re1+ Kd7 42. a4 $1 {Breaking
black's pawns chain, Svidler gets additional targets for his rook.} bxa4 43.
Re5 c5 44. Bf4 Rh8 45. Bg3 $1 {Black is actually in zugzwang.} Bh6 46. Re7+ Kc6
47. Bf4 Bxf4 48. Kxf4 Rh5 (48... Rxh4+ 49. Kg5 $18) 49. Re5 Rxh4+ 50. Kg5 $1
Rh5+ 51. Kxg6 Rxe5 52. f7 {Black can't stop the pawn, but white still has to
be precise in the forthcoming queen vs rook endgame.} Re6+ 53. Kg5 Re5+ 54. Kg4
Re4+ 55. Kg3 Re3+ 56. Kf2 a3 $1 57. f8=Q axb2 (57... a2 58. Qc8+ $1 (58. Qh6+
$2 {might still spoil it:} Kb5 59. Qh1 Rh3 $1 60. Qa1 a4 61. Qxa2 Rh1 $1 {
locking the queen. White can't win this position!}) 58... Kb5 (58... Kb6 59.
Qd8+ Ka6 60. Qd6+ Kb7 61. Qd7+ Kb6 62. Qa4 $18 {just like after 58...Kb5.}) 59.
Qd7+ Kb6 60. Qa4 Rh3 61. Qxa2 Kb5 62. Qb1 $18) 58. Qc8+ Kb5 $1 {The last
chance is stalemate!} 59. Qb7+ Ka4 60. Kxe3 (60. Qxb2 $4 Rf3+ $11) 60... Ka3
61. Qb5 a4 62. Qxc5+ Kb3 63. Qb4+ Kc2 64. Qxa4+ Kxc3 65. Qa5+ Kc2 66. Qf5+ Kc1
67. Qf1+ {[%mdl 4096] Perfect endgame technique by Svidler!} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. h4
Nc6 9. e5 Bf5 10. Be2 Nb4 11. g4 Nc2+ 12. Kf1 Nxe3+ 13. fxe3 Be6 14. Nh3 f6 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Kg1 Bf7 17. Ng5 e5 18. Nxf7 Rxf7 19. dxe5 Bxe5 20. Ne4 Bxb2 21.
Rb1 Qe7 22. Bf3 Bg7 23. Ng5 Rff8 24. Qb3+ Kh8 25. Bxb7 Rab8 26. Be4 Bf6 27. Qc2
Rbe8 28. Rf1 Qd7 29. Bf3 Rxe3 30. Rh3 Bd4 31. Kg2 Nd5 32. Kh1 Nf4 33. Bc6 Rxh3+
34. Nxh3 Qxg4 35. Bg2 Nxg2 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Qxc7+ Kxf8 38. Qd6+ Kg7 39. Qe7+
Kh6 40. Qg5+ Qxg5 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 {Leko has
include d the Najdorf in his repertoire only recently and we can feel the
inheritance of his long practice with the Sveshnikov still: with the first
given opportunity, he drives the enemy knight away from the centre, without
caring about the relative weakness of the d5-square too much.} 7. Nf3 Be7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O Be6 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. c3 Na5
15. Re1 Rc8 16. h3 {#} b5 ({This is a significant improvement over Leko's
previous game in this variation.} 16... Nb6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Re2
Rc6 20. Qd3 Qc7 21. Rd1 Nc4 22. b3 Nb6 23. c4 Nc8 24. Red2 {and Black found
himself in a very passive position, Anand-Leko, Wijk aan Zee 2006. The idea
behind the novelty is to cut off the support provided by the b3-bishop to the
central knight.}) 17. Nh2 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. b4 cxb3 20. axb3 Bxd5 21. Qxd5
Rxc3 {Mutual weaknesses compensate each other in the final position.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 {#This method
of play against the Petroff becomes more and more popular. Instead of trying
to prove (and, what's even more difficult, convert) a strategic superiority in
the main lines, White aims for rapid piece development in a position with open
centre.} Be7 7. Bf4 ({This move is aimed to prevent a further knight jump to
e5. Svidler has nice memories with} 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Ne5 10. h4
Re8 11. h5 Bf6 12. Kb1 a6 13. Nh2 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bf3 Bxf3 {
and now the paradoxical} 17. gxf3 $5 {led to an interesting fight in
Svidler-Kramnik, Moscow 2005, which eventually ended with White's win.}) 7...
O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 {Now that the knight has defined its plans,
the bishop retreats to a more stable square.} Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13.
h4 {An important element of White's plan. White intends to activate his rook
by means of either Rh3-g3 or Ng5 and if N(B)xg5, then hxg5.} Qd7 14. Qd3 Qa4
15. Ng5 Nf8 {#} 16. Qd5 ({A strong novelty. White allows the exchange of
queens, but improves his structure of pawns dramatically.} 16. Kb1 c6 17. Qf5
f6 18. Ne6 Nxe6 19. Qxe6+ Kh8 20. Qf7 Qe4 21. h5 Rf8 {was OK for Black in
Todorovic-Antic, Kopaonik 2005.}) 16... Bxg5 17. hxg5 Qe4 18. c4 Qxd5 19. cxd5
{In spite of simplifications, White retains a huge advantage of space on both
wings. This will allow him to radically activate his rooks.} Nd7 20. Rd3 f6 21.
Rc3 Rac8 22. Rh4 Re7 23. Rhc4 Nb6 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. a4 {#There
are several elements that define White's clear advantage: his active rooks,
Black's numerous weaknesses as well as the already mentioned advantage of
space.} Kf8 27. Kd2 Rg7 28. g3 Ke8 29. Rf3 Rg6 30. Rh4 h6 31. Re4+ Kd7 32. Re6
Rf8 33. c4 h5 34. Rf5 Rg4 35. b3 {#} h4 {Possibly fearing the activation of
the white king, Black decides to abandon his passivity at the cost of one pawn.
} 36. gxh4 Rxh4 37. Rfxf6 Rxf6 38. Rxf6 Ke7 39. Re6+ Kf7 40. Re3 Rh1 41. Rf3+
Ke7 42. Ke3 Re1+ 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. Rh3 Re2 45. Rh7 Rxf2+ 46. Ke3 Rb2 47. Rxc7
Rxb3+ 48. Kd4 Rb4 49. Rd7 Rxa4 50. Rxd6+ Ke7 51. Rxb6 Ra7 52. c5 Kd8 53. Ke5
Kc7 54. Rh6 {#With a normal placement of pieces, Black should hold this
position. However, with such an extremely passive rook, he is just lost.} Ra5
55. Rh7+ Kb8 56. Rh8+ Ka7 57. d6 Rxc5+ 58. Ke6 Rc6 59. Ke7 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 c5 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 cxd4 9. Qxd4 Qxd4 10. cxd4 e6 11. Rb1 Be7 12. Bxe7 {The simplest course for
White in this system. He hopes to make use of his "better" bishop and pawn
advantage in the centre.} Kxe7 {[%mdl 4096]} 13. Bd3 (13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Bb5 Bd7
15. Kd2 Rhc8 16. Rhc1 f6 17. e4 Na5 18. Bxd7 {1/2-1/2 Ogaard,L-Spiridonov,N/
Pernik 1976/EXT 99}) (13. g3 $5 {is an interesting plan introduced by GM Igor
Khenkin back in the 80s. The white bishop is quite strong on the long diagonal
and Black must defend accurately:} Nd7 (13... Nc6 14. Bg2 Kd6 15. Nf3 h6 16.
Ke2 Rb8 17. Rhc1 b6 $4 (17... Bd7 18. Nd2 $1) 18. Rxc6+ Kxc6 19. Ne5+ Kd6 20.
Nxf7+ Kd7 21. Nxh8 Ba6+ 22. Ke1 Rxh8 23. Rc1 g5 24. Rc3 Bc8 25. d5 Kd6 26. Rc6+
Ke7 27. Bh3 {1-0 De Vries,S-Jacquet,I/Dieren 1991/EXT 2000}) 14. Bg2 Rb8 15.
Rc1 (15. Ne2 b6 16. Kd2 Ba6 17. Rhc1 Rbc8 18. f4 f5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. Nc3 Nf6
$11 {1/2-1/2 Serper,G-Semeniuk,A/Novosibirsk 1989/TD (41)}) 15... Nf6 (15... a5
$6 16. Kd2 Rd8 17. Ne2 b6 18. Rc7 Ba6 19. Nc3 Kf8 20. f4 Nf6 21. Rb1 b5 22. Ra7
Rd6 23. Rc1 $16 {1-0 Khenkin,I-Yuferov,S/Belgorod 1989/TD (59)}) 16. Nf3 Bd7
17. Ne5 Rhc8 18. Kd2 b6 19. Bc6 Ke8 20. Nxd7 Nxd7 21. h4 Ke7 22. h5 Nf6 23.
hxg6 hxg6 24. Bf3 Kd7 {1/2-1/2 Thiele,M-Olthof,R/Netherlands 1995/EXT 99})
13... Nc6 (13... Nd7 $142 {. That position of the knight may look passive but,
as we'll see, it will have even less prospects on c6 and badly disturb the
other black pieces. For 13...Nd7 here are some examples:} 14. Nf3 b6 15. Be4 (
15. Ke2 Bb7 16. Rhc1 Rac8 17. g3 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 20. g4 h6 21.
h4 Bb7 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Bd5 24. a3 Bc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Rustemov,A-Yuferov,S/
Moscow RUS 2006/The Week in Chess 596 (61)}) 15... Rb8 16. Kd2 Ba6 17. Rhc1
Rbc8 18. h3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. g4 h6 22. Bc6 g5 23. e4 Kd6 24.
Bb5 Bb7 25. Ke3 f6 26. h4 a6 $11 {1-0 Klimov,S-Rutman,A/St Petersburg 1998/EXT
99 (51)}) 14. Nf3 b6 15. Ke2 Bb7 16. Rhc1 Rhc8 17. g4 h6 18. h4 {White has
started active play on the k-side; meanwhile, what can Black do with his c6
knight?} Na5 (18... Rc7 {would not change much:} 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rbc1 Kd6 21.
a3 {depriving the knight of the b4 square.}) 19. g5 hxg5 20. hxg5 Rxc1 (20...
Bxf3+ 21. Kxf3 Kd6 {was another option. Black should hold on.}) 21. Rxc1 Rc8
22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Ne5 Bb7 24. a3 Nc6 25. Ng4 Nb8 26. Kd2 Bc6 27. Kc3 Nd7 {
At last, this knight has taken the right square.} 28. f4 a5 29. e4 b5 (29... f5
{was apparently enough for a draw.} 30. gxf6+ (30. exf5 exf5 31. Ne5 Nxe5 32.
dxe5 Ke6 33. Bc4+ Ke7 34. Kd4 Bd7 {-cf.game}) 30... Nxf6 31. Nxf6 Kxf6 {
No breakthrough is possible here.}) 30. Bc2 f5 $6 {Black aims for a "clearly
drawn" position, which turns out to be lost. A typical psychological mistake
in defense!} 31. exf5 $1 exf5 $2 (31... gxf5 {, giving White a protected
passed pawn, doesn't look attractive but may allow Black to survive:} 32. Ne5
Be4 $1 (32... Nxe5 $2 33. dxe5 b4+ 34. axb4 axb4+ 35. Kxb4 Be8 {loses to the
following plan: K-h4,B-h5 (providing the advance of the g-pawn), then K back
to c5, then in a position like Kc5,Bh5-Ke7,Bb3 (pawns like now) there follows
1.g6 Kf8 2.Be2 and 3.Bc4 winning the e6 pawn or transposing into a winning
pawn ending.}) 33. Bxe4 (33. Bb3 Nb6 {[%cal Ye4d5]}) 33... fxe4 34. Nc6+ Kf7
35. Nxa5 Nb6) 32. Ne5 Nxe5 33. dxe5 b4+ {This will be forced anyway.} 34. axb4
axb4+ 35. Kxb4 Bd7 36. Bb3 Bc6 37. Kc5 Be8 $4 {A blunder leading to an
immediate end of the game but Black was doomed anyway:} (37... Bf3 38. Bg8 Be2
(38... Kf8 39. Bd5 $18) 39. e6 Bf3 40. Bf7 Be4 41. Bxg6 Kxe6 42. Bh5 Bg2 43.
Be2 Kf7 44. Kd4 Kg6 45. Bd3 Bf3 (45... Bc6 46. Ke5 Bd7 47. Bc2 Bc8 48. Ba4 $22
Kg7 49. Bb3 Kg6 50. Be6 $18) 46. Ke5 Bg4 47. Bc2 Bh3 48. Ba4 Bg4 49. Bd7 $22
Bh3 50. Be8+ Kg7 51. Bh5 $18) 38. e6 $22 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 c5 $6 $146 {A dubious novelty, which GM V.Ivanchuk confidently refutes.} 9.
Qxb7 Bd5 10. Qb5+ Nd7 11. Nf3 Rb8 12. Qa4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qc8 {Both kings are in
the centre but White's development is better.} 14. Rc1 $1 {[%mdl 128]} e6 15.
Bxc4 $1 {A brave decision based on precise calculations.} Rb4 16. Qa6 $1 Bb7 (
16... Qc7 17. Ne5 $1 Rb6 18. O-O $1 (18. Qa4 $143 Rb4) 18... Rxa6 19. Bxa6 Qb8
20. Rc8+ Qxc8 21. Bxc8 Nxe5 22. Bf6 Rg8 23. Bxe5 {with a healthy extra pawn.})
17. Qa5 $1 f6 (17... Bd5 18. Ne5 $1 Bxg2 19. Kd1 $3 Qb8 20. Bb5 $1 $18) 18. Nd2
Bxg2 {Black has restored the material balance but his king is under a strong
attack.} 19. Rg1 Qc6 (19... Bd5 {didn't help} 20. Bxf6 $1 Rxc4 (20... Rg8 21.
Bxd5 $3 Qxc1+ 22. Ke2 Qc8 (22... Qxg1 23. Qd8+ {with a quick mate}) 23. Rc1 $1
Qb8 24. Bxe6 $18) 21. Nxc4 Qb8 22. Qa4 Qb4+ 23. Qxb4 Bxb4+ 24. Nd2 $1 {keeping
an extra exchange}) 20. Rxg2 $1 Qxg2 21. Bxe6 Bd6 22. Rc8+ Ke7 23. Rxh8 Kxe6
24. Qd8 Qg1+ 25. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.02.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[Annotator "Finkel,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Be2 {An unpretentious
move aimed to deviate from the sharp lines arising after 6.Ba4.} d5 7. exd5
Nxd5 8. d4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bf3 {The arising position is
more typical for the Alapin variation, than for Rossolimo. I guess it's one of
the reasons for which Radjabov didn't feel very comfortable as the game was
unfolding.} (11. c4 Ne7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Bc3 Qc7 14. g3 Rd8 15. Bd3 c5 16. Be4
Bb7 17. Nd2 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Be5 $15 {Samojlov,A-Fazulyanov,S/Russia 2000}) 11...
Qc7 (11... O-O 12. Nd2 f5 13. Nb3 Bb7 14. Nd4 Qf6 15. c4 Ne7 16. Re1 e5 17. Qb3
Bc5 18. Bg5 Qxg5 19. Ne6 Qf6 20. Nxc5 Bc8 $13 {Rogovski,V-Moiseenko,A/
Ordzhonikidze 2000}) 12. g3 O-O 13. Nd2 e5 (13... Bb7) 14. c4 Nf6 {The most
natural response as playing 14...Ne7 looks dangerous for Black, however it's
not so easy to prove it.} (14... Ne7 $5 15. Ne4 Nf5 16. Nxd6 Nxd6 17. Re1 Nf5
18. Be4 Be6 $13) 15. Qc2 Rb8 $6 {This move turns out to be the waste of a
tempo, so more in the spirit of the position was} (15... Be6 16. b3 Bc5 17. Bb2
Bd4 (17... Rad8 $6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 {[%csl Rc6,Re5]} f6 20. Qxc6 Qxc6 21.
Bxc6 Rd6 22. Bf3 Rfd8 23. Bc1 $14) 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. c5 Rad8 $11 {and Black's
bishop is on e6 instead of c8.}) 16. b3 Bc5 17. Bb2 Bd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. c5 $8
Rd8 20. Nc4 Nd7 $6 {A dubious decision. Once again putting a bishop on e6 was
called for.} (20... Be6 21. Nd6 $140 Nd7 22. Rfd1 Nxc5 23. Rxd4 (23. Nxf7 $2
Qxf7 $19 {[%csl Rf3]}) 23... Nxb3 24. axb3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 $11) 21. Rfe1
Nxc5 22. Ne5 Ne6 23. Qxc6 (23. Nxc6 $6 Bb7 {[%cal Gd4d3]}) 23... Bb7 $6 {
The endgame is pretty tough for Black so may be it was better to keep the
queens on the board.} (23... Qa5 $5) 24. Qxc7 Nxc7 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. Nc6 Rd6
27. Rac1 Kf8 (27... g6 28. Na5 (28. Nxd4 Rxd4 29. Re7 Rd2 $11) 28... Rb5 29.
Nc4 Rd7 $14) 28. Na5 Ra7 29. Red1 $16 {[%csl Rd4] Black's pieces are misplaced
and the pawn on d4 is weak, so things are looking grim for Black at this point.
} (29. Rc5 $5) 29... Ne8 30. Rc8 (30. Rc4 $5 Rad7 (30... d3 31. Nc6 Rc7 32. Ne5
$16) 31. Nc6 d3 32. Ne5 Rd8 33. Rc3 f6 34. Nc4 $1 Rd5 35. Nb2 $16) 30... Rc7
31. Ra8 Rc2 32. Nc4 Re6 33. Rxd4 $2 {This allows Black to escape. Much better
was} (33. a4 $1 {with the idea to distract Black's rook from the second rank.}
Rc3 34. Rxd4 Rxb3 35. Rdd8 $16) 33... Rxa2 34. Rdd8 h5 35. Nd6 Ke7 $1 $11 36.
Nf5+ (36. Nxe8 $2 Re1+ 37. Kg2 Ree2 $44) 36... Kf6 37. Ne3 Nd6 38. Nd5+ Kg5 39.
Nf4 Re1+ 40. Kg2 Nf5 41. Re8 Rxe8 42. Rxe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 e5 $6 {A dubious idea. Black
doesn't obtain a sufficient compensation for the pawn.} 13. dxc5 (13. d5 {
is harmless, of course:} c4 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. Rb1 Nb7 16. Ba4 Bxa4 17. Qxa4 Nd6
18. f3 f5 19. Qc2 fxe4 20. fxe4 Qh4 21. Ng3 Bh6 22. Qd2 Bxe3+ 23. Qxe3 Rf4 24.
Rfe1 Raf8 $17 {0-1 Seifert,V-Zezulkin,J/Bayern 1999/EXT 2001 (37)}) 13... Be6 (
13... Qc7 14. cxb6 axb6 15. c4 Nb7 16. Nc3 $16) 14. c4 $1 {[%mdl 32] With two
ideas: 1) cxb6 axb6 c5!; 2) Ne2-c3-d5.} bxc5 15. Bxc5 Re8 16. Be3 Re7 17. Qc2
Rd7 18. Rfd1 Nc6 (18... Rb8 19. c5) 19. a3 {[%cal Cd8a5,Ca5a3,Ye2c3,Yc3d5]
White has consolidated his position keeping a healthy extra pawn...} Qa5 20.
Nc3 $1 Qxa3 21. Nd5 {...and the extra pawn has immediately gone! Not in vain -
the knight is already on d5! A typical example of transformation of an
advantage.} Rc8 22. Ra1 Qf8 23. Ra6 Nb4 (23... Bxd5 $6 24. exd5 Nb4 25. Qa4 $1
$16) 24. Nxb4 Qxb4 25. Rb1 Qf8 26. c5 Bh6 {Getting rid of the "bad" bishop but
the strong passed pawn guarantees White a big advantage anyway.} 27. Bxh6 Qxh6
28. c6 Rdc7 (28... Qf8 $5 {is probably more stubborn} 29. Rb5 $140 Qd8 $1) 29.
Rb5 {White plans to provoke the weakening ...f7-f6 then trade the bishops, put
his rook on d5 and eventually (after, say, Qa4 or Qd3) invade to d7. Of course,
in the meantime he must secure his king (and Black must try some kingside
counterplay).} Rd8 $6 {GM Petr Svidler doesn't want to wait passively but this
move simplifies White's task.} 30. Rb7 $1 Rxd3 {That was the idea but White
converts his extra exchange pretty easily.} 31. Qxd3 Qc1+ 32. Qf1 Rxc6 33. Ra1
Qf4 34. Qe1 Rc4 35. Rb4 Rc2 36. Rbb1 Bg4 37. h3 Be2 38. Ra3 a6 39. Re3 Bb5 40.
Rc1 Ra2 {Of course, after the rook exchange Black's position is hopeless but
now the white rooks start a killing counterattack.} 41. Rc8+ Kg7 42. Rc7 Be8
43. Rf3 Qg5 (43... Qd2 44. Qxd2 Rxd2 45. Re7 $18) 44. Qc3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal
Rc3c4] This has been my last game annotated for the Gruenfeld section of the
ChessBase Magazine. I would like to thank all our readers for 7 years we spent
together. From the next issue CBM changes its format. I hope for our new
meetings within a new formula!} 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Nb3 Bg4 14. Qd3 Qd7 15.
Bf4 Ne4 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bf5 18. Qd4 c5 19. Qe3 Rae8 20. f4 c4 21. Bxe4
Bxe4 22. Nd2 Qc6 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Rad1 Rd8 25. Bd4 Rfe8 26. Rd2 Bf6 27. Rfd1
Bxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Qe6 30. a3 h5 31. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Be7 8. f3
O-O 9. O-O-O a6 {Both players had some experience in this line. Leko's next
move is a slightly unusual way to start the king side attack.} 10. h4 ({
For the time being, White refrains from weakening the f3-square with the more
popular} 10. g4 {. Leko probably wanted to prevent the following plan,
introduced by Kasparov in 1988 and employed a couple of times by Morozevich in
2005:} Nd7 11. h4 Nde5 {when White needs to spend a tempo on the defence of
the f3-pawn. However, this might have been unnecessary precaution in this
concrete case, since Svidler has a different pet variation.}) 10... Nxd4 11.
Bxd4 ({The more natural way to capture back. The alternate} 11. Qxd4 Nd7 12. g4
b5 13. g5 Qa5 14. Kb1 b4 15. Ne2 Bb7 {was seen in Adams-Svidler, San Luis 2005.
}) 11... Nd7 12. g4 b5 13. g5 Qc7 14. Kb1 b4 15. Na4 Bb7 16. b3 Bc6 17. Nb2 a5
18. h5 Ne5 19. Be2 f5 $5 ({This is an interesting novelty over the game
Leko-Kasparov, Linares 2003 which continued with} 19... a4 {and ended in a
draw after complicated fight. It seems to be in Svidler's nature to fight
against the opponent's advantage of space in such radical way. Compare with
the move 30...f5 from the game against Aronian, played in the 5th round of the
Morelia half, although this time the advance oif the f-pawn seems to be more
to the point. An interesting tactical phase will follow now, leading to mass
simplifications and an obvious draw.}) 20. gxf6 Bxf6 21. Nc4 d5 22. Nb6 Rad8
23. exd5 Bxd5 24. Qe3 Ng4 25. Nxd5 Nxe3 26. Nxc7 Bxd4 27. Nxe6 Nxd1 28. Rxd1
Bf6 29. Nxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8+ Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 {The 4...a6-Slav seems to be a common
refuge for players whose expectations in the Grünfeld were betrayed by the
results, or who simply got fed with it. Kasparov's change of repertoire during
his last years of active play is the most notable example and now we see
Svidler do the same, at least for this game. The wounds received in the
Grünfeld need some time to heal...} 5. Nc3 {After his loss against Topalov,
Bacrot seems to have come to the conclusion that this is the best square for
the knight after all.} Bf5 $5 ({For years, the main line was supposed to be} 
5... b5 6. b3 Bg4 {but recently Black has been under some pressure after 6.c5 
(instead of 6.b3).}) 6. Bd3 ({In the absence of the moves ...a6 and Nf3, the
early development of the bishop to f5 is strongly met by the exchange on d5
followed by Qb3. The flexibility of the system based on .4..a6 is revealed by
the fact that} 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 {can be adequately met now by} Ra7 {. The
continuation chosen by Bacrot aims to open play in the centre as soon as
possible, taking advantage of the fact that the advance of the a-pawn will be
more or less useless in case of such a course of events.}) 6... Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6
8. O-O Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. Be3 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Qxe4 Nd7 13. Rad1 {#White
has obtained a stable advantage of space. It will be quite difficult for Black
to break the centre, but on the other hand the fact that he has managed to
exchange two pairs of minor pieces makes his position entirely viable.} Qa5 14.
a3 Rad8 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. h3 Nf8 17. Qc2 Ng6 18. Bd2 Qh5 {This might look like
a double edged decision. The queen certainly puts some pressure on the white
king side, but it could get into some danger, too. However, the ulteriour
course of the game proves that Svidler's evaluation of the situation was
correct.} 19. Bc3 Rd7 20. Qe4 Red8 21. Rd3 Bf6 {#After having activated his
position to the maximum, Black threatens to open the position with ...c5
already. This invites White to concrete action.} 22. g4 Qh6 23. Bd2 Qxh3 {
Black's strong concentration of forces ensures the relative invulnerability of
the queen. White has no simple way of getting an advantage.} 24. Ng5 ({After} 
24. g5 $6 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Qh5 {followed by ...c5, Black recuperates the
sacrificed material with a splendid position.}) ({Even worse would be} 24. Ne5
$2 {because of} Qxd3 {followed by ...Rxd4, with more than sufficient
compensation for the queen.}) ({White's most consistent way to maintain the
tension consists of} 24. Ree3 {, obtaining the complete coordination of forces
and renweing the threats against the enemy queen.}) 24... Qxd3 $5 ({Remarkably,
Svidler avoids the repetition of moves, which would have been inevitable after
} 24... Qh4 {. In case of} 25. Rh3 $2 {Black would have a choice between} Qxh3
{followed by Rxd4 and the immediate 25...Rxd4 with advantage in both cases. I
do not know whether his decision was dictated by his fear that after repeating
the moves once, White would switch to Ree3 or simply wanted to play on a
reatively unbalanced position.}) 25. Qxd3 Rxd4 26. Qh3 Rxd2 27. Qxh7+ Kf8 28.
Nxe6+ fxe6 29. Qxg6 Bd4 {#Black's activity ensures him reasonable compensation
for the queen, but he can hardly claim an advantage.} 30. Rf1 Ke7 31. Qg5+ Bf6
32. Qc5+ Kf7 33. g5 Bxb2 34. Rb1 R8d3 35. Qb6 Bd4 36. Qxb7+ Kg6 37. Rf1 Rg3+
38. Kh2 Rxg5 39. Qxc6 Kf6 40. Kh3 Rh5+ 41. Kg4 Rg5+ 42. Kh3 Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 (8... Bb7 {Leko-Ivanchuk, Morelia 4 2006}) 9. d3 d6 10. a5 ({A logical move.
Once the e5-pawn has been defended, Black threatens to place his queen's
knight on a5, putting certain pressure against the white queen side. For
instance,} 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 {
with good play for Black, Adams-Leko, Linares 2005}) 10... Be6 11. Nbd2 Qc8 12.
Nc4 h6 {#} 13. h3 ({Svidler had reached this position before, but with
opposite colours.} 13. c3 Rb8 (13... bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 {has been recommended,
although this gives White the additional possibility} 15. Ba3) 14. d4 Bg4 15.
Ba4 Qb7 16. d5 Na7 17. Ne3 {with advantage of space for White, Leko-Svidler,
San Luis 2005. We can suppose that Svidler deviated from this variation
because he had found an improvement for Black. Or maybe he was just tird after
the complicated game from yesterday and did not feel like opening the position
at such an early stage?!}) 13... Rb8 14. Be3 Rd8 15. Qe2 Bf8 16. Nfd2 Qb7 ({
An interesting novelty. In the ame Adams-Anand, San Luis 2005 Black initiated
the generally desirable transfer of the queen's knight to g6 with} 16... Ne7 $5
{but after} 17. d4 $1 {White obtained some pressure in the centre. Aronian
decided to keep his knight on c6 untill the danger of d3-d4 dissapears.}) 17.
Qf3 Kh7 18. Nf1 Ne7 {Now that the e4-pawn is insufficiently defended, Black
finally transfers the knight to the king side.} 19. Ng3 Ng6 20. Nh5 {#With all
the pieces on board, there is a lot of play left, of course, but the opponents
seem to have decided to preserve their forces for the decisive rounds.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.10"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[Annotator "Huebner,R"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 1]} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4
Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Re1 h6 $6 {Das hat bisher noch
keiner gewagt; die Schwächung des Königsflügels ist ernsthaft. Es folgen
einige Beispiele mit anderen Zügen:} (11... Bd7 12. Qe2 (12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ba2
Nb4 14. Bb1 Bc6 15. Ne5 g6 16. h4 Nbd5 17. Qd2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qd5 19. Rg3 Rfd8
20. Rf3 Be8 21. Bxf6 Bxf6 22. Rxf6 Qxd4 23. Qg5 Qd2 24. Qxd2 Rxd2 25. b3 Rcd8
26. Rf3 Kg7 27. Rfe3 R2d4 28. g3 Rb4 29. Rc3 Rd5 30. Bc2 Kf6 31. f4 Rd2 32. Nf3
Rd6 33. Be4 a5 34. Kf2 b5 35. axb5 Rxb5 36. Ra1 Rb4 37. Bc2 Rd5 38. Ke3 h6 39.
Be4 Rdb5 40. Nd4 Rb8 41. Rxa5 Rd8 42. Rc4 {1-0 Van Wely,L-Kramnik,V/Monte
Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext (42).}) 12... Re8 13. Rad1 Nd5 14. Bxd5 exd5 15. Bxe7
Rxe7 16. Ne5 Nb4 17. Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J-Morovic Fernandez,I/Mallorca 2004/
CBM 104 (17).}) (11... Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. Ne5 Bc6 14. Qb3 Nfd5 15. Bxe7 Qxe7
16. a6 Nb6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 N6xd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Qxd5 $11
{1/2-1/2 Tao,T-Nguyen Thu Giang/The Kaf 2001/EXT 2004 (59). (58)}) 12. Bf4 Nb4
$6 ({In Betracht kommt} 12... Nd5 13. Bxd5 (13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Bg4 15. Bb1
Nb4 {sieht befriedigend für Schwarz aus.}) 13... exd5 14. Qb3 Bb4 {. Dann geht
Schwarz jedenfalls nicht matt.}) 13. Qd2 {Jetzt kann Schwarz den Einschlag auf
h6 schon nicht mehr auf vernünftige Weise verhindern.} Bd7 (13... Re8 14. Ne5 {
(T. Radjabov, "Schach" 4/2006, S.24) läßt den Punkt f7 schutzbedürftig, und
außerdem muß Schwarz mit Lc4-b5 rechnen. Dennoch hätte ich dies wahrscheinlich
versucht.}) 14. Bxh6 Rc8 {Dieser Zug gewinnt auf jeden Fall ein Tempo gegenüber
} (14... gxh6 15. Qxh6 Re8 (15... Nh7 16. Re5 f5 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Rae1 $16)
16. Re5 Ng4 17. Qh5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rf8 19. Re1 {"mit durchschlagendem Angriff" 
(T. Radjabov, "Schach" 4/2006, S.24).}) 15. Bb3 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nh7 $2 {Dies
führt zu einer Verluststellung. Als andere Möglichkeit gibt T. Radjabov nur 16.
..Re8 an; Weiß gewinnt analog der beim vorigen Zug angegebenen Varainte.} (
16... Nd3 {ist offenbar ungesund, weil der Zug dem Königsläufer des Weißen das
Feld c2 einräumt:} 17. Ng5 {ist von entscheidender Kraft.}) (16... Ng4 {
verdient dagegen ernsthaft Erwägung:} 17. Qf4 (17. Qh5 Nf6 {bringt den Weißen
nicht weiter.}) 17... f5 (17... Nxf2 {ist nicht besser.} 18. Qg3+ Kh8 (18...
Kh7 19. Qxf2 {führt zu einer hoffnungslosen Stellung für Schwarz.}) 19. Re5 f5
20. Kxf2 Nd3+ 21. Kf1 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Rf6 23. d5 {Der Angriff des Weißen hat
große Kraft.}) 18. Rxe6 Kg7 19. Re2 {Weiß hat Vorteil, aber Schwarz verfügt
über bessere Rettungsaussichten als in der Partie.}) 17. Re5 f5 18. Rxe6 Bxe6
19. Bxe6+ Kh8 20. Bxc8 (20. Ne5 Rf6 21. Bxc8 (21. Ng6+ Rxg6 22. Qxg6 Rc6 23. d5
{ist ebenfalls stark.}) 21... Rxh6 22. Nf7+ Kg7 23. Nxd8 Bxd8 24. Bxf5 {
dürfte zu einem gewonnenen Endspiel führen. Der Textzug kommt aber auf
dasselbe hinaus.}) 20... Rf6 (20... Qxc8 21. Ne5 {ist nicht angenehmer für
Schwarz.}) 21. Qh5 (21. Ng5 Rxh6 22. Nf7+ Kg7 23. Nxd8 Bxd8 24. Bxf5 {ist
wahrscheinlich besser.}) 21... Qxc8 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Ne5 Kg8 24. Qd1 (24. Qf3 $5
$16) 24... Ng5 $2 (24... Kh8 {bietet Aussichten auf Widerstand.}) 25. Qb3+ $2 (
25. Qc1 {gewinnt die Qualität und die Partie:} Nh7 26. Nd5 {usw.}) 25... Kg7 (
25... Kh7 {ist besser.}) 26. h4 (26. Nb5 {gewinnt noch einen Bauern, denn es
droht 27.Dg3 und 27.Sa7:.}) 26... Nf7 27. Ne2 Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rc6 (28... Rh6 {
bietet hier ausgezeichnete Rettungsaussichten.}) 29. Nf4 Be7 (29... Rc1 30.
Qg3+ Kh7 31. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 32. Kh2 Qc6 33. e6 {ist hoffnungslos für Schwarz.} Qe8
34. Qg5 {usw.}) 30. Qg3+ Kh7 31. Qf3 Qe8 32. g3 Qf7 $2 (32... Kg8 {bietet
Aussichten auf zähen Widerstand:} 33. e6 Nc2 34. Rd1 Nb4) (32... Nc2 33. Rd1
Nb4 {ist ähnlich, doch hängen f5 und manchmal auch b7 mit Schach.}) 33. e6 Qf6
(33... Qe8 34. Re5 Rc5 35. Rxc5 Bxc5 36. Qxb7+ {führt auf die Dauer auch zum
Verlust.}) 34. Qh5+ Kg8 (34... Kg7 35. Qe8 Qf8 36. Qd7 {ist ebenfalls
hoffnungslos.}) 35. Qe8+ Qf8 36. Qg6+ Qg7 ({Auf} 36... Kh8 {folgt am
einfachsten} 37. Qf7 Qxf7 38. exf7 Bf8 39. Ne6 Rc8 40. Re5 {, und Weiß gewinnt.
}) 37. Qxf5 Rc5 38. Qe4 Nc6 39. Nd5 Qxb2 40. Qf5 Rc1 41. Nxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Morelia/Linares 23rd"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2006.03.11"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.02.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 112"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.06.07"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 {In spite of the unfavourable result, Ivanchuk remains faithfull to the
variation he employed against Leko in Morelia. Apparently, he dislikes the
idea of weakening the c4-square at such an early stage of the game.} 9. d3 d6
10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 b4 ({Now that the knight has been installed on
the a5-square, from where it controls the critical c4- and b3-squares, Black
decides to block the position. The aforementioned game continued with} 12...
Bc8) 13. c3 ({Svidler deviates from a previous game of his, too. After} 13. Ne3
Rb8 14. Nd2 Bc8 15. Bc4 Nxc4 16. dxc4 Be6 17. b3 Rb7 18. Rf1 Nd7 19. Qe2 Nb8
20. Nd5 Nc6 21. Bb2 Bg5 22. Rad1 a5 {Black gradually equalised in
Svidler-Adams, Moscow 2001. By playing 13.c3, White prepares the immediate
occupation of the centre.}) 13... bxc3 14. bxc3 {#} c4 {The typical reaction.
The insufficient defence of the e4-pawn allows Black disrupt White's central
structure.} 15. Ng3 cxd3 ({This natural move will leave White with strong
pressure against the backward d6-pawn. The more restrained} 15... Re8 16. d4
Qc7 {would have been worthy alternative. Although White has a clear supremacy
in the centre, the queen side situation looks to favour Black, because of the
weakness of the b3-square and of the a4-pawn.}) 16. Qxd3 Bc8 17. Ba3 ({This
might be even better than} 17. Bg5 Be6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nf5 Nb7 20. Bd5 {
with just an edge for White in Nisipeanu-Solleveld, Santo Domingo 2003.}) 17...
Qc7 18. Red1 Nb7 19. Qc4 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Re8 21. Rab1 Ra7 22. Rb6 Na5 23. Bf1 Nd7
24. Rbb1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 26. Nxe5 g6 {#White has managed to win a clear pawn,
but the weakness of White's whole queen side as well as the black pair of
bishops make the technical phase far from easy.} 27. f4 Be6 28. f5 Bb3 29. Rxb3
Nxb3 30. Bc4 Bg5 31. Nxf7 Be3+ 32. Kh1 Nd2 33. Nd6+ Nxc4 34. Nxe8 Kf7 35. Nd6+
Nxd6 36. Rxd6 {#After some nice fireworks, White has won a second pawn, but
Black managed to activate his remaining army radically.} Rb7 37. fxg6+ hxg6 38.
h4 Bf4 39. Rd3 Ke6 40. Kh2 Rb3 41. Kh3 c4 42. Rf3 Ke5 {Little by little, it
becomes clear that White has no real chances to win.} 43. Nf1 a5 44. Kg4 Bh6
45. h5 gxh5+ 46. Kxh5 Bc1 47. Rf5+ Kxe4 48. Ng3+ Kd3 49. Rf3+ Kc2 50. Ne2 Bd2
51. Nd4+ Kb2 52. Nb5 Bxc3 53. Rf2+ Kb1 54. Rf4 Bb4 55. Rxc4 {A nice figthing
game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 Nbd7 8. a4 e5
9. Qa3 Rc8 10. b4 g6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 cxb5 13. Bxb5 e4 14. Ne5 Qc7 15.
Qa7 Qb8 16. Ra5 h5 17. O-O Be7 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. c6 Qxa7 20. Rxa7 Ke7 21. Rfa1
Rc7 22. cxd7 Bxd7 23. Nxd7 Nxd7 24. Ra8 Nb6 25. Rb8 Rc2 26. Be1 Rf8 27. Ra7+
Rc7 28. Rxc7+ Bxc7 29. Rxf8 Kxf8 30. Bc6 Ke7 31. b5 Ke6 32. Ba5 h4 33. h3 g5
34. f3 f5 35. Kf1 Bd8 36. Ke2 Bc7 37. Be8 Ke7 38. Bg6 Ke6 39. Bh7 Bd8 40. Bg8+
Kd7 41. Bxb6 Bxb6 42. Bxd5 exf3+ 43. gxf3 Kd6 44. Bc6 f4 45. exf4 gxf4 46. Kd3
Ke6 47. Ke4 Bc7 48. Bd5+ Kf6 49. Bb3 Bb6 50. Kd5 Ba7 51. Bc2 Bb6 52. Bh7 Ba7
53. Bg8 Bb6 54. Be6 Ba7 55. Bg4 Bb6 56. Kc6 Bxd4 57. b6 Ke7 58. Kc7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 b4 10. a5 h6 11. d3 Rb8 12. Bc4 Ba7 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. Nbd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb5 18. Nc4 Qd7 19. Rfb1 Rfb8 20. Rxb5 Rxb5
21. h3 Qf7 22. d4 exd4 23. cxd4 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Qb3 Qc7 8. cxd5
Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nxd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bd2 e6 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Be2 Be7 14. Qb6 Bd8
15. Qb4 Be7 16. Qa5 Rc8 17. Rxc8+ Qxc8 18. O-O Bd8 19. Qa3 f6 20. Rc1 Qd7 21.
exf6 gxf6 22. Ba5 Kf7 23. Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Ne3 O-O 16. Be2 Qe7 17. O-O Rad8 18. Bh5 b5 19. a4 b4 20. a5 d5 21. Re1 Kh8
22. Qe2 Qa7 23. Rad1 Nd4 24. Qd2 Nec6 25. h4 Qe7 26. Ng4 Rf5 27. Bg6 gxh4 28.
Bf4 Rxf4 29. Qxf4 Rf8 30. Qe3 h5 31. Nh2 Ne5 32. Bd3 Nxd3 33. Qxd3 Qf6 34. Nf3
h3 35. Qxd4 Qg6 36. Nh4 Qg5 37. Qxb4 Kh7 38. g3 d4 39. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D58"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bg3 a6 12. Rac1 Nxg3 13. hxg3 dxc4 14. Bxc4 b5
15. Bb3 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nb6 19. Nf4 Bd6 20. e4 Bxf4 21.
gxf4 c4 22. Rfd1 Qe7 23. Nd4 Rad8 24. e5 Rd5 25. Rd2 Kh8 26. Rcd1 Rfd8 27. Qg4
Qf8 28. e6 Nc8 29. f5 Ne7 30. Qf4 f6 31. g4 R8d6 32. Nc2 Rxd2 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 34.
Qxd2 h5 35. Qd6 hxg4 36. Ne3 Kg8 37. Qxa6 Qb8 38. Qa3 b4 39. Qa5 g3 40. Qc5 Qf4
41. fxg3 Qxg3+ 42. Ng2 Kf8 43. Qxb4 Qe5 44. a4 g6 45. a5 gxf5 46. a6 Qc7 47.
Qa3 Qa7+ 48. Kf1 Kg8 49. Qg3+ Kh7 50. Qd6 Kg6 51. Nf4+ Kg5 52. Ne2 Ng6 53. Qg3+
Kh6 54. Nf4 Ne7 55. Qh2+ Kg7 56. Qg1+ Qxg1+ 57. Kxg1 Kf8 58. a7 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2647"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Qe2 Ne7 7. h4 h5 8. e5
Nf5 9. Nbd2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. Qe4 Bb7 12. Qxd4 c5 13. Qf4 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bd5
15. Ne4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rb8 17. b3 Qb7 18. Be3 Qxe4 19. dxe4 f6 20. f4 Kf7 21.
O-O-O Rb7 22. exf6 gxf6 23. f5 c4 24. Kb2 a5 25. Rgf1 Rg8 26. fxe6+ Kxe6 27.
Rd5 a4 28. Bd4 Be7 29. Rdf5 cxb3 30. cxb3 Rg2+ 31. R1f2 Rxf2+ 32. Rxf2 axb3 33.
axb3 Rb5 34. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. N1d2 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. a4 e5 13. Nc4 Be6 14. Nb6 Rb8 15.
Bc4 Ng4 16. Bxe6 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Bg5 18. Qh3 Qxb6 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. c3 Qc6 21. Na5
Qc7 22. cxb4 b6 23. Bxa6 bxa5 24. Bb5 axb4 25. Qb3 d5 26. exd5 Be7 27. Rac1 Qa7
28. Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Bg5 30. Kf2 Rb6 31. Rc6 Rfb8 32. Rfc1 e4 33. d6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Bb4+ 12. c3 Be7 13. O-O-O Ngf6 14. Kb1 O-O
15. c4 a5 16. Nf1 b5 17. c5 Nd5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. g4 Rad8 20. Ng3 N7f6 21. g5
hxg5 22. Nxg5 Nf4 23. Bxf4 Qxf4 24. h6 Rd5 25. hxg7 Rxg5 26. gxf8=Q+ Bxf8 27.
Rhg1 Bg7 28. Ne2 Qf5 29. Rxg5 Qxg5 30. Rg1 Qh4 31. Qg3 Qxg3 32. Rxg3 a4 33. Ra3
Kf8 34. b3 axb3 35. axb3 Nd5 36. Ra7 Ke8 37. Kc2 Bf6 38. Kd3 Nb4+ 39. Ke4 Nd5
40. Ng1 Bd8 41. Nf3 f6 42. Ne1 Bc7 43. Ng2 Kd7 44. Ne3 Nb4 45. Kf3 f5 46. Ke2
Kc8 47. Ng2 Nd5 48. Ne1 Nb4 49. Nf3 Kb8 50. Ra1 Kb7 51. Rh1 Kc8 52. Rh8+ Kd7
53. Rh7+ Kc8 54. Ng5 e5 55. Ne6 Bb8 56. Rh8+ Kb7 57. dxe5 Bxe5 58. Rh5 Ka6 59.
Rxf5 Bc3 60. Rf7 Na2 61. Kd3 Bb2 62. f4 Ka5 63. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 Qxd1 14. Rxd1 Nc5
15. f3 Be5 16. Be3 a5 17. Rd2 a4 18. Rc1 a3 19. b4 Na4 20. Nd1 Be6 21. Bd4 Bf4
22. Be3 Be5 23. Bd4 Rfd8 24. Kf2 c5 25. Bxe5 dxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Ke1 cxb4
28. Rb1 Nc3 29. Nxc3 bxc3 30. Rd1 Rd4 31. Be2 Kf8 32. Rc1 Rd2 33. Rxc3 Rxa2 34.
Rb3 Rxe2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b5
9. Re1 e5 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Ng3 Nf4 14. Bxf4 exf4 15.
Ne4 Qb6 16. Nd6 Na5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 20. Re6 Qd8 21.
Qg4 Bc8 22. Rae1 Bd7 23. Qh4 h6 24. Rxg6 hxg5 25. Qh6 Qf8 26. Re5 Re8 27. Rxg7+
Qxg7 28. Rxg5 Re7 29. f3 Nc6 30. Rxg7+ Rxg7 31. Qd6 c4 32. dxc4 bxc4 33. Qxf4
Ne7 34. Qxc4+ Kh7 35. Kf2 Nf5 36. g4 Ne7 37. Qd3+ Ng6 38. h4 Kg8 39. h5 Nf4 40.
Qc4+ Ne6 41. Kg3 Rf7 42. Qd5 Nf4 43. Qxf7+ Kxf7 44. Kxf4 Bc6 45. c4 a5 46. c5
a4 47. g5 Ke6 48. h6 Kf7 49. Ke5 Bxf3 50. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. g3 Qc7 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Nb3 b6 10. a5 b5 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxa8 Nc6 14. Qd3 O-O 15.
Rfd1 Rd8 16. Nxb5 axb5 17. Qxb5 Nd4 18. Rxd4 Qa7 19. Qb6 Qxa8 20. Bxd6 e5 21.
Rdd1 Bh3 22. f3 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. a6 Rb8 25. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Qe2 Bd6 5. c3 O-O 6. d3 Re8 7. Bg5 a6 8. Ba4
h6 9. Bh4 Be7 10. Nbd2 d6 11. Bg3 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Bf2 d5 19. e5 Bb4 20. O-O Bxd2 21. Qxd2
Nc4 22. Qf4 Nxe5 23. Rfe1 Nh5 24. Qd2 Nf6 25. b3 Rc8 26. Rad1 Nc6 27. Bb1 Qa5
28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Qxa5 Nxa5 30. Rc1 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Be1 Nb7 33. Nc6 Kf8
34. Bc3 Ke8 35. Nb4 Nd6 36. Bxf6 gxf6 37. Nxd5 f5 38. Kf2 Be6 39. Nc7+ Ke7 40.
Nxa6 f4 41. Nb4 Kf6 42. Nd3 Bf5 43. Ke2 b4 44. Kd2 Bxd3 45. Kxd3 Ke5 46. g4 Nb5
47. Bc2 Nd4 48. Bd1 Kd5 49. h4 f6 50. Kd2 Nc6 51. Bc2 Ne5 52. Be4+ Kd4 53. Bb7
Ng6 54. h5 Ne5 55. Ba8 Nd3 56. Be4 Ne5 57. Ba8 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Nd2 Nf5 18. Ne4 Nd7 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bd2 g6 21. c3 Ng7 22.
c4 Nf5 23. a4 cxb4 24. cxb5 a5 25. Rc1 Rxc1 26. Bxc1 Qb8 27. Bb2 Bd8 28. g4 Nd4
29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Bc4 f5 31. gxf5 Rxf5 32. Ng3 Re5 33. Re4 Nf6 34. Rxe5 dxe5
35. Bb3 Qc8 36. d6+ Kg7 37. Qf3 Qxh3 38. Qb7+ Qd7 39. Qb8 Ne8 40. Ne4 Qg4+ 41.
Kf1 Qh3+ 42. Ke2 Qg4+ 43. Kd2 Nf6 44. Qxd8 Nxe4+ 45. dxe4 Qf4+ 46. Kd3 Qf3+ 47.
Kc4 Qc3+ 48. Kd5 Qxb3+ 49. Kc6 d3 50. Qe7+ Kh6 51. d7 Qc4+ 52. Kb6 Qd4+ 53. Ka6
1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 d6 7. O-O O-O 8. e3
a6 9. d4 Ba7 10. Nc3 h6 11. h3 Bf5 12. a3 Ne4 13. Ne2 Bh7 14. b4 exd4 15. exd4
Ne7 16. Nf4 Nf5 17. Bb2 c6 18. Re1 Re8 19. Re2 Ng5 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21. Qd2 Qd7
22. Re1 Re8 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Ne2 f6 26. Bf3 Ne7 27. d5 cxd5 28.
cxd5 Ng6 29. Bd4 Ne5 30. Bg2 Nc4 31. Qc3 Qxe2 32. Bxa7 Be4 33. Qd4 Bxg2 34.
Kxg2 Nxa3 35. Qb6 Qe7 36. Qe3 Qxe3 37. Bxe3 Nc2 38. Bd2 Nd4 39. f4 gxf4 40.
Bxf4 Nb5 41. Kf3 Kf7 42. Bd2 f5 43. Kf4 Kf6 44. g4 g5+ 45. Kf3 Nc7 46. Ke3
Nxd5+ 47. Kd4 Nf4 48. h4 Ne6+ 49. Kd5 gxh4 50. Bc3+ Kf7 51. gxf5 Nf4+ 52. Ke4
h3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. Rd1 Nb4 11. Qd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 cxd4 14. exd4 Bd6
15. a3 Nd5 16. Qc2 f5 17. f3 O-O 18. fxe4 Rc8 19. Bc4 Bxe5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21.
Bxd5+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. Kb1 a5 15.
Ng3 a4 16. Nc1 b3 17. Nf5 bxc2+ 18. Kxc2 d5 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. exd5 Bf5+ 21.
Bd3 Nd6 22. Bxf5 Nxf5 23. Kb1 Rab8 24. d6 Qe6 25. Rhe1 Rb5 26. Qd3 Rfb8 27. Re2
g6 28. Bf2 h5 29. Rc2 Kh7 30. Ne2 e4 31. fxe4 Ne5 32. Qxb5 Rxb5 33. exf5 Qd7
34. fxg6+ Nxg6 35. Nc3 Rf5 36. Ne4 Nf8 37. Nf6+ Rxf6 38. gxf6 Qf5 39. a3 Nd7
40. Rd4 Qf3 41. Be1 Qf1 42. Rd1 Qf3 43. Rdc1 Qd3 44. Bb4 Nxf6 45. Ka1 Ne4 46.
Rc7 Nxd6 47. Rd7 Qe3 48. Re1 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 Nbd7 8. a4 g6
9. Qa3 b4 10. Qxb4 Rb8 11. Qa3 a5 12. Bd2 Bg7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Nh4 e5 15. Nxf5
gxf5 16. Be2 exd4 17. exd4 Re8 18. O-O Rb4 19. Be3 f4 20. Bxf4 Rxd4 21. Bd6 Rd2
22. Bf3 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rcd1 Qg5 25. Rxd2 Qxd2 26. Qb3 Bd4 27. Qd1 e3 28.
Qxd2 exd2 29. Bf4 Bxc3 30. bxc3 Re2 31. g3 Nxc5 32. Kg2 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
Bc5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Bc2 Nb8 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bxa4 b5 19. Bb3 Nbd7 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Bc2 Qc7
22. Qe3 a5 23. Nh4 Rad8 24. Nf5 Bc8 25. Nf3 Bxf5 26. exf5 b4 27. cxb4 axb4 28.
Rad1 e4 29. Nd4 Rd7 30. Nb5 Qe5 31. f4 Qe7 32. Rxd7 Qxd7 33. Qxc5 Rc8 34. Qf2
Qxb5 35. Bxe4 b3 36. Bf3 Qxf5 37. Qd4 h5 38. Re5 Qb1+ 39. Kh2 h4 40. Be2 Qe1
41. Re3 Re8 42. Rxe8+ Nxe8 43. Bc4 Qg3+ 44. Kg1 Qe1+ 45. Kh2 Qg3+ 46. Kg1 Qe1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5
15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rad1 hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qb6 20. g3 Qc6
21. b3 b6 22. R1d5 Qc3 23. Rd3 Qc1+ 24. Kg2 Qc6+ 25. Qf3 Qxf3+ 26. Rxf3 f6 27.
Rc3 Rf7 28. Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Rc7+ Kg6 30. h3 Rd8 31. Rxa7 Rd4 32. Re7 Rb4 33. Re3
f5 34. Kf3 f4 35. Rd3 fxg3 36. fxg3 g4+ 37. hxg4 Kf6 38. Re3 Kg5 39. Re5+ Kf6
40. Rb5 Rxb5 41. axb5 Ke5 42. g5 g6 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. Kd3 Ke5 45. Kc4 Ke4 46. Kc3
Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f4 exf4 10. Bxf4 Ne5 11. O-O-O Be7 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5
Qc8 15. h3 Qxf5 16. g4 Qg6 17. Bg2 h6 18. Rhe1 Rab8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rxe5 Rfd8
21. Qe2 Rxd1+ 22. Qxd1 Rd8 23. Qf3 Bd6 24. Rf5 b5 25. a3 Re8 26. Kb1 Nd7 27.
Qc6 Re7 28. Qxa6 b4 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Nd5 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Qe6 33. Qc4
Bd6 34. Rf1 Re5 35. Rd1 g6 36. Kb1 Re1 37. Qd3 Nc5 38. Qd4 Qe5 39. Ka2 Qxd4 40.
Rxd4 Kg7 41. Nc3 Be5 42. Rc4 Ne6 43. Nd5 Rg1 44. Be4 Rg3 45. b4 Rxh3 46. b5 h5
47. gxh5 Rxh5 48. b6 Rh4 49. b7 f5 50. Bd3 Rxc4 51. Bxc4 Nc5 52. Ka3 Nxb7 53.
Kb4 g5 54. Bd3 f4 55. Be2 Kg6 56. Bg4 Nd6 57. Ne7+ Kf7 58. Nf5 Ne4 59. Bf3 Bc3+
60. Kb5 Nd2 61. Bg4 Kf6 62. Nd6 Be5 63. Nc4 Ne4 64. Kc6 Nf2 65. Be2 g4 66. Kd5
Bc3 67. Nd6 f3 68. Bxf3 gxf3 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. d5 exd5
15. Bxd5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxc6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Rfd8 20. Nxf6+
gxf6 21. g3 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Ne5 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Nf3 Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 15th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2006.03.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.03.18"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 111 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. Nb3 Bd7 7. c3 f6 8. Nh4
f5 9. Nf3 Nh6 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nf7 12. O-O Qe7 13. Nc5 Ncxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Bb3 O-O-O 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. Bxe6 Kb8 19. Bg5 Qxg5 20. Bxd7 Bd6
21. g3 Rd8 22. Qb5 Ne7 23. Be6 h5 24. f4 Qf6 25. Qc4 h4 26. g4 g5 27. gxf5 Nxf5
28. Qd5 Nxd4 29. Bg4 gxf4 30. Rad1 Nc2 31. Bf3 c6 32. Qb3 Ne3 33. Bxc6 Qg7+ 34.
Kh1 Nxf1 35. Rxf1 Bc5 36. Bg2 Rd2 37. Qf3 Be3 38. Qe4 a6 39. b4 h3 40. Bf3 Rxa2
0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine"]
[Date "2006.05.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoli"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.05.03"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Nxd7 Nxd7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bg2 Nb6 14. Qb3
Nd5 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. O-O cxd4 18. cxd4 Rxd4 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rc3 Rhd8 22. Qc2 R8d6 23. Qxh7 f6 24. Qh5 e5 25. Rfc1 Rb4 26. Rxc6
Rxc6 27. Qe8+ Kb7 28. Rxc6 Qxc6 29. Qe7+ Kc8 30. Qxb4 Qd7 31. h4 Kc7 32. Qc5+
Kb7 33. Kg2 Qe6 34. Qf8 Qd7 35. Qb4+ Kc7 36. Qc5+ Kb7 37. b3 g6 38. a4 Qe6 39.
Qc4 Qe8 40. Qd5+ Kc7 41. Qc5+ Kb7 42. a5 Qe6 43. Qb6+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine"]
[Date "2006.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.05.03"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. e5 Be6 11. exf6 Bxb3 12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. axb3 Nxd4 14. Nxd4
Qxd4 15. O-O Qb4 16. Bf3 Qxb3 17. Bd5 Qb4 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Nd5 Qc5 20. Rd1 Rd8
21. Be3 Qc6 22. Bd4+ Kf8 23. Ne3 Qe4 24. Bc5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Ke8 26. b4 a5 27.
Nd5 axb4 28. Bxb4 Qc2 29. Ne3 Qb3 30. Ba5 f6 31. Bxc7 b4 32. Bb6 Qa2 33. Bd4 b3
34. Nc4 Qc2 35. Ne3 Qe2 36. Rb1 Qd3 37. Rd1 Qe2 38. Rb1 Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16"]
[Site "Asnieres sur Seine"]
[Date "2006.05.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sokolov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.05.03"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Qe2 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxb3 13. N2xb3 Nxd4 14. cxd4 c5
15. Nxc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 d4 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qf4 Qd5 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. b4 Qc4 21.
Bd2 d3 22. Qxc4 Bxc4 23. f3 Kf7 24. Kf2 Ke6 25. Re1 Rd5 26. f4 Rd4 27. a4 Rfd8
28. axb5 Bxb5 29. Rac1 h6 30. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. Qd2
b4 {Topalov insists on using his own pet line with active play before the
pieces have been developed. White feels some discomfort since his pieces will
have to be regrouped.} 9. Nce2 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Ng3 {The knight eyes the
perfect square f5, but two other concepts have been tried against this set up.
Both begin with pawn advances, but one is aimed at queenside 11.c4 and the
other one at the kingside 11.g4.} (11. c4 Be6 (11... Be7 12. Ng3 g6 13. Bd3 Nd7
14. Rd1 O-O 15. Qf2 a5 16. O-O a4 17. Nc1 Nc5 18. Bb1 Qc7 $11 {0-1 Kramnik,V 
(2753)-Topalov,V (2778)/Sofia 2005/ (34)}) 12. Ng3 Be7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 a5
15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Bd3 a4 17. Nc1 d5 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Ba6 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 $16 {
1/2 Varga,Z (2525)-Papp,G (2474)/Austria 2005/ (53)}) (11. g4 h6 12. Ng3 Be6
13. h4 (13. Rd1 g6 14. Qf2 Qc7 15. h4 h5 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bd3 Be7 18. Nd2 $15 {
1/2 Papp,G (2474)-Valeanu,E (2398)/Belfort 2005/}) (13. O-O-O Qc7 14. Kb1 a5
15. h4 a4 16. Nc1 d5 17. Bb5 d4 18. Bf2 Qb6 19. Qe2 Ra5 20. Bc4 $11 {1/2
Sakelsek,T (2418)-Kurnosov,I (2517)/Cappelle la Grande 2006/ (58)}) 13... d5
14. exd5 Nxd5 15. O-O-O Qc7 16. Bd3 a5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Bxc5 O-O-O 19. Nf5 g6
20. Ng7 $14 {1-0 Naiditsch,A (2626)-Palac,M (2574)/Warsaw 2005/ (48)}) 11...
Be6 12. O-O-O Qc7 (12... Be7 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 d5 15. Bg5 Qb6 16. h4 d4 17.
Bxf6 Bxf6 18. g4 e4 19. Qf4 O-O 20. g5 Be5 21. Qxe4 $16 {1/2 Morozevich,A 
(2721)-Grischuk,A (2717)/Monte Carlo 2006/ (37)}) 13. f4 $146 {Svidler is
often inspired at the board, White certainly understands the need to act
quickly before Black manages to finish his kingside development.} (13. Kb1 a5
14. Bb5 a4 15. Nc1 Qb7 16. Bxc6+ Qxc6 17. Nd3 Rb8 18. b3 Qb5 19. f4 Be7 20.
fxe5 dxe5 $15 {1-0 Borisek,J (2509)-Gallagher,J (2544)/Gothenburg 2005/ (35)})
13... h5 $1 14. h4 a5 15. f5 $6 {Dubious decision, since the structure in the
center will now favour Black. White has no way of quickly benefitting from the
weakness of the d5 square.} (15. fxe5 $5 dxe5 16. Bb5 Be7 (16... a4 17. Na5 Bd7
18. Nc4 $14) 17. Nc5 Bg4 $11) 15... Bd7 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. Be2 Na7 (17... Be7 18.
Qd3 a4 19. Nd2) (17... a4 18. Nc1 Be7 19. Bf3 a3 $13) 18. Bxa7 $5 {Both
players might have regretted their last moves to some degree. Topalov has won
the bishops pair, but White will now act a bit on white squares.} Qxa7 19. Qd3
Bb5 20. Qf3 (20. Qxb5+ Rxb5 21. Bxb5+ Ke7 $17) 20... Bc6 $1 21. Nd2 Qc5 22. Nb3
Qb6 23. Nd2 Be7 $1 24. Nc4 Qc5 25. Ne3 a4 26. Bc4 Bd8 (26... Ng4 27. Nxg4 hxg4
28. Qe2 $13) 27. b3 $6 {Svidler is too willing to fix his structure, it seems
better to wait for a3 with 27.Rd3 keeping the queenside bit more closed.} (27.
Rd3 a3 28. b3 Rc8 $15) 27... Bb6 28. Rd3 axb3 29. cxb3 (29. axb3 $2 Ra8 $17) (
29. Bxb3 Bb5 $17) 29... Ra8 30. Rc1 Qa5 31. Rc2 Ke7 $5 {Topalov certainly
knows no fear when going for win, the king in the center is less safe than it
may seem.} 32. Nd5+ $2 {Svidler has missed his chance to force equality with
the better version of the same idea.} (32. Bd5 $1 Bb5 (32... Bxd5 $2 33. Nxd5+
Nxd5 34. Rxd5 Qa7 35. f6+ $1 $18) 33. Bxa8 Bxd3 34. Nd5+ Nxd5 35. f6+ $1 (35.
Qxd3 Nc3+ 36. Rxc3 bxc3 $19) 35... gxf6 (35... Nxf6 36. Nf5+ Kf8 37. Qxd3 Bc7 (
37... Bc5 38. Nxd6 g6 39. Bc6 $16) 38. Nxd6 Kg8 39. Bb7 Bxd6 40. Qxd6 Kh7 $11)
36. Nf5+ Kf8 37. Qxd3 Nc3+ 38. Rxc3 (38. Ka1 Bd4 39. Nxd4 exd4 40. Bd5 Qc5 $17)
38... bxc3 39. Qxd6+ Kg8 40. Qxf6 c2+ 41. Kxc2 Qxa2+ 42. Kc1 Qa3+ 43. Kc2 Qa2+
$11) 32... Bxd5 (32... Nxd5 $2 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34. f6+ $1 $18) 33. Bxd5 Rac8 34.
Rxc8 (34. Bc4 Bd4 35. Rcd2 Rxc4 36. bxc4 b3 37. Re2 bxa2+ 38. Rxa2 Rb8+ 39. Rb3
Rxb3+ 40. Qxb3 Qe1+ 41. Kc2 Qf2+ 42. Kb1 Qg1+ 43. Kc2 Qxg2+ 44. Kd1 $11) 34...
Rxc8 35. Bc4 Rh8 $1 (35... Qc5 36. Nxh5 Qg1+ 37. Rd1 (37. Kc2 Nxh5 38. Qxh5
Qxg2+ 39. Kd1 Rxc4 40. bxc4 Qxe4 $17) 37... Nxe4 $1 38. Rxg1 Nd2+ 39. Kc2 Nxf3
$15) 36. Rd2 Qc5 37. Qd1 $2 {The time trouble takes it´s toll, the defender
has missed the best chance for showing true resistance.} (37. Rc2 Qg1+ 38. Rc1
Qe3 39. Be2 Qxf3 40. Bxf3 Bf2 41. Nf1 Kd7 $15) 37... Ba7 $6 (37... Qe3 $1 38.
Rd3 (38. Rxd6 Bd4 $19) 38... Qf2 39. Qc2 (39. Rxd6 Bd4 40. Rxd4 Qxd4 41. Qxd4
exd4 $17) 39... Rc8 40. Qxf2 Bxf2 $17) 38. Rc2 Qe3 39. Bd3 $1 Bc5 40. Qf3 Rd8
41. Be2 Qf4 (41... Qxf3 42. Bxf3 g6 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Ne2 $15) 42. Nxh5 (42.
Qxf4 exf4 43. Nxh5 Nxe4 44. Nxf4 Nc3+ 45. Rxc3 bxc3 46. Nd5+ Kf8 47. Bb5 (47.
Nxc3 Re8 $15) 47... g6 $13) 42... Qxh4 (42... Qxe4 43. Nxf6 Qxf3 44. Ng8+ $1
Rxg8 45. Bxf3 Kf6 46. Be4 Rh8 47. g3 $15) 43. Nxf6 gxf6 $1 {Topalov has great
phantasy in playing for win, opposite coloured bishops can be very unpleasant
for the white king.} 44. g3 Qg5 45. Qg4 Rh8 $1 (45... Qxg4 46. Bxg4 Rg8 47. Be2
Rxg3 48. Bc4 $11) 46. Qxg5 fxg5 47. Bg4 $1 {Fortunatelly for white this
defensive set up is very difficult for breaking up.} Kf6 48. Rc1 Rh2 49. Rc2
Rh6 (49... Rxc2 50. Kxc2 Bf2 51. Kd3 Bxg3 52. Kc4 $11) 50. Rc1 Bf2 51. Rd1 $1
Kg7 (51... Ke7 52. Rd3 Rh2 53. f6+ Kxf6 54. Rxd6+ Kg7 55. Rd2 Rh1+ 56. Rd1 Rh8
57. Rd3 Be1 $17) 52. Rd3 Bd4 (52... Rh1+ 53. Rd1) 53. Kc2 Kf6 54. Rd2 Rh1 55.
Rd1 Rh8 56. Kd3 $1 {Finally the worst is over for Svidler and the rest is not
so difficult for him.} Rc8 57. Ke2 Rc3 58. Rd3 Rc5 59. Bf3 $15 Ke7 60. Rd2 Rc3
61. Rd3 Rc8 62. Rd2 Rh8 63. Kf1 Rc8 64. Ke2 Rg8 65. Kf1 Rh8 66. Rc2 Bc5 67. Kg2
Kf6 68. Be2 Rh7 69. Rc1 Rh8 70. Rc2 Rh7 71. Rc1 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Be7 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g5 Nh5 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 f5 {
This line is remarkable in it´s nature. Black has next to no firepower on
light squares, but his counterplay will be build around the dark ones.} 15.
gxf6 Bxf6 16. Na5 Nf4 17. Nc6 (17. Kb1 Nb6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qb4 Nd7 20. Nc6 Qc7
21. Qxc4 Rfc8 22. h4 Kh8 23. Qe4 Nxd5 24. Bd3 Nf8 25. Qxd5 Qxc6 26. Qxc6 Rxc6
27. Be4 $16 {1-0 Arakhamia Grant,K (2452)-Vajda,S (2391)/Chisinau 2005 (48)}) (
17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Ng2 19. Qxg2 Qxa5 20. Kb1 Rab8 21. Qd2 Qd8 22. b3 a5 $11 {
1-0 Zontakh,A (2543)-Purtov,A (2404)/St Petersburg 2005 (58)}) 17... Qc7 18. c4
$5 $146 {Novelty and the whole concept is aimed against the counterplay with
Nb6.} (18. Bd3 Nb6 19. Bxb6 Qxb6 20. Rhg1 Kh8 (20... Nxd3+ 21. Qxd3 Bh4 (21...
Rf7 22. Rg4 Raf8 23. Rf1 g6 24. Kb1 Bg7 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rb4 Qc5 27. Rxa4 $14 {
0-1 Vovk,Y (2421)-Areshchenko,A (2660)/Evpatoria 2006 (52)}) 22. Kb1 Rf4 23.
Qf1 Qc7 24. Qh3 Re8 25. Rg4 Bf6 $11 {1/2 Kryvoruchko,Y (2474)-Bindrich,F (2326)
/Deizisau 2005 (78)}) 21. Be4 b4 22. Kb1 a5 23. Rg4 Rf7 24. Rdg1 Nh3 25. Rf1
Nf4 {1/2 Mutschnik,I (2410)-Bindrich,F (2326)/Deizisau 2005}) (18. Kb1 Nb6 19.
Bxf4 exf4 20. c3 Rae8 21. Rg1 Re3 22. Rg4 Rxf3 23. Bd3 Qf7 24. Rxf4 Rxf4 25.
Qxf4 Qh5 $11 {1/2 Bologan,V (2666)-Efimenko,Z (2648)/Sochi 2006 (39)}) 18...
Nb8 (18... Nb6 $2 19. Qa5 $16) (18... bxc4 19. Bxc4 a5 $5) 19. Qa5 Rc8 $2 {
Indirectly Ponomariov is admitting, that Black has serious problems. The only
chance for real resistance must be connected with the retreat of the black
queen.} (19... Qb7 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Qxb5 Qxb5 (21... Qf7 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Bh3
$14) 22. Bxb5 Rxa2 23. Kb1 Ra8 24. Rc1 Nd7 $13) 20. Kb1 (20. Qxc7 $5 Rxc7 21.
Kb1 $14) 20... bxc4 {The choices were already pretty rotten for the second
player.} (20... Nxc6 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. dxc6 Rxc6 (22... Rb8 23. cxb5 axb5 24.
Rxd6 $16) 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxb5 $16) (20... Qb7 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Qd7 23.
Qc4 $16) 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Bxc4 Kf8 (22... Nxc6 23. dxc6+ d5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25.
Bxd5+ Kf8 26. Bb6 Rac8 27. Bxc7 Rxc7 28. Kc2 $16) 23. Na5 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Very
fine move clearly underlining the fact, that the black queenside pieces are
under lot of pressure.} (23. Bb3 Nxc6 24. dxc6 Ke7 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Rhe1+ Be5
27. Bd5 $16) 23... Nd7 24. Rc1 Bg5 (24... Rac8 25. Bxa6 (25. b4 $5 $16) 25...
Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 27. Bxc1 Nxd5 28. Nc6 $16) 25. h4 Bh6 26. Bb3 Rac8 27. Rc6
$1 Ne2 {Ponomariov must have agonized about the most promissing line of
resistance, the tactics with 27...Nxd5 was not exactly encouraging.} (27...
Nxd5 28. Bxh6 Rxc6 29. Nxc6 N7f6 (29... Rxc6 $2 30. Bxd5 Rc5 31. Be6 $18) (
29... N5f6 30. Bxg7+ $1 Kxg7 31. Ne7 Rd8 32. Nf5+ Kf8 33. Nxd6 $16) 30. Na5 (
30. Nxe5 gxh6 31. Nc4 $16) 30... gxh6 31. Rd1 Rc5 32. Nb7 Rb5 33. Nxd6 $16) 28.
Bxh6 gxh6 29. Bc4 (29. Rxd6 $4 Rc1+ $19) 29... Nd4 30. Bxa6 $5 {Reportedly
Svidler have played this move pretty quickly and it is hard to tell how much
he had calculated or felt.} (30. Rxd6 Ke7 31. Rxh6 Rxc4 32. Nxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxh7+
Kd6 34. Rf7 $16) 30... Nxc6 31. dxc6 Rxc6 (31... Ra8 32. cxd7 Ke7 (32... Rxd7
33. Bb5 $18) 33. Bc8 $1 Rxa5 34. Rg1 Rac5 $1 (34... Rxd7 35. Rg7+ Kd8 36. Bxd7
Ra7 37. Rg8+ $18) 35. Rg7+ Kf6 36. d8=Q+ Kxg7 37. a4 Rxc8 38. Qxd6 $18) 32.
Nxc6 Rxc6 33. Bb5 Rc7 34. Rc1 $1 {This is the position Peter was striving for,
nominally the position is equal but the white bishop and two passed pawns
promise a huge advantage with no risk.} Nc5 (34... Rxc1+ 35. Kxc1 Nc5 36. Kd2
$16) 35. Bc4 (35. b4 $2 Rb7 36. a4 Nxa4 $1 $19) 35... e4 (35... Ke7 36. b4 Rb7
37. a3 Ne6 38. Bd5 $16) 36. b4 $1 Rb7 37. a3 exf3 38. Rf1 Na4 39. Rxf3+ Kg7 40.
Bb3 Nb6 41. Kb2 {Ponomariov has no arguments for preventing the advance of the
white queenside pawns.} Re7 42. a4 Re4 43. Ka3 (43. Ka3 Rxh4 (43... Nc4+ 44.
Bxc4 Rxc4 45. a5 Rc1 46. Ka4 Ra1+ 47. Kb5 d5 48. a6 $18) 44. a5 Nc4+ 45. Ka4
Nd2 46. a6 Nxf3 47. a7 Rh1 48. Ka3 Ra1+ 49. Ba2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 Qc7 $5 ({Theory is relatively well
established after} 11... Ba6 {, when White is supposed to maintain an edge.
With his last move, Black declares his intentions to enter a less explored
territory.}) 12. d5 Nd7 {[#]} 13. Qc2 $5 ({This move was introduced in
practice recently by Bacrot. White retreats his queen on a less exposed square,
waiting for Black to declare his intentions. After the more straightforward} 
13. c4 e6 14. Qc2 Rfe8 15. Bg5 Nf6 16. Bd3 h6 17. Bd2 exd5 18. exd5 Re7 19. a4
Rae8 {Black had sufficient counterplay in Navara-Jansa, Karlovy Vary 2005.})
13... Rad8 ({Deviating from Bacrot's previous game, which continued with} 13...
Ne5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5 15. c4 e6 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a4 {with a stable
advantage, which White failed to convert into a win in Bacrot-Navara,
Gothenburg 2005. We can see that Navara adopted 11...Qc7, too possibly under
the impression of the fact that he could not prove an advantage with White.})
14. Bg5 Bf6 15. Bh6 Bg7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. a4 e6 {[#]} 18. dxe6 $6 ({Possibly
missing Black's strong repyl.} 18. c4 {, consolidating the centre, would have
left White in control of the position.}) 18... Nf6 $1 ({Of course,} 18... fxe6
{would have left Black with a terrible structure.}) 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nxf7 Bxe4
21. Qb3 Rxf7 22. exf7 Bxb1 23. Rxb1 Qxf7 24. Qxf7+ Kxf7 25. Bc4+ Kf8 26. f3 Rd2
27. a5 bxa5 28. Ra1 Rc2 29. Bd3 Rd2 30. Bc4 Rc2 31. Bd3 Rd2 32. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 e5 {This variation used to be fashionable quarter of century ago.
It made part of the repertoire of such players like Ulf Andersson and a very
young Garry Kasparov. By the way, they also reached this position via Paulsen
move order.} 10. Nxc6 ({Not a very popular continuation. In the days of
highest popularity of this line, the main directions of investigations
consisted of} 10. Nb3 exf4 11. Rxf4 Be6 {reaching a position typical for the
Najdorf variation but with the minor difference that the black a-pawn finds
itself on its initial square and}) (10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf5 {. As we shall see,
Kamsky followed his own footsteps.}) 10... bxc6 {In spite of ensuring Black a
good control of the central squares, the pawn tandem c6-d6 an easily become
the object of attack of White's pieces.} 11. Kh1 exf4 ({Refraining from this
exchange for too long proved to be sangerous for Black after} 11... Be6 12. Bf3
Bc4 13. Re1 Nd7 14. b3 Ba6 15. f5 Nf6 16. g4 {in Kamsky-Khalifman, Las Vegas
FIDE KO 1999.}) 12. Bxf4 Be6 13. Bf3 Qb6 14. b3 Rfd8 ({Not a very inspired
novelty. The king side will remain vulnerable now. In a recent game,} 14...
Rad8 {was tried:} 15. Qe1 Kh8 ({Not easy to understand.} 15... Rfe8 {,
completing the development, looks more natural.}) 16. Rd1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qe5 18.
Ne2 d5 19. Bf4 Qb2 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nd4 Bc5 22. Nxe6 fxe6 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4
Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qxa2 26. h3 {with a better coordination of White's pieces in Xu
Yuhua-Kovalevskaya, Ekaterinburg 2006.}) 15. Qe1 Nd7 $2 {A terrible blunder.
Svidler's desire to transfer the knight to e5 is understandable, but he
obviously missed White's simple tactical blow.} 16. Nd5 $1 cxd5 17. exd5 Bg4
18. Qxe7 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nf6 20. Be3 Qa5 21. Rxf6 $1 {Black's king is helpless
now.} gxf6 22. Qxf6 Re8 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Bd2 (24. Bd2 {The only way to prevent
Qf6 followed by Bh6+ consists of} Qd8 {but then} 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Bc3 {ensures
White a decisive advantage.}) 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 {By leaving the d-pawn on its initial square, Black maintains
the possibility of developing his dark-squared bishop on more active positions
than e7 or f8 or, in certain cases, to break the centre with ...d5, in the
spirit of the "rarely seen" nowadays Marshall Attack.} 10. Nc3 ({If White
prevents the pin of this knight with} 10. a3 {, Black can nonetheless obtain
good play with} Bc5 11. Nc3 d6 12. Nd5 h6 13. c3 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15. Rxe3 Nd7
16. Ba2 Ne7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nh2 Nf6 19. Ng4 {and a draw was agreed in
Kramnik-Anand, Dortmund (m/3-rapid) 2004}) 10... Bb4 11. Ng5 ({The immediate} 
11. a3 Bxc3 12. bxc3 {also left White with structural problems after} Na5 13.
Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 c5 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. exd5 Qd6 18. c4 bxc4 19. Qd2
Nb7 20. dxc4 e4 21. Nh2 Qg6 22. Qf4 Nd6 23. Nf1 f5 {in Kasimdzhanov-Anand,
Bundesliga 2005/2006. RR: See also the comments from Anand to this game in
113CBM.}) 11... Rf8 12. a3 ({If White finds himself in a peacefull mood, he
can offer a repetition of moves with} 12. Nf3) 12... Bxc3 13. bxc3 {The
weakness of the c-pawns will considerably restrict White's active
possibilities.} h6 $5 ({A novelty, aiming to prevent White from opening the
position with an early f4. True, in a previous game where this position was
seen, White did not get any advantage out of this pawn break:} 13... Na5 14.
Ba2 c5 15. f4 exf4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Bxd5 Qxg5 18. Bxb7 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik-Leko,
Brissago Wch m-2 2004}) 14. Nf3 d6 15. Nh4 Bc8 16. Qf3 Na5 17. Ba2 c5 18. Nf5
Bxf5 19. Qxf5 c4 {There is little life left in the position now.} 20. Rd1 Qc8
21. Qf3 Qe6 22. a4 Rfc8 23. Ba3 Ne8 24. Qe2 Qd7 25. Bb4 Qc7 26. dxc4 Nxc4 27.
Bxc4 bxc4 28. a5 Qe7 29. Rd2 Rc6 30. Rad1 Qe6 31. Qf3 Rb8 32. Rd5 f6 33. R5d2
Rb7 34. Kh2 Kf7 35. Qh5+ Kg8 36. Qf3 Kf7 37. Qh5+ Kg8 38. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {In spite of the small disaster from Morelia and
Linares, Svidler remains faithfull to his beloved Gruenfeld. His persistence
will be fully rewarded.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 ({Black chooses one of the oldest systems of
development, employed by such players like Botvinnik and Fischer. Of course,
the forced variations arising after} 10... Bg4 11. f3 Na5 {would entirely suit
Topalov's style of play (and home preparation).}) ({In Linares, Svidler tried} 
10... Na5 {against the same opponent, but failed to solve the opening problems.
}) 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 ({This move started becoming very popular in the late
eighties. Previously,} 12. Qd2 {was considered to be the main move. The
greatest specialist of the past with this system, Boris Spassky, always played
f4 in this variation, immediately or after such preparatory moves as 12.h3 or
12.Qe1. Quite successfully, I must say, since he twice inflicted two painfull
defeats to his successor to the champion's throne: Robert Fischer.}) 12... Qd7
13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3 {The black knight certainly looks awkward on a5, but Black
plans to make the d6-square available for it, by either ...e5 or ...e6 and ...
exd5.} b5 15. Rb1 a6 16. c4 ({A novelty by Topalov and, possibly, not a very
adequate one! The knight is allowed to get into play without having to spend
additional time. The main continuation is} 16. Qc1 {, removing the queen from
the d-file and taking two important dark diagonals under observation (in view
of the possible threats Bh6 and Qa3).}) 16... e6 17. Bg5 Re8 18. Qd2 (18. cxb5
exd5 {would allow Black obtain strong counterplay in the centre.}) 18... Nxc4
19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. d6 {If White will manage to consolidate this pawn, his
chances would be obviously better, but this will not happen.} Bb7 21. Qe3 f6
22. Bh4 g5 23. Bg3 f5 {This is the kind of positions where we can see why one
likes to play the Gruenfeld. The position is very hard to control by White.}
24. Qxg5 Bxe4 25. Rb6 Qd8 $1 ({By exchanging the queens, Black avoids any
dangers regarding the slightly exposed position of his king.} 25... Bd3 {
would be less clear after, say,} 26. Re1 e5 27. Nc3 {followed by Nd5.}) 26.
Qxd8 Raxd8 27. Rd1 Rd7 {It becomes clear now that Black has a big advantage.
His powerfull pair of bishops control the numerous weak square available in
White's camp, while the c-pawns are not easy to block.} 28. f3 Bc2 29. Re1 Bd3
30. Rxa6 c3 31. Ra3 Bxe2 32. Rxe2 Rb8 33. Rb3 Rxb3 34. axb3 Kf7 35. Kf1 Rb7 36.
Ra2 Bf6 37. Ke2 c4 $1 {Ths simplest. Black wins material now.} 38. b4 Rxb4 39.
Ra7+ Kg6 40. Rc7 c2 41. Kd2 f4 42. Be1 Rb1 43. Rxc4 Rd1+ 44. Kxc2 Rxe1 45. Rxf4
Re2+ 46. Kd3 Re5 47. Rg4+ Kf7 48. Ra4 Rd5+ 49. Ke3 Rxd6 50. Ra7+ Kg6 {This
ending is not easy to win yet. With his next move, Topalov simplifies his
opponent's technical task.} 51. Kf4 $2 {He should have removed the rook from
the exposed a7-square.} Rd4+ 52. Kg3 ({After} 52. Ke3 Rh4 {(threatening ...
Bd4+)} 53. Ra6 Rxh2 54. Rxe6 Rxg2 {the presence of rooks on board ensures a
win, in spite of the fact that the promoting h1-square is not controlled by
the bishop.}) 52... Bh4+ 53. Kh3 Bf2 {With the brutal threat of mate in onw.}
54. g3 Rh4+ $1 {After the exchange of rooks, Black wins easily.} 55. Kxh4 Bxa7
56. Kh3 Kf5 57. Kg2 Be3 58. Kh3 Ke5 59. Kg4 Bg1 60. h4 Bf2 61. h5 h6 0-1

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 {After the success obtained with the Gruenfeld Defence, Svidler's desire to
develop his bishop in fianchetto again is entirely understandable.} 9. Nc3 Bg7
10. Nf3 {The standard attack based on f4-f5 would be less effective now,
against Black's well defended king side. Therefore, White concentrates his
efforts against the d6-pawn, which has been slightly weakened after ...Bg7.}
O-O 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. Qe3 Nce5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Be2 b6 16. Rfd1 Re8
17. Qd2 Nxc4 18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Qxd6 {From structural point of view, the
exchange of these pawns is supposed to favour Black. However, Black's dark
squares have been weakened even more now, especially after the dissapearance
of the black knight. Besides, the light-squared bishop will be severly
restricted by the white central chain of pawns. These latter aspects allow
White count on a minimal, but stable advantage.} Bb7 20. Be5 $1 {Exchanging
the last remaining defender of the dark squares.} Bxe5 21. Qxe5 Rad8 22. f3 b5
23. Kf2 $3 {The initiation of a very original plan. The transfer of the king
to e3 is motivated by two aspects. Firts of all, in case of an attacking
action of the other pieces, His Majesty could easily remain exposed on the
back rank, as a consequence of the relative weakness of the g1-a7 diagonal.
Secondly, the presence of this "extra-piece" in the centre will allow White
consolidate his domination. Such a plan is possible only because Black's
bishop is so desperately passive. Although all this looks quite logical, the
artistic impression (or, if you wish, extravagancy) is similar to that caused
by a football goal-keeper advancing to attacking positions.} Qc6 24. Ne2 Qb6+
25. Rd4 Rd7 26. b4 {Taking just another dark square under control.} Red8 27.
Ke3 $1 {White maintains the tension in the centre without the necessity of
abandoning the control of the c-file.} Rxd4 28. Nxd4 Rd6 29. Qf6 Rd7 30. Rc5
Qd6 31. g3 a5 32. a3 axb4 33. axb4 Qa6 34. Ne2 Qd6 35. Qc3 h5 36. Qd4 Qe7 {
Of course, with such a centralized white king, Black would have no interest in
entering into the endgame.} 37. Qe5 f6 38. Qb8+ Kg7 39. Nc3 ({Possibly not
best.} 39. e5 {would have allowed White make further progress with his
strategy on dark squares.}) 39... e5 {Black has managed to cover the king side
dark squares in acceptable way. However, the d5-square has been weakened now,
which determines White switch to another plan.} 40. Nd5 Bxd5 41. exd5 {Like
recommended by Nimzowitsch, the strong outpost has been converted into a
strong passed pawn. However, the king starts feeling a bit insecure now.} f5 ({
This activity in the centre will only result into material losses.} 41... Ra7 {
might have offered better chances for counterplay.}) 42. Qxb5 f4+ 43. Kf2 e4
44. fxe4 fxg3+ 45. hxg3 Qf6+ 46. Kg2 Qb2+ 47. Kh3 Rf7 48. Qd3 {Black's attack
has failed completely. He now has to allow the exchange of queens, thus
reaching a hopeless rook ending. Otherwise the white queen would occupy the
a1-h8 diagonal, when, all of a sudden, the black king would find himself under
strong attack.} Qxb4 49. Qc3+ Qxc3 50. Rxc3 Re7 51. Rc4 Kf6 52. Kh4 Ke5 53. Rc6
{En elegant way to finish the game. The e4-pawn is taboo in view of the check
on e6. Otherwise, White plans to play Kg5 and give the check on e6 anyway.} 1-0

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Nc6 13. Nf1 Bc8 {The transfer of
the bishop to e6 is considered to be a reliable method of neutralizing White's
control over the relatively weak d5-square.} 14. c3 Be6 15. Bxe6 fxe6 {Such
double pawns can eventually become weak, but for the moment their presence
improve Black's control over the centre. Besides, the pressure along the
f-file could become annoying for White in certain cases.} 16. b4 ({White aims
to prevent Black's expansion in the centre, which happened in, for instance,
Shirov-Onischuk, New Delhi/Teheran 2000} 16. Ng3 Nd7 17. Be3 d5 18. exd5 exd5
19. b4 Kh8 20. Qb3 c4 21. dxc4 bxc4 {with active play for Black.}) 16... Qd7
17. Ng3 a5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. a4 b4 20. Be3 c4 21. dxc4 Qxd1 22. Rexd1 bxc3 23.
c5 c2 24. Rdc1 Nb4 25. Ne1 Rfc8 26. Nxc2 Bxc5 27. Nxb4 Bxe3 28. Rxc8+ Rxc8 29.
fxe3 axb4 30. Rb1 Rb8 31. a5 Ra8 32. Rxb4 Rxa5 {Queen side complications have
led to almost perfect symmetry. Instead of asking for permission to agree to a
draw, players preferred repeating moves.} 33. Rb6 Kf7 34. Rb7+ Kg6 35. Rb6 Kf7
36. Rb7+ Kg6 37. Rb6 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2803"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Ne3 bxa4 15.
Nd2 Rb8 16. c3 Bb5 17. Nf5 Ne8 18. Nc4 Nb3 19. Bxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3 Bf6 21. Qd1
g6 22. Nfe3 Nc7 23. Nd2 Bg5 24. c4 Bxe3 25. Rxe3 Bc6 26. Nf1 f5 27. exf5 gxf5
28. Rg3+ Kh8 29. f4 Qf6 30. Qh5 Rg8 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Bg5 Qe6 33. Re1 Rxb2 34.
Nh2 f4 35. Rg4 Qf5 36. Qh6 Rg6 37. Rxe5 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rb2+ 39. Kg1 Rb1+ 40. Kf2
Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sofia MTel Masters 2nd"]
[Site "Sofia"]
[Date "2006.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2006.05.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4
15. a4 Bf6 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Bd2 Bb7 19. Re4 Rxe4 20. dxe4 c5 21.
dxc6 Bxc6 22. Qf3 Be5 23. g4 h6 24. Kg2 Qb7 25. Bd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 g5 27. b3 Kg7
28. Qe4 Qc8 29. Kf3 f6 30. Qf5 Qb7 31. Qe4 Qc8 32. Qf5 Qb7 33. Qe4 Qc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zhang, Zhong"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C87"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 d6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
d4 exd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. h3 Re8 12. Bf4 g6 13. Nf3 Nh5 14. Bh2 Ng7
15. Qd2 Qc8 16. Rad1 Qb7 17. b3 Rad8 18. Bf4 Qb4 19. Bh6 a5 20. Re3 Bc8 21. Nd4
Bd7 22. Rf3 Ne6 23. Nf5 Bf6 24. a3 Qxa3 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Rxf6
Bc8 28. f4 c5 29. Nb5 Bb7 30. f5 Nd4 31. Nxd6 Bxe4 32. Nxe8 Rxe8 33. fxg6 hxg6
34. c3 Nf5 35. Bg5 Bc2 36. Ra1 Ng3 37. Rf3 Ne4 38. Bf4 c4 39. b4 axb4 40. cxb4
Re6 41. Ra8+ Kg7 42. Ra7 Bd1 43. Rfa3 g5 44. Be3 Nd6 45. R7a6 f6 46. Bd2 Bb3
47. R3a5 Kf7 48. b5 Ke8 49. Bb4 Kd7 50. Ra7+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. d3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Bg4 12. Nbd2 Qd7 13. Re1 Rae8 14. Nf1 Bb6 15.
h4 gxh4 16. Bxh4 Nh5 17. N1h2 Kh8 18. Qd2 Kh7 19. Bd1 Rg8 20. Ng5+ hxg5 21.
Bxg4 Qe7 22. Bxh5 gxh4 23. Bg4 Rg5 24. Bf5+ Kh8 25. Nf3 Rh5 26. Bg4 Rh7 27. Bf5
Rh5 28. Bg4 Rh7 29. Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Tiviakov,S"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

{[This game took place in the central match of the 6th round. It was quite
important for the 1st sensaion of the Olympiad in Turin. Our Dutch tem
defeated Russia. And my solid play in this game helped that, it is always not
an easy task to hold with Black against the player of a class of Svidler.]} 1.
e4 d5 {[Peter always plays 1.e4 and I recently started playing the
Scandinavian Defence, choosing it instead of the Dragon and Maroczy. The
Scandinavian Defence is much more soild and safe than the Dragon. At least I
don't have a risk to lose by force here. Despite the dubious reputation it is
not easy for White to get even a small advantage. I played lot of games with
the Scandinavian on the highest possible level and with success. For example,
drew Anand, Svidler, Grischuk, Korneev, Cheparinov, won against Kamsky, not
mentioning much weaker players.]} 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 (
5... c6 {is another move I play regularly. I played it against Anand, Grischuk.
There is nothing wrong with it, but having played already 1 game at the
Olympiad before (against Enmaul Hossain), I decided to go for 5...c6.}) 6. g3 {
[Peter chooses the most principal continuation. Other moves pose less threats
for Black.]} Bg4 7. Bg2 c6 (7... Nc6 {is the main continuation here with lot
of theory and sharp lines, but it was not the point of the present game to
play sharp. I decided to choose the safer and much more rearer 7...c6}) 8. Bf4
$1 $146 {This move is new, but it is clearly stronger than 8.0-0. If White
castles king's side, he has no chances for an opening advantage whatsoever.
The following games demonstrate some plans and the ideas...} (8. O-O e6 9. Re1
(9. Bf4 Qd8 10. Qd3 Bd6 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. Qe2 O-O 13. h3 h6 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. a3
Nbd7 16. Rfe1 Rfd8 17. Kh2 Rac8 18. Nxd7 Rxd7 19. Bxd6 Rxd6 20. Ne4 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Rcd8 22. c3 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Qc7 24. Qe2 c5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 {1/2-1/2 Cristian,
S-Rentner,D/playchess.com 2004/EXT 2005 (94)}) (9. a4 a5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3
Be7 12. Bf4 Qd8 13. Rad1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nd7 16. c4 Re8 17. Qc2 Rc8
18. h4 Qb6 19. Rd3 Bf6 20. Rfd1 e5 21. Bh3 $16 {1-0 Shabalov,A-Gonzalez,R/
Philadelphia 2004/CBM 101 ext (30)}) 9... Be7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. Ne4
Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bf6 14. c3 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Qc2 g6 17. h4 Nd7 18. h5 Bg7 19.
Kg2 Rfe8 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Rad1 Rac8 22. Rh1 Nf6 23. Bd3 c5 24. Be5 Qc6+ 25. f3
Ng4 26. Qe2 cxd4 27. Bxg7 Kxg7 28. cxd4 Nf6 29. Qe5 Rh8 30. Be4 Qb6 31. g4 Rxh1
32. Rxh1 Qc7 33. Qg5 Nxe4 34. Qh6+ Kf6 35. fxe4 Qc2+ 36. Kf3 Qxb2 37. Qh4+ g5
38. Qh6+ Ke7 39. Qxg5+ Kd7 40. Qg7 Rc3+ 41. Kf4 Qd2+ 42. Ke5 Rf3 43. Qh6 Qa5+ {
0-1 Dworakowska,J-Ogloblin,N/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005 (43)}) 8... Qd8 9. h3 {
White has no other useful moves and has to force the exchange on f3
immediately.} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 e6 11. O-O-O Be7 {[Here White has a development,
space advantage and moreover the pair of bishops. Despite all that it is not
easy for White to get something special from that. Meanwhile Black play is
easy, he is going to finish the development by Nbd7, Nd5 and then start
advancing the pawns on the queen's side - b7-b5 etc with enough counter-play.
In his turn White has to advance the king's side pawn trying to create the
attack on the Black king.]} 12. g4 Nbd7 13. Kb1 Nd5 14. Nxd5 $6 {[After the
game Peter was unhappy with this move. He felt he should have played} (14. Bc1
$5 {but after} b5 $132 {, followed by the advance of the other queen's side
pawns, Black creates enough counter-play. Position remains very complex, with
chances for both sides.}) 14... cxd5 15. c4 Nb6 {[Later Peter told me he
missed that move. But is it the only Black move in the position, he
consolidates his center, transferring the knight to c6, where he will attack
the pawn d4.]} 16. c5 Nc4 17. Bf1 Na5 {[If Black plays Nc6, puts the bishop on
the diagonal a1-h8 and aftewards opens the b line, White can come in trouble.
He has to prevent the development of the black bishop on the diagonal a1-h8.]}
18. Qg3 {[Unfortunately for Black, White can prevent the realisation of the
previously mentioned plan. He is threatening to play g4-g5 and then start
advancing the h pawn. Besides he is also threatening to win the knight by
Bf4-c7.]} Bh4 {[It took a lot of time to make this move. At first I was going
to play 18...Nc6 or 18...Rc8 or even 18...Qd7 (with an idea Rc8, Bd8-c7). But
then decided to disturb White plan and prevent the advance of the white pawns
on the king's side.]} 19. Qe3 h6 20. Be5 {[White is playing safe, deciding to
exchange the bishops.]} (20. Bh2 $5 {, followed by f4-f5, was too risky. And
according to Peter White has more chances to lose than to win.}) 20... Bf6 21.
Bxf6 Qxf6 22. f4 Nc6 23. g5 Qe7 24. h4 g6 {[Black is not in a hurry to
determine the position of the king and tries to refrain from castling as long
as possible. One of the great advantages of the Scandinavian is that there is
not much theory here, there is much space for creativity.]} 25. Rh3 ({After} 
25. gxh6 O-O-O {Black will soon win the h6 pawn back, leaving White with too
many weaknesses in his camp.}) 25... O-O-O (25... h5 $5 {followed by 0-0, was
possible}) 26. Be2 hxg5 27. fxg5 ({After} 27. hxg5 Qc7 {, followed by Ne7-f5,
it is only White who can come in trouble}) 27... e5 {[After the exchanges of
the queens the draw is the most likely result. I decided to call it a day and
offered a draw.]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Fedorov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. O-O Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Bd2 b5 12. Rae1 b4 13. Nd1 Bb7 14. Nf2 a5 15.
c3 e5 16. c4 a4 17. Nc1 exf4 18. Bxf4 O-O 19. b3 axb3 20. axb3 Rfe8 21. Kh1 Nd7
22. Ng4 Nce5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 dxe5 25. c5 Bxc5 26. Bc4 Rf8 27. Nd3 Bd6
28. Rf3 Kh8 29. Nf2 g6 30. Qd2 Rad8 31. Rd3 Be7 32. Qh6 Rxd3 33. Nxd3 f5 34.
exf5 Rxf5 35. Qd2 Qd6 36. Qe2 Bf6 37. Nf2 Rf4 38. Rd1 Rd4 39. Rd3 e4 40. Rxd4
Qxd4 41. h3 Be7 42. Ng4 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {This move started to appear
on modern high level practice after Kramnik implemented it in the match versus
Leko. Svidler was Kramnik's second and it is not surprising that he included
it in his repertoire. However, 5...e6 suits better as a one-time surprise
weapon rather than a constant part of one's opening repertoire.} 6. e3 {
The safe continuation, which secures a typical middlegame initiative in a
position with an isolated pawn.} ({Another test for Black's set-up is the more
aggressive} 6. e4) 6... c5 {In order to complete development Black must go for
a QGA type of position. His justification for the two-steps advance of the
pawn to c5 is that White's extra-tempo a2-a4 is not very useful.} 7. Bxc4 Nc6
8. O-O {We have a well-known variation of the Queen's Gambit Accepted, where
Black has the pawn on a6: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bxc4 a6 6.a4
c5 7.0-0 Nc6 8.Nc3. As we'll see, in opposite to QGA, here Black's pawn on a7
instead of a6 reduces Black's possibilities, which basically means that
Black's entire opening concept has obvious drawbacks.} cxd4 ({Although less
attractive than in QGA, where it represents the most solid continuation, here
8...Be7 could be the best option as well:} 8... Be7 9. dxc5 $5 ({In the
variation} 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 {Black must play} O-O ({Not} 10... e5 {which
equalizes with the pawn on a6, since after} 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 {
White has a nasty check on b5:} 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Qe5 $36) 11. exd4 Nb4 {
White's chances are slightly preferable here, but Black at least avoided
opponent's plan from the game (Bg5 and Re1).}) 9... Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 {
The pawn would certainly be more useful for Black on a6 than on a7. In QGA
with the pawn on a6 Black is able to equalize such an endgame. Here having
square b5 at his disposal White has more possibilities to fight for advantage.}
) 9. exd4 (9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Bb5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 a6 12. Bxd7+ Qxd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7
14. Bd2 Bd6 15. a5 {1/2-1/2 Atalik,S (2620)-Brodsky,M (2564)/Hoogeveen 2005})
9... Be7 10. Bg5 {One of the most dangerous plans for Black} (10. Be3 O-O 11.
Ne5 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 {implemented the standard breakthrough} 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5
Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 Bc8 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2741)-Kramnik,V (2770)
/Brissago 2004}) (10. Qe2 O-O (10... Nxd4 $2 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nb5 $18 {
here we see another drawback of not having the pawn on a6.}) 11. Rd1 Nb4 (11...
Nd5 {is another critical continuation}) 12. Bg5 (12. Ne5 Bd7 $1 (12... b6 13.
Qf3 $1 Rb8 14. Qg3 $36 {1-0 Iordachescu,V (2583)-Jaracz,P (2492)/Stockholm
2005 (50)}) 13. Bg5 Bc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 {is perfectly playable for Black}) 12...
Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rad1
hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Svidler,P (2765)/Monte Carlo
2006 (46)}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 {Before playing ...h6, Svidler waits until
his opponent's queen goes to e2.} (11... h6 12. Bf4 Nb4 13. Qd2 $1 Bd7 {
run into} 14. Bxh6 $1 Rc8 15. Bb3 gxh6 16. Qxh6 Nh7 (16... Ng4 17. Qh3 $1 Nf6
$2 18. Re5 $18) (16... Re8 17. Qg5+ (17. Rxe6 Bf8 $1) 17... Kh7 (17... Kf8 18.
Ne5 $18) 18. Re5 $5 $40) 17. Re5 f5 18. Rxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxe6+ $16 {1-0 Radjabov,
T (2700)-Svidler,P (2765)/Linares 2006 (41)}) ({In case of} 11... Nb4 {the
absence of the pawn on a6 can be seen for instance in the variation} 12. Qe2 (
12. Ne5 $14) 12... b6 13. Rad1 $16 {and with the pawn on a6 Black's best
continuation would be 13...Ra7. Alas, such a move is impossible here...} Bb7
$140 14. d5 $18) 12. Qe2 {White arranges the rooks on the best squares for
such positions: e1 and d1.} (12. Rc1 Rc8 (12... Nb4 $5) 13. Ba2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Bc6
15. Ne5 $13 {1-0 Van Wely,L (2679)-Kramnik,V (2754)/Monte Carlo 2005 (42)}) (
12. Qd2 Nb4 13. Rad1 Rc8 14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxc6
18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Rfd8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 {with an equal ending, Nielsen -
Svidler, Monte Carlo 2006 (rapid)} 21. g3 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Ne5 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Nf3
Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2644)-Svidler,P (2765)/Monte Carlo MNC 2006/D-TWIC
477-603}) 12... h6 $146 {Before the present game the position was met in
practice only twice. Svidler's novelty is designed to either exchange White's
bishop (in case of the answer 13.Bh4), or after 13.Bf4 to implement the main
plan with ...Nb4 and ...Bc6. Certainly Black would be better off without
weakening his kingside pawn chain, but with the bishop on g5 exerting pressure
on Black's position, it is more difficult to establish control over square d5
by means of ...Nb4 and ...Bc6 (see 12....Nb4).} (12... Rc8 13. Rad1 Nb4 (13...
Nd5 $6 14. Bxd5 Bxg5 15. Be4 $16 {[%cal Gd4d5]}) 14. Ne5 $36) (12... Nb4 13.
Ne5 Bc6 {and here White has} 14. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 (14... Rxf7 $2 15. Qxe6 Qf8 (
15... Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 17. Bxf6 $18) 16. Qxe7 $18) 15. Qxe6+ Kg6 16. Ne2 $5 {
(probably there are other perspective possibilities as well)} Bd6 (16... Kxg5
17. Qe3+ $18) 17. Bf4 Bc7 18. Qh3 {with a strong attack. For instance:} Nfd5 (
18... Nbd5 19. Qg3+ Kf7 20. Bxc7 $18) 19. Qg3+ Kf6 20. Bg5+ Kf7 21. Qf3+ Kg8
22. Bxd8 Rxf3 23. Bxc7 Rf7 24. Bd6 Nc2 25. Nc3 $16) (12... Re8 13. Rad1 (13.
Ne5 Nxd4) 13... Nd5 14. Bxd5 {This brings White nothing.} (14. Bc1 $5) (14. h4
$5) (14. Bd2 Bf6 $140 15. Ne4 $1 $36) 14... exd5 15. Bxe7 Rxe7 16. Ne5 Nb4 17.
Qd2 {1/2-1/2 Ehlvest,J (2631)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2564)/Mallorca 2004}) (12...
Nh5 $6 13. Be3 $36 {[%csl Rh5][%cal Ga1d1]}) 13. Bf4 $1 ({With almost finished
development and good control over square d5 the second player has little to
worry about after the exchange of dark-squared bishops:} 13. Bh4 Nh5 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. Ne5 Nf6 {allows Black to equalize.}) 13... Nb4 14. Ne5 Bc6 {Black
implemented his idea and Svidler must have calculated very precisely the
consequences of the sacrifice on f7. However, White simply improves the
position and because of the weakened kingside pawn-structure by the pawn on h6,
Black still finds himself under pressure.} 15. Rad1 ({With the bishop on f4
the knight sacrifice is less clear:} 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 (15... Kxf7 $2 16. Qxe6+ Kg6
17. Qxe7 $18) 16. Bxe6 (16. Qxe6 Nbd5 $13) 16... Nbd5 17. Be5 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bd5
19. Bxf7+ Bxf7 20. c4 Rc8 $13) 15... Nbd5 (15... Bd5 16. Nxd5 Nbxd5 (16... exd5
17. Bb3 $14) (16... Nfxd5 17. Bd2 $14) 17. Bd2 $14 (17. Bc1 Bb4)) 16. Bc1 Bb4 (
16... Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxa4 {is very risky. White can simply play} 18. Rd3 $44 {
with a potentially very strong attack.} ({The immediate} 18. Nxf7 {allows
Black to hold the balance:} Bxd1 (18... Rxf7 19. Qxe6 Qf8 20. Qxe7 Bxd1 21.
Qxf8+ Raxf8 22. Rxd1 $16) 19. Qxe6 Qc8 (19... Qb6 $2 20. Nxh6+ Kh8 21. Qh3 $1
gxh6 22. Qxh6+ Nh7 23. Rxe7 Qxh6 24. Bxh6 Rg8 25. Bf4 $18) 20. Ne5+ (20. Nxh6+
Kh7 21. Bd3+ Kh8 22. Nf7+ (22. Qxe7 $2 {fails to} Re8) 22... Kg8 23. Nh6+ $11)
20... Qxe6 21. Bxe6+ Kh7 22. Bf5+ Kg8 23. Ng6 Bh5 24. Nxe7+ Kh8 $13)) 17. Rd3
$1 {This position is much easier to play with White, who has plenty of
attacking ideas. The problem for Black is that he does not have counterplay
yet, while his opponent arranged optimally the pieces and can play actively
both in the center and on the kingside.} Ne7 ({After} 17... Rc8 {White can
start a direct assault:} 18. Rg3 Kh8 19. Rh3 (19. Bxh6 $2 gxh6 20. Qd2 Ng8) (
19. Bd2 $14) 19... Ne7 (19... Nb6 20. Bd3 Qxd4 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qd2 $18) (
19... Kg8 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qd2 $18) 20. Bd3 (20. Bg5 $14) 20... Nf5 (20...
Qxd4 $2 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Qd2 Nf5 23. Rxh6+ Nxh6 24. Qxh6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26.
Qxf6+ Kg8 27. Qg5+ Kh8 28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qh7#) (20... Neg8 21. Be3 $16) 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Bxh6 gxh6 23. Qe3 Ng8 24. Rxh6+ Kg7 25. Rh5 $18 {[%cal Ge3g3]}) 18.
Bd2 $1 {[%csl Rb4]} (18. Rg3 $6 Nf5) (18. Nxf7 $6 Rxf7 19. Bxe6 Qf8 {is okay
for Black}) 18... Rc8 {This allows White to use elegantly the fact that bishop
on b4 is not protected.} ({After} 18... Qa5 {there is nothing forced for White,
but he keeps a strong initiative.} 19. Bb3 $5 {[%cal Gb3c2]}) 19. d5 $1 exd5 $8
(19... Nexd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd2 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Qxd2 $18) 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 $2 ({
Black could put up resistance with} 20... Nexd5 $8 21. Bxb4 Re8 (21... Nf4 $2
22. Bxf7+ Kh7 23. Qe3 Nxd3 24. Bg6+ Kg8 25. Nxd3 $16) 22. Bd2 ({After} 22. Qd2
{Black has} Qc7 23. Bc3 Nxc3 $1 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Bxe8 Nce4 $1 $132) 22... Qc7
23. f4 $14) 21. Bxb4 Re8 (21... Bxc4 22. Nxc4 Ned5 23. Bxf8 $18) 22. Qd2 $1 Qb6
(22... Qc7 23. Bxd5 Nexd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Qxd5 Rcd8 26. Qe4 f6 27. Qc4+ Qxc4
28. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 29. Bxe1 $18) 23. Bxe7 Bxc4 24. Rd6 ({White could win by force
with} 24. Rde3 $1 Be6 (24... Nh7 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Bc5 $1 $18) (24... Bb3 25.
Bxf6 Qxf6 26. Nd7 $18) 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. Rg3+ Kh7 27. Re4 $1 {and there is no
defense against 28.Qxh6 followed by the mate on h4.}) 24... Qc7 25. Bxf6 gxf6
26. Rd7 Rcd8 $2 (26... Qb8 {would have kept real chances to escape:} 27. Nf3 (
27. Ng4 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1 Qf4 {Black may be only slightly inferior} 29. Ne3 Be6
30. Rxb7 Qxa4 31. h3 $14) 27... Rxe1+ 28. Nxe1 Be6 29. Rd4 $14) 27. Rd1 $1 Rxd7
28. Nxd7 $16 Kg7 (28... Qc6 29. h3 $16) 29. Qc3 ({The computer finds an
amazing line:} 29. Nxf6 Kxf6 30. Qxh6+ Ke7 (30... Kf5 31. h3 $18) 31. Rc1 $1 {
and White regains the piece, with a winning position. Of course Navara played
much more "humanely".}) 29... Qf4 $2 {A blunder in a difficult position.} (
29... Qc6 30. h3 $16) 30. g3 $18 Qg4 31. Qxf6+ Kg8 32. Qd6 Re6 33. Qf8+ Kh7 34.
Qxf7+ {Two extra pawns and the continuing attack makes it completely winning
for White.} Kh8 35. Qf8+ Kh7 36. Rc1 ({Again the computer shows a quicker win:
} 36. f3 Qg7 37. Qf4 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7f8]}) 36... Qd4 37. Qc5 Re4 38. Qf5+
Kg7 39. Nf6 Re2 40. Rxc4 (40. Rxc4 Qxc4 41. Nh5+ Kg8 42. Qg6+ Kf8 43. Qg7+ Ke8
44. Nf6+ Kd8 45. Qd7#) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.05.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 c5 12. Rad1 Bb7 13. Na4 Qc7 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Be5 Qc6 16. Be4 f6 17. c4 Rfd8 18. Qh5 fxe5 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. cxd5 exd5 21.
f4 exf4 22. Bg6 Qe6 23. Qh8+ Qg8 24. Rxf4+ Bf6 25. Rxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "US of America"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Ba2 Nd4 13. Be3 d6 14. b4 Bb6 15. Bxd4
exd4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 Nd7 18. Nf4 Nf8 19. c3 dxc3 20. d4 a5 21. Qc2 Ne6 22.
Nxe6 Rxe6 23. Qxc3 g6 24. Bb1 axb4 25. axb4 Rxa1 26. Qxa1 Qf8 27. Qb2 Bc8 28.
Re3 Re8 29. h4 Kh8 30. h5 g5 31. Nd2 Bg4 32. Nf1 Bxh5 33. Ng3 Bg6 34. Nf5 Re6
35. Rf3 Bh7 36. Bd3 Qe8 37. g4 Qc6 38. Qd2 Kg8 39. Kg2 Kf8 40. Ng3 Be4 41. Bxe4
dxe4 42. Re3 Qd5 43. Nf5 Rxe5 44. Kg1 Rxf5 45. gxf5 Qxf5 46. Qc2 Bxd4 47. Rxe4
Bxf2+ 48. Kg2 Kg7 49. Qc3+ Kg6 50. Re5 Qf4 51. Qd3+ Kf6 52. Re4 Qf5 53. Qc3+
Kg6 54. Re5 Qf4 55. Qd3+ Kf6 56. Re4 Qf5 57. Qc3+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 a5 16. Ng4 Nxg4 17. hxg4 Be7 18. Ne3 Bg5 19. b4 axb4 20. cxb4 Na4 21. Qd3
Ba6 22. Bb3 g6 23. Bd2 Qb8 24. Rac1 Bc8 25. Rc2 Bd7 26. Rec1 Ra7 27. f3 Nb6 28.
g3 Rf8 29. Kg2 Qd8 30. Rh1 Qe7 31. Bc1 Rb7 32. Rf2 Rbb8 33. Kg1 f5 34. exf5
Bxe3 35. Bxe3 gxf5 36. gxf5 Bxf5 37. Qxb5 Nd7 38. Qc4 Nf6 39. Qh4 Bg6 40. Bg5
e4 41. fxe4 Qxe4 42. Bxf6 Qe1+ 43. Rf1 Qe3+ 44. Kh2 Qd2+ 45. Kh3 Rxb4 46. Qg5
Qd3 47. Rf2 h6 48. Qxh6 Rxf6 49. Rxf6 Bf5+ 50. Rxf5 Qxf5+ 51. Kg2 Qe4+ 52. Kf2
Qf5+ 53. Kg1 Qb1+ 54. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-37"]
[Site "Turin"]
[Date "2006.06.04"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.05.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "ITA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. Ng5 g6 14. Qh3
h5 15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. Qf3 Qd7 17. Re3 Rae8 18. Rae1 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Qf5 20. Re2 f6
21. Nf3 Kg7 22. h3 Rf7 23. Qe8 Rf8 24. Qe3 Rf7 25. Qe8 Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.07.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Qd5 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nd2 Qc6 13. Qc2 e5 14. Bf3 Qe6 15.
Ne4 O-O 16. Nc5 Qe8 17. Bxb7 Bxb7 18. Nxb7 Qc6 19. Nc5 Rfe8 20. Rab1 Nc8 21.
Nb7 Nb6 22. Nc5 Nc8 23. Rfd1 Nd6 24. Bg3 h5 25. Qb2 Bf6 26. h3 Re7 27. Qa3 Nf5
28. d5 Qd6 29. Bh2 Ree8 30. e4 Ng7 31. Rd4 Rab8 32. Ra1 Be7 33. Rxc4 c6 34. Qa2
cxd5 35. Rd1 Qb6 36. Nd7 Qb7 37. Bxe5 dxc4 38. Bxb8 Rxb8 39. Nxb8 Qxb8 40. Qxc4
Ne6 41. Qb5 Qf4 42. Qe8+ Bf8 43. Rd7 h4 44. Ra7 Ng7 45. Qd8 Qxe4 46. Qd1 Qe5
47. Qd2 Nf5 48. Kf1 Kg7 49. Qd3 Qf4 50. Qf3 Qc4+ 51. Ke1 Nd4 52. Qd1 Qxc3+ 53.
Kf1 Bc5 54. Rc7 Ne6 55. Rb7 Nf4 56. Kg1 Bxf2+ 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Be7 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Rg1 Rc8 14. Kb1 Qc7 15.
Qf2 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Nd2 Qc7 18. Nf1 f5 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Rd3 Rf7 21. Bg5
Nh5 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5 {
This double-edged move restricting Black's d7 knight (but giving up the d5
square) has become topical in several opening systems (e.g. Queen's Indian).}
Rae8 {[%cal Yf7f6][%mdl 4] A relatively new plan.} (14... Rac8 15. Nd2 (15.
Rfe1 Rfe8 16. Bb5 Bc6 {1/2-1/2 Langeweg,C-Jansa,V/La Valetta 1980/EXT 2000})
15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Qc3 17. Bb5 Qxe3 18. fxe3 Rc2 19. Rf2 Nb8 20. Nc4 Rxf2 21.
Kxf2 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6+ 24. Kg3 Bc6 25. a4 Bxb5 26. axb5 Rf7 27.
Ne5 Rc7 28. Ra1 $16 {1-0 Jussupow,A-Brinck Claussen,B/Plovdiv 1983/EU-chT (34)
- the classical stem game for this system}) (14... Bd5 15. Be7 Rfc8 16. Bd6 Qb7
17. a4 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nb8 19. a5 Nc6 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bc5 Rcb8 22. Rxb6 Qxb6
23. Bxb6 Rxb6 24. Nd2 $14 {1-0 Gelfand,B-Ivanchuk,V/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111
ext (45)}) (14... Rfe8 $5 {the same idea as 14...Rae8} 15. Bb5 Bc6 16. Bxc6
Qxc6 17. Nd2 cxd4 18. cxd4 f6 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Nf3 Rad8 22. Qf4
Rf8 23. Rbc1 Qd6 24. Qg4 Rf7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Biriukov,O-Kalod,R/Pardubice 2005/
CBM 107 ext (50)}) (14... a6 $5 15. Be7 (15. Bh6 $5 b5 $1) 15... Rfc8 16. Bd6
Qc6 17. a4 Qe4 18. dxc5 $6 Nxc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Rxb6 Qxe3 21. fxe3 Bxf3 22.
Rxf3 Bxe5 $15 {1/2-1/2 Agrest,E-Ivanchuk,V/Turin ITA 2006/The Week in Chess
604 (71)}) 15. Nd2 {This is now absolutely harmless. The knight can't get to
d6 as the e5 pawn will disappear in a moment.} (15. Bb5 Bc6 16. a4 (16. Bxc6
Qxc6 17. h4 f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Rbe1 Nd5 21. Qg3 Rf5 22. h5 $6
gxh5 23. Bh6 Kh8 24. c4 Bxh6 25. cxd5 Bf4 $15 {1-0 Halkias,S-Eljanov,P/Ohrid
2001/CBM 084/[Hecht] (46)}) 16... Qb7 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Bf1 cxd4 19. cxd4 Bxa4
20. Qa3 Bb5 21. Bxb5 axb5 22. Rxb5 Ra8 23. Qb3 Rfc8 24. d5 exd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5
26. Rxd5 Nc5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Johannessen,L-Nyback,T/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (45)})
15... f6 16. exf6 cxd4 $1 (16... Nxf6 $143 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. dxc5) 17. cxd4
Nxf6 18. Rbc1 Qd7 19. Nc4 Nd5 20. Qd2 h6 $1 21. Be3 $6 {White was probably
taken aback by Black's move. Ceding a bishop pair was not necessary.} (21. Bxh6
$142 Bxh6 22. Qxh6 Nf4 23. Bg4 (23. Ne5 $143 Nxe2+ 24. Kh1 Bxg2+ $8 25. Kxg2
Qb7+ 26. Rc6 Re7 $15) 23... Qxd4 (23... Bxg2 24. Ne5) 24. Ne3 $11) 21... Nxe3
22. fxe3 e5 $1 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. dxe5 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Bxe5 $15 26. Bf3 Rc8 27.
Rd1 Ba6 28. Bd5+ Kg7 29. Nf3 Be2 $6 {For unknown reasons Black decides to make
a draw in this superior position.} (29... Bf6 30. Nd4 (30. Bb7 $6 Bxb7 31. Rd7+
Kf8 32. Rxb7 Rc1+ 33. Kf2 Rc2+) 30... Rc3 31. Ne6+ Kh8 32. e4 Be5 $15) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 {Nowadays, this position is one of the hardest nuts to crack for
the 1.e4-players. Apparently, Black has made several concessions regarding the
placement of his pieces. The queen's knight has been developed in front of the
c-pawn, preventing the natural undermining of the centre by means of ...c5,
while the queen and the light-squared bishop are placed on exposed squares.
This is likely to allow White win space in the centre with gain of tempo, but
in practice things are less clear than that. To a certain extent, the
situation is similar to that arising in some of the variations of the Benoni:
Black's pieces display high but temporary activity; if driven away by the
enemy pawns, he would be simply lost strategically, but it is quite amazing
how often Black's dynamism is sufficient to prevent such a scenario. Besides,
even if White manages to advance his pawns to d5 and c4, Black has good
chances to block them, achieving an apparently precarious but in fact entirely
defensible position; this situation resembles certain cases from the Gruenfeld
Indian.} 16. Bd3 {The fact that this is White's main continuation clearly
speaks for the viability of Black's strategy. The exchange of pieces generally
favours the side who is (or will be) lacking space, but this seems to be a
concession White has to make since there is no other way to activate the rook
along the b-file.} Qd7 ({It is curious that the physical blockade of the
c-pawn by means of} 16... b5 {was introduced only recently in the game 1/2-1/2
Polgar,J (2732)-Kramnik,V (2753)/Sofia 2005/CBM 107/[Huzman] (44). White
retained some initiative and it is likely that her play can be improved on the
way. As mentioned above, Black usually doesn't mind allow the pawns advancing
one square each.}) 17. Rb1 Bxd3 {One of the points behind 16.Bd3 is that Black
is supposed to be forced to exchange himself on d3 before defending the b-pawn,
thus helping White's development.} ({However, in a very recent game Black
managed to equalize comfortably with the immediate} 17... b6 {. White's trick
is supposed to consist of} 18. Bb5 Bxb1 19. Qxb1 {when the pin along the a4-e8
diagonal certainly looks disturbing, but it didn't produce such an impressive
effect here:} Bf6 20. Rd1 Qg4 21. Bg3 Ne7 22. Bxe8 Rxe8 23. Re1 Qd7 24. Qe4 Rc8
25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Qe6 27. Qb7 f6 28. Nd3 Qc6 29. Qxc6 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L
(2695)-Fridman,D (2562)/Turin ITA 2006/TWIC 604}) 18. Qxd3 b6 19. d5 Bf6 20. c4
Ne7 ({The following game is quite suggestive for the limitations regarding the
strength of the white central pawns:} 20... h6 21. h4 ({Slightly more
ambitious than} 21. h3 Ne7 22. Ne5 {1/2-1/2 Kasparov,G (2804)-Anand,V (2786)/
Linares 2005/CBM 106. This short draw was in fact Kasparov's last official
game with White. If he had needed more than just a draw in order to secure the
win in the tournament, maybe we would have learned a bit more about how to
deal with this solid opening...}) 21... Ne7 22. h5 b5 $5 {and Black equalized
pretty easily in the game 1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L (2687)-Landa,K (2571)/Germany
2005/CBM 106/[Huzman] (31)}) 21. Ne5 {With this move White puts his bet on
long-term factors: the supposed superiority of the bishop over the knight in
open positions with pawns on both wings.} ({Alternatively, he can try to get
some (rather temporary) initiative with} 21. Be5 {for instance} Qf5 22. Qxf5
Nxf5 23. Bxc7 Be7 24. Bg3 f6 25. a4 Kf7 26. a5 Rxc4 27. axb6 axb6 28. Rxb6 Rd8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Sebag,M-Roussel Roozmon,T/Bois Colombes FRA 2004/(41)}) 21... Bxe5
22. Bxe5 f6 $146 {This is not just a new move, but also the expression of a
new concept.} ({After} 22... Ng6 23. Bg3 $14 {1-0 Oosterom,J-Rause,M/ICCF 2003/
CT-1661 (36) both remaining minor pieces occupy stable positions but this is
just a confirmation of the correctness of White's approach. By being a long
ranged piece, the bishop not only keeps the enemy knight under control but
also puts the c7-pawn under pressure and is ready to support the own d-pawn in
case it becomes a passed pawn as a consequence of an exchange in this area. On
the contrary, after the text move, neither of the minor pieces is stable. This
leads to an uncertain situation where the knight disposes not only over the
blocking d6-square, but also over several light central squares, which
remained vulnerable after the exchange of the light-squared bishops and the
advance of the central pawns. It is early to draw a definitive conclusion, but
in our main game the versatile knight proved to be a worthy opposition to the
long-ranged bishop.}) 23. Bf4 Nf5 24. c5 {A thematical advance. The strong
positional threat c6, which would lead to a huge advantage of space for White,
practically forces Black's next move, which opens the c-file for the white
major pieces and puts the c7-pawn in some danger.} bxc5 25. Qc4 g5 {Forcing
the bishop onto an exposed square.} 26. Bd2 Nd6 27. Qxc5 Ne4 28. Qa5 {It is
not easy to choose the best square for the queen.} (28. Qd4 {allows Black win
too much time with} c5 29. Qd3 c4 {when after} 30. Qd4 {he can consider playing
} Nxd2 {already, since his pawn is just as strong as White's.}) ({Maybe the
gambit continuation} 28. Qc2 $5 Qxd5 29. Be3 $44 {offers White more chances.
Black has won a pawn, but he has many weaknesses while his knight is obviously
unstable now.}) 28... c6 {Black has no other choice than maintain his
initiative.} ({In case of} 28... Nxd2 29. Qxd2 {the weakness of the black
castle could become a telling factor in the ending with major pieces, while
the symplifying attempt} c6 $6 {does not work properly because of} 30. d6 $16 {
In positions with major pieces, there is no better complement to the weakness
of the enemy king's position than the presence of an own passed pawn.}) 29. Be3
{With his d-pawn attacked and pinned, Svidler finds no other way to maintain
the material equality than attack the a-pawn. However, this will eventually
leave the bishop misplaced, allowing to his opponent to draw without any
problems.} ({Instead, he could question the viability of Black's plan to
install his knight on the relatively unstable e4-square by means of} 29. Bb4 $5
{Suddenly, all the knight's retreats after an eventual f3 are either blocked
by the own pawns or controlled by the enemy pieces. Black's best chance would
consist of} c5 $1 {making it clear that the bishop is also restricted in its
actions.} (29... cxd5 $2 {is bad because of} 30. f3 {when} Nd6 {loses
immediately to} 31. Qxd5+) (29... Qxd5 {is also not entirely satisfactory:} 30.
Qxd5+ cxd5 31. f3 a5 {Obviously the only move to save the knight.} 32. Bxa5 $14
{The same structure as in the game has arisen, but the mutual placement of the
minor pieces rather favours White. The bishop is more in the play, while the
knight is more restricted.}) {Now, after} 30. f3 {both} Qxd5 31. fxe4 Qd4+ {
and 30...cxb4 lead to roughly equal play.}) 29... cxd5 30. Qxa7 Qxa7 31. Bxa7
Nc3 32. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {Judging the position statically, White has obtained a
promising ending. He has an outside passed pawn and a long-ranged bishop
fighting against a knight. However, an examination of the dynamic factors
reveals the fact that Black's pieces cooperate perfectly, transforming the
central pawn into a dangerous weapon. The bishop only seemingly controls the
d4-square in view of the fork on e2 and is exposed to the threat ...Ra8.} 33.
Rb8 {The simplest way to avoid troubles but hardly offering chances for more,
since after the exchange of rooks the most important squares along the
bishop's diagonal are controlled.} Rxb8 34. Bxb8 d4 35. Kf1 {Fortunately for
White, his king is very near to the main theatre of operations.} Kf7 36. Ba7 d3
37. Ke1 d2+ 38. Kxd2 Nb1+ 39. Kd3 {After having blocked the enemy pawn, the
black knight finally eliminates it. The position is dead drawn.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 {An interesting psychological moment. White had the courage to allow the
Marshall Attack, but Svidler, one of its main adherents at top level, decides
to return to the positional paths of the closed Ruy Lopez. In doing so, he
might have been inspired by his countrymen Morozevich' successes, obtained in
the Zaitsev Variation just days earlier in Biel.} 9. h3 Bb7 {Svidler prefers
the classical move order, though.} 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1
Nbd7 14. N3h2 h6 15. Ng4 {By provoking the exchange of one of the main
attackers (or defenders, if you wish) of the d5-square, White intends to
inhibit the early opening of the centre by means of ...c6. In practice, Black
has constantly obtained slightly inferior positions in this line, although in
my opinion this only happened as a consequence of further inaccuracies.} (15.
Qf3 {Bruzon,L (2667)-Morozevich,A (2731) GM Biel SUI 2006 (1) 0-1}) 15... Nxg4
16. hxg4 Be7 {This is the simplest way to take advantage of White's move order.
Since the h4-d8 diagonal has been cleared, Black immediately activates his
passive bishop. He can switch back later to the opening of the centre.} 17. Ne3
{By interferring the c1-h6 diagonal, White aims to prevent the early exchange
of the dark-squared bishops.} (17. Ng3 Bg5 18. a4 Bxc1 ({It is hard to choose
the correct move order. In case of} 18... Nf6 $5 19. Bxg5 hxg5 {White would be
a whole tempo up compared to the game Milos-Vescovi, mentioned below.}) 19.
Qxc1 Nc5 20. Bc2 bxa4 {This is a positional concession, leaving White with the
more compact pawn structure.} (20... Qh4 $6 {is risky in view of} 21. Nf5 Qxg4
22. Re3 $40) ({but} 20... c6 $13 {should be preferred.}) 21. Bxa4 Nxa4 ({
The tactical operation} 21... Nd3 22. Qd2 Nxe1 23. Bxe8 Nxg2 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.
Kxg2 $14 {does not chance anything essentially compared to the game: White
still enjoys more space, better structure and a slightly more active minor
piece.}) 22. Rxa4 c6 23. c4 c5 24. Qd2 Bc8 25. f3 Bd7 26. Ra3 Qh4 27. Qf2 Reb8
28. Rea1 Bc8 $14 {/= Black has a solid but somewhat passive position. 1/2-1/2
Milos,G (2614)-Xie Jun (2553)/Buenos Aires 2001/CBM 085 (41)}) (17. a4 Bg5 18.
axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Be3 {By committing the bishop's intentions so soon,
White somewhat restricts his possibilities.} (20. Ng3 $5) 20... Nf6 {Of course,
Black is not going to exchange on e3, bringing the enemy knight closer to the
critical f5- and d5-squares.} 21. Bxg5 {This is connected with loss of time
now.} hxg5 22. f3 c6 23. dxc6 Qb6+ $6 {After this pseudo-active move, Black
will soon lose coordination.} ({The simple} 23... Bxc6 {was better, for
instance} 24. Ne3 g6 25. Qd3 Kg7 26. Kf2 Qc7 27. Rd1 Rd8 {and Black has a safe
position.}) 24. Ne3 Rd8 25. Kh2 Bxc6 26. Nf5 $14 {/+/- 1/2-1/2 Milos,G (2580)
-Vescovi,G (2592)/Sao Paulo 2003/CBM 093 ext (44)}) 17... Bg5 18. Bc2 Nf6 {
Once the bishop has escaped out of the wall of pawns, the knight is ready to
occupy this square, where from it controls the d5-square in view of the
thematical break ...c6.} 19. a4 g6 $146 {Anticipating the possible development
of his own queen, which would leave the g5-square slightly vulnerable, Black
deprives the enemy knight from the jump to f5.} ({A previous game continued in
rather romantic way:} 19... c6 20. c4 Qd7 $6 (20... g6 {would transpose to our
main game.}) 21. Nf5 $1 Bxc1 22. Qxc1 $36 {[%cal Yg4g5]} cxd5 (22... Nxg4 23.
Ra3 $40) 23. Ra3 $5 {Hardly necessary extravagance.} ({Why not simply} 23. cxd5
{[%cal Yg4g5,Ya1a3,Ya3h3] White might have feared that} Rac8 {would have
slowed down his attack, but this move would hardly have solved Black's
problems, since his bishop would have remained isolated on b7.}) {The
following phase of the game is very interesting to watch but rather difficult
to comment.} 23... dxe4 24. Rd1 Re6 25. c5 Ne8 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8 Bxa8 28.
cxd6 g6 29. Nxh6+ Kg7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Bb3 $36 {0-1 Shabalov,A (2605)-Stocek,
J (2557)/Philadelphia 2004/CBM 101 ext (40)}) 20. c4 c6 21. dxc6 Bxc6 22. axb5
axb5 23. Rxa8 Qxa8 {Black aims to put maximum of pressure on the long diagonal,
but leaves the d6-pawn undefended.} ({The alternative consisted of} 23... Bxa8
{and if} 24. cxb5 {then} Nxe4) 24. Qxd6 Nxe4 25. Bxe4 Bxe4 26. Nd5 Bxd5 ({
Another (and possibly, more reliable) way leading to approximate equality
consists of the slightly unexpected} 26... bxc4 $5 27. Rxe4 (27. Nf6+ $6 Bxf6
28. Qxf6 Re6 29. Qh4 g5 30. Qg3 Qd5 $17) 27... Rd8 $1 {(The point behind
Black's previous move)} 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Qxf6 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Rxc1 {Maybe
Svidler was afraid that after} 31. Rxe5 {he would face some back rank problems.
Indeed, White's activity is optically impressive, but after} Rc2 32. Re7 Qf8 {
followed by ...Qg7 the position looks rather drawish.}) 27. cxd5 Rd8 28. Qc6
Qa5 $6 {But this allows White retain a small plus.} ({Black would have
maintained equality with} 28... Bxc1 29. Rxc1 b4 $1 {preparing to eventualy
capture on c6.} ({The immediate} 29... Qxc6 {is premature because after} 30.
dxc6 Kf8 31. Rc5 {the pawns from the fifth rank would be hanging, leaving
White with a better, though not necessarily winning, ending after} Rc8 32. Rxe5
Rxc6 33. Rxb5)) 29. Rxe5 Qa1 30. Re1 Bxc1 31. Qc7 Qa8 32. Qxc1 Qxd5 33. Qxh6
$14 {White has obtained a small material advantage, which is rather difficult 
(if not impossible) to convert.} Qb3 34. Qg5 Rd1 35. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 36. Kh2 Qd4 37.
Qxb5 Qxf2 38. Qb8+ Kh7 39. Qb3 Kg8 40. Qb4 g5 41. Qb8+ Kh7 42. Qb3 Kg8 43. Qb4
Qe3 44. Qb8+ Kg7 45. Qc7 Qf2 46. Qe5+ f6 47. Qe7+ Kh6 48. Qb4 Kg7 49. b3 Qe3
50. Qb7+ Kg6 51. Qb8 Qe4 52. Qg3 Qd4 53. Kh3 Qd2 54. Qf3 Qe1 55. Qd3+ Kg7 56.
Qg3 Qh1+ 57. Qh2 Qe1 58. Qc7+ Kh6 59. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 Qd5 {This bizarre move was examined in CBM 101, annotations to
Atalik-Predojevic. In the current game GM Peter Svidler links it to another
plan.} 9. Nf3 Nd7 $5 (9... Qa5 10. Qb2 (10. Qc2 $5 Nd7 (10... Bf5 11. Qb2) 11.
Nd2 Nb6 12. Be2 Na4 13. O-O b5 14. Bf3 Rd8 15. Rfc1 f6 16. Rab1 Kf7 17. Bc6 a6
18. Rb4 $44 {1-0 Javakhishvili,L-Przezdziecka,M/Turin ITA 2006/The Week in
Chess 604 (44)}) 10... Nd7 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O Bg7 $5 {probably more solid than
} (12... Na4 13. Qxb7 Bd5 14. Qb1 Nxc3 15. Qe1 Bg7 16. e4 $1 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 $44
{1/2-1/2 Atalik,S-Predojevic,B/Sarajevo 2004/CBM 101/[Atalik] (31)}) 13. Nd2 c5
14. Nb3 Qb5 15. Qa3 Qa4 16. Qxa4+ Nxa4 17. Nxc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Bxc3 19. Rab1 b6
20. cxb6 axb6 21. Rxb6 O-O 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Bxc4 Kf7 24. Bb3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Sargissian,G-Vachier Lagrave,M/Turin ITA 2006/The Week in Chess 604 (37)}) (
9... Bf5 10. Qb2 Nd7 {had been already played in the following game:} 11. Nd2
Nb6 12. a4 a5 13. f3 Bd3 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. O-O Bh6 16. f4 Qd7 17. c4 O-O 18.
Qa3 Bg7 19. Ra2 Rfe8 20. Qxd3 Nxa4 21. f5 Nb6 22. Ne4 $44 {1/2-1/2
Lomineishvili,M-Khotenashvili,B/Kusadasi TUR 2006/The Week in Chess 596 (102)
After big complications and an exciting ending the game was drawn.}) 10. Be2
Bf5 11. Qb2 Bg7 12. O-O e5 13. Qb4 {White has wasted a tempo (Qb1-b2-b4) but
the black bishop is not so great on g7.} c5 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Bd5
Bd3 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18. Rab1 b6 19. Bg3 (19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. c4 O-O
22. f4 Bg7 23. e4 Bd4+ 24. Bf2 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 {was a better chance but Black
should hold on anyway.}) 19... cxd4 20. exd4 $2 {After this Black takes over
the initiative - and White fails to focus back on stubborn defence.} (20. cxd4
{is standard for such positions although after} Nf6 (20... exd4 21. Nxd4 {
[%cal Rd4c6]}) 21. dxe5 (21. Bxe5 $2 Nxd5 22. Bxg7 Rg8 23. Be5 Nc3) (21. Bb3 $5
Ne4 (21... exd4 22. Ba4+ b5 23. Bxb5+ Bxb5 24. Rxb5) 22. Nxe5 O-O {is somewhat
similar to 21.dxe5}) 21... Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Bc4 23. Rd2 O-O {White's extra pawn
should not be enough to win.}) 20... Nf6 21. Bb3 $2 (21. Bxe5 Nxd5 22. Bxg7 Rg8
23. Re1+ Kd8 24. Bh6 Rxc3 25. Ng5 $132) 21... Ne4 22. Re1 Nxc3 23. Rb2 (23.
Bxe5 O-O 24. Rb2 Rfe8 25. Re3 Bh6 26. Re1 Bc4 $17) 23... e4 24. Ng5 Bc4 $1 (
24... O-O $5 25. Bd6 Bd3 26. Bxf8 Rxf8 $36 {was totally unnecessary.}) 25. Nxe4
Nxe4 26. Rxe4+ Kd8 {Black has a clear advantage in the endgame due to his
potential outside passed pawn and centralized king.} 27. Bf4 Bxb3 28. Rxb3 Re8
29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. d5 Rc4 31. g3 Ra4 32. Re3+ Kd7 33. Re2 Bf8 34. Kf1 Bd6 35.
Be3 Bc5 36. Bf4 {The rook endgame is hopeless but now White just loses his d5
pawn.} (36. Bxc5 bxc5 37. Rb2 Rb4 $1) 36... Rd4 37. Rc2 Rxd5 38. Ke2 b5 39. g4
Kc6 40. Be3 Kb6 41. Rd2 Rxd2+ 42. Bxd2 b4 43. f3 Kb5 44. Kd3 Bd6 45. h3 Be5 46.
Be3 a5 47. Bd2 a4 0-1

[Event "Dortmund SuperGM 34th"]
[Site "Dortmund"]
[Date "2006.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2006.07.29"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.10.02"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bg5 Rb8 13. Nbd2 h6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6
15. Bd5 Na5 16. Rad1 Rb6 17. Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrnkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRNKRQ w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. d4 cxd4 3. Rxd4 Be5 4. Rd1 O-O 5. Nf3 Bf6 6. Nc2 g6 7. b3 Nac7 8.
Ne3 Bb2 9. O-O Bxc1 10. Rxc1 Nf6 11. h3 b6 12. Qh2 d6 13. Qg3 Qg7 14. Qh4 Bb7
15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Rc3 e6 18. Nef5 exf5 19. Nxf5 g5 20. Qg3 Nh5 21.
Qe3 Qf6 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Nxc8 Rxc8 24. Qd2 Nf4 25. Rg3 Rd8 26. Bxh7 Nce6 27. e3
Nh5 28. Rg4 Qh6 29. Bf5 Neg7 30. Qc2 Qf6 31. Be4 Bc8 32. Bf3 Qe5 33. Re4 Bf5
34. Rxe5 Bxc2 35. Rd2 Bg6 36. Bxh5 Nxh5 37. Rxg5 Nf6 38. f3 Ke7 39. e4 Nh7 40.
Rgd5 f6 41. f4 1-0

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bqnrkbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQNRKBRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Ng6 2. e3 e6 3. f4 b6 4. b3 d5 5. cxd5 Bxd5 6. Ng3 Nd6 7. Bd3 Qa8 8. e4
Bc6 9. Nce2 Nb5 10. Qc2 Bc5 11. Bxb5 Bxb5 12. d4 Bb4+ 13. Kf2 O-O 14. f5 exf5
15. Nxf5 Ne7 16. Neg3 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 Bd7 18. g4 Rde8 19. Kf3 f6 20. d5 Rf7 21.
h4 Bf8 22. h5 c6 23. d6 c5 24. Rge1 g6 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Nh4 f5 27. gxf5 gxf5
28. Rg1+ Kh7 29. Ng6 Bh6 30. Ne5 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 fxe4+ 32. Ke2 Rf5 33. Qc4 Qe8
34. Bg3 Bb5 35. d7 Bxc4+ 36. bxc4 Qh5+ 37. Ke1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnrkrbnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRKRBNQ w ECec - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 f6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. Qf1 Ne7 6. O-O-O Nbc6 7. Ba6 Rb8 8.
Bc4 Qf8 9. Nc3 Nd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 11. Kb1 Nc8 12. f4 Nd6 13. Bd3 b5 14. Nxb5
Nxb5 15. Bxb5 Bxa1 16. Kxa1 exf4 17. Qd3 Qd6 18. Qxd6 cxd6 19. Bd3 f5 20. exf5
Bxg2 21. Rg1 f3 22. Bf1 O-O 23. Bxg2 fxg2 24. Rxg2 Rxf5 25. Rg4 Kf7 26. Kb2 g5
27. Rd4 Rb6 28. h4 h6 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Rh1 Kg7 31. c4 d5 32. c5 Rc6 33. b4 d6
34. cxd6 Rxd6 35. a4 a6 36. Kc3 Rb6 37. b5 axb5 38. a5 Rc6+ 39. Kb4 Rc4+ 40.
Rxc4 bxc4 41. a6 Rf8 42. Kc5 Kg6 43. a7 g4 44. Kxd5 Ra8 45. Ra1 g3 46. Kc6 Kf5
47. Kb7 Rxa7+ 48. Rxa7 Ke4 49. Ra3 Kf4 50. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbqrknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRKNRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Nhg3 Nhg6 4. Ne3 Ne6 5. Nd5 Nef4 6. Nxf4 Bxf4 7. e3 Bb8 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Bxd4 O-O 10. e4 d5 11. exd5 e6 12. O-O exd5 13. c5 bxc5 14. Qxc5 Nf4
15. Nf5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Rfe8 17. Nd4 Ne6 18. Ba3 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Bc6 20. Bd3 Be5
21. Rh4 g6 22. Bc1 Rc8 23. Ba6 Rcd8 24. Rh3 d4 25. f4 Bc7 26. Bd3 Re3 27. Rg3
Bb6 28. Bd2 f5 29. Kf2 Be4 30. Bc4+ Kg7 31. Rd1 Rc3 32. Rc1 Rc2 33. Ke2 Rxa2
34. Kd1 d3 35. b4 Rc2 36. Rxc2 dxc2+ 37. Kc1 Bc7 0-1

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnqrnbkr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNQRNBKR w HDhd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Nf3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. g3
Nf6 9. Bg2 Nb4 10. O-O d5 11. a3 Na6 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. b4 Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Rxd1
15. Rxd1 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Qb2 f6 18. Bh3 Nc7 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Bg4 f5 21.
Bf3 Nd5 22. Qb3 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Bf6 24. Bxa8 Bxd4 25. Qd3 Qd8 26. Bb7 Kf7 27. Ba6
Bf6 28. Qb3 Ke7 29. Bc4 Qd6 30. Qf3 Be5 31. Bb3 Kf6 32. h4 Bb2 33. g4 Bxa3 34.
Qc3+ Kg6 35. h5+ Kh6 36. g5+ Kxh5 37. Qxg7 Kg4 38. g6 h5 39. Qc3 1-0

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnrkbrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRKBRNB w FCfc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 d6 4. a4 Na6 5. c4 Bd7 6. Bc3 Nf6 7. b3 O-O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Bxh8 Rxh8 10. g3 Qb8 11. Ne1 Nf6 12. Nd3 h5 13. b4 h4 14. b5 Nc7 15. Nd2
Rh6 16. Nf3 hxg3 17. fxg3 Rdh8 18. Ng5 Rxh2 19. Bg2 R8h5 20. Nxf7 Ng4 21. Nf4
Ne3 22. Rf3 Nxg2 23. Nxh5 Rxh5 24. Kxg2 Bh3+ 25. Kg1 Ne8 26. a5 Bf5 27. Re3 e5
28. dxe6 Qc7 29. e7 Rh7 30. Ng5 Rxe7 31. b6 1-0

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbqnknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBQNKNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Ngf3 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. d4 Ngf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Nd3 Bf5 7. Nh4 Be4 8.
f3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Qb6 10. b3 Nd6 11. Kh1 Rc8 12. g3 a6 13. Bd2 Qd8 14. Bc2 Bc7
15. Rac1 Ba5 16. b4 Bb6 17. Bg5 g6 18. Bb3 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. g4 Nb5 21.
Rxc8 Qxc8 22. Be3 Qc3 23. g5 Qe1+ 24. Kg2 Nh5 25. Kh3 e6 26. a4 Nc3 27. Ng2
Qxe2 28. Qxe2 Nxe2 29. Bd1 Nc3 30. Bc2 Na2 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Nc3 33. Bd3 Nd1
34. Bg1 Kf8 35. Kg4 Ke7 36. f4 Ng7 37. Ne1 Nf5 38. Nc2 Nc3 39. h4 Bc7 40. Bf2
h5+ 41. gxh6 Nxh6+ 42. Kg5 Nf5 43. h5 gxh5 44. Kxh5 Ne4 0-1

[Event "Wch Chess960"]
[Site "Mainz"]
[Date "2006.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bqrknbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BQRKNBRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2006.08.17"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 113 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Ng6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Ng5 Ke8 4. e3 c5 5. f4 b6 6. b3 e6 7. Bd3 Nxf4 8. exf4
Qxf4 9. Nf3 Bd6 10. O-O-O Bxf3 11. gxf3 g6 12. Ng3 Be5 13. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Longyearbyen m"]
[Site "Longyearbyen"]
[Date "2006.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Bc2 Re8 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nf1 h6 12. d4 g6 13. d5 Nb8 14. b3 c6 15. c4 Qc7
16. Ne3 Nbd7 17. Ba3 Rb8 18. dxc6 Qxc6 19. cxb5 axb5 20. Bb4 Bb7 21. Rc1 Qb6
22. Nd2 Ra8 23. a3 Red8 24. Qf3 Bg7 25. Nb1 Nb8 26. Nc3 Na6 27. Bd3 Nxb4 28.
axb4 Rac8 29. Red1 Rc7 30. Bf1 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Nxe4 32. Rcd3 Nc3 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34.
Rxd5 e4 35. Qe3 Qxe3 36. fxe3 Nxd1 37. Rxd1 Bc3 38. Bxb5 Bxb4 39. Rd4 Bc5 40.
Rxe4 d5 41. Re8+ Rxe8 42. Bxe8 Bxe3+ 43. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Longyearbyen m"]
[Site "Longyearbyen"]
[Date "2006.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2006.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. Nd5 Nxd5
8. exd5 a6 9. Ba4 g6 10. d3 h6 11. Qf3 Bg7 12. Bf4 Qa5 13. Rfe1 Qxa4 14. Rxe7+
Kxe7 15. Re1+ Kd8 16. Bd6 Qa5 17. b4 Qb6 18. Qf4 g5 19. Be7+ Ke8 20. Bc5+ Qe6
21. Qd2 d6 22. Bxd6 Kd7 23. dxe6+ Kxd6 24. exf7 Rf8 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. Kf1 Kc7 27.
Qh5 Bf5 28. Qf3 Rxf7 29. Qxf5 Raf8 30. f3 Bg7 31. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qe2
Nf6 9. g4 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne5 11. h3 b5 12. g5 Nfd7 13. f4 Nxd3+ 14. cxd3 Bb7 15.
O-O O-O 16. a3 Nc5 17. Nd4 g6 18. b4 Nd7 19. Rac1 Rc8 20. Nf3 Re8 21. h4 Bf8
22. Bd4 e5 23. fxe5 dxe5 24. Be3 Bg7 25. Nh2 Re6 26. Ng4 Rec6 27. Nd5 Rxc1 28.
Bxc1 Bxd5 29. exd5 Qb6+ 30. Be3 Qd6 31. Qf3 Rf8 32. h5 gxh5 33. Nf6+ Bxf6 34.
gxf6 Kh8 35. Bh6 Rg8+ 36. Bg7+ Rxg7+ 37. fxg7+ Kxg7 38. Qxf7+ Kh6 39. Qe6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 Bb7 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. e5 Bf8 12. Ne2 Ne7 13. Nf4 g6 14. Qg3 c5 15.
c3 h5 16. h4 Bg7 17. Nh3 Rg8 18. Bf4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 gxf5 20. Bg5 Kd7 21. Rad1
Raf8 22. Qe3 Bxe5 23. Qxe5 Qxe5 24. Rxe5 f6 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. f3 Kd6 27. Rde1
d4 28. Kf2 Be4 29. cxd4 cxd4 30. Ra5 Bb7 31. Nf4 Rc8 32. Re2 Rh6 33. Nd3 Rc6
34. Ra4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bb5 8. Nc3
Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Ne7 10. O-O Nec6 11. Rb1 a5 12. Nf4 Nd7 13. Be3 Be7 14. Nd2 a4 15.
h4 Nxd4 16. Qg4 Bc5 17. Qxg7 O-O-O 18. b4 Ne2+ 19. Nxe2 Bxe3 20. Nf3 Rdg8 21.
Qxf7 Rg6 22. h5 Rf8 23. hxg6 Rxf7 24. gxf7 Bh6 25. Ned4 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxd4 27.
Rfe1 Kd8 28. g3 Ke7 29. Kg2 Bg7 30. Nf3 Qg4 31. Rbc1 Kxf7 32. Rc7+ Kf8 33. Rxb7
Bc3 34. Rh1 Bf6 35. Rhxh7 Kg8 36. Rhc7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gurevich, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 Qe5 14. Be3 Nc5 15.
f3 f6 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Qd2 Bh4 18. Bf2 Bxf2+ 19. Qxf2 Ne6 20. Rad1 Ng5 21. Be2
Be6 22. Rf1 Rf4 23. Qd4 Nf7 24. g3 Qg5 25. Kf2 Rf6 26. f4 Bh3 27. Rh1 c5 28.
Qe3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gagunashvili, Merab"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 c5 8. dxc5
Nec6 9. Nb3 Nd7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc5 12. Be3 Nxb3 13. Qxb3 Qc7 14. Nd4 Be7
15. Nb5 Qxe5 16. f4 Qb8 17. f5 Bxf5 18. Bf4 Ne5 19. Rae1 Bf6 20. Qg3 a6 21. Nd4
Nxc4 22. Bxb8 Bxd4+ 23. Kh1 O-O 24. Bf4 Rac8 25. b3 Nb6 26. Be5 Bxe5 27. Qxe5
Bg6 28. Rc1 Nd5 29. h3 h6 30. Qb2 a5 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rc1 Rxc1+ 33. Qxc1 b6
34. Qc6 Kh7 35. Kg1 Bf5 36. g4 Be4 37. Kf2 Bg6 38. Kf3 Bb1 39. h4 h5 40. gxh5
Bf5 41. Qe8 f6 42. Qf7 Kh6 43. Qg8 Kxh5 44. Qxg7 Kxh4 45. Qh6# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. c3 h6 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. Nf1 Bb6 13. Ng3 d5 14. exd5 Na5 15.
Bc2 Qxd5 16. b4 Nc6 17. Bb3 Qd7 18. Nh4 Rad8 19. Nh5 Nxh5 20. Qxh5 Re6 21. Bxe6
Qxe6 22. Be3 Rxd3 23. Bxb6 cxb6 24. Rad1 Rxc3 25. Nf5 Bc8 26. Nd6 Bd7 27. Qxf7+
Qxf7 28. Nxf7 Be6 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 Bxa2 31. Rd6 Rc4 32. Rxb6 Rxb4 33.
Rxa6 Bc4 34. Re7 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 b4 36. Raa7 Kf8 37. Rec7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Be2 Nce7 10. O-O Bd7 11. Ne4 Bc6 12. a3 Bd6 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. Ne5 Ng6
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Qc5 Qxc5 18. dxc5 a5 19. Bd2 Ra8 20. b4 axb4
21. axb4 Kd7 22. b5 Ne5 23. Be2 cxb5 24. Bxb5+ Nc6 25. Rfd1 Rhb8 26. Bc4 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Rb2 28. Bxd5 Rxd2 29. Be4 f5 30. Bxc6+ Kxc6 31. h4 Rd7 32. Ra6+ Kxc5
33. Rxe6 Kd5 34. Re2 Ra7 35. Kh2 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. c3 Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. Nc3 Bd7 8.
O-O dxe4 9. Nxe4 Nd5 10. Bg5 Qb6 11. Bc4 f6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Nc3 Bc8
15. Na4 Qc7 16. Rc1 O-O 17. h3 Rfe8 18. Qb3 Bf8 19. Nc3 Qf7 20. Ne4 Nb6 21. Bb5
Bd7 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. dxc5 Nd5 24. Bc4 Bc8 25. Red1 e5 26. Qa4 Be6 27. b4 a6 28.
a3 Nf4 29. Bxe6 Nxe6 30. Be3 f5 31. Ng5 Nxg5 32. Bxg5 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 f4 34. f3
Qh5 35. Qb3+ Kh8 36. Rd7 Qxg5 37. Rxb7 Nd4 38. Qf7 Rd8 39. Rd7 Rg8 40. Qd5 Qg3
41. Rd8 Nxf3+ 42. Qxf3 Rxd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Erenburg, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. e5 e6
9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Nxe4 Nb6 11. O-O Ne7 12. Qd3 Qd7 13. b3 Qc6 14. Rac1 Rd8 15. c4
bxc4 16. bxc4 O-O 17. Bf2 Qa4 18. Bh4 Rfe8 19. Nf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Nd7 21. Ng5
dxe5 22. fxe5 Nxf6 23. Rxf6 Nf5 24. d5 Re7 25. g4 Ng7 26. Qf3 Rf8 27. Rf1 Qd7
28. d6 cxd6 29. exd6 Qxd6 30. Rxf7 Rexf7 31. Nxf7 Qc5+ 32. Kh1 Nf5 33. gxf5
Rxf7 34. f6 Qxc4 35. Kg2 Qd5 36. Qxd5 exd5 37. Kg3 Rd7 38. Kf4 Kf7 39. Ke5 d4
40. Rd1 d3 41. Rd2 a5 42. a4 Rd8 43. h3 Rd7 44. h4 Rd8 45. Rb2 d2 46. Rb7+ Kf8
47. Rxh7 d1=Q 48. Rh8+ Kf7 49. Rh7+ Kg8 50. Rg7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Roiz, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2611"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Rc8 7. O-O a6 8. g3 Nge7
9. Na3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nf5 11. Nc2 Nb4 12. Nxb4 Bxb4 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Bd2 a5 15.
a3 Bc5 16. Qxb6 Bxb6 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Rac1 Ba4 19. Bd3 Ne7 20. b4 Nc6 21. bxa5
Nxa5 22. Bb4 Rfe8 23. Rb1 Nc4 24. Rfc1 Ba7 25. Bc5 b6 26. Bb4 b5 27. h4 Rc7 28.
Kf1 Rec8 29. Ke2 h6 30. h5 Bb6 31. g4 Rc6 32. Rg1 f6 33. exf6 gxf6 34. Rbc1 Nd6
35. Rxc6 Rxc6 36. Bxd6 Rxd6 37. Rb1 e5 38. Bxb5 Bxb5+ 39. Rxb5 e4 40. Nh4 Rc6
41. Nf5 Kf7 42. Rxd5 Bc7 43. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Zoler, Dan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2455"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. O-O
h6 9. d3 Be6 10. Nd2 Qd7 11. a3 Bh3 12. b4 Rae8 13. Nd5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Nh7 15.
b5 Nd8 16. a4 c6 17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Nc3 f5 19. Nb3 Ne6 20. Ba3 f4 21. Ne4 Nhg5
22. Nxd6 f3+ 23. Kh1 Rb8 24. e3 h5 25. Nd2 h4 26. N2e4 c5 27. gxh4 Nh3 28. Rg1
Nxg1 29. Qxg1 Rb6 30. Qxg6 Rxd6 31. Nxd6 Qxd6 32. Bxc5 Qxc5 33. Qxe6+ Rf7 34.
Rb1 Qe7 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. Qg4 Qf6 37. h5 Qf5 38. Qxf5+ Rxf5 39. c5 Rf6 40. d4
exd4 41. exd4 Re6 42. h4 Bxd4 43. Rf8 Bxf2 44. Rxf3 Bxc5 45. Rf7+ Kh6 46. Rf5
Bd4 47. Kg2 Re5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Na4 Bb6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nxb6
axb6 9. O-O Ne7 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. h3 Nh5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nhf4 14. d4 Kh8 15.
Kh2 f5 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. dxe5 Nxg2 18. Bg5 Qc8 19. exd6 cxd6 20. Bb3 Bxh3 21.
Ng1 N2f4 22. Re1 Ra5 23. Bxf4 Nxf4 24. Ne2 Bg4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Livshits, Gaby"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2406"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. g3 Bb4 7. Nde2 Nf6 8.
Bg2 Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. h3 b5 11. a4 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Qd3 Ne5 14. Qe3 O-O
15. g4 b4 16. Na4 d5 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qb3 Ba6 19. Re1 Rfc8 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21.
Bxf4 Bd6 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Nc5 Qxc5 24. Rxa6 Bd4 25. Re2 Qb5 26. Qd3 Qxd3 27.
cxd3 Rc1+ 28. Bf1 b3 29. Kg2 Rb1 30. f4 g6 31. f5 Rxb2 32. Rxb2 Bxb2 33. d4
Bxd4 34. fxe6 fxe6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. a4 Bd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 h6 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 Nc6 17. d5 Nb4 18. Bb3 a5 19. axb5 Bxb5 20. Ba4 Qd7 21. Re3 Rec8
22. Bxb5 Qxb5 23. Ne1 g6 24. Ne2 Bg7 25. Nc3 Qb7 26. h3 Nd7 27. Na4 h5 28. Bd2
Qb5 29. Rea3 Qb7 30. Nc3 Qb6 31. Be3 Nc5 32. Na4 Qb5 33. Nxc5 dxc5 34. Bd2 Bf8
35. Bc3 f6 36. Nf3 Kh7 37. Nd2 c4 38. Ra4 Qb6 39. Qe2 Qb5 40. b3 Bh6 41. Nxc4
Qb7 42. Nd6 Qc7 43. Nxc8 Qxc3 44. Nb6 Rg8 45. Rxa5 Nd3 46. Ra7+ Kh8 47. Qf3 Bg5
48. Rd1 Qd4 49. Qxd3 Qxb6 50. Ra6 Qb4 51. d6 Qb7 52. d7 Rd8 53. Re6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 1st"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "16"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. O-O
Nec6 9. e5 Qc7 10. Re1 Nxd4 11. Bxb7 Qxb7 12. Qxd4 Nc6 13. Qg4 h5 14. Qf3 Rb8
15. Qe4 Nb4 16. Re2 Be7 17. a3 Qxe4 18. Rxe4 Nxc2 19. Ra2 b4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21.
Ra4 O-O 22. h4 Rfc8 23. Bg5 Bxg5 24. hxg5 Nd3 25. Red4 Nxe5 26. Re4 Rxb2 27.
Rxe5 Rxc3 28. Rxa6 Rc1+ 29. Kg2 Rcc2 30. g4 Rxf2+ 31. Kg3 Rg2+ 32. Kh4 Rh2+ 33.
Kg3 h4+ 34. Kf3 Rhf2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz playoff 2nd"]
[Site "Rishon Le Ziyyon"]
[Date "2006.09.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2006.09.07"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 114 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
Qg4 g6 9. Qe2 d6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bd2 Nf6 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Qd2 b6 14. Bxf8 Rxf8
15. Qf4 Qe7 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Rad1 Rg8 18. Be2 g5 19. Qxd6 Qxd6 20. Rxd6 Bd7 21.
Rfd1 Ke7 22. Bxa6 Nb4 23. Nxb6 Bc6 24. Nc8+ Rgxc8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. c3 Nxe4 27.
R6d4 Nxa2 28. Na5 Naxc3 29. Nxc6+ Rxc6 30. bxc3 Nxc3 31. Rd7+ Kf6 32. Re1 h5
33. g3 Nd5 34. Ra1 Rc7 35. Ra7 Rxa7 36. Rxa7 Ne7 37. Kg2 Nf5 38. Kf3 Nd4+ 39.
Ke4 Nf5 40. Kd3 Nh6 41. f3 Nf5 42. Ke4 Nd6+ 43. Kd3 Nf5 44. Rd7 h4 45. g4 Ne7
46. Kd4 Ng6 47. Ra7 Nf4 48. Kc5 Nd3+ 49. Kd6 Ne5 50. Ra1 Nc4+ 51. Kc5 Nd2 52.
Rd1 Nxf3 53. Rf1 Ke5 54. Rxf3 f5 55. gxf5 exf5 56. Rf1 Ke4 57. Re1+ Kf3 58. Kd4
g4 59. Rf1+ Ke2 60. Rxf5 g3 61. h3 g2 62. Rg5 Kf2 63. Ke4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zuerich"]
[BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 b6 7. Ba3 c5 8. bxc5
bxc5 9. Rc1 Ne4 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd5 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Qxd5
Bxd5 15. Bb5 a6 16. Ba4 Ra7 17. O-O Bxa2 18. Rfc1 a5 19. R3c2 Bd5 20. Nb5 Rb7
21. Rc7 Bf6 22. Rxb7 Bxb7 23. Rc7 Bc6 24. Bxe7 Bxe7 25. Rxe7 Nd7 26. Nc3 Bxa4
27. Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Asrian, Karen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. c3
Be7 9. Ne1 c5 10. Ndf3 O-O 11. Nd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bxh6 gxh6
15. Qd2 Kg7 16. a5 a6 17. h4 b6 18. axb6 Nxb6 19. b3 Qc2 20. Rxa6 Qxd2 21. Nxd2
Rc2 22. Rd1 Rb8 23. g3 Bxd3 24. Bxd3 Rb2 25. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. d3 O-O 8.
O-O c6 9. Qb3 Be7 10. Rd1 d6 11. d4 Qc7 12. Bg2 h6 13. Qc2 Nh7 14. b4 exd4 15.
Rxd4 Ng5 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Rdd1 Re8 18. Qd3 a5 19. b5 Bxc3 20. b6 Qe7 21. Qxc3
Bg4 22. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[BlackTeam "Cheboksary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nf6 9. h3 Nb4 10. Be2 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Bg5 Nbd5 14. Re1 Be6 15.
Qb3 Rb8 16. Bh4 h6 17. Bg3 Bd6 18. Be5 Nxc3 19. Bxe6 Ncd5 20. Bf5 Re8 21. g3
Qc7 22. Re2 Re7 23. Rae1 Rbe8 24. a3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nd7 26. e6 fxe6 27. Rxe6 Nc5
28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Rxe7 Qxe7 30. Qc2 Nd7 31. Bh7+ Kf8 32. Be4 N5f6 33. Bf5 Qc5
34. Qd3 Ke7 35. b4 Qd5 36. Qe3+ Kd6 37. Bc2 c5 38. bxc5+ Nxc5 39. Nd4 Nce4 40.
Qf4+ Kd7 41. Ba4+ Kc8 42. Nf5 Qc4 43. Bd1 Qc3 44. Kg2 g5 45. Nd6+ Nxd6 46. Qxd6
Qc6+ 47. Qxc6+ bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 {Eine sehr moderne
Fortsetzung, die gegen die Varianten Antipaulsen mit der langen Rochade
gerichtet sind. Klassischen Fortsetzungen sind ebenfalls} (5... Qc7 6. Be3 a6
7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 $132 {wonach es eine unendliche Menge an Theorie
gibt}) (5... Nf6 6. Ndb5 (6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Ne4 $132 {ist auch sehr
populär}) 6... d6 7. Bf4 e5 8. Bg5 a6 9. Na3 {führt in die Hauptvarianten der
Sveshnikov-Variante über}) 6. Be3 (6. Nxc6 {gilt als Hauptzug, wonach Weiß
einen kleinen Vorteil erreicht, Schwarz aber trotzdem sehr solide Stellung
beibehält} bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 9. Re1 $14) 6... Nf6 7. f4 (7. Qd2 {
würde man in die gewünschten und modernen Varianten mit 0-0-0 einwilligen
wollen, so erwartet Weiß eine böse Überaschung} Bb4 8. f3 (8. Bd3 $2 d5 $15)
8... d5 9. a3 Qa5 $1 $36 {und Schwarz ergreift die Initiative}) (7. Bd3 {
führt zu der alten klassischen Aufbau, wonach mir persönlich die Variante} Qc7
8. O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 $1 {für Schwarz gut gefällt} 10. Bxc5 (10. Bxf6 $6 gxf6
11. Qg4 Qe5 $1 12. Qg7 Rf8 13. Qxh7 f5 $1 14. Qh4 (14. exf5 Rh8 $17) 14... Rh8
15. Qg3 f4 16. Qf3 d6 $44) (10. Be2 Qd6 $1 (10... Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. Rad1 Ke7
13. f4 $16) 11. Bxc5 (11. Bxf6 $2 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 gxf6 $15) 11... Qxc5 12. Qd3
O-O 13. Rad1 b5 $132) 10... Qxc5 11. Na4 (11. Kh1 d6 12. f4 e5 13. fxe5 (13. f5
b5 $132) 13... Qxe5 14. Qf3 Be6 $11 {Schwarze Stellung ist nicht durchzubrechen
}) 11... Qc7 12. c4 d6 13. Nc3 Bd7 14. Kh1 O-O 15. f4 Bc6 $11 {Der
Raumnachteil ist kaum zu spüren aus der Sicht von Schwarz, da schon doch
einige Figuren getauscht worden sind.}) 7... Bb4 {Natürlich muss man kontern,
sonst kommt man in Nachteil} (7... d6 $2 8. Qd2 Be7 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Be2 $14) (
7... Qb6 8. a3 $1 (8. Qd2 $5 Qxb2 9. Rb1 Qa3 10. e5 Ng4 11. Rb3 Qe7 (11... Qa5
12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bb6 $18) 12. Nxc6 dxc6 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Rd3 Qc7 15. Bd4 $44)
8... d5 (8... Qxb2 9. Na4 $18) (8... Bc5 9. Na4 Qa5+ 10. c3 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4
12. Qxd4 $16) 9. exd5 (9. e5 Bc5 10. Na4 Qa5+ 11. c3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 Nxd4 13.
Qxd4 Nd7 $13) 9... exd5 10. Be2 Bc5 11. Na4 Qa5+ 12. c3 Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 Qc7 (14... O-O 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. b4 $18) 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. g4 $1 $16) 8. Bd3
d6 (8... Qb6 {ist ein interessanter Zug} 9. O-O Bc5 10. Na4 Bxd4 11. Nxb6 Bxe3+
12. Kh1 Bxb6 $13 {und die Stellung ist völlig unklar, Khalifman - Rublevsky 
(Superfinal Russia, 2005)}) 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. O-O e5 $1 (10... c5 $2 {führt zu
einer sehr chancenreicher Stellung für Weiß} 11. e5 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nd5 13. Bf2
Bb7 (13... Nxc3 14. Qe1 Nd5 15. Be4 dxe5 16. Rd1 $1 Qc7 17. c4 f5 18. cxd5 fxe4
19. d6 Qd7 20. fxe5 $16) 14. Qg4 $36 {Radjabov - Lutz (Göteborg, 2005)}) 11. h3
(11. fxe5 Ng4 $1 12. Qf3 Nxe5 13. Qg3 Bxc3 $5 14. bxc3 (14. Qxg7 $4 Nf3+ 15.
Rxf3 Bxg7 $19) 14... O-O $132) 11... O-O 12. Qf3 (12. f5 $6 d5 13. Na4 dxe4 (
13... Nxe4 14. a3 Be7 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qg4 $44) 14. Bc4 Rb8 $1 $17) (12. fxe5
dxe5 13. Qe1 Be6 $11) 12... exf4 13. Bxf4 Nd7 $11 {Nachdem Schwarz den
Springer auf e5 positioniert, wird seine Stellung sehr solide sein.
Normalerweise hat Weiß nicht viele Chancen, um sie zu knacken, diese Partie
ist eine der vielen Bestätigungen dafür.} 14. Bc4 Qe7 15. Qg3 Kh8 16. Bb3 Ne5
17. Rad1 f6 18. Kh1 Rb8 19. Ne2 Bd7 20. c3 Bc5 21. Bc1 Be6 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. b3
a5 24. Rfe1 a4 25. Nd4 Qf7 26. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 22nd"]
[Site "Fuegen"]
[Date "2006.10.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2006.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AUT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 115"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Ural Sverdlovskaya"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 b5 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. e5 Rd8 11. Bd3 c5 12. Qg4 Ne7 13. Bg5 Rd4 14. Qg3 Ng6 15.
Rad1 Be7 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Rd5 19. b3 O-O 20. Rde1 Rfd8 21.
a4 Rd4 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Ra1 Qc7 25. f4 Ne7 26. Qe1 Nd5 27. Qe4
g6 28. Qxd4 Ne7 29. Qf2 Qc3 30. Rf1 Nd5 31. Qe1 Qd4+ 32. Qf2 Qc3 33. Qe1 Qd4+
34. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.10.28"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 Qd7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8
15. d5 Nb8 16. Nf1 h6 17. N3h2 Qc8 18. Qf3 Nbd7 19. Ne3 Nc5 20. Bc2 c6 21. Nf5
cxd5 22. Nxh6+ gxh6 23. Qxf6 dxe4 24. Ng4 Qe6 25. Bxh6 Bxh6 26. Nxh6+ Kf8 27.
Qh8+ Ke7 28. Ng8+ Kd8 29. Qh4+ Kc7 30. Nf6 Rd8 31. Nxe4 Qc4 32. Qh7 Bxe4 33.
Bxe4 b4 34. Bf3 bxc3 35. Rc1 Rb8 36. Rxc3 Qe6 37. Qc2 Kd8 38. Bg4 Qd5 39. Qf5
Rxb2 40. Rf3 Kc7 41. Qc8+ Kb6 42. Qd8+ Kb5 43. Qe8+ Kc4 44. Rxf7 e4 45. Rf5 Qd2
46. Kh2 Qd4 47. Qf7+ Kc3 48. Bh5 Nd3 49. Qc7+ Kd2 50. Qa5+ Qb4 51. Qa7 Qb6 52.
Qe7 Qd4 53. Ra5 Nxf2 54. Qg5+ Qe3 55. Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2006.10.29"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2552"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 c6 7. c5 Nbd7 8. Bb2 e5
9. Be2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. O-O Re8 12. h3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qc2 Qg5 15.
Kh2 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rd2 Qh4 18. Bf1 Bc8 19. Kg1 Rd5 20. Rad1 a6 21. Bc3
Nd3 22. Bxd3 exd3 23. Rxd3 a5 24. Nf3 Qc4 25. Rxd5 cxd5 26. Rc1 Bf5 27. Qb2
Bxc3 28. Rxc3 Qxb4 29. Qxb4 axb4 30. Rb3 Rc8 31. Rxb4 Rxc5 32. Nd4 Rc1+ 33. Kh2
Rb1 34. a3 Rxb4 35. axb4 Bd7 36. h4 f6 37. Kg3 Kf7 38. Kf4 h6 39. g4 g5+ 40.
Kg3 Kg6 41. f4 b6 42. Nf3 Ba4 43. Nd4 Bd7 44. Ne2 Kf7 45. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.02.03"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Qe1 Qc8 12. a4 Na6 13. Kb1 Nc7 14. g4 Rd8 15.
Bb6 Nd7 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Bb6 Nd7 18. Bf2 b6 19. Bd3 Qb7 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Nxc5
bxc5 22. Nb5 Rdb8 23. c4 Bd7 24. h4 Ne6 25. g5 Rf8 26. Be3 Nd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4
28. f4 f5 29. Rhe1 Rac8 30. fxe5 Bxb5 31. cxb5 f4 32. exd6 Bxd6 33. e5 f3 34.
Qe4 Qxe4 35. Rxe4 Bc5 36. e6 f2 37. e7 Rfe8 38. Rc1 Kf7 39. b6 Bxe7 40. Rf1 Bd6
41. Rxf2+ Kg8 42. b7 Rb8 43. Rxe8+ Rxe8 44. Rf5 Rb8 45. Be4 Bb4 46. Kc2 g6 47.
Rb5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.02.04"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Balogh, Csaba"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nxe5 Qd4 7. Qh5 g6 8.
Qg5 Bg7 9. Nf3 Qxe4 10. Re1 Qb4 11. a3 Qd6 12. Nc3 h6 13. Qe3 Qe6 14. Qf4 Qd6
15. Qe3 Qe6 16. Qf4 Qd7 17. Ne4 f5 18. Ne5 Qe6 19. Nc5 Qd6 20. b4 g5 21. Qe3 f4
22. Qc3 b6 23. Ncd3 O-O 24. Bb2 Be6 25. a4 Rae8 26. a5 b5 27. Qc5 Bf5 28. Rac1
Bxd3 29. Nxd3 Qxc5 30. bxc5 Bxb2 31. Nxb2 Nd5 32. Nd3 Kg7 33. Ne5 Re6 34. c3 b4
35. c4 Rfe8 36. d4 Nc3 37. Kf1 Rd8 38. Nd3 Rxe1+ 39. Kxe1 Na2 40. Rb1 Rxd4 41.
Nxb4 Nxb4 42. Rxb4 Kf6 43. Ke2 g4 44. f3 h5 45. Ra4 g3 46. h4 Ke6 47. Rb4 Ke5
0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.03.31"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4
b6 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nd3 Rc8 14. Qb3 a6 15.
Na4 Bc6 16. a3 Ne4 17. Nb4 Bb5 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19. Rc1 Qa8 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. Nc3
Bxb4 22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Qxb4 Qd5 24. Qe7 Nf6 25. Be5 Ng4 26. Bd6 Ra8 27. h3 Nf6
28. Be5 Nd7 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Rc7 e3 31. Rxd7 exf2+ 32. Kxf2 Qf5+ 33. Ke3 Rf8
34. Qh4 Qf1 35. d5 exd5 36. Qg4+ Kh8 37. Rxd5 Qc1+ 38. Kf2 Qxb2 39. Qb4 Qf6+
40. Kg2 Re8 41. Qxb5 Re3 42. a4 h6 43. Qc4 Qe6 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Qxe6 Rxe6 46.
Kf3 Re5 47. Ra8 Rc5 48. e3 Kg7 49. g4 h5 50. Ra6 hxg4+ 51. hxg4 Rc4 52. g5 Rb4
53. Ke2 Rb3 54. Kd2 b5 55. a5 Ra3 56. e4 b4 57. e5 Rc3 58. Rb6 Rc5 59. a6 Rxe5
60. a7 Ra5 61. Rb7 Ra3 62. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0607"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.04.01"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Gustafsson, Jan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2006.10.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 118"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "ESP-ch final"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2006.11.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Bg7 6. g4 b5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. f4 Nb6
9. Nf3 N8d7 10. Bd3 b4 11. Ne4 Nd5 12. Bd2 c5 13. Nfg5 Qb6 14. c4 bxc3 15. bxc3
Ba6 16. Rb1 Bxd3 17. Rxb6 N5xb6 18. exd6 h6 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. dxc5 O-O 21. Qf3
Bc4 22. cxb6 hxg5 23. b7 Rab8 24. Qc6 Bxa2 25. O-O exd6 26. Ra1 Be6 27. Rxa7
gxf4 28. Ra8 Be5 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Qc7 1-0

[Event "ESP-ch final"]
[Site "Lugo"]
[Date "2006.11.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2006.11.03"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Nc6 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. a4
Qa5 9. Qd2 f6 10. Rb1 O-O-O 11. Rb5 Qxa4 12. Be2 c4 13. Rb1 Nge7 14. O-O Ng6
15. Bb2 Qa5 16. Ra1 Qc7 17. Ba3 fxe5 18. Ng5 exd4 19. f4 dxc3 20. Qe3 e5 21.
Nf7 exf4 22. Qxc3 Be6 23. Nxh8 Rxh8 24. Bc5 b6 25. Bf2 Rd8 26. Bf3 Nge5 27. Bd4
Nxf3+ 28. Rxf3 g5 29. Bf6 Rg8 30. Qd2 Qd6 31. Bd4 Kb7 32. Rfa3 Re8 33. Ra6 Bg4
34. Qc3 Nxd4 35. Qxd4 Qe5 36. Rxa7+ Kc6 37. Qxe5 Rxe5 38. Rxh7 Bf5 39. Rh6+ Kc5
40. c3 Re3 41. Rh5 Rxc3 42. Rxg5 Be4 43. h4 b5 44. h5 Rg3 45. Rxg3 fxg3 46. h6
c3 47. Kf1 b4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a4 b4 12. Ne2 Na5 13. Ba2 Bf8 14. Ng3 d5 15. Bd2
Rb8 16. Qe2 c5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qe4 Nc6 20. Nf5 Re6 21. Qg4 Kh8
22. Qc4 Na5 23. Qe4 Nc6 24. Qc4 Na5 25. Qe4 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Nf1 Qb8 19. Ng3 Rfe8 20. Bb1 Na5 21. Rxc8
Bxc8 22. Bd3 Be6 23. Bd2 Bd8 24. Qe2 Bc4 25. Rc1 exd4 26. Bxa5 Bxa5 27. Bxc4
bxc4 28. Qxc4 Qxb2 29. Rc2 Qb1+ 30. Rc1 Qb2 31. Rc2 Qb1+ 32. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Qb1 Qd5 {About this line - see CBM 114, game of the same opponents from
Dortmund.} 9. Nf3 Nd7 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Qb2 Bg7 12. O-O Nb6 $146 {This is not a
big improvement but it leads to positions of a different type comparing to} (
12... e5 13. Qb4 c5 14. Qxc4 Qxc4 15. Bxc4 Rc8 16. Bd5 Bd3 17. Rfd1 Ba6 18.
Rab1 b6 19. Bg3 cxd4 20. exd4 $2 (20. cxd4 $11) 20... Nf6 21. Bb3 Ne4 $17 {
0-1 Aronian,L-Svidler,P/Dortmund 2006/CBM 114 (47)}) 13. a4 $1 a5 14. Nd2 Bd3
15. Bxd3 (15. Bf3 $6 Qd7) 15... cxd3 {This pawn guarantees Black sufficient
counterchances. To recapture it, White must spend precious time.} 16. Rfb1 (16.
Qb1 $5 Qc6 17. Qxd3 Nxa4 {Emelin}) (16. c4 $6 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 Qxc4 18. Qxb7 O-O
19. Bxe7 Rfb8 20. Qe4 d2 {Jakovenko}) 16... Qc6 (16... e5 $5 {Jakovenko}) (
16... e6 $5 {[%cal Ye8g8]} 17. Bg3 O-O 18. Bxc7 Nc4 $132) 17. Qa3 (17. Qb5 Qxb5
(17... e5 18. Qxd3 O-O 19. Rb5 $14 {Jakovenko}) 18. Rxb5 Kd7 $1 19. c4 Rhe8 {
[%cal Ye7e5]} 20. Bg3 Kc8 21. Ra3 Ra6 22. Rxd3 e5 $132 23. c5 Nd7) 17... O-O
18. c4 $2 {An unnecessary pawn sacrifice.} (18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. Bc5 (19. Bh4 Nd5
20. Rb3 f5 $13 {Jakovenko}) 19... Nd7 20. Rb5 (20. Be7 $11) {leads to an
unclear position, in which Black's d3 pawn brings him sufficient counterplay:}
20... b6 21. Be7 Qe6 22. Bh4 c6 23. Rb2 c5 $13) 18... Nxc4 19. Nxc4 Qxc4 20.
Bxe7 Rfe8 21. Rd1 Rac8 (21... f6 $5 {[%csl Re7][%cal Rc4f7]} 22. d5 (22. Rac1
Qf7 23. Rxc7 Bf8 $19) 22... Qxd5 23. Rxd3 Qf7 24. Bc5 $17) 22. Bg5 $6 (22. Rac1
Qd5 (22... Qe6 23. Bg5) 23. Rxd3 b6 24. Bh4 c5 25. dxc5 Qe4 $17 26. Bg3 Bb2 27.
Qxb2 Qxd3 28. Qxb6 Qa3 $17 {Jakovenko}) 22... c5 23. Qxd3 cxd4 24. exd4 $4 {
[%mdl 8192] A blunder but otherwise White is a pawn down.} Re1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2698"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 {If
White does not wish to embark any long theoretical discussion, this variation
looks like the best way to move the accent of the fight to the middlegame.} c6
15. b3 (15. Rb1 $5 $146 {1-0 Topalov,V (2813)-Mamedyarov,S (2728)/Hoogeveen
2006/CBM 115 [Marin, Mihail] (50)}) 15... Qc7 {Usually, Black transfers his
king's bishop to g7 in this line. He can start doing that with or without
developing the queen, although this can just lead to a transposition. In this
game, Black has completely different plan, for which ...g6 is not useful at
all.} (15... g6 16. Bb2 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2743)-Sasikiran,K (2666)/Biel 2004/
CBM 102/[Wedberg] (35)} (16. Bf1 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2722)-Sasikiran,K (2666)/
Biel 2004/CBM 102/[Wedberg] (62)})) 16. Bb2 d5 $5 $146 {Quite curiously, this
thematic break has never been played so far.} (16... g6 17. Qc2 Bg7 18. c4 (18.
b4 Nb6 19. a5 Na4 20. Rac1 (20. Bc1 {[%cal Yg7a1]} exd4 21. cxd4 c5 $132) 20...
Nxb2 21. Qxb2 Nd7 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 exd4 24. Qa2 Re7 25. Nb3 Ne5 $11 {
Haag,E-Forintos,G/Budapest 1965/MCD (1/2-1/2, 33)}) (18. Bf1 Rac8 19. Rad1 Nb6
{Since the a4-pawn is safely defended, this move makes less sense now and just
weakens Black's control over the centre.} (19... d5 $5) 20. c4 exd4 21. Bxd4
bxa4 22. e5 dxe5 23. Bxe5 Qe7 24. c5 Nbd7 25. Bd6 Qd8 26. bxa4 $16 {Vitomskis,
J (2575)-Girod,F (2415)/LAT-SUI corr 1994/Corr 2000 (1-0, 29)}) 18... bxc4 (
18... bxa4 19. c5 $5 axb3 20. Nxb3 exd4 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Na5 $36 {[%csl Gb7]
Grigoriants,S (2313)-Platonov,E (2296)/Orel 1999/EXT 2001 (1-0, 42)}) 19. Bxc4
exd4 20. Bxd4 Re7 ({Black can also choose another move order of concentrating
his forces against the e4-pawn.} 20... c5 {[%cal Yb7e4]} 21. Bc3 Re7 22. Qb2
Rae8 {[%csl Ye4]} 23. Rad1 h6 {The strong pressure against the e4-pawn
restricts White's active possibilities.} 24. Bd3 Re6 25. Bc4 R6e7 {1/2-1/2
Hendriks,R-Girod,F/ICCF corr 1994/Corr 2000}) 21. b4 Rae8 22. Bd3 c5 23. Rac1
Qd8 (23... Nd5 $5 {[%csl Gd4,Ge1]}) 24. bxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxc5 dxc5 $13 {Aseev,K 
(2540)-Yemelin,V (2520)/Elista 1994/CBM 044 (1/2-1/2, 87)}) 17. dxe5 {
Confronted with a relatively early opening surprise, White chooses the safe
way.} ({The main alternative was} 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Qc2 $5 {[%csl Gh7] not
only connects rooks, but underlines the relative vulnerability of the black
kingside too.} ({Now,} 18. dxe5 {involves a nice trap, but is not too
dangerous otherwise.} Nf4 (18... Nxe5 $2 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. c4 $16) 19. Be4 Nxe5
$11) 18... exd4 $5 {Since Black has no adequate way of avoiding kingside
weaknesses, he bravely plays for material grabbing.} (18... h6 19. dxe5 Nf4 20.
Bh7+ Kh8 21. Qe4 $16) (18... g6 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Nf4 21. Ne4 $16 {
[%csl Gf6]}) (18... N5f6 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxe5 21. c4 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 $36
{[%csl Yb5,Yf6,Yh7]}) 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Nxd4 g6 21. Bxg6 fxg6 22. c4 N5f6 23.
Qxg6 $36 {[%csl Yb7,Gh8]}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Qxe5 19. Nf3 Qf4 {A brave
decision. The queen is rather exposed here.} (19... Qh5 $5 20. e5 $140 Nd7 $11)
20. exd5 {Again, White refrains from complicating the game.} (20. e5 $5 {
[%csl Gf4][%cal Yb2c1]} Ne4 21. Qc2 {would have led to a complex position,
where Black's activity might be just apparent, while the exposed placement of
his queen would offer White some tactical ideas.}) 20... Nxd5 21. c4 Nb4 22.
Be5 Qh6 23. Be4 Rad8 24. Qb1 bxc4 25. bxc4 $11 {We can state that Black's
strategy has been crowned with success. The usefullness of the dark-squared
bishop on the a3-f8 diagonal is obvious. At the same time, the fact that he
refrained from ...g6 ensures the return of the queen to the centre in the near
future.} Ba8 26. Bc3 c5 27. Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Ne5 Qe6 29. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 {
[%mdl 4] About this system - see the opening review in this issue. It is
really amazing that 7.Bg5 was not played in tournament games before 2004!} c5
8. Rc1 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 Nd7 12. Be2 Nf6 {Not the best
square for the knight but Black didn't want to exchange his g4 bishop.} (12...
Qa5+ 13. Qd2 Qa3 14. O-O Rfc8 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 $14 {[%cal Rf3g4]}) 13. h3
Bd7 14. Bd3 h6 $6 (14... Qa5+ $142 15. Qd2 Qa4 (15... Qa3 16. Rc3 Qa4 17. Rc4)
16. Rc4 Qa3 {P.Svidler} 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Bb5 20. Rc3 Qa6 21.
Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Rb3 $14) 15. Bf4 e6 $6 {This leads to a bad position for Black.}
(15... Qa5+ $142 16. Qd2 {[%csl Rh6]} Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rfc8 $14 {_|_} 18. Be3 $5)
16. Bc7 Qe8 17. d6 {[%csl Gc7,Gd6]} Bc6 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. g3 e5 20. O-O Qd7 21.
Kh2 Bf6 22. Rfd1 $6 {This move is too sluggish. White's outposts in the centre
needed active support:} (22. Rc5 $142 $1 Ng7 (22... Rfe8 23. Bb5 $1) 23. Nxe5
Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Ne6 25. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 26. e5 $16 {[%csl Gc7,Gd6,Ge5] V.Emelin})
22... Ng7 23. Bc4 Rac8 24. Bd5 Ne6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Qa6 Nxc7 27. Qxa7 Kg7 28.
Qb7 Qd8 29. dxc7 Qxc7 30. Qxc7 (30. Qxc7 Rxc7 31. a4 Ra7 32. Rc4 Rfa8 33. Ra1
Ra5 34. Kg2 $14 {[%csl Ga4,Rf6] and White could still play for a win although
a draw was highly probable.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bc1 Nf6 8. f3
Qb6 9. g4 {It is important to compare the game with the line featuring the
early Nb3 and Bf4.} (9. Nb3 e6 10. Bf4 Nbd7 (10... Qc7 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. O-O-O
Ne5 13. Kb1 (13. Nd4 Be7 14. g4 O-O 15. h4 b5 16. h5 b4 17. Nb1 Nexg4 18. Bg3
Qc5 19. h6 g6 20. Nb3 Qe3 $11 {1/2 Anand,V-Grischuk,A/Mainz 2005/ (26)}) 13...
Be7 14. Nd4 O-O 15. g4 b5 16. Qg2 b4 17. Nce2 Bb7 18. g5 Nfd7 19. h4 Qb6 20.
Bc1 Nc5 21. h5 {1-0 Anand,V (2788)-Grischuk,A (2720)/Mainz 2005/ (38)}) 11. g4
Be7 12. Qe2 h6 13. h4 Qc7 14. O-O-O b5 15. a3 Rb8 16. Qg2 Nc5 17. g5 Nh5 18.
Be3 Na4 19. Rd3 g6 20. Kb1 $14 {1-0 Anand,V (2786)-Ponomariov,R (2700)/Wijk
aan Zee 2005/ (64)}) 9... Nc6 10. Nb3 e6 11. Bf4 {Svidler was probably trying
to improve on the Adams continuation, but in his version the idea was not
doing well.} (11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Be3 b5 13. O-O-O Nd7 14. Qf2 Rb8 (14... Be7 15.
g5 Nce5 16. a3 Rb8 17. Rg1 Nb6 $6 18. f4 Nec4 19. Bxc4 $1 Nxc4 20. Bd4 O-O $2
21. Bf6 $1 $40 {Grischuk - Ponomariov, Wijk aan Zee 2005}) 15. f4 Na5 16. Ba7
Ra8 17. Bd4 Bb7 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. Kb1 $1 Rc8 (19... b4 20. Ne2 Bxe4 21. Bg2
Bxg2 22. Qxg2 $44) 20. Bg2 b4 21. Ne2 Nf6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ng3 $14 {Grischuk
- Kasparov/Moscow/2004/}) 11... Qc7 12. Qd2 Ne5 13. Be2 {The first palpable
problem is a loss of a tempo, white has to defend the sensitive point f3.} Be7
14. Bg3 $6 {The retreat of the bishop will turn out to be an unfortunate move.
White does not exactly need to move the f pawn.} (14. O-O-O b5 15. g5 Nfd7 16.
Qd4 O-O 17. h4 $13) 14... b5 15. g5 (15. O-O-O O-O 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Qd4 $13)
15... Nfd7 16. h4 (16. f4 Nc4 17. Qd4 O-O 18. O-O-O Bb7 $11) 16... Nb6 (16...
b4 17. Nd1 d5 18. exd5 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 Qxg3+ 20. Qf2 Qxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Ne5 $11) 17.
Qd4 {The centralized queen is preventing the advance b5-b4, but she is too
strong a piece to fulfill this function for any period of time.} O-O 18. O-O-O
Rd8 $1 {The fine move is defending the d6 pawn and frees the hands for the
knight e5.} (18... Nec4 19. Nd2 e5 20. Qd3 $13) 19. a3 (19. Kb1 Nc6 20. Qg1 $8
b4 21. Bf2 Rb8 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Na4 Rb8 25. c4 $15) 19... Nec4
20. Bxc4 (20. g6 fxg6 (20... hxg6 21. Bxc4 Nxc4 22. h5 Bf6 23. Qd3 $15) 21. h5
Bf6 22. Qd3 Nxb2 $1 23. Kxb2 Qxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Na4+) 20... bxc4 $1 {Grischuk has
decided to agressively attack along the semiopen b file. The unfortunate white
manouvers have offered him excellent chances for this concept.} (20... Nxc4 21.
Nd2 $13) 21. Nd2 e5 $1 22. Qe3 (22. Qg1 Rb8 23. Bf2 (23. Nf1 Qb7 24. Ne3 Bd7)
23... d5 $1 24. Bxb6 Rxb6 25. Nxd5 $6 (25. exd5 Bf5 $36 26. Nde4 Bxe4 27. fxe4
Rdb8 28. Na4 Rxb2 29. Nxb2 c3 $15) 25... Rxd5 $1 26. exd5 c3 27. Nb3 Bf5 28.
Rh2 a5 $15) 22... Be6 23. Kb1 (23. h5 Rab8 24. g6 Qb7 25. gxh7+ Kh8 26. Rdg1
Nd7 27. Nd1 Nc5 (27... c3 $1 28. Qxc3 $8 Rdc8 29. Qe3 Nc5 30. h6 $13) 28. f4
$13) 23... Rab8 24. Ka1 Qc6 $1 (24... f5 $5 25. gxf6 Bxf6) 25. Rb1 $2 {Most
likely Svidler could have put up tougher resistance with the move 25.Ndb1, but
he would still have grappled with problems.} (25. Ndb1 Rd7 (25... Na4 26. Nxa4
Qxa4 27. Qc1) 26. Rh2 Rdb7 $40) 25... Na4 26. Rhd1 Rd7 $1 {An excellent move
of many connotations. Black is preparing the doubling of the rooks along the b
file, but at the same time opens the scope for the bishop manouver Bd8-b6.} 27.
f4 exf4 28. Bxf4 Rdb7 (28... Bd8 29. Nf3 Nxc3 30. Qxc3 Bb6 31. h5 $13) 29. Nxa4
Qxa4 30. Qc3 (30. h5 c3 31. Qxc3 Rc8 32. Qd3 Rxc2 $17) 30... g6 $1 (30... Bd8
31. Bxd6 Ba5 32. Qd4 $11) 31. h5 {Very interesting was a shadow dance of dark
squared bishops. After 31.Be3 Bd8! the aggressor would get to the diagonal
a3-c5 on time.} (31. Be3 Bd8 $1 (31... d5 32. exd5 Bb4 33. Qxc4) (31... Rb5 32.
Bd4 Ra5 33. Bh8 Bf8 34. Rf1 $13) 32. Bf4 Ba5 33. Qd4 Bb6 34. Qc3 (34. Qxd6 Bc7
$19) 34... Bc5 $19) (31. Nf3 Rb3 $1 32. cxb3 Rxb3 33. Qd2 c3 $19) 31... gxh5
32. Rh1 Bf8 33. Rxh5 (33. Be3 Bg7 34. Bd4 Bxd4 35. Qxd4 Qxc2 $17) 33... Bg7 34.
e5 d5 (34... Bf5 $1 $17) 35. Be3 (35. Rhh1 Bf8 36. Be3 Bb4 37. Qd4 Bxa3 $19)
35... Bf5 {All black pieces are harmoniously cooperating in the attack, white
has achieved nothing at all.} 36. Bd4 Bxc2 37. e6 Bxb1 38. Nxb1 (38. Bxg7 Rxb2
39. exf7+ Kxf7 40. Qf6+ Kg8 41. Qe6+ Kxg7 42. Qe5+ Kf8 43. Qf6+ Ke8 44. Qe6+
Kd8 45. Qf6+ Kd7 46. Qg7+ (46. Qf7+ Kc6 47. Qe6+ Kc7 48. Qe5+ Kb7 49. Qxb2+ Ka8
$19) 46... Kc6 47. Rh6+ Bg6 48. Rxg6+ hxg6 49. Qf6+ Kb7 50. Qxb2+ Ka8 $19)
38... fxe6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Gelfand,B"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {During recent years in my White games against Peter Svidler we have
had a theoretical discussion in the main Gruenfeld 8.Rb1 system. However,
during the recent European club cup, my friend and teammate Alexander
Khalifman had told me about some interesting ideas in the Anti-Gruenfeld,
which he published in his recent book "Opening for White according to
Kramnik-1a", which went out of print in August 2006. Unfortunately, I managed
to buy this book only just at the very end of the Tal Memorial... So, the day
before this game my second Alexander Khuzman and I had to work hard to develop
the ideas mentioned by Khalifman. In meinen Weißpartien gegen Peter Svidler in
den letzten Jahren hatten wir eine theoretische Diskussion im 8.Tb1-System der
Grünfeld-Hauptvariante. Doch während der letzten europäischen
Clubmeisterschaft hatte mir mein Freund und Mannschaftskollege Alexander
Khalifman von ein paar interessanten Ideen im Anti-Grünfeld erzählt, die er in
seinem aktuellen Buch "Opening for White according to Kramnik-1a"
veröffentlicht hatte, das im August 2006 in Druck ging. Leider konnte ich das
Buch erst kurz vor dem Ende des Tal-Memorials kaufen. Am Tag vor dieser Partie
mussten daher mein Sekundant Alexander Khuzman und ich hart arbeiten, um die
von Khalifman erwähnten Ideen zu entwickeln.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+
Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 {The bishop on d7 is placed worse than on c8 and this
is a point of White's setup. Auf d7 steht der Läufer schlechter als auf c8,
und das ist eine Pointe des weißen Aufbaus.} a6 7. d4 {The most natural
continuation in the main line of the Anti-Gruenfeld Die natürlichste
Fortsetzung im Hauptabspiel des Anti-Grünfeld.} ({I had tried an experimental
idea Vor 6 Jahren hatte ich gegen Peter die experimentelle Idee} 7. e4 b5 8.
Qe2 $5 {against Peter 6 years ago. You can still see this position from time
to time in tournament practice nowadays. erprobt. Diese Stellung ist
heutzutage noch immer von Zeit zu Zeit in der Turnierpraxis zu sehen.} c5 9. e5
Nh5 10. Ne4 Nc6 11. Nxc5 Bf5 12. d3 e6 13. Ne4 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Nf4 15. Qe3 Nd5 16.
Qh6 Bf8 17. Nd6+ Qxd6 18. exd6 Bxh6 19. Bxh6 f6 $13 {Gelfand,B-Svidler,P/Haifa
rapid 2000}) 7... b5 8. Qb3 c5 ({Peter had shown the potential of Black's
position in the following game: In der folgenden Partie hatte Peter das
Potential der schwarzen Stellung gezeigt:} 8... Be6 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 Bg7 11.
g3 $6 (11. e4 {transposes to the annotated game geht zur kommentierten Partie
über}) 11... Nc6 12. Bg2 Nb4 13. Qd1 Qxd1+ 14. Kxd1 O-O 15. Bd2 Rac8 16. Nd4
Ng4 17. Nxe6 Nxf2+ 18. Kc1 fxe6 {Van Wely,L-Svidler,P/Warsaw rapid 1999}) 9.
dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Bc6 $5 {A new try. Ein neuer Versuch.} (11... Be6
12. Qc2 Nc6 13. O-O Qc7 14. h3 {leads to a favourable position for White which
was proven, for example, in Volkov,S-Khalifman in Dagomys 2005. führt zu einer
günstigen Stellung für Weiß, was beispielsweise in Volkov,S-Khalifman in
Dagomys 2005 bewiesen wurde.}) 12. e5 $1 {I had to find this strong move over
the board, even though it is analysed in Khalifman's book. I had to understand
the difference in the bishop's position. The black bishop is on c6, while in
the theoretical line of the 5.Qb3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Qb3
dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7) variation it is on b7.
And it is an important difference. The B is taking the important c6 square
from his N and blocking its way to d4. Thus, Black has to develop his pieces
more passively and White has time to create weaknesses in his opponent's camp
by a2-a4. Diesen starken Zug musste ich am Brett finden, obwohl er in
Khalifmans Buch analysiert wird. Ich musste den Unterschied in der Postierung
des Läufers versteht. Der schware Läufer steht auf c6, während er im
theoretischen Abspiel der Variante 5.Qb3 (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7
5.Qb3 dxc4 6.Qxc4 0-0 7.e4 a6 8.Be2 b5 9.Qb3 c5 10.dxc5 Bb7) sich auf b7
befindet. Und dies ist ein wichtiger Unterschied. Der B nimmt seinem N das
wichtige Feld c6 und blockiert dessen Weg nach d4. Somit muss Schwarz seine
Figuren passiver entwickeln, und Weiß hat Zeit, durch a2-a4 im Lager seines
Gegners Schwächen zu schaffen.} (12. O-O Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 {transposes into
one of the main positions of the 5.Qb3 system, where I have only a general
knowledge. I think that it was Peter's idea to get me out of the lines which I
normally play. geht über zu einer der Hauptstellung des 5.Qb3-Systems, wo ich
nur allgemeine Kenntnisse besitze. Ich glaube, es war Peters Idee, mich aus
den Abspielen, die ich normalerweise anwende, herauszulotsen.}) 12... Nfd7 ({
Insufficient is Ungenügend ist} 12... Nd5 $2 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nxd5 Nxc5 15. Qc2
Qxd5 16. Be3 $18 (16. Rd1 Qe4)) 13. Be3 {White is playing for his long term
trumps - the advanced c-pawn and the harmoniously placed pieces. Weiß spielt
auf seine langfristigen Trümpfe - den vorgerückten c-Bauern und die harmonisch
platzierten Figuren.} ({I even didn't consider Ich verschwendete keinen
Gedanken an} 13. e6 $2 Nxc5 14. exf7+ Rxf7 (14... Kh8 $5) 15. Qc2 Bxf3 $1 (
15... Nbd7 {is also fine ist ebenfalls gut.}) 16. Bxf3 Nc6 $1 17. Bxc6 $140
Nd3+) 13... Nxe5 (13... e6 14. O-O) 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. O-O e6 (15... Ra7 $5) (
15... Nd7 16. a4) (15... Qc7 16. f4 Bg7 17. a4 (17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 Nc6 $11 {
Yemelin,V}) 17... bxa4 18. Nxa4 Nd7 19. Nb6 Qb7 20. Rf2 {leads to a position,
similiar to the one, which occured in the game. führt zu einer ähnlichen
Stellung wie in der Partie.} (20. Bf3 $5 {Yemelin,V})) 16. a4 $1 ({In his book
Khalifman gave this illustrative line:  In seinem Buch gab Khalifman dieses
Musterabspiel an:} 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. f4 Bg7 18. a4 bxa4 19. Nxa4 Nd7 20. Nb6
Nxb6 (20... Qb7 21. Rd6 Nxb6 22. Qxb6 Bxg2 23. Qxb7 Bxb7 24. c6 Bc8 25. c7 $16)
21. Qxb6 Qxb6 22. cxb6 a5 23. b3 $14 {I used the same ideas (they are the most
natural and obvious ones), but probably a bit more precise. Still, I am amazed
that such a deep analysis of an interesting novelty could be found in an
opening book. Well done, Alexander, and thanks! Ich nutzte dieselben Ideen 
(die die natürlichsten und offensichtlichsten sind), aber womöglich ein wenig
genauer. Dennoch finde ich es verblüffend, dass eine derart tiefe Analyse
einer interessanten Neuerung in einem Eröffnungsbuch zu finden war. Gut
gemacht, Alexander, und danke!}) 16... bxa4 17. Nxa4 Qc7 (17... Nd7 18. Nb6
Nxb6 19. cxb6 $16 {and White has a clear advantage due to the advanced b-pawn.
However, it is hard to say if White's winning chances are bigger than Black's
defensive ones. und Weiß hat klaren Vorteil dank des vorgerückten b-Bauern. Es
ist allerdings schwer zu sagen, ob die weißen Gewinn- größer als die schwarzen
Verteidigungschancen sind.}) 18. f4 Bg7 19. Nb6 Ra7 20. Rfd1 {Here I had to
think over a plan. I decided not to hurry and to improve the position of my
pieces. I thought that I shouldn't hurry, as I didn't see a clear way how
Black can develop his N. Hier musste ich mir einen Plan überlegen. Ich
beschloss, nichts zu überstürzen und meine Figurenstellung zu verbessern. Ich
dachte, dass ich mich nicht beeilen sollte, da ich keinen klaren Weg sah, wie
Schwarz seinen N entwickeln kann.} ({Premature is Voreilig ist} 20. Rad1 a5 21.
Bd4 Bxd4+ 22. Rxd4 Nd7 $14) 20... Re8 ({Black has no time to develop his
pieces comfortably: Schwarz hat keine Zeit, seine Figuren bequem zu entwickeln.
} 20... Qb7 21. Bf1 a5 22. Qa3 Nd7 23. b4 $1 Bxa1 24. Rxa1 {/\b5} Nxb6 25. cxb6
Raa8 26. bxa5 {and White is winning. und Weiß gewinnt.}) 21. Bc4 {White is
making a prophylactic move against the potential breakthrough e6-e5. Weiß
macht einen prophylaktischen Zug gegen den potentiellen Durchbruch e6-e5.} (21.
Rd6 Bf8 22. Rd2 e5) 21... Bh6 ({Weak is Schwach ist} 21... e5 22. Rf1 exf4 23.
Rxf4 {hitting the weak f7 square. mit Angriff auf den Schwachpunkt f7.}) 22.
Rf1 $6 ({More natural and precise was Natürlicher und genauer war} 22. Rd6 Bf8
23. Rd2 e5 $140 24. Rf1 exf4 25. Rxf4) 22... Qb7 23. Rf2 Nd7 $2 {My opponent
didn't want to defend patiently and gives up a pawn in the hope of creating a
counterattack. Mein Gegner wollte sich nicht geduldig verteidigen und gibt
einen Bauern in der Hoffnung, einen Gegenangriff aufzuziehen.} ({White had to
find how to break through after the natural Nach dem natürlichen} 23... Bg7 24.
Rd2 a5 $14 {hätte Weiß einen Weg finden müssen, um durchzubrechen.}) ({Bad is
Schlecht ist} 23... Rd8 $2 {wegen} {because of} 24. f5 $1 Bxe3 25. Qxe3 exf5
26. Rxf5 gxf5 27. Qg5+ $18) 24. Nxd7 ({Here Hier ist} 24. f5 $2 {is not so
convincing: nicht so überzeugend:} Bxe3 25. Qxe3 Nxb6 26. cxb6 exf5) (24. Bd4
$5) 24... Qxd7 25. Rxa6 Rxa6 26. Bxa6 Bg7 ({I was more worried about Größere
Sorgen bereitete mir} 26... Ra8 27. Bf1 (27. Qb6 e5) 27... Bg7 ({or} 27... Ra1
28. Qb8+ Bf8 29. Rd2 Bd5 (29... Bb5 30. h3 $1 Rxf1+ 31. Kh2 Qc6 32. Rd8 $18)
30. Kf2 $16) 28. Rd2 $16 {when White still has to work to convert his extra
pawn into a victory. All the black pieces are ideally placed and I didn't
expect it to be an easy task. , wonach Weiß noch arbeiten muss, um seinen
Mehrbauern zum Sieg zu verwerten. Alle schwarzen Figuren stehen ideal, und ich
erwartete keine leichte Aufgabe.}) 27. Rd2 (27. Qb6 Qd5 28. Bb5 Bxb5 29. Qxb5
Ra8 30. Rd2 Qe4 $16) 27... Qa7 ({Hopeless is Hoffnungslos ist} 27... Bd5 28.
Qb5 Qxb5 29. Bxb5 Rb8 30. c6 Rc8 (30... Rxb5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. c7) 31. Rc2) 28.
Qb6 Qa8 29. Bb5 $1 {White is exchanging an important barrier in the way of his
c-pawn. Weiß tauscht eine wichtige Barriere im Weg seines c-Bauern.} Bxb5 30.
Qxb5 Rb8 $2 ({During the game I noticed the possibility of Während der Partie
bemerkte ich die Möglichkeit} 30... e5 $1 {but Peter made his move quickly and
I didn't have time to think it over, so I had to do it when annotationg the
game at home. Black is getting his R into the game. It was clearly Black's
best chance and it's far from clear if I would had managed to find a path to
victory over the board: , doch Peter machte seinen Zug schnell und ich hatte
keine Zeit, darüber nachzudenken, daher musste ich es tun, als ich die Partie
zu Hause kommentierte. Schwarz bringt seinen R ins Spiel. Es war eindeutig
seine beste Chance, und es bei weitem nicht klar, ob ich am Brett einen Weg
zum Sieg gefunden hätte:} 31. h3 $5 (31. Rd1 Rd8 $1 (31... Bh6 32. c6 Bxf4 33.
Bxf4 exf4 34. c7) 32. Rxd8+ Qxd8 33. Kh1 exf4 34. Bg1 Qd1 {/\f3 with
counterplay /\f3 mit Gegenspiel} (34... Qd5 35. Qe2)) (31. fxe5 Bxe5) ({
A tempting try looks to be Ein verlockender Versuch scheint} 31. c6 exf4 32. c7
$1 Bf6 (32... fxe3 33. Qxe8+ Qxe8 34. Rd8) ({with the help of a computer you
can find mit der Hilfe eines Computers findet man} 32... Bf8 33. Bxf4 Qa1+ 34.
Kf2 Qe1+ 35. Kf3 Qe4+ 36. Kg3 Qe1+ 37. Kh3 Qe6+ 38. g4 h5 39. Qd7) 33. Rc2 (33.
Bb6 Kg7 34. Rd1 f3 35. Qd5 Qa6 (35... Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Qxd5 37. c8=Q Qd2 38. Bf2
Bd4 39. Bxd4+ Qxd4+ 40. Kh1 fxg2+ 41. Kxg2 Qd2+ 42. Kf1 Qf4+ 43. Ke2 Qxh2+ 44.
Kf3 Qxb2 45. Qc5 $18) 36. Bd4 Rc8 37. Rc1 fxg2 38. Qd8 Bxd4+ 39. Qxd4+ Kg8 40.
b4 Qe2 $132) 33... Rc8 (33... fxe3 34. Qxe8+ Qxe8 35. c8=Q Bd8 36. Re2) 34. Bb6
Qa1+ 35. Qf1 Qa4 {and things are far from clear und die Lage ist bei weitem
nicht klar}) 31... exf4 32. Bxf4 Qe4 33. Bg3 $18 {and White should convert the
extra pawn into the victory und Weiß sollte den Mehrbauern zum Sieg verwerten}
Qe3+ $140 $6 34. Kh2 Qxd2 $2 35. Qxe8+) 31. Qc4 $1 {Now White has complete
control and nobody can stop the c-pawn. Nun hat Weiß absolute Kontrolle und
niemand kann den c-Bauern aufhalten.} (31. Qd7 Qe4 32. Kf2 Bf6 $16 {would get
Black back into the game. würde Schwarz wieder in die Partie lassen.}) 31...
Qa1+ (31... Qc6 32. b4) 32. Kf2 Rxb2 (32... Bxb2 33. c6 Bf6 34. c7 Rc8 35. Qc6
$1 {is equally bad ist ebenfalls schlecht.} ({not so clear is nicht so klar ist
} 35. Qb5 Bh4+ 36. g3 Qh1 37. gxh4 Qxh2+ 38. Kf3 Qh1+ 39. Ke2 Qg2+)) 33. c6
Rxd2+ 34. Bxd2 Qa7+ 35. Ke2 Qc7 36. Ba5 $1 {The last finesse. The white pawn
gets to c7. Die letzte Feinheit. Der weiße Bauern erreicht c7.} Qc8 (36... Qxa5
37. c7 Qh5+ 38. Kf2 Qh4+ 39. Kf1) 37. c7 Bf8 38. Qc6 f5 39. Bc3 Kf7 40. Be5 Be7
41. Kd3 g5 42. g3 gxf4 43. gxf4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Bb7 12. d4 Re8 {This game features an
interesting theoretical dispute, because both players have included the
Zaitsev variation in their repertoires recently.} 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. d5 ({
The main continuation is supposed to be} 14. a4 {but Svidler might have been
impressed by his opponent's play after} Na5 $5 {in Volokitin,A (2662)
-Morozevich,A (2731)/Biel 2006/CBM 114 [Marin] (0-1, 61)}) 14... Nb8 15. Nf1
Nbd7 16. N3h2 Nc5 {One of the possible continuations. Black intends to
undermine White's advantage in the centre with ...c6 as soon as possible,
which makes driving the bishop away quite useful.} ({Both players had
experience with Black in the line starting with} 16... h6 17. Qf3 (17. Ng4 {
Naiditsch,A (2664)-Svidler,P (2742) Sparkassen Dortmund GER 2006 (5) 1/2})
17... Nc5 18. Bc2 c6 19. b4 Na4 $6 ({In my comments to this game, I suggested} 
19... cxd5 $5 20. bxc5 dxe4 $1 {as a possible improvement.}) {and now, in
Bruzon,L (2667)-Morozevich,A (2731)/Biel SUI 2006/CBM 114/ [Marin] (0-1, 55),
White should have played} 20. Bxa4 bxa4 21. c4 $14) 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 {In
order to weaken Black's pressure over the centre, White has to weaken his
queenside with this move.} Ncd7 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Bg5 {[%csl Gd5][%cal Rg5f6]
In the long run, the exchange on f6 is supposed to offer chances for taking
over the control of the d5-square. However, the weakness of the c4-square is
just as significant.} Qc8 $5 {[%cal Yc8c3,Yc8h3] This slightly mysterious way
of avoiding the pin (more natural would be 20...Qc7) is aimed to maintain the
control of the h3-c8 diagonal, besides the obvious pressure along the c-file.
More about it later.} (20... h6 $5 {is a specialty of Bacrot, who has defended
Black's point of view in a few games. Black shows that he is not afraid of the
exchange in f6 and provokes it immediately.} 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. Ng4 {Exchanging
the reserve knight in order to reduce Black's control over the central squares
(d5 in first line).} Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Bd7 {[%csl Gc4][%cal Yd7e6] Black transfers
the bishop to e6, in order to put the c4-square under onservation.} 24. Qf3 (
24. Qd1 {This retreat looks a bit passive, but deserves some attention on the
basis of the fact that it was... Bacrot's choice with White!} Rc8 (24... Qc7
25. Re3 Be6 26. Bb3 a5 27. Bd5 Ra7 28. Qb3 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qc4 $6 {Black was OK
and did not need to resort to such radical measures.} 30. Qxc4 bxc4 {[%csl Gc4]
} 31. bxa5 Rxa5 32. Re2 d5 33. exd5 Rxd5 34. Ne3 Rd3 35. Rc2 $14 {Bacrot,E 
(2660)-Dervishi,E (2490)/Verona 2004/EXT 2005 (1-0, 73)}) 25. Re3 Be6 26. Bb3
Re7 27. Rg3 Rec7 28. Rc1 Qh4 {Black has regrouped in optimal way and has
little to fear. The "bad" bishop is useful because it safely defends the
d6-pawn. White needs to use his rooks for the defence of his similar weakness
on c3.} ({The usefulness of the white queen on d1 becomes obvious after} 28...
a5 {when White can maintain the integrity of his structure with} 29. a3 {
[%cal Yd1b3] without having to exchange on e6 previously. To be compared with
a similar situation after 24.Qf3.}) 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. Qxd5 Rc4 31. Rf3 R8c7 32.
Ng3 {The knight cannot reach the optimal d5-square because of Black's pressure
against the e4-pawn.} Qe7 33. Qd2 Qe6 34. Rc2 a5 35. a3 axb4 36. axb4 g6 37.
Qd3 h5 $11 {[%csl Ge3][%cal Yf8h6,Rg3f1,Rf1e3,Yh6e3] Naiditsch,A (2574)-Bacrot,
E (2645)/Lausanne 2003 (1/2-1/2, 74)}) 24... Rc8 25. Bb3 Be6 26. Bxe6 ({
In principle, White would like to refrain from this exchange, which
strengthens Black's control over the centre. However, in the long run he will
not be able to avoid it without making some other concession. For instance:} 
26. Rec1 Be7 27. Rc2 a5 {. Now, the bishop is not defended by the queen and
White cannot maintain the tension in a favourable way.} 28. Qd3 axb4 29. cxb4
Rxc2 30. Qxc2 Qb6 {and the weakness of the d4-square offered Black sufficient
counterplay in Akopian,V (2693)-Zhang Zhong (2639)/Wijk aan Zee 2004/CBM 099/
[Wedberg] (1/2-1/2, 63)}) 26... fxe6 {. Now, Black has no problems at all in
the centre and can even display some activity with a well-timed ...d5.} 27. a4
{White's only active plan is to weaken Black's queenside structure.} Qd7 (27...
Qc7 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra3 Ra8 30. Rea1 Rxa3 31. Rxa3 Be7 32. Qd3 Qc6 33. Ne3
Rc8 34. g3 Bg5 35. h4 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 Kh7 37. Ra5 Qxc3 $11 {Leko,P (2763)-Bacrot,
E (2729)/Dortmund 2005/CBM 108 (1/2-1/2, 43)}) 28. axb5 axb5 29. Qd3 (29. Red1
{Pelletier,Y (2597)-Bacrot,E (2712)/Biel 2004/CBM 102/[Pelletier] (1/2-1/2, 48)
}) 29... Qc6 30. Ra3 d5 $1 31. exd5 exd5 32. Ne3 d4 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Qxd4 Re4
35. Qa1 Bxb4 36. Ra6 Qe8 37. Rc1 Rxc1+ 38. Qxc1 Bf8 $15 {Kulaots,K (2570)
-Bacrot,E (2729)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (0-1, 125)}) 21. Ng3 $146 {White
continues improving his position without clearing matters on the kingside yet.}
({However, the immediate} 21. Bxf6 {makes some sense, in the way that it keeps
the f1-knight on the track to d5.} Nxf6 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 Bd7 {[%csl Yc3,
Yg4] This is the point behind placing the queen on c8. White cannot defend
both the attacked pawns simultaneously. However, he will get good compensation
in view of the centralized knight.} 24. Ne3 Qxc3 (24... Ra7 $5 25. Bb3 Qxc3 26.
Nd5 Qc8 27. Nb6 Qd8 28. Nxd7 Qxd7 29. Bd5 g6 $11 {Hracek,Z (2620)-Beliavsky,A 
(2640)/Germany 2000/CBM 074 ext (1/2-1/2, 39)}) 25. Nd5 Qc6 26. Bb3 Qb7 27. g5
Be6 28. Re3 Rec8 29. Qh5 a5 $5 {Since his king is relatively safe yet, Black
wins some space on the queenside.} (29... Rc4 $6 {looks a bit like premature
panicking.} 30. Bxc4 bxc4 31. Rd1 $14 {Almasi,Z (2676)-Bacrot,E (2594)/Szeged
2000/CBM 078 (1-0, 36)}) 30. bxa5 Rxa5 {Apparently, White has a promissing
attacking position, but it is not so easy to create dangerous threats.} 31. Kh2
(31. Rg3 {[%cal Yd5f6]} Kh8 $1) (31. g4 {[%csl Gh3][%cal Ye3h3]} Be7 {[%csl
Gf6]} 32. Rh3 h6 33. gxh6 g6 34. h7+ Kh8 $13) 31... b4 {The knight cannot be
tolerated on d5 for too long. Black is ready to sacrifice the exchange.} 32.
Rh1 Bxd5 33. Bxd5 Rxd5 34. Rh3 h6 35. exd5 g6 $44 {Black's more compact pawn
structure offers him adequate compensation.}) 21... h6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Bb3 (
23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 Bd7 $17 {[%csl Gc3,Gg4]}) 23... a5 24. bxa5 {A necessary
positional concession.} ({White cannot maintain the tension with} 24. a3 axb4
25. axb4 {because of} Rxa1 26. Qxa1 d5 $36) 24... Bd7 25. Qf3 Be6 {Black has
regrouped in optimal way and retains a solid position. His structure is more
compact and White has to put some pressure on the kingside in order to avoid
getting the worse of the position.} 26. Nf5 Kh7 27. Ng4 Nxg4 28. hxg4 Rxa5 29.
Rad1 Ra6 30. Rd3 g6 31. Ne3 Kg7 32. Rb1 $11 {[%csl Gb5] The mutual weaknesses
tend to compensate for each other, but Black's position might be more pleasant
to play.} Be7 33. Qe2 Ra5 34. Rd2 Bg5 {Black's next series of move might have
been determined by over-optimism.} (34... Qc5 $11 {was simpler.}) 35. Rxd6 Bxb3
(35... Qxc3 36. Bxe6 Rxe6 37. Rxe6 fxe6 {(=, Baburin)} 38. Nf1 $14 {[%csl Ge5,
Ge6,Yg7]}) 36. axb3 Qxc3 $2 {But this is definitely wrong. Why allow White to
install his knight on d5?} (36... Bxe3 37. Qxe3 Qxg4 $11) 37. Nd5 $16 Qc8 38.
Rb6 Ra7 39. Rxb5 Qa6 40. Nb4 Qe6 41. Nd3 Qa6 42. Rd5 Rc7 43. b4 Qc4 44. Qe1 Qc2
45. Nc5 Rc6 46. Qd1 Qa2 47. Qb3 Qe2 48. Qd3 Qa2 49. b5 Rf6 50. Rf1 Ra8 51. Qb3
Qe2 52. Qd1 Qb2 53. Nd3 Qc3 54. Nxe5 Rxf2 55. Rxf2 Ra1 56. Rxf7+ Kg8 57. Rf1
Rxd1 58. Rfxd1 {[%mdl 4096]} Qg3 59. Nf3 Be3+ 60. Kh1 Qxg4 61. Rd8+ Kg7 62.
R1d7+ Kf6 63. Rf8+ Ke6 64. Rd5 Ke7 65. Rf7+ Ke8 66. Rh7 Qf4 67. Re5+ Kd8 68.
Re6 Qg4 69. Rh8+ Kc7 70. b6+ Bxb6 71. Rc6+ Kb7 72. Rh7+ Ka8 73. Rxh6 Be3 74.
Rh8+ Kb7 75. Rh7+ Kb8 76. Rf6 Bc5 77. Rff7 Qc8 78. Ne5 Bd6 79. Nc6+ Qxc6 80.
Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 1st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2006.11.06"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. Qxd5 Qxd5 13. Bxd5 Rd8 14. Bg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
h6 9. d4 d6 10. c3 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Na5 13. Bc2 Bd7 14. Ng3 c5 15. b3
Nc6 16. h3 Qc7 17. d5 Ne7 18. Be3 Nh7 19. Qd2 Ng6 20. b4 a5 21. Nh5 c4 22. Reb1
Reb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Na6 8.
Nf3 c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be3 Qb6 13. Nh4 Bd7 14. Rab1 Rfe8
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. h3 Qa5 17. Nf3 Nb4 18. Rbc1 b5 19. Qh4 Na6 20. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2583"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. O-O-O b5 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h3 h5 13. Bd3 Be7 14. Rhe1 Nb6 15.
Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Nd5 Qb7 17. Na5 Qa7 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. f5 Bd7 20. c4 h4 21. cxb5
axb5 22. Bc2 O-O 23. Qxd6 Qd8 24. b4 Qc7 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Bd3 Rfc8 27. Rc1 Kf8
28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Nb3 Ke7 30. Nd2 Nh5 31. Nf3 Kf6 32. Nxh4 Kg5 33. Nf3+ Kf4 34.
Kb2 f6 35. Nd2 Kg3 36. Re2 Bc6 37. Nf1+ Kh4 38. Re3 Rd7 39. Nd2 Rd6 40. Nf3+
Kg3 41. Nxe5+ Kf4 42. Ng4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Na4 dxc4 12. Nxb6 Ra7 13. Nxc4 Be6 14. Ne3 Ne4
15. Nc2 Nc7 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. a3 Nxf4 18. gxf4 Nd6 19. Ne5 Nc4 20. Nxc4 Bxc4 21.
e3 Bb3 22. Rac1 c5 23. Rd3 Ba4 24. b3 Be8 25. Rcd1 cxd4 26. Nxd4 Rxa3 27. Nc2
Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Ra2 29. Rd8 Kf8 30. Nb4 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 e6 32. Kg2 Ke7 33. Rb8 Ra7
34. Be2 Bc3 35. Nd3 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Re1
O-O 9. a4 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 b4 13. c3 Rb8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15.
Bd2 Bc8 16. Rc1 b3 17. Bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxb3 Bg4 19. N1d2 Nd7 20. Rb1 Nc5 21. Bc4
Qxa4 22. b3 Qb4 23. h3 Bxf3 24. Nxf3 a5 25. d4 Nd7 26. Ra1 Bf6 27. Ra4 Qb6 28.
dxe5 Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. Qd2 Ra8 31. Rd1 Ra7 32. Kh1 Rd8 33. Qe1 Rc8 34. g3
g6 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. Rd5 Rc5 37. Qe3 Rb7 38. Rxc5 dxc5 39. Qd2 Ra7 40. Qd5 Bc3
41. Ra2 Qb7 42. Qxb7 Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Nd2 Rae8 17. Ne4 Bg4 18. Qg2 Qxg2+ 19. Kxg2 f5 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21.
gxf4 fxe4 22. dxe4 Bf3+ 23. Kxf3 Rxf4+ 24. Kg3 Rfxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxe4 26. f3 Re5
27. c4 bxc4 28. Bxc4 a5 29. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2545"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "145"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. e5 {Svidler chooses an ambitious line.} ({
The following theoretical lines are more popular and less committing:} 4. Ngf3
Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3) (4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3) 4...
c5 5. Qg4 Kf8 {White forced Black to lose his right to castle, but his central
pawns chain is about to fall apart. The move in the text is preferable than 5..
.g6, not to weaken dark squares.} 6. dxc5 (6. c3 $6 Nc6 {with an idea 7...cxd4
and 8...Nb4.}) 6... Nc6 7. Qg3 ({The alternatives are:} 7. Ngf3) (7. Ndf3) 7...
Nh6 $5 $146 {This move appeares to be a novelty. At first sight it does not
look bad, black's knight is intending to jump on f5 harassing white's queen.
On the other hand, the previously played 7...f6 is more tempting and critical.}
(7... f6 8. Ngf3 Nh6 9. Nb3 (9. Bd3 Nf7 10. exf6 gxf6 11. O-O $6 (11. c4 $142)
11... e5 12. Nh4 e4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nd4 15. Qd3 Ne6 $17 {1-0 Nevednichy,
V (2583)-Pelletier,Y (2603)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (30)}) 9... Nf5 10. Qf4 g5
11. Qd2 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 fxe5 13. Qe2 (13. Be2 $13) 13... Bf6 14. Bd2 Kg7 15. g3
h6 16. Bg2 b6 17. O-O a5 $17 {0-1 Wang Yu A (2396)-Lputian,S (2614)/Beer Sheva
ISR 2005/The Week in Chess 575 (41)}) 8. Bd3 (8. Ngf3 Nf5 9. Qf4 g5 (9... Bxc5
$6 10. Nb3 Bb6 11. Bd3 $16) 10. Qa4 Qc7 {[%csl Re5]} 11. Bd3 {is very
complicated and deserves to be checked in the later games.}) 8... Bh4 9. Qf4
Bg5 10. Qg3 Bh4 {The young Russian star does not mind to repeat moves against
Peter Svidler.} 11. Qf4 (11. Qh3 Nxe5 {[%cal Gc8h3] is worse, since the queen
on h3 is vulnerable.}) 11... Bg5 12. Qa4 {Probably White is not better here,
but the tournament situation forced Svidler to push hard for a win.} Nxe5 13.
Ngf3 Nxd3+ $6 {It's logical to eliminate white's light-squared bishop, however,
this exchange improves white's pawnstructure, so the Pc5 will never fall...} (
13... Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 e5 $1 {The point of 13...Nxf3.} 16. Nxe5 (
16. Rd1 $5 Qe7 17. Be2 e4 18. Nd4 Qxc5 19. O-O $44) 16... Qg5 (16... Qe7 $4 17.
O-O Qxe5 18. Rfe1 $18 {[%csl Re8]}) 17. f4 (17. O-O $2 Bh3 18. Nd7+ Ke7 19.
Rfe1+ Kd8 20. g4 Nxg4 (20... Bxg4 $2 21. f4 Bxd7+ 22. fxg5 Bxa4 23. gxh6 gxh6
24. c4 $14) 21. f4 Qh4 22. Re2 Nxh2 $1 23. Ne5 (23. Rxh2 Qg3+ 24. Kh1 Qf3+ 25.
Kg1 Qe3+ $19 {[%cal Ge3c1,Ge3g1]}) 23... Nf3+ $1 24. Nxf3 Qg3+ 25. Kh1 Qxf3+
26. Kh2 Bg4 $17) 17... Qxg2 18. Rf1 Qxh2 19. c6 Kg8 20. cxb7 Bxb7 21. Qd7 Rb8
22. Qc7 Qh4+ 23. Kd2 Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {White has not more than reasonable
compensation for the pawn.}) 14. cxd3 {White's position should be preferable
thanks to some space advantage and more harmonious development. Moreover,
Black will have to lose some time to settle his king.} Be7 15. b4 $6 {This
move creates a target for Black, which was ignored for some reason...} (15. Nb3
Nf5 16. O-O $14) 15... f6 $6 ({Can be recommended:} 15... Bd7 16. Qb3 a5 {
ruining the white pawn chain on the queenside.}) 16. O-O Nf5 ({Dangerous for
Black is:} 16... e5 17. Qb3 (17. Ne1 $5 {[%cal Gf2f4]}) 17... Be6 18. d4 e4 19.
Nxe4 $1 dxe4 20. Qxe6 exf3 21. Bxh6 gxh6 22. Rfe1 $1 Rg8 23. d5 Rxg2+ 24. Kh1
$36 {[%cal Gd5d6]}) 17. Bb2 h5 18. Rac1 {White is trying to push b4-b5 gaining
even more space, while Black is fighting against it.} Bd7 19. Qb3 Rc8 20. Nd4 {
Exchanging Black's only active piece.} Nxd4 21. Bxd4 h4 $6 {This pawn will
become a target in future.} ({An immediate} 21... Qe8 {should have been
preferred.}) 22. h3 Qe8 (22... e5 $2 23. Bb2 Be6 (23... d4 24. f4 {and black's
pawns chain is collapsing.}) 24. d4 e4 25. Nxe4 $18) 23. f4 Qg6 24. Kh1 Rh5 {
Black managed to somehow complete the development, but actually, he has no
active plan at all. On the other hand, White is going to regroup his pieces
and put pressure on Pe6. White is considerably better.} 25. Nf3 a6 26. Rce1 Bd8
27. Bg1 $1 {The d4 square belongs to the knight.} Kg8 28. Nd4 Qf7 29. Qd1 $1 {
[%csl Rh5] Threatening 30.Nxe6.} g6 30. Bh2 Bc7 $2 {Black certainly
underestimated White's reply...} (30... b6 31. c6 $1 Bxc6 32. Nxe6 Be7 33. f5
$1 Rxf5 34. Rxf5 gxf5 35. Qd2 {with clear advantage, as Black has numerous
pawn weaknesses. Still, this would have been the least of the evils.}) {
[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","","","f4f5","A profound pawn
sacrifice, based purely on strategical aspects.",15]} 31. f5 $3 {[%mdl 32] A
profound pawn sacrifice, based purely on strategical aspects.} exf5 {The
alternatives are not better.} (31... e5 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Rxf6 $1 Qxf6 34. Qxh5
exd4 (34... Re8 35. Nf3 $18) 35. Qxd5+ Qf7 36. Qg5+ Kf8 (36... Qg7 37. Qxg7+
Kxg7 38. Re7+ $18) 37. Bxc7 Rxc7 38. Qd8+ $18) (31... Bxh2 32. fxe6 Bxe6 33.
Kxh2 {[%csl Gd4] White's position is strategically won thanks to superb Nd4,
pawns majority on the queenside and the control over the "e" file.}) (31...
gxf5 32. Bxc7 Rxc7 33. Nxe6 Bxe6 34. Rxe6 Qxe6 35. Qxh5 $18) 32. Bxc7 Rxc7 33.
Re3 {Now we can see all the benefits that White achieved by the pawn sacrifice.
The knight on d4 is clearly dominating over the passive bishop. The "e" file
is under white's control, and black's rook on h5 is out of play. Moreover, the
Pd5 is a clear target and will fall in the long run. Black's position is
objectively lost.} Rh8 (33... Rh7 {covering e7 square, would have been a bit
more resistant.}) 34. Rfe1 Bc8 35. Qf3 Kh7 36. b5 $1 Qf8 (36... axb5 37. Nxb5
Rd7 38. Nd6 $18) 37. b6 Rg7 38. Qxd5 {White's position is overwhelming. But,
we also have to praise Yan Nepomniashchy, that continued to fight and use all
possible practical chances until the bitter end.} Qd8 39. Qc4 g5 40. Ne6 Bxe6
41. Rxe6 Rf8 42. Rd6 Qb8 43. Qd5 Kg6 44. Rf1 (44. Ree6 $1 Rgf7 45. Qe5 Qc8 46.
Rd5 $18 {[%csl Rf5] was more convincing.}) 44... Qc8 45. Re6 f4 46. Qe4+ Kh6
47. d4 Rd7 48. Re1 Kg7 49. a3 {White is not in a hurry to make the decisive
breakthrow.} Qd8 (49... Rff7 50. Re8 Rd8 51. Rxd8 Qxd8 52. d5 $18) 50. d5 $1
Rdf7 (50... Rxd5 51. Re7+ Rf7 52. Rxf7+ Kxf7 53. Qh7+ Kf8 54. c6 Rd1 (54...
bxc6 55. b7 $18) 55. Qh8+ Kf7 56. Qh5+ $18 {[%cal Gh5d1,Gh5f7]}) 51. d6 Qc8 52.
Qd5 f3 $1 {The last practical chance.} 53. gxf3 Qd7 54. Kg2 $6 {Giving to the
opponent unnecessary chances.} (54. f4 $1 Qa4 55. fxg5 Qxa3 56. gxf6+ Kh6 57.
Qf5 $18) 54... Qa4 55. Re7 Qf4 {Suddenly, Black's queen became very active.}
56. Kf1 Qh2 57. Qf5 Qh1+ 58. Kf2 Qh2+ 59. Kf1 Qh1+ 60. Ke2 Qh2+ (60... Rxe7+ $1
61. dxe7 Qg2+ 62. Ke3 Re8 63. Qd7 Kf7 64. Qd5+ Kg7 (64... Kxe7 65. Kd3+ Kf8 66.
Qd6+ $18) 65. Qxb7 Qg3 {was forcing White to find some precise moves on the
way to a win.}) 61. Kd1 Qb2 62. R1e3 Qd4+ 63. Ke2 Qb2+ 64. Kf1 Qc1+ 65. Kg2
Qd2+ 66. Re2 {The checks are finally over.} Qd1 67. Qc2 Qd4 68. d7 g4 (68...
Rxe7 69. Rxe7+ Rf7 70. Rxf7+ Kxf7 71. c6 bxc6 72. b7 $18) 69. Qe4 gxf3+ 70.
Qxf3 f5 71. Qxf5 Kh8 72. Qh5+ Kg7 73. Rxf7+ (73. Rxf7+ Rxf7 74. Qg5+ {and the
"d" pawn queens.}) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 Qa5 13. Bh6 c5 14. b3 c4 15.
Bf1 Bb7 16. Re3 Bc6 17. Qf4 Qc7 18. Nb2 Bc5 19. Re2 Rb8 20. Nd1 Qa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 11. Bb5 Na6 12. Kb1 Nc7 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Ba4 d5 15.
Bxc7 Qxc7 16. exd5 Rfd8 17. dxe6 Rxd2 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Nxd2 Rd8 20. a3 Kg6
21. Bb5 Bxa3 22. Bd3+ Rxd3 23. cxd3 Bb4 24. Nde4 Qd7 25. Rhf1 Bxc3 26. Nxc3 b5
27. Rfe1 b4 28. Ne4 Qd4 29. Ng3 a4 30. Ne2 Qd6 31. d4 a3 32. g3 Kh6 33. dxe5
Qxe5 34. Nd4 Qa5 35. Re3 axb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Bg5 Qa5 9. Bxf6 Nxf6 10. O-O {White is playing with a clear goal of using his
development advantage in order to cause the maximal demage.} Nd7 (10... b5 11.
e5 dxe5 12. Qf3 exd4 13. Qxa8 Qc7 14. Ne4 Nd7 15. Ng3 Bc5 16. Kh1 O-O 17. Qe4
Bb7 18. Qe2 Qf4 $11 {1/2 Abergel,T (2474)-Bellaiche,A (2472)/Paris 2006/ (27)})
11. f4 Nc5 12. f5 Bd7 (12... Nxb3 13. axb3 Qe5 $6 14. b4 Be7 15. fxe6 fxe6 16.
Ndb5 Kd7 17. Na3 Bf6 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Nc4 $16 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L (2695)-Paragua,
M (2617)/Turin 2006/ (24)}) (12... Be7 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qg4 (14. e5 $5 Nxb3
15. axb3 Qxe5 16. Ncb5 (16. Re1 Qf6 $13) 16... d5 17. Re1 Qb8 18. Nc3 $13)
14... g6 15. Rad1 $14) 13. fxe6 $146 {[%mdl 4] The first independent move
hopes to open up the position for the beter access f white pieces.} (13. Kh1
O-O-O 14. a3 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Be7 16. b4 Qe5 17. a4 Kb8 18. fxe6 Bxe6 19. Nf3 Qh5
20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5 Rc8 22. b5 a5 23. Qd2 $11 {0-1 Nisipeanu,L-Naiditsch,A/
Sarajevo 2006/ (58)}) 13... fxe6 14. Qh5+ g6 15. Qf3 O-O-O (15... Nxb3 $2 16.
Qf7+ Kd8 17. Qf6+ Kc7 18. Nd5+ $1 exd5 19. axb3 Qd2 20. Qxh8 $16) 16. Qf6 Nxb3
$1 {Svidler playes with fire, but his counterattack comes in the right moment.}
17. Qxh8 (17. axb3 Qe5 18. Rad1 $11) 17... Nxa1 18. Rxf8 Rxf8 (18... e5 19. b4
$1 Qb6 (19... Rxf8 20. Qxf8+ Qd8 21. Qxd6 Qc7 22. Qf8+ Qd8 23. Qc5+ Qc7 24. Nf3
Nxc2 25. Nxe5 $14) 20. Kh1 $1 Rxf8 21. Qxf8+ Qd8 22. Qxd6 Qc7 23. Qf8+ Qd8 24.
Qc5+ Qc7 25. Nf3 Nxc2 26. Nxe5 $14) 19. Qxf8+ Kc7 20. Kf1 {The big critical
moment, when Rublevsky might have tried the irrational attacking sacrifice 20.
Nxe6+?! with vey unclear consequences. With best human play is the game
position probably equal.} (20. Kh1 Qb6 (20... Qg5 21. Qf1 $1) 21. Qg7 Kb8 $1
22. Qxd7 Qxd4 23. Qxe6 Nxc2 $11) (20. Nxe6+ $6 Bxe6 21. Qe7+ Bd7 22. Nd5+ Kc6
23. c3 $5 (23. b4 $5 Qxa2 $1 24. b5+ Kc5 $1 25. Qxd7 Qb1+ 26. Kf2 Qxc2+ $15)
23... Nc2 24. Nf6 $1 (24. h3 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 (25. Kh2 $2 Ne3 $1 26. Nf6 Qe5+ $19)
25... Qf2 26. Qd8 (26. Nf6 Bxh3 $1) 26... Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qxe4 28. Ne7+ Kc5 29.
Qxd7 Ne3 $15) 24... Bc8 (24... Qc7 25. Nd5 Qb8 26. Qf6 $11) 25. Nd5 Qc5+ 26.
Kh1 Kb5 27. Qd8 $13) 20... Qb6 (20... Qc5 $5 21. Qf6 Qe5 $11) 21. Qg7 (21.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 22. Qe7+ Kb8 23. Qxe6 Ka7 $11) 21... Kb8 $1 (21... Qxb2 $2 22. Nd5+
$1 exd5 (22... Kb8 23. Qh8+ Ka7 24. Nc6+ $18) 23. Ne6+ $18) 22. Nce2 {White
his hoping to get some plus and avoids possible perpetual.} (22. Qxd7 Qxd4 23.
Qd8+ Ka7 24. Nb5+ axb5 25. Qa5+ $11) 22... Qc7 (22... Bc8 $5 23. e5 (23. Qxh7
e5 $1 24. Nb3 Nxc2 25. Qxg6 Ne3+ 26. Ke1 Bg4 $36) 23... Qc7 24. Qxc7+ Kxc7 25.
exd6+ (25. c3 dxe5 26. Nf3 Nc2) 25... Kxd6 26. c4 e5 27. Nf3 Nc2 $11) 23. c3 (
23. Qf8+ Ka7 24. Qf2 Qb6 $11) 23... e5 24. Nf3 Nc2 {Reportedly Rublevsky spent
a lot of time calculating the consequences of 24...Be6 line.} (24... Be6 25.
Qxc7+ Kxc7 26. Nc1 a5 $13) (24... Bb5 25. Qg8+ Ka7 26. Qd5 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Bxc4
28. b3 Bd3 29. Ng5 Kb6 $11) 25. Qxh7 Ne3+ $1 (25... Bb5 $2 26. Qxc7+ Kxc7 27.
Kf2 $16) 26. Kf2 $6 (26. Ke1 Ka7 (26... Nxg2+ 27. Kf2 Nf4 28. Nxf4 exf4 29. Nd4
$14) 27. h4 (27. Qxg6 Qb6 28. b4 Ng4 $15) 27... Qc6 28. Qxg6 Qb6 $13) 26...
Nd1+ 27. Kg3 $2 (27. Ke1 Nxb2 28. Qxg6 Bb5 $15) 27... Bb5 $1 {After few
inaccuracies white will have to fight for his dear life in the worse endgame.}
28. Qxc7+ (28. Qg8+ Ka7 29. Neg1 Qc5 30. Qxg6 Qf2+ 31. Kg4 Nxb2 $15) 28... Kxc7
29. Nc1 Nxb2 30. Nd2 Bc6 $5 31. Kg4 Nd1 (31... d5 $1 32. exd5 Bxd5 33. Kg5 Bxg2
$15) 32. Ne2 (32. c4 $5 Nc3 33. Kf3 Ba4 34. h4 $132) 32... Bb5 $1 33. c4 (33.
Ng3 Nxc3 34. a3 Bd3 $17) 33... Ne3+ 34. Kg5 Nxc4 35. Nxc4 Bxc4 36. Nc3 $2 {
It seems a bit absurd but the passive line 36.Nc1!? was preferable and
sufficient for the draw.} (36. Nc1 $5 d5 37. exd5 Bxd5 (37... e4 38. Kxg6 e3
39. h4 Bxa2 40. h5 Bxd5 41. h6 $11) 38. Kxg6 Bxg2 39. h4 $11) 36... b5 (36...
Kc6 $5 37. h4 (37. Kxg6 Kc5 38. h4 Kd4 39. h5 Kxc3 40. h6 Bd3 $1 41. Kf5 d5 $19
) 37... Kc5 38. g4 Kd4 39. h5 gxh5 40. gxh5 Kxc3 41. h6 Bg8 42. Kg6 d5 43. Kg7
dxe4 44. Kxg8 e3 45. h7 e2 46. h8=Q e1=Q $19) 37. a3 a5 (37... Kc6 $5 38. Kxg6
Kc5 39. Nd1 Kd4 40. h4 $15) 38. Kxg6 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Nd1 Bf1 $6 {Svidler
had a good chance to try various unpleasant ideas for his opponent, while the
text line makes it quite easy for Rublevsky to save his skin.} (40... Bd3 $5
41. Kf5 Bc2 42. Nb2 Kc6 43. h4 Kc5 44. h5 Kd4 45. h6 Bxe4+ 46. Kf6 Kc3 47. Na4+
Kb3 48. Nb6 Ka2 49. g4 (49. Ke6 Bh7 $17) 49... b3 50. Nc4 Bh7 (50... d5 $2 51.
Nd2 Bh7 52. Kxe5 $18) 51. g5 d5 52. Ne3 Bc2 53. Nxc2 bxc2 54. h7 c1=Q 55. h8=Q
$11) 41. Ne3 Bd3 (41... Bxg2 $2 42. Nxg2 b3 43. Ne3 b2 44. Nd5+ Kc6 45. Nc3 $18
) 42. Nd5+ Kd7 43. Nxb4 Bxe4+ 44. Kf6 Bxg2 45. Nd3 e4 (45... Be4 46. Nxe5+ $11)
46. Ne1 $1 Bh3 47. Kg5 {The scare is over for white as he can build up the
fortress on the squares d4 and e3.} (47. Kg5 d5 48. Kf4 Kd6 49. Nc2 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2006.12.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2006.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 116"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.02.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7 12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Bb7
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Qe2 f5 17. exf6 Nxf6 18. Rhf1 O-O 19. g3 b4 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21.
Bxe4 a5 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Be3 Ne7 25. Nb5 Nf5 26. Bf2 Rc6 27. g4
Rfc8 28. Rd2 Rc4 29. b3 Qxb5 30. bxc4 Qa4 31. Qd3 Qxa2 32. Kd1 Ne7 33. Qb3 Qxb3
34. cxb3 d5 35. c5 Kf7 36. Ra2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bd3 {This quiet move has become
a popular reaction to 11...Qc7.} Rad8 {This relatively new move is quite
logical. Now in case of 13.Bf4 Qc8 the black rooks will not be disconnected.} (
12... Rfd8 {and}) (12... a6 {is played more frequently - see opening review in
CBM 115}) 13. Bf4 $146 {Still! The other moves played in this position:} (13.
Qc1 Be6 (13... Bc8 $5 14. Rd1 e5 15. d5 Na5 16. c4 b6 17. Nc3 f5 18. exf5 gxf5
19. Bg5 e4 20. Bxd8 (20. Nb5 $5) 20... Qxd8 21. Bf1 Qf6 $44 {0-1 Tarnopolsky,
A-Mikhalevski,V/Ashdod 2006/CBM 114 ext (67)}) 14. Bf4 Qc8 (14... Be5 $5 15.
Bxe5 Nxe5 16. Qf4 Qd6 17. Bb5 a6 18. Ba4 b5 19. dxe5 Qd3 20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Rb2
Rd7 $44 {1-0 Graf,A-Bobras,P/Dresden 2006/CBM 113 ext (38)}) 15. d5 Ne5 16. Bc2
Bd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 b6 19. Ng3 Qa6 20. h3 Qa5 21. f4 Qxc3 22. Rb3 Qd4+
23. Kh2 {1/2-1/2 Antic,D-Mikhalevski,V/Las Vegas 2006/CBM 112 ext (74) , and
now} Qd2 {would have put White's position under cloud} ({instead of} 23... c4))
(13. d5 $5 {needs more test at a higher level. In the following game White got
some plus after the opening:} Ne5 14. c4 Ng4 15. Bf4 Be5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Ng3
b6 18. Be2 h5 19. f4 Qg7 20. Bxg4 Bxg4 21. Qd2 h4 22. Ne2 h3 23. gxh3 Bxh3 24.
Rf3 Bg4 25. Rg3 $14 {0-1 Van Hecke,E-Livshits,G/Vlissingen 2005/CBM 107 ext 
(43)}) 13... Qc8 14. d5 Ne5 15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7 17. c4 {A typical
exchange (in order to gain time to build up a pawn centre)...} e6 {...a
typical undermining...} 18. f5 $6 {...a typical attack... But it just opens up
the position for the black bishops!} (18. Qc2 $142) 18... exf5 19. exf5 b5 $1 {
...a typical counterattack on the other flank...} ({although a simple} 19...
Qc7 {was possible, too}) 20. f6 Bh6 21. Nc3 (21. cxb5 {lead to activation of
the black pieces:} c4 22. Be4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rfe8 24. Nc3 Be3 $15 {[%cal Ye3d4]})
21... bxc4 22. Bxc4 Bf5 23. Bd3 Bg4 24. Be2 $6 (24. Qb3 $142 {although Black
maintains the better prospects after} Rfe8 $36) 24... Bf5 $6 {Black
unnecessarily agrees to repeat moves. He could have simply won a pawn:} (24...
Be3+ 25. Kh1 Bxe2 26. Qxe2 (26. Nxe2 Rfe8 $17) 26... Bd4 27. Nb5 Rxd5 28. Qd2
Kh8 {etc.}) 25. Bd3 Bg4 26. Be2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2667"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O O-O-O 10. Bf4 Qb4 11. g4 Bg6 12. a3 Qc4 13. g5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 Rxd5 15.
c3 Rd8 16. b3 Qd3 17. Qc1 Qc2 18. Qe3 e6 19. b4 Qe4 20. Nd2 Qxe3 21. fxe3 e5
22. Bg3 exd4 23. cxd4 Bd6 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. Rac1 Kd7 26. Nc4 h6 27. Nb6+ Ke8
28. gxh6 Rxh6 29. Nd5 f6 30. a4 Bf7 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Na5 33. Ra1 Nc4 34.
Ra7 Rh5 35. Nc7+ Kf8 36. Bxb7 Rxh3 37. Rf3 Rh5 38. Bc6 Rb8 39. Rg3 Nb6 40. e4
Nc8 41. Ra1 Rh4 42. Na6 Rb6 43. Nb4 Rb8 44. Rga3 Nb6 45. Ra7 d5 46. Na6 Rd8 47.
Rb7 Nc4 48. Nc5 dxe4 49. Raa7 Rg4+ 50. Kh2 Nd6 51. Rxf7+ Nxf7 52. Ne6+ Kg8 53.
Nxd8 Ng5 54. Bd5+ Kh7 55. Ne6 Nf3+ 56. Kh3 f5 57. Rxg7+ Rxg7 58. Nxg7 Nxd4 59.
b6 e3 60. Kg2 Nc2 61. Kf1 Nb4 62. b7 Na6 63. Nxf5 Kg6 64. Ne7+ Kf6 65. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8.
Qb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Qd1 Bg7 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Nd5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Bh4 f5 15.
Nc5 Qd6 16. O-O Bf7 17. Nb7 Qd7 18. Bg3 g5 19. a4 f4 20. exf4 gxf4 21. Bh4 Ndb4
22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bxb5 Qd5 25. Be2 Rb8 26. Nc5 Nxd4 27. Nxd4 Qxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f4 b5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h3 Rc8 12. Bd3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ne5 14. Kb1 O-O
15. g4 Nfd7 16. Nd4 Nb6 17. Rhe1 Bf6 18. g5 Nec4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qc1 Bxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qb6 22. Rd3 Rfe8 23. Be3 Qa5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Re5 26. Bf2 b4 27. Rxe5
Nxe5 28. Rd4 Qb5 29. Qd1 a5 30. b3 Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 {Not the most frequently played, but a rather logical
move. White immediately puts the enemy queenside under pressure.} ({Usually,} 
10. a3) ({or} 10. Nc3 {are being played.}) 10... h6 ({This move is almost
authomatically played. However,} 10... d6 {is possible too. After} 11. Bd2 b4
12. c3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bf6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. cxb4 Bxb2
18. Ra2 Be5 $44 {Topalov,V (2778)-Adams,M (2737)/Sofia BUL 2005/ (1/2-1/2, 26)
Black got what he initially wanted: a characteristic position of the Marshal
Attack.}) 11. c3 ({White has been quite successfull with} 11. Nc3 {lately. By
choosing the rare game move, Anand probably took into account the fact that
Svidler himself had played 11.Nc3 with White, which means that he had a good
understanding of the position.} b4 12. Nd5 Na5 13. Ba2 Bc5 14. Bd2 $1 Bxd5 15.
Bxd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Qf6 17. c3 $1 bxc3 18. Bxc3 $16 Qb6 19. Rxe5 $1 Bxf2+ (19...
Nb3 {Bruzon Bautista,L (2677)-Onischuk,A (2640)/Khanty Mansiysk 2005/CBM 111/
[Atlas,V] (1-0, 44)}) 20. Kh1 d6 $2 (20... f6 $1) 21. Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. b4 $1 $18
{Svidler,P (2738)-Leko,P (2763)/San Luis 2005/CBM 110/[Gershon]}) 11... b4 $146
{Black decides to release the queenside tension, hoping to prove that the
weakness of the c4-square is only relative.} (11... Bf8 12. axb5 (12. Nbd2 $5)
12... axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 $6 Bxa3 15. bxa3 Na5 16. Nh4 d5 $15 {
Safranska,A (2285)-Adams,M (2615)/London 1991/TD (0-1, 46)}) (11... Bc5 12.
Nbd2 Bb6 13. Ba2 Rf8 14. Nf1 d6 15. Ng3 Ne7 16. Nh4 Kh7 17. Qf3 $14 {Topalov,V
(2801)-Anand,V (2792)/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext (1/2-1/2, 38) White exerts
strong kingside pressure.}) 12. Nbd2 d5 $5 {A brave decision, in the spirit of
the Marshall Attack. However, the objective merits of the move are to be
proved yet.} 13. a5 {Anand decides to maintain the game in a slow manoeuvring
mode. With his last move, he physically prevents the thematical knight jump to
a5. This static approach will prove quite unpleasant for Black.} ({Actually,
the consequences of the acceptance of the sacrifice are not easy to evaluate.
After} 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 (14... bxc3 $6 15. Nxf7 $1 Kxf7 16. Qf3+ $16
) 15. Rxe5 bxc3 16. bxc3 {Black's compensation for the pawn is restricted by
the weakness of the f7-square. For instance} Nxc3 {can be met by} 17. Qh5 Rf8
18. Bb2 $14 {, when White completes his development and retains an active
position.}) 13... dxe4 14. dxe4 Bc5 {This seemingly active move does not
really cause White any problems with the defence of the f2-square.} ({The
modest} 14... Bf8 {migh be just better, maintaining the own kingside defended.}
) 15. Qe2 Qe7 $6 {Practically inviting White to play the next move.} 16. Nh4
$16 {Once the black queen's bishop has been developed to b7, this standard
manoeuvre is quite unpleasant, because the f5-square is undefended.} Nd7 17.
Nf5 Qf6 18. Qg4 {White only needs one more move (Nf3) to build up an attack
with his queen and all the minorpieces against the enemy king. Notably, all
Black's minorpieces are relatively uselessly grouped on the other wing.} Ne7 {
This move loses a pawn, but it was hard to give an advice for Black.} (18...
Rad8 19. Nf3 Kh8 (19... Kf8 20. Ng5 $1 {[%cal Yg5h7,Yg5f7]} hxg5 21. Qh5 Kg8
22. Bxg5 $18 {and the black queen is trapped.}) 20. Bg5 $1 (20. Ng5 Rf8 {
and Black is alive.}) 20... Qg6 (20... hxg5 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Nxg5 $18 {[%cal
Yh5h7,Yh7h8]} g6 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Nh7 {[%csl Gf6]}) 21. N5h4 Qd6
22. Bxd8 $18) 19. Nxh6+ Qxh6 20. Qxd7 Red8 $2 {Just inviting White to grab
another pawn.} 21. Qxc7 {Black will not really lose a piece, because after
defending the c5-bishop with 21...Rdc8 or 21...Qd6, 22.Qxb7 leaves the queen
trapped to 22...Ra7. However, with two extra-pawns and a better structure,
White will have a relatively easy technical task.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 b4 12. Nbd2 c5 13. c3 Rc8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Nf1
d5 16. exd5 b3 17. Bxb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxe5 Nb4 21. Ng6
hxg6 22. Rxe7 Bc6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Ra7 Rd7 25. Be3 Bb7 26. Nd2 Nc6 27. Rxb7 Rxb7
28. Rc1 Rbb8 29. Ne4 Nd8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Nc5 a5 32. d4 Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
Bc5 $5 {This move certainly looks like a loss of tempo. However, since this
tempo was used by White to play the modest move a3, Black's position should be
entirely viable.} 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 h6 12. h3 {After this
prophylactic move, Black will have to develop his bishop to b7 sooner or later.
This will transpose to the Arhangelsk variation, where the presence of the
pawn on a3 instead of a2 makes little or no difference.} Re8 ({In the
Arhangelsk, after} 12... Bb7 13. Nbd2 {one of the main line goes} exd4 14. cxd4
{and now 14...Nb4, which is impossible in the given circumstances of our
present game. This is the only moment when the move a3 seems to be useful, but
Black has other viable continuations at his disposal.}) 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. dxe5
$146 {Technically speaking, a novelty in the position with the pawn on a3 and
a very rare move in the Arhangelsk.} ({Svidler must have got his inspiration
from the following game, where he had White:} 14. Bc2 {This move is possible
because the typical counterplay based on exd4 followed by ...Nb4 is impossible.
In the Arhangelsk, only few games with this move are available.} Nb8 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Bxb6 cxb6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bxa4 b5 19. Bb3 Nbd7 20. Qe2 Nc5 21. Bc2 Qc7
22. Qe3 a5 23. Nh4 Rad8 24. Nf5 Bc8 25. Nf3 Bxf5 26. exf5 b4 $132 {Svidler,P 
(2765)-Leko,P (2740)/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext (1/2-1/2, 46)}) ({The main
moves in the Arhangelsk are} 14. d5 {followed by Bxb6}) ({and} 14. Qb1) 14...
dxe5 15. Bxb6 cxb6 16. Nh2 Qe7 17. Ng4 Rad8 $11 {Black has succesfully solved
his opening problems.} 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qe2 Na5 20. Ba2 Bc8 21. Nf1 Qg6 22.
Kh2 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 {By maintaining the e4-pawn under pressure, Black
prevents the transfer of the enemy knight to d5.} (23... Qxe6 24. Ne3 $14) 24.
a4 $2 {A curious mistake.} (24. Rad1 $11) 24... Nb3 25. Rad1 $6 (25. Ra3 bxa4
26. Rxa4 Nc5 27. Ra2 Red6 $15) 25... Rxd1 26. Rxd1 bxa4 $17 {Black is just a
pawn up.} 27. Qxa6 Qxe4 28. Qc8+ Kh7 29. Rd8 Qf4+ 30. Ng3 Nd2 31. h4 Qxh4+ 32.
Kg1 e4 33. Rxd2 e3 34. Rd3 Qf4 35. Rxe3 Rxe3 36. fxe3 Qxg3 37. Qf5+ Qg6 38. Qd5
Qe6 39. Qd4 g6 40. Qxa4 Qxe3+ 41. Kh2 h5 42. Qd1 Kg7 43. Qd6 f6 44. Qc7+ Kh6
45. b4 Kg5 46. Qc6 Qe5+ 47. Kg1 b5 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O f5 {This system was examined by GM V.Golod in CBM 81 and by GM L.
Ftacnik in CBM 96.} 10. e5 {This move, giving up the d5 square, leads to a
good position for Black. The passivity of his g7 bishop is not very annoying.}
(10. h4 {is the main line.}) 10... Nb4 11. Nh3 (11. Kb1 N4d5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13.
Bh6 f4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. g3 c5 16. dxc5 Bf5+ 17. Ka1 Ne3 $17 {1-0 Lain,
L-Flumbort,A/Saint Vincent 2002/CBM 090 ext (62)}) (11. h4 Be6 (11... N4d5 12.
Nh3 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Be6 14. h5 $36 {0-1 Bakker,S-Bezemer,A/Amsterdam 2004/CBM
101 ext (31)}) 12. h5 (12. b3 a5 13. Nh3 a4 14. Nf4 Qc8 15. d5 $2 Bxe5 16. Bd4
Bxf4 17. Qxf4 N6xd5 {0-1 Gruenenwald,J-Georges,S/Switzerland 2003/EXT 2004 (26)
}) (12. Kb1 N4d5 13. Nh3 Nxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nd5 $13) 12... Nxa2+ 13. Nxa2 Bxa2 14.
hxg6 hxg6 15. Bh6 Qe8 $1 (15... Qd5 $6 16. Ne2 Nc4 17. Qc3 $14 {Postny,E-Dub,Z/
Israel 2002/Inf 85/[Dub,Z]}) 16. Ne2 f4 17. Bxf4 Bb3 18. Bh6 Nc4 19. Qb4 Bxh6+
20. Rxh6 Bxd1 21. Qxc4+ Kg7 22. Rh4 $44 {1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Dub,Z/Tel Aviv
2002/Inf 85/[Dub,Z] (32)}) 11... Be6 12. Kb1 (12. a3 N4d5 13. Ng5 Qd7 14. f4
Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Bd5 16. h4 h5 17. Rh3 a5 18. Kd2 a4 19. Ke1 Bb3 20. Rc1 Nd5 $11 {
1-0 Sturua,Z-Krasenkow,M/Batumi 2002/CBM 090 (44)}) 12... Qd7 (12... Nc4 13.
Qc1 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Nd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Qc3 e6 {1/2-1/2 Bykhovsky,A-Golod,V/
Tel Aviv 2001/CBM 081 ext}) 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. a3 a5 {[%mdl 512] A typical piece
sacrifice, which can hardly be accepted.} 15. d5 $4 {A strange move giving up
the important e5 pawn and opening up Black's g7 bishop.} (15. h4 $132 {>>})
15... Bxe5 $1 16. axb4 {White must now accept this sacrifice, otherwise his
position is ruined. But then his king will be quickly mated along the a-file!}
axb4 17. Nb5 Ra5 {[%mdl 128]} (17... Ra4 $5) 18. Bxb6 {Black has a killing
attack in any case, e.g.} (18. Qxb4 Rfa8 19. Na3 Bd6 {etc.}) 18... cxb6 19.
Qxb4 Rfa8 20. Rd4 (20. Na3 Bd6 21. Qd4 Ra4 $19) 20... Bxd4 21. Qxd4 Ra1+ 22.
Kc2 Rxf1 23. Rxf1 Qxb5 24. Rc1 Rd8 25. Qe5 Bxd5 26. Nxd5 Rxd5 27. Qe6+ Kf8 28.
Qc8+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Nc6 17. h3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rae8 20. Rae1 Re6
21. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Ne5 10. O-O d6 11. f4 Nxd3 12. Qxd3 e5 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 exd4 16. e5 dxc3 17. Qxd8+ Kxd8 18. exf6 g5 19. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f3 h5 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. Bd3 b5 13. Bg5 {The first
independent move in the position. Svidler is hoping to exploit the vulnerable
kingside after 10...h5 move.} (13. h3 h4 14. f4 Rc8 15. Rhe1 g6 16. Qf2 Qb7 17.
Na5 Qb8 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Be4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Nf6 23.
Qf3 {1/2 Karjakin,S-Topalov,V/Wijk aan Zee 2007 (54)}) 13... Nb6 14. f4 Rb8 $5
15. Rhe1 Nc4 {Topalov's task is clear; he has to strive for queenside
counterplay and at the same time defend the vulnerable squares d5 and d6 in
his own camp.} (15... O-O 16. f5 Bd7 17. a3 Na4 $13) 16. Bxc4 (16. Qc1 b4 $1
17. Ne2 (17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxg5 19. dxe6 Bxf4 $17) 17... a5 18. f5 Bd7 19.
Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qe3 $13) 16... bxc4 (16... Bxc4 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18.
Qxd6 $14) 17. Nc1 (17. Bxf6 $5 gxf6 $1 (17... Bxf6 18. f5 cxb3 (18... Bd7 19.
Nd5 Qb7 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. Qxd6 cxb3 22. axb3 $16) 19. fxe6 bxc2+ 20. Kxc2 O-O
21. Qxd6 Qb7 22. b3 $14)) 17... Qb7 18. b3 exf4 19. Bxf4 (19. Qxf4 $5 O-O 20.
Nd5) 19... O-O 20. Bxd6 Bxd6 {The first indication, that the Bulgarian
grandmaster plays for a win without compromises despite leading the black
pieces.} (20... Rfd8 $5 21. e5 (21. Qf4 $2 Rxd6 22. Rxd6 cxb3 23. cxb3 Qc7 24.
Red1 Ne8 $17) 21... Rbc8 $11) 21. Qxd6 Rfc8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 (22... Bxd5 23. exd5
Rd8 24. Qc6 Nxd5 25. Qxb7 Rxb7 $11) 23. exd5 Bf5 $5 {Black is pretty
consequent in refusal to eliminate the risk with the help of the d5 pawn
elimination.} (23... Rd8 $5 24. Qc6 (24. Rxe6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Rc8 $15) 24... Bxd5
25. Qxb7 Bxb7 26. g3 $11) 24. Rd2 Bg6 25. Re7 Qb5 26. Rc7 $2 {Svidler very
correctly sensed the danger from the opponent's active pieces. The exchange of
the rook via c7 will give Black the chance to gain the critical tempo.} (26.
Qa3 Rb6 27. d6 Rd8 $11) 26... Qa5 $1 27. Rxc8+ Rxc8 28. Re2 (28. Qf4 c3 29. Re2
Qxd5 $17) (28. Qd7 $2 Rd8 29. Qe7 Qxd2 $19) (28. b4 $2 Qa3 $1 29. Re2 Kh7 $1 (
29... c3 $6 {It nearly unbeliavable, that White would probably save the game
after the most tempting advance of the pawn to c3.} 30. Nd3 Bxd3 $140 31. cxd3
c2+ 32. Rxc2 Qxd3 33. Qc6 Rxc6 34. dxc6 Qd1+ 35. Kb2 Qd4+ 36. Kb3 $13) 30. Qe5
Qxb4+ 31. Qb2 Qd6 $19) 28... cxb3 29. axb3 (29. Nxb3 Qc3 30. Na1 Bd3 $19) 29...
Qc3 30. Qg3 Bxc2+ 31. Ka2 Bb1+ $2 {[%mdl 64] Even the best players on this
planet are not able to avoid weaker moments. Topalov was confident, that his
position is winning, but he has overlooked an unusual defence with the
transfer of the white queen to the b4 square.} (31... Qc5 $1 32. d6 Bb1+ $1 33.
Kxb1 Qxc1+ 34. Ka2 Rc5 $1 35. Qe1 Rc2+ $1 36. Rxc2 Qxe1 37. d7 Qa5+ $1 38. Kb1
Kh7 (38... Kf8 39. Rc8+ Ke7 40. d8=Q+ Qxd8 41. Rxd8 Kxd8 $19) 39. Kb2 Qd5 $19)
(31... Qb4 $5 32. Qh3 f5 33. Qe3 Be4 $17) (31... Qxg3 $6 32. hxg3 f5 $15) 32.
Kxb1 Qxc1+ 33. Ka2 Rc5 34. Qb8+ $1 Kh7 35. Qb4 $1 f5 $4 {The enormous
disappointment has manifested itself thourgh the second rate soluction. Black
was still enjoying advantage.} (35... Rxd5 $4 36. Qe4+ $18) (35... Rc2+ 36.
Rxc2 Qxc2+ 37. Ka3 $11) (35... Rb5 $1 36. Qd2 Qc5 $1 37. d6 Qd5 $15) 36. Qd2 $1
Qxd2+ (36... Kg6 37. d6 $1 Qxd2+ 38. Rxd2 Rc8 39. Ka3 $18) (36... Qf1 $5 37. d6
Ra5+ 38. Qxa5 Qxe2+ 39. Ka3 Qe6 $14) 37. Rxd2 {The sudden change of the
perspective was shocking. Suddenly Black has serious problems with the defence
of a very difficult endgame.} Kg6 38. b4 (38. d6 $5 Rc8 39. Ka3 Kf6 40. Kb4 Ke6
41. d7 Rd8 42. Ka5 Rxd7 $140 43. Rxd7 Kxd7 44. Kxa6 f4 45. Kb5 g5 46. Kc4 g4
47. Kd3 $1 (47. Kd4 $4 h4 48. Ke4 f3 49. gxf3 g3 50. hxg3 h3 $19) 47... h4 48.
Ke2 $1 Kd6 49. h3 $1 gxh3 50. gxh3 Kc5 51. Kf3 Kb4 52. Kxf4 Kxb3 53. Kg4 Kc4
54. Kxh4 Kd5 55. Kg5 Ke6 56. Kg6 $18) 38... Rc8 39. Kb3 Kf7 40. Ra2 Ra8 (40...
Rd8 $5 41. Kc4 Rc8+ 42. Kd4 Rb8 43. Kc5 (43. Rxa6 Rxb4+ 44. Ke5 Rb2 $11) 43...
Rb5+ 44. Kc4 Rb6 $14) 41. h4 f4 $6 (41... Ke7 42. Re2+ Kd7 43. Re6 $16) 42. Re2
(42. Kc4 $5) 42... Kf6 $6 {The disappointed Topalov was unable to cope with
the search for the best defence, several of his moves belonged to the second
category.} (42... Re8 43. Rxe8 Kxe8 44. Kc4 f3 45. gxf3 g5 46. hxg5 h4 47. g6
h3 48. g7 Kf7 49. d6 h2 50. g8=Q+ Kxg8 51. d7 h1=Q 52. d8=Q+ $16) (42... Rd8
43. Kc4 Rc8+ 44. Kd4 Rb8 45. Kc5 Rc8+ 46. Kb6 Rb8+ 47. Kc7 Rxb4 48. Rc2 $1 $18)
(42... Rc8 43. Re4 $1 $16) 43. Kc4 Rc8+ 44. Kd4 Rb8 $6 (44... Rc1 45. d6 Rd1+
46. Kc5 $18) 45. d6 $1 Rxb4+ 46. Kc5 Rb1 47. Rd2 Rb8 48. d7 (48. d7 Ke7 49. Kc6
Rf8 50. Kc7 $18) 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Peter Svidler is the most stubborn Gruenfeld adherent among the top players.
Although he has already faced many suspicious positions (I can already recall
a few against Levon Aronian, who by now must have a big headache when thinking
about Peter Svidler), he has already made quite a living out of it. Somehow
Peter feels very comfortable in these tricky and unclear Gruenfeld positions.
So also for this game I was expecting Mr Gruenfeld to pay me a visit, but I
decided to keep him on a very tight leash...  Peter Svidler ist der
hartnäckigste Grünfeld-Verfechter unter den Topspielern. Obwohl er sich
bereits vielen verdächtigen Stellungen gegenüber sah (ich erinnere mich allein
an ein paar gegen Levon Aronian, der mittlerweile ganz schöne Kopfschmerzen
haben muss, wenn er an Peter Svidler denkt), ist er damit nicht schlecht
gefahren. Irgendwie fühlt sich Peter in diesen trickreichen und unklaren
Grünfeld-Stellungen ziemlich wohl. Daher erwartete ich auch in dieser Partie
einen Besuch von Mr. Grünfeld, aber ich beschloss, ihn an einer ganz kurzen
Leine zu halten...} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6.
bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 {Peter's favourite. He
doesn't like the extremely heavily analysed lines after Peters Lieblingszug.
Ihm missfallen die extrem ausanalysieren Abspiele nach} (10... Bg4 11. f3 Na5
12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 f6 16. Qd4 $5 {[%mdl 4] Some
crucial ideas behind this move were shown by Veselin Topalov when we were
preparing with Ruslan Ponomariov for his match vs Garry Kimovich. Ein paar
kritische Ideen hinter diesem Zug wurden von Veselin Topalov gezeigt, als wir
uns mit Ruslan Ponomariov für sein Match gegen Garry Kimovich vorbereiteten.} (
16. Bh6 Re8 17. Kh1 $5 {This move came from the Nielsen-Gustafson corner, when
I believe Magnus was still wearing his diapers, but if Black defends correctly,
he should survive Dieser Zug kam aus der Nielsen-Gustafson-Ecke, als Magnus
meines Wissens noch in den Windeln lag, aber wenn Schwarz sich korrekt
verteidigt, sollte er überleben.} Bd7 18. e5 Rc8 19. Nf4 Nc4 20. e6 Ba4 21.
Nxg6 hxg6 22. Bxg6 Ne5 23. Be4 Bc2 24. Bxc2 Rxc2 25. Qd1 Qc7 $1 (25... Rc5 $2
26. f4 Qxd5 27. Qh5 Rc2 28. Rg1 Qxe6 29. Qxe8+ Kh7 30. Qf8 Qg4 31. fxe5 Rc8 32.
Qxe7+ Kxh6 33. exf6 Qg5 34. Qxb7 Rc1 35. Qxa7 Rxg1+ 36. Qxg1 Qxf6 37. a4 Qc3
38. h3 Kg5 39. Qd1 Kh6 40. Qd6+ Kh7 41. Kh2 Qa5 42. Qf4 Kh8 43. h4 Kh7 44. Kh3
Qc3+ 45. Qf3 Qe1 46. g4 Qb4 47. a5 Qc4 48. h5 Kh8 49. Qf6+ Kh7 50. h6 {1-0 Van
Wely,L (2668)-Kovchan,A (2536)/Moscow 2003}) 26. f4 Rc1 $1 {but then Magnus
wanted too much and Erwin L'ami didn't hesitate to collect the point , doch
dann wollte Magnus zu viel, und Erwin L'ami zögerte nicht, den Punkt
einzusammeln.} 27. Qxc1 Qxc1 28. Rxc1 Ng4 29. h3 Nxh6 30. g4 Rd8 31. Rc7 Kf8
32. Rd7 Nf7 33. h4 b5 34. Kg2 a5 35. Kf3 a4 36. Ke3 b4 37. Ra7 Nh6 38. g5 Nf5+
39. Ke4 Nd6+ 40. Kf3 fxg5 41. hxg5 b3 42. Rxa4 b2 43. Rb4 Nc4 44. Kg4 Rd6 45.
Rb8+ Kg7 46. f5 Rb6 47. Rxb6 Nxb6 48. d6 exd6 49. f6+ Kf8 {0-1 Carlsen,M (2567)
-L'Ami,E (2486)/Gausdal 2004}) 16... Bf7 {After this White can recapture the
exchange, which, however, leads to equality. Danach kann Weiß die Qualität
zurückerobern, was allerdings zum Ausgleich führt.} (16... Bd7 {is more
popular. ist beliebter.}) 17. Bh6 e5 18. Qf2 {White refuses to restore the
material balance. Weiß weigert sich, dass materielle Gleichgewicht
wiederherzustellen.} Re8 19. Bb5 Re7 20. f4 $1 {During my game with Emil,
Peter came to me to say that he was happy to have avoided this s*** against me
Während meiner Partie mit Emil kam Peter zu mir und sagte, dass er froh sei,
diesen Sch**** gegen mich vermieden zu haben.} exf4 {This was Krasenkow's
improvement, but later Veselin Topalov showed that White has long term
compensation and won after all quite easily against Alexei Shirov. Dies war
Krasenkows Verbesserung, doch später zeigte Veselin Topalov, dass Weiß
langfristige Kompensation hat, und gewann schließlich recht mühelos gegen
Alexei Shirov.} (20... Rc8 {Krasenkow: 'or' Krasenkow: 'oder'} 21. fxe5 Rxe5
22. Ng3 Nc4 23. Qxf6 Qxf6 24. Rxf6 $16 {White's pair of bishops and strong
central pawns more than compensate for Black's minor material advantage. Das
weiße Läuferpaar und die starken Zentralbauern wiegen den leicht schwarzen
Materialvorteil mehr als auf.} a6 25. Ba4 b5 26. Bd1 a5 27. Bg4 Rd8 28. Rc6
Ree8 29. Rc7 Ne5 30. Be2 Rc8 31. Rb7 {even stronger than sogar noch stärker als
} (31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Bxb5) 31... b4 32. Bf4 {[%cal Cg6g5,Cg5f4,Re2b5]} g5 33.
Bxg5 Rb8 $2 {A blunder in a difficult position. Ein Fehler in schwieriger
Stellung.} 34. Rxb8 Rxb8 35. Bf4 Re8 36. Bb5 Ng6 (36... Rb8 37. Ba4 $18) 37.
Bxe8 Bxe8 {The rest needs no comments. Der Rest bedarf keines Kommentars.} 38.
Bc7 a4 39. Ne2 Bb5 40. Kf2 a3 41. Nc1 Bc4 42. Bd6 Bxa2 43. Nxa2 b3 44. Bxa3
bxa2 45. Bb2 Nf4 46. Bc3 Kf7 47. g3 Nd3+ 48. Ke3 Nb4 49. Kd4 Nc2+ 50. Kd3 Ne1+
51. Ke2 Nc2 52. Kd2 Nb4 53. Ba1 Na6 54. Kc3 Nc5 55. e5 Ke7 56. Kc4 Nd7 57. Kb5
h5 58. Kc6 Nb8+ 59. Kb5 Nd7 60. h3 Nf8 61. Kc6 Nd7 62. g4 hxg4 63. hxg4 Nb8+
64. Kb5 Nd7 65. g5 Nf8 66. Kc6 Ng6 67. e6 Nf4 68. Bf6+ Ke8 69. g6 Nxg6 70. d6
Ne7+ 71. dxe7 {1-0 Van Wely,L (2655)-Sutovsky,E (2674)/Dortmund 2005}) 21. Qxf4
(21. Qd4 Qb6 22. Qxb6 axb6 23. Rxf4 f5 $1) 21... Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Bxd5 {'!'
Krasenkow.} 23. exd5 Qxb5 24. Qxf6 Qe8 25. Qd4 $1 {'~~!?' Krasenkow.} (25. Nf4
$2 {Having faced a novelty, White doesn't find a good way. Nachdem ihm eine
Neuerung vorgesetzt wurde, findet Weiß keinen guten Weg.} Rf7 (25... Nc4 $17 {
was probably even stronger. war vermutlich sogar noch stärker.}) 26. Qc3 Qd8 $1
(26... Qb5 27. Rc1 Re8 28. h3 $44 {xNa5}) 27. Rc1 b5 $1 28. Qg3 (28. Ne6 {
didn't help due to half nichts wegen} Qf6 $1 ({but not nicht aber} 28... Qxd5
29. Qc8+ Rf8 30. Qc7 $1 Rf7 $11) 29. Qc8+ $5 Rf8 30. Qxf8+ Rxf8 31. Bxf8 {
and Black consolidates his position by und Schwarz konsolidiert seine Stellung
mit} Nc4 32. Bh6 (32. Kg1 Qe5 33. Bh6 (33. Rf1 Qe3+ 34. Kh1 Qd3) 33... Qh5 $1)
32... Qf2 $1 33. h3 Kf7 $19) 28... Rc8 29. Re1 Re7 $1 30. Rf1 Qd6 31. Bg5 Rf7 (
31... Rec7 {/\32...Rc1} 32. Qe1 $5 Nc4 $19) 32. h4 (32. Re1 Rcf8 33. Re6 Rxf4
$19) 32... Nc4 $6 {An inaccuracy, after which Black must work hard to win.
Eine Ungenauigkeit, nach der Schwarz für den Sieg hart arbeiten muss.} (32...
Re8 $142 $1 {, seizing the e-file besetzt die e-Linie.} 33. h5 Nc4 $19) 33. Re1
Rcf8 34. Re6 Qa3 (34... Qc7 $6 35. d6 $1 {although Black keeps an extra pawn
after , obwohl Schwarz einen Mehrbauern behält nach} Qd7 $1 (35... Nxd6 36.
Nxg6 $1) 36. Be7 Nxd6 $1 37. Bxf8 (37. Bxd6 Rxf4 $1) 37... Nf5 $17) 35. Qxa3
Nxa3 36. d6 {It was probably better not to hurry with this pawn advance: Es
war wahrscheinlich besser, diesen Bauernvorstoß nicht zu übereilen:} (36. g3 $5
) 36... Rd7 $1 (36... Nc4 37. Nd5) 37. Nd5 $6 {This is what Black expected.
Genau das hatte Schwarz erwartet.} (37. h5 $5 {leads to a big mess but Black
ended up in a winning position all the same: führt zu einem großen
Durcheinander, doch am Ende landete Schwarz dennoch in einer Gewinnstellung:}
Nc4 ({or} 37... Rf5 38. Re8+ $1 (38. Bh6 Kf7 $1) (38. Re7 Rxe7 39. Bxe7 Kf7 $19
) 38... Kf7 39. Rh8 Kg7 $1 (39... Rxd6 40. Bh6 Kf6 $1 41. g4 Rc5 42. Rf8+ Ke7
43. Rh8 Rd1+ 44. Kg2 Rc2+ 45. Kf3 Rf1+ 46. Kg3 gxh5 47. Rxh7+ Ke8 48. Nxh5 $132
) 40. Rc8 Rxd6 41. Rc7+ Rf7 42. Bh6+ Kxh6 43. Rxf7 a5 $19) 38. hxg6 Nxd6 (38...
Rxd6 39. gxh7+ Kxh7 40. Re7+ Kg8 41. Rxa7 $17) 39. Nh5 Rf1+ 40. Kh2 hxg6 $1 41.
Rxg6+ Kf8 42. Bh6+ Kf7 43. Rg7+ Ke8 44. Rg8+ Ke7 $19) (37. Bh6 {was another
option: war eine weitere Option:} Ra8 $5 (37... Rfd8 38. Bg5 $1) (37... Nc4 $5
38. Bxf8 Kxf8 $19) 38. Nd5 Nc4 $1 39. Bf4 Kf7 40. Rf6+ Kg7 $19) 37... Rf1+ 38.
Kh2 Kf7 $19 {White must now trade the rooks or lose the d6 pawn. Black wins
easily in both cases. Weiß muss jetzt die Türme tauschen oder den Bauern d6
aufgeben. In beiden Fällen gewinnt Schwarz leicht.} 39. Nc7 Nc4 40. Re7+ Rxe7
41. dxe7 Nd6 42. Be3 Kxe7 43. Bxa7 Kd7 44. Nd5 Rf5 45. Nb4 Rf4 46. Nd3 Rxh4+
47. Kg3 Nf5+ {0-1 Najer,E (2614)-Krasenkow,M (2663)/Saint Vincent 2005}) (25.
Bd2 {was very solid: war sehr solide:} Qf8 $1 (25... Nc4 26. Bc3 Ne5 27. Ng3
$44) 26. Qa1 $1 (26. Qxf8+ $2 Rxf8 27. Rxf8+ Kxf8 28. Bb4 Nc4 $17 {_|_}) 26...
Rxe2 $1 (26... Qg7 $6 27. Bc3 $40) 27. Rxf8+ Rxf8 28. Bxa5 Rxa2 $1 29. Qe1 Rxa5
30. Qe6+ $11) 25... Rd8 26. h3 Rf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qc3 b6 29. Ng3 Nb7 30. Ne4
Qe7 31. Nf6+ Kf7 32. Nxh7 Kg8 33. Nf6+ Kf7 34. Ng4 Kg8 35. Qd2 Re8 36. Qf4 Qd6
37. Qf2 Qc5 38. Qg3 Qd4 39. Kh2 Nd8 40. Qd6 Ne6 41. Be3 {1-0 Topalov,V (2783)
-Shirov,A (2715)/Wijk aan Zee NED 2007}) (10... Na5 {This is another try, but
since Black is releasing the pressure on White's centre, White has an easy
life after Dies ist ein anderer Versuch, aber da Schwarz den Druck auf das
weiße Zentrum mindert, hat der Anziehende ein leichtes Leben nach} 11. Bd3 cxd4
12. cxd4 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. Rad1 {Played with the idea of not giving Black any
chances of exchanging the rooks along the c-file and basically saying that
Black has a few rooks too many. On the other hand White hands over the c-file
immediately. Recently Magnus was successful with Gespielt mit der Idee,
Schwarz keine Chance zu geben, die Türme in der c-Linie zu tauschen, und
grundsätzlich sagend, dass Schwarz ein paar Türme zu viel hat. Andererseits
gibt Weiß sofort die c-Linie auf. Kürzlich war Magnus erfolgreich mit dem
meistgespielten} (14. Rac1 {is mostly played.} e6 15. h4 Qe7 16. h5 Rfc8 17. e5
Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Bxc8 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Bf6 Nc6 22. Qg5 h6 23. Qc1 g5
24. Bb5 Bd7 25. d5 exd5 26. Nd4 Bxf6 27. exf6 Qd6 28. Bxc6 Qxf6 29. Bxd7 Qxd4
30. g3 Qc5 31. Qxc5 bxc5 32. Bc6 d4 33. Bb5 Kf8 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 {
Carlsen-Ivanchuk 1-0 Morelia/Linares 2007}) 14... Rc8 $6 (14... e6 {was
preferable war vorzuziehen.}) 15. d5 {Restricting the b7 bishop - a standard
idea. Schränkt den b7-Läufer ein - eine Standardidee.} Nc4 16. Bxc4 Rxc4 17.
Bd4 {and White got what he was aiming for, later on Peter "Houdini" Svidler
still managed to escape. und Weiß erhielt, was er angestrebt hatte; später
gelang es Peter "Houdini" Svidler dennoch, seinen Hals aus der Schlinge zu
ziehen.} Qd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Nd4 Qb4 20. Qe3 {Compare this position with
Milov-Krasenkow in this issue! Vergleichen Sie diese Position mit
Milov-Krasenkow in dieser Ausgabe!} Rfc8 21. h4 Kg8 {GM Peter Svidler avoids
the weakening ...h7-h5 but allows h4-h5-h6. GM Peter Svidler vermeidet das
schwächende ...h7-h5, erlaubt aber h4-h5-h6.} 22. h5 Qc3 23. Rd3 Qb2 24. h6 (
24. Rfd1 $5 {, played by GM V.Milov in a similar position in the game
mentioned, deserved serious attention. , von GM V.Milov in der erwähnten
Partie in ähnlicher Stellung gespielt, kam ernsthaft in Betracht.} Rc3 $140 25.
Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Qg5) 24... Rc3 {[%cal Cd4c6,Cd3c3] /\Rxd3 Qxd3 Q(R)c3} 25. Nc6 $1
{White certainly relied on this move. He had no other good ways to avoid the
queen exchange anymore. Auf diesen Zug hatte sich Weiß bestimmt verlassen. Er
hatte auch keine anderen guten Möglichkeiten mehr, den Damentausch zu
vermeiden.} Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Kf8 27. a4 Bxc6 28. dxc6 Qf6 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. Qc3 $6 {
GM Loek Van Wely probably failed to calculate the rook endgame; therefore, he
decided to evade the exchange of queens. He was apparently wrong: GM Loek Van
Wely versäumte es wahrscheinlich, das Turmendspiel zu berechnen; daher
beschloss er, dem Damentausch aus dem Weg zu gehen. Offenbar irrte er sich:} (
30. Qxd6 exd6 {[%mdl 4096]} 31. f4 (31. Kf1 Ke7 32. Ke2 Ke6 (32... Kd8) (32...
d5 33. exd5 Kd6 34. Rd1 Re8+ 35. Kf3 $16) 33. f4 (33. Kd3 d5) 33... d5 (33...
f5 $6 34. Kd3 $16) 34. e5 g5 $1 35. g3 (35. Ke3 gxf4+ 36. Kxf4 Rc7 $11) 35...
gxf4 36. gxf4 f6 37. exf6 Kxf6 38. Kd3 Ke6 39. Kd4 Kd6 $11) 31... f5 (31... Ke7
32. Kf2 Kd8 33. Ke3 Kc7 34. Kd4 Re8 35. Kd5 $16) 32. Kf2 fxe4 33. Ke3 d5 34.
Kd4 Ke7 35. Kxd5 e3 36. Re1 Rd8+ 37. Kc4 Kd6 38. Rxe3 Rf8 39. g3 Rf5 40. Re8
Rc5+ 41. Kb4 Rxc6 42. Rg8 $16 {The "nail" on h6 gives him good winning chances.
Der "Sargnagel" auf h6 gibt ihm gute Gewinnchancen.}) 30... e5 31. c7 {This
looks formidable but now the black king joins the struggle against this passed
pawn. Dies sieht prächtig aus, doch nun greift der schwarze König in den Kampf
gegen diesen Freibauern ein.} Ke7 32. g3 a6 33. Kg2 b5 34. axb5 axb5 35. Qa5 g5
36. Qa7 Kd7 37. Qa1 Ke7 38. Qa7 Kd7 39. Qb7 Rxc7 40. Qxb5+ Ke7 41. Ra1 Qc5 42.
Qb8 Qc6 43. Re1 (43. Kg1 $142 $1 {maintaining various threats. hält
verschiedene Drohungen aufrecht.}) 43... g4 44. Qh8 (44. Kg1 Qd6 45. Qh8 Qf6
46. Qxh7 Rc2 47. Qf5 (47. Rf1 Kf8 $11) 47... Qxf5 48. exf5 Kf6 {'=' Krasenkow.}
49. Kg2 Rc8 $11) 44... Qf6 45. Qxh7 Qf3+ (45... Rc2 $2 {is now insufficient
due to ist nun unzureichende wegen} 46. Qf5 Qxf5 47. exf5 Kf6 48. Rh1 Rc8 49.
Rh5) 46. Kg1 Rc2 47. Rf1 (47. Qf5 Qxf5 48. exf5 Kf6 $11 {- Black gains a
crucial tempo}) 47... Rxf2 $1 {Accurate calculation proves that this sacrifice
secures a draw. Eine genaue Berechnung belegt, dass dieses Opfer ein Remis
sichert.} 48. Rxf2 Qxg3+ 49. Kf1 Qd3+ 50. Re2 (50. Ke1 Qe3+ 51. Re2 Qg1+ 52.
Kd2 Qd4+ 53. Kc1 Qa1+ 54. Kc2 Qa4+ 55. Kc3 Qd4+ $11) 50... Qd1+ 51. Kf2 g3+ 52.
Kxg3 {1/2-1/2 Van Wely,L (2655)-Svidler,P (2738)/Dortmund 2005}) 11. Rb1 Qc7 (
11... a6 {was popular for a while, but both war eine zeitlang populär, doch
sowohl} 12. d5 {and als auch} (12. dxc5 {gave Black later some unpleasant
feelings. bereiteten Schwarz später ziemliches Unbehagen.})) 12. Bf4 Qc8 13.
Rc1 $1 {After this move it became clear that Black's queen isn't in the best
shape, and later in the game Black's queen position will be decisive. Nach
diesem Zug wurde deutlich, dass die schwarze Dame nicht in Bestform ist, und
später in der Partie wird sich die Stellung der schwarzen Dame als
entscheidend erweisen.} a6 $1 {Trying to expand on the queenside and providing
Black's queen a decent square. Versucht, am Damenflügel zu expandieren, und
gibt der schwarzen Dame ein vernünftiges Feld.} (13... Rd8 14. Qb3 {and
White's queen will land on a3. und die weiße Dame wird auf a3 landen.}) 14. Qd2
(14. a4 {would be desirable to stop Black's queenside expansion but after wäre
wünschenswert, um die schwarze Damenflügelexpansion zu stoppen, doch nach} Na5
15. Ba2 Qe8 {White is targeted on a4, giving Black counterplay. wird Weiß auf
a4 beharkt, was Schwarz Gegenspiel gibt.}) 14... b5 15. Bd3 Qb7 16. Bh6 Bxh6 $5
{A very double-edged decision taken by Black. In our preparation we examined
this as risky, but maybe it's playable though. It's now becoming very concrete.
Eine sehr zweischneidige Entscheidung von Schwarz. In unserer Vorbereitung
hatten wir dies geprüft und als riskant eingestuft, aber vielleicht ist es
dennoch spielbar. Jetzt wird es sehr konkret.} ({We were expecting something
like Wir erwarteten etwas wie} 16... cxd4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. cxd4 {and White is
a bit better. und Weiß steht ein bisschen besser.}) 17. Qxh6 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qb6
$2 (18... Qa7 $1 19. Rfd1 {and it's still a game. und es ist noch eine Partie.}
) 19. Rc5 $1 ({After nach} 19. d5 Ne5) (19. Qe3 e5) ({or oder} 19. Rfd1 Bg4 {
Black's strategy would have proven to be right. hätte sich die schwarze
Strategie als richtig erwiesen.}) 19... Bg4 $2 {Continuing on the wrong track,
but good advice was already hard to come by. Fährt auf der falschen Spur
weiter, aber guter Rat war bereits teuer.} (19... Nxd4 20. Rh5 $1 {shows why
Qb6 was unfortunate, to say the least. zeigt, weshalb Qb6, gelinde gesagt,
unglücklich war.}) (19... f6 $8 {Black's best try but after Der beste Versuch
von Schwarz, doch nach} 20. Rfc1 {White, considering his dominance on the
c-file, his possession of the centre e4-d4, and his attacking chances viz
h4-h5 or e5, shouldn't have too much trouble winning. sollte Weiß angesichts
seiner Dominanz auf der c-Linie, seines Zentrums e4-d4 sowie seiner
Angriffschancen mit h4-h5 oder e5 keine großen Probleme haben zu gewinnen.}) (
19... Rfd8 20. Rh5 $1 {Still! Trotzdem!} gxh5 21. e5 f5 22. exf6 exf6 23. Qxh7+
Kf8 24. Nf4 Ne7 25. Bg6 Be8 26. Qh6+ Kg8 27. Nxh5) 20. Nf4 $1 {Another hammer
blow! Noch ein Hammerschlag!} Nxd4 (20... Rfd8 21. Rg5 $1) 21. Rg5 {The point,
Black can't keep the bishop on g4 or keep h5 protected. Die Pointe; Schwarz
kann den Läufer nicht auf g4 behaupten oder h5 gedeckt halten.} Bf3 22. Rg3 $1
{The last finesse, Rh3 and gxf3 cannot both be parried. Die letzte Feinheit,
Rh3 und gxf3 lässt sich nicht beides parieren.} 1-0

[Event "Corus"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2007.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[Annotator "Karjakin,S"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f3 b5 11. g4 b4 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb6 14. Na5 (14.
Qxb4) 14... Nbxd5 $1 15. Nc6 Qc7 16. Nxb4 $146 Nxb4 17. Qxb4 O-O {[#]} 18. g5
$2 (18. Qb6 $1 {was to be prefered. war vorzuziehen.}) 18... Rfc8 19. Qa4 $6 (
19. Qc4 $1 Qxc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. gxf6 Bxf6 (21... gxf6 22. Rhg1+ Kh8 23. Bh6
$132) 22. Rxd6 Kf8 $13) (19. Bd3 {did not solve the problems because of konnte
die Probleme nicht lösen wegen} Rab8 20. Qh4 (20. Qc3 Qxc3 21. bxc3 Nd5 22.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Rxd5 Rxc3 $17) 20... Rxb2 $3 {A very typical idea in this
variation. Eine ganz typische idee in dieser Variante.} 21. Qc4 (21. Kxb2 Qc3+
22. Kb1 d5 $19) 21... Qb7 22. Qxc8+ Qxc8 23. gxf6 Bxf6 24. Kxb2 e4+ 25. Kc1
exd3 26. Rxd3 Qf5 $19 {and Black should gradually win. und Schwarz sollte
allmählich gewinnen.}) 19... Rab8 $3 {Black is exploiting the fact that White
does not have time to take the knight.  Schwarz nutzt die Tatsache aus, dass
Weiß keine Zeit hat, den Springer zu schlagen.} 20. Bd3 $2 {This is already
the decisive mistake! Dies ist bereits der entscheidende Fehler!} ({Now there
is no Es geht jetzt nicht mehr} 20. Qc4 $2 {anymore because of wegen} Qb7 $19)
(20. Bc4 {was the only chance to stay in the game. Black has a lot of
interesting possibilites here, but at least White is not losing immediately!
war die einzige Chance, in der Partie zu bleiben. Schwarz hat hier eine
Vielzahl interessanter Möglichkeiten, aber wenigstens verliert Weiß nicht
sofort!} Qxc4 (20... Nd7 21. Bb3 Nc5 22. Bxc5 Bxg5+ 23. Kb1 Qxc5 24. Qxa6 $13)
(20... Ng4 21. fxg4 Qxc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4 23. h3 $15) 21. Qxc4 Rxc4 22. gxf6 Bxf6
23. Rxd6 e4 24. c3 Ra4 25. a3 exf3 26. Rf1 Be5 27. Rd7 Bxh2 28. Rxf3 f6 $15) (
20. gxf6 $2 Rb4 {loses on the spot. verliert auf der Stelle.}) 20... Nd7 $19
21. Qe4 g6 22. Bxa6 (22. h4 Rxb2 23. Kxb2 Qc3+ 24. Kc1 d5 $19) ({Hardly better
was Kaum besser war} 22. Rde1 Nc5) 22... Rb4 $1 {The logical continuation of
the attack! Die logische Fortsetzung des Angriffs!} 23. Qd3 (23. c4 Qc6 24.
Bxc8 Rxc4+ 25. Kb1 Rxe4 26. Bxd7 Qxd7 27. fxe4 Qa4 $19) 23... Rcb8 24. b3 Nc5
$1 {When you have a good position it is easy to play well.  Wenn man eine gute
Stellung hat, ist es leicht, auch gut zu spielen.} 25. Bxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd5 Qa7
27. Bc4 Bxg5+ (27... Rc8 $1 {was another very strong option: war eine andere
sehr starke Möglichkeit:} 28. a3 Qxa3+ 29. Kd2 Bxg5+ 30. Ke1 Rbxc4 31. bxc4
Qe3+ 32. Kf1 Rxc4 33. Qd3 Rxc2 34. Qxe3 Bxe3 35. Rxd6 Bd4 $19) 28. Kb2 Ra4 29.
a3 ({Nor does Auch} 29. Ra1 {help: hilft nicht:} Ra5 $1 (29... e4 30. Rhf1 e3
$19) 30. Qe4 (30. Qxd6 Be7 31. Qd3 Ba3+ 32. Kb1 Ra4 $19) 30... Ra3 31. Qd5 Ra8
32. b4 Bf6 $19) 29... Ra5 30. Qe4 (30. Qxd6 Be7 $19) 30... Be3 {30...Kg7 was
also winning, but 30...Rxa3 could have been a mistake. 30...Kg7 gewann
ebenfalls, aber mit 30...Rxa3 gab es noch Gelegenheit zu einem Fehler.} (30...
Kg7 $19) (30... Rxa3 $2 31. Ra1 Ra8 32. Qxa8+ Qxa8 33. Rxa3 Qxf3 34. Rf1 {
and White has counterplay. und Weiß hat Gegenspiel.}) 31. c3 $6 ({The last
chance was Die letzte Chance war} 31. Rxd6 {but after , doch nach} Bc5 (31...
Bd4+ 32. Rxd4 exd4 33. Qf4 $17) 32. Rd5 Bxa3+ 33. Kb1 Bc5 34. Qxe5 Ra8 35. Kb2
Ra1 36. Rxc5 Rxh1 37. Kc3 Rf8 $19 {Black is winning anyway. gewinnt Schwarz
trotzdem.}) 31... Rxa3 {Now it is time to play it.  Jetzt ist der richtige
Zeitpunkt dafür.} 32. Ra1 Ra8 ({White resigned as after Weiß gab auf, denn nach
} 32... Ra8 33. Qxa8+ (33. Qb1 Rxa1 34. Qxa1 Bc1+ $1 35. Rxc1 Qf2+ 36. Rc2
Qxc2+ 37. Kxc2 Rxa1 $19) 33... Qxa8 34. Rxa3 Qxf3 35. Rf1 Qg2+ 36. Kb1 d5 $19 {
his position is hopeless. ist seine Stellung hoffnungslos.}) 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
{A specialist of the Marshall Attack himself, Svidler decides to take the bull
by the horns.} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4
14. g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Bf5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Qg2 Qg6 20. Re3
Rae8 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. g4 Ng3 23. hxg3 Bd3 $146 ({Aronian decides to deviate
from his recent game against Anand, possibly fearing his opponent's speciffic
preparation. After} 23... Bb1 24. Qe2 Rxe3 25. Qxe3 h6 26. Qe1 Bc2 27. Bxc2
Qxc2 28. Qe4 Qd1+ 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Qe3 Bxg3 31. Kxg3 Re8 32. Qxe8 {a draw was
agreed in Anand-Aronian, Wijk aan Zee 2007. In spite of his huge material
disadvantage, Black will give perpetual.}) 24. Bd2 Rxe3 25. Bxe3 Re8 26. Re1 c5
27. dxc5 Bxc5 28. Qd2 Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 {White has managed to emerge out of the
opening with what might seem like a sound extra-pawn. However, some subtle
tactical nuances will allow Black achieve a draw more or less by force.} Qb6
30. Kf2 Rd8 {This is it. White has no way to free himself from Black's
domination.} 31. Qe1 Re8 32. Qd2 Rd8 33. Bc2 Bg6 34. Qe2 Re8 35. Bxg6 hxg6 36.
Qd2 Rd8 37. Qe2 Re8 38. Qd2 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{Svidler is not given the possibility of continuing the theoretical discussion
in the Marshall from the previous round, where he had been sitting on the
other side of the board against Aronian.} Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8
12. c3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 {White decides to play this move with loss of
time, probably relying on the fact that Black has not played ...d6 yet, which
could cause him problems maintaining his stability in the centre. The next
phase of the game will not justify his approach.} cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. e5 Nd5
17. Nxd4 Nb4 18. axb5 Nxc2 19. Qxc2 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21. Nc3 Qc6 22. Nf3 Nc4 {
Black's excellent development and his mighty light-squared bishop offer him
entirely satisfactory compensation for the pawn.} 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. Bf4 Bb4 25.
Qb3 Ba5 26. Rc1 Qe6 27. Ne1 Bc6 28. Ne2 Nxe5 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 {After winning the
pawn back, Black has the better chanecs already, due to his strong pair of
bishops.} 30. Nd4 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 Nd3 32. Nxe6 Nxe1 33. Nd4 Nd3 34. Bd6 Nxb2 {
Things have calmed down now. Black's extra-pawn does not have too much
significance because of the presence of opposite-coloured bishops.} 35. f3 Nc4
36. Bb4 h5 37. Kf2 f6 38. Nf5 Ne5 39. Bc3 Kf7 40. Nd6+ Ke7 41. Nf5+ Kf8 42. Ke3
g6 43. Nd6 Ke7 44. Bb4 g5 45. Nc4+ Ke6 46. Nxe5 fxe5 47. Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 {Both players had some experience with this position.
Black has achieved some activity in the centre, but faces some problems
completing the development of his queenside. As it so often happens,
developing the bishop earlier than the knight leaves the b7-square vulnerable.}
Qd7 ({A relatively rare move, which from the point of view of the general
rules of development might seem a bit paradoxical. Black moves his queen
before developing the knight, blocking the d7-square at the same time. In
doing so, he relies on the fact that White does not dispose over simple means
of developing his initiative, partly because of the active placement of the
black minor pieces in the centre. The more common continuation is} 10... Na6 {
, indirectly defending the b7-pawn (11.Qxb7 would be met by 11...Nb4). However,
in the long run the knight might remain passive on the edge of the board.
Ivanchuk had his first contact with this position 14 years ago:} 11. cxd5 ({
In a more recent game, Svidler preferred} 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3
b5 14. Bf1 Nc7 15. Bg5 Qc8 16. Bh4 a5 17. Bg3 a4 18. Qb2 Bxg3 19. hxg3 Nd5 20.
c4 bxc4 21. Bxc4 {with easier play for White, who went on winning a long
ending, Svidler-Morozevich, San Luis 2005.}) 11... cxd5 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Nxe4
dxe4 14. Bxe4 Bxe1 15. Bxf5 {with interesting play in Anand-Ivanchuk,
Amber-blind 1993. White has excellent compensation for the exchange, in view
of his active pair of bishops and better coordination of forces. Apparently,
Ivanchuk liked White's play in this game, since he later tried it himself.
However, Black deviated with 12...Be6, when White retained a small plus with
13.Nb5, Ivanchuk-Shirov, Monte Carlo 2000.}) 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13.
Qxb7 $5 ({This is the first game in which White decides to capture this pawn,
although the move has been suggested in some comments already. Earlier this
year, Svidler failed to obtain any significant advantage after} 13. bxc3 b6 14.
cxd5 cxd5 15. Ba3 Bxa3 16. Qxa3 Nc6 17. h3 Qd7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Rae8 20.
Rae1 Re6 21. Rxe6 {and a draw was agreed in Svidler-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2007.
}) 13... Qd7 14. Qxd7 Nxd7 15. c5 ({The series of intermediate moves continues.
After the neutral} 15. bxc3 dxc4 16. Nd2 Nb6 {Black enjoys stability on light
squares.}) 15... Bxh2+ $5 ({An instructive moment. Black's central pawns are
not weak, but could become so if any of the c5- or d4-squares would become
available to the white minor pieces. The move played by Ivanchuk is the only
one to avoid such a situation. For instance, if} 15... Bxc5 16. dxc5 Ne4 {then}
17. Nd4 Ndxc5 18. f3 Nf6 19. Nxc6 {with better chances for White.}) ({Or,
similarly,} 15... Ne4 16. cxd6 Nxd6 17. Bf4 Ne4 18. Rac1 {and Black will
probably have to play ...c5 anyway.}) 16. Nxh2 Ne4 17. Bf4 Rfe8 18. f3 Nef6 19.
Nf1 Nf8 {The position remains complicated. The pawn structure is rather
assymetrical, while the force of the white bishop cannot be evaluated
unilaterally. In principle, it puts some pressure on Black, but its activity
is restricted by the own central pawns, which could transform it in a "bad"
bishop in case of mass simplifications. Another important aspects is the
hidden weakness of the c6- and d4-pawns. Neither of them is in imemdiate
danger, but they need permanent care.} 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Rd1 Re7 22. Nd2 Ne6
23. Be5 a5 24. Nb3 Ra7 25. a4 {Blocking the a5-pawn on a dark square, but
ruining the flexibility of the own structure at the same time.} ({The pawn
structure arising after} 25. Bxf6 gxf6 26. a4 f5 {is not necessarily
favourable for White, because of the excellent placement of the black knight
and the relative weakness of the g3-square.}) 25... Nh5 {Untill now, Black has
been defending. Once the queenside situation has been stabilized, he starts
active operations on the other wing, where he has a mobile pawn majority.} 26.
Re1 h6 27. Kf2 Nhf4 28. Re3 h5 29. g3 {White prevents the blocking move ...h4,
but weakens the f3-square.} Nh3+ 30. Ke1 g5 31. Nc1 g4 32. fxg4 hxg4 33. Rb3
Nhg5 {Black's initiative has reached alarming heights. He only needs to
approach with his king in order to create decisive threats.} 34. Bb8 $5 ({
This was probably not intended as an active move (the bishop is not doing
anything special on b8) but as a form of preserving it from the exchange
operation ...Nf3+xe5 followed by ...Nxc5. White needs the c5-pawn in order to
generate counterplay after the probable elimination of Black's c6-pawn.} 34.
Rb8+ Kh7 35. Nb3 {would have solved thisproblem, but helped Black centralise
his king at the same time. For instance} Kg6 36. Rb6 Kf5 37. Rxc6 f6 38. Bd6
Rh7 {and the situation of White's king looks dangerous. It might all end with
a perpetual, but this is hard to foresee during the game.}) 34... Rd7 (34...
Re7 {is worth considering.}) 35. Ne2 Nf3+ 36. Kd1 Nfxd4 37. Nxd4 Nxd4 38. Rb6
Re7 {For the time being, Black has managed to keep his c6-pawn on board, but
the knight is stuck on d4, blocking the own d-pawn.} 39. b4 axb4 40. a5 Re3 41.
Rxb4 Nb5 42. Kd2 Re8 43. Rxg4+ Kh7 44. Bd6 d4 45. Bf4 Ra8 46. Rh4+ Kg7 47. Be5+
f6 48. Rg4+ Kf7 49. Rf4 Ke6 50. Bxd4 Nxd4 51. Rxd4 Rxa5 52. Rd6+ Ke5 53. Rxc6 {
Finally.} Ra3 {Admittedly, even in Sofia they would call it a day.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8.
Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 O-O 11. Be2 Bc6 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Be3 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe5 15. Rd1 ({Topalov deviates from} 15. O-O {as played in the game
Gelfand-Svidler, Moscow 2006, which was eventually won by White.}) 15... Qa5
16. O-O e6 17. f4 Bg7 18. a3 Qc7 19. Qc2 b4 $5 {The only way to prevent b2-b4.}
20. axb4 Qb7 21. Rd6 Qxb4 22. Rfd1 Ra7 23. R1d2 Rd7 24. Rxd7 Nxd7 25. Rd6 Qb7 {
In spite of White's activity, Black can maintain his stability on light
squares without problems.} 26. Qd2 Nf6 27. Bf1 Rb8 28. Rd8+ Bf8 29. Rxb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
{For the second time in this tournament, Svidler decides to allow the Marshall
Attack.} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14.
g3 Qh3 15. Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 f5 ({Leko does not seem to be curious to
find out What Svidler had in mind after} 17... Bf5 {as played in the first
round game Svidler-Aronian.}) 18. Bd1 Qh6 19. Re1 f4 20. Ne4 Bc7 21. Bf3 Bh3
22. Qd3 Rf7 23. Bd2 Raf8 {Black is perfectly mobilized and has obvious
compensation for the pawn. However, White's position is quite stable, which
keeps him out of immediate danger. Without a deeper analysis, the final
sequence of moves remains clouded by mystery.} 24. Bh1 Rg7 25. Bf3 Rgf7 26. Bh1
Rg7 27. Bf3 Rgf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d4 {One of Botvinnik's favourite in the past,
this line is not too fashionable today.} exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4
Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 Ne5 9. f4 Ng6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. g3 Nf8 12. Bg2 Ne6 13. O-O O-O
14. e4 {Strictly speaking, this is a novelty, although move orders can be
tricky and several transposition are possible.} d6 15. Qd2 Bd7 16. Rae1 {
One thing is sure: this position has never been seen before. However, history
teaches us that opening theory tends to advance slowly in positional lines,
especially in games between co-nationals. Therefore, the abrupt end of the
game should not be considered really unexpected.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.02.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 e6 $5 ({An interesting atempt to take advantage of the presence of the
d-pawn on its initial square.} 8... d6 {would have transposed to a genuine
Dragon.}) 9. O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. c3 Na5 {new} 13. Qd3 Nxb3
14. axb3 a6 15. Qd2 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bd7 17. Nc2 Bc6 18. Bd4 f6 $1 {Optically
speaking, an "ugly" move, creating a weakness and restricting the own bishop.
However, this is the lesser evil in this position. Allowing the exchange of
the dark-squared bishops would have left Black's position in ruins.} 19. Rxe8+
Qxe8 20. h3 Qf7 21. Nb4 Bf8 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. b4 Bd6 24. b5 cxb5 25. Bxf6 a5
26. Bd4 Qf4 27. Qxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 ({Aronian tried} 4. Bg5 {twice in recent
games against Svidler. Although White obtained promissing positions each time,
he lost both games, which explains Aronian's desire to change the background.})
4... Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. b4 {The old Makogonow system. Instead of embarking long
forced variations, White aims for a positional fight, hoping that his
queenside advantage of space will count in the long run. One important element
is that Black is deprived of the possibility of an early ...c5, which is
Black's main source of counterplay in the Grünfeld.} O-O 7. Bb2 a5 8. b5 a4 9.
Rc1 Qa5 10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 e5 13. cxd5 exd4 14. exd4 Re8+ 15. Kf1
cxd5 16. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. a3 Nc6 11. cxd5 Qxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bf5 14. Re1 Rfe8
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 $5 {This move has a relatively short history (it was
introduced in 2003 by Kramnik against Anand), but has been submitted to a
thorough investigation over the past few years. White makes a generally useful
move, inviting Black to define his intentions.} Be4 17. Qa4 {A rare
continuation, successfully employed by Grischuk (true, in rapid games).} Qf5
18. Bg3 Bc2 ({After} 18... Bd6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bg4 Qg6 21. dxe5 Bf5 22. Bf3 {
White exerted unpleasant pressure over Black's position in Grischuk-Nielsen,
Monte Carlo 2006.}) 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. Bxb5 a6 21. Bxc6 bxc6 22. Re5 ({A new
move. Grischuk preferred} 22. Ra2 {when after} Ba4 23. c4 Bb3 24. Rae2 Kf8 25.
c5 {Black found it very difficult to free himself from the pin along the
e-file in Grischuk-Volokitin, Foros 2006.}) 22... f6 23. Ra5 {With only rooks
on board, this manoeuvre would ensure White considerable advantage. However,
in the presence of minor pieces, the rook could easily remain misplaced on a5.}
Bd3 24. Ne1 Bb5 25. a4 Be2 26. Nc2 c5 {Black decides to solve the problem of
his double pawns in radical way.} 27. dxc5 Kf7 28. c6 {Preventing the complete
isolation of the rook on a5 after an eventual ...c6, but the extra-pawn
becomes vulnerable now.} Red8 29. Ne3 Rd2 30. Rb1 Bd6 31. Bxd6 Rxd6 32. Nf5
Rxc6 {Black has successfully solved hisproblems. The position is about equal.}
33. Nd4 Rb6 34. Re1 Bd3 35. Rc5 Rd6 36. Re3 Bb1 37. Nc6 Re8 38. Nd4 Rc8 39. Re2
Bd3 40. Re1 Rd7 41. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. c3 d6 14. Na3 b4 15.
Nc4 Bf8 16. Bd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nb8 18. Ne3 Nbd7 19. Ng4 Nc5 20. Bc4 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 d5 {After thorough preparation, Black finally plays the move that is
characteristic for the Marshall Attack. The similarity induced by the fact
that the e5-pawn is hanging here too is rather feeble. After capturing that
pawn, it will be White who will have to sacrifice material soon.} 22. exd5 Bxd5
23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxc4 25. dxc4 Ne4 26. Qf3 ({There is no way back. If} 
26. Nf3 $2 {then} Bc5 $1 {with advantage for Black.}) 26... Nxd2 27. Qxf7+ Kh7
28. Qf5+ Kg8 29. Qe6+ Kh7 30. Qg6+ Kg8 31. Qe6+ Kh7 32. Qg6+ Kg8 33. Qf7+ Kh7
34. Nd7 {Since the perpetual is always there, White can play for a while, in
spite of his material defficit.} Ba3 35. c5 Kh8 36. g5 hxg5 37. Qe6 Ne4 38.
Qh3+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ Kh8 40. Qxe4 Qxd7 41. Qa8+ Kh7 42. Qxa3 {Finally, White
recuperated the sacrificed material with interest, but now it is Black's turn
to force a draw by perpetual.} Qd1+ 43. Kh2 Qh5+ 44. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.06"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Mihail Marin} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7.
Nb3 Be6 8. f3 h5 {Mihail Marin: 'A controversial move. Black prevents the
standard advance of the white g-pawn, but ireparably weakens his kingside.'} 9.
Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h3 ({Mihail Marin: An ambitious move, aiming to
start active kingside operations as soon as possible. Earlier this year, a
game between the same opponents continued with} 11. Kb1 Qc7 {Mihail Marin: It
is interesting to quote here the game played by one of Topalov's seconds:} 12.
h3 (12. Bd3 {Mihail Marin} b5 13. Bg5 Nb6 14. f4 Rb8 15. Rhe1 Nc4 {,
Svidler-Topalov, Wijk aan Zee 2007. Black has a very active position and we
can understand Svidler's desire to deviate in spite of the favourable result.})
12... b5 13. Bd3 h4 14. f4 Rc8 (14... Nb6 {Mihail Marin} 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Rhe1
O-O {and Black's stability on dark squares offered adequate compensation for
White's strong centralisation, Cheparinov-Borovikov, Pamplona 2003.}) 15. Rhe1
g6 16. Qf2 Qb7 17. Na5 Qb8 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bc4 20. Nxc4 bxc4 21. Be4 Nxe4
22. Nxe4 {1/2 Karjakin,S (2678)-Topalov,V (2783)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/ (54)})
11... Qc7 {Topalov has done his homework and found out, that the rook is not
needed on the attractive semiopen c file.} (11... Rc8 12. Be2 (12. f4 b5 13.
Bd3 Bc4 14. Kb1 Qc7 15. Rhf1 h4 16. Rf2 O-O 17. Rg1 b4 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5
Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nf6 21. Rd1 Rfd8 22. Qxa6 {1-0 Thorhallsson,T (2499)-Ashley,M 
(2473)/Bermuda 1999/ (54)}) 12... h4 13. f4 (13. Kb1 b5 14. Rhe1 Nb6 15. Bxb6
Qxb6 16. f4 O-O 17. Bf3 Rc4 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Bd6 22. c3 g6 {0-1 Onischuk,V (2411)-Dydyshko,V (2575)/Minsk 2006/ (27)}) 13...
b5 14. Bf3 b4 15. Ne2 a5 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Rhe1 a4 18. Nbc1 Qb7 19. Ng1 Nxe4 20.
Bxe4 Qxe4 21. fxe5 b3 {0-1 Mutschnik,I-Shneider,A (2551)/Alushta 2000/}) 12.
Bd3 h4 (12... O-O 13. g4 Nb6 14. Kb1 $14) 13. f4 b5 14. Rhe1 (14. f5 Bc4 15. a3
O-O 16. Qe1 d5 $11) 14... Rb8 $5 {[%mdl 4] Black is supporting the square b6
for the knight route Nb6-c4 as well as for the pawn advance against white king.
} (14... exf4 15. Bxf4 O-O 16. Bg5 Ne5 17. Bxh4 b4 18. Ne2 a5 $13) 15. Kb1 (15.
f5 Bc4 16. Qe2 b4 17. Nb1 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 O-O $15) 15... Nb6 $1 16. Qf2 (16. fxe5
dxe5 17. Qf2 b4 18. Nd5 Nbxd5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Bc5 $13) 16... b4 17. Ne2 (17.
Nd5 Nbxd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Bc5 Nf4 $5 (20... Nc3+ $6 21. bxc3
Bxb3 22. cxb3 Bxc5 23. Qf5 $16) 21. Bxe7 Kxe7 22. Nc5 $13) 17... Nc4 18. Nd2 (
18. Bc1 a5 19. f5 Bd7 20. Nd2 Nxd2+ 21. Bxd2 a4 $15) 18... Nxe3 {Black's
position is so sound, that he might have contemplated swap of the knights on
d2. Elimination of the darksquared bishop is strategically very useful.} (18...
Nxd2+ 19. Bxd2 a5 $13) 19. Qxe3 a5 20. b3 a4 21. Bc4 (21. f5 Bd7 22. g4 hxg3
23. Qxg3 Rh7 $15) 21... axb3 22. cxb3 (22. axb3 $2 Ra8 $17) 22... Bd7 {
Svidler's strategy of play on the light squares would have been successful
after the exchange of the black's bishop, so the second player prefers to keep
it.} (22... O-O 23. Rc1 Qb7 24. Bxe6 fxe6 25. Rc2 Nh5 26. fxe5 dxe5 $11) 23.
Nf3 O-O (23... Qb6 $6 24. Qxb6 Rxb6 25. fxe5 Nxe4 26. Rd4 $14) 24. fxe5 dxe5
25. Nxh4 (25. Rc1 Qa5 26. Nxh4 Ra8 27. Rc2 Rfc8 $44) 25... Bc6 (25... Bc5 26.
Qf3 Ra8 27. Nf5 $11) 26. Ng3 (26. Rc1 Nxe4 27. Bd5 Bxh4 28. Rxc6 Qd7 29. Rd1
Nf2 30. Rd2 Qf5+ $15) 26... Nxe4 27. Nxe4 (27. Nhf5 $2 Bg5 $19) 27... Bxh4 28.
g3 {Svidler is facing two bishops with a vulnerable position of his own king.
On the other hand his pieces are so nicely centralized that it gives him
enough play for the full equality.} Be7 (28... Bxe4+ $2 29. Qxe4 Bxg3 30. Rg1
Bf4 31. Qg6 $18) 29. Nf2 Rbd8 30. Rxd8 (30. Qxe5 $2 Rxd1+ 31. Nxd1 Bd6 32. Qf5
Bxg3 $17) (30. Rc1 Qd6 $11) 30... Qxd8 (30... Rxd8 31. Ng4 $36) 31. Rd1 (31.
Qxe5 Bd6 32. Qf5 Bxg3 33. Ng4 Bxe1 34. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 35. Qg6+ Kh8 36. Qxh6+ $11)
31... Qa5 32. Ng4 e4 (32... Ra8 33. Rd2 (33. Bxf7+ $2 Kxf7 34. Nxe5+ Kg8 35.
Nxc6 Qxa2+ 36. Kc1 Bf6 $19) 33... Bc5 34. Qxe5 $11) 33. Nh6+ $1 {Very witty
combination, as wite queen from h6 is attacking also the black bishop on c6.}
gxh6 (33... Kh7 34. Nxf7 Ra8 35. Rd2 Qf5 36. g4 $14) 34. Qxh6 Qf5 (34... Qc5
35. Qg6+ $11) 35. g4 (35. Rf1 Qc5 36. Qg6+ $11) 35... Qc5 (35... Qf6 36. Qxf6
Bxf6 37. Rd6 Kg7 38. Rxc6 Rh8 39. Bf1 Rd8 $11) 36. Qg6+ Kh8 37. Qh6+ Kg8 38.
Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.07"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {Ftacnik} c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3
Be7 8. f3 Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a5 $5 {A very aggressive move, questioning
the stability of White's queenside. It might seem that Black neglects his
development, by moving a marginal pawn while the queen's knight is still on
its initial square. However, the rook gets a chance to get activated without
making a single move.} 11. Qe1 {One of the many possible moves. Leko does not
intend to weaken his queenside with 11.a4.} Qc8 (11... a4 {is premature
because of} 12. Nc5) 12. a3 {Ftacnik: 'Leko is looking for a new way to meet
the annoying advance of the black's a pawn. The usual radical a2-a4 weakens
the square b4 from which the black knight can control the crucial square d5.'}
({A novelty. White usually blocks the a5-pawn with} 12. a4 {. Leko has a
different plan: he allows allows the enemy pawn to cross the middle of the
board, hoping that it would become weak.}) 12... a4 13. Nd2 Nbd7 (13... d5 {
Ftacnik} 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bd3 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nc6 $11) 14. Kb1 (14.
g4 {Ftacnik} d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nde4 N7b6 $11) (14. Bb5 {Ftacnik} Nc5 15. Kb1
Rd8 $13) 14... Rd8 (14... d5 {Ftacnik} 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Ne4 Bxe4
18. fxe4 Nf6 19. Bd3 Bc5 $11) 15. Bb5 (15. g4 {Ftacnik} d5 16. g5 d4 $1 $15)
15... d5 {Taking advantage of the slightly unnatural placement of White's
pieces, Black carries out this thematical break, which will yield him an
advantage of space in the centre. Ftacnik: 'Svidler sees no room for waiting
with the logical advance d6-d5. It is a great achievement for black pieces
that will now get lot of space for the activity. '} 16. exd5 (16. Nxa4 {Ftacnik
} d4 17. Bg5 Qc7 18. Nb3 Rac8 $15) 16... Nxd5 17. Nxd5 (17. Nxa4 $6 {Ftacnik}
Ra5 18. c4 Rxb5 (18... Nxe3 19. Qxe3 Qc7 20. b4 (20. Nb3 Rxb5 $1 21. cxb5 Qc4
$17) 20... Rxb5 21. cxb5 Ra8 22. Qc3 Qxc3 23. Nxc3 Rxa3 24. Nde4 $11) 19. cxb5
Qa8 $1 20. b3 Qa5 21. Qe2 (21. Nc4 Qxb5 $19) 21... Qxa4 22. bxa4 Nc3+ 23. Kb2
Nxe2 $17) 17... Bxd5 18. Qe2 (18. Ne4 {Ftacnik} Bc4 (18... Be6 19. Qc3 $1 (19.
Qg3 Qc7 20. Bh6 g6 21. Bg5 Rac8 22. Bxa4 f6 23. Rxd7 Rxd7 (23... Bxd7 24. Bb3+
Kg7 25. Nxf6 Bxf6 26. Bxf6+ Kxf6 27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Qe7+ $11) 24. Bxd7 Qxc2+ 25.
Ka1 Bxd7 26. Nxf6+ Bxf6 27. Bxf6 Be6 28. Qe1 Qxg2 $15) 19... Qb8 20. Ng5 $14)
19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qc3 Qb5 21. Qd3 $11) 18... Qc7 19. Ne4 Be6 20. Nc3 {'?!'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Not a real mistake but the first step in the wrong
direction. White had better ways to fight the obvious knight manouver Nb6-c4. '
} (20. h4 {Ftacnik} h6 21. g4 Nb6 $13) (20. Ng5 {Ftacnik} Bxg5 21. Bxg5 f6 22.
Be3 $11) (20. Rd3 {Ftacnik} Nf6 (20... Nb6 $2 21. Rc3 $18) 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 $11)
20... Nb6 {'!' Ftacnik.} (20... Nf6 {Ftacnik} 21. Qf2 Nd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23.
Rxd5 Bxd5 24. Rd1 $14) 21. Rxd8+ (21. Qf2 {Ftacnik} Nc4 $15) (21. Bxb6 {Ftacnik
} Qxb6 22. Nxa4 Qc7 $44) 21... Rxd8 22. Nxa4 {Up to this point, Leko's
judgement has been justified: he has won the a4-pawn, indeed. However, Black's
activity offers him entirely adequate compensation.} (22. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Rxd1+
23. Nxd1 g6 $11) (22. Bxb6 {Ftacnik} Qxb6 23. Qxe5 Bf6 24. Nxa4 Qa5 25. b4 Qa7
(25... Bxe5 26. bxa5 Rd5 27. Bc4 Rxa5 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Re1 Bxh2 $15) 26. Qc5
Qb8 $40) 22... Nc4 (22... Nxa4 {Ftacnik} 23. Bxa4 Bc4 24. Qf2 Qa5 25. Bb3 Bxb3
26. cxb3 Qb5 27. Qc2 Rd3 28. Rd1 Rxe3 $2 29. Qc8+ Bf8 30. Rd8 $18) 23. Bxc4 (
23. Bc1 {Ftacnik} Rc8 24. Rd1 Qa5 $15) 23... Bxc4 24. Qf2 (24. Bb6 {Ftacnik}
Qxb6 (24... Qc6 25. Qxe5 Re8 26. Qa5 $16) 25. Qxc4 Qf2 26. Qf1 Qd2 (26... Qxf1+
27. Rxf1 Rd2 $44) 27. Nb6 Bg5 $13) 24... Qc6 {'!' Ftacnik.} 25. Nb6 {'?!'
Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'The second dubious move with the knight as the poor piece
has no prospects on the square b6.'} (25. Nc3 {Ftacnik} Be6 $44) (25. Bc5 {
Ftacnik} Bg5 26. Nc3 Rd2 27. Qg1 $13) 25... Be6 26. Qe2 (26. Rc1 {Ftacnik} f5
$44) 26... f5 {This mobile pawn tandem will cause White no lesser trouble than
in the game Leko-Topalov, played just a couple of days earlier. This time, the
strong pair of bishops adds force to Black's initiative, while White's
queenside progress is limited to a minimal material gain.} (26... e4 {Ftacnik}
27. fxe4 Qxe4 28. Qf3 Qe5 $13) (26... Rd4 $5 {Ftacnik} 27. c3 (27. Bxd4 exd4
28. Na8 Qd5 29. b3 Qa5 $17) 27... Rd8 $44) 27. Re1 (27. Rd1 {Ftacnik} Rxd1+ 28.
Qxd1 e4 29. fxe4 fxe4 $44) 27... Bf6 28. g3 (28. a4 $5 {Ftacnik} Qd6 (28... Bf7
29. Qb5 Qxb5 30. axb5 h5 31. Kc1 e4 32. fxe4 fxe4 33. Bf4 Bd4 34. Bc7 Re8 $11)
29. Qb5 e4 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Bc1 Qxh2 32. Rxe4 Qd6 $11) 28... h6 29. Bf2 (29.
a4 {Ftacnik} Bf7 30. Qb5 $11) 29... e4 30. fxe4 (30. g4 {Ftacnik} Bd4 $1 31.
gxf5 exf3 32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. fxe6 Bxf2 $19) 30... fxe4 {This pawn is taboo
because of the weakness of the first rank. Now that both black bishops are
targetting the poorly defended enemy king, White is in real trouble. It should
be also mentioned that the beautifully placed knight is in fact completely out
of play.} 31. a4 {'?!' Ftacnik. Ftacnik: 'Leko was defending very passively
and the sound idea of a pawn advance comes too late. White is already in
serious trouble.'} (31. c4 $1 {Ftacnik} Bd4 32. Nd5 $11) 31... Qd6 32. c4 $2 ({
Shortening White's suffering. The only way to prevent the deadly threat ...Qb4
was} 32. c3 {. However, after} Qd3+ {'!' Ftacnik.} 33. Qxd3 exd3 {the d-pawn
would have been very hard to stop.} 34. Be3 {. The only way to maintain White
in the game.} Bg5 (34... Rd6 {Ftacnik} 35. Rd1 Bb3 $17) 35. Bxg5 hxg5 36. Rd1 (
{Another form of giving up the exchange would be} 36. Rxe6 d2 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38.
Kc2 {with chances for survival.} Rd8 {Ftacnik} 39. Kd1 Kf7 $17) 36... Bb3 {
White is best adviced to defend his rook with the king, because} 37. Rd2 $2 {
would lead to mate after} Re8) 32... Qb4 {The threat ...Rd2 is impossible to
meet in adequate way. White is just lost.} 33. Nd5 Bxd5 34. cxd5 Rxd5 35. Qc2
Rd2 36. Qc8+ Kf7 37. Qc7+ Kg6 $19 0-1

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qa4 $5 {If White intends
to avoid the symmetrical position arising after the exchange on d5, he usually
defends his c-pawn with 6.b3 or 6.Qb3. However, the game move has also been
played and could simply transpose to 6.Qb3 if Black captures on c4.} O-O 7. O-O
Bf5 ({Black takes advantage of the lack of pressure against the b7-pawn to
take the important e4-square under control. The attempt to take advantage of
the queen's placement on a4 with} 7... Nbd7 {fails to equalize completely, for
instance} 8. cxd5 Nb6 9. Qa3 cxd5 ({Now,} 9... Nfxd5 {would be met by} 10. e4
Nc7 11. Nc3 {, consolidating White's advantage of space.}) 10. Nc3 Nc4 11. Qb4
e6 12. Bf4 Re8 13. Ne5 Bf8 14. Qb3 Nd6 15. Bg5 Be7 16. Rfd1 Nf5 {Black has
moved arond with thisknight quite a lot. Little wonder that White's
development is superior, allowing him obtain a strong initiative with} 17. e4 {
, Portisch-Ivkov, Petropolis Interzonal 1973.}) 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. cxd5 Nb6 10. Qb3
Nfxd5 {Black has not managed to put White's central pawn under pressure, but
his development is acceptable and the thematical advance e2-e4 quite difficult
to carry out. A typcal position for the Grünfeld.} 11. Rd1 Qd6 12. Bd2 Nxc3 13.
Bxc3 Qe6 14. d5 {Under different circumstances (a better development for White)
, such a pawn break would be advantageous, but here it will just lead to
simplifications.} cxd5 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd4 Qf6 17. Nxf5+ Qxf5 18. a4 Rfd8 19.
a5 Nc4 20. Qxb7 e6 21. e4 dxe4 22. Bxe4 Qe5 23. Bg2 Nxa5 24. Qxa8 Rxa8 25. Bxa8
Qe2 26. Re1 Qd2 27. Red1 Qe2 28. Re1 Qd2 29. Red1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Morelia/Linares 24th"]
[Site "Morelia/Linares"]
[Date "2007.03.10"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2007.02.17"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.03.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. dxc5 {A rare and possibly not best move. White's desire to clear
the d4-square for his pieces is understandable, but theprize to pay is
relatively high: Black wins time for his development.} Bxc5 {In most of the
games where this line was played, Black captured with the knight. With his
move, Morozevich shows that he treasures the dynamic factors (rapid
development) higher than static ones (the exchange of the dark-squared bishops)
.} 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Bd3 b4 {In such situations, it is far from clear whether
the move a3 slows down Black's attack or just facilitates it.} 13. Ne2 ({
After this volunatry retreat, the second aspect mentioned in the previous
comment seems to become valid. Svidler probably disliked the fact that after} 
13. axb4 Nxb4 {Black threatens not only ...Nbxd3+ followed by the fork on b3,
but also ...d4. However, both threats could be parried with} 14. Be2 {. True,
this would leave the e4-square poorly defended, but we should also take into
account that Black's knight's jump to b4 has left the d4-square to White's
mercy.}) 13... Qb6 14. Qe3 $6 ({Slightly carelessly. With a black bishop on b7,
White's main concern should be to maintain the d4-square safely blocked.
Therefore,} 14. Nfd4 {Should have been preferred.}) 14... d4 $1 {The tendency
of such pawns to sacrifice themselves for the sake of the other pieces is
known from Nimzovich' time.} 15. Nfxd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 bxa3 17. Rxa3 Rd8 {
The g2-pawn is not entirely eadible yet, because of Rg1 followed by Rxg7.
However, the activity of the black bishop along the h1-a8 diagonal is quite
annoying for White.} 18. Qe3 Qxb2 19. Qxc5 $6 ({White sacrifices the echange,
but gets no adequate compensation for it. True, after} 19. O-O {Black has a
great position, but White is very much in the game still. It is hard to say
whether Svidler overestimated his attacking chances after the game move or
simply disliked his position in general.}) 19... Qb1+ 20. Kd2 Qxh1 21. Nc3 Qxh2
22. Ra4 Qxg2+ {Although Black is temporarily deprived of the right to castle,
it is the white king who is in danger.} 23. Kc1 Rc8 24. Qb4 Qg1+ 25. Nd1 Bf3
26. Rxa6 Qc5 27. Qa4+ Kf8 28. Ra5 Qg1 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. Nd5 Bc5 12. c3 d6 13. Nh2 Na5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
Ng4 Qg6 16. Bc2 Nc6 17. Be3 Bc8 18. Qf3 Be6 19. b4 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Ne7 21. d4 a5
22. d5 Bd7 23. a3 Qg5 24. Kh2 Ra7 25. g3 Rea8 26. Rac1 axb4 27. axb4 Ra3 28.
Bd3 Ra2 29. h4 Qg6 30. Re2 R2a3 31. Rd2 Kh8 32. Qe2 Ng8 33. f3 Nf6 34. Bxb5 Nh5
35. Nf1 Bxb5 36. Qxb5 f5 37. exf5 Qxf5 38. Qd3 Qf7 39. Kg2 Nf6 40. Ne3 Ra2 41.
Rcc2 Ra1 42. Rf2 Qe8 43. Rfe2 Qf7 44. Rf2 Qe8 45. Rce2 e4 46. Qc4 Rc1 47. Nf1
exf3+ 48. Rxf3 Qh5 49. Rd2 Ng4 50. Qd4 Ne5 51. Rff2 Kg8 52. Ne3 Raa1 53. Nf1
Qg6 54. Rf4 Ra3 55. Ne3 Rcxc3 56. Nf5 Rxg3+ 57. Nxg3 Qxg3+ 58. Kf1 Nf3 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. a4 c5 10. Bxc4 a6 11. Bd3 Qc7 12. a5 h6 13. Bd2 cxd4 14. exd4 b5 15.
axb6 Nxb6 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Qd1 Qb8 18. Qe2 Bf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Qe5 Nbd5 21.
Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Qe2 c6 8. Bg2 d5
9. exd5 cxd5 10. Ne5 Nc6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. g5 Nd7 13. Bxd5 Nxd4 14. Qe4 Bc5 15.
Bd2 O-O 16. Bb3 Bb6 17. O-O-O Nc5 18. Qg4 Qc8 19. Be3 Ncxb3+ 20. axb3 Nf5 21.
Rd3 Rd8 22. Rhd1 Rxd3 23. Rxd3 Qc6 24. Qe4 Nxe3 25. Qxc6 bxc6 26. fxe3 Kf8 27.
b4 Ke7 28. Na4 Rh8 29. Nxb6 axb6 30. Ra3 Rxh3 31. Ra7+ Kd6 32. Rxf7 Rg3 33.
Rxg7 Rxg5 34. Kd2 Rg4 35. b5 cxb5 36. Kd3 Rg5 37. Rb7 Rd5+ 38. Ke4 Kc5 39. Re7
Rd2 40. Rxe6 Rxc2 41. Rxg6 Rxb2 42. Kd3 Rb3+ 43. Kd2 b4 44. Kc2 Rxe3 45. Kb2
Kb5 46. Rg8 Rh3 47. Rf8 b3 48. Rf5+ Ka4 49. Rf4+ Ka5 50. Rf5+ b5 51. Rf4 b4 52.
Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. Be3
Ne5 9. Nf3 Nxf3+ 10. gxf3 Qc7 11. Rg1 Qxh2 12. Ke2 Nh5 13. Kd2 Qc7 14. Qb3 Bc5
15. Rg5 Bxe3+ 16. fxe3 g6 17. Na4 d6 18. f4 Bd7 19. Nb6 Rd8 20. a4 Bc6 21. Qc3
Ke7 22. Qa5 Nf6 23. Ke2 Rhe8 24. Qc3 Qxb6 25. Qxf6+ Kxf6 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. d4
exd4 16. cxd4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19. Bb3 d5 20. e5 Nd7 21. Nh5 Nc5
22. Bc2 Nd7 23. Bb3 Nc5 24. Be3 Nxb3 25. axb3 Bc5 26. Qd2 Bxe3 27. Rxe3 Qh4 28.
Ng3 d4 29. Rd3 Rc5 30. Rxd4 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. b4 Rxe5 33. Rxa6 f5 34. Ra7
Kf8 35. h4 gxh4 36. Rxh4 Re7 37. Ra8+ Kf7 38. Rb8 Rc7 39. Rhh8 Rc4 40. f3 g6
41. Rh6 Kg7 42. Rhh8 Bf7 43. Rhc8 Rxb4 44. Rc7 Kf6 45. Rb6+ Re6 46. Rbb7 Be8
47. Rc2 Re1+ 48. Nf1 Rb1 49. Rc8 Rc4 50. Rxe8 Rcc1 51. Rxb5 Rxf1+ 52. Kh2 Kg5
53. Kg3 Rbc1 54. Rb4 Rc6 55. Rf8 Rf6 56. Rxf6 Kxf6 57. Rb6+ Kg5 58. f4+ Kh6 59.
b4 Rb1 60. Rb8 Rb3+ 61. Kh4 Rb2 62. Kh3 Rb3+ 63. g3 g5 64. fxg5+ Kxg5 65. Kg2
Kg4 66. Rg8+ Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nc3 Nc6 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nh2 Kh8 15. Bxf6
Bxf6 16. Bd5 Rae8 17. Rf1 Bd8 18. Qg4 Bc8 19. Qxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 b4 13. c3 Rc8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Nf1
d5 16. exd5 b3 17. Bxb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxd5 19. Qd1 e4 20. dxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe2 Re8
22. Rd1 Qa5 23. Ne3 Ba8 24. Nd2 Nd6 25. Ndf1 Ne4 26. Nd2 Nd6 27. Ndf1 Ne4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Be3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. a4 Re8 12. Qd2 Bd7 13. Nb3 b6 14. Bf3 Rab8 15.
g4 Bc8 16. g5 Nd7 17. Bg2 Na5 18. Nxa5 bxa5 19. b3 Bb7 20. Ne2 Rbc8 21. c4 Nc5
22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Ng3 Bf8 24. Rae1 Rb8 25. Re3 Bc6 26. Nh5 f5 27. Ng3 fxe4 28.
Nxe4 Qb6 29. Rg3 Rb7 30. Qe2 Rf7 31. g6 hxg6 32. Rxg6 Qb7 33. Rg1 Be7 34. Rxe6
Qc8 35. Nc3 Bf6 36. Rxe8+ Qxe8 37. Qxe8+ Bxe8 38. Nb5 axb5 39. axb5 Bd4 40. Re1
Kf8 41. Rf1 Re7 42. Bd5 Re3 43. Rf3 Rxf3 44. Bxf3 Bg6 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c3 d5 7. a4 a6 8. axb5
axb5 9. Rxa8 Bxa8 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b4 Bb6 12. Na3 Bc6 13. Ne5 O-O 14. Qd3 Bb7
15. Bg5 Nbd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Nxb5 Ba6 18. c4 Rc8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Rd1 Qc6
21. Qb1 Bxb5 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. e3 Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qd2
Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Rfd8 16. Nb3 a5 17. Rxc6 a4 18. Nc5 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Rxd4 20. f3 Rc8
21. Rxc8+ Bxc8 22. Rc1 a3 23. Nb3 Rd8 24. Rc7 Be6 25. Ra7 Rd1+ 26. Kf2 Bxb3 27.
axb3 Rd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5
9. a3 Bb7 10. Bd3 Qc7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nd1 cxd4 13. Nxd4 g5 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15.
Bd4 gxf4 16. Qxf4 Rg8 17. Ne3 f6 18. exf6 e5 19. f7 Rxg2+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Re1 Nc6 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Ng3 Be6 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Ne2 Nb4 18. Bb1 d3 19. Ned4 Bf8 20. a3 Nc2 21. Nxc2 dxc2
22. Bxc2 Bc8 23. Nd4 Bb7 24. Nf5 Rc8 25. Ng3 d5 26. e5 Ne4 27. Bxe4 dxe4 28.
Qg4 Rc6 29. Qxe4 Qa8 30. Qf5 Rf6 31. Qh5 Bxg2 32. Bd2 Bf3 33. Qh4 Rg6 34. Bc3
Bh1 35. Kf1 Qg2+ 36. Ke2 Qf3+ 37. Kd2 Be7 38. Qh5 Rd8+ 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qxd4 Nc6 7. Qxd8+ Nxd8
8. Na3 Be6 9. Nb5 Nd5 10. Nfd4 a6 11. Bxd5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bxd5 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14.
Nxd5 Kc6 15. Ne3 b5 16. Bd2 e6 17. a4 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 bxa4 19. O-O Kb5 20. Rc1
Nc6 21. Nxc4 Nd4 22. Kf1 Nb3 23. Rc2 Nd4 24. Rc1 Nb3 25. Rc2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 Nd7 12. Re1 Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bd4 f6
15. a4 b4 16. cxb4 Bf7 17. Nc3 O-O 18. b5 axb5 19. axb5 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 c5 21.
bxc6 Nxc6 22. Qa4 Nxd4 23. Qxd4 Bd6 24. Qd3 g6 25. g3 Be5 26. Bb3 Qa5 27. Rd1
Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rc8 29. Bxd5 Qxd5 30. Qxd5 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c6 6. O-O b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. b3
cxb3 9. Qxb3 a6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. e4 b4 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 O-O 14. Bg5 Bxg5 15.
Nfxg5 h6 16. Nf3 a5 17. Nd6 Ba6 18. Rfc1 Qb6 19. Rc2 Nd7 20. Rac1 Nc3 21. Rxc3
bxc3 22. Qxc3 Rab8 23. h4 Qb2 24. Qxc6 Rbc8 25. Nxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxc8+ Bxc8 27.
Rxc8+ Kh7 28. Bf1 Qa3 29. Kg2 Nb6 30. Rc7 Kg8 31. Bb5 Nxa4 32. Be8 Kf8 33. Rc8
Ke7 34. d5 exd5 35. Bc6 Ke6 36. g4 f5 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. e6+ Kg6 39. Ne5+ Kf6 40.
Nd7+ Kg6 41. Rf8 fxg4 42. Rf7 Qh3+ 43. Kg1 Nc3 44. Nf8+ Kh5 45. Rf5+ g5 46.
Be8+ Kxh4 47. Ng6+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6 8. O-O
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. h3 h6 11. Bh4 Nf6 12. c5 exd4 13. Bxf6 dxc3 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Qd4+ Kh7 16. Bxa6 bxa6 17. bxc3 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Qc6 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. Re3 Rae8
21. Rae1 Qb6 22. Qd2 Re7 23. Nd4 Rfe8 24. f3 a5 25. Kh1 Qc5 26. Qe2 Re5 27. Rb1
Bc8 28. Qf2 Qc4 29. Ree1 a4 30. Red1 d5 31. Nb5 dxe4 32. Nd6 e3 33. Nxc4 exf2
34. Nxe5 Rxe5 35. Rf1 Re2 36. g4 Be6 37. Kg2 Bxa2 38. Rb7 Bb3 39. Rxf2 Re3 40.
Rxa7 Rxc3 41. Kg3 g5 42. h4 Kg7 43. Ra5 Kg6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Rd2 Kf6 46. Rd4
Ke6 47. Kf2 Rc6 48. Re4+ Kd6 49. Rxg5 a3 50. Ra5 a2 51. Rb4 Be6 52. Ra7 Rc3 53.
Rba4 Bd5 54. f4 Rf3+ 55. Ke2 a1=Q 56. Rxa1 Rxf4 57. R1a4 Bc4+ 58. Ke3 Rxg4 59.
Kf3 f5 60. Kf2 Rf4+ 61. Ke3 Re4+ 62. Kd2 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 Be7 8. Na3
Bxa3 9. bxa3 Ne7 10. a4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Nb6 12. Bd1 Bh5 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Qb4 Qxb4
15. Rxb4 Rfb8 16. Be2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Nc4 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Rfb1 Na5 20. Be2 Ke8
21. g4 b6 22. h4 h6 23. Bc1 Kd7 24. h5 Nc4 25. f3 a5 26. R4b3 Kc7 27. Kf2 Rb7
28. Bd3 Rh8 29. Bf4 Rbb8 30. Rg1 Rbg8 31. Rbb1 Kb7 32. Ke2 Ka7 33. Bg3 Rc8 34.
Bf2 Rhf8 35. g5 hxg5 36. Rxg5 g6 37. hxg6 fxg6 38. Bxg6 Nxg6 39. Rxg6 Rce8 40.
Rh1 Nb2 41. Rhh6 Nxa4 42. Be1 Rg8 43. Rxg8 Rxg8 44. Rxe6 Rg2+ 45. Kf1 Rxa2 46.
Rh6 Nb2 47. e6 Nc4 48. e7 Ne3+ 49. Kg1 Rg2+ 50. Kh1 Re2 51. Bg3 Nf5 52. Be5
Nxe7 53. Rh7 Ka6 54. Rxe7 a4 55. Re8 Kb7 56. Re7+ Ka6 57. Re8 Kb7 58. Re7+ Ka6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f3 h5 10. a4 Be7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. a5 Nc4 15.
Bxc4 Qxc4 16. Bb6 Qc6 17. Nc1 Nd7 18. Be3 f5 19. Nd3 fxe4 20. Nb4 Qc4 21. Nxe4
Nf6 22. Nxd6 Bxd6 23. Qxd6 e4 24. Rd4 Rad8 25. Qxf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxc4 Bxc4 27.
fxe4 Nxe4 28. Re1 Rf5 29. b3 Bf7 30. Bb6 Nc3 31. Nd3 Rd5 32. h3 Rd7 33. Kh2 Bg6
34. Ne5 Re7 35. Bc5 Re6 36. Bb4 Nd5 37. Nxg6 Rxg6 38. Bd2 Kf7 39. c4 Ne7 40.
Re5 h4 41. Bg5 Nc6 42. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. Qc2 Qc8 14. Kh2 Nh7 15.
Nf3 Be6 16. b3 a5 17. Rad1 g5 18. Bc1 g4 19. Nd4 h5 20. h4 Be5 21. Nd5 Kh8 22.
f4 gxf3 23. Nxf3 Bg7 24. Bb2 Bg4 25. e5 Bf5 26. Qc1 dxe5 27. Rxe5 Rxe5 28. Nxe5
Be6 29. Qf4 Qg8 30. Nxc7 Rf8 31. Nd5 Re8 32. Bd4 Na6 33. Qf3 Bg4 34. Nxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 Na6 7. O-O e5 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Re1 h6 11. Bh4 Nf6 12. Nd5 g5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bg3 Qe7 15.
d5 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 Bg7 18. Nd2 f5 19. f3 c5 20. exf5 Bxf5 21. Qb3 Nc7 22.
Bd3 Bc8 23. Qc2 Ne8 24. Ne4 Bh6 25. Rab1 b6 26. Kh1 Nf6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 28. Be4
Bf5 29. Bg1 Rf7 30. a3 Bf8 31. b4 Bxe4 32. Rxe4 Rc8 33. Be3 Rg7 34. bxc5 bxc5
35. Bd2 Rcc7 36. Rb8 Qf5 37. Qb1 Rcf7 38. Rg4 Qxb1+ 39. Rxb1 Be7 40. Rb8+ Kh7
41. Rb7 Bf6 42. Rxf7 Rxf7 43. Bxg5 Bxg5 44. Rxg5 Rb7 45. Rh5+ Kg7 46. Rxh4 Rb3
47. Rg4+ Kh7 48. f4 e4 49. f5 e3 50. Kh2 Rxa3 51. Re4 a5 52. Re7+ Kg8 53. g4
Rc3 54. g5 Rxc4 55. Rxe3 Rf4 56. f6 Rf5 57. h4 Kf7 58. Re7+ Kg6 59. Rg7+ Kh5
60. Kg3 a4 61. Rh7+ Kg6 62. Rh6+ Kf7 63. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 Qh5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qf1 Bh3 21. Bd1
Qf5 22. Qe2 c5 23. Nf3 Bf4 24. Bc2 Qg4 25. Qd3 g6 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. dxe5 Qf3 28.
Qe4 Qxe4 29. Bxe4 Nxe3 30. Rxe3 Rxe5 31. Bc6 Rxe3 32. fxe3 Rd8 33. Bxb5 Rd2 34.
b4 cxb4 35. cxb4 Rg2+ 36. Kh1 Rb2 37. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 16th"]
[Site "Monte Carlo"]
[Date "2007.03.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.03.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "MNC"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 117 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.05.09"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e4 Bb7 8. Bd3
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Qc2 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ng5 Nc6 14. Bxh7+ Kh8
15. Ne6 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxh7 17. Ne6 Qd7 18. Nxf8 Rxf8 19. Be3 d4 20. O-O-O Bxh1
21. Bxd4 Qg4 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. Rxh1 Qf3 24. Rf1 Nf6 25. Kb1 Bc5 26. a3 Re8 27.
Qd2 Ne4 28. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 29. Ka1 Bd4 30. Qg5+ Qg6 31. Qb5 c6 32. Qa4 Re4 33.
Qxa7+ Kh6 34. Qa6 b5 35. Rc1 Re2 36. Rxc6 Bxb2+ 37. Ka2 Bh8+ 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qb3 Nc6 6. Nbd2 Na5 7. Qc3 c5 8. dxc5
bxc5 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bg2 Nc6 13. O-O Rb8 14. Re1 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Nd4 16. Qe4 Be7 17. Rb1 a5 18. Be3 Qc7 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Bc5 21.
Qd3 O-O 22. b3 Rfd8 23. Rbd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Bd2 a5 10. a4 g5 11. c4 Bg7 12. Bc3 O-O 13. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. Qe2 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. e4 b5 10. Bb3 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qe5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Nc3
Bb7 15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Qd2 Qb4 17. e5 Ng4 18. Qg5 O-O 19. h3 Nh6 20. Ne2 Nf5 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rd1 h6 23. Qg4 Qe4 24. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Ne2 Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. Ng5 d5 15. Nf5
Bf8 16. Qf3 Nc5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Ne4 Qe6 20. Bd2 Nd7 21. Ne3 Bb7
22. c4 Rab8 23. b4 g6 24. Qe2 c5 25. Rac1 Rec8 26. Ng5 Qe7 27. Ne4 Qe6 28. Ng5
Qe7 29. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
a4 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21. Na3
Ne5 22. h4 Ra4 23. Rh3 Rxe4 24. Qg2 Rg4 25. Qb7 Qd7 26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. Bc4 Nc7
28. Rd4 Rxd4 29. Bxd4 d5 30. Bxb3 Bc5 31. Nc2 Rb8 32. Ba2 Bxd4 33. Nxd4 Kf8 34.
Kc2 Na6 35. Ra3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. Bd2
dxc4 {This move order has recently become the most popular reaction to the
Shabalov-Shirov attack.} 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Be2 Bb7 11. g5 (11. e4 {and}) (11. Rg1
{are the other possibilities.}) 11... hxg5 12. Nxg5 {Eventual blows on e6 and
f7 now come into consideration.} Qb6 (12... Bf8 $6 13. e4 $1 c5 14. d5 exd5 15.
e5 Nxe5 16. Bxb5+ Nc6 17. O-O-O Be7 18. Rhg1 Rg8 19. Bf4 Qd7 20. Rge1 a6 21.
Ba4 Rd8 22. f3 Rh8 23. Rg1 Rg8 24. Rge1 Rh8 25. Nge4 $1 Nxe4 26. Rxd5 Nxc3 27.
Rxd7 Nxa2+ 28. Kb1 Rxd7 29. Qxc5 Nab4 30. Rxe7+ Rxe7 31. Qxb4 Rd7 32. Qe4+ {
1-0 Pedersen,S-Smeets,J/Vlissingen 2006/CBM 113 ext}) (12... Qe7 {is quite
logical preparing long castling if necessary. It needs more tests. Here is a
practical example:} 13. Nce4 (13. Bf3 Nd5 14. Nge4 Bxh2 15. O-O-O f5 16. Ng3
Nb4 17. Qb1 O-O-O 18. a3 Na6 19. Qc2 b4 20. Na4 bxa3 21. Ba5 a2 22. Kd2 Ne5 23.
Be2 Rd5 24. Qc3 c5 $19 {0-1 Pedersen,S-Rasmussen,K/Aalborg 2006/CBM 111 ext 
(36)}) 13... Nxe4 14. Nxe4 O-O $6 (14... Bc7 $142 $5 15. f4 $5) 15. Nxd6 (15.
Rg1 $5) 15... Qxd6 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. O-O-O Rfc8 18. Rhg1 Qf8 19. Rg5 c5 20. d5
f6 21. Rh5 exd5 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Rg1 Re8 24. Rxd5 $1 $18 {1-0 Sargissian,
G-Hillarp Persson,T/Reykjavik 2006/CBM 111 ext (28)}) 13. O-O-O $146 (13. Nce4
{is not so strong now due to} Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Be7 {[%cal Rc6c5] e.g.} 15. b4 a5
$5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nc5 (17. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 18. Kf1 c5 $1 $36) 17... Nxc5 18. dxc5
Bxc5 19. Bxa5 Qxa5+ 20. Kf1 Bd6 21. Bf3 Ke7 22. h4 b4 23. Rd1 g5 24. Qe4 Ba6+
25. Be2 Qxa2 26. Bxa6 Qxa6+ 27. Kg2 Qb5 $15 {0-1 Sargissian,G-Smeets,J/Wijk
aan Zee 2007/CBM 117 (38)}) 13... b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15. Rhg1 $6 {Allowing a
dangerous invasion of the black rook.} (15. e4 {will probably be tested in
future practice.}) 15... Rxh2 16. Be1 Rc8 {[%cal Rc6c5]} 17. Bf3 Rh6 $6 (17...
Nd5 $142 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd5e3,Rc6c5] attacking the e3 pawn and renewing the ...
c6-c5 threat as} 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Qg6+ Ke7 {is not dangerous for Black.}) 18.
a3 $1 Ba6 19. Kb1 c5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 Rxc5 (21... Qxc5 $5 22. Qxc5 Nxc5
23. Bxb4 Nd3 $132) 22. axb4 Qa1+ 23. Kxa1 Rxc2 24. Ne4 (24. Kb1 $142 Rc7 25.
Bc3 $36 {^^}) 24... Ne5 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Be4 Rc4 27. Bh1 (27. Ba8 $142 Nf3 (
27... Ng4 $5) 28. Bxf3 {-game}) 27... Nf3 {Now Black misses a good possibility:
} (27... Nd3 $1 28. Bc3 Nxf2 $1 {although White should survive after accurate
defence:} 29. Rd4 (29. Bxf6 Nxd1 30. Rxg7 Nxe3) (29. Rd6 e5 $1) 29... e5 $1 30.
Rd5 Re6 31. Ra5 $1 {[%cal Yb4b5,Rh1d5]} (31. Rxe5 $143 Rxe5 32. Bxe5 Nxh1 33.
Rxh1 g5 $15) 31... Nxh1 32. Rxh1 f6 (32... Bb7 33. Rh8+ Kd7 34. Bxe5 a6 35.
Bxg7 Rxe3 36. Bc3 $11) 33. b5 Bb7 34. Rh8+ Kd7 35. Rxa7 Rb6 36. Rb8 Kc7 37. Rg8
Rxb5 38. Rxg7+ Kb8 39. Ra3 $11) 28. Bxf3 Rxf3 29. Rxg7 Bb5 (29... Bb5 30. Rg8+
Ke7 31. Rb8 a6 {and White can't make use of his extra pawn.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "28"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. a4 O-O 7. g4 Qa5 8. Bg2 d5
9. e5 Ne4 10. Nge2 f6 11. exf6 exf6 12. O-O f5 13. Nxe4 fxe4 14. f3 exf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.26"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 ({
People do not take Morozevich'} 14... c6 {too seriously yet. However, the
inventor himself seems to trust the variation. After the game against Anand
from Morelia/Linares, he repeated the experiment in the Spanish team
championship:} 15. Be3 Qc7 16. a4 Rad8 17. Qc1 {White does not try to refute
the variation in any way and keeps consolidating his position.} h6 $5 {This
move, restricting the e3-bishop and the f3-knight, is not so frequently played
when there is a knight on g3. Here, however, the vulnerability of the e4-pawn
prevents White from playing Nf5.} 18. b3 Qb8 19. Rb1 Qc8 20. b4 Qc7 21. Nd2 d5
$11 {Adams,M (2734)-Morozevich,A (2762)/Lugo 2007/CBM 119 (1/2-1/2, 24)}) 15.
b3 c6 16. Bg5 Bg7 ({The main alternative is} 16... h6 {, but weakening the
kingside is not to everybody's taste.}) 17. Qd2 Qe7 ({The queen is heading for
f8, in order to enable a further ...h6 and keep the kingside well defended.
There seems to be less to do for the queen on the other wing:} 17... Qc7 18. a4
Rac8 (18... d5 $6 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. Bf4 $1 Qe6 22. e5 {Carlsen,M
(2581)-Shirov,A (2726)/Drammen 2005/CBM 105/[Wedberg] (1-0, 38)}) (18... Rad8
19. Bd3 Nf8 20. Qc2 Ne6 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Rec1 Qb8 23. axb5 axb5 24. b4 $14 {
Acs,P (2521)-Gabriel,C (2556)/Germany 2004/EXT 2005 (1-0, 44)}) 19. Bd3 Nf8 20.
Rec1 Ne6 21. Be3 Nd7 22. Bf1 {White is in firm control of the position, but
making further progress is not easy.} Nb6 (22... Rcd8 23. b4 Qb8 24. axb5 axb5
25. Ra5 Nf6 26. dxe5 dxe5 27. Qc2 Nd7 28. c4 bxc4 29. Bxc4 Qc7 30. Qa2 $14 {
Fedorov,A (2603)-Maiorov,N (2457)/Minsk 2005/CBM 106 (1-0, 45)}) 23. a5 Nd7 24.
b4 $14 {Fedorov,A (2608)-Maiorov,N (2490)/Minsk 2006/CBM 111 ext (1-0, 48)})
18. a4 Qf8 19. Kh1 $5 $146 {The usefulness of this mysterious move can be
understood if we think that White's main worry is to be prepared against the
freeing break in the centre ...d5.} (19. Bd3 d5 $1 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. dxe5 Rxe5
22. f4 Ree8 23. e5 Nd7 24. axb5 cxb5 {and now White played} 25. Kh1 {anyway,
but failed to obtain an advantage:} Qc5 26. b4 Qc7 27. Ne2 f6 28. exf6 Nxf6 {
and the weakness of the e4-square offers Black a good game, Dominguez,L (2655)
-Bruzon Bautista,L (2648)/Havana 2006/CBM 116 (1/2-1/2, 36)}) ({Releasing the
tension with} 19. axb5 axb5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 {(1/2-1/2 Fedorov,A (2608)
-Sasikiran,K (2670)/Moscow 2006/CBM 112) hardly offers White anything.} dxe5
22. Qe2 Nd7 23. b4 Bh6 24. Bxh6 Qxh6 25. Bb3 Qf8 26. Nf1 Qe7 27. Nh2 Kg7 $11 {
Almasi,Z (2640)-Sasikiran,K (2663)/D'Ajaccio 2005 (1/2-1/2, 37)}) (19. b4 {
weakens the light squares too much.} Nb6 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Qe2 Nxa4 22. Bxa4
bxa4 23. Be3 Nd7 24. Rxa4 c5 $11 {Aroshidze,L (2531)-Giorgadze,G (2610)/
Tbilisi 2007/CBM 117 ext (1/2-1/2, 37)}) (19. Rad1 {is logical, but releases
the potential pressure along the a-file.} Rac8 {Now that there is no danger of
an enemy rook infiltration to a7, Black can improve the position of his rook,
too.} (19... d5 $5 {looks possible, too.}) 20. Bd3 h6 21. Be3 Rcd8 22. Qa2 Ra8
23. Bc1 (23. Qc2 $5 {/\b4}) 23... Re6 24. Qd2 Qb8 25. c4 bxa4 26. bxa4 Re8 27.
Bb2 $13 {1/2-1/2 (slightly premature, with all pieces on board) Motylev,A 
(2662)-Grigoriants,S (2579)/Tomsk 2006.}) 19... Rac8 ({Svidler's idea becomes
obvious after} 19... d5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Rxe5 22. f4 Ree8 23. e5 Nd7 {
, when, freed of the worry of a check on c5, White can try} 24. c4 $5 {,
putting Black under pressure in the centre.}) 20. axb5 cxb5 $1 {The correct
decision. The other capture would have allowed Ra7, while now the c3-square is
under certain pressure.} 21. Bd3 h6 22. Be3 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 $1 24. e5 Ne4 25.
Qb2 f5 26. exf6 {Otherwise, Black could start a slow but massive kingside
attack.} Qxf6 $11 {Black has entirely adequate play.} 27. Rac1 Ndc5 28. Bb1
Nxg3+ 29. fxg3 Ne4 30. Bf4 Qb6 31. Kh2 b4 32. Be5 Rc3 33. Rf1 Bxe5 34. Nxe5
Qxd4 35. Ng4 Rf8 36. Rcd1 Qg7 37. Bxe4 dxe4 38. Qd2 Rd3 39. Qxb4 h5 40. Nh6+
Qxh6 41. Qxb7 h4 42. Rxd3 exd3 43. Qd5+ Kh8 44. Qd4+ Kg8 45. Rxf8+ Qxf8 46.
Qxd3 hxg3+ 47. Kxg3 Qf6 48. Qd5+ Kh7 49. Qb7+ Kg8 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qc7+ Kg8 52.
h4 Qb2 53. Qd8+ Kg7 54. Qe7+ Kg8 55. Qe6+ Kg7 56. Qd7+ Kh6 57. Qf7 a5 58. Kf3
Qa1 59. Qf8+ Kh7 60. Qe7+ Kg8 61. Qd8+ Kh7 62. Qc7+ Kg8 63. Qc4+ Kh7 64. Ke4
Qe1+ 65. Kd5 Qd2+ 66. Kc5 Qxg2 67. Kb5 Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Bb7 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2 {
About this pawn sacrifice - see CBM109, annotations to Vorobiov-Grebionkin.}
15. Rad1 e6 16. Ne5 (16. Nd4 Bxd4 $1 17. Rxd4 Nc6 18. Rd2 Qf6 19. Rc1 (19. Bd6
$5 Rfe8 20. f4 $44 {L.Ftacnik}) 19... Rfe8 20. h3 e5 21. Bg5 Qe6 22. Bg4 f5 23.
Bd1 f4 $15 {0-1 Bareev,E-Van Wely,L/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093/[Ftacnik] (73)})
(16. Bd6 Nc6 $1 17. Bxf8 Qxf8 18. Ng5 Bf6 19. Ne4 Be7 $44 {^^,xc5} 20. Qf4 $6 (
20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. cxd6 Qxd6 22. Bf3 Ne7 $15) (20. Rd2 $5) 20... e5 21. Qe3 Nd4
$17 {[%csl Gd4] 1-0 Vorobiov,E-Grebionkin,V/Kazan 2005/CBM 109/[Krasenkow] (35)
}) (16. Ng5 $5 Bg7 17. Bg4 Qf6 18. Bd6 Nc6 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 20. Ne4 Qe5 (20...
Bxe4 $5 21. Qxe4 Rc8 $44 {V.Cmylite}) 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Rfe1 Kg7 23. h4 h6 24. h5
g5 25. Nd6 $1 $16 {1-0 Cmilyte,V-Karjakin,S/Wijk aan Zee 2003/CBM 093 (39)})
16... Bxe5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Black follows the same concept as L.Van Wely
against E.Bareev (see above). The position is now less favorable for him but
White can't exploit that.} (16... Nd7 17. Nd3 (17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bf3 {was
probably Black's concern.}) 17... Bg7 18. Nb4 Nf6 19. Be5 Ne8 {1/2-1/2 Babula,
V-Svidler,P/Germany 2002/CBM 093}) 17. Bxe5 Nc6 18. Bd6 Re8 19. a3 Qf6 20. Rfe1
h5 $5 {[%cal Yg8g7,Ye8h8,Yh5h4] Very original. Black makes use of the fact
that the white d6 bishop is cut off from the kingside.} (20... Red8 {[%cal
Yd8d7,Ya8d8] is more "traditional".}) 21. Qh6 {White tries to prevent Black's
plan, which leads to an interesting transformation.} Nd4 22. Bg4 $5 Nf5 (22...
hxg4 $2 23. Rxd4 $1) 23. Bxf5 exf5 $1 {This move ends White's attacking dreams;
on the other hand, Black is now completely unable to make use of his extra
pawn in the endgame.} 24. Qf4 g5 25. Qd2 Bc6 26. f4 gxf4 27. Qxf4 Qg6 28. Qg3
a5 29. Be5 Rad8 30. Rd6 Rxd6 31. cxd6 h4 32. Qxg6+ fxg6 33. Bc3 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1
b4 $5 35. axb4 a4 36. Bxh4 Kf7 37. Be1 Ke6 (37... a3 38. Kf2 Ke6 39. Bc3 Kd5
40. Ke3 $11) 38. b5 Bxb5 39. Bb4 Kd5 40. Kf2 Kc4 41. Ba3 Kb3 42. Bc5 Kc4 43.
Ba3 Kb3 44. Bc5 a3 45. h4 a2 46. Bd4 Kc4 {Alas!} (46... Kc2 47. Ke3 Kb1 $2 48.
Kf4 a1=Q 49. Bxa1 Kxa1 50. Kg5 $18) 47. Ke3 Kd5 48. g3 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.28"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 d5 10. exd5 $5 {The opening of the center is somewhat surprising.
Svidler is conscious that his small development advantage could be exploited
with the help of an immediate skirmish.} (10. h3 Bh5 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. a3 Be7 13.
g4 Bg6 14. Nh4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Nd7 16. Ndf3 Bd6 17. Bg2 O-O-O 18. b4 Nde5 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bd2 Rd7 {0-1 Sadvakasov,D (2615)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Calatrava 2007
(30)}) 10... Qxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. Qa4 Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Be7 13. g3 O-O 14. Bd2 Bf6
15. Rad1 b5 16. Qe4 Rc8 17. a3 g6 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Rc1 Bg7 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. h4
Nf6 22. Qe3 {1-0 Alekseev,E (2640)-Tiviakov,S (2669)/Sochi 2006 (74)}) 11. h3
Bh5 (11... Bxf3 12. Nxf3 Be7 13. Be3 O-O 14. d4 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rfd8 16. g3 Nxd4
17. Bxd4 Bc5 18. Re5 Qxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Ne4 21. Kg2 f6 22. Bd4 Rd8 23.
Bc4 Kf7 24. Re1 Bxd4 25. Rxe4 Be5 26. f4 Rd2+ 27. Kf3 Bc7 28. Bxe6+ Kf8 29. Rc4
{1-0 Malakhov,V (2691)-Novikov,S (2545)/Sochi 2006 (49)}) 12. g4 Bg6 13. Nc4
Qd8 14. Bg2 $1 {The transfer of the bishop to the long semiopen diagonal is
the central idea of White's concept.} (14. Nfe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bd6 16. Bg2 Bxe5
17. Rxe5 Nd7 18. Re1 Qc8 19. Qf3 Ra7 20. d4 O-O 21. Be3 b6 22. Rad1 Nf6 23.
dxc5 bxc5 24. Qf4 $14 {1/2 Glek,I (2605)-Jaracz,P (2506)/Lido Estensi 2002/ 
(64)}) 14... Qc7 $2 (14... Bxd3 15. Nce5 (15. Nfe5 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Qxd1 17. Rxd1
$14) 15... Be4 16. Qxd8+ Nxd8 (16... Rxd8 17. Nxf7 $1 Bxf3 18. Nxd8 Bxg2 19.
Nxe6 Bd5 20. Nf4+ Kf7 21. g5 Rg8 22. f3 Bxf3 23. Kf2 Be4 24. gxf6 $16) 17. g5
Bxf3 18. Bxf3 Nd7 19. Nc4 $14) (14... Qxd3 $2 15. Qb3 Ra7 16. Nfe5 Nxe5 17.
Nxe5 Qb5 18. Qd1 $16) 15. Nfe5 Nxe5 16. Bf4 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Jakovenko probably
underestimated the impact of this witty development of the last minor piece.}
Rd8 (16... Nfd7 17. Rxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Qd8 19. Bxb7 f6 (19... Ra7 20. Qa4+ Ke7
21. Qc6 $18) 20. Qa4+ Kf7 21. Bxa8 Qxa8 22. Qd7+ $16) 17. Bxe5 Qd7 18. d4 (18.
Nb6 Qb5 (18... Qxd3 19. Bxb7 $16) 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Nd5 Bd6 21. Nxf6+ Ke7 22.
Qf3 $16) 18... cxd4 19. Qxd4 Qb5 $6 {The defence after the exchange of the
queens would have been a rather ungrateful task, but the postponement of this
necessity will turn it into mission impossible.} (19... Qxd4 20. Bxd4 Nd5 21.
Rad1 $16) 20. Nd6+ $1 (20. Qf4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. Bd6 $14) (20. a4 Rxd4 21.
axb5 Rxc4 22. bxa6 (22. Bxb7 axb5 23. b3 Rc5 24. b4 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Kd7 $13)
22... bxa6 23. Rxa6 Nd7 24. Ra8+ Ke7 25. Bg3 $13) 20... Bxd6 21. Bxd6 Qd3 (
21... Qxb2 22. Rad1 Bc2 23. Rd2 $18) (21... h5 22. c4 Qd7 23. Rad1 $16) 22.
Rad1 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Rd7 24. Red1 Nd5 (24... Bc2 25. R1d2 Bb1 26. b3 h6 27. c4
$16) 25. Ba3 $1 {The defender is suddenly facing a completely lost position.
Svidler can rely on the development advantage, two bishops and the enemy king
trapped in the center.} b5 (25... Kd8 26. c4 Nf6 27. Rxd7+ Nxd7 28. Bxb7 $18)
26. b3 Kd8 27. c4 Nf6 28. Rxd7+ Nxd7 29. cxb5 (29. Bc6 Kc7 30. cxb5 Nb8 31. Rc1
$16) 29... axb5 30. Bb4 (30. Bc6 Kc7 31. Bxb5 Nf6 32. Bb2 $18) (30. Rd6 $1 e5
31. Ra6 $18) 30... f6 31. Bc6 Be8 32. Bxb5 {Black will try to show some
resistance in a completely lost position, otherwise the flow of the game would
be too one-sided.} h5 33. a4 hxg4 34. hxg4 Rh3 35. Bc4 (35. a5 Rxb3 36. a6 Rxb4
37. a7 Rxb5 38. a8=Q+ Ke7 39. Qa3+ $18) 35... f5 36. a5 (36. Bxe6 fxg4 37. Ba5+
Ke7 38. Re1 $18) 36... Kc7 37. Bxe6 Nf6 38. g5 Bc6 39. Bd6+ Kb7 40. f3 $1 {
Svidler was forced to play the only winning move, but his position is
completely domineering.} Ne8 (40... Bxf3 41. gxf6 gxf6 42. Rd4 $18) 41. Be5 Nc7
(41... Rxf3 42. Rd8 Ka6 43. Rc8 $18) 42. Bd7 Bxf3 (42... Rh1+ 43. Kxh1 Bxf3+
44. Kg1 Bxd1 45. b4 $18) 43. Rd6 Na6 44. Rb6+ (44. Bxf5 Rh4 45. Kf2 $18) 44...
Ka7 45. Bxf5 Rh4 46. Kf2 Bb7 47. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2007.06.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2007.06.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 119"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.08.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bg7 6. e4 O-O 7. Be2 Nfd7 8.
Be3 Nb6 9. Qc5 e5 10. Nf3 N8d7 11. Qa5 exd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Nxd4 Qe7 14. O-O
Nc5 15. Qa3 Re8 16. Rfe1 Ne6 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {This is precisely the starting move that led Kramnik to the highest
peaks of his career. He abandoned it for the slightly more aggressive 1.d4
only with the occasion of his match against Kasparov. Later, he experimented
with 1.e4, without too much success. Now, the cycle seems to start again. Dies
ist genau der Anfangszug, der Kramnik zu den höchsten Gipfeln seiner Kariere
führte.  Erst anlässlich seines Matches gegen Kasparov gab er dies zugunsten
des leicht aggressiveren 1.d4 auf. Später experimentierte er dann mit 1.e4,
ohne allzu großen Erfolg. Nun scheint der Zyklus von Neuem zu beginnen.} d5 {
Svidler occasionally employed this move as an emergency exit after losing 3
games with the Gruenfeld in Morelia/Linares 2006. His overall result in the
closed openings was not really satisfactory either, but we can assume that for
the World Championship he is better prepared. Svidler gebrauchte diesen Zug
gelegentlich als Notlösung, nachdem er in Morelia/Linares 2006 3 Partien mit
Gründfeld verloren hatte. Sein Gesamtergebnis in den geschlossenen Eröffnung
war auch nicht wirklich zufriedenstellend, doch wir dürfen annehmen, dass er
für die Weltmeisterschaft besser vorbereitet ist.} 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6
5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 {No big surprises on White's part yet.
This position formed part of Kramnik's repertoire in his chess youth, although
in more recent years he has flirted with the ultra-sharp 6.Bh4, too. Noch
keine großen Überraschungen, was Weiß angeht. Diese Stellung bildete einen
Teil von Kramniks Repertoire in seiner Schachjugend, obwohl er in den letzten
Jahren auch mit dem ultrascharfen 6.Bh4 geflirtet hat.} g6 {Of course. A
Gruenfeld specialist would take the first opportunity to develop his king's
bishop in fianchetto. Na klar. Ein Grünfeld-Spezialist würde die erste
Gelegenheit ergreifen, seinen Königsläufer zu fianchettieren.} 9. e4 dxc4 10.
e5 Qe7 11. Bxc4 Bg7 12. O-O O-O {The structure vaguely resembles a Gruenfeld,
indeed. We just have to remove the b2- and c6-pawns. However, the presence of
these pawns gives the game a rather closed character, without the possibility
of active piece play as in Svidler's favorite weapon. On the other hand, White
cannot crush his opponent by advancing his central pawns , which is a
permanent danger for Black in the Gruenfeld. Die Struktur erinnert tatsächlich
vage an einen Grünfeldinder. Wir müssen bloß die Bauern b2 und c6 entfernen.
Doch die Anwesenheit dieser Bauern verleiht der Partie, im Gegensatz zu
Svidlers Lieblingswaffe, einen ziemlich geschlossenen Charakter ohne die
Möglichkeit zu aktivem Figurenspiel. Andererseits kann Weiß seinen Gegner
nicht durch Vorrücken seiner Zentrumsbauern überrollen, was im Grünfeldinder
eine permanente Gefahr für Schwarz darstellt.} 13. Re1 ({Kramnik had had his
share of experience with this position: Kramnik hat seine Erfahrungen mit
dieser Stellung gemacht:} 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rfe1 {Kamsky,G (2645)-Kramnik,V (2710)
/Luzern 1993/CBM 038/[Ftacnik] (1-0, 36)}) 13... Rd8 ({The main alternative is
Die Hauptalternative ist} 13... b5 {, but against such a technical player as
Kramnik, Svidler must have disliked the idea of weakening the c5-square so
soon. , aber gegen einen solchen Techniker wie Kramnik missfiel Svidler
bestimmt die Idee, das Feld c5 so früh zu schwächen.}) 14. Qe2 b6 15. Rad1 {
White is the first to have completed his development, but the relatively
closed character of the centre prevents him taking immediate advantage of this
circumstance. Weiß hat seine Entwicklung als Erster abgeschlossen, aber der
relativ geschlossene Charakter des Zentrums hindert ihn daran, aus diesem
Umstand unmitelbaren Vorteil zu ziehen.} ({Anticipating a bit the next general
discussion, I would remark that Der nächsten allgemeinen Diskussion ein wenig
vorzugreifend, möchte ich anmerken, dass} 15. Ba6 {is premature because of
verfrüht ist wegen} Bxa6 16. Qxa6 c5 $1 {when after the generally desirable ,
worauf Schwarz nach dem generell wünschenswerten} 17. d5 {Black has the
unexpected, but entirely sufficient defence die unerwartete, doch völlig
ausreichende Verteidigung} Nb8 $1 {hat:} 18. Qc4 (18. Qd3 {places the queen
under just another pin, allowing similar play. zieht die Dame bloß in eine
andere Fesselung, was ähnliches Spiel erlaubt.}) 18... exd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 {
. This is the point! The fork on c7 is impossible now. . Das ist die Pointe!
Die Gabel auf c7 ist nun unmöglich.} 20. Rad1 Nc6 $11) 15... a5 $5 {This move
is not so much dictated by ambitions of queenside expansion as by the desire
to prevent the exchange of the light-squared bishops! This might sound a bit
absurd: why would White exchange his "good" bishop for Black's "bad" bishop?
In fact, the situation is not as one-sided as it might look at first sight.
Once the black bishop emerges on b7, the permanent threat of ...c5 questions
White's stability in the centre. He would obviously need to place a minor
piece on e4, but here we discover another aspect: at least two of his minor
pieces are competing for this square: the bishop and the queen's knight! By
exchanging the light-squared bishops, White achieves better stability and can
prepare the thematic attack based on h4-h5, in order to increase his influence
on light squares. Dieser Zug wird weniger von Ambitionen auf eine
Damenflügelexpansion diktiert als vielmehr von dem Wunsch, den Tausch der
weißfeldrigen Läufer zu verhindern! Die mag ein wenig absurd klingen: Wieso
würde Weiße seinen "guten" Läufer für den "schlechten" von Schwarz tauschen?
Tatsächlich ist die Situation nicht so einseitig, wie es auf den ersten Blick
wirken mag. Wenn der schwrze Läufer erst einmal auf b7 auftaucht, stellt die
permanente Drohung ...c5 die Stabilität des Weißen im Zentrum in Frage. Er
würde offensichtlich eine Leichtfigur auf e4 platzieren müssen, doch hier
entdecken wir einen weiteren Aspekt: Mindestens zwei seiner Leichtfiguren
konkurrieren um dieses Feld, der Läufer und der Damenspringer! Durch den
Tausch der weißfeldrigen Läufer erreicht Weiß bessere Stabilität im Zentrum
und kann den thematischen Angriff basierend auf h4-h5 vorbereiten, um seinen
Einfluss auf den weißen Feldern zu vergrößern.} (15... Bb7 16. Ba6 Nb8 17. Bxb7
Qxb7 18. h4 Na6 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. a3 (20. h5 $16) 20... Nd5 21. Rd2 $14 c5 $6 22.
dxc5 bxc5 23. Nxc5 Qb6 24. Rc1 Rac8 25. Rdc2 Ne7 26. Rc4 Rd5 27. b4 $16 {
Bocharov,D (2602)-Dobrov,V (2479)/Moscow 2007/CBM 116 ext (0-1, 79)}) (15...
Rb8 {A slightly mysterious move. The ideas behind it will become clear
slightly later. Ein leicht mysteriöser Zug. Die Ideen dahinter werden etwas
später klar werden.} 16. a3 (16. Ba6 $6 {does not work now so well:
funktioniert nicht so gut:} c5 $1 17. d5 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 exd5 19. Nxd5 Qe6 {
and there is no fork on c7! und es gibt keine Gabel auf c7!}) 16... Bb7 17. Ba2
(17. Ba6 {can be answered with kann bereits mit} Ba8 {already. beantwortet
werden.}) 17... Nf8 18. h4 c5 19. d5 exd5 20. Nxd5 (20. Bxd5 $14) 20... Bxd5
21. Bxd5 b5 22. Qe4 Ne6 23. h5 g5 24. g3 $14 {Korotylev,A (2565)-Potkin,V 
(2540)/Sochi 2004/CBM 101 (1/2-1/2, 41)}) 16. Bd3 $146 {For the time being,
Kramnik decides to install the bishop on e4. Fürs Erste beschließt Kramnik,
den Läufer auf e4 zu installieren.} ({Previously, Zuvor hatte man} 16. Ne4 {
had been played. gespielt.} c5 17. dxc5 (17. Nd6 cxd4 18. Qe4 Ra7) 17... bxc5 (
17... Nxe5 $5 18. cxb6 Bb7 $44 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7]}) 18. Nd6 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Rxd6 20.
Rxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxf7 $1 $16 {Mueller,M-Kaczynski,J/POL-ch35 sf06 corr 1991/Corr
Nr. 1 (1-0, 25)}) 16... Bb7 17. Be4 b5 18. h4 {Since there is not much to do
in the centre, White starts a typical operation on the kingside, aiming to
weaken the light squares in the neighborhood of the enemy king. Da es im
Zentrum nicht viel zu tun gibt, startet Weiß eine typische Operation am
Königsflügel mit dem Ziel, die weißen Felder in der Umgebung des feindlichen
Königs zu schwächen.} (18. Nxb5 Nxe5 $1 $11) 18... Nb6 {[%cal Yb5b4,Gc3b1]} 19.
Bb1 {White clears the e4-square for the knight in view of the threatened ...b4,
but also in order to block Black's whole queenside by preventing ...c5. The
obvious drawback of the last move is that it releases the pressure along the
e4-a8 diagonal. Weiß räumt das Feld e4 für den Springer angesichts des
drohenden ...b4, aber auch, um durch die Verhinderung ...c5 den ganzen
schwarzen Damenflügel zu blockieren. Der offensichtliche Nachteil des letzten
Zuges liegt darin, dass der Druck entlang der Diagonale e4-a8 aufgehoben wird.}
(19. Qc2 $5 b4 20. Ne2 Rac8 21. h5 g5 22. Ng3 {seems to maintain the control
for a while, although it is not clear how White can improve his position
further. scheint die Kontrolle für eine Weile zu behaupten, wenngleich nicht
klar ist, wie Weiß seine Stellung weiter verbessern kann.} (22. Nh2 $6 c5 $1))
19... c5 $5 {A brave decision. If White installs his knight on e4, it might be
simply too late for any form of counterplay. Eine tapfere Entscheidung. Wenn
Weiß seinen Springer auf e4 installiert, könnte es für jede Form von
Gegenspiel einfach zu spät sein.} 20. Nxb5 Ba6 21. h5 {Now and on the next
move, Kramnik seems to have been animated by the desire to avoid any kind of
complications. In doing so, he also reduced his chances for an advantage. Hier
und im nächsten Zug scheint Kramnik von dem Wunsch beseelt gewesen zu sein,
jegliche Art von Komplikationen zu vermeiden. Dabei minderte er aber auch
seine Chancen auf Vorteil.} (21. Bd3 $5 {was a reasonable attempt to maintain
the extra-pawn. war ein vernünftiger Versuch, den Mehrbauern zu behalten.} Nd5
{[%csl Gb5,Gd3][%cal Yd5f4]} 22. Bc4 $5 (22. g3 Nb4 23. Bc4 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Nxa2
{is entirely acceptable for Black. ist völlig annehmbar für Schwarz.}) 22...
Nb6 23. b3 $1 {and despite Black's pair of bishops, White is not hanging in
any way. und trotz des schwarzen Läuferpaars hängt bei Weiß nichts durch.})
21... g5 22. Nh2 ({Here, too Auch hier war} 22. Bd3 {was possible. möglich.} c4
$5 (22... Nd5 $6 {is worse now because of ist nun schwächer wegen} 23. Qe4 $1)
23. Bxc4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 g4 {. This possibility did not exist after 21.Bd3. .
Diese Möglichkeit gab es nach 21.Bd3 nicht.} 25. Nh2 Qg5 {. Black will
retrieve one of the sacrificed pawns, but it is not clear whether his pair of
bishops would offer entirely adequate compensation for the second one. White
has more space, is quite stable and has no real weaknesses. . Schwarz wird
einen der geopferten Bauern zurückgewinnen, doch es ist nicht klar, ob sein
Läuferpaar gänzlich ausreichende Kompensation für den zweiten bieten würde.
Weiß hat mehr Raum, steht recht stabil und hat keine realen Schwächen.}) 22...
Rxd4 23. Rxd4 {It looks as if Black has dangerous counterplay in the centre
and on the queenside, but the position is anything but drawish. On the other
hand, travelling from Europe to Mexico must have been quite tiring and the
opponents know each other so well since childhood, so that the abrupt end is
not completely illogical. Es sieht aus, als hätte Schwarz gefährliches
Gegenspiel im Zentrum und am Damenflügel, doch die Stellung ist alles anderes
als remislich. Andererseits war die Reise von Europa nach Mexiko bestimmt sehr
ermüdend, und die Gegner kennen sich von klein auf sehr gut, so dass das
abrupte Ende doch nicht so unlogisch ist.} (23. Rxd4 cxd4 24. Bd3 (24. Ng4 Qb4
$1 $132 25. Bd3 Nd5 {[%cal Yd5f4]} 26. g3 Rb8 {[%csl Yb2]}) 24... Nd5 25. Nxd4
(25. Nd6 $5 Bxd3 26. Qxd3 {[%cal Yh2g4]} Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qxd6 28. Qxd4 Qb4 $1)
25... Bxd3 (25... Nf4 $2 26. Qe4 $1 {[%csl Ya8,Yh7]}) 26. Qxd3 Qb4 {[%csl Yb2,
Ye1]} 27. Qe4 (27. Re2 $2 Nf4 $19) 27... Qxb2 28. Ng4 $13 {White has strong
pressure against the enemy kingside, but he cannot build up a dangerous attack
yet, because the enemy queen is harrasing him. Maybe the position remains
equal. For instance, after Weiß hat starken Druck auf den feindlichen
Königsflügel, kann aber noch keinen gefährlichen Angriff inszenieren, da die
gegnerische Dame ihn belästigt. Vielleicht bleibt die Stellung gleich. Zum
Beispiel kann Weiß nach} Qxa2 {White can sacrifice a knight with einen
Springer opfern mit} 29. Nxe6 $1 {when after , worauf er nach} fxe6 {he has
several ways of achieving a perpetual. diverse Möglichkeiten hat, ein
Dauerschach zuerzielen.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
{A principial duel between two Marshall specialists is always interesting to
watch. Ein prinzipielles Duell zwischen zwei Marshall-Spezialisten zu
beobachten, ist immer interessant. Un duelo entre dos especialistas del Ataque
Marshall es siempre interesante de seguír.} d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11.
Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15. Qe2 $5 {It is remarkable that
even in such a fashionable and ultra-analyzed variation it is still possible
to find almost unknown ideas at a relatively early stage. In the main line,
White hurries to place his bishop on the exposed e3-square. With his last move,
Svidler expresses his belief that the higher priority is to expell the enemy
queen from its threatening position. Es ist bemerkenswert, dass es selbst in
einer derart aktuellen und weit ausanalysierten Variante noch immer möglich
ist, in relativ früher Phase nahezu unbekannt Ideen zu finden. Im Hauptabspiel
beeilt sich Weiß damit, seinen Läufer auf dem exponierten Feld e3 zu
platzieren. Mit seinem letzten Zug verleiht Svidler seiner Überzeugung
Ausdruck, dass es höhere Priorität hat, die feindliche Dame aus ihrer
drohenden Stellung zu vertreiben.} Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 {There is very little
practical material available on this variation. Actually, this position can
also be obtained if White plays 15.Qd3 instead of 15.Qe2, but Svidler's move
order is more restrictive. Against 15.Qd3, Black has an important alternative
in 15...Bf5. An even more curious move order is 12.Qf1 (instead of the almost
automatically played 12.d4) 12...Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4 14.g3 Qh5 15.d4 Bg4, with the
irelevant difference that the variation is by one move shorter; see Kapengut -
Malaniuk below. Zu dieser Variante gibt es sehr wenig praktisches Material.
Tatsächlich kann diese Stellung auch erreicht werden, wenn Weiß 15.Qd3 statt
15.Qe2 spielt, aber but Svidlers Zugfolge restriktiver. Gegen 15.Qd3 hat
Schwarz eine wichtige Alternative in 15...Bf5. Eine noch kuriosere Zugfolge
ist 12.Qf1 (statt des nahezu automatisch gespielten 12.d4) 12...Bd6 13.Re1 Qh4
14.g3 Qh5 15.d4 Bg4, mit dem irrelevanten Unterschied, dass die Variante um
einen Zug kürzer ist, siehe Kapengut - Malaniuk unten.} 17. Nd2 Rae8 {This
kind of move is played almost authomatically. Black completes the mobilization
of his forces. Diese Art von Zug spielt man fast automatsich. Schwarz schließt
die Mobilisierung seiner Kräfte ab.} ({However, Allerdings ist} 17... Nf4 $5 {
should be mentioned. The sacrifice is interesting, but probably premature. zu
erwähnen. Das Opfer ist interessant, wenngleich wahrscheinlich verfrüht.} 18.
Bd1 $6 (18. gxf4 $1 Bxf4 19. h4 $1 {This move is not easy to spot during an
over-the-board game. White forces the enemy queen to occupy a vulnerable
square, in order to win time for his development. Dieser Zug ist in einer
praktischen Partie am Brett nicht leicht zu sehen. Weiß zwingt die feindliche
Dame auf ein anfälliges Feld, um Zeit für seine Entwicklung zu gewinnen.} Qxh4
20. Qg2 Bh3 21. Nf3 $1 Qh5 22. Bxf4 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 $14 {The material balance is
about even, but White's pair of bishops looks impressive. Die materielle
Bilanz steht etwa ausgeglichen, aber das weiße Läuferpaar sieht eindrucksvoll
aus.}) 18... Nh3+ 19. Kh1 $2 (19. Kg2 f5 $40) 19... Bxd1 $19 {Pallandre,
S-Jacques,C/Paris 1999/EXT 2001 (0-1, 30)}) 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. f3 Bf5 $6 {
The only justification of this retreat is that it seems to prevent Ne4.
However, this is just an illusion... Die einzige Rechtfertigung dieses
Rückzugs ist, dass er Ne4 zu verhindern scheint. Doch dies ist nur eine
Illusion...} (19... Bh3 {might be better. könnte besser sein.} 20. Qf2 f5 (
20... Bf5 {is more efficient here than in the game, because White does not
have the same trick at his disposal. Instead, he could play ist hier wirksamer
als in der Partie, da Weiß nicht derselbe Trick zur Verfügung steht.
Stattdessen könnte er} 21. a4 $5 {and only after the opening of the a-file
choose between giving the pawn back with Ne4 or continuing the development in
a more passive way, with Nf1. ziehen und sich erst nach der Öffnung der
a-Linie aussuchen, ob er den Bauern mit Ne4 zurückgibt oder die Entwicklung
auf passivere Weise fortsetzt, mit Nf1.}) 21. c4 ({Here, too Auch hier verdient
} 21. a4 $5 {deserves investigation,because the text move does not offer White
an advantage. untersucht zu werden, da der Textzug Weiß keinen Vorteil bietet.}
) 21... Nf4 (21... bxc4 $6 {solves White's problems of development after löst
die weißen Entwicklungsprobleme nach} 22. Nxc4 $16) 22. c5+ (22. gxf4 Qg6+ $1
23. Qg3 Re1+ 24. Kf2 Qe8 25. Ne4 Rf1+ 26. Ke2 fxe4 27. cxb5+ Kf8 28. Qxh3 exf3+
29. Kd3 Qe2+ 30. Kc3 $11 {Bykhovsky. Black has several ways to deliver
perpetual check, but probably not more than that. Bykhovsky. Schwarz hat
diverse Möglichkeiten, Dauerschach zu geben, aber vermutlich nicht mehr.})
22... Kf8 23. gxf4 $1 (23. cxd6 $2 Re2 $1 {Kapengut,A (2455)-Malaniuk,V (2465)/
Minsk 1985/EXT 99 (0-1, 37). Apart from the aforementioned transposition, it
should be mentioned that in this game White captured on e8 only after Black's .
..f5. Neben des erwähnten Überganges sollte erwähnt werden, dass in dieser
Partie Weiß erst nach dem schwarzen ...f5 auf e8 schlug.}) 23... Qg6+ ({
Bykhovsky considers Bykhovsky hält} 23... Bxf4 {to be bad because of für
schlecht wegen} 24. Ne4 {, but Black has , doch Schwarz hat} Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxe4
$1 {, when the c1-rook is hanging. , wonach der c1-Turm hängt.}) 24. Qg3 Re1+
25. Kf2 Qe8 26. Ne4 Rf1+ 27. Ke2 fxe4 28. Qxh3 $1 (28. cxd6 $2 exf3+ 29. Kd2
Qe2+ 30. Kc3 a5 31. a3 Bf5 $19 {Bykhovsky}) 28... exf3+ 29. Kd3 Qe2+ 30. Kc3
Qe1+ $11 {Bykhovsky}) 20. Ne4 $1 {In some other lines, White gladly places a
rook on this square, offering an exchange sacrifice which Black accepts only
rarely. Installing a knight here is a great achievement for White. In manchen
anderen Abspielen platziert Weiß liebendgern einen Turm auf diesem Feld und
bietet ein Qualitätsopfer an, welches Schwarz nur selten annimmt. Den Springer
hier zu installieren, ist eine große Errungenschaft für Weiß. En otras lineas,
las blancas colocan una torre en esta casilla, ofreciendo una entrega de
calidad, ¡que las negras raramente aceptan! Instalar un caballo en el centro
es un logro mayor para las blancas.} Bc7 ({A fine tactical point is that Black
cannot win the pawn back with Eine feine taktische Pointe ist, dass Schwarz
nicht mit Un sútil detalle táctico es que las negras no pueden recuperar el
peón con} 20... Bxe4 $2 21. fxe4 Rxe4 {because after den Bauern zurückgewinnen
kann, da er nach porque después de} 22. Bd1 Qg6 {(forced) (erzwungen) (forzado)
} 23. Bc2 {he loses an exchange. An impressive demonstration of the power of
two bishops. eine Qualität verliert. Eine beeindruckende Demonstration der
Kraft der zwei Läufer. se perdería la calidad. Una impresionante demostración
dela fuerza de dos alfiles.}) 21. Bd2 Qg6 22. Re1 ({White hurries to complete
his development. Actually, it is not entirely clear whether the modest looking
Weiß beeilt sich damit, seine Entwicklung abzuschließen. Eigentlich ist nicht
gänzlich klar, ob das bescheiden wirkende Las blancas se apresuran a acabar su
desarrollo. En realidad, no está enteramente claro porque la aparentemente
modesta} 22. Bc2 {, consolidating the knight, was entirely wrong. , was den
Springer konsolidiert, gänzlich verkehrt war. , consolidando el caballo, ha de
ser mala.}) 22... Bxe4 23. Rxe4 {White had several tempting continuations at
his disposal and Svidler's choice might not be the best. Weiß hatte diverse
verlockende Fortsetzungen zur Verfügung, und Svidlers Wahl war vielleicht
nicht die beste. Las blancas disponían de varias continuaciones tentadoras,
pero la continuación de Svidler puede que no haya sido la mejor.} (23. Qh3 f5
24. fxe4 fxe4 25. Qd7 Bxg3 $11) (23. fxe4 {might be a safer way to obtain a
small but lasting plus. könnte ein sichererer Weg sein, ein geringes, aber
dauerhaftes Plus zu erzielen.} Rxe4 24. Bc2 (24. Rxe4 Qxe4 25. Qe1 {is also
possible, when the pair of bishops leaves White on top, but the main move is
better because it forces Black to create additional weaknesses. ist ebenfalls
möglich, wonach das Läuferpaar Weiß am Drücker lässt, aber der Hauptzug ist
besser, weil er Schwarz dazu zwingt, zusätzliche Schwächen zu schaffen.}) 24...
Rxe1 25. Qxe1 f5 (25... Qe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Kg2 $14 {also looks promising
for White. wirkt ebenfalls aussichtsreich für Weiß.}) 26. Qf2 Ne7 27. Qf3 $14 {
The knight cannot reach e4 easily, because of the weakness of the f5-pawn.
Aufgrund der Schwäche des f5-Bauern ist es für den Springer nicht leicht, nach
e4 zu kommen.}) 23... Rxe4 24. Bc2 f5 25. fxe4 fxe4 {This position is not easy
to evaluate. Svidler obviously relied on his pair of bishops and the weakness
of Black's central pawn. However, the activity of Black's pieces should not be
underestimated. Diese Stellung ist nicht leicht zu bewerten. Svidler verließ
sich offensichtlich auf sein Läuferpaar und die Schwäche des schwarzen
Zentrumsbauern. Allerdings ist die Aktivität der Figuren von Schwarz nicht zu
unterschätzen.} 26. Qg2 Nf6 27. Qh3 Ng4 28. Bb3+ (28. Qf1 $5 {[%csl Gg8][%cal
Yc2b3]} h6 (28... h5 29. Bb3+ Kh7 30. Bf7 $16 {[%csl Yh5]}) (28... Nf6 29. Bb3+
Kf8 30. Bf4 Bxf4 31. Qxf4 $16 {[%csl Yc6,Gf8][%cal Rf4d6,Rf4c7]}) 29. Qg2 Nf6 {
It might seem that White has just lost a tempo (...h6) Man könnte meinen, dass
Weiß einfach ein Tempo verloren hat (...h6)} 30. g4 $5 $36 Nxg4 $2 31. h3 $18 {
[%csl Yg6] It appears that ...h6 can benefit White! Es stellt sich heraus,
dass ...h6 Weiß zugute kommen kann!}) 28... Kf8 29. Bd1 e3 30. Bc1 h5 31. Bxg4
hxg4 32. Qf1+ Ke8 33. Bxe3 Kd7 34. Qe2 Qf5 35. b3 g6 {White has won a pawn,
but Black's centralized army as well as the firm control of the light squares
offers him good saving chances. Besides, the white king is passive and
slightly exposed. Weiß hat einen Bauern gewonnen, doch die zentralisierte
Armee des Schwarzen sowie die feste Kontrolle der weißen Felder bieten diesem
gute Rettungschancen. Außerdem steht der weiße König passiv und leicht
exponiert. Las blancas ganaron un peón, pero la fuerte centralisación de las
negras y el control firme en casillas blancas les ofrece buenas posibilidades
de sobrevivencía. Además, el rey blanco está pásivo y expuesto.} 36. Bf2 Bd6
37. c4 bxc4 38. bxc4 Bc7 39. d5 cxd5 40. cxd5 Bd6 41. a4 Qb1+ 42. Kg2 Qf5 43.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 O-O (
7... Ne5 8. Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. f3 O-O 11. Nd2 d5 {Rublevsky,S (2680)
-Grischuk,A (2717)/Elista 2007/CBM 119/[Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 18)}) 8. O-O Ne5 9.
Bb3 $5 {Morozevich remains faithful to his style. Instead of the approved 9.
Be2, he plays a move that has been only rarely seen in games between strong
players. Morozevich queda fiel a su estilo. En vez de la jugada corriente 9.
Be2, él elige una jugada que se ha visto raramente en partidas entre jugadores
fuertes.} d6 10. f3 {But this is "almost" a novelty. In most of the games,
White preferred to develop his queen's knight, ignoring the threat ...Ng4.
Pero esta es "casi" una novedad. En la mayoría de partidas, las blancas
preferieron desarrollar su caballo de dama, ignorando la amenaza ...Ng4} ({
However, for the sake of truth it should be said that no other reasonably
strong player seems to have reached this position with white. After} 10. Nd2
Ng4 {White has no compensation for Black's domination on the dark squares.})
10... Be6 11. Kh1 Bc4 12. Rf2 d5 $15 {White's opening experiment seems to have
ended into a complete fiasco. He is behind in development and his advantage of
space is just about to vanish. El experimento de apertura de las blancas ha
sido todo un fracaso. Morozevich se encuentra atrasado con su desarrollo,
mientras que la ventaja de espacio está por esfumarse.} 13. Bc2 dxe4 ({Black
had a wide choice of tempting moves. The most logical seems to be Las negras
disponian de una gran variedad de jugadas tentadoras. La más lógica parece} 
13... Rad8 {, but then White could consider playing f4, immediately or after
driving the bishop away with b3. , pero en este caso las blancas podrían jugar
f4, inmediatamente o después de prevíamente echar al alfil enemigo con b3.}) ({
Maybe Tal vez} 13... Qh4 {is best, preventing f4 in view of ...Ng4 and
planning to place his rooks on the open files. It would not have been easy for
White to complete his development. sería lo mejor, impediendo f4 por ...Ng4 y
albergando la idea de desarrollar las torres en las colimnas abiertas. En este
caso, a las blancas les hubiera resultado bastante difícil acabar su
desarrollo de forma satisfactoría.}) 14. Nd2 $1 {White hurries to bring his
pieces into play. The point behind his last move is that 14...exf3? loses a
piece to 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Qd3, atacking c4 and h7. Las blancas se apresuran a
acabar el desarrollo. La justificación táctica de su ultima jugada reside en
el hecho que 14...exf3? pierde una figura por 15.Nxc4 Nxc4 16.Qd3, tocando c4
y h7.} Bd3 $2 ({After this move White is back in the game. Once he cleared the
d5-square with his previous move, Black should have used it with Después de
esta jugada, las blancas han "vuelto en la partida". Dado que una jugada antes
las negras habían librado la casilla de d5, tendrían que haberla aprovechado
con} 14... Nd5 {for instance} 15. Nxe4 Qb6 $15 {and White is still under
pressure. y las blancas siguen estando bajo presión.}) 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. fxe4
Qg6 17. Rf4 {White has a normal position now; his chances are by no means
worse and in fact his position might be easier to play. Svidler must have ben
still under the impression of his missed advantage, because in the next phase
of the game he plays a series of pseudo-active moves, completely losing
coordination. Las blancas tienen una posición normal ya ylas posibilidades son
aproximadamente igualadas. Posiblemente, Svidler se encontraba todavía bajola
impresión de su ventaja perdida, porque en la fase siguíente va a efectuar un
par de jugadas pseudo-activas, perdiendo su coordinación por completo.} Nc4 (
17... Rad8 18. Qe2 Bb6 19. Raf1 $14 {[%cal Yc2b3] Black's position is solid
and he has a wonderful knight on e5, but he cannot do anything active.}) 18.
Bg1 $1 {Possibly underestimated by Svidler.} ({In case of the more passive} 18.
Bc1 {things would be OK for Black.}) 18... Qh6 (18... Nxb2 {[%csl Yb2] would
place the knight too far from the main theatre of operations.} 19. Qf3 {
[%cal Ye4e5]} Nc4 $6 {This only makes things worse.} 20. Nf5 $1 $40 Bd6 (20...
Nxf5 21. exf5 $18 {[%csl Yc4,Yc5]}) 21. Rg4 Ne5 22. Rxg6 Nxf3 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24.
gxf3 Nxf5 25. Rg5 $16 {with white domination.}) 19. Rf3 Qd2 (19... Ne5 20. Rh3
Qf6 21. Qe2 $36 {[%cal Ya1f1]}) 20. Qb1 $1 Bb6 21. Bb3 $1 {Suddenly, Black is
in trouble. If the knight moves, Be3 wins the queen. De repente, las negras
están pasando apuros. Sí el caballo mueve, se perderia la dama por Be3.} Bxd4 {
Black surrenders strategically.} ({He would have preserved chances for
building up a fortress after} 21... Ne5 22. Be3 Nxf3 23. Bxd2 Nxd2 24. Qc2 Nxb3
25. Qxb3 Rad8 $14 {[%cal Ye7g6,Yg6e5] /+/- It would have required from White
certain technical effort to win this position.}) 22. cxd4 $16 {But now,
White's pair of bishops and his mobile centre offers him a huge advantage. As
a curiosity, I would remark that in his youth, Morozevich frequently played
the Chigorin Opening, which often leads to positions where two black knights
fight against two white bishops. Now, he became more complete as a player and
can deal with the opposite situation quite well. Pero ahora, la fuerte pareja
de alfiles y el centro móvil de peones ofrece una abrumadora ventaja a las
blancas.} Na5 23. Bc2 Rad8 24. Rc3 Nac6 {With his knights uncoordinated and
the queen exposed, Black is completely helpless against such simple threats as
Rxc7.} ({Here is an illustrative line:} 24... Rd7 25. Qf1 {[%csl Ge2][%cal
Yg1e3]} Qh6 (25... Qg5 26. Rc5 {[%csl Ya5]} Qd2 27. Rd1 Qb4 28. Rb5 Qc4 {
[%csl Yc2]} 29. Qxc4 Nxc4 30. Rxb7 $18) 26. d5 {[%csl Ga5][%cal Yb2b4]} b6 27.
b4 Nb7 28. Ba4 $18 {[%csl Yc7]}) 25. d5 Nb4 (25... Ne5 26. Qf1 {[%cal Yg1e3]} (
26. Be3 Qe2) 26... Qg5 27. Be3 (27. Rxc7 f5 $5) 27... Qg4 28. Rxc7 $18) 26. Bb3
(26. Rxc7 {was also possible, of course, but Morozevich prefers to preserve
his pair of bishops.}) 26... Na6 27. Be3 Qe2 28. Bc4 Qg4 29. h3 Qh4 30. Bxa6 {
Just to give it away under more favourable circumstances...} bxa6 31. Rxc7 $18
f5 32. Bc5 Rfe8 33. d6 Ng6 34. exf5 Nf4 35. Qc2 Re2 36. Qb3+ Kh8 37. Rg1 {
White has parried Black's threats, retaining decisive material and positional
advantage.} 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 {
Gelfand proved already his ability to defend the positions where Black is
allowed to install his knight on e5. For a change, Svidler takes this square
under serious observation. Gelfand demostró su capacidad de defender las
posiciones en las cuales las negras instalan el caballo en e5. Para variar un
poco, Svidler toma esta casilla bajo control} O-O 8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10.
Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14. Qd5 {This is a rare move, but
it can lead to transpositions to known lines.} ({Svidler had previously played
} 14. Qd3 Qa4 {This move places the queen too far from the kingside.} ({
In fact,} 14... Qc6 15. Qf5 {transposes to the game Svidler-Kramnik, played in
the 8th round.}) 15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Qd5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 {Because of the poor
defence of his kingside, Black has been forced to make significant concessions
on this wing.} Qe4 18. c4 Qxd5 19. cxd5 Nd7 20. Rd3 f6 21. Rc3 Rac8 22. Rh4 Re7
23. Rhc4 Nb6 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. a4 $14 {/+/- Svidler,P (2765)
-Bacrot,E (2717)/Morelia/Linares 2006/CBM 112 (1-0, 59). and White eventually
converted his advantage of space and better pawn structure into a win.}) 14...
Qc6 (14... Qa4 15. Ng5 (15. Kb1 $5 {[%cal Gh4h5]}) 15... Qc6 16. c4 Qxd5 17.
cxd5 Nxg5 18. hxg5 {[%csl Gh7][%cal Yh1h3,Yd1h1]} f6 19. gxf6 Bxf6 20. c4 Re4
21. b3 Rae8 $11 {Shirov,A (2715)-Motylev,A (2647)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM 117 (1/
2-1/2, 41)}) 15. Qf5 Nf8 ({For} 15... Qc4 {, see Svidler-Kramnik, played in
the 8th round.}) 16. h5 (16. Nd4 {is an important alternative, inviting Black
to define his queen's position.} Qc4 (16... Qxg2 $4 17. Rdg1 $18) ({After} 
16... Qd7 {White can avoid the exchange of queens with} 17. Qf3 $14 {[%cal
Yd4f5,Yh4h5] , maintaining certain pressure.}) 17. Kb1 Bf6 18. Qf3 ({More
consequent looks} 18. h5 $5 {[%csl Gf6] , when, compared to our main game,
Black cannot offer the queen's exchange anymore.}) 18... Nd7 19. g4 Bxd4 20.
Rxd4 Qc6 21. Qxc6 bxc6 22. g5 c5 23. Rf4 Re5 24. Kc1 Nb6 25. Re1 Rae8 $11 {
Naiditsch,A (2657)-Bacrot,E (2717)/Montpellier 2006/CBM 111 ext (1/2-1/2, 47)})
16... Qd7 17. Qd5 Qe6 18. c4 {Central strategy.} ({Although} 18. Qxb7 $5 {
is not the kind of move one gladly plays in positions with opposite castles,
here it deserves serious consideration. With Black's knight far away on the
kingside, Black's counterattack is not that dangerous.} Qxa2 19. Qd5 Qa6 $5 {
looks better, for instance} (19... Qa1+ $6 {only helps White activate his
position.} 20. Kd2 Qa6 (20... Qxb2 $4 21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Ra1 Qb2 23. Rhb1 $18) 21.
Ra1 Qc8 22. Nd4 $14 {[%cal Yd4c6] The king feels safe in the centre, while the
black queenside is seriously weakened. In any endgame, White would be clearly
better.}) 20. Nd4 Rab8 21. b3 Bf6 {Now,} 22. Kb2 {[%cal Yd1a1] plans the
activation of rooks along the a-file, but the king's opposition with the enemy
bishop forces White to be careful.}) 18... Qxd5 19. cxd5 Nd7 {White retains an
advantage in space, but this element loses part of its relevance because of
the previous simplifications. Las blancas mantienen ventaja de espacio, pero
este detalle pierde parte de su importancía por las simplificaciones prévias.}
20. Nd4 Nf6 21. Nf5 (21. c4 Ng4 $36 {[%cal Ye7f6]}) 21... Bf8 22. Bd4 (22. c4
Ng4 23. Bd4 {[%cal Yf2f3]} g6 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Ng3 {[%cal Yf2f3,Yg3e4] Due to
his better control over the centre, White has chances to maintain a tiny edge.}
) 22... Nxd5 $1 (22... Nd7 23. Rh3 $36 {[%csl Gg7]} g6 24. Rdh1 $1 $40) 23.
Bxg7 Ne7 (23... Bxg7 24. Rxd5 $14 {[%csl Gf5]}) 24. Nxe7+ Rxe7 {In the absence
of knights, Black's kingside weaknesses are not too relevant.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 {Earlier in this tournament, Svidler
managed to put the Marshall Attack under strong pressure in his game against
Leko. Now, he finds himself on the other side. Zuvor in diesem Turnier war es
Svidler in seiner Partie gegen Leko gelungen, den Marshall-Angriff unter
starken Druck zu setzen. Nun findet er sich auf der anderen Seite wieder. En
una ronda anterior de este mismo torneo, Svidler conseguió poner el Ataque
Marshall bajo fuerte presión en su partida contra Leko. Ahira, le toca
defender el punto de vista del otro bando...} 12. Re1 Bd6 13. g3 $5 {This was
one of Fischer's favourite move orders. White prevents the standard move ...
Qh4. Dies war eine der Lieblingszugfolgen Fischers. Weiß verhindert den
Standardzug ...Qh4. Este era un orden de jugadas preferido por Fischer. La
idea de la jugada es de prevenir la incursión de la dama enemiga a h4.} Bf5 ({
This move has been played before, but it remains an open question what Anand
could have prepared against Dieser Zug wurde auch schon zuvor gespielt, doch
es bleibt eine offene Frage, was Anand wohl gegen Esto sa había jugada antes,
pero queda abierta la pregunta que podía haber preparado Anand contra} 13...
Qd7 {followed by ...Qh3, with probable transposition to the main lines. nebst .
..Qh3 vorbereitet haben könnte, mit möglichem Übergang zu den Hauptabspielen.
seguído por ...Qh3, con transposición probable a las variantes principales.})
14. d4 Qd7 15. Be3 Rae8 16. Nd2 Bg4 17. Qc2 (17. Qb1 Bf5 18. Bc2 $6 {gives
Black a powerful attack after} Bxc2 19. Qxc2 f5 {Naiditsch,A (2654)-Gustafsson,
J (2588)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118/[Jan Gustafsson] (0-1, 25)}) 17... Bf5 18. Qc1
Re7 ({Svidler deviates from Svidler weicht ab von Svidler se desvía de} 18...
h5 {, which had been played by Anand himself! In Leko - Anand, Cap d'Agde 2003
Black won, but this was just a rapid game and Anand might have drawn his own
conclusions despite the favourable result. , was Anand selbst gespielt hatte!
In Leko - Anand, Cap d'Agde 2003, gewann Schwarz, doch war dies nur eine
Schnellpartie, und Anand hatte womöglich trotz des günstigen Ergebnisses seine
eigenen Schlussfolgerungen gezogen. , que fue jugada por el mismo Anand. En
Leko - Anand, Cap d'Agde 2003 las negras ganaron, pero esta fue solo una
partida a ritmo rápido y puede que Anand haya sacado sus proprías conclusiones
a pesar del desenlace final favorable.} 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Nh4 Re6 21. Bd1 {
The exchange on g4 will improve Black's structure, justifying the move ...h5
and offering him attacking chances. Der Tausch auf g4 wird die Struktur von
Schwarz verbessern, den Zug ...h5 rechtfertigen und ihm Angriffschancen bieten.
} (21. Qd2 Rfe8 22. Qd3 $14 {[%cal Yb3c2,Ga2a4] , with similar play as in our
main game, deserves attention. mit ähnlichem Spiel wie in unserer Hauptpartie
verdient Aufmerksamkeit.}) 21... f5 22. Bxg4 hxg4 23. Bg5 f4 24. Qd2 Rfe8 25.
Rxe6 Qxe6 $44 {Leko,P (2722)-Anand,V (2766)/Cap d'Agde 2003/CBM 098/[Atlas,V] 
(0-1, 45)}) (18... Bd3 19. Nf3 Qf5 20. Qd1 (20. Nh4 $5) (20. Qd2 $5) 20... h6
21. Nh4 Qh7 22. Bd2 (22. Qd2 $5) 22... g5 23. Ng2 Qg6 24. a4 $14 {Iordachescu,
V (2606)-Aronian,L (2649)/Mainz 2003/CBM 095 ext (1/2-1/2, 54)}) (18... h6 19.
Nf1 $6 {The knight stands passively here. Hier steht der Springer passiv.} (19.
Nf3 $1 {as in our main game, should be preferred. wie in unserer Hauptpartie
ist vorzuziehen.}) 19... Bh3 20. Qd2 Qf5 21. Qd1 Qe4 22. f3 Qg6 23. Bxd5 cxd5
24. Qd2 Re6 25. a4 bxa4 26. Rxa4 Rfe8 $36 {Iordachescu,V (2633)-Vajda,L (2539)/
Budva 2004/CBM 102 ext (1/2-1/2, 42)}) (18... Re6 {This move eventually led to
a fascinating position, but only with White's kind cooperation. Dieser Zug
führte letztlich zu einer faszinierenden Stellung, doch nur unter freundlicher
Mithilfe von Weiß.} 19. Nf3 Bg4 20. Ng5 $6 ({Once again, Erneut ist} 20. Nh4 $1
{should be preferred. vorzuziehen.}) 20... Rg6 21. f3 $2 Bxf3 $3 {It is
curious that such an attacking player as Shabalov missed this combination. Es
ist kurios, dass ein derartiger Angriffskünstler wie Shabalov diese
Kombination ausließ.} 22. Nxf3 Bxg3 23. hxg3 Rxg3+ 24. Kf2 Qh3 $40 {Shabalov,A
(2608)-Aronian,L (2675)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (0-1, 47)}) 19. Nf3 ({The first
new move of the game. Previously, Der erste neue Zug der Partie. Bislang wurde
La primera jugada nueva de la partida. Anteriormente se había jugado} 19. Nf1 {
was played. gespielt. (Almasi-Gyimesi, Kazincbarcika (Hungary) 2005). En vez
de colocar el caballo pasivamente en la primera línea, Anand utiliza su
caballo para poner cierta presión sobre el flanco de rey enemigo, lo que en la
partida causará algunas debilidades en el teritorío de las negras.} Rfe8 20.
Qd2 Bh3 21. Bc2 Bxf1 22. Rxf1 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Rxe3 24. Bb3 R3e7 25. Rae1 {
1/2-1/2 Almasi,Z (2628)-Gyimesi,Z (2595)/Kazincbarcika 2005/CBM 107. Rather
than placing it passively on the back rank, Anand uses his knight for putting
the enemy kingside under some pressure, which will eventually cause some
weaknesses in Black's camp. Statt seinen Springer passiv auf der Grundreihe zu
platzieren, setzt Anand ihn aktiv ein, um den feindlichen Königsflügel etwas
unter Druck zu setzen, was letztlich einige Schwächen im schwarzen Lager
verursachen wird.}) 19... Bg4 20. Nh4 Rfe8 21. Qd2 h6 22. Qd3 {Black exerts
his usual pressure against the e3-bishop, but White is fully developed and
retains his extra-pawn. Anand's opening experiment has been crowned with
success. Schwarz übt seinen üblichen Druck gegen den e3-Läufer aus, doch Weiß
ist voll entwickelt und behauptet seinen Mehrbauern. Anands
Eröffnungsexperiment ist von Erfolg gekrönt worden. Las negras ejercen su
típica presión sobre el alfil de e3, pero las blancas están plenamente
desarrolladas y mantienen el peón de ventaja. El experimento de apertura de
Anand fue coronado por éxito.} g6 23. Bd1 Bh3 $6 {Possibly underestimating the
next move. Unterschätzt womöglich den nächsten Zug.} ({Black should have
maintained some tension with Schwarz hätte eine gewisse Spannung
aufrechterhalten sollen mit} 23... h5 $5) 24. Bf3 $1 $14 {Finally, the
weakness on g2 is safely defended and White can think about active operations
on the opposite wing, where he has an extra-pawn. Endlich ist die Schwäche g2
sicher verteidigt, und Schwarz kann an aktive Operationen am anderen Flügel
denken, wo er einen Mehrbauern besitzt.} g5 {If not followed by a concrete
attacking action, this move will just leave the kingside desperately weak.
Falls nicht von einer konkreten Angriffsaktion gefolgt, wird dieser Zug nur
den Königsflügel hoffnungslos schwächen. Sí no será seguído por un plano
coherente de ataque, esta jugada dejará al flanco de rey desesperadamente
débil.} 25. Ng2 Bf5 26. Qd1 Nf6 {A clear sign that Black ran out of
constructive plans. Ein klares Zeichen, dass Schwarz die konstruktiven Pläne
ausgegangen sind.} 27. a4 {Since the e-file is under severe Black control,
Anand creates a queenside diversion. It is interesting that this will be just
a prelude to a... kingside attack, one of Mikhail Tal's favourite methods. Da
die e-Linie fest in schwarzer Hand ist, startet Anand eine Ablenkung am
Damenflügel. Interessanterweise wird dies nur den Auftakt zu einem ... Angriff
am Königsflügel darstellen, eine der Lieblingsmethoden Mikhail Tals. Dado que
la columna d e se encuentra bajo fuerte control de las negras, Anand inicia
una diversión en el flanco de dama. Es interesante que esta acción será solo
un preludio de un ataque sencillo en el flanco de...rey, un método favorito
del gran hechicero Mijail Tal.} Ne4 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra6 Qb7 30. Qa1 Bc8 31.
Ra8 $16 Bb8 {[%csl Ga8][%cal Yb8a7]} 32. Bc1 $1 Nf6 (32... Ba7 $2 33. Rxc8 $1
$18 {[%csl Ga7,Ge4]}) 33. Rxe7 Rxe7 34. Qa3 Rd7 {[%cal Yb8a7]} 35. Ra5 Ba7 {
Black has managed to hold his own on the queenside, but his coordination is
rather poor. Schwarz hat es geschafft, sich am Damenflügel zu halten, doch
seine Koordination ist ziemlich schwach. Las negras resistieron bién en el
flanco de dama, pero su coordinación es muy pobre.} 36. Ne3 $1 {Black has no
adequate way to parry the simple threat Nf5. Schwarz hat keine ausreichende
Parade gegen die einfache Drohung Nf5. Las negras no tienen remedio adecuado
contra la amenaza sencilla Nf5.} Qc7 (36... Re7 37. Bxc6 $18) ({or oder o} 
36... Rc7 37. Qd6 $18 {are equally hopeless. sind gleichermaßen hoffnungslos.
serían igualmente malas.}) 37. Nf5 c5 38. Nxh6+ Kh7 39. Bxg5 1-0

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 h5 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. Bg3
$5 {[%mdl 512] It's back to Sakaev's double-edged P sacrifice.} ({After} 15.
Rad1 O-O 16. Bg3 (16. f3 Nh7 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. fxg4 Qxh4 19. gxh5 Ng5 20. Qd2
Nh3+ $11 {is a well-known draw.}) 16... Nd7 17. f3 {Grischuk was obviously not
sure, how to cope with the stunning new Anand/Nielsen idea} c5 $1 (17... Qb6
$132 {is the older continuation.}) 18. dxc5 Qe7 19. Kh1 a6 20. a4 Bc6 21. Nd5
$6 exd5 22. exd5 Be5 $1 23. f4 Bg7 24. dxc6 Nxc5 25. Rd5 Ne4 26. Be1 Qe6 27.
Rxh5 f5 28. Kh2 Rac8 $17 {[%csl Re2,Rh5] צh5,Be2,Aronian,L (2750)-Anand,V 
(2792)/WCh Mexico City/2007/}) ({A rare, but plausible option is} 15. b3 cxb3
16. axb3 O-O 17. Rad1 ({Even now the idea} 17. Bg3 $5 {deserves attention:}
Qxd4 18. Rad1 Qb4 19. e5 Nd5 20. Ne4 $13 {Contrary to the game, Black has
already committed his K to the >> and Ng5 becomes an option.}) 17... Nh7 (17...
Qe7 18. Bg3 $44) (17... Ne8 $142 $5 18. Bxg7 Nxg7 19. g3 e5 $13) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7
19. g3 Rc8 (19... e5 $5) 20. f3 f5 21. exf5 exf5 22. fxg4 Qc7 23. Kh2 fxg4 24.
Ne4 Rce8 25. Bd3 Qe7 26. Nc5 $16 {Goldin,A (2566)-Novikov,I (2591)/New York/
2000/}) 15... Qxd4 {The most principled reaction.} (15... O-O 16. e5 Nh7 (16...
Nd7 17. Ne4 $44 {|^}) 17. Rad1 {transposes into a position, which is rather
promising for White:} f5 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. b3 $5 (19. f3 Qf5 20. Qd2 Qg6 21.
fxg4 hxg4 22. Qe3 Rf5 23. Ne4 c5 24. Nxc5 Bd5 25. a4 Raf8 26. axb5 Rf3 27. gxf3
gxf3 28. Kh2 {Kramnik,V (2770)-Akopian,V (2660)/Dortmund/2000/} Bh6 $1 29. Qe5
Bg7 $11 {Kramnik}) 19... cxb3 20. axb3 Rfd8 21. Ne4 Qe7 22. Nc5 $44 {Van Wely,
L (2617)-Dreev,A (2682)/Dordrecht 5'/2004/}) 16. Rfd1 {As already emphasized
by Lutz in his notes to earlier games, it's better to attack the Q with this R.
White's chances on the <->f, connected with f3 are unrealistic, while now the
Ra1 supports the a4 advance.} (16. Rad1 $143 Qb6 (16... Qc5 {is perhaps also
possible:} 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Kh1 Kg8 21. Qe4 Rf8 22. f3 (
22. Nxb7 $5 Qxb7 23. f3 $132 {Lutz}) 22... Ba8 23. fxg4 Qe3 24. Rf3 Qxe4 25.
Nxe4 hxg4 26. Ra3 b4 27. Rxa7 Ne3 $36 {Wendt,J (2289)-Van Wely,L (2687)/
Minneapolis/2005/}) 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 O-O-O 19. Nd6+ Rxd6 20. exd6 f5 21. Kh2
Kd7 22. Rfe1 {Wu Shaobin (2545)-Al Sayed,M (2431)/Doha/2003/} Bd4 $17 {Black's
forces are beautifuly centralized and coordinated, White can hope only for
tactical tricks.}) 16... Qc5 $146 {[%mdl 8] A novelty, but afterwards Svidler
confessed he didn't analyse it deeply enough.} ({It remains an open question,
what exactly was on Grischuk's mind after the more logical} 16... Qb6 17. a4 a6
$5 (17... a5 $6 18. Rd6 $1 {[%cal Rc3b5] /\Nb5} (18. Qc1 $2 b4 19. e5 Bh6 20.
Bf4 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 Nd5 22. Nxd5 cxd5 23. Qf6 Rg8 $19 {Johannessen,L (2543)
-Matthiesen,A (2356)/Saint Vincent/2005/}) 18... b4 19. e5 Nd5 (19... bxc3 $2
20. Rxe6+ $1 fxe6 21. Qg6+ Kd8 22. exf6 Bh6 23. Rd1+ Kc8 24. Bxc4 $18) 20. Nxd5
exd5 21. Rd1 Qc7 (21... Qc5 22. e6 $40) 22. Bxc4 $1 Qe7 23. R1xd5 $1 b3 24. Qc3
cxd5 25. Bb5+ Kf8 26. Rd7 Qe6 27. Qc7 $16 {Sirota,A (2548)-Valentine,S (2460)/
IECG email/2003/}) 18. Qd2 Rh6 $1 (18... Bh6 19. Qd6 Bf8 20. Qe5 Be7 21. Bf4
Rg8 22. Bg5 g3 23. Qxg3 Nh7 24. a5 Qa7 25. Bxh5 Nxg5 26. hxg5 Rxg5 27. Qf3 Rg7
28. Qf4 Qb8 29. e5 $44 {|^,Khalifman,A (2658)-Kobalia,M (2644)/Sochi/2005/})
19. Qf4 Rg6 20. Qe5 $6 (20. Bf1 $5 {Kobalia}) 20... Bf8 21. Rd2 Rc8 22. Rad1
Qc5 23. Rd8+ (23. Qf4 b4 $17) 23... Rxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kxd8 25. Qc7+ Ke8 26. Qb8+
Ke7 27. Bc7 e5 28. Qxb7 Nd7 $19 {Bocharov,D (2574)-Kobalia,M (2614)/Abu Dhabi/
2005/}) 17. Bd6 ({Kobalia recommends the simple} 17. e5 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qb6 19.
Nd6+ Kf8 $13 {/=/+ , but this has its drawbacks as well.}) ({White doesn't
want to shut out his Bg3, but} 17. Bc7 $6 {runs into} Nd5 $1 18. exd5 cxd5 19.
Bf4 Qc6 $36) 17... Qb6 18. a4 {[%csl Rb6] /\a5,ף White plays the thematic
move after all.} (18. Qc1 Nd7 $15 (18... Bh6 19. Bf4 Ng8 $5 $13)) (18. b3 O-O-O
{/\} 19. bxc4 Rxd6 $1 20. Rxd6 g3 $36) 18... a6 $5 (18... b4 $2 19. a5 $16 {
is out of question.}) ({Black doesn't want his Q to end up locked up on a6 and
} 18... a5 19. e5 Nd5 (19... Nd7 20. Ne4 $36) 20. Ne4 $44 {seems to be a more
shaky alternative.}) 19. e5 {A logical, but also quite committal continuation.
White had other alternatives:} (19. Be5) (19. Qc1 $5 {- this seems more
appropriate, than one move earlier.}) 19... Nd7 20. a5 $5 {Relieves the
tension, but also misplaces Black's Q.} Qa7 (20... Qd8 $143 21. Ne4 $36 Qxh4 $2
22. Bc7 $16) 21. Ne4 c5 22. Ng5 {[%cal Rg5e6] /\Ne6} Nxe5 $1 {A brave decision.
} (22... Bd5 $2 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Qf5 $40) ({Black can play also} 22... Rh6 {
, but after} 23. Qd2 Bd5 24. Qf4 $44 {his forces are passive and untangling
them remains a problem.}) 23. Bxe5 {White is 3 P down, so he seeks a concrete
solution.} (23. Ra3 Rd8 (23... O-O-O 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Nxf7 Bd4 26. Nxd8 Rxd8
27. Qg6 Bd5 $13) 24. Re3 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Bd5 $15 {/~~}) 23... Bxe5 24. Bxc4 $1 {
[%mdl 64] Grischuk activates another attacking piece and initiates further
wild tactical complications.} ({Too optimistic is} 24. Nxf7 $2 Kxf7 25. Rd7+
Kf6 26. Qd2 Rag8 $19 {and White has no suitable follow-up.}) 24... bxc4 (24...
Rh6 $2 25. Nxf7 $1 {/\} Kxf7 26. Qf5+ Bf6 27. Rd7+ Kg8 28. Bxe6+ Kh8 29. Rad1
$1 Rf8 30. Rd8 $18 {This line illustrates the pressure against e6 and f7 is
very serious, so Svidler decides to liquidate the attacking B, which in turn
amounts to Q sacrifice.}) ({However, the greedy} 24... Bc8 $5 25. Bd5 Rb8 $13 {
deserves attention. Although with the K in the [+] Black's position hangs on a
thin thread, White still lacks anything more concrete.} (25... exd5 $2 26. Rxd5
$40)) 25. Qa4+ Kf8 26. Rd7 Bd5 $8 ({Practically forced, as giving up the Pf7
is extremely dangerous:} 26... Kg8 $6 27. Nxf7 $40 {/\} Bd4 28. Nd8 Bd5 (28...
Qb8 29. Rxd4 $1 cxd4 30. Qe8+ Kg7 31. Qe7+ Kg6 32. Qg5+ Kh7 33. Nxe6 $18) 29.
Rxa7 Rxa7 30. Nxe6 $16) 27. Rd1 $1 {White can continue improving his position
before he cashes in.} Bd4 (27... Qb8 $2 28. Rxf7+ Kg8 29. Rxd5 $1 Rh6 (29...
exd5 30. Qc6 Bd6 31. Rg7+ Kxg7 32. Qd7+ Kh6 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. Qf7+ Kh6 35. Qf6#)
30. Qd7 $5 exd5 31. Qxd5 Kh8 32. Rb7 $18) 28. Rxa7 {This simple solution is
easy to understand - Grischuk was (as usual) already running short of time.} (
28. b3 $5 {is an interesting attempt to avoid the game continuation. After the
game at the press-conference Svidler said this is what he was more afraid of,
but here Black can already retain his Q and the position remains very murky:}
Qb8 (28... g3 $2 29. Rxd4 cxd4 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. bxc4 gxf2+ 32. Kf1 $1 {/\} (
32. Kxf2 $16) 32... Ba8 33. Qa3+ Re7 34. Qd6 Rh6 35. Qb8+ Re8 36. Qa7 $1 Rf6
37. Nh7+ $18) 29. Rxf7+ Kg8 30. bxc4 (30. Qd7 Qe8 $17 {leads nowhere.}) 30...
g3 (30... Rh7 31. Nxh7 $1 (31. Rxh7 Qg3 32. Rg7+ Kh8 $1 $11) 31... Kxf7 32.
cxd5 $36) 31. cxd5 gxf2+ 32. Rxf2 (32. Kh1 Qe5 33. Qc6 Qxd5 (33... Qe1+ 34. Kh2
Rd8 $5 35. Rxd4 $5 cxd4 36. Qc7 f1=N+ 37. Rxf1 Qxf1 38. Qxd8+ Qf8 39. Qc7 exd5
40. Qe5 Rh6 $11) 34. Qc7 Qe5 35. Qxe5 Bxe5 36. Rxf2 Rh6 $11 {In this _|_ Black
manages to coordinate his forces and he is out of danger.}) 32... Bxf2+ 33.
Kxf2 Qb4 $5 {and with both K weak a draw seems to be the most probable result.
A plausible line is} 34. Qc6 Qxh4+ 35. Kg1 Rf8 36. Qxe6+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kg6 38.
Ne6 Rf6 39. Rd3 Qf2+ 40. Kh2 Rg8 $1 41. Rg3+ Kh6 42. Rxg8 Qh4+ 43. Kg1 Qf2+ $11
) 28... Rxa7 29. b3 Kg7 (29... cxb3 $6 30. Rxd4 cxd4 31. Qxd4 Rb7 $1 (31... f6
32. Nxe6+ Bxe6 33. Qxa7 $16) 32. Qxh8+ Ke7 33. Qb2 f6 34. Qa3+ (34. Nh7 e5 $44)
34... Kd7 35. Qa4+ Bc6 36. Qd4+ Bd5 37. Ne4 b2 38. Nd2 b1=Q+ 39. Nxb1 Rxb1+ 40.
Kh2 $16 {Here White's winning chances are very realistic.}) 30. bxc4 Ba8 {
[%csl Ga8,Gd4,Rg7] Black has sufficient material compensation for the Q and if
he manages to consolidate his position, with his active ^^ he can have
ambitions. However, this is not easy - his K is permanently vulnerable.} 31.
Qc2 {White chooses the direct method to reactivate his Q, but Black has enough
<=> and the game heads towards a draw. Less forcing continuations are unclear:}
(31. Qb3 Rd7 32. Kh1 $13 (32. Qg3 Re8 {[%cal Yf7f6] /\f6=/+})) (31. Kf1 Rb7 (
31... Rh6 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. c5 $36) 32. f3 $5 $13) 31... g3 (31... Rd7 32. Kf1
$14 {/\Rb1}) 32. Rxd4 cxd4 33. Qe2 gxf2+ (33... Re7 34. Qe5+ (34. fxg3 e5 $15)
34... f6 35. Nxe6+ Kf7 36. Ng5+ $1 fxg5 37. Qf5+ (37. Qxh8 $4 Re1#) 37... Kg7
38. Qxg5+ $11) 34. Qxf2 (34. Kxf2 {[%cal Re2e5] /\Qe5} Kf6 35. Nh7+ $1 Kg7 (
35... Rxh7 $2 36. Qd3 $1 $16 {/\Qh7,Qd4 wins one of the R with serious winning
chances.}) 36. Ng5 $11) 34... Rd8 ({A safer choice is} 34... e5 $142 $1 {
which more or less forces White to make a draw:} 35. Qg3 f6 36. Ne6+ (36. Ne4+
Kf7 37. Nxf6 Kxf6 38. Qg5+ Kf7 39. Qf5+ (39. Qxe5 Rh7 $1 $15 {coordinates the
R and gives Black some winning chances.}) 39... Kg8 40. Qg6+ $11) 36... Kh6 37.
Qf2 Rf7 38. Ng5 Rff8 39. Ne6 Rf7 $11 (39... Kg6 $44 {is possibly also playable,
but not too rational: with his ע Black anyway can't hope for more than a draw.
})) 35. Qg3 Kf8 36. Qe5 $36 Ke8 $2 $138 {[%mdl 8192] Handling such positions
faultlessly in time-trouble is practically impossible, this error could have
cost Black dearly...} (36... Rad7 $142 $5 37. Nh7+ (37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Qg7 d3 $5
{[%csl Gd3] o^<=>} 39. c5 (39. Qxf7+ Kd6 40. Qf4+ Kc6 $5 41. Qe3 Kb7 42. Nxe6
d2 43. Nxd8+ Rxd8 44. Qe7+ Kc8 45. Qc5+ $11) 39... Rf8 40. Nh7 Rfd8 41. Qg5+
Ke8 42. Nf6+ Kf8 43. Nxd7+ Rxd7 44. c6 d2 45. Qc5+ Kg8 46. Qg5+ $11) 37... Ke7
38. Qc5+ $5 (38. Nf6 d3 $1 39. Nxd7 Rxd7 $44) 38... Rd6 $8 39. Qg5+ Kd7 40. c5
Rc6 41. Nf6+ Kc8 42. Ne4 d3 43. Nd6+ Kc7 $14 {/<=>}) (36... d3 $2 37. Qc5+ Re7
38. Nh7+ Ke8 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. Ng8 $1 $18) 37. Nxe6 $2 $138 {The time-trouble
was mutual and Grischuk returns the favour - this tempting blow only draws.} (
37. Qh8+ $1 Ke7 $8 38. Qg7 $40 {/\} Rf8 39. Nxe6 $18) 37... fxe6 38. Qh8+ Ke7
39. Qg7+ Ke8 40. Qh8+ (40. Qxa7 d3 41. Qxa6 d2 (41... Ke7 $5 $11) 42. Qxe6+ Kf8
43. Qf5+ Ke8 44. Qxh5+ Ke7 $11) 40... Ke7 (40... Kd7 $4 41. Qxd4+ $18) 41. Qg7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {An early deviation from the Marshall
Attack. Una desviación temprana del Ataque Marshall.} dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4
7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 {We are following
well-known paths. White is better developed, but Black's kingside structure
and his pair of bishops do not allow the rapid activation of White's forces.}
Re8 {A typical method in the Exchange Spanish. Black abandons the d-file,
which is not so important yet, because White cannot infiltrate through it, for
the sake of avoiding simplifications and putting pressure on the e4-pawn.} 12.
Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. f3 Bd6 {This might have come as a suprise for Aronian,
since it was played on very rare occasions.} ({The main stream of theory
continues} 14... Ne7 15. Nf4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Nd5 Bd8 {
White has an active position, but it is not easy to find a concrete way for
making progress.} 19. Ne3 $1 {[%csl Gg4] The best way to maintain the
advantage of space.} (19. c4 g5 20. Bg3 g4 $1 21. Re1 gxf3 22. gxf3 g5 $132 {
Socko,B (2621)-Akopian,V (2713)/Port Erin 2006/CBM 114 ext (1/2-1/2, 29)})
19... g5 20. Bg3 g6 21. Bf2 Rh7 22. g4 c4 23. Kg2 b5 24. c3 {Laznicka,V (2608)
-Georgiev,V (2540)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (1-0, 42). The evaluation has not
changed much since the 18th move.}) 15. Bf4 {A logical reaction. White is
happy to deprive his opponent of the pair of bishops.} Bxf4 16. Nxf4 Nh6 $1 {
On the other hand, Black has got this additional way of developing his knight,
without fearing Bxh6 anymore.} 17. Kf2 $146 {Both sides have developed in a
harmonious way. White's advantage is more of an optical nature. His domination
along the d-file is rather sterile, while the kingside majority is not easy to
promote, being submitted to strong pressure by the enemy bishop. On the other
wing, Black's structure is rock solid and provides him with outposts for his
pieces (c6, d4). Ambos bandos han completado su desarrollo. La ventaja delas
blancas es más bien de naturaleza, digamos, óptica. La dominación sobre la
columna de d es bastante esterila, mientras que la mayoría de peones del
flanco de rey no es fácil de avanzar, al ser sometida a fuerte presión por el
alfil enemigo. En el otro flanco, la estructura negra es muy sólida y ofrece a
sus figuras casillas estables como c6 y d4.} ({Previously,} 17. Nh5 {was
played in a couple of games. The knight stands actively here, but it will
eventually be driven away with a later ...g6.} Rhg8 {[%cal Yf6f5] The best way
to defend the pawn.} (17... Re7 $6 18. Nd5 Rf7 19. g4 $14 {[%csl Gh6] Rause,O 
(2565)-Cutillas Ripoll,P (2465)/W-Cup6 fin corr 1994/Corr 2002 (1-0, 44).
leads to some congestion of Black's pieces.}) 18. g4 Nf7 {[%csl Gf3][%cal
Yg7e5]} 19. Kf2 Kb7 (19... Ne5 20. b3 a5 21. h3 Kb7 22. Nd5 {and now, in the
game Kasparov,S (2491)-Maiorov,N (2490)/Minsk 2006/CBM 111 ext (1/2-1/2, 57),
White had no special reason to refrain from} a4 $5 $132) 20. b3 a5 21. a4 Ne5
22. h3 c4 {Getting rid of the doubled pawns. For somebody used to the Berlin
Defence, this is just a great position for Black.} 23. f4 {[%csl Ye4]} Nf7 24.
Re2 cxb3 25. cxb3 Re7 26. Re3 Nd6 27. Rde1 Rf8 28. Ng3 g6 $132 {Zapata,A (2556)
-Sasikiran,K (2670)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003 (0-1, 67). White has an advantage of
space, but his e4-pawn needs permanent care. Besides, making further progress
looks virtually impossible and in the long run Black has chances to take over
the initiative.}) 17... f5 18. exf5 Nxf5 19. Re1 Rxe1 20. Kxe1 g5 {The
position can be evaluated as roughtly equal, but remains quite interesting.
From the spectator's point of view, the abrupt end is slightly frustrating. La
posición ofrece posibilidades aproximadamente iguales, pero en realidad queda
muy interesante. Desde el punto de vista del espectador, el final abrupto es
bastante frustrante.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Bf4 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nc5 10. Be3 Re8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Nxe6 13. h4 Qd7 14.
Qd5 Qc6 15. Qf5 Qc4 ({A novelty over Una novedad con respecto a} 15... Nf8 {
as played in the fourth round game Svidler-Gelfand. The knight retreat looks
like a solid option and eventually led to a quick draw, but has the drawback
that it leaves White a free hand for developing his initiative. If Svidler was
ready to repeat the variation, he obviously had prepared some improvement. The
idea behind Kramnik's move is to question the enemy queen's domination over
the right wing as soon as possible. This will be the main theme of the next
phase of the game. que se había jugado en la cuarta ronda en la partida
Svidler-Gelfand. La retirada de caballo parece una opción sólida y había
llevado a unas tablas rápidas en dicha ocasión, pero tiene la desventaja de
dejar a las blancas manos libres para desarrollar su iniciativa. La idea
detrás de la jugada de Kramnik es cuestionar lo antes posible la dominación de
la dama enemiga en el flanco de rey. Este será el tema principal durante la
siguíente fase de la partida.}) 16. Kb1 (16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. hxg5 {looks too
straigthforward to cause Black serious problems.} Nf8 {Safely defending the
h7-pawn and preparing the activation of rooks.} 18. Kb1 Re5 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20.
cxd3 Rae8 21. Rh3 b6 22. Kc2 R5e6 23. Rdh1 f6 {Finally annihilating White's
advantage of space on the kingside.} 24. gxf6 Rxf6 25. d4 d5 26. Kd3 h6 $11 {
Karjakin,S (2678)-Kramnik,V (2766)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM 117 (1/2-1/2, 33)})
16... g6 17. Qh3 h5 18. Nd2 $146 {But only this is the really new move.} (18.
Nd4 Nxd4 $6 {This might be the cause to Black's future problems. White is
given the possibility to activate his major pieces.} (18... Ng7 $5 {[%cal
Yd6d5,Yc7c5,Ga8d8] , consolidating the kingside in advance and leaving the
enemy knight exposed in the centre deserves attention.}) 19. Rxd4 Qe6 20. Qf3
Bf6 21. Rb4 b6 22. Qc6 Rac8 23. Rd1 a5 24. Rc4 Rcd8 25. a4 Re7 26. Rd5 Qd7 27.
g3 Qxc6 28. Rxc6 Ra8 29. Ka2 $1 {[%cal Ya2c4,Yc4b5] Bartel,M (2569)-Fridman,D 
(2604)/Germany 2006/CBM 116 (1-0, 58). and White's domination on the light
squares eventually yielded him a win.}) 18... Qe2 $5 ({A super-refined move.
The immediate} 18... Qg4 {looks more natural, but Black has good reasons to
provoke the move Rde1. First of all (but not the most important), Black plans
to play ...d5 and it could be useful to eliminate any possibility of pressure
along the d-file. However, the essence is that the opposition of rooks along
the e-file favours Black. In certain cases, the e3-bishop could remain pinned,
while in others the exchange of rooks along the e-file would diminish White's
attacking chances on the kingside.}) 19. Rde1 Qg4 20. Qh2 (20. Qxg4 hxg4 21. h5
{looks tempting, but Black seems to have sufficient defensive resources.} gxh5
$1 (21... Kg7 22. hxg6 Kxg6 23. Rh6+ Kg7 24. Reh1 Rh8 25. Rxh8 Rxh8 26. Rxh8
Kxh8 {Apparently, everything is OK for Black, but the unexpected} 27. Bxa7 $5 {
(in the spirit of the first game of the Fischer-Spassky match) maintains
better chances for White after} b6 28. a4 $1) 22. Rxh5 Ng7 $1 {It appears that
the h-file does not offer White too many squares for his rook(s).} 23. Rhh1 (
23. Rh2 Bf6 24. Reh1 $6 {is risky because of} Nf5 $36 {[%csl Ge3,Gh8]} 25. Nf1
Nxe3 26. Nxe3 g3 $1 $17) 23... Nf5 $132) 20... d5 21. f3 Qa4 22. g4 {Finally,
White has managed to start a kingside attack which bears some similarity with
the sharp lines of the Sicilian Dragon. It should be noticed that his own king
finds himself in absolute safety, because of the absence of open files on the
queenside. Finalmente, las blancas han conseguído lanzar un ataque en el
flanco de rey que se parece a las agudas líneas de la variante del Dragon de
la Siciliana. Cabe mencionar que su proprio rey se encuantra en absoluta
seguridad, por la falta de líneas abiertas en el flanco de dama.} Bd6 (22...
hxg4 $2 23. h5 $1 $36) 23. Qf2 Ng7 {We can also notice some differences if
compared to the Dragon, which favour Black. We have here an open file, which
can always be used by the defending side for transposing to an ending by
exchanging all rooks. This could happen if White tries to undermine Black's
kingside fortress with Bd4, threatening Bxg7 and gxh5. Another aspect is
Black's advantage of space in the centre (something unthinkable in the Dragon).
Concretely, the presence of the d5-pawn restricts the activity of the white
knight. También podemos observar ciertas diferencias con respecto al Dragon
que favorecen a las negras. La presencía de una línea abierta ofrece a la
parte en defensa simplificar la posición mediante el cambio de todas las
torres. Por ejemplo. esto podía pasar en caso de Ad4, con idea de subminar la
fortaleza negra del flanco de rey con Axg7 y gxh5. Otro aspecto se refiere a
la ventaja de espacío en el centro de las negras, algo impensable en el Dragon.
Concretamente, la presencía del peón de d5 en el centro restringe la actividad
del caballo enemigo.} 24. c4 $5 (24. Bd4 Rxe1+ 25. Rxe1 Re8 $11 26. Rg1 Be5 $1
{[%csl Gg7,Gh5]}) 24... dxc4 25. Bd4 {Svidler has cleared the e4-square for
his knight, which can make a lot of difference after the aforementioned
solution 25...Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8 because of 27.Ne4! However, the structural
modifications in the centre have also opened the d-file and the h1-a8 diagonal,
which will offer Black additional possibilities for defence and counterattack.
Svidler eliberó la casilla de e4 para su caballo, lo que sería un factor
esencial después de la parada mencionada anterirmente 25...Rxe1+ 26.Rxe1 Re8
por 27.Ne4! Sin embargo, las modificaciones structurales en el centro han
dejado abiertas la columna de d y la gran diagonal blanca, lo que les ofrecerá
posibilidades adicionales de defensa y contraataque a las negras.[#]} Qc6 $1 {
Indirectly defending the f6-square. Defendiendo la casilla de f6 de forma algo
indirecta.} 26. Bc3 ({Threatening Qd4. Amenazando Qd4. No era peligrosa} 26.
Ne4 {was not dangerous because of por} Be5 {revealing the idea behind Black's
previous move. There was no time for slow increase of the pressure with ,
dejando clara la idea de la jugada anterior de las negras. Tampoco queda
tiempo para aumentar la presión con} 27. Re2 {because of por} Rad8 {the d-file
serves Black quite well for starting his counterplay. cuando la columna de d
les sirve a las negras para fuerte contrajuego.}) (26. Bxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd4+ Kg8
28. gxh5 {would weaken the position of Black's king, but the own king would
start feeling insecure, too, after} c3 $1 29. Nc4 (29. Ne4 Be5 $1) 29... Rxe1+
({After} 29... cxb2 30. hxg6 $40 {White's king feels safer than his rival. The
black b2-pawn offers even better protection than the white pawn on the same
square.}) {Now, a logical (but more spectacular) way to achieve the same
result as in the game would be} 30. Rxe1 Re8 31. Rxe8+ (31. Rd1 Bf8 $1 {
[%cal Yf8g7]}) 31... Qxe8 32. Qxc3 gxh5 33. Nxd6 Qe2 $1 34. a3 Qd1+ 35. Ka2
Qxd6 $11) 26... Bc5 27. Qg3 Bd6 28. Qf2 ({The only reasonable way to avoid an
immediate draw was La única manera de evitar lastablas inmediatas sería} 28.
Qg2 {, but after the opening of the long diagonal the white queen would feel
dominated by her rival. Just think about Leko's uninspired queen retreats in
his game against Gelfand! , pero después de la apertura de la gran diagonal la
dama blanca se sentiría dominada por su rival. Recuerde las retiradas de dama
de Leko contra Gelfand, unos días antes.}) 28... Bc5 29. Qg3 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 {Fashion is cruel. Just a few years ago, about half of the games
played at high level started with these moves. In Mexico, the first Sicilian
was played in the second half of the tournament... La moda es cruel. Hace
pocos años, mas o menos la kitad de las partidas a nivel alto empezaban con
estas jugadas. En México, la primera Siciliana se jugó en la segunda mitad del
torneo...} 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8.
Qd2 Nbd7 9. f3 Be7 10. g4 O-O 11. O-O-O b5 12. Rg1 $5 ({This ultra-refined
move was first played by Anand against Morozevich, in Monaco 2006. Morozevich
won the game with Black, but was apparently impressed by the idea and employed
it himself in the same tournament, and... lost, too! White is not in a hurry
to advance his g-pawn, because after Esta jugada ultra-refinada fue empleada
por primera vez por Anand contra Morozevich en Monaco 2006. Morozevich ganó
con negras, pero parece que fue impresionado por la idea ya que la empleó más
tarde en el mismo torneo y... !perdió también! Las blancas no tienen prisa con
avanzar el peón de g porque después de} 12. g5 b4 $1 13. Nd5 {Black can
preserv e his light-squared bishop with las negras pueden conservar su alfil
de casillas blancas con} Nxd5 14. exd5 Bf5 {. At the same time, the presence
of the rook on the g-file is generally useful. . Al mismo tiempo, la presencía
de la torre en la columna de g puede resultar útil para más tarde.}) 12... Nb6
({Now, after Ahora, después de} 12... b4 13. Nd5 {Black would have to give up
his bishop, when a further g5 will open the important h3-c8 diagonal for the
white king's bishop. las negras tendrían que cambíar su alfil, después de que
un futuro avance del peón de g abriría la importante diagonal h3-c8 para
elalfil blanco.}) 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Ne8 15. a3 Qc7 16. Kb1 d5 $1 17. exd5 Nxd5
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bh3 ({White completes his development and attacks two enemy
pieces at the same time. The immediate Las blancas completan su desarrollo,
atacando dos figuras enemigas al mismo tiempo.} 19. Qxd5 $2 {was impossible
because of era imposible por} Rd8) 19... Be6 $5 ({An interesting decision.
After U na decisión interesante. Después de} 19... Rd8 20. Qf2 {, the pressure
of White's bishop would have been irritating. , la presión de los alfiles
blancos se hubiera vuelto iritante.}) 20. Bxe6 fxe6 {Black's structure does
not look too impressive now, but the open f-file as well as the absence of a
blocking knight on e4 make the situation unclear. La estructura de las negras
tiene bastante mala pinta, pero la presión por la columna de f y la aúsencía
de un caballo blanco bloqueador en e4 hacen que la posición no sea clara.} 21.
Qd7 $5 {A courageous move, which, after Black's cautious answer, will only
lead to simplifications. Una jugada valiente, que, tras la respuesta prudente
de las negras, llevará solo a simplificaciones.} Qxd7 ({Svidler was probably
afraid that after Es posible que Svidler haya temido que depsués de} 21...
Qxc2+ 22. Ka2 {his pieces would lose coordination. Indeed, after sus figuras
hubieran perdido su coordinación. Efectivamente, después de} Rc3 {Black can
parry the threat ...Rxa3+ followed by mate with las negras pueden parar la
amenaza ...Rxa3+, seguído por mate, con} 23. Qxe7 {, when Black's attacking
prospects remain debatable, mainly because of his passive knight. cuando las
posibilidades de ataque de las negras serían cuestionables, por la pasividad
de su caballo.}) 22. Rxd7 Rc7 23. Rxe7 Rxe7 24. Bc5 Ref7 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Nc6
Rxf3 27. Nxe5 Rf5 28. Nd3 a5 29. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 {This is the most principled
line to fight for an opening advantage.} Ngf6 (5... h6 $2 6. Ne6 $1 {is the
point of 5.Ng5.}) 6. Bd3 (6. Bc4 e6 7. Qe2 Nb6 {is another theoretical line.})
6... e6 ({Again} 6... h6 $2 {is met by} 7. Ne6 $1) 7. N1f3 Bd6 (7... h6 $2 {
allows White to sacrifice a piece for a very strong and long-lasting
initiative. We all remember the historical defeat of Garry Kasparov:} 8. Nxe6
Qe7 9. O-O fxe6 10. Bg6+ Kd8 11. Bf4 {[%csl Rd8,Yf8,Yh8]} b5 12. a4 Bb7 13. Re1
Nd5 14. Bg3 Kc8 15. axb5 cxb5 16. Qd3 Bc6 17. Bf5 exf5 18. Rxe7 Bxe7 19. c4 {
1-0 Comp Deep Blue-Kasparov,G (2785)/New York 1997/EXT 1998}) 8. Qe2 h6 {
Now, this move is ok!} 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 ({The move} 10... Nf6 {is
tempting, but loses control over the important e5 square, which becomes
apparent after} 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Bd2 b6 13. O-O-O Bb7 14. Ne5 $14 {[%csl Ge5]})
11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 {[%csl Rg7] Forcing Black to make a concession, either to
weaken his kingside, or to lose the right to castle.} Kf8 {Black loses his
right to castle, but, on the other hand White can't make use of it immediatly.
Meanwhile, Black is going to complete his queenside development and push c6-c5.
The alternative 12...g5 disappeared from top tournaments after following
brilliant win of Vishy Anand:} (12... g5 13. Qh3 Rg8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Qf5 $1 Bg7
16. h4 Kf8 17. Qh3 Rh8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Qg4 c5 20. Bxg5 cxd4 21. Rad1 Bb7 22.
Rxe6 $3 fxe6 23. Be7+ $1 Kxe7 24. Qxg7+ Kd6 25. Nxd4 Qc5 26. Bf5 $1 Qe5 27.
Nf3+ $18 {1-0 Anand,V (2774)-Bologan,V (2650)/Dortmund 2003/CBM 097 (36)}) 13.
Bd2 $6 {In my opinion, this way of development is not the best one. The main
alternative is 13.b3 developing the dark-squared to b2, where it can press
Black's vulnerable Pg7. Recently, White successfully employed also the move 13.
Qh4. Here, few recent examples:} (13. Qh4 Bb7 (13... c5 14. Be4 Rb8 15. Rd1 Ba6
16. dxc5 bxc5 17. b3 f5 18. Bd3 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Rb1 $14 {
[%csl Re6] 1-0 Jakovenko,D (2708)-Sasikiran,K (2690)/Foros UKR 2007/The Week
in Chess 659 (69)}) 14. Re1 Kg8 (14... c5 $5 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rd8 17. dxc5
Nxc5 18. Qh4 Kg8 19. b3 Be7 20. Qc4 Bf6 21. Bf4 Qb7 22. Be5 Nd7 23. Bxf6 Nxf6
24. Rad1 Kh7 $11 {1/2-1/2 Nisipeanu,L (2693)-Sasikiran,K (2690)/Foros UKR 2007/
The Week in Chess 660 (33)}) 15. Qh3 Re8 (15... c5 $2 16. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 17.
Qxe6+ Kf8 18. Nh4 $18) 16. c4 Nf6 17. Bd2 c5 18. d5 e5 19. Bc3 g6 20. Qh4 Kg7
21. Nd2 $16 {1-0 Leko,P (2738)-Bareev,E (2643)/Elista RUS 2007/The Week in
Chess 657 (41)}) (13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6 15. Qh4 Nd5 16. Rfe1 Nf4 17. Ne5 g5
18. Qg4 Rg8 19. Qf3 Rd8 20. Rad1 c5 21. Be4 Bxe5 22. dxe5 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bxe4
24. Qxe4 $14 {1/2-1/2 Anand,V (2779)-Wojtaszek,R (2637)/Baden Baden GER 2007/
The Week in Chess 647 (35)}) 13... Bb7 14. Rfe1 ({Deserves further
investigation:} 14. c4) 14... Rd8 15. Rad1 c5 $1 $146 {[%csl Gb7,Gc7,Gd6,Rf3,
Rh2] Black successfully completed his queenside development and opened
diagonals for his bishops. White's kingside is under pressure. Meanwhile,
White didn't create any threats against the black monarch, while his queen is
actually misplaced. White should already fight for equality.} (15... Nf6 16.
Qh4 (16. Qh3 c5 17. dxc5 bxc5 $11) 16... c5 17. Ne5 (17. dxc5 $142 bxc5 18. Be2
$11) 17... cxd4 18. Bf4 Kg8 19. c3 dxc3 20. bxc3 Qe7 21. Qh3 Nd5 $17 {1/2-1/2
Jakovenko,D (2596)-Adams,M (2738)/playchess.com INT 2004/EXT 2005 (53)}) 16.
dxc5 bxc5 {Black is now threatening to take on f3, so White's reply is
understandable.} 17. h4 {Now, the "h" pawn is not hanging.} (17. Bc3 Nf6 18.
Qh3 Bxf3 (18... Nd5 19. Be5 Bxe5 20. Nxe5 Nf4 21. Qg3 g5 (21... Nxg2 $4 22.
Ng6+ $18 {[%csl Rc7]}) 22. f3 $11) 19. Qxf3 Bxh2+ (19... Nd5 $2 20. Rxe6 Nxc3
21. bxc3 Bxh2+ 22. Kh1 Qf4 23. Bg6 $3 Rb8 24. Re3 $1 fxg6 25. Qd5 Qg5 26. Kxh2
Qxd5 27. Rxd5 $14) 20. Kh1 Bf4 21. Bc4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Ke7 {White's compensation
for a pawn is rather murky.}) (17. Qh3 $2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 {[%csl Rf2,Rf3,Rh2]
This is strategically bad for White.}) 17... Nf6 18. Qh3 c4 $6 ({Black could
win an exchange nearly by force!} 18... e5 $1 {[%cal Ge5e4]} 19. Bc3 e4 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Bxe4 Bxe4 22. Rxe4 Bh2+ 23. Nxh2 Rxd1+ 24. Nf1 Qc6 $15) 19. Bf1
Bd5 {[%csl Gd5] Black is at least not worse, as he is very solid in the center.
} 20. h5 Kg8 21. Be3 (21. Bc3 Kh7 22. Ne5 Ne4 (22... Rhf8 $5 $11) 23. Nxc4 (23.
Rxd5 $2 {is parried by} Ng5 $1 ({but not} 23... exd5 $2 24. Qf5+ Kg8 {[%tqu
"En","Please enter a move for White.","","","c3a5","",5]} 25. Ba5 $1 Qxa5 26.
Qxf7+ Kh7 27. Qf5+ Kg8 28. Rxe4 $1 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 $16)) 23... Nxc3 (23... Bc5 $4
24. Rxe4 $1 Bxe4 25. Qg4 $18 {[%csl Re4,Rg7]}) (23... Bxc4 $2 24. Rxe4 Bxf1 25.
Kxf1 $16) 24. Qxc3 Bh2+ 25. Kh1 Rhe8 {Black's pair of bishops compensates the
lack of pawn.}) 21... Kh7 {Black has completed an artificial castling.} 22. Bd4
Rhe8 23. b3 {The exchange on f6 at any time favours Black. So, Svidler is
trying to get rid of the Pc4 in order to make his light-squared bishop more
active.} cxb3 $6 {This exchange helps White, because it opens the diagonal for
the white light-squared bishop and also opens the "a" file.} (23... Bc5 24.
Bxf6 (24. Be5 Qb6 $15 {[%csl Rf2]}) 24... gxf6 25. Bxc4 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Qf4 $15)
24. axb3 Ne4 $2 {This is too optimistic.} ({Again, solid} 24... Bc5 {was
perfectly playable.}) 25. Bb5 $2 (25. Bd3 $2 f5 {gives White nothing.}) ({But,
} 25. Qg4 $1 {could punish Black for his mistake.} f5 (25... e5 26. Bxe5 $1
Bxe5 27. Rxd5 Nf6 (27... Nxf2 28. Qf5+ g6 29. Rxd8 gxf5 30. Rxe8 Bc3 31. Kxf2
Bxe1+ 32. Kxe1 Qxc2 33. Re3 $16) 28. Rxd8 Bh2+ $1 29. Nxh2 Nxg4 30. Bd3+ g6 31.
hxg6+ Kg7 32. Rdxe8 Qxh2+ 33. Kf1 Qh4 34. Ke2 Qxf2+ 35. Kd1 $16) (25... Nf6 26.
Bxf6 gxf6 {[%tqu "En","How should White continue?","","","d1d5","",10]} 27.
Rxd5 $1 exd5 28. Bd3+ Kh8 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Qf5 {and so on.}) 26. Qg6+ Kg8 27.
c4 Ba8 28. c5 $1 Nxc5 (28... Bxc5 29. Rc1 Qe7 30. Rxe4 $18 {[%csl Rc5]}) 29.
Bf6 {winning an exchange.}) 25... Re7 26. Qg4 f5 (26... e5 $2 27. Rxe4 Be6 28.
Qh4 exd4 29. Rexd4 $16) 27. Qg6+ Kg8 28. c4 Ba8 29. Be3 $2 {Attacking Ph6, but
missing a simple reply.} ({I don't see any better option for White than the
repetition of moves after} 29. Be5 Qb6 30. Bd4 Qc7 $11) 29... Rf8 $1 {[%csl
Rg6][%cal Gf8f6]} 30. Bd4 {White is forced to admit the mistake and come back
with the bishop, not to lose his queen.} a6 $2 {At this stage of the game,
both players were short on time, so, it was obviously extremely difficult to
calculate everything in such a messy position. White's queen is actually stuck
on g6, all Black needs to do is to remove the Bd4 and then to trap the queen
by Rf6.} (30... e5 $2 31. c5 $1 Bxc5 (31... Nxc5 32. Bxc5 Bxc5 33. Bc4+ Kh8 34.
Nh4 {with strong play on the light squares.}) 32. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 (33. Kf1
$2 Rxe5 34. Rd7 Nd2+ $1 35. Kxf2 Qc5+ 36. Nd4 Ne4+ 37. Kg1 Re7 38. Rxe7 Qxe7
$17) 33... Rxe5 34. Rd7 Qxd7 35. Bxd7 Ng3+ 36. Kh2 Bxf3 $1 37. Rxe5 Nf1+ 38.
Kh1 (38. Kh3 $4 Bg4+ $19) 38... Ng3+ {with nice perpetual check.}) (30... Bc5
$1 {was as simple as strong!} 31. b4 (31. Bxc5 Qxc5 $19 {[%csl Rf2,Rg6][%cal
Gf8f6]}) 31... Bxd4 32. Rxd4 e5 33. Rd3 Rf6 34. Red1 Rxg6 35. hxg6 Bc6 $8 36.
Rd8+ Re8 37. Rxe8+ Bxe8 38. Bxe8 Kf8 39. Bf7 Nf6 $17) 31. c5 (31. Bxa6 $5 {
Looks very risky, but actually possible.} Bc5 (31... e5 32. c5 $1 Nxc5 (32...
Bxc5 33. Bxc5 Qxc5 34. Re2 $13) 33. Bxc5 Bxc5 34. Bc4+ Kh8 35. Nh4 {[%csl Re7,
Rf8,Rh8] is annoying for Black.}) 32. Bb5 Bxd4 33. Rxd4 e5 (33... Rf6 $2 34.
Red1 $1 Rxg6 35. hxg6 $18 {The threat 36.Rd8+ forces Black to give another
piece.}) 34. Rdd1 Rf6 35. Rd7 $8 Qxd7 36. Bxd7 Rxg6 37. Bxf5 Rxg2+ $1 38. Kxg2
Nd2 39. Bg4 Rf7 40. Be6 (40. Re3 Kh7 41. Kg3 Nf1+ 42. Kg2 Nxe3+ 43. fxe3 g6 {
with slight winning chances for Black.}) 40... Nxf3 41. Ra1 Be4 42. Bxf7+ Kxf7
43. Kg3 {This complicated endgame should end in a draw.}) 31... Bxc5 (31...
Bh2+ $5 32. Nxh2 axb5 33. Nf3 Bd5 {was another playable option for Black.}) 32.
Bc4 Qb6 $4 {This move is just a tactical oversight.} ({Necessary was} 32... Bd5
33. Bxd5 exd5 34. Qxa6 {with approximate equality.}) 33. Bxc5 $4 {Wrong moves
order!} ({By} 33. Bxe6+ $1 Qxe6 (33... Kh8 $4 34. Qxh6#) 34. Bxc5 {White could
win an exchange without any compensation.}) 33... Qxc5 $6 {It's not clear why
Morozevich gave his Pe6.} ({After} 33... Nxc5 {White still has to prove his
compensation.}) 34. Bxe6+ Kh8 35. Rd4 Bc6 36. Bxf5 Nf6 37. Rc4 (37. Rxe7 Qxe7 {
followed by 38...Be8, Black will equalize.}) 37... Rxe1+ 38. Nxe1 Qe7 39. Nd3
Be8 40. Qg3 Nxh5 41. Qg4 {After a tense time-trouble a totally equal position
arised.} Bf7 42. Rc5 Qd6 43. Qb4 Bg8 44. Ra5 Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Actually, I started becoming afraid that
Svidler will not play the Grünfeld at all in Mexico, especially since there
was nothing to complain about with his results in the Slav. Para decir verdad,
empezaba a temer que Svidler noiba a jugar la Grünfeld en México.
Especialmente que no se puede quejar de los resultados obtenidos con la Eslava.
..} 4. cxd5 ({For decades, Gelfand has been one of the great (if not just the
greatest) specialists of the Rb1 system. However, in Dortmund 2006 Svidler
employed a quiet positional line against him and achieved an excellent
position. In Moscow 2006, Gelfand managed to defeat Svidler with this
Anti-Grünfeld move order, only that he delivered the check one move earlier
with Durante largos años, Gelfand ha sido uno de los mas grandes (si no el
masgrande) especialistas dela variante Tb1. Sin embargo, en Dortmund 2006
Svidler empleó contra él una línea tranquíla y obtuva una excelente posición.
En moscú 2006 Gelfand le ganó al mismo contrincante con este orden de jugadas
Anti-Grünfeld, pero dando el jaque una jugada antes con} 4. Qa4+) 4... Nxd5 5.
Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Bf4 Be6 {Finally, we have transposed to a
genuine Grünfeld, true, a rare variation: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7
5.cxd5 Nxd5 6.Qb3 Nb6 7.Bf4 Be6. In the GI, Black has an important alternative
in 6...Nxc3, which gives meaning to Gelfand's move order.} 9. Qa3 ({The main
alternative is} 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. Rd1 {This move was employed in a recent game.} (
{You can find a survey of this variation in the notes to} 10. e3 {Kholmov,R 
(2540)-Hort,V (2600)/Moscow 1975/MCL/[Gagarin] (1-0, 61), where Black was OK
after the opening.}) 10... Nb4 11. Qb1 N4d5 (11... O-O 12. e4 Bg4 13. a3 Nc6
14. d5 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Nd4 16. Bg2 e5 $10 {Gipslis/}) 12. Nxd5 Qxd5 {An
interesting way to activate Black'splay.} (12... Nxd5 13. Be5 $1 (13. Bg3 c5 $5
$132)) 13. e4 Qxa2 14. d5 Qxb1 15. Rxb1 Bd7 16. Bxc7 O-O 17. Bd3 f5 $132 {
Berkes,F (2511)-Lupulescu,C (2476)/Balatonlelle 2002/CBM 088 ext (0-1, 48)})
9... O-O 10. e4 $146 ({Against the more restrained} 10. e3 {, Black has
generally faced problems with obtaining adequate counterplay, at least in more
recent games.} {But maybe best is} N8d7 {, as played more than half a century
ago:} (10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O c6 14. Bg3 Nf6 15. Be5 Ne4
16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rfd1 h5 18. Ne5 Qd6 $14 {Wang Yue (2626)-Areshchenko,A (2641)
/Lausanne 2006/CBM 115 (1/2-1/2, 45). Simplifications have made White's space
advantage less significant, but Black has not quite equalized completely.}) (
10... a5 11. Be2 c6 (11... Nc4 12. Bxc4 Bxc4 {is far from one-sided now,
because of} 13. Qc5 Ba6 14. Bxc7) 12. O-O N8d7 13. Rfd1 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15.
b3 Bd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 $16 {Granda Zuniga,J (2612)-Mikhalevski,V (2590)/
La Laguna 2007/CBM 117 ext (1-0, 60). and Black has problems with defending
his queenside. His bishop is very passive.}) ({Black could probably play as in
the game:} 10... c6 11. Rd1 Nc4) 11. Ng5 $6 (11. Rd1 a5 12. Be2 Nc4 13. Bxc4
Bxc4 {[%csl Ge1]}) 11... Bc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc4 13. Qb3 e5 14. Qxc4 Nb6 15. Qb3 exf4
$36 {Kottnauer,C-Richter,E/Chocen 1942/EXT 2001 (0-1, 60)}) 10... c6 {We have
a typical Grünfeld position. White has built up a formidable centre, but is
slightly underdeveloped and his queen is far from optimally placed. En
realidad, esto se parece mucho a una Grünfeld normal. Las blancas tienen un
centro impresionante de peones,pero están algo retrasadas con su desarrollo y
tienen la dama malamente colocada.} 11. Rd1 Nc4 12. Bxc4 (12. Qb4 b5 $1 {
[%csl Gb4]}) 12... Bxc4 {From a strategic point of view, this exchange should
favour White, because Black will not have sufficient forces to sustain the
thematic breaks ...c5 or ...e5. However, the fact that the king cannot castle
easily maintains the balance. desde unpunto de vista estratégico, este cambío
favorece a las blancas, porque las negras ya no disponen de fuerzas
suficientes para realizar na de las rupturas típicas ...c5 o ...e5. Sin
embargo, el hecho de que el rey no puede enrocarse facilmente mantiene la
posición aproximadamente iguala.} 13. Ne5 Ba6 14. Be3 {This looks like a
signal to retreat.} (14. f3 $5 {[%cal Ye1f2,Yh1e1,Yf2g1] , intending to castle
artificially, deserves some attention.} Qd6 (14... Nd7 $2 15. Nxc6 $1 $16) (
14... Qb6 $6 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Rd2 {and Black's pieces are awkwardly placed.
White can choose between Nc5 and Nc3, while the developing move...Nd7 is not
possible yet.}) 15. Qxd6 $1 (15. Qb3 Nd7 {offers Black strong counterplay.
After} 16. Nd3 {, among others, he can sacrifice his quen with} Qxd4 17. Ne5
Qxd1+ 18. Kxd1 Nxe5 $44) 15... exd6 16. Ng4 f5 (16... Rd8 17. Kf2 $14) 17. exf5
gxf5 18. Ne3 $14 {White retains some strategic advantage.}) 14... Qd6 15. f4 ({
Now, after} 15. Qxd6 exd6 16. Nd3 {, there is no pressure on d6, allowing
Black develop easily.} Nd7 17. O-O Rfe8 $11) 15... Qxa3 16. bxa3 f6 17. Nf3 Nd7
18. d5 Nb6 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21. Ne6 Bh6 22. Kf2 {Black has a
comfortable position. His structure is better, while the e6-knight is not too
stable. Las negras tiene una c´modoa posicion. Su estructura es mejor mientras
que el caballo enemigo no es demasiado estable en e6.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O {
Given the tournament situation, Anand chooses the safe (nowadays) Marshall
Attack. A couple of decades ago, this comment would have been pure nonsense.
Teniendo en cuenta la situación favorable en el torneo, Anand elije el seguro 
(hoy en día) Ataque Marshall. Hace unas docenas de años, este comentarío no
hubiera tenido ningún sentido.} 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 {Black is in no
hurry to consolidate his centre with ...d6, because he wants to keep the
possibility ...d5, in the spirit of the Marshall Attack in reserve. Besides,
the a3-f8 diagonal could be useful still, in case of an eventual Nc3, which
could eventually be answered with ...Bb4. White will try to combine the
pressure against the b5-pawn with the central plan c3 and d4, although this is
connected with a loss of time. Curiously, the variation had been seen twice
this year in games played between the same opponents, but with... reversed
colours.} 11. axb5 {It is not easy to decide which is the correct move order.}
({En Wijk aan Zee 2007, la partida entre los mismos contrincantes, pero con
colores inversos, continuó} 11. c3 b4 {Anand,V (2779)-Svidler,P (2728)/Wijk
aan Zee 2007/CBM 117/[Marin] (1-0, 21)}) (11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. c3 {Anand,V (2779)
-Svidler,P (2728)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Mihail Marin] (1/2-1/2, 47)})
11... axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. c3 Bf8 ({Deviating from another game where
Svidler had black and which continued} 13... d6 {White immediately took
advantage of the fact that the a3-f8 diagonal has been closed and answered} 14.
Na3 {Ivanchuk,V (2750)-Svidler,P (2728)/Morelia/Linares 2007/CBM 117/[Mihail
Marin] (1/2-1/2, 44). True, this did not offer him an objective advantage.})
14. d4 d6 {Finally consolidating the centre, now that the possibility of ...d5
has been physically removed. The position is typical for the Zaitsev system.
La posición se ha vuelto típica para la Variante Zaitsev.} ({What about the
e4-pawn? Is it not hanging? The first thought is that} 14... exd4 {is simply
bad because of} 15. e5 {, winning space for White in the centre. However,
Black can answer with the unexpected} Na5 $5 {, maintaining a playable
position.} 16. Bc2 {The only way to keep Black under pressure.} (16. exf6 $2 {
is simply bad because almost all White's pieces are hanging:} Bxf3 17. Rxe8
Qxe8 18. gxf3 Nxb3 19. Qxb3 Qe1+ 20. Kg2 Qxc1 21. Na3 d3 $19) (16. Ba2 {
leaves the e4-square available to the knight.} Ne4 17. cxd4 d5 $132 {and
Black's position looks normal.}) 16... Bxf3 17. gxf3 (17. Qxf3 Nc6 $1 $15 {
maintains Black's material advantage, without making any important concession.}
) 17... Nd5 18. Qxd4 $14 {White has advantage of space in the centre and a
mighty pair of bishops. However, he is slightly underdeveloped (which is
compensated by the fact that Black's already developed knights are unstable)
and has kingside weaknesses. Generally, the position looks shaky for Black and
it is not the kind of stuff one should embark in when a draw brings you closer
to the World Crown.}) 15. d5 {After Black's previous move, the threat against
the e4-pawn became real. Therefore, White should do something about it.
Svidler's move looks like a radical solution, but half-measures seem to offer
Black good counterplay in the centre. Which is quite logical, since he is in
fact a tempo up compared to the normal variations.} (15. Bc2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4
$132 {[%csl Gc2]}) (15. Nbd2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. d5 c6 $132) 15... Na5 16.
Ba2 c6 17. Na3 {Black has the more flexible structure, but White intends to
play b4, forcing ...Nb7, when the knight would remain passive for a long time.
Las negras tienen estructura más flexible, pero las blancas amenazan con b4,
cuando la retirada ...Cb7 dejaría al caballo pásivo por largo rato.} Qc7 $1 {
Solving the problems of coordination by simple tactical means. Resolviendo los
problemas de coordinación por medios tácticos sencillos.} 18. Qe2 (18. b4 {
would be answered by sería contestado por} Nc4 {, for instance por ejemplo} 19.
Nxc4 bxc4 20. Bxc4 $2 (20. dxc6 $11) 20... cxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. exd5 Qc4 {
recovering the pawn with excellent play. recuperando el peón con excelente
juego.}) (18. dxc6 Bxc6 {[%cal Yc7b7] would solve Black's problems of piece
coordination.}) 18... cxd5 19. Nxb5 Qd7 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Bxd5 Nxd5 22. Rd1 Nf6
{In the long run, Black's centre should offer him the better chances, but a
draw brings Anand a step closer to his goal. A largo plazo, los peones
centrales les asegurarían a las negras mejores posibilidades, pero unas tablas
le acercan a Anand a su meta.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 $5 ({This move made part of
Botvinnik's repertoire. The normal continuation is Esta jugada formaba parte
del repertorío de Botvinnik. La continuación normal es} 5. Bg2) 5... Bxf2+ 6.
Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 c5 8. h3 ({An alternate plan is to develop the bishop to e2,
abandoning the initial plan. The g2-square will be occupied by the king.} 8.
Be2 d6 9. h3 O-O 10. d3 a6 {A dynamic approach. Black doesn't lose time to
bring his knights closer to the key square d4, but tries to take advantage of
the slight lead in development at once.} (10... Be6 11. Kg2 Nfd7 ({By leaving
the d6 Pawn undefended, Black practically "invites" his opponent to execute
the thematical central push. More solid would have been} 11... Nc6 {[%cal
Yf6d7,Yd7e5] /\Nd7-e5, for example} 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Qd2 Nd7 14. Rae1 Nde5 $13)
12. d4 $14 cxd4 13. Qxd4 Qc7 ({The exchange of queens would favour White,
since he would not have to care anymore about the safety of his king.} 13...
Qb6 14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. b3 $16 {><d6}) 14. b3 Rad8 $6 (14... Nc6 15. Qd2 Nc5 $14)
15. Nb5 Qa5 16. Bd2 (16. Qxd6) (16. Nxd6) (16. Qxa7) 16... Qa6 17. Bg5 Rc8 (
17... f6 18. Nc7 $1 $18) 18. Qxd6 $16 {1-0 Chernin,A (2645)-Groszpeter,A (2505)
/AUT 1998/EXT 2000}) 11. Kg2 b5 12. b3 ({Accepting the sacrifice would have
opened lines on the Queen side and left Black with strong compensation:} 12.
cxb5 axb5 13. Nxb5 Qb6 $5 14. Nc3 Be6 {planning Rfb8 and, eventually, d5.
White has no easy way to complete the development of the Queen side, since
b2-b3 is impossible in view of Bxb3!.}) 12... b4 ({Forcing White to make a
decision about his knight. After} 12... bxc4 13. bxc4 {it is not entirely
clear whether Black can get enough play on the open b-file.}) ({but maybe a
move like} 12... Rb8 {would have come into consideration.}) 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14.
exd5 Re8 15. d4 ({In principle, White would have preffered to delay this move,
which creates a perfect square on c5 for the black Knight. Unfortunately,
because of the lack of development, slow play would lead to problems:} 15. Bb2
Qe7 {(/\Nxc4)} 16. Re1 Qd7 17. g4 h5 $1) 15... cxd4 16. Qxd4 Nd7 17. Bf3 Nc5
18. Bb2 Qg5 ({After this natural move, Black gets into trouble. The Queen is
very exposed on g5. Safer would have been} 18... f6 {and the weakness of the
e6 square is not too relevant, since it is well protected. The Queen could be
sent on the other wing, in order to attack Pa2.}) 19. Rae1 Bf5 20. h4 Qh6 21.
Bc1 Qf6 (21... Qg6 22. h5) 22. Qxf6 gxf6 $16 {Volodin,A (2300)-Savchenko,A/
Voronezh 1999/EXT 2000 (1-0, 30)}) 8... O-O ({One game between two legendary
players went} 8... d6 9. d3 h5 $6 {Black weakens his kingside without getting
any attacking chances on this wing.} (9... O-O 10. Bg2 Nfd7 11. Rf1 Nc6 12. Be3
Nde5 13. a3 $6 {This move weakens the queenside, preventing White from
maintaining the tension under favourable circumstances after Black's ...a6
followed by ...b5.} a6 14. Qd2 b5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Ba6 17. a4 Rb8 18. Kg1
Bxb5 19. axb5 Rxb5 $15 {[%csl Gb2,Gd3] Wirthensohn,H-Friedgood,D/Caorle 1972/
EXT 2001 (0-1, 31)}) 10. Be2 Nh7 11. Kg2 h4 12. g4 Ng5 13. Be3 Bd7 14. Qd2 Ne6
15. b4 {With his kingside securely defended, White is the first to start
active operations on the opposit wing.} b6 16. Rab1 Bc6 17. Rhf1 Bb7 18. Kg1
Nc6 19. Nd5 Ncd4 20. Bd1 f6 21. Kh2 Bc6 22. a4 a5 23. bxa5 bxa5 {Black has
managed to stabilize the queenside, but the open b-file excludes the
possibility of "parking" the king there. On the opposite wing, things do not
look too safe for His Majesty either.} 24. Qf2 Ra7 25. g5 $16 O-O $4 26. g6 f5
27. Rb8 $1 {1-0 Botvinnik,M-Keres,P/Moscow 1966/EXT 2001. Making full use of
the open b-file.}) 9. d3 a6 10. Bg2 b5 {There have been no games where this
queenside action, in the spirit of the Benkö Gambit, has been carried out at
such an early stage. However, we shall see that further transposition to
previous games are possible still.} 11. Rf1 (11. cxb5 $6 axb5 12. Nxb5 $6 Ba6 {
[%csl Gd3]} 13. d4 Nc6 $5) 11... d6 12. Kg1 h6 ({Black is not prepared to
release the tension either:} 12... bxc4 $6 13. dxc4 Nxc4 $2 14. e5 $1 $18) 13.
b3 ({But this prophylaxis was necessary now:} 13. Be3 $2 bxc4 14. dxc4 Nxc4 $17
{[%csl Ge3]}) 13... Be6 14. Be3 Rb8 $146 (14... Nh7 15. Kh2 Qd7 16. Qd2 {
Black's position is quite solid, White's problem is that he cannot carry out
pawn breaks easily.} f6 17. Ne2 Ng5 18. Nf4 Rfe8 19. Rad1 Bf7 20. Rf2 a5 21.
cxb5 Qxb5 22. Ne2 Qb4 23. d4 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 cxd4 25. Nxd4 a4 $132 {Garcia
Palermo,C (2385)-Dzindzichashvili,R (2550)/Buenos Aires 1978/MCD (1/2-1/2, 41).
In this game, a rather different move order has been employed in the move
range 8-14.}) 15. Ne2 Re8 16. Rc1 Bd7 17. Rc2 {White has the pair of bishops
and some advantage of space in the centre. However, Black's stability on dark
squares ensures him a normal game. Las blancas tienen la pareja de alfiles y
ventaja de espacio en el centro. Sin embargo, la estabilidad en casillas
negras les asegura a las negras un juego normal.} bxc4 ({This looks like a
premature release of the tension.} 17... a5 $5 {[%cal Ya5a4] came into
consideration.}) 18. dxc4 $1 {[%csl Gd6][%cal Yd1d6,Yc2d2]} Bc6 19. Nc3 Rb7 20.
Rcf2 Nh7 21. h4 {I am not sure whether preventing the knight jump to g5 is
worth weakening the g4-square. No estoy seguro de si merece la pena debilitar
la casilla de g4 solo para impedir el salto de caballo a g5.} (21. Rd2 Rd7 22.
Nd5 {would have maintained some pressure, although Black's position remains
solid.}) 21... Rbe7 22. Rd2 ({The activation of the bishop with} 22. Bh3 $5 {
would be a logical sequel of the advance of the h-pawn.}) 22... Qa5 23. Qc2 ({
But now, the g4-square is left entirely to Black's mercy, allowing him
toobtain good counterplay. Pero ahora, la casilla de g4 queda enteramente a
disposición de las negras.} 23. Nd5 {would have maintained some pressure.
hubiera mantenido algo de presión.}) 23... Ng4 24. Bf4 Nhf6 25. Re1 (25. Re2
Qc7) 25... d5 $1 26. e5 (26. cxd5 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11) 26... Nxe5 27. Rde2
d4 28. Bxe5 Bxg2 29. Bxf6 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Qxe2 gxf6 {The position looks
spectacular, but it will all end with perpetual. [#]La posición parece
bastante espectacular, pero todo acabará en jaque perpetúo.} 32. Qg4+ Kf8 33.
Qc8+ Ke7 34. Kxg2 dxc3 35. Qb7+ Kd8 36. Qd5+ Kc8 37. Qc6+ Kb8 38. Qe8+ Kb7 39.
Qe4+ (39. Qxf7+ $6 Qc7 $1 $17 {[%csl Gc3]}) 39... Kc8 40. Qc6+ Kb8 41. Qe8+ Kb7
42. Qe4+ Kc8 43. Qc2 $5 Qa3 44. Qxc3 (44. Kf3 Qb2 45. Qf5+ $1 $11) 44... Qxa2+
45. Kf3 Qb1 46. Qe3 {It will be Black now who will start checking. Serán las
negras ahora quienes empezarán a jaquear.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "World-ch Tournament"]
[Site "Mexico City"]
[Date "2007.09.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.09.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "MEX"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 120"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.10.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. h3 Ne5 11. Nf5 Bxf5 12. exf5 Nbc6 13. Nd5 e6 14. fxe6 fxe6
15. Ne3 Qa5+ 16. c3 Nf3+ {In San Luis, Topalov managed to surprize and defeat
Svidler with this slightly exotic variation. Grischuk's decision to repeat the
experiment looks a bit risky, because Svidler had obviously analyzed the
position himself, disposing over the invaluable advantage of having faced the
variation in a practical game. En San Luis, Topalov sorprendió y... venció a
Svidler con esta variante algo exótica. La decisión de Svidler de repetir el
experimento parece bastante arriesgada, porque está claro ya que Svidler había
analizado la posición atentamente, disponiendo de la inestimable ventaja de
haberse confrontado con la posición en una partida práctica.} 17. Qxf3 Bxc3+
18. Kd1 Qa4+ 19. Nc2 Bxb2 20. Rc1 $5 ({Here comes the novelty! The
aforementioned game went !Esta es la novedad de Svidler. La partida
anteriormente citada continuó con} 20. Qb3 Qxb3 21. axb3 Bxa1 22. Nxa1 Ke7 {
and White's pieces were more passive than in the present game. y las figuras
de las blancas quedaron más pásivas que en la presente partida.}) 20... Bxc1
21. Qf6 Kd7 ({Another possibility would be Otra posibilidad sería} 21... Bb2
22. Qxb2 e5 {, but after , pero después de} 23. Bd3 {White's position looks
preferable anyway. la posición de las blancas parece preferible de toda forma.}
) 22. Kxc1 Qxa2 ({I suppose that this move was not so much dictated by
grediness as by the concern about the e6-square. However, the developing move
Supongo que esta jugada no fue causada tanto por avaricia, como por los
temores conectados con la vulnerabilidad de la casilla de e6. Sin embargo,
puede que la jugada normal de desarrollo} 22... Rac8 {might have offered
better chances for counterplay. hubiera asegurado mejores posibilidades de
obtener contrajuego adecuado.}) 23. Bd3 Rac8 24. Rd1 {White has completed his
development (true, not in a very ortodox way) and is the first to create
strong threats against the enemy king. Las blancas han completado su
desarrollo (es verdad, de una forma poco ortodoja) y será el primero en crear
amenazas contra el rey enemigo.} d5 ({For instance, the tempting Po ejemplo,
la tentadora} 24... Nb4 $2 {, threatening mate in two, loses to , amenazando
mate en dos, perdería por} 25. Bb5+ $1 {followed by Rxd6+. seguido por Rxd6.})
25. Bf5 Rhe8 26. Qf7+ Kd8 {It might seem that Black has defended and can think
about finally launching his counterplay against the c2-knight. Parece como que
las negras se han defendido y pueden pensar ya en lanzar su contrajuego contra
el caballo de c2.} 27. Re1 $3 {A very strong move, increasing the pressure
against the e6-pawn. Una fortisima jugada, incrementando la presión sobre el
peón de e6.} Qa3+ ({The simplifications initiated by this move will not bring
Black any relief, but it is hard to suggest an improvement. The key point is
that Black is still slow with his counterplay. For instance, Las
simplificaciones no traerán ningún alivio para las negras, pero tampoco es
fácil recomendar una mejora. Lo esencíal es que el contrajuego de las negras
sigue siendo demasiado lento. Por ejemplo,} 27... Nd4 $2 {loses the knight to
pedería el caballo por} 28. Qf6+) ({while mientras que después de} 27... Nb4 {
allows an attack with checks: las blancas atacarían con una seríe de jaques:}
28. Qf6+ Re7 29. Qf8+ Kd7 30. Bxe6+ Rxe6 31. Qf7+ Kd8 32. Qg8+ $1) 28. Nxa3
Ne5+ 29. Kd2 Nxf7 30. Bxe6 Rc6 31. Bxf7 Rxe1 32. Kxe1 b5 33. Kd2 {White has a
decisive material advantage, maintaining an acceptable coordination. The rest
is easy. Las blancas tienen ventaja material decisiva, manteniendo una
coordinación aceptable al mismo tiempo. El resto es fácil.} b4 34. Nc2 b3 35.
Nd4 Rb6 36. Kc1 a5 37. Bxd5 a4 38. Be5 b2+ 39. Kb1 a3 40. Ba2 Rb7 41. Bd6 Rd7
42. Nb5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Taldea Gros Xake"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Ne5 11. h3 g6 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. O-O-O Rd8 16. Qe3 O-O 17. g4 Nf6 18. g5 Nfd7 19. Nd4 Rc8 20. h4 Rc5 21. Nb3
Rc6 22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Rc7 24. h5 Re8 25. Qf4 Nf8 26. Kb1 Rec8 27. Nd4 Rc5
28. hxg6 fxg6 29. Bh3 Re8 30. Ne6 Rc4 31. Qe3 Kh8 32. Rdf1 Rh4 33. a3 Nxe6 34.
dxe6 Kg8 35. Rhg1 Rf8 36. Rxf8+ Qxf8 37. Rf1 Qe7 38. Bg2 Rg4 39. Bd5 Kg7 40.
Qc3 Qxg5 41. Qc7+ Kh6 42. e7 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Bg5 O-O 13. Bh4 Qd8 14. Nc3 b5
15. Rac1 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Nh5 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. b3 Nhf6 19. Qe3 Qb4 20. Ne5 Rfd8
21. Nd3 Qe7 22. h3 h6 23. Qe2 Qd6 24. Ne5 Qb4 25. Rc2 bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nb6 27.
Nxb6 Qxb6 28. Na4 Qa7 29. Nc5 a5 30. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.07"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "26"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Bb2 Bf5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Nb1 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.08"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[Annotator "Avrukh,B"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Ashdod"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 ({The
alternative would have been} 6... Be7) 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Qg4 Nf6 9. Qg3 ({Of
course not} 9. Qxg7 $2 Rg8 10. Qh6 Bxf2+ $1 {with Black's initiative.}) 9... d6
10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 e5 12. Be2 $5 $146 {[%csl Gh5] An interesting novelty:
White covers the h5-square and is already threatening to take on g7.} ({
A recent game continued} 12. Nd5 Nh5 $6 (12... O-O $142 $1 13. Bxh6 (13. O-O
Kh8 $13) 13... Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 Ng4 15. Qg3 Nxh6 16. O-O-O Be6 $13) 13. Qf3 Nf6
14. Ne3 Be6 15. Nf5 O-O 16. O-O $14 {1-0 Wang Hao-Neelotpal,D/Cebu City PHI
2007/The Week in Chess 672 (30)}) ({I still believe that} 12. O-O-O $1 {
should be a critical continuation.} {I think here Black should try} Nh5 $5 (
12... Be6 $2 13. Qxg7 $16) (12... O-O 13. Bxh6 Nh5 14. Qg5 (14. Qf3 Qh4 $1 $13)
14... Qxg5+ 15. Bxg5 Bxf2 16. Rhf1 Ba7 17. Be2 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Kb1 $16) (
12... Ne7 {1-0 Chowdhury,S-Shamima,A/Dhaka 2005/CBM 105 ext (26)} 13. Be2 $1 {
this move is even stronger than} (13. Qxg7 Ng6 14. Bc4 d5 15. Nxd5 Nh5 16. Ba5
Nxg7 17. Bxd8 Kxd8 18. Nb6+ Ke7 19. Nxa8 Be6 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rxa8 22.
Rhd1 $14) 13... Ng6 14. h4 $36) 13. Qf3 Nf6 {[%cal Gc8g4]} 14. h3 {and here
Black should try somehow to start the counterplay on the queenside, delaying
short castling.} (14. Nd5 $140 Nxd5 15. exd5 Ne7 $13) 14... O-O 15. g4 $36)
12... Nd4 $5 ({In my opinion Black has reasonable play after} 12... Be6 13.
O-O-O ({Not so clear is:} 13. Qxg7 Rg8 14. Qxh6 Rxg2 15. O-O-O Bxf2 16. Rhf1
Rg6 17. Qxg6 fxg6 18. Rxf2 Nd7 $13) 13... g6 14. Be3 (14. f4 $6 Nd4 $1 $132 {
[%csl Ge4]}) 14... Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 b5 $132) 13. Nxd4 exd4 (13... Bxd4 14. O-O g6
(14... Kf8 15. Qd3 $14 {followed by 16 Be3}) 15. Qd3 Be6 16. Be3 $14) 14. Nd5
Nxd5 15. exd5 Qf6 {Here is the position Black was aiming for when playing 12...
Nd4. At first sight it looks strategically dangerous, since Black's B (on a7)
will be out off from the play for some time, but in fact the position is quite
playable for Black.} 16. O-O-O ({Black is pretty solid after} 16. O-O O-O 17.
Bd3 Re8 18. Rfe1 Bd7 19. Bf4 Bc5 20. a3 a5 {[%csl Gb4]}) 16... O-O 17. Bd3 Bd7
18. h4 {Threatening 19 Bg5!} Rfe8 (18... Rac8 $2 19. Bg5 Qe5 20. Bf4 $16) 19.
Rde1 Re5 $5 ({More natural looks to be} 19... Bb5 20. Rxe8+ (20. f4 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Bxd3 22. cxd3 Qf5 23. Qf3 h5 $11) (20. Bxb5 axb5 21. Kb1 d3 22. Qxd3 Qxf2
23. Bc3 Qxg2 24. Qxb5 $13) 20... Rxe8 21. f4 Bxd3 22. Qxd3 h5 $13) 20. Rxe5
dxe5 (20... Qxe5 $2 21. Bf4 Qxd5 22. Bxh6 Qe5 23. Bf4 Qa5 24. Kb1 $16) 21. f4
$1 Re8 $2 ({It was not so easy to discover the quiet} 21... Bb8 $1 {and after
the more or less forced line} 22. Rf1 Bb5 23. Qg4 Bd6 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Rf5 Qg3
26. Qxg3 Bxg3 27. Bxb5 axb5 28. a3 Rd8 $13 {the endgame which has come about
is unclear.} (28... Bxh4 29. d6 {is dangerous for Black.})) 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23.
Bf4 $2 (23. Qf3 $142 Bb8 (23... Bc5 24. g4 $36) 24. Rf1 f6 25. Bf4 Qe7 (25...
Qxf4+ 26. Qxf4 Bxf4+ 27. Rxf4 Re1+ 28. Kd2 Rg1 29. Be4 Kf8 30. d6 $16) 26. d6
Qe6 27. b3 Bb5 (27... b5 28. Bg6 Rd8 29. Qg3 $16) 28. Bxb5 axb5 29. Qg3 {
with advantage.}) 23... Qh5 $5 ({White still keeps some pressure after the
natural} 23... Qxd5 24. Bxh6 Qe5 25. Bf4 (25. Qxe5 Rxe5 $11) 25... Qh5 $1 (
25... Qd5 $2 {[%csl Ga2]} 26. h5 $1 {with a decisive attack} Bc6 (26... Qxa2
27. h6 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qa5+ 29. Kd1 $18) 27. h6 Qxg2 28. Qxg2 Bxg2 29. Rg1 $18)
26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Qxe1 Bc5 {[%csl Ge7]} 28. Bg5 $14) 24. d6 Bb6 $1 {A very
good manoeuvre; Black's bishop will be ideally placed on d8, covering
important squares and at the same time attacking the h4-pawn.} 25. Re1 (25. Kb1
Bd8 26. Qf2 Qd5 {With level play.}) 25... Bd8 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Qe1 ({Black
is not worse after} 27. Be5 g6 28. Bxd4 Bxh4) 27... Bc6 28. g3 Qd5 {[%csl Ga2]}
29. b3 g5 $1 {This part of the game has been played very energetically by Ilia
and he managed completely to neutralise White's initiative.} 30. Be5 (30. hxg5
hxg5 31. Bc4 Qf5 32. Qe5 (32. Be5 b5 33. Bd3 Qe6 34. Qe2 Bf3 35. Qxf3 Qxe5 $11)
32... Qf6 $1 33. Qxf6 Bxf6 $11) 30... Ba5 $5 {[%csl Ra3,Rb2,Rc3] It seems to
me that here Smirin has started to play for a win.} ({Black could have forced
a draw after} 30... gxh4 31. gxh4 (31. Bc4 Qe4 32. Qxe4 Bxe4 33. gxh4 Bxh4 34.
Bxd4 Kf8 $11) 31... Bxh4 32. Qxh4 Qxe5 33. Qxh6 (33. Qd8+ Kg7) 33... Qe1+ 34.
Kb2 Qc3+ $11) 31. Qe2 Bb4 (31... Qc5 32. hxg5 hxg5 (32... Qc3 $2 33. Kb1 $18)
33. d7 (33. Bh7+ Kf8 34. Bd3 Qa3+ 35. Kd1 Qxa2 36. Bf4 $1 gxf4 37. Qe7+ Kg7 38.
Qg5+ $11) 33... Qc3 34. Bh7+ (34. Kb1 Bxd7) 34... Kf8 35. Bd6+ Kg7 36. b4 $1
Qa1+ 37. Kd2 Qc3+ $11) 32. Bc4 Qh1+ $6 {The first step in the wrong direction .
} (32... Ba3+ 33. Kb1 d3 $1 (33... Qh1+ 34. Qf1 Qxf1+ 35. Bxf1 Kf8) 34. Bxd3 $8
Bxd6 35. Bxd6 Qxd6 {with equality.}) 33. Qf1 Ba3+ $2 {This is already a
serious mistake, now White's K comes into the play and Black starts to
experience serious problems.} ({It was still not too late for} 33... Qxf1+ 34.
Bxf1 f6 $1 35. Bxf6 Bxd6 36. Bc4+ Kf8 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Bxg5 Bxg3 39. Kd2 Be4
40. Bd3 Bf3 41. Bf5 $14 {and I believe Black should hold this endgame, even if
he loses the d4-pawn.}) 34. Kd1 Bf3+ (34... Qxf1+ $142 35. Bxf1 Kf8 36. Bd3 Ke8
37. Ke2 Bc5 38. h5 $14) 35. Ke1 Bb4+ ({Black's position remains dificult after
} 35... Qxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Bc6 37. Ke2) 36. Kf2 Qxf1+ 37. Bxf1 $16 Bg4 38. Bg2 Bc8
39. h5 $2 {It looks very tempting to fix Black's pawn on h6 and to create
another target for White's dark-squared bishop. But in fact this move appears
to be a very important loss of tempo, which allows Black to organize the
defence.} ({All three alternatives would have leave White with good winning
chances:} 39. hxg5 hxg5 40. d7 Bxd7 41. Bxb7 Bf5 42. Bxa6 Bxc2 43. Bxd4 Ba3 44.
Bc4 Bb1 45. Kf3 Bxa2 46. Bf6 $16) (39. Bd5 Kf8 40. Kf3 Ke8 41. d7+ Kxd7 42.
Bxf7 $16) ({I like most of all} 39. Ke2 f6 40. d7 $1 Bxd7 41. Bxd4 $16) 39...
Bc5 {[%csl Gh6]} 40. Kf3 (40. Ke2 f6 41. Bxf6 Bxd6 42. Bd5+ Kf8 43. Kf3 g4+ 44.
Kf2 Bc5 45. Ke2 Bd6 46. Bh4 b6 47. Kd3 Bd7 (47... Be5 $2 48. Ke4 Bg7 49. Bd8
$18) 48. Kxd4 Be8 49. Bb7 a5 50. Bc8 Bxh5 $14 {And it seems to me Black should
hold this endgame.}) 40... Bd7 41. g4 (41. Ke2 b5 42. Bd5 Bg4+ 43. Bf3 Bd7 44.
g4 a5 45. Kd3 Kf8 $11) 41... b5 42. Kg3 f6 $1 43. Bxf6 Bxd6+ 44. Kh3 Bc5 {
Now the endgame is drawish, the only problem being that Black will have to
decide how to place his pawns on the Q-side.} 45. Bd5+ Kf8 46. Kg3 a5 47. Kf3
Bb6 ({The easisest way to the draw would have been} 47... b4 48. Bd8 a4 {
, later Black can play a3 , or keep his pawn on a4. Anyway I don't have any
idea how White can improve his position.}) 48. Be5 b4 (48... Bc5 49. Be4 a4 50.
Bf5 Bc6+ 51. Ke2 b4 52. Kd3 Bb5+ 53. Ke4 Bc6+ $11) 49. Be4 Kf7 50. Bg6+ Kf8 51.
Bf5 Bc6+ 52. Ke2 Bb5+ (52... Bc5) 53. Kd2 Ba6 $6 $138 {Black should keep his B
on the a3-f8 diagonal.} (53... Bc5 54. Bg3 a4) 54. Bd6+ $1 Kf7 55. Kc1 {
Now White has a clear plan ,to go with his K to b2, and then to play a3 .} Bb5
56. Kb2 Bc6 57. a3 bxa3+ 58. Kxa3 Bd8 $2 {And this is probably a decisive
mistake.} ({It was extremely difficult in time trouble to find a study-like
idea} 58... Kf6 59. b4 (59. Bf8 $140 Kf7 60. Bxh6 Bc5+ 61. Kb2 Kf6 {and
without the bishop White cannot improve his position.}) 59... Be8 $3 {[%cal
Ge8h5] with the idea Bh5!} 60. Bd3 Bd7 61. Be2 Bd8 62. bxa5 Bxa5 63. Kb3 (63.
Bf8 Kf7 64. Bxh6 Bd2 65. Kb3 Bc8 $11) 63... Bc8 $1 {and it looks like a draw}
64. Bf3 Bc3 65. Kc4 Ke6 66. Bf8 Ke5 67. Bxh6 Kf4 68. Bd1 Be6+ 69. Kc5 Bxg4 $11)
59. b4 Bb6 (59... axb4+ 60. Kxb4 $16) 60. Be5 $16 a4 (60... axb4+ 61. Kxb4 Bf3
62. Kb5 Ba7 63. Bd6 Be2+ 64. Kb4 Bf3 65. Bc5 Bxc5+ 66. Kxc5 Ke7 67. Kxd4 Kd6
68. c4 $18 {hopeless for Black.}) 61. Bg6+ Kf8 62. Bd3 Bf3 63. Kxa4 Bxg4 64.
Kb5 Bd8 65. Bg6 {A practical decision, the computer shows another win} (65. Ka6
Bxh5 66. b5 Bf3 67. b6 Kf7 68. b7 Bxb7+ 69. Kxb7 Bf6 70. Bc7 Ke6 71. Kc6 h5 72.
Ba6 $1 $18) 65... Be2+ 66. Kc6 g4 (66... Bf3+ 67. Kd7 Bb6 68. Bd6+ Kg7 69. Ke7
$18) 67. b5 (67. Bg3 $5) 67... Bf3+ 68. Kc5 Bh4 69. Bxd4 Ke7 (69... g3 70. b6 (
70. Kd6) 70... Ke7 71. Kc4 Kd6 72. Kd3 $18 {[%cal Gc2c4]}) 70. Kb6 ({More
accurate would have been} 70. Be3 $1 {[%csl Gh6]} Kd7 (70... g3 $140 71. Bxh6
g2 72. Be3 $18) 71. Kd4 {followed by Bh6}) 70... Be1 (70... Be2 $142 71. Kc5 (
71. Be4) 71... Bf3 72. Be3 $18) 71. Ka7 $1 {[%cal Gb5b6,Gb6b7,Gb7b8] Now it's
over. Black cannot stop White's b-pawn.} g3 72. b6 Bf2 73. Bxf2 gxf2 74. Bd3
Be4 75. Bf1 {Great endgame technique by Peter Svidler; he managed to exploit
all his chances in this complicated endgame.} 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 23rd"]
[Site "Kemer"]
[Date "2007.10.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2007.10.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Clichy Echecs 92"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 Ngf6 11. Bh6 Ne5 12. N1d2 Neg4 13. Bg7 Rg8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6
15. Nc4 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. Ne5 Kf8 18. Rfe1 Bd6 19. Qe3 Kg7 20. Qd4 Re8 21.
Re3 Bb8 22. Rae1 Qd6 23. Qh4 Qd8 24. Qd4 Qd6 25. R3e2 b6 26. Qh4 Ra7 27. Nd4
Rae7 28. f4 Qc5 29. c3 Bd6 30. Kh1 Qc7 31. Bxa6 Bxe5 32. fxe5 Ne4 33. Bxc8 Qxc8
34. Nf3 Qc4 35. Ng5 Nxg5 36. Qxg5 Re6 37. Re3 h6 38. Qf6+ Kg8 39. Qf3 Qb3 40.
R3e2 Qxa4 41. Qxd5 h5 42. h3 R8e7 43. Re4 Qa7 44. Rd4 Kg7 45. Qb5 Qc7 46. Rd5
Kh7 47. Rf1 Kg8 48. Re1 Kh7 49. Re4 f6 50. Rc4 Qb8 51. Re4 Rxe5 52. Rexe5 fxe5
53. Rd7 Rxd7 54. Qxd7+ Kh6 55. Qd5 Qc7 56. Kg1 Qe7 57. Kf2 Qf6+ 58. Ke2 g5 59.
b4 g4 60. Qd2+ Kg6 61. Qd3+ Kg5 62. Qe3+ Qf4 63. hxg4 Kxg4 64. Qh3+ Kg5 65. Qe3
Kg4 66. Qxb6 Qe4+ 67. Kf1 Qb1+ 68. Kf2 Qc2+ 69. Ke3 Qxc3+ 70. Ke4 Qc2+ 71. Kxe5
Qe2+ 72. Kd6 Qxg2 73. Qd4+ Kh3 74. b5 h4 75. b6 Qg3+ 76. Kc5 Kg2 77. Qe4+ Kg1
78. Qb1+ Kg2 79. Qe4+ Kg1 80. b7 h3 81. Qb1+ Kg2 82. Qc2+ Kg1 83. Qc1+ Kg2 84.
Qb2+ Kg1 85. Qb1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.10.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Maksimenko, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Zehlendorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 d6 5. exf5 Bxf5 6. d4 exd4 7. O-O Bd7 8.
Re1+ Be7 9. c3 Nf6 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. Be2 Qd7 13. h3 Bh5 14. d5 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Be2 c6 17. Be3 Kh8 18. a4 a5 19. Rb1 Rfe8 20. Bf1 Bf8 21. b4
axb4 22. Rxb4 Qf7 23. Qb3 Nxd5 24. Rxb7 Qg6 25. Nxd5 cxd5 26. Qxd5 Rec8 27. a5
1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.10.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kreuzberg"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4
Bd7 9. g4 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Bxe5 Nxg4 13. Bg3 Ne3 14. Qd3 Bc5
15. Nd5 Bc6 16. Nxe3 Qxd3 17. cxd3 Bxe3 18. Bf2 Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Avrukh, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 b5 8.
a4 Be6 9. Qa3 b4 10. Qxb4 Nc6 11. Qc5 Qd6 12. Qxd6 exd6 13. g3 Nb4 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Bg2 Rb8 16. O-O Bg7 17. Rb1 O-O 18. b3 c5 19. Nf3 Rfe8 20. Bb2 Be6 21. d4
Bxb3 22. dxc5 dxc5 23. Nd2 Bc2 24. Rbc1 Nd7 25. a5 c4 26. Ba1 Nc5 27. Na2 Bb3
28. Nxb4 Rxb4 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. e3 Rd8 31. Nf3 Ba4 32. Ne5 Bb5 33. Bc6 Nb3 34.
Rc3 Nxa5 35. Bxb5 axb5 36. Ra1 Rd5 37. Nxg6 hxg6 38. Rxa5 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 b4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Godesberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qb6 10. f3 a6 11. g4 Qc7 12. Kb1 Rd8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. g5 Bxc3
15. Qxc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bobras, Piotr"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2542"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. a4 Be7 10. b3 Rc8 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Qd2 Rfd8 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
Rad1 h6 16. Qe2 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. e5 dxe5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21.
Nxb5 e4 22. c4 Rd3 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25. Rxe4 Rxb3 26. Re2 Rb1+ 27.
Kg2 Rc1 28. Na3 Be7 29. Nc2 Bc5 30. h4 g6 31. Kf3 f5 32. Rd2 Kf7 33. Re2 Kf6
34. Ne1 e5 35. Kg2 e4 36. Nc2 g5 37. hxg5+ hxg5 38. Ne1 Bb4 39. Nc2 Bd6 40. Rd2
Bc5 41. Nd4 Rxc4 42. Rc2 Rxc2 43. Nxc2 Ke5 44. Kf1 Kd5 45. Ke2 Kc4 46. Ne1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.02.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Kh1 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3 O-O 12. b3 d5 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rae1 c5
15. e5 Nd7 16. Bg4 g6 17. Qh3 Rad8 18. Ne2 Rfe8 19. Ng3 Bf8 20. f5 exf5 21.
Rxf5 gxf5 22. Bxf5 Nf6 23. Rf1 Rxe5 24. Nh5 Bg7 25. Nxg7 d4 26. Qg3 Kh8 27. Bc1
Rg8 28. Bh6 Nh5 29. Qh3 Qc6 30. Bf4 Rxf5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.02.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. g3 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. O-O-O Bxg5+ 11. Nxg5 Qe7 12. Ne4 Qxh4 13. gxh4 O-O-O
14. Bg2 Bg4 15. Nf6 Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.03.08"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tiviakov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. Bxc6+ bxc6 5. O-O e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Re1 Bg4 8.
h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. Na3 Ne8 12. Nc4 Nc7 13. b4 cxb4 14. cxb4 Ne6
15. Be3 Bg5 16. Rab1 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rb8 18. Rec1 Qd7 19. Qg4 Rfd8 20. a3 h6 21.
Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0708"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.03.09"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2007.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.04.02"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tegernsee"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 c6 15.
Nf5 Qc7 16. Nh2 d5 17. f4 exd4 18. e5 Ne4 19. cxd4 g6 20. Ne3 Rad8 21. Nf3 c5
22. Nxd5 Bxd5 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Rxe4 cxd4 25. Kh1 Bc5 26. Bd2 Bb6 27. b4 Nf6
28. Re1 Nd5 29. Ng5 Nc3 30. Bxc3 dxc3 31. Qb3 Rd3 32. Rad1 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Be3
34. Rf1 Qc4 35. Qxc4 bxc4 36. Ne4 c2 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nxe8 Kxe8 39. a4 c1=Q 40.
Rxc1 Bxc1 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[Annotator "Berg,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Sweden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 {This is
the critical test to the Winawer line of the French Defence. Recently Black
has had great problems and I still havn't seen anything convincing. During the
last few years I have tried a few different lines myself in order to find
something satisfactory. After 7...0-0 Black might survive somehow after a
stubborn defence, but there is no easy road for Black and usually a lot of
suffering on the way. Therefore when playing on the first board for Sweden
against Russia I decided to go for a pawn sacrifice where Black gets a lot of
activity and development advantage. Maybe this line is better for White as
well, but at least he will need to be carefull. Playing Black against Svidler
was of course an excellent test to find out if the line was working.} cxd4 ({
After} 7... Qc7 {White can transpose to the game with 8.Qxg7, but he also has
the additional option} 8. Bd3 {with the idea} cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11.
Qxh7 {when White no longer has the usual development problems. Having the
Bishop on d3 instead of f1 is a great improvement.}) 8. Qxg7 ({Here} 8. Bd3 {
is well met by} Qa5 $1) 8... Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. Qd3
dxc3 {This is all very well know variations, but from here on White has quite
a few possible choices.} 13. Rg1 $5 {This came as a surprise to me as I hadn't
seen this move beeing play right at this moment, although the idea is well
know. White would like to push g4 in order to control the f5-square and
restrict the Black Knight on e7. Usually White takes the pawn on c3 either
with the Queen or the Knight, when Black gets some counterplay along the
c-file. Now with the pawn left on c3, Black must act different.} O-O-O {
Black completes his development and prepares to push...d4 in order to support
c3 and aslo to restrict the White Bishop on c1.} (13... Qb6 $5 {has been
played in two previous game of of totally three games according to my database.
However after} 14. Be3 Qb2 15. Qd1 $1 {the Queen on b2 doesn't look that
healthy to me and has managed to get out with his Bishop from c1.} ({Here} 15.
Qxc3 {looks far too dangerous for White. After the forced line} Qxc3+ 16. Nxc3
d4 17. Nb5 dxe3 18. Nc7+ Kf8 19. Nxa8 Nd4 {[%csl Ra8,Gd4,Ge3][%cal Od4c2,Rd4f3]
Black has a lot of compensation for the sacrificed material.}) 15... Nf5 (15...
b6 16. g4 Rc8 17. Qb1 d4 18. Bc1 Qxb1 19. Rxb1 Nd5 20. Rg3 f6 21. exf6 Nxf6 22.
h3 Ne4 23. Rf3 Nc5 24. Ng3 e5 25. Bd3 Kd8 26. Kf2 Re8 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Bg5+
Kc7 29. Bf4 Kc6 30. Bxe5 Rxe5 31. Rb4 Ne6 32. Nf5 Nc5 33. Bb5+ Kb7 34. Bxd7
Nxd7 35. Nd6+ Kc7 36. Nxc8 Kxc8 37. Rxd4 Nc5 38. Rxc3 Kb7 39. Re3 {1-0 Inhoven,
S-Wielsch,K/Ladenburg 1992/GER}) 16. Bf2 d4 17. g4 Ne3 18. Bxe3 dxe3 19. Qb1
Na5 20. Qxb2 cxb2 21. Rb1 Nc4 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Bd3 Rh8 24. Rg2 b6 25. Ke2 Ba4
26. Bxc4 Rxc4 27. Kd3 b5 28. Rxb2 Rh3 29. Re2 Rh4 30. Nxb5 Bxb5 31. Rxb5 Ra4
32. Kxe3 Rxg4 33. Rb3 Rgxf4 34. Kd2 Kd7 35. Kc1 Kc6 36. Kb2 Rf5 37. Rbe3 Kd5
38. Rd3+ Kc6 39. Kb3 Ra5 40. Rde3 Rb5+ 41. Ka2 Rc5 42. Kb2 Rb5+ 43. Kc1 Rc5 44.
Kd2 Rd5+ 45. Kc1 Rc5 46. Re4 Ra5 47. Kb2 Rd5 48. h4 Rb5+ 49. Kc3 Rf3+ 50. R2e3
Rc5+ 51. Kd2 Rf2+ 52. Re2 Rf5 53. c4 Ra5 54. R2e3 Rf2+ 55. Ke1 Rf5 56. Ke2 Kb6
57. Rb3+ Kc6 58. Ke3 Rfxe5 59. Rxe5 Rxe5+ 60. Kf4 Re1 61. Rh3 f6 62. h5 Rf1+
63. Ke3 Rb1 64. Kd4 Rd1+ 65. Kc3 Rd7 66. h6 Rh7 67. Kd4 Kd6 68. Rh5 Kc6 69. a4
Rd7+ 70. Ke4 Rh7 71. Kd4 {1/2-1/2 Fontan,M-Juarez Flores,C/Mexiko 1997/EXT 2000
}) 14. g4 $146 {A novelty. In the only other game in the database White
decided not to allow the advance ...d4 and played} (14. Nxc3 {which is which
is a very interesting option. But this opens up the position before White is
finnished with development which might be very risky. In the game Black
continued energetically with} Nf5 15. g4 Nxe5 $5 16. fxe5 Qxe5+ 17. Kd1 {
but as the game showed there were not enough compensation.} Qxh2 18. Ne2 Nd6
19. Bf4 Qh8 20. Qc3+ Qxc3 21. Nxc3 Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Kd2 f6 24. g5 e5 25.
Bh2 Ba4+ 26. Ke3 Rxg5 27. Rxg5 fxg5 28. Bxe5 Rf8 29. Bh3+ Kd8 30. Rd1+ Ke8 31.
Bg4 Bxc2 32. Bh5+ {1-0 Mitkov,N-Aguera Naredo,J/Aviles 1992/EXT 1999}) 14... d4
{Now Black threatens to play ....Qb6 and Whites queenside would be totally
cramped.} 15. Rb1 $1 {Activates the Rook and preventing ...Qb6.} ({Grabbing
the pawn gives Black far too much counterplay after} 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 (15... Be8
16. Nb5 $1) (15... Qb6 16. Ne2) 16. Qxd4 Bb5 17. Qxa7 Nc6 18. Qf2 Bxf1 19. Kxf1
Nd4 {and White's King is in bug troubble.}) 15... Be8 {A standardmanuvre for
Black in this line. Black protects the d4-pawn and prepares the f6-break
followed by ...Bg6 at some point. It is necessary for Black to do something
active before White has strengthen his position and developed his pieces. If
Black manages to open up the center, then White's King will be in danger.} 16.
Rg3 {A useful move. Now it will be possible for WHite to develop the Kings
Bishop to g2 without having the g4-pawn hanging. Moreover the Rook has a
imortant work along the third rank where it protects against a possible
comming ...d3-break.} (16. g5 {was possible in order to prevent the ...
f6-break. But here after} Rh8 17. h3 Nf5 {Black has excellent control over the
light squares.}) 16... f6 ({In case of with the idea to play ...f6 next, White
has the strong reply} 16... Nd5 17. Qh7 $1 {as Svidler mentioned during the
postmortem.} (17. g5 {is better now then in the previous move, but even here
Black can be satisfied after} Rh8 18. Rh3 Rxh3 19. Bxh3 Nde7 {with control of
the position..})) 17. exf6 Nd5 (17... Bg6 $2 {can be met by} 18. f5 {but even
stronger is} (18. fxe7 $1 Bxd3 19. exd8=Q+ Qxd8 20. cxd3 {with a clear
advantage to White and no sign of counterplay for Black.}) 18... Nxf5 19. gxf5
Bxf5 20. Qc4 $16) 18. Qc4 $6 ({Here} 18. Nxd4 $1 {was possible as after} Nxf6 {
White can play the incredible} 19. Nb5 $1 {which we both missed during the
game.} ({After} 19. Nxe6 $2 Rxd3 20. Nxc7 Rxg3 {things are completely
different as now the e-file is open and} 21. Nxe8 {looses to} Rxe8+) 19... Rxd3
20. Nxc7 Rxg3 21. Nxe8 Nxe8 22. hxg3 Rxg4 23. Kf2 {with a clear advantage to
White. The pair of Bishops are superior in this open position and the
weaknesses of c3 and e6 will at least cost Black a pawn in the nearest future.}
) 18... e5 {Now the center opens up and White need to act very carefully.} 19.
g5 {This gives Black an excellent opportunity for an exchange sacrifice.} ({
Perhaps} 19. fxe5 {was more sensible, but Black has good couterplay here too
after} Bf7) 19... Bf7 $2 {A clear mistake, that even turned out to be decisive
as after this Black never got any real chances to get back into the game.} ({
Necessary was} 19... exf4 $1 20. Bxf4 (20. Nxf4 $5 {should be considered.} {
Allthough it looks very risky for White after} Nxf4 21. Qxg8 {hes till has a
lot of extra material and his king might find a safe spot on g1.}) 20... Nxf4
21. Qxg8 {and here Black has a very promising position after} d3 $1 22. cxd3
Nxe2 23. Bxe2 Nd4 {as mentioned by Svidler. Still there is a lot of material
sacrificed and somehow White should be able to defend. However in practice
this would have been an excellent choice.}) 20. Qd3 $1 {Now threatening to
push ...g6.} Bg6 ({After} 20... exf4 21. Qf5+ Kb8 22. Bxf4 Nxf4 23. Qxf4 {
White exchanges pieces and gets a clearly better endgame. The passed pawn on
the Kingside will decide, sooner or later.}) 21. f5 Bh5 22. Qe4 $1 {By
blocking the advance of the e-pawn White eliminates every possiblity of
counterplay from Black.} Rge8 23. Kf2 {Going out from the X-ray attack. White
is in no hurry and does best just to play some profylactic moves before going
into action.} Bf7 24. Bg2 Nb6 25. g6 Bd5 26. Qg4 e4 27. f7 Ne5 28. Qf4 e3+ 29.
Kg1 Re7 30. Bxd5 (30. Rxb6 $1 {was another winning move.}) 30... Nxd5 31. Qxd4
Nxf7 32. gxf7 Rxf7 33. Bxe3 Rxf5 34. Qxa7 Re8 35. Qa8+ Qb8 36. Qxb8+ Kxb8 37.
Nd4 Nxe3 38. Rxe3 Rxe3 39. Nxf5 Re2 40. Nd4 Rd2 41. Rb4 {The timescramble was
over and Black resigned. Theoretically speaking White was doing well in this
game, although giving Black some unnecessary chances.} 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.29"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. e4 dxe4
9. Nxe4 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Be4 Qc8 13. h3 Bf5 14. Qc2 Bxe4 15.
Qxe4 Rd8 16. a4 Qb7 17. O-O Rd5 18. Ne5 Nd7 19. axb5 Bxe5 20. bxc6 Qxc6 21.
dxe5 Rxc5 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. f4 Rb8 24. Bd4 Rc4 25. Rfd1 Nc5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27.
Rxa6 Rxb2 28. Ra3 Rcc2 29. Rg3 e6 30. h4 h5 31. Rd4 Kg7 32. Kh2 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.10.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. d4 {White can hope to
end up with healthier bishop than enemy's e7, but Navara was keeping a very
good control in the center.} exd4 (13... Nc6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 (14... dxe5 15. Qe2)
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qe2 $16) 14. Nxd4 Qd7 (14... Qc8 $6 15. e5 dxe5 16. Rxe5 $16)
15. Nf1 (15. b3 g6 16. Qe2 e5 17. N4f3 Nh5 18. Nf1 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Rxf4 20. N3d2
Bg5 21. Rad1 Qc6 22. Ne3 Rf7 23. Nec4 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Raf8 $17 {1/2 Leiber,B 
(2208)-Zur Bruegge,C (2103)/Bad Zwischenahn 2003 (43)}) 15... c5 (15... Nc6)
16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Ng3 Ng4 (17... Rad8 18. Qd3 a5 $11) 18. e5 Rad8 $6 {Opening of
the center and activity of black pieces can not fully compensate for the
deficiences of the pawn structure.} (18... d5 19. Qe2 (19. h3 Nxf2 $1 20. Kxf2
Bh4 21. Re4 Qe7 22. Rf4 g5 $17) 19... b3 (19... Rxf3 20. Qxf3 Ngxe5 21. Qe2 Nd4
22. Qd1 (22. Qxe5 $6 Bf6 23. Qh5 Nxc2 24. Be3 Nxa1 25. Rxa1 Bxb2 26. Rb1 $13)
22... Bd6 23. c3 $13) 20. c3 c4 $11) 19. exd6 Bxd6 (19... Qxd6 20. Qe2 (20.
Qxd6 Bxd6 21. Ne4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 cxd4 23. f3 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rxe6 Kf7 $11)
20... Nd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4 22. Ne4 $14) 20. Bg5 Bxg3 (20... Be7 21. Qxd7 Rxd7 22.
Rxe6 $16) (20... Rde8 21. Ne4 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxh2+ 23. Kh1 $16) 21. hxg3 Qxd1 22.
Raxd1 Rxd1 $6 {For all Svidler's effort black could keep good chances to hold
with natural centralizing move. Instead the defender rushes into the flawed
counterplay.} (22... Rd5 $5 23. Rxd5 exd5 24. Re6 Rc8 $11) 23. Rxd1 Rf5 $2 (
23... Rc8 24. Rd6 Kf7 25. Rd7+ Kf8 26. Kf1 h6 27. Bd2 $14) 24. Rd6 Rd5 25. Rxe6
Nce5 (25... Rd1+ 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 $16) 26. Kf1 $1 (26. Ne1 b3 27. Kf1 (
27. cxb3 Rd1 28. Kf1 Nd3 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Re2 h6 31. Be3 Nh2+ 32. Kg1 Ng4 33.
Kf1 $11) 27... bxc2 28. Nxc2 Nd3 29. Be3 $14) 26... Nxf3 27. gxf3 Rxg5 (27...
Nh2+ 28. Kg2 Rxg5 29. Rxa6 $1 (29. Kxh2 Rd5 30. Rxa6 Rd2 31. Kg2 Rxc2 $14)
29... Rd5 30. Rc6 b3 31. cxb3 Nxf3 32. Kxf3 Rd3+ 33. Ke4 Rxb3 34. a5 Rxb2 35.
a6 Ra2 36. Kd5 $18) 28. fxg4 Rxg4 29. Ke2 $1 {White's solution of the crises
was disarmingly simple and efficient. In the rook endgame he entertains better
rook and king position.} (29. b3 Rg6 30. Re8+ (30. Rxg6 hxg6 31. Ke2 Kf7 32.
Kd3 Ke6 33. Kc4 Kd6 $11) 30... Kf7 31. Rc8 Rg5 32. a5 $16) 29... b3 (29... Rc4
30. Kd2 Rd4+ 31. Kc1 a5 32. Ra6 $16) 30. cxb3 Rb4 31. a5 $1 {[%mdl 4096] This
charming move opens up the game the way to the texbooks. Svidler has noticed a
chance to transform the fight into a winning pawn endgame.} Rxb3 (31... Kf7 32.
Rxa6 Rxb3 33. Rb6 $18) 32. Rb6 $1 c4 (32... Rb4 33. Rxb4 cxb4 34. Kd3 $18) 33.
Rxb3 cxb3 34. Kd3 Kf7 {The key factor lays in the fact, that Navara can not
force the way up with his kingside pawns and has to use the help of hoplessly
slow king.} (34... h5 35. f4 $18) (34... g5 35. g4 $18) 35. Kc3 (35. Kd4 Ke6
36. Kc5 h5 37. f4 $18) 35... h5 36. f4 $1 Ke6 (36... g5 37. fxg5 Kg6 38. Kxb3
Kxg5 39. Kc3 Kg4 40. b4 Kxg3 41. b5 $18) 37. Kxb3 Kd5 (37... Kf5 38. Kc3 Kg4
39. b4 Kxg3 40. b5 $18) 38. Kc3 (38. Kc3 Ke4 39. b4 Kf3 40. b5 $18) 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.01"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8.
Qxc4 Nd7 9. g3 e5 {An old line played even back in the 50s!} 10. O-O-O {
The other moves are quite harmless:} (10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Qe4 Bd6 12. O-O-O Bc7
13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Bg2 Be6 15. Qb4 Ba5 16. Qd4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Bb6 18. Rb4 O-O-O
$17 {1/2-1/2 Navarovszky,L-Dely,P/Budapest 1963/MCL (30)}) (10. Bg2 exd4 (10...
Be7 $2 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bxc6+ {1-0 Duhayon,Y-Laurent,B/
Charleroi 2001/EXT 2003 (30)}) 11. Nxd4 (11. Qxd4 $6 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 Bc5 13.
O-O-O Nf6 14. e4 Ng4 15. Rhf1 Nxh2 16. Rfe1 Bg4 17. Rd2 O-O-O 18. Nb3 Rxd2 19.
Nxd2 Bxf2 20. Rf1 Nxf1 {0-1 Dlugy,M-Kramnik,V/Internet ICC 1999/EXT 2005}) (11.
Ne4 Qf5 (11... Qe7 12. Qxd4 Qb4+ 13. Nc3 Nf6 (13... Qxb2 $5) 14. O-O-O Be6 15.
a3 Qa5 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Nxe5 Rd8 18. Kc2 Bd6 19. Nd3 O-O $10 {Korchnoi,
V-Kramnik,V/Monaco/1994/}) 12. Qxd4 Qa5+ 13. Nc3 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Qd2 Nb6
16. Qc2 Rd8 17. Rad1 Bf5 18. e4 Bg4 $15 {0-1 Sellos,D-Nikcevic,N/Cannes 1995/
CBM 046 ext (51)}) 11... Nb6 (11... Be7 12. f4 Qd6 13. Nf5 Qf6 14. Nxe7 Qxe7
15. O-O O-O 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Rfd1 f5 18. Nd6 Nb6 19. Qd4 Be6 20. Qe5 $14 {
1-0 Terpugov,E-Kotov,A/Moscow 1951/URS-ch (39)}) 12. Qd3 Bc5 $6 (12... Be7 $1
$15) 13. O-O-O Be6 14. Ne4 Qxd4 15. Qxd4 Bxd4 16. Rxd4 Rd8 17. Rhd1 Ke7 18. Nc5
Rxd4 19. Rxd4 $14 {1-0 Mikenas,V-Cherepkov,A/Riga 1952/EXT 2003 (67)}) (10. d5
$2 Nb6 11. Qb3 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Qxd5 Bb4+ $17) 10... Be7 (10... exd4 11.
Rxd4 (11. Ne4 $1 $14 Qg6 12. Qxd4 Be7 13. Bh3 Nb6 14. Ne5 Qh5 15. Bxc8 Rxc8 {
S.Shipov} 16. g4 $1 Qh3 17. Nd6+ Bxd6 18. Qxd6 $14) 11... Nb6 12. Qd3 Bc5 13.
Re4+ Be7 (13... Be6 $142 $13) 14. Rf4 (14. Re5 $1 {[%cal Yc3e4]}) 14... Qd6 15.
Qxd6 Bxd6 16. Re4+ Kf8 17. Nd4 f5 18. Re3 Kf7 19. Bg2 Nc4 20. Rd3 Ne5 21. Rd2
Nc4 22. Rd3 Ne5 23. Rd2 Nc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Polgar,S/Curacao 2002/CBM
091 ext (42)}) 11. Ne4 Qf5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Kb1 (13. h4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15.
Kb1 Nf6 16. e3 Nd5 17. a3 Bg4 18. Be2 Bxe2 19. Nxe2 Nf6 20. Nd2 (20. Nd6 $142
$11 {J.Timman}) 20... Rfd8 21. Nd4 Bf8 22. Rhg1 Ng4 23. Nc4 Qc5 24. Nb3 Qe7 25.
e4 Qe6 $15 {1/2-1/2 Timman,J-Gelfand,B/Belgrade 1995/CBM 051 (40)}) 13... Nf6
$146 {[%mdl 8] Jan Timman's recommendation.} (13... exd4 {is also enough for
equality:} 14. Nxd4 Qa5 15. Bh3 (15. Bg2 Nf6 16. h3 $5 {(S.Shipov) is hardly
worrying Black}) 15... Nf6 16. Bxc8 Raxc8 17. Nxf6+ Bxf6 18. Nf5 Rcd8 19. f4
Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Bxd8 22. a3 Qd5 23. e4 Qd7 24. e5 Be7 25. Kc1 g6
$1 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. Qd2 Kf8 28. exd6 Ke8 29. Qe3+ Qe6 $1 30. Qxa7 $8 Qe1+ 31.
Kc2 Qe2+ 32. Kc3 Qe1+ 33. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 Kortschnoj,V-Dreev,A/Yalta 1995/CBM 047
ext/[Shipov]}) 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. f4 $6 {An
obvious move but} (17. e4 Bg4 18. Be2 $11 {was more accurate}) 17... Qh5 (17...
Qe3 $5) 18. e4 Bg4 {It turns out that White now loses the d-file!} 19. Re1 (19.
Rd2 Rad8 20. Bc4 (20. Bd3 Rd4 $1) 20... Bf3 21. Re1 Qa5 $1 22. Kc1 Rd4 $1 {
leads to serious trouble for White.}) 19... Rad8 20. Be2 Rd4 21. Bxg4 Qxg4 22.
e5 $6 {It was necessary to exchange a pair of rooks:} (22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Rxd4
Rxd4 24. Re1 $15 Qd7 $140 25. Kc1) 22... Rfd8 {White is now completely passive.
} 23. Re2 g6 24. Rc1 Rd3 25. a3 Qe6 26. Qc4 R8d5 27. Ka1 a5 28. Qc2 h5 29. Rf1
$6 {This rook should rather remain on c1 to prevent the advance of Black's
pawns.} (29. Kb1 $142 c5 30. Qa4 $17) 29... b5 30. Ref2 {It is too late to
return:} (30. Rc1 c5) 30... Qf5 31. Re1 c5 {[%cal Rb5b4]} 32. e6 $6 {A
desperate attempt but White had no defence anymore.} fxe6 33. Rfe2 Rd6 34. Qc1
Qd5 $1 35. Re5 Qb3 (35... Qb3 36. R5e3 c4 {is absolutely hopeless for White.})
0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.03"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Nc5 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 a5
15. Qc2 Qd7 16. Bd2 Bf5 17. Nc5 Bxc2 18. Nxd7 Rfd8 19. Rac1 Bf5 20. Nc5 Ra7 21.
Bf4 b4 22. e6 fxe6 23. Nxe6 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Bf6 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Rd6 27. Re7
Kf8 28. Rexc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Re6 30. Kf1 Re4 31. b3 Rxd4 32. Ra7 Rd2 33. Rxa5 d4
34. Ke1 Rb2 35. Rf5+ Kg8 36. Rd5 Rb1+ 37. Ke2 Rb2+ 38. Kf1 Rb1+ 39. Ke2 Rb2+
40. Kf3 Rd2 41. h4 Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kf6 43. g3 h5 44. Rd5 g6 45. Ke4 Rxf2 46. Kxd4
Rf3 47. Rg5 Rc3 48. Kd5 Kf7 49. Kd4 Kf6 50. a4 Rxb3 51. Kc4 Rb1 52. a5 b3 53.
Kc3 Kf7 54. Rb5 Rg1 55. a6 Ra1 56. Rb6 g5 57. hxg5 Rg1 58. a7 Ra1 59. Rb7+ Kg6
60. Kb2 Ra6 61. Rb6+ Rxb6 62. a8=Q 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Bd3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. O-O e6 8. b3
Bf5 9. Qc2 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 Bd6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 O-O 14. Rd1 Re8
15. Bb2 Qe7 16. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 16th"]
[Site "Heraklion"]
[Date "2007.11.06"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2007.10.28"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 121"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2007.11.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
e5 9. Nf5 g6 10. h3 $5 {[%mdl 4] Cheparinov is willingly playing this line,
where Black gets the material, but his position is extremely compromised and
very risky.} (10. Qe2 gxf5 11. exf5 Bd7 (11... Rg8 12. h3 (12. Bf3 Nc6 13.
O-O-O Be7 14. h4 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Rxd4 Kf8 17. Qe3 Rh8 18. g5 hxg5 19.
hxg5 Rxh1+ 20. Bxh1 Bxf5 21. gxf6 Bxf6 22. Rb4 Bg7 23. Rxb7 Qh4 24. Bd5 {
1-0 Wedberg,T (2473)-Tella,J (2428)/Stockholm 2000 (29)}) 12... Qc7 (12... Bd7
13. Bxb7 $1 (13. O-O-O Bc6 14. f4 Nbd7 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. g5 hxg5 17. fxg5 Nd5
18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. h4 {Tolnai,T-Rychagov,M/Katerini/1992/0.5/29/}) 13... Bc6 14.
Bxa8 Bxa8 15. Rg1 Qa5 16. O-O-O Nbd7 17. f4 {/\ g5/} Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. a3
Bc6 20. Qc4 $1 Qb5 21. Qc3 $1 {1-0 Bologan,V (2600)-Novgorodskij,V (2365)/St
Petersburg 1996/ (36)}) (12... Nbd7 13. O-O-O Qc7 14. f4 Kd8 15. Rhe1 exf4 16.
Bxf4 Qc5 17. Rd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Ne5 19. Be3 Qb5 20. Bb6+ Kd7 21. Nf6+ Ke7 22.
Nxg8+ Kd7 23. Nf6+ Ke7 24. Nd5+ Kd7 25. Qe4 Be7 26. Bd4 {1-0 Vachier Lagrave,M
(2493)-Arun Prasad,S (2367)/Heraklio 2004}) 13. f4 Bd7 14. O-O-O Bc6 15. fxe5
dxe5 16. Bb6 Qxb6 17. Qxe5+ Be7 18. Rhe1 Qb4 $1 (18... Kf8 19. Qxe7+ Kg7 20.
Re6 Nbd7 21. Rxd7 Nxd7 22. Rg6+ Kh8 23. Rxh6+ {1-0 Cheparinov,I (2640)-Rivera,
H (2206)/Morelia 2007}) 19. Bxc6+ Nxc6 20. Qxf6 Qf4+ 21. Kb1 Kf8 22. Rxe7 Nxe7
23. Qxe7+ Kxe7 24. Nd5+ Kd6 25. Nxf4+ Kc6 26. Rd3 {1/2 Deepan Chakkravarthy,J 
(2479)-Palac,M (2570)/Biel 2007}) (11... Nc6 12. O-O-O Bd7 (12... Rg8 13. h3
Qc7 14. f4 Ne7 15. Rhe1 Bd7 16. Qf2 Rc8 17. Bb6 Qb8 18. Rxd6 $1 $40 {Szalanczy,
E-Schlosser,P/Balatonbereny/1989/1:0/26/}) 13. f4 Qa5 14. g5 hxg5 15. fxg5 Rc8
16. gxf6 Nb4 17. a3 Rxc3 18. bxc3 Na2+ 19. Kb2 Nxc3 20. Qc4 Nxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Qb5+
22. Qxb5 axb5 $11 {1-0 Jenni,F (2518)-Naumann,A (2543)/Szeged 2007 (74)}) 12.
Bxb7 Bc6 13. Bxa8 Bxa8 14. Rg1 Nbd7 15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 $16 {Anand,V-Vallejo
Pons,F/Monte Carlo 2005} Qa5 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Qxd5 19. Qxa6 $16 {1-0 Anand,
V (2786)-Vallejo Pons,F (2686)/Monte Carlo 2005 (32)}) (10. Nxh6 $5 Bxh6 11.
Bxh6 Nxg4 12. Bd2 Nc6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. h3 Qh4 15. Rf1 Nf6 16. Nc7+ Kd7 17. Nxa8
Rxa8 18. Be3 Nxe4 19. Qd3 f5 20. O-O-O $14 {Nurkiewicz,M-Barskij,V/Warzsawa/
1993/1-0 (29)}) 10... gxf5 11. exf5 Nc6 {The defender is playing with fire.
Each move is worth its weight in gold and only the best defence can limit the
danger lurking in this sharp position.} (11... d5 $5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Nc6
14. Qf3 Bd7 15. O-O-O $13) 12. Qe2 Qa5 (12... d5 $6 13. O-O-O Bd6 (13... d4 $2
14. Bxd4 $1 $18) 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 $16) 13. O-O-O Bd7 14. f4 Rc8 $2 {
The whole experiment might have turned out favourably for Black, but he had to
find the courage to test the limits of queenside castling.} (14... O-O-O $5 15.
Qc4 Be8 (15... exf4 16. Bd2 (16. Bxf4 $6 Qb4 $17) 16... Ne8 $1 17. Qxf7 Ne5 $17
) 16. Rhe1 exf4 17. Qxf4 Ne5 $17) 15. Kb1 $1 Nb4 (15... Be7 16. Qf2 Nd4 17.
Bxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qc5 $13) 16. a3 Rxc3 (16... Nc6 17. Qf2 Qc7 18. g5 hxg5 19.
fxg5 Nh5 20. Nd5 $14) 17. axb4 $1 {Svidler is ready for the obvious
counterplay. In the situation, where Black is losing the initiative Svidler's
attacking setup will become powerful.} (17. bxc3 Nbd5 18. Bd2 Nxc3+ 19. Bxc3
Qxc3 $17) 17... Qxb4 18. fxe5 Ba4 (18... dxe5 19. Bd2 (19. Bd4 Rxc2 20. Kxc2
Ba4+ 21. Kb1 Bxd1 22. Rxd1 $18) 19... Rxc2 20. Qxe5+ Qe7 21. Rhe1 Qxe5 22.
Rxe5+ Kd8 23. Kxc2 $18) 19. exf6 $1 {The most charming move of the whole game.
White is ready to part with material, but insists on keeping the huge
positional advantage.} (19. Rc1 $6 Nd7 20. exd6 Kd8 21. Bd2 Qc4 22. Qxc4 Rxc4
23. b3 Bc6 24. bxc4 Bxg2 $13) 19... Bxc2+ 20. Qxc2 Rxc2 21. Kxc2 d5 $5 {
Cheparinov badly needs to bring his pieces out of the cage, otherwise Svidler
would pile up on the c-file with the devastating effect.} (21... h5 22. g5 Qb5
23. Bd5 Qd7 24. Rhe1 $16) 22. Rxd5 Qa4+ 23. Kb1 Bb4 24. Bc5 $1 {The final
subtlety, the black king is locked in the centre and will die a hero's death.}
Qb3 (24... Bxc5 25. Re1+ Kf8 26. Rd8+ $18) 25. Re5+ Kd8 (25... Kd7 26. Re3 Qc4
27. Re7+ Kc8 28. Rc1 Qxc1+ 29. Kxc1 Bxc5 30. Bxb7+ Kb8 31. Rxf7 $18) 26. Bxb4
Qxb4 27. Rc1 (27. Rc1 Qd6 28. Rd5 $18) 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.24"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.25"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Iturrizaga Bonelli, Eduardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. b4 Ne6 12. Rc1 b6 13. Nd5 Bb7 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Qd2 Qd7 16. f4 Nc7 17. f5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Ne5 19. Nd4 Qa4 20. Bd1 Qa3 21. Be2 Qa4
22. a3 Ba6 23. b5 Bb7 24. Qb4 Qxb4 25. axb4 Rc7 26. Nc6 Bc8 27. fxg6 hxg6 28.
h3 Re8 29. c5 bxc5 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. Bxc5 Bh6 32. Ra1 Nxc6 33. dxc6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.27"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 Bb7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. d5
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 c5 17. Nc3 Nd7 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Ng3 g6 21. Rae1 Qd8
22. Qc3 Rc8 23. Rd1 Qf6 24. e5 dxe5 25. Ne4 Qe7 26. d6 Qf8 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28.
Qxb4 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Nxb3 30. Qxb3 Red8 31. Qd5 e4 32. Re3 Rd7 33. Rxe4 Rcd8 34.
Red4 Rxd6 35. Qxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Kg7 37. Rxa6 Qb4 38. Ra7 Qxb2 39. a6 b4 40.
Rb7 b3 41. a7 Qa2 42. Rd8 Qa1+ 43. Kh2 Qf6 44. a8=Q Qf4+ 45. Kg1 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.28"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qd2 dxc6 7. Nc3 Bd4
8. Bd3 Ne7 9. O-O Ng6 10. Ne2 Bb6 11. Nf4 Qh4 12. g3 Qe7 13. Qc3 Bg4 14. Kg2
O-O-O 15. f3 Bd4 16. Qa5 Bd7 17. Rd1 Kb8 18. Qe1 Ne5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 g5
21. Nh5 f6 22. Be2 c5 23. Rd5 b6 24. Rad1 Rde8 25. g4 Bc6 26. R5d2 Qf7 27. Qb3
c4 28. Qc3 f5 29. exf5 Nxg4 30. Ng7 Ne3+ 31. Kf2 Nxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rxe2+ 33. Kxe2
Rg8 34. f6 Rf8 35. Rd4 h6 36. h4 gxh4 37. Rxh4 Qg6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.11.30"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
a4 9. Ba2 Qc7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nd2 Qa5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 Nc5
15. Qe1 Nxe4 16. dxe4 Nf4 17. Qe3 Be6 18. Rfd1 Bxa2 19. Rxa2 Ne6 20. Be7 Rfe8
21. Bd6 Rad8 22. Raa1 Rd7 23. Rd2 Red8 24. Rad1 Qb5 25. g3 h6 26. Rd3 f6 27. h4
Nd4 28. cxd4 Rxd6 29. Kg2 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.01"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nce2 Be7 10. c4 O-O 11. a4 Qa5 12. b3 Rfd8 13. Bd2 Qc5 14. Be3 Qa5 15.
h3 Rac8 16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 Nb4 18. Red1 g6 19. Bd2 Nc6 20. a5 Be8 21. Rac1
Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Nd7 23. Be3 Rc7 24. Ne2 Nc5 25. Rb1 Rb8 26. Bf4 Rd8 27. b4 g5 28.
bxc5 gxf4 29. Nxf4 Rxc5 30. Rxb7 Kf8 31. Ra1 Bf6 32. Ra3 Bd4 33. Bf1 Bc6 34.
Rb6 Bxe4 35. Rxa6 Rc7 36. Bg2 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Rxc4 38. Ra2 Ke7 39. Ne2 Bc5 40.
Rb2 e5 41. g4 h5 42. gxh5 f5 43. h6 Rh8 44. Rb7+ Ke6 45. h7 Rh4 46. Nc3 R8xh7
47. Rxh7 Rxh7 48. Ra8 Rb7 49. Nd1 Rb3 50. a6 Ra3 51. Ne3 Ra2 52. Kf3 f4 53. Ng4
Ra3+ 54. Kg2 Bd4 55. h4 e4 56. Re8+ Kd5 57. Rf8 f3+ 58. Kg3 Rxa6 59. h5 Ra1 60.
h6 Rh1 61. Kf4 Rh5 62. Re8 Be5+ 63. Nxe5 dxe5+ 64. Ke3 Rxh6 65. Rd8+ Rd6
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "167"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3
a4 9. Ba2 Qd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nh4 Nc5 13. f4 Ncxe4 14. fxe5 Qxe5
15. Nf3 Qxc3 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17. Bh4 Qxa3 18. c4 Qc5+ 19. Qd4 Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Nd2
21. Rfc1 Nxc4 22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Rxc4 Bd7 24. Be7 Rfe8 25. Bd6 h6 26. Rb1 b5 27.
Rc3 Kh7 28. Ba3 Re4 29. Rd1 Rae8 30. Kf2 Bg4 31. Rdd3 Rf4+ 32. Kg3 Ree4 33.
Nxc6 b4 34. Nxb4 Rxb4 35. Bxb4 Rxb4 36. Rc7 Be6 37. Ra7 h5 38. Kf2 h4 39. Ke3
Kg6 40. Rd4 Rxd4 41. Kxd4 Bb3 42. Ra5 f5 43. Ke5 Kg5 44. Ra7 g6 45. Ra6 Bc2 46.
Rc6 Be4 47. Ra6 Bxg2 48. Rxa4 Be4 49. Ra6 Kh5 50. Kf4 g5+ 51. Ke3 Kg4 52. Rg6
Bb1 53. Rg8 Bc2 54. Rg7 f4+ 55. Kf2 Kf5 56. Rf7+ Ke5 57. Rg7 Kf6 58. Rg8 Bf5
59. Rf8+ Ke5 60. Re8+ Be6 61. Rh8 Kf5 62. Rf8+ Kg4 63. Rf6 Bd5 64. Rf8 Ba2 65.
Ra8 Bb1 66. Ra5 Be4 67. Re5 Bh1 68. Ra5 h3 69. Rc5 Be4 70. Ra5 Kh4 71. Rc5 Bg2
72. Rc4 Kh5 73. Rc5 Kg6 74. Rc4 Kf5 75. Rc5+ Kf6 76. Rc4 Ke5 77. Rc8 Bd5 78.
Rh8 g4 79. Rh5+ Kd4 80. Rg5 g3+ 81. hxg3 h2 82. Rh5 fxg3+ 83. Kxg3 h1=Q 84.
Rxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.02"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the first rapid game Svidler missed a large advantage, compensating for
Rublevsky's missed win yesterday. The second rapid game started well for
Rublevsky, but two mistakes in a row led to immediate disaster for Black.} 1.
e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O Nf6
9. Nce2 Rc8 10. a4 Qc7 {A tricky move. Usually Black develops the bishop first
(10...Be7)} 11. b3 $6 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 e5 13. Nf5 d5 14. Qd3 g6 $6 {In his desire
to take the pawn in the most convenient way Rublevsky weakens the position and
allows White to keep the queens on the board.} ({After} 14... Bxf5 15. exf5
Qxc2 {it is White who must play for a draw}) ({Less clear is} 14... Qxc2 15.
Qxc2 Rxc2 16. Ne3) 15. Nh6 Qxc2 $2 ({Black had to continue} 15... dxe4 16. Bxe4
Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bg7 {and in opposite to the game it is more difficult for White
to create threats.}) 16. Qf3 $1 Bg7 17. exd5 {Now the material is equal and
Black has serious problems with the king.} Rf8 {A clear sign that things went
terrible for Black. The rest was an easy task for Svidler, who quickly creates
a decisive attack.} 18. Re1 Rc3 19. Qf4 Kd8 20. Qh4 Rxb3 21. Bg5 Rb6 22. a5 Rd6
23. Qb4 Qc7 24. Rac1 Qb8 25. Rxe5 Bxh6 26. Bxh6 Re8 27. Bf4 Bb5 28. Ree1 Rxe1+
29. Rxe1 Kd7 30. Bh3+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.03"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 a5 $5 $146 16. a4 b4 17. cxb4 axb4 18. Bb2 Bh6 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Bd3 Bf4 21.
Qc2 Ra5 22. Rad1 Rc5 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Nf1 Nb6 25. g3 Bh6 26. Bc1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1
Rc3 28. N1d2 Rd8 29. Rxc3 bxc3 30. Nb1 Qd6 31. Bc2 Qc5 32. Qe3 Qxe3 33. Rxe3
Bxe4 34. Bxe4 Nxe4 35. Nxc3 Nxc3 36. Rxc3 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Nd5 38. Rc4 f6 39. a5
Ra1 40. Ra4 Rxa4 41. bxa4 Nc3 42. Nd2 Nxa4 43. a6 Nb6 44. a7 Kf7 45. g4 Ke6 46.
Ne4 h6 47. h4 Na8 48. f3 f5 49. Ng3 c5 50. gxf5+ gxf5 51. Kf2 c4 52. Ke2 Nc7
53. Kd2 Kf6 54. Kc2 Kg6 55. Kb2 f4 56. Ne4 Kh5 57. Kc3 Nb5+ 58. Kxc4 Nxa7 59.
Kd5 Kxh4 60. Kxe5 Nc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.04"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
Qc2 Nh5 9. Bxb8 Rxb8 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 Nf6 12. O-O Rc8 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4
15. axb4 Nd5 16. Rab1 Bg4 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 Qd6 19. Qb3 Rfd8 20. Rfd1 e6 21.
Bc4 b5 22. Bxd5 cxd5 23. Ne1 Rc4 24. Nd3 e5 25. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2
Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 a5 12. b3 b6 13. h3 Be6 14. g4 Qd7 15. Ne3
Ne7 16. Bg3 Rad8 17. Rad1 d5 18. Qc1 Qc6 19. cxd5 Nfxd5 20. c4 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 f5
22. g5 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Qc5 24. Kh2 Nc6 25. Rxd8 Nxd8 26. Qf4 Re7 27. f3 e3 28.
Rd1 Nf7 29. h4 Qa3 30. Rd3 Qxa2 31. Rxe3 Qa3 32. h5 Qc5 33. Bf1 c6 34. Bh3 Bd7
35. Bf2 Re5 36. Kg2 b5 37. Kf1 bxc4 38. Rxe5 Qxe5 39. Qxc4 Qh2 40. Bg2 Qxh5 41.
Qc5 Qg6 42. Qxa5 Be6 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qxc6 Bxb3 45. Qc3 Qe6 46. Be3 Bc4 47. Kf2
Bxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2007.12.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2007.11.24"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{In the first rapid game between Kamsky and Svidler the fight was equal. The
second one seemed to lead to a similar result, until Svidler made a mistake in
a relatively simple position.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3
Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d5 Nce7 9. c4 Nf6 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. c5
Nh5 13. cxd6 cxd6 14. Be3 Rac8 15. Na4 Qb5 16. Nb6 Rcd8 17. Rc1 Nc8 18. a4 Qe8
19. Qb3 Nxb6 20. Bxb6 Rd7 21. Rc4 Bh6 22. Be3 Bxe3 23. Qxe3 f5 24. Ng5 Nf4 25.
g3 h6 26. Nf3 fxe4 27. Qxe4 Nh5 {The position is equal.} 28. Nd2 $2 {
Unexpectedly this natural move loses a pawn.} ({The balance could be kept for
instance with} 28. Nh4 Rg7 ({After} 28... g5 29. Nf5 {Black has no good way to
defend on h6.}) 29. Qd3 Qf7 30. Ng2) 28... Qf7 29. Qd3 Nf6 {White can't
protect the pawn on d5 and suddenly Svidler was faced with the unpleasant task
to defend against an opponent who is particlarly strong in such positions.} 30.
f4 Kg7 $1 {Black needs to protect g6 in order to create the threat 31...Qxd5.}
31. fxe5 dxe5 32. d6 Qe6 33. Rc7 Rff7 $1 34. Ne4 Rxc7 35. dxc7 Qb6+ 36. Kg2
Qxc7 37. Nc3 Qc6+ 38. Kg1 Qb6+ 39. Kh1 Qxb2 {After winning the second pawn by
Kamsky there were little doubts left about the outcome.} 40. Qc4 Qb6 41. Ne4 a5
42. Nc5 Qc6+ 43. Kg1 Re7 44. Qb5 e4 45. Qxc6 bxc6 46. Rc1 Nd5 47. Kf2 Kf6 48.
Nb3 Rb7 49. Nxa5 Rb2+ 50. Ke1 Nb4 51. Rc3 Rxh2 52. Nxc6 Nd3+ 53. Kd1 Ra2 54. a5
h5 55. Rc2 Ra3 56. Kd2 Ne5 57. Nxe5 Kxe5 58. Rc5+ Kd4 59. Rg5 Ra2+ 60. Kd1 Kd3
61. Rd5+ Ke3 62. Rg5 Kf2 63. Rxg6 Rxa5 64. Rf6+ Kxg3 65. Ke2 Rg5 66. Rf1 h4 67.
Ke3 h3 68. Rg1+ Kh4 69. Rh1 Rg2 70. Kxe4 h2 71. Kf3 Kh3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rychagov, Andrey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C13"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Be7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nf3 a6 8.
c3 f5 9. Nc5 Bxc5 10. dxc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Ke7 12. Be2 Nd7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 axb4
15. axb4 Ra3 16. Nd4 Rxc3 17. Kd2 Ra3 18. Ra1 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Rd8 20. Kc3 Nf6 21.
Bf3 e5 22. Nb5 e4 23. Be2 Nd5+ 24. Kb3 Nf4 25. Bc4 Be6 26. Kc3 Bxc4 27. Kxc4
Ne6 28. Ra2 Rd1 29. f3 Kf6 30. fxe4 fxe4 31. Re2 c6 32. Rxe4 cxb5+ 33. Kxb5 Rd2
34. Kb6 Rb2 35. g4 h6 36. h4 Rb1 37. Ka7 Rb3 38. Kb6 Rb2 39. Ka7 Rb3 40. Kb6
Rb1 41. Ka7 Nd8 42. Kb6 Nc6 43. b5 Ne5 44. Rd4 Ke6 45. Rd6+ Ke7 46. Rxh6 Nd7+
47. Ka5 Nxc5 48. Rb6 Rg1 49. g5 Rg4 50. Rh6 Nd7 51. Rh7 Kd6 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 a6 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. Bd3 {Svidler is
choosing the less common idea with the development of the bishop to d3. From
this square it could more easily take part in the activity on the kingside. In
addition it covers the sensitive square c2.} Rc8 14. g4 (14. Ne2 Nd7 15. Ng3 f6
16. Bc1 Qc7 17. Nh5 $6 (17. h5 h6 18. Ne2 $11) 17... g6 18. Ng3 Qc5 (18... d5
$15) 19. Ne2 Ne5 20. h5 g5 21. Be3 Kf7 $15 {1-0 Nisipeanu,L (2692)-Kharlov,A 
(2593)/Tripoli 2004 (57)}) 14... Nd7 (14... Qc7 15. h5 h6 16. Bh4 Qc5 17. Qxc5
Rxc5 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 a5 20. Nc1 Ra8 21. Nb3 Rcc8 22. Bb5 $14 {1-0 Socko,B 
(2557)-Mantovani,R (2386)/Saint Vincent 2001 (50)}) (14... e5 15. Qg1 Rxc3 16.
bxc3 Qa5 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Qa7 Bc8 19. Bf1 Qa3 20. Bxb5 Bd8 21. Bc4 Qxc3 22.
Bb3 $16 {1-0 Ruzicka,P (2293)-Zeleny,T (2276)/Czechia 2005 (40)}) 15. Be2 {
The first sign that not everything is going White's way. By retreating the
bishop White increases the pressure against the d6-pawn.} (15. Bxe7 Qxe7 16.
Be2 Rc6 $11) 15... Rc6 16. a3 Bxg5 17. hxg5 Qxg5 18. Rh5 {With the help of a
pawn sacrifice the attacker has achieved the partial opening of the h-file. It
will not be at all easy to break through to the black king.} (18. Qa7 $4 Rb6
$19) 18... Qf4 19. Rdh1 (19. g5 $5 Rd8 20. Rdh1 Nf8 $13) 19... Nf6 20. R5h3
Rfc8 {In the quiet of the home laboratory, it seems that Dreev could have made
it even more difficult for White with the help of the subtle 20...h6!?} (20...
h6 $5 21. Bd3 Qg5 22. Ne2 e5 23. Qf2 d5 $15) 21. Bd3 h6 (21... Kf8 $5 22. Qg1
h6 23. g5 Qxg5 24. Rg3 Qc5 25. Rxg7 Qxg1+ 26. Rgxg1 $11) 22. Ne2 (22. g5 Qxg5
23. Rxh6 gxh6 24. Rg1 Qxg1+ 25. Qxg1+ Kf8 26. a4 $11) 22... Qd2 23. e5 {
The fascinating moment of the game, since Svidler is forced to be consequent
in his risky strategy. The original idea with the move 23.g5 was abandoned
because of the response 23...e5! Objectively seen it would probably have been
the best continuation anyway.} (23. g5 e5 $1 (23... Qxg5 24. Rg3 Qe5 (24... e5
25. Qg1 Qd2 26. Rxg7+ Kf8 27. Nc3 $14) 25. Rxh6 $1 Kf8 26. Rh8+ Ng8 27. Qg1 $14
) 24. Qb4 (24. Qg1 Rxc2 $1 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 26. Ka1 Rxb2 27. Qc1 Ra2+ 28. Kb1 Nxe4
$19) (24. Qa7 Rxc2 25. Bxc2 Rxc2 26. Ka1 Bc8 27. R3h2 Qxg5 $19) 24... Qxg5 $1
25. Rxh6 (25. Rg3 Qe3 26. f4 Qf2 27. Rhg1 Nh5 28. R3g2 Qc5 29. Qd2 Kf8 30. f5
d5 $17) 25... gxh6 26. Rg1 Qxg1+ 27. Nxg1 Nd7 $15) 23... Rxc2 $1 (23... dxe5 $4
24. Bh7+ $18) 24. Bxc2 (24. exf6 Rxb2+ 25. Qxb2 Qxd3+ 26. Ka1 Rc2 27. Nc1 Qc4
28. Qb3 Rxc1+ 29. Kb2 Qxb3+ 30. Kxb3 Rxh1 31. Rxh1 Bxf3 $19) 24... Qxc2+ 25.
Ka1 dxe5 {Dreev has no reason to complain. He found an excellent solution at
the critical juncture in the game. The satisfaction about having averted a
catastrophe has lulled his attention to such a degree, that in the span of
three moves he will turn his position into a lost one.} (25... Nd7 26. Qe3 Nxe5
27. Rxh6 $1 gxh6 (27... f6 28. Rh8+ Kf7 29. Rc1 Qxe2 30. Qxe2 Rxc1+ 31. Ka2
Bd5+ 32. b3 Rc3 $13) 28. Qxh6 Ng6 29. Nf4 Qc1+ $1 30. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 31. Ka2 Nxf4
32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qxf4 Bd5+ 34. b3 Rf1 $14) (25... Qxe2 $5 26. exf6 Bxf3 27. Rg1
Rc4 28. Qxd6 Qe3 29. Rb1 Rc1 $17) 26. Qxe5 Nd7 $2 (26... Qc5 27. Qf4 $11) (
26... Qb3 $5 27. Nc1 (27. f4 Nxg4 28. Qd4 Qc4 $19) 27... Qd5 $15) 27. Qe3 Qc5
$2 (27... e5 28. Ng3 Nc5 29. Rxh6 gxh6 30. Qxh6 Nb3+ 31. Ka2 Nc1+ 32. Ka1 Nb3+
33. Ka2 $11) 28. Rxh6 $1 {[%mdl 64] Sometimes in chess there are moments on
the level of a cold shower. This shocking blow must have felt for Dreev like
the ice water treatment!} gxh6 (28... Qxe3 $2 29. Rh8#) (28... Kf8 29. Rxe6
fxe6 30. Qxe6 g6 31. Rh7 $18) 29. Qxh6 Qe5 (29... f6 30. Qh8+ Kf7 31. Rh7+ Kg6
32. Rg7#) 30. Rh5 {The tragedy is complete. Black's pieces are so poorly
located, that he will not be able to get any counterplay.} Rc5 (30... Qf6 31.
Rg5+ $18) (30... f5 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qxd7 $18) 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Nf4 Bd5 (32...
Bxf3 33. Nh5 Rxh5 34. gxh5 $18) 33. b4 Re1+ 34. Kb2 f6 35. Ng6 Re2+ 36. Kc1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8.
Qe2 Ne7 9. f4 Nf5 10. Ne4 d5 11. exd6 Nxd6 12. Bd2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. g3
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bb7 16. Bg2 Bf6 17. Qc4 c5 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Bc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3
Qc6 21. Rhe1 Rad8 22. b3 h6 23. Rd2 Rd5 24. Red1 Rfd8 25. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Rfe8 12. Ne2 Nd8 13. Ng3 Ne6 14. c3 c5 15. d4
exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Be3 Rac8 20. dxc5 N6xc5 21. N5d4
Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Qd8 23. Qd3 f6 24. exf6 Qxf6 25. Qd4 Qd8 26. Rac1 Rc4 27. Qa7 Re7
28. Nbd4 Qc8 29. b3 Rec7 30. bxc4 Bc5 31. Qxc5 Rxc5 32. cxb5 axb5 33. Nxb5 Rc4
34. Rb1 h6 35. Nbd4 Qc7 36. Ne6 Qe7 37. Bd4 Bc8 38. Nf4 Qd6 39. Be5 Qc5 40. Rb2
Rc1 41. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 42. Kh2 Nf6 43. Rb3 Ne4 44. Rb2 Nf6 45. Rb3 Ne4 46. Rb6 Kh7
47. Rg6 Nf6 48. Bxf6 Qxf4+ 49. g3 Qxf3 50. Rxg7+ Kh8 51. Rg6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. Qf1 Qh5 19. f3 Rf6 20. Bd1 Re8 21. Bf4
Rxe1 22. Qxe1 Re6 23. Be5 Bh3 24. Qf2 Bxe5 25. f4 Bxd4 26. Bxh5 Bxf2+ 27. Kxf2
Nf6 28. Bf3 Kf8 29. Re1 Rd6 30. Ne4 Nxe4+ 31. Rxe4 Be6 32. a3 a5 33. Rd4 Rxd4
34. cxd4 Bd5 35. Bxd5 cxd5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 g6 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Bb5 {It is impossible to refute the variation where Black accepts the
weakening of his pawn structure in return for White's dark-squared bishop.
Svidler is trying to make development more problematic for Black.} (8. Bc4 Bg7
9. Ndb5 O-O 10. Qxd6 (10. O-O $5 f5 11. exf5 Ne5 12. Bb3 Bxf5 13. Nxd6 Bg4 14.
f3 Qb6+ 15. Kh1 Rad8 16. fxg4 Rxd6 $44) 10... f5 (10... a6 {leads to a
position a pawn down without any real compensation for it. führt zur Stellung
mit einem Minusbauern und ohne wesentliche Kompensation.} 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nc7
Ra7 (12... Rb8 13. Bd3 f5 14. O-O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 fxe4 16. Bxe4 Bd7 17. Rd6 $16
) 13. N7d5 b5 14. Bd3 $14) 11. O-O-O Qa5 (11... Qg5+ 12. f4 Qxg2 13. e5 Bh6 14.
Rhf1 Qxh2 15. Kb1 $16 {Black simply has no more good moves. Schwarz hat
einfach keine guten Züge mehr.}) (11... Qxd6 12. Nxd6 Bxc3 13. bxc3 fxe4 14.
Nxe4 $16 {There is no good square for the c8-bishop. Es gibt kein gutes Feld
für den Läufer c8.}) 12. Qc7 $1 fxe4 (12... Bxc3 {This might be the best try
to refute the move 12.Qc7, but even it fails: Das wäre wohl der beste Versuch,
den Zug 12.Qc7 zu widerlegen, aber auch er scheitert:} 13. bxc3 Qa4 (13... fxe4
14. Qxa5 Nxa5 15. Bd5 Bg4 16. Rd4 Be6 17. Bxe4 Bxa2 18. Ra4 $18) (13... a6 14.
Rd8 Qxc7 15. Rxf8+ Kxf8 16. Nxc7 Ra7 17. Bd3 b5 18. Nd5 Be6 19. Kb2 Ne5 20. Nf4
Bc4 21. exf5 g5 22. Re1 Re7 23. Ne6+ Bxe6 24. Rxe5 $18 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2675)
-Gurevich,D (2507)/Rishon Le Ziyyon 2006 (36)}) 14. Nd6 Be6 (14... Qa3+ 15. Kb1
Be6 16. Bb3 $16 {The white knight on d6 decisively disrupts the coordination
of the black pieces. der weiße Springer d6 stört entscheidend das
Zusammenspiel der schwarzen Figuren.}) 15. Bb3 (15. Bxe6 $5 fxe6 16. exf5 exf5
17. Kb1 Rad8 18. h4 $1 $36) 15... Bxb3 16. axb3 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Qa3 18. b4 $3 Qa2
(18... Rad8 19. Ra1 $18) 19. Qxb7 Ne5 20. Qd5 $1 Qxd5+ 21. exd5 Rfd8 22. Nb7
Rxd5+ 23. Ke2 $18) 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Bd5 Bg4 15. Rde1 Rad8 16. Rxe4 Bf5 17. Ra4
b6 18. Rd1 a6 19. Nd4 {1-0 Volokitin,A (2662)-Carlsen,M (2675)/Biel 2006/ (39)}
) 8... Bd7 9. Bc4 (9. Nde2 Be6 10. Nf4 (10. Qd2 Bg7 11. Nd4 Rc8 12. Rd1 Ke7 13.
O-O Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qb6 15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Ba4 Rc5 17. Rfe1 f5 18. Nd5+ Bxd5 19.
exd5+ Be5 $11 {0-1 Matanovic,A (2490)-Chernikov,O (2464)/Elista 2002 (40)})
10... Bg7 11. Qd3 O-O 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Rd1 f5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qxd6 Qb6 $1
16. O-O Qxb2 17. Na4 Qxa2 18. Nc5 fxe4 19. Nxe6 Rf6 20. Qxc6 $14 {0-1 Nataf,I 
(2565)-Nisipeanu,L (2687)/Germany 2004 (54)}) (9. O-O a6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Qd3
Qb6 12. b3 Rd8 13. Rad1 Bg7 14. Kh1 O-O 15. f4 Rfe8 16. f5 a5 17. Na4 Qb8 18.
c4 Qc7 $11 {1-0 Murariu,A (2498)-Savchenko,B (2583)/Dresden 2007 (45)}) 9...
Bg7 10. Nxc6 {What White gains here is that Black has to recapture on c6 with
his bishop.} (10. Ndb5 O-O 11. Nxd6 Ne5 $44) 10... Bxc6 11. Qd3 (11. O-O O-O
12. Qd3 Re8 13. Rfd1 Qb6 $11) 11... f5 (11... O-O $5 12. O-O-O Qb6 $11) 12.
exf5 Qg5 {Both Black's last moves are somewhat problematic. Once he had
decided to escalate the crisis to get play for his bishops, it made sense to
calculate very accurately in order to unearth the most promising continuation.}
(12... Bxg2 13. Rg1 Bc6 (13... Qe7+ $6 14. Kd1 Bc6 15. Re1 Be5 16. f4 O-O-O 17.
Qf1 (17. Qh3 Qd7 $1 18. fxe5 dxe5+ 19. Bd3 Rhe8 $11) 17... gxf5 18. fxe5 dxe5+
19. Kc1 Qg5+ 20. Kb1 f4 21. Bb5 $14) 14. O-O-O (14. fxg6 $6 Qe7+ 15. Kd1 hxg6
16. Re1 Be5 17. f4 O-O-O $1 $13) 14... Qf6 15. Rge1+ Kf8 16. Kb1 $14) (12...
Qe7+ $5 13. Kf1 (13. Ne2 $2 Bxg2 14. Rg1 Bxb2 15. Rb1 Be4 $1 16. Bxf7+ Kxf7 17.
Qb3+ Kf6 18. Qxb2+ Qe5 $15) 13... O-O-O $5 (13... Bxc3 14. Qxc3 O-O 15. fxg6
hxg6 16. Qd4 $14) 14. Bd5 $14) 13. Nd5 (13. Qxd6 $2 Rd8 14. Qg3 Bxc3+ $5 (14...
Qd2+ 15. Kf1 O-O 16. fxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6 $14) 15. bxc3 Qxf5 16. O-O O-O $11)
13... Bxb2 (13... O-O 14. O-O $14) 14. Rb1 Qxg2 $6 {Young players have no
special problems with accepting large doses of risk. Caution grows with age.
Vitiugov will step to the edge of abyss, since he has managed to have all
White's pieces operating to their maximum.} (14... O-O $6 15. O-O Bxd5 16. Qxd5
Qf6 17. fxg6 hxg6 18. Qxb7 $16) (14... Be5 $5 15. O-O Qxf5 16. Qxf5 gxf5 17.
Nc7+ Ke7 18. Nxa8 Rxa8 19. Rbd1 Rc8 20. f4 $14) 15. Rf1 Bg7 (15... Qg5 16. h4
$1 Qh6 17. Kd1 $1 Qg7 18. Qe3+ (18. c3 Ba3 (18... Bxd5 $2 19. Re1+ $1 Kf8 20.
Qxd5 $18) 19. Nc7+ Kd7 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Bd5 $16) 18... Kf8 19. Qe7+ Kg8 20. f6
Qh6 21. Rxb2 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qh5+ 23. Kc1 Qxd5 24. Rd1 Qe5 25. Qxe5 dxe5 26. Rxb7
$18) 16. f6 $1 (16. Qe3+ $2 Be5 $11) 16... Bf8 {The retreat of the dark
squared bishop to the house of its birth gives little reason for joy. Its
prospects in the wider world were intended to be on a larger scale...} 17. Nc7+
(17. Qe2+ $6 Kd8 $1 (17... Kd7 $2 18. Rxb7+ $3 Kd8 (18... Bxb7 19. Bb5+ Bc6 20.
Bxc6+ Kxc6 21. Qc4+ Kd7 22. Qc7+ Ke6 23. Nf4+ $18) 19. Rxf7 $1 Bxd5 20. Rxf8+
$1 $16) 18. Ne7 Qg5 $11) 17... Kd7 18. Bd5 $2 (18. Nxa8 $1 d5 (18... Bh6 19.
Bb5 Rxa8 20. Bxc6+ Qxc6 21. Kd1 Rc8 (21... Re8 $2 22. Qh3+ Kc7 23. Qxh6 Qg2 24.
Kd2 Qd5+ 25. Kc1 $18) 22. Re1 Bf8 23. Re4 $16) 19. Rb5 $5 (19. Bb5 Bc5 20.
Bxc6+ Kxc6 21. Qb5+ Kd6 22. Qa4 $16) 19... Qg4 20. Bxd5 (20. Rxd5+ Bxd5 21.
Qxd5+ Kc8 22. Qb5 $14) 20... Bb4+ 21. Rxb4 Qxb4+ 22. c3 Qd6 23. Qh3+ $1 (23.
Bxc6+ $2 Kxc6 $11) 23... Kd8 24. Bxc6 bxc6 (24... Qxc6 $2 25. Kd2 $1 Qd7+ 26.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 27. Re1 Rxa8 28. Re7+ Kd6 29. Rxf7 $18) 25. f3 $1 Re8+ (25... Qd7 $2
26. Qg3 Kc8 27. Kf2 Kb7 28. Nc7 $1 Qxc7 29. Rb1+ Kc8 30. Qg4+ Kd8 31. Rd1+ Ke8
32. Qe4+ Kf8 33. Qd4 $1 Qxh2+ 34. Ke3 $1 Qh6+ 35. Ke4 $1 Qh4+ 36. f4 $18) 26.
Kf2 Re5 27. Kg1 Rg5+ 28. Kh1 Rh5 29. Qg2 Qxf6 30. Re1 $16) 18... Bxd5 $2 {
[%mdl 64] Life and some chess positions are a comedy full of errors. Both
players have managed to ignore the big chance for Black to obtain equal
prospects with the help of 18...Re8+!} (18... Re8+ $1 19. Kd2 (19. Nxe8 Bxd5
$36) (19. Kd1 Re4 20. Rxb7 Rd4 21. Bxg2 Rxd3+ 22. cxd3 Bxg2 $17) 19... Bh6+ 20.
Kc3 Bxd5 21. Nxd5 Rc8+ 22. Kb2 Rc5 23. Rbd1 Rxd5 $5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Re8
$11) 19. Nxd5 Re8+ (19... Rb8 $5 20. Qb5+ Kd8 21. Rb3 $1 Bh6 22. Qa5+ b6 23.
Qxa7 Re8+ 24. Re3 $1 Rxe3+ 25. fxe3 Qxd5 26. Qxb8+ Kd7 27. Qxb6 $18) 20. Kd1 b6
(20... Rb8 21. Re1 Kd8 (21... Qg4+ 22. f3 Qa4 23. Re4 Qc6 24. Rc4 $18) 22. Rb4
$1 Qg5 23. Qc4 Qh5+ 24. Re2 Rc8 25. Qb5 Rc6 26. Qa5+ b6 27. Qb5 $18) (20... Qe4
21. Rxb7+ Kc8 22. Ne7+ Rxe7 23. fxe7 Qxd3+ 24. cxd3 Bg7 25. Rxa7 $18) 21. Rxb6
$1 {Black's punishment allowing the domination by the white knight is very
suitable. Black's position has simply fallen apart like a house of cards...}
Re4 (21... axb6 22. Qb5+ Kd8 23. Qxb6+ Kd7 24. Qc7+ Ke6 25. Nf4+) 22. Rb7+ Ke6
23. f3 Rd4 24. Qxd4 (24. Nf4+ Rxf4 25. Qe3+ Kd5 (25... Kf5 26. Rb5+ Kxf6 27.
Qc3+) 26. Qb3+ $1 Ke5 27. Rb5+ Kxf6 28. Qc3+ $1 Ke6 29. Re1+ $18) 24... Qxf1+
25. Kd2 Qg2+ 26. Kc1 Bh6+ 27. Nf4+ (27. f4 Re8 28. Re7+ Rxe7 29. fxe7 Qf1+ 30.
Kb2 Qb5+ 31. Kc3 $18) 27... Bxf4+ 28. Qxf4 {The black king in the middle of
the board becomes an involuntary hero. Unfortunately, his immediate destiny is
very obvious.} Qg1+ 29. Kb2 Kd5 30. c4+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.26"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e3
a6 9. d3 Ba7 10. Bd2 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Ne7 12. Qb3 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. Bc3 Rb8 15.
d4 e4 16. Nd2 d5 17. f3 exf3 18. Nxf3 Be6 19. Kh1 Re8 20. Rf2 b5 21. Bd2 Bf5
22. Raf1 Be4 23. Ne1 Rb7 24. Bxe4 Rxe4 25. Nd3 Rd7 26. a4 bxa4 27. Qxa4 Re6 28.
Rc1 Rc7 29. Nf4 Rd6 30. Ba5 Nxa5 31. Rxc7 Bb6 32. Rc3 h6 33. Qc2 Qe8 34. Qf5 g6
35. Qd3 Kg7 36. Kg2 Nc6 37. Qe2 a5 38. Qf3 Ne7 39. Qg4 Kh7 40. Qf3 a4 41. g4
Rf6 42. Qh3 Kg7 43. Qg3 Ba5 44. Rc1 Rb6 45. Nd3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Nbd7 9. g4 Nb6 10. g5 Nh5 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Kb1 O-O 14. Rg1 g6 {
This position has become common currency at the the highest level. Many
grandmasters are intimate with its problems with both colours.} 15. h4 (15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 17. Bd3 Qd7 (17... Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qd7 19. Nd2 Qh3 20. c4 b5
21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qxb5 Qf5+ 23. Ne4 Qxf3 24. Qd3 Kh8 {1-0 Smirin,I (2656)-Lutz,
C (2631)/Biel 2003 (42)}) 18. Qb4 Rc7 19. Bb6 Rcc8 20. Be4 f6 21. gxf6 Nxf6 22.
Nd2 Rf7 23. Be3 b5 24. Qa3 Bxe4 25. fxe4 Ng4 26. Bb6 Qb7 27. Qh3 Qxb6 28. Qxg4
{1/2 Ponomariov,R (2738)-Ivanchuk,V (2731)/Foros 2006 (40)}) 15... Qc7 16. Rg2
{Svidler's new move leaves the impression of being too artificial. It will
probably fail to attract a huge following.} (16. Qf2 Nc4 (16... Bd8 17. Nc1 f6
18. gxf6 Rxf6 19. Rh1 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Bxc4 21. Nd3 Qf7 22. Ne1 Ba5 23. Nd5 Bxd5
24. Rxd5 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Rxf3 26. Qd2 Rc6 27. Rxd6 Rxd6 28. Qxd6 Rxe3 29. Qb8+ {
1/2 Anand,V (2766)-Topalov,V (2735)/Bastia 2003}) 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Na5 Qc7 19.
Bb6 Qd7 20. Qd2 f6 $5 21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. Qxd5+ Kh8 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Qb3 Nh5 25.
Qd5 Nf6 26. Qb3 Nh5 27. Qd5 Nf6 {Akopian,V-Efimenko,Z/Aeroflot op/2007/}) (16.
f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. Qxf4 Na4 $1 19. Rg3 Nxc3+ 20. Rxc3 Qb6 21. Re3 f6 $1
22. Qg3 fxg5 23. hxg5 Qc7 24. Bd3 Bc4 25. c3 Bxd3+ 26. Rexd3 $14 {1/2 Wang Hao
(2643)-Ponomariov,R (2705)/Khanty Mansiysk 2007 (49)}) 16... f6 $1 17. Qf2 (17.
gxf6 Rxf6 18. Qf2 Nc4 $13) 17... Nc4 18. Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Bb6 {According to the
unwritten ethics of chess, White has a certain obligation to try to convert
the advantage of the first move into something tangible. There is no real
reason for Morozevich to suffer from the dance of White's minor pieces.} (19.
gxf6 Rxf6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Rf7 $11) 19... Qd7 20. Nc5 (20. Na5 Be6 21.
gxf6 Nxf6 22. Qe3 Nh5 $15) 20... Qc6 21. Nd3 Bxd3 $1 22. cxd3 {Black has
pocketed a great success in the transformation of the pawn structure. Svidler
would love to recapture the bishop with the rook, but the tactics would favour
his opponent.} (22. Rxd3 Nf4 23. Nd5 $1 (23. Rd2 fxg5 (23... Nxg2 24. Nd5 Qd7
25. Qxg2 fxg5 26. hxg5 Bd8 $15) 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. exd5 Qd7 26. hxg5 Qf5 $17)
23... Nxd5 24. exd5 Qb5 25. h5 fxg5 26. hxg6 hxg6 $15) 22... Nf4 23. Rg4 (23.
gxf6 Bxf6 24. Rh2 d5 $15) 23... fxg5 24. hxg5 Bxg5 (24... d5 25. exd5 (25. Rxf4
exf4 26. Nxd5 Bxg5 27. Ba5 Rf7 28. Bc3 Bh6 $15) 25... Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Qxd5 27.
Rg3 Rf5 $15) 25. Rh1 {If White could only have guessed the pain the future
winner will inflict on him! Svidler would then probably have put an effort
into finding the original solution with the help of a kingside attack.} (25.
Rxg5 $5 Nh3 26. Rxg6+ $1 hxg6 27. Qg3 Nf4 28. Be3 d5 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Qh2 dxe4
31. Rh1 Kf7 32. Qh7+ Ke8 33. dxe4 $11) 25... Ne6 26. Qh2 Qd7 (26... Rf7 27. Be3
Bf6 28. Nd5 $11) 27. Qh3 (27. Rhg1 h6 $17) 27... Rf7 (27... Qf7 $1 28. Nd5 Nf4
$17) 28. Be3 Rxc3 $1 {A bad sign for the safety of the king, which is sitting
on the queenside without the support of its own pieces.} (28... Bxe3 29. Rxg6+
Kf8 (29... Kh8 30. Qxe6 Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Rxf3 $11) 30. Rxe6 Rxc3 31. bxc3 Qb5+ 32.
Kc2 Qa4+ 33. Kb2 Qb5+ $11) 29. bxc3 (29. Bxg5 Nxg5 30. Rxg5 Qxh3 31. Rxh3 Rxd3
$19) 29... Qb5+ 30. Kc2 Nd4+ (30... Bxe3 31. Rxg6+ Kf8 32. Rxe6 Qa4+ $11) 31.
Bxd4 (31. cxd4 $2 Rc7+ 32. Kd2 Qb4+ 33. Ke2 Rc2+ $19) 31... exd4 32. c4 $2 {
[%mdl 256] Morozevich has an exceptional charisma among chessplayers and it
influences even the members of the world top class such as Grischuk and
Svidler. Otherwise it is not easy to explain why they volunteer to play
distinctly under the level of their creative abilities. Instead of the poor
move from the game it was necessary to find the 32.Rg2! idea with a drawish
outcome.} (32. Rg2 $1 Qa4+ (32... Rc7 33. Qe6+ Kg7 34. c4 Qb4 35. Rxg5 Qc3+ 36.
Kb1 Qxd3+ $11) 33. Kb1 Qb5+ 34. Ka1 Qxd3 35. Qc8+ Rf8 36. Qe6+ Rf7 37. Rxg5
Qxc3+ $11) 32... Qa4+ 33. Kb1 Qb4+ 34. Ka1 (34. Kc2 Qd2+ 35. Kb1 Qxd3+ $19)
34... Qc3+ 35. Kb1 Qxd3+ 36. Ka1 Qc3+ 37. Kb1 Qb4+ 38. Ka1 (38. Kc2 d3+ 39.
Kxd3 Qd2#) 38... Bf6 {Disgusted, Svidler resigned and did not even want to
complicate the play with the desperate 39.e5.} (38... Bf6 39. e5 dxe5 40. Rgg1
Qe7 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.28"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. Nc3 d5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. O-O
Rd8 9. c5 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bf4 Nd7 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nb4
15. Bd2 Nd5 16. Nc3 N7f6 17. Ne5 Be6 18. Nc4 Red8 19. Ne2 Ne8 20. Na5 Rd7 21.
Bf3 Rad8 22. Be1 Rb8 23. Nc4 b6 24. Ra3 Rdb7 25. cxb6 axb6 26. Ne5 Rc7 27. Nc3
Nef6 28. Rda1 h5 29. Ra8 Rbc8 30. Rxc8+ Rxc8 31. Ra7 Ng4 32. Nxc6 Rxc6 33. Bxd5
Bxd5 34. Nxd5 Rc1 35. Rxe7 Bxd4 36. Kg2 Rc2 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Nb4 Rxb2 39. Nc6
Bg7 40. h3 Nf6 41. Re3 Rc2 42. Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. a4 Be7 10. h3 O-O 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. Nc3 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4 15.
Qxd4 Qa5 16. b4 Qc7 17. Bb2 Qc4 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Qxc4 Rxc4 20. Bb3 Rc8 21. a5
Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Bg5 23. Red1 Bc6 24. Bb3 Bxe4 25. Rxd6 Bc6 26. Re1 Rfd8 27. Rxd8+
Rxd8 28. Re5 h6 29. Rc5 Be4 30. Be5 Bd2 31. Bc3 Bf4 32. Be5 Bd2 33. Bc3 Bf4 34.
Be5 Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 60th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2007.12.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2007.12.18"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.01.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. d4 b5 8.
Qb3 c5 9. dxc5 Bg7 10. e4 Bc6 11. e5 Nfd7 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bg7
15. Rd1 Qa5 16. Kf2 e6 17. a3 O-O 18. Be2 Qc7 19. Rd6 Nd7 20. Rhd1 Nf6 21. Qc2
Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bf3 Bxf3 25. Kxf3 Qa8+ 26. Kg3 Nd7 27.
Na2 Nb8 28. Kf2 Nc6 29. Nb4 Ne7 30. Qd3 a5 31. Nc2 Bxb2 32. Qxb5 Bf6 33. Qa4 h5
34. Bd4 Bxd4+ 35. Qxd4 Nf5 36. Qc4 Qc6 37. Ne3 Nxe3 38. Kxe3 Kf8 39. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bg5 e6 8. e3
Bg7 9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Rc1 Bd7 13. Nf4 Qe7 14. Nd3 Rfc8
15. Qd2 b6 16. f4 Na5 17. b3 Nb7 18. Ne5 Nd6 19. Qd3 Be8 20. Rc2 Rc7 21. Rfc1
Rac8 22. a4 Nf5 23. Kf2 f6 24. Nf3 Nd6 25. Nd2 f5 26. Ne2 Ne4+ 27. Bxe4 fxe4
28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. Qc3 Qd8 31. Nc1 Bf8 32. Na2 Bd6 33. Qc2 g5 34.
Nc1 Qc7 35. Qxc7 Bxc7 36. Ne2 Bd6 37. Nb1 a6 38. Nec3 b5 39. axb5 axb5 40. Na2
b4 41. Nc1 Kg7 42. Nd2 Bb5 43. Kg2 Be7 44. Na2 Kf6 45. h3 Kf5 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.05"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shabalov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Ngf3 Nbd7 8.
O-O Nxc5 9. Bc4 Qh5 10. Re1 Ncd7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 b5 13. Be2 Qc5 14. c4 b4
15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Qc2 h6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6
21. Ne5 Qc5 22. Qe2 Rd6 23. Bc2 Rfd8 24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Nd3 Qg5 26. f3 Nd7 27.
Qe3 Qa5 28. Bb1 e5 29. h3 f6 30. Kh1 Rd4 31. Nc1 Qc5 32. Bf5 Qd6 33. Ne2 Rd2
34. Be6+ Kh7 35. Bd5 Rxd5 36. cxd5 Qxd5 37. Rc1 a5 38. Ng3 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "160"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. c3 Rb8 11. a5 Be6 12. Bc2 bxc3 13. bxc3 d5 14. Ba4 Nxa5 15.
Nxe5 dxe4 16. dxe4 Qd6 17. Ba3 c5 18. Nef3 Ng4 19. Qe2 Nb3 20. Bxb3 Bxb3 21. e5
Qe6 22. h3 Nh6 23. Nxb3 Rxb3 24. Bc1 Rb6 25. Bg5 Nf5 26. Bxe7 Nxe7 27. Ng5 Qf5
28. f4 Ng6 29. Qe4 Qxe4 30. Nxe4 Rc8 31. g3 f6 32. exf6 gxf6 33. Ra5 Re6 34.
Nxc5 Re3 35. Kg2 Rxc3 36. Ne4 Rc2+ 37. Kf3 R2c6 38. Rfa1 Ra8 39. Rd1 Ra7 40.
Rd8+ Kg7 41. h4 Ne7 42. h5 h6 43. Nd6 Rc3+ 44. Kg4 Nc6 45. Rc8 Kh7 46. Ne8 Ne5+
47. fxe5 Rxc8 48. Nxf6+ Kg7 49. Kf5 Rc3 50. g4 Rf3+ 51. Ke6 Rb3 52. Rc5 Rb6+
53. Kf5 Rf7 54. g5 hxg5 55. Kxg5 Re7 56. h6+ Kf7 57. h7 Rb8 58. Kf5 Rh8 59. Rc6
a5 60. Ra6 Kg7 61. Rxa5 Rf7 62. Ke6 Rhf8 63. Ne4 Re8+ 64. Kd5 Rd7+ 65. Nd6 Kxh7
66. Kc6 Rxe5 67. Rxe5 Ra7 68. Rg5 Kh6 69. Rg1 Kh5 70. Nf5 Ra5 71. Ne3 Re5 72.
Nd5 Re6+ 73. Kc5 Ra6 74. Kd4 Ra4+ 75. Ke5 Ra5 76. Ke4 Kh6 77. Nf4 Ra4+ 78. Kf5
Ra5+ 79. Kf6 Ra6+ 80. Ne6 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 2nd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2008.01.06"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.01.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 122 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.03.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Qa4 Nb6 9. Qh4 e5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. a4 Nc6 12. d3 Na5 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Bg5 f6
15. Bd2 Nb3 16. Ra3 Nxd2 17. Nfxd2 f5 18. Nd6 e4 19. N2c4 Ne5 20. dxe4 Nxc4 21.
Nxc4 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Rd4 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Rc1 b6 25. b3 Rad8 26. Ra2 Kf8 27. Rac2
Bf6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kf1 h6 30. Ke1 g5 31. h5 Bf7 32. a5 Bxh5 33. axb6 axb6 34.
Nxb6 Rxd3 35. exd3 Rxd3 36. Rxc5 Bf3 37. Nc4 Bc3+ 38. Kf1 Bd4 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 15th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2008.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lyons, Brendan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd8 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Bc4 b5 7. Bd3 e6 8. a4
b4 9. Ne4 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Qxd1 14. Rxd1
Bb7 15. Be3 a5 16. g3 Rc8 17. Rd2 Ba8 18. Rad1 O-O 19. Rd7 Bd8 20. Bc5 Re8 21.
Ra7 Bc7 22. f4 Red8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Kf1 g5 25. Bd3 gxf4 26. Ba6 Rb8 27. Bd6
1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 15th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Short, Philip M"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2008.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Be2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nc6 7. O-O O-O 8.
Nc3 d6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. e4 Qa5 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. Rb1 Be6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. h3 d5
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qa4 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Be5 19. Bf3 h5 20. Rfe1 Rxb1
21. Rxb1 Rb8 22. Rxb8+ Qxb8 23. Qc2 Bc4 24. Be3 a5 25. g4 hxg4 26. hxg4 Qb5 27.
Be4 Bd6 28. Bd4 Qg5 29. Bf3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 15th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A90"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Nd2 a5 6. Ngf3 b6 7. a3 Be7 8. Ne5
Ra7 9. e4 Bb7 10. d5 fxe4 11. Nxe4 exd5 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. O-O d4 14. Bxb7 Rxb7
15. Qh5+ g6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Qxg6+ Kf8 18. Re1 d5 19. Re6 Nd7 20. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 15th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2008.02.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. h3
Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. Be3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Re8 12. Re1 Qc8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. g4 Rb8 15.
Rb1 Be6 16. c5 h5 17. f3 Rd8 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Bg5 Qc7 20. Qd2 hxg4 21. fxg4
Re8 22. Bf4 Qb6+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Red8 25. Kg1 Rb4 26. Bg3 d5 27. exd5
cxd5 28. a3 Rb3 29. Bh4 Rdb8 30. Rbd1 Rxb2 31. Bxf6 Bxf6 32. Nxd5 Bh4 33. Rf1
R8b3 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. Bxf3 Rb3 36. Bg2 Rxa3 37. Nf4 Bb3 38. Rb1 Kg7 39. Bf1 a5
40. Ne2 Bf6 41. Bg2 a4 42. Kf2 Ra2 43. Bf3 Rb2 44. Be4 a3 45. g5 Bd4+ 46. Kf3
a2 47. Rc1 Be5 48. Nf4 Rh2 49. Kg3 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 15th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2008.02.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2008.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 15th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2008.02.24"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Astaneh Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.02.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 123 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.06"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O e6 5. d4 d5 6. Nbd2 Nbd7 7. a4 b4 8. a5
Rc8 9. c3 bxc3 10. bxc3 c5 11. Ba3 Be7 12. Ne1 Ba6 13. Nd3 Qc7 14. Nb3 Bxd3 15.
exd3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxa3 17. Rxa3 O-O 18. Qa1 Ne5 19. c4 a6 20. Rc1 Nfd7 21.
Rac3 dxc4 22. dxc4 Nc5 23. h3 Rfd8 24. Nb3 Ned3 25. Rb1 h5 26. Qa3 Rb8 27. Rd1
h4 28. Nxc5 Nxc5 29. Re1 Rd2 30. gxh4 Rbb2 31. Rf3 Ra2 32. Qe3 Rd3 33. Qg5 Rxf3
34. Bxf3 Nd3 35. Rd1 Rxf2 36. Bg2 Rf5 37. Qe3 Nc5 38. Qd2 Qg3 39. Qd4 Qa3 40.
Ra1 Qb4 41. Kh1 g6 42. Qd8+ Kh7 43. Qd4 e5 44. Qe3 e4 45. Bxe4 Nxe4 46. Qxe4
Qc3 47. Re1 Qxh3+ 48. Kg1 Qg3+ 49. Kh1 Rf4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[BlackTeam "Buryatia Shatar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nxe5 O-O 5. Be2 Re8 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4
8. Nf4 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. c4 Ndf6 11. Re1 b6 12. f3 Nc5 13. b3 Qe7 14. Qd2 Qe5
15. Rb1 Bb7 16. Bb2 Qg5 17. Rbd1 h6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Re7 21.
Kf2 Rae8 22. c4 a5 23. Rdd1 Bc8 24. Bf1 Bf5 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Bd4 h5 27. Re1
Rxe1 28. Kxe1 a4 29. bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cheliabinsk Southern Ural"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5
Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 c6 11. Be2 Ne8 12. Nb3 Nd7 13. a4 f5 14. gxf5 gxf5 15.
exf5 Ndf6 16. Bd3 Kh8 17. Rg1 Qe7 18. Nd2 cxd5 19. cxd5 e4 20. Ndxe4 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 Bxf5 22. Ng3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qe5 24. Ne2 Rf3 25. Rg5 Qxg5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Bc2 Re8 10. a4 Rb8 11. Re1 Bf8 12. Nf1 g6 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Bg7 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Bb3 Qc8 18. h3 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. Nd5
Qd8 22. Ra6 Qd7 23. Nh2 Ne7 24. Qb3 c6 25. Nxe7+ Rxe7 26. Rea1 d5 27. Nf3 Qe6
28. Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Bd7 12. Ne5 Nd5 13. Bxe7 Ndxe7 14. Ne4 Be8
15. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. Bf4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Bd6 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Ng5 Bg6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. h4 Qe7 20. Qg4 h6 21.
Nh3 Qe4 22. Qg3 Rc8 23. Bf1 Ne7 24. Qxd6 Qxh4 25. Re1 Nf5 26. Qb4 b6 27. Re5
Qf6 28. Nf4 Ne7 29. Qxe7 Qxf4 30. Re3 Qc7 31. d5 Qxe7 32. Rxe7 Rd8 33. c4 a5
34. Rb7 Rd6 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. f3 Bf5 37. Kf2 Kg6 38. Ke3 Kg5 39. Kd4 Kf4 40. c5
bxc5+ 41. Kxc5 Rf6 42. g4 Bd7 43. Rb7 Ba4 44. d6 Ke5 45. Re7+ Re6 46. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Spasio"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bb4 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bxc3 9. Rb1 h6 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Rb3 Ba5 12. Bc1 Bd7 13. Ba3 Ba4 14. Rb2 Bb6
15. Qd2 a6 16. Bc5 Bb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
exf4 9. Bxf4 Nc6 10. Qe2 Rc8 11. h3 g6 12. Qd2 Nh5 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. O-O-O Ng3
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Rg1 Bg7 17. Bf4 Be5 18. Bxe5 dxe5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Nb4 21.
Kb1 O-O 22. d6 Qb6 23. d7 Rxc2 24. Qe1 Rd8 25. Bxa6 bxa6 26. Qxg3 Rxd7 27. Qxe5
Rxg2 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Qxd7 Rxg1 30. a3 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Nc6 32. Qd3 Ne5 33. Qd5
Qe3 34. Nc5 a5 35. Ka2 h5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Nf3 38. Nb3 g5 39. b5 g4 40.
Qxh5 g3 41. Qg4+ Qg5 42. Qxg5+ Nxg5 43. Nd4 g2 44. Ne2 Nxh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nizhniy Tagil Polytechnik"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. Bd2 Nbd7 12. Nb5 Bc4 13. Re1 Bxb5 14. axb5 a4 15.
Nc1 Qb6 16. Qe2 Rfc8 17. Bb4 Qc7 18. Na2 Nb6 19. Nc3 Bf8 20. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.12"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d4 Bd7 7. d5 Ne7 8. Bxd7+
Nxd7 9. c4 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Be3 h6 12. Ne1 f5 13. f3 g5 14. Nd3 Nf6 15. c5
Kh8 16. Rc1 Qd7 17. h3 fxe4 18. fxe4 g4 19. cxd6 cxd6 20. hxg4 Nxg4 21. Rxf8+
Bxf8 22. Bd2 Ng8 23. Ne2 Qb5 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 N8f6 26. Ng3 h5 27. Bg5 Bh6
28. Bxf6+ Nxf6 29. Rf1 Bg5 30. Rf5 Rg8 31. Ne1 h4 32. Nf3 hxg3 33. Nxg5 Kg7 34.
Ne6+ Kf7 35. Kf1 Rc8 36. Rf3 Rc1+ 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Kf1 Rxb2 39. Ng5+ Kg6 40.
Rxg3 Kh5 41. Nf7 Nxe4 42. Rg7 Rxb3 43. g4+ Kh4 44. g5 Kh5 45. g6 Ng3+ 46. Ke1
Nf5 47. Rg8 a5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2008.04.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2008.04.02"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ekaterinburg Ural"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Finek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 e6 8. O-O
Be7 9. e4 O-O 10. e5 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nd5 12. Qb3 b5 13. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E76"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Nxe5
Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Na6 10. Be2 Rd8+ 11. Kc2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bf5 13. Bf3 Nc5 14. Re1
Bxe5 15. fxe5 Rd4 16. Kc3 Rd3+ 17. Kc2 Rd4 18. Kc3 Rd3+ 19. Kb4 Na6+ 20. Ka5
b6+ 21. Kxa6 Bc8+ 22. Kb5 Bd7+ 23. Ka6 Bc8+ 24. Kb5 Bd7+ 25. Ka6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Bc5 10. Qd3 O-O 11. Nc3 Nb4 12. Qe2 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nc6
15. a4 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. h3 h6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 c5 20. dxc5 Rac8 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Rd4 Rxc5 23. Rad1 Rdc8 24. Bxd5 Rxc2 25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Rd8+ Kh7
27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qd3+ g6 29. Qxb5 Qc5 30. Qxc5 Rxc5 31. Re1 g5 32. e6 fxe6 33.
Rxe6 Rc2 34. f3 Ra2 35. Kh2 Kg7 36. Re4 Kg6 37. h4 Ra6 38. Kh3 Kh5 39. Rc4 Rb6
40. Rc5 Kg6 41. Rc4 Kh5 42. Rc8 Kg6 43. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Gashimov,V"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Be2 Bb7 7. Bf3 {A fairly
rare method of handling the position, but one that I think is very interesting.
Eine recht seltene Behandlungsweise der Stellung, aber eine, die ich sehr
interessant finde.} Qc7 8. O-O Bd6 9. a4 $1 $146 {A novelty, found at the
board, which I think will "close" this variation for a long time to come.
White usually continues 9.g3. Eine Neuerung, am Brett gefunden, welche m. E.
nach diese Variante auf lange Zeit "ad acta" legen wird. Gewöhnlich setzt Weiß
9.g3 fort.} Bxh2+ 10. Kh1 Be5 ({Bad is Schlecht ist.} 10... b4 $2 11. Ncb5 axb5
12. Nxb5 Qe5 13. g3 $18) 11. axb5 Nf6 12. Be3 ({Stronger was Stärker war} 12.
Qd3 $1 h5 13. Ra4) 12... O-O (12... h5 $1 $132 {gives Black reasonable
counterplay on the kingside, since after ...Ng4 the bishop on e3 comes under
attack. gibt Schwarz ordentliches Gegenspiel am Königsflügel, denn nach ...Ng4
kommt der Läufer auf e3 unter Feuer.}) 13. Qd3 {Now Black has no counterplay.
Nun hat Schwarz kein Gegenspiel.} d6 14. Rfd1 Nfd7 (14... Nbd7 {loses because
of verliert wegen} 15. bxa6 Nc5 16. Ndb5 $1 $18) 15. Qd2 $1 ({Black manages to
get his pieces into play after Seine Figuren ins Spiel bekommt Schwarz nach} 
15. Kg1 Nc5 16. Qd2 a5 {and the other black knight comes to b6. und der andere
schwarze Springer kommt nach b6.}) 15... Rc8 16. Be2 $1 {The threat is f4,
after which Black has to exchange his active defensive bishop. Die Drohung
lautet f4, wonach Schwarz seinen aktiven Verteidigungsläufer tauschen muss.}
Nf6 17. f4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 d5 (18... e5 19. Qb4 exf4 20. Bxf4 $16) (18... axb5
19. Rxa8 Bxa8 20. Nxb5 $18) 19. bxa6 {The move 19.b6, followed by e5, also
deserved attention. Der Zug 19.b6, gefolgt von e5, verdiente ebenfalls
Aufmerksamkeit.} Nxa6 (19... Bxa6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. exd5 Rxa1 22. Rxa1 exd5 23.
Nxd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5 {and now 24...Qc2 is not possible because of 25.Rc1! , und
nun ist 24...Qc2 nicht möglch wegen 25.Rc1!}) 20. e5 Ne8 {The knight must
defend the square d6. Der Springer muss das Feld d6 decken.} 21. f5 $1 {
Onward! Vorwärts!} Nc5 22. Bb5 $5 ({Also good is Ebenfalls gut ist} 22. Rxa8
Bxa8 23. Ra1) 22... Qd8 23. Rxa8 Bxa8 24. f6 {Opening up the enemy king. Legt
den feindlichen König bloß.} Nd7 25. fxg7 Qc7 26. Bf4 {The simplest. Am
einfachsten.} Qb7 (26... Nxg7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Ne4 $18 {and the knight comes
in. und der Springer dringt ein.}) 27. Rd3 $1 {With a decisive attack. Mit
entscheidendem Angriff.} Nxg7 (27... Rxc3 28. Rxc3 Qxb5 29. Rc8 Nb6 30. Rb8)
28. Bxd7 Rc4 29. Qf2 Qxd7 30. Rg3 Kh8 31. Bg5 {Black resigned, and I was able
to chalk up my first win of the tournament. Schwarz gab auf, und ich durfte
mir meinen ersten Sieg in dem Turnier gutschreiben.} 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Qd3 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Nd2 a6 10. Bc4 Qe7 11. Nf3 Ba7 12. Nh4 d6 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nf5 Bxf5
15. exf5 O-O-O 16. Be6+ Kb8 17. c4 h6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Nh7 20. Rad1 Ng5
21. Bd5 c6 22. Be4 Rd7 23. g3 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rhd8 25. Qf3 d5 26. cxd5 Rxd5 27.
Rxd5 cxd5 28. f6 gxf6 29. Qxf6 Qxf6 30. Rxf6 d4 31. exd4 exd4 32. Kf1 d3 33.
Ke1 Re8+ 34. Kd2 Re2+ 35. Kxd3 Rxh2 36. Kc3 h5 37. Rg6 h4 38. gxh4 Rh3+ 39. Kc2
Rh2+ 40. Kc3 Rh3+ 41. Kc2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nbd2 Bf5 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Rfe8 14. Rad1
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 Nf6 17. Qe5 Re7 18. Nf3 Rd8 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Kf1
h6 21. Ke2 Ne4 22. Rd3 Nd6 23. Rc1 Nf5 24. Rcd1 f6 25. g4 Ne7 26. Nd2 Ng6 27.
Ke3 Re7 28. Nf3 Red7 29. R1d2 Kf7 30. h3 h5 31. gxh5 Ne7 32. Kf4 b5 33. b3 Rh8
34. Kg4 Rdd8 35. Nh4 Rh6 36. Ng2 Rdh8 37. Nf4 g5 38. hxg6+ Nxg6 39. Nxg6 Kxg6
40. Rg3 Kf7 41. cxb5 cxb5 42. Rc2 f5+ 43. Kf3 Rxh3 44. Rc7+ Kf6 45. Rc6 Rxg3+
46. fxg3 Rd8 47. Ke3 a5 48. Rc5 Rd5 49. Rxd5 exd5 50. Kf4 b4 51. g4 fxg4 52.
Kxg4 Kg6 53. Kf4 Kf6 54. Kg4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Bb7 11. Qc2 a6 12. b4 {In my opinion, after this move,
"killing" the b7 bishop, White should get the better chances.} a5 13. Rb1 axb4
14. axb4 Qe7 15. e4 e5 16. Ne2 (16. dxe5 {is played more frequently.}) 16...
Bxb4 (16... Rfe8 17. Bd2 Ra3 18. Rb3 Rxb3 19. Qxb3 exd4 20. Nexd4 c5 21. Nf5
Qf8 22. Bxb5 Bxe4 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Bxf3 (24... Rb8 $5) 25. gxf3 $14 {
1-0 Gligoric,S-Nikcevic,N/Niksic 1997/CBM 059 ext (55)}) (16... Ra4 17. dxe5
Bxe5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. Nc3 Ra6 20. Be2 $14 {1-0 Najer,E-Hachatrian,V/St
Petersburg 2000/CBM 076 (74)}) 17. Ng3 (17. dxe5 Ng4 18. Bg5 Qc5 19. e6 fxe6
20. Nf4 (20. Qb3 Nde5 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Be3 Qe7 23. Bxb5 Bd6 24. Bc4 Nxc4 25.
Qxc4 Ba6 26. Qc2 Bb5 $11 {1/2-1/2 Silva,M-Johansson,S/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF
tele 9/2002 (38)}) 20... Nde5 21. Nxe6 Nxf3+ 22. gxf3 Qe5 23. fxg4 Qxe6 24. h3
c5 25. Bxb5 Qe5 26. f4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Bxe4 28. Bc4+ Kh8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Einarsson,
T-Karacsony,Z/ICCF Email 2003/ICCF Telechess CBM 102 (53)}) 17... g6 $6 (17...
exd4 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 c5 $5 20. f4 (20. Rxb4 cxb4 21. Re1 Qe6 22. Nf5 Ne4
23. Nc6 Bxc6 24. Nxd4 b3 25. Qe2 Nc3 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. Nxc6 {1/2-1/2 Najer,
E-Galkin,A/Kolontaevo 1997/EXT 1999} Ra2 $17) 20... c4 21. Bxc4 bxc4 22. Qxc4
Nd5 23. Nf5 Qe6 24. Rxb4 Nxb4 25. Qxb4 Qxf5 26. Qxb7 Qc2 $132 {1/2-1/2 Flores
Gutierrez,C-Dothan,Y/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess (33)}) 18. dxe5 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] An important novelty.} (18. Bg5 Ra4 (18... Bd6 $5) 19. d5 Rc8 20. Qe2
Qd6 21. Nh4 Bc5 22. Nhf5 $5 $13 {1-0 Grachev,B-Poliakov,A/Pardubice 2007/CBM
119 ext (52)}) 18... Ng4 19. Bg5 Qc5 20. e6 Nde5 $6 (20... fxe6 {needs testing,
i.e.} 21. Qb3 Nde5 22. Qxe6+ Rf7 23. Nxe5 Nxe5 {etc.}) 21. Nxe5 Nxe5 22. Bf6 $1
Qxc2 $6 (22... Nxd3 $142 23. Qxd3 fxe6 (23... Qd6 24. Qf3) 24. e5 $44 Qc3 25.
Qe4 $5) 23. Bxc2 Bd6 (23... Ng4 24. e5 $1) 24. Bb3 fxe6 25. Bxe6+ Nf7 26. f4
$14 {White's central pawns are more dangerous than Black's queenside pawns.}
Bc8 27. Bb3 Re8 28. f5 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Rxe4 $2 {A decisive mistake.} (29... gxf5
$1 {was necessary, e.g.} 30. exf5 c5 31. Bd5 Ra6 {with a defensible position.})
30. Ra1 $1 Rxa1 31. Rxa1 {[%cal Ra1a7,Ra1a8] The decisive invasion along the
a-file is inevitable.} Kf8 $6 (31... gxf5 {was more stubborn but after} 32. Ra7
Be6 33. Bxe6 Rxe6 34. Ra8+ Nd8 35. Rxd8+ Kf7 36. Bg5 {White should convert his
extra piece.}) 32. Ra7 Ne5 33. Rxh7 Nc4 34. fxg6 Be6 35. Bc2 Re2 36. Bd3 Re3
37. Bf5 Bd5 38. Kf2 Re8 39. Bd7 Nd6 40. Bg7+ 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 c6 11. h3 Nh6 12. c5 $1 {A typical blow, for unknown
reasons quite rare in this particular position - despite the fact that Black
has not found a way to equalize so far.} (12. Be3 {is the main line.}) 12...
exd4 (12... Nf7 13. cxd6 b5 14. dxe5 fxe5 15. a4 b4 16. d7 Bb7 17. Nb1 Nc5 18.
a5 a6 19. Be3 Nxd7 20. Bc4 $16 {1-0 Arsovic,Z-Markovic,M/Nis 1995/EXT 2000 (59)
}) (12... dxc5 13. dxe5 $16) 13. Bxa6 dxc5 $146 {This piece sacrifice is
Black's only chance; otherwise he is clearly worse:} (13... dxc3 14. Bc4+ d5 (
14... Kh8 15. cxd6 Re8 (15... cxb2 16. Bxb2 Nf7 17. Bxf7 Rxf7 18. e5 $16 {
M.Gurevich}) 16. Re1 $6 (16. Qd3 Be6 17. Rd1 $16) 16... Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18.
e5 Nf7 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. bxc3 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 fxe5 22. Ba3 b6 23. Qa4 Rd8 24. Rad1
c5 $17 {0-1 Glicenstein,A-Kozakov,M/Rosny sous Bois 2004/EXT 2005 (36)}) (14...
Nf7 15. cxd6 Kh8 16. Bxf7 Rxf7 17. bxc3 $16 {1-0 Noori,A-Moradi,E/IRI 2000/EXT
2003 (56)}) 15. exd5 cxd5 16. Qxd5+ Kh8 17. bxc3 Qc7 $5 18. Nd4 a6 19. Re1 Nf7
$5 {[%cal Yf7e5,Yf8d8]} 20. Nf3 $1 Bf5 21. Qd4 $1 Rad8 22. Bd5 Ne5 23. Bf4 Qd7
24. Rad1 $16 {1-0 Gurevich,M-Hansen,C/Groningen 1992/CBM 034/[Gurevich,M] (62)}
) (13... bxa6 14. Qxd4 (14. Nxd4 dxc5 15. Nxc6 $14 {M.Gurevich}) 14... Nf7 15.
cxd6 (15. Rd1 $5) 15... Qxd6 16. Qxd6 Nxd6 17. Bf4 Nb7 (17... Nc4 18. b3 f5 19.
e5 Nb6 20. Rad1 Bb7 21. Nd2 g5 22. Bxg5 Bxe5 23. Ne2 a5 24. Nf3 Rae8 25. Nxe5
Rxe5 26. Nf4 $16 {1-0 Nill,J-Jelica,M/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 107 ext (72)}) 18.
Rad1 Be6 19. Rfe1 Rac8 20. e5 f5 21. Nd4 Kf7 22. Nxe6 Kxe6 23. Ne2 c5 24. Bg5
f4 25. Nxf4+ Kf5 26. g4+ Kxg5 27. Ne6+ Kh4 28. Nxf8 Bxf8 29. Rd7 Nd8 30. Rxh7+
Kg5 31. Re4 Ne6 {1-0 Sargissian,G-Dancevski,O/Ohrid 2001/CBM 084}) 14. Na4 {
Going for a positional advantage rather than material.} (14. Bc4+ Kh8 15. Ne2
b5 16. Bd3 c4 17. Bb1 (17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nexd4 Re8 $132) 17... d3 $44) 14...
Qe7 15. Qc2 bxa6 (15... b6 $6 16. Bd3 {and Black has not sufficient
compensation for the piece.}) 16. Bxh6 Bxh6 17. Nxc5 $14 {[%csl Gc5]} Rd8 18.
Rad1 (18. Rfd1 $142 Bf8 19. Rac1 $14) 18... Bf8 19. b4 d3 $1 20. Nxd3 (20. Rxd3
Rxd3 21. Nxd3 a5 $1) 20... a5 $1 {Black plays energetically to lift the
blockade.} 21. bxa5 Qxe4 22. Rfe1 Qf5 23. Qxc6 Bd7 {White is a pawn up but
Black's bishop pair gives him some compensation.} 24. Qc4+ Kh8 25. Nd4 $6 {
After this move Black has no problems.} (25. Nf4 $142 $1 Bb5 (25... Qxa5 $2 26.
Qf7) (25... Rac8 26. Qd4 $16) 26. Qb3 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Rc8 28. g3 $1 $14 (28. Nd4
$143 Qxf4 29. Nxb5 a6 30. Nd4 Rc1 31. g3 Rxd1+ 32. Qxd1 Qe5 $44)) 25... Qxa5
26. Ne6 (26. Qf7 Bxh3 $1 $11) 26... Bxe6 27. Qxe6 Rd6 28. Qe2 Rad8 29. Nf4 Rxd1
30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qxa2 {Black is even a pawn up now but White creates
counterplay, which eventually saves the game.} 32. Qd8 Kg7 (32... Qf7 33. Ne6
Kg8 34. Qc8) 33. Qd7+ Qf7 34. Ne6+ Kg8 35. Qc8 a5 36. g4 a4 {What else?} 37.
Nxf8 Qxf8 38. Qc4+ Qf7 39. Qxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qf6 8. d3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Nge7 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O-O 13. Nd2 g5 14. Be3
Bh6 15. f4 g4 16. hxg4 hxg4 17. Kg2 d5 18. Rh1 d4 19. cxd4 Nxd4 20. Rh5 Ne6 21.
Rah1 Rxd3 22. Rxh6 Rxh6 23. Rxh6 Rxe3 24. Rh8+ Nd8 25. Bd1 Rd3 26. Bxg4+ Kb8
27. Nf3 Ng6 28. Re8 Nxf4+ 29. Kf2 Ka7 30. Ne5 Rd6 31. Ke3 Ng2+ 32. Kf3 Ne1+ 33.
Ke2 Nc2 34. Rf8 Nd4+ 35. Ke3 Nc2+ 36. Ke2 Nd4+ 37. Ke3 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.04.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Qc7 12. Rfd1 Rac8 13. a5 Rfe8 {Very special
variation with some features of "shadow play". Both sides find it diffcult to
improve the optimal position of their pieces.} 14. h3 h6 15. Qe1 Qb8 16. Bf3
Rc4 (16... b5 17. axb6 Nxb6 18. Rxa6 Nc4 19. Rda1 (19. Bc1 Qb7 20. Ra1 Ra8 $44)
19... Nxb2 20. Na5 $14) 17. Nd2 Rc6 (17... Rb4 $2 18. b3 Qc7 19. Nf1 $16) 18.
Nf1 Rec8 19. Bd2 b6 {Playable alternative to the radical b7-b5 advance.
Svidler insists on the opening of the b-file.} (19... b5 20. axb6 Nxb6 21. Ne3
Nc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. b3 $14) 20. Ne3 $1 bxa5 (20... b5 21. Ncd5 Bxd5 22. exd5
R6c7 23. Bb4 $14) 21. Ncd5 Bxd5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] This move that positionally
compromises Black's position is not easy to explain. White would have been
able to claim minimal progress after the logical 21...Bd8.} (21... Bd8 22. Bc3
Rc5 $13) 22. exd5 Rc5 (22... Rxc2 23. Nxc2 Rxc2 24. Rxa5 Rxb2 25. Rxa6 $16) 23.
Bxa5 e4 (23... Qxb2 $2 24. Rdb1 Qd4 25. Nf5 $18) 24. Be2 Qxb2 25. Bxa6 (25. c3
Qb7 26. Bb4 Ra8 27. Nf5 Bf8 28. c4 $16) 25... Rb8 26. c3 $1 {Quite possibly
Black has missed some move in his calculations and this is a fair candidate.
Suddenly the queen on b2 is feeling very insecure.} Rxa5 (26... Ne5 27. Bb4 $1
Rc7 28. Nf5 Rxb4 (28... Bf8 29. Rdb1 Qc2 30. Ne3 $18) 29. cxb4 Ng6 30. b5 $18)
27. Rxa5 Qb6 (27... Ne5 28. Nc4 Nxc4 29. Bxc4 Bd8 30. Ra6 $16) 28. Rda1 Nc5 29.
Bf1 {Adams believes, that his rooks are stronger and shows no fear from
Black's one on b8.} (29. Rb5 $5 Qc7 30. Rxb8+ Qxb8 31. Be2 $18) 29... Qd8 30.
Rb5 Rc8 31. Ra7 Nfd7 32. Nf5 Bf8 33. Qe3 Qf6 34. Ng3 (34. Nd4 Ne5 35. Nb3 $18)
34... Qe5 35. Nxe4 $1 {The elimination of pawns is not a problem for White as
his pieces are getting closer to the enemy king.} Nxe4 36. Rxd7 Rxc3 37. Qe2
Qd4 (37... Rc8 38. Rbb7 f5 39. Qb2 $18) 38. Rd8 $1 Rc1 39. Kh2 (39. Kh2 Nd2 40.
Rxf8+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qb3+ Kh8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Rfe1 Qd7 13. Qd1 exd4 14. Bxd4 Ng6
15. Be3 Rad8 16. Ne5 Nxe5 17. Qxh5 Nd3 18. Reb1 Bf4 19. Qf3 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Rfe8
21. Nb3 f5 22. f3 Qe7 23. Rd1 fxe4 24. fxe4 Nxb2 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Na5 Nd1 27.
Qf3 Qc5+ 28. Kh2 Nxc3 29. Nxb7 Qe5+ 30. Qg3 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Nxe4+ 32. Kf3 Ng5+
33. Kg4 Rd5 34. Rc1 Nf7 35. Kf4 g5+ 36. Ke3 Re5+ 37. Kd4 Rd5+ 38. Ke3 Re5+ 39.
Kd4 Rb5 40. Nc5 a5 41. g4 Rb2 42. a4 Ra2 43. Re1 Rd2+ 44. Kc3 Rf2 45. Re7 Kg7
46. Rxc7 Rf3+ 47. Kd4 Rxh3 48. Rxc6 Rh4 49. Ne6+ Kf6 50. Nc5+ Kg7 51. Ne6+ Kf6
52. Nc5+ Kg7 53. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Qxc4 b6 9. Bg3 Nc6 10. Nf3 Bg7 11. e3 O-O 12. Be2 Bb7 13. O-O Na5 14. Qb4 Rac8
15. Ne5 {Quite a harmless novelty but the other moves are hardly dangerous for
Black either:} (15. Qa3 c5 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nc4 19. Bxc4
Rxc4 20. f3 Rfc8 21. Qxa7 b5 22. Qa5 f6 23. Bg3 b4 24. Qb6 Ra8 25. a4 Ra6 26.
Qb5 Qxb5 27. axb5 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 b3 29. Rb1 Rb4 30. Rb2 f5 {1/2-1/2 Plachetka,
J-Brinck Claussen,B/Copenhagen 1980/EXT 2000}) (15. Rfd1 Qe6 (15... c5 16. Qa3
cxd4 17. cxd4 Bd5 18. Ba6 Bb7 19. Bd3 Bd5 {1/2-1/2 Radovici,C-Vidoniak,R/
Romania 1992/EXT 1997}) 16. Bf1 c5 17. Qa3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Bd5 19. Ne1 Bc4 20.
Nd3 Rfd8 21. h3 Bf6 22. Rdc1 Qd7 23. Rc3 Be6 $11 {0-1 Peregudov,N-Svidler,P/St
Petersburg 1994/EXT 1998 (36)}) (15. Rad1 Qe6 16. Qa4 c5 17. Rfe1 cxd4 18. cxd4
Rfd8 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21. Qa3 e6 $11 22. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 23. dxe5 Rxd1 24.
Rxd1 Qc2 25. Rf1 Rc5 $17 {0-1 Delemarre,J-Golod,V/Antwerp 1999/EXT 2000 (70)})
15... Qd6 $6 {Not the best reaction.} (15... Bxe5 $142 16. dxe5 (16. Bxe5 Nc6
17. Bb5 Qe6) 16... Qd2 17. Rfe1 c5 18. Qh4 Rfe8 $11) 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Qa4 c5
$5 18. e4 $1 (18. Nxf7 $4 Qd5) (18. Nc4 $6 Qd5 19. Bf3 Bc6 $1 20. Qxa5 Qxf3 21.
gxf3 bxa5 $11) 18... Bxe5 {Finally Black must exchange this bishop in a much
inferior situation than 3 moves earlier.} 19. Bxe5 Qc6 $6 (19... Qe6 $142 20.
f3 $14) 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 (20... Bxc6 21. d5 $16 {but the text move leads to a
material loss.}) 21. Bg4 $1 Ra8 (21... e6 22. Bf6 {[%cal Yd4d5]}) (21... f5 22.
exf5 h5 23. Bf3 gxf5 24. Bxh5 $16) 22. Bc7 cxd4 {There is nothing better but
now White brings home his material advantage.} (22... Bc8 23. Bxd8 Bxg4 24. f3
Rxd8 25. fxg4 cxd4 26. cxd4 Nxd4 27. e5 $1 $18 {[%cal Yg1f2,Ya1c1]}) 23. Bxd8
Rxd8 24. Be2 e5 25. Rac1 Kf8 26. f3 a6 27. Kf2 Ke7 28. Bc4 Rd7 29. Bd5 dxc3 30.
Bxc6 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bxc6 32. Rc1 Bd7 33. Rxc3 Kd6 34. Rd3+ Kc6 35. g4 Be6 36. a3
g5 37. Ke3 Kc7 38. Rd1 b5 39. h4 h6 40. Rh1 Kd6 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Rh5 f6 43.
Rh6 Ke7 44. Rh7+ Bf7 45. Rh8 a5 46. Ra8 a4 47. Ra7+ Ke8 48. Rc7 {[%cal Ye3d3,
Yd3c3,Yc3b4]} (48. Rc7 Bc4 49. Rxc4 bxc4 50. Kd2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.04"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qc7 8. Bxf6
gxf6 9. Qh5 Qc5 $1 10. Qxc5 dxc5 11. Nb3 {It is hard to believe, that 9.Qh5
move will find too many followers. Black playes with two bishops and his pawn
structure is only minimally compromised.} (11. Nf3 b5 (11... b6 12. a4 Nc6 13.
O-O-O Bb7 14. g3 Bg7 15. Bg2 Ke7 16. Rhe1 Na5 17. b3 Rhd8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. f5
c4 20. b4 Nc6 21. b5 Ne5 22. Nxe5 fxe5 23. fxe6 fxe6 {1/2 Rogers,I (2529)
-Lautier,J (2658)/Netherlands 2001 (40)}) 12. e5 (12. a4 b4 13. Nb1 Bb7 14.
Nbd2 Nc6 15. Nb3 Bd6 16. g3 f5 17. Nfd2 O-O-O 18. e5 Be7 19. Bg2 h5 20. h4 Kc7
21. Kf2 f6 {0-1 Torok,S (2334)-Galyas,M (2428)/Hungary 2006 (60)}) 12... Bb7
13. exf6 Nd7 14. f5 Nxf6 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. a4 b4 17. Nd1 Rg8 18. Ne3 Bh6 19.
Nc4 Bf4 20. Rd1 Ke7 21. Ke2 Ne4 $17 {0-1 Crawley,A-Wojtkiewicz,A (2595)/Kona
1998 (31)}) 11... Bd6 12. g3 Ke7 13. Bg2 Ra7 $1 14. O-O-O Rd8 (14... b5 15.
Rhe1 Nd7 16. Na5 $36) 15. a4 b6 16. Nd2 {Kamsky will suffer during the whole
game due to the failure of finding a proper plan. It is very hard to suggest a
set up of pieces that would lead anywhere.} (16. Rhe1 Rad7 17. e5 fxe5 18. fxe5
Bc7 19. a5 Rxd1+ 20. Nxd1 b5 21. Nxc5 Bxa5 $15) 16... Rad7 17. Nc4 Bc7 18.
Rxd7+ Bxd7 19. Re1 Be8 $1 {A fine move by Svidler, that excludes all the
tricks with the potential jump of the knight to d5.} (19... Nc6 $2 20. Nd5+
exd5 21. exd5+ $16) (19... b5 20. Nd5+ exd5 21. exd5+ Kf8 22. d6 $1 Bxd6 23.
Nxd6 bxa4 24. Nb7 $14) 20. Na3 Kf8 21. Bf1 Bc6 22. b3 (22. Rd1 Rd4 $15) 22...
Bb7 23. Rd1 Rd4 $1 {[%mdl 32] A small challenge, that black finds impossible
to accept. White pawn on e4 is quite vulnerable.} 24. Bd3 (24. Nc4 Nc6 25. Rd2
Ke7 $15) 24... Nc6 25. Ne2 Rd8 26. c3 Ke7 27. Bc2 Rb8 $1 28. Bd3 Na7 29. c4 $2
{Kamsky finally commits a serious positional mistake, his bishop on d3 turns
into a very poor piece.} (29. Nc4 Nc8 30. Kc2 Nd6 31. Nxd6 Bxd6 $15) 29... Nc6
30. Nc2 h5 31. h4 (31. Kb2 h4 32. g4 h3 $17) 31... Rg8 32. Kd2 Nd4 $1 {
Consequent play enabled by the opening of the second front. White is obliged
to defend the vulnerable g3 pawn.} 33. Ncxd4 cxd4 34. b4 (34. Rf1 e5 35. fxe5
fxe5 36. Rf5 Rh8) (34. Nxd4 Rxg3 35. Ne2 Rh3 $19) (34. Rg1 Bd6 $17) 34... e5
35. c5 $2 $138 {In time trouble Kamsky finally loses control and lashes out in
the hope for counterplay. Opening of the play favours the black bishops.} (35.
f5 Rg4 $17) (35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Rf1 Bd6 37. b5 axb5 38. cxb5 Rg4 $17) 35... bxc5
36. Rc1 (36. bxc5 Ba5+ $1 37. Kc2 Rc8 $19) (36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Rc1 Bb6 38. bxc5
Ba5+ 39. Kc2 Rg4 $17) 36... f5 $1 37. exf5 (37. Rxc5 Bd6 38. Rc4 fxe4 $19)
37... e4 38. Bc4 (38. Rxc5 Bd6 39. Rc4 exd3 40. Kxd3 Bf3 41. Rxd4 Bxe2+ 42.
Kxe2 Rxg3 $19) 38... d3 39. Nc3 (39. Bxd3 Rd8 40. Rxc5 Rxd3+ $19) 39... Rxg3
40. Nxe4 $2 {The final blunder is not changing anything, the position was lost.
} (40. Rf1 e3+ 41. Kxd3 e2+ 42. Kxe2 Rxc3 $19) 40... Bxf4+ 0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2008.05.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2008.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 124"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.05.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Re1
Rb8 9. Rb1 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Qd3 c5 {GM I.Stohl examined this variation in
detail - see CBM 106, annotations to Bauer-Nijboer.} 12. e4 $146 {This obvious
move is, surprisingly, a novelty!} ({The prophylactical} 12. b3 {is the most
common course:} Bd7 (12... Nd7 $5 13. Bd2 (13. e4 $5 {- game}) 13... b6 14. Ne4
Nf6 $5 15. Nxf6+ exf6 16. Bc3 Bd7 (16... f5 $5) 17. Nd2 (17. e4 $142 $5 b5 18.
Qd2 b4 19. Bb2 $14 {Stohl}) 17... b5 18. e3 b4 19. Ba1 Nb7 20. f4 f5 $11 {
0-1 Bauer,C-Nijboer,F/Nancy 2005/CBM 106/[Stohl] (40)}) 13. a4 Qc7 (13... e6
14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Bf4 Nh5 16. Bxd6 Bf5 17. e4 Bg4 18. e5 Nc6 19. Rbd1 Rc8 20.
h3 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxd1 22. Qxd1 Re6 23. Nxf7 $1 $18 {1-0 Baburin,
A-Anagnostopoulos,D/Port Erin 1999/CBM 074 (28)}) 14. e4 b6 (14... e6 {is
premature:} 15. dxe6 Bxe6 16. Bf4 Rbd8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bd7 19. b4 $1 c4 (
19... cxb4 $142 20. Rec1 $36 {Stohl}) 20. Rec1 Rc8 21. Qa3 Nb3 22. Rxb3 cxb3
23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. Qxb3 Rc3 25. Qa2 Rxe4 26. h3 Rxb4 27. Qe2 Bf8 (27... Rxf4 28.
gxf4 Kf8 29. Qb2 Rxf3 30. Qxb7 $18 {1-0 Foisor,C-Van der Weide,K/Triesen 2007/
CBM 118 ext (39)}) 28. Ng5 Bxa4 29. Ne4 $18 {1-0 Pert,N-Straub,N/Port Erin
2003/CBM 096 ext (32)}) 15. Bf4 (15. h3 Qc8 16. g4 h5 17. g5 Nh7 18. Kh2 Qc7
19. Qc2 Rb7 20. Bb2 Reb8 21. Ra1 Nf8 22. Ra3 Be8 23. Qd2 Nd7 24. Ne2 Bxb2 25.
Qxb2 b5 $132 {1/2-1/2 Kleinsorgen,H-Conterno,D/IECG 2005/Telechess 117 (45)})
15... Ng4 16. h3 Ne5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. Be3 Qd6 19. Qc2 e6 20. Rbd1 exd5 21.
exd5 f5 22. Bg5 e4 23. h4 Be5 24. Ne2 Nb7 25. Qd2 Nd8 26. Be3 Nf7 27. a5 Bf6
28. h5 Ne5 $132 {0-1 Martinovic,D-Von Saleski,M/www.desc-online.de 2004/
Telechess CBM 111 (66)}) (12. Bd2 {is harmless:} b5 13. b3 (13. cxb5 c4) 13...
bxc4 (13... e6 $143 14. dxe6 Bxe6 15. Ng5 Bf5 16. e4 Bc8 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nxb5
Ba6 19. Qxd6 $16 Nxb3 20. Bf4 $1 {1-0 Kveinys,A-Kulaots,K/Mezezers 2000/EXT
2001 (24)}) 14. bxc4 Rxb1 15. Rxb1 Qc7 16. e4 Bd7 17. h3 Rb8 18. Bf1 Be8 19.
Nd1 Rxb1 20. Qxb1 Nd7 21. Ne3 Nb7 22. Bd3 Qb6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Giua,F-Safranska,A/
France 2002/EXT 2003 (40)}) 12... Nd7 ({It is unclear what GM P.Svidler had
prepared against} 12... b5 13. cxb5 $140 c4) 13. b3 e5 {In my opinion, this
move doesn't quite match the whole idea (a6, Rb8, Nd7).} (13... Ne5 14. Nxe5
dxe5 {is logical or, if Black doesn't want to hurry,}) (13... b6 14. a3 Qc7)
14. a3 Qc7 15. Be3 (15. Bf1 $142 $1 {[%cal Rb3b4]} b6 16. b4 Nb7 17. Bd2 $14)
15... b5 16. cxb5 Nxb3 $1 {missed or provoked by White?} 17. a4 Nd4 (17... c4
18. Qf1 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Yf3d2]}) 18. Nd2 axb5 19. Nxb5 Nxb5 20. axb5 Nb6 $13 {
Black has safely protected his queenside.} 21. Bf1 (21. Rec1 $5 f5 22. Nc4)
21... Bd7 {Black plays passively; it was quite possible (now or later) to
display activity:} (21... f5 $5 22. f3 Rf8 $132) 22. Ra1 Rb7 23. Reb1 Reb8 24.
Ra6 Qd8 25. Qa3 Nc8 26. Ra8 Bf8 (26... Qc7 $5 27. Rxb8 $140 Qxb8) 27. Rxb8 Rxb8
28. Qa6 Nb6 29. Nc4 Nxc4 30. Bxc4 Ra8 31. Qb7 f6 $6 (31... Rb8 {was quite
enough for a draw. If} 32. Bg5 (32. Qa7 Ra8) {then} 32... Qe8 33. Qa6 (33. Qc7
Bxb5 {[%cal Yb8c8]}) 33... Ra8 34. Qb6 Ra4 $132) 32. b6 Rb8 33. Qa7 Ra8 34. Qb7
Rb8 35. Qa7 Ra8 36. Bxc5 $1 {[%mdl 512] An excellent attempt, to which Black
fails to find the right response.} dxc5 $2 {After this move White's passed
pawn decide the game.} (36... Rxa7 37. bxa7 Qa5 {was the only way to survive.
It leads to amazing variations:} 38. Be3 (38. Rb8 $4 Bh3) 38... Bh3 $1 39. Bf1
Qa2 $1 40. Rc1 Bxf1 41. Kxf1 {[%cal Yf1g2,Yc1c8]} f5 $8 42. Kg2 (42. Rc8 $4
Qa6+) 42... f4 43. gxf4 exf4 44. Bd4 Qa4 45. h3 {to free the h2-square} (45.
Rc8 $143 Qxd4 46. a8=Q Qxe4+ 47. Kf1 Qd3+ 48. Ke1 Qb1+ 49. Ke2 Qe4+ 50. Kd2
Qb4+ 51. Kc2 Qe4+ 52. Kb2 Qb4+ 53. Ka2 Qd2+ 54. Ka3 Qd3+ 55. Kb4 Qb1+ 56. Ka5
Qa1+ 57. Kb5 Qb2+ 58. Kc6 Qc3+ 59. Kb7 (59. Kd7 Qg7+) 59... Qb2+ 60. Kc7 Qg7+
61. Kb8 Qb2+ 62. Qb7 Qxf2 $13) 45... Qxd4 46. a8=Q f3+ $3 (46... Qxe4+ 47. Kg1
$16) 47. Kxf3 Qf6+ 48. Ke3 (48. Kg2 $4 Qg5+) (48. Ke2 Qb2+ 49. Kd1 Qd4+ $11)
48... Qg5+ 49. f4 Qg3+ 50. Kd4 Qf2+ 51. Kd3 Qf3+ 52. Kc4 Qxe4+ 53. Kb3 Qd3+ 54.
Rc3 Qb1+ 55. Kc4 Qf1+ 56. Kb4 Qxf4+ 57. Ka3 Qe5 {and Black should not lose.})
37. d6+ Kh8 38. Qc7 Rb8 39. b7 {[%cal Rc7d8]} Be7 $8 40. Qxc5 Bf8 41. Qc7 Bb5 (
41... Be7 42. Bd5 {[%cal Yb1a1,Ya1a8]}) 42. Qxd8 Rxd8 43. Rxb5 Bxd6 (43... Rb8
44. d7 {[%cal Yb5a5,Ya5a8]}) 44. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Bf4 O-O 9. e3 Be6 10. Qa3 N8d7 11. Rd1 c6 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Bxe5
15. Bxe5 Nxe5 16. h4 Qe8 17. h5 f6 18. Nf3 Nbc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Qb3 Nd2 21.
Qxb7 Rf7 22. Qb4 Rb8 23. Qd4 Bxe4 24. Rxd2 Bxf3+ 25. Kf1 Bxh5 26. Ne4 Qe5 27.
Qxe5 fxe5 28. Rh4 Rf4 29. Rxf4 exf4 30. f3 Kf8 31. Rd7 Rxb2 32. Rxa7 Rb1+ 33.
Kf2 Rb2+ 34. Kf1 Rb1+ 35. Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kg1 Rb1+ 37. Kh2 Rb2 38. Kg1 Rb1+ 39.
Kh2 Rb2 40. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. d5 exd5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Rd1 Qc8 11. Qf5 Nf6 12. Bg5 Nc6 13. Nc3 d5 14. Qf4 d4 15.
Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. e3 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Bxe7 19. exd4 O-O 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.
Rac1 a5 22. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 {
This apparently modest pawn move is not without venom. The way Svidler will
play, White will basically get this extra move for free, which will have an
almost decisive influence over the outcome of the battle. Chess is indeed the
tragedy of one tempo...} ({In order to understand the significance of h3, let
us compare with the lines where White plays} 8. Be3 {immediately.} d5 9. Bxa7
$5 {The same move as in our main game.} (9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. Re1 Nf4
12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 {This active developing move would not have been
possible in our main game.} 14. Nc3 Ra8 15. Re4 Qf6 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Rxg4 Rad8
18. Qd2 {Zagrebelny,S (2521)-Aleksandrov,A (2679)/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005/ (1-0,
32)} Rfe8 $11) {Even better may be} 9... dxe4 $5 (9... Rxa7 10. d4 (10. Nbd2 {
is completely inoffensive:} dxe4 11. dxe4 Ra8 12. a4 Bg4 13. a5 Qe7 14. h3 Bh5
15. Qe2 Rad8 16. Bc2 Rxd2 17. Qxd2 Bxf3 18. gxf3 $44 {1/2-1/2 Sandipan,C (2585)
-Kaidanov,G (2596)/Gausdal 2008/CBM 124}) 10... exd4 (10... dxe4 11. Nxe5 Nxe5
12. dxe5 Qxd1 13. Rxd1 Ng4 {is another attempt to make use of the g4-square,
but White seems to retain an advantage in development after} 14. Nd2 e3 15.
fxe3 Nxe5 16. Nf3 $32 {, partly because of the badly placed black queen's rook.
}) 11. e5 Ne4 12. cxd4 {and now,} Bg4 {offers Black counterplay against
White's centre.}) 10. Bc5 exf3 11. Qxf3 Bg4 {Winning an important tempo.} 12.
Qe3 (12. Qg3 Re8 13. Nd2 Be2 $15) 12... Re8 13. Nd2 Nd5 14. Qg3 Be6 $11 {
and Black has little to fear.}) 8... d6 ({Black can try to take advantage of
White's slow development by imemdiately opening play in the centre:} 8... d5 9.
exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 {The solid} f6 {is also possible:} (10... Be6 $5 11. Na3 (11.
Nxe5 $2 {is impossible because of} Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Bxf2+ $1 $17) (11. Nbd2 $2 {
leaves the f4-square at Black's mercy.}) (11. Ng5 Qf6 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Nxe6
fxe6 $15) 11... b5 12. Qe2 b4 13. Nb1 f6 14. d4 Bf7 15. dxe5 Nxe5 $132 {
Arizmendi Martinez,J (2534)-Cruz Lopez Claret,C (2293)/Andorra 2004/CBM 101
ext (1/2-1/2, 27)}) 11. Nbd2 (11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 Na5 13. Nc3 Nxb3 14. Qxb3 c6
15. Bf4 Rf7 16. Bg3 Bf5 17. a4 Qb6 18. Qxb6 Nxb6 19. Re2 Rd8 20. Rae1 Rfd7 21.
Bf4 g5 22. Bc1 Kf7 23. b3 Nc8 {De la Paz,F (2452)-Short,N (2683)/Ottawa 2007/
CBM 119 ext (0-1, 43)}) 11... Kh8 12. Ne4 Be6 13. Ng3 Qd7 14. Nh4 Rad8 15. Qh5
Bf7 16. Qf3 Nde7 17. Bc2 $11 {Xu Yuhua (2475)-Short,N (2701)/Ji Nan 2003/CBM
098/[Hecht] (0-1, 89)}) 9. Be3 d5 $6 {As mentioned before, giving up a whole
tempo is risky.} ({Once the pawn is on d6 already,} 9... Bxe3 {should be
preferred, as in Nevednichy,V (2531)-Marin,M (2551)/Predeal 2007/CBM 121/
[Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 97)}) 10. Bxa7 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Re1 Nf4 13.
d4 {would have been a better form for White of the game Zagrebelny,S (2521)
-Aleksandrov,A (2679)/Moscow 2004/EXT 2005/ (1-0, 32), above.}) 10... Rxa7 ({
AFter} 10... dxe4 11. Bc5 exf3 12. Qxf3 {the queen would be more stable than
in the similar variation without h3.} (12. Bxf8 fxg2 $44) {However, Black
seems to be holding his own after} 12... Re8 13. Nd2 Be6) 11. d4 dxe4 12. Nxe5
Qd6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Nd2 $14 {White is better developed and the a7-rook will
require some time to be recycled.} Ra8 {This is too slow to equalize.} (14...
a5 $5 15. a4 Ra6) 15. Re1 Bf5 16. g4 {Once again, the presence of the pawn on
h3 contributes to the development of White's initiative.} Bg6 17. g5 Nh5 18. d5
Qd7 19. Qg4 f5 (19... Qxg4+ 20. hxg4 Nf4 21. Nxe4 Nd3 22. Re3 Rae8 (22... Nxb2
23. f3 $16) 23. Rxd3 Rxe4 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. cxd4 Rd8 (25... Re8 26. Rc1 Re7 27.
d6 $1 $18) (25... Rc8 26. Rc1 Kf8 27. f4 Be4 28. Kf2 $18 {[%cal Gf2e3,Gd5d6]})
26. Rc1 Rd7 27. f4 Bd3 28. Rd1 Bb5 29. a4 Be2 30. Re1 $18) 20. gxf6 Qxg4+ 21.
hxg4 Nxf6 22. g5 Nd7 23. Nxe4 $16 {White is a pawn up, without any
compensation for Black.} Rf4 24. Ng3 Kf8 25. Rad1 Re8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. d6 Kd8
28. Rd4 Rf8 29. dxc7+ Kxc7 30. f4 h6 31. gxh6 gxh6 32. Be6 Nc5 33. Bd5 h5 34.
b4 Na4 35. Bb3 Nb6 36. f5 Be8 37. Be6 Nd7 38. Kf2 Nf6 39. Ke3 Rh8 40. Rh4 Kd6
41. Kd4 Rh7 42. c4 Rg7 43. Ne4+ Nxe4 44. Rxe4 Ke7 45. Bd5+ Kf8 46. f6 Rh7 47.
Rh4 1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. Bc4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Nd7 11. Bd3 b6 12. Ng5 Nf6 13. Qf3 Qc7 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Bxe4 Rb8 16. h3 Bb7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Qxb7 Rxb7 19. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 $5 {This rare move may attain
popularity after this game.} (11... Qc7 {and}) (11... Nc6 {are main lines.})
12. Be3 {There has been only one game with 11...Nbd7:} (12. c6 Nb6 13. Bf4 (13.
Be3 $5) (13. Bg5 $5) 13... Nh5 14. c7 $6 Qc8 15. Qd2 Nxf4 16. Qxf4 Ra7 17. O-O
Rxc7 $15 {1/2-1/2 Daroczy,S-Bernath,R/Heves 2000/EXT 2004 (25)}) 12... Rc8 13.
Rd1 (13. c6 $5 Rxc6 14. Nd4 {obtaining a bishop pair}) 13... b4 14. Na4 Qa5 15.
O-O Nxe4 (15... Ng4 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxc5 18. Nxc5 Rxc5 19. Qd2 Rd8 20.
Qf4 $14) 16. c6 (16. Qxe4 $5 Qxa4 17. b3 $1 Qxa2 (17... Qa5 18. Ng5 Nxc5 19.
Qh4 $44) 18. Bc4 Nf6 19. Qh4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 $44) 16... Nd6 17. b3 Bd5 $2 {
An obvious but poor move allowing an unpleasant exchange sacrifice.} (17... Rc7
$142 $1 {[%cal Yf8c8]} 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Bf5 20. Qc1 Be4 $13) 18. Rxd5 $1
Qxd5 19. Rc1 {[%cal Re2a6]} Nb8 (19... Qa5 20. Bc4 (20. Qd3 $5) 20... Rxc6 (
20... Nb8 21. Bb6 {[%cal Yc6c7]}) 21. Bxf7+ $16) 20. c7 Nd7 21. Bxa6 Ra8 22.
Qd3 $2 {White loses the thread in this complicated position.} (22. Rd1 Qxd1+
23. Qxd1 Rxa6 $14) (22. Qc6 $142 $1 Nf6 23. Bf4 Qxc6 24. Rxc6 {[%cal Rf4d6]}
Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Nd5 26. Bxd6 exd6 27. Rxd6 Nxc7 $16) 22... Qxd3 23. Bxd3 Rfc8 {
It turns out that the powerful c7-pawn now becomes weak.} 24. Nd4 $2 {This
move passes the advantage to Black, due to tactical circumstances.} (24. Kf1
Bc3 (24... Ne8 $2 25. Bb5) 25. a3 Rxc7 26. axb4 Rac8 27. Ba6 Ra8 28. Bd3 $11)
24... Bxd4 25. Bxd4 Ne8 $1 26. Nb6 (26. Bb5 Rxc7 $1 27. Rxc7 Nxc7 28. Bxd7 Rd8
{that's why 24.Nd4 was bad!} 29. Nc5 (29. Nb6 Na8) 29... Na6 $1 (29... Ne6 30.
Bxe6 fxe6 31. Nxe6 Rd6 32. Kf1 Rxe6 33. Bc5 $11) 30. Bb5 Nxc5 31. Bxc5 Rd5 32.
Bxb4 Rxb5 33. Bxe7 Re5 34. Bb4 Re2 35. a4 Rb2 $19) 26... Nxb6 27. Bxb6 Rxa2 28.
g3 (28. Bb5 Nxc7 $1 29. Rxc7 (29. Bxc7 $2 Ra7) (29. Bd7 $2 Rd8) (29. Bf1 Ra3 $1
30. Bxc7 e5 $1) 29... Rxc7 30. Bxc7 Ra1+ 31. Bf1 Rb1 $17) 28... Nd6 29. Rd1 Kf8
30. Bf1 Rc2 31. Rd4 Ra8 (31... Rc6 $1 {was probably more accurate, e.g.} 32.
Ba5 (32. Rxb4 Ra8 {- game}) 32... Ra8 33. Bxb4 Rxc7 34. Bxd6 exd6 35. Rxd6 Rc2
$17) 32. Rxb4 (32. Bc4 $142 $1 Re8 33. Bd3 Rc3 34. Ba5 Rxb3 35. Bxb4 Rc8 36.
Ba5 Rb7 37. Kg2 Rbxc7 38. Bxc7 Rxc7 $17) 32... Rc6 {[%cal Rd6c8]} 33. Bh3 f5
34. g4 Ra6 (34... Ra1+ $142 35. Kg2 e5 $19) 35. Bd4 Rxc7 36. gxf5 $2 (36. Rb8+
$142 Kf7 37. Rh8 $17 {was the last opportunity to put up resistance.}) 36...
Nxf5 $19 37. Bf1 Rc1 38. Bb2 Rb1 39. Be5 Ra5 40. Bh8 $6 Ng7 {[%cal Ra5a1,Ra5g5]
} 0-1

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Be3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Rae8 17. Nd2 Re6 18. a4 Qh5 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nf1 Bf5 21. Qd2
Rfe8 22. Bc2 Bh3 23. Qd1 Bg4 24. Qd3 Qh3 25. Bd2 Re2 26. Rxe2 Bxe2 27. Re1 Bxd3
28. Rxe8+ Bf8 29. Bxd3 Qd7 30. Re1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2684"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Rae8 17. Rxe8 Qxf1+ 18. Kxf1 Rxe8 19. Kg2 Bf5 20. Nd2 Re1 21.
a4 b4 22. Nf3 Be4 23. Bc2 Ne3+ 24. Bxe3 Bxf3+ 25. Kxf3 Rxa1 26. c4 Ra2 27. c5
Bb8 28. Bc1 Ra1 29. Be3 Ra2 30. Bc1 Ra1 31. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Qc2 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. e4 Nd7 10. Bd3 c5 11. O-O Qc7 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Rfd1
Rac8 15. Nd2 Nb8 16. Nc4 Ba6 17. d5 b5 18. Ne3 c4 19. Bc2 Nd7 20. a4 b4 21.
dxe6 fxe6 22. cxb4 Bxb4 23. Qg4 Nf8 24. Bf6 Rd2 25. Rab1 Ba5 26. Rxd2 Bxd2 27.
h3 Qf7 28. Be5 Ng6 29. Bd6 Qf6 30. Qe2 Ba5 31. Ng4 Qc3 32. e5 Bb6 33. Bb4 Qd4
34. a5 Bc5 35. Rd1 Nf4 36. Nh6+ Kh8 37. Nf7+ Kg8 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40.
Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Ndf3 Nxb3 14. axb3 f6
15. Ng4 Qd7 16. Bd2 c5 17. Qe2 h5 18. Ngh2 Bd6 19. Qf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {This variation has gained
popularity recently. I have played this line myself as well, and can't
complain about the results so far.} 6. e3 ({Another option is a typical
sacrifice of the Pc4 pawn:} 6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2 b5 {White often gets a
long-term compensation for the pawn.}) 6... c5 {In fact, the position
transposes to the Queen's Gambit Accepted where Black has lost a tempo by
playing c7-c6 and then c6-c5. White's extra tempo is the move a2-a4. On the
one hand it helps White to seize space on the queenside. On the other hand, it
weakens the b4 square and this is what Black is counting on. In future, this
square might be used for a knight transfer Nb8-c6-b4 to a key blockading d5
square.} 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 (8... Be7 9. Qe2 (9. dxc5 Qxd1 10. Rxd1 Bxc5 {
leads to an equal endgame.}) 9... cxd4 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Nxc6 bxc6
13. a5 e5 14. e4 Rb8 15. h3 Bc5 16. Na4 Bd4 17. Be3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Qxa5 19. Nc5
Qc7 20. Qa3 a6 21. Qc3 Nd7 22. b4 Re8 23. Nxd7 Bxd7 24. Rxa6 $14 {1-0
Gustafsson,J (2603)-Kharitonov,A (2526)/Plovdiv BUL 2008/The Week in Chess 704
(55)}) 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 (10. Be3 {is toothless. The bishop is passive on e3.
} O-O 11. Ne5 Nb4 12. a5 Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5
Bc8 $1 $11 {1/2-1/2 Leko,P (2741)-Kramnik,V (2770)/Brissago 2004}) (10. Qe2 O-O
(10... Nxd4 $2 11. Nxd4 Qxd4 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bf4 $18) 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 h6 $1
(12... Bd7 13. d5 $1 exd5 14. Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5
h6 18. Rad1 hxg5 19. Rxd7 Qb6 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Svidler,P (2765)/
Monte Carlo 2006 (46)}) 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne5 Qc7 15. Ng4 Be7 16. d5 exd5 17.
Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bxg4 {1/2-1/2 Babula,V (2594)-Balogh,C (2575)/Graz AUT 2008/
The Week in Chess 698}) 10... O-O 11. Re1 Bd7 (11... h6 $6 {is very risky in
view of} 12. Bf4 Nb4 13. Qd2 Bd7 14. Bxh6 $1 Rc8 15. Bb3 gxh6 16. Qxh6 $40 {
1-0 Radjabov,T (2700)-Svidler,P (2765)/Linares 2006 (41)}) 12. Qd2 {It is
always a question for White where to put his queen. An alternative option is
12.Qe2 trying to press along the e-file and specifically on Pe6.} (12. Qe2 Nb4
13. Ne5 Kh8 (13... Bc6 $2 14. Nxf7 $1 {reveals the point of 12.Qe2.}) 14. Rad1
Bc6 15. h4 Nfd5 16. Qh5 {In this double-edged position a draw was agreed. 1/
2-1/2 Halkias,S (2580)-Postny,E (2598)/Zlatibor 2007/CBM 120 ext}) 12... Rc8
13. Rad1 (13. d5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Bxg5 15. Nxg5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Bf5 17. Rad1 Qf6 18.
Qf4 Bc2 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Rd2 Bxa4 $6 (20... Nb4 $1 $11) 21. Ne4 Kg7 22. Nc5
Bb5 23. Nxb7 $14 {1-0 Bekker Jensen,S (2393)-Rasmussen,K (2449)/Aalborg 2006/
CBM 111 ext (48)}) 13... Nb4 14. Ne5 {A novelty which was probably prepared by
Shirov before the game, as Svidler had already played this position as Black.
Instead, the breakthrough d4-d5 leads to massive simplifications and equality
in this case.} (14. d5 exd5 15. Bxd5 Bc6 16. Bxc6 Qxd2 17. Rxd2 Nxc6 18. Bxf6
Bxf6 19. Nd5 Rfd8 20. Nxf6+ gxf6 21. g3 Rxd2 22. Nxd2 Ne5 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Nf3
Rc4 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,P (2644)-Svidler,P (2765)/Monte Carlo 2006/CBM 111 ext})
14... Nbd5 15. Bxf6 Nxf6 (15... Bxf6 $6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Bxa4 18. Bxb7
Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rc2 20. Qb4 Rxb2 21. Qxb2 Bxd1 22. Be4 $14) 16. d5 {This
thematic breakthrough is White's main weapon in these kind of positions with
an isolated pawn. However, Black can survive it.} Bb4 $1 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Qc2
(18. Bxe6 fxe6 19. Qe2 Qe8 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxe1 22. Nd6 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qd7
24. Nxc8 exd5 25. Ne7+ Kh8 {can be dangerous only for White.}) 18... Qb6 19.
Bxe6 fxe6 {The Pe6 is obviously weak but, after the following exchange on c3
white's queenside pawns will become vulnerable as well. The position is equal.}
(19... Qxe6 $2 {loses an exchange in view of} 20. Nd7) 20. Nd3 (20. Rd3 Rfd8
21. Rde3 Bc5 22. R3e2 Bd4 23. Nf3 Rc6 $11) 20... Bxc3 21. bxc3 Nd5 22. c4 Nb4
23. Nxb4 Qxb4 $11 24. Re4 b5 $2 {This move actually blunders a pawn and can be
considered as a decisive mistake.} ({A simple move like} 24... Rcd8 {would
keep the position equal.}) 25. Rh4 {[%csl Rh7]} h6 (25... g6 26. axb5 Qxb5 27.
Qxg6+ hxg6 28. cxb5 {leads to a bad endgame for Black.}) 26. axb5 Qxb5 27. Rxh6
$1 {This is the refutation of 24...b5. Probably this punch was overlooked by
Svidler. Black loses a pawn without any compensation.} Qf5 (27... gxh6 $4 28.
Qg6+ $18 {[%csl Rb5]}) 28. Qxf5 exf5 (28... Rxf5 $2 29. Rxe6 Rxc4 {should be
lost for Black as White has three pawns against one on the kingside.}) 29. Rh4
{It is not so easy to state a clear verdict on this endgame but, it seems to
me that it is lost for Black.} f4 30. Rd4 Rb8 {Trying to activate the rook.
Another attempt was to push the a-pawn as quickly as possible.} (30... a5 31.
Rhxf4 Rxf4 32. Rxf4 a4 33. Rf3 Rxc4 (33... Ra8 34. Ra3 Kf7 35. Kf1 Ke6 36. Ke2
Kd6 37. Kd3 Kc5 38. Kc3 $18) 34. g3 Rb4 35. Rf5 {transfering the rook to a5.
After that White's pawn majority will decide the outcome.}) 31. h3 f3 (31... a5
32. Rhxf4 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 a4 34. c5 Ra8 35. Rc4 a3 36. Rc1 a2 37. Ra1 Kf7 38. Kf1
Ke6 39. Ke2 Kd5 40. Kd3 Kxc5 41. Kc3 Ra6 42. Kb3 Rg6 (42... Kd4 43. Rxa2 Rxa2
44. Kxa2 Kd3 45. h4 Ke2 46. h5 Kxf2 47. g4 $18) 43. g3 Rb6+ 44. Kxa2 Ra6+ 45.
Kb2 Rxa1 46. Kxa1 Kd4 47. h4 Ke4 48. Kb2 Kf3 49. h5 $1 Kg4 50. Kc3 Kxh5 51. Kd4
$18) 32. g4 Rb1+ ({Again,} 32... a5 {does not help} 33. Rh5 a4 34. Rd3 Rb1+ 35.
Kh2 Rf1 36. Rd2 Ra8 37. Kg3 a3 38. Ra2 $18 {[%csl Ra3,Rf3][%cal Gh5e5,Ge5e3]})
33. Kh2 Rf1 34. Rd2 Re8 {The last practical chance is to go for the Pf2.} 35.
Kg3 Re2 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. Rd7+ $1 Kg6 ({After} 37... Ke6 38. Rxg7 Rexf2 39. Kf4
Kd6 40. Rh5 $1 {Black's king can't escape.}) 38. Rh8 Rexf2 {Black got the pawn
but, now his king left unprotected. White can build a mating net meanwhile,
his king will get a shelter on f4.} 39. Rg8 Rg2+ 40. Kf4 f2 41. Rgxg7+ Kf6 42.
Rh7 Ke6 43. Kg5 $1 {The threat 44.Rhe7 mate is unanswerable. Black resigned.}
1-0

[Event "Foros Aerosvit 3rd"]
[Site "Foros"]
[Date "2008.06.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[Annotator "Van Wely,L"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.06.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 125"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.07.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
Be7 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 {Although I still think
White should be doing very well in this line (and even worse, I don't believe
in it!), first of all it is not easy to prove this at all (but this day will
come, don't you worry) and secondly I have to confess, it's probably the only
line of the Najdorf which I know extremely well, so what to do? I know I am a
sitting duck, but still...} 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5 a4 ({Recently} 15...
Bxb3 16. cxb3 a4 {became fashionable... me however preferred to stick to my
guns.}) 16. Nbd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 b3 18. Kb1 bxc2+ 19. Nxc2 Bb3 20. axb3 axb3 21.
Na3 Ne5 22. h4 Ra4 23. Qc3 $6 {This move had been suggested by the rybka-team
to Peter during the Wch in Mexico City. This made Peter confident enough, that
he didn't bother to check it too deeply. However, a few (logical) moves later
he started to regret this very much. Peter's first try had much more venom.
Darwin where are you when we need you?} (23. Rh3 {was how Peter played against
me in Foros 2006 and I was worse after} Rxe4 24. Qg2 Rg4 25. Qb7 Qd7 26. Qxd7
Nxd7 {and now for example} 27. Be2 Rb4 28. Bd2 $16) (23. Qg2 {This was Alexei
Shirov's try against me in Wijk aan Zee 2007, but he was unlucky that he ran
into some very deep preparation:} Qa8 24. f6 Bd8 25. Bd4 Nc7 26. fxg7 Kxg7 27.
h5 $6 (27. Bc4 Rxc4 $1 28. Nxc4 Qa2+ 29. Kc1 Ne6 $1 30. Bc3 Kg8 $1 {and Black
will get a very nasty initiative.}) 27... Ne6 28. g6 $2 (28. Bxe5+ dxe5 29. g6
{was still playable.}) 28... Rxd4 29. h6+ Kf6 $1 30. Rxd4 Nxd4 31. g7 Rg8 {
and Black was just a piece up.}) 23... Qa8 24. Rd4 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Nc7 26. Rh3 (
26. h5 Bxg5 $3 27. Bxg5 Nf3) 26... Rb8 27. Bf2 {"Forced" since other moves
"allow" Black to make a draw....} (27. h5 Nc6 28. Qd2 (28. Qd1 Ne5 29. Rh4 (29.
Qd4 $11) 29... d5 $40 (29... h6 $1)) 28... Ne5 29. Qd4 $11 ({or playing for a
win with} 29. Qg2 d5 30. g6 Bxa3 31. gxf7+ Kxf7 (31... Nxf7 32. bxa3 Qxa3 33.
h6 (33. Rg3 Kh8) 33... Nxh6 34. Bxh6 Qa2+ 35. Qxa2 bxa2+ 36. Kxa2 gxh6 37. e5
Re8 38. Re3 $16) 32. bxa3 Qxa3 {could be very risky, although my silicon
friend thinks this position is still rather balanced, this is pretty
irrelevant during the game.})) 27... Nc6 28. Qd1 Qa4 29. Rc3 $2 {Too slow,
either White had to try to remove b3 as soon as possibble, or to distrub Black
on the kingside.} (29. f6 $5 gxf6 30. gxf6 Bxf6 31. Bc4 $13) (29. Bc4 Na5 (
29... d5 {was my original intention, but after} 30. Rxb3 Bf8 {the point} 31.
exd5 Na5 32. d6 $1 {Black is just lucky to make a draw:} Nxc4 33. Nxc4 Rxb3 34.
dxc7 Qxc4 35. Qc2 Qf1+ 36. Ka2 Rb5 37. c8=Q Ra5+ 38. Kb3 Rb5+ 39. Kc3 Qh3+ $1
40. Kd2 Rd5+ 41. Ke2 Re5+ $11) 30. Qd4 (30. Bd5 $6 {the move I was worried
about,} {but} Nb5 $1 31. Nxb5 (31. Qe2 Nxa3+ 32. bxa3 Qxa3 33. Bd4 Qa4 34. Bc3
$13) 31... Rxb5 32. Qd3 Rb4 33. Kc1 Nc4 34. Qb1 Ne5 $40) 30... Rb4 31. Rc3 d5
32. exd5 Nxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Qxc4 Qd7) 29... d5 $1 {Taking on e4 would not
have been in the spirit of the game, Black is aiming for more: the white
monarch!} 30. Qc1 $2 {Losing, but in the heat of the battle difficult to see.}
Bxa3 $2 {After the game when analysing with Peter, he made a very bright
remark that he wasn't even sure he was threatening to take on c6.
Paradoxically, in a position where the price of time is high and where White
has piled up his pieces on the c-file, Black should have forced White to take
some pieces off the c-file!} ({Later when double-checking the game with the
silicon beast, after some time he indeed came up with} 30... Bb4 $3 31. Rxc6
Bxa3 32. Rxc7 (32. bxa3 b2 {- the idea is that a3 isn't covered anymore!})
32... Qxe4+ 33. Ka1 Bf8 34. Ra7 Qc2 $1 35. Be3 Bc5 $1 {- very nice geometry!})
31. bxa3 b2 32. Qc2 Nb5 $1 {But only good enough for a draw. It looks
dangerous, but with accurate play White can neutralize Black's threats.} 33.
Bxb5 Qxb5 34. Be1 $1 (34. Qd3 Qxd3+ 35. Rxd3 dxe4 36. Re3 Re8 37. Re2 {would
cause White only trouble after} (37. Kxb2 Nd4 $15) 37... h6 $1 38. gxh6 (38.
Kxb2 hxg5 39. hxg5 Re5) 38... gxh6 39. Kxb2 Kg7) 34... Qf1 35. Qf2 Qb5 36. Qc2
Qf1 37. Qf2 Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.07.31"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2
Nbc6 9. N2f3 a6 10. O-O Bg4 11. c3 Qd7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. h3 Bh5 14. a3 Na5 15.
Nd2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Rc8 17. b3 Nac6 18. N2f3 Ng6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. b4 Be7 21. c4
Rxc4 22. Rxc4 dxc4 23. Qxc4 O-O 24. Rc1 Qa4 25. h4 h5 26. g4 hxg4 27. Qxg4 Rd8
28. h5 Rd1+ 29. Kh2 Rxc1 30. Bxc1 Qd1 31. hxg6 Qxc1 32. gxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qh5+ Kf8
34. Qh8+ Kf7 35. Qh5+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2687"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Ne4 h6 12. Bd2 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14.
Rfe1 c5 15. Ng3 b6 16. Nh5 Kb7 17. Bc3 Be6 18. g4 Ne7 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nxe6 fxe6
21. Nd2 Rd8 22. Ne4 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Nd5 24. Bd2 Bg7 25. h4 gxh4 26. f4 Rf8 27.
Rf1 Nb4 28. Bxb4 cxb4 29. g5 hxg5 30. fxg5 Rxf1+ 31. Kxf1 Bxe5 32. b3 Kc6 33.
Kg2 Kd5 34. Nf2 Bd4 35. g6 Bg7 36. Nd3 Ke4 37. Nxb4 Kf5 38. Nc6 a5 39. Kh3 Bf6
0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Bf4 Be6 9. Qa3 O-O 10. e4 c6 11. Rd1 N8d7 12. Ng5 Bg4 13. f3 h6 14. fxg4 e5 15.
Nf3 exf4 16. e5 Re8 17. Be2 Qe7 18. Qxe7 Rxe7 19. O-O c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. Rxd5 Nd7 23. Rfd1 Nxe5 24. Rd8+ Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Kh7 26. Nxe5 Bxe5 27.
Rd2 Kg7 28. Bf3 Bc7 29. Kf1 Bb6 30. Rd5 Be3 31. h4 Bc1 32. h5 b6 33. b3 Bb2 34.
Rd2 Bf6 35. Re2 Rc7 36. Re4 Rc1+ 37. Re1 Rc3 38. Re4 b5 39. Ke1 a5 40. Rxf4
Rc1+ 41. Ke2 Rc2+ 42. Kd3 Rxa2 43. Bd5 g5 44. Rf1 a4 45. Rc1 Be5 46. Rf1 f6 47.
bxa4 Rxa4 48. Be6 Kf8 49. Rb1 Ke7 50. Bf5 Rd4+ 51. Ke2 b4 52. Rd1 Rxd1 53. Kxd1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Qe1 e5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Ne4 Qc7
15. Bc5 Rfd8 {In this variation Black enjoys excellent play with his pieces
and a safe position on the kingside. The only concern for him is the pawn
structure on the opposite flank.} 16. g4 Nf4 17. Qc3 Rd4 $6 $146 {[%mdl 8] A
new move of somewhat dubious value. In practice, Black has preferred to
benefit from the potential of the d5-square.} (17... Bd5 18. Kb1 (18. g5 Ne6
19. Be3 Nd4 20. Kb1 Bxc4 21. Qxc4 Nxf3 22. Rdf1 Nd4 23. h4 Qe7 24. h5 Qe6 25.
Qc3 Rab8 26. Bc1 Ne2 27. Qe1 Qc4 {0-1 Panchanathan,M (2419)-Gashimov,V (2579)/
Nakhchivan 2003 (38)}) 18... Rd7 19. Bf2 h6 20. Bh4 Re8 21. a3 Bxe4 22. fxe4
Rd4 23. Bd3 Qb6 24. Rhf1 Nxd3 25. cxd3 Qb5 {1/2 Svidler,P (2660)-Alterman,B 
(2615)/Bad Homburg 1997 (36)}) (17... Rd5 18. Kb1 Rad8 19. Rde1 (19. Bxd5 cxd5
20. Be3 Qe7 21. Qc5 Qb7 22. Qa3 Qc6 23. Qc3 Qa8 24. Bxf4 Rc8 25. Qa5 exf4 26.
Ng5 Qb8 27. c3 Bxc3 28. Qa3 {1-0 Xie Jun (2515)-Gufeld,E (2475)/Kuala Lumpur
1994 (37)}) 19... h6 20. Be3 Qe7 21. Rhg1 Kh8 22. h4 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. a3
Qxh4 25. Bxa7 R5d7 26. Bf2 {1-0 Gdanski,J (2528)-Fedorov,A (2590)/Ohrid 2001 
(57)}) 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Qb4 (19. Qb3 $2 Rb8 20. Bxe6 Rxb3 21. Bxb3 c5 22. Bc4
Ng2 $19) 19... d3 $2 {Very thematic and seemingly a very logical move, but it
will meet a tactical refutation. Relatively the best seems to be 19...c5!?
with counterplay.} (19... c5 $5 20. Qa4 Nd5 21. Bxd5 (21. Qa3 Rb8 22. Rd2 Rb4)
21... Bxd5 22. Rhe1 Qxh2 23. Qd7 Be6 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Nxd6 Rb8 $44) (19... Nd5
20. Qd6 Qxd6 21. Nxd6 Be5 22. Ne4 Ne3 23. Bxe6 Nxd1 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Kxd1 $16
) 20. Bxe6 (20. Bxd3 $2 Rb8 21. Qd6 Bxb2+ 22. Kd2 Qa5+ 23. Ke3 Be5 24. Qxc6 Rc8
$17) 20... Ne2+ (20... Nxe6 21. c3 (21. Rxd3 Rb8 22. Qd6 Bxb2+ 23. Kd2 Qa5+ 24.
c3 $14) 21... Qf4+ 22. Nd2 $16) 21. Kb1 Rb8 22. Bxf7+ Kh8 (22... Kxf7 23. Qc4+
Kf8 24. b3 $18 dxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Qe5 26. Qc5+ $18) 23. Qxb8+ $2 {Both
participants were fighting against their worries and Svidler in the end did
not found the courage for the exact move 23.Qb3! with a serious advantage.} (
23. Qa3 $2 dxc2+ 24. Kxc2 Qxf7 25. b3 c5 $1 $13) (23. Qb3 $1 Rxb3 (23... dxc2+
$2 24. Qxc2 Rxb2+ 25. Qxb2 Bxb2 26. Kxb2 Qe5+ (26... Qxf7 27. Rd8+ Kg7 28. Rhd1
$18) 27. Kb1 $18) 24. Bxb3 dxc2+ 25. Bxc2 Nd4 26. Rd3 $16) 23... Qxb8 24. c3 {
The necessity of playing such a move indicates that not everything went
ideally.} (24. Bb3 dxc2+ 25. Kxc2 Nd4+ 26. Kb1 Nxb3 27. axb3 h5 $1 28. gxh5
Qxb3 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. hxg6+ Kh6 $1 31. Rd2 Qxf3 32. Re1 a5 $13) 24... Nxc3+ 25.
Nxc3 Bxc3 26. Bb3 Bf6 27. Rxd3 Qe5 28. Rd2 Qe3 {The activity of Black pieces
and weakness of b2 compensate for the danger from the white rooks.} 29. Rhd1
Qxf3 30. Rd7 (30. Rd6 Qe4+ 31. Ka1 Qe5 32. R6d2 Qf4 $11) 30... Qe4+ 31. Bc2 Qb4
32. Bb3 Qe4+ 33. Ka1 Qg2 $6 {Radjabov is losing the feeling for the most exact
moves under time pressure; the situation is becoming dangerous for him.} (33...
Qxg4 34. Rf7 (34. a3 Qf4 35. R1d2 a5 $11) 34... Qg5 35. Bc2 (35. Re1 Bxb2+ 36.
Kb1 Be5 37. Rd1 Qh4 38. Rdd7 Qe1+ 39. Bd1 Qb4+ $11) 35... Qc5 36. Kb1 Bd4 37.
Rd7 Be5 38. Rb7 Bd4 $11) 34. R1d2 Qxg4 35. a3 a5 $2 (35... c5 36. Rxa7 Qf4 37.
Ra8+ Kg7 38. Rc2 Kh6 $13) (35... Qe4 36. Ka2 a5 37. Ra7 Qe5 38. Rc2 h5 $14) 36.
Rb7 $2 (36. R2d6 $1 Qg1+ 37. Bd1 Qf2 38. Rb7 Qf4 39. Rxc6 $18) 36... a4 $2 {
The crowning of the comedy of errors, since after the conquest of the 7th rank
by the white rooks the black king is simply doomed.} (36... Bd4 $1 $11) 37.
Rdd7 $1 Qg1+ 38. Bd1 Qxh2 39. Rdc7 Bd8 40. Rc8 Qd2 41. Bc2 (41. Bc2 c5 42. Re7
c4 43. Kb1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B96"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Nbd7 8. Qf3
Qc7 9. O-O-O b5 10. e5 Bb7 11. Qh3 dxe5 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qxe6+ Be7 14. Bxb5
axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Nd6+ Kd8 17. fxe5 Kc7 18. Qxe7 Rxa2 19. exf6 Ra1+ 20. Kd2
Qd5+ 21. Kc3 Qa5+ 22. Kd3 Qd5+ 23. Kc3 Qa5+ 24. Kd3 Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. O-O
a6 9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ba4 Ne7 12. h3 Ng6 13. d4 c6 14. Ng3 Qc7 15. Be3
Rfe8 16. Bc2 Rad8 17. Qc1 Bb8 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Bb3 Bxb3 20. axb3 Nf4 21. Qc2
g6 22. Nf1 Kg7 23. b4 c5 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. N1d2 Re7 27. b4 Qc8
28. c4 Nd7 29. c5 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Bxe5 31. Rad1 Qe6 32. Nf3 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Bf6 34.
Re1 Be5 35. Rd1 Bf6 36. Re1 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B87"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 b5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qf3 Qb6 10. Be3 Qb7 11. Qg3 Nbd7 12. f3 O-O 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne5
15. Rad1 b4 16. Na4 Nc4 17. Bh6 Bf6 18. b3 Nb6 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. Rd2 e5 23. Ne2 Be6 24. Bg5 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Bxg5 26. Qxg5 e4 27. Qxc5
dxc5 28. Kg1 exf3 29. Rxf3 Rfd8 30. Rfd3 Rxd3 31. Rxd3 a5 32. Ng3 c4 33. Rd6
Bf7 34. Nf5 h6 35. Kf2 a4 36. Ne7+ Kh7 37. Nd5 axb3 38. axb3 Bxd5 39. Rxd5 Ra2
40. bxc4 Rxc2+ 41. Kg3 Rxc4 42. Rb5 Rc3+ 43. Kh4 b3 44. Rb6 g6 45. Rb7+ Kg8 46.
g4 Kf8 47. g5 h5 48. h3 Ke8 49. Rxb3 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 d6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Qf6 14. N2b3 Bb6
15. Qf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Kg7 17. g4 d5 18. Nf5+ Bxf5 19. gxf5 Rfe8 20. Nd2 Rad8
21. Rd1 dxe4 22. fxe4 Rd5 23. Ke2 Rxf5 24. Rh2 Rf4 25. f3 f5 0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
d3 c6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg2 h6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. Rac1 Bf8 13. h3 d6 14. Kh2 a6 15.
Be3 Qe7 16. Rcd1 Rb8 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Bb6 Nd7 19. Be3 f5 20. c5+ Kh8 21. cxd6
Qf6 22. d4 e4 23. f3 exf3 24. Rxf3 Bxd6 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. Rxf4 Re3 27. d5 c5 28.
d6 Rxg3 29. Kxg3 Qg5+ 30. Kh2 Qxf4+ 31. Kh1 c4 32. Qb4 a5 33. Qb5 Nf6 34. Qb6
Bd7 35. e3 Qg3 36. Qxb7 Re8 37. Qf3 Qxf3 38. Bxf3 Rxe3 39. Kg2 g5 40. Nd5 Nxd5
41. Rxd5 g4 42. hxg4 fxg4 43. Bxg4 Bxg4 44. d7 Bxd7 45. Rxd7 Re2+ 46. Kf3 Rxb2
47. Rc7 Rc2 48. a4 c3 49. Ke4 Rc1 50. Rc5 c2 51. Kd3 Ra1 52. Kxc2 Rxa4 53. Kb3
Rb4+ 54. Kc3 Ra4 55. Kb3 Ra1 56. Kb2 Re1 57. Rxa5 Kg7 58. Kc2 Kg6 59. Kd2 Re8
60. Ra3 Kg5 61. Re3 Rf8 62. Ke2 Kg4 63. Re7 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qc2 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe4 Na6 11. Nh4 g6 12. Qe5 f6 13. Qe4 Qc8 14. Rd1 Nac7 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qxg6+ Kd8 17. a3 b5 18. e4 Nb6 19. Nc3 Ne6 20. b4 cxb4 21. Nd5
Nf8 22. Qg7 Rh7 23. Qg8 Nxd5 24. exd5 d6 25. axb4 Qf5 26. Be3 a6 27. Rac1 Rc8
28. Bb6+ Ke8 29. h4 Qg6 30. Qxg6+ Nxg6 31. Rxc8+ Bxc8 32. Rc1 Bf5 33. Ra1 Rg7
34. Kh2 Bc8 35. Rc1 Bb7 36. f4 Bd8 37. Bd4 Kf7 0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Al Modiahki, Mohamad"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2556"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 e6 7. h3 Bh5 8. Nb3
Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qb3 Nge7 13. Nd4 Rb8 14. f4 O-O
15. Bd3 Bg6 16. Bxg6 hxg6 17. O-O b5 18. Nxc6 Nxc6 19. Bc5 Rfc8 20. Bd6 Rb7 21.
Kh2 Qb6 22. a4 Na5 23. Qxb5 Qd8 24. Qe2 Nc4 25. Ba3 Rb3 26. Qd1 Qb6 27. a5 Qb5
28. Bb4 Rxb2 29. Qd4 Nd2 30. Rf2 Nb3 31. Rxb2 Nxd4 32. cxd4 Rc4 33. Rab1 Qa4
34. Bc5 Qxa5 35. Rb8+ Kh7 36. R8b7 Qd2 37. Rxf7 Rc2 38. Rg1 a5 39. Kh1 a4 40.
Re7 Qe3 41. Rxe6 a3 42. Ra6 a2 0-1

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "159"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Be2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Bd7 {The immediate development of the bishop is rare.
Players nearly automatically play 10...a6 11.a4 weakening White's pawn
structure.} (10... a6 11. a4 Bd7 (11... Nd5 12. Bxd5 exd5 13. O-O Be6 14. b4 (
14. Be5 $5) 14... Nd7 15. Rab1 Rc8 16. Qd3 $2 d4 17. Nxd4 Bc4 $17 {Vescovi,
G-Dorfman,J/Elista 1998}) (11... b6 12. b4 (12. O-O Bb7 13. Ne5 Qc8 14. Rac1
Nh5 15. Rfd1 Bf6 16. Bf1 Nxf4 17. exf4 Rd8 18. a5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 bxa5 20. Rd6
Qb8 21. Rcd1 Rc8 22. R1d4 Bc6 {0-1 Svetushkin,D (2546)-Georgiev,K (2626)/Aghia
Pelagia 2004/}) 12... Ncd7 13. b5 axb5 14. Nxb5 $6 Bb4+ 15. Ke2 Bb7 16. Rhd1
Qe7 17. Qb3 Nd5 18. Bg5 f6 19. Bh4 Nc5 20. Qc2 Rfc8 $17 {Tregubov,P-Serafimov,
T/Cergy Pontoise 2003}) 12. O-O Rc8 (12... Qa5 13. Ne5 (13. Rfd1 Rfd8 14. Bf1
Be8 15. Rxd8 Rxd8 16. Ne5 Qb4 17. Nc4 Nd5 $15 {Miralles,G-Spassky,B/FRA 1991})
(13. e4 Bc6 14. Rfe1 Rfd8 15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Rac1 Qd7 17. a5 Rac8 18. Bf4 Qe8 19.
b3 Bb5 20. Red1 Bxc4 21. bxc4 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rd8 $15 {Romanova,I-Krivonosov,O/
Birstonas 2002}) 13... Rac8 14. Qe2 Rfd8 15. Rfb1 Nce4 $1 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bd3
Qb4 $15 18. Qf3 Nf6 19. b3 (19. Nxd7 Rxd7 $15) 19... Be8 20. Bc4 Nd5 21. Nd3
Qa5 22. Be5 f6 {1/2 Illescas Cordoba,M (2595)-Vallejo Pons,F (2629)/Dos
Hermanas 2003/ (56)}) 13. a5 Qe8 14. Nd2 Bc6 15. b4 Ncd7 16. Qb3 Nh5 17. Bg3
Nxg3 18. hxg3 Bf6 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. Be2 Rfd8 {1/2 Van Wely,L (2635)-Sokolov,I 
(2620)/Elista 1998/ (35)}) 11. O-O Qb6 (11... Nh5 12. Be5 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14.
Bd4 $14) 12. Rfd1 (12. a3 Rfc8 13. Rad1 Be8 14. Rd4 a6 15. Rfd1 Qa7 16. Ba2 b5
17. Be5 Na4 18. Rh4 Nxc3 19. Bxc3 g6 20. Ng5 a5 21. Qe2 b4 {0-1 Suba,M (2530)
-Krogius,N (2475)/Berlin 1997 (37)}) 12... Rfd8 13. Be2 {In this symmetrical
position Svidler's chances of getting a distinct advantage are rather modest.}
(13. a3 Bc6 14. Nd4 Nce4 $11) 13... Be8 (13... Bc6 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Nxc6 bxc6
16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Rac1 Rac8 $11) 14. Nd2 Nd5 15. Nc4 Nb4 $2 {Jakovenko guessed
correctly which was the critical square, but he failed to choose the proper
piece.} (15... Qb4 $1 16. Nxd5 (16. Be5 f6 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Bc3 Qa4 19. b3 Qc6
20. Nd2 Bg6 21. Qb2 Nd3 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 $11) 16... exd5 17. Ne5 Rac8 18. Rac1 (
18. Nd3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 Bf6 $11) 18... f6 19. Nd3 (19. Nf3 Bg6 20. Qc3 Qxc3 21.
Rxc3 Na4 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rxd5 Nxb2 $11) 19... Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Rxc1 21. Rxc1
Qxb2 22. Rb1 Qxa2 23. Rxb7 Bg6 24. Qd1 Bc5 $11) 16. Nxb6 Nxc2 17. Nxa8 Nxa1 18.
Rxd8 (18. Nc7 $2 Rxd1+ 19. Bxd1 Bd7 $11) 18... Bxd8 {This position must have
been evaluated by Black when playing the 15th move. White's chances are
distinctly better due to his more active pieces.} 19. Bd6 (19. Nc7 $5 Bd7 (
19... Bxc7 20. Bxc7 Nc2 21. Bb8 a5 22. Bc7 $16) 20. N7b5 a6 21. Nd4 Bf6 22. Bc7
$16) 19... Na4 20. Nd1 $6 (20. Nxa4 Bxa4 21. Nc7 Bc2 (21... Bc6 22. Bd3 Bf6 23.
b3 $16) 22. Nb5 Bb1 23. Nc3 Bg6 24. Bf3 b6 25. Kf1 Nc2 26. Ke2 a5 27. Bc6 Nb4
28. Bb5 $16) 20... Bf6 $2 {The phase of weaker moves ends with Black's mistake.
Better chances of eliminating his opponent's initiative were promised by the
mirror move of the other bishop.} (20... Bc6 $1 21. b3 b6 22. Nc7 Nc5 23. Nb5
Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Nc2 25. Nc3 Nb4 $14) 21. b3 Nc3 22. Nxc3 Bxc3 23. Bf3 Bc6 (23...
b5 24. Nc7 Bd7 25. Be2 b4 26. Bd3 a5 27. Nb5 $16) 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Bc5 {
The very impressive location of both knights at the corners of the board
differs by the potential each has to attack the enemy's pawns.} a6 (25... a5
26. Nb6 Nc2 27. Nc4 $16) 26. Nc7 a5 27. Na6 Nc2 28. Nb8 Nb4 (28... Bb4 29. Bb6
Bd6 30. Nxc6 Nb4 31. Nxb4 axb4 32. f4 $16) 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Nxc6 {[%mdl 4096]
Svidler has won a whole pawn; what is more the weakness on b4 promises success.
} Kf8 31. Kf1 e5 (31... Ke8 32. Ke2 Kd7 33. Nd4 $18) 32. e4 Ke8 33. Ke2 Kd7 34.
Na5 Bd4 35. f3 Bb6 36. Nc4 Bc7 37. Ne3 Kc6 38. Nf5 g6 39. Nh6 f6 40. Kd3 Kc5
41. Nf7 Bb6 42. h4 $1 {Black will have to passively watch White's attempts to
weaken the pawn structure on the kingside.} (42. g4 g5) 42... Kb5 43. h5 $1 Bc5
(43... gxh5 44. Nd6+ Kc5 45. Ne8 Bd8 46. Ng7 Kb5 47. Nxh5 $18) 44. hxg6 hxg6
45. Nh8 $1 g5 46. Nf7 Bb6 47. Nd6+ Kc5 48. Nf5 Kb5 49. g3 $1 {This deep move
is preparing the trip for the white king towards the h7-square.} Bc5 50. Kd2
Bf8 51. Ke2 Bc5 52. Kf1 Kc6 53. Kg2 Kd7 54. Kh3 Ke6 55. Kg4 Kf7 56. Kh5 Bf8 57.
g4 Be7 58. Kh6 (58. Nxe7 $4 Kxe7 59. Kh6 Kd6 $1 $11) 58... Bc5 59. Kh7 Bf8 60.
Kh8 Bc5 {Jakovenko has lost the right to offer the exchange of the bishop,
since the pawn endgame would have been hopeless.} (60... Be7 $2 61. Nxe7 Kxe7
62. Kg7 Ke6 63. Kf8 $18) 61. Nh6+ Kg6 62. Nf5 Kf7 63. Kh7 Bf8 64. Ne3 Bc5 65.
Nc4 Bf8 66. Na5 Bd6 67. Nc6 Bc5 68. Nd8+ Ke7 69. Nb7 $1 Bb6 70. Kg7 {The
converting of the advantage took a long time. White was even forced to
sacrifice the life of his knight for his opponent's pawns.} Ke6 (70... Be3 71.
Na5 Bc5 72. Nc6+ Ke6 73. Nd8+ Ke7 74. Nf7 Ke6 75. Nh6 Be7 76. Ng8 Bd8 77. Kg6
$18) 71. Kf8 Kd7 72. Kf7 Kc7 73. Kxf6 Kxb7 74. Kxg5 {The tragedy for Black
lies in the fact, that it is impossible to stop the advance of the g-pawn
without the sacrifice of the bishop.} Kc6 75. Kf6 Kd6 76. g5 Bd8+ 77. Kf5 Bb6 (
77... Kd7 78. g6 Ke7 79. Kxe5 $18) 78. Kg6 Bd8 79. Kh6 Ke7 80. Kg7 1-0

[Event "Sochi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2008.08.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2717"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2008.07.31"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. a4 ({The main move order is} 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 {
and now the interesting} Qd7 $5 {would transpose to our game.} ({One should
also compare the position arising after} 12... h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15.
Bb1 bxa4 16. Rxa4 a5 17. Ra3 Ra6 18. Nh2 g6 19. f3 $1 Qd7 20. Nc4 Qb5 $16 {
, as played in Kasparov,G (2800)-Karpov,A (2730)/Lyon/New York 1990/CBM 021/
[Schussler] (1-0, 44), with that arising in our game after 18 moves. Svidler
will basically be several tempi up compared to Karpov...})) 11... Qd7 12. Nbd2
Bf8 13. Bc2 {This bishop retreat is rather harmless. Compared with the classic
main line of the Zaitsev, Black will be allowed to omit the move ...h6, which
not only consumes a tempo, but also weakens the kingside.} (13. d5 Ne7 14. c4 (
14. Nf1 h6 15. Ng3 c6 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Nh2 Na5 18. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 Geller,E 
(2520)-Smejkal,J (2565)/Baden-Baden 1985/MCL}) 14... Ng6 15. Bc2 c6 16. b3 Qc7
17. Nf1 bxc4 18. bxc4 a5 19. Ng3 Ba6 20. Bd3 Rec8 21. Be3 Rab8 $13 {Smirin,I 
(2630)-Goldin,A (2585)/Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 050 (1/2-1/2, 46)}) ({The critical
line is considered to be} 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Bxa8 15. d5 {. All the knight
retreats have been tried now and Stohl's notes for CBM 120 offer a
comprehensive survey. I would only add one game played this year.} Na5 (15...
Nb8 {"Introduced into practice by Smejkal, Karpov himself tested all the other
alternatives apart from the text-move." Stohl} 16. Nf1 {Stellwagen,D (2631)
-Nikolic,P (2646)/Amsterdam 2007/CBM 120/[Stohl] (1/2-1/2, 64)}) 16. Bc2 c6 17.
b4 Nb7 18. Nf1 cxd5 19. exd5 Nd8 {The typical picture for this line. Black's
structure is better, but he needs a lot of time to activate his queen's knight.
} 20. Ne3 Qc8 21. Bb2 g6 22. Nh2 Bg7 23. Bb3 Nh5 24. Qe2 Qb7 25. Ra1 Nf4 26.
Qf1 e4 27. Ra5 Nd3 28. Ba1 f5 29. c4 bxc4 30. Nxc4 Bf8 $6 ({This was the right
time for} 30... Nf7 $1 {when} 31. Bxg7 {can be met by} Qxb4 $3 32. Qa1 Qxb3 $13
) 31. Ba4 Re7 32. Bf6 Rc7 33. Nb6 Rc1 34. Qxc1 $2 (34. Bxd8 Rxf1+ 35. Nxf1 $16
{The king is much better protected now than in the game.}) 34... Nxc1 35. Bxd8
Qg7 $1 $132 {[%cal Gg7a1] Volokitin,A (2684)-Azarov,S (2585)/Plovdiv 2008/CBM
124 (0-1, 42)}) 13... exd4 ({Black has been successful with} 13... g6 {so far,
but there may be a small tactical problem with it.} 14. d5 Ne7 15. c4 ({
The paradoxical} 15. Nb3 $5 {, deviating from the initial plan of transfering
the knight to g3 for the sake of threatening Na5, is quite hard to meet.} c6
16. Bg5 $1 Bg7 17. dxc6 Nxc6 {. Otherwise, Na5 looks strong.} 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19.
Nc5 $14) 15... c6 16. b3 Nh5 (16... Bg7 17. Ba3 Nh5 18. Bd3 bxa4 19. bxa4 c5
20. Rb1 Reb8 21. Rb3 Bc8 22. Qc2 Rxb3 23. Qxb3 Ra7 $13 {Arakhamia Grant,K 
(2430)-Spassky,B (2550)/Copenhagen 1997/CBM 061 (0-1, 40)}) 17. Nf1 Ng7 18. Bd3
cxd5 19. cxd5 f5 $132 {Kotronias,V (2585)-Milov,V (2635)/Groningen 1997/CBM
063/[Hansen,LB] (1/2-1/2, 67)}) 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 g6 16. Ra3 $146 {This
novelty does not change in any way the evaluation of the whole line. Black has
a comfortable position.} (16. b3 {Vescovi,G (2640)-Ivanov,A (2566)/Buenos
Aires 2005/CBM 109/[Erenburg] (1/2-1/2, 32)}) (16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Nh5 18.
axb5 Qxb5 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Qg4 Qxg4 21. hxg4 Nf6 22. g5 Ng4 23. Ne4 Rxe5 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Sznapik,A-Goldin,A/Warsaw 1990/CBM 017 (42)}) (16. d5 c6 17. Qb3 a5 18.
dxc6 Qxc6 19. Qc3 Bg7 20. Qxc6 Bxc6 21. Nd4 Bxe4 22. Nxe4 Nxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4
24. Bxe4 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Ivanovic,B-Nikolic,P/Niksic 1983/MCD (34)}) 16...
bxa4 17. Rxa4 a5 18. Ra3 {As if Black's extra tempo (...h6) was not enough,
White has been moving around a lot with the rook. Cf. Kasparov-Karpov as
quoted in the introduction.} Bg7 $11 {(or, subjectively, =/+)} 19. e5 ({
White has not sufficient development to block the position with} 19. d5 c6 20.
Nc4 cxd5 21. Nb6 Qd8 22. Nxa8 dxe4 $15) 19... dxe5 20. dxe5 Nfd5 21. Ne4 Qb5 (
21... Nb6 $5 {[%csl Ge5]}) 22. Bd2 Nb6 (22... Rad8 23. Qc1 {[%cal Gd2h6,Ge4c5]}
) ({Maybe Black could consider} 22... Bxe5 {when after} 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 {[%cal
Ga8e8] his hyper-activity is a warranty against a white kingside attack.}) 23.
Nc3 Qd7 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. Rxe4 Nc6 26. Qe2 $5 {The pawn sacrifice involved by
this move should be enough for... equalizing.} (26. Bf4 Qxd1+ 27. Nxd1 f5 28.
Re2 Nc4 29. Rc3 N4xe5 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxc7 (31. Rce3 Red8 $1 $17) 31... Nf3+
32. Kf1 Rxe2 33. Kxe2 Nd4+ 34. Ke3 Re8+ 35. Kd3 Ne6 36. Rc4 Rd8+ 37. Ke2 Nxf4+
38. Rxf4 Bd4 $15) 26... Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Rxe5 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 Qxd2 30. Ne4
$6 {White has a dominating position, but there was no need to hurry.} ({
It would have been more useful to protect the b2-pawn with} 30. Ra2 {, when
the threat Ne4 would have kept the balance even.} c6 (30... a4 31. Ne4 Nd7 32.
Qxc7 Qe1+ 33. Kh2 Qxe4 34. Qxd7 $11 {[%csl Gb2]}) 31. b3 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Nd7 33.
Qd4 c5 34. Qd5 $44) 30... Nd7 $1 31. Nxd2 (31. Qxc7 Qe1+ 32. Kh2 Qxe4 33. Qxd7
Qe5+ 34. g3 Qxb2 $17) 31... Nxe5 32. Rc3 Ra7 $17 {Black has an extra-pawn and
excellent winning chances. Still, there is more to come before the "logical
result".} 33. Nb3 Nd7 34. Rd3 Nb6 35. Nd4 c5 36. Nc6 Ra8 37. Rb3 Nc4 38. Rb5 a4
39. Ne7+ Kg7 40. Nd5 Rc8 41. Nc3 a3 42. bxa3 Nxa3 43. Rb7 c4 44. Ra7 Nc2 45.
Rd7 Nb4 46. Rd4 Nd3 47. g3 Kf6 48. Kf1 Ke5 49. Rd5+ Ke6 50. Rd4 f5 51. f4 Nc1
52. Rd5 Nb3 53. g4 Rf8 54. Re5+ Kd6 55. Kf2 fxg4 56. Re4 gxh3 $6 (56... g3+ $1
{(Preventing the strengthening of White's kingside by hxg4 and driving the
king away from the centre at the same time.)} 57. Kxg3 Kc5 $19 {[%csl Gc4]})
57. Rxc4 g5 $2 (57... Rf5 $1 $17) 58. Kg3 h2 (58... Rxf4 59. Rxf4 gxf4+ 60.
Kxf4 h2 61. Ne4+ Kd5 62. Nf2 $11) 59. Kxh2 Rxf4 60. Rxf4 gxf4 61. Ne4+ Ke5 62.
Ng5 $11 {Black's poor coordination should allow White to draw this ending.} h5
63. Kh3 Nc5 64. Kh4 Ne6 65. Nh3 Ng7 66. Kg5 f3 67. Kg6 $2 (67. Nf2 $1 $11 {
Black would have to either allow Kf4 or give up the h-pawn at once. One
important difference compared to the game is that the white knight has managed
to block the f-pawn already and will be able to leap around it improving its
placement.} Ne6+ 68. Kxh5 Kf4 69. Kh4 Ke3 70. Ng4+ Ke2 71. Kg3 $11) 67... h4 $1
$19 68. Kg5 (68. Kxg7 Kf5 69. Kh6 Kg4 70. Nf2+ Kg3 71. Ne4+ Kg2 72. Kh5 h3 $19)
68... Ke4 69. Kxh4 (69. Nf2+ Ke3 70. Ng4+ Ke2 71. Kxh4 Nf5+ $8 72. Kh3 Ne3 73.
Nh2 {Also an unfortunate square.} f2 74. Kh4 (74. Kg3 Nf1+) 74... Nc4 $19 {
[%cal Gc4d2,Gd2f3]}) 69... Ke3 70. Kg4 (70. Kg3 Nh5+ 71. Kg4 Nf4 $1 $19) 70...
Ne6 $8 71. Kg3 Nd4 $8 72. Kh2 (72. Kg4 Ne2 73. Kf5 Ng1 $1 74. Nxg1 f2 $19) ({
White is just one tempo short for} 72. Nf2 {because of} Nf5+ $1) (72. Ng1 Ne2+
$1) 72... Ne2 73. Kh1 Nf4 74. Nxf4 (74. Ng1 f2 $19) 74... Kxf4 75. Kg1 Ke3 (
75... Ke3 76. Kf1 f2 $19) 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Qb6 13. Nf1 b4 14. Qe2 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Nb3 16. Rb1 Nxc1 17. Rexc1 Qa5 18. Bb3 Rab8 19. Ne3 Qc7 20. Qa2 g6 21. h3
h6 22. Nd2 Kg7 23. Ndc4 Rb7 24. a5 Bb5 25. Ba4 Qc6 26. Bxb5 axb5 27. Nb6 Bd8
28. Qb3 b4 29. cxb4 Bxb6 30. bxc5 dxc5 31. axb6 Rfb8 32. Nc4 Qe6 33. Qc3 Nd7
34. f4 f6 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Rb5 h5 37. Rcb1 Kh7 38. R1b2 Kg7 39. Ra5 Kh7 40.
Ra7 Kh6 41. Qc1+ Kg7 42. Qa1 Kh7 43. Qa6 Qc6 44. Rxb7 Qxb7 45. Qxb7 Rxb7 46.
Ra2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. Nh3 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d5 c5
9. Nf4 Na6 10. f3 exf3 11. exf3 Nc7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qd3 Nd7 14. Qxf5 Ne5 15.
Ne6 Nxe6 16. dxe6 Bf6 17. f4 Bxe6 18. Qc2 Ng4 19. Bf3 Bxc4 20. Rxe8+ Qxe8 21.
Ne4 Bd4+ 22. Kg2 d5 23. Bd2 Qg6 24. Re1 Nf2 25. Be3 Nd3 26. Re2 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Ndb5 Qb8 9. f4 d6 10. Be3 O-O 11. a4 Rd8 12. Kh1 a6 13. Nd4 e5 14. Nb3 Be6 15.
f5 Bxb3 16. cxb3 Nb4 17. Bf3 d5 18. exd5 Qd6 19. Qe2 Re8 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. Bxe4
Rac8 22. Rac1 h6 23. Rc4 b5 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qxb5 Bg5 27. Bg1
Nc2 28. Qb6 Qxb6 29. Bxb6 Be3 30. Ba5 Nd4 31. d6 Bg5 32. d7 Rb8 33. f6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. g4 d5 10. g5 Nh5 11. Rg1 dxe4 12. Nxe4 e5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bc4 Bf5 15.
O-O-O Qc7 16. h4 Kh8 17. Qc3 Bg6 18. Rd2 a5 19. Nc5 Bf5 20. Rgd1 Rad8 21. Rxd8
Bxd8 22. Qb3 Be7 23. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 Bg4
8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Nc3 Qh4+ 11. g3 Qe7 12. O-O-O O-O-O 13. g4 g6 14.
Rdf1 Rdf8 15. Qg3 h5 16. g5 f6 17. gxf6 Rxf6 18. Rxf6 Qxf6 19. Rg1 Rg8 20. h4
Nf8 21. Qh3+ Qe6 22. Qh2 Nh7 23. a3 Nf6 24. Nd1 Ng4 25. Qh3 Rf8 26. Rf1 Rxf1
27. Qxf1 Qe7 28. Kd2 Qxh4 29. Qf7 Qh2+ 30. Kc1 b6 31. Qxg6 Kb7 32. b4 Qh3 33.
a4 Nxe3 34. b5 cxb5 35. axb5 Nxd1 36. Qc6+ Kb8 37. Kxd1 Qf3+ 38. Kd2 Qf7 39.
Ke2 h4 40. Qh6 Qe7 41. c4 Kb7 42. Qc6+ Kb8 43. Qh6 a6 44. bxa6 Ka7 45. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bd6 7. h3 c5 8.
Nbd2 Qe7 9. a3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Nfd2 Nf8 13. Nxd6 cxd6 14. f4
exf4 15. Bxf4 Ng6 16. Bg3 Be6 17. Qf3 Rad8 18. Rae1 Qd7 19. Qe3 d5 20. exd5
Qxd5 21. Ne4 b6 22. b4 cxb4 23. axb4 h6 24. Qf2 f5 25. Nd2 Qd7 26. Be5 Bd5 27.
Bb2 f4 28. Nf3 Qf7 29. Ne5 Nxe5 30. Rxe5 f3 31. gxf3 Rd6 32. Rxe8+ Qxe8 33. Kh2
Rg6 34. Rg1 Rxg1 35. Kxg1 Qg6+ 36. Qg2 b5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Nf1 Bb7 13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4 15. b3
Nb6 16. Bb2 g6 17. Bd3 Bg7 18. d5 c6 19. c4 Rc8 20. a4 b4 21. Qd2 a5 22. Rad1
Nbd7 23. Bc2 cxd5 24. cxd5 Qb6 25. Qc1 Rc7 26. Qb1 Rec8 27. Rd2 h5 28. Rde2 Ba6
29. Bd3 Nc5 30. Bxa6 Qxa6 31. Nd2 Nd3 32. Nc4 Nxe1 33. Qxe1 Rxc4 34. bxc4 Qxc4
35. Nf1 Qb3 36. Qa1 Rc2 37. Rxc2 Qxc2 38. f3 Bh6 39. Ng3 Nd7 40. Kf1 Nc5 41.
Bxe5 dxe5 42. Qxe5 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
Ba7 9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. Ng3 h6 12. h3 c6 13. d4 Be6 14. Be3 Qc7 15. Qd2
Rad8 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. Rad1 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Bc4 21. Bd4
c5 22. exf6 cxd4 23. fxg7 Qxg3 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. fxg3 dxc3+ 26. Qd4 Bxd4+ 27.
Rxd4 Re1+ 28. Kh2 cxb2 29. Rxc4 Rc1 30. Rb4 Rxc2 31. Rxb7 Kxg7 32. g4 Kf6 33.
h4 Ke5 34. g5 hxg5 35. h5 Kf6 36. Kh3 Kg7 37. g4 a5 38. a4 Rc3+ 39. Kg2 Rc4 40.
Rxb2 Rxg4+ 41. Kf3 Rxa4 42. Rb6 Rh4 43. Ra6 a4 44. Kg3 f6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Qd7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bd3 b5
15. Be3 c4 16. Bc2 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Qe1 e5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rd1 Qc7 21.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Bxa4 Be6 23. Bc2 Nb3 24. f4 a5 25. f5 Bf7 26. fxg6 hxg6 27. Nc1
Qd7 28. Qe2 a4 29. Na2 Be6 30. h3 a3 31. Rd1 Qc7 32. Bb1 Rd8 33. Nb4 Rxd1+ 34.
Qxd1 Bf8 35. Nd5 Qa5 36. Ba2 Bc5 37. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 38. Kh2 Na5 39. Qf3 Bxd5 40.
exd5 Qd6 41. Qe4 Kg7 42. Bb1 Qf6 43. Kg1 Qf4 44. Qxg6+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Kg8 46.
Qd8+ Kg7 47. Qxa5 Qc1+ 48. Kf2 Qb2+ 49. Kg3 Qxb1 50. Qxa3 Qd3+ 51. Kh2 Qxd5 52.
Qa7+ Kg6 53. Qe3 Qd3 54. Qxe5 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nd7 7. Nb3 Nc8 8. O-O
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. a5 a6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Nbd2 b5 14. axb6 Ncxb6 15.
Nxc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 a5 17. Bd2 Nb6 18. Be2 a4 19. Bc3 Rfd8 20. Qc1 Qb7 21. Nd2
c5 22. Bf3 Nd5 23. dxc5 Bxc5 24. Ne4 Bxe4 25. Bxe4 Nxc3 26. Bxb7 Ne2+ 27. Kh1
Nxc1 28. Bxa8 Nd3 29. Rxa4 Nxf2+ 30. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. O-O a6 8. Bb3
Ba7 9. Nc4 h6 10. h3 Be6 11. a4 Re8 12. a5 d5 13. exd5 Bxd5 14. Re1 e4 15. dxe4
Rxe4 16. Rxe4 Nxe4 17. Be3 Bxc4 18. Qxd8+ Rxd8 19. Bxc4 Bxe3 20. fxe3 Nd2 21.
Be2 Nb3 22. Ra3 Nc1 23. Kf2 Nxe2 24. Kxe2 Rd5 25. b4 Kf8 26. Ra1 Ke7 27. e4 Rd6
28. Ke3 g6 29. Rc1 f6 30. Rf1 Ne5 31. Nxe5 fxe5 32. h4 Rc6 33. Kd3 Rd6+ 34. Ke3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. c3 Bg7 6. Be3 b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4 d5
9. e5 Nge7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Bg2 Ba6 12. Qa4 Qc8 13. Rc1 Qb7 14. Nb5 Nf5 15. Nc7
Qxc7 16. Qxa6 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nb4 18. Rxc7 Nxa6 19. Rc3 Rfc8 20. Kd2 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 Rc8 22. Kd3 b5 23. Rb1 Nc7 24. Nd2 Bf8 25. e4 dxe4+ 26. Nxe4 a6 27. a4
bxa4 28. c4 Rd8 29. c5 Nb5 30. Nd6 a3 31. Ra1 f6 32. Bh3 fxe5 33. dxe5 Bg7 34.
Re1 Nxd6 35. exd6 Bb2 36. Bxe6+ Kg7 37. Ba2 Kf6 38. Kc4 Be5 39. Kd5 Bc3 40.
Rf1+ Kg7 41. c6 Bb4 42. d7 Ba5 43. Kd6 Bb4+ 44. Kc7 Ba5+ 45. Kb7 h5 46. Rf3 g5
47. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Be2 Bd7 9. O-O Bxb5 10. c4 Bxc4 11. Bxc4 Qc6 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. Bg5
O-O 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Qe4 Be7 18. Qh4 Rad8 19. Bb3 Nd5 20. Rc4 Kh8
21. Qh5 Rg8 22. Qxf7 Rg7 23. Qh5 f5 24. Ne5 Nf6 25. Qe2 Ne4 26. Rxe4 fxe4 27.
Qxe4 Bf6 28. Nf3 Bxb2 29. g3 Qc6 30. Qe2 Bf6 31. Qe3 Rf8 32. Rc1 Qb6 33. Qe4
Be7 34. Kg2 Bc5 35. Qxe6 Bxf2 36. Rc8 Bc5 37. Ne5 Qxe6 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bxc4 Nb6 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Nb4 8.
Be4 f5 9. Bf3 c6 10. Nbc3 Be6 11. O-O Qd7 12. Nf4 Bc4 13. Re1 e6 14. b3 Ba6 15.
a3 N4d5 16. Ncxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 cxd5 18. h4 O-O-O 19. a4 Kb8 20. Ba3 Bxa3 21.
Rxa3 Qe7 22. Ra1 Rc8 23. Qd2 Rc6 24. Rac1 Rhc8 25. g3 b6 26. Rxc6 Rxc6 27. Rc1
Bb7 28. Rxc6 Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. f3 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. cxb5 axb5 14. Be3
Bf6 15. Rc1 Nc5 16. a3 Qb8 17. Bd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 b4 19. axb4 Qxb4 20. Rc2 Rab8
21. Rd1 Rfe8 22. Qd2 Nb3 23. Qd3 Nc5 24. Qd2 Nb3 25. Qd3 Nc5 26. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.29"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. h3 c5 6. c3 d6 7. Nbd2 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Nbd7 10. O-O Re8 11. e4 cxd4 12. cxd4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Bf8
15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Bc4 h6 17. Nh2 Rac8 18. Ng4 Kh7 19. Rac1 Red8 20. Qf3 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 Nf6 22. g5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 Rxc4 25. Nf6+ Kh8 26. Qh3 Bc8 27.
Qf3 Bb7 28. Qg3 Rc7 29. Qh4 Bg7 30. b3 Bc6 31. Ng4 h5 32. Nf6 Rc8 33. g4 Rd8
34. Rc1 Bxf6 35. gxf6 Qe6 36. Qg5 Kg8 37. gxh5 Qh3 38. f3 Qxf3 39. Kh2 Qe2+ 40.
Kh3 Rd3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Be3 c6 6. h3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nd2 e5 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 Ng4 12. hxg4 exd4 13. Bf4 dxc3 14. Bxd6 cxb2
15. Rb1 Qd8 16. Bxf8 Qxf8 17. Nxb2 Nc5 18. a5 Be6 19. Nc4 Rd8 20. Qf3 Qe7 21.
Rfd1 Rd4 22. Ne3 Ra4 23. Qf4 Ba2 24. Qb8+ Qf8 25. Rxb7 Nxb7 26. Qxb7 Rxa5 27.
Qc7 Qc5 28. Qb8+ Bf8 29. g3 Be6 30. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Bc5 4. Nf3 d6 5. c3 Nc6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 Ba7 8. Nf1
h6 9. Ng3 Be6 10. Ba4 b5 11. Bc2 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. h3 d5 14. a4 Bb6 15. exd5
Qxd5 16. Be3 Rab8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. Re1 b4 20. Ba4 bxc3 21. bxc3
Bd7 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Qe6 24. Qd5 Nb8 25. Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. h3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bh2
c5 9. c3 a6 10. a4 Nc6 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Re1 Qd7 14. Bf1 Rfe8 15.
Qb3 Na5 16. Qa2 b5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Nc7 19. Nd2 Bd5 20. Qc2 Qc6 21. Qd3
Rab8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Ra7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Qxa8 25. b3 Be6 26. c4 bxc4 27. bxc4
Bf5 28. Qe3 Qa7 29. Nf3 Ne6 30. g4 Bc2 31. d5 Qxe3 32. Rxe3 Nc7 33. Ra3 Ra8 34.
Rxa8+ Nxa8 35. Ne1 Bb3 36. Nf3 Bc3 37. Bf4 Nb6 38. Bd2 Bf6 39. g5 Bb2 40. Ba5
Nxc4 41. Bd8 Kf8 42. h4 Na3 43. Nh2 Bxd5 44. Ng4 Bd4 45. Ba5 Nc4 46. Be1 Be6
47. Nh2 Ne5 48. Be2 Bc4 49. Bd1 Nd3 50. Nf3 Bc5 51. Kf1 Nxe1+ 52. Kxe1 Bb4+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 f6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O
fxe5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Qc7 11. c4 O-O-O 12. Qe1 d4 13. f4 c5 14. Bd2 h5 15.
Bf3 Nc6 16. Na5 Nxa5 17. Bxa5 b6 18. Bd2 Be7 19. Qe2 h4 20. a3 Rdg8 21. b4 g5
22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. Kh1 g4 24. Be4 h3 25. Qd3 hxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rh3 27. Bxf5 Rxd3
28. Bxd3 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 g3 30. h3 g2 31. Rfe1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2781"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. c4 Nfd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Bh2
exd4 9. exd4 Nc6 10. Be2 Re8 11. O-O Nb6 12. b3 a6 13. Qd2 Bf5 14. Rad1 d5 15.
c5 Nc8 16. Qf4 Re7 17. Rfe1 N8a7 18. Bf1 Rxe1 19. Rxe1 Rc8 20. Bg3 Be6 21. Bh4
Qf8 22. Bf6 Bxf6 23. Qxf6 Re8 24. h4 h6 25. Bd3 Qg7 26. Nxd5 Rd8 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7
28. Nxc7 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxd4 30. Rxe6 Rxd3 31. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. c3 e6 15. Ne3
Qc7 16. Nd4 b4 17. Nxc6 Qxc6 18. Bd2 Nc5 19. cxb4 Nxe4 20. Rc1 Qb7 21. Bc3 Nxc3
22. bxc3 Qc7 23. Qd3 d5 24. c4 dxc4 25. Rxc4 Qe7 26. Qa3 Bd7 27. Rfc1 Bb5 28.
Rc7 Qd6 29. Qb3 Bd4 30. Qa3 Rfd8 31. R7c2 h5 32. h4 Qe5 33. Kh2 Bb6 34. Qb2
Qxb2 35. Rxb2 Rbc8 36. Rbc2 Rxc2 37. Rxc2 Rd4 38. Rc8+ Rd8 39. Rxd8+ Bxd8 40.
Bf1 Bd7 41. Bd3 Kf8 42. Kg2 Ke7 43. f4 Bc6+ 44. Kf2 Bb6 45. Ke2 Bd4 46. b5 Bd7
47. Nc2 Bb6 48. Ne3 Bc5 49. Nc2 Kd6 50. Ne3 Kc7 51. Kf3 f5 52. Ke2 Be8 53. Bc4
Bd7 54. Bd3 Bd4 55. Kf3 Be8 56. Ke2 Kb6 57. Nc4+ Kc5 58. Na3 e5 59. fxe5 Bxe5
60. Kf3 Bf7 61. Nc2 Bd5+ 62. Kf2 Bc7 63. Ne3 Be6 64. Ng2 Bd7 65. Kf3 Bd8 66.
Nf4 Bg5 67. Nxh5 Bxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 e5 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a3 a5 8. d3 Nge7
9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nc2 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Ne3 Nde7 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Bg5 f6 15. Be3
b6 16. f4 exf4 17. Bxf4 Kh8 18. Kh1 g5 19. Be3 h6 20. Rc1 f5 21. Bg1 Rb8 22.
Qa4 Nd4 23. Nd2 f4 24. gxf4 gxf4 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Nf3 Nf5 27. Qc6 Qf6 28. Ne4
Qg6 29. Nxd4 Nxd4 30. Qd6 Rg8 31. Rf2 Rbf8 32. Qxb6 f3 33. exf3 Nxf3 34. Qxc5
Nh4 35. Qd4+ Kh7 36. Rc7+ Rg7 37. Rxg7+ Qxg7 38. Nf6+ Rxf6 39. Qxf6 Qg4 40.
Be4+ Kg8 41. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. a4 O-O 8. Bh6
e5 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. Bd3 Qe7 11. O-O a5 12. Rfe1 Re8 13. Ne2 exd4 14. Nfxd4 Nc5
15. Ng3 Qe5 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Be6 19. Nd4 Qd6 20. Qf4 Nfd7 21.
Nh5+ Kh8 22. Rxe6 Rxe6 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. Qd4+ Qe5 25. Qxe5+ Nxe5 26. Nf4 Rd8
27. Bf1 Rd4 28. Ne2 Rxa4 29. Rd1 Ra2 30. f4 Ng4 31. Rb1 Na4 32. b3 Nc5 33. Nd4
Ne3 34. Re1 Nxc2 35. Re2 Nb4 36. Re7 Kg8 37. Bc4 Nd5 38. Bxd5 cxd5 39. f5 Rd2
40. f6 h6 41. Nb5 Ne4 42. Re8+ Kh7 43. Rf8 Rd1# 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Bg2 c6 11. Bd2 Re8 12. h3 Rb8 13. Rac1 a6 14. Na4 Ba7 15.
c5 d6 16. cxd6 Qxd6 17. Bb4 Qc7 18. Qa3 Qd8 19. Bd6 Ra8 20. Bc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5
a5 22. b4 Ra7 23. Nb3 a4 24. Na5 Be6 25. Rfd1 Bd5 26. e4 Be6 27. Nc4 Qd4 28.
Nd2 Qd6 29. Nf3 Qc7 30. d4 exd4 31. Nxd4 Qb6 32. e5 Nd5 33. Nxe6 fxe6 34. Rc4
Rf8 35. Rd2 Raa8 36. Qd3 Rad8 37. Qg6 Nf4 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. Rxd8+ Qxd8 40. gxf4
Qd1+ 41. Kh2 Qd4 42. Qxe6+ Kf8 43. Qd6+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Bc6 7. e4 e6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Bg5 dxe4 10. d5 O-O 11. dxc6 Nxc6 12. Nge2 Re8 13. Rd1 Qc8 14. h3 Qf5
15. Be3 h5 16. Nd4 Nxd4 17. Rxd4 Nd7 18. Rd5 Ne5 19. Be2 c6 20. Rd1 Nd3+ 21.
Bxd3 exd3 22. O-O b5 23. a4 a6 24. Nb1 Red8 25. Nd2 Qd5 26. Rc1 Qxb3 27. Nxb3
bxa4 28. Nd2 Bxb2 29. Rxc6 a3 30. Nc4 Rac8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Nxb2 axb2 33. Rb1
Rc2 34. Kh2 d2 35. Bd4 d1=Q 36. Rxd1 Rc1 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Bb7 9. d4 Bb6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Bd5 O-O 13. Na3 exd4 14. cxd4 Ra7
15. Nc2 Ne7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 17. Qd3 Rfb8 18. Nb4 bxa4 19. Nxa6 Ra8 20. Rxa4 Rba7
21. Rfa1 Nc6 22. h3 g5 23. Qc3 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rxa6 26. Rad1 Ra1
27. Qd2 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 Ra2 29. Qd2 Ra1+ 30. Kh2 Rf1 31. Kg3 Qe5+ 32. Kf3 Rb1
33. g3 h5 34. Kg2 g4 35. Rb4 Qf6 36. Qf4 Qxf4 37. gxf4 Kg7 38. Rb7 Rc1 39. Rb5
gxh3+ 40. Kxh3 Kg6 41. Rg5+ Kh6 42. Rf5 Kg6 43. Rg5+ Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. f4 e5
9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O exd4 11. Bxd4 Nc5 12. Re1 Re8 13. Qd2 Ne6 14. Be3 Nc5 15. e5
dxe5 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. Bf4 Nxd3 18. cxd3 Nc5 19. Rad1 Bf5 20. d4 Nd3 21. Rf1
Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Qb6 23. Rf2 Rad8 24. Ng5 f6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Qh4 Bxg5 27. Qxg5
Rxd4 28. Rdf1 Bd3 29. Qf6 Rd7 30. Rd1 Qd4 31. Qxd4 Rxd4 32. Rfd2 Red8 33. Kf2
R4d7 34. Ne4 Re7 35. Nf6+ Kg7 36. Nxh7 Kxh7 37. Rxd3 Rxd3 38. Rxd3 Kg7 39. Kf3
c5 40. Rd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Nd4 Nc6 4. Nc2 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bc5 6. d4 exd3 7. exd3 d5 8. d4
Be7 9. c5 O-O 10. Bd3 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. O-O Ba6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Nh5 16. Qf3 Bxh4 17. Qxh5 Bf6 18. Rfd1 Ne7 19. a4 c6 20. g3 Qd7 21. Qf3
Qf5 22. Qe2 Qe6 23. Qd3 Qf5 24. Qe2 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D76"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Nc6 8.
d4 Nb6 9. e3 Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 c6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Rb1 cxd5 15.
exd5 Nbc4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Nce2 b5 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Rc1 Qd7 21. Nd4
Bg4 22. Qd2 Nb7 23. Nc6 a6 24. Bg5 Bf8 25. Rxe7 Rxc6 26. Rxd7 Rxc1+ 27. Qxc1
Bxd7 28. h3 Rc8 29. Qd2 b4 30. Kh2 a5 31. Bf4 Nc5 32. Be5 Bf5 33. Bb2 Nd3 34.
Bd4 Bd6 35. Qh6 Bf8 36. Qd2 Bd6 37. Qh6 Bf8 38. Qh4 Bc5 39. Bxc5 Rxc5 40. Qd4
Rc3 41. d6 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nf3 e6 4. a3 Nf6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e3 c5 8. Bb5+
Bc6 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Bd2 N5f6
15. Nc3 Qc7 16. Ba6 Bb7 17. Bf4 Qxf4 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Ba6 Rfd8 20. g3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nfd7 11. Be3 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Qb4 13. a3 Qb3 14. f4 Nc6 15.
O-O Rd8 16. Bf2 Bd7 17. Rac1 Rac8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. e3 b6 20. Ne2 Na5 21. Nd4
Qa4 22. Qb4 Bf8 23. Qxa4 Bxa4 24. Re1 Rc5 25. Bf1 Rdc8 26. Rb1 Nb3 27. Nxb3
Bxb3 28. Bd3 Bc2 29. Bxc2 Rxc2 30. Kf1 a5 31. g4 R8c4 32. Re2 a4 33. Rxc2 Rxc2
34. b3 axb3 35. Rxb3 Bc5 36. h3 Ra2 37. Rc3 Rxa3 38. Rxa3 Bxa3 39. e4 dxe4 40.
Ke2 Bc1 41. Be3 Bxe3 42. Kxe3 Kf8 43. Kxe4 Ke7 44. Kd4 Kd7 45. Kc4 Kc6 46. h4
b5+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.08.30"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2008.08.29"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "34"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. c4 Nd7 7. Nc3 e6 8. d5
Bxc3 9. bxc3 e5 10. Ne1 Ngf6 11. f4 Qe7 12. Nf3 exf4 13. Bxf4 Ng4 14. Nd4 Nge5
15. Be2 Nc5 16. Qc2 f6 17. Rae1 h5 18. Nf3 Ncd7 19. Nd4 O-O-O 20. Ne6 Rde8 21.
Qa4 Kb8 22. Rb1 Nc5 23. Nxc5 dxc5 24. Rbe1 Bc8 25. Qc2 h4 26. Rf2 f5 27. Rff1
g5 28. Bxe5 Qxe5 29. exf5 Rhf8 30. Qd2 Rxf5 31. Bf3 Qh8 32. d6 Rd8 33. dxc7+
Kxc7 34. Re7+ Kb8 35. Qe3 Rf4 36. Re1 Qf6 37. h3 Rxc4 38. Qe5+ Qxe5 39. R1xe5
Rxc3 40. Rxg5 Rc1+ 41. Kh2 Rd7 42. Re8 Kc7 43. Bg4 c4 44. Rxc8+ Kxc8 45. Rd5
Kc7 46. Rxd7+ Kc6 47. Rxa7 c3 48. Ra8 b5 49. a3 Kc5 50. Rc8+ Kd4 51. g3 Rc2+
52. Kg1 hxg3 53. h4 Rf2 54. h5 c2 55. h6 Rh2 56. Bf5 Rxh6 57. Rxc2 Ra6 58. Ra2
b4 59. Be6 Rxe6 60. axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 5th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2008.09.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 b4 13. Ne2 Ne8 14. f4 a5 15. f5
Bxb3 16. cxb3 a4 17. bxa4 Rxa4 18. f6 gxf6 19. Kb1 Qa8 20. Nc1 Nc5 21. Bxc5
dxc5 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Rhg1 Ra7 25. Qg5 Rg8 26. Qxe5 Qxe4+ 27. Qxe4
Nxe4 28. Bxf7 Rg7 29. Bd5 Nf6 30. Bc4 Rxg1 31. Rxg1 Bd6 32. h3 Re7 33. Rd1 Bc7
34. Nb3 Re5 35. a4 bxa3 36. bxa3 Re3 37. Rd3 Rxd3 38. Bxd3 Nd5 39. Nd2 Ne3 40.
a4 c4 41. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 5th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2008.09.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ni, Hua"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bc2
e5 9. h3 g6 10. d4 Bg7 11. dxc5 dxc5 12. a4 O-O 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Qd6 c4 16. Bg5 Be6 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 Nd7 19. Qg3 b4 20. cxb4 Bxb2 21. Bd2
Rb8 22. f4 f6 23. Kh1 Bd4 24. Bc3 Bxc3 25. Qxc3 Rb7 26. Qd2 Qf8 27. Nc3 Nb6 28.
Qd4 Nd7 29. Rb1 g5 30. e5 Rxb4 31. Rxb4 Qxb4 32. f5 fxe5 33. Qd2 Bf7 34. Qxd7
Qxc3 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. f6+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kh5 38. Qxf7+ Kh4 39. Qxh7+ Kg3 40. Qe4
1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 5th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2008.09.20"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Yue"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D17"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2704"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Nb6 8.
Ne5 a5 9. g3 Nfd7 10. Nf3 e6 11. e4 Bg4 12. Bg2 e5 13. O-O exd4 14. Qxd4 f6 15.
Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 5th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2008.09.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c4 b6 11. Nc3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Ngf6 13. h3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rc8 15. a4
Qc7 16. a5 Ne5 17. Be3 Nfd7 18. Qc2 Nc6 19. axb6 Nxb6 20. Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit Men 5th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2008.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.09.18"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.10.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. Bc4 Ne5 8.
Be2 Qg6 9. O-O d6 10. Kh1 Qxe4 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Bh5 Bg4 13. Bxg6 Bxd1 14. Bxf7+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.10.25"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Bezold, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bayern Muenchen "]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 d4 4. d3 e5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Be7 7. b4 Nxb4 8. Nxe5
O-O 9. Bb2 Qd6 10. f4 Nc6 11. c5 Qe6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Bxd4 Nd7 14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.10.26"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ribli, Zoltan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2577"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 126 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Tegernsee"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 Ne5 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qf2 O-O 12. Bc5 Bxc5 13. Qxc5 Ra7 14. Be2
Nc4 15. Bxc4 bxc4 16. Qxc7 Rxc7 17. Nd2 Ne8 18. Rhe1 f5 19. e5 Bb7 20. Nf1 Rf7
21. Rd4 Rc5 22. Na4 Rc6 23. Nd2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.11.29"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Polzin, Rainer"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. Rd1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nd7 13. h3 Nb6 14. Nbd2 f5 15. exf5
Bxf5 16. Ne4 Nb7 17. Nfg5 Nd8 18. g4 Bxg5 19. Nxg5 Bxc2 20. Qxc2 g6 21. Qe4 c4
22. Be3 Na4 23. Rd2 Nc5 24. Qg2 Nd3 25. a4 Qb7 26. Qe4 Nf4 27. Kh2 Kg7 28. h4
h6 29. Nh3 Nxh3 30. Kxh3 Ne6 31. h5 Rf6 32. Kg3 gxh5 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rxa8
Qxa8 35. gxh5 Kh8 36. Qg4 Ng7 37. Rd1 Qe8 38. Ra1 Nxh5+ 39. Kh2 Ng7 40. Ra7 Rf7
41. Rxf7 Qxf7 42. Qc8+ Kh7 43. Qc6 Nf5 44. Qxb5 Qh5+ 45. Kg1 Qg4+ 46. Kf1 Nh4
47. Qa4 h5 48. b4 cxb3 49. Qxb3 Nf5 50. Ke1 h4 51. Qb7+ Ng7 52. Qb4 Qh5 53.
Qe4+ Kg8 54. Kf1 Ne8 55. Kg1 h3 56. Kh2 Nf6 57. Qb1 Kf7 58. Qf1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.11.30"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Baramidze, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Nxe4 16. f3 Ng5 17. Ng3 g6 18. f4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qe2 f5 21. Rd1 Qc8
22. a4 Bc6 23. Bb3+ Kf8 24. Be3 Rd8 25. g4 Rd3 26. Rxd3 exd3 27. Qxd3 fxg4 28.
e6 gxh3 29. Bd4 bxa4 30. Qxh3 axb3 31. f5 h5 32. fxg6 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2008.11.28"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Braun, Arik"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2567"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.08"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Eppingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. Rb1 b5 12. b3 h5 13. Bb2 h4 14. Nce4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. cxb5 axb5 19. b4 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.02.28"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Janssen, Ruud"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a4 h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. c4 c6 15. axb5
axb5 16. Rxa8 Bxa8 17. cxb5 cxd5 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21.
Re3 e4 22. Bd2 d5 23. Bc3 Qd8 24. Ne5 Bc5 25. Rg3 Qf6 26. Ng4 Qf4 27. Nf6+ Kf8
28. Rxg7 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Rd8 30. Nxe4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.01"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 Qb4
15. Rfc1 a6 16. Bc4 Qxb3 17. Bxb3 Rac8 18. Bd5 Na5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.28"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nikolic, Predrag"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 a6 4. Ngf3 c5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Ne7 7. O-O Nbc6 8.
a3 a5 9. Re1 O-O 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. c4 Nf6 13. Qc2 h6 14. Bf4 Nh5
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Nc3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Bxh6 Qh5 21.
Bf4 Bc6 22. Re5 Qh8 23. Re3 g6 24. Rh3 Nh7 25. Qe2 Bf6 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4
Bxb2 28. Bd6 Rfe8 29. c5 Ra7 30. Rb3 Be5 31. Bxg6 Bxd6 32. Bxh7+ Qxh7 33. cxd6
Rd8 34. Rh3 Qf5 35. Qe3 Rxd6 36. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0809"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.03.29"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Rustemov, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2520"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5
8. Rb1 Qc7 9. Qg3 Qxg3 10. hxg3 b6 11. e4 Bg7 12. d4 O-O 13. Bh6 cxd4 14. Bxg7
Kxg7 15. cxd4 Rd8 16. Kd2 Nc6 17. Ke3 Na5 18. Rc1 h5 19. Bd3 Rac8 20. Ba6 Rc6
21. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O {This position is currently a hot opening issue and a topic of
an intense scrutiny. It represents the modern form of Semislav opening.} 10. e4
e5 11. Ne2 a6 (11... Re8 12. Qc2 (12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 exd4 14. Nexd4 Bb7 15. Nf5
Bf8 16. Re1 Nc5 17. Re3 Ncxe4 18. Rxe4 Rxe4 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bxe4 Qxb2 21. Qd4
Qxd4 22. N5xd4 Rc8 23. Rc1 {1-0 Korotylev,A (2615)-Sedlak,N (2561)/Moscow 2007
(29)}) 12... Bb7 13. dxe5 (13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Qb6 15. a4 a6 16. Rad1 Rac8 17.
dxe5 Nxe5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nh4 c5 20. Nc3 c4 21. Be2 bxa4 22. Nxa4 Qb4 23. Nc3
{1-0 Van Wely,L (2680)-Andriasian,Z (2546)/Hoogeveen 2007 (53)}) 13... Nxe5 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 c5 17. e5 c4 18. Bf5 g6 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Bh3 Ne4
21. Qe2 f5 22. Be3 Qd5 23. Rfd1 Qc6 {1/2 Kozul,Z (2597)-Graf,A (2646)/Plovdiv
2003 (44)}) (11... Bb7 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Rc1 Rc8 (13... a6 14. Kh1 (14. Bb1 Rc8
15. Ng3 exd4 16. Nxd4 h6 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Ndf5 Ne5 19. Qe2 c5 20. Rfd1 Qb6 21.
f3 Nc4 22. Bf2 Nd5 23. Qc2 Nf4 24. Ne3 Nxe3 25. Bxe3 Qc7 {1/2 Bruzon Bautista,
L (2607)-Vescovi,G (2617)/Linares 2008 (30)}) 14... exd4 15. Nfxd4 Nc5 16. f3
Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Bf8 18. Qc2 c5 19. Nf5 Qb6 20. Neg3 Nd7 21. Rfd1 Ne5 22. Be3 Rad8
23. b4 Nc4 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. bxc5 Qxc5 26. Nh5 {1-0 Malakhatko,V (2543)
-Kharitonov,A (2461)/Sozina 2004 (29)}) 14. Kh1 exd4 15. Nexd4 g6 16. Qd2 Bf8
17. Rfe1 Qb6 18. h3 a6 19. e5 c5 20. Nf5 Nh5 21. N5h4 Bg7 22. Bxg6 hxg6 23.
Qxd7 {1/2 Korotylev,A (2546)-Beshukov,S (2507)/Biel 2003 (31)}) 12. b3 Re8 13.
Bb2 Bb7 14. Rc1 {[%mdl 4] Both sides engage merrily in mobilisation of the
reserves. Svidler is indirectly admitting, that he does not know the method,
how to punish black for the sensible set up.} (14. Ng3 g6 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. f4 Rc5 (18... Re7 19. e5 Rd7 20. exf6 Rxd3 21. Qc2
Qd4+ $15) 19. Qe2 Qe7 20. Rae1 Re8 21. e5 {1-0 Guthrie,D (2110)-Turner,M/New
Zeeland 1996 (29)}) (14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxe5 Rxe5 17. Qc2 Qb6 18.
Kh1 Re7 19. Ng3 Rd8 20. Rad1 g6 21. h3 c5 22. Rfe1 {1/2 Horvath,C (2517)
-Markus,R (2478)/Hungary 2003}) 14... exd4 $5 (14... Rc8 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5
Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Rxe5 18. f3 c5 $11) 15. Nexd4 c5 (15... Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17.
Nxc6 Bxc6 (17... Qf8 18. Na5 $18) 18. Qxd6 Re6 19. Qd4 Qf8 20. Ng5 (20. Rxc6
Rxc6 21. Qxd7 Rc2 22. Be5 $16) 20... Rd6 21. Qf4 $16) 16. Nf5 Bf8 {Inarkiev
was the first to provoke the direct confrontation. He must have deemed the
position promissing due to the pressure against the e4 square.} 17. e5 (17. Nd2
g6 (17... Nxe4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Qf3 Re8 21. Rfd1 $14) 18. Ne3
Bg7 $15) 17... Ng4 (17... Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. Qg3 Rxf5 (20...
Qc7 $2 21. Nh6+ Kh8 22. Qxe5 $18) 21. Bxf5 g6 22. Bb1 $14) 18. Nd6 Bxf3 (18...
Bxd6 19. exd6 g6 20. Qd2 Re6 (20... Bxf3 21. gxf3 Nge5 22. Be4 Rb8 23. f4 Nc4
24. bxc4 Rxe4 25. Rfe1 $16) 21. Be2 Ndf6 22. h3 Ne4 23. Qf4 Ngf6 24. Ne5 g5 25.
Qf5 Rxd6 26. Bd3 Qe7 27. Rfe1 $14) 19. Qxf3 Ngxe5 $2 {Not even in fairy tales
the roads are splitting into several possibilities without a deeper meaning.
Black had to take back on e5 with one of the knights, but unfortunatelly he
touched the wrong one to his peril.} (19... Ndxe5 $1 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qh3+
Kg8 22. Nxe8 Qb6 (22... Qxe8 23. f4 Nc4 $1 24. bxc4 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 Nxe3 26. Rfe1
Nxc4 27. Bc3 $14) 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. Rce1 Rxe8 25. f4 c4+ 26. Kh1 Bd6 27. fxe5
Bxe5 $14) 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Qf5+ $1 Kg8 (21... g6 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. Nxe8 Qxe8
24. f4 $16) 22. Nxe8 Qxe8 23. Rce1 $1 {The fate of the knight e5 is sealed and
black will have virtually no compensation for the missing exchange.} g6 24. Qe4
Bg7 (24... c4 25. Bxe5 Nxe5 26. bxc4 bxc4 27. Qxe5 Qxe5 28. Rxe5 $16) 25. f4
Rb8 26. Qd5 (26. fxe5 Qe6 27. Re3 Re8 28. Rfe1 $16) 26... Rb6 (26... Nb6 27.
Qd6 Nf3+ 28. gxf3 Qf8 29. Qxf8+ Bxf8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Kh1 $16) 27. fxe5 Re6 28.
Rd1 (28. Kh1 $5 c4 29. Re3 cxb3 30. axb3 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Nxe5 32. Rfe1 f6 33. Rc3
$16) 28... Nxe5 29. Qxc5 Nf3+ $1 {Willingly or not black simply has to choose
this exchange combination if he wants to prolong the resistance.} (29... Re7
30. Bc3 $18) 30. Rxf3 Bxb2 31. Qd5 Bf6 32. Rdf1 (32. Qd7 Re1+ 33. Rf1 Rxf1+ 34.
Kxf1 Qe5 35. Qd6 $18) 32... Qe7 33. g3 {The days of second player are numbered,
since he is sitting without the exchange. On the other hand the realisation is
requiring certain level of patience, since the defense is very compact.} (33.
Qa8+ Kg7 34. Rh3 Bh4 35. Qc8 $16) 33... Kg7 (33... Rd6 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Kg2 $16
) 34. Kh1 Rd6 35. Qa8 b4 (35... Qd7 36. Kg2 Rc6 37. R1f2 $16) 36. Rf4 Bc3 37.
Re4 $1 {Svidler elegantly avoided the devilish temting of the queen grab after
the exchanges on the square f7. The win will be much easier with the help of
an attack along the 8th rank.} (37. Rxf7+ Qxf7 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7 39. a4 $2 bxa3
40. Qb7+ Kg8 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qxc3 Rd1+ 43. Kg2 a2 44. Qc7+ $11) 37... Qc7 38.
Rh4 Rd8 (38... Qc6+ 39. Qxc6 Rxc6 40. Rc4 $18) 39. Qxa6 f5 40. Rc4 Qe7 41. Qc6
Kh6 42. Qf3 {The time trouble is over and the black defense was broken.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
d3 O-O 9. a4 $5 {This move is entirely in accordance with Morozevich' tendency
to avoid forced theoretical lines. Last year, during the Mexico World
Championship, he used the English opening to transpose to a reversed
Boleslavski variation of the Sicilian. (See Morozevich,A (2758)-Grischuk,A 
(2726)/Mexico City MEX 2007/CBM 120/[Marin] (1-0, 42)). Both games have some
strategic elements in common: The structure of both sides will more or less be
immobile and Morozevich will mainly play on the light squares.} a5 10. Be3 Be6
({The main alternative is} 10... Bg4 {, but in this case White's pressure
along the "English" diagonal will be more difficult to neutralize.}) 11. Nd2 {
But this really is a rare line.} ({The most frequent move is} 11. Rc1 {, but
then, after} Nd5 {White cannot carry out general exchanges on d5. For instance,
} 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Nd2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 {and Black is not foced to place his
queen on d5, which would make it exposed to an exchange (generally, favouring
White).} Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qc2 Bb4 17. Ne4 c6 18. Qc4 Re8 {and White did
not achieve anything special in Markowski,T (2560)-Navara,D (2647)/Warsaw 2005/
CBM 108 (1/2, 41)}) 11... Nd5 {Black immediately neutralises the fianchettoed
white bishop.} ({In the event of natural developing moves such as} 11... Qd7
12. Rc1 Rad8 13. Nb3 {the threats Nc5 or even Bxc6 followed by Nxe5 more or
less force Black play} Nd5 {anyway, but this would just mean the loss of a
tempo after} 14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 {and now} 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Qc4 $14 {
leaves White with some queenside pressure.}) (11... Rb8 {is not a really
useful move.} 12. Nb3 (12. Rc1 $5) 12... Nd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5 15.
Rc1 Bd6 16. Qc2 Nb4 17. Qc4 b6 18. Nd2 c6 19. Qh4 f6 20. Nc4 Bc7 21. Bd2 $14 {
and we can notice that White has obtained a better regrouping than Morozevich
in Markowski,T (2587)-De Vreugt,D (2503)/Istanbul 2003/CBM 096 (1-0, 118)}) (
11... f5 {is an aggressive move, which has the drawback that weakens a lot of
light squares.} 12. Rc1 f4 (12... Qd7 13. Nb3) 13. Bxb6 $1 cxb6 14. Nc4 Bc5 15.
Ne4 Bb4 {the bishop is less exposed here, but not that active.} (15... Bd4 {
The bishop will remain captive on this central square.} 16. Re1 Bg4 17. Qb3 Kh8
18. e3 f3 (18... Bc5 19. Nxc5 bxc5 20. Qxb7 $18) 19. exd4 Nxd4 $6 (19... fxg2
20. Nxe5 Nxd4 21. Nf7+ Rxf7 22. Qxf7 Nf3+ 23. Kxg2 Nxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd3 25. Nd6
$16 Be2 26. Qxb7 Rf8 27. Nf7+ Kg8 28. Ne5 $18) 20. Qd1 $16 {Gaponenko,I (2448)
-Mullon,J (2327)/St Chely d'Aubrac 2004/CBM 101 ext (1-0, 41)}) 16. Kh1 $6 (16.
e3 $5 $14 {would have avoided Black's attack, retaining a strategically
favourable position.}) 16... Nd4 17. Nc3 Qg5 18. Nxb6 Rad8 19. Nc4 Qh5 $40 {
Malakhov,V (2679)-Nepomniashchy,Y (2602)/Dresden 2007/CBM 118 (1-0, 40)}) 12.
Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Qb3 {This is a thematic move. If White succeeds in
exchanging queens under favourable circumstances, his pressure on the
queenside combined with a latent kingisde expansion (something more difficult
to achieve with queens on the board!) would leave him with a long-lasting plus.
} ({However, White can also keep the queen move in reserve.} 14. Rc1 {
(Parrying Black's main threat, ...Nd4)} Bd6 15. Qb3 $1 Qxb3 (15... Nb4 {
does not prevent the queen exchange, because, unlike in the main game, White
can play} 16. Qxd5 Nxd5 17. Bc5 $14) 16. Nxb3 Rfe8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 (17... Nd4 18.
Bxd4 exd4 19. Ne4 $14 {would leave Black with double pawns on the d-file.}) 18.
Rxc5 Re7 19. Rfc1 f6 20. R1c4 Kf7 21. f3 Re6 22. Kf2 Ke8 23. f4 $14 {with
pressure on both wings in Averbakh,Y-Bebchuk,E/Moscow 1964/MCD (1-0, 53)})
14... Nb4 {The best way to... avoid the exchange of queens.} (14... Qd7 15. Qb5
Qc8 16. Rfc1 Rd8 {leaves White with strong queenside pressure.} 17. Rxc6 $5 {
A surgical solution, but probably there are other plans.} bxc6 18. Qxe5 $14 {
Voloshin,L (2430)-Nun,J (2395)/Czechia 1997/EXT 98 (1/2, 51)}) (14... Qxb3 15.
Nxb3 Nb4 16. Rac1 (16. Rfc1 {looks more natural.}) 16... Rfc8 17. Rc4 ({
Or, since the f1-rook should be useful in a way or another,} 17. Bc5 Bg5 18. f4
) 17... b6 18. d4 {Not the best plan. The black bishop will be activated now.
White should aim for kingside expansion somehow.} (18. g4 $5 Nd5 19. Bd2 {
[%cal Gd2c3,Gb3d2]}) 18... exd4 19. Nxd4 Bf6 {and Black was well regrouped in
Markowski,T (2505)-Korneev,O (2560)/Metz 1998/EXT 99 (1/2, 32)}) 15. Rfc1 ({
Now,} 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 {leaves the bishop in an uncomfortable situation.}) 15...
Qd7 {Now, the pressure exerted by the white queen has been neutralised, at
least for a while.} 16. Ne4 b6 17. Bd2 c6 18. Bc3 Qc7 19. Qc4 Nd5 20. Nd2 {
White has been moving his minor pieces around, aiming to provoke as many pawn
advances as possible. On the queenside, Black has created for himself some
weaknesses, but in the centre he is quite solid. This is precisely the area
which White should focus on during the next phase of the game.} Rfe8 {Svidler
concentrates his rooks in the centre.} ({Playing for the standard ...f5 would
justify White's strategy, for instance} 20... Kh8 21. Nf3 Bd6 22. Rc2 f5 23.
Rac1 Rac8 24. e4 $1 $14) 21. Qe4 {My feeling is that, starting with this
moment, Morozevich' "hyper-modern" play crosses the limit of admissible risk.
By transferring the queen to an advanced position, he will expose himself to
tactical tricks.} ({Before defining the queen's intentions, he should have
improved the placement of all other pieces to the maximum, with, say} 21. Nf3
Bf8 22. Rc2 Rad8 23. Rac1 {when I would slightly prefer White. The threats of
d4 (with the possible insertion of the moves Bd2 and/or e4) force Black be on
permanent guard.}) 21... Bc5 22. Nf3 Bd6 23. Ng5 Nf6 24. Qf5 h6 25. Nf3 {
Now, White will lose the control of the e4-square.} (25. Ne4 {may have been a
better possibility to retain equal chances in a complicated position.}) 25...
Re6 26. Rc2 ({Now, the generally desirable} 26. e4 {would leave the queen
terribly misplaced.}) 26... Nd5 27. Rac1 Rae8 28. Bd2 Bb4 29. Bxb4 Nxb4 30. Rc4
c5 $5 {[%cal Gb4c6,Gc6d4] Black iremediably weakens the c4-square, reckoning
with the fact that White will not be in time to transfer the knight there.} 31.
Nd2 Qd7 32. b3 Nc6 33. Qh5 Nd4 34. Re1 e4 $1 {A nice tactical blow, taking
full advantage of White's lack of coordination. As we will see, the queen's
exposed position is part of the whole business.} 35. dxe4 (35. Nxe4 Re5 36. Qh4
f5 37. Nc3 (37. Qh3 R5e7 38. Nc3 Nf3+ $1 $19) 37... Nf3+ $1 $19) 35... Re5 36.
Qh4 Nf5 $1 37. exf5 Qxd2 38. Rf1 Rxe2 39. Qg4 Qd3 40. f6 g6 $17 {Black is very
active and White's pawns are weak.} 41. Rcc1 Qxb3 42. Rb1 Qe6 43. Qf4 Re4 44.
Qc7 Rb4 45. Rbd1 Qxf6 46. Rd6 Qe7 47. Rd7 Qe6 48. Rfd1 Re4 49. Kg2 Rxa4 50.
R7d6 Qf5 51. R1d3 Ra1 52. Rd8 Rae1 53. Rf3 Qe6 54. Rxe8+ Qxe8 55. Qxb6 a4 56.
Qxc5 Qa8 57. Qc3 Rb1 58. Qc4 Rb7 59. Qd5 Ra7 60. Qxa8+ Rxa8 61. Ra3 f5 62. Kf3
Kf7 63. Ke3 Ke6 64. Kd4 g5 65. Re3+ Kd6 66. Ra3 g4 67. Kc4 Ke5 68. Re3+ Kf6 69.
Ra3 h5 70. Kd4 Ra7 71. f4 h4 72. gxh4 Re7 73. Kd3 Re4 74. Rc3 Kg6 75. Rc8 Rxf4
76. Rg8+ Kf7 77. Ra8 Rf2 78. Ke3 Rxh2 79. Rxa4 Kg6 80. Ra8 Rxh4 81. Kf4 Rh3 82.
Ra6+ Kh5 83. Kxf5 Rf3+ 84. Ke4 Kh4 85. Ra1 Kh3 86. Rg1 Ra3 87. Kf4 g3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. h4 Bd7 13. h5 Rab8 14. h6 g6
15. Qe3 Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. Kb1 Rfc8 18. Rd2 Nb4 19. a3 Rxc2 20. axb4 Rc1+
21. Kxc1 Qa1+ 22. Kc2 Rc8+ 23. Qc3 Rxc3+ 24. Kxc3 Bb5 25. Kd4 Bxf1 26. Rf2 Qc1
27. Rfxf1 Qxf4+ 28. Kd3 Qe4+ 29. Kd2 Qxb4+ 30. Ke3 Qb6+ 31. Kf4 f6 32. exf6
Qxb2 33. Kg4 Qxg2+ 34. Kh4 Qb2 35. Rhg1 Qxf6+ 36. Ng5 Qb2 37. Kh3 a5 38. Nxe6
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lastin, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Maslak, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a5 Rc8 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Nd2 h6 15.
Nf1 Nh7 16. Ng3 Bg5 17. Nf5 Bxe3 18. Nxe3 Nhf6 19. Qd2 Nc5 20. Ncd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Ncd7 22. c4 g6 23. b4 Kg7 24. Ra3 Qb8 25. h4 Qa7 26. Rd1 h5 27. g3 Rc7 28.
Kg2 Re8 29. Rc1 Qd4 30. Rd3 Qa7 31. Rdc3 Qd4 32. Qc2 Rb8 33. Rd1 Qa7 34. c5
dxc5 35. d6 Rcc8 36. Rc1 c4 37. Nxc4 Re8 38. Qd2 Rbc8 39. Qe3 Qb8 40. Qg5 e4
41. Be2 Rcd8 42. Rb1 b5 43. axb6 Nxb6 44. Ne3 Nh7 45. Qa5 Qxd6 46. Rd1 Qf6 47.
Rxd8 Rxd8 48. Rc2 Nf8 49. Bxa6 Ne6 50. Bb7 Nd4 51. Ra2 Re8 52. Qc5 Re6 53. Qc3
Re7 54. Rd2 Rxb7 55. Qxd4 Rd7 56. Qxf6+ Kxf6 57. Rc2 Ke6 58. b5 Rb7 59. Rc6+
Kd7 60. Rc5 Kd6 61. Rc6+ Kd7 62. Rc5 Kd6 63. Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7
8. Rb1 Bc6 9. e4 e6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Bd3 Nd7 12. Bc2 Nc5 13. e5 f5 14. exf6
Bxf6 15. Ba3 Nd7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. Bc5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 c6 20. Re4 Kc7
21. Reb4 Be7 22. Bxb6+ axb6 23. Rxb6 Reb8 24. Be4 Rxa2 25. d4 Ra6 26. Rxa6 bxa6
27. Rxb8 Kxb8 28. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 Re8 13. Ng3 g6 14. Ng5 c4 15. Bd2
d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rxe5 Nc6 18. Re1 Ndb4 19. dxc4 Nxa2 20. Rxa2 bxc4 21. Nf3
Nb4 22. Ra1 Rb8 23. Bc3 Qxd1 24. Raxd1 Nd5 25. Be5 Rbc8 26. Ne4 Red8 27. Nc3 f6
28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Bc3 Kf7 30. h3 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Bc6 32. Nd4 Rd8 33. b3 Bc5 34.
Rd2 Bxd4 35. Bxd4 cxb3 36. cxb3 Be4 37. f3 Bf5 38. Kf2 Be6 39. b4 Bc4 40. g4
Rd7 41. h4 h5 42. Ke3 Re7+ 43. Kf4 Rd7 44. g5 fxg5+ 45. Kxg5 Rd6 46. Kf4 Bb3
47. a5 Bc4 48. Ke4 Bb5 49. Rc2 Rc6 50. Bc5 Re6+ 51. Kf4 Rf6+ 52. Kg3 Bc6 53.
Rc3 Bb5 54. Rc2 Bc6 55. Rc3 Bb5 56. Rc2 Bc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 e6 6. c5 b6 7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5
9. b3 Nxb6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qe2 a5 15. a4
Nc8 16. Ne5 Na7 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 Qb6 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2
Bd6 22. Qe1 Qd8 23. Qc1 Qe7 24. Bc3 h6 25. h3 Ne4 26. Be1 Qd8 27. Nd7 Ra7 28.
Ne5 Ra8 29. Nd3 Qe7 30. f3 Ng3 31. Bxg3 Bxg3 32. f4 Ba6 33. Bxa6 Rxa6 34. Rc8+
Kh7 35. Rc7 Qf6 36. Qe3 Bh4 37. Ne5 Qf5 38. Rxf7 Qe4 39. Qc3 Qe1+ 40. Qxe1 Bxe1
41. g4 Bc3 42. Nf3 Rb6 43. Re7 Rxb3 44. Kf2 Rb6 45. h4 Bb4 46. Re8 g6 47. Ne5
Kg7 48. Kf3 Ba3 49. Ra8 Bb2 50. Ra7+ Kg8 51. Rxa5 Bxd4 52. Rb5 Ra6 53. Rb8+ Kg7
54. Rb7+ Kg8 55. Nxg6 Rxa4 56. g5 h5 57. f5 exf5 58. Kf4 Ra7 59. Rb8+ Kg7 60.
Ne5 Bxe5+ 61. Kxe5 Rd7 62. Kxf5 d4 63. Ke6 Rf7 64. Rd8 d3 65. Rxd3 Rf4 66. Ke5
Rxh4 67. Kf5 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E54"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. Bd3 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bg5 Bb7 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Bxc3 {Black
players are not enjoying an easy life in this variation, since the white's
initiative is very dangerous. The examples are proving, that not even the
retreat to e7 is promissing equality.} (13... Be7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 (14... Bxf6 15.
Nb5 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bg5 17. Rc2 a6 18. Nd6 Rc7 19. Nxf7 Qe7 20. Nxg5 Rxf3 21.
Rxe6 Rxc4 22. Rxe7 Rxc2 23. gxf3 {1-0 Aleksandrov,A (2630)-Perunovic,M (2559)/
Vrnjacka Banja 2005/ (56)}) 15. Bxe6 fxe6 16. Qxe6+ Kh8 17. Qxe7 Bxf3 18. gxf3
Qxd4 19. Nb5 Qxb2 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Nd6 Rb8 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Qe6 Rf8 24. Nd8+
Kh8 25. Qe7 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2770)-Kasparov,G (2849)/London 2000/}) 14. Rxc3 Rc7
$6 {Svidler is preparing the transfer of the queen to a8, but this will prove
to have been an exceptionally unfortunate solution. It seems that only the
very exact attacking of the bishop g5 can offer chances for the successful
defense.} (14... h6 $1 15. Bh4 Qe8 16. Ne5 (16. Nd2 Nd5 17. Rcc1 f5 (17... N7f6
18. Bf1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Qb8 20. Bg3 Nf4 21. f3 Rd8 22. Qe3 N6d5 23. Qe1 Nf6 24.
Bf2 Rc8 25. a3 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 e5 27. Qe1 exd4 28. Bxd4 {1/2 Zvjaginsev,V (2631)
-Ramesh,R (2467)/Linares 2001 (77)}) 18. f3 a6 19. a4 Qg6 20. Bg3 Qf6 21. Qd3
f4 22. Bf2 Qe7 23. Qe2 Nc7 24. Ne4 {1/2 Timofeev,A (2663)-Grigoriants,S (2592)/
Moscow 2007 (69)}) 16... Nxe5 17. dxe5 Ne4 18. Bb5 Rxc3 19. bxc3 Qa8 20. f3 Nc5
21. Qb4 Ba6 22. Bxa6 Nxa6 23. Qb5 Qc8 {1/2 Pelletier,Y (2604)-Bologan,V (2673)/
Pamplona 2003 (47)}) (14... Qe8 $6 15. Nd2 h6 16. Bxh6 $1 gxh6 17. Rh3 Rxc4 18.
Nxc4 Kg7 19. Qg3+ Kh7 20. Qd3+ Kg7 21. Nd6 Qb8 22. Rxe6 fxe6 23. Rg3+ Ng4 24.
Rxg4+ Kf6 25. Qh7 {1-0 Onischuk,A (2641)-Vescovi,G (2611)/Poikovsky 2002}) 15.
Ne5 Kh8 $2 {[%mdl 128] The retreat of the king smacks of alibism and will only
make the defenders plight worse. The only chance for resistance was connected
with the queen move to e7 squre.} (15... Qa8 16. Bxe6 Rxc3 17. Bxf7+ Kh8 18.
bxc3 Bxg2 19. Bxf6 gxf6 (19... Nxf6 20. c4 Bf3 21. c5 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23.
Qxd5 Nxd5 24. c6 $18) 20. Nxd7 Bh3 21. Qd5 Qxd5 22. Bxd5 Bxd7 23. Re7 {1-0
Alsina Leal,D-Vilar Lopez,M (2130)/Lisbon 2001 (35)}) (15... Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qd4
17. exf6 Qg4 18. g3 Qxg5 19. Bxe6 $1 Qa5 (19... Rxc3 20. Bxf7+ Kh8 21. Qxc3 $16
) 20. Rd1 $16) (15... Qe7 $1 16. Bh4 $5 Rfc8 17. Nxf7 Rxc4 18. Nh6+ gxh6 19.
Rxc4 $14) 16. Rh3 $1 (16. Qa3 Qa8 17. Qe7 Nxe5 18. Qxc7 Nxc4 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20.
Rxc4 Rg8 (20... Bxg2 21. Qe7 $18) 21. g3 Bh1 22. f3 Qxf3 23. Rc2 $16) 16... Qa8
(16... Kg8 17. Qg3 Qe7 18. Bd3 $18) 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 (17... Nxd7 18. Bd3 g6 19. f3
Bd5 20. Qb4 Kg8 21. Bf4 $16) 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Rxh7+ $1 {The charming decision
that is very painful for black. Svidler stopped the clock as he is not able to
avoid mate.} (19. Rxh7+ $1 Kxh7 20. Qh3+ Kg7 21. Qg4+ Kh6 22. Re3 Bxg2 23. Qh4+
Kg6 24. Rg3+ Kf5 25. Qg4#) (19. Qd3 f5 20. Qe3 Rg8 21. Qe5+ Rg7 22. Rg3 $16)
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. c3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2 Re8 13. Nf1 h6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Bf8 17. Ng3 Rc8 18. b3 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe4 Bxe4
22. Rxe4 Nc6 23. Bb2 Rxe5 24. Rxe5 Nxe5 25. Qe2 Ng6 26. Qe4 Qd7 27. Re1 Rd8 28.
Nc6 Rc8 29. Nd4 Rd8 30. Nc6 Rc8 31. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch Superfinal 61st"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2008.10.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] WIth this last-round win Peter Svidler managed to catch up with his
opponent, thus forcing a rapid play-off - which brought him his 5th Russian
champion title.} 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 {Playing for a win with Black against a
strong opponent requires a psychlogically astute opening choice. The course of
the game justified Svidler's Caro-Kann - Alekseev usually plays the Advance
Variation, in itself a dangerous fighting weapon, but it's not so simple even
for White to fully release the tension.} 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O
Bg6 {Black indicates he wants to keep his B;, moreover Alekseev has not faced
this move before.} ({The more often played} 6... Ne7 7. Nh4 {is not to
everyone's taste.}) ({A plausible alternative is} 6... h6 7. Nbd2 (7. b3 Ne7 8.
c4 Ng6 9. Re1 Bb4 10. Bd2 Bxd2 11. Nbxd2 O-O 12. Bf1 Nh4 13. g3 Nxf3+ 14. Nxf3
a5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb6 17. Kg2 Rfd8 18. h4 Qa6 19. Qc2 a4 20. Rac1 axb3
21. axb3 Qa2 22. cxd5 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 exd5 24. b4 Nb6 25. b5 Nc4 $14 {/=,
Alekseev,E (2679)-Miton,K (2653)/RUS-chT Sochi/2007/}) 7... Ne7 8. Nb3 g5 $5 (
8... Nc8 {In the notes to Sutovsky-Miladinovic, EU-ch Plovdiv 2008 I
considered this manoeuvre too slow in connection with the potentially
weakening h6. Matters are not so clear, but White has reasonable chances to
fight for the initiative:} 9. Be3 (9. a4 Be7 10. a5 a6 11. c4 Na7 12. Be3 O-O (
12... dxc4 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nxc4 Nb5 15. Bd3 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qc7 17. Rfd1 Rad8
18. Rac1 c5 19. Qe4 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qb8 22. Be3 Rfe8 23. h4 Nf8 24.
h5 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rd8 26. Rc1 Nd7 27. g3 $14 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)
-Nakamura,H (2704)/Cap d'Agde rpd/2008/}) 13. Nfd2 dxc4 14. Nxc4 Be4 15. Nc5
Bxc5 16. dxc5 Bd5 17. Nb6 (17. f4 $5 {()}) 17... Nxe5 18. Nxa8 Qxa8 19. Bf4 Ng6
20. Bd6 Rd8 21. Bd3 Nc8 22. Bxg6 Nxd6 23. cxd6 fxg6 24. Qg4 Kh7 25. Qg3 Qb8 26.
d7 Qxg3 27. fxg3 Rxd7 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)-Nakamura,H (2704)/Cap
d'Agde rpd/2008/}) 9... Be7 10. Nfd2 $5 O-O 11. f4 Ncb6 12. a4 a5 13. c3 f6 14.
exf6 Nxf6 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. dxc5 Nbd7 17. b4 Ne4 18. Nxe4 Bxe4 19. Qe1 Qe7 20.
Qg3 Bf5 21. Bd4 Nf6 22. Qe3 Ne4 23. Rfb1 g5 24. Rf1 Kh7 $14 {/<=>,Karjakin,S 
(2727)-Cheparinov,I (2687)/Sochi/2008/}) ({Other possible plans are:} 8... Bh7
9. Bd2 Ng6 10. Rc1 Be7 11. c4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. g3 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15. Na5
Rb8 16. b4 Ne7 17. Bf1 Nd5 18. a3 N7b6 19. Qb3 Re7 20. Red1 Nc7 21. Qe3 Rd7 22.
Be1 Nbd5 23. Qe2 Nb5 24. Qb2 Be4 25. Nd2 Bg6 $13 {Malakhov,V (2675)-Jobava,B 
(2664)/ECC Kallithea/2008/}) 9. Ne1 c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Bd3 Be4
13. Qe2 Bxc5 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Qxe4 Qd4 16. Qf3 O-O-O 17. Be3 Nxe5 18. Qf6 Qd6
19. Bxc5 Qxc5 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. cxd3 Qf5 22. Rac1+ Kb8 23. Qxf5 exf5 $11 {
Vachier Lagrave,M (2716)-Cheparinov,I (2696)/Cap d'Agde rpd/2008/}) 7. b3 {
With White Svidler has preferred other moves, but without success - this is
perhaps why he chose 6...Bg6.} (7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. c3 (8. c4 Be7 9. Qb3 Rb8 10. Qc3
O-O 11. c5 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. b4 Nf7 14. Nb3 e5 15. Be3 Re8 $15 {Karjakin,S 
(2727)-Carlsen,M (2775)/Moscow 5'/2008/}) 8... Be7 9. Ne1 c5 10. Ndf3 O-O 11.
Nd3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Rc8 13. a4 Qc7 14. Bxh6 gxh6 15. Qd2 Kg7 16. a5 a6 17. h4 b6
18. axb6 Nxb6 19. b3 Qc2 20. Rxa6 Qxd2 21. Nxd2 Rc2 22. Rd1 Rb8 23. g3 Bxd3 24.
Bxd3 Rb2 25. Ra7 {1/2,Svidler,P (2750)-Asrian,K (2634)/ECC Fuegen/2006/} Bb4
$11) (7. c3 Be7 (7... Nh6 $5 8. Bxh6 gxh6 $13 {is more usual}) 8. Na3 Bxa3 $5 (
{An interesting parallel to the previous example, but Black can also play} 8...
Nh6 9. Nc2 Nf5 10. Nce1 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. g3 Be7 13. h4 h6 14. Ng2 O-O 15.
Nf4 Be4 16. Bd3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 c5 18. Qe2 Rc8 19. Nh5 Kh7 $132 20. Nxg7 $2 Kxg7
21. Qg4+ Kh7 22. Qh5 Qe8 $1 23. Qxh6+ Kg8 $17 {[%cal Yf7f6] /\f6,Sutovsky,E 
(2654)-Pantsulaia,L (2578)/WChT Beersheba/2005/}) 9. bxa3 Ne7 10. a4 Qa5 11.
Qb3 Nb6 12. Bd1 Bh5 13. Rb1 O-O 14. Qb4 Qxb4 15. Rxb4 Rfb8 16. Be2 Bxf3 17.
Bxf3 Nc4 (17... c5 $5 18. dxc5 Nd7 19. Be3 Nc6 $13) 18. Bg5 Kf8 19. Rfb1 Na5
20. Be2 Ke8 21. g4 b6 22. h4 h6 23. Bc1 Kd7 24. h5 $14 {Svidler,P (2728)
-Ivanchuk,V (2750)/Monte Carlo rpd/2007/}) 7... Nh6 8. c4 (8. Bxh6 {in
connection with the previous move looks dubious, after} gxh6 {[%cal Yf8g7,
Yf7f6] /\Bg7,f6<=>[+] Black gets active dark-square play.}) 8... Nf5 9. Nc3 Bb4
10. Bb2 O-O {Both sides have finished their development and can start
realizing their strategic plans. White with his () would like to target the
Kg8, but Black's forces are flexibly placed and sufficiently active to
generate <=> in the [+], or even on the >> (as in the game).} 11. Bd3 {[%cal
Yc3e2,Ye2f4] /\Ne2-f4 , but Black won't wait for that...} (11. a3 Ba5 $5 (11...
Be7 12. cxd5 (12. Qd2 Bh5 $1 13. h3 $2 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 dxc4 15. Ne4 cxb3 16. g4
Nh4 17. Bd1 Nb6 18. f4 Nc4 $19 {Socko,B (2551)-Polak,T (2473)/Pardubice op/
2003/}) 12... cxd5 13. g4 $1 Nh6 14. Ne1 f6 15. exf6 gxf6 16. h4 $1 f5 $5 17.
g5 Bxg5 $1 18. hxg5 Qxg5+ 19. Ng2 f4 20. Qd2 $1 Rf7 21. Bb5 $1 (21. a4 $2 Kh8
22. f3 Rg8 23. Rf2 Bh5 24. Bd3 Qh4 25. Re1 Qh3 26. Qe2 Rxg2+ 27. Rxg2 Bxf3 28.
Qxf3 Qxf3 29. Bb5 Nf8 30. Nd1 Rg7 {0-1,Wahls,M (2555)-Rogers,I (2580)/
Bundesliga 9596/1996/}) 21... Raf8 22. Rae1 Rg7 23. f3 $16 {[%csl Rd7,Re6,Rf4]
Rogers,פd7,e6, f4}) 12. cxd5 (12. Rc1 a6 13. b4 Bc7 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Bd3 Nb6
16. Ne2 Ne7 17. Nf4 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nc4 19. Rc2 Ng6 20. Nh5 $13 {1/2,Zarnicki,P 
(2515)-Slipak,S (2510)/Villa Gesell/1998/}) 12... cxd5 13. Na4 Nh4 14. Nxh4
Qxh4 15. Nc5 Nxc5 16. dxc5 Bc7 17. f4 f6 18. g3 Qh6 19. exf6 gxf6 20. Bf3 Rad8
21. Qe2 Be4 $1 22. Rae1 (22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd2 24. Rf2 Rxf2 25. Kxf2 Qxh2+
26. Qg2 Qxg2+ 27. Kxg2 Rd8 $132) 22... f5 23. b4 Rd7 24. Qd1 Re7 25. Bg2 e5 26.
fxe5 Bxe5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Rf4 b6 29. Qd4 Rfe8 30. Ref1 bxc5 31. bxc5 Qe6 $132
{[%csl Ge4] Lecroq,M (2603)-Sogaard,O (2535)/corr/2004/ The powerful Be4
enabled Black to hold a strategically suspect position}) (11. g3 a6 (11... Bh5
$1 $132) 12. a3 Ba5 13. h3 dxc4 14. bxc4 c5 15. d5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4
Bb6 18. Qf4 f6 19. dxe6 fxe5 20. Qd2 Nf6 21. Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Na4 Bd4 23. Bxd4
Rxd4 24. Nc5 Rd2 25. Rfe1 $16 {Volokitin,A (2347)-Zelcic,R (2529)/Lausanne/
2000/}) (11. Rc1 f6 (11... Qe7 {/\Ba3~~}) 12. cxd5 exd5 (12... cxd5 $142 13.
Nb5 $14) 13. a3 Ba5 14. Na4 fxe5 15. dxe5 Qe7 16. b4 Bc7 17. Re1 a6 18. Nc3 Bb6
19. Na4 Ba7 20. e6 Nf6 21. Bd3 Rad8 22. Bxf5 Bxf5 23. Bd4 Bb8 24. Bc5 Bd6 25.
Nd4 $36 {Schunk,E (2260)-Doettling,F (2475)/Fuerth/1999/}) 11... f6 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Black uses the previous rather slow move to open the position and
activate his forces.} (11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Qxh4 13. Ne2 Rad8 14. a3 Ba5 15. g3
Qh5 16. c5 Qf3 17. Nf4 Qxd1 18. Rfxd1 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Rb8 20. b4 $11 {()/+/=,
Iordachescu,V (2627)-Dreev,A (2689)/playchess.com 5'/2004/}) 12. Ne2 $6 {
Consistent, but hardly ideal.} (12. a3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 fxe5 14. dxe5 Bh5 15. Be2
Nc5 $13) (12. exf6 $6 Qxf6 13. Ne2 Bh5 $36 (13... Bd6 $5)) (12. g4 Nh6 13. Bxg6
hxg6 14. h3 fxe5 15. dxe5 (15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qh4 $15) 15... dxc4 16. bxc4
Nc5 $15) ({Possibly the most circumspect choice was} 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. a3 Bxc3
(13... Ba5 $5 14. Ne2 $13 {is now more justified}) 14. Bxc3 $11) 12... fxe5 13.
dxe5 (13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Qb6 $1 15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxg6 Nf5 $36) 13... Nc5 $1
$15 {[%mdl 64] This works tactically and Black grabs the initiative.} 14. Nf4 {
The best, as the complications are not too promising for White:} (14. Bxf5 Bxf5
15. a3 Ba5 16. b4 Nd3 $36) (14. Bc2 dxc4 (14... Bh5 15. Bxf5 Rxf5 16. Ng3 Bxf3
17. gxf3 Rf8 18. a3 dxc4 19. axb4 Nxb3 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $44) 15. a3 (15. bxc4
Qxd1 16. Bxd1 (16. Raxd1 Ne3 $17) 16... Bh5 $36) 15... Qxd1 16. Raxd1 (16. Bxd1
Nd3 $15) 16... Ng3 17. Nxg3 Bxc2 18. axb4 Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Nxb3 $13 {/=/+}) (14.
cxd5 Ne3 $5 (14... Nxd3 15. Qxd3 cxd5 $15) 15. fxe3 Nxd3 $36) 14... Nxd3 15.
Nxd3 (15. Qxd3 Nh4 $17 {/\} 16. Nxg6 $2 Rxf3 $1) 15... Bh5 16. Nf4 $8 (16. Nxb4
$2 Nh4 $40) 16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qe7 (17... Qd7 18. Qg4 (18. Nd3 $5) 18... Bc5
$5 {is also pleasant for Black, but the text move seems better - from e7 the Q
eyes both flanks.}) 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Qg4 (19. Nd3 Rac8 20. Rac1 (20. Qe2 Bc3
$15) 20... Bd2 $15) (19. Qe2 $142 $5 {prevents the following move and is close
to equality.}) 19... Bd2 $1 {[%csl Rc1][%cal Gc8c1] Black starts fighting for
the <->c.} 20. Nd3 Rac8 $36 21. Qd1 {Rather passive, the circumspect} (21. Qe2
$142 Rc2 (21... Bc3 22. Rac1 $15) 22. Rac1 Rfc8 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25.
Bxc1 $15 {keeps Black's edge within limits.}) 21... Qg5 {[%mdl 128]} (21... Bc3
$15 {is solid, but Black already has higher ambitions - a direct -> against
White's K.}) 22. g3 (22. Kh1 Nh4 23. Rg1 Bc3 $17) (22. f4 $4 Be3+ 23. Kh1 Ng3+
24. hxg3 Qh6+ $19) 22... Be3 $1 $40 {[%cal Rf5g3] /\Ng3} 23. Kh1 {White had
hardly anything better.} (23. fxe3 $2 Nxg3 24. Rxf8+ (24. hxg3 $2 Qxg3+ 25. Kh1
Rxf1+ 26. Qxf1 Rc2 $19) 24... Rxf8 25. Nf4 Nf5+ $1 (25... Ne4+ 26. Kf1 Rxf4+
27. exf4 Qxf4+ 28. Kg1 Qf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxb2 30. Qc1 $11 {is drawish}) 26. Ng2 Nh4
27. Qe2 Nxg2 28. Qxg2 Qxe3+ 29. Kh1 Rf2 30. Qg4 Qh6 $1 $19) (23. Re1 Nxg3 (
23... Bd4 $5 $17) 24. Rxe3 Ne2+ 25. Kf1 (25. Kh1 $2 Rxf2 26. Nxf2 Qxe3 $19)
25... Qxe3 26. Qxe2 Qh3+ $36) 23... Qh6 (23... Bd4 $5 {is not bad, but the
text move is more tricky.}) 24. Bc1 $1 {White must somehow get rid of the
annoying B.} d4 (24... Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Qh5 27. Qd1 Qxd1 28. Rxd1
Rc8 $15 {is too academic - Black's edge is only minimal and White has good
chances to hold the _|_.}) 25. Kg2 $2 {A serious mistake, which allows Black
to greatly increase the pressure.} (25. Kg1 $142 {as it forces Black to do
something with his Be3.}) ({Even} 25. Rg1 {with similar ideas deserves
attention.}) 25... Rc3 $1 26. Qe2 (26. fxe3 $2 Rxc1 $1 27. Qxc1 Nxe3+ $19) (26.
Kg1 Bxc1 27. Rxc1 Rfc8 $17 (27... Ne3 $6 28. fxe3 Qxe3+ 29. Kg2 (29. Nf2 $2
Rxf2 $19) 29... Rxd3 (29... Qxd3 30. Qxd3 Rxd3 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33.
Rc7+ Kg6 34. Rxb7 Rd2+ (34... a5 35. Ra7 Re3 36. Rxa5 d3 37. Ra7 Kf5 38. Kf2
Re2+ 39. Kf3 Rxh2 40. Ke3 d2 41. Rd7 d1=Q 42. Rxd1 Rxa2 43. Rd7 $11) 35. Kf3
Rxa2 36. Ke4 $1 $132) 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qf1+ Ke8 32. Rc8+ Kd7 33. Qf7+ Kxc8
34. Qe8+ Kc7 35. Qe7+ Kb6 36. Qb4+ $11)) 26... Qg6 (26... Rfc8 $5 {seems
equally strong:} 27. Bb2 (27. fxe3 Rc2 28. Bd2 Nxe3+ (28... dxe3 $19) 29. Kg1
Nxf1 30. Bxh6 Rxe2 31. Kxf1 Rxh2 32. Rc1 Rc3 $1 $19) 27... Rc2 $17 {->}) ({
Simplification with} 26... Bxc1 27. Rfxc1 Nh4+ 28. gxh4 (28. Kf1 Nf3 $40) 28...
Qg6+ 29. Kh1 Rxd3 $17 {is already not enough.}) 27. fxe3 (27. Bxe3 Nh4+ $1 28.
Kh1 (28. Kg1 Rxd3 $19) 28... Qe4+ 29. f3 Rxf3 30. Rxf3 Nxf3 $19) 27... Rxd3 28.
Kg1 (28. Qxd3 $4 Nh4+) 28... Nxe3 $2 {Black also errs, this natural and human
move should have squandered all of his advantage.} ({The computer takes only
seconds to see} 28... Rf7 $3 29. Bd2 (29. Qxd3 $2 Nxe3 $19) (29. exd4 $2 Nxg3
$19) 29... Nxe3 30. Rxf7 Kxf7 31. Bxe3 dxe3 $17 {- now contrary to the game}
32. Qc2 h6 {doesn't help.}) 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Bxe3 dxe3 (30... Rxe3 31. Rf1+
Kg8 (31... Ke7 32. Qc4 Rxg3+ $8 33. hxg3 Qxg3+ $11) 32. Qc4 h6 33. Qxd4 Re2 34.
Qxa7 $11 {and Black has nothing concrete.}) 31. Rc1 $2 $138 ({Nerves and
time-trouble - Alekseev misses his chance to save the game and win the
tournament with} 31. Qc2 $1 Rd8 (31... h6 $2 32. Qc8+ Ke7 33. Rf1 $18 {->}) (
31... Ke8 32. Rf1 Kd7 33. Rc1 $11) 32. Qc5+ (32. Qc7 $5 Ke8 33. Qxb7 $11) 32...
Kg8 33. Qxe3 $11) 31... h6 {Black sorely needed this luft.} 32. Rc8+ Kf7 33. g4
$2 {This mistake abruptly terminates any possible resistance.} ({Necessary was
} 33. Qf1+ $8 Qf5 34. Rc4 $1 (34. Qxf5+ exf5 35. Kf1 Rd2 $19) {although Black
should win after} 34... Qxf1+ 35. Kxf1 Rd2 $17) 33... Qe4 $19 34. Rc4 Qd5 {
[%cal Rd3d2] Black's K is now absolutely safe and Rd2 will decide the issue.}
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hermansson, Emil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Stockholm Rockaden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SWE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. Bh3 O-O 13. Qh4 Rc7 14. Rfd1 Re8 15.
g4 Qa8 16. Nd2 e6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Nde4 d5 19. Nd6 dxc4 20. Nxe8 Qxe8 21. Ne4 Qa8
22. Nc3 Qe8 23. Ne4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 c3 25. Bg2 b5 26. Rd6 Qc8 27. Qa8 Qxa8 28.
Bxa8 Be5 29. Rxa6 Nf4 30. Kf1 Nd5 31. Bxd5 exd5 32. Ra8+ Kg7 33. f4 d4 34. fxe5
dxe3 35. Ra5 Nxe5 36. Rxb5 Ng4 37. Rb4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kveinys, Aloyzas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2533"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Vilnius"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "LTU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Bd2
Bd7 9. Rc1 e5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 c5 12. dxc6 bxc6 13. c5 d5 14. Nxe5 Nxe4 15.
Nxd7 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Qxd7 17. Bf4 Rb5 18. Bd6 Rd8 19. Re1 Nc8 20. c4 dxc4 21.
Rxc4 Bf8 22. Qc2 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novoborsky"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 f6 10. Nbd2 Nc5 11. Nc4 Rf7 12. Ne3 a5 13. a4 Ne6 14. Kh1 c5 15.
Ng1 b6 16. Ne2 Bd6 17. Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Saransk"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. Nc3 Nh6 8. a3
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. Be3 f5 11. Bxh6 Bxh6 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Qe2 Bf4 14. d4 Qd7
15. Rfe1 cxd4 16. Qc4+ Rf7 17. Ne2 b5 18. Qxd4 Bd6 19. Ne5 c5 20. Qd5 Bxe5 21.
Qxe5 Qd6 22. Qe3 Rd8 23. Nc3 Bxc2 24. Rac1 Bd3 25. Rcd1 Qd4 26. Nxb5 Qxb2 27.
Qxc5 Rf5 28. Qxe7 Rdf8 29. Rxd3 Qxf2+ 30. Kh1 Rxb5 31. Rd7 Rf7 32. Qe8+ Rf8 33.
Qe6+ Rf7 34. Rc1 Rbf5 35. Rxf7 Rxf7 36. Qe5 Qf6 37. Qxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.21"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Erevan MIKA"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7
8. Rb1 Bc6 9. e4 e6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. Ng5 Ke8 12. f3 h6 13. Nh3 b6 14. d4 Ba4
15. Nf4 c5 16. Bd2 Ke7 17. d5 g5 18. Nh5 Be5 19. g3 exd5 20. exd5 Bc2 21. Rc1
Bg6 22. f4 Bxh5 23. fxe5 Nd7 24. d6+ Ke6 25. Bh3+ g4 26. Bg2 Rad8 27. O-O Nxe5
28. c4 Rxd6 29. Bc3 f6 30. Bd5+ Kd7 31. Rxf6 Rxf6 32. Bxe5 Rhf8 33. Rd1 Kc8 34.
Bxf6 Rxf6 35. Rf1 Rxf1+ 36. Kxf1 Kd7 37. Ke2 Kd6 38. Bb7 b5 39. cxb5 Bf7 40. a3
Bc4+ 41. Kd2 Bxb5 42. Kc3 Bc6 43. Bc8 Bd7 44. Bb7 Be6 45. Be4 Ke5 46. Bc6 c4
47. Bb7 h5 48. Bc6 Bf7 49. Bg2 Bd5 50. Bf1 Ke4 51. Bg2+ Ke5 52. Bf1 a6 53. a4
a5 54. Bxc4 Bc6 55. Bf7 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kiev Kievchess"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. Bd3 c6 18. c4 Nc5 19. Bf1 bxc4 20. bxc4 a5 21. Bg5 h6 22.
Bd2 Ba6 23. Rb1 h5 24. Bg5 Qc7 25. Nd2 a4 26. Qf3 Nh7 27. Be3 Qa5 28. Red1 Bf6
29. a3 Rb8 30. dxc6 Kg7 31. Rb5 Qc7 32. Bxc5 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Ng5 34. Qc3 h4 35.
Ne2 Qd6 36. Rd5 Qxc6 37. Qc2 Ne6 38. Nc3 Nd4 39. Qxa4 Qxa4 40. Nxa4 Bb7 41. c5
Bc6 42. Nb6 Be7 43. Rxe5 f6 44. Rxe7+ Rxe7 45. Rc1 Ra7 46. a4 Ne6 47. Bb5 Bxb5
48. axb5 Nxc5 49. Rxc5 Rxb6 50. Nf3 Ra1+ 51. Kh2 Rf1 52. e5 Rxf2 53. exf6+ Rxf6
54. Nxh4 Rb2 55. Kg3 Rb6 56. Nf3 R2xb5 57. Rxb5 Rxb5 58. Kf4 Kf6 59. g4 Rb4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 24th"]
[Site "Kallithea"]
[Date "2008.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 a6 8. h3
Qc7 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Be3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. O-O-O Rc8 14. Kb1 Be7
15. f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 O-O 17. e5 dxe5 18. Qxe5 Qb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21.
Ne2 Bc8 22. Ng3 Bc5 23. Bf4 Re7 24. a3 Rfe8 25. Rhf1 Re6 26. Bd2 Bd6 27. Nf5
Be5 28. Bb4 Bd7 29. c4 Ba4 30. Rd3 Bc6 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Re1 Kh7 33. Kc2 Bc7
34. Rxe6 Rxe6 35. Nd4 Re4 36. b3 a5 37. Bd2 c5 38. Nb5 Bf4 39. Bxa5 Re2+ 40.
Kb1 Ne4 41. a4 Rh2 42. Bc3 Rh1+ 43. Kc2 Rh2+ 44. Kb1 Rh1+ 45. Kc2 Rh2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. a3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 b6 8.
Qf4 Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. Bh6 Ne8 13. Be3 Rc8 14. O-O Nf6
15. Rfd1 Qc7 16. Bh6 Ne8 17. Bf4 Qc5 18. Nb5 a6 19. b4 Qh5 20. Nxd6 Bh4 21. Qh3
Nxd6 22. Bxd6 Rfd8 23. c5 bxc5 24. bxc5 g6 25. g3 Bf6 26. Qxh5 gxh5 27. Rab1
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Ba3 Nh5 18. Bf1 Nf4 19. Rad1 Ne6 20. Bb2 Bg7 21. b4 bxa4 22.
dxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Nc4 c5 25. Qxa4 Bc6 26. Qa2 Bf8 27. Ne3 cxb4 28.
Nd5 Bxd5 29. exd5 Nf4 30. cxb4 Bxb4 31. Rc1 Qd6 32. Rc6 Qxd5 33. Qxd5 Nxd5 34.
Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Bxe5 a5 36. Bc4 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B76"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 Nc6 8. Qd2
O-O 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Bh6+ 14. Be3
Bxe3+ 15. Qxe3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. a3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch playoff"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2008.10.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2008.10.28"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 127"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Den notwendig gewordenen Dreier-Stichkampf der Russischen Meisterschaft
beherrschte Dmitrij Jakovenko zunächst recht sicher. Doch in der letzten
Partie, als er nur ein Remis zur Erringung des Titels benötigte, agierte er zu
passiv. Peter Svidler gewann die Partie und wurde damit bereits zum fünften
Mal Russischer Meister.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6.
d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 {Bisher ging der
Läufer hier stets nach c2, doch Svidler hat aggressivere Absichten.
Tatsächlich wird sein weißfeldriger Läufer in dieser Partie zum entscheidenden
Faktor.} c5 12. Re1 h6 $2 {Für diesen rein passiven Zug gibt es überhaupt
keine Notwendigkeit.} 13. Nh4 $1 Kh7 $6 {Da der König drei Züge später wieder
wegzieht, wird der Zug wohl schwach sein.} ({In Frage kommt} 13... Re8) 14. Nf5
Bxf5 15. exf5 Nc6 {Schwarz ist nun zu ...d5 bereit, um die Diagonale des La2
zu schließen, aber dazu wird es nicht mehr kommen.} 16. g4 $1 Kg8 (16... d5 17.
h4 $1) 17. h4 Nh7 $2 {Danach ist Schwarz so gut wie chancenlos.} ({Viel
schwieriger ist die Aufgabe des Weißen nach} 17... d5 18. g5 hxg5 19. hxg5 Nh7
{, von mehreren möglichen Zügen gefällt dann} 20. Nf3 $1 {am besten.}) 18. Bd5
$1 Rc8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qf3 Nb8 21. g5 $1 hxg5 22. Ne4 $1 Nd7 ({Etwas besser
sieht} 22... Nf6 {aus, doch nach} 23. Nxf6+ Bxf6 24. Kh1 $1 {nebst Öffnung der
g-Linie sollte Weiß auch gewinnen.}) 23. hxg5 Nxg5 (23... Nb6 24. Bxf7+ $1 Rxf7
25. g6 $18) 24. Bxg5 Bxg5 25. Ra6 Qe7 26. Ra7 Rfd8 27. Qh5 Bh6 28. Kh1 {
Schwarz ist völlig hilflos gegen die Verstärkung des weißen Angriffs.} Kh8 29.
Rg1 Nf6 30. Nxf6 Qxa7 31. Ng4 Kh7 32. Nxh6 gxh6 33. f6 Rg8 34. Be4+ Rg6 35.
Rxg6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Ngf3 Nb4 8.
O-O Nxd3 9. cxd3 Bxc5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qb6 13. Rac1 dxe4 14. dxe4
Bd7 15. Rfd1 Bb5 16. Qc2 Bc6 17. e5 Nd5 18. Nfd4 O-O 19. Qc5 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bd2 Rc8 12. Nc3 Nb6 13. Bd3 Nb4 14. exd6 Bxd6
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Ng5+ Kg6 17. Nce4 Bc6 18. h4 Rh8 19. Nxd6 Qxd6 20. Bxb4 Qxb4
21. Qg4 f5 22. Qg3 Kh6 23. Re1 Be4 24. Nxe4 fxe4 25. Rxe4 Qe7 26. Rae1 Rc6 27.
Re5 Qf6 28. Qg4 Qg6 29. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. a5 O-O 10. c3 Rb8 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Nc4 h6 13. Re1 bxc3 14. bxc3 Kh8 15. h3
Qc8 16. Ba3 Nh7 17. Ba4 Bxc4 18. dxc4 Nxa5 19. Nxe5 Nf6 20. Bb4 Qe6 21. Nxf7+
Qxf7 22. Bxa5 Qxc4 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24. cxd4 c5 25. dxc5 dxc5 26. e5 Nd5 27. Rad1
Nf4 28. Rd7 Bh4 29. g3 Nxh3+ 30. Kg2 Nxf2 31. gxh4 Rb2 32. Rd2 Nd3 33. Rxb2
Nxb2 34. Bd7 Nd3 35. Re4 Rf2+ 36. Kg3 Ra2 37. e6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. b4 Nxb4 10. Nxe5 c6 11. Ba3 a5 12. Bb2 Be6 13. a3 N4d5 14. Nxd5 Bxd5
15. e4 Ba2 16. Ra1 Be6 17. Qc2 f6 18. Nf3 Bc4 19. Rfc1 Qd3 20. Bd4 Qxc2 21.
Rxc2 c5 22. Be3 Bb3 23. Rxc5 Nc4 24. Rc7 Bxa3 25. Rxb7 a4 26. Nd4 Rfb8 27. e5
Bb2 28. Bd5+ Kh8 29. exf6 Rxb7 30. Bxb7 Rb8 31. fxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nxb3 Bxa1 33.
Nc5 a3 34. Bd5 Nxe3 35. fxe3 Rb5 36. d4 Bc3 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kf3 a2 39. Bxa2
Rxa2 40. h4 Ra3 41. Ke4 Bd2 42. Nd3 Kf6 43. g4 Kg7 44. g5 Kf7 45. Ne5+ Kg7 46.
Nc4 Ra2 47. Kd5 Be1 48. h5 Rg2 49. h6+ Kf8 50. e4 Rxg5+ 51. e5 Bf2 52. Ke4 Rg4+
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
Qe2 a6 9. b3 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a4 b4 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. O-O-O O-O
15. Nfe5 Nd5 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Na5 Rfe8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Be4 Rad8 20. Qh5 h6
21. Rd3 Bd6 22. Rhd1 Qc7 23. Bxd5 exd5 24. Rxd5 Rc8 25. Qf5 Re2 26. Kb1 Qxc2+
27. Qxc2 Rcxc2 28. Bd4 Be7 29. Rc1 Rcd2 30. Re5 Rxe5 31. Bxe5 Rxf2 32. Rc8+ Kh7
33. Rc2 Rf1+ 34. Rc1 Rf5 35. Bd4 Rd5 36. Rc4 g5 37. Kc2 Kg6 38. Rc6+ Rd6 39.
Rc4 f5 40. Rxb4 Rc6+ 41. Rc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaganian, Rafael A"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. d5 Nc5 10. Nd2 a5 11. b3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Bh6 13. Bf1 Nh5 14. a3 Nf4 15. Nf3
f5 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. exf5 Rxf5 18. Nd5 Qf8 19. Bxf4 Bxf4 20. b4 axb4 21. axb4
Ne6 22. b5 Be8 23. Bd3 Rf7 24. Be4 Nc5 25. Nb6 Nxe4 26. Nxa8 Nc3 27. Qb3 Nxb1
28. Rxb1 e4 29. Nd4 Qh6 30. g3 e3 31. f3 Be5 32. Qd3 Qg5 33. Ne2 Rxf3 34. Qd5+
Rf7 35. Nc7 Qf5 36. Nf4 Qxb1+ 37. Kg2 Bxf4 38. Nxe8 Qf5 39. gxf4 e2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2640"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Bf4 Be6 9. Qa3 O-O 10. e4 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bc8 12. Rd1 N8d7 13. Nf3 Nf6 14. h3 c6
15. Be2 Be6 16. b3 Nh5 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxe7 Qc7 19. Bd6 Qd7 20. Bxf8 Bxf8 21.
Qc1 Qc7 22. O-O Nf4 23. Rfe1 Re8 24. Bf1 g5 25. Ne2 Ng6 26. d5 Bc8 27. dxc6
bxc6 28. Ned4 c5 29. Nf5 Bb7 30. Qc2 Nd7 31. Bb5 Rd8 32. Bxd7 Rxd7 33. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. Qa4+ c6 8.
Qxc4 Qa5 9. Nf3 Be6 10. Qd3 Bg7 11. e3 Nd7 12. Be2 Nc5 13. Qc2 Bf5 14. Qb2 Na4
15. Qb4 Nxc3 16. Bc4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 Qb6 6. Qd2 Qxb2 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Nge2 e6 10. h4 h5 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bg5 a6 13. Nxd5 Qxd2 14. Nc7+ Kf8 15.
Bxd2 Rb8 16. Bb4+ Ne7 17. Bd6 b5 18. f4 Rb7 19. f5 exf5 20. exf5 Kg8 21. Bxe7
Rxc7 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Bxg6 Rh6 24. Bf7+ Kh7 25. Bg5 Nf6 26. Bb3 Re7 27. Nf4
Ng4 28. c3 c5 29. dxc5 Bxc3 30. Rbd1 Re5 31. Rd6 Kg7 32. Nxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. h3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 13. d4 bxc3 14. bxc3 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb3 a5 18. Bc4 Bd7 19. Qe2 Nh5 20. Nb3 Bf6 21. Be3 Nf4
22. Qd2 Re8 23. Rfc1 g6 24. Bf1 Bg7 25. Ra3 Qf6 26. Nxa5 Nxh3+ 27. gxh3 Qxf3
28. Bg2 Qh5 29. Qd1 Qh4 30. Bd2 Bh6 31. Bxh6 Qxh6 32. Nc6 Rb7 33. Rb3 Reb8 34.
Rcb1 Bxc6 35. dxc6 Rb6 36. c7 Rc8 37. Rxb4 Rxb4 38. Rxb4 Rxc7 39. Rb1 Kg7 40.
Qxd6 Rc1+ 41. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 42. Bf1 Qg5+ 43. Kh1 Qf4 44. Qd3 Qxf2 45. a5 Qa2 46.
a6 h5 47. Qe2 Qa4 48. Qc4 Qa1 49. Kg2 f6 50. Kf3 Kh6 51. Ke3 Qa3+ 52. Kd2 Qb2+
53. Qc2 Qb4+ 54. Kd1 Qd4+ 55. Qd2+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bd2 h6 10. h3 Bc5 11. Be3 d6 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Na5 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15.
Ba2 Nc6 16. c3 Rab8 17. Qd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rfd8 19. Rab1 Ne7 20. d4 Bb6 21. a5
Bxa5 22. dxe5 Qg6 23. exd6 cxd6 24. Ba7 Bxe4 25. Nh4 Rxb1 26. Nxg6 Rxf1+ 27.
Kxf1 Bxg6 28. Qe2 Nf5 29. Qxa6 Bxc3 30. g3 Be5 31. h4 h5 32. Bd5 Nh6 33. Bb6
Rf8 34. Bc7 Ng4 35. Bxd6 Bxd6 36. Qxd6 Nf6 37. Bf3 Re8 38. Qc6 Be4 39. Bxe4
Rxe4 40. f3 Re6 41. Qc8+ Kh7 42. Qc2+ g6 43. Qc4 Kg7 44. Qd4 Kg8 45. Qd8+ Kg7
46. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. d3 Rb8 10. Rb1 a6 11. Bd2 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. b4 cxb4 14. Na2 Bd7 15.
Nxb4 Nxb4 16. Bxb4 Qb6 17. Qd2 Bxb4 18. Qxb4 Rfc8 19. Nd2 Qc5 20. Nb3 Qxb4 21.
axb4 Bc6 22. Rfc1 Bxg2 23. Rxc8+ Rxc8 24. Kxg2 e5 25. Kf1 Nd5 26. Nd2 f5 27. e4
Rc2 28. exd5 Rxd2 29. Rb3 g6 30. Ke1 Ra2 31. Rc3 Ra4 32. Rc6 Rxb4 33. Rxd6 Rd4
34. Ke2 b4 35. Ke3 b3 36. Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O Bb6 7. Bb3 Ne7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Ng6 10. Nbd2 c6 11. Nf1 Re8 12. Ng3 h6 13. Be3 Bc7 14. d4 exd4 15.
Bxd4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 dxe5 17. Be3 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 3th"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2008.11.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rublevsky, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2008.11.08"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2009"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2008.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nge7 5. c3 d5 6. Qe2 e5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8. Bg2
Bf5 9. Nh4 Qxd3 10. Nxf5 Qxe2+ 11. Kxe2 Nxf5 12. Rd1 Rd8 13. Rxd8+ Kxd8 14. Na3
Kc7 15. Nb5+ Kb6 16. a4 a6 17. Na3 Nd6 18. Be3 Nf5 19. Nc4+ Kc7 20. Bxc6 bxc6
21. Nxe5 f6 22. Nf7 Rg8 23. Bf4+ Kc8 24. g4 Nh4 25. Rd1 Be7 26. Nd6+ Bxd6 27.
Rxd6 Re8+ 28. Kd3 c4+ 29. Kxc4 Re4+ 30. Rd4 Re2 31. Bg3 Nf3 32. Rd6 Rxb2 33.
Rxc6+ Kb7 34. Rc7+ Kb6 35. Rxg7 Ra2 36. Kb3 Re2 37. Rxh7 Re4 38. Rf7 Re6 39. h4
Nd2+ 40. Kc2 Ne4 41. h5 Rc6 42. Kd3 Ng5 43. Rd7 Ka5 44. Rd6 Rc8 45. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kortschnoj, Viktor Lvovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Switzerland"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2
cxd4 9. Nexd4 Nc5 10. Nb3 b6 11. Be2 Nxb3 12. axb3 Bc5 13. Qd2 d4 14. Bf2 Bb7
15. O-O O-O 16. Rac1 f6 17. Bc4 Kh8 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Ng5 Rae8 20. Qd3 Qh6 21.
Rce1 e5 22. c3 Nd8 23. cxd4 e4 24. Qe3 Bb4 25. Rc1 b5 26. Be2 Bd6 27. Bg3 Nc6
28. f5 Bxg3 29. hxg3 Nxd4 30. Qxd4 Qxg5 31. Rc7 Rd8 32. Qe5 Bd5 33. b4 Qf6 34.
Qxf6 Rxf6 35. g4 Rc6 36. Rxc6 Bxc6 37. Rc1 Rd6 38. g5 h6 39. g6 Kg8 40. Kf2 Kf8
41. Ke3 Ke7 42. g4 Kf6 43. Kf4 e3 44. Kxe3 Kg5 45. Rd1 Rf6 46. Rd8 h5 47. gxh5
Kxf5 48. Bd1 Kg5 49. Kd4 Bf3 50. Bxf3 Rxf3 51. Rd5+ Kh6 52. Kc5 Rf2 53. Rd6
Rc2+ 54. Kb6 Rxb2 55. Kxa6 Rxb4 56. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Cuba"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CUB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Re1 bxc3 13. bxc3 Re8 14. Nf1 h6 15.
Ne3 Be6 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Qxd5 18. d4 exd4 19. Be4 Qc4 20. cxd4 Bd5 21.
Nd2 Qxd4 22. Bb2 Qxb2 23. Bxd5 Bb4 24. Rf1 Rad8 25. Bxc6 Re6 26. Qf3 Rxd2 27.
Rad1 Bc5 28. Rxd2 Qxd2 29. Be4 Rf6 30. Qb3 Bxf2+ 31. Kh1 g6 32. Rd1 Qf4 33. Bf3
h5 34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. h3 Bd4 36. Qd1 Be5 37. Kg1 Rb6 38. Rd2 c5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 {
One of the recent topics of chess fashion against the Gruenfeld Defence. The
defence of the c4-pawn will cost Black time and his pieces may end up on less
than perfect squares.} Be6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. e4
h6 (12... Bc6 13. d5 Bb5 14. a4 Ba6 15. Qd2 (15. Rc1 h6 16. Nh3 b5 17. axb5
Bxb5 18. f4 Nd7 19. Qe1 Nb6 20. f5 {1-0 Langeweg,K (2390)-Roos,D (2350)/Metz
1987 (37)}) (15. Qc2 Qa5 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. f4 h6 18. Nf3 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. e5
Rxf4 21. Qxg6 Nf8 22. Qg3 {1-0 Ivanisevic,I (2542)-Popovic,P (2508)/Herceg
Novi 2005 (52)}) 15... e6 16. Nf3 Qd6 17. e5 Qxd5 18. Qe3 Nd7 19. Rfd1 Qc6 20.
Be7 Rfe8 21. Bd6 f6 22. h4 Rad8 23. h5 {1-0 Gligoric,S (2600)-Portisch,L (2630)
/Amsterdam 1971 (41)}) 13. exd5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 cxd4 15. Bxc4 dxc3 (15... b5 16.
Bb3 dxc3 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bxe7 Na6 19. Qf3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 gxf5 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 22.
d6 $16 {1-0 Martinovic,S (2400)-Schneider,V (2238)/Pula 2007 (34)}) 16. Rc1 Qd6
17. Re1 Re8 {Black has to defend against the unpleasant pressure of enemy
pieces, but the compensation for the pain in the form of the passed c3-pawn
could prove to be sufficient.} (17... Be5 18. f4 Qc5+ 19. Kh1 Qxc4 (19... Bd6
20. Qd3 $14) 20. fxe5 $14) 18. Qe2 Kf8 (18... f6 $2 19. Bh4 $16) (18... Bf6 19.
Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Qxe7 Qxe7 22. Rxe7 Rxd5 23. Rxb7 $16) 19. Qf3 Nd7 (
19... Be5 20. Rxe5 $1 Qxe5 21. d6 e6 22. Bh6+ Kg8 23. Qxb7 Qc5 24. Qxa8 Qxc4
25. Qf3 $16) 20. Bf4 Qc5 {This modest and good queen move is probably weaker
than the troubling 20...Qb4.} (20... Be5 21. Bxe5 Nxe5 22. Qxc3 $14) (20... Qb4
$1 21. Bd3 Kg8 22. Rb1 Qd4 23. Rxb7 Nc5 24. Be3 Qxd3 25. Bxc5 Qxf3 26. gxf3
Rad8 $17) 21. Bb3 Kg8 (21... b5 22. Re6 Bf6 23. Rc6 Qb4 24. d6 Kg7 25. h4 $36)
22. g4 {Harikrishna deserves credit for his fighting spirit. White's agressive
move aspires for more than the forced opening of the position with the help of
the d5-d6 advance.} (22. d6 exd6 23. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 24. Rxe1 Qxd6 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26.
Rd1 $1 (26. Re7 Qf6 27. Rxd7 Qxf7 28. Rxf7 Rc8 $17) 26... Ne5 (26... Bd4 27.
Rd3 Bxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Qxd3 29. Qh4+ Kg7 30. Qe7+ $11) 27. Qxg7+ Kxg7 28. Rxd6 Re8
29. h4 Re7 30. Bc2 $11) 22... Nb6 (22... Bd4 23. Be3 Rac8 24. d6 e6 25. Qxb7
Qxd6 26. Red1 e5 27. Qxa7 $11) 23. d6 $1 e6 (23... exd6 $2 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25.
Bxd6+ $18) 24. Qxb7 Red8 $2 {[%mdl 8192] Due to the preparation Svidler
probably had great confidence in the defensive capabilities of his position.
The rook has stopped defending the sensitive square e6 and White will
immediately benefit with the help of a painful blow.} (24... g5 25. Bg3 Rad8
26. Qc7 Qb5 27. Qb7 Qc5 $11) 25. Rxe6 $1 Rab8 (25... fxe6 26. Bxe6+ Kh8 27. Qf3
Bd4 28. Qh3+ Kg7 29. Qh6+ Kf6 30. Bf5 $1 Bxf2+ 31. Kg2 Rg8 32. Qg5+ $18) 26.
Qf3 Nc4 (26... Nd7 27. Rxg6 Rxb3 28. Rg5 $18) 27. Re7 {The black defence has
collapsed with the opening of the a2-g8 diagonal. All the white pieces will be
realising their potential to the maximum.} (27. Re7 Rbc8 28. Bh6 Rf8 29. Bxg7
Kxg7 30. Qxc3+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. h3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qe7 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Bc2 Ne8 14. Ng5 Bd7 15.
Nf5 Qf6 16. h4 Nd6 17. Ne3 Ne7 18. Bd2 Bb5 19. Qh5 h6 20. Nf3 Qg6 21. Qxg6 Nxg6
22. Nd5 Rad8 23. h5 Nf4 24. Nxf4 exf4 25. Bxf4 Rfe8 26. Nd2 Nxe4 27. Nxe4 Ba4
28. b3 Bc6 29. Rd1 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Bxe4 31. Bxe4 Rxe4 32. Bg3 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4 15.
Bb1 a5 16. a3 Na6 17. b4 Bd7 18. Qb3 axb4 19. axb4 Qb7 20. Bd3 Rfc8 21. Nf1 Bd8
22. Ng3 Bb6 23. Bg5 Ne8 24. Ne2 Nac7 25. Nc3 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Ra8 27. Rxa8 Qxa8
28. Ne1 f6 29. Bc1 g6 30. Qc2 Ng7 31. Qe2 Bd4 32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33. Bxb5 Qb8 34.
Bd7 Qxb4 35. Kh2 Qb6 36. Nd3 Kf7 37. Bh6 Nh5 38. g3 Qb1 39. Kg2 Ng7 40. Qf3 Qb8
41. Qg4 Kg8 42. h4 Qd8 43. h5 Nxh5 44. Nb4 Ng7 45. Nc6 Qf8 46. Nxd4 exd4 47.
Bc6 f5 48. exf5 Qxf5 49. Qxd4 Nce8 50. Qe3 Nf6 51. Bf4 Ng4 52. Qe2 Qh5 53. Qe7
Nf5 54. Qe8+ Kg7 55. Qd7+ Kf6 56. Qd8+ Kg7 57. Qd7+ Kf6 58. Qd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. Qe2 Bc6 7. Be4 Bxe4 8. Qxe4
Nc6 9. O-O Nge7 10. c4 h6 11. d3 g5 12. h4 Bg7 13. h5 Nc8 14. b4 Nxb4 15. Ba3
Qc7 16. Bxb4 cxb4 17. a3 Ne7 18. axb4 Nc6 19. Na3 O-O 20. Nb5 Qe7 21. Nbxd4
Nxb4 22. Nb5 Nc6 23. Rab1 a6 24. Nbd4 Nb4 25. Rb3 Rad8 26. Ra1 Qc5 27. Rab1 a5
28. Nb5 f5 29. exf6 Rxf6 30. Nbd4 Rf4 31. Nxe6 Rxe4 32. Nxc5 Re7 33. Re1 Rxe1+
34. Nxe1 Bf8 35. Na4 g4 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. g3 Bg7 38. Nc5 b6 39. Ne4 Bf8 40. Ke2
Re8 41. Kd2 Re5 42. Nc2 Rxh5 43. d4 b5 44. c5 Rd5 45. Nxb4 Rxd4+ 46. Nd3 Rxe4
47. Rxb5 a4 48. Rb8 h5 49. Ra8 Bh6+ 50. Kd1 Bg7 51. Ra7+ Kg6 52. c6 Rc4 53.
Nf4+ Kh6 54. Ra5 Bd4 55. c7 Rxc7 56. Rxh5+ Kg7 57. Ne6+ Kg6 58. Rd5 a3 59. Rxd4
Ra7 60. Rxg4+ Kf5 61. Rg7 Ra4 62. Nc5 a2 63. Nb3 Rb4 64. Ra7 Rxb3 65. Rxa2 Kg4
66. Ra4+ Kf3 67. Rf4+ Kg2 68. Ke2 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 Be6 12. Bxa6 Ra8 13. Bb5 Nxa5 14. cxb4 Nb3 15.
Rxa8 Qxa8 16. Nc3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Ne2 Qxe4 19. d3 Qh4 20. Bf4 Nd5 21. Bg3
Qf6 22. Qa4 Rb8 23. Bc4 Nxb4 24. Qa7 Nc6 25. Qxc7 Rc8 26. Qb7 Na5 27. Qe4 Nxc4
28. dxc4 Rxc4 29. b3 d5 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Bxe5 Rb4 32. Nxd4 Bc5 33. Nxe6 fxe6
34. Rb1 Re4 35. Bg3 Re2 36. Kf1 Rc2 37. b4 Bb6 38. Rb3 g5 39. Rf3 Bd4 40. Bd6
h5 41. h3 Kg7 42. g4 hxg4 43. hxg4 Kg6 44. Be7 Rc7 45. Bd6 Rc1+ 46. Kg2 Rc2 47.
Kf1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pavasovic, Dusko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Slovenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SLO"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Be3 exd4 13. cxd4 Ne7 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15.
Re1 Bb7 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. d5 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 c6 19. dxc6 Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxc6 21. Qc2
Bb7 22. Qc3 d5 23. e5 Ne4 24. Qb4 Qe7 25. Qxe7 Nxe7 26. Nxe4 dxe4 27. Ng5 Bd5
28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxe4 h6 30. Nf3 Rc8 31. e6 fxe6 32. Rxe6 Nb4 33. Nd4 Rc1+ 34.
Kh2 Rd1 35. Nf5 Rd2 36. Re7 Rxf2 37. Rxg7+ Kf8 38. Rg4 Rxb2 39. Nxh6 Nd3 40. h4
b4 41. h5 Ra2 42. Rg8+ Ke7 43. Nf5+ Kf7 44. Rg7+ Kf6 45. h6 Nf2 46. Rg8 Kxf5
47. h7 Ra1 48. h8=Q Rh1+ 49. Kg3 Rxh8 50. Rxh8 Nd3 51. Rh6 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-38"]
[Site "Dresden"]
[Date "2008.11.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
Nc6 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Qa5 14. Qb3 Qb4
15. Rfc1 a6 16. h3 Rac8 17. g4 Be4 18. Qd1 Rfd8 19. a3 Qa5 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. Rc5
Qb6 22. Rb1 Qa7 23. Rbc1 e6 24. Bf3 Qa8 25. Bg5 f6 26. Bh4 g5 27. Bg3 Ne7 28.
e4 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Bc6 30. Qb3 Rxd4 31. Qxe6+ Kh8 32. Nb3 Rd3 33. Be2 Rxg3+ 34.
fxg3 Qd8 35. Kh2 Ng6 36. Rxc6 bxc6 37. Bxa6 Bf8 38. Qxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 {In this opening variation, Black is allowed to
win space on the queenside with gain of time, but the slightly over-extended
character of his position leaves him a bit hanging. Apart from the e5-square,
he has to care about the newly weakened b5-square.} Qb7 ({The main alternative
is to place the queen on b8 , keeping the e5-pawn over-defended. However, after
} 17... Qb8 {, the queen disturbs the coordination of rooks. Apart from that,
Svidler intends to introduce a new plan, based on giving up the tension with ..
.exd4, when the queen is better placed on b7, because it keeps the e4-pawn
under pressure.}) ({A more consistent form of achieving the mentioned
regrouping is} 17... Rac8 {followed by ...Qb8, as in the game Leko,P (2747)
-Akopian,V (2679)/Elista 2008/CBM 128 [Marin] (1/2, 28)}) 18. Nf1 h6 {This
move is almost invariably played in this line, but usually at a slightly later
stage. Black needs to activate or simply regroup his dark-squared bishop, with
either ...Bf8 or ...Bd8-b6, both leaving the f6-knight vulnerable to an
eventual Bg5. The gneral view seems to be that it is better to make the useful
piece moves first and only then weaken the king's position with ...h6. Svidler
seems to have thought that, since ...h6 is unavoidable anyway, he should
refrain from any other kind of commitment until White defines his plans.} (
18... Rfe8 19. Ng3 Bd8 20. Qe2 h6 {leaves Black under pressure in the centre
and on the queenside.} 21. Bd3 $5 {Karjakin,S (2732)-Inarkiev,E (2684)/Baku
2008/CBM 124/[Karjakin,S] (1-0, 43)} (21. Red1 $5 {had been previously played})
) 19. Ng3 Rfe8 20. Qd2 {A logical move, taking the h6-pawn under control.
Black has to permanently count with a sacrificial attack.} ({Now,} 20. Qe2 {
seems less adequate because of} exd4 {The same idea as in our main game.} ({
In the only game where this position has been reached, Black transposed above
with} 20... Bd8 {Al Sayed,M (2486)-Rimawi,B (2317)/Doha 2006/CBM 115 ext (1-0,
40)}) 21. Nxd4 Ne5 22. Bb1 Bf8 $132 {and the queen is slightly vulnerable on
e2.}) (20. d5 {is premature, because Black has not committed his bishop yet.}
Nb4 21. Bb1 Na6 22. Nh2 Rac8 23. Qf3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rc8 25. Qd1 Nh7 26. Nf3 Bd8
$1 {This manoeuvre would have lost much more time if Black had previously
played ...Bf8.} 27. Rxc8 Qxc8 28. Qc1 Qb8 29. Qd2 Bb6 $11 {Domingos,C (2240)
-El Taher,F (2482)/Lusaka 2005/EXT 2006 (0-1, 60)}) 20... exd4 $5 $146 ({
In the first recorded game where ...h6 had been played on the 18th move, Black
carelessly played} 20... Bd8 $2 {allowing} 21. Bxh6 $1 {with a decisive attack.
} gxh6 ({In the game, he shied away with} 21... Nh7 {but could not save
himself after} 22. Nh5 $16 {1-0 Beliavsky,A (2570)-Lerner,K (2525)/Moscow 1983/
URS-ch (65)}) 22. Qxh6 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gg3h5,Gh6h7,Gh7f7]} Bc8 {[%csl Gf7]} (22...
Nxd4 $2 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. e5 dxe5 25. Nh5 $18) 23. Bd3 {[%csl Rf7][%cal Gc1c6,
Gg3h5]} (23. Ng5 $5 Nxd4 24. Red1 $40 {[%cal Gd1d4,Ye5d4,Ge4e5,Rc2h7,Gg3h5]})
23... Ra6 {[%csl Gc6,Rc8]} 24. d5 Nb4 25. Rxc8 $1 Qxc8 26. Ng5 Ra7 27. Nf5 $18)
(20... Bf8 {retreats with the bishop far from the queenside, when} 21. d5 {
is entirely justified already} Na5 22. Bd3 {McShane,L (2592)-Bruzon Bautista,L
(2610)/Esbjerg 2003/CBM 096/[Wedberg] (1-0, 39)}) 21. Bxh6 $1 {The most
consequent answer.} ({Most of the commentators criticized this move and
recommended the simple} 21. Nxd4 {. Indeed, the engines are rather sceptical
about Black's position, but I believe that in such cases we should trust the
feeling of the two opponents.} Bf8 $5 (21... d5 22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bxh6 gxh6 24.
Qxh6 dxe4 25. Nf5 $18) (21... Bd8 22. Ndf5 Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Ba5 24. Qxd6 Bxe1 25.
Rxe1 {[%cal Gf5h6]} Rad8 $6 26. Qg3 $18) 22. Ndf5 (22. Nxc6 Bxc6 23. Bd4 Nd7
24. Qf4 Ne5 $132) 22... Bxf5 23. Nxf5 Rad8 $13 {[%csl Re4][%cal Gc6e5,Ge5g6,
Ge5c4] Black is harmoniously regrouped, while the c2-bishop has problems
finding an active diagonal.}) 21... Ne5 $1 {The correct reaction. Black keeps
the c2-h7 diagonal blocked.} (21... gxh6 $2 22. Qxh6 Ne5 23. Ng5 {/\f4, e5} Bf8
24. Qxf6 Bg7 25. Qf4 $16) 22. Bg5 $2 {I have the distinct feeling that
something from the good old '50s and '60s has been irremediably lost.} ({
In those (chesswise) happy days, when the rating system had not been invented
and there was no fear that Fritz would later refute a sacrificial attack, most
of the Soviet masters would have played} 22. Bxg7 {without hesitation. This
consequent move would not have led to a forced win, but would have been the
only way to question the viability of Svidler's novelty, keeping Black under
long-term pressure.} Kxg7 ({Unblocking the e4-pawn with the intermediate} 22...
Nxf3+ $2 {would have fatal consequences after} 23. gxf3 Kxg7 24. Qg5+ Kf8 25.
Qh6+ Kg8 26. e5 dxe5 27. Nh5 $18) 23. Nxd4 Rg8 24. f4 (24. Ndf5+ Bxf5 25. Nxf5+
{is also possible, but after} Kh8 {White has to spend a tempo on} 26. Kh1 {
in order to prevent ...Nf3+. In any case, the king's retreat would be an
useful move for later, if White plans to advance his f-pawn.} Bf8 27. f4 Nc4
28. Qd4 Rg6 29. b3 axb3 30. axb3 Na3 31. Bd3 Qa7 32. Qb2 $44) 24... Nc4 25. Qf2
Kh8 26. Ngf5 $40) 22... Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bxh3 $13 {The position has become messy.
White has more space, but his king is unsafe. In any case, we cannot speak
about a refutation of Svidler's idea.} 24. Qxd4 Nh7 25. Bxe7 (25. Nh5 {leads
nowhere after} Bf8) 25... Qxe7 26. f4 Qh4 {[%cal Ge8e6,Ge6h6,Yh7f8,Yf8e6]
Starting with this move, Svidler builds up a slow, but very consistent attack.}
27. Bd3 Re6 28. e5 {Ivanchuk's attempt to get some activity in the centre will
leave his pieces hanging, without preventing Black's attack.} Rd8 29. Rcd1 Rh6
30. Bxb5 {White feels like "getting something" in exchange for all the
miseries he has to endure, but at the end of the game the hanging position of
this bishop should have cost him dearly.} Bg4 31. Rd3 $6 {After this move,
Black's attack will be hardly stoppable.} ({Maybe he should have sacrificed
the exchange with} 31. Bc6 $5 {, bringing the bishop back home, but maybe
Black could just have ignored the present with} Nf8 $5) 31... Nf8 32. exd6 (32.
Bc4 {[%csl Ge6]} Bf5 33. Rdd1 Ng6 $1 {It appears that the knight has another
route to f4.} 34. exd6 Nxf4 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Nxf5+ Kf6 37. Nxh4 Rg8+ 38. Kf1
Rxh4 39. Bd5 Nxd5 40. Rxd5 Rh1+ 41. Ke2 Re8+ 42. Kd2 Rexe1 $19 {and the d-pawn
is too slow.}) (32. Bc6 Ne6 33. Qe3 dxe5 34. Rxd8+ Nxd8 {[%csl Gc6]} 35. Bg2
Bc8 $5 $40 {[%cal Gh4h2,Gc8a6]}) 32... Ne6 33. Qe5 (33. Qe3 Bf5 $19 {[%cal
Ge6f4]}) (33. Qb4 Qh2+ 34. Kf1 Rf6 35. Re4 Ng5 $1 36. Red4 Nh3 $19) 33... Qh2+
34. Kf1 Qh3+ ({Now and two moves later, Svidler misses the simple} 34... Rh5 $1
$19 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gg3h5,Gh2h1]}) 35. Kg1 Qh2+ 36. Kf1 Qh3+ 37. Kg1 Qh2+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. f4
Nc6 9. Be3 e5 {This position has been in the limelight in the past, but Black
was able to prove excellent chances for equality.} 10. Nxc6 (10. Nb3 exf4 11.
Rxf4 Be6) (10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf5) 10... bxc6 11. Kh1 exf4 {Movsesian has no
desire to live in the insecurity regarding the pawn structure. In the Sicilian
Defence Black is often trying to compensate for the weakness of the d6-pawn
with pressure against e4.} (11... Be6 12. Bf3 Bc4 13. Re1 Nd7 14. b3 Ba6 15. f5
Nf6 16. g4 $13 {Kamsky,G-Khalifman,A/Las Vegas FIDE KO /1999/}) 12. Bxf4 Be6
13. Bf3 Qb8 {The novelty does not disturb the logic of the fight; previously
the queen used to be heading to b6.} (13... Qb6 14. b3 Rad8 (14... Rfd8 15. Qe1
Nd7 $2 16. Nd5 $1 cxd5 17. exd5 Bg4 18. Qxe7 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Nf6 20. Be3 Qa5 21.
Rxf6 $1 gxf6 22. Qxf6 Re8 23. Qg5+ Kf8 24. Bd2 {1-0 Kamsky,G (2671)-Svidler,P 
(2743)/Sofia 2006}) 15. Qe1 (15. Qe2 Qa5 16. Nd1 Nd7 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Qe1 Rde8
19. Ne3 Ne5 20. Be2 Ng6 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5 Bh4 23. Qd1 Qe7 24. Ba6 Ne5 25.
Qh5 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 Semenova,I (2240)-Kovalevskaya,E (2460)/Sochi 2006 (59)})
15... Kh8 (15... Rfe8 16. Rd1 Bg4 17. Qe2 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qh5 19. Bxg4 Qxg4 20. Qf2
Rd7 21. Bf4 Nh5 22. Bxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Ng3+ 24. Kg1 Nxf1 25. h3 Rxd6 26. hxg4
$16 {1/2-1/2 Rodriguez Guerrero,E (2440)-Sokolov,A (2589)/Evora 2006 (57)}) 16.
Rd1 Qa5 17. Bd2 Qe5 18. Ne2 d5 19. Bf4 Qb2 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nd4 Bc5 22. Nxe6 fxe6
23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qxe4 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Qxa2 26. h3 {1-0 Xu Yuhua (2502)
-Kovalevskaya,E (2458)/Ekaterinburg 2006 (55) with a better coordination of
White's pieces.}) 14. b3 Qb4 15. Qd2 (15. Ne2 d5 $11) 15... Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rac8
17. Qe3 (17. Qd4 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qa3 $11) 17... d5 $5 {After finishing the
development of pieces, strict chess logic leaves Black with only two options:
1) wait and reshuffle the pieces 2) look for a way to enter the real conflict.}
18. Be5 (18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Be5 Re8 $11) 18... Qa5 (18... dxe4 19.
Nxe4 Nd5 20. Qe2 $14) 19. exd5 (19. Qg5 Kh8 20. Qg3 h6 $11) 19... Nxd5 20. Nxd5
(20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Rd3 $11) 20... cxd5 21. Bh5 $5 {Svidler is in a fighting
mood and immediatelly creates unpleasant threats.} (21. Rf2 h6 22. Re2 Bb4 $11)
21... d4 (21... Rxc2 $2 22. Bxg7 $1 Kxg7 23. Bxf7 $1 d4 (23... Bxf7 24. Qxe7
Rf8 25. Rd4 $18) 24. Qxe6 Qg5 25. Qe4 $16) 22. Qe4 (22. Rxd4 Rxd4 23. Qxd4 f6
24. Bg4 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 Qa6 $1 $19) 22... g6 23. Bf3 Bf5 24. Qf4 Bg5 {Within a
short span of few moves the board is witnessing a real chess drama. Black has
a whole plethora of options at his disposal, it seems that taking the c2-pawn
with a rook was the most promising alternative.} (24... Rxc2 $1 25. Be4 Re2 26.
Bc7 (26. Bxf5 Qxe5 27. Bd3 Qxf4 28. Rxf4 Rxa2 $17) 26... Rxe4 27. Bxa5 Rxf4 28.
Rxf4 Rd5 29. Bc3 Bc5 $11) (24... Bxc2 $2 25. Bb7 Rf8 26. Rc1 g5 27. Qxd4 $16)
25. Qxg5 Qxe5 26. Bg4 (26. c4 $1 Qe3 27. Qf6 Qe6 28. Qxe6 Bxe6 29. Rd2 $14)
26... h6 {Both players are in a fighting mood, otherwise Sergei could satisfy
himself with equality after 26...f6.} (26... f6 27. Rxf5 Qxf5 28. Bxf5 fxg5 29.
Bxc8 Rxc8 30. Rd2 Kf7 31. Kg1 a5 32. Rxd4 Rxc2 33. Ra4 Rc5 $11) 27. Rxf5 Qg7 $8
28. Qe7 $6 {Activity in chess has a lot of merit, but in some positions
restraint is more important, 28.Qh4! seems to have favoured White.} (28. Qh4 $1
gxf5 29. Bxf5 Rb8 30. Bd3 Re8 31. g3 $14) 28... gxf5 29. Bxf5 Re8 30. Qd6 (30.
Qxa7 $4 Qe5 $1 31. Bxc8 Qe1+ $19) 30... Rcd8 31. Qa6 Qg5 32. Bd3 Re7 33. Rf1
Kg7 34. g3 (34. h3 Qe5 $15) 34... Qd5+ 35. Kg1 Rd6 36. Qc8 Qe6 {Black has
managed to consolidate his position and he can even dream about an attack
against the enemy king.} 37. Qb8 (37. Qxe6 $2 fxe6 $17) 37... Rb6 38. Qd8 Rd6
39. Qb8 Rd5 40. Rf4 (40. Bc4 $2 Qe3+ 41. Kg2 Qe4+ 42. Kg1 Rf5 $17) 40... Rg5
41. Rf3 {[%mdl 256] Defensive tasks are nearly always tiresome. Svidler is
anything but sure, how best to set up his protective pieces.} (41. Qd8 Qe3+ 42.
Rf2 Re6 43. Kg2 Qe5 $15) 41... Qe5 42. Qd8 h5 43. Rf2 Re6 (43... h4 $4 44. Re2
$18) 44. Qd7 Rf6 45. Re2 (45. Rxf6 Qxf6 46. Kg2 h4 $17) 45... Qf4 46. Re4 $2 {
The decisive mistake in the position, which left no room for second rate
decisions.} (46. Re8 $1 Rxg3+ (46... h4 47. Qc8 Qf2+ 48. Kh1 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 Qd1+
50. Kg2 h3+ 51. Qxh3 Rh5 52. Be2 $17) 47. hxg3 Qxg3+ 48. Kh1 Qh4+ 49. Kg1 Qg5+
50. Kh1 Rf4 51. Re4 Qh4+ 52. Kg1 Rxe4 53. Bxe4 Qe1+ 54. Kh2 Qxe4 $17) 46...
Qf2+ 47. Kh1 h4 $1 {White has gracefully resigned, as the necessary
elimination of the intrusive h-pawn will be punished by forced mate.} (47... h4
$1 48. Rxh4 (48. Qxd4 Qf3+ 49. Kg1 h3 $19) 48... Qe1+ 49. Kg2 Rf2+ 50. Kh3
Rxh2+ 51. Kxh2 Qxg3+ $19) 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. Bf4 f6 9. Bh6 e5 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11. Qh6+ Kg8 12. e4 Qe7 13. Bc4+ Be6 14.
Bxe6+ Qxe6 15. O-O Nd8 16. Qe3 Nf7 17. Rfd1 Kg7 18. Rd5 b6 19. b3 Rhd8 20. Rad1
Rd6 21. Rxd6 Nxd6 22. Nd2 Rd8 23. Qe2 a5 24. Nc4 Qe7 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. g3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C86"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Qe2 {Over the past
years, White has employed several methods of avoiding the Marshall Attack.
Personally, I am not impressed by the systems based on Qe2 (the so-called
Worrall Attack). By developing the queen at a moment when all the queenside
pieces are in their initial positions is a premature commitment.} b5 7. Bb3 O-O
8. c3 Re8 $5 {A rarely seen and rather creative way of putting Her Majesty
under pressure.} ({The approved continuation is} 8... d6 {, when White has to
make some concessions if he wants to get some sort of closed variation of the
Ruy Lopez:} 9. Rd1 (9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 cxd5
14. exd5 Rc8 {would lead to a theoretical position of the Yates variation,
White being a whole tempo down (missing Re1). This is one of the most clear
illustrations of the drawbacks of the move Qe2.}) 9... Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4
Qc7 {and, unfortunately, White cannot continue the normal course of his
development with 12.Nbd2 because after 12...cxd4 the c2-bishop would be
hanging. Finally, after} 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 {Black can play} Nh5 $1 {, when
the exposed position of the queen makes} 14. Nxe5 $2 {impossible because of}
Nf4 {[%cal Gd6e5]}) 9. d4 Bf8 {Of course, Black should consolidate his central
pawn.} ({Here is an example in which a strong player of the past went down
quickly:} 9... exd4 $6 10. e5 (10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Ne4 $132) 10... Bc5 ({
The imaginative piece sacrifice} 10... dxc3 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Bxf7+
Kxf7 14. Qb3+ d5 15. Qxb4 a5 16. Qf4 $36 {is not entirely satisfactory because
of the exposed position of the black king.}) 11. Qd3 Ng4 12. Ng5 $40 {Sergeant,
E-Steiner,L/Hastings 1927/EXT 99 (1-0, 25). with a winning attack.}) 10. d5 {
This looks like a premature release of the tension in the centre. True, the
opposition of the white queen and the black rook is unpleasant.} (10. Nbd2 $6
d5 $1 $15) (10. Ng5 $6 d5 11. exd5 exd4 12. Qd3 Na5 13. Bc2 g6 $15 {These two
moves are hardly satisfactory for White.}) ({The only way to maintain the
tension would be} 10. Bg5 {, when Black would have to weaken his kingside in
order to set up some play along the e-file.} h6 (10... exd4 $6 11. cxd4 h6 12.
Bxf6 Qxf6 {Horner,J (2395)-Morrison,C/Ayr 1978/EXT 1999 (1-0, 24)} 13. e5 $36)
11. Bh4 exd4 (11... Bb7 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Rfe1 {keeps the centre intact.}) 12.
e5 (12. cxd4 g5 13. Bg3 Rxe4) 12... d3 13. Qe3 $5 d5 14. Re1 $44 {Black is
well developed, but after a further Bxf6, forcing ...gxf6, the position would
remain double-edged.}) 10... Na5 $146 {This logical move is, at least strictly
speaking, a novelty.} ({The passive} 10... Nb8 $2 {had been played in a game
between lower rated players, Kaiser,M (2062)-Bernatzki,W (1642)/Berlin 2005/
EXT 2007 (1-0, 41)}) 11. Bc2 c6 {The most ambitious answer, undermining
White's centre.} (11... c5 {would also have been playable.} 12. Nbd2 {[%csl
Ga5]} (12. Bg5 Nc4 $11) 12... Qc7 13. b3 Nh5 {. Having maintained the d-pawn
on its initial position, Black has avoided the unpleasant threat of b4.}) 12.
Bg5 (12. dxc6 {is rather unambitious.} dxc6 (12... Nxc6 {[%cal Gd7d5] leads to
more interesting play, but the weaknesses along the d-file may outweigh
Black's slight lead in development after} 13. Rd1 h6 14. Nbd2) 13. Rd1 Qc7 14.
Bg5 Be7 15. Nbd2 h6 16. Bh4 c5) 12... h6 13. Bh4 cxd5 14. exd5 g5 15. Bg3 d6 {
Black is well developed and has a threatening kingside majority. Besides, the
g3-bishop is out of play, at least temporarily. However, the weakness of the
b1-h7 diagonal offers White chances for counterplay.} 16. Nbd2 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 {
This bishop is ready to neutralize the pressure of his white counterpart.} 18.
Ne4 Rc8 19. a4 {Rather careless. Weakening the b3-square hands over the
initiative to Black.} (19. Rfe1 $5 Bg6 (19... Nxd5 20. Qd3 $40) 20. Nxf6+ (20.
Rad1 $2 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 f5 $17) 20... Qxf6 21. Bxg6 (21. Nh2 h5 22. Nf1 e4) 21...
Qxg6 22. a4 Nb3 23. Ra3 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Nc5 25. Ra3 {offers White reasonable
queenside counterplay.}) 19... Nxe4 $1 20. Qxe4 ({The problem with the
generally desirable} 20. Bxe4 {is that it allows} Nb3 21. Ra3 bxa4 22. Rxa4 Nc5
$15 {and White will find it impossible to maintain the black majority blocked.}
) 20... Bg6 21. Qe2 Bxc2 22. Qxc2 b4 $1 $15 {Instead of coherent counterplay,
White will have only weaknesses on the queenside.} 23. Nd2 bxc3 24. bxc3 Nc4
25. Rfb1 Qc7 $6 {Slightly careless.} ({Black's desire to include the queen
into the attack is understandable, but by pressing against the c3-pawn alone
his initiative is less dangerous.} 25... Qa5 $5 {would have been an improved
version, by attacking the d5-pawn, too.} 26. Ne4 Bg7 27. Rb4 (27. Rd1 f5) 27...
Qxd5 28. Rd1 Qe6 29. Rxc4 Rxc4 30. Nxd6 e4 31. Nxc4 Qxc4 $15) (25... Bg7 $15)
26. Ne4 $1 Bg7 27. Bh2 $1 {White gets an essential tempo to consolidate on the
light squares.} Qa5 (27... f5 28. Ng3 f4 29. Ne4 {[%cal Gg1h1,Gh2g1,Gf2f3] may
become very good for White.}) 28. Rd1 Rb8 29. Qe2 Qc7 30. g4 $36 Rb2 31. Qd3
Reb8 32. Bg3 R2b6 33. Qf3 {White's play is easier already. The e4-knight
defends the c3-pawn and keeps the enemy kingside under serious pressure.} Na5
34. h4 Nb3 35. hxg5 $5 {This will eventually lead to a draw.} (35. Rab1 Nd4 $1
$15) (35. Ra2 Nc5 $15 {exchanges the strong knight.}) (35. a5 $5 {would have
prevented the exchange of the e4-knight after} Rb5 36. Ra4 Nc5 37. Rc4 $1 $36)
35... Nxa1 36. gxh6 Bxh6 37. Rxa1 Rb1+ 38. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 39. Kg2 Bg7 40. Bh4 $44
Re1 41. Qf5 Rxe4 42. Qxe4 Qxc3 43. Be7 Bf8 44. Bg5 Qb3 45. Bf6 Bg7 46. Be7 Bf8
47. Bf6 Bg7 48. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bd3 (12. Bf4 Qc8 $1) 12... Rfd8
{This line was examined in CBM 108, annotations to Berkes-Sutovsky.} 13. h3 {
A quiet, solid but, of course, harmless move. The other options seen in recent
practice:} (13. Qc1 $5 Rac8 14. Rd1 a6 $6 (14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Qa5 $5) 15. Qa3
Qa5 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. dxc5 Be6 18. Rxb7 Bxa2 19. h3 Bc4 20. Nd4 $1 Bxd3 21.
Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Rxd3 $1 $16 {1-0 Berkes,F-Sutovsky,E/Paks 2005/CBM 108/
[Krasenkow] (48)}) (13. Qd2 Be8 14. d5 (14. Rfc1 e6 15. Bh6 Bh8 16. Qg5 Qd6 17.
Rxb7 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Qe7 Bg7 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Bf1 Qxe4
23. Rxa7 Qf4 $15 {0-1 Sundararajan,K-Sasikiran,K/Kolkata 2008/CBM 123 Extra 
(62)}) 14... Ne5 15. c4 a6 16. Rfc1 e6 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Nc3 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 b5 20.
cxb5 axb5 21. Nxb5 Bxb5 22. Qxb5 exd5 23. exd5 Rxd5 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Be3 {
1/2-1/2 Moranda,W-Tomczak,J/Sroda 2008/CBM 122 Extra}) (13. Bf4 e5 14. Bg3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Rac8 16. d5 Na5 17. f3 Nc4 18. Bf2 Bh6 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rxb7 Ba4 21.
Qe1 Bb5 22. Ng3 Qa4 23. Qd1 Qa6 $13 {0-1 Vitiugov,N-Timofeev,A/Dagomys 2008/
CBM 124 (37)}) (13. f4 e6 14. f5 exf5 15. exf5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Re8 17. Qd2 Ne7
18. Bf4 Qc6 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Rfc1 Qd5 21. Bc4 Qe4 22. Bd3 Qd5 23. Bc4 Qe4 24.
Bd3 Qd5 25. Bc4 Qe4 26. Bd3 {1/2-1/2 Grandelius,N-Hermansson,E/Reykjavik 2008/
CBM 123 Extra}) 13... Be8 14. d5 Ne5 15. c4 e6 (15... a6 $5 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 16.
Nf4 Rab8 17. Be2 Rd6 $5 {Quite a rare route to activate this rook, which White
tries to refute in an original way.} 18. Qc2 Ra6 19. Rb5 $5 {[%mdl 512]
White's risk is that Black needn't take this rook at once as it has no real
way back anyway!} Bf8 (19... Bxb5 $143 20. cxb5 Rd6 21. Qxc5 Qxc5 22. Bxc5 Rd7
23. dxe6 (23. Bxa7 Ra8 24. b6 g5 25. dxe6 Rd2 $13) 23... fxe6 24. Nxe6 Re8 (
24... Rd2 25. Bd1) 25. Nxg7 Kxg7 26. Be3 $14) 20. a4 Bxb5 $6 {Here, too, it
was better to wait for a more appropriate moment for this capture:} (20... Rc8
$5 {[%cal Re8b5]} 21. Rc1 Bd7 $13) 21. cxb5 Rd6 22. Qc3 $1 {It is important to
lure the black bishop back to g7.} (22. Qxc5 $143 Qxc5 23. Bxc5 Rdd8 24. Bxa7 (
24. Bxf8 $6 Kxf8 25. dxe6 Rd4) 24... Ra8 25. Bd4 Bg7 $13) 22... Bg7 23. Qxc5
Rc8 (23... Qxc5 $142 24. Bxc5 Rd7 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe6 $14 {led to a
position similar to the one indicated in annotations to move 19.}) 24. Qxa7 b6
(24... g5 25. Nh5 $16) 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rd1 {[%csl Rb6][%cal Rd5e6] Black has
now got an additional weakness on b6.} Bf6 $2 {This strange move leads to
severe material losses.} (26... g5 $142 27. Nh5 (27. Nd3 Rc2 $1 28. Kf1 Ra2)
27... h6 $14) 27. dxe6 Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 fxe6 29. Bb3 $1 (29. Nxe6 $143 Rc3) ({
After} 29. Bb3 Rc3 (29... Rb7 30. Nxe6 Kh8 31. f4 Nd7 32. Bd5 Ra7 33. e5) 30.
Bxe6+ Kg7 31. Nd5 Ra3 32. Nxb6 Bd8 33. Nd5 Rxa4 34. f3 {White's material
advantage is decisive so Black chose to resign at once.}) 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Ba4 c4 8. Bc2
Ng4 9. b3 b5 10. bxc4 bxc4 11. Na3 Nge5 12. Qe2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Ne5 14. Nxc4
Nxc4 15. Qxc4 e6 16. d4 Be7 17. Qd3 O-O 18. Bf4 Rc8 19. c4 e5 20. Bg3 exd4 21.
e5 g6 22. exd6 Bf6 23. Rad1 Rc5 24. Qa3 Rxc4 25. Bd3 Rc3 26. Qxa6 Qa8 27. Qxa8
Rxa8 28. Be5 Kg7 29. Bf1 Rxa2 30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31. Rxd4 Ra8 32. h4 Ra4 33. Rxa4
Bxa4 34. Kg2 Bc6 35. Re3 Rxe3 36. fxe3 Ke5 37. Kg3 Kxd6 38. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 {Die Caro-Kann-Verteidigung sieht heutzutage wie eine
uneinnehmbare Festung aus. Zusammen mit der Russischen Partie sind das die
zwei Eröffnungen, die den Weißspielern die meisten Probleme stellen. Doch im
Vergleich zu Russisch erlaubt Caro-Kann eher auf einen Konter zu spielen.} 3.
e5 $1 {Das ist streng der einzige Weg, auf einen Eröffnungsvorteil zu spielen.
Die Hauptvarianten sind ausanalysiert und bringen Weiß nichts.} (3. Nc3 {
Die "klassische Hauptvariante".} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3
Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 $11 {
Die Erfahrungen der letzten Jahre haben gezeigt, dass diese Stellung, die fast
forciert aufs Brett kommt, ausgeglichen ist.}) (3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 {Der Panov
Angriff.} Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 {führt ebenfalls zu Stellungen mit gleichen
Chancen für beide Seiten.}) 3... Bf5 {Nun hat Weiß eine Menge an spielbaren
Varianten.} ({Eine Alternative ist} 3... c5 {, wonach Weiß zu einem kleinen
Vorteil kommen kann.} 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 (5... e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. c3 Nf5 8.
Bd4 Bd7 9. Qd2 a5 10. Be2 a4 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd3 Nfxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2 14. Nbxd2
$14 {Socko - Dziuba (Lubniewice, 2005)}) 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3 Nge7 9.
a3 a6 10. b4 Qc7 11. O-O Bxf3 (11... axb5 12. Nxb5 Qb8 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Nxf7
$16) 12. Qxf3 Qxe5 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Na4 $14 {Navara - Landa (Erfurt, 2008)})
4. Nf3 ({Zu scharfem, für Caro-Kann eher nicht typischen Spiel führt} 4. Nc3 e6
5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5 $132) (4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 {führt zu einer Stellung, die
ähnlich der Partiestellung ist.}) (4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 c5 $1 {Das Beste, um
sofort gleiches Spiel zu bekommen.} 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5 9. Nf3
Ne7 10. Qa4+ Nbc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bf4
Ne7 16. O-O-O Rc8 $11 {Rublevsky - Erenburg (Beer Sheva, 2005). Der Vorteil
des Läuferpaares ist nicht spürbar, weil die Stellung geschlossen ist.}) (4. c4
e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 $132 {Weiß hat das Feld d5 aufgegeben,
hat dafür jedoch einen Raumvorteil. Die Stellung ist gut spielbar für beide
Seiten.}) 4... e6 5. Be2 {In der heutigen Praxis ist das die Hauptvariante.} h6
(5... c5 $1 {Svidler,P (2727)-Topalov,V (2791) Nanjing Pearl Spring 2008 (9)
0-1 Meiner Meinung nach ist das die Fortsetzung, die zum Ausgleich führt.}) 6.
O-O Ne7 7. b3 {Weiß will c4 spielen, und dabei die Gelegenheit haben, auf c4
mit dem Bauern b3 zu nehmen, so dass das Feld d5 nicht aufgegeben wird.} (7.
Nbd2 {ist ein anderer möglicher Plan.} Nd7 8. Nb3 Bh7 $13 {führt zu unklaren
Stellungen mit komplexem, chancenreichem Spiel.}) 7... c5 $1 {Wohl die beste
Reaktion - man sollte Weiß nicht kostenlos zu c4 kommen lassen.} 8. Ba3 $6 $146
{Eine verdächtige Neuerung. Schon nach wenigen Zügen kommt Schwarz zu gutem
Spiel. Das übliche 8.c4 wäre gut gewesen.} (8. c4 $5 dxc4 9. Bxc4 (9. bxc4 Nbc6
10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Nbd2 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nb3 $11
{Baklan - Chandler (Port Erin, 2004)}) 9... cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nbc6 11. Bb5 (11.
Nxf5 Nxf5 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. Qe2 Nfd4 14. Qe4 Rd8 15. Rd1 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Nf3+ 17.
gxf3 Rxd1+ 18. Kg2 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Bc5 20. Bc3 Bd4 21. Bxd4 Rxd4 $11 {Glek -
Dreev (St Petersburg, 1998)}) 11... Rc8 12. Na3 Be4 13. Nc4 Ng6 14. Be3 $36 {
Parligras - Vilela (Barbera del Valles, 2005)}) 8... Nec6 9. dxc5 (9. Bxc5 {
gibt Schwarz Zeit, um sich zu entwickeln.} Bxc5 10. dxc5 O-O 11. c4 d4 12. Bd3
Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 $15) 9... Be7 $1 (9... Qa5 {führt überraschend zu einem
taktischen Labyrinth.} 10. c4 $3 Bxb1 11. Rxb1 Qxa3 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Qxd5 Qxc5
(13... Bxc5 14. e6 O-O 15. exf7+ Kh8 16. Bd3 $18) 14. Qe4 Nd7 15. Rfd1 $1 Qb4 (
15... O-O-O 16. Rbc1 Qb6 17. Nd4 $44) 16. Bc4 O-O-O 17. Qf5 $44 {Obwohl Weiß
nur einen Bauern für die Figur hat, ist seine Initiative ziemlich gefährlich.
Die weißen Felder im schwarzen Lager sind sehr geschwächt.}) 10. Nc3 $5 {
Weiß beabsichtigt, den Springer nach d6 zu stellen. Sicherlich eine
interessante Idee, doch Schwarz hat auch sein Spiel.} (10. c4 $5 d4 11. Bd3 (
11. b4 $4 d3 $19) 11... Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Na6 $132) 10... a6 {Man kann so spielen,
aber auch nach dem simplen 10...0-0 scheint die schwarze Stellung in Ordnung
zu sein.} (10... O-O 11. Nb5 Nd7 12. Nd6 Be4 $132) 11. Na4 Nd7 12. b4 $6 {
Eine übermütige Entscheidung.} (12. c4 $5 {führt zu Komplikationen, aber ich
denke, Weiß hätte es spielen können.} dxc4 (12... Ndxe5 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. Bb2
Bf6 15. Nb6 $16) 13. Nd4 (13. Bxc4 $2 b5 $1 $19) 13... Ndxe5 (13... Nxd4 14.
Qxd4 b5 (14... cxb3 15. axb3 $14) 15. c6 Nb8 (15... Bxa3 16. cxd7+ Qxd7 17.
Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Nb6+ Ke7 19. Nxa8 Rxa8 20. bxc4 Bb2 21. cxb5 Bxa1 22. Rxa1 axb5
23. Bxb5 Ra3 24. Bc4 $16) 16. Bd6 Nxc6 17. Qc5 Na7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Nxc4 bxc4
20. Qxa7 Bxd6 21. exd6 O-O 22. Bxc4 Qxd6 23. Qxa6 $16) 14. Nxf5 exf5 15. Nb6
Rb8 16. Bxc4 $1 (16. Nxc4 Nxc4 17. Bxc4 O-O 18. Qf3 Ne5 19. Qxf5 Nxc4 20. bxc4
Qa5 $11) 16... Nxc4 17. Nxc4 O-O 18. Qh5 $14) (12. Nd4 Nxd4 (12... Bh7 13. Nxc6
bxc6 14. f4 $16) 13. Qxd4 b5 (13... Rc8 14. c4 dxc4 15. b4 Qc7 16. f4 O-O 17.
Rac1 $14) 14. Nb2 Bxc2 15. Rac1 Bh7 16. Bb4 O-O $132) 12... O-O {Jetzt stehen
die weißen Figuren am Damenflügel außerhalb des Spielgeschehens.} 13. Re1 Qc7
$1 (13... Ndxe5 {Das Aufgeben des Feldes b6 führt dazu, dass die weißen
Figuren sich aktiv stellen können.} 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Nb6 Rb8 16. Bb2 (16. Bxa6
$2 bxa6 17. Rxe5 Bf6 $15) 16... Bf6 17. Rb1 a5 18. a3 $14) (13... a5 $5 14. b5
Ncxe5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nb6 Rb8 $132 {Der Bauer c5 ist nun schwach, ich denke,
Schwarz hat mindestens gleiche Chancen.}) 14. h3 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass
bei Weiß etwas daneben gegangen war.} (14. c4 $6 {Eigentlich wäre c4 der weiße
Plan gewesen, doch jetzt ist es zu spät.} dxc4 15. Bxc4 Ndxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17.
Bf1 (17. Nb6 Nxc4 18. Nxc4 Rad8 $15) 17... a5 18. b5 Rfd8 19. Qb3 Nd3 $17)
14... Rfd8 {Schwarz kann auch sofort auf e5 schlagen, doch der Bauer läuft ihm
nicht davon.} 15. Qd2 Be4 $1 {Schwarz spielt die besten Züge!} (15... Ncxe5 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Nb6 Rab8 18. Bb2 Bf6 19. Rab1 $11) 16. Bb2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Ncxe5 (
17... a5 $5 18. a3 (18. b5 Ncxe5 19. Be2 Bxc5 $17) 18... axb4 19. axb4 Bg5 $1 {
Schwarz will gar nicht den e5-Bauern - der ist ja sowieso schwach. Sein wahres
Ziel ist der Bauer b4!} 20. Qc3 Ndxe5 21. b5 $1 {Die einzige Chance.} (21. Be2
d4 22. Qb3 Bd2 $1 23. Nb6 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Bxb4 $17) 21... d4 22. Qa3 Nc4 23. Qb3
N6a5 24. Qa2 Bf6 $15) 18. Qf4 (18. Be2 $5 {Vielleicht wäre das die bessere
Wahl gewesen.} a5 19. Nb6 $1 axb4 (19... Nxb6 20. cxb6 Qb8 21. bxa5 $14) (19...
Rab8 20. Qf4 $1 $14) 20. Nxa8 Rxa8 21. Qxb4 Nxc5 $44) 18... Nxf3+ 19. Qxf3 Qc6
{Schwarz hat keine Schwierigkeiten.} 20. Qb3 (20. Nc3 $2 Bf6 $17) 20... b6 21.
Qg3 (21. cxb6 $2 Nxb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. a3 (23. c4 Qxb4 $19) 23... Rac8 $15 {
Die schwarze Überlegenheit ist offensichtlich - Weiß hat keinen Angriff am
Königsflügel, Schwarz dagegen bekommt ein großartiges Spiel nach Rc4-Rc8-a5.})
21... d4 $5 ({Nach} 21... f6 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. cxb6 Qxb6 (23... Bxb4 $2 24.
Bxf6 Rd7 25. Bd4 Bxe1 26. Rxe1 $44) 24. a3 e5 25. Qg6 $132 {bekommt Weiß ein
kleines Gegenspiel am Königsflügel. Die Stellung kommt damit fast ins
Gleichgewicht.}) (21... Bf8 $5 22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. cxb6 Qxb6 24. Bf6 Rdc8 25. c3
a5 26. a3 $132) 22. Bxd4 (22. Nxb6 Nxb6 23. cxb6 Bxb4 $17) 22... Bf8 $1 (22...
g6 $2 23. cxb6 $3 (23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Qe5 Rxd4 25. Qxd4 Nd5 $17) 23... Qxa4 (
23... Bxb4 24. c3 Be7 25. Qc7 Qxa4 26. b7 Rab8 27. Ba7 $14) 24. Rxe6 Bg5 25.
Rd6 $1 $44) 23. Nxb6 Nxb6 24. Bf6 $1 {Ein hübscher taktischer Trick.} Nd5 25.
Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Rad1 ({Etwas genauer ist} 26. a3 $1 a5 27. c4 {und falls Schwarz
das gleiche Opfer durchführen will, aktivieren sich die weißen Türme} Nxb4 28.
axb4 axb4 29. Red1 Rc8 30. Ra7 $1 Bxc5 31. Rad7 $14) 26... Rc8 27. a3 a5 28. c4
(28. c3 Be7 29. Rd3 Bf6 30. c4 Nxb4 31. axb4 axb4 32. Qd6 Qxc5 33. Qxc5 Rxc5
34. Re4 Bc3 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rb8 $11 {Das Endspiel ist höchstwahrscheinlich
remis.}) 28... Nxb4 $1 29. axb4 axb4 {Jetzt ist es eine andere Sache im
Vergleich zu 26.a3! - die weißen Türme bleiben passiv und die Stellung ist
ungefähr gleich.} 30. Rd3 Bxc5 31. Qh4 (31. Red1 $6 Be7 $1 {Der Bauer c4 ist
ganz schwach.} 32. Rc1 Bg5 33. Rc2 Qa4 $17) 31... Bb6 $1 {Man darf die Türme
auf keinem Fall tauschen lassen!} 32. Re4 $2 {Eine Aktivität, die dem Weißen
teuer zu stehen kommen wird.} (32. Rc1 Qc7 33. Qe4 Bc5 34. Rcd1 Bf8 $11 {
Beide Seiten können manövrieren, und bei richtigem Spiel ist die Stellung wohl
Remis, denn Schwarz behält den weißen Bauern auf c4 ständig im Visier.}) 32...
Ra8 $1 {Ein Konter, der gefährlich wird. Movsesian hätte sich zurückziehen
sollen.} 33. Rg4 $6 (33. Re1 Ra2 34. Rf3 Qc7 35. Qe4 Qa7 $15) 33... Qc5 34. Qf6
$2 {Der entscheidende Fehler.} (34. Rd1 Qf5 35. c5 Bxc5 36. Rf4 Qe5 (36... Qg5
37. Qxg5 hxg5 38. Rc4 $11) 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Qxd8+ Kh7 39. Qd3+ f5 $15 {
Vielleicht kann man das Endspiel noch halten.}) 34... Qxf2+ $1 35. Qxf2 Ra1+
36. Kh2 Bxf2 $17 37. Rf4 (37. Rd8+ Kh7 38. Rf4 Bg1+ 39. Kg3 f5 40. Rf3 Kg6 $17)
37... Bb6 (37... Bg1+ {wäre noch effektiver gewesen.} 38. Kg3 f5 $1 $19 {
Schwarz kombiniert den Angriff auf den weißen König mit dem starken b-Bauern.})
38. Rd7 b3 39. Rb7 Bc5 (39... b2 $4 40. Rb8+ $1 (40. Rxb6 b1=Q 41. Rxb1 Rxb1
$19) 40... Kh7 41. Rxb6 b1=Q 42. Rxb1 Rxb1 43. Rxf7 $11) 40. Rfxf7 (40. Rxb3
Bd6 $19) 40... Bd4 $1 41. Rf3 (41. Rfd7 Be5+ 42. g3 b2 $19) 41... b2 42. Rfb3
Rc1 43. R7b4 (43. Rxb2 Bxb2 44. Rxb2 Rxc4 $17 {Das Endspiel ist wohl verloren.}
) 43... Be5+ 44. g3 Rc2+ 45. Kg1 Bd4+ 46. Kf1 e5 47. c5 {Weiß versucht, die
schwarzen Figuren mit dem Marsch seines Bauern abzulenken, doch der schwarze
König kommt rechtzeitig, um den Bauern aufzuhalten.} Kf7 $1 (47... Rxc5 48. Ke2
Rc2+ 49. Kd3 Rg2 50. Ke4 $15 {und Schwarz bekommt technische Schwierigkeiten,
weil der weiße König zu aktiv wurde.}) 48. c6 Ke6 49. Rb7 Kd6 (49... Rxc6 $5 {
Ich denke das gewann auch.}) 50. c7 (50. Rxg7 Rc1+ 51. Ke2 b1=Q 52. Rxb1 Rxb1
53. Rg6+ Kd5 54. Rxh6 Rc1 $19) 50... Kd7 (50... Rxc7 $2 51. Rxc7 Kxc7 52. Ke2
Kc6 53. Kd3 {und Schwarz muss noch arbeiten, um den Punkt zu holen.}) 51. Ke1
Kc8 52. Kd1 Rh2 53. g4 Rxh3 $1 $19 {Jetzt wird Schwarz nach dem Turmtausch
drei Bauern haben, das ist sicherlich ausreichend für den Sieg.} 54. Kc2 (54.
Rxh3 Kxb7 55. Kc2 Kxc7 $19) 54... Rxb3 55. Rxb3 Kxc7 56. Rf3 Kd6 57. Rf7 e4 58.
Rb7 e3 59. Kd3 Ke5 60. Rb4 g5 61. Ke2 Bc3 62. Rb7 Kd4 63. Rd7+ Kc4 64. Rd1 {
Schwarz spielt Bd2-Bc1 und die Partie ist vorbei.} 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 {The "improved Chebanenko" has
recently become extremely popular.} 6. c5 b6 {This immediate undermining is
the only way to eliminate the c5-pawn; otherwise White plays b2-b4 (although
Black has another popular plan: ...Nb8-d7, ...g7-g6, ...Bf8-g7 etc. preparing .
..e6-e5).} 7. cxb6 Nbd7 8. Bd3 c5 9. b3 (9. O-O Qxb6 10. Bd2 {[%cal Yc3a4] is
another option for White.}) 9... Nxb6 (9... cxd4 10. exd4 Qxb6 {looks more
appropriate} (10... Bd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Na4 Nxb6 13. Nc5 Nbd7 14. Qc2 a5 15.
Ba3 Qb6 16. Rfe1 Ra7 17. Nxd7 Bxd7 18. Bc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Qb8 20. Ne5 Rc8 21. c6
Be8 22. Rac1 Qb6 23. Qc5 Qxc5 24. Rxc5 $14 {0-1 Drozdovskij,Y-Popov,V/Warsaw
POL 2008/The Week in Chess 737 (49)}) {but Black failed to prove equality in
the following games:} 11. O-O Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Qe2 (13. Na4 Qa7 14. Qe2 Bb7
(14... a5) 15. Ne5 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Be7 17. a3 Rfd8 18. Nxd7 Nxd7 19. b4 Bf6 20.
Rac1 g6 21. Nc5 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Bc6 24. Qf6 $14 {1-0 Prohaszka,
P-Martinovic,S/Budapest HUN 2008/The Week in Chess 731 (44)}) 13... a5 14. Na4
Qa7 15. Rac1 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qxa6 Rxa6 18. Rc2 Nb8 19. Ne5 Nfd7 20. Rfc1
f6 21. Nd3 Kf7 22. f4 h6 23. Nc3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Kamsky,G-Navara,D/Baku 2008/CBM
124 (61)}) (9... Qxb6 $5 {is probably the most accurate order of moves:} 10.
O-O Bb7 11. Na4 (11. Qe2 $5) 11... Qa7 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. exd4 Bc6 14. Nc3 Bd6
15. Qe2 O-O 16. Ne5 Rfc8 17. Rad1 Nf8 18. Kh1 Be8 19. f4 Bb4 $132 {0-1
Prohaszka,P-Najer,E/Mainz 2008/CBM 125 Extra (38)}) 10. Ba3 {In the previous
game GM Peter Svidler obtained the better prospects but now he deviates to
avoid a possible improvement for Black:} (10. O-O Bb7 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 Be7
13. Rc1 O-O 14. Qe2 a5 15. a4 Nc8 16. Ne5 Na7 17. Nb5 Nxb5 18. Bxb5 (18. axb5
$142) 18... Qb6 19. Rc2 Rfc8 20. Rfc1 Rxc2 21. Rxc2 Bd6 22. Qe1 Qd8 23. Qc1 Qe7
24. Bc3 h6 25. h3 Ne4 26. Be1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P-Vitiugov,N/Moscow RUS
2008/The Week in Chess 727 (67)}) 10... Nfd7 (10... cxd4 $5 11. Bxf8 dxc3 {
(otherwise Black just loses castling "for nothing") looks risky but needs
checking. To keep attacking chances, White must sacrifice material:} 12. Ba3 (
12. Bxg7 Rg8 13. Bh6 Rxg2 $13) (12. Bb4 d4 $1 13. exd4 Nbd5 14. Bc5 Nd7 15. Ba3
$140 Qa5) (12. Bc5 Nbd7 13. Ba3 $6 Qa5 14. Qc1 Nc5 15. Be2 Nce4) 12... Qc7 13.
Rc1 e5 $13) 11. O-O Bb7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Re1 Be7 14. Re2 $5 O-O 15. Rec2 {
The c-file is White's main field of action in this system.} cxd4 $6 (15... c4
$142 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. bxc4 Nxc4 {although the difference in strength of
bishops means that Black has not yet equalized.} (17... dxc4 $143 $6 {[%csl
Rc4]})) 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. exd4 e5 {Otherwise 18.Qe2 controlling the e5-square
and attacking the a6-pawn. However, after the text move White creates a
blockade on d4.} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 $1 (19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Qg4 {[%cal Yg4f5]
was another good option} d4 $140 21. Ne2 {[%csl Rd4]}) 19... g6 20. Bf1 {
White could have forced favorable simplifications by means of} (20. Qe2 $5 a5
21. f4 Nc6 22. Qxe7 (22. Nxc6 Qc5+) 22... Nxe7 23. Ncb5 (23. Kf2 $5) (23. Bb5
$5)) 20... Qd6 21. h3 Rfd8 (21... Rfe8 $142) 22. Qd2 Kg7 $6 {Prompting a
future diagonal or knight check.} (22... Re8) 23. a4 Nbd7 $2 ({It was the last
moment to play} 23... Re8) (23... Qb4 {made no sense due to} 24. Qf4 {forcing}
Qd6 (24... Nc6 $6 25. Nce2)) 24. f4 Nc6 25. Nxc6 $2 {f2-f4 now loses any sense
and only weakens White's own position. Meanwhile, he had an immediate win of
material:} (25. Ne4 $1 Qe7 (25... dxe4 26. Nf5+) (25... Qb8 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27.
Qd4+ Kg8 28. Rxc6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 dxe4 30. Rd6 $18) 26. Nxc6 Rxc6 (26... Bxc6 27.
Bxa6) 27. Rxc6 Bxc6 28. Qd4+ Kg8 29. Nf2 $18 {[%cal Rc1c6,Rf1a6]} ({or} 29.
Rxc6 dxe4 30. Rd6 e3 31. Qd1 $18)) 25... Rxc6 26. Ne2 (26. Qd4+ $142 Kg8 27. b4
$14) 26... Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Nf8 (27... Nf6 $5 $132 {[%csl Ge4] was a more active
plan}) 28. Nd4 Ne6 (28... Re8 $5 {[%cal Re8e4]} 29. Bd3 Nd7 {[%cal Yd7f6]}) 29.
Nxe6+ Qxe6 30. Qd4+ Qf6 31. Qxf6+ Kxf6 {[%mdl 4096]} 32. Rc7 Rb8 $14 {White's
queenside pawn advantage is hardly sufficient for a victory in this endgame as
his king is far away from the centre.} 33. g4 h6 34. b4 ({Or} 34. a5 Bc8 35.
Kf2 Ke6 36. Bg2 $5 Bd7 37. Bxd5+ Kxd5 38. Rxd7+ Ke4 39. Rxf7 Rxb3 {[%csl Gb3,
Ge4] with a probable draw}) 34... Bc8 35. a5 Ke6 36. Bd3 Bd7 37. f5+ Ke7 $4 {
A very strange mistake. After the natural} (37... Kd6 38. Ra7 Rxb4 39. Rxa6+
Bc6 40. fxg6 fxg6 41. Bxg6 Kc5 {, due to his strong d-pawn, Black is not worse.
}) 38. Bxa6 Kd6 ({The rook endgame after} 38... Rxb4 39. Bc8 Kd8 40. Rxd7+ Kxc8
41. Rxf7 gxf5 42. Rxf5 {should now be lost for Black (just compare the
position of his king in the annotation to move 34 and here!).}) 39. Rb7 Rxb7
40. Bxb7 gxf5 41. gxf5 Bxf5 {Black has recaptured material but his prospects
are grim as White's connected outside pawns are very strong.} 42. h4 Bd3 43.
Kf2 d4 44. Kf3 Bf1 (44... f6 45. Kf4 Kc7 46. Be4 Bf1 47. Bb1 {[%cal Rf4e4]} Bg2
48. Kf5 $18) 45. Kf4 Bd3 (45... f6 46. a6 Kc7 47. Ke4 d3 48. Ke3 Kb6 49. Kd2 f5
50. b5 Be2 51. Bd5 $18 {[%cal Rd5c4,Rc4d3]}) 46. a6 Kc7 47. Ke5 Kb6 48. Kxd4
Be2 49. Ke5 h5 50. Kf6 Bc4 51. Kg5 Be2 52. Bd5 f6+ (52... Kxa6 53. Bxf7 Kb5 54.
Bxh5 Bc4 55. Be8+ Kxb4 56. h5 $18) 53. Kxf6 Kxa6 54. Bc6 (54. Bc6 Kb6 55. Be8 {
[%cal Rf6g5]}) 1-0

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 $1 {Das ist die Fortsetzung,
die zum Ausgleich führt.} 6. Be3 Nd7 (6... cxd4 $5 {Zuletzt hat Schwarz keine
großen Probleme in dieser Variante gehabt.} 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bg5 (8. c4 Nbc6 9.
Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Bd3 12. Bxd3 cxd3 13. Rxd3 Qa5 14. Qb3 Nb4 15.
Rdd1 Ned5 $11 {Efimenko - Macieja (Plovdiv, 2008)}) 8... Qd7 9. Bxe7 Bxe7 10.
Nxf5 exf5 11. Bf3 (11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qd2
Bc5 $132 {Nijboer - Erenburg (Dieren, 2006). Der Bauer e5 ist genauso schwach
wie der Bauer d5.}) 11... Qb5 $1 (11... d4 $6 {Man sollte dem weißen Läufer
nicht so viel Platz machen.} 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qd3 Rb8 15. b3 Rb5
16. Qg3 O-O 17. Nd2 Bb4 18. Nc4 Bc3 19. Rad1 $14 {Volokitin - Bareev (Warsaw,
2002)}) 12. Qxd5 Qxb2 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qb3 (14. Nd2 Rd8 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3
Kd7 $11 {Mamedov - Rodshtein (Plovdiv, 2008)}) 14... Qxb3 15. axb3 Kd7 16. Nc3
Rhd8 17. Rfd1+ Ke6 $11 {Almasi - Vallejo Pons (Heviz, 2008)}) 7. Nbd2 ({
Als Hauptzug gilt hier} 7. O-O {mit der Idee c4 durchzusetzen.} Ne7 (7... c4 8.
Nc3 $14 {Der Springer auf c3 verhindert ...b5.}) 8. c4 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxb1 (9...
Nxe5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Qa4+ Qd7 12. Bb5 N5c6 13. Nc3 $44) 10. Rxb1 Nxe5 (10...
dxc4 11. Bxc4 Nxe5 12. Qa4+ N5c6 13. Rfd1 $18) 11. Qa4+ Nd7 (11... Qd7 12. Nb5
N5c6 13. Rbd1 $44) 12. Bf3 Nc8 13. cxd5 Ncb6 14. Qb3 e5 15. Ne6 $3 Qb8 (15...
fxe6 16. dxe6 Nf6 17. Qb5+ Ke7 18. Qxe5 $18) 16. Rbc1 $18 {Almasi - Berkes 
(Hungary, 2006)}) 7... c4 $5 {Dieser Zug kam in der Praxis nur zwei Mal vor.
Interessant ist der Versuch auf jedem Fall - Schwarz schließt den Damenflügel
und das Zentrum, so dass Weiß wenig Platz zum agieren hat.} 8. a4 $6 {Der
ganze Plan mit der Durchführung von b3 scheint mir verdächtig zu sein. Ich
würde das von Rublevsky gespielte 8.0-0 bevorzugen.} (8. O-O $1 b5 9. Ne1 Bg6
10. g4 Bb4 11. c3 Ba5 12. Ng2 Ne7 13. Nf4 $14 {Rublevsky - Dreev (Sochi, 2005).
Weiß spielt, wo er spielen muss - am Königsflügel. Seine Hauptidee ist es,
später f5 durchzusetzen.}) 8... h6 {In diesen Varianten sichert Schwarz mit
diesem Zug den Läufer f5 ab.} 9. b3 $2 {Wenn man den Plan mit b3 spielen will,
muss man ihn vorbereiten. Die Alternative 9.0-0 ist nicht mehr so gut.} (9. O-O
Ne7 $1 10. Ne1 Bh7 $1 11. g4 $6 {Sonst kommt 11....Nf5.} h5 12. h3 hxg4 13.
hxg4 Nc6 $15 {Die weiße Stellung fällt auseinander.}) (9. c3 $1 Ne7 10. b3 {
Jetzt ist es eine andere Sache - Weiß nimmt mit der Dame auf b3 und entwickelt
eine Initiative.} cxb3 11. Qxb3 Nc6 $5 12. Qxb7 $5 (12. O-O Na5 13. Qb2 Be7 14.
c4 $132) 12... Rb8 13. Qxc6 Rb6 14. Qb5 a6 (14... Rxb5 15. axb5 Qb8 16. O-O $14
) 15. Qxa6 Rxa6 16. Bxa6 Qa5 17. Bb5 Qxc3 18. O-O $132 {Die Stellung ist
ziemlich unklar. Ich denke, dass Weiß zumindest nicht schlechter steht.}) 9...
cxb3 10. Nxb3 (10. cxb3 Bb4 $15 {Und man landet in einer für Schwarz
superguten französischen Stellung.}) (10. c4 $5 {Ein verrückt aussehender
Versuch, doch macht er Sinn.} b2 (10... Bc2 11. Qc1 Bb4 12. O-O Ne7 13. Qb2
dxc4 14. Bxc4 Rc8 15. Rac1 Bxd2 16. Nxd2 O-O 17. Bxb3 Bxb3 18. Rxc8 Qxc8 19.
Rc1 Qb8 20. Qxb3 Rc8 21. Nc4 $11) 11. Ra2 Qb6 12. O-O dxc4 13. Bxc4 (13. Nxc4
b1=Q $19) 13... Qb4 14. Qb3 b1=Q 15. Nxb1 Rc8 16. Qxb4 Bxb4 17. Nbd2 Nb6 $11 {
Weiß steht nirgends besser, aber zumindest hat er Ausgleich. In der Partie man
hat das Gefühl, dass das Spiel auf ein Tor verlief.}) 10... Rc8 (10... Bb4+ 11.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 12. Nfxd2 Ne7 13. O-O O-O 14. c4 $11) 11. Ra2 Qc7 12. Bd3 (12. O-O
Bxc2 $19 {Das Problem ist nicht, dass der Bauer c2 hängt - das Problem ist,
dass der Nb3 ebenfalls hängt!}) 12... Bxd3 13. Qxd3 ({Auch} 13. cxd3 {bringt
Weiß in Nachteil.} Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Ne7 16. O-O Qc3 $15) 13... Ne7 {
Schwarz spielt sehr genau. Das Schach auf b4 bietet sich an, um die
Entwicklung schneller zu beenden, doch aus strategischer Sicht ist es richtig,
die schwarzfeldrigen Läufer nicht abzutauschen.} (13... Bb4+ $6 14. Bd2 Bxd2+
15. Nfxd2 Ne7 16. O-O O-O 17. a5 $11) 14. O-O Qc4 15. Rb1 (15. Qd1 Nf5 16. Nfd2
Qc7 17. Nf3 Be7 $15) 15... b6 ({Schlecht ist der Damentausch} 15... Qxd3 16.
cxd3 b6 {,} {denn nach} 17. a5 $132 {bekommt Weiß gutes Spiel gegen die
schwarzen Bauern des Damenflügels.}) 16. Qf1 (16. a5 $5 {Gab Weiß die
Gelegenheit, aktiv zu werden.} b5 17. a6 $8 {Sonst spielt Schwarz selbst a6.}
Nc6 18. Qxc4 dxc4 (18... bxc4 19. Na5 Rb8 20. Rb7 Rxb7 21. axb7 Nd8 22. Nxc4 $3
dxc4 23. Rxa7 Bb4 24. Ra8 $18) 19. Na5 Nb4 (19... Nxa5 20. Rxa5 b4 21. d5 exd5
(21... Bc5 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rxc5 Nxc5 25. Rxb4 Nxa6 26. Rxc4 Kd7
27. Ra4 Rb8 28. Kf1 Rb6 29. Nd4 $18) 22. Bxa7 $16) 20. Rab2 Nd5 21. Rxb5 Nc3
22. Nd2 Nxb5 23. Rxb5 Nb8 24. Naxc4 Nxa6 25. Ra5 Rc6 26. c3 Be7 27. Kf1 O-O 28.
Ke2 Rfc8 29. Kd3 $15 {Beide Seiten sind von gegnerischen Figuren gefesselt,
doch Schwarz hat noch Potential mittels R8c7-Nb8-Nd7-Nb6.}) 16... Nc6 17. c3 (
17. Qxc4 dxc4 18. Nbd2 Nb4 19. Ra3 Nd5 $15) 17... Qxc3 $1 {Für den Bauern hat
Weiß keine ausreichende Kompensation. Wenn Schwarz auf c3 nicht nehmen würde,
dann hätte Weiß die Option auf c4 zu nehmen.} (17... Be7 18. Qxc4 dxc4 19. Nbd2
{Jetzt ist dem schwarzen Springer das Feld b4 genommen.} Na5 20. Ne4 $132) 18.
a5 (18. Qd1 Qc4 19. Rc2 Qxa4 20. Nfd2 Be7 $17) 18... Be7 (18... Nb4 {Sieht
sogar stärker aus!} 19. Ra4 (19. Bd2 Qc4 20. Bxb4 Qxf1+ 21. Kxf1 Bxb4 22. axb6
axb6 23. Na1 Bc3 24. Ra7 Ke7 25. Nc2 Ra8 $19) 19... Qc4 20. Qd1 b5 21. Nbd2 (
21. Rc1 bxa4 22. Rxc4 Rxc4 23. Nbd2 Rc2 24. Ne1 Ra2 $17) 21... Qc3 22. Raa1 Qc6
23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 $17 {Schwarz behält den Bauern und Weiß den
schlechten Läufer.}) 19. axb6 axb6 20. Qd1 Qc4 (20... O-O {Das Damenopfer
bringt ebenfalls Vorteil.} 21. Rc2 Qb4 22. Nc5 bxc5 23. Rxb4 Nxb4 24. Rb2 c4
$15 {Und wenn Weiß jetzt taktische Tricks versucht} 25. Rxb4 Bxb4 26. Qa4 Ra8
27. Qxb4 Ra1+ 28. Ne1 Rb8 29. Qc3 Rbb1 $19 {wird er gnadenlos dafür bestraft.})
21. Nc1 {Üblicherweise ist es ein schlechtes Zeichen, wenn man solche Züge
spielen muss.} Nb4 22. Ra7 (22. Rab2 Nc2 23. Nd3 O-O $19 {Schwarz hat einen
gesunden Mehrbauern.}) 22... Qc2 $1 {Richtige Entscheidung - sind die Damen
vom Brett, ist die Stellung gewonnen.} 23. Qxc2 Nxc2 24. Bd2 Na3 25. Ra1 Nc4
$19 {Weiß ist chancenlos.} 26. Rb7 (26. Nd3 Nb8 27. Rb7 Nc6 $19) 26... Nb8 27.
Ra8 O-O 28. Raxb8 Nxd2 {Auch die Taktik ist auf der Seite von Schwarz!} (28...
Rxb8 $2 29. Rxe7 $132) 29. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Rxc8 31. Ne2 (31. Rxe7 Rxc1+ 32.
Kg2 Rc4 33. Rb7 Rxd4 34. Rxb6 g5 $19 {Das Turmendspiel ist absolut gewonnen.})
31... Bd8 32. f4 g6 33. Kg2 Kf8 34. Kf3 Ra8 35. Ke3 Ra3+ 36. Kd2 Bh4 0-1

[Event "Nanjing Pearl Spring 1st"]
[Site "Nanjing"]
[Date "2008.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2008.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.01.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. Nde4 Nd5 14. e3 Nf5 15.
Bd2 Rf7 16. Ne2 b6 17. Qc1 Rc8 18. Rd1 Bf8 19. Be1 Rd7 20. Rb2 Nh6 21. Rc2 Ne7
22. Rc3 Nf7 23. d4 Bg4 24. f3 Be6 25. Nf2 Rd6 26. Rcd3 Nf5 27. dxe5 Nxe5 28.
Rxd6 Nxd6 29. Nd4 Bd7 30. f4 Nec4 31. e4 c5 32. bxc5 Rxc5 33. Bb4 Rc8 34. e5
Nxe5 35. Qb1 Nef7 36. Bd5 a5 37. Bxd6 Bxd6 38. Ne4 Qe7 39. Qxb6 Bxa3 40. Qxa5
Kf8 41. Bxf7 Qxe4 42. Bd5 Qe3+ 43. Kh1 Bc5 44. Qd2 Qxd2 45. Rxd2 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O h6 7. c3 Ne7 8. Na3 Rc8
9. Nc2 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc2 11. Qxc2 Nxc5 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. Qa4 Nc6 14. Be3 a6 15. c4
dxc4 16. Qxc4 Nb4 17. Qb3 Nc2 18. Rxd7 Qxd7 19. Rd1 Qe7 20. Rc1 Qb4 21. Rxc2
Qxb3 22. Rxc8+ Kd7 23. axb3 Kxc8 24. Nd2 Bb4 25. Ne4 Kd7 26. f4 Rc8 27. Bd3 Ke7
28. Kf2 b5 29. g4 g6 30. h4 a5 31. h5 gxh5 32. gxh5 a4 33. f5 exf5 34. Nd6 Rh8
35. Nxf5+ Ke6 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Nxh6 a3 38. bxa3 Bxa3 39. Bc4+ Kd7 40. Bxf7 Ke7
41. Bg5+ Kf8 42. e6 Bc5+ 43. Kf3 Be7 44. Kg4 Bd6 45. Nf5 1-0

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 Qc8 12. Rad1 Qb7 13. Qe3 d5 14. cxd5 Bxd5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qd3 f5 17. a3 Nd7 18. b4 Be7 19. Nh4 Bxh4 20. Bxd5 exd5 21. Qxd5+
Qxd5 22. Rxd5 Nf6 23. Rd4 Bxg3 24. hxg3 Rac8 25. Rc1 Rxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Ne4 27. Bf4
Nf6 28. Bg5 Ne4 29. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. a3 a6 6. e3 O-O 7. Nge2 d6 8. d3
Ba7 9. O-O h6 10. h3 Ne7 11. Kh2 c6 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ng6 14. b3 Re8 15. Ra2
Qa5 16. b4 Qc7 17. Rd2 Bd7 18. Bb2 Ne5 19. Qe2 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Rc1 Nc4 22.
Bxc6 Bxd4 23. Nxb5 Qxc6 24. Nxd4 Qd5 25. Rxc4 Bxh3 26. Nf3 Qe6 27. Bxf6 gxf6
28. Nd4 Qd7 29. Qh5 Bg4 30. Rc7 Re5 31. Qh4 Qxc7 32. Qxg4+ Rg5 33. Qf3 Rxa3 34.
Nf5 Qc1 35. Rxd6 Ra1 36. Nxh6+ Kh7 37. Rxf6 Rh5+ 0-1

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 e6 8. Be2
Ne4 9. Nd2 e5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 g6 12. b4 exd4 13. exd4 Bg7 14. Nb3 O-O 15.
g4 Be6 16. Qd2 Nf6 17. f3 h5 18. gxh5 Nxh5 19. g4 Ng3 20. Rh3 Nxe2 21. Nxe2 f5
22. g5 f4 23. Rh2 Qxg5 24. O-O-O Rae8 25. Rg1 Qf6 26. Rhg2 Bf7 27. Rg4 Re3 28.
Nxf4 Rxf3 29. Nxg6 Rf1+ 30. Rxf1 Qxf1+ 31. Qd1 Bxg6 32. Rxg6 Qc4+ 33. Kb2 Qxb4
34. Rxg7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nf1 Qd7 13. Ng3 Nd8 14. c3 bxc3 15.
bxc3 c5 16. d4 exd4 17. cxd4 Nc6 18. Ba3 Rac8 19. dxc5 dxc5 20. Qe2 Nb4 21. Qc4
Rfd8 22. Ne5 Qe8 23. Qxe6+ Kf8 24. Qc4 Bd6 25. Nf3 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qf7 27. Qe2
Qe6 28. Ng5 Qe5 29. f4 Qd4+ 30. Kh1 Rc6 31. Bxb4 cxb4 32. Rad1 Qb6 33. e5 Nd5
34. e6 Ke7 35. Qh5 1-0

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lie, Kjetil A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.01.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
Nd7 9. Bd2 a5 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc1 h5 12. Rd1 Bd7 13. Bf1 O-O 14. Bh6 a4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Rb1 Qa5 17. Qe3 Bg4 18. Rd2 Be6 19. h3 Rfc8 20. Re1 f6 21. Rdd1
Qb6 22. Nb5 Nd7 23. Qg3 Nce5 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Bf7 26. Nb4 Nc5 27. Nd5 Bxd5
28. exd5 Ra2 29. Nd4 Kf7 30. Qe3 g5 31. Be2 Rh8 32. Ra1 Qa5 33. b4 Rxa1 34.
Bxh5+ Rxh5 35. bxa5 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Rh4 37. Qc3 Na4 38. Qe3 Nc5 39. g4 Nxc4 40.
Qc3 Ne5 41. Ne6 Rh8 42. f4 gxf4 43. Nxf4 Rg8 44. Qc2 Rg7 45. Kf2 Ke8 46. Ne6
Ned3+ 47. Kg3 Nxe6 48. Qxd3 Nc5 49. Qb5+ Kf7 50. h4 Rg8 51. Kf3 Rh8 52. h5 f5
53. Qb1 fxg4+ 54. Kxg4 Rg8+ 55. Kh4 Ke8 56. h6 Nd7 57. Qxb7 Rh8 58. Qc8+ 1-0

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Blitz"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2009.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. f3 Nbd7 12. Rf2 Rc8 13. Bf1 Rc7 14. Rd2 Qa8 15.
Nc1 Rfc8 16. N1a2 d5 17. exd5 Bc5 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Nb4 Nf8 20. Nd3 Rxc3 21.
bxc3 e4 22. Nf4 Rxc3 23. fxe4 Nxe4 24. Rd4 Nd6 25. Rb4 Qc8 26. Qd4 Rxc2 27.
Qxb6 Qd7 28. Re1 Bc8 29. Bd3 Ra2 30. Qd4 a5 31. Rb6 Rxa4 32. Qc5 Nb7 33. Qe3
Qd8 34. Rc6 Bd7 35. Ra6 Rb4 36. h3 a4 37. d6 Qg5 38. Ra8 Rxf4 39. Qe7 1-0

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Blitz"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.01.04"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. c3 d6 6. d4 Bd7 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Be3 Nf6 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Re1 Re8 12. h3 Qc8 13. Qe2 Nd8 14. Bxd7 Nxd7
15. Red1 Ne6 16. a4 Nb8 17. Qc4 Nc6 18. b4 Rd8 19. Nb3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Qe8 21.
Ng5 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Ncxd8 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Na5 b5 25. axb5 axb5 26. Qd5 Nf4 27.
Qd2 h5 28. h4 Ne6 29. g3 Qa8 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. exd5 Nd8 32. c4 bxc4 33. Nxc4 f6
34. b5 Bf8 35. Ba7 Kf7 36. Bb8 Ke7 37. Bxc7 Nb7 38. Kf1 Kd7 39. b6 e4 40. Ke2
Bc5 41. Nd2 f5 42. Nc4 1-0

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid Final"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.01.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. h3 d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. O-O d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rd1 Nxd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Bxe4 dxe4 17. Nb3 c5 18. Be3 Qe7 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gjovik Aker CC Rapid Final"]
[Site "Gjovik"]
[Date "2009.01.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2009.01.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Bd2 b4 10. c3 Rb8 11. Bc4 Qc8 12. Re1 O-O 13. d4 Bg4 14. Be3 Na5 15. Bd3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nb3 17. Ra2 Ng4 18. Nd2 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bf6 21. Nf3
Re8 22. Rb1 c5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Bf1 c4 25. Nd2 Nxd2 26. Rxb8 Qxb8 27. Rxd2 Qb3
28. a5 h6 29. Rd5 Rd8 30. g3 Bg5 31. Qf3 Bf6 32. h4 Qa2 33. Rxd8+ Bxd8 34. Qd1
Bxa5 35. Qd5 Bb6 36. Kh2 Qxf2+ 37. Bg2 a5 38. Qxc4 Qc5 39. Qa4 g6 40. Qb3 h5
41. c4 Kg7 42. Kh3 Qc6 43. Qc3 Qe6+ 44. Kh2 Qe7 45. Qb3 Qb4 46. Qd3 Bd4 47. Qe2
a4 48. g4 a3 49. gxh5 Qb2 50. Qg4 Qd2 51. Kh3 Qe3+ 52. Bf3 Qf4 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Eijk, Sander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d6 7. Nc3 g6 8. Ne3
Nge7 9. h4 h5 10. Nc2 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Qd2 Be6 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 b5 15.
Nd5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bd7 19. Bb3 Rfd8 20. Rxd6 Be8 21.
Rxg6 Kh8 22. Bxf7 Bxf7 23. Rxc6 Rdc8 24. Rxc8+ Rxc8 25. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Berczes, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Bf4 Qc8 13. Rc1 a6 14. Qd2 b5
15. Bd5 e6 16. Bb3 e5 17. Bh6 c4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Bc2 Qc7 20. f4 exd4 21. cxd4
Bg4 22. d5 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Nd4 24. Qf2 Nxc2 25. Rxc2 Rac8 26. Qd4+ f6 27. Re2 Qc5
28. Rd1 c3 29. Rc2 Rfd8 30. Kf2 b4 31. Ke3 a5 32. Qxc5 Rxc5 33. Kd4 Rdc8 34. d6
Rc4+ 35. Kd3 R4c6 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. Rd5 Ke6 38. Rxa5 Rxd6 39. f5+ Kd7 40. Ra7+
Kc6 41. Ra6+ Kc5 42. Rxd6 Kxd6 43. Kd4 g5 44. g4 h6 45. h3 Rc5 46. Rc1 Rc7 47.
Rc2 Rc8 48. Rc1 Rc5 49. Rc2 Kc6 50. Rc1 Kb5 51. Rb1 Rc8 52. e5 fxe5+ 53. Kxe5
Ra8 54. f6 Rxa2 55. Rf1 Ra8 56. f7 c2 57. Ke4 Rf8 58. Kd3 Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 a6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 f5 14. e5
Be6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 O-O 17. g3 Rad8 18. Ke2 e6 19. Rb1 Rd7 20. Rb6 h6 21.
Ne1 Rfd8 22. Nd3 Nxd4+ 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. Rxe6 g5 26. Re8+ Kh7 27.
Re7 b6 28. Re6 Ra4 29. Rxb6 Rxa2+ 30. Ke3 Ra4 31. f4 gxf4+ 32. gxf4 Bf8 33. Rf6
Bg7 34. Rc6 Bf8 35. e6 Ba3 36. Ne5 Kg7 37. h3 a5 38. Nc4 Be7 39. Kd3 Ra1 40.
Ne3 Ra3+ 41. Ke2 Ra2+ 42. Kd1 Ra1+ 43. Kc2 Ra2+ 44. Kb1 Re2 45. Nxf5+ Kf6 46.
Nxe7 Kxe7 47. f5 Kf6 48. Rc5 a4 49. Ka1 a3 50. h4 h5 51. Rb5 a2 52. Ra5 Rf2 53.
Re5 Ke7 54. f6+ Rxf6 55. Rxh5 Kxe6 56. Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Lopez Martinez, Josep Manuel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qf3 d6 8. Nc2
Bc5 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rd1 e5 12. h3 Be6 13. Be3 Qb6 14. Rxd6 Bxe3 15.
Qxe3 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxc2 17. Rd2 Qxc3 18. Qxc3 Nxe4 19. Qe3 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 b5 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Bxb5 Bxa2 23. Rb2 Nd4 24. Rxa2 Rxa2 25. Qxa2 Nxb5 26. Qd5 Nc7 27.
Qxe5 Ne6 28. g3 Rd8 29. Kg2 Nf8 30. h4 h6 31. Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gurevich, Mikhail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Bb5+ Kf8 12. Qe2 a6 13. Bd3 c5 14. O-O-O
b5 15. c4 Qc7 16. f4 Ke7 17. f5 Rhd8 18. fxe6 bxc4 19. Bxc4 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Be4
21. Bc3 Bxe5 22. Bb4+ Rd6 23. Rhf1 Qc6 24. exf7 Rb8 25. Bxd6+ Bxd6 26. Rd4 Bxh2
27. Rxf6 gxf6 28. Qxe4+ Qxe4 29. Rxe4+ Be5 30. b3 a5 31. Kc2 Rd8 32. Rh4 Rh8
33. Kd3 h5 34. Bd5 f5 35. Ra4 Bc7 36. Rc4 Bd6 37. Rc6 h4 38. Ra6 Bb4 39. Kd4 f4
40. Ke4 f3 41. Kxf3 h3 42. gxh3 Rxh3+ 43. Kg4 Rh8 44. Rg6 Rh2 45. Rg8 Rf2 46.
Re8+ Kd7 47. Be6+ Kc7 48. a4 Bd6 49. Bf5 Rb2 50. Rc8+ Kb7 51. f8=Q Bxf8 52.
Rxf8 Rxb3 53. Bd7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2631"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 Ne4 8. cxd5
Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 10. Rxc3 O-O 11. Bc4 Qa1+ 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13. Nf3 Nd7 14. Ba2 Qa3
15. c6 bxc6 16. dxc6 Nc5 17. O-O Nd3 18. Rb1 Nxf4 19. exf4 Bf5 20. Rb5 Rac8 21.
Ra5 Qd3 22. Qxd3 Bxd3 23. Rc1 Bb2 24. Rcc5 Rc7 25. Ne5 Be4 26. Ra4 Bxe5 27.
Rxe4 Bd6 28. Rc2 Rfc8 29. Rec4 a5 30. g3 a4 31. Rxa4 Rxc6 32. Rac4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2557"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. d4
dxe4 9. dxe5 exf3 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. Ne4 Qg6 13. Ng3 Qf6 14. Qd3 g6
15. Ne4 Qf5 16. Nxc5 fxg2 17. Re1 Qxc5 18. Qf3 Kg7 19. Be3 Qc4 20. Bb3 Ne5 21.
Qg3 Qh4 22. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 d5 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 dxc4 8.
Qa4+ Nbd7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Qxc4 Nb6 11. Qb3 Bd7 12. Nc3 Qb8 13. Ndb5 Rc8 14. Be3
Nc4 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Na5 17. Qa4 a6 18. Qxa5 axb5 19. Qxa8 Qxa8 20. Bxf6 Bxf6
21. Rxd7 e4 22. Nxe4 Qa5 23. Nxf6+ gxf6 24. Bd5 Rc7 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Rxc7 Qxc7
27. Bb3 Qe5 28. e3 Qxb2 29. Rd1 Ke7 30. h3 h6 31. Rd4 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6+ 33. Bd5
Qc2 34. Rh4 Qd3 35. Re4+ Kf8 36. Rd4 Qc2 37. Rh4 Qd2 38. Bb3 Kg7 39. Rg4+ Kh7
40. Rd4 Qc3 41. Rd6 Kg6 42. h4 Qc7 43. Re6 Kg7 44. Bd5 b6 45. h5 Qc5 46. e4 Qd4
47. Re7+ Kh8 48. Re8+ Kg7 49. Re7+ Kh8 50. Bf7 Qc5 51. Re8+ Kg7 52. Bg6 b4 53.
Ra8 Qd4 54. Rb8 Qc5 55. Bf5 Qd4 56. Re8 Qc5 57. Rd8 Qc6 58. Rd4 Qc5 59. Rd5 Qc6
60. Rd7+ Kg8 61. Re7 Qc5 62. Be6+ Kh8 63. Rf7 Qd4 64. Rf8+ Kh7 65. Bd5 Qe5 66.
Rf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Nf4 Qc8 13. Be2 Rb8 14. Qd2 Rd8
15. Rfc1 Be8 16. d5 b6 17. Qb2 Na5 18. Qa3 e5 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Bg4 Bf7 21. Qa4
Rd6 22. h4 Qe8 23. Qc2 Nc4 24. Qe2 Ne5 25. Bh3 Rbd8 26. Qa6 Qe7 27. g3 Nf3+ 28.
Kg2 Nd2 29. Bxd2 Rxd2 30. Bg4 Be5 31. Nh3 R8d3 32. Be2 Rxc3 33. Rxc3 Bxc3 34.
Ng5 Bd4 35. Rb3 Be8 36. Nf3 Rc2 37. Nxd4 cxd4 38. Rf3 Rc5 39. Ra3 Rc7 40. Rd3
Qb4 41. Rd1 Bc6 42. Qd3 e5 43. Qf3 Ba4 44. Rf1 Qf8 45. Qg4 Qf6 46. Bd3 Rc3 47.
Qe2 Qc6 48. h5 g5 49. h6 Qxh6 50. Bc4+ Kg7 51. Bd5 Bd7 52. Rh1 Qf6 53. Rf1 b5
54. Rb1 a5 55. Rb3 b4 56. Rxc3 bxc3 57. Qc4 Qb6 58. Bg8 Be8 59. Bd5 Kf8 60. Qc8
Ke7 61. Qf5 Qf6 62. Qc8 Qd6 63. Qf5 h6 64. Qc8 Bd7 65. Qc4 Qb6 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2009.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Qc2 Rc8 17. Ba3 Qb6 18. Bf1 Nh5 19. g3 exd4 20. cxd4 c5 21. axb5 axb5
22. Qd3 Ba6 23. Bb2 d5 24. dxc5 Nxc5 25. Qd4 Bg7 26. e5 Qb7 27. Rec1 Ne6 28.
Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qe3 Bf8 30. Nd4 Nxd4 31. Bxd4 Ng7 32. Nf3 Ne6 33. h4 Nxd4 34.
Nxd4 Bc5 35. b4 Bxb4 36. e6 Re8 37. Qb3 Bc5 38. Bg2 f6 39. Qc3 Be7 40. Qa5 Bc5
41. Nb3 Bxf2+ 42. Kxf2 Qa7+ 43. Kf1 Qe3 44. Qxa6 Qxb3 45. Qa3 Qc4+ 46. Kg1 b4
47. Qa7 Kh8 48. Qd7 Qc5+ 49. Kh2 Qe7 50. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th playoff"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Milov, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.02.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. d3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2
O-O 9. Be2 a5 10. O-O Be6 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 a4 13. Nd2 Na5 14. f4 Nb3 15.
Nxb3 Bxb3 16. Qe1 Re8 17. Qg3 exf4 18. Qxf4 Qe7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Bd1 Bxd1 21.
Rxc7 Qxe3+ 22. Qxe3 Rxe3 23. Rxd1 b5 24. Rd2 Rd8 25. d4 Rd5 26. h3 h5 27. Rb7
Re4 28. Kf2 Rf5+ 29. Kg1 h4 30. Kh2 Re1 31. g3 hxg3+ 32. Kxg3 Re3+ 33. Kg2 Rg5+
34. Kh2 Rh5 35. d5 Rexh3+ 36. Kg1 Rh1+ 37. Kf2 R1h2+ 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 7th playoff"]
[Site "Gibraltar"]
[Date "2009.02.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Milov, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2669"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.02.05"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. Re1 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. Nc3 Nd7 13. Nd5 Re8 14. Be3 Bb7
15. Rc1 c6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. f3 c5 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Red1 Rad8 20. cxb5 h6 21.
bxa6 Bxa6 22. Rc3 c4 23. Ba4 Rf8 24. b4 f5 25. Bb6 Nd3 26. b5 d5 27. bxa6 dxe4
28. fxe4 fxe4 29. Qe3 Rd6 30. Bb5 Nb2 31. Rxd6 Qxd6 32. Bd4 Nd1 33. Bxc4+ Kh8
34. Qd2 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 16th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2009.02.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Heinrich, Jan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2133"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 b5 8. cxb5 a6
9. bxa6 Qa5 10. Bd2 Bxa6 11. Bxa6 Qxa6 12. Qe2 Nfd7 13. Qxa6 Nxa6 14. O-O Rfb8
15. Rab1 Nb4 16. a4 c4 17. b3 cxb3 18. Rxb3 Nc5 19. Rbb1 Nbd3 20. Rxb8+ Rxb8
21. Rb1 Ra8 22. Rb5 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nxe4 24. Bd4 Nxf4 25. Kf1 f5 26. a5 Kf7 27.
g3 Nd3 28. Bb6 Nc1 29. Rb1 Na2 30. Ra1 Nb4 31. Bd4 Ra6 32. Ne1 Nxd5 33. Nd3
Nd2+ 34. Ke2 Nb3 35. Ra4 Nxd4+ 36. Rxd4 Rxa5 0-1

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 16th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Baker, Chris W"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. g4 Bb7 8. Bg2
e6 9. O-O b4 10. Nd5 exd5 11. exd5 Be7 12. g5 Nfd7 13. Nc6 Qc7 14. Nxe7 Kxe7
15. Qd4 Ne5 16. f4 Qc4 17. Qe3 Nbd7 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Rf4 Qxc2 20. Bd2 Rac8 21.
Raf1 Rhf8 22. Bxb4 Kd7 23. Be4 Qc7 24. Bf5+ Kd8 25. Bxc8 Bxc8 26. Rc1 Qb8 27.
Ba5+ Ke7 28. Rb4 Qa8 29. Rc7+ Bd7 30. Rbb7 Rd8 31. Bb4 f6 32. Bxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 16th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Williams, Simon Kim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E70"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 O-O 6. Ng3 h5 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. Qc2
a6 9. f4 h4 10. Nf1 c5 11. d5 b5 12. Ne3 b4 13. Ncd1 e6 14. O-O exd5 15. cxd5
Re8 16. Nf2 a5 17. g4 hxg3 18. hxg3 a4 19. Bb5 Qe7 20. Nc4 Rb8 21. Bxa4 Ba6 22.
Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Kg2 Qe7 24. Kf3 Nxe4 25. Nxe4 b3 26. axb3 Rxb3+ 27. Be3 Bxc4 28.
Qxc4 Rb4 29. Ra7 Rxc4 30. Rxe7 Rxe7 31. Nxd6 Rb4 32. Bxc5 Rb3+ 33. Kg4 f5+ 34.
Kh3 Bf8 35. Ba3 Rh7+ 36. Kg2 Rxa3 37. bxa3 Bxd6 38. a4 Ra7 39. Re1 Kf7 40. Re6
Be7 41. Rb6 Rxa4 42. d6 Bf6 43. Kf3 Ra3+ 44. Kg2 Rd3 45. Ra6 Ke6 46. d7+ Ke7
47. g4 Rxd7 48. g5 Bc3 49. Rxg6 Rd4 50. Rc6 Bd2 51. Rc5 Rxf4 52. Rd5 Bc1 53.
Rc5 Ba3 54. Ra5 Bd6 55. g6 Ke6 56. g7 Rg4+ 0-1

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 16th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2009.02.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wells, Peter K"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B63"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. f3 a6 11. h4 b5 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. g4 Rc8 14. Bd3 Qc7
15. Qe3 Rfd8 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 d4 18. Nxd4 Nd5 19. Qe2 Nb4 20. Be4 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Qc4 22. Bxe7 Qxa2+ 23. Kc1 Nxc2 24. Nc6 Rd5 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Qxc2 Qa1+
27. Qb1 Rxc6+ 28. Kd2 Qa5+ 29. Ke2 Qc7 30. Bd6 Qc8 31. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 16th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lalic, Bogdan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2538"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "24"]
[EventDate "2009.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6
8. e4 e5 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bc4 h5 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. O-O-O Qxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bunratty Masters op 16th"]
[Site "Bunratty"]
[Date "2009.02.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Baburin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.02.20"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "IRL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 128 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.03.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.03.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Be2 g6 7. c4 Nc7 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O Nxe5 12. fxe5 c5 13. dxc5 Bxe5 14. Qe1 Bd4
15. Bf3 e5 16. Rd1 a5 17. Bxd4 exd4 18. Qe5 Ne6 19. Nb5 Qe7 20. Nd6 Qc7 21. Bd5
Ra6 22. Kh1 h5 23. Rf6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B89"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
Qe2 a6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Rhg1 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 b5 12. Bb3 Nd7 13. g4 Nc5 14. g5 Qe8
15. Qh5 f5 16. g6 hxg6 17. Rxg6 f4 18. Bxf4 Rxf4 19. Rxg7+ Kxg7 20. Qxe8 Rf7
21. Qc6 Bb7 22. Qb6 Rc8 23. Rxd6 Rxf2 24. Bxe6 b4 25. Qxb4 Rf1+ 26. Kd2 Rf2+
27. Kd1 Rf1+ 28. Ke2 Nxe6 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Komarov, Dimitri"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 Qa5 14. Qd2
Qxd2 15. Nxd2 Rfd8 16. Nb3 a5 17. Rxc6 a4 18. Nc5 Be2 19. Re1 Bxd4 20. Rxe2
Bxc5 21. g3 Bxe3 22. Rxe3 Rd2 23. a3 Rb8 24. Rc4 Rbb2 25. Rf3 Rb3 26. Rxb3 axb3
27. Rb4 b2 28. Kg2 Rd3 29. Rxb2 Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2009.05.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Qd6 7. Nbd2 Be6 8.
Ng5 Nd7 9. Nxe6 Qxe6 10. Qg4 Qf6 11. Nf3 g6 12. O-O h5 13. Qg3 Qe7 14. d4 Bd6
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Qe3 c5 18. c3 O-O-O 19. f4 Bg7 20. e5 Kb8 21.
Qe4 Qe6 22. Be3 b6 23. a4 f5 24. Qc2 Rd7 25. b4 cxb4 26. cxb4 g5 27. fxg5 Bxe5
28. Rae1 Re8 29. Kh1 Qg6 30. Bg1 Qxg5 31. Rxf5 Qg7 32. a5 Rde7 33. a6 Bd6 34.
Qc6 Kc8 35. Rd1 Kd8 36. Rxd6+ cxd6 37. Qxd6+ Kc8 38. Qc6+ Kd8 39. Rd5+ Rd7 40.
Qa8+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2009.05.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.03.20"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 129 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.05"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7. Nxc6 Qg5
8. Qe2 Nf6 9. Nxa7+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. f4 Qc5 12. Nb5 Qxc2 13. d4 Qxe2+ 14.
Kxe2 Bd6 15. d5 Nf6 16. Rd1 h5 17. h4 Kd7 18. Be3 Ng4 19. a3 Nh6 20. Nxd6 cxd6
21. Rd4 Rhc8 22. Rb4 Rc7 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Rxc7+ Rxc7 25. Kd2 Nf5 26. Bb6 e3+
27. Kd3 e2 28. Bf2 Kc8 29. Re4 Ne7 30. Rxe2 Nxd5 31. g3 Kd7 32. Rc2 Rxc2 33.
Kxc2 b5 34. b3 Kc6 35. Kd3 g6 36. Bd4 Ne7 37. Ke4 Kb7 38. Bf6 Nf5 39. Kd5 Kc7
40. Ke6 Nxg3 41. Kf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d6 7. e3 Qe7 8.
b4 e5 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bb2 Nbd7 11. Qc3 Re8 12. c5 e4 13. Nd2 a5 14. Bb5 axb4
15. axb4 Rxa1+ 16. Bxa1 Rd8 17. g4 b6 18. cxb6 cxb6 19. g5 Ne8 20. Rg1 Bb7 21.
Bb2 Rc8 22. Qd4 Rd8 23. Qc3 Rc8 24. Qd4 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Eurasia Logistics"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4
Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Qc8 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Bb6 Bb4 14. Bf3
Nfe7 15. Bxc6+ Nxc6 16. Ne4 O-O 17. f4 Be7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. exd6 Qd7 20. Qxc4
Na7 21. Kb1 Rfc8 22. Qc7 Rd8 23. Qc2 Rdc8 24. Qc7 Rd8 25. Bxa7 Rxa7 26. Rc1
Raa8 27. Rhd1 f6 28. a3 Rac8 29. Qxd7 Rxc1+ 30. Rxc1 Rxd7 31. Rc8+ Kf7 32. Rc7
Ke8 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Rc7 Ke8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Qa4 Nb6 9. Qh4 e6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. d3 Nd5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. a3 Bf8
15. Rfb1 a5 16. Na4 Rb8 17. Rc1 b6 18. Nc3 Nde7 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. Rab1 f5 21. Nc3
h6 22. Nb5 Bd7 23. Nc3 e5 24. Be1 Be6 25. Nd2 Nd4 26. b3 Nd5 27. Bxd5 Bxd5 28.
Kf1 Be6 29. f3 h5 30. Nc4 e4 31. dxe4 Nxb3 32. Rxb3 Bxc4 33. Rbb1 b5 34. exf5
gxf5 35. Nd1 a4 36. Ba5 Re8 37. Rc2 Bd4 38. Bc3 Bb3 39. Rcb2 Bxc3 40. Nxc3 Re3
41. Rc1 b4 42. Nb1 Rb5 43. Kf2 Re5 44. h3 Kf7 45. g4 hxg4 46. hxg4 fxg4 47.
fxg4 Rb6 48. Rh1 Rf6+ 49. Ke1 Rd5 50. Rd2 Rfd6 51. axb4 a3 52. Rxd5 a2 53. Rf1+
Rf6 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saransk TPS"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. a3 exd4 15.
Nb3 Bb7 16. Nbxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Rfe8 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Be3 Qd8 21.
Bg5 h6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. Re3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 Bd7 9. Rb1 a6 10. Ba4 Rb8 11. Re1 h6 12. Bh4 Ne7 13. Bb3 Ng6 14. Bg3 Re8
15. Nd2 b5 16. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 16th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2009.04.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.04.04"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Qd6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6
8. Qxc6+ bxc6 9. b3 Nxc3 10. dxc3 Bg7 11. Bb2 a5 12. g3 a4 13. Bg2 Ra6 14.
O-O-O Be6 15. c4 O-O 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Kb2 Rb8 18. Kc3 c5 19. Be4 axb3 20. axb3
Ra3 21. Bc2 Rb4 22. Kd2 Rb6 23. Ra1 Rba6 24. Rxa3 Rxa3 25. Kc3 Bd7 26. Rd1 Bc6
27. Rd8 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. b4 cxb4+ 30. Kxb4 e5 31. Kc5 f5 32. Ba4 Bb7 33.
Bc6 Bc8 34. f4 exf4 35. gxf4 h6 36. Bd5 Bd7 37. Bc6 Bc8 38. Be8 Bb7 39. h4 Kf6
40. Kb5 g5 41. hxg5+ hxg5 42. fxg5+ Kxg5 43. Bc6 Bxc6+ 44. Kxc6 Kf4 45. Kxc7
Ke3 46. Kd6 Kxe2 47. Ke5 Ke3 48. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. Qd1 Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 exd4 14. O-O Be7
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Bf5 Rb8 17. Qxd4 Nf6 18. Rac1 O-O 19. Rc6 Bd6 20. Rfc1 Re8
21. Qa7 g6 22. Rc8 Rxc8 23. Rxc8 Qe7 24. Qxe7 Bxe7 25. Rxe8+ Nxe8 26. Bc8 Nc7
27. Bb7 Kg7 28. Nb6 Bc5 29. Nxd5 Nxd5 30. Bxd5 f5 31. g4 f4 32. exf4 Bd6 33. f5
gxf5 34. gxf5 a5 35. Kg2 h6 36. Kf3 Be7 37. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 {White is
not obliged to play the most popular move 7.Re1 as this modern alternative
sidesteps some intricate lines connected with the early 6...Bb7 system.} Be7 (
7... Bc5 8. Nc3 d6 9. a4 b4 10. Nd5 $14) 8. a4 O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 {White's
setup gives the impression of being rather timid and Ivnachuk has no problems
to equalise the game.} Re8 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. g4 $5 {Svidler was
surely aware, that normal developing moves have failed to promise any
advantage in current tournament praxis. His approach with the daring g-pawn
advance seriously compromises White's kingside pawn structure.} (13. Bd2 Ne7 (
13... Nb8 14. c3 Nbd7 15. Nd5 c6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6 17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 d5 19. Bb3
Bd6 20. Bc3 Nd7 $14 {1-0 Navarro Lopez Menchero,D (2076)-Rodriguez Lopez,R 
(2335)/Palma de Mallorca 2008 (39)}) 14. c4 c6 15. Qc2 Ng6 16. Nf5 bxc4 17.
Bxc4 d5 18. Ba2 c5 19. Ng3 c4 20. exd5 cxd3 21. Qxd3 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Qxd5 23.
Qxd5 Nxd5 24. Rad1 {was just equal in 1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2640)-Adams,M 2660)/
Pula 1997/.}) (13. c3 Na5 (13... Ne7 14. Nh4 c5 15. Ng4 Nxg4 16. Qxg4 Qc8 17.
Qg3 c4 18. dxc4 bxc4 19. Ba2 Qe6 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Nd2 Na5 $17 {1/2-1/2 Emms,J 
(2586)-Hebden,M (2510)/Port Erin 1999 (48)}) 14. Ba2 c5 15. b4 cxb4 16. cxb4
Nc6 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 Ne7 20. Bxb7 Qxb7 21. Qb3 Reb8 22. axb5 {
1/2-1/2 Lutz,C (2590)-Strikovic,A (2560)/Pamplona 1998. With very small
advantage for White.}) 13... Nd4 (13... Na5 14. Ba2 d5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5
Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Qxd5 18. Qe2 Nc6 $11) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nf5 d5 $1 {The
counterattack in the centre is from the strategic point of view the most
appropriate reaction to the aggressive white plans.} 16. axb5 (16. f3 c5 $11)
16... dxe4 (16... axb5 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. g5 hxg5 19. Bxg5 Nd7 $11) 17. dxe4 (
17. bxa6 exd3 18. Rxe8 Qxe8 19. cxd3 Rxa6 20. Rxa6 Bxa6 $15) 17... axb5 18.
Rxa8 Qxa8 {Black has no reason to complain about the activity of his well
placed pieces.} 19. e5 (19. f3 c5 $15) (19. Nxd4 Nxe4 20. c3 Nd6 $15) 19... Ne4
(19... Bf3 20. Qd3 Nxg4 21. e6 $1 fxe6 22. Bxe6+ Kh8 23. Nh4 Rxe6 24. Rxe6 Bd5
25. Ng6+ Kg8 26. Re1 $16) 20. e6 $1 {Svidler must begin to look for active
ideas in order to keep the opponent busy and sidestep problem for himself.} (
20. c3 Rxe5 21. Bf4 Re8 22. Nxd4 Bd6 (22... Bc5 23. Bxc7 (23. h3 b4 $1 $15)
23... Ng5 24. h4 (24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Kf1 Qe4 $15) 24... Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 Nf3+ 26.
Nxf3 Bxf3 27. Bg3 Bxg4 28. Qe5 $11) 23. Bxd6 Nxd6 24. Bc2 Rxe1+ 25. Qxe1 c5 26.
Nf5 Bh1 27. Qf1 Nc4 28. Ne3 $15) 20... fxe6 21. Nxd4 Rd8 (21... Nc5 $1 22. c3
Bh1 23. f3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Qxf3 25. Bxe6+ Rxe6 26. Nxf3 Rxe1+ 27. Nxe1 Kf7 $15)
22. Bxe6+ $2 {Both great players seem to be carried away by their own agendas.
Objectively this natural move is unnatural, since it enables the enemy to
unleash a counterattack with the help of a queen move to a4.} (22. g5 $1 Nc5 (
22... Rxd4 23. Bxe6+ Kh8 24. Qxd4 Bc5 25. Qe5 $16) 23. Qg4 Nxb3 24. Qxe6+ Kh8
25. Nxb3 hxg5 26. Bxg5 Rd6 27. Qf5 $14) 22... Kh8 23. g5 Rxd4 $2 {Ivanchuk was
playing in Nalchik without his usual inspiration, very far from his optimal
chess strength. At the critical moment he falls for the obvious combination in
order to benefit from the strong centralised knight.} (23... Qa4 $1 24. c4 Qxd1
25. Rxd1 bxc4 $1 (25... c5 26. Bd5 Bxd5 (26... Rxd5 27. cxd5 cxd4 28. Rxd4 Nd6
29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Bf4 $14) 27. Ne6 Re8 (27... Bxe6 28. Rxd8 Kg8 29. gxh6 $18)
28. cxd5 hxg5 29. f3 Nf6 30. Bxg5 $16) 26. Bg4 $11) (23... c5 $2 24. gxh6 gxh6
(24... Rxd4 25. hxg7+ Kxg7 26. Qg4+ Kf6 27. Qf5+ Ke7 28. Qf7+ Kd8 29. Bf4 $18)
25. Qg4 $16) 24. Qxd4 Bc5 25. Qe5 Bxf2+ (25... Qf8 26. Bf4 Bxf2+ 27. Kf1 Bxe1
28. gxh6 $18) 26. Kf1 Qf8 27. gxh6 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Svidler is hinting with a
great dose of elegance, that White's forces will be much better coordinated in
the attack against the enemy king.} Bxe1+ (27... Bg3+ 28. Qf5 Qxf5+ 29. Bxf5
Bxe1 30. Kxe1 Nd6 31. Bd3 $16) 28. Bf4 $1 Nd2+ (28... Nf6 29. hxg7+ Qxg7 30.
Kxe1 $18) (28... Qf6 29. Qxc7 Nd2+ 30. Kxe1 Nf3+ 31. Kf2 Qh4+ 32. Kg2 Nd4+ 33.
Qxb7 Nxe6 34. hxg7+ $18) 29. Ke2 $1 (29. Ke2 $1 {The final touch is impressive.
White is underlining the hopelessness of black forces in active play and they
are all absent from the defence of their own king.} Qf6 30. Bf5 Bc6 31. Qxc7
$18) 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Nc4 13. b3 Nb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. a5 Nc8
16. Nbd2 g6 17. Nf1 Nh5 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2 Bf6 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. fxg3 Bg7 22.
Rf1 f6 23. Be3 Ne7 24. g4 Rf8 25. Kh2 Rae8 26. Nh4 Qc8 27. b4 c4 28. Rf3 Rf7
29. Raf1 Ref8 30. Bh6 g5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Nf5+ Nxf5 33. exf5 Rh8 34. Be4 h5
35. gxh5 Rxh5 36. g4 Rh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. a4 h6 18. b3 Na5 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. axb5 axb5 21. Nh4 Nc6
22. Nhf5 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Bf8 24. Bd3 Nd8 25. c4 Ne6 26. cxb5 Nc5 27. Bc4 Bxf5 28.
Nxf5 Ncxe4 29. Bb4 Qb6 30. Ne3 d5 31. Ba5 Qc5 32. b4 Qa7 33. b6 Qb7 34. Bb5 Re6
35. Rc1 Rxb6 36. Bxb6 Qxb6 37. Qa5 Qb8 38. Bd3 Qxb4 (38... Nxf2 $1 39. Kxf2 e4
40. Qc7 $1 Qxb4 41. Rb1 $1) 39. Qxb4 Bxb4 40. Rc8+ Bf8 41. Nxd5 Nxd5 42. Bxe4
Ne7 43. Rc5 f6 44. Bc2 g6 45. Kf1 h5 46. Rc7 f5 47. Ke2 Kf7 48. Rb7 Bh6 49.
Bb3+ Kf8 50. Kd3 h4 51. f3 Bf4 52. Kc4 e4 53. fxe4 fxe4 54. Kc3 Be5+ 55. Kd2
Bf4+ 56. Ke2 Nf5 57. Bd5 Ng3+ 58. Kd1 g5 59. Rb6 Ke7 60. Rb4 e3 61. Bf3 Kd6 62.
Rb5 Ke6 63. Ra5 Kf6 64. Bg4 Ne4 65. Ke2 Nd6 (65... Nf2 $1) 66. Kd3 Ke7 67. Kd4
Kf6 68. Kd5 Ke7 69. Ra7+ Kf6 70. Ra6 Ke7 71. Ra7+ Kf6 72. Bh5 Be5 73. Ra6 Kf5
74. Bg4+ 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Rc1 O-O 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Na4 e5 14. d5 e4 15.
Nd4 cxd5 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Bh3 19. Bxe4 Qxe4 20. gxh3 Rad8 21.
Rc4 Rfe8 22. Qg4 Qd5 23. b3 b5 24. Rc7 Re4 25. Qg2 Bxd4 26. exd4 Qxd4 27. Qf3
Rf4 28. Qc3 Qxc3 29. Rxc3 Rd5 30. Re3 Rd2 31. a3 Ra2 32. b4 h5 33. f3 Rf5 34.
h4 Rf4 35. Rf2 Ra1+ 36. Rf1 Rxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Rxh4 38. Re8+ Kg7 39. Kg2 Rd4 40.
Rb8 Rd5 41. Rb7 a6 42. Rb6 Rg5+ 43. Kf2 h4 44. Rxa6 h3 45. f4 Rg2+ 46. Kf3 Rxh2
47. Kg3 Rb2 48. Kxh3 Rb3+ 49. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "146"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. e3
O-O 9. cxd5 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Rac8 14. Rac1
Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. g4 Be6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Bf3 Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5
21. Ne4 Bxd4 22. Rcd1 Rcd8 23. exd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Rxd4 25. f3 f5 26. gxf5 gxf5
27. Be3 Rd3 28. Bh6 fxe4 29. fxe4 Rd8 30. Rf5 Nd4 31. Rg5+ Kf7 32. Rg7+ Kf6 33.
Kf2 Nc6 34. h4 Rd2+ 35. Kg3 Rd3+ 36. Kg2 Rxa3 37. Rxh7 Kg6 38. Rh8 Ra4 39. Bf4
Rxe4 40. Kf3 Rc4 41. h5+ Kg7 42. Ra8 a5 43. Bd2 a4 44. Ke2 b5 45. Ra6 Nd4+ 46.
Kd1 Rc5 47. h6+ Kh7 48. Ra7 Nf5 49. Ra6 Rd5 50. Kc1 Rd6 51. Ra7 Rd3 52. Rb7 a3
53. Ra7 Rb3 54. Ra6 Nd4 55. Ra7 Nc6 56. Ra8 b4 57. Ra6 Rh3 58. Rxc6 Rh1+ 59.
Kc2 a2 60. Ra6 a1=Q 61. Rxa1 Rxa1 62. Bxb4 Ra7 63. Bd2 Ra3 64. Kd1 Rh3 65. Ke2
Kg6 66. Bc1 Kf5 67. Kf2 e5 68. Be3 Kg4 69. Ke2 Rh2+ 70. Kd3 Kf3 71. Bg5 Rh1 72.
Kc4 e4 73. Kd4 Rg1 0-1

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 d5 5. Nbd2 Nxd2 6. Bxd2 c5 7. Bg5 Qa5+
8. c3 Be6 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Rc1 Be7 13. Bg3 Qd7 14. b4 cxb4
15. cxb4 Nxb4 16. Nd4 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. f4 f5 19. Bf2 Rac8 20. Rcd1 Rcd8
21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rcd1 Rcd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. d4 d5 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. Qd1 exd4 12. exd4 Ne4 13. g3 Bd6 14. Bg2 Ndf6
15. O-O a5 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nc5 O-O 18. Rc1 Re8 19. Re1 Qb6 20. Qc2 Nxd2 21.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 22. Qxd2 Rc8 23. Nd3 Rxc1+ 24. Nxc1 Ne4 25. Qd3 Nc3 26. a4 g6 27.
Kf1 Be7 28. Ne2 Nxe2 29. Qxe2 Kf8 30. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nd2 c5 13. c3 Nxb3 14. Nxb3 Re8 15.
Qh5 Rf8 16. d4 c4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 Qc7 19. Bd2 Rae8 20. Ng4 Qc6 21. Ne5
Qc7 22. Nf3 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxc5 24. Nd4 Kh8 25. Bf4 Qc8 26. Be5 Qd7 27. Nf5 f6
28. Bg3 Bc6 29. Nd4 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Qxe8 31. Qxe8+ Bxe8 32. Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 {The
moderate reaction to White's aggressive advance is winning recognition. The
first player may end up without proper compensation for his exposed pawn
structure.} 8. h3 (8. Bd2 a6 9. h3 dxc4 $5 10. Bxc4 (10. e4 Be7 11. e5 Nd5 12.
Bxc4 Nxc3 13. Bxc3 b5 14. Be2 Bb7 15. O-O b4 16. Bd2 c5 17. Rad1 cxd4 18. Bf4
Rc8 19. Qd2 Nb6 20. Qxd4 Nd5 $15 {0-1 Milanovic,D (2529)-Kotanjian,T (2578)/
Kavala 2008 (77)}) 10... b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. g5 hxg5 13. Nxg5 c5 14. Rg1 Qe7 15.
Nce4 cxd4 16. Nxd6+ Qxd6 17. Bg6 Ne5 18. Nxf7 Nxf7 19. Bxf7+ Kf8 20. Bg6 Rc8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Zvjaginsev,V (2658)-Burmakin,V (2534)/St Petersburg 1999 (28).
With both kings on shaky ground the chances were even.}) 8... a6 9. c5 {
The partial closure of the centre should help White to control his opponent's
counterplay. In the few games Black got excellent development after opening
the kingside.} (9. Rg1 Qe7 (9... dxc4 10. e4 e5 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Be2 c5 13. d5
c4 14. Be3 Qe7 15. a4 Rb8 16. axb5 axb5 17. Kf1 Nc5 18. Kg2 h5 19. g5 Nh7 20.
Kh2 Nf8 21. Nh4 Ng6 $11 {0-1 Prohaszka,P (2512)-Potkin,V (2613)/Budva 2009 (34)
}) 10. Bd2 (10. h4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Bd3 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 dxc4 15.
Qxc4 c5 16. Rc1 b5 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 O-O 20. g5 $14 {1-0
Rodshtein,M (2530)-Iljushin,A (2501)/Dresden 2007 (45)}) 10... dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5
12. Be2 c5 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 Bb7 15. dxc5 Nxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. Ne5 Bd6 18.
Qa4+ Kf8 {Black had nothing to fear with good pieces, only the king was
somewhat inconvenienced in 0-1 Rodshtein,M (2520)-Drozdovskij,Y (2562)/
Cappelle la Grande 2007 (48)} 19. Nc4 a5 20. f3 $11) 9... Bc7 10. Bd2 b5 {
With a different move order the players have reached a position, that has
already been tested on the international scene. Svidler might have played more
cleverly by advancing his pawn only to b6.} (10... e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
Bxe5 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Na4 Ne4 15. Ba5 f5 16. Bd3 O-O 17. f3 Ng3 18. Rhg1 fxg4
19. f4 Nf5 20. Bd2 $6 (20. fxe5 Nxe3 $13) 20... Bc7 $17 {1/2-1/2 Avrukh,B 
(2657)-Gustafsson,J (2634)/Germany 2009 (70)}) (10... b6 $5) 11. cxb6 {[%mdl 4]
The new direction of the battle is quite different to what has been happening.
Svidler might have discovered in his preparation, that after the immediate
opening of the centre with ...e6-e5 the position would be far from clear.} (11.
Bd3 e5 (11... Qe7 12. Ne2 e5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. f4 Bc7 16. O-O-O
Bd7 17. Kb1 Kd8 18. Nd4 $2 (18. Ng3 $16) 18... Re8 19. b4 Ne4 20. Bc1 a5 $132 {
1-0 Krasenkow,M (2661)-Nay Oo Kyaw Tun (2595)/Shanghai 2000/ (61)}) 12. dxe5
Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. f4 Bc7 15. O-O-O O-O $13) 11... Nxb6 12. Bd3 (12. e4
dxe4 13. Nxe4 O-O 14. Nxf6+ Qxf6 15. Qe4 $14) 12... Bd6 $5 {Black is
demonstrating an independent mind and a clear evaluation of the position. The
bishop belongs to the a3-f8 diagonal and the loss of time is not so critical
due to the closed character of the position.} (12... Nc4 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14.
O-O-O O-O 15. e4 $16) 13. e4 Be7 (13... dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxc6+ Bd7 16.
Qxe4 Nd5 17. O-O Bb5 18. Rfc1 $16) 14. O-O-O Bb7 15. Kb1 (15. g5 hxg5 16. Bxg5
Rc8 $11) 15... Rc8 16. Rhg1 {Mamedyarov is an exceptionally gifted tactician
in attack, but breaking Black's very solid position will be far from easy.} (
16. e5 Nfd7 17. Na4 c5 18. Ba5 c4 19. Be2 Bc6 20. Nc3 Nf8 $11) 16... c5 $1 17.
dxc5 (17. exd5 $2 Nfxd5 $17) 17... Bxc5 18. g5 {In the fight for any advantage
White is prepared to accept the risks. Objectively stronger might have been
the centralisation of the bishop.} (18. Be3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 Nbd7 (19... dxe4 20.
Bb5+ Nbd7 21. Bxd7+ Nxd7 22. Ne5 Bd5 23. Qa4 Rxc3 24. Nxd7 Rc7 25. Nb6+ Ke7 26.
Qxa6 $14) 20. e5 Ne4 21. Bxe4 dxe4 22. Nd2 Qb6 $11) 18... dxe4 (18... hxg5 $5
19. Bxg5 d4 20. Na4 Nxa4 21. Qxa4+ Qd7 22. Qxd7+ Nxd7 $15) 19. Nxe4 (19. gxf6
$2 exd3 20. Qb3 Bxf3 $19) 19... Nxe4 (19... Bxf2 $2 20. Bc3 Nxe4 (20... Bxg1
21. gxf6 $18) 21. Bxe4 Bd5 22. Bxd5 Nxd5 23. Qxf2 Rxc3 24. gxh6 Rxh6 25. Rxg7
$16) 20. Bxe4 Bxe4 {Svidler is a very experienced player and it comes as no
surprise, that he is not trying to provoke the opponent with fuzzy moves in
the sharp position.} (20... Qe7 21. gxh6 Bxf2 22. hxg7 Rg8 23. Bc6+ $3 Bxc6 24.
Qh7 Be4+ 25. Qxe4 Bxg1 26. Qh7 Rxg7 27. Qxg7 $18) 21. Qxe4 Qd5 22. Qe2 (22.
Qxd5 Nxd5 23. gxh6 gxh6 24. Ne5 $11) 22... hxg5 (22... Qc4 23. Qxc4 Nxc4 24.
gxh6 gxh6 $11) 23. Nxg5 Rh4 {After the rook move the black king will
definitely remain in the centre, but even more importantly all the black
pieces are concentrated there as well.} (23... Qc4 $2 24. Qf3 Rf8 25. Ne4 $16)
24. Bc3 Qc4 (24... Qf5+ 25. Ka1 Rf4 26. Qxa6 Bxf2 27. Nxf7 Qxf7 28. Qb5+ Kf8
29. Bxg7+ Ke7 30. Be5 Rf5 $13) 25. Qf3 (25. Qd2 g6 26. Qc2 Nd5 27. Nxf7 Nxc3+
28. bxc3 Rxh3 $11) 25... Rf4 26. Qb7 Bxf2 {Beauty lies in simple solutions.
Due to his excellent coordination Black has nothing to fear.} (26... Qa4 27.
Bd2 Bd4 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Qb5 30. Qb8+ Ke7 31. Qb7+ Ke8 $11) 27. Rgf1 Nd5
(27... Qc6 28. Qxa6 Rf5 $11) 28. Be5 Rf5 (28... Qc2+ $2 29. Ka1 Rf5 30. Ne4 $1
$18) 29. Rc1 Qd3+ 30. Ka1 Rd8 (30... Rc2 31. Qb8+ Ke7 32. Qd6+ $11) 31. Qc6+
Ke7 $2 {The sad truth is that our greatest enemy in chess is ourself; this has
been perfectly proven for the umpteenth time. Svidler might have forced a
repetition with the rook move, but surely wanted to win. Unfortunatelly the
centralisation is a fatal tactical slip.} (31... Kf8 32. Nxe6+ (32. Rxf2 Rxg5
33. Qxe6 Qg6 $11) 32... fxe6 33. Rxf2 Rxf2 34. Qc5+ Kg8 35. Qxf2 Nb4 36. Qc5
Qd5 37. Qxb4 Qxe5 $11) (31... Rd7 $1 32. Qc8+ Rd8 (32... Ke7 $2 33. Rxf2 Rxg5
34. Rxf7+ $18) 33. Qc6+ $11) 32. Rxf2 $1 Rxg5 (32... Rxf2 33. Qc5+ Ke8 34. Qxf2
f6 35. Nxe6 $18) 33. Qb7+ Rd7 34. Rxf7+ $1 Kxf7 35. Qxd7+ Kg8 (35... Kg6 36.
Qxg7+ Kf5 (36... Kh5 37. Qh8+ Kg6 38. h4 $18) 37. Qh7+ Rg6 38. Rg1 $18) 36.
Bxg7 {The only truly mysterious move in the game. Mamedyarov could have
grabbed the rook, but instead he choses the combinatory solution underlining
the futility of resistance. Black duly stopped the clock.} (36. Qd8+ Kh7 37.
Qxg5 $18) (36. Bxg7 Qc2 (36... Rxg7 37. Qe8+ Kh7 38. Qh5+ Kg8 39. Rc8#) 37.
Qd8+ Kxg7 38. Qxg5+ Qg6 39. Qxg6+ Kxg6 40. Rc6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 d5 11. Nbd2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bd6 13. b4 Ne7 14. Ba3 a5 15.
bxa5 Rxa5 16. Nb3 Rxa4 17. Bxd6 cxd6 18. Qxd6 Bc6 19. Qxe5 Ng6 20. Qf5 Ne7 21.
Qe5 Ng6 22. Qf5 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. a4 Nbd7 15. Bd3
c6 16. b3 g6 17. Ba3 Qc7 18. Qc2 Rad8 19. Rad1 Bg7 20. axb5 axb5 21. dxe5 Nxe5
22. Nxe5 Rxe5 23. c4 bxc4 24. Nxc4 Ree8 25. Bb4 Qb8 26. Ba5 Rd7 27. Bc3 Rde7
28. Qb2 Re6 29. Ne3 d5 30. exd5 cxd5 31. b4 Qd6 32. Bf1 Nh5 33. Bxg7 Nxg7 34.
b5 h5 35. Nc4 Qc7 36. Rxe6 Nxe6 37. b6 Qc5 38. Ne5 d4 39. Qb5 Rc8 40. Qd7 Qxe5
41. Qxb7 Rb8 42. Qa7 Qd6 43. Rb1 Rd8 44. b7 Qb8 45. Ra1 Qc7 46. Bc4 Qxc4 47.
b8=Q Rxb8 48. Qxb8+ Kh7 49. Ra7 Ng7 50. Qc7 Qxc7 51. Rxc7 Kg8 52. Rc8+ 1-0

[Event "Nalchik FIDE GP"]
[Site "Nalchik"]
[Date "2009.04.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.04.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.05.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 O-O 8. Bd3
Qa5 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Bg5 Ng6 11. f4 Nd7 12. Bxg6 fxg6 13. Qxe6+ Rf7 14. Qe8+ Rf8
15. Qe6+ Rf7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Qe8+ Rf8 18. Qe7 dxc3 19. Bf6 Rf7 20. Qe8+ Rf8 21.
Qe7 Rf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 13. a4 a5 14. Qb3 Bd7 15.
Rfc1 Nf5 16. Nb5 Bxb5 17. Qxb5 Nd6 18. Qb3 Nbc4 19. Qa2 Nd2 20. Rc2 N2e4 21.
Qb3 Nxf2 22. Kxf2 Ra6 23. e3 Rb6 24. Qc3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nf5 26. Rd1 Rc6 27. Qb3
Rxc2+ 28. Qxc2 Qb6 29. Qc3 h5 30. Bh3 Ne7 31. Qd4 Qxd4 32. Rxd4 Rc8 33. Ke2 Rc5
34. Kd2 b5 35. b4 axb4 36. Rxb4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 Rb5 38. Kc2 Rc5+ 39. Kd2 Rb5 40.
Kc2 Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3
Be6 9. Nd5 Bxd5 10. exd5 Nb8 11. Qd2 O-O 12. g4 Nbd7 13. g5 Nh5 14. O-O-O f5
15. gxf6 Rxf6 16. Kb1 Nf4 17. Rg1 Nf8 18. Qb4 b6 19. Nd2 N8g6 20. Ne4 Rf8 21.
Bb5 Nh4 22. Rdf1 Kh8 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. c3 Qc8 25. Qd1 Qf5 26. Ba4 a6 27. Bc2 Qh5
28. Rg4 Nhg6 29. Ng3 Qh3 30. Nf5 Rf7 31. Be4 b5 32. Rfg1 Rbf8 33. Nxe7 Rxe7 34.
R1g3 Qh5 35. h4 Ref7 36. Rg5 Qxh4 37. R5g4 Qh2 38. Rg1 Qe2 39. Qxe2 Nxe2 40.
Rh1 Kg8 41. Rg2 Nef4 42. Bxf4 Rxf4 43. Rgh2 Ne7 44. Rxh7 Kf7 45. Rg1 Rg8 46.
Kc2 Rf6 47. Kd3 Nc8 48. b3 Nb6 49. Ke2 Nd7 50. Rg5 Nb6 51. Ke3 a5 52. Ke2 b4
53. c4 Nd7 54. Bf5 Nc5 55. Ke3 Kf8 56. Bg4 Kf7 57. Bf5 Kf8 58. Bg4 Kf7 59. Bh5+
Kf8 60. Bg4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf6 8.
Qg3 Nc6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Bf4 Ne5 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. Be2 N7g6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. h4 b5
15. h5 Ne7 16. a3 h6 17. Be3 Rb8 18. f4 Nc4 19. Bd4 e5 20. fxe5 dxe5 21. Bc5
Rb7 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qd2 h6 9. Nh3 exd5 10. Nf4 O-O 11. e3 c5 12. Bb5 cxd4 13. exd4 Nc6 14. Bxc6
bxc6 15. O-O a5 16. b3 Ba6 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. Rac1 Rb8 19. Nce2 Qb6 20. Nd3 Re7
21. h4 Rbe8 22. Nef4 Bxd4 23. Rc2 Re4 24. g3 Kg7 25. Qc1 Bxd3 26. Nxd3 R8e6 27.
Kg2 Qc7 28. Nc5 Bxc5 29. Rxc5 Qb6 30. Rd2 h5 31. Qc3+ Kh7 32. Qxa5 Qxa5 33.
Rxa5 Re2 34. Rd3 Rf6 35. Rf3 Rxf3 36. Kxf3 Rb2 37. Ke3 Kg7 38. f3 Kf6 39. Ra6
Ke5 40. f4+ Kd6 41. f5 Ke5 42. fxg6 fxg6 43. Rxc6 Rxa2 44. Rxg6 Rb2 45. Rg5+
Ke6 46. Rxh5 Rxb3+ 47. Kf4 Rb4+ 48. Kf3 Rb3+ 49. Kg4 d4 50. Rh8 Ke7 51. Ra8 d3
52. Ra2 Ke6 53. h5 Kf6 54. Kh4 Kf5 55. g4+ Kf4 56. h6 Rb1 57. Ra4+ Ke3 58. Ra3
Rh1+ 59. Kg5 Ke4 60. Ra2 Ke3 61. Kg6 d2 62. Rxd2 Kxd2 63. g5 Ke3 64. h7 Kf4
1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 a6 8. h3
Nc6 9. Be3 Ne5 10. f4 Nc4 11. Qe2 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Qb6 13. e5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7
15. O-O-O Be7 16. h4 Qc7 17. Rde1 Nb6 18. b3 Bd7 19. Qg3 Rc8 20. Ne4 Nd5 21.
Nd6+ Bxd6 22. exd6 Qc5 23. Bxd5 Qxd4 24. Bxb7 Qa1+ 25. Kd2 Qd4+ 26. Kc1 Qa1+
27. Kd2 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 g6 4. h3 Bg7 5. Nf3 dxe4 6. Nxe4 Nd7 7. Bc4 Ngf6 8.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. c3 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Qb3 b6 14. Be3
Qc7 15. Bd4 e6 16. Be5 Qb7 17. Qd1 Qc6 18. Qd4 Bb7 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Qxf6 Qxc4
21. Ne5 Qd5 22. f3 Qd8 23. Qf4 f6 24. Ng4 e5 25. Qb4 Qc7 26. Rad1 Rad8 27. Rxd8
Qxd8 28. Qb3+ Kg7 29. Rd1 Qe7 30. Qa4 Bc8 31. Nf2 Be6 32. Ne4 f5 33. Nf2 a5 34.
Qb5 Qc5 35. Qxc5 bxc5 36. a3 Rb8 37. Rd6 Bc4 38. Rc6 Rxb2 39. Rxc5 Rb1+ 40. Kh2
Rf1 41. Rxc4 Rxf2 42. Ra4 Kf6 43. Rxa5 Rc2 44. h4 h5 45. Ra6+ Kf7 46. Ra7+ Kf6
47. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Bd7 5. Qc2 Bc6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 g6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nc5 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Re1 e5 14. b4 Ne6
15. Nc4 Qc7 16. Bf3 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Rad8 18. Rad1 h6 19. g3 Ng5 20. Bxg5 hxg5 21.
Ne3 a5 22. Kg2 Bf8 23. a4 Rb8 24. Rb1 d5 25. b5 dxe4 26. Bxe4 cxb5 27. axb5 Kg7
28. Bc6 Red8 29. c4 Bb4 30. Red1 Rd4 31. Rxd4 exd4 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Bxd5 Re8
34. Qd3 Qc5 35. Rd1 Bc3 36. Rb1 a4 37. b6 a3 38. Qc2 Qa5 39. Qa2 d3 40. b7 d2
41. Bf3 Rb8 42. Rb3 Bb4 43. Qb1 a2 44. Qa1+ Kh7 45. Rb2 Bc3 46. Qxa2 Qxa2 47.
Rxa2 Rxb7 48. Rxd2 Bxd2 49. Bxb7 Bb4 50. g4 Bc5 51. Bc8 Kg7 52. Kf3 Kf6 53. Ke4
Bxf2 54. Kd5 Ke7 55. c5 f5 56. gxf5 gxf5 57. Bxf5 Kf6 58. Bg4 Bg3 59. Kc6 Bf2
60. Kd6 Bg3+ 61. Kd7 Kg7 62. c6 Bf4 63. c7 Bxc7 64. Kxc7 Kf6 65. Kd8 Kg7 66.
Ke7 Kh8 67. Kf6 Kh7 68. Be6 Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nd2
O-O 9. Ndf3 Nd7 10. h3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Be6 12. Bb3 Nc7 13. Re1 Bxb3 14. axb3 c5
15. Be3 Nb5 16. c3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qd5 18. Nf3 e6 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. Rec1 a6 21.
Rc4 Nd6 22. Rc3 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Qxb3 24. Rb1 Qd5 25. Bf4 Nc4 26. Ra1 e5 27. Nd2
Nxd2 28. Bxd2 exd4 29. c4 Qc6 30. Bb4 Re8 31. c5 h5 32. Rb1 Rd8 33. Ba3 Rd7 34.
Rb6 Qd5 35. h4 Qf5 36. Qxf5 gxf5 37. Bc1 d3 38. Bd2 Bd4 39. c6 Bxb6 40. cxd7 f6
41. Be3 Bd8 42. Kf1 Kf7 43. Ke1 Ke6 44. Kd2 Kxd7 45. Kxd3 b5 46. f3 Ke6 47. Bd2
a5 48. Kc3 Bb6 49. Kb3 Kd5 50. Bc3 Bd8 51. Bd2 b4 52. Ka4 Kc4 53. Bc1 b3 54.
Bb2 f4 55. Ka3 f5 56. Ka4 Bxh4 57. Kxa5 Be1+ 58. Ka4 Bc3 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 dxe5 6. fxe5 Nc6 7. Be3 Bf5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Nb4 12. Nd4 Bd7 13. e6 fxe6 14. dxe6 Bc6 15.
Qg4 Bh4+ 16. g3 O-O 17. O-O-O Bxh1 18. gxh4 Qf6 19. Bb5 c6 20. Bg5 Qe5 21. e7
Rfe8 22. Rxh1 cxb5 23. Nf3 Nd3+ 24. Kc2 Qd6 25. Rd1 Nf2 26. Rxd6 Nxg4 27. Rd4
Nf6 28. h5 Rxe7 29. h6 Rd7 30. Bxf6 gxf6 31. Rg4+ Kf7 32. Nxb5 Rc8+ 33. Nc3 Rg8
34. Rf4 Nd5 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a4
Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. f4 Bd7 11. Nb3 Na5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15.
Bd4 Bc6 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Bd3 g6 18. f5 dxe5 19. Bxe5 Bd6 20. Bxd6 Qxd6 21. fxe6
Qxe6 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Rfe1 Ng7 24. Ne4 Rcd8 25. Ng5 Rf6 26. b3 h6 27. Ne4 Rf4
28. Nc5 Rg4 29. g3 Kf7 30. Re5 Rd5 31. Rxd5 Bxd5 32. Kf2 a5 33. Nd7 Rb4 34.
Ne5+ Kf6 35. Nxg6 e5 36. Rf1 e4 37. Nf4 Bg8 38. Be2 Nf5 39. Bg4 Rb6 40. Bxf5
Kxf5 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Ne2 Rc6 43. Rf8 Bh7 44. Re8+ Kf6 45. c4 Bg6 46. Rd8 Ke7
47. Rd5 b6 48. Nd4 Rf6 49. c5 bxc5 50. Rxc5 Rf1 51. Rxa5 Rd1 52. Nf5+ Kf6 53.
g4 h5 54. Ra6+ Kf7 55. Nh6+ Kg7 56. Nf5+ Kf7 57. Nh6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D23"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qxc4 cxd4 7. Bg2 Bc6 8.
O-O e6 9. Nxd4 Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nbd7 11. Qb5 Bc5 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. Nc3 a6 14. Qd3
O-O 15. Bf4 Bc7 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Rac1 Qe7 20. Ne4 Be5
21. Nxf6+ Bxf6 22. Rc2 Rbc8 23. Rfc1 Rxc2 24. Rxc2 Rd8 25. Qe4 b6 26. Nc1 Qd7
27. Nd3 Rc8 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Rxc8+ Qxc8 30. Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. d3 h6 10. Rd1 c6 11. e3 Bb6 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Bf4 Be6 16. Na4 Bc7 17. Be5 Ne4 18. Qxb7 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qa5 20. b3 Rab8 21.
Qe7 Rfe8 22. Qa3 Nc3 23. Rd3 d4 24. Qc5 Rb5 25. Qxd4 Nxa4 26. Bc6 Rb4 27. Qe3
Nc5 28. Bxe8 Nxd3 29. Qxd3 Qxe5 30. Rc1 Rd4 31. Qb5 Qxb5 32. Bxb5 Rd2 33. Bc4
Rxa2 34. Bxe6 fxe6 35. Rc7 Kf8 36. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. g3 a6 6. Bg2 Qc7 7. Nc3 Qxc4 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Nb3 d5 10. Bf4 Bb4 11. Rc1 Bxc3 12. Bd6 Ne4 13. Nd2 Qd4 14. Nxe4
Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Bxb2 16. Rc2 Bd4 17. Nc5 f5 18. e4 $6 (18. Rb1 {looks promising.
}) 18... fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bd7 $2 (19... dxe4 {is good for Black:} 20. Bxe4 (20.
Rxc6 bxc6 21. Rxd4 Bb7 22. Rxe4 $17) 20... e5 21. Rxc6 bxc6 22. Bxc6+ Kf7 23.
Bxa8 Rd8 24. Bxe5 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Rxd1) (19... e5 {with winning ambitions is
also playable for Black}) 20. Bc5 Be5 21. f4 dxe4 22. fxe5 Nxe5 23. Rd6 Nd3 (
23... Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 exf3 25. Rcd2 Bc6 (25... O-O-O 26. Bb6 f2+ 27. Rxf2 (27.
Kxf2 Rdf8+) 27... Rdf8 28. Rc2+ Bc6 29. Rxe6) 26. Rxe6+ Kf7 27. Re7+ Kf6) 24.
Ba3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Bxc8 26. Bxe4 Ne5 27. Rd1 b5 $2 (27... Nc4) 28. Bb2 Ng6 29.
Bxg7 Rg8 30. Bb2 Nf8 31. Kf2 Rg5 32. Rc1 Bd7 33. Bf6 Rh5 34. h4 b4 35. Bg5 h6
36. Bf3 Rxg5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. Rc5 Ke7 39. Be2 Kd6 40. Rxg5 Bc6 41. Ra5 Nd7 42.
Bxa6 Nc5 43. g4 Bd5 44. Be2 b3 45. axb3 Nxb3 46. Ra7 Nd4 47. Bd3 e5 48. Ke3 Ne6
49. Bf5 Nd4 50. Be4 Be6 51. g5 Nf5+ 52. Kf3 Nd4+ 53. Kg3 Nf5+ 54. Kf2 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP 3rd"]
[Site "Odessa"]
[Date "2009.05.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2009.05.22"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "UKR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. a3 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nb6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be2 a5 12. Bd2 a4 13. Qc2 Be6 14. Rc1 Bb3
15. Qc5 Qd6 16. O-O Nd7 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Bc3 Nc5 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21.
Bxd4 Ne6 22. Bc3 d5 23. f3 Rfd8 24. Rf2 d4 25. exd4 Nxd4 26. Bf1 Rac8 27. Rd2
f6 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Re1 Nc6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Re4 Ne5 32. Bb5 Bc2 33. Rh4 h6 34.
Ke3 Ra8 35. Rd4 Bb3 36. f4 Ng4+ 37. Kf3 h5 38. h3 Nh6 39. Rd7+ Kg8 40. Kf2 b6
41. Rb7 Rd8 42. Rxb6 Nf5 43. Ra6 Nd6 44. Bxa4 Ne4+ 45. Ke3 Bc4 46. Rc6 Bd5 47.
Ba5 Ra8 48. b4 Ng3 49. Rc2 h4 50. Bb5 Kh7 51. Bd3+ Kh6 52. Kf2 Re8 53. b5 Nh1+
54. Kg1 Re3 55. Bc4 Rxa3 56. Bxd5 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly"]
[Date "2009.05.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h5 6. Nh3 Bxh3 7. Rxh3 Nd7 8. Qd2
c5 9. O-O-O cxd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Ngf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly"]
[Date "2009.05.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cossin, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8.
Qe2 Rb8 9. g3 Ne7 10. Ne4 Nf5 11. c3 Rb5 12. Bf4 Rxe5 13. Bh3 d5 14. Bxf5 exf5
15. Bxe5 Qxe5 16. Nd2 Qe6 17. Nf3 Be7 18. Nd4 Qd6 19. O-O-O O-O 20. Nxc6 Bg5+
21. f4 Qxc6 22. fxg5 d4 23. c4 Be6 24. b3 Rd8 25. Rhf1 Qd6 26. Qd3 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly"]
[Date "2009.05.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Bg5 Re8 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Bb3 Rc8
15. a5 a6 16. Na4 Nfd5 17. Nc5 Bxg5 18. Nexd7 Be7 19. Ba4 Bxc5 20. dxc5 Re7 21.
Qe1 Qc7 22. Nb6 Rd8 23. Rac1 Nc6 24. Bb3 Ree8 25. h3 Nf4 26. Bc4 g6 27. Bf1 Rd4
28. g3 Nh5 29. Rxd4 Nxd4 30. Bg2 Nf6 31. b4 e5 32. Rd1 Nf5 33. Qc3 Re6 34. Qd2
e4 35. Qd8+ Qxd8 36. Rxd8+ Kg7 37. Nd5 Nxd5 38. Rxd5 Re7 39. Rd1 e3 40. fxe3
Nxg3 41. Rd6 Ne4 42. Rb6 f5 43. Bxe4 fxe4 44. c6 bxc6 45. Rxc6 Rb7 46. Rb6 Ra7
47. Kf2 g5 48. h4 gxh4 49. Kg2 Kf8 50. Kh3 Ke7 51. Kxh4 Kd8 52. Kg4 Kc8 53. Kf4
h5 54. Kxe4 h4 55. Rh6 Rb7 56. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Le Port Marly"]
[Date "2009.05.31"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.05.28"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 130 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Qb3 b5 7. c5 a5 8. Ne5 a4
9. Qd1 Ne4 10. g4 Bc8 11. Bg2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 e6 13. e4 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. f4
Qc7 16. Nd3 Nd7 17. g5 f5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Re1 Re8 20. Rb1 Bb7 21. Rb2 Bf8 22.
Rbe2 Re4 23. Nf2 Rd8 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Qc2 g6 26. a3 Bg7 27. Qa2+ Kh8 28. Bxe4
fxe4 29. Rxe4 Rf8 30. Re7 Bc8 31. Rf7 Qd8 32. Ree7 Re8 33. Qe6 Rxe7 34. Rxe7
Nf6 35. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4
b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 c6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Ne2 Bf8 13. Ng3 g6 14. c4 exd4 15. Bxd4
Bg7 16. Qd2 Ne5 17. Rad1 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. e5 Nd7 21. f4 Qh4
22. Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. g4 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rd5 Qb6 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Rb5 Qa6 20. Bc4 Qa3 21.
R5b3 Qc5 22. Rb5 Qa3 23. R5b3 Qc5 24. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 h6 8. c3
Qc7 9. Nh4 Bh7 10. f4 c5 11. Ndf3 Nc6 12. Be3 Be7 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bxd3
15. Qxd3 Nb4 16. Qb1 Qc2 17. a3 Qxb1 18. Raxb1 Nc6 19. f5 Nf8 20. g4 h5 21. g5
exf5 22. Nxf5 Ne6 23. Rbc1 Rd8 24. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Re4 g5 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 f5 18. Re1 f4 19. Bd1 f3 20. Ne4 Bh3 21. Qd3 Rae8
22. Bd2 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Bxg3 24. Bxf3 Bxh2+ 25. Kxh2 Bg4+ 26. Kg1 Bxf3 27. Qe6+
Kg7 28. Qe5+ Rf6 29. Qh2 Rh6 0-1

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. dxe5 Nc6 6. O-O Bg4 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. Rb1 Nd8 11. h3 Bh5 12. g4 Bg6 13. Bg3 Bxd3 14. cxd3 h5
15. e6 Nxe6 16. Ne5 Qc8 17. f4 h4 18. Bh2 O-O 19. g5 g6 20. f5 Nxg5 21. f6 Bd6
22. Qd2 Nxh3+ 23. Kh1 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Kh7 25. Qg2 g5 26. Rf3 Rg8 27. Rxh3 Rg6 28.
Rf1 Qe6 29. d4 Rag8 30. Re3 c6 31. Qe2 g4 32. Bc7 Qc8 33. Re7 Rg5 34. Rxf7+ Kg6
35. Qd3+ 1-0

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 f6 8.
Nc4 Nf8 9. a3 Be6 10. Qe2 Bxc4 11. dxc4 Ne6 12. O-O 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "San Segundo Carrillo, Pablo"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2570"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Bg4 11. Ng5 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nc6 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. h3
Bd7 15. Bd3 Rfc8 16. Kd2 b5 17. Nf3 a6 18. g4 h6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nh6 7. a3 f6 8. b4
Nf7 9. Bb2 e5 10. bxc5 Qa5+ 11. Nbd2 Qxc5 12. a4 Qa5 13. Ba3 Bf8 14. Qc1 Be6
15. O-O Qc7 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. d4 Kg7 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. a5 b5 20. axb6 axb6 21.
Qb2 b5 22. Rfc1 Qd6 23. Nb3 Rhd8 24. Na5 Rab8 25. Nb3 Ra8 26. Na5 Rab8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Donostia-A"]
[Site "San Sebastian"]
[Date "2009.07.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Granda Zuniga, Julio E"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2647"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.07.07"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 O-O 9. e3 N8d7 10. Rc1 c6 11. Ne4 Bf5 12. Bd3 Nd5 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Rc4 Rfe8
15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Rxe5 19. Nc5 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Ree8
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2584"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. Be2 a6 10. O-O b5 11. a3 Qb6 12. Nd1 a5 13. c3 Bb7 14. Bf2 f6 15. exf6
Nxf6 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 18. Qe3 Qxe3+ 19. Nxe3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21.
cxb4 Nxb4 22. Nd4 Kf7 23. Ng4 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Ra8 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. Ne5+ Ke7 27.
Kf2 Bb7 28. Ke3 Ba6 29. Bf3 Bc8 30. Kd2 Na6 31. Kc3 Nc5 32. b4 Nce4+ 33. Kd3 g5
34. g3 gxf4 35. gxf4 Kd6 36. Nb5+ Ke7 37. Nd4 Kd6 38. Nb5+ Ke7 39. Kd4 Bb7 40.
Nc3 Nxc3 41. Kxc3 Kd6 42. Be2 Nd7 43. Nf7+ Ke7 44. Ng5 h6 45. Nf3 Kf6 46. Kd4
Kf5 47. Ne5 Bc8 48. Bb5 Nf6 49. Ke3 Ng4+ 50. Nxg4 Kxg4 51. Bc6 d4+ 52. Ke4 d3
53. Ke3 d2 54. Bf3+ Kh3 55. b5 Bb7 56. Bd1 Kxh2 57. Kxd2 Kg3 58. Ke3 Kh4 59.
Bf3 Bc8 60. b6 Kg3 61. b7 Bxb7 62. Bxb7 Kg4 63. Ke4 Kh5 64. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Qe2
Be7 9. b4 Qb6 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Bd2 Nfd7 12. f4 O-O 13. a4 bxa4 14. Nxa4 Bb7 15.
Nb2 d5 16. e5 Nc6 17. c3 g6 18. Kh1 Rfc8 19. Be3 Nb6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Rxa6
Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Nb8 23. Nxe6 Nxa6 24. Nxc7 Rxc7 25. Bxb6 Rxc3 26. b5 Nc5 27. Bxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 Bb4 8. Bd2
b6 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nb5 Bxd2+ 11. Nxd2 O-O 12. g5 Ne8 13. f4 Ba6 14. Nf3 Rc8
15. Qa4 Bxb5 16. Bxb5 Rc7 17. Kd2 Nd6 18. Rac1 Nb8 19. Rxc7 Qxc7 20. Rc1 Ne4+
21. Kd1 Nf2+ 22. Kd2 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O
9. O-O Be6 10. f4 Ne4 11. a4 f6 12. Nd3 Nd7 13. Nb4 Qc7 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15. Bd2
f5 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Ra3 Qb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rfa1 Rxa3 20. bxa3 Nd5 21. Nxd5
Bxd5 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Rb8 24. Rb4 Qa7 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4+ Kf8 27. h3
Rxb4 28. Qxb4 Qa2 29. Be1 Bf6 30. Bf2 h5 31. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O g5
9. Ne1 c5 10. Nxc5 Nxc5 11. dxc5 Nc6 12. Bd3 Bxc5 13. Bxf5 exf5 14. Nd3 Bb6 15.
Be3 d4 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. a4 a6 18. b4 Nd8 19. Qf3 g4 20. Qf4 Rc8 21. Rac1 Rc6 22.
f3 g3 23. Qxg3 Rg6 24. e6 Nxe6 25. Qb8+ Bd8 26. Ne5 Qc7 27. Qxc7 Bxc7 28. Nxg6
fxg6 29. c3 Kd7 30. Rfd1 Bd6 31. cxd4 Nc7 32. d5 g5 33. Be3 Re8 34. Bb6 Re2 35.
Kf1 Rb2 36. Rc4 Ne8 37. h4 Bxb4 38. hxg5 hxg5 39. Bd4 Rb3 40. Bc5 Bc3 41. Rd3
Rb1+ 42. Ke2 Ba5 43. g4 fxg4 44. Rxg4 Rb2+ 45. Kd1 Ra2 46. d6 Ra1+ 47. Kc2 Nf6
48. Rxg5 Rxa4 49. Bd4 Ne8 50. Rh5 Rc4+ 51. Kb3 Rb4+ 52. Ka3 Rb5 53. Rxb5 axb5
54. Be5 Be1 55. f4 Bf2 56. Kb4 b6 57. Kxb5 Bc5 58. f5 Nxd6+ 59. Bxd6 Bxd6 60.
Re3 Bc5 61. Re2 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Nf3 Qa5 7. Bd3 Ngf6 8. Bh6
O-O 9. h4 Bxh6 10. Qxh6 Ng4 11. Qg5 Qxg5 12. hxg5 f6 13. gxf6 Ndxf6 14. Nd2 e5
15. Ne2 exd4 16. Nxd4 d5 17. exd5 Re8+ 18. Kf1 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Qxc3 13. Rxb4 Qxe1 14. Rxe1
b6 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Bc6 Rd8 18. Ra4 Ne7 19. Bb7 Rd7 20. Rxa7 g6
21. Ra8+ Kg7 22. Rxh8 Kxh8 23. Ba6 Ra7 24. Bd3 Rxa2 25. Rb1 Nc6 26. f4 Nd4 27.
Rxb6 Nxc2 28. Bxc2 Rxc2 29. Rb7 Kg8 30. Rb8+ Kg7 31. Rb7 Kf8 32. Rd7 Rd2 33. h4
Ke8 34. Rd6 d4 35. g3 d3 36. Kf1 Rd1+ 37. Kf2 Ke7 38. Ke3 d2 39. Rd3 f6 40. Ke2
Rg1 41. exf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. h3 Bb7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Na5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bxb6 cxb6 14. Qxd8
Rfxd8 15. Nbd2 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 Nxe4 17. Nxe5 f6 18. Nf3 Kf7 19. Nfd4 Rd7 20. Re2
Nd6 21. Nd2 Bd5 22. a3 Nb7 23. Nf1 Bc4 24. Rd2 Nc5 25. Ne3 Rad8 26. Rdd1 Na4
27. Rd2 Nc5 28. Rdd1 Na4 29. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. cxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 14. Nf3 Qxd1
15. Rxd1 O-O 16. Nd4 Rfd8 17. Be3 Bd5 18. Nf5 Bf8 19. Bg5 Rd7 20. Ne7+ Bxe7 21.
Bxe7 Ne6 22. Be4 c6 23. Bxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 cxd5 25. Rc1 h5 26. f3 Kh7 27. Kf2
Nf4 28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Rd2 d4 30. g4 Ne6 31. h4 Rc7 32. Bb4 g5 33. hxg5 h4 34. Ba5
Rc6 35. f4 Nxf4 36. Rxd4 Ne6 37. Rd2 Kg6 38. Bd8 Rc4 39. Bf6 Rxg4 40. Kf3 Kf5
41. Rh2 Nf4 42. a3 Rg3+ 43. Kf2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 4th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2009.08.31"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.08.20"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Ne2 Bg7 7. Nec3 O-O 8. Be2
e6 9. f4 Ned7 10. O-O exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Bf3 Nc5 13. Re1 h5 14. h3 b5 15. e5
dxe5 16. fxe5 Nfd7 17. e6 Ne5 18. Nxb5 Ncd3 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Rf1 Kg8 21. Be4
Nxc1 22. Qxc1 c6 23. N5c3 Ba6 24. Re1 Ng4 25. Qd2 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Nf2+ 27. Kh2
Nxe4 28. Nxe4 Rxe4 29. Rxe4 Qxb2 30. d6 Rd8 31. d7 Be5+ 32. g3 Rxd7 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Pedersen, Christian Kyndel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2440"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Jetsmark"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "DEN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Qxa8 14. Na3 exd4
15. cxd4 Na5 16. Nxb5 Bxe4 17. Bc2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Nc6 20. Be3 Rb8
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.05"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Wien Husek"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. a4
Ng6 9. Re1 Rc8 10. Na3 b4 11. Nc4 Be7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Ne3 O-O 15.
b3 Nh4 16. Nxh4 Bxh4 17. Bb2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Bd3 Rc6 21. Rc1
Rxc1 22. Bxc1 Bf6 23. Bxa6 Qb6 24. Bf1 Qxd4 25. Be3 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 d4 27. Bd2
Be7 28. Rb1 Bd6 29. Bd3 Re8 30. g3 g6 31. Kf1 f5 32. Re1 Rc8 33. Rc1 Rxc1+ 34.
Bxc1 Kf7 35. Ke2 Ke6 36. Kd1 Kf6 37. Kc2 g5 38. h4 h6 39. hxg5+ hxg5 40. Bb2
Ke5 41. Bc1 f4 42. gxf4+ gxf4 43. f3 Bc5 44. Bd2 Bd6 45. Bh7 d3+ 46. Bxd3 Nc6
47. Be4 Nd4+ 48. Kb2 Bc5 49. a5 Nb5 50. a6 Nc7 51. Bd3 Kd4 52. Kc2 Ke5 53. Bc4
Bd6 54. Kd3 Bc5 55. Bc1 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.06"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod Illit"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 d5 7. Bb2 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Ne5 Qc7 10. Qb3 Rd8 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. f4 Rb8 13. Na3 a6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
Bxd4 Nc5 16. Qe3 Rxd4 17. Qxd4 Bf5 18. Qe3 Nfd7 19. Nxd7 Nxd7 20. Rac1 Bb2 21.
Qxe7 Qa5 22. Nc2 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxa2 24. Bd5 Rf8 25. Ne3 Qd2 26. Nxf5 Qxc1+ 27.
Kf2 gxf5 28. Qxd7 b6 29. Qxf5 Qb2 30. h4 a5 31. h5 Qg7 32. g4 Kh8 33. g5 h6 34.
gxh6 Qxh6 35. Qe5+ Qg7 36. Qd6 Rg8 37. Ke3 Qc3+ 38. Ke4 Re8+ 39. Kf5 Qh3+ 40.
Kg5 Rg8+ 41. Kf6 Qh4+ 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.07"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[Annotator "Knaak,R"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Skopje Alkaloid"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 {This is not considered the most promising
continuation, but it may be the correct one against a player such as
Mamedyarov who is always looking for the initiative. Dies gilt nicht als
aussichtsreichste Fortsetzung, doch gegen solch einen die Initiative suchenden
Spieler wie Mamedyarov mag sie gerade richtig sein.} Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 e5
7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3 Nd7 9. f4 $5 {It would have been interesting to know what
Black had up his sleeve against the normal continuation 9.0-0. Es wäre
interessant gewesen, was der Schwarze gegen die Normalfortsetzung 9.0-0 in
petto gehabt hätte.} b5 $6 {Such aggressive moves are in the style of the
player with the black pieces, but in playing them he shows his cards too soon.
White was still perhaps fancying queenside castling, but now of course he puts
his king in safety on the other side of the board.  Solch aggressive Züge
passen gut zu dem Führer der schwarzen Steine, doch er deckt damit zu früh
seine Karten auf. Weiß hatte vielleicht auch noch mit der langen Rochade
geliebäugelt, doch nun bringt er natürlich seinen König auf der anderen Seite
in Sicherheit.} 10. a3 a6 11. O-O Bb7 $6 {I don't like this move. What can the
bishop do there?  Das gefällt mir nicht, was soll der Läufer da?} 12. dxe5 dxe5
13. f5 Nb6 14. Nd5 $1 {A strong move, because Black can hardly leave the
knight there. Ein starker Zug, denn der Nachziehende kann den Springer kaum da
stehen lassen.} Nxd5 15. exd5 Na5 $6 {From a practical point of view, the
losing move. Das ist aus praktischer Sicht der Verlustzug.} ({After Mit} 15...
Nd4 {Black may, however, not be able to equalise either, but there is no
variation in which White wins material or achieves a clear advantage in any
other way, e.g. kann Schwarz allerdings auch nicht ausgleichen, aber es gibt
keine Variante, in der Weiß Material gewinnt oder auf andere Weise schnell zu
einem deutlichen Vorteil gelangt, z.B.} 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd5 18. f6 Bh6
19. Bc5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qxd1 21. Raxd1 Rfd8 22. Be7 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 {, but perhaps
Mamedyarov also evaluated this position as lost. , aber vielleicht hat
Mamedyarov diese Stellung auch als verloren eingeschätzt.}) 16. b3 $1 {Simple
and strong. The a5 knight is now posted missing. Einfach und stark, der
Springer a5 ist nun abgemeldet.} Bc8 17. g4 Nb7 18. d6 $1 {Very elegant play.
Sehr elegant gespielt.} cxd6 19. Nc3 {If you take a look at the effectiveness
of all the minor pieces, then you know how things stand. Man schaue sich nur
die Wirkung aller Leichtfiguren an, dann weiß man, wie es steht.} Rb8 20. Nd5 {
The threat is above all 21.f6. Es droht vor allem 21.f6.} gxf5 ({Or Oder} 20...
f6 21. Bb6 $1 Qd7 22. Ba7 Ra8 23. Nb6 {etc. usw.}) 21. gxf5 Qh4 22. Bf2 Qg5 23.
h4 Qd8 24. f6 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Be2 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Nf3 Nxe2 14. Qxe2
Qa5+ 15. Bd2 Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. h3 Qc7 10. b3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Qe5 13. Qb1 f5 14. Bc3
Qxe4+ 15. Qxe4 fxe4 16. Nb5 Bxc3+ 17. Nxc3 Rf8 18. Nxe4 Rf5 19. O-O Kd7 20.
Rad1 Na6 21. Rfe1 Raf8 22. Re2 Re5 23. g3 Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 25th"]
[Site "Ohrid"]
[Date "2009.10.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.10.04"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 {This version of the Petroff Defence enjoys great popularity.
White supports his centre, opens the b-file and retains chances for active
play in the middlegame.} Bg4 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf4 Rb8 12. h3 Bh5 13. Re3 Bd6 14.
Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Rb1 f6 (15... f5 16. Qe2 (16. Qe1 $5) 16... Rf6 17. Re1 f4 18.
Re6 Rxe6 19. Qxe6+ Qxe6 20. Rxe6 Bxf3 21. gxf3 Kf7 22. Re1 g6 $15 {1/2-1/2
Brkic,A (2521)-Huzman,A (2602)/Plovdiv 2008 (33)}) 16. c4 $1 {Svidler improves
on Topalov's play with an active blow in the centre.} (16. Qd2 Rfe8 17. Nh4
Rxe3 18. Qxe3 Re8 19. Qd2 Nd8 20. Nf5 Qd7 21. Qf4 Bg6 22. h4 Kh8 23. Qg4 Qf7
24. Qf3 b6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Topalov,V (2780)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Nice 2008 (38)})
16... dxc4 (16... Ne7 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Rbe1 $14) 17. Bxc4+ Kh8 {The game will
turn into a failed exercise by Black in damage limitation. It would have been
better to strive for an exchange of bishops.} (17... Bf7 $5 18. Qe2 (18. Qd3
Nb4 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Qa3 Nd5 21. Qxa7 Rff8 22. Ree1 b5 23. Qc5 $14) 18...
Nxd4 19. Bxf7+ Rxf7 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Rxb7 Rbf8 22. Ra3 c6 $14) 18. c3 Rfe8 $6
(18... a6 19. a4 Na5 20. Bd3 $14) 19. Ng5 $1 Bg6 (19... Bxd1 $2 20. Nf7+ Kg8
21. Nxd6+ $18) (19... fxg5 20. Qxh5 Rxe3 21. fxe3 Qe7 22. Qe2 $16) 20. Rxe8+
Rxe8 $6 {There is a limit to the number of inaccuracies a defender can make
before his position turns from unpleasant to difficult. Svidler will enjoy the
simple advantage of a stronger bishop against the knight.} (20... Bxe8 21. Ne4
(21. Nf7+ Bxf7 22. Bxf7 g6 $14) 21... Qe7 22. Bd3 Bg6 23. Ng3 b6 $14) 21. Nf7+
Bxf7 22. Bxf7 Rf8 (22... Re7 23. Qh5 Nd8 24. Bg6 h6 25. Bd3 Kg8 26. Qa5 a6 27.
Qf5 $16) 23. Bc4 (23. Qh5 $1 Ne7 (23... f5 24. Re1 Qa3 25. Bb3 Na5 26. Qe8 Nxb3
27. axb3 h6 28. Qb5 $16) 24. Qb5 b6 25. Bc4 $16) 23... Na5 24. Bd3 g6 25. Qe2 (
25. h4 $5 b6 26. h5 Kg7 27. Qg4 f5 28. Qg5 c5 29. Re1 $16) 25... Kg7 {It must
be danerous for Motylev to neglect the plight of his poor displaced knight on
a5. In next few moves his full atention is focussed on the kingside.} (25...
Rd8 26. Bc2 Rd7 27. Re1 Kg7 28. h4 Nc6 $14) 26. h4 $1 Rf7 (26... b6 27. Rd1 (
27. h5 c5 $132) 27... Qd5 28. g3 $14) 27. h5 Re7 28. Qg4 Qe6 29. Qg3 Qf7 $2 {
We are sometimes amazed, how resilient are some chess positions despite all
the human inaccuracies. Black could have fought on with some success after the
centralisation of the black queen. The passive queen retreat is one concession
too many.} (29... Qd6 $1 30. f4 (30. Qh4 Qe6 31. a3 b6 $14) 30... Qe6 31. hxg6
Qe3+ 32. Qxe3 Rxe3 33. Rd1 hxg6 34. Kf2 Re6 $14) 30. Rb5 b6 31. hxg6 hxg6 32.
Rh5 $1 {[%mdl 2048] Svidler has managed to concentrate all his forces into a
coordinated kingside attack with devastating effect.} Re8 (32... Nb7 33. Rh4 f5
34. Qh3 Qf8 (34... Qg8 35. Bxf5 $18) 35. Bc4 Re1+ 36. Kh2 Nd6 37. Bd5 $18) 33.
Rh3 f5 (33... Nc6 34. Qh2 Re1+ 35. Bf1 Qg8 36. Qxc7+ Ne7 37. Qxa7 Qe6 38. Qa6
$16) 34. Bxf5 $1 {Black is still playing without his stranded knight so White
enjoys a superiority in the number of forces in action.} Nc6 (34... Qxf5 35.
Qxc7+ Kf6 (35... Kg8 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Qh8+ Ke7 38. Re3+ $18) 36. Rf3 $18) 35.
Bd3 Re6 (35... Rh8 36. Rxh8 Kxh8 37. Bxg6 $18) 36. Qh4 Qg8 37. Bc4 $1 {The
final combination belongs to the pleasures of successful chess, Svidler can
toy with attacking motifs.} (37. Qh6+ Kf6 38. Bc4 Re1+ 39. Kh2 Qxc4 40. Qf8+
Ke6 41. Qg8+ Kd6 42. Qxc4 $18) 37... Re1+ 38. Kh2 Qxc4 39. Qh8+ Kf7 40. Rh7+ (
40. Rh7+ Ke6 41. Qe8+ $18 (41. Qg8+ $18)) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.10.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb5 g6 9. d4 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. h3 Be6 13. Bf4 Nd5 14. Be5 f6
15. Bg3 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Re8 17. Re1 Bf7 18. Nd2 c5 19. dxc5 Rc8 20. Nb3 Qxd1 21.
Raxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.10.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2547"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 132 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Remagen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nf3 e6 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Bb7 8. O-O
Qc7 9. Bxd5 Bxd5 10. Nc3 Qb7 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Qb3 Qxb3 13. axb3 d5 14. exd6
Bxd6 15. d5 exd5 16. Re1+ Kd7 17. Ne5+ Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Nc6 19. Rxd5+ Ke6 20. Rd3
Rhd8 21. Re3+ Kf5 22. Rf3+ Ke6 23. Re3+ Kf5 24. Rf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2009.12.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 Be6 13. d5 Bd7 14. Nf1 Nb7 15. c4
Na5 16. Ne3 Nxc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 c3 19. bxc3 c4 20. Qe2 Rfc8 21. Rb1 a5
22. Ba3 g6 23. Kh2 Ne8 24. Rb2 Rab8 25. Rxb8 Qxb8 26. Rb1 Qc7 27. Qe3 f5 28.
Qb6 Qxb6 29. Rxb6 Bg5 30. Nf3 Bd8 31. Rb7 Rc7 32. Rb8 Rc8 33. Rxc8 Bxc8 34. Nd2
fxe4 35. Nxc4 Bb7 36. Bxe4 Nf6 37. Nxd6 Bxd5 38. Bxd5+ Nxd5 39. Ne4 Nb6 40. Bc5
Nc4 41. Nd6 Nb2 42. Kg3 Na4 43. Ne4 Kf7 44. Kf3 Ke6 45. c4 Nb2 46. Nd2 Nd3 47.
Ba3 Ne1+ 48. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.27"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. b3
g6 16. Ba3 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf4 18. g3 Ne6 19. b4 Rc8 20. Nb3 Nb6 21. Na5 Ba8 22.
axb5 axb5 23. dxe5 dxe5 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Nxc4 Nd7 27. Red1 c5 28.
bxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 0910"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.02.28"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2009.10.16"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. h3 Qa5 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. a4 Qc7 10. a5 Rb8 11. Qd2 b5 12. axb6 axb6 13. Rfd1 b5 14. b4 Bb7 15.
Bh6 Ra8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 e5 18. Nd2 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Ra8 20. Rxa8 exd4 21.
Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Croatia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CRO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nge2 a6 5. a4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. g3 e5
9. Bg2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 Nb4 13. Qd2 c5 14. Nb3 Bc6 15. Bf4
Nd7 16. Bxd6 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Qxd2 18. Nxd2 Bxe5 19. Rec1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Rxa8
Rxa8 22. Nd1 Ra2 23. c3 Nd3 24. Rb1 Nxb2 25. Rxb2 Rxb2 26. Nxb2 Bxc3 27. Nbc4
bxc4 28. Nxc4 f6 29. f3 Bd4+ 30. Kh2 Kf7 31. Bf1 f5 32. Bd3 Kf6 33. Kg2 h6
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Georgiev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. a3 Bf6 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 Qc8 14. Nbd2 c5 15. b4
Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Be3 cxb4 18. cxb4 a5 19. b5 Nc5 20. Qc2 c3 21. Rac1 a4
22. Qxc3 Nxe4 23. Qd3 Nc5 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Rxe5 Qd7 27. d6 Rad8
28. Rd1 Ba8 29. Re7 Qc8 30. d7 Qb7 31. f3 Qb6 32. Qd6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 Rd6 14. Bd5 cxd4
15. cxd4 Be6 16. Bb3 exd4 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Bxe6 Rexe6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Qd3 Qe7
21. Rb1 Nb4 22. Qa3 Bf8 23. Qxa7 d3 24. Nc3 Qf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. exd5 Re2 27.
Qxb7 Qd4 28. Rbd1 d2 29. Qa6 Re5 30. Qf6 Bg7 31. Qd8+ Bf8 32. Qf6 Bg7 33. Qd8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Israel"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Ng5 Ngf6 6. Bd3 e6 7. N1f3 Bd6 8.
Qe2 h6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Qxe4 Qc7 11. O-O b6 12. Qg4 Kf8 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2 Nf6
15. Qh3 Nd5 16. g3 c5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Ne5 Nf6 19. Rae1 Rd8 20. Bg6 Ba8 21.
Bh5 Nxh5 22. Qxh5 Qb7 23. Re4 Kg8 24. Rfe1 Rd2 25. Nd3 f5 26. Nf4 fxe4 27. Qe8+
Bf8 28. Ng6 e3 29. Qxf8+ Kh7 30. Qxh8+ Kxg6 31. f3 Rg2+ 32. Kh1 Re2 33. Rf1
Qxf3+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Qa4
Nc6 9. d5 Na7 10. Be3 c6 11. Rd1 cxd5 12. e5 Ng4 13. Nxd5 Nxe3 14. Nxe3 Qb6 15.
b3 Qc5 16. Nd5 Be6 17. b4 Qxd5 18. Rxd5 Bxd5 19. Be2 Nc6 20. O-O e6 21. a3 Nxe5
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Georgia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GEO"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Ng6 8. Nb3
Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 f6 11. Bh5 fxe5 12. dxe5 Ndxe5 13. Re1 Kd7 14. Nd4 Bc5
15. Bxg6 Qf6 16. Rxe5 Qxe5 17. Nf3 Qg3 18. Qe2 hxg6 19. b4 Bb6 20. c4 dxc4 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. Rd1+ Kc8 23. Bxb6 axb6 24. Qxe6+ Kb8 25. Rd7 Qf4 26. Rf7 Qc1+ 27.
Kh2 Ka7 28. Nd4 Raf8 29. Rxb7+ Kxb7 30. Qxc6+ Ka6 31. Qa4+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Qb1 Qd5 10. Be2 Bf5 11. Qb4 c5 12. Bxc4 Qxf3 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qxd7+
Nxd7 15. gxf3 Rc8 16. Bd5 cxd4 17. cxd4 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rd1 Rc7 20. O-O
O-O 21. Rd2 Kg7 22. f4 Bc3 23. Rd3 Bf6 24. Bg3 Nc5 25. Rc1 b6 26. Bf3 Bb2 27.
Rc2 f5 28. h4 Bf6 29. h5 Rd8 30. Rxd8 Bxd8 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Be2 Ne4 33. Rxc7+
Bxc7 34. Bh4 Bd6 35. Kf1 Kf8 36. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 17th"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2009.10.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2009.10.22"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "YUG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 Bg4 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 O-O 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. Kh1 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Rg1 cxd4 19. Rg5 g6 20. f4 Kh8 21.
f5 Qe7 22. f3 Rbc8 23. Bd2 d3 24. Qf1 Bd4 25. Rb1 Bf6 26. Rg4 gxf5 27. exf5 Qe2
28. Qxe2 dxe2 29. Re4 Rb8 30. Ba2 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 Bxb2 32. Rxe2 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Qb1 b6 10. Be2 c5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Nd7 13. dxc5 Qe8 14. c6 Nc5
15. Nd4 Bd5 16. Qb5 Rc8 17. Bxc4 Bxc6 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rac1 Rc7 20. Bg3 Qxb5
21. Bxb5 Rcc8 22. f3 a6 23. Be2 b5 24. Be1 Na4 25. c4 Nb2 26. Rd7 Nxc4 27. Bxc4
e6 28. Bb4 Rfe8 29. Ra7 bxc4 30. Rxa6 c3 31. Rc2 Red8 32. Rd6 Rxd6 33. Bxd6 Rd8
34. Bb4 Rd1+ 35. Kf2 Rb1 36. Bxc3 Bxc3 37. Rxc3 Rb2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Nxe5 7. Qxe4 (7.
d4 {Deviating from Kamsky,G (2725)-Topalov,V (2796)/Sofia 2009/CBM 129 [Marin]
(0-1, 32)}) 7... Qe7 8. d4 Nc6 9. Qg4 h5 10. Qxg7 Bxd4 11. Qg3 {White has
prevented Black's short castling and spoiled his structure, but has completely
neglected the development of the queenside.} a6 12. Bc4 $146 ({Previously,} 12.
Bxc6 dxc6 {has been played. Svidler did not wish to give up his Spanish bishop,
which would also have accelerated the development of the black queenside.
However, his novelty does not change the evaluation of the variation as
inoffensive for Black.} 13. c3 (13. Qd3 Bg7 14. Nc3 Bd7 15. Qg3 Be5 16. Bf4 h4
17. Qe3 Bxf4 18. Qxf4 O-O-O 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Be6 21. Rad1 Rdg8 22. Rf4 Rg5
$11 {Tolnai,T (2490)-Ninov,K (2465)/Stara Zagora 1990/CBM 017 (1/2, 55)}) 13...
h4 14. Qf3 Be5 15. Qe3 Bf5 16. Nd2 O-O-O 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 {1/2 Vogt,L
(2495)-Kirov,N (2435)/Polanica Zdroj 1977/MCD}) 12... h4 13. Qf4 d6 14. Bd5 Be5
15. Qc4 Bd7 16. c3 O-O-O {Black is well ahead in development. White's
consolation consists of his better structure.} 17. Nd2 Be6 18. f4 Bf6 19. Ne4
Rde8 20. Re1 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qe6 22. Qxe6+ Rxe6 23. Bd2 Bd8 24. Ng5 Rf6 25. Ne4
Re6 26. Ng5 Rf6 27. Ne4 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. h3
e5 9. Nf3 exd4 10. Bxd4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 {For this line - see CBM 109,
annotations to I.Sokolov - Eljanov.} Qe7 (11... Nc6 12. Qe3 Be6 (12... Qe7 {
- game}) 13. Bb5 (13. Be2 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Bxc4 15. Qc5 Ba6 16. Nd5 Qd6 17. Qc3 f5
18. Nh2 Rae8 19. O-O-O Rxe4 $17 {1/2 Anastasian,A (2565)-Rade,M (2436)/
Kallithea 2008/CBM 127 (71)}) (13. Rd1 Qe7 14. Bd3 Nc4 15. Qc1 Qb4 16. b3 N4e5
17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O Rad8 $36 {1/2 Sokolov,I (2691)-Eljanov,P (2639)/
Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/[Krasenkow] (30)}) 13... Nb4 14. O-O c6 (14... Qe7 15.
Rfc1 c6 16. Bf1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. b3 Be6 19. a3 Na6 20. e5 Nc7 21. Ne4 Nd5
22. Qc5 Qxc5 23. Nxc5 Bc8 24. Ne4 f6 25. exf6 Nxf6 26. Nd6 Rd8 27. Rd1 Nd5 28.
Nxc8 Raxc8 29. Re1 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Rxe8 {1/2 Scibior,A (2179)-Schmidt,W (2399)/
Poznan 2009/CBM 131 Extra}) 15. Be2 Nc2 16. Qh6 Nxa1 17. Ng5 Re8 18. e5 Qc7 19.
Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qf6+ Kf8 22. Qh8+ Ke7 23. Qf6+ Kf8 24. Bg4 Bxg4 25.
hxg4 Kg8 26. Rxa1 Qe7 27. Nce4 Nd7 28. Qf4 Nxe5 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Nxe8+ Rxe8 31.
Rd1 a6 32. Nf3 Nxf3+ 33. Qxf3 Qe2 {1/2 Braun,A (2540)-Hoolt,S (2187)/Hengelo
2007/CBM 119 ext}) (11... Qxd4 12. Nxd4 {1/2 Bronznik,V (2410)-Sulypa,A (2488)/
Elancourt 2004/EXT 2005}) 12. Qe3 (12. Be2 Nc6 13. Qe3 Be6 14. O-O Rad8 {
1/2 Broomfield,M (2362)-Lalic,B (2509)/Coulsdon 2007/CBM 120 ext}) (12. O-O-O
$5) 12... Nc6 (12... f5 $5 13. Be2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nc5 Qxe3 16. fxe3 N8d7
$1 17. Nxb7 Rae8 18. O-O (18. Kf2 $5 Nd5 19. Bc4 $14 {I.Sokolov}) 18... Rxe3
19. Rae1 Be4 20. Na5 Bd5 21. b3 Nc5 $11 {1/2 Sokolov,I (2691)-Sutovsky,E (2674)
/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109 (56)}) 13. Bb5 Nb4 (13... f5 $6 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. exf5
(15. O-O $142 $14 {Gleizerov}) 15... Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Bxf5 17. O-O Rae8 18. Rae1
Bd3 $1 19. Rf2 Nd5 $1 $11 {1-0 Gleizerov,E (2552)-Iordachescu,V (2567)/Khanty
Mansiysk 2007/CBM 121 Extra (53)}) 14. Rc1 Be6 (14... f5 $6 15. a3 a6 16. Be2
f4 (16... Nc6 17. Nd5 Qxe4 18. Nxc7 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Ra7 20. Nxa6 $1 $16) 17. Qd2
Nc6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. O-O $14) 15. b3 a6 16. Be2 Nc6 17. O-O f6 {
Black has almost equalized but White still retains some space advantage.} 18.
Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bf1 Bf7 20. Nh2 $5 {[%cal Yf2f4,Yh2g4][%mdl 32]} Be6 21. f4 Nd4
$2 {A central outpost is not always the best for the knight! It was much more
important for it to control the crucial e5-square.} (21... Rd7 $142 22. f5 $140
Bf7 23. Ng4 Ne5) 22. f5 Bf7 23. Ng4 gxf5 ({Perhaps} 23... Nc6 {(admitting his
mistake) was relatively better.}) 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qf2 $1 fxe4 $2 {[%mdl 8192]
Loses on the spot.} (25... Bh5 26. Nd5 $1 $16) (25... f4 $142 $16 {Anand}) 26.
Rxe4 Qd6 27. Rd1 c5 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. b4 $1 {The poor knight will now be
simply lost!} f5 30. bxc5 fxe4 31. Qxf7 Nf3+ 32. Qxf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. d5 Na6 {A rare move in this position,
compared to the main continuations} (11... Bxf3) ({and (rather less accurate)} 
11... Nd7) 12. h4 $5 $146 {[%mdl 136] According to Kramnik, White overcomes an
"optical illusion" that this move is senseless after ...Bc8-g4. In fact, it
creates a serious threat 13.Nh2, and after the retreat of the bishop 14.h5.
This way White exploits the main drawback of 11...Na6 - the absence of the
black knight from the centre.} (12. c4 $6 {is now met by a strong reply} Nb4 $1
{(that's the idea behind 11...Na6!)}) (12. Bxa6 Qxa6 13. c4 b5 $5 14. O-O bxc4
15. Qe2 Bd7 $6 (15... Bxf3 16. gxf3 Bd4 $1 $11 17. Qxc4 $140 Qf6 $1) 16. Bxc5
Bb5 17. Qe3 Qxa2 18. Bxe7 Rfe8 19. d6 $16 {1/2 Schneider Zinner,H (2348)
-Balinov,I (2388)/Gmunden 2005/CBM 107 ext (167)}) (12. Be2 c4 $5 13. Bd4 Nc5
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Bxc4 Nxe4 16. Qd4+ Nf6 17. Ne5 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. f3 Bc8
20. Nd3 Ne8 21. Bb3 Nd6 $11 {1/2 Serper,G (2522)-Ehlvest,J (2603)/ICC INT 2008/
CBM 126 Extra (33)}) (12. Ng5 b5 (12... Rad8 13. h3 Bc8 14. Bxa6 Qxa6 15. Bxc5
Rfe8 16. c4 $16 {0-1 Knoll,H (2355)-Balinov,I (2388)/Gmunden 2005/CBM 107 ext 
(52)}) 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bd3 (14. Be2 $142) 14... c4 15. Be2 Rac8 16. O-O Nc5 17.
f4 h6 18. Bxc5 Rxc5 19. Nf3 Qb6 $11 {1-0 Grischuk,A (2719)-Morozevich,A (2787)/
Almaty 2008/EXT 2009 (29)}) 12... f5 (12... Rad8 13. Nh2 Bc8 14. h5 f5 $5 {
was probably the critical reaction to White's plan although he retains the
initiative after} 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. exf5 Bxf5 17. Nf3 {[%cal Re3h6]}) 13. exf5
Bxf5 (13... gxf5 14. Bf4 $16 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Rf3e5]}) 14. h5 $16 {"In my
opinion, Black has a horrible position. White has got an attack with equal
material and a strategical advantage." (V.Kramnik after the game)} Rad8 15.
hxg6 Bxg6 (15... hxg6 $2 16. Bh6 $18) 16. Bh6 $1 (16. Nh4 $143 $6 Be4 {Kramnik}
) (16. Bd3 $143 $6 Nc7 {forcing c3-c4 and the exchange of queens.}) 16... Bxh6
17. Rxh6 Rf6 18. Ne5 {[%csl Ge5]} Qa4 19. Qe3 $1 {[%cal Re5g6,Rf1c4]} (19. Bc4
$2 Re6 $1 {M.Fominyh, Barsky}) (19. f3 $6 Re6 $1 {Kramnik}) 19... Qf4 {Black
must give up a pawn; besides, his poor a6 knight is still out of play.} (19...
Qe4 $4 20. Rxg6+) 20. Qxf4 Rxf4 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. Rxg6+ Kf7 23. Rg5 Re4+ (23...
Nc7 $142 24. c4 {but Black is technically lost anyway.}) 24. Be2 Kf6 25. Rh5
Kg6 26. g4 Rf8 27. Rd1 Rf6 28. Rh8 Kg7 29. Rd8 Rb6 30. f3 Re3 31. Rd3 Re5 32.
Kf2 Rh6 33. Bf1 Rh2+ 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. d6 exd6 36. R3xd6 Re7 37. R6d7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 c5 14. Nd5 a5
15. a4 c4 16. g4 {If White plans to break with e6, it makes sense to drive the
knight away at once.} ({Here is a concrete justification:} 16. e6 fxe6 17. Nf4
cxb3 18. cxb3 Bd6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nfe5 Be8 21. g4 Bxe5 22. Nxe5 Ne7 23. Rfe1
Nd5 $132 {[%csl Gf4] Stellwagen,D (2605)-Efimenko,Z (2680)/Germany 2008/CBM
126 Extra (1/2, 78). Now that there is a pawn on e6, the knight can safely
land on d5.}) 16... Ne7 17. Nf4 Nc6 $5 $146 {The d5-square is not available
yet and the knight has to move to a less favourable location, in order to open
the diagonal for the undeveloped f8-bishop. The only question is whether it
makes sense to exchange on b3 previously.} (17... cxb3 18. cxb3 Nc6 {was
played in a recent game.} 19. e6 ({Probably Ponomariov feared that White could
make use of the d3-square with} 19. Rd3 {[%cal Gf1d1] and if} Nb4 {then} 20.
Rd2 $14 {, when ...Bb4 is not possible any more.}) 19... fxe6 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
Bxe5 Rh7 22. Ng6 Bc5 23. Kg2 Be8 24. Nf4 Bd7 25. Ng6 Be8 {1/2 Adams,M (2682)
-Bacrot,E (2709)/Novi Sad 2009}) 18. e6 fxe6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nfe5 Nxe5 (20...
Be8 $5 {would maintain the tension.} 21. Nxf8 (21. Nxc6 $6 Bxg6 $15 {[%csl Gc2]
}) (21. Rfe1 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 cxb3 23. cxb3 g5 $15) 21... Nxe5 22. Nxe6 Nf3+ 23.
Kg2 Bc6 24. Kg3 g5 25. Nd4 $11) 21. Nxe5 Be8 22. Nxc4 b5 $132 23. axb5 Bxb5 24.
Rd4 a4 25. Ra1 Rb8 26. Ba3 axb3 27. cxb3 Bxc4 28. bxc4 Ra8 29. Bb2 Rxa1+ 30.
Bxa1 Bd6 31. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 Bf6 8.
Qg3 Nc6 9. N1d2 d5 10. O-O Nge7 11. Re1 Ne5 12. Bf1 O-O 13. c3 N7c6 14. Nd4 Bh4
15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Qf3 d4 17. e5 dxc3 18. Qxc3 Qd4 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Re4 Nc2 21.
Rb1 Be7 22. Nc4 b5 23. Nd6 f5 24. Re2 Nb4 25. Bd2 Nd5 26. Ba5 Bd7 27. Rc2 Bxd6
28. exd6 Rfc8 29. Rbc1 Rxc2 30. Rxc2 Kf7 31. g3 Rc8 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. a4 Bd7
34. axb5 axb5 35. Bg2 Ke8 36. f4 Bc6 37. Bc3 g6 38. Kf2 Kd7 39. Bxd5 exd5 40.
Ke3 d4+ 41. Kxd4 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 d5 8. a4 b4
9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 dxe4 11. Bxe4 Nd5 12. Nbd2 Bb7 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15.
dxc5 O-O 16. Qc2 Nf6 17. Rd1 Qc7 18. Bd3 h6 19. b3 Na5 20. Bb2 Bxf3 21. gxf3
Qf4 22. Be2 Rfc8 23. Rac1 Nb7 24. c6 Na5 25. c7 Nd5 26. Qe4 Qxe4 27. fxe4 Nxc7
28. Be5 Ne8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Bxa6 Ra8 31. Be2 Nxb3 32. Rb1 Na5 33. Bb5 b3 34.
Bc3 Nd6 35. f3 Ndc4 36. Kf2 f6 37. Ke2 Na3 38. Rb2 N3c4 39. Rb1 Na3 40. Rb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1 c5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Qh5 h6
15. f4 O-O 16. Qe2 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Rad1 Qd6 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.
Bc4 Nb6 22. Bxd5+ Nxd5 23. Qf3 Rd8 24. c4 Re6 25. Rxe6 Qxe6 26. cxd5 Qe5 27.
Qd3 Rd6 28. h3 f4 29. Kf2 Kh8 30. Rd2 g5 31. Kf1 Kg7 32. Qc4 h5 33. Qxc5 g4 34.
hxg4 hxg4 35. Qd4 Kf6 36. Qd3 a5 37. Rd1 Kg5 38. Kf2 Qb2+ 39. Rd2 Qe5 40. Rd1
Qb2+ 41. Qd2 Qxd2+ 42. Rxd2 Kf5 43. g3 fxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Ke4 45. a3 Rxd5 46. Rxd5
Kxd5 47. b4 axb4 48. axb4 Kc4 49. Kxg4 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.11.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 133"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2009.11.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 Bg4 9. c4 Nf6 10. Nc3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Nxd4 12. Qd1 Ne6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bb5+
c6 15. Nxd5 cxb5 16. Qb3 O-O 17. Be3 Bc5 18. Rad1 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 Qa5 20. Qc2
Rfe8 21. f4 b4 22. f5 Nf8 23. Ne7+ ({Apparently, Gelfand found an improvement
for Black after} 23. Red3 $36 {Leko,P (2751)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Nalchik 2009/CBM
130/[Marin] (1-0, 43)}) 23... Kh8 24. Qc4 Ne6 25. Nd5 Rad8 $146 ({In fact,
Gelfand had played this same line after the defeat against Leko once already:} 
25... Qc5 26. Qxb4 Qxb4 27. Nxb4 Nc5 28. Nd5 Rxe3 29. Nxe3 h5 30. f6 Ne4 31.
fxg7+ Kxg7 32. Kf1 {1/2 Radjabov,T (2756)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Bazna 2009/CBM 131})
26. Ree1 Qc5+ 27. Qxc5 Nxc5 28. Rxe8+ Rxe8 29. Nxb4 g6 30. fxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 b5 5. Bb3 Na5 6. O-O d6 7. d4 exd4 8. Qxd4
Bb7 9. c4 c5 10. Qd3 Nf6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 O-O
15. Bf4 Bf6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Qxd6 Bxe4 18. Qxf6 gxf6 19. Nd2 Bd3 20. Rfc1 c4
21. h3 Nc6 22. Nf3 Be4 23. Rc3 Rfd8 24. a3 Nb4 25. Re1 Bxf3 26. axb4 Bh5 27.
Rg3+ Bg6 28. Bh6 Rd3 29. Kh2 f5 30. Re7 f4 31. Bxf4 Kg7 32. Be5+ Kf8 33. Rb7
Rd5 34. Bc3 Re8 35. Rg4 h5 36. Rd4 Rf5 37. Rd2 Kg8 38. f3 Kh7 39. Rbd7 Rg5 40.
R2d5 Rxd5 41. Rxd5 Rb8 42. g4 hxg4 43. fxg4 Kg8 44. h4 Be4 45. Re5 Bc6 46. Rg5+
Kf8 47. Kg3 Ke7 48. h5 f6 49. Rg7+ Ke6 50. Rg6 Rf8 51. Kf4 Be8 52. Rg7 f5 53.
h6 fxg4+ 54. Kxg4 Bc6 55. h7 Bf3+ 56. Kg3 Be4 57. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Kh1 Nb6 12. b3 Bd7 13. Ba3 Re8 14. e4 Rc8 15. Rc1
f6 16. exd5 exd5 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. f5 Ne7 19. Bc5 Nxf5 20. Qf3 Bh6 21. Rce1 Ne3
22. Rf2 Nxg2 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Kxg2 Re3 25. Qxf6 Rxc3 26. Be7 Bg7 27. Qf7+ Kh8
28. Re2 Rc8 29. Qf3 Re8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf1 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. a5 Qc7 13. h3 h6 14. Be3 Qc6 15. Nd2
d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. c4 Be6 19. Qa4 Qc7 20. b4 f5 21. c5 Bd5 22.
Bc4 Nf6 23. Qb3 Rcd8 24. Rad1 Kh7 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Nc4 Rfd8 27. Bc1 e4 28. Bb2
Rd3 29. Qc2 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Qxd1 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Ne3 g6 34. Nd5
Bd8 35. Bd4 Kg8 36. b5 Bxa5 37. c6 axb5 38. cxd7 Kf7 39. Kf1 Ke6 40. Nf4+ Kxd7
41. Nxg6 b4 42. Ke2 b3 43. Nf4 Kd6 44. f3 exf3+ 45. Kxf3 Bb6 46. Bb2 Bc5 47.
Nd3 Bg1 48. Nc1 b5 49. Nxb3 Kd5 50. Nd2 b4 51. Kf4 Ke6 52. Nf3 Bc5 53. Nd4+ Kd5
54. Nxf5 Kc4 55. g4 Kd3 56. h4 b3 57. h5 Kc2 58. Be5 Kd3 59. Bg7 Bb4 60. Kf3
Ba5 61. Nd6 Bc3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. O-O
d6 9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nbd2 Ne7 13. Nh4 Be6 14. Kh1 c6
15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Rxb2 17. Bxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Nb3
Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Qxc5 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 h6
15. Be3 Nc6 16. Rc1 O-O 17. O-O a6 18. Rc5 Rfc8 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. Qb6 Qc7 21.
Qxc7 Rxc7 22. h4 Rcc8 23. h5 Kf8 24. g4 Bh7 25. Bd1 Ke7 26. Ba4 Kd7 27. a3 b5
28. Bd1 Na5 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Rxc8 Kxc8 31. b3 Bb1 32. Bd2 Nc6 33. Bc3 Kb7 34.
f3 Kb6 35. Kf2 a5 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Ne7 38. Ke3 Kc6 39. Be1 Nc8 40. Bh4 Kd7
41. Be2 Kc6 42. f4 Be4 43. g5 hxg5 44. fxg5 Bh7 45. Kf2 g6 46. h6 Nb6 47. Ke3
Nc8 48. Be1 Nb6 49. Bd3 Nc8 50. Bc3 Nb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C69"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Nbc3 Re8 12. Rd2 Bc6 13. Rad1 b6 14. a4
Ne7 15. a5 Ng6 16. axb6 cxb6 17. b3 Kb7 18. Ng3 Ne5 19. h3 a5 20. Nf5 g6 21.
Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Re7 23. Rxf6 Rhe8 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. Rxd5 Nd7 26. Rfd6 Nb8 27.
f3 Nc6 28. h4 Nb4 29. Rd2 Rc8 30. Bg5 Ree8 31. Rd7+ Rc7 32. Bf4 Rxd7 33. Rxd7+
Kc6 34. Rc7+ Kb5 35. c4+ Ka6 36. Rxh7 Rd8 37. Rh6 Rd3 38. Rxg6 Rxb3 39. h5 Nd3
40. Bc7 a4 41. h6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 d6 8. e4 a6
9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Qc7 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. f4 Rac8 14. g4 Nc5 15. Bf2
g6 16. g5 Nh5 17. Be3 e5 18. Nde2 exf4 19. Bxf4 Nxf4 20. Nxf4 Ne6 21. Ncd5 Bxd5
22. cxd5 Nxf4 23. Rxc7 Rxc7 24. h4 f6 25. Qg4 fxg5 26. hxg5 Rc2 27. Bf1 Rxb2
28. Rc1 b5 29. Rc7 Bd8 30. Rc8 Rb1 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Qxf4 Rf8 33. Qxd6 Rbxf1+
34. Kg2 R1f2+ 35. Kg3 Rxa2 36. Qe6+ Kg7 37. d6 Ra3+ 38. Kg4 Raf3 39. Qe5+ Kg8
40. d7 Rd3 41. Qe6+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg8 43. Qe6+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. N1d2 Nf6 10. O-O-O Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Qc7 12. f4 O-O 13. Rhg1 e5 14. f5 a5
15. a3 a4 16. Na1 d5 17. g4 d4 18. Qh3 Nd7 19. g5 Na5 20. Rg4 Nc5 21. Kb1 f6
22. gxf6 Rxf6 23. Rdg1 g6 24. Qh4 Qg7 25. Nf3 Rd6 26. fxg6 Bxg4 27. gxh7+ Kh8
28. Rxg4 Qf6 29. Qg3 Rf8 30. Nxe5 Nxd3 31. cxd3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C80"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nxd2 10. Bxd2 Be7 11. Qe2 g5 12. c3 g4 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Nxe6 Qxe6
15. Rae1 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc4 17. Bc1 h5 18. f4 h4 19. f5 Qb6+ 20. Kh1 h3 21. Qxg4
hxg2+ 22. Kxg2 O-O-O 23. f6+ Kb7 24. fxe7 Rdg8 25. Bg5 Rg7 26. h4 Re8 27. b3
Na3 28. Bd3 Qc6 29. Kh2 Rxe7 30. Qf3 Re6 31. Bf5 Re8 32. Bf6 Rgg8 33. Rg1 a5
34. Rxg8 Rxg8 35. Rd1 Kb8 36. Rxd5 Qb6 37. Rd8+ Rxd8 38. Bxd8 Qc5 39. Bf6 b4
40. cxb4 axb4 41. h5 Qd4 42. Kh3 Qd2 43. e6 fxe6 44. Bxe6 Nb5 45. Bg4 Nc3 46.
Be5 Qe1 47. Bg3 Qc1 48. Kh4 Nxa2 49. Qf8+ Kb7 50. Bf3+ c6 51. Qe7+ Kb6 52. Qc7+
Kb5 53. Qb7+ Kc5 54. Qxc6+ Kd4 55. Qxc1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. Bf1 Ng4 10. Nf3 Nge5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Nd5 f5 13. g3 fxe4 14. Rxe4
Bf5 15. Rh4 Qd7 16. c3 Kh8 17. Bg5 Rae8 18. Bg2 Nd8 19. Bh6 Bg7 20. Bxg7+ Qxg7
21. Ne3 Bd7 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc6 24. Rad1 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 Ne6 26. Re4 Nc5
27. Rxe8 Rxe8 28. Kf3 Kg7 29. Rd4 Ne6 30. Rg4 a5 31. h4 Kf7 32. Ke2 h5 33. Re4
b5 34. Kd2 c6 35. c4 b4 36. Ng2 Rb8 37. Nf4 Nc5 38. Rd4 a4 39. f3 a3 40. bxa3
b3 41. axb3 Nxb3+ 42. Kc3 Nxd4 43. Kxd4 Ra8 44. Nd3 Rxa3 45. c5 dxc5+ 46. Nxc5
Rxf3 47. Ne4 Ke7 48. Kc5 Re3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. d4
Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bg4 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Na4 f6
15. Nxc5 Nxc5 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Qxc6 Rac8 18. Qb7 Rb8 19. Qe7 Rf7 20. Qa3 Qd8 21.
Nd4 Qe8 22. Rfe1 Bd7 23. Qa5 Rd8 24. Qxd5 Ng5 25. Qa5 Bg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B03"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 exd6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nge2 Nb4 9. Bb1 c5 10. a3 Nc6 11. d5 Ne5 12. b3 Bf6 13. Ra2 O-O 14. Ne4 Be7 15.
O-O Rb8 16. h3 Na8 17. Qc2 f5 18. N4c3 Nc7 19. a4 Bf6 20. Qd1 a6 21. a5 Bd7 22.
Re1 Re8 23. Bd2 b5 24. axb6 Rxb6 25. Bc2 g6 26. Nc1 Nf7 27. Nd3 Rxe1+ 28. Qxe1
Rb7 29. Ne2 Qe7 30. b4 cxb4 31. Bxb4 g5 32. Nec1 Qxe1+ 33. Bxe1 f4 34. Ba4 Bf5
35. Kf1 Ne5 36. Nxe5 Bxe5 37. Bc2 Bxc2 38. Rxc2 Kf7 39. Nd3 Bd4 40. Ke2 Kg6 41.
g3 fxg3 42. fxg3 Rb3 43. g4 h5 44. Bg3 Ne8 45. Ra2 h4 46. Be1 Nc7 47. Bb4 Ne8
48. Rxa6 Kf7 49. Bxd6 Nxd6 50. Rxd6 Rc3 51. c5 Rc2+ 52. Kf3 Rh2 53. Ke4 Bc3 54.
c6 Ba5 55. c7 Bxc7 56. Rd7+ Ke8 57. Rxc7 Rxh3 58. d6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qc6 8.
Qe2 Nbd7 9. b3 b6 10. Bb2 Bb7 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Be4 Qc7 14. g3 N7f6
15. Kb1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Be7 17. c4 Nb4 18. Be5 Qc6 19. Rhe1 Rad8 20. a3 Qxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. a4 b4 13. Qxb4 Nc6 14. Qa3 Qd6 15.
Bc4 Rb8 16. O-O Qxa3 17. bxa3 Rd8 18. Rac1 Na5 19. Ba2 c6 20. Bf4 Rb7 21. Rfe1
Nd5 22. Bd2 Nb3 23. Bxb3 Rxb3 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Bb4 Bf6 26. a5 Bd7 27. Rc7 Kf7
28. h3 Rxf3 29. gxf3 Bxd4 30. Rec1 Bf6 31. Rb7 d4 32. Rcc7 Bb5 33. Rxb5 axb5
34. Kf1 d3 35. Ke1 Bg5 36. a6 Ra8 37. a7 e5 38. Bc5 d2+ 39. Kd1 Ke6 40. Rb7 Rc8
41. Rxb5 Kd7 42. Rb7+ Ke6 43. Be3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "1"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1
Be7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bd2 Qb6 13. a5 Qb7 14. h3 O-O 15. Qe2
Be6 16. Nc1 h6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Qxc4 Rfc8 19. Qd3 Rd8 20. Nb3 d5 21. exd5 Rxd5
22. Qe2 e4 23. Nh2 Ne5 24. Be3 Rc8 25. Red1 Nc4 26. Bd4 Nd6 27. Ng4 Nxg4 28.
hxg4 Qb5 29. Qxb5 Nxb5 30. Bb6 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxc2 32. Rd2 Rc4 33. Rd7 Bf6 34.
Nd2 Rc1+ 35. Kh2 Bxb2 36. Nxe4 b3 37. Nc5 Be5+ 38. g3 b2 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. Nd7
Bd6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. b3 d4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. e3 e5 8. exd4
exd4 9. d3 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Qc7 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Bf3 Bf5
15. Na3 Rae8 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc7 Rc8 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Rfe8 21.
Qf3 Bg4 22. Qg2 Bh3 23. Qf3 Bg4 24. Qh1 g5 25. Be5 Bd6 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Bxb7
Rb8 28. Qc6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 f6 31. Re7 Bf5 32. Bd5+ Kh8 33. Be4
Bxe4 34. Rxe4 a5 35. Re6 a4 36. bxa4 Rb1+ 37. Kg2 Rd1 38. Rxf6 Rxd3 39. Rc6 Ra3
40. Rxc5 h6 41. Rd5 d3 42. c5 Kg7 43. c6 Rxa4 44. Rxd3 Rc4 45. Rd6 g4 46. h3
gxh3+ 47. Kxh3 Rc2 48. a4 Rxf2 49. Rd7+ Kf6 50. c7 Rc2 51. a5 Ke6 52. Rh7 Kd6
53. a6 Rxc7 54. Rxc7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bd7 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Bc6 8. Be3
a5 9. a4 Na6 10. Bb5 Be7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. O-O Nb4 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Qf2 d5 15.
Bb6 Qc8 16. Nxa5 Rxa5 17. exd5 Rxb5 18. axb5 Bxd5 19. Rd2 Be6 20. Rad1 Qc4 21.
Kh1 Nbd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Ba7 Qxb5 24. b3 Nc3 25. Re1 f6 26. h3 Qc6 27. Rd3
Bf5 28. Rd2 Bb4 29. Ra1 h6 30. Qh4 e4 31. Rf2 Bd6 32. Bd4 exf3 33. Rxf3 Ne2 34.
Bf2 Be4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. d3
Nd4 9. Nd2 c6 10. Rb1 Re8 11. b4 h5 12. e3 Ne6 13. Nf3 Nh7 14. e4 Nhg5 15. Nxg5
Nxg5 16. h4 Ne6 17. Be3 Rf8 18. Ne2 a5 19. d4 axb4 20. axb4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4
22. Bxd4 Be6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Qc2 Qf6 25. Rfd1 Bg4 26. Rd2 Rfe8 27. c5 d5 28.
Rc1 dxe4 29. Bxe4 Re6 30. Bg2 Rae8 31. Qb2 Qxb2 32. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Ne7 6. a3 Bxc3 7. Qxc3 O-O 8. d3
f5 9. Qc2 d5 10. exd5 exd5 11. Be2 d4 12. O-O c5 13. Ng5 Qd6 14. b4 h6 15. Bf3
Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nd7 17. Re1 Ng6 18. Ra2 Nde5 19. Nxe5 Nxe5 20. Qd1 Ng4 21. g3
Rae8 22. Rae2 Qd7 23. h3 Nf6 24. Bf4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 g5 26. Be5 f4 27. Kh2 fxg3+
28. fxg3 Qf5 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Qd2 Nd7 31. Bd6 Rf7 32. Re8+ Kh7 33. Qe2 Nf6 34.
Re5 Qg6 35. Bxc5 Nd7 36. Re6 Qf5 37. Bxd4 Nf8 38. Re5 Qd7 39. Qe4+ Kg8 40. Kg2
Qa4 41. Qe2 Qxa3 42. h4 Qd6 43. Rd5 Qc6 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Qe4 Qh6 46. Qg4 Ne6
47. Be3 Qf6 48. Qe2 Kg7 49. c5 Kg6 50. Rd6 Qf5 51. Bf2 Rf6 52. Qe4 Qxe4+ 53.
dxe4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Qa5 6. Qd2 Nbd7 7. Nf3 e5 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. Bh6 O-O 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O Qb6 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Qg5
Re8 15. b3 h6 16. Qh4 Be6 17. Kh1 Qc5 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. f4 exf4 20. Nxf4 Qe5 21.
Rae1 b5 22. Re3 Bc8 23. Ref3 Rd6 24. Qf2 a6 25. Qa7 Qe7 26. Qf2 Qe5 27. Qa7 Qe7
28. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 Be6 7. Qe2 f6 8.
Nc4 Qd7 9. Rd1 c5 10. c3 b5 11. Ncxe5 fxe5 12. Nxe5 Qe7 13. d4 g6 14. a4 b4 15.
d5 Bd7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. e5 Qf5 18. cxb4 Bg7 19. g4 Qf7 20. bxc5 h5 21. e6 Qf6
22. d6 hxg4 23. Qe4 Rd8 24. Qc6+ Kf8 25. Qxc7 Re8 26. d7 Rd8 27. Bf4 Bh6 28.
Bd6+ Kg7 29. Be5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 e5 10. a3 b6 11. b4 Nb7 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Qd3 Nh5 15. f4
f5 16. e3 Re8 17. Rfe1 cxb4 18. axb4 a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. Ba3 exf4 21. exf4
Qb6+ 22. Kh1 Nc5 23. Qc2 a4 24. Rab1 Qa5 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bb4 Qa7 27. Nb5
Bxb5 28. cxb5 a3 29. b6 Qxb6 30. Bxa3 Qa6 31. Bxc5 Rc8 32. Qc4 Qa8 33. Qe2 Rxc5
34. Qe6+ Kh8 35. Qxd6 Rc8 36. Nf3 Nf6 37. Ng5 Qa2 38. Re1 Qd2 39. Qe6 Rf8 40.
d6 Ne4 41. Nf3 Qxd6 42. Rxe4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qf3 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. a3 O-O 11. Rc1 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Qg5 13. Rd1 d5 14. h4 Qh6 15.
exd5 exd5 16. Bxf6 Re8+ 17. Be2 gxf6 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. O-O Qxh4 20. Qxd5 Be6
21. Qd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 a5 23. Bf3 Rab8 24. b4 axb4 25. axb4 Rb6 26. b5 Rxb5 27.
Bc6 Reb8 28. Bxb5 Rxb5 29. Rc1 Bf5 30. Rd6 Kg7 31. Rcc6 Be6 32. Rc3 Rb1+ 33.
Kh2 Rb2 34. Rg3+ Kf8 35. Rf3 Kg7 36. Rd4 h5 37. Rdf4 Bg4 38. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c3 Na6 15.
Be3 Nd7 16. Be2 f5 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Nd4 Nac5 21. Bf3
Ne5 22. Ne6 Nxe6 23. dxe6 Qe7 24. Bd5 f4 25. Kh1 Rf5 26. c4 Kh8 27. Ra3 Re8 28.
Rb3 Qh4 29. Rh3 Qg5 30. Be4 Rxe6 31. Bxf5 Qxf5 32. c5 f3 33. cxd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. O-O
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be6 11. c4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. c5 Bf5 14. Qa4 Qd7
15. Bf4 Rfe8 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rd2 e5 18. Bxe5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rxe5 20. e3 Be4
21. Bxe4 Rxe4 22. Rd4 Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Be2
Bf6 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. Qc2 Bb7 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Qb1 Nxc3 14. dxc3 Qc7
15. Nd2 Ne5 16. f4 Qc6 17. e4 Ng6 18. g3 c4 19. Nxc4 Rfd8 20. Bf3 b5 21. Ne3
Qb6 22. Kf2 e5 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd1 exf4 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Nd5 Be5 27. Qd3
fxg3+ 28. hxg3 Qg5 29. Be2 h5 30. Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Bxd5 32. exd5 b4 33. Bxh5
bxc3 34. Bc1 Bxg3 35. Kd3 Nf4+ 36. Bxf4 Bxf4 37. Kxc3 g6 38. Be2 Kf8 39. b4 Ke7
40. a4 Kd6 41. Kc4 f5 42. Bd3 Be3 43. a5 Ke5 44. Bc2 Bf2 45. Bd3 Be3 46. Bc2 g5
47. d6 g4 48. d7 Bg5 49. b5 g3 50. b6 axb6 51. a6 g2 52. a7 g1=Q 53. a8=Q Qc5+
54. Kb3 Qb5+ 55. Ka2 Qxd7 56. Qf3 Qa7+ 57. Kb3 Qf7+ 58. Kb2 Qe6 59. Qc3+ Kd6
60. Qd3+ Ke5 61. Qc3+ Kf4 62. Qd2+ Kg4 63. Qd1+ Kh4 64. Qh1+ Kg3 65. Qg1+ Kf4
66. Qc1+ Kg4 67. Qg1+ Kf4 68. Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. c4 O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bf3 Be6 14. Nc3 Rc8
15. Rc1 d4 16. Ne2 d3 17. Bxf6 dxe2 18. Bxd8 exd1=Q 19. Rfxd1 Bxf2+ 20. Kxf2
Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rxd8 22. Ke3 g5 23. Rc5 h6 24. Bb7 Rb8 25. Bxa6 Ra8 26. Rc6 Bd5
27. Rxh6 Kg7 28. Rd6 Bxg2 29. a4 f5 30. a5 Rh8 31. Bd3 f4+ 32. Kd4 f3 33. Rg6+
Kf7 34. Rxg5 Rd8+ 35. Rd5 Rxd5+ 36. Kxd5 f2+ 37. Kd6 f1=Q 38. Bxf1 Bxf1 39. b4
Ke8 40. h4 Be2 41. Kc7 Ke7 42. Kb6 Kd7 43. b5 Kc8 44. Kc5 Kb7 45. b6 Bf3 46.
Kd4 Ka6 47. Ke3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. a4
Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. Na3 O-O 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Re1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5
15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. Be3 Ne7 18. Na3 Ne6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qd3 f5 21.
Nc4 fxe4 22. fxe4 exd4 23. cxd4 d5 24. Ne5 Rbd8 25. Qb3 Rd6 26. exd5 Rxd5 27.
Ng4 Kh8 28. Rae1 Qc6 29. Rg2 Ng6 30. Rc1 Qa8 31. Kg1 Nh4 32. Rg3 Bxd4 33. Bxd4
Rxd4 34. Ne5 Rdf4 35. Qe3 Rxf2 36. Qxf2 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 Qe4 38. Re1 Qd4+ 39. Kf1
g6 40. b3 Kg7 41. Rd3 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qg5+ 43. Rg3 Qd2 44. Nd3 Nf5 45. Rf3 Nd4 46.
Rfe3 Nc2 47. Re7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Bd2 h6 10. Nd5 Bc5 11. c3 d6 12. a4 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
h3 Bb6 16. Nh2 Ne7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. Qf3 Rb8 19. Qg3 Kh7 20. Be3 f5 21. Bxb6
Rxb6 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Qg4 b4 24. Qe4 bxc3 25. bxc3 Kh8 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Ne7 28. Nf3 Qd7 29. d4 exd4 30. cxd4 Qf5 31. Nd2 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Nf5 33. Qd3 Qxd4
34. Qxd4 Nxd4 35. Rb7 Ne6 36. Ne4 Rf4 37. Nc3 Rc4 38. Nd5 Rc5 39. Ne7 Kh7 40.
Kh2 d5 41. Rb1 d4 42. Re1 d3 43. Rd1 Rc3 44. Nd5 Rb3 45. Re1 c5 46. Rxe6 d2 47.
Ne3 Rxe3 48. Rd6 Re2 49. Kg3 c4 50. Kf3 Rxg2 51. Kxg2 c3 52. Kf3 c2 53. Ke2
c1=Q 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bf5 5. Bb2 e6 6. Nc3 h6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nd4 Bh7 10. f4 O-O 11. Nf3 a6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Nd7 15.
d4 Bg5 16. Rf3 f6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Qe1 e5 19. cxd5 exd4 20. Nd1 d3 21. Bxf6
Nxf6 22. Bf1 Qxd5 23. Nc3 Qd6 24. Qg3 Qxg3 25. Rxg3 Re8 26. Nd1 Ne4 27. Rf3 Nd2
28. Rf2 Nxf1 29. Kxf1 Be7 30. Rc4 Bg6 31. Ke1 Bd6 32. g3 c5 33. Kd2 b5 34. Rc1
c4 35. bxc4 Bb4+ 36. Nc3 bxc4 37. Rf4 Rc8 38. g4 Bf7 39. h3 Ba5 40. Rb1 Rd8 41.
Rd4 Re8 42. Rb7 Re6 43. Rdd7 Rf6 44. e4 Rf1 45. e5 Rf2+ 46. Ke3 Rf1 47. Ne4 c3
48. Kxd3 Rf3+ 49. Kc2 Re3 50. Rxf7 Rxe4 51. Rxg7+ Kf8 52. Rh7 Kg8 53. Rbg7+ Kf8
54. Ra7 Kg8 55. Rhd7 Re2+ 56. Kd1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 b6 8. Re1 e6
9. Bf1 Bb7 10. g3 Nbd7 11. Bg2 Qc8 12. Bg5 b5 13. e5 dxe5 14. dxe5 Nd5 15. axb5
Nxc3 16. bxc3 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Bf4 Bd5 19. Nd4 Qb7 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Nf3
Nb6 22. Qe2 Rd8 23. h4 Qc4 24. Bg5 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Rd1+ 26. Kg2 Nd5 27. c4 bxc4
28. Re4 c3 29. Bd8 Nb6 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. Nxd4 Bxe5 32. Nb5 Nd5 33. f4 c6 34. Na7
Bg7 35. Nxc6 Ne3+ 36. Kf3 Nxc2 37. Ke4 f5+ 38. Kd3 Ne1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. Nxe4
Bxe4 9. d4 O-O 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 Qc8 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Qe3 Bb7 14. Rad1 Nc6
15. h4 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Rd8 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. hxg5 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Ne7
21. e4 Qc7 22. Qf6 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Bf3 Qf8 25. b3 Ng6 26. Bg2 Qe7 27. f4
Qxf6 28. gxf6 e5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C29"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 Nxd5 5. fxe5 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 Qe4+
8. Kf2 Qxe5 9. Nf3 Qh5 10. Rb1 a6 11. Qe2+ Be7 12. Ba3 Nc6 13. Qe3 Qf5 14. Bxe7
Nxe7 15. Bd3 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Rhe1 h6 18. Bc4 Kf7 19. Re4 Rd8 20. Rbe1 Nd5
21. Nd4 b5 22. Bb3 c5 23. Nc6 Rd6 24. Ne5+ Kg8 25. c4 Nf6 26. R4e2 b4 27. Nd3
a5 28. Nxc5 Rc6 29. Na4 e5 30. h3 Be6 31. Rxe5 Rf8 32. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Nb5 Qb6 7. c4 c6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. h3 O-O 10. Be2 Rd8 11. O-O Bf5 12. Na4 Qc7 13. Be3 Nbd7 14. Rc1 e5 15.
d5 Nf8 16. Nc3 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Qb3 cxd5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. f3 d4 21. fxe4
dxe3 22. Nxf7 Qc5 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. Rcd1 Rd2 25. Rxd2 exd2+ 26. Kh1 b6 27. Qd3
Qd4 28. Qxd4 exd4 29. c5 bxc5 30. Bc4+ Kh8 31. e5 h5 32. e6 Bf6 33. Rd1 Bg5 34.
Rxd2 Nxe6 35. Re2 Nf4 36. Re5 Bf6 37. Rxc5 d3 38. Rc6 Bxb2 39. Rd6 Be5 40. Rd8+
Kg7 41. Bxd3 Kf6 42. Bc4 h4 43. Rd7 a5 44. Kg1 Kf5 45. Kf2 Ke4 46. a4 Bd4+ 47.
Kf1 Nh5 48. Re7+ Be5 49. Bd3+ Kd4 50. Bxg6 Ng3+ 51. Kf2 Bd6 52. Rh7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1
Be7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Qd2 Qb6 14. Nc1 O-O 15. Nb3
a5 16. Bb5 Rfd8 17. Qe2 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Rad1 d5 20. Nbd2 g6 21. b3 Bg7 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23. Nc4 Qc7 24. Bxc6 Bxc6 25. Ncxe5 Rxd1 26. Qxd1 Bb7 27. Nd3 Rc8 28.
Re2 Bxf3 29. gxf3 Qc6 30. Kg2 Qd5 31. Re4 h5 32. Qe2 Rc6 33. h3 Bf6 34. Kh2 Kg7
35. Ne1 Bc3 36. Ng2 Qd6+ 37. f4 Qd5 38. Re3 Bf6 39. Rd3 Qf5 40. Qd2 Qe4 41. Qe3
Qf5 42. Qe2 Rc7 43. Rd2 Rc5 44. Qf3 Rc7 45. Ne3 Qc5 46. Rd5 Qc6 47. Kg2 Qb6 48.
Rb5 Qa7 49. Qd5 Bd4 50. Rxa5 Qb6 51. Rb5 Qf6 52. Qe4 Bxe3 53. Qxe3 Rxc2 54. Qe5
Qxe5 55. fxe5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Na6 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. Bf1 Nc7
15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Bh4 Be6 17. Qc2 h6 18. Bg3 Nd5 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 a5 21.
Rad1 Qe7 22. f4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Qxc3 24. Qf2 Ne7 25. Bd3 Rad8 26. Qf3 Qb2 27. Bh4
Rd7 28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. f5 Bd5 30. Qg3 Rd7 31. f6 g5 32. Re2 Qb4 33. Qh3 Bxg2+
34. Rxg2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Qd2 e6 8. h4
d5 9. h5 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. g4 Nf8 12. O-O-O Ne6 13. f4 Ne7 14. h6 Bf8 15.
Bd3 f5 16. gxf5 Nxf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. Qd3 Qf6 19. Rh5 Bxh6 20. Rxf5 Qg6 21.
Re5 Qxd3 22. Rxe6+ Kf7 23. Rxd3 Kxe6 24. f5+ Kxf5 25. Bxh6 Kg6 26. Rh3 Rae8 27.
Kd2 Re6 28. Ne2 Kf7 29. Bf4 h5 30. Be5 Rh7 31. Nf4 Reh6 32. Rh4 a6 33. a4 Ke8
34. a5 Rf7 35. Ke3 Rf5 36. b4 Kd7 37. f3 Rh7 38. Kf2 Ke8 39. Ne2 Kf7 40. Ng3
Rg5 41. Bf4 Rg8 42. Be5 Rg5 43. f4 Rg4 44. Rxh5 Rxh5 45. Nxh5 Rh4 46. Ng3 Rh2+
47. Kf3 Rb2 48. Nf5 Rxb4 49. Nd6+ Kf8 50. f5 b6 51. f6 bxa5 52. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "39"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Qxc4 Ngf6 6. Bg2 c5 7. O-O b6 8.
e4 a5 9. Re1 Ba6 10. Qc2 c4 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Qd1 Nd3 14. Re2 Rc8 15.
b3 cxb3 16. axb3 Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Bb4 19. Nd4 Bxc3 20. Nc6 Rxc6 21.
Bxc6 Bb4 22. Rc4 O-O 23. Rd4 Qc7 24. Bxd7 Rd8 25. Qb5 Bc5 26. Rd3 Qxe5 27. Bxe6
Qe1+ 28. Kg2 Qxf2+ 29. Kh3 Rxd3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "40"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O c6 9. d3 O-O 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Rac1 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. c5 Be7 14. Ne4 d5
15. cxd6 Bxd6 16. Nxd6 Qxd6 17. Rfd1 Re8 18. a3 Rb8 19. Qa4 a6 20. b4 Be6 21.
Qa5 Rbd8 22. Qb6 Rd7 23. Qc5 Bd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "41"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 dxc4 6. Qa4+ c6 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Qc2 Na6 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 e5 11. a3 h6 12. b4 Nc7 13. Bb2 a6 14. Nd2 Ne6 15. e3
h5 16. Nde4 Nd5 17. Rad1 h4 18. Rfe1 hxg3 19. hxg3 Rb8 20. Qb3 Nec7 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Nc3 Be6 23. Qc2 Rc8 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Na4 Qb5 26. Nc5 Bg4 27. Qb3 Red8
28. a4 Qb6 29. a5 Qb5 30. d4 e4 31. Bf1 Qe8 32. Nxb7 Rd7 33. Nc5 Rd6 34. Rc2
Bf3 35. Bg2 g5 36. Bxf3 exf3 37. e4 g4 38. Qe3 dxe4 39. Qxe4 Qxe4 40. Rxe4 f5
41. Re1 Nb5 42. d5 Nd4 43. Bxd4 Bxd4 44. Rc4 Rxd5 45. Kf1 Rc6 46. Rd1 Rh6 47.
Kg1 Bxf2+ 48. Kxf2 Rxd1 49. b5 Rh2+ 50. Ke3 f2 51. Rf4 f1=Q 52. Rxf1 Rxf1 53.
b6 Ra2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 4th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.11.18"]
[Round "42"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2009.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "42"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2010"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qe2 Qe7 6. d3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Qxe2+ 8.
Bxe2 Be7 9. Nc3 c6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 13. Nf3 Ke7 14. O-O-O
Rd8 15. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hebert, Jean"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[Annotator "Erenburg,S"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nb6 {More principled is 8...f6} 9. O-O Bd7 10. Nf3 Nb4 {Black decides to solve
the problem of his light-squared bishop by exchanging it for White's knight.} (
10... Be7 11. Nf4 g6 {covering the h5 square.} 12. Nh3 $1 {[%csl Rf6,Rg5,Rg7,
Rh6][%cal Yc1h6] White is implementing a dark-squared strategy.} Nb4 13. Bb1
Bb5 14. Re1 a5 15. Bh6 a4 16. Nfg5 Bf8 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Qf3 Qe7 19. Nf4 Ke8
20. h4 $16 {1-0 Brynell,S (2588)-Bjork,C (2485)/Sweden 2002/EXT 2003 (53)}) 11.
Bb1 Bb5 12. Re1 {[%cal Ye2c3]} ({In general, it is not a good idea for the
player with the space advantage to trade pieces. The following game
illustrates this idea:} 12. Bg5 Be7 13. h4 h6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15. Re1 Bxe2 16.
Qxe2 O-O-O 17. a3 Nc6 18. Bd3 Kb8 19. Qd2 Rc8 20. Rac1 Rc7 21. Rc3 Rhc8 $11 {
0-1 Berend,F (2371)-Hebert,J (2416)/Arvier 2009/CBM 132 Extra (77)}) 12... Bxe2
13. Rxe2 {Black has got rid of his passive light-squared bishop, but White is
still better thanks to his pair of bishops and space advantage.} Be7 $146 {
Novelty, which does not seem to impact the evaluation of this variation.} ({
Black did not equalize after} 13... Rc8 {as well:} 14. h4 Qc7 15. Bf4 Nc4 16.
a3 Nc6 17. Bd3 b5 18. Rc1 Qb6 19. Bb1 b4 20. axb4 Bxb4 21. Bd3 N4a5 22. Be3 h6
23. Qa4 O-O 24. Rec2 a6 25. h5 Rc7 26. g3 Rb8 27. Kg2 Qb7 28. b3 Qa8 29. g4 Rb6
30. Bd2 Bxd2 31. Nxd2 Ra7 32. Qxa5 {1-0 Fernandez Garcia,J (2400)-Hook,W (2210)
/Thessaloniki 1984/EXT 1997}) 14. a3 Nc6 15. Bd3 Qd7 {It is too dangerous to
castle short, so, Black prepares to castle queenside.} (15... O-O 16. Rc2 Rc8
17. Bf4 Qd7 18. Qd2 $16 {[%cal Yh2h4,Yh4h5] with a dangerous attack on the
kingside.}) 16. h4 h6 {Covering the g5-square.} 17. h5 {Fixing Black's
kingside pawns, which promises White a long-term advantage.} O-O-O 18. Rc2 Kb8
19. Bd2 Rc8 20. Rac1 $16 {There is no doubt that White has an obvious
advantage because of his superior pawn structure and his pair of bishops.} a6
21. Qe2 Na7 22. Ba5 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Na8 24. Qe3 Rc8 25. Rxc8+ Kxc8 26. Qf4 {
Even though Black was able to exchange rooks, he still has weaknesses on the
kingside. White's plan is clear: advancing the f-pawn to create weaknesses.
Unfortunately for Black, he does not have any counterplay, so with precise
play White should be able to convert his advantage into victory.} Qe8 27. Qg4
Nc6 28. Bd2 Bf8 29. Ne1 {Preparing to attack Black's kingside with the advance
of the f-pawn and transferring the knight to c2, from where it will support
the central pawn.} Nc7 (29... Nb6 30. Nc2 Nc4 31. Bc3 $16) 30. Nc2 b6 31. f4 f5
32. Qe2 $1 {The new target for White's attack is the f5-pawn.} (32. exf6 {
is less convincing, since after} gxf6 {Black gets a chance to organize
counterplay by carrying out the e6-e5 breakthrough.}) 32... a5 33. g4 fxg4 34.
Qxg4 Ne7 {Trying to prevent f4-f5.} 35. Ne3 Kb7 36. Kf2 {Of course, Svidler
first improves the positions of his pieces.} Qa4 37. Bc3 Qe8 38. Kg3 Qf7 39.
Bd2 {The dark-squared bishop will be useful on the c1-h6 diagonal to put
pressure on Black's kingside pawns.} Nc6 40. f5 Be7 41. fxe6 Qxe6 42. Nf5 Bf8
43. Be2 Nd8 44. Bf3 $18 {[%csl Rd5,Rg7,Yh5,Rh6] One could notice how
consistently White has attacked Black's pawns on the kingside: the f7 and e6
bases were destroyed, which made the d5-pawn a brand new target.} Kc6 45. a4 {
Nice! White fixes black's queenside pawns on dark squares.} Nf7 46. b3 Nd8 47.
Bg2 {Transferring the bishop to the h3-c8 diagonal.} Qf7 48. Be3 Nde6 49. Bh3
Bb4 50. Kg2 Bf8 51. Qd1 Kd7 52. Qf3 Be7 ({Probably} 52... g6 {gave more
practical chances:} 53. hxg6 Qxg6+ 54. Qg4 Qxg4+ 55. Bxg4 Kc6 56. Kg3 {, but,
objectively speaking, White should be able to overcome Black's resistance
eventually.}) 53. Qg4 Bf8 54. Nh4 Kc6 55. Ng6 Bb4 56. Nf4 Ng5 57. Qf5 Qxf5 58.
Bxf5 Be7 59. Kg3 {[%cal Yg3g4,Yg4f5,Yf5g6]} b5 60. Kg4 bxa4 61. bxa4 Bb4 62.
Bc2 {Freeing the route to Black's kingside pawns for White's king.} Nge6 63.
Nxe6 Nxe6 64. Kf5 Kd7 65. Kg6 Ke7 66. Bf5 {Flawless endgame technique by
Svidler!} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hebert, Jean"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb5 a6 9. Be2 f5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. Nf3 Qd6 13. h3 Nc6 14. d5 Nb4
15. Nd4 N4xd5 16. Nxf5 Rxf5 17. O-O-O Qe5 18. Bf3 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kc2
Qc5 21. Rhe1 Raf8 22. Qe6 Bf6 23. Qe3 Qa5 24. Qe6 Rc5 25. Rd3 Nc4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.24"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. d5 Nd7 12. Be2 Nf6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bd3 {
About this line - see CBM 116, the opening survey and annotations to
Ponomariov - Svidler.} Qa5+ $146 {[%mdl 8] Svidler follows his own
recommendation but fails to equalize.} (14... h6 15. Bf4 e6 (15... Qa5+ $142
16. Qd2 {[%csl Rh6]} Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Rfc8 $14 {_|_}) 16. Bc7 Qe8 17. d6 (17. Bd6
$5 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 exd5 19. Qxd5 Rd8 20. O-O Bc6 21. Qc5 Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Qxe4 23.
Qa3 $14 {1-0 Kovaliov,A (2475)-Barrionuevo,P (2296)/Berazategui 2007/CBM 117
ext (67)}) 17... Bc6 18. Qe2 Nh5 19. g3 e5 20. O-O Qd7 21. Kh2 Bf6 22. Rc5 $1 (
22. Rfd1 Ng7 23. Bc4 Rac8 24. Bd5 Ne6 $14 {1/2 Ponomariov,R (2703)-Svidler,P 
(2750)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116/[Krasenkow] (30)}) 22... Ng7 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5
Ne6 25. Rxe6 $1 Qxe6 26. e5 Rfe8 27. f4 Rac8 28. Bc4 Bd5 29. Bb5 Bc6 30. Bxc6
bxc6 31. Rb1 $16 {1/2 Van den Cruyce,E-Lehnen,P/LSS 2007/Telechess CBM 129 (41)
}) 15. Qd2 Qa4 16. Rc4 Qa3 17. O-O Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 Bb5 20. Rc3 Qa5
(20... Qa6 21. Bxb5 Qxb5 22. Rb3 $14) 21. Bxf6 (21. Bxb5 $2 Nxe4) 21... Bxf6
22. e5 Bg7 23. Bxb5 Qxb5 24. Rc7 $14 {[%csl Gc7,Gd5,Ge5]} Rd8 25. Rxe7 Bf8 26.
Rc7 Rxd5 27. Qf4 {[%mdl 128]} Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd7 29. Rc8 {[%cal Rf4h6]} Re7 30.
e6 $5 {Forcing the events. Objectively, this is probably not the best move but
it sets up very difficult problems for Black.} (30. h4 Re8) (30. Rd8 $5 {
keeping the pressure} Re8 $140 $6 31. a4 $1 Qc6 32. Ng5) 30... Rxe6 $2 (30...
Qf5 $3 31. Qd6 Qf6 $3 {was the only, quite a difficult defense. After the text
move White obtains a killing attack.}) 31. Ng5 Re7 32. Nxh7 $1 Kxh7 33. Rxf8
Kg7 34. Qh4 $3 {[%mdl 64] The point!} g5 $8 35. Qh8+ Kg6 36. f4 (36. Rg8+ $5
Kf5 37. Qh5 Qe5+ 38. g3 Qf6 39. Qf3+ $18) 36... Kf5 37. Rd8 (37. Qh6 $5 Ke4 $8
38. Qf6 Qd7 39. Qxg5 Qd6 40. Kg3 $1 Qd3+ 41. Kh4 $18) 37... f6 38. Rd6 Qb2 39.
Qh5 {[%cal Rh5g4]} (39. Qf8 $18) 39... Qe2 {This loses at once but after the
only defense} (39... Qb5 $1 {Black had no rescue anyway, e.g.} 40. Qh6 Qb2 (
40... Rf7 41. Rxf6+ $1 Rxf6 42. Qxg5+ $18) 41. Qf8 $18 {->}) 40. Rd5+ Kxf4 41.
Qg6 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.25"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
{This is one of the ways to avoid the Marshall attack.} Bb7 9. d3 {In this
line White does not pretend for a real opening advantage, hoping to outplay
the opponent in a long-term manoeuvering battle.} d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12.
Nbd2 b4 {There is nothing wrong with this move, but Black does not have to
play this immediatly. Possible alternatives are 12...Qc7 played by Beliavsky,
or 12...Nc6 employed by Kasimdzhanov.} 13. c3 Rc8 14. Nf1 (14. cxb4 cxb4 15.
Nf1 d5 16. exd5 b3 17. Bxb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 Bxd5 (18... Qxd5 $6 19. Qxd5 Nxd5 20.
Nxe5 $14 {1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2728)-Aronian,L (2744)/Wijk aan Zee 2007/CBM 117 
(32)}) 19. Qd1 e4 20. dxe4 Nxe4 21. Qe2 Re8 22. Rd1 Qa5 23. Ne3 Ba8 $44 {
1/2-1/2 Svidler,P (2728)-Anand,V (2779)/Monte Carlo 2007/CBM 117 ext (27)})
14... bxc3 15. bxc3 c4 16. Bg5 {The next day Svidler clinched another victory
in rapid, even though Nyback had a satisfactory position.} (16. Ng3 cxd3 17.
Qxd3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Nf5 Qc7 21. Red1 Rd8 $11 {1-0 Svidler,P
(2754)-Nyback,T (2628)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2009/The Week in Chess 786 (41)})
16... cxd3 17. Qxd3 Qc7 18. Ng3 g6 $6 {It's understandable to cover the
f5-square against the annoying knight jump, however this move is the source
for Black's troubles as it weakens the dark squares.} (18... h6 $1 19. Bd2 (19.
Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Nf5 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Bc6 $11 22. Nxd6 $4 Nb7 $19) 19... Nc4 20. Nf5
Nxd2 21. Nxd2 g6 22. Nxh6+ $6 (22. Nxe7+ Qxe7 $11) 22... Kg7 23. Qe3 (23. Nxf7
Rxf7 24. Bxf7 Kxf7 $15) 23... Qxc3 (23... Nh5 $1 $15 {[%cal Gh5f4]}) 24. Qg5
Rh8 25. Nf5+ Kf8 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 {White can't really get the wandering king,
even though this looks risky for Black.}) 19. Rab1 Bc6 $6 {Black shouldn't
neglect the Pa6.} (19... Rfd8 20. Be3 Nd7 $14) 20. Bh6 Rfd8 21. Be3 {[%cal
Ge3b6]} (21. Ng5 d5 22. Qxa6 Ba8 $1 $132 {[%csl Rc3]}) ({Doesn't work:} 21. Nf5
$2 gxf5 22. Nxe5 dxe5 23. Qg3+ Ng4 24. exf5 Kh8 25. hxg4 Bd5 $17) 21... Nd7 22.
Qxa6 Nc5 $6 (22... Ra8 {looks more logical, but White keeps the advantage
anyway by:} 23. Qe2 (23. Qd3 $6 Nb7 $1 {[%cal Gb7c5]}) 23... Nb7 24. Nh2 $1
Nbc5 25. Ng4 Bf8 26. Qf3 Ne6 27. a5 $1 Qxa5 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Nf6+ Kg7 30. Bg5
$16) (22... Bxa4 $2 23. Bb6 $1 Nxb6 24. Qxa5 Rb8 25. Rxb6 Rxb6 26. Qxa4 $18)
23. Bxc5 dxc5 24. Bd5 $1 $16 Ra8 (24... Bxa4 25. Nxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxa5 $16) 25.
Qe2 Bxd5 26. exd5 Rxd5 27. Nxe5 Bf8 28. Ng4 {Now the weakness of the dark
squares near the black monarch becomes very apparent.} Bg7 29. Ne4 Rdd8 30.
Nef6+ Kh8 (30... Bxf6 31. Nxf6+ Kg7 32. Ng4 h5 33. Ne3 {was the least of the
evils for Black. He is a pawn down, but at least his king is not in such a
danger as in the game.}) 31. Ne8 $1 Qf4 32. g3 Qf5 {Allowing the elegant
combination that now follows.} (32... Qc4 33. Qe7 Nc6 34. Qc7 Rxe8 35. Rxe8+
Rxe8 36. Qxc6 {should be lost for Black, but was more stubborn.}) {[%tqu "En",
"Please enter a move for White.","","","e8d6","",20]} 33. Nd6 $3 {[%mdl 128]}
Rxd6 {[%tqu "En","Continue the combination.","","","e2e8","",10]} 34. Qe8+ $1
Rxe8 35. Rxe8+ Bf8 36. Rxf8+ Kg7 37. Rbb8 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Rh1+ (38... f6 39. Rg8+
Kf7 40. Nh6+ $18) 39. Kxh1 Qd5+ 40. Kg1 f5 41. Rfd8 {Brilliant game by Svidler!
} 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 b4 13. c3 Rc8 14. Nf1 bxc3 15. bxc3
c4 16. Ng3 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Rxc5 20. Nf5 Qc7 21. Red1 Rd8
22. Rab1 Kf8 23. Qe2 Bf6 24. Nh2 Rxc3 25. Ng4 Bg5 26. h4 Rc2 27. Qd3 Rc3 28.
Qe2 Rc2 29. Qd3 Bf4 30. g3 Rxa2 31. gxf4 Rxa4 32. Rbc1 Rc4 33. Qa3 Bxe4 34.
Nxd6 Rxd6 35. fxe5 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Nc4 37. Rxc4 Qxc4 38. exd6 Qd4 39. d7+ Kg8 40.
Qa4 Qd2 41. Qxe4 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bg5 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 Bg4 {As in the previous game against the same opponent, Svidler
undermines the d4-square, which does not beneffit from the defence of the
dark-squared bishop any more. The only difference is that now he refrains from
the previous exchange on d4.} 10. d5 Qd6 $5 {A rare move. Black aims to keep
the position blocked. It should be mentioned that in the Gruenfeld Defence the
d6-square is frequently occupied by the queen.} ({The common continuation is} 
10... f5) 11. Be2 Nd7 12. h3 {By provoking the exchange on f3, White aims to
discourage ...f5 once and forever.} (12. c4 $5 {would have prevented the black
queenside expansion. White might have feared that Black could use the tempo
for opening the other wing with} f5 $5) 12... Bxf3 13. Bxf3 b5 $1 ({After the
previous exchange,} 13... f5 {would have left the e6-square weak.}) 14. c4 b4
15. O-O a5 $132 {The queen side majority is not less dangerous than the white
massive centre.} 16. Bg4 Bd4 17. Re1 e5 {They say that the queen is the worst
possible blocking piece. Well, in the Gruenfeld there seems to be an exception
to this rule...} 18. Bxd7 Qxd7 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Rxe3 a4 $11 {The permanent
threat of creating a passed pawn with ...b3 does not offer White free hands
for a kingside attack.} 21. Rb1 Ra6 22. Qd3 Rb8 23. Re2 Qd6 24. g3 Rab6 25.
Reb2 Kg7 26. Kg2 R6b7 27. Qe3 f6 28. f4 Re7 29. f5 g5 30. h4 h6 31. Rh1 g4 32.
h5 Kh7 33. Qe2 Rg7 34. Rh4 Rbg8 35. Qd1 a3 36. Rd2 Kh8 37. Rd3 Kh7 38. Kf2 Kh8
39. Ke3 Kh7 40. Kd2 Kh8 41. Qa4 Rc8 42. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.26"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Bc8 13. c3 Nc6 14. d4 Bd7 15. Nf1
Re8 16. d5 Na5 17. b4 Nb7 18. Ng3 a5 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Bb3 Rec8 21. Qd2 Ne8 22.
Rec1 g6 23. Nh2 Bh4 24. Ne2 f5 25. f4 exf4 26. Nxf4 Nf6 27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Ne6
Qe7 29. Bc2 Bxc2 30. Rxc2 Re8 31. Bf4 Nh5 32. Nf3 axb4 33. cxb4 Nxf4 34. Qxf4
Bf6 35. Re1 Qf7 36. Rce2 Re7 37. Nfg5 Bxg5 38. Qxg5 Ree8 39. Rf1 Qd7 40. Ref2
1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.27"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. Na3 Nc6 7. Nxc4 cxd4 8.
O-O Bc5 9. a3 a5 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rc1 Ba7 12. Nfe5 Nd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bd2 Bb6
15. b4 axb4 16. Bxb4 Nxb4 17. axb4 Bb7 18. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.28"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nf1 Re7 22.
Qe3 Qc7 23. N1d2 Rb8 24. axb5 axb5 25. b3 cxb3 26. Nxb3 c4 27. Nc5 Ree8 28. Na6
Bxa6 29. Rxa6 Bc5 30. Qg5 Rb6 31. Rea1 Nd7 32. Qg3 Reb8 33. Ng5 Kg7 34. Bd1 Nf6
35. Be2 b4 36. Bxc4 bxc3 37. d6 Rxd6 38. Rxd6 Qxd6 39. Qxc3 Bd4 40. Qd3 Rb2 41.
Kh2 Qb4 42. Bxf7 Rxf2 43. Rb1 Rb2 44. Ba2 Rxb1 45. Qxb1 Qxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Qxb7 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rb8 14. Qxb8
Qxb8 15. Nxd7 Qb5 16. Nxf8 Bxf8 17. Rfd1 g5 18. a4 Qxe2 19. Rd2 Qh5 20. Be5 Ng4
21. Bxd4 Qxh2+ 22. Kf1 h5 23. Bxa7 h4 24. Rd3 Ne5 25. Rc3 g4 26. gxh4 Nf3 27.
Rxf3 gxf3 28. Bxf3 Qe5 29. a5 Qxb2 30. Rd1 Qb5+ 31. Kg2 Qxa5 32. Be3 Bc5 33.
Bg5 Kg7 34. h5 Qa7 35. Be4 Be7 36. h6+ Kh8 37. Be3 Qa4 38. Rd4 Qb5 39. Bd3 Qh5
40. Rd7 Qg4+ 41. Kf1 Qd1+ 42. Kg2 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C97"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 c4 13. Nbd2 Nb7 14. Nf1 Nc5 15. Kh1
Bd7 16. Ng3 Ne8 17. Nh2 Bh4 18. Rf1 Qd8 19. Nf3 Bxg3 20. fxg3 f5 21. Ng5 h6 22.
Ne6 Bxe6 23. dxe6 fxe4 24. Rxf8+ Kxf8 25. Qh5 Qf6 26. Be3 Nd3 27. Qg4 Nc7 28.
Qxe4 Qxe6 29. Qh7 Qg8 30. Bxd3 cxd3 31. Qxd3 Qe6 32. Qh7 Qg8 33. Rf1+ Ke7 34.
Qg6 Rf8 35. Rd1 Rf6 36. Qg4 g5 37. Kh2 Qxa2 38. Qc8 Ne8 39. Bb6 Kf8 40. Bd8 Rf7
41. h4 gxh4 42. Bxh4 Qc4 43. Qxa6 Kg7 44. Qa8 Qg4 45. Ra1 Qd7 46. Qb8 Qc6 47.
b4 Kg6 48. Ra8 Ng7 49. Ra2 Qd5 50. Ra6 Rd7 51. Rb6 Nf5 52. Rxb5 Qf7 53. Rb6 Kh7
54. Qa8 Nxh4 55. gxh4 Qf4+ 56. Kh1 Qxh4+ 57. Kg1 Rg7 58. Qf3 Qe1+ 59. Kh2 Qh4+
60. Kg1 Qe1+ 61. Kh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Bc5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Bf4 Rc8 12. Qxb7 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rb8 14. Qxb8
Qxb8 15. Nxd7 Qb5 16. Nxf8 Bxf8 17. Rfd1 h6 18. Bf1 e5 19. Bc1 Qb6 20. a3 a5
21. b4 axb4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. Bd2 Bxd2 24. Rxd2 Ne4 25. Rd3 Qb2 26. Ra5 f6 27.
f4 Qc1 28. Ra2 Nc3 29. Ra8+ Kh7 30. fxe5 fxe5 31. Kg2 Nxe2 32. Rda3 Qc2 33. Ra2
Qe4+ 34. Kf2 Qe3+ 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h6 6. Qd2 b5 7. f3 Nd7 8. O-O-O
Nb6 9. Nh3 Nf6 10. Nf4 Nfd7 11. Ncd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nb6 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Bxg6
fxg6 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Qd3 Kf7 17. h5 gxh5 18. Qf5+ Kg8 19. Qg6 Rh7 20. Bxh6 Qe8
21. Qg5 Qf7 22. Bxg7 Rxg7 23. Nxg7 Qxg7 24. Qxh5 Nxd5 25. Rh4 Nf6 26. Qf5 Bc8
27. Qf4 Bd7 28. Rdh1 Rf8 29. g4 c6 30. Rh6 Nh5 31. Qd2 Nf4 32. Qh2 Qg5 33. Kb1
Kf7 34. Re1 Nd5 35. Rh5 Qf6 36. g5 Qxd4 37. g6+ Ke8 38. Rh7 Qf6 39. Qg1 c5 40.
a3 Bf5 41. Rh6 Rg8 42. g7 Qxh6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 Qc7 11. Na3 Ne5 12. a5 Nf6 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Bh6 Re8 15. f4
Nxd3 16. cxd3 b5 17. Rac1 Qd7 18. Bg5 Bb7 19. Qe1 Nh5 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Nc2
Rac8 22. Ne3 Rxc1 23. Nxc1 f5 24. Nd1 e5 25. fxe5 Qxe5 26. Nf2 Qxb2 27. Ne2
fxe4 28. Nxe4 Bxe4 29. dxe4 Rxe4 30. Qf2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.29"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 Bg4 8. Nbd2
Qd7 9. Re1 g5 10. Nf1 O-O-O 11. h3 Bh5 12. Ng3 g4 13. Nxh5 Nxh5 14. hxg4 Qxg4
15. Ng5 Qh4 16. Qf3 Rhg8 17. Qf5+ Kb8 18. Nf3 Qg4 19. Qxg4 Rxg4 20. Bb3 Rdg8
21. Bxf7 Nf6 22. Bxg8 Rxg8 23. g3 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.11.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 {About this relatively
new line - see CBM 132, annotations to Caruana - Morozevich.} 13. Bg3 Bxg3 14.
hxg3 $146 {[%mdl 8] Hardly a good move. Eventual f2-f4 would now weaken the g4
square.} (14. fxg3 $142 $1 {opening up the f-file, e.g.} Rf8 15. Qd3 $13 (15.
h3 $143 $6 Na5 16. Bd3 e5 $1 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. g4 Bd7 19. d5 c4 20. Bc2 f6 21.
Ng3 b6 22. Bd1 Nb7 23. Be2 Nd6 $17 {1-0 Caruana,F (2670)-Morozevich,A (2751)/
Biel 2009/CBM 132/[Krasenkow] (59)})) 14... e5 15. Bd5 (15. d5 Na5 16. Bd3 c4
17. Bc2 Qc5 {[%cal Ya5b7,Yb7d6,Yb7b5]}) 15... Be6 (15... Bg4 $5 16. f3 Be6 {
[%cal Gb6g1]}) 16. dxe5 (16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. Qa4 $11) 16... Bxd5 $6 (16... Nxe5
$142 17. c4 Qe7 $11) 17. exd5 Nxe5 18. c4 $14 {[%csl Gd5]} a6 19. Re1 $5 (19.
a4 $5 $14 b5 $140 20. axb5 axb5 21. cxb5 Qb6 22. Nc3) 19... b5 20. cxb5 axb5
21. Nc3 c4 $5 22. Qd4 $2 {The complications started with this move are
favorable for Black.} (22. Nxb5 $142 $1 Qd7 (22... Qb8 23. Rb1 Nd3 24. Re2 $14)
23. Rxe5 Qxb5 24. Qe2 ({or} 24. Qd2 Qc5) 24... Rxd5 (24... Rac8 $5) 25. Rxd5
Qxd5 26. Rxc4 $14 {although White can hardly win here.}) 22... Nd3 23. Ne4 (23.
Nxb5 Qa5 24. Nc3 Qa7 $1 $17) 23... Qa7 $1 {[%mdl 320]} 24. Nf6+ (24. Qc3 b4 $1)
(24. Qa1 Qxa2) 24... Kh8 25. Qh4 Kg7 $3 $19 {This spectacular move (Steinitz
would be delighted!) parries White's attack, and Black keeps a decisive
material advantage.} 26. Re3 (26. Nh5+ Kf8 27. Qf6 (27. Qg5 Qxf2+ 28. Kh2 Nxe1
$19) 27... Qxf2+ 28. Qxf2 Nxf2 29. Kxf2 gxh5 $19 {_|_}) (26. Qxh7+ Kxf6 $19)
26... Rd6 $1 27. Rf3 h6 $1 28. Ne4 Rxd5 29. Qf6+ Kg8 30. Rc3 Ne5 31. Rf4 Qxa2
32. Kh2 Qe2 33. Qh4 Ra6 34. g4 g5 35. Nxg5 hxg5 36. Qxg5+ Rg6 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.01"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. axb5
axb5 9. Nxe5 Nxe5 10. d4 Bxd4 11. Qxd4 d6 12. f4 Nc6 13. Qc3 Ne7 14. Qd3 O-O
15. Nc3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. exd5 Bf5 18. Qd1 Nexd5 19. Ng3 Bc8 20. Qd4 Bb7 21.
Bd2 Re8 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Qf8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 h6 26. h3 Qc5+ 27. Kh2
Bc6 28. Qc4 Qxc4 29. Bxc4 Nf6 30. Re7 Nd5 31. Bxd5 Bxd5 32. Rxc7 Re8 33. Rd7
Be4 34. Bxb4 Bxc2 35. Re7 Rxe7 36. Bxe7 Bb3 37. g4 f5 38. gxf5 Kf7 39. Bd8 Bc2
40. b4 Bxf5 41. b5 Ke6 42. b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.03"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Rogozenco,D"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The World Cup 2009 was one of the most successful tournaments in Malakhov's
career. His outstanding result with the Black pieces in the Chebanenko Slav
contributed enormously to this performance.  Malakhov's idea in the Chebanenko
Slav of not being bothered about getting slightly passive positions proved to
be very effective in Khanty Mansiysk. In their wish to take advantage of the
white pieces his opponents often crossed the line when trying to break through
Black's solid bastions. At those moments Malakhov made full use of his chances,
pointing out the weaknesses in opponent's positions. In the present encounter
Svidler was aiming for a sharp game and had prepared a novelty in order to get
a new and fresh position. The passivity would have led to unpleasant play for
Black, therefore Malakhov reacted in a very active way at an early stage,
which resulted in a highly tense battle which had already started on move 10.
Svidler's determined play led to a strong initiative on the kingside for White.
However, Malakhov kept his cool and in the end it was White who collapsed
under the pressure.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. c5 g6
7. Bd3 Bg4 {After the exchange of the bishop for the knight White gets an edge,
but in the resulting positions it is generally difficult to make further
progress. In the event of the much more popular 7...Bg7 White can consider 8.
h3, preventing simplifications in a position in which he has a space advantage.
} 8. h3 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 ({Malakhov seems to be fond of the pawn structure arising
after} 9. gxf3 Nbd7 10. f4 {which represents an important alternative for
White.}) 9... Bg7 10. g4 $5 $146 {An interesting and somewhat provocative
novelty. White prepares the optimal arrangement of pieces - Qg3 and f2-f4.} (
10. Qg3 Nbd7 11. f4 e6 12. Bd2 h5 $5 13. O-O h4 14. Qf3 Nh5 15. Ne2 a5 16. e4
f5 17. e5 Bf8 18. Kh2 Be7 19. g4 hxg3+ 20. Nxg3 Nxg3 21. Qxg3 Rh6 22. Rf3 Bh4
23. Qg2 Nf8 24. Be1 Bxe1 25. Rxe1 Ra7 26. Rg1 Rah7 27. Bf1 Rh4 28. Qd2 Ra7 {
1/2-1/2 Marcelin,C (2481)-Prie,E (2507)/Besancon 2006}) 10... e5 {This
standard advance is the most natural reaction to White's kingside actions. Now
the position becomes very sharp.} (10... Nbd7 11. Qg3 O-O 12. f4 $14) 11. Qg3 (
11. dxe5 $2 Nfd7 $17) 11... Nfd7 ({In the event of} 11... e4 12. Bc2 {White
will decide the moment when to open up the centre with f2-f3.}) 12. Ne2 Qe7 13.
O-O h5 ({Less committal and therefore more cautious is} 13... O-O 14. a4 b4 15.
Bd2 a5 $13) 14. f3 {Ruling out Black's possibility to close the centre with
e5-e4. Now White will himself prepare the advance e3-e4 in order to open the
position quickly, trying to exploit of his lead in development and the bishop
pair.} ({The immediate} 14. a4 b4 15. Bd2 a5 16. e4 {is too early:} dxe4 17.
Bxe4 hxg4 18. hxg4 exd4 {[%csl Re4]} 19. Bg2 (19. Rae1 $2 Qxe4 {[%cal Gh8h1]}
20. f3 Be5 21. Nf4 Qc2 $19) 19... Nxc5 $17) 14... Nf8 {Another standard
manoeuvre in such pawn formations - the knight goes to e6 where it will point
out the weakest point of White's structure: the pawn on d4. On the other hand
Black remains with development problems and the knight retreat helps White to
open the centre quickly.} (14... a5 15. Bd2 Na6 {deserved attention, since the
a5-pawn is not hanging:} 16. Bxa5 $2 Naxc5 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ga8a5]} 17. Bb4
$140 exd4 18. exd4 Qe3+ $19) 15. a4 $1 {Winning a tempo for development.} b4
16. Bd2 a5 17. e4 $1 dxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne6 $1 (18... exd4 19. Bf4 $36 {is much too
dangerous.}) 19. Rae1 h4 ({Another option was} 19... hxg4 $5 {/\ 20...0-0.})
20. Qf2 O-O 21. f4 {Very energetic play by Svidler.} exd4 ({Again Black had a
reasonable alternative:} 21... exf4 22. Bxf4 (22. Bb1 $5 Na6 $1 $13 (22... g5
23. Nxf4 $1 gxf4 24. Bxf4 $44)) 22... Nxc5 $1 23. dxc5 Qxe4 24. Bd6 Na6 25.
Bxf8 Rxf8 {and with a pawn and strong bishop Black has compensation for the
exchange, since White's structure is weak and the king quite exposed.}) 22. f5
{This logical desire to continue active actions without wasting time allows
Black to get counterplay.} ({After} 22. Nc1 {(bringing the knight to d3 or b3)
Black has no time to take the pawn c5 and White's prospects are clearly
preferable.} Nxc5 (22... Qxc5 23. f5 $40) 23. Bxc6) 22... Nxc5 23. Bb1 d3 $1
24. Nc1 (24. Nf4 Qd6 25. Be3 (25. fxg6 fxg6 26. Ba2+ b3 $19) 25... Ne4 26. Qf3
Ng3 27. Rf2 Nd7 28. Nxd3 Rae8 $17) 24... Qd6 25. Ba2 $2 {A blunder, losing
material.} ({It is understandable that Svidler rejected} 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Qxf6
Qg3+ 27. Kh1 Qxh3+ 28. Kg1 Qxg4+ 29. Kh2 (29. Kh1 $6 Ne4) 29... Qg3+ 30. Kh1 {
when Black is left with a pleasant choice between forcing a draw, or
continuing to play on with} Nbd7 $15) ({But} 25. Qxh4 $1 {would have kept the
result of the game entirely open. The concrete analysis shows that White is
hardly worse:} Bd4+ (25... g5 $2 26. Bxg5 (26. Qxg5 $6 Qg3+) 26... Bxb2 (26...
d2 $2 27. f6 $18) 27. Nxd3 $1 Nxd3 (27... Bd4+ 28. Kg2 $18) 28. f6 Nd7 (28...
c5 29. Qh6 {with mate}) 29. Rf3 $18) (25... Bf6 26. g5 Qd4+ (26... Bd4+ 27. Be3
(27. Kg2 $5) 27... Bxe3+ 28. Rxe3 d2 29. fxg6 fxg6 30. Rxf8+ Qxf8 31. Qc4+ Kh7
(31... Qf7 $2 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Qd4+ $18) 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Qc4+ $11) 27. Qxd4
Bxd4+ 28. Kg2 Nbd7 29. Nxd3 Nxd3 30. Bxd3 Ne5 31. Bb1 Bxb2 32. Re2 Nd7 33. Ba2
$14 {favours White to some degree.}) (25... Nbd7 26. fxg6 Qxg6 (26... fxg6 $2
27. Ba2+) 27. Rf5 $36) 26. Kg2 Nbd7 (26... Qd5+ 27. Rf3 Nbd7 28. Ba2 $1 (28.
Nxd3 Nxd3 29. Bxd3 Rae8 $1 $36) 28... b3 (28... Bf6 29. g5 $18) 29. Nxb3 Nxb3
30. Bxb3 Qxb3 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Re7 Nf6 33. Rxf6 ({or even} 33. Qh6 Rf7 34.
Qxg6+ Kf8 35. Re2 $1 {[%cal Gd2h6] must win}) 33... Qd5+ 34. Kh2 Qe5+ 35. Rf4
$1 (35. Rxe5 Bxe5+ 36. Kg2 Rxf6 $13) 35... Rxf4 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Rxe5 Bxe5 38.
Qh6+ Kf7 39. Bxf4 $18) 27. Ba2 (27. Nxd3 Nxd3 28. Bxd3 Bf6 29. Qg3 Qd5+ $1 30.
Qf3 Qxf3+ 31. Kxf3 Ne5+ $17) 27... Bxb2 {and in this extremely sharp and
complicated position the chances are about equal. One possible fantastic
variation is} 28. Qg5 b3 29. fxg6 bxa2 30. gxf7+ Kh8 31. Rf3 $5 {in order to
prevent the check from d5.} (31. Rf5 {might be even better}) {and if} 31...
a1=Q {then} 32. Re8 $3 {[%cal Gg5g8] An incredible position. Black must look
for escape with an extra queen and knight!} Nf6 (32... Raxe8 33. Qh5+ Kg7 34.
fxe8=Q Rxe8 35. Rf7+ Kg8 36. Qh7#) 33. Qh6+ Nh7 34. Qxd6 Raxe8 35. fxe8=Q Rxe8
36. Qxc5 $16) 25... Bd4 {Now Black wins by force.} 26. Be3 (26. Re3 Ne4 $19)
26... Ne4 27. Qxh4 (27. Qg2 d2 $19) 27... g5 $1 {Malakhov is precise until the
end.} (27... d2 $2 {would have allowed White to escape after} 28. fxg6 Ng5 (
28... Qxg6 $2 29. Bxd4 $18) (28... Bxe3+ 29. Rxe3 Qxg6 30. Nb3 $36 {[%cal
Ga2b1]}) 29. gxf7+ Nxf7 30. Qg5+ Bg7 31. Bxd2 Qg3+ 32. Kh1 Qxh3+ 33. Kg1 $11)
28. Qh5 d2 29. f6 Qxf6 $1 ({Again it was easy to go wrong:} 29... Bxf6 $2 30.
Bxd2 $1 Nxd2 $2 31. Qg6+ $16) 30. Bxd4 Qxd4+ 31. Kg2 dxe1=N+ {The most elegant
solution.} ({White gets mated:} 31... dxe1=N+ 32. Kh2 (32. Rxe1 Qf2+ 33. Kh1
Ng3#) (32. Kh1 Ng3+ 33. Kh2 Nxf1+ 34. Kh1 Ng3+ 35. Kh2 Qf2#) 32... Qd2+ 33. Kg1
Qg2#) 0-1

[Event "World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2009.12.04"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E96"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2009.11.21"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. d4 d6 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 a5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Na4 Qe7 12. Qc2 b6 13. Be3 Rb8 14. h3 Ba6 15. c5
Bxf1 16. Kxf1 b5 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. cxb6 Rfc8 19. a4 Qe8 20. axb5 cxb5 21. Qd3 a4
22. b3 Rd8 23. Qb1 axb3 24. Qxb3 Nxe4 25. Ra7 Nd6 26. Bg5 Rd7 27. Nxe5 Bxe5 28.
Qd5 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2
Be7 9. c3 O-O 10. a3 f6 11. Ng3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qb6 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Rd1 Qb3 15.
Rc1 Nb6 16. Rc3 Qa2 17. Bd3 Nbc4 18. Qc2 f5 19. Bc1 b5 20. O-O b4 21. axb4 Bxb4
22. Bxc4 dxc4 23. Re3 c3 24. Re2 cxb2 25. Qxb2 Qxb2 26. Rxb2 Nc6 27. Bd2 Bxd2
28. Rxd2 Nb4 29. Ra1 Bb7 30. Ne1 a5 31. Nd3 Nxd3 32. Rxd3 Rfd8 33. Nf1 Be4 34.
Rda3 Rxd4 35. Rxa5 Rb8 36. R5a4 Rd3 37. h4 h6 38. R4a3 Rb2 39. R3a2 Rb4 40. Ra4
Rb2 41. R4a2 Rb4 42. Ra4 Rbb3 43. R1a2 Rd1 44. Rd2 Rbb1 45. Rxd1 Rxd1 46. Kf2
Bd3 47. Nh2 Rd2+ 48. Kg3 Rb2 49. Ra7 Be4 50. Nf3 Bxf3 51. Kxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Bf2 Ne7 {An old, well-forgotten line,
which hardly promises White any advantage.} 13. Rc1 {Other options:} (13. a4) (
13. e4) (13. Qb3) 13... Bd7 14. e4 {White opens up the centre before Black
consolidates his position. The other plans are quite harmless:} (14. Nxd7 Qxd7
15. e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Nbd5 17. Nc5 {1/2 Skalik,P (2345)-Kaminski,M (2450)/
Polanica Zdroj 1993/EXT 1997}) (14. Qb3 $5 Bc6 15. Rfd1 (15. a4 Nbc8 16. Rfd1
Nd6 17. e3 a6 18. Na2 Qd7 19. Nxc6 Nxc6 20. Nb4 Na5 21. Qa2 Qe7 22. b3 Rfc8 23.
Be1 Nf5 24. Kf2 {1/2 Ribli,Z (2610)-Hellers,F (2560)/Tilburg 1993/CBM 039})
15... Nf5 $5 (15... Nbc8 $143 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Na4 Nd6 18. Nc5 Qb6 19. Qc2
Rfc8 20. e3 Rc7 21. g4 $14 {1-0 Vescovi,G (2475)-Pierrot,J (2400)/Mar del
Plata 1996/CBM 051 ext (77)})) (14. b3 Bc6 15. Qd2 Nbc8 16. Rfd1 Nd6 17. g4 Rc8
18. Bh4 Be8 19. e3 f6 20. Nd3 b6 $11 {1/2 Wang Lei (2290)-Foisor,C (2345)/
Kishinev 1995/EXT 1997 (55)}) (14. g4 Rc8 15. e3 Nc4 $1 (15... f6 16. Nd3 Nc4
17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Nd5 19. Qe2 b6 20. f5 $36 {1/2 Beliavsky,A (2650)-Smirin,
I (2630)/Novosibirsk 1995/CBM 050 (54)}) 16. Qe2 Nd6 17. Bh4 f6 18. Nd3 b6 19.
a4 Bc6 20. a5 Qd7 21. axb6 axb6 22. Nb4 Bb7 23. Ra1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 {1/2 Lugovoi,
A (2500)-Svidler,P (2650)/St Petersburg 1996/CBM 056}) (14. h3 Nf5 15. b3 Nd6
16. a4 Rc8 17. Rc2 f6 18. Nd3 f5 19. Qa1 Bc6 20. Rfc1 a6 21. e3 Nd7 22. Be1 Re8
23. Ne2 Ne4 $11 {1/2 Karpov,A (2735)-Peng Xiaomin (2535)/Beijing 1998/EXT 1999
(41)}) (14. Qd3 Rc8 15. g4 Bc6 16. Bg3 Nc4 17. b3 Nd6 18. e3 f6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6
20. Na4 f5 $11 {1-0 Lomako,P (2417)-Kashlinskaya,A (2344)/Serpukhov RUS 2009/
The Week in Chess 763 (36)}) (14. e3 Rc8 15. b3 Rc7 16. Qd2 Qb8 17. Rc2 Rfc8
18. Rfc1 Be8 19. g4 a6 20. h3 Nd7 21. Nd3 b6 22. Ne2 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24.
Qxc2 Qc8 25. Qxc8 {1/2 Drasko,M (2543)-Popovic,D (2557)/Vogosca 2007/CBM 118
ext}) 14... Be8 (14... dxe4 {is quite possible, too:} 15. Nxe4 {[%cal Ye4c5]} (
15. Bxe4 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Qd3 Rc8 18. Rfd1 Nbd5 19. Na4 Qa5 20. b3 Rfd8
21. Rc5 Qc7 22. Rdc1 Qb8 $11 {[%csl Gd5] 1/2 Beim,V (2570)-Smirin,I (2615)/Tel
Aviv 1996/CBM 052 ext (36)}) 15... Bc6 (15... Nbd5 16. Qb3 Bc6 17. Rfd1 Qb6 {
1/2 Akhmilovskaya,E (2415)-Pupols,V (2240)/Seattle 1995/EXT 1997 (24)} 18. Qa3
$5) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 $1 $11 {Black is not concerned about his c6 pawn as White's
d4 pawn is even weaker.} 17. Ng5 $6 Nbd5 18. Nf3 Qa5 19. a3 Rab8 20. Qe2 Rb3
21. Ne5 Rfb8 22. Rc2 Qb5 $1 $15 {0-1 Cyborowski,L (2425)-Kaminski,M (2535)/
Ksiaz 1998/CBM 063 ext (40)}) 15. Qb3 a5 $5 16. Rfd1 (16. exd5 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5
Nxd5 18. Qxb7 (18. Rc5 a4 $1) 18... Rb8 19. Qa7 Rxb2 $132) 16... dxe4 17. d5 $5
{A spectacular break but Black has enough resources to defend.} (17. Bxe4 Ned5
$1 $11 18. Nxd5 $140 exd5 {[%cal Re8a4,Rd5e4]}) 17... Nbxd5 (17... Nexd5 18.
Bxe4 (18. Bc5 f5 $1 19. Bxf8 Bxf8 $17) (18. Nxd5 Nxd5 $11) 18... a4 $1 19. Qa3
Bxe5 20. fxe5 Bc6 $13) 18. Nxd5 $6 (18. Nxe4 $142 $44 Bc6 $140 19. Bc5) 18...
exd5 $1 (18... Nxd5 19. Bxe4 Bc6 $1 20. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%cal Ra8b8] leads to
equality but Black wants more!}) 19. Bb6 $6 (19. Bxe4 Bc6 $15) 19... Qb8 20.
Bc5 a4 $1 {[%mdl 256]} 21. Qc3 (21. Qa3 Nc6 22. Rxd5 (22. Bxf8 Bxf8 $19) 22...
Nxe5 23. fxe5 Bc6 $19) 21... Qc7 (21... Nc6 $142 $1 22. Bxf8 (22. Rxd5 Nxe5 23.
fxe5 Bc6 $1 24. Bxf8 Bxd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 $17) 22... Bxf8 23. Ng4 (23. Rxd5 Nb4
$17) 23... Qa7+ 24. Kh1 Bg7 25. Nf6+ Bxf6 26. Qxf6 Nb4 {[%cal Rb4d3]} 27. Rc7
a3 $17) 22. Ba3 $2 {Black now simply keeps his material advantage. With the
black queen on c7, White could have won the exchange by means of} (22. Qa3 Nc6
23. Rxd5 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bc6 25. Bxf8 {[%cal Gc1c7] although after} Rxf8 26. Qxa4
Bxe5 {Black obtained an excellent compensation: a bishop pair and strong
central pawns.}) 22... Bc6 $19 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Qxc6 Bxb2 26.
Rb1 a3 27. Qxd5 Rfe8 {[%csl Ra2,Ge4] Black's passed e4 pawn decides the game,
especially as White has a second serious weakness: the a2 pawn.} 28. Re1 Rad8
29. Qc4 {Here and later, the e4-pawn is taboo:} (29. Rxe4 $2 Qa7+ 30. Kh1 Rxd5
31. Rxe8+ Kg7 32. Bxd5 Qd7 $19) 29... Rd2 $1 30. Kf1 (30. Rxe4 $2 Rxg2+) (30.
Bxe4 $2 Qa7+ 31. Kh1 Qf2) 30... Qd7 31. Re2 (31. Rxe4 $2 Rc8 32. Qb3 Rcc2 $19)
31... Rd4 32. Qb3 Kg7 33. Kg1 Rd3 34. Qc4 Bd4+ 35. Kh1 Rc8 36. Qb4 e3 37. Be4
Bc5 38. Qb5 Qxb5 39. Rxb5 Rd2 40. Bf3 Bd4 41. Rd5 Rcc2 42. Rxd2 Rxd2 43. g4
Rxa2 $1 44. Rxd4 e2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. a4
Be7 9. Ne1 O-O 10. g4 Bg6 11. f4 f5 12. h3 a5 13. Ndf3 c5 14. Be3 Kh8 15. b3
Na7 16. Nd3 c4 17. bxc4 dxc4 18. Nc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qc8 20. g5 Rd8 21. Qe1 Bxc5
22. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 b5 25. axb5 Nxb5 26. Bxc4 Nc7 27. Rfb1
Be8 28. Rb6 a4 29. Ke3 Rdb8 30. Rxb8 Rxb8 31. Nd4 Rb6 32. Ra3 h6 33. g6 Rb4 34.
Kd3 Nd5 35. Nxe6 Nb6 36. Ba2 Bxg6 37. c4 Bf7 38. Kc3 Rxc4+ 39. Bxc4 Nxc4 40.
Kxc4 Bxe6+ 41. Kc5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bd7 16. Qf1 Qf5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Nf6 19. a4 c5 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Ne4
Rxe4 22. Bc2 cxd4 23. fxe4 Qc5 24. Qf2 Ng4 25. cxd4 Qc7 26. Qe2 Bxg3 27. hxg3
Qxg3+ 28. Qg2 Qe1+ 29. Qf1 Qg3+ 30. Qg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8. Nb3
Nf5 9. Bd2 h5 10. g3 a6 11. Rc1 b5 12. a4 Be7 13. Ra1 f6 14. Bf4 O-O 15. Bd3
Re8 16. h3 Bh7 17. exf6 Bxf6 18. Re1 g5 19. Be5 Rf8 20. Qd2 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qd6
22. Nc5 Kh8 23. c3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 b6 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qf3 Nd5 12. Bd2 Qh4 13. g4 Bb7 14. O-O-O
Rad8 15. Rhg1 Ba8 16. Qe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rxd3 19. cxd3 Nd5 20. f4
Rd8 21. Rdf1 c5 22. f5 Nb4 23. Bxb4 cxb4 24. Qf2 Qe7 25. Qe3 b3 26. Kb1 Qb4 27.
a3 Qb5 28. Rd1 Qc5 29. d4 Qd5 30. Rg3 Qe4+ 31. Qxe4 Bxe4+ 32. Kc1 exf5 33. gxf5
Bxf5 34. d5 Re8 35. d6 Kf8 36. Rxb3 Bd7 37. Re3 Re6 38. Rdd3 Ke8 39. Rc3 a5 40.
Kd2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nd4 12. Nc3 Nb4 13. Ne4 Nxb3 14. axb3 Qd5
15. Nf3 f5 16. Ng3 Qd7 17. Ne5 Qd5 18. Nf3 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qd5 20. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. c4
Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1 Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. h3 h6 17. Qa4 Bf6 18. Bc4 Qd7 19. Qb5 b6 20. Rad1 Rxe1+ 21.
Rxe1 Nb8 22. Qb3 c6 23. a4 Rf8 24. Re3 Qd8 25. g4 Bg6 26. h4 Qd7 27. Ne5 Bxe5
28. Bxe5 Qxg4+ 29. Rg3 Qh5 30. Bd3 Kh7 31. Bd6 Bxd3 32. Bxf8 Bg6 33. Be7 Nd7
34. f3 Qf5 35. Qc4 Qf4 36. Kh2 Qd2+ 37. Rg2 Qf4+ 38. Rg3 Qd2+ 39. Rg2 Qf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 62nd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2009.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2009.12.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 134"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 c6 9. Bg2 Re8 10. Bd2 a6 11. Rc1 h6 12. Qb3 Bc5 13. Na4 Ba7 14. c5 d5 15.
cxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Nc5 Bg4 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bd2 Bc8 20. Qc4 Bf5 21. b4
e4 22. dxe4 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Bxe4 24. Bc3 Bd5 25. Qa4 Qe7 26. e4 Be6 27. Ba5 Rd3
28. Bf1 Rd7 29. f3 Nh7 30. f4 f6 31. Qc2 Qf7 32. a3 Rde7 33. Bd3 Bb3 34. Qf2 f5
35. e5 Nf8 36. Qb2 Bd5 37. Bf1 Ne6 38. Bd2 g5 39. fxg5 hxg5 40. Re2 f4 41. Rf2
Qh5 42. Be2 Qh7 43. Bf3 Bxf3 44. Rxf3 Qe4 45. Qb3 Rd7 46. Bb4 Rd5 47. Re1 Qf5
48. Bc3 Nxc5 49. Qa2 Ne6 50. gxf4 gxf4 51. Kh1 Kf7 52. Qb2 Re7 53. Qg2 Red7 54.
Rg1 Ke7 55. Bb4+ c5 56. Be1 Rxe5 57. Qg8 Qe4 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd2 Nbd7 6. Rc1 Bd6 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nge2 Re8 10. O-O Ne4 11. Qc2 Ndf6 12. f3 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 c5 14. Nb5 b6
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Ng3 Bd7 17. Bb1 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Re7 19. e4 Qf4 20. Rcd1 dxe4
21. Nxe4 Rae8 22. Nd6 Qxd4+ 23. Rxd4 Rb8 24. Rc1 Kf8 25. Kf2 Be6 26. Nb5 Ne8
27. a3 g6 28. h4 Rd7 29. Rcd1 Rxd4 30. Rxd4 a6 31. Nc3 Ke7 32. Bd3 Nc7 33. h5
Rd8 34. Rxd8 Kxd8 35. h6 Ke7 36. g4 Bc8 37. Ke3 Bd7 38. g5 a5 39. Kd4 Ne6+ 40.
Ke3 Nxg5 41. f4 Ne6 42. f5 Nc5 43. fxg6 fxg6 44. Bxg6 Kf6 45. Bxh7 Be6 46. Bc2
Kf7 47. Kd4 Nd7 48. Ne4 Kg8 49. Ng5 Bg4 50. h7+ 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Qd2 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Rac8 14. Qxa5
Nxa5 15. Rc1 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc4 17. e5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Bh6 19. Kf2 b5 20. Ke2 e6
21. Bb7 Rc4 22. Rxc4 bxc4 23. Be4 Rb8 24. Rb1 Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B74"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8.
Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 a6 10. f4 b5 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5 Nd7 14. e6 fxe6
15. Bg4 Rxf1+ 16. Qxf1 Nce5 17. Bxe6+ Kh8 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Qf4 Rf8 20. Qg3 (20.
Rxd7 Qc6 21. Rxb7 Rxf4 22. Bd5 ({Both players missed} 22. Rb6 Nf3+ 23. gxf3
Qxf3 24. Bxf4 Qxf4) 22... Qf6 {wins for Black.}) 20... Nf6 21. Nc5 Nh5 22. Qe1
Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nf3 24. Qh1 Nf4+ $2 (24... Nh4+ $1 25. Kh3 Rf3+ {would have been
deadly.}) 25. Kf2 Nd4 (25... Nd4 26. Nd7 $1 {with a drawish position, but
Carlsen though Black could have gone on playing for a win:} Nh3+ 27. Kg2 Qc6+
28. Bd5 Qxd7 29. Rxd4 e6 {unclear.}) 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f4 b5 11. f5 Bc4 12. Kb1 h5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. a3 Rb8 15.
Qe2 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 b4 17. axb4 Rxb4 18. Bg5 O-O 19. g4 hxg4 20. h3 g3 21. Qxg3
Rc8 22. Qg2 Kf8 23. Rhg1 Ke8 24. Bxf6 Nxf6 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Rxd5 Qc4 27. Re1
Kf8 28. Re3 Qc7 29. Rg3 Bf6 30. Rc3 Rc4 31. Rxc4 Qxc4 32. Rxd6 a5 33. Rd3 Qb4
34. Nc1 a4 35. Qe2 Rb8 36. c3 Qb7 37. Rd5 Kg8 38. Ra5 Qc6 39. Qc2 Bg5 40. Rxa4
Rd8 41. Qb3 Qc5 42. Nd3 Rxd3 43. Ra8+ Bd8 44. Qa4 Kh7 45. Ka2 Rd2 46. Qb3 Qc7
47. Qb5 Kh6 48. Qe8 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2782"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6 7. d4 Bf5 8. Bd2
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. e4 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 Qe7 12. Bb5+ c6 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. exf5
Bxb2+ 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Qb1 Bc3+ 17. Kf1 gxf5 18. a4 Bxa1 19. Qxa1 Rg8 20. Rh4
Rg4 21. g3 Qe4 22. Qb2 Rxh4 23. gxh4 b6 24. h6 Rd6 25. a5 b5 26. a6 Ke7 27. Qc1
Re6 28. Ng1 Kd7 29. h5 Re5 30. Qg5 b4 31. Qg8 Ke7 32. Qb8 Qd4 33. Qc7+ Kf6 34.
Qxc6+ Re6 35. Qc8 Ke7 36. Qb7+ Kf8 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Qc7+ Kf8 39. Qb8+ Ke7 40.
Bf3 Qb6 41. Qe5 Rxe5 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. O-O cxd4 13. Nxd4 Be7 14. Qh5 g6 15. Qe2
O-O 16. Bb5 a6 17. Nc6 axb5 18. Nxd8 Rfxd8 19. Qxb5 Ba6 20. Qc6 Bd3 21. Re1
Rac8 22. Qb7 Rc7 23. Qxc7 Nxc7 24. a3 Ra8 25. axb4 Bxb4 26. Rd1 Bb5 27. b3 Nd5
28. Bb2 Rb8 29. Bd4 Kg7 30. g3 g5 31. Rac1 Be2 0-1

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2713"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. Nf1 Rfe8 19. Ng3 Bd8 20. Qe2 h6 21. dxe5
dxe5 22. Bd3 Nb4 23. Rc5 Nxd3 24. Qxd3 Ba5 25. Bd2 Bb6 26. Rxe5 Rxe5 27. Nxe5
Be6 28. Qf3 Bd4 29. Nd3 Rd8 30. Ba5 Re8 31. a3 Bc4 32. Bc3 Bxc3 33. bxc3 Qd7
34. Nb4 Qd2 35. Re3 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qxa3 37. Nf5 Kh7 38. e5 Nd7 39. Qg4 g6 40. Qf4
g5 41. Qf3 Re6 42. Nd6 Nxe5 43. Qf5+ Kg7 44. Nxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2
Be6 9. Qc2 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Nbd2 Nbd7 12. Qa3 Nd5 13. Nc4 Qb4+ 14. Qxb4 Nxb4
15. O-O c5 16. Rfd1 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. exd4 Nf6 19. a3 Nbd5 20. Bh6 Rfc8
21. h3 Bd7 22. Rac1 Bb5 23. b3 Rc6 24. Bf3 Rac8 25. g4 Rd8 26. a4 Ba6 27. Ne5
Rcd6 28. Bd2 Re8 29. b4 b6 30. b5 Bb7 31. Bh6 e6 32. g5 Nh5 33. Bxd5 Bxd5 34.
Rc7 Rdd8 35. Nxf7 Rc8 36. Rdc1 Rxc7 37. Rxc7 e5 38. Nxe5 Nf4 39. Kh2 Ne6 40.
Rxa7 Ra8 41. Rd7 Rd8 42. Re7 Ra8 43. Ng4 1-0

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Qxd5 7. Ne2 O-O 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Be2 c6 10. O-O Nd7 11. Qc2 e5 12. dxe5 Qxe5 13. e4 Nf6 14. Be3 Ng4
15. Bxg4 Bxg4 16. h3 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rd3 Be6
21. Rfd1 a5 22. b3 Rxd3 23. Qxd3 b5 24. Ne2 Kg8 25. Nf4 a4 26. e5 axb3 27. axb3
Re8 28. Qc3 c5 29. g3 b4 30. Qe3 c4 31. bxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. d4 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. g4 h6 8. h3 e5
9. Bd2 O-O 10. g5 hxg5 11. Nxg5 exd4 12. exd4 Re8+ 13. Be2 Nf8 14. c5 Bc7 15.
O-O-O b6 16. Bd3 a5 17. Rhg1 bxc5 18. dxc5 Ba6 19. Rg2 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Ne4 21.
Rdg1 g6 22. Ngxe4 dxe4 23. Qc4 Qd3 24. Rxg6+ Nxg6 25. Rxg6+ Kf8 26. Bh6+ Ke7
27. Bg5+ Kf8 28. Qxd3 exd3 29. Rxc6 Rac8 30. Ra6 Be5 31. Be3 f5 32. c6 Re6 33.
Rxa5 Rcxc6 34. Kd2 Ra6 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. a3 f4 37. Bc5+ Ke8 38. Kxd3 Rh6 39.
Ke4 Bxc3 40. bxc3 f3 41. Bd4 Rxh3 42. Kf4 Rh5 43. Kxf3 Ra5 44. Ke4 Kd7 45. f4
Rxa3 46. f5 Ra4 47. Ke5 Ra5+ 48. Kf6 Ra1 49. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-blindfold 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 Qc8 12. h3 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c6 14. dxc6 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Rfe8 17. b3 Nb6 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Rc1 Qxc3 20. Bd3 Qa5 21. Bd2
Qa3 22. Rc2 Rec8 23. Bc1 Qa5 24. Bd2 b4 25. Nh4 Rxc2 26. Qxc2 Rc8 27. Qb1 g6
28. Nf3 Bb5 29. Bc2 Nbd7 30. Rc1 d5 31. exd5 Nxd5 32. a4 Bc6 33. Be4 Bb7 34.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 35. Qe1 N5f6 36. Bd3 Bb7 37. Bc4 Qc5 38. Ng5 Qc6 39. Nf3 a5 40. Bc1
Nb6 41. Bxf7+ Kg7 42. Qe3 Qc3 43. Be6 Qxe3 44. Bxe3 Nbd7 45. Kf1 e4 46. Nd2 Nc5
47. Bc4 Nfd7 48. Bb5 Kf6 49. Bxd7 Nxd7 50. Ngxe4+ Ke6 51. f3 h5 52. Kf2 Bd8 53.
Bd4 Bd5 54. Ke3 Bc7 55. h4 Bd8 56. g3 Bc7 57. Ng5+ Kf5 58. Nge4 Ke6 59. Ng5+
Kf5 60. Nge4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
b3 a5 16. Bd3 b4 17. cxb4 axb4 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Qc2 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21. Be3
Qa8 22. Nd2 h5 23. Rec1 c5 24. Ngf1 Qa7 25. Qc4 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Qxa2 27. Nh2 Re6
28. Nhf3 Qa6 29. Qc2 Nb8 30. Nc4 Nc6 31. Rd1 Kg7 32. Ng5 Re8 33. Nd6 Bxd6 34.
Rxd6 Nd4 35. Rxa6 Nxc2 36. Ra7 Nxe3 37. fxe3 Kg8 38. Nxf7 Nxe4 39. Nh6+ Kh8 40.
Nf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 Qb6 9. h3 d6 10. Qc2 a5 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 f5 13. Qd2 Nf7 14. e5 Qb4 15.
Nc3 dxe5 16. dxe5 Rb8 17. Rab1 Rd8 18. Qe2 Be6 19. Bd2 Bc4 20. Qd1 e6 21. b3
Bd3 22. Rc1 Qe7 23. Re3 Bh6 24. Re1 Bg7 25. Re3 c5 26. Na4 Be4 27. Nxc5 Bxf3
28. Rxf3 Nxe5 29. Rfc3 Rd5 30. Qe1 Rc8 31. Na4 Rxc3 32. Nxc3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. Qd5 Nb6 11. Qe4 Bf5 12. Qh4 f6 13. g4 Be6 14. Bg2 Nc6 15.
O-O Kh8 16. Rad1 Nd5 17. Ne4 Bg8 18. Nc5 Ncb4 19. a3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Nd5 21. Rfe1
c6 22. Nd3 g5 23. Qg3 h6 24. h4 Bh7 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. Nc5 Qc8 27. Rc1 e6 28.
Nd2 Ra7 29. Nde4 Re7 30. Nd6 Qa8 31. Rf1 a5 32. Rxf8+ Qxf8 33. Ncb7 Qa8 34.
Rxc6 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nc6 11. d5 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Rd8 13. Bd3 O-O 14. O-O Qc7
15. Rfd1 b6 16. Qe2 Ne5 17. Bb5 g5 18. f4 Ng6 19. fxg5 f6 20. gxf6 Rxf6 21. Kh1
Qe5 22. f3 Rdf8 23. Rf1 Nh4 24. Bd7 Rxf3 25. Rxf3 Qxe4 26. Be6+ Kh8 27. Bd4
Qxf3+ 28. Qxf3 Rxf3 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Kg1 Kf6 31. Bg4 Rf4 32. h3 Ng6 33. Kg2
Ra4 34. Kg3 Rxa2 35. Rf1+ Kg7 36. Be6 Ra3 37. Rf7+ Kh6 38. Rf3 b5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nge7 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nd5 Bg7 7. Bg5 h6 8.
Bf6 Kf8 9. Bxg7+ Kxg7 10. O-O d6 11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Nb5 Rxe4 14.
Nbxc7 Rb8 15. Qd3 Bf5 16. Qc3+ Ne5 17. b3 Re2 18. f4 Rxc2 19. Qd4 Qh4 20. Rad1
Rxa2 21. Nb5 Bh3 22. gxh3 Qxh3 23. Rd2 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qh3 25. Rdf2 Rxf2 26. Rxf2
Rc8 27. Ndc3 Qd3 28. fxe5 Qxd4 29. Nxd4 Rxc3 30. exd6 Rd3 31. Rf4 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 O-O 12. h3 Be6 13. f4 Rc8 14. Be2 Qa5
15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Rf1 f5 17. exf6 exf6 18. Kf2 Nc4 19. Rfd1 f5 20. exf5 gxf5
21. Bxc4 Bxc4 22. Rd7 Rf7 23. Rad1 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 exd4 5. Bxc4 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 Qf6
8. Nb3 Nc6 9. e5 Qg6 10. Nbxd4 Nge7 11. e6 Bxe6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. O-O O-O 14.
Re1 Kh8 15. Rxe6 Qg4 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. h3 Qf5 18. Qe4 Qh5 19. Qg4 Qxg4 20. hxg4
Rf4 21. Rae1 Raf8 22. R6e4 Rxe4 23. Rxe4 Rf4 24. Re8+ Rf8 25. Re3 h6 26. g5
Nge7 27. Re6 Nf5 28. Bd5 Nd8 29. Re1 c6 30. Bb3 Kh7 31. g6+ Kxg6 32. Ne5+ Kh7
33. Nd7 Rh8 34. Bc2 g6 35. g4 Nd6 36. Re7+ N8f7 37. Ne5 Kg7 38. Nxf7 Nxf7 39.
Bb3 Rf8 40. Rxb7 Kf6 41. f4 g5 42. Rxa7 Nd6 43. Rh7 gxf4 44. Rxh6+ Ke7 45. Re6+
Kd7 46. Re5 Rh8 47. Kg2 Ne8 48. Rf5 Kd6 49. Rxf4 Ke5 50. Rf5+ Kd4 51. g5 Nd6
52. Rf6 Ne4 53. Rh6 Rf8 54. Rh4 Ke3 55. g6 Rf2+ 56. Kg1 Ng5 57. Bd1 Rf6 58. Rh6
Nf3+ 59. Bxf3 Rxf3 60. Rh2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6 12. e5 Ng4 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qe2 Bh6
15. Bxh6 Nxh6 16. h3 e6 17. Qd2 Nf5 18. g4 exd5 19. gxf5 Bxf5 20. Bg2 Be4 21.
O-O Rad8 22. Rfe1 Rfe8 23. Qf4 Rd7 24. Nh2 f5 25. Rcd1 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 Rxe5 27.
Rd2 Ree7 28. f3 c4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Rxd7 Rxd7 31. Bf1 Kg7 32. Be2 Rd2 33. Bxc4
Rc2 34. Re3 Kf6 35. Bb3 Rb2 36. Nf1 Ke5 37. Ng3 Rd2 38. c4 a5 39. Re2 Rd3 40.
Kg2 b6 41. Ba4 Rd4 42. Bb5 f4 43. Nxe4 Rxe4 44. Kf3 Rxe2 45. Kxe2 Kd4 46. Kf3
g5 47. a4 h6 48. Kg4 Kc5 49. h4 Kd4 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Kxg5 f3 52. Kf4 f2 53. c5
bxc5 54. Kf3 c4 55. Kxf2 Kc3 56. Ke1 Kb3 57. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8.
Qc2 Qa5 9. Bd3 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bh3 Kg7 14. Rae1 Nb6
15. Bxc8 Raxc8 16. Bxf6+ Kxf6 17. f4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Na4 19. f5 Kg7 20. f6+ Kg8
21. Nb1 Re4 22. Rf3 Rce8 23. Qf2 b5 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. h3 h6 26. a3 Kh7 27. Qf2 a5
28. Kh1 Qd6 29. Kg1 R4e6 30. Kh1 b4 31. axb4 axb4 32. cxb4 Qxb4 33. Nd2 Nb2 34.
Rb1 c3 35. Nf1 Qc4 36. Qc2 Nd3 37. Kg1 Ra8 38. Rb7 Kg8 39. Nd2 cxd2 40. Qxd2
Ra1+ 41. Kh2 Qc8 42. Re7 Qb8+ 43. g3 Qb1 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5 a6 15.
Nd2 b5 16. Be7 Rfc8 17. Bd6 cxd4 18. cxd4 Qc3 19. a4 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Bh6 21. Rb3
Bd5 22. Ra3 Rc2 23. Rd1 Nb6 24. Bf3 Nxa4 25. Ne4 Kh8 26. Re1 Nb6 27. Bc5 Nc4
28. Rd3 Bxe4 29. Bxe4 Rd8 30. Rb3 Ra2 31. Rc3 Kg8 32. Be7 Rd7 33. Bh4 Bf8 34.
Rc2 Rxc2 35. Bxc2 Be7 36. Bxe7 Rxe7 37. Kf2 Rc7 38. Bd3 Nb2 39. Be4 Na4 40. Ra1
Kf8 41. Kf3 Ke7 42. g4 h6 43. h4 g5 44. hxg5 hxg5 45. Kf2 Kd7 46. Kf3 Ra7 47.
Rh1 Nc3 48. Rh7 Ke7 49. Bg6 Kf8 50. Bd3 a5 51. Rh8+ Kg7 52. Rb8 a4 53. Bxb5 a3
54. Bc4 a2 55. Bxa2 Rxa2 56. Rb3 Rc2 57. e4 Ne2 58. Ke3 Rc3+ 59. Rxc3 Nxc3 60.
Kd3 Nd1 61. Ke2 Nb2 62. Kd2 Kf8 63. Kc2 Nc4 64. Kd3 Na5 65. Kc3 Ke7 66. Kb4
Nc6+ 67. Kc5 Kd7 68. Kc4 Kc8 69. Kc5 Kc7 70. Kc4 Kb6 71. Kc3 Kb5 72. Kd3 Kb4
73. d5 Nxe5+ 74. Kd4 Nd7 75. e5 Kb5 0-1

[Event "Amber-rapid 19th"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2010.03.25"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Qd3 a6 5. e4 Bb7 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O Nd7
9. a4 b4 10. Nbd2 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. dxe5 Be7 13. Ne4 O-O 14. h4 c5 15. Bg5
Qc7 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17. Nd6 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Qc6+ 19. Qf3 Rad8 20. Rfd1 Qxf3+ 21.
Kxf3 Nc6 22. Ke4 f5+ 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Nb7 Rd4+ 25. Rxd4 cxd4 26. Nc5 f5+ 27.
Kd3 e5 28. Nxa6 Rc8 29. f3 Kf7 30. g4 fxg4 31. fxg4 Ke6 32. Ke4 Na5 33. Nxb4
Rc4 34. Nd3 Rxc2 35. Re1 Nc4 36. Nc5+ Kd6 37. Kd3 Rxb2 38. Ne4+ Kd5 39. Nf6+
Ke6 40. Kxc4 Kxf6 41. Kd5 d3 42. Rf1+ Kg7 43. Kxe5 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2010.03.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gofshtein, Leonid D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2540"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2010.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 a5 10. O-O Nxc3 11. Bxc3 a4 12. Nd2 Re8 13. Qc2 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4
15. e4 g5 16. Qd1 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Rxe4 20. Bd3 Re7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 GpA"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2010.03.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.03.26"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 135 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.05.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. Ne5 Bd7 8. Na3
cxd4 9. Naxc4 Be7 10. Bf4 Rc8 11. Qb3 Nd5 12. Qxb7 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rc7 14. Qa6
Nxf4 15. gxf4 O-O 16. Rfc1 Qc8 17. Qxc8 Rfxc8 18. Rxc7 Rxc7 19. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Mikhail Chigorin"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Qb3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bc4 O-O 14. Nxa7
Qc7 15. O-O Nd7 16. f3 Nc5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qc4 Bh6 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5
Bxc1 21. Rxc1 Be6 22. a4 Bc4 23. Rb1 e5 24. Rb4 Ba6 25. Bb6 Rd7 26. c4 Rd2 27.
a5 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Belgorod BelGu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qf3 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg3 g6 12. Na4 Bh4 13. Qf4 Be7 14. c4 O-O 15.
cxd5 cxd5 16. Be3 a5 17. Rac1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Evdokimov, Alexander A"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU II"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8. h3
e5 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. Qc2 Nc6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Be2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Qe7 14. O-O Be6 15.
a3 Nc6 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Nb5 a6 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Bg5 Nd4 21. Nxd4
Qxg5 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Rfe1 c6 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Qxd2 Rad8 26. Qc2 Qc5 27. Rac1 a5
28. Qe2 Qg5 29. Rcd1 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qc5 32. Qf3 Qxa3 33. Rd7 Re7
34. Rd8+ Kg7 35. Qe3 Re5 36. Rd7 b5 37. Kh2 Qc5 38. Qf4 Re7 39. Rxe7 Qxe7 40.
e5 a4 41. Qd4 c5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 g6 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nxd5
Qxd5 9. Bg2 Nd4 10. O-O Qb3 11. Nxd4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 exd4 13. Bf4 c6 14. b4 O-O
15. b5 cxb5 16. Rdb1 a6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Bxb7 Bxb7 19. Rxb7 Rfe8 20. Kf1 h6 21.
Rxa4 g5 22. Bd6 Rac8 23. Rxa6 Re6 24. Re7 Rxe7 25. Bxe7 Rc1+ 26. Kg2 Rc2 27.
Bf6 Rxe2 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Rd6 g4 30. Rxd4 h5 31. Rd6 Re1 32. h3 Rd1 33. Rd4
Kf6 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Rxg4 Rxd3 36. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Ural region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Bb5 Qd6 9. Nge2 a6 10. e5 Qd8 11. Bd3 c5 12. f4 Nd5 13. Nxd5 Qxd5 14. O-O cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Qxc6 17. Rc1 Qd5 18. Bc4 Qxd1 19. Rfxd1 Bg4 20. Rd4 b5
21. Bd5 Rac8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Rd2 g5 24. g3 gxf4 25. gxf4 Be6 26. Kf2 Bxd5 27.
Rxd5 f6 28. e6 f5 29. Rd7 Bf6 30. Bc5 Bxb2 31. Bxe7 Re8 32. Ke3 a5 33. Kd3 a4
34. Rb7 b4 35. Ra7 b3 36. axb3 axb3 37. Kc4 Bg7 38. Kxb3 Bf8 39. Bxf8 Kxf8 40.
Rxh7 Rxe6 41. Rh5 Kg7 42. Rxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qb3 Ne4 11. e3 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Nd2 cxd4 14. exd4 Be6 15.
Rfc1 Rfc8 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. f4 Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2
Bd6 15. Nd4 c5 16. Nf5 Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 17th"]
[Site "Dagomys"]
[Date "2010.04.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2010.04.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Ekonomist SGSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 10. O-O Nb6 11. a4 a5 12. Qc2 O-O 13. Bg3 Bf5 14. e4 Bg4 15.
Ne5 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxe5 17. Bxe5 Qd7 18. Qc2 Nc8 19. Rfb1 c6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 {Svidler has repeatedly faced this
variation over the past years. Three times, his opponent was Levon Aronian.}
Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Nf3 Bg7 9. Qb1 Qd5 10. Be2 Bf5 11.
Qb2 Nd7 12. O-O Bd3 $5 $146 {This is supposed to be an improvement over two of
the Aronian-Svidler games.} (12... e5 {Aronian,L (2761)-Svidler,P (2742)/
Dortmund 2006/CBM 114/[Krasenkow] (0-1, 47)}) (12... Nb6 13. a4 a5 14. Nd2 Bd3
{Aronian,L (2741)-Svidler,P (2750)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116/[Krasenkow] (0-1, 24)})
13. Bxd3 cxd3 14. Rfd1 Qe4 15. Qb1 c5 16. Rxd3 Rc8 17. a4 e6 18. Rd1 Qc6 19.
Qb5 O-O 20. Rdb1 b6 21. Qxc6 Rxc6 22. a5 $14 {Black has failed to equalize.
White has a strong centre and active play on the queenside.} Rfc8 23. g4 f5 24.
gxf5 exf5 25. axb6 axb6 26. Ra7 R6c7 27. Rba1 b5 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Ra8+ Bf8 30.
Ng5 $6 (30. Be7 $1 {[%cal Ge7d6,Gd4c5,Gf3d4]} Kf7 (30... cxd4 31. Nxd4 $18 {
[%csl Gf8]}) (30... b4 31. Bd6 Rb7 32. dxc5 bxc3 33. Nd4 $18 {[%csl Gf8][%cal
Gc5c6]}) 31. Bxf8 Nxf8 32. Ng5+ Kf6 (32... Ke7 33. Rxf8 $18) 33. h4 $16) 30...
b4 $5 $132 31. cxb4 cxd4 32. Ne6 Rc1+ 33. Kg2 dxe3 34. Nxf8 Nxf8 35. fxe3 (35.
Be7 $4 e2) 35... Kf7 $11 {Black is out of danger already.} 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37.
Re7+ Kd5 38. Bf6 Rb1 39. Rf7 Ne6 40. Rd7+ Ke4 41. Re7 Kd5 42. Rd7+ Ke4 43. Re7
Kd5 44. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O (4. d3 {ist eine alternative Fortsetzung.
Man bekommt spielbare Stellungen, doch keinen Eröffnungsvorteil.} Bc5 (4... d6
$5 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bc2 Re8 $132 {Es entsteht ein
typischer Spanier mit d3.}) 5. Bxc6 (5. O-O d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4 Ba7
$132 {Wiederum hat Schwarz wenig zu befürchten.}) 5... dxc6 6. Be3 Qe7 (6...
Bxe3 $2 {verbessert die weiße Bauernstruktur und öffnet die f-Linie.} 7. fxe3
Qe7 8. O-O Ng4 9. Qd2 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5 13. g3 Nf6 14. exf5
g5 15. Ng2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 $16 {Sutovsky - Carlsen 
(Crete, 2007)}) 7. Bxc5 Qxc5 8. Nc3 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 O-O {Schwarz hat
keine Schwiriegkeiten.} 11. O-O-O a5 12. Qf5 Rfd8 13. Rhf1 a4 14. a3 b5 $132 {
Sutovsky - Aronian (Caleta, 2005)}) 4... Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 {Das ist eine
bekannte Remisvariante:} Nd6 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. Rxe5+ Be7 8. Bf1 (8. Bd3 O-O 9.
Nc3 c6 10. b3 Ne8 11. Bb2 d5 12. Qh5 Nf6 13. Qh4 Be6 $11) 8... O-O 9. d4 Bf6
10. Re1 Nf5 11. c3 d5 $11 {Bei symmetrischer Bauernstruktur das Maximum, was
beide Seiten erreichen können, ist der kollektive Abtausch aller Figuren.})
5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 h6 (9... Ke8 10. h3 Be7
11. g4 (11. Bg5 Bxg5 12. Nxg5 h6 $1 {Es is wichtig, den gegnerischen Springer
gleich zu vertreiben.} 13. Nf3 h5 14. Rad1 (14. Ne2 Ke7 15. Nf4 g6 $1 16. Rad1
Ng7 17. Rfe1 Rd8 18. Rxd8 Kxd8 19. Ng5 Ke7 20. Rd1 a5 21. a4 Bf5 $132 {Timman
- Kritz (Amsterdam, 2002)}) 14... Ke7 $11) 11... Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13. Kg2 h5
14. f3 Be6 $11 {Die schwarze Stellung ist zwar passiv, aber nicht zu brechen.})
10. h3 (10. Rd1+ {Das Problem dieses Zuges ist, dass Weiß eigentlich den
anderen Turm auf d1 stellen sollte.} Ke8 11. h3 a5 12. Bf4 Be6 13. g4 Ne7 14.
Nd4 Nd5 15. Nce2 Bc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 Nb6 18. b3 a4 $132 {Kasparov -
Kramnik (London, 2000)}) (10. b3 $5 {Es macht Sinn, Zeit am Zug h3 zu sparen,
wenn man nicht mit g4 spielen will.} Bd7 11. Bb2 Kc8 12. Rad1 b6 13. Rd3 (13.
Ne2 c5 14. c4 Bc6 $11 {Kasparov - Kramnik (London, 2000)}) 13... Ne7 14. Rfd1 {
Weiß entwickelt nun eine unangenehme Initiative.} Bf5 15. Rd8+ Kb7 16. Rxa8
Kxa8 17. Nd4 Bg4 18. Nce2 c5 19. h3 Bc8 20. Nb5 Kb7 21. Nf4 $36 {Bruzon
Batista - Mitkov (Merida, 2008)}) 10... Bd7 11. b3 (11. Bf4 $5 Kc8 12. Rad1 $1
(12. a3 $2 {ist einfach zu langsam.} b6 13. Rad1 Ne7 14. Rfe1 c5 $132 {Motylev
- Ponomariov (Motril, 2008). Schwarz plant Bc6-Kb7 mit guter Stellung.}) 12...
b6 13. Rd3 Be6 14. Rfd1 Kb7 15. b3 $14 {und Schwarz hatte Probleme mit seiner
Entwicklung in Anand - Topalov (Monte Carlo, 2005).}) 11... c5 $5 {Dieser Zug
wird selten gespielt. Die üebliche Fortsetzung ist 11....Kc8. Jedoch wie man
sieht, hat Schwarz nach 11....c5 noch keine Probleme gehabt.} (11... Kc8 12.
Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 c5 (13... Ne7 {gilt als Hauptzug. Weiß hat nun mehrere
Fortsetzungsmöglichkeiten.} 14. Rd2 {sieht am logischsten aus, aber auch
andere Ideen sind interessant.} (14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Ng3 (15. Ne1 h5 16. Nd3 c5 17.
c4 a5 18. a4 h4 $11 {Kasparov - Kramnik (London, 2000)}) 15... Nf4 16. Nd4 a5
17. a4 b5 18. Kh2 bxa4 19. bxa4 Nd5 20. Rd3 Nb6 $132 {Shirov - Kramnik (Astana,
2001)}) (14. Nd4 $5 c5 15. Nde2 a5 16. Rd2 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Nf4 Bf5 19. g4
$1 $16 {Efimenko - Naiditsch (Subotica, 2008)}) 14... c5 15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Ne2
g5 $132 {Anand - Kramnik (Mainz, 2001)}) 14. Rfe1 ({Nach} 14. Nd5 a5 $1 15. a4
c4 $1 {wurde Weiß praktisch gezwungen, den Bauer zu opfern:} 16. e6 fxe6 17.
Nf4 cxb3 18. cxb3 Bd6 19. Ng6 Rg8 20. Nfe5 Be8 $15 {Wonach Schwarz eindeutig
besser stand in Stellwagen - Efimenko (Wattenscheid, 2008).}) 14... a5 $5 $146
{Der Zug ist vielleicht nicht schlecht, aber mir gefällt die sofortige
Überführung des Springers nach g6 besser.} (14... Ne7 {Die Überführung des
Springers nach g6 ist ein typischer Manöver - von dort aus kontrolliert er das
Feld f4.} 15. Nd2 (15. Ne2 Ng6 $11 {Leko - Jakovenko (Jermuk, 2009)}) 15... Be6
16. Nde4 c4 17. Kh2 cxb3 18. cxb3 Ng6 19. Nb5 Bd7 20. Nec3 Bc5 21. Ba3 Bxa3 22.
Nxa3 Re8 $11 {Motylev - Volokitin (Wijk aan Zee, 2009)}) 15. a4 {Weiss kann
vielleicht erlauben, Schwarz a4 zu spielen.} (15. g4 $5 Ne7 16. Nd2 h5 17. f3
a4 18. Kg2 $14) 15... Ne7 {Nachdem die Züge a5 und a4 gespielt wurden, ist es
sogar noch besser für Schwarz.} 16. Ne2 Ng6 $132 {Und Schwarz hatte gutes
Gegenspiel in Motylev - Ponomariov (Khanty-Mansiysk, 2009)}) 12. Rd1 ({Es
verdient Betrachtung} 12. Bb2 $5 {mit der Idee, den anderen Turm nach d1 zu
stellen. Womöglich hat Schwarz die Möglichkeit 12....Nd4!?} Nd4 13. Nxd4 (13.
Rad1 Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Kc8 15. Kg2 Be6 $15 {Schwarz kann nur besser stehen.})
13... cxd4 14. Ne4 c5 15. c3 $1 {Man muss dynamisch spielen, ansonsten wird
man einfacht schlecht stehen.} dxc3 16. Bxc3 Kc7 17. Rad1 Be7 18. Nd6 Bxd6 $3 (
18... Be6 19. f4 g6 20. Nxf7 $3 Bxf7 21. e6 Bxe6 22. Bxh8 Rxh8 23. Rfe1 $18)
19. exd6+ Kc6 20. Bxg7 Rhg8 21. Be5 Bxh3 22. Bg3 Be6 $11 {Es sieht so aus,
dass Schwarz sich halten kann.}) 12... Kc8 {Es ist offensichtlich, dass mit
dieser Zugfolge Schwarz etwas gewonnen hat, nämlich, dass der weiße Turm a1
nicht so leicht ins Spiel kommt.} 13. a4 (13. Bb2 Be6 14. Nd5 g5 15. c4 b6 16.
Rd2 Kb7 17. Rad1 Ne7 18. Nf6 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A (2705)-Zhou Jianchao (2650)/
Ningbo CHN 2010/The Week in Chess 806}) 13... a5 14. Nd5 ({Auch nichts bringt} 
14. g4 Ne7 15. Rd3 Bc6 $1 $11 ({Aber nicht} 15... g5 $2 16. Bxg5 $1 hxg5 17.
Rad1 $18)) 14... g5 $1 {Schwarz kann das Feld f6 aufgeben - der weiße Springer
wird hübsch aussehen und keine Beschäftigung haben.} 15. Bb2 Be6 {Der Läufer
e6 ist unantastbar - die Felder d4 und f4 sind beide unter der Kontrolle der
schwarzen Bauern.} 16. c4 b6 17. Kh2 {Weiß bereitet den Standardplan,
g4-Kg3-h4 vor.} (17. g4 Ne7 18. Kg2 Ng6 19. Kg3 Kb7 20. h4 c6 $1 21. Ne3 gxh4+
22. Nxh4 Nxh4 23. Kxh4 Be7+ 24. Kg3 h5 $15) 17... Ne7 18. g4 Ng6 19. Kg3 Be7 {
Ponomariov will die Möglichkeit h4 ausschließen.} (19... Kb7 $5 {sieht auch
sehr vernünftig aus.}) 20. Nf6 (20. Nxe7+ Nxe7 21. Rd2 Kb7 22. Rad1 Rag8 $11 {
Weiß kann nichts machen.}) 20... Kb7 (20... Bxf6 {vereinfacht die Stellung und
führt zu einem remislichen Endspiel.} 21. exf6 Kb7 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Rad1 Rxd2
24. Rxd2 Re8 $11 {Anscheinend wollte Schwarz mehr als nur ein einfaches Remis,
das man noch machen muss.}) 21. Nh5 {Die Idee ist, Ng7 zu spielen und den
Läufer anzugreifen. Wenn Weiß den Läufer e6 bekommt, kann er über das Feld d7
spielen.} Rhg8 $1 {Beste Entscheidung ist den Springer gar nicht nach g7 zu
lassen.} 22. Ng1 $6 {Sehr oft, wenn ein Zug schlecht aussieht, dann ist er
auch schlecht. Svidler will Nge2-f4 spielen, doch das bringt ihm nichts.} Rad8
23. Ne2 Bd7 24. Rd2 $4 {Ein Einsteller nach dem Weiß aufgeben muss.} ({
Schlecht ist auch} 24. f4 $2 gxf4+ 25. Nexf4 Bh4+ 26. Kh2 (26. Kf3 Bc6+ 27. Nd5
Rge8 $17) 26... Bc6 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 (28. cxd5 Rde8 $17) 28... Ne7 $15) ({
Vielleicht das Beste, was Weiß machen kann, ist einzusehen, dass der Plan mit
der Überführung des Springers nicht funktioniert hat, und den Springer wieder
auf f3 zu stellen. Typisches Problem der Berliner Mauer ist es, wenn Weiß
nichts versucht, hat Schwarz auch kein richtiges Spiel.} 24. Ng1 $5 Bc6 25. Nf3
$11) 24... Bxa4 $1 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 {Nachdem Weiß den Läufer nimmt, kommt 26....
Rd2 und die schwarze Stellung ist gewonnen.} 0-1

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Qb3 Nb6 9. d3 Nc6 10. Qb5 Nd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Qa4 Rb8 13. Rac1 Nd4 14. Bxd4 cxd4
15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Qa3 Nd5 17. Qb3 a5 18. Rc5 Nb4 19. a3 Be6 20. Qa4 Bd7 21. Qb3
Be6 22. Qa4 Bd7 23. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. e4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5
Ne4 9. d4 Qa5 10. Qb3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bf5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bd2 Rfc8 14. Rfe1 e6
15. c4 dxc4 16. Qxc4 Qd8 17. Qb3 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qxe5 20. Bxb7 Bc2
21. Qa3 Rc3 22. Qa6 Bd3 23. Qa4 Bc2 24. Qa6 Bd3 25. Qa4 Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. b4 a5 13. Rb1 axb4 14. Rxb4 Nxc5 15.
O-O Qc8 16. Nd4 Ncxe4 17. Nxe4 Qxc2 18. Nxc2 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Bf5 20. Rxe7 Bxc2
21. Bxb5 Rxa2 22. Re2 Bb3 23. Rxa2 Bxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 $5 {A radical way of slowing down White's
kingside expansion.} 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Rfd1 Be7 13. g3 $146 {Preventing ...h4.} (
13. Ne2 Bd5 14. Bxe7 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Kxe7 16. Rd3 Rad8 17. Rad1 Rxd3 18. Rxd3 Ke6
$11 {Black has blocked the kingside and even can display certain ambitions in
the endgame. In Klovans,J (2465)-Gorbatow,A (2350)/Schwarzach 1999/EXT 2000 
(1-0, 58) he eventually went too far and lost, but this has little to do with
the outcome of the opening.}) (13. Rd2 Rd8 14. Rad1 Rxd2 15. Rxd2 Bxg5 16. Nxg5
Ke7 17. b3 h4 {Black has achieved an optimal kingside configuration.} 18. Nce4
Bc8 19. f4 b6 20. Kf2 a5 21. c4 f6 22. Nf3 Be6 $132 {Ibarra Jerez,J (2517)
-Delorme,A (2434)/Pamplona 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1/2, 36)}) 13... Rd8 14. Rxd8+
Kxd8 15. Rd1+ Ke8 16. Bf4 Bb4 17. Ne2 Bd5 18. Nfd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Be4 20. f3 Bg6
21. Kg2 Ke7 22. c3 Bc5 23. Bg5+ f6 24. Be3 Bxd4 25. Bxd4 b6 $11 {The resence
of oposite-coloured bishops ensure Black a draw.} 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. Be3 Rd8
28. Rxd8 Kxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 $5 {
An almost forgotten move, which enjoyed certain popularity in the '70s and the
'80s. Although the resulting structures are similar to those from the main
line of the Breyer system, the piece placement is slightly different. Although,
there are many tempting possibilities to open the centre with Black, most of
them connected with a certain amount of risk.} h6 15. Bh4 g6 ({With the bishop
on h4, weakening the d5-square with the standard} 15... c5 {leaves White with
pleasant play, although Black's defensive resources are rather high.} 16. dxe5
dxe5 17. N3h2 {The start of the standard kingside regrouping (Qf3, Ne3, Nhg4).}
Qc7 (17... Be7 18. Ne3 Nh7 (18... Nxe4 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nf5 Qe6 21. Qf3 Nd6
22. Qg4 g6 23. Nxd6 Qxd6 24. Rad1 Bd5 25. Be4 Nf6 26. Rxd5 Nxd5 27. Rd1 $16)
19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Nf5 Re6 21. a4 $14 {Romanishin,O (2485)-Gligoric,S (2575)/
Odessa 1975/MCD (1-0, 55)}) (17... Qb6 18. Qf3 Re6 19. Ne3 c4 20. Nhg4 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 Nf6 22. Rad1 $14 {Psakhis,L (2580)-Abramovic,B (2475)/Tallinn 1983/MCD (1/
2, 41)}) 18. Qf3 Re6 (18... Be7 19. Ne3 g6 20. Rad1 Rad8 21. Re2 Kg7 22. Red2
Nf8 23. Nhg4 $14 {Timman,J (2620)-Garcia Padron,J (2370)/Las Palmas 1981/MCD 
(1-0, 57)}) 19. Ne3 c4 20. Nhg4 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Rae8 22. Red1 Nc5 {This looks
like the most coherent and active display of black pieces. Suggestively, the
magician from Riga did not manage to find any weak spot in Black's setup.} 23.
Rd2 Rd6 24. Rad1 Ne6 25. Rxd6 Bxd6 26. a4 Bf8 27. axb5 axb5 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29.
Rxd5 {Apparently, White has made certain progress, by getting the bishop pair.
However, his pieces are temporarily not coordinated, allowing Black strong
counterplay.} Nf4 30. Rxb5 Rb8 {With the queen on f3 and the bishop on h4, the
b2-pawn is very weak.} 31. Ba4 Ra8 32. b3 cxb3 33. Bxb3 Ra1+ 34. Kh2 Rc1 $132 {
Tal,M (2615)-Smejkal,J (2615)/Biel 1976/IZT (1/2, 41)}) ({Black has two ways
of going for the e4-pawn. The first of them is} 15... g5 16. dxe5 $1 {An
important intermediate move, avoiding problems regarding the e4-pawn and
relying on the fact that the weakness of the f5-square will tell.} (16. Bg3
exd4 17. Qxd4 Bg7 $132) ({White's attacking chances are not too clear after} 
16. Nxg5 $6 hxg5 17. Bxg5 Be7 18. Ng3 Nh7 $13) 16... Nxe5 (16... dxe5 17. Bg3
$14 {[%csl Gf5][%cal Gf3d2,Gf1e3]}) 17. Bg3 Ned7 18. N3d2 {[%cal Gf1e3,Ge3f5] /
\Ne3} Bg7 19. Bh2 d5 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nf3 c5 22. Ne3 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. Bxe5
Rxe5 25. Qh5 $44 {Romanishin,O (2585)-Kraidman,Y (2445)/Hastings 1976/EXT 99 
(1-0, 48)}) ({Changing the move order has other drawbacks.} 15... exd4 16. cxd4
g5 17. Nxg5 $1 {Once Black has given up the control in the centre, this
sacrifice is much stronger than in the similar line above. The permanent
threat of e4-e5, with the activation of the c2-bishop, makes a big difference.}
hxg5 18. Bxg5 Bg7 (18... Be7 19. Ng3 Nh7 20. Bd2 Ndf8 21. Nf5 $40) 19. Ng3 c5
20. Nf5 Qc7 21. Re3 Bf8 22. Rg3 Kh8 23. Qf3 $18 {Kilkowski,M-Balthasar,A/
FRG-ch M1337 corr 1989/Corr 2000 (1-0, 26)}) 16. N1h2 (16. dxe5 dxe5 17. N3h2 (
17. N1h2 $5 {may transpose to the main game.}) 17... Bg7 18. Qf3 Nf8 (18... c5
19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Ne3 c4 21. Nhg4 $14 {Balashov,Y (2530)-Smejkal,J (2515)/
Trnava 1989/CBM 012 (1/2, 31)}) 19. Ng4 N8h7 20. Bb3 h5 21. Nxf6+ {1/2 Smirin,
I (2500)-Balashov,Y (2540)/Klaipeda 1988/CBM 011}) ({The attempt to set up
play in the centre and on the queenside does not seem to bother Black:} 16.
N3d2 Bg7 17. d5 c6 18. c4 Qc7 19. Ne3 Nb6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. cxb5 axb5 22. Qf3
Nfd7 23. Rad1 Qb7 24. a3 Nc5 25. Bf6 Nbd7 26. Bxg7 Kxg7 $13 {Sokolov,A (2595)
-Beliavsky,A (2645)/Belfort 1988/CBM 008 (1/2, 31)}) 16... Bg7 17. dxe5 $146 (
17. Qd2 $6 {finds Black better prepared for the opening of the centre.} exd4
18. cxd4 g5 19. Nxg5 hxg5 20. Qxg5 Nf8 21. Ng4 Nxg4 22. Qxg4 Qd7 23. Qg3 Ng6
$17 {Giuricza,G-Maia,J/BRA-ch7 f corr 1992/Corr 2000 (0-1, 33)}) 17... dxe5 18.
Ng4 {White has accelerated the knight transfer to g4, preventing the manoeuvre
...Nf8-h7 as in the game Smirin,I (2500)-Balashov,Y (2540)/Klaipeda 1988/CBM
011 above.} Qe7 19. Qd2 {Black is pinned and his h6-pawn is under attack. He
has to make some sort of concession in order to free himself.} g5 (19... Kh7 {
places the king on a vulnerable position.} 20. Bxf6 ({The calmer} 20. Rad1 Rad8
21. Qe3 $14 {also looks promising.}) 20... Nxf6 21. Ngxe5 Rad8 22. Qf4 Nh5 23.
Qxf7 Qxf7 24. Nxf7 Rd7 25. Bb3 Ree7 (25... c5 26. Rad1 $1 $16) 26. a4 Rxf7 27.
Bxf7 Rxf7 28. axb5 axb5 29. Ra7 $36) (19... h5 $6 20. Nh6+ Kh7 $2 21. Nxf7 $1
$18) 20. Nxf6+ Nxf6 21. Bg3 Nh5 {The f5-square has been chronically weakened,
but the g3-bishop is out of play, while the f3-knight needs several tempi in
order to get to e3-f5.} 22. a4 c5 (22... Nxg3 23. fxg3 c5 24. Nh2 c4 25. Ng4
Red8 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. axb5 axb5 28. Ne3 Bf8 29. Kh2 $13 {Black's kingside is
chronically weak and White has attacking chances in the position with opposite
bishops after Nd5, ...Bxd5 exd5. On the other hand, his queenside pawns would
be in danger in eny kind of ending, which makes the position double-edged.})
23. Nh2 c4 24. Nf1 Nf4 (24... Nxg3 $6 25. Nxg3 $14) 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8
27. Rd1 Bf6 28. Ne3 {White has almost completed his regrouping, but Black will
manage to simplify to a dead drawn ending.} Rd8 29. Nf5 Qf8 30. Qe1 Bc8 $1 {
Preparing the exchange of the active knight.} 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Bxf4 gxf4 33.
Qd1 Bxf5 34. exf5 Bf6 $1 {Blocking the f-pawn in order to avoid an attacking
attempt based on f5-f6. At the same time, Black prepares to fight for the open
file with ...Qd8.} 35. Be4 (35. Qd5 Qd8 36. Be4 (36. Qxb5 $2 Qd2 $40) 36...
Qxd5 37. Bxd5 Be7 38. Bc6 b4 39. Bd5 bxc3 40. bxc3 Ba3 41. Bxc4 Bb2 $11) 35...
Qc5 36. Kf1 Kf8 37. Qd5 Qxd5 38. Bxd5 $11 {Although White's position remains
more pleasant (and he even will win a pawn later on), the drawing margin is
quite wide in the opposite coloured bishops ending. Therefore, the evaluation
+/= does not make too much sense from a practical point of view.} Be7 39. Ke2
Kg7 40. Kf3 Kf6 41. Ke4 Bc5 42. Bc6 b4 43. f3 bxc3 44. bxc3 Bf2 45. Kd5 Kxf5
46. Kxc4 Ke6 47. Bd5+ Ke7 48. Kb5 f6 49. Kc6 h5 50. c4 h4 51. Bg8 Be3 52. Kd5
Bf2 53. c5 Kd7 54. Be6+ Kc7 55. Bf5 Be3 56. c6 Bf2 57. Be4 Be1 58. Ke6 Bf2 59.
Kxf6 Kd6 60. Kf5 Bg3 61. c7 Kxc7 62. Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Nc3 Bf5 9. Re1 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 O-O 12. Rb1 Na5 13. h4 b6 14. h5 Nc4
15. Qf5 c6 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qg3 Qd7 18. Bh6 Bd6 19. Ne5 Qc7 20. Bf4 Rae8 21. h6
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. dxe5 f4 25. Qg5 g6 26. e6 Rf5 27. Qh4 Kf8
28. Re1 Ke8 29. c4 Qe7 30. Qh3 Qb4 31. Rd1 Rh5 32. Qf3 Qxc4 33. Qa3 Qe2 34. Rb1
Qxe6 35. Qxa7 f3 36. Qxb6 fxg2 37. Qb8+ Ke7 38. Rb7+ Kf6 39. Qf4+ Rf5 40. Qh4+
g5 41. Qd4+ Kg6 42. Qg7+ Kh5 43. Re7 Qd6 44. Rf7 Qf4 45. Rxf5 Qxf5 46. Qc3 Qg4
47. Qg3 Qd1+ 48. Kxg2 Qxc2 49. Qh3+ Kg6 50. Qe6+ Kh5 51. Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Wang, Yue"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 d6 7. Nge2 e5 8. O-O
exd4 9. Nxd4 Bg4 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qc2 Rb8 12. b3 Bf5 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. Bb2 Bh3
15. f3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe7 17. e4 Nd7 18. Na4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nb6 20. Nxb6 axb6 21.
a4 c5 22. Rad1 Rbe8 23. Rfe1 Qe5 24. Qf2 Qe7 25. Qb2 Qe5 26. Qf2 Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qc2
Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. b3 a5 11. Bc3 Ne4 12. Bb2 Bb7 13. Nbd2 Nxd2 14. Rxd2 Nf6 15.
Ne5 Qb8 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Qc7 18. Qc3 Rfd8 19. Rad1 Bf8 20. f4 Qe7 21. Rc2
Nd7 22. Nxd7 Rxd7 23. e4 dxe4 24. Rxd7 Qxd7 25. Bxe4 Rd8 26. Bf3 a4 27. b4 Ba6
28. a3 Bb5 29. Rf2 f6 30. Kg2 Qf7 31. Rd2 Rxd2+ 32. Qxd2 Qg6 33. Qd1 Be7 34.
Kf2 Qf5 35. Ke3 Qh3 36. Qh1 Qf5 37. Be4 Qh5 38. Bf3 Qf5 39. Be4 Qh5 40. Bf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 ({The following classical game bears a strong similarity
with our game variation. The only difference is that Black has the extra tempo
...a6.} 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 Be6 10. f4 exf4 11. Bxf4 Nc6 12. Kh1 Rc8 13. Qe1 Ne8 14. Rd1 Bh4 15.
Qd2 Bf6 16. Be3 Be5 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf6 {Pritchett,C (2410)-Portisch,L 
(2630)/La Valetta 1980/EXT 2000 (0-1, 25)}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6.
Be2 ({Refraining from the highly topical Keres Attack:} 6. g4) 6... Be7 7. O-O
O-O 8. f4 Nc6 9. Be3 e5 {Some 30 years ago, being a teen-ager yet, I had
noticed that this line was popularized by players like Kasparov, Tal and
Andersson. In Kasparov's and Nikitin's monography on the Scheweningen,
published in 1984, a different historical perspective is offered: this system
of development was the fruit of the joint efforts of Spassky and Bondarevsky.
In fact, as pointed out by Rainer Knaak, Spassky usually combined ...e5 with ..
.a5 (to meet a2-a4 with ...Nb4). The variation with ...e5 followed by ...exf4
was designed by the joint analysis of Rainer Knaak and Lothar Vogt in 1975.}
10. Nb3 ({One of the critical tests of the line is} 10. fxe5 dxe5 11. Nf5)
10... exf4 {Play now transposes to a Najdorf Sicilian, with the difference
that Black's queen rook's pawn is on a7 instead of a6. It should be mentioned,
though, that current theory considers that f2-f4 should not be played with the
black knight on b8 in the 6.Be2 e5 Najdorf, precisely because the line with ...
exf4 and ...Nc6 Black gets excellent play.} 11. Bxf4 ({The main alternative is
} 11. Rxf4 {, avoiding the loss of a tempo and keeping the e4-pawn defended.
Here are two games of the aforementioned promoters of the variation in the
'70s:} Be6 12. Nd5 (12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Nd7 14. Kh1 Bg5 15. Rf1 Ne5 16. Qe1
a6 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. a4 Rac8 {Sznapik,A (2390)-Vogt,L (2480)/Cienfuegos 1976/EXT
2000 (1/2, 41)}) 12... Bxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. a4 Nfd7 15. Rb4 Bg5 16. Bf2 Qc7
17. a5 a6 18. Ra3 Rfe8 {Honfi,K-Knaak,R/Bucharest 1975/EXT 99 (1-0, 41)}) 11...
Be6 12. Qd2 d5 13. exd5 {More or less agreeing to a draw.} (13. e5 {is the
only chance to maintain the game complicated.}) 13... Nxd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15.
Qxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. c3 Rac8 18. Rd2 Be6 19. Rad1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2 f6 21.
Bd6 Rd8 22. Bxe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.23"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 {Avoiding the Petroff Defence.} Nc6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5.
Bc4 d6 {Lately this continuation has become quite common at the top level. The
fans of the main continuation 5...Bc5 must be ready to sacrifice a pawn for an
initiative. The alternative 5...Nxf3 is playable, but leads to a slightly
passive position for Black.} 6. Nxd4 (6. Ng5 d5 7. exd5 h6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2
Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. d3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qxd5 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Vallejo Pons,F (2686)-Kramnik,V (2754)/Monte Carlo 2005/CBM 105 ext 
(38)}) 6... exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 {Boris has already played this line earlier this
year. Sooner or later, White's centralised knight will be kicked away by ...
c7-c6.} 8. O-O (8. d3 c6 9. Nf4 g6 10. a3 Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Ba2 Nc5 13. Bd2
Qh4 14. Ne2 Be6 15. Ng3 Bxa2 16. Rxa2 d5 $1 17. exd5 cxd5 18. a4 Rac8 19. f4 f5
20. Qf3 Qd8 $15 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2813)-Gelfand,B (2750)/Nice FRA 2010/The Week
in Chess 802 (51)}) 8... g6 9. a3 {This quiet move shouldn't be a source of
worry for Black. The move 9.c3 looks more to the point, exchanging the Pd4 and
trying to create some play through the centre before Black completes his
development. In recent games, however, White hasn't created any real problems
to the second player.} (9. c3 Bg7 10. cxd4 O-O (10... Bxd4 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Ne2
Qe7 $1 13. Qc2 (13. Nxd4 Qxe4 14. Qa4 Nb6 15. d3 Qe5 $8 16. Nf3 Nxa4 17. Nxe5
dxe5 18. Re1 $11) 13... Bg7 14. d4 Nb6 15. Bb3 Re8 16. Be3 Qxe4 17. Qxc7 Qe7
18. Rfc1 Be6 19. Qxe7 {1/2-1/2 Radjabov,T (2757)-Aronian,L (2773)/Novi Sad
2009/CBM 133}) 11. d3 (11. Nf4 Bxd4 12. Ne2 Qe7 {would transpose to the game
Radjabov-Aronian.}) 11... Bxd4 12. Bh6 c6 $1 13. Nc3 Re8 14. Qd2 b5 15. Bb3 Nc5
$11 {1/2-1/2 Rublevsky,S (2697)-Inarkiev,E (2649)/Moscow RUS 2010/The Week in
Chess 796 (19)}) 9... Bg7 10. d3 O-O 11. Ba2 Nc5 12. Nf4 Kh8 {This move is
useful if Black wants to push ...f7-f5 at some point. Later on this was reason
for Black's disaster, but the idea itself is not bad at all.} 13. Bd2 c6 14.
Kh1 {If I were playing White, I would still try the plan with c2-c3, here or
on the next move.} (14. c3 Ne6 (14... f5 $6 15. cxd4 Bxd4 16. b4 {and the
knight is driven away to a6.}) (14... a5 15. Qc2 a4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Ne2 Bg7
18. d4 $14) 15. Ne2 d5 16. exd5 cxd5 17. Rc1 b6 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20.
Bh6 Bg7 21. Qd2 {with slight pressure for White.}) 14... a5 15. f3 (15. c3 $5 {
with the same ideas as in the previous comment.}) 15... a4 {Fixing the
queenside.} 16. Bb4 Na6 17. Be1 {White doesn't have any active plan.} Nc7 18.
Bf2 Bd7 19. Qd2 Qg5 20. h4 Qa5 21. Qc1 $1 {Svidler correctly avoids the queen
swap.} f5 $4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder. A momentary loss of
concentration costs Boris a game in a position where no danger was apparent.} (
21... Ne6 {would have been the normal continuation.} 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. Bxe6
fxe6 {with comfortable position for Black.}) (21... d5 $5 {isn't bad either.})
{[%tqu "En","Black's last move was a blunder. How can White get a decisive
advantage?","","","f2d4","Svidler didn't miss his chance.",10]} 22. Bxd4 $1 $18
{Svidler didn't miss his chance.} Bxd4 {If Black doesn't take the bishop, then
he is just an important pawn down, without any compensation.} 23. Nxg6+ $1 Kg7
(23... hxg6 $2 24. Qh6#) 24. Nxf8 Kxf8 (24... Rxf8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26. Qe7 $18 {
[%csl Rd7,Rf8]}) 25. Qh6+ {The queen penetrates into Black's camp with
devastating consequences.} Ke7 26. c3 Bf6 27. Rfe1 f4 28. d4 $1 {The decisive
breakthrough in the centre is inevitable.} Ne6 29. e5 dxe5 30. Qxh7+ Kd8 31.
Qf7 {[%csl Re6,Rf6]} 1-0

[Event "Astrakhan FIDE GP"]
[Site "Astrakhan"]
[Date "2010.05.24"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Inarkiev,E"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.05.10"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The game is a good example ofl the problems of both the defence, and the
technique of converting an advantage. It was played in the last round, and we
didn't manage to avoid the mix of good moves and mistakes, but there are no
silly mistakesl. I hope that the notes will help you to sense the tension
which is there in all the Grand Prix tournaments.} 1. d4 {In the second half
of the tournament, I had scored only 0.5 out of three games with 1.e4, so I
decided to switch openings.} Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 {
During recent years, Peter has more often played this line against the
Fianchetto Variation.} 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 {Today this move is
more popular} ({The main line is} 8... Bf5) 9. Rd1 {A rare move, but this
couldn't have come as a surprise to Svidler, because I had already played it
against him!} Bf5 ({In that game, Black already made a serious mistake here:} 
9... Na6 $2 {after} 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. Na4 $1 $16 {White has a big advantage,
and Black gave up the pawn in order to complicate the game} dxc4 12. Nxb6 Ra7
13. Nxc4 Be6 {and after some adventures Black saved the game. ...1/2 Inarkiev,
E (2628)-Svidler,P (2750)/Moscow 2006/CBM 116 (35)}) 10. Ne1 $5 {White keeps
the tension in the centre. Obviously, the main difference in the positions of
bpth sides is that the white pawn is on c4, and Black's one is on c6. This led
White to place the pieces on more active positions.} dxc4 $5 {After about 30
minutes of thinking, Svidler finds an interesting novelty.} ({In the only game,
which was played in this position before, Black chose} 10... Be6 {and soon
equalised.} 11. c5 Qxb3 12. axb3 Nbd7 13. b4 a6 14. h3 h6 15. Ra3 Ne8 16. g4
Nc7 $11 {Anic Darko (FRA) 2487 - Nataf Igor-Alexandre (FRA) 2526, Vichy 
(France) 2000 (48)}) 11. Qxc4 Na6 {This position is more complicated than the
endgame. White has a space advantage - the pawn on d4 is strong, but Black has
a development advantage, and is ready to seize the initiative.} 12. e4 $1 {
White increases the advantage in the centre.} ({There's no good way to play
more quietly. If} 12. e3 $6 {then} e5 $1 13. Nf3 ({worse is} 13. dxe5 Ng4 $15)
13... exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg4 $36) 12... Bg4 {A very natural move. Black moves the
bishop with tempo, and tries to provoke the weaknesses in White's camp. Almost
everyone will play this move more or less quickly, but here it's not so simple,
because different moves of the bishop lead to completely different positions.
So, maybe you should try to look deeper.} ({An alternative is} 12... Be6 $5 {
in comparison with the game, White doesn't control the g4-square.}) 13. Bf3 {
Defending the rook and atacking the bishop. I like this move more than others.}
({There's no trouble for Black after} 13. Nf3 $6 Qb4 $1 (13... e5 $2 {doesn't
work here because of} 14. Nxe5 $1 $16 {and Black can't take the rook} Bxd1 15.
Qxf7+ Kh8 {and now the nice blow} 16. Bh6 $1 $18 Bxh6 17. Qxf6+ Bg7 18. Nf7+
Kg8 19. Qe6 $18) ({Also bad is} 13... Nb4 $2 {because ...Nc2 is not a threat,
and White can simply play} 14. a3 $1 $16 {and if} Nc2 $2 {then} 15. Na4 $18) {
Now White has to chose, to play the endgame with a slight initiative for Black,
or to sacrifice the pawn for the initiative.} 14. Qe2 $5 ({or} 14. Qxb4 Nxb4
$36) 14... Bxf3 15. Bxf3 Rxd4 16. Rxd4 Qxd4 17. Be3 Qe5 18. Rd1 $44 {Two
bishops give enough compensation for the pawn, but it is White who should
concentrate on getting equality.}) ({Less clear is} 13. f3 $5 {the position is
complex, but Black has pleasant choices here. Very few players would like to
play such a move without having to.} Be6 14. Qa4 Nb4 $5 15. Be3 Ne8 {It seems,
that there's no way to save the d4-pawn, but suddenly, the advantage in the
number of attackers is not enough to win it.} 16. Bf1 $1 {Here Black can
choose according to taste; I prefer} Nxa2 $5 ({The move} 16... Bxd4 $2 {
doesn't work because of} 17. Rxd4 $1 Rxd4 18. a3 $1 {and it's Black who will
lose the material.} c5 19. axb4 Rxb4 20. Qc2 $5 $16 Rxb2 21. Na4 Qb3 22. Qxb2
Qxe3+ 23. Qf2 Qxf2+ 24. Kxf2 Rc8 25. Nd3 $16) ({But, Black has the very
interesting sacrifice} 16... Rxd4 $5 17. Bxd4 Bxd4+ 18. Kg2 (18. Kh1 $5) {
It seems, that Black just has a normal position anyway. For example:} 18... c5
({More aggressive is} 18... a5 $5 19. a3 Bg1 $1 {for example:} 20. Kh1 Qf2 21.
Bg2 b5 $1 22. Nxb5 cxb5 23. Qxb5 Na2 $1 $13 {and the battle is just at the
beginning.}) 19. Nc2 ({If} 19. Nb5 $6 {then Black can take the pawn} Bxb2 $1
20. Rab1 Bg7 {and if} 21. a3 {then} Na2 $1 $15) 19... Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Nd6 $44 {
And the bishop on d4 is not weaker than the rook.}) 17. Nxa2 Bb3 $1 18. Qa3
Bxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxd4 {and Black has good chances with rook and two pawns against
two pieces} 20. Rxd4 $5 Rxd4 21. Nc2 e5 $13) 13... Be6 $6 {Now it's just the
loss of important tempo.} ({The most simple and natural is} 13... h5 $5 {
it's important to get the control over the g4-square, also it's a kind of
prophylactic against Bxg4-Nxg4-Qe2. Now White has different moves, but none of
them can give him the advantage. For example:} 14. Be3 (14. Rb1 $6 {(/\Be3)} {
is inaccurate:} Be6 $1 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 $1 17. Ra1 Ng4 $15) (14. Kg2 {
is interesting, but the pawn on h5 changes the situation} Be6 $1 15. Qa4 ({
worse is} 15. d5 {here, because of} cxd5 16. exd5 Bf5 $1 $15 {and Black has
the important Ng4 all the time. For example:} 17. Qe2 Nc5 18. Be3 Ng4 $1) 15...
Ng4 $5 16. Nc2 c5 17. d5 Bd7 18. Qb3 $13 {White keeps the centre, but Black's
pieces are active enough.}) ({White can also develop the bishop on f4} 14. Bf4
$5 {for example:} Be6 $5 15. d5 cxd5 16. exd5 Bg4 $1 $13 {The pawn on h5 helps
again.}) 14... Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Ng4 $13 {Black will take the bishop, but this
will strengthen White's pawns in the centre.}) ({Less clear but strong enough
is} 13... Bh3 {(/\ Ng4).} {Now, again White has to give up something to finish
development.} 14. Bf4 $5 (14. e5 $6 {only weakens the centre:} Be6 $1 15. Qe2
Nd5 $15 16. Bg5 Nac7) ({Possible is} 14. Na4 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. Nc3 Ng4 {
It seems, that White is in trouble, but actually not} 17. a3 $1 Na6 18. Nc2 {
and White protects the centre, but Black has good play} e5 19. d5 Nc5 $13) ({
White also can try to take more space with} 14. a4 $5 Qb4 15. Qxb4 Nxb4 16. a5
$13) 14... Ng4 15. Qe2 h5 $1 16. d5 $13 {A necessity, which lets White hold
the control over the centre, but obviously Black is OK.}) 14. d5 $1 {Now,
Black is in trouble.} {It's already not easy to defend, but the task is twice
as hard when you realise that just one move before you had an unclear position.
} Bg4 $6 {Of course, normally, Black would like to determine the position in
the centre, but here it looks dangerous. Still, it was necessary to calculate
it} ({After} 14... cxd5 $1 15. exd5 Bf5 16. Qe2 {the position is unpleasant,
but Black has a concrete way to keep his pieces on normal positions.} Nc5 $1
17. Be3 Qa5 $1 {and the position is just slightly better for White.} 18. Bd4 ({
If} 18. Rd4 {then} Qa6 $1 $14) ({Or} 18. Rac1 Rac8 $5 $14) 18... Rac8 $14) 15.
Bxg4 $6 {This is not precise enough, and lets Black construct a defence.} ({
The natural} 15. Be3 $1 {is very strong.} {The critical move here is} Qxb2 $5 {
Maybe this is not the best move, but in other lines White can get an advantage
without too much tension.} (15... Qb4 $2 {Simply loses the pawn.} 16. Qxb4 Nxb4
17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Bc5 $16) ({The story is similar after} 15... Qa5 $2 16. dxc6
$16 bxc6 17. Rxd8+ Rxd8 18. Qxc6 $16) (15... Qc7 $2 {doesn't help either:} 16.
dxc6 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Qxc6 18. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 19. Qxc6 bxc6 20. Bxa7 $16) ({
The only way not lose the material immediately is} 15... c5 {but after this
move White has a big advantage in the centre. For example:} 16. e5 $5 $16 ({
Also strong is} 16. Qe2 $5 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 $16) 16... Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd7 18. e6 $5
({Also possible is} 18. Bf4 $5 Qxb2 19. Rab1 Nb6 20. Rxb2 Nxc4 21. Rxb7 $16)
18... Qxb2 19. exf7+ Kh8 20. Rac1 $16 {The knight will come to e6 very quickly.
}) 16. Rab1 Qa3 {It's important, that White has the very strong} 17. dxc6 $1 ({
Less clear is} 17. Rxb7 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rdc8 $14 {For example:} 20.
Qb3 $1 ({The advantage is dwindling after} 20. Qd3 $6 Qxd3 21. Rxd3 Be6 22.
Rxe7 Nc5 $132) ({Or after} 20. Nc2 $6 Rxc4 $1 21. Nxa3 Bxf3 22. Nxc4 Bxe4 23.
Rdd7 Bxb7 24. Rxb7 Bf6 $14 {And Black should hold the position.}) 20... Qxb3
21. axb3 Be6 22. Rdb5 $14 {Here White has serious chances, but Black can
defend.}) 17... bxc6 18. e5 $1 $16 {Exploiting the lack of coordination in the
black army; now Black is very close to catastrophe. With the queen on a3 and
the knight on a6, the tactic should work for White.} Nd5 (18... Bxf3 {just
loses:} 19. Rxd8+ $1 Rxd8 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Nxf3 Bxc3 22. Rb3 $18) ({More
complicated, but also bad is} 18... Be6 19. Qxc6 Nd7 ({If} 19... Rdc8 {then
suddenly} 20. Nc2 $1 $18 Qa5 21. Rb5 Qxc3 22. Qxc3 Rxc3 23. Bxa8 $18 Ng4 24.
Rd8+) 20. Nc2 $1 {This is an important resource} Nxe5 ({or} 20... Qa5 21. Rb5
$18) 21. Nxa3 Nxc6 22. Bxc6 Bxc3 23. Bxa8 $18 Rxa8 24. Nb5 Bf6 25. a3 $5 $18) {
White wins the pawn, and also has the initiative.} 19. Nxd5 Bxf3 20. Nxe7+ $1
Qxe7 21. Nxf3 Nc7 22. Qxc6 $16) 15... Nxg4 16. Qe2 {The queen comes to a more
comfortable position.} Ne5 ({Here another interesting move is} 16... h5 $5 17.
Bg5 Bf6 18. Nf3 $14) 17. Bg5 $14 {White has got a comfortable advantage - more
space in the centre, and Black doesn't have active counterplay. White's main
threat is Be3 and after that f2-f4. The goal of the last move is by attacking
the e7-pawn, to force Black to worsen the position, and, only after that, come
back to the main plan.} ({The immediate} 17. Be3 $5 {is also possible} Qb4 18.
Rd4 Qb6 19. Rad1 $14) 17... Qc5 ({On} 17... Re8 {White will play} 18. Be3 $14)
18. Rac1 {Exploiting the problem underlying the last black move.} ({Here Black
was prepared for} 18. Be3 Qc4 $1 $13) 18... Re8 (18... h6 $6 {doesn't work:}
19. dxc6 $1 Qxc6 ({Of course not} 19... hxg5 $2 20. cxb7 $18) ({If} 19... Nxc6
{then} 20. Nd5 $16) 20. Bxe7 $16 {White simply wins the pawn.} Rxd1 21. Rxd1
Nc4 22. Rc1 Qe6 23. Nb5 $1 $16) 19. dxc6 {I decided to simplify the position,
and to fix my edge. Probably, White can count on a bigger advantage than in
the game.} ({Weaker is} 19. Be3 $6 Qc4 $14) ({But White can do one more
preparatory move} 19. a3 $1 Qc4 {Necessity} ({If} 19... Qa5 {then} 20. Be3 $16
{(/\ f4).}) ({Also bad is} 19... h6 $2 20. dxc6 $1 Qxc6 21. Nd5 Qe6 22. Be3 $1
{and Black is in big trouble.} Nc6 23. b4 $1 $18) 20. f4 Qxe2 ({But} 20... f6
$2 {doesn't work:} 21. fxe5 Qxe2 22. Nxe2 fxg5 23. dxc6 bxc6 24. Rxc6 Nb8 25.
Rc5 $18 {White is a pawn up in a much better position.}) 21. Nxe2 Ng4 22. dxc6
bxc6 ({Or} 22... Bxb2 23. cxb7 $1 Bxc1 ({If} 23... Rab8 $2 {then} 24. Rc6 $18)
24. bxa8=Q Be3+ 25. Kg2 Rxa8 26. Bxe7 $16) 23. Rxc6 Nb8 24. Rc5 Bxb2 25. Rd3
$16 {With a big advantage, because almost every black piece is in an awkward
position.}) 19... Nxc6 20. Rd5 {This is the point; White starts the pursuit of
the queen.} ({The alternative is less clear:} 20. Nd5 Qa5 21. a3 {for example:}
h6 $5 22. Be3 e6 $1 23. b4 Qxa3 24. b5 exd5 25. bxa6 Na5 $5 26. Rxd5 $16 {
White still has a solid advantage, but a lot of exchanges have increased
Black's chances of a draw.}) 20... Qb6 (20... Qb4 {Just losing the tempo, after
} 21. Nd3 $16 {Black will anyway have to play} Qb6) 21. Be3 $1 {Forcing the
black queen to hide in the corner of the board.} Qc7 22. Nb5 Qb8 (22... Qc8 {
Losing the pawn} 23. Nxa7 $1 Qe6 24. Nxc6 bxc6 25. Ra5 $16) 23. Nd3 {This is
the position, which I wanted when was playing 19.dxc6. White is clearly better:
the rook on a8 and knight on a6 are just terrible. At the same time, White's
pieces are quite active but Black hasn't any weaknesses and that is why White
can't get something concrete immediately.} Rd8 {Peter played the next part of
the game very well; in a dangerous position, he managed to find the moves
which maintained the tension.} ({If Black tries to exchange pieces} 23... Nc7 {
then White will destroy Black's structure} 24. Nxc7 Qxc7 25. Nb4 $1 $14) 24. a3
{There's no direct way, so White should impede Black in the activation of his
pieces. In the next part of the game, we both were under time pressure, I had
about 15 minutes till the time control, my opponent had about 25 minutes,
which is not too much, because in the Grand Prix series there's no increment
after each move.} e6 25. Rxd8+ {I played this and the next few moves quite
quickly.} ({The computer suggests an interesting option} 25. Bf4 $5 {White
wants to get something from the exchange of the rooks, because Black needs
this exchange.} Qc8 ({Worse is} 25... e5 26. Bg5 $16) 26. Rd6 $1 $16 {This is
the point, if Black takes on d6, knight will come to d6, and it's obvious,
that this will improve White's position. But what if} Bf8 {? Here White has a
nice tactic} 27. Ne5 $1 {destroying Black's position, because if} Bxd6 {then}
28. Nxc6 $1 bxc6 29. Nxd6 $16 {Of course, to play or even just to think about
this, you need time.}) 25... Qxd8 26. b4 $16 {The exchange of the rooks,
doesn't change the situation too much, because the rook d8 was not the bad
piece in Black's camp, but it's in Black's favour for sure.} Qe7 27. Kg2 {
The advantage of this move is, that you can play it quickly. At the same time,
it's not clear, how White should exploit his advantage.} Nab8 $1 {Black
decides not to wait till White starts the assault, and tries to improve the
position.} 28. e5 $1 {It's important to achieve something, before Black
coordinates his forces.} ({White still can't organize an invasion:} 28. Rd1 Nd7
29. Nc5 Nf8 $14) 28... Nd7 {Peter spent half of his time on this move, and
after it we both had about 10 minutes left. Obviously, Black would like to use
some tactics to make the defence easier, but that moment hasn't come yet.
Let's check, what can Black try.} ({The most simple is} 28... Nxe5 $2 29. Rc8+
$18) ({Or} 28... Bxe5 $2 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Rc8+ Kg7 31. Bd4 $18) ({During the
game, I was thinking about the} 28... Qd7 {(/\ Qd5).} 29. Nd6 $1 {is critical}
(29. Nc5 {is also possible} Qe7 30. f4 $16 {but Black still can fight.} a5)
29... Bxe5 {This was the point of the previous move, but this weakens the
black king, and after} 30. Nxe5 Qxd6 31. Ng4 $1 $18 {Black is defenceless.}) ({
The real alternative is} 28... a5 {but this suddenly helps White, because now
White will have clear objects to attack.} 29. Nd6 $1 axb4 30. axb4 Nd7 ({
Once more} 30... Bxe5 $2 {is bad;} {now White has} 31. Nc8 $1 Qc7 32. Nxe5 $1
Qxe5 33. b5 $18 {and Black loses the piece.} Nd4 34. Ne7+) 31. f4 $18 {The
threat b4-b5 is very strong.} f6 32. b5 {Now we can feel the danger of the
position, and how it's unpleasant for Black.}) 29. f4 f6 $1 {Black can't
ignore the pawn on e5, because it's like a Trojan Horse which will help White
to come into the city.} 30. exf6 ({The interesting alternative is} 30. Bc5 $5
Nxc5 31. exf6 $1 Bxf6 32. Nxc5 {This is the point, White starts the attack of
the Black weaknesses immediately.} {The question is, what if} a6 ({Black can't
protect the pawn} 32... Re8 33. Qe4 $18 {(/\Nb7)}) ({Maybe the best chance is} 
32... Nd4 $5 33. Nxd4 Bxd4 $16 {but White has a pleasant choice as to how to
take the pawn.}) {The key move is} 33. Nxb7 $1 {and White wins the pawn, and
the pawn on e6 is still weak.} axb5 ({If} 33... Qd7 {then} 34. Rd1 $1 $18) 34.
Rxc6 $18) 30... Nxf6 31. Nd4 $6 {Besides the better structure, White has a
serious initiative, but White must try to use it before Black develops the
rook. The text move, helps Black.} ({It was necessary to find} 31. Bc5 $1 Qd7 (
{Probably better is} 31... Qf7 {but here White has a good choice.} 32. Re1 $16
({also} 32. Nd6 $5) ({or even} 32. Bxa7 $5)) {and now} 32. Bd6 $1 $16 {(/\ Nc5,
/\ Ne5) , and White has dangerous threats. For example:} Re8 33. Ne5 Nxe5 34.
Rc7 Qd8 35. Bxe5 $16) 31... Nxd4 32. Bxd4 {Of course, White still has a
serious advantage, but at least, all the black pieces will be in the game soon.
} Qd7 33. Bb2 b6 (33... Qd5+ {doesn't change much:} 34. Kg1 Re8 {for example:}
35. Nf2 Re7 36. Rd1 Qc6 37. Bd4 $1 a6 38. Qb2 Rf7 39. Be5 $16) 34. Kg1 $6 {
Once again, White doesn't try to seize the initiative.} ({White could start
the attack immediately} 34. Ne5 $1 Qd5+ 35. Kh3 $1 $16 {(/\ Rc7). For example:}
a5 36. b5 $1 Rd8 37. Rc7 $16) 34... Rd8 {Here we both had about 5 minutes.} ({
If} 34... Rc8 {then} 35. Rd1 $1 {the exchange of the rooks is in Black's
favour.}) 35. Re1 $6 {The rook is well placed on the c-file.} (35. Nf2 $142 $1)
35... Ne8 $1 {Black exchanges one more piece.} 36. Nf2 {White should be
accurate to avoid further simplifications.} ({For example:} 36. Bxg7 Qxd3 $1
37. Bb2 Qxe2 38. Rxe2 Kf7 $14) ({Or} 36. Ne5 Qd2 $1 $14 37. Nc6 Qxe2 38. Rxe2
Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Bxb2 40. Rxb2 Rh1 41. Kg2 Ra1 $14) 36... Bxb2 37. Qxb2 Kf7 38. Ne4
{Actually this is again an inaccuracy, but this move provoke Black into a
weakness, which finally helped White to destroy Black's position.} (38. Rd1
$142 Qe7 39. Nd3 $14) 38... h6 {Black can't avoid this move.} 39. Nf2 Nf6 {
The lost of tempi gave Black time to consolidate his position, and the
activity of his pieces should be enough to cover the kingside. But on the last
move before time control we both had 1 minute.} 40. Qe2 Qd6 $2 {A serious
mistake. Peter had worked hard and almost equalised, but after this move Black
comes back to an unpleasant position again; but the mistake is avery likely
one to make when you are in time trouble.} ({Black shouldn't give White time
to attack the kingside, and here was the right moment to start counterplay} 
40... Rc8 $1 {suddenly, Black's pieces become very active.} 41. Rd1 ({Or} 41.
Qe3 Rc2 42. Qb3 Rd2 $13 {and Black is no worse.}) ({If} 41. Nd3 {then Black
has at least a repetition} Qd4+ 42. Kf1 Qd5 $11) 41... Qa4 {this is more
direct move} ({not worse is} 41... Qc6 $13 42. Nd3 Qc3) 42. Rd3 ({White can
sacrifice the pawn} 42. Nd3 $5 Qxa3 $13 {but here the play will continue wit
all three results possible.}) 42... Rc1+ $1 43. Kg2 Rc2 44. Qf3 Nd5 $13 {
and Black has enough counterplay.}) 41. Rd1 $1 {Now White seizes the
initiative, and didn't let it go till the end of the game. The final part of
this game was my part.} Nd5 $6 {Black doesn't want to go into the deep defence,
but the knight on f6 was protecting important squares. After the game, Peter
said, that he chose this move, because he didn't like the others.} ({More
stubborn is} 41... Qe7 42. Nd3 Kg7 {but Black has to be ready for hard defence.
} 43. Rc1 $1 ({The exchange of the rooks is again in Black's favour} 43. Ne5 $6
Rxd1+ 44. Qxd1 Nd5 $14) 43... Nd5 44. Ne5 $16) 42. Qb2 $1 {(/\ Ng4). This move
is strong.} ({But stronger is} 42. Qe4 $1 {(/\ Ng4-e5) , and Black loses the
pawn. The queen on e4 is incredibly strong, White is threatening all Black's
weaknesses - e6, h6, g6.} Qc7 ({or} 42... Qf8 43. Ng4 $18) 43. Ng4 $1 Kg7 ({If
} 43... Ne7 {then} 44. Re1 $1 $18) 44. Qxe6 {and White is winning.} h5 45. Qe5+
Qxe5 46. Nxe5 $18) 42... Qf8 {The only way to save the material.} 43. Ng4 Qg7
44. Qc2 $1 {This is necessary to attack all the weaknesses; the queen comes to
the right square.} ({Worse is} 44. Ne5+ {because after this, it's more
difficult to attack the e6-pawn.} Kg8 45. Qc2 Kh7 $16) 44... Kg8 45. Qe4 $1 {
The best position for the queen.} ({Worse is} 45. Qc6 $6 {because of} Qe7 $1
46. Re1 (46. Nxh6+ $6 {is not the win of the pawn} Kh7 47. Ng4 Nxb4 $1 $14)
46... Rd6 $16 {and Black continues the resistance.}) 45... Rd6 $8 ({Of course
not} 45... Re8 $2 46. Rxd5 $1 $18) 46. Ne5 Kh7 $8 ({If} 46... g5 {then} 47. Nc4
$1 $18 Rc6 48. Rxd5) {Now, when Black's pieces are forced to defend the
kingside, White can prepare the invasion on the queenside. Black can't avoid
it.} 47. Rc1 $1 Qf6 48. Rc8 Qf5 49. Qe1 $1 {The queen is going to the long
diagonal, but what is very important, is that White controls all the squares,
and doesn't give Black any counterplay.} ({There are a lot of ways to spoil
everything. For example:} 49. Qd4 $2 {White wants to attack immediately, but
after} Qb1+ 50. Kg2 g5 $1 {White would have to be accurate to equalise. The
most simple is} 51. fxg5 hxg5 52. Rc7+ Kg8 53. Rc8+ Kh7 54. Rc7+ $11) ({Also} 
49. Qxf5 $6 {would be an inaccuracy:} exf5 50. Ra8 {White still has a serious
advantage, but Black has real chances to save the game.} g5 $1 51. Rxa7+ Kg8
52. fxg5 hxg5 $16) 49... b5 {Actually, the position is almost lost for Black,
now it's just a question of practical chances.} ({Black can provoke the crisis
immediately} 49... g5 50. Qa1 $1 {(/\ Rh8).} Qe4 ({If} 50... gxf4 {then} 51.
Nc4 $18 {and White wins} fxg3 52. Rh8+ Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kh5 54. hxg3 $18) ({
It's late to defend} 50... Qf6 51. Ra8 $1 gxf4 ({or} 51... Ne3 52. Qc3 $1 $18
Rd1+ 53. Kf2) 52. Rxa7+ Kg8 {and now} 53. Rf7 $1 Qg5 54. Qb1 Nf6 55. Qc2 $1 Rd8
56. Nf3 $18) 51. Ng4 $1 {looking to h8.} e5 $8 52. Qxe5 Qxe5 53. fxe5 Re6 54.
Rd8 {the endgame is winning for White.} h5 ({If} 54... Nc3 {then} 55. Rd6 $18)
55. Rxd5 hxg4 56. Kf2 $1 Rh6 57. Kg2 Re6 58. h3 $18) 50. Qa1 (50. Qc1 {also
wins.}) 50... g5 $6 {This loses immediately, but the position is bad anyway.} (
{If} 50... Qf6 {then White attacks the queenside} 51. Qf1 $1 Qf5 ({or} 51... a6
52. Qf2 $18) 52. Qxb5 Qb1+ 53. Qf1 Qb2 54. Qf2 $18 {and White wins, because if
Black takes the pawn, then the kingside falls} Qxa3 55. Qc2 $1 {and checks
don't help} Qa1+ 56. Kf2 Qd4+ 57. Ke2 $1 Qe3+ 58. Kf1 $18) ({Probably, the
best chance is} 50... Ra6 $5 {now the rook is far away from possible attacks
of the knight, and White still must to find good moves to win the game.} 51.
Rd8 $1 Qc2 52. Nxg6 $1 Nc3 53. Ne5 $18 {The position is sharp, and full of
interesting variations, but White is winning in all lines, of course during
the game there's still a lot of work to do.}) 51. Nc4 $1 {The most accurate.} (
{Also wins} 51. Rh8+ Kxh8 ({or} 51... Kg7 52. Nc4+ $18) 52. Nf7+ Kh7 53. Qh8+
Kg6 54. Ne5+ Qxe5 ({If} 54... Kh5 {then} 55. Qe8+ $18) 55. Qxe5 $18) 51... bxc4
52. Qh8+ Kg6 53. Rg8+ Kh5 54. Rxg5+ $1 $18 {This is the point, now it's all
over.} Qxg5 55. fxg5 c3 56. Qxh6+ Kg4 57. g6 e5 $18 58. g7 {Black resigned.}
1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.04"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[BlackTeam "Mulhouse Philidor"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. f3 a6 10. O-O-O e6 11. Kb1 Be7 12. h4 O-O 13. h5 h6 14. Bf4 e5 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Rh3 Bd7 18. g4 Qd8 19. Rhh1 Nh7 20. Nd5 Be6 21. Bb6
Qd7 22. Qb4 Bd8 23. Bxd8 Rcxd8 24. Bc4 Ng5 25. Rd3 b5 26. Bb3 Qa7 27. a3 Bxd5
28. Bxd5 Qf2 29. Rhd1 Rc8 30. Bb3 Rc6 31. Ka2 Kh7 32. Rxd6 Rxd6 33. Rxd6 Qxf3
34. Rxa6 Nxe4 35. Qxb5 Re7 36. Qc6 Qxg4 37. Bxf7 Rxf7 38. Qg6+ Qxg6 39. hxg6+
Kg8 40. gxf7+ Kxf7 41. a4 h5 42. a5 1-0

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.05"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Iordachescu, Viorel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. f4
Bd7 9. Nb3 b5 10. Bf3 Rc8 11. Qe2 Na5 12. a4 Nc4 13. axb5 axb5 14. Bf2 b4 15.
Na4 Qc7 16. O-O Be7 17. Nac5 dxc5 18. Qxc4 Qxf4 19. Bg3 Qe3+ 20. Bf2 Qf4 21.
Bg3 Qe3+ 22. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-chT Top 16 Gp Haute"]
[Site "Guingamp"]
[Date "2010.06.06"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2642"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.06.03"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Evry Grand Roque"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 Nc6 12. h4 e6 13. h5 exd5 14. hxg6 fxg6
15. exd5 Be6 16. c4 Bf5 17. Qxa5 Nxa5 18. Nh4 Bd7 19. Bxc5 Rac8 20. Bxa7 Bb5
21. g3 Re8+ 22. Be3 Nxc4 23. Bxc4 Bxc4 24. d6 Bf8 25. Rb1 Bxd6 26. a4 Bc7 27.
Nf3 Ba5+ 28. Nd2 Bd3 29. Ra1 Rcd8 30. Ra2 Bc3 31. Kd1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "FRA Cup qf"]
[Site "Marseilles"]
[Date "2010.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Benitah, Yohan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2385"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2010.06.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 Be6 8. g4
Be7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Nb6 11. Nf5 O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. b3 Rc8
15. Ne2 Nd7 16. a4 Nc7 17. a5 Nb8 18. c4 Rfd8 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nc6 21. Qd2
Rd7 22. Rad1 Ne8 23. Bg5 f6 24. Be3 Bf7 25. Nf4 Nc7 26. g5 fxg5 27. Nd5 Nxd5
28. exd5 Nxa5 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 30. Bxg5 Qe5 31. Re1 Qg3 32. Qe2 Kg6 33. Bd2 Rf7
34. Qe4+ Rf5 35. Rf1 Rcf8 36. Rf3 1-0

[Event "FRA Cup sf"]
[Site "Marseilles"]
[Date "2010.06.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2010.06.12"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 136 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.07.02"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.07.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Na5 15. Bg5 b6 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. d6 Nc6 18. Qc1 Qxe2 19. Qxc6 Rec8 20. Qd5 Be6
21. Qb7 Rcb8 22. Qc6 Rc8 23. Qa4 Qc2 24. Qxc2 Rxc2 25. e5 Bd7 26. Ne1 Rc4 27.
f4 b5 28. Rb2 a5 29. Nc2 b4 30. Ne3 Rd4 31. Rc2 b3 32. Rc7 Be6 33. Rd1 b2 34.
Rb1 Rxf4 35. Nd5 Ra4 36. Rxb2 Bxe5 37. Rd2 Bd4+ 38. Rxd4 Rxd4 39. Nf6+ Kg7 40.
d7 a4 41. Ne8+ Kg8 42. Nf6+ Kh8 43. Kf2 a3 44. Bxa3 Rxa3 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Ne8+
Kh6 47. d8=Q Rxd8 48. Rxd8 Ra2+ 49. Kf3 Kg5 50. Rd4 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 h5 52. Rd2 h4
53. Nc7 Bc4 54. h3 Ra5 55. Rd4 Rc5 56. Ne8 f5 57. g3 hxg3+ 58. Kxg3 Bf7 59. h4+
Kh6 60. Nd6 Bd5 61. Kf4 Bh1 62. Rd1 Bc6 63. Rg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Baerentsen, Brian Christer"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2111"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. O-O Bg7 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. e4 Nc6 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qa4 Qc7 12. c4 Nb6 13. Qxc6 Qxc6 14. Bxc6 Rb8
15. Na3 Be6 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. c5 Nd7 18. Bf4 Rbc8 19. Bxd7 Rxd7 20. Be5 Rxc5 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. b4 Rc3 23. Nb5 Rc4 24. Rad1 a6 25. Rxd7 Bxd7 26. Na3 Rxb4 27. Nb1
e5 28. Nc3 Rc4 29. Nd5 Bc6 30. Rd1 Rc5 31. Ne3 Bf3 32. Rb1 f5 33. Ng2 Be4 34.
Ra1 Rc2 35. Ne3 Rb2 36. Nc4 Rb1+ 37. Rxb1 Bxb1 38. Nxe5 Bxa2 39. f4 a5 40. Kf2
a4 41. Ke2 a3 42. Kd2 Bb3 43. Kc3 a2 44. Kb2 Kf6 45. Nd3 Ke7 46. Nc1 Bc4 47.
Nxa2 Bxa2 48. Kxa2 Kd6 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Bostrup, Thomas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2017"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Qc2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. e5 Be6 12. Bc4 Bd5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. O-O e6
15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. Qb3 Qxb3 17. axb3 Rfd8 18. Ng5 Rd5 19. Ne4 Rcd8 20. Nd6 Rd7
21. f4 Bf8 22. Ne4 Be7 23. Re1 h5 24. Bc3 a6 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Guttulsrud, Odd Martin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2073"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. a3 Rxb2 14. Qf4 Qa5
15. Re3 g5 16. Qf3 Nxe5 17. Rxe5 Qxc3 18. Rae1 Rb1 19. Rxb1 Qxe5 20. h4 Qf4 21.
Qxf4 gxf4 22. Rb8 Kd7 23. Bxa6 e5 24. Ra8 Re8 25. Be2 Kc7 26. Ra7+ Bb7 27. Ba6
Rb8 28. h5 Kb6 29. Bxb7 Kxa7 30. Bxc6 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Rd1 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Heine, Samuel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Ne4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 d5 11. Bf3 Bh3 12. Re1 Rb8 13. c3 e5 14. e4 f5
15. exd5 e4 16. Be2 cxd5 17. Qa4 g5 18. Be3 f4 19. Bd4 Rxb2 20. Rad1 e3 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd4+ Qf6 23. Qxa7+ Rf7 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 f3 26. Bd1 exf2+ 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Kragh, Niels Kristian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2169"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. g3 b5 10. Bg2 Bb7 11. O-O Be7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 a5 15. c4
bxc3 16. Nxc3 Ba6 17. Nb5 h4 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qxg7 Rh7 20. Qg5 Rh5 21. Qg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lund, Martin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2092"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. e3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. dxe5 Nfd7 8. c4
dxe5 9. Qc2 Nc6 10. O-O f5 11. Rd1 Qe8 12. Ba3 e4 13. Nd4 Rf7 14. c5 Nde5 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bb2 Be6 17. Nd2 Bd5 18. Nc4 Qe7 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qd2 a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Mortensen, Henrik"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2003"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Ne4 8.
Bh4 Bf5 9. Na3 a6 10. O-O e6 11. Nc2 b5 12. Ne3 Bg6 13. Re1 Bd6 14. Bg3 Ne7 15.
Bxd6 Nxd6 16. Ne5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 f6 18. Nf3 O-O 19. Rac1 Rfe8 20. Re2 Ng6 21. g3
Qf7 22. b3 Rac8 23. c4 bxc4 24. bxc4 dxc4 25. Nxc4 Red8 26. Rec2 Nf5 27. Nb6
Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Qb7 29. Qb3 Kf7 30. Rd2 Nge7 31. Na4 Qxb3 32. axb3 Nc6 33. Nc5 a5
34. Ra2 Nfxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxd4 36. Nb7 Rd5 37. Rc2 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nielsen, Rene O"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a6 7. b4 Ba7 8. Bg5 h6
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 O-O 11. Qe1 d5 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Na3 Be6 14. Nc2 Re8 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Bb3 Rad8 17. Ba4 b5 18. Bb3 Nb6 19. Na1 e4 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. exd4
exd3 22. Rxd3 Bc4 23. Qxe7 Rxe7 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Rdf3 Re2 26. Rxf7 Nd5 27.
R7f3 Rxa2 28. h3 Re8 29. Rg3 Re3 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dyrgaard, Kristoffer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2254"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 g6 6. h3 Bg7 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be3 Nd7 9. Qd2 e5 10. Bh6 Qe7 11. O-O-O b5 12. Ne2 a5 13. h4 a4 14. h5 c4 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. dxc4 a3 17. b3 bxc4 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 cxb3 20. cxb3 Ra5 21.
h6+ Kg8 22. Rhd1 Nb6 23. Rxc6 Nd7 24. Nc3 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Frandsen, Per"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 O-O 12. Nb3 Nxb3 13. axb3 Qd7 14. Qd3 g6 15.
Bh6 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Bf5 17. Qd2 Bxc2 18. Qxc2 Qe6 19. Rfe1 Rd7 20. h3 a5 21. Ng5
Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Nxe5 23. Qe2 f6 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ginderskov, Henrik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "1793"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 d5 7. e3 c6 8.
Bd3 Nbd7 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. b3 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxe5 13. Bb2 Qe7 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Rc1 h6 16. Qc7 Qe6 17. O-O Ne8 18. Qg3 Bd7 19. a4 f5 20. Bd4 Rf7 21.
f3 Nf6 22. Rc7 Bc6 23. Rxf7 Kxf7 24. Qf4 Bd7 25. Rc1 g5 26. Qg3 Bc6 27. b4 b6
28. Qc7+ Bd7 29. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Greger, Roland"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2389"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qc7 12. Qe3 b5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. Ne2 O-O-O
15. h4 f6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Rdf8 18. Rde1 fxe5 19. fxe5 Qb6 20. Rhf1 h6 21.
h5 Rxf1 22. Rxf1 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24. Qf4 Nd7 25. Be2 Kb8 26. Bg4 Nc5 27. Kd1
Bc8 28. Qf8 b4 29. Ke2 a5 30. Ke3 Qc7 31. Kf4 Nd7 32. Qxg7 Qc4 33. Ke3 Qf1 34.
Nxe6 d4+ 35. Kxd4 Qf2+ 36. Kd5 Qxg2+ 37. Kd6 Qxc2 38. Qxh6 Qd3+ 39. Ke7 Nb6 40.
Nc5 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kargaard Jensen, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. f3
Qc7 9. Qd2 Bd7 10. O-O-O Nc6 11. h4 Ne5 12. Rg1 O-O-O 13. g5 hxg5 14. hxg5 Nh5
15. f4 Nc4 16. Bxc4 Qxc4 17. Qf2 Kb8 18. Nb3 g6 19. Bb6 Rc8 20. Na5 Qb4 21. a3
1-0

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kryger, Oksana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Ne2
cxd4 9. Nexd4 Nc5 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O Qc7 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 O-O 14. Nxc6
Qxc6 15. Rc1 Qe4 16. Qe2 b5 17. b4 bxc4 18. bxc5 Bxc5 19. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nilsson, Lars Kjoller"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2017"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. h3
Qc7 9. f4 Bd7 10. Be3 Be7 11. Qd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bc6 13. O-O-O O-O 14. g5 hxg5
15. fxg5 Nd7 16. h4 Ne5 17. Ne2 d5 18. Qc3 Bd6 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nf4 Rfe8 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pedersen, Gunnar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A63"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2218"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. h3 Rb8 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. a5 b5 14. axb6 Nxb6 15. e4
Nfd7 16. Qc2 Nc4 17. b3 Nce5 18. Nd2 Nb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. f4 Ned7 21. Rab1 Bb7
22. Rfc1 Rfe8 23. Bf2 Rbc8 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. bxc4 Rb8 26. Qa4 Bd4 27. Ne2 Bxf2+
28. Kxf2 Ba8 29. Qxa6 Rb4 30. Nc3 Nb6 31. Nb5 Qd8 32. Rxb4 cxb4 33. Qa5 g5 34.
Qxb4 gxf4 35. Qxd6 fxg3+ 36. Qxg3+ Kf8 37. Nd6 Qf6+ 38. Kg1 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rydstrom, Tom"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E08"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "1803"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Nbd7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qc2 b6 8. b3
Bb7 9. Rd1 Rc8 10. Nc3 c5 11. dxc5 Rxc5 12. Nd4 a6 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Qd2 Qa8 15.
Ba3 Rcc8 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. cxd5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Nf5 exf5 20. Bxd5 Qb8
21. Qd3 g6 22. Qxa6 Nc5 23. Qb5 f4 24. Rac1 fxg3 25. hxg3 Rce8 26. Bf3 h5 27.
Rd4 Re5 28. Qc4 Ne6 29. Rd5 Ng5 30. Bg2 b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Saetre, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Nbc6 10. f4 cxd4 11. Qd3 dxc3 12. Nf3 Bd7 13. Qxc3 O-O-O 14.
g3 d4 15. Qc5 Kb8 16. Bg2 Nf5 17. O-O Rg6 18. Rb1 Bc8 19. Ng5 f6 20. exf6 Ka8
21. f7 Qd6 22. Qxd6 Nxd6 23. a4 Nc4 24. Rd1 Rf6 25. Bxc6 bxc6 26. Rb4 Ba6 27.
Rxc4 Bxc4 28. Ba3 Rf5 29. Be7 Rb8 30. Rxd4 Rb1+ 31. Kf2 Bd5 32. f8=Q+ Rxf8 33.
Bxf8 1-0

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Treppendahl, Trine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2009"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. c4 c5 6. Be2 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. O-O Be6 10. c5 Ne4 11. Qa4 Bg4 12. Rad1 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 f5 15.
Nb5 Rf7 16. Nd6 Nxd6 17. Bxd6 Qh4 18. Bg3 Qf6 19. Be5 Nxe5 20. dxe5 Qd8 21. Qd4
a5 22. a3 a4 23. Rfe1 Bf8 24. Rc1 Qa5 25. Re2 Rc7 26. Rec2 Rac8 27. Qb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Copenhagen sim1"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.07.30"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Vedelfort, Tommy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.07.30"]
[EventType "simul"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 d5 3. e3 Nbd7 4. Nd2 h6 5. Bh4 c5 6. c3 Qb6 7. Qc1 e5 8. Ne2
Bd6 9. f3 O-O 10. Bf2 Qc7 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Be2 b6 13. O-O Nf8 14. Re1 Ng6 15. e4
Bb7 16. Bb5 Rec8 17. Nf5 exd4 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. e5 Nxe5 20. Bg3 dxc3 21. Qxc3
c4 22. Qe3 Qc5 23. Bxe5 Qxb5 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Qxh6 Qxb2 26. Nf1 Rc6 27. Ng3 f5
28. Qg5+ Rg6 29. Qxf5 Qf6 30. Qd7 Bc6 31. Qc7 d4 32. Re7 d3 33. Rd1 b5 34. Kf1
Re8 35. Rxe8+ Bxe8 36. Re1 Bc6 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Ne4 Bxe4 39. Rxe4 d2 40. Qh3+
Kg7 41. Qd7 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen KO"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
c6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ng4 11. h3 Qb6 12. hxg4 Qxd4 13. g5 Qe5 14. g3 Qe7 15.
Bf4 Ne5 16. Rc1 f6 17. gxf6 Qxf6 18. Rc2 g5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Rd2 g4 21. Ree2
Be6 22. Rd6 Rfd8 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Rd2 Rxd2 25. Qxd2 Bf8 26. Na4 h5 27. b4 b6
28. c5 b5 29. Nc3 h4 30. gxh4 Bh6 31. Qd6 g3 32. f3 Kg7 33. Kg2 Bf4 34. Qc7+
Bf7 35. Qd7 Qxh4 36. Qg4+ Qxg4 37. fxg4 Bd2 38. Nb1 Bxb4 39. Kxg3 Bxa2 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen KO"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2010.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 e5 6. Nxb7 Qb6 7. Nc5 Bxc5 8.
dxc5 Qxc5 9. c3 Nf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Rfd8 13. Qa4 Nb6 14. Qh4
Nbd5 15. Qg5 Ne7 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. Bxe3 Ng6 18. Rfd1 Nd5 19. Bc5 Rdb8 20. Rd2 f6
21. g3 a5 22. Ne1 a4 23. Rc1 Nf8 24. Ba3 Be6 25. c4 Nb4 26. Ra1 Bf5 27. Bxb4
Rxb4 28. Nd3 Rb6 29. Nc5 Ne6 30. Nxe6 Bxe6 31. f4 exf4 32. gxf4 Rab8 33. b3
axb3 34. axb3 Rxb3 35. Ra6 Rb2 36. Rxb2 Rxb2 37. Bd3 Bd7 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. Ra7
Ke8 40. Bxh7 Rb4 41. Bd3 Rb3 42. Bg6+ Kd8 43. h4 Rg3+ 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen KO"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2010.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. b3 Bg7 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nfd7 12. e3 Nc6 13. Rd1 Nde5 14. Na3 Bg4
15. c5 Qa6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bf1 Qa4 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen KO"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c5 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d3
Nc6 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. Rc1
Qe6 15. b3 b6 16. Rc4 Rfd8 17. Qc2 a5 18. Re4 Qd7 19. h4 h5 20. Bg5 Re8 21. Rc4
e6 22. Bd2 Qd5 23. Bc3 Red8 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qc3+ Kg8 26. Rc1 Qb7 27. Qf6 Rd5
28. Rf4 Re8 29. a3 Rf5 30. Rxf5 exf5 31. e3 Qf3 32. Re1 Re6 33. Qc3 f4 34. exf4
Rxe1+ 35. Qxe1 Qxd3 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ Kh7 38. Qb2 b5 39. Kh2 c4 40. bxc4
bxc4 41. Qb7 Kg7 42. Qb5 Qd4 43. Kg2 c3 44. Qc6 Qd3 45. f5 gxf5 46. Qc5 c2 47.
Qe5+ Kg6 48. Qc5 Qd2 49. Qc6+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "Copenhagen KO"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.??.??"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2010.08.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Qb6 4. Ngf3 Bg4 5. c3 e6 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Qe2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Bh5 10. e5 Nfd7 11. Qe3 c5 12. Ng5 Bxg5 13. Qxg5 Bg6 14. Bxg6 fxg6
15. Qg4 Rf5 16. Nf3 Na6 17. Rb1 Raf8 18. Be3 Qc6 19. Nd2 Nc7 20. Qe2 b5 21.
dxc5 Nxc5 22. Bd4 a6 23. f3 Nd7 24. b3 Rd8 25. Rec1 Qb7 26. Qe3 Nb8 27. b4 Nc6
28. Nb3 Qc8 29. Nc5 Na8 30. Nd3 Nc7 31. Ra1 Rdf8 32. Bc5 R8f7 33. f4 g5 34.
fxg5 Qd8 35. h4 h6 36. g6 Rd7 37. Rf1 Qxh4 38. Rxf5 exf5 39. e6 Rd8 40. Nf4 Re8
41. Rd1 Qg4 42. Rd2 Qh4 43. Bd6 Qd8 44. Bxc7 Qxc7 45. Nxd5 Qb8 46. e7 Ne5 47.
Qf4 Nxg6 48. Nf6+ Kf7 49. Qxb8 Rxb8 50. e8=Q+ Rxe8 51. Nxe8 Kxe8 52. Rd6 Ne5
53. a4 Nc4 1-0

[Event "Politiken Larsen rapid"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Re1
c6 9. Be3 Qe7 10. c5 Ng4 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Bxa6 Nxe3 13. Rxe3 exd4 14. Bf1 Qb4
15. a3 Qxb2 16. Rb1 Qxa3 17. Nxd4 Rd8 18. Rd3 Qc5 19. Nce2 a5 20. Ne6 Rxd3 21.
Nxc5 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Bf6 23. Na4 Be6 24. Nc5 Bc8 25. Na4 Be6 26. Nc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Larsen rapid"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2010.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. c4 Nc6 6. Nc2 d6 7. Be2 Nf6 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. b4 Nd7 12. Rb1 b6 13. Qe1 Bb7 14. Be3 Rc8 15. f4
e6 16. Rd1 Ne7 17. Rxd6 Bxc3 18. Qxc3 Bxe4 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. Nd4 Qc8 21. Nb5 Rb7
22. Rd4 Nf6 23. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Politiken Larsen rapid"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qd3
Bf5 9. e4 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 e5 12. d5 Nd4 13. Bg2 Nd7 14. Be3 c5 15.
dxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Rb8 17. b3 Nc5 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Rab1 Qc7 21. h4
h5 22. Kh2 Kh7 23. Qd2 Rbd8 24. Bg5 Nf3+ 25. Bxf3 Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Bh6 27. Bxh6
Kxh6 28. Rbd1 a4 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Rd7 Qa5 31. R1d3 Ra8 32. Re7 Rd8 33. Rxd8 Qxd8
34. Ra7 axb3 35. axb3 Qb6 36. Rd7 Qxb3 37. Be2 Qc2 38. Bd3 Qd1 39. Rd8 Kf6 40.
Rd7 Ke6 41. Rd8 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Politiken Larsen rapid"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O Nd4 7. Nxe5 d6 8.
Nf3 Bg4 9. Be3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 c6 11. Ba4 b5 12. Bb3 Nh5 13. Kh1 Qh4 14. Rg1 Qh3
15. Qf1 Qxf3+ 16. Qg2 a5 17. a4 b4 18. Nb1 Qxg2+ 19. Rxg2 Nxb3 20. cxb3 f5 21.
Nd2 Bxe3 22. fxe3 fxe4 23. Nxe4 d5 24. Nc5 Rae8 25. Re1 Rf3 26. Rge2 d4 27. Kg2
Rf5 28. Ne4 dxe3 29. Rxe3 Rd8 30. Rc1 Nf4+ 31. Kg3 Nxd3 32. Rxc6 Re5 33. Rc2
Rd4 34. Rd2 Rexe4 35. Rxe4 Rxe4 36. Rxd3 Re2 37. Rd5 Rxb2 38. Rxa5 Rxb3+ 39.
Kg2 Ra3 40. Ra8+ Kf7 41. a5 h6 42. Rb8 b3 43. a6 Rxa6 44. Rxb3 Ra5 45. Rb6 Re5
46. h3 Re6 47. Rb5 Kf6 48. Kf3 Re5 49. Rb7 Kg6 50. Ra7 Rg5 51. Ra6+ Kh5 52. Ra4
Rg1 53. Kf2 Rb1 54. Kg3 g5 55. Ra6 Rb3+ 56. Kg2 Rb2+ 57. Kg3 Rb3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Larsen rapid"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2010.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Be2 e6 8. d5
exd5 9. cxd5 Ne7 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rfd1 Nf5 13. Ne4 c5 14. Bg5 Qc7
15. Bf6 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Bb5 Nb6 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Qc3 a6 21.
Re8 Rxe8 22. Bxe8 Rc8 23. Re1 Rc7 24. h4 Re7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. h5 Nf5 27. hxg6
Nd4 28. Qe3 Qxf6 29. gxf7 Kg7 30. Qe4 h5 31. f4 Nc8 32. Bd7 Ne7 33. Be6 Qxf4
0-1

[Event "Politiken Larsen rapid"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D30"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2010.08.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. a4 a6 10. O-O c5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 b4 14. Nc4 Be7 15.
Bf4 Be4 16. Qc1 O-O 17. Nd6 Bxd6 18. Bxd6 Rc8 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 Qd5 21.
Rd1 Rxc5 22. Qa1 Ra5 23. Qc1 Rc5 24. Qa1 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz b3"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nd2 Re8 7. Ngf3 a6 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc4 f6 11. e4 Bf8 12. d4 exd4 13. Qxd4 Nc5 14. e5 Qxd4
15. Bxd4 f5 16. Rad1 Ne6 17. Bc3 b6 18. Rd2 Bb7 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Bc8 21.
Rfd1 Be6 22. Ne3 Be7 23. g3 Rad8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Rxd8+ Bxd8 26. Ng2 g5 27. f4
g4 28. Ne3 Kf7 29. Bb4 c5 30. Ba3 Bd7 31. c4 Ke6 32. Kf2 Bc6 33. Bb2 h5 34. a4
h4 35. Bc3 h3 36. Ke2 Be7 37. Kf2 Bf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz b3"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2010.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. c4 a6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8. c5
Bxc5 9. Nxe5 Bb7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 Nf6 12. d3 c5 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Qc2 Rfe8
15. Rac1 a5 16. Ba3 Ba6 17. Bxc5 Bxc5 18. Qxc5 Bxd3 19. Rfe1 a4 20. Qxc7 axb3
21. Qxe7 Rxe7 22. axb3 g6 23. Ra1 Rea7 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. h3 Ra2 26. Rc1 Rb2 27.
Rc3 Be4 28. Rc8+ Kg7 29. Rc7 Bxf3 30. Nxf3 Ne4 31. Ne5 Rxf2 32. b4 Kg8 33. Nc6
Rb2 34. Ne7+ Kg7 35. Nxd5 h5 36. Rc4 Ng3 37. h4 Nf5 38. Rf4 Rd2 39. e4 Nd4 40.
Kh2 Rb2 41. e5 Nc6 42. Re4 Rd2 43. Nf4 Nd4 44. b5 Nxb5 45. e6 fxe6 46. Rxe6 Rd6
47. Rxd6 Nxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz b3"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2010.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 e5 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 f5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. d3 O-O
9. Nge2 d6 10. O-O Be6 11. a3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Rc1 b6 14. b4 cxb4 15. Nxd5
Bxd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. dxe4 Bf7 18. Rxc6 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Rfd8 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21.
axb4 Rd2 22. Rc8+ Bf8 23. Bxe5 Be6 24. Rc6 Bd7 25. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz b3"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 d5 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nf6 8.
Bxc6+ bxc6 9. d3 O-O 10. Nd2 a5 11. a4 Re8 12. O-O Nd7 13. e4 Nb6 14. Rae1 Bb4
15. Re2 Bxd2 16. Rxd2 Qd6 17. Re2 d4 18. Bc1 Nd7 19. Qg3 f6 20. f4 c5 21. Ref2
Kh8 22. f5 Qc6 23. Qf3 c4 24. dxc4 Nc5 25. Re1 d3 26. Ba3 dxc2 27. Qe3 Na6 28.
Rxc2 Red8 29. Rd2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qb6+ 31. Re3 c6 32. Kh2 Rd8 33. Rd3 Rxd3 34.
Qxd3 h6 35. Qd7 Qe3 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qxa6 Qf4+ 38. Kg1 Qe3+ 39. Kf1 Qd3+ 40.
Kf2 Qd2+ 41. Kf3 Qd3+ 42. Kf2 Qd2+ 43. Kf1 Qd1+ 44. Kf2 Qd2+ 45. Kg1 Qe3+ 1-0

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz b3"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2010.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 c5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bxf6 gxf6 5. g3 f5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nh3
h5 9. Nf4 h4 10. e3 Bd7 11. Rc1 Rh6 12. O-O e6 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. a3 a6 15. Nc3
Qc7 16. b4 Ne5 17. d4 Ng4 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. d5 e5 20. Nd3 e4 21. Nf4 hxg3 22.
hxg3 O-O-O 23. Qd2 Rdh8 24. Rb1 Qd6 25. Rfd1 Bxc3 26. Qxc3 Rh1+ 27. Bxh1 Rxh1+
28. Kg2 Rh2+ 29. Kg1 Qh6 0-1

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz b3"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bh5 4. Nh3 e6 5. Nf4 Bg6 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. f4
Bd6 9. Qf3 Qe7 10. Nc3 c6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Ba3 13. Bd4 Nbd7 14. g3 e5 15.
Nxf6+ gxf6 16. Be3 exf4 17. Qxf4 Bc5 18. Kf2 Bxe3+ 19. Qxe3 Qxe3+ 20. Kxe3 f5
21. Bg2 Nf6 22. Bf3 O-O-O 23. d3 Rde8+ 24. Kd2 Ng4 25. h4 Nf6 26. Rae1 Rxe1 27.
Kxe1 Kd7 28. Kf2 Kd6 29. c3 a5 30. a4 Nd5 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. Ke3 Ke5 33. d4+ Kf6
34. c4 Re8+ 35. Kd3 Re4 36. cxd5 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz b3"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2010.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bg4 3. f3 Bh5 4. e4 dxe4 5. Qe2 c6 6. Nc3 exf3 7. Nxf3 Nf6 8.
O-O-O e6 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qa5 11. Kb1 Ba3 12. Ba1 Nbd7 13. g4 O-O-O 14. Bg2
h5 15. Ne4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Rxh1 17. Bxh1 Ne5 18. Qe2 Nexg4 19. Nxf6 Nxf6 20. Qg2
Bf8 21. Qf2 Qc5 22. Qf3 Be7 23. d3 Rh8 24. a4 Rh5 25. Bb2 Qf5 26. Qg3 g6 27.
Qg1 Qg4 28. Qe1 Nd5 29. Be4 Bb4 30. Qf1 Nc3+ 31. Bxc3 Bxc3 32. Bf3 Qb4 0-1

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz b3"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 g6 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 c6 5. e3 d5 6. Ne2 dxc4 7. bxc4 Bg7 8.
Nbc3 O-O 9. g3 Bg4 10. Bg2 Bxe2 11. Qxe2 f5 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. O-O h5 14. d4 h4
15. c5 hxg3 16. hxg3 Nf6 17. Rfd1 Qe7 18. Bf3 Rad8 19. Rb1 Rfe8 20. Rb3 Bh6 21.
Rdb1 Rd7 22. a4 Kg7 23. a5 a6 24. Na4 f4 25. gxf4 Bxf4 26. Nb6 Rdd8 27. Nc4 Nd5
28. Bxd5 cxd5 29. Nd2 Rh8 30. Qf3 Bc7 1-0

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz b3"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2010.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. c4 g6 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d4 exd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nc3 Rb8 12. Qd2 c5 13. Bf3 Bd7 14. Qc2 a5 15.
a4 Bf5 16. Qd1 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Ra2 Bc6 19. Nb5 Qg5 20. g3 Qf5 21. Bxg7
Bf3 22. Ba1 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 c6 24. Nxd6 Qf3 25. Rad2 Red8 26. h3 Rxb3 27. Kh2 h5
28. h4 Kh7 29. Nxf7 Qxd1 30. Rxd8 Qxa1 0-1

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz b3"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A02"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2010.08.04"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. Bb2 Bb7 3. f4 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Nc6 9. e4 d5 10. Nbd2 Ng4 11. Qc1 Ne3 12. Re1 Qc7 13. Nf1 Nxf1 14. Bxf1 dxe4
15. dxe4 Rfd8 16. a3 Nd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Bd3 e5 19. Rf1 exf4 20. Qxf4 Bd6 21.
Qh4 Be5 22. Bc1 f6 23. Bf4 Re8 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Rad1 Kh8 26. Rf5 Rae8 27. Rxe5
Qxe5 28. Qf2 h6 29. h3 b5 30. Bf1 Bxe4 31. Rxd4 a6 32. a4 Bc6 33. axb5 axb5 34.
Bd3 Qc5 1-0

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 c6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. Bd2 e6 8.
Nd5 Qd8 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bb3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. O-O-O O-O-O 14.
f4 f5 15. h3 Nf6 16. c3 Bh5 17. Nf3 Bd6 18. g3 Ne4 19. Rhg1 Rhg8 20. g4 Nxd2
21. Nxd2 Bg6 22. Bc2 fxg4 23. f5 exf5 24. hxg4 Rge8 25. Qf3 fxg4 26. Qxg4+ Kb8
27. Rdf1 a6 28. Nc4 Ka7 29. Nxd6 Rxd6 30. Qf4 Bxc2 31. Kxc2 Re2+ 32. Kb1 Qb6
33. Qc1 Rh6 34. Re1 Rhh2 35. Rxe2 Rxe2 36. a3 Qb5 37. Rg5 Rxb2+ 0-1

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. a3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Qa5 10. O-O-O Be7 11. h4 Bd7 12. Ng5 g6 13. h5 e5 14. hxg6 hxg6 15.
Rh6 Kg7 16. Nxf7 Bf5 17. Bd3 e4 18. Be2 Rxf7 19. cxd5 Nd8 20. Rdh1 Rc8 21. Be5
g5 22. Bg4 Rxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxd5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. f3 Nc6 26. fxe4 Qe6 27. Rh7+
1-0

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bg5 Nd7 8. Nge2 f6
9. exf6 gxf6 10. Be3 dxc4 11. Ng3 Nb6 12. Be2 Bg6 13. Bxh5 Bxh5 14. Nxh5 Nf5
15. Nf4 Qd7 16. Ng6 Rg8 17. h5 O-O-O 18. Qf3 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 cxd5
21. g4 Nxe3 22. fxe3 Kd7 23. g5 fxg5 24. Ke2 Bd6 25. Rag1 Be7 26. Rf1 Rg7 27.
Kf3 Rdg8 28. Kg4 b5 29. Ne5+ Ke8 30. Rf2 Rh7 31. Rhf1 Rgh8 32. Rh1 b4 33. e4 a5
34. exd5 exd5 35. Ng6 Rg8 36. Re1 Kd7 37. Re5 a4 38. Rxd5+ Kc6 39. Ra5 a3 40.
Ne5+ Kb7 41. bxa3 bxa3 42. Nxc4 Rgh8 43. Rf3 Rxh5 44. Rb3+ Kc7 45. Ra7+ Kc6 46.
Rxe7 Rh4+ 47. Kf5 Rxd4 48. Ne5+ Kc5 49. Rc7+ Kd6 50. Rc6+ Kd5 51. Rb5# 1-0

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. h3 Qa5 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd5 10. O-O Nxf4 11. exf4 Qc7 12. Ne5 Nd7 13. Qb3 e6 14. Ne4 Nb6
15. Be2 Nd5 16. g3 Ne7 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Rac1 Bb7 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Ng5 Rd6 21. h4
Nf5 22. d5 exd5 23. Bxd5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Rxd5 25. Qxd5 h6 26. Ne4 c5 27. Qd7 Qb8
28. Nd6 Bf3 29. Nxf5 gxf5 30. Rd6 1-0

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd5 Nc5 9. Re1 a6 10. Bf1 d6 11. exd6 Be6 12. Qd1 Qxd6 13. Qxd6 cxd6 14. Be3
Na4 15. Bxb6 Nxb6 16. a4 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Bxc4 18. Nbd2 Bd5 19. Re3 Rfe8 20. Rd3
Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Re2 22. Rb1 Ne5 23. Rxd6 Nxf3+ 24. gxf3 g6 25. Rb6 Rd8 26. b4 Rd3
27. Kg2 Rxc3 28. Rxb7 Rcc2 29. Rf1 Ra2 30. a5 Reb2 31. Rb6 Ra4 32. Rd1 Rbxb4
33. Rxb4 Rxb4 34. Rd6 Ra4 35. Rxa6 h5 36. Ra7 Kg7 37. a6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qd3
Rb8 9. d5 Na7 10. a4 c5 11. a5 e6 12. Nd2 exd5 13. cxd5 Bd7 14. Nc4 Nb5 15. Na4
Re8 16. e4 Nd4 17. Nab6 Bb5 18. Bf4 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. Rfc1 f5 21. exf5 Ne2+
22. Kh1 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 gxf5 24. Bh3 Bxc4 25. Rxc4 Re1+ 26. Kg2 Rf8 27. b4 cxb4
28. Rxb4 Re7 29. Rb6 Be5 30. Bh6 Rff7 31. Bg5 Re8 32. Be3 Qc8 33. Rb1 Kh8 34.
Rc1 Qd7 35. Rc2 Ref8 36. Bh6 Rg8 37. Be3 Rff8 38. Bb6 Qf7 39. Rc7 Qh5 40. Qf3
Qxf3+ 41. Kxf3 f4 42. g4 Rc8 43. Rxc8 Rxc8 44. Ke4 Kg7 45. g5 Rc4+ 46. Kf5 Kf7
47. Bg4 Bd4 48. Bh5+ Ke7 49. Bf3 Bxb6 50. axb6 a5 0-1

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D34"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
g3 Be7 9. Bg2 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Be3 Re8 12. Rc1 Qd7 13. Re1 Bh3 14. Bh1 Rad8
15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Na4 Ng4 17. Bd4 Qf5 18. f3 Ne5 19. Bg2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bg5 21.
Qc2 Qxc2 22. Rxc2 Nc4 23. b3 Be3 24. bxc4 Bxd4 25. cxd5 cxd5 26. Rd1 Bb6 27.
Kf1 g6 28. Rd3 Kg7 29. Nxb6 axb6 30. Ke1 Ra8 31. Kd2 Ra5 32. Rb2 Rea8 33. Rbb3
h5 34. Kc2 h4 35. Kb2 hxg3 36. hxg3 Re8 37. e3 Re6 38. g4 g5 39. Rb4 Rf6 40. f4
gxf4 41. exf4 Re6 42. Kb3 Re1 43. Rbd4 Rb1+ 44. Kc2 Rg1 45. f5 Rc5+ 46. Rc3 Rg3
47. Rxc5 bxc5 48. Rxd5 Rxa3 49. g5 Rg3 50. g6 fxg6 51. fxg6 Rxg6 52. Rxc5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
c6 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. d5 c5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bd2 Ne8 13. g3 f5 14. Nh4 Qf7 15. exf5
gxf5 16. f3 Nb6 17. a4 Bd7 18. Kh1 Nc8 19. f4 e4 20. Rg1 h5 21. Nd1 a5 22. Ne3
Bd4 23. Rg2 Ne7 24. h3 Qh7 25. Rh2 Nf6 26. Rg1 Kf7 27. Rgg2 Rh8 28. Nd1 b6 29.
b3 Rag8 30. Bc3 Qg7 31. Qd2 Bxc3 32. Qxc3 Ke8 33. Ne3 Kd8 34. Kg1 Kc7 35. Kf1
Ng4 36. Qxg7 Nxh2+ 37. Rxh2 Rxg7 38. Kf2 Kd8 39. Rh1 Ke8 40. Rh2 Kf7 41. Rh1
Kf6 42. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Qc2 Nxc3 11. Qxc3 Nd7 12. c5 Re8 13. Bd3 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Rxe5 17. Kd2 Bd7 18. Kc3 Rae8 19. Kd4 f6 20. b4 a6 21.
Rhe1 Kf7 22. f3 h5 23. h4 g5 24. g3 g4 25. f4 R5e7 26. a4 f5 27. Rb1 Kf6 28.
Rb3 Re6 29. Bb1 R8e7 30. Kd3 Re8 31. Kd2 d4 32. Rd3 dxe3+ 33. Rexe3 Rxe3 34.
Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Kxe3 Be6 36. Bc2 Bd7 37. Kd4 Be6 38. Bd3 Bd7 39. Be2 Be6 40. b5
a5 41. b6 Bd7 42. Ba6 Bc8 43. Bc4 Bd7 44. Bg8 Be6 45. Bxe6 Kxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Politiken Larsen blitz"]
[Site "Copenhagen"]
[Date "2010.08.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.08.05"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "DEN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 137 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 4. Be3 e5 5. dxe5 Nxe5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.
Nf3 Nfg4 9. Bf4 d6 10. O-O Be6 11. Nd2 h5 12. h3 Qf6 13. Bg3 h4 14. Bxe5 Nxe5
15. Nd5 Qd8 16. f4 Nd7 17. Nf3 c6 18. Nc3 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Qxb2 20. Rc1 Bxc3 21. f5
gxf5 22. exf5 Bxf5 23. Nxh4 Bh7 24. Bd3 Bxd3 25. Qxd3 Bg7 26. Nf5 Rae8 27. Qg3
Re6 28. Rce1 Qc3 29. Qh4 Rfe8 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31. Ne7+ Rxe7 32. Qxe7 Qxc4 33. Rf3
Ne5 34. Qd8+ Kh7 35. Rf5 Bh6 36. Qf6 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8.
Qa4 Nc7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Ne4 Ne6 11. Be3 Ncd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Nxc5 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1
a5 15. Rab1 Rb8 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Qxa5 Bxb3 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. axb3 Rxd3 20. Rfd1
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nd4 22. Bf4 e5 23. Rxd4 exf4 24. Rxf4 Be5 25. Rc4 b6 26. Rc2 Rd8
27. Bf1 Rd1 28. Kg2 Rb1 29. Re2 Bf6 30. Rd2 Rxb2 31. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 {Caro-Kann sieht heutzutage wie eine unantastbare Festung
aus. Zusammen mit der Russischen Partie sind das die zwei Eröffnungen, die die
meisten Probleme vor die Weißspieler stellen. Doch im Vergleich zu Russisch
erlaubt es Caro-Kann auch, auf einen Konter zu spielen.} 3. e5 {Heutzutage ist
der Vorstoß 3.e5 auf hohem Niveau öfters anzutreffen als die alte
Hauptvariante 3.Nc3. Das Problem nach 3.Nc3 liegt in der Stellung, die nach
den folgenden Zügen aufs Brett kommt:} (3. Nc3 {Die "klassische Hauptvariante".
} dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10.
Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Qa5+ 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. c3 Be7 $11 {Die Erfahrungen der letzten
Jahren haben gezeigt, dass diese Stellung, die fast forciert aufs Brett kommt,
ausgeglichen ist.} 14. c4 Qc7 15. O-O-O Ngf6 $11 {Früher spielte man diese
Stellung mit dem Bauern auf c2 (ohne Bb4-Be7). Der Unterschied ist, dass
Schwarz sehr gutes Gegenspiel mittels b5 bekommt. Deswegen greift Weiß öfters
zu 3.e5.}) (3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 {Der Panov Angriff.} Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 {
führt ebenfalls zu Stellungen mit gleichen Chancen für beide Seiten.}) 3... Bf5
{Nun hat Weiß eine Menge an spielbaren Varianten.} ({Eine Alternative ist} 3...
c5 {, wonach Weiß zu einem kleinen Vorteil kommen kann.} 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4
(5... e6 6. Be3 Nge7 7. c3 Nf5 8. Bd4 Bd7 9. Qd2 a5 10. Be2 a4 11. O-O Qa5 12.
Bd3 Nfxd4 13. cxd4 Qxd2 14. Nbxd2 $14 {Socko - Dziuba (Lubniewice, 2005)}) 6.
Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 e6 8. Be3 Nge7 9. a3 a6 10. b4 Qc7 11. O-O Bxf3 (11... axb5 12.
Nxb5 Qb8 13. Nd6+ Kd7 14. Nxf7 $16) 12. Qxf3 Qxe5 13. Bxc6+ Nxc6 14. Na4 $14 {
Navara - Landa (Erfurt, 2008)}) 4. Nf3 {Eine der vielen Fortsetzungen, aber im
Angesicht der letzten Partien wieder die Hauptfortsetzung.} (4. Nd2 $5 {
Ist eine zu beachtende Alternative.} e6 5. Nb3 c5 $1 {Der direkteste und
stärkste Versuch!} ({Nach} 5... Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 (6... c5 $2 7. dxc5 Nxc5 (7...
a6 8. Nbd4 Bg6 9. b4 $16) 8. Nxc5 Bxc5 9. Bb5+ $16) 7. Be2 $14 {hat Weiß sein
erstes Ziel erreicht - Schwarz kann kein c5 spielen, und damit ist dem Weißen
ein kleiner Vorteil gesichert.}) 6. dxc5 Bxc5 $1 7. Nxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3 Qxc5 9. Nf3
Ne7 10. Qa4+ Nbc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd4 a6 14. Nxf5 Nxf5 15. Bf4
Rc8 16. O-O-O Ne7 $11 {Rublevsky - Erenburg (Beer Sheva, 2005). Der Vorteil
des Läuferpaares ist nicht spürbar, weil die Stellung geschlossen ist.} 17. h3
Ng6 18. Bh2 Nc4 19. Re1 O-O $11 {Kosintseva N. - Chiburdanidze (Krasnoturyinsk,
2006). Zwar hat Weiß den Vorteil des Läuferpaares, doch die Stellung ist
ziemlich geschlossen und Schwarz kann sie wohl halten.}) ({Zu scharfem, für
Caro-Kann eher nicht typischen, Spiel führt} 4. Nc3 $5 e6 5. g4 Bg6 6. Nge2 c5
$132) (4. Be3 e6 5. Nd2 Nd7 {führt zu einer Stellung ähnlich der
Partiestellung.}) (4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Nd7 $132 {Weiß hat
das Feld d5 aufgegeben, hat dafür jedoch einen Raumvorteil. Die Stellung ist
gut spielbar für beide Seiten.}) 4... e6 5. Be2 Ne7 (5... c5 $5 {Noch bis vor
Kurzem galt diese Variante als ausgleichend, doch die letzten
Theorieentwicklungen haben gezeigt, dass Schwarz doch kein leichtes Leben hat.}
6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. c4 (8. Bg5 Qd7 $1 9. Bxe7 (9. Nc3 Bg6 10. h4 h6 11.
Bf4 Nec6 12. Nb3 Qd8 13. h5 Bh7 14. Bd3 Bxd3 15. Qxd3 Nd7 16. Qg3 a6 $132 {
Charbonneau - Erenburg (Baltimore, 2008)}) (9. c4 Nbc6 10. Bxe7 Bxe7 11. Nxf5
exf5 12. cxd5 Nxe5 13. O-O O-O 14. Nc3 a6 15. Qd4 Bd6 16. a4 Qe7 17. Rad1 Rad8
18. Rfe1 Rfe8 19. Bf1 Qg5 $36 {Shabalov - Kacheishvili (Philadelphia, 2008).
Schwarz kann eigentlich nur besser stehen.}) 9... Bxe7 10. Nxf5 exf5 11. Bf3 (
11. Nd2 Nc6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Rad8 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. Qd2 Bc5 $132 {Nijboer -
Erenburg (Dieren, 2006). Der Bauer e5 ist genauso schwach wie der Bauer d5.'})
11... Qb5 {'!'} (11... d4 $6 {Man sollte dem weißen Läufer nicht so viel Platz
machen.} 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qd3 Rb8 15. b3 Rb5 16. Qg3 O-O 17. Nd2
Bb4 18. Nc4 Bc3 19. Rad1 $14 {Volokitin - Bareev (Warsaw, 2002)}) 12. Qxd5 Qxb2
13. O-O Nc6 14. Nd2 (14. Qb3 Qxb3 15. axb3 Kd7 16. Nc3 Rhd8 17. Rfd1+ Ke6 $11 {
Almasi - Vallejo Pons (Heviz, 2008)}) 14... Rd8 15. Qb3 Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Kd7 17.
Rfd1+ Kc7 $11 {Mamedov - Rodshtein (Plovdiv, 2008)}) (8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4
10. O-O Bxf3 (10... Nxd4 $2 11. Nxd4 Bxe2 12. Qxe2 {Der Abtausch bring Schwarz
keine Erleichterung, im Gegenteil, er gerät in einen Entwicklungsnachteil, der
entscheidend ist.} Nc6 13. c4 $1 Be7 (13... Nxe5 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Rac1 Be7 16.
Rfd1 $16 {/\Nc6/Nb5}) 14. Rfd1 O-O 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nf5 $16 {Bologan - Bakker
(Gibraltar, 2006)}) 11. Nxf3 g6 $1 (11... Nf5 12. Bf4 Be7 13. Bd3 Nh4 14. Nxh4
Bxh4 15. Qg4 g6 {Kritz - Miton (Lubbock, 2008)} 16. Rad1 $1 h5 (16... O-O 17.
c4 $14) 17. Qe2 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. f4 Qe7 20. c4 $14) 12. c4 $5 Bg7 $11 {
Kamsky - Topalov (Sofia, 2009)}) 8... Nbc6 9. Qa4 a6 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. O-O-O Qa5
12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nxf5 Nxf5 14. Bb6 Nc6 15. f4 Rc8 16. g4 Nh4 17. Bxc4 g5 18.
f5 Nxe5 19. Bb3 Bc5 20. Ba4+ $1 (20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. fxe6 fxe6 22. Bxe6 Ke7 $11 {
Bologan - Le Quang Liem (Moscow, 2010)}) 20... Ke7 21. f6+ Kxf6 22. Ne4+ Kg7
23. Nxc5 Nc4 24. Ba7 $14 {Caruana - Arutinian (Rijeka, 2010)}) (5... Nd7 6. O-O
Ne7 (6... c5 7. c4 Ne7 8. Nc3 $14) 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. Nd2 c5 9. c3 Nc6 10. Nxg6 hxg6
11. Nf3 $14) (5... h6 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nd7 8. Nb3 Bh7 9. Bd2 $14 {In allen
Varianten, wo Schwarz es nicht schafft, den Vorstoß c5 durchzuführen, steht
Weiß besser.}) 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 {Die einzige ernsthafte Alternative ist 7.c4}
(7. c4 Nbc6 8. Na3 (8. Nc3 dxc4 9. dxc5 Nd5 10. Na4 Ndb4 $11 {und Weiß hatte
keinen Vorteil in Alekseev - Ponomariov (Kallithea, 2008)}) 8... dxc4 9. Nxc4
Nd5 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Rc1 h6 12. Be3 b5 13. Na3 a6 14. dxc5 Be7 $44 {Motylev -
Riazantsev (Poikovsky, 2010). Die schwarze Kompensation basiert auf der
Schwäche des Bauern e5, dem schlechten weißen Springer a3 und der Drohung Nxe3
wonach die weiße Bauernstruktur ruiniert wird.}) 7... Nec6 8. a3 (8. Bg5 {
sieht logisch aus.} Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. c4 dxc4 11. Na3 c3 12. bxc3 Nd7 13.
Bb5 Qxc5 14. Nc4 O-O 15. Qxd7 Qxb5 16. Nd6 $14 {Naiditsch - Le Quang Liem 
(Dortmund, 2010)}) (8. Be3 {wird oft gespielt, ist aber seit langer Zeit auf
hohem Niveau abgestellt.} Nd7 9. c4 dxc4 10. Na3 Bxc5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. Nxc4
O-O 13. Qc1 Nd3 14. Qe3 Qd5 $11 {Ivanchuk - Karpov (Monte Carlo, 1998)}) 8...
Nd7 $5 $146 {Bis jetzt wurde nur 8....Bxc5 gespielt, wonach Weiß etwas bessere
Chancen hatte. Der Partiezug sieht gut aus.} (8... Bxc5 9. b4 Bb6 10. Bb2 Nd7
11. c4 dxc4 12. Nbd2 $14 {Inarkiev - Simutowe (Goa, 2002)}) 9. b4 (9. Bf4 $2
Bxc5 10. b4 Bb6 $15) 9... a5 $1 {Das ist die Idee hinter 8....Nbd7. Das Nehmen
auf e5 würde Weiß in Vorteil bringen.} (9... Ncxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bb2 Nc6
12. Nd2 $14 {Der Läufer auf der langen Diagonale sieht sehr unangenehm aus.
Vor allem kann Schwarz die Entwicklung nicht vollenden, weil der Bauer g7
hängt.}) 10. Nd4 ({Interessant ist der direkte Versuch} 10. b5 $5 Ncxe5 11. Nd4
$1 (11. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 12. Bb2 Nc4 $1 13. Bxc4 dxc4 14. Qf3 (14. Nd2 Qd5 $17)
14... Bxc5 15. Bxg7 Rg8 16. Qxb7 Qc8 $1 (16... Rxg7 17. Qc6+ $16) 17. Qxc8+
Rxc8 18. Bc3 Bh3 19. g3 Bxf1 20. Kxf1 a4 $17) 11... Nxc5 (11... Bg6 12. c6 bxc6
13. bxc6 Nb8 14. Bb5 $16) (11... Bxc5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qxd5 Qc7 14. Bb2 O-O
15. Nd2 $14 {Weiß steht klar besser.}) 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. Qd4 f6 14. Nc3 Ne4 15.
Na4 $1 (15. Nxd5 Bc5 16. Qd1 O-O $36 {Die schwarzen Figuren stehen zu aktiv.})
15... Rc8 16. Ra2 $44 {Der nächste Zug von Weiß ist Rd1 und der Bauer d5 kommt
in Gefahr. Weiß hat sicherlich gute Kompensation, ob das für einen Vorteil
reicht, ist jedoch fraglich.}) 10... axb4 11. Nxf5 exf5 12. Bb2 (12. Qxd5 Bxc5
13. Rd1 Ra5 $15 {Weiß kann auf keinen Vorteil hoffen, wenn seine Figuren fast
alle auf der Grundreihe stehen.}) 12... Bxc5 13. axb4 {Der stärkste Zug.} (13.
Qxd5 Ra5 14. Qd3 Ndxe5 15. Qxf5 $2 Bd4 $1 $17) 13... Rxa1 14. Bxa1 Nxb4 15. Nc3
Nb6 (15... O-O 16. Nxd5 Nc6 17. e6 $1 fxe6 18. Nf4 Re8 19. Bc4 $14 {Die weiße
Aktivität verspricht mehr als Kompensation.}) 16. Bb5+ Nc6 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Qxf5
{Beide Spieler machen die besten Züge und enden in einem ausgeglichenen
Endspiel.} (18. Rd1 $2 Nd4 19. Qe3 Nb3 20. Qf4 Nxa1 21. Rxa1 Qe7 22. Rd1 Qe6
$17) 18... Nd4 (18... Qe7 $5 19. Ne2 $1 Rd8 20. Qf4 $14 {Weiß kontrolliert das
Feld d4 und bereitet Ng3-Nf5 vor.}) 19. Qd3 Qh4 20. g3 Qg4 {Weiß kann den
weißfeldrigen Läufer sowieso nicht retten.} 21. Ne2 Nxb5 22. Qxb5 Qc4 $6 ({
Stärker war} 22... Nc4 $1 23. Qxc5 (23. Nf4 b6 24. Nxd5 $2 Nd2 25. Rc1 Nf3+ 26.
Kg2 Qe4 $19) 23... Qxe2 24. Qxd5 Nd2 25. Rc1 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 Ne1+ 27. Kg1 Nf3+ $11
) 23. Rb1 $1 Ra8 (23... Qxc2 $4 24. Bd4 $1 Bxd4 25. Nxd4 Qe4 26. Qxb6 $18) 24.
Bc3 h6 25. Qxc4 dxc4 26. Bd4 ({Auch stark war} 26. Rb5 Na4 27. Bd4 Bxd4 28.
Nxd4 Rd8 29. Nf5 $14) 26... Nd7 27. e6 $1 {Svidler spielt sehr stark. Der
einzige Fehler des Gegners im 22. Zug hat ihm gereicht, um großen Vorteil zu
erzielen.} (27. Rxb7 $2 Bxd4 28. Nxd4 Nxe5 $11) 27... fxe6 28. Rxb7 Rd8 (28...
Bxd4 29. Nxd4 Nc5 30. Rb4 $16) 29. Rc7 (29. Nf4 $1 {konnte den Punkt sichern!}
Bxd4 30. Nxe6 Bxf2+ (30... Nc5 31. Nxd8 Nxb7 32. Nxb7 $18) 31. Kxf2 Re8 32.
Nxg7 Kxg7 (32... Rf8+ 33. Ke3 Nc5 34. Ra7 $18) 33. Rxd7+ Kg6 34. Rc7 Re4 35.
Rc6+ Kg5 36. Kf3 Rd4 37. h3 h5 38. Ke3 $18) 29... Bxd4 30. Nxd4 Nc5 31. Nc6 (
31. Nb5 Rd5 32. Nc3 Re5 33. f4 Re3 34. Nb5 Ne4 35. Rxc4 g5 $1 $44) 31... Rd1+
32. Kg2 Ne4 33. Ne7+ Kf7 34. Nd5+ Kg8 35. Ne7+ (35. Ne3 $1 {gewann leicht,
aber vermutlich waren die Spieler in Zeitnot.} Rd2 36. Rxc4 Nxf2 (36... Rxf2+
37. Kg1 $18) 37. Nf1 Re2 38. Kf3 $18) 35... Kf7 36. Nc8+ Kf6 37. Rxc4 Re1 (
37... Nd6 $2 38. Nxd6 Rxd6 39. h4 $18) 38. Na7 {Weiß hat zwar den Bauern
gewonnen, doch während er seine Figuren mobilisiert, bekommt Schwarz
Initiative.} Ke5 39. Nb5 Re2 40. Kf3 Re1 $4 {Nur Zeitnot kann erklären, warum
Schwarz nicht auf f2 genommen hat.} (40... Rxf2+ $1 41. Ke3 Rf3+ 42. Kxf3 Nd2+
43. Ke2 Nxc4 $11) 41. Nd4 Kd5 42. Rb4 Nc3 (42... Nd2+ 43. Kg2 Rc1 44. Nb3 $1
Nxb3 (44... Rxc2 45. Rd4+ Ke5 46. Rxd2 $18) 45. cxb3 $16) 43. Nb3 e5 44. Rb7
e4+ 45. Kf4 $2 {Normalerweise muss der König im Endspiel ins Zentrum laufen,
doch in diesem Fall wäre es besser gewesen, wenn er zu Hause geblieben wäre.} (
45. Kg2 Re2 46. Rd7+ Kc4 47. Rd4+ Kb5 48. Rd2 $16) 45... Re2 {Forciert das
Remis.} 46. Rd7+ (46. Rxg7 $2 Rxf2+ 47. Kg4 Rxc2 $15) 46... Ke6 47. Rd2 Nd5+ $1
48. Kg4 Rxd2 49. Nxd2 e3 50. fxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Rc1 Rd8 12. Bf4 Be5 {The theory of this
line is booming! We examined it in CBM 132 (annotations to Caruana -
Morozevich) and CBM 134 (Shirov - Svidler). Here I'll only quote some
important games played in 2010.} 13. Bxe5 (13. Bg3 Bxg3 14. fxg3 (14. Nxg3 Qf4
15. Bd5 cxd4 16. cxd4 Bg4 17. f3 Bd7 18. Ne2 Qe3+ 19. Kh1 e6 20. Rc3 Qh6 21.
Bb3 Na5 22. d5 Bb5 23. Rc5 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Nxb3 25. axb3 exd5 26. Rxd5 Rxd5 27.
exd5 Rd8 28. Qe7 Rxd5 29. Qxb7 Rd3 30. Qxa7 Rxb3 31. Rd1 Qe3 {1/2 Butnorius,A 
(2437)-Timoscenko,G (2495)/Thessaloniki 2010/CBM 135 Extra}) 14... e6 15. Qe1
$6 {Hardly a good idea instead of the usual} (15. Qd2) 15... cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4
17. Nxd4 Qb6 18. Kh1 Qxd4 19. Bb3 Bd7 $17 {1/2 Benitah,Y (2382)-Lagarde,M 
(2414)/Belfort FRA 2010/The Week in Chess 824 (51)}) 13... Nxe5 14. Bb3 Ng4 15.
Ng3 Qf4 16. Qe1 $1 {[%cal Rh2h3][%mdl 4] A considerable improvement on
previous top-level games; not a novelty, however, as it had been played in a
correspondence game earlier on.} (16. Qf3 $6 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Nf6 18. Rfd1 Bh3 19.
Ne2 Nh5 20. dxc5 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rc8 22. Bd5 Rxc5 23. Bxb7 Rg5+ 24. Ng3 Nf4 25.
Ba6 h5 26. Rd4 Ra5 27. Bc4 e5 28. Rd8+ Kg7 29. Nf1 Ra3 30. Ne3 Rxc3 $17 {
0-1 Nyback,T (2643)-Ni Hua (2657)/Wijk aan Zee 2010/CBM 135 (38)}) (16. h3 Nf6
17. Re1 e5 18. d5 Ne8 19. Re3 Nd6 20. Qe1 Bd7 21. Nf1 b5 22. Nd2 a5 $15 {
1/2 Svensson,S-Meier,W (2199)/Dresden GER 2010/The Week in Chess 798 (45)}) (
16. Qc2 $5 cxd4 $6 (16... b5) (16... b6) 17. cxd4 Bd7 18. Qb2 (18. Qc7 $14)
18... Rac8 19. h3 Nf6 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 Qxe4 22. d5 a5 23. a3 b5 24. Rfe1 Qf4
25. Rcd1 Qg5 26. Re3 Bf5 27. Qd4 $16 {1-0 Grigorov,G (2501)-Iotov,V (2569)/
Albena 2010/CBM 136 Extra (34)}) 16... Nf6 (16... cxd4 17. cxd4 Rxd4 $2 18. h3
Ne5 19. Ne2 $18) (16... e5 17. h3 Nf6 18. dxe5 Qxe5 19. f4 $36) (16... b5 17.
h3 c4 (17... Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. dxc5 $16 {[%cal Yc3c4]}) 18. Bc2 Nf6 19. a4 a6
20. Ne2 Qc7 21. Qd2 Bd7 22. Ra1 Rdb8 23. f4 $5 (23. axb5 axb5 24. d5 $14) 23...
bxa4 24. f5 Rb2 25. fxg6 fxg6 26. e5 Nh5 27. g4 Ng7 28. Rf2 $36 {1-0
Szczepanski,Z (2442)-Kuhne,D (2310)/Lechenicher SchachServer 2009/Telechess
CBM 137 (40)}) (16... b6 17. h3 Nf6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20. c4 Rd8 21. d5
$14 {is similar to the game.}) 17. e5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 (18. dxc5 Nc7 {[%cal Yc8e6]
is not so convincing now}) 18... Rxd5 19. c4 $1 Rd8 (19... Rxd4 $2 20. Ne2) 20.
d5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5] White has created a strong pawn centre; Black must
immediately undermine it.} b5 $1 21. Qa5 Bd7 22. Rfe1 ({The simple} 22. cxb5 {
is apparently even stronger:} Qb4 $5 (22... Qxe5 23. Rxc5 Be6 24. Rd1 $1 Bxd5
25. Nf1 e6 26. Ne3 $16) 23. Qc7 $1 Bxb5 (23... Rac8 24. Qxa7 Bxb5 25. Rfd1 Ba4
$1 26. Re1 $1 Rxd5 27. a3 $1 (27. Qxe7) 27... Qh4 28. Ne4 $16) 24. Rb1 Qa4 25.
Rfd1 Bc4 26. Qxc5 $16) 22... Be8 (22... a6 $5) 23. cxb5 Rxd5 24. b6 (24. Ne2 $5
Qb4 25. Qc7 $14) (24. e6 $5) 24... Rd2 $2 {White now wins a pawn keeping his
positional advantage.} (24... Rxe5 $8 25. b7 (25. bxa7 $6 Rd5 {[%cal Rd5d7]})
25... Rb8 26. Qxa7 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 Bc6 28. Qxc5 Bxb7 29. Qxe7 $14 {This pawn
loss is relatively favourable for Black; he has chances to survive thanks to
his strong bishop.}) 25. Ne4 $1 Rb2 26. Qxc5 Rxb6 27. Qxe7 $16 {[%csl Rf6,Rg8]}
Bc6 28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Rf1 h6 30. Rc3 Rab8 31. Qc5 Ra6 $6 (31... Bb7 $142) 32.
Qd6 Rbb6 $6 {This leads to new material losses but} (32... Rc8 33. a4 $1 {
is almost a stalemate} Qxa4 $140 34. Nh5+ $1 $18) 33. Re3 $6 (33. Nh5+ $142
gxh5 34. Rg3+ Qxg3 (34... Kh7 35. Qf8 $18) 35. Qf6+ Kf8 36. hxg3) 33... Rxa2 {
Black allows the same blow as on the previous move. Well, he had no good
defence anyway. E.g.} (33... Qb4 34. Nh5+ Kh7 $1 35. Qf6 Qf8 36. e6 $1 $18) (
33... Qc4 34. Nh5+ $1 gxh5 35. Rg3+ Kh7 36. Qf8 Qxf1+ 37. Kxf1 Rb1+ 38. Ke2
Rxa2+ 39. Ke3 Rb3+ (39... Re1+ 40. Kd4 Rd1+ 41. Kc5 Rc2+ 42. Kb4 Rb1+ 43. Rb3
a5+ 44. Kxa5 Ra2+ 45. Kb4 Ra4+ 46. Kc3 Rxb3+ 47. Kxb3 Rf4 48. f3 $18) 40. Kd4
Rd2+ (40... Rxg3 41. Qxf7+ Rg7 42. Qxa2) 41. Kc5 Rxg3 42. hxg3 Bd5 43. Qd6 $18)
34. Nh5+ gxh5 35. Rg3+ Qxg3 36. Qf6+ Kg8 37. hxg3 $18 {Black can't create any
kind of fortress here.} Be4 38. Qd8+ Kh7 39. Rc1 Bf5 40. Rc7 Be6 41. Rxa7 Rxa7
42. Qxb6 Ra4 43. Qb1+ Kg7 44. f4 Ra5 45. Qd1 $1 ({But not} 45. f5 Rxe5 46. fxe6
Rxe6) (45. Qd1 Bg4 46. Qd4 Be6 47. f5 $1 $18 {It is now up to Black to find a
good reply to 16.Qe1!}) 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nge2 dxc4 8. Ng3
Bg6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Qb4 11. a3 Qb3 12. Nge4 Nd5 13. Rh3 Qb6 14. Bxc4 Qa5 15.
Nd6+ Bxd6 16. exd6 Nd7 17. Rc1 Nxc3 18. Rcxc3 Nf6 19. b4 Qd8 20. Qf4 Kd7 21.
Rhe3 Re8 22. b5 Qa5 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Kf1 Bf5 25. Be2 Rac8 26. Rc5 Qa4 27. Rec3
a6 28. b6 Bg6 29. Qxf6 e5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. dxe5 Re8 32. Re3 Re6 33. Qg5 Qd4
34. Kg1 Be4 35. Qxh5 Rxe5 36. Qxf7+ Kxd6 37. Qxb7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 O-O-O 10. b3 d6 11. Qg4+ Kb8 12. cxd5 Qxe5+ 13. Qe4 Qxa1 14. Qb4+
Bb5 15. Bxb5 Qxc1+ 16. Ke2 Qc5 17. Qxc5 dxc5 18. Bxc6 Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qc2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rac8 12. e4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6
15. Qh4 c5 16. Rfe1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 cxd4 18. Rxd4 Rfd8 19. Red1 Bc5 20. Rxd8+
Rxd8 21. Qf4 h6 22. h3 a5 23. Kf1 Kf8 24. Rxd8+ Qxd8 25. Ke2 Ke7 26. h4 Bd6 27.
Qd4 Qc7 28. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Qh4 d6 10. Bh6 Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Rc8 12. b3 Rc5 13. Ng5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Re8
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nge4 Qa8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2697"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qc3 Ne7 13. Qd3 O-O 14. Nc3 c5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Nxb5 Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Rxb5 18. Ra7 Bd7 19. Qd3 Rb6 20. f5 d5 21. f6
Rxf6 22. Rxf6 gxf6 23. Bh6 Re8 24. Ba4 Bxa4 25. Rxe7 Bxc2 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27.
Qg3+ Bg6 28. h4 Qe5 29. Qg4 f5 30. Qa4 f6 31. Qa8+ Be8 32. h5 f4 33. Qb7 f5 34.
b4 c4 35. b5 c3 36. Qc8 f3 37. Qc5 Qe1+ 38. Kh2 Qh4+ 39. Kg1 Qe1+ 40. Kh2 Qh4+
41. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ng5 Re7 13. d5 Na5 14. Bc2 c6 15. b4
Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Nf3 h6 19. Qe2 Rc8 20. a4 Re8 21. Rd1 Qc7
22. Nd2 d5 23. exd5 Nxd5 24. Ne4 Bb7 25. Be3 f5 26. Nc5 Nxe3 27. fxe3 Bxc5 28.
Qxc4+ Kh8 29. bxc5 e4 30. Rab1 Ba8 31. Bb3 Qg3 32. Qe2 Rxc5 33. Rbc1 Bc6 34.
Rd4 f4 35. Qf2 Qxe3 36. Qxe3 fxe3 37. c4 e2 38. Re1 Rb8 39. Bc2 Rb4 40. Bxe4
Bxe4 41. Rxe4 Rxa4 42. R1xe2 Raxc4 43. Re8+ Kh7 44. Ra8 Ra4 45. Ra7 a5 46. Kh2
Ra3 47. Rd2 Rg5 48. Rc2 a4 49. Rd2 Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam NH Hotels 5th"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2010.08.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "213"]
[EventDate "2010.08.12"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 138"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qa4+ Bd7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 a6 7. e4 b5 8.
Qe2 Bc8 9. d4 Bg7 10. g3 c5 11. dxc5 O-O 12. Bg2 Be6 13. e5 Nfd7 14. O-O Nxc5
15. Rd1 Nbd7 16. Nd4 Bc4 17. Qe3 Nxe5 18. Nc6 Nxc6 19. Rxd8 Raxd8 20. Qxc5 Bxc3
21. Bxc6 Rd1+ 22. Kg2 Bf6 23. Bb7 Bf1+ 24. Kf3 Rfd8 25. Be4 Re1 26. Qc2 Bg7 27.
g4 h5 28. gxh5 f5 29. Bb7 gxh5 30. Qc7 Be2+ 31. Kg3 Rg1+ 32. Bg2 Rd3+ 33. Be3
Rxa1 34. Qc8+ Kf7 35. Qxf5+ Bf6 36. h4 Rxe3+ 37. fxe3 Bg4 38. Qh7+ Bg7 39. Be4
Kf8 40. Bg6 Rxa2 41. Bxh5 Bxh5 42. Qxh5 Rxb2 43. Qf5+ Bf6 44. e4 Rc2 45. h5
Rc3+ 46. Kg2 Rc2+ 47. Kf3 Rc3+ 48. Ke2 b4 49. h6 Rc2+ 50. Ke3 Rh2 51. Qg6 b3
52. h7 Bg7 53. e5 Rh6 54. Qf5+ Ke8 55. Kd2 e6 56. Qe4 Kf7 57. Kc3 Rh5 58. Kxb3
Rxe5 59. Qh4 Rd5 60. h8=Q Bxh8 61. Qxh8 a5 62. Kc4 Rf5 63. Kd4 Rd5+ 64. Ke4 Rf5
65. Qh7+ Ke8 66. Qg7 Rd5 67. Qf6 Kd7 68. Qf7+ Kd6 69. Qe8 Re5+ 70. Kf4 Rf5+ 71.
Kg4 Ke5 72. Qd8 a4 73. Qa5+ Kf6 74. Qxa4 Ke7 75. Qa7+ Kd6 76. Qb8+ Kd7 77. Qb7+
Kd6 78. Qc8 Ke7 79. Qc7+ Ke8 80. Qd6 Kf7 81. Qd7+ Kf6 82. Qe8 Rg5+ 83. Kh4 Rf5
84. Qf8+ Kg6 85. Qe7 Re5 86. Kg4 Re4+ 87. Kf3 Re1 88. Qh4 Re5 89. Qe7 Re1 90.
Kf4 Rf1+ 91. Ke5 Re1+ 92. Kd6 Rd1+ 93. Kc6 Re1 94. Qh4 Re5 95. Kd6 Rh5 96. Qe4+
Kg7 97. Kxe6 Rh6+ 98. Ke7 Rg6 99. Qd4+ Kg8 100. Qe5 Rg1 101. Qd5+ Kh7 102. Qd3+
Kg8 103. Kf6 Rg7 104. Qd5+ Kh7 105. Qh1+ Kg8 106. Qh5 Ra7 107. Qd5+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Astaneh Lopez, Alex"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2393"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ireland"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IRL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Ne7 6. Qe2 Qc7 7. Na3 e5 8.
Nh4 h6 9. Nc4 g5 10. Nf5 Nxf5 11. exf5 d6 12. h4 Bxf5 13. hxg5 O-O-O 14. gxh6
d5 15. Ne3 Bg6 16. Ng4 Re8 17. Bg5 f5 18. Nf6 Re6 19. Nh5 Bf7 20. O-O-O Rg6 21.
Bd2 f4 22. Ba5 Qxa5 23. Qxe5 Rgxh6 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "YUG"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Bg2
Nfd7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Qd2 O-O 11. O-O Nde5 12. b3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 b5 14. a4 bxa4
15. Nxa4 Bb7 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2497"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Italy"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Bb3 Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd5 e5
15. Rxc6 bxc6 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc2 f5
21. Qa4 a6 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd4 Qe8 25. Qa5 Rc8 26. Qd5 Rc5 27.
Nf7+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Nf7+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Almasi, Zoltan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Hungary"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "HUN"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Rd1 (10. h3 h6 11. b3 Kc8 12. Bb2 b6 13. Rad1 Ne7
14. Ne2 Ng6 15. Ng3 Nf4 16. Bc1 Ne6 17. Nd4 h5 18. c4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Be7 20.
Rfd1 Be6 $11 {[%cal Gc8b7,Ga8d8] Rasmussen,A (2530)-Roussel Roozmon,T (2484)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (1/2, 36)}) (10. b3 Kc8 11. Bb2 Be7 12. Rad1 b6
13. h3 h5 14. Ne4 c5 15. Nc3 a5 16. Nd5 Bd8 17. a4 c4 {Getting rid of the
double pawns and weakening the b3-square.} 18. Rfe1 Re8 19. Re4 cxb3 20. cxb3
Be6 21. Rd3 Ne7 22. Nxe7+ Bxe7 $11 {Socko,B (2657)-Harikrishna,P (2645)/
Khanty-Mansiysk 2010 (1/2, 29)}) 10... Kc8 11. Ng5 Be8 12. b3 a5 13. a4 b6 14.
Bb2 Be7 15. Nge4 Kb7 16. Rd3 Rd8 17. Rxd8 Bxd8 18. Rd1 Kc8 19. f3 h5 {After
having completed his regrouping, Black starts taking measures against White's
kingside expansion.} 20. Ne2 {White has a slightly unusual piece placement,
but this does not change the character of the position.} Bd7 21. Kf2 c5 22. c4
Re8 23. Nf4 h4 24. Nd5 Re6 25. Nf4 {White decides to take a draw. In order to
make progress, he would need playing g2-g4, but this is not easy to be
achieved under favourable circumstances.} (25. g4 hxg3+ 26. hxg3 Rh6 $132) (25.
f4 Rh6 26. Kf3 Be6 27. Nf2 Rg6 $5 $11 28. Ng4 $2 Rxg4 $19) 25... Re8 26. Nd5
Re6 27. Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.27"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Bb2
Qb6 9. Qb3 Ne4 10. e3 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Ne5 Nd6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. dxc5 Qxc5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd2 Be6 17. Rfc1 Rab8 18. Qd3 Rfc8 19. Nb3 Qa3 20. c5 Nb5 21.
Qe4 Rb7 22. Qe5+ Kg8 23. Rd1 Rbc7 24. h4 Bxb3 25. axb3 Qxb3 26. Bh3 Rf8 27.
Rac1 h5 28. g4 hxg4 29. Bxg4 f6 30. Be6+ Kg7 31. Qe4 Qb2 32. h5 f5 33. Qc4 Qf6
34. hxg6 Qg5+ 35. Kf1 f4 36. exf4 Rxf4 37. Qa2 Nd4 38. Rc4 Qh4 39. Rdxd4 Rxd4
40. Rxd4 Qxd4 41. Qb3 Qf6 42. Qh3 Qxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.28"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia II"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 b6 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Qxd7 Nxd7 14. Bxe7
Rfe8 15. Bh4 Rac8 16. Rfe1 h6 17. Bg3 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Nc5 19. Nxe6 Nxe6 20. Rec1
Red8 21. Rb4 Rd2 22. Bxc4 a5 23. Bxe6 Rxc3 24. Rc4 fxe6 25. R4xc3 Bxc3 26. h4
Bf6 27. a4 Rb2 28. Rc6 Kf7 29. Bc7 Rb1+ 30. Kh2 Bxh4 31. g3 Bf6 32. Bxb6 Rb4
33. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.29"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. d3 Nbxd5 8.
Nxd5 Nxd5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 c6 12. Qc2 Nf6 13. b3 Bd6 14. Bb2 Re8
15. Nd2 Bc7 16. e4 Be6 17. d4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Red8 19. Bc3 Bb6 20. Nf3 Qc5 21. b4
Qc4 22. Qb2 Qxe4 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qxf6 Qf5 25. Qh6 Qg6 26. Qf4 Qf5 27. Qh6 Qg6
28. Qf4 Qf5 29. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.09.30"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 Qa4 14. c4 Nc6 15.
Be3 exd5 16. exd5 Nb4 17. Bxc5 a5 18. Nd4 Re8+ 19. Be2 Qxa2 20. Nb5 Bf5 21.
Qxa2 Nxa2 22. Ra1 Nb4 23. Kd2 Nc2 24. Raf1 Bh6+ 25. f4 Rac8 26. Bd6 Ne3 27. Nc7
Nxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Red8 29. Nb5 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. g4 Bd7 32. Nd6 Rc7 33. f5
gxf5 34. gxf5 b5 35. cxb5 Rc5 36. Bc4 Bxb5 37. Nxb5 Rxc4 38. Kd3 Rc5 39. Nc3
Rdc8 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.01"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Qf6 7. Nxc6 dxc6 8.
Nc3 Qe7 9. Be2 Nf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Ng4 12. Bxg4 Bxg4 13. Rac1 Rad8 14. Rfe1
Be6 15. Ne2 a5 16. b3 f5 17. Rcd1 Bc8 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Qc1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rd8
21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Ng3 Be6 23. Qe1 a4 24. Bh6 Qf6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc1 axb3
27. axb3 b5 28. Nf1 bxc4 29. bxc4 c5 30. Ne3 Qd4 31. g3 Bh3 32. f3 Be6 33. Kf2
h5 34. h4 Kf7 35. Qc2 Bf5 36. Qe2 Bd3 37. Qd2 Bf5 38. Qe2 Bd3 39. Qd2 Bf5 40.
Ke2 Be6 41. Qc1 Qe5 42. Kf2 Qd4 43. Ke2 Qe5 44. Kf2 Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-39"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2010.10.03"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.09.21"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Nbd7 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 c6 7. a4 b6 8. O-O
a6 9. h3 h5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Nc1 {Previously know were Qd2 and f4.} O-O 12. Nd3
Qc7 13. f4 b5 {#} 14. Nf2 $6 {The purpose behind this strange looking move is
that white doesn't want to be forced to give up the bishop pair after} (14. Z0
exd4 15. Bxd4 c5 {and if white withdraws with} 16. Bf2 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5
Nf6 {he would stand worse.}) 14... Rfe8 15. g4 $6 {A dubious choice. White
wants to start a kingside flank attack with the pawns, but the conditions are
really against it right now: the center is not stable, much less under control,
and his pieces aren't even well positioned to undertake kingside action.} hxg4
16. hxg4 b4 17. Ne2 exd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qd3 d5 $1 20. e5 Ne4 21. Nxe4 dxe4 22.
Qd1 (22. Bxe4 $2 c4 23. Qd4 Bc5) 22... Rad8 23. Qc1 {#} f6 $1 {A gutsy
decision as it will allow white to cement a passed pawn on e6. If the game
goes into an endgame, it could easily be decisive. However, analysis suggests
that Salgado's judgment was right on the money.} 24. e6 Nb6 25. f5 Nd5 26. Nf4
c4 27. Nxd5 Rxd5 $1 {#} 28. Bf4 {White is short of good options by now.} (28.
Qe1 {was white's alternative, but after} b3 29. Rc1 bxc2 30. Rxc2 Rd3 31. Re2 {
Forced as the threat was Rxe3 followed by Bc5.} Bd6 $1 32. Bf2 (32. Qh4 Rxe3
33. Rxe3 Bc5 34. Qf2 (34. Qh3 Rd8 35. Kh1 Bxe3 36. Qxe3 Rd3) 34... Rd8 35. Rfe1
Rd3 36. Bf1 Rxe3 37. Rxe3 Bd5 38. Kg2 Qe5 39. Qe2 Bxe3 40. Qxe3 Qxb2+ 41. Kg1
c3 {is better for black.}) (32. Kh1 $2 g5 33. fxg6 Bg3 34. Qc1 (34. Bf2 Kg7 $1
35. Bxe4 $2 Qf4 $3 {Threatening Qh6+ and mate.} 36. Kg1 Bh2+ 37. Kh1 Bxe4+ 38.
Rxe4 Qf3+ 39. Kxh2 Rh8+ 40. Bh4 Rd2+) 34... Kg7 $1 {and the threat of Rh8
decides it much like the game continuation.}) 32... g5 $1) ({The e4 pawn
cannot be taken as} 28. Bxe4 $2 {would get white mated after} Qg3+ 29. Bg2 Rd1)
28... Qb6+ 29. Kh2 {#} (29. Be3 {was also no good because of} Bc5 30. Re1 b3 $1
31. cxb3 (31. c3 Rd3 32. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 33. Kf1 Qe5 34. Re2 Qg3) 31... Rd3 32. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 33. Kf1 Qe5 34. Qxc4 Qg3) (29. Kh1 g5) 29... g5 $1 30. fxg6 (30. a5 {
changed nothing.} Qc5 31. Be3 Qc7+ 32. Kg1 Qg3 33. Bb6 (33. Bf2 Qxg4) 33... Bd6
34. Rf2 Bf4) 30... Qxe6 31. Kg3 Rg5 32. Bxg5 fxg5 33. Rf5 Bd6+ 34. Kf2 e3+ 35.
Kg1 Bxg2 36. Kxg2 Qe4+ (36... Qe4+ 37. Kh3 Kg7 38. Rf7+ Kxg6 {and Rh8 is mate.}
) 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.10.09"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sandipan, Chanda"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Solingen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O Nce4 17. Qd3 a5 18. Ne5 Qc7 19. f4 Qc2 20. Nc6 Qxd3 21. Nxe7+
Kh8 22. Rxd3 Rc7 23. Nc6 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxc6 25. f5 Bxb2 26. Rxa5 Rd6 27. Bf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.10.10"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Remagen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 h6 10. Bh4 Nxe4 11. Qe1 Nf6 12. Nf5 Qa5 13. Nxd6+ Bxd6 14. Rxd6
O-O-O 15. Bf2 Qc7 16. Qd2 Kb8 17. Bc5 Bc8 18. Be2 b6 19. Ba3 Ne7 20. Rd1 Ned5
21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. g3 Bb7 24. b3 b5 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Qb6 27.
Bb2 Rc8 28. Bd4 Qb5 29. Qb2 f6 30. Kb1 Qxb2+ 31. Kxb2 Ne7 32. Bb6 Bc6 33. Ka3
Re8 34. Kb4 e5 35. fxe5 Nc8 36. Bd4 fxe5 37. Bc3 Nb6 38. Bh5 Re7 39. Re1 e4 40.
Bd4 Kc7 41. Kc3 Nd7 42. Be2 Ne5 43. h4 Re6 44. h5 Be8 45. g4 Bd7 46. Rf1 Re7
47. Rf4 Nf3 48. Bc5 Re5 49. Be3 Re7 50. Bd1 Kd6 51. c5+ Kc7 52. Rf8 Ne5 53. Bf4
Kc6 54. Bxe5 Rxe5 55. Ba4+ Kxc5 56. Bxd7 e3 57. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.11.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Bb3 d6 10. h3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rfc8 12. Nf3 Qd8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Bh6 b5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nd5 Nxb3 17. axb3 e5 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Nh2 a5 20. Re3 h5 21.
Rd3 Ra6 22. Nf1 Qf4 23. Qxf4 exf4 24. c3 Be6 25. Nd2 Rca8 26. Rd4 a4 27. Rb4 a3
28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. bxa3 Rxa3 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2010.11.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. Nf3 h6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. Bxc4 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. h3 Bf5 12. Bd3 Qd7 13. Bxf5 Qxf5 14. Qb3
Rab8 15. Rfe1 Rfd8 16. Rad1 a6 17. a3 Bf8 18. d5 Ne5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Ne4 Qg6
21. Qf3 Rd7 22. h4 h5 23. Ng3 Bd6 24. Nf5 Re8 25. Re4 f6 26. Kh1 Qh7 27. Rc4 g6
28. Nxd6 Rxd6 29. Rdc1 Qf7 30. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.02.04"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. d4 Bd6 7. h3 O-O 8.
Be2 Nd7 9. O-O Re8 10. Bd3 Nf8 11. c4 Ng6 12. Qc2 Bc7 13. Bf5 Qd6 14. g3 Bxf5
15. Qxf5 Qe6 16. Qxe6 fxe6 17. Be3 Rad8 18. Rfd1 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
21. Rab1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.03.19"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 Nc6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Na5 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Qa3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Qb6 14. Qb4
Qxb4 15. cxb4 Ba4 16. Rd3 Nc6 17. Be3 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Rc7 20. Be4
O-O 21. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.03.20"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bischoff, Klaus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Katernberg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f4
Nbd7 9. a4 b6 10. Bc4 Bb7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. O-O Qc7 13. Qe2 Rfc8 14. fxe5 Nxe5
15. Bb3 Ned7 16. Rf5 Re8 17. Raf1 d5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Bc5 20. Rg5 Re5 21.
Rg3 b5 22. axb5 axb5 23. c3 Qb6 24. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 25. Kh1 Rae8 26. Rd3 Qc7 27. Rd4
h6 28. Nf3 Rh5 29. g4 Rc5 30. Qg2 Ne5 31. g5 hxg5 32. Nxg5 Qc6 33. Bd5 Nxd5 34.
exd5 Qg6 35. Ne4 Rc4 36. Qxg6 Nxg6 37. Rxc4 bxc4 38. d6 Ne5 39. Nc5 f6 40. Rd1
Kf7 41. Ra1 Rb8 42. Ra7+ Kg6 43. d7 Nf7 44. Rb7 Ra8 45. Ne6 Ra6 46. d8=Q Nxd8
47. Nxd8 Rd6 48. Rb8 Kf5 49. Rc8 Rd2 50. Nc6 Ke4 51. Re8+ Kf3 52. Nd4+ Kf2 53.
h4 Kg3 54. Re3+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.04.09"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gashimov, Vugar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 Nc6
8. Qd2 Be6 9. Ng5 Bxg5 10. Bxg5 Qd7 11. Be2 Ne5 12. b3 f6 13. Be3 Ng4 14. Bf4
O-O-O 15. h3 Ne5 16. Be3 Kb8 17. O-O-O g5 18. g4 Rde8 19. a4 Qe7 20. a5 a6 21.
Rde1 Nc6 22. Bf3 d5 23. Kb2 Qd6 24. Bg2 h5 25. gxh5 Rxh5 26. f4 gxf4 27. Bxf4
Qd7 28. h4 Reh8 29. Bg3 Rg8 30. Re3 d4 31. cxd4 Qxd4+ 32. Qxd4 Nxd4 33. Be4 Bf5
34. Bd5 Be6 35. Bxe6 Nxe6 36. Rg1 Re8 37. Rge1 Rg8 38. Rc3 Rc5 39. Rxc5 Nxc5
40. Bf4 Nd7 41. h5 Kc8 42. Re7 Kd8 43. Rh7 Rg4 44. Rh8+ Ke7 45. Bxc7 Rh4 46. h6
Kf7 47. Bg3 Rh5 48. Bf4 Rh4 49. Bd6 Ke6 50. Bg3 Rh3 51. h7 Kf5 52. Bd6 Rh5 53.
b4 Rh3 54. c4 Rh6 55. b5 axb5 56. cxb5 Ke6 57. Bf4 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1011"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.04.10"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Jugelt, Tobias"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2010.10.09"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2012"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Delmenhorst"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Qf3 Nc6 5. c3 Bb7 6. e4 Ne7 7. Nd2 Ng6 8. Bg3
c5 9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb4 11. O-O-O b5 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Nb3 Qb6 14. Rc1 O-O
15. Bc7 Qa6 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. Nh3 Ba8 18. f3 Qb7 19. Na5 Bxa5 20. Bxa5 a6 21. a4
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2725"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. O-O d6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Ne7 11. Nh4 Ng6 12. Nf5 c6 13. Qf3 Be6 14. Rf2 a5 15.
a4 d5 16. Raf1 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nd7 18. Qe2 Nc5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qc4 b6 21. b4
axb4 22. cxb4 Rxa4 23. h4 Kh8 24. h5 exf5 25. hxg6 f4 26. Nf3 fxe3 27. Re2 Qd3
28. Qxd3 Nxd3 29. Rxe3 Nxb4 30. Rd1 Nc2 31. Rc3 Nd4 32. Nxd4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 exd4
34. Rxc6 Rb8 35. Kf2 b5 36. Ke2 b4 37. Kd3 b3 38. Rc1 b2 39. Rb1 Rb4 40. Kc2
hxg6 41. Rxb2 d3+ 42. Kc3 Rxe4 43. Kxd3 Re6 44. Re2 Rxe2 45. Kxe2 Kg8 46. Kf3
Kf7 47. Kg4 Kf6 48. Kf4 g5+ 49. Ke4 Ke6 50. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Akopian, Vladimir Eduardovic"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[BlackTeam "Yerevan Mika"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O Bb6 8. Nc4
Ne7 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. h3 h6 11. Bc2 Be6 12. a4 Bxc4 13. dxc4 a5 14. g3 Qe7 15. Kg2
Qe6 16. Qe2 Rfe8 17. Bd2 Nd7 18. Rad1 Nc5 19. Bc1 Qd7 20. b3 Qe6 21. Nh2 Ne7
22. Ng4 h5 23. Ne3 g6 24. g4 Qf6 25. gxh5 gxh5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Kf8 28. f4
Ke7 29. fxe5 Qxe5 30. Bf4 Qg7+ 31. Kh1 Nd7 32. e5 Nxe5 33. Bf5 Rg8 34. Rd2 Rae8
35. Qxh5 Kd8 36. Re2 Re7 37. Be4 Rh8 38. Qf5 Ng4 39. Rf3 Nh6 40. Qg5 f6 41.
Qxg7 Rxg7 42. Rg3 Rxg3 43. Bxg3 Ng4 44. h4 Ne3 45. c4 f5 46. Bf3 f4 47. Be1 Nf5
48. h5 Be3 49. Rg2 Nd4 50. Bh4+ Ke8 51. Be4 f3 52. Rg7 Kf8 53. Rxc7 Rxh5 54.
Rc8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.20"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[BlackTeam "Oslo Schakselskap"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. O-O-O Rc8 10. f4 Be7 11. f5 Bc4 12. Bxc4 Rxc4 13. Qd3 b5 14. Nd2 Rc8
15. a3 O-O 16. Kb1 Qa5 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. g4 Nxg4 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Rhg1 Nxe3 21.
Qxe3 Kh8 22. Qa7 Ra8 23. Qb7 Bf6 24. Qc6 Be7 25. Rd3 Nf6 26. Nxf6 gxf6 27. Rdg3
Qc8 28. Qd5 Qc4 29. Qb7 Rae8 30. Na5 Qc8 31. Qd5 Qc5 32. Qb3 Rg8 33. Qxf7 Qxg1+
34. Rxg1 Rxg1+ 35. Ka2 Rgg8 36. Nc6 Bd8 37. Qd7 Bb6 38. Ne7 Rd8 39. Qc6 Bg1 40.
Nxg8 Kxg8 41. h3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.21"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Dizdarevic, Emir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bihac"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BIH"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Bf4
Rb8 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Qd2 Re8 11. Bh6 Bh8 12. h3 b5 13. Nd5 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.22"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 Ne4 7. d4 d5 8. Bb2
Bf5 9. e3 a5 10. Nc3 Nd7 11. Qe2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Be4 13. Rfc1 e6 14. Bf1 dxc4 15.
bxc4 c5 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Rab1 b6 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 cxd4 20. exd4 Rc8 21. Rb5
Qc7 22. Kg1 a4 23. Rb4 Ra8 24. Ne4 Nf6 25. Nxf6+ Bxf6 26. Rcb1 Rad8 27. Qe3 Qd7
28. Rd1 Rc8 29. Qd3 Qc7 30. Qf3 Bg7 31. Rd3 a3 32. Bd2 Qc6 33. d5 exd5 34. cxd5
Qc2 35. d6 Qxa2 36. Kg2 Qe6 37. Rxa3 Qxd6 38. Rd3 Qe6 39. Qd5 Rfe8 40. Qxe6
Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 26th"]
[Site "Plovdiv"]
[Date "2010.10.23"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2010.10.17"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "BUL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 139"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg CC"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
Nc2 d6 9. O-O Be6 10. Ne3 Qd7 11. Ncd5 Ne5 12. Qc2 Bh3 13. Bd2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5
Bxg2 15. Kxg2 c6 16. Nf4 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 b6 7. a3 a5 8. Nc3
e5 9. Be3 Ne7 10. Na4 Rb8 11. Qd2 O-O 12. Bh6 f6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b4 cxb4 15.
axb4 axb4 16. Qxb4 Be6 17. O-O c5 18. Qb2 Qc7 19. Nc3 Nc6 20. Nb5 Qd7 21. Ra6
Rf7 22. Rfa1 Nb4 23. Nxe5 fxe5 24. Qxe5+ Kh6 25. Ra7 Nc6 26. Rxd7 Nxe5 27. Rd6
Bd7 28. Nc3 Nc6 29. Nd5 Nd4 30. Nxb6 Bb5 31. Ra5 Bc6 32. Rxc5 Rxb6 33. Rxd4 Bd7
34. f3 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rc1 36. Rc7 Be6 37. Rxf7 Bxf7 38. c4 Rd1 39. Kg3 Kg7 40.
Kf4 Kf6 41. Rd6+ Ke7 42. c5 Rc1 43. d4 Rc2 44. g4 Rc3 45. h4 Bc4 46. Rb6 Be2
47. Ke5 Bxf3 48. Rb7+ Kd8 49. Rxh7 Bxg4 50. Kd6 Ke8 51. d5 Bf3 52. c6 Kf8 53.
c7 Bg4 54. e5 Kg8 55. Re7 Kf8 56. e6 Be2 57. Rf7+ Kg8 58. Rf2 Bg4 59. e7 Re3
60. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 b6 6. O-O Bb7 7. h3 c5 8. c3 d6
9. a4 a6 10. Bh2 Nc6 11. Nbd2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bh6 13. Re1 Nd5 14. Bf1 Bf4 15.
Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Ne4 d5 17. Ned2 Qc7 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 f6 20. Re3 e5 21. Qb3
Kh8 22. Rae1 e4 23. c4 f5 24. Rc3 Qd8 25. a5 dxc4 26. Qxb6 Qxb6 27. axb6 Nd5
28. Rxc4 Rf6 29. Rc5 Rd8 30. Nc4 Nxb6 31. Rc7 Rd7 32. Rxd7 Nxd7 33. Ne5 Nf8 34.
Bc4 Kg7 35. Ra1 Rd6 36. Ra5 Rxd4 37. Bxa6 Bxa6 38. Rxa6 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rd2 40.
Kg1 Rxb2 41. Ra7+ Kf6 42. Nc4 Rb1+ 43. Kh2 h5 44. h4 Ne6 45. Ra6 f4 46. Nd2 Rb4
47. Kg1 Ke5 48. Ra5+ Kd4 49. Ra1 Nc5 50. Rd1 Nd3 51. Ra1 Nxf2 52. Kxf2 e3+ 53.
Ke2 Rb2 54. Ra4+ Ke5 55. Ra5+ Ke6 56. Ra6+ Kf5 57. Ra5+ Kg4 58. Rg5+ Kxh4 59.
Rxg6 Rxd2+ 60. Kf1 Ra2 61. Ke1 Rf2 62. Kd1 f3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8.
Be3 Bb6 9. Nd5 O-O 10. Bg5 Kh8 11. a4 Bg4 12. Be2 Qe8 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nh4
Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Nd4 16. Qd1 c6 17. Nxb6 axb6 18. c3 Ne6 19. Qf3 Ng5 20. Qe3 d5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2632"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. f4
Be7 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qe1 Nbd7 11. a4 b4 12. Nce2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Nc5 14. Bf2 O-O 15.
Rd1 d5 16. e5 Ng4 17. Nh5 g6 18. Ng3 Nxa4 19. b3 Nc3 20. Rd2 Bc5 21. Kh1 Nxf2+
22. Qxf2 Qb6 23. Nh5 Bxd4 24. Qh4 f5 25. exf6 Rf7 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Qg5 Ne4 28.
Qxg6+ Kf8 29. f5 Nxd2 30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Ng7+ Kd7 32. fxe6+ Kc6 33. exf7 Nxf1 34.
Ne6 Be5 35. f8=Q Rxf8 36. Qxf8 Qf2 37. Qxb4 Qxf6 38. Nc5 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2720"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. a5 Re8 13. Be3 g6 14. h3 h5 15. Nc1
Nh7 16. Nd3 Bg5 17. Nb4 Bxe3 18. Rxe3 Rc5 19. Qxd6 Rxa5 20. Rd1 Qb6 21. Qxb6
Nxb6 22. b3 Kg7 23. Ncd5 Nd7 24. Nc7 Re7 25. Nbd5 Bxd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3
Rb8 9. Qe1 b5 10. Nc2 b4 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ng4 13. cxb4 cxb4 14. d4 Qb6 15.
e3 Bf5 16. Qd1 Rbc8 17. Ne1 Bh6 18. Rf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Qe6 20. Bd2 f6 21. Qb3
Rc4 22. Nd3 fxe5 23. dxe5 a5 24. Ne1 Be4 25. Bh3 h5 26. a3 Qb6 27. axb4 Rxf4
28. Qa4 Rf8 29. Qxa5 Qe6 30. Ng2 Bxg2 31. Bxg2 Qxe5 32. Qxd5+ e6 33. Qxe5 Nxe5
34. Bc3 Nf3+ 35. Kh1 g5 36. b5 g4 37. Ra6 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 Na6 7. O-O c5 8. h3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Re1 Nc5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Qd2 h5 14. Bg5 Nh7 15.
Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 e5 17. Nf3 Na4 18. Nxa4 Bxa4 19. b3 Bc6 20. c4 Qf6 21. a4 a5
22. Rad1 Rfd8 23. h4 Qg7 24. Qe3 Nf8 25. Qb6 Ra8 26. Rd2 Qf6 27. Red1 Ra6 28.
Qe3 Raa8 29. Bh3 Qe7 30. c5 dxc5 31. Rxd8 Rxd8 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Nxe5 Be8 34.
Nc4 b6 35. e5 Qd1+ 36. Bf1 Bc6 37. Qd3 Qe1 38. Qe3 Qa1 39. f4 Ne6 40. Kf2 Nd4
41. Qd2 Qb1 42. Qb2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 c6 6. O-O d5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Bf4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Qxb2 11. Rab1 Qa3 12. Ng5 e6 13. e4 b5 14. Qd3 b4 15.
Rb3 Qa6 16. Qf3 bxc3 17. Bxb8 c2 18. Qc3 h6 19. Nh3 e5 20. Bxe5 Nxe4 21. Qxc2
Bxe5 22. Qxe4 Bxd4 23. Nf4 Bf5 24. Qxc6 Qxc6 25. Bxc6 Rac8 26. Bf3 Rc2 27. Rb7
g5 28. g4 Bc8 29. Nd3 Bxb7 30. Bxb7 Bb6 31. Be4 Rxa2 32. Bf5 Rd2 33. Ne5 R8d5
34. Nc4 R2d4 35. Ne3 Re5 36. Kg2 Rf4 37. Nc2 Re2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. h3 O-O 12. Bf4 Nh5 13. Bd2 b6 14. Rac1 Bb7 15.
Be3 Ne5 16. Rfd1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Rad8 18. Na4 Qc6 19. b3 b5 20. cxb5 Qxb5 21. Bb6
Qxd3 22. Rxd3 Bxe4 23. Bxd8 Bxd3 24. Be7 Re8 25. Bxd6 Rd8 26. Bc7 Rc8 27. Nb6
Re8 28. Ne5 Be4 29. Nec4 Bb7 30. Nd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. h3
Nc6 9. a4 Qc7 10. Na3 a6 11. Qe2 Nh5 12. Re1 Rd8 13. Nc4 Be6 14. a5 Nf4 15.
Bxf4 Qxf4 16. Nb6 Rab8 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ne5 19. Nfxe5 Bxe5 20. g3 Qf6 21.
Qe3 Qe6 22. Qxc5 Bxg3 23. fxg3 Rbc8 24. Qe5 Qxc4 25. Qxe7 Qb5 26. Rf1 Rd7 27.
Qf6 Qxb2 28. Rad1 Qb5 29. Rd5 Qa4 30. c4 Rcc7 31. Qd4 Qc6 32. e5 Qe6 33. Kg2
Rxc4 34. Rxd7 Rxd4 35. Rxd4 Qxe5 36. Ra4 Qd5+ 37. Rf3 h5 38. h4 Kg7 39. Raa3
Qd2+ 40. Rf2 Qd5+ 41. Rff3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2802"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Nf5 14. Qc2 Nd6 15.
Rad1 Bg4 16. Bf3 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 a5 18. Qb3 Qd7 19. bxa5 Nbc8 20. d4 e4 21. Ne5
Qe6 22. Qxe6 Rxe6 23. Nd7 Nc4 24. Bc1 Rxa5 25. d5 cxd5 26. Nxd5 Rd6 27. Nxf8
Raxd5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E72"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. g3 e5 7. Bg2 Nc6 8. d5 Nd4
9. O-O Bg4 10. Qd3 Nd7 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nb5 Ne5 13. Qd2 Nxc4 14. Qb4 Be2 15.
Re1 a5 16. Qb3 a4 17. Qc2 d3 18. Qxc4 a3 19. Rb1 d2 20. Qxe2 dxe1=Q+ 21. Qxe1
axb2 22. Bxb2 Rxa2 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. e5 Re8 25. e6 Qf6 26. Nxc7 Re7 27. Nb5
fxe6 28. Nc3 exd5 29. Qxe7+ Qxe7 30. Nxa2 Qe5 31. Nb4 d4 32. Bf1 Qc5 33. Nd3
Qa7 34. h4 Kf6 35. Rb5 h6 36. Rd5 Qb6 37. Nf4 g5 38. hxg5+ hxg5 39. Ne2 Qc6 40.
Rf5+ Kg6 41. Nxd4 Qe4 42. Rb5 Qxd4 43. Rxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. O-O Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Ne7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bf4 Nd5 15.
Bd6 Re8 16. Ne5 N7f6 17. Ba3 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Ne7 19. Qf3 Nf5 20. Rad1 Qf6 21. Ng4
Qd8 22. Ne5 Qf6 23. Bc5 Rb8 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bc5 Rxa2 26. Qb3 Ra8 27. Rd3 Qd8
28. Rfd1 Nd6 29. Bg2 Ra6 30. f4 Qc7 31. Rc3 Nf5 32. Be4 Rd8 33. g4 Nd6 34. Bg2
Qa5 35. d5 Ne8 36. Be7 exd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.16"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "15"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Nc5 Nd7 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. Qxd3 Ngf6
8. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Be6 7. d3 Qd7 8. Nd5
Nd8 9. d4 c6 10. Ne3 exd4 11. Nxd4 Bh3 12. Ndf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 Ne7 14. Bh3 Nxf5
15. O-O Ne6 16. Nxf5 gxf5 17. Bxf5 O-O-O 18. Be3 d5 19. Qa4 a6 20. Bb6 Rde8 21.
Rfd1 d4 22. b4 Kb8 23. Rab1 Qd6 24. b5 cxb5 25. cxb5 Qxb6 26. bxa6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 f6 8. exf6
Nxf6 9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd6 11. N2f3 O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Ne5
Qc7 15. Bf4 c5 16. Bg3 Bb7 17. Qe2 Re7 18. Nf3 Rf8 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Ne5 g6 21.
Rad1 Rg7 22. Qe3 Bc8 23. Bc2 Qc7 24. h3 Ne4 25. Ng4 Nd6 26. b3 Nf5 27. Qe5 Qxe5
28. Nxe5 Rc7 29. c4 Ne7 30. Bd3 Kg7 31. Be2 h5 32. cxd5 exd5 33. Bf3 d4 34. Rc1
Bf5 35. Rc4 Be6 36. Ra4 Bd5 37. Be2 Nc6 38. Nd3 Re7 39. Bf1 Rxe1 40. Nxe1 Be4
41. f3 Bb1 42. Bd3 Re8 43. Be4 Bxe4 44. fxe4 Rxe4 45. Nd3 Re3 46. Nxc5 d3 47.
Ne4 Re2 48. Kf1 Kf7 49. Nf2 Rd2 50. Ra6 Nb4 51. Rxa7+ Ke6 52. Ne4 Rb2 53. a3
Kd5 54. Nc3+ Kd4 55. Nb5+ Kc5 56. Nc3 Kd4 57. Nb5+ Kc5 58. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. f4
Be7 9. Kh1 Qc7 10. Bd2 Nbd7 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 Qb6 14. a5 Qc5 15.
Nb3 Qc6 16. Nf2 Nc5 17. Nd4 Qc7 18. Bxb4 O-O 19. Bc3 g6 20. Nf3 d5 21. e5 Nfe4
22. Bd4 f5 23. exf6 Bxf6 24. Ne5 Bg7 25. Nfg4 Qe7 26. b4 Nxd3 27. cxd3 Nd6 28.
Bc5 Rad8 29. Rae1 Qh4 30. Bb6 Rc8 31. Bc5 Nf5 32. Kg1 Rfe8 33. d4 Rb8 34. Ne3
Nxe3 35. Qxe3 Bc8 36. Rc1 Qf6 37. Bd6 Rb7 38. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6
8. d4 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. h3 b6 13. Bg5 e6 14. Qd2 Bb7
15. Bh6 Rac8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Rac1 Ne7 18. Ne5 Rfd8 19. Red1 Ng8 20. Qb2 Nf6
21. c4 Kg8 22. Bf1 Nd7 23. Ng4 h5 24. Ne3 Qf4 25. Qa3 Nf6 26. Qxa7 Rd7 27. Qxb6
Ne4 28. Qb2 Ba8 29. Rd3 Rb8 30. Rb3 Rbd8 31. Rd1 Bc6 32. Rb4 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Rxd4
34. Rb8+ Kh7 35. Rh8+ Kxh8 36. Qxd4+ e5 37. Qb2 Ng5 38. Nd5 Qe4 39. Qb8+ Kg7
40. Qd6 Bxd5 41. Qxd5 Qe1 42. c5 Ne6 43. c6 Nf4 44. Qc4 e4 45. c7 e3 46. Qd4+
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. h3
Na6 9. Bg2 Qg6 10. Rb1 Nb4 11. Ne3 Bc5 12. a3 Nbd5 13. Qc2 Nxc3 14. Qxc3 Bb6
15. b4 O-O 16. Bb2 Be6 17. Qc2 Bxe3 18. dxe3 Bd5 19. O-O Rfe8 20. Rfd1 h5 21.
b5 Qf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. c3 d5 7. exd5 exd5 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nge7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Re1 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Be3 Re8
15. Nc3 Nxd4 16. Nxd5 Bf5 17. Bxd4 Rxe1+ 18. Qxe1 Bxd4 19. Ne7+ Kg7 20. Nxf5+
gxf5 21. Rd1 Qb6 22. b3 Rc8 23. Qe2 Rc7 24. Bf3 Qf6 25. Kg2 b6 26. Qd3 Bc5 27.
Re1 Qd4 28. Qxd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 O-O 9. f4 d6 10. Ndb5 Qb8 11. a4 Bd7 12. Kh1 Rd8 13. Qe1 Nb4 14. Qd2 Bc6
15. Bf3 d5 16. e5 Ne4 17. Qe2 b6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Qe1 Nc6 20. Nce2 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Qc7 22. c3 Ba6 23. Be2 Bxe2 24. Qxe2 Bc5 25. Rf3 g6 26. Raf1 Bf8 27. g4 Qc4 28.
Qg2 Re8 29. f5 exf5 30. gxf5 Rxe5 31. fxg6 fxg6 32. Rf7 Nd6 33. R7f4 Qd3 34.
Bg1 Bg7 35. Nc6 Re4 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Ne7+ Kh8 38. Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qf3 Ng5 9. Qg3 Ne6 10. Bd3 d6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxe5 13. Ba3 c5 14. Rad1
Qa5 15. Bc1 O-O 16. Qxe5 Qc7 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 Bd7 19. Be4 Bc6 20. Bd5 Rfe8
21. f4 Ng7 22. f5 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Qd7 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. c4 Re2 26. Rd3 Nf5 27.
Qf6 Qe7 28. Bb2 Qxf6 29. Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 f6 10. h3 Nf7 11. Nc3 Qa5 12. Be3 Rb8 13. Qc2 Ba6 14. Rac1 Rfc8
15. b3 d6 16. Nd2 e5 17. Nc4 Qb4 18. dxe5 Bxc4 19. bxc4 Nxe5 20. Ne2 Qa3 21.
Rb1 Rb4 22. Rxb4 Qxb4 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Bxa7 Ra8 25. Bd4 Qa3 26. c5 dxc5 27. Bxe5
fxe5 28. Qc4+ Kh8 29. Rd1 Qb4 30. Qe6 Qxe4 31. Ng3 Qf4 32. Rd7 Rf8 33. Qe7
Qxf2+ 34. Kh2 Qf6 35. Qxc5 e4 36. Re7 Bh6 37. Nxe4 Bf4+ 38. g3 Qb2+ 39. Kh1 Bd6
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Qd3 d5 8.
Bf4 Nf6 9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O-O Qb6 11. Qg3 Rc8 12. Rhe1 d4 13. Na4 Qb4 14. Qb3
Qxb3 15. axb3 c5 16. Nb6 Rc6 17. Nc4 Nxe4 18. Bf3 f5 19. Na5 Rb6 20. Nxb7 Rxb7
21. Bxe4 fxe4 22. Rxe4 Kf7 23. Rde1 Rb6 24. Kd2 Be7 25. Kd3 Rc8 26. Be5 Bf6 27.
Rf4 Rb4 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rh4 c4+ 30. bxc4 Rbxc4 31. Re2 e5 32. Rxh7+ Ke6 33.
f4 Rb4 34. fxe5 fxe5 35. Rh6+ Kd5 36. Rxa6 Rc5 37. Ra8 Rb7 38. Rd8+ Kc6 39.
Rc8+ Kd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Ba4
d5 9. Qe2 b5 10. Bb3 Be6 11. exd5 Bxd5 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bxb3 14. axb3 Qd7
15. Rd1 Qe6 16. b4 Bd6 17. Be3 f6 18. Ne1 Reb8 19. Nc2 Rb7 20. h3 a5 21. Rd5
Rbb8 22. bxa5 Nxa5 23. Rxb5 Qc4 24. Qxc4+ Nxc4 25. Rxb8+ Rxb8 26. b4 Nxe3 27.
Nxe3 c5 28. Rd1 Bf8 29. bxc5 Bxc5 30. Rd3 Rb2 31. g3 Kf7 32. Kg2 Ke6 33. Kf3
Rb3 34. Nc4 Bd4 35. Ke2 Rxc3 36. Rxc3 Bxc3 37. Ne3 g6 38. g4 Bd4 39. Nd5 f5 40.
gxf5+ gxf5 41. f3 f4 42. Kf1 Bc5 43. Kg2 Bf8 44. Kf1 Kd6 45. Kg2 Kc5 46. Nf6
Kd6 47. Nxh7 Be7 48. h4 Bxh4 49. Kh3 Be7 50. Kg4 Ke6 51. Ng5+ Kf6 52. Kh5 Bd8
53. Nh3 Bb6 54. Kh6 Bc5 55. Ng5 Bf8+ 56. Kh5 Bc5 57. Nh7+ Kg7 58. Ng5 Kf6 59.
Nh3 Bd4 60. Kh6 Bc5 61. Kh5 Bd4 62. Ng5 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. O-O O-O 8.
d3 c6 9. Bd2 Re8 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bg2 h6 12. e4 Bc5 13. Na4 Ba7 14. c5 d6 15. b4
dxc5 16. Nxc5 Bxc5 17. bxc5 Qxd3 18. Ba5 Qa3 19. Qd2 Be6 20. Rc2 Re7 21. Rb1
Rd7 22. Qc3 Rd3 23. Qxa3 Rxa3 24. Bc7 Nd7 25. Rxb7 Rxa2 26. Rxa2 Bxa2 27. Bd6
Be6 28. f4 Nf6 29. Bxe5 a5 30. f5 Bc4 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. e5 a4 33. Bxc6 a3 34.
Rb1 a2 35. Ra1 Rc8 36. Bd7 Rxc5 37. e6 Kf8 38. exf7 Bxf7 39. Be6 Bxe6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Be3 Nc6 10. Na3 b5 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 Nf6 13. O-O O-O 14. Qd2 Ng4 15. Bf4
Nge5 16. Be2 a5 17. Nbd4 Bb7 18. Nb5 Na7 19. Nxa7 Rxa7 20. f3 Qc7 21. b3 Rd8
22. Rac1 Raa8 23. Nd4 Nd7 24. Kh1 Qb6 25. Be3 Nc5 26. Bd1 Rd7 27. Bc2 Rad8 28.
Rcd1 Qa6 29. Bg5 f6 30. Be3 d5 31. Nxe6 dxc4 32. Nd4 c3 33. Qf2 Qb6 34. g4 Qc7
35. Rg1 Kh8 36. h4 Qe5 37. g5 fxg5 38. hxg5 Nxe4 39. fxe4 Bxe4+ 40. Nf3 Rxd1
41. Bxd1 Rd3 42. Re1 Qf5 43. Be2 Qg4 44. Rg1 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.17"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Re1
Be7 9. a4 b4 10. Na2 e5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. c3 bxc3 13. Nxc3 O-O 14. Bc4 Be6 15.
Bxe6 fxe6 16. b4 Nxb4 17. Qb3 d5 18. exd5 exd5 19. Rxe5 Rb8 20. Qd1 Bc5 21. Be3
Bd6 22. Rf5 Qd7 23. Nd4 g6 24. Rf3 Ng4 25. h3 Rxf3 26. Qxf3 Nxe3 27. Qxe3 Bc5
28. Rd1 Re8 29. Qd2 Rf8 30. Nf3 Rf5 31. Qe2 Qe7 32. Qd2 Qf6 33. Re1 Kg7 34. Nd1
d4 35. Nb2 Nd5 36. Nd3 Bd6 37. Qb2 Nf4 38. Nxf4 Rxf4 39. Qb7+ Kh6 40. Qd5 d3
41. Qxd3 Rxa4 42. Qd5 Ra1 43. g4 Rxe1+ 44. Nxe1 Qe5 45. Qd2+ Qf4 46. Qd3 a5 47.
Nf3 Kg7 48. Qc3+ Kf7 49. Qb3+ Ke7 50. Qb7+ Kd8 51. Qd5 Kc7 52. Kf1 Qc1+ 53. Kg2
a4 54. Nd4 Kd7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Nc6 10. Re1 Nb4 11. Bf3 Qc7 12. Be3 b6 13. Re2 h6 14. Rd2 Be6 15. Nc1
Rfd8 16. N1e2 Rab8 17. Ng3 Bf8 18. Nh5 Nd7 19. Bg4 Qc4 20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. f4 g6
22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Ng3 Qg6 25. Qf3 Nxc2 26. Rxc2 Qxc2 27. Nf5 Kh7
28. Rf1 Nf6 29. Rf2 Qd3 30. h3 d5 31. Rd2 Qc4 32. Nxh6 Bxh6 33. Bxh6 Rd6 34.
Bg5 Ng8 35. Qxf7+ Kh8 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Be7 Nxe7 38. Qxe5+ Rf6 39. Qxb8 Qc5+ 40.
Kh2 Qe3 41. Re2 Qc5 42. Rxe7+ Qxe7 43. Qg3+ Rg6 44. Qd3 Qe5+ 45. Kh1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "197"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 b4 11. Ne2 c5 12. Nd2 Be6 13. f4 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 O-O 15.
Nf3 Nc6 16. Ng3 exf4 17. Bxf4 d5 18. e5 Ne8 19. Nf5 Nc7 20. Ra1 Ne6 21. Bg3 Qd7
22. Kh1 Rae8 23. c3 f6 24. Nxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bh4 g5 26. exf6 Rxf6 27. Bg3 Rf5 28.
Re1 Qf6 29. cxb4 Nxb4 30. Ne5 Nf4 31. Nd7 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 Qe6 33. Nxc5 Qxe1+ 34.
Rxe1 Nfxd3 35. Nxd3 Nxd3 36. Ra1 Nxb2 37. Kg1 Nc4 38. Bf2 Kf7 39. Rb1 Rf6 40.
Rb7+ Kg6 41. Bd4 Rf4 42. Bf2 Nd2 43. Rb6+ Rf6 44. Rb7 Rc6 45. Be3 Ne4 46. h3 h5
47. Kf1 g4 48. hxg4 hxg4 49. a5 Kf5 50. Rf7+ Ke6 51. Rg7 Rc3 52. Bf4 Ra3 53.
Rxg4 Kf5 54. Rh4 Rxa5 55. Be3 Ra2 56. g4+ Ke6 57. Rh6+ Kf7 58. Rb6 a5 59. g5
Ng3+ 60. Kg1 Nf5 61. Bf4 Kg7 62. Be5+ Kh7 63. g6+ Kh6 64. g7+ Kh7 65. Rb8 Nxg7
66. Rb7 Kg6 67. Rxg7+ Kf5 68. Bd6 d4 69. Kf1 Ke4 70. Ke1 a4 71. Rg3 d3 72. Kd1
a3 73. Rg4+ Kf3 74. Ra4 Ra1+ 75. Kd2 a2 76. Be5 Rh1 77. Kxd3 Rd1+ 78. Kc2 Rd5
79. Bc3 Rd8 80. Rxa2 Ke4 81. Ra4+ Kf5 82. Bd4 Rd7 83. Kd3 Rd8 84. Ra5+ Kf4 85.
Ra6 Kg5 86. Ke4 Rb8 87. Ra7 Rb4 88. Rg7+ Kh4 89. Rg8 Ra4 90. Ke5 Kh3 91. Be3
Rb4 92. Kf5 Ra4 93. Bf4 Ra3 94. Bd6 Ra4 95. Rg3+ Kh4 96. Rg2 Kh5 97. Rg8 Kh6
98. Be5 Ra7 99. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "31"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "8"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "32"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B85"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
Be3 a6 9. f4 d6 10. Qe1 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd7 12. Kh1 b5 13. a3 Rac8 14. e5 Ne8 15.
Nf3 f6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Bd3 Na5 18. Rae1 Nc4 19. Bc1 Nxa3 20. Ng5 Nc4 21. Qh3
h6 22. Nxe6 Qb7 23. Qg3 Bxe6 24. Rxe6 Bd8 25. Qg6 d5 26. Rfe1 Kh8 27. Nxd5 Qf7
28. Qxf7 Rxf7 29. Re8+ Ng8 30. Bg6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "33"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 Qxd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Qa4 Rac8 14. Rac1
Qa5 15. Qxa5 Nxa5 16. Nd2 Nc6 17. g4 Be6 18. a3 Rfd8 19. Bf3 Bd5 20. Kg2 Bxf3+
21. Nxf3 f6 22. Bg3 e6 23. Rc4 Bf8 24. a4 Nb4 25. Rfc1 Rc6 26. g5 f5 27. Rxc6
Nxc6 28. Ne5 Rc8 29. a5 a6 30. Nxc6 bxc6 31. Rb1 c5 32. dxc5 Rxc5 33. Rb8 e5
34. f4 Kf7 35. fxe5 Be7 36. e6+ Kxe6 37. Rb6+ Kd5 38. Rxa6 Bxg5 39. Rd6+ Kc4
40. a6 Bxe3 41. Kf3 f4 42. Bxf4 Bxf4 43. Kxf4 Ra5 44. Ke4 Ra2 45. h4 Kb5 46.
Kf4 Ra4+ 47. Kg5 h6+ 48. Kxh6 Rxh4+ 49. Kxg6 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "34"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. a4 Na6 12. Nb5 Nc7 13. Nd2 Nxb5 14. axb5 Rc8 15.
c3 Qb6 16. Qa4 Bd8 17. Be2 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 Ng4 21. Rf1
Qg6 22. Bd5 b6 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Be3 e4 25. Be2 Bc7 26. Rad1 Ng4 27. Bxg4 Qxg4
28. h3 Qf5 29. Rd4 Qe5 30. g3 Qh5 31. Rxe4 Qxh3 32. Rh4 Qf5 33. Qe4 Qxe4 34.
Rxe4 Rcd8 35. Rc4 Rd7 36. Rc6 Rb8 37. Kg2 f6 38. Rh1 h6 39. Rh4 Kf7 40. Rd4 Ke7
41. Re4+ Kf7 42. g4 Bd8 43. c4 a4 44. Kf3 Rd3 45. Rd4 Rb3 46. Rd7+ Kf8 47. Ra7
Rxb2 48. Rxa4 Rb3 49. Ra7 Be7 50. Kg2 Bc5 51. Bxc5+ bxc5 52. Rxc5 Rb2 53. Rcc7
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "35"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 c5 3. e3 Qb6 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 Nc6 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 d5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 Bd7 12. Rb1 Rac8 13. Ne2 Na5 14. Ne5 Bb5
15. c3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Qb3 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nc5 Qxd1 20. Rexd1 Rc7
21. Nc1 Be7 22. N5b3 Nc4 23. Nd3 Rfc8 24. Kf1 Bd6 25. g3 f6 26. f4 Ne3+ 27. Ke2
Nxd1 28. Rxd1 Kf7 29. Nd2 g5 30. Kf2 b5 31. Nf1 a5 32. Ne3 f5 33. Nc2 Kf6 34.
Kf3 h5 35. Re1 Rxc3 36. fxg5+ Ke7 37. bxc3 Rxc3 38. Re3 Rxc2 39. Nf4 Bxf4 40.
Kxf4 b4 41. axb4 axb4 42. Rb3 Rf2+ 43. Ke3 Rxh2 44. Rxb4 h4 45. Rb7+ Kf8 46.
Kf3 hxg3 47. Kxg3 Rh1 48. Kf4 Rg1 49. Ke5 f4 50. Kf6 Ke8 51. Kxe6 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "36"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2721"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8.
Qe2 Ne7 9. f4 h5 10. Bd2 Nf5 11. O-O-O a5 12. Qf3 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Bc3 a4 16. Rd3 a3 17. b3 Ra7 18. Rhd1 c5 19. Nd2 g6 20. Nc4 O-O 21. g3 Rc8
22. Rxd7 Qb8 23. Rxa7 Qxa7 24. Rd3 Nd4 25. Qe4 Rd8 26. Kd1 Kh7 27. Bd2 Qa6 28.
h3 Rd5 29. g4 h4 30. f5 Qc6 31. fxg6+ fxg6 32. Ne3 Qd7 33. Nxd5 exd5 34. Qf4 g5
35. Qf7+ Kh6 36. Qh5+ Kg7 37. Bxg5 Qe6 38. Be3 Nc6 39. Qf5 Qxf5 40. gxf5 d4 41.
f6+ Kf7 42. fxe7 dxe3 43. c3 Kxe7 44. Rxe3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "37"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 6. Kxf2 Nxe5 7. e4 c5 8.
d4 cxd4 9. Qxd4 O-O 10. Be2 Re8 11. Bf4 d6 12. Rhd1 Qa5 13. Qxd6 Qxc3 14. bxc3
Nxe4+ 15. Kg1 Nxd6 16. Rxd6 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Rad1 h6 19. Rd7 Re2 20. h3
Nf2 21. Kf1 Rxa2 22. Rb1 Re8 23. Rbxb7 Nxh3 24. Bd2 Re6 25. Rxa7 Rxa7 26. Rxa7
Rc6 27. Kg2 Ng5 28. Ra5 Rxc4 29. Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 5th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.11.18"]
[Round "38"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "38"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2011"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2010.11.26"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a3
O-O 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. Ng5 Qe8 11. f4 exf4 12. Bxf4 Nd8 13. Qd3 Ng4 14. Qg3 h6 15.
Nf3 Ne6 16. Bd2 Nc5 17. e5 dxe5 18. h3 e4 19. Nh4 Rxf1+ 20. Rxf1 Bd6 21. Bf4
Bxf4 22. Rxf4 Ne5 23. Nd5 Bd7 24. Nf6 Qe7 25. Ng6+ Nxg6 26. Qxg6 gxf6 27. Rh4
1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Nc6
8. d4 e6 9. Qg3 Bd6 10. Bf4 Qe7 11. e4 Bxf4 12. Qxf4 f6 13. Qe3 e5 14. Rb1 b6
15. Bb5 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. h4 Na5 18. Bxd7 Rxd7 19. h5 Re8 20. hxg6 exd4 21.
gxh7+ Qxh7 22. Nxd4 Qxe4 23. Qh6 Nc4 24. f3 Qe3+ 25. Qxe3 Rxe3 26. Rbd1 Nb2 27.
Rc1 Na4 28. Nf5 Re2 29. Rf2 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Rd2+ 31. Kg3 Rxa2 32. c4 Rd2 33. Ra1
Nb2 34. Rxa7 Rd7 35. Ne3 Kf7 36. Nd5 Nxc4 37. Rxc7 Rxc7 38. Nxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. f3 e5 4. d5 Be7 5. Be3 Nh5 6. Qd2 h6 7. Ne2 Bg5 8. Nbc3
Nd7 9. g3 Nb6 10. h4 Bxe3 11. Qxe3 Nf6 12. g4 h5 13. g5 Nfd7 14. Nc1 O-O 15.
Nb3 Nb8 16. Na5 c6 17. O-O-O Qe7 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Nc4 Nxc4 20. Bxc4 Be6 21.
Bxe6 fxe6 22. Qd2 Rd8 23. g6 d5 24. f4 Nd7 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Rhe1 e4 27. f5 Nf6
28. fxe6 Rab8 29. Qd4 Rb6 30. Nxe4 Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Rxe6 32. Rxe6 Qxe6 33. Rg1 a5
34. b3 a4 35. Kb1 a3 36. Qa7 d4 37. Qxa3 d3 38. cxd3 Qe3 39. Rd1 Qe2 40. Qc1
Kh8 41. Re1 Qxd3+ 42. Qc2 Qg3 43. Qe4 Rf8 44. Rd1 Qh3 45. Qf4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nc6 10. c4 Ne5 11. h3 {The first new move, normal being Nc3, however
one wonders what it achieves that outweighs simple development.} Nf6 12. Bh6
Nh5 13. N1d2 $6 {Missing Black's strong and highly original idea.} ({In order
to prevent Svidler's concept, Kurnusov had to play} 13. f4 $1 Ng3 14. Qf2 Nxd3
(14... Nxf1 $2 15. fxe5) 15. Qxg3 Nc5 16. N1d2 {and White is better.}) 13...
Nxd3 14. Qxd3 {#} g5 $1 15. e5 dxe5 16. Qf3 Nf4 $1 {#The point is clear. Not
only has Black secured a fine outpost for the knight, but he is even
threatening the h6 bishop with a rather unpleasant Rg8-g6.} 17. Bg7 Rg8 18.
Bxe5 Qd3 19. c5 $6 ({Better was} 19. Qe4 f6 20. Bxf4 Qxe4 21. Nxe4 gxf4 22.
Rad1 e5 {with a slight edge for Black, but nothing tragic.}) 19... Qxf3 20.
Nxf3 f6 21. Bd6 {White underestimates the strength of the knight, and should
have exchanged it while he had a chance.} e5 22. Nfd2 {#} g4 $1 {The protected
bishop on d6 may look big and strong, but it is really biting on dust.} 23. h4
Be6 24. g3 Nd3 25. Rab1 a5 26. Ne4 Nb4 27. Rfe1 a4 28. Nc1 Kf7 29. a3 Nc2 30.
Rd1 Bf5 31. Bxe7 $2 Bxe4 $1 32. Bd6 Nxa3 33. Ra1 Nc2 34. Ra2 Ke6 35. Rd2 Nd4
36. Kf1 Nf3 37. Re2 Bd5 38. Ra3 Bc4 39. Nd3 Nd4 40. Rc3 (40. Re1 Nb5) (40. Rd2
e4) 40... Bxd3 41. Rxd3 Nxe2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. d4 exd4 10. cxd4 Bb6 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Re1 c5 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nc4 h6 15.
Bd2 Be6 16. exd6 cxd6 17. Nxb6 Qxb6 18. dxc5 dxc5 19. Ne5 Nb4 20. Qa4 Nd5 21.
Qc2 Nb4 22. Qa4 Nd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. g4 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bd7 16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rd5 Qa3 18. Rcd1 Be6 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20. Qb5 a6
21. Qb6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Nxe5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. b4 Ne4
27. Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Qe2 Nd6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
dxe5 Nb7 {The retreat of the knight to the b7-square seems strange at first
sight, but practice gives the idea full approval. Black can afford to take
some liberties as he can fall back on his bishop pair.} 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 f6
11. Re1 fxe5 12. Qxe5 {Recapturing with the queen is tied to the sound idea of
transferring it to the kingside for attacking purposes. Centralisation of the
knight seems to be more natural, but Black tends to equalise.} (12. Nxe5 Bf6
13. Bf4 (13. Qh5 Nc5 14. Bf4 Ne6 15. Bg3 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 d6 17. Re3 Bd7 18. Rae1
Qf6 19. b3 Rae8 20. h3 Qf5 {1/2-1/2 Westerinen,H (2430)-Pachman,L (2485)/
Geneve 1977}) 13... Qe8 (13... Nc5 14. Bg3 Bxe5 15. Bxe5 d6 16. Bd4 Ne6 17.
Rad1 Nxd4 18. Rxd4 Qf6 19. Re4 Bd7 20. f3 Rfe8 21. Qd2 Rxe4 22. Nxe4 Qe5 23.
Qc3 Re8 $11 {1/2-1/2 Liberzon,V (2545)-Pachman,L (2510)/Biel 1980 (50)}) (13...
Bxe5 14. Bxe5 d6 15. Bd4 Qh4 (15... Bf5 16. Qd2 Qd7 17. Ne2 Rae8 18. b3 Nd8 19.
Ng3 Ne6 20. Be3 Bg6 21. Rad1 c5 22. f3 Qf7 23. Ne2 Rd8 24. Nc3 c6 25. Na4 Rfe8
$11 {1/2-1/2 Klovans,J-Liberzon,V/Alma-Ata 1968 (41)}) 16. Qd2 Qf4 17. Re3 Nd8
18. Ne4 Ne6 19. Bc3 Bd7 20. Rae1 Rae8 21. b3 Qh6 22. Rg3 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 Rf7 $14
{1/2-1/2 Tal,M (2615)-Dorfman,J (2405)/Moscow 1976 (41)}) 14. Qc2 Bxe5 15. Bxe5
Qf7 16. c5 d6 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Bg3 Bf5 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Rad1 d5 21. f3 Nc5 22.
Qa3 Ne6 23. Re5 Bg6 24. Qa4 Nc5 25. Qd4 Ne6 $11 {1/2-1/2 Mecking,H (2575)
-Panno,O (2580)/Petropolis 1973 (41)}) 12... Bf6 13. Qh5 {Adams retreated to
g3 right away since the queen can support the attack also from that square. It
certainly deserves attention as the candidate for the best move.} (13. Qg3 Nc5
14. Bg5 Nd3 15. Re3 Nxb2 16. Rae1 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 Qf6 18. Rf3 Qd8 19. Nce4 Ba6
20. Nxh7 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Kxh7 22. Ng5+ Kg8 23. Qh4 $18 {1-0 Adams,M (2723)
-Howell,D (2611)/London 2010 (28)}) 13... g6 14. Qh6 Bg7 15. Qh3 d6 16. Qg3 Qd7
{Black could easily face some problems, if he were to underestimate the
situation. The queen is heading to g4 in order to exchange with its
counterpart.} (16... Bd7 17. Bg5 Qb8 18. Ne4 Nd8 (18... d5 19. Rad1 dxe4 20.
Rxd7 Nd6 (20... exf3 21. Ree7 Bxb2 22. Qh3 $18) 21. Ne5 Qb4 22. Rf1 Bxe5 23.
Qxe5 Rf7 24. Rxf7 Nxf7 25. Qe6 Qd6 26. Qxd6 cxd6 27. Bf6 $14) 19. Be7 Rf5 20.
Nh4 Rf7 21. Ng5 $14) 17. h3 Nc5 18. Qh4 Ne6 (18... Rf7 19. Ng5 Bf6 20. Be3 Qe7
21. Qg3 $14) 19. Ng5 Nxg5 $2 {Only Malakhov can explain why he played this
reckless move. In a flash the white pieces became dominant and the defender
has no time to parry the main threats.} (19... Bf6 $1 20. Nce4 Bd8 21. Be3 c5
$11) 20. Bxg5 Rf7 (20... Re8 $2 21. Ne4 Qf7 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. Rxe8+ Qxe8 24.
Bxf6 $16) (20... Qf5 21. Re7 Rf7 22. g4 $1 Qd3 (22... Qf3 23. Re3 $18) 23. Rae1
$18) 21. Ne4 Bb7 22. c5 $1 {[%mdl 32] Black might easily have missed this fine
idea, that will create a critical weakness on the d6-square.} (22. Bf6 h6 23.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $14) 22... Raf8 (22... d5 23. Nf6+ Bxf6 24. Bxf6 Raf8 25. Bg5 $16)
23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Rad1 c5 {Both armies are finally fully mobilised, but the
second player faces the impossible task of solving the problem of the d6-pawn.}
(24... Be5 25. f4 Bxf4 26. Nf6+ Rxf6 27. Bxf6 $16) (24... d5 25. Nc5 Qf5 26.
Ne6 Qxf2+ (26... Rc8 27. Nxg7 Rxg7 28. Rd4 $16) 27. Qxf2 Rxf2 28. Nxf8 Rxf8 29.
Re7 $16) 25. Nxd6 {The genuine proof of the defender's misery lies in the fact
that even the seemingly dangerous capture with the rook was very strong.} (25.
Rxd6 $5 Qf5 (25... Qc7 26. Bd8 $1 Qc8 27. Ng5 $18) (25... Qb5 26. Nf6+ Bxf6 27.
Bxf6 Qb4 28. Qxb4 cxb4 29. Bd4 $16) 26. g4 Qf3 (26... Qe5 27. Nf6+ Rxf6 28.
Rxe5 Rxd6 29. Re1 Bd4 30. Be3 Bxe3 31. fxe3 Rd2 32. e4 $16) 27. Re3 $18) 25...
Rxf2 26. Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Kxf2 Bf8 {The fight of the black army against ideally
coordinated white pieces will be quite instructive.} (27... Bd4+ 28. Rxd4 cxd4
29. Re8+ Kg7 30. Re7+ $18) 28. Re8 $1 Qg7 (28... Kg7 29. Rd8 Qe6 30. Re1 Qxa2
31. Ne8+ Kg8 (31... Kh8 32. Kg1 Qa6 33. Rf1 $18) 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33. Rd7+ $18) 29.
Kg1 Bc6 30. Rc8 h6 (30... Bd7 31. Ne8 Bxe8 32. Rxe8 h6 33. Bc1 Kf7 34. Red8 $18
) 31. Rxc6 {Svidler must have been quite happy, since any sensible move would
keep the dominant position.} (31. Bf4 Bd7 32. Rb8 Bc6 33. Bg3 Kh7 34. Rc8 $18)
31... hxg5 32. Ne4 Qe5 (32... Be7 33. Rc8+ Kf7 34. Nxg5+ Bxg5 35. Rd7+ Be7 36.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 37. Rc7+ $18) 33. Nf6+ Kh8 (33... Kf7 34. Ng4 Qxb2 35. Rd7+ Be7 36.
Rcc7 $18) 34. Ng4 Qe8 35. Rc7 {Without the benefit of the bishop pair the
defence of Black's position will be simply impossible.} Bg7 (35... a6 $2 36.
Rh7+ $18) (35... Qb8 36. Rcd7 c4 37. Rd8 Qb6+ 38. Kh1 Qc5 39. Rf1 $18) 36. Rxc5
Qb8 (36... Bxb2 37. Rc7 Bg7 38. Rxa7 $18) 37. Kh1 Qxb2 (37... Bxb2 38. Rb1 Qf8
39. Rb5 $18) 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. Rd7 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Qb6 (40... Qf5 41. Rcc7 $18) 41.
Rf8 $1 {The final idea is very witty and actually merciful on the defender. He
has no chance to prevent the mating combination.} (41. Rf8 $1 a5 42. Nf6+ Kh6
43. Rh8+ Bxh8 44. Rh7#) 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Nf3 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 exd5
15. exd5 c4 16. Bxc4 Be6 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. dxe6 Rxd2 19. Rxd2 Qxc3 20. Bb3 Qc1+
21. Rd1 Qc3+ 22. Ke2 a5 23. Rd7 a4 24. Rc1 Qb2+ 25. Rc2 Qb1 26. Nd2 axb3 27.
Nxb1 bxc2 28. Nc3 Nf5 29. Bd2 Re8 30. Kd3 b6 31. g4 Nh6 32. h3 Rxe6 33. Kxc2 f5
34. g5 Nf7 35. Nd5 Ne5 36. Rb7 Nf3 37. Be3 Rd6 38. Nxb6 f4 39. Rb8+ Kf7 40.
Rb7+ Kg8 41. Rb8+ Kf7 42. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 12. Kb1 Rb8 13. Be3 b5 14. Ne2 b4
15. Nd4 Nxd4 16. Qxd4 Ba6 17. f5 Rfc8 18. fxe6 fxe6 19. Qg4 Nf8 20. h4 Rc6 21.
h5 Rbc8 22. Bh6 R8c7 23. Bd2 Rxc2 24. Qxb4 Qxb4 25. Bxb4 Bxf1 26. Rhxf1 Nd7 27.
Bd6 Rc8 28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 30. Kxc1 Kf7 31. b4 Ke8 32. a4 Nb6 33. a5
Nc4 34. Bc5 a6 35. b5 Kd7 36. bxa6 Kc6 37. Kc2 g6 38. hxg6 hxg6 39. Bd4 Nxa5
40. Kd3 Kc7 41. Ke3 Nc6 42. Bc3 Kb6 43. Kf4 Kxa6 44. Kg5 d4 45. Bb2 d3 46. Bc1
Kb5 47. Kxg6 Kc4 48. Kf6 Kd5 49. g4 Nxe5 50. g5 Ng4+ 51. Kf7 Ne5+ 52. Kf6 Ng4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Nb6 (11... Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. b3 Bg7 14.
Bd2 Qb6 15. c5 Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 h6 19. h4 d5 20. cxd6
cxd6 21. Bc3 d5 22. Kc2 c5 23. Rab1 O-O 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Rd1
Nb4+ 27. Bxb4 cxb4 28. Kb3 Bf8 29. Rd7 {1-0 Ponomariov,R (2734)-Leko,P (2734)/
Dortmund 2010/Mega2010 Update 32 (57)}) 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qe7 14. Bb2 O-O 15.
Kc2 c5 16. h4 d5 17. exd6 Qxd6 18. Bxg7 Qxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Kxg7 {#Not easy to
understand why Svidler accepted to enter this line, since the pawn structure
is shattered and weakened, and there is no obvious compensation for it.} 20.
Ne4 Nd7 21. Rd1 Bb7 22. Nc3 Nf6 23. f3 Rfe8 24. Bd3 a5 25. Rhe1 Bc6 26. Nb5
Rxe1 27. Rxe1 Re8 28. Rxe8 Nxe8 {#} 29. Kb2 $1 {White's plan to bring his king
to a3-a4 and pick up the pawn is straightforward and strong, and forces Black
to play precisely.} Kh6 30. Be2 {#To protect f3 and be able to answer Kh5 with
g3.} Ng7 $2 {A mistake. Black cannot capture the pawn with the king with Kh5,
since White has g3, so he goes for it with his knight instead. The problem is
that this takes far too much time.} ({The immediate} 30... g5 {was necessary.}
31. hxg5+ (31. g3 $2 gxh4 32. gxh4 Kh5) 31... Kxg5 32. g3 Ng7 33. f4+ Kh6 34.
Nxc7 Nh5 $11) 31. Ka3 Nf5 32. Ka4 Nxh4 33. Bf1 Nf5 34. Kxa5 Ne3 35. Nxc7 Nxf1
36. Kb6 Bd7 37. Nd5 Kg7 38. a4 Bc8 39. Ne7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. c4 c6
9. Nc3 Bg4 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na6 12. Be3 Nd7 13. Rfc1 Ne5 14. Qd1 Nxd3 15.
Qxd3 Nc5 16. Qe2 Nd7 17. Rab1 a5 18. Na4 Rb8 19. b3 Re8 20. Rc2 Qc7 21. Rd1
Rec8 22. Rcc1 Qd8 23. Ba7 Ra8 24. Be3 Rab8 25. dxc6 Rxc6 26. c5 Qc7 27. cxd6
exd6 28. Rxc6 bxc6 29. Qd3 Bf8 30. Bf4 Ne5 31. Bxe5 dxe5 32. Qd7 Qxd7 33. Rxd7
Rb4 34. f3 c5 35. Nb2 a4 36. Nxa4 c4 37. Nc3 cxb3 38. axb3 Rxb3 39. Nd5 h5
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 63rd"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2010.12.22"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2010.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 140"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qd2 Bb4 8. f3
d5 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. Nb3 Bxc3 11. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 12. Bxd2 dxe4 13. Nc4 O-O 14. Nb6
Rb8 15. Be3 Nd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. Rxd5 exf3 19. gxf3 Be6 20. Rd2
Rfd8 21. Bd6 Rac8 22. b3 b5 23. Bg2 Bf5 24. c3 Nd4 25. Bb4 Nc6 26. Bd6 Nd4 27.
Bb4 Nc6 28. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ziska, Helgi Dam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. h3 c6 8. a4 a5
9. O-O Na6 10. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 11. f4 {[%emt 0:01:18]
} exf4 {[%emt 0:01:08]} (11... Nh5 12. Kh2 f5 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 exf4 15.
Nxf4 Nf6 16. Nd3 {[%emt 0:02:19] 1/2-1/2 Alekseev,E (2691) -Motylev,A (2694)/
Plovdiv 2010/CBM}) 12. gxf4 $146 {[%emt 0:01:18] Une position test pour les
modules d'analyse qui ont du mal а comprendre la structure de P et même
Houdini donne un avantage noir alors que la position est équilibrée, voire
même ... un peu meilleure pour les Blancs qui ont le centre!} (12. Nxf4 $142 d5
13. e5 Ne8 14. Nb1 (14. Qd2) 14... f6 15. c3 Na6 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Nd2 Nc7 18.
Qb3 Kh8 19. Rae1 Nce8 20. Nd3 Bf5 21. Ne5 Nd6 22. Bg5 Qc8 23. g4 Be6 24. Qc2
Bg8 25. Ndf3 Nde4 26. Nh4 Re8 {Bologan,V (2700)-Prusikin,M (2540)/ Warsaw 2005/
CBM 108/1-0 (32)}) 12... d5 $1 {08 Forçant un léger affaiblissement des cases
Blanches} 13. e5 {[%emt 0:01:17]} Nh5 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 14. Qd2 {[%cal Gc3d1,
Gc2c3] Après 15 mns de réflexion} Bh6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:50][%csl Rf4]} 15. Nd1 {
[%cal Gc2c3] 55} Bf5 $1 {[%csl Rc2]} 16. Rc1 (16. c3 {[%csl Rd3]} Nd3 $36 (
16... Nc2 $132) 17. Nf2 Nxf2 18. Rxf2 Qh4 {[%csl Rh3]}) 16... Na2 {Forçant la
nulle} 17. Ra1 Nb4 18. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Na2 19. Ra1 {Dominique PRIMEL}
1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Colin, Vincent"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E28"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {Le français avait une moyenne а plus de 2700!} Nf6 {Le russe jouait а
la table 88!} 2. c4 e6 {[%emt 0:02:42] Une petite surprise car le russe joue
quasiment exclusivement la Gruenfeld contre 1d4} 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 (4. a3 {
La ligne principale de la Saemisch} Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 b6 (5... O-O) (5... c5) 6. f3
(6. e3 {Retombe sur la partie mais f3 menacçant de prendre de l'expansion au
centre est plus ambitieux} Bb7 7. f3 Nc6 8. e4 {Gligoric,S-Keres,P Candidates
Tournament 1953 (28) 0-1}) 6... Ba6 (6... Nc6) (6... d5 7. Bg5 (7. cxd5) 7...
h6 8. Bh4 Ba6 9. e4 Bxc4 (9... dxe4 10. fxe4 g5 11. Bg3 Nxe4 12. Be5 $44 {
Lilienthal}) 10. Bxc4 dxc4 11. Qa4+ {Lilienthal,A-Capablanca,J Hastings 3435
1934 (5) 1-0}) 7. e4 Nc6 8. Bg5 (8. Bd3 Na5 {[%csl Rc4]} 9. e5 (9. Qe2 d6 (9...
Nb3 10. Rb1 Nxc1 11. Rxc1) 10. Nh3 Qd7 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gd7a4,Gd7c6,Gc6c4,
Ga5c4,Ga6c4,Ga4c4]}) 9... Ng8 10. Qa4 c5 11. Be3 Qc7 (11... Rc8) 12. Rc1 Ne7
13. Ne2 Qc6 $15 14. Qc2 (14. Qxc6 Nexc6 15. dxc5 Nxe5 {[%csl Rc4,Rd3]}) 14...
Bxc4 {Labensky,I (2407)-Brodsky,M (2554) UKR-ch KO 74th 2005 (1.1) 0-1})) 4...
O-O 5. a3 {Retombe sur une variante Saemisch} Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 b6 {Un ordre de
coups intéressant} (6... c5 {La grande ligne}) 7. Ne2 (7. Bd3 {L'alternative})
(7. Nf3 $6 {[%csl Rf3] Une faute courante chez les amateurs}) 7... Ba6 8. Ng3
Nc6 $5 {[%csl Rc4][%cal Gc6a5,Ga5c4] Les Noirs économisent le coup c7c5 pour
accélérer le développement} 9. e4 {[%emt 0:13:42][%cal Gc1g5,Ge4e5]} Ne8 $8 {
[%emt 0:12:10]} 10. Qa4 $6 $146 {[%emt 0:11:00] Probablement, une Nouveauté
trouvée devant l'échiquier car les Blancs ont dépensé plus de 10 mns sur ce
coup} (10. Bd3 $142 Na5 {[%csl Rc4]} 11. Qe2 c5 {[%cal Ga8c8,Gc8c4,Gc5d4]} 12.
d5 (12. Be3 Rc8 13. d5 Qh4 $132) 12... e5 13. O-O Nb3 14. Rb1 Nxc1 15. Rbxc1 d6
16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 g6 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Nf5 gxf5 20. e5 dxe5 21. Rxf5 e4 22.
Bxe4 Re8 23. Qf3 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 Nxe4 {Balashov,Y (2469)-Brodsky,M (2533)/
Tallinn 2005/ CBM 105/1/2-1/2 (32)}) 10... Na5 {[%emt 0:02:50]} 11. c5 $6 {
[%emt 0:06:00]} Bxf1 12. Nxf1 {[%emt 0:05:00]} d6 $1 {[%emt 0:13:00]} 13. cxb6
{[%emt 0:11:00]} cxb6 {[%emt 0:09:00]} (13... axb6 $143 {[%cal Ga8a4]
l'alternative mais l'ouverture de la colonne "c" pour faire pression sur la
case faible "c4" est plus forte}) 14. h4 $6 {En retard de développement , avec
un centre souple et une Qa4 loin de l'aile-roi, cette attaque ne peut pas
aboutir mais statiquement, les Blancs sont assez mal et il faut donc tenter
quelque chose} f5 $1 $17 15. exf5 {[%emt 0:10:00]} exf5 {[%emt 0:09:00] 50} 16.
Bg5 Qc8 $36 {[%csl Rc3,Gc4]} 17. Rh3 $2 {[%cal Gh3c3,Gh3e3]} f4 $1 $19 {
[%csl Ge3,Rh3] Privant la Rh3 de l'accès а la case "e3" et le Bg5 n'a plus de
case de repli.} 18. Nd2 {[%emt 0:20:00]} h6 {[%emt 0:24:00] A noter que malgré
une position largement supérieure, le TOP GMI joue sérieusement en prenant son
temps} 19. Qd1 Rf5 20. g4 $2 {[%emt 0:14:00] Avec seulement 10 minutes а la
pendule, il est difficile de ne pas faire de fautes} fxg3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 21.
Rxg3 hxg5 22. hxg5 Nc7 23. Ne4 Qe6 24. Re3 Qg6 0-1

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Wirig, Anthony"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2480"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 {Relève le défi théorique face au spécialiste de la
défense Gruenfeld} d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 $5 {Une ligne secondaire} Bg7 6. e4
Nb6 (6... Nxc3 7. Bxc3 c5 8. d5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 O-O 10. Rb1 e6 11. Bc4 Qf6 (11...
Qg5 12. Kf1) 12. Ne2 Nd7 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. O-O Nb6 15. Bb3 Qe5 (15... c4 16.
Bc2 e5 17. a4) 16. Qd3 {Lastin,A (2590)-Yandemirov,V (2515) Voronezh op-A 11th
2007 (3) 1-0} (16. a4 Qxe4 17. a5 Nc4 18. Ng3 Qf4 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Qb3 Qxb3
21. Rxb3 Rd8 22. Rfb1 $44)) 7. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:25]} 8. h3
(8. Be2 {La grande ligne}) (8. f4) 8... e5 (8... f5 9. exf5 Bxf5 10. Nf3 Nc6
11. Qb3+ Kh8 12. d5 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5) 9. Nf3 ({RR} 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10. Qc2 Nc6
11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Be2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Qe7 14. O-O Be6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Qc2 Rfe8 17. Nb5
a6 18. Nc3 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. Bg5 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Qxg5 22. Nf3 Qe7 23. Rfe1 c6
{Evdokimov,A (2564) -Svidler,P (2750)/Dagomys 2010/CBM 136/0-1 (41)}) 9... exd4
10. Bxd4 Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 11. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Be6 $146 {[%csl Gc4]}
({RR} 11... Qe7 12. Qe3 ({RR} 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Qe3 Be6 14. O-O Rad8) ({RR} 12.
O-O-O) 12... Nc6 ({RR} 12... f5 13. Be2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Bf5 15. Nc5 Qxe3 16. fxe3
N8d7 17. Nxb7 Rae8 18. O-O ({RR} 18. Kf2 Nd5 19. Bc4) 18... Rxe3 19. Rae1 Be4
20. Na5 Bd5 21. b3 Nc5) 13. Bb5 Nb4 ({RR} 13... f5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. exf5 ({RR
} 15. O-O) 15... Qxe3+ 16. fxe3 Bxf5 17. O-O Rae8 18. Rae1 Bd3 19. Rf2 Nd5) 14.
Rc1 Be6 ({RR} 14... f5 15. a3 a6 16. Be2 f4 ({RR} 16... Nc6 17. Nd5 Qxe4 18.
Nxc7 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Ra7 20. Nxa6) 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Ne5 20. O-O)
15. b3 a6 16. Be2 Nc6 17. O-O f6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. Bf1 Bf7 20. Nh2 Be6 21. f4
Nd4 ({RR} 21... Rd7 22. f5 Bf7 23. Ng4 Ne5) 22. f5 Bf7 23. Ng4 gxf5 ({RR} 23...
Nc6) 24. Nh6+ Kh8 25. Qf2 fxe4 ({RR} 25... Bh5 26. Nd5) ({RR} 25... f4) 26.
Rxe4 {Anand,V (2788)-Svidler,P (2754)/Moscow 2009/CBM 133/[Krasenkow]/ 1-0 (32)
}) (11... Nc6 12. Qe3 Be6) 12. Qc5 {[%cal Ga1d1] 43 Le MI s'est lancé dans une
longue réflexion après la nouveauté Be6} N8d7 (12... f5) 13. Qe3 Qe7 $11 14.
Be2 {[%emt 0:00:42]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (14... f5 $5 {[%csl Re1]}) 15. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:39]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 16. Rfe1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:
00:45]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Qc5 19. Rd1 {19 Le français a
une position saine qui devrait lui permettre de faire face au zeitnot sans
problèmes} Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Re7 21. Ne1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (21. Red3) 21... a5 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} 22. f3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a4 $132 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 23. Nc2 axb3
24. axb3 h5 25. h4 Nc5 26. b4 Ne6 27. Red3 Nc4 28. Rd7 Kf8 29. Rxe7 Kxe7 30. b5
cxb5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 31. Rb1 Nc7 32. Nxb5 Nxb5 33. Rxb5 b6 34. Rb4 Rc8 35. Nd4
Kd6 36. Nb5+ Kd7 37. Nd4 Kd6 {Cette belle performance du français lui
permettait de commencer а penser а une nouvelle norme de GMI} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mastrovasilis, Athanasios"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2547"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. g3 {1g3 est un oiseau rare а ce niveau!} e5 {Sur la réaction des Noirs, cf
l'article: http://www.chessintranslation.com/2011/03/
the-future-belongs-to-1-g3/} 2. c4 (2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 d5 5. O-O Be7
6. c3 O-O 7. b4 e4 8. dxe4 Nxe4 9. Nfd2 Bf5 {Shoker,S (2353)-Fressinet,L (2646)
Internationaux Blitz Paris Charlety 2007 (10.2) 1-0}) 2... Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4
{[%emt 0:01:27]} e4 5. d5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} (5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bxc3+
8. Qxc3 O-O 9. e3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Rc1 b6 12. Qa3 a5 13. Ne2 Ba6 14. Bh3
Rc8 15. Kd2 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 h6 17. Bf4 Qa8 18. Rc7 Rc8 19. Qc3 g5 {Rowson,J 
(2547)-Bologan,V (2627)/Bled 2002/EXT 2003/0-1 (51)}) 5... cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:05]
} 6. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:19]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} 7. Bd2 e3 $5 8. Bxb4 (8. fxe3
Na6 9. Bxb4 Nxb4 10. a3 Na6 {[%csl Ra6]}) 8... exf2+ 9. Kd2 Qb6 (9... Na6 $1
10. Bc3 fxg1=Q 11. Qxg1 (11. Rxg1) 11... O-O $44) 10. Ba3 {[%emt 0:01:05]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:45][%cal Ge8g8]} (10... Nxd5 $142 $5 11. Nh3 (11. Bxd5 Qd4+ 12. Kc1
Qxd1+ 13. Kxd1 f1=Q+) 11... Ne3 $44 {[%csl Rd2]}) 11. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Bf5
{[%emt 0:00:40]} (11... Na6 12. Qb3 Qa5+ 13. Nc3) 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} O-O
$138 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 13. Qb3 Qd8 14. Rhf1 Re8 15. Rxf2 Ng4 16. Ke1 Qe7 17. e4
{[%emt 0:00:44]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 18. Re2 Bg6 19. Qxb7 Bh5 20. Qc7 Nge5 21.
Nxe5 Qxe5 22. Qxd7 Bxe2 23. Nxe2 Qg5 24. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:31]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:03:01]} 6. O-O {
[%emt 0:01:31]} c6 {[%emt 0:01:15][%cal Gb7b5]} (6... O-O {La grande ligne de
la défense Philidor}) 7. a4 {[%emt 0:01:30]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 8. Re1 {
[%emt 0:04:40] 82} O-O {[%emt 0:01:27]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:04:31] 78} b5 {[%emt 0:
10:31] 77} 10. Ba2 {[%emt 0:26:31] 52" Joué après une longue réflexion
probablement pour analyser l'alternative Bd3} (10. Bd3 $5) 10... b4 {[%emt 0:
07:31] 70} 11. Nb1 {[%emt 0:02:31][%csl Ra5,Rd6][%cal Gb1d2,Gd2c4,Gc4a5]} (11.
Ne2 $5 Nxe4 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Ned4 {[%cal Ge1e4]} Ndf6 (13... Nxf2 14. Nxc6 {
[%cal Gc6a5,Gc6e7]}) 14. Nxc6 $14 {[%cal Gc6a5,Gc6e7]}) 11... Qc7 $146 {
[%emt 0:02:31]} ({RR} 11... Bb7 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:05:31]} Rad8 13. Nc4 Qc7 14.
a5 h6 15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. c3 Bf8 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nfxe5 dxe5 19. Qc2 c5 20. f3
Ba6 21. Red1 Rd7 22. Be1 Nh5 23. Rxd7 Qxd7 24. Rd1 Qc7 25. Qa4 Qb8 26. Qb3 {
Slizhevsky, A (2452)-Avdeenko,T (2186)/Tomsk 2007/EXT 2008/1-0 (47)}) (11...
Ba6 $11) 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:04:05] 47} exd4 {[%emt 0:18:31] 50} 13. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:31]} 14. Qf3 $1 {[%emt 0:03:45][%cal Gd4c6,
Ge4e5,Gd4f5] 44} Be6 {[%emt 0:03:31] 44} (14... Re8 {[%cal Ge8e4]}) 15. N2b3 {
[%emt 0:08:31] 36 Les deux joueurs ont beaucoup réfléchi lors de cette phase
de jeu et le zeitnot approche} (15. Nc4 $5 Nfxe4 16. Rxe4 d5 17. Qf4 Qxf4 18.
Rxf4 dxc4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxc4 $36 {[%csl Ga2,Gc1,Re6]}) 15... d5 $1 {
[%emt 0:06:31] 37} 16. Bf4 {[%emt 0:02:31][%cal Gf4c7] 35} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:31]}
17. exd5 {[%emt 0:02:15] 30} (17. e5 Nfe4 $132) 17... Bxd5 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 18.
Nxc5 {La gestion du temps de cette partie nous apprend qu'il ne s'agissait
nullement d'une nulle de salon.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 {92} Nd4 {90} 5. Nxe5 {Cette vieille
ligne n'a pas trés bonne réputation théorique mais elle a surpris les Noirs
qui ont réfléchi avant de choisir une variante} Qe7 {87} 6. f4 {92} Nxb5 {82}
7. Nxb5 d6 {73 Les Noirs ont visiblement été sortis de la préparation au 05ème
coup} 8. Nf3 Qxe4+ (8... c6 $5) 9. Kf2 Ng4+ 10. Kg3 Qg6 11. Nh4 Qf6 $1 $146 {
66 Une forte nouveauté trouvée devant l'échiquier} (11... Qh5 12. h3 (12. Nxc7+
Kd8 13. h3 $13) 12... Qxb5 13. hxg4 (13. a4 $5 {Obodchuk} Qd5 14. hxg4) 13...
g5 14. fxg5 Qe5+ 15. Kf2 Qd4+ 16. Kg3 Qe5+ 17. Kh3 Qxg5 18. d4 Qa5 19. g3 Rg8
20. Kh2 Bxg4 21. Re1+ Be7 22. Qd2 Kd7 23. Qh6 Qd5 24. Be3 Rae8 25. Bf2 Bg5 26.
Qxh7 {Lundin,E-Michel,P/Buenos Aires 1939/ HCL/0-1 (34)}) 12. h3 {89} g5 {61}
13. Qe2+ Ne5 14. d4 (14. Nf3 gxf4+ 15. Kh2 {Vandenbussche,T (2359)-Hebden,M 
(2516) Amsterdam Batavia Grolsch 4th 2012 (7) 1-0}) 14... gxf4+ 15. Kh2 Qxh4 (
15... Kd8 16. dxe5 Qxh4 17. exd6 Qg3+ 18. Kg1 Bd7 19. Nc3 Bc6 20. dxc7+ Kxc7
21. Qf2 Bd6 $40 {[%csl Rg1] Obodchuk" The four N game"}) 16. dxe5 Qg3+ {50} 17.
Kg1 f3 {25 Après une longue réflexion, les Noirs choisissent ce coup qui force
quasiment l'échange des Q} (17... Rg8 {[%cal Gc8h3,Gg8g1]} 18. Nxc7+ Kd8 19.
Bxf4 (19. Nxa8 f3) 19... Qxf4 20. Nxa8 b6 21. Rf1 Qd4+ 22. Qf2 (22. Kh2 $6 Bg7
{[%cal Gg7e5,Ge5h2]}) 22... Bb7 {[%cal Gb7h1,Gb7a8]} 23. Rh2 {[%csl Rh2]} (23.
Qxd4 Rxg2#) 23... Qxf2+ 24. Rxf2 {[%cal Gg2g4]} dxe5 25. Rxf7 (25. g4 Bc5)
25... Bc5+ 26. Kf1 Bxa8 27. Rxh7 Be4 28. Rf7 Bxc2 29. g4 Bd3+ 30. Ke1 a5 $17) (
17... Kd8 $5 {Plus simple}) 18. Qxf3 (18. Qf2 $143 Qxf2+ 19. Kxf2 fxg2 20. Kxg2
Rg8+ $36 21. Kf2 Kd8 {[%csl Gc8,Gf8]}) 18... Qxf3 19. gxf3 Kd7 20. exd6 Bxd6
21. Nxd6 Kxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.28"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Azarov, Sergei Nikolaevich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 h6 {Une ligne secondaire} (9... Na5) 10. d4 {94} Re8 {91} (10... Bb7
11. Nbd2) 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Bc2 {82} (12. Nf1 {La grande ligne} Bb7 13. Ng3)
12... Bb7 {88} 13. d5 $1 {[%csl Rb7,Rc6]} (13. a4) (13. a3) 13... Ne7 (13...
Nb8 {L'alternative qui est assez passive} 14. b3 c6 15. c4 $14 {Geller,E (2545)
-Zaitsev,I (2465) Yerevan zt 1982 (5) 1-0}) 14. b3 {77} c6 {86} 15. c4 $14 {
Les Noirs manquent un peu d'espace} cxd5 {Mine le centre avant de l'attaquer
par le levier f7f5} 16. cxd5 {[%csl Gc6]} Nd7 $1 {[%cal Gf7f5]} (16... Rc8 17.
Nf1 {[%cal Gf1e3,Ge3f5]} Nh5 {[%cal Gh5f4]} 18. a4 $1 {[%cal Ga4b5,Ga1a7];
Topalov,V (2630)-Piket,J (2670) Amsterdam Euwe Memorial 1995 (1) 1-0}) 17. a4
$1 {58 Le russe est sorti de sa préparation contrairement а son adversaire qui
continue а jouer trés vite.} (17. g4 Ng6 18. Nf1 Nf4 19. Kh2 Rc8 20. Bd2 h5 21.
Ne3 hxg4 22. hxg4 Nf6 23. Rg1 g6 24. Rc1 Qd7 25. Rg3 {Ivanchuk,V (2779)
-Morozevich,A (2771) Amber-blindfold 18th rapid 2009 (8) 1-0}) 17... f5 $1 {
[%csl Rd5][%cal Gf5e4,Ge7d5] 82} 18. axb5 (18. Ba3 Nf6 19. exf5 Nexd5) (18.
exf5 Nxd5 19. Ne4 Nb4 20. Bb1 d5 $132 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5];Shchekachev,A (2551)-Lin
Ta (2361) Bad Zwesten op 7th 2003 (7) 0-1}) 18... axb5 (18... fxe4 $6 19. Nxe4
Nxd5 20. bxa6 Nb4 21. Ba3 {[%csl Rd6]} Nxc2 22. axb7 Nxe1 23. Nxe1 Rb8 24. Bxd6
$36 {[%csl Gb7][%cal Gd1d5]}) 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 $132 {[%csl Rd5][%cal Ga8d5,Gf5e4]}
20. Bd3 {[%csl Rb5] 54} fxe4 $146 {Ftacnik: The mounting of the pressure
against the squares e4 and d5 is unpleasant for the first player. Analysis
proves that immediate action in the centre was good enough for equality.} ({RR
} 20... Nf6 21. Bxb5 ({RR} 21. exf5 Bxd5 22. Nh4 Bc6 23. Qe2 Qa5) 21... Rc8 22.
Bc4 ({RR} 22. exf5 Nxf5 ({RR} 22... Bxd5 23. Nh4) 23. Bd3 Ne7 24. Nc4 Nexd5 25.
Bf5 Rc7 26. Be6+ Kh7 27. Qc2+ e4 28. Bd2 Nb6) 22... fxe4 23. Nxe4 Nxe4 24. Rxe4
Bxd5 25. Rg4 Kh8 ({RR} 25... h5 26. Re4 g6) 26. Be3 ({RR} 26. Bb2 Bxf3 27. Qxf3
Qxf3 28. gxf3 d5 29. Bd3 Rb8) 26... Bxf3 27. gxf3 ({RR} 27. Qxf3 Qxf3 28. gxf3
d5 29. Ba6 Rc3) 27... d5 28. Bd3 Rc3 29. Bb1 ({RR} 29. b4 Qa3 30. Bf1 d4 31.
Bd2 Rxf3) 29... d4 ({RR} 29... Qa3 30. b4 Qb3) 30. Be4 Qa2 31. Bd2 Rxb3 ({RR} 
31... Qxb3 32. Qxb3 Rxb3 33. f4 Rb2 34. Ba5) 32. Kg2 ({RR} 32. f4 d3 33. Kg2
Rb1 34. Qf3 Qxd2 35. Bxd3 Rb8 ({RR} 35... Rb3 36. Qa8) 36. Qe4 Kg8 ({RR} 36...
g6 37. Qxe5+ Kh7 38. Qxb8 Qxd3 39. Qxf8) 37. Bc4+ Kh8 38. Bd3) 32... Rb2 33.
Be1 ({RR} 33. Bc1 Rxf2+ 34. Kg1 d3 35. Bxd3 ({RR} 35. Qxd3 Re2) 35... Nd5 36.
Bc4 Bc5 37. Bxa2 Rd2+ 38. Kh1 Rxd1+) 33... Nd5 34. Kg1 {0-1 Nisipeanu,L (2675)
-Ivanchuk,V (2746)/Bazna 2009/CBM 131/[Ftacnik] (34)} ({RR} 34. Bxd5 Qxd5 35.
Qd3 Be7) {RR} 34... Nf6 35. Rg6 Nxe4 36. fxe4 Rb1) 21. Bxb5 {49} ({RR} 21. Nxe4
Nxd5 22. Bxb5 Bc6 23. Bc4 N7b6 24. Nh4 Re6 25. Qg4 Qe8) 21... exf3 {89} 22.
Bxd7 fxg2 $1 (22... Rd8 23. Be6+ Kh7 24. Qxf3 Bxd5 25. Bxd5 Qxd5 26. Ne4 {
[%csl Ge4]}) 23. Ne4 {43} (23. Bxe8 Qxe8 24. Ne4 Bxd5 25. Ba3 (25. Nxd6 $2 Qd7)
25... Qa8 26. Nc3 Bf3 27. Qd3 e4 $36) 23... Nxd5 $11 {81 Le centre Blanc a
éclaté et les Noirs ont des pièces actives.} 24. Qh5 Re7 25. Bf5 {[%cal Gh5g6,
Gg6h7]} Qe8 26. Qg4 Rc7 27. Ba3 {27} (27. Bxh6 Bc8) 27... Bc8 (27... Qd8 $15 {
[%cal Gd8d6]}) 28. Nxd6 Bxd6 29. Bxd6 Bxf5 30. Qxf5 Rf7 31. Qxe5 Qxe5 32. Rxe5
Nf4 {[%csl Gf4,Gg2]} 33. Re8+ Kh7 34. Re3 g5 (34... Rf6 $5 35. Bxf4 $1 Rxf4 36.
Kxg2 {La mauvaise structure blanche réduit les chances de gain et la nulle est
probable en particulier parceque la R blanche est mal placée alors que dans la
partie, elle va réussir а se placer derrière le P passé "b"} Rb4 37. Kf3 Kg6
38. Ke2 Kf5 39. Kd2 g5 40. Kc3 Rf4 41. b4 Rxf2 42. b5 Rf1 43. Kb4 Rb1+ $132 {
[%csl Gb1]}) 35. b4 Nd5 $6 (35... Kg6) (35... Rb7) 36. Rd3 Nf4 37. Bxf4 Rxf4
38. Rb3 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb3,Rf4][%cal Gb4b8]} Rf6 39. b5 Rb6 {[%csl Gb3,Rb6]
Comme souvent la différence d'activité des R est plus importante que le
matériel et la position noire devient trés critique} 40. Kxg2 Kg6 41. Kg3 Kf5
42. Kf3 h5 {Un coup naturel mais qui va provoquer un affaiblissement de
l'aile-roi} 43. Rb1 Ke5 44. Ke3 Kd5 {Le problème de "l'âne de Buridan", le K
Noir ne peut а la fois attaquer le P"b" tout en protégeant l'aile-roi et la
position est sans espoir.} 45. Kd3 Rd6 46. b6 $1 Kc6+ 47. Ke4 $1 {[%csl Rg5]}
Kb7 48. Kf5 Rd5+ 49. Kg6 g4 50. h4 $1 {[%csl Rh5]} Ra5 51. Rb4 $1 {[%cal Gb4f4,
Gf4f5] La manoeuvre décisive} Rc5 52. Rf4 Kxb6 53. Rf5 {[%cal Gf5f2,Gf5h5]} Rc3
54. Rxh5 Rh3 55. Kf5 Rf3+ 56. Kxg4 Rxf2 57. Rg5 Kc7 58. h5 Rh2 59. Kf5 Kd7 60.
Kg6 Re2 61. h6 Re6+ 62. Kh5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smeets, Jan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O {81} (5. Nc3 Bc5 (5... f6) 6.
d3 Bg4 (6... f6)) 5... Be7 {81} (5... f6 6. d4 Bg4 (6... exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Nb3
Qxd1 9. Rxd1)) (5... Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. d3 Qf6 8. Nbd2 Ne7 9. Re1 Ng6 10. d4 Bd6
11. hxg4 hxg4 12. Nh2) (5... Qd6 6. d3 (6. d4) 6... f6 7. Be3 Be6 (7... Bg4 8.
Nbd2 O-O-O 9. Rb1 Ne7 10. b4 g5 (10... Ng6) 11. a4 Ng6 12. b5 $36 {Mecking,H 
(2615)-Kortschnoj,V (2670) Candidates qf4 1974 (12) 1-0}) (7... c5)) 6. Qe2 {
Une ligne secondaire} (6. d3 Bf6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Nc4 (8. d4 $1)) (6. Nxe5 Qd4 7.
Qh5 g6 8. Nf3 Qxe4 9. Qa5) 6... Bf6 (6... Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Bf6 (8... Bg5
{Salgado Lopez,I (2556)-Roiz,M (2677) Pamplona 18th 2008 (4) 1/2}) 9. d3 Ne7
10. Be3 Ng6 11. Nd2 O-O 12. g3 {1/2-1/2 Malisauskas,V (2491)-Butnorius,A (2437)
/Nemencine 2010/CBM 136 Extra}) 7. Rd1 {73 Les Blancs ont réfléchi longtemps
sur cette position} Bg4 (7... c5 8. c3 Bg4 9. d3 Qd7 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Ne7 {
Martinez,R (2425)-Sbarra,M (2312) Milan Crespi op-A 31st 2010 (8) 1/2}) 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Ne7 10. b3 {47} (10. d3 {Plus souple} O-O) 10... O-O {64} 11. Bb2
c5 {[%csl Gd4]} 12. d3 Nc6 $132 {[%csl Gd4]} 13. Qe2 {46} g6 {53} (13... Qe7)
14. Nd2 Bg7 15. Rf1 Qd7 16. Rae1 Rae8 {[%cal Ge8e5,Gf7f5]} (16... Rad8) 17. Qd1
Nd4 $11 {[%csl Gd4]} 18. Nf3 f5 19. Ba3 fxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.03.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hracek, Zbynek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... Bc5 {La grande ligne} 5. Be3 (
5. Nb3 Bb4+ 6. c3 Be7 7. f4 d6 8. Bd3 Nh6 9. N1d2 O-O 10. Nf3 f5 11. O-O Kh8
12. h3 fxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf5 14. Kh2 Bh4 15. Nxh4 Qxh4 16. Qd3 Nfe7 {Vallejo Pons,
F (2724)-Bruzon Batista,L (2673) FIDE World Cup 2011 (2.1) 0-1} (16... Be6 17.
Bd2 d5 $5 {JL VILELA YB 101}))) 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 (6... Ne4 7. Qf3 Ng5 8.
Qg3 Ne6 9. Bd3 d5 (9... d6) 10. O-O {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5]} Bc5 11. Nd2 O-O 12.
Nb3 Bb6) 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 {Cette idée de Blackburne résiste а l'épreuve du
temps} Ba6 (8... Nb6 {L'alternative} 9. Nd2 (9. Nc3 Qe6 (9... Bb7 10. Bd2 g6
11. Ne4 O-O-O 12. a4 Ba6 13. Qf3 (13. f3 Bxc4 14. Qf2 Bxf1 15. Kxf1 Qe6 $132 {
Pavlidis,A (2419)-Bellos,I (1941) GRE CupT Peristeri 2011 (1) 1/2}) 13... Re8
$11 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2704)-Bacrot,E (2705) EU-Cup 28th Eilat 2012 (3.2) 1-0})
10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 (13... d6) 14. Qh4 dxc4 15. Rc1
Qg6 16. g3 $5) (9. b3 a5 $132) 9... Qe6) 9. Nd2 $5 (9. b3 {La grande ligne}) (
9. g3 g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2) 9... g6 10. Nf3 {94} (10. b3 {La grande ligne} Bg7
11. Bb2 Nb4 12. Nf3 c5 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 d5 $1 {Svidler,P (2660)-Adams,M 
(2680) Tilburg Fontys 1997 (8) 1/2}) 10... Qb4+ {94 Tout a été joué а tempo}
11. Kd1 {Il n'est pas facile pour les Noirs de profiter de la position du K
Blanc bloqué au centre et dans la pratique, les Blancs ont des bons résultats
а haut niveau.} Rb8 (11... Nb6 $5 12. b3 Bg7 13. Qd2 Qxd2+ 14. Bxd2 $14 {
Barbosa,E (2412)-Mecking,H (2590) BRA-ch 78th Campinas 2011 (10) 0-1}) (11...
Qa4+ 12. Qc2 Qxc2+ 13. Kxc2 Nb4+ 14. Kc3 c5 15. a3 (15. Be3 Bb7) 15... Nc6 16.
Bg5 (16. Bf4 Bg7) 16... Bg7 17. Bf6 Bxf6 18. exf6 {[%csl Ge7]} O-O 19. g4 Rfe8
20. g5 {[%cal Gf1h3,Gh3d7]} Bb7 (20... Re4 21. Nd2 Re5 $132) 21. Rg1 Nd8 22.
Nd2 Ne6 23. h4 Nf4 $11) (11... Bg7) 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. b3 {86} (13. Bd3 Bg7 14. a3
(14. Qb3 $5 {Avec un K déroqué, l'échange des Q ne peut pas être mauvais pour
les Blancs} c5 $1 15. Bd2 Qb7 16. Bc3 O-O 17. Qxb7 $11 {[%cal Gd1c2]}) 14...
Qb7 15. Re1 {Radjabov,T (2744)-Aronian,L (2801) Wch Blitz 5th 2010 (1) 1/2}) (
13. Qb3 c5 14. Qxb4 cxb4 15. Bd3 Bg7 16. Re1 O-O 17. Kc2 Nc6 18. b3 d5 19. cxd5
Bxd3+ 20. Kxd3 Rfd8 21. Bf4 Rxd5+ 22. Ke4 $14 {Howell,D (2625)-Adams,M (2715)
GBR-ch 98th Sheffield 2011 (6) 0-1}) 13... Bg7 {30} 14. Bd2 {73 Les Blancs
commencent а réfléchir mais la position reste théorique} (14. Bb2) 14... Qb6 {
79} 15. c5 $1 {[%csl Rc6,Rd7]} Qb7 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Re1 $1 $146 {[%cal Ge1e5]
61 Les Blancs essayent de retarder l'échange Qc4 en jouant un coup utile} (17.
Qc4 Qxc4 18. bxc4 {Ponomariov,R (2734)-Leko,P (2734) Dortmund SuperGM 2010 (1)
1-0}) 17... O-O {68 Une préparation maison} (17... Nd5 {Quelques mois plus
tard, les Noirs n'ont pas eu trop de problèmes pour égaliser} 18. Qc4 Qa3 19.
Nd4 O-O 20. Nc2 Qb2 {Forçant une répétition de position} 21. Bc1 Qc3 22. Bd2
Qb2 23. Bc1 Qc3 24. Bd2 {1/2-1/2 Nedev,T (2493)-Petkov,V (2511)/Skopje 2011})
18. Qc4 $5 {joué а tempo} Qb7 {44 Après une longue réflexion, les Noirs
évitent l'échange des Q} (18... Qxc4 19. bxc4 $11 {[%csl Rd7] Il n'est pas
facile pour les Noirs d'attaquer les P doublés et le P arriéré "d7" est trés
faible}) 19. Rc1 Nd5 20. Ke2 $1 {[%cal Ge2f1] Pofitant du fait que les Noirs
n'ont pas eu le temps de jouer Re8} Rfe8 {[%csl Re5][%cal Ge8e2] 34} 21. Kf1
$14 {Les Blancs ont réussi а roquer "а la main" et ils ont un bon avantage
d'espace.} Qb5 22. g3 {[%csl Gf4][%cal Gf1g2]} a5 $1 {[%cal Ga5a4]} 23. Qxb5 (
23. Kg2) 23... Rxb5 24. Re4 Ra8 25. Ne1 {24} a4 {08 Un coup naturel dans ce
genre de structure mais les Noirs vont avoir une mauvaise surprise car les
Blancs peuvent s'accrocher au P} (25... Re8 26. f4 f6 27. Nd3 Kf7) 26. Rxa4 $1
{Les Noirs ont du être surpris par cette réponse pragmatique} Rxa4 27. bxa4 Rb2
28. Rc2 $1 Rb1 29. f4 $14 {[%csl Ge5,Rg7]} f6 $1 30. exf6 {21} Bxf6 {08} 31.
Ke2 Kf7 {05} 32. Nd3 Ke7 (32... Rh1 $6 33. h4 Rh2+ $2 34. Nf2 {[%csl Ga4,Rh2]
[%cal Ga4a5,Ga5a8]}) 33. Rc1 Rb8 34. a5 {[%csl Ga5,Gd2] Les Noirs ont
probablement du regretter а ce moment le sacrifice de P car le P passé devient
dangereux} Kd8 35. g4 $1 {Les Blancs commencent а prendre de l'espace} Ne7 36.
Bb4 $1 {[%csl Gb4][%cal Ga2a3] Le seul atout des Noirs était la possession de
la colonne "b" et maintenant ils n'ont plus assez de compensations pour le P}
Nd5 37. a3 $16 Ke7 38. Kf3 Rf8 39. Re1+ Kf7 40. Bd2 Ra8 41. Bb4 Ne7 42. h4 $1
Rh8 43. f5 $1 {15} gxf5 {25} (43... Bxh4 $6 44. Ne5+ $36 {[%csl Rd7,Ge5][%cal
Ge1h1]}) 44. g5 $1 {Un joli coup intermédiaire, les Blancs redonnent le P mais
ils obtiennent uen forte majorité а а l'aile-roi} Bg7 45. h5 {[%csl Gg5,Gh5]}
Rb8 {Les Noirs ne peuvent pas jouer grand-chose pour progresser} 46. Kf4 {
[%csl Gf4,Rf7] La position Noire est déjà critique} Rb5 {Les Noirs passent
leur tour} 47. Ne5+ $1 {Force l'échange du B qui défendait bien l'aile-roi}
Bxe5+ 48. Rxe5 Rb8 49. Re1 $1 {[%cal Ge1h1] "Ne pas se presser en finale",
après avoir privé les Noirs de l'accès а l'aile-dame par Bb4 et eliminé le
défenseur de l'aile-roi, ils peuvent maintenant changer d'objectif.} Ra8 50.
Rh1 {L'avantage d'espace permet de manoeuvrer plus facilement} Kg8 {Le signe
que les Noirs sont déjà proches du zuzwang} (50... Ra7 51. g6+ $1 hxg6 52. h6
Ra8 53. h7 Rh8 54. Kg5 Nd5 55. a6 $18 {[%csl Ga6] Et les Noirs ne peuvent pas
suivre deux lièvres а la fois}) 51. Ke5 {[%cal Ge5f6]} Kg7 52. Rh2 {Commençant
la lutte pour mettre les Noirs en zugzwang} Re8 53. Rd2 {[%csl Rd7]} Rd8 (53...
Nd5+ $6 54. Kxf5) 54. Rd3 Kf7 55. Bd2 Kg7 {le K Noir parait en sécurité mais
les Blancs vont trouver des ressources étonnantes} (55... Rb8 $2 56. Rxd7) 56.
g6 $3 {Une leçon magistrale de technique!} Nd5 57. h6+ $3 {C'est digne d'une
étude} (57. Kxf5 {Plus pragmatique mais le russe a le sens de l'esthétique})
57... Kxg6 58. Rg3+ {[%csl Rg6]} Kh5 59. Rg5+ $1 {[%csl Rh5] le tourniquet est
particulièrement redoutable car il se produit non pas sur la 08ème rangée mais
sur une colonne et le K Noir est forcé de s'aventurer dans le camp Blanc Ce
qui est remarquable est le fait qu'il ne restait plus qu'une minute aux Blancs
en phase KO mais la technique est impeccable} Kh4 60. Rg7 $138 {[%csl Rh7]
Laisse un peu de répit aux Noirs} (60. Rxf5 $142 {[%csl Rh4]} Rg8 61. Rf7 {
[%csl Rd7,Rh7]} Rg2 62. Be1+ Kh5 63. Rf2 Rg4 64. Bd2 Ra4 65. Rf5+ Kg6 66. Rg5+
Kf7 67. Rg7+ {[%csl Rh7]}) 60... f4 $1 $13 {A ce niveau, la moindre faute est
exploitée et les Noirs trouvent un contre-jeu inespéré} (60... Kh5 61. Kxf5 {
[%csl Rh5]}) 61. a6 $1 {[%csl Ga6,Rd5,Rh4] Le réveil du P passé et les pièces
Noires sont trés mal placées pour le contrer. Le Nd5 occupe une position
centale mais il est trés peu utile} Re8+ 62. Kd4 Ra8 (62... Rf8 {[%csl Gf4]
[%cal Gf4f1]} 63. Rxh7 f3 64. Be1+ Kg5 (64... f2 65. Bxf2+ Rxf2 66. Rg7) 65. a7
f2 66. Bxf2 Rf4+ $1 67. Ke5 Rf5+ 68. Ke4 Rf4+ 69. Kd3 Rf3+ 70. Ke2 Rxa3 71.
Rxd7 Kxh6 72. Bd4 Rxa7 {Sauvant la nulle}) 63. Rxh7 {[%csl Gh6]} Kg5 (63...
Rxa6 64. Rg7 $18 {[%csl Gh6][%cal Gh6h7]}) 64. a4 Rxa6 65. a5 $1 {Le P "h6"
s'est sacrifié mais le temps perdu permet aux Blancs de gagner le P "d7"} Ra8
66. Rxd7 Kxh6 $2 {Il restait pourtant aux Noirs beaucoup plus de temps (8 mns)
qu'à l'adveraire mais il est difficile de défendre longtemps ce genre de
position sans faire de fautes .} (66... Nf6 $8 67. Rxc7) 67. Rxd5 cxd5 68.
Bxf4+ Kg6 69. Bxc7 Kf6 70. Kxd5 Ke7 71. Kc6 Ke6 72. Bb6 Rc8+ 73. Kb7 Rg8 74. c6
Kd6 75. c7 {[%mdl 4096]} 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[Annotator "Marchand,A/Primel,D"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 (9... b5 {La grande ligne} 10. Bd3 Bb7) 10. Rd1 {88} b5 {83}
11. Bd3 {85} Bb7 {76} (11... Qc7 {L'alternative} 12. Bd2 c5 13. Ne4 $1 c4 14.
Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Be2 Bb7 $132 16. b3 Bd5 {Jakovenko,D (2729)-Ragger,M (2654)
EU-ch 13th Plovdiv 2012 (8) 1/2}) 12. Ng5 {[%csl Rh7] Après 15 mns de
réflexion sur ce coup, le russe évite la ligne principale 12.e4 pour provoquer
un petit affablissement de l'aile-roi} (12. e4 e5 {Van Wely,L (2605)-Kramnik,V
(2790) Amber-rapid 07th 1998 (1) 0-1}) (12. Bd2 c5 13. Ne4 Bxe4) 12... h6 {82}
13. Nge4 {[%cal Ge4d6]} Be7 14. a3 a5 {[%cal Gb5b4]} 15. Rb1 $5 {56} (15. Bd2
Qb6 {Pashikian,A (2640)-Andriasian,Z (2585) ARM-ch 71st Yerevan 2011 (6) 1/2})
(15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. b3 Qb6 18. Bb2 Rfc8 {[%cal Gc8c2]} (18... Rac8)
19. Qe2 b4 $11 {Jakovenko,D (2736)-Yevseev,D (2529) RUS-ch Higher League 65th
2012 (2) 1/2}) 15... b4 {57} (15... Nxe4 16. Nxe4) (15... Rc8 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6
17. Ne4 (17. e4 c5 18. dxc5 (18. e5) 18... Bxc5 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxb5 Qh4 $44)
17... Nxe4 18. Bxe4 Qb6 {[%cal Gc6c5]}) (15... Qb6 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 16. b4 {
[%csl Rc5,Rc6]} axb4 $11 {Gavrilov,A (2481)-Balazs,G (2383) Budapest FS07 GM
2011 (4.4) 1/2}) 16. Nxf6+ {[%csl Gc5] Continuant la lutte pour le contrôle
indirect de la case "c5"} Bxf6 17. Ne4 $1 {[%csl Gc5]} Be7 18. Nc5 $14 {
[%csl Rb7,Gc5][%cal Gd1d8] 37} Bxc5 {50} (18... Nxc5 {Semblait un peu plus
solide pour éviter les faiblesses sur cases Noires en gardant le B} 19. dxc5 {
[%cal Gd3h7,Gd1d8]} Qc7 (19... Qb8) 20. Bd2 $14) 19. dxc5 {[%cal Gd1d8]} Qe7 {
[%csl Rc5][%cal Ge7c5,Gd7c5]} (19... b3 $5 {Les Noirs ont tenté d'améliorer la
partie quelques semaines plus tard avec b3 mais les Blancs gardent aussi un
petit avantage d'ouverture} 20. Qxb3 Nxc5 {[%cal Gc5b3,Gc5b7,Gc5d3]} 21. Bh7+
Kh8 22. Rxd8 Nxb3 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. Bc2 Nxc1 25. Rxc1 $14 {[%csl Rb7,Gc1,Gc2,
Rc6] Les Blancs ont une meilleure finale mais les qualités de défense d'un TOP
GMI suffisent а annuler cette position.} Rd8 26. h3 (26. Kf1 c5 (26... Rd2 27.
Ke1) 27. Bd1 (27. Bb3 Rd2) 27... Rd2 28. Bf3 Ba6+ 29. Ke1 Rxb2 30. Rxc5 Rb5)
26... Rd2 27. b4 axb4 28. axb4 Rd5 29. Be4 Rb5 30. Rc4 Kg8 31. Bxc6 {1/2-1/2
Svidler,P (2730)-Caruana,F (2716)/Olginka 2011}) 20. axb4 axb4 21. Bd2 {
[%cal Gd2b4,Gb4e7]} b3 22. Qxb3 Nxc5 23. Bb4 $1 {Probablement oublié par les
Noirs lorsqu'ils ont choisi de jouer Bc5} Nxb3 24. Bxe7 Rfe8 25. Bd6 {[%csl
Gd6] La paire de B donne une petite initiative aux Blancs} Ba6 26. Bc2 (26. Be4
) 26... Bc4 {[%csl Gb3] le Nb3 gêne un peu les Blancs et il est important de
l'y maintenir} 27. h4 Ra5 28. f3 {[%cal Gg1f2,Ge3e4]} Rea8 29. Bb4 Rd5 30. Be4
$1 {[%cal Ge4c6] 24} (30. Kf2) 30... Rxd1+ $6 {Résoud le problème de la Rb1
qui manquait d'activité} (30... Be2 $142 $5 31. Re1 Bd3 32. Bxd3 Rxd3 33. Rbd1
Rad8 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 $11) (30... Rb8 $5 31. Bxd5 cxd5 $44 {[%csl Rb1,Rb2]}) 31.
Rxd1 $16 {[%csl Gb4,Rc4,Rc6,Gd1,Ge4]} Rb8 32. Rd7 Bd5 33. Bd6 Ra8 34. Bd3 {
[%cal Ge3e4]} Nc1 35. Bf1 (35. Bc2 $5 {[%csl Gd7,Rg8,Rh7][%cal Gd7d8]}) 35...
Bb3 36. g4 {[%cal Gg4g5]} (36. Ba3 $5 {[%csl Ra8,Gd7]} Rc8 {[%cal Gc6c5]} 37.
Rb7 Bc2 38. Kf2) 36... Ra5 37. Bb4 (37. e4) 37... Ra1 (37... Rd5 38. Rxd5 cxd5
39. Kf2 f6 40. Bd2 $1 Na2 {[%csl Ra2] la finale est aussi sans espoirs pour
les Noirs}) 38. Kf2 e5 39. Rc7 e4 $5 40. fxe4 Bc2 41. Bc3 Nd3+ 42. Kg2 Ne1+ (
42... Rb1 43. Rxc6 Nxb2) 43. Kg3 Nd3 (43... Bxe4) 44. Bg2 {Les Noirs n'ont
rien obtenu tactiquement en compensation du P e4 sacrifié} Nc5 45. e5 Be4 $6 {
Il va y avoir une surcharge} 46. e6 $1 $36 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gc7g7,Gc3g7,Gg2e4]}
fxe6 47. b4 $40 {[%csl Ra1,Re4]} (47. Rxg7+ Kf8 48. b4 Rg1 49. bxc5 Rxg2+ 50.
Kf4 Bd5 51. Ra7 $36 {[%csl Rf8]}) 47... Rg1 48. Rxg7+ Kf8 49. bxc5 Rxg2+ 50.
Kf4 Bd3 51. Rc7 Be2 52. g5 $18 hxg5+ 53. hxg5 Bc4 54. Rxc6 Rf2+ 55. Kg3 Rc2 56.
Bf6 Kf7 57. Rc7+ Kg6 58. e4 Bd3 59. Kf4 Rg2 60. Kf3 Rc2 61. Rg7+ Kh5 62. Rh7+
Kg6 63. Rh6+ Kf7 64. Be5 1-0

[Event "EU-ch 12th"]
[Site "Aix les Bains"]
[Date "2011.04.02"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2011.03.22"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 142 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.06.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]

1. d4 {Incroyable, le polonais double les Blancs pour la .. seconde fois!} Nf6
2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 (4... O-O) 5. Bg2 {Les Blancs préfèrent jouer une
anglaise plutôt qu'une Benoni et visiblement le polonais préfère assurer le
demi-point.} (5. d5) 5... O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 (7... Nc6 $132) 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. Nb5 Be6 (9... a6) 10. Nd4 Bc8 (10... Bxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 $132 {Liabotro,
P (2300)-Zaltsman,V (2430) Gausdal Int 1986 0-1}) 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13.
Qb3 {74} (13. Be3 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Qa4 Be6 16. Bxc6 Rac8 17. Bf3 Bxc3 18.
Rab1 a5 19. Rfc1 {1/2-1/2 Gligoric,S (2575)-Czerniak,M/Moscow 1956/MCD}) 13...
Nc6 {67} (13... Rd8 14. Bf4 e5 15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Qa3 Qxa3 18. Nxa3
Be6 19. Rfb1 Rd7 20. Rxb7 Rxb7 21. Bxc6 Rab8 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. c4 Bf8 24. Rb1
Rxb1+ 25. Nxb1 Bxc4 26. Bxa7 Bxe2 27. Nc3 Bc4 28. a4 {Karpov,A (2619)-Aronian,
L (2786)/Moscow 2009/EXT 2010/1/2-1/2 (59)}) 14. Nxc6 bxc6 {Avec la structure
symétrique, une nulle rapide est déjà prévisible.} 15. Bf4 {[%cal Gf4c7]} Qa5
16. Bxc6 {68} (16. Rac1) 16... Be6 {59} 17. Qb4 Qxb4 18. cxb4 Bxa1 19. Bxa8 Bc3
20. Bf3 Bxb4 21. Rc1 $146 (21. Rb1 {Bocharov,D (2585)-Sutovsky,E (2669) Moscow
Aeroflot op-A 2005 (1) 1/2}) 21... Bxa2 (21... a5) 22. Ra1 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grishchenko, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2475"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Desnogorsk Atom"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. d4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 a6 7. c5 Nc6 8. a3 b6
9. b4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Nf3 Bf6 12. Bb1 bxc5 13. bxc5 g6 14. O-O Bg7 15. Bg3
Ne7 16. Qa4 h6 17. Bd3 Ra7 18. Na2 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Rb1 Nf6 21. c6 Bc8 22.
Nc3 Ne4 23. Nb5 Nxg3 24. hxg3 Ra8 25. Qa5 Be6 26. Nxc7 Rc8 27. Rb7 Re8 28. Qb6
Re7 29. Nxd5 Qxd5 30. Rxe7 Rxc6 31. Qb8+ Kh7 32. Ne5 Rc3 33. Rb1 Rxa3 34. Qb7
Bxe5 35. Qxd5 Bxd5 36. Rxe5 Be6 37. d5 Ra5 38. Rd1 Kg7 39. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D83"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Khanty Mansiysk Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 Be6 7. Qb3 c5 8. Qxb7
Qb6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Rxc5
e6 15. Bc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Rxa2 17. O-O Na5 18. Rc5 Nb7 19. Rc7 Rxb2 20. g4 Rb5
21. Kg2 h6 22. Rd1 g5 23. Bg3 Bf6 24. Nd4 Rb6 25. Nc6 Nc5 26. Ne5 Rb5 27. Ra7
Ne4 28. Nd7 Rc8 29. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D14"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Mikhail Chigorin CC"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. e3 e6 8. Bb5
Nd7 9. Ne5 Ncxe5 10. Bxe5 a6 11. Bxd7+ Qxd7 12. O-O f6 13. Bg3 Rc8 14. Rc1 Be7
15. Qb3 b5 16. f3 O-O 17. a3 Rc4 18. Na2 a5 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Qc3 Bd3 21. Ra1
Ra8 22. Nc1 b4 23. Qd2 Bg6 24. Ne2 c3 25. bxc3 b3 26. e4 Qb5 27. a4 Qc4 28. Nc1
e5 29. Bf2 f5 30. Nd3 Rc8 31. Nxe5 Qxc3 32. Qxc3 Rxc3 33. Rb1 fxe4 34. Be1 Rc2
35. Nxg6 hxg6 36. Rxb3 exf3 37. Rxf3 Rc4 38. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Bd3 Bb7 12. Ng5 h6 13. Nge4 Be7 14. a3 a5 15.
Rb1 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 b4 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. dxc5 b3 19. Qxb3 Nxc5 20. Bh7+ Kh8 21.
Rxd8 Nxb3 22. Rxf8+ Rxf8 23. Bc2 Nxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. h3 Rd2 26. b4 axb4 27.
axb4 Rd5 28. Be4 Rb5 29. Rc4 Kg8 30. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zolotukhin, Valery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[BlackTeam "Yamal"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. f4 Nb6 8.
g4 Nbd5 9. Bg2 g6 10. g5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nd7 12. O-O h6 13. Qf3 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qe6
15. a4 hxg5 16. Bxg5 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. a5 a6 19. Rab1 Rh5 20. Qf4 Kf8 21.
Rf3 Kg8 22. Rbf1 Rh7 23. Rg3 Bd7 24. h4 Rd8 25. Qg5 Kf8 26. Be4 Rg7 27. h5 Kg8
28. hxg6 Rf8 29. Bf5 Qd5 30. Bxd7 Rxg6 31. Bf5 Rxg5 32. Rxg5+ Kh8 33. Rf2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2677"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qe7 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 Bg4 8.
Bf4 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nh5 10. Qe3 Nxf4 11. Qxf4 h5 12. e5 O-O-O 13. Rad1 Re8 14. Rfe1
g5 15. Qe3 Kb8 16. Qxg5 Qxg5 17. Nxg5 Bxd1 18. Rxd1 Bg7 19. f4 f6 20. Nge4 Rhf8
21. Rf1 Re7 22. g3 fxe5 23. f5 Ref7 24. Nc5 Kc8 25. Ne6 Rg8 26. Ng5 Rd7 27.
Nce4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Frolyanov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Lipetsk EGU-Perspektiva"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Bg5 Nxd4 10. cxd4 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 f5 13. exf5 d6 14. f6 Bxf6
15. f3 Nf5 16. Bf2 d5 17. Nc3 c6 18. Ne2 Qe7 19. Qd3 h5 20. Ng3 Nxg3 21. Bxg3
Bf5 22. Qd2 Qg7 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Rae8 25. Rae1 Bh7 26. e6 Bf5 27. f4 gxf4
28. Rxf4 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 Bxe6 30. Rxf8+ Kxf8 31. Qf4+ Ke7 32. Qb4+ Ke8 33. Bd1
Qe5 34. h3 a5 35. Qd2 d4 36. a3 h4 37. b4 axb4 38. axb4 Kd7 39. Bf3 Kc7 40. b5
Qe3+ 41. Qxe3 dxe3 42. bxc6 b5 43. g3 hxg3 44. Kg2 b4 45. Kxg3 b3 46. Be4 b2
47. Bb1 Bd5 48. h4 e2 49. Kf2 Bf3 50. Ke1 Kxc6 51. Kd2 Kd6 52. h5 Bxh5 53. Ke1
Ke5 54. Kd2 Kd4 55. Ba2 Bf3 56. Bb1 Be4 57. Ba2 Bd3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 18th"]
[Site "Olginka"]
[Date "2011.04.23"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2011.04.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist SSSEU"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Federation"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Bb3 Rc8
15. Qf3 Bc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. a5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Shulman, Yuri"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "US of America"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5
Na5 15. Bg5 b6 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. d6 Nc6 18. Bb5 Nxe7 19. h3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Qe6
21. Bxe8 Rxe8 22. dxe7 Qxe7 23. Rfd1 Bf8 24. Rd4 Qe6 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Rxb3 Bc5
27. Ra4 a5 28. Kf1 Bb4 29. Rbxb4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Re6 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. Ke3 Rc6 33.
f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. a5 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nc4 Rb8 12. c3 bxc3 13. bxc3 Na7 14. Ng5 Bg4 15. f3
Bh5 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Nh3 Kh8 18. Ne3 Nb5 19. Nf5 Bg6 20. Nxe7 Qxe7 21. Be3 c6
22. Nf2 Rfc8 23. Rfb1 d5 24. Ba4 dxe4 25. dxe4 Nc5 26. Nd3 Nxa4 27. Qxa4 f5 28.
Nc5 fxe4 29. fxe4 Ra8 30. Qb4 Nd6 31. Nxa6 Rxa6 32. Bc5 Qe6 33. Bxd6 Bxe4 34.
Qxe4 Qxd6 35. Qb4 Qc7 36. Qb7 Qxb7 37. Rxb7 Re8 38. Kf2 Kg8 39. Rd1 Rxa5 40.
Rdd7 Ra2+ 41. Kg3 Rc2 42. Rxg7+ Kh8 43. Rxh7+ Kg8 44. h4 Rxc3+ 45. Kg4 Ra8 46.
Rhg7+ Kf8 47. Kf5 c5 48. h5 Ra6 49. Rgc7 Ra8 50. Rh7 1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.20"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. f4 d6 10. a4 (10. Qe2 {ist die traditionelle Spielweise, wenn man
im Zentrum und am Königsflügel spielen will.} b5 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. Rae1 Nbd7 13.
Kh1 O-O $132) 10... Nc6 11. a5 (11. Be3 {Damit will Weiß nach 12.a5 das Feld
b6 unter Kontrolle nehmen.} b6 $1 {Schwarz muss a5 verhindern.} (11... O-O 12.
a5 Bd7 13. Bb6 Qb8 14. Qe2 $14) 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Rae1 Nb4 14. Qh3 (14. Qg3 h5
15. h3 g6 16. Nd4 h4 17. Qf2 Nd7 18. Nf3 Nc5 19. Rd1 O-O-O $132 {Cubas -
Avrukh (Turin, 2006)}) 14... g6 15. Kh1 Rd8 16. Bd4 e5 17. Be3 O-O 18. Nd2 exf4
19. Bxf4 Bc8 20. Qf3 Bg4 $132 {Efimenko - Kuzmin (Kramatorsk, 2003)}) 11... b5
$1 {Wieder soll Schwarz nicht zulassen, dass Weiß die Kontrolle über das Feld
b6 bekommt.} 12. axb6 Qxb6+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. Qe2 (14. Qf3 Nb4 15. Be3 Qc7 16.
Bd4 Bb7 17. Na5 Rab8 18. Nxb7 Qxb7 19. Qh3 h6 20. Qg3 {1/2-1/2 Ponomariov -
Ivanchuk (Sochi, 2006)}) 14... Nb4 {Schwarz greift den Läufer schon mal an,
wartet jedoch mit dem Nehmen solange es geht. Durch das ständig mögliche ...
Nxd3 verliert der weiße Angriff am Königsflügel an Stärke, so dass Weiß am
Damenflügel spielen muss.} 15. Be3 (15. Na5 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Bd7 17. Qe3 Qb4 18.
Bd2 Qb8 19. b4 Rc8 20. Nc4 d5 21. exd5 exd5 22. Qxe7 dxc4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. dxe4
c3 25. Bxc3 Rxc3 26. Qxd7 Qxb4 $11 {Delchev - Galego (Andorra la Vella, 2006)})
15... Qc7 $5 {Das übliche 15....Qb8 ist eigentlich gut genug.} (15... Qb8 16.
Na5 Bd7 17. Nc4 Nxd3 18. Qxd3 Bb5 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Nb6 Rxa1 21. Rxa1 Qb7 22.
Qxb5 Qxe4 $15 {Panjwani - Arencibia (Kitchener, 2006)}) 16. Nb5 $1 (16. Ra4 Rb8
17. Rfa1 Bd7 $132) 16... Qb8 17. N5d4 {Betrachtung verdient 17.Nxd6.} (17. Nxd6
$5 Bxd6 18. e5 Bxe5 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Ra5 $36) 17... Bd7 {Wie immer ist das
Nehmen auf d3 verdächtig. Jedoch war 17...e5!? durchaus gut spielbar.} (17...
Nxd3 18. Nc6 Qc7 19. Nxe7+ Qxe7 20. cxd3 Bb7 21. Na5 $14) (17... e5 $5 18. Nf3
Ng4 19. f5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Bd7 $132) 18. Nd2 Rc8 19. c4 Nxd3 $1 {Wenn Weiß nicht
mehr auf d3 mit dem Bauern nehmen kann, sollte Schwarz die Chance nutzen, den
weißfeldrigen Läufer zu vernichten.} 20. Qxd3 {Schwarz steht eindeutig besser,
weil er das Läuferpaar besitzt und Weiß dazu einen sehr schlechten Springer
auf d2 hat.} a5 21. b3 Bd8 $6 {Ein komischer Zug.} (21... a4 $5 22. bxa4 Rxa4
23. Rxa4 Bxa4 $15 {mit einem Spiel auf zwei Ergebnisse.}) 22. Bg1 ({
Interessant wäre} 22. Nb5 $5 Bxb5 (22... Bc7 23. Bd4 $36) 23. cxb5 {und Weiß
bekommt das superstarke Feld c4 für seinen Springer.} Bb6 24. Nc4 Bxe3 25. Qxe3
Qxb5 26. Nxd6 Qc5 27. Qxc5 Rxc5 28. b4 $14) 22... h6 23. Rae1 a4 $2 {Dafür ist
keine Zeit.} (23... e5 $5) 24. e5 $1 Ne8 25. bxa4 Rxa4 26. f5 $1 {Weiß hat
starken Angriff, der kaum zu parieren ist.} dxe5 (26... Bg5 27. fxe6 Bxe6 (
27... fxe6 28. Qg6 Bxd2 29. Rf7 $18) 28. Nxe6 Bxd2 29. Rxf7 $1 Kxf7 30. Qd5 Qa8
31. Nd8+ $18) 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. Nf5 $1 exf5 (28... Qc7 29. Nxh6+ gxh6 30. Qg6+
Ng7 31. Rf7 $18) 29. Qxd7 Bg5 30. Qxa4 Bxd2 31. Rb1 Qd6 32. Rbd1 Nf6 33. Qa2
1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.21"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2475"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Egypt"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "EGY"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 d4 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd4 Nxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qxd4 9. d3 c6 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. Qb3 Qd7 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Bg4 14. Be3
O-O 15. a4 Rfd8 16. h3 Be6 17. a5 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 b5 20. axb6 axb6
21. Qxb6 Qxb6 22. Bxb6 Bxc4 23. b4 e5 24. Rc1 Bb5 25. Bf1 Bxf1 26. Kxf1 Bf8 27.
Rxc6 Bxb4 28. Rc4 Be7 29. Kg2 h5 30. h4 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "135"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 Nc6 7. Be3 g6 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 Qa5+ 10. c3 Ne5 11. Qb3 Bg7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rfe1 Re8 14. h3 Nd7
15. a4 Nc5 16. Qc4 Qd8 17. a5 Bd7 18. b4 Ne4 19. Qd3 Bf5 20. Nxf5 gxf5 21. Rac1
e6 22. Bf3 Qh4 23. c4 Be5 24. c5 Rad8 25. c6 bxc6 26. Rxc6 Kh8 27. Rc4 Rc8 28.
Rec1 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 exd5 30. Qxd5 Qe7 31. Qc6 d5 32. Qxd5 Rd8 33. Qc6 Nd2 34.
Bxd2 Rxd2 35. Qc8+ Qd8 36. Qxd8+ Rxd8 37. b5 axb5 38. Rc5 Bd4 39. Rxf5 b4 40.
Rxf7 b3 41. a6 b2 42. Rb7 Rd6 43. a7 Ra6 44. Rxb2 Ra1+ 45. Kh2 Be5+ 46. g3 Bxb2
47. a8=Q+ Rxa8 48. Bxa8 Kg7 49. Kg2 Kf6 50. Be4 h6 51. Bc6 Bc3 52. Be8 Bb4 53.
Kf1 Bc5 54. Ke2 Ba3 55. h4 Bb2 56. f4 Bc1 57. Bh5 Kg7 58. Kf3 Bd2 59. Kf2 Bc1
60. Ke2 Ba3 61. g4 Be7 62. g5 hxg5 63. hxg5 Bd6 64. Kf3 Bc7 65. Ke4 Bd6 66. f5
Be7 67. f6+ Bxf6 68. gxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.25"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2618"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Israel"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1
b6 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16. Nxf5 exf5 17. Rb3 Ne7 18. Rc3 Rc8 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. Rd1
Ne7 21. f4 g5 22. fxg5 h6 23. c4 hxg5 24. cxd5 Ng6 25. Rf1 f4 26. d6 Kg7 27.
Re1 Nf8 28. Bd3 Ne6 29. Bf5 Nd4 30. Bg4 Re8 31. Kf2 Nc2 32. Rc1 Ne3 33. Bf3 b5
34. Rc7 Nc4 35. Bc6 Rd8 36. e6 Nxd6 37. Rd7 1-0

[Event "WchT 8th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2011.07.26"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Ganguly, Surya Shekhar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.07.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. O-O-O b5 7. h4 h6 8. f4 h5
9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Ng5 Nh6 11. e5 Nb6 12. Bd3 Qc8 13. Rhf1 Nd5 14. Nce4 O-O 15. f5
Nxf5 16. Rxf5 gxf5 17. Ng3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 f4 19. Bh7+ Kh8 20. Qd3 dxe5 21. dxe5
f6 22. Bg8 f5 23. Be6 Qe8 24. Bxf5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 $5 Bg6 8.
Nh4 {Such radical measures at this stage of the game are not too common. The
whole plan would be less effective if Black had delayed the development of the
queen's knight with 5...e6, because of a possible regroupment such as: 8...
Nfd7 9.Nxg6 hxg6 /\...Bd6, ...Qe7, ...Na6-c7, ...e5, ...Ne6. The way it is,
the f6-knight does not seem to have good squares to which to retreat.} e6 (8...
e5 {weakens the d5-square, justifying White's plan directed against the
g6-bishop.} 9. c4 (9. e3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Qe7 {was fine for Black in Kritz,L (2571)
-Erdos,V (2523)/Differdange 2007/CBM 119 ext (0-1, 35)}) 9... Bc5 {Bradford,J 
(2453)-Georgiev,K (2661)/Gibraltar 2007/CBM 116 ext (0-1, 129)} 10. Qb3 $5 $36)
9. e3 Bd6 ({The paradoxical} 9... Ng8 {was played in an old game at GM level.
Although it seems that Black loses a lot of time, provoking the exchange on g6
at an early stage helps him define his general plan of regrouping.} 10. Nxg6
hxg6 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. b3 Qf6 13. d4 g5 14. Bb2 Ne7 15. O-O-O Ng6 16. Nf3 Qe7 17.
c4 a5 $132 {Quinteros,M (2500)-Giorgadze,T (2495)/Hannover 1983/MCL (0-1, 46).
With perfect regrouping for Black and reasonable counterplay.}) 10. Qe2 Qc7 {
It is not easy to criticise a move played by an ex World Champion twice (!) at
such an early stage, but I fail to understand the point behind it. First of
all, the indirect pressure against the h4-knight is released. Secondly, the
battery Q + B is set up in the wrong way (the queen should be in front of the
bishop), failing to create any threats against the h2-b8 diagonal.} ({I would
prefer} 10... Qe7 {Let us see what can happen if White plays in the same way
as in the main game:} 11. O-O ({The only game that actually reached this
position went:} 11. Ndf3 O-O 12. Bd2 {White refrains from the more natural b3
followed by Bb2, in order to avoid the exchange of the dark-squared bishops
with ...Ba3. This would not be a possibility after ...Qc7.} Rfe8 13. Nxg6 hxg6
14. Ng5 Nc5 15. h4 Nfd7 16. e4 Qf6 $13 {Panno,O (2505)-Ricardi,P (2335)/Buenos
Aires 1985/MCD (1-0, 38). We can notice that even here the queen was well
placed on e7.}) 11... O-O-O 12. Rb1 (12. f4 Ne8 13. Nxg6 hxg6 $132 {[%cal
Gg6g5] Being slightly underdeveloped, White has problems preventing Black's
counterplay on the dark squares.}) 12... e5 13. a3 e4 $132 {[%cal Ge7e5]}) ({
Even the not too natural} 10... Qb6 {may have been preferable, winning a tempo
over the game after} 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Rb1 Bb8 {[%cal Gb6c7] , although I do
not like the congestion of the black pieces around their own king.}) 11. O-O
O-O-O {A very interesting position. It is not customary for Black to castle
long in these lines of the Reti.} 12. Rb1 $5 $146 {[%cal Gb2b4,Gb4b5] With
both kings on the kingside, the plan based on b4-b5 would just create
weaknesses, but the way it is the black king which starts to sense some danger.
} ({It is possible that Svidler based his preparation for this occasion on an
older blitz game won by Kramnik:} 12. f4 h6 $5 {Spoiling his own structure for
the sake of opening the centre before White gets fully developed.} 13. Nxg6
fxg6 14. Nf3 e5 15. Nh4 exf4 16. exf4 Rhe8 17. Qf2 Bc5 18. d4 Bb6 19. b4 (19.
Nxg6 Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. c3 Rde8 $44) 19... Ne4 20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. c3 Rde8 22.
Nxg6 c5 $5 23. bxc5 Nxc5 $132 {Morozevich,A (2755)-Kramnik,V (2785)/Moscow 
(blitz) 2007/EXT 2008 (0-1, 38)}) 12... Qa5 $6 {Black cannot not afford to
lose so much time.} ({A possible coherent plan would be} 12... Nf8 $5 13. b4 h6
{[%cal Gg6h7,Gg7g5]} 14. Nxg6 Nxg6 $132) 13. a3 Bb8 14. f4 e5 {This piece
sacrifice is a logical consequence of Black's previous play, but is not
entirely sound. Taking into account also his game against Galkin, I get the
feeling that Kramnik is aiming for a slight change of style. He may wish to
have the positional piece sacrifice in irrational positions in his fighting
arsenal. In the present game, he will come close to justifying his adventurous
play, while in the other game he will win outright.} (14... Qc7 15. b4 e5 {
would not change much, either.} 16. f5 e4 17. Rf4 Qb6 18. Qf2 $16) 15. f5 e4
16. dxe4 (16. b4 Qc7 17. Rf4 {transposes above.}) 16... Qc7 17. Rf4 Rde8 18.
fxg6 {There was no need to open the h-file, which causes the h4-knight to lose
stability.} (18. Qf2 $5 $16 {leaves Black with serious problems proving his
attacking idea.}) 18... hxg6 19. Nhf3 Qb6 20. e5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rf3 Nh7
23. c4 Ng5 24. cxd5 cxd5 {Black has improved his position somewhat and can
reduce the material defficit if he so wishes. However, he is still a long way
from equality.} 25. Nf1 $6 {This is too passive. By retreating into defence
completely, White allows his opponent to take over the control of the whole
board.} (25. b4 Kb8 26. Nb3 $16 {followed by Nc5, with the permanent
possibility of Qb5 would have restricted Black's active possibilities.}) 25...
Kb8 26. b4 d4 27. Bd2 Re7 28. Rc1 dxe3 $2 {Probably caused by a miscalculation.
} (28... Qd6 $1 $44 {/\...d3 leaves White in a passive position, despite his
material advantage.}) 29. Bxe3 Bd4 $6 (29... Nxf3+ 30. Qxf3 $16) 30. Rg3 Bxe3+
31. Nxe3 Rhe8 32. Rc3 $18 {The g5-knight cannot join the attack and White has
no problems defending his doubly-pinned knight.} a6 {A clear sign that Black
has exhausted his attacking resources.} 33. Qf2 {The rest does not require
comments; Black played a few more moves from inertia.} f6 34. Nc2 Qxf2+ 35.
Kxf2 Re2+ 36. Kf1 Rd2 37. Rgd3 Ree2 38. Rxd2 Rxd2 39. Ne3 Ne6 40. Nc4 Rd1+ 41.
Kf2 Nf4 42. Bf3 Ra1 43. h4 g5 44. h5 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Qc2 d4 12. Nb1 Qe7 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Bg2 Rfe8
15. b4 Bxb4 16. Nb3 Bc3 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 c5 19. Qa3 c4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21.
dxc4 Nxc4 22. Nxd4 Rd8 23. e3 g6 24. Rfc1 Nd6 25. a4 Rdd7 26. Kf1 Rc7 27. Ke2
Kf8 28. Nb5 Nxb5 29. axb5 b6 30. f4 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Ne4 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Bxe4
Rxe4 34. Rc7 Rb4 35. Rxa7 Rxb5 36. g4 Rb2+ 37. Kf3 Rh2 38. Kg3 Re2 39. Kf3 Rh2
40. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8. exd4
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Bg5 Bd7 12. Qe2 Re8 13. h4 h6 14. Bf4 Nb4 15.
Ne5 Nbd5 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bd3 Bb4 18. Red1 Rc8 19. Qf3 Be6 20. Rac1 Rxc1 21.
Rxc1 Qb6 22. Qd1 Bd6 23. b3 a6 24. Be3 Qb4 25. Bb1 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Kf1
Ne4 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. Nc4 Bf8 30. d5 h5 31. Qc2 Bf5 32. Bf4 b5 33. Ne3 bxa4 34.
bxa4 Bd7 35. Kg1 Bc5 36. Kh2 Bxa4 37. Qe2 Bd6 38. Bxd6 Qxd6+ 39. Kg1 Bd7 40.
Qxh5 a5 41. Qg5 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Galkin, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. h4 h5 5. c4 e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. Nge2 Nh6 8. Ng3 g6
9. Bf4 Kf8 10. Qd2 Kg7 11. Bg5 a6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O dxc4 14. Bxc4 Bxg5 15.
hxg5 Ng8 16. Nge4 Bxe4 17. Nxe4 Ne7 18. Rad1 Nf5 19. Nf6 Qe7 20. Qa5 Rhd8 21.
Rfe1 Nf8 22. Qb6 Rac8 23. Bb3 Nh7 24. f4 Qc7 25. Qc5 Nxf6 26. gxf6+ Kh7 27. Kh2
Nh6 28. Rd2 Rd7 29. Bd1 Qd8 30. Bf3 Qf8 31. Qc3 Rcd8 32. Red1 Kg8 33. Kg1 Kh7
34. b4 Kg8 35. a3 Kh7 36. Rd3 Kg8 37. Bxh5 Nf5 38. Bg4 Qh6 39. Bxf5 exf5 40.
Rf1 Qh4 41. Rh3 Qg4 42. e6 fxe6 43. Qe1 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. c3 g6 {This relatively unexplored
system of development could be called the "Accelerated Deferred Steinitz
Variation". Black refrains from an early ...d6, maintaining the possibility of
opening the centre with ...d5 at once.} 6. d4 {But now, he has to give up the
tension in the centre at once.} exd4 7. Nxd4 $5 {A rare move. White refrains
from building up a strong pawn centre for the sake of keeping the d-file open.}
({Black has come up with several new ideas after the more natural} 7. cxd4 {
lately. One critical position arises after} b5 8. Bb3 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 d6
{From a classical point of view, it looks as if White should have a big
advantage. He has a natural development and a strong centre. However, in
practice it is not easy to find a constructive plan, since Black does not have
major weaknesses.} 11. Nd5 {It may seem illogical to exchange the generally
passive e7-knight, but White gets the possibility of putting pressure on the
c-file.} ({One of the latest games at GM level went} 11. h3 Bb7 12. Bf4 Na5 13.
Bc2 Qd7 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. e5 {This makes Black's life easier, by giving up the
compact character of the centre. White probably was fed up with the permanent
uncertainty about Black's intentions and decided not to wait for undermining
moves like ...f5 or ...c5.} Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Be4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 {Quesada
Perez,Y (2626)-Alvarez Pedraza,A (2538)/Havana 2011/CBM 143 (0-1, 61)} Nc4 $5
$146 19. Qc2 c5 20. b3 Na3 21. Qb2 b4 $132) 11... h6 {Not only preventing Bg5,
but also preparing ...Kh7 followed by ...f5.} 12. Nxe7+ Nxe7 13. Be3 Kh7 14.
Rc1 f5 $5 (14... Bb7 {does not fit together well with the previous moves:} 15.
d5 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Bd5 Qd7 18. Qd2 $14 {Brunello,S (2455)-Godena,M (2517)/
Martina Franca 2008/CBM 127 Extra (1/2, 40). White is more active and has a
comfortable target on d6.}) 15. e5 Bb7 16. Re1 a5 17. Qe2 f4 18. Bd2 Bxf3 19.
Qxf3 dxe5 {Dominguez Perez,L (2719)-Aronian,L (2786)/Moscow 2009. White's
compensation for the pawn is obvious, but Black has managed to achieve his
initial aim: unbalancing the position.}) 7... Bg7 8. Be3 (8. Nxc6 Nxc6 9. O-O
O-O 10. Nd2 Ne5 11. Nf3 {1/2 Savon,V (2460)-Murey,J (2450)/Podolsk 1991/CBM
026 ext} (11. f4 Nd3 $11) 11... Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 d6 $11 {In the absence of
knights, the control over the d5-square as well as the space advantage lose
relevance.}) 8... O-O 9. O-O b5 {In many systems of the Ruy Lopez, this move
is played almost automatically. In this position, its usefulness is
questionable. The bishop is somewhat out of play on a4, because it does not
contribute to increase the pressure against the (already non-existent) e5-pawn.
Moreover, the b5-pawn will become a target soon, while the c5-square is
slightly weakened.} ({The immediate knight manoeuvre} 9... Ne5 $5 {may be more
advisable.} 10. Nd2 d5 11. Bg5 (11. h3 {[%csl Gg4][%cal Gf2f4] McCormick,
E-Ulvestad,O/Baltimore 1948/EXT 2000 (1/2, 40)} c5 12. N4f3 Nd3 $36 {After the
insertion of the moves 9...b5 and 10.Bc2, the d3-square will not be available.}
) 11... f6 12. Bh4 c5 13. N4f3 b5 (13... Nd3 $5 $132) 14. Bb3 Nxf3+ (14... Nd3
$5 $132) 15. Nxf3 Bb7 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Re1 Bxb3 18. Qxb3+ c4 19. Qa3 Nf5 20.
Qc5 Rc8 21. Qa7 Rc6 $13 {Tazbir,M (2520)-Malaniuk,V (2455)/Polanica Zdroj 2011
(1/2, 30)}) 10. Bc2 Ne5 11. a4 $1 $146 {Immediately taking advantage of the
first drawback of ...b7-b5.} (11. Nd2 {was played in two not too relevant
games at a lower level.}) 11... Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nd2 {Going the natural
way.} ({Playing against the b5-pawn too obstinately with, say} 13. b4 d6 14.
Na3 Bd7 15. Qe2 Qe8 16. Rfb1 {(preventing ...c5) would allow some counterplay
on the opposite wing with} f5 $5 $132) 13... d6 ({Under the changed
circumstances, the central break} 13... d5 {is less effective. Svidler
probably feared that after a useful move such as} 14. Re1 {, the weakness of
the c6- and c5-squares may tell.}) 14. h3 c5 15. N4f3 $5 {An interesting
decision. White is ready to exchange the knight that seemed to lose stability
in view of the threat of f2-f4, just created one move earlier (after h2-h3).
In fact, White faces some slight problems of piece congestios, which prevent
him from taking full advantage of Black's weaknesses along the d-file.} ({
The more brutal} 15. Ne2 Re8 $5 {(As we will see, an useful move, anticipating
the weakening of several squares along the e-file)} 16. f4 {does not yield any
palpable advantage.The main problem is that the e2-knight remains passive and
vulnerable.} Nc4 17. Nxc4 bxc4 18. Ra2 Qc7 {[%csl Yc5][%cal Gd6d5,Gf7f5] ><c5,
/\...d5, ...f5} 19. f5 $5 Nxf5 $1 20. Bf4 Qe7 21. exf5 Qxe2 22. Bxd6 Bb7 23.
Qxe2 Rxe2 24. Rf2 Re1+ 25. Kh2 Rd8 $11) 15... N5c6 {Not an easy decision to
take. Black avoids the exchange, hoping that White will not be able to
coordinate his minor pieces. His immediate threat is ...b4.} (15... Nxf3+ 16.
Nxf3 $14 {[%cal Gd1d2,Gf1d1,Ge3f4] Frees White's play, leaving Black with
problems activating his knight, for instance} Nc6 17. Qd2 Na5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 (
18... Nc4 19. Qf4 $1 $16 {[%csl Gb8]}) 19. Qxd8 Rxd8 20. Rxa5 $16) (15... N7c6
{looks solid, but after} 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. f4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 {White's
position remains more pleasant, because of his more compact structure. The
absence of the e2-knight certainly favours White if compared with the similar
line examined above.}) (15... b4 {offers White strong initiative after} 16.
Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bh6 (17. Nc4 {is less clear:} bxc3 18. Nxe5 cxb2 19. Ra7 dxe5 20.
Qxd8 Rxd8 21. Rxe7 Be6 $44 {White's imperfect coordination makes the black
pawns quite dangerous.}) 17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Bxc3 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Ra3 {
/\Rg3, Bb3, -> Black does not seem to have entirely adequate compensation for
the exchange.}) 16. Bf4 {[%csl Gd6]} (16. Re1 b4 $1) 16... Rb7 {[%cal Gb7d7]} (
16... b4 $6 17. Nc4 $1) (16... Be6 17. Qe2 (17. Ng5 b4 18. Nxe6 $6 {leaves
White's pieces hanging:} fxe6 19. Qg4 bxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3) 17... b4 18. Nc4 bxc3
19. bxc3 Bxc3 20. Ra6 $36) 17. Qe2 c4 {[%csl Gc2] Black gives up the plan
based on ...b4. His last move restricts the c2-bishop and prepares ...d5.} 18.
Rfd1 Rd7 19. Nf1 {By taking the knight away from the defence of the e4-pawn,
White literally invites his opponent to play ...d5. It is not easy to find a
way of delaying Nd2-f1 in a constructive fashion, though.} (19. Qe3 Re8 $5 {
/\...Nd5} (19... d5 $6 20. Qc5 $1 $36) 20. Nf1 (20. Bg5 $5) 20... d5 21. Qc5
dxe4 22. Ng5 (22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Bxe4 f5 24. Bc2 Nd8 $13 {[%csl Gc2,Gf1]}) 22...
Rd5 $1 23. Rxd5 Nxd5 $1 24. Rd1 (24. Bd2 Ne5 $132) 24... Nd4 $1 25. Be3 (25.
Bc1 Ne2+ 26. Kh1 Bb7 {[%cal Ge2c1]}) 25... Nxe3 26. fxe3 $2 Bf8 $3 27. Qxd4
Qxg5 $17) 19... d5 {Black cannot do without this pawn break, but White's
superior development should offer him the best chances under the circumstances
of central tension.} 20. Bg5 ({Both sides could continue maintaining the
tension:} 20. Ne3 $5 Re8 $5) 20... Qc7 (20... d4 21. cxd4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4
23. Ne3 $5 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Bg7 25. Rxb5 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 $14 {The c-pawn is more
of a weakness than a strength, while White's overall activity is superior.})
21. Qe3 b4 22. Bf4 Qd8 23. Bh6 $2 {Allowing strong counterplay.} (23. Ba4 $5
$14) 23... d4 $6 {The correct idea, but not in the best form.} ({The
intermediate} 23... b3 $1 {would have improved Black's position a lot:} 24. Bb1
(24. Bxg7 bxc2 $1 25. Bf6 cxd1=Q 26. Qh6 Nf5 $1) 24... d4 25. cxd4 Nxd4 $15 26.
Bxg7 Nxf3+ 27. Qxf3 Rxd1 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qc3 Kg8 $17) 24. cxd4 Nxd4 25. Bxg7
Nxf3+ 26. Qxf3 Kxg7 27. e5 {[%cal Gf3f6] It looks as if the next phase was
played in mutual time trouble.} f6 $2 (27... f5 $1 $11) 28. Ne3 $6 (28. Ra7 $1
$16 {would have left Black badly pinned. The point is that with tension on f6,}
Rxa7 {loses to} 29. Rxd8 Rxd8 30. exf6+ {. This would not have been the case
after 27...f5!}) 28... b3 29. Be4 Qc7 30. Rdc1 $6 {Unnecessarily giving up the
tension and leaving Black in control of the central file.} (30. Rxd7 Bxd7 31.
exf6+ Rxf6 32. Qd1 $14 {would leave White better coordinated and with the
safer king.}) 30... Rd4 $15 31. Qg3 $2 f5 32. Bf3 f4 33. Qh4 h6 34. Ng4 $2 Nf5
0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 ({Instead of his usual} 1. e4 {, Svidler played this in 3 out his 4
White games. His opponents were surprised and the result was excellent - 2.5/3.
}) 1... c5 ({In the first 2 rounds Svidler faced} 1... d5 2. g3 Nf6 (2... c6 3.
Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Nf6 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nc3 Bc5 (8... Be7 {
is played more often, but after} 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. e4 {White scores
well in practice.}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 O-O 11. Qc2 (11. e4 {[%csl Gc5] is now
rather dubious - the Bc5 is placed more actively here, than on e7.}) 11... d4 (
{Prevents e4, but the less committal} 11... Re8 $132 {also deserves attention.}
) 12. Nb1 Qe7 $5 $146 (12... Bd6 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Bg2 h5 15. Nb3 Qb6 16. a3 Ng6
17. Qc4 c5 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Qb5 Qe7 21. e3 dxe3 22. Bxe3 Bxg3 23.
Bxc5 Bd6 24. Qxb7 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Qxb7 26. Bxb7 Rcd8 27. d4 Nf4 $44 {Bauer,C 
(2637)-Al Sayed,M (2498)/Biel op/2011/}) 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. Bg2 Rfe8 15. b4 Bxb4
16. Nb3 Bc3 17. Bb2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 c5 19. Qa3 c4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21. dxc4 Nxc4 22.
Nxd4 Rd8 23. e3 $14 {/=,Svidler,P (2739)-Karjakin,S (2788)/RUS-ch Moscow/2011/
White has a slight pull, which Black gradually neutralised by careful defence.}
) 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4 e6 ({Black
follows his own gameplan and shortly after this dsplays some serious ambitions
on the /^ b8-h2, but a more popular and roughly equivalent move is} 8... e5) 9.
e3 Bd6 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Rb1 $5 $146 ({A good novelty, White
doesn't commit himself on the >> yet and prepares a <<->.} 12. f4 h6 13. Nxg6
fxg6 14. Nf3 e5 15. Nh4 exf4 16. exf4 Rhe8 17. Qf2 Bc5 18. d4 Bb6 19. b4 Ne4
20. Bxe4 Rxe4 21. c3 Rde8 22. Nxg6 c5 $1 23. bxc5 Nxc5 $44 {|^,Morozevich,A 
(2755)-Kramnik,V (2785)/WCh blitz Moscow/2007/}) 12... Qa5 ({Very ambitious; a
more reasonable try is} 12... h6 $142 $1 13. Nxg6 fxg6 $13) 13. a3 Bb8 14. f4
e5 $6 (14... Qc7 15. e4 $14 {was Svidler's intention. The piece sacrifice is
hardly correct.}) 15. f5 e4 16. dxe4 Qc7 17. Rf4 Rde8 18. fxg6 hxg6 19. Nhf3
Qb6 20. e5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Bxe5 22. Rf3 Nh7 23. c4 $6 (23. h4 $1 $16) 23... Ng5
24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Nf1 Kb8 26. b4 d4 27. Bd2 Re7 28. Rc1 dxe3 $6 (28... d3 $142
29. Qd1 $14) (28... Qd6 $5 $132) 29. Bxe3 Bd4 $2 (29... Nxf3+ $142 30. Qxf3 Qf6
$16) 30. Rg3 $18 {Svidler,P (2739)-Kramnik,V (2781)/RUS-ch Moscow/2011/ White
smoothly and quickly converted his extra piece.}) 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 {The game
heads for English waters.} (3. e3 {allows transpositions into different
openings:} e5 $5 {gives the game an independent character:} (3... Nf6 4. Nc3 (
4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 {-Caro-Kann Panov}) 4... e6 5. d4 d5 {-Queen's
Gambit.}) 4. Nc3 Nf6 {Later Kramnik went for} 5. d4 {here Black can either
resolve, or retain the [+] tension:} (5. Be2 d5 6. d4 exd4 7. exd4 {leads to a
position, which can (and often does) arise from a Sicilian via the move-order
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Be2 d5 6.exd5 exd5 7.d4.} Be6 8. Be3 ({
Recently White has been quite successful with} 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. O-O Be7 10. dxc5
$5 {, the _|_ after} Nxc3 11. bxc3 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Bxc5 13. Ng5 O-O 14. Bf4 Rfe8
15. Kf1 Rad8 (15... Nd8 $5) 16. Nxe6 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Rxe6 18. Rd7 Re7 19. Rd5
Bb6 20. g3 h6 21. h4 Bc7 22. Bc1 Re5 23. Rd7 Re7 24. Rxe7 Nxe7 25. Bf3 b6 26.
Ke2 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gf3] ^^,Grachev,B (2669)-Lysyj,I (2629)/Taganrog/2011/ is
pleasant for White. See also my notes to Grachev-Socko in CBM 143.}) 8... dxc4
9. O-O cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Qa5 $5 ({Recently the most topical
continuation, after the standard} 11... Be7 12. Qa4+ Qd7 13. Qxd7+ {White
regains the P with a slight |^.}) 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Qc2 Be7 15. Qe4
Qc5 (15... f5 16. Qxb7 Qc5 17. a3 Rd7 18. Qb8+ Rd8 19. Qb5+ Kf8 20. Rac1 Rd4
21. Qb8+ Rd8 22. Qf4 h6 23. Rcd1 Kg7 $132 {Van Damme,L (2261)-Staratorzhsky,V 
(2200)/corr/2006/}) 16. Qxb7 O-O 17. Ne4 Qb4 18. Qxa7 Rd7 19. Qe3 Qxb2 20. Rac1
Qd4 $13 {Kramnik,V (2785)-Grischuk,A (2747)/Kazan Candidates/2011/ (21)
Black's active pieces compensate for his ׻. See notes to this game by Caruana
in CBM 143.}) 5... cxd4 ({Nowadays Black is experimenting with} 5... e4 6. Ne5
g6 {, but so far without much success:} 7. Be2 (7. Rb1 h5 8. Be2 Qe7 9. b3 cxd4
10. exd4 d6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bg5 Bf5 13. O-O Bh6 14. Bxh6 Rxh6 15. Qc1 Rh8 16.
Qf4 Kf8 17. b4 Kg7 18. Rb3 h4 19. h3 Rae8 20. b5 c5 21. Qe3 Rd8 22. a4 (22. Rd1
$1 $36) 22... d5 $5 23. cxd5 Nxd5 24. Nxd5 Rxd5 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. a5 $14 {
Kramnik,V (2785)-Grischuk,A (2747)/Kazan Candidates tiebreak/2011/}) 7... Bg7
8. O-O O-O 9. b3 cxd4 10. exd4 Re8 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 d5 14. Qd2
Ba6 15. Rfd1 Rc8 16. h3 dxc4 17. bxc4 Nd7 18. Na4 Bf8 19. Bf1 h5 20. Qc3 Qf6
21. Be3 c5 22. Qa5 cxd4 23. Bxd4 Qc6 24. Nc3 $14 Bh6 25. Nd5 ({This sacrifice
seems rather ambitious.} 25. Rc2 $142 $14 {/\} Bxc4 26. Nxe4 $36) 25... Bxc1
26. Rxc1 Bb7 $2 (26... Qd6 $142 $1 $13 {/=/+}) 27. Qb4 $40 {[%cal Rd5e7] /\Ne7,
Kramnik,V (2781)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2711)/RUS-ch Moscow/2011/}) 6. exd4 e4 7.
Ne5 (7. Ng5 Bb4 8. d5 Ne5 $132 (8... Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Na5 $13)) 7... Bb4 (7... Bd6
$6 8. c5 Bb8 9. Nc4 d5 10. cxd6 O-O 11. Bf4 Na5 12. Ne3 Bxd6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14.
d5 Qe5 15. Be2 Rd8 16. Qd2 Nc6 17. Rd1 Ne7 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Rxd4 Nf5 20. Nxf5
Bxf5 21. Kd2 Ne8 22. g4 Bg6 23. Rc1 Rac8 24. Nxe4 Rxc1 25. Kxc1 Bxe4 26. Rxe4
Kf8 $14 {/=, Kramnik,V (2785)-Grischuk,A (2747)/Kazan Candidates/2011/ See
notes to this game by Moradiabadi in CBM 143. Although Black held the _|_, one
can hardly imagine he is going to enter it again voluntarily.}) 8. Be2 Qa5 9.
Nxc6 dxc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd2 Re8 12. a3 (12. Qb3 Bxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3 14. Bxc3
Bg4 15. Bxg4 Nxg4 16. Rfe1 f5 17. h3 Nf6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. d5 cxd5 {1/2,
Jirovsky,M (2475)-Hracek,Z (2631)/CzE-chT/2011/}) 12... Bxc3 13. Bxc3 {[%csl
Gc3,Gc4,Gd4,Ge2] White's position looks very enticing (^^,[+]), but Black's
>><=> can't be underestimated.} Qg5 14. Bd2 (14. Qc1 Qg6 15. Qf4 h5 16. Rfe1
Bg4 17. Bf1 h4 18. h3 Bxh3 19. Qxh4 Bg4 20. Re3 Nh5 21. Rae1 f5 22. d5 c5 23.
g3 Kf7 $1 $36 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Ye8h8] /\Rh8,ףh4, Marin,M (2557)-Movsesian,S 
(2666)/EU-Cup Neum/2000/}) 14... Qg6 {A recent game went} 15. Qb3 (15. Bf4 Bh3
(15... h5 $132) 16. Bg3 Bg4 17. Bxg4 Nxg4 18. Re1 Rad8 19. Qb3 b6 20. Rad1 f5
$11 {Kharlov,A (2628)-Jakovenko,D (2608)/RUS-chT Sochi/2005/}) 15... h5 16.
Rfe1 h4 17. h3 $2 e3 $1 18. Bxe3 Bxh3 19. Bf1 Bxg2 20. Bxg2 h3 21. Bg5 Qxg5 22.
Qxh3 Nh5 $40 {[%csl Rg1] ע, Potkin,V (2682)-Alekseev,E (2673)/Taganrog/2011/})
3... Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 ({The text move is very natural, but especially
thanks to Kramnik} 5. d4 {became a worthy alternative. Players with superb
technique may hope to torture their opponents in the _|_ after} cxd4 6. Nxd4
dxc4 7. Nxc6 Qxd1+ 8. Nxd1 bxc6 9. Bg2 Nd5 10. Ne3 e6 11. Nxc4 Ba6 12. b3 (12.
Na5 Rc8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Rc1 c5 15. b3 O-O 16. O-O Rfd8 17. Bf3 Kf8 18. Rfd1 Bf6
$1 19. e4 Nb4 20. Rxc5 Rxc5 21. Bxb4 Rxd1+ 22. Bxd1 Be7 23. Bxc5 Bxc5 24. Bc2
e5 25. a4 f6 26. Nc6 Bb7 27. Na5 Ba6 28. Nc6 Bb7 29. Na5 Ba6 30. Nc6 {1/2,
Kopylov,M (2463)-Berelowitsch,A (2571)/Hamburg/2006/}) 12... Bb4+ 13. Bd2 Bxd2+
14. Nxd2 Nb4 15. Kd1 $5 (15. Be4 Ke7 16. a3 Nd5 17. Rc1 Rhc8 18. f4 c5 19. Kf2
Rab8 20. Rc2 Nf6 21. Bf3 Rd8 22. Rhc1 Bb7 23. Ke3 Bxf3 24. exf3 Nd7 25. Rc3 Rb5
26. Ke2 h5 $132 {Gulko,B (2595)-Topalov,V (2630)/Novgorod/1995/}) 15... Ke7 (
15... O-O-O 16. a3 Nd5 17. Rc1 Kb7 18. Ke1 e5 19. e3 Kb6 20. Bf1 Bb5 21. Bc4 f6
22. Ke2 Rd7 23. Rc2 a5 24. Rhc1 Ne7 25. Bxb5 $5 cxb5 26. a4 Rhd8 27. axb5 Kxb5
28. Ne4 Ra7 29. g4 h6 30. h4 $36 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Gg4g5] /+/=,Kramnik,V (2772)
-Leko,P (2738)/Miskolc m/2007/ In the end White's pressure on the >> and
against the exposed Kb5 brought him success.}) 16. a3 Nd5 17. Rc1 (17. Ne4 $5
$14 {Gelfand}) 17... Rac8 18. Ne4 c5 $1 19. Nxc5 Rhd8 20. Ke1 Nb6 21. f4 Nd7
22. b4 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Rc7 24. c6 Bb5 25. Rc5 a6 26. Kf2 Rdc8 $11 {Gelfand,B 
(2665)-Leko,P (2630)/Vienna/1996/}) 5... Nxd5 6. Bg2 (6. d4 $6 cxd4 7. Nxd4
Nxc3 8. bxc3 Qd5 9. f3 e5 $36 {already causes White opening problems.}) 6...
Nc7 {Heads for a Maroczy setup with opposite colours. This scheme brought
Botvinnik great success, but naturally since his days these positions have
been explored more deeply. We will see how White can use his slight lead in
development to to fight for the initiative by challenging Black's centre from
the flanks with b4, f4 and even directly with d4.} 7. O-O {Natural, but White
has tried other moves as well.} ({Statistically the most popular is} 7. d3 e5
8. Nd2 Bd7 9. O-O Be7 10. Nc4 f6 ({The P-sacrifice} 10... O-O $5 11. Bxc6 Bxc6
12. Nxe5 Be8 {has also been tested quite often and deserves attention:} 13. Qb3
b6 14. Be3 Kh8 15. Rad1 f6 16. Nf3 Bf7 17. Qc2 Nd5 18. d4 $5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 Qc7
20. d5 {Tomashevsky,E (2684)-Najer,E (2669)/RUS-chT Dagomys/2009/} a6 $14 {/<=>
}) 11. f4 b5 12. Ne3 Rc8 13. a4 b4 14. Nb5 exf4 {More promising, but very
complex is} 15. Nc4 $5 {, which has been tested mostly in correspondence play:}
(15. gxf4 Nxb5 16. axb5 Nd4 17. Rxa7 Nxb5 18. Ra6 O-O 19. f5 Nd4 20. Rf4 Kh8
21. Qf1 Bb5 22. Bd5 $5 (22. Ra7 c4 $1 23. dxc4 Bxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Be3 Nc2
$1 $17 {Lputian,S (2605)-Leko,P (2725)/Wijk aan Zee/2000/}) 22... Bxa6 23. Rh4
h6 24. Qh3 Kh7 (24... Rf7 25. Bxf7 Qf8 26. Nd5 $1 Nxe2+ 27. Kf1 Nxc1 28. Nxe7
Qxf7 29. Rxh6+ gxh6 30. Qxh6+ Qh7 31. Qxf6+ Qg7 32. Qh4+ $11) 25. Ng4 Qxd5 26.
Rxh6+ gxh6 27. Qxh6+ Kg8 28. Qg6+ $11) 15... fxg3 $5 16. Nbd6+ Kf8 17. Bf4 $5 (
17. hxg3 Rb8 18. Be3 Ne6 19. Ne4 Be8 20. g4 h6 21. Bf2 h5 22. g5 h4 23. gxf6
gxf6 24. Kh1 Ned4 25. Bxd4 Nxd4 26. Bh3 Bd7 27. Bxd7 Qxd7 28. Rf2 Nf5 29. Ne5
Ng3+ 30. Kg2 Qe6 31. Ng6+ Kg7 32. Nxh8 Nxe4 33. dxe4 Qxe4+ 34. Rf3 Kxh8 $13 {
/=, Alvarez,J (2403)-Dominguez Perez,L (2594)/CUB-ch Holguin/2002/}) (17. Nxc8
gxh2+ 18. Kxh2 Qxc8 $13 {Black has two pawns for the exchange. The Nc4 has an
excellent position, but as compensation Black is controlling the d4-square.
Both players have some problems with their king position. Schwarz hat zwei
Bauern für die Qualität. Der Nc4 steht ausgezeichnet, dafür kontrolliert
Schwarz das Feld d4. Beide Spieler haben einige Problemen mit der eigenen
Königsstellung.}) 17... gxh2+ 18. Bxh2 Rb8 19. e3 g6 20. Qf3 Kg7 21. Qg3 Ne5
22. Qxe5 $1 fxe5 23. Bxe5+ Kg8 24. Nf7 Qf8 25. Nxh8 Bf5 26. Bxc7 Bf6 27. Bh2
Re8 28. e4 Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Kxh8 30. exf5 gxf5 $44 {Godat,T (2311)-Daurelle,H 
(2337)/corr/2009/}) ({Glancing forward at the game, one might ask - why
doesn't White play} 7. a3 {immediately? The answer is Black has a fully
satisfactory reaction in} g6 $1 (7... e5 8. b4 $1 $36 {suits White}) {A
reasonable change of plan is} 8. d3 (8. b4 Bg7 9. bxc5 Ne6 10. Bb2 (10. O-O
$142 Nxc5 11. Rb1 O-O 12. Na4 $5 $11) 10... Nxc5 11. Na4 $6 Bxb2 12. Nxb2 Be6
13. O-O O-O 14. Rc1 Qa5 $36 15. Nc4 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Qxa3 17. d4 Nd7 18. Qd2 Qd6
19. Qh6 f6 20. e3 Nb6 21. Rcc1 Rac8 22. Nd2 e5 23. Ne4 Qe7 $17 {Andersson,U 
(2585)-Portisch,L (2625)/Biel izt/1976/}) 8... Bg7 9. O-O {, but here White
can hardly hope for an advantage:} (9. Be3 b6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 Bb7 12. Qd2
Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Ne6 Nxe6 15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. Bh6 Rfd8 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Ne4
Rac8 $15 {(),Espig,L (2440)-Hjartarson,J (2535)/Bundesliga 9091/1991/}) 9...
O-O 10. Bd2 b6 $5 (10... Bd7 11. Rb1 a5 12. Na4 Ne6 13. Rc1 b6 14. e3 Rb8 $6 (
14... Rc8 {/\} 15. Bc3 Ncd4 $1 $15) 15. Bc3 Be8 16. Bxg7 Nxg7 17. Nc3 e5 18.
Nd2 Nf5 19. Nd5 Kg7 20. Nc4 f6 $6 21. Qc2 Nce7 22. Ncxb6 $1 $16 {Mamedyarov,S 
(2761)-Leko,P (2734)/Dortmund/2010/}) 11. Rb1 (11. Rc1 Bb7 12. Qa4 Nd4 13. Nxd4
Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxd4 15. Bh6 (15. b4 Ne6 $11) 15... Re8 16. Rfd1 Ne6 17. e3 Bh8
18. Qe4 Qd7 19. g4 Red8 20. h3 Rac8 21. Rc2 Rc6 22. Ne2 Rd6 23. Rcd2 Bf6 24. f4
Bg7 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. d4 Ne8 27. Qf3 cxd4 28. Rxd4 $11 {Vaganian,R (2590)
-Sokolov,A (2645)/Moscow/1987/}) 11... Bb7 12. b4 Nd4 13. Ne4 $5 (13. Ne1 Bxg2
14. Nxg2 cxb4 15. axb4 Qd7 16. Ne3 Rfc8 $132 {Ubilava,E (2533)-Dourerassou,J 
(2413)/Sunningdale/2011/}) (13. bxc5 Nxf3+ 14. exf3 Ne6 15. cxb6 axb6 $11 {/=/+
}) 13... Bxe4 14. dxe4 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 c4 16. Rc1 b5 17. e5 Rb8 18. Be3 Qxd1 19.
Rfxd1 Bxe5 20. Bxa7 Rbd8 $11 {Pogosian,M (2365)-Biriukov,I (2285)/Donskoj/2010/
}) ({Black found an antidote against the manoeuvre} 7. Qa4 Bd7 8. Qe4 {long
ago, after} g6 $1 9. Ne5 Bg7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. a3 (12. Qa4 Rab8 {
[%cal Yb7b5] /\b5<=>}) 12... Rac8 13. Rb1 Ne6 14. b4 b6 15. Nd5 Ned4 16. bxc5
bxc5 17. e3 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 e6 19. Qd3 (19. Nf4 Nxc1 20. Rfxc1 Qxd2 21. Rxc5 Ne5
$1 $15) 19... exd5 20. Qxe2 Rb8 21. Rxb8 Rxb8 $11 {/=/+,Smejkal,J (2540)
-Sokolov,A (2505)/Novi Sad/1984/ Black's active pieces comfortably balance the
^^.}) 7... e5 8. a3 {White has postponed this till Black plays e5 - now
fianchettoing the Bf8 doesn't make sense anymore. The text move is warmly
recommended by Marin is his English Opening book.} ({Another original
alternative is} 8. Ne1 {[%cal Ye1d3,Yf2f4,Yg2c6] /\Nd3,f4,Bc6 White opens the /
^ h1-a8, his N heads for d3 to support f4. However, Black probably has more
than one plausible reaction:} Bd7 {is the most usual choice.} (8... Be6 9. Nd3
f6 10. f4 $6 (10. b3 $142) (10. Bxc6+ $5) 10... c4 11. Nf2 exf4 12. gxf4 Qd7
13. d3 Rd8 14. Be3 Bb4 15. dxc4 Bxc4 16. Qxd7+ Rxd7 17. Rfd1 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Nd5
19. Bd2 f5 20. e4 fxe4 21. Nxe4 O-O $15 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,Rf4,Rh2] ק,Smyslov,V 
(2595)-Huebner,R (2625)/Velden Candidates/1983/}) (8... Bg4 $5 9. Bxc6+ (9. Nd3
$6 Qxd3 $15) 9... bxc6 10. Qa4 Qd7 11. Nd3 f6 12. f3 Be6 13. b3 Nb5 14. Bb2 c4
15. bxc4 Qd4+ {Mastrovasilis,A (2461)-Parligras,M (2511)/Kavala/2002/} 16. Kg2
Qxc4 17. Rfc1 $11) 9. Nd3 Bd6 $5 (9... f6 10. b3 Be7 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 O-O
13. Bb2 Kh8 14. e3 Be8 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. Rad1 Bf7 17. Bh3 Qd8 18. Ne4 $14 {
Kosten,A (2540)-Coenen,N (2335)/San Sebastian/1995/ White has rich piece play
and good -> chances.}) 10. Ne4 Qe7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 f6 $1 (12... Rae8 $6 13.
Rc1 b6 14. b4 $1 Nxb4 15. Nxb4 cxb4 16. d4 $36 {Kharlov,A (2638)-Korotylev,A 
(2564)/Moscow/2002/}) 13. f4 (13. Nxd6 $142 Qxd6 14. f4 $11) 13... exf4 14.
Nxd6 f3 $1 15. Bxf3 Qxd6 16. Qc2 (16. Nf4 Rad8 17. Rc1 b6 $15) 16... Ne6 17. e3
Rad8 18. Nf2 Nb4 19. Qc3 Ng5 $1 $36 20. Ne4 $2 Nxf3+ 21. Rxf3 Qc6 22. Qxc5 Nd3
{0-1, Span,P (2295)-Goloshchapov,A (2536)/Hoogeveen/2002/}) (8. d3 Be7 9. Nd2
Bd7 {transposes to 7.d3.}) 8... f6 {Black has to decide if he will allow, or
prevent (at least for the time being) b4. The text move reinforces e5 and is
the most usual choice; on the other hand it may weaken Black's position if
White manages to open up the [+]. Black has numerous alternatives:} (8... Be7 {
allows} 9. b4 O-O (9... cxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 $6 11. Nxe5 $16 {/\} Nxe5 12. Qa4+)
({It's already late for} 9... f6 {after White already started his << play:} 10.
bxc5 Bxc5 11. Qb3 $5 Bb6 12. a4 Be6 13. Qa3 Na5 14. Ne4 Nc4 15. Qb4 Ba5 16. Qb1
Rb8 17. d3 Nd6 18. Nxd6+ Qxd6 19. Ba3 $36 {Dizdarevic,E (2495)-Sibarevic,M 
(2380)/Mendrisio/1988/}) 10. bxc5 ({Marin prefers} 10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxe5 {, e.g.}
Bf6 12. f4 Ncxb5 13. Nxb5 Nxb5 14. Rb1 $14) 10... Bxc5 (10... Ne6 $5 {is
interesting:} 11. e3 Nxc5 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. Nd5 Bg4 15. Qc2 Rc8 16.
Nf5 Bf6 17. Bb2 Re8 18. Rac1 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxb2 $132 {Franco
Ocampos,Z (2495)-Izeta Txabarri,F (2380)/Elgoibar/1991/ Black is close to full
equality here.}) 11. Bb2 Re8 (11... Bf5 12. Na4 $1 (12. d3 Qe7 13. Nd2 Ne6 14.
Nde4 Bd4 15. e3 Bxc3 16. Bxc3 Rfd8 17. Qb1 {Vaganian,R (2640)-Claesen,P (2415)/
Antwerp/1997/} Ng5 $1 $11) 12... Bd6 13. d4 $14) 12. Rc1 Bf8 13. Ne4 Rb8 14. d3
Nb5 $2 (14... Bf5 15. Nc5 $14) (14... f6 $142 $11 {/+/=}) 15. Nfg5 $1 {/\Qb3}
Nc7 (15... Qc7 16. a4 Nd6 17. Nxd6 Bxd6 18. Bd5 $36 {[%csl Rf7] ><f7}) 16. Qb3
Be6 (16... Ne6 $2 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Rxc6 $18) 17. Nxe6 Nxe6 18. e3 Qa5 19. Rc4
Red8 20. Rfc1 Qb6 21. Qc2 Na5 22. Rc3 Rd7 23. Nd2 Rbd8 24. Nf3 $14 {/+/-,^^,
Kramnik,V (2781)-Timofeev,A (2665)/RUS-ch Moscow/2011/ Black lacks outposts
for his N and the active ^^ gives White an advantage. Quite possibly this game
inspired Svidler to try out 8.a3.}) (8... a5 9. d3 Be7 10. Be3 {[%csl Rb6]
><b6 and due to his loose << it's not so simple for Black to protect c5:} Rb8
11. Na4 b6 12. b4 $1 axb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Nxe5 $14 {Marin}) (8... Bd7 9. e3 (
9. Rb1 {is not energetic enough:} f6 10. d3 Be7 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13.
Qxd5 Bf5 14. Qb3 Qd7 15. Be3 Be6 16. Qa4 Nd4 $11 {Miroshnichenko,E (2628)
-Shomoev,A (2540)/RUS-chT Sochi/2005/}) 9... Ne6 (9... Be7 10. d4 $14 {is
riskless and pleasant for White.}) 10. Rb1 a5 11. d3 Bd6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. b3 O-O
14. Bb2 Qc7 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Rbc1 Qb8 17. Qb1 Rfd8 18. Qa1 f6 19. Rfe1 Be8 20.
Qb1 Bf7 21. Nh4 Bf8 22. f4 exf4 23. gxf4 $13 {/+/=, Marin,M (2543)-Lysyj,I 
(2523)/playchess.com blitz/2006/}) ({Another interesting option is} 8... Rb8 $5
9. Rb1 (9. b4 $2 {fails to} cxb4 10. axb4 Bxb4 11. Nxe5 $2 Nxe5 12. Qa4+ Nc6
$19) 9... f6 ({There is also the interesting} 9... Be7 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5
$5 $13 {[%csl Rb4] <=>><b4}) (9... a5 {again weakens the <<} 10. d3 Be7 11. Nd2
$1 {/\Nc4|^}) 10. d3 ({With the inserted R-moves} 10. e3 $2 {runs into} Bf5 $17
) {A more circumspect move is} 10... Be6 (10... Be7 11. Be3 Bd7 (11... O-O 12.
b4 $1 cxb4 13. axb4 Bxb4 14. Bxa7 $1 $14 {Marin}) 12. Nd2 O-O 13. b4 $1 Ne6 14.
b5 (14. Nd5 $142 Re8 15. Nb3 $1 $14) 14... Ncd4 15. Nc4 b6 $6 (15... Be8 $1 16.
Bd2 Bh5 $132) 16. a4 Kh8 17. Bd2 {White will repulse the Nd4 and has a clear
edge after} g5 18. e3 Nf5 19. Qe2 Nfg7 20. Nd5 Nc7 21. Nxc7 Qxc7 22. Rb3 Nf5
23. Bc3 Be6 24. Rb2 Rbd8 25. Bc6 Rf7 26. a5 Nd6 27. e4 Nxc4 28. dxc4 $16 {
Marin,M (2539)-Spassov,L (2363)/Cullera/2003/}) 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Nd2 b6 (12...
Be7 13. b4 $1 cxb4 14. axb4 Bxb4 15. Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Rxb4 Qxc3 17. Qb1 $44 {/+/=}
) 13. Qa4 (13. f4 $5 {deserves attention.}) 13... b5 14. Qc2 Rc8 15. Nce4 Nd5
$1 16. Rfc1 Nxe3 17. fxe3 Nd8 18. b4 cxb4 19. Qxc8 Qxc8 20. Rxc8 Bxc8 21. axb4
$13 {[%csl Rb4] /<=>><b4,Tomashevsky,E (2595)-Jakovenko,D (2671)/RUS-ch Moscow/
2006/ The resulting _|_ is not quite clear, White's forces are more active,
but his P-structure is not ideal.}) (8... Qd7 9. Rb1 (9. Qa4 $5 f6 10. e3 Be7
11. Rd1 Qd3 $6 (11... Ne6 12. Nh4 Ng5 $5 $13) 12. b4 cxb4 13. axb4 Bd7 14. b5
Nd8 15. Ba3 $1 $36 Nxb5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nxb5 Qxb5 18. Qa3+ Ke8 19. d4 e4 20.
Nd2 f5 21. Rdc1 Nf7 22. Bf1 Qd5 23. Bc4 {1-0, Donaldson,J (2394)-Chapa,E (2183)
/Los Angeles/2009/}) 9... f6 10. e3 $5 ({White must act quickly to take
advantage of his better development:} 10. d3 {is harmless:} Be7 11. Bd2 Rb8 12.
Qc2 b6 13. Rfc1 Bb7 14. Ne4 Nd5 15. Qc4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 $11 {Smyslov,
V-Kortschnoj,V/URS-ch Tbilisi /1966/}) 10... Be7 (10... Ne6 11. Nh4 Bd6 12. b4
$1 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Ne4 Bf8 15. f4 $32 {-> Marin} (15. d4 $5 $36)) 11. b4
$1 cxb4 12. axb4 Bxb4 (12... Nxb4 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 a5 15. Qb3 $44 {[%csl
Re8] ->עe8}) 13. Nxe5 fxe5 14. Bxc6 Qxc6 15. Qh5+ Qg6 16. Qxe5+ Be7 17. Qxc7
Qf7 18. e4 O-O 19. Nd5 $36) 9. e3 $5 {Still endorsed by Marin. White intends
to blow up the [+] with the temporary P-sacrifice d4.} ({Other moves are
rather slow, although Black must play with care:} 9. d3 Be7 10. Be3 Be6 11. Nd2
Qd7 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Na4 b6 14. b4 Nd5 $1 15. Bxc5 $6 ({Dubious, but White
wants to avoid} 15. Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Nc3 Qd7 $15) (15. bxc5 Nxe3 16. fxe3 b5 17.
Nb2 Na5 $15) 15... bxc5 16. Ne4 cxb4 17. Nac5 Bxc5 (17... Nd4 18. axb4 (18.
Nxd7 Rxc1 19. Ndxf6+ gxf6 20. Qa4+ Kf7 21. Rxc1 Nxe2+ 22. Kf1 Nxc1 $17) 18...
Rxc5 19. Nxc5 Bxc5 $15) 18. Nxc5 Qe7 $2 (18... Qf7 $142 $1 19. Nxe6 Nc3 {/\}
20. Qb3 Nd4 21. Nxd4 Qxb3 22. Nxb3 Nxe2+ 23. Kh1 Nxc1 24. Nxc1 bxa3 $17) 19.
Nxe6 Nc3 (19... Qxe6 20. Qb3 Rd8 21. Qa4 Rd6 22. Rc5 $44) 20. Qb3 Na5 $2 (20...
Nd8 $142 21. Nxg7+ $1 Qxg7 22. Bf3 $14) 21. Rxc3 $1 Rxc3 22. Qa4+ Kf7 23. Bd5
$18 {Jakubiec,A (2532)-Ftacnik,L (2544)/CZE-chT/2008/}) (9. Rb1 Be7 (9... Rb8 {
-8...Rb8}) 10. b4 O-O 11. bxc5 Bxc5 $11 {is acceptable for Black, contrary to
Kramnik-Timofeev above White has wasted time on the not too useful Rb1.}) 9...
Qd3 $5 $146 {[%mdl 8] An interesting novelty. Black physically prevents d4,
but on the other hand exposes his Q. After other previously tested moves he
faces some problems:} (9... Ne6 {stops d4, but does nothing to help Black's
development and moreover doesn't prevent White from opening the position with}
10. Nh4 $5 g6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 f5 13. Nf3 Bg7 14. b4 $1 O-O ({A typical
line is} 14... cxb4 15. axb4 Nxb4 16. Qa4+ Nc6 17. Ba3 $16 {[%csl Re8] ->עe8})
15. Qb3 Kh8 16. Bb2 a5 17. b5 Ne7 18. Na4 Nd5 19. Bxg7+ Kxg7 20. Ne5 Nb6 21.
Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qc3 Kg8 23. a4 Qd8 24. Rac1 Ra7 25. Rf2 Re8 26. Bf1 Qd6 27. Bc4
b6 28. Rg2 Rg7 29. Nc6 Kh8 30. h4 Bb7 31. h5 $18 {Gamundi Salamanca,A (2440)
-Magem Badals,J (2570)/Andorra/1997/ A model game from White's viewpoint!}) ({
After} 9... Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 (10... Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 cxd4 13. Ne2 d3 14.
Nf4 Bc4 {Marin,M (2531)-Musat,A (2406)/Tusnad/2004/} 15. b3 Ba6 16. Ra2 {
/\Rd2+/-} g5 $6 17. Nxg5 fxg5 18. Qh5+ $40) {Black's B is missing on the << and
} 11. Qa4 (11. g4 $6 Bf7 $15) (11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 cxd4 13. Nb5 Nxb5 14. Qe2+
Be7 15. Qxb5 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qb6 $11) 11... Qd7 12. b4 $1 ({Again Marin's idea.} 
12. d4 {is boring and drawish:} cxd4 13. exd4 exd4 14. Nb5 Nxb5 15. Qxb5 Bf7
16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd7+ Kxd7 18. Rd1 Bc5 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4+ {
1/2, Bolbochan,J-Petrosian,T/Stockholm izt/1962/}) 12... cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 (
13... Bxb4 14. Nxe5 fxe5 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. Qxb4 Qxh3 17. Ba3 O-O-O 18. Qe4 Rhe8
19. Bc5 Bg6 20. Qb4 $40) 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7 15. d4 $44 {Black even despite the
extra P and Q-swap faces a difficult defensive task.}) ({More circumspect, but
still not quite ideal is} 9... Be7 10. d4 cxd4 11. exd4 exd4 (11... Nxd4 12.
Nxd4 Qxd4 $5 (12... exd4 13. Ne2 Ne6 14. Nf4 $5 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 O-O 16. Rc1 $32 {
|^}) 13. Qb3 Qb6 14. Qxb6 axb6 15. Be3 Bc5 16. Rac1 $44 {is untested and
perhaps deserves more attention.}) 12. Ne2 Ne6 (12... d3 13. Nf4 O-O 14. b4 $5
$14 {- White doesn't have to hurry to regain the P.}) 13. b4 d3 (13... a6 14.
Bb2 d3 15. Nc1 $14) 14. Nf4 Nxf4 15. Bxf4 O-O 16. b5 Ne5 $5 (16... Na5 17. Rc1
Bd6 18. Bd2 (18. Be3 $5 Bxa3 19. Ra1 Be7 20. Qa4 b6 21. Nd4 Bd7 22. Rfd1 $44 {
Marin} Rc8 23. Nc6 $1 $36) 18... a6 19. Rc3 (19. a4 $5) 19... Bc7 $2 (19...
axb5 20. Rxd3 Nc4 21. Bb4 Ra6 $132 {activates Black's forces}) 20. Qb1 axb5 21.
Rxd3 Qe8 22. Re1 Qh5 23. Nd4 $32 {+/-|^, Delchev,A (2625)-Nikolov,M (2571)/
BUL-ch Bankia/2011/}) 17. Qb3+ Kh8 18. Rad1 Bg4 19. Bxe5 fxe5 20. Rxd3 Qc7 21.
Rc3 Qd6 22. Re3 $11 {/+/=, Lobron,E (2595)-Smejkal,J (2520)/Bundesliga 9596/
1995/ is pleasant for White, but Black is close to equality.}) 10. Ne1 {
Svidler expressed some doubts about his choice, but said he liked the
alternatives even less.} (10. Nh4 Be6 11. f4 (11. Be4 Qd7 12. Qh5+ Bf7 $5 (
12... Qf7 13. Qf3 (13. Bg6 $2 hxg6 14. Qxh8 g5 $17 {->}) 13... Qd7 $11) 13. Ng6
O-O-O 14. Nxf8 Rdxf8 15. Qf3 Bb3 {[%csl Rc1] ץc1 and Black can fight for an
advantage.}) 11... exf4 12. gxf4 Qd7 $132) 10... Qg6 {The players are in
unknown territory and it's difficult to give a definite evaluation - both
sides still have a choice of alternatives.} ({After} 10... Qd7 {Svidler
intended} 11. Nc2 {, now there is the interesting and generous} Be7 12. b4 $5
cxb4 13. axb4 Nxb4 14. Nxb4 Bxb4 15. Qb3 $44 {with typical play on the << and
against the עe8.}) (10... Qa6 $5 {also allows} 11. Nc2 (11. f4 $5 $13 {
is an attempt to profit from the absence of the Q on the >>.}) 11... Bf5 (11...
c4 12. f4 $5 $32) 12. d4 $1 cxd4 13. exd4 Bxc2 14. Qxc2 Nxd4 15. Qe4 $44) 11.
d3 {White had more aggressive alternatives to the simple text move.} (11. f4
exf4 12. Rxf4 (12. gxf4 $6 Bh3 $15) {/\} 12... Bd6 13. Re4+ Be6 14. Nb5 $5 {
, but even this is highly unclear after} O-O-O $1 15. Nxc7 Bf5 $132) (11. d4
cxd4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Be3 Bg4 14. Qa4+ Bd7 15. Qc4 $13) ({Perhaps the best is
Shipov's recommendation} 11. Rb1 $1 {[%cal Yb2b4] /\b4} Bg4 (11... Bf5 12. d3
Rd8 13. b4 $1 {/\} Bxd3 $2 14. Nxd3 Rxd3 15. Qa4 Rxc3 16. Bd2 $18 {[%csl Re8]
->עe8}) 12. Qa4 (12. Qb3 Na5 $5 13. Qa4+ Bd7 14. Qd1 c4 $13) 12... Bd7 13. f4
$5 Nd4 (13... exf4 14. Qxf4 Rc8 (14... Ne6 15. Qc4 $36) 15. b4 $14) 14. Qd1 Bg4
15. Nf3 $14) 11... Be6 {Although the consequences of this move are not fully
clear, it does lose a tempo.} ({After} 11... Be7 $5 {Nepomniachtchi was
probably worried about} 12. Qb3 {, but} Qf7 (12... Na5 13. Qc2 Qf7 $11) (12...
h5 $5 $13) 13. Nd5 Kf8 $1 $13 {[%cal Yg7g6,Yf8g7] /\g6, Kg7 is far from clear,
as the pin on the Nd5 makes it difficult for White to develop his play.}) 12.
Qa4 Bd7 13. Nb5 {White is naturally worried about possible discoverd attacks
by the Nc6, but} (13. f4 $1 {was possible and probably stronger. We had a
similar position above (with Rb1 instead of d3), White has chances to fight
for the |^.}) 13... Nxb5 ({Also a logical reaction, but perhaps even better was
} 13... Rc8 $5 {(Shipov) Black will protect b7 more reliably, after} 14. Bd2 h5
15. h4 Qf7 16. b4 a6 17. Nxc7+ Rxc7 $11 {he has a solid and promising position.
}) 14. Qxb5 Rb8 15. Qc4 Bd6 ({After} 15... b5 16. Qc3 Bd6 {Svidler wanted to
play} 17. b4 $5 cxb4 18. axb4 Bxb4 (18... Rc8 $142 $5 $13) 19. Qb3 Be7 20. Ra6
$36 {However, Black doesn't have to weaken his <<.}) 16. b4 $5 {[%mdl 512]
Slower play doesn't promise much, so Svidler sacrifices a P to exploit Black's
K in the [+] - we have already seen enough of this motif in the notes.} (16.
Bd2 Ne7 {/\Qf7=} (16... Qg4 $5 $11)) 16... cxb4 17. axb4 Ke7 $2 {A serious
error, as now White gets a dangerous |^ for free.} (17... Bxb4 18. Bxc6 bxc6
19. Rxa7 $14) ({Best is the principled} 17... Nxb4 $142 $1 18. Bd2 (18. Rxa7 $2
Rc8) 18... Nc6 (18... Rc8 19. Qb3 Qf7 20. Qxf7+ Kxf7 21. Rxa7 Rc7 22. Rxb7 Rxb7
23. Bxb7 Rb8 $11 {/+/= is only a fight for a draw.}) 19. Nc2 (19. d4 $5) 19...
Ke7 (19... a6 20. Rfb1 $44 {|^<<}) 20. Nb4 Rhc8 21. Qb3 $13 {White has
compensation, but still nothing concrete.} (21. Qh4 $5)) 18. b5 Nb4 19. Qb3 $1
(19. Bd2 Be6 20. Qh4 Nxd3 {is less convincing:} 21. Nxd3 (21. Be4 Bf5 22. Bxf5
Qxf5 23. Nxd3 (23. e4 Nxe1 $1 $11 {holds tactically}) 23... Qxd3 24. Bb4 $44)
21... Qxd3 22. Bb4 $44) 19... Be6 20. Qb1 $36 {[%csl Ra7,Rb4,Re7] עe7,Nb4,a7}
Qe8 (20... a6 21. Bd2 Nd5 22. Nf3 $1 ({During the game Svidler considered
mainly} 22. bxa6 bxa6 23. Qd1 Nc7 24. Ba5 $14 {, although this will win a P,
it squanders part of White's advantage.}) 22... Qe8 23. d4 $1 Qxb5 24. Qe4 Nc7
25. dxe5 fxe5 26. Rfc1 $40 {+/- Black is in great trouble, as he has no
obvious way to consolidate his position and safeguard his K.}) 21. Rxa7 (21.
Ra5 $5 a6 22. Ba3 b6 23. Rxa6 Nxa6 24. Bxd6+ Kxd6 25. bxa6 Qa4 26. Nf3 {
[%cal Rd3d4] /\d4-> is also strong, but not too practical - White can retain
his advantage without too much risk.}) 21... Qxb5 22. Bd2 Qb6 23. Ra3 $1 (23.
Ra4 $2 Nd5 $11) 23... Bc5 $1 {The best defence.} (23... Ra8 24. Nc2 Rxa3 25.
Nxa3 {[%cal Ra3c4] /\Nc4|^}) (23... Rhc8 24. d4 exd4 25. Nf3 $1 $16 {->}) 24.
d4 exd4 25. exd4 Na6 $8 {Black forces a Q-swap and eases his task.} (25... Nc6
$2 26. Qxb6 Bxb6 27. d5 Rhd8 28. Be3 $18) 26. Qxb6 Bxb6 27. Bf4 Bc7 (27... Rbd8
28. Nc2 $5 $14 {/+/-} (28. Bxb7 Nb4 {is unconvincing}) {and Black will
probably lose the Pb7 without winning anything on d4, as} 28... Bxd4 29. Rb1
Nc5 30. Ra5 Nb3 31. Rb5 $16 {will cost him 2 pieces for a R.}) 28. Nd3 $36 {
[%cal Ra3a6] /\Ra6 Svidler applies pressure by activating all his pieces.} (28.
Rxa6 $6 bxa6 29. Bxc7 Rbc8 {[%cal Re6c4] /\Bc4~~} (29... Bc4 $5 {are both far
from clear.})) 28... Bxf4 (28... Rhc8 $6 29. Re1 {and Black already won't
manage to trade the B:} Kf7 30. d5 Bd7 31. d6 Bd8 32. Bd5+ Kf8 33. Be3 {
[%cal Re3a7,Yd3f4] /\Ba7, Nf4+-}) (28... Bf5 29. Re1+ Kd8 30. Bxc7+ Nxc7 31.
Nc5 $16 {/\} b6 $2 32. Nb7+ Kd7 33. Rc3 $18) 29. Nxf4 Bc8 {Too passive; a more
resilient move was} (29... Bc4 $16) ({, or} 29... Bd7 $5 30. Rb1 Rhd8 $16 {
Black is willing to give up the Pb7 to coordinate his forces.}) 30. Re1+ ({
The text is tempting, but even stronger is} 30. Rb1 $1 $36 {/\Rb6 and} b5 $2 {
runs into} 31. Re1+ Kd6 32. Rxa6+ Bxa6 33. Re6+ $18) 30... Kd6 31. Rae3 (31.
Ra5 $5 Nc7 32. Rc5 Bd7 33. Nd5 Rhe8 (33... Ne6 34. Nb6 $1 Nxc5 35. dxc5+ Kc7
36. Re7 $18) 34. Ne3 $1 b5 35. Ra1 $40 {Shipov}) 31... Nb4 $2 (31... Nc7 $142
$1 32. Re7 Rg8 $14) 32. Rb1 Nc6 33. Rc3 $1 {[%cal Rc3c6] /\Rc6} Bf5 $6 (33...
Bd7 34. d5 Nd4 35. Rb6+ Ke7 36. d6+ Kd8 37. Rc4 $16) 34. Rb6 Kc7 (34... g5 35.
Bxc6 bxc6 36. Rcxc6+ Kd7 37. Rd6+ Kc8 38. Rbc6+ Kb7 39. Nd5 $18 {->}) (34...
Ke7 35. d5 Ne5 36. Rc7+ Bd7 37. d6+ Kd8 38. Rbxb7 Rxb7 39. Rxb7 Nc4 40. Bc6 Bc8
(40... Bxc6 41. Ne6+ Kc8 42. Rc7+ Kb8 43. Rxc6 $18) 41. Rxg7 Nxd6 42. Nd5 f5
43. Kg2 $18 {[%csl Rf5,Rh7] /\Kf3-f4-e5 The _|_ is hopeless, Black's forces
are very passive and he can't hold his ׻P on the long run.}) 35. Rb5 $18 {
[%cal Rb5f5,Rd4d5] /\Rf5, d5 The game is over, Black loses a piece.} Bd7 36. d5
Rhe8 37. h4 Re5 38. Rb2 Rc8 39. Nd3 Ree8 40. dxc6 Bxc6 41. Nb4 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 64th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.08.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2694"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2011.08.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.09.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. e5
b5 9. Qb3 Nfd7 10. Be2 {A very rare move order.} (10. e6) (10. h4) (10. Be3 {
are main continuations}) ({Carlsen's experimental} 10. Ng5 {has also been
tried in a dozen games. The whole system was examined in my article in CBM 139.
The text move was not even mentioned there; however, Alexander Morozevich
infuses meaning into it.}) 10... c5 (10... Nb6 $5 11. O-O Be6 12. Qd1 c6 13. b3
Nd5 14. Bd2 Nxc3 15. Bxc3 Bd5 {1/2 Kruppa,Y (2544)-Grebionkin,V (2475)/Samara
2002/CBM 089 ext}) 11. e6 fxe6 (11... c4 $5 12. exf7+ Rxf7 13. Qd1 Nb6 14. Be3
{etc. needs checking.}) 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (13. Qd5 cxd4
$1 14. Nxd4 Qb6 $1 15. Nf3 Bb7 16. Qd1 Bxf3 {1/2 Hoffman,A (2480)-Ricardi,P 
(2575)/Villa Gesell 1997/CBM 058} 17. Bxf3 Ne5 $1 $15) (13. Qe4 cxd4 $1 14.
Nxb5 (14. Nxd4 $2 Nc5 15. Qxa8 Bxd4 $19 {0-1 Bekker Jensen,S (2305)-Sokolov,I 
(2635)/Koge 1997/EXT 2000 (20)}) 14... d3 $1 15. Qxa8 Qa5+ 16. Nc3 Bxc3+ 17.
bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Bd2 Qxa1+ 19. Bd1 Qxa2 $15) 13... Ne5 (13... Nxc5 14. Qe3 Nbd7
15. O-O $14) 14. Qd5 (14. Qb3 Nd3+ 15. Bxd3 Qxd3 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Rd1 Qf5 $44)
14... Qxd5 15. Nxd5 Bb7 $6 (15... Nxf3+ $142 16. Bxf3 (16. gxf3 Nc6) 16... Bb7
17. Nc7 (17. Nb6 $5 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra7 19. Rb1 Rxf3 20. Be3 Nc6 21. O-O $14 {/=}
) 17... Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra7 19. Ne6 Rxf3 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Be3 $14 {/= In both
cases the position is close to equal but White can try to push on, thanks to
his strong c5-pawn.}) 16. Nc7 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 $1 {This is the difference!} Bxf3
$2 {A very bad decision. Black recaptures the piece but ends up in a poor
position.} ({After} 17... Ra7 18. Ne6 Bxf3 (18... Rf5 $5 19. Nxg7 Kxg7 20. h4
$5) 19. Nxf8 Bxh1 20. Ne6 Bd5 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. b4 $14 {White keeps the bishop
pair, which gives him more chances than in the event of 15...Nxf3, but that
was a must for Black in any case.}) 18. Bxf3 Ra7 19. Nxb5 axb5 20. Ke2 $16 {
White has an extra pawn and the bishop pair. However, his poor development
creates serious technical difficulties. Fortunately for him, Black fails to
display any tenacity.} Ra6 (20... Nd7 $142 21. Rd1 $1 Nxc5 22. Be3 Bxb2 (22...
Rc7 23. Rac1 Ne6 24. Rxc7 Nxc7 25. Rd7 $16) 23. Bxc5 Rc7 24. Bd4+ (24. Rac1 $5
Bxc1 25. Rxc1 $16) 24... Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Rc2+ 26. Kd3 Rxf2 27. Bd5 Rxh2 28. Re1
$16) 21. Bb7 $1 Re6+ 22. Be3 Bxb2 $6 (22... Nc6 {was more stubborn}) 23. Rab1
Bd4 24. Rxb5 Na6 25. c6 Nc7 26. Rb3 Rf4 27. Rd1 Kg7 28. a4 Bc5 29. Rd7 Bd6 30.
Rd3 Ne8 31. a5 {The game is over but another chapter of the Grünfeld Defence
has been opened.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.28"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2493"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 {This move is gradually gaining some popularity. It was
recently played in Aronian-Sutovsky (see CBM 144).} Nd7 (9... cxd4 10. Nc4 Qd8
(10... dxe3 11. Nxa5 Bxc3+ 12. Ke2 Bxa5 13. Kxe3 O-O 14. Bb5 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16.
Qd5 Ra7 17. Bb3 {1-0 Aronian,L (2805)-Sutovsky,E (2700)/Ningbo CHN 2011/The
Week in Chess 871 (38)} Rd7 18. Qc5 Bb7 $44) 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Rb1 f5 13. exf5
Bxf5 14. Rxb7 Nc6 15. d5 Bc3+ 16. Bd2 Nd4 17. Ne3 Qa5 18. Bxc3 Qxc3+ 19. Qd2
Qa1+ 20. Qd1 Qc3+ 21. Qd2 Qa1+ 22. Qd1 {1/2 Avrukh,B (2601)-Kovchan,A (2558)/
Mulhouse FRA 2011/The Week in Chess 865}) 10. Rc1 $6 $146 {[%mdl 512] Hardly a
good idea. After making a solid move Nf3-d2, White suddenly sacrifices a pawn.
Not surprisingly, his compensation will be doubtful.} (10. Nb3 Qc7 (10... Qxc3+
11. Bd2 Qb2 12. Bc1 Qc3+ $11) 11. Be2 (11. Bb5 O-O 12. O-O Nf6 {[%cal Rf6g4]}
13. f3 a6 14. Be2 c4 15. Nd2 b5 16. f4 Bb7 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. f5 e5 $1 19. fxe6
fxe6 20. e5 Bxf3 21. Nxf3 Qc6 $15 {0-1 Vanheste,J (2380)-Tukmakov,V (2570)/
Ostend 1990/EXT 1997 (46)}) 11... O-O 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. f3 Rfe8 15.
Rd1 Rac8 16. Bb5 Bc6 17. Ba6 Rcd8 18. Bf4 e5 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Ba4 $11 {
0-1 Jepson,C (2405)-Nielsen,P (2681)/Helsingor DEN 2011/The Week in Chess 874 
(64)}) 10... Qxa2 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Qa5 13. d5 {On the following day an
Argentinian GM tried another plan but without success:} (13. e5 Qd8 14. f4 cxd4
15. Bxd4 Nb8 16. Bf3 Qc7 17. Ne4 Nc6 18. Qa4 Bd7 19. Qa3 Rad8 20. Be3 Bc8 21.
c4 Bh6 22. Nc3 Rd3 23. Qc5 Qxe5 $3 24. Nd5 Qd6 $17 {1/2 Mareco,S (2597)-Berkes,
F (2696)/Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2011/The Week in Chess 877 (68)}) 13... b5 14. c4
b4 15. f4 Qc7 16. e5 {[%csl Gd5,Ge5]} a5 {[%csl Ga5,Gb4]} 17. Ne4 a4 18. Ra1 a3
{Despite White's strong pawn centre, Black's queenside passed pawns look more
formidable.} 19. Ra2 Ra5 20. Qb3 Ba6 21. h4 e6 22. dxe6 fxe6 23. h5 Qc6 (23...
Nb6 $5 {[%cal Yb6a4,Ya4b2]}) 24. Ng5 (24. Nd6 $5 $132) 24... Re8 (24... Bh6 $5
25. hxg6 Bxg5 26. gxh7+ Kh8 27. fxg5 Qe4) (24... h6 $142 25. Nf3 Bb7 26. Rd1
Qa4 $17) 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Bd3 Nf8 27. Qb1 Re7 28. Bxg6 $6 {This attack is
incorrect although proving that over the board is not an easy task.} (28. Kf2
$15) 28... Bxc4 29. Bh7+ Kh8 30. Be4 Bd5 $1 (30... Qb5 31. Rf3 Bxa2 32. Rh3+
Kg8 33. Bh7+ Nxh7 34. Qxh7+ Kf8 35. Qg6 $40) 31. g4 Bxe4 32. Nxe4 b3 $1 33.
Rh2+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Bxf6 35. exf6 Rb7 36. Qe1 b2 $2 {Practically giving up this
important pawn and missing out on the win.} (36... Qe4 $19) 37. Qxa5 b1=Q 38.
Rxb1 Rxb1+ 39. Kf2 {Black does not have the power to create any threats.} Rb2+
40. Kg3 Rxh2 41. Kxh2 Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.29"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lima, Darcy Gustavo Macha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qb1
c4 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 h6 11. Nf3 Bd7 12. g3 O-O-O 13. Bh3 Nge7 14. O-O Rdf8 15.
Re1 g5 16. Nh2 f5 17. exf6 Ng8 18. Bxe6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Nxf6 20. Qd1 Kb8 21. g4
Ne8 22. Nf1 Nc7 23. Re1 Rh7 24. Ng3 Ne7 25. Re3 Rhf7 26. f3 Nc8 27. Kg2 Nd6 28.
Be1 Re8 29. Nf1 Ne6 30. Bg3 Nf4+ 31. Kg1 a6 32. Qd2 Ref8 33. Re5 Ka7 34. Ne3
Nb5 35. Kh2 Rf6 36. Re7 Qa5 37. Be1 Qd8 38. Re5 Nd6 39. Bg3 Nf7 40. Rf5 Nd6 41.
Rxf6 Qxf6 42. Re1 Nb5 43. a4 Nc7 44. Nf5 Nce6 45. Re5 Rc8 46. Qc1 Rc6 47. Qa3
Nc7 48. Ne7 Re6 49. Qc5+ Kb8 50. Nxd5 Ncxd5 51. Qxd5 Rxe5 52. dxe5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.08.31"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 h6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. c4 Be7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb1 Re8 11. Qc2 Nf8 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. Qd3 Bxc5 14. Nb3 Bb6
15. Bf4 Nc6 16. Qxd5 Be6 17. Qb5 Rad8 18. Bg3 Bd5 19. Nbd2 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4
21. Be4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.01"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Bf4 Qa6 14. Qb4 Bf5
15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. e4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Rxe4 e6 19. a4 Qb6 20. Rb1 Bf8 21.
Qb3 h5 22. Qc2 Qa6 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Rxe2 c5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. Be5 Bb6 27. Rb5
Rac8 28. Rd2 Bc7 29. Bf6 Bd8 30. Bxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d5 6. O-O c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
e6 9. Ne5 Nfd7 10. f4 Nc6 11. Kh1 Ndxe5 12. dxe5 b6 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Rc1 Bb7 15.
Ne4 Rad8 16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. exf6 d4 18. Bg1 e5 19. Qd2 e4 20. f5 e3 21. Bxe3
dxe3 22. Qxd7 Rxd7 23. Bxc6 Bxc6+ 24. Rxc6 Rd2 25. Rfc1 Rxe2 26. Rc8 Re1+ 27.
Rxe1 Rxc8 28. Rxe3 gxf5 29. Re7 h6 30. Rxa7 Kh7 31. Rxf7+ Kg6 32. Rb7 Rc1+ 33.
Kg2 Rc2+ 34. Kg1 Rxb2 35. f7 Kg7 36. a4 Rb4 37. Ra7 Rb2 38. h4 Ra2 39. Ra6 Kxf7
40. Rxb6 Rxa4 41. Rxh6 Rg4 42. Kf2 f4 43. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 9. g3 Bb4 10. Qf3 Nc7 11. a3 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. O-O Rb8 14. Nde4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 Bf6 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. Rad1 Qc8 18. Bd6 Bc6 19. Qf4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxc3
21. bxc3 Nd5 22. Qf3 Qc6 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Rd4 b5 25. a4 a6 26. axb5 axb5 27.
Ra1 g6 28. Ra3 Kg7 29. h4 h5 30. Kg1 Qc5 31. Rb3 Ra8 32. Rd1 Rc8 33. Rd3 Ra8
34. Qe4 Ra1+ 35. Kg2 Qc4 36. Qd4+ Kh7 37. Rb2 Qc6 38. Rf3 f6 39. c4 Qxc4 40.
Qxc4 bxc4 41. Rb7+ Kh6 42. Rd7 Ra6 43. Kf1 f5 44. Rd8 Kg7 45. Rc8 Ra4 46. Ke2
Kf7 47. Kd2 e5 48. Rc5 Ke6 49. Rc6+ Kf7 50. Rd6 Ra5 51. Rc6 e4 52. Rc3 Nxc3 53.
Kxc3 Ra3+ 54. Kd2 Rf3 55. Ke2 Rc3 56. Kd2 Rf3 57. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Bd3 cxd4 7. Bxh6 $5 {
Rarely played.} (7. cxd4 {is the main move.}) 7... gxh6 8. cxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Bd7
10. Be2 {White usually gets this position with an extra tempo (by playing 6.
Bd3).} Bg7 $6 $146 {Preparing short castling does not look like a good idea.} (
10... Rg8 11. O-O O-O-O 12. Nc3 Kb8 13. Rfd1 Be7 14. Rab1 Rg6 15. b4 Rdg8 16.
g3 h5 {0-1 Pimplis,E-Spirakopoulos,I/Athens 1994/EXT 2003 (35)}) 11. Nc3 {
Starting from this moment, White plays very logically, transferring the
required pieces to the kingside. Black's efforts to simplify will be of no use,
since White needs relatively few pieces to get decisive threats.} O-O 12. O-O
Ne7 13. Bd3 Kh8 14. Ne2 Bb5 15. Bxb5 Qxb5 16. Nf4 Ng6 17. Nh5 Rac8 18. Rac1 Qd7
19. h4 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Rc8 21. g3 Rc6 22. Rxc6 Qxc6 23. Nh2 Ne7 24. Qf4 Nf5 25.
g4 Qc2 26. Nf3 Ne7 27. Qxf7 Qg6 28. Qxe7 Qxg4+ 29. Kh2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.02"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. h4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Qxd5 8.
e3 Nd7 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Bd3 h6 11. Bf4 e5 12. Bg3 exd4 13. exd4 O-O 14. O-O Nf6
15. Qc2 Bf5 16. Rfb1 b6 17. Ne5 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Qd5 19. Rb5 c5 20. Re1 Qxa2 21.
dxc5 Rad8 22. Qf3 Rd5 23. Nc6 Rxc5 24. Rbb1 Nd5 25. Ne5 Nxc3 26. Ra1 Qd5 27.
Qg4 h5 28. Qh3 Re8 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. e4 Qa6 14. Qb4 dxe4
15. Bxe4 Be6 16. Bf4 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Bg2 Qc4 19. Qa3 c5 20. Bf1 Qd5 21.
Bg2 Qc4 22. Bf1 Qd5 23. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Bxb6 cxb6 16. c4 b4 17. Nf1 Nbd7 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Qxb4 Nfxe4 20. Rad1 Qc7 21.
Ne3 a5 22. Qa3 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Rd1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[Annotator "Caruana,F"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This was the first of our two game tiebreak match. Our classical games had
both ended uneventfully in draws.} 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5.
Qb3 Qc7 6. Ne5 e6 {I wasn't very familiar with 5.Qb3, so I chose a rare line,
hoping to avoid my opponent's preparation. Black gives up the bishop pair and
accepts a slightly worse position, but I was happy to just get a normal
position to play.} 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. Be2 Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Bd6 11. Rc1 ({
White could have also considered} 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Rc1 a6 13. g4 $1 h6 14. h4
{, when Black stands worse. White's plans of kingside or central expansion are
relatively clear-cut, while Black doesn't seem to have any meaningful
counterplay.}) 11... dxc4 {I was happy to get this fluid center.} 12. Qxc4 a6
13. h3 O-O 14. O-O e5 {I could have waited for this until White plays e4, but
I was a bit impatient. However, the position remains roughly the same in any
case.} 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qb3 {It seems like White must have an advantage here
due to his bishop pair, but Black is very solid and it isn't easy for White to
find a concrete plan.} Rad8 17. Rfd1 Qe7 {It seemed like a good idea to escape
the gaze of the rook on c1. But the main idea of this move is to create
threats to White's king with ...Ng6 and ...Qe5.} 18. Be1 Ng6 19. Rd3 {Peter
continues to play logically. He is hoping to trade all the rooks and count on
his bishop pair in a simplified position.} b5 {After White's last move I
wanted to cause him discomfort with the idea of ...c5 and ...c4.} 20. Rcd1 h5
$5 {An interesting move. I wanted to fix White's pawns with ...h4, opening
ideas of ...Qe5.} (20... c5 21. Nd5 Nxd5 22. Rxd5 {brings Black nothing but
regret. The exchange of knights frees White's position considerably.}) 21. Qc2
h4 22. f4 $2 {A serious mistake.} ({White should have continued patiently with
} 22. a3 {, slowly planning b4 and eventually f4. It isn't clear what Black
will do.} Rfe8 23. b4 $14 {, and the onus is on Black to demonstrate
counterplay.}) 22... Bc5 23. Bf2 Rxd3 {I could see that Peter had missed
something and was upset with his position.} 24. Qxd3 ({I believe he had
overlooked} 24. Rxd3 Nxf4 ({Actually,} 24... Re8 $1 {, preparing ...Nxf4 on
the next move, is even stronger.} 25. a3 Qa7 $1 {is the important point.}) 25.
exf4 Bxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Qc5+ 27. Kf1 b4 {, when Black is at least equal.}) 24...
Re8 25. Bf3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27. Bxe3 Rxe3 28. Rd8+ Kh7 29. Ne2 {I had
expected Peter would go for this position. White is down a pawn, but due to
his strong bishop on f3 he has good chances to make a draw.} c5 $2 {Returning
the favor.} (29... Nd5 $1 30. Kf2 Rd3 {would have given White difficult
problems to solve. The game and perhaps the entire tournament might have
turned out differently had I played this.}) 30. Ra8 {I had missed this for
some bizarre reason, thinking only about 30.Rd6.} Rd3 $6 {The result of
general panic.} (30... Ne4 $1 {was a strong move, which would have at least
forced White to calculate a bit.} 31. Kf1 (31. Rxa6 Nxf4 {is the idea, which
seems to lead to a draw in the end, but of course White has to prove it.})
31... Nd2+ (31... Ne7 32. Rxa6 Nf5 {is another possibility, which is
objectively close to equal but White has to demonstrate accuracy.}) 32. Kf2 Rd3
33. Bb7 Nc4 34. b3 Nd6 35. Bf3 {, when neither side is in any real danger.})
31. Rxa6 {Now with his strong bishop against my ineffectual knights, White is
calling the shots, although with accurate play Black can still restore the
balance.} Rd1+ $2 {A really awful move pushes Black over the edge.} (31... Rd2
32. b3 Ne4 $1 {keeps Black in safety.}) 32. Kf2 Rd2 33. b3 {Now things are
seriously wrong for Black.} Rb2 34. Ke1 Ne7 $2 {A move beyond comprehension,
self-trapping my rook.} (34... c4 35. bxc4 bxc4 {is of course the only way,
although Black may already be in too deep.} 36. Kd1 {, and I don't think Black
can save the game.}) 35. Kd1 $18 {The game is over, the rest was simple.} Rb1+
36. Nc1 Rb2 37. Nd3 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 Rg1 39. a4 bxa4 40. Rxa4 Nfd5 41. Kd2 Rb1 42.
Nxc5 Rb2+ 43. Kc1 Rf2 44. Nd3 Rf1+ 45. Kd2 Rb1 46. Ra5 Nb6 47. Rb5 Nbc8 48. Kc2
Ra1 49. Kb2 Ra6 50. Rb7 Re6 51. b4 Nd6 52. Rc7 Nb5 53. Rc5 Nd4 54. Re5 Rd6 55.
Be4+ f5 56. Rxe7 fxe4 57. Rxe4 Nf5 58. Kc3 Rg6 59. Re5 Nd6 60. Ne1 Rg3+ 61. Kd4
Rb3 62. Nd3 Rb1 63. Rd5 Ne8 64. Rh5+ Kg6 65. Rxh4 Nd6 66. Rh8 Kf6 67. Rb8 Rd1
68. g4 Ke7 69. f5 Kd7 70. Rg8 Ne8 71. Ke3 Ke7 72. Ne5 Rb1 73. h4 Rb3+ 74. Kf4
Rxb4+ 75. Kg5 Re4 76. Ng6+ Kd7 77. Rf8 Nd6 78. Ra8 Ne8 79. h5 Rb4 80. Ra7+ Kd6
81. Re7 Nf6 82. Re6+ Kd7 83. Ne5+ Kc8 84. Rxf6 gxf6+ 85. Kxf6 {In the second
game, I came close to creating problems for Peter, but I missed a crucial
tactic and my hopes of equalizing the score evaporated. Finally, I would like
to extend my congratulations to Peter on his great achievement! He showed
great fighting spirit and exciting chess and in the end was a very deserving
winner.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. Bb2 Rfd8 14. Nfd4
Rac8 15. Nb5 Be8 16. c5 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd8 18. Nd6 Bxd6 19. cxd6 Ba4 20. Rd2
Nd7 21. f4 f6 22. Kf2 Kf8 23. g4 b6 24. g5 fxg5 25. fxg5 e5 26. h4 Rc4 27. Kg3
Bc6 28. Bh3 Ke8 29. e3 g6 30. Bg4 Be4 31. Be2 Rc8 32. Bb5 Nf7 33. Ba3 a6 34.
Be2 a5 35. Bb5 a4 36. Nc1 Rc3 37. Bb4 Rxc1 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a3
d6 9. c3 Re8 10. d4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Ba2 Bb7 13. b4 a5 14. d5 Ne7 15. Nb3
axb4 16. cxb4 Rb8 17. Bb2 c6 18. Na5 Ba8 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Qd3
Qd7 22. Rac1 Rbd8 23. Bb1 Ba8 24. Qe2 g6 25. Bd3 Rb8 26. Rc2 Nh5 27. g3 Bg7 28.
Rec1 Qg4 29. Nd4 Qxe2 30. Nxe2 Nf6 31. Nc3 Bc6 32. f3 Bd7 33. Nd1 d5 34. exd5
e4 35. fxe4 Nxe4 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Rc7 Bf5 38. Bxe4 Rxe4 39. Nc3 Rd4 40. Rd1
Rxd1+ 41. Nxd1 Ra8 42. Ne3 Be4 43. Re7 Bb1 44. Re5 Ra6 45. Kf2 h5 46. Kf3 Ba2
47. Ke4 Rxa3 48. Kd4 Rb3 49. d6 f6 50. Re7+ Kf8 51. Nd5 Bb1 52. Kc5 Rd3 53. Ra7
1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.07"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {Svidler has
returned to the scene of top chess after somehting of a break, when he played
distinctly less. The distance seems to have done him good; Peter is playing
with aplomb, certainty and fantasy. The Arkhangel Variation of the Spanish
Opening used to be deemed risky, but nowadays the superstitions are gone.} 7.
a4 Rb8 8. axb5 axb5 9. c3 d6 10. d4 Bb6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nbd2 h6 13. h3 Re8 14.
Qc2 {Kamsky was proclaimed an exceptional chess talent in his youth, and the
gift seems to serve him well even after a break of several years away from the
board. The queen on the c2-square is supporting the centre and also indirectly
monitoring the c-file.} (14. Qe2 Bd7 15. Bc2 Nh7 16. Bd3 exd4 17. cxd4 Nb4 18.
Bb1 Nf8 19. Rc1 Ra8 20. Ra3 c6 21. Rb3 Na6 22. Bd3 $14 {1-0 Van den Doel,E 
(2440)-Lane,G (2420)/Wrexham 1997 (40)}) (14. Re1 Bb7 (14... exd4 15. cxd4 Na5
16. Bc2 Bb7 17. d5 c6 18. b4 Nc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Ba4 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Qb6 22.
Nd2 Red8 23. Bxc6 Bxc6 24. Nxc4 Qc7 25. dxc6 Rxb4 26. Rc1 $14 {1-0 Navara,D 
(2708)-Tkachiev,V (2636)/Wijk aan Zee 2011 (35)}) 15. d5 Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Ne7 17.
Nf1 Ng6 18. Ra7 Qc8 19. Ng3 Ra8 20. Qa1 Rxa7 21. Qxa7 Qa8 22. Qxa8 Rxa8 $15 {
1/2-1/2 Fusco,L (2341)-Ragger,M (2528)/Yerevan 2007 (60)}) 14... exd4 15. cxd4
(15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Bd5 c4 $11) 15... Na5 (15... Bb7
$5 16. d5 Nb4 17. Qc3 Bxe3 18. fxe3 c5 19. dxc6 Nxc6 $11) 16. Ba2 Bb7 {Svidler
can claim to have positional feeling on a par with that of his opponent. It
helps him to realise, that he has to succeed with the pressure against White's
centre.} (16... Be6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. d5 Re8 19. Rfe1 $16) 17. e5 Nd5 (17...
dxe5 18. dxe5 Nd5 19. Bxb6 cxb6 20. Qe4 $16) 18. Bb1 g6 19. Bxh6 (19. Ba2 Kg7
$11) 19... Nc6 $1 {The pawn sacrifice on the h6-square was surely anything but
a dream solution for the defender. Black has achieved significant pressure
against the central pawns and White could hardly claim to have achieved the
optimal coordination of his pieces.} 20. exd6 (20. Ne4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 Bxd4 22.
Bg5 Qd7 23. exd6 cxd6 24. Qd2 Bb6 $13) 20... Qxd6 21. Ne4 (21. Nb3 Nf4 22. Bxf4
Qxf4 23. Qc1 $11) 21... Qb4 22. Ba2 Nxd4 23. Nf6+ $5 {Kamsky has sensed very
well, that the black pieces are quite exposed and the position is holding only
with the help of tactics.} (23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Nc3 Qc5 $15) 23... Kh8 (23...
Nxf6 $4 24. Qxg6+ $18) 24. Nxd4 $2 {[%mdl 64] Chessplayers must fight against
many enemies in the course of a game. One of the most dangerous in the home
ranks is the unsatiable desire to win some of the opponent's material. White
was probably frustrated by the meagre gains after the correct move 24.Nxd5!
and has decided to accept the risk and win an exchange.} (24. Nxd5 $1 Nxf3+ (
24... Bxd5 25. Nxd4 Bxa2 26. Nc6 Qc4 27. Qxc4 Bxc4 28. Nxb8 Bxf1 29. Nd7 Bd3
30. Nxb6 cxb6 31. Be3 $14) 25. gxf3 Bxd5 26. Bxd5 Qh4 27. Qc3+ Bd4 (27... f6
28. Kg2 Re5 29. f4 Rxd5 30. Bg5 Rxg5+ 31. fxg5 Qxg5+ 32. Qg3 $16) 28. Qxc7 Qxh6
29. Bxf7 Qg5+ 30. Kh1 Qf5 31. Qg3 Qxf7 32. Qh4+ Kg8 33. Qxd4 Qxf3+ 34. Kg1 $14)
24... Nxf6 25. Nc6 (25. Nf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3 Qh4 27. Be3 Qxh3 28. Bxf7 Re7 29.
Qxg6 Rxf7 30. Qxf7 Rg8+ $19) 25... Qh4 $1 26. Nxb8 (26. Bc1 Ra8 27. b4 Re4 28.
Bb2 Rxa2 29. Rxa2 Rc4 $19) (26. Be3 Rxe3 27. fxe3 Re8 28. Rxf6 (28. Qc3 Rxe3
29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Rxf6 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Rxa1 32. Bd5 Bc5 $19) 28... Qxf6 29. Bd5
Rxe3 30. Kh1 Kg7 $19) 26... Re2 $3 {This original, fresh and very logical
combination is definitely ruining White's dreams. The rook can not be taken
due to the loss of the control over c6-square, but the second rank will become
the scene of a major catastrophe.} 27. Qc3 (27. Qxe2 Qg3 $19) 27... Rxf2 28.
Nc6 (28. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qxg2#) (28. Nd7 Rxg2+ 29. Kh1 Rg3+ 30. Kh2 Qxh3#)
28... Rxf1+ {It is difficult to criticise Svidler for not choosing the
technically strongest exchange on the c6-square, after which preventing mate
becomes next to impossible.} (28... Bxc6 $5 29. Qxc6 Rxf1+ 30. Kh2 Ng4#) (28...
Rxf1+ 29. Kh2 Rxa1 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Polgar, Judit"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Grivas,E"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Nf6 6. Bd3 {This is what I
call the Eros variation subline - a big survey was published in CBM 140. By
choosing the text move White retains the possibility of a well-timed c4, but
Black should face no problems if she reacts at the right moment with the
typical ...d5 advance.} e6 (6... d5 {is also a good alternative:} 7. exd5 Nxd5
8. O-O e5 $1 {and Black is doing well according to my extensivly published
analysis.}) 7. O-O Be7 8. c4 (8. Nc3 d6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. f4 a6 {transposes to
more 'main' lines, where White can choose between: a)} 11. a4 {- the Hermes
variation} ({b)} 11. a3 {- the Hestia variation}) ({c)} 11. Qe2 {- the Athena
variation}) ({d)} 11. Qf3 {- the Zeus variation.})) 8... d5 ({This is
objectively the best continuation. Black has also tried} 8... Ne5 9. Nc3 a6 10.
Be2 d6 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Rc1 b6 13. f4 Ned7 14. Bf3 Bb7 15. Qe2 O-O 16. Nd4 $14 {
Milos,G-Morozevich,A Internet 2000.}) 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nc3 ({The main
alternative is} 10. Be3 Qc7 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bc5 Be6 13. Na3 (13. Bxe7 Qxe7 $1
(13... Ncxe7 14. Nd4 Bd7 15. Na3 O-O 16. Re1 Qf4 17. Re4 Qf6 $11 {Wehmeier,
S-Illner,A Germany 2008}) 14. Qf3 O-O $15) 13... O-O 14. Nb5 Qd7 (14... Qf4 15.
Bxe7 Ndxe7 $13 {Dworakowska,J-Arakhamia Grant,K Leon 2001}) 15. Rc1 Nf4 16. Bc4
Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Rfd8 $11 {.}) 10... Be6 $6 ({A novelty. Simpler is} 10... dxe4
11. Nxe4 O-O 12. Qe2 Nd4 (12... Rd8 $5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15. Rfd1 Qe5
$11) 13. Nxd4 Qxd4 {and Black is fine, as in Timoshenko,G-Epishin,V Tbilisi
1989.}) 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Be3 $6 ({I think here White could gain
the upper hand with} 13. Re1 Qd8 14. Qg4 $1 (14. Bg5 O-O $11) 14... O-O 15. Bh6
Bf6 16. Rad1 {.}) 13... Qb4 $1 {Probably White missed this strong and
energetic move, which allows Black to obtain even play.} 14. Qc2 ({An
invitation to a draw. If White wanted to continue he should go for} 14. Re1
O-O-O (14... O-O $2 15. Qh5 $18) 15. Bd2 Qh4 {when a sharp battle is on the
cards.}) 14... Bxg2 {Accepted!} 15. Kxg2 Qg4+ 16. Kh1 Qf3+ 17. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.10"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Polgar, Judit"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f4 b5 8. Qf3
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Rc8 11. f5 e5 12. Nde2 Nc5 13. Rad1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
Bxc5 Rxc5 16. exd5 Rxd5 17. Ng3 Rc5 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Be7 20. Bc6+ Kf8 21.
Bd5 Bf6 22. Bb3 Qb6 23. Kh1 Ke7 24. Rd5 Qc6 25. Rfd1 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc8 27. Qh5
h6 28. Ra5 Rf8 29. Qe2 Ra8 30. h3 Ra7 31. Qe3 Rc7 32. Rd5 Bg5 33. Qf3 Qb6 34.
Rd1 Qc6 35. Qh5 Kf8 36. Rd5 e4 37. Qe2 e3 38. Rd4 a5 39. h4 Bf6 40. Rc4 Qa6 41.
Qg4 Re7 42. Re4 Qf1+ 43. Kh2 Be5+ 44. g3 Qf2+ 45. Kh3 Bxg3 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.12"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. h3
Bb6 9. Nc4 Ne7 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. Bc2 Be6 12. a4 c6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. Be3 d5 15.
d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bd7 17. exd5 Nxd5 18. Bd2 Qf6 19. Qf3 Ndf4 20. Bxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Bd7 {
This move is considered second-rate.} 8. Qa3 Nc6 {This is Peter Svidler!
Instead of "normal" moves like} (8... O-O {or}) (8... b6) {he prepares ...
e7-e5 and ...Qd8-e7.} 9. Nf3 e5 10. Be3 (10. d5 $5 Ne7 11. Bd3 $14 {looks
simpler.}) 10... exd4 11. cxd4 Qe7 (11... Bg4 {was played in an old game, in
which this position arose after 8...e5 9.Nf3 exd4 10.cxd4 Nc6 11.Be3. White
quickly obtained a big advantage:} 12. Bb5 Qf6 $2 (12... Qd6) 13. Ne5 Bd7 14.
Nxd7 Kxd7 15. Rc1 a6 16. Bxc6+ bxc6 17. Qa4 Rhb8 18. d5 Rb5 19. Rxc6 Qa1+ 20.
Rc1 Bc3+ 21. Kd1 Qb2 22. Qc4 {1-0 Gavrikov,V (2535)-Birnboim,N (2390)/Lugano
1989/TD}) 12. Qxe7+ Nxe7 13. Rb1 $14 O-O-O 14. Bc4 f5 $1 {This typical
undermining is Black's only chance to create counterplay.} 15. Ng5 fxe4 $1 16.
Nf7 Nf5 17. O-O Nxd4 18. Bxd4 $2 {After this wrong exchange Black obtains
excellent compensation for his minor material deficit: a bishop pair and
strong queenside pawns.} (18. Rfd1 $1 Bf5 (18... Bg4 19. Bxd4 Bxd4 20. Nxh8
Bxd1 21. Nf7 Rd7 22. Be6 Be2 23. Re1 Bd3 24. Ng5) 19. h3 h5 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 (
20... Bxd4 21. Nxh8 Bxh8 22. Rxd8+ Kxd8 23. Rxb7) 21. Rxd4 Bxd4 22. Nxh8 Bxh8
23. Re1 {then regaining the e4-pawn. The absence of the rook pair is
favourable to White.}) 18... Bxd4 19. Nxh8 Rxh8 {[%mdl 4096]} 20. Bd5 b5 21.
Bxe4 c5 {[%csl Gb5,Gc5] The initiative clearly belongs to Black. White fails
to organise any defence and gradually loses:} 22. g3 a5 23. Kg2 b4 24. Bd5 Kc7
25. Bc4 Kd6 26. Rfe1 a4 27. f3 Rb8 28. Re2 $2 {[%mdl 16384]} (28. g4 $8 $17)
28... Bf5 29. Rd1 b3 30. axb3 axb3 {[%csl Gb3]} 31. g4 Bd7 32. Re3 b2 33. Rb3
Rxb3 34. Bxb3 Bb5 35. Ba2 Kc6 36. Rd2 Kb6 37. f4 Bc6+ 38. Kg3 Be4 39. Rd1 Kb5
40. Re1 Bd3 41. Re7 (41. Rd1 c4 42. Rxd3 cxd3 43. Kf3 Kb4 44. Bb1 Kc3 {, and
when pawn moves are exhausted, White will be in zugzwang.}) 41... c4 42. Rd7 c3
43. Rd5+ Bc5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.16"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Moradiabadi,E"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The first game of the final of the World Cup turns out to be the most
important one!} 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 {A good sign! Both
players are eagerly playing for a win!} 5. Nc3 b5 {This line is considered
risky according to theory.} 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 {One of many options here. By
far, the most popular one.  Marin,M: 'White gives up the attacking plan based
on f4-f5 and aims for piece pressure in the centre instead.'} Nc6 8. O-O Qb8 {
An interesting move, Black puts his queen in a better place before placing his
bishop on b7.} (8... Nge7 {this "pet" move of Kamsky seems a bit dubious.} 9.
Be3 {is equally good} (9. Re1 Ng6 10. a4 b4 $6 (10... Bc5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Rxe3
b4 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. a5 $14 {1-0 Adams,M (2731)-Kengis,E (2561)/Leon 2001/CBM
086 (43)}) 11. a5 $1 Qb8 12. Na4 $16 {1-0 Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Kamsky,G (2714)
/Moscow 2007/EXT 2008 (39)}) 9... Qb8 (9... Qc7 $2 {loses a pawn} 10. Bxb5 Rb8
11. Bxc6 Nxc6 12. Nd5 $1 $16 (12. b3 {1-0 Sutovsky,E (2665)-Kamsky,G (2705)/
Khanty Mansiysk 2010/CBM 139 (30)})) 10. Re1 Bb7 (10... Ng6 11. a4 b4 12. Nd5
$16) 11. Bc5 Ng6 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. Bf1 $14) 9. Re1 Bd6 (9... Nge7 {(Marin,M)
is an important alternative.}) 10. e5 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty by
Grischuk. He takes drastic measures in order to hinder Black's development.}
Bc7 {Marin,M: 'Grischuk had dealt with this kind of battery (Qb8 + Bc7) in one
of his semi-final games against Ivanchuk.'} ({With both wings underdeveloped,
it looks at least risky to accept the offered pawn:} 10... Nxe5 {Marin,M} 11.
Be4 Ra7 12. Be3 $36) 11. Bf4 Nge7 12. Qe2 Ng6 13. Bg3 Bb7 14. Rad1 {Marin,M:
'White has consolidated his space advantage and has a harmonious development.
However, it is not easy to break Black's flexible position.'} Nce7 (14... O-O
$2 {loses a pawn} 15. Bxg6 hxg6 16. Rxd7) 15. Be4 (15. h4 $5 Bxf3 16. gxf3 f5
$1 17. h5 Nf8 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 {An unclear position has arisen, in which
White's chances are preferable.}) 15... Bxe4 16. Nxe4 O-O {Svidler sacrifices
a pawn in order to find a shelter for his king. Marin,M: 'Black cannot delay
his castling for too long. By giving up the d7-pawn, he invites the rook to
step deep into his territory and let itself be trapped.'} 17. Rxd7 {Marin,M:
'This should be correct, but at some point White will have to sacrifice at
least an exchange. Grischuk was approaching severe time trouble already and
lost the thread soon.'} Nd5 {Now the rook is trapped on the seventh rank.} 18.
Nd6 $2 {Grischuk is too optimist!} (18. Qd2 Qc8 (18... Qb6 19. h4 Qc6 20. Rxc7
Nxc7 21. h5 Ne7 22. h6 {with a crushing attack!}) 19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Nd6 Bxd6
21. exd6 Qf5 22. Re3 Rfe8 23. Rd3 Qf6 24. c3 Qe6 25. Rxd5 Nf8 26. h3 {and
White would enjoy a slight but stable advantage.}) 18... Nb6 19. Rxf7 Rxf7 20.
Nxf7 Kxf7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nxe6 {White has 3 pawns for the piece, however,
Black has enough time to regroup. I believe that Grischuk's plan was dubious.}
Qc8 23. Qg4 Ra7 24. Rd1 Na4 $1 {Black is slightly better now.} 25. h3 Nxb2 26.
Rd5 Bb6 {Svidler has consolidated his advantage. It is all over now.} 27. Rd6
Nc4 28. Qf5 Rf7 29. Qe4 Nxd6 30. exd6 Nf8 {The first and very last decisive
game of the final!} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.17"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "32"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. a4 e5 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Bg5
Be6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Nd5 Nd7 11. Bc4 Rc8 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Nxf6+ Qxf6 14. Bxe6
Qxe6 15. b3 O-O 16. Rd1 Rc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.18"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. O-O d5 8. exd6
Nxd6 9. Re1+ Be6 10. Bg5 Qc8 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 O-O 14. Nd2
Qa6 15. b3 Qb6 16. Be3 Qxd4 17. Bxd4 Rfd8 18. Nf3 Bd5 19. Ne5 Nb5 20. Rad1 f6
21. Nd3 Bf7 22. Nc5 Rd5 23. Rc1 Nxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 25. h3 Rd2 26. Re7 Rxa2 27.
Rxc7 Re8 28. Nb7 h5 29. Rxf7 Kxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2011.09.19"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.08.28"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O Qc7 8.
c4 e6 9. b3 b6 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Rd1 Be7 12. h3 Rd8 13. Qe3 O-O 14. Ba3 Rfe8 15.
Rac1 h6 16. b4 Rc8 17. Bb2 Qb8 18. Bd3 Nh7 19. Ne2 Ba8 20. e5 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Bxg5
22. f4 Be7 23. Be4 Bxe4 24. Qxe4 Red8 25. Nd4 Bf8 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27. exd6 Re8
28. Rc3 Qa8 29. Qxa8 Rxa8 30. c5 bxc5 31. bxc5 Reb8 32. Ba3 Rd8 33. c6 Rac8 34.
Bb2 Nb8 35. c7 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Bxd6 37. cxb8=Q Rxb8 38. Bc1 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.27"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Lauber, Arnd"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2464"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Berlin SF"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. O-O b6 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Rac1 Nd7 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Nf6
15. c4 Re8 16. Rfe1 Bc8 17. Qb3 Qd6 18. Bf1 Bd7 19. g3 Ne4 20. Nd2 Nxd2 21.
Bxd2 Bd4 22. Rxe8+ Rxe8 23. Re1 Rxe1 24. Bxe1 Qf6 25. Qd1 a6 26. Qb3 g5 27. Qa3
b5 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Qa8+ Kg7 30. Qb7 Qd6 31. Bxb5 Qe5 32. Bc3 Bh3 33. Bxd4
cxd4 34. Qa6 Qxd5 35. Bc6 Qe5 36. Bg2 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Qd5+ 38. f3 d3 39. Qa4 d2
40. Qd1 g4 41. Kg1 Qc5+ 42. Kg2 Qc1 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.28"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Berkes, Ferenc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Sarajevo Bosna"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BIH"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Ne7 11. O-O O-O 12. Be3 Rc8 13. a4 Nd7 14. f4 Be4 15.
c3 Nc6 16. Nxc6 Rxc6 17. Bd4 f6 18. Qd2 Nc5 19. Ra3 fxe5 20. Bxe5 Nd7 21. Bd4
e5 22. fxe5 Rg6 23. Rxf8+ Nxf8 24. Bf1 Ne6 25. Be3 h5 26. Rb3 h4 27. h3 Qc7 28.
c4 d4 29. Bxd4 Qd8 30. Be3 Qxd2 31. Bxd2 Nd4 32. Re3 Nf3+ 33. Rxf3 Bxf3 34. Be1
Bc6 35. Bxh4 Bxa4 36. Be1 Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Nf3 cxd4 9. cxd4 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. Rb1 b6 12. d5 Bf5 13. Rb5 Na5 14. Nd4 Bd7
15. Rb1 Rc8 16. Bb2 Qc7 17. Ba3 Qe5 18. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.09.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Ba2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Nbd2 Ne7 14. Nf1 Ng6 15.
N3h2 Be6 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. Ng4 d5 18. Nxf6+ Rxf6 19. exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 27th"]
[Site "Rogaska Slatina"]
[Date "2011.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.09.25"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SLO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yerevan Mika"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 {A rare move. Eventually in this
game it leads to one of the lines of the D78 system with 7.Qb3.} dxc4 6. Qxc4
Be6 7. Qa4 (7. Qd3 Bg7 (7... Na6 8. a3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Qc4 O-O 11. O-O c5
12. Nc3 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Rc8 14. Qa4 Nc5 15. Qd1 Bd7 $11 {1/2 Epishin,V (2475)
-Malisauskas,V (2390)/Vilnius 1988/CBM 007 (27)}) 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Nf3 Na6 10. O-O
Bf5 11. Qd1 Qb6 12. e3 Rad8 13. Qe2 c5 $11 {1-0 Kazhgaleyev,M (2643)-Danin,A 
(2517)/St Petersburg 2009/CBM 132 Extra (115)}) 7... Nbd7 8. Nf3 Nb6 9. Qd1 Bg7
10. O-O O-O 11. Nc3 Nbd5 {Perhaps Black should try something else like} (11...
a5) 12. Na4 $1 (12. Ng5 {is harmless:} Nxc3 13. Nxe6 Nxd1 14. Nxd8 Raxd8 15.
Rxd1 e5 16. Be3 Ng4 17. d5 Nxe3 18. fxe3 f5 $1 19. dxc6 e4 20. cxb7 Rb8 21. Rd7
Rf7 $44 {[%csl Rg2] 0-1 Hever,M (2310)-Zezulkin,J (2440)/Kobanya 1992/TD (45)})
12... Ne4 (12... Bf5 13. Nh4 (13. Ne5 $5) 13... Bc8 14. h3 Nb6 15. e4 Nfd7 16.
Nf3 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 e5 18. Be3 Nb6 19. Qb4 exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 a5 22. Qc3
Na4 23. Qe3 Nxb2 24. Rac1 Qe7 $13 {1/2 Dydyshko,V (2587)-Urban,K (2504)/
Dzwirzyno 2004/CBM 102 ext (36)}) 13. Ne5 Ndf6 14. f3 Nd6 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. e4 b6
17. Ncd3 Bb7 18. Be3 $14 {[%mdl 4] White has managed to stop ...c6-c5 and
obtains a long-term plus.} Nb5 19. Qa4 Nd7 20. Rfd1 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 e6 22. Rac1
Rc8 23. Bf1 a6 24. Qb3 {[%csl Rb6]} Qc7 (24... Nd6 25. a4 a5 26. Rc3 {[%cal
Yd1c1]}) 25. a4 Nd6 26. Bf4 Qd8 27. Qa3 Re8 28. Ng4 (28. h4 $5 $16) 28... h5
29. Ne5 {[%mdl 32] A typical manoeuvre preventing ...f7-f6. To get some air,
Black must further weaken his position.} g5 30. Be3 g4 (30... Bf8 31. Qd3 $16)
31. Bg2 $6 (31. fxg4 $142 hxg4 (31... Nxe4 32. gxh5) 32. Bg2 f5 33. exf5 Nxf5 (
33... exf5 34. Bf4) 34. Nxg4) 31... gxf3 32. Bxf3 h4 $132 33. Bf4 (33. g4 $5 {
[%cal Yg4g5]}) 33... hxg3 34. hxg3 Qe7 35. Ng6 (35. Kg2 $5 c5 $140 36. dxc5
bxc5 37. Ng6 fxg6 38. Bxd6 Qf7 39. Rxc5) 35... fxg6 36. Bxd6 Qg5 37. Bf4 Qe7
38. Qxe7 Rxe7 39. Bd6 Rd7 40. e5 Bf8 41. Bg4 Re8 42. Bxf8 Kxf8 43. Kf2 $16 a5
44. Ke3 Rc7 $6 (44... Kg7 45. Rd3 Ba8 {was more stubborn but, of course, White
should win in the long run.}) 45. Rf1+ Kg7 46. Rf6 c5 47. dxc5 Bd5 48. Kf4 $1
Rxc5 49. Rxc5 bxc5 {[%mdl 4096]} 50. Kg5 Bb3 (50... c4 {doesn't change much.})
51. Rxg6+ Kh7 (51... Kf8 52. Kf6) 52. Rh6+ (52. Bh5 $142 Rd8 (52... Re7 53. Kf6
) 53. Rf6 Rd2 54. Rf7+ Kg8 55. Rc7 Bxa4 56. Rxc5 Rxb2 57. Rxa5 Bc6 58. Kf6 $18)
52... Kg7 53. Rf6 $6 (53. Rg6+ Kh7 54. Bh5 $1) 53... Bxa4 $6 (53... Re7 $8 54.
Rg6+ Kf8 $1 (54... Kf7 $143 55. Bh5 Bxa4 56. Rh6+ Kg7 57. Bg6) {, and White
must now "win for the second time":} 55. Kh6 (55. Kf6 Rf7+) (55. Bh5 Rd7 $1)
55... Rb7 56. Bh5 $1 Bxa4 57. Rf6+ Kg8 58. Rxe6 Rxb2 59. Ra6 Kf8 60. Rxa5 Bd7
61. Rxc5 $18) 54. Bxe6 {[%cal Rf6f7,Rf6g6]} (54. Bxe6 Re7 55. Rg6+ Kh7 56. Bg8+
Kh8 57. Kf6 $18) 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.10.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Bb5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Bd7 8.
O-O Bd6 9. c4 Nge7 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Bxc4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4
Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Be5 16. Nb5 Qc6 17. Qd3 a6 18. Nd4 Qd6 19. Rac1 Nc6 20. Rfd1 Nxd4
21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Qxd4 Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Bc6 24. Rd6 Ke7 25. Re6+ Kf8 26. Rd6 Ke7
27. Re6+ Kf8 28. Rd6 Rc8 29. Kh2 h5 30. Rcd1 h4 31. Be6 Rb8 32. Bd5 Rh5 33.
Bxc6 bxc6 34. b3 Rc5 35. Kh3 Rb4 36. Rd8+ Kf7 37. R8d7+ Kg6 38. R7d4 Rxd4 39.
Rxd4 Rc2 40. f3 Rxa2 41. Rc4 Kf7 42. Rxc6 g5 43. b4 Ra1 44. Kh2 f5 45. Rh6 Kg7
46. Rc6 Kf7 47. Rh6 Ra4 48. Kh3 Rxb4 49. Rxa6 Rb1 50. Kh2 Re1 51. Rb6 Re6 52.
Rb8 Kf6 53. Rg8 Ra6 54. Kh3 Ra1 55. Kh2 Rd1 56. Re8 g4 57. fxg4 fxg4 58. Rg8
Rd4 59. Rh8 Kg5 60. Rg8+ Kf4 61. Rf8+ Ke3 62. Re8+ Re4 63. Rh8 Kf2 64. Rf8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.10.15"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bg4 7. Qb3 Qc8 8.
Nd2 e6 9. Ngf3 Be7 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Nd7 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Bb5+ Kf8 14. Nb3
a6 15. Be2 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Na4 17. Be3 h5 18. Nd4 Nxc3 19. Qd3 Na4 20. Rc1 Qd7
21. Qc2 g6 22. O-O Nb6 23. Qc7 Bd8 24. Qc3 Nc4 25. Bf4 Kg7 26. b3 Na3 27. Qe3
Be7 28. Bg5 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Rhc8 30. f4 Nb5 31. Nf3 Rxc1 32. Rxc1 Rc8 33. Rxc8
Qxc8 34. f5 exf5 35. Qf6+ Kg8 36. Ng5 Qc1+ 37. Kf2 Qd2+ 38. Kf1 Qd1+ 39. Kf2
Qd2+ 40. Kf1 Qd1+ 41. Kf2 Qc2+ 42. Kf1 Qb1+ 43. Kf2 Qxa2+ 44. Kf1 Qb1+ 45. Kf2
Qc2+ 46. Kf1 Qc1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2011.10.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Kryvoruchko, Yuriy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2666"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 145"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Katernberg"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. a3 Na5 10. Ba2 c5 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. Nc3 Be6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 g6 15. c3
a5 16. a4 b4 17. Bc4 Rb8 18. Bb5 Na7 19. Bc4 Nc6 20. Bb5 Na7 21. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.03.17"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ne3 Be6 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19. Qd3 Qb6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. exd5
Qc5 22. Re2 Rfe8 23. Be3 Qxd5 24. Bd4 Bf8 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. axb5 axb5 27. b4
Qe4 28. Bxf6 Qxd3 29. Bxd3 gxf6 30. Kf1 d5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1112"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2012.03.18"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mchedlishvili, Mikheil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2011.10.14"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Emsdetten Turm"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. a4
b6 9. Ne2 Bb7 10. Ng3 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 d5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxe4 15. Qxd8 Raxd8 16. Bf4 f5 17. Nc6 Bxc6 18. Rxe7 Rf7 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Bxc7
Rd2 21. Rc1 Be4 22. Bxb6 Bxc2 23. a5 Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[Annotator "Kruttika,Nadig"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Moldova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MDA"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. O-O Bg6 8. c3
Nd7 9. Nb3 Nf5 10. g4 $6 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Qxh4 12. f4 Be7 13. Bd2 Be4 14. Bf3 f5
15. gxf5 Bxf5 16. Be1 Qh3 17. Nc1 g5 18. Bg2 Qg4 19. Ne2 Qh5 20. Ng3 Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 g4 22. h3 h5 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. c4 Nb6 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Bd2 {The new Lets
Check function in Fritz 13 showed this position to have been visited over 50
times in the virtual cloud. Fritz 13 at depth 24 recommends 26. ...Bd3 with
the evaluation} Rd8 (26... Bd3 $142 27. Rfe1 O-O-O $17) 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Nxe4
Rh3 29. f5 Rh8 30. Ng3 Rh3 31. Ne4 (31. Kg2 $11) 31... exf5 32. Rxf5 Kd7 33.
Nf2 Rh7 34. Bg5 g3 35. Ne4 Rdh8 36. Nxg3 Rg8 37. e6+ Kxe6 38. Re1+ Kd7 39. Bxe7
Rxg3+ 40. Kf2 Rgh3 41. Ba3 b5 42. Ree5 a5 43. Bc5 Rh2+ 44. Kf3 Rxb2 (44...
R7h3+ 45. Kg4 Ne3+ 46. Rxe3 Rxe3 47. Rf7+ Kd8 48. Ra7 Rxb2 49. Rxa5 Ree2 50. a3
Kd7 $19) 45. Rf8 Rbh2 {an inexplicable draw offer} ({Who wouldn't take on a2
and play on for a win, or go for} 45... Rd2 46. Ra8 Rf7+ 47. Kg3 Rd3+ 48. Kg4
Rg7+ 49. Kf5 Rf3+ 50. Ke4 Rf4+ 51. Kd3 Rg3+ {which should be winning.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Czech Republic"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Rb1 Nd7 {Recent theoretical developments prove that} (9... b6 {
is not necessary at all in such positions.}) 10. Ng5 ({If White takes the
b7-pawn, Black seizes the initiative on the queenside:} 10. Rxb7 c5 (10... O-O
$5) 11. Be2 cxd4 12. exd4 Bd5 13. Rb5 Nb6 14. O-O Qd7 15. Rb4 O-O 16. Ne5 Qb7
17. f3 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Rfd8 19. Qc1 Qc7 $132 {0-1 Paikidze,N (2278)-Nebolsina,V 
(2310)/Moscow 2010/CBM 138 Extra (22)}) (10. Bg3 Nb6 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O c5 13.
dxc5 Nd5 14. Bxc4 Nxc3 15. Qxd8 Rfxd8 16. Bxe6 Nxb1 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Rxb1 Bf6
$17 {0-1 Petran,P (2361)-Csiba,D (2353)/Slovakia 2009/EXT 2011 (55)}) (10. Be2
Rb8 11. Qc2 b5 12. Ng5 Bd5 13. e4 Ba8 14. O-O O-O 15. a4 a6 16. axb5 axb5 17.
Rfd1 Nf6 $15 {0-1 Guramishvili,S (2339)-Bacallao Alonso,Y (2467)/Barbera del
Valles 2009/CBM 131 Extra (35)}) 10... Bd5 11. e4 h6 12. exd5 hxg5 13. Bxg5 Nb6
14. Bxc4 Qd6 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (14... Nxc4 15. Qa4+ Qd7 16. Qxc4 Qg4 (16... O-O-O
17. Bf4 g5 18. Bg3 f5 19. f4 $14) 17. Qb5+ c6 18. dxc6 Qe4+ 19. Be3 bxc6 20.
Qb7 $16 {1/2 Studnicka,T (2348)-Langner,L (2369)/Czech Rep CZE 2011/The Week
in Chess 854 (77)}) 15. g3 O-O-O 16. Bb3 (16. Bf4 e5 $1 17. dxe5 (17. dxe6 Qc6)
17... Bxe5 $17) (16. Qb3 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. h4 g5 19. h5 e5 $1 $44) 16...
Nxd5 $11 17. Qf3 Rh5 18. Bxd5 (18. h4 Bf6) 18... Qxd5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Bxe7
Ra5 21. a3 $6 {This move leads to material losses for White.} (21. Rb2 Rhb5 (
21... Kd7 22. Re2) 22. Rxb5 Rxb5 23. O-O Rb2 $44) 21... Kd7 22. Bb4 Ra4 23. Kd2
$2 (23. Kd1 $142 $1 c5 $1 (23... b6 24. g4 Rh3 25. Re1) 24. Bxc5 b6 25. Bxb6
axb6 26. Rxb6 Rxa3 27. Kd2 {, and White should not lose.}) 23... b6 {[%cal
Rc7c5]} 24. Kc2 (24. g4 Rh3 25. Rhe1 c5 $1 26. dxc5 bxc5 27. Bxc5 Bxc3+) 24...
c5 25. Bxc5 (25. Kb3 Ra6) 25... bxc5 26. Rb7+ Kd6 27. Rxf7 Bh8 {White
currently has three pawns for the piece but his queenside pawns are hopelessly
weak. Black overcomes technical difficulties and converts his advantage.} 28.
Kb3 Ra6 29. dxc5+ Rxc5 30. Rd1+ Kc6 31. Rf3 Rb5+ 32. Kc2 (32. Ka2 Rab6 33. Rd2
Rb3 34. Rc2 $140 Kc5 {[%cal Yc5c4,Yh8c3]}) 32... Rxa3 33. Rd8 Be5 34. Rg8 Ra2+
35. Kd3 Rc5 36. c4 (36. Rxg6+ Kd5 $19) 36... Ra3+ 37. Ke2 Rxf3 38. Kxf3 Bd6 39.
h4 a5 40. g4 a4 41. Ra8 Rxc4 42. h5 gxh5 43. gxh5 a3 44. h6 Rh4 45. Rh8 Kb7 46.
Rh7+ Bc7 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1
Qa5 9. Nd2 cxd4 10. exd4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qd8 12. Bd3 Nb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nxb6
Qxb6 15. d5 Kh8 16. Qe2 Rae8 17. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a3 h6 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. c3 Bb6 13. Ba2 d6 14. Nf1 d5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. Qb3 Na5 17. Qc2 Qd6 18. b4 Nc6 19. Ng3 Rad8 20. Ne4 Qg6 21. g4 Nf6 22.
Nh4 Qh7 23. Nf5 Qg6 24. Nh4 Qh7 25. Qe2 Ne7 26. Qf3 Nxe4 27. dxe4 g6 28. g5 Rd6
29. gxh6 Nf5 30. Bg5 Nxh4 31. Bxh4 Bc8 32. Red1 Be6 33. Rxd6 cxd6 34. Bg5 Bxa2
35. Rxa2 Rf8 36. a4 f6 37. Be3 Bxe3 38. Qxe3 bxa4 39. Rxa4 Qb7 40. Qd3 Qb5 41.
Qxb5 axb5 42. Ra7 Rc8 43. Rg7+ Kh8 44. Rxg6 Rxc3 45. Rxf6 Rc4 46. f3 d5 47.
exd5 Rxb4 48. Re6 Rd4 49. Rxe5 b4 50. Kf2 b3 51. Re3 Rxd5 52. Rxb3 Kh7 53. Rb6
Rd2+ 54. Kg3 Rd1 55. f4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B78"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 d6 8. f3
Bd7 9. Qd2 Qc7 10. Bb3 Na5 11. g4 Nc4 12. Bxc4 Qxc4 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Bh6 Bxh6
15. Qxh6 b5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Rfe8 19. h4 Qxd5 20. h5 Qe5 21.
hxg6 hxg6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. gxf5 Qg7 24. Qh4 Rac8 25. Rh2 g5 26. Qg4 e6 27. fxe6
Rxe6 28. Qxb4 Qe5 29. Rdh1 a5 30. Qd2 Rc5 31. a4 Kf8 32. Qd3 Qf5 33. Qb3 Kg7
34. Qb8 Rh6 35. Rxh6 Qxc2+ 36. Ka2 Qxa4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.08"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 Nf6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Nge2 c6 8.
Ng3 Be6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Rc1 Nf8 13. Nge2 Ng6 14. Bg3 Bd6
15. Bxd6 Qxd6 16. f3 Nh5 17. Qd2 Ng3 18. Nxg3 Qxg3 19. Qf2 Qd6 20. f4 f5 21.
Nb1 b6 22. Qc2 Bd7 23. Rfe1 Ne7 24. Nd2 Rac8 25. Qa4 a5 26. Nf3 Red8 27. Ne5
Ng6 28. Nf3 Ne7 29. Rc3 Be8 30. Qc2 g6 31. Rc1 Qe6 32. Ne5 c5 33. dxc5 Rxc5 34.
Qb3 Rdc8 35. Kf2 Qd6 36. Qa3 Kg7 37. Ba6 d4 38. Rd1 dxe3+ 39. Ke1 Qf6 40. Rxe3
R8c7 41. Nd3 Rc2 42. Rd2 Rxd2 43. Kxd2 Bf7 44. Qa4 Bd5 45. g4 Be4 46. Rxe4 fxe4
47. Qxe4 Rd7 48. Ke3 Nc6 49. g5 Qd6 50. Qc4 Re7+ 51. Kf2 Nd4 52. Ne5 Rc7 53.
Qd3 Rc2+ 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.09"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Spain"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ESP"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Bg7 6. h5 Nc6 7. e4 Nb6 8. Bb5
Bg4 9. h6 Bf6 10. d4 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Qxd4 12. Be3 Qd6 13. Bf4 Qe6 14. O-O O-O 15.
Bxc6 bxc6 16. Rfe1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 18th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2011.11.11"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Beliavsky, Alexander G"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D72"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2011.11.03"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Slovenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SLO"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5
O-O 9. O-O e6 10. Nec3 Na6 11. Na3 exd5 12. exd5 Bf5 13. Be3 Qd7 14. Qd2 Rfe8
15. Rad1 h5 16. d6 Bg4 17. Rc1 Rad8 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. Nxc5 Nxc5 20. Rxc5 Qxd6 21.
Qxd6 Rxd6 22. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 {This is an unusual way of
handling the Grünfeld Defence, which is almost Svidler's only defence against
1. d4. However it is not without poison, as Ivanchuk shows.} e6 (5... c6) (5...
dxc4 {are two other ways of dealing with the pressure on d5, but they lead to
a completely different type of game.}) 6. Qa3 {You could say this is the
"point" of White's setup. Black can't castle for the time being, so he has to
solve that problem.} a5 {Svidler chooses a rather aggressive way of solving
the issue. The idea of a5 is to defend b4, allowing hiw b8 N to anchor himself
there.} (6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Ne7 {is Cheparinov's way of handling the position.})
7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd2 Nb4 9. Qa4+ $5 {This interesting check is Ivanchuk's
improvement on the position. The only other two logical moves had been tried
before.} (9. Rc1 {is quite logical, and had been tried by Ben Finegold against
Antal in the Chicago Open a few years ago. However it does not lead to any
type of advantage.}) (9. Qb3 {was Rombaldoni's choice, but it's just not as
accurate.}) 9... Bd7 {There is no other way to defend from the check.} (9...
Qd7 10. Nb5 $16) (9... c6 10. a3 $16) 10. Qb3 {The bishop find itself slightly
misplaced on d7. The main problem is that it is impeding the black Q from
guarding the d5 pawn. This means that a3 might be a threat, or would at least
force Black into giving up the centre with dxc4.} dxc4 $2 {I think this is the
beginning of Black's long term strategic problems. Svidler just had to be more
active.} (10... c5 $5 {is a very Grünfeld-like move. Not being an expert in
this defence I don't want to say that it goes with the spirit of the setup,
but it does look logical.} 11. a3 (11. dxc5 Rc8 12. a3 (12. cxd5 Rxc5 {and it
seems unlikely that White will be able to hold to his material.}) 12... Na6 $1
$15 {is the other point.}) 11... a4 $13 {is the point.}) 11. Bxc4 Bc6 12. a3
Nbd5 (12... Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nbd5 14. Qxb7 $16 {is 0 compensation.}) 13. Ne5 O-O
14. Nxc6 bxc6 {[%csl Ra5,Rc6,Rc7]} 15. Qc2 $14 {White has the pair of bishops
and a healthier pawn structure. He just needs to castle to complete
development, and has no glaring weaknesses. If this is not an opening success
I do not know what is.} Qe7 16. O-O c5 {Black manages to exchange one of the
doubled pawns, but his structural weaknesses remain.} 17. Ne2 $1 {Very
beautiful, precise play. Ivanchuk doesn't want to saddle himself with a target
on d4.} cxd4 18. Nxd4 c5 19. Nb5 Rfc8 20. Rfd1 (20. Rad1 {was a tad more
accurate, the idea is to answer} Ng4 {with} 21. Be2 {since now} Qh4 22. h3 {
is possible, which it isn't in the game.}) 20... Ng4 {An attempt for activity,
as Black lacks a clear plan.} 21. h3 Ne5 22. Be2 c4 23. Rac1 h5 {This is an
interesting point to look at the position. White has the pair of bishops and
has pressure on the c4 and a5 pawns. On the other hand, Black has a couple of
well placed Ns near the centre and can potentially put a lot of pressure on b2.
It seems logical then that White must force Black into slowly but surely
retreating. The best way to do this is by pushing out the centralised knights.
Ivanchuk tries to manoeuvre around before committing to e4, but I think this
gives Black too much freedom.} 24. Nc3 (24. e4 Rab8 25. Nd4 Nf6 26. Bc3 $1 $14
{White here is solidly maintaining his position while keeping his options open.
Black is slightly worse but still has a lot of play.} (26. Bxa5 Qb7 27. Bb4
Qxe4 $11 {and Black has good play.})) 24... Nb6 25. Ne4 Nd5 26. Nc3 Nb6 27. Ne4
Nd5 28. Be1 {Ivanchuk has shied away from committing to e4 at some point. This
has let Black have a couple of active pieces, but White's position remains
quite pleasant.} Rab8 {With the obvious threat of Rxb2. Ivanchuk protects
himself in the most obvious way possible, but things start getting murky.} 29.
Kh1 $6 (29. Nc3 Nb6 30. f4 $14) 29... Nd7 (29... Ng4 $1 {was surprisingly
interesting.} 30. Rb1 (30. hxg4 $2 Rxb2 {and White loses.}) 30... Ngxe3 (30...
Be5 $5 31. Nc3 Bxc3 $1 32. bxc3 Ne5 $11 {and Black is just fine. His Ns are at
least as powerful as those caged in Bs.}) 31. fxe3 Nxe3 32. Qc1 Nxd1 33. Bxd1
f5 34. Nc3 e5 {Of course, it is always hard to evaluate such a position. White
is temporarily passive, and the central pawns look quite mighty, but it is not
clear if that is enough to control the minor pieces. All results would be
possible from this position.}) 30. Rb1 Nc5 $2 {This strange move seems to
spoil the nice activity Svidler had achieved. The pawn can be taken without
consequence, which gives Ivanchuk a strong advantage.} (30... Ne5 31. Bxa5 Nd3
$1 {Not the easiest move to find, but it was necessary. It is the only way
Black can regain the pawns.} 32. Bxd3 $8 (32. b3 Nxf2+ $1 33. Nxf2 Nxe3 34. Qe4
Nxd1 35. Bxd1 (35. Rxd1 Qc5 36. Be1 cxb3 $19 {Black will swiftly gain material
for his advanced passed pawn.}) 35... Qxa3 $17 {and Black is definitely better.
}) 32... cxd3 33. Qxd3 Bxb2 34. a4 Qa7 {and Black regains all his pawns, with
obvious equality.}) 31. Bxc4 Nb6 32. Bb5 Nd5 33. a4 {White has an extra pawn
and although Black is still active, it's hard to believe this is full
compensation for the pawn. White's plan is now quite simple, he will untangle
and win with his extra pawn. Black doesn't have any targets so as to be able
to prevent this.} Na6 34. Qe2 Nab4 35. Rbc1 Rc7 36. Nc3 (36. Rxc7 Qxc7 37. Nc3
{was a better way of doing things I think, as Black doesn't get as much
pressure on the c-file.}) 36... Rbc8 37. Nxd5 exd5 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 {The position
has simplified a little, and it doesn't help Black at all. His best hope now
is that the blockade on the queenside holds without any additional damage.} 39.
b3 Bc3 40. Rc1 Qf6 41. Qf3 Qe5 42. Qg3 $1 {A beautiful concept. White
sacrifices his structure to simplify the position, thus depriving Black of all
his activity. Now the position becomes easier to handle.} Qxg3 43. fxg3 Be5 44.
Rxc7 Bxc7 45. Kg1 Nc2 46. Bd2 Bb6 47. Kf2 {The pair of bishops and the
activity of the king are too much for the black forces.} d4 48. e4 d3+ 49. Kf1
Ne3+ (49... Nb4 50. Bxb4 axb4 51. Bxd3 $18 {should be quite hopeless.}) 50. Ke1
Nxg2+ 51. Kd1 h4 (51... Ne3+ 52. Kc1 Nf1 53. Bf4 Bf2 54. Bxd3 Bxg3 55. Bxg3
Nxg3 56. b4 {and Black's forces are way too far away from the a-pawn.}) 52.
gxh4 Nxh4 53. b4 axb4 54. Bxb4 Nf3 55. a5 Bd4 56. Be7 {Ivanchuk chooses to aid
his pawn as quickly as possible, though Bxd3 should also suffice.} f5 57. exf5
gxf5 58. Bd8 Kf7 59. Bb6 Ke6 60. Bxd4 Nxd4 61. Bxd3 {Ns are particularly bad
at catching rook pawns because they end up far away from the rest of the board.
Especially if the rest of the board is another rook pawn. A very interesting
opening by Ivanchuk that paid great dividends, and although Svidler played a
strong game and maybe even had chances to equalise, one slip was enough for
him to lose. Ivanchuk's technique after winning the pawn in the middlegame was
absolutely flawless.} 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. Na3 Nec6 8. c4
cxd4 9. Nb5 a6 10. Bg5 Qd7 11. Nbxd4 Be4 12. Rc1 h6 13. Bh4 Be7 14. Bxe7 Nxe7
15. Nd2 Nbc6 16. N4b3 Qc7 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qd6 Qb6 19. Rfd1 O-O 20. Qc5 Qc7
21. Qd6 Qb6 22. Qc5 Qc7 23. Qd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 {One of the tabiya's of the 80's, this
position has arisen hundreds of times. However, Black recently has shied away
from what used to be the "only move", Na5, in favour of more restrained
development.} Bd7 (11... Na5 12. Bd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be6 14. d5 Bxa1 15. Qxa1 {
has been the subject of much debate.}) 12. Rb1 Qc7 {Maybe the most natural
move, but actually not the most popular. Areschenko had used ...Qc7 earlier in
2011, but ...Rc8 still has more adherents.} (12... Rc8 13. Bd3 (13. dxc5 $5 Qc7
14. Nd4 {Radjabov-Brkic, 2006 EU Cup}) 13... Qc7 14. Qd2 Rfd8 15. Rfc1 Be8 16.
d5 Ne5 {and Black has good counterchances, like in Erdos-Brkic, 2011.}) 13. Bd3
(13. Bf4 {seems to be the move that puts 'the question' to the immediate Qc7.}
e5 (13... Qc8 $5 {may have been what Svidler intended, as it was Areschenko's
choice in his game against Koch. Luring the B to f4 does have its pluses, but
the R on a8 doesn't seem to have an easy future. Future tests are needed.}) 14.
Bg3 cxd4 (14... Rad8 15. Bd5 {is similar}) 15. cxd4 Rad8 16. Bd5 $14 {seems to
favour White a little. It's interesting to see what Svidler had intended to
play in that case.}) 13... Rfd8 {As opposed to the variation above in
Erdos-Brkic, Black has played Rfd8 instead of Rac8. This seems to me like it's
a very slight improvement for Black.} 14. Qd2 a6 15. f4 e6 16. dxc5 {Hikaru
feels it is time to snatch the pawn, something that becomes necessary sooner
or later if Black doesn't take on d4 himself. This always comes with risk,
however, as his structure is shattered and he is vulnerable down the d-file.
However, in this specific instance he also does get the d4 square for his N,
which is quite powerful.} Na5 {[%csl Rd3][%cal Gd7b5,Gd8d2,Gb5d3] The most
logical, with the threat of Bb5.} 17. Nd4 e5 18. fxe5 Qxe5 {This is an
interesting Grünfeld scenario. Black is down a pawn, and it is certainly
unclear if he will ever regain it. For the time being, White has a certain
dominance over the centre with his minor pieces, and his rooks seem active,
but these points might be illusory. First, the rooks are possibly on the best
squares, but without coordination with the other pieces it is hard to believe
they will cause much trouble. This draws attention to the fact that White's
pieces in the centre look nice but are quite stuck. The B on e3 defending c5,
the one on d3 defending e4. True, the N is powerful and controls a lot of
squares, but its primordial role is to block the d-file. Black's game just
seems easier.} 19. Qb2 $2 {Not a bad move, but coupled with thesubsequent
moves, definitely the wrong idea.} (19. Qf2 Qe7 20. h4 $5 {was a better way to
proceed, and the game would've been rather interesting. White is very loose
everywhere but still holds his pluses.}) 19... Rac8 20. Qb4 {This was Hikaru's
idea. To stubbornly defend the c5-pawn, as it seems it is poisoned. The
problem with devoting yourself to the protection of a pawn, is that if for one
reason or another this pawn is taken, the position frequently collapses.} Qxc5
21. Qxc5 Rxc5 {From a strategic point of view, it doesn't make any sense to
exchange queens. However, Hikaru is relying on a simple tactical sequence to
win material. What he might not have realised is that this material is more
than compensated for; a fact that is far from obvious.} 22. Ne2 {[%csl Ga5,Gd8]
[%cal Re3b6,Ra5d8] Aha, so this is the young American's idea, however Svidler
has seen further.} Rc6 23. Bb6 Rxb6 24. Rxb6 Bc6 {Sadly for White, his
coordination is gone and all his pawns are weak. If he could hold on to all of
them he would be doing great with his extra exchange, but that is just not
going to happen. Svidler begins an initiative that does not stop until the end
of the game.} 25. Rf3 (25. Bb1 Bb5 $17 {is oh so unpleasant, for example} 26.
Kf2 (26. Rf2 $2 Rd1+ 27. Rf1 Bxe2 $19) 26... Rd2 27. Rxb5 axb5 {[%csl Ra2,Rc3,
Re4][%cal Ga2h2] and the question is not who is better... the only question is
how many moves will White survive.}) 25... f5 {White's pieces are just in all
sorts of awkward places. Hikaru gives back the exchange, but it is too late
and insufficient to equalise.} 26. Rb4 Bf8 27. Rd4 Bc5 28. Re3 (28. Rf4 {
was a much better move, because it allows White to force Black's hand in the
centre sooner. It doesn't equalise, but it certainly was a more stubborn move.}
fxe4 29. Bxe4 Bb5 {This was probably what Hikaru was afraid of, as the N on e2
now has no defence. However White has a nifty resource here.} 30. Kh1 $1 Bxd4
31. Nxd4 Bc4 $15 {and Black is again better, with a better structure and more
targets, but the win is still far away.}) 28... Re8 $1 {Increasing the
pressure. White is out of moves.} 29. e5 Bd5 30. Kf2 $6 (30. a4 Nc6 $17 31. Kf1
Bb3 {drops the a-pawn anyway. However this also was a better way of returning
the exchange, for example:} 32. Rg3 Bxd4 (32... Nxe5 33. Bxf5 Bxd4 34. cxd4 Nc4
$15) 33. cxd4 Bxa4 34. Bc4+ Kf8 {The extra pawn will eventually tell, but
Black has to overcome some technical difficulties.}) 30... Bxa2 31. Ra4 (31.
Ke1 Nc6 $17 {is to no one's liking. Hikaru sacrifices another pawn in hopes
that it will confuse Svidler.}) 31... Bxe3+ 32. Kxe3 Rxe5+ 33. Kf4 Bb3 {
Of course, everything had been cooly calculated. This move saves the piece and
leaves Black in a winning endgame.} 34. Kxe5 Bxa4 {The king activity just
doesn't compensate for the two pawns, Svidler with great technique wraps up
the game.} 35. Kd6 Bc6 36. g3 Kg7 37. Nd4 Be4 38. Bxe4 fxe4 39. Nc2 (39. Kd5 e3
40. Nc2 e2 41. Ke4 Kf6 42. Kd3 Ke5 43. Kxe2 Nc4 {is a very basic endgame, as
the outside passed pawn will divert too much attention, not to mention it is
Black who is more active now.}) 39... Nc4+ 40. Kd5 Nd2 41. Kc5 Kf6 42. Kb6 Ke5
43. Kxb7 Kd5 44. Ne3+ Kc5 45. Kxa6 {White has manged to recover his lost
material, but at a great cost. His king is far away from the fight and the
lone N is no match for the combined forces of Black's passed e-pawn, N and K.}
Nb1 46. Kb7 Nxc3 47. Kc8 Kd4 48. Ng2 Kd3 {A very instructive exchange
sacrifice by Svidler. He punished Hikaru's over-eagerness to defend his
c5-pawn and after a couple of small inaccuracies after that, he was just
relentless in his technique.} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ c6 5. Qxc4 b5 6. Qc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. a4
a6 9. O-O Ngf6 10. Nc3 Be7 11. d4 O-O 12. Rd1 c5 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8
15. Nxb5 Be4 16. Qd2 cxd4 17. Nbxd4 Rb8 18. Nh4 Bc5 19. Qe1 h6 20. Bxe4 Nxe4
21. Be3 Ndf6 22. Nc2 Rxb2 23. Bxc5 Rxc2 24. Bd4 Qa6 25. Kf1 Nd5 26. f3 Nd6 27.
Rc1 Qc4 28. Rxc2 Qxc2 29. Ng2 Nc4 30. Qa1 Nd2+ 31. Kf2 Nb3 32. Qb2 Nxd4 33.
Qxd4 Qc3 34. Qxc3 Nxc3 35. Nf4 Kf8 36. Nd3 Ke7 37. e4 Kd6 38. Ke3 e5 39. Kd2
Nb5 40. Ke3 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O e5 {The Tal
Memorial had a lot of unsual moves very early in the opening, which lead to
many interesting games. This move, again, is not new, but quite rare. It
caught my own attention when Jobava used it to bear Gharmian earlier this year
in very convincing fashion.} 7. Bg5 $5 {The highest scoring move. White
doesn't want to give Black any time to develop and doesn't wish to retreat!} (
7. Nf3 d6 {doesn't seem dangerous.}) (7. Nb3 d6 8. Nc3 Be7 {is a typical
Najdorf position but White has an extra tempo. On the other hand his B on d3
is very awkward. The strange move} 9. Be2 {transposes back into a mainline Be2
Najdorf.}) 7... h6 {The Women's World Champion's choice earlier this year, but
7...d6 is more popular:} (7... d6 8. Nf5 Be6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 {was a strange
position which favoured Black in the endgame in Zhigalko-Bocharov this year.})
8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Nf5 g6 {The game's novelty. It makes sense to push the N back,
but at the same time the N will be going to e3, where it will cement control
over the very weakened d5. This system is very strange in that Black has
nearly no development, but his position isn't all that bad.} (9... d5 10. Nc3
$1 d4 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Bc4 {in this position although Black has nearly no
development, the position is solid and the Ns are a little over-extended. This
was the game Kosintseva,T-Hou Yifan, Hanzhou WGM 2011 in which} Nc6 13. f4 Na5
$6 14. Qd3 $14 {ended up favouring White. Many improvements can be found for
both players however, and the 13... Na5 move was decidedly weak.}) 10. Ne3 Bc5
{Keeping the B inside the pawn chain would fail to justify the other
weaknesses in Black's position. I like this placement.} 11. Nc3 d6 12. Ncd5 Qd8
13. c3 {This move looks to be a little slow, but let's take stock. White has
really done as much as he can without committing to f4, which is not a move
that looks pleasant considering how powerful the B on c5 would become. So,
barring f4, what is White to do? He already controls d5 - now what? These
questions are not so easily answered.} Be6 14. Bc2 {If White has to resort to
this kind of manoeuvres it is hard to say Black is that much worse.} O-O 15.
Ng4 (15. Bb3 Nd7 16. Qf3 Rc8 17. Rad1 Kg7 18. Rd2 Qg5 $15 {and it's quite easy
to see Black eventually taking over the intiative in this position.}) 15... Nd7
$5 {A cool decision! Black sacrifices a pawn to finish development and start
his own initiative on the kingside.} (15... Kg7 {was enough to give him a good
game though. I'm not entirely sure what the follow up on Ng4 is.}) 16. Nxh6+
Kg7 17. Nf5+ $1 {But Karjakin is no tame sheep to grab a pawn and hope to be
able to defend. He starts a counterattack to try to get a perpetual before
succumbing to passivity.} (17. Ng4 $6 Qg5 18. Nge3 Rh8 $17 {is incredibly
dangerous.}) 17... gxf5 18. exf5 Bxd5 19. Qg4+ Kh6 20. Qh3+ Kg5 {Of course,
being ahead two pieces and with no mate in sight, Svidler doesn't wish to
concede the draw so easily. However Karjakin has calculated far enough.} 21.
Qg3+ Kh5 22. Qg7 $1 {With the deadly threat of Bd1+ followed by mate. Black
actually only has one defensive resource!} Bf3 23. Qh7+ Kg5 24. Qg7+ Kh5 25.
Qh7+ Kg5 26. Qg7+ Kh5 {Unfortunately there are no more winning attempts, and
the perpetual seals the draw. Despite being so short it was definitely a crazy
game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2826"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 $5 {Usually this move is played after} (10... Na5
11. Bd3) {However, the knight does not have go to a5!} 11. dxc5 (11. Rb1 {
[%csl Rb1]} cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Qd2 Rc8 14. Rfc1 Qd6 15. Bb5 Rfd8 16. d5 Ne5
17. Nd4 Ng4 18. Bf4 Be5 $11 {1/2 Erdos,V (2592)-Przezdziecka,M (2278)/Warsaw
2010/CBM 137 Extra (35)}) (11. Rc1 Bb7 12. d5 (12. f3 Rc8 13. Qd2 Na5 14. Bb5
a6 15. Bd3 b5 16. d5 e6 17. dxe6 fxe6 18. Rfd1 Qe7 19. Bg5 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6
21. Qe3 e5 22. Bc2 Rf7 23. Bb3 c4 24. Bc2 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Qxd8 26. Rd1 Rd7 27.
Rxd7 Qxd7 28. Qb6 {1/2 Lalic,B (2495)-Romanishin,O (2570)/Sarajevo 1988/CBM 008
}) (12. Bb5 Na5 13. d5 e6 14. c4 Qe7 15. Nf4 exd5 16. exd5 Rad8 17. Re1 Qf6 18.
Qd2 Qf5 $1 19. Qe2 Bc8 $1 $11 {[%cal Yc8d7] 1-0 Knaak,R (2490)-Jansa,V (2445)/
Bratislava 1983/MCD (26)}) 12... Ne5 13. Bb3 (13. Bb5 a6 $1 (13... e6 14. c4
Ng4 15. Bf4 e5 16. Bd2 Qh4 17. h3 Nf6 18. f3 Bh6 19. Rc3 Ne8 20. Bxh6 Qxh6 21.
Bxe8 Rfxe8 22. a4 $16 {1-0 Portisch,L (2600)-Schmidt,W (2450)/Indonesia 1983/
MCD (44)}) 14. Ba4 Nc4 15. Bf4 Nb2 16. Qc2 Nxa4 17. Qxa4 e6 $132 18. dxe6 $140
Qd3 $1) 13... c4 14. Bc2 e6 $1 15. dxe6 Nd3 $1 (15... fxe6 16. Nd4 Qe7 17. f4
Nc6 18. e5 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 b5 20. Rb1 Bc6 21. Qg4 Rad8 22. h4 $14 {1/2 Zilka,S 
(2479)-Petr,M (2462)/Czechia 2010/CBM 139 Extra (68)}) 16. Bxd3 Qxd3 17. exf7+
Rxf7 18. Ng3 Bxe4 19. Qa4 Qd5 20. Nxe4 Qxe4 21. Rfe1 Qd5 $11 {1/2 Polugaevsky,
L (2625)-Miles,A (2560)/Wijk aan Zee 1979/MCD (28)}) (11. Qd2 Bb7 12. Rac1 Rc8
(12... Qd7 13. Rfd1 Rfd8 {1/2 Despotovic,M (2355)-Simic,R (2485)/Belgrade 1988/
TD (39)} 14. Bh6 $5) (12... e6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Bb5 cxd4 15. cxd4 Ne7 16. Rxc8
Nxc8 $11 {[%cal Yc8d6] 0-1 Vakhidov,J (2392)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2678)/Tashkent
UZB 2011/The Week in Chess 888 (57)}) 13. Rfd1 (13. h4 Qd7 (13... Na5 14. Bd3
e5 $1 15. Bg5 Qd7 $11) 14. h5 Na5 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 18.
h6 Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 Bf8 20. Nc3 Qc8 21. d5 Nc4 22. Bd4 Nd6 23. Qf4 f6 24. e5 fxe5
25. Bxe5 Nf7 26. Bxg6 Nxe5 27. Bf5 Ng6 28. Bxc8 Nxf4 29. Bxb7 Bxh6 $11 {
1/2 Lputian Smbat G (2540)-Romanishin Oleg M (2555)/Lvov 1987 (31)}) 13... cxd4
14. cxd4 Qd6 (14... e6 15. Bh6 Qh4 $5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qe3 (17. d5 Ne5 18. Qd4
Qf6 19. Bb3 exd5 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. exd5 Ba6 22. Nc3 Nd7 23. Ne4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4
Rc1+ 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1 Bc4 $17 {0-1 Enchev,I (2435)-Grigorov,G (2497)/
Albena BUL 2011/The Week in Chess 867 (33)}) 17... Rfd8 18. Bb5 Qf6 19. Bxc6
Rxc6 20. Rxc6 Bxc6 $11 21. d5 $6 exd5 22. e5 Qe7 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. f4 Rc8 {
0-1 Meyer,M (2348)-Petr,M (2468)/Munich GER 2010/The Week in Chess 840 (52)})
15. d5 (15. Bf4 {1-0 Zhukova,N (2499)-Nebolsina,V (2310)/Moscow 2010/CBM 138
Extra (39)} e5 $11) (15. Bh6 Qb4 $1 16. Qxb4 Nxb4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. a3 Nc6 19.
d5 Ne5 20. Bb5 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Nd4 g5 24. f3 {1/2 Stella,A
(2310)-Codenotti,M (2169)/Bratto 2010/CBM 138 Extra}) (15. e5 $5 Qd7 16. e6 $5
fxe6 17. Nf4 {1-0 Noori,A (2135)-Aghamohammadi,M/Iran 2000/EXT 2003 (28)} Nd8
$13 {A.Giri}) 15... Na5 16. Bb5 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Rc8 (17... e6 $1 18. Bf4 Be5 19.
Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc3 Rc8 $1 $132 {A.Giri}) (17... f5 $5 {A.Giri}) 18. h3 (18.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 19. Nd4 $1 $14 {A.Giri}) 18... Rxc1+ 19. Qxc1 e6 20. Nf4 exd5 21.
Nxd5 f5 22. f3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Qe5 $11 {1/2 Topalov,V (2805)-Anand,V (2787)/
Sofia 2010/CBM 136/[Giri,Anish] (60)}) 11... Qc7 {A typical idea. After cxb6
axb6 White's queenside pawn majority will be nearly useless.} (11... Ne5 12.
Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Bd5 Rb8 (13... Ba6 $142) 14. c6 $16 {1-0 Kanep,M (2523)-Novik,M 
(2468)/Finland 2008/EXT 2009 (26)}) 12. f4 $146 {This move doesn't look
dangerous before Black has played ...e7-e6.} (12. cxb6 axb6 13. Rb1 Rb8 14. Bb5
Ne5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Qc1 Bb7 17. h3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Rfc8 19. e5 Bd5 20. c4 Ba8 21.
Nc3 Qb7 22. Qe2 e6 23. Rbd1 Rd8 24. Ba4 Rbc8 $44 {0-1 Ju,W (2500)-Gao Rui 
(2464)/Hefei 2010/CBM 136 Extra (38)}) (12. Qd2 $6 Rd8 13. Qb2 bxc5 14. Qa3 Ne5
15. Bd5 Rb8 16. Qxc5 Qxc5 17. Bxc5 Ba6 18. c4 e6 $19 {1/2 Zhukova,N (2499)
-Nebolsina,V (2310)/Moscow 2010/CBM 138 Extra (54)}) (12. Nd4 Ne5 (12... Bb7
13. cxb6 axb6 14. Nb5 Qe5 15. Bd5 e6 16. Bd4 Qf4 17. g3 Qh6 18. Bxc6 Bxc6 19.
Qe2 $16 {1-0 Christiansen,L (2485)-Jansa,V (2480)/Luzern 1982/EXT 1997 (40)})
13. Nb5 (13. Be2 Bb7 14. cxb6 axb6 15. Nb5 Qc6 16. f3 Nc4 $6 (16... Rfc8 17.
Qb3 Nd7 {[%cal Yd7c5,Yc5a4] R.Simic}) 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Qb3 $14 {1-0 Portisch,
L (2635)-Ftacnik,L (2545)/Wijk aan Zee 1985/MCL (72)}) 13... Qb8 14. Be2 (14.
Bf4 bxc5 15. Rb1 a6 16. Nd4 Qd6 17. Bd5 Ra7 18. Nc6 Rc7 19. Na5 Rd7 20. Nc4 Qc7
21. Nb6 Rd6 $13 {0-1 Paunovic,D (2320)-Jansa,V (2440)/Vrnjacka Banja 1983/MCD 
(83)}) 14... bxc5 15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxc5 a6 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5
$44 {1/2 Aronian,L (2808)-Grischuk,A (2747)/Kazan 2011/CBM 143/[Caruana] (70)})
12... bxc5 13. Rb1 Rd8 (13... Bg4 $6 14. h3 Bxe2 15. Qxe2 Bxc3 16. f5 $44) 14.
Qa4 (14. Qe1 Bb7 {[%cal Rc6a5]} 15. Rb5 Na5 16. Rxc5 Qb6 17. Bxf7+ $5 Kxf7 18.
Rf5+ gxf5 19. Bxb6 axb6 $13) (14. Qc2 $5) 14... Na5 15. Bd5 Bd7 $1 16. Qa3 Rac8
17. f5 e6 $1 18. Bf4 Be5 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Bb3 Nxb3 21. axb3 Rf8 {Black has
comfortably consolidated his position and has no problems.} 22. Qc1 (22. Bxe5
Qxe5 23. Qxa7 Bc6 $44) 22... c4 23. b4 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Bg7 25. e5 (25. Ra1 $142
$132) 25... Bc6 26. Nd4 Bd5 {[%csl Gd5]} 27. Ra1 Qb7 28. Qc2 Rc7 29. Bg3 Rcf7
30. Rxf7 Qxf7 31. Qe2 g5 32. h3 h5 33. Kg1 h4 34. Bh2 Qg6 35. Rd1 $11 g4 $5 {
[%mdl 512] Black is playing for a win but it is a double-edged sacrifice.} 36.
hxg4 Qg5 {[%cal Yg7h6]} 37. Nf5 $1 exf5 $6 (37... h3 $1 {was correct. White
had to find the best defense} 38. Rd4 $1 {[%cal Rh2f4]} (38. gxh3 $4 Rxf5) {
with a logical draw after} 38... Qc1+ 39. Rd1 Qg5 $11) 38. Rxd5 fxg4 39. Kh1 h3
40. gxh3 gxh3 41. Rd4 $6 (41. Rd1 $142 $1 {[%cal Yd1g1,Ye2e4] , and White
seizes the initiative.}) 41... Qc1+ 42. Rd1 Qxc3 43. e6 Qb2 $1 44. Qe4 Qg2+ 45.
Qxg2 hxg2+ 46. Kxg2 Re8 47. Rd6 Bf8 48. Rc6 Bxb4 49. Rxc4 a5 50. Rc6 Kg7 51.
Kf3 Kf6 52. Ke4 Rxe6+ 53. Be5+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2730"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 {This opening line gained popularity after
the Candidates matches in Kazan.} Nf6 {Nepomniachtchi has already played
several games this year in this line with both colours!} 5. Be2 (5. d4 e4 (5...
cxd4 6. exd4 e4 7. Ne5 Bb4 {is a different story.}) 6. Ne5 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. b3 cxd4 10. exd4 Re8 11. Bf4 d6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Rc1 d5 14. Qd2 Ba6 15.
Rfd1 $14 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2781)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2711)/Moscow 2011/CB32_2011 
(53)}) (5. Qc2 {A rare move.} g6 6. a3 d6 7. Rb1 Bg7 8. Be2 O-O 9. d3 a5 10.
O-O h6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Nde4 Ne8 13. Nd5 b5 14. Nec3 b4 15. Nb5 Bxd5 16. cxd5
Ne7 17. Qc4 Nc8 18. e4 Nb6 19. Qc2 Qd7 20. a4 f5 $11 {1-0 Bauer,C (2641)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2730)/Porto Carras 2011/CB45_2011 (61)}) (5. a3 d5 6. cxd5
Nxd5 7. Bb5 Nxc3 8. bxc3 Bd6 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. Qa4 O-O 11. O-O Qb6 12. Ng5 Be7
13. Nf3 Bd6 14. d3 Qa6 15. Qc2 Bg4 16. Ng5 Be7 17. f3 Bxg5 18. fxg4 Rad8 $11 {
1/2-1/2 Nepomniachtchi,I (2718)-Alekseev,E (2662)/St Petersburg 2011/CB37_2011
(63)}) 5... d5 6. d4 exd4 (6... e4 $6 7. Ne5 Bd6 8. cxd5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Bxe5 10.
Nxe4 $1 {is the trick. White wins a pawn.}) 7. exd4 {It's visible that White
doesn't lay claim to a big advantage here. The position is symmetrical.} cxd4 (
7... Be6 {is another serious theoretical option.}) 8. Nxd4 dxc4 {
Nepomniachtchi chooses the line that leads to massive exchanges.} 9. Nxc6 Qxd1+
10. Nxd1 bxc6 11. Bxc4 {In the long run White hopes to take advantage of
Black's weaknesses on the queenside.} Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ne4+ (13...
O-O 14. Ne3 Re8 15. Rhe1 Be6 16. Kc2 Ne4 17. f3 Nd6 {+/=/= 1/2-1/2 Gavrikov,V 
(2430)-Sveshnikov,E (2525)/Yerevan 1982/MCL (31)}) 14. Kc2 O-O $2 {Perhaps too
harsh, but, I think it's wrong in principle to castle to the kingside in such
position. Black should castle to the queenside. This way the king will protect
the pawn weaknesses if needed. Meanwhile, Black's other pieces will active.} (
14... Bf5 15. Bd3 O-O-O 16. Ne3 (16. Re1 Ng3 17. Bxf5+ Nxf5 18. Rc1 Rhe8 $11)
16... Bg6 17. f3 Nc5 18. Bxg6 hxg6 $11) 15. Re1 Nd6 16. Bd3 Nb5 (16... Be6 17.
Nc3 Rab8 18. Re5 $14 {[%cal Ge5a5]}) 17. b3 $1 {Preparing the safe shelter on
b2 for the king.} Rd8 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Rad1 Nd4+ 20. Kb2 {Now White intends to
transfer his knight to c5, so Black's reply is understandable.} c5 21. Ne4 Rac8
22. Ng5 g6 23. Nxe6 Nxe6 24. Bc4 {The bishop is superior to the knight in this
position. Black's king is far away from the queenside where the main battle
will be taking place.} Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Nd4 26. Kc3 a5 (26... Kf8 27. b4 $6 (27.
Re1 $14) {[%tqu "En","Find the best move for Black.","","","c8d8","Nice trick.
",10]} 27... Rd8 $1 {Nice trick.} 28. bxc5 $4 Nb5+ 29. Kc2 Na3+ $19) 27. a3 Kf8
28. Re1 (28. b4 axb4+ 29. axb4 Rd8 $1 $11 {The same idea as in previous
commentary.}) 28... Nf5 {Transferring the knight to d6 where it will create a
barrier for White's king.} 29. Re4 Nd6 30. Rh4 h5 31. Bd3 {Setting free the
fourth rank for the rook.} Ke7 32. Ra4 Ra8 33. Kd2 f5 34. h4 Kf6 35. b4 cxb4
36. axb4 Nb7 {This is a curious position. Black is in an unpleasant pin and
can move only his king or kingside pawns. On the other hand, it's not clear
how White is going to win. White's king has always to hide behind the bishop,
otherwise Black's rook comes out with check with the subsequent exchange on b4
and equality.} 37. g3 (37. f4 Kg7 $1 {is the right move that holds.} (37... Ke6
$2 38. Ke3 {Black doesn't have ...Re8+.} Kf6 39. Kf3 {Now White's bishop is
free.} Ke6 40. Bc4+ Ke7 (40... Kd6 41. Bf7 $18) 41. Bd5 Ra7 42. Bxb7 Rxb7 43.
bxa5 $18)) 37... g5 38. f4 gxf4 $6 {In general pawns exchange favour the
defending side. However, now Black's Ph5 becomes a real target for White's
bishop.} (38... g4 {was preferable to fix white's Pg3 as a potential target.})
39. gxf4 Kg6 40. Ra3 Kf6 41. Ra1 {I suppose that Svidler wanted to provoke the
advance ...a5-a4, but Black could actually play it.} Ke6 (41... a4 $5 42. Kc3
Nd6 43. b5 a3 44. Kb3 Rg8 45. Rxa3 Rg4 46. Ra4 Rxh4 47. b6 Rg4 48. Be2 (48. Ra6
Nb7 49. Ra7 Nc5+ 50. Kc4 Nxd3 51. Kxd3 Rxf4 52. Kc3 Rf1 $11) 48... Rg1 49. Kc2
Rg2 50. Kd3 h4 51. Ra6 Ke7 52. Ra7+ Ke6 53. b7 (53. Rh7 Rg1 54. b7 Rb1 55. Bf3
Ne4 56. Bxe4 fxe4+ 57. Kxe4 h3 $11) 53... Rg3+ 54. Kc2 Nxb7 55. Rxb7 h3 56. Rh7
Kd5 $11) 42. Ra4 Kf6 43. Ra3 Ke7 44. Ke3 Kf6 45. b5 {Svidler admits that there
is no other way to achieve progress in the position.} (45. Kf3 Rd8 46. bxa5
Nxa5 $11) 45... Re8+ 46. Kd4 Rd8+ 47. Kc4 Ke6 48. Be2 Rc8+ 49. Kd4 Rd8+ 50. Ke3
Rb8 51. Bxh5 $2 {Letting him off the hook.} ({It was necessary to activate the
rook by} 51. Ra1 $1 {I wouldn't claim that White is winning, but Black's task
would be definitely tough. Here are few sample lines:} Rc8 (51... Kd5 52. Bxh5
Nd6 53. Bf3+ Kc5 54. Rc1+ Nc4+ 55. Kf2 Kb4 56. h5 a4 57. Bd5 $16) 52. b6 Rb8
53. Rb1 Nd6 54. Kd4 Rd8 55. Bc4+ Kd7 56. Bd5 $16) 51... Rh8 52. Bf3 Nd6 53. Be2
(53. Rb3 Rxh4 54. b6 Rh8 55. Kd4 Ne4 {and Black easily holds the forthcoming
rook ending.}) 53... Rxh4 54. Rxa5 Kd5 {All Black's pieces are active now.} 55.
Ra6 Nc4+ 56. Kf3 (56. Bxc4+ Kxc4 57. b6 Rh3+ 58. Kf2 Kc5 (58... Rb3 59. Ra5
Rxb6 60. Rxf5 Rb3 $1 $11 {The only move that saves him.}) 59. Ra5+ Kxb6 60.
Rxf5 Kc6 $11) 56... Rh3+ 57. Kg2 Rb3 58. Bxc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2802"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 {The main
move, other attempts are innocuous.} (7. Qb3 Na6 $5 ({A rare reaction; more
common alternatives are} 7... Bd7) (7... Nc6) (7... Ne4 {, and another
reliable move is}) (7... dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Qb5 Qxb5 10. Bxb5 Bd7 11. Be2 Na6
12. Bxa6 bxa6 13. Be5 Rfc8 14. Bd4 Bc6 15. Nf3 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b4 a5 18.
bxa5 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Rxc5 20. Ne4 {1/2,Akopian,V (2590)-Kudrin,S (2530)/Los
Angeles/1991/}) 8. cxd5 Nxc5 9. Qb5+ Qxb5 10. Bxb5+ Bd7 11. Rd1 Nh5 12. Bxd7+
Kxd7 13. Bg3 (13. Nge2 Nxf4 14. exf4 b5 15. b4 {Vallin,G (2419)-Taddei,B (2340)
/FRA-chT/2004/} Na4 $5 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. Nd4 a5 $44) 13... b5 14. d6 e6 15. Nf3
b4 16. Nb5 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rab8 18. Nbd4 h5 19. Rh4 f5 20. Ne2 e5 21. Rc4 Rhc8
22. Kf1 Ne4 23. Rc7+ Rxc7 24. dxc7+ Kxc7 $11 {Ivanchuk,V (2775)-Carlsen,M 
(2826)/Moscow/2011/ This game was played 3 rounds earlier, than ours.}) (7.
Qa4+ Qxa4 8. Nxa4 {The continuation with the best reputation is} Bd7 (8... O-O
9. Nf3 Ne4 10. cxd5 (10. Be5 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Rc8 14.
Bd4 e5 15. Bxe5 Rxc5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Bb3 Rxc3 18. O-O Na6 19. Ne5 Be8 20. Bd5
Rc7 21. Rab1 Nc5 22. e4 Rd8 $11 {Timman,J (2675)-Kasparov,G (2750)/Belfort/
1988/}) 10... Bd7 11. Rc1 $5 (11. c6 bxc6 12. Bc4 c5 13. Bd3 Bxa4 14. Bxe4 Nd7
15. d6 Rae8 16. dxe7 Rxe7 17. Bd3 Bxb2 18. Rb1 Ne5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Ke2 Bc6
$11 {Dreev,A (2560)-Ivanchuk,V (2560)/London/1995/}) 11... Bxa4 12. Rc4 Nxc5
13. Rxc5 Nd7 (13... Bxb2 $13) 14. Rc4 (14. Ra5 $5 Bc2 15. Nd4 {is possibly
more promising, although Black still has <=>.}) 14... Nb6 15. Rb4 Rfc8 16. e4
Rc2 17. Bd3 Rxb2 18. Rxb2 Bxb2 19. O-O Rc8 20. Be3 Rc3 21. Bb1 Ba3 22. Re1 f6
23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Ne2 Rc8 25. Bxb6 axb6 26. Bd3 Kf7 27. Rb1 Bc5 28. Rb2 Ra8 29.
Rc2 Bd6 {1/2 Lambrechts,C-Benz,G/Belgium 1994/Corr 2000}) (8... Na6 9. cxd5
Nxd5 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. O-O-O Kc6 13. Nf3 Nxc5 (13... Nxf4 14.
exf4 Rhd8 $11) 14. Be5 Nxa4 15. Bxg7 Rhc8 16. Kb1 f6 17. Rd4 Nc5 18. Rc1 a5 19.
Bh6 b6 20. e4 Nc7 21. Rdc4 {Dreev,A (2650)-Stohl,I (2560)/Brno/1994/} e5 $11)
9. Nc3 Ne4 $1 10. Nxd5 Na6 11. f3 Nexc5 12. O-O-O e6 (12... Rc8 13. Bg5 $1 f6
14. Bh4 Kf7 15. Ne2 e6 16. Ndc3 Bh6 17. Bf2 e5 18. Kb1 Rhd8 19. e4 f5 20. Ng3
b6 21. Be2 f4 22. Nf1 Bf8 23. a3 Ne6 24. Nd2 Nac5 25. Nd5 $16 {Wang Yue (2732)
-Topalov,V (2803)/Nanjing/2010/}) 13. Nc7+ (13. Nc3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 f6 15. Bd6
Rc8 16. Nh3 Na4 17. Kc2 Nb6 18. Rb1 Kf7 19. Nf2 Rhd8 20. Ba3 f5 21. Be2 Ba4+
22. Kc1 Rd7 $17 {Hertneck,G (2547)-Ftacnik,L (2539)/AUT-chT/2005/}) 13... Nxc7
14. Bxc7 Rc8 15. Bd6 b5 16. b3 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Na4 18. Rd2 Bb5 19. Rc2 Bxc4 20.
bxc4 Kd7 21. c5 Rc6 22. Ne2 {1/2,Van Wely,L (2655)-Svidler,P (2660)/Tilburg/
1997/} Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Rhc8 24. Rd1+ Ke8 $11) 7... dxc4 ({More complex and more
dangerous, but perhaps also playable is} 7... Ne4 8. cxd5 Nxc3 9. Qd2 Qxa2 {
Now there is the more testing} 10. Rxc3 $5 (10. bxc3 Qa5 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. Nf3
Nxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Be5 Bxe5 15. Nxe5 f6 16. Ra1 Qb6 17. d6+ Kg7 18. dxe7 Re8
19. Nf3 Rxe7 20. Rfb1 Qc7 21. Nd4 Ne4 22. Qd3 Nc5 23. Qd2 Ne4 $11 {Kramnik,V 
(2759)-Carlsen,M (2776)/Nice rpd/2009/}) 10... O-O (10... Bxc3 11. Qxc3 f6 12.
Nf3 Bd7 13. Be2 Qxd5 14. O-O Nc6 15. b4 a5 16. b5 Nb4 17. Rd1 Qe4 18. Ne1 Nd5
19. Qd2 e6 20. Nc2 O-O 21. Bd6 Rfd8 22. Nd4 Qh4 23. g3 Qh6 24. Bc4 $44 {
Wang Yue (2738)-Carlsen,M (2770)/Leon rpd/2009/}) 11. Bc4 Qa1+ 12. Rc1 Qxb2 13.
Nf3 Nd7 14. Be2 $5 (14. Ba2 Qa3 15. c6 bxc6 16. dxc6 Nc5 17. O-O Nd3 18. Rb1
Nxf4 19. exf4 Bf5 20. Rb5 Rac8 21. Ra5 Qd3 22. Qxd3 Bxd3 23. Rc1 Bb2 24. Rcc5
Rc7 25. Ne5 Be4 26. Ra4 Bxe5 27. Rxe4 Bd6 $11 {Socko,B (2631)-Svidler,P (2723)/
Gibraltar/2009/}) 14... Qa3 $6 (14... Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 a5 $132) 15. Nd4 $1 Bxd4
16. exd4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Rd8 (17... Qa6 $142 $16) 18. O-O Nxd5 $2 19. Bxd5 Rxd5 20.
Ra1 Qb3 21. Rfb1 {1-0,Gulko,B (2561)-Eckert,D (2275)/USA-ch Saint Louis/2009/})
8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 (9. Nge2 Qxc5 10. Qb3 {was quite popular a few years ago:} {
However, it seems Black can do fine even without these adventures after} Qa5 ({
Immense complications arise after} 10... Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7 e5
$5 (13... g5 14. Bxg5 Qxg5 15. Nxa8 Bd7 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qc7 Rxa8 18. Ba6 Qg4
19. Rxc6 Ne8 20. Qb7 Bxc6 21. Qxc6 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 Qxb2+ 23. Kf3 Rd8 24. Bc4 $5 (
24. Nf5 Qe5 25. g4 Nf6 26. h3 e6 27. Ng3 Rd2 28. Rb1 h5 29. Rb5 Nd5 30. Qe8+
Bf8 31. Rb8 hxg4+ 32. hxg4 Rxf2+ $11 {Marconi,R (2090)-Frangi,M (2303)/corr/
2007/}) 24... Nd6 25. Bb3 Rc8 26. Qd5 Qf6+ {1/2,Berczes,D (2293)-Flumbort,A 
(2486)/Budapest/2004/} 27. Ke2 Qb2+ 28. Qd2 $14) 14. Bg5 (14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nxa8 Bd7 16. Nc7 Bc6 17. Nd5 Kh8 18. Nxf6 (18. Nf4 g5 19. Nd3 Nxd3+ 20. Qxd3
Bxg2 21. Nf5 Qh3 22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Rg1 Rc8 24. Qd4 b5 25. Qe5 h6 26. Qxb5 Qxh2
27. Ke2 Rb8 28. Rxg2 Qh5+ 29. f3 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 Qh3 $15 {Ward,A (2201)
-Wettstein,K (2200)/corr/2007/}) 18... Bxg2 19. Rg1 Bc6 20. Bd5 Qxf6 21. Bxc6
bxc6 22. Ke2 Qf3+ 23. Kf1 f5 24. Rg2 f4 25. exf4 Qxf4 26. Ne2 Qe4 27. Qc2 Qd5
28. Nc3 Qe6 29. Ne4 Nf3 30. Ng5 Nxg5 31. Rxg5 Bd4 32. Rg2 Qxa2 33. b4 Qa3 34.
Qd2 c5 35. bxc5 Bxc5 36. Qc3+ Qxc3 37. Rxc3 Rf5 $11 {Satici,A (2354)-Atakisi,U
(2299)/corr/2007/}) 14... Qxg5 15. h4 Qg4 16. Nxa8 Qd7 17. Rd1 Qe7 18. Qa3 Nb4
19. O-O Bg4 20. f3 Bh6 21. fxg4 Nxg4 22. Rxf7 (22. Rf3 $5) 22... Rxf7 23. Nf1
Kg7 24. Bxf7 Qxf7 25. Qxb4 Qf2+ $11 {Wang Yue (2738)-Topalov,V (2812)/Sofia/
2009/ - see notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 131.}) 11. O-O Nbd7 $5 12.
a3 (12. Rfd1 Nc5 13. Qb5 Qxb5 14. Nxb5 Be6 15. Be5 Bxc4 16. Rxc4 Ne6 17. f3 a6
18. Nbd4 Rfd8 $11 {1/2,Lagunow,A (2405)-Konopka,M (2440)/BL2N/1994/}) (12. a4
Nb6 13. Bc7 Bd7 14. Rfd1 Bc6 15. Nf4 e6 (15... Rac8 $5 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 $11) 16.
Bb5 Rfc8 17. Bd6 Bxb5 18. axb5 Nbd7 19. h3 Qd8 20. Nd3 Ne8 21. Bg3 Qe7 22. e4
Qg5 23. Ra1 Nb6 24. Bf4 Qh4 25. Be5 Bxe5 26. Nxe5 Qe7 27. Na4 Nxa4 28. Rxa4 Nf6
29. Qe3 $14 {Hacker,C (2351)-Lohmann,H (2178)/corr/2007/}) 12... Nb6 13. Bc7
Bd7 14. Nd4 Rac8 15. Bxb6 Qxb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. Be2 Rc7 18. Ndb5 Rc6 19. Nd4
Rc7 20. Ndb5 Rc6 21. Rfd1 Rb8 22. Nd4 Rc7 $11 {Wang Yue (2738)-Carlsen,M (2770)
/Sofia/2009/ Seeing nothing better, White went for the repetiton after all.})
9... Qxc5 10. Bb3 Nc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. h3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 {Again an
important crossroads, Aronian chooses the simplest option.} ({Once the main
move,} 14. Nd5 {is now considered harmless due to} e5 15. Bh2 (15. Rxc6 bxc6 (
15... exf4 16. Rc7 $14 {Karpov,A (2705)-Kasparov,G (2740)/WCh London-Leningrad/
1986/}) 16. Ne7+ Kh8 17. Nxc6 Qb6 18. Ncxe5 Be6 19. Bxe6 Qxe6 20. Qc2 f5 21.
Qa4 a6 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd4 Qe8 25. Qa5 Rc8 26. Qd5 Rc5 27. Nf7+
Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kh8 $11 {Brunello,S (2497)-Svidler,P (2731)/Khanty Mansiysk olm/
2010/}) 15... Be6 16. Rfd1 (16. Qe1 Qxe1 17. Rfxe1 Rfd8 18. Red1 Rd7 19. Nc3
Nxc3 20. bxc3 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Bxb3 22. axb3 f6 23. g4 Rd8 $11 {Georgiev,V (2553)
-Djukic,N (2493)/EU-chT Porto Carras/2011/}) 16... Rfd8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. e4 Rac8
19. Ng5 Nd4 20. Ne7+ Kf8 21. Nxe6+ Kxe7 22. Nxd8 Rxc4 23. Bxc4 Nxe4 24. Nxf7
Qb6 25. Nxe5 Bxe5 26. Bxe5 Nf3+ $1 $11 {Pinter,J (2570)-Maslik,M (2377)/
AUT-chT/2010/}) ({Recently White has tried out} 14. g4 {, but Svidler had
already faced this move twice and certainly knew his way:} Nxc3 15. bxc3 Bd7
16. Rfd1 Rad8 17. Rd5 Qa3 (17... Qb6 18. Rb1 Bc8 (18... e6 19. Rdd1 Ne7 20. Bg5
Rfe8 21. Bd5 $14) 19. Rb5 (19. Rg5 $1 Be6 20. Qf1 $36 {Krasenkow}) 19... Qa6
20. Bc4 Qa3 21. R5b3 Qc5 22. Rb5 Qa3 23. R5b3 Qc5 24. Rb5 {1/2,Kasimdzhanov,R 
(2672)-Svidler,P (2739)/San Sebastian/2009/}) 18. Rcd1 Be6 19. Rxd8 Nxd8 20.
Qb5 a6 21. Qb6 Bxb3 22. axb3 Ne6 23. Be5 (23. c4 a5 24. Qxb7 {Mamedyarov,S 
(2741)-Sutovsky,E (2657)/WChT Bursa/2010/} Qb2 $1 25. Qb5 Qe2 26. Qd5 Qc2 27.
Rd3 Qb1+ 28. Kg2 Nc5 $132) 23... Bxe5 $5 (23... Qc5 24. Qxc5 Nxc5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7
26. b4 Ne4 27. Rd7 Rb8 28. Rxe7 Nxc3 29. Rd7 (29. g5 Nd5 30. Rd7 Nb6 31. Rc7
Nd5 32. Rd7 Nb6 33. Rd6 Nc4 34. Rd7 Nb6 {1/2,Guo,Q (2367)-Lou,Y (2433)/
Qinhuangdao/2011/}) 29... Kf6 30. Nd4 $36 {Dreev,A (2694)-Delchev,A (2629)/
Cento/2011/}) 24. Nxe5 Qc5 25. Qxc5 Nxc5 26. b4 Ne4 27. Rd7 {1/2,Tomashevsky,E
(2699)-Svidler,P (2722)/RUS-ch Moscow/2010/} f6 28. Nf3 Kf7 29. Rxb7 Rc8 $11)
14... Bxe4 15. Rfd1 Qh5 ({White retains only a slight pull after} 15... Rad8
16. Rxd8 (16. Ng5 Bd5 17. Bc7 Qxc7 18. Rxd5 Rxd5 19. Bxd5 Qa5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Nf3 Qxa2 22. Nd4 Bf6 23. Nxc6 Kg7 24. Rc2 Rc8 $11 {Hansen,L (2574)-Shirov,A 
(2730)/EU-chT Novi Sad/2009/}) 16... Rxd8 (16... Nxd8 $5 17. Ng5 Bc6 $14 {/<=>}
) 17. Bxf7+ Kxf7 18. Ng5+ Kg8 19. Nxe4 Qxa2 20. Kh2 a6 $1 (20... a5 $2 21. Qb5
$40 {Gretarsson,H (2459)-Pelletier,Y (2483)/Bermuda/1999/ - see notes to this
game by Ftacnik in CBM 069.}) 21. Bg3 h6 22. Nc5 Qxb2 23. Qxb2 Bxb2 24. Rc2 Bg7
(24... Bf6 $142) 25. Nxb7 Rc8 $14 {/=,Bellmann,H (2472)-Scheuermann,B (2540)/
corr/2003/ White didn't manage to convert his small edge in the end.}) ({
However, an equivalent and playable alternative is} 15... Bxf3 {; it's
difficult to say what Aronian had in mind here:} 16. Qxf3 (16. gxf3 Qf5 17. Kg2
Rad8 18. Ba4 Nd4 19. exd4 Qxf4 20. Qxe7 Rxd4 21. Bb3 Be5 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. Rd1
Qf4 $36 {Bjornes,L (1964)-Schut,L (2135)/Vlissingen/2008/}) {Solid is also}
16... Bxb2 (16... Rad8 17. Rxd8 (17. Rd5 Rxd5 18. Qxd5 (18. Bxd5 $142 Bxb2 19.
Rb1 Nb4 $5 $11) 18... Bxb2 19. Rc5 Qd8 20. Qe4 Qb6 21. Rd5 Rd8 22. Qd3 e6 23.
Rd7 Bf6 24. Qd1 Na5 25. Ba4 Rxd7 26. Qxd7 Qd8 $15 {/=,Lysyj,I (2631)
-Mikhalevski,V (2610)/Biel/2010/ Black's extra P is of little use in the _|_
due to White's ^^.}) 17... Qxd8 18. Rd1 Qc8 19. Qe2 Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Qxd8 21. Bc4
(21. Qb5 $5) 21... Na5 22. b3 Nxc4 23. Qxc4 Qd2 {1/2,Gheorghiu,F (2540)
-Tseshkovsky,V (2550)/Las Palmas/1976/}) 17. Rb1 Bf6 (17... Bg7 18. Rd7 Qf5 19.
Rbd1 e6 20. Rxb7 Na5 21. e4 Qc5 22. Bd6 Qc3 23. Bxf8 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Nxb7 25.
Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bxe6 $1 $16 {Dobre,C (2237)-Seger,R (2407)/Predeal/2006/}) (17...
Be5 18. Rd5 Qc3 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Qf4 Nc6 21. Rd7 Na5 22. Rxe7 (22. Bd5 $5 Rae8
23. h4 $44) 22... Nxb3 23. Rxb3 Qa1+ 24. Kh2 Qxa2 25. Rbxb7 a5 26. e4 Rae8 27.
h4 Rxe7 28. Rxe7 h5 $11 {Sokolov,I (2690)-Sutovsky,E (2661)/BIH-chT Neum/2004/}
) 18. Rd7 (18. Bd5 Rad8 19. Rxb7 Nd4 $1 20. exd4 Qxd5 $11 {Naumann,A (2478)
-Mirumian,V (2506)/Lippstadt/1999/}) 18... Ne5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxb7 a5 21. a4
Rac8 22. Rb5 Rc5 {Lazarev,V (2513)-Bobras,P (2563)/BL2S/2006/}) (15... Ne5 16.
Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Bc4 $5 {[%cal Rb2b4] /\b4} (17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. b4 Qxb4 19. Rc4 (
19. Bxe5 $2 Bxg2 $1) 19... Qb2) (17. Rc4 Bc6 18. Bxe5 Qxe5 19. Rcd4 Rac8 {
1/2,Pinter,J (2590)-Leko,P (2635)/HUN-ch Budapest/1997/}) 17... Bf6 18. Bc7 $14
) 16. Bc2 (16. Rd2 Rac8 (16... Na5 17. Bd1 Rac8 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Ng5 Qxe2 20.
Bxe2 Bc6 21. b3 h6 22. Nf3 Be8 23. Ne5 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Bf3 Bxf3 26. gxf3
{Kaunas,K (2253)-Von Bahr,O (2303)/Kaunas/2010/} a6 27. Rd7 b5 28. Rxe7 Rc1+
29. Kg2 Ra1 $11) 17. Rcd1 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3 19. gxf3 Na5 20. Rd7 e6 21. R1d2
Bf6 22. Bc7 Nxb3 23. axb3 Kg7 24. e4 Rfe8 25. Bf4 Red8 26. e5 Bh4 27. Rxb7 Rxd2
28. Bxd2 Rc2 29. Be3 a5 $11 {Berkes,F (2706)-Tikkanen,H (2591)/EU Cup Rogaska
Slatina/2011/}) (16. Rd7 e6 (16... Rad8 $142 $5 $11) 17. Bc2 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qxf3
19. gxf3 Ne5 20. Rxb7 (20. Rc7 Nxf3+ 21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22. Kg3 Bxb2 23. Rb1 $44)
20... Rfc8 21. e4 Nxf3+ 22. Kf1 (22. Kg2 $1 $14) 22... g5 23. Be3 Bd4 24. Bd1
Bxe3 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. fxe3 Nd2+ $132 {Khenkin,I (2647)-Roiz,M (2677)/Dresden
olm/2008/ - see notes to this game by Roiz in CBM 128.}) (16. Rc4 $6 Bd5 17.
Rc2 Bxb3 18. axb3 Rfd8 19. e4 Qa5 20. Rcd2 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 $15 {[%csl Rb2,
Rb3] ><b2,b3,Andersson,U (2584)-Navara,D (2663)/EU-chT/Gothenburg 2005/}) 16...
Bxc2 (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Qxf3 18. gxf3 Rad8 19. Be4 (19. b3 e5 20. Bg3 f5 21.
f4 e4 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Rd1 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 Nb4 25. a4 Bf8 26. f3 Bc5 27. Bf2
Kf7 {1/2 Yasakov,I-Bubir,S/ICCF email 2002/Corr 2006}) 19... Bxb2 20. Rxd8 Rxd8
21. Rc2 Ba3 22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Rxc6 f6 24. e4 a5 {1/2 Portisch,L (2595)
-Arakhamia Grant,K (2420)/Roquebrune 1998/CBM 067}) 17. Qxc2 {[%cal Rc2b3]} Qb5
(17... Rfd8 $2 18. Qb3 $1 Na5 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Qb4 {[%csl Ra5,Re7][%cal
Rc1c5]} b6 21. Qxe7 Qd5 22. e4 Qd3 23. Ne5 $18 {Kozhuharov,S (2404)-Atakisi,U 
(2384)/Konya/2010/}) 18. a4 $146 {[%mdl 40] Aronian's novelty is an attempt to
keep the simplified and symmetrical position alive. In the following strategic
battle he will show determination and better understanding of the position.
Although objectively his new idea doesn't seem too dangerous, it has the extra
merit of being practically risk-free - in the more complex lines the Grünfeld
is doing fine.} (18. e4 Rfd8 19. Be3 Qxb2 20. Rxd8+ Nxd8 21. Qxb2 Bxb2 22. Rc7
Ba3 23. e5 b6 24. Rc3 Bb4 25. Rc4 Bc5 $1 (25... Ba5 $15) 26. Bxc5 Rc8 27. Bxb6
(27. Ra4 bxc5 $36) 27... Rxc4 28. Bxd8 Kf8 29. Ba5 Ra4 30. Bd2 Rxa2 31. Kf1 a5
32. Ke2 a4 33. Nd4 a3 34. Ke3 {Kozhuharov,S (2436)-Drenchev,P (2519)/Albena/
2011/} Ra1 $1 35. Nc2 Rb1 $17) (18. Rd7 Rfd8 19. Rcd1 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Bxb2 21. a4
$5 Qb4 22. Rd1 Qc3 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Rd7 Rc8 25. Rxb7 Kg7 $11) 18... Qb4 (18...
Qb6 19. Rd7 Rac8 $5 (19... Rfd8 $2 20. Bc7) (19... e5 20. Bg5 f6 (20... h6 21.
Be7 Nxe7 22. Rxe7 $14) 21. b4 $5 (21. Bh4 Rad8 22. Rcd1 $14) 21... fxg5 22.
Nxg5 $44 {->}) 20. b4 (20. e4 Qb4 {/\Rfd8=} (20... Rfd8 $2 21. Bc7)) 20... Qxb4
21. Rb1 Qa3 22. Rbxb7 Nd4 23. Qe4 $8 Ne6 24. Rxa7 Nc5 25. Qxe7 Qa1+ 26. Kh2 Bf6
27. Qd6 Nxd7 28. Qxd7 Qa2 $11) 19. Ne1 $1 {This manoeuvre is the best way to
retain some tension.} (19. b3 Rfd8 (19... e5 $5 20. Bg3 Rfd8 $11) 20. Bc7 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Qc3 22. Qxc3 Bxc3 23. Rd7 Rc8 24. Bf4 b6 $11 {and White has no
obvious way to increase his pressure.}) 19... e5 {Quite committal, the text
move limits White's B, but also his own Bg7.} (19... Qxb2 $5 20. Qxb2 Bxb2 21.
Rb1 Bf6 22. Rxb7 Nd8 $1 {[%cal Yd8e6,Ye6c5] /\Ne6-c5= is a road to equality,
preferred by engines.}) (19... Rac8 20. Nd3 Qe4 21. Qb3 b6 22. Qb5 Na5 $5 $132
{is another plausible alternative.}) 20. Bg3 Rfd8 (20... Qe7 21. Nd3 {would
probably only transpose back into the game.}) 21. Nd3 Qe7 22. Qc5 $5 (22. Nc5
Rac8 (22... h5 $132) 23. Ne4 (23. Rxd8+ Nxd8 $1) 23... h5 $1 24. f3 Kh7 $11)
22... Rd6 $1 {[%cal Gd8d1] <=><->d A good reaction.} (22... Qxc5 $143 23. Nxc5
Rxd1+ 24. Rxd1 b6 25. Ne4 (25. Na6 Rd8 26. Rc1 Ne7 $5 27. Rc7 Nf5 $132) (25.
Nb7 Rc8 $11) 25... f5 26. Rd6 $11 {/+/= gives White a slight pull.}) 23. b4
Rad8 24. b5 Rd5 ({The attempt to bail out} 24... Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. bxc6
Qxc5 27. Rxc5 bxc6 28. Rxc6 {[%cal Yc6a6,Ye3e4,Yf2f3,Yg3f2] /\Ra6, f3, e4
leads to a somewhat unpleasant _|_. Nevertheless, Black should still hold with
the accurate} Rd5 29. Ra6 f5 {/\} 30. Rxa7 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 g5 32. f3 Rf1 $132 {/=}
) 25. Qc2 (25. Qxe7 $143 Nxe7 26. Nb2 (26. Rc7 Bf6 27. Rxb7 Rxd3 28. Rxd3 Rxd3
29. Rxa7 Rb3 $15) 26... e4 $36) 25... e4 {An important moment - Black frees
not only his own, but also White's B.} ({It's easier to hold the balance after
} 25... Na5 $5 26. e4 Rd4 27. Nb2 Bf8 $11 {[%cal Gf8a3,Gf8h6,Gh6c1] ,
depending on the circumstances Black can later activate his B via the /^a3-f8,
or c1-h6.} (27... b6 $5)) 26. Nf4 (26. bxc6 exd3 27. Rxd3 Rxd3 28. c7 Rc3 29.
cxd8=Q+ Qxd8 30. Rd1 Qc8 $11 {is drawish}) 26... Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1
Nb4 29. Qc1 $1 $11 {/+/= Black must tread with care, as his <<P are more
vulnerable after the Q penetration.} Bf6 (29... Qd7 $2 30. Qc4) 30. Qc8+ Kg7
31. Qb8 a6 32. b6 $5 ({The tactical blow} 32. Nxg6 {doesn't cause Black any
problems after} Kxg6 $1 33. Bd6 Qd8 34. Qxd8 Bxd8 35. Bxb4 axb5 36. axb5 Kf5
$11 {[%csl Rb5][%cal Rf5c4] - his king is too active.}) 32... Nc6 (32... h5 $5
33. Ne2 Nd3 34. Bd6 Be5 {/\} 35. Bc7 Qf6 36. Bxe5 Qxe5 37. Qxb7 Qa1+ 38. Kh2
Qe5+ 39. Ng3 $5 (39. g3 Qb2 40. Qxe4 Qxe2 41. b7 Nxf2 42. Qg2 Qb2 $11) (39. Nf4
Nxf4 40. exf4 Qxf4+ 41. Kg1 Qc1+ $11) (39. Kg1 $11) 39... h4 40. Qd7 $1 (40.
Qc7 hxg3+ 41. fxg3 Qb2 $1 $17 {[%cal Rd3e1] /\Ne1}) 40... hxg3+ 41. fxg3 Nc5 (
41... Qb2 42. b7 Ne5 (42... Ne1 $2 43. Qd4+ $18) (42... Nc5 43. b8=Q Qxb8 44.
Qd4+ $14) 43. Qd4 Qxd4 44. exd4 Nd7 45. g4 $36) 42. Qc6 Qe7 43. Qc7 Kf8 44.
Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qc7 $11) 33. Qc8 (33. Qc7 Be5 $1 34. Qc8 $11 (34. Nh5+ gxh5 35.
Qxe7 Nxe7 36. Bxe5+ Kg6 $15)) 33... h5 34. Ne2 Nd8 (34... h4 35. Bc7 Na5 36.
Nf4 Qc5 $132) 35. Bc7 Qe6 36. Qb8 Qd7 $6 {After this passive move Black starts
drifting into serious trouble.} ({Instead he could practically force a draw
with} 36... Qa2 $142 $1 37. Bxd8 (37. Ng3 Qxa4 38. Bxd8 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Bxd8 40.
Qxb7 Qd6 $15) (37. Nf4 Qxa4 38. Bxd8 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Bxd8 40. Qxb7 Qd6) 37... Qa1+
$1 38. Nc1 $8 (38. Kh2 Be5+) 38... Be5 (38... Qxc1+ 39. Kh2 Bxd8 40. Qxd8 Qb2
41. Qc7 h4 $1 $132 {/=}) 39. Qc8 Bb2 40. Kh2 Qxc1 $11 {/\} 41. Qxb7 $2 Be5+ 42.
g3 Qf1 43. Qxe4 Qxf2+ 44. Qg2 Bxg3+ 45. Kh1 Qxe3 $17) 37. Be5 Ne6 (37... Qe7
38. Bxf6+ Qxf6 39. Qc7 $36 {[%cal Ye2d4,Ye2c3,Yc3d5]}) 38. Nc3 Qc6 (38... Qd3
$5 39. a5 Qc4 40. Qd6 Bxe5 41. Qxe5+ f6 42. Qxe4 Qxe4 43. Nxe4 f5 $14 {The _|_
is not fully clear, as Black's king is active and also Pa5 can be vulnerable.}
(43... Kf7 $5 {/\} 44. Nd6+ Ke7 45. Nxb7 $2 Kd7 $19 {[%csl Rb7]})) 39. a5 h4 $2
{Only this is the decisive mistake, possibly in time-trouble.} ({Black again
could (and should!) have gone for the N_|_ with} 39... Bxe5 $142 $1 40. Qxe5+
f6 41. Qxe4 Qxe4 42. Nxe4 {-38...Bd3!?}) 40. Bxf6+ Kxf6 41. Qh8+ Kf5 (41... Ke7
42. Qxh4+ g5 43. Qxe4 Qxc3 44. Qxb7+ Kf6 45. Qxa6 Qa1+ 46. Kh2 Qe5+ 47. g3 $18)
42. Qxh4 $3 {[%mdl 512]} (42. Ne2 g5 43. g3 $36 {is also good for White, but
this sacrifice is both brilliant and more effective.}) 42... Qxc3 43. g4+ Ke5
44. Qh8+ f6 45. Qb8+ Kd5 46. Qxb7+ Qc6 47. Qb8 $1 (47. Qxa6 $2 Ng5 $132 {
saves the game, as the b6-pawn can't advance yet.}) 47... Nc5 (47... Ng5 48. b7
Nf3+ 49. Kg2 Qc1 50. Qg8+ $18) 48. Qg8+ Qe6 (48... Ke5 49. Qxg6 $18 {is
similar.}) 49. Qxg6 $18 {[%csl Gb6,Gh3][%cal Rh3h8]} Kc4 {White's pawns are
decisive in the long run. Fully realising this, Svidler embarks on a desperate
counterattack.} (49... Nd7 50. Kg2 $5 $18 (50. h4 Ne5 51. Qf5 Qxf5 52. gxf5 Kc6
53. h5 Nf7 54. Kg2 $18)) 50. h4 Kd3 51. h5 Ke2 52. h6 Qc4 (52... Nd3 53. h7 Qc8
54. Qf5 Qc1+ 55. Kh2 Nxf2 56. h8=Q Qh1+ 57. Kg3 Qxh8 (57... Qg1+ 58. Kf4 $18)
58. Qxf2+ Kd3 59. Qf4 $18) (52... Qb3 53. h7 Qd1+ 54. Kh2 Qd6+ 55. Kg2 Nd3 56.
Qxe4 (56. h8=Q $2 Ne1+ 57. Kh3 Nf3) 56... Ne1+ 57. Kh3 Nf3 58. Qc2+ Ke1 59.
Qc1+ Ke2 (59... Kxf2 60. Qc2+ Nd2 61. Qc7 $18) 60. Qc4+ Ke1 61. Kg2 Nh4+ 62.
Kh1 Qd1 63. Kg1 Nf3+ (63... Kd2+ 64. Kh2 Nf3+ 65. Kg3 $18) 64. Kg2 Nh4+ 65. Kg3
Qf3+ 66. Kxh4 Qh1+ 67. Kg3 Qg1+ 68. Kf3 $18) 53. h7 Ke1 54. Qxf6 (54. Qxf6 Qf1+
55. Kh2 $18) 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 6th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2011.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2011.11.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 146"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.01.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "6000+30"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Bg2 a6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qb3 (7. Qc2 {
is far more common. The entire line is not supposed to be terribly dangerous
for Black, who will achieve a quick c5 and supposedly equalise. White doesn't
score very well after 7.Qc2}) 7... Bb7 8. O-O Ngf6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. d3 O-O 11. a4
b4 12. Nb1 {Black can't really complain about the result of the opening. His
pieces are active, and although he has a few holes his activity should
compensate for it.} Nc5 13. Qc2 e5 $5 {And the tactics begin. It was also
possible to simply play 14...Rb8 and hold the position, but I guess Kramnik
felt a certain bloodthirstiness.} (13... Rb8 14. Nbd2 b3 $11 {and Black's
position looks good.}) 14. Be3 (14. Nxe5 $2 Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd5+ 16. Nf3 Nb3 $19)
14... e4 {Forced, really.} (14... Nfd7 15. Nbd2 {[%csl Rb4,Gc4,Re5][%cal Gd2c4,
Gf1c1,Yc1c7] would hardly justify so many weaknesses.}) 15. Bxc5 Bxc5 (15...
exf3 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. exf3 Rad8 $14 {gives Black some compensation for the
pawn but I doubt it's something to be seriously considered.}) 16. dxe4 Nxe4 17.
Nfd2 (17. Nbd2 {probably would've forced Black into transposing into the note
below.}) 17... Bxf2+ $5 (17... Nxd2 18. Nxd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Re8 {was still
relatively ok for Black, but the simplifications have allowed White to
basically retain a superior structure and Black will suffer for a while.
Kramnik had no such intentions.}) 18. Rxf2 Nxf2 19. Bxb7 Ng4 20. Nf3 Rb8 {
So in this position Black is down two pieces for a rook and a pawn, but he is
hoping his initiative, combined with the weak squares around the white king,
will provide compensation. Svidler, however, starts defending masterfully.} 21.
Bxa6 (21. Be4 f5 22. Bd3 Qf6 $13 {/\Qb6}) 21... Qf6 22. Bd3 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Nf2+ (
23... Rfe8 24. a5 Qf2 25. Qc1 (25. Nbd2 Ne3 $19 {[%cal Re3c2,Re3g2]}) 25...
Rxe2 26. Bxe2 Qxe2 27. Nbd2 {is another draw with the Nf2-h3 perpetual.}) 24.
Kg2 Nxd3 {Trading the N for the B is risky. In many cases Black could always
rely on invading on the 2nd rank and giving a perpetual with the N, as we saw
in some variations. However, without this resource, Black is entirely relying
on the lack of activity of the white Ns, and the vulnerable position of the
king, especially of the invasion point e2. If this is somehow patched up, the
extra material and the passed pawn on the a-file will simply overwhelm Black.}
(24... Ng4 {Repeating moves was possible, as it seems that White can't get out
of it.} 25. Kh1 {is perfectly possible if White is satisfied with a draw.} (25.
Qc1 {is like the only other move that is logical to thwart the Ne3+ threat.}
Rbd8 $1 26. Nbd2 Rxd3 27. exd3 Re8 {Black has a seemingly very powerful attack,
since there is no good way of meeting Re2+, however it seems like there is no
immediate deadly threat either.} 28. a5 Re2+ 29. Kh1 Nf2+ 30. Kg1 Qe3 31. Qxc7
$11 {and there seems to be no checkmate, just a perpetual. However I highly
doubt any human would willingly go into this line instead of just playing 25.
Kh1.})) 25. exd3 Rfe8 {Black has lost yet a little more material, but this
time White's position actually looks very dangerous. For starters, he can't
develop his queenside, which seems to allow Black a huge initiative, however
Svidler has an ace up his sleeve.} 26. a5 $1 {This passed pawn will be the key
of White's defence. By ramming it forward, he intends to tie down the black
rooks, allowing him to comfortably develop and eventually exploit his material
advantage.} Qf6 27. Qf2 (27. Kf2 $1 {covering e2 with the K was an interesting
alternative, as this immediately threatens Nbd2.} Rb5 (27... g5 $5 28. g4 h5
29. h3 {surprisingly doesn't help Black.} hxg4 30. hxg4 Qe6 31. Nbd2 $1 Qe2+
32. Kg1 Qe3+ 33. Kg2 Qe2+ 34. Kg3 Re3 35. Rf1 $16 {and White holds, Black will
be pushed back rather soon.}) 28. Nbd2 Rf5 29. a6 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 $14 {and
without a way of creating direct threats, it would seem that White is just
better.}) 27... Rbd8 28. Ra4 c5 (28... Rxd3 29. Rxb4 {Kramnik might have been
reluctant to go into this line because it gives White the extra possibility of
Nc3, which covers pretty vital squares, however the game is opened which
favours the rooks and the a5-pawn falls, which is the key.} Qa6 30. Nc3 (30.
Ra4 $2 Rde3 $17) 30... Qxa5 $11 {with enough for at least equality, but it is
doubtful that there ismuch more than that.}) 29. a6 Rxd3 30. a7 Qc6 {Black has
recovered a pawn, and now he has obvious pressure. The a7-pawn looks dangerous
but for the moment it is not going anywhere.} 31. Ra5 Qa8 (31... Rxf3 {
guaranteed a draw, however it wasn't easy to see, and Black is still pushing
for that win.} 32. Qxf3 Re2+ 33. Kh3 $2 (33. Kg1 Re1+ 34. Kf2 Rf1+ 35. Kxf1
Qxf3+ 36. Ke1 Qe3+ 37. Kd1 Qf3+ $11) 33... Qh6+ 34. Kg4 Qe6+ {and White will
get mated.}) 32. Nbd2 Rde3 $2 {But this is too much. It was imperative to take
the a7-pawn while he still could.} (32... Rd7 33. Nc4 Rxa7 34. Rxc5 Rae7 35.
Ra5 $11 {and Black has some ugly threats, but White should be ok.}) 33. Nc4 $1
{A wonderful and not so obvious move. It gives White a huge advantage. Kramnik
must have missed this.} R3e6 (33... Re2 $2 34. Nb6 Rxf2+ 35. Kxf2 {is a
fantastic position. Black has some annoying checks but nothing near a
perpetual, much less mate, and he loses by force.} Qe4 36. a8=Q Qc2+ 37. Kg1
Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qe2+ 39. Kh1 $18 {and the checks have run out, as the N will
cover on g1.}) 34. Kg1 f6 (34... Rf6 {fails to} 35. Nce5 $1 Rxe5 (35... g6 36.
Ra1 c4 37. Qg2 {is also ugly.}) 36. Nxe5 Rxf2 37. Kxf2 g5 38. Nc4 $1 g4 39. Kg1
$1 {Black is lost.}) 35. Ncd2 {As opposed to so many different positions that
we reached in variations, the a-pawn here is alive and healthy, and a major
thorn in Black's position. Black is simply stuck defending against it and
meanwhile the Ns will roam freely.} c4 (35... Rc8 36. Qf1 $1 $16) 36. Nxc4 Qe4
37. Nd4 $1 $18 {White has no reason to be passive anymore. His Ns dominate the
board, and he has every single plus in the position. Black's position is
hopeless.} R6e7 38. Nd6 Qb1+ 39. Kg2 Ra8 40. Qf3 Raxa7 41. Qa8+ {A cute finish
to a solid game by Svidler. He bravely took material and defended in great
fashion. Black should have bailed out when he had a chance, but as they say,
hindsight is 20/20 vision.} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Houska, Jovanka"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. c3
Be7 9. Ne1 Bg6 10. Nd3 c5 11. Nf4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Ncb6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. Bd3 Rc8
15. Qe2 Nb8 16. f4 Nc6 17. Nf3 Nc4 18. b3 Na3 19. Bb2 Qb6 20. Rac1 a6 21. g4
Kd7 22. Kh1 Nb5 23. f5 gxf5 24. gxf5 Nb4 25. Bb1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rc8 27. Rxc8
Kxc8 28. Qg2 exf5 29. Bxf5+ Kb8 30. Qxg7 Nxa2 31. Qxf7 Qd8 32. Qh7 Nac3 33. h4
Ne2 34. h5 Bg5 35. Bd3 Nbc3 36. Bxc3 Nxc3 37. Qg7 Be7 38. h6 Bf8 39. Qg8 Qc8
40. h7 Qh3+ 41. Nh2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Jussupow, Artur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
e6 9. Nc3 Nfd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Bf4 Nc6 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bd7 14. Qd2 Qe7
15. Rac1 Bc6 16. Rc2 Rfd8 17. Rfc1 Ne8 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qf4 Nd6 20. b3 Qf6 21.
Qxf6+ Kxf6 22. e3 Rac8 23. f3 Ke7 24. Kf2 f6 25. Bf1 Be8 26. Bd3 Bf7 27. Ne2
Rxc2 28. Rxc2 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Nxc8 30. h4 Nd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe5 Nxe5 12. Rxe5 Qd6 13. Re1 Rae8 14. Nd2 c5
15. Ne4 Qc6 16. c4 Nb6 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qf3 c4 19. dxc4 bxc4 20. Bc2 f5 21.
Nc3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 Bxf3 23. Bf4 Bb4 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Bxf5 Bxc3 26. bxc3 Nd5 27.
Bd7 Re2 28. Bb5 Nxf4 29. Bxc4+ Bd5 30. Bxe2 Nxe2+ 31. Kh2 Nxc3 32. a4 Ne4 33.
a5 Nxf2 34. a6 Ne4 35. a7 Nf6 36. a8=Q+ Bxa8 37. Rxa8+ Kf7 38. Kg3 g5 39. Kf3
Kg6 40. Ra5 h5 41. Ke3 h4 42. Kf3 Kh6 43. Ke3 Kg6 44. Rb5 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Hunt, Adam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. e5 Nh6
9. Qe2 c5 10. dxc5 dxe5 11. fxe5 Qc7 12. e6 fxe6 13. O-O-O Nf5 14. Ne4 O-O 15.
Kb1 Bd5 16. a3 Rab8 17. Bf2 b4 18. a4 b3 19. c4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Nxc5 21. Bxc5
Qxc5 22. Qxe6+ Kh8 23. Rhe1 Rb6 24. Qd5 Qb4 25. Bxf5 Qxa4 26. Nd4 Rxf5 27. Qd8+
Rf8 28. Qxe7 Qa2+ 29. Kc1 Qa1+ 30. Kd2 Qxb2+ 31. Ke3 Qf2+ 32. Ke4 Rf4+ 33. Kd5
Rxd4+ 34. Rxd4 Qxd4# 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2537"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. a3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
Bf4 Qb6 16. Nc3 Re8 17. Rc1 Bd7 18. Nf5 Bxf5 19. exf5 Nc4 20. a4 Nxb2 21. Qc2
bxa4 22. Nxa4 Nxa4 23. Bxa4 Bf8 24. Be3 Qa6 25. Bxc6 Rac8 26. g4 d5 27. Qa4
Qxa4 28. Bxa4 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Rd8 30. Bd4 Ne4 31. Kg2 h6 32. Bb3 Nd2 33. Ba2 Nc4
34. Rc2 Rc8 35. Bb3 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Berg, Emanuel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C94"]
[WhiteElo "2550"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5 Rf8 11. Nf3 Nb8 12. d3 Nbd7 13. Nbd2 Nc5 14. Bc2 Ne6 15.
d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. Nf3 Re8 19. Bg5 h6 20. Bh4 Bb7 21. Qd3
Nd7 22. e5 Nf8 23. exd6 Qxd6 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. Rxe7 Qxe7 26. Re1 Qd6 27. dxc5
Qxc5 28. Bb3 Ra7 29. Ne5 Bc8 30. Qe4 Be6 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Nxf7 Rxf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C64"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2523"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Bc5 4. c3 Qf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 Qg6 7. O-O d5 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 Nge7 10. a4 a6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. a5 Ba7 13. e6 Bxe6 14. Bf4 O-O 15.
Qd2 c5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Na4 Bd6 18. Bxd6 cxd6 19. Nd4 Rab8 20. f3 h5 21. Rac1
h4 22. b4 Qf6 23. Nb6 Rb7 24. Rfe1 Ng6 25. h3 Ne5 26. Rc2 Qg6 27. Rc3 Rfb8 28.
Rec1 Rxb6 29. axb6 Rxb6 30. f4 Nc4 31. Qf2 Rxb4 32. f5 Bxf5 33. Qxf5 Qh6 34.
Rf1 Rb2 35. Qxf7+ Kh7 36. Qxd5 Nd2 37. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Rc1 Nh5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3
cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bxc4 Bg4 12. O-O Nc6 13. d5 Nd4 14. Re1 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Qc7 16. Bf1 Qf4 17. Bg3 Nxf3+ 18. Kh1 Qf6 19. Re3 Nxg3+ 20. fxg3 Nd4
21. Bh3 Qg5 22. Qd3 Rad8 23. Rce1 e5 24. dxe6 Nxe6 25. Qe2 Bd4 26. Rf3 Rfe8 27.
Qc4 Qc5 28. Qb3 Ng5 29. Rxe8+ Rxe8 30. Rf1 Bxc3 31. bxc3 b5 32. Bd7 Re5 33. h4
Qc7 34. Qd1 Ne4 35. Rf3 Re7 36. Bxb5 Nxg3+ 37. Rxg3 Qb7+ 38. Rf3 Qxb5 39. Qd8+
Re8 40. Qf6 Qb1+ 41. Rf1 Qxa2 42. h5 Qd5+ 43. Kg1 Re5 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Negi, Parimarjan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Bxd2 O-O 12. Nf3 e6 13. h4 Nc6 14. e5
Rd8 15. Bg5 Re8 16. Be3 h6 17. Bd3 Bd7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Ke2 Bc8 20. Rhc1 Bb7 21.
Nd2 Red8 22. Rc4 Rac8 23. Ra4 Bf8 24. g4 Rc7 25. Ne4 Na5 26. Bd2 Nc6 27. Be3
Na5 28. Bd2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 10th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2012.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2012.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 147"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d4 Bd6 13. Re1 Qh4 14. g3 Qh3 15.
Qe2 Bg4 16. Qf1 Qh5 17. Nd2 Rae8 18. f3 Rxe1 19. Qxe1 Bxf3 20. Nxf3 Qxf3 21.
Bd2 Qg4 22. Kg2 Qd7 23. Qe4 Re8 24. Qf3 Bf8 25. Rf1 g6 26. a4 Bg7 27. axb5 axb5
28. Rf2 h5 29. Re2 Re6 30. Rxe6 Qxe6 31. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Timofeev, Artyom"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[BlackTeam "Kazan Nezhmetdinov CS"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8.
Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Ne4 10. Qd3 f5 11. exf6 Nxf6 12. O-O-O O-O 13. a3 Be7 14. Nd6 a6
15. g3 b5 16. Bg2 Qc7 17. Nce4 Nd5 18. Bc5 Nd8 19. h4 Rb8 20. Ng5 Nf6 21. b4 h6
22. Qg6 a5 23. Nf5 exf5 24. Bxe7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Chigorin CC"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. e5 Ng4 8. Qe2 Nh6
9. Na3 Be7 10. Nc2 O-O 11. Bg2 b5 12. O-O bxc4 13. Qxc4 a5 14. Rfe1 Ba6 15. Qc3
Nb4 16. Nxb4 axb4 17. Qc2 Bb7 18. d3 Ra6 19. a4 bxa3 20. Rxa3 Rb6 21. Ra7 Ra8
22. Rxa8+ Bxa8 23. Nd2 Bxg2 24. Kxg2 Nf5 25. Kg1 Qb7 26. Re4 h5 27. h4 Bf8 28.
Ra4 d5 29. exd6 Rxd6 30. Ne4 Rb6 31. Nd2 Be7 32. Qc4 Rd6 33. Ne4 Rd8 34. Ra1
Qd5 35. Rd1 Rb8 36. Nd2 Qc6 37. Qe4 Qd5 38. Qc4 Qc6 39. Qe4 Qd5 40. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[BlackTeam "Khanty Mansyisk Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 {The early queen move is
nothing special in different openings after 1.d4. In the Queen's Gambit it
means the investment of a vital tempo and it gives Black the chance to try
pointing out its drawbacks.} c5 6. dxc5 d4 7. Nb5 e5 $1 {Without the witty
move 7..e5! the whole black setup would be rather pointless. The defender is
ready to sacrifice some material in order to lure White's pieces on to
unnatural squares.} (7... Nc6 8. Bf4 O-O 9. O-O-O Bd7 10. Nbxd4 Qa5 11. a3 Nxd4
12. Nxd4 Qxc5 13. b4 Qc8 14. e4 a5 15. b5 Qc5 16. e5 Nh5 17. Be3 Qxe5 $15 {
1-0 Vera Gonzalez Quevedo,R (2470)-Boensch,U (2530)/Portoroz 1987 (39)}) (7...
Bxc5 8. Bf4 Qa5+ (8... e5 9. Bxe5 Bb4+ 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 O-O
13. e3 Bxd2+ 14. Qxd2 Ne4 15. Qb4 Qf6 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Be2 Rad8 18. c5 Rfe8 19.
Rd1 $16 {0-1 Galliamova,A (2445)-Geller,E (2515)/Vienna 1993 (30)}) (8... Na6
9. a3 Ng4 10. Qd2 O-O 11. b4 $16 Bb6 12. Bd6 Qf6 13. c5 Bd7 14. Nbxd4 Rfd8 15.
h3 e5 16. hxg4 exd4 17. Be5 Qe6 18. cxb6 Bc6 19. Bxd4 $18 {1-0 Miles,A (2565)
-Noble,M (2320)/Auckland 1992 (27)}) (8... O-O 9. O-O-O Qa5 10. a3 Nc6 11. b4
Bxb4 12. axb4 Nxb4 13. Bd2 $18 {Eingorn,V-Vaganian,R/URS (ch) 1988}) 9. Bd2 Qb6
10. b4 Be7 11. a3 e5 12. Nxe5 g6 13. c5 Qd8 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. cxd6 O-O 16. Rc1
Qxd6 17. Qxc8 Qxe5 18. Qxb7 $16 {0-1 Eingorn,V (2545)-Beliavsky,A (2630)/Minsk
1987 (35)}) 8. e3 {It is quite possible that this important game will trigger
the reevaluation of the whole system with the move 5.Qc2. The developing idea
8.e3 will not bring White much satisfaction, so it might be necessary to turn
the attention towards the more courageous 8.Nxe5.} (8. Nxe5 a6 9. Na3 (9. Nd6+
$2 Bxd6 10. cxd6 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxe5 12. Qf4 Qc5 13. e3 Nc6 14. exd4 Nxd4 15. Bd3
Ne6 16. Qg3 Nh5 17. Qf3 Qxd6 $17 {1/2-1/2 Zhu Chen (2485)-Zatonskih,A (2522)/
Hangzhou 2011 (53)}) (9. Qa4 O-O 10. Nd6 Bxd6 11. cxd6 Qxd6 12. Nd3 Bf5 13. Bf4
Qe6 14. Qa3 Qxc4 {1/2-1/2 Bogner,S (2522)-Naumann,A (2528)/Bad Liebenzell 2010}
) 9... O-O $1 (9... Bxc5 10. Nd3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 O-O 12. g3 Re8 13. Bg2 Bg4 14.
O-O (14. f3 $6 Bf5 15. O-O Nc6 $44) 14... Bxe2 (14... Rxe2 15. Qb3 $16) 15. Re1
Bxd3 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Qxd3 Qe1+ $2 (17... Nc6 18. Rb1 $14 (18. Bf4 $14)) 18.
Qf1 Qc3 19. Rb1 $16 {1-0 Dreev,A (2645)-Vaganian,R (2595)/Budapest 1996 (47)})
10. g3 (10. Nd3 $5 Bf5 $44 {/\Nbd7}) 10... Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxc5 12. Nd3 (12. Nf3
Bf5 13. Qb3 Nc6 14. Bg2 Ne4 15. O-O Rac8 $44) 12... Qc6 13. Rg1 (13. f3 $6 Bxa3
14. bxa3 Re8 $36) 13... Bf5 14. Bg2 Qc8 15. c5 $2 (15. Qb3 Nc6 $44 {/\} 16.
O-O-O $2 (16. c5 Re8 17. Rc1 Bf8 18. Kf1 (18. Nc4 $2 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bxc5 $15)
18... Ne4 19. Be1 Qd7 20. Bf3 Bh3+ 21. Bg2 Bf5 22. Bf3 {1-0 Markus,R (2481)
-Benkovic,P (2469)/Subotica 2003 (62)}) 16... b5 $1 $40) 15... Nbd7 16. c6 (16.
b4 a5 $36) 16... Bxa3 17. bxa3 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxc2 19. cxb7 Qe6 20. bxa8=Q Rxa8
21. Bxa8 Qxe5 22. Bf4 $2 (22. Rc1 d3 23. e3 Ne4 $40) (22. f4 $1 {/\Bf3,Kf2})
22... Qa5+ $17 {0-1 Khalifman,A (2688)-Topalov,V (2739)/Dubai 2002 (32)}) 8...
Nc6 {Jakovenko does not see the need to kick the knight from b5 and uses the
tempo more usefully.} (8... a6 9. Nd6+ Bxd6 10. cxd6 Qxd6 11. exd4 exd4 12. Bd3
O-O 13. O-O Nc6 14. h3 Nb4 15. Qd1 Rd8 16. Re1 b5 17. Ne5 Bb7 18. Bf4 Nxd3 19.
Qxd3 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Qd5 21. Qxd5 Nxd5 22. Bd2 $11 {1-0 Ovsejevitsch,S (2597)
-Krivoborodov,E (2499)/Bad Wiessee 2010 (53)}) 9. exd4 exd4 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Bc7
{[%mdl 4] Svidler would badly need some success based on the control of the
b8-h2 diagonal. Objectively his situation complicates the vulnerable position
of his king.} (11. Nc7 Bxc5 (11... Nh5 12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Nxa8 Re8+
15. Kd1 Bg4 $11) 12. Bd3 (12. Nxa8 $2 Re8+ 13. Kd2 Nb4 14. Qb3 Ne4+ 15. Kc1 Bd6
16. Bd2 Bf5 17. a3 (17. Bxb4 Bf4+ $19) 17... Nxd2 18. Kxd2 Qa5 19. Kd1 Bd7 $19)
12... Nb4 13. Qb1 Rb8 14. O-O Bg4 $15) 11... Qd7 (11... Qe8 12. O-O-O Bxc5 13.
Bd6 Bxd6 14. Nxd6 Qe6 15. Nb5 $14) 12. Ne5 (12. Bd6 Bxd6 13. Nxd6 (13. cxd6
Re8+ 14. Kd1 Ne4 $17) 13... b6 14. O-O-O bxc5 $17) (12. O-O-O a6 $17) 12... Qe6
13. O-O-O Ne8 $1 {Jakovenko's modest move indicates, that White has exposed
himself to the maximum without really gaining anything tangible.} (13... Nxe5
$2 14. Nxd4 Qa6 15. Bxe5 $16) 14. f4 (14. Re1 a6 15. Nd3 Qf6 16. Bg3 axb5 17.
cxb5 Nd8 $17) 14... Qh6 {It would have been nearly unjust to criticise the
unpleasant move by the black queen. The second player had to forego the
tempting possibility of kicking the opponent away with the immediate blow 14...
a6!?} (14... a6 $5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Nxd4 Qe3+ 17. Qd2 Qxd2+ 18. Rxd2 Nxc7 $17)
15. Nxc6 (15. Qd2 Bxc5 16. Nd3 a6 17. Nxc5 axb5 $17) 15... bxc6 16. Qe4 Bxc5
17. Be5 $2 {The white position was not healthy any more, but the bishop
centralisation will lead to utter catastrophe. His opponent's task would have
been much more difficult after the clever retreat of the bishop 17.Ba5!} (17.
Ba5 $1 Bg4 18. Rd2 Bb6 (18... f5 $2 19. Qe5 $14) 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. a3 Rd8 21.
Nxd4 Nf6 22. Qe5 Rde8 23. Qg5 (23. Qd6 c5 24. Nc6 Re1+ 25. Kc2 Rfe8 $17) 23...
Qxg5 24. fxg5 Re1+ 25. Kc2 Ne4 $17) 17... Bg4 $1 18. b4 (18. Be2 $2 Bxe2 19.
Qxe2 cxb5 $19) (18. Rd2 f5 19. Qc2 cxb5 $19) 18... Bxb4 19. Rxd4 f6 {A very
rare situation as White is only seldom burdened with so many exposed pieces in
the centre that are under fire.} (19... f5 20. Qc2 (20. Qb1 Bc5 $19) 20... Bc5
21. Rd3 cxb5 22. cxb5 Bb6 $19) 20. Bd6 (20. Qxc6 Rc8 21. Qa6 (21. Qd5+ Rf7 22.
Bd6 Nxd6 23. Nxd6 Bxd6 24. Qxd6 Rd7 $19) 21... fxe5 $19) 20... Nxd6 21. Nxd6
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Rae8 {The decisive motif turns out to be quite simple. Black
will very elegantly prove that his opponent has not managed to complete his
piece development. The consequences are usually quite painful...} 23. Qd4 (23.
Qd3 Qxf4+ 24. Qd2 Re1+ 25. Kc2 Qe5 $19) (23. Qxc6 Qxf4+ 24. Kc2 Bf5+ 25. Kd1
Rb8 26. Bd3 Bg4+ $19) 23... Re1+ 24. Kc2 (24. Kb2 Rd1 25. Qc5 Qxf4 26. Rxd1
Bxd1 $19) 24... Rd1 $1 25. Qc5 Qxf4 {The charming piece sacrifice decides a
briskly played game. Svidler does not lose with the white pieces in 25 moves
all that often.} (25... Qxf4 26. Rxd1 Bxd1+ 27. Kxd1 Rd8+ 28. Kc2 (28. Bd3
Rxd3+ 29. Kc2 Qe4 $19) 28... Qd2+ 29. Kb3 Rb8+ 30. Ka4 Qc2+ 31. Ka3 Qb2+ 32.
Ka4 a5 $19) 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O Nce4 17. Qb1 Nd6 18. Rfe1 Qa5 19. Nd4 Qxd5 20. Nb5 Qe4 21.
Nxd6 Qxb1 22. Rxb1 exd6 23. Bxa6 Rc7 24. a4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Ra8 26. Rb3 Nd7 27.
Be2 Rc3 28. Rxc3 Bxc3 29. Rd1 Rxa3 30. Rxd6 Ra1+ 31. Rd1 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[BlackTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. Qc2 c5 10. dxc5 bxc5 11. e4 dxe4 12. Qxe4 Re8 13. Bd3 Bf6 14. Ne5
Nc6 15. Qxh7+ Kf8 16. Qh8+ Ke7 17. Nxc6+ Kd7+ 18. Be5 Kxc6 19. O-O-O Bxe5 20.
Be4+ Kc7 21. Rxd8 Rxh8 22. Rxh8 Bf4+ 23. Kc2 Bb7 24. Bxb7 Rxh8 25. Bd5 Rd8 26.
Rd1 Bxh2 27. Bxf7 Rf8 28. Bd5 Rxf2+ 29. Rd2 Rxd2+ 30. Kxd2 Be5 31. b3 Bf6
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2744"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Navigator"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Bb3 Qd7 13. a4 b4 14. a5 Bxb3 15.
Qxb3 Rab8 16. Qc2 Rfd8 17. Nc4 Qe6 18. Ne3 h6 19. Nf5 Bf8 20. Qe2 Rb5 21. cxb4
Rxb4 22. Qxa6 Nxe4 23. Be3 Rd5 24. Rec1 Nc5 25. Bxc5 Rxc5 26. Ng3 e4 27. Rxc5
Bxc5 28. Re1 Qd5 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. Nh4 e3 31. f4 e2+ 32. Kh1 Bf2 33. Nf3 Bxe1
34. Ng5+ hxg5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 19th"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2012.04.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2012.04.09"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 148"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow ShSM-64"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O Be7 8. d3
h6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qc2 Bh7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Bd6 13. Qb2 a5 14. Nf3 Bxe5
15. Nxe5 Qd6 16. a3 d4 17. f4 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Qxd7 19. b4 Rfe8 20. b5 c5 21. b6
Re7 22. Rab1 e5 23. Qb5 Qc8 24. fxe5 Rxe5 25. Bd5 Bf5 26. Qb2 Re7 27. Qd2 Be6
28. e4 dxe3 29. Qxe3 Qd7 30. Rfe1 Rc8 31. Bg2 Ree8 32. Qf3 Rc6 33. Qf2 Rd6 34.
Qxc5 Rxd3 35. Qc7 Qxc7 36. bxc7 Rc8 37. Rxb7 Rd7 38. c5 Rdxc7 39. Rxc7 Rxc7 40.
c6 Kf8 41. Re5 a4 42. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2012.06.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B38"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.06.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd7 11. Qd2 Bc6 12. f3 a5 13. b3 Nd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Rab1 Qb6 16. Rfc1 Rfc8 17. Rc2 h5 18. Bf1 Kh7 19. g3 Qd8 20. Bh3 e6 21. Rd1
Be5 22. Nb5 Qf8 23. Qe2 Rd8 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. Nd4 f5 26. Nxc6 bxc6 27. Be3 Qe7
28. Bg2 Bg7 29. Rcd2 Rad8 30. Bxc5 dxc5 31. exf5 Bd4+ 32. Kf1 exf5 33. Qxe7+
Rxe7 34. f4 Rd6 35. Re2 Rxe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2012.06.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.06.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Bb6 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Be6 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 c5 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Nxd4 a5 19. b3 Nc5 20. Rd1 Bd7 21. e5
dxe5 22. Nf3 Nb7 23. Nxe5 Nd6 24. a4 Be6 25. Qc3 Qg5 26. Nf3 Qd8 27. Nd4 Kh8
28. Nh5 Qg5 29. Nxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qxc7 Qxh5 32. Qxd6 Qe2 33. Qd3 Qxd3
34. Rxd3 Rc8 35. Re3 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc2 37. f3 Rc6 38. Re5 Ra6 39. Kg3 Kg8 40.
Kf4 Kf7 41. Rb5 Kf6 42. h4 Ra8 43. g4 Ra7 44. Ke4 g5 45. hxg5+ hxg5 46. Kd4
Rd7+ 47. Kc4 Ra7 48. b4 axb4 49. Kxb4 Ke7 50. Rxg5 Kd6 51. a5 Rf7 52. a6 Kc6
53. Ra5 Rf4+ 54. Kc3 Rxf3+ 55. Kd2 1-0

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2012.06.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.06.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 e5 12. Qh3 h6 13. Nf3 exd4 14. Bxh6
Re8 15. O-O-O c5 16. Ng5 Qd7 17. Qh4 f6 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Nh3 Nc6 20. Rd3 g5
21. Qh5 Rxe4 22. f4 Qf7 23. Ng3 Qc4+ 24. Rc3 dxc3 25. Qg6+ Kf8 26. Qxf6+ Ke8
27. Qg6+ Kd7 28. Qxe4 cxb2+ 29. Kb1 Re8 30. Rd1+ Nd4 31. Qxb7+ Kd8 32. Qb8+ Kd7
33. Qb7+ Kd8 34. Qb8+ Nc8 35. Qxb2 Re6 36. Rc1 Qa4 37. Ka1 Rb6 38. Qd2 Nd6 39.
Rc3 Nc4 40. Qd3 Qb4 41. Rb3 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "Prague Cez Trophy m"]
[Site "Prague"]
[Date "2012.06.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2012.06.20"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "CZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.07.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. b4 O-O 8.
Bb2 d6 9. e3 e5 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Qc2 Ng5 12. Qf5 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Nd7 15. Qc6 Nf6 16. f4 Qd7 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. fxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. Ke2
Rfd8 21. Rhc1 Rd6 22. c5 Rh6 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. h3 Rg6 25. Kf2 Rf6+ 26. Ke2 Rg6
27. Kf2 Rf6+ 28. Ke2 Rg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf4 h6 13. Qc2 Nfxe4 14. Nxe4 Bxd4
15. Qd2 Bg7 16. Nxc5 dxc5 17. Bxh6 Be6 18. Qf4 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Qf6 20. b3 c6 21.
Qe3 Bxh3 22. Qxc5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 b6 24. Qb4 Kg7 25. Rxe8 Rxe8 26. Re1 Rxe1 27.
Qxe1 Qb2 28. Qe3 Qxa2 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Qd8+ Kg7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Qd8+ Kg7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2589"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.
Bb3 c5 9. O-O c4 10. Bc2 Nc6 11. h3 h6 12. Qe2 Qc7 13. e4 e5 14. dxe5 Be6 15.
Bf4 Rad8 16. Nb5 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Nd6 Ndxe5 19. Bxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Rxd6 21.
Nxc4 Rc6 22. Bb3 Rfc8 23. Ne3 Bxb3 24. axb3 Qxe4 25. Rxa7 Rc2 26. Qg4 Qxg4 27.
hxg4 R2c7 28. Rd2 Bf8 29. Nd5 Rc1+ 30. Kh2 R8c2 31. Rxc2 Rxc2 32. f4 b5 33. Rb7
Rxb2 34. Rxb5 Bd6 35. Rb6 Bc5 36. Rc6 Bd4 37. b4 Kg7 38. Rc4 Bf2 39. f5 gxf5
40. gxf5 h5 41. Rc6 Rb3 42. Rc3 Rb2 43. Kh3 Kh6 44. f6 Be1 45. Rd3 Kg5 46. Re3
Bxb4 47. Re5+ Kg6 48. Nf4+ Kxf6 49. Rxh5 Bd6 50. g3 Bxf4 51. gxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. O-O Nh6 6. Nc3 Nf5 7. a3 O-O 8. b4
Nxb4 9. axb4 cxb4 10. d4 bxc3 11. e4 Nd6 12. Qd3 b5 13. cxb5 Qb6 14. Ba3 Qxb5
15. Qc2 Ba6 16. e5 Nf5 17. g4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxe5 19. Rfd1 Rac8 20. Bc1 Bc4 21.
Rxa7 d5 22. Be3 Qd6 23. f4 e5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Bf2 Rfe8 26. Ra3 Qf4 27. Rxc3
Be5 28. Rg3 Ra8 29. Ne2 Qg5 30. Nc3 Bxg3 31. hxg3 Rac8 32. Rd4 Re5 33. Qd2 Qxd2
34. Rxd2 Rd8 35. Bd4 Re6 36. g5 Rde8 37. Bxd5 Bxd5 38. Nxd5 Rc8 39. Nf6+ Kg7
40. Ng4+ Kf8 41. Kf2 Rec6 42. Kf3 Rd8 43. Bg7+ Kxg7 44. Rxd8 Rc5 45. Ne3 Rxg5
46. Rd7 h5 47. Ra7 Rc5 48. Rb7 Kf6 49. Rb6+ Kg5 50. Rd6 Rc3 51. Rd5+ f5 52. Rd6
Ra3 53. Rb6 Rd3 54. Ra6 Rb3 55. Rc6 Ra3 56. Rb6 Rc3 57. Ra6 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kurnosov, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 e5 7. Nf5 h5 8. g5
Nxe4 9. Nxg7+ Bxg7 10. Nxe4 d5 11. Ng3 Bg4 12. Be2 Nc6 13. Nxh5 Bxh5 14. Bxh5
e4 15. h4 d4 16. Qe2 Kf8 17. Bg4 Qd5 18. Rh3 d3 19. cxd3 Nd4 20. Qd1 exd3 21.
Kf1 Nc2 22. Rb1 Re8 23. Bd2 Qxa2 24. h5 Bxb2 25. Rxd3 Qc4 26. Be2 Rxh5 27. Kg1
Be5 28. Bxh5 Qxd3 29. Rxb7 Re7 30. Qg4 Qxd2 31. Qc8+ Kg7 32. Rxe7 Qe1+ 33. Kg2
Qe4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qe4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "170"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 Bg7 4. d4 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Nxe5 Bxe5 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. h3 e6 11. Bg5 exd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Be3 c6 14. dxc6 bxc6 15.
Qd2 Kh7 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Rac1 Rd8 18. f4 Bb7 19. Qf2 a5 20. Re1 Kg8 21. Bb1 Re8
22. Rcd1 Qc7 23. Bb6 Qb8 24. e5 dxe5 25. fxe5 Nd5 26. Rf1 Rf8 27. Bc5 Qxe5 28.
Rde1 Qb8 29. Nxd5 cxd5 30. Re7 Ba6 31. Rxf7 Bxf1 32. Bxf8 Bxf8 33. Bxg6 Qe5 34.
Rh7 Bc5 35. Qxc5 Qg5 36. Kxf1 Qxg6 37. Qxd5+ Kxh7 38. Qb7+ Qg7 39. Qxa8 Qf6+
40. Kg1 Qd4+ 41. Kh1 Qxb2 42. Qxa5 Qc1+ 43. Kh2 Qf4+ 44. Kg1 Qe3+ 45. Kf1 Qf4+
46. Ke2 Qe4+ 47. Kd1 Qxg2 48. Qc7+ Kg8 49. Qc4+ Kf8 50. Qf4+ Ke7 51. Qe3+ Kf7
52. a3 h5 53. Ke1 Kg6 54. Qe6+ Kg7 55. Qe7+ Kg6 56. Qe6+ Kg7 57. a4 Qb2 58.
Qd7+ Kg6 59. Kf1 Qc3 60. Kg2 Kg5 61. Qd5+ Kf4 62. Qf7+ Kg5 63. Qd5+ Kf4 64.
Qf7+ Kg5 65. Qe7+ Kf5 66. Qf8+ Kg5 67. Qg8+ Kf4 68. Qb8+ Ke4 69. Qg3 Qb2+ 70.
Qf2 Qg7+ 71. Kf1 Kd5 72. Qf5+ Kc6 73. Qxh5 Qa1+ 74. Kg2 Kb6 75. Qb5+ Ka7 76. h4
Qg7+ 77. Kh3 Qc3+ 78. Kg4 Qd4+ 79. Kh5 Qh8+ 80. Kg5 Qd8+ 81. Kg4 Qd4+ 82. Kh3
Qe3+ 83. Kg2 Qe4+ 84. Kg3 Qe3+ 85. Kg4 Qd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. Bb2 Nc6 12. Nf3 Nge7 13. O-O Qb6 14. Qe2 Bb5 15.
Kh1 a6 16. Rfd1 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. Nxd4 Rfc8 19. Rac1 Nxd4 20. Bxd4 Qc7 21.
Bc5 b6 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. c4 dxc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Qxc4 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27.
h3 a5 28. bxa5 bxa5 29. a4 h5 30. Kh2 Qd2 31. h4 g6 32. Kh3 Kg7 33. g3 Qf2 34.
Qe4 Qg1 35. Qc6 Kg8 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. Qc6 Kg8 38. Qa8+ Kg7 39. Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 d6 8. Qe2
Nd7 9. N1d2 Qc7 10. O-O-O Ngf6 11. Kb1 b5 12. f4 Bb7 13. g4 Nc5 14. Nxc5 dxc5
15. g5 Nd7 16. c4 O-O 17. h4 Nb6 18. Bc2 Nxc4 19. Nxc4 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Rab8 21.
h5 Bc6 22. g6 Rb4 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qc3 Rfb8 25. Rhg1 Rxb2+ 26. Ka1 Bf8 27.
Bb3 R2xb3 28. axb3 Bxe4 29. f5 Bxf5 30. Rgf1 Rb4 31. Qd3 Qe5+ 32. Ka2 c4 33.
Qd7+ Kg8 34. Rxf5 Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c5 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. b3
d5 9. O-O dxc4 10. Ncb5 Qd8 11. bxc4 a6 12. Nc3 Ng4 13. e3 Ne5 14. Qe2 Nbc6 15.
Rd1 Bg4 16. f3 Bd7 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. f4 Qa5 19. fxe5 Qxc3 20. Bb2 Bg4 21. Bxc3
Bxe2 22. Rd7 Bxc4 23. Rxe7 Rac8 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxf1 Rce8 26. Rfxf7 Rxe7 27.
Rxe7 c5 28. Kg2 Rd8 29. Rc7 Bh6 30. e6 Re8 31. Rc6 Bxe3 32. Rxa6 Bd4 33. Bxd4
cxd4 34. Kf3 Kf8 35. Ke4 Rd8 36. Ra7 Ke8 37. Rxh7 Rd6 38. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Ne4 Na5 13. Bxf4 Nxb3 14. axb3 exf4
15. d4 Re8 16. Qd3 f5 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxe8+ Qxe8 19. dxc5 Qg6 20. Re1 Rf8 21.
Re7 Be4 22. Qd1 c6 23. b4 Bd5 24. c3 h6 25. Kh2 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Qxf7 27. Ne5 Qe7
28. Qd4 Qg5 29. Nf3 Bxf3 30. gxf3 Qh4 31. b3 Kh7 32. c4 Kg8 33. Kg2 Qg5+ 34.
Kf1 Qh5 35. Qd8+ Kh7 36. Ke2 Qf7 37. Qd4 Qe7+ 38. Kf1 g5 39. Qd6 Qe8 40. Kg2
Kg7 41. Qc7+ Kg6 42. Qd6+ Kg7 43. h4 Qc8 44. Qe7+ Kg6 45. h5+ Kxh5 46. Qf7+ Kh4
47. Qg6 Qh8 48. Qxc6 g4 49. Qd6 Kg5 50. c6 Qe8 51. Qd5 gxf3+ 52. Qxf3 Qe7 53.
Qd5 Kg4 54. Kh2 Qc7 55. Qd7 Qe5 56. Qd5 Qc7 57. Qg2+ Kh4 58. Qf3 Kg5 59. Kg2 h5
60. Qd5 Kg4 61. c5 h4 62. Qf3+ Kg5 63. Kh3 Kf6 64. Qd5 Kg5 65. Qg8+ Kf6 66. Qd5
Kg5 67. Qe6 Qg7 68. f3 Qa1 69. Qe7+ Kg6 70. Qe8+ Kg7 71. Qe7+ Kg6 72. Qe8+ Kg7
73. Kxh4 Qf6+ 74. Kh3 Qa1 75. Qd7+ Kf6 76. Qd6+ Kg5 77. Qe7+ Kg6 78. Qe6+ Kg5
79. Qg8+ Kh5 80. Qg2 Qf6 81. Qg8 Qxc6 82. Qh7+ Kg5 83. Qh4+ Kg6 84. Qxf4 Qe8
85. Qd6+ Kg5 86. Qd2+ Kf6 87. Qd4+ Kg5 88. f4+ Kh5 89. Qe5 Qd7 90. Qe2+ Kg6 91.
Qg2+ Kf7 92. Kh4 Qd8+ 93. Qg5 Qd3 94. Qh5+ Kg7 95. Qg5+ Kf7 96. Qh5+ Kg7 97.
Qe8 Qxb3 98. Qe7+ Kg8 99. c6 Qc4 100. Qe8+ Kg7 101. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 b4 10. Na4 e5 11. Qd1 Bd6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Rc1 Re8 16. Rc6 Qe7 17. Qc2 Rad8 18. Ra6 Rc8 19. Qb1 Ra8 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Rc1
Re8 22. Rc6 Nf8 23. Qc2 exd4 24. exd4 Ne6 25. Be3 g6 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. dxc5 Bb8
28. Qb2 Ne4 29. Qd4 Nc3 30. Rb6 Be5 31. Qg4 d4 32. Bh6 Bc7 33. g3 Bxb6 34. Qxd4
f6 35. cxb6 Rd8 36. Bc4+ Kh8 37. Qf4 g5 38. Qf5 Ne4 39. Qxa5 Nxg3 40. Qa7 Qe1+
41. Kg2 Nf5 42. b7 Qe4+ 43. Kg1 Qe1+ 44. Bf1 Qe5 45. f4 gxf4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qb3 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bf4 Qa5 14.
Bxc6 Be6 15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. cxb4 Bxa1 17. Bxa8 Bc3 18. Bc6 Bxb4 19. a4 Rc8 20.
Bb5 a5 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2677"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 h6 7. O-O Bg6 8. Nb3
Nd7 9. Bd2 Nc8 10. c4 dxc4 11. Na5 Rb8 12. Nxc4 Ncb6 13. Ba5 Be7 14. Qb3 O-O
15. Rac1 Qc7 16. Nfd2 Rbc8 17. f4 c5 18. Ne3 Qb8 19. d5 c4 20. Ndxc4 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 exd5 22. Ne3 b6 23. Bb4 Nc5 24. Qxd5 Be4 25. Qd2 Rfd8 26. Qe1 Qb7 27. Qg3
Bd3 28. Bf3 Ne4 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Nf5 Nxg3 31. Nxe7+ Kf8 32. Nxc8 Nxf1 33. Nd6
Nd2 34. Bd5 Bg6 35. Kf2 b5 36. b3 b4 37. Rc7 f6 38. Rxa7 fxe5 39. fxe5 Nb1 40.
Ke3 Nc3 41. Bc4 Nd1+ 42. Kd4 Nf2 43. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Nf3 Bg7 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Rxb7 Bd5 11. Rb1 c5 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qc2 Be6
15. Rfd1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Bf6 18. Bxf6 exf6 19. Bf3 Rac8 20. d5 Bd7
21. Rd4 Ba4 22. Qc1 Bd7 23. Qc2 c3 24. h4 Rb8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Rc4 Rc8 27.
Rxc8+ Bxc8 28. d6 Qc5 29. Be4 Be6 30. g3 Kg7 31. Qd3 f5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E15"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Be7 7. Bg2 c6 8. O-O
d5 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. a4 c5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nc3 Rc8 14. Qb2 Bb7 15.
dxc5 Nxc5 16. Bf4 Qe8 17. Be5 f6 18. Bd4 Qf7 19. Rac1 Nxc3 20. Rxc3 Rfd8 21.
Rdc1 Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nxa4 23. bxa4 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Rxd4 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rc3 Bf8
27. e3 Rd8 28. Rc6 a4 29. Bf1 Qb7 30. Qc4 Qb3 31. Rxe6 Rd1 32. Rc6+ Qxc4 33.
Rxc4 a3 34. Ra4 Bc5 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Bc4 Rc1 37. Bd5 Ke7 38. h4 Kd6 39. Bg8 h6
40. Kf3 Rc2 41. Bb3 Rb2 42. Bc4 Kc6 43. Ra6+ Kb7 44. Ra4 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.08"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2012.07.06"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. e3 d5 6. cxd5 Nb4 7. Nf3 Nd3+ 8.
Ke2 Bf5 9. Qa4+ c6 10. Nh4 Nxc1+ 11. Rhxc1 Bg4+ 12. Ke1 b5 13. Nxb5 cxb5 14.
Qxb5+ Nd7 15. Rxc5 O-O 16. Rc3 Rb8 17. Qc4 Nf6 18. b3 Rc8 19. Qb4 Rb8 20. Qa4
Bd7 21. Qc4 Rc8 22. Qd3 Rb8 23. Nf5 Bb5 24. Qc2 g6 25. a4 gxf5 26. axb5 e4 27.
Bf1 Nxd5 28. Rc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Na4 dxe4 14. Bxe4
Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Bc6 18. Nb6 Rad8 19. Bc7 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
f6 21. f3 Kf7 22. Kf2 g5 23. Nc4 h5 24. Na5 Ba8 25. h3 g4 26. hxg4 hxg4 27.
fxg4 Rg8 28. g3 Rxg4 29. c3 Bd5 30. c4 Ba8 31. Rd7 Ke8 32. Rd1 Rd4 33. Ke1 e5
34. Rd2 Kd7 35. Bb6 Bd6 36. Rh2 Bf3 37. Rh7+ Ke6 38. Nb7 Bxb7 39. Rxb7 e4 40.
g4 f5 41. gxf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. d3 Nb6 10. Qb3 Bg4 11. Ne5 Bf5 12. O-O Nfd7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Be3
Qc7 15. Nb5 Qb8 16. Rac1 Nc8 17. Rfe1 a6 18. Nd4 b5 19. Nc6 Qd6 20. a4 bxc4 21.
dxc4 Qd7 22. Bc5 Re8 23. h3 h5 24. Ne5 Qc7 25. Bd4 Rb8 26. Qc3 Qb7 27. Re2 Qb3
28. Qd2 Nd6 29. Nc6 Nxc4 30. Qf4 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Nd6 32. Nxb8 Qxb8 33. b4 Bd7 34.
a5 Bb5 35. Rec2 Qd8 36. Rc7 e5 37. dxe6 Rxe6 38. Qf4 Qf6 39. Qxf6 Rxf6 40. Re1
Rf4 41. Rd1 Nf5 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Rb8 Rxb4 44. Rbb7 Nh6 45. f3 h4 46. Kf2 Ra4
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 a5 7. Nf3 c6 8. Be2
dxc4 9. b3 b5 10. Qb2 b4 11. Na4 c3 12. Qc2 O-O 13. e4 Nbd7 14. O-O Qc7 15. Bg5
c5 16. Rad1 Bb7 17. e5 Nd5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Rd4 Nd7 20. Rc4 Qb8 21. Nc5 Nxc5
22. Rxc5 Rc8 23. Rxc8+ Qxc8 24. h4 h6 25. Bc1 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Qxa6 27. h5 gxh5 28.
Rd1 a4 29. Qe4 axb3 30. axb3 Qa2 31. Nd4 Rc8 32. Kh2 Qxf2 33. Rd3 Qf1 34. Ne2
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2525"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 a5 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bb6 14. h3 c5 15. d5
Nh7 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Rc1 a4 18. e5 Ba5 19. Bd2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Ng5 21. Nxg5 Qxg5
22. Qc3 Rab8 23. b3 axb3 24. axb3 Rxe5 25. Rxe5 Qxe5 26. Qxe5 dxe5 27. Ne4 Bf5
28. Nxc5 Rd8 29. g4 Bc8 30. Ne4 Rxd5 31. Rxc7 Be6 32. Nc5 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Bd5 34.
b4 Rh1+ 35. Kg3 Rg1+ 36. Kh4 Kh7 37. Nd7 Be6 38. Nf8+ Kg8 39. Nxe6 fxe6 40. b5
Rb1 41. Rc5 e4 42. Kg3 Rb4 43. Kf4 Kf7 44. Ke5 Rb2 45. Kxe4 Rxf2 46. b6 Rb2 47.
Rc6 Ke7 48. Ke5 Rb5+ 49. Kd4 Kd7 50. Rc7+ Kd6 51. Rxg7 Rxb6 52. Rg6 h5 53. gxh5
Rb5 54. h6 Rh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D01"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bg5 c6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. e4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. c3 Qd5 14. Bxf6 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 Qxf3 16. gxf3 Bxf6 17. a4 a5 18. f4 e6 19. Kg2 Kg7 20. Rad1 Red8 21.
Bc4 Rd6 22. Kf3 Rad8 23. Rb1 R6d7 24. Re2 Be7 25. Rd1 Kf8 26. Rd3 c5 27. Red2
cxd4 28. Rxd4 Rxd4 29. Rxd4 Rxd4 30. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 f5 3. d4 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg2 c6 6. d5 Bb4 7. Bd2 Na6 8. Nh3 O-O
9. O-O cxd5 10. Nxd5 Nxd5 11. cxd5 Bxd2 12. Qxd2 d6 13. f3 exf3 14. exf3 Bd7
15. Ng5 Qb6+ 16. Rf2 Rae8 17. f4 Nc5 18. Qd4 h6 19. Ne6 Nxe6 20. Qxb6 axb6 21.
dxe6 Bc6 22. Re1 Rf6 23. Rfe2 Kf8 24. Re3 Ke7 25. Rb3 b5 26. Bf1 Rxe6 27. Rxe6+
Kxe6 28. Bxb5 Kd5 29. Kf2 Kd4 30. Be2 Be4 31. Rb4+ Kc5 32. Rb5+ Kd4 33. Rb4+
Kc5 34. Rb5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. a3 Be7 7. Nxd4 d6 8. f3
O-O 9. Be3 a6 10. Qd2 c5 11. Nde2 Nc6 12. Nf4 Re8 13. Be2 Bf8 14. O-O Be6 15.
Rfd1 Na5 16. Nxe6 Rxe6 17. Rab1 Rc8 18. b4 cxb4 19. Rxb4 Nd7 20. Nd5 Bg7 21.
Bg5 Qf8 22. Rdb1 Nc5 23. Be3 f5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Bf1 Rce8 26. Bf2 Qf7 27. Kh1
Kh8 28. Rb6 Nc6 29. Bxc5 dxc5 30. Rxb7 Qf5 31. Bd3 Qe5 32. Be4 Rf8 33. R7b6 Nd4
34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. Qd3 Ng5 36. g3 Nxe4 37. Qxe4 Qxe4 38. fxe4 Bd4 39. Rb6 Re8
40. Rxa6 Rxe4 41. a4 Bb2 42. a5 Rxc4 43. Rc6 Bd4 44. a6 Ra4 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46.
Rc7+ Kh6 47. Rc6 c4 48. Kg2 c3 49. Kf3 c2 50. Rxc2 Rxa6 51. h4 Ra5 52. Nf4 Be5
53. Re2 Bxf4 54. Kxf4 Ra4+ 55. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 Qa3 13. Rc3 Qd6 14. h4
Rd8 15. h5 Bxd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Rd3 e5 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Qf3
Rf8 21. g4 Bd7 22. Qh3 Kg7 23. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 Qa5 8. Nd2
Qc7 9. Be2 e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. exd5 Nbd7 12. Nc4 a6 13. a5 Nc5 14. O-O Nfe4 15.
Nxe4 Nxe4 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Ra4 f5 18. Rxe4 fxe4 19. c4 Qe7 20. b4 Bf5 21. Qd2
Bf6 22. c5 Rfd8 23. Rc1 h5 24. Nc4 dxc5 25. bxc5 Be6 26. Nb6 Bf7 27. Qc2 Bg5
28. Qxe4 Bxe3 29. Qxe3 Rxd5 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. Rd1 Bf7 32. Rd6 Rc8 33. Bd3 Kg7
34. f4 Re8 35. f5 gxf5 36. Qh6+ Kg8 37. Bxf5 Qf8 38. Qh7# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chadaev, Nikolay"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2580"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. a4 Be7 10. Nb3 Na5 11. Nxa5 Qxa5 12. Bf4 Bc6 13. Qd2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Qc7
15. a5 O-O 16. h3 h6 17. Kh2 Rd7 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bb6 Qb8 20. Qe3 Ne8 21. Ne2
Nc7 22. Ba7 Qa8 23. Bb6 Qb8 24. Nd4 Na8 25. Nxc6 Rxc6 26. Ba7 Qd8 27. c3 b5 28.
axb6 Nxb6 29. Bxb6 Qxb6 30. Qxb6 Rxb6 31. Ra2 Rdb7 32. Rd2 a5 33. Kg1 g5 34.
Bf1 Bf6 35. Be2 Be5 36. Bh5 Rb5 37. Be2 Rc5 38. Kg2 Kg7 39. Ra4 Rb6 40. Ra2 Rb7
41. Ra4 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. Re1 Nf6 7. c3 O-O 8. d4
Bg4 9. dxc5 dxc5 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e6 13. Bg2 a6 14. Be3 Rc8 15.
Nd2 Qe7 16. f4 e5 17. f5 b5 18. g4 Bf6 19. Nf3 Nd4 20. Qd2 Nxf3+ 21. Bxf3 Bh4
22. Red1 Nb6 23. b3 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Bg5 25. Bf2 Bh4 26. Be3 Bg5 27. Bf2 Bh4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Ba3 Nd7 8.
Bc4 c5 9. Qb3 O-O 10. Nf3 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Be2 Be6 13. Qb4 Rc8 14. O-O Bc4
15. Rfe1 Bxe2 16. Rxe2 Nc4 17. Rd1 Qd6 18. e5 Qd5 19. Bc1 Rc7 20. h4 Rfc8 21.
Bf4 e6 22. h5 a5 23. Qb3 b5 24. hxg6 fxg6 25. Ng5 h6 26. Ne4 g5 27. Bg3 Nb6 28.
Qe3 Rc2 29. Nf6+ Bxf6 30. exf6 Kf7 31. Be5 R8c3 32. Rxc2 Rxc2 33. Qd3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 O-O 8. Nc3
h6 9. Qc2 Qe7 10. Nh4 Qe6 11. b3 Na6 12. Rd1 Be7 13. Nf3 Bd7 14. a3 Rad8 15.
Be3 Bc5 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. b4 Na6 18. c5 Qe7 19. Ne4 Nc7 20. Nxf6+ Qxf6 21. Qb2
Rfe8 22. Nd2 Bf5 23. Nc4 Nb5 24. a4 Nd4 25. e3 Nc2 26. Rac1 Rxd1+ 27. Rxd1 Bg6
28. Nd6 Rd8 29. Rd2 a5 30. bxa5 Ra8 31. Nxb7 Qe7 32. Bxc6 Rc8 33. Bd5 Qf6 34.
Rxc2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2788"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 b6 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Ng4 10. h3 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qc8
15. a5 Nd7 16. Bg4 e6 17. Qe3 b5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Nf6 20. Qe5 c5 21. Rd6
Qc7 22. Bf3 Rfd8 23. Bxb7 Rxd6 24. Rf1 Qxb7 25. Qxd6 b4 26. Na4 c4 27. Nb6 Re8
28. Qxb4 Rc8 29. Qc3 Rc5 30. Rd1 e5 31. b4 Ne4 32. Qe3 Rb5 33. c3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.09"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2548"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. a3 d6 7. O-O Nge7 8. b4 f5
9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Bb2 e4 11. Ne1 O-O 12. d3 exd3 13. Nxd3 Be6 14. Nd5 Bxb2 15.
Nxb2 Rc8 16. e3 Ne5 17. Qc2 Bxd5 18. cxd5 b5 19. a4 b4 20. f4 Nf7 21. e4 fxe4
22. Nc4 Qxd5 23. Rad1 Qe6 24. Bxe4 Rcd8 25. a5 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27. Rxd8+ Nxd8
28. Ne5 Qd6 29. Qc4+ Ne6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Qb5 Qd4 32. Qb7 Kf6 33. Bf3 h5 34.
Qxa7 Nxf4+ 35. gxf4 Qd2+ 36. Kh3 Qxf4 37. Qxe7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 d6 10. a5 Rb8 11. Nc4 h6 12. h3 Be6 13. c3 Qc8 14. d4 exd4 15. cxd4
d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Re1 Rd8 18. Bd2 Bf6 19. Nce5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Nde7 21. Re4
Rb5 22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qc2 Rdd5 24. Be1 Rdc5 25. Qe2 b3 26. Qd3 Rc2 27. Re2 Qf5
28. Qxf5 Nxf5 29. Rxc2 bxc2 30. Bc3 Rd5 31. Nd2 Nfd4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. c4 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Bg5 Nbc6 8.
Nxc6 bxc6 9. Qd2 h6 10. Be3 c5 11. Bd3 Nc6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bxh6 Be6 14. b3 Qh4
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Rh8 17. g3 Qh6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. cxd5 Nd4 20. h4 a5 21. Qf2
f6 22. Rad1 Qh5 23. Rd2 Qg4 24. Qg2 Raf8 25. Be2 Qd7 26. Bd1 g5 27. fxg5 fxg5
28. Rdf2 Qe7 29. h5 c6 30. dxc6 Nxc6 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Rxf8 Qxf8 33. Qf2 Qe7
34. Qf5 Ne5 35. Be2 Kh6 36. g4 Kg7 37. Kg2 Kh6 38. Bc4 Kg7 39. Kh3 Qd8 40. Qe6
Qf8 41. Qf5 Qd8 42. Bd5 Qe7 43. Kg3 Qd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 Bd7 7. Nc3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. c5 dxc5 10. Nb3 O-O 11. Nxc5 Qc8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Qa4 Nd4
15. Qxd7 Rxd7 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Bxd4 Rxd4 18. Bxb7 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rb8 20. Bf3
Rxb2 21. Rd8+ Bf8 22. a4 Rc2 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Rxd5 e6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2525"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. g3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nc2 d6 7. Bg2 Be6 8. Ne3
Qd7 9. Nd5 Rc8 10. Nd2 Bh3 11. O-O Bxg2 12. Kxg2 e6 13. Ne3 Nge7 14. Nf3 O-O
15. Rb1 f5 16. b4 f4 17. Nc2 e5 18. Qd3 Qe6 19. Ng5 Qg4 20. Ne4 Rcd8 21. b5 Na5
22. Nb4 Nxc4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Qxd5+ Kh8 25. Qxc4 d5 26. Qd3 dxe4 27. Qxe4 Rd4
28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Ba3 e4 30. Qb3 f3+ 31. exf3 exf3+ 32. Kh1 Qh3 33. Rg1 Rf5 34.
Qe6 Be5 35. Qe8+ Kg7 36. Bf8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. g3 d5 7. e5 Ng4 8. e6
Nf6 9. exf7+ Kxf7 10. Bg2 c6 11. O-O Re8 12. Nce2 Na6 13. a3 Nc5 14. c4 Kg8 15.
cxd5 Nxd5 16. Qc2 a5 17. Rd1 Qb6 18. Nf4 Nxf4 19. Bxf4 Bf6 20. Be3 Bg4 21. Rdc1
Rxe3 22. fxe3 Bxd4 23. exd4 Nb3 24. Qf2 Rf8 25. Qe3 Nxa1 26. Rxa1 Qxb2 27. Re1
Bh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2837"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Qb6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
Be3 Qc7 9. O-O Bg7 10. Bc5 d5 11. Nd2 Nf6 12. Re1 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. c4 Kg7
15. Rc1 dxe4 16. c5 Rd8 17. Qc2 e5 18. Nc4 Be6 19. Nd6 Bd5 20. Qc3 Rxd6 21.
cxd6 Qxd6 22. Red1 a5 23. Bf1 h5 24. Be2 a4 25. h4 Rb8 26. Rd2 Rb4 27. Qe3 Qb8
28. Rcc2 Bxa2 29. Rxc6 Rxb2 30. Rxb2 Qxb2 31. Kf1 Bd5 32. Rc1 a3 33. Qc3 Qxc3
34. Rxc3 a2 35. Ra3 Ng4 36. Bxg4 hxg4 37. Ke2 f5 38. Ke3 Kf6 39. Ra6+ Ke7 40.
Kd2 f4 41. Ke1 Kd7 42. Kd2 Kc7 43. gxf4 exf4 44. Kc3 g3 45. fxg3 fxg3 46. Kb2
g2 47. Rxg6 e3 48. Rg7+ Kd6 49. Rg6+ Ke7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C82"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Bg4 11. Bc2 Ne6 12. Re1 Bc5 13. Nf1 O-O 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. Bb3 Ne7 17. h4 h6 18. h5 Bh7 19. Nd4 Bb6 20. Be3 c5 21. Nf3 d4 22.
cxd4 cxd4 23. Bd2 Nd5 24. Rc1 Ndf4 25. Bxf4 Nxf4 26. Rc6 Ba5 27. Rd6 Qe7 28.
Qxd4 Bxe1 29. Qxf4 Ba5 30. Nf5 Qc7 31. Nxg7 Kxg7 32. Qxh6+ Kg8 33. Qg5+ Kh8 34.
Qf6+ Kg8 35. h6 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "23"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. Qc2 Nf6 5. b3 e5 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. d3 O-O 8. Nf3 Re8
9. O-O Nbd7 10. e3 Nf8 11. Nc3 Ng6 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Nb5 Bf5 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15.
Qd2 Qd7 16. Rfc1 Bh3 17. Rc2 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 h5 19. Rac1 h4 20. h3 hxg3 21. fxg3
e4 22. dxe4 Nxe4 23. Qd4 f6 24. Ba3 Rad8 25. Rc7 Qb5 26. R1c2 Rd7 27. Rxd7 Qxd7
28. Qxa7 Qf5 29. g4 Qd7 30. Qd4 Ne5 31. Nxe5 Rxe5 32. Qb6 Kh7 33. Rc7 Qe8 34.
Bb2 Re6 35. Qxb7 Qg6 36. Qxd5 Rd6 37. Qh5+ Qxh5 38. gxh5 Rd2+ 39. Kf3 Ng5+ 40.
Kg4 Rxb2 41. Ra7 Re2 42. a4 Rxe3 43. Rb7 Re4+ 44. Kf5 Re5+ 45. Kg4 Ne6 46. b4
f5+ 47. Kf3 Re4 48. a5 Nd4+ 49. Kf2 f4 50. a6 Re2+ 51. Kf1 f3 52. a7 Nf5 53.
Rf7 Ng3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "24"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. Qe2 a5
9. a4 b6 10. Na3 Ba6 11. Re1 d6 12. Nb5 Na7 13. Na3 Rc8 14. Qc2 Nd7 15. Bg5 Qc7
16. Nd2 h6 17. Be3 Ne5 18. Ndc4 Nec6 19. Bf4 Rfd8 20. Qc1 g5 21. Bd2 d5 22.
exd5 exd5 23. Ne3 Ne7 24. Qc2 d4 25. Nec4 Ng6 26. Re2 Bb7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7 28.
Rae1 Rc6 29. Qb3 Qc7 30. Nb5 Nxb5 31. axb5 Rf6 32. cxd4 Rxd4 33. Qc2 Rd8 34.
Bc3 Rf3 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Bxg7 Kxg7 37. Qc3+ Rd4 38. R8e3 Rf6 39. Nd2 Qd7 40.
Nf3 Rd5 41. Kg2 Rdf5 42. R1e2 Qb7 43. d4 cxd4 44. Qxd4 Rxf3 45. Kg1 R3f5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "25"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chadaev, Nikolay"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2580"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg4 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. h3 Bxf3 8.
Nxf3 Nf6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. h4 h6 11. h5 g5 12. e5 Nf8 13. Qe4 Ne6 14. O-O Qd5 15.
Re1 Qxe4 16. Rxe4 O-O-O 17. Be3 Rd5 18. Kf1 Kc7 19. Ke2 Rhd8 20. Rd1 b6 21. c4
R5d7 22. b3 a5 23. a4 Bh8 24. g3 Rg8 25. Nh2 Ng7 26. Ng4 Nf5 27. e6 fxe6 28.
Rxe6 Rd6 29. Re4 Bd4 30. Kd2 Rgd8 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Rxd4 33. Ne5 Rd6 34.
Re1 Re6 35. Re4 Nd4 36. Ng4 Rd6 37. Rxe7+ Kd8 38. Rh7 Nxb3+ 39. Kc3 Nc1 40.
Rxh6 Rxd3+ 41. Kc2 Rd4 42. Ne5 Re4 43. Re6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "26"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. f4 d6 10. e5 Nfd7 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Be3 Nc6 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Qh5 O-O
15. c3 f5 16. Ng5 Nf6 17. Qe2 h6 18. Nf3 Bd6 19. g3 b6 20. Nbd4 Ne7 21. Bf2 Qd7
22. Rad1 Ng6 23. Bc4 Kh8 24. Nxe6 Re8 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. fxe5 Ne4 27. exd6 Rxe6
28. Bxe6 Qxe6 29. Bxb6 Bb7 30. Qe3 Ng5 31. h4 Ne4 32. d7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "27"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nh6 6. h4 d6 7. h5 Bg4 8. d3 Qd7
9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Qc1 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Nf5 12. Bg2 Nfd4 13. h6 Bf8 14. Qd1 Ne6 15. e3
Nc7 16. Qe2 e6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Bc3 e5 19. f4 f5 20. Nd2 O-O 21. O-O Bf6 22.
fxe5 Bxe5 23. Qf2 Bxc3 24. bxc3 Ne5 25. Qe2 Ng4 26. e4 Nxh6 27. exf5 Nxf5 28.
Ne4 Qe7 29. Qd2 Rbe8 30. Rf3 Ne6 31. Raf1 h5 32. Bh3 Neg7 33. Kh2 b6 34. R1f2
Qd8 35. Ng5 d5 36. cxd5 Qxd5 37. Qf4 Re7 38. Bg2 Qe5 39. Qc4+ Kh8 40. d4 cxd4
41. cxd4 Qc7 42. Qd3 h4 43. Kh3 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "28"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 a6 4. Be3 d6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. e5 Nh6
9. Qe2 Nb6 10. Ne4 Qd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Rae1 Nd5 13. Bd2 Rae8 14. c3 f5 15. Neg5
e6 16. b3 Nf7 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. c4 bxc4 19. bxc4 Nb6 20. Be3 Rfe7 21. h4 h5 22.
Rd1 Qa4 23. Ng5 dxe5 24. fxe5 c5 25. Nh3 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Qc6 27. Nf4 Rd7 28. Ba1
Bh6 29. Nxg6 Rg7 30. Bxf5 exf5 31. Rf2 Rxg6 32. c5 Nd5 33. Qc4 Qe6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "29"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2788"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. Rb1 Nc6 8. b4
h6 9. b5 Ne7 10. a4 Be6 11. d3 Rb8 12. e4 Nd7 13. Be3 b6 14. Nd5 Nc5 15. a5
Nxd5 16. cxd5 Bd7 17. Qc2 f5 18. exf5 Bxf5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Nd2 Qd7 21. Qc4 h5
22. h4 Bh6 23. Ne4 Rb7 24. Rb3 Kg7 25. Rfb1 Rfb8 26. Nc3 Rf8 27. b6 axb6 28.
axb6 Rfb8 29. bxc7 Qxc7 30. Nb5 Qd7 31. Nxd6 Rxb3 32. Nxf5+ gxf5 33. Rxb3 Rxb3
34. Qxb3 f4 35. Qb6 fxg3 36. fxg3 Be3+ 37. Kh2 Bd4 38. Be4 Qf7 39. d6 c4 40.
Qc7 c3 41. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Astana"]
[Date "2012.07.10"]
[Round "30"]
[White "Kotsur, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.07.09"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "30"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 149 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.08.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. O-O d6 8. Qd3
Nbd7 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Rad1 Ne5 12. Qd4 Nc6 13. Qe3 e5 14. a3 Bxc3 15.
Bxc3 Be6 16. f4 d5 17. fxe5 Nxe4 18. Bd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Qxe5 20. c3 Bd7 21. Nf3
Qe6 22. Bd3 Ba4 23. Rde1 Rfe8 24. Nd4 Qb6 25. Qf4 Nf6 26. Qf2 Bd7 27. h3 h6 28.
Kh1 a5 29. Bb1 Qd6 30. Qh4 b6 31. Qf2 Rac8 32. Qh4 b5 33. Bf5 Rxe1 34. Rxe1 Re8
35. Rf1 Ne4 36. Rf3 Re5 37. Qd8+ Re8 38. Qxd7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O Nce4 17. Qd3 Qd6 18. Qxa6 Rc2 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Qxd6 exd6 21.
Bb5 Nfe4 22. Ne1 Rd2 23. Bxg7 Rxd1 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Nf3 Rxd5 26. Bc6 Rd3 27.
Ra1 g5 28. h3 h5 29. Re1 Nf6 30. Nxg5 Rd2 31. Rb1 Nd3 32. Nf3 Rc2 33. Ba4 Rxb2
34. Rxb2 Nxb2 35. Bb3 Nd3 36. Nd4 Nc1 37. f3 Nxb3 38. axb3 Nd7 39. Kf2 Nc5 40.
g4 hxg4 41. fxg4 Kg7 42. Ke3 Kg6 43. h4 f6 44. Kf4 Kf7 45. Kf5 d5 46. g5 fxg5
47. hxg5 Kg7 48. g6 Kh6 49. Ne6 Ne4 50. Nf4 Kg7 51. Nh5+ Kg8 52. Nf4 Kg7 53.
Nxd5 Nc5 54. Nxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nd4 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. d3 d6 7. Na4 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qh3 Qd7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. f4
h6 15. fxe5 hxg5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. a3 Raf8 18. Rxf6 Rxf6 19. Rf1 Rh6 20. Qe3
Qb5 21. Qd4 g4 22. g3 Qg5 23. Rf4 e5 24. Qc4+ Kh7 25. Rf2 Qe3 26. Qf7 Rf6 27.
Qh5+ Kg8 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qe8+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Qc2 d5 10. dxe5 Ng4 11. e6 Rxe6 12. h3 Ngf6 13. exd5 Rxe1+ 14. Nxe1 Nxd5
15. Nb3 Ne5 16. Be4 Nf6 17. Bg5 h6 18. Rd1 Qe8 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Na5 c6 21. Nf3
Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Kg7 23. Qe2 Qxe2 24. Bxe2 h5 25. g4 Be5 26. Nc4 Bc7 27. Nd6 Be6
28. Nxb7 hxg4 29. hxg4 Rb8 30. Nc5 Bxa2 31. b4 Rd8 32. Rxd8 Bxd8 33. Bf3 Bf6
34. Na4 Bb3 35. Bxc6 Bxa4 36. Bxa4 Bxc3 37. b5 Bd4 38. Kg2 g5 39. Bb3 Bb6 40.
Kf3 f6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 b5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Kb1 Qb6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. f5 b4 14. Ne2 e5
15. Ng3 h5 16. h4 Qc5 17. Qe2 Ke7 18. Nxh5 Bb5 19. Qg4 Bh6 20. Rd5 Qc7 21. Qd1
Bc6 22. Bc4 Rac8 23. Bb3 a5 24. Rd3 a4 25. Bxf7 Bxe4 26. Be6 d5 27. Bxd5 Bxd3
28. cxd3 Rhd8 29. Bc4 Qxc4 30. dxc4 Rxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Rxc4 32. g4 Rxg4 33. Rd7+
Kf8 34. Rd8+ Ke7 35. Rd7+ Kf8 36. Rd8+ Ke7 37. Rd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A58"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. bxa6 O-O 8. Bg2
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nb6 11. Re1 Bxa6 12. Nd2 Bb7 13. Nf1 Nfd7 14. Ne3 Ra6
15. Qd2 Qa8 16. b3 Bd4 17. Nc2 Bg7 18. Ne3 Bd4 19. Nc2 Bg7 20. Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. a3
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bc5 10. Qd2 O-O 11. g3 Bxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. Bf2 Bb7 14. Bg2 Qc7
15. O-O Rfc8 16. Rfe1 Ne7 17. Rac1 Nb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6+ 19. Qf2 Qc7 20. Ne2 a5
21. Nd4 b4 22. g4 Qb6 23. f5 Nc6 24. Nf3 Qxf2+ 25. Kxf2 bxa3 26. bxa3 Ba6 27.
Rb1 Rab8 28. Rxb8 Nxb8 29. Nd4 Nc6 30. Nf3 Ne7 31. Nd4 Nc6 32. Nf3 Ne7 33. Nd4
Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E92"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. c5 Nc6 13. O-O Bf8 14. Kh1 Bd7 15. a3
Nh5 16. Qd2 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qh4 18. Bf2 Qf4 19. Rfd1 Bc6 20. Bf1 Rad8 21. Nb5 a6
22. Nd4 Bd7 23. Qxf4 Nxf4 24. g3 Nh3 25. Bxh3 Bxh3 26. b4 h5 27. Re1 Rxe1+ 28.
Rxe1 a5 29. Nb3 axb4 30. axb4 Ra8 31. Na5 Bg7 32. Rd1 Re8 33. Re1 Ra8 34. Rd1
Re8 35. Re1 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Nge7 7. dxc5 Qc7 8. Bb5
Bd7 9. Qe2 f6 10. exf6 gxf6 11. Nbd2 O-O-O 12. c4 Rg8 13. g3 e5 14. cxd5 Nxd5
15. Nb3 Bg4 16. Qc2 Nf4 17. Nbd2 Rxd2 18. Nxd2 Nd4 19. Qa4 Bxc5 20. gxf4 exf4
21. Ne4 Nf3+ 22. Kf1 Bh3+ 23. Ke2 Nd4+ 24. Ke1 Bg2 25. Qc4 Rd8 26. Nxc5 Nf3+
27. Ke2 Nd4+ 28. Ke1 Nf3+ 29. Ke2 Nd4+ 30. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Qe2 Qc8 13. a4 Qb7 14. Bd3 Rab8 15.
b4 Bd6 16. Ra3 Rfd8 17. Nb3 Nxb4 18. cxb4 Bxb4 19. Nbd2 c5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
Ra1 c4 22. Bc2 Qc7 23. Rd1 Bc5 24. Ra6 Qc8 25. Ra5 Ng4 26. Rf1 c3 27. Nb3 Bc4
28. Qe1 Bb6 29. h3 Bxf1 30. Kxf1 Bxa5 31. hxg4 Qc4+ 32. Kg1 Bc7 33. Bg5 Rd7 34.
Be3 Bd6 35. Qa1 Qc6 36. g5 Ra8 37. Qb1 b4 38. g3 Rdd8 39. Kg2 Qa6 40. Qh1 Qa2
41. Ne1 Ra3 42. Nc1 Qe6 43. f4 exf4 44. e5 fxe3 45. Qxh7+ Kf8 46. exd6 Rxd6 47.
Ned3 b3 48. Nf4 Rd2+ 49. Kh1 Qc6+ 50. Be4 Ra1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Bb6 8. Nc4
Ne7 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. h3 c6 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 cxd5 14. d4 e4 15.
Ne5 Be6 16. f3 exf3 17. Qxf3 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Be3 b5 20. a3 Qh4 21. Qf4
Qh5 22. Bd4 Ra6 23. Rae1 Bd7 24. Bb3 Be6 25. Qe3 Qg6 26. Kh2 Rc8 27. Rf4 h6 28.
Bc2 Qg5 29. Ref1 Rac6 30. Bd3 Rc4 31. R1f3 Qg6 32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Rg3 Qh5 34.
Qxe4 Kh8 35. Qxb7 Qe2 36. Qxb5 Qc2 37. Qb7 R4c7 38. Qb5 Ra8 39. Rf2 Qe4 40. Qe2
Qc6 41. Qe3 Qa4 42. Bc5 Rb7 43. b4 Qb3 44. Rf6 Kh7 45. Rxg7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. Nd2 Nc5 10. N2f3 Nc6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. c3 Nxd3 13. Qxd3 h6 14. a4 g5 15.
h3 Bg7 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. b3 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qc3 19. Ba3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Bf8 21. Bxf8
Kxf8 22. Ne1 a5 23. Kf1 Ke7 24. Ke2 Rc6 25. Kd2 Rhc8 26. g4 f5 27. exf6+ Kxf6
28. Ra2 Be8 29. Rc2 Bg6 30. Rxc6 Rxc6 31. Nf3 Rc2+ 32. Ke1 Rc1+ 33. Kd2 Rc2+
34. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O Bf5 6. Nfd2 e6 7. e4 Bh7 8. Qe2
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Kh1 a5 12. a4 Qb6 13. g4 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qa6 15.
Qf3 Bb4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nce4 f5 18. exf6 N7xf6 19. c3 Be7 20. Ng3 Qd3 21. g5
Qxf3 22. Rxf3 hxg5 23. fxg5 Ng4 24. Nde4 Rxf3 25. Bxf3 Ne5 26. Bg2 Rf8 27. b3
Nd3 28. Bd2 Nf2+ 29. Kg1 Nxe4 30. Nxe4 Nf4 31. Bf3 Nh3+ 32. Kg2 Bxe4 33. Bxe4
Nxg5 34. Bxg5 Bxg5 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Bxd8 37. Kf3 Kf7 38. Bd3 Kf6 39. Ke4
Bc7 40. h3 Be5 41. c4 Bc3 42. Be2 Ke7 43. Bg4 Kd6 44. Kd3 Bf6 45. Ke4 Kc5 46.
Kd3 Kb4 47. Kc2 e5 48. Bf5 Kc5 49. Kd3 Kb4 50. Kc2 b6 51. Be4 Kc5 52. Kd3 Bg5
53. Bf3 Bf4 54. Bg2 Kd6 55. Bf3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Bd7 8. g3 Na5
9. h4 Ne7 10. Bh3 h6 11. h5 Nc8 12. O-O Qc7 13. Ne1 Nb6 14. Qe2 O-O-O 15. Ng2
Be7 16. Rb1 Rdg8 17. f4 g6 18. Nf3 Kb8 19. Kh2 Nc6 20. Be3 Bd8 21. Bf2 Ne7 22.
g4 gxh5 23. gxh5 Nf5 24. Rg1 Ng7 25. Nd2 f5 26. exf6 Bxf6 27. Nf1 Nc8 28. Ng3
Nd6 29. Ne3 Bh4 30. Qf3 Be8 31. Bg4 Qf7 32. Rbf1 Bxg3+ 33. Bxg3 Ngf5 34. Re1
Ne4 35. Bxf5 exf5 36. Bh4 Nd2 37. Qe2 Qxh5 38. Qxh5 Bxh5 39. Bf6 Nf3+ 40. Kh1
Nxe1 41. Bxh8 Bf3+ 42. Kh2 Rxg1 43. Kxg1 Be4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 65th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2012.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2012.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 8.
Qd3 c5 9. d5 Bc8 10. Be3 b6 11. h3 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ng5 Nc6
15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Bc4 Kf7 17. O-O Ne8 18. Rad1 Nd6 19. Bd3 Nb4 20. Bb1 Nc4 21.
Bc1 a6 22. Kh2 Bd4 23. Rfe1 Ra7 24. b3 Rad7 25. Bg5 Nb2 26. Bxd8 Nxd1 27. Rxd1
Rxd8 28. f4 Ke7 29. Ne2 e5 30. f5 b5 31. Nc3 Rf8 32. Ne2 Rd8 33. Nc3 Rd6 34.
Nd5+ Nxd5 35. exd5 c4 36. fxg6 hxg6 37. Be4 Rf6 38. Rd2 g5 39. g3 Rf1 40. Re2
cxb3 41. axb3 a5 42. Ra2 a4 43. bxa4 b4 44. Rc2 Re1 45. Bd3 b3 46. Rc7+ Kd6 47.
Rc6+ Kxd5 48. Rc8 b2 49. Rd8+ Kc5 50. Rb8 e4 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Cup rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 f5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 O-O 7. e3 d6 8. Bg2
Nd7 9. Nge2 Nf6 10. O-O Qe7 11. Nd5 Qd8 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Qd2 c6 14. b4 Bd7
15. Rab1 Rb8 16. a4 Re8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. b5 Qc7 19. Nc3 Rbc8 20. Rbc1 Bg7 21.
Qa2 c5 22. Nd5 Qd8 23. dxc5 Rxc5 24. Nb4 Qf6 25. Bc6 Bxc6 26. Nxc6 a5 27. Qd2
Bf8 28. Nd4 d5 29. cxd5 Rxd5 30. Rc6 Qd8 31. Qa2 Bc5 32. Rc1 Rd7 33. Nf3 Qe7
34. Kg2 Qe4 35. Rc4 Qd5 36. Rc2 Qe4 37. Rc4 Qd5 38. Rc2 Qe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Cup rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 d4 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8. Nd3
Nc6 9. c5 e5 10. b4 a5 11. b5 Nb4 12. Nxb4 axb4 13. c6 bxc6 14. Bxc6 Ra5 15. a4
Nc5 16. d3 Be6 17. Nd2 b3 18. Qb1 Rxa4 19. Rxa4 Nxa4 20. Nxb3 Nc3 21. Qc2 Bxb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Cup rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2683"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. O-O c5 7. h3 Nfd7 8. d5
Na6 9. a4 Nc7 10. Bf4 f5 11. exf5 Nb6 12. c4 Bxf5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. a5 Bxd3 15.
Qxd3 Na4 16. Qb3 b5 17. cxb5 Nxb2 18. Nc3 Rxf3 19. gxf3 Qxh3 20. b6 Nd3 21. Ne4
c4 22. Qd1 axb6 23. axb6 Rxa1 24. Qxa1 Bxa1 25. b7 Na6 26. Rxa1 Qd7 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Cup rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E09"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 c6 7. Qc2 b6 8. Nbd2
Ba6 9. b3 Nbd7 10. e4 Rc8 11. Re1 c5 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bb2 Nc7 14. Rad1 Bb7 15. h4
h6 16. Qb1 b5 17. b4 dxc4 18. dxc5 Nd5 19. Nd4 a6 20. Nf1 Qc7 21. Nf5 exf5 22.
Bxd5 Bxd5 23. Rxd5 Qc6 24. Red1 Nb8 25. Qxf5 Qe6 26. Ne3 Nc6 27. a3 a5 28. Bc3
axb4 29. axb4 Ra8 30. Qc2 Ra3 31. Kg2 Rb3 32. Rd6 Bxd6 33. Rxd6 Qe8 34. Nd5
Nxe5 35. Rxh6 f5 36. Rd6 Nd3 37. Qd2 Rb1 38. Rg6 Ne5 39. Rg5 Qe6 40. Ne7+ Qxe7
41. Qd5+ Rf7 42. Bxe5 Kh7 43. c6 Re1 44. Rh5+ Kg6 45. Rg5+ Kh7 46. Bxg7 Qe2 47.
Bd4 Qe4+ 48. Qxe4 Rxe4 49. Bc3 Re6 50. Rh5+ Kg6 51. Rh8 Rfe7 52. h5+ Kg5 53.
Bd2+ Kf6 54. Bc3+ Kg5 55. Kh3 f4 56. g4 Rxc6 57. Rg8+ Kh6 58. Kh4 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Cup rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 Nc6 8. Be3
Ne5 9. f3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. Be2 Ng6 12. Qd2 b6 13. b4 Bb7 14. Na4 Rfb8 15. c5
bxc5 16. Nxc5 Qd8 17. O-O Bf8 18. Rfd1 d5 19. Nxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc6 Qe8 21. e5 Rc7
22. b5 Nd7 23. Ne7+ Nxe7 24. Rxc7 axb5 25. Bxb5 Qb8 26. Rxd7 Qxb5 27. Rc7 Ng6
28. Bd4 h6 29. h3 Rxa3 30. Rc8 Kh7 31. Qc2 Be7 32. Rc7 Kg8 33. Rb1 Qd3 34. Qxd3
Rxd3 35. Bf2 Bg5 36. Bg3 h5 37. Rb8+ Kh7 38. h4 Nxh4 39. Bxh4 Bxh4 40. Kh2 Bf2
41. Rxf7 Bd4 42. f4 Bf2 43. Rb1 Bg3+ 44. Kg1 Kg6 45. Re7 Kf5 46. Rf7+ Ke4 47.
f5 Kxe5 48. fxe6 Kxe6 49. Rxg7 h4 50. Rg5 Kd6 51. Kf1 Rd2 52. Rc1 Rf2+ 53. Kg1
Rd2 54. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Cup rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Ne5
Nbd7 9. Nxg6 hxg6 10. a3 a6 11. Bd2 Be7 12. g5 Ng8 13. f4 Bd6 14. Qf3 Ne7 15.
O-O-O Nf5 16. Kb1 Rb8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 Be7 19. Be1 Qc7 20. h4 Rd8 21. Bf2
Qa5 22. Be2 Qa4 23. d5 exd5 24. cxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Qc6 26. Rd2 O-O 27. Rc2 Qa4
28. h5 Rc8 29. Bd1 Rxc2 30. Bxc2 Qc6 31. hxg6 Rc8 32. gxf7+ Kxf7 33. Qb3+ Ke8
34. Rh8+ Nf8 35. Nf6+ gxf6 36. Bxf5 Qc1+ 37. Ka2 Rd8 38. g6 Rd1 39. Qf7+ Kd8
40. Bb6+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Cup rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D27"]
[WhiteElo "2665"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. Rd1 e5 11. exd4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qe5 Qd6 14. Qxd6
Bxd6 15. Rxd4 Bc5 16. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Cup rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. a3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. e3 Bd6 8. b4
O-O 9. Bb2 f5 10. d3 Kh8 11. Be2 Qe8 12. O-O Qg6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nb5 a6 15.
Nxd6 cxd6 16. Nc4 Bd5 17. f3 Nd7 18. e4 Bg8 19. exf5 Rxf5 20. d4 Qf6 21. Nxd6
Rf4 22. dxe5 Ndxe5 23. Rad1 Rf8 24. Qc3 Qg6 25. Qe3 Qh5 26. Rd2 Qg5 27. Ne4 Qh6
28. Rfd1 Ng4 29. Bxg7+ Kxg7 30. Qc3+ Nge5 31. Rd6 Qh5 32. Nc5 R4f6 33. Nxb7 Rh6
34. Rxh6 Qxh6 35. Nd6 Be6 36. Ne4 Kh8 37. Rd6 Qg7 38. Kh1 Bf5 39. Ng3 Bg6 40.
Bxa6 Ne7 41. Re6 N7c6 42. Bb5 Bf7 43. Nf5 Rd8 44. Be2 Nd4 45. Nxg7 Nxe2 46. Qa1
Nd3 47. Nf5+ Rd4 48. Rxe2 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Cup rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. f4 Ne7 8. Nf3
Nf5 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Nd4 11. e5 f6 12. Ne4 d5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. exf6 Nxf3+
15. Qxf3 Qxf6 16. Be3 d4 17. Bd2 e5 18. Qg2 Bf5 19. fxe5 Qe6 20. Bh6 Bh3 21.
Rxf8+ Rxf8 22. Qe4 Rf5 23. Qh4 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Cup rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Qe3 g6 8. c4
Bg4 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. h3 Bd7 11. Rb1 O-O 12. b3 Qa5 13. a3 Qc5 14. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Cup rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2012.10.07"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khalifman, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2012.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 150 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.10.19"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
e3 Be6 9. b3 exd4 10. Qxd4 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nge2 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Nd7 14. O-O
Nf6 15. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.12"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B92"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg CF"]
[BlackTeam "Vesnianka Gran"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BLR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a4 Be6 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. a5 Rc8 12. Re1 Rc4 13. Re3 Re8 14. Rd3 Qc7 15.
Be3 Rc8 16. h3 h6 17. Qc1 Rb4 18. Na2 Ra4 19. Nc3 Rxa1 20. Qxa1 Nc5 21. Nxc5
dxc5 22. Qa4 Bd8 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. exd5 Qxa5 25. Qxa5 Bxa5 26. Rb3 b6 27. Ra3 c4
28. d6 Rd8 29. Ra4 Rxd6 30. Rxc4 Bd2 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Bxd2 Rxd2 33. Kf1 Rd6 34.
Be2 a5 35. Bd3+ g6 36. Rc7 Kg7 37. Re7 Re6 38. Rb7 Rd6 39. Re7 e4 40. Bxe4 Kf8
41. Re5 Nxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.13"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Karttunen, Mika"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tammer Shakki"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg CF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FIN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nh6 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
a5 9. d3 Nf5 10. Bd2 e6 11. Bg5 Nfe7 12. Nb5 e5 13. Ne1 f6 14. Bd2 Be6 15. b4
axb4 16. axb4 f5 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. Nc3 Rb8 19. Bg5 e4 20. Na4 b6 21. Nc2 h6 22.
Bf4 Ne5 23. dxe4 Bxc4 24. Nxb6 Qxd1 25. Rfxd1 Bxe2 26. Rd2 Ba6 27. Na3 Rbd8 28.
Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 g5 30. Be3 c4 31. Rb6 c3 32. Rc2 Bd3 33. Rc1 f4 34. Bc5 Rfe8
35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Bb4 Ng4 37. Re6 Bd4 38. Bxc3 Bxf2+ 39. Kh1 Be3 40. Rf1 Nf2+
41. Rxf2 Bxf2 42. Rxh6 Bd4 43. Bxd4 Re1+ 44. Bg1 Rc8 45. d6 Rcc1 46. h4 Rxg1+
47. Kh2 Rgd1 48. Rf6 Be2 49. Rxf4 Rxd6 50. Rf2 Bd3 51. Rd2 Rd4 52. Nb5 Rxh4+
53. Kg3 Rb4 54. Rxd3 Rxb5 55. Bd5+ Kg7 56. Kf4 Kf6 57. Bf3 Rf5+ 58. Ke3 Kg5 59.
Be4 Re1+ 60. Kd4 Rf4 61. Re3 Rxe3 62. Kxe3 Rxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.14"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Saratov Economist"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg CF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 b6 8. Re1 e6
9. e5 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qc8 13. Bf3 Nfd7 14. Ne4 Ra7 15. Ra3
Bxe4 16. Bxe4 c5 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxg6 Ne5 20. Bxf7+ Rxf7 21. Qxd5
Nbc6 22. Rae3 Qd7 23. Qe4 Nd4 24. Qa8+ Kh7 25. Rxe5 Bxe5 26. Qe4+ Nf5 27. g4
Bxb2 28. gxf5 Qxf5 29. Qxf5+ Rxf5 30. Rb1 Rf4 31. Rxb2 Rxh4 32. Rxb6 Rxa4 33.
Rc6 Rc4 34. Rxa6 Rxc2 35. Rc6 c4 36. Kg2 Rc3 37. h4 Rc1 38. Kg3 c3 39. Kf4 Rc2
40. f3 Rh2 41. Kg3 Rc2 42. Kg4 Rc1 43. Kh5 c2 44. Rc7+ Kg8 45. Kxh6 Rf1 46.
Rc8+ Kf7 47. Rxc2 Rxf3 48. Rg2 Rf4 49. h5 Rf5 50. Rg6 Kf8 51. Rg1 Kf7 52. Rg2
Ra5 53. Rg7+ Kf8 54. Rb7 Kg8 55. Rc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg CF"]
[BlackTeam "Tomsk 400"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 Re8 8.
Ne1 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Qc2 Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. e4 Nb6 13. d3 Qd7 14. f4 f5 15.
g4 fxe4 16. f5 Bf7 17. Bxe4 Nd5 18. g5 g6 19. Ng2 Nce7 20. f6 Nf5 21. Rb1 c5
22. Rf2 Nd6 23. Bf3 c4 24. dxc4 Nxc4 25. Qd3 e4 26. Bxe4 Ne5 27. Qg3 Rac8 28.
Bd2 Qg4 29. Qxg4 Nxg4 30. Re2 Nxc3 31. Bxc3 Rxc3 32. Rxb7 h6 33. h3 Rxh3 34.
Bd5 Rxe2 35. Bxf7+ Kf8 36. Bxg6 Re8 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Rg7+ Kh8 39. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.16"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg CF"]
[BlackTeam "SOCAR"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 d5 7. c4 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bc8 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Ba3 Bg4 15. Bxc6 Rc8 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bxe7 Bxe2 18. Bxd8 Bxf1 19. Kxf1 Rxd8
20. Re1 Bxc3 21. Re8+ Rxe8 22. Bxe8 Bd4 23. Ba4 Kf8 24. Bb3 Bb6 25. Bc4 Bc5 26.
Bb3 Bb6 27. Bc4 Bc5 28. Bb3 Bb6 29. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 28th"]
[Site "Eilat"]
[Date "2012.10.17"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.10.11"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 151"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2012.11.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ashdod"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg CF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Nge2 Nge7 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Bg4 12. Qd2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 Nf5 14. Rac1
Nxe3 15. fxe3 Ne7 16. Nf4 Bh6 17. Rc3 Qd7 18. Bh3 f5 19. Nd3 Rac8 20. Nc5 Qc6
21. Bg2 b6 22. Nd3 Qd6 23. Rfc1 Rxc3 24. Rxc3 Qe6 25. Nf4 Bxf4 26. exf4 Rc8 27.
Re3 Qd6 28. Re5 Kf7 29. Bf3 h5 30. Kg2 Qd7 31. a3 Rc6 32. Qe2 Rd6 33. Re3 Ng8
34. Rc3 Nf6 35. Qc2 Qe7 36. Rc7 Rd7 37. Rc6 Qe3 38. Qc3 Re7 39. Qxe3 Rxe3 40.
Rc7+ Kf8 41. Rc8+ Ke7 42. Rc7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.02.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Wattenscheid"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Bg2 d4 6. Ne2 e5 7. d3 Bd6 8. O-O
Nge7 9. Nd2 O-O 10. f4 exf4 11. Nxf4 Ne5 12. Nf3 Bg4 13. h3 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Bd7
15. Bg2 a5 16. Bd2 Ra6 17. Qh5 Qc7 18. e5 Bxe5 19. Rae1 Bf6 20. g4 g6 21. Nd5
Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Bh4 23. Re5 Re6 24. Bf4 Qc8 25. Qxc5 Rfe8 26. Qxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxa5
Rxc2 28. Bd5 Ra6 29. Rxa6 bxa6 30. Be5 Be6 31. Bxe6 fxe6 32. Bxd4 h5 33. a4 Rd2
34. Rf3 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Ra1 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. Bf6 Rxa4 38. Bxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.02.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 153"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 a6 7. Be2 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. Nxc5 Nxc5 10. Nd4 Ne7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. O-O Qc7 13. f4 Be4 14. a4 O-O 15.
c3 Nf5 16. Bf2 Qe7 17. Rc1 f6 18. exf6 Qxf6 19. Nf3 Nd6 20. g3 Qg6 21. Ne5 Qe8
22. b3 Nd7 23. Nf3 Nf6 24. Ne5 Nd7 25. Nf3 Nf6 26. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.04.05"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "0:42:00"]
[BlackClock "0:40:00"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. a3 O-O 10. Re1 Qb6 11. exd6 Bxd6 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nce7 14. Ng5 Nf6
15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Ng6 17. h4 Rac8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Be3 b5 20. b4 Qd8 21. Ba2
Re8 22. h5 Nf8 23. Rac1 h6 24. Nf3 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 a5 26. Bf4 Qe7 27. Bxd6 Qxd6
28. Qe5 Qa6 29. Bb1 axb4 30. axb4 Qa3 31. Qe1 e5 32. dxe5 Bg4 33. Be4 Bxh5 34.
Bc6 Rd8 35. Ra1 Qb3 36. Rb1 Qe6 37. Rc1 Ng6 38. Qe3 Bxf3 39. Bxf3 Qxe5 40. Qxe5
Nxe5 41. Rc5 Nxf3+ 42. gxf3 Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.04.06"]
[Round "14.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "153"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Eppingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "0:05:55"]
[BlackClock "0:06:32"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Na6 7. e3 Nb4 8. Qb3
Bf5 9. Rc1 Qb6 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qd1 Qa5 12. Qd2 Nxa2 13. Ra1 Nxc3 14. Rxa5 Ne4
15. Qc2 Bb4+ 16. Kd1 Bxa5 17. Bd3 Nxf2+ 18. Qxf2 Bxd3 19. Qxf6 Rg8 20. Nh3 Bd8
21. Qe5+ Kd7 22. Nf4 Be4 23. Qh5 Rg7 24. Qh6 Rg8 25. Qh3+ Ke8 26. Rf1 Be7 27.
Ne2 Bd6 28. Rf6 Rd8 29. Nc3 Bg6 30. Rxd6 Rxd6 31. Qc8+ Rd8 32. Qxb7 Bh5+ 33.
Ke1 Rg6 34. h3 Re6 35. g4 Bg6 36. Kd2 Kf8 37. Qxa7 Rde8 38. Qa3+ Kg8 39. Ne2
R6e7 40. Qb3 Ra7 41. Nf4 Raa8 42. Ke2 Reb8 43. Qc3 Ra2 44. Qxc6 Raxb2+ 45. Kf3
Be4+ 46. Kg3 R2b3 47. Kh4 Rxe3 48. Qf6 Rf3 49. Qe5 Rf8 50. Qg5+ Bg6 51. Nxd5
Kg7 52. Qe7 h6 53. Nc7 Rc8 54. d5 Bd3 55. Qe5+ Kg8 56. Ne6 fxe6 57. Qxe6+ Kg7
58. Qd7+ Rf7 59. Qxc8 Bb5 60. Qc3+ Kh7 61. Qc2+ Kg8 62. Kh5 Be8 63. Kxh6 Rd7
64. Qc8 Rd6+ 65. Kg5 Rxd5+ 66. Kf6 Kf8 67. h4 Rd6+ 68. Ke5 Rc6 69. Qf5+ Bf7 70.
Qd7 Be8 71. Qd4 Rh6 72. Kf5 Rh7 73. h5 Kg8 74. Qd8 Kf8 75. Kg5 Rd7 76. Qf6+ Rf7
77. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1213"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.04.07"]
[Round "15.1"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2616"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2012.10.20"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]
[WhiteClock "0:37:00"]
[BlackClock "1:11:00"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6
Bxa6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. e3 Bf8 17. Bf1 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Reb8 19. Reb1 e6 20. Bxf8
Kxf8 21. Rb3 Rb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Bd4 O-O 10. f4 Ng4 {This system was examined in annotations to Anand -
Caruana (see CBM 151).} 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ Kg8 13. Be2 $146 {A harmless
novelty.} (13. Nf3 e6 14. O-O-O exd5 15. exd5 Re8 16. Bb5 Bd7 17. Bxd7 Nxd7 18.
Rhe1 Qf6 $11 {1-0 Varga,P (2478)-Isepy,J (2282)/Sarospatak 2003/EXT 2005 (33)})
(13. h3 Nf6 14. Nf3 e6 15. O-O-O exd5 16. exd5 {1/2 Cebalo,M (2476)-Bentivegna,
F (2324)/Bratto 2009/CBM 132 Extra (99)} Qd6 $11 17. Nb5 $140 Qe7) 13... c6 14.
Bxg4 Bxg4 15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf3 cxd5 17. exd5 e6 $1 18. d6 {This pawn will be
rather weak but} (18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. O-O Qxd4+ 20. Nxd4 Bc4 21. Rfd1 Rad8 {
leads to a pleasant endgame for Black, who will have B vs N in an open
position.}) 18... Bc6 19. O-O Nd5 20. Nxd5 $6 (20. Ne4 $5 f5 21. Neg5 Qxd6 22.
Ne5 $44 {[%csl Ge5]}) 20... Bxd5 21. Ne5 f6 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Ne3 Qxd6 24. Rad1
Rfd8 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rf3 {Black has won a pawn but fails to improve his
position.} b6 $6 (26... Rd7 $142 27. Rfd3 Rad8 {keeping some winning chances.
Perhaps GM Peter Svidler overlooked that} 28. Qxa7 Qxf4 29. Rxd5 $4 {didn't
work due to} Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qc7+ 32. Kg1 Rxd5) 27. Rfd3 Rac8 28.
Qxd5 $1 Qxd5 (28... Qxf4 29. Qxd8 Rxd8 30. Rxd8 {is not dangerous for White.})
29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Rxa7 Rxb2 33. Rb7 Rxa2 34. Rxb6 f5
35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteClock "1:32:34"]
[BlackClock "0:49:36"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O {Lange Zeit galt das Nehmen auf c6 als
Hauptvariante, aber Boris Gelfand hat gegen Anand gezeigt, dass Schwarz sich
halten kann, und jetzt spielt man wieder öfters 4.0-0.} Nge7 5. c3 {Ein gute
Alternative ist 5.Re1 und dann 6.Bxc6:} (5. Re1 a6 6. Bxc6 $5 {Diese Variante
sieht zumindest interessant aus.} Nxc6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 d6 (8... Qc7 9. Nc3
d6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Qg4 e5 12. Qg3 h5 13. h4 Be6 14. b3 $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E 
(2723)-Maze,S (2571)/Nice 2011/CBM 141 Extra (50)}) (8... Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10.
Nxc6 dxc6 11. e5 $14 {Wieder steht Weiß besser, weil Schwarz den schlechten
Läufer auf c8 hat, der nicht bald aktiv wird.}) 9. Nc3 Be7 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11.
Qg4 Kf8 (11... O-O 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. e5 dxe5 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Ne4 Kh8 16. Be3 $18
) 12. b3 Qa5 13. Bb2 $14 {Safarli,E (2620)-Korobov,A (2705)/Baku 2012/
CB39_2012 (34)}) 5... a6 6. Ba4 ({Hier bringt das Nehmen auf c6 nichts:} 6.
Bxc6 Nxc6 7. d4 d5 8. exd5 Qxd5 9. Be3 c4 $11) 6... b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1 (8.
Qe2 d5 9. e5 d4 10. Be4 Nd5 (10... Qb6 11. d3 Rd8 12. a4 Nd5 13. axb5 axb5 14.
cxd4 cxd4 15. Nbd2 Nf4 16. Qd1 Nb4 17. Nb3 $14 {1-0 Carlsen,M (2772)-Radjabov,
T (2757)/Nanjing 2009/CBM 133 (25)}) 11. cxd4 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 cxd4 13. a4 Qb6 14.
d3 g6 15. Bg5 Bg7 16. Nd2 O-O $132 {0-1 Bologan,V (2695)-Eljanov,P (2681)/
Eilat 2012/CB41_2012 (40)}) 8... c4 $5 {Das ist ein sehr selten gespielter Zug.
} (8... Rc8 9. a4 Qb6 10. Na3 Ng6 11. axb5 axb5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Bb4 14.
Re2 O-O $132 {1-0 Morozevich,A (2716)-Smirin,I (2676)/Moscow 2002/CBM 091 (35)}
) (8... d5 9. a4 b4 10. d3 Ng6 11. exd5 Qxd5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 Be7 14. Be3
O-O $132 {1/2-1/2 Smirin,I (2647)-Smirnov,P (2579)/Moscow 2009/CBM 129 (36)})
9. a4 {Neue Idee. Bis jetzt wurde nur b3 ausprobiert.} (9. b3 Ng6 10. bxc4 bxc4
11. Qe2 (11. Ba3 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. e5 {1-0 Keitlinghaus,L (2525)-Bologan,V
(2585)/Germany 1997/GER-chT (52)} Qc5 $1 14. Bxg6 hxg6 15. d4 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Rh5
$15) (11. Na3 Nce5 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. Qe2 (13. f4 Nd3 14. Bxd3 cxd3 15. Qf3 f5
$17) 13... Qc7 14. Rb1 Bc5 15. Kh1 Bc6 $15 {0-1 Szczepkowska,K (2285)-Heberla,
B (2510)/Polanica Zdroj 2008/CBM 126 Extra (39)}) 11... Nce5 $5 (11... Na5 12.
Ba3 Be7 13. Bb4 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Na3 $14 {1/2-1/2 Prusikin,M (2519)
-Huebner,R (2625)/Switzerland 2002/EXT 2003 (86)}) 12. Nxe5 Nxe5 13. f4 Nd3 14.
Bxd3 Bc5+ 15. Kh1 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Qh4 $44) (9. d4 cxd3 10. Bxd3 Ng6 $11) 9... Ng6
10. b4 $5 {Eine interessante Idee. Weiß fixiert den Bauern auf b5 und will ihn
später zum Angriffsziel seiner Figuren machen.} Nce5 (10... cxb3 11. Bxb3 b4 $5
{Schwarz versucht das Problem der schwachen Bauern am Damenflügel direkt zu
lösen.} 12. d4 bxc3 13. Nxc3 Be7 14. d5 Na5 15. Ba2 $14) (10... Be7 $6 {
zu langsam} 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Qxa8 13. Na3 Qa6 14. d3 cxd3 15. Bxd3 Na7
16. Qe2 Bc6 17. Nd4 $16 {Das ist die ideale Stellung, die Weiß gern aufs Brett
bekommen würde.}) 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 {Schwarz hat kein leichtes Leben.
} (12... Qxa8 13. Na3 Qa6 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bc6 15. d4 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Qa6
17. Qe2 Be7 18. Bd3 $16) 14. Nd4 $16) 13. Na3 {Der Bauer b5 ist wirklich sehr
schwach.} Bc6 (13... Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bc6 15. d4 cxd3 16. Qxd3 Qb6 17. Qe2 $14)
14. Nd4 Nf4 (14... Qb6 $5 {Dieser Zug sieht etwas besser aus.} 15. d3 cxd3 16.
Bxd3 {Und nun hat Schwarz einen taktischen Trick:} Bxb4 $1 17. Nxc6 Nxd3 18.
Qxd3 Bxa3 19. Bxa3 Qxc6 20. Rb1 f6 $1 $11) 15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. d4 $1 {Weiß
bekommt spürbaren Vorteil.} cxd3 17. Bxf4 Ng6 (17... dxc2 $4 18. Qxd8+ Kxd8 19.
Bxe5 $18) 18. Bg3 dxc2 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxc2 e5 $1 {Der einzige Zug - man
muss die Wirkung des Läufers neutralisieren.} 21. Ra1 {Der Turm dringt in die
schwarze Stellung ein. Schwarz verliert nur deshalb nicht sofort, weil sein
Turm h8 verteidigt ist und Weiß den Läufer f8 nicht fesseln kann.} Kc8 (21...
Kd7 22. Ra7+ Ke6 23. Rc7 Be7 24. Rxc6+ Kd7 25. Ra6 Rc8 26. Ra3 $16) 22. Ra7 f6
23. Ne3 {Also wenn diese Stellung wirklich haltbar ist... Ich denke eher, dass
Weiß seine Chancen nicht verwertet hat.} Kb8 24. Ra1 $2 {Das ist der Fehler,
der den Vorteil vergibt. Wenn der Turm wieder zurück muss, dann hat Schwarz
wenig Sorgen.} (24. Rf7 $1 Rg8 (24... Ne7 25. f4 $1 $16) (24... Be7 25. Rxg7
Kc8 26. h4 $18) 25. Nf5 Nh8 26. Rd7 Kc8 27. Re7 $3 Ng6 28. Re8+ Kd7 29. Ra8 $16
) 24... Rg8 25. Nf5 Ne7 {Nun ist es nicht mehr so schwer, die Stellung zu
verteidigen, obwohl Schwarz immer noch aufpassen muss.} 26. Nd4 Kb7 27. Ne6 Nc8
28. Rd1 Bd6 29. f3 {Sehr langsam. Weiß will nichts riskieren. Interessant war
29.f4!?} (29. f4 $5 exf4 {Schwarz muss nehmen.} 30. Bxf4 Bxf4 31. Rd7+ Kb6 32.
Nxf4 {Im entstandenen Endspiel hat Weiß die besseren Chancen.} Re8 33. Nh5 Rxe4
34. Rxg7 f5 (34... Re3 35. Nxf6 $16) 35. Rxh7 Re3 36. Nf6 Rxc3 37. h4 $14)
29... g6 30. Bh4 Re8 31. Nc5+ {Weiß bleibt nicht viel übrig.} (31. Ng7 Rd8 $1 (
31... Re7 32. Bxf6 Rf7 33. Ne8 $18) (31... Rf8 32. Kf1 $14) 32. Bxf6 Bc5+ 33.
bxc5 Rxd1+ 34. Kf2 $13 {Weiß gewinnt den Bauern e5, das Endspiel ist daher
sehr unklar.}) 31... Bxc5+ 32. bxc5 g5 33. Rd7+ Kb8 34. Be1 Re7 {Es ist
offensichtlich, dass Weiß seinen Vorteil verspielt hat. Er steht nicht mehr
besser und muss sogar noch aufpassen, nicht dass Schwarz die Türme tauscht.}
35. Rd8 Rf7 {Immer noch ist Vorsicht gefragt.} (35... Kc7 $4 36. Rf8 Re6 37.
Rf7+ $18) 36. h4 Kc7 37. Rh8 gxh4 38. Bxh4 Ne7 {Der Springer geht nach g6, von
wo er alles unter Kontrolle hat.} 39. Ra8 Kb7 40. Rd8 Ng6 41. Be1 Kc7 42. Ra8
Kb7 {Logische Entscheidung.} 43. Rd8 Kc7 44. Ra8 Kb7 45. Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 e6 {Evading the main
line} (6... c5) 7. O-O b6 8. b4 (8. b3 {is the most popular move but the text
continuation is quite logical.}) 8... dxc4 (8... c5 $6 {is premature:} 9. bxc5
bxc5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 (10... exd5 11. Ba3 Qa5 $140 $2 12. Bxc5 Qxc3 13. Bxf8 Bxf8
14. Rc1) 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Ba3 Nd7 13. Qc2 Re8 {1-0 Gromek,J-Witkowski,S/
Wroclaw 1955/MCL (22)} (13... Bb7 14. Rfd1) 14. Rab1 $16 {[%cal Rd4c5]}) 9.
Bxc4 Bb7 (9... Nd5 $5 10. Nxd5 (10. Qb3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nd7 13. Be2
Nf6 14. Rac1 Ne4 15. Ba1 Qe7 16. Rc2 Rfc8 $11 {0-1 Salas,M-Stahlberg,G/
Santiago de Chile 1946/EXT 2002 (62)}) 10... exd5 11. Be2 (11. Bd3 $5) 11...
Re8 12. Ba3 a6 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Bb2 Bb5 15. a4 Bxe2 16. Qxe2 Bf8 $5 17. Qd2 Bd6
$132 {1/2 Frey Beckman,K (2350)-Lombardy,W (2525)/Mexico 1980/EXT 2009 (60)})
10. a4 Nbd7 (10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 {[%csl Rb7] is less appropriate with the
bishop on b7:} 12. Bd3 c6 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rfd1 f5 17.
Ba6 Bxa6 18. Qxa6 Rc7 19. Qd3 $14 Qf6 $6 20. b5 $16 {1/2 Orsag,M (2385)
-Ftacnik,L (2595)/Pribram 1997/EXT 2001 (53)}) 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qe2 c5 {Black
tries to solve his problems surgically.} (12... Bf8 $5 {but, of course,
without ...c7-c5 Black will suffer a lot.}) 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. bxc5 {It turns
out that this pawn can't be recaptured without serious concessions.} Bf8 15.
Bb5 $1 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Bxc5 17. Ne5 Bxa3 18. Nxd7 Rxc3 $2 (18... Nxd7 $142 19.
Rxd7 Rxc3 20. Rxd8 Rxd8 {with good drawing chances (M.Golubev).}) 19. Nxf6+
Qxf6 20. Bxe8 {White has won an exchange but it it still not so easy to
convert it.} Be4 21. Qg4 Bd5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 a6 24. h3 (24. e4 $142 Bb3 (
24... Bb2 25. Rb1 Ba2 26. Re1 Rc2 27. Rd8 Kg7 28. Red1) 25. h3 Bc5 26. Rd2)
24... Kf8 25. Bd7 (25. e4 Bc5 26. Rdd1 Bxe4 27. Rac1 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Bxf2+ 29.
Kxf2 Kxe8) 25... Bd6 26. e4 Bc5 $6 (26... Be5 $5 27. Rb4 Bc4) 27. Rdd1 Bxe4 28.
Rac1 {After the exchange of rooks White's technical task becomes easier.} Bb4
29. Rxc3 Bxc3 {[%mdl 4096]} 30. Rc1 Bd4 $6 (30... Bd2 $142 {keeping the
a5-square under control.}) 31. a5 $6 {Missing an opportunity to trade a pair
of bishops:} (31. Bc6 $1 {If} Bb2 {then} 32. Rc5 Bd3 33. Bb7 {[%cal Yc5c8,
Yc8a8]}) 31... Ke7 32. Bc8 (32. Bc6 {was already too late due to} Bb2 33. Rc4
Bd3) 32... Bb2 33. Rc5 Bd3 $2 {This move allows White to rearrange his pieces
in the best way and successfully attack the a6-pawn.} ({After} 33... Kd6 34.
Rc4 Bd5 {it is still unclear how White can win, e.g.} 35. Rc2 Bf6 36. Bxa6 Bd8
{recapturing the a5-pawn.}) 34. Bb7 {[%cal Yc5c8,Yc8a8]} Bb5 35. Rc8 Be5 36.
Ra8 Bc7 37. Bxa6 Bc6 38. Ra7 Kd6 39. Bb7 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.
Bg5 {The Scotch Game in its modern form is anything but a boring opening.
White sports very ambitious plans, hoping for long castling and an attack.
Black's development advantage gives him a chance to start the immediate
counterattack.} (8. Be3 Re8 9. f3 d5 (9... Bxe3 10. Qxe3 d6 {0-1 Karjakin,S 
(2269)-Zubov,O (2328)/Alushta 2001/ (58)}) (9... d6 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Kb1 Nd7
12. Qf2 Bxe3 13. Qxe3 a6 14. Be2 (14. Nd4 Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Qf6 16. Be2 b5 17. Rhe1
Qh6 18. g3 Nb6 19. f4 Rad8 20. e5 c5 21. Qf2 dxe5 22. fxe5 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Nd7
$11 {1/2 (32) Hansen,S (2577)-Georgiev,V (2566) Istanbul 2012}) 14... b5 15.
Rhe1 Nb6 16. Qf4 Ne5 17. Bf1 h6 18. Nd4 Qg5 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qg3 Rf8 21. Ne2
Rae8 22. b3 Qxg3 23. hxg3 g5 $11 {1/2 (41) Panarin,M (2538)-Khalifman,A (2651)
Tyumen 2012}) 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Qf2 Ne5 $6 {/\...Ng4} (11... Qd6 $5) 12. h3 Ng6
13. Bxb6 axb6 14. f4 (14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. c4 $2 Qg5+ $17) 14... Bd7
15. f5 $36 Ne5 16. exd5 b5 17. a3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nd2 b5 20. g4 b4 21.
axb4 Ra1+ 22. Ndb1 Ne4 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. f6 $14 {1/2 (60) Caruana,F (2775)
-Naiditsch,A (2700) Dortmund 2012}) 8... Nd4 {Black does not have to worry
that he would not get a chance for counterplay. Naturally, the question about
achieving the maximum and crossing White's plans is difficult to answer.
Ponomariov is refraining from chasing away the bishop on g5, since it would
weaken the kingside.} (8... h6 9. Bh4 $1 (9. h4 d6 10. f3 hxg5 11. hxg5 Ng4 12.
fxg4 Qxg5 13. Qf3 Bxg4 14. Qg3 Ne5 15. Be2 f5 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. O-O-O Bxe2 18.
Nxe2 Qf2 19. Qh2 Qxe2 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Rdf1+ Bf2 22. Qh7 Ke6 23. Kb1 Qg4 {
0-1 Rublevsky,S (2649)-Anand,V (2781)/Bastia 2004}) 9... a5 (9... d6 10. O-O-O
Be6 11. Kb1 {1/2 (11) Leitao,R (2626)-Milos,G (2597) Santos 2011}) (9... Re8
10. O-O-O d6 11. f3 Be6 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. g4 Rad8 14. Qe1 Ne5 15. Be2 Ng6 16. Bg3
Bxb3 17. axb3 d5 18. exd5 Ba5 19. Bc4 Qf8 20. Qf2 a6 21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. fxe4 $14
{1/2 (53) Bok,B (2512)-Avrukh,B (2605) Biel 2012}) 10. a4 (10. O-O-O a4 11. Nd2
g5 12. Bg3 d5 13. h4 g4 14. h5 a3 15. b3 Bd4 16. Nb5 Bb2+ 17. Kb1 dxe4 18. Nc4
Qe7 19. Qe3 Nb4 20. Qxh6 $16 {1-0 (32) Negi,P (2658)-Sanikidze,T (2586) Baku
2012}) 10... Nd4 (10... Re8 11. O-O-O d6 12. f3 $5 Be6 13. g4 Bxb3 (13... Ne5
14. Nd4 $16) 14. cxb3 Nd4 15. Qg2 $5 Nxb3+ 16. Kb1 Nd4 17. Bc4 c6 18. g5 hxg5
19. Bxg5 $16) 11. Qd3 Nxb3 12. cxb3 Re8 13. O-O-O d6 14. Qc2 $1 Bd7 $6 (14...
c6 15. Bc4 Qe7 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. Nd5 $5 (17. f3 Bxc4 18. bxc4 Qe6) 17... cxd5
18. exd5 g5 $1 19. Bg3 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Bc5 $11) 15. Bc4 Be6 16. Rhe1 Qe7 17. e5
$1 dxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf8 $8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 20. Re2 $16 {1-0 (38) Carlsen,M (2826)
-Bacrot,E (2716) Nanjing 2010. Carlsen was able to put his strong opponent
under serious pressure.}) 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 {The difference to the
Carlsen's game against Bacrot lies in the location of white queen. The plan
with opening the c-file becomes simply unrealistic.} (10. cxb3 h6 11. Bf4 Re8
12. f3 d5 $15) 10... Re8 {The impression from the opening is quite
double-edged for White. The adversary has no serious problems with equalising
the game. Ponomariov could have contemplated the move 10..h6 with equality,
but he might have been dreaming about something better.} (10... h6 11. Be3 Bxe3
12. Qxe3 Re8 (12... d5 13. O-O-O Ng4 14. Qg3 d4 15. Nb5 c5 16. Be2 Nf6 17. Nd6
Be6 18. e5 Nd5 19. Bc4 Nb4 20. c3 Bxc4 21. bxc4 dxc3 22. bxc3 Nc6 23. f4 $14 {
1/2 (40) Darini,P (2503)-Bruzon Batista,L (2711) Istanbul 2012}) 13. f3 (13.
O-O-O c6 14. Qd4 Qe7 15. f3 b5 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Re6 18. Rxe6 dxe6 19. e5
Nd5 20. Ne4 a5 21. c4 Ne3 22. Kd2 Nf5 $11 {1-0 (51) Negi,P (2638)-Sargissian,G
(2679) Leon 2012}) 13... c6 14. O-O-O d5 15. Qc5 Qb6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. exd5
Ra1+ 18. Kd2 Rxd1+ 19. Kxd1 Rd8 20. Bc4 (20. Bd3 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Rxd5 22. Ke2 Kf8
23. b4 Bf5 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Ra1 $11 {1/2 (30) Bruzon Batista,L (2711)
-Fressinet,L (2714) Istanbul 2012}) 20... b5 21. Bd3 Nxd5 22. Nxd5 Rxd5 23. Ke2
Kf8 24. b4 Ke7 25. Ra1 Kd6 $11 {1/2 (30) Wang Hao (2726)-Aronian,L (2816)
Istanbul 2012 The endgame is completely even.}) 11. f3 h6 12. Bf4 {Retreating
with the bishop is not easy for White, each and every square has some
disadvantages.} (12. Bh4 Nxe4 13. Bxd8 Nxd2+ 14. Kxd2 Rxd8 15. Nd5 d6 16. Nxb6
cxb6 17. Bd3 Bd7 $15) 12... d5 13. O-O-O d4 14. Kb1 (14. Bc4 Nh5 15. Bg3 Nxg3
16. hxg3 Qd6 $11) 14... Be6 {Both players have been creative in the original
position, so missing a small finesse was quite understandable. In the peace of
the home study it seems that Ponomariov missed the chance for the better idea
14...c5!? with prospects for taking the initiative.} (14... c5 $5 15. Nb5 Nh5
16. Bc4 Be6 $15) 15. Nb5 Qe7 (15... c5 16. g4 $14) 16. g4 (16. Nxd4 $2 Bxd4 17.
Qxd4 Rad8 $19) 16... Rad8 (16... a6 17. Na3 Bc5 18. g5 $14) 17. h4 {Svidler
has decided for the risky unclear opening for a good reason, he was hoping for
the violent attack on the kingside.} c6 18. Na3 Bc7 (18... Bc5 19. g5 Nh5 20.
gxh6 Nxf4 21. Qxf4 Qf6 22. Qg5 Qxg5 23. hxg5 b5 $11) 19. Nc4 (19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20.
g5 Nh5 21. gxh6 g6 22. Qg5 Qf4 23. Bc4 $14) 19... Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qc5 {
Ponomariov is not ready to play highly risky chess and so he plans to
eliminate the danger with the help of the queen exchange.} (20... Bxc4 21. Bxc4
b5 22. Bf1 Nh7 $11) 21. g5 Nh5 22. Qh2 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 b5 24. Bd3 Qe5 {Very
similar to the English Attack in the Sicilian Defence: the black knight on h5
feels much better than the first glance could ever reveal. It prevents the
opening of the h-file and due to its control of the f4-square is obstructing
the enemy activities on the kingside.} 25. Rdg1 (25. gxh6 Qxh2 26. Rxh2 gxh6
27. Rg2+ Kf8 $11) 25... Qxh2 26. Rxh2 g6 27. Rg4 (27. gxh6 a5 28. Rf2 Nf4 29.
Rg4 Nh5 $11) 27... Ng7 $6 {The main disadvantage of the current balanced
position is the difference in dynamics. Black would prefer the status quo,
White will actively try to improve his position. Ponomariov is trying to force
the taking on h6 due to the h6-h5 threat, but it will cost him two precious
tempi.} (27... a5 28. f4 Kg7 29. e5 Re7 $11) 28. gxh6 Nh5 29. f4 Kh7 (29... Kh8
30. b4 (30. e5 f5 $1 31. exf6 Re1+ 32. Ka2 Nxf6 33. Rxg6 Nd5 34. b4 Re3 35. Kb3
a5 $11) 30... Kh7 31. e5 Kxh6 32. Kc1 $14) 30. e5 Kxh6 31. b4 $1 {An important
detail that reveals the touch of a true master. Svidler is active on the
kingside, but he will not forget about fixing the structure on the opposite
flank.} Kg7 (31... Ra8 32. Re2 a5 33. f5 gxf5 34. Bxf5 $14) 32. Rf2 Kf8 (32...
Rd7 33. f5 Rxe5 34. fxg6 f6 35. Kc1 $14) 33. f5 $1 {[%mdl 32] The opening of
the position comes at a moment which is really unpleasant for the defender.}
gxf5 (33... Rxe5 34. fxg6 f6 35. g7+ Kg8 36. Bg6 Re1+ 37. Ka2 Re5 38. Bxh5 Rxh5
39. Rxf6 d3 40. cxd3 Rh7 41. Rxc6 Rxg7 42. Rxg7+ Kxg7 43. Rc7+ $16) 34. Rg5 (
34. Rxf5 Ng7 35. Rf6 Rxe5 36. Rxc6 Ne6 37. Ra6 $14) 34... Ng7 35. h5 Re6 $6 {
The defence forever remains an ungrateful task for any player. Choosing
properly what threats to parry first is next to impossible, one slip can
trigger dire consequences.} (35... Rxe5 36. h6 Ne6 37. h7 $18) (35... f4 $1 36.
h6 Ne6 37. h7 Ke7 38. Rg1 $14) 36. Rfg2 Ne8 37. Rxf5 {White has managed to
open up the position and created a very dangerous passed pawn on the h-file.} (
37. Bxf5 Rh6 38. Be4 $14) 37... Rd7 (37... Rd5 38. Rgg5 Nc7 39. Rf1 Ne8 (39...
Rdxe5 40. Rxe5 Rxe5 41. h6 Rh5 42. h7 $18) 40. Rgf5 Rd7 41. R5f3 $16) 38. Rf1
Rh6 {If anybody should be hesitating to believe that Black is under great
pressure he might consider the charming tactical line with a break of the
passed h-pawn after 38...Rde7.} (38... Rde7 39. Bg6 Rxe5 40. h6 Re1+ 41. Ka2
Rxf1 42. h7 Rh1 43. Bh5 $18) 39. e6 $1 Re7 (39... Rxe6 40. Bf5 Rf6 41. h6 $18)
40. exf7 Nf6 {The tragedy is complete, since Black can not even recapture the
daring pawn f7.} (40... Rxf7 41. Rxf7+ Kxf7 42. Bg6+ $18) 41. Rg6 Rxg6 42. hxg6
Nh5 43. Rh1 Re5 44. Be2 $1 {Svidler has managed to demonstrate his true
strength, his play was very impressive.} (44. Be2 $1 Rxe2 45. Rxh5 Rf2 46. Rh8+
$18) 1-0

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Nf1 Bb6 14. Be3 c5 15.
Bg5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. c4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Ne7 19. Ng3 h6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Re3
Nc6 22. Ne1 Nd4 23. Nd3 Ra8 24. Rb1 Qd7 25. Ne2 Nc6 26. Nc3 Nd4 27. Ne2 Nc6 28.
h3 Rf7 29. Nc3 Nd4 30. Ne2 Nc6 31. Nc3 Nd4 32. Rg3 Bd8 33. Qg4 Bg5 34. h4 Bf4
35. Rh3 Qb7 36. Rd1 Qb3 37. Kh1 Qc2 38. Nb5 Nxb5 39. cxb5 Kh8 40. b3 Rb7 41.
Rg1 c4 42. Nxf4 exf4 43. Qxe6 cxb3 44. Rxb3 Qxf2 45. Qg4 Rab8 46. Rc1 Rxb5 47.
Rc7 Rg8 48. Rxb5 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qxb5 50. Qxf4 Qe8 51. Rb7 Qe6 52. Rb6 Re8 53.
Rxd6 Qxe4 54. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Be3 ({The main move is} 12. Nd2 {
as, for instance, in Aronian,L (2739)-Topalov,V (2780)/Morelia/Linares 2008/
CBM 123/[Marin,M] (1-0, 65)}) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 Rf7 $146 (14...
Nd5 {1/2 Timman,J (2630)-Bareev,E (2665)/Ubeda 1997/CBM 058 (30)}) 15. Qc2 Nd5
16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rbc1 Rd7 {Black's novelty has been
justified entirely. He has reached an optimal regrouping of his major pieces
and has little to fear.} 20. Qb2 Ne7 21. Nd2 Kh8 22. Rc3 Nd5 23. Rc2 Ne7 24.
Rc3 Nd5 25. Rc2 Ne7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 O-O 9. e4 N8d7 10. Rd1 c6 11. Ng5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxe2 13. Nxe2 h6 14. Nf3 Nc4
15. Qc3 Qa5 16. Qxa5 Nxa5 17. b3 b6 18. O-O Rac8 19. Rc1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21.
Rfd1 Nb6 22. Be3 c4 23. b4 Nc6 24. Bxb6 axb6 25. Rxc4 b5 26. Rc5 Nxb4 27. Rxb5
Nxa2 28. Rd2 Rfd8 29. Rxd8+ Rxd8 30. g3 Nc3 31. Nxc3 Bxc3 32. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.11.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Ngf6 8.
O-O c6 9. d3 Bc5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nd2 Qe7 12. e3 a5 13. a4 Bb4 14. Bg2 Rfe8 15.
b3 Qc5 16. Qb1 Qb6 17. Nf3 Bc3 18. Ra2 d4 19. Rc2 Nd5 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. exd4
Qxd4 22. Rc4 Qb6 23. d4 N7f6 24. Bd2 Qd8 25. Qd3 Nb6 26. Rcc1 Nbd5 27. Rfe1
Rxe1+ 28. Rxe1 Nc7 29. Re5 Ne6 30. Bc3 Nd7 31. Re1 Nf6 32. Re5 Nd7 33. Re1 Nf6
34. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 {Diese Variante wird
gespielt, wenn Schwarz die lange Rochade von Weiß verhindern will.} (5... Qc7
6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. O-O-O Bb4 9. f3 $132 {Das ist heutzutage die
Hauptvariante, in der Weiß gute Ergebnisse erzielt.}) 6. Nxc6 (6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Qd2 Bb4 8. f3 d5 $1 {Das ist die Idee - Weiß kommt einen Zug zu spät.} 9. a3
Qa5 $1 10. Nb3 (10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nb3 Bxc3 {Auch hier gleich Schwarz
problemlos aus.} 12. Nxa5 Bxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Nxa5 14. Bxa5 Ne3 $11 {1/2-1/2
Naiditsch,A (2691)-Navara,D (2731)/Peristeri 2010/CBM 137 Extra (31)}) 10...
Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Bf4 e5 13. exd5 exf4 14. dxc6 O-O 15. O-O-O Qxc6 16. c4
Be6 17. Qxf4 Rac8 18. Qd6 Qa4 19. Qb4 Qxb4 20. axb4 Bxc4 $11 {1/2-1/2 Carlsen,
M (2548)-Anand,V (2785)/Leon 2005/CBM 108 (39)}) 6... bxc6 (6... dxc6 7. Qxd8+
Kxd8 8. Bf4 $16) 7. Bd3 d5 8. O-O Nf6 {Das ist die bessere Zugfolge.} (8... Qc7
9. f4 Nf6 (9... Bc5+ 10. Kh1 Ne7 11. f5 $1 exf5 12. exf5 f6 13. Qh5+ Kd8 14.
Bf4 $18 {1-0 Kurnosov,I (2577)-Shailaindra,K (2158)/New Delhi 2008/CBM 122
Extra (24)}) 10. Kh1 Be7 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rd8 13. Qe2 $14 {1-0 Polgar,J 
(2699)-Corrales Jimenez,F (2585)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145 (52)}) 9. Re1 {
Ich finde, dass der Zug 9.Qe2 etwas besser ist, weil der Turm dann nach d1
gehen kann, und Weiß sich mittels b3-Bb2 entwickeln kann.} (9. Qe2 Be7 (9...
Qc7 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 Bd6 12. Kh1 Bf4 13. Rae1 O-O 14. g3 $14 {0-1 Karjakin,S
(2725)-Ivanchuk,V (2748)/Nice 2010/CBM 135 Extra (41)}) 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 O-O
12. Rad1 Qc7 13. Na4 $1 {Das ist die Idee des Aufbaus - Weiß erlaubt Schwarz
das Nehmen auf e4, weil die entstehende Bauernstruktur besser für Weiß ist.}
dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 c5 16. Qe5 Qxe5 17. Bxe5 Bc6 18. Nb6 $14 {1/2-1/2
Karjakin,S (2779)-Svidler,P (2749)/Astana 2012/CB27_2012 (41)}) 9... Be7 {
Es gibt viele Züge, die Schwarz machen kann, aber im Großen und Ganzen ist der
Unterschied zwischen den Varianten sehr klein, nur falls Schwarz etwas
Absurdes spielt, kann man einen Unterschied sehen. Sonst kommt man immer
wieder zu demselben Stellungstyp.} (9... Bb7 10. Bf4 Be7 11. Qf3 Qa5 12. a3 $14
{1-0 Anand,V (2782)-Morovic Fernandez,I (2573)/Sao Paulo 2004/CBM 103 (15)})
10. e5 {Das ist die klassische Spielweise - alle spielen es, niemand bekommt
etwas. Weiß sollte versuchen, die Spannung im Zentrum so lange wie möglich zu
halten.} (10. b3 O-O (10... Bb4 $2 11. Bd2 $14) 11. Bb2 Qc7 12. Qf3 Bb7 13. Na4
$132) 10... Nd7 11. Qg4 {Das ist die Idee des Zuges 10.e5.} Kf8 $5 {Da die
Stellung geschlossen ist und Weiß keine Chance hat, sie effektiv zu öffnen,
macht es nichts aus, dass der König im Zentrum bleibt.} (11... g6 {ist auch
möglich:} 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. b3 Bb4 14. Bd2 O-O 15. h4 Be7 16. h5 Rb4 17. Qe2 Rh4
18. hxg6 fxg6 $132 {0-1 Inarkiev,E (2683)-Movsesian,S (2699)/St Petersburg
2012/CB40_2012 (40)}) (11... O-O $2 {Das ist der einzige Zug, wo es sich lohnt
10.e5 gespielt zu haben.} 12. Bh6 g6 13. Bxf8 $18) 12. b3 c5 13. Na4 Bb7 14. c4
d4 {Die letzten Züge sind alle typisch für diese Bauernstruktur. Nun muss Weiß
die weißfeldrigen Läufer tauschen und dabei versuchen, die schwarzfeldrigen zu
behalten. Dann kann er 50 Züge lang hin und her ziehen und versuchen, Schwarz
in eine Falle zu locken. Die Stellung wird dabei die ganze Zeit ausgeglichen
bleiben.} 15. Nb2 h5 {Schwarz will später ...g6 spielen und seinen König nach
g7 bringen.} 16. Qe2 (16. Qg3 h4 17. Qg4 h3 $1 {Schwarz schwächt den weißen
König, was ihm langfristig gewisse Extrachancen bietet.} 18. g3 Qc7 19. f4 $132
) 16... Qc7 17. Be4 g6 18. Nd3 {Auf der einen Seite hat Weiß das Maximum
erreicht, aber es ist trotzdem nicht genug, um einen spürbaren Vorteil zu
bekommen. Schwarz hat immer wieder die Möglichkeit a5-a4 zu spielen, und wird
daher den weißen Springer zurück nach b2 zwingen.} Kg7 19. Qf3 (19. Nf4 Bxe4 $1
{Man sollte nicht länger warten - noch ein Zug und es wäre zu spät.} (19... a5
20. Bxg6 $1 $18) 20. Qxe4 Rac8 $1 (20... a5 21. Qxg6+ fxg6 22. Nxe6+ Kf7 23.
Nxc7 $18) 21. Bd2 Qc6 $11) 19... Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Qc6 {In dieser Stellung ist
nichts los - Schwarz bleibt stehen und wartet, was Weiß macht. Weiß
seinerseits hat keinen aktiven Plan, er kann nur am Königsflügel etwas
versuchen, aber dort sind ja alle schwarzen Figuren.} 21. h4 a5 22. Nb2 {
Weiß sollte Schwarz nicht erlauben, ...a4 zu spielen.} (22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. hxg5
a4 24. b4 cxb4 25. Nxb4 Qc5 $132) 22... Qc7 23. Qg3 Qc6 24. Re2 Rhb8 25. Bg5
Bxg5 $1 {Schwarz sollte nicht dem Tausch ausweichen, weil das Feld f6 durch
den Springer d7 verteidigt ist.} (25... Bf8 26. Qf4 $14 {Plötzlich hat Weiß
die Kontrolle über alle wichtigen Feldern am Königsflügel und kann mittels
f3-g4 einen wirklichen Angriff organisieren.}) 26. Qxg5 Qc7 {Schwarz bringt
die Dame nach e7 und lässt überhaupt nichts zu. Ein alles oder nichts Versuch
wäre 26...Nb6.} (26... Nb6 $5 27. Nd3 (27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Nd3 a4 29. Rae1 axb3
30. axb3 Nd7 31. Qg5 Rxb3 32. Nf4 $132 Kh7 33. Qe7 Kg7 34. Qg5 $11) 27... a4
28. Ree1 Nd7 29. Nf4 $132) 27. Rd1 Qd8 28. Qf4 {Weiß sollte auch nicht die
Damen tauschen, weil das Endspiel besser für Schwarz ist - Weiß hat gar kein
Spiel im Endspiel.} Qe7 29. Re4 Nb6 30. Nd3 Nd7 {Leider funktioniert 30...a4
nicht, weil der Bauer c5 schwach ist.} (30... a4 31. Qf6+ Qxf6 32. exf6+ Kxf6
33. Nxc5 axb3 34. axb3 $14) 31. Nb2 Nb6 32. Nd3 Nd7 33. Nb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 O-O 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
h6 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. d4 e4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bf4 Nfg4 14. dxe5 Qe6
15. Qd4 g5 16. Bd2 Qxe5 17. Bc3 Qxd4 18. Bxd4 Re8 19. Rfc1 Ne5 20. Rc5 Nc6 21.
Rxd5 Be6 22. Rd6 Nxd4 23. Rxd4 f5 24. g4 fxg4 25. Bxe4 Rad8 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27.
Bd3 Rc8 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. Ke1 Kf6 30. Kd2 h5 31. a3 Ke5 32. Rg1 Rc6 33. Rg3 Rb6
34. Re3+ Kf6 35. Kc3 Rc6+ 36. Kd2 Rb6 37. Kc3 Rc6+ 38. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tashkent FIDE GP 2nd"]
[Site "Tashkent"]
[Date "2012.12.04"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Kritz,L"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2012.11.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UZB"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 {Das ist eine
seltene, aber durchaus spielbare Variante.} a6 7. Bg2 d6 (7... Nf6 8. O-O Bc5
9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Na4 Ba7 11. c4 b5 12. e5 Nd7 13. Nc3 b4 14. Ne4 Nxe5 15. Bf4
$44 {1-0 Adams,M (2680)-Plaskett,J (2450)/England 1997/CBM 064 ext (30)}) (7...
Bc5 8. Nb3 Ba7 9. Qg4 $14) (7... Nge7 8. Nb3 Ng6 9. O-O Be7 10. a4 b6 11. f4
Bb7 12. Be3 O-O 13. h4 $14 {1-0 Sjugirov,S (2622)-Warszawski,B (2278)/Warsaw
2011/CB00_2012 (30)}) 8. O-O Bd7 {Diesen Zug muss man eher früher als später
machen, weil die Idee von Weiß darin besteht, auf c6 zu nehmen und dann e5 zu
spielen, um die schwarze Bauernstruktur zu zerstören:} (8... Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 $2
10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. e5 $1 dxe5 12. Rxe5 O-O 13. Bf4 Qb7 (13... Bd6 14. Rxe6 Bxe6
(14... Bxf4 15. Rxc6 Qb8 16. gxf4 Qxf4 17. Rxf6 $18) 15. Bxd6 Qb6 16. Bxf8 $16)
14. Rb1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Inkiov,V (2505)-Kurtenkov,A (2415)/Sofia 1996/EXT 1999 
(15)}) 9. a4 {Weiß will auf c6 nehmen, dann a5 spielen und Be3-Bb6 folgen
lassen.} Nf6 10. Nxc6 ({Meisten wird} 10. Nb3 {gespielt, doch dieser Zug sieht
nicht logisch im Kontext mit dem Zug a4 aus:} Be7 11. a5 Ne5 12. f4 Nc4 $132)
10... Bxc6 11. a5 b5 {Schwarz löst das Problem des Feldes b6, aber jetzt wird
der weiße Turm auf der a-Linie aktiv.} (11... Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bb6 Qb8 14.
Re1 Nd7 15. Bd4 Qc7 16. Qd2 $14 {1/2-1/2 Tiviakov,S (2637)-Bosiocic,M (2557)/
Sibenik 2010/CBM 138 Extra (26)}) 12. axb6 Qxb6 13. Re1 Be7 14. Ra3 $1 {
Weiß entwickelt einen starken Angriff, seine Idee ist unter anderem Nd5 und
dann geht der Turm von a3 nach e3.} Qc7 {Der kritische Zug ist die Rochade.} (
14... O-O {Vielleicht wäre das doch die bessere Wahl gewesen.} 15. Nd5 exd5 16.
exd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxd5 Bf6 19. Rae3 $14) 15. Nd5 $5 {Es ist fraglich,
ob das die beste Fortsetzung ist, aber auf jedem Fall ist es ein sehr
interessanter Zug.} (15. Bf4 O-O 16. Qe2 a5 17. e5 dxe5 18. Bxe5 Qc8 19. Raa1
a4 $11) 15... exd5 16. exd5 Bd7 $3 {Die stärkste Verteidigung!} (16... Bb5 {
sieht logisch aus, führt jedoch zu Problemen.} 17. Rc3 Qd8 18. Rce3 Ng8 (18...
Ra7 19. c4 Bxc4 20. Qd4 Rc7 21. Bd2 Qc8 22. Ba5 Rb7 23. Rc3 $18) 19. c4 Bxc4
20. Qg4 $18) 17. Rae3 Ng8 18. Qe2 Qd8 19. c4 {Weiß will c5-d6 spielen.} Kf8 (
19... Rc8 20. Ra3 {Wenn Weiß auch noch den Bauern a6 bekommt, wird seine
Kompensation zu stark, weil Schwarz sowieso seine Figuren nicht entfesseln
kann.} Qb6 (20... Ra8 21. c5 $16) 21. Bg5 f6 22. Be3 Qb4 23. c5 $16) 20. c5 $1
Bb5 (20... dxc5 21. d6 Bxd6 (21... Bf6 22. Bxa8 Qxa8 23. Ra3 $18) 22. Bxa8 Qxa8
23. Qd1 Qc6 24. Rd3 Bh3 25. f3 $18) 21. Qh5 g6 ({Es kann sein, dass Schwarz
nun tatsächlich auf c5 nehmen konnte:} 21... dxc5 $5 22. d6 (22. Rxe7 Nxe7 23.
d6 Ng6 24. Bxa8 Qxa8 25. Qxc5 Kg8 $15) 22... Bxd6 23. Bxa8 Qxa8 $132 {Die
Stellung sieht in beiden Fällen gefährlich aus, aber sofortigen Gewinn scheint
es nicht zu geben.}) 22. Qd1 Bg5 23. c6 $5 {Weiß hat keine Wahl, er muss bis
zum Ende gehen. Seine Kompensation ist zweifellos, aber ein Turm ist doch sehr
viel.} Bf6 {Morozevich wählt die Sicherheit.} (23... Bxe3 24. Bxe3 h6 25. Bd4
Rh7 26. Qf3 $44 {Weiß kontrolliert das Geschehen auf dem Brett, doch sein
materieller Nachteil ist sehr groß und falls Schwarz einen Weg findet, seine
Figuren zu entwickeln, kann sich Weiß in Gefahr befinden.}) 24. Bh3 {Die
ersten konkreten Drohungen kommen. Weiß plant Bd7-Re8.} Kg7 25. Bd2 (25. Bd7
Qc7 26. Rf3 Be5 $13) 25... h5 $1 {Der Bauer b2 ist tabu. Stattdessen bringt
Schwarz seinen Turm über die h-Linie ins Spiel.} (25... Bxb2 26. Qc2 Bd4 (26...
Bf6 27. c7 $18) 27. c7 Qf6 28. c8=Q Rxc8 29. Bxc8 Bxe3 30. Rxe3 $18) 26. Qc2 {
Es droht c7 und dann c8.} Qc7 (26... Ne7 27. c7 Qf8 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Bc3+ f6 (
29... Bf6 30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31. Qc3+ Kg5 32. Qd2+ Kf6 33. Qd4+ Kg5 34. Qf4#) 30.
c8=Q Rxc8 31. Bxc8 $18) 27. Bc3 $1 {Weiß kommt dem Gewinn nahe.} h4 $1 {
Eine sehr originelle Idee, typisch für Morozevich.} (27... Bxc3 28. Qxc3+ f6 (
28... Nf6 29. Re7 Qd8 (29... Qb6 30. R1e6 $18) 30. c7 $18) 29. Bd7 Rh7 30. Re6
$14) 28. g4 {Weiß hat kaum etwas Besseres.} (28. Re7 Qb6 29. Rb7 (29. Be6 Nxe7
30. Bxf6+ Kxf6 31. Qc3+ Kg5 32. Qd2+ Kf6 33. Qc3+ $11 {Die schwarze Dame
kontrolliert das Feld d4, daher gibt es kein Matt.}) 29... Qc5 30. Be6 Rf8 $15)
28... g5 $3 {Schwarz blockiert den weißen Läufer h3! Dazu kommt sein Turm h8
ins Spiel.} 29. Qf5 {Beide Gegner machen die einzigen Züge.} Rh6 30. Qxg5+ {
Jetzt kann Schwarz seine Figuren koordinieren. Es kann sein, dass Weiß den
Bauern g5 gar nicht nehmen sollte.} (30. Bxf6+ Nxf6 (30... Rxf6 31. Qxg5+ Rg6
32. Qf4 Nf6 33. Re7 $44) 31. Re7 Qb6 32. c7 Qc5 33. Bg2 $1 $44 {In beiden
Fällen hat Weiß Kompensation, aber auch nicht mehr.}) 30... Rg6 31. Qf4 Kf8 32.
Bxf6 {Es gibt keinen Weg zum Gewinn für Weiß. Das Nehmen auf f6 forciert das
Remis.} (32. Rf3 Bg5 33. Qd4 Re8 34. Rxe8+ Kxe8 35. Qe4+ Kd8 $44) 32... Nxf6 {
Nur mit dem Springer!} (32... Rxf6 $2 33. Qd4 Rg6 34. f4 $16) 33. g5 Nxd5 (
33... Nh5 34. Qxh4 Nf6 35. Bf5 Rg7 36. Qh8+ Ng8 37. h4 $16) 34. Qxh4 {Beide
Seiten haben keine Wahl mehr.} Nxe3 35. Qh8+ Rg8 (35... Ke7 36. Rxe3+ Re6 37.
Rxe6+ fxe6 38. Qg7+ $18) 36. Qh6+ Rg7 (36... Ke7 37. Rxe3+ Kd8 38. Qf6+ $18)
37. Qh8+ Rg8 38. Qh6+ Rg7 39. Qh8+ {Logisches Ergebnis, weil Schwarz ja doch
die ganze Zeit ziemlich sicher stand. Vielleicht konnte er sogar die
Initiative übernehmen, wenn er im 21. Zug auf c5 geschlagen hätte.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O a5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Rc1 e5 11. Nb5 e4 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Qe8 14. Bxf6 Qxb5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. d3 Bf5 17. dxe4 dxe4 18. Rc4 Rfe8 19. Qd4+ Kg8 20. Rd1 Be6
21. Rc2 a4 22. b4 e3 23. fxe3 Rac8 24. Rdd2 a3 25. Bf3 b6 26. Kf2 h5 27. Rc3
Qf5 28. Rdd3 Qh3 29. Qh4 Qxh4 30. gxh4 Rxc3 31. Rxc3 Bxa2 32. Rxa3 Bc4 33. Ra7
Re5 34. Rc7 Be6 35. Bc6 b5 36. e4 g5 37. hxg5 Rxg5 38. Rb7 Bc4 39. Bd7 Re5 40.
Kf3 Kg7 41. Bf5 Re8 42. Ra7 Rd8 43. Bd7 Rb8 44. e5 Rb6 45. Bf5 Rc6 46. e4 Kf8
47. Kf4 Be2 48. Kg5 Rb6 49. h4 Rc6 50. Rb7 Ra6 51. Bh7 Re6 52. Bf5 Re7 53. Rxe7
Kxe7 54. Bc8 Kd8 55. Bb7 Ke7 56. Bd5 Bg4 57. Kf4 f6 58. exf6+ Kxf6 59. e5+ Ke7
60. Bf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. g3 d5 6. e5 g5 7. h3 Bg7 8. Qe2 h6 9.
c3 f6 10. exf6 Qxf6 11. Bg2 Nge7 12. O-O O-O 13. d4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
Qxe5 16. Qxe5 Bxe5 17. Re1 Bf6 18. Ba3 Rd8 19. Bxc5 Nc6 20. Bb6 Rd6 21. Rd1 Be6
22. Nd2 Rd7 23. Rac1 Rc8 24. Nf1 Ne7 25. c4 dxc4 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27. Rxc4 Rxc4
28. bxc4 Bc6 29. Ne3 Kf7 30. Bf1 Ke6 31. Bd3 Bf3 32. Bc5 Nc6 33. Bf5+ Kf7 34.
Bc8 Bd4 35. Bxd4 Nxd4 36. Kf1 a5 37. Ke1 b6 38. Kd2 Be4 39. Kc3 Ne2+ 40. Kd2
Nd4 41. Nd5 Bxd5 42. cxd5 Nb5 43. Kd3 Kf6 44. Bd7 Nd6 45. Kd4 Ke7 46. Be6 Kf6
47. a4 b5 48. axb5 Nxb5+ 49. Kc5 a4 50. Kxb5 a3 51. d6 Kxe6 52. Kc6 a2 53. d7
a1=Q 54. d8=Q Qc3+ 55. Kb7 Qf3+ 56. Kc7 Qc3+ 57. Kb8 Qb2+ 58. Kc8 Qxf2 59. Qe8+
Kd5 60. Qd7+ Ke4 61. Qc6+ Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O c6 7. a4 Qa5 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Be3 Re8 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. f4 e6 12. g4 h6 13. Qe1 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15.
Qf2 b6 16. g5 Nh7 17. h4 hxg5 18. hxg5 Bb7 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Bg2 f5 21. gxf6
Nxf6 22. Qg3 Qf7 23. Rae1 d5 24. exd5 Nxd5 25. Nxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxc5 bxc5 27. c3
Bxg2 28. Qxg2 Qf5 29. Nf3 Bf6 30. Ne5 Kg7 31. Re3 Bh4 32. Rh3 Rd2 33. Qb7+ Re7
34. Qf3 Bf6 35. Nc4 Rdd7 36. Ne3 Qd3 37. Qh1 Qe2 38. Qe4 Rd2 39. Qa8 Kf7 40.
Qe4 Kg7 41. Kh1 Qd3 42. Qxd3 Rxd3 43. Nf5+ gxf5 44. Rxd3 Rb7 45. Rf2 Kf7 46.
Re2 Be7 47. a5 Rc7 48. Rh3 Rc6 49. Rh6 c4 50. Kg2 a6 51. Kf3 Bd8 52. Rh7+ Kf8
53. Rd2 Bxa5 54. Rdd7 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Ngf3 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
O-O e5 9. c3 a5 10. Qc2 h6 11. b3 Be6 12. a4 Qc8 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Ba3 Bh3 15. b4
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 axb4 17. cxb4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bb2 Ra6 20. b5 Re6 21. Rac1
c6 22. Qd3 Qa8 23. bxc6 Rxc6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Ra1 c5 26. a5 Ng4 27. Nc4 Qa6
28. h3 Nf6 29. Ra3 Nd7 30. Rb3 Qc6 31. Bc1 Rb8 32. Rxb8+ Nxb8 33. Nb6 Qb7 34.
f3 Qa6 35. Qxa6 Nxa6 36. Kf2 f5 37. exf5 gxf5 38. Ke2 Kf7 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. Kc4
Kd6 41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 Kc6 43. Nd5 Bf8 44. h4 Nb8 45. h5 Nd7 46. Bf4 d3 47.
Ne3 d2 48. Kd3 Kb5 49. Kxd2 Kxa5 50. Nf5 Nf6 51. Nxh6 Kb5 52. Ke2 Bxh6 53. Bxh6
Nxg4 54. Bg7 Kc6 55. Kf3 Nh2+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Aeroflot rapid final"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2013.02.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.02.16"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 152 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Re1 e5 8. a4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. Bf1 c6 11. Nb3 Qc7 12. Bf4 Ne5 13. h3 Be6 14. Nd4 Bc4 15.
Bh2 Bxf1 16. Rxf1 Rad8 17. Re1 Qb6 18. Nb3 a5 19. Qe2 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Rad1 Qc6 23. Nxa5 Qxa4 24. Nxb7 Rb8 25. Nc5 Qc6 26. Nb3 Nc4 27. Qf1
Rbc8 28. Nd4 Qb6 29. Nf3 Qxb2 30. Rxd5 Rxe1 31. Nxe1 Qc1 32. Qe2 Na3 33. Rd1
Qb2 34. Qa6 Re8 35. Qa4 Rc8 36. Qd7 Ra8 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 $5 {This way of sidestepping the
Exchange Variation structures used to be part of the repertoire of the young
Fischer among others. It may transpose to a Semi-Tarrasch, but White can
deviate.} 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. a3 $5 (7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+
10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 {would lead to the main line of the Semi-Tarrasch. Here
are a few games annotated recently for CBM:} b6 12. O-O Nd7 (12... Bb7 13. Rfe1
Nc6 {Radjabov,T (2744)-Ivanchuk,V (2776) Medias 2011 CBM 143 [Rogozenco] (1/2,
45)}) 13. Rad1 (13. a4 {Leko,P (2720)-Naiditsch,A (2712) Porto Carras 2011 CBM
146 [Krasenkow] (1/2, 36)}) 13... Bb7 14. Rfe1 Rc8 15. Bb3 (15. Bd3 {Van Wely,
L (2686)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2609) Melilla 2011 CBM 146 [RR] (1/2, 60)}) 15...
Qf6 16. Qe3 Rfd8 17. d5 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2678)-Teske,H (2547) Germany 2011 CBM
146 [RR] (1-0, 40)}) 7... cxd4 {In connection with the next move, a
straightforward plan. Black does not wish to live with the permanent threat of
d4-d5 and decides to clear up matters in the centre at once. A more flexible
approach is viable, though, too.} (7... Be7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. Bd3 Nc6 10. Bb2 cxd4
(10... b6 11. O-O cxd4 12. cxd4 Bb7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Rad1 Na5 15. d5 $36 {
Bocharov,D (2582)-Mozharov,M (2459)/St Petersburg 2011/CBM 144 Extra (1-0, 26)}
) 11. cxd4 Qa5+ 12. Kf1 (12. Nd2 Bf6 13. e5 Bg5 14. h4 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 Qxd2+ 16.
Kxd2 Rd8 17. Ke3 Bd7) 12... b6 13. Qe2 Rd8 14. Kg1 Nb8 $5 (14... Bb7 15. h4 {
[%cal Gh4h5]} Qh5 16. Rh3 Rac8 17. Rg3) 15. Ne5 (15. h4 Ba6 16. d5 exd5 17. Ng5
$44) 15... Ba6 16. Rd1 Qa4 17. d5 $5 exd5 18. exd5 Bxd3 19. Rxd3 Bf6 20. h4 $36
{Vitiugov,N (2733)-Khalifman,A (2627)/Taganrog 2011/CBM 143 (1/2, 41)}) ({
I remember how interesting I found Black's way of transposing to a Grünfeld
type of position in the following game:} 7... Qc7 8. Nf3 Nd7 9. Bb2 g6 10. Bd3
Bg7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Nb6 {1/2 Prusikin,M (2563)-Kortschnoj,V (2608)/
Pulvermuehle 2006/CBM 112/[Marin] (26)}) 8. cxd4 e5 9. Nf3 ({Blocking the
centre with} 9. d5 {offers Black some stability on the dark squares.} Bd6 10.
Nf3 O-O 11. Be2 Nd7 12. O-O Nc5 13. Nd2 (13. Bb2 {Ivanov,S (2570)-Golod,V 
(2535)/Beersheba 1998/CBM 064/[Golod,V] (1/2, 26)}) 13... Qe7 (13... f5 $5) 14.
f3 Bd7 (14... f5 $5) 15. a4 (15. Nc4 Ba4 16. Qe1 Nb3 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Rb1 Nxc1
19. Qxc1 Rac8 20. Qe3 b6 21. Ba6 Rc5 22. Rfc1 $14 {<->c Since he cannot
maintain the control of the only open file, Black has failed to equalise
completely.}) 15... Rfc8 16. Nc4 Nxa4 17. Rxa4 Bc5+ 18. Kh1 b5 19. Ra6 bxc4 20.
Bxc4 Bd4 $132 {Martinovic,S (2496)-Saric,A (2523)/Zagreb 2012/CBM 147 Extra (1/
2, 38)}) 9... exd4 10. Qxd4 ({Delaying the capture should not offer White
realistic chances:} 10. Bc4 Be7 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bd5 (12. Rb1 O-O 13. Bd5 Bf6
14. Bf4 Re8 {1/2 Lerner,K (2494)-Golod,V (2538)/Ramat Aviv 2004/CBM 102 ext})
12... O-O 13. Bb2 Bf6 14. Re1 (14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd4 $2 c5 $19) 14... Be6 $6 (
14... Bg4 $1 $11 {seems to have solved the problems at once.}) 15. Bxc6 bxc6
16. Nxd4 Bxd4 {Careless. The ending with four rooks and opposite-coloured
bishops is less safe than Black might have thought.} (16... c5 17. Nxe6 fxe6
18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Bxf6 gxf6 {This looks a bit ugly from a structural point of
view, but the passed c-pawn should spare Black concrete problems.}) 17. Bxd4
Qd6 18. Be3 Qxd1 19. Rexd1 a5 20. Rd6 Rfc8 21. Rc1 h5 22. f4 a4 23. f5 Ba2 24.
Kf2 $36 {Aleksandrov,A (2630)-Rausis,I (2498)/Abu Dhabi 2005/CBM 107 ext (1-0,
41)}) 10... Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 $146 {This looks less active than the previously
played 11...Bc5, but this impression may be false. Kramnik keeps the c-file
open for his rooks and prepares the activation of the bishop with ...Bf6.} ({
I did not find significant problems after} 11... Bc5 {either:} 12. Nb5 Na6 13.
Bc4 (13. Bf4 {1/2 Wojtaszek,R (2733)-Roiz,M (2618)/Eilat 2012/CBM 151/[Roiz,M]
(85)}) 13... O-O 14. O-O Be6 15. Bd5 Bxd5 16. exd5 Rad8 17. Rd1 Rfe8 $132 {
Nisipeanu,L (2677)-Naiditsch,A (2706)/Deizisau 2013/ (1/2, 47)}) 12. Be3 ({
Actually White could try} 12. Nb5 {with similar ideas as above even if the
knight is not attacked.} Na6 13. Bc4 O-O 14. O-O Bd7 15. Be3 Rac8 16. Rfd1 Rfd8
17. Bf1 {Both sides have centralised their pieces and Black has to give up the
bishop pair.} Bxb5 18. Bxb5 Nc5 ({The straightforward} 18... Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1
Bxa3 {fails to annihilate the bishop pair:} 20. Bxa7 Nc5 21. f3 Ne6 22. Kf1 Bc5
23. Rc1 $1 Rc7 24. Bb8 $1 Rc8 25. Bg3 b6 {True, Black is relatively stable,
but the main line leads to a better version of it.}) 19. f3 b6 20. a4 Ne6 {
[%cal Ge7c5]}) 12... O-O 13. Bc4 Nd7 14. Ke2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 {Black keeps
developing his pieces on what do not seem the most active squares, but there
is hidden flexibility in his play.} 16. Nf5 {Moving away from the centre
allows Black to activate both his bishops.} (16. Rhc1 Rfc8 17. Nf5 Bb5+ 18. Kf3
Bf8 {allows Black to regroup perfectly.}) (16. a4 $5 {might have posed more
problems:} Rac8 17. Rab1 $5 {an effective way of parrying ...Nc4 and keeping
the a4-pawn indirectly defended.} Bxa4 18. Bxa4 Nxa4 19. Rxb7 $14) 16... Bf6
17. Rab1 Rfd8 18. Rhc1 Bb5+ 19. Kf3 Bd3 20. Bc2 Ba6 21. Bb3 {There is nothing
more active than this.} Bd3 22. Bc2 Ba6 23. Bb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{A perfectly reasonable way of avoiding the Marshall attack, in which Svidler
is a great expert.} b4 9. d4 (9. d3 {is the more positional main line.}) 9...
d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 (10... Nxe5 {is also a playable alternative.}) 11. Nbd2 {
An ambitious move. Grischuk avoids the exchange of Q.} ({On the other hand} 11.
Qxd8 {is more popular} Rxd8 12. Bg5 ({or} 12. Nbd2 {and White can hope for
some small advantage thanks to the weak c4-square, but in most games Black was
able to hold the position.})) 11... Bc5 {A perfectly reasonable way of
avoiding the Marshall attack, in which Svidler is a great expert.} 12. Qe2 Qe7
13. Nc4 $146 {A logical novelty. The N immediately occupies the weak c4 square,
from where it can move to e3 at a good moment.} (13. a5 Rd8 14. Bc4 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 Bxd4 {Black easily equalised in Ivanovic-Spassky, Bugojno 1982.}) (13. Bd5
{looks more attractive; this happened in a correspondence game, but} Nxd5 14.
exd5 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nb3 Qd6 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qe4 Bb7 {and draw was
agreed soon, Helmreich-Miciak, corr 2009.}) 13... Bg4 {Threatening with Nd4,
so the next move is forced.} 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. Bc2 ({The natural} 16.
h3 {is an interesting alternative, but probably Grischuk wanted to win a tempo
with Ne3.} Be6 (16... Bh5 $6 17. Ne3 Na5 18. Nf5 $36) 17. Bc2 Nd7 18. Ne3 Rfb8
19. Nd5 Qd8 20. Rd1 Na5 $132) 16... Qe6 (16... Nh5 {was also possible followed
by Qf6 and Nf4.} {The unsuspecting} 17. h3 $6 {could have been met by} Ng3 $1
18. Qd1 Rad8 $36 {with a strong initiative.}) 17. Ne3 Bxe3 (17... Rfd8 $5 {
is an interesting alternative. Black gives up his strong g4 B} 18. Nxg4 Nxg4
19. Rf1 Na5 20. h3 Nf6 $13 {but Black has also a comfortable position.}) 18.
Qxe3 {White has gained the pair of B, but thanks to the closed centre, it
doesn't give an advantage to White.} ({After} 18. Bxe3 {the pin can be a
little bit unpleasant for White.} Rfd8 19. h3 Bh5 20. Rad1 Na5 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8
22. Rd1 Re8 $11) 18... Na5 ({The immediate} 18... Bxf3 {also deserved
attention to avoid the Nd2.} 19. Qxf3 Na5 20. Ba3 Rfd8 21. Bb4 Nc4 ({or} 21...
Nc6) 22. Bb3 Qc6 {and Black can easily hold the position.}) 19. Nd2 Qc6 {
An important move.} ({In the event of} 19... Rfd8 $6 {White can play} 20. h3 $1
{and the B will be out of play.} Bh5 21. Qc5 $14 {White has some initiative.})
20. h3 Be6 {Now Black has under control the a2-g8 diagonal and the c4 square
too. His chanches are not worse.} 21. Qg3 (21. Ba3 Rfe8 (21... Rfb8 $5) 22. Bb4
Nc4 23. Nxc4 Bxc4 24. a5 Nh5 $13 {with some play.}) 21... Nd7 22. Rb1 (22. Ba3
Rfe8 23. Bb4 Nc4 {similar to the previous line.}) 22... Rfb8 23. Ba3 (23. Nf3 {
could be a tricky option, but after} Bb3 $1 (23... Rxb1 $6 24. Bxb1 $16 {
White wins a P.}) 24. Bd3 (24. Bxb3 Rxb3 25. Rxb3 Nxb3 26. Nxe5 Nxe5 27. Qxe5
Re8 $132 {and Black gets back the material.}) 24... Bc4 {forces to exchange
the B.}) 23... Nc4 24. Nxc4 Qxc4 25. Bb4 a5 {The following moves are forced:}
26. Bd3 Qa2 27. Ra1 Qd2 28. Red1 Qf4 29. Qxf4 exf4 {After the exchange of Qs
it is White who has to play some exact moves to equalise the position, however
for a great player as Grischuk, it is not a big task.} 30. Be7 Re8 31. Ba3 Bb3
32. Bb5 $1 Bxd1 33. Bxd7 (33. Rxd1 {is also leads to a draw after} Nb6 34. Bxe8
Rxe8 35. Rd4 $11) 33... Bc2 34. Bxe8 Rxe8 $11 {We have reached an endgame with
opposite colourod B with same material. The rest is an easy draw.} 35. f3 Rd8
$11 {We have reached an endgame with opposite colourod B with same material.
The rest is an easy draw.} 36. Be7 Rd7 37. Bh4 g5 38. Be1 Rd1 39. Rxd1 Bxd1 40.
c4 Bxa4 41. Bxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E83"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Javakhadze,Z/Alejandro Ramirez"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Na5 (8... Ne5 {is well known theory.}) 9. Ng3 a6 10. Be2 Nd7 $5 11. Rc1 b5 {
The game transferred to the Benko Gambit but with one big difference. You
don't usually meet the knight on a5 there. Another major difference is that
Black doesn't have a strong lead in development, as he usually has. On the
other hand White's knight on g3 might be misplaced.} 12. cxb5 axb5 13. Bxb5 Ne5
14. O-O Nac4 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 17. Qe2 Nxb2 $6 {A strange decision by
Radjabov. He obviously understimated the power of two pieces.} (17... h6 18.
Bf4 Rfb8 {leads to the typical Benko type of positions.} 19. b3 Na3 $1 {
And the blockade is hard to break through, while White has no active prospects
anywhere else on the board.}) 18. Qxb2 Nd3 19. Qd2 Nxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxc3 21. Rxc3
Rfb8 22. Qc2 f6 23. Bc1 Qa4 24. a3 {Svidler has protected all his weakneses
and now he will gradually improve the coordination of his pieces. The rest is
just a matter of technique.} Kf7 25. Nf1 Qxc2 26. Rxc2 f5 27. Nd2 Ra4 28. Nc4
fxe4 29. fxe4 Rb3 30. Kf2 Ke8 31. e5 Ra6 32. exd6 exd6 33. Ke2 Kd7 34. Bf4 h5
35. h4 Ra4 36. Kd2 Rb1 37. Kc3 Ra6 {White has achieved a nearly perfect setup:
his king controls c4, which cements the knight that beautifully attacks d6 and
defends a3. The rest is really easy for Svidler. Most accurate now was Rc1
since the trade of rooks is impossible, but anything really wins.} 38. Re2 (38.
Rc1 $1 Rxc1+ 39. Bxc1 Ra7 40. Bf4 {and White will give back the two pieces for
a rook on d6, and be up a pawn in a winning king and pawn endgame.}) 38... Rd1
39. Re6 Rxd5 40. Rxg6 Rd4 41. Bxd6 Rxh4 42. Ne5+ Kc8 43. Rg8+ Kb7 44. Bxc5 Re6
45. Rg7+ Kc8 46. Nc4 Rg4 47. Nd6+ Kb8 48. Rb7+ Ka8 49. Rd7 Rg8 50. Nc4 Rxg2 51.
Bd6 Rxd6 52. Nxd6 h4 53. Rh7 Rh2 54. Kb4 h3 55. Ka5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 {A rare system, however, quite playable.
} 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. bxc4 (7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bxa8 {leads to big
simplifications.}) 7... bxc4 8. Bxc4 Nf6 9. Nbd2 {White tries to get Ra1-b1 as
soon as possible.} (9. O-O {is more common, however, after} c5 {Black should
not have big problems:} 10. Ba3 (10. Nbd2 cxd4 $5) 10... Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Be7 (
11... cxd4 12. Bxf8 Nxf8 13. Nxd4 N8d7 $5) 12. Rb1 Ra7 (12... Bc6 $5 13. Qc2
O-O 14. Rfc1 {1-0 (26) Hecht,H (2347)-Seyfried,C (2160) St Denis 2012} Bxf3 $1
15. Nxf3 cxd4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nxd4 Rfc8 $11) 13. Nb3 (13. Ne5 $5 Ba8 $1 (
13... O-O 14. Rxb7 $1 Rxb7 15. Nc6 Qe8 16. Bxa6 Rc7 17. Nxe7+ Qxe7 18. Nb3 $36)
14. Ndf3) 13... O-O (13... Ne4 14. Rc1 O-O 15. Bd3 cxd4 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. Nfxd4
$14 {[%csl Re4] 1/2 (43) Kraemer,M (2516)-Heberla,B (2534) Germany 2010}) 14.
Nxc5 Nxc5 15. dxc5 Nd7 $1 $11) 9... Nbd7 (9... c5 10. Rb1 (10. Ba3 cxd4 11.
Bxf8 Kxf8 12. exd4 g6 13. O-O Kg7 14. Rb1 Bd5 15. Qe2 {1/2 (44) David,A (2589)
-Vajda,S (2342) Bastia 2010} Nc6 $11 16. Bxa6 $140 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nxd4) 10...
Qc7 (10... Bc6 $5) 11. Bb2 (11. Ba3 $5) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Qc2 O-O 14.
Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Ba3 Bf8 16. Qd3 $14 {1-0 (30) Pjevovic,B (2265)-Bakic,R (2403)
Belgrade 2005}) (9... Be7 10. Rb1 $1) (9... Bb4 $5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb2 c5 12.
Nb3 {1/2 (12) Lastin,A (2659)-Bezgodov,A (2490) Moscow 2010}) 10. Rb1 Rb8 (
10... Ra7 {is less appropriate. The position, with all the pieces on the board,
remains complex, and the a7-rook will be misplaced and vulnerable:} 11. O-O c5
(11... Be7 12. Qe2 c5 13. Bb2 O-O 14. Rfc1 h6 15. Bd3 Re8 16. e4 Bc6 17. Nb3
Bxa4 18. Nxc5 Nxc5 19. dxc5 Qa8 20. Ne5 $14 {1/2 (23) Kuljasevic,D (2555)
-Doric,D (2491) Split 2011}) 12. Bb2 Be7 13. dxc5 $5 Nxc5 14. Bd4 O-O {1/2 (37)
Karjakin,S (2785)-Dubov,D (2594) Moscow 2012} 15. Nb3 Qc8 16. Ne5 $36) 11. O-O
Be7 $146 (11... Bd6 $6 12. Qe2 Bc6 13. Rxb8 Qxb8 14. e4 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16.
Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nf3 Nd7 18. Bxf7+ $1 Ke7 19. Qc4 Qf8 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Qe6+ {
1-0 (21) Arabidze,M (2292)-Bezgodova,M (2195) Thessaloniki 2010}) 12. Qe2 O-O
$1 {[%mdl 516] Black sacrifices the a6-pawn, ready to recapture it on a4.} 13.
Bb2 (13. Bxa6 {requires analysis but the first impression is that Black
obtains good counterplay:} Bxa6 14. Qxa6 Rxb1 15. Nxb1 Qa8 16. Qc4 c5 {[%cal
Rd7b6]} 17. Nc3 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rb8 $44) 13... c5 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Ra8 16.
Qb5 Ra5 17. Qb3 (17. Qc6 Qc8 (17... Qa8 $143 18. Qxa8 Rfxa8 19. dxc5 $1 Bxc5
20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Rb7 {M.Golubev}) 18. Qxc8 Rxc8 19. dxc5 (19. Ra1 Rca8) 19...
Rxa4 $11) 17... Qa8 18. Ra1 Rb8 19. Qc2 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Rc8 21. Qb1 Rxa4 $11 22.
Rxa4 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qa6 24. Rxc8+ Qxc8 25. h3 h6 26. Qc2 Qxc2 27. Nxc2 Nd5 28.
Ba3 Bxa3 29. Nxa3 Nc5 30. Nc2 Kf8 31. Kf1 {Is the simple opining plan
demonstrated by Black enough for equality?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 Bg7 7. f4 $5 $146 {
[%mdl 8] Another example of a new tendency in super-GM preparation, which
worked brilliantly in Vladimir Kramnik's games against Grischuk, Svidler,
Gelfand: finding new ways at an early stage of the opening and working them
out. In fact, those ways may be quite harmless but the effect of surprise will
play the most important role. Of course, such a huge amount of work 
(essentially just for one or two games!) can only be afforded by top
professionals. The text move prevents ...e7-e5 but slightly compromises
White's centre. However, the usual way for Black to exploit that fact (...
c7-c5) is not very comfortable here.} O-O (7... c5 $5 8. dxc5 N6d7 9. Ne4 $1 {
etc. However, Boris Gelfand renounces ...c7-c5 altogether, certainly fearing
his opponent's preparation. That is one of the important psychological effects
of the above-mentioned concept: most likely, your opponent will opt for a side,
often second-rate line to evade your analysis, thus yielding you both a
positional and a psychological advantage.}) 8. Nf3 Bg4 (8... N8d7 $5 {[%cal
Yc7c5]}) 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 c6 $6 ({Here, too,} 10... N8d7 {[%cal Yc7c5]
looks appropriate. White has a lot of possibilities, from} 11. h4 ({via} 11.
Ne4) ({to} 11. b4)) 11. h4 {[%mdl 128] No doubt now! When your opponent waives
counterplay in the centre, it is time for a flank attack!} N8d7 12. h5 e6 (
12... c5 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Qh3 (14. d5 $5) 14... Re8 15. d5 Nf6 16. e4 $16) 13.
hxg6 hxg6 14. e4 {It was probably better to concentrate efforts on the
kingside:} (14. O-O-O f5 (14... Nf6 15. g4 Nbd5 16. Qh3 {etc.}) 15. g4 Nf6 16.
gxf5 gxf5 17. Rg1 {and only later e3-e4.}) 14... f5 15. g4 ({In the event of} 
15. e5 {Black holds on by means of} Kf7 {[%cal Yf8h8]}) 15... Nf6 16. gxf5 exf5
(16... gxf5 {was probably more accurate.}) 17. e5 Ng4 18. d5 $5 (18. Be3 Qe7
19. O-O-O $16 {was a simpler course. However, breaking through was still a
difficult task.}) 18... cxd5 19. O-O-O d4 20. Nb5 Qd5 21. Qh3 Rfc8+ {Black
misses a good defensive opportunity:} (21... Nf2 $1 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Nd6+ Qxd6
$1 24. exd6 Rh8 25. Re1 Rxh7 26. Rxh7 Ne4 {although White keeps some winning
chances after} 27. Ba5 Nxd6 28. Bg2) 22. Kb1 Rc6 23. e6 $2 {An absolutely
wrong sacrifice of this crucial pawn.} (23. Rc1 {was the simplest way to play})
(23. Nd6 {was a more complicated option but apparently clarifying the position
in White's favour:} Rxd6 24. exd6 Nf2 (24... Qxd6 25. Bg2 Nc4 26. Qb3 Qe6 27.
Qxb7 Rd8 28. Qc7 Re8 29. Bc6 $1 Nf2 $1 (29... Rc8 30. Bd5 $1) 30. Bxe8 Nxd2+
31. Rxd2 Qe4+ 32. Qc2 Qxh1+ 33. Qc1 Qe4+ 34. Ka1 Qxe8 35. Rxf2 $16) 25. Qh7+
Kf8 (25... Kf7 $2 26. Rc1 Qxd6 27. Rh6 {[%cal Rh6g6]} Rh8 28. Rc7+ $1 Qxc7 29.
Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Bb4+ $18 {(M.Notkin)}) 26. Qxg6 $1 Nxh1 (26... Qf7 27. Qxf7+ Kxf7
28. Bg2 $16) 27. Re1 $1 {[%cal Re1e7]} Qf7 {(M.Notkin)} 28. Qh7 Re8 $1 (28...
Ng3 $2 29. Bb4 Nd7 30. Re7) 29. Rxe8+ Kxe8 30. Qxh1 {with good winning chances.
}) 23... Qxe6 24. Bg2 Nf2 $1 {After this active move it is Black who plays for
a win.} 25. Qh7+ Kf7 26. Rde1 Qf6 27. Bxc6 bxc6 (27... Nxh1 $2 28. Bb4 $1 Rh8
29. Nd6+ Qxd6 30. Be8+ $1 Rxe8 31. Rxe8 $18 {(M.Notkin)}) 28. Nc7 Rh8 {The
simplest continuation.} (28... Ne4 $5 29. Rxe4 (29. Nxa8 $2 Nxd2+ 30. Kc1 d3
31. Re5 Nbc4) 29... fxe4 30. Nxa8 Nxa8 31. f5 $1 e3 32. fxg6+ Qxg6+ 33. Qxg6+
Kxg6 {(M.Notkin)} 34. Bb4 {, and White should not lose}) 29. Qxh8 (29. Re6 Rxh7
30. Rxf6+ Bxf6 31. Rxh7+ Kg8 32. Rh2 Ne4 33. Kc2 c5 34. b3 {may be a better
way for White to hold on.}) 29... Bxh8 30. Ne8 Nxh1 (30... Qd8 $1 31. Rxh8 Nd5
32. Rh7+ Kg8 33. Rg7+ Kf8 {[%cal Rf2e4]} 34. Rb7 $1 Qh4 $1 (34... Ne4 35. Rh1)
(34... Ne3 $5 35. Nc7 Qd7 $1 36. Rg1 $132) 35. Ng7 Ne4 36. Ne6+ {leads to a
complicated position, in which Black's chances are probably better; however,
Boris Gelfand understandably goes for a simpler option.}) 31. Nxf6 Ng3 (31...
Ng3 32. Nh7 $1 Ne4 33. Ng5+ Nxg5 34. fxg5 {with a roughly equal endgame.})
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2872"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 {A very popular move
nowadays. White would like to avoid some critical lines.} b5 (6... d6 {is
another main move.}) 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 ({The other possibilities are} 8... Rb8
) ({and} 8... Bd7) 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a5 Be6 11. Nc4 Rb8 {Both players are
following theory. The upcoming positions are considered to be nicely playable
for both sides. All the pieces are on the board, which ensures a complicated
game where the stronger player might try to outplay his opponent with either
colour.} 12. c3 {Svidler had already two games for this. White wants to play
d4 at a good moment, but of course, this requires long preparation.} (12. h3 {
and}) (12. Re1 {was also tried.}) 12... bxc3 13. bxc3 h6 {Typical prophylaxis
against N or Bg5.} (13... Na7 {looks a little weird and could have been met
effectively by} 14. Ng5 $1 Bg4 15. f3 Bh5 (15... Bd7 {would have been met with}
16. f4 $1 $36 {which gives a strong initiative for White.}) 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Nh3
$1 {Black has managed to avoid the f4 idea, but his bishop on h5 is out of
play, while the knight on h3 is just temporarily misplaced, as it will soon be
improved through f2.} Kh8 18. Ne3 $14 {Svidler-Sargissian, Ningbo 2011}) 14.
Re1 {From the 12th move, White prepares for d4. This time he protects the e4 P.
} Qc8 {Also a usual move, preparing for Rd8.} 15. Bc2 $146 {The first novelty
of the game, White would like to go back with his knight to e3 and then, d4
finally becomes possible.} (15. Ba3 {is the most common move.}) (15. Ba4 {
was played recently in a top game:} Bxc4 16. Bxc6 (16. dxc4 Nxa5 {This is the
difference. That is why Svidler went to c2 with his bishop.}) 16... Bb5 17.
Bxb5 Rxb5 {and Black's position is completely solid. Leko-Adams, London 2012})
15... Rd8 {This is the standard setup and the idea of the previous Qc8 move.
Black would like to play Bf8 and be ready to push d5 at a good moment.} (15...
Bxc4 {was also interesting. Black gives up his strong B to destroy White's P
structure. It is difficult to judge which factor has bigger importance.} 16.
dxc4 Qe6 17. c5 $5 {probably Svidler wanted to play this P sacrifice and play
on the light squares. Black is really missing his bishop here, but on the
other hand, he is a pawn up.} (17. Qe2 Nd7 $1 {and Black drives his N to c5
and it looks nicely placed.}) 17... dxc5 18. Qe2 Rb5 19. Ba4 (19. Bd3 Rxa5 20.
Rxa5 $6 Nxa5 21. Bxa6 $2 c4 22. Bb5 c6 23. Ba4 Nb3 {is forces the take on b3
and Black gains a very unpleasant advanced P.}) 19... Rxa5 20. Nd2 {now the R
can be trapped.} c4 21. Nxc4 Rc5 22. Bb3 Rb8 {and Black has no problem.}) 16.
Qe2 ({In the event of} 16. Ne3 {Black can play immeditely} d5 $1 {with a
promising position.}) 16... Bf8 (16... Bxc4 17. dxc4 Nd7 {was an option again,
but Carlsen preferred to keep his B pair.}) 17. Ne3 $6 {This seems like an
inaccuracy. The last preparation for d4, but this allows Black's strong reply.}
({Immediately} 17. d4 {would have still been too early. Black can play} exd4
18. cxd4 d5 $1 $15 {with a slight advantage.}) ({Probably} 17. h3 {was the
best waiting move, because Black also has difficulties finding a useful move.}
Bxc4 18. dxc4 Nd7 {similar to the previous line.} 19. Ba4 Ne7 20. Be3 Ng6 {
with a double-edged fight.}) 17... d5 $1 {Excellent timing by Carlsen. White's
last N move left the pressure from the important e5 P, so Black can
immediately start the action.} 18. exd5 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxd5 {Black keeps the e5
pawn protected and, at the same time, attacks the pawn on a5.} ({Maybe} 19...
Bxd5 {was slightly better, as the e5 pawn is not really hanging.} 20. Nxe5 Nxe5
21. Qxe5 Re8 $5 ({Black can also force a draw by} 21... Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Re8 23.
Qxe8 Qg4+ 24. Kf1 Qh3+ 25. Kg1 Qg4+ $11) 22. Qxe8 Qg4 $1 {White has to
sacrifice his Q with} 23. Qe4 $1 (23. Re4 $2 Rxe8 $19) (23. f3 $2 Bxf3 $1 $19)
23... Bxe4 24. Rxe4 {Only Black can be better.}) 20. h3 $2 {This typical move
is a mistake. White would like to open the back rank and avoid the pin after
Bg4. The initiative passes to Black and Carlsen does not let it slip away
anymore.} (20. d4 $6 {is not so good, because} exd4 21. Qe4 g6 {and Black has
avoided everything, White cannot continue the attack. For example:} 22. cxd4
Qd8 23. Ra4 Bb4 $15) (20. Ba4 Rxa5 ({after} 20... Nxa5 21. Nxe5 Nb3 22. Bxb3
Rxb3 23. c4 Rd8 {Black is also OK here.}) 21. Bd2 (21. Bxh6 $6 {White would
like to protect the a1 R and threaten Bxc6, but after} Rxa4 $1 22. Rxa4 gxh6
23. Nxe5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Bg7 $17 {Black is much better.}) 21... Rc5 22. Bxc6 Rxc6
23. Nxe5 Rcb6 $15 {Thanks to the pair of Bs and passed P, Black looks very
nicely placed.}) (20. c4 Rxa5 21. Rxa5 Nxa5 22. Nxe5 Nb3 23. Bb2 c5 $132 {
and the N goes to d4.}) (20. Qe4 {is an interesting alternative. White would
like to provoke a weakness on the kingside with the threat of d4.} g6 ({On} 
20... f5 {White simply answers} 21. Qe2 {and the e5 P become vulnerable.}) 21.
Ba4 $1 Nxa5 22. Nxe5 Bg7 23. Bf4 $14 {Now the exchange of the a5 pawn for the
e5 one favours White. White seems to have an edge here.}) 20... Bf5 $1 {
A very strong move! Black prevents d4 and can exert pressure on the d3
weakness and soon, the a5 P will be hanging as well.} 21. Rd1 Qe6 22. Bb1 {
Svidler tries to activate his B from a2.} Qd7 $1 {Keeping the pressure on the
d3 P.} (22... Rxa5 {allows some counterplay for White.} 23. Rxa5 Nxa5 24. Ba2 {
getting back the e5 P.}) 23. Be3 e4 $1 (23... Rxb1 {not the best, because} 24.
Raxb1 Bxd3 {and White has} 25. Qa2 $1 {to attack the d5 R.} Rxa5 26. Qxa5 $1
Nxa5 27. Nxe5 Qf5 28. Nxd3 {The two R will give unpleasant counterchanches for
White.}) 24. Nd4 Nxd4 25. Bxd4 $2 {This allowed a tactical blow, which
actually Carlsen judged too risky.} (25. cxd4 {also led to Black's advantage
after} exd3 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Rbb5 $1 $15 {White has serious problems
with the a5 P. Black is clearly better.}) 25... exd3 ({The computer immeditely
finds the strong} 25... Bxh3 $1 26. dxe4 (26. gxh3 {is not possible.} Qxh3 27.
Be3 Bd6 $1 $19) 26... Rg5 27. g3 {This was the critical position where I think
Carlsen missed a winning combination or just did not want to risk a
miscalculation. Black wins after a fantastic tactical blow:} Bg4 $1 28. f3 Rb2
$3 29. Qxb2 Bxf3 {and Black has too many threats. Rxg3, Qh3 and the simple
Bxd1.} 30. Qf2 (30. Rd3 Rxg3+ 31. Kf2 Rg2+ $19) 30... Bxd1 $19 {with an extra
P and a strong attack.}) 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 c5 28. Be5 $1 {This was
Svidler's plan, when he took back with the B on d4, but unfortunately for him,
it does not solve the problems.} Rxd3 29. Bxb8 c4 $1 {A great positional move!
Black protects the d3 R, fixes c3 and frees the c5 square for his B, where it
puts very strong pressure on f2. The additional weaknesses on c3 and a5 are
too much for White to hold the position.} 30. Be5 (30. Qe1 {was slightly better
} Bc5 31. Kh2 {followed by Bg3.}) 30... Bc5 31. Rb1 Qd5 $1 {Carlsen activates
his pieces.} (31... Rd2 {was too early} 32. Qxc4 {and Bxf2 is only a check.
There is no reason for Black to hurry with this plan.}) 32. Rb8+ Kh7 33. Qh5 {
Svidler tried the last trap with the threat of Rh8 Kxh8 Qxh6 and mate on g7,
but of course, this doesn't work on this level.} (33. Re8 {was the best chance,
although Black has various ways to remain better here as well.} Qd7 (33... f5 {
is also good to prevent Qe4.}) 34. Ra8 Qe6 {The following line is forced:} 35.
Qe4+ f5 36. Rh8+ $1 Kg6 $1 ({Of course not} 36... Kxh8 $2 37. Bxg7+ $1 $18) 37.
Qf4 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Bxf2 $1 $17 {and Black is better.}) 33... Qe4 $1 {A cool
defence against the Rh8 and it also creates some threats of destroying White's
position.} 34. Rb2 (34. Rh8+ Kxh8 35. Qxh6+ Qh7 $1 $19) 34... Rd5 $1 {White
cannot avoid losing a piece.} 35. Re2 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 f6 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 (4... Bc5 {is another main line.})
5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 (8... Nb6 {was also tried in some
games among top players, for example:} 9. Nc3 Bb7 {Planning g6.} ({The
immediate} 9... g6 {could have been met by} 10. Ne4 $1 $36) 10. Bd2 (10. Bf4 g6
$13 {Nepomniachtchi-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 10... g6 (10... Qe6) (10...
O-O-O) 11. Ne4 O-O-O 12. a4 Ba6 13. Qe3 $1 Qxe5 $1 14. Bc3 Bb4 $1 15. Bxb4 Rhe8
{was a very interesting battle between Shirov-Kramnik, Wijk aan Zee 2011.}) 9.
g3 (9. Nd2 {is another possible line,}) ({and} 9. b3 g6 10. g3 {transposes to
the game.}) 9... g6 10. b3 Bg7 11. Bb2 O-O-O (11... O-O {is much more popular.}
) 12. Bg2 Rhe8 13. O-O Bxe5 14. Qxe5 (14. Bxe5 Qxe5 15. Qxe5 Rxe5 {is the same
as in the game.}) 14... Qxe5 15. Bxe5 Rxe5 16. cxd5 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 cxd5 18. Nc3
c6 {Nothing really new has happened so far. Both players are following theory.
We have a very interesting endgame. Black has two R and two P against the N+B.
The position is very tricky. Engines consider to be to Black's advantage, but
by human measures, thanks to the active white pieces, the fight is completely
double-edged.} 19. Rc1 (19. Ne2 Kc7 20. Nf4 Kd6 21. Nd3 Ree8 22. Rc1 a5 23. h4
Rb8 24. Bf3 h6 25. h5 g5 26. g4 {1/2 R.Mamedov-Ragger, Heraklio 2004}) 19...
Kb7 {This is more ambitious} ({than} 19... Kb8 {, but there is no serious
difference.} 20. Na4 (20. Bf3 Rde8 21. h4 h6 22. Na4 Kc7 23. Nc5 Kd6 24. Nb7+
Kc7 25. Nc5 Kd6 26. Nb7+ {1/2 Relange-V.Mikhalevski, Budapest 1996}) 20... Re7
21. Bf3 Rde8 22. h4 Rg8 23. b4 Rc8 24. Nb2 Rc7 25. Nd3 Kc8 26. Rc3 Kd8 27. Ra3
Re8 28. Nc5 {It looks as if White gets the maximum, gains some space, but
thanks to the strong P structure, Black has no real weakness, where White
could exert some pressure.} Ke7 29. g4 h6 30. Re3+ Kd8 31. Ra3 Ke7 32. Be2 Kf8
33. Bf3 {1/2 Macieja-Grabarczyk, Plock 2000 1/2 Macieja-Grabarczyk, Plock 2000}
) 20. Na4 a5 (20... d6 21. Nb2 Re7 (21... Rde8 22. Bf3) 22. Nd3 a5 (22... Rc7 {
(Ashley-D.Fernandez, Philadelphia 2001)} 23. Nb4 $1 a5 24. Nxc6 Rxc6 25. Bxd5
Rdc8 26. Ke2 Kb6 27. Bxc6 Rxc6 28. Rxc6+ Kxc6 29. Kd3 Kc5 30. Kc3 $18 {with a
winning P endgame.}) 23. b4 {and Black faces more difficulties.}) 21. Bf3 Kc7
$146 {The first novelty.} ({After} 21... f5 {Black creates an unnecessary
weakness on the e5 square, which will be a nice place for White's N.} 22. h4
Re7 23. Nc5+ Kb6 24. Nd3 Ra8 25. Be2 Ra7 26. f4 Re4 27. Nc5 Re7 28. Kf2 Ra8 29.
Bf3 Rae8 30. Nd3 Ra8 31. Ne5 {The N has reached e5, but now it has left the
queenside.} a4 32. b4 a3 $132 {with some counterplay, Arzumanian-Chudinovskih,
Pardubice 2006}) 22. Nc5 Ree8 23. Rc2 Ra8 24. Rd2 Re7 {Black's central P
structure is very strong and completely restricts White's pieces. On the other
hand it isn't so easy to move these P, because they can become weak very
quickly. So Svider decided to hold his position and make some manoeuvres with
his R. A draw will occur soon.} 25. Rd4 Rae8 26. Nd3 g5 27. Ra4 Kb6 28. Rd4 Kc7
29. Ra4 Kb6 30. Rd4 Kc7 {A very stable endgame line with both colours, from
the 18th moves almost all the games are very similar.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2810"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Kramnik,V"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 Rd8 {
This position used to be very popular some 10 years ago, after my match with
Kasparov in 2000. Die Stellung war vor etwa 10 Jahr populär, nach meinem Match
mit Kasparov im Jahr 2000.} 14. Kc2 {A new idea, which I had been studying
already more than 10 years ago, but for some reason decided to play it only
much later. There were a lot of games played with 14.Ke1, but it seems that,
according to modern theory, Black finally managed to find a way to equalise.
Eine neue Idee, die ich bereits vor mehr als 10 Jahren studiert hatte, aber
aus irgendeinem Grund beschloss, sie erst viel später zu spielen. Es gab eine
Menge Partien mit 14.Ke1, es scheint aber, laut moderner Theorie, dass es
Schwarz endlich gelungen ist, einen Weg zum Ausgleich zu finden.} (14. Ke1 {
Here are my games played with this move, all of the them played just after the
above mentioned match in the first half of 2001. Hier sind meine Partien mit
diesem Zug, sie alle wurden direkt nach dem erwähnten Match in der ersten
Hälfte des Jahres 2001 gespielt.} Na5 (14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bd6 17.
Kf2 e5 18. Bc5 Bxc5+ 19. Rxc5 exf4 20. Kf3 Bd7 21. Bd3 Rac8 22. Rhc1 g5 23. Rc7
Rxc7 24. Rxc7 Ba4 25. Kg4 h6 26. Rxb7 Rd7 27. Rb4 Bd1+ 28. Kf5 Kg7 29. h4 f6
30. hxg5 hxg5 31. e5 fxe5 32. Kxe5 f3 33. gxf3 Bxf3 34. d6 Rd8 35. Bf5 Bc6 36.
d7 Rf8 37. Rd4 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2770)-Leko,P (2743)/Budapest 2001/CBM 081/
[Krasenkow]}) 15. Bg5 Bd7 16. Bd3 Rdc8 17. Ke2 e6 18. Rxc8+ (18. Be3 exd5 19.
exd5 b6 20. Ba6 Rd8 21. Rhd1 Bc8 22. Bxc8 Raxc8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Nd4 Bf8 25.
Nb5 a6 26. d6 Rc2+ 27. Kd3 Rxa2 28. d7 Nb7 29. Nc3 Rb2 30. Nd5 Rb5 31. Kc2 Bc5
32. Bh6 f6 33. Nc7 {1-0 Kramnik,V (2772)-Van Wely,L (2700)/Wijk aan Zee 2001/
CBM 081/[Krasenkow]}) 18... Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1 20. Bxc1 exd5 21. exd5 b5 22. Bf4
Nc4 23. Bxc4 bxc4 24. Be5 Bf8 25. Nd2 Bb5 26. Ne4 f5 27. Nc3 Bd7 28. Ke3 Bc5+
29. Bd4 Bb4 30. Be5 {1/2-1/2 Kramnik,V (2797)-Kasparov,G (2827)/Astana 2001/
CBM 084/[Krasenkow]}) 14... Ne5 {After a period of deep thought Peter chooses
a safe, but slightly passive option. Nach einigem tiefen Nachdenken wählt
Peter eine sichere, aber leicht passive Option.} (14... Na5 {is much more
principled, but I guess my opponent wanted to avoid sharp lines, knowing that
I had studied them with the computer engines. Here is the only game played
with 14.Kc2 before (no doubt, there will be quite a few after), but White's
play was rather weak there. I believe I would have done better. ist viel
prinzipieller, aber ich schätze, mein Gegner wollte scharfe Abspiele vermeiden
in dem Wissen, dass ich sie mit den Computerengines analysiert hatte. Hier ist
die einzige zuvor mit 14.Kc2 gespielte Partie (zweifellos wird es danach eine
ganze Reihe geben), allerdings war das Spiel von Weiß dort recht schwach. Ich
glaube, ich hätte es besser gemacht.} 15. Nd2 Bd7 16. Kb1 e6 17. Nc4 b6 18. Bg5
f6 19. Bf4 exd5 20. Nxa5 bxa5 21. exd5 Bf5+ 22. Kb2 Be4 23. Rc5 f5+ 24. Kb3
Rdc8 25. Bc7 Bd4 26. Rc1 Bxd5+ 27. Bc4 Rab8+ 28. Bxb8 Rxb8+ 29. Ka3 Bc5+ 30.
Ka4 Rb4+ 31. Kxa5 Rxc4 32. Kb5 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Bxf2 34. Rc2 Be3 35. a4 f4 36. a5
Be4 37. Rb2 Kg7 38. Kc4 Kf6 39. a6 h5 {0-1 Heinig,W (2365)-Gauglitz,G (2235)/
Fuerstenwalde 1981/MCD}) 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Bc4 {White has a small but lasting
advantage now, but Black's position is very solid, with good drawing chances.
Actually the position is quite similar to my game with Leko, shown above. Weiß
hat jetzt einen kleinen, aber dauerhaften Vorteil, allerdings ist die Stellung
von Schwarz sehr solide, mit guten Remischancen. Eigentlich ist die Stellung
ganz ähnlich meiner Partie mit Leko, oben gezeigt.} Bd7 17. f4 Bd6 18. Kb3 {
Now e4-e5 is already on the agenda. Nun steht bereits e4-e5 auf der
Tagesordnung.} (18. e5 $6 {would have been great to push, but it doesn't work
tactically: wäre ein toller Vorstoß gewesen, aber es funktioniert taktisch
nicht:} Ba3 19. Rcd1 Bg4 20. Rd2 Bb4 21. Rf2 b5) 18... f6 19. a4 {
Prophylactics against potential counterplay connected with ...b5, ...a5.
Prophylaxe gegen potentielles Gegenspiel in Verbindung mit ...b5, ...a5.} Rdc8
20. h4 {Starting active play on the kingside, but, strangely enough, also
prophylactic. I thought that Black might next play ...Kf7 and then ...e5 at
some point. Beginnt aktives Spiel am Königsflügel, aber, seltsamerweise,
ebenfalls prophylaktisch. Ich dachte, Schwarz könnte eventuell als nächstes ...
Kf7 spielen und dann ...e5 an irgendeiner Stelle.} (20. g3 {was another
logical option here. war hier eine weitere logische Möglichkeit.}) 20... Rab8 {
Seeking for active counterplay. Strebt aktives Gegenspiel an.} (20... Kf7 21.
h5 $1 {- the point, now White threatens to enter on the h-file and there is no
time for a e7-e5 break. - die Pointe, jetzt droht Weiß, auf der h-Linie
einzudringen, und es ist keine Zeit für einen e7-e5-Hebel.}) (20... h5 {
this is a radical solution, with its pluses and minuses, hard to say, what
counts more. On one hand, there are no breaks for the moment on the kingside,
but on the other, the g6-pawn might become vulnerable. For instance, endings
with light-squared bishops will, if it gets there, most probably be won for
White. dies ist eine Radikallösung, mit ihren Plus- und Minuspunkten; schwer
zu sagen, was mehr zählt. Eienrseits gibt es im Moment keine Hebel am
Königsflügel, aber andererseits könnte auch der g6-Bauer anfällig werden. Zum
Beispiel werden Endspiele mit weißfeldrigen Läufern, wenn es dazu kommt,
höchstwahrscheinlich für Weiß gewonnen sein.} 21. g3) 21. Bb5 Bxb5 22. axb5 a6
23. b6 $1 {White must keep this pawn in order to keep winning chances. This
b-pawn is threatening to become a queen in quite a few lines in the future.
Houdini equally likes 23.Ka4, but I am glad to use this rare occasion to point
out that he is wrong this time. Weiß muss diesen Bauern behalten, um
Gewinnchancen zu wahren. Dieser b-Bauer droht in einer ganzen Reihe von
zukünftigen Abspielen zur Dame zu gehen. Houdini gefällt 23.Ka4 ebenso, aber
ich freue mich, diese seltene Gelegenheit zu nutzen, um darauf hinzuweisen,
dass er diesmal irrt.} (23. Ka4 axb5+ 24. Kxb5 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Ra8 26. Bc5 Bxc5
27. Rxc5 Ra2 28. g3 Kf7 29. Kb6 Re2 {is an easy draw. ist ein leichtes Remis.})
23... Kf7 24. h5 (24. g4 {would have been my first choice here if not wäre
meine erste Wahl gewesen, gäbe es da nicht} Rxc1 25. Rxc1 e6 $1 26. dxe6+ Kxe6
27. f5+ Kf7 {and although this position looks visually attractive, I could not
find any way through, and Houdini agrees. und obwohl diese Stellung optisch
attraktiv aussieht, konnte ich keinen Weg finden durchzubrechen, und Houdini
stimmt zu.}) 24... Rxc1 (24... gxh5 {was a possible option but most probably
Peter was worried about war eine mögliche Option, aber höchstwahrscheinlich
sorgte sich Peter wegen} 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxh5 {followed by e5. nebst e5.})
25. hxg6+ {An important intermediate move. An important intermediate move.}
Kxg6 (25... hxg6 26. Bxc1 {We both thought this position was very dangerous
for Black, but the computer holds it somehow: Wir beide hielten diese Stellung
für sehr gefährlich für Schwarz, aber der Computer hält sie irgendwie:} Bc5 27.
Ba3 Bxa3 28. Kxa3 Rd8 29. Rh7+ Ke8 {looks really bad, but strangely enough
might hold due to the ...f5-idea, for example sieht richtig schlecht aus,
könnte aber seltsamerweise halten wegen der ...f5-Idee, zum Beispiel} 30. Kb4
f5 31. Rh8+ Kd7 32. Rxd8+ Kxd8 33. e5 Kd7) 26. Bxc1 Rg8 (26... h5 {is the
first line of Houdini, but I am not sure about this move, for example ist das
erste Abspiel von Houdini, aber ich bin bei diesem Zug nicht sicher, zum
Beispiel} 27. f5+ Kf7 28. Ba3 Rd8 29. Rxh5 Bxa3 30. Kxa3 Rd6 31. Rh6 $1 Rxb6
32. e5 Rb1 33. d6 {winning. und gewinnt.}) 27. g4 h6 28. Rh5 {White has
achieved a lot obviously, but with the help of the computer Black seems to be
still able to defend. Things are much more difficult when you are sitting at
the board, fortunately. Weiß hat offenkundig eine Menge erreicht, aber mit
Hilfe des Computers scheint sich Schwarz noch immer verteidigen zu können. Zum
Glück ist die Sache viel schwieriger, wenn man am Brett sitzt.} Kf7 {A serious,
although not obvious at all, mistake. Houdini still gives just a small plus
for White here, but in fact White seems to be winning with precise play from
now on, and I managed to demonstrate it this time. Ein ernster, wenngleich
keineswegs offensichtlicher Fehler. Houdini gibt hier immer noch nur ein
kleines Plus für Weiß, tatsächlich aber scheint Weiß bei genauem Spiel von
hier an zu gewinnen, und diesmal gelang es mir, es zu zeigen.} (28... Bc5 $1
29. e5 (29. Ba3 Bxa3 30. Kxa3 Rc8 31. Kb4 Rc1 {in time to create counterplay
rechtzeitg, um Gegenspiel zu schaffen.}) 29... fxe5 30. fxe5 Rh8 {again looks
ugly and passive, but probably holds. wirkt erneut hässlich und passiv, hält
aber wahrscheinlich.} 31. Bd2 (31. Kc4 Bxb6 32. Bf4 Bd8) 31... Bxb6 32. d6 Bd8
33. Kc4 exd6 34. exd6 Rg8 35. Kd5 Kf7) 29. e5 Bc5 (29... fxe5 30. fxe5 Bc5 31.
e6+ Ke8 32. Rxh6) 30. e6+ Kf8 (30... Kg7 31. f5) 31. Rh4 {A good move although
the computer suggests another strong option as well: Ein guter Zug, obwohl der
Computer auch noch eine weitere starke Möglichkeit vorschlägt:} (31. Rh3 Bxb6
32. Rc3) 31... Kg7 (31... Bxb6 32. Ba3 Bd8 {is not much better - ist nicht
viel besser -} 33. f5) 32. f5 Rd8 {A desperate attempt to create some activity.
Ein verzweifelter Versuch, etwas Aktivität zu entfalten.} (32... Rh8 {Since B
takes b6 is not a threat due to Ba3, White has all the time in the world to
improve his position. At some point I am going to play Ba3 and win the rook
endgame later. Da B schlägt b6 keine Drohung ist wegen Ba3, hat Weiß alle Zeit
der Welt, seine Stellung zu verbessern. An irgendeiner Stelle werde ich Ba3
spielen und später das Turmendspiel gewinnen.}) 33. Bxh6+ Kg8 34. Kc4 Bxb6 (
34... Bf2 35. Rh3) 35. g5 $1 Bf2 36. Rg4 $1 Kh7 37. gxf6 exf6 (37... Kxh6 38.
f7 Kh7 39. d6 {looks like the famous Labourdonnais game, only with the extra
rook. ähnelt der berühmten Labourdonnais-Partie, nur mit dem Extraturm.}) 38.
e7 {The most direct, although anything else wins. Am direktesten, obwohl auch
alles andere gewinnt.} Rc8+ 39. Kb3 Bc5 (39... Kxh6 40. d6 Bb6 41. d7) 40. Rc4
{A nice clean positional game, in my opinion, I am rather proud of it. Eine
schöne saubere Positionspartie, meiner Ansicht nach; ich bin ziemlich stolz
darauf.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Ng3 h5 10. Be2 h4 11. Nf1 e6 12. f4 Nxc4 $5 (12... h3 $5 13. gxh3 Nxc4
14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bxb5 exd5 16. exd5 $6 ({I think that White should seek a way
to coordinate his forces at the cost of giving away a part of his material
advantage.} 16. Bc6 $1 Rb8 17. Bxd5 Rxb2 18. Rb1 Nxd5 19. Nxd5 Rxa2 20. f5 $1
Ba6 (20... Qh4+ $2 21. Ng3 Qxh3 22. Qb3 Rxh2 23. Ne7+ Kh8 24. Rxh2 Qxh2 25. Bf2
$18) 21. Rg1 Qh4+ 22. Ng3 Bc4 $1 23. Rc1 Re2+ 24. Qxe2 Bxe2 25. Kxe2 $14 {
White's rook plus two knights should be superior to Black's queen with a
couple of pawns, but the position needs practical testing.}) 16... Rb8 17. Qe2
Bxh3 18. Rg1 Bg4 19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Qa4 a6 $1 21. Qxa6 Ng4 22. Qa4 Qh4+ 23. Kd2 $2
(23. Rg3 $8 Nxh2 $36) 23... Nxe3 24. Nxe3 Qf2+ 25. Ne2 Rfe8 26. Rg3 Bd7 $1 $19
{0-1 (32) Sriram,J (2410)-Adhiban,B (2551) Aurangabad 2011}) 13. Bxc4 b5 $1 14.
Bxb5 exd5 15. e5 (15. exd5 h3 (15... Rb8 16. Qd2 Ng4 17. a4 a6) 16. gxh3 {
transposing to the above mentioned game Sriram-Adhiban.}) (15. Bc6 $2 d4 16.
Bxa8 Bg4 {This is the difference between this line and when the moves h3-gxh3
included and the square is covered.}) 15... dxe5 16. fxe5 (16. Bxc5 $2 d4 17.
Bxf8 Bxf8 18. fxe5 Qb6 19. exf6 dxc3 {Black is a full rook down, but can be
optimistic about his attacking chances.}) 16... Bg4 {The position is
completely wild and can be analysed for days.} (16... d4 17. Bg5 Bg4 (17... h3
18. Ne3 $1 hxg2 19. Nxg2 dxc3 20. Qxd8 Rxd8 21. exf6 cxb2 22. Rb1 $16) (17...
Rb8 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Ne4 Qe7 21. Qe2 Rxb5 22. Qxb5 Qxe4+ 23. Qe2
Qc6 24. O-O-O $16) 18. Bxf6 (18. Qxg4 $6 Nxg4 19. Bxd8 dxc3 20. Be7 Rfe8 $1 21.
Bxe8 Rxe8 22. Bxh4 cxb2 23. Rb1 Nxe5 $44) 18... Bxf6 19. Qxg4 dxc3 20. exf6
cxb2 21. Rb1 Qa5+ 22. Kf2 Qxb5 23. Ne3 $16) 17. exf6 $1 {The best decision, at
least from a practical point of view.} (17. Be2 $6 Bxe2 18. Qxe2 Nd7 $1 19.
Nxd5 Nxe5 20. O-O-O c4 21. Nf4 Qf6 22. Kb1 Rab8 23. Bc1 Rb7 $36 {[%cal Gf8b8]})
(17. Qa4 d4 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 h3 $1 $13) 17... Bxd1 18. fxg7 Kxg7 19. Bxc5
h3 $1 20. Rxd1 hxg2 21. Rg1 gxf1=Q+ 22. Kxf1 {The material is now balanced,
but Black's attacking potential has decreased significantly.} Qh4 23. Rg2 Rfd8
24. Rd4 $6 (24. Bd4+ Kg8 25. Kg1 {I think White is better, his pieces are well
coordinated. In general three minor pieces should overcome a queen, even
though here Black has an extra pawn.}) 24... Qh5 25. Rf4 d4 $1 26. Bxd4+ Rxd4
27. Rxd4 Rb8 28. a4 a6 29. Bxa6 $2 Qf3+ $2 (29... Qe5 $1 {[%csl Ra6,Rd4,Rf1]
[%cal Ge5d4,Ge5f6,Gf6a6,Gf6f1]}) 30. Rf2 Qh1+ 31. Ke2 Rxb2+ 32. Rd2 Qc1 33. Kd3
Rb6 34. Bc4 Rd6+ 35. Bd5 Rd7 36. Rf4 f5 37. Rd4 Kh6 38. h4 Rc7 39. Bc4 Qf1+ 40.
Re2 f4 41. Kc2 f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Re1 b6 17. Nd4 Bd7 (17... Bxe2 $6 {allows the radical
activation of the e1-rook:} 18. Rxe2 Qc4 19. Rc2 Qa6 20. Rc7 $16 {Iskusnyh,S 
(2457)-Zablotsky,S (2540)/Tomsk 2009/EXT 2010 (1/2, 38)}) 18. Ra1 Qb2 19. Rb1
Qa2 20. Ra1 Qb2 21. Rb1 Qa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E26"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2809"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 Qa5 7. Bd2 (7. Qc2
Nc6 8. Nf3 (8. Bd2 d6 9. Bd3 Bd7 10. Ne2 Qa6 11. O-O Ne7 12. a4 d5 $1 13. Ng3
dxc4 14. Be2 Nf5 15. Qa2 Nxg3 16. hxg3 O-O 17. Bxc4 Qd6 $11 {1/2 (43) Ree,H 
(2455)-Romanishin,O (2570) Wijk aan Zee 1985}) 8... d6 9. Bd3 e5 10. O-O O-O
11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Nd2 Qc7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 f5 15. Bd5+ Kh8 16. f4 e4 $13 {
0-1 (40) Nielsen,J (2139)-Eljanov,P (2755) Copenhagen 2010}) 7... Ne4 8. Bd3
Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 (9... Nc6 10. Nf3 d6 (10... cxd4 $5 11. cxd4 (11. exd4 $142 $5)
11... b6 12. Qxa5 (12. Rb1 $142) 12... Nxa5 13. Nd2 Ba6 14. Ke2 d6 15. Ne4 Rd8
16. Rac1 Ke7 17. Rc3 Rd7 18. Rhc1 Rc8 $15 {0-1 (43) Vladimirov,B-Simagin,V
Gorky 1954}) 11. O-O (11. d5 exd5 $6 (11... Ne7 $5) 12. cxd5 Ne7 13. c4 Qxd2+
14. Kxd2 Bg4 15. Ng5 h6 16. Ne4 O-O-O 17. a4 Kc7 18. a5 Bc8 19. Nc3 $14 {
1-0 (50) Bosiocic,M (2570)-Fedorchuk,S (2630) Aix les Bains 2012}) 11... O-O (
11... cxd4 12. exd4 $5) 12. d5 Ne7 {0-1 (49) Gothilf,S-Vasiliev,V Leningrad
1938} 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Ng5 g6 15. Nxe6 fxe6 16. Be4 Qc7 17. Rab1 Rab8 18. f4
$14) 10. f4 {A classic continuation anticipating ...e6-e5: in that case White
can continue d4xe5 d6xe5 f4-f5.} (10. Nf3 cxd4 (10... Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2
h6 13. Nd2 e5 {1/2 (29) Vladimirov,B-Bronstein,D Baku 1961} (13... Nf6 $5) 14.
f4 $36) 11. cxd4 (11. exd4 $5) 11... Nc6 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. Nd2 Bd7 14. Ke2 Ke7
15. Rhc1 Rac8 16. Rc3 Ba4 17. Rac1 b6 $11 {1/2 (30) Porper,E (2469)-Romanishin,
O (2552) Gausdal 2006}) 10... Nd7 (10... Nc6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. d5 exd5
14. cxd5 Ne7 15. Qb2 b5 16. Qxb5 Qxc3 17. Rab1 a5 18. Rb3 Qf6 19. Qa4 $14 {
1-0 (57) Borisenko,G-Sokolsky,A Moscow 1950}) (10... cxd4 11. exd4 Nd7 12. Nf3
O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14. Rab1 Qc7 15. Qe1 b6 $13 {1/2 (42) Rudakovsky,I-Kotov,A
Moscow 1940}) 11. Nf3 f5 (11... Nb6 12. e4 Bd7 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd2 15.
Nxd2 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. c5 Na4 18. Nc4 f6 19. dxe5 Nxc5 20. exf6 gxf6 21. Be2
O-O 22. e5 fxe5 {1/2 (22) Polgar,Z (2430)-Lombardy,W (2500) New York 1985}) 12.
e4 fxe4 {Another option was to keep the position closed:} (12... O-O $5 13. O-O
Nb6 {If} 14. exf5 exf5 15. d5 {then} Qa4 $5 {[%csl Rc4]} 16. Qa2 Bd7 17. Rae1
Rae8 18. Ng5 g6 $13) 13. Bxe4 Nf6 (13... cxd4 14. cxd4 Qxd2+ 15. Nxd2 Nf6 16.
Bf3 {[%csl Gf3]}) 14. Bc2 Bd7 15. O-O cxd4 (15... O-O 16. Qd3 cxd4 $140 17.
cxd4) 16. Qxd4 O-O (16... Qb6 $5) 17. Qxd6 Qxc3 18. Bd3 Rad8 19. Rac1 Qa5 20.
Ne5 $14 {[%csl Ge5]} Bc8 21. Qb4 Qc7 $6 {A risky course.} ({In the endgame
after} 21... Qxb4 22. axb4 Nd7 {Black should gradually equalise}) 22. c5 g5 {
Another risky move compromising the position of Black's own king.} (22... Bd7 {
[%cal Yd7c6,Yf6d5] is a normal although passive continuation.}) 23. c6 $6 ({
The immediate} 23. Qe1 {was probably better, e.g.} Nh5 (23... gxf4 24. Rxf4 Rd5
25. Qg3+ Qg7 26. Qe3 Qc7 $1 27. Ng4 $1 Nxg4 28. Rxg4+ Kh8 29. Qh6 Rdd8 30. Rh4
Rf7 31. Bg6 $1 Qxc5+ 32. Kh1 Rg7 33. Bxh7 Qg5 34. Qxg5 Rxg5 35. Kg1 $16) 24.
fxg5 Rxf1+ 25. Bxf1 Rd5 26. Nd3 Rxg5 27. g3 $14 {[%csl Rg8]}) 23... b5 $2 {
[%mdl 16384] Black should not leave White's pawn on c6.} (23... Nd5 $1 24. cxb7
Qxb7 25. Qxb7 Bxb7 26. fxg5 Nf4 {with good counterplay for Black (indicated by
M.Golubev and S.Shipov)}) 24. Qe1 $1 Rd5 (24... Nh5 25. fxg5 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Rd5
{is now nearly hopeless due to} 27. Nf3) 25. Qg3 h6 26. fxg5 Qxe5 27. Qxe5 Rxe5
28. gxf6 Kf7 29. Rf4 {White has a healthy extra pawn and confidently brings
home his advantage.} Rd8 30. Be4 Rd2 31. h4 a5 32. Rc3 Re2 (32... Kf8 33. f7 {
[%cal Rc3g3]}) 33. Bg6+ Kf8 34. Rd4 Rd5 35. Rxd5 exd5 36. Rc5 Re1+ (36... Re6
37. Bf5 Re8 38. Bd7 $1 Rd8 39. Rxb5 Bxd7 40. Rxd5 $18) 37. Kh2 Rf1 38. f7 b4
39. axb4 axb4 40. Rxd5 Kg7 41. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 {One of the modern trends
created by Topalov.} Nb6 6. d4 Be6 {A necessary preparation of the intended ...
Bg4xf3.} (6... Bg4 $2 7. Ng5 $18) 7. Qc2 Bg4 8. Qe4 {White will move for the
third and fourth time with the queen, just to maintain the flexibility of the
structure. Hoewever, the doubled pawns are not necessarily a weakness; they
increase White's control in the centre.} (8. e3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 e6 10. Bd2 c6 11.
h4 h5 12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Nc5 b6 14. Nd3 Bd6 15. f4 a5 16. Ne5 $14 {Hebert,J (2411)
-Barbeau,S (2397)/Montreal 2002/CBM 088 ext (1-0, 41)}) (8. Bf4 Bxf3 9. gxf3
Bg7 10. Rd1 c6 11. Be5 Bf6 12. f4 {Arsovic,Z (2441)-Stojanovic,D (2444)/
Vrnjacka Banja 2005/EXT 2006 (1/2, 29)}) 8... Bxf3 9. Qxf3 ({But} 9. exf3 $6 {
is too much. White gains some time for his development, but gives away the
control over the d5-square.} c6 10. a4 Bg7 11. a5 Nd5 12. Bc4 e6 13. O-O O-O
14. Rd1 Nd7 {Ornstein,A (2430)-Savon,V (2575)/Dortmund 1975/MCL (0-1, 26)})
9... c6 $146 {Solidly played.} (9... Qxd4 10. Qxb7 (10. e3 Qb4 $2 11. Bd2 Bg7
12. Nb5 Qxb2 13. Nxc7+ Kf8 14. Rc1 $18 {Dorfman,J (2602)-Balinov,I (2438)/
Austria 2002/EXT 2003 (1-0, 47)}) 10... Bg7 11. Qe4 $6 {White is heading for
an ending with the bishop pair in too straightforward a fashion..} (11. e3 $5)
11... Qxe4 12. Nxe4 Nc6 13. e3 Nb4 14. Ke2 {L'Ami,E (2592)-Bobras,P (2544)/
Germany 2011/CBM 146 (1-0, 46)} Na4 $5 $15) 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 e5 {Tis way of
breaking the centre loses some time, but the natural alternative has some
drawbacks.} (11... N8d7 12. O-O O-O 13. Rd1 e5 14. a4 (14. d5 $5) 14... exd4
15. exd4 a5 16. d5 {Black may be active enough to keep the balance even, but
the bishop pair may become dangerous at any time in an open position.}) 12.
dxe5 Bxe5 (12... N8d7 13. e6 $1) 13. Qe4 Qe7 14. Bd2 N8d7 15. Qc2 {The sixth
queen move already, but now Her Majesty has finally reached the best square.
It should be compared to Topalov's novelty 5.Qc2...} O-O 16. O-O {Black seems
to have no problem, but this kind of position with a kingside majority and a
potentially strong bishop pair offers White better chances in the long run. In
the next phase of the game, Svidler will wisely provoke as much simplification
as possible, increasing his chances for successful defence.} Rfe8 17. Rfd1 a5
$1 {The usefulness of this move is easy to understand if we compare with the
second game Nielsen-Gashimov, FIDE World Cup 2011. A completely different
opening had been played then, but the resulting position was similar; White
managed to play b2-b4 and a2-a4 before Black took preventive measures.} 18. Be1
a4 19. Rab1 Nc5 20. Bf1 {The standard regrouping. Soon, the minority attack
should start, though.} Red8 21. g3 Bg7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. b4 axb3 24. axb3 Ra8
25. b4 Ncd7 26. Ne4 ({With the c4- and d5-squares safely defended by the black
knights,} 26. b5 c5 {would not achieve too much.}) 26... Ra1 27. Rxa1 Bxa1 28.
Qa2 Be5 29. Bg2 Nf6 30. Nc5 Bd6 31. Nd3 (31. Bc3 Nfd5 32. Ba1 Be5 $11) 31...
Ne4 $6 {So far, Black has managed to maintain his stability, but after the
last move his position is hanging for just a moment.} (31... Nbd5 $5 32. b5 $6
Nxe3 $1) 32. Qa7 (32. b5 $1 cxb5 (32... c5 33. Qa7 Nd5 34. Nb2 $16) 33. Qa5 Bc7
34. Qxb5 $16) 32... Nd5 33. Qd4 f5 34. Qc4 (34. b5 $1 $14) 34... Qe6 35. f3 (
35. b5 Nc7 $1 36. Qxe6+ Nxe6 37. bxc6 bxc6 {In the absence of quuens, Black
has less problems defending this position.}) 35... Ng5 36. Bd2 Nc7 37. Qxe6+
Ngxe6 $11 {White has missed the favourable moments and Black has reached the
desired safety now. There are no dangerous pawn breaks in view.} 38. f4 Nd5 39.
e4 fxe4 40. Bxe4 Nd4 41. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.03.31"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 {This is a specialty of Svidler's countryman, Grischuk,
who used it to beat Ivanchuk twice, among others. A good psychologycal
decision by Svidler to put Ivanchuk to the test once again.} c5 4. c3 Nc6 5.
Nf3 Bd7 6. Be2 Nge7 7. O-O {This is how the game Grischuk-Ivanchuk had gone,
too. Ivanchuk does not seem to be the kind of player to let his defeats pass
without looking for improvements, so the theoretical duel is very much on...}
Ng6 (7... Nf5 {Grischuk,A (2746)-Ivanchuk,V (2768)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM
145/[Marin,M] (1-0, 44)}) 8. g3 cxd4 (8... Be7 {Grischuk,A (2746)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2768)/Khanty-Mansiysk 2011/CBM 145/[Marin,M] (1-0, 35)}) 9. cxd4 f6 10. exf6
Qxf6 (10... gxf6 $6 {weakens the kingside too much.} 11. Nc3 Bg7 12. h4 O-O 13.
Bd3 $14 {Cori Tello,J (2418)-Ostos,J (2316)/Havana 2009/CBM 130 Extra (1-0, 39)
}) 11. Bg5 $1 {An active move, gaining some time and inducing a small
weakening of the kingside.} Qf7 12. Be3 {[%cal Gf3g5]} h6 13. Nc3 Bd6 14. Nb5 {
This may look a bit like shadow boxing, but White's idea is revealed by the
next move.} (14. Ne1 {is too slow, allowing Black to get his king out of the
centre and obtain a normal regrouping.} O-O 15. Ng2 Rac8 16. Bh5 Qf6 17. Qg4
Nge7 18. Nh4 Be8 {After getting rid of his potentially bad bishop, Black is at
least not worse.} 19. Bxe8 Rcxe8 $11 {Gwaze,R (2402)-Pert,N (2501)/Halifax
2004/EXT 2005 (1/2, 44)}) 14... Bb8 15. Ne5 $1 $146 {A strong novelty, casting
serious doubts over Black's previous play. The main idea is to clear the g1-a7
diagonal, in order to allow Be3-c5.} (15. Rc1 {Jonkman,H (2491)-Firman,N (2494)
/Lvov 2001/CBM 087/[Psakhis] (0-1, 29): It is interesting that in his notes to
this game, the outstanding specialist in the French Lev Psakhis expresses his
amazement about the ease with which Black has equalised...}) 15... Ngxe5 {
There are several ways to take the pawn, but none of them solves the main
problem: the king's safety.} (15... Ncxe5 16. dxe5 Bxe5 17. Bc5 {leaves the
knight passive on g6.}) 16. dxe5 Nxe5 ({Or} 16... Bxe5 17. Bc5 {followed by
Nd6+ soon. If White manages to force the exchange of the e5-bishop for his
knight, the compensation would have a permanent character. Black would have
serious problems because of the chronic weakness of the dark squares, while
his king would lack a safe residence.}) 17. Bc5 Nc4 {Ivanchuk does his best to
avoid Nd6+, but this is one of those cases in which the remedy is even worse
than the initial problem.} 18. b3 $1 (18. Bxc4 $6 dxc4 19. Nd6+ Bxd6 20. Qxd6 {
is too simplistic to be good.} b6 21. Bb4 O-O-O $132 {White's king is also
insecure, because of the weakening g2-g3 move.}) 18... b6 {Kicking back
consequently...} 19. Bb4 a5 20. Bc3 $1 {Black has managed to drive the
molesting bishop away from the a3-f8 diagonal, but new and unsolvable problems
are awaiting him on the long dark diagonal.} Bxb5 (20... Ne5 21. f4 Ng6 22. f5
exf5 23. Bf3 Ne7 24. Bh5 $16 {creates similar problems.}) 21. Bh5 g6 22. Bxh8
$16 {White has won an exchange for a pawn. Things would not be that bad for
Black if he was not poorly coordinated and his king had some safe place to go
to.} gxh5 23. Re1 $5 {A hyper-accurate move. The threat is Qxd5} (23. bxc4 Bxc4
24. Re1 Bd6 25. Be5 $16) 23... Qf5 (23... Nd6 24. Qxd5 Ra7 25. Rxe6+ Re7 26.
Rae1 $18) 24. bxc4 Bxc4 25. Qd4 Bc7 26. Be5 O-O-O 27. Rac1 $18 {White has a
stable blockade in the centre and both Black's wings are vulnerable. The rest
is a matter of technique, as they say.} Rd7 28. a4 Qg4 29. Qe3 h4 30. Qxh6 hxg3
31. hxg3 Bd8 32. Bf4 Re7 33. Bg5 Kd7 34. Bxe7 Bxe7 35. Kg2 Bc5 36. f3 Qf5 37.
Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.04.01"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2872"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.03.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. a4 $146 (11. Ne2 Nd8 12. Ng3 Ne6 13. Nf5 c5 14.
N3h4 Bd8 15. Qf3 d5 {Mickiewicz,P (2271)-Malaniuk,V (2522)/Koszalin 2007/CBM
119 ext (0-1, 43)}) 11... Nd8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Rxa8 Bxa8 14. Ne2 Ne6 15. Ng3
c5 16. Nf5 Bd8 17. c4 $5 {This way of fighting for the light squares justifies
(at least partly) the loss of a tempo with a3-a4.} bxc4 18. Bxc4 Bc7 19. Re1
Re8 20. Qc1 Nh5 21. g3 g6 22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Ng5 Nxg5 24. Bxg5 d5 25. exd5 Bxd5
26. Ng4 Bf3 27. Bf6+ Kg8 28. Nh6+ Kf8 29. Qe3 Bb7 30. Bh4 Qh3 31. f3 $2 (31.
Bd5 $1 {This is not that difficult to spot, but evaluating the consequences
requires some effort.} Bxd5 32. Qxc5+ Kg7 33. Qxd5 Kxh6 34. Qxf7 Ba5 35. Qxe8
Bxe1 36. Qxe5 {Threatening mate with Bg5#} Bxf2+ $1 (36... Bd2 37. Qe2 Bc1 38.
Be7 {allows White to maintain the initiative in conditions of material
equality.}) 37. Kxf2 Qxh2+ {with a probable draw. If White interposes his
queen to one of the checks, Black can exchange and win the bishop with ...g5.})
31... Nf4 $36 32. gxf4 Qxh4 33. Nxf7 Bxf3 34. Qf2 Qg4+ 35. Qg3 exf4 36. Rxe8+
Kxe8 37. Qxg4 Bxg4 38. Ng5 h6 39. Nf7 h5 40. Nh6 Bd1 41. Kf2 f3 42. h3 Bf4 43.
Nf7 g5 44. Ke1 g4 45. hxg4 hxg4 46. Kxd1 g3 47. Ke1 g2 48. Kf2 Bh2 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.09"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. h3 b6 6. Nbd2 Bb7 7. e3 c5 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Re1 a6 11. a4 cxd4 12. exd4 Nd5 13. Bh2 Bh6 14. Bf1 a5 15.
Nc4 N7f6 16. Na3 Bf4 17. Bxf4 Nxf4 18. g3 N4d5 19. Bg2 e6 20. Qd2 Kg7 21. Nh2
Rb8 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. hxg4 h6 24. Nb5 Nc7 25. c4 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 d5 27. Qf4 Nxb5
28. cxb5 Qf6 29. Qe3 Rbc8 30. Rac1 Qg5 31. Qxg5 hxg5 32. Kf3 Kf6 33. b3 Ke7 34.
Ke3 Kd7 35. Kd2 Rxc1 36. Rxc1 Rc8 37. Rh1 Ke7 38. f4 gxf4 39. gxf4 Kf6 40. Rh7
Rf8 41. Kc3 Rc8+ 42. Kb2 Ke7 43. Rh3 Kd7 44. Rh2 Ke7 45. g5 Kd7 46. Rh7 Ke7 47.
Rh3 Kd7 48. Ka3 Kd6 49. Rh7 Ke7 50. Kb2 Rf8 51. b4 axb4 52. Rh2 Rc8 53. Rc2 Rc4
54. Kb3 Rxd4 55. a5 Rd3+ 56. Kb2 Kd7 57. a6 Ra3 58. Rc1 d4 59. Rc4 Kd6 60. Rxb4
Ra5 61. Rb3 Kc7 62. Rb4 Kd6 63. Rb3 Kc7 64. Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[BlackTeam "Ekaterinburg Malakhit"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a4 a5 15. Bd3
Re8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Nf1 Ndf8 19. Ng3 Ne6 20. Be3 Ngf4 21. h4 f6
22. Rad1 Rf8 23. Nf5 fxe5 24. dxe5 Qe8 25. Ng5 Nxg5 26. Bxf4 Ne6 27. Bg3 h5 28.
Rxd5 hxg4 29. Ne3 Rf3 30. Rd3 Bxe3 31. Rexe3 Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Rd8 33. Re4 Qg6 34.
Qc4 Kh8 35. Rxg4 Qf5 36. Re4 Rd2 37. Re2 Rd1+ 38. Kg2 Rd4 39. Qc2 Qxc2 40. Rxc2
Rxa4 41. f4 Nxf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.11"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[BlackTeam "Yugra"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Bd3 Ne7 9. Qc2 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qb4+ 12. Nd2 Ba6 13. Ngf3 Bxd3 14. Qxd3
Nd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Ne4 Qa5 17. Rfe1 Qd5 18. Nc3 Qd6 19. Ne4 Qd5 20. Rad1 Ng6
21. Nc3 Qd6 22. d5 Nf6 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4 Rfd8 25. dxc6 Qxd1 26. c7 Qxe1+
27. Qxe1 Rd7 28. h4 Nf8 29. h5 h6 30. Nh4 Rxc7 31. Nf5 Ne6 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. a4
Rcd7 34. b4 Nd4 35. Ne3 Ne6 36. Nf5 Nd4 37. Ne3 Ne6 38. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E81"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Martin,A"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow ShSM Our Hopes"]
[BlackTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{Our first game this month features an exciting King's Indian, where Svidler
shows respect to Robert Byrne by employing one of his opening systems.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 {6.Be3 is no longer
automatic here, as White players try to find a way around lines with a quick ..
.c7-c5.} a6 ({I guess the idea is that} 6... c5 7. d5 {gives White options
based on Bg5. In our game Caruana takes this opportunity immediately.}) 7. Bg5
c6 8. Qd2 b5 {This method of counterplay gains in strength when c4 is
unprotected. Good timing by Svidler.} 9. h4 h5 10. O-O-O (10. e5 {whilst the d
file can be opened, looks premature. Black acheived good prospects in the
following recent game:} dxe5 11. dxe5 Qxd2+ 12. Bxd2 Nfd7 13. f4 f6 (13... Nc5
14. Ng3 Bg4 {also looks perfectly OK}) 14. exf6 Nxf6 15. Ng3 e5 $1 16. fxe5 Ng4
17. Nce4 {Harikrishna,P (2684)-Wen,Y (2569)/Biel 2012, after which} Bxe5 $1 {
leads to a position which can only be a bit better for Black} 18. Bb4 (18.
O-O-O $2 Bxg3 19. Nxg3 Nf2) 18... Re8 19. O-O-O Bf4+ $2 20. Kb1 Bxg3 21. Nxg3
Nf2) 10... Nbd7 11. g4 $5 {Really going for it, but White has burned his
bridges already by playing h4 and then castling long.} (11. e5 {looks a bit
more dangerous now, but Black can lie on the ropes with} Nh7 $1 {and soak up
the pressure:} 12. Bh6 Nb6 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nf4 {Psakhis,L (2625)-Gentilleau,
J (2220)/Andorra 1995 and now} bxc4 $1 {would have been best, with plenty of
counterplay.}) 11... b4 12. Na4 hxg4 13. Ng3 ({If he moved on with} 13. h5 {
we might have seen an extraordinary sequence:} Nxh5 $5 14. fxg4 Nhf6 15. Bh6
Nxg4 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Qf4 Rh8 18. Rxh8 Qxh8 19. Qxg4 Nc5 20. Qg5 Nxa4 21. Qa5
Qh6+ 22. Kb1 Qe3 23. Qxa4 Bg4 {White's queen has enjoyed a world tour, but I
prefer Black in this final position.}) 13... Nh7 14. Bh6 gxf3 $1 (14... Qa5 {
was a serious alternative, but Svidler cannot see a reason why he should not
capture on f3.}) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. h5 g5 $1 {Absolutely necessary, to block
lines.} 17. Qxb4 Ndf6 (17... Rb8 $1 18. h6+ Kh8 19. Qd2 g4) 18. Rd3 g4 {
To the end White will be labouring to get rid of the advanced Black pawns.
This is classic King's Indian play by Svidler, who first drains all the life
out of White's attack and then completely takes over the position. Caruana is
already struggling to find a way to revive his initiative.} 19. Rg1 $2 (19. e5
$1 {was the best try, initiating complications and keeping Black's advantage
to a minimum:} Nd7 20. exd6 Rb8 21. dxe7 (21. Nf5+ Kh8 22. Qd2 exd6 23. Nxd6
Nb6 24. Nxb6 Qxd6 25. c5 Qf6 $15) (21. Qd2 exd6 22. Nf5+ Kh8 23. Nxd6 Qg5 $1
24. c5 Ndf6 $17) 21... Rxb4 22. exd8=Q Rxd8 $15) 19... Qc7 20. Qd2 Kh8 21. c5
Rb8 22. b3 Rg8 23. Rc3 e5 $1 {Undermining what is left of the White centre.
What becomes clear is that the white king is by far the more vulnerable of the
two.} 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qe3 a5 26. Nb6 Be6 27. Nc4 ({After} 27. Bc4 Rbd8 $1 {
Black can comfortably allow his pawns to be doubled, as the d5-square is then
covered and he can occupy d4.} 28. Bxe6 fxe6 29. Nc4 a4 30. bxa4 Rd4) 27... a4
{Another excellent move, opening lines.} 28. bxa4 Rb4 29. Nb6 Qa7 30. a5 Rd8
31. a6 Bxa2 ({I think I prefer} 31... Rbd4 $1 32. Bd3 Nd7 33. Nxd7 Qxd7 {
with total control, although as Black wins quickly one can hardly be critical.}
) 32. Bd3 Bb3 33. Nf5 Be6 34. Kc2 $2 {After this, White is swept away.} (34.
Ra3 {put up sterner resistance, but even there} Bxf5 35. exf5 Rbd4 36. Bc2 e4 {
looks completely winning for Black.}) 34... Bxf5 35. exf5 e4 36. Bc4 Rxc4 37.
Rxc4 Qxa6 38. Qb3 Qa5 39. Rc3 f2 40. Rb1 e3 41. Nc4 e2 {A very picturesque
final position. Touchdown!} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 20th"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2013.04.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E95"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sankt Petersburg Chess Fed"]
[BlackTeam "Rostov PGMB"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. e4 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
h6 {A line that has been essayed by McShane amongst others. Black's play is
not as aggressive as in other King's Indian lines, but he remains solid
nonetheless.} 9. Rb1 Nh7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. b4 Ng5 {A logical continuation of
his previous strategy, that is to create a clump of pawns on the kingside that
will cramp White.} ({In another game Black elected to advance on the kingside
immediately:} 11... f5 12. b5 Kh8 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Qc2 f4 15. c5 c6 16. Red1 Bf8
17. bxc6 bxc6 18. Qa4 $1 {was Del Rio de Angelis,S-Movsziszian,K La Roda 2009.
And White's achievements on the queenside are significantly more telling than
Black's rather slow advance on the kingside; he went on to win a few moves
later.}) 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. c5 c6 14. Be3 f5 $5 {Logical, but as it turns out,
too weakening. Allowing your king to be denuded so early in the game isn't
really advisable against someone with the aggressive intentions of Svidler.
But in general I find it hard to believe that this variation will catch on for
Black, as his opening position looks rather horrible in any case. The g5-pawn
is an obvious target for White, and active play is hard to come by.} ({
Objectively Black already had to think about taking passive measures with} 
14... Bf6 {but this is a hard decision to bring yourself to make. In any case
Black's task would remain unpleasant after} 15. Qc1 Re8 {at least with the
plan of ...Nf8-e6 etc..} 16. Rd1 Qe7 17. b5 $1 {but players like Jobava are
loathe to adopt such a passive policy - this is why they are 2700. He would
rather fall on his sword than fade away quietly.}) 15. exf5 gxf5 16. Bc4+ Kh7
17. Qh5+ Bh6 18. Rbd1 Qe8 19. Qh3 Qg6 20. Bc1 (20. Rd6 Nf6 21. Bd2 {was
another way to play, immediately trying to hit on the pawns. In general
Black's armada of pawns looks rather impressive, but they can also become weak
and overextended, and whats more his king lacks long-term protection.} e4 (
21... Re8 $2 22. Bf7 $1 Qxf7 23. Bxg5 {is a good example of the perils that
can befall Black}) 22. b5 {the most direct route although this requires some
courage - the queen looks vulnerable on h3, but in reality Black has no way of
taking advantage of that, as his own position is too loose.} (22. Ne2 {is
another option, giving space for the queen on b3 for example, but probably not
necessary}) 22... f4 23. Be6 g4 24. Qh4 Kg7 {with a seemingly very strong
threat of ...Bg5, but the problem is that this runs into} 25. Nxe4 $1 {when
Black's position collapses like a pack of cards:} Nxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxe4 27. Bc3+
Kh7 28. Qe7+ Kg6 29. Bf7+ Kh7 30. Bg6+ Kg8 31. Qh7#) 20... a5 21. Rd6 Rf6 22.
Bd3 $6 {True to his style, Svidler is playing as directly as possible. Leaving
the queenside to the winds, he is staking all on a direct mating attack. But
for once Svidler, who greatly impressed with his play in the 2013 candidates,
and dazzled even more with his press conferences afterwards, quoting
incredibly complex variations and lines here there and everywhere, is let down
by his calculation in this ultra-sharp position. Surely fatigue was weighing
heavily on him at this point, as after the exhausting tournament that was
London, he went straight to the Bundesliga, then on to this event.} ({After
the direct} 22. Red1 $1 {Black would have faced an impossible task, trying to
keep all the loose strands of his position together.} Rxd6 (22... Nf8 23. Rxf6
Qxf6 24. Rd6 {just looks bad} Qg7 25. Bd3 e4 26. Nxe4 fxe4 27. Bxe4+ Kg8 28.
Qxh6 $18) 23. Rxd6 Nf6 24. Na4 $1 {with the threat of Nb6, is rather killing.})
22... axb4 23. Ne4 Rxd6 24. cxd6 ({The alternative} 24. Nxd6 $5 {Is not as
crushing as it looks at first sight.} Nxc5 {pretty much forced,} (24... e4 25.
Nxe4 {is disastrous}) 25. Nxc8 g4 $1 (25... e4 26. Ne7 Qe6 27. Bc4 $1 Qxe7 28.
Qxf5+ $18) (25... Nxd3 26. Qxd3 Qe6 27. Nd6 e4 28. Nxe4 fxe4 29. Rxe4 {rather
favours white, as the black king remains exposed}) 26. Qxh6+ Qxh6 27. Bxf5+ Qg6
28. Rxe5 Qxf5 29. Rxf5 Nd3 30. Be3 Rxc8 {leading to an ending which is
extremely difficult to evaluate, although my feeling is that Black's chances
are no worse.}) 24... Nf8 25. Nxg5+ Kg7 26. Qh4 $2 ({Of course the computer
crunches out} 26. Rxe5 $1 $40 {without a second thought. The attack works
because the black king is too exposed.} Bxg5 27. Bxg5 (27. Bb2 Kf7 28. Bxf5
Bxf5 29. Rxf5+ Ke8 30. f4 {also leads to a very dangerous attack}) 27... Qxg5
28. Re7+ Kg6 29. Qh8 Qf6 30. Qg8+ Kh6 31. h4 $1 ({The immediate} 31. Rf7 {
is premature after} Qa1+ 32. Bf1 Be6 {so White prepares this idea, so he will
have mate on g5 at the end}) 31... Be6 {what else?} 32. Rxe6 Nxe6 33. Qxa8 {
and White, a pawn to the good but a much safer king, must be winning.}) 26...
Qxd6 27. Bb2 Ra5 $1 {Now Black is in time to defend his weak points.} 28. Bc4
Qd2 $4 (28... Qf6 29. Rxe5 Rxe5 30. Bxe5 Qxe5 31. Qxh6+ Kxh6 32. Nf7+ Kg7 33.
Nxe5 Be6 {if anything rather favours Black, as his queenside clump is more
dangerous than the trumps White holds on the other side of the board.}) 29. Nf3
$1 Ng6 (29... Qxb2 30. Qe7+ Kh8 31. Qf6+ Kh7 32. Qf7+ Bg7 33. Qh5+ Bh6 34. Ng5+
$18) 30. Nxd2 $4 {A comedy of errors has appeared on the board. But it is easy
to sit there with a computer program at home and critique - during the game
you don't have that luxury.} ({Doubtless though, a month ago Svidler would
have found the winning line} 30. Qh5 $1 Qxb2 31. Nh4 $1 {in his sleep, but as
indicated before, fatigue had no doubt kicked in.} Nh8 32. Qe8 $1 {Regaining
material, and winning.}) 30... Nxh4 31. Rxe5 Rxe5 32. Bxe5+ Kh7 33. Nb3 Ng6 34.
Bd4 {Now the ending probably slightly favours Black, but Svidler was at least
able to hold on for a draw - to lose such a game would have been quite an
injustice!} Bg7 35. Bc5 Bf8 36. Bb6 Ne5 37. Be2 Be6 38. Bc7 Nd7 39. Bd3 Nc5 40.
Nxc5 Bxc5 41. Bb1 Bd4 42. h4 Kg7 43. Kf1 b5 44. f3 c5 45. Ke2 Bc4+ 46. Kd2 Be6
47. Ke2 Bc4+ 48. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
d4 Nf6 9. Be3 Be7 10. dxc5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bf4 Bxc5 13. Bg3 h5 14. Rd2 h4
15. Bxh4 Nxh2 16. Kxh2 Nd4 17. Rxd4 Bxd4 18. Nbd2 g5 19. g3 Bxb2 20. Rb1 Bf6
21. Ne4 gxh4 22. Nxf6+ Ke7 23. Ne4 hxg3+ 24. Kxg3 b5 25. c4 Bb7 26. Kf4 Rh5 27.
Be2 Rc8 28. cxb5 axb5 29. Rxb5 Rxb5 30. Bxb5 Rc2 31. Nd4 Rxa2 32. f3 Bxe4 33.
fxe4 Kf6 34. e5+ Kg7 35. Nf3 Ra5 36. Bd3 f6 37. exf6+ Kxf6 38. Ke3 Ra3 39. Ke4
Ra4+ 40. Ke3 Ra3 41. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Ne2 Rae8 12. Ng3 Bd8 13. a4 d5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
c3 h6 16. Be3 Re6 17. h3 Be7 18. Nh2 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Qf3 Na5 21. Ra1 Ra6
22. Ng4 Bb7 23. Bxd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 Bxd5 25. Nxe5 Qe6 26. Qf5 Bd6 27. Qxe6 fxe6
28. Nf3 b4 29. Ne4 bxc3 30. bxc3 Bb7 31. Nd4 Bf8 32. c4 c5 33. Nb5 Nb3 34. Rxa6
Bxa6 35. Nbd6 Bxd6 36. Nxd6 Kf8 37. f3 1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 cxd4 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 Qc7 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Nxc3 Nd4 13. Bb2 Bd7 14.
O-O-O Qb6 15. Qd3 Ndf5 16. Nb5 Rc8 17. g3 a6 18. Nd4 Ba4 19. Rd2 Rc4 20. Bg2
Nxd4 21. Bxd4 Qb5 22. Bf1 Qc6 23. Qe2 Nf5 24. Bb2 Rh8 25. Qf2 Nxg3 26. Bxc4
Nxh1 27. Qa7 Qxc4 28. Qb8+ Kd7 29. Qxh8 Bxc2 30. Rxc2 Qf1+ 31. Kd2 Qf2+ 32. Kd3
Qf3+ 33. Kd2 Qf2+ 34. Kd3 Qf3+ 35. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bg5 e6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Qe3 Nd7 {A slightly
unusual move order has led to a well-known theoretical position. Our latest
examination of this position can be found in CBM 114 (Gelfand - Svidler) and
115 (Gelfand - Ruck).} 14. Bf4 $5 {A rare continuation, carefully prepared by
GM Levon Aronian.} (14. e5 {is the main line.}) 14... e5 (14... Qc8 {is hardly
fortunate; White can play, say,} 15. Bd6 $5 Rd8 16. e5) 15. Bg3 Rae8 (15...
cxd4 16. cxd4 exd4 17. Nxd4 Qc5 18. Rfd1 Rfe8 19. f3 $14 {[%csl Rb7]}) 16. d5
$146 {[%mdl 8]} (16. Bb5 exd4 $1 (16... Bc6 $143 17. Bxc6 Qxc6 18. d5 Qa4 19.
Nd2 f5 20. Bh4 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. f3 fxe4 23. fxe4 Nh5 24. g3 Qxa2 25. Nf3
$44 {1-0 (69) Peralta,F (2557)-Lopez Martinez,J (2547) San Sebastian 2008}) 17.
cxd4 Qc8 {[%csl Re4]} 18. e5 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 cxd4 20. Rfc1 Qd8 {with a good
position for Black.}) 16... f5 17. Bh4 {The position of this bishop looks
vulnerable but that is just an illusion.} h6 (17... fxe4 18. Bc4 $1 Qd6 (18...
Kh8 19. Ng5) 19. Nd2 Bxd5 20. Nxe4 Qe6 21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Rbd1 $36) (17... f4
18. Qd3 {[%cal Rd5d6,Rh4e7]}) 18. exf5 gxf5 19. Rfd1 Qd6 20. Nd2 $1 {[%csl Gc4]
} Qg6 (20... Bxd5 21. Nc4 Qc6 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. Rd1 Qf7 24. Nd6 Qg6 25. Nxe8
Qxe8 26. Bc4+ Kh7 (26... Kh8 27. Rd6 Kh7 28. Bb5 $18) 27. Qh3 (27. Bb5 Qh5 28.
Rxd7 Qxh4 29. Qxe5 Qf6 $14) 27... Nf6 28. Qxf5+ $16) 21. Qg3 Qxg3 22. hxg3 Bf6
(22... Bxd5 23. Nc4 Be6 24. Nd6 Rb8 (24... Ra8 25. Nb5 {[%cal Rb5c7,Rd1d6]})
25. Be7 e4 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Bc4 $1 {, and Black doesn't get enough
compensation for the exchange.}) 23. Bb5 Re7 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. Bxf6 Rxf6 26. c4
$14 {As a result, White has obtained a favourable ending. His knight is
stronger than Black's restricted bishop; Black's e5-pawn is vulnerable (and ...
e5-e4 weakens the f4-square); finally, White has an unpleasant undermining
plan a2-a4-a5.} Rg7 27. Rb3 Rg4 {An attempt at counterplay.} 28. Rc1 Rd4 29.
Nf3 Re4 30. Ra3 {Taking advantage of the fact that one of Black's rooks is "in
the field", White wants to provoke ...a7-a6 and then attack the b6-pawn
directly.} a6 31. Rb3 b5 $2 {Obvious but wrong! It was better to wait.} (31...
Kg7 32. Rb2 Bc8 $1) 32. Rb2 $1 {[%csl Rc5][%cal Yf3d2,Yd2b3][%mdl 32] Now the
weakness of Black's c5-pawn proves crucial.} (32. cxb5 Bxd5 33. Ra3 $1 Rc4 34.
Rxc4 Bxc4 35. Rxa6 Rxa6 36. bxa6 Bxa6 37. Nxe5 Bb5 {was not so clear.}) 32...
Rf7 $6 {This loses at once but Black had no good defence in any case.} (32...
Rd6 33. a4 $1 b4 34. Nd2 $18) (32... Rb6 33. cxb5 (33. a4 $5) 33... c4 34. Rd2
$1 {[%cal Rd5d6]}) 33. cxb5 axb5 34. Rxc5 b4 35. d6 Rd7 36. Rd2 {[%cal Rf3e5]}
1-0

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 e6 $5 {[%cal Yd7d5] A rare but possible continuation.}
4. e4 (4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 (5. Bg5 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 dxc4
10. e4 Qa5 11. Bf2 b5 12. cxb6 axb6 13. Bxc4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6 15. Nge2 Nb4 16.
Qb1 Rfd8 $44 {0-1 (40) Zhu Chen (2491)-Cmilyte,V (2514) Huashan City CHN 2013})
5... Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Bb5+ Nd7 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. Qxd4 f6 11. e5 Kf7
12. exf6 Qxf6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Qc4+ Qe6 15. Bg3 Qxc4 16. Bxc4+ Kf6 17. f4 e4 18.
Rd1 Nb6 19. Bb3 Bc5 $13 {1-0 (48) Kasimdzhanov,R (2690)-Naumann,A (2535) Trier
GER 2013}) 4... d5 5. cxd5 (5. Nc3 dxe4 6. fxe4 e5 7. d5 Bc5 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Bg5
h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Nbd7 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 h5 14. h3 Qe7 $11 {1-0 (61)
Korobov,A (2698)-Le Quang Liem (2717) Loo RUS 2013}) (5. e5 Nh5 6. f4 $6 Qh4+
7. g3 Nxg3 8. Nf3 Qh5 9. hxg3 Qxh1 10. Nc3 {1/2 (36) Vitiugov,N (2694)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2713) Caleta ENG 2013} dxc4 $5 {[%cal Yc8d7,Yb8c6] - White's
compensation for the exchange is doubtful}) 5... exd5 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. fxe4 Bb4 {
Black immediately concentrates his fire on White's hanging pawns.} 8. Bg5 h6 9.
Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Bg4 11. Bb5+ c6 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qc1 O-O-O 15. Qf4
f5 16. Nb5 $5 {A good idea but Black has a sufficient defence. White could
also have exchanged pawns in advance:} (16. exf5 gxf5 $1 (16... Bxf5 $143 17.
Nb5 cxb5 18. Rac1+ Nc5 19. a3 Qxe2 20. axb4 Rd5 21. Rfe1 $1 Qxb2 22. Re5 Rxe5
23. Nxe5 $16) 17. Nb5 $1 {A possible line:} cxb5 18. Rac1+ Nc5 19. a3 Qe4 20.
Qxe4 fxe4 21. axb4 exf3 22. Rxc5+ Kb8 23. Bxf3 Bxf3 24. Rxf3 Rxd4 25. Rxb5 a6 {
, and the game should end in a draw}) 16... cxb5 17. Rac1+ Nc5 18. exf5 Qxe2 (
18... gxf5 $142 {- see above}) 19. Qxg4 gxf5 (19... Qe3+ $142 $1 20. Kh1 gxf5
21. Qxf5+ Kb8 22. dxc5 Rhf8) 20. Qxf5+ Kb8 21. dxc5 (21. Qf4+ $142 $1 Ka8 22.
dxc5 {[%cal Rf4b4] winning a tempo} Qxb2 23. c6 $1 $36) 21... Rhf8 22. Qe5+ $6
({It was essential to cover the 2nd rank:} 22. Qc2 $1 Qxc2 23. Rxc2 $14 {
Even if Black regains the c5-pawn, he will have to play accurately since
White's pawn advantage on the kingside can be more important than Black's on
the opposite flank, where he has doubled pawns and can't easily create a
passer.}) 22... Qxe5 23. Nxe5 Rfe8 {[%csl Gd8,Ge8][%cal Ge8e1,Gd8d1]} 24. c6 $6
(24. Nf3 $142) 24... Rd2 $1 {[%csl Rb2] The capture of the b2-pawn clears the
way for Black's queenside pawns.} 25. Rf5 Bd6 $1 26. Nd7+ Kc8 27. Nf6 (27. Rf7
$5 Re7 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 $15) 27... Re5 $1 28. Rxe5 Bxe5 {[%mdl 4096]} 29. Ne4 Rxb2
30. cxb7+ Kxb7 $17 {As the result of simplifications, Black has a clear
advantage: his rook is more active, and his bishop is stronger than White's
knight since the forthcoming passed pawns are on opposite sides. Black
gradually brings home his advantage.} 31. Nc5+ Ka8 32. Rd1 Bc7 33. Re1 a5 34.
Re6 Rc2 35. Nd3 h5 36. Rh6 Rxa2 37. Rxh5 Rd2 38. Nc5 a4 39. Rh6 Rd6 40. Rh8+
Ka7 41. Kf1 Rc6 0-1

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 e4 6. Ne5 h5 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Rb1 a6
9. f4 cxd4 10. exd4 Bb4 11. a3 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 d6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. h3 Qa5 15.
O-O O-O 16. Be3 Bd7 17. Rb3 c5 18. Qd2 Rab8 19. Rfb1 Rxb3 20. Rxb3 Rc8 21. d5
Qd8 22. Qb2 g6 23. Rb7 Ne8 24. Qb1 Kf8 25. Kh2 Rc7 26. Rb8 Rc8 27. Rb7 Rc7 28.
Rb8 Rc8 29. Rb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E29"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. a3 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 c5 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Ne2 b6 9. e4 Ne8 10. Be3 Ba6 11. Ng3 Na5 12. Qe2 Rc8 13. d5 f5 14. exf5 exd5
15. cxd5 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Qh4 17. O-O Qc4 18. Rad1 Qxd3 19. Rxd3 Nd6 20. Bf4 Nxf5
21. Ne4 Nc4 22. f3 Nb2 23. Rd2 Nc4 24. Rd3 Rce8 25. a4 h6 26. h3 Nb2 27. Rd2
Nxa4 28. c4 a6 29. Rb1 Kh7 30. Ra2 Rxe4 31. fxe4 Nc3 32. Rxb6 Nxa2 33. exf5
Rxf5 34. Bd2 Rf6 35. Rb7 d6 36. Ra7 Nb4 37. Bc3 Rg6 38. Bxb4 cxb4 39. Rxa6 Rf6
40. Rb6 Rf4 41. Rxb4 Kg6 42. Rb6 Rxc4 43. Rxd6+ Kf5 44. Rd7 g5 45. Rh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.04.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a4 c5
15. Qg4 Qd7 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bd2 c4 18. Bb4 Ra4 19. Rxa4 bxa4 20. dxc4 Rc8 21.
Qg3 Rxc4 22. Bxd6 Rxc2 23. e5 Be7 24. Qd3 Rxb2 25. Qxd4 a3 26. h4 Rb8 27. Ra1
Bxd6 28. Qxd6 Qxd6 29. exd6 Rd8 30. Rxa3 Rxd6 31. Ra7 Kf8 32. Ra8+ Kf7 33. Ra7+
Kf8 34. Ra8+ Kf7 35. Ra7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Alekhine Memorial"]
[Site "Paris/St Petersburg"]
[Date "2013.05.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.04.21"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Qe2 a6 8. Ba4
Bf8 9. Rd1 b5 10. Bc2 Bb7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 d6 13. a4 Nb8 14. Na3 c6 15. d4
exd4 16. cxd4 Nbd7 17. e5 Qc7 18. Bg3 c5 19. axb5 cxd4 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Qc4
Bxg3 22. hxg3 Qxc4 23. Nxc4 Bxf3 24. gxf3 axb5 25. Nd6 Rxa1 26. Rxa1 Re2 27.
Ra8+ Nf8 28. Rc8 d3 29. Bxd3 Rd2 30. Nf5 Rxd3 31. Ne7+ Kh7 32. Rxf8 Rxf3 33.
Rxf7 Rb3 34. Nc6 Rxb2 35. Nd4 Kg8 36. Rb7 Ne4 37. Rxb5 Rxb5 38. Nxb5 Kf7 39.
Kg2 Nf6 40. Nd4 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nd2 Nf6 5. a3 a5 6. e4 Be7 7. Ngf3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 Bf8 11. Nc4 f6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Ne3 Qd7 14. Nhf5 Nxe3
15. Nxe3 Rad8 16. a4 b6 17. Bd2 Nd4 18. Bc3 g6 19. Nc4 Bf7 20. Nd2 Bg7 21. Ne4
h6 22. Nd2 f5 23. Nf3 c5 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Bd2 Bd5 26. b4 Bxg2 27. Kxg2 e4 28.
bxa5 e3 29. fxe3 dxe3 30. Bxe3 Bxa1 31. Qxa1 bxa5 32. Bxh6 Rxe1 33. Qxe1 Re8
34. Qc3 Re2+ 35. Kg1 Qb7 36. Qb3+ Qxb3 37. cxb3 Rb2 38. Bf4 Rxb3 39. Bc7 Rxd3
40. Bxa5 Rd4 41. Bc7 Rxa4 42. h4 Ra2 43. Bb6 Kf7 44. Bf2 Ke6 45. Kg2 Ke5 46.
Kf3 Ra3+ 47. Be3 Rb3 48. Kf2 Ke4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2813"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. f4 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 dxc5 8. e5
Nd5 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qe2 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Rd1 Qe6 14. Be3 b6
15. Ng5 Qg6 16. h4 h5 17. Bf2 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Bh6 21.
c3 Kf8 22. Qd7 Bxg5 23. hxg5 Qe6 24. Qd1 Qxa2 25. Qxh5 Ke8 26. g6 Qb1+ 27. Kh2
fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kd7 29. g4 Qxb2 30. Qxf5+ e6 31. Qd3+ Ke8 32. Kg3 Ne7 33. Qc4
Nd5 34. Qa4+ Kf8 35. Qxa7 Qxc3+ 36. Kh4 Nxf4 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Bg3 Ng6+ 39. Kh3
Qf3 40. Qc7+ Kh6 41. g5+ Kxg5 42. Qd8+ Kh5 43. Kh2 Kg4 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Nd4 Nc5 10. b3 Bd7 11. Bb2 c6 12. Rb1 a5 13. Ba3 Nfe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bb2 cxd5 16. cxd5 a4 17. Ne6 Bxb2 18. Rxb2 Bxe6 19. dxe6 Qb5 20. Qd4 Qc5 21.
Qxc5 Nxc5 22. b4 Ne4 23. Rc1 a3 24. Rb3 b5 25. Rc7 Rfc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8 27. Bxe4
fxe4 28. Rxa3 Kg7 29. Ra7 Kf6 30. Rb7 Rc2 31. e3 Rxa2 32. Rxb5 Kxe6 33. Rb7 Rb2
34. g4 h5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Kg2 Kf6 37. b5 d5 38. b6 e5 39. Rb8 d4 40. exd4
exd4 41. b7 Kg7 42. Rd8 Rxb7 43. Rxd4 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 exd5 6. Be3 c4 7. b3 cxb3 8. axb3
Bd6 9. Bd3 Ne7 10. O-O Bf5 11. Bxf5 Nxf5 12. Bg5 f6 13. Qd3 Qd7 14. Re1+ Kf7
15. c4 Nc6 16. Nc3 Nb4 17. Qb1 Rhe8 18. Bd2 Rxe1+ 19. Bxe1 Re8 20. Na4 Rxe1+
21. Nxe1 Nxd4 22. Qd1 Be5 23. Rb1 Qf5 24. Nc3 dxc4 25. bxc4 a5 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27.
cxd5 b5 28. Rc1 Qf4 29. Qh5+ Ke7 30. Rd1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nc3 32. d6+ Bxd6 33. Nd3
Qc4 34. Re1+ Kd7 35. Qxh7 Kc6 36. Re8 a4 37. Kg1 a3 38. Nc1 Ne2+ 39. Nxe2 a2
40. g3 a1=Q+ 41. Kg2 Qd5+ 42. Kh3 Kd7 43. Re3 f5 44. Nc3 Qf7 45. Nxb5 Qa5 46.
Nxd6 Kxd6 47. Qh4 Qf6 48. Qc4 Qh6+ 49. Kg2 Qd5+ 50. Qxd5+ Kxd5 51. Rf3 Ke5 52.
h4 Qc6 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 c6 4. e4 d5 5. e5 Nfd7 6. d4 dxc4 7. e6 fxe6 8. Na3
Bg7 9. Nf3 b5 10. O-O a6 11. b3 c3 12. Nb1 b4 13. a3 Nb6 14. axb4 Nd5 15. Qc2
Nxb4 16. Qxc3 Nd5 17. Qc2 O-O 18. Nbd2 a5 19. Nc4 Na6 20. Bd2 Nab4 21. Qe4 c5
22. dxc5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Bd7 24. Nfe5 Be8 25. Bh6 Rf6 26. Ng4 Rf5 27. Bc1 Kf8 28.
Bb2 a4 29. Nh6 Rf6 30. Bxf6 exf6 31. Qxe6 Kg7 32. Qg8+ Kxh6 33. Qf8+ Kg5 34.
h4+ Kg4 35. Rd1 Qe7 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. e3 Nge7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
O-O 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c5 f5 11. Qc2 Nd5 12. Na3 Ba6 13. Rd1 Rb8 14. e4 fxe4 15.
Bxe4 Rb4 16. Kg2 Qf6 17. f3 Rxb2 18. Bxb2 Qxb2 19. Qxb2 Bxb2 20. Nc2 Bxa1 21.
Rxa1 Rb8 22. Nd4 Rb2+ 23. Kh3 Rd2 24. Nb3 Rf2 25. g4 Bf1+ 26. Kg3 Rg2+ 27. Kh4
Rxh2+ 28. Kg5 Bc4 29. Na5 Kg7 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. a3 e6 7. b4 Nge7 8. Rb1
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bb2 cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Ne4 e5 13. d3 a5 14. Qd2 Bb7 15.
Ba3 d5 16. cxd5 Nexd5 17. Rfc1 Re8 18. h4 f5 19. Neg5 h6 20. e4 Nf6 21. Bxb4
axb4 22. Qxb4 hxg5 23. Nxg5 Qe7 24. Qxb6 Rac8 25. exf5 Rxc1+ 26. Rxc1 Bxg2 27.
Kxg2 gxf5 28. Qb3+ Kh8 29. Rc6 Qd7 30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ Kg6 32. Rb6 Rd8 33.
Kg1 Qd5 34. Qxd5 Rxd5 35. Nf3 Kf7 36. Ng5+ Ke7 37. Rb7+ Nd7 38. Rb3 Bf6 39. Nf3
Nc5 40. Ra3 Nxd3 41. h5 e4 42. Nh2 Bd4 43. h6 Kf7 44. Kg2 Rd6 45. g4 Rxh6 46.
gxf5 Nf4+ 47. Kg3 Rh3+ 48. Kxf4 Rxa3 49. Kxe4 Bxf2 50. Ng4 Ra4+ 51. Kf3 Bd4 52.
Ke4 Bb2+ 53. Kf3 Bc1 54. Kg3 Ra5 0-1

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A55"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Rb1
a6 9. b4 Qc7 10. Qc2 Re8 11. Rd1 h6 12. h3 Nf8 13. Be3 Ng6 14. dxe5 dxe5 15.
Na4 Be6 16. Bb6 Qb8 17. Nc5 Nf4 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. c5 Bd8 20. Bc4 Bxb6 21. cxb6
Re7 22. a4 a5 23. b5 c5 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxc5 Qf8 26. Rbc1 Nxe4 27. Qd5 Nf6
28. Qxb7 Rb8 29. Qa7 e4 30. Nd4 Rexb6 31. Nc6 R6b7 32. Qxa5 Re8 33. Rd8 Kh7 34.
Rxe8 Qxe8 35. Qc3 Rd7 36. b6 Rd3 37. Qe5 Qd7 38. Qc7 Rd1+ 39. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 40.
Kh2 e3 41. fxe3 Nd5 42. Qd6 Qb3 43. Nd4 Qxe3 44. Qxd5 Qf4+ 45. Kg1 Qc1+ 46. Kf2
Qd2+ 47. Kg3 1-0

[Event "Norway Masters blitz"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2013.05.07"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 154 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.06.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. h3 Nc6 8. Be3
e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Bc4 b5 13. Bb3 Bb7 14. f3 Bf8
15. a4 b4 16. Nb1 Nd7 17. Nd2 Bc5 18. Kf2 a5 19. Rfd1 Kg7 20. Nc4 Bxe3+ 21.
Kxe3 f6 22. Rd2 Nb6 23. Nxb6 cxb6 24. Rad1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Bc6 26. Rd6 Rc8 27.
Be6 Rc7 28. b3 Kf8 29. Bc4 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. g4 Bxa4 32. Rxb6 Bd7 33. gxh5 gxh5
34. Bd3 Kf7 35. f4 exf4+ 36. Kxf4 Rc5 37. Rb7 Ke6 38. Ra7 Kd6 39. Ke3 Bg4 40.
Kd4 Re5 41. Bc4 Bf3 42. Bd5 Bd1 43. Rf7 Re8 44. Rxf6+ Kc7 45. Ra6 Bxc2 46. Rc6+
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2608"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {It is interesting to follow Svidler playing his
pet opening from the other side of the board than usual.} 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4
Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rb1 $5 {This is an
important alternative to the main move, 10.Rc1. In principle, White may play
Rb1-c1 later, only after having provoked ...a7-a6.} ({For some reason, Svidler
does not follow the plan that eventually caused him a recent defeat at the
hands of Kramnik:} 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 Rd8 {
And now White played a move that should get the comment "AN", meaning "Almost
a novelty", which does not exist in the ChessBase menu.} 14. Kc2 $5 {Kramnik,V
(2810)-Svidler,P (2747) London 2013 CBM 154 [Kramnik,V] (1-0, 40)}) 10... cxd4
({It is not entirely clear whether the move ...a7-a6 is really harmful after} 
10... a6 11. Rc1 {, see for instance the recent example Grigoryan,K (2482)
-Melkumyan,H (2620)/Yerevan 2012/CBM 147/[Let's Check] (0-1, 36)}) ({The
computer's scepticism towards Adorjan's old idea} 10... O-O 11. Rb5 cxd4 12.
Rxa5 dxe3 13. Qxe3 Nxa5 {seems to have put off most Grünfeld specialists; the
last annotated example is: Brynell,S (2496)-Braun,A (2465)/Germany 2006/CBM
111/[Krasenkow] (0-1, 73)}) 11. cxd4 Qxd2+ ({Since the white king frequently
becomes an active piece in the centre,} 11... O-O 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 {is not to be
neglected, see for instance Sedlak,N (2556)-Sutovsky,E (2692)/Aix-les-Bains
2011/CBM 142/[Krasenkow] (0-1, 70)}) 12. Kxd2 O-O 13. d5 (13. Bd3 Rd8 14. d5 {
transposes.}) (13. Bb5 {does not look threatening with the rook on b1 and can
be answered with} f5 $132) 13... Rd8 {Abstractly speaking, it is best to keep
the tension for as long as possible, inviting White to commit himself before
Black plays ...Na5. Yet, in some lines ...Rd8 proves a premature commitment,
too, running into hits such as Bg5.} (13... Na5 14. Bd3 (14. Bc5 f5 {1/2
Khenkin,I (2587)-Sutovsky,E (2660)/Kaskady 2002/CBM 090/[Krasenkow] (34)})
14... e6 {0-1 Nordahl,H (2423)-Lupulescu,C (2542)/Gothenburg 2005/CBM 109/
[Krasenkow] (53)}) 14. Bd3 Na5 (14... Ne5 $6 {only helps White consolidate his
space advantage.} 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7 17. Bc5 Kf8 18. Rhc1 f5 19. Ke3 $16
{Khenkin,I (2603)-Wuerdinger,A (2205)/Bad Wiessee 2002/EXT 2003/[Teske] (1-0,
30)}) 15. Bg5 ({A couple of decades ago, there was some theoretical discussion
after} 15. Ke2 b6 (15... f5 16. Rhc1 b6 {1-0 Kortschnoj,V (2645)-Brunner,L 
(2510)/Bern 1996/CBM 052/[Ftacnik] (43)}) 16. Bg5 f5 {1/2 Speelman,J (2610)
-Short,N (2635)/London 1991/Candidates/[Ftacnik] (27)}) 15... f6 (15... f5 $5 {
was played only once, but is not that pointless.} 16. Bxe7 ({I believe that
White's best chances for retaining an edge would be to keep developing:} 16.
Rhc1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf5 18. Ke3 {and Black's counterplay is not too obvious.})
16... Bh6+ $2 {Helping the king to evacuate a vulnerable square.} (16... Rd7
17. Bb4 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nc4+ 19. Ke2 b5 $44) 17. Bg5 $2 (17. Kc3 $1 $16 Bg7+ 18.
Kc2 {would avoid the check on c4, thus gaining a tempo in some lines.}) 17...
fxe4 18. Bxe4 Bf5 19. Bxf5 Rxd5+ 20. Bd3 Bxg5+ 21. Nxg5 Rad8 $11 {(1/2, 40)
Sanikidze,T (2524)-Le Quang,L (2687)/Mulhouse 2011/CBM 142 Extra}) 16. Bf4 b6 {
Once again the most flexible move. Before defining his intentions in the
centre, Black consolidates his queenside.} (16... e5 17. Be3 b6 {leads to the
same structure as in the game, but offers White a slightly wider choice.} 18.
Rhc1 (18. Ke2 Bf8 19. Nd2 Nb7 20. Rhc1 Nc5 21. Bb5 Be7 22. f3 f5 23. Nb3 $14 {
Renman,N (2380)-Aaberg,A (2383)/Malmo 2003/EXT 2005 (1/2, 34)}) 18... Bf8 19.
Ke2 Nb7 20. Ba6 (20. Nd2) 20... Nc5 21. Bxc8 Raxc8 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Ne1 Ba3
24. Rc2 f5 25. f3 Kf7 $132 {Antic,D (2495)-Belov,V (2627)/Budva 2009/CBM 130 
(0-1, 49)}) 17. Bb5 $5 $146 {[%csl Gc6,Gc7,Gd6,Gd7,Ge8] Creating a whole
network of squares controlled by the bishops.} ({If} 17. Ke2 {Black can
deviate from the ...e7-e5 plan with} f5 {Iljushin,A (2527)-Anisimov,P (2318)/
St Petersburg 1999/CBM 074/[Krasenkow] (1/2, 31)}) (17. Rhc1 {would be
constructive if it was not exposing the rook:} e6 $1 {and if} 18. Bc7 Bh6+ {
, for instace} 19. Ke2 Rd7 20. dxe6 Rxd3 21. Kxd3 Bxc1 22. Rxc1 Bxe6) 17... e5
(17... f5 18. Bc7 a6 (18... Rf8 19. e5 Bb7 20. d6) 19. Bd3 (19. Bxd8 axb5 $132
{[%csl Rd2,Rd5,Rd8][%cal Ga5c4,Gc8b7]}) 19... Rd7 20. Rhc1 $14 {[%csl Rb6]})
18. Be3 Bd7 (18... f5 $5 19. Bg5 Rf8 20. Be7 (20. Ke3 fxe4 21. Nd2 Bb7 22. d6
Bf6 $13 {[%csl Rd6]}) 20... Rf7 21. d6 Bf6 22. Be8 Rxe7 23. dxe7 Bxe7 24. Nxe5
Be6 $44) 19. Rhc1 Bxb5 20. Rxb5 Nb7 21. Ke2 Nd6 22. Rb4 {Black has reached a
safe blockade and White still needs one tempo to consolidate his e4-pawn.} a5 {
To me, this looks a bit too much like playing for a draw.} (22... f5 $5 23.
exf5 (23. Ng5 Nxe4 24. Ne6 Rd7) 23... Nxf5 $132 {leads to more interesting
play, with chances for both sides.}) 23. Rxb6 Nxe4 24. Nd2 $1 {Black might
have underestimated this move, giving up a pawn in order to exchange Black's
most active piece.} Nxd2 25. Bxd2 Rxd5 26. Rc7 {The weakness of the seventh
rank offers White at least adequate compensation for the pawn. Black needs to
display a certain amount of accuracy.} Rad8 27. Bc3 f5 $6 {This offers White
some practical chances.} ({I would prefer the safer} 27... R5d7 28. Rxd7 Rxd7
29. Bxa5 Ra7 30. Rb5 Kf7 {with a probable draw, since White has no easy way to
advance his passed pawn.}) 28. Rbb7 Bf8 29. a4 Rc5 30. Rxc5 Bxc5 31. Bxe5 (31.
Bxa5 $2 Rd4) 31... Rd5 {The course of the game in the next phase makes me
think that Black had not decided yet whether to try maintaining the material
equality or look for a drawn ending with a pawn down.} ({With hindsight,} 31...
Re8 {looks safer:} 32. f4 Bd6 33. Rb5 Bxe5 34. fxe5 Rd8 (34... Ra8 35. Kd3 {
looks at least dangerous for Black.}) 35. Rxa5 Kf7 $14) 32. f4 Bd4 33. Rb5 Rd7
(33... Rxb5 $2 34. axb5 Bb6 35. Kd3 Kf7 36. Bd4 Bc7 (36... Bxd4 37. Kxd4 Ke6
38. Kc4 Kd6 39. Kb3 Kc5 40. Ka4 Kb6 41. h3 h6 42. h4 h5 43. g3 $18) 37. g3 Ke6
38. b6 Bd6 39. Be5 Kd7 40. b7 $18) 34. g3 $1 {Preparing to meet ...Bxe5 with
Rxe5, without spoiling the pawn structure.} (34. Rxa5 Bxe5 35. fxe5 (35. Rxe5
Rd4) 35... Kf7 36. Ra6 Rd4 $14) 34... Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rd4 (35... Ra7 36. Kd3 $16)
36. Rxa5 Kf7 37. Ra7+ Kf6 38. Ra6+ Kf7 39. Ra7+ Kf6 40. a5 {If compared with
other known endings with 3P vs 3P on the kingside and a passed aP, White is in
a favourable situation since his king is very active and Black's counterattack
is likely to arrive too late.} Rd5 {Hoping to prevent the king's activation by
keeping it cut off along the d-file.} ({The standard defensive method does not
seem to work here:} 40... Ra4 41. Kd3 h5 (41... h6 42. a6 g5 {weakens the
f5-pawn, allowing a relatively simple win:} 43. Ra8 Kg7 44. a7 Ra1 45. Kc4 Ra5
46. Kb4 Ra1 47. Kc5 Ra5+ 48. Kd6 Ra6+ 49. Ke5 Ra5+ 50. Ke6 Kh7 51. Kf6 g4 52.
Ke6 Kg7 53. Kd6 Ra1 54. Ke5 Ra5+ 55. Ke6 Kh7 56. Kf6 {White will win the
f5-pawn soon and advance his own f-pawn, winning.}) 42. h4 (42. a6 h4 43. Ra8
h3 $132) 42... Ra3+ 43. Kc4 Rxg3 {In a famous ending analysed by Smyslov and
Levenfish in 1957, the white king is placed more passively somewhere on the
second rank, allowing Black to save the game with a srudy like idea. Here, the
king's activity decides.} 44. Rb7 Ra3 45. Kb5 $18) 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. Ra7+ Kf6 ({
Baburin (in his comments for chesstoday.net) recommends} 42... Kg8 43. a6 Rd6 {
concluding that the position is drawn. Indeed, the white king cannot reach the
queenside, but Baburin overlooks the following plan:} 44. Kf3 $1 Rd3+ 45. Kg2
Rd6 46. Kh3 h6 47. Kh4 Rd2 48. h3 {The plan is simple: White will create a
passed pawn on the f-file, which is enough for a win after Ra8 and a6-a7.} Ra2
(48... Rd6 49. g4 Rb6 50. gxf5 gxf5 51. Kg3 Kf8 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. a7 Ra6 54. Kf3
$18 {with similar play as in a line above.}) 49. g4 fxg4 50. hxg4 Ra1 51. f5 (
51. Ra8+ Kg7 52. a7 {is premature in view of} g5+ $1 {, when the remaining
passed pawn on the g-file does not bother Black. This is the human comment,
but the computer's 52...Ra3= is good enough, I must admit.}) 51... gxf5 52.
gxf5 Ra5 53. Ra8+ Kg7 54. a7 $18 {[%cal Gf5f6]}) 43. a6 Rd6 44. h4 Ke6 (44...
h5 45. Ke3 Ke6 46. Rg7 Kf6 47. a7 Ra6 48. Rb7 Ra4 49. Kd3 {Baburin (chesstoday.
net)}) 45. h5 {The rest is relatively simple.} gxh5 46. Rxh7 Kd5 47. Rxh5 Ke4
48. a7 Ra6 49. Rh7 Ra2+ 50. Kd1 Kd3 51. Rd7+ Kc3 52. Ke1 Kc4 53. Kf1 Kc5 54.
Kg1 Kc6 55. Rf7 Kd5 56. Rxf5+ Ke6 57. Rb5 Rxa7 58. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.09"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. f4 Qe6 {This line was examined in CBM 147,
annotations to Mamedyarov - Negi.} 12. Nc3 Nc4 (12... Rd8 13. Nf3 Nc4 14. Qe2
Nxe3 15. Qxe3 Nb4 $6 (15... Qd6 $142 16. e5 Qb4 17. d5 Nb8 18. a3 Qb6 $13) 16.
b3 $6 (16. Kb1 $1 {- see main game}) 16... Qb6 $1 17. a3 Nc6 18. Na4 Qa5 $36 {
1/2 (30) Mamedyarov,S (2747)-Negi,P (2641) Caleta 2012 CBM 147 [Krasenkow,M]})
13. Qe2 Nxe3 (13... N6a5 14. Nf3 c5 15. e5 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Qb6 17. Nf5 Nxe3 18.
Nxe3 Nc6 19. Ned5 Qd8 20. g3 (20. Nf6+ exf6 21. Rxd8 Rxd8 $44 {^^}) 20... Be6
21. Bg2 Rc8 22. Kb1 Qa5 $11 {1/2 (38) Karjakin,S (2780)-Giri,A (2720) Wijk aan
Zee 2013}) 14. Qxe3 Nb4 (14... Qd6 $5) 15. Kb1 Rd8 $6 {Perhaps Black should
try something else here:} (15... Qb6 $5 16. a3 $140 Nc6 17. Nd5 Qa5) (15... c6
$5) 16. Nf3 {This position could have happened in Mamedyarov-Negi in the event
of 16.Kb1! instead of 16.b3?!} b5 $6 (16... Qb6 {is less appropriate now than
on the previous move, in view of} 17. a3 Nc6 18. Nd5 Qa5 19. Bc4 $14 {
threatening 19.b4 Qa4 20.Nxc7 (the d1-rook is protected).}) (16... a5 17. Be2
$14 {[%csl Rb4]}) {The desperate move played in the game is even worse. Black
loses a pawn and doesn't obtain any kind of attack.} 17. a3 Na6 (17... Nd5 18.
Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Ng5 Rxg5 20. fxg5 {winning an exchange without compensation.})
18. Bxb5 Qb6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. fxe5 Rb8 21. Rd2 Qa5 22. Bxa6 Bxa6 23. Nd5 Rb3 $6
(23... Rxd5 24. exd5 Bc4 {was probably a lesser evil, according to GM M.
Golubev, although after} 25. Rc1 Bxd5 26. Rc5 Qa6 27. Qe2 $1 (27. Rxd5 $4 Qf1+
28. Ka2 Qc4+) 27... Qb7 28. b4 {Black's compensation for the exchange is far
from sufficient.}) 24. Nxe7+ Kf8 25. Qxb3 Qxd2 26. Nc6 Qxg2 27. Re1 Re8 28. Qc2
(28. d5 $142 $1 {(M.Golubev)} Qxh2 29. Qb4+ Kg7 (29... Kg8 30. d6 cxd6 31. exd6
{[%cal Rd6d7,Rc6e7]}) 30. Qd4 {with powerful centralisation.}) 28... Qxc2+ 29.
Kxc2 {[%mdl 4096]} Bb5 $1 30. Nxa7 (30. Na5 c5 $1) 30... Bd7 {[%csl Ra7] White
has technical problems; however, the Chinese GM finds the solution.} 31. Rf1 $1
f5 (31... Ra8 32. e6 $1 Bxe6 (32... Be8 33. Nc6 $1 Bxc6 34. Rxf7+ Ke8 35. d5
$18) 33. Nc6) 32. exf5 gxf5 33. Kc3 (33. Kd3 {was a bit more accurate:} Ra8 (
33... c6 34. Rc1) 34. e6 $1 Bxe6 35. Nb5 $1 Rc8 (35... Rb8 36. Nxc7) 36. d5
Bxd5 (36... Bd7 37. Nd4) 37. Rxf5+ Bf7 38. a4 $18) 33... Ra8 34. e6 Bxe6 35.
Nc6 (35. Nb5 Bd7 $1 {[%cal Yf8e7]}) 35... Kg7 36. d5 $1 {The right idea: to
exchange the useless d4-pawn for Black's passer.} Bxd5 (36... Bd7 37. Ne5 Bc8
38. Rc1 $5 {[%cal Rc3d4]} Ra4 39. Kb3 Ra7 40. Rc6 $18) 37. Nd4 Be4 38. Nxf5+
Kg6 {Black's position is now more active than after 33.Kd3; still, White
logically brings home his advantage.} 39. Nd4 Ra5 40. Ne6 Bf5 41. Nd4 Bd7 (
41... Be4 42. Rf2 {Wang Hao}) 42. Rf2 h5 43. Kd3 Rg5 $6 {It was better to wait.
} 44. Nf3 (44. Rc2 $5 c6 (44... c5 45. Nf3 Bf5+ 46. Kc3 Bxc2 47. Nxg5) 45. b4)
(44. b4 $5 Rg1 (44... c5 45. Nf3) 45. Rc2) 44... Ra5 45. Kd4 Ra4+ 46. Ke3 Bf5
47. Nd4 Bd7 48. Rc2 Ra7 49. h4 Kf6 50. Rc5 {White has achieved total
domination.} Be8 51. Rf5+ Ke7 52. Re5+ Kd7 53. Nb3 Bf7 54. Nc5+ Kd6 55. Kd4 Ra8
56. Rf5 Ke7 57. a4 Rg8 58. Rf4 Rg2 59. b4 Rd2+ 60. Kc3 Ra2 61. a5 Ra1 62. a6
Be8 63. Re4+ (63. Re4+ Kf7 64. Rxe8 Kxe8 65. Kb2 Rd1 66. a7 Rd8 67. Ne6 $18)
1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 ({The more ambitious but also slightly
riskier alternative is} 11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 {Carlsen,M (2801)
-Kramnik,V (2772) London 2009 CBM 134 [Carlsen,M] (1-0, 43)}) 12. Nd2 c6 13.
Nde4 Bf7 {An interesting psychological detail. With White, Aronian had faced
the other two popular continuations, but with Black he chooses the third one.}
(13... Nd5 {Aronian,L (2739)-Topalov,V (2780)/Morelia/Linares 2008/CBM 123/
[Marin,M] (1-0, 65)}) (13... Rf7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Nf5 17. Qc2
Bf8 18. Rfd1 a5 $6 {In this position, the thematic queenside break only helps
White to open the b-file for his attack.} (18... Nd6 {would leave White with
the problem of how to continue his slow attack. For instance, the immediate
activation of the knight does not look too promising:} 19. Na4 Nb5 20. Ra1 Bg4
{[%cal Gg4f5]}) 19. Na4 axb4 20. Bxb4 $1 {Suddenly, White has a strong
initiative.} Kh8 21. Bxf8 Qxf8 22. Nc5 Bc8 23. a4 Nd6 24. Rb4 Bf5 25. Qb2 $16 {
Aronian,L (2739)-Karjakin,S (2732)/Nice (rapid) 2008/CBM 123 Extra (1-0, 51)})
14. Nc5 Rb8 {This looks a bit passive to me.} ({Shortly after publishing the
first volume of my 1.c4 trilogy, I got caught in my opponent's preparation.
That game went} 14... Qc7 {, which is more natural, because it connects the
rooks and prepares their centralisation.} 15. e3 ({Aronian eventually won a
game with} 15. Be3 {, but his position did not look enviable at all:} a5 16.
Qd2 axb4 17. axb4 Nd7 18. N5e4 f5 19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5 Ra3 $17 {
Aronian,L (2808)-Gelfand,B (2733)/Monte Carlo (blindfold) 2011/CBM 142 (1-0,
29)}) 15... Ne6 16. N3e4 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 Rfd8 18. Bh3 $5 {This looks like an
improvement over my game.} ({After} 18. Qc2 a5 {I felt proud of my} 19. e4 {
, followed by} axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21. Be3 Ra2 22. Qc3 {If allowed to play Bh3
and force an exchange on c5 or else a knight retreat, I would get a great
position, but after half an hour of thinking my opponent came up with} b5 $3
$15 {Marin,M (2597)-De la Villa Garcia,J (2496)/Benasque 2010/CBM 137 Extra 
(0-1, 52), , when the mutual pawn weaknesses tend to compensate for each other,
but both black bishops are active, while mine from g2 is less so.}) 18... Bxc5
({If} 18... Kh8 {I could transpose to the known plan, having discarded ...
Nb6-d7 followed by ...b5.} 19. Qc2 a5 20. e4 $14 {[%csl Gb6][%cal Gc1e3]}) 19.
bxc5 Nd7 20. Qc2 b6 21. cxb6 axb6 {The position is not easy to asses, but
there are players who would treasure the potential force of the two bishops. I
would be one of them!}) 15. e3 $146 {A logical novelty.} ({It is probably too
early for} 15. Bh3 Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nd5 17. Bd2 Bh5 18. f3 f5 $36 {Winants,L 
(2500)-Vyzmanavin,A (2590)/Ostende 1991/CBM 026 ext (0-1, 44)}) 15... Ne6 16.
d4 $5 {But I find that only this move brings in some, if not new, at least
fresh concept. White takes advantage of the hidden defects of ...Rb8 to speed
up his development and take over the initiative.} exd4 {The most natural
reaction. Even if grabbing the central pawn is risky, Black can try to block
it.} ({The mechanical occupation of the c4-square weakens the control over the
d5-square.} 16... Nc4 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. d5 cxd5 19. Bxd5 Qc8 20. e4 b5 21. Qe2
{Both players have a strong outpost, but White can think of starting a pawn
attack with f2-f4 at the right moment. I would prefer his chances.}) 17. exd4
Re8 (17... Nxd4 $2 18. Bf4 $16 Rc8 19. Nxb7 Qd7 20. Nc5 Qd8 21. Bh3 $5 {
should be avoided.}) (17... Qxd4 {may be playable, though.} 18. Qxd4 Nxd4 19.
Bf4 Rbd8 20. Nxb7 Rd7 {Black's activity may compensate for the pawn weaknesses.
}) 18. Re1 Bd6 {Of course, Black is not interested in strengthening White's
structure with an exchange on c5.} 19. a4 $36 {A natural move in the English
Opening. Usually, it is a sign that White prepares b4-b5, but here Black has
to count with a4-a5, too.} Nc7 $1 {The most consistent defence, strengthening
the control over the crucial d5-square.} (19... Qc7 20. a5 Nc4 21. N5e4 $36 {
[%cal Gd4d5]}) (19... Bc7 20. d5 $1 Nxc5 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. bxc5 Nc4 23. d6)
20. Rxe8+ {Aiming to distract one of the three pieces defending the rook from
their optimal squares.} ({If} 20. b5 Nbd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. bxc6 bxc6 {White's
advantage is purely symbolical.}) 20... Bxe8 $6 (20... Qxe8 {looks more
constructive from the point of view of development, as can be seen in the line}
21. b5 $6 Bxc5 22. dxc5 Rd8 $36) 21. b5 Bg6 (21... Bxc5 22. dxc5 Qxd1+ 23. Nxd1
Nbd5 24. Bd2 $14) 22. N5e4 {This retains some vanishing initiative, but White
had an even stronger continuation.} (22. Qb3+ $1 {No matter how he reacts,
Black will lose at least one tempo. One of the hidden problems is that ...Nbd5
would run into bxc6, leaving the b7-pawn pinned.} Bf7 (22... Kh8 23. N3e4 {
[%cal Ga4a5]} Nbd5 $6 24. bxc6 Bxc5 25. Nxc5 Bxb1 26. Nd7 $1 $16) 23. Qc2 {
[%csl Gh7][%cal Gg2e4]} Bg6 24. Be4 Bxe4 25. N3xe4 $36) 22... Bf8 23. Bf4 Rc8
24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bh3 Ra8 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Qb3+ Bf7 28. Be6 Re8 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7
30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. a5 (31. a5 Nd5 32. Nxd5 Rxe4 33. Rb7+ Ke6 34. Nf4+ Kf5 35.
Rxa7 Rxd4 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2868"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 ({If Black delays attacking the
bishop with} 4... Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 {White could regroup properly:} 6. Bf1) 5. Bd3
$5 {A relatively unexplored move.} ({The main stream goes} 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7) 5...
Ne5 $5 {But this is really rare. Black accepts the weakness of the doubled
pawns in order to cross White's plans of central expansion with c2-c3, Bc2 and
d2-d4.} (5... Ngf6 {is examined in Stohl's extensive comments to Caruana,F 
(2786)-Topalov,V (2769)/Bucharest 2012/CBM 152/[Stohl,I] (1/2, 81)}) 6. Nxe5 {
White has nothing better than picking up the gauntlet. It is not such a bad
option, by the way.} ({If} 6. Be2 Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 Nf6 {the bishop does not stand
well in front of the f-pawn.}) 6... dxe5 7. a4 Nf6 {I must confess that I do
not quite understand why Black allows the blocking a4-a5 move while White does
not play it! It will be only nine moves later that Black will eventually play .
..b7-b6.} ({The more logical (and, in my opinion, better)} 7... b6 {has been
played only in one game between lower rated players, so there must be
something beyond my understanding.} 8. b3 {Mudrak,J (2313)-Rychlik,H (2044)
Nachod 2012 (1-0, 48)}) 8. b3 $146 (8. Re1 g6 (8... b6 9. Na3 Bb7 10. Nc4 Nd7
11. b3 e6 12. Bb2 Qg5 13. Re3 g6 14. Rg3 Qf6 15. Qe2 $16 {Trent,L (2429)
-Sutovsky,E (2684)/Caleta 2013/CBM 153 (0-1, 43)}) 9. Qe2 Bh6 10. Na3 b6 11. b3
O-O 12. Bb2 Qc7 13. Rad1 Bb7 14. f3 Nd7 15. Bc4 Nb8 {[%cal Gb8c6,Gc6d4] and
Black managed to equalise gradually in Flores Rios,M (2482)-Iturrizaga Bonelli,
E (2555)/Sao Paulo 2009/CBM 131 Extra (1/2, 30)}) ({I would play} 8. a5 {
without thinking twice!}) 8... Be6 ({If Black keeps developing normally, White
will gain a lot from having saved the tempo Rf1-e1 with respect to the two
games above; moreover, the rook is better placed on f1 in view of a possible
f2-f4.} 8... g6 9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Na3 Bg7 11. Nc4 Nh5 (11... Nd7 12. f4 $40) 12.
a5 $16) 9. Bb2 ({For once,} 9. a5 {oes not work>} Bxb3 $17) 9... Bxb3 10. Qe2 (
10. Bxa6 Rxa6 11. cxb3 Nxe4 12. Re1 Nf6 13. Bxe5 e6 14. Na3 {is not too clear.
White has a nice blockade, but on the other hand Black's structure is more
compact.}) (10. Bxe5 $2 Qxd3 $1) 10... c4 (10... Be6 11. Bxe5 $14) 11. Bxc4
Bxc4 12. Qxc4 $14 {The unusual exchanges have left White with the better
development and better pawn control in the centre.} Rc8 13. Qb3 Qc7 14. d3 e6 (
14... Qxc2 15. Qxb7 $16) 15. Nd2 Nd7 16. Nc4 ({This was the last moment when
White could block the queenside with} 16. a5 {Why did Carlsen refrain from
such a strategically advantageous move? Surely not because of} Qxc2 $2 17. Rac1
Qxb3 18. Rxc8+ Ke7 19. Nxb3 $18) 16... b6 {The worst is over for Black now.
The c4-knight will face the constant threat of ...b6-b5, which makes the
c2-pawn vulnerable.} 17. Kh1 Rb8 18. Qc3 f6 19. g3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Ne3
Qxc3 22. Bxc3 b4 23. Bd2 b3 24. cxb3 Rxb3 25. Ra8+ Rb8 {Safest} (25... Kf7 26.
Rc1 Rxd3 27. Bb4 {would offer White a dangerous initiative.}) 26. Rxb8+ Nxb8
27. Rc1 Kd7 28. Rb1 Nc6 $11 {Black's position is absolutely normal and the
king's activity fully compensates for the slight delay in development.} 29. Nc4
Be7 30. f4 exf4 31. gxf4 Rb8 32. Rxb8 Nxb8 33. Kg2 Nc6 34. Bc3 Bc5 35. Kf3 Nd4+
36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. f5 g6 38. fxe6+ Kxe6 39. h3 h5 40. Na5 Bb6 41. Nc4 Bd4 42.
Na5 Bb6 43. Nc4 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 {This
retreat has been fashionable for a while after 6.Be3 e5, thanks to the efforts
of Dieter Nisipeanu. However, there is a lot of practical material with the
current position as well.} h5 8. Bg5 Be6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Bg2 O-O (
11... Rc8 12. O-O Nh7 13. Be3 h4 14. g4 O-O 15. Qd2 Rc6 16. Rac1 Bg5 {Motylev,
A (2655)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717)/Yekaterinburg 2013/ (1/2, 40)}) 12. O-O b5 {
Black cannot afford to delay his counterplay, facing the risk of being
submitted to a blockade on the light squares.} 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Nxb5 Qb8 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Qd3 Qc8 18. Nxd6 $146 (18. b3 Bxh3 19. c4 h4 {
Naiditsch,A (2685)-Urkedal,F (2438)/Stockholm 2011/CBM 140 Extra (1-0, 49)})
18... Bxd6 19. Qxd6 Qxc2 20. Nc3 Qxb2 21. Nd1 Qb8 22. Qxb8 Rxb8 23. Ne3 g6 24.
h4 Ng4 25. Nxg4 Bxg4 26. Rc1 Kg7 27. Rc5 Rb1+ 28. Kh2 Rb2 29. Kg1 Rb1+ 30. Kh2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 {Deviating from the games played in Wijk aan Zee
2013.} (3... Nf6 4. d4 d5 (4... exd4 5. e5 {Hou,Y (2603)-Carlsen,M (2861)/Wijk
aan Zee 2013/CBM 153/[Marin,M] (0-1, 66)}) 5. Bb5 exd4 6. e5 Ne4 7. Nxd4 {
Carlsen,M (2861)-Harikrishna,P (2698)/Wijk aan Zee 2013/CBM 153/[Marin,M] (1-0,
49)}) 4. Qa4 {Quite provocative. Contrary to any principles of development,
the queen is one of the first pieces to develop. Is the prize of one pawn
reward enough for such a concession?} Nf6 5. Nxe5 Bd6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. d3 O-O 8.
Be2 Re8 9. Nd2 Bg4 $146 (9... Bf4 10. O-O Bxd2 11. Bxd2 dxe4 12. d4 Qd6 13. Qa3
(13. h3 $5) (13. Rfe1 Bg4 14. Bf1) 13... Bg4 $11 {Ghaem Maghami,E (2603)
-Harikrishna,P (2672)/Ha Long City 2009/CBM 133 Extra (1/2, 30)}) 10. Qd1 Bxe2
11. Qxe2 dxe4 12. dxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Qh4 14. g4 f5 15. Be3 Rxe4 16. gxf5 Qh3 (
16... Rae8 {would be simpler:} 17. O-O-O Bf4 18. Rd3 Qg5 {[%cal Gg5f5]}) 17. f6
(17. O-O-O Qxf5 $15) 17... Qe6 18. fxg7 Rb8 19. b3 {The g7-pawn is the black
king's best friend, covering it against any dangers.} a5 $44 20. Rd1 a4 21. Qf3
axb3 22. axb3 Re8 23. Rd4 Rxd4 24. cxd4 Qxb3 25. Qxc6 Rxe3+ 26. fxe3 Qxe3+ 27.
Kf1 Qd3+ 28. Kf2 Qd2+ 29. Kf1 Qd3+ 30. Kf2 Qd2+ 31. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ ({It is interesting to compare the position arising
after} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bxc6 Bxc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5 e6 9.
O-O-O {(just another anti-Sicilian tabyia) with that after 9.Nc3 from a
comment below.}) 3... Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Qxd4 a6 ({Black could opt
for a Najdorf like structure in the centre with} 6... e5 7. Qd3 h6 {for
instance} 8. c4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bxd7 Bxd7 11. a4 Bc6 {Grischuk,A (2764)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2707)/Moscow 2012/CBM 152 Extra (1/2, 25)}) 7. Bxd7+ Bxd7 8.
Bg5 {After this move, ...e7-e5 is out of question, of course.} e6 9. Nbd2 {
Not the most popular way to develop the queen's knight in any kind of
Sicilians.} (9. Nc3 {looks more natural, when a comparison with the tabyia
mentioned in the introduction may be instructive. White seems to be a bit
ahead with his development, since instead of ...Bc6 Black has ...a6 on the
board. However, White has castled short, which has a double drawback. First of
all, he is behind by one tempo in the process of centralising his rooks.
Secondly, the kingside pawn storm, one of the main plans in the 4.Qxd4 line,
is virtually impossible here.}) 9... Bc6 {This position has repeatedly ocurred
in the practice of the modern anti Sicilian guru Rublevsky.} 10. Rfd1 {By
placing this rook on d1, Svidler probably wanted to keep the option of gaining
queenside space with a4-a5. However, after the early opening of the d-file,
the choice will lose any relevance.} (10. Rad1 Be7 11. Nc4 {Rublevsky,S (2672)
-Vorobiov,E (2547)/Krasnoyarsk 2003/CBM 098/[Psakhis] (1-0, 21)}) (10. Nc4 b5 (
10... Bxe4 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Qxe4 d5 {Maze,S (2494)-Campos Moreno,J (2443)/
Andorra 2005/CBM 107 ext (1/2, 20)}) 11. Nb6 $5 (11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nxd6+ Bxd6
13. Qxd6 Bxe4 {Rublevsky,S (2670)-Bologan,V (2663)/Poikovsky 2003/CBM 095/
[Bologan] (1/2, 35)}) 11... Rb8 12. Nd5 $5 {Rublevsky,S (2686)-Misailovic,N 
(2349)/Budva 2004/CBM 102 ext (1-0, 28). A spectacular sacrifice, typical for
the main lines of the 6.Bg5 Najdorf. We can see that Rublevsky plays the
so-called side lines only to avoid heavy theory, but not the big fight at all!
Black rejected the sacrifice and got a simply worse position. However, White
seems to have a strong attack after:} exd5 13. exd5 Bb7 14. Rfe1+ Kd7 (14...
Be7 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Qxf6 {[%cal Ge1e7,Ga1e1,Gf6h8] Threatening Rxe7+
followed by Re1, apart from the obvious Qxh8+.} Kd7 17. Qf5+ Kc7 18. Qxf7 Re8
19. Re3 $18 {[%cal Ga1e1]}) 15. a4 $5 $40) 10... Be7 11. e5 {This leads to
simplifications with little chances for an advantage.} (11. Nc4 $5) 11... dxe5
12. Qxd8+ Rxd8 13. Nxe5 Rd5 $146 {Exposing the rook to an early exchange will
lead to a position with a symbolic developmental advantage for White.} ({
The seemingly passive} 13... Rc8 {is absolutely safe for Black.} 14. Nxc6 Rxc6
15. c3 Nd5 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Nf3 Rd8 $11 {Komliakov,V (2460)-Vorobiov,E (2435)/
Moscow 1997/EXT 2000 (0-1, 39)}) 14. Ndf3 (14. Nxc6 Rxg5) (14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. c3 Ke7 17. Nc4 Rhd8 {Black's excellent centralisation
compensates for the outpost on c4.} 18. Ne3 Rd2 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Rb1 h5 21.
Kf1 Bg5 22. Nc4 Rc2 23. Re1 h4 {Black is quite active, so maybe White should
start looking for a draw, for instance:} 24. Re2 Rc1+ 25. Re1 Rc2) 14... Rxd1+
15. Rxd1 Be4 {This basically loses a tempo and must have been the consequence
of some simple oversight. However, it will not have concrete consequences.} (
15... Bxf3 16. Nxf3 b5 17. c4 bxc4 18. Rc1 Nd5 19. Rxc4 Bxg5 20. Nxg5 Ke7 $11 {
[%cal Gh8b8]}) 16. Rd4 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 Nd5 (17... b5 $5) 18. c4 Nb4 (18... Bxg5
19. cxd5 Bf6 20. Rb4 b5 21. dxe6 fxe6 {The weaknesses in the centre are
compensated for by the overall piece activity, for instance} 22. a4 Kd7 23.
axb5 Rb8 {and the black king may become threatening.}) 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Ne5
Rd8 21. Rxd8 Kxd8 22. a3 ({Once again, the king's centralisation spares Black
problems after} 22. Nxf7+ Ke7 23. Ne5 (23. Ng5 Nxa2 24. Nxh7 Nc1 25. Ng5 Nd3
26. b3 a5 27. Ne4 Nc1 28. Nd2 Kd6) 23... Kd6 (23... Nxa2 24. Nd3 $14 {[%csl
Ga2][%cal Gg1f1,Gf1e2,Ge2e3]}) 24. f4 Kc5 $132) 22... Nc6 23. Nxc6+ {
Transposing into a pawn ending in which the queenside majority may prove
dangerous if Black plays carelessly.} bxc6 24. f4 c5 25. b4 a5 $1 {Which he
does not! The accurate last move removes any potential danger from the
position.} 26. b5 {This allows Black to build up a fortress, but the
alternatives can hardly be taken seriously.} ({Still, in order to illustrate
the hidden mutual dangers characteristic for pawn endings, I will just give a
few lines:} 26. bxa5 Kc7 27. Kf2 Kb7 28. Ke3 $1 {[%cal Ge3e4,Ge3d3]} (28. Ke2
$2 Ka6 29. Kd3 Kxa5 30. Kc3 Ka4 31. Kb2 f6 $19) 28... f5 (28... Ka6 $2 29. Ke4
f6 30. f5 $1 $18 {[%csl Gd5]}) 29. Kd3 Ka6 30. Kc3 Kxa5 31. Kb3 $11 {There is
no way to penetrate with either king.}) (26. bxc5 {leaves White struggling,
but would probably end in a draw anyway:} Kc7 27. Kf2 Kc6 28. Ke3 Kxc5 29. Kd3
a4 30. g4 {It will be revealed slightly later how useful it is to get some
space before undertaking anything concrete.} f6 31. g5 fxg5 32. fxg5 e5 33. Ke4
Kxc4 34. Kxe5 Kb3 35. Kd4 Kxa3 36. Kc3 Ka2 37. Kc2 a3 38. h3 $11 {Here it is!
White needs to have more reserve tempi than his opponent, for which the space
advantage is essential.}) 26... f5 27. Kf2 a4 28. Kg3 g6 29. Kh4 h6 30. g4 Kd7
31. gxf5 exf5 32. Kg3 Kc7 33. h4 h5 34. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 {This is one the favourite moves of Karjakin.}
4. d3 {Svidler decided to avoid the Berlin line.} Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. h3
Ne7 8. d4 Bb6 9. Re1 d5 $5 $146 {A very interesting novelty by Karjakin. He
immediately wants to counterattack in the centre.} (9... Ng6 {is the most
common move.}) 10. Nxe5 Nxe4 11. Nd2 {A very logical developing move, which
puts under pressure the e4 N.} Nxd2 $6 ({Probably} 11... Nd6 {is the most
exact move} 12. Ba4 (12. Bd3 Bf5 $11 {Black can equalise more easily.}) (12.
Bf1 c6) 12... c6 (12... Bf5 13. Nf1 Ne4 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Bc2 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6
17. Ng4 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Qb6 21. Bb3 Rfd8 22. Qd4 Qxd4
23. cxd4 $14 {Grandelius-Paravyan, Golden Sands 2013}) 13. Nf1 Ng6 $11 {
with a nearly equal position.}) 12. Bxd2 f6 (12... c6 {was an interesting
alternative} 13. Bd3 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bxd3 15. Nxd3 {At first sight Black equalises
without any problems, but if we look deeply, White has some initiative with
h4-h5. For example:} Ng6 (15... Bc7 16. h4 $36) 16. g3 Qd7 17. h4 $14 {and
White looks nicely placed.}) 13. Nd3 Bd7 $6 {This allowed a tactical blow,
which was actually missed by Svidler.} (13... c6 {was the normal move} 14. Ba4
Bf5 15. Qf3 {and White is slightly better.}) 14. a4 (14. Nf4 $3 {was a very
strong move, as} Bxb5 15. Ne6 Qd7 16. Nxf8 Rxf8 17. a4 $16 {followed by a5 and
the b6 B is trapped.}) 14... c6 15. a5 Bxa5 (15... cxb5 $6 16. axb6 $16 {
and Black is in a trouble, because of the e7 N will be hanging.}) ({In the
event of} 15... Bc7 16. Ba4 $36 {White has gained some space.}) 16. Nc5 $1 {
This is the point. Now the b7 is hanging and the white B can come back to d3.}
Bc8 17. Bd3 Bb6 $6 (17... Bc7 {is more exact} 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6 Ng6 20. Qg4
$14 {but White also has nice compensation for the P.}) 18. Ne6 Bxe6 19. Rxe6
Ng6 20. Qh5 $2 {An inaccuracy. White allows Black to protect his position.} (
20. Qg4 {was the strongest move, because of} Re8 21. Rae1 Rxe6 22. Qxe6+ Kh8
23. h4 $1 $16 {with a decisive attack.}) 20... Re8 $1 {A good cold-blooded
move. Black can simplify the position, so White's attack is not dangerous.} 21.
Rae1 Rxe6 22. Rxe6 Nf8 23. Re3 Bc7 24. g3 b5 25. h4 Bd6 (25... Qd7 26. Bf5 Qf7
27. Qe2 Bd6 28. Re6 Qc7 29. Re8 {with some counterplay for the P.}) 26. b3 a5
27. c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 Bb4 29. Bc1 a4 30. Bb1 Qb6 $2 {A mistake, which creates a
dangerous passed P for White.} ({The simple} 30... dxc4 $1 {was the best} 31.
Qe2 Qxd4 32. Re4 Qd5 33. Ba2 Kh8 $13 {and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 31.
cxd5 Bd6 32. Ba2 c5 33. Re7 {A pretty and tempting move.} ({However} 33. dxc5
$1 {was easier} Qxc5 34. Ba3 Qb6 35. Bxd6 Qxd6 36. Re7 Ng6 37. Re6 $18 {
followed by d6 with good winning chances.}) 33... Kh8 (33... Bxe7 $2 {loses
immediately after} 34. d6+ Kh8 35. Qd5 $1 $18) 34. Rf7 ({In the event of} 34.
Re8 Rxe8 35. Qxe8 cxd4 36. Qxa4 $14 {White is slightly better, but I'm not
sure that it is enough for the win.}) 34... Kg8 35. Re7 Kh8 36. Qf7 Bxe7 37. d6
Ng6 38. dxe7 Nxe7 39. Qxe7 cxd4 40. Qe4 Rc8 {I think Black can hold the
position, but still he needs a lot of exact moves.} 41. Bf4 Rd8 (41... Qc5 $1
42. Bb1 f5 {And Black could close the important b1-h7 diagonal.}) 42. Qe7 Rc8
43. Qe4 Rd8 44. Qe7 Rc8 45. h5 (45. Qd7 Rd8 46. Qxa4 d3 47. h5 {White should
be better, but in a practical game it is still difficult.}) 45... Qd8 46. Qb7
h6 47. Be6 Rc3 $2 {An inaccuracy, but in a practical game it is very difficult
to find the best defence.} (47... Rc2 {was correct} 48. Qf7 d3 49. Bf5 (49. Qg6
$2 d2 $19) 49... Re2 50. Qg6 Qg8 51. Bxd3 Re1+ 52. Kh2 a3 53. Bxh6 a2 54. Bc4
Qf8 55. Bxa2 gxh6 {and draw.}) 48. Qf7 a3 (48... d3 49. Qg6 d2 50. Bxd2 $1 $18
{This is the difference compared to 47...Rc2, when the d2 P is protected.}) 49.
Bd6 $1 Qa8 50. Bd5 a2 51. Bxa8 a1=Q+ 52. Kh2 Qe1 (52... Qxa8 53. Bf8 $18) 53.
Kh3 Rc8 54. Bf8 Rxf8 55. Qxf8+ Kh7 56. Bd5 Qf1+ 57. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 1st"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2013.05.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2013.05.08"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7 Bxf3 14.
Bxf3 Bxd4 15. Bb4 Nc6 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. Bg5 Bb6 18. h4 Nd4 19. Bf6 Qc4 20. Bxd4
Qxd4 21. Qxd4 Bxd4 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. g3 Kf8 24. Kf1 Bb6 25. h5 Rxd1+ 26. Bxd1
Rxe4 27. hxg6 hxg6 28. Bb3 f5 29. Bf7 Re7 30. Rxe7 Kxe7 31. Bxg6 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 {With this move Black avoids the
Exchange Variation of the QGD (arising after 4...exd5) and shows that he is
ready to play the Semi-Tarrasch, or as it was known in the USSR, the Improved
Tarrasch Defence. Many players simply hate the Karlsbad structures.} 5. e4 Nxc3
6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 $5 {This is a very interesting idea to avoid the theoretical
lines. Svidler had another idea here too:} (7. a3 cxd4 8. cxd4 e5 9. Nf3 exd4
10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. Nxd4 Be7 12. Be3 O-O 13. Bc4 Nd7 14. Ke2 Nb6 15. Bb3 Bd7 16.
Nf5 $36 {Svidler-Kramnik, London 2013.}) (7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+
10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Rc1 b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. O-O Nd7 14. Qe3 Rc8 15. e5 Bxf3 16.
Qxf3 Qh4 17. Qe3 Rfd8 18. f4 Nf8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. f5 exf5 21. Bxf5 Rd8 22. Rd1
$16 {Aronian-Kramnik, Paris/St Petersburg 2013.}) ({The main line here is} 7.
Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9. Bc4 {and the great Fischer move, which became very
fashionable after the match against Spassky,} b5 $5) 7... cxd4 8. cxd4 Nc6 9.
Bb5 a6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Nf3 ({A weaker move was played many years ago:} 11.
Be3 $6 a5 $1 12. Ne2 Bb4+ 13. Bd2 c5 14. a3 Bxd2+ 15. Qxd2 cxd4 16. Qxd4 O-O
$15 {Gaertner-Teske, Panormo 2001.}) 11... c5 $1 {It is necessary to get rid
of the weakness on c6 and the "bad" bishop on c8.} ({Houdini gives the line} 
11... Qa5+ 12. Qd2 ({In fact, White can also sacrifice a pawn by playing} 12.
Bd2 Qxa2 13. O-O) 12... Qa4 13. O-O a5 {.} 14. Qf4 {but White has a huge
initiative here.}) 12. O-O Be7 13. Be3 ({Houdini recommends} 13. Bf4 {but I
don't see much point in that move after} O-O) 13... cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bd7 ({
Black would like to castle, of course, but after} 14... O-O 15. Nc6 Qc7 {
he has to deal with rather dangerous-looking variations, for example:} 16. Qc1
({Perhaps White could do even better by playing} 16. Qa4 $1 Bd6 17. e5 Bxe5 18.
Bb6 Bxh2+ 19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Rfd1 Bd6 21. Rxd6 Qxd6 22. Rd1 Qxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Bb7 24.
Ne7+ Kh8 25. Qg4 {The queen and the knight should be stronger than two rooks
and two pawns as White can create an attack.}) 16... Bd6 17. Rd1 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1
Bb7 19. Rxb7 Qxb7 20. Kxh2 Rac8 21. Rd6 Rc7) 15. Qg4 O-O ({Black can't afford
to play} 15... e5 $6 16. Nf5 g6 {as after} 17. Bb6 gxf5 $6 18. exf5 Qc8 19.
Rfc1 Bc6 20. Qg7 $18 Rf8 21. Qxe5 $18 {he would be doomed.}) 16. Rfd1 {Black's
problem in this position is that his rooks are far less active than their
counterparts. White threatens to get an attack on the kingside. The presence
of pawns on the a-file also suits White as the a6-pawn could become a target.}
Qe8 $6 ({Black had to play} 16... Qa5 {keeping his queen more active. He
should be able to overcome his minor problems then.}) 17. e5 $1 {[%cal Ge3h6]}
Kh8 18. h3 $5 {This is a nice little move - maybe one day White will need an
escape square for his king!} ({Houdini has a slight preference for} 18. Rb6 {
but I like Peter's approach!}) 18... Rb8 19. Qe4 h6 20. Rdc1 Qd8 $6 21. Rb7 Ba3
$2 {This is a strange move as Black forces his opponent in the right direction.
} (21... Rc8 $142) 22. Rc3 (22. Rcc7 $142 $1) 22... Be7 ({White would be
better after} 22... Rxb7 23. Qxb7 Qa5 24. Rxa3 Qxa3 25. Qxd7 Qxa2 26. Qe7 {
but this what Black had to settle for.}) 23. Rcc7 Bc8 $2 ({After} 23... Rxb7
24. Qxb7 Bc8 {White can choose between} 25. Rxc8 ({and} 25. Qa7 {which Houdini
prefers. It seems that programs don't value B+N vs. R enough, particularly as
queens are still on the board.}) 25... Qxc8 26. Qxe7) 24. Ra7 $18 Ba3 25. Rxf7
Rxf7 26. Rxf7 Qg8 27. Qf3 Bb2 {and Black resigned, not waiting for 28.Rf8.} 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 {Das Vierspringerspiel führt oft zu ruhigem
positionellen Spiel - aber nicht immer.} Nf6 4. Bb5 ({Zum Schottischen
Vierspringerspiel führt} 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. exd5 cxd5 {Ein aktuelles Beispiel:} 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Re1 h6 13.
Bf4 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 Be6 15. Ne2 Qb8 16. b3 Qxf4 17. Nxf4 Rfe8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19.
Bg6 Re7 20. c4 Nd7 21. Rac1 Nf8 22. Bd3 Kf7 23. cxd5 cxd5 24. b4 Nd7 25. Rc6
Nf6 26. a4 e5 27. f3 Rd8 28. Kf2 e4 29. fxe4 dxe4 30. Bc4+ Kg6 31. Ke3 Kh7 32.
Rc5 Red7 33. a5 Rd2 34. Re2 Rd1 35. a6 Nd7 36. Rc7 Ne5 37. Be6 Kg6 38. Rxa7
R1d6 39. Ba2 Nc6 40. Rb7 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Nd4 42. Bf7+ Kf5 43. Re1 Rd2+ 44. Kg1 Kf4
45. Bc4 g6 46. a7 Kg3 47. Bf1 Nf3+ 48. gxf3 exf3 49. Rf7 {1-0 (49) Wang Hao 
(2752)-Anand, V (2772) Wijk aan Zee 2013}) 4... Nd4 $5 {Lebendiger als} (4...
Bb4 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 d6 7. Bg5 {z.B.:} Bxc3 8. bxc3 Qe7 9. Re1 Nd8 10. d4 Ne6
11. Bc1 c6 12. Bf1 Qc7 13. Nh4 Re8 14. Qd3 Bd7 15. g3 Rad8 16. Bg2 Bc8 17. f4
exf4 18. gxf4 Nf8 19. f5 h6 20. Bd2 N8h7 21. Nf3 Re7 22. h4 c5 23. Nh2 Rde8 24.
Re3 b6 25. Bf3 Bb7 26. Rae1 c4 27. Qe2 Bxe4 28. Qg2 d5 29. Bc1 Bxf3 30. Nxf3
Rxe3 31. Bxe3 Re4 32. Qh3 Rg4+ 33. Kh1 Rg3 34. Qh2 Ng4 35. Bg1 Nxh2 36. Bxh2
Qf4 37. Ng1 Qxh4 {0-1 (37) Duras,O-Rubinstein,A Karlsbad 1907}) 5. Ba4 ({Oder} 
5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6 8. dxc3 Bc5 $5 ({Der Remisweg ist} 8...
Qe5+ 9. Qe2 {usw.}) 9. Qe2+ Qe6 10. O-O O-O 11. Qf3 d6 12. Bg5 Qf5 13. Be7 Qxf3
14. gxf3 a6 15. Ba4 b5 16. b4 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bb6 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. Kg2 d5 20. Re5
c6 21. Rae1 Bc7 22. R5e2 Bc8 23. a4 Bd7 24. Bh4 Rxe2 25. Rxe2 Re8 26. Rxe8+
Bxe8 27. Bg3 Bd8 28. Be5 f6 29. Bb8 Bg6 30. axb5 axb5 31. Kf1 Kf7 32. Ke2 Ke6
33. Ke3 Bb6+ 34. Ke2 Bh5 35. Ba2 g5 36. Bb3 f5 37. Ba2 f4 38. Bb3 Kf5 39. Bd6
g4 40. Kf1 g3 41. fxg3 fxg3 42. Bxg3 Bxf3 43. Ba2 Be3 {0-1 (43) Short,N (2698)
-Kramnik,V (2800) London 2011}) (5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 d5 {gibt
Schwarz aktives Spiel.}) 5... Bc5 ({Die Alternative ist} 5... Nxf3+ 6. Qxf3 c6
7. d3 d6 8. O-O Be7 9. Nd5 {z.B.:} O-O 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6
13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. f4 Bd7 15. Rf3 Rae8 16. Raf1 Kg7 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Rg3+ Kh7 19.
fxe5 fxe5 20. Rf6 Bxb3 21. axb3 Re6 22. Rgf3 Rxf6 23. Rxf6 d5 24. Rd6 dxe4 25.
dxe4 f5 26. exf5 Rxf5 27. Rd7+ Kg6 28. Rxb7 Rf4 29. c3 Rf6 30. Rxa7 Rd6 31. Kf2
Rd2+ 32. Kf3 Rxb2 33. Rc7 Kf5 34. b4 e4+ 35. Ke3 Rxg2 36. Rxc6 Rxh2 37. Rc5+
Kg4 38. Kxe4 h5 39. Rc8 Re2+ 40. Kd3 Re5 41. Rg8+ Kf3 42. Rf8+ Kg3 43. c4 h4
44. b5 h3 45. Rh8 h2 46. b6 Re8 47. Rxh2 Kxh2 48. c5 Rb8 49. Kc4 Kg3 50. Kb5 {
1-0 (50) Huebner,R (2581)-Timman,J (2578) Potsdam 2012}) 6. Nxe5 ({Ruhiger ist
} 6. d3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Ne2 Bb6 $11) 6... O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5
Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 ({Oder} 9... d6 10. Ne3 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Qg5 12. N5c4 f5 13. f4 Qxf4
{z.B.:} 14. c3 Ne6 15. d4 Qh4+ 16. g3 Qd8 17. O-O f4 18. gxf4 Nxf4 19. Ne5 Nd6
20. Bb3+ Kh8 21. N3g4 Nh3+ 22. Kg2 Rxf1 23. Qxf1 Bxg4 24. Nxg4 Qh4 25. Qf3 Ng5
26. Qg3 Qh5 27. Bxg5 Qxg5 28. Ne5 Qxg3+ 29. hxg3 g6 30. a4 a5 31. Nc4 Nxc4 32.
Bxc4 Re8 33. Rf1 Re7 34. Rf8+ Kg7 35. Rb8 c6 36. d5 cxd5 37. Bxd5 Re2+ 38. Kh3
Rxb2 39. Rxb7+ Kf6 40. Rxh7 Bf2 41. Kg4 Ke5 42. Bf3 Rb3 43. Rc7 Ra3 44. Rc4 Kf6
45. Rc6+ Ke5 46. Bd1 Be1 47. Rxg6 Rxc3 48. Kh3 Ra3 49. Rg4 Rd3 50. Be2 Re3 51.
Bb5 Kf6 {1/2-1/2 (51) Shirov,A (2740)-Short,N (2685) Novgorod 1994}) 10. Ne3 d5
(10... d6 11. c3 Nf5 12. O-O Bc7 13. f4 Nxe3 14. dxe3 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Bf5 16. Bc2
Qxd1 17. Bxd1 Nf6 18. Ng6 {1/2-1/2 (18) Najer,E (2599)-Onischuk,A (2655)
Moscow 2002}) 11. O-O f6 12. c3 Nf5 13. b4 {Das ist ein neuer Zug von
Morozevich. Der Lc1 soll über a3 aktiviert werden. Dazu muss der Bauer
erstmal bis b5 gebracht werden.} ({Bisher kannte man} 13. Bb3 Kh8 14. Qh5 Nh6
15. Ne1 fxe5 16. Qxe5 d4 17. Nc4 Ng4 18. Qh5 g6 19. Qh3 Bc5 20. Qg3 Nef6 21.
Qh4 b5 22. Ne3 dxe3 23. dxe3 Be7 24. f4 Nh5 25. Qh3 Nhf6 26. Qf3 Bf5 27. Qxc6
a6 28. h3 Nh6 29. Qf3 Be4 30. Qf2 Bb7 31. Nf3 Ne4 32. Qe1 Nf5 33. Nd4 Bh4 34.
Qd1 Qb6 35. Bd2 Rae8 36. Qc2 Nxd2 37. Qxd2 Nxe3 38. f5 Nxf1 39. Rxf1 Rxf5 40.
Rxf5 gxf5 41. Qh6 Qxh6 {0-1 (41) Vallejo Pons,F (2686)-Leko,P (2749) Monte
Carlo 2005}) ({Und} 13. Bc2 Qe7 14. f4 Nxe3 15. dxe3 Bf5 16. a4 a5 17. b3 Qe6
18. Ba3 Rf7 19. Kh1 g6 20. Qe2 Ng7 21. exf6 Rxf6 22. Nc5 Qf7 23. e4 dxe4 24.
Nxe4 Re6 25. Qf3 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rae8 27. Bd3 Re3 28. Bc4 Ne6 29. Qf2 Qc7 30.
Rae1 Rxe1 31. Qxe1 Qf7 32. Qe4 Qf5 33. Qxf5 gxf5 34. Re1 Kf7 35. g4 Kf6 36. g5+
{1-0 (36) Kornev,A (2565) -Nielsen,P (2653) Warsaw 2005}) 13... Qc7 $5 {
Schwarz schielt schon nach h2.} (13... fxe5 14. Nxe5 (14. b5 Qd6) 14... Nxe3
15. fxe3 $11) ({Nach} 13... a6 {käme} 14. Bb3 Kh8 15. Bb2 {und Weiß wird
demnächst mit c4 fortsetzen.}) 14. b5 (14. exf6 Nxf6 15. b5 Nxe3 16. dxe3 Bg4
$11) 14... fxe5 15. Ba3 Rf6 16. Nb4 {Bauer c6 ist unter Beschuss.} e4 $6 {
Auch Svidler geht jetzt zum Angriff über.} ({Nach} 16... Bd7 {war} 17. bxc6
bxc6 18. Ng4 Rg6 19. Na6 {lästig.}) ({Interessant war} 16... a5 $5) 17. bxc6
Rh6 18. h3 Nh4 $2 {Die Idee ist Sf3 und Matt, aber...} ({Nach} 18... bxc6 19.
Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Nbxd5 Qb7 21. Nxf5 Bxf5 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Nxf5 Rd8 {hat Weiß
zwei Bauern mehr.}) 19. Nbxd5 {Der Angriff auf die Dame muss erst einmal
bedient werden.} Qe5 20. cxb7 {Und nun ist die ganze schöne schwarze Idee
geplatzt, weil auf} Nf3+ {einfach} (20... Bxb7 21. Ng4) 21. Qxf3 $1 {kommt,
denn nach} (21. gxf3 {reicht auch zum Gewinn. Nach} Bxb7 (21... Rxh3 22. f4 $18
) 22. f4 Qe6 23. Qg4 Rg6 {hat Weiß auch noch} 24. Ne7+ $18) 21... exf3 {
taucht die Dame an anderer Stelle wieder auf.} 22. bxa8=Q (22. bxa8=Q fxg2 23.
Ne7+ Kh8 24. Qxc8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 f6
15. Nf3 e5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Qd6 18. Nf3 c5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21.
Bc4 Kh8 22. exd5 Qg7 23. Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. d6 Bf5 25. b4 b6 26. Rhe1 Rfe8 27. Re7+
Rxe7 28. dxe7 Re8 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Re1 Nc2 31. Re2 Nd4 32. Re3 Nc2 33. Re2 Nd4
34. Re3 Nc2 35. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. Nc3
d6 9. a3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 exd4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. a4 Qd7
15. b3 c5 16. Qg4 Qf7 17. Bd2 c4 18. Bb4 Be7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. f4
Ra2 22. e5 h5 23. Qh3 d5 24. Bxe7 Qxe7 25. Qxh5 Rxc2 26. Ra1 Qb7 27. Qe8+ Kh7
28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. f5 cxb3 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qg6+ Kh8
34. f6 Rc7 35. Rf1 Rf7 36. Rf3 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 c6 8. h3 b6
9. b4 a5 10. a3 Ba6 11. Bxa6 Rxa6 12. b5 cxb5 13. c6 Qc8 14. c7 b4 15. Nb5 a4
16. axb4 Bxb4+ 17. Ke2 Ra5 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. Rhc1 Qa6 20. Nd6 Qxd3+ 21. Kxd3 Bxd6
22. c8=Q Rxc8 23. Rxc8+ Nf8 24. Bxd6 Nxd6 25. Rd8 Nc4 26. Ne5 Nxe5+ 27. dxe5 g5
28. f4 Kg7 29. g3 h5 30. Kc3 Ng6 31. Kb4 Rc5 32. Rxa4 h4 33. gxh4 gxf4 34. exf4
Rc4+ 35. Kb5 Rxa4 36. Kxa4 Nxf4 37. Kb5 Ng6 38. h5 Nxe5 39. Kxb6 Nd3 40. Rd7
Ne5 41. Rd8 Nd3 42. Rd7 Ne5 43. Rd8 Nd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 ({The immediate fianchetto limits Black's options,
after} 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 {he has the alternative} Nd4 ({Svidler plays this move
more often than the more popular continuations} 4... d5 {and}) (4... Bb4) 5.
Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 (6... Bc5 7. d3 h6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg2 c6 10. Bd2 Re8 (
10... d5 $146 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Rc1 (12. Qb3 d4 13. Ne4 Be6 14. Qb5 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 Bd6 $11) 12... b6 $5 $132) 11. Rc1 Bf8 {and now:} 12. e4 (12. Kh1 {
is less energetic,} {, but after} d6 {White has already played} (12... d5 $5 {
deserves attention:} 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 (14. Qb3 Nf6 $11) 14... cxd5 15.
Qb3 Be6 16. Qxb7 Rb8 17. Qxa7 Rxb2 18. Bc3 Rxe2 19. Bf3 d4 $1 20. Bxe2 Qd5+ $1
21. f3 Ra8 22. Qb6 dxc3 $44 23. Rxc3 Rxa2 {Black has a lot of play for the
exchange and should be able to hold the resulting position.}) 13. e4 $1 a6 14.
f4 b5 15. Qf3 bxc4 16. dxc4 Be7 17. b3 Bb7 18. Rcd1 Qc8 $2 (18... Qc7 $142 $14)
19. c5 $1 Rf8 20. Na4 Qc7 21. Bc3 Rae8 22. Nb2 $6 (22. Nb6 $1 $18) 22... d5 $1
23. Bxe5 dxe4 24. Bxc7 exf3 25. Bxf3 Bxc5 26. Nc4 Ba8 27. Bd6 Bxd6 28. Rxd6 Nd5
29. Ne5 $14 {/+/-, Tomashevsky,E (2705)-Sargissian,G (2680)/WChT Bursa/2010/})
12... d6 $6 (12... Bc5 $142 $5) 13. h3 a6 14. a4 Rb8 15. Kh2 Nd7 (15... b5 $5)
16. Be3 a5 17. f4 Nc5 18. Rc2 Be6 19. f5 Bd7 20. Bf3 b5 21. axb5 cxb5 22. Bh5
$40 {[%cal Rf5f6,Rh5f7] Aronian,L (2802)-Wang Hao (2752)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/})
7. O-O (7. Qb3 Bc5 8. d3 O-O (8... h6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bd2 a6 $5 {is a plausible
alternative, now too soft was} 11. Rac1 d6 12. a3 Ba7 13. Qc2 c6 14. b4 Bh3 15.
Bg2 Qd7 16. Ne4 Ne8 17. Bc3 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 f5 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. c5 Rae8 21. cxd6
Qxd6 $11 {[%csl Ga7] /=/+, Ilic,S (2109)-Romanov,E (2603)/Skopje/2013/ Black's
Ba7 is alive again and it's White, who must tread with care.}) ({Black can
also play} 8... c6 {, now the flank sortie} 9. g4 {is not too dangerous:} d6
10. g5 Nd7 $5 11. Ne4 O-O 12. Rg1 Bb6 $1 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 f5 15. gxf6 Nxf6
16. O-O-O Kh8 17. d4 (17. h4 Qe7 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Kb1 Rab8 20. Qb4 b5 21. cxb5
cxb5 22. h5 Qc7 23. h6 g6 24. Rc1 a5 25. Qh4 Qf7 $132 {Chorfi,K (2442)-Norman,
N (2068)/corr/2007/}) 17... Qe7 18. Qc3 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bf5 20. Qd3 Bxe4 21. Qxe4
Rae8 $11 {Aronian,L (2724)-Gelfand,B (2724)/Saint Vincent/2005/}) 9. g4 c6 10.
g5 Ne8 11. h4 Nc7 12. Be3 Bd4 13. Bd2 (13. O-O-O $5 $13) 13... d5 $5 14. cxd5
cxd5 15. Nxd5 Be6 16. e4 f5 17. O-O Rf7 18. Rac1 Rd7 (18... Kh8 $5 $44 {/\} 19.
Bc3 $4 fxe4 $19) 19. Bc3 h6 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Rc4 $6 (21. Qd1 $5 $11) 21...
hxg5 22. Rfc1 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bf7 $15 {Fridman,D (2648)-Gordon,S (2527)/EU-ch
Legnica/2013/}) 7... O-O 8. d3 c6 9. Bg2 h6 10. Bd2 Re8 11. Rc1 (11. Rb1 a5 12.
a3 Bf8 13. Qa4 d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. Rfc1 Bd7 16. Qd1 Bc6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4
d4 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Ne4 Nxe4 21. dxe4 Qb6 22. Qc2 Qb5 23. e3 Re6 $11 {Berkes,
F (2693)-Papp,G (2578)/HUN-ch Heviz/2012/}) 11... a6 (11... Bc5 {leads to
Aronian-Wang Hao with an extra tempo for White - however, even here it's not
so easy to get something tangible after} 12. a3 a6 13. Na4 Ba7 14. c5 d5 15.
cxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Bc5 Bxc5 18. Nxc5 Be6 19. b4 Rad8 20. Qc2 Bd5 21. a4
Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Rd4 23. Qb3 b6 24. e3 Rd6 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26. dxe4 Qe7 $11 {Gelfand,
B (2761)-Grischuk,A (2736)/Linares/2010/}) 12. Qb3 Bc5 13. Na4 Ba7 14. c5 d5
15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Bb4 Qc7 17. Nc5 Bg4 18. Rfe1 Nd7 (18... Rad8 19. Bd2 Bc8 20.
Qc4 Bf5 21. b4 e4 $1 22. dxe4 Bxc5 23. bxc5 Bxe4 $132 {Tomashevsky,E (2708)
-Svidler,P (2754)/RUS-ch Moscow/2009/}) 19. Ne4 Be6 20. Qa3 a5 21. Bd2 Red8 22.
b3 Bb6 23. Rc2 Bd5 $11 {Malakhov,V (2722)-Caruana,F (2675)/Villafranca/2010/
For more details about the whole 4...Nd4 line see the theoretical survey in
CBM 135.}) 3... d5 ({An older game between the same opponents went} 3... Bb4 4.
Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 O-O 6. Bg2 Re8 7. O-O Nc6 8. Nc2 Bxc3 9. dxc3 h6 10. Bf4 $5 (10.
Ne3 d6 11. Qc2 {is far more usual, but after} a5 12. Rd1 b6 $132 {Black is
doing fine in both practical and mail games.}) 10... d6 11. Qd2 a5 12. b3 b6
13. h3 Be6 (13... Ne5 $142 {[%cal Yc8b7]}) 14. g4 $5 Qd7 15. Ne3 Ne7 16. Bg3
Rad8 17. Rad1 d5 (17... h5 $5 $132) 18. Qc1 Qc6 19. cxd5 Nfxd5 20. c4 Nxe3 21.
Qxe3 f5 22. g5 $1 hxg5 23. Qxg5 Qc5 24. Kh2 $14 {[%csl Gg2,Gg3][%cal Yh3h5,
Yf2f3] Kamsky,G (2714)-Svidler,P (2732)/Khanty-Mansiysk WCup/2007/ Although
Svidler survived in the end, it's no wonder he opts for a diffferent line this
time.}) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d3 {The Reversed Dragon is
reasonably popular and many top players essay it with both colours. However,
White more often goes for immediate queenside expansion with} (7. O-O Be7 8. a3
O-O (8... a5 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Be6 11. Rc1 $14 {[%csl Ra4,Rb5][%cal Yc3a4]}) 9.
b4 Be6 {and now:} 10. d3 {and now:} (10. Rb1 {[%csl Re5][%cal Rb4b5]} f6 11. d3
Nd4 (11... a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 (13. Nh4 {is a newer idea, but it seems
harmless enough:} Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Nxf5 Bxf5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5+ Kh8 18.
Qb3 Rd8 19. Rd1 Rb8 20. Qc4 Qd7 21. Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 c6 23. Qa4 cxb5 24. Qxb5
(24. Qxa5 $2 b4 $1 $17 {[%csl Ra5]}) 24... b6 25. d4 Bc5 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. Bb2
exd4 28. exd4 Bf8 $11 {Romanov,E (2611)-Rublevsky,S (2693)/EUCup Eilat/2012/})
13... Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. Bb2 (16. Rd1 Nd6 17. Bb2 a4 18. Ba1 Ra5
19. Qc1 Kh8 20. Bf3 Bf8 21. Qc2 Nf7 22. Nce4 Ra7 23. Bb2 Nd5 24. Nc4 b6 25. h4
c6 $132 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2715)-Khairullin,I (2640)/Moscow/2011/}) 16... a4 (
16... Ra7 17. Rfd1 Nd6 18. a4 c6 19. bxc6 bxc6 20. Ba3 Nd5 21. Rdc1 Nf5 22.
Bxe7 Nfxe7 23. Nxd5 cxd5 {1/2-1/2 Mamedov,R (2624)-Volokitin,A (2695)/Plovdiv
2012/CBM 148 (112)} 24. Qb2 Rc7 25. d4 $14) (16... Nh6 $5 17. Nce4 (17. Rfd1
Nf7 18. Rbc1 Bf8 19. h4 $2 (19. Ne2 $11) 19... Bh3 20. Bh1 Bg4 21. Re1 Bf5 22.
Nce4 Qd7 23. Qxc7 Na4 24. Ba1 Bxa3 $17 {Van Wely,L (2655)-Tiviakov,S (2669)/
NED-ch Hilversum/2006/ See notes to this game by Tiviakov in CBM 113.}) 17...
Nf7 18. d4 exd4 19. exd4 Qd7 20. Nc5 (20. Rfe1 $1 $13) 20... Bxc5 21. dxc5 (21.
Qxc5 Bd5 $15) 21... Qxd2 22. Qxd2 Rxd2 23. cxb6 cxb6 24. Bxb7 Rad8 25. Bc1 Ra2
26. Bf4 Rxa3 27. Rfe1 Ne5 28. Bxe5 fxe5 29. Rxe5 Bf7 $15 {Harika,D (2516)
-Tiviakov,S (2677)/Wijk aan Zee/2012/}) 17. Rfc1 Nd6 18. Nde4 Bb3 $5 (18... Ne8
19. Qe2 Bf8 20. f4 exf4 21. gxf4 Qd7 22. d4 Bc4 (22... c6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. dxc5
Nc4 25. Rd1 Qc7 26. Bc1 $14 {Carlsen,M (2801)-Kramnik,V (2772)/London/2009/
For more details see the notes to this game by Carlsen in CBM 134.}) 23. Qf2
Bd3 24. Ra1 $5 (24. Nc5 Bxc5 25. dxc5 Nc4 $1 $132 {Carlsen}) 24... Bxe4 (24...
Nc4 $142 $1 $13) 25. Nxe4 Qxb5 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Rxc5 Qb3 28. Bxb7 Rab8 29. Rc3
Qe6 30. f5 Qe7 31. Bg2 Nd6 32. Qc2 Nb5 33. Rd3 Nd6 34. Rf1 Re8 35. e4 $36 {
Reinderman,D (2606)-Haslinger,S (2529)/Delft/2011/}) 19. Qe2 Nf7 {is the
favourite in postal chess, Black has been doing fine here:} 20. Nd1 Qd7 (20...
Ra5 21. d4 Ba2 22. Ra1 Bd5 23. dxe5 {1/2, Ludgate,A (2512)-Straka,Z (2536)/
corr/2009/} fxe5 24. f3 (24. Ndc3 Bc4 $11) 24... c6 25. bxc6 Bxc6 26. Rab1 Nd5
27. Qe1 Rb5 28. Bf1 Rb6 29. Nd2 Qd7 30. Nc4 Rb3 31. Na5 Ng5 32. Bg2 Nb4 $1 $44
{Tiits,T (2562)-Talpak,T (2524)/corr/2011/}) 21. d4 Rab8 22. Ra1 f5 23. Nc5
Bxc5 24. dxc5 Nd5 25. e4 Ne7 26. Ne3 f4 27. Ng4 Ng6 28. h4 Qe7 29. c6 Nf8 $13
30. b6 $6 bxc6 31. bxc7 Qxc7 32. gxf4 Ng6 $1 $15 {Ziese,G (2456)-Kurgansky,V 
(2427)/corr/2011/}) 12. Nd2 (12. Be3 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 Rf7 15. Qc2 Nd5
16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 b6 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rbc1 Rd7 20. Qb2 Ne7 21. Nd2 Kh8 22.
Rc3 Nd5 23. Rc2 Ne7 $11 {Svidler,P (2747)-Karjakin,S (2775)/Tashkent/2012/}) (
12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. Bb2 f5 15. Nd2 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Kh8 17. Nf3 Bf6 18.
Qc2 Qd7 19. Rfc1 c6 20. a4 f4 21. b5 cxb5 22. axb5 Nd5 23. Nxd4 Rae8 $44 24.
Nf3 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Qe6 26. Qd4 fxg3 27. hxg3 Qxe2 $1 28. Qxd5 Re3 29. Re1 $11 {
Navara,D (2712)-Topalov,V (2770)/Wijk aan Zee/2012/}) 12... c6 13. Nde4 Bf7 14.
Nc5 Qc7 (14... Rb8 15. e3 Ne6 16. d4 $5 exd4 17. exd4 Re8 18. Re1 Bd6 19. a4
Nc7 20. Rxe8+ Bxe8 21. b5 Bg6 22. N5e4 Bf8 23. Bf4 Rc8 24. bxc6 bxc6 25. Bh3
Ra8 26. Bxc7 Qxc7 27. Qb3+ Bf7 28. Be6 Re8 $11 {/+/=, Svidler,P (2769)-Aronian,
L (2813)/Stavanger/2013/ In this line it seems that Black is harder pressed to
hold the balance.}) 15. e3 (15. Be3 a5 $1 16. Qd2 axb4 17. axb4 Nd7 18. N5e4 f5
19. Bg5 Qd8 20. Bxe7 Qxe7 21. Ng5 Ra3 $17 {Aronian,L (2808)-Gelfand,B (2733)/
Monte Carlo rpd blindfold/2011/}) 15... Ne6 16. N3e4 Nxc5 17. Nxc5 a5 18. Bh3
axb4 19. axb4 Rfe8 20. e4 Nc8 21. Be3 Nd6 22. Nd7 Nb5 23. Bb6 Qd6 24. Bc5 {
1/2, Gleichmann,M (2540)-Casabona,C (2598)/corr/2011/}) {The most often played
move is} 10... a5 $5 (10... f6 11. Ne4 $5 {Anand's move causes Black the most
problems:} (11. Rb1 a5 {transposes to the above lines}) {Topalov's} 11... Qe8
$5 {is maybe the strongest, but even here after} (11... a5 $6 12. Nc5 $1 {
[%csl Ra5,Rb7,Rc7]} Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd7 14. d4 e4 15. Nh4 Bd5 16. Nf5 Qe8 17. Bf4
Rc8 18. Rb1 g5 19. Bd2 b6 20. Qa4 Qe6 21. Bh3 Kh8 22. Ne3 Qxh3 23. Nxd5 Qe6 24.
Ne3 Ne7 25. Rfd1 Rfd8 26. Rbc1 Nf8 27. cxb6 cxb6 28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Qb5 Rd8 30.
d5 $1 Nxd5 31. Bxa5 $18 {Gelfand,B (2739)-Howell,D (2616)/Amsterdam-2010/}) (
11... Qd7 {is the most usual reaction, but after} 12. Qc2 {White remains
flexible with his Bc1 and gets a pull:} Rfd8 (12... a5 13. b5 $5 (13. Nc5 $14)
13... Nd4 $6 (13... Nd8 $142) 14. Nxd4 exd4 15. Nc5 Bxc5 16. Qxc5 Na4 17. Qc2
Qxb5 18. Rb1 Qd7 19. Bd2 Nb6 20. Rfc1 Rf7 21. Bxb7 Ra7 22. Bc6 Qd6 23. Qc5 $18
{[%csl Ra5,Gc6,Rc7,Gd2,Rd4] Vitiugov,N (2694)-Swiercz,D (2627)/Caleta/2013/})
13. Rb1 Rab8 14. Bb2 a6 15. Rfd1 Bg4 $2 (15... Bd5 $142 $14) (15... Qe8 $5) 16.
d4 $1 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 exd4 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. bxc5 Nc8 20. Be4 g6 21. e3 $16 {
Hracek,Z (2631)-Petr,M (2462)/CZE-chT/2011/}) 12. Qc2 $5 ({White doesn't have
to hurry with} 12. Nc5 Bxc5 13. bxc5 Nd5 14. Bb2 Rd8 15. Qc2 Nde7 16. Rab1 Ba2
17. Rbc1 Qf7 18. Bc3 Rd7 19. Qb2 Rb8 20. Rfd1 Be6 $11 {Anand,V (2787)-Topalov,
V (2805)/WCh Sofia/2010/ For more details see the notes to this game by Giri
in CBM 136.}) 12... Qf7 13. Be3 Rfd8 14. Bc5 Bb3 15. Qc1 Bd5 16. Bxe7 Nxe7 17.
Nc5 Nd7 18. e4 Nxc5 19. Qxc5 b6 20. Qe3 Bb7 21. d4 exd4 22. Nxd4 Nc6 23. Nxc6
Bxc6 24. Rac1 Bb5 25. Rfe1 c6 26. e5 $14 {Raijmaekers,R (2477)-Tauber,H (2426)/
corr/2010/ Black still had to fight for full equality.}) ({However, Black has
other and possibly more solid alternatives:} 10... Nd4 11. Bb2 Nxf3+ 12. Bxf3
c6 13. Ne4 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bd5 (14... f5 15. Nd2 Bf6 16. Bg2 Qe7 17. Nc4 Rac8 18.
Rac1 Kh8 19. a4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 e4 21. Bxf6 Nxf6 22. b5 c5 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Bh3
Rc7 25. Rfd1 Qe5 26. Qe6 Qh5 27. e3 b6 28. Rd2 Re8 $132 {Movsesian,S (2705)
-Navara,D (2702)/Prague m/2011/}) 15. Bc3 Re8 16. a4 Bf8 17. Nd2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3
Rc8 19. Rfd1 Qe7 20. Qb2 Rc7 21. b5 e4 22. dxe4 Qxe4 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Bd4 Nc5
25. a5 Qe6 26. Be3 Qa6 27. Rdc1 g6 28. Qa2 Rec8 29. Bf4 Bd6 30. Bh6 Ne6 $11 {
Wang Yue (2685)-Ponomariov,R (2734)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) 11. b5 Nd4 12. Nd2 (
12. Rb1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 Rb8 14. Qc2 f5 15. Rd1 Kh8 16. Bg2 Bd6 17. a4 Qe7 18.
Bd2 Qf7 19. Rf1 Nd7 20. f4 Nf6 21. fxe5 Bxe5 22. Bf4 Bxf4 23. Rxf4 Qe7 $132 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2711)-Karjakin,S (2788)/RUS-ch Moscow/2011/}) 12... c6 13.
bxc6 Nxc6 14. Rb1 a4 $13 {In this complex position White has tried many moves,
but proving an edge is elusive:} 15. e3 (15. Kh1 Kh8 16. f4 f5 $5 17. fxe5 Nxe5
18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 Ng4 20. Nf3 Bb3 21. Qe1 Bc5 22. d4 Bxd4 23. Nxd4 Qxd4 24.
Bf4 Rbc8 25. Nb5 Qd7 $11 {Van Wely,L (2677)-Howell,D (2616)/Amsterdam/2010/}) (
15. Bxc6 {is risky:} bxc6 16. Qc2 Qc7 17. Bb2 Rfc8 (17... f5 $132) (17... Ra5
$5 $13 {/=/+}) 18. Nce4 c5 19. Bxe5 $5 Qxe5 20. Rxb6 c4 $1 21. dxc4 (21. Nxc4
$142 Bxa3 $44) 21... Bxa3 22. Rfb1 Bf5 23. R6b5 Bc5 24. Qb2 {Navara,D (2616)
-Timoscenko,G (2504)/CZE-chT/2004/} Qe7 $36) 15... Qc7 (15... Na5 $5) 16. Qe2 (
16. Nb5 Qd7 17. Nc3 {is more circumspect, but even here Black can continue the
fight with} Ra6 $5 $13) 16... Rfd8 17. Bb2 Qd7 18. Ba1 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20.
Bxd5 Qxd5 21. Nc4 Qxd3 22. Qxd3 Rxd3 23. Rxb7 f6 (23... Bxa3 $5 24. Rb6 Nd8 $11
) 24. Rc7 Ra6 25. Bb2 Kf8 26. Rc1 Na5 27. Nxa5 Rxa5 28. Rc8+ Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8
30. Bc3 Ra7 $11 {Khairullin,I (2631)-Lintchevski,D (2563)/Tyumen/2012/}) 7...
Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 (9. a3 Be6 10. b4 {leads to positions from the previous
note. Therefore top GMs have recently been turning more often to the text move.
}) 9... Be6 {Natural development, but play still has an unforced character and
Black has other moves as well:} (9... f5 10. Rc1 Kh8 11. a3 Bf6 (11... Be6 {
still leads to the game position.}) 12. Bc5 Re8 13. b4 Be6 14. Re1 Qd7 $6 (
14... Nd7 $142 15. Na4 $5 $13 {Now White realises his plan.}) 15. e4 $1 a6 16.
Bh3 $6 ({Simpler is} 16. exf5 $142 Bxf5 17. Ne4 $36 {with the advantage.})
16... g6 17. Be3 Qg7 18. Ng5 Bg8 19. Nf3 f4 ({Black already spurns repetition
with} 19... Be6) ({An interesting try was} 19... Nd4 $5 $132 {[%cal Rg8b3]})
20. Bxb6 cxb6 21. Nd5 g5 $2 (21... Rad8 22. Nxb6 h5 $14 {/~~}) 22. Bd7 $1 Re6
23. Bxe6 Bxe6 24. Nxf6 Qxf6 25. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 26. Qa1 $16 {[%csl Re5] Aronian,L
(2825)-Nakamura,H (2775)/Moscow/2012/ For more details see the notes to this
game by Marin in CBM 149.}) ({Solid is} 9... Re8 $5 10. Rc1 (10. Na4 Bf8 11.
Rc1 e4 $5 (11... Nd4 $11) 12. Ne1 Bg4 $5 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. a3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 Qxd4
16. h3 Bh5 17. g4 Bg6 18. dxe4 Qxd1 19. Rxd1 Bxe4 20. e3 b5 $11 {[%csl Re1] /=/
+, Brestian,E (2470)-Stohl,I (2525)/Novi Sad olm/1990/}) 10... Bf8 11. Ne4 Nd4
12. Nc5 (12. Bg5 f6 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd2 Be6 15. b4 Bd5 16. a4 c6 17. a5 Nc8
18. a6 $5 (18. Re1 a6 19. Nc5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qd5+ 21. Kg1 Nd6 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23.
Nxb3 Nb5 24. Kf1 Rad8 25. Rc4 Rd5 26. Bc1 Red8 27. Bb2 Kf7 28. Kg2 h5 $11 {
/=/+, Carlsen,M (2826)-Kramnik,V (2780)/Bilbao/2010/ For more details about
this game see the notes by Kramnik in CBM 139.}) 18... b6 $5 19. e3 f5 20. Ng5
Bxg2 21. e4 fxe4 22. Kxg2 exd3 23. Qf3 Qd5 24. Rxc6 Ne7 25. Rc7 Qxf3+ 26. Nxf3
Nd5 27. Rd7 Red8 $11 {Jacewicz,G (2047)-Kaufmann,P (2183)/corr/2011/}) 12...
Nxf3+ (12... g6 13. Re1 c6 14. Bd2 a5 15. e3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Nd5 17. a3 Qb6 18.
Na4 Qa6 19. Qc2 Rd8 20. Be2 $1 Qa7 21. e4 $36 {Ftacnik,L (2553)-Vallejo Pons,F
(2679)/Bundesliga/2007/}) 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Qb3 Bxc5 15. Bxc5 Be6 16. Qb4 (16.
Qa3 Qd7 17. e4 Bg4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4 19. f4 Nd7 20. Bd6 exf4 21. Rxf4 Qe6 22. Rcf1
f6 23. h4 Kh8 24. d4 a5 $11 {Minasian,A (2557)-Smirin,I (2647)/Moscow/2009/})
16... Qd7 17. Rfd1 Nd5 18. Qa4 Nf6 19. b3 Bg4 20. Bxg4 Nxg4 (20... Qxg4 $142
$11) 21. f3 Nf6 22. Bf2 h5 23. Kg2 Re6 24. h4 Nd5 25. e4 Nc7 26. d4 Rd6 $132 {
Hansen,C (2626)-Hertneck,G (2572)/Bundesliga/2002/}) (9... Bg4 10. Rc1 Re8 11.
a3 Bf8 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Re1 Rad8 14. b4 Nd4 15. Nb3 c6 16. Na5 (16. Ne4 $5)
16... h6 17. Qd2 Qe7 (17... f5 $132 {()}) 18. Qb2 Bc8 19. Ne4 Na4 20. Qb1 Kh8
21. Nd2 f5 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Nxd4 exd4 24. Bd2 Qf7 25. e4 dxe3 26. Bxe3 Nb6 27.
Nc4 Nxc4 28. dxc4 $11 {/+/=, Aronian,L (2502)-Rogozenco,D (2557)/Bucharest/
1999/ White had a slight edge in the manoeuvring struggle, but almost lost
after further over-ambitious play.}) 10. Rc1 {[%cal Gc1c7] A typical Sicilian
move, but not the only one:} (10. a3 {was tested this year by Kramnik in blitz:
} Nd5 (10... f6 $5 11. b4 (11. Rc1 {transposes to 10.Rc1 f6.}) 11... a5 12. b5
Nd4 13. Nd2 Rb8 14. Bxd4 exd4 $5 $132 (14... Qxd4 $11)) 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4
Bd6 13. Rac1 a6 (13... Kh8 14. Rfe1 a6 15. Ng5 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qe7 17. Qh4 h6 18.
Nf3 Qxh4 19. Nxh4 Ne7 20. Bc5 Rac8 21. b4 b6 22. Be3 f5 23. Bd2 Kh7 (23... e4
$5 $11) 24. f4 exf4 25. gxf4 Nd5 26. Kf3 $13 {Kramnik,V (2810)-Gelfand,B (2740)
/Zürich blitz/2013/ White's central pawns decided the issue only after further
inaccurate play by Black.}) 14. Nd2 (14. Rc3 Ne7 15. Qh4 f6 16. Nd2 c6 17. Nc4
Bc7 18. Be4 Ng6 19. Qh3 Rf7 20. Nd2 Nf8 21. Nb3 $5 Bxe4 $6 (21... Bb6 $1 $11)
22. dxe4 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Rd1 Kf8 25. Rcd3 Ke8 26. Nd2 Kd8 27. Nc4 Kc8 28.
Rc3 a5 29. a4 $14 {Aronian,L (2756)-Tiviakov,S (2669)/RUS-chT Sochi/2006/})
14... Bxg2 15. Kxg2 Qd7 16. Ne4 Kh8 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 f5 19. f3 Rae8 20.
Qc4 Re6 21. Rc1 h6 22. Qb3 Qc8 23. Qd5 Rd6 24. Qc4 Qe8 25. b4 f4 $6 (25... Rff6
$5 $11) 26. Bf2 Rd7 27. Qe4 $36 {[%csl Re5] Kramnik,V (2810)-Anand,V (2780)/
Zürich blitz/2013/}) ({When playing a "black" opening with reversed colours,
White has to realise that standard operations which lead to equality with
Black are usually insuffcient to fight for an advantage. In this case the
central break} 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 c6 13. Ne4 Bd5 14. b3 f5 15.
Nc3 Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Rc1 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21.
Rfd1 Rfd8 $11 {Petran,P (2368)-Jasny,S (2329)/Frydek Mistek/2008/ led only to
simplification and a boring sterile position.}) (10. Qc1 Re8 $5 (10... f5 11.
Rd1 Nd5 12. Bg5 Nxc3 13. bxc3 $14) ({There are solid alternatives:} 10... f6
11. Rd1 Nd5 (11... Nd4 $5 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 f5 14. Nc5 Bd5 $132) 12. d4
exd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Nxc3 15. Qxc3 Qc8 16. Bf4 c6 17. Rad1 Re8 18. a3 a5
19. h4 Bf8 20. Bf3 a4 21. h5 h6 22. Be4 Bf7 $11 {/+/=, Iturrizaga Bonelli,E 
(2607)-Milos,G (2596)/Mexico City/2010/}) (10... Nd5 11. Rd1 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Bf6
13. Rdc1 Re8 14. Ne4 Bd5 15. Nxf6+ Qxf6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Rac8 18. Qe4 Qe6
19. Rc5 Nd8 20. Qa4 a6 21. Rac1 c6 $11 {Gabriel,C (2510)-Mikhalchishin,A (2520)
/Portoroz/1993/}) 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Nxd5 (12. d4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 exd4 14. exd4 Bg4
15. Qf4 Bh5 16. Kh1 Bd6 17. Qd2 Qe7 18. Rac1 Rad8 $13 {[%cal Gd8d2,Ge8e2] /=/+,
Marczykoski,P-Martys,M/corr/2007/}) 12... Bxd5 13. d4 e4 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nxc6
Bxc6 16. Qc4 Qd7 17. a4 b5 $1 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Qc2 Qg4 20. Re1 Qe6 21. Rxa7
Rxa7 22. d5 Qxd5 23. Bxa7 h5 $11 {Kokarev,D (2588)-Savchenko,B (2648)/
Serpukhov/2008/}) 10... f5 {[%mdl 32] This is hardly a direct error, but we
will see that in the following strategic fight the vulnerability of the Pe5
will limit Black's options.} ({More restrained, but solid is} 10... f6 11. a3 {
and now:} Qd7 (11... Nd4 12. Bxd4 exd4 13. Ne4 Bd5 (13... c6 14. b4 Rf7 15. Nc5
Bxc5 16. bxc5 Nc8 17. Qa4 Rd7 18. Rb1 Ne7 19. Nd2 b5 20. Qb4 a5 21. Qb2 Qc7 22.
Ne4 Rad8 23. Nd6 Nc8 24. Qxd4 Nxd6 25. cxd6 Rxd6 26. Qc3 Qb6 27. Rfc1 Rb8 28.
Qc5 $14 {[%csl Rc6,Gd3,Ge2] Movsesian,S (2699)-Cheparinov,I (2678)/
Khanty-Mansiysk rpd/2013/}) 14. Qc2 f5 15. Nc5 Bf6 16. Ne1 Rb8 17. a4 a6 18. a5
Nc8 19. Qa4 c6 20. Bxd5+ Qxd5 21. Nf3 Rd8 22. e4 dxe3 23. fxe3 Be7 24. d4 Nd6
$13 {/=, Movsesian,S (2693)-Cernousek,L (2476)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/}) {We have
already mentioned the break} 12. d4 {above, White didn't get anything tangible
after} (12. Ne4 Nd5 13. Nc5 (13. Bd2 $5 a5 $11) 13... Bxc5 14. Bxc5 Rfd8 15.
Qc2 Rac8 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Na5 19. Nd2 c5 20. Nc4 Nxc4 (20...
Nb7 $5 $15) 21. dxc4 Qf7 22. b3 Qg6 23. Be4 Qg5 24. Kf2 $11 {Matlakov,M (2673)
-Geller,J (2559)/Khanty-Mansiysk/2012/}) ({He should be considering} 12. Re1
Rad8 13. Na4 Rfe8 14. Nc5 Bxc5 15. Rxc5 Nd4 16. Bxd4 exd4 17. Qc2 c6 18. b4 {
Martinez,R (2422)-Sanchez,J (2529)/Maiche Civitanova/2012/} a6 $11) 12... exd4
13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Qxd4 15. Bxd4 c6 16. Ne4 Bd5 17. Rfd1 Rfe8 18. e3 Rad8
19. b4 Kf7 20. Nc5 Bxg2 21. Kxg2 Bxc5 22. Bxc5 Ke6 23. Bd4 Rd7 24. Rc5 Red8 $11
{Kamsky,G (2741)-Cheparinov,I (2678)/Khanty-Mansiysk rpd/2013/ This game was
played later than ours.}) (10... Nd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Qa4 ({or} 12. a3 {
can transpose to positions from the previous note.})) 11. a3 {[%cal Yb2b4]
White returns to another typical Sicilian motif, which we have already
mentioned above.} Bf6 {Fortifies the centre, but this move possibly isn't
ideal - its drawback is that it allows a subsequent Bc5 with tempo.} (11... f4
12. Bd2 g5 13. Ne4 Nd7 (13... g4 14. Rxc6 $1) 14. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 15. Bc3 Bd5 16.
Nxe5 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Bxe4 (17... Bd6 $142 $1 18. Bc3 $14) 18. Bxe4 $16 {Aronian,
L (2455)-Del Rio de Angelis,S (2395)/Linares/1998/ The exchange sacrifice is
another standard Sicilian idea.}) ({Black doesn't usually try to prevent b4
with the straighforward} 11... a5 {(see also the note to move 7), as it
weakens the queenside and after} 12. Na4 $5 ({Also deserving attention is} 12.
Bxb6 cxb6 13. e3 Bf6 14. Re1 Rf7 15. d4 Rd7 16. Qc2 e4 17. Nd2 Ne7 18. Nb5 Nd5
19. Nb1 h5 20. N1c3 Ne7 21. Qe2 $14 {Gavrikov,V (2600)-Brunner,L (2525)/Biel/
1994/}) 12... Nxa4 13. Qxa4 Bf6 14. Nd2 Bd5 15. Qb5 $14 {[%csl Rb5]} ({or} 15.
Rc5 $36 {White retains an unpleasant pull.})) ({In postal games Black has also
played} 11... a6 12. b4 Kh8) ({, or the immediate} 11... Kh8 $5 {This is
flexible, as it still gives Black a choice between leaving the bishop on e7,
or moving it to either f6 or d6. His results here have been better than after
the text move.}) 12. Nd2 $5 ({Directed against the knight sortie:} 12. b4 Nd4
$5 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Bd5 $132 15. Nc5 Qe7 16. Nb3 Rad8 17. Bh3 Be6 18. Na5
c6 19. Re1 Qf7 20. Qc2 Rfe8 21. Bg2 Nd5 22. e3 dxe3 23. fxe3 Nb6 24. Kh1 Rd7
$15 {Spraggett,K (2575)-Rublevsky,S (2650)/Groningen/1997/ Black is very
comfortable here, for more details see the notes to this game by Ribli in CBM
63.}) 12... Kh8 (12... Rb8 13. Bxc6 $5 bxc6 14. b4 Re8 15. Nb3 Bf7 16. Qc2 Qd7
17. Na5 a6 18. f3 Re6 19. Nd1 Rbe8 20. Nf2 Bg6 21. Nb7 $1 Qc8 22. Nc5 Rd6 23.
Bd2 Bh5 24. Kg2 $14 {[%csl Ra6,Rc6,Rc7] Anreiter,A (2315)-Zielinski,S (2241)/
corr/2007/}) 13. b4 (13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Qc2 $13 {/+/= deserved attention even
here, but the exchange of the fianchettoed bishop seemed too double-edged to
Kamsky. White can keep his initiative also by less committal means.}) 13... Rb8
$146 ({Until now Black has played} 13... Nd5 14. Bc5 (14. Nxd5 Bxd5 15. Bxd5
Qxd5 16. Nb3 (16. Qb3 Qd7 17. Qc4 Rf7 18. Nb3 Nd8 19. Rc2 Ne6 20. Nc5 Nxc5 21.
Qxc5 a6 22. Bc1 Re8 23. Bb2 c6 $11 {Hoffmann,H (2250)-Unzicker,W (2450)/WCh
sen Bad Wildbad/1993/}) 16... Be7 17. Bc5 Bd6 18. Rc4 a6 19. Qc2 Rae8 20. Rc1
h6 21. Rd1 f4 $5 $132 {Dokhoian,Y (2520)-Janovsky,S (2400)/Nabereznye Chelny/
1988/}) 14... Nxc3 $142 $5 (14... Rf7 15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. Nxe4 Nd4 $6
18. Nd6 $1 cxd6 19. Bxd5 Rc7 20. Bxd4 exd4 21. Qf3 Rb8 22. Rxc7 Qxc7 23. Be4
$16 {[%csl Ge4,Rf6] Pachman,L-Altschul,M/CSR-ch Kosice/1961/}) (14... Re8 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. e4 fxe4 17. b5 $5 (17. Nxe4 Be7 {Onischuk,A (2495)-Fogarasi,T 
(2440)/Budapest/1993/} 18. Re1 $14) 17... Nd4 18. Bxd4 exd4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20.
Nxe4 Be7 21. Qb3 Rc8 22. Rfe1 Rf8 23. a4 {Galanov,S (2597)-Blank,W (2481)/corr/
2011/}) 15. Rxc3 Rf7 16. Bxc6 $5 (16. b5 Nd4 (16... e4 $5 $13 {<=>}) 17. Bxb7
Rb8 $11) 16... bxc6 17. e4 $14 {/<=> White is probably somewhat better here,
but the final result remains fully open.}) 14. Bc5 ({Kamsky once again spurns} 
14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. Qc2 {and chooses a simpler way: now the Nc6 must go back.})
14... Ne7 {Svidler opts for an immediate retreat.} (14... Re8 15. b5 {also
forces} Ne7 (15... Nd4 $2 16. e3 $18 {[%csl Rd4]}) 16. Qc2 $14) 15. b5 {
White can be satisfied with the result of the opening, he has pressure on the
c-file and Black's forces are passive.} Nbc8 (15... Qd7 16. Bb4 $1 {[%cal
Yd2b3,Yb3c5]} (16. a4 Rfd8 17. Rc2 $5 (17. a5 Nbd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxa7 (19.
e4 fxe4 20. Nxe4 b6 $13) 19... Ra8 20. b6 cxb6 21. Bxb6 (21. Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxb6
Rdc8 $44) 21... Nxb6 22. axb6 e4 23. Rc7 Qd4 $132) 17... c6 18. a5 Nbc8 19. Qb1
$14) 16... Nbc8 17. e4 $36 Qxd3 $6 18. exf5 Bxf5 (18... Qxf5 19. Nce4 $16) 19.
g4 $5 Bg6 20. Nde4 Qxd1 21. Rcxd1 $16) 16. a4 b6 17. Ba3 Nd6 18. Rc2 {Rather
hesitant.} ({More in the spirit of the position is the typical (see also
Aronian-Nakamura above) push} 18. e4 $36) 18... Rc8 19. Qc1 {Again a slow move;
moreover the queen won't stay here for long.} (19. e4 $14) (19. Na2 $5 $14 {
[%cal Ya2b4]}) 19... Qd7 20. Re1 Rfd8 21. e4 Bg5 {[%csl Re5]} (21... c6 22.
Bxd6 Qxd6 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Nce4 $14) ({A more solid move is} 21... c5 $142 $5
{If White doesn't take en passant, Black has a better version of the game
position.} {/\} 22. bxc6 Nxc6 23. Bxd6 Nd4 $5 $13 (23... Qxd6 $132)) 22. Qa1 {
A patient reaction.} ({After the more straightforward} 22. f4 $5 exf4 23. Nf3
Bh6 24. Ne5 (24. gxf4 $6 Ng6 {[%csl Rf4]}) 24... Qe8 25. gxf4 Ng6 26. Nxg6+
Qxg6 27. e5 Nb7 $5 $14 {[%cal Yb7a5] /~~ White controls the centre, but the
position is still not quite clear.}) 22... c5 23. Nf3 Bf6 24. Bb2 Ng6 $6 {
Protects Pe5, but deserts the d5-square.} (24... Nf7 $1 25. Rd2 $13 {/+/=}) 25.
h4 (25. Nd5 $5 $36) 25... h5 $2 {[%mdl 128] Creates another weakness, which
Kamsky will exploit very effectively to whip up a deadly attack.} (25... fxe4
26. Nxe4 Nxe4 27. dxe4 Bh3 28. Nh2 $5 (28. Nxe5 Bxe5 29. Bxe5 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Re8
31. Bb2 Nxh4+ 32. gxh4 Qg4+ $11) (28. Bh1 Bg4 29. Nxe5 Nxe5 30. Bxe5 Bxe5 31.
Qxe5 Bd1 $44) 28... Bxg2 29. Kxg2 $14) (25... c4 26. Rd2 $1 $14) 26. Nd5 $1 Nf7
27. Qd1 $1 {[%cal Rf3g5] Well-hidden, but extremely unpleasant.} f4 (27... Bxd5
28. exd5 $16 {[%cal Rf3g5] /+-}) 28. Nh2 $1 $40 {[%csl Rh5] A series of strong
moves leaves Black in terminal trouble. From move 4 onwards there have been no
exchanges, only now do more pieces start disappearing from the board,
increasing White's positional superiority.} Bg4 $8 29. Nxg4 hxg4 (29... Qxg4
30. Bf3 Qh3 31. Bxh5 fxg3 32. fxg3 $1 $18 {[%cal Rh5g6,Rh5g4]}) 30. gxf4 Nxh4 (
{Keeps material equal, but} 30... Nh6 $5 {was more resilient:} 31. Qd2 Qf7 $16)
31. f5 Nh6 32. f3 gxf3 (32... g3 33. f4 Qe8 34. Nxf6 gxf6 35. fxe5 fxe5 36. Re3
$18 {doesn't help.}) 33. Bxf3 $18 {[%csl Gd5] The powerful Nd5 is untouchable,
with other white pieces aiming for the kingside. The game is practically over.}
Qf7 34. Bh5 Qg8 35. Ne3 {Avoids Rxd5, but even more concrete was} (35. Nxf6 $1
gxf6+ 36. Kh1 Qg3 37. Rg1 Qh3+ (37... Qxd3 38. Qxd3 Rxd3 39. Rh2 $18 {[%csl
Rh4]}) 38. Rh2 Rxd3 39. Qe1 Nf3 40. Bxf3 Qxf3+ 41. Rgg2 $18) 35... Qb3 36. Rd2
c4 ({Desperation, but after} 36... Qxd1 37. Rexd1 Rg8 38. Rh2 g6 39. fxg6 Nxg6
40. Kf2 $5 Bh4+ 41. Ke2 Bg3 42. Rhh1 {White's pressure is unbearable. A sample
line is} Rcf8 43. Nf5 Nxf5 44. exf5 Nh4 45. Rdg1 Rxf5 46. Bf3 {[%cal Rg1g3]}
Rxf3 47. Bxe5+ Kh7 48. Bxg3 Rgxg3 49. Rxh4+ Kg6 50. Rg4+ $1) 37. dxc4 Qb4 38.
Nd5 Rxd5 (38... Qxc4 39. Nxf6 Rxd2 40. Qxd2 $18) (38... Qc5+ 39. Kh1 $18) 39.
cxd5 Bg5 40. Rf2 Rc3 $6 (40... Bf4 $142 41. Rxf4 $5 exf4 42. Re2 Qe7 43. f6
gxf6 44. d6 $18) 41. Bxc3 Qxc3 42. Rh2 Bf4 43. Qe2 {He willingly returns one
exchange to target the hapless Nh4.} (43. Qe2 Bxh2+ 44. Kxh2 $18 {[%csl Rh4]
[%cal Re2f2]}) 1-0

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D20"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 e5 4. Nf3 Bb4+ 5. Nc3 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. Bxc4 Nbc6
8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. a3 Qxd4 12. Qxd4 Nxd4 13. axb4 Be6 14.
Bxe6 Nxe6 15. b5 f5 16. exf5 Rxf5 17. Rfd1 a5 18. bxa6 Rxa6 19. Rxa6 bxa6 20.
f3 Kf7 21. Kf2 Rc5 22. Ke3 Re5+ 23. Kf2 Rc5 24. Ke3 Re5+ 25. Kf2 Rc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.05.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nd4 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bg5 Bxb3 14. cxb3
h6 15. Bh4 Qe6 16. f4 c5 17. b4 Rfe8 18. f5 Qe5 19. Bg3 Qe7 20. bxc5 dxc5 21.
e5 Nd5 22. f6 Qe6 23. fxg7 Ne3 24. Qd2 Nxf1 25. Rxf1 Qg6 26. Rf6 Qxg7 27. Bf4
Re6 28. Bxh6 Qg4 29. h3 Qh5 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qf4 Qg6 32. h4 Kh7 33. Bf8 Ra7
34. Bxc5 Rg7 35. Qf1 Qh5 36. Bxd4 Qxh4 37. Be3 Qg3 38. Bf4 Qg4 39. d4 Qf5 40.
Qf2 Kg8 41. Qf3 Qb1+ 0-1

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 h6 10. Bf4 g5 11. Bh2 Re8 12. Nge2 c4 13. Bc2 Na6 14. O-O Nc5 15. f3 b5
16. Kh1 Qb6 17. Bg1 Bd7 18. Qd2 Qd8 19. Bd4 Nh5 20. Bxg7 Nxg7 21. g4 Qf6 22.
Qd4 Qe5 23. b4 cxb3 24. axb3 a5 25. b4 axb4 26. Qxb4 Reb8 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Rb1
Ne8 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Nxd4 Nc7 31. Ndxb5 Nxb5 32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33. Rxb5 Ra2 34. Bb1
Re2 35. Kg1 Nd7 36. Kf1 Rd2 37. Ke1 Rh2 38. Bd3 Rxh3 39. Be2 h5 40. gxh5 Rxh5
41. Rb7 Ne5 42. Rb6 Rh6 43. Kf2 Kf8 44. Kg3 Rf6 45. Rb8+ Ke7 46. Rb7+ Kd8 47.
Rb8+ Kc7 48. Rg8 Rg6 49. Rxg6 fxg6 50. Bb5 Kb6 51. Be8 Kc5 52. f4 gxf4+ 53.
Kxf4 Kd4 54. Bb5 Nf7 55. Be8 Ne5 56. Bb5 g5+ 57. Kxg5 Kxe4 58. Bc6 Kd4 59. Kf5
Nd3 60. Bb7 Nb4 61. Kf4 Nxd5+ 62. Kf3 Nc3 63. Ba8 d5 64. Bxd5 Nxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qd3 O-O 13. Nc3 Nb4 14. Qd2 Qe7 15.
axb5 axb5 16. Re1 c5 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Ng4 19. Qg5 Qc7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd5
c4 22. Be3 h6 23. Qf4 Nxe3 24. Qxe3 Bb7 25. Ra7 Qc8 26. Rxb7 Rxb7 27. Bxb7 Qxb7
28. e6 fxe6 29. Qxe6+ Kh8 30. h3 Qa7+ 31. Qe3 Qb7 32. b3 cxb3 33. Qxb3 Qb6+ 34.
Qe3 Qxe3+ 35. Rxe3 Rc8 36. Re5 Rxc2 37. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Thessaloniki FIDE GP"]
[Site "Thessaloniki"]
[Date "2013.06.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2775"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.05.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 155"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Ng5 8.
a3 Nxf3+ 9. gxf3 Nc6 10. Qe3 Bf8 11. b4 Bg7 12. Bb2 O-O 13. f4 d6 14. O-O-O
dxe5 15. fxe5 Qh4 16. b5 Ne7 17. Qg3 Qh5 18. f4 a6 19. a4 axb5 20. axb5 Bg4 21.
Re1 Rfd8 22. Rg1 Be6 23. Be2 Qf5 24. Bg4 Qxg4 25. Qxg4 Bxg4 26. Rxg4 Nf5 27.
Rg2 Rd3 28. Ne4 Ra4 29. Rc2 Re3 30. Kd1 Rd3+ 31. Kc1 Ne3 32. Nc5 Nxc2 33. Kxc2
Rxc4+ 34. Kxd3 Rxc5 35. Ra1 Rxb5 36. Ra8+ Bf8 37. Bd4 h6 38. Rc8 c6 39. Bc3
Rd5+ 40. Ke4 Rc5 41. Kd3 Rb5 42. h4 h5 43. Bd2 Rd5+ 44. Kc2 Rc5+ 45. Kd3 Rd5+
46. Kc2 g5 47. f5 gxh4 48. Bc3 Kg7 49. e6+ f6 50. Rc7+ Kg8 51. Rc8 Kg7 52. Rc7+
Kg8 53. Bxf6 Rxf5 54. Rc8 Rf2+ 55. Kd3 Rf3+ 56. Kd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b6 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nc3 b5 12. d5 e5 13. b4 O-O 14. a4 bxa4 15. Nxa4
Bc8 16. Bd3 Rb8 17. Bd2 Ne8 18. Nb2 Nb6 19. Bxa6 Bd7 20. b5 Nc7 21. Ba5 Qe8 22.
Nxe5 dxe5 23. d6 Nxb5 24. dxe7 Qxe7 25. Bxb5 Bxb5 26. Qb3 Nd7 27. Bb4 Bc6 28.
Bxe7 Rxb3 29. Bxf8 Nxf8 30. Nc4 Rb4 31. Nxe5 Bxe4 32. f3 Bd5 33. Ra5 Rd4 34.
Rb1 f6 35. Ng4 Be6 36. Nf2 Nd7 37. Ne4 Kf7 38. Kf2 Ke7 39. Ke3 Rc4 40. Rb7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 {
The clever dance of the dark-squared bishop has lured the black pawn to the
h6-square thus weakening the kingside for any lines with enemy pawn activity.}
Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Re1 {The line with the rook move is quite recent, formerly
players believed that there was hardly any alternative to the immediate 16.Bc5.
} (16. Bc5 b6 17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. d6 Nc6 19. Bb5 Nxe7 20. Bxe8 Rxe8 21. dxe7 Qa3
22. Re1 Qxe7 23. h3 Be6 24. Qa4 $14 {0-1 (45) Bunzmann,D (2484)-Van Wely,L 
(2643) Germany 2001}) 16... Bxf3 {The development of opening theory is
speeding up and players closely following the achivements of their colleagues
are pushing the attractive lines. The action in the centre was born as an
alternative to the modest, but very playable idea 16...b6.} (16... Rfc8 17. Nd4
Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxe2 19. Rxe2 Qc4 20. f4 Rc7 21. f5 Rac8 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Be5
Rd7 24. Re1 Qc5+ 25. Kh1 Nc4 $15 {1-0 (30) Smirnov,P (2610)-Maletin,P (2567)
Novosibirsk 2012}) (16... b6 17. Nd4 Bxe2 (17... Bd7 18. Ra1 (18. Ba6 Qa3 19.
Qd2 h5 20. Bh6 e5 21. dxe6 Bxe6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qg5 {0-1 (44) Schachinger,M 
(2412)-Wagner,D (2461) Meissen 2013} Qc5 $11) 18... Qb2 19. Rb1 Qa2 20. Ra1 Qb2
21. Rb1 Qa2 {1/2 (21) Radjabov,T (2793)-Svidler,P (2747) London 2013}) 18. Rxe2
Qc4 19. Rc2 Qa6 20. Rc7 Rac8 21. Rxe7 Nc4 22. Nc6 Nxe3 23. fxe3 Qa3 24. Rxa7
Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 $16 {1/2 (38) Iskusnyh,S (2457)-Zablotsky,S (2540) Tomsk 2009})
17. Bxf3 Nc4 18. Bf4 e5 {Svidler is a great expert in the Grünfeld Defence and
he feels entitled to start concrete action in the centre. Lesser chess mortals
can take it as an endorsement of the line.} (18... g5 19. Bg3 Be5 20. Rxb7 Rfe8
21. Bh5 Qa3 22. Rb3 Qd6 23. Rf3 Rf8 {1-0 (39) Esserman,M (2445)-Molner,M (2489)
Saint Louis 2012} 24. Qa4 $16) 19. dxe6 fxe6 20. Rxb7 Rad8 (20... Rxf4 $2 21.
Qd7 $18) 21. Rd7 $146 {[%mdl 8] Ushenina became Women's World Champion in 2012
and she obviously takes chess preparation very seriously. The first
independent move is trying to improve on the former move 21.Qc1.} (21. Qc1 Bb2
22. Rxb2 (22. Qc2 Rxf4 23. e5 Rf5 $19) 22... Nxb2 23. Bg3 Qa5 24. Rf1 Qd2 25.
Qc6 Qd7 (25... Rfe8 26. Bg4 Qd7 27. Qc2 Qg7 $15) 26. Qc1 Qd2 27. Qc6 Qd7 28.
Qc1 Qd2 {1/2 (28) Morozevich,A (2758)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2708) Loo 2013}) 21...
Rxd7 22. Qxd7 Ne5 $5 {Black was without doubts the favourite in this game and
thus it comes as a small surprise, that Svidler wants to get involved in a
fight. The knight move is preferable to the immediate draw from the line 22...
Rxf4.} (22... Rxf4 23. Qxe6+ Kh7 $6 (23... Rf7 24. Rc1 Bd4 25. Qxg6+ (25. Qxc4
Qxf2+ 26. Kh1 Be5 $15) 25... Kf8 26. Qxh6+ Rg7 27. Qf4+ Rf7 $11) 24. Rc1 Bd4
25. Qd7+ Bg7 26. Qd5 a5 27. Qxc4 Qxc4 28. Rxc4 Rf7 29. Be2 $16) 23. Bxe5 (23.
Qd2 $2 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 Rxf3 25. gxf3 Nxf3+ 26. Kg2 Nxd2 $19) 23... Bxe5 24. Rf1 (
24. Rd1 a5 25. Qe7 Bf6 26. Qc7 a4 27. Qg3 g5 28. e5 $11) 24... h5 (24... Qa6
25. h4 (25. Rb1 Qd6 26. Qxd6 Bxd6 $11) (25. Rd1 Qb6 26. h3 a5 $11) 25... Bh2+
26. Kxh2 Qxf1 27. Qxe6+ Kg7 $11) 25. Be2 $1 {The light-squared bishop would
gladly do better than sit passively on the f3-square. Black starts the motions
towards possible draw.} (25. Qe7 Bd4 26. Qd6 Bb6 27. h3 Rf7 $11) 25... Rf7 (
25... Qxe2 $2 26. Qxe6+ Rf7 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Qxe5+ Kh7 29. Qe8 $16) 26. Qc8+
Rf8 27. Qc6 Bd4 (27... Bxh2+ 28. Kxh2 Qxe2 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kh6 31. Kg1
a5 32. f4 a4 $11) 28. Bc4 Rxf2 $4 {The logic of the game is broken by the
ambition to shatter the lesser opponent. Svidler was so eager to fight, that
he went over the top and overlooked the crucial threat to the key piece, the
bishop on d4.} (28... Bxf2+ 29. Kh1 Qa3 30. Qd7 Kh8 31. e5 Bc5 32. Rd1 Qe3 33.
Qxe6 Kh7 34. h3 $11) 29. Qxe6+ Kh7 (29... Rf7+ 30. Kh1 $18) (29... Kg7 30. Qd7+
Kh6 31. Bxa2 $18) 30. Qd7+ $1 (30. Bxa2 Rf6+ 31. Rf2 Bxf2+ 32. Kf1 Rxe6 33.
Bxe6 Bc5 $11) (30. Qd7+ $1 Rf7+ 31. Qxd4 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 e5 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. Re1 dxe4 8. dxe4
f6 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qe2 Bc5 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nb3 Bb6 13. a4 a5 14. Nfd2 Rd8 15.
Re1 Nd7 16. Nc4 Ba7 17. Bd2 b6 18. Red1 Nf8 19. Be3 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Rb8 21. Bf1
Ra8 22. Qd2 b5 23. axb5 cxb5 24. Qxa5 Qxa5 25. Ncxa5 Bxe3 26. fxe3 Rc8 27. c3
Bd7 28. Rd6 Nc6 29. Bxb5 Nxa5 30. Bxd7 Nxd7 31. Nxa5 Nc5 32. Rc6 Rxc6 33. Nxc6
Nxe4 34. Kg2 Kf7 35. Kf3 Nc5 36. b4 Na4 37. c4 Ke6 38. Ke2 Nb2 39. Na5 e4 40.
Kd2 Ke5 41. Kc2 Nd3 42. Kc3 f5 43. Nc6+ Kd6 44. Nd4 g6 45. b5 Kc5 46. Ne6+ Kb6
47. Nf8 Ne5 48. Kd4 Ng4 49. h3 Nf2 50. h4 h5 51. Nxg6 Nh1 52. Nf4 Nxg3 53. Nd5+
Ka5 54. Ke5 Nf1 55. b6 Ka6 56. Kd6 Nxe3 57. Nxe3 f4 58. Kc7 fxe3 59. b7 e2 60.
b8=Q 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Ushenina, Anna"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A77"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 d6 {Diesmal also kein Grünfeld.} 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. e4
O-O 6. Be2 c5 {Und auch keine Hauptvariante des Königsinders.} 7. d5 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 ({Die Alternative ist} 9. exd5) 9... Re8 10. Nd2 b6 ({Üblicher
sind} 10... Nbd7) ({und} 10... Na6) 11. f3 Ba6 12. Bxa6 Nxa6 13. Nc4 Nc7 14.
Bf4 Bf8 15. a4 Nh5 16. Be3 Rb8 (16... Qd7 17. g4 Nf6 18. Qd2 b5 19. axb5 Nxb5
20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21. Qc2 {1/2-1/2 (21) Cobo Arteaga,E-Taimanov,M Zalaegerszeg 1969
}) 17. g4 (17. Qd2 Rb7 18. g4 Ng7 19. Bg5 f6 20. Bh4 Na6 21. f4 Be7 22. f5 g5
23. Bg3 Nb4 24. Nb5 Rd7 25. Nd4 cxd4 26. Qxb4 Qc8 27. Rac1 Rc7 28. b3 Bf8 29.
Rfe1 Qd7 30. Nd2 Rec8 31. Rxc7 Qxc7 32. Qc4 Qb7 33. Qxd4 Ne8 34. Nc4 Rc5 35.
Bf2 Qc8 36. Qd3 Rc7 37. Re2 h5 38. h3 Rh7 39. Rc2 hxg4 40. hxg4 Qd7 41. Nd2 Qg7
42. Qf3 Nc7 43. Qg2 Na6 44. Nf3 Nb4 45. Rc4 Nd3 46. Bg3 b5 47. Rc8 Qb7 48. Qc2
Qb6+ 49. Kg2 Qe3 50. Rxf8+ Kxf8 51. Bxd6+ Re7 52. Bxe7+ Kxe7 53. Qc7+ Ke8 54.
Qc8+ Ke7 55. Qc7+ Ke8 56. Qc8+ Ke7 57. Qe6+ Kd8 58. Qxf6+ Kc8 59. Qc6+ Kd8 60.
Qa8+ Kd7 61. Qb7+ Kd8 62. Qb8+ Kd7 63. Qxb5+ Kd8 64. Qb8+ Kd7 65. Qb7+ Kd8 66.
Qa8+ Kd7 67. Qc6+ Kd8 68. Qf6+ Kc8 69. Qc6+ Kd8 70. Qd6+ Kc8 71. Qa6+ Kb8 72.
Qd6+ Kb7 73. Qg3 Nf4+ 74. Kh2 Ne2 75. Qh3 Nf4 76. Qf1 Ne2 77. f6 Qf4+ 78. Kg2
Qxg4+ 79. Kf2 Nc3 80. e5 Qf4 81. Qd3 Ne4+ 82. Ke2 g4 83. Nd2 Nxd2 84. f7 Qxf7
85. Qb5+ Kc8 86. Qc6+ Kb8 87. Qb5+ Kc8 88. Qc6+ Kb8 89. e6 Qe7 90. Kxd2 Qb4+
91. Kc2 Qe4+ 92. Kb2 g3 93. Qd6+ Kc8 94. Qc5+ Kb7 95. e7 {1-0 (95) Garcia,R 
(2420)-Szabo,L Tel Aviv 1964}) 17... Nf6 18. Bf4 h5 19. h3 a6 20. Qd2 b5 21.
axb5 axb5 22. Na5 Qd7 23. Nc6 Ra8 24. b4 cxb4 25. Nxb4 Bg7 26. Rac1 hxg4 27.
hxg4 Ra3 ({Oder auch} 27... Nxg4 28. fxg4 Ra3 29. Rf3 Rb3 30. Nd3 (30. Nc6 $2
b4) (30. Nba2 b4) 30... Bxc3 31. Rxc3 Rxc3 32. Qxc3 Rxe4 $11) 28. Rf2 Rb3 (
28... Nxg4) 29. Nc6 b4 30. Ne2 Rxf3 ({Die Einschläge} 30... Nxe4) ({und} 30...
Nxg4 {sind auch hier möglich und führen zu "gleichem" Spiel.}) 31. Rxf3 Nxe4
32. Qd3 Qxg4+ 33. Ng3 Nxd5 $11 34. Bxd6 Ng5 (34... b3 35. Qxb3 Nd2 36. Qxd5
Nxf3+ 37. Kf2 Nd4 {ist ähnlich.}) 35. Rxf7 ({Oder} 35. Qxd5 Nxf3+ 36. Kf2 Bd4+
37. Nxd4 Nxd4 38. Rc7 (38. Be5 Qg5 $11) 38... Re2+ 39. Nxe2 Qxe2+ 40. Kg3 Nf5+
41. Kf4 Nxd6 42. Qa8+ (42. Qxd6 Qh2+ $19) 42... Ne8 43. Rc8 Kf8 $11) 35... Nxf7
36. Qxd5 Re6 $11 (36... Qd7 37. Rf1 Re6 $11) 37. Bb8 Ng5 $2 (37... b3 38. Qxb3
Bd4+ 39. Nxd4 Qxd4+ 40. Kh1 Rb6 41. Rc8+ Kg7 $11) 38. Rf1 $2 (38. Rc4 {gewinnt:
} Qf3 39. Ne7+ Kf7 40. Rf4+ Qxf4 41. Bxf4 Nh3+ 42. Kh2 Nxf4 43. Qc4 Kxe7 44.
Qxb4+ Kd8 45. Qxf4 Be5 46. Qf7 Rd6 47. Kg2 Bxg3 48. Kxg3 Rb6) 38... Kh7 39.
Qh1+ Nh3+ 40. Kg2 Re2+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. Re1 Nd7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 f6 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Nd2 Bb4 13. Re2 Bg4 14. f3 Bc5
15. c3 Nd3 16. b4 Bxd4+ 17. cxd4 Be6 18. Nb3 Nxb2 19. Rxb2 Qd6 20. Nc5 Bc8 21.
Rc1 Rd8 22. Rd2 b6 23. Nb3 Be6 24. e5 Qd7 25. Qc2 Bd5 26. Re1 Re8 27. Nc1 a5
28. a3 axb4 29. axb4 Bf7 30. Qc3 Qd5 31. Nd3 Rad8 32. Re4 Qc4 33. Qxc4 Bxc4 34.
Nb2 Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Bg5
Be6 9. g3 Nbd7 10. a4 Be7 11. Bg2 Rc8 12. O-O Nf8 13. a5 Qd7 14. h4 N8h7 15.
Na4 Bd8 16. Be3 Qc6 17. Nb6 Bxb6 18. Bxb6 Nxe4 19. Nc3 Nhf6 20. Nxe4 Nxe4 21.
c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Ng3 c5 8. dxc5
Bxc5 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 a6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Nce2 Bd6 14. O-O Be6
15. f4 Bc7 16. Bc2 Bg4 17. Qd3 Bxe2 18. Nxe2 Re8 19. Bxf6 Qxf6 20. Nc3 Qg6 21.
Qxg6 hxg6 22. Nxd5 Rac8 23. Rac1 Bb8 24. Bb3 Ba7 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Kf3 Rcd8 27.
Rc3 Re6 28. g4 Red6 29. Rd1 f5 30. g5 Bb8 31. h4 a5 32. Rcd3 axb4 33. axb4 Ne7
34. b5 Nxd5 35. Bxd5 Ba7 36. e4 fxe4+ 37. Kxe4 Re8+ 38. Kf3 Red8 39. Kg4 Bc5
40. Kf3 b6 41. Kg4 R8d7 42. Be4 Rxd3 43. Bxd3 Rd4 44. Bc2 Rxd1 45. Bxd1 Bd6 46.
Bc2 Kf7 47. Bd3 Bc7 48. Bc4+ Ke7 49. f5 gxf5+ 50. Kxf5 Kf8 51. h5 Bd6 52. Bb3
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
Bb5+ Nd7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 b6 11. Ba3 Bb7 12. a5 Qc7 13. Qe2 Nf6 14. a6 Bc6 15.
Bxc6 Qxc6 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. Qf3 Rfc8 18. Rab1 e6 19. Rfc1 Ne8 20. Nc4 Bf8 21. h4
Qc6 22. Qxc6 Rxc6 23. Ne5 Rc7 24. e4 Rd8 25. Rd1 f6 26. Nf3 Rcd7 27. Re1 Nc7
28. dxc5 bxc5 29. Ra1 e5 30. Bc1 Rd3 31. c4 Rc3 32. Ra4 Rd6 33. Be3 Rxa6 34.
Rxa6 Nxa6 35. Ra1 Nb4 36. Rxa7 Rxc4 37. h5 gxh5 38. Nh4 Rxe4 39. Nf5 Nc6 40.
Rc7 Nd4 41. Ng3 Rg4 42. Nxh5 Rg6 43. Bxd4 exd4 44. Rd7 f5 45. Ng3 Rd6 46. Rxd6
Bxd6 47. Nxf5 Be5 48. Kf1 Kf7 49. Ke2 Ke6 50. g4 Kd5 51. Ne7+ Kc4 52. g5 d3+
53. Kd1 Kb3 54. g6 hxg6 55. Nxg6 Bd6 56. Nh4 c4 57. Nf3 c3 58. Nd2+ cxd2 59. f4
Kc4 60. f5 Be5 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Qe8 7. Nf3 {White
doesn't want to close the centre after ...e7-e5; otherwise he should take
measures against ...Nf6-h5, e.g.} (7. Be2) ({or} 7. g4 $5) 7... e5 (7... Na6 {
leads to one of the lines of the Bagirov system (5.Nf3, 6.h3).}) 8. dxe5 $1 {
This is very strong in the particular situation.} (8. d5 Nh5 $1 {, e.g.} 9. Qd2
(9. g3 f5 10. Be2 Nf6 11. exf5 {1-0 (62) Khotenashvili,B (2512)-Lomineishvili,
M (2351) Belgrade SRB 2013} gxf5 $132) 9... Na6 10. Bh6 Bd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12.
g3 f5 13. Bg2 Nc5 14. O-O f4 15. b4 Na6 16. g4 Nf6 17. Rab1 Qe7 18. Nh2 h5 $132
{0-1 (29) Delitzsch,J (2278)-Baklan,V (2617) Bad Wiessee 2011}) 8... dxe5 9.
Nd5 $1 (9. Be2 {is less energetic:} c6 (9... Na6 10. O-O Nc5 11. Qc2 Ne6 12.
Be3 Nh5 13. Rfe1 f5 14. Rad1 c6 15. Na4 fxe4 16. Qxe4 Nef4 $132 {0-1 (41)
Cramling,P (2525)-Jonsson,H (2340) Sweden 1994}) 10. Qd6 Nbd7 11. O-O h6 12.
Bh4 Kh7 13. Rad1 Rg8 14. Rd2 Nh5 15. Rfd1 Nf4 16. Qe7 (16. Be7 $5) 16... g5 17.
Qxe8 {1/2 (17) Dydyshko,V (2495)-Shulman,Y (2520) Ostrava 1998}) 9... Nxd5 10.
cxd5 c6 (10... f5 11. Rc1 $1 Qf7 12. Be3 Kh8 13. Ng5 Qe7 14. h4 b6 15. Qc2 Na6
16. a3 h6 17. Qc6 $18 {1-0 (20) Petkov,V (2559)-Bailet,P (2440) Cappelle la
Grande FRA 2013}) 11. Bc4 (11. d6 $5 {is double-edged:} f6 12. Qb3+ Kh8 13. Be3
Nd7 {1-0 (49) Szilagyi,P (2360)-Fodor,I (2281) Hungary 2008} (13... Qe6 $142 $5
{M.Golubev}) 14. h4 $1 $36 (14. a4 $5 Nb6 $140 15. a5)) 11... Nd7 (11... cxd5
$5 12. Bxd5 (12. exd5 $2 e4) 12... Na6 $5 {[%cal Ya6b4,Ya6c7]} (12... Nd7 $5 {
[%cal Yd7b6,Yc8e6]})) 12. O-O Nb6 13. Bb3 cxd5 14. exd5 {[%csl Gd5][%mdl 36]
Black has not equalised: White's strong passed pawn, supported by his
b3-bishop, gives him a clear plus.} h6 15. Be3 Qd8 {Passive defence is
hopeless but here and further on Black has no comfortable ways to change the
situation.} (15... e4 16. Nd2 $1 Qe5 17. Bxb6 axb6 18. Re1 $16) 16. Qd2 Kh7 (
16... e4 17. Nd4 Nxd5 18. Bxh6 $16 {[%csl Gb3]}) 17. Rfe1 Re8 (17... e4 18.
Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Rxe4 Qd6 20. Rae1 $16) 18. Rac1 e4 19. Nh2 {[%cal Ye3f4]} Qd6 20.
Bf4 Be5 21. Rxe4 Bxf4 22. Rxf4 $18 {White has won a pawn while still keeping
his positional advantage.} (22. Qxf4 $5 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Kg7 24. Rc7) 22... Bf5 (
22... Kg8 23. Rh4 $1 g5 (23... h5 24. Qh6 Qf8 25. Qg5) 24. Rd4 $40 {[%cal
Yf2f4,Yh3h4]}) 23. g4 Be6 24. Nf3 g5 (24... Bxd5 25. Rxf7+) 25. dxe6 $1 Qxf4
26. Qxf4 gxf4 27. Rc7 Kh8 28. Rxf7 {[%csl Ge6]} Rad8 29. e7 Rb8 30. g5 Rg8 31.
Bc2 Rg7 32. Rf8+ (32. Rf8+ Rg8 33. Rxb8 Rxb8 34. Bg6 $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 ({Currently White's main try
in the Anglo-Grunfeld is} 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 (6... Be6 7. Qc2 Bg4 8. e3 $5 (
8. Qe4 Bxf3 9. Qxf3 c6 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 e5 12. dxe5 Bxe5 13. Qe4 Qe7 14. Bd2
N8d7 15. Qc2 O-O 16. O-O Rfe8 17. Rfd1 a5 18. Be1 a4 19. Rab1 Nc5 20. Bf1 Red8
21. g3 Bg7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. b4 axb3 24. axb3 $11 {[%csl Ge1,Gf1] /+/=,^^,
Gelfand,B (2740)-Svidler,P (2747)/London Candidates/2013/}) 8... Bxf3 9. gxf3
Bg7 10. f4 e6 11. Bg2 c6 12. h4 h5 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Bd2 N8d7 15. O-O-O O-O 16.
Kb1 Nd5 17. Ng5 Rfd8 18. e4 Nc7 19. f5 Nf8 20. fxg6 Nxg6 21. Be3 Nb5 {Le Quang,
L (2702)-Svidler,P (2746)/Tromso WCup rpd/2013/} 22. Qc4 e5 23. dxe5 Nxe5 24.
Qb3 $16) 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bb5+ c6 9. Ng5 O-O 10. Be2 Bxe2 11. Nxe2 Na6 12. Qh3 h6
13. Nf3 h5 14. Rg1 (14. g4 hxg4 (14... Qd7 15. Rg1 Nb4 16. Qh4 hxg4 17. Rxg4
Rfd8 18. Kf1 e5 19. Bd2 Nd3 20. b3 exd4 21. Ng5 c5 22. Nf4 Ne5 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24.
Nfe6+ fxe6 25. Rf4+ Ke7 26. Qxg7+ Kd6 27. Rf7 $1 Qb5+ 28. Kg1 {1-0,Lupulescu,C
(2634)-Nedilko,V (2396)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/}) 15. Qxg4 Nd7 16. e5 Nb4 17. O-O (
17. Kf1 $5 $14 {[%cal Yh2h5] /\h4-h5}) 17... Re8 18. e6 (18. Bd2 $142) 18...
Nf8 19. exf7+ Kxf7 20. Nf4 Qd7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Nfe6 (22. Qxd7 $142 $11 {
but White had to win this game...}) 22... Bf6 23. Re1 $2 Nc2 24. Re4 Nxa1 25.
Nh7 Nxe6 26. Qxg6+ Ng7 $19 {Navara,D (2715)-Hammer,J (2605)/Tromso WCup rpd/
2013/}) 14... Nd7 15. e5 (15. g4 Nf6 16. Ng5 hxg4 17. Rxg4 Qc8 18. f3 Rd8 19.
e5 Nxg4 20. fxg4 f6 21. Qh7+ Kf8 22. Qxg6 fxg5 23. e6 Kg8 24. Bxg5 Rd5 25. Qf7+
{1/2, Jakovenko,D (2734)-Sutovsky,E (2671)/RUS-chT Loo/2013/}) 15... Nb4 16. g4
Nc2+ 17. Kf1 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. gxh5 Qc8 20. Rg4 Qf5 21. dxe5 Rad8 22. hxg6
{, here the engine gives the line} fxg6 $1 (22... Rd1+ 23. Kg2 Ne1+ $2 (23...
fxg6 $142 24. Qb3+ Rd5 (24... Kg7 25. Bh6+ Kxh6 26. Qh3+ Qh5 27. Rxg6+ Kxg6 28.
Qxh5+ Kxh5 29. Rxd1 $16) 25. Qg3 $36) 24. Kg3 Qf3+ 25. Kh4 Qxf2+ 26. Kg5 f6+
27. Kh6 f5 28. Rg3 Qxe2 29. Kg5 $18 {Cheparinov,I (2678)-Sutovsky,E (2660)/
Poikovsky/2013/}) 23. Nf4 (23. Kg2 Qxf2+ 24. Kh1 Rd1+ 25. Ng1 Qf3+ $1 26. Qxf3
Rxf3 27. Rb1 Rff1 $36) 23... Rd1+ 24. Ke2 Re1+ 25. Kd2 Rd8+ 26. Kc3 Nxa1 27.
Rxg6+ Qxg6 28. Nxg6 Rxc1+ 29. Kb4 Rd4+ 30. Ka3 Nc2+ 31. Kb3 Na1+ $11) 5... c5
6. Bg2 Nc6 7. h4 $5 {Radjabov needs a win, so he understandably strives to
complicate the issue.} ({The standard} 7. O-O Bg7 8. Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d3 O-O 10.
Be3 {is rather soft:} Bd7 ({Slightly more risky, but also quite playable is} 
10... Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bf6 (11... Bg7 12. Qa4 (12. Nd4 Qxa2 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc6
Bh3 15. Bxa8 Rxa8 16. Re1 Bc3 $11 {wins the exchange back and Black has no
problems whatsoever}) 12... Qd7 13. Bxc5 b6 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Qd1 Bb7 16. Nxd4
Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Qxd4 19. Qb3 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Rc5 21. e3 Qd6 22. d4
Ra5 23. Rc2 e5 24. Rd1 Rd8 25. Rcd2 Qd5+ 26. Qxd5 {1/2,Kramnik,V (2801)
-Grischuk,A (2761)/Moscow blitz/2012/}) 12. Qa4 Qd7 13. Qb5 $5 (13. Bxc5 b6 14.
Bxb6 Nd4 15. Qd1 axb6 16. Nxd4 Rxa2 17. Qb3 Rd2 18. Qb4 Ra2 19. Qb3 Rd2 20. Qb4
Ra2 {1/2,Nakamura,H (2708)-Leko,P (2739)/Wijk aan Zee/2010/}) 13... b6 (13...
Qe6 14. Qxc5 Qxa2 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Ne4 Bg7 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Rxb7 Rac8 19. Ng5
Bd5 20. Bxd5 Rxd5 21. Qc1 Qa6 22. Qb1 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Nf3 Bf6 25. Qb3
Rdc5 26. Kg2 R8c7 27. Rxc7 Rxc7 $11 {Malakhov,V (2709)-Popov,I (2627)/RUS-chT
Loo/2013/ Although White went on to win a long game, at this moment the
position is still equal.}) 14. Nd2 Bb7 15. Ne4 Rab8 16. Bf4 Qc8 $1 17. Bxb8 Nd4
18. Nxf6+ exf6 19. Qb2 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qc6+ (20... Qb7+ 21. f3 Re8 22. Rbe1 Qxb8
23. e3 Nf5 24. Kf2 Qd6 25. d4 c4 26. a3 h5 $44 {Dos Santos,M (2422)-Cunha,E 
(2111)/corr/2008/}) 21. f3 Rxb8 22. e3 Nf5 23. Qf2 h5 24. Kg1 Re8 25. Rfe1 Re6
26. Rb2 Qe8 27. Rbe2 Qd7 28. Rd2 Qe7 29. Rde2 Qd7 $11 {1/2,Jakovenko,D (2724)
-Cheparinov,I (2678)/Poikovsky/2013/}) 11. Nd4 Qd6 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bxc6 Qxc6
14. Rc1 Qa6 $5 ({Probably even stronger than} 14... Qe6 15. Rxc5 Qxa2 16. Rb5
Qa6 (16... b6 17. Qa1 Qe6 $1 $14 (17... Qxa1 18. Rxa1 Rfb8 19. Ra6 Kf8 20. Rb4
Be5 21. Rba4 b5 22. Ra2 Rb7 23. b3 Bb8 24. Bc5 Ke8 25. d4 Kd7 26. e4 e6 27. b4
$16 {Karpov,A (2725)-Ribli,Z (2610)/Amsterdam/1980/})) 17. Qb3 b6 18. Rb4 Rfb8
19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Rbc4 (20. Rxc8+ Rxc8 21. Qd5 Rb8 22. Bf4 Qb7 23. Rb5 e6 24. Qb3
Rc8 $11 {Malakhov,V (2712)-Nielsen,P (2665)/TUR-chT Konya/2012/}) 20... Qb7 21.
Qa3 Rxc4 22. dxc4 h5 23. b4 {Alekseev,E (2700)-Kurnosov,I (2674)/RUS-chT
Dagomys/2010/} a5 $5 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxa5 Qb4 26. Bxc5 Qxa5 27. Qxa5 Rxa5 28.
Bxe7 Re5 $11) 15. Rxc5 (15. Bxc5 Bxb2 16. Rc4 Bf6 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bb4 Rfc8 19.
Rfc1 Qb7 20. a4 Rab8 21. Bd2 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 a6 23. Qc7 b5 $11 {Stohl,I (2335)
-Jablonicky,F (2200)/Trnava/1983/}) 15... b6 (15... Qxa2 16. Rb5 {-14...Qe6})
16. Rc4 (16. Rc2 Qxa2 17. Qd2 Rac8 18. Rfc1 Rxc2 19. Rxc2 Ra8 20. b4 Qb3 21.
Rc4 a5 22. Bxb6 a4 $36 {[%csl Ga4] Giri,A (2720)-Radjabov,T (2793)/Beijing rpd/
2012/}) (16. Rc7 Qxa2 17. Rxe7 Qxb2 $132 {[%csl Ga7,Gb6]}) 16... Qxa2 17. Rb4
Rfc8 18. Qa1 Qd5 19. Qa4 h5 20. Rc1 Rxc1+ 21. Bxc1 Rc8 22. Be3 Bf6 23. h4 (23.
Qxa7 Rc2 $11) 23... Rc7 24. Kh2 Qc6 25. b3 Bc3 26. Qxc6 Rxc6 27. Ra4 Rc7 $11 {
Radjabov,T (2788)-Ivanchuk,V (2769)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) 7... h6 ({Svidler
wants to avoid the tension after} 7... Bg7 8. h5 O-O $5 (8... Nxc3 9. bxc3 Bf5
10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Ng5 Qxb3 12. axb3 O-O 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. Ne4 Bxe4 15. Bxe4 Rfc8
16. e3 Rc7 17. Ke2 a6 18. g4 e6 19. Ba3 Na7 20. f4 Nb5 21. Bb2 Nd6 22. Bf3 $14
{Nepomniachtchi,I (2711)-Kamsky,G (2741)/Khanty-Mansiysk WCup/2011/}) (8... e6
9. h6 Bf6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. b4 $5 cxb4 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 Bd7 14. Nc5 Rc8 15.
O-O b6 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. e4 Nf6 18. Qe2 $44 Ng4 $2 19. Bh3 Nxh6 20. Qe3 $1 g5
21. Nxg5 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Qxe6+ Qxe6 24. Nxe6 $18 {Ding,L (2714)-Vachier
Lagrave,M (2719)/Biel/2013/}) 9. hxg6 hxg6 10. Qa4 e6 11. Kf1 $5 (11. Ne4 Qb6
12. Neg5 Ncb4 13. d3 Bd7 14. Qd1 Rfd8 15. a3 Nc6 16. Kf1 Na5 17. e4 Ne7 {
Wang Hao (2752)-Naiditsch,A (2710)/Dortmund/2013/} 18. Nh7 $5 Bb5 19. Ne1 $132)
11... Bd7 (11... Rb8 12. Rb1 Bd7 13. Qc4 b6 14. d3 Na5 15. Qg4 e5 16. Qh4 Qxh4
17. Rxh4 Ne7 18. Bh6 Nac6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nd2 f6 $11 {Sunye Neto,J (2415)
-Ftacnik,L (2470)/Hastings/1980/}) 12. Qc4 Rc8 $5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Qxd5 c4 15.
Qd6 Re8 16. Rh4 Re6 17. Qf4 Nb4 18. d4 Nc2 19. Rb1 Bc6 $44 {Khenkin,I (2655)
-Olszewski,M (2532)/Bundesliga/2013/ However, subsequently Black will after
all go for complications to create tactical counterplay.}) 8. O-O ({Until now
White usually tried} 8. d3 Bg7 9. Bd2 {, but Black is fine after} Be6 (9... Nc7
$5 10. O-O Qd7 11. a3 b6 12. Rb1 Bb7 13. b4 Ne6 14. Bh3 (14. Qa4 O-O 15. Rfc1
$13) 14... Ncd4 15. Ne1 (15. bxc5 Nxf3+ 16. exf3 O-O $44) 15... cxb4 16. axb4
Rd8 17. e3 Nf5 18. d4 O-O 19. Nf3 $2 Nexd4 $1 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd7 Nf3+ $36 {
Damljanovic,B (2540)-Moreno Carnero,J (2425)/Zaragoza/1998/}) 10. Qc1 (10. Rc1
Rc8 11. Nxd5 Qxd5 12. Bc3 O-O 13. a3 Nd4 14. O-O Qd7 15. b4 Bd5 16. e4 Bc6 17.
bxc5 Ba4 18. Qd2 $2 (18. Qe1 $11) 18... Nb3 19. Qb2 Nxc1 20. Bxg7 Nxd3 21. Qa1
Rfe8 22. Bxh6 e5 $17 {Larsen,B (2620)-Sosonko,G (2535)/Tilburg/1979/}) 10...
Rc8 11. O-O b6 12. Re1 Nf6 $5 (12... Nd4 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Qd1
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qd5+ 17. Kg1 O-O 18. Qa4 $11) 13. Bf4 Ng4 14. Nd1 Nb4 15. a3 Nc6
16. Ne3 Nxe3 17. Bxe3 Na5 18. Nd2 c4 $1 19. dxc4 Nxc4 20. Nxc4 Rxc4 21. Qb1 O-O
22. Rc1 Qc8 23. a4 Qa6 24. Rxc4 Qxc4 $36 {Illescas Cordoba,M (2608)-Salgado
Lopez,I (2614)/ESP-ch Linares/2013/}) 8... Bg7 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. d3 O-O $146 {
[%mdl 72] A novelty, which leads to a tactical mess almost by force. However,
Svidler probably foresaw it already in his preparation.} (10... Qd6 $143 11.
Be3 $1 Rb8 12. Nd2 b6 13. Bf4 e5 14. Nc4 Qc7 15. Bxc6+ Qxc6 16. Nxe5 Qa8 17.
Nf3 Rb7 18. Qa4+ Rd7 19. Be5 f6 20. Bc3 O-O 21. Rfe1 Re7 22. b4 $14 {Matjushin,
G (2431)-Biriukov,O (2378)/St Petersburg/2002/ Black didn't have suffcient
compensation for the missing pawn.}) 11. Be3 Qh5 $1 ({The position without the
inserted moves h4 and h6 was mentioned in the note to 7.h4!? Here Black can't
play the analoguous} 11... Bd7 $2 {due to} 12. Qc1 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc5,Rh6]}) 12.
Rc1 (12. Qc1 b6 $5 (12... Nd4 13. Bxd4 (13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bf3 Bg4 15. Bxg4 Qxg4
16. Bxh6 Rfc8 17. Qg5 Qxg5 18. Bxg5 f6 19. Bd2 Rc2 $11) (13. Re1 Bg4 $11) 13...
cxd4 14. Qc4 (14. Qc7 Qb5 15. Qxe7 Re8 $132) 14... Be6 15. Qb4 a5 16. Qxe7 Qb5
17. b3 Rfe8 18. Qd6 Qd7 $5 19. Qxd7 Bxd7 20. Rfe1 Rac8 $44) 13. Nh2 (13. d4 Ba6
$36) 13... Bd7 14. Bf3 Qe5 15. Bxh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Qxb2 17. h5 Qg7 18. Qg5 Qf6
$11) 12... b6 $8 13. d4 {The only principled move.} (13. Ng5 Bg4 $1 ({More
ambitious than} 13... hxg5 14. Bxc6 Bg4 $132) 14. Bxc6 Bxe2 15. Qc2 Rac8 {
, which can be better only for Black.} (15... hxg5 16. Bxa8 Bxf1 $11)) 13...
Rd8 $1 14. Nd2 (14. Qa4 cxd4 15. Bd2 (15. Qxc6 Bd7 16. Qe4 dxe3 17. Qxe3 Bxb2
$36) 15... b5 16. Qa3 Bd7 $15) 14... cxd4 15. Bf4 {The forcing play continues.}
(15. Bxc6 $143 $6 dxe3 16. Bxa8 exd2 17. Bf3 (17. Rc2 $2 Bf5) (17. Bg2 Qa5 $17)
17... Qa5 18. Rc2 Bf5 $5 19. e4 Bh3 20. Bg2 Bc8 $36 {[%csl Gd2]}) 15... d3 $1 {
More exciting than} (15... e5 16. Bxh6 $5 (16. Bxc6 Rb8 17. Bxh6 Bxh6 $1 $11 {
/=/+}) 16... Qxh6 (16... Bxh6 17. Ne4 Kg7 18. Rxc6 $14) 17. Bxc6 Rb8 18. Ne4
Bg4 $132) 16. Re1 (16. exd3 Bg4 $8 17. Qe1 (17. Qa4 Nd4 $36) 17... Nd4 18. Bxa8
Ne2+ 19. Kh2 Nxc1 20. Qxe7 Rxa8 21. Rxc1 Be6 $44 {[%csl Ra2,Rb2][%cal Rg6g5]})
(16. Qa4 Nd4 $1 17. Bxa8 Nxe2+ (17... Bd7 18. Qxa7 Nxe2+ 19. Kh2 Nxf4 20. Bf3
Qf5 21. Qxb6 Re8 $44) 18. Kh2 Bg4 $5 19. Qxa7 (19. Bc6 g5 $40 20. Bc7 gxh4 21.
Kg2 Rd4 22. Qxa7 hxg3 23. Rh1 Qg5) 19... g5 $5 (19... Nxf4 20. Rc4 $1 (20. gxf4
$2 Qxh4+ 21. Kg1 Bh3 22. Bg2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Qg4+ 24. Kh1 Qxf4 $19 {[%cal Rf4d2,
Rg7e5]}) 20... Ne2 21. Be4 Re8 $44 {/\} 22. Bxd3 Be5 23. Kg2 Nf4+ 24. gxf4 Bf3+
$1 25. Nxf3 Qg4+ 26. Kh2 Bxf4+ 27. Rxf4 Qxf4+ 28. Kg2 Qg4+ $11) 20. Bc7 gxh4
$40) 16... Nd4 $8 (16... dxe2 $6 17. Qa4 b5 18. Qa3 $14) 17. Bxa8 Bg4 (17...
Nxe2+ 18. Kg2 (18. Rxe2 dxe2 19. Qe1 (19. Qc2 Bf5 20. Be4 Rc8 21. Qb1 Rxc1+ 22.
Qxc1 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 Qd5 $17) 19... Bg4 20. f3 Be6 21. Be4 Bxb2 22. Rc2 Be5 23.
Be3 g5 $44) 18... Bg4 19. Bf3 (19. f3 Be6 $36) 19... Bxf3+ 20. Nxf3 Nxf4+ 21.
gxf4 Qg4+ 22. Kf1 (22. Kh2 $2 d2 23. Nxd2 Qxf4+ $17) 22... Qh3+ 23. Kg1 Qg4+
$11) 18. f3 (18. Bb7 Nxe2+ 19. Rxe2 dxe2 20. Qc2 (20. Qe1 Bxb2 $15) 20... g5
$44) 18... dxe2 19. Qa4 Rxa8 20. fxg4 Qxg4 $44 {[%csl Rg1] Just as in most of
the above lines, even here Black has excellent compensation - for the Rook he
has 3 pawns, White's king is permanently exposed.} 21. Kg2 (21. Kf2 g5 $1 22.
hxg5 hxg5 23. Bc7 Qf5+ 24. Kg2 Qd3 25. Bxb6 Be5 $1 (25... Qxd2 26. Bxd4 Bxd4
27. Qc4 $11) 26. Qa3 $8 Qxa3 27. bxa3 axb6 $36) 21... Rd8 {Immediately
activating the Rook is more natural than} (21... b5 22. Qa5 e5 23. Be3 Nf5 24.
Bf2 a6 $1 25. Qc7 $5 e4 26. Qc6 Nxh4+ 27. Kh2 Rd8 28. Qxe4 Qxe4 29. Nxe4 Nf3+
30. Kg2 Nxe1+ 31. Rxe1 f5 32. Nc5 Rd2 $11) 22. Bc7 (22. Rc4 Nf5 {[%cal Rf5h4,
Rd8d2] already forces White to seek a perpetual with} 23. Kh2 $5 Rxd2 24. Rc8+
Kh7 25. Qe8 g5 26. Qxf7 gxf4 27. Qg8+ Kg6 28. Qe6+ $11 {Radjabov must play for
more, but, as we will se, this is extremely dangerous.}) 22... Rd7 23. Rc4 (23.
Bb8 b5 $1 (23... Rd8 24. Bc7 Rd7 $11) 24. Qb4 a5 25. Qxa5 Nf5 $19 {[%cal Rd7d2,
Rd7d3]}) 23... Qf5 $1 (23... b5 24. Qxb5 Nxb5 25. Rxg4 Rxd2 26. Ba5 Rxb2 27.
Rb4 Rxb4 28. Bxb4 Bc3 $11 {is enough to hold the balance, but Svidler realizes
he can hold the tension without risk.}) 24. Qxa7 $6 {Objecitvely White should
have tried to bail out, but this risky move puts him on the very edge.} ({
The machine recommends} 24. Rcc1 {for a while, but this is also dangerous after
} Kh7 $36 ({Of course Black can also repeat the position with} 24... Qg4 $11))
({The safest choice was probably} 24. Rxd4 $5 Rxd4 25. Qe8+ Kh7 26. Nf3 $1 (26.
Rxe2 Qd5+ 27. Nf3 Rd3 28. Rf2 Bd4 29. Rf1 (29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Ng5+ Kg8 31. Rxf7
Rd2+ 32. Kh3 Bf6 $1 33. Ne4 Rxb2 $17) 29... Rd2+ 30. Kh3 Re2 $1 $17 {/\} 31.
Ng5+ hxg5 32. Rxf7+ Bg7 33. Qf8 Qg2+ 34. Kg4 Re4+ 35. Kxg5 Qd2+ 36. Bf4 Qd5+
37. Kg4 Qd1+ 38. Kh3 Qf1+ 39. Kg4 Rxf4+ $1 40. Rxf4 Qd1+ $19) 26... Rd3 27. Qc6
Bxb2 (27... Rd5 28. Bf4 Rc5 29. Qb7 e5 30. Be3 Rc2 31. Nd2 $11) 28. Rxe2 Rc3
29. Qb7 $11 Rc2 30. Rxc2 Qxc2+ 31. Kh3 Qb1 32. g4 Qxa2 33. Qe4 $132) 24... Nc2
$1 25. Rxe2 Ne3+ {With this and his following move Svidler already rightly
spurns an immediate draw.} (25... Rxd2 26. Rxd2 Ne1+ 27. Kh2 Nf3+ 28. Kg2 Ne1+
$11) 26. Kh2 Nxc4 $1 (26... Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Nf1+ 28. Kg2 (28. Kg1 Nxd2 $40) 28...
Ne3+ (28... Nxd2 $143 $6 29. Qa8+ Kh7 30. Rf4) 29. Kh2 Nf1+ $11) 27. Nxc4 Qc5
$6 {After this simple move White survives the attack.} ({Golubev indicates the
difficult, but stronger line with} 27... Qg4 28. Rc2 Qe4 29. Na3 Rd1 30. Rg2
Bd4 31. Qa6 (31. Nc2 Bg1+ 32. Rxg1 Rd2+ 33. Kh3 h5 $1 $19) 31... Qe1 (31...
Bg1+ 32. Rxg1 Rd2+ 33. Kh3) 32. Kh3 Qh1+ (32... Qe6+ $11 33. g4 $2 Qe3+ 34. Bg3
Be5 $19) 33. Rh2 Qc6 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qg4 Rd3 36. Bf4 e5 $17 {/\} 37. Bd2 $2
Bf2 38. Rxf2 Qh1+ 39. Rh2 Qf1+ 40. Rg2 Rxd2 $19) 28. b3 Rxc7 29. Qxb6 Qxb6 30.
Nxb6 e6 31. Nc4 Bd4 $132 {The resulting endgame is roughly equal, but still
very sharp.} 32. Rc2 {White prepares the advance of the Pb3.} (32. a4 e5 33.
Ra2 Rb7 34. a5 Rxb3 35. a6 Rb8 {leads nowhere}) 32... e5 33. b4 e4 (33... Rb7
34. a3 Kf8 $11) (33... Kf8 $5 34. b5 e4 35. a4 Bb6 36. Kg2 Ke7 $11) 34. a4 f5 (
34... Kf8 $5 {/\} 35. Na3 Rc3 36. Rxc3 Bxc3 37. Nc2 Ke7 38. a5 Kd6 $11) 35. a5
(35. Na3 $5 Rxc2+ (35... Rd7 $6 36. b5 g5 37. a5 f4 38. b6 Kf7 39. Nc4 $16) (
35... Rc3 $2 36. Rxc3 Bxc3 37. Nc2 e3 38. a5 e2 39. a6 Bd4 40. Kg2 $19) 36.
Nxc2 Ba7 37. a5 Kf7 38. b5 Bc5 39. b6 Ke6 40. b7 Ba7 41. Nd4+ Kd5 42. Nb5 Bb8
43. a6 Kc6 44. a7 Bxa7 45. Nxa7+ Kxb7 46. Nb5 Kc6 47. h5 gxh5 48. Nd4+ Kd5 49.
Nxf5 Ke5 $11 {holds, but just barely}) 35... Rb7 $1 {This finally forces a
draw.} 36. Rd2 $8 e3 $1 37. Rxd4 (37. a6 exd2 38. axb7 d1=Q 39. b8=Q+ Kg7 $11)
37... e2 38. Rd8+ Kf7 39. Nd6+ $2 (39. Ne5+ Ke7 (39... Kf6 $2 40. Nf3) 40. Nc6+
(40. a6 e1=Q 41. axb7 Qf2+ $11) 40... Kf7 $8 41. Ne5+ $8 {was the normal
continuation, leading to a perpetual.}) 39... Kf6 $1 (39... Ke7 $2 40. Re8+
Kxd6 41. Rxe2 Rxb4 42. Ra2 $14 {/=}) (39... Ke6 40. Nxb7 Ke7 41. Rd7+ $1 $11)
40. Rf8+ ({In a different match situation Svidler would have certainly
continued, as} 40. Rf8+ Ke6 $1 41. Nxb7 Ke7 $17 {/-+ is almost winning for
Black.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Ndb5 Nxc3
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nxc3 Bg7 10. Bd2 Be6 11. g3 Nc6 12. Bg2 Ke8 13. O-O-O Rc8 14.
Kb1 f5 15. Nd5 Bd7 16. h4 Kf7 17. h5 e5 18. Bc3 Rhd8 19. f4 Be6 20. hxg6+ hxg6
21. fxe5 g5 22. e4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nxe5 24. Rh7 Rxc3 25. bxc3 Kg6 26. Rhh1 Bf8
27. Rde1 Bd6 28. Kc2 g4 29. Re3 Rc8 30. Bf1 Rc5 31. Rh8 Rxd5 32. Rd8 Kf6 33.
Kb3 Bc5 34. Rxd5 Bxe3 35. Rd6+ Ke7 36. Rd5 Kf6 37. Rd6+ Ke7 38. Rd5 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Be2 e6 8. Rc1
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. h3 h6 11. Nf3 Bd6 12. O-O Bxf4 13. exf4 Qd6 14. Qd2 b6 15.
Bb1 Bb7 16. Rfe1 Rac8 17. Ne5 Ne7 18. f3 Rc7 19. a3 Rfc8 20. Na4 a5 21. Rxc7
Qxc7 22. b4 Bc6 23. Rc1 Qb8 24. Nb2 axb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Be6 7. Qc2 Bg4 8.
e3 Bxf3 9. gxf3 Bg7 10. f4 e6 11. Bg2 c6 12. h4 h5 13. Ne4 Qe7 14. Bd2 N8d7 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. Kb1 Nd5 17. Ng5 Rfd8 18. e4 Nc7 19. f5 Nf8 20. fxg6 Nxg6 21. Be3
Nb5 22. e5 Qb4 23. Qb3 Qxb3 24. axb3 Rd7 25. Be4 Ne7 26. Rhg1 Rad8 27. Nf3 Kf8
28. Rg5 f5 29. exf6 Bxf6 30. Rxh5 Nxd4 31. Ng5 Bxg5 32. Bxg5 Ndf5 33. Rh8+ Ng8
34. Rc1 Kg7 35. Bxd8 Kxh8 36. Bg5 Kg7 37. Rg1 Nf6 38. Bxf5 exf5 39. Be3+ Kf7
40. Bxa7 Rd3 41. Rg3 Rd1+ 42. Kc2 Rh1 43. Rg5 Ke6 44. Rg7 b5 45. Rc7 Kd5 46.
Be3 Ng4 47. Rd7+ Ke6 48. Rc7 Kd5 49. Rd7+ Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.22"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "269"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 Rc8 (9... e6 10. Bd3 Nc6 (10... Rc8) 11. a3 Nh5 12. Be5 Rc8 (
12... Nxe5 $5 13. dxe5 Qg5 14. f4 Qh4+ 15. Qf2 Qxf2+ 16. Kxf2 d4 17. exd4 Nxf4
$11) 13. Nf3 f6 14. Bxh7 fxe5 15. Qg6+ Ke7 16. Qxh5 Be8 17. Qg5+ Kd7 18. Qxd8+
Kxd8 19. Ng5 (19. Bc2 exd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exd4 Rc4 22. O-O-O Bxa3 23. Nxd5
Bxb2+ 24. Kxb2 exd5 $11) 19... Ke7 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Rc1 Bd7 $44 {Khenkin,I 
(2644)-Savic,M (2525) Budva 2009 0-1 (56)}) 10. Bd3 e6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. h3 (12.
O-O O-O ({The computer recommends} 12... Nc6 13. a3 Nh5 14. Be5 f6 15. Bg3 Nxg3
16. hxg3 f5 17. Rfc1 $14 {I believe that White has better chances}) 13. Ne5 Nc4
(13... b5 {A dubious move.} 14. Qe2 a6 15. Rac1 Be8 16. Bg5 Nc4 17. b3 Nd6 18.
Rc2 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. a4 $14 {Kazhgaleyev,M (2609)-Van Wely,L (2653)
Philadelphia 2010 1-0 (38)}) 14. Rac1 (14. Qe2 Nd6 15. Rac1 Be8 16. Rc2 Nfe4
17. Rfc1 f6 18. Nf3 Bc6 (18... Nxc3 19. Rxc3 Rxc3 20. Rxc3 Ne4 21. Rc1 Bc6 $11)
19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. e4 Qd7 21. e5 $14 {Kazhgaleyev,M (2637)-Van Kampen,R (2443)
Wijk aan Zee 2011 1-0 (54)}) 14... Bc6 15. Rfd1 Nd6 16. Qe2 Qa5 17. Rc2 (17. a3
$5 Rc7 18. f3 Rfc8 $6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. e4 $16) 17... Rfd8 18. Bg5 Ba4 19. Nxa4
Qxa4 20. b3 Qe8 {1/2 (20) Fressinet,L (2718)-Gelfand,B (2751) Plovdiv 2010})
12... O-O 13. O-O Nc4 14. Ne5 Bc6 $146 {I would recommend 14...Be8.} (14... Be8
15. Rfc1 b5 16. a3 (16. Qe2 b4 17. Nd1 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bd7 19. Ba6 Rxc1 20. Rxc1
Ne8 $11) 16... a6 17. Qe2 Nd7 18. Nxd7 Bxd7 19. a4 Qb6 $6 (19... b4 $5 20. Nb1
Qb6 $11) 20. axb5 axb5 21. b3 $14 {Khenkin,I (2620)-Rapport,R (2545) Helsingor
2011 0-1 (40)}) 15. Rac1 Nd6 16. Qb3 Qa5 17. Rc2 Rfd8 18. Nxc6 Rxc6 19. Rfc1
$14 {Black's position is unpleasant, especially in a rapid game.} h6 (19... Rb6
$2 20. Qa4 Qxa4 21. Nxa4 Rb4 22. b3 $16) 20. a3 Nfe8 21. Qb4 (21. Qa2 $5 Rdc8
22. b4 Qd8 23. b5 R6c7 24. Qb3 $14) 21... Qxb4 22. axb4 Nc4 $6 ({Probably he
had to trade pawns after} 22... a6 $5 23. b5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Nxb5
26. Bxb5 $14) 23. b5 {Now the pawn on a7 is weak.} Rcc8 24. Na4 ({It seems to
me that White could set more problems for Black if he played} 24. Ra1 $1 Bd6 $1
(24... Nxb2 $2 25. Nxd5 $1 exd5 26. Rxb2 $16) (24... Ra8 25. Bxc4 dxc4 26. Ne4
Rd5 27. b6 a6 28. Ra4 Rb5 29. Bc7 $16) 25. Ne2 Bxf4 26. Nxf4 Ned6 27. Rxa7 g5
28. Nh5 Ra8 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 {Black has enough compensation for a pawn.}) 24...
Ned6 25. b3 ({I believe that} 25. Bxc4 {was stronger. For example} Rxc4 $8 (
25... Nxc4 26. b3 Nd6 27. Rc7 $16) (25... dxc4 26. Bxd6 $16) 26. Rxc4 Nxc4 27.
b3 Na5 28. Rc7 (28. Bc7 $2 Rc8) 28... Re8 29. Nc5 Bxc5 30. dxc5 Nxb3 (30... e5
$2 31. Bxe5 Rxe5 32. b4 Nc4 33. Rxb7 $18) 31. Bd6 Na5 32. Kf1 {White has huge
compensation for a pawn.}) 25... Na5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rc5 Nxb3 28. Bxd6 Nxc5
29. Bxc5 Bf8 30. Bxf8 Kxf8 31. Nc5 Rc7 $6 {He just lost a tempo.} ({Why not} 
31... b6 $1 32. Nd7+ (32. Na6 $6 Rc3 33. Bf1 Ke7 34. Nb4 Kd6 35. Nd3 f6 36. g4
(36. f4 $2 Rb3 $17) 36... e5 37. Kg2 g5 (37... exd4 38. exd4 Rc4 39. Nf4 Rxd4
40. Nh5 $11) 38. dxe5+ fxe5 $15) 32... Ke7 33. Ne5 Rc1+ 34. Kh2 Ra1 $11) 32.
Kf1 b6 33. Na6 Rc1+ {Liem Le Quang lost a tempo by playing 31...Rc7 so now 33..
.Rc3 is useless} (33... Rc3 34. Ke2) 34. Ke2 Ke7 35. Nb4 Kd6 36. h4 {Svidler
decided to reduce the number of pawns on the board.} g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. f4
gxf4 39. exf4 f5 {The position seems to be completely drawish.} 40. Nc2 Rb1 41.
Ne1 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Ke7 43. Be2 Rb3+ 44. Kf2 Kd6 45. Nf3 Rb4 46. g3 Rb3 47. Ne5
Rb2 48. g4 {White keeps swapping pawns.} fxg4 49. Nxg4 {Up to the moment
Black's position seems to be very solid.} Rb3 50. Ne5 Rb2 51. Ke3 Rb1 52. Bd3
Re1+ 53. Kd2 Rh1 {Black is just waiting} 54. f5 exf5 55. Bxf5 {Now we can
figure out what White wants. His plan is attacking the d5-pawn twice and after
trading B+N for rook + pawn, the pawn endgame will be winning for White. Of
course against a computer this mission is impossible but Peter Svidler is up
against a human player...} Rh2+ 56. Kc3 Rh1 57. Bd3 Rc1+ 58. Kd2 Rh1 59. Nf3
Rh8 60. Ne1 Rh2+ 61. Kc3 Rh3 62. Nc2 Rg3 63. Kd2 Rg2+ 64. Be2 Rf2 65. Ne3 Rf4 {
Black needs to control the f3-square} 66. Kd3 Rf2 67. Bh5 Rb2 $1 {Up to this
moment Liem Le Quang has played the endgame very strongly.} (67... Rf8 68. Bd1
Rf2 69. Bb3 Rb2 70. Bc4 $3 {a brilliant move.} Rb1 71. Nxd5 $18) 68. Be8 Rb3+
69. Kd2 Rb4 70. Kc3 Ra4 71. Kb3 (71. Bc6 Ra3+ 72. Kd2 Ra2+) 71... Ra5 72. Bc6
a6 73. Kb4 Ra1 $2 {Now Black has problems.} (73... axb5 74. Bxd5 Ra4+ 75. Kc3
b4+ 76. Kb2 b3 $11) 74. Bxd5 axb5 75. Bb3 $16 {Black is losing the b5-pawn} Rb1
76. Nd1 Kd7 77. Nc3 Rh1 78. Nxb5 Rh4 79. Bd5 Rh2 80. Kc3 Rf2 81. Kd3 Rh2 82.
Bb7 Rb2 83. Kc4 Ke6 84. Bc8+ Ke7 85. Bf5 Rf2 86. Be4 Ke6 87. Nc3 Kd6 88. Bd5
Rc2 89. Be4 {White doesn't need to hurry up.} Rc1 90. Kd3 Rg1 91. Nb5+ Ke6 92.
Bc6 Rc1 93. Bf3 (93. d5+ $2 Ke5 $11) 93... Rg1 94. Na3 Ra1 95. Nc4 b5 96. Nd2
Ra3+ 97. Ke4 Kd6 98. Bd1 Rh3 99. Bb3 Rh4+ 100. Kd3 Rh3+ 101. Kc2 Rh4 102. Kd3
Rh3+ 103. Ke2 Rh2+ 104. Ke3 Rh3+ 105. Nf3 Rh1 (105... Rg3 $1 106. Kf4 Rh3) 106.
Ng5 Rh5 107. Ne4+ Kc6 108. Be6 {The rook doesn't have any squares on the 5th
rank. So eventually White can play d5.} Rh1 109. d5+ Kb6 110. Kd4 Rd1+ 111. Ke5
$18 b4 {Desperation.} 112. d6 Kc6 113. Bb3 Re1 114. Ba4+ Kb6 115. Kd5 Rh1 116.
Nf6 Rh3 117. Nd7+ Ka5 118. Nc5 b3 119. d7 (119. Bxb3 Kb6 120. Nd7+ Kb7 121. Bc4
$18) 119... Rh5+ 120. Kc4 Rh4+ 121. Kxb3 Rd4 122. Kc3 Rd5 123. Kc4 Rxd7 124.
Bxd7 {Of course Peter Svidler has no problem with the endgame B+N+K against K.}
Kb6 125. Ne6 Ka5 126. Kc5 Ka6 127. Bc6 Ka5 128. Nd4 Ka6 129. Nb5 Ka5 130. Nd6
Ka6 131. Bb5+ Ka7 132. Kc6 Kb8 133. Kb6 Ka8 134. Ba6 Kb8 135. Nc4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.23"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 Nc6 7. c3 d5 8. h3
Bf5 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Be2 Qb6 11. Qb3 Na5 12. Qxb6 axb6 13. g4 Bd7 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Bc7 b5 16. Bxa5 Rxa5 17. Nb3 Raa8 18. Nc5 Bc6 19. Nd3 f6 20. h4 Rae8 21. Rg1 e5
22. gxf6 exd4 23. fxg7 Rxf3 24. Kd2 dxc3+ 25. bxc3 Rh3 26. Bxh5 gxh5 27. Rh1
Rf3 28. Rhg1 Rh3 29. Rh1 Rf3 30. Rhg1 Rh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.24"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nbd2
g6 9. Bf4 Nf5 10. b4 g5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. Nxg5 Bxd1 13. Rxd1 a5 14. Bd3 Nh4 15.
g3 Ng6 16. f4 axb4 17. cxb4 Be7 18. Bb5 Bxg5 19. fxg5 O-O 20. Bxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 {It's hard to say that this move can possibly
promise White any kind of advantage. However it is playable and White isn't
worse yet.} h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 Be7 6. c3 b6 7. Ngf3 Ba6 $2 {A very hard move
to understand. Black could always play this after castling short, which is
where he has to castle anyways, after which it is almost a guarantee that
White will develop his light-squared bishop. If this is the case, then why not
wait for the development and win a tempo by playing ...Ba6 on the next move?}
8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Ne4 cxd4 11. Nxf6+ $6 {Also difficult to
understand. The knight had more potential than the bishop in this position, so
why trade it off in such a hurry? The combination of rapid time controls and
extreme fatigue from the long tournament results in many mistakes.} Qxf6 12.
cxd4 Qe7 13. O-O O-O 14. Qa4 Nc7 15. Rac1 Nd5 16. Ne5 d6 17. Nd3 Rfc8 18. h3
Qb7 {Black has been given enough time to consolidate. White doesn't hold an
advantage anymore.} 19. Qa3 Qd7 20. Qa6 f5 $6 {A strange decision from any
point of view. Black has no reason to try too hard to win as White holds some
very small pressure on the queenside that cannot be ignored. So why weaken the
kingside/center on top of that?} (20... Ne7 $1 21. g3 {(or any random move
that White makes, there isn't much to do in the position)} Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8
23. Rxc8+ Nxc8 $11 {and the game will surely end in a draw.}) 21. Rfe1 Kf7 22.
Nf4 Nb4 $6 {It is possible that this move is not that bad, but with the clock
ticking and with so much on the line there is absolutely no reason to go
munching a pawn on a2 and stranding Black's own knight.} 23. Qe2 Nxa2 24. Rxc8
Rxc8 25. e4 {Unsurprisingly this central break puts a lot of pressure on the
black position. Black is still holding but now has to be very careful.} Nb4 26.
exf5 exf5 27. Qf3 a5 $6 (27... d5 $1 {trying to give back material as soon as
possible for simplifications would have allowed Black to still be close to
equal.}) 28. Re6 {Now the pressure intensifies.} Kg8 29. Qg3 $1 Nd5 $2 {
Losing with no resistance. However already Black's position was very perilous.}
30. Qb3 $1 {The knight cannot move, and is thus lost. A simple but fatal
tactic.} (30. Qb3 Nxf4 31. Re7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2013.08.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2716"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2013.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 e6 7. Be3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3
Nge7 9. Bb5 a6 10. Ba4 Qa5 11. Qd1 Nf5 12. b4 Nxe3 13. fxe3 Qc7 14. Qd4 Be7 15.
Nd2 O-O 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. O-O a5 18. Nf3 axb4 19. cxb4 Ra3 20. h3 h6 21. Kh1
Qa6 22. Rf2 Rd3 23. Qf4 Qa3 24. Re1 g5 25. Qg4 Rxe3 26. Ref1 Qd3 27. a4 Qg6 28.
Qd4 Qe4 29. Qb2 h5 30. Nd2 Rxh3+ 31. Kg1 Qg4 32. Rf3 Rh4 33. Rb3 Qe2 34. Qc3
Rg4 35. Rf2 Qe1+ 36. Rf1 Qe2 37. Rf2 Qe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 c5 4. Nd2 Nc6 5. e4 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. Ngf3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nc4 Qc7 10. Ne3 Rd8 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. Re1 Nd4
15. c3 Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 c4 18. Qe4 Qd7 19. Qxe5 Bf6 20. Qh5 Rac8
21. Be3 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Bxa7 Rd2 24. Rab1 Ra8 25. Re4 b5 26. a4 Rd7 27.
Be3 bxa4 28. Rxc4 h5 29. Ra1 Rb7 30. Raxa4 Rxa4 31. Rxa4 Rxb2 32. c4 Rc2 33.
Kg2 Rc3 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Kf8 36. g5 Be5 37. Kf3 Bd4 38. Ke4 Bxe3 39. fxe3
Ke7 40. Kd4 Rc1 41. Kd5 Rd1+ 42. Ke5 f6+ 43. gxf6+ gxf6+ 44. Ke4 Rc1 45. Kd4
Rd1+ 46. Kc5 Re1 47. Ra3 Kd7 48. Rd3+ Kc7 49. Kd5 Kd7 50. c5 Rf1 51. e4 Rf2 52.
Rd1 Rf3 53. e5 Rf5 54. Ke4+ 1-0

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 {Der klassische Aufbau ist kaum
geeignet, die Pirc-Verteidigung in Verlegenheit zu bringen. Nach 1.Sf3 hat man
allerdings auch nicht mehr so viel Auswahl.} O-O 6. O-O c6 ({Andere beliebte
Alternativen sind} 6... Bg4) ({oder} 6... Nc6) 7. a4 ({Oder} 7. h3) ({bzw.} 7.
Re1) 7... Qc7 ({Häufig wird auch} 7... a5 8. h3 Na6 9. Be3 Nb4 {gespielt.}) 8.
Be3 Nbd7 9. Nd2 ({Nach} 9. h3 b6 10. Qd2 Bb7 11. Bh6 (11. a5 $5 Rad8 12. a6)
11... a6 {hat Weiß bisher auch nicht viel heraus geholt.}) 9... e5 (9... b6
10. f4 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. f5 gxf5 13. Rxf5 Re8 14. Qf1 Qd8 15. Rd1 Nf8 16.
Nc4 Qe7 17. Rxe5 Be6 18. Rg5 Ng6 19. Rg3 Qb4 20. Nd6 Red8 21. Nf5 Rxd1 22. Bxd1
Bh8 23. Nh6+ Kf8 24. Rf3 Bc4 25. Be2 Bxe2 26. Nxe2 Re8 27. Bd4 Qd2 28. Bxf6
Qxh6 29. Bxh8 Nxh8 30. Ng3 Qd2 31. Qd3 Qc1+ 32. Rf1 Qxb2 33. Qd6+ Kg8 34. Nh5
Rc8 35. Qh6 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 f5 37. Qe6+ {1-0 (37) Jakovenko,D (2720)-Savchenko,B 
(2589) Odessa 2008}) 10. Nc4 $6 ({Üblich ist eigentlich} 10. dxe5 dxe5 $14 {
z.B.:} 11. Nc4 Ne8 12. a5 f5 13. f3 Ndf6 14. Bc5 Rf7 15. Nd6 Rd7 16. Bc4+ Kh8
17. Nxe8 Nxe8 18. Qe2 Nd6 19. Bb3 Rd8 20. Rad1 b6 21. axb6 axb6 22. Bxd6 Rxd6
23. Rxd6 Qxd6 24. Rd1 Qc5+ 25. Qf2 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Bf8 27. Rd8 Bb7 28. Rxa8 Bxa8
29. exf5 gxf5 30. Be6 f4 31. Bf5 Bc5+ 32. Ke2 Bd4 33. Nd1 Kg7 34. c3 Bc5 35.
Nf2 Bb7 36. Ne4 Be7 37. Nd2 b5 38. Be4 h6 39. Nb3 b4 40. Ke1 bxc3 41. bxc3 Kf6
42. Na5 Ba6 43. Nxc6 Bc5 44. Nb4 Bb5 45. Nd3 Bg1 46. h3 Be3 47. Nb2 Bc1 48. Nd3
Be3 49. Nb4 Ke6 50. Nd5 Bc5 51. Nc7+ {1-0 (51) Rogozenco,D (2517)-Hickl,J 
(2554) playchess.com INT 2004}) 10... exd4 11. Bxd4 Rd8 $11 (11... Ne5 12. f3 {
1/2-1/2 (12) Ionescu,C (2504)-Badea,B (2460) Bucharest 2001}) 12. Qd2 Nc5 (
12... Ne5 $11) 13. Qe3 b6 14. a5 Be6 (14... b5 15. e5 (15. Nxd6 Ne6 16. Bxf6
Bxf6 17. e5 Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Qxd6 $11) 15... dxe5 16. Bxe5 Qe7 17. Bxf6 (17. Nd2
$2 b4 18. Nd1 Nd5 $19) 17... Bxf6 18. Qxe7 Bxe7 19. Ne5 Bb7 $11) 15. b4 $6 (15.
axb6 axb6 16. f3 $11) 15... Bxc4 16. bxc5 b5 17. cxd6 $2 (17. Bxc4 Ng4 18. cxd6
Qxd6 19. Bxf7+ Kxf7 20. Qf3+ Kg8 21. Qxg4 Qxd4 22. Qe6+ Kh8 23. Ne2 Qc5 $15)
17... Qxd6 18. Rad1 $2 (18. Bxc4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Rxd4 20. Bd3 Nd7 $17) (18. Bc5
Qe6 19. Rad1 Bxe2 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nxe2 Ng4 22. Qg3 (22. Qf3 Nxh2 23. Kxh2
Qe5+ $19) 22... Qxe4 $17) 18... Ng4 19. Qh3 Bxd4 (19... Qxh2+ 20. Qxh2 Nxh2 21.
Bxg7 Nxf1 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Bf6 Rd6 24. e5 Rxf6 25. exf6 Nd2 {ist nicht so
klar.}) 20. Bxc4 $2 (20. Qxg4 Be6 21. Qg5 f6 22. Qc1 Qb4 $19) 20... Nxf2 21.
Bxf7+ Kg7 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. O-O Qc7 7. d3 Be7 8. Nh4
d6 9. f4 b5 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. h3 b4 12. Ne2 a5 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 d5 15. e5 Nd7
16. Nf3 O-O 17. g4 Ba6 18. Qc2 Rab8 19. Ng3 Qb6 20. Rab1 Qa7 21. Rbe1 Bxd3 22.
Qxd3 c4+ 23. Be3 cxd3 24. Bxa7 Nxa7 25. f5 Nb5 26. Rd1 Nc5 27. Nd4 Nxc3 28. Rc1
Bg5 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2733"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3
Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Rb1 Qe8 11. Qa3 Nc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Be3 b6 14. b4 Ng4 15. Bd4
Nf6 16. c5 dxc5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. bxc5 Ne6 19. cxb6 axb6 20. Qb3 Nxd4 21. Nxd4
Bxg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 {This sortie is normal in
these kinds of positions: The knight on e7 can now move without allowing the
bishop on b5 to take on c6 and double Black's pawns, while the pawn on d4 will
be a burden for White's development.} 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 a6 8. Ba4 b5 9. Bb3
Nc6 10. Nd2 Bb7 11. h3 Rc8 12. a4 Bb4 13. Qg4 Qf6 14. axb5 axb5 15. Qh5 {
Black simply cannot complain about the position he obtained from the opening.}
Qe5 16. Qh4 Qf6 17. Qh5 Qe5 18. Qh4 Qc5 $1 {Fighting spirit. Despite being
black in the first game, Grischuk senses that his position is good enough to
attempt a win and he isn't shy about going for it.} (18... Qf6 $11) 19. Qg3 O-O
20. e5 $6 {The pawn becomes too weak.} (20. Rf1 {trying to mobilize the knight
on d2.. .} Kh8 21. Nf3 f6 {and maybe White is worse but it is not serious.})
20... Kh8 $2 (20... Ra8 {was safer and better.}) 21. Ne4 $1 {If the pawn is
weak, just give it away.} Qxe5 22. Bf4 Qh5 23. c3 Be7 24. Nd6 Bxd6 25. Bxd6 {
White's compensation is sufficent, but despite his strong darsksquare control
he cannot do anything as Black's structure is extremely solid.} Rfe8 26. c4
bxc4 27. Bxc4 Ne7 28. Qg4 {Even though Black has more material he faces some
problems in any endgame as d4 is hard to defend, the b-pawn is passed and
White's bishops are rather poewrful.} Qg6 {Grischuk at elast tries to improve
his structure if the queens will be traded off.} 29. Ra7 Bc6 30. b4 Nf5 31. Bh2
Ra8 32. Qxg6 hxg6 33. Rea1 d5 34. Rxa8 Bxa8 35. Bb5 Rc8 36. Bd7 Rd8 37. Ra7 f6
38. g4 $6 (38. Bxe6 $16 {was simple and good. After this White's advantage is
clear.}) 38... Nh4 39. Bd6 $6 Bc6 $1 {An important resource. The knight will
get back in time to defend against the pawn advancing and Black gets rid of
his bad bishop.} 40. Bxc6 Rxd6 41. b5 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 $2 (42. Kf1 Ne5 43. f4 Nxd3
44. Rc7 $1 {Would still give Black problems in figuring out how to defend
against b7.}) 42... Ne1+ 43. Kf1 Nxd3 44. Rd7 Rxd7 45. Bxd7 Nc5 46. Bc8 Kg8 47.
b6 Kf7 48. b7 Na6 $1 (48... Nxb7 49. Bxb7 {is senseless, the pawn on b7 will
not survive long.}) 49. f4 g5 50. f5 e5 51. Be6+ Ke7 52. Bxd5 Kd6 53. Bc4 Nb8 {
Black will attack c7, maneouver his knight to c5 and take White's last hope. A
fabulous game!} 0-1

[Event "World Cup ACP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2013.09.15"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2013.09.13"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 156 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.10.22"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. Bxf6 exf6 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Be6 7. Qf3 g6 8.
Nge2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. h3 O-O-O 11. g4 fxg4 12. hxg4 Be7 13. Nf4 Bf7 14. Rh6
Nf8 15. Rdh1 Kb8 16. Nce2 Bd6 17. Kb1 Rg8 18. Rc1 b5 19. c3 Rg7 20. e4 dxe4 21.
Bxe4 Ne6 22. Nxe6 Bxe6 23. d5 cxd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Bc5 26. Qf3 Qe5 27.
Nf4 Rgd7 28. Rhh1 Bxf2 29. Nxg6 Qe3 30. Nh4 Qxf3 31. Nxf3 Rg8 32. Rcf1 Bg3 33.
Nd4 Be5 34. Nc6+ Kb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[Annotator "Gormally,D"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8.
h5 Nc6 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. d4 Bd7 11. Bd3 Rd8 12. Qc2 ({White missed the chance to
play the daring} 12. Ng5 $1 $36 {which may have already been very strong. This
impudent knight is not so easy to deal with.} Qa5 (12... O-O 13. hxg6 hxg6 14.
Bd2 {with the makings of a dangerous kingside attack}) 13. h6 Bf6 14. Ne4 cxd4
15. Rb5 Qxa2 16. exd4 b6 17. O-O O-O 18. Re1 {with a very nice intiative in
return for a small material investment - the presence of the pawn on h6
ensures that the black king will always be in danger.}) 12... Bg4 13. Ng5 cxd4
14. Qb3 e6 15. exd4 {White has played the opening phase with great aggression,
but such an approach is not without its risks. Black's position retains great
dynamic potential, and over the next few moves, "Nepo" is able to wrest the
initiative.} (15. cxd4 $4 {would of course be most unfortunate after} Qa5+)
15... Rd7 ({Another way of meeting the threat to the b-pawn was with} 15... b6
{which also seemed perfectly sound.} 16. h6 $5 Bf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. O-O O-O 19.
f3 Na5 20. Qc2 Bf5 21. Qe2 e5 $1 {when Black has excellent counterplay.}) 16.
Ne4 O-O 17. hxg6 ({It was not easy to assess the position after the
continuation} 17. h6 Bh8 18. O-O Bf5 {but Black's game seems if anything
easier to play - he has obvious counterplay pending with the move ...e5, while
by contrast it is not so easy to see how White should develop his initiative.})
17... hxg6 18. Bg5 f6 $1 19. Be3 Na5 20. Qc2 b6 21. f3 ({There is no way that
White can affect easy control over the position anymore; for example} 21. O-O
f5 22. Ng5 f4 23. Bc1 Qd8 {also leads to a situation where Black has excellent
chances.}) 21... Bf5 22. Rc1 Nc4 $1 {Obvious, but strong.} 23. Bf2 Rc8 24. Qe2
e5 25. O-O (25. g4 $5 Be6 26. Nc5 bxc5 27. Bxc4 Bxc4 28. Qxc4+ Rf7 29. dxc5 e4
30. Kf1 {also leads to something of a mess, but one where White seems to have
the better of it.}) 25... Rdd8 26. Bh4 $1 {By taking a stab at an Achilles
heel in the black armour, White forces the rook into a passive position.} Rf8
27. g4 Be6 28. f4 $6 {Perhaps this move could be criticised for being too
cavalier, but Svidler did not get to where he is without taking risks.} (28.
Nc5 {was the bail-out option.} bxc5 29. Bxc4 Qf7 30. Bxe6 Qxe6 31. dxe5 fxe5
32. Rcd1 e4 $1 {and Black is absolutely fine.}) 28... exf4 29. Nc5 Bf7 30. Ne6
Qd6 31. Nxf8 Bxf8 {White has won the exchange, but the resulting position
offers Black clear compensation. The white king is exposed, and the black
knight has access to the e3-square, a potential source of great attacking
influence.} 32. Qh2 Qe6 $2 {Up to this point Nepo had played a great game, but
now he errs, perhaps decisively. In fact you could even argue this was the
pivotal moment of the whole tournament, as Svidler was eventually to beat Nepo
in the play-off, to yet again become Russian champion.} ({I'm sure Kasparov,
who was known for his liking for "Octopus" knights, would not have hesistated
to play} 32... Ne3 $1 {here} 33. Rxf4 (33. Qxf4 Nxf1 {and Black is on top})
33... Bh6 $1 (33... g5 $2 34. Bg3 {and the weakness of the h7 square proves
crucial}) 34. Re4 Qxh2+ 35. Kxh2 Bd5 {and Black regains the exchange} 36. g5
Bxe4 37. Bxe4 fxg5 38. Bg3 Kf7 $1 {and although the game is still quite likely
to end in a draw, White will have to suffer a while, given the obvious
activity of Black's remaining forces.}) 33. Qxf4 {Now, by contrast, White is
well on top.} Bd6 $2 (33... g5 34. Bxg5 (34. Qf5 Qxf5 35. Bxf5 Re8 36. Bf2 Nd2
37. Rfd1 Nf3+ 38. Kg2 Bd5 39. c4 $1 {is also good for White}) 34... fxg5 35.
Qxg5+ Bg7 36. Rce1 Qh6 37. Qxh6 Bxh6 38. Re7 Nd6 39. Rf3 {and White is better
in the ending as his rooks are so powerful, but it's far from over.}) 34. Bxc4
$1 Rxc4 35. Qf3 g5 36. Rce1 {Black has little compensation for the exchange,
as his own king now becomes a target.} Qd7 37. Bg3 Be7 38. Rf2 Bd8 39. Re3 b5
40. Qe4 $2 {White is still winning after this,} ({But with} 40. Rh2 $1 {
he could have made his task considerably easier:} Bd5 (40... Kg7 41. Qh1 $1 {
is the point, where White infiltrates}) 41. Qf1 Qxg4 42. Qd3 {with a decisive
material gain after the forced} f5 43. Re8+ Kg7 44. Rxd8 $18) 40... Kg7 41. Qf5
(41. Rh2 Bg6 $1) 41... Qxf5 42. Rxf5 b4 43. Rc5 Rxc3 44. Rexc3 bxc3 45. Rxc3
Bxa2 46. Ra3 Be6 47. Rxa7+ Kf8 48. Bc7 Be7 49. Bb6 Ke8 50. Bc5 Bd8 51. Kf2 Bxg4
52. d5 Bc8 (52... f5 53. Ra8 Kd7 54. Ke3 Bh5 55. Ra7+ Kc8 56. d6 {is also
winning.}) 53. Rg7 f5 54. Rg8+ Kd7 55. Rg7+ Ke8 56. Rg8+ Kd7 57. Rf8 f4 58. Kf3
Ba6 59. Ke4 Bf1 60. Rf7+ Ke8 61. Rf8+ Kd7 62. Rf7+ Ke8 63. Rh7 $18 Bf6 64. d6
Bb5 65. Kf5 Bc3 66. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2796"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 Qa5 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 O-O 12. Bc4 Nc6 13. Ne2 Rd8 14.
Rhd1 Bxd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Ke1 Nc6 17. Rxd8+ Nxd8 18. Bd5 Nc6 19. Bxc6 bxc6
20. Rxc6 Bb7 21. Rc4 a6 22. f3 Rc8 23. Rb4 Bc6 24. Bd2 Kf8 25. Rb6 Bb5 26. a3
Ke8 27. Rb7 Rd8 28. Ba5 Rd6 29. Rb8+ Kd7 30. Kf2 h5 31. Rb7+ Ke8 32. Rb8+ Kd7
33. Rb7+ Ke8 34. Bb4 Rd7 35. Rb8+ Rd8 36. Rb6 Rd7 37. h4 Rc7 38. g4 hxg4 39.
fxg4 f6 40. e5 Rc6 41. Rb7 Re6 42. exf6 Rxf6+ 43. Kg3 Rf3+ 44. Kxf3 Bc6+ 45.
Kf4 Bxb7 46. h5 gxh5 47. gxh5 Kf7 48. h6 Kg6 49. Bxe7 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shomoev, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. a3 d5 6. Qa4+ Bc6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. e3
b5 9. a4 b4 10. Nb1 b3 11. Qxc4 Bd5 12. Qb5+ Nbd7 13. Nc3 Rb8 14. Qd3 Bb4 15.
Bd2 c5 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Qd4 O-O 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bc4 Bxd2+ 20. Nxd2 Qa5 21.
O-O Rfd8 22. Bb5 Nf6 23. Qxc5 Rxd2 24. Rad1 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 h6 26. h3 Nd5 27. Qc4
Qb4 28. Qxb4 Nxb4 29. Rd4 a5 30. Kf1 Rc8 31. Rc4 Rd8 32. Ke2 g5 33. Rc5 Na2 34.
Bc4 Nc1+ 35. Ke1 Kg7 36. Be2 Na2 37. Rxa5 Rc8 38. Bd1 Rc2 39. Rb5 Rxb2 40. Rxb3
Rxb3 41. Bxb3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C66"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[Annotator "Friedel,J"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Somehow I always end up annotating Andreikin's games.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3.
Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c4 {This space grabbing system has been played
quite a few times in recent years.} g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. h3 {The pieces
have all developed to their logical squares, and now Black has to make a
decision.} Nb8 {This move is new, but the idea is a typical one in these
positions. Black offers the bishop trade in order to free up some space.} ({
Another possibility was} 9... Nh5 {trying to play in King's Indian style.}) 10.
Qb3 $5 {White tries to force Black's hand on the queenside, though this move
looks a bit awkward to me.} (10. Rc1 {improves White's position while keeping
the tension, and would probably be my choice.}) 10... c6 (10... Bxb5 11. cxb5 {
and the open c-file would favor White.}) (10... c5 11. Bxd7 Qxd7 {These
positions typically give a slight edge to White, since the e3 bishop is more
active than the g7 one.}) 11. Ba4 Qc8 {The queen ends up being rather
misplaced here.} (11... Qc7 {looks better to me, though it is less forcing
since Bxh3 isn't an idea now.}) 12. Qd1 Na6 13. d4 {White chooses the proper
moment to expand in the center.} exd4 14. Bxd4 Be6 {If White can consolidate,
he'll simply be better. Black's best chance is to take advantage of White's
temporarily awkward pieces.} 15. Qe2 Re8 16. Rad1 Nc5 17. Bc2 {White has
nearly consolidated, and if he succeeds he will have a large advantage due to
the extra space and the weak d6 pawn. Black needs to act immediately.} Ncd7 $2
(17... b5 $1 {was definitely the best chance.} 18. cxb5 cxb5 19. Nxb5 (19. Qxb5
Bxh3 $1 {This shot always has to be covered.} 20. gxh3 Qxh3 21. Qe2 Ncxe4 22.
Nxe4 Qg4+ 23. Kh2 Qh5+ 24. Kg2 Qg4+ $11 {with a perpetual.}) (19. b3 a6 {
and Black should be fine.}) 19... Ncxe4 {and now the position is a complete
mess. I've given a few sample variations.} 20. Bxf6 (20. Bxe4 Bc4 $36) 20...
Bc4 21. Qxe4 $1 Bxb5 (21... Rxe4 22. Nxd6 Qb8 23. Nxe4 Bxf1 (23... Bxf6 24.
Nxf6+ Kg7 25. Nd7 Qxb2 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Rxd3 {and White has too many pieces.})
24. Rd8+ Qxd8 25. Bxd8 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Rxd8 27. b3 {and I think White should
have good winning chances once his pieces get organized.}) 22. Qd5 Bxf6 23.
Bxg6 hxg6 24. Qxb5 Rb8 25. Qa4 Rxb2 26. Rxd6 Re6 27. Rxe6 Qxe6 28. Qxa7 Rxa2 {
and while White can press, Black should draw this comfortably.}) 18. Ng5 $1 {
Now Black is close to lost.} Qc7 19. f4 Qa5 20. a3 h6 21. Nf3 $6 (21. Nxe6 {
This is a simpler way to do it.} Rxe6 22. Qf2 {and White has too much. For
example, if} Rae8 23. b4 $1 Qc7 (23... Qxa3 {Grabbing this pawn gets the queen
trapped.} 24. f5 gxf5 25. exf5 R6e7 26. Ra1 Qxb4 27. Ra4 $18) 24. c5 $1 dxc5
25. bxc5 $18 {Now that the d-pawn has been swept away, a combination of e5 and
f5 will crush Black.}) 21... Nh5 $6 {This active try actually frees White a
bit.} (21... Rad8 {looks more resilient, and I don't see a clear way to
proceed. The problem is that f5 can't be played due to the e-file pin, and the
queen can't go to f2 because c4 is hanging. The computer wants to play Qd3 for
this reason, but you don't have to be an art critic to see why that move isn't
pretty.}) 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd2 {and now we see the problem: c4 can't be
captured due to Qd4+.} Qb6+ 24. Rf2 $1 {Most accurate.} (24. Kh2 Bxc4 {is now
with tempo.}) 24... Bxc4 {This loses right away, but Black was busted anyway.}
(24... Qxb2 {was a good practical try, but after the accurate} 25. Qd4+ $1 (25.
f5 gxf5 26. exf5 Bxc4 27. Qd4+ Nhf6 28. Qxc4 Qxa3 {and while Black should
almost certainly get mated, at least White would have to do some work here.})
25... Nhf6 (25... Kg8 26. f5 {is curtains.}) 26. e5 dxe5 27. fxe5 {and Black
has to give up a piece, since if the knight moves Bf5! will be a killer.}) 25.
Na4 Qc7 (25... Qa6 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Rxd6 {and Black can resign, since all of
his pieces are bad and his king is weak.}) 26. Qc3+ Nhf6 27. Qxc4 b5 {Svidler
is accurate from here on out.} 28. Qb4 bxa4 29. Rxd6 Rab8 30. Qd2 Red8 31. e5
Ne8 32. Qc3 $1 Nb6 33. Rxc6 Qb7 34. f5 Nd5 35. Qc5 Qxb2 36. fxg6 f6 37. Nd4 {
and Black resigned seeing that he's in no position to stop any of White's
threats, the most important of which being Ne6+.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bc8 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. N1c3 Bxc3 14.
Nxc3 Be6 15. Bh6 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rc8 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Rac1 Rd8 19. Nc7 Rxd1+ 20.
Rxd1 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Nxd8 22. Nxe6 Nxe6 23. Bd2 Nd4 24. Kf1 b5 25. Be3 Nc6 26.
Bc5 h5 27. f3 f6 28. e4 Kf7 29. Ke2 e5 30. h3 a6 31. Kd3 Ke6 32. Ke3 Na5 33.
Kd3 Nc6 34. Ke3 Na5 35. Kd3 Nc6 36. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Be2
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 Rd8 11. e5 Qe7 12. c5 b6 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Ba6 15. Qc2 Qb7
16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. h4 Ra7 18. g3 Rda8 19. Rab1 axb4 20. axb4 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Ra2
22. Qd1 R2a3 23. Nf4 R8a4 24. Kg2 Qa8 25. Ne2 Ra7 26. Qc2 Ra2 27. Qd3 Bf8 28.
Qd1 Rb7 29. Nc3 Raa7 30. Qc2 Ra3 31. Rb2 Nb8 32. Ne1 Nd7 33. Nd3 h5 34. Rcb1
Rba7 35. Rb3 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 Ra1 37. Nf4 bxc5 38. bxc5 Qa6 39. Qd3 Qxd3 40. Nxd3
Ra7 41. Nb4 Rb7 42. Rb1 f6 43. f4 fxe5 44. fxe5 Rc7 45. Ra1 Nb8 46. Ra8 Rb7 47.
Na6 Nxa6 48. Rxa6 Rb2+ 49. Kf1 Bh6 50. Rxc6 Be3 51. Rxe6 Bxd4 52. c6 Rf2+ 53.
Ke1 Rf5 54. Re8+ Kf7 55. c7 Bxc3+ 56. Ke2 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qb6 8. Nc3
Rd8 9. Qa3 dxc4 10. Qxe7 Na6 11. Na4 Qc7 12. Qxc7 Nxc7 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Ne4
15. e3 b5 16. Nb2 c5 17. Nd2 Nxd2 18. Bxd2 Rb8 19. Ba5 Rd7 20. Rac1 Na6 21. Rc2
Re7 22. dxc5 Bf5 23. e4 Be6 24. b4 Rc8 25. Rfc1 Nb8 26. e5 Bxe5 27. c6 Bf5 28.
Re2 Bxb2 29. Rxe7 Bxc1 30. c7 Bg5 31. cxb8=Q Rxb8 32. Rxa7 Re8 33. Bd5 Re7 34.
Ra8+ Kg7 35. h4 Bf6 36. Bb6 Rd7 37. Bc5 Rxd5 38. Bf8+ Kg8 39. Be7+ Kg7 40. Bf8+
Kg8 41. Be7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 d5 7. Bf4 e5 8.
cxd5 exf4 9. dxc6 bxc6 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 11. O-O-O+ Bd7 12. Nd6 Bxd6 13. Rxd6 Ng4
14. Nd1 Kc7 15. Rd4 g5 16. g3 fxg3 17. hxg3 h5 18. Bg2 Rae8 19. Ra4 Kb6 20.
Rb4+ Kc7 21. Ra4 Kb6 22. Rb4+ Kc7 23. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Friedel,J"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2013.10.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 {Karjakin is not one to shun the main lines, even against a Grünfeld
specialist such as Svidler.} O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O
Bg4 13. Be3 Nc6 14. d5 Na5 15. Bg5 b6 {This move, which has been played a
couple times already by Svidler himself, looks kinda obnoxious. Bxe7? What
Bxe7? In all seriousness though, gambiting this pawn is not all that unusual
in the Grünfeld.} (15... Qa3 {is the older and more common move, pretending
that Bxe7 is actually a threat.}) 16. Bxe7 Rfe8 17. d6 Nc6 18. Bb5 Nxe7 19.
Bxe8 Rxe8 20. dxe7 Qa3 21. h3 Bxf3 22. Qxf3 Qxe7 {After a fairly forced
sequence of events, this interesting position has been reached. White has
snagged an exchange, but it wasn't for free. It not only cost a pawn, but
White's most dangerous one (the d-pawn). In addition, the outside connected
passers could become dangerous one day. If you want my theoretical opinion, I
don't think Black should have serious problems here.} 23. Rfe1 {This is the
first new move. While this move may look fairly simple, it allows Black to
reposition his bishop to a more useful square.} (23. Rfd1 {Shulman's move
stopped the immediate ...Bd4 but Svidler got his bishop to c5 in another way
an easily made a draw.} Bf8 24. Rd4 Qe6 25. Qb3 Qxb3 26. Rxb3 Bc5 27. Ra4 a5
28. Kf1 Bb4 29. Rbxb4 axb4 30. Rxb4 Re6 31. Ke2 Kf8 32. Ke3 Rc6 33. f4 {
1/2-1/2 (33) Shulman,Y (2617)-Svidler,P (2739) Ningbo 2011}) 23... Bd4 24. Rbd1
Qe5 25. Qd3 Bc5 26. Qa6 {White temporarily stops a5, which would solidify
Black's queenside completely.} Re7 27. Re2 h5 {In such a position it can be
difficult to do anything serious with your pieces, so Svidler simply improves
his kingside.} 28. Rd5 Qe6 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Qa1+ Qe5 {There was no good way to
avoid the queen trade, but Black shouldn't really object to it much, as his
queenside will be more dangerous then. The main drawback will be that White
can more easily advance his kingside.} 31. Qxe5+ Rxe5 32. Kf1 a5 33. Ra8 {
The rook here is quite effective at halting Black's queenside march.} g5 {
Svidler aims to prevent f4-e5 ideas.} 34. f3 h4 35. Rd2 f5 36. exf5 (36. Rd5 {
had to be calculated, and after} Kf6 (36... Rxd5 $2 {would not be recommended,
as after} 37. exd5 Kf6 38. Re8 $1 a4 39. Re6+ Kf7 40. Ke2 a3 41. Kd3 {and
White is winning, since a2 can be answered easily with Re1. The key is that
Black's king is stuck out of the action while White's is in ideal position})
37. Rxe5 Kxe5 38. exf5 Kxf5 39. Ke2 Kf4 {is a draw, since neither side can
really make progress. Black's king will stick to the kingside, thus forcing
White's king to do the same, and meanwhile the rook on a8 keeps Black's
queenside from advancing.}) 36... Kf6 37. g4 {This move isn't necessary, but
it doesn't change much.} hxg3 38. Kg2 Kxf5 39. Kxg3 Re1 {Neither side can
really make progress here.} 40. Rd5+ Re5 (40... Kf6 {would also be a simple
draw, as after} 41. f4 gxf4+ 42. Kxf4 Rf1+ 43. Kg4 Rg1+ 44. Kh5 Rh1 {White has
no real way to make progress.}) 41. Rxe5+ Kxe5 42. Kg4 Be3 {The only danger to
Black is if White manages to create a kingside passer and get it far advanced.
White's main potential hazard would be if Black's king could support the
queenside pawns. Both are pipe dreams.} 43. Rd8 b5 44. Rb8 b4 45. Rb5+ Kd4 46.
Rxa5 {White has snagged a pawn, but the b-pawn is dangerous enough he'll have
to sac the rook for the other pawn.} b3 47. Rb5 Kc4 48. Rxb3 Kxb3 49. h4 gxh4
50. Kxh4 {And thus Svidler ensures at least a tie for first.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.11.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Piorun, Kacper"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2551"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Griesheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. h4 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. h5 a6 13. Nc3 Bxd4 14. hxg6 fxg6
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Bc4 Bg7 17. Qe1 e6 18. exd5 Ne5 19. Qh4 h5 20. Bb3 Qe8 21. Nh3
Rd6 22. Nf4 exd5 23. Rxd5 Rc6+ 24. Kd1 Be6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Rd2 Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1314"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2013.11.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A78"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2550"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2013.10.12"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Viernheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nf3 g6 7. Nd2 Bg7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Na6 10. O-O Nc7 11. a4 b6 12. Re1 Re8 13. h3 Rb8 14. Bb5 Re7 15. Bf1
Nfe8 16. Nf3 Na6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Ne4 h6 19. d6 Rd7 20. Bb5 Nb4 21. Bd2 Bb7 22.
Bxd7 Qxd7 23. Bxb4 cxb4 24. Qb3 a5 25. Rad1 Bc6 26. Rd2 Bxa4 27. Qd5 Bc6 28.
Nxe5 Bxd5 29. Nxd7 Rd8 30. Nxb6 Bxe4 31. Rxe4 Nxd6 32. Re1 Bf8 33. b3 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2013.10.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 e6 7. Nc3 exd5 8. cxd5
d6 9. Nd2 Re8 10. O-O a6 11. a4 Nbd7 12. h3 Rb8 13. e4 Nf8 14. a5 h6 15. f4 b5
16. axb6 Rxb6 17. e5 dxe5 18. Nc4 exf4 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Rxf4 g5 21. Rf1 Ng6
22. Kh1 Nh4 23. Qd3 c4 24. Qxc4 Nf5 25. Qd3 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Rxe4 27. Ra3 Nd6 28.
Rb3 Qc7 29. Be3 Re8 30. Bb6 Qe7 31. Bh5 Bd7 32. Bc5 Rf8 33. Qe3 Be5 34. Re1 f6
35. Rb6 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 66th"]
[Site "Nizhnij Novgorod"]
[Date "2013.10.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2013.10.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nxd4 Nxd5 6. e4 Nf6 7. Nc3 e5 8.
Ndb5 a6 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Na3 Be6 11. f3 Bc5 12. Nc2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ke7 14. Ne3
Nb4 15. Rc1 h6 16. Ncd5+ Nbxd5 17. Rxc5 hxg5 18. exd5 Kd6 19. dxe6 Kxc5 20.
exf7 b5 21. Nf5 Raf8 22. Nxg7 Rxf7 23. Ne6+ Kd6 24. Nxg5 Rg7 25. Ne4+ Nxe4 26.
fxe4 Rh4 27. Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Peristeriou"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1
e6 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nf1 Rc8 13. Ng3 Re8 14. h3 Bf8 15.
Bd2 Qc7 16. Rc1 Qb8 17. Ba5 g6 18. Qd2 Qa8 19. a3 Rc4 20. Bd3 Rxc1 21. Qxc1 Rc8
22. Qd2 Qa7 23. h4 e5 24. Bc3 Ng4 25. Bb1 Bg7 26. Ba2 exd4 27. Bxd4 Bxd4 28.
Nxd4 Nde5 29. Rd1 Ba8 30. f3 Nf6 31. Qg5 Ne8 32. Ngf5 Kf8 33. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 34.
gxf3 Nxd6 35. Qf6 Qc5 36. b4 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.23"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ugra"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. d3 Nc6 10. h4 h5 11. Ng5 g6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 Qd6
15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Bh6 17. Bxh6 Rxh6 18. Rh3 O-O-O 19. Rc1 b6 20. a3 Kb7 21.
Qd2 Rhh8 22. Rf3 Rhf8 23. Rxf8 Rxf8 24. Qe3 Rd8 25. Rd1 c4 26. Nc1 Nd4 27. Qd2
Ne6 28. Qc3 Qc5 29. g3 g5 30. hxg5 Nxg5 31. Ke2 h4 32. Qb4 Qc7 33. gxh4 Ne6 34.
Qxc4 Nf4+ 35. Ke1 Ng2+ 36. Ke2 Nf4+ 37. Ke1 Nxd3+ 38. Qxd3 Rxd3 39. Nxd3 Qc6
40. f3 Qf6 41. Ke2 Qxh4 42. Nf2 Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.24"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E71"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Bg5 Na6 7. f4 $6 {An
unusual and hardly effective combination of opening moves.} Nh5 (7... Qe8 {
[%cal Ye7e5] is good, too:} 8. Nf3 (8. Bd3 e5 (8... c5 $5) 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5
Nh5 11. Nge2 f5 12. Qd2 Nc5 13. Bc2 fxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15. Bxe4 Bf5 16. Bxf5
gxf5 17. O-O-O Qg6 $36 {1-0 (56) Arbakov,V (2471)-Kurnosov,I (2287) Alushta
2000}) 8... e5 $5 (8... Nh5 9. g4 Ng3 10. Rg1 Nxf1 11. Kxf1 e6 12. Qd2 f6 13.
Bh4 c6 14. Bg3 f5 $132 {1/2 (22) Kuzenkov,A (2375)-Sonzogno,A (2560) ICCF 1998}
) 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. d5 (10. Nxe5 c5 $1) (10. dxe5 Nd7) 10... Nh5 {with
excellent play for Black.}) 8. Nge2 c5 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8]} (8... h6 9. Bh4 f5 $6
10. exf5 gxf5 11. g3 Qe8 12. Bg2 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5 15. Qd5+ Qxd5
16. Bxd5+ Kh7 17. Bf3 Nf6 18. O-O-O $14 {1/2 (26) Spassky,B (2545)-Polgar,J 
(2665) Hoogeveen 1998 EXT 1999 [Hazai]}) (8... f6 9. Bh4 Bh6 10. Qd2 (10. f5
$142 $1 $13) 10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Nd5 g5 14. Nxf6+ Nxf6 15.
fxg5 Nb4 $17 {0-1 (31) Fischer,J (2355)-Kaminik,A (2190) Bad Wiessee 2000}) 9.
d5 b5 $5 {This aggressive play in the spirit of the Benko Gambit is justified
by the fact that White's kingside is seriously weakened.} (9... Nc7 10. g4 Nf6
11. Bg2 {is more passive.}) 10. cxb5 Nc7 11. a4 Rb8 12. g4 Nf6 13. Ng3 (13. Bg2
a6 14. Qb3 {, to gain some time for development while Black will be dealing
with recapturing the b-pawn, is still in Black's favour:} axb5 15. axb5 Bd7 16.
b6 Nb5 $1 17. Na4 (17. Nxb5 Qxb6) 17... Be8 18. O-O Nd7 $1 $15) 13... h6 (13...
a6 $5 14. Bd3 axb5 15. axb5 Nd7) 14. Bh4 Nh7 15. Qd2 a6 16. Bc4 (16. e5 $1 dxe5
17. Nge4 {was a good tactical chance leading to unclear complications.}) 16...
axb5 17. axb5 Bd7 {Now Black simply recaptures the b5-pawn and obtains the
better prospects.} 18. e5 $6 {Too late!} (18. Nge2 $142 Nxb5 19. O-O) 18...
Bxb5 $1 19. Nxb5 (19. b3 Bxc4 20. bxc4 dxe5 21. Nge4 exf4 22. d6 Ng5 23. dxc7
Qxc7 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. O-O Bd4+ 26. Kg2 Qe5 $17) 19... Nxb5 20. Qa5 $2 (20. Qd3
$142 Nd4 21. Ne4 Rxb2 22. O-O {with some counterplay for the pawn.}) 20... Qe8
$1 21. O-O g5 22. Nf5 gxh4 {Black has won a whole piece: too high a price for
some activity for White's pieces!} 23. Rae1 dxe5 24. Rxe5 Bxe5 25. fxe5 e6 26.
Nxh6+ Kg7 27. Qd2 Qd8 28. Rf6 Nd4 29. Nxf7 Nxf6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.25"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 c5 {This curious pawn sacrifice (instead of the normal moves} (8... Nc6) ({
or} 8... O-O {)}) {was introduced by GM Surya Ganguly in 2009. Somehow it has
not brought any noticeable success to Black so far.} 9. e4 $5 (9. O-O-O $6 {
1-0 (27) Lalith,B (2529)-Van Beek,A (2329) Leiden 2012} cxd4 $17) (9. e3 {
is playable but quite modest:} cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxd4 $5 11. Rd1 $5 (11. exd4 O-O
12. Bh6 Re8 13. Rd1 Nc6 14. Bb5 a6 (14... Rc8 $142 {[%cal Ya7a6]}) 15. Bxc6
bxc6 16. O-O Rb8 17. b3 Nd5 18. Ne4 Nb4 19. Qb2 Bd5 20. Nc5 $14 {0-1 (69)
Moradiabadi,E (2575)-Ganguly,S (2644) Guangzhou 2010}) 11... Nc6 12. exd4 Nd5
13. Bh6 Qb6 14. Be2 O-O-O 15. O-O Nxd4 $2 (15... Qb4 $1 $11) 16. Bg7 Nxe2+ 17.
Nxe2 Rhe8 18. Be5 Nb4 19. Bd4 $16 {->: 1-0 (28) Inarkiev,E (2693)-Sutovsky,E 
(2660) Poikovsky RUS 2013}) (9. Qxc5 {is principled; it is still unclear
whether Black can equalize:} Nc6 10. e3 Rc8 11. Qa3 O-O 12. Rd1 $5 (12. Nd2 Nd5
13. Bg3 (13. Nxd5 Bxd5 $36) 13... f5 $1 14. Bc4 f4 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxf4 {
1-0 (40) Papin,V (2575)-Nyback,T (2636) Plovdiv 2012} Nxd4 $1 17. exd4 Rxf4 $36
) (12. Be2 Nc4 13. Qa4 Nxb2 14. Qb5 Nc4 15. O-O Qa5 $1 (15... Nb6 16. Rac1 Nd5
17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Rc5 e6 19. Rfc1 Re8 20. Qb1 $14 {1-0 (40) Shchekachev,A 
(2530)-Safarli,E (2597) Zuerich 2009}) 16. Rfc1 Na3 $6 (16... Qxb5 17. Nxb5 Nb6
$11) 17. Qxb7 Nb4 18. Ne1 Bf5 19. g4 $1 Nac2 20. Nxc2 Bxc2 21. Nb5 $16 {
1-0 (30) Le Quang,L (2703)-Navara,D (2706) Belfort 2012}) 12... a5 (12... Nd5
13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bd3 Bxf3 15. gxf3 Qb6 16. Bg5 h6 17. Bh4 e5 18. d5 e4 19.
fxe4 Nb4 20. O-O $16 {1-0 (36) Lalith,B (2529)-Jansa,V (2460) Pardubice 2012})
13. Ne5 Nd5 14. Nxc6 Rxc6 15. Bg3 $5 {, and Black is yet to prove his
compensation} (15. Bb5 $6 Rb6 (15... Rxc3 $5 16. bxc3 Nxf4 17. exf4 Qd5) 16.
Qxa5 (16. Qa4 Bg4 17. f3 Nxf4 18. exf4 Bd7 19. Bxd7 Rb4 20. Qc2 Qxd7 $36) 16...
Nxf4 17. exf4 Bb3 $1 $17 {[%cal Rb6e6] 0-1 (31) Sadorra,J (2451)-Ganguly,S 
(2625) Subic Bay 2009})) 9... cxd4 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Nc7 Nc6 12. Nxa8 Qxa8 {
Black has got a pawn for the exchange but he must obtain an additional
compensation while White is completing his development.} 13. Rc1 f5 $1 14. e5
Nd5 15. Bd2 Nxe5 (15... Qb8 $5 16. Bb5 Bxe5 17. O-O Bf7 18. Bxc6 Bd6 $1 (18...
bxc6 $2 19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Rxc6 f4 21. Qd3 Re8 22. Re1 Qg5 23. Qxd4 $18 {
1-0 (30) Bu Xiangzhi (2670)-Tomczak,J (2560) Guimaraes 2012}) 19. b4 bxc6 20.
Nxd4 Nxb4 $13) 16. Nxd4 Bf7 17. Be2 Nb6 $146 {[%mdl 8] Only this move is a
novelty - improvement on the previous game, in which Black didn't obtain
enough counterplay:} (17... Rd8 18. Nf3 Nxf3+ 19. Bxf3 e5 20. O-O e4 21. Be2
Qb8 22. Rfd1 Be5 23. h3 $14 {1-0 (43) Khismatullin,D (2656)-Popov,I (2653)
Rhodes GRE 2013}) 18. b3 Qd8 19. Nf3 Nd3+ 20. Bxd3 Qxd3 {White's king is now
trapped in the centre.} 21. Qxa7 Bb2 {Going for a forced line. Black has some
other interesting possibilities:} (21... Nd5) (21... Rc8) 22. Qxb6 Bxc1 23.
Bxc1 Rd8 24. Nd2 Rd6 25. Qb4 {Hardly better are:} (25. Qxb7 Bd5) (25. Qa7 Bd5)
25... Bd5 $1 26. f3 Re6+ $6 (26... Qe3+ {was simpler:} 27. Kd1 (27. Kf1 $4 Rc6
28. Bb2 Re6 $19) 27... Bxf3+ $1 28. Kc2 $1 (28. gxf3 Qxf3+ 29. Kc2 Qxh1 {
is clearly favorable for Black}) 28... Bxg2 29. Rd1 f4 {with an excellent
compensation for the piece. After the text move Black gets even more pawns but
White fully consolidates his position.}) 27. Kd1 Re2 28. Bb2 Rxg2 29. Kc1 Bxf3
30. Re1 Rxh2 (30... Be4 $6 31. Qc3) 31. Bc3 Be4 32. Kb2 (32. Qc4+ $1 Qxc4 (
32... Kf8 33. Qxd3 Bxd3 34. Re3 {[%cal Rc3b4] leads to the game continuation})
33. bxc4 Kf7 34. Nxe4 fxe4 35. Rxe4 (35. a3 $6 g5 36. Rxe4 h5) 35... Rxa2 36.
Bb4 e6 37. Re5 {[%cal Ye5b5] , and it is unclear whether Black can reach a draw
}) 32... Qd6 {Black thinks he will be safe in the endgame with 3 pawns for a
piece.} (32... Kf7 $5) 33. Ka3 Qa6+ 34. Kb2 Qd6 35. Qc4+ Kf8 36. Kc1 $1 {
White finds a good opportunity.} Qd3 (36... Qa3+ $2 37. Bb2 Qxa2 38. Qc3) 37.
Qxd3 Bxd3 {[%mdl 4096]} 38. Re3 {We have reached a line examined in
annotations to move 32. White wins the e7-pawn, and Black's passed pawns don't
guarantee him sufficient counter-chances.} Bb5 39. a4 (39. Bb4 $5 Re2 40. Bxe7+
Kg7 41. Rxe2 Bxe2 {- it is hard to say whether White can win here.}) 39... Bc6
40. Bb4 f4 $6 (40... Kf7 41. Rxe7+ Kf6 {[%cal Yh7h5] , activating the king,
better fitted endgame principles.}) 41. Rxe7 Kg8 42. Bc5 {This way White
doesn't stop Black's pawns.} (42. a5 $142 $1 f3 43. Rc7 {[%cal Ra5a6]} Bd5 44.
Kc2 Rh5 (44... f2 45. Kd3 {[%cal Yd3e2]}) 45. Rc8+ Kg7 46. Rf8 {- apparently,
White should win.}) 42... f3 43. b4 f2 44. b5 Bd5 45. Re5 Bf7 (45... Bf3 $142
$1 46. Re8+ Kg7 47. Bxf2 Rxf2 48. Nxf3 Rxf3 49. Re7+ Kf6 50. Rxb7 g5 {, and
Black should reach a draw.}) 46. a5 Rh1+ 47. Kc2 Re1 48. Re7 $6 (48. Bd4 $1 {
was the last chance:} Be8 $1 (48... Rxe5 $6 49. Bxe5 Bc4 50. a6 $1 bxa6 51. b6
Bd5 52. Bd4) 49. Rxe8+ (49. a6 $143 bxa6 50. bxa6 Bc6 51. a7 f1=Q 52. Nxf1 Rxf1
) 49... Rxe8 50. Bxf2 {keeping winning chances.}) 48... Bd5 49. a6 (49. a6 bxa6
50. bxa6 f1=Q 51. Nxf1 Rxf1 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 29th"]
[Site "Rhodes"]
[Date "2013.10.26"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2013.10.20"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 157"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2013.11.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f3 b5 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 (11. Qxd4 {is the other option.} Bb7
12. g5 Nh5 13. Rd2 $5 (13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Qd2 {is another idea}) 13... Rc8 $1 14.
Bxb5 $5 (14. Rg1 Bc5 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 {and Black looks nicely placed
}) 14... axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 (15... Qd8 $5 {was also possible} 16. Qa7 $1 {
with a very difficult fight}) 16. Na7 Qc7 17. Nb5 $1 (17. Nxc8 $6 Qxc8 18. Rhd1
Bc6) 17... Qc6 18. Na7 Qc7 19. Nb5 Qc6 {and draw by repetition of moves, 1/2
Dominguez Perez-Caruana, Elancourt 2013.}) 11... Bb7 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Qf2 $146 {
Novelty by Caruana. He is a good expert of this line.} (13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 e5
15. g5 exd4 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. f4 a5 18. e5 $5 {brave decision by Yu Yangyi} Bh4
(18... Bxh1 19. Rxh1 Be7 20. Nxd4 {with some compensation, but no more.}) 19.
Nxd4 Bxh1 20. Rxh1 g6 $13 {Yu Yangyi-Nepomniachtchi, St Petersburg 2012.})
13... Rac8 (13... b4 14. Na4 d5 15. Nb6 Rad8 (15... dxe4 16. Nxa8 Rxa8 17. g5
e3 18. Qxe3 (18. Bxe3 Ng4 $1) 18... Nd5 19. Qe5 Qxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxg5 21. Rg1 $14
{and White is slightly better.}) 16. e5 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Rxd7 18. f4 {with a
comfortable position for White.}) 14. Rg1 ({White doesn't want to hurry with} 
14. g5 {, because of} Nh5 {and Black is controlling the f4 square, he has a
comfortable position.}) 14... Bc6 (14... b4 15. Na4 {followed by Nb6.}) 15. Bd3
b4 16. Ne2 (16. e5 $5 {was a very interesting option} Ne8 (16... Nd5 17. Nxd5
Bxd5 18. f4 a5 19. f5 $40) 17. Ne4 (17. Ne2 Bb5 (17... f6 18. Qh4 g6 19. f4)
18. Nf4 f6 $13) 17... f6 18. exf6 Nxf6 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. g5 Be5 21. Nf6+ Rxf6
$1 (21... gxf6 $6 22. gxf6+ Kf7 (22... Kh8 $2 23. Rg7 $18) 23. Rg7+ Ke8 24. Qc5
Bxf6 25. Rxh7 Qe5 26. Bg6+ Kd8 27. Qxf8+ Kc7 28. Qxb4 Rb8 29. f4 $1 Qxb2+ 30.
Qxb2 Rxb2+ 31. Kc1 Rxa2 32. Rd3 a5 {and White is slightly better, but Black's
Bs give strong counterplay, so still it is difficult to manage to win with
White.}) 22. gxf6 Bxf6 $44 {and Black has a very good compensation.}) 16... d5
(16... d6 $5) 17. g5 (17. e5 Nd7 18. f4 Bb5 19. Nc1 Bxd3 (19... Nc5 20. f5) 20.
Nxd3 Bc5) 17... Nh5 18. exd5 (18. Qh4 {could have been met by} Bb5 $1 $132)
18... Bxd5 19. Rg4 (19. f4) ({or} 19. Qe3) 19... e5 $1 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Rf1 g6 (
21... f5 $1 {was the best reply} 22. gxf6 Nxf6 23. Rgg1 Nd7 (23... g6 $5) 24.
Rg3 Rf7 $36 {and Black has a very strong initiative.}) 22. Nc1 f5 23. gxf6 Nxf6
24. Rgg1 Nh5 (24... e4 25. fxe4 Nxe4 26. Qe2 Bf6 $1 $40 {was also very
dangerous for White.}) 25. Qd2 Bxf3 (25... a5) 26. Nb3 Rfd8 27. Qf2 Rf8 (27...
e4) 28. Bh6 (28. Qd2 {was repetition of moves, but I think Svidler wanted to
continue with} Be4 $15) 28... Rf7 29. Qe3 e4 30. Nd4 Qd5 31. Nxf3 exd3 32. Qxd3
Qxd3 33. cxd3 Bf8 ({The engine recommends} 33... Bd6 34. d4 (34. Ng5 {is
dubious, as} Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Bxh2 $15) 34... Ng7 {is slightly better endgame
for Black.}) 34. Bd2 Bd6 35. Ng5 Rxf1+ 36. Rxf1 Bxh2 37. Bxb4 Be5 38. Ne6 Ng7 (
38... Ng3) 39. Re1 (39. d4) 39... Bg3 40. Re4 Re8 41. Nc5 h5 42. Bc3 Rxe4 43.
Nxe4 Bf4 (43... h4) 44. Kc2 Nf5 45. Kd1 Kf7 46. Bd2 Be5 47. b4 Ke6 48. a4 Ng3
49. Nxg3 Bxg3 50. b5 axb5 51. axb5 Kd5 52. Be3 Bd6 53. Ke2 Bc5 54. Bg5 Bb6 55.
Kf3 Kc5 56. Ke4 Bc7 57. d4+ Kxb5 58. Kd5 Bg3 59. Be3 Kb4 (59... h4 60. Ke4 h3
61. Kf3 h2 (61... Bd6 62. Bg1 $1 $11 {followed by Kg4.}) 62. Kg2 Kc4 63. Bg5
Kxd4 64. Bc1 $11) 60. Ke6 h4 61. d5 Kc4 62. d6 Bxd6 63. Kxd6 Kd3 64. Bg1 $1 Ke4
65. Ke6 g5 66. Kf6 Kf4 67. Bh2+ Kg4 68. Kg6 Kh3 69. Kxg5 Kxh2 70. Kxh4 {
A very big fight!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B83"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Serbia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
f4 d6 9. Qd2 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 e5 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O-O a6 13. g4 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5
15. exd5 Bb7 16. Kb1 exf4 17. Bxf4 Rfe8 18. g5 Bc8 19. h4 Bf5 20. Bd3 Qd7 21.
h5 Rac8 22. a3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Qg4 24. h6 g6 25. Rdf1 Bf8 26. Rf2 Rc5 27. b4 Rc4
28. Rhf1 f5 29. gxf6 Kf7 30. Bc1 Ree4 31. c3 Qh5 32. Rf4 Rxf4 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34.
Bxf4 Kxf6 35. Kb2 Qg4 36. Be3 Qf5 37. Qd4+ Qe5 38. c4 Kf5 39. Kc3 Qxd4+ 40.
Kxd4 bxc4 41. a4 Be7 42. a5 Bh4 43. Kxc4 Be1 44. Bg1 g5 45. Bh2 g4 46. Bxd6 g3
47. Bxg3 Bxg3 48. Kc5 Kf6 49. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 a6 ({Since
} 7... b6 {can be met with} 8. a5 {, Black needs a bit of preparation ...b7-b6.
}) 8. a5 {Crossing Black's initial plan radically. In order to achieve active
play, Black needs to find an effective way to play ...exd4 followed by ...Ne5
and ...c5.} ({For} 8. Re1 b6 {see Tari-Zagorskis, played at the same
tournament.}) 8... h6 {Preparing ...Re8 without fearing Bxf7!+ or simply Ng5.}
9. Re1 ({Given the course of the game and Black's novelty below, the early} 9.
h3 {makes some sense.} Re8 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 (12. Ba2 {
transposes below}) 12... c5 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Ned5 Nc6 16. Nxf6+ {
This looks like a concession and should not have offered an advantage.} ({
True, the developing} 16. Bf4 {exposes the bishop to} Nxa5 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $1
$11) (16. Bd2 $5 Bxd5 17. Nxd5 $14 Nxe4 $6 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qg4+ $16) (16. Ra3
$5) (16. Re3 $5) 16... Qxf6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. Qxd5 {White has obtained the
bishop pair, but his development is far from optimal.} Re5 {Besides, his
control over the d5-square is not that stable.} 19. Qb3 {Karjakin,S (2767)
-Carlsen,M (2868)/Stavanger 2013/CBM 154 Extra (1-0, 42)} Nd4 20. Qxb7 Rae8 $44
) 9... exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Ba2 {[%csl Gd5] The most active retreat,
anticipating ...c5.} (11. Bf1 c5 (11... Bg4 12. f3 c5 {is an alternative}) 12.
Nb3 Be6 13. Bf4 Rc8 14. h3 Re8 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Nd2 c4 17. Ra4 Bc5 18. Nxc4
Bd4 $44 {Caruana,F (2711)-Carlsen,M (2821)/Biel 2011/CBM 144}) 11... Bg4 $146 {
Aiming to provoke the weakening of the white kingside.} (11... Re8 12. h3 Bf8 (
12... c5 13. Nf5 Bf8 14. Bf4 Be6 15. Bxe5 dxe5 16. Ne3 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 Bxa2 18.
Rxa2 Red8 19. Ned5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 c4 21. Ra4 $16 {Vovk,A (2564)-Singh,S (1928)
Visakhapatnam 2012 (1-0, 30)}) 13. Bf4 Bd7 14. Bh2 g6 15. Kh1 Bg7 16. Qd2 (16.
f4 Nc6 17. e5 $36) 16... c5 17. Nde2 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Nf4 Re8 20. Ra4 $14
{Grischuk,A (2764)-Ivanchuk,V (2766)/Beijing (blitz) 2012/EXT 2014 (1-0, 79)})
12. f3 (12. Qd2 {would avoid the weakening, but temporarily lose coordination.}
Re8 (12... c5 13. Nf5 $14) 13. h3 Bd7 14. f4 Nc6 15. Qf2 Nb4 16. Bb3 c5 $132)
12... c5 13. fxg4 (13. Nf5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Qd7 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Qxd5 {Once again
White seems to keep the light squares in hand, but this is deceptive.} Bf6 17.
c3 (17. Be3 Qb5 18. Rab1 c4 $132) 17... Rad8 18. Be3 Qb5 $132) (13. Nde2 Bxf3 (
13... Bd7 14. Nf4) 14. gxf3 Nxf3+ 15. Kh1 Nxe1 16. Qxe1) 13... cxd4 14. Qxd4 (
14. Nd5 Nfxg4 {[%cal Gg4e3]} 15. Qxd4 {would only transpose.}) 14... Nfxg4 15.
Nd5 {This structure might well have arisen from the Sicilian Najdorf.} Bg5 {
This static approach does not equalise completely, although Black keeps a
solid position.} ({The greedy} 15... Bh4 $5 16. Re2 Qxa5 {is not easy to
punish.} 17. Ne7+ $2 {is bad for several reasons, the most spectacular being}
Bxe7 18. Bxf7+ Rxf7 19. Rxa5 Raf8 $19 20. Re1 Bh4 {[%cal Gh4f2]} 21. Qd1 (21.
g3 Nf3+) 21... Bf2+ 22. Kh1 (22. Kf1 Bb6+) 22... Bxe1) 16. h3 Nc6 17. Qc3 Nge5
18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Bd5 {White has occupied some key squares, but his development
is incomplete and the queen somewhat exposed.} Bf6 20. Qd2 Kh8 {The usefulness
of this move is far from obvious.} (20... Bg5 $5) 21. Rf1 Bg5 22. Qc3 {White
should be better, but Svidler seems to have failed to found a reasonable way
of avoiding the repetition.} ({Here is a possible one:} 22. Qe1 Bh4 23. Qe3 Bg5
24. Qa3 Nd4 25. Rf2 Bh4 26. g3 Nb5 27. Qb3 Nd4 28. Qe3 Bf6 29. Kg2 Nb5 30. Qe1
$14 {Well, not a very natural sequence, but White is in control of the
position so he could afford to play like that.}) 22... Bf6 23. Qd2 Bg5 24. Qc3
Bf6 25. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.10"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "England"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ENG"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 f6 10. Nc3 Nc5 11. Ne2 Ne6 12. Nh4 g6 13. Qd2 Bd6 14. Nf3 c5 15.
c3 f5 16. exf5 gxf5 17. Qh6 Rf6 18. Qe3 Bd7 19. d4 e4 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. dxe5 f4
22. Qxe4 Bc6 23. Qc2 Rh6 24. f3 Qh4 25. h3 Ng5 26. Qf5 Rg6 27. Nxf4 Qxf4 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.11"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shengelia, Davit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2543"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Austria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AUT"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. f3 e6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
d5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 exd5 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Bxc6 bxc6 14. Nb3
O-O 15. Bc5 Re8 16. Rhe1 Be6 17. h3 Rb8 18. Qc3 Bh4 19. Re2 Qc7 20. Bf2 Bxf2
21. Rxf2 Rb5 22. a4 Qf4+ 23. Kb1 Qxa4 24. Qxc6 Rc8 25. Rd4 Qxd4 26. Qxc8+ Bxc8
27. Nxd4 Rb6 28. Re2 Kf8 29. Re5 Be6 30. f4 g6 31. g4 Rd6 32. Kc1 Bd7 33. Kd2
f6 34. Re1 h5 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. h4 Rb6 37. b3 a6 38. Kc3 Kf7 39. Ra1 Ke7 40.
Ra5 Kd6 41. Kd3 Bg4 42. c4 dxc4+ 43. bxc4 Ke7 44. c5 Rb1 45. Rxa6 Rh1 46. Ra7+
Ke8 47. c6 Rh3+ 48. Ke4 Rxh4 49. Kd5 Rh1 50. Rh7 h4 51. f5 Rd1 52. Ke6 Kd8 53.
Nb5 Re1+ 54. Kxf6 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.12"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Brunello, Sabino"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Italy"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Re1 Qd7 11. Ne2 Rae8 12. Ng3 Bd8 13. a4 Ne7 14. axb5 axb5
15. Bg5 Nc8 16. Qd2 Kh8 17. Ba2 c5 18. b4 Nb6 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Nf5 Nbd7 21. bxc5
dxc5 22. Ng5 Kg8 23. Reb1 Nb6 24. Qa5 b4 25. Qxc5 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.14"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Jianu, Vlad Cristian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2565"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Romania"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ROU"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 cxd4
8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. N2b3 Ng4 10. Nb5 O-O 11. O-O Nge5 12. Na3 d6 13. Bd2 Be6 14.
Rfc1 Rfc8 15. f4 Nd7 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Rxc3 Nb6 18. Nd2 Na4 19. Rcc1 Nxb2 20.
Rab1 Na4 21. Rxb7 Nc5 22. Rbb1 Bf5 23. Nc2 e5 24. fxe5 dxe5 25. Rb5 Bxc2 26.
Rxc5 Nd4 27. Rxe5 Rab8 28. Nf3 Nxf3+ 29. Bxf3 Rxc4 30. Re7 Rb1 31. Rxb1 Bxb1
32. Rxa7 Be4 33. Kg2 h5 34. h4 Bxf3+ 35. Kxf3 Kg7 36. a4 Kf6 37. a5 Ra4 38. a6
g5 39. hxg5+ Kxg5 40. Rxf7 Rxa6 41. e3 Ra1 42. Rb7 Rf1+ 43. Ke2 Ra1 44. Kf2 Rc1
45. Rb8 Ra1 46. Rd8 Kg4 47. Rd4+ Kg5 48. Rf4 Rb1 49. Kg2 Ra1 50. e4 Re1 51. Kf2
Ra1 52. Rf8 Ra2+ 53. Kf3 Ra3+ 54. Kg2 Re3 55. Re8 h4 56. gxh4+ Kxh4 57. Kf2 Ra3
58. Rg8 Kh5 59. Ke2 Rb3 60. Kd2 Ra3 61. Rg1 Kh6 62. Ke2 Rb3 63. Rf1 Kg6 64. Rf3
Rxf3 65. Kxf3 Kf6 66. e5+ Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.15"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Armenia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ARM"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. Nd5 Na5 10. Nxe7 Qxe7 11. d4 Nxb3 12. cxb3 exd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Re1 c5
15. Ne2 Qxe4 16. Qxd6 Bb7 17. f3 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Bxd5 19. Be3 Rfc8 20. Rec1 Nd7
21. Rd1 Nf6 22. Rdc1 Nd7 23. Rd1 Nf6 24. Rdc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.16"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "L'Ami, Erwin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Netherlands"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. h3 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Nb3 f6 15.
Be3 Qd7 16. Rac1 a6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Rg6 20. Kh2 Qe7 21.
Bxb6 cxb6 22. Bxe4 Qxe5+ 23. f4 Qxe4 24. Qd2 Qd3 25. g4 Qxd2+ 26. Nxd2 Be4 27.
Rc7 Rc6 28. Rxb7 Re8 29. Rf2 Kf8 30. f5 Rd6 31. Re2 h6 32. Kg3 g6 33. Kf4 g5+
34. Kg3 Bd3 35. Rxe8+ Kxe8 36. h4 gxh4+ 37. Kxh4 d4 38. Rh7 Be2 39. Ne4 Rc6 40.
Rh8+ Kf7 41. Rh7+ Ke8 42. Kg3 d3 43. b3 Rc1 44. Rxh6 Rg1+ 45. Kf2 Rf1+ 46. Ke3
Rf3+ 47. Kd2 Rf4 48. Nd6+ Kd7 49. g5 Bf1 50. Ke1 Bg2 51. g6 d2+ 52. Kxd2 Rd4+
53. Ke3 Rxd6 54. Kf4 Rd3 55. g7 Bd5 56. Rxb6 Ke7 57. Rb8 Rd2 58. Ke5 Kd7 59. f6
Kc6 60. Rc8+ Kd7 61. Rf8 Kc6 62. f7 Re2+ 63. Kd4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 19th"]
[Site "Warsaw"]
[Date "2013.11.17"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2013.11.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "POL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8. h5
Bf5 9. Qb3 Ndb4 10. Kf1 Be6 11. Qa4 Qa5 12. Qxa5 Nxa5 13. d3 Rc8 14. Bf4 b6 15.
Bh3 Bxh3+ 16. Rxh3 Nc2 17. Rc1 Nd4 18. Be5 Bxe5 19. Nxe5 g5 20. g4 f6 21. Nc4
Nac6 22. e3 Ne6 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. Rhh1 Rhd8 25. Rhd1 Nc7 26. Ne4 Nd5 27. a4 Ndb4
28. a5 Rb8 29. axb6 axb6 30. Ra1 Rd5 31. Nc3 Rd7 32. Nb5 Rbd8 33. Ra3 h6 34.
Rb3 e6 35. d4 cxd4 36. Nxd4 Nxd4+ 37. Rxd4 Rxd4 38. exd4 Nd5 39. Kf3 Ke7 40.
Ne3 Nf4 41. Ke4 Rd6 42. Ra3 Nh3 43. d5 Nxf2+ 44. Kf3 Nh3 45. Ra7+ Rd7 46. Rxd7+
Kxd7 47. dxe6+ Kxe6 48. Nf5 Nf4 49. Ke4 Nd5 50. Nxh6 Ne7 51. b3 b5 52. Kf3 f5
53. Nxf5 Nxf5 54. gxf5+ Kxf5 55. Kg3 b4 56. Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Gp-B 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 exd6 8.
Bg5 Nf6 9. c4 h6 10. Be3 d5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. b3 dxc4
15. bxc4 Ne8 16. Rc1 Nd6 17. d5 cxd5 18. Nxd5 Re8 19. Nxc7 Qxc7 20. Bf4 Red8
21. c5 Ne8 22. Bxc7 Rxd1 23. Rfxd1 Nxc7 24. Bc4 Bf5 25. Bb3 a5 26. Rc4 Bf8 27.
c6 Be7 28. g4 Be6 29. Re4 Rc8 30. Rd7 Kf8 31. Bxe6 Nxe6 32. Rc4 Bc5 33. Kf1 g5
34. Ra4 Rxc6 35. Rxa5 Rb6 36. Rd2 Nf4 37. Rd1 Bd4 38. Rf5 Bf6 39. a4 Kg7 40. h4
Rb2 41. hxg5 hxg5 42. Kg1 Ra2 43. a5 Ne6 44. Rd6 Ra4 45. f3 Bd4+ 46. Kf1 Nf4
47. Rxg5+ Kf8 48. Ke1 Be3 49. Re5 Ra1+ 50. Rd1 Ra2 51. Rd8+ Kg7 52. Kd1 Ra3 53.
Kc2 Ne6 54. Rd7 Kg6 55. Kb2 1-0

[Event "London Classic Gp-B 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b6 13. Bd3 f6 14. Qh4 g6 15.
Bxc5 bxc5 16. exf6 Nxf6 17. Rhe1 Rb8 18. Qg5 Qb6 19. b3 c4 20. Bxg6 hxg6 21.
Qxg6+ Kh8 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qg5+ Kh8 25. Qh6+ Kg8 26. Qg6+ Kh8
1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic Gp-B 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2569"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. c3 O-O 8. d4 d5
9. e5 Nd7 10. h4 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bg5 Qf5 13. Na3 cxd4 14. cxd4 Bxd4 15.
Nb5 Bb6 16. Nd6 Qg4 17. Bh6 Rf6 18. Bg5 e5 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Nxc8 Rxc8 21. Kh1
e4 22. Ng1 Ne5 23. Qd2 e3 24. fxe3 Qxg3 25. Qf2 Qxf2 26. Rxf2 Neg4 27. Re2 Nxe3
28. Nh3 Rc4 29. a4 a5 30. h5 Kg7 31. hxg6 hxg6 32. Rae1 Nf5 33. Re6 Bc5 34. b3
Rb4 35. Ng5 Rxb3 36. Bh3 Ng3+ 37. Kg2 Ngh5 38. R6e5 Nf4+ 39. Kh2 Bd6 40. Re7+
Bxe7 41. Rxe7+ Kh6 42. Nf7+ Kh5 43. Bc8 Kh4 44. Rxb7 Rc3 0-1

[Event "London Classic Gp-B 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 h6 8. Nc3
Nc6 9. Qc2 Nd4 10. Nxd4 exd4 11. Nb5 Bc5 12. Rd1 Bg4 13. b4 Bxb4 14. Nxd4 Qc8
15. Rb1 c5 16. a3 Re8 17. f3 cxd4 18. Rxb4 Bf5 19. Qb2 a5 20. Rxb7 Qxc4 21. Bf1
d3 22. e4 Nxe4 23. fxe4 Bxe4 24. Rd7 Qa4 25. R7xd3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 Rac8 27. Bd2
Qc6 28. Qd4 Re4 29. Qd5 Qb6+ 30. Kg2 Rce8 31. Rf3 R4e6 32. Bxa5 Qb2+ 33. Kg1
Qb8 34. Bb4 Qa7+ 35. Kg2 Re5 36. Qc6 R5e6 37. Qb5 Re5 38. Qa6 Qd7 39. Bc4 Rf5
40. Qd6 Qc8 41. Rxf5 Qxf5 42. Qd3 Qf6 43. Bc3 Qc6+ 44. Bd5 Qb6 45. Qf5 Re2+ 46.
Kh3 Qc7 47. Qg4 Rxh2+ 48. Kxh2 Qxc3 49. Qd7 1-0

[Event "London Classic Gp-B 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rowson, Jonathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2569"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Bxc6 Bxc6 9. Nc3 Nf6 10. Re1 Rc8 11. b3 O-O 12. f3 b6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3 Bb7
15. Qd2 Kh7 16. Rad1 Nd7 17. Bf2 Nc5 18. Bh4 Qd7 19. Nd5 Rce8 20. h3 Ne6 21.
Nxe6 fxe6 22. Ne3 Qc6 23. Ng4 b5 24. Rc1 h5 25. Nf2 bxc4 26. Rxc4 Qb6 27. Bg5
Ba6 28. Be3 Qb7 29. Rb4 Qa8 30. Ra4 Qb7 31. Bd4 e5 32. Be3 Rc8 33. Qd5 Qxd5 34.
exd5 Bb7 35. Rxa7 Bxd5 36. Rxe7 Rc2 37. Rd1 Rf7 38. Rxf7 Bxf7 39. Ne4 Rxa2 40.
Ng5+ Kg8 41. Rxd6 Bh6 42. b4 Re2 43. Rd8+ Kg7 44. Rd7 Bxg5 45. Bxg5 e4 46. fxe4
Rxe4 47. Bd2 Kf6 48. b5 Ke6 49. Ra7 Rd4 50. Bg5 Be8 51. Re7+ Kf5 52. Rxe8 Kxg5
53. b6 Rb4 54. Re6 Rb2 55. h4+ Kf5 56. Rc6 Rb4 57. Kf2 Rxh4 58. Rc5+ Ke6 59.
Rb5 Rf4+ 60. Kg3 Rf8 61. b7 Rb8 62. Kh4 Kd6 63. g3 Ke6 64. Kg5 Kf7 65. Rb6 1-0

[Event "London Classic Gp-B 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sadler, Matthew D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2646"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2013.12.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Nb5 Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 f6
15. Nf3 e5 16. fxe5 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Qd6 18. Nf3 c5 19. Bd3 Qf4+ 20. Qxf4 Rxf4 21.
Nxd4 cxd4 22. Ne2 Rf2 23. Nxd4 Rxg2 24. Bc2 Bg4 25. Rdg1 Rxg1+ 26. Rxg1 Rd8 27.
Nc6 Rd6 28. Na5 Bc8 29. e5 Rd4 30. Bb3+ Kg7 31. Re1 Nd5 32. e6 Kf8 33. Re5 Ne7
34. Nc4 b5 35. Nb6 Rd6 36. Nxc8 Nxc8 37. a4 bxa4 38. Bxa4 Ke7 39. Bb3 Rc6+ 40.
Kd2 Nd6 41. Kd3 Rb6 42. Kc2 Rc6+ 43. Kd3 Rb6 44. Kc2 Rc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Qe2 d5 6. d3 g6 7. e5 Nd7 8. c4 Bg7
9. Bf4 Qa5+ 10. Nbd2 dxc4 11. dxc4 h6 12. h4 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. O-O Bxe5 15.
Nb3 Qc7 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qd2 Qd6 18. Rfe1 Kf8 19. Nxd4 e5 20. Nb3 Qxd2 21.
Nxd2 a5 22. Rad1 Ra6 23. Bh3 Kg7 24. Nf3 Nc5 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxe5 Rb6 27.
Rdd5 Ne6 28. b3 a4 29. Rb5 Rcc6 30. Kg2 axb3 31. axb3 Nc7 32. Rxb6 Rxb6 33. Nd4
Kf6 34. Re3 Rd6 35. Ne2 b5 36. Nc3 Rd4 37. Nxb5 Nxb5 38. cxb5 Rb4 39. Kf3 Kf5
40. Ke2 Kg4 41. Kd3 g5 42. Re4+ 1-0

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc2 Qh5 8. h3
Na6 9. Nc3 Qg6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Qa4 b5 12. Qc2 Nb4 13. Qb1 Bxe3 14. dxe3 Bf5 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Nxa4 O-O 17. Bd2 Nfd5 18. Nc5 Rfe8 19. Qc1 a5 20. O-O h5 21. Kh2
Qd6 22. Kg1 h4 23. g4 Bg6 24. Bxb4 Nxb4 25. Rd1 Qe5 26. Rd4 Rad8 27. Rc4 f5 28.
gxf5 Qxf5 29. Rxa5 Rf8 30. Qe1 Rd5 31. Rxb4 Rxc5 32. Rxc5 Qxc5 33. Bxe4 Qg5+
34. Bg2 Bf5 35. Qc3 Bxh3 36. Qxc6 Bxg2 37. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 38. Kxg2 h3+ 39. Kg3 h2
40. Rh4 Rb8 41. Rxh2 Rxb2 42. f3 Kf7 43. e4 Kf6 44. e3 Rb3 45. Kf4 g5+ 46. Kg4
Rxe3 47. Rh6+ Ke5 48. Rg6 1-0

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
Be6 9. Be2 h6 10. O-O Nbd7 {an already kind of rare position in the Najdorf.
The lines with 7...Nb3 are much better known.} 11. h3 Be7 12. Nh2 $5 {A weird
and interesting maneuver. The idea is to gain more control over the d5 square
by exchanging its defenders.} O-O 13. Ng4 Qc6 14. Qd3 Rfc8 15. Rfd1 Rab8 16. a5
Nc5 $2 {A huge oversight.} 17. Nxf6+ {Suddenly there is no good way to
recapture on f6!} Bxf6 (17... gxf6 18. Bxc5 Qxc5 19. Bg4 {is actually worse
than losing the pawn.}) 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Be7 20. Rd2 {White is a pawn up
and has all the positional advantages. It is very hard to devise something to
do with Black now.} Bg5 21. Bxg5 hxg5 22. Bg4 b5 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Nd5 Rb7 25.
f3 Rcb8 $6 26. b4 {Black is forced to retreat, which will mean further
material losses. A quick demolition!} 1-0

[Event "London Classic KO 5th"]
[Site "London"]
[Date "2013.12.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2754"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2013.12.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "ENG"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 158"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.01.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 $6 {already a
strange move.} d4 7. c5 $6 {a strange followup.} Nc6 8. Ne1 e5 9. e4 Nb4 10.
Qc4 a5 {White is already lost!} 11. a3 Be6 12. Qe2 Na6 13. c6 bxc6 (13... Nc5 {
would have prepared the unstoppable Nb3, winning immediately, but the move in
the game is also good.}) 14. d3 Nc5 15. Nd2 Nfd7 16. f4 exf4 17. gxf4 f5 18.
Rb1 a4 19. Ndf3 Nb3 20. Ng5 Bxg5 21. fxg5 fxe4 22. Bxe4 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxg5+ 24.
Ng2 Bd5 {Black is simply up two pawns...} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2766"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8. f4
{This move has become very popular nowadays even on the top level too. White
has to wait for Nf6 and only then play f4.} b5 (8... Bb4 {is another main line.
}) 9. e5 Ng4 (9... b4 {was more popular} 10. Ncb5 $1 axb5 11. Nxb5 Qb8 12. exf6
gxf6 13. c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ra5 (14... Rg8 $5) 15. a4 Ba6 16. Kf2 Be7 17. Be2 $36
{and White has a powerful position, E.Hansen-Shankland, Barcelona 2013.}) 10.
Bg1 Bb7 11. O-O-O Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be7 13. Bd3 (13. Kb1 {is also a typical move
in this type of position:} O-O 14. Bd3 f5 {is similar to the game.}) 13... f5 (
{In the event of} 13... d6 14. Qe2 (14. exd6 Bxd6 $13) 14... dxe5 15. fxe5 Nh6
16. Be4 O-O {and the position is balanced.}) 14. h3 Nh6 15. Rhg1 {A logical
decision. White avoids the pin and he prepares for g4.} O-O 16. Qe3 (16. Kb1
Kh8 (16... Rac8 17. g4 g6 $13) 17. g4 Bc6 $13 {Schrott-Collutiis, Amantea 2009}
) (16. g4 g6 {and Black can hold his kingside.}) 16... Rac8 ({The immediate} 
16... Bc6 {was also possible} 17. g4 g6 18. Kb1 b4 19. Ne2 a5 {and the
computer considers the position to be to White's advantage, but by human
measures, especially in a practical game the fight is completely double-edged.}
) 17. Kb1 Bc6 18. Ne2 (18. g4 g6 19. Ne2 Bd5 {transposes to the text move.})
18... Bd5 19. g4 g6 20. b3 Qb7 21. Rdf1 a5 22. Ng3 Bc4 $1 23. Be4 $6 {A
resourceful, but slightly risky choice!} (23. Be2 {was easier with a
double-edged fight.}) 23... Bd5 ({Probably after} 23... fxe4 {it is still not
so easy to play with White. For example:} 24. bxc4 Rxc4 (24... bxc4+ $6 25. Ka1
{and White's position is hopeful.}) 25. Nxe4 Rfc8 26. Rf2 Qd5 27. Rd2 Rb4+ 28.
Ka1 Ra4 29. c3 b4 {with some attacking chances for Black.}) 24. Bd3 Bc4 25. Be4
Bd5 26. Bd3 {and a draw. What a wonderful repetition!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B32"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 {The Kalashnikov! A rare guest at
the top level, but Andreikin sticks with his strategy of surprising his
opponents early on.} 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 ({White can also continue with the
classical Sveshnikov setup with} 6. N1c3) 6... Be7 {To justify the Kalashnikov
Variation's idea of delaying ...Nf6, Black needs to keep the option of Bg5
alive otherwise White will just have an ideal setup with c4.} 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 (8... Nf6 {Here White needs to avoid the tricks related to ...b5, after
that Black will find it hard to generate counterplay as ...Nf6 prevents both
Bg5 and f5.} 9. Be2 (9. Nc2 {now it will be hard to control b5, as the
following game shows:} Be6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. b3 O-O 12. a4 b5 $1 13. axb5 axb5
14. Nxb5 Nxe4 15. O-O d5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (18) Kramnik,V (2759)-Radjabov,T (2756)
Baku 2009}) 9... O-O (9... Nd4 {lets White get a pleasant bind after} 10. Be3
Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 O-O 14. Rac1 Rc6 15. f3 Qb8 16. Nd5 $14
{1-0 (53) Maze,S (2553)-Degraeve,J (2523) Pau 2008}) 10. Be3 Be6 11. O-O (11.
Qd2 {is also possible, as White shouldn't worry about ...Ng4, but I like the
idea of delaying Qd2 for a few more moves.}) 11... Rc8 12. Rc1 h6 (12... Nb8 {
doesn't look like a worrying plan for White.} 13. Qd2 Nbd7 14. f3 h6 15. Rfd1
Ne8 16. g3 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Nd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (86) Muzychuk,A (2587)
-Kovalevskaya,E (2405) Eilat 2012}) 13. Qd2 (13. f3 Nd4 14. Bxd4 exd4 15. Qxd4
d5 $1 $17) (13. Kh1 $5 {After seeing the 13. f3 variation, this move's idea is
apparent. White wants to play f3 next...and doesn't want to give up his bishop
on g4. A possible way to continue although the assessment isn't clear:} Ne8 14.
Qd2 Bg5 15. Nc2 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 {with slightly better chances.}) 13... Ng4 14.
Bxg4 Bxg4 15. Nc2 $1 {I don't think White should play Nd5 - after that ...Bg5
becomes viable for Black. Here, ...Bg5 would just weaken the d6-pawn.} (15. Nd5
Bg5 16. Nc2 Be6 17. Rfd1 Bxe3 18. Ndxe3 Qh4 19. f3 Rfd8 20. a4 Qg5 21. b4 Ne7
22. Ne1 Nc6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (25) Polgar,J (2682)-Radjabov,T (2740) Baku 2010})
15... Be6 16. b3 f5 {No other plan is apparent, but Black isn't prepared to
open up the position.} (16... Bg5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. Qxg5 hxg5 19. Rfd1 $14) 17.
exf5 Rxf5 18. Rfd1 Qe8 19. Ne4 Rd8 20. Bb6 Rd7 21. Ne3 Rf4 22. f3 Qg6 23. Kh1
$14 {1-0 (74) Leko,P (2743)-Nataf,I (2526) Istanbul 2000}) (8... f5 {has been
tried a few times by Radjabov. Now the simplest option seems to be:} 9. Bd3 $5
f4 (9... fxe4 10. Nxe4 $14) 10. g3 Nf6 11. gxf4 exf4 12. Bxf4 O-O {An
interesting pawn sacrifice, but at first glance it is still Black who has to
prove enough compensation.} 13. Bg3 Be6 (13... Ng4 14. f4 $14) (13... Bh3 14.
Nc2 Kh8 15. f4 Rc8 16. Qd2 b5 17. O-O-O bxc4 18. Bxc4 Nb4 19. Bb3 $14) 14. Nc2
Ng4 15. f4 h5 16. Be2 $1 $14 {1-0 (56) Andriasian,Z (2600)-Jurcik,M (2481)
Yerevan 2014}) 9. Be2 Bg5 10. Nc2 (10. O-O $142 {is probably a better move
order to get the same position, but I believe Svidler felt it doesn't make a
big difference.} Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Nf6 12. Nc2 {converts to the notes to 11...Nf6
in the main game.}) 10... Bxc1 11. Rxc1 Qg5 {Andreikin tries to make use of
White's delayed 0-0, but I am not sure if it's any better than the normal
lines.} (11... Nf6 12. O-O O-O {is the normal way to continue.} 13. Qd2 Qb6 (
13... Qb8 14. Rcd1 Rd8 15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Ne5 17. Rxf6 gxf6 18. Qh6 Rd7 19.
Ne3 $36 {1-0 (41) Amonatov,F (2616)-Rahman,T (2291) Dhaka 2013}) {Black has a
solid position, but he doesn't have any clear way of counterplay either. So
White can just continue to improve his position as well:} 14. Rfd1 ({Another
interesting way to continue is} 14. Qxd6 $5 $146 Qxb2 (14... Rfd8 15. Qa3 Nd4
16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Rfd1 $14) 15. Qd3 {/\ Nd5, and White should be able to
maintain some pressure.}) 14... Rfd8 15. b3 Rac8 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. Nxe3 Nd4 18.
Kf1 Kf8 19. Nc2 Nxc2 20. Rxc2 Ke7 21. Rcc1 Rc6 22. f3 Rdc8 23. a4 Nd7 24. Kf2
a5 25. Rd2 Nc5 26. Bd1 Rb6 27. Nb5 f5 28. exf5 Bxf5 29. Rc3 Rf8 30. Re3 $14 (
30. Bc2 {was a blunder in the game.} Bxc2 31. Rdxc2 Ne4+ {1/2-1/2 (47)
Svetushkin,D (2588)-Bacrot,E (2705) Calvi 2013})) 12. O-O Rd8 13. b4 (13. Nd5
Rd7 {seems very awkward for Black, but it's not clear how White should break
through.} (13... Nf6 14. Nc7+ Ke7 15. Qd3) 14. Qd3 Nf6 15. Nb6 Rd8) 13... Nf6
14. Qd3 O-O 15. Rfd1 Rc8 (15... Ne7 {could be a better move, preparing for Nd5,
but White's position is slightly more pleasant anyway.} 16. Qg3) 16. Nd5 $1 b5
(16... Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 (17... e4 18. Qg3 Qxg3 19. hxg3 Ne5 20. Ne3 $14) 18.
Ne3 $14 {/\ c5...and Black doesn't have an easy way yet.}) (16... Rfd8 {
would have still held Black's position together, but White's position is still
pleasant.}) 17. Qg3 $1 {A brilliant idea. Black has two different ways to take
a pawn now...} Qxg3 ({The key line to calculate for White was after} 17... Nxe4
18. Qxg5 Nxg5 19. Nb6 $1 Rb8 20. Rxd6 Rxb6 21. c5 Nd4 22. Rxd4 $1 Rc6 23. Rd2
Bxa2 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Nd5 {gives White a very pleasant endgame despite being a
pawn down temporarily.}) 18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. hxg3 bxc4 (19... Bxc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4
21. Rxd6 Rfd8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Ne3 Nxb4 24. a3 Nc6 25. Rxc4 {The pawns are
equal, but White's structure is much better so Black should continue to suffer
for a while.} Nd4 26. g4 $14) 20. f4 $1 {Suddenly it's not so easy to deal
with the simple threat of f5.} ({Andreikin probably expected} 20. Rxd6 {
and now Black would be fine after} Rfd8 21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 $11) 20... f5 (20...
Rfd8 21. f5 Bd7 22. Bxc4 $16) 21. exf5 Bxf5 22. Ne3 {White's pieces are coming
into play perfectly. Already under pressure, Andreikin wilts and collapses.}
Bd3 (22... Be6 23. Rxd6 exf4 24. gxf4 Rfd8 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. a3 $16) 23. Bxd3
cxd3 24. Nf5 $1 {Once again Svidler surprises with a strong alternative to the
expected Rxd3. All of Black's pawns are falling.} e4 (24... Rfd8 25. Rxc6 {
just wins the piece.}) 25. Nxd6 {The most clinical way.} (25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26.
Ne7+ Kg7 27. Nxc6 Rc8 {would give Black compensation.}) 25... e3 26. Nxc8 d2
27. Rxc6 e2 28. Rcc1 {A simple line to calculate for White.} exd1=R+ 29. Rxd1
Rxc8 30. Rxd2 Rc3 31. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:18:15"]
[BlackClock "0:23:05"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:01:12]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. g3 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} g6 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:04:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 6. Nxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:31]} 7. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:
10]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 9. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} d6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Be6 $5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} ({Black
usually develops the bishop after} 10... a6 {possibly followed by ...Rb8. A
recent game went} 11. Bg5 $5 (11. Bd2) (11. Be3) 11... Rb8 12. a4 {1-0 (59)
Edouard,R (2653)-Mista,A (2582) Germany 2013 CBM 158 [Meyer,CD]}) 11. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:13:42]} ({There is nothing wrong with taking the pawn. Black is mainly
struggling, but maybe concrete analysis proves he can reach an equality after
long forced lines.} 11. Bxb7 Rb8 12. Bg2 Qa5 13. b3 Rxb3 14. axb3 Qxa1 15. Nb5
(15. Bd2 {Donaldson,J (2399)-Watson,J (2345) Seattle 2003 CBM 093 [Ribli] (1/
2-1/2, 28)}) (15. Be3 Qa5 16. Nb5 Bf5 17. Qd1 a6 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. Qa1 Qb4 20.
Qxa6 Ng4 $44 {Palac,M (2561)-Rogulj,B (2418) Zagreb 2014 (1/2-1/2, 22)}) 15...
Qa2 16. Nd4 Bd7 $14 {(1-0, 38) Cyborowski,L (2564)-Kovalev,A (2572) Krakow 2004
}) 11... Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:58][%csl Gc4][%cal Ge6h3]} ({It is worth mentioning
that Kramnik had had this position with White in a blitz game:} 11... Qd7 12.
Rfd1 Ng4 13. b3 Ne5 14. Qe4 Rab8 15. Rac1 Bf5 16. Qh4 Bf6 17. Bg5 Bxg5 18. Qxg5
$14 {Kramnik-Anand, Moscow (blitz) 2009}) 12. b3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bh3 {[%emt 0:
00:10] White somewhat relieves White's pressure after exchanging the second
minor piece, but the space advantage has a long term character.} 13. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:00:45]} (13. Rad1 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 a6 15. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (31) Romanishin,
O (2600)-Neverov,V (2515) Donetsk 1998 CBM 068 [Ribli]}) 13... Bxg2 {[%emt 0:
01:48]} 14. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qc6+ $146 {[%emt 0:10:53] This novelty does
not change anything essentially.} (14... Rd8 15. Rfd1 Rd7 16. e4 Ng4 17. Qe2
Ne5 18. f4 Nc6 19. Be3 b6 20. h4 Qb7 21. h5 e6 22. Qf3 Re8 23. Rd2 $14 a6 $6
24. Na4 {For reasons I do not understand now, in Marin-Lupu, Manresa 1996 I
accompanied the last move with a draw offer, which was immediately accepted.
Being a Hedgehog player with Black myself, I probably overestimated the
counterplay based on} b5 {In fact, after} 25. Nb6 Rdd8 26. Rcd1 $16) (14... e6
15. Rfd1 Rd8 16. Bg5 Rd7 17. Bxf6 $5 {This could have eventually led to
brilliancies.} (17. Qf3 Ne8 18. Rd3 Qc6 19. e4 Rc8 20. a4 {Neverov,V (2490)
-Dvoirys,S (2550) St Petersburg 1995 (1/2-1/2, 31)}) 17... Bxf6 18. Qf3 Bxc3 $6
(18... Bg7 19. Ne4 Qc6 20. h4 {offers White only some light pressure.}) 19.
Rxc3 Qc5 20. Qf6 Rc8 21. Rf3 $14 b5 $2 {In Jirovsky,M (2420)-Neverov,V (2515)
Lazne Bohdanec 1996 (1-0, 49) this thematic break could once again have led to
disastrous consequences.} 22. cxb5 Qxb5 23. Rxd6 $3 Rxd6 24. Qxf7+ Kh8 25. Qe7
$3 Qd5 $8 (25... Qd7 26. Rf8+ Rxf8 27. Qxf8#) (25... Rdd8 26. Rf7 $18) 26. e4
$1 Qxe4 27. Qxd6 $18) 15. f3 {[%emt 0:10:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:05:04][%csl Gd5,Rd6]}
16. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:03:16]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:07:25]} 17. Bf4 {[%emt 0:11:53]} Rd7 {
[%emt 0:12:05]} 18. Qe3 {[%emt 0:05:39][%cal Gf4h6,Gd1d4,Gd4h4]} (18. e4 $14)
18... b6 {[%emt 0:09:47]} 19. Rd3 {[%emt 0:04:39]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:10:22]} 20. Qd2
{[%emt 0:10:42]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:03:07]} 21. e4 $14 {[%emt 0:04:35][%csl Gd6]
Play is rather one-sided. Black's attempt to undermine the white space
advantage with ...b6-b5 will only create new weaknesses.} a6 $6 {[%emt 0:09:54]
[%csl Gb6,Gc5]} (21... Qc5 $5 {[%csl Ge5][%cal Yc5h5,Yc5a5]} 22. Rd1 Rcd8 23.
h4 $14) 22. e5 {[%emt 0:19:04]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} 23. h4 {[%emt 0:05:40]}
Rcd8 {[%emt 0:06:21]} 24. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (24... Kh7
25. a4 $16) 25. c5 $1 {[%emt 0:05:55] After this thematic break, the game will
oscillate between +/- and +/= until eventually reaching = by means of !!} Qxc5
{[%emt 0:03:13]} (25... d5 26. b4 $16 {[%cal Gc3e2,Ge2d4]}) 26. Ne4 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 27. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:01:11]} (27. Be3 Qb8 28. Nc5 $1
Bxe5 (28... Ra7 29. exd6 $18) 29. Nxd7 Rxd7 30. Bxh6 {[%cal Gh4h5] /\h5} Nf6
31. Re1 {[%cal Ge1e5]} Qb7 32. h5 $1 $16 Nxh5 $2 33. Rxe5 $1) 27... Bf8 {
[%emt 0:04:55]} 28. h5 {[%emt 0:04:32]} (28. Bxh6 $6 Nxd6 29. Bxf8 Ne4 $1) (28.
Be3 Qb8 29. Bxh6 Nxd6 30. Bg5 Ne4 31. Rxd7 Nxd2 32. Rxd8 Qxe5 33. R1xd2 Kg7 $14
{[%csl Gg2]}) (28. Nc8 $1 Rxd3 29. Nxb6 Rxd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rxd2+ 31. Bxd2 Nc7 32.
Nd7 $16 {[%csl Ra6,Rg8][%cal Gg2f1,Gf1e2,Ge2d3,Yd7b8,Yd2a5]}) 28... Nxd6 {
[%emt 0:06:33]} (28... g5 $2 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Qxg5+ Kh8 31. Nxe8 $1 Rxd3 32.
Nf6 Bg7 33. h6 $18) 29. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 30. Be5 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:02:37]} (30... Bg7 $1 $14) 31. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:14]
} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 32. Qxc1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} (32...
Bxd6 33. Qd1 (33. Qd2 $2 Bb4 $1) 33... Bxe5 34. Rxd7) (32... Bg7 33. Bxg7 (33.
Qc7 $5 Rxc7 34. dxc7 Bxe5 35. c8=Q+ Kg7 $14) 33... Kxg7 34. Qc3+ Kg8 35. Qc8+
Rd8 36. Qc7 Qb8 37. Kf2 $16) 33. g4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 34.
Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 35. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} (35. Bxg7
Kxg7 $14) 35... Qb5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 36. Be1 {[%emt 0:00:27]} (36. Qxb5 axb5
37. f4 gxf4 38. Bxf4 $16) 36... Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 37. Bg3 {[%emt 0:01:07]}
Qe2+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 38. Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. Qxa6 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} e5 $6 {[%emt 0:00:26]} ({The counterplay started with this
move will result in a briliancy, but the simple} 39... Qe5 $1 $11 {would have
retrieved the pawn and saved the game at once.}) 40. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qxa2
{[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Qc6 $2 {[%emt 0:12:32]} (41. Qxb4 $16) 41... e4 $1 {
[%emt 0:04:49]} 42. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 43. Rf3 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} Rxd6 {[%emt 0:02:30]} 44. Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:21]} f6 {[%emt 0:01:
06]} 45. e5 {[%emt 0:00:34] Svidler must have put big hopes in this pawn break.
The threat is Qg6+ followed by exd6 and the black rook does not have safe
squares along the sixth rank.} f5 $3 {[%emt 0:16:01]} (45... Qxe5 46. Qxe5 fxe5
47. Rxf8+ Kxf8 48. Bc5 Ke7 49. Bxb4 $1 $18) (45... Ra6 46. Qc8 Rb6 47. Qf5 {
[%cal Ge5f6]}) (45... Rb6 46. Kg3 {[%cal Gf2b6]} Ra6 47. Re3 {[%cal Ge5e6]})
46. gxf5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rf6 $1 {[%emt 0:03:16]} 47. Kg3 {[%emt 0:12:30]} (47.
Re3 Qg4+ 48. Bg3 Ra6 $1 $132 {[%cal Ga6a2]}) 47... Qe4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 48. Bc5
{[%emt 0:02:11]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:05:56]} 49. Bf2 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Qe4 {[%emt 0:
00:50]} 50. Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. Bf2 {[%emt 0:09:10]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2830"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O b6 13. Qc1 Bb7 14. Bc4
Qa4 15. Bb5 Qa2 16. Re1 Rc8 17. Qd1 Qc2 18. Qe2 Nc6 {This system was popular
15-20 years ago.} (18... Qc7 {is the main continuation here; however, it
violates the so-called Znosko-Borovsky rule, which recommends keeping the
advanced queen in the opponent's camp as long as it can't be trapped, in order
to disrupt the opponent's manoeuvring.}) 19. Bd3 (19. e5 $6 {was tried by
Aronian in a recent rapid game:} Nd8 20. Bd7 Rcb8 21. h4 Bd5 22. Rbc1 Qa2 23.
Ng5 h6 24. Nh3 Ne6 25. Qe3 Rd8 $17 {1/2 (50) Aronian,L (2803)-Grischuk,A (2783)
Beijing CHN 2013 - White does not have sufficient compensation for the pawn.})
(19. Rec1 Qa2 20. Bc4 Nxd4 $1 21. Nxd4 Rxc4 22. Qxc4 Qxd2 23. Nc6 Qd7 24. Qd5
Bxc6 25. Rxc6 Qxd5 26. exd5 Be5 (26... Bd4 $1 $15 {[%cal Ya7a5,Yd4c5]}) 27. Kf1
Bd6 28. Ra1 {1/2 Tratar,M-Jelen,Ig/SLO-ch 1996}) (19. d5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 $13)
19... Qa2 20. Bc4 (20. Ra1 $5 {is challenging and needs more tests; in the
following games Black failed to reach safe equality:} Qb2 (20... Qb3 $2 21.
Reb1 Qe6 22. d5 $18) 21. Ra4 (21. Reb1 $2 Nxd4 $1 $19) 21... Qb3 (21... b5 $5
22. Bxb5 a5 $1 {[%cal Yc6b4]}) 22. Rea1 Nd8 23. R4a3 (23. Rxa7 Ne6 $1) 23...
Qe6 24. Rxa7 Rxa7 (24... Qd6 25. Be3 Nc6 $14 {E.Solozhenkin}) 25. Rxa7 Qd6 (
25... Ra8 26. Rxa8 Bxa8 27. h3 Qa2 28. Kh2 Qb2 29. d5 Nb7 30. Qe3 Nc5 31. Qf4
$1 $36 {1/2 (41) Polak,T (2525)-Kalod,R (2435) Olomouc 1998 CBM 067 [Ftacnik,L]
}) 26. Be3 e6 {1-0 (46) Solozhenkin,E (2565)-Beshukov,S (2460) Elista 1996 CBM
056 [Solozhenkin]} 27. Qb2 $14) 20... Qa4 21. Bb3 (21. Ra1 Qc2 22. Ra2 $2 Nxd4
$1 23. Rxc2 Nxe2+ 24. Rxe2 Rxc4 25. Rxc4 Ba6 $19 {A.Shirov}) 21... Qa3 (21...
Qa6 $6 {is hardly good as the queen is very passive here:} 22. Qe3 Na5 (22...
e6 $5 23. d5 exd5 24. Bxd5 (24. exd5 Na5 $13) 24... Na5 25. Qa3 Bxd5 26. exd5
Rc5 27. d6 Qc8 28. Qd3 Qc6 29. d7 Rd8 30. Bb4 Nb7 31. Rbd1 $14 {1-0 (47)
Petkov,S (2084)-Bazak,J IECC 2003}) (22... Rf8 23. Ra1 Na5 (23... Qb5 24. Rec1
$36) 24. Reb1 $1 {[%cal Rb3d1,Rd1e2]} e6 $5 (24... Rac8 $2 25. Bd1 $1 $18 {
Komarov,D-Liss,E/Paris/1996/ Ftacnik,L}) 25. Bd1 Bc6 26. Be2 Qc8 27. Ne5 $36 (
27. Bxa5 bxa5 28. Rxa5 Rb8 $11)) 23. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 (24... Ke8 25.
Qh3 $1 $40 Bxd4 26. Qxh7 b5 27. Bxa5 Qf6 28. Red1 $1 {1-0 Poluljahov,
A-Tseshkovsky,V/Krasnodar 1996 (42)}) 25. Qh3 h6 26. Ne6 $1 $40 {A.Shirov} (26.
Qe6+ Kh8 27. Re3 (27. Nf7+ Kh7 28. Bxh6 {1-0 (32) Lobron,E (2590)-Konguvel,P 
(2395) Linares 1996} b5 $1) 27... b5 28. Nf7+ (28. Bxa5 Rc6 $1 29. Nf7+ Kh7 30.
Ng5+ Kh8 $10) 28... Kh7 29. Ng5+ Kh8 30. Nf7+ Kh7 31. Ng5+ {1/2 (31) Lautier,J
(2645)-Shirov,A (2695) Belgrade 1995 CBM 051 [Shirov]})) 22. Bxf7+ $1 {[%mdl
512] This sacrifice is the only way to cause Black any problems.} Kxf7 23. Qc4+
e6 24. Ng5+ Ke8 25. Nxe6 $44 {[%mdl 128] White has obtained excellent
compensation for the piece: Black's king is exposed and under attack, and
White's central passed pawns are his important trump for the future.} Qe7 26.
Nxg7+ (26. d5 $5 Nd4 $1 (26... Ne5 27. Qb3 $44) 27. Qa4+ b5 28. Rxb5 Nxb5 29.
Qxb5+ Kf7 30. Nxg7 Kxg7 31. d6 Qxd6 32. Qxb7+ Qc7 33. Bc3+ Kh6 34. Bd2+ Kg7 $11
) 26... Qxg7 27. Bc3 (27. Qe6+ $5 Qe7 (27... Ne7 28. d5) 28. Qg8+ Kd7 29. Qc4
Ke8 30. Qg8+ Kd7 31. Qc4 Ke8 32. Qa4 $5 Kf7 33. Qb3+ Kg7 34. Bc3 $44 {1-0 (68)
Caire,F (2474)-Domanov,D (2446) Lechenicher SchachServer 2011}) 27... Nd8 (
27... Nxd4 $1 28. Qxd4 Qxd4 29. Bxd4 Rc4 {led to an equal ending; however,
Peter Svidler decided to play for a win, hoping to make use of his extra piece
after all.}) 28. Qb3 Rc7 {Another risky decision.} (28... Rxc3 $5 29. Qxc3 Ne6
30. Rbd1 Rd8 {was possible here, consolidating Black's position.}) 29. Ba1 Rac8
30. d5 Qd7 31. Qb2 Qe7 32. Rbd1 {Now White evades a drawing line.} (32. Qh8+
Qf8 33. Qe5+ Qe7 $11 (33... Re7 $6 34. Qd4)) 32... Nf7 $6 (32... Rc2 33. Qh8+
Qf8 34. d6 Bc6 $1 35. d7+ Bxd7 36. Qxf8+ Kxf8 37. Rxd7 R2c7 38. Rd5 $13 {_|_})
33. e5 {White's pawns have finally started their advance.} Rc2 34. Qb5+ Qd7 $2
{Black gives up a piece in a much inferior version to that available on move
27.} (34... Kf8 $142 35. e6 Nd6 36. Qb3 $44) 35. Qxd7+ Kxd7 36. e6+ Kd6 37.
exf7 ({The best but very difficult move} 37. Bf6 $3 {was recommended by
commentators (GM Pavel Maletin and others). After} Ng5 $1 (37... Nh6 $2 38.
Be5+ Ke7 39. d6+ Kxe6 40. Bg7+) (37... R2c7 38. Bh4 $1 Rc4 $1 39. Bg3+ Ke7 40.
exf7+ Kxf7 41. d6 Re8 $1 42. f4 $1 {White's d-pawn can hardly be stopped.}) 38.
Be5+ $1 (38. Bxg5 Bxd5) 38... Kc5 $1 (38... Ke7 39. d6+ Kxe6 40. d7) 39. e7 $1
Bxd5 $1 40. e8=Q Rxe8 41. Bd4+ Kd6 42. Rxe8 {White should win.}) 37... Rf8 38.
Re6+ Kd7 39. Rf6 Re2 $1 40. f4 (40. Bc3 Re7 41. Bb4 Rexf7 42. Rd6+ Kc8 {
is harmless}) (40. Rf3 Re7 41. Ra3 a6 42. Bd4 Rexf7 43. Bxb6 {keeps an extra
pawn but after} Rf5 $1 {it can hardly be converted. Instead, White decides to
keep positional pressure.}) 40... Re7 41. Be5 Rexf7 42. Rd6+ Ke8 $2 (42... Ke7
$1 {was the right move, after which Black can activate his f8 rook (...Rf8-d8
or c8) and hold on.}) 43. Re1 (43. Ra1 {was possible but White finds a strong
forced manoeuvre.}) 43... Re7 44. Rc1 Rff7 45. Bf6 $1 Rd7 46. Re6+ Kf8 47. d6 {
[%csl Gd6,Gf6]} Kg8 {This attempt to rearrange pieces fails.} (47... a5 {
, trying to create counterplay, might be a better chance.}) 48. h4 Rf8 49. Bg5
{Preventing 49...Rc8.} (49. Rc7 Rxc7 50. dxc7 {was another good possibility.})
49... Kf7 (49... Kg7 50. h5 $1) 50. Rce1 Bc6 51. h5 $6 (51. Re7+ $1 Kg8 52. Rc1
$1 Rxd6 53. Rc7 $1 {[%cal Rc7c6,Rg5e7][%mdl 64] , winning an exchange and the
game, was not easy to find.}) 51... a5 $2 (51... gxh5 {was possible. It is not
immediately clear how White can win.}) 52. Re7+ (52. hxg6+ hxg6 53. Re7+ Kg8 {
was more accurate}) 52... Kg8 53. hxg6 hxg6 (53... Rxd6 54. gxh7+ Kh8 {was
still possible but White should win anyway after} 55. R7e6 Rxe6 56. Rxe6 Ba8
57. Rxb6 Kxh7 58. Ra6 {etc.}) 54. R1e6 Rf7 55. Rxg6+ Kh7 56. Rh6+ Kg7 57. Ree6
{Black resigned a bit prematurely but after} (57. Ree6 Rf8 58. g4 {[%cal Yf4f5]
etc. White should gradually win.}) (57. g4 $5 {[%cal Yf4f5] was even simpler.})
1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2785"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 $5 {I am not sure if this
can be called the Moller (5...b5 and 6...Bc5), but it is a close cousin of
those lines. Black's idea is to delay ...b5 so White isn't able to instantly
reply with a4. This gives Black a few additional options - for instance the
idea of entirely avoiding ...Rb8 after a4, but at the least it also prevents,
or reduces the impact of a few additional lines for White like the Nxe5 lines.
All that sounds good, but Black has to deal with additional options here for
White as well, which is the reason why 5...Bc5 hasn't really been in fashion
of late. It is also probably the reason why Topalov chose it here, and he
successfully managed to bring Svidler out of book very quickly.} 6. c3 (6. d4
$5 {is another interesting, but very rare option for White to explore.}) 6...
b5 7. Bc2 {But this is the extra option Black has to deal with compared to 5...
b5, and 6...Bc5. At first sight, the bishop is naturally better placed on c2,
and if Black just continues in the way of Moller, then White will have a
better version. So instead, he ought to go for the forcing} d5 8. d4 dxe4 9.
dxe5 $5 {A less popular move, but since Svidler has played it before, it
certainly couldn't be a surprise to Topalov.} (9. Nxe5 {leads to a long,
insane variation that Svidler understandably wanted to avoid} Nxe5 10. dxe5
Qxd1 11. Rxd1 Ng4 12. Bxe4 Nxf2 (12... Rb8 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Bg5+ Ke6 15. Bh4
Nxe5 16. Bd5+ Kf5 17. Bxf7 $5 $146 {doesn't let Black equalise fully yet.} (17.
Nd2 Bb7 18. Nb3 {This lets White maintain pressure as well.} (18. Ne4 Bb6 19.
Ng3+ Kg6 20. Bb3 f6 21. Ne2 Rhe8 $11 {(57) Shirov,A (2710)-Ivanchuk,V (2740)
Monte Carlo 1998}) 18... Bb6 19. Bg3 f6 20. Nd4+ Bxd4 21. cxd4 (21. Rxd4 c5 22.
Rd2 c4 23. Rad1 Rhe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (55) Hermansson,E (2545)-Hector,J (2638)
Sweden 2007}) 21... Bxd5 22. dxe5 Rbd8 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Bxc7 {is a much more
drawish opposite coloured bishop endgame than 17.Bxf7.}) 17... Bxf2+ (17...
Nxf7 18. Rd5+ Kg6 (18... Kg4 19. Bg3 Bb6 20. h3#) 19. Rxc5 $16) 18. Bxf2 Nxf7
19. Bg3 $14 {Due to the opposite coloured bishops, and more activity, Black
certainly has chances for a draw...but it's not yet easy. Black's exposed king,
and likely pawn less, certainly give White enough reason to be happy with the
outcome of the opening.}) 13. Bc6+ Ke7 14. Rd5 Bb6 $1 {We've most of the
theory established here already, with an old Svidler game after Bg5. And in
general, Black seems to be doing fine after the following exchange sacrifice:}
15. Bxa8 Nd3+ 16. Kf1 Nxc1 17. Na3 Be6 18. Rxc1 Rxa8 {The insanity is
simplified to a much more normal position, but as is often the case, the
excellent bishops actually offer Black good compensation for the rook.}) (9.
dxc5 {certainly hasn't been completely explored either.} Qxd1 10. Bxd1 exf3 11.
Bxf3 e4 $1 (11... Bb7 12. b4 e4 13. Be2 O-O 14. a4 $14 {1/2-1/2 (28) Dvirnyy,D
(2515)-Saravanan,V (2401) Forni di Sopra 2012}) 12. Be2 (12. Re1 O-O $5 (12...
Bf5 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. Be2 Nd7 15. a4 Nxc5 16. axb5 axb5 17. Bxb5 $14 {1/2-1/2 
(22) Chandler,M (2537)-Lane,G (2445) Brisbane 2005}) 13. Bxe4 Re8 14. Nd2 Bf5
15. f3 Rad8 {should be quite ok for Black.} 16. Kf1 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. fxe4
Ne5 $44 {1/2-1/2 (45) Rajlich,V (2337)-Gustafsson,J (2535) Budapest 2001})
12... Bg4 $1 {exchanging a pair of bishops will make Black's life a lot easier.
} 13. Bxg4 (13. f3 exf3 14. gxf3 Bf5 15. b4 O-O-O 16. a4 Rhe8 $1 $15 {1/2-1/2 
(24) Shen,Y (2459)-Kosintseva,T (2479) Ergun 2006}) 13... Nxg4 14. a4 b4 15.
cxb4 Nxb4 16. Bd2 Nc2 17. Ra2 Rb8 18. Nc3 O-O 19. Nxe4 Rfe8 20. Ng3 Ne5 $44 {
1/2-1/2 (41) Salai,L (2440)-Onischuk,A (2605) Yerevan 1996.}) 9... Qxd1 10.
Rxd1 exf3 $1 {Even though there is still one game with this move, it was
almost certainly a surprise for White. Black voluntarily spoils his structure,
and does not take a pawn with a check....} (10... Bxf2+ {has been the main
theoretical move, but now Black seems to be sufferring, even though he's close
to equality:} 11. Kf1 Ng4 12. Bxe4 Bb7 13. h3 Ne3+ 14. Bxe3 Bxe3 15. a4 O-O (
15... Ke7 16. Na3 Rhb8 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 Nxe5 20. Bxb7 Rxb7
21. Nxc7 Nxf3 22. Nd5+ Ke6 23. Nxe3 $16 {1-0 (46) Areshchenko,A (2657)-Gupta,A
(2570) Mumbai 2009}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Bxa8 18. Na3 b4 19. Nc2 Bf4 20.
Bxc6 Bxc6 21. Nxb4 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Bxe5 23. Nc6 Bd6 24. b4 f5 25. b5 Rf6 26. Rd5
Re6 27. c4 $14 {1-0 (44) Hossain,E (2516)-Gupta,A (2584) Kolkata 2009}) 11.
exf6 gxf6 12. Be4 (12. Bf4 $5 {could be an interesting way which needs further
checking. After} Ne5 13. Be4 Rb8 14. g3 {The pawn sacrifice seems to be just
temporary, and if White is able to regain the f3-pawn without spoiling his
position, then White might have chances. Still, the assesment is probably
close to equal right now.}) (12. a4 Ne5 $5 {dealing with it aggressively} 13.
axb5 Bb7 14. bxa6 Rxa6 15. Rxa6 Bxa6 $132) 12... Bd7 $1 (12... Bb7 {looks more
natural, but now Black won't be able to go 0-0-0.}) 13. a4 O-O-O 14. axb5 Ne5
$1 {Really impressive play! No wonder, Svidler spent a huge deal of time on
these moves. It is already White who needs to be careful here...} 15. Bf4 Bxb5
{Black's pawn structure is abysmal, but his activity more than makes up for it.
} 16. Na3 Rxd1+ $6 {Slight inaccuracies begin creeping into Topalov's game....
it's always hard to start to focus right after your preparation ends. Black is
still ok after this, but giving away the d-file makes White's play a lot
easier.} (16... Bd3 $1 {would have been the simplest.} 17. Bxe5 (17. gxf3 Rhg8+
18. Bg3 f5 $1 {would win material}) 17... Bxe4 18. Bxf6 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Re8 20.
g3 Bd5 $15 {Black's pieces are much better, and the mating bind due to the
f3-pawn is very annoying for White as well.}) 17. Rxd1 Be2 18. Rd5 Rg8 $2 {
A surprising mistake. Black should have tried to take fxg2 when he could. The
pawn on f3 looks impressive, but he isn't active enough to hold on to it for
too long...and in general a tripled pawn is never too nice to keep. But it was
already not that easy to make a decision:} (18... Bxa3 {would be definitely
better than the game, but it's not entirely equal} 19. bxa3 fxg2 20. Bxe5 fxe5
21. Rxe5 {with slight pressure.}) (18... Bd6 19. g3 {the pawns are still a
problem, although Black has more counterplay here.}) (18... Ba7 $1 {now g3 is
probably not very nice due to the pressure on f2} 19. Bxe5 fxe5 {and Black
should have enough counterplay to equalise probably.}) 19. g3 Bxa3 20. bxa3 Ng6
21. Be3 {The tripled pawns make Black's life hard, and Svidler conducts the
next few moves quite well and practically, just increasing the pressure.} Re8
22. Bf5+ Kb7 23. Rd4 Re5 24. g4 a5 25. h3 h5 26. Be4+ Ka6 (26... Kc8 {is a
more stubborn defence, but it's hard to figure it out during a game...Black
can't really expect his king to come under a mating attack, can he?}) 27. gxh5
$1 Rxh5 28. Rd8 {Finally, it's time for precision! The king is a target now.}
Ne5 (28... Rxh3 29. Rb8 $1 {is an amazing move that Topalov might have
overlooked. Bb7 is a very strong threat as well...} (29. a4 Rh8 {is a draw.})
29... Rh8 30. Rb2 {and the beautiful mate with Bb7 follows.}) 29. a4 c6 30. Rb8
{The king is still not out of the woods.} Nc4 31. Bd4 c5 32. Bxf6 Nb6 33. Bd8 (
33. h4 $16 {was simpler.}) 33... Nd5 34. Ra8+ Kb7 35. Rxa5 Re5 36. Rxc5 Rxe4
37. Rxd5 Rxa4 38. Rf5 Kc8 39. Bg5 Rc4 40. Bd2 {It could be argued that Svidler
spoilt his advantage a bit in the last moves, but he did reasonably well to
reach the time control, and the endgame is still quite unpleasant for White.}
Rc7 {Too passive. The h-pawn is just on a roll now} (40... Rh4 41. Kh2 Bf1 42.
Rxf3 Rh5 {is an interesting suggestion by the computer. Amazingly, there
aren't many ways to improve...but it's hard to say if Black can save the
position after} 43. Rxf7 Rxh3+ 44. Kg1 Be2 $16) 41. h4 Kd8 42. Bg5+ $1 {
A very nice trick. Black would have been in time to control the h-pawn...but
White brings mating nets into the game as well!} Ke8 43. Rd5 f5 (43... Rd7 44.
Rxd7 Kxd7 {should just be lost as the two pawns are too far away. As usual,
the computer doesn't understand these opposite coloured bishop endgames very
well...}) 44. h5 Rc4 45. Rd4 $1 {The opposite coloured bishop endgame is of
course lost...} Rxc3 46. h6 Rc8 47. h7 Kf7 48. Bd8 $1 {The final touch.} 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Meulders,R"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:19:35"]
[BlackClock "0:08:55"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
00:37]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:00:19]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:23]} 6. c4 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 8. b4
{[%emt 0:06:15] A less usual move. Instead of the vastly popular 8.d5,
hindering Black's stock move ...e5, White allows this advance and aims for a
quick initiative on the queenside.} e5 {[%emt 0:13:17]} ({Relevant:} 8... h6 9.
Bb2 c6 10. d5 a5 11. a3 axb4 12. axb4 Rxa1 13. Bxa1 Na6 14. Qb3 c5 15. b5 Nb4
16. Bb2 e5 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Ba3 Qf7 19. Nd2 d5 20. cxd5 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5
22. Bxc5 Nc3 23. Qa3 Rd8 24. Nf3 Nxe2+ 25. Kh1 Nc3 26. Qb4 Bc4 27. Re1 Ne4 28.
Qa5 Qd5 29. Bb6 Bc3 30. Qa7 Bxe1 31. Nxe1 Qd1 {0-1 (31) Gomez,J (2534)-Zhang,Z
(2600) Ho Chi Minh City 2014}) (8... c6) 9. dxe5 {[%emt 0:01:16]} dxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Ba3 $146 {[%emt 0:03:41]} (10. b5 e4 11. Nd4 Qf7 12. Qb3 c5
13. bxc6 Nxc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Ba3 Rd8 16. Rac1 Be6 17. Qa4 Rac8 18. Bc5 Nd7
19. Be3 Nb6 20. Qa6 Bxc4 21. Qa5 Nd5 22. Rfd1 Re8 23. Bd4 Nxc3 24. Bxc3 Bxe2
25. Bxg7 Qxg7 26. Rd2 Bd3 27. Bf1 Bxf1 28. Kxf1 Qc7 29. Qa4 e3 30. Rdc2 exf2
31. Kxf2 Re6 32. Kg2 Qd7 33. Qb3 Qf7 34. Qd3 Qe7 35. Qb3 Kf8 36. Qf3 c5 37. g4
Re3 38. Qf4 Re4 39. Qh6+ Kg8 {Nguyen,N (2567)-Zhang,Z (2649) Beijing 2008 0-1})
10... e4 {[%emt 0:04:18]} 11. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rf7 {[%emt 0:14:48]} 12. Qb3
{[%emt 0:13:00]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:11:50]} 13. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:07:27]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:41]} 14. b5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:01:18]}
Be6 {[%emt 0:02:08]} 16. Rad1 {[%emt 0:07:56] Getting the rook out of the pin
along the h8-a1 diagonal and threatening to take twice on e4.} a6 $1 {[%emt 0:
07:48] Black has a very small initiative, based on the somewhat awkward
position of the Ba3.} 17. bxa6 {[%emt 0:08:05]} (17. fxe4 axb5 18. Nxb5 Nxe4
$15) 17... Rxa6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 18. fxe4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:13:59]
} 19. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:01:12]} Nxe4 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 20. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:23]}
Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:03:52]} 21. Rxf1 {[%emt 0:00:16]} b5 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:07:50]
Black has successfully solved all his opening difficulties and has a fine
position: the c4-pawn is pinned and the Ba3 still is insecurely placed. Black
is set to regain the pawn and keep the initiative.} 22. Qe3 {[%emt 0:20:04]}
bxc4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:48]} (22... Bxc4 $2 23. Bd5+ Re6 24. Bxe6+ Qxe6 25. Qxe6+
Bxe6 26. Rc1 $16) ({The move to play is} 22... Qd7 $1 {threatening ...Bd4} 23.
Qf3 Bxc4 24. Bb2 Qd6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Qc3+ Kg8 27. Bc2 Qc5+ 28. Rf2 Rxa2 29.
Bd3 Ra6 30. Bxc4+ Qxc4 31. Qf3 Qc1+ 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. e4 Qe8 34. Qb3+ Qe6 35.
Qxb5 Qxe4+ 36. Kh3 Qe6+ 37. Kg2 Qc6+ 38. Qxc6 Rxc6 {and White must struggle to
get a draw..}) 23. Bc5 $11 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qc8 $2 {[%emt 0:09:21] Too passive.
} (23... c6 $11 24. Rd1 Rxa2 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Rd8+ Kf7 27. Qf4+ Bf5 28. Qxc4+
Be6 29. Qf4+ Bf5 30. Qc4+ $11) 24. h4 {[%emt 0:04:03]} h6 $4 {[%emt 0:09:52] A
strange move to make for a player of Svidler's calibre. Surely he did not miss
25.Bxg6 Bh3 26.Bf7+?} (24... Qd7 $1 25. Rb1 Kh8 26. Rb8+ Bg8 27. Qf3 Re6 28.
Bd5 Re8 29. Rxe8 Qxe8 30. Bxg8 Qxg8 31. a4 h5 32. a5 c3 {and the passed pawn
gives Black enough counterplay.}) 25. Bxg6 $16 {[%emt 0:04:56]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:
00:44]} 26. h5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 27. Bd4 {[%emt 0:09:42]
} (27. Rd1 $1 $18) 27... Re6 {[%emt 0:04:08]} (27... Be6 28. Bxg7 Qxg7 29. a4
Rd6 30. a5 c3 31. Rc1 Bf7 32. Bxf7+ Qxf7 33. Qxc3 Qxh5 34. a6 Rd8 35. Qf6 Rd6
36. Qxd6 $1 cxd6 37. Rc8+ $1 Kh7 38. a7 Qxe2 39. a8=Q $18) 28. Bf7+ {[%emt 0:
01:48]} Qxf7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 29. Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
30. Rxg7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 31. Rg5 $1 $18 {[%emt 0:01:44]}
(31. Rg5 hxg5 32. Bxe3 g4 33. a4 c3 34. a5 Bb7 35. h6 Kg8 36. Bf4 c2 37. Kf2
$18) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 ({While the Candidates featured only one
Berlin endgame, in Shamkir the players were more willing to give it a try.
White even managed to claim a prominent victim - the World Champion! - but
otherwise the defence mostly held good:} 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 (5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5
Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 Bf6 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bf4 Rxe1 12. Qxe1 Ne8 13.
Nc3 Bxd4 14. Nd5 d6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Qe4 fxg5 17. Bd3 Kf8 18. Qxd4 c6 19. Nc3 Qf6
20. Qe4 d5 21. Qxh7 Qh6 22. Re1 Bd7 $11 {Abasov,N (2516)-Bacrot,E (2722)/
Shamkir-B/2014/}) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 Ke8 {
Lately White has often tried an early Rd1 to limit Black's options, concerning
the placement of his king. Black in turn has started to preempt this with the
text move.} (9... h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Bd7 ({Fashion, but there is not too
much wrong with} 11... Ne7 {- see the notes by Postny to Azarov-Naiditsch in
CBM 148}) 12. Bf4 Rd8 13. Ne4 $5 $146 (13. e6 Bxe6 14. Bxc7 Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Be7
16. g4 Nh4 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Bg3 g5 20. Bxh4 gxh4 21. Ne4 Kg7 22. Kg2
Rd8 23. c3 h5 24. f3 Bc8 $11 {Caruana,F (2779)-Ponomariov,R (2756)/Elancourt/
2013/}) 13... Be7 14. g4 Nh4 15. Nxh4 Bxh4 16. Kg2 Be6 17. f3 b6 18. b3 c5 19.
c4 Rd7 (19... Ke7 $5 20. Bg3 Bxg3 21. Kxg3 Rd4 $132) 20. Bg3 Be7 21. Rxd7 Bxd7
$6 (21... Kxd7 22. f4 g6 23. Rf1 $14) 22. Nc3 Kd8 23. Nd5 Re8 24. Rd1 Kc8 $2 (
24... c6 25. Nxe7 Rxe7 26. f4 $36 {[%cal Yf4f5,Rg3h4]}) 25. Nxc7 $1 Rd8 26. Nd5
Re8 27. Be1 Bd8 28. Bc3 $16 {Caruana,F (2783)-Carlsen,M (2881)/Shamkir/2014/
White went on to cleanly convert his extra pawn.}) ({However, the queenside
king transfer also seems viable:} 9... Bd7 10. Nc3 h6 11. Rd1 Kc8 12. b3 b6 13.
Ne2 c5 14. Bb2 Bc6 15. Ne1 h5 16. c4 Kb7 17. Nf4 h4 18. Nd5 Re8 19. Nc2 Be7 20.
Rd3 Bg5 21. Ne1 a5 22. Nf3 Bd8 23. a4 Kc8 24. Rad1 Rh6 25. Nh2 Rh5 $11 {
Nakamura,H (2772)-Radjabov,T (2713)/Shamkir/2014/}) 10. Nc3 h5 $5 11. Bf4 (11.
Rd1 Be7 12. Ne2 Nh4 13. Nxh4 Bxh4 14. Be3 Be7 15. Rd2 h4 16. Rad1 Rh5 17. Bf4
a6 18. Nd4 c5 19. Ne2 Be6 20. Nc3 Rd8 21. Nd5 Rd7 $1 22. Nxe7 Rxd2 23. Rxd2
Kxe7 $11 {Caruana,F (2783)-Karjakin,S (2772)/Shamkir/2014/}) 11... Be7 12. Rad1
Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 (14... h4 15. Re4 Rd8 16. Rxd8+ Bxd8 17. Ra4 a6
18. Nce4 Bc8 19. Nf3 Rh8 20. Bg5 Bxg5 21. Nexg5 Ke7 22. Rf4 c5 23. Kh2 b6 24.
g4 hxg3+ 25. fxg3 Nh6 26. Re4 Bb7 $11 {Motylev,A (2685)-Bacrot,E (2722)/
Shamkir-B/2014/}) 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 (18. Re3 Rg6
19. Rg3 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Kxd8 22. Kg2 c5 23. Bc1 Ra6 24. a3 Ra4 25.
f4 g6 26. Rd3+ Ke8 27. Kf3 b6 28. Rd1 Rc4 29. Bd2 Ra4 30. Bc1 Rc4 {1/2,
Dominguez Perez,L (2757)-Bacrot,E (2723)/Elancourt/2013/}) 18... Bxc3 19. bxc3
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ $146 (20. Rb1 b5 21. Kg3 Rd5 22. c4 Rc5 23. Re4 a6 24. Rb3 Ng6
25. Ra3 f6 $132 {Karjakin,S (2786)-Grischuk,A (2764)/Moscow rpd/2013/}) 20...
Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 g5 {Black prefers to hold the fortress.} (22... Nxc3
23. Rh7 Rg6 24. f4 Ke8 (24... Rxg4 25. Kf3 Rg6 26. f5 $44) 25. Kf3 Rh6 26. Rxg7
Kf8 27. Rg5 Rh1 $13 {is perhaps playable, but more risky.}) 23. c4 Nc3 24. Kf3
Rg6 25. a3 (25. Rh8+ $1 Kd7 26. Rf8 {is the only try to play for a win} {/\}
Rg7 27. e6+ $1 fxe6 (27... Kxe6 28. Re8+ Kd7 29. Rb8 b5 30. Rb7) 28. Be5 Rh7
29. Bf6 $14) 25... Na4 26. Ke4 Nc5+ 27. Kf5 Ne6 28. Rh8+ Kd7 29. c3 Ng7+ 30.
Ke4 Ne6 31. f3 c5 32. Bf2 a6 33. Be3 b6 {1/2, Anand,V (2770)-Karjakin,S (2766)/
Candidates Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/}) 4... Bc5 ({This position arose in the
Candidates tournament 5 times and every single game followed the current trend:
Black ignored the alternative} 4... d6 {and actively developed his bishop.
Round 7 featured 2 of these games.}) 5. c3 (5. O-O Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6
8. Na3 c6 9. Ba4 O-O 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Re8
15. Re1 Bc7 16. Nc2 Bg4 17. Qd2 d4 18. h3 Bf5 19. Ba4 Bd7 20. Bxd7 dxc3 21.
Qxc3 Nxd7 22. d4 Rc8 23. Qb3 Ba5 24. Re2 exd4 25. Rxe8+ Qxe8 26. Nxd4 Nc5 27.
Qf3 Qe4 28. Nf5 Qxf3 29. gxf3 Rd8 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg6 $14 {/=, Topalov,
V (2785)-Andreikin,D (2709)/Candidates Khanty-Mansiysk/2014/ The extra pawn
gave White a slight edge, but was not enough to win the game.}) (5. Bxc6 dxc6
6. Be3 ({For} 6. h3 {and for more details about this line see the notes to
Carlsen-Caruana, Zurich 2014 in CBM 159.}) 6... Bxe3 ({In the notes to the
aforementioned game I stated that Black usually tends to retain the bishop
pair. Just as Caruana played in a similar position one move later, here the
most popular response is} 6... Bd6 $5 7. h3 Be6 8. Nbd2 h6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4
Qe7 11. Qf3 O-O 12. O-O Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Rad8 14. c3 Bc8 15. Bf4 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 c5
17. N4f3 b6 18. Re3 Nh7 19. Nf1 Nf8 {1/2, Nepomniachtchi,I (2706)-Kramnik,V 
(2780)/Khanty-Mansiysk olm/2010/}) {However, Anand calmly proves Black's
position is fully viable even without the Bc5:} 7. fxe3 Qe7 (7... Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 Nd7 10. Qg3 Qf6 11. Nd2 Qg6 12. Qh4 Qf6 13. Qxf6 Nxf6 14. Rf1 Nd7
15. g4 a5 16. a4 f6 17. Rg1 h6 18. Ke2 Nf8 19. h4 Ne6 20. Nf3 c5 21. Rg3 Ke7
22. b3 b6 $11 {Nepomniachtchi,I (2656)-Ponomariov,R (2737)/RUS-chT Dagomys/
2010/}) 8. O-O O-O $146 (8... Ng4 9. Qd2 f6 10. Nh4 g6 11. Nc3 Bd7 12. Rf3 f5
13. g3 Nf6 14. exf5 g5 15. Ng2 e4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. dxe4 O-O-O 18. Qa5 (18. f6
$5 Qxe4 19. Rf2) 18... Qxe4 19. Qxa7 Bxf5 20. Raf1 Bh3 21. Qa8+ Kd7 22. Qa3 Kc8
23. Qa8+ Kd7 24. Rf7+ Ke8 25. Rf8+ Rxf8 26. Rxf8+ Kxf8 27. Qxd8+ Kf7 $11 {
Sutovsky,E (2655)-Carlsen,M (2714)/Heraklio/2007/}) 9. Qe1 Ne8 10. Qc3 f6 11.
b4 (11. Nbd2 c5 $11 {[%cal Yb7b6,Ye8d6]}) 11... Nd6 12. a4 Bd7 13. Nbd2 b6 14.
a5 Kh8 15. Ra2 Rab8 16. axb6 axb6 17. Qa1 Nb7 $1 18. Qc3 c5 19. bxc5 Nxc5 20.
Ra7 Rfc8 21. Rfa1 b5 $132 {=, Andreikin,D (2709)-Anand,V (2770)/
Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/}) (5. Nbd2 {also allows the simplifying} Nd4
6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 (7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O d5 $1 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. Qe1
Re8 12. Ng5 Re7 $11 13. Kh1 h6 14. Nxf7 $2 Rxf7 15. c3 Bb6 16. f4 Nd5 17. fxe5
Rxf1+ 18. Qxf1 Qxe5 19. Bf4 Qh5 $19 {Kotronias,V (2588)-Mastrovasilis,A (2537)/
Vrachati/2011/}) 7... Bb6 8. d4 Qe7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 c6 11. Bd3 d5 $1 12. exd5
exd4 13. dxc6 dxc3 14. bxc3 Rd8 15. Ba3 Qc7 16. Qc2 bxc6 17. a5 Bxa5 18. Nc4 {
Motylev,A (2685)-Abasov,N (2516)/Shamkir/2014/} Be6 $1 19. Nxa5 Ng4 20. Bxh7+
Kh8 21. g3 Qxa5 $132) 5... O-O 6. O-O d6 (6... Re8 $5 {gained in popularity
due to the 6th Game of the Anand-Carlsen match (see the notes in CBM 158).
More currently it was played on the very same day in the Candidates:} 7. Nbd2
a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Nc4 Nd7 10. b4 Bd6 11. Qb3 Nf8 12. Bg5 Qd7 13. Be3 Ng6 14.
Nfd2 Bf8 15. d4 Qe7 16. dxe5 Be6 17. Qc2 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nxe5 19. Nd2 $6 a5 $1
$132 {/=/+,Karjakin,S (2766)-Aronian,L (2830)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/
For more details see the notes to this game in CBM 160.}) 7. Nbd2 Ne7 {
Completely sidesteps the possible swap on c6. This has lately become Black's
main move, replacing both} (7... Bb6 {(see the notes to the aforementioned
game Anand-Carlsen)}) ({and} 7... a6 {(mentioned briefly in the notes to
Navara-Caruana in CBM 157).}) 8. Re1 {The drawback of the knight transfer to
g6 is that White can expand in the centre. Although he will play d4 later on,
this won't be too effective. The immediate advance is played more often and
seems to offer more chances to fight for an edge. However, it had already
featured in Svidler's previous practice and hadn't brought him any advantage:}
(8. d4 exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. b3 $5 (10. Re1 Bg4 (10... c6 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. Qc2
Ng6 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nf1 Rc8 15. Ng3 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bf1 Re8 18. Bd2 Ne5 19.
Nxe5 dxe5 20. Bxc4 h5 21. Qb3 h4 22. Nf1 Nh5 23. Rac1 (23. Nh2 $142 $14) 23...
Qf6 24. Ne3 Nf4 $44 {Rodriguez Cespedes,A (2433)-Pijuan Herranz,M (2261)/
Catalunya-chT/2013/}) 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a4 a5 15. Bd3 Re8
16. g4 Bg6 17. Bxg6 Nxg6 18. Nf1 Ndf8 19. Ng3 Ne6 20. Be3 Ngf4 21. h4 f6 $1
$132 {/=/+, Svidler,P (2747)-Karjakin,S (2786)/RUS-chT Loo/2013/}) (10. h3 d5
11. e5 Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Rd1 (14. Nb3 f6 15. Be3 Qd7 (15... Qe7
$5 $15) 16. Rac1 a6 17. exf6 Rxf6 18. Ne5 Nxe5 (18... Qe8 $13) 19. dxe5 Rg6 20.
Kh2 Qe7 21. Bxb6 cxb6 22. Bxe4 Qxe5+ 23. f4 Qxe4 24. Qd2 Qd3 25. g4 {Svidler,P
(2752)-L'Ami,E (2648)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/} Re8 $5 $11) 14... Bxd4 15. Nxe4 dxe4
16. Bxe4 Bxe4 17. Nxd4 Qd5 18. Nxc6 Qxc6 19. f3 Bd5 20. b3 a5 21. Ba3 Rfd8 22.
Rac1 Qb6+ 23. Kh1 Be6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8 25. Rd1 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 h6 $11 {Andreikin,
D (2709)-Karjakin,S (2766)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/ This game was
played earlier in Round 3.}) (10. Bd3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Nb3 (12. Qb3 d5 13. e5
Nd7 14. Qc2 h6 15. b4 a5 16. bxa5 Rxa5 17. Bb2 Bxf3 18. Nxf3 c5 19. Bc3 Ra8 20.
e6 $6 (20. dxc5 $142 Nxc5 21. Rab1) 20... fxe6 21. Qe2 Rf7 22. Qxe6 Nf8 23. Qe2
c4 $15 {Durarbayli,V (2584)-Bacrot,E (2722)/Shamkir-B/2014/}) 12... d5 13. e5
Ne4 14. Qc2 Nc6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nxd4 18. Qxb7 Nxb3 19.
axb3 Qd3 20. Qf3 Rad8 21. Ra3 Qxf3 22. gxf3 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 $11 {/=/+,
Vallejo Pons,F (2697)-Karjakin,S (2778)/Sao Paulo/Bilbao/2012/}) 10... d5 $1 ({
Black should stake his claim in the centre.} 10... a6 {is too passive:} 11. Bd3
Ng6 12. Re1 Bg4 13. Bb2 Re8 14. Nc4 Ba7 15. h3 Bd7 16. e5 b5 17. Ne3 dxe5 18.
dxe5 Nh5 19. Be4 $16 {Vokarev,S (2454)-Kokarev,V (2062)/Pavlodar/2012/}) 11. e5
Ne4 12. Bd3 Bf5 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. Bb2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Be4 16. Be2 $5 (16. Qe3 Bxf3
17. Qxf3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qd3+ Kg8 21. Qxd4 $11) 16... f6
17. b4 fxe5 18. dxe5 Kh8 $6 (18... h6 19. b5 Na5 $132) (18... d4 $5 $13) 19. b5
Ne7 20. Ng5 Ng6 21. g3 Qe7 22. e6 Rf5 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Qd7 Raf8 25. Qxe7 Nxe7
26. Ba3 Re8 27. Rad1 $36 {Caruana,F (2775)-Kramnik,V (2799)/Dortmund/2012/ For
more details see Caruana's notes to this game in CBM 150.}) 8... c6 (8... a6 9.
Ba4 Ba7 10. Nf1 Ng6 11. h3 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. d4 d5 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 (
15... Nxe4 16. Nxg6 {1/2, Areshchenko,A (2691)-Ponomariov,R (2726)/Kiev/2012/}
hxg6 17. Nxe4 dxe4 $132) 16. dxe5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18. Qxd8 Raxd8 19. Bf4 e3
20. Bxe3 Bxe3 21. Rxe3 Rd2 22. Rc1 Kf8 (22... c5 $5 23. Kf1 f6 {/\} 24. Ke1
Rdd8 25. exf6 Bxg2 $11) 23. Kf1 (23. b4 $5 $14 {[%cal Yc2b3]}) 23... Ke7 24.
Ke1 Red8 25. g4 g5 26. b4 h6 27. Bb3 $14 {Movsesian,S (2699)-Hammer,J (2605)/
WCup Tromsoe/2013/}) 9. Ba4 Bb6 {In this concrete position a new move,
although later we will transpose back into a known position.} (9... Ng6 10. Nf1
d5 $5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. Ng3 (12. Nxe5 $142 Bxf2+ 13. Kxf2 Nxe5 14. Kg1 $13)
12... Qb6 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Bg4 15. f3 Bd7 16. Bc2 Rfe8 17. Rf1 Ne5 18. b3
Nc6 19. Bb2 Nxd4 (19... a5 $5 $36) 20. cxd4 Bd6 21. Nf5 Bf4 22. Kh1 g6 23. g3
Bxf5 24. Bxf5 Bh6 25. Bd3 Rac8 $11 {[%cal Gc8c1,Ge8e1] /=/+, Duda,J (2557)
-Sargissian,G (2675)/EU-ch blitz Warsaw/2013/}) 10. d4 {The central thrust,
which has been mentioned already in the note to move 8.} ({More restrained
moves promise little:} 10. Bc2 Ng6 11. h3 Re8 {and now} 12. d4 {once again
transposes into a line, which we will look at in more detail in the note to
Black's 11th move.} (12. Nf1 d5 $11)) (10. Nc4 Bc7 11. Bb3 (11. Bc2 Ng6 12. h3
Re8 $11 {[%cal Yd6d5]}) 11... b5 $5 (11... Ng6 $11) 12. Ne3 d5 $132) 10... Ng6
11. h3 {Standard prophylaxis and morevoer a theoretical move, but Anand's
astute reaction will pinpoint its drawbacks.} (11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Bc2 exd4 13.
Qxd4 (13. cxd4 d5 $11 (13... Re8 $5 $13)) 13... h6 $5 $11 (13... d5 14. exd5
Qxd5 15. Bg5 $32)) 11... exd4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 40] A strong novelty, which in
connection with Black's next moves demonstrates an effective strategy of
blockading and undermining White's centre.} ({Anand's choice is more
enterprising, than the previously played} 11... Re8 12. Bc2 Bc7 (12... h6 13.
a4 Bc7 14. Nf1 Nh7 15. Ng3 Ng5 16. dxe5 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rxe5 18. Be3 Bb6 19.
Rad1 Be6 20. Qe2 h5 21. Bxb6 {1/2, Kobalia,M (2637)-Alekseev,E (2700)/RUS-chT
Dagomys/2010/} Qxb6 22. Rxd6 h4 $13) 13. Nf1 d5 $5 14. Bg5 (14. exd5 e4 15. d6
Qxd6 16. N3d2 Bf5 17. Nc4 Qd7 18. Bg5 Nd5 19. Ng3 Be6 20. Bxe4 Nxc3 21. bxc3
Bxc4 22. Qf3 Qd6 23. a4 Bd5 24. Bd2 Nf8 25. Rab1 b6 $11 {Robson,R (2628)
-Dominguez Perez,L (2757)/St Louis rpd m/2014/}) 14... exd4 (14... dxe4 15.
Rxe4 $1 h6 (15... Bf5 16. Re3 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 h6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Rae1 $14) 16.
Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Ng3 Rd8 18. Qe1 exd4 19. Nh5 Qd6 20. Rxd4 Qf8 21. Rxd8 Qxd8 22.
Rd1 Qf8 23. Rd2 c5 24. Re2 Bd7 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Nxg7 $1 $16 {Gopal,G (2553)
-Mamyrbay,A (2017)/Sharjah/2014/}) 15. cxd4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 h6 (16... Qd6 $11)
17. Qb3 hxg5 18. Bxg6 Nd5 (18... Qd5 $5 19. Rxe8+ Nxe8 20. Qxd5 cxd5 21. Bd3 g4
$11) 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8 20. Re1 Qd8 21. Bc2 g4 22. hxg4 Bxg4 23. Ne5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5
Qb6 25. Qd3 $14 {Bok,B (2540)-Michalik,P (2577)/Groningen/2013/}) 12. cxd4 {
A natural recapture.} (12. Nxd4 Re8 13. Bc2 d5 $11 {poses Black no problems
whatsoever, but perhaps White should have preferred this modest line...}) 12...
d5 $1 13. e5 $6 {Again very natural, but after this move it seems that already
White is fighting for equality!} (13. exd5 $5 {is playable, but certainly not
in White's intentions:} Nxd5 (13... cxd5 $11) 14. Nc4 Bc7 15. Bc2 Re8 $132)
13... Nh5 {[%cal Yh5f4] Contrary to the similar positions from the 8.d4 line,
here Black doesn't have the active move to e4. However, his move is effective
as well, the knight heads for the f4 outpost. Due to 11.h3 White can't prevent
this or subsequently chase the knight away with g3.} 14. Nf1 (14. Bc2 Nhf4 15.
Nb3 (15. Nf1 {-14.Nf1}) 15... f6 $1 {is also fine for Black, e.g.} 16. Bxg6
Nxg6 17. exf6 Qxf6 18. Bg5 Qf7 $11 {/=/+}) 14... Nhf4 (14... f6 15. e6 Re8 16.
g3 $5 {[%csl Rh5]} Rxe6 17. Rxe6 Bxe6 18. Ne1 Nxg3 19. Nxg3 $13) 15. Bc2 ({
Houdini recommends} 15. Bxf4 Nxf4 16. Qd2 {This chases the knight from f4, but}
Ne6 17. Bc2 f6 $13 {[%csl Gb6,Gc8,Rd4] /=/+ certainly looks OK for Black.})
15... f6 16. Ng3 (16. exf6 Qxf6 $15) (16. N1h2 fxe5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Qf6
$36 {[%cal Rb6d4,Rf4e2]}) 16... fxe5 17. Bxg6 (17. Nxe5 $142 $1 Nxe5 18. Rxe5
Qf6 $15 (18... Qh4 19. Be3 {/\} Bc7 20. Nf5 $1 Bxf5 21. Rxf5 $11)) 17... Nxg6
18. Bg5 (18. Nxe5 Qf6 19. Nf3 Nh4 20. Nxh4 Qxh4 21. Be3 Bc7 $40) 18... Qc7 19.
Nxe5 $6 (19. dxe5 Nxe5 (19... Re8 $5 $15) 20. Rxe5 (20. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Kh2 Bxe1
22. Qxe1 Bxh3 $1 $17 {[%cal Ra8e8]}) 20... Rxf3 (20... Bxf2+ 21. Kxf2 Qxe5 22.
Qd2 h6 23. Be3 $15) 21. Re7 (21. Re8+ Rf8 $17) 21... Bxf2+ (21... Rxf2 $2 22.
Rxc7 Rd2+ 23. Kh2 Rxd1 24. Rxc8+) 22. Kh1 Qxg3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Bd4 $15 {
/<=>}) 19... Nxe5 20. Rxe5 h6 $6 {By playing it safe Anand misses a very good
chance.} (20... Rxf2 21. Re8+ Rf8 22. Rxf8+ Kxf8 23. Kh2 (23. Qh5 Bxd4+ 24. Kh2
g6 25. Qh4 (25. Qf3+ Kg8 26. Re1 Qf7 $19)) 23... Kg8 $17 {gives Black a
healthy extra pawn, which he should gradually convert.}) 21. Bh4 $1 (21. Be3
Qf7 {[%csl Re5][%cal Yb6c7]}) (21. Re7 $2 Qd6 22. Nh5 (22. Bh4 g5 $19) 22...
hxg5 23. Rxg7+ Kh8 24. Qd2 (24. Rxg5 Bf5 25. Ng3 Bh7 $19) 24... Bd8 25. Re1 Rg8
26. Rxg8+ Kxg8 27. Re8+ Kf7 $17 {/-+}) 21... Qf7 (21... g5 22. Bxg5 hxg5 23.
Rxg5+ Kh8 24. Rh5+ Kg7 25. Qd3 Kg8 (25... Rh8 26. Rg5+ Kf8 27. Re1 $36 {
[%cal Rd3g6]}) 26. Rg5+ $11) (21... Rxf2 $6 22. Re7 Qd6 (22... Qf4 $2 23. Re8+
Kh7 (23... Kf7 24. Qh5+ $18) 24. Qb1+ Bf5 25. Nxf5 $18) 23. Kxf2 Qf4+ 24. Qf3
Bxd4+ 25. Kf1 (25. Ke2 Qxh4 26. Re8+ Kh7 27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Qf5+ g6 29. Qxc8
Qxg3 30. Qxb7+ Kg8 31. Qc8+ $11) 25... Qxf3+ 26. gxf3 g5 27. Re8+ Kf7 28. Rxc8
Rxc8 29. Ne2 $14) 22. Nh5 $1 {[%mdl 256] Svidler defends tenaciously.} (22. Qd2
Qf4 $1 $19 {[%csl Rd4,Rh4]}) (22. Ne2 g5 23. Bg3 Bc7 24. Qe1 (24. Re3 Bxg3 25.
Rxg3 Qxf2+ 26. Kh2 Bd7 $17 {[%cal Ya8e8] /+-}) 24... Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Bf5 $17)
22... Be6 ({Although objectively Black is still fully OK after} 22... g5 {
the piece sacrifice gives White serious tactical counterchances and the risk
here is greater than after the restrained text move:} 23. Bxg5 $5 (23. Bg3 Bf5
$36 {[%csl Rh5]}) 23... Qxf2+ (23... hxg5 24. Rxg5+ Kh7 (24... Kh8 25. Nf6 $1
$18 {[%cal Rg5h5,Rh5h7]}) 25. Rg7+ Qxg7 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. Qd2 ({or} 27. Qh5 $11
{and Black's exposed king guarantees White at least a perpetual.})) 24. Kh1 (
24. Kh2 $143 {exposes White's king and doesn't give him sufficient
compensation after} hxg5 25. Rxg5+ Kf7 {/\} 26. Rg7+ (26. Qd3 Ke8 $17) 26...
Ke8 27. Qd3 Kd8 $1 28. Qg6 Bc7+ $1 29. Kh1 Qf1+ 30. Rxf1 Rxf1#) 24... hxg5 25.
Rxg5+ Kf7 26. Rg7+ Ke8 27. Qd3 Rf5 (27... Rf7 28. Qg6 Bxh3 29. Nf4 Bxg2+ 30.
Nxg2 Bxd4 31. Re1+ Qxe1+ 32. Nxe1 Bxg7 33. Nf3 Rd8 (33... Kf8 34. Ng5 Re7 35.
Nh7+ $11) 34. Ng5 Rdd7 35. Nxf7 Rxf7 36. Qe6+ Re7 $11 {/=/+}) (27... Bf5 28.
Qa3 Qh4 (28... Qe2 $2 29. Nf4 Qe4 30. Qg3 {[%cal Ra1e1]} Ba5 31. Nh5 $1 $18 {
[%cal Rg3d6,Rg7b7]}) (28... c5 29. dxc5 (29. Rxb7 $5) 29... Bxc5 30. Qb3 $44)
29. Rf1 $44) (27... Kd8 28. Qg6 {[%cal Rg6d6,Rg6g5]} Bxh3 $8 29. gxh3 Qf3+ 30.
Kh2 Bc7+ 31. Ng3 Qf2+ 32. Kh1 Bxg3 33. Qxg3 Qxg3 34. Rxg3 Kc7 35. Re1 Rf7 $11 {
/=/+}) 28. Ng3 Qxd4 (28... Kf8 29. Rg4 Rf7 30. Rf1 Qxf1+ 31. Nxf1 Bxg4 32. hxg4
Re8 33. Ne3 $11) 29. Rg8+ Kf7 30. Qxd4 Bxd4 31. Nxf5 Kxg8 32. Nxd4 c5 33. Nf3
$11 {/=/+}) 23. Re3 Bd8 (23... g5 24. Bg3 Bd7 $5 {[%cal Yd7e8] was the last
try to squeeze more out of the position, but this is already unclear after} 25.
a4 $1 {/\} Be8 26. a5 Bd8 27. Qe1 $1 Qxh5 28. Bd6 Qf7 29. Bxf8 Kxf8 30. Raa3 $1
$44) 24. Rf3 $1 $11 (24. Bg3 $143 Bg5 $36) 24... Qxf3 {The queen sacrifice
gives Black a solid position he can never lose, but unfortunately he can't
make any progress either, as White defends all his weaknesses.} (24... Bf5 25.
Ng3 $11) (24... Qe8 25. Bxd8 Rxd8 26. Re3 Qf7 27. Rf3 $11) 25. gxf3 Bxh4 26.
Kg2 Rf7 27. Rc1 Raf8 28. Rc3 {After a series of natural moves both sides find
it difficult to improve their positions.} Bg5 29. Ng3 Re7 (29... Rf4 30. Ne2
Rh4 31. f4 Bxf4 32. Nxf4 Rhxf4 33. Qd2 $11) 30. b4 (30. Ne2 $5 $11 {[%cal
Yf3f4]}) 30... a6 31. a4 Bd7 32. Qb3 Kh8 33. b5 cxb5 34. axb5 Bxb5 35. Qxd5 Rd7
36. Qe4 (36. Qc5 Be7 $11 (36... Rfd8 37. Ne4 Be7 $11)) 36... Bc6 37. Rxc6 (37.
Qg4 Rfd8 {can be dangerous only for White, so Svidler resolves the remaining
tension.}) 37... bxc6 38. Qxc6 Rxd4 (38... Rxd4 39. Qxa6 Rdf4 40. Qd3 Rxf3 $11)
1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2766"]
[Annotator "Motylev,A"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 (5... O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4
Nc6 8. Re1 b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3
Ba6 15. Ne3 Rb8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd6 Nd5 19. Qxa4 Rb6 20. Rac1 Nxf4
21. Qxf4 Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxd6 23. Qe3 Rb3 24. a4 Qc7 25. Nc4 Be7 26. Ne5 Bd6 27.
Nc4 Be7 28. Ne5 {1/2 (28) Svidler,P (2756)-Karjakin,S (2772) Loo RUS 2014}) 6.
e4 $5 {Peter Svidler's team had managed to discover an error in the move order
chosen by Sergey! A more accurate move is 5...0-0, as he later played against
Svidler (see above); withut castling the advance 6.e4!? is simply possible.
Der Brigade von Peter Svidler war es gelungen, einen Fehler in der von Sergey
gewählten Zugfolge aufzudecken! Genauer ist eben 5...0-0, wie er danach gegen
Svidler spielte (s.o.); denn ohne Rochade ist der Vorstoß 6.e4!? halt möglich.}
Nc6 ({Accepting the pawn sacrifice is risky, since after Die Annahme des
Bauernopfers ist riskant, denn nach} 6... dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8. Rxd1 Nxe4 9. Ne5
Nd6 10. Na3 f6 11. Nec4 Nxc4 12. Nxc4 {White would have a decent initiative.
hätte Weiß eine ordentliche Initiative.}) 7. Qe2 O-O ({Interessant war} 7... b5
$5 {was intereting, but afterwards one had to reckon with the interesting
possibility of aber darauf musste man mit der interessanten Möglichkeit} 8.
exd5 exd5 9. d4 $5 {with sharp play. mit scharfem Spiel rechnen.}) 8. e5 Nd7 9.
c4 d4 10. h4 $5 {One has the impression that White has obtained the maximum
from the system he has chosen. There is no knight on d2 under his feet and he
can calmly go about developing an initiative on the kingside. After a longish
period of thought Black finds an interesting plan. Man hat den Eindruck, dass
Weiß das Maximum aus dem von ihm gewählten System herausgeholt hat. Ihm steht
kein Springer auf d2 auf den Füßen herum und er kann in Ruhe die Initiative am
Königsflügel entfalten. Nach längerem Nachdenken findet Schwarz einen
interessanten Plan.} Kh8 11. Bf4 f5 $5 ({After Auf} 11... f6 $6 {with the same
idea White did not have to react: mit derselben Idee brauchte Weiß nicht zu
reagieren:} 12. Nbd2 fxe5 13. Nxe5 Ndxe5 14. Bxe5 Nxe5 15. Qxe5 $14) 12. Ng5 $1
({Fragwürdig wäre} 12. exf6 $6 {would be dubious on account of wegen} gxf6 $1 {
and und} 13. Qxe6 $2 {then fails to scheitert dann an} Nde5) 12... Bxg5 ({
In the event of Im Falle von} 12... Ndb8 {White could continue with könnte
Weiß mit} 13. Qh5 {nachsetzen.}) 13. hxg5 Qc7 ({The immediate Möglich war auch
das unverzügliche} 13... Ne7 $5 {was also possible so as to transfer the
knight to g6. White is then slightly better, but Black's defensive reserves
are up to the task. Sergey obviously did not like that he would have given up
the control of the b4-square. um den Springer nach g6 zu überführen. Weiß
steht dann ein bisschen besser, aber die schwarzen Verteidigungsreserven
reichen aus. Sergey gefiel dann offensichtlich nicht, dass er die Kontrolle
über den Punkt b4 aufgegeben hätte.}) 14. g6 $5 {An interesting positional
pawn sacrifice. Ein interessantes positionelles Bauernopfer.} ({After Auf} 14.
Nd2 {both 14...Ne7 and war außer 14...Ne7 auch} Kg8 {were possible, which,
after möglich, was nach} 15. g6 hxg6 {, would have led to the text. zum Text
geführt hätte.}) 14... hxg6 15. Nd2 Kg8 16. Nf3 Re8 $1 {Black has to hurry
with the regrouping of hs knights, or else he will simply get mated on the
h-file. Schwarz muss sich mit der Umgruppierung der Springer beeilen, denn
anderenfalls wird er schlicht und einfach auf der h-Linie mattgesetzt.} 17. Ng5
Nf8 (17... Nd8 18. g4 $1) 18. g4 $1 Nd8 19. Kh2 $6 ({In my opinion, the
immediate Meiner Meinung nach war sofort} 19. gxf5 $1 {was stronger and would
have left Black facing a decision which was anything but simple: stärker, was
Schwarz vor eine nicht einfache Wahl gestellt hätte:} gxf5 ({after auf} 19...
exf5 {White plays spielt Weiß} 20. Bd5+ {and then puts the king on g2 or even
plays Bf4-d2 followed by f2-f4 and in both cases looks to have a hefty
advantage..  und stellt dann den König nach g2 oder spielt sogar Bf4-d2
gefolgt von f2-f4 und sein Vorteil sieht in beiden Fällen gewichtig aus.}) 20.
Kh2 Nf7 21. Nxf7 Kxf7 22. Bf3 {and White is slightly better. und Weiß steht
etwas besser.}) 19... Bd7 $1 20. gxf5 exf5 21. Bd5+ Nde6 22. Rg1 Bc6 23. Qf3 $1
Rad8 24. Rae1 Qd7 25. Bxe6+ $2 ({Logically, a draw would have followed Zu
einem logischen Remis hätte} 25. Nxe6 {: geführt:} Nxe6 ({Peter had feared the
positional exchange sacrifice Peter hatte das positionelle Qualitätsopfer} 
25... Rxe6 $5 26. Bxe6+ Nxe6 27. Qg3 {- which in fact looks terrible for White,
but on account of the hanging pawn on g6 the black king cannot free the way
for his rook to get to h8 and White exploits the time to entrench himself
sufficiently beginning with f2-f3. Black then has compensation for the
exchange, but it should not sufficefor more than equality. befürchtet - das
sieht in der Tat furchtbar für Weiß aus, aber wegen des hängenden Bauern g6
kann der schwarze König seinem Turm nicht den Weg nach h8 ebnen und Weiß nutzt
die Zeit, sich beginnend mit f2-f3 hinreichend zu verschanzen. Schwarz hat
dann Kompensation für die Qualität, aber sie dürfte nicht zu mehr reichen als
zum Ausgleich.}) 26. Rxg6 Bxd5 27. cxd5 Qxd5 28. Qh5 Rd7 ({schlecht ist} 28...
Nxf4 $2 {is bad:} 29. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 30. Rg1+) 29. Rh6 $5 {and here und hier
führt} gxh6 ({and also the pretty aber auch das hübsche} 29... Qg2+ $5 30. Kxg2
Nxf4+ 31. Kg3 Nxh5+ 32. Rxh5 g6 33. Rh6 Re6 $11) 30. Qxe8+ Kh7 31. Bxh6 $1 Ng7
$1 32. Bxg7 Rxg7 33. Qh5+ $11 {leads to equality. zum Ausgleich.}) 25... Nxe6
26. Qg3 ({Actually Peter had here been long planning Peter hatte hier von
weitem eigentlich} 26. Qh3 $6 Nxg5 27. Bxg5 Rc8 28. Bf6 {geplant} ({A better
move is besser ist} 28. f3 {and a draw remains the most likely outcome of this
game und ein Remis bleibt der wahrscheinlichste Ausgang dieser Partie}) {
, but after , aber nach} 28... Qf7 $1 29. Rg3 {the winning move is there for
Black: findet sich für Schwarz der Gewinnzug} f4 $1) 26... Rc8 27. Nh3 ({
White had a fantastic variation at his disposal here: Weiß stand hier eine
phantastische Variante zu Gebote:} 27. Qh4 Nxg5 28. Rxg5 Kf7 ({In the event of
im Falle von} 28... Re6 29. Reg1 {it is hard for Black to reorganise his
position, since fällt Schwarz der Umbau der Stellung schwer, denn} Kf7 $4 {
fails to scheitert an} 30. Qh7 $18) 29. Rxg6 $3 Kxg6 (29... Rh8 $2 30. Bh6 $1 {
and White wins und Weiß gewinnt}) 30. Rg1+ Kf7 31. Qh7 $1 Rg8 32. Rg6 $1 {
with a draw after mit Remis nach} Qe6 (32... Qe8 33. Qh5 Rh8 34. Rh6+ Ke7 35.
Qg5+ Kf7 36. Qh5+ $11) 33. Rxe6 Rh8 34. Rf6+ Ke7 35. Rh6 Rxh7 36. Rxh7 $11)
27... Qf7 28. Qh4 $6 ({Here Peter forgot about the f3-square. There was a
better move: Peter vergaß hier das Feld f3. Besser war} 28. Ng5 Nxg5 29. Qxg5
Re6 30. Rg3 Qe8 31. Qh4 Kf7 32. Rh3 {with reasonable chances for a successful
defence. mit keinen schlechten Chancen auf eine erfolgreiche Verteidigung.})
28... Bf3 $1 {From here on Black need have no further worries about the
security of his king.  Von hier an muss sich Schwarz um die Sicherheit seines
Königs keine Sorgen mehr machen.} 29. Bd2 Bg4 30. Rg3 Qe7 $2 {There was
absolutely no need to go in for this exchange. Because the black bishop is
reliably shoring up the kingside. After Zu diesem Tausch bestand absolut keine
Notwendigkeit.  Denn der schwarze Läufer betoniert den Königsflügel doch
zuverlässig. Nach} (30... Qd7 {or even oder sogar}) (30... Rc6 {and then ...
Qc7 Black's position is almost a technical win. nebst ...Qc7 ist die schwarze
Stellung technisch fast gewonnen.}) 31. Qxe7 $1 {Of course! The exchange of
queens again brings White closer to a draw. Natürlich! Der Damentausch bringt
Weiß dem Remis wieder näher.} Rxe7 32. Ng5 Nxg5 33. Bxg5 Re6 34. f3 Bh5 35. b3
({It was worth considering the immediate In Betracht kam das unverzügliche} 35.
Rh3 {Black could here have seized the chance to advance his f-pawn, since this
option might never have been on offer in the later course of the game: Schwarz
hätte bereits hier die Chance ergreifen können, seinen f-Bauern vorzustoßen,
denn diese Möglichkeit hätte sich im weiteren Verlauf nicht mehr bieten können:
} Ra6 36. Ra1 $1 Re8 37. Bf4 Ree6 38. Kg3 Reb6 39. Rh2 {and White successfully
defends his weaknesses step by step. und Weiß verteidigt Schritt für Schritt
mit Erfolg seine Schwächen.} Kf7) {It was worth considering the immediate In
Betracht kam das unverzügliche} 35... Kf7 {Black could here have seized the
chance to advance his f-pawn, since this option might never have been on offer
in the later course of the game: Schwarz hätte bereits hier die Chance
ergreifen können, seinen f-Bauern vorzustoßen, denn diese Möglichkeit hätte
sich im weiteren Verlauf nicht mehr bieten können:} (35... f4 $5 36. Rh3 (36.
Bxf4 Rf8 37. Re4 g5 38. Bxg5 Rxf3 39. Rxf3 Bxf3 40. Re1 Bh5 41. Bf4 Kf7 $15)
36... Rf8 37. Re4 Rf5 38. Bxf4 Bxf3 39. Rxf3 g5 $15) 36. Rh3 Rce8 37. Bf4 Ra6
38. Re2 Ke6 39. Kg3 Rb8 40. Bg5 $2 {On the final move before the time control
White goes wrong. Im letzten Zug vor der Zeitkontrolle greift Weiß fehl.} ({
If he had come up with something like Wenn er mit etwa} 40. Rh1 {on the spot,
it would have been hard to suggest a winning plan for Black. auf der Stelle
getreten wäre, hätte man Schwarz schwerlich einen Gewinnplan vorschlagen
können.}) 40... f4+ $1 {This opens a new chapter in this battle, which would
no longer have been am option after Kf4.  Damit wird ein neues Kapitel dieses
Kampfes eröffnet, wovon nach Kf4 nicht mehr die Rede hätte sein können.} 41.
Bxf4 Rf8 42. Rf2 Rf5 43. Bc1 ({White wuld sooner or later have had to give up
the e5-pawn, for example: Vom Bauern e5 hätte sich Weiß früher oder später
sowieso trennen müssen, zum Beispiel:} 43. Rh1 Rc6 44. Re1 Rc7 45. Bd2 Rcf7 46.
Ref1 g5) (43. Rhh2 Rc6) 43... Rxe5 44. Rh1 ({Besser sah} 44. Rh4 Kd7 45. Re4
$15 {looked better aus}) 44... Kf7 45. Bf4 Rf5 46. Bb8 $6 ({He would have been
better sticking to passive defence with Er hätte sich lieber mit} 46. Rhf1 g5
47. Bc1 {even if the d3-pawn is weak. an eine passive Verteidigung halten
sollen, auch wenn der Bauer d3 schwach ist.} Raf6 {etc. usw.}) 46... Re6 $1 47.
Rh4 Re3 48. Rf4 a6 49. Bd6 $6 ({There was the stronger move Stärker war} 49.
Ba7 $1 Ke6 50. b4 $17) 49... Rxf4 $2 ({Here Hier hätte} 49... Ke6 $1 50. Rxf5 (
50. Bf8 b6 51. Bxg7 g5) 50... gxf5 51. Bxc5 Ke5 $19 {would have led to a
simple win for Black. zu einem einfachen Sieg für Schwarz geführt.}) 50. Kxf4
Kf6 $17 51. Bxc5 g5+ 52. Kg3 Rxd3 53. Kg2 Be8 ({After Nach} 53... Kf5 {White
would have played a waiting move hätte Weiß mit} 54. Bb6 {and whether
abgewartet und ob dann} g4 (54... Be8 55. Kf1 $1) 55. fxg4+ Kxg4 {would then
have sufficed for Black to win is not clear. für Schwarz zum Sieg ausgereicht
hätte, ist nicht klar.}) 54. Kf1 $1 Bh5 55. Ke2 $5 Re3+ 56. Kd2 Ke5 57. Rg2 ({
Here White could have played Hier konnte Weiß mit} 57. Re2 $5 {to go into a
pure opposite coloured bishops endgame: in ein reines Endspiel mit
ungleichfarbigen Läufern übergehen:} Rxe2+ 58. Kxe2 g4 59. fxg4 Bxg4+ 60. Kd2 {
. Without the pawns on the a-, b- and c-files it would be a draw. The presence
of these pawns increases Black's chances, but it is hard to say whether there
is enough there for a win.}) 57... Kf4 58. Bxd4 Re7 59. Re2 Rd7 60. Kc3 Bxf3
61. Re8 $2 ({It was better to set up a defensive wall along the third rank
with Es war besser, mit} 61. Be5+ $1 Kf5 62. Re3 g4 63. Bg3 {I think that a
Mitja Jakovenko would not have lost this position. einen Verteidigungswall
entlang der dritten Reihe zu errichten. Ich denke, ein Mitja Jakovenko hätte
diese Stellung nicht verloren.}) 61... Be4 $1 {Now the white rook will no
longer find its way back.  Jetzt kommt der weiße Turm schon nicht mehr zurück.}
62. Rf8+ Bf5 $1 63. Rg8 g6 64. Rg7 {I think that White had pinned his hopes on
this exchange of rooks. But he is in for a bitter disappointment. Ich denke,
dass Weiß seine Hoffnungen in diesen Turmtausch gelegt hatte. Aber ihn
erwartet eine bittere Enttäuschung.} Rxd4 $3 {This is a really unexpected
exchange sacrifice. Especially when linked to Black's next move!  Das ist ein
wirklich unerwartetes Qualitätsopfer. Insbesondere in Verbindung mit dem
nächsten Zug von Schwarz!} 65. Kxd4 b6 $1 {The only way! Nur so!} ({After Nach
} 65... g4 $2 66. Rxb7 g3 67. Re7 g2 68. Re1 {White would have saved the game.
hätte Weiß sich gerettet.}) 66. Kc3 $5 Ke3 $1 {This move too is the only one
which leads to the win.  Auch dieser Zug ist der einzige, der zum Gewinn führt.
} 67. Rb7 g4 68. Rxb6 g3 69. Rd6 g2 70. Rd1 g5 $6 ({There was a simpler way to
win: Einfacher gewann} 70... Bg4 $1 {, for example: , zum Beispiel:} 71. Rg1 (
71. Rc1 Be2 72. Re1 Kf2) 71... Kf2 72. Rxg2+ Kxg2 73. b4 g5 74. b5 axb5 75.
cxb5 Kf2 76. a4 Bc8) 71. b4 (71. c5 Kf2 72. Rd2+ Kg3 73. Rd1 Kh2 74. b4 g1=Q
75. Rxg1 Kxg1 $19) 71... Kf2 72. a4 g1=Q 73. Rxg1 Kxg1 74. b5 axb5 75. axb5 g4
$1 ({Not Nicht} 75... Bd7 76. Kb4 g4 77. c5 g3 78. c6 Be8 79. Kc5 g2 {since
White saves the day after the surprising denn Weiß rettet sich nach dem
überraschenden} 80. Kd6 $3 Bh5 (80... Kf1 81. c7 g1=Q 82. c8=Q {is a draw ist
remis}) 81. c7 Bg4 82. b6 Bc8 83. Kc6 $11) 76. c5 g3 77. c6 g2 78. b6 Kf2 79.
b7 g1=Q 80. b8=Q {The pawns have promoted simultaneously, but Black starts
with checks... Die Bauern haben sich gleichzeitig verwandelt, aber Schwarz
fängt mit den Schachs an...} Qc1+ $1 81. Kd4 Qe3+ $1 82. Kc4 (82. Kd5 Be6+ 83.
Kd6 Qf4+ 84. Kxe6 Qxb8 85. Kd7 Qb5 $1 $19) 82... Be6+ $1 {White resigns
because he loses his queen. The game had its mistakes, but it was a very
eventful encounter! Weiß gab auf, denn er verliert die Dame. Keine fehlerlose,
aber eine sehr ereignisreiche Partie!} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Negi,P"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {It's never easy to know what Andreikin's first move will be...} c5 2.
Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 {This seems to be the 'in' thing
these days. The explanation is probably more to do with the fact that theory
is much less evolved here, so there is a lot of room for innovation...
something rare in the main lines of the Najdorf.} (6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. h3 {
/\g4...Qf3...0-0-0... This is another in vogue line that came up only a few
years ago, but has already been tried in a huge amount of games.}) 6... e5 7.
Nb3 {Compared to the 6.Be3 line mentioned above, White hasn't yet committed to
Be3 yet, and he could try to make use of that. Unfortunately for him, it's not
so easy to utilise that...although White does have a few interesting options.}
(7. Nde2 {is a more natural move - with the idea of g4...Ng3...Bg2, but now
Black replies} h5 $1 {and we get a tense middle game with a lot of slow
manoeuvring since White can't easily get an initiative here.}) 7... Be6 (7...
Be7 {would be an inaccuracy, as now Black doesn't threaten ...d5, and White
could just go for} 8. g4 $1 {/\ g5...h4...Bg2 etc.}) 8. g4 $6 {I really don't
understand what Andreikin had in mind...later in the press conference he
mentioned that he couldn't spend much time on the Najdorf and just decided to
play this. Unfortunately for him, Black's life is just quite easy here after
the natural ...d5.} (8. Be3 {would convert to the 6.Be3 line mentioned above.})
(8. f4 {is a more interesting attempt to make use of the bishop still being on
c1. Now obviously exf4 plays right into White's hands, so Black has to find
more inventive ways to deal with f4:} b5 $5 (8... Nbd7 {ignores f5 altogether.}
9. g4 (9. f5 Bxb3 10. axb3 d5 $1 11. exd5 Bb4 {will lead to a complicated
middlegame, but Black seems ok at first.}) 9... b5 10. Bg2 Nb6 (10... h6 {
is probably better here}) 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f5 Bc4 13. Na5 Rc8 14. Nxc4 (14. Qd2
{lets the bishop off the hook.} b4 15. Nd1 Bb5 {with very unclear play
Khismatullin,D (2714)-Duda,J (2563) Yerevan 2014}) 14... Rxc4 (14... Nxc4 15.
h4 $14) 15. a3 $14) 9. f5 (9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {seems very solid for
Black}) 9... Bc8 {Initially, I had considered this to be just ok for Black
based on the computer assesments...but things might not be so simple:} 10. Bg5
Bb7 (10... Nbd7 $1 11. Qf3 (11. a4 b4 12. Nd5 Bb7 {is very comfortable for
Black}) 11... Bb7 {transposing to the game after 10...Bb7.}) 11. Qf3 (11. Bxf6
$1 Qxf6 12. Qf3 {would have avoided Nd7-Nxf6, and therefore give White a
better version}) 11... Nbd7 12. O-O-O Be7 (12... Rc8 13. Nd5 (13. Kb1 Rxc3 $1
14. Qxc3 Nxe4 15. Bxd8 Nxc3+ 16. bxc3 Kxd8 $44) 13... Be7 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Kb1
{converts to the game.}) 13. Kb1 Rc8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15. Nd5 {The computer
claims that Black is simply better here, but I think it considerably
mis-assesses White's attacking chances after exd5, and a future kingside pawn
assault.} Nxd5 $146 (15... O-O 16. Bd3 $5 Nxd5 17. exd5 $14 {The kingside
pawns are just pushing - White can always sacrifice them as well, while the
bishop is ideally placed on e4. I would prefer White here...}) (15... Bxd5 16.
exd5 h5 $5 {Black deals with the kingside threats...but h5 is also a big
commitment...For instance White could just ignore h5-h4, and plan a later
break with Rg1...g3.} 17. g3 (17. Bd3 h4 18. Nd2 $13 {/\ Rg1...g3.}) 17... h4
18. g4 Nh7 19. Nd2 Ng5 20. Qg2 Qb6 21. Bd3 Bf6 22. Rhe1 Ke7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24.
Rxe4 Bg5 $11 {1-0 (61) Grischuk,A (2785)-Wojtaszek,R (2701) Riga 2013}) 16.
exd5 e4 $5 {seems to be the best line to me. At least Black will have a clear
way to continue due to the active dark squared bishop...} 17. Qxe4 O-O 18. Bd3
Bf6 $44 {An interesting position that needs to be analysed more certainly, but
Black's play doesn't seem too hard to me.}) 8... d5 $1 9. g5 (9. exd5 Nxd5 10.
Bg2 {seems a better try to me, as after} Nxc3 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. bxc3 {At
least the newly opened b-file gives White some prospects to create threats
against the black king. At the same time, Black should be ok objectively...}
Nc6 $11) 9... Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 {The king is temporarily
misplaced, but White isn't developed enough to exploit that.} 12. Bg2 Nc6 (
12... Bd7 {seemed a simple way to continue as well, but as Svidler showed in
the game, he doesn't have to hurry to try and equalise either.} 13. Bxe4 Bc6
$11) 13. Bxe4 Kc7 14. Bd2 (14. Be3 {looked more natural, but now after} Rd8 {
White can't go 0-0-0.}) 14... h6 $1 {The g5-pawn is somewhat awkward in an
otherwise typical structure. This makes Black's life much easier.} 15. h4 (15.
gxh6 g6 16. O-O-O Bxh6 $15) 15... hxg5 16. hxg5 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Be7 18. O-O-O
Rh8 {Already White needs to worry about retaining equality. The g5-pawn is
very weak, and White is barely able to keep it, but also there is no clear
plan for White to continue. Andreikin wisely decided to just hold his position
together, and prevent Black's ideas.} 19. Be3 Rh4 (19... Rh5 {doesn't win the
pawn because of} 20. Bf3 $1) 20. Bg2 b6 21. a3 a5 22. Re1 (22. Rh1 Rxh1+ 23.
Bxh1 a4 24. Nd2 Nd4 {isn't an equal endgame yet, so keeping the rooks gives
White more flexibility in defence.}) 22... g6 23. Nd2 Nd4 24. Nf3 $1 {
Exchanging the knights is definitely in White's favour.} Rg4 25. Bh1 Bd6 (25...
Nc6 26. Nh2 {doesn't really let Black achieve much either.}) 26. Bd2 Nc6 27.
Be3 {Black's position looks extremely pleasant, but it's hard to find a way to
break through here. Black repeated once more before trying to play on} Nd4 28.
Bd2 Nc6 29. Be3 Bf5 30. Rg1 Rxg1+ 31. Nxg1 {White has a better version of the
endgame here, as he can generate some play with the threat of Bd5 as well.
Black doesn't really take much risk of course, but it's also quite
understandable that he didn't see any reason to try on for something so minute.
} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} ({Kramnik's
treatment of the fight for the centre strongly reminds me of the following
variation:} 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nh3 d6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nf4 c6 7. d5 {White
sustains his d5-pawn with pieces, not wasting time for the strategically
constructive c2-c4. This is how Korchnoi played on three occasions, winning
each time! The best known game was Kortschnoj,V (2625)-Gurevich,M (2645)
Rotterdam 1990 CBM 018 [Schussler] (1-0, 45)}) 2... Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 3. e3
$5 {[%emt 0:00:38] For decades, White has almost invariably met the Dutch
Defence with g2-g3, but Black seems to be doing fine in the main lines of the
Leningrad system lately. Little wonder that at the top level White is trying
stepping aside, relying on his theoretical advantage of the first move in a
non-symmetrical position, rather than on long forced variations.} ({The Wijk
aan Zee winner had a similar approach in the last round of the tournament:} 3.
Bf4 $5 {Aronian,L (2812)-Van Wely,L (2672) Wijk aan Zee 2014 CBM 159 [Stohl,I]
(0-1, 38)}) 3... b6 {[%emt 0:11:02] We can only guess which system Sivdler
planned to choose against g2-g3, but in the absence of White's pressure along
the long diagonal, a logical answer. This position reminds me of a small
incident from my childhood. I was away from home for a few weeks when my
father called to tell me he had bought a book on the Dutch Defence. I had no
idea at all of the possible plans and ideas, but being caught by sudden
enthusiasm I started "analysing" on my own the position after 1.d4 f5. I
remember quite clearly that the current position became my main "tabyia" soon.
Later, I was disappointed to learn that g2-g3 outrules my setup and switcehd
to the 7...c6 Leningrad variation, which is the most critical nowadays, by the
way. Anyway, the thing I wanted to highlight is that there must be some
logical background to both sides' play, which made my then uninstructed mind
take this direction.} ({Actually, a more restrictive way of transposing to the
...b7-b6 setup is} 3... e6 4. Bd3 b6 5. O-O Bb7 6. c4 Bd6 $5 {Truly
hypermodern, reminiscent of the game Lasker-Bauer with reversed colours. Of
course, nobody would allow the double bishop sacrifice nowadays, but the
bishops' pressure may be disturbing anyway.} {In Alekhine's times,} 7. Nc3 {
was the fashion.} ({The modern tendency (if we can call it as such in a rather
unpopular line) is} 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Re1 (8. Qc2 Nc6 9. a3 a5 10. h3 a4 {
Hertneck,G (2560)-Jussupow,A (2640) Baden-Baden 1992 CBM 033 [Jussupow] (0-1,
24)}) 8... Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxd2 10. Nxd2 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. Be2 Qg6 13. f4 c5 14.
Nf3 Nc6 $13 {Aleksandrov,A (2614)-Peralta,F (2546) Warsaw 2007 (1-0, 34)}) 7...
O-O 8. a3 ({Blocking the long diagonal with} 8. d5 {does not seem effective at
this stage of the game.} Na6 9. e4 fxe4 10. Nxe4 Nc5 11. Nxc5 Bxc5 12. dxe6
dxe6 13. Qe2 e5 $36 {Candeias,T (2078)-Wohl,A (2419) Pontevedra 2002 (0-1, 30)}
) (8. Qe2 Bb4 9. Bd2 Ne4 10. a3 Bd6 $6 11. b4 Rf6 12. Ne5 $6 Bxe5 13. dxe5 Rg6
14. f3 $2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 Nc6 $17 {Ekenberg,B-Alekhine,A Oerebro 1935 (0-1, 23)})
8... a6 $6 (8... a5 9. Nb5 Be7 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe8 $132) 9. b4 Qe8 10. c5
Be7 11. Bc4 $14 {Nimzowitsch,A-Alekhine,A Hamburg 1910 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 4. d5 $5
$146 {[%emt 0:06:29] An original way of changing the fluent course of the game
and a novelty as early as on move 4!!} Bb7 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:
49] This is the moment when White's approach starts ressembling Korchnoi's in
the aforementioned games.} ({Played before castling,} 5. c4 {offers Black easy
development:} e6 6. dxe6 (6. Nc3 Bb4 {[%csl Gd5]}) ({Actually, just few moves
after the novelty, play could have transposed to some lines starting with 3...
e6, for instance} 6. Bd3 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 {1/2-1/2 (7) Loncar,R (2455)-Lovric,B 
(2340) Tucepi 1996}) 6... Bb4+ $1 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 dxe6 (8... O-O $5 9.
exd7 Ne4 10. Qc2 Nxd7 $44) 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Be2 Ke7 {After the
exchange of the dark-squared bishops the king finds a safe place in the centre,
defending Black's only important weakness, the e6-pawn.}) 5... c6 {[%emt 0:02:
35]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:47]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 7. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:23]} e6
{[%emt 0:00:39]} 8. Nxf6+ {[%emt 0:11:50]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 9. O-O {
[%emt 0:00:34] A very unusual position. White has given away his ambitions for
a pawn centre, aiming for free piece development. The f5-pawn ensures Black
some space advantage, but in the long run may also prove a weakness.} Bc5 {
[%emt 0:08:59] The bishop has little scope and will also be exposed here.} ({
But the attempt for a more natural development to g7 after} 9... g6 {could be
met with} 10. Bd2 $5 {When Black practically has to pick up the gauntlet with}
Qxb2 11. Nd4 Qa3 {, hoping that he will survive the opening phase.}) 10. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:04:16]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:10:19] Not having weakened the long diagonal,
Black is not forced to take the pawn.} (10... Qxb2 11. Nd4 Qa3 (11... Bxd4 12.
Rb1 Qa3 13. Bb4 Qa4 14. Qxd4 $16) (11... O-O 12. a3 Bxd4 13. Ra2 $14) 12. Nb5
Qa4 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qh4 $44) 11. Bc3 {[%emt 0:03:30]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 12.
a3 {[%emt 0:07:49]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 13. Qe2 {[%emt 0:09:41]} O-O {[%emt 0:
02:54]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:59]} d5 {[%emt 0:08:16][%csl Re5] The central
structure is reminiscent (with reversed colours) of the game Svidler-Gelfand
from the previous Candidates. Svidler met the Grünfeld with an unusual setup
based on d4-e3-f4.} ({Black could not refrain from ...d7-d5 for too long:} 
14... Rac8 15. Bb5 d6 16. Qd2 {[%cal Gb2b4]}) 15. Bb5 {[%emt 0:01:30][%csl Ge5]
[%cal Gb5c6]} Na7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 16. a4 {[%emt 0:04:00] Quite a courageous
move.} (16. Ba6 {looks somewhat safer:} Nc6 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Bd4 {[%cal Ge2b5,
Gc2c4] with similar ideas to what happened in the game.}) 16... Bd6 {[%emt 0:
13:26] A bit passive.} (16... Nxb5 $5 17. axb5 Bd6 {[%cal Ge6e5] would have
allowed Black fighting for the initiative. Actually, the b7-bishop is far from
being passive. It inhibits the pawn break c2-c4 and defends the d5-pawn in
view of the desirable central expansion with ...e6-e5.} 18. Ne5 (18. Be5 Qc7
19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. Rd2 Rac8 21. Rfd1 Rc5 {[%cal Gf8c8,Ge6e5]}) 18... Rac8 19. f4
(19. Bd4 Qc7 {[%cal Gd6e5,Gc7c2]}) 19... Rxc3 $1 {The critical move,
preventing White's consolidating with Bd4+/=.} 20. bxc3 Rc8 21. Qd3 Qc7 $44)
17. Ba6 $1 {[%emt 0:05:51]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:11:14]} 18. Bxb7 {[%emt 0:06:59]} Qxb7
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 19. b3 {[%emt 0:00:56][%cal Gc3b2,Gc2c4] The absence of the
black queen's bishop makes itself felt. White's play is more pleasant already,
since the centre is rather more vulnerable than threatening. After the
inevitable c2-c4, the black kingside will become vulnerable.} Qa6 {[%emt 0:03:
48]} 20. Qd2 {[%emt 0:06:49]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:06:45]} 21. Ng5 $6 {[%emt 0:05:34]
This knight incursion will eventually turn to White's favour, but in principle
it looks more like a waste of time.} (21. Ba1 {[%cal Gc2c4,Gd2b2] For concrete
reasons (c2-c4 and Qd2-b2) more promising than the retreat to b2)} Bb4 22. c3
Be7 23. c4 Rfd8 24. cxd5 Rxd5 25. Qb2 Bf6 26. Qb1 $14) 21... Rce8 $6 {[%emt 0:
02:11]} ({There was nothing to be defended on the f-file, so a more natural
rook display would have been} 21... Rfe8 {Maybe Black feared} 22. e4 fxe4 23.
Nxe4 {With the rook on f8, this would lose material to ...Bf4, but even the
way it is} Bf8 {[%cal Ga6b7,Gb7f7] leads to normal play for Black.}) 22. Bb2 {
[%emt 0:05:09]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 23. Nf3 {[%emt 0:01:40]} Bb4 {[%emt 0:02:
05]} 24. c3 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 25. c4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:27]}
dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} ({In the absence of a rook on c8,} 25... Rd8 $2 26. cxd5
Rxd5 $2 {loses to} 27. Qc3 {[%csl Gc6]}) 26. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} b5 {[%emt 0:
02:43]} 27. axb5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Qxb5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 28. Rxc4 $14 {[%emt 0:
01:05][%csl Re6,Rg6]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 29. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:20] The knight
will be left rather hanging in the centre, so maybe White should have kept
this move in reserve.} (29. Qe2 $5 $14 {[%cal Ge3e4]}) (29. Bd4 $14 {[%cal
Gd2c3]}) 29... Nd5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 30. Qc2 {[%emt 0:04:15]} Bd6 $6 {[%emt 0:
00:47]} (30... Nb4 $1 {[%csl Gc6]}) 31. Nc6 $14 {[%emt 0:01:27]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:
01:26]} 32. Rd4 $4 {[%emt 0:01:40] An unusual blunder at this level (and even
at lower one!)} (32. Nd4 Qe5 33. Nf3 Qb5 34. Rc3 a4 $14 {Black liquidates the
queenside pawns, retaining a symbolically worse, but defensible position.})
32... Bxh2+ $1 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 33. Kxh2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxf1 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
34. Qc3 {[%emt 0:05:50]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 35. Ne5 $2 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Qxf2
{[%emt 0:02:45]} 36. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Qe2 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 37. Qd4 {
[%emt 0:01:07]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 38. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:01:
20]} 39. Rg3 {[%emt 0:02:03]} f4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2830"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg4 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:08]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. c4 {[%emt 0:02:
24]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:03:14]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]
Svidler's Reti set-up was anything but dangerous to Aronian. Using a well
known plan to gift the pair of bishops in return for a symmetrical position
with no weaknesses Aronian was able to hold equality with almost no problems.
Only one open file meant that all the major pieces were traded off on the c1
square and the ensuing endgame with two bishops against a knight and a bishop
gave just a symbolic advantage to the Russian player who decided not to press
the issue too much.} 6. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. O-O {
[%emt 0:03:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:08]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:
34]} 9. d4 {[%emt 0:01:11]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 10. e3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. Rc1 $146 {
[%emt 0:02:08]} (12. Qe2 Rac8 13. Bg2 Bb4 14. Rfc1 Na5 15. a3 Bxc3 16. Rxc3
Rxc3 17. Bxc3 Nb3 18. Rd1 a5 19. f3 b5 20. Bf1 Rb8 21. Qc2 a4 22. Bb4 Ne8 23.
Rd3 g6 24. Rc3 Kg7 25. Rc6 Qd8 26. Kg2 Na5 27. Rc5 Nd6 28. Qc3 Nac4 29. Kf2 Qf6
30. Bd3 Nf5 31. Bxc4 bxc4 32. Ra5 g5 33. Kg2 Qg6 34. Rxa4 g4 35. f4 Nxe3+ 36.
Qxe3 Qc2+ 37. Kg1 Qxa4 38. Qe5+ f6 39. Qxb8 Qd1+ 40. Kg2 Qc2+ 41. Kg1 Qb1+ {
Neckar,L (2337)-Tichy,V (2260) Czechia 2010 1/2-1/2}) 12... Rfc8 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 13. Bg2 {[%emt 0:05:05]} Ne8 {[%emt 0:03:47]} 14. Qe2 {[%emt 0:07:47]} Nd6
{[%emt 0:06:48]} 15. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd8 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 16. Be1 {
[%emt 0:06:06]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 17. b3 {[%emt 0:05:30]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:19:
43][%cal Ga8c8] Svidler was probably not too happy with Aronian's ultra solid
choice} 18. Na4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 19. Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:51]}
Qe8 {[%emt 0:01:35]} 20. Qb2 {[%emt 0:03:06]} R6c7 {[%emt 0:18:32]} 21. a4 {
[%emt 0:05:34]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:02:53]} 22. b4 {[%emt 0:08:06]} Nb8 {[%emt 0:05:
16]} 23. b5 {[%emt 0:06:44] He pushed all his queenside pawns, but even that
expansion didn't amount to any advantage} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 24. Qb1 {
[%emt 0:03:54]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:07:51]} 25. Nd3 {[%emt 0:05:04]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:06:
40]} 26. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 27. Qxc1 {[%emt 0:01:09]}
Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 28. Qd1 {[%emt 0:05:20]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:03:09]} 29. Bf1 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 30. Ne5 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Nbc4 {[%emt 0:02:
38]} 31. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 32. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:45]}
Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 33. Qxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2785"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Be2 b5 (7...
Nf6 {is the big main line.}) 8. Nxc6 dxc6 (8... Qxc6 {is by far more popular
than the text move.}) 9. a4 {A logical decision, Topalov immediately attacks
Black's queenside.} (9. O-O {has also been tried} Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Nb1 c5 12.
Nd2 Nf6 13. Bd3 ({now} 13. f3 $6 {is not so good, because of} Bd6 $1) 13... Be7
{was more solid.} (13... c4 14. Nxc4 Nxe4 {(Korneev-Brodsky, Sochi 2012)} 15.
Qg4 $36 {with a great initiative for the pawn.}) 14. Qe2 O-O 15. f3 {and
White's position looks more comfortable.}) 9... b4 (9... Bb7 10. O-O {
transposes to 9.0-0.}) 10. Nb1 Nf6 (10... Bb7 {was an alternative} 11. Nd2 Nf6
12. f3 (12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Qe2 Bc5 14. Nc4 O-O 15. a5 $14 {with a comfortable
position for White.} (15. e5 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 c5 17. f4 Bd5 18. O-O Bxc4 19. Bxc4
Nb6 $13 {Dragun-Malakhatko, Warsaw 2011.})) 12... Be7 (12... Rd8 13. Qc1 $14 {
followed by Nc4.}) 13. Nc4 $14 {and White is slightly better.}) 11. Nd2 c5 (
11... Bb7 {transposes to 10...Bb7.}) 12. f3 $1 (12. O-O {was also possible,
but I prefer the text move, because he is immediately preparing for Nc4.})
12... Bb7 (12... Bd6 $2 {is bad now, since} 13. Nc4 Bxh2 $2 14. Rxh2 $1 Qxh2
15. Bxc5 $18 {and White is winning.}) 13. Nc4 Nd7 (13... Be7 14. Qc1 O-O (14...
Nd7 {transposes to the game.}) 15. Bf4 $14 {and White is slightly better.}) 14.
Qc1 $1 {A nice positional move. White prepares for the unpleasant Bf4 and he
is very strong on the dark squares.} Be7 15. O-O (15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg3 {is very
similar to the game.}) 15... O-O 16. Bf4 e5 {This isn't a pretty move, but it
is forced.} ({In the event of} 16... Qc6 $6 17. Rd1 $36 ({or} 17. Na5 {and
White looks nicely placed.})) 17. Bg3 h6 18. c3 a5 19. Qc2 {White improves his
pieces.} Ba6 20. Rfd1 (20. Ne3 $5 {was an interesting alternative:} b3 (20...
c4 21. Nd5 Bc5+ 22. Kh1 $36 {and White has a nice initiative.}) 21. Qd2 Bg5 22.
Bxa6 Rxa6 23. Nd5 $14) 20... Rfd8 21. b3 {A natural move, but} (21. Rd5 $1 {
was more accurate, for example} Bb7 22. Nxe5 $1 {A brilliant tactical blow!}
Bxd5 23. Nxf7 Qb6 24. exd5 Kxf7 25. d6 $1 $18 {followed by Bc4 with a decisive
attack.}) 21... Bg5 22. Bf2 Nf8 23. cxb4 cxb4 $6 {An inaccuacy. After this,
White will control the d-file.} (23... axb4 {should have been played.}) 24. Bb6
$1 Rxd1+ 25. Rxd1 Qb8 26. Bf2 $1 {Simple, but strong!} Qc7 (26... Bd8 $142 {
was more exact.}) 27. Rd5 Rc8 28. h4 ({The engine suggests} 28. Rc5 {, but I
think Topalov didn't want to allow} Qxc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 {White looks better,
however Black has a stable position. It isn't so easy to find any weaknesses
in Black's position.}) 28... Be7 29. Qd2 Rd8 $2 {Loses immediately, but
Black's position was already difficult.} ({Still} 29... Bxc4 {was the only
chance} 30. Bxc4 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Bxd8 32. Qd5 {, but Black has to face a long
period of torture.}) 30. Bb6 $1 $18 Rxd5 31. Qxd5 Qb8 32. Qxa5 Bxc4 33. Bxc4
Qd6 34. Bf2 Qd1+ 35. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.29"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:59:26"]
[BlackClock "0:56:56"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} 8. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} g5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Bg3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:33]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:
02:26]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 12. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} gxh4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 13.
Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Be6 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 14. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 15. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 16. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:
18:23]} 18. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:19:33]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 19. c3 $146 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} (19. O-O-O Be5 20. Rh3 Kd7 21. Rb3 Rab8 22. a4 Rhg8 23. Kb1 Bf6 24. Rh1
Bxh4 25. Rxh4 Nf6 26. g3 Nxd5 27. Bxh5 Nc7 28. Bxf7 Rg7 29. Bh5 b5 30. axb5
axb5 31. Be2 Rf8 32. f4 Kc8 33. Rh5 Rfg8 34. g4 e6 35. Bf3 Kd7 36. f5 Rg5 37.
fxe6+ Kxe6 38. Re3+ Kd7 39. Be4 R8g7 40. Bf5+ Kc6 41. Rc3+ Kb7 42. Rxg5 Rxg5
43. Rh3 Kb6 44. Rh5 Rg7 45. Rh7 Rg8 46. Kc1 {1-0 (46) Kotronias,V (2530)-King,
D (2500) Gausdal 1993}) 19... Bf6 {[%emt 0:19:26]} 20. O-O-O {[%emt 0:02:09]}
Kd7 {[%emt 0:05:11] A Najdorf quickly turned into a dull double rook endgame
that neither side had realistic winning chances in, depspite the fact that
White's structure was much superior.} 21. Bxg4+ {[%emt 0:06:38]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:
00:10]} 22. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} exf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 23. Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:
59]} Rxh8 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 24. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 25.
Rxg4 {[%emt 0:07:33]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ke6 {
[%emt 0:06:57]} 27. Kc2 {[%emt 0:11:43]} Rg5 {[%emt 0:08:17]} 28. g3 {[%emt 0:
01:04]} Re5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 29. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:33]} Rd5+ {[%emt 0:03:05]} 30.
Rd4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Re4+ {[%emt 0:16:14]} Kd7 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re5 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 33. Kd4 {[%emt 0:
01:57]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:08:47]} 34. a4 {[%emt 0:07:14]} b6 {[%emt 0:11:42]} 35. b3
{[%emt 0:03:36]} Rh1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} 36. Kd3 {[%emt 0:08:12]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:
03:06]} 37. Kc2 {[%emt 0:03:47]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 38. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:26]}
Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 39. Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 40. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kd2 {[%emt 0:10:59]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 42. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:14]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2014.03.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "ChessBase Website"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.03.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]
[WhiteClock "1:03:38"]
[BlackClock "1:07:24"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:26]
} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:05:25]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:59]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Rxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. d3 {[%emt 0:02:19] With the tournament
already in the bag it didn't make any sense for Anand to play for blood or to
show anything new in his preparation. Svidler's Marshall was more than
sufficient to jump into an easily drawn endgame.} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 13. Re1
{[%emt 0:00:13]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:06:22]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:48]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:03:
17]} 15. Nd2 {[%emt 0:06:17]} Qg6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 16. Bd1 {[%emt 0:02:20]}
Bxd3 {[%emt 0:02:04]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:02:45]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 18. Qxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxe4 19. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Rae8 {[%emt 0:01:11]} 20. Rxe8 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Rxe8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 21. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Bf4 {[%emt 0:03:
06]} 22. Bf3 {[%emt 0:03:57]} Bxc1 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 23. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 24. a3 $146 {[%emt 0:01:18]} (24. b3 Re6 25. c4 Nb4 26.
cxb5 cxb5 27. a4 bxa4 28. bxa4 Nd3 29. Rb1 Nc5 30. a5 Re5 31. Be2 Ne6 {1/2-1/2
(31) Shirov,A (2696)-Nyback,T (2599) Jyvaskyla 2014}) 24... Rd8 {[%emt 0:16:09]
} 25. c4 {[%emt 0:04:43]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 26. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:04:08]} Nd3 {
[%emt 0:01:01]} 27. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 28. Rxc4 {
[%emt 0:03:52]} Nxb2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 29. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:03:
16]} 30. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 31. Be4 {[%emt 0:06:51]}
Rxc2+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 32. Bxc2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 33. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:01:40]} Nxa3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 34. Bxa6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.08"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 a6 6. Bd3 c4 7. Bc2 Bd6 8. O-O
Ne7 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bh4 Nbc6 11. Nbd2 Nf5 12. Re1+ Nce7 13. b3 b5 14. a4 Bd7 15.
Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Bg3 Kf7 17. Nh4 Be6 18. Qh5+ g6 19. Qh6 Bxg3 20. hxg3 Rc8 21.
axb5 axb5 22. b4 Ra8 23. Ndf3 Rxa1 24. Rxa1 Qb8 25. Nh2 Bd7 26. Nf1 Ng8 27. Qd2
Ne7 28. Qh6 Ng8 29. Qd2 Ne7 30. Ne3 Qb7 31. Ra5 Ra8 32. Qa2 Rxa5 33. Qxa5 Nc6
34. Qa1 Ne7 35. g4 h6 36. Nf3 Be6 37. Nd2 Nc6 38. Ndf1 Qa7 39. Qxa7+ Nxa7 40.
f4 Kg7 41. Kf2 Bf7 42. Ng3 Nc8 43. Kf3 Ne7 44. Nh1 Nc8 45. Nf2 Nd6 46. Kg3 Be6
47. Kh4 g5+ 48. Kg3 Kf8 49. Kf3 Ke7 50. Nf1 Bg8 51. Ne3 Be6 52. Kg3 Kd7 53. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 11. h4 a5 12. Bf4 a4 13. a3 bxa3 14. bxa3 Ba6 15. Ne3
Rb8 16. c4 dxc4 17. Nxc4 Nb6 18. Nd6 Nd5 19. Qxa4 Rb6 20. Rac1 Nxf4 21. Qxf4
Nxe5 22. Nxe5 Bxd6 23. Qe3 Rb3 24. a4 Qc7 25. Nc4 Be7 26. Ne5 Bd6 27. Nc4 Be7
28. Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.10"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yugra"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
h5 9. h3 Bc5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Na4 Ba7 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 d6 14. Qd3 Nh7 15.
Be3 Bxe3 16. Qxe3 h4 17. g4 Nf8 18. Rfd1 Be6 19. c4 c5 20. f4 exf4 21. Qxf4 Rd8
22. b3 Ng6 23. Qf2 O-O 24. Rd2 Bd7 25. Nc3 Bc6 26. Rad1 Rfe8 27. Rd3 Re6 28.
Re3 Qe7 29. Rde1 Re8 30. Rf1 Ne5 31. Qd2 Nd7 32. Qe1 Ne5 33. Qd2 Rf6 34. Ree1
Rxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Qd8 36. Qe3 Re6 37. Rf2 Qe7 38. Qd2 Nd7 39. Qe3 Re5 40. Qd3 Re6
41. Qd2 Ne5 42. Qe3 Nd7 43. Qd2 Nf8 44. Qd3 Ng6 45. Qd2 Rf6 46. Rf5 Re6 47. Rf1
Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.11"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 a5 7. a4 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Re1 b6 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. Nf1 h6 12. Ng3 Bf8 13. h3 Nb8 14. Be3 c5 15. Rad1
Nbd7 16. Bc1 Qc7 17. Nd2 Bc6 18. Bf3 d4 19. Ngf1 g6 20. Nc4 Bg7 21. Nfd2 b5 22.
axb5 Bxb5 23. Na3 Bc6 24. Ndc4 a4 25. Bd2 Rec8 26. Ra1 Nf8 27. cxd4 cxd4 28.
Bb4 Ne8 29. Rec1 h5 30. Qd2 Qb8 31. Na5 Bd7 32. Rxc8 Qxc8 33. N3c4 Qb8 34. Bd1
Bh6 35. Qe1 Ne6 36. Bxa4 Nf4 37. Bc2 Qc8 38. Qf1 Nf6 39. Bd1 Bxh3 40. gxh3
Nxh3+ 41. Kh1 Bf4 42. Be1 Ng4 43. b4 Ra6 44. Ra2 Rf6 45. Qg2 Bg5 46. b5 Bh4 47.
Bxg4 hxg4 48. b6 Rxb6 49. Nxb6 Qc1 50. Qf1 Qh6 51. Nd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.12"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Samara Zhiguli"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 b5 12. Rg1 Nb6 13. Na5 Rc8 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Kb1 g6 16. a3 Qc7 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxa5 20. Rg4 Ng7 21. h4
Qc7 22. c4 Ne6 23. Bd3 Qb8 24. cxb5 Nc7 25. Qb3 d5 26. h5 Nxb5 27. Bxb5 d4 28.
Bxd4 exd4 29. Ba4 Qxb3 30. Bxb3 gxh5 31. Rgxd4 Kg7 32. f4 Rcd8 33. Re4 Bc5 34.
Rh1 Rd2 35. Rc4 Rb8 36. Rh3 Bd4 37. Kc1 Rxb2 38. Bc2 Bf2 39. f5 Ra2 40. f6+ Kg8
41. Rb3 Re8 42. Kb1 Rxc2 43. Rxc2 Bh4 44. Rc5 h6 45. gxh6 Bxf6 46. Rxh5 Bd4 47.
Rb7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 21st"]
[Site "Loo"]
[Date "2014.04.13"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.04.07"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.05.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Inheritance"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 {Wegen der Berlinder Variante sind einige 1.
e4-Spieler der Spanischen Partie derzeit müde. Schottisch ist da eine
Alternative.} exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Nb6 ({
Die andere Hauptvariante ist} 8... Ba6 9. b3 g6 (9... O-O-O)) 9. Nc3 Ba6 10.
Qe4 g6 ({Die Hauptvariante entsteht nach} 10... Qe6) 11. Bf4 (11. c5 Bxf1 12.
cxb6 f5 13. b7 Rb8 14. Qe3 Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bd5 16. Qxa7 Qxe5+ 17. Be3 $11) 11...
Qb4 {In der Folge entstehen sehr verwickelte Varianten.} (11... Bg7 12. c5 Bxf1
13. cxb6 Ba6 14. bxc7 O-O 15. O-O-O Rfe8 16. Rhe1 Bc8 17. Qc4 a5 18. Ne4 Ba6
19. Qd4 Qe6 20. Qxd7 Qxa2 21. Qxc6 a4 22. Nf6+ Bxf6 23. exf6 Qc4+ 24. Qxc4 Bxc4
25. Rxe8+ {1-0 (25) Lagumina,G (2265)-Verrascina,N (2140) Rome 1997}) 12. e6
Qxb2 (12... fxe6 13. Be5 Rg8 14. c5 Qxe4+ 15. Nxe4 Bxf1 16. Nf6+ Kf7 17. Rxf1
Bxc5 18. Nxg8 Kxg8 19. Bxc7 $11) 13. exd7+ Kxd7 14. Qd4+ ({Nicht} 14. Rd1+ $2
Bd6 15. Qd4 Rae8+ 16. Be3 c5 17. Qf6 Kc8 $19) 14... Nd5 (14... Bd6 15. Rb1
Rhe8+ 16. Be3 Qa3 17. c5 Bxf1 18. Kxf1 Rxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxc5 20. Qxc5 Bxc5 21. g3
$11) 15. cxd5 (15. Qxh8 $2 {verliert:} Qxa1+ 16. Kd2 Qb2+ 17. Kd1 Nxc3+ $19)
15... Qxa1+ 16. Kd2 Bxf1 (16... Qb2+ $2 17. Kd1 Bxf1 18. dxc6+ Kxc6 19. Qd5+
Kb6 20. Na4+ {und Weiß gewinnt.}) 17. dxc6+ Kxc6 {Erstaunlicherweise
überlebt Schwarz.} 18. Qd5+ Kb6 19. Na4+ (19. Rxf1 Qxf1 20. Na4+ Ka6 21. Qc6+
Ka5 22. Bxc7+ Kb4 23. a3+ Kxa3 24. Qc3+ Kxa4 25. Qa5+ Kb3 26. Qc3+ {führt
auch nur zum Dauerschach.}) (19. Qxa8 Qxc3+ 20. Kxc3 Bg7+ 21. Kb3 Rxa8 22. Rxf1
{und Weiß hat einen Bauern weniger.}) 19... Ka6 20. Qc6+ Ka5 21. Bxc7+ Kb4 22.
Qe4+ (22. Qb7+ Kc4 23. Qc6+ Kb4 $11) 22... Ka3 23. Qf3+ Kxa2 24. Nc3+ Ka3 25.
Na2+ $1 {Ein letzter Trick.} Ka4 ({Auf} 25... Kxa2 $2 {folgt} 26. Qd5+ {
und nach} Ka3 27. Qa5+ Kb3 (27... Kb2 $2 28. Be5+) 28. Qxa1 Bb4+ 29. Ke3 Rhe8+
30. Be5 (30. Kf4 Re1 31. Qd4 Rc8 $13) 30... f6 31. Qd1+ Kc4 32. Qxf1+ Kc5 33.
Qc1+ Kb5 {muss Weiß für den vollen Punkt allerdings noch arbeiten.}) 26. Qc6+
Ka3 27. Qf3+ Ka4 28. Qc6+ Ka3 29. Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Be7 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Rc1 f6 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nd3 Rc8 13. f4 exf4 14. Nxf4 Be8 15.
e3 Bf7 16. Qe2 Re8 17. Ne4 Nb4 18. a3 Nba6 19. Nh5 Nd5 20. g4 Rc6 21. g5 Bxh5
22. Qxh5 g6 23. Qf3 f5 24. Ng3 Nac7 25. Nxf5 gxf5 26. Qxf5 Rf8 27. Qe5 Nf6 28.
Bxc6 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O b6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bb7 10. Nc3 Qc8 11. Nc2 d6 12. e4 Rd8 13. Qe2 e6 14. Rfd1 a6 15.
Rac1 Qc7 16. Ne3 Ne5 17. h3 Ned7 18. Ng4 Nxg4 19. hxg4 h6 20. Rd2 Rac8 21. Rcd1
b5 22. cxb5 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qxc3 24. Rxd6 Rc7 25. b6 Rc6 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7
Rxb6 28. Qd1 Kg7 29. Qd4+ Qxd4 30. Rxd4 e5 31. Rd7 Bc8 32. Rd5 Kf6 33. Bf3 Be6
34. Ra5 Rd6 35. Kg2 Bc8 36. Be2 Bb7 37. f3 Ke6 38. Bc4+ Kf6 39. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 d6 5. e3 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. exd4
e4 9. d5 exf3 10. dxc6 Qe7+ 11. Kd2 bxc6 12. Qxf3 Ne4+ 13. Kc2 Be6 14. Nxe4
fxe4 15. Qxe4 d5 16. Qe5 Qf7 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Re1 Rc8+ 19. Kb1 Qg6+ 20. Ka1
Kf7 21. Bd3 Qh6 22. Bf5 Rc6 23. Bxe6+ Rxe6 24. Qf5+ Ke7 25. Qxd5 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2771"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 e5 8. c4 O-O
9. Nc3 d6 10. a3 a5 11. Nd2 Ne8 12. Nf1 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Ne3 Be6 15. Ned5
Kh8 16. Rb1 Nc7 17. Bd2 Bxd5 18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxd5 a4 20. Bc3 Qd7 21. Qf3 Rae8
22. b3 e4 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. dxe4 fxe4 25. Qe3 axb3 26. Rxb3 Qf7 27. Rd1 Bxc3
28. Rxc3 Qg6 29. Qc1 Rf6 30. a4 Ref8 31. Rc2 h5 32. h4 e3 33. fxe3 Rf3 34. Rg2
Rxg3 35. Qb2+ Kh7 36. Qb7+ Kh6 37. Qxc6 Rg8 38. Rxd6 Rxg2+ 39. Kf1 Rf8+ 40. Ke1
Rg1+ 41. Ke2 Rg2+ 42. Ke1 Rg1+ 43. Ke2 Rg2+ 44. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8.
Bxd2 Nc6 9. Qf4 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qe7 11. O-O-O b6 12. Bd3 Bb7 13. Be4 O-O-O 14.
Rhe1 f6 15. exf6 Qxf6 16. Qg5 Qg7 17. h4 Rhe8 18. h5 Nb4 19. Bxb7+ Kxb7 20.
Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Qd2 Nc6 22. Qxd7 Qh6+ 23. Rd2 Rd8 24. Qg4 gxh5 25. Qg5 Qxg5 26.
Nxg5 Rg8 27. f4 h4 28. Nxh7 Ne7 29. Rf2 Nf5 30. Ng5 Rd8 31. b3 Rd3 32. Nf3 Re3
33. Kd2 Re4 34. Ng5 Re3 35. Rf3 Re7 36. Rd3 a5 37. Rd5 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 Nc6 4. Ne2 e5 5. d5 Nd4 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
d6 9. f4 Nf6 10. e5 Ng4 11. e6 Qh4 12. h3 Ne3 13. Bxe3 dxe3 14. exf7+ Kxf7 15.
Nc3 Re8 16. Qf3 Kg8 17. Kh2 Bd7 18. Rae1 Bd4 19. Nd1 Re7 20. Re2 Rae8 21. Nc3
Rf8 22. Qg3 Qxg3+ 23. Kxg3 g5 24. f5 Be5+ 25. Kg4 h5+ 26. Kxg5 Rg7+ 27. Kh4
Bf6+ 28. Kxh5 Be8+ 29. Kh6 Rh7# 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. d3
exd3 9. Qxd3 Na6 10. Bg2 Bh3 11. Bf3 Qg6 12. Bxc6+ bxc6 13. Qxa6 Rd8 14. Ne3
Ne4 15. Nxe4 Qxe4 16. f3 Qe6 17. Qc4 Qg6 18. Bd2 Be7 19. O-O-O O-O 20. Bc3 Be6
21. Qa4 Bc5 22. Nc2 Qh6+ 23. Qf4 Qg6 24. b3 Rde8 25. h4 h5 26. Kb2 f6 27. Rd2
Be7 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. e4 Qf7 30. Nf5 Bxf5 31. Qxf5 g6 32. Qa5 Bd8 33. Qa4 Bc7 34.
Qxc6 Bxg3 35. Rd7 Re7 36. Rxe7 Qxe7 37. Rg1 Be5 38. Rxg6+ Kh7 39. Rg2 Rd8 40.
Qc4 a5 41. a4 Qe8 42. Bxe5 Qxe5+ 43. Ka2 Qe7 44. Qb5 Kh6 45. Qxa5 Rd3 46. Qa8
Rd8 47. Qc6 Qe5 48. Qb7 f5 49. Qf7 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 d5 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c3 a5 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 f6 13. exf6 Qxf6 14. Qe2 Re8 15.
b3 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. Nf3 e5 19. Be3 Qd6 20. Rbd1 Nf6 21. Bg5
e4 22. Bf4 Qf8 23. Ne5 g5 24. Bxg5 Rxe5 25. f4 Qc5+ 26. Kh1 Bg4 27. Qd2 e3 28.
Qd3 Re7 29. Rc1 Qb6 30. f5 Rae8 31. h3 Bh5 32. g4 Bf7 33. Bh4 h6 0-1

[Event "Norway Chess blitz 2nd"]
[Site "Flor/Fjaere"]
[Date "2014.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2792"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2014.06.02"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nge7 7. a3 O-O 8. Ne1
d6 9. Nc2 Be6 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 Nd4 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5 Qxd5
15. e4 Qd7 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Be3 Qxb2 18. Bxc5 Rfc8 19. Rb1 Qa2 20. Be3 b6 21.
a4 Rc3 22. Ra1 Qb3 23. Qxb3 Rxb3 24. Rfb1 Rxd3 25. a5 bxa5 26. Rxa5 Rd7 27.
Rba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2
Rd8 {This is one of the most complicated tabyias of the English Opening, both
in analysing and over-the-board play. White surely has some queenside
achievements, but his main problem is to formulate a coherent plan. In
practice, White's play is frequently of a speculative character, aiming to
take advantage of any imperceptible black inaccuracy. In my English trilogy I
had come up with some improvements against the then fashionable plan favoured
by Tiviakov, based on ...a5-a4 and ...Ra8-a5. But in the meanwhile Black
started playing more neutral plans, as if inviting White to show his hand.} 16.
Bb2 {This is the most popular move, but chance made me discover what may be
the clue to White's play. At the 2012 Olympiad I shared a room with Vladislav
Nevednichy, who felt inspired to play the English Opening in a few games. He
frequently asked me for general advice, but did not hesitate to share with me
an over-the-board discovery.} ({He called his} 16. Re1 {a fantastic novelty,
without giving any further detail. Later, I examined the move and came to the
conclusion that he was right. If White wishes to have a coherent plan, this
should be based on Nd2-c4. Against Tiviakov's ...a4 and ...Ra5 this works very
well, but against neutral plans it is harder to carry out. One possible idea
of the last move is preparing Bf1 followed by Nc4 without facing the pin along
the d-file. In other cases, when White switches to d3-d4, the rook is clearly
useful on e1.} Nh6 (16... Nd6 17. d4 $36) (16... a4 17. Bb2 {[%csl Gd5][%cal
Gg2f1,Gd2c4]} Nd6 18. d4 $5) 17. d4 $1 Nf7 (17... exd4 18. exd4 Nf5 19. Bh3
Nxd4 20. Bxe6+ Nxe6 21. Qa2 Kf7 22. Rb2 Re8 23. Rc2 Qd7 24. Nf3 $36) 18. Nf3
Nc4 19. Ra1 Bf8 20. dxe5 {This may be a hurried decision and I remember that
Vladik was not happy with it.} (20. d5 $5 {looks interesting}) ({but I assume
it would be best to keep the tension for a while:} 20. Bf1 $1 Ncd6 21. Bd3 $14)
20... Ncxe5 21. Nd4 Bh3 22. Bh1 c5 23. bxc6 Nxc6 24. Nxc6 (24. Qb2 $5 Rb8 25.
Nd5) 24... bxc6 25. Ne4 Qf5 $132 {Nevednichy,V (2554)-Ringoir,T (2448)
Istanbul 2012 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 16... a4 17. Rfc1 Nd6 {There is no way White can
play Nc4 now.} 18. Nde4 Nf7 $146 ({Kramnik deviates from} 18... Ne8 {which
caused him a defeat at the hands of a then very young Carlsen in Carlsen,M 
(2801)-Kramnik,V (2772) London 2009 CBM 134 [Carlsen,M] (1-0, 43)}) (18... Bb3
19. Qe2 Nf7 {is an important alternative. With the queen on e2, White looks
entitled to play} 20. f4 $5 {Kozlov,G (2317)-Bukavshin,I (2517) Samara 2013 (1/
2-1/2, 99)}) 19. Ne2 {With this move White practically embarks on a mutual
waiting game.} (19. Nd1 {is the introduction to a more coherent plan, which
will fail to consolidate White's advantage against Black's accurate play,
though.} Bf8 20. Bf1 {[%csl Gd3][%cal Gc2c7]} (20. Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Rxd3 22.
Rxb7 Nc4 $132) 20... Rd7 21. d4 (21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Qxc5 Ng5) 21... exd4 22. exd4
{If allowed to play Ne3, White would achieve a comfortable regrouping. Black
can react energetically, though.} Bb3 23. Qe2 (23. Qd3 $2 Ne5 {[%csl Gc4]})
23... Re7 24. Qd3 Bd5 (24... Bc4 $143 25. Rxc4 Nxc4 26. Nxf6+ gxf6 27. Qxc4 $16
) 25. Ndc3 (25. Bg2 f5 $15) (25. Nd2 Ng5 26. Ne3 Nh3+ 27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Nxd5
Nxd5 $15) (25. f3 Qd7 26. Ne3 Bxe4 27. fxe4 Rae8 28. Bg2 Ng5 29. Nf5 Rxe4 $1
30. Bxe4 Rxe4 31. Rf1 g6 32. Ne3 f5 $15) 25... Bc4 26. Qf3 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 $13)
19... Bf8 20. h4 {Another sign of the lack of a concrete plan, so typical for
this variation. White simply makes moves he considers useful for later.} (20.
Qxc7 Qxc7 21. Rxc7 Rxd3 22. Rxb7 Nc4 $132) (20. f4 Bb3 21. Qc3 Qd7 22. fxe5 Nd5
23. Qd2 Nxe5 $132) 20... Rb8 21. N2c3 {Not much has changed in Black's
position over the past few moves, so this can be safely considered a loss of
two tempi.} Bb3 22. Qe2 Qd7 23. Nd2 (23. Bf1 {[%cal Ge4d2,Gd2c4]}) 23... Be6 (
23... Qxd3 $5 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Nxb3 axb3 26. Ne4 f5 27. Nc5 Bxc5 28. Rxc5 Rbd8
$36 {[%cal Gd3d1,Gb6a4]}) 24. Nc4 (24. Bf1 Bg4 $5) 24... Qxd3 {This leads to
general exchanges and an obvious draw.} (24... Nxc4 25. dxc4 Bf5 26. Ra1 Bd3
27. Qd1 Bxc4 28. Qxa4 $13 {White's slight initiative on the light squares is
neutralised by the relative inactivity of his b2-bishop.}) 25. Qxd3 Rxd3 26.
Nxb6 cxb6 27. Nxa4 Rb3 28. Bf1 Nd6 29. Rc3 Rxc3 30. Bxc3 Nc4 31. Bb4 Nxa3 32.
Bxa3 Bxa3 33. Nxb6 Kf7 34. Rd1 Ke7 35. Nd5+ Bxd5 36. Rxd5 Rd8 37. Rxd8 Kxd8 38.
Bd3 h6 39. h5 Ke7 40. Kg2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 ({Kamsky's
brilliant win against Mamedyarov last year inspired others to try} 6. f4 {
However, Black mostly played the typical Paulsen move} a6 ({Transposing to the
Scheveningen} 6... d6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Qf3 a6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Bd7
12. Rae1 b5 13. a3 {would give White an extra tempo after taking on d4 - his
bishop went to d3 in one move. He had a dangerous attack even after} Rab8 14.
Nxc6 Bxc6 15. Qh3 Rfd8 16. Bd2 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. f5 $5 Nxd2 19. fxe6 Ne4 20.
exf7+ Kh8 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Rxe4 g6 23. Ref4 (23. Re3 $5 $36) 23... Kg7 $2 (
23... Qxe5 24. Bxg6 Qg7 25. Bd3 h6 $11) (23... Qc6 $132) 24. e6 Rf8 25. Qe3 {
[%cal Re3d4]} Bc5 26. Qe1 {[%cal Re1c3]} Bd6 27. Rh4 Be7 28. Qe3 h5 29. Qd4+
Kh6 30. Rxh5+ {1-0, Kamsky,G (2741)-Mamedyarov,S (2775)/WCup/2013/}) ({Another
possible option is} 6... Nxd4 7. Qxd4 a6 8. Be3 b5 9. O-O-O Bb7 10. Kb1 Rc8 11.
Bd3 Nf6 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Be7 15. Qg3 g6 16. h4 Bxe4 17. Bxe4 d5
$11 {Hracek,Z (2638)-Gagunashvili,M (2556)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/}) 7. Nxc6 $5 ({
White doesn't want to commit either of his bishops yet. After} 7. Be3 b5 $13 {
Black has done fine in practice.}) 7... bxc6 (7... Qxc6 8. Bd3 (8. Be2 b5 9.
Bf3 Bb7 10. Qd3 Rc8 11. Be3 Qc4 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. e5 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qxd3 15.
Rxd3 b4 16. Na4 Nd5 17. Nb6 Nxb6 18. Bxb6 Rb8 19. Bc7 Rb7 20. Bd6 a5 21. c4
Bxd6 22. Rxd6 Ke7 23. Kd2 Rc8 24. Kd3 Rbc7 25. b3 Rc6 $11 {Balogh,C (2664)
-Vitiugov,N (2709)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2012/}) 8... b5 9. Qe2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be7 $5 (
10... Bc5 11. O-O-O Ne7 12. a3 {and now Black should probably prefer the
double-edged} O-O $5 (12... O-O-O 13. Kb1 $14 d5 $6 (13... Kb8 $142) 14. Rhe1
Rd7 $2 (14... d4 $8 15. Na2 $14) 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. f5 $1 $36 Re8 17. Nxd5 Qxd5
18. Ba5 Bd4 (18... Qxg2 19. fxe6 Rxe6 20. Qh5 $1 $18 {[%cal Re1e6,Rh5c5,Rh5e8]}
) 19. Qf1 $1 {[%cal Rf5e6,Rd3e4]} Bc6 20. fxe6 fxe6 21. Be4 Qc5 22. Qf3 $18 {
Naiditsch,A (2716)-Vachier Lagrave,M (2731)/Mulhouse/2011/}) 13. Qh5 f6 14. g4
Rac8 15. Rhe1 Qb6 16. Kb1 Bd4 17. Ne2 Bf2 18. Rf1 Rf7 19. Qh3 Ng6 20. Bc1 Bc5
$6 (20... a5 $132 {[%cal Yb5b4]}) 21. e5 b4 22. axb4 Bxb4 23. f5 $1 $40 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2702)-Vitiugov,N (2729)/RUS-ch Nizhny Novgorod/2013/}) 11. a3
Rc8 12. O-O-O (12. O-O Nf6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 O-O 15. Rae1 f5 $13) 12... Nf6
13. g4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Be4 Qc7 16. Kb1 O-O 17. f5 Bf6 18. fxe6 fxe6 19.
Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Bc1 Qe5 21. Rhe1 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Qxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc6 $132 {Volokitin,
A (2647)-Landa,K (2639)/RUS-chT/2014/}) 8. Bd3 d5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Kh1 Be7 11. b3
(11. e5 Nd7 12. Na4 c5 13. c4 d4 14. Be4 Bb7 15. Qf3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Rc8 17. b3
Qc6 18. Qe2 O-O 19. Bd2 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 $15 {Adams,M (2708)-Timman,J (2650)/
Dortmund/1999/}) (11. Qf3 Bb7 (11... O-O $5) 12. f5 e5 ({Once more an
interesting try is} 12... O-O {/\} 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Qh3 Bc8 $132) 13. Qg3 d4
14. Nb1 c5 15. Nd2 O-O (15... h5 $5 16. Qe1 h4 17. Nc4 h3 18. g3 Bc6 $13 {
Timofeev,A (2622)-Volokitin,A (2679)/Sarajevo/2005/}) 16. Re1 (16. Nc4 $142 $1
$14) 16... Ne8 $5 17. Nc4 Bf6 18. a4 Nd6 19. Bg5 Bxg5 20. Qxg5 {Haslinger,S 
(2543)-Rodshtein,M (2664)/Hoogeveen/2013/} f6 $11) 11... Bb7 12. Bb2 c5 13. Qe2
(13. exd5 exd5 14. Qe2 O-O 15. Rae1 Rfe8 16. Nb5 $5 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2680)
-Lazarev,V (2438)/FRA-chT Belfort/2012/} axb5 $5 17. Bxf6 Bf8 $1 18. Be5 Qb6
19. Bxb5 Re7 $11 {[%cal Ya8a2,Rf7f6] /=/+}) 13... O-O 14. e5 Nd7 15. Rae1 c4 $5
16. bxc4 dxc4 17. Be4 (17. Bxc4 Bb4 18. Rb1 Rac8 19. Bd3 Nc5 $44) 17... Nc5 18.
Qxc4 Rfc8 19. Bxb7 Nxb7 20. Qe4 Rab8 21. Ba1 Nc5 22. Qe2 Qc6 $44 23. f5 $6 (23.
Rd1 $5) 23... exf5 24. Rxf5 Ne6 25. Ne4 Qxc2 26. Qf1 Qxa2 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nxf7
Qc2 29. h3 Rb3 30. Kh2 Qd3 $17 {[%csl Ga6] Shabalov,A (2546)-Vachier Lagrave,M
(2719)/WCup/2013/}) (6. Be2 Nf6 (6... a6 {is in the Pauslen spirit, our
example shows this move shouldn't be postponed too long.}) 7. Be3 Be7 $6 8. f4
d6 9. Ndb5 $5 Qb8 10. g4 Nd7 11. h4 a6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. g5 Na5 14. h5 b5 15. Nf5
$1 exf5 16. Nd5 Qc6 17. exf5 (17. h6 $1 g6 18. Bd4 Rg8 19. Bf3 $40 {+/-}) 17...
Nc4 18. Bf3 Nxe3 19. Nxe3 Qc5 20. Qd2 Rb8 21. b4 $1 Qa7 $6 (21... Ne5 $142 22.
Bd5 $36) 22. O-O-O Bb7 23. Bxb7 Rxb7 24. h6 $1 $40 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2745)
-Mareco,S (2582)/Caleta/2014/}) 6... a6 ({Even now omitting this move might
cause Black some problems:} 6... Nf6 7. f4 $5 Bb4 8. Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2
Nxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O (11... Bxc3+ $6 12. Nxc3 O-O 13. Qd6 $1 {, po} f6 14. exf6
Qb4 15. O-O-O Qxd6 16. Rxd6 gxf6 17. Bc4 Kf7 18. Rhd1 Ke7 19. Ne4 Rd8 20. g4
$16 {Inarkiev,E (2656)-Kurnosov,I (2602)/Moscow/2009/}) 12. Qd2 Bxc3 (12... f6
13. exf6 Rxf6 14. g3 d5 15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Nd4 Qb6 17. c3 Nc6 18. O-O-O Bd7 19.
Be2 Be8 20. Bg4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bg6 23. Bf3 $14 {Giri,A (2715)
-Bauer,C (2639)/ESP-chT Leon/2012/}) 13. Nxc3 f6 14. exf6 Rxf6 15. O-O-O d5 16.
g3 $5 $146 ({Earlier White played} 16. Kb1) 16... Bd7 $6 (16... d4 17. Ne4 Qxa2
18. Nxf6+ gxf6 19. Qd3 Qa1+ 20. Kd2 Qxb2 21. Qb3 $13 {/+/=}) (16... Rb8 $5 $132
{[%cal Yb7b4]}) 17. Ne4 Rh6 18. Qxa5 Nxa5 19. Nf2 Rf6 20. Ng4 Rff8 21. Ne5 Rad8
22. Bh3 $14 {/+/-, Motylev,A (2677)-Shimanov,A (2550)/EU-ch Aix-les-Bains/2011/
}) 7. Qd2 (7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O {was once one of the main lines, now it has
fallen out of fashion:} Ne5 (8... Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 (10. Be2 d6 11. Qd3
Bxd4 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qb4 Be6 ({The more passive} 13... O-O {is also tenable:}
14. Rfd1 Rd8 15. Rd2 Be6 16. Rad1 Ne8 17. a4 Rdc8 18. a5 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Rxc5 20.
Ra1 Rac8 21. Bd3 Nf6 22. Na4 R5c6 23. Nb6 Rb8 24. c4 Nd7 $11 {Ma,Q (2595)
-Mchedlishvili,M (2649)/Hastings/2014/}) 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. a3 Qxb4 16. axb4 Ke7
17. Ra5 Rhc8 18. f3 Bc4 19. Bd3 g6 20. Kf2 Ke6 21. Rda1 Nd7 22. Ke2 Nb6 23. Kd2
Rc7 24. Na4 Nxa4 25. R1xa4 Rac8 26. c3 f5 $11 {Dembo,Y (2429)-Schneider,V 
(2261)/EU-ch Plovdiv/2008/}) 10... Qxc5 11. Qd2 d6 (11... O-O 12. Rae1 d6 13.
Re3 e5 (13... b5 14. Rg3 {[%cal Re4e5]}) 14. Rf3 $1 Kh8 15. Rxf6 gxf6 16. Qh6
Rg8 17. Nd5 Rg6 18. Qf8+ Rg8 19. Qxf7 Bh3 20. Qxf6+ Rg7 21. Ne3 $36 {Solak,D 
(2615)-Safarli,E (2660)/Baku op/2013/}) 12. Rae1 e5 13. Re3 Be6 14. Rg3 Nh5 $5
(14... h6 15. Be2 Kf8 16. Kh1 Rd8 17. f4 exf4 18. Qxf4 Qe5 19. Qe3 Kg8 20. Bd3
Kh7 {Solak,D (2590)-Pelletier,Y (2589)/EU-chT Novi Sad/2009/} 21. Rxf6 $1 gxf6
22. Nd5 {[%cal Rd5f6]} Bf5 $8 23. Qf3 Bg6 24. h4 $1 h5 25. Nxf6+ Kg7 26. Nd5
$16) 15. Rg5 ({White is consistent,} 15. Rf3 O-O $11 {is too timid.}) 15... g6
16. Rxh5 gxh5 17. Qg5 Kd7 18. Nd1 Rag8 19. Qxh5 h6 20. Ne3 Rg5 21. Qf3 Rc8 22.
Rd1 Kc7 23. a4 Qc6 24. h4 Rgg8 25. b3 {Here White's compensation for the
exchange is not as impressive as in the above games and Black can even get
some initiative with} f5 $5 26. Nxf5 Rcf8 27. Qh3 h5 $13 {/=/+, Solak,D (2583)
-Ivanisevic,I (2614)/SRB-chT Kragujevac/2009/}) (8... b5 9. Nxc6 (9. Qe2 Bb7
10. f4 (10. a3 Be7 11. f4 d6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. Rae1 b4 14. Nd1 bxa3 15. bxa3 e5
$1 16. Nf2 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 $15 {Polgar,J (2630)-Ljubojevic,L (2580)/Buenos
Aires/1994/}) 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 13. Kh1 (13. Rf2 $6 b4 14.
Nd1 O-O 15. Kh1 d6 16. Rf3 e5 17. fxe5 Qxe5 18. Rf5 Qe6 19. Nf2 Rae8 20. Qd2 d5
$1 $36 {Sengupta,D (2538)-Grachev,B (2668)/Basel/2014/}) 13... b4 $1 ({
Practically forced, as White gets a huge attack after} 13... d6 $2 14. e5 dxe5
15. fxe5 Nd7 16. Be4 $1 Bc6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 $1 $16 {->} (18. Qf3 $6 O-O 19.
Bxc6 Nxe5 20. Bxa8 Nxf3 21. Bxf3 b4 22. Ne4 Qxc2 23. Rf2 Qc7 $13 {Vachier
Lagrave,M (2715)-So,W (2684)/Reykjavik/2013/})) 14. Nd1 (14. Nb1 d5 (14... d6
$11) (14... h5 $5 15. e5 Ng4 $13) 15. e5 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 g6 18. Rae1
a5 $1 19. Rf3 Ba6 20. a3 Bxd3 21. Rxd3 Rc8 22. axb4 axb4 23. c3 O-O $11 {
Vorobiov,E (2534)-Vescovi,G (2590)/Moscow/2002/}) 14... d6 15. Nf2 e5 16. Ng4
Nxg4 17. Qxg4 O-O 18. a3 Bc6 19. Qf5 bxa3 (19... a5 $5) 20. Rxa3 Bb5 21. Rc3
Qb4 22. Rb3 Qc5 23. Rc3 {1/2, Byrne,R (2510)-Karpov,A (2540)/Moscow/1971/ One
of the few Sicilians with Black in Karpov's career.}) 9... Qxc6 10. a3 Bb7 11.
Qe2 (11. Qf3 Bd6 12. Bf4 O-O 13. Rfe1 Bxf4 14. Qxf4 d6 15. Re3 Nd7 16. Qh4 Ne5
17. Nd5 Ng6 18. Ne7+ Nxe7 19. Qxe7 Rae8 20. Qg5 Qc5 $11 {Leko,P (2763)-Kramnik,
V (2744)/Dortmund/2005/}) 11... Be7 12. f4 O-O 13. e5 (13. Bd4 Bc5 14. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 15. Kh1 {Golubev,M (2487)-Tregubov,P (2647)/Manama/2009/} d6 $132) 13...
Nd5 14. Nxd5 Qxd5 15. c4 bxc4 16. Bxc4 Qc6 17. Rac1 (17. f5 Rac8 18. Bd3 exf5
19. Bxf5 Bc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5+ 21. Kh1 Rce8 22. Rae1 Re7 23. b4 Qc3 $11 {Bacallao
Alonso,Y (2526)-Gonzalez Vidal,Y (2549)/Santa Clara/2014/}) 17... Bc5 18. Bxc5
Qxc5+ 19. Qf2 Qxf2+ 20. Rxf2 Rfb8 21. b4 Bc6 22. f5 a5 $11 {Landa,K (2615)
-Tregubov,P (2658)/Novokuznetsk/2008/}) 9. h3 Bc5 10. Kh1 d6 11. f4 Ng6 {
was earlier played with success:} 12. Qe1 (12. Qd2 O-O 13. Rae1 b5 14. a3 Re8
$11 (14... e5 $5 $132)) 12... Bd7 $5 (12... O-O 13. f5 Ne5 14. Qh4 $13 {
[%cal Yf1f3] followed by the sacrificial Rf3 is more dangerous, but probably
playable as well}) 13. f5 (13. b4 Ba7 $1 14. a4 O-O 15. Ra3 e5 16. fxe5 dxe5
17. Nf5 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 (18. Nxe3 Nf4 $11) 18... Bxf5 19. exf5 Nf4 20. Ne4 N6d5
21. Qe1 f6 $15 {1/2, Pinkovetsky,S (2549)-Toro Solis de Ovando,G (2541)/email/
2011/}) 13... Ne5 14. Qh4 (14. Nce2 exf5 15. exf5 Nd5 16. Bg1 O-O 17. Qg3 Kh8
18. a3 Rae8 19. b4 Bb6 20. c4 Nf6 $13 {/=/+, Mitkov,N (2530)-Ivanisevic,I 
(2548)/EU-chT Plovdiv/2003/}) 14... Qb6 15. Nce2 (15. Bh6 $2 Ng6 $1 $17) (15.
fxe6 fxe6 16. Rxf6 gxf6 17. Nxe6 Bxe6 18. Qxf6 Kd7 19. Na4 Bxe3 20. Nxb6+ Bxb6
$15) 15... O-O-O 16. Bg1 (16. Qg3 Nh5 $11) 16... exf5 17. b4 $6 (17. exf5 $142
Qxb2 18. Rfb1 Qa3 19. Rb3 Qa5 20. Rab1 b5 21. Qg3 $13) 17... Qxb4 18. Rab1 Qa4
19. exf5 Rhe8 20. Nc3 Qa5 21. Ne4 Nxd3 22. cxd3 Nxe4 23. dxe4 Qa4 24. Rfc1 Kb8
25. e5 Bxd4 (25... dxe5 $2 26. Rxc5 exd4 27. Rd5 $18 {[%cal Rd5d8]}) (25... Ka8
$5 $15) 26. Bxd4 Bc6 27. Rb4 (27. e6 $1 fxe6 28. Rb4 $1 Qxb4 29. Ba7+ Kxa7 30.
Qxb4 exf5 31. Qd4+ Ka8 32. Rxc6 bxc6 33. Qb6 $11) 27... Qxb4 28. Ba7+ Kxa7 29.
Qxb4 dxe5 $15 {Haznedaroglu,K (2430)-Ribli,Z (2591)/EU-Cup Saint Vincent/2005/}
) (7. Qf3 {also prepares 0-0-0, but is still only a sideline:} b5 8. Nxc6 (8.
Qg3 $5) 8... Qxc6 9. O-O-O $6 (9. Bd3 $142) 9... Bb7 10. Bd3 Nf6 {[%cal Rb5b4]}
11. Bd4 b4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Ne2 f5 $1 14. Ng3 Bg7 15. Kb1 Qc5 16. Qf4 Be5 17.
Qd2 f4 $17 {[%csl Gb7,Ge5] Grischuk,A (2783)-Wang,Y (2723)/Beijing blitz/2013/}
) 7... Nf6 8. O-O-O (8. f4 $5 {is right now highly topical:} Bb4 ({The
Scheveningen continuation} 8... d6 9. Be2 Be7 {allows White to spice it up
with the dangerous} 10. O-O-O O-O 11. g4 $1 Nxd4 (11... b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. a3 $5
$36 {[%cal Yf4f5,Yg5g6,Yh2h5]}) 12. Qxd4 e5 13. Qd3 Bxg4 (13... exf4 14. Bxf4
Be6 15. g5 Nd7 16. Bxd6 $14) (13... d5 14. exd5 exf4 15. Bd4 $36) 14. Bxg4 Nxg4
15. Nd5 Qd7 16. f5 Bd8 17. Rhg1 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 f6 19. h4 Qf7 20. h5 Kh8 21. Rg6
$40 Rg8 22. Rdg1 h6 $2 23. Nxf6 $1 Bxf6 24. Rxh6+ $1 $18 {Shirov,A (2726)
-Ljubojevic,L (2571)/Monte Carlo rpd blindfold/1999/}) (8... b5 9. e5 {isn't
quite ideal either:} Ng4 (9... b4 10. Ncb5 axb5 11. Nxb5 Qb8 12. exf6 gxf6 13.
c4 bxc3 14. bxc3 Ra5 (14... Rg8 15. Rb1 Na7 16. a4 Nxb5 17. Bxb5 Qc7 18. Bb6 (
18. O-O $36 {[%csl Re8,Gg1]}) 18... Qb7 19. Rg1 Be7 20. g3 Qe4+ $6 (20... Kf8
$1 21. Qe3 Rb8 $13) 21. Kf2 Bb7 22. Bxd7+ Kf8 23. Qe2 Qd5 24. Bb5 Bc5+ 25.
Bxc5+ Qxc5+ 26. Qe3 Qh5 27. h4 $16 {Popov,I (2653)-Demianjuk,A (2345)/Moscow/
2014/}) 15. a4 Ba6 16. Kf2 (16. Be2 $1 $16 {[%cal Ye1g1] /\} Bxb5 17. Bxb5 Qxb5
18. axb5 Rxa1+ 19. Kf2 Rxh1 20. bxc6 dxc6 21. Qa2 $18) 16... Be7 17. Be2 O-O
18. Qxd7 Bb7 19. Rhd1 Rc8 20. g3 Bf8 21. Nd6 Bxd6 22. Qxd6 Qa8 {Hansen,E (2567)
-Shankland,S (2605)/Barcelona/2013/} 23. Qa3 $16 {/+-}) 10. Bg1 Bb7 11. O-O-O (
11. Nb3 $5 d5 (11... d6 12. Qe2 $1 {[%cal Yc3d5,Re2g4]}) 12. O-O-O $14) 11...
Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Be7 13. Bd3 f5 14. h3 Nh6 15. Rhg1 O-O 16. Kb1 (16. Qe3 Rac8 17.
Kb1 Bc6 18. Ne2 Bd5 19. g4 g6 20. b3 Qb7 21. Rdf1 a5 22. Ng3 Bc4 23. Be4 Bd5 {
1/2, Karjakin,S (2766)-Svidler,P (2758)/Khanty-Mansiysk Candidates/2014/}) (16.
g4 $14) 16... Kh8 17. g4 Bc6 18. Ne2 b4 $6 (18... g6 $142 $14) 19. gxf5 Nxf5
20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Ng3 Rf7 22. f5 $1 exf5 23. Rdf1 Raf8 $2 24. Nh5 Rg8 {Schrott,
E (2059)-Collutiis,D (2449)/Amantea/2009/} 25. Qh6 $3 gxh6 26. e6+ $18) 9. Bd3
Na5 $5 (9... d5 10. e5 Ng4 11. Bg1 f6 12. Be2 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 $5 (13. Qxd4 Bxc3+
14. Qxc3 $36) 13... fxe5 14. fxe5 Nxe5 15. O-O {[%cal Rc3d5]} (15. Qg5 $6 Ng6
16. O-O Qe7 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. a3 Bd6 19. Bh5 O-O-O 20. Bb6 $2 {Dominguez Perez,L
(2757)-Robson,R (2628)/St Louis blitz/2014/} Qh4 $1 $19) 15... Bd6 16. Bh5+ g6
17. Rae1 $1 Rf8 (17... gxh5 18. Nxd5 $1 exd5 19. Bxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxd5 $18) 18.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Qf4+ Nf7 (19... Qf7 20. Qh6+ Qg7 21. Qxg7+ Kxg7 22. Rxe5 $16)
20. Qf6 e5 (20... gxh5 21. Nxd5 $1 Qd8 22. Qg7+ Ke8 23. Rf1 $18) 21. Rf1 $1 Bf5
22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. Nxd5 Qd7 24. Bxf7 Be7 25. Qxe5 Kxf7 26. Nb6 {1-0, Smirnov,P 
(2635)-Maletin,P (2611)/Tomsk/2013/}) (9... O-O 10. a3 $1 Bxc3 $6 11. Qxc3 Ng4
12. Bd2 $36 e5 ({This line won't be tested anymore, as Black's former intention
} 12... Qb6 {runs into} 13. h3 $1 $16) 13. Nxc6 dxc6 14. h3 Nf6 15. fxe5 Nd7
16. Bf4 Re8 17. Bc4 Nxe5 18. Rf1 $1 Kh8 19. O-O-O f6 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 (20... Rxe5
$2 21. Qxe5 $1) 21. Qxe5 fxe5 22. Rf7 $32 {+-, Solak,D (2610)-Navara,D (2700)/
EU-ch Yerevan/2014/}) (9... Ne7 10. Nde2 d6 11. a3 (11. O-O-O O-O 12. Kb1 $14)
11... Bc5 12. O-O-O O-O 13. Ng3 b5 14. e5 Nfd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxc5 dxc5 17.
Be4 Bb7 18. Nh5 Rad8 19. Bxd5 Bxd5 20. Qe3 f5 21. exf6 g6 22. f5 exf5 23. Nf4
Bf7 24. Nd3 {Perunovic,M (2617)-Firat,B (2480)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/} Qb6 $1 $11)
(9... e5 $6 10. Nf5 g6 11. fxe5 Nxe5 12. Bg5 Nfg4 $6 {Popov,I (2620)-Potkin,V 
(2666)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/} 13. Ne7 $1 $16 {[%cal Re7d5]}) 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Qxc3
Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 d5 (12... d6 13. Nb3 Nc6 14. O-O-O b5 15. Rhe1 Bb7 16. Bb6 Rc8
17. c4 bxc4 18. Bxc4 Ke7 19. e5 dxe5 20. Nc5 Nb8 21. Bxe6 fxe6 22. Nxb7 Nfd7
23. Bf2 exf4 24. Bh4+ Nf6 25. Rd6 $40 {Shomoev,A (2560)-Grigoriants,S (2581)/
Taganrog/2014/}) 13. e5 (13. exd5 exd5 $132 (13... Nxd5 14. Bd2 Nb6 $13)) 13...
Ne4 14. Nb3 Nc4 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. Na5 Bd7 (16... b5 17. Bd4 f5 18. exf6 gxf6
19. O-O Rf8 20. Rae1 f5 21. Rf3 Rf7 22. Rh3 Bb7 23. Nxb7 Rxb7 24. Rh6 Re7 25.
g4 $14 {Edouard,R (2658)-Javakhishvili,L (2430)/Caleta/2014/}) 17. Bd4 Rc8 18.
Nxb7 Bc6 $1 (18... Ba4 19. Ke2 Bxc2 20. Ke3 O-O 21. Ra2 Bd3 22. Rb2 Rb8 23. Rb4
f5 24. Na5 $13 {/+/=, Sutovsky,E (2652)-Oral,T (2528)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/}) 19.
Na5 Bd5 20. Rb1 Kd7 $1 $146 {An important novelty by Giri saves the line for
Black.} (20... O-O 21. Ke2 (21. Rb4 f6 22. O-O $14) 21... Nc5 (21... f6 $142 $1
) 22. Kf2 Ne4+ 23. Ke3 Nc5 24. Rhg1 Nd7 25. Rb4 Nb8 {Popov,I (2650)-Oral,T 
(2528)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/} 26. Nb7 $16) 21. Ke2 (21. Rb4 f5 {[%cal Yg7g5]} 22.
exf6 gxf6 23. O-O Rhg8 $132) 21... f5 22. Rb6 g5 $1 23. fxg5 Rhg8 {The point
of Black's 20th move - he can use his rook for active counterplay. If he had
castled, his own king would get in the way.} 24. Rg1 Rxg5 25. Rxa6 Rgg8 26. Rb6
Rb8 27. Rb4 f4 $44 {[%csl Ra5] Volokitin,A (2683)-Giri,A (2749)/Bundesliga/
2014/ With White's sidelined knight Black has full compensation and he even
went on to win the game.}) 8... Be7 ({The other main move is} 8... Bb4 {
, but this has gradually almost disappeared from the scene since last year:} 9.
f3 Ne5 ({After} 9... Ne7 $5 10. Nde2 ({Here} 10. Nb3 {is too soft due to} d5
11. e5 Nd7 12. f4 b6 13. Bd4 Nc5 14. a3 Ne4 15. Qe1 Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Bxc3 17. Qxc3
Qxc3 18. bxc3 a5 19. Nd4 Ba6 20. Bd3 Kd7 $11 {Carlsen,M (2872)-Ivanchuk,V 
(2757)/London Candidates/2013/}) 10... d5 {the critical line seems to be} 11.
Bg5 $5 (11. a3 Ba5 12. Bg5 dxe4 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Qh6 f5 15. Qf6 Ng6 16. fxe4
f4 $1 17. g3 fxg3 18. hxg3 Qe5 $5 19. Qf2 Bd7 20. Bg2 O-O-O 21. Kb1 Be8 22.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 23. Nf4 Bc7 24. Rh5 Qg7 25. Rc5 Ne5 $11 {Scheuermann,B (2544)-Ugge,
A (2541)/email/2003/}) 11... dxe4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. Qd4 exf3 14. Qxb4 fxe2 15.
Bxe2 f5 16. Rd6 Bd7 17. Rhd1 Bc6 18. Bf3 $5 $44 {[%csl Re8]} (18. Qd4 O-O 19.
g4 Rfc8 $1 $132)) 10. Nb3 b5 11. Qe1 Be7 12. f4 Ng6 13. e5 Ng4 14. Ne4 Nxe3 $1
(14... O-O 15. Bc5 $14) 15. Qxe3 O-O 16. h4 (16. Nd6 f6 17. Bd3 $5 $14) 16...
Bb7 17. h5 (17. Nd6 f6 18. Nxb7 Rac8 19. c3 fxe5 $5 $132) 17... Rac8 18. Bd3
Nxe5 $1 19. fxe5 Qxe5 20. Nbd2 f5 21. Nf3 Qc7 22. Neg5 (22. Nc3 $13) (22. Ned2
$5) 22... Bd5 23. Nh4 $2 (23. h6 g6 $44 {[%cal Ye7f6]}) 23... Qc5 $1 24. Qd2
Bf6 25. a3 b4 $1 26. axb4 Qd4 27. c3 Bxg5 28. Qxg5 Rxc3+ $19 {->, Ter Sahakyan,
S (2575)-Potkin,V (2653)/EU-ch Aix-les-Bains/2011/}) 9. f3 {White opts for the
English Attack setup.} ({Just like one move earlier, the alternative is} 9. f4
b5 10. e5 (10. Bd3 b4 11. Na4 (11. Nce2 Na5 $132) 11... Rb8 12. Kb1 (12. e5 Nd5
13. Be4 Bb7 14. Bxd5 Nxd4 15. Bxb7 $2 (15. Qxd4 Bxd5 16. Nb6 Bc6 $11 {/=/+})
15... b3 $1 16. Bxd4 bxa2 17. b4 (17. b3 $4 Ba3+) 17... Rxb7 18. Ba1 Bxb4 19.
Qe3 O-O 20. c3 d5 21. Kd2 Ba3 22. f5 Qa5 23. Qd4 Rc8 $40 {Soares,F (1924)-Tosi,
F (2370)/email/2009/}) 12... d6 13. b3 O-O 14. Nxc6 Qxc6 15. Rhe1 Qc7 16. Qe2
Bd7 17. Nb2 Bb5 18. Bd4 Qc6 19. Qf3 Rfc8 $132 {1/2, Gashimov,V (2719)
-Movsesian,S (2723)/Reggio Emilia/2010/}) 10... b4 11. exf6 (11. Na4 Nd5 $15) (
11. Ncb5 axb5 12. Nxb5 Qb8 (12... Qa5 $5 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nd6+ Bxd6 15. Qxd6
Qxa2 16. Rd3 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Ra2 18. Rb3 (18. Bd4 Nxd4 19. Rxd4 Rxb2 20. Bb5 Qxh1
21. Bxd7+ Bxd7 22. Qb8+ $1 $11) 18... Rxb2 19. Bb5 Qa2 20. Rxb2 Qxb2 21. Bc5
Qc3+ 22. Kd1 Ba6 $1 23. Bxa6 (23. Bxc6 Qa1+ $11) 23... Qa1+ 24. Kd2 Qxa6 25.
Bd4 Rg8 26. g3 Qb7 27. Bc5 Qb8 $11 {Wei,Y (2551)-Stukopin,A (2522)/WChJ
Kocaeli/2013/}) 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Kb1 d5 15. c4 bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bd7 17. Bc5 O-O
18. Qg3+ Kh8 19. Qh4 Bxc5 20. Qxf6+ Kg8 21. Qg5+ (21. Rd3 $2 Ne7) 21... Kh8 {
1/2, Yu,Y (2662)-Cori Tello,J (2587)/WChJ Kocaeli/2013/}) 11... bxc3 12. Qxc3
Bxf6 13. g4 h6 (13... Bb7 14. g5 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 O-O $5 (15... Rc8 16. Ra4 (16.
Rd2 Ne7 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Rg1 Nf5 19. Bb6 Rc6 20. Bf2 d5 21. Bd3 (21. Rd3 $5
$14) 21... Nd6 22. Bd4 O-O 23. h4 (23. a4 a5 24. Bb5 $5 $14) 23... a5 24. h5
Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxa6 26. h6 g6 $11 {Sengupta,D (2529)-Konguvel,P (2347)/Kolkata/
2014/}) 16... O-O 17. Rg1 d5 18. Kb1 d4 $1 (18... Rfd8 19. Bd3 d4 $2 20. Bxd4
Rxd4 21. Rxd4 Qb6 22. Bxh7+ $1 Kxh7 23. g6+ $1 fxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ Kf8
(25... Kh8 26. Rg3 $18) 26. Qd6+ Kg8 27. Rdd1 $18 {Yu,Y (2675)-Svidler,P (2753)
/Dubai rpd/2014/}) 19. Bxd4 Qxf4 20. Qg3 Qxg3 21. Rxg3 Rfd8 22. Rd3 a5 (22...
Nxd4 $142 23. Raxd4 Rxd4 24. Rxd4 Kf8 $132) 23. Bb6 Rxd3 24. Bxd3 $14 {Yu,Y 
(2675)-Ganguly,S (2619)/Dubai blitz/2014/}) 16. Rd2 Rfc8 17. Rg1 Qd8 {[%cal
Ya8b8,Gb8b1,Gc8c1]} 18. Bd4 (18. Bd3 Ne7 (18... a5 $2 19. g6 $1 hxg6 20. Bxg6
fxg6 21. Rxg6 e5 22. Qb3+ $18) 19. Qd4 Rab8 $13) ({Interesting is} 18. Qb3 $5
Qc7 (18... Rab8 19. Bc5 $5) 19. Qb6 $14 {and the endgame is slightly better
for White.}) 18... Ne7 $5 (18... Nxd4 19. Qxd4 Bd5 $11) 19. Qd3 Qa5 (19... Nf5
$132) 20. a3 Qa4 $6 (20... Nf5 $142 21. Bc3 (21. Bf2 $6 Qa4 $36 {[%csl Rf4]})
21... Qb6 22. Bd4 Qa5 $11 (22... Qc7 $5)) 21. Bh3 $1 Nd5 22. Kb1 (22. Qe4 $1 {
[%cal Re4e5]} Nb4 (22... Rxc2+ 23. Qxc2 Rc8 24. Bc3 $16) 23. Qxb7 Nxc2 24. Bc3
Nxa3 25. Qxd7 Nb5 26. Rg3 $14 {Black has counterplay, but hardly full
compensation for the piece.}) 22... Nxf4 23. Qe3 Ng6 (23... Nxh3 24. Qe5 Qxd4
25. Qxd4 Nxg1 26. Qxg1 Be4 27. Qd4 d5 28. b3 $14) 24. Rf1 Qb5 (24... Bd5 $5 {/\
} 25. Qf2 e5 26. Bxe5 Nxe5 27. Rxd5 Nc4 28. Rd3 Rab8 29. Ka1 Ne5 $132) 25. Qf2
Rf8 26. Bc5 Ne5 27. Bxf8 Rxf8 28. Rd4 $14 {/~~, Sutovsky,E (2642)-Morozevich,A
(2719)/Poikovsky/2014/}) 14. h4 (14. Bg2 Bb7 15. Rhg1 Rc8 16. Kb1 Nxd4 17. Qxc7
Rxc7 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Ke7 20. Ra4 Bxg2 21. Rxg2 Rc6 $11 {Hracek,Z (2635)
-Akesson,R (2469)/Pardubice rpd/2013/}) 14... Bb7 15. Rh2 (15. Rh3 Rc8 16. Kb1
Nxd4 17. Qxc7 Rxc7 18. Bxd4 Be4 19. Bd3 Bxd4 20. Bxe4 Bf6 21. Bd3 Rb7 22. b3 a5
23. Ba6 Rb6 24. Be2 d5 25. Re3 Be7 26. f5 a4 27. fxe6 fxe6 28. c4 axb3 29. Rxb3
Rxb3+ 30. axb3 dxc4 31. Bxc4 Bxh4 $11 {Ramsden,J (2000)-Voigt,D (1991)/email/
2012/}) 15... Rc8 (15... Qd6 $5 16. Qd2 (16. Rhd2 $5 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Qxf4 18.
Bxf6 gxf6 19. Kb1 $44) 16... Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bf3 18. Bxf6 Qxd2+ 19. Rdxd2 gxf6
20. Bg2 Bxg2 21. Rhxg2 Ke7 22. Rd4 d5 23. b3 {1/2, Pikula,D (2489)-Arsovic,Z 
(2434)/Valjevo/2012/}) 16. Qd2 Nxd4 (16... Be7 17. Nxc6 (17. Kb1 $6 Nb4 $1 18.
Nb3 $2 Bf3 19. Rc1 Bxg4 20. Bd4 O-O 21. Be2 Bf5 $17 {Aagaard,J (2528)
-Rasmussen,A (2538)/DEN-ch Odense/2011/}) 17... Bxc6 18. Kb1 $13 {/+/=}) ({
Too risky is} 16... g5 $6 17. fxg5 hxg5 18. Rf2 Bxd4 $6 (18... Be5 $142) 19.
Bxd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 e5 {Gorovykh,E (2446)-Geller,J (2534)/Dagomys/2010/} 21. Qe3
$1 $16 {/\} gxh4 22. Rxd7 $1 $18) 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 O-O 19. g5 h5 20. Rf2
d5 $5 (20... Qa5 21. a3 Rc7 22. Bd3 g6 23. Rdd2 Bc6 (23... Bd5 $5) 24. Qf6 Ba4
25. f5 $1 exf5 26. b4 Qd5 27. Bxf5 Qa2 (27... Qh1+ $142 28. Rd1 Qxh4 29. Bxg6
Qxf2 $1 30. Qxf2 fxg6 $14) 28. Bxg6 Qxa3+ 29. Kd1 d5 30. Qe5 $1 {[%cal Re5c7]}
(30. Rxd5 Qxb4 31. Bxf7+ Rcxf7 32. Qg6+ Rg7 33. Qe6+ Kh8 34. Qh6+ Kg8 35. Qe6+
Kh8 {1/2, Inarkiev,E (2674)-Movsesian,S (2716)/Olginka/2011/}) 30... Rb7 (30...
Rfc8 $2 31. Rxf7 $18) (30... Qxb4 31. Qxc7 Qb1+ 32. Ke2 Re8+ 33. Kf3 Qh1+ 34.
Kg3 Qg1+ 35. Rg2 $18) 31. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 32. Rxf7+ Rbxf7 33. g6+ $1 Kg8 34. gxf7+
Rxf7 35. Rg2+ Kf8 36. Qb8+ Ke7 37. Re2+ Kd7 38. Qe8+ Kd6 39. Qe6+ $18) 21. Re1
({Black wants to exchange his passive bishop after} 21. Bd3 g6 22. a3 a5 23.
Re1 Bc6 24. Qf6 Bb5 $1 25. Bxb5 (25. Bxg6 Qa7 26. Rf3 fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28.
Qxe6+ Qf7 $11) 25... Qb6 26. Ree2 Qxb5 27. Rxe6 fxe6 $11 {Guseinov,G (2613)
-Macieja,B (2594)/Istanbul olm/2012/}) 21... g6 22. Re3 {[%cal Ye3c3,Yc3b3,
Yb3a3]} a5 (22... Bc6 {[%cal Yc6b5]} 23. Bxa6 (23. Rb3 $5) 23... Ra8 24. Ra3
Ra7 25. Rff3 Rfa8 $132) 23. Rb3 a4 $5 24. Qxa4 Qc5 25. Rg2 Ra8 26. Qb4 (26. Qb5
Qc7 $1 $11 {[%csl Ra2,Rf4]}) 26... Qxb4 27. Rxb4 Rxa2 28. Be2 (28. Kd2 Ba6 $11
{is drawish, so White retains the bishops. However, this shouldn't have given
him an advantage either.}) 28... Ba6 29. Bd1 Ra8 (29... Rc8 $5) 30. Rg3 Bc4 31.
Kd2 {Saric,I (2637)-Yu,Y (2677)/Wijk aan Zee-B/2014/} R2a7 $5 $11) 9... b5 {
All the rage nowadays.} (9... O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Nh5 12. Nce2 Rd8 13. Ng3
Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Nf4 15. h4 Bb7 16. Qb6 Qb8 17. Kb1 d5 $1 18. Bxf4 Qxf4 19. Qxb7
Bc5 20. exd5 (20. Ne2 Qd6 $1 {[%csl Rb7]}) 20... Qxg3 21. Bd3 {1/2, Salgado
Lopez,I (2626)-Movsesian,S (2721)/Moscow/2011/} Rdb8 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Qd7 Ra7
24. Qc6 Rc7 25. Qxa6 Ra7 $11) 10. Kb1 {This quiet prophylactic move (moving
the king away from the semi-open c-file is usually useful) has started to
replace the openly aggressive} (10. g4 Nxd4 {which has brought Black excellent
results in recent practice:} 11. Qxd4 (11. Bxd4 Bb7 12. g5 (12. Qf2 O-O 13. Bd3
Rac8 14. Ne2 d6 15. Ng3 Nd7 16. Rhe1 Nc5 17. Kb1 Rfd8 18. b3 e5 19. Bb2 Bh4 20.
Rg1 g6 21. Qe3 f6 22. f4 exf4 23. Qxf4 d5 $1 24. Qxc7 Rxc7 $15 {Karjakin,S 
(2776)-Topalov,V (2767)/Beijing/2013/}) (12. Ne2 $6 Rc8 13. c3 h6 14. Ng3 b4
15. c4 d5 $1 $36 16. exd5 Bxd5 17. Nf5 exf5 18. Bxf6 Bxc4 19. Bxc4 Bxf6 20.
Rhe1+ Kf8 21. Kb1 Qxc4 22. Rc1 Bc3 23. Qd7 Kg8 $19 {Volokitin,A (2688)-Robson,
R (2623)/WCup Tromsoe/2013/}) ({Caruana was understandably unwilling to repeat
} 12. Kb1 O-O 13. Qf2 (13. e5 Nd5 14. Ne4 f6 $1 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Nxf6+ Nxf6
17. Bg2 Nd5 18. Rhe1 Rae8 (18... Rad8 $5 $11 {/\} 19. Be5 d6 20. Bg3 e5 {
and White doesn't have f4 anymore.}) 19. Be5 d6 20. Bg3 e5 21. f4 $1 Nxf4 22.
Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qxd6 Re6 24. Qc5 $14 {/<=>, Inarkiev,E (2682)-Le,Q (2712)/Dubai
rpd/2014/}) 13... Rac8 14. Rg1 Bc6 15. Bd3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. g5 Nh5 18. exd5
Bxd5 19. Rg4 e5 20. Be3 Qc6 21. Rf1 g6 22. Nc1 f5 $1 23. gxf6 Nxf6 24. Rgg1 Nh5
25. Qd2 Bxf3 $15 {Caruana,F (2779)-Svidler,P (2740)/ECC Rhodes/2013/ For more
details see the notes to this game by Kr. Szabo in CBM 157.}) (12. Bd3 O-O {
only transposes after} 13. g5 Nh5) 12... Nh5 13. Be5 (13. Kb1 O-O 14. Bd3 (14.
Rg1 Rac8 15. Qf2 Rfd8 16. Bb6 Bc5 17. Bxc7 Bxf2 18. Bxd8 Bxg1 19. Rxd7 Bxh2 20.
Be7 Bc6 21. Ra7 Rc7 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 $11 {/=/+, Blomqvist,E (2508)-Cramling,P 
(2520)/SWE-chT/2014/}) (14. Be3 d5 $1 15. exd5 b4 16. Na4 Bxd5 17. Nb6 Rad8 18.
Nxd5 Rxd5 19. Qc1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Nf4 $132 {/=/+, Bauer,C (2622)-Ganguly,S (2630)
/Linares/2013/}) (14. Ne2 $5 $13 {is an unexplored version of Almasi's idea
below.}) 14... Nf4 15. h4 Rac8 16. Ne2 Nxd3 17. cxd3 e5 18. Be3 Bb4 (18... d5
$5 $15) 19. Qxb4 Qc2+ 20. Ka1 Qxe2 {s pohodlnou hrou, Mamedov - Morozevic,
Europsky pohar 2013.} 21. Qd2 (21. Bd2 $5 {[%cal Yd2c3]}) 21... Qxd2 (21...
Qxf3 $142 $15) 22. Bxd2 f6 {Mamedov,N (2612)-Morozevich,A (2734)/ECC Rhodes/
2013/} 23. Bb4 Rf7 24. Rhf1 $11) (13. Ne2 Rc8 14. Rg1 O-O 15. Bh3 g6 16. Kb1 d5
17. e5 Ng7 18. f4 b4 19. Bg4 a5 20. Nc1 Ba6 21. Rg2 a4 $132 {Almasi,Z (2710)
-Movsesian,S (2700)/EU-chT Warsaw/2013/}) (13. Bd3 O-O 14. Ne2 e5 15. Be3 g6
16. Ng3 Nf4 17. h4 Rac8 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Ne2 d5 20. Qxf4 Bd6 21. e5 Bxe5 22.
Qd2 Bg7 23. f4 Rfe8 24. Kb1 {Dominguez Perez,L (2725)-Potkin,V (2642)/Havana/
2012/} d4 25. Rh2 Re3 $15) 13... Qxe5 14. Qxd7+ Kf8 15. Qxb7 Qb8 $5 (15... Rb8
16. Qa7 g6 17. Kb1 h6 $5 18. Rd7 Re8 19. gxh6 Rxh6 20. Qxa6 b4 21. Ne2 Nf6 22.
Rd1 Rxh2 23. Rxh2 Qxh2 24. Nd4 (24. Nc1 $5) 24... Rd8 25. Qe2 Qc7 26. Nb5 Rxd1+
27. Qxd1 Qf4 28. c3 g5 $1 $44 {[%cal Yg5g4] Safarli,E (2653)-Movsesian,S (2700)
/`WChT Antalya/2013/}) (15... Bxg5+ 16. Kb1 Qb8 17. Rd7 $5 (17. Qc6 g6 18. Rd7
Qe8 $132) 17... Qxb7 18. Rxb7 Bf6 19. a4 $1 Bxc3 20. bxc3 bxa4 21. Bxa6 g5 22.
Bb5 Kg7 23. Rd1 Rhb8 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 25. c4 Nf4 26. Kb2 Ng6 27. Ka3 $14 {/~~,
Ter Sahakyan,S (2572)-Polgar,J (2693)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/ Although Black has
counterplay here, White's passed pawns on the c-file eventually decided the
game in his favour.}) 16. Rd7 Qxb7 17. Rxb7 g6 $1 18. a4 b4 19. Na2 Bxg5+ 20.
Kb1 a5 21. Bc4 Nf4 ({Black has avoided weakenening his queenside and should
hold the balance with} 21... Rc8 $5 22. b3 Nf4 23. Rd1 Kg7 24. Rdd7 Rhf8 {/\}
25. Rb5 Rfd8 $11) 22. Rd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Bxd8 24. Nc1 h5 25. Nd3 (25. Nb3 $142
$14) 25... Nxd3 26. cxd3 g5 $11 {Khairullin,I (2651)-Jumabayev,R (2564)/Moscow/
2014/}) 11... Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 {Now the most concrete move is} 13. Bh3 (13. Ne2
Rc8 14. Rd2 (14. Qd2 d5 15. e5 d4 $5 16. Nxd4 O-O 17. Bd3 Rfd8 18. Kb1 g6 19.
Rhf1 Qxe5 20. f4 Qc7 21. Qf2 Bf8 $11 {Bauer,C (2622)-Lopez Martinez,J (2543)/
ESP-chT Linares/2013/}) 14... d5 (14... Bc5 $5 15. Qd3 d5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. e5
d4 $1 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Rc5 20. Re2 Nf4 21. Re3 Ng6 22. Rg1 Ke7 23. Bg2 h6
24. gxh6 Rxh6 $15 {[%csl Re5,Rf3,Rh2] Proudian,A (2259)-Mekhitarian,K (2548)/
Mogi das Cruzes/2013/}) 15. exd5 Bxd5 16. Nf4 Nxf4 17. Bxf4 Qa5 18. Qxg7 Rf8
19. Rxd5 Qa4 $1 20. Rd2 Qxf4 21. h4 $2 (21. Qd4 $1 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Bxg5+ $11)
21... Rd8 22. Bd3 (22. Qc3 f5 $1 $17 {[%csl Rd2][%cal Re7b4]}) 22... Bb4 23.
Rhd1 {Inarkiev,E (2698)-Schlosser,P (2612)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/} Bxd2+ 24. Rxd2
Ke7 $17) (13. Rd2 Rc8 14. Bxb5 (14. Rg1 Bc5 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. a4
bxa4 18. Nxa4 Ra5 19. b3 Bc6 20. Nc3 Rc5 21. Nd1 a5 $11 {Saric,I (2622)
-Khairullin,I (2657)/EU-ch Legnica/2013/}) 14... axb5 15. Nxb5 Qc6 16. Na7 Qc7
17. Nb5 {1/2, Dominguez Perez,L (2757)-Caruana,F (2779)/Elancourt/2013/}) (13.
Kb1 Rc8 14. Qd2 b4 $5 (14... g6 15. Bh3 b4 16. Ne2 d5 17. e5 O-O 18. Bd4 a5 19.
Bg4 Ng7 20. h4 a4 21. Nc1 Ba6 22. h5 a3 23. Qh2 gxh5 24. Rd2 $1 $40 {Almasi,Z 
(2689)-Inarkiev,E (2688)/Havana/2013/}) 15. Na4 (15. Ne2 d5 16. e5 d4 $5 17.
Nxd4 O-O 18. Be2 Rfd8 19. Qc1 g6 20. Rhe1 Qxe5 21. f4 Qc7 22. f5 e5 23. fxg6
hxg6 24. Bxh5 gxh5 25. Nf5 Be4 26. Nxe7+ Qxe7 27. Rxd8+ Qxd8 28. Re2 Bg6 $36 {
[%csl Rc2,Re3,Gg6] Volokitin,A (2683)-Najer,E (2628)/Bundesliga/2013/}) 15...
d5 $142 (15... Bc6 $6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nd5 exd5 18. exd5 Ba4 19. b3 Bd6 20. bxa4
O-O 21. Bxa6 Qa5 22. Bc4 Qxa4 23. Rhe1 g6 24. Bb3 Qb5 25. Bd4 $14 {/+/-,
Erenburg,S (2615)-Rasmussen,A (2502)/Helsingor/2013/ White's king is
relatively safe and he went on to convert his extra pawn.}) 16. exd5 Bxd5 17.
Nb6 Rd8 $132) 13... Rc8 (13... f6 $5 $13) 14. Bg4 (14. Qd2 b4 15. Na4 Bc6 16.
Nb6 Rb8 17. Bg4 Rxb6 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Bxh5 Qa5 20. Kb1 Qxg5 21. Qxg5 Bxg5 22.
Bg4 Bf4 23. Bh3 Ke7 24. Bf1 a5 $44 {/=/+, Robson,R (2628)-Wang,Y (2705)/Ningbo
WChT/2013/}) (14. Rd2 Bc5 15. Qxc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 Rxc5 17. Rg1 Nf4 18. Bf1 h6
19. gxh6 g6 20. Rg4 Nh5 $11 {/=/+, Feygin,M (2512)-Wirig,A (2495)/BEL-chT/2014/
}) 14... b4 15. Bxh5 bxc3 16. Qxg7 (16. b3 O-O $5 (16... e5 17. Qa4 Bc6 18. Qc4
$1 $14 (18. Qxa6 $2 Ra8 19. Qc4 Rxa2 20. Qxc3 O-O 21. Bg4 Rc8 22. Bc5 Bxe4 23.
fxe4 Bxc5 24. Kb1 Bd4 {0-1, Browne,W (2444)-Van Kampen,R (2603)/Reykjavik/2014/
})) 17. Qxd7 {Van Foreest,J (2380)-Ivanov,J (2375)/Can Picafort/2014/} Bc5 $1
$36) 16... cxb2+ 17. Kxb2 (17. Qxb2 $4 Ba3 $19) 17... Rf8 18. Qd4 (18. Ka1 d5
19. Bd4 dxe4 20. fxe4 Bxe4 21. Rhf1 Bg6 22. Be2 Qa5 $13 {Demetrio,A (2510)
-Schiendorfer,R (2348)/email/2009/}) 18... Bc5 $5 (18... d5 $132) 19. Qxc5 Qxc5
20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. h4 h6 22. Rhg1 Ke7 $44 {[%csl Rh5] Rasik,V (2450)-Miton,K 
(2597)/SVK-chT/2014/}) 10... Ne5 {This is still only a sideline, but Caruana
was excellently prepared anyway.} ({Statistically the most often played move is
} 10... h5 11. Nxc6 (11. Qf2 $5 d6 12. h3 h4 (12... Bb7 13. Bd3 h4 14. Nxc6
Bxc6 15. Rhe1 b4 16. Ne2 e5 17. Bb6 Qb7 18. Nc1 Nd7 19. Ba5 O-O 20. Bc4 Rfc8
21. Nd3 Ba4 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. axb3 $16 {Yu,Y (2527)-Movsesian,S (2718)/
Khanty-Mansiysk WCup/2009/ For more details see the notes to this games by
Kritz in CBM 134.}) 13. g4 (13. Bd3 $5 Ne5 $13) 13... hxg3 14. Qxg3 g6 15. Nxc6
Qxc6 16. e5 Nh5 17. Qg1 Bb7 18. exd6 Bxd6 19. Ne4 Be7 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Bxe7 {
1/2, Karthikeyan,P (2415)-Malakhatko,V (2552)/Mumbai/2013/} Kxe7 $13 {/=/+})
11... dxc6 12. e5 Nd5 $5 $146 (12... Qxe5 13. Bd4 Qc7 14. Qg5 Rg8 15. Be5 Qa5 (
15... Qa7 16. Be2 $36) 16. Bd6 (16. Qg3 $5 $44) 16... Bxd6 17. Rxd6 Qc7 18. Rd2
({Now Black consolidates, so White should consider other moves:} 18. Qc5 $44) (
18. Qe5 $5) 18... Bb7 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. fxe4 c5 21. Be2 g6 22. Rhd1 Bxe4 23. Bf3
Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qe7 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Rd6 Qc7 27. Qg5 a5 28. Qd2 Kf8 29. Rd7 Qe5
30. Qh6+ Ke8 31. Ra7 Qf6 32. Qd2 Kf8 33. Qh6+ {1/2, Kryvoruchko,Y (2676)
-Macieja,B (2614)/Lublin/2012/}) 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. f4 Bd7 15. g3 Rc8 16. Bg2 a5
17. Bd4 b4 $11 {The centre is closed and Black's position is solid, so Motylev
goes for the double-edged} 18. f5 exf5 19. e6 $5 (19. Bxd5 Be6 $11) 19... fxe6
20. Bxg7 Rg8 (20... Rh7 $5) 21. Bd4 a4 22. Bf3 $44 {Motylev,A (2656)-Eljanov,P
(2723)/EU-ch Yerevan/2014/}) ({After} 10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bb7 (11... b4 $6 12.
Na4 Rb8 13. Qf2 (13. c4 $1 $36 {Karjakin}) 13... O-O 14. Nb6 e5 (14... d6 $142
$132) 15. Be3 d6 16. Nxc8 Qxc8 {Karjakin,S (2756)-Safarli,E (2653)/WChT
Antalya/2013/} 17. g4 $1 $36) {White can avoid the lines from the above note
with} 12. Qg5 (12. g4 {transposes to the 10.g4 lines.}) (12. e5 $5 Nd5 13. Ne4
{also deserves attention; this is a better vesrion of White's idea from
Inarkiev-Le Queng Liem.}) 12... b4 (12... O-O $2 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 $18 {
shows one concrete tactical reason for 10.Kb1.}) 13. Na4 O-O 14. Nb6 Rae8 15.
Qg3 d6 16. Nc4 e5 17. Bb6 Qc6 18. Be3 Rc8 19. Bd3 Rfe8 20. Rhe1 Nd7 21. Na5 Qc7
22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. Qf2 a5 $6 (23... Nc5 $142) 24. Qe2 Nc5 25. Bc4 $36 {[%csl
Gc4] Ivanchuk,V (2731)-Wang,Y (2723)/Beijing blitz/2013/}) ({After} 10... Bb7 {
it's quite possible Fabiano intended to play} 11. Bf4 $5 {, finally this idea
was used somewhat later by Anand:} (11. g4 Nxd4 {again resembles (and can
transposes into) 10.g4 Nxd4. Black equalized after} 12. Qxd4 Rc8 13. Rd2 Bc5
14. Qxc5 Qxc5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. h4 Ke7 17. a4 b4 18. Na2 b3 19. Nc3 bxc2+ 20.
Rxc2 d6 21. b4 Rcc8 22. Be2 h6 23. Rhc1 g5 24. h5 Nd7 $11 {Tazbir,M (2555)
-Movsesian,S (2688)/CZE-chT/2013/}) 11... e5 (11... Qb6 12. Nb3 $1 $14 {
[%cal Re4e5]}) 12. Nf5 ({The bishop sortie makes no sense after} 12. Nxc6 dxc6
$11) 12... exf4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 (13... Qb8 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15. Nf5 $44 {[%csl Rf8]})
14. exd5 Nb4 15. c4 $1 (15. Nxe7 Qxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Nxc2 $15) ({White has higher
ambitions than} 15. d6 Qxc2+ 16. Qxc2 Nxc2 17. Nxg7+ Kf8 18. dxe7+ Kxg7 19.
Kxc2 Bc6 20. Rd4 Rhe8 $11) 15... Bd6 (15... Bc5 16. a3 Nxd5 17. cxd5 O-O 18. d6
Qb6 19. Qxf4 $36) 16. a3 (16. Nxg7+ $5 Kf8 17. Nf5 $13) 16... Be5 (16... O-O $5
17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxb4 Qg6+ $132) 17. Qxb4 (17. d6 $1 $14) 17... d6 18. cxb5
O-O 19. g3 axb5 20. Bxb5 Rfb8 $2 (20... Bc8 $142 21. Nd4 $14 {/<=>}) 21. gxf4
Bc8 22. Nh6+ $1 gxh6 {Anand,V (2785)-Movsesian,S (2672)/Dubai rpd/2014/} 23.
Rhg1+ $1 {/\} Bg7 24. Rxg7+ $1 Kxg7 25. Qd4+ f6 26. Rg1+ Kf7 27. Qe4 $1 $18)
11. g4 b4 (11... Bb7 12. g5 Nh5 (12... b4 13. gxf6 (13. Na4 $142 $1 $36) 13...
bxc3 14. fxg7 Rg8 15. Qxc3 Qxc3 16. bxc3 Rxg7 17. Be2 Rc8 $44 {Luther,T (2551)
-Mastrovasilis,D (2462)/Fuerth/2002/}) 13. Rg1 O-O (13... b4 14. Na4 d5 15.
exd5 Bxd5 16. f4 (16. Qf2 Ng6 17. b3 Bd6 18. Bd3 Nhf4 $13 {Worek,J (2274)
-Krejci,J (2454)/CZE-chT/2011/}) 16... Nf3 17. Nxf3 Bxf3 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Qxg2
O-O 20. f5 $1 $16) 14. f4 Nc4 15. Bxc4 Qxc4 (15... bxc4 $5 16. f5 $14) 16. Nb3
Bb4 17. Qxd7 Bc6 18. Nd2 Qxc3 19. bxc3 Bxd7 20. cxb4 Bc6 21. Kb2 $16 {Shomoev,
A (2587)-Morozevich,A (2722)/RUS-chT Loo/2014/}) (11... d6 $6 12. g5 Nfd7 13.
f4 Nc4 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15. Rhe1 $36 {leads to a position, which arises more
often via Scheveningen move orders. White has a powerful initiative here:} b4 (
15... Bb7 16. e5 $1 b4 17. Na4 Qd5 18. exd6 Qxd6 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxd6 Bxd6
21. Rxd6 $18 {Fedorchuk,S (2599)-Lazarev,V (2517)/FRA-chT/2007/}) 16. Na4 Rb8
17. f5 Ne5 18. f6 $1 gxf6 19. gxf6 Bd8 (19... Bxf6 20. Nf5 $1 exf5 21. Qxd6 $18
) 20. Bf4 Qc7 21. Bxe5 dxe5 22. Nc6 $1 $18 {Svidler,P (2635)-Maksimenko,A 
(2550)/Tivat/1995/}) (11... h6 12. Rg1 b4 {- 11...b4}) 12. Na4 h6 13. Rg1 ({
After} 13. Bf4 Bb7 (13... Rb8 $5 14. Rg1 d6 {[%csl Ra4][%cal Yc8d7] /\Bd7}) 14.
h4 d5 {the central break is more effective:} 15. Qh2 Bd6 16. Nc5 Qxc5 17. Bxe5
Bxe5 18. Qxe5 Rc8 19. exd5 Bxd5 20. Qh2 Qa5 21. Nb3 Qc7 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Be2
Ke7 $11 {1/2, Janosi,E (2223)-Koch,C (2175)/email/2009/}) 13... d5 (13... g5
14. h4 {won't slow White down, so Svidler logically seeks central counterplay.}
) 14. Bf4 $1 $146 {[%mdl 8] Only this move is a novelty. The pin is unpleasant,
but} (14. g5 {was less flexible:} hxg5 15. Rxg5 Nxf3 $6 (15... dxe4 16. Bf4 {
transposes back to our game.}) (15... Ng6 16. Rxg6 $5 fxg6 17. e5 $44) ({
However, White has to reckon also with other moves as} 15... Bd7 $5) 16. Nxf3
Nxe4 17. Qd4 Bxg5 (17... Bf6 18. Re5 $16) 18. Nxg5 Rxh2 19. Bd3 $32 {->,
Wiegner,D-Bretz,D/email/1998/}) 14... dxe4 ({It's difficult to give a clear
verdict about} 14... Bd6 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nf5 $1 O-O 17. Nxd6 Nxf3 $1 (17...
Qxd6 $2 18. g5 $40) 18. Qf2 Nxg1 19. Bg3 $5 (19. Rxd5 exd5 20. Qxg1 Qa7 $5 $13)
19... Qc6 20. b3 Nf3 21. Bg2 Ng5 22. h4 Nh7 23. Nf5 $44 {|^ In any case
entering such a tactical labyrinth without thorough prior preparation is very
impractical to say the least.}) 15. g5 (15. Bxe5 $6 Qxe5 16. Nc6 Qd5 $15) 15...
hxg5 16. Rxg5 Nfd7 (16... e3 $143 $6 17. Qg2 $40) 17. Rxg7 exf3 ({Natural
enough, but Black had also the alternative} 17... Qa5 $5 {The follow-up} 18.
Qg2 (18. b3 $5 exf3 19. Nb2 Bf6 20. Rg3 $13) 18... exf3 19. Nxf3 Bb7 20. Be2
Bf6 $5 $11 {is chaotic to the human eye, Houdini indicates the position is
roughly equal.}) 18. Nxe6 $1 {[%mdl 512] A typical Sicilian sacrifice. Once
Black manages to coordinate his forces with Bf6, Bb7 and possibly 0-0-0, he
would have little to of his lead in development.} fxe6 {A sensible choice.} (
18... Qc6 19. Nd4 $5 Qxa4 20. Nf5 $40 {is far more dangerous for Black. Even
the engine agrees, a sample line is} b3 21. axb3 Qb4 22. Qe3 Qc5 23. Rd4 $16 {
[%cal Rb3b4]}) 19. Bd3 {White's moves were coming fast, Caruana was obviously
still on well-known terrain.} Bf6 $6 {If one has to choose the decisive error,
objectively it's probably already this move. However, it's difficult to blame
Svidler for not playing (finding?) the computer move} (19... Rb8 $142 $1 {/\}
20. Qe3 (20. Bg6+ Kd8 21. Bg5 Nxg6 22. Bxe7+ Nxe7 23. Qg5 Re8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25.
Qg8+ $11 {is one of the possible forced draws, but White can play on without
much risk - Black's king remains permanently exposed.}) 20... Rb5 21. c4 bxc3
22. Nxc3 $5 (22. Bg6+ Kd8 23. Nxc3 Qc5 (23... Rxb2+ 24. Ka1 Re2 $5 25. Nxe2
fxe2 26. Rxd7+ Bxd7 27. Bxe5 Qc5 28. Qxe2 Rf8 $132 {=}) 24. Nxb5 Qxe3 25. Bxe3
Nxg6 26. Bb6+ Ke8 27. Nc7+ Kf8 28. Nxe6+ Ke8 $11) 22... Rxb2+ $5 (22... Ra5 23.
Bg6+ Kd8 24. Rxe7 (24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Qxf3 Rf8 $15) 24... Kxe7 25. Bg5+ Kf8 26.
Bh6+ Ke7 27. Qf4 $5 (27. Bg5+ $11 Nf6 $2 28. Qf4 Rf8 29. Ne4 $18) 27... Rxh6
28. Qg5+ Nf6 29. Qxh6 Rd5 $8 30. Nxd5+ Nxd5 31. Rc1 Qb7 32. Bh5 $14) 23. Kxb2
Kf8 $1 24. Rxe7 (24. Rg6 Kf7 $1 $13) 24... Kxe7 25. Kc2 Qa5 $132) 20. Bg6+ Nxg6
$8 (20... Kd8 $2 21. Bxe5 $18) (20... Kf8 $2 21. Rf7+ $1 Kg8 22. Rg1 Qa7 23.
Be3 $1 Nxf7 24. Bxa7 Rxa7 25. Qe3 $18) 21. Bxc7 Bxg7 22. Qd3 $1 {Black has
more than enough material for the queen, but his pieces are uncoordinated.} ({
The energetic text move is the best, after} 22. Qxb4 Ra7 23. Qg4 O-O $5 {
Black may even spurn the perpetual with} 24. Qxe6+ Kh7 25. Qh3+ Bh6 $15) 22...
Nge5 ({Svidler didn't like} 22... Ne7 23. Qxf3 Ra7 24. Bd6 $36 {, so he holds
on to the passed pawn as a potential source of counterplay.}) 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24.
Qe4 $5 ({White's move is even more forcing than} 24. Qxf3 Rb8 25. Qc6 Ke7 26.
Nc5 Nf6 27. Nxa6 Bxa6 28. Qc5+ Kf7 29. Qxe5 $14 {/+/-}) 24... Ra7 $8 (24... Rb8
$2 25. Nc5 $18) 25. Nc5 Ke7 (25... Rh6 $142 $1 26. Qe3 (26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Rxd7
Bxd7 28. Qxe5 f2 $11) 26... Rg6 {, but after} 27. Qxf3 $1 Nf6 (27... Nxc5 28.
Qh5 Rag7 29. Qxe5 Rg1 (29... Nd7 30. Qc7 $18) (29... Nb7 30. Qb8 $18) 30. Qh5+
$18) 28. Qe3 $1 Ng4 29. Qe4 {White has a clear advantage:} Rg8 30. h3 Nf2 31.
Qxe5 Nxd1 32. Qb8 Re7 33. Qxc8+ Kf7 34. Qxa6 Rg1 35. Kc1 $16) 26. Rf1 $1 {
White cleverly avoids the rook swap.} (26. Nxd7 $2 Rxd7 27. Rxd7+ Bxd7 28. Qxe5
Rf8 $11 {[%csl Gf3] and White must already give a perpetual.}) 26... Rf8 $6 ({
A more resilient try was} 26... Rd8 $5 27. b3 $1 f2 (27... Rc7 28. Nxd7 Rcxd7
29. Qxe5 Rd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 31. Kb2 {[%csl Rf3] and Black will lose the Pf3:}
Bb7 32. Qg7+ Ke8 33. Qxb7 f2 34. Qa8+ Rd8 35. Qc6+ $18) 28. Rxf2 Rg8 29. Rf1
Nxc5 30. Qxe5 Nd7 31. Qe4 $16 {[%cal Re4b4,Re4h7] /+-}) 27. Nxd7 Rxd7 28. Qxe5
Rd5 29. Qe3 Rdf5 30. Qf2 ({Caruana is understandably unwilling to calculate if
he can afford the rook swap after} 30. Qa7+ Bd7 31. Rd1 Rd5 $5 (31... Rd8 32.
Qf2 $18 {is a better version of the game position.}) 32. Rxd5 exd5 33. Qc5+ Ke8
34. Qe3+ Kd8 35. Qb6+ Ke8 36. Qb8+ Kf7 37. Qf4+ Ke7 38. Qxb4+ {While this
probably also wins, the text move is more practical.}) 30... a5 31. b3 {
White already has a material advantage, his plan is to first free his king,
then activate the rook and prepare the opportunity for the queen to rejoin the
attack.} Bd7 32. Rg1 Bc6 33. Kb2 R8f7 34. Rg8 Rf8 35. Rg4 R8f7 (35... Rf4 $2
36. Qc5+ Kd7 37. Qa7+ Kd6 38. Rxf4 Rxf4 39. Qb8+ $18 {[%csl Rf4]}) 36. a3 $1
$18 bxa3+ 37. Kxa3 Kd6 38. Rc4 Bd5 $6 ({Shortens his suffering, but} 38... Bd7
39. h4 $5 $18 {would also gradually win for White.}) 39. Rc8 {Black's
resignation was maybe slightly premature, but not unjustified - the threat c4
decides the issue:} (39. Rc8 Be4 (39... Bc6 40. Qb6 Rc5 41. Rd8+ Ke7 42. Qc7+
Kf6 43. Qf4+ Rf5 44. Qh4+) 40. Qd4+ Bd5 (40... Rd5 41. Qxe4 f2 42. Rc6+ $1) 41.
c4 f2 42. cxd5 f1=Q 43. Rc6+ $18 {with a mating attack.}) 1-0

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. a4 Nc6 8. f4
d5 {Topalov comes up with a surprising choice of opening plan. The d-pawn
advance transforms the position into something more closely related to the
French Defence than the Sicilian. No other strong players have tried this idea,
it must have been a surprise for Svidler.} 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qg4 {The Russian star
is wanting to create problems for his opponent on the kingside, but the queen
is leaving the centre of the board.} (10. Qd2 Bb4 (10... Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc5 12.
Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qd4 Nd7 14. Bd3 Qc7 15. O-O Qc5 16. Ne2 O-O 17. b4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4
Re8 19. Rfe1 b6 20. Kf2 f6 21. Re2 $11 {1-0 (47) Gietl,T (2230)-Wuensch,R 
(2040) Roethenbach 1996}) 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Nc5 13. Qf2 Nxd3 14. cxd3 f6 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. Bc5 Bxc5 17. Qxc5 Rb8 18. b4 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Rxb6 20. Rab1 $14 {
1-0 (55) Ji,D (2226)-Liu,Q (2322) Wuxi 2005}) (10. Be2 Bc5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12.
Bxc5 Nxc5 13. a5 O-O 14. Qd4 Nb7 15. b4 c5 16. bxc5 Nxa5 17. O-O Nc6 18. Qd3
Qe7 19. Qh3 Qxc5+ 20. Kh1 Ne7 $11 {1-0 (41) Koziol,K (1710)-Tynski,B (1509)
Mielno 2011}) 10... g6 (10... Nc5 11. a5 $1 h5 12. Qh3 Bd7 13. Be2 $14) 11.
O-O-O Bc5 (11... Bb4 12. Nce2 Qa5 13. Kb1 Qxa4 14. Qg5 $13) 12. Qg3 {Black has
all his pawns on light squares, so the white queen retreats to support the
dark squares in the centre.} Qb6 (12... Bxd4 13. Bxd4 Nxd4 14. Rxd4 Qb6 15. Qf2
Nb8 $11) 13. Qf2 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Rxd4 {The remarkable choice of a
grandmaster as plain mortals would surely prefer the exchange of queens. The
subsequent middlegame position should be at least nominally more pleasant for
White as he has the better bishop.} (15. Qxd4 Qxd4 16. Rxd4 Nb8 17. Rd1 Nc6 18.
b3 Bd7 $11) 15... Nb8 16. h4 Bd7 (16... Nc6 17. Rd2 Qxf2 18. Rxf2 h5 19. b3 Bd7
$11) 17. Rd2 Qa5 {Both players are doing their best to keep the flame of the
fight blazing. Topalov is voluntarily sidesteping the easy line with exchange
of the queens.} (17... Qxf2 18. Rxf2 h5 19. b3 Nc6 $11) 18. h5 Rf8 19. hxg6
hxg6 20. Rh3 {White enjoys the better structure and development advantage, but
Black's position is not easy to get at and he does not have obvious weaknesses
apart from the f7-pawn.} (20. Kb1 Nc6 21. g4 O-O-O $11) 20... Nc6 21. b3 O-O-O
22. Ne2 {The knight is aiming for the d4-square, but Black will finally get a
chance to start some counterplay.} (22. Kb2 g5 23. fxg5 Nxe5 24. Re2 Qc7 $11)
22... f6 (22... g5 23. g3 f6 24. exf6 Rxf6 25. Bg2 $11) 23. exf6 (23. Rf3 $6
fxe5 24. fxe5 Qb4 25. Qe3 Qe4 $15) 23... Rxf6 24. Rf3 Rdf8 25. Nd4 Qc7 {
The pressure against the f4-pawn is neutralising all White's hopes for some
advantage. Black must remember that his pawns are still on the same colour of
squares as his bishop.} (25... Qb6 26. Kb2 Kc7 27. Rdd3 $11) 26. Nxc6 Bxc6 27.
Rd4 e5 {[%mdl 32] Simple and efficient play will activate the black queen with
good prospects of minimising White's winning chances.} (27... Qg7 28. Qe3 g5
29. fxg5 Rxf3 30. gxf3 e5 31. Rh4 e4 (31... d4 32. Qg1 Rg8 33. f4 exf4 34. Rxf4
Qxg5 35. Qxg5 Rxg5 36. Rxd4 $14) 32. Rf4 Rxf4 33. Bh3+ Bd7 34. Bxd7+ Kxd7 35.
Qxf4 exf3 36. Qxf3 Qxg5+ $11) 28. fxe5 Qxe5 (28... Rxf3 $5 29. gxf3 Qxe5 30. c3
g5 $11) 29. Be2 (29. Rxf6 $4 Rxf6 30. Qg1 Rxf1+ 31. Qxf1 Qxd4 $19) 29... g5 (
29... Rxf3 30. Bxf3 Kc7 31. Kb1 g5 32. Qd2 Rf4 33. Rxf4 gxf4 $11) 30. Qe3 Qxe3+
31. Rxe3 {Topalov has failed to exchange rooks on the f3-square so White still
sports a minimal advantage.} Rf4 (31... Kd7 32. Rg3 Rf4 33. Rd2 Rg8 34. Rgd3
$14) 32. Rxf4 (32. Rd2 d4 33. Re5 Bxg2 34. Rxg5 Bc6 $11) 32... Rxf4 (32... gxf4
33. Re7 d4 34. Bf3 Rf6 35. Kd2 $14) 33. Rg3 d4 34. Bf3 (34. Rxg5 Rf2 35. Kd2
Kc7 36. Rg4 a5 $14) 34... Bxf3 35. gxf3 Kd7 {Black has accepted, that the
extent of his dreams lies in a position which he can draw despite the absence
of the pawn.} 36. Kd2 (36. Rxg5 Rxf3 37. Rd5+ Kc6 38. Rxd4 b5 $11) 36... Kd6
37. Kd3 a5 (37... b5 38. axb5 axb5 39. Rxg5 Kc6 40. Rg4 Rxf3+ 41. Kxd4 Kb6 $11)
38. Kc4 (38. Rxg5 b6 39. Kc4 Rxf3 40. Rg6+ Kc7 41. Kxd4 Rf4+ 42. Kd3 $14) 38...
Kc6 39. Rxg5 Rxf3 40. Rc5+ {Svidler is not ready to pretend that he can win
the general rook endgame with 2 pawns against one on the same flank.} (40. Rxa5
Rc3+ 41. Kxd4 Rxc2 $14) 40... Kb6 41. Rb5+ Kc6 42. Rc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.07"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2815"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 4]} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7.
bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Rxb7
Bxf3 14. Bxf3 Bxd4 {This well-known theoretical line is considered absolutely
harmless, leading to full and dull equality. Black just has to make a few
accurate moves. The present game doesn't change the established verdict.} 15.
Bg5 (15. Bb4 {is more common but it usually leads to the same position.}) 15...
Rd8 16. Qc1 Na6 17. Bxe7 Rac8 18. Qf4 (18. Qg5 Nc5 19. Bxc5 Bxc5 20. Bg4 Rd2
21. Rxf7 Kxf7 22. Bxc8 Bxf2+ 23. Kh1 Qc4 24. Qf4+ Kg7 25. Qe5+ Kh6 26. Qf4+ Kg7
27. Qe5+ Kh6 28. Qf4+ {1/2 (28) Radjabov,T (2713)-Caruana,F (2783) Shamkir 2014
}) 18... Nc5 $1 {This move forces further simplifications.} 19. Bxd8 (19. Bxc5
{was played in several games with the same outcome:} Rxc5 (19... Bxc5 20. Bg4
Rc6 21. e5 Rd2 22. Qh6 Rd8 23. Qf4 Rd2 24. Qh6 {1/2 (24) Petzold,G (2344)
-Krüger,H (2372) Chessfriend.com 2004}) 20. Bd1 Be5 21. Qh4 (21. Qe3 Qa5 22.
Bb3 Rc7 {1/2 (35) Bacrot,E (2725)-Kasimdzhanov,R (2699) Thessaloniki 2013})
21... Rf8 22. Bb3 Qa5 23. Qe7 Rc7 24. Rxc7 Qxc7 25. Qxc7 Bxc7 {1/2 (38) Bacrot,
E (2714)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2717) Biel 2013}) 19... Nxb7 20. Bf6 Bxf6 21. Qxf6
Nc5 (21... Qe6 $144 22. Qd4 Qb6 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rb1 Nc5 25. h4 Re8 26. Rxb6
Nxe4 {1/2 (30) Ding,L (2458)-Negi,P (2592) Subic Bay 2009}) 22. h4 Qe6 23. Qa1
(23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Ra1 Rc7 25. Ra5 e5 $11 {1-0 (34) Fritz,M (2333)-Maduekwe,C 
(2201) Lechenicher SchachServer 2010}) 23... Nxe4 24. Re1 f5 25. Bxe4 fxe4 26.
Qxa7 Re8 $11 {The rest is just a tribute to the Sofia rules:} 27. Qa4 Re7 28.
Re3 Qd5 29. Qc2 Kf7 30. Qe2 Re6 31. Ra3 Re7 32. Qg4 Qf5 33. Qd1 Qe5 34. Qd8 Qc5
35. Re3 Qc1+ 36. Kh2 Qc7+ 37. Qxc7 Rxc7 38. g4 Rc4 39. Kg3 h6 40. Ra3 g5 41.
Ra7+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 {
An ambitious setup, aiming for a reversed Maroczy bind. If allowed to complete
his development properly, Black may easily get the upper hand, so White has to
use his extra tempo for taking over the initiative as soon as possible.} 8. a3
{This is what I had recommended in my English Opening trilogy. Black has to
either allow b2-b4 or make some concession.} Rb8 {One of the numerous possible
answers.} ({Svidler had played this line before:} 8... f6 9. e3 {Svidler,P 
(2739)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2711) Moscow 2011 CBM 144 [Stohl,I] (1-0, 41)}) 9. Rb1
Be7 ({The weakening move} 9... a5 {may not be to everybody's taste} 10. d3 {
Oratovsky,M (2465)-Liss,E (2540) Rishon Le Ziyyon 1997 CBM 063 [Finkel,A] (1-0,
41)}) 10. b4 cxb4 ({Against the active} 10... Bf5 {White can play the
promising exchange sacrifice} 11. b5 Nd4 (11... Bxb1 12. bxc6 Bf5 13. cxb7) 12.
d3 $14 {[%csl Gc4] Romanishin,O (2542)-Oleksienko,M (2530) Lvov 2006 (1-0, 31)}
) 11. axb4 b5 $5 $146 {An interesting novelty, blocking the further advance of
the b-pawn, which may become weak in the future. On the other hand, Blck also
creates some weaknesses in his own camp. One possible scenario is that Black
gets the b4-pawn but White retains the initiative on the weakened (light and/
or dark) squares.} (11... Bf5 {would once again be met with the exchange
sacrifice} 12. b5 $1) 12. d3 {Svidler decides to switch back to the normal
developing mode.} ({Since Black seems to be fine after the last move,} 12. Qc2
$5 {deserves attention, although the position remains very unclear.} O-O (12...
Nxb4 13. Rxb4 $1 Bxb4 14. Nxe5 $16 {[%csl Rb4,Rb8,Rd8,Yf7][%cal Ge5c6,Gc2b3]})
(12... Nd4 13. Qa2 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 a6 {Now may be the right moment to continue
the natural development.} 15. d3 O-O 16. Be3 $14 {[%cal Gc3e4,Ge4c5,Ga2a5]}) (
12... Bd7 13. Ne4) (12... Rb6 13. d3 Nxb4 14. Qb2 f6 15. Be3 Ra6 16. d4 $44)
13. Nxb5 Nxb4 14. Rxb4 Nxb5 15. Rb1 {[%csl Ga7,Ge5][%cal Gc1b2] In principle,
White should stand microscopically better, but Black has good chances to keep
the balance even by dynamic means.}) 12... O-O 13. Be3 Bb7 14. Qd2 Re8 (14...
Bxb4 $5 {is possible already:} 15. Rxb4 Nxb4 16. Bxa7 Qe7 $1 {[%csl Ge5] Black
loses the exchange back anyway and it is essential to defend the e5-pawn.} (
16... Ra8 17. Bc5 Nbd5 18. Bxf8 Kxf8 19. Nxe5 $16) 17. Bxb8 Rxb8 18. Qb2 f6 19.
Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rc1 Nc6 21. Ne4 b4 22. Qc4 Ne6 23. e3 {Like in the line above,
White has the more compact structure. However, it is far from easy to prove
the b-pawn a weakness.}) 15. Ne4 Na6 $6 {This is the passive way of attacking
the pawn.} (15... Nd5 $1 {is more natural and better. The knight stands better
in the centre and it is prepared to take on e3 at the right moment.} 16. Bc5 {
With his game move Black probably wanted to prevent this move.} (16. Nc5 Ba8
17. Rfc1 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qd6) (16. Rfc1 {as played in the game dos not work out
here.} Bxb4 17. Qb2 Nxe3 18. fxe3 Qb6 $17) 16... Ndxb4 $1 17. Nxe5 {this is a
wild continuation, but should not yield more than dynamic equality for instance
} (17. Rxb4 $6 Nxb4 18. Qxb4 a5 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Qb2 Bxe4 21. dxe4 f6 $15 {
[%csl Ga5,Gb5,Rf3,Rg2] is at least dangerous for White}) 17... a5 18. Bxe7 Qxe7
19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Rfc1 f5 21. Rxb4 axb4 22. Ng5 Bxg2 23. Qa2+ $11) 16. Rfc1 $1
{White completes his development and suddenly proves better coordinated than
Black.} (16. Qb2 Naxb4 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Qxe5 a5 $132) 16... Ba8 (16... Naxb4
17. Nc5 Ba8 18. Rxb4 Nxb4 19. Qxb4 a5 20. Qg4 $14 {With so many minor pieces
on board, White's initiative may prove more relevant than the passed pawns.}) (
16... Bxb4 17. Qb2 $44 {There are no immediate white threats, but Black's
pieces and pawns are hanging.} Qd7 (17... h6 18. Bh3 $1 Qe7 19. Ra1 $36) 18.
Ra1 Rbc8 (18... h6 19. Bxh6 $1) 19. Neg5 $36 {[%cal Gg2h3]}) 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18.
Bxc5 $14 {White has consolidated the b4-pawn and retains the better structure
and higher piece mobilisation.} e4 $5 {A desperate attempt to get some
activity. Otherwise, what would the e8-rook be doing?} (18... Qd7 19. Ra1 $14)
19. dxe4 Bxc5 20. Rxc5 Rxe4 21. Qc3 Re6 (21... Rxe2 $5 22. Rxc6 Bxc6 23. Qxc6
Qb6 $14 {may have offered saving chances in the endgame.}) 22. e3 Rd6 23. h3 $6
(23. Nh4 $1 {is a typical attacking move which would have worked out well here.
} Rd3 (23... Rd1+ 24. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 25. Bf1 Qd6 26. Nf5 Qf6 27. Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rxc6
$18) 24. Qa1 Nxb4 25. Nf5 f6 26. Bxa8 Rxa8 27. Rxb5 a5 28. Nd4 $16 {[%cal
Gb1c1,Gc1c5] The 5-pawn is weak and the king is very exposed. It is quite
probable that White will get a R + N ending with 4P vs 3P on the kingside and
every chance to win.}) 23... h6 24. Rc1 Rd3 25. Qb2 Rd1+ 26. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 27. Kh2
Rd8 $14 {/<=>} 28. Rxb5 Nxb4 29. Rxb4 Bxf3 30. Rd4 Rxd4 31. exd4 Bxg2 32. Kxg2
a5 33. Qb8+ Kh7 34. Qe5 a4 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qc8+ Kh7 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38. Qc8+ Kh7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 ({In order to understand Grischuk's decision on
move 7, it is useful to remember a game of his with a similar structure but
with reversed colours:} 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. N1c3 d6
{Kramnik,V (2785)-Grischuk,A (2747) Kazan 2011 CBM 143 [Marin,M] (1/2-1/2, 40).
Just one of Grischuk's weapons to neutralise Kramnik's Whites.}) 3... d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bb5+ N8c6 7. d3 $5 {This was played only once before,
in a game between strong women players.} ({The usual continuation is} 7. d4
cxd4 8. a3 {as, for instance, in the recent Grigoriants,S (2574)-Volokitin,A 
(2674) Yerevan 2014 CBM 160 [Ftacnik,L] (1-0, 37)}) 7... a6 8. Bxc6+ Nxc6 9.
Be3 e5 $1 $146 {Fighting for space in the centre.} (9... e6 $6 {leaves White
too much freedom in the centre.} 10. O-O Be7 11. Na4 b6 12. d4 $14 {
Kovalevskaya,E (2450)-Stefanova,A (2549) Dagomys 2009 (1-0, 25)}) 10. Rc1 b6
11. b4 $5 {Thematic, spectcular, but possibly not promising an advantage.} Nxb4
$1 (11... cxb4 $2 12. Na4 $16) 12. Nxe5 Bd6 13. a3 Bxe5 14. axb4 cxb4 15. Nd5
O-O 16. Bxb6 Qg5 17. O-O Bh3 18. Qf3 Bg4 19. Qe3 Qxe3 20. fxe3 Be2 21. Rf5 f6
22. Nxb4 a5 23. Nc6 Bxd3 24. Nxe5 fxe5 25. Rxe5 a4 26. Ra1 Rfb8 27. Bd4 Kf7 28.
Rf5+ Kg8 29. Re5 Kf7 30. Rf5+ Kg8 31. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Agdestein, Simen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4
{Not a surprising choice for Svidler, since a few years ago he managed to
defeat Kramnik with this line.} e5 ({The aforementioned game went} 8... e6 9.
e3 {Svidler,P (2739)-Kramnik,V (2781) Moscow 2011 CBM 144 [Marin,M] (1-0, 44).
In my old notes I wrote that 8...e5 "weakens the d5-square, justifying White's
plan directed against the g6-bishop." As we will see in the current game,
things are not that clear.}) 9. e3 Bd6 {Apart from the fact that it
over-defends the (unttacked yet) e5-pawn, this move has some hidden merits,
too.} ({If} 9... Bc5 10. Qe2 O-O {White can consider} 11. Nf1 {since ...e5-e4
would not interfere with the plan based on Nf1-g3.} Ne8 {Laznicka,V (2703)
-Iordachescu,V (2648) Porto Carras 2011 (1/2-1/2, 28)} 12. Nxg6 fxg6 ({It is
safer to keep a pawn on the h-file. If} 12... hxg6 13. h4 $36 {White's attack
is more dangerous.}) 13. h4 {The position is not easy to evaluate, but if
White manages to complete his development (by castling long most likely) his
superior structure may offer him the better chances}) 10. Qe2 Qe7 (10... Ng8 {
loses too much time by forcing White carrying out the exchange he is aiming
for anyway.} 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. c4 Ne7 13. a3 Qa5 14. O-O $14 {Ianov,V (2327)
-Pergel,L (2237) Zalakaros 2012 (1-0, 62)}) (10... O-O 11. Nxg6 (11. Nf1 $6 {
can be met with} e4 $1 {[%cal Gd6g3]}) 11... fxg6 12. h4 Qe7 13. g5 Nh5 14. c4
$6 ({In a couple of games with similar structure but with reversed colours,
arising from the Bg5 QI, I played ...Rh6-f6 to reduce the opponent's pressure
along the f-file. Here, too,} 14. Rh3 $5 {[%cal Gh3f3] makes some sense.})
14... e4 (14... d4 $5 {[%csl Gf4]} 15. Ne4 Nc5) 15. dxe4 d4 $1 $36 {Short,N 
(2697)-Zhao,Z (2537) Pattaya 2013 (0-1, 65)}) 11. c4 $146 {A natural way of
trying to activate the light-squared bishop.} (11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13.
Nxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nc5 15. Qc4 O-O-O $132 {[%csl Ge1,Gf4,Gh4] Nguyen,H (2311)
-Laylo,D (2491) Ho Chi Minh City 2013 (0-1, 26)}) (11. a3 Nb6 (11... a5 12. c4
{might have been an improved version of the main game from White's point of
view, since there would be no check on b4 available.}) 12. c4 O-O-O (12... Bc7
13. b4 $140 a5 14. c5 Na4 $132) 13. b3 (13. b4 $5) 13... dxc4 14. dxc4 Bc7 15.
Nxg6 hxg6 16. Bb2 Nfd7 17. O-O-O Nc5 $15 {[%csl Gb3,Gc1,Gd3] Kritz,L (2571)
-Erdos,V (2523) Differdange 2007 (0-1, 35)}) 11... dxc4 12. Nxc4 Bb4+ {This is
a natural move, of course, but not the only good one. First of all, f1 may
prove a good square for the king, depending on the circumstances.} ({Secondly,
the developing} 12... O-O-O {is playable, too, since} 13. Nxd6+ $2 {would lead
to disaster on d3.} Qxd6 14. Nxg6 hxg6 $17 {[%cal Gd7c5]}) 13. Kf1 Nb6 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Qg4 O-O 17. Nxb6 {This looks like a concession, but
otherwise White risked to lose stability on the light squares.} ({For instance
if} 17. Be4 $2 Nxc4 18. dxc4 f5 $1 19. gxf6 Nxf6 20. Qxg6 Nxe4 21. Qxe4 Qf7 22.
Rh2 Rad8 $40) 17... axb6 {But now there are some problems with completing the
queenside development.} 18. Be4 {A beautiful square for the bishop. However,
most of White's other pieces are undeveloped, reducing his chances for an
advantage.} b5 19. Rg1 Bc5 20. Qd1 {[%cal Gd1b3] It seems that Svidler did not
feel comfortable with his position. He practically suggests a draw by
repetition, but also gives Black a choice to play actively.} (20. Rg2 {[%cal
Gf1g1] looks like a reasonable regrouping, although it is far from clear
whether any of the players can make progress.}) 20... Qe6 (20... f5 $5 21. gxf6
Qxf6 22. Qe2 Qh4 {[%cal Gh5g3]} 23. Ke1 ({It is best to keep the g-file open
since} 23. Kg2 Kh7 $1 {[%csl Gg6]} 24. Bd2 Nf6 {is promising for Black.}) 23...
Bb4+ 24. Bd2 Bxd2+ 25. Qxd2 g5 $13 {[%csl Gf2][%cal Gh5f6] White has the
better structure, but faces some problems of stability and coordination.}) 21.
Qg4 Qe7 22. Qd1 Qe6 23. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.12"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2881"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 {I guess this came as a real susprise for Peter.
This system is rarely seen on the top level.} 4. d3 {Not the most principled
response.} (4. d4 e4 {is the main theoretical line here, but it requires a lot
of knowledge from both players.}) 4... Nf6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bg2 {This move is
connected with a definite strategic risk, since White's q-side pawn structure
becomes less flexible, while the bishops are not so strong in such a closed
positions.} ({That's why} 6. Bd2 $5 O-O 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O {makes a lot of sense.
For instance,} Bd7 (8... Bc5 $142 9. e3 a6) 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qe8 11. e3 f4
12. exf4 exf4 13. Qd2 $14 {1-0 Grandelius,N (2536)-Tikkanen,H (2591)/Germany
2011/CBM 146/[RR] (65)}) 6... Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 d6 8. O-O (8. Qb3 O-O 9. c5+ d5
$132) 8... O-O 9. Rb1 Qe8 10. Qb3 $6 {It looks like Peter wasn't familiar with
the chosen opening system. The queen has no good prospects there, so White is
just losing a tempo.} ({White's play should be based on attacking the
opponent's pawn centre by means of} 10. c5 dxc5 (10... Qh5 11. cxd6 cxd6 12.
Ba3 Rd8 13. Qd2 Rb8 14. Qg5 Qxg5 15. Nxg5 $14 {1-0 Vaganian,R (2625)
-Dzindzichashvili,R (2530)/Saint John 1988/EXT 1997 (53)}) (10... d5 11. Bg5
Qh5 12. e3 e4 13. Bxf6 Rxf6 14. Nd4 Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Ne5 16. Nb5 c6 17. d4 Nc4
18. Nc7 Rb8 19. Na6 Ra8 20. Nc7 Rb8 21. Bf1 $14 {1/2-1/2 Ubilava,E (2525)
-Kristiansen,J (2430)/Kecskemet 1989/TD (46)}) 11. Be3 Qe7 12. Qa4 Kh8 13. Nd2
$44) ({Or even} 10. Ne1 $5 Qh5 11. f4 Re8 12. Nf3 e4 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 $132
{1-0 Nikolac,J (2485)-Plaskett,J (2470)/Bahrain 1990/CBM 020/[Ribli] (37)})
10... b6 $146 {This natural move is a sound novelty in a rare position.
Objectively speaking, Black's position already looks better, since White lacks
any counterplay on the q-side.} (10... Kh8 {1/2-1/2 Uddenfeldt,D-Kaplan,J/
Stockholm 1969/EXT 2001 (64)}) 11. Nh4 Na5 ({Another energetic way to handle
the position is} 11... e4 $5 12. f3 h6 13. fxe4 fxe4 14. Nf5 Bd7 $15) 12. Qa3 {
It is not easy to find a useful place for the queen now.} (12. Qc2 Rb8 13. Bg5
h6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 $15) 12... Rb8 13. Be3 $6 {One more inaccurate move - the Be3
is just a target for Black's pieces, while f5-f4 would come with tempo.} ({
The lesser evil was} 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 $15 {getting rid of the useless
bishop.}) 13... f4 $1 {An obvious temporary pawn sacrifice.} 14. gxf4 {
Accepting the challenge.} (14. Bd2 Bg4 15. Rfe1 Qh5 $17) 14... Qh5 {Black's
attack plays itself now.} ({Magnus had another good possibility at his
disposal:} 14... e4 $5 15. dxe4 Nxe4 16. Rbd1 Bb7 $17 {White's position
desperately lacks any harmony.}) 15. Nf3 Bh3 {Liquidating the main defender of
White's monarch.} (15... e4 16. Ng5 exd3 17. exd3 Bf5 $17) 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17.
Kh1 Rbe8 $1 (17... e4 18. dxe4 Nxe4 19. Rg1 c5 20. Rg2 Rbe8 21. Rbg1 Re7 $17)
18. Qb2 $6 (18. Qa4 e4 (18... exf4 19. Bxf4 Rxe2 20. Ng1 Qxd3 21. Nxe2 Qxe2 22.
f3 $17) 19. Ng1 Qf5 20. d4 $17) 18... e4 $1 19. Ng5 Qh5 $19 {As a result of
Peter's unsuccessful play, Carlsen has a completely winning position on move
19!} 20. dxe4 (20. Rg1 exd3 21. exd3 h6 $19) 20... Ng4 (20... h6 $5 21. Nf3
Nxc4 22. Qb3 Rxe4 23. Rg1 Kh8 $19) 21. Nf3 Nxc4 {Starting to collect the pawns.
} 22. Qb3 Rxe4 23. Rg1 d5 ({Avoiding the pin wasn't necessary:} 23... Rfxf4 24.
Bxf4 Nxf2+ 25. Kg2 Nh3 $19) 24. Qb5 {Black has many good possibilities, but
here the miracle comes...} Rfxf4 $2 {A terrible misclaculation. Magnus has
missed a nice defensive resourse.} ({All the following continuations were
quite convincing:} 24... Ncxe3 25. fxe3 Nf2+ (25... Rxe3 26. Rg2 Re7 $19) 26.
Kg2 Nh3 27. Rgf1 Rxe3 $19) (24... c5 25. Qd7 Ncxe3 26. fxe3 Nf2+ 27. Kg2 Qg4+
28. Qxg4 Nxg4 $19) (24... Nxf2+ 25. Bxf2 Rxe2 $19) 25. Bxf4 Nxf2+ 26. Kg2 Rxe2
({After} 26... Nh3 27. Qd7 $1 Rxe2+ 28. Kg3 Nxf4 29. Rbe1 $1 {White gets
serious counterplay and should survive as well:} (29. Kxf4 Re4+ 30. Kg3 Qxf3+
31. Kxf3 Ne5+ 32. Kg2 Nxd7 $17) 29... Qg6+ 30. Kxf4 Re4+ 31. Rxe4 Qxe4+ 32. Kg3
Qxf3+ 33. Kxf3 Ne5+ 34. Kf4 Nxd7 35. Rd1 Nf6 36. Ke5 $11) 27. Kf1 $1 {That is
the point! Suddenly White is able to make use of the g-file.} Ne4 ({There was
no more than a perpetual after:} 27... Qxf3 28. Rg3 Qe4 (28... Qxf4 $2 29.
Qxd5+ Qf7 30. Qxf7+ Kxf7 31. Kxe2 $18) 29. Qd7 $1 g6 30. Qc8+ Kg7 31. Qxc7+ Kg8
32. Qd8+ $11) 28. Rxg7+ $1 (28. Kxe2 Nxc3+ 29. Kf2 Nxb5 30. Rxb5 c5 $19) 28...
Kf8 $6 {A risky decision - Magnus is trying to complicate matters, but now
Black is in real danger as well.} ({After the correct} 28... Kxg7 29. Qd7+ Qf7
30. Qg4+ Qg6 31. Qd7+ Kh8 32. Qd8+ Qg8 33. Qxg8+ Kxg8 34. Kxe2 Nxc3+ 35. Kd3
Nxb1 36. Bxc7 $15 {White should be able to survive, but some work is required.}
) 29. Kxe2 Nxc3+ 30. Kf2 Nxb5 31. Rbg1 {Now White's king is well protected,
but the Kf8 is under fire.} Nc3 $2 {A natural mistake in such a scary
situation.} ({It was very difficult to find the most precise defence:} 31...
Nbd6 32. Rg8+ Ke7 33. R1g7+ Kf6 34. Rxc7 d4 $1 {freeing a way out for the
monarch} 35. Rf8+ (35. Ng5 Qd1 36. Rf8+ Kg6 37. Rg8+ Kf6 $11) (35. Nxd4 Qd1 36.
Rf8+ Kg6 37. Rg8+ Kf6 $11) 35... Ke6 36. Nxd4+ Kd5 37. Nf3 Ne4+ 38. Ke2 Nc3+
39. Kf2 Ne4+ $11) 32. Rxc7 $2 {Returning the favour!} ({White's attack seems
decisive after} 32. Rg8+ $1 Ke7 33. R1g7+ Kf6 34. Rxc7 Ne4+ 35. Kg2 $40 {
For example:} Kf5 36. Rf8+ Kg6 37. Re7 $18) 32... Ne4+ 33. Ke1 $1 {Correctly
leaving the knight unprotected.} (33. Ke2 $2 Nc5 $1 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kf6
36. Rc6+ Ne6 37. Rg5 Qe8 38. Nd4 Qxc6 39. Rf5+ Kg6 40. Rg5+ Nxg5 41. Nxc6 Kf5
$17) 33... Nc5 {Now the game ends quickly.} ({White has enough counterplay
also after} 33... Ncd6 34. Nd4 Qh4+ 35. Kd1 Qh3 36. Rg3 $1 Nxg3 (36... Qf1+ 37.
Kc2 Qf2+ 38. Kd3 Nc5+ 39. Rxc5 bxc5 40. Bxd6+ Ke8 41. Bxc5 $11) 37. Bxd6+ Kg8
38. Bxg3 Qg4+ 39. Ne2 $11) 34. Rc8+ Kf7 35. Rc7+ Kf8 ({Magnus had no reason to
refuse the draw at this point:} 35... Kf6 36. Rc6+ Ne6 $6 (36... Kf7 $11) 37.
Nd4 Qh4+ 38. Rg3 Qxf4 39. Rf3 Qxf3 40. Nxf3 $14) 36. Rc8+ Kf7 37. Rc7+ Kf8 {
A very disappointing draw for Magnus in this game!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Norway Chess 2nd"]
[Site "Stavanger"]
[Date "2014.06.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.06.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 e6 7. a3 Be7 8. e4
O-O 9. Be2 Qc7 10. Be3 b6 11. f4 Bb7 12. O-O d6 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Bf3 Qb8 15.
Nd2 Rfe8 16. Bf2 Bf8 17. Bh4 Be7 18. Bf2 Bf8 19. Bh4 Be7 20. Bf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Nde2 Bb4 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qc7 14. Qf3
Nc6 15. Rd1 Bd7 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Bd6 Qc8 18. Qf4 Na7 19. Bc7 Rf8 20. c4 Bc6 21.
Bf1 b5 22. c5 Bd5 23. Bd6 Re8 24. a4 Bb7 25. Rd3 Nc6 26. axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8
Bxa8 28. Rf3 Qb7 29. Bg2 e5 30. Re3 f6 31. Bd5+ Kh8 32. Qf5 Qc8 33. Qxc8 Rxc8
34. f4 exf4 35. Ra3 Bb7 36. Bxf4 h6 37. Bd6 Nd8 38. Bb3 Nc6 39. c3 Kh7 40. Kf2
h5 41. Bc2+ Kh6 42. Rb3 Ne5 43. Bf5 Ra8 44. Bxe5 fxe5 45. Rxb5 Bc8 46. Be4 Ra4
47. Ke3 hxg4 48. hxg4 Bxg4 49. c6 Kg5 50. Bd5 Ra3 51. Kd3 Bf5+ 52. Kc4 Kf4 53.
c7 g5 54. Rb8 g4 55. Rf8 g3 56. Rxf5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2675"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Be7 9. f4 b5 10. e5 b4 11. exf6 bxc3 12. Qxc3 Bxf6 13. g4 Bb7 14. g5 Bxd4
15. Rxd4 Rc8 16. Ra4 O-O 17. Rg1 d5 18. Kb1 Rfd8 19. Bd3 d4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4 21.
Rxd4 Qb6 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. g6+ fxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ Kf8 26. Qd6+ Kg8
27. Rdd1 Rf8 28. Qxg6 Qc7 29. Qe6+ Rf7 30. Qe8+ Kh7 31. Rd3 Bc8 32. Rd5 g6 33.
Rh5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2621"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 d6 7. h3 Qb6 8. Qc1
Nc6 9. O-O Bf5 10. Nbd2 d5 11. Nb3 Ne4 12. Nfd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 c4 14. Nc5 e5 15.
Bh2 Rfe8 16. b3 Rad8 17. Rfd1 exd4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. cxd4 c3 20. Qxc3 Rxe2 21.
Rd2 Rde8 22. Rxe2 Rxe2 23. g4 Bc8 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. Nd3 Be6 26. Nf4 Rxa2 27. Bg3
Bd7 28. Nxd5 Qe6 29. Ne3 h6 30. Be5 Bxe5 31. dxe5 Qc6 32. Qxc6 Bxc6 33. Nc4 Kf8
34. b4 Ke7 35. Na5 Bd5 36. Nxb7 Ke6 37. Nc5+ Kxe5 38. Rd1 Bf3 39. Rd3 Bc6 40.
Rd1 g5 41. Nd3+ Ke4 42. Nc5+ Ke5 43. Nd3+ Kf6 44. Nc5 Bf3 45. Rd3 Be2 46. Re3
Bb5 47. Ne4+ Kg7 48. Nd6 Bc6 49. Nf5+ Kf6 50. f3 Rb2 51. Ra3 Rxb4 52. Rxa7 Bxf3
53. Nxh6 Bd5 54. Ra5 Be6 55. Ng8+ Kg6 56. Ne7+ Kf6 57. Nd5+ Bxd5 58. Rxd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O Nf6 9. d4 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd2 Nd7 12. Qe2 Nb6 13. Rfd1 Qd7 14. Be1 Rfd8
15. Rac1 Rac8 16. Bg2 h6 17. h4 a6 18. h5 Bf6 19. Nb1 Nc4 20. Bf1 Rc7 21. b3
Nd6 22. Nd2 Rdc8 23. Rb1 Nb5 24. Nf3 Na3 25. Rb2 a5 26. e4 Nb4 27. e5 Be7 28.
Qe3 Rc2 29. Rxc2 Rxc2 30. Bxb4 axb4 31. Rd2 Rc1 32. Kg2 Nb5 33. Bd3 Nc3 34. Rc2
Rxc2 35. Bxc2 Qb5 36. a4 Qe2 37. Qxe2 Nxe2 38. Kf1 Nc3 39. Bd3 Kf8 40. Ke1 Kg8
41. Kd2 Kf8 42. Ne1 Bd8 43. f4 Be7 44. Nf3 Bd8 45. g4 Bb6 46. g5 Ne4+ 47. Bxe4
dxe4 48. gxh6 gxh6 49. Nh2 f5 50. exf6 Bxd4 51. Ng4 Kf7 52. Ke2 Ba7 53. Nxh6+
Kxf6 54. Ng4+ Kf5 55. Ne5 Bd4 56. h6 Kf6 57. Nc4 Kg6 58. Nd6 b6 59. Nxe4 Kxh6
60. Ng5 e5 61. Nf3 Bc5 62. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Re1
a6 9. Rb1 Re8 10. h3 Bd7 11. e4 e5 12. Be3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Qc8 14. Kh2 Ne5 15. b3
b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Nd5 c5 18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Ne2 Qc7 20. Qd2 c4 21. Bd4 Bc6
22. Rbd1 Bg7 23. Nf4 Ra8 24. Bc3 Red8 25. Re2 Ra6 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. Qxd5 Rb8 28.
bxc4 bxc4 29. f4 Nd3 30. Bxg7 Kxg7 31. Rc2 Qc5 32. Rxd3 cxd3 33. Rxc5 dxc5 34.
Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Guseinov, Gadir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nde2 Nc5 11. Be3 f5 12. exf5 Bxf5 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 a5
15. Nd5 Qd7 16. Re1 Rae8 17. Qd2 Ne4 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Bxg7 Qxg7 20. Re3 Bxd5
21. Rxe8 Rxe8 22. cxd5 b6 23. Rc1 Re7 24. h4 Qe5 25. b3 Kg7 26. Qd3 Qb2 27. Rc2
Qa1+ 28. Kg2 Qe5 29. a4 h5 30. Rc4 Kh7 31. Rf4 Kg7 32. Qc4 Qe2 33. Qxe2 Rxe2
34. Rc4 Rb2 35. Rxc7+ Kf6 36. Rc6 Rxb3 37. Rxd6+ Kf5 38. f3 b5 39. axb5 Rxb5
40. Kh3 Rb3 41. Rd8 a4 42. d6 a3 43. d7 Ke6 44. Rg8 Kxd7 45. Rxg6 Rxf3 46. Rg5
a2 47. Ra5 Rf2 48. g4 Rf3+ 49. Kg2 hxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Najer, Evgeniy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a4 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nbd2 Qd7 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. Ng3 Bd8 15. c3
d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 Bf6 19. Re1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Bd2
Bxa1 22. Qxa1 Bd5 23. Bh6 gxh6 24. Nh5 f6 25. Nxf6+ Rxf6 26. Qxf6 Rf8 27. Bxd5+
Qxd5 28. Qxh6 Qf5 29. f3 Qf6 30. Qe3 Rc8 31. axb5 axb5 32. Qe4 Qd4+ 33. Qxd4
cxd4 34. Rb1 Rb8 35. Rb4 Kf7 36. Rxd4 b4 37. Rc4 b3 38. Rc1 h5 39. g4 Kf6 40.
Kf2 h4 41. f4 b2 42. Rb1 Ke6 43. Ke3 Kd5 44. g5 Rb4 45. Kd2 Rxf4 46. Rxb2 Rf2+
47. Kc3 Rf3 48. g6 Rxh3 49. Rg2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. a4
b4 9. Na2 e5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Bd2 Qb6 12. a5 Qb7 13. Qe1 Rb8 14. Bc4 Be6 15. Qe2
Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Be7 17. Be3 Qb5 18. Qxb5 Rxb5 19. f3 d5 20. Bg5 dxe4 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. fxe4 Ke7 23. Rfd1 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Nc1 Rc8 26. Nb3 Rxc2 27. Rab1
d3 28. Rxd3 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Bxb2 30. Kf2 Be5 31. h3 h5 32. Ke3 g6 33. Rd1 Bc7 34.
Rd5 Rxd5 35. exd5 f5 36. Kd4 Bd6 37. Nd2 g5 38. Nc4 g4 39. Ne3 f4 40. Nf5+ Kd7
41. hxg4 hxg4 42. Kc4 f3 43. gxf3 gxf3 44. Ne3 f2 45. Nf1 Ke7 46. Nd2 Bf4 47.
Nf1 Kd6 48. Kxb4 Kxd5 49. Kc3 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.17"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2717"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. Re1
c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Nf1 Bb6 11. Ng3 h6 12. d4 exd4 13. cxd4 Bg4 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
gxf3 Nh7 16. f4 Qf6 17. f5 Nh4 18. e5 dxe5 19. dxe5 Qd8 20. Re4 Qxd1+ 21. Bxd1
Rad8 22. Bb3 Nf3+ 23. Kg2 Nd2 24. Bxd2 Rxd2 25. Re2 Rxe2 26. Nxe2 Re8 27. f4
Kf8 28. Rd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Bxd8 30. Kf3 Ke7 31. Ng3 Bb6 32. h4 Ke8 33. Nh5 Kf8
34. f6 gxf6 35. Bc2 Kg8 36. Bxh7+ Kxh7 37. Nxf6+ Kg7 38. h5 Bd8 39. Ne8+ Kg8
40. Nd6 b6 41. f5 Kf8 42. Ke4 Bc7 43. Nc4 Bd8 44. f6 b5 45. Nd6 Ba5 46. Nf5 Bd2
47. Nd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Bh6 Rb8 13. Nd1 Rb4 14. c4 dxc4
15. Bxc4 Qa5 16. Ne3 Nxe5 17. Qd4 f6 18. Qc3 Qc5 19. Rac1 a5 20. a3 Rb7 21. Bf4
O-O 22. Red1 a4 23. Qc2 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Qf5 25. Qxf5 exf5 26. Bd6 Be6 27. Na5 Rd7
28. Bxe7 Rxe7 29. Nxc6 Rc7 30. Re1 Re8 31. Rc3 Bf7 32. Rxe8+ Bxe8 33. Nb4 Rxc3
34. bxc3 Kf7 35. c4 Ke6 36. f4 Kd6 37. Nd3 Bf7 38. Nb2 Be8 39. Kf2 Kc5 40. Ke3
Bc6 41. g3 g5 42. Kd3 h5 43. h4 gxh4 44. gxh4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2707"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 c5 9. Be2 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Qa3 b6 12. Bg5 Bb7 13. e5 Re8 14. Rfe1 Qc7 15.
Rac1 b5 16. h4 h6 17. Be3 e6 18. Qb2 Rad8 19. Nh2 h5 20. Bg5 Rc8 21. Qd2 Qa5
22. g4 cxd4 23. cxd4 Qxd2 24. Bxd2 hxg4 25. Nxg4 f5 26. Nh6+ Bxh6 27. Bxh6 Nb6
28. h5 Kh7 29. Bg5 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Rc8 31. Rxc8 Nxc8 32. Bd8 Bd5 33. a3 Na7 34.
hxg6+ Kxg6 35. Bb6 Nc6 36. f4 Bc4 37. Bf3 Bd5 38. Be2 Kf7 39. Kf2 Ke8 40. Ke3
Kd7 41. Kd2 Kc8 42. Kc3 Kb7 43. Bc5 Na5 44. Bb4 Nc6 45. Bc5 Nd8 46. Be7 Nc6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Kh1 Bb7 13. d5 Nc4 14. b3 Ncb6 15. a4
c4 16. a5 cxb3 17. Bxb3 Nc4 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Nbd2 f5 20. Ba3 fxe4 21. Nxe4 Nf6
22. Nfg5 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 Rb8 24. Rb1 Qxa5 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Nxd6 Bxd5 27. Rxb8
Rxb8 28. Nf5 Re8 29. f4 Qd8 30. Qg4 Qf6 31. fxe5 Qg6 32. Qxg6 hxg6 33. Nd4 a5
34. e6 a4 35. Re5 Bb7 36. Nb5 Bc6 37. Nd6 Ra8 38. e7 a3 39. Re1 a2 40. Ra1 Bd7
41. Kg1 Ra6 42. e8=Q+ Bxe8 43. Nxe8 Kf7 44. Nc7 Ra5 45. Kf2 Ke7 46. Ke3 Kd7 47.
Nb5 Rxb5 48. Rxa2 g5 49. Kd4 g4 50. Kxc4 Rg5 51. h4 Rg6 52. g3 Rc6+ 53. Kd4 Ke6
54. Re2+ Kf6 55. Re4 Rd6+ 56. Kc4 Rc6+ 57. Kb4 Rb6+ 58. Kc5 Rb3 59. Kc4 Rb1 60.
Rf4+ Ke6 61. Rxg4 Kf6 62. Rg5 Ra1 63. Kb5 Rb1+ 64. Kc5 Rb8 65. c4 Rc8+ 66. Kb5
Rb8+ 67. Ka6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8. c3
a5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Re1 f6 11. Nc4 Be6 12. Ne3 Bf8 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxe3
15. Bxe3 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 c5 17. Be3 Qxd1 18. Rexd1 Ra7 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. Rxd5 b6
21. a4 Rb7 22. Kf1 g6 23. Rad1 Re4 24. Rd8 Kf7 25. R1d7+ Rxd7 26. Rxd7+ Re7 27.
Rd8 Re8 28. Rxe8 Kxe8 29. g4 Bd6 30. h3 Kd7 31. Ke2 Ke6 32. Kd3 Kd5 33. c4+ Ke6
34. b3 f5 35. f3 Bc7 36. Bd2 Be5 37. Be3 Bc7 38. Bd2 Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.18"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2014.06.16"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bd2 b5 12. a4 b4 13. Nd1 a5 14. Kh1 d5 15. exd5
Nxd5 16. f5 e5 17. c4 N5f6 18. Nf2 O-O 19. Ne4 Bb7 20. Bg5 Bxe4 21. Bxe4 Rac8
22. Rac1 Nc5 23. Nxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. b3 Rfd8 26. Rcd1 Rd4 27. Bd5 h6
28. Rfe1 Kf8 29. Rd3 Rxd3 30. Qxd3 Qd4 31. Qe4 Qxe4 32. Rxe4 Ke7 33. Kg1 Rc7
34. Kf2 Kd6 35. Ke2 Kc5 36. Kd3 Rd7 37. Re2 Re7 38. Ke4 Rd7 39. g3 Re7 40. Rd2
Rd7 41. Rd3 Bg5 42. h4 Bc1 43. Rd1 Bb2 44. g4 f6 45. Rh1 Bd4 46. g5 hxg5 47.
hxg5 fxg5 48. Rh5 Rd6 49. Rxg5 Rh6 50. Rxg7 Rh4+ 51. Kf3 e4+ 52. Kg3 Bxg7 53.
Kxh4 Kd4 54. Kg3 Bf8 55. Kf2 Bc5 56. Ke2 e3 57. f6 Kc3 58. f7 Kxb3 59. f8=Q
Bxf8 60. c5+ Kxa4 61. c6 Bd6 62. Kxe3 b3 63. Kd2 Kb4 64. Kd3 a4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D04"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e3 Bg7 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 Nc6 8.
O-O d5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. c4 a5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Nc3 Ne4 13. Qc1 Nxc3 14. Bxc3
e5 15. Rd1 d4 16. exd4 exd4 17. Bf3 Ra6 18. Qd2 Be6 19. Qd3 Rd6 20. Bb2 Bf5 21.
Be4 Bxe4 22. Qxe4 Re8 23. Qd3 Rde6 24. g3 Qd5 25. Bc3 h5 26. h4 g5 27. hxg5 h4
28. Bd2 h3 29. f3 Re3 30. Bxe3 Qxf3 31. Qf1 Qxg3+ 32. Kh1 dxe3 33. g6 fxg6 34.
Qc4+ Kh7 35. Rg1 Qf3+ 36. Kh2 Be5+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d3 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Qc2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 Na6 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Nb4 14. Qe2 Bh5 15.
Bf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Nc2 17. Nf5 Rfe8 18. e5 Nxa1 19. Bg5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 cxd5 21.
Nxe7+ Rxe7 22. Bxe7 Qxb2 23. Qxd5 Nc2 24. e6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Kh8 26. Qd5 Nd4 27.
Kg2 Nc6 28. Bc5 Re8 29. Rd1 h6 30. Bd6 Re2 31. Qf5 Qxa2 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+
Kh8 34. Qc8+ Kh7 35. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Qe8 8. d5
Na6 9. Be3 Bd7 10. Qd2 Ng4 11. Bd4 Ne5 12. b3 c5 13. dxc6 Bxc6 14. Rad1 b6 15.
Nd5 e6 16. Nc3 Rd8 17. Rfe1 Nc5 18. Qb2 Bxf3 19. Bxf3 Ncd3 20. Rxd3 Nxd3 21.
exd3 Bxd4 22. Bd5 Rf6 23. Qd2 Qd7 24. Bg2 Rf7 25. Nb5 Bf6 26. d4 Kg7 27. Nc3 e5
28. Nd5 e4 29. f3 exf3 30. Bxf3 Re8 31. Rf1 Qd8 32. Nf4 Bg5 33. h4 Bxf4 34.
Qxf4 Qf6 35. Kg2 Rfe7 36. Rf2 h6 37. g4 Qxh4 38. Qxd6 fxg4 39. Bc6 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2631"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. h3 d6 5. Be3 Nf6 6. Qd2 Qa5 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3
Nbd7 9. e5 dxe5 10. dxe5 Ne8 11. h4 Nb6 12. a3 c5 13. h5 Nc7 14. Qf2 Bf5 15.
Bxc5 Na4 16. Bb4 Nxc3 17. Bxa5 Ne4 18. Qh4 Nd5 19. hxg6 Bxg6 20. O-O-O Ne3 21.
Re1 Nf5 22. Qh3 Nf2 23. g4 Nxh3 24. Rxh3 Rac8 25. gxf5 Bxf5 26. Rh2 b6 27. Bc3
Rfd8 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Bd3 h6 30. Rg1 Kh8 31. e6 Be8 32. Rxg7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 Qc7 8. a3
Bxc3+ 9. Qxc3 Nxe4 10. Nb5 axb5 11. Qxg7 Rf8 12. Bh6 Qc5 13. f3 b4 14. fxe4 Nc6
15. Qxf8+ Qxf8 16. Bxf8 Kxf8 17. Bd3 bxa3 18. Rxa3 Rxa3 19. bxa3 d6 20. Kd2 Ne5
21. Be2 Bd7 22. Ke3 Bc6 23. Rc1 Nd7 24. h4 h6 25. Bf3 e5 26. Bg4 Nc5 27. Bf5
Kg7 28. Rb1 Kf6 29. g4 Kg7 30. Rg1 f6 31. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2662"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Na4 Nxa4 15.
Qxa4 Ra7 16. Bb2 Bc5 17. Rfc1 b6 18. Rxc5 bxc5 19. Qc2 Qd6 20. Rc1 Bd5 21. Qxc5
Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Re8 24. Kf3 Re5 25. Bxd4 Rxc5 26. Bxc5 Rb7 27. a4
Kf7 28. Ke4 Ke6 29. Kd4 c6 30. b6 Rf7 31. Kc4 Kd7 32. e4 Kc8 33. f4 Rd7 34. d4
Rd8 35. g4 Re8 36. Kd3 Rd8 37. Ke3 Kb7 38. f5 Re8 39. Kf4 Kc8 40. h4 h6 41. e5
Kd7 42. g5 hxg5+ 43. hxg5 fxe5+ 44. dxe5 Rh8 45. e6+ Kc8 46. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O d6 6. d4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Na6 9. Qb3 h6 10. Rd1 Kh7 11. Qa3 Be6 12. d5 cxd5 13. cxd5 Bg8 14. Be3 Qd7 15.
b4 Nc7 16. Qb3 Rfc8 17. h3 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Nd4 Qc4 20. Ne6 Qxb3 21. axb3
Bh8 22. Rbc1 b6 23. b5 Nd7 24. b4 Bb2 25. Rc6 Ne5 26. Rb1 Nxc6 27. bxc6 Bf6 28.
b5 a6 29. Bxb6 axb5 30. Rxb5 Ra1+ 31. Kh2 Ra2 32. Bf3 Bxe6 33. dxe6 Rc2 34. g4
fxg4 35. hxg4 Kg7 36. Kg2 g5 37. e3 R2xc6 38. Bxc6 Rxc6 39. Kf3 d5 40. Ba5 d4
41. exd4 Bxd4 42. Ke4 Bxf2 43. Kd5 Rd6+ 44. Ke5 Bd4+ 45. Kf5 Bf6 46. Bb4 Rd4
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 d6 7. O-O Nf6 8. a4
b4 9. Na2 e5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 Be7 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Qe2 Nb4 15.
Bc4 Qc8 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Rfd1 O-O 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Rfb8 21.
Qd2 Be7 22. b4 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Re1 Rb7 25. a5 Qg4 26. Rdxe5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Lenic, Luka"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. b4 e5 8. dxe5
dxe5 9. Bb2 e4 10. Nd4 Ng4 11. c5 Rf7 12. Na3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Qxd1 14. Raxd1 Bxb2
15. Nc4 Bf6 16. Nd4 Bd7 17. f3 exf3 18. exf3 Ba4 19. Rd2 Rd8 20. Nb3 Rxd2 21.
Ncxd2 Ne3 22. Re1 Nc2 23. Re2 Nxb4 24. f4 b6 25. a3 Nc2 26. Bd5 Nxa3 27. Bxf7+
Kxf7 28. Re1 Nc2 29. Rc1 Nd4 30. Nxd4 Bxd4+ 31. Kg2 Bxc5 32. Nc4 Ke6 33. Re1+
Kd5 34. Ne5 a5 35. Ra1 Bb3 36. Nd7 Bd4 37. Rc1 c6 38. Ne5 c5 39. Nd7 c4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2679"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. O-O Bg6 8. Nb3
Nf5 9. a4 Be7 10. a5 O-O 11. Bf4 a6 12. c3 Rc8 13. h3 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Nbd4
Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Ne4 17. f3 Nc5 18. b4 Nd7 19. Rc1 Qc7 20. c4 Bxb4 21. cxd5 Qxa5
22. dxe6 Nxe5 23. Nb3 Qb6+ 24. Qd4 Qxd4+ 25. Nxd4 Nd3 26. Bxd3 Bxd3 27. Rfd1
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 fxe6 29. Be5 Ba5 30. Kf2 b5 31. Rc6 Ra8 32. Nxe6 b4 33. Nxg7 b3
34. Nh5 Bg6 35. Nf4 Re8 36. Nxg6 hxg6 37. f4 Bb4 38. Rxg6+ Kh7 39. Rg7+ Kh6 40.
Rb7 a5 41. Bg7+ Kg6 42. g4 Re7 43. Rxe7 Bxe7 44. Bc3 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.19"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Be3 b5 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. Qd2
Ngf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 Bxd5 11. h4 c5 12. c3 c4 13. Bc2 h5 14. exd6 e6 15. Ne5
Nf6 16. O-O-O Qxd6 17. Rhg1 a5 18. Rde1 Ne4 19. Qe2 Ng3 20. Qd1 b4 21. Bf2 Nf5
22. g4 hxg4 23. Qxg4 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qc6 25. Qh3 b3 26. axb3 cxb3 27. Bxf5 exf5
28. e6 Bxe6 29. Bd4 Rh5 30. Re5 a4 31. Qe3 Ra6 32. Rc5 Qe4 33. Qf2 a3 34. bxa3
Rxa3 35. Re1 Ra1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yudin, Sergei"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. a4 a5 8. O-O
Na6 9. h3 Re8 10. g4 Nb4 11. f4 Qc7 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Ng3 exd4 14. Bxd4 Nd7 15.
Qd2 Nc5 16. Rae1 Be6 17. g5 Rad8 18. Nh5 Bc4 19. Rf2 Ne6 20. Bf6 Rd7 21. b3 Ba6
22. f5 Nc5 23. Bd4 d5 24. exd5 Red8 25. Rfe2 cxd5 26. Re8 Ne4 27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28.
Bxe4 dxe4 29. Rxe4 b6 30. Qf2 Bb7 31. Rg4 Qc6 32. Ng3 Bd6 33. Nce4 Bxg3 34.
Nxg3 Nxc2 35. g6 Nxd4 36. gxf7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2700"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. e3 e5 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 c5 6. Ne2 Ne7 7. O-O Nbc6 8. d3
O-O 9. Nd2 a5 10. a4 b6 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Nb5 f5 13. c4 Qd7 14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Rad1
d4 16. exd4 exd4 17. Rfe1 Bf7 18. Nf3 h6 19. Bc1 g5 20. h4 g4 21. Nh2 Ng6 22.
h5 Nge5 23. f4 gxf3 24. Nxf3 Rde8 25. Qf1 Ng4 26. Nh4 Bxh5 27. Bd5+ Kh7 28. Qh3
Nce5 29. Bf4 Ne3 30. Bxe3 dxe3 31. Rxe3 Bxd1 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2649"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. Nf3 f6 11. Ne4 Be6 12. b3 Bd5 13. O-O a5 14. Bc5 a4
15. Nfd2 axb3 16. axb3 Nd7 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qc2 f5 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. Qxc5 Qxc5
21. Rxc5 Ra2 22. Rd1 e4 23. dxe4 fxe4 24. Rc3 Rb8 25. Re3 Rb4 26. h4 Rd4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. h4 h6 7. f3 b5 8. a4 b4 9.
Nd1 Rb8 10. Ne2 Ngf6 11. Nf4 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nf2 O-O 14. Rd1 Qe7 15. Be2
Rd8 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Re8 18. f4 Nd7 19. Rh3 Nc5 20. Rf3 Bxb2 21. Kf1 Bc3
22. Qc1 Qxh4 23. Bd4 Bxd4 24. Rxd4 Qf6 25. Qd2 b3 26. cxb3 Nxb3 27. Rxb3 Rxb3
28. Ne4 Qh4 29. Bd3 Bf5 30. Nf2 Bxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Amin, Bassem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. f3 b5 7. g4 h5 8. gxh5
Rxh5 9. Nge2 Ngf6 10. h4 c5 11. Ng3 Rh8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. O-O-O Qa5 14. Kb1 Be6
15. Bd4 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rb8 18. Bc4 Qc7 19. h5 Ncd7 20. Bb3 gxh5 21.
Nf5 Bf8 22. Qe2 Kd8 23. Rhe1 Ne5 24. Bxe5 dxe5 25. d6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ipatov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 e6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Bd2 d6 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Bxc3 13. Rxc3 e5 14. Qd2 Kg7 15.
e4 a5 16. h4 Nc5 17. h5 Bc8 18. Nh2 g5 19. f4 h6 20. Rf1 Qe7 21. Qe2 f6 22. Rf2
Bd7 23. Nf1 Rae8 24. Re3 c6 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. fxg5 fxg5 27. Rxf8 Rxf8 28. Qd1
Qf6 29. Rf3 Qe7 30. Rxf8 Qxf8 31. Qc2 Qa8 32. Qd2 Bxe4 33. Qxd6 Bxg2 34. Qg6+
Kf8 35. Qxh6+ Ke7 36. Ne3 Be4 37. Qxg5+ Kd6 38. Qf6+ Ne6 39. c5+ bxc5 40. Nc4+
Kc7 41. Qxe5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. f4 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. d3 Nf6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe1
Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 c4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. d4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. f5 Nd4 15. Qf2
Nc5 16. Ne1 Rb6 17. b4 cxb3 18. axb3 Bb7 19. Nd2 Rd6 20. Rxa7 Qb8 21. Ra2 b4
22. Nd3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Qd8 24. Nc4 Rc6 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. e5 Rc7 27. Bxb7 Rxb7
28. f6 Bh6 29. Qf3 Rb5 30. Rfa1 Rb8 31. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O d5 5. c4 d4 6. e3 Nc6 7. exd4 cxd4 8. d3
Nf6 9. Re1 Nd7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Ne4 h6 12. a3 a5 13. Rb1 a4 14. Nh4 Kh7 15. f4
f5 16. Nf2 e5 17. Nf3 Re8 18. b4 axb3 19. Rxb3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Nc5 21. Rb5 b6 22.
Nd2 Bd7 23. Rxe8 Bxe8 24. Nb3 Rxa3 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Qa8 27. Rb5 Ra1 28.
Rb1 Rxb1 29. Qxb1 Qa5 30. h4 Ne5 31. Bd5 Nd7 32. Kg2 Nf6 33. Bf3 Nh5 34. Bd6
Qa6 35. Qb8 Bc6 36. Bd5 Bxd5+ 37. cxd5 Nf6 38. Be5 Nxd5 39. Bxg7 Ne3+ 40. Kh2
Kxg7 41. Qc7+ Kf6 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kg8 44. Qxd4 Qe6 45. Qd8+ Kf7 46. Qc7+
Qe7 47. Qxe7+ Kxe7 48. Nh3 Kf6 49. Kg1 g5 50. hxg5+ hxg5 51. Kf2 Nd5 52. Ng1
Ke5 53. Nf3+ Kf6 54. Ng1 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. f3 Bf5 5. g4 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nh3 Nbd7 8. Nf4
Bh7 9. g5 hxg5 10. hxg5 Bxc2 11. Rxh8 Bxd1 12. gxf6 Nxf6 13. Kxd1 Qd7 14. Na3
O-O-O 15. Nc2 g5 16. Bh3 g4 17. fxg4 Ne4 18. Ke2 e6 19. Rf1 Ng3+ 20. Kd1 Nxf1
21. Bxf1 Bd6 22. Rh7 Rg8 23. Be2 c5 24. Ne1 d4 25. Ned3 dxe3 26. dxe3 c4 27.
bxc4 Qa4+ 28. Ke1 e5 29. Nd5 Qxc4 30. Nf6 e4 31. Nf2 Qb4+ 32. Kf1 Rd8 33. Bd4
Qb1+ 34. Kg2 Qxa2 35. Bf1 Bb4 36. N6xe4 Be1 37. Rh5 b6 38. Kf3 Kb7 39. Rf5 a5
40. Rf6 Rxd4 41. exd4 a4 42. Bc4 Qa3+ 43. Nd3 Qa1 44. Rxf7+ Kb8 45. Rd7 Qd1+
46. Kf4 Bd2+ 47. Ke5 Qxg4 48. Be6 Qh5+ 49. Bf5 Qh8+ 50. Kd5 Qg8+ 51. Be6 Qc8
52. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 8th"]
[Site "Dubai"]
[Date "2014.06.20"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Andriasian, Zaven"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.06.19"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 160 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.07.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. h4 h6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bg2 d5 8. exd5
Nxd5 9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nde7 12. Rb1 Nf5 13. a3 a5 14. Re1 Rb8 15.
Bf4 Ra8 16. Nb5 Bd7 17. a4 Nb4 18. Ne5 Nd5 19. Bd2 Bxb5 20. axb5 Qc7 21. Nc4 b6
22. c3 Rad8 23. Qf3 Qd7 24. Rbd1 Qxb5 25. h5 g5 26. Bc1 Qa6 27. Qg4 b5 28. Ne5
Qd6 29. f4 gxf4 30. gxf4 Kh8 31. Kh1 Qc7 32. Qh3 Bxe5 33. fxe5 Rg8 34. Bxd5
Rxd5 35. Bf4 b4 36. Rg1 Rdd8 37. Kh2 a4 38. Qf3 Qe7 39. Qh3 Qb7 40. c4 a3 41.
b3 Rxg1 42. Rxg1 Rg8 43. Rxg8+ Kxg8 44. Qg4+ Kh7 45. Qg1 Qf3 0-1

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial m"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.07.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. e4 fxe4 10. Ng5 Qxc4 11. Ngxe4 Nxe4 12. Rxe4 Qf7 13. Rf4 Bf6 14. Nd5 g5
15. Rf3 c6 16. Nc7 Bg4 17. Nxa8 Na6 18. d5 c5 19. Rxf6 Qxf6 20. Qd2 h6 21. f4
gxf4 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Bxf4 Rxa8 24. Re1 Re8 25. Bxd6 Kf7 26. Bf4 h5 27. d6 Nb4
28. Rf1 Ke6 29. Bxb7 Nd3 30. Bc6 Rg8 31. dxe7 Kxe7 32. Be3 h4 33. Be4 c4 34.
Bxa7 hxg3 35. hxg3 Be2 36. Rf5 Rxg3+ 37. Kh2 Rg4 38. Bd5 Rh4+ 39. Kg3 Rg4+ 40.
Kh2 Rh4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial m"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2014.07.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2014.07.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 exd4 5. e5 Ne4 6. Qxd4 Bb4+ 7. Nbd2 Nxd2 8.
Bxd2 Nc6 9. Qf4 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Qe7 11. O-O-O b6 12. Qc3 Qb4 13. Qxb4 Nxb4 14.
a3 Nc6 15. c5 Bb7 16. Bc4 Nd8 17. Bb5 Bc6 18. Bxc6 dxc6 19. Ng5 Ne6 20. Nxe6
fxe6 21. Rd2 Rd8 22. Rhd1 Rd5 23. cxb6 axb6 24. f4 Ke7 25. a4 Rf8 26. g3 Ra8
27. b3 b5 28. axb5 Rxd2 29. Rxd2 cxb5 30. Rc2 Kd7 31. Kb2 h5 32. Rc5 c6 33. Rc2
Kc7 34. Rd2 c5 35. Rd6 Re8 36. Kc3 Re7 37. Ra6 Kb7 38. Rd6 Kc7 39. Ra6 Kb7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial m"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2014.07.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 Qa5+ 6. Nc3 Ne4 7. Qd3 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc5 9. Qd1 Nc6 10. e3 Ne6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxe6 dxe6 13. Bd2 Rd8 14. Qe2
Qb6 15. Rab1 Bd7 16. b4 Rac8 17. c5 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Be1 Rxd1 20. Qxd1 Ne5
21. Qe2 Bc6 22. Rd1 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 b6 24. cxb6 axb6 25. a4 h5 26. e4 Qb7 27. a5
bxa5 28. bxa5 Nc4 29. Rb1 Qa8 30. Na4 Bd4 31. Nb6 Nxb6 32. axb6 Rb8 33. f3 Rxb6
34. Rxb6 Bxb6 35. Bf2 Bxf2 36. Qxf2 e5 37. Qc5 Qa2+ 38. Kg1 Qa1+ 39. Kg2 Qb2+
40. Kh3 Qe2 41. Qxe5 Qf1+ 42. Kh4 Qxf3 43. Qf4 Qxf4+ 44. gxf4 Kg7 45. e5 Kh6
46. Kg3 g5 47. f5 e6 48. fxe6 fxe6 49. Kf3 g4+ 0-1

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial m"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2014.07.21"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.07.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. Nd2 Na6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. e4 Nb4 12. Nb3 Nc6 13. Bf4 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15.
Nb5 Nxe4 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Nxd6 Nxd6 18. Bxd6 Bc6 19. Bf4 Qf6 20. Qd2 Be4 21. Bg3
Qc6 22. Bxe4 Rxe4 23. f3 Re6 24. Rac1 Rae8 25. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 26. Bxe1 d3 27. Qxd3
Bxb2 28. Rb1 Bf6 29. Bf2 b6 30. h3 Rd8 31. Qa3 Qxc4 32. Qxa7 Qc2 33. Qxb6 Qxa2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial m"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D81"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.07.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Qb3 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Be6 $5 ({Üblicher ist} 5...
Bg7 {Nach} 6. e4 O-O 7. Nf3 {würde das Spiel in die Hauptvariante des
Russischen Systems übergehen.}) 6. Qb5+ Bd7 ({In der Stammpartie der Variante
geschah} 6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Rb8 8. Ne5 Bd7 9. Nxd7 Qxd7 10. d5 Nd4 11. Qd3 e5 12.
e3 Nf5 13. e4 Nd6 14. f4 Qe7 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bxa7 Ra8 17. h3 Rxa7 18. hxg4 Bg7
19. Qe3 Ra5 20. f5 Bf6 21. a4 Bh4+ 22. g3 Bg5 23. Qf3 O-O 24. b4 Raa8 25. Ra2
Ne8 26. Rb2 Nf6 27. Be2 c6 28. dxc6 bxc6 29. O-O Rad8 30. Kg2 Rd4 31. b5 cxb5
32. axb5 Rb8 33. fxg6 fxg6 34. b6 Qb7 35. Kh3 Rd6 36. Nd5 Kg7 37. Rc2 Nxd5 38.
exd5 Rxb6 39. Rc6 Rxc6 40. dxc6 Qe7 41. Bc4 Kh6 42. Qh1 Rb2 43. Rf7 Qe8 44. c7
Rc2 45. Qb7 {1-0 (45) Euwe,M-Alekhine,A Netherlands 1935}) 7. Qb3 c5 8. d5 b5
9. Nxb5 (9. e4 c4 10. Qc2 Na6 11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Nc5 14. Be3 Rc8
15. Nd4 b4 16. e5 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Nc6 Bf5 19. Ne4 Rxc6 20. dxc6 Nxe4 21.
Qxc4 Nd2 22. Bxd2 Qxd2 23. a3 a5 24. axb4 axb4 25. Ra7 Bxe5 26. Rxe7 Bxh2+ {
0-1 (26) Dragun,K (2547)-Rodshtein,M (2664) Germany 2013}) 9... Qa5+ (9... Na6
10. Nc3 Rb8 11. Qd1 Qa5 12. f3 Bg7 13. e4 Nc7 14. Kf2 c4 15. g3 O-O 16. Kg2
Nfe8 17. Qd2 Nd6 18. Nh3 f5 19. Nf2 Ncb5 20. Nxb5 Qxb5 21. e5 Bxe5 22. Nd1 f4
23. Nc3 Qb7 24. g4 Bxg4 25. fxg4 f3+ 26. Kh3 Qd7 27. Qg5 Nf7 28. Qh4 h5 {
0-1 (28) Djurhuus,R (2447)-Hansen,E (2587) Reykjavik 2014}) 10. Nc3 Na6 11. f3
$5 ({In einer anderen Partie aus grauer Vorzeit geschah:} 11. e4 Nb4 (11...
Nxe4 $2 12. Bxa6) 12. Bd2 Rb8 13. Qd1 Bg7 14. Bc4 e6 15. a3 Na6 16. e5 Ng4 17.
Ne4 Qb6 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Qa4+ Kf8 20. Qxa6 Nxe5 21. Qxb6 Rxb6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6
23. Nxc5 Nd3+ 24. Kf1 Nxc5 25. Bb4 Bd4 26. Nf3 a5 27. Nxd4 axb4 28. Nxe6+ Nxe6
29. axb4 Ke7 30. h4 Rb8 31. Ra4 Rc8 32. g3 Rc2 33. b3 Rb2 34. Ra3 Nd4 35. Kg2
Nc2 36. Ra7+ Kf6 37. Rc1 Ne3+ 38. Kg1 Ng4 39. Rc3 Ne5 40. b5 Kf5 41. b6 Kg4 42.
Kg2 {1-0 (42) Smyslov,V-Ragozin,V Sverdlovsk 1943}) 11... c4 12. Qd1 e6 13. e4
exd5 14. e5 $2 {Das funktioniert nicht.} (14. Qd4 $5 {mit der komplizierten
Enginevariante} Bg7 15. Bg5 Nh5 16. Qxd5 Bxc3+ 17. bxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Kf2 Nc7 19.
Qd6 Qb2+ 20. Ne2 Qb6+ 21. Qxb6 axb6 22. g4 $16) (14. exd5 Bg7 15. Bxc4) 14...
d4 15. exf6 dxc3 16. bxc3 O-O-O (16... Qxc3+ 17. Bd2 Qxf6 18. Rc1 {wäre
erträglich für Schwarz.}) 17. Bd2 Ba4 ({Noch stärker war erst} 17... Ba3)
18. Qc1 Qe5+ (18... Re8+ 19. Be2 Nc5 20. Kf1 Nd3 $19) 19. Be2 Nc5 20. Kf1 Nd3
21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Ne2 $1 ({Hier hielt} 22. Qe1 {den Schaden in Grenzen:} Qxf6
23. Qe4 Qc6 24. Qxc6+ Bxc6 25. Be1) 22... Bc5 23. Ng3 Rhd8 24. Qe1 Be3 25. Bxe3
Rxe3 0-1

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial m"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2014.07.23"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2014.07.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 Nc5 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Rb1 Qc8 13. g4 h5 14. f3 a6 15. Bg5
b5 16. cxb5 axb5 17. Ndxb5 Bxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxa2 19. Nc3 Ra8 20. Be3 hxg4 21. hxg4
Nfd7 22. g5 Rb8 23. Qc2 Ne5 24. Nd5 Ncd3 25. Rf1 Nb4 26. Nxb4 Rxb4 27. b3 c5
28. Bd2 Rb6 29. b4 cxb4 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxb4 Ra6 32. Rb3 Rc2 33. Bf4 Raa2 34.
Bh3 Nc6 35. Rd3 Bd4+ 36. Kh1 Be5 37. Bxe5 Nxe5 0-1

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial m"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.07.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.
Bf4 Bc6 9. e3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 c6 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. Bg3 e6 13. O-O Qe7 14. Qb3 Nb6
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. fxe4 f5 17. a4 fxe4 18. a5 Nd5 19. a6 b6 20. Qc2 c5 21. dxc5
bxc5 22. Bc4 Nb6 23. Qxe4 Nxc4 24. Qxc4 Rf5 25. Ra5 Raf8 26. Rb5 Be5 27. Rb7
Qd6 28. Qe2 Bxg3 29. hxg3 R5f7 30. Rd1 Qc6 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Qc4 Qf3 33. Rd2
Qf5 34. e4 Qg5 35. Rd6 Qf6 36. Qxc5 Qxb2 37. Rxe6 Qb1+ 38. Kg2 Qb3 39. Re8+ Kg7
40. Re7 Qf3+ 41. Kg1 Kh6 42. Rxf7 Qxf7 43. e5 Qd7 44. Qd6 Qb5 45. e6 Qb1+ 46.
Kh2 Qf5 47. Qd2+ Kg7 48. Qd4+ Kf8 49. e7+ Kxe7 50. Qxa7+ Kd6 51. Qb6+ Kd7 52.
Qb7+ Kd6 53. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial m"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2014.07.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.07.20"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 161 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. c3 cxd4 6. cxd4 d5 7. e3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. Rc1 h6 10. Bh4 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 g5 13. Bg3 Nb4 14. Bb1 Ne4
15. a3 Nc6 16. Bd3 Bf5 17. Ke2 Rfc8 18. Nc5 b6 19. Nb3 a5 20. Bb5 Bd7 21. a4
Kf8 22. Nfd2 Nxg3+ 23. hxg3 e6 24. f4 g4 25. Rc3 Ke7 26. Rhc1 Na7 27. Bxd7 Kxd7
28. Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.02"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Samhouri, Bilal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2256"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Jordan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "JOR"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 d5 8.
exd5 exd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Re1 h6 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14.
Bxe7 Nxe7 15. Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Rxe7 Bf5 17. c4 Rdc8 18. Re5 g6 19. b4 Rab8 20. a3
Kf8 21. Rd1 Be6 22. Rc5 a5 23. bxa5 Rb3 24. a4 Rb4 25. Rxc6 Rxc4 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8
27. Bf1 Rc7 28. a6 Ke7 29. Rb1 Kd6 30. Rb6+ Kc5 31. Rb8 Be6 32. Rb7 Kc6 33.
Bg2+ 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2487"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Macedonia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "MKD"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. f4 Nfd7 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nce2 O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 13. c3 Re8 14. Qd2 Bf8 15.
Rad1 Rb8 16. Ng3 Qa5 17. Nf3 b5 18. b3 d5 19. exd5 exd5 20. Nd4 Nxd4 21. Bxd4
b4 22. g5 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qb6+ 24. Bd4 Nc5 25. Rc1 Qb5 26. gxh6 g6 27. f5 Ne4 28.
fxg6 fxg6 29. Rc7 Bd7 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Qg5 1-0

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.05"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2668"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 d4 5. b4 Bg7 6. d3 O-O 7. Bb2 e5 8. Nxe5
Qd6 9. Nf3 Qxb4+ 10. Qd2 Qxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 c5 12. Nb3 Na6 13. Ba3 Nd7 14. Ng5 Rb8
15. Ne4 b6 16. Nd6 Nc7 17. Nxc8 Rfxc8 18. O-O Re8 19. Rfe1 Bh6 20. Rab1 Rbd8
21. Kf1 Ne5 22. Na1 Re6 23. Nc2 Nc6 24. Bb2 Na6 25. a3 Nc7 26. Rbd1 Na5 27. e3
dxe3 28. Nxe3 Bg7 29. Bc1 Nb3 30. Nd5 Nxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxe1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.06"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. bxc4 bxc4 8. Bxc4
Nf6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. Qe2 O-O 13. Bb2 c5 14. Bxa6 Bxa6
15. Qxa6 Ra8 16. Qc4 Nb6 17. Qc2 Nxa4 18. Ba1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc8 20. Nc4 Nd5 21.
Rfc1 Nac3 22. Bxc3 Qxc4 23. Bd4 Qxc2 24. Rxc2 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. g3 f6 27.
e4 Nb4 28. Be3 Kf7 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.08"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Dzhumaev, Marat"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B93"]
[WhiteElo "2510"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Uzbekistan"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UZB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 g6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O Nc6 10. Qe1 Bg4 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Kh1 b5 13. f5 Bd7 14. a4 Nd4 15. e5
dxe5 16. Qxe5 Nc6 17. Qe1 Nd4 18. Nde4 Bxf5 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Nxf5 Nxf5 21. Bxf5
gxf5 22. Rxf5 Rc8 23. Bd2 Qc7 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rxb5 h5 26. Be3 Ng4 27. Bg1
Bxc3 28. bxc3 Rh6 29. Ra7 Qd8 30. Qh4 f6 31. h3 Ne5 32. Qf4 Nf7 33. Rbb7 Qd6
34. Qxd6 Nxd6 35. Rxe7 Nf5 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Bd4 Nxd4 38. cxd4 Rxc2 39. Rg7+ Kh8
40. Kh2 Rd2 41. Rgd7 Rg6 42. Ra8+ Rg8 43. Rxg8+ Kxg8 44. Kg3 Kf8 45. Kf3 Ke8
46. Rd5 Ke7 47. Ke4 Re2+ 48. Kd3 Rxg2 49. Rxh5 Ke6 50. Rh8 Rh2 51. Ke3 f5 52.
Rh6+ Kd5 53. Rh4 Rh1 54. Kf2 Rd1 55. Ke3 Re1+ 56. Kf3 Rf1+ 57. Kg3 Rd1 58. Rh8
Ke6 59. Rh6+ Kd5 60. Kf4 Rf1+ 61. Ke3 Re1+ 62. Kf4 Rf1+ 63. Kg5 Kxd4 64. Re6 f4
65. Kg4 f3 66. Kg3 f2 67. Re2 Kd3 68. Kf3 Rh1 69. Re3+ Kd4 70. Kxf2 Rh2+ 71.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.09"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Laznicka, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[Annotator "Laznicka,V"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Czech Republic"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CZE"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. Nbd2 (6. O-O {is
considered to be best.}) 6... c5 7. dxc5 Nec6 8. Nb3 Nd7 {My opponent started
to think from this moment, it is not easy to figure out what he was surprised
with.} 9. O-O Bg4 {Black has to be careful.} (9... Ndxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. g4
Be4 12. f3 Bg6 13. f4 $16) (9... Nxc5 10. Nfd4 Bg6 11. Be3 $14) (9... Bxc5 10.
Nxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 $14) 10. Nfd4 (10. Bf4 Bxc5 {would be a difference, since
the bishop is better placed on g4 than on f5.}) (10. Be3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Ndxe5
12. Be2 Be7 13. c3 Nd7 $11) 10... Bxe2 11. Qxe2 Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxc5 13. Be3 (13.
c3 O-O $11) 13... O-O 14. f4 {The position is about equal, however it is
important to opt for a good plan and to prevent White from activity on the
kingside. First rooks and queen have to be switched to the game.} Qc7 {Also
aims at the e5-pawn.} 15. Rac1 {Black does not have to be afraid of c4, that
is why Rae1 should have been preferred.} (15. Rae1 Rac8 16. c3 a6 17. Rf3 Rfe8
18. Rh3 g6 $11) 15... Rac8 16. b3 {This is a committal move, it weakens the
queenside. Rae1 should again have been prefered.} a6 17. c3 {It is admitting a
mistake has been made. Black has improved his position, meanwhile White has
only weakened his position.} (17. c4 Nb6 $15) 17... Rfe8 {Prepares ...f6.} 18.
Bf2 b5 ({Attenttion could be paid to} 18... f6 19. Rfe1 fxe5 20. fxe5 b5 $15)
19. Kh1 g6 20. h4 Bf8 (20... f6 21. Rfe1 fxe5 22. fxe5 Bb6 23. Nf3 Bxf2 24.
Qxf2 Rf8 25. Qe3 Rf5 $15 {would be more forceable.}) 21. Nf3 (21. b4 Nb6 $15) (
21. h5 Nc5 22. Bh4 Ne4 23. hxg6 hxg6 24. Qe3 Qa5 $17) 21... Nc5 22. Bd4 $2 (22.
h5 Ne4 $15) (22. Nd2 h5 $14) 22... Ne4 23. Kh2 Qa5 {Black has slowly got an
initiative. White`s activity has evaporated and now his weaknesses start to
tell.} 24. c4 (24. b4 Qa3 $17) 24... bxc4 25. bxc4 Ba3 26. Rc2 Qa4 {Black has
a huge advantage, nevertheless time pressure is coming, so the result is not
still determined.} 27. Qd3 Rc7 $2 {This move could have cost the win.} (27...
Rxc4 {could be the most decisive} 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Qxc4 dxc4 30. Re1 Nc5 $17
31. Bxc5 Bxc5 32. Rc1 Rc8 $17) (27... Rc6 28. Rb1 Rec8 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3
dxc4 31. Ra1 Bb4 32. bxc4 a5 33. Rac1 $17) 28. Rb1 Rec8 29. Qb3 Qxb3 30. axb3
dxc4 31. Ra1 {There is no better option.} (31. Re1 cxb3 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Rxe4
Bc1 $17) 31... Bb4 (31... Bf8 32. bxc4 Rxc4 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxa6 Nd2 35. Bf2
Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Bh6 37. Ra8+ Kg7 38. Bg3 Bxf4 39. Bxf4 Rxf4 40. Kg3 Rd4 $11) 32.
bxc4 Rxc4 (32... a5 33. Rac1 h5 34. Bb6 Rc6 35. Bd4 {is better for Black,
however it is not easy to break through.}) 33. Rxc4 Rxc4 34. Rxa6 $2 (34. Bb6
Nc5 35. Bxc5 Bxc5 36. g3 (36. Rxa6 Rxf4 37. Ra5 Be3 38. Kg3 Re4 $17) 36... Rc3
37. Kg2 Ra3 38. Rc1 {with good chances to make a draw.}) 34... Nd2 35. Ra8+ Kg7
36. Bf2 (36. Rd8 Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Be7 38. Rd7 Bxh4 $17) 36... Rxf4 $2 (36...
Nxf3+ 37. gxf3 Bd2 38. Bg3 h6 39. Ra3 Bxf4 40. Bxf4 Rxf4 41. Kg3 g5 42. hxg5
hxg5 43. Ra2 Kf8 44. Rb2 Rf5 45. Re2 Ke7 46. Re1 Kd7 $17) 37. Kg3 {The series
of mistakes continues.} (37. Ra4 h5 38. Ng5 Rxf2 39. Rxb4 Rf1 40. Kg3 Rf5 41.
Rb7 Kf8 42. Nh7+ $11) 37... Rf5 (37... Rc4 38. Kh3 Ne4 39. Be3 Bc3 40. Ra2 h6
41. Rc2 $15) 38. Be3 $4 ({He still had very good drawing chances after Ra4.
Even a pawn up in the endgame is not a guarantee of a win.} 38. Ra4 Ne4+ 39.
Kh2 Nxf2 40. Rxb4 Nd3 41. Re4 Rf4 42. Rxf4 Nxf4 43. g4 Nd3 44. g5 Kf8 45. Kg2
Ke7 46. Kf1 Kd7 47. Ke2 Nf4+ 48. Ke3 Nh5 49. Nh2) 38... Nxf3 39. gxf3 Be1+ 40.
Kg2 Bxh4 41. Bc5 h5 0-1

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.11"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Elsness, Frode"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Norway II"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Be2 Nf6 12. O-O Bd7 13. Rab1 cxd4 14. cxd4
Rac8 15. Qb3 Rc3 16. Qxb7 Rxe3 17. Nc4 Qxa2 18. Rb2 Rxe2 19. Rxa2 Rxa2 20. e5
Bc8 21. Qb3 Ra6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. d5 Rd8 24. Qb8 e6 25. d6 Rc6 26. Qb5 Bd7 27.
Qb4 e5 28. Ne3 Be6 29. Rd1 Kg7 30. h4 h5 31. g3 a5 32. Qxa5 Rdxd6 33. Rxd6 Rxd6
34. Qb4 Rd4 35. Qb5 Kh7 36. Qe8 Bg7 37. Qe7 Bh6 38. Qc5 Bg7 39. Qe7 Rd7 40. Qc5
Rd8 41. Qe7 Rc8 42. Kg2 Rc3 43. Qb4 Rb3 44. Qe7 Rd3 45. Kf1 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Olympiad-41"]
[Site "Tromsoe"]
[Date "2014.08.12"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Markus, Robert"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2602"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.08.02"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 162"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.09.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Serbia"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d5 5. O-O Ne7 6. Nbd2 Nbc6 7. e4 O-O 8.
exd5 Nxd5 9. Re1 Re8 10. c3 h6 11. a4 a5 12. Nc4 Bf5 13. h3 Nb6 14. Nxb6 cxb6
15. Bf1 Be6 16. Nd2 Qc7 17. Nc4 Ne7 18. Qb3 Nd5 19. Qb5 Rad8 20. Bg2 Bd7 21.
Qb3 Be6 22. Qb5 Re7 23. h4 Kh7 24. Re2 f5 25. Bd2 e4 26. h5 gxh5 27. dxe4 fxe4
28. Rxe4 Bf7 29. Ne3 Nf4 30. Rxe7 Qxe7 31. Nf5 Ne2+ 32. Kh2 Qe6 33. Nxg7 Kxg7
34. Be3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Mons, Leon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Salzburg"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AUT"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. Bd2 h5 12. a4 b6 13. f4 Ngf6 14. Rae1 Bb7 15. h3
h4 16. e5 dxe5 17. fxe5 Nh5 18. Qf2 O-O 19. Bh6 Ng3 20. Bxf8 Rxf8 21. Qf4 Nxf1
22. Bxf1 Bf6 23. Ne4 Bxe5 24. Nf6+ Kg7 25. Nh5+ gxh5 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Bd3 f5
28. Qh6+ Kg8 29. Qxe6+ Kg7 30. Bxf5 Bh2+ 31. Kh1 Nf6 32. Nd4 Bd5 33. Qe7+ Rf7
34. Ne6+ Bxe6 35. Qxe6 Bg3 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Padova"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ITA"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Qa4 Rc8 12. Rac1 a6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Be5 e6 15.
Nxd5 Rxc1 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxc1 Bxe5 18. Bxb7 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxa6
Bxb2 21. Rc8 Rxc8 22. Bxc8 Kg7 23. e3 h5 24. Kg2 Kf6 25. Bd7 Kg7 26. Ba4 Kf6
27. Kf3 Ke7 28. Bb3 Bc3 29. Ke2 Ba5 30. Kd3 Be1 31. Ke2 Ba5 32. Kd3 Be1 33. Ke2
Ba5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.17"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Malachite Sverdlovsk Region"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 g6 13. Ba2 Bg7 14. b4 a5 15. d5
Ne7 16. Bb2 c6 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. c4 axb4 19. axb4 h6 20. Qc2 Qc8 21. c5 dxc5
22. Qxc5 Nd7 23. Qc2 Qb8 24. Nb3 Nb6 25. Na5 Bd7 26. Re3 Rc8 27. Qd2 Be8 28.
Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Qxc1 Qd6 30. Bc3 Nc6 31. Nxc6 Bxc6 32. Bb3 Bd7 33. Qb1 Be6 34.
Rd3 Qe7 35. Bxe6 Qxe6 36. Qd1 Nc4 37. Rd5 Qe8 38. Qd3 Rc8 39. Be1 Qc6 40. Rc5
Qe8 41. Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.18"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tregubov, Pavel V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Na6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. Nd4 Bg6 10. e4 O-O 11. Re1 Bc5 12. Be3 Re8 13. f3 Nd7 14. Nc2 Bxe3+ 15.
Rxe3 Qb6 16. Na4 Qa5 17. Nc3 Nb4 18. Re2 Ne5 19. Nxb4 Qxb4 20. d4 Nc4 21. a3
Qa5 22. Qb3 b5 23. exd5 Rxe2 24. Nxe2 Qd2 25. Bf1 cxd5 26. Qc3 Qxb2 27. Qxb2
Nxb2 28. Nf4 a6 29. Nxd5 Rd8 30. Nb4 Rd6 31. Rc1 h5 32. d5 a5 33. Nc6 Bd3 34.
Bxd3 Nxd3 35. Rc3 Nb2 36. Rc5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.19"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Roiz, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ISR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bc8 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 30th"]
[Site "Bilbao"]
[Date "2014.09.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2014.09.14"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "SOCAR"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. h3 Qe7 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. Nb3 Bd6 15.
Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Qe2 Nb8 19. Bc4 Nh5 20. Na5 Bc8 21. Bd5 Nf4
22. Bxf4 gxf4 23. Qc4 Kh7 24. Kf1 Bc5 25. Red1 Bb6 26. Nc6 Nxc6 27. Bxc6 a5 28.
c3 bxc3 29. Qxc3 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Bd5 f6 33. b4 axb4 34.
Qxb4 Qd6 35. Qxd6 cxd6 36. Nh4 h5 37. Bc6 Kh6 38. Ke2 Kg5 39. Nf3+ Kh6 40. Nd2
f5 41. exf5 Bxf5 42. Ne4 Bxe4 43. Bxe4 h4 44. f3 Kg5 45. Kd3 Kf6 46. Kc4 Ke7
47. Kb5 Bf2 48. Kc6 Be1 49. Bf5 Bd2 50. Kb6 d5 51. a5 Kd6 52. a6 Be3+ 53. Kb7
Bf2 54. Bc2 Bg1 55. a7 Bxa7 56. Kxa7 Kc5 57. Kb7 Kd4 58. Kc6 e4 59. Bd1 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 {Only this way can Black take
advantage of the bishop's retreat directly to c2.} ({If he keeps regrouping,
White could get the usual Ruy Lopez structure with advantage in the centre.} 
12... g6 13. a4 Rb8 14. d4 Bg7 15. axb5 axb5 16. h3 Bd7 17. Be3 $14 {The
bishop on c2 is very useful now, it is keeping the e4-pawn safely defended,
Ponomariov,R (2727)-Tomashevsky,E (2736) Sochi 2012 (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 13. Qe2 Be6
14. h3 d4 15. cxd4 $146 {White decides to delay the natural exchange of the
already passive bishop with Bc2-b3, but this will not offer him anything
special.} (15. Bb3 Qd7 16. Bxe6 Rxe6 17. cxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qd7
20. Rac1 Rd8 $13 {Horvath,A (2530)-Almasi,Z (2707) Bastia 2013 (1/2-1/2, 126)})
15... Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Qxd4 17. Qf3 Nd7 18. Ne2 Qc5 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. a3 g6 21. Be3
Qe7 22. b4 c5 23. Reb1 Rc8 24. Bd2 Red8 25. Bb3 Bxb3 26. Rxb3 Qe6 27. Rbb1 Kg7
28. Nd5 Nb6 29. Nxb6 Qxb6 30. Be3 Qe6 31. bxc5 Bxc5 32. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. g4 Be6 8. h3
Nd7 9. Qb3 $146 {A new move in this classic line, to which Black replies in an
even more unusual manner.} (9. Bd3 {or}) (9. Nf3 {are common continuations.})
9... b5 $6 {It is not so easy for White to make use of the weakness of Black's
c6-pawn but still, it can be a long-term defect of Black's position.} (9... Qb6
{looks logical but after} 10. Qc2 {Black's queen is a bit misplaced.}) (9...
Nb6 $5 {is interesting, and if} 10. Nf3 {then} g5 {[%cal Yh7h5]}) 10. Nf3 h6 (
10... g5 $5 {[%cal Yh7h5] deserves attention here, too.}) 11. Bd3 Ngf6 12. Qc2
Rc8 13. O-O b4 14. Ne2 {Since Black is obviously preparing ...c6-c5
transforming into a position with the isolated central pawn, it was also
interesting to play} (14. Na4 {, forcing more exchanges on c5 (or even playing
Na4-c5, if possible). An interesting line:} Qa5 15. a3 $1 bxa3 16. Nc5 $1 Bxc5
(16... Nxc5 17. Rxa3 Qb4 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rc3 Qb6 20. Nd4 $16 c5 21. Nxe6 fxe6
22. Rb3 Qd8 23. Bg6+ $40) 17. dxc5 Nxc5 18. Rxa3 $44 {^^|^}) 14... c5 (14...
Qb6 15. Ng3 $36 {[%cal Yg3f5]}) 15. dxc5 (15. Ba6 {was more ambitious, keeping
pressure after} Rc6 (15... c4 16. Bxc8 Qxc8 17. Ng3 {is hardly enough for
equality, either, although it is not easy for White to convert his material
advantage}) 16. Qa4 Rb6 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Rac1 O-O 19. Nfd4) 15... Nxc5 16.
Ned4 O-O 17. Rac1 Bd6 {A strange idea: Black is ready to voluntarily exchange
his bishop protecting the dark squares.} (17... Nfe4 $142 18. Ne5 Qb6 $14 {
M.Notkin.}) 18. Ne5 {[%cal Re5c6]} (18. Bxd6 Qxd6 19. Nf5 {was also possible.})
18... Nxd3 (18... Nce4 19. Nec6 Qd7 20. Ba6 $16) 19. Qxd3 Qb6 20. Qb5 $1 {
[%mdl 32] Correct! Fighting against the isolani, it is desirable to simplify
the game.} Bc5 21. Qxb6 axb6 (21... Bxb6 22. Nec6) 22. Nd3 {Black's bishop
can't avoid an exchange, and White can prepare the most appropriate moment to
capture it.} Nd7 (22... Bxd4 23. exd4 Rc4 24. Be5 {is in White's favour as the
b4-pawn will soon fall.}) 23. b3 Rfe8 24. Nb5 h5 25. f3 hxg4 26. hxg4 Red8 27.
Kg2 f6 28. Rfd1 Bf7 29. Nxc5 {White picks quite a good moment for this capture.
} Rxc5 {After this move Black remains in a dull position with a lot of
weaknesses.} (29... bxc5 {was possible:} {Instead, White can win a pawn:} 30.
Nc7 $5 (30. Nd6 Ra8 31. Nxf7 Kxf7 32. Rxd5 Rxa2+ 33. Kg3 Ra7 34. e4 (34. Rcd1
g5 $1) 34... Rc8 {Black gets rid of the pin and has good drawing chances})
30... c4 31. Na6 Nc5 32. Nxb4 cxb3 33. axb3 Nxb3 34. Rxc8 Rxc8 35. Nxd5 {
It may be insufficient for a victory but White can torture his opponent for a
long time.}) 30. Nd4 Ra8 (30... Rdc8 $142 31. Ra1 Ne5 {M.Notkin.}) 31. Bd6 $1 {
White sacrifices his a2-pawn but his rook can now invade Black's position
along the c- or a-file.} Rxa2+ 32. Kg3 Rb2 {Black is ready to sacrifice an
exchange on c5 but his move, ceding the a-file, is not a good version.} (32...
Rxc1 33. Rxc1 {[%cal Rc1c8]} Ra8 34. Bxb4 $16) ({In the event of} 32... Ra3 {
White needn't hurry:} 33. Rb1 $1 {, threatening Bxc5 bxc5 Nb5 and then Nd6 or
Nc7.}) (32... Ra8 $5 {was probably a better option.}) 33. Ra1 $1 Rc8 $2 {
[%mdl 8192] This allows White to trap Black's b2-rook.} (33... Ra5 $8 34. Bxb4
Raa2 $8 {but White should win in any case after} 35. Rxa2 Rxa2 36. Rc1 Ne5 37.
Rc8+ Kh7 38. Rc7 Kg8 39. Rb7) 34. Bxb4 {[%cal Rb4a3]} Nc5 35. Ba3 Rxb3 36. Bxc5
1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A32"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 {This used to be a main
branch of my repertoire. I mainly aimed to get a hedgehog type of position,
but as we will see Black can think differently.} 6. a3 {Hoping to reach a
Paulsen Hedgehog with e2-e4.} (6. e4 {would transpose to the Paulsen
immediately, but White needs to be prepared against} Bb4 {Hansen,E (2593)
-Smirin,I (2656) Tromso ol (Men) 41st 2014 (6.2) 1-0 See for instance the
extensive notes to the recent}) (6. g3 {is an important alternative, but it
seems to offer White very little after} Qc7 7. Bg2 ({There are no recent
examples with} 7. Qd3 Nc6 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. e4 b6 10. Bg2 Bb7 {meaning that the
old assessment of the position as comfortable for Black has not been shaken -
yet.}) 7... Qxc4 {Black can bravely take the pawn. The most notable example is
that of a former World Champion:} 8. Be3 Qc7 9. Rc1 Nc6 10. O-O Be7 11. Na4 O-O
12. Nb6 Rb8 13. Qa4 Re8 14. Rc3 Bf8 15. Rd1 h6 16. a3 Qxb6 17. Nxc6 Qxb2 18.
Rc2 bxc6 19. Rxb2 Rxb2 {Papaioannou,I (2606)-Kramnik,V (2797) Istanbul 2012 (1/
2-1/2, 30)}) 6... d5 $5 {A relatively rare move.} ({Most games transpose to a
Paulsen without ...Bb4 after} 6... Qc7 7. e4 {The modest move a2-a3 will prove
useful later when White will play b2-b4, without fearing that ...d6-d5 would
leave the b4-pawn hanging. The move played in the game is similar to the by
far more popular 5...d5 (one move earlier). As we will see, the insertion of
the moves ...a7-a6 and a2-a3 allows Black to become ambitious in the centre.})
7. cxd5 {This is the standard reaction.} (7. Bf4 Be7 (7... dxc4 {may be more
challenging.} 8. e3 Nbd7 {[%cal Ge6e5,Gb7b5]} 9. Qa4 Bc5 $132) 8. e3 O-O 9. Rc1
Nbd7 10. Bg3 Nb6 11. cxd5 Nbxd5 12. Bd3 Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Nd5 14. Rc2 {White's
position is a bit more pleasant, Stojanovic,M (2584)-Barlov,D (2471)
Kragujevac 2009 (1/2-1/2, 30)}) 7... Nxd5 8. Bd2 {This is an approved move in
the 5...d5 line. White hopes for an exchange on c3, activating his bishop.} e5
$5 $146 {It is here that we can notice the differences induced by the moves ...
a7-a6 and a2-a3. In the 5...d5 line, 7...e5 would allow 8.Ndb5 with pressure
on the weakened d5-square.} (8... Be7 {looks a bit passsive, but should be
playable.} 9. e3 e5 $6 {After the insertion of 8...Be7 and 9.e3, this pawn
advance is less convincing.} (9... O-O $5 {looks safer.}) 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Qc2
$1 exd4 (11... O-O 12. Nf3 $36 {[%cal Gf1c4]}) ({The drawback of having
developed the bishop before playing ...e6-e5 is felt after} 11... Nd7 12. Nf5
$36) 12. Qxc8+ Bd8 13. Qc4 Qxc4 14. Bxc4 dxe3 15. Bxe3 Bf6 16. O-O-O $14 {
With a pleasant ending for White due to his active bishop pair, Dizdarevic,E 
(2509)-Berebora,F (2397) Sibenik 2005 (1-0, 66)}) (8... Nf6 {is a good solid
move:} 9. Bg5 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh4 Nd5 (12... b5 $11 {looks
simpler}) 13. Bxe7 Nxe7 14. Qh5 Nbc6 15. Nxc6 Nxc6 16. Rd1 {With just slightly
more pleasant play for White, Borgo,G (2420)-Caruana,F (2474) Cremona 2006 
(0-1, 33)}) (8... Bc5 {is active, but demands accuracy in the next phase.} 9.
Nb3 Ba7 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 {This is a bit too provocative - the queen is exposed in
the centre.} (10... exd5 $5 11. Bc3 O-O 12. e3 Nc6 13. Nd4 Qg5 14. Nf3 Qd8 {
[%csl Gd5]} 15. Be2 Bf5 16. O-O Be4 $132) 11. Bc3 Qf5 (11... Qxd1+ 12. Rxd1 f6
13. g3 Nc6 14. Bg2 Bd7 15. Na5 $14) 12. Nd4 (12. e3 {[%cal Gf1d3]} Qg6 13. Na5
O-O 14. Qf3 $16) 12... Qg6 13. h4 (13. e3 $5 $14) 13... e5 14. Nf3 Nc6 15. h5
Qf6 16. e3 $13 {Holm,S (2375)-Sznapik,A (2425) Oslo 1983 (1-0, 37)}) 9. Nf3 {
[%csl Ge5]} ({With the black bishop on f8,} 9. Nxd5 Qxd5 10. Qc2 Nd7 {is fine
for Black, for if} 11. Nf5 Nf6) 9... Nxc3 {This will prove enough for
equalising even though it may seem to be a slight concession.} ({Maintaining
the tension with} 9... Nc6 {was entirely possible, too:} 10. e4 Nf6 11. Bc4 Bc5
{White has an extra tempo (Bc1-d2) and the right to move in a symmetrical
position. But the bishop is not too effective on d2, so the position is close
to complete equality.}) 10. Bxc3 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 f6 $1 {The key to the exchange
on c3. The black central pawn chain restricts the enemy bishop and knight,
neutralising White's initiative. The only thing left for White is playing for
the light squares.} (11... e4 $2 12. Nd2 {offers White too much play.} f5 (
12... e3 13. fxe3 b5 14. g3 Bb7 15. Rg1 Nd7 16. Bh3) 13. g4 e3 14. fxe3 fxg4
15. Nc4 Nc6 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. Nxc8 Rxc8 18. h3 gxh3 19. Bxh3 Rd8 20. Bf5 Rxd1+
21. Kxd1 h6 22. Kc2 $16 {[%csl Rb7,Gc3,Gf5,Rg7]}) 12. e3 Be6 13. Nd2 Nc6 14.
Bc4 Kf7 $1 {In this case it surely is better to keep the tension.} ({If} 14...
Bxc4 15. Nxc4 Rd8 16. Ke2 Be7 17. g4 {White has some chances for a more
pleasant ending, since} h5 {can be met with} 18. g5 {due to the hanging
e5-pawn. In the game, the king will reach e6 soon, avoiding this possibility.})
15. Ke2 Rd8 {[%cal Gd8d2] Forcing White to release the tension himself and
activate the black king.} 16. Bxe6+ Kxe6 17. Nc4 Be7 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 (19.
g4 h5 $5 {[%csl Ge5]}) 19... f5 {With his king active, Black even starts
displaying some ambition.} 20. f3 h5 21. h3 g6 {The safest way of arranging
the pawns.} (21... g5 22. g4 {would create a potential weakness on g5, which
could prove important in an ending with bishops of the same colour.}) 22. Na5
Nxa5 23. Bxa5 Rd5 {I guess that by now both players were aware of the fact
that they were just marking time until move 30 in order to be allowed to offer
a draw.} 24. Be1 Rc5 25. Rxc5 Bxc5 26. Kd3 Kd5 27. e4+ fxe4+ 28. fxe4+ Kc6 29.
Bc3 Bd6 30. a4 b5 31. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 {Kasimdzhanov has already played many
games in this line.} dxc6 5. O-O Qd6 6. Na3 b5 7. d3 {A rare move, but
Kasimdzhanov is a big expert in this opening, so that he surely had some idea
behind his move.} (7. c3 {is the main line, followed by Nc2 and a4.}) 7... Ne7
8. Nb1 {Suddenly the N is going back. White is happy about b5, so he prepares
for a4.} c5 {Svidler prepares for Nc6, where the N is active in this type of
position.} (8... Ng6 $5 {was an interesting alternative,} 9. a4 Be7 10. Nc3 Rb8
11. Be3 O-O {with a balanced middlegame.}) 9. a4 $1 Rb8 10. axb5 axb5 11. Nc3
$1 $146 {A logical novelty by Kasimdzhanov. The N goes toward the d5-square.} (
11. Be3 Nc6 12. Nbd2 Be7 13. Nb3 Nd4 14. Nfd2 O-O 15. f4 Nxb3 16. Nxb3 c4 $132
{and Black is fine, Ligterink-Zuidema, Nederland 1976.}) 11... Nc6 12. Nd5 {
Suddenly this N has arrived in the centre. 3 moves before it was only on a3,
but now it has a great base on d5.} Be7 $6 {Svidler simply continues his
development and he prepares for 0-0. On the other hand this is a little bit
passive, so White can achieve the following break in the centre.} (12... Be6 {
was also possible,} 13. Ra6 Qd7 ({The greedy} 13... Bxd5 $2 {does not work, as}
14. exd5 Qxd5 15. c4 $1 bxc4 16. Qa4 $1 Rb6 17. Rxb6 cxb6 18. Nxe5 $18 {
and White wins.}) 14. Rxc6 $5 {A very ambitious exchange sacrifice!} ({The
natural} 14. c3 $5 {was another option.}) 14... Qxc6 15. Nxe5 Qb7 16. Qh5 Bd6
17. Qg5 {and White has some initiative for the exchange.}) ({The engine
suggests} 12... Qd8 $5 {, but this is not a human move.} 13. c3 Bd6 14. Be3 O-O
{and Black hasn't got any problem.}) 13. c3 $1 {The right move. White prepares
for d4.} O-O 14. d4 {Now Black is facing a difficult decision.} Bd8 (14... exd4
{could have been met by} 15. cxd4 ({or even} 15. Bf4 $5) 15... cxd4 16. Bf4 Qd7
17. Nxd4 $16 {and White has a great initiative.}) ({Probably the toughest was} 
14... cxd4 15. cxd4 f6 {Black tries to hold his centre and he doesn't allow
Bf4. Nevertheless} 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. Be3 $36 {followed by Rc1. Black's
position is not easy.}) 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Nxe5 Qxe5 17. Bf4 {White's pieces
are very active, now he wins a P.} Qe6 (17... Qxe4 $2 {loses to} 18. Re1 Qf5
19. Bxc7 $18) 18. Nxc7 Bxc7 19. Bxc7 Rb7 20. Qd6 Qxe4 21. Rfe1 Qg6 22. Qxc5 {
White is a P up, but thanks to the opposite coloured Bs Black has some drawimg
chances.} h6 23. Ra8 {Threatening with Qxf8!} Qf5 {The only move.} 24. Bd6 Qxc5
25. Bxc5 Rd8 26. h3 Kh7 27. Kh2 Rg8 {Black prepares for Be6, now the R is
protected.} 28. b4 (28. g4 Be6 29. Rxg8 Kxg8 30. Kg3 Rd7 {is similar to the
text move.}) 28... Be6 29. Ra6 Rbb8 30. Re5 Ra8 31. Ra5 Bc4 {A nice square for
the bishop, White can't create a passed P.} 32. Bd4 Rge8 33. Rxa8 Rxa8 34. g4
Ra2 35. h4 Rd2 36. Kg3 {White tries to go on the kingside as much as possible.
However Black's rook is active and he has some counterplay with his unpleasant
checks.} f6 37. Rc5 Be2 38. h5 (38. g5 Rd3+ 39. Kf4 hxg5+ 40. hxg5 Kg6 41. gxf6
gxf6 42. Rc6 Rf3+ 43. Ke4 Kg5 {and Black can hold.}) 38... Rd3+ 39. Kf4 Rf3+
40. Ke4 Rh3 41. Rc7 Kg8 42. Kf5 Rf3+ 43. Ke4 Rh3 44. Kf5 Rf3+ 45. Ke4 {Nice
defence by Svidler!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 ({As far as I understand, this move order
aims to avoid the variation} 4. exd5 Qxd5) 4... cxd4 {The French Defence
allows a wide range of interpretations. Personally, I play this opening for
the sake of getting an Isolani or a blocked centre, while the positions
without pawns in the centre are a bit boring to my taste.} ({Therefore, I
would choose either Korchnoi's and Uhlmann's old favourite} 4... Nc6 5. exd5
exd5) ({Or} 4... Nf6 {giving White a choice:} 5. exd5 ({Or else} 5. e5 Nfd7 6.
c3 Nc6) 5... exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7) 5. Nxd4 ({Once again avoiding} 5. exd5 Qxd5)
5... Nf6 6. exd5 ({This time it was White's choice whether to open the centre
or block it. Here is a recent example with} 6. e5 Nfd7 7. N2f3 Nc6 8. Bf4 Qb6
9. Rb1 h6 10. h4 g6 11. c3 Bg7 12. Bb5 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 a6 14. Bxd7+ Bxd7 15. O-O
O-O-O $5 16. Re1 Kb8 $13 {Kobalia,M (2655)-Zatonskih,A (2471) Germany 2014 
(1-0, 41)}) 6... Qxd5 {Black has developed his queen to d5 anyway, but along
the way he has activated the white king's knight. There is little or no
strategic plot at all in this kind of position. Play is rather concrete and
White's main hope lies in obtaining some initiative or advance in development.
But in the event of simplifications, Black would be doing great.} 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nc3 Qd8 {Reminiscent of Black's queen retreat in the 3...Qd8 Scandinavian, as,
for instance, in Caruana-Carlsen, Tromso (ol) 2014.} 9. a3 Be7 10. Qf3 {
Both players are eager to develop the queens as soon as possible. Strictly
speaking, Black succeded in doing it first, but after the retreat to d8 he
actually conceded this moral victory to his opponent. The last move has two
possible purposes: slowing down Black's queenside development (...b7-b6 or ...
Bc8-d7) or else starting a kingside attack with Qh3/g3. White's intentions
regarding his d2-knight are clouded as yet clouded in mystery. It could move
to the left to put pressure on the black queenside or to the right, to sustain
the attacking operation.} (10. Bc4 {Delchev,A (2629)-Illescas Cordoba,M (2609)
Melilla 2011 CBM 146 [RR] (1-0, 51)}) 10... Nc7 (10... Nc5 11. b4 Ncd7 12. Nc4
{Jones,G (2635)-Akopian,V (2681) Porto Carras 2011 CBM 146 [Jones,G] (1-0, 44)}
) 11. Bd3 ({The main alternative is} 11. Nc4 {, allowing the development of
the other bishop.} Ncd5 12. Bd2 {, preparing long castling, may be a bit more
venomous:} (12. Be2 {does not seem to bother Black too much:} O-O 13. O-O b6
14. Nxd5 Nxd5 ({This is not a good moment for re-centralising the queen:} 14...
Qxd5 15. Rd1 $36) 15. Bd3 Bb7 16. Qh3 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Qg3 Qxg3
20. hxg3 Red8 21. Rfe1 Bf6 22. c3 Ba6 $11 {Adams,M (2740)-Wan,Y (2512) Tromso
2013 (1/2-1/2, 39)}) 12... O-O 13. O-O-O {Even if the kingside attack fails,
the king's presence on the queenside may prove useful for sustaining the slow
advance of the pawn majority.} b6 14. Qg3 Qc7 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Qxc7 Nxc7 17.
Bb4 Bxb4 18. axb4 {After this exchange White finally has a small strategic
plus, at least on the left half of the board.} Nd5 19. b5 Rd8 20. g3 Bb7 21.
Bg2 Rac8 22. Rd4 Kf8 23. Rhd1 $14 {Black is in no imemdiate danger, but
White's position surely looks more active, Smeets,J (2620)-Tratar,M (2494)
Warsaw 2013 (1-0, 50)}) 11... Ncd5 {It is a good idea to clear matters in the
centre as soon as possible.} (11... O-O {is premature, offering White a good
orientation for his planning.} 12. O-O b6 13. Nde4 Ba6 14. Rd1 Bxd3 15. Rxd3
Qe8 {White is better coordinated and exerts some dangerous kingside pressure.
In Yilmazyerli,M (2413)-Drasko,M (2459) Zenica 2013 (1-0, 37) the most
promising continuation would have been} 16. Bf4 $5 {[%cal Ga1d1] planning to
complete the development and combine the pressure in the centre with creating
concrete kingside threats.}) 12. Nxd5 ({I would think that it would make sense
to avoid the queen exchange with} 12. Nde4 {The following game has to be taken
with a certain reserve, due to the huge rating gap between the opponents.} Nxc3
13. Nxc3 O-O 14. O-O Qa5 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Be4 Qxf3 17. Bxf3 Nd7 18. Rfd1 $32 {
[%csl Ra8,Rb7,Rc8] Adams,M (2752)-Rendle,T (2384) England 2014 (1-0, 52)})
12... Qxd5 13. Qxd5 $146 ({Rather than avoiding simplifications,} 13. Ne4 {
would actually amplify them:} Bd7 {[%cal Gd7c6]} 14. Nxf6+ (14. O-O {would
avoid the queen exchange, but offer Black very active play:} Bc6 15. Re1 Rd8 {
[%cal Gd5d4]} 16. Bh6 $5 O-O 17. Bg5 Qxg5 18. Nxg5 Bxf3 19. Nxf3 $11) 14...
Bxf6 15. Qxd5 exd5 16. c3 O-O 17. Be3 Ba4 $1 {[%csl Gd1] Preventing White's
main plan: doubling rooks on the d-file and winning the Isolani.} 18. O-O Rfd8
19. Bd4 Bxd4 20. cxd4 Rac8 21. Rac1 Kf8 $11 {Ortiz Suarez,I (2592)-Nyzhnyk,I 
(2628) Arlington 2014 (1/2-1/2, 47)}) 13... Nxd5 ({With knights on board it
makes less sense playing with an isolani:} 13... exd5 14. Nb3 {In the absence
of queens, Black cannot create kingside counterplay, being confined to
defending in a very slightly worse position.}) 14. Nf3 Bf6 {Black's minor
piece pressure faces White with difficulties completing his queenside
development. The only way to solve the problem is to start the massive advance
of the pawns, but this will create some weaknesses, too.} 15. c4 {[%csl Rd4]}
Ne7 16. Rb1 (16. Be4 {does not prevent Black's queenside development at all:}
Bd7 17. Bxb7 Rb8 18. Be4 Bxb2 19. Rb1 Bc3+ 20. Ke2 Rxb1 21. Bxb1 f6 $5 $11 {
[%cal Ge6e5,Ge8f7,Gd7e6]}) 16... Bd7 17. b4 Bc6 18. Ke2 O-O-O {This is the
most effective way of occupying the only open file. The king can be a useful
defensive piece for the queenside minority.} 19. Be3 ({With his development
incomplete and the king relatively exposed in the centre, White does not get
much out of such active incursions as} 19. Ng5 {Black has several good
continuations, but the most active is} Nf5 $5 20. Nxf7 (20. Bxf5 $2 exf5 $17 {
[%cal Gh8e8]} 21. Nxf7 $2 Rhe8+ 22. Be3 Rd7 $19 {[%csl Rf7]}) 20... Rxd3 $1 21.
Kxd3 (21. Nxh8 Rc3 {[%csl Rb1,Rg2,Rh8][%cal Gc6e4]} 22. f3 Nd4+ 23. Kf1 Rxc4
$36) 21... Rf8 22. Ng5 Rd8+ 23. Ke2 Bxg2 24. Rg1 Nd4+ 25. Ke1 Nc2+ 26. Ke2 $11)
19... Bxf3+ 20. gxf3 Nc6 21. Be4 Nd4+ 22. Kf1 Be5 {To me, this came as a
slightly surprising manoeuvre, but the game proves there is nothing wrong with
it.} ({The bishop stands quite OK on f6 and I would have thought of
generalising the fight for the dark squares with} 22... g5 $5 {for instance}
23. Rg1 h6 24. f4 gxf4 25. Bxf4 Bg5 26. Be5 f6 27. Rxg5 fxg5 28. Bxh8 Rxh8 $13)
23. f4 ({White is more or less forced to expose the more advanced of his
doubled pawns, since after the developing} 23. Kg2 {Black could play} Ne2 {
[%csl Rf4]}) 23... Bb8 24. Rd1 Nf5 25. Ke2 {A wordless (and therefore
perfectly legal) draw offer, shortly earlier than the 30th move.} ({White
could have kept some tension with} 25. Rxd8+ Rxd8 26. Bxf5 exf5 27. Ke2 {
The higher mobility of his pawn majority is compensated for by the weakness of
the f4-pawn, though, making a draw the most probable result anyway.}) 25...
Nxe3 $11 26. fxe3 f5 27. Bc2 Rxd1 28. Rxd1 Rd8 29. Rxd8+ Kxd8 30. c5 b6 31.
cxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2844"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {Sharp and topical.} d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3
Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 {On the top level this is the most
popular way to meet the 3.f3 line. It's curious that last year the same
players had a clash in this line ... with colours reversed!} 10. Kb1 (10. Nb5
Qd7 11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6 a6 13. Nc3 Nxd4 14. f4 f6 15. Nf3 e5 $1 16. fxe5 fxe5
17. Nxe5 Qd6 18. Nf3 c5 19. Ng5 Qe7 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. Bc4 Kh8 22. exd5 Qg7 23.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 24. d6 Bf5 25. b4 b6 26. Rhe1 Rfe8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (35) Svidler,P 
(2769)-Caruana,F (2774) Thessaloniki 2013}) 10... a6 $5 {Basically, a novelty
at the top level. In previous games 10...Rd8 was played automatically,
including by Caruana himself.} ({Here is a recent example from the Tromso
Olympiad:} 10... Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Na5 14. Qc1 Qd6 15. h4 Qb4
16. h5 Nac4 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. Bxc4 Nxc4 19. Nge2 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. Qg5 Qf6
22. Qg3 b5 23. Nd4 b4 24. Na4 Bd7 $2 (24... Qd6 $1 25. Qxd6 exd6 26. Nc6 Re8
27. Nxb4 f5 $132) 25. Nc5 Qb6 26. Nxd7 Rxd7 27. Nc6 b3 28. a3 $16 {1-0 (80)
Giri,A (2745)-Gelfand,B (2753) Tromsoe 2014}) 11. h4 {In the only previous
game White chose 11.b3, but there is no reason to play it now, as Black hasn't
even created the threat of a knight move to c4 yet.} Rd8 12. d5 Ne5 $2 (12...
Na5 {is an improvement for the next game. It seems that Black has adequate
counterplay. For instance:} 13. b3 (13. Bd4 Nac4 (13... Nbc4 14. Qc1 e5 $13)
14. Qc1 e5 $13) 13... Qb4 14. Nce2 Qa3 15. Qc1 Nac4 $1 16. Nd4 (16. bxc4 $2
Qb4+ 17. Kc2 Bd7 $40) 16... Qxc1+ 17. Bxc1 c5 18. Nc2 Nd6 $11) 13. Qf2 {
Now White gets desirable regrouping and Black is not in time to create any
counterplay.} h5 (13... Nec4 14. Bc5 Qf6 15. Bxc4 Nxc4 16. Nge2 {[%cal Gh4h5,
Gg2g4] is a very harmonious setup for White with good chances for a successful
attack on the kingside.}) 14. Bc5 Qf6 15. Bd4 Qd6 (15... e6 16. Qg3 $16 {
[%cal Gf3f4]} ({But not} 16. f4 $2 Ng4 17. Bxf6 Nxf2 18. Bxd8 Bxc3 $17)) (15...
Bd7 16. g4 $1 $16 {The same idea followed in the game.}) 16. g4 $1 hxg4 17. f4
{Now the g4-square is occupied, so the knight has to retreat.} Ned7 18. e5 $2 {
Too hasty.} ({Either} 18. h5 Bxd4 19. Rxd4) ({or} 18. Nge2 {were very
attractive for White, keeping all the benefits.}) 18... Nxe5 $1 {Fabiano
clearly underestimated this piece sacrifice, even though it is forced.} (18...
Qb4 $2 19. h5 {is what White is aiming for. Black must ruin White's centre at
any cost.}) 19. fxe5 Bxe5 {Now matters became very unclear. Black has three
pawns for a piece, while White has lost his domination in the centre.} 20. Bg2
Bxd4 21. Rxd4 (21. Qxd4 Bf5+ 22. Ka1 e5 23. Qf2 Nc4 {would transpose to the
same position as in the game.}) 21... Bf5+ 22. Ka1 e5 23. Rd1 Nc4 24. h5 Qb6 $1
25. Qe2 $1 {Obviously, White must keep the queens on the board to retain
attacking chances.} (25. Qxb6 $2 cxb6 {In the endgame Black has potentially
three connected passers!}) 25... Ne3 26. Rd2 (26. Rc1 $1 {was probably better,
as the rook may be more useful on the c-file. The position is immensely
complex.} g5 $5 (26... Kg7 27. Be4 Bxe4 28. Nxe4 Qd4 29. Ng3 $14) 27. h6 $1 (
27. Na4 $2 Qd4 {Black has this resource here, compared to 26.Rd2.}) 27... Qd4
28. Nd1 Nxg2 (28... Nxd5 29. Bxd5 Rxd5 30. Qe3 $1 $14) 29. Qxg2 Qe4 (29... Be4
30. Qf1 {[%cal Gf1f6]} Qd2 31. Ne2 Bf3 32. Ndc3 $14) 30. Qh2 g3 31. h7+ Bxh7
32. Qh5 Qg6 33. Qh3 Rxd5 34. Ne3 $14) 26... Kg7 $1 (26... gxh5 $6 27. Rxh5 Qg6
28. Qxe3 $1 Qxh5 29. Nge2 {[%cal Ge2g3] White is behind in material, but his
initiative is coming.}) (26... g5 $6 27. Na4 Qa7 28. Qf2 $16) 27. Be4 Rh8 $2 {
After a series of strong moves in a critical moment Svidler goes astray and
his position collapses quickly.} (27... Bxe4 28. Nxe4 f5 $1 {Besides precise
calculation, such play requires a lot of optimism!} (28... Rxd5 $2 29. Rxd5
Nxd5 30. Qxg4 $16) 29. Ng5 Kf6 $1 30. Nh7+ Kg7 31. Qh2 $1 f4 32. Qh4 g5 $1 33.
Nxg5 Rxd5 34. N1f3 $1 (34. Rxd5 Nc2+ 35. Kb1 Na3+ $11) 34... Rxd2 (34... gxf3
$2 35. h6+ Kf6 36. Nxf3+ Ke6 37. Rc1 $40 {[%csl Re6]}) 35. Nxd2 Nc2+ 36. Kb1
Na3+ 37. Kc1 Qc6+ 38. Kd1 Qc2+ 39. Ke1 Qc1+ 40. Ke2 f3+ 41. Ngxf3 gxf3+ 42.
Nxf3 Qc4+ 43. Qxc4 Nxc4 $11) 28. Rd3 {Now Black has to go backwards.} Nc4 29.
b3 Nd6 (29... Rxh5 30. Rxh5 Bxe4 31. Nxe4 gxh5 32. bxc4 Qxg1+ 33. Rd1 Qb6 34.
Qh2 {Black has four pawns for the piece, but he won't survive the attack.}) 30.
Bxf5 Nxf5 31. Qxg4 {Black has lost an important pawn and is still under attack.
} e4 {Desperation.} 32. Nxe4 Rae8 33. Ne2 1-0

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Qe2
e6 9. d4 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. e5 dxe5 12. dxe5 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Nd5 14. f4 c4 15. f5
Qc7 16. Re1 Rad8 17. axb5 axb5 18. f6 gxf6 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. Qh5+ Kg8 21. Qg4+
Kh7 22. Qh3+ Kg8 23. Qg4+ Kh7 24. Qh5+ Kg8 25. Kh1 Nxe5 26. Rg1+ Ng6 27. Rxg6+
fxg6 28. Qxg6+ Kh8 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Havasi,G"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 {This is a less
popular system in comparison to 6...b5, but a very interesting one.} 7. c3 O-O
8. Nbd2 (8. Re1 {is the other possible move, Svidler also had a game with it
against Nakamura in the first round of the same tournament} Re8 {Black applies
the same plan.} 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 {and here Black decides to
occupy the centre with} b5 12. Bc2 {and} d5 $13 {Nakamura-Svidler, Baku 2014})
8... Re8 {This is a less committal move, Black wants to countinue manoeuvring.}
({The immediate} 8... b5 {is the most popular line} 9. Bc2 d5 {Black tries to
gain some space in the centre, White usually plays 10.Re1 or Qe2, after which
White wants to make use of Black's weakened P structure, while Black wants to
hold his strong P centre.}) 9. d4 {White immediately decides to push the
d-pawn.} (9. Re1 {would transpose to 8.Re1.}) 9... b5 (9... exd4 {was played
by Morozevich} 10. cxd4 Bf8 (10... b5 11. Bc2 {transposes to 9...b5}) 11. d5 b5
12. dxc6 bxa4 13. Qxa4 d5 $1 14. e5 Ng4 15. Qd4 Rb8 16. a3 Rb6 $132 {and Black
had no problem in the game Dominguez Perez-Morozevich , Thessaloniki 2013 CBM
155, but later White won.}) 10. Bc2 exd4 $146 {This is already a novelty.
Black wants to put pressure on White's centre.} (10... Bf8 {was played in the
previous games, but White managed to prove a nice superiority after} 11. h3
exd4 12. cxd4 h6 13. Re1 Bb7 14. b3 Nb4 15. Bb1 $14 {Akopian-Kharlov, Moscow
2005}) 11. cxd4 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 (13. Nb3 {is the suggestion of the
computer, White wants to stabilise the position with a3, Re1 etc., but Black
is just in time with the counterplay after} Bf8 14. Re1 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 $132)
13... Bg6 14. Re1 ({If White plays} 14. a3 {to prevent ...Nb4, Black can play}
Qc8 $5 $11 {or Qd7 with the plan of Nxg4. If Black doesn't want to draw, he
can play 14...Nd7 or 14...h5} (14... Nd7 $13) (14... h5 15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxg6
fxg6 17. dxe5 Nd5 $13)) 14... h5 $5 {Black immediately wants to attack the
weakened structure.} (14... Nb4 15. Bb1 c5 $132 {is the other typical
counterplay plan, which gives Black a nice position}) (14... Nd7 {is also
typical, followed by ...Bf6.}) 15. e5 $1 {White plays the most logical move,
he wants to create counterplay, otherwise he is worse.} (15. g5 Nh7 16. h4 d5
$1 $36) 15... Bxc2 16. Qxc2 Nb4 17. Qf5 $2 (17. Qb3 $1 {was the right move}
dxe5 18. dxe5 (18. g5 Nfd5 19. Nxe5 Bd6 $132) 18... Nfd5 19. e6 fxe6 20. a3 Nc6
21. gxh5 Na5 22. Qc2 Nf4 $132 {and Black has nice counterplay which is hard to
defend in a practical game, but this isn't losing.}) 17... dxe5 18. dxe5 g6 19.
Qb1 Bc5 $6 {This move immediately loses all of the advantage.} (19... Qd5 $3 {
was a very strong move, but impossible to find for a human} 20. exf6 Bc5 {
and Black wins in all of the lines:} 21. Ne4 (21. gxh5 Nd3 $19) 21... hxg4 22.
Nfg5 (22. hxg4 Nd3 23. Rd1 Qxe4 $19) 22... g3 $1 23. Be3 gxf2+ 24. Bxf2 Bxf2+
25. Kxf2 Nd3+ 26. Kg1 Nxe1 27. Qxe1 Rxe4 $1 28. Nxe4 Re8 29. Rd1 Rxe4 $1 $17) (
19... Nd3 $5 {was also good, and this can also be found by a human player:} 20.
Re3 (20. exf6 Nxe1 21. Nxe1 Bxf6 $17) 20... Nxf2 $1 21. Kxf2 hxg4 $40) 20. Ne4
$1 (20. exf6 Bxf2+ $19) 20... Nxe4 21. Qxe4 hxg4 (21... Qd3 {was also possible
immediately.}) 22. hxg4 Qd3 23. b3 $2 {This is mistake.} (23. Bg5 $1 {was a
very good move to prevent ...Rad8 and White isn't worse.}) 23... Qxe4 $6 {
Logical, but in case of accurate defence, Black won't have enough advantage to
win.} (23... Rad8 $1 {was very strong to maintain the tension and it prepares
a hidden threat:} 24. Bg5 Rd4 $1 25. Nxd4 Bxd4 $17 {and White has no good
defence against ...Qg3, ...Bxa1.}) 24. Rxe4 Nd3 25. Be3 f5 {This move gives
Black a pawn advantage, but White should have chances to hold.} (25... Rad8 $5
$15 {might be better, as Black keeps the tension and wants to take advanatage
of the weakened structure.}) 26. gxf5 gxf5 27. Rh4 Nxe5 (27... Bxe3 28. fxe3
Nxe5 29. Nxe5 Rxe5 30. Kf2 $11 {and despite being a pawn down, White has a
draw because of his strong rooks. White will simply keep Black under pressure.}
) 28. Nxe5 Rxe5 29. Bxc5 (29. Rc1 $1 {was a very strong move, trying to get
the same structure as in the 27...Bxe3 line:} Bxe3 (29... Bd6 30. Kg2 $44 {
followed by Rc6 and Kf3}) 30. fxe3 c5 31. Kf2 $11 {and White has enough
counterplay.}) 29... Rxc5 30. Rd1 (30. Re1 $1 {was still a draw} Kf7 31. Rh6
$11 {and White has enough counterplay thanks to the strong rooks, he wants to
follow up with Ree6.}) 30... Kf7 31. Rh7+ {A very logical plan is to occupy
the 7th rank, but it was more important to keep the a6-pawn under pressure by
playing} (31. Rh6 $1 $11) 31... Kf6 32. Rdd7 Rg8+ 33. Kf1 Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Re8+ (
34... Ra1 {was also possible.}) 35. Kf3 (35. Kd2 $1 {was better:} Ra1 (35...
Rf1 36. Rh2 c5 (36... Ra1 37. Rh6+ $1) 37. Rd6+) 36. Rh6+ Kg5 37. Rxa6 Rf1 38.
Rxc7 Rxf2+ 39. Kc3 $11 {with an approximately equal position.}) 35... Rc3+ 36.
Kg2 c6 $6 (36... Rg8+ $1 37. Kf1 c6 {was better, as there is no f4.}) 37. Ra7
$2 {White misses the chance.} (37. f4 $1 {would have been an immediate draw}
Ke6 38. Rd2 Rg8+ 39. Kh2 Rg4 40. Rh6+ Ke7 41. Rh7+ $11) 37... Rg8+ 38. Kf1 Rc1+
39. Ke2 Rc2+ 40. Kf3 Rxa2 41. Rhc7 Rc2 42. Rxa6 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 Re8+ (43... Rxb3
44. Raxc6+ Kg5 $15 {was also possible, but Svidler decides to go for the
f2-pawn.}) 44. Kd2 Rf3 45. Raxc6+ Kg5 46. Rg7+ Kf4 47. Rh6 (47. Rc5 Rxf2+ $15)
47... Rxf2+ 48. Kc3 Rf3+ (48... Re4 $1 $17 {was a nice move, which immediately
gives Black a huge advantage.}) 49. Kb4 Ree3 (49... Re5 {was also good, as
Black will simply advance by playing ...Ke4 and ...f4.}) 50. Kxb5 Rxb3+ 51. Kc4
Rh3 52. Ra6 Rhc3+ (52... Ra3 {was better, preparing Kf3 after the rook goes
away.}) 53. Kd5 Rb5+ 54. Kd4 Rbb3 (54... Rc1 {was better to give check on d1.})
55. Rf7 $1 Rd3+ (55... Rf3 {was better according to the computer, as Black
will be able to overprotect the f5-pawn by leaving the f-file with the king.})
56. Kc4 Rbc3+ 57. Kb4 Rb3+ 58. Kc4 Rdc3+ 59. Kd4 Re3 60. Ra1 $1 Red3+ 61. Kc4
Ra3 62. Rh1 Rh3 63. Rd1 Rhe3 64. Rf1+ Rf3 65. Rd1 Ra4+ 66. Kb5 (66. Kd5 Ke3 $15
) 66... Re4 (66... Ra8 {was also possible.}) 67. Rf8 $2 (67. Kc5 {was more
resistant.}) 67... Kg3 68. Rd5 {After the last two inaccurate moves, White's
king can't get closer to the kingside.} Rb3+ 69. Kc5 f4 70. Rg5+ Kf2 71. Rgf5
f3 72. R5f7 Rg4 73. Rf6 Re3 74. R6f7 Kg2 75. Rf6 Rg3 76. Kd4 Re2 77. Kd3 Ra2
0-1

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. c3 c4 13. b4 cxb3 14. Nxb3 bxa4 15.
Nbd2 Bc6 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Bb4 Bd7 18. Nf1 Nc6 19. Ba3 Na5 20. Bb4 Nc6 21. Ba3
Na5 22. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{One of the common ways to avoid the Marshall Attack.} b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 {
This looks like a concession, but the move is very popular on the highest
level. White does have grounds to hope for a slight edge in the resulting
structure.} dxe5 11. Nbd2 {This is more ambitious than the queen swap. White
is hoping to outmanoeuvre his opponent using some weakened light squares.} (11.
Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 h6 13. a5 Bc5 14. Bc4 Ng4 15. Re2 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. h3
Nf6 18. Re1 Rab8 19. Nc4 Rb5 20. b3 Bd4 21. Bb2 Rc5 22. Ra2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Ne8
$15 {[%csl Ra5][%cal Ge8d6] 1-0 (70) Carlsen,M (2862)-Aronian,L (2813) Saint
Louis 2013}) 11... Bc5 12. a5 {Karjakin deviates first, not checking the
improvement Svidler had in mind over his previous games. The move in the text
fixes the Pa6 as potential target.} (12. h3 Qe7 (12... Bb7 {might be more
flexible.}) 13. Bd5 Bd7 14. Nb3 Bd6 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Rad8 18. Qe2
Nb8 19. Bc4 $14 {1-0 (59) Topalov,V (2784)-Svidler,P (2732) Bilbao 2014}) (12.
Qe2 Qe7 13. Nc4 Bg4 14. c3 bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 (15... Rab8 16. Bc2 Nh5 $5 17. h3
$140 $2 Ng3 18. Qd1 Rfd8) 16. Bc2 Qe6 17. Ne3 Bxe3 18. Qxe3 Na5 19. Nd2 $14 {
1/2-1/2 (41) Grischuk,A (2764)-Svidler,P (2747) London 2013}) 12... h6 13. h3 (
13. Bc4 Be6 (13... Qd6 $5) 14. Qe2 Nd4 15. Nxd4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Bxd4 17. Be3 $14
{1-0 (50) Howell,D (2657)-Adams,M (2758) Douglas 2014}) 13... Qd6 (13... Qe7
14. Qe2 Be6 15. Bc4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Nb3 Rfd8 18. Nxd4 Bxc4 19. Nf5 Qe6
20. Qf3 $36 {1-0 (41) Caruana,F (2791)-Tomashevsky,E (2695) Dubai 2014}) 14.
Qe2 Nh5 $1 $146 {I like this aggressive idea. The knight is heading to f4,
while the queen may join the attack on the sixth rank.} (14... Rd8 15. Nc4 Qe7
16. Be3 Rb8 17. Rad1 Bb7 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. c3 bxc3 20. bxc3 Nxe4 21. Qc2 Nf6
22. Bxc5 Qxc5 23. Ncxe5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bd5 25. Rd1 Rd6 $11 {1/2-1/2 (30)
Guartambel,G-Domancich,E (2394) ICCF email 2007}) 15. Nc4 (15. Nf1 {is another
possible route for the knight.} Rb8 $1 {It's useful to move the rook from a8,
so that it won't get attacked by the white bishop. In some cases Rb8-b5,
targeting the Pa5, might be an idea. This position requires further practical
testing. Here is what might follow:} (15... Qf6 $2 16. Bd5 {That's the
difference, compared to 15.Nc4. The diagonal a2-g8 is not obstructed.}) 16. Be3
Bxe3 17. Qxe3 Nf4 18. Ng3 Nd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qd2 Qe5 21. Ne2 Nxe2+ 22. Rxe2
{[%cal Gf2f4] with mutual chances.}) 15... Qf6 16. Ne3 $2 {I am puzzled how
Karjakin allowed the black knight to settle on f4 so comfortably.} ({He should
have exchanged the dark-squared bishops by} 16. Be3 {Objectively, Black has no
problems. A possible draw may occur after} Bxe3 17. Nxe3 (17. Qxe3 Nf4 18. Kh2
Be6 $132) 17... Nf4 18. Qc4 Nxg2 $1 19. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 20. Kg1 (20. Kg3 $6 Qf4+ 21.
Kxh3 Qxf3+ 22. Kh2 Nd4 23. Qf1 Qxe4 $36) 20... Qxf3 21. Qxc6 Qh5 22. Rad1 Qg5+
23. Kh2 Qh4 24. Kg1 Qg5+ $11) 16... Nf4 {Dark clouds gather over the white
king.} 17. Qc4 Nxg2 $1 (17... Nd4 {was another attractive option.} 18. Nxd4 (
18. Qxc5 $2 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Nxh3+ 20. Kg2 Nf4+ 21. Kg3 h5 $1 {Preventing the
defending resource Ne3-g4.} 22. Rh1 Qg5+ 23. Kh2 Bh3 $1 {Setting a cute mating
net.} 24. Bd2 Qh4 25. Kg1 Ne2+ 26. Kh2 Bf1#) 18... Bxd4 19. Nf5 (19. Qxb4 $2
Bxh3 $1 $19) 19... Be6 $1 20. Qxc7 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qxf5 22. Bxf4 (22. Rf1 $2 Ne2+
23. Kh2 e4 $19 {[%cal Gd4e5]}) 22... Qxf4 $17) 18. Kxg2 (18. Qxc5 Qxf3 19. Nxg2
Bxh3 20. Ne3 Rad8 $1 21. Qxc6 Rd6 22. Qxd6 cxd6 $17) (18. Nxg2 Qxf3 19. Qxc5
Bxh3 {- identical to 18.Qxc5.}) 18... Bxh3+ 19. Kxh3 (19. Kg3 Qf4+ 20. Kxh3
Qxf3+ {would lead to the same position.}) 19... Qxf3+ 20. Kh2 Nd4 $1 ({After} 
20... Qxf2+ $2 21. Ng2 Nd4 22. Rf1 Nf3+ 23. Kh1 Qg3 24. Rxf3 Qxf3 25. Qxc5 {
White eliminates all Black's minor pieces.}) 21. Rf1 {The only reasonable
defence.} (21. Qxc5 $2 Qxf2+ {and Black wins either the rook, or the queen
after} 22. Ng2 Nf3+ {[%csl Rc5]}) 21... Qh5+ 22. Kg2 Qf3+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 $2 {
Too solid for such a position!} (23... Qf4+ $1 24. Kg2 Qxe4+ 25. f3 (25. Kg1 $2
Qg6+ 26. Kh1 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Qf3+ 28. Kh2 Bd6 $19 {[%cal Ge5e4] That's why it was
important to capture the Pe4.}) 25... Qg6+ 26. Kf2 (26. Kh1 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 e4 {
is exactly the same as after 26.Kf2.}) 26... Qh5 27. Kg2 e4 28. Qd5 Qg6+ 29.
Kh1 (29. Kf2 Ba7 $1 30. Qxe4 Qd6 $40 {[%cal Ga8e8,Gd6h2]}) 29... Nxb3 30. cxb3
Bxe3 31. Bxe3 Rad8 32. Qc5 (32. Qxe4 Qh5+ 33. Kg1 Rfe8 34. Qf4 Qg6+ 35. Kh1 Rd5
36. Rf2 Rf5 $1 37. Qd4 c5 38. Qd2 Rh5+ 39. Rh2 Rxh2+ 40. Kxh2 Re5 $19) 32...
Rfe8 {It's clear that Black is nearly winning here. He has three pawns for the
piece, but more importantly - a powerful initiative. The white king is in bad
shape.} {An attempt to close some lines by} 33. f4 $2 {loses to} Qg3 {[%cal
Gd8d3]}) 24. c3 {Now Black has to succumb to perpetual check.} Qh5+ (24... Nxb3
25. Qxb3 Qxe4 26. Rg1 {can be better only for White.}) 25. Kg2 Qf3+ 26. Kh2
Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Baku FIDE GP"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2014.10.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2014.10.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Ng4 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Bg7 10. Be2 h5 11. h4 gxh4 12. Bxh4 Nc6 13. Nb3 Be6 14. Qd2 Rc8 ({
The main alternative is} 14... Qb6) 15. f3 Bh6 $5 $146 ({So far, Black has
played exclusively} 15... Nge5) 16. Bg5 Bxg5 17. Qxg5 Nf6 18. O-O-O Rg8 19. Qe3
Rxg2 20. f4 Qc7 21. Kb1 b5 22. Bxh5 Qa7 23. Qxa7 Nxa7 24. Bf3 Rf2 25. Nd4 Nc6
26. Nxc6 Rxc6 27. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 28. Rxf1 Rc5 29. a3 Bg4 30. Bxg4 Nxg4 31. Rh1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.10.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Dresden TU"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3
Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 c6 12. Be3 d5 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Bxc5 dxc4
15. Qc2 Be6 16. f4 Ng4 17. e5 Bf8 18. Bf2 cxb3 19. axb3 Nxf2 20. Qxf2 Qb6 21.
Ne4 Red8 22. Rfc1 Kg7 23. Qxb6 axb6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Nd6 Bxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2014.10.19"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kraemer, Martin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2570"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 163"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Berlin SF"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 d5 8. Bg2
Nxe4 9. Nxe4 dxe4 10. Bxe4 Bc5 11. Be3 Qc7 12. Qd3 e5 13. Nb3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 O-O
15. O-O-O Nc6 16. Rhe1 f5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. g5 f4 19. Qc3 Bf5 20. Bxc6 bxc6 21.
Rxe5 Bxh3 22. Rde1 Qc8 23. Re7 Rg8 24. g6 Bf5 25. gxh7 Bxh7 26. Rh1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.03.14"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 d6 8. d4
Bb6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Nbd2 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Re1 exd4 13. cxd4 Na5 14. Bc2 Bb7 15.
d5 c6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxd6 Rad8 21.
Qf4 Qxb4 22. e5 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qa5 24. Qf5 Rd5 25. Rab1 Rdxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27.
Qxe5 Rxe5 28. Rb4 Re1+ 29. Kh2 c3 30. Rc4 g5 31. Rxc3 Re2 32. Rc8+ Kg7 33. Kg3
Re5 34. Kf3 h5 35. Rc6 a5 36. Rc7 Ng8 37. Bb3 Ne7 38. g3 f5 39. Ra7 Kf6 40.
Ra6+ Kg7 41. Ra7 Kf6 42. Ra6+ Kg7 43. Ra7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1415"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.03.15"]
[Round "13.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ragger, Markus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2014.10.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.05.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. d4
exd4 9. cxd4 Bb6 10. Re1 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qb3 d5 13. e5 Nd7 14. a4 a6 15. Bd3
c5 16. g4 c4 17. Bxc4 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Bg6 19. Bg5 Ba7 20. Qa3 f6 21. exf6 gxf6
22. Bh6 Nd5 23. Nd6 Qb6 24. a5 Qb4 25. Qxb4 Nxb4 26. Re7 Rad8 27. Nxb7 Nd5 28.
Rg7+ Kh8 29. Rc1 Rg8 30. Nxd8 Rxg7 31. Bxg7+ Kxg7 32. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Bd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. O-O g6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nc6 9. Be3 d5 10. Nd2 Bg7 11. Nb5 Qb8 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. Nd4 Nfg4 14. exd5 Nxh2
15. Rfe1 Nhxf3+ 16. N2xf3 O-O 17. Bg5 Nxf3+ 18. Nxf3 e6 19. Qd2 exd5 20. Bf4
Qd8 21. Be5 Bc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd4+ Qf6 24. Ne5 Rfe8 25. Re3 Re6 26. Rae1
Rae8 27. R1e2 Kg8 28. Nxc6 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Qg4
g6 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. c4 Ne5 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Bh6 Neg4 13. Bg7 Rg8 14. Bxf6 Nxf6 15.
f4 Kf8 16. e5 Nd7 17. exd6 Bxd6 18. Ne4 Be7 19. c5 Kg7 20. Rac1 Nf6 21. Rfd1
Qc7 22. Qf2 Rd8 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Be4 Bd7 25. Nd4 a5 26. g3 Be8 27. b3 Rac8 28.
a3 Rd7 29. Rd3 Qd8 30. Rcd1 Qe7 31. b4 axb4 32. axb4 Rdd8 33. Nf3 Rxd3 34. Rxd3
b6 35. cxb6 Qxb4 36. b7 Rb8 37. Qe3 Rxb7 38. Bxb7 Qxb7 39. Ne5 h5 40. Rd2 Qb1+
41. Kg2 Qb7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. O-O e5 7. Qxc4 Nge7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Nc3 h6 10. Qb3 Nf5 11. Bd2 Ncd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Qd1 c6 14. e3 Ne6
15. Qc2 Nc5 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 Be6 18. Bc3 Bd5 19. Bxd5 Qxd5 20. e4 Qd7 21.
b4 Rad8 22. Rad1 f5 23. exf5 Qxf5 24. Rfe1 Rd5 25. Re4 Rf7 26. Qe2 h5 27. Kg2
a6 28. a3 Rfd7 29. h3 Qg5 30. Re1 Rxd3 31. Bxe5 Rd2 32. Qc4+ R2d5 33. Bxg7 Kxg7
34. Qc3+ Kh7 35. h4 Qh6 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Qf6 Rf5 38. Re8+ 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. h3 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. a4 Nc5 13. a5 h6 14. Ra3 Ne6 15. Nc2
Ng5 16. Kh2 Be6 17. f4 Ngh7 18. Nd5 c6 19. Nb6 Nd7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Ne3 f5 22.
Rd3 fxe4 23. Rxd6 Qf7 24. Qc2 Nf6 25. Bd2 Bf8 26. Bb4 Bxd6 27. Bxd6 Rbd8 28.
Be5 Rd7 29. Rf1 Red8 30. f5 gxf5 31. Nxf5 Bxf5 32. Rxf5 Qe6 33. Qf2 Rd2 34. Qf4
Qxc4 35. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. exd6 Qxd6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Be3
a6 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. Rd1 Rd8 11. Be2 Qb4 12. Qc1 e5 13. a3 Qf8 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
dxe5 Bxe5 16. Bxh5 gxh5 17. O-O Bf5 18. Bh6 Bg7 19. Qg5 Bg6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21.
Nd5 f6 22. Qg3 Qf7 23. Nf4 Kh8 24. c3 Re8 25. Kh2 Re5 26. Rfe1 Rae8 27. Rxe5
fxe5 28. Nd5 c6 29. Ne3 Qf4 30. Kg1 Re7 31. Nf1 Kg7 32. Qe3 Rf7 33. Re1 Kg8 34.
f3 e4 35. fxe4 Qxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Rd7 37. Re2 Kf7 38. Kf2 Rd1 39. Ne3 Rb1 40. Nc4
Ke6 41. Na5 Rd1 42. Nxb7 Ke5 43. Nc5 a5 44. Ke3 Rb1 45. Nd3+ Ke6 46. Kd4 Rd1
47. b4 Ra1 48. bxa5 Rxa3 49. Nc5+ Kd6 50. e5+ Kc7 51. a6 Ra1 52. Rb2 Rd1+ 53.
Kc4 Kd8 54. a7 Ra1 55. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. Ne5
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qa4 a6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Be5 e6 15.
Nxd5 Rxc1 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Rxc1 Bxe5 18. Bxb7 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 Bxd4 20. b4 a5
21. e3 Bb2 22. Rc4 Rb8 23. Bf3 axb4 24. Rxb4 Ba3 25. Rb5 Bc5 26. a4 Rc8 27. a5
bxa5 28. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d3 Nd7 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bg6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bxc6
Qc8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rxe7 Rfe8 17. Qf3 Qxf3 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Nxf3 Be4 20.
Nd4 Ne5 21. Be3 h6 22. h3 Rc8 23. f4 Rxc3 24. Kf2 Nc4 25. Bc1 h5 26. a4 a6 27.
h4 Kh7 28. f5 Ne5 29. Bf4 Nd3+ 30. Ke3 Nc5+ 31. Ke2 Rc4 32. Ke3 Bd5 33. a5 Rc3+
34. Ke2 Bc4+ 35. Kf2 Ne4+ 36. Kg2 Bd5 37. Kh2 Nf2 38. Rc1 Rd3 39. Nc6 Ng4+ 40.
Kg1 Rb3 41. Ne5 Nf6 42. Rc7 Ne4 43. Nxf7 Rb1+ 44. Kh2 Rb2+ 45. Kg1 Rb1+ 46. Kh2
Rb2+ 47. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. Nc3 d5 6. a3 e5 7. e4 d4 8. Nd5
Nge7 9. c4 dxc3 10. dxc3 h6 11. b4 O-O 12. Be3 cxb4 13. axb4 Nxd5 14. exd5 Ne7
15. c4 Nf5 16. Ra3 Bd7 17. c5 Bb5 18. Re1 e4 19. Nd2 Qxd5 20. Nxe4 Qxd1 21.
Rxd1 Bc6 22. Nd6 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Rfd8 24. Rad3 Nxd6 25. Rxd6 Rxd6 26. Rxd6 a5 27.
bxa5 Bf8 28. Rd7 Rxa5 29. Rd8 g5 30. Rc8 f6 31. Kf3 Kf7 32. Ke4 Be7 33. f4 Ke6
34. f5+ Kd7 35. Rh8 Bxc5 36. Rh7+ Kd6 37. Rxh6 Ra4+ 38. Kf3 Ra3 39. Rxf6+ Ke5
40. Rf7 Rxe3+ 41. Kg4 b5 42. Kxg5 b4 43. Rb7 Rf3 44. g4 Kd5 45. Kg6 Kc6 46. Rb8
Bd6 47. Rc8+ Kd5 48. f6 b3 49. Rc1 Ke6 50. g5 b2 51. Re1+ Be5 52. h4 Rb3 53. f7
Rf3 54. h5 Rxf7 55. h6 Rf2 56. Kh7 Re2 57. Rb1 Rc2 58. g6 Rc1 59. g7 Rc7 60.
Kg6 Rc8 61. h7 Bxg7 62. Kxg7 Rc7+ 63. Kh6 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 c5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e4
d6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nfd7 11. b3 a6 12. f4 Qc7 13. f5 e5 14. Nc2 b5 15. Ne3
Nb6 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 Nxa4 18. Rxa4 Nd7 19. Qc2 Bc6 20. Ra3 Qb7 21. Bd2 Nf6
22. Nd5 Bxd5 23. exd5 Bd8 24. b4 Rc8 25. h3 Bb6+ 26. Kh2 Bd4 27. Qd3 Rc7 28. c5
dxc5 29. d6 e4 30. dxc7 Qxc7 31. Bxe4 Rd8 32. Qf3 Bg1+ 33. Kxg1 Rxd2 34. Rd3
Rxd3 35. Bxd3 h6 36. bxc5 Qxc5+ 37. Kg2 a5 38. g4 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Nbd7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Nc3 Bc5 9. Qb3 Bb6 10. Na4 O-O 11. Nxb6 axb6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. b3 b5 14. a3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Bg2 Qd6 17. Bb2 h5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rxa4 20. bxa4 h4 21.
Rb1 hxg3 22. hxg3 Nfg4 23. Bd4 Qd7 24. Qb3 Ra8 25. f3 c5 26. Bb2 d4 27. fxg4
Qxg4 28. Qxb7 Re8 29. Qe4 Qxg3 30. Rf1 Re6 31. Qf4 Qg6 32. Bc1 Qh5 33. Rf2 Rg6
34. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 e5 5. e4 exd4 6. Nxd4 Ne7 7. h4 Nbc6 8. Be3
f5 9. h5 fxe4 10. hxg6 hxg6 11. Rxh8+ Bxh8 12. Nxe4 Nf5 13. Bg5 Qd7 14. Nb5 a6
15. Nbc3 Qf7 16. Qd2 Be6 17. O-O-O Bxc4 18. Re1 Kf8 19. Bxc4 Qxc4 20. Rh1 Bxc3
21. Nxc3 Kg7 22. f3 Ne5 23. Kb1 Qd3+ 24. Qxd3 Nxd3 25. Nd5 Re8 26. g4 c6 27.
Nf6 Re2 28. Rh7+ Kf8 29. gxf5 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2795"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 d6 6. c3 e5 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4 O-O
9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Bb2 b5 13. Nf1 a5 14. a4 axb4 15. axb5
bxc3 16. Bxc3 Nb4 17. Ne3 Rb8 18. Bxb4 cxb4 19. Qa4 Qd7 20. Qxb4 Rxb5 21. Qd2
Rfb8 22. d4 Rb2 23. Qd1 Bb3 24. Qd3 Qb5 25. Qc3 Ba2 26. dxe5 Bxe5 27. Nxe5 Qxe5
28. Qxe5 dxe5 29. Ng4 Nc6 30. Nxh6+ Kg7 31. Ng4 Nd4 32. Ne3 Be6 33. h3 R8b3 34.
Ra5 Rb5 35. Rxb5 Rxb5 36. Ra1 Ne2+ 37. Kf1 Nd4 38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 Nd4 40. Ra3
Rb2 41. Kg1 Ne2+ 42. Kh2 Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "182"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c5 7. h3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc6 9. Nc3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Bc4 Bd7 13. Be3 Bc6 14. Qf3 Qe7
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Bb3 a6 17. Bb6 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Rc8 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5
21. Rxd5 Qe6 22. Qb3 h5 23. Be3 b5 24. Qd3 Bf8 25. Rd8 Rxd8 26. Qxd8 Kg7 27. b3
Be7 28. Qc7 Ba3 29. Qb7 Qd6 30. g3 Bb2 31. Qd5 Qxd5 32. exd5 Ba3 33. g4 f5 34.
f3 Kf6 35. gxh5 gxh5 36. Bb6 Ke7 37. Bc7 Bd6 38. Bb6 Kd7 39. Ba5 Bc5+ 40. Kf1
Kd6 41. Ke2 Kxd5 42. Bc3 e4 43. Bf6 a5 44. Bg7 a4 45. Bf6 Bd4 46. Be7 Ke5 47.
Bg5 Bc5 48. Bh6 Bd6 49. Ke3 Bc5+ 50. Ke2 axb3 51. axb3 exf3+ 52. Kxf3 Kd4 53.
Bg7+ Kd3 54. Kf4 Kc2 55. Kxf5 Kxb3 56. Kg5 b4 57. Kxh5 Kc4 58. Kg6 Bd4 59. Bh6
b3 60. Bc1 Kd3 61. h4 Kc2 62. Ba3 Bc5 63. Bxc5 b2 64. h5 b1=Q 65. h6 Kc3+ 66.
Kg7 Qb7+ 67. Kg6 Qc6+ 68. Kg7 Qc7+ 69. Kg8 Qg3+ 70. Kf7 Qf4+ 71. Kg6 Qg4+ 72.
Kf6 Qh5 73. Bf8 Kd4 74. Kg7 Qg5+ 75. Kf7 Qf5+ 76. Kg8 Qe6+ 77. Kg7 Ke5 78. h7
Kf5 79. h8=N Qe5+ 80. Kg8 Ke6 81. Bg7 Qb8+ 82. Kh7 Qc8 83. Kh6 Kf5 84. Kh7 Qe8
85. Kh6 Kg4 86. Kh7 Kg5 87. Bh6+ Kf5 88. Bg7 Qh5+ 89. Kg8 Ke6 90. Kf8 Qh7 91.
Ba1 Qa7 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 Nc6 3. e4 g6 4. Ne2 Bg7 5. c3 e5 6. d3 Nge7 7. Be3 d6 8. a3 a5
9. Nd2 O-O 10. O-O a4 11. f4 exf4 12. Nxf4 Kh8 13. Nf3 h6 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4
b5 16. Qd2 Na5 17. Rad1 Nc4 18. Qf2 Bb7 19. e5 Nxe3 20. Qxe3 Qb6 21. e6 f5 22.
Nh4 Kh7 23. Bxb7 Qxb7 24. Nf3 Rac8 25. h4 Qe4 26. Rfe1 Qxe3+ 27. Rxe3 Bf6 28.
Rc3 g5 29. hxg5 hxg5 30. Ne2 Nd5 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Rd3 Kg6 33. Nc3 Nxc3 34.
Rxc3 Rxc3 35. bxc3 d5 36. Ne1 Be7 37. Nc2 Kf6 38. Kf2 Kxe6 39. Kf3 g4+ 40. Kf2
Bd6 41. Kg2 Kf6 42. Kf2 Kg5 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. Bd3 b5 8. Bh6
Nc6 9. Bxg7 Kxg7 10. O-O-O e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. h3 c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6 14. g4 Be6 15.
Kb1 Qa5 16. Ng5 b4 17. Nxe6+ fxe6 18. Ne2 Qc5 19. f4 a5 20. f5 d5 21. g5 Nxe4
22. Bxe4 gxf5 23. Bg2 a4 24. h4 Na5 25. b3 Nc6 26. h5 Ra7 27. g6 h6 28. Nc1 e4
29. Qf4 e5 30. Qd2 Nd4 31. bxa4 Qa5 32. Qf2 f4 33. Rxd4 e3 34. Qe2 exd4 35. Rd1
Qc5 36. Nb3 Qc4 37. Qe1 f3 38. Rxd4 fxg2 39. Qxe3 Rf1+ 40. Nc1 Qc7 41. Rg4 Rxa4
42. Rxg2 b3 43. axb3 Re4 44. Qd2 Ree1 45. Qxd5 Rxc1+ 46. Kb2 Rb1+ 47. Ka3 Qa7+
48. Kb4 Qb6+ 49. Kc3 Qc7+ 50. Kb4 Rf4+ 51. Kb5 Qb8+ 52. Kc5 Qa7+ 53. Kb5 Qb8+
54. Kc5 Qb4+ 55. Kc6 Rf6+ 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nge7 8.
d3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bd2 h6 11. Bc3 Be6 12. Nfxe5 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 Bxe5 14. Nxe5
Bxa2 15. Rc1 c6 16. Qd2 Kh7 17. Ng4 Ng8 18. d4 Be6 19. Ne5 a4 20. e4 Qd6 21. f4
a3 22. bxa3 Rxa3 23. d5 cxd5 24. exd5 Bf5 25. g4 Bd7 26. Nc4 Qc5+ 27. Kh1 Ra4
28. Ne5 Qd6 29. Rb1 b5 30. h3 Nf6 31. Rfe1 Kg7 32. Rbc1 Rfa8 33. Rc2 Ra1 34.
Rxa1 Rxa1+ 35. Kh2 g5 36. Qc3 Ra3 37. Qc7 Qb4 38. Rf2 Qd4 39. Rf1 Ra7 40. Qb8
gxf4 41. Nc6 Bxc6 42. dxc6 Ra2 43. Qxf4 Qxf4+ 44. Rxf4 Nd5 45. Re4 Rc2 46. Kg3
Rxc6 47. Re5 Rc3+ 48. Bf3 Nc7 49. Kf4 b4 50. Be4 Ne6+ 51. Kf5 Rxh3 52. Ra5 Nd4+
53. Ke5 Ne6 54. Ra7 Re3 55. Kf5 b3 56. Ra3 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. h4 d5 3. h5 dxe4 4. hxg6 fxg6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Qxe4 Bf5 9. Qa4 Qd5 10. Nf3 Qe4+ 11. Qxe4 Bxe4 12. c3 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bg7 14. Bb5
O-O 15. Ke2 Rf5 16. Bd3 Rf6 17. Be4 Nd8 18. d4 c6 19. Bg5 Re6 20. Be3 Rd6 21.
Bf4 Rd7 22. Bc2 Nf7 23. Bb3 e6 24. Rae1 Re8 25. Kf1 Rde7 26. Kg2 Bf6 27. Re4
Kg7 28. Rhe1 e5 29. Bxf7 Kxf7 30. dxe5 Bg7 31. Bg3 Ke6 32. Rd1 Rd7 33. Rxd7
Kxd7 34. Rd4+ Ke6 35. Rd6+ Kf7 36. f4 Bf8 37. Rd7+ Re7 38. Rd1 Re8 39. Kf3 Ke6
40. Bh4 b5 41. Ke4 a5 42. Bg5 Bc5 43. Rh1 h5 44. Bh4 Rg8 45. Rg1 Kf7 46. Rg2 a4
47. a3 Bb6 48. f3 Bc5 49. Bf6 Ke6 50. Rxg6 Rxg6 51. f5+ Kf7 52. fxg6+ Kxg6 53.
Bh4 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O a5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. Rc1 d4 11. Na4 Re8 12. Rxc6 bxc6 13. Nxd4 Nd5 14. Nxc6 Qd6
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qa1+ Nf6 17. Qc3 Bb7 18. Nb6 Ra6 19. Nc4 Qe6 20. N4xa5 Bxc6
21. Nxc6 Rxa2 22. Bf3 Rc8 23. b4 Qd6 24. d3 Rxe2 25. Bxe2 Rxc6 26. Qb2 Qc7 27.
Bf3 Rc2 28. Qd4 e5 29. Qe3 Rb2 30. Qc5 Qxc5 31. bxc5 Rc2 32. c6 Rc3 33. Bg2 Ne8
34. Rb1 Nc7 35. Be4 Ne6 36. Rb7 Kf6 37. Bd5 Rc5 38. Rd7 h5 39. h4 Rc3 40. Kf1
Rc2 41. Ke1 Rc5 42. Kd2 Ra5 43. Kc3 Rc5+ 44. Kb4 Rc1 45. Bc4 Rb1+ 46. Ka5 Rb8
47. c7 Rc8 48. Kb6 Rf8 49. Bxe6 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Bd3 Bd7 6. O-O Bc6 7. Na3 Ne7 8. Re1
Ng6 9. Be4 Be7 10. d3 dxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. g3 f5 13. exf6 Bxf6 14. Bb2 Bd5 15.
Nc4 Nc6 16. a4 Qd7 17. Qe2 Rad8 18. Red1 b6 19. h4 Nge7 20. Ne3 Nf5 21. Ng4 Qf7
22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. a5 Nxa5 24. c4 Bxe4 25. dxe4 Ne7 26. e5 f5 27. Rd6 Nac6 28.
Ng5 1-0

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. d3 dxc4 7. dxc4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Nc3 Bb4 10. Bd2 O-O-O 11. h3 Bxf3 12. exf3 Ne5 13. a3 Ba5 14. b4
Nxc4 15. Be1 Bc7 16. f4 Rxd1 17. Nxd1 Rd8 18. a4 a6 19. Bf1 Nd2 20. Be2 Nb3 21.
Rb1 Nd4 22. Kf1 Nxe2 23. Kxe2 Nd5 24. Nb2 e5 25. f5 e4 26. Nc4 b5 27. axb5 axb5
28. Ne3 Bb6 29. Nc2 Kb7 30. Ra1 Ne7 31. g4 Rd3 32. Ra3 Nd5 33. Bd2 Rxa3 34.
Nxa3 Kc7 35. Nc2 Kd6 36. Bc1 Nc3+ 37. Kd2 Nd5 38. Ke2 f6 39. f3 e3 40. Kd3 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Qd2 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Ne2 a5
9. Ng3 Bb7 10. c3 bxc3 11. bxc3 Ngf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Nb6 14. Bh6 Bc6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Bc2 e6 17. e5 Nfd7 18. exd6 Bxf3 19. dxc7 Qxc7 20. gxf3 Rac8 21.
Ne2 Rfd8 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Ba6 Rb8 24. Bb5 Nc4 25. Qd3 Nd6 26. c4 Nf5 27. Qc3 Rd6
28. Rfd1 Rdd8 29. Rac1 Nh4 30. d5 exd5 31. cxd5 Qd6 32. Ng3 Qf4 33. Qe3 Nxf3+
34. Kh1 Nxd5 35. Qxf4 Nxf4 36. Ne4 Rbc8 37. Ng3 Rxd1+ 38. Rxd1 Rc2 39. Ne4 f5
40. Nd6 Rxf2 41. Nc4 0-1

[Event "Sochi Tal Memorial Blitz"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2014.11.14"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2014.11.13"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2015"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2014.11.20"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. h4 c5 6. d5 h5 7. Nf3 Bg4 8. Ng5
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 Na6 10. Nd1 Nc7 11. Ne3 e6 12. dxe6 Nxe6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. e5 dxe5
15. Nc4 Qd5 16. Bg5 O-O 17. Ne3 Qc6 18. Bxf6 Rxf6 19. O-O-O Raf8 20. f3 e4 21.
f4 Rxf4 22. g4 Rf2 23. Qc4 b5 24. Qb3 a5 25. a4 bxa4 26. Qa2 hxg4 27. Nxg4 Rg2
28. Rhg1 Rxg1 29. Rxg1 Bd4 30. Re1 Rf4 31. Nh2 e3 32. Nf1 Qe4 33. c3 Rxf1 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.28"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grachev, Boris V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. O-O O-O 8. Ne5
Ng4 9. Nxg4 Bxg4 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. h3 Be6 12. e4 Nxd4 13. exd5 Bd7 14. Bg5 Nf5
15. g4 Nd6 16. Re1 Re8 17. Rc1 Rc8 18. Ne4 Qa5 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. b4 Qxa2 21.
Nc5 Bb5 22. Bxe7 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Qd4 b6 25. Ne6 fxe6 26. dxe6 Be8 27. e7
Rf7 28. Bd5 Nb5 29. Bxf7+ Qxf7 30. Qe5 Qg7 31. Qe6+ Qf7 32. Qe5 Qg7 33. Qd5+
Qf7 34. Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2 Nc6 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Bd3 Qb4 13. a3 Qb3 14. Ned4
Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Nd5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20.
Rb1 Nxf4 21. exf4 Rd8 22. Bc4 Kf7 23. b3 Rd2 24. Re1 Bd4 25. Rxe6 Bxf2+ 26. Kf1
Kf8 27. Re2 Rxe2 28. Kxe2 Bc5 29. a4 Bd6 30. Kf3 e5 31. fxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.11.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. d3 Bb7 4. e4 g6 5. e5 Nd5 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
e6 9. c4 bxc4 10. dxc4 Nb6 11. Qe2 Nc6 12. Nc3 Ba6 13. b3 d6 14. Bg5 Qc8 15.
Bf6 Bxf6 16. exf6 Qd8 17. Ne4 Nd7 18. Nfg5 Nd4 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qd1 e5 21. Nf3
Ne6 22. h4 Rb8 23. Nfg5 Nd4 24. f4 Nxf6 25. fxe5 dxe5 26. Nc5 Qd6 27. Nxa6 Qxa6
28. Rxe5 Qd6 29. Re1 Rbd8 30. Qd3 Qb6 31. Kh1 Nf5 32. Qc3 Qf2 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2679"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Be2 Nc6 6. exd6 exd6 7. O-O Bg7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Bg5 Bf6 10. Bh6 Bg7 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Bh6 Bg7 13. Qd2 d5 14. Rfe1 Ne7
15. Bd3 c6 16. h3 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Kh8 18. Ng5 Nf6 19. Qh4 Neg8 20. Ne2 Kg7 21.
Nf4 Bd7 22. Re5 Qb6 23. Rae1 Rae8 24. b3 Qd8 25. Qg3 Re7 26. h4 Ng4 27. Nge6+
$2 (27. Rxe7 $1 {Was correct. White msut keep pushing his attack instead of
trading pieces.} Nxe7 28. f3 $1 (28. h5 $5) 28... Nf6 29. Re6 $1 {A
spectacular blow forcing Black back.} Neg8 $8 (29... fxe6 30. Ngxe6+ Bxe6 31.
Nxe6+ Kg8 32. Nxd8 $18) (29... Ne8 30. h5 {is too much pressure.})) 27... Bxe6
28. Nxe6+ Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qxg4 {Now Black has almost nothing to worry
about.} Qf6 31. Re2 Nh6 32. Qxe6 Qxd4 33. g3 Ng4 34. c3 Qxd3 35. Qxg4 Qxc3 36.
Re7+ Rf7 37. Rxf7+ Kxf7 38. Qd7+ Kf6 39. Qd6+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kf6 41. Qd6+ Kf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Ne6 9. h4 Nc6 10. d3 Ned4 11. Nb5 Nxb5 12. Bxb5 Qb6 13. Ba4 Bd7 14. Be3 e6
15. b4 Nxb4 16. Bxd7+ Kxd7 17. Ne5+ Ke8 18. Rb1 Qa6 19. Qh5 g6 20. Qf3 f5 21.
Rxb4 cxb4 22. exf5 Bd6 23. Nc4 Be7 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Qg4 Qb5 26. Qxe6 Qc6 27.
Qe5 Qf6 28. Qb5+ Qc6 29. Qe5 Qf6 30. Qb5+ Qc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. Qb3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. Nf3 Qb6 8. O-O
Rd8 9. h3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Be6 11. Qa4 Qa6 12. Qc2 c5 13. dxc5 Nc6 14. Be3 Nd5 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Rfd1 Nb4 17. Qd2 Nc6 18. Qc2 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nc6 20. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Qe1 Nc6 8. h3 d4
9. Na3 Nd5 10. Nc4 b6 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. c3 e6 13. Rc1 Rc8 14. Qf2 Nde7 15. a4 Ba6
16. Nce5 dxc3 17. Bxc3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Nc6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21. fxe5
Qd4 22. Qxd4 cxd4 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. b4 b5 25. Ra1 Rc7 26. a5 f6 27. exf6+ Kxf6
28. Kf2 Bc8 29. Ke1 e5 30. Kd2 Be6 31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 Bd7 33. h4 g5 34. Kd2
g4 35. Be4 h6 36. Bd5 Ke7 37. e4 Kf6 38. Ke2 Ke7 39. Kd2 Kf6 40. Ke2 Ke7
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2770"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Nc4
Qe7 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Red1 Nxe4 18. Ba4 Ng3 19. fxg3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxe3+ 21. Kh2
Nxa5 22. Qe4 Bb6 23. Rd5 Nb7 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qxb4 Nc5 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4
Ba7 28. b3 Rb4 29. Bc6 Rxf4 30. Ra5 Ne6 31. Rxa6 Bc5 32. Re1 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4
34. Re2 h5 35. Ra4 Rfd8 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Bxe8 Kf8 39. Bc6 h4 40.
g4 hxg3+ 41. Kxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 67th"]
[Site "Kazan"]
[Date "2014.12.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2014.11.28"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 164"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 ({Zvjaginsev is a very original player, who introduced the
extraordinary} 2. Na3 {into high-level chess. Even his opponent played this in
a couple of blitz games, but right now Svidler was eager to finally win a game
and chooses a traditional approach.}) 2... Nc6 ({Even with Black we will yet
see some orginal play by Vadim. An earlier example went} 2... d6 3. d4 cxd4 4.
Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 a6 {combines the Dragon and Najdorf (or
Dragadorf- the name stems probably from aficionad S.Williams):} 8. Qd2 Nbd7 9.
g4 b5 10. h4 Bb7 11. h5 b4 12. Nce2 e5 13. h6 Bf8 14. g5 exd4 15. Bxd4 Ne5 16.
O-O-O Nfd7 17. Qxb4 $44 Qc7 (17... Rb8 $5) 18. Bh3 Rc8 $6 (18... Rg8 $142 $13)
19. Nc3 Nc6 20. Qa4 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 f6 22. Kb1 (22. gxf6 Bxh6+ 23. Kb1 Bf4 24.
Bxd7+ Qxd7 25. e5 $1 Bxe5 26. Rhe1 {[%cal Rf3f4,Re1e5,Rd4d6]} O-O 27. Rxe5 Rxf6
$14 {/<=>}) 22... Qc5 23. Qa4 Bc6 24. Qb3 Be7 25. gxf6 Bxf6 26. Qe6+ Kf8 27.
Qxd6+ Qxd6 28. Rxd6 Bxc3 29. bxc3 Ke7 30. Rhd1 Rhd8 31. Re6+ Kf7 32. Red6 $11 {
Ni,Hua (2607)-Zvjaginsev,V (2675)/Ergun/2006/}) 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3
Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 {The most principled follow-up. Developing simply f3 and
Qd2 like in a normal Dragon with 2...d6 would allow Black a swift d7-d5 thrust.
} ({The alternative} 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8. e5 {led to a release of the tension after}
Ng8 9. f4 f6 10. Bd4 Qa5 11. Qd2 (11. Qe2 $5) 11... fxe5 12. fxe5 c5 13. Be3
Bxe5 14. Bc4 Nf6 15. O-O Ba6 16. Bxa6 Qxa6 17. Bxc5 d6 18. Rae1 O-O 19. Bd4
Bxd4+ 20. Qxd4 e5 21. Qd3 Qxd3 22. cxd3 Rab8 $11 {Kasparov,G (2838)-Ivanchuk,V
(2711) Prague rpd/2002/ See the notes to this game by Tsesarsky in CBM 089.})
7... O-O 8. Bb3 (8. f3 $6 Qb6 {[%cal Rf6e4] is something White should avoid.})
8... a6 {Once again the Najdorf move...} (8... Qa5 9. f3 e6 (9... d5 10. exd5
Nb4 11. Qd2 Nbxd5 12. Nxd5 Qxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rd8 15. c4 e6 16. Be4
Bxd4 (16... f5 $142 17. Bd3 Bxd4 18. Bxd4 Rxd4 19. Kc3 $14) 17. Bxd4 Rxd4+ 18.
Kc3 Rd7 19. Rhd1 Rb8 20. Rxd7 Bxd7 21. Rd1 Be8 22. f4 Kf8 23. b4 Ke7 24. b5 b6
25. a4 Rc8 26. Kb3 h6 27. a5 f5 28. Bf3 g5 29. g3 Rc5 30. Kb4 e5 31. fxe5 Rxe5
32. axb6 axb6 33. Bd5 Re2 34. Ra1 Rb2+ 35. Kc3 Rxh2 36. Ra6 $16 {Svidler,P 
(2713)-Lutz,C (2610)/Frankfurt/1999/}) 10. O-O d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Qd2 Re8 13.
Rad1 Bd7 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Nxd5 Qxd2 16. Nxf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxd2 Bxb2 18. Bc3 Bxc3
19. Rxd7 Rf8 20. Rfd1 Kg7 21. Rb7 $36 {Carlsen,M (2877)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2768)/Saint Louis/2014/ White's advantage is beyond doubt, but still not easy
to convert - for details see the notes by Roiz in CBM 162.}) ({If Black wants
to avoid heavy Dragon theory with the standard} 8... d6) ({, another
interesting try is} 8... Re8 $5 {However, this would have been no surprise, as
Zvjaginsev has already played it in the past:} 9. O-O (9. f3 e6 $1 10. O-O d5
11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bf2 Qg5 14. Kh1 Qh5 15. c3 Be5 16. Bg1 Nxd4 17.
cxd4 Bf4 18. Re1 Bd7 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. Qf1 Kg7 21. Re1 Rc8 $15 {Leko,P (2734)
-Vitiugov,N (2742)/EUCup Bilbao/2014/}) (9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. f3 b6
12. Kf2 Ba6 13. Rhd1 Nd7 14. h3 Kf8 15. Rd2 Ne5 16. Rad1 Rxd2+ 17. Rxd2 Nc4 18.
Bxc4 Bxc4 19. Bd4 f6 20. b3 Ba6 21. Ne2 Ke8 22. Be3 Rd8 $11 {Vavulin,M (2377)
-Zvjaginsev,V (2659) St Petersburg/2013/}) 9... d6 10. h3 Na5 11. Qe2 (11. f4
b6 12. e5 Nxb3 13. exf6 Nxd4 14. fxe7 Ne2+ 15. Qxe2 Qxe7 16. Rfe1 Bb7 17. Rad1
Qc7 18. Qf2 Qc6 19. Rd2 Re6 20. Kh2 Rae8 $36 {[%csl Gb7,Gg7] Gabrielian,A 
(2541)-Zvjaginsev,V (2659)/St Petersburg/2013/}) 11... b6 12. Rfd1 Nxb3 13.
axb3 Bb7 14. Bg5 Qc8 15. b4 a6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. b5 Bxd5 19. exd5
Bxd4 20. Rxd4 a5 21. Rc4 e6 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Qf3 Rc8 24. Rxc8 Qxc8 25. Qd3 Qc5
26. Rd1 Qb4 27. b3 Re1+ $11 {Feher,A (2398)-Georgiadis,N (2438)/Porto Rio/2014/
}) 9. f3 e6 {And now the Paulsen set-up...} (9... d6 {is far more common,} 10.
Qd2 (10. h4 $5) 10... Na5 {is far from clear:} 11. g4 $5 (11. Bh6 Bxh6 12. Qxh6
e5 13. Nde2 b5 $5 (13... Be6 14. O-O-O Rc8 15. h4 Nxb3+ 16. axb3 b5 17. h5 Qe7
18. Kb1 b4 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rc5 21. g4 Qc7 22. Ng3 Rxc2 23. Nf5 Rxb2+ 24.
Kxb2 Qc3+ $11 {Manyakhin,A-Petrov,Y (2236)/email/2007/}) 14. Qd2 b4 15. Na4 (
15. Nd5 Nxb3 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. axb3 a5 $11) 15... Nxb3 16. axb3 a5 17. O-O-O
Ra6 18. h4 Be6 19. h5 Qe7 20. g4 Nd7 21. f4 $2 (21. Kb1 Rc6 $132) 21... Bxg4
22. f5 gxf5 23. exf5 Kh8 24. Qd3 Rc6 25. Rd2 Nf6 $17 {Hou,Yifan (2603)
-Nakamura,H (2769)/Wijk aan Zee/2013/}) 11... b5 12. h4 e5 (12... b4 $5 13. Na4
Rb8 14. h5 Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bd7 $13) 13. Nde2 Bb7 14. O-O-O Nxb3+ 15. axb3 Rc8 16.
Qxd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 b4 18. Rb6 $1 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Nd5 20. Bf2 Nxb6 21. Bxb6 f5 22.
gxf5 gxf5 23. Nd6 Rc6 24. Nc4 $16 {Savchenko,B (2602)-Belous,V (2554)/Moscow
blitz/2013/}) 10. f4 $146 {[%mdl 8] A surprising novelty from Svidler,
especially if one recalls his last move was 9.f3. However, it's not so simple
to prove White has an edge:} ({After} 10. Nxc6 bxc6 (10... dxc6 11. Qxd8 Rxd8
12. a4 $14 {with a riskless pull}) 11. Bc5 {Zvjaginsev probably intended} d5 $5
({A miserable example from Black's point of view was} 11... Re8 12. Bd6 Qa5 13.
Qd2 Kh8 14. O-O-O Ng8 15. Na4 Qxd2+ 16. Kxd2 Ra7 17. c3 Bf8 18. Kc2 Bxd6 19.
Rxd6 Nf6 20. Rhd1 Re7 21. Nb6 Rc7 22. c4 Bb7 23. e5 $18 {Darling,S-Mithran,M 
(1675)/Istanbul/2012/}) 12. Bxf8 Qxf8 $44 {/+/= I'm not 100% sure Black has
full compensation, but he has play on the dark squares and the Bb3 is offside.}
) ({There is a lack of more relevant practice after the possibly more promising
} 10. Qd2 b5 $5 (10... d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxc6 (12. Nxd5 exd5 13. O-O (13.
O-O-O $142 $5 $36) 13... Qd6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Bd4 Be5 16. f4 Bxd4+ 17. Qxd4
Be6 18. Rad1 Rab8 19. Qf6 Qd8 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. c3 {½, Koetters,M (1231)
-Ingelaere,A (1645) /Blankenberge/2014/}) 12... bxc6 13. O-O-O Bb7 (13... a5
$142) 14. Bc5 Re8 15. Ne4 Qh4 16. g3 Qh5 17. f4 {Turtiainen,T (2098)-Sofiev,A 
(2126)/Helsinki/2009/} a5 18. Bc4 Ba6 $132) 11. O-O-O (11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. O-O-O
Qxd2+ 13. Rxd2 Nd7 14. Rhd1 c5 15. a3 Ra7 $132) 11... Na5 12. g4 (12. e5 b4
$132) (12. h4 $5) 12... Bb7 $13 {[%cal Yd7d5]}) 10... d6 {And finally we have
all Sicilians rolled into one - Dragon, Najdorf, Pauslen and Scheveningen as
well! Black looks quite OK here.} (10... d5 11. e5 Nd7 12. Nce2 $13 {[%cal
Yc2c3,Yb3c2] /+/= transposes into a strange French - it seems to me Black
should be worse here.} (12. h4 Nxd4 $13 {[%cal Yf7f6]})) 11. Qf3 (11. O-O Qc7
$11 {seemed too tame to Svidler.}) 11... Nxd4 ({Black could (or rather should)
have played} 11... Na5 $1 12. O-O-O b5 $132) 12. Bxd4 b5 13. O-O-O $6 ({
More consistent and dangerous for Black was} 13. e5 $142 dxe5 14. fxe5 $1 (14.
Qxa8 $2 exd4 $40) (14. Bxe5 Ra7 $15 {[%cal Ya7d7,Yc8b7]}) 14... Nd5 (14... Qxd4
15. exf6 Qh4+ (15... Bxf6 16. Qxa8 Qe3+ 17. Kf1 $16) 16. g3 Qxf6 17. Qxa8 Qe5+
18. Qe4 $5 Qxe4+ 19. Nxe4 Bb7 20. Nf2 $16) 15. Bc5 (15. Nxd5 exd5 16. O-O $14 (
16. Bxd5 $2 Be6 17. Bxa8 Qxd4 $36) (16. Qxd5 Bb7 $11)) 15... Re8 16. Rf1 $5 (
16. O-O Qc7 17. Bd6 Qa7+ 18. Kh1 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 a5 $132) 16... Nxc3 17. Qxf7+ (
17. Qxa8 Bxe5 18. Qf3 Qh4+ 19. Rf2 Qe4+ 20. Kf1 $14) 17... Kh8 18. bxc3 $36) (
13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. e5 Bh4+ 15. g3 Rb8 16. gxh4 (16. O-O-O Bb7 17. Ne4 Be7 $11 {
/=/+}) 16... Bb7 17. Ne4 Qxh4+ 18. Qg3 Qxg3+ 19. Nxg3 Bxh1 20. Nxh1 dxe5 21.
fxe5 Rfd8 $13 {[%csl Re5,Rh2] /=/+ If anyone is better here, it should be
Black.}) 13... Bb7 14. Rhe1 a5 $6 {Black is getting ambitious as well, but
this is too impatient.} (14... b4 15. Na4 Qc7 16. Qd3 {[%cal Ye4e5,Yd4f6]}) (
14... Bc6 $5 {[%cal Ra6a4]} 15. g4 a5 16. g5 Nh5 $132) 15. Nxb5 a4 16. Bc4 Rc8
(16... d5 $5 17. exd5 Rc8 18. Qe2 Bxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Bxg7 Kxg7 21. g3 $14)
17. Nxd6 $5 {[%mdl 64]} ({Svidler opts for a tactical solution, but White
could have played also} 17. Bd3 $14) 17... Qxd6 18. Bxf6 Qb4 (18... Qc7 19.
Bxg7 Kxg7 $5 (19... Qxc4 {is just a transposition}) 20. Rd4 (20. Bd3 a3 $1 $44)
20... Ba6 21. b3 e5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rd5 Qc7 24. Qc3+ Kg8 $14) 19. Bxg7 Qxc4 (
19... Kxg7 20. Bf1 f5 21. a3 Qc5 22. Bd3 $16 {[%cal Yf3e3,Yc2c3]}) 20. Bc3 Qxa2
(20... a3 21. Rd4 Qc6 22. Rb4 axb2+ 23. Kxb2 $16 {[%csl Gc3]}) 21. Rd4 Ba6 (
21... a3 $2 22. b3 $18 {[%csl Ra2][%cal Yc1d2,Ye1a1]}) (21... Rc6 22. Red1 $16
{[%cal Yc1e3,Ye3g1]}) 22. Kd2 (22. Red1 $5 a3 23. b3 Be2 24. Qe3 $1 Bxd1 25.
Rxd1 $40 {/\} Rc7 26. Rd6 Rfc8 27. Qd4 Rxc3 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kg7 30.
Qd4+ $18) 22... Rfd8 23. Qe3 $6 (23. Qf2 $1 f6 24. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 25. Ke3 Qc4 {
[%cal Rd8d3]} 26. Kf3 $16) 23... f6 24. Rd1 (24. e5 Rxd4+ 25. Qxd4 f5 $14 {
keeps an edge, but closing the long dark diagonal is nevertheless a concession
Svidler doesn't want to make.}) 24... e5 25. fxe5 fxe5 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8+ 27. Ke1
Rf8 (27... Rxd1+ 28. Kxd1 a3 29. bxa3 Qxa3 30. g3 $14 {/+/-}) 28. Qc5 Qc4 $6 (
28... Qf7 $142 29. Qd5 Bb7 $1 (29... Qxd5 $6 30. Rxd5 {is the game}) 30. Qxf7+
Rxf7 31. Ra1 (31. Rd2 Bxe4 32. Re2 Bc6 33. Bxe5 Bb5 $11) 31... Bxe4 32. Rxa4
Bxc2 $11) (28... Rf1+ 29. Kd2 Rxd1+ 30. Kxd1 Qf7 {is also better, than the
text-move:} 31. Qd5 (31. Qxe5 Qf1+ 32. Kd2 Qe2+ 33. Kc1 Qf1+ $11) 31... Qxd5+
32. exd5 Bb7 33. d6 Kf7 34. Bxe5 Bxg2 $14 {/=}) 29. Qd5+ $1 (29. Qxc4+ Bxc4 30.
Bxe5 Rf1+ 31. Kd2 Rxd1+ 32. Kxd1 Bf1 $14 {and Black wins a pawn back without
the rooks on board - this could still be a draw.}) 29... Qxd5 30. Rxd5 $1 {
[%mdl 4096] The complications have resulted in an endgame, in which White has
winning chances.} ({We have already seen} 30. exd5 $143 Rf1+ 31. Kd2 Rxd1+ 32.
Kxd1 Bb7 33. d6 Kf7 34. Bxe5 Bxg2 $14 {/=}) 30... Rf1+ 31. Kd2 Rf2+ 32. Ke3
Rxg2 33. Ra5 Bf1 34. Bxe5 Rxc2 35. Rxa4 Rc4 $6 ({Black should first and
foremost activate his king with} 35... Kf7 $1 $16 {/+/=}) 36. Ra7 $36 Bg2 37.
Bd4 Rc1 38. Bc3 $1 (38. Rg7+ Kf8 39. Rxh7 Re1+ 40. Kf2 Rxe4 41. Bc5+ Kg8 $14)
38... Rf1 39. b4 $6 {Now White has to work for the point again.} (39. Rg7+ $1
Kf8 40. Rxh7 {was simpler, after} Rf3+ 41. Kd4 Rh3 42. Rxh3 Bxh3 43. b4 $18 {
White wins - the Bc3 controls h8.}) 39... Rf7 40. Ra8+ Rf8 41. Ra5 Re8 42. Be5
Kf7 43. Rc5 Ra8 44. Rc6 (44. Rc2 Ke6 $5) (44. Bg3 $5 $16) 44... Ra3+ 45. Kd4
Ra1 46. Kd5 (46. Bg3 Rb1 47. Rb6 $16) 46... Rd1+ (46... Re1 $1 47. Rc4 (47.
Rc7+ Ke8 48. Rxh7 Bxe4+ $14) 47... Rd1+ 48. Bd4 Re1 {was more resilient.}) 47.
Bd4 Re1 48. Re6 $16 {[%cal Yb4b8]} Rf1 (48... Bf1 49. Rf6+ Ke8 (49... Kg8 50.
e5 $18) (49... Ke7 50. Rf2 Rd1 51. Ra2 $16) 50. Bc5 Bg2 51. Kc6 $5 Rf1 (51...
Bxe4+ 52. Kc7 {[%cal Rf6f8]}) 52. Re6+ Kf7 53. Kd5 Rd1+ 54. Ke5 Re1 55. Re7+
Kg8 56. Kd5 $16) (48... Rb1 49. Rf6+ Kg8 50. Rf2 Bh1 51. Bc3 $16) 49. Bc5 g5
50. Re7+ Kf6 51. Re6+ Kf7 52. Re7+ Kf6 53. Rxh7 Rf5+ 54. Kd4 Rf4 55. Re7 $18 {
White has won and retained a second pawn and the game is decided.} Rf1 56. Bd6
(56. b5 Rd1+ 57. Ke3 Rc1 58. Rc7 $18 {[%cal Rc5e7,Yb5b8]}) 56... Rd1+ 57. Kc5
Rc1+ 58. Kb6 Rc4 59. e5+ Kf5 60. Rf7+ Ke6 61. Rf6+ Kd5 62. b5 Bh3 63. Ka7 Ra4+
64. Kb8 {[%cal Rb5b7]} 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.27"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Frisk, Ellinor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2266"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. d4 Bxe4 11. Rxe4 Nxe4 12. d5 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Ne5 14. Nxe5 dxe5
15. Qa4+ b5 16. Qe4 Qd6 17. a4 g6 18. axb5 Bg7 19. Rxa6 Rxa6 20. bxa6 O-O 21.
Qa4 f5 22. Qc6 fxg4+ 23. Ke1 Qb8 24. Qe6+ Kh8 25. Qxg4 e4 26. Be2 Qh2 27. Kd1
Qh1+ 28. Kc2 e3 29. Bxe3 Qxd5 30. Nd2 Rd8 31. Qe4 Qd7 32. Nb3 c4 33. Nc5 Qxh3
34. a7 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.28"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wagner, Dennis"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2501"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. O-O f4 14. Bd2 Nxd4
15. Bc3 Nxf3+ 16. Qxf3 Qc7 17. Rac1 Bd7 18. Bxg7+ Kxg7 19. Bb5 Bc6 20. Bxc6
bxc6 21. Rc5 Rac8 22. Rfc1 Qd6 23. Qc3+ Kf7 24. h4 Qf6 25. Qxf6+ exf6 26. Rxc6
Rxc6 27. Rxc6 Re8 28. Ra6 Rxe4 29. Rxa7+ Ke6 30. h5 gxh5 31. Rxh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 d4 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Nc6 7. d3 Bd6 8. exd4
cxd4 9. a3 a5 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Qxf6 12. Nbd2 Qe7 13. Ne4 Bc7 14. Qa4 Bd7 15.
Qb5 a4 16. b4 b6 17. Qh5 g6 18. Qh4 Qxh4 19. Nxh4 Ke7 20. f4 Be8 21. Rae1 Rd8
22. Rf2 g5 23. fxg5 Ne5 24. g6 f5 25. Nd2 Kf6 26. Rfe2 Bd7 27. Ndf3 Nxd3 28.
Rd1 Ne5 29. Nxe5 Bxe5 30. g4 f4 31. Be4 Bc7 32. Rxd4 e5 33. Rd5 Be6 34. Rc2 Rc8
35. Bf5 e4 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Rcd2 Be5 38. g7 Rhe8 39. Ng6 Bxg7 40. Nxf4+ Kf7
41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. R2d6 Rf8 43. Nd5 Bd4+ 44. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kjartansson, Gudmundur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2468"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.
N1h2 c5 16. Ng4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19. Qd1 h5 20. Nh2 Qc7 21. Bb1
Nf6 22. Bg5 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxh5 Bg6 25. Qh4 Qc4 26. Ng4 f5 27. b3 Qf7
28. Ne3 Re4 29. Bf4 d5 30. f3 Ree8 31. Rad1 Rcd8 32. Rc1 d4 33. Nf1 Rd7 34. Bd2
Nb7 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Rc6 a5 37. Qg5 Rd6 38. Rxd6 Nxd6 39. Bxa5 Qe6 40. Qd8+
Be8 41. Bb4 Nf7 42. Qxd4 Qe5 43. Qd2 f4 44. Bc3 Qc5+ 45. Bd4 Qf5 46. Qc3 Qg6
47. Nd2 Bc6 48. Kh1 Nh6 49. Bf2 Nf5 50. Qe5 Ng3+ 51. Kh2 Nh5 52. Ne4 Qe8 53.
Qxe8+ Bxe8 54. Nc5 Nf6 55. a4 bxa4 56. bxa4 Kf7 57. a5 Nd5 58. h4 Bb5 59. a6
Kg6 60. a7 Bc6 61. Bd4 Kh5 62. Bxg7 Kxh4 63. Ne6 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.01.31"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2608"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ndb4 8.
Nxc6 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Nxc6 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Be3 Rc8 12. Rc1 g6 13. Kd2 Bg7 14. Rhd1
O-O 15. Ke1 Be6 16. b3 Nb4 17. Bd4 Rc7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Rd4 a5 20. a3 Na6 21.
b4 axb4 22. axb4 Rfc8 23. Kd2 Rc4 24. Rxc4 Rxc4 25. Bxb7 Nxb4 26. Nb5 Rxc1 27.
Kxc1 Bd5 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. e4 Nb4 30. Kd2 e5 31. Kc3 Na6 32. Kc4 Kf6 33. h4 Ke6
34. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "BYE2"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "0"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Na3 Qd8 7. Nc2 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 b6 11. Qe2 Bb7 12. Rad1 Qc8 13. Rfe1 a6 14. Ne5 b5
15. c4 Nxe5 16. dxe5 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Nd5 18. Bc1 Nb6 19. Bd3 c4 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7
21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. Re3 Qc6 23. Rg3 Qe4 24. Be3 Qxc2 25. Bxb6 Be4 26. Rh3 Bh7 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. e5 Ne4 6. d4 Bb4 7. Qa4+ Nc6 8.
Bb5 O-O 9. Nge2 Bd7 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Qc2 Bb5 14. Re1
c5 15. f3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Nc5 17. Ba3 b6 18. Qd2 Re8 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Nf5 Re6
21. h4 h6 22. a4 Bc4 23. Rab1 Rb8 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Nd6 Qb3 26. f4 Qa2 27. Qxa2
Bxa2 28. Re2 Bb3 29. Rb2 c4 30. Rd2 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. g3 f6 33. Rxd5 gxf4
34. gxf4 fxe5 35. fxe5 Bxa4 36. Kf2 Rh6 37. Ke3 Kf8 38. Nf5 Rh1 39. Rd6 Bc2 40.
Rf6+ Ke8 41. Nd6+ Ke7 42. Kd4 Rd1+ 43. Kxc4 a5 44. Nc8+ Ke8 45. Kc5 a4 46. e6
Bb3 47. e7 Bf7 48. c4 a3 49. Nd6+ Kd7 50. Rxf7 Rxd6 51. e8=Q+ Kxe8 52. Ra7 Rh6
53. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{The Tradewise Gibraltar Chess festival is one of the few of its kind which
only gets better every year. The tournament has been organised for nearly a
decade, an achievement in itself. For me it was only my second edition, I
started with a bang with 4/4 and but then two losses against Nakamura and
Naroditsky brought me back to earth :). I was quite optimistic in this round
since I had won against him once even though it was blitz.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6
3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ $5 {During the previous
round, I was watching the game which was played next to my board and was
pretty inspired to try it out the next day!} c6 8. Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3
Bb7 ({The stem game for my inspiration continued} 10... a5 11. h4 a4 12. Bc2 c5
$5 $146 {A novelty,but it was an over the boad improvisation!} ({The only
other top level clash was} 12... e5 {in (Ivanchuk-Rodshtein 2011)}) 13. Rb1 b4
$1 {Black plays in the true style of the Grünfeld, never to turn back!} 14. d5
bxc3 15. h5 {Alex was still blitzing here.} e6 16. Be3 Na6 17. a3 {Somewhat
slow, but its hard to give White good advice.} exd5 18. exd5 Qd6 $1 {Faced
with an innovation, Dennis surprisingly comes up with the top engine moves
which only confirms his final standings, an amazing 6th place (with a tie for
the 3rd) in such a strong event!} 19. hxg6 fxg6 20. Ng3 Nc7 21. Rxh7 $1 {
I was pretty sure the game was going to be over soon with 1-0 on the
scoresheet, but little did I know.} Ba6 $1 {What did I say? Once again Dennis
is up to the task.} 22. Rh1 Nxd5 23. Bxg6 Qxg6 $138 {Finding all those cool
defensive moves took a toll on the defender who was running short of time and
chose the safer route.} (23... c2 $3 {If Dennis had played this, I am pretty
sure Alex would have complained that this guy was using engine help!} 24. Bh7+
Kf7 25. Qh5+ Ke7 {White's checks soon run out and Black emerges with a winning
advantage.}) 24. Qxd5+ Qf7 25. Qe4 Rfe8 26. Qh7+ Kf8 27. Rh5 Bf6 28. Qh6+ Bg7
29. Qh7 Bf6 30. Rb6 Qxh7 31. Rxh7 Bd4 32. Kd1 (32. Nf5 {was the last chance to
equalise.} Bd3 33. Rbb7 Bxf5 34. Rhf7+ Kg8 35. Rxf5 $11) 32... Bd3 $1 {
Crowning Black's brilliant play!} 33. Bxd4 c2+ 34. Kd2 Bxh7 35. Bxc5+ Kg8 36.
Bb4 Rad8+ {0-1 (36) Lenderman,A (2614)-Wagner,D (2501) Caleta ENG 2015}) 11. h4
$5 $146 {There was also a funny story behind this move. In Aeroflot Blitz in
2012 after making short castling, I anyway went for h4-h5 (please note:
without a rook on h1!) and won with a irresistible attack (I will leave it to
the reader's imagination as to in which variation it was!). So I was hoping to
remind him about that game in a silent manner.} c5 12. h5 Bxe4 13. f3 Bd5 14.
hxg6 hxg6 15. Bh6 {The only way to continue the attack.} Bxb3 16. Qd2 $5 {
A stunning rejoinder but nothing much if Black keeps his cool.} Bf6 $5 (16...
Bc4 $1 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kf6 {Amazingly White has nothing better than to
go for a repetition.} 19. Qf4+ (19. Ng3 {This was the line which put off
Svidler from playing ...Bc4, but it seems after the stunning} cxd4 $1 {Black
beats off the attack and is just winning.}) 19... Kg7 {with a draw.} (19... Ke6
$6 20. Qe4+ Kd6 21. Qxa8 $14)) 17. Bxf8 {Taking the rook and continuing the
attack for free but unfortunately Black gains some tempi to create counterplay.
} (17. axb3 $5 {This was my best chance.} Re8 18. Bg5 (18. Qf4 e5 19. Qh2 exd4
20. Bg5 d3 21. Bxf6 Qxf6) 18... Bg7 19. Qf4 (19. Bh6 Bf6 {just repeats the
moves.}) 19... Nd7 20. Qh4 (20. dxc5 Nxc5 21. Qh4 {looks scary but Black can
defend with an iron fist!} f5 22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Qh7+ Kf7 24. Nf4 Qc6 25. Rh6 Rh8
26. Rxg6 Rxh7 27. Rxc6 Rh1+ {with equality.}) (20. Qh2 Nf8 21. dxc5 Qd5 22. Bh6
Bf6 23. b4) 20... Nf8 21. dxc5 $1 Qd5 22. b4 a5 23. Rd1 Qe6 24. Kf2 axb4 (24...
a4 25. Nd4) 25. cxb4 Ra2 26. Rd2 Rxd2 27. Bxd2 Ra8 $1 {Black has sufficient
counterplay to hold the balance.}) 17... Bc4 18. Bh6 Nc6 19. Bg5 {I felt my
best chance was to exchange the dark-squared bishop.} Bg7 20. Bh6 (20. Qf4 Qd6
21. Qh4 f5 $1 {and Black seizes the advantage.} (21... f6 $6 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23.
Bh6 Rg8 24. Nf4 cxd4 (24... f5 25. d5) 25. Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Bxg7+ Rxg7 27. Rh8+
Rg8 $11)) (20. dxc5 Ne5 {Black has more than enough compensation.}) 20... Bf6
21. Bg5 {The best, otherwise it will be Black's turn to seize the intiative.}
Bg7 22. Bh6 {A draw which was quite exciting!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 13th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2015.02.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.01.27"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
h3 Nc6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. cxd4 f5 11. Bd3 fxe4 12. Bxe4 Bf5 13. Bxf5 Qa5+ 14. Ke2
gxf5 15. Qd3 O-O 16. Rhc1 Rad8 17. Qc4+ Kh8 18. Bd2 Qd5 19. Qxd5 Rxd5 20. Rab1
Nxd4+ 21. Nxd4 Rxd4 22. Rc7 Ra4 23. Rbxb7 Rxa2 24. Rxe7 Rd8 25. Rxg7 Rdxd2+ 26.
Ke3 Re2+ 27. Kf4 Rxf2+ 28. Ke5 Rxg2 29. Rxh7+ Kg8 30. Rhc7 Rae2+ 31. Kxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2797"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd2 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 Bd6 9. h3 {A prophylactic move. White protects the important g4-square
and keeps the option of castling long. However, it is too slow, and Black
should easily equalise.} (9. Nb5 {is the main line examined in a survey in CBM
153.}) 9... a6 (9... Bd7 10. Qc2 e5 11. O-O (11. d5 Nb4 12. Qb3 a5 13. a3 e4 $1
14. Nd4 Na6 15. Qc2 Nc5 16. O-O Qe7 17. Ncb5 Be5 18. b4 Nd3 19. bxa5 c6 20.
dxc6 bxc6 21. Nc3 c5 $13 {1-0 (42) Manolache,M (2549)-Doncea,V (2415) Arad 2012
}) 11... exd4 12. exd4 Qc8 (12... Nb4 13. Qd1 c6 14. Bg5 Be7 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16.
Qb3 b5 17. Bxf7+ Rxf7 18. Qxb4 $16 {1/2 (145) Bu,X (2710)-Naroditsky,D (2601)
Las Vegas 2014}) 13. Nb5 Bxh3 14. Nxd6 (14. gxh3 Qxh3 15. Nxd6 Qg4+ $11) 14...
Qg4 15. Ne1 Nxd4 16. f3 {1-0 (31) Mareco,S (2583)-Mekhitarian,K (2487) Santos
2011} Nxc2 17. fxg4 Nxa1 18. Nxf7 Bxg4 $13) (9... e5 $5 10. d5 Ne7 11. e4 a6
12. a3 {1/2 (38) Polak,T (2522)-Hainke,G (2318) Livigno 2012} c6 13. dxc6 Nxc6
$11) 10. O-O {A natural move but practice has seen other options:} (10. Be2 e5
$1 (10... Bd7 11. Qb3 Qe7 12. O-O b5 13. Ng5 e5 14. d5 (14. dxe5 $6 Qxe5 15. f4
Qe7 16. Bf3 Rad8 17. Rae1 h6 18. Nge4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 Be6 20. Qc3 Bb4 21. Qxc6
Bxd2 $15 {1-0 (66) Nikolic,P (2638)-Oms Pallisse,J (2506) Barcelona 2012})
14... Na5 15. Qc2 $14) 11. d5 Ne7 12. e4 Bd7 13. Qc2 c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Bg5
Ng6 16. Rd1 h6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. O-O Rac8 $11 19. Qb1 b5 $15 {1/2 (25) Dobrov,V 
(2499)-Yemelin,V (2564) Serpukhov 2007}) (10. Qc2 b5 11. Be2 Bb7 12. a3 e5 13.
dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Bf3 Qc8 16. Ne2 c5 {1/2 (16) Malakhatko,V (2562)
-Jakobsen,O (2387) Salou 2005}) (10. e4 e5 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13.
O-O-O c6 (13... Qe7 $5) 14. f4 b5 15. Qc2 bxc4 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Qa4
Nxe5 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxc6 Be6 21. Qd6 Qa5 22. Qg3 Rfd8 $11 {1/2 (30)
Guidarelli,L (2498)-Estremera Panos,S (2345) Chambery 2014}) (10. a3 h6 (10...
e5 $11) 11. O-O e5 12. Qc2 Re8 13. dxe5 Nxe5 14. Nxe5 Rxe5 15. e4 Rh5 16. Rfe1
Ng4 $13 {0-1 (22) Thomassen,J (2332)-Sanikidze,T (2600) Novi Sad 2009}) 10...
e5 {This standard advance is the essence of Black's plan.} 11. Qc2 (11. Rad1 $6
exd4 12. exd4 Bf5 13. Ne5 Nxd4 14. Nxf7 Rxf7 15. Bxf7+ Kxf7 16. Be3 Nb5 17.
Nxb5 axb5 18. Qxb5 Qc8 $17 {1/2 (30) Dizdarevic,E (2540)-Sosonko,G (2515) Pula
1997}) (11. d5 Ne7 12. Qc2 h6 13. a4 Ng6 14. Bd3 Nh7 15. Bxg6 fxg6 16. Nh2 Bf5
{1/2 (18) Leitao,R (2620)-Saldano Dayer,H (2415) Campinas 2010}) 11... b5 (
11... exd4 {is also quite enough for equality:} 12. exd4 b5 13. Be2 Nb4 14. Qd1
(14. Qb1 Bb7 15. Bg5 Re8 $132 {1-0 (30) Iskusnyh,S (2485)-Karpeshov,O (2408)
Samara 2002}) 14... Bb7 15. a4 bxa4 16. Rxa4 $11 (16. Nxa4 $143 Ne4 $1 17. Bxb4
Bxb4 18. Qc2 Ng5 19. Qb3 Nxf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Qxd4 $17 {1/2 (42)
Yermolinsky,A (2517)-Zilberstein,D (2410) San Fransisco 2007})) 12. Be2 (12.
Bb3 $6 Bb7 (12... exd4 $5 13. exd4 Na5) 13. Ne2 exd4 14. exd4 Ne7 15. Ne5 c5 (
15... Be4 $5 16. Qc3 Nfd5) 16. Nxf7 Rxf7 17. dxc5 Rc8 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. b4 Bb8
20. Rad1 Qd5 21. f3 Qf5 22. Qxf5 Nxf5 23. Rfe1 Nd5 $15 {0-1 (46) Mchedlishvili,
M (2635)-Khismatullin,D (2584) Plovdiv 2008}) (12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Be2 Bb7 14.
Nxe5 Bxe5 15. Rad1 Qe7 16. a4 b4 17. Na2 c5 18. Nc1 Rac8 19. b3 Bb8 $15 {
0-1 (34) Semcesen,D (2387)-Halkias,S (2579) Reykjavik 2008}) 12... Bb7 13. a3
Re8 14. d5 $6 {After this move Black opens up the centre and obtains pressure
due to his development advantage.} (14. Bd3 {(preventing 14...e4) is probably
the best option although it is rather White who should worry about equality:}
b4 (14... exd4 $5 15. exd4 b4) (14... Nxd4 $5 15. exd4 e4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 $11)
15. Ne4 exd4 16. Rfe1 $1 Ne5 $1 17. Nxe5 Bxe4 (17... Nxe4 18. exd4 Nxd2 19.
Qxd2 c5 $13) (17... Bxe5 18. Nc5 $44) 18. exd4 Bxd3 19. Nxd3 Rxe1+ 20. Bxe1
bxa3 21. bxa3 Bf8 $11) 14... Ne7 15. e4 c6 $1 {[%mdl 32]} 16. dxc6 Nxc6 17. Be3
Nd4 $1 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Bxd4 Nxe4 $15 20. Bf3 {After this move White's pawn
structure gets destroyed but his position was quite unpleasant in any case, e.
g.} (20. Rad1 Qg5 21. Be3 Qe5 22. f4 Qe7 $15) 20... Rc8 21. Rfe1 Nxc3 22. Rxe8+
Qxe8 23. Bxc3 Bxf3 24. gxf3 Qe6 25. Rd1 Rc5 26. h4 Rc4 27. Qd3 Bf8 28. Qd8 Qf5
29. Qa8 $4 {[%mdl 8192]} (29. Bb4 {was not good due to} Rc8) (29. Rd4 $15 {
was a must.}) 29... Rxh4 ({It is hard to say what exactly White overlooked.
Perhaps} 29... Rxh4 30. Bb4 (30. Rd8 $4 Qb1+) 30... Qg5+ 31. Kf1 Rh1+ 32. Ke2
Qe5+) 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.16"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. a4 Bf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15.
Na3 Ba6 16. Nh2 Ng6 17. Ng4 Be7 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. Nec2 Nc5 20. Nb4 Bc8 21. Nc6
Rb6 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. b4 Nb7 24. Be3 Rxc6 25. dxc6 Bxc6 26. Bc1 Bd7 27. Bb3 Nd8
28. Nc2 Ne6 29. g3 Bf8 30. h4 Ne7 31. Qd3 Bc6 32. Bg5 Nc8 33. Ra1 Qb7 34. Bd5
Nb6 35. Bxc6 Qxc6 36. Be3 d5 37. exd5 Nxd5 38. Bd2 Nf6 39. Re1 e4 40. Qe2 h6
41. Na3 Qd5 42. Nxb5 c5 43. Be3 cxb4 44. cxb4 Bxb4 45. Rd1 Qf5 46. Nd4 Qh3 47.
Qf1 Qg4 48. Nxe6 Qxe6 49. Qb5 Be7 50. Bd4 Ng4 51. Re1 f5 52. Rc1 Bf6 53. Bxf6
Nxf6 54. Rc6 Qd7 55. Qb8+ Kh7 56. Qd6 Qxd6 57. Rxd6 Kg6 58. Kf1 Kh5 59. Ke2 Ng4
60. Rd5 g6 61. Ra5 Nh2 62. Ra8 Ng4 63. Ra2 Nh2 64. Ke3 g5 65. hxg5 hxg5 66. f4
Ng4+ 67. Ke2 Nh2 68. Ra8 gxf4 69. Rh8+ Kg4 70. Rg8+ Kh3 71. gxf4 Nf3 72. Ke3
Ne1 73. Kf2 Nd3+ 74. Ke3 Ne1 75. Rg5 Ng2+ 76. Kd4 Nxf4 77. Rxf5 Kg4 78. Kxe4
Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 c5 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O cxd4 11. Nxd4 Qe7 12. a3 Ba5 13. b4 Bb6 14. Na4 Bd7
15. Nxb6 axb6 16. Qb3 Nc6 17. Nf3 Rfc8 18. Rfd1 Be8 19. Be2 Na7 20. Nd2 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Qc3 Nd6 24. Nc4 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Bc6 26. Qd4 b5 27.
f3 Qd7 28. Qxd7 Bxd7 29. f4 f6 30. Kf2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Be3 cxd4 11. cxd4 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. O-O fxe4 14. Ng5
Nxd4 15. Nf7+ Rxf7 16. Bxf7 Qd6 17. Qd2 Bd7 18. Rab1 Bc6 19. Bc4 Rd8 20. Rfc1
Qc7 21. Qe1 Qe5 22. Rd1 Qc5 23. Bf1 Bf6 24. Kh1 Rd7 25. Rbc1 Qa3 26. Bh6 e5 27.
Be3 Kg7 28. Bc4 h5 29. Bb3 Qe7 30. Qc3 Qd8 31. Qc5 a5 32. Bc4 g5 33. Bf1 g4 34.
h4 Rd5 35. Qa7 Rd7 36. Qc5 Rd5 37. Qa7 Rd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 Bg7 7. f4 {An
interesting and recent approach to battling the Grunfeld. White prevents e5 at
all costs, but he is of course still vulnerable to c5.} O-O 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. h3
Bxf3 10. Qxf3 N8d7 11. O-O-O $5 {An intersting decision. This allows White to
play a quick h4-h5 to attack the kingside if he wants, so it pushes Black to
activate his pieces immediately.} e6 12. Kb1 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. e4 Qe7 15.
Be2 Rad8 16. Rhe1 Rd4 17. e5 f6 $1 {Of course Black has to keep creating
threats.} 18. Nb5 Rd5 19. Bb4 fxe5 20. Qa3 $1 {A nice sacrifice. White has
multiple threats, especially on the a3-f8 diagonal, and Black has to be
careful of opening the center too quickly as well as the a7 pawn.} Nbd7 21. Bg4
Rxf4 $6 (21... Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 h5 23. Bf3 exf4 24. Nd6 $13) 22. Rxd5 exd5 23.
Nc3 {Black's center cannot be held. The threat is Bxd7.} (23. Bxd7 {doesn't
work yet} Qxd7 24. Bxc5 Qxb5 {this is why Kasimdzhanov moved his knight.})
23... Rf7 $2 {This, though, is a serious mistake.} (23... Rc4 $1 24. Nxd5 Qf7 {
now the knight on c5 is defended} 25. Ne3 Rxb4 26. Qxb4 Nd3 27. Qxb7 Nxe1 28.
Bxd7 $14) 24. Nxd5 Qd6 25. Rd1 b6 26. Qxa7 {Now Black is very tied down and he
cannot hold all of his pieces together.} e4 27. Bxd7 e3 {desperation} (27...
Rxd7 28. Bxc5 bxc5 29. Qxd7 Qxd7 30. Nf6+ $18) 28. Nxe3 $1 Qe5 (28... Rxd7 29.
Rxd6 Rxa7 30. Nc4 {was also hopeless.}) 29. Qa8+ (29. Qa8+ Rf8 30. Qd5+ {
forces the trade of queens and White remains up a piece.}) 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. c3 Bb6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Re1 Re8 10. h3 Nd7 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. b3 c5 14. exd5
Rxe1+ 15. Qxe1 Bb7 16. Bb2 Bxd5 17. Qe3 cxd4 18. Bxd4 Nf8 19. Ne4 Qe7 20. Re1
Ne6 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. Nd4 Bd7 24. Nd5 Qc5 25. Nxe6 Bxe6 26. Qxc5
bxc5 27. Nc3 Rb8 28. Re5 c4 29. bxc4 Bxc4 30. Rc5 Be6 31. Rxc7 Kf8 32. a4 Rb3
33. Ne4 Bd5 34. Nc5 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Rb2 36. Kg3 g5 37. Rd7 Bc6 38. Rd6 Be8 39. a5
Rb5 40. Rd5 Ke7 41. Rxg5 Rxa5 42. Re5+ Kd6 43. Rxe8 Rxc5 44. f4 1-0

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2716"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
dxc6 Nxc6 9. d5 Qb6 10. Qd2 Nd4 11. Nge2 O-O 12. Nxd4 Bxd4 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. O-O
Rac8 15. Rab1 Rc7 16. Kh1 Rfc8 17. f4 Qa5 18. f5 Kg7 19. d6 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Qxc3
21. Qf4 exd6 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rbc1 Qxc1 24. Qf6+ Kh6 25. Qh4+ Kg7 26. Qf6+ Kh6
27. Qh4+ Kg7 28. Qf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O f6 {A very risky
approach, but other moves do not guarantee equality.} (6... Bg6 7. Nbd2 Nh6 8.
Nb3 Nf5 9. a4 Rc8 10. a5 {A new move, though it is unclear if it is one that
will be repeated often.} Bh5 (10... h5 {was played in Caruana-Tomashevsky from
the 2013 Grand Prix in Paris. The Italian won a fantastic game there.}) 11. h3
Bxf3 12. Bxf3 g6 13. Re1 h5 14. Qd3 Bh6 15. Bxh6 Rxh6 16. c4 dxc4 (16... Kf8
17. cxd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 {was not to Jobava's liking; it does seem that giving
up the c-file and allowing Qb5 is dangerous.}) 17. Qxc4 Kf8 18. Rac1 {
Grischuk-Jobava, Tbilisi 2015, White keeps a big space advantage.}) 7. c4 ({
A very logical way was} 7. Bd3 $5) (7. Bf4 Ne7 8. Re1 Ng6 9. Bg3 fxe5 10. dxe5
Bb4 11. c3 Ba5 12. Nd4 O-O 13. Bg4 Qe7 14. Nd2 Bb6 15. N2b3 Rae8 16. Bxf5 exf5
17. f4 {Matsenko,S (2429)-Dobrov,V (2510)/Budva 2009, with a slightly better
position.}) 7... fxe5 (7... Ne7 8. exf6 Nxf6 9. Nh4 Qd7 10. Nc3 O-O-O 11. c5
Qc7 12. Qa4 Qb8 13. g3 Kd7 14. Bf4 Qa8 15. Rfe1 {Teran Alvarez,I (2413)
-Campora,D (2530)/Ayamonte 2006. The black king is in big danger.}) 8. dxe5 Bc5
9. Nc3 a6 ({Possibly there was simple development...} 9... Ne7 10. Na4 O-O 11.
Nxc5 Nxc5 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Be3 b6 14. g4 Bg6 15. b4 Ne4 16. Nxe6 Qxe5 17. Nxf8
Rxf8 18. Bd4 Qf4 19. Rc1 Ng5 20. Be3 Be4 {0-1 Popov,V (2548)-Kukhmazov,A (2239)
/St Petersburg 2013}) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Be3 $5 {A very central approach.} (11.
Ng5 {was not bad:} Qe7 12. Bf4) 11... Bxe3 12. fxe3 Ne7 13. Qb3 (13. Nd4 {
was not especially promising:} O-O 14. Rc1 Nxe5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Rxf8+ Qxf8 17.
Nxe6 Qf6 18. Nf4 Rd8) 13... Qb8 $1 14. Qa3 {Svidler has to sacrifice a central
pawn and game starts to be entertaining.} Nxe5 15. Nd4 N5c6 16. Nxf5 $2 ({
The active approach} 16. g4 $5 {would be much stronger:} Nxd4 17. exd4 Bg6 18.
Na4 {and Black has problems castling.}) 16... exf5 17. Bf3 Qe5 18. Qc5 ({
White had to start fighting for the draw from this moment on.} 18. Rad1 Qxe3+
19. Kh1 O-O 20. Rde1 Qg5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5+ Kh8 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Re6)
18... O-O-O {This looks very risky, but for Jobava it is nothing.} 19. Rfd1 Kb8
20. b4 $6 ({Maybe it was useful to double rooks against the d-pawn:} 20. Rd2)
20... Rd6 $1 {Very technical play with the rooks is demonstrated here by
Jobava.} 21. b5 Rc8 $1 {This is the point. The knight on c6 is untouchable and
taking on a6 does not work either.} 22. Rac1 (22. bxc6 Rdxc6 23. Qd4 Qxd4 24.
Rxd4 Rxc3 $19) (22. bxa6 Nd8 $19 {Sometimes backward moves are very important,
even decisive!}) 22... Na7 23. Qa3 axb5 24. Ne2 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Nac6 {Black
simply returns his knight back into the centre and White's position is close
to resignable.} 26. Qc5 g5 $1 27. h3 b4 28. a3 Re6 29. Kf2 d4 $1 {This leads
to decisive exchanges.} 30. exd4 Qxc5 ({This is simple, but a more
combinational way was possible here too:} 30... Qe3+ 31. Kg3 g4 32. d5 gxf3 33.
dxe6 Qxc5 34. Rxc5 fxe2) 31. dxc5 Ne5 $1 {And White resigned, as other
material losses are threatening.} 0-1

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2733"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. dxc5 Qc7 12. Nd4 Ne5 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. Be2 bxc5
15. f4 Ng4 16. Bxc5 a6 17. Na3 Qc7 18. Bd4 e5 19. fxe5 Nxe5 20. Qc1 Bg4 21.
Bxg4 Nxg4 22. Qf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Ne5 24. Rb1 Rad8 25. Nc2 Nc4 26. Rb4 Rc8 27.
Ra4 Bxd4+ 28. Nxd4 Ne5 29. Rxa6 Rxc3 30. Rf1 Rc4 31. Nf3 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 f5 12. Bc4+ Kh8 13. O-O fxe4 (13... f4
14. Bd2 Nxd4 15. Bc3 {Ivanchuk-Navara, 2014.}) 14. Ng5 e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bd5
h6 17. Nxe4 Bxh3 $1 18. gxh3 (18. Rb1 Qh4 19. Rxb7 Rad8 $1 20. Rxg7 $1 Kxg7 21.
Qd4 {with very unclear play still.}) 18... Nf3+ 19. Kg2 (19. Kh1 Qd7 20. Kg2
Rad8 21. Bb3 Qc7 $1 {Theatens mate on h2 and the queen on d1!}) 19... Nh4+ 20.
Kg1 (20. Kh1 Qd7 21. Qg4 Qxd5 22. Rad1 (22. Qxh4 Rae8 23. f3 Rxf3 $1 24. Rxf3
Rxe4 25. Qe1 Rf4 26. Bxf4 Qxf3+ 27. Kg1 Bd4+ 28. Be3 Bxe3+ 29. Kh2 $11) 22...
Qh5 23. Qxh5 gxh5 $11) 20... Nf3+ 21. Kg2 Nh4+ 22. Kg1 Nf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tbilisi FIDE GP"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2015.02.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2015.02.15"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 165"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.03.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb5 Be6 10. Nd4 Bc8 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Nd4 Bc8 13. Nb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.01"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Potapov, Alexander1"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yamal YaNAO"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Nf3 Nd7 6. Qd2 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd5 a5
9. c3 e6 10. Nf4 bxc3 11. bxc3 Ngf6 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O Ng4 14. h3 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 e5 16. Ne2 Qe7 17. Ng3 h5 18. Qf2 Bh6 19. Rfe1 Nf6 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Nc4
Rfb8 22. Bc2 Kg7 23. Nf1 Be6 24. Nfd2 c6 25. dxe5 dxe5 26. Nxe5 Qc5 27. Nd3
Qxc3 28. Rac1 Nd7 29. Nb1 Qf6 30. Nf4 Ne5 31. Rf1 Kg8 32. Nd2 Rb2 33. Qg3 h4
34. Qe1 Rd8 35. Rf2 Bc8 36. Nf1 Qg5 37. Bb1 Bf8 38. Rcc2 Rb4 39. Ra2 Ba6 40.
Nh2 Qg3 41. Rac2 Bd3 42. Rc1 Rxb1 43. Rxb1 Bxb1 44. Qxb1 Qxe3 45. Nf1 Qd4 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2783"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Sibir"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 c5 6. c4 d4 7. b4 Nfd7 8. O-O
Nc6 9. bxc5 O-O 10. d3 Nxc5 11. Nbd2 Rb8 12. Ba3 Qa5 13. Qc1 Na4 14. Nb3 Qc7
15. Qc2 Bd7 16. Rae1 Rfd8 17. e3 dxe3 18. fxe3 h6 19. d4 Bf5 20. e4 Bg4 21. e5
Nb6 22. Nh4 Nxd4 23. Qf2 Qxc4 24. Re4 Be6 25. Nxd4 Bd5 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. Rxc4
Nxc4 28. Bxe7 Rd2 29. Qxa7 Bxe5 30. Nf3 Bc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.03"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Our Heritage"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qc7 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. b3 Ne5 12. Bb2 Ng6 13. Bd3 Rad8 14. Rc1 Qb8 15.
Re1 Bd6 16. Nb5 Bf4 17. Rc2 a6 18. Nbd4 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Nf3 Bxb2 21. Rxb2
d6 22. b4 Qa8 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. h3 Rc7 25. Rb3 Nd7 26. Qe3 Qd8 27. Rd1 Qe7 28.
Bf1 Bc6 29. Rc3 Ba4 30. Rdd3 e5 31. Rc1 Rfc8 32. Rdc3 Bc6 33. Rd1 Ba4 34. Rdc1
Bc6 35. Rd1 Ba4 36. Rdc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Malachite"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bb5+ c6 8.
Ba4 O-O 9. Ne2 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 b4 12. cxb4 axb4 13. Be3 c5 14. Rc1 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Bd7 16. O-O Qe8 17. Rc4 Bxa4 18. Rxb4 Bxb3 19. Qxb3 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Qxc6
21. Rc1 Ra1 22. Rxa1 Bxa1 23. Qa4 Qxa4 24. Rxa4 Bg7 25. g4 Rc8 26. Kg2 Bb2 27.
Ra5 f6 28. Rc5 Rxc5 29. Bxc5 e6 30. f3 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2669"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Lada"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c4 O-O 8. h3
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. f4 c5 12. Nf3 Rb8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Bb3 bxc4 15.
dxc4 Bf6 16. Rb1 Re8 17. Bc2 Bb7 18. Re1 Bh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Kh2 Re7 21. g3
Qf6 22. b4 Rbe8 23. Ba4 Bxe4 24. Bxd7 Rxd7 25. bxc5 Qd8 26. c6 Rde7 27. Rb7
Rxb7 28. cxb7 Bxb7 29. Ba5 Rxe1 30. Qxe1 Qd7 31. g4 Qc6 32. Kg3 h5 33. Qe2 hxg4
34. hxg4 d3 35. Qxd3 Qg2+ 36. Kh4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.07"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E04"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2015.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Belorechensk Univ"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nbd2 c3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Nb3 Be7 12. Nfd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 Nd5 14. e4
Nc3 15. Rd3 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 b6 17. Bb2 Ba6 18. Re3 Rac8 19. Rb1 Rc2 20. Na1 Rd2
21. Nb3 Rc2 22. Na1 Rd2 23. Nb3 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.08"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Potapov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Yamal YaNAO"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Nxe4 fxe4 6. Nd2 Bf5 7. e3 c6 8. c3
Nd7 9. f3 exf3 10. Qxf3 Bg6 11. Bc4 d5 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. O-O Nf6 14. c4 Qa5 15.
cxd5 Qxd2 16. dxc6 Be4 17. Bf7+ Kxf7 18. Qxe4 bxc6 19. Qxc6 Rd8 20. Qc4+ e6 21.
h4 h6 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qc7+ Be7 24. Rxf6+ Kxf6 25. Rf1+ Kg6 26. Qxe7 Qxe3+ 27.
Kh2 Kh5 28. Qf7+ Kxh4 29. Rf4+ Qxf4+ 30. Qxf4+ Kh5 31. Qe5+ Kg6 32. Qxe6+ Kg5
33. Qe7+ Kg6 34. Qxa7 Rhf8 35. a4 Rf6 36. b4 Rfd6 37. b5 Rxd4 38. b6 Rh4+ 39.
Kg3 Rb4 40. Qe7 Rd3+ 41. Kh2 Rdb3 42. a5 Rb5 43. Qe8+ Kg7 44. a6 Rxb6 45. a7
Ra6 46. Qe5+ Kf8 47. Qb8+ Kg7 48. Qxb3 Rxa7 49. Kg3 Rf7 50. Kg4 Rf6 51. Qb7+
Rf7 52. Qb2+ Kg6 53. Qc2+ Kg7 54. Kh5 Rf6 55. Qc3 Kf7 56. Qxf6+ Kxf6 57. Kxh6
Kf5 58. Kh5 Kf6 59. g4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "23"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belorechensk Univ"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Bf4 c6 8. Qd2
Qc7 9. e5 Nh5 10. exd6 exd6 11. Bh6 d5 12. Bxg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.08"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2405"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Belgorod Rakita"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. c3 Qc7 11. Qe2 h6 12. Nc4 Be6 13. Nh4 Rfd8 14. f4 exf4 15.
Bxf4 Qc8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. exf5 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Rxd5 19. Ne3 Rd8 20. Qh5 Bf8 21.
Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Qe8 23. Qf3 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. Qd5 Qb6 26. Nc4 Qa6 27.
Bd6 Qxa2 28. Bxf8 Kxf8 29. Qxc5+ Kg8 30. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.08"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Our Heritage II"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bc4 d6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Nf6 12. Nb5 Qd8 13. Bf4 a6 14. Nc3 b5 15.
Bb3 Na5 16. Bc2 Bb7 17. Ne5 Rc8 18. Bg5 Nc4 19. Qd3 Nxb2 20. Qh3 g6 21. Bb3 Nc4
22. Bh6 Qxd4 23. Rad1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.09"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Our Heritage"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. Nb5 Bb4+ 7. N1c3 O-O 8.
a3 Bxc3+ 9. Nxc3 d6 10. Bg2 Be6 11. b3 h6 12. O-O Rc8 13. h3 Qd7 14. Kh2 Ne7
15. e4 a6 16. a4 Nc6 17. Be3 Qe7 18. Ra2 Nd7 19. Rd2 Nc5 20. f4 f6 21. Rxd6 Nd4
22. Rxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Nxb3 24. Qxb3 Bxc4 25. Qb2 Bxf1 26. Bxf1 Rfd8 27. Bf2 a5
28. Nd5 Qxe4 29. Bg2 Qc2 30. Qb6 Kh8 31. Bf3 Qc6 32. Qxa5 Ra8 33. Qb5 Rxa4 34.
Qb3 Qc4 35. Qxb7 Ra2 36. Kg1 Qc1+ 37. Kg2 Qc5 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.09"]
[Round "6.9"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara Lada"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. Na3 Ne7 6. Bd3 Bd7 7. O-O Bc6 8. Re1
Ng6 9. Be4 Bxe4 10. Rxe4 Nc6 11. d3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Be7 13. Rb1 Qd7 14. h4 h5 15.
Nc4 Rd8 16. Bg5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Be3 Kf7 19. Qb3 b5 20. Ncd2 f5 21. Bxc5
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Qd5 23. Qa3 Bxc5 24. Nxc5 Nf4 25. Rxb5 Rhg8 26. Rb7+ Ne7 27. Qxa7
Rxg2+ 28. Kh1 Qxf3 29. Rxe7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.09"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A38"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2708"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Sibir"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O c5 8. d3 Nc6
9. Nc3 h6 10. Nd2 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. a3 a5 13. Nb6 Qc7 14. Nxa8 Rxa8 15. Ne4
Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Rb8 17. a4 Ne7 18. Bg2 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Rc1 Qd6 21. Qd2 Nb4
22. f4 b6 23. Bxe5 Bxe5 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxh6 Bxb3 26. Be4 Re8 27. Rf3 Qg7 28.
Qh4 f5 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rxf5 Qd4+ 31. Qxd4 cxd4 32. Rcf1 Rxe2 33. Rg5+ Kh7 34.
Rff5 Re6 35. h4 Nxd3 36. g4 Rh6 37. Rh5 Nc5 38. Rxh6+ Kxh6 39. Rf6+ Kg7 40.
Rxb6 d3 41. Rd6 Bxa4 42. h5 Bd1 43. Kf1 a4 44. Rd5 Be2+ 45. Kf2 Ne4+ 46. Ke3 a3
47. Rd7+ Kf8 48. h6 Kg8 49. g5 Nxg5 50. Rg7+ Kh8 51. Rxg5 Kh7 52. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.09"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Kazan Ladya"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c3 Bg7 4. Bf4 O-O 5. h3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O d6
9. Bh2 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Nbd2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Qb3 Nf6 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15.
Ng5 Bd5 16. c4 Bc6 17. d5 Bd7 18. Ra3 Rab8 19. Rda1 h6 20. Nf3 e6 21. dxe6 Bxe6
22. Rd1 Rfd8 23. Qc2 Qc6 24. Nd2 Bf5 25. Bd3 Bxd3 26. Rxd3 b5 27. axb5 axb5 28.
b3 Rb6 29. Be5 Rd7 30. Bxf6 Bxf6 31. Rd5 Rdb7 32. Qd3 bxc4 33. bxc4 Be7 34. Ne4
Rb3 35. Qe2 Rb1 36. Kh2 Rxd1 37. Qxd1 Rb6 38. Qc2 Qc8 39. Nc3 Qe6 40. Qa2 Rb4
41. Nb5 Bf6 42. Nc7 Qe4 43. Qa8+ Kh7 44. Qf8 Be5+ 45. Rxe5 Qxe5+ 46. f4 Qh8 47.
Qxd6 Rxc4 48. Qe7 Kg8 49. Ne6 fxe6 50. Qxe6+ Kg7 51. Qxc4 Qc8 52. e4 Qb7 53.
Qxc5 Qxe4 54. Qe5+ Qxe5 55. fxe5 g5 56. Kg3 Kg6 57. e6 h5 58. h4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT rapid"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2015.05.09"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.05.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 166 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.06.18"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Sverdlovsk Malachite"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
Bf8 9. Nbd2 d6 10. Re1 Bd7 11. Nf1 Be7 12. Ne3 Ng4 13. Bg3 Nxe3 14. Rxe3 Bf6
15. d4 Nxd4 16. Bxd7 Nxf3+ 17. Rxf3 Qxd7 18. c4 Qe6 19. Rc3 c6 20. Qb3 Rab8 21.
Rd1 Bd8 22. Qa3 Bb6 23. Rxd6 Rbd8 24. Rxd8 Rxd8 25. Qb3 Rd4 26. Kf1 Qd7 27. Re3
Rd1+ 28. Re1 Rxe1+ 29. Kxe1 Ba5+ 30. Ke2 Qd2+ 31. Kf3 Bb6 32. h4 h5 33. a4 Bd4
0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D22"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/7200+30:1000/900+30:0"]
[WhiteClock "1:20:57"]
[BlackClock "1:19:30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} dxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:42] Someone call the press! Svidler did not play the Grunfeld! That,
however, was the only highlight of a game that was dead drawn by move 18.} 3.
Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:08]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:57]} b5 {[%emt 0:01:
08]} 5. a4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 6. b3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} e6 {
[%emt 0:03:39]} 7. bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:21]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 8. Bxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:42]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:03:18]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:05:
57]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:04:55]} Be7 {[%emt 0:04:26]} 11. Rb1 {[%emt 0:02:32]}
Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:04:54]} O-O {[%emt 0:04:47]} 13. Bxa6 {
[%emt 0:04:59]} (13. Bb2 c5 14. Bxa6 Bxa6 15. Qxa6 Ra8 16. Qc4 Nb6 17. Qc2 Nxa4
18. Ba1 cxd4 19. Bxd4 Qc8 20. Nc4 Nd5 21. Rfc1 Nac3 22. Bxc3 Qxc4 23. Bd4 Qxc2
24. Rxc2 Rfc8 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. g3 f6 27. e4 Nb4 28. Be3 Kf7 29. Rc1 Rxc1+ 30.
Bxc1 Nc6 {1/2-1/2 (30) Cheparinov,I (2681)-Svidler,P (2751) Tromso 2014}) 13...
Bxa6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 14. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Rxb1 {[%emt 0:07:20]} 15. Nxb1
{[%emt 0:00:47]} Qa8 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 16. Qxa8 {[%emt 0:08:04]} Rxa8 {[%emt 0:
00:40]} 17. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bxa3 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 18. Nxa3 {[%emt 0:01:18]
} Rxa4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 19. Nb1 $146 {[%emt 0:03:22]} (19. Ra1 c5 20. dxc5 Nxc5
21. Nc2 Rxa1+ 22. Nxa1 Kf8 23. Nc2 Kg8 24. Kf1 Kf8 25. Kg1 Kg8 26. Kf1 Kf8 27.
Kg1 Kg8 28. Kf1 Kf8 {1/2-1/2 (28) Jianu,V (2565)-Stevic,H (2611) Warsaw 2013})
19... c5 {[%emt 0:05:12]} 20. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 21.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 22. Nb1 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Ra1 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} 23. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Rxf1+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} 24. Kxf1 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 25. Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:
38]} 26. Nxd7+ {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nxd7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 27. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:33]}
Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 28. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 29. h3 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:54]} 30. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:
34]} 31. Ne4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D57"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2803"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:51]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Be7
{[%emt 0:00:37]} 5. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:30]} h6 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 6. Bh4 {[%emt 0:
00:40]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:44]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 8.
Bxe7 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 9. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:37] The
classical approach, forcing Black to strengthen White's centre at the cost of
clearing the h3-c8 diagonal.} ({The latest annotated game with the fashionable
} 9. Rc1 {was Carlsen,M (2877)-Aronian,L (2805) Saint Louis 2014 CBM 162 
[Krasenkow,M] (1/2-1/2, 84)}) 9... Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 10. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:
34]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 11. c4 {[%emt 0:02:31] A rare move.} ({The game
marking a turning point in the history of Lasker's defence, proving the
viability of the apparently premature knight move, went} 11. Qb3 Rd8 12. c4
dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nc6 14. Qc3 ({Much later, Karpov used this variation, too,
giving up his trademark and strategically more ambitious Tartakower system:} 
14. Be2 Na5 15. Qc3 b6 16. O-O Bb7 17. Rfc1 Rac8 18. h3 c5 19. Qa3 Rc7 20. dxc5
Rd5 21. Qb2 Rdxc5 22. Rxc5 Rxc5 {Istratescu,A (2617)-Karpov,A (2674) Bucharest
(match) 2005 (½-½, 34), with chances for a better ending.}) 14... Bg4 15. O-O
Bxf3 16. gxf3 Qf6 17. Be2 Rac8 18. Rab1 b6 19. Rfc1 Ne7 20. Kh1 Rd5 {Karpov,A 
(2755)-Jussupow,A (2610) London 1989 Candidates [Jussupow,A] (½-½, 46), with
a dangerous kingside initiative.}) 11... Be6 {[%emt 0:08:11]} ({Another game
with Karpov on the black side went:} 11... dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nc6 13. O-O Na5 14.
Be2 c5 15. Rc1 cxd4 16. Nxd4 b6 17. Bf3 Bb7 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nc6 Qe6 20. Qb3
Rfe8 21. Qxe6 Rxe6 22. Nd4 Re7 23. Rc6 Rd8 24. Rfc1 Nc5 $11 {Seirawan,Y (2643)
-Karpov,A (2615) Saint Louis 2012 (1/2-1/2, 34)}) 12. Rc1 {[%emt 0:01:12]} ({
Here, too, the queen incursion offers Black counterplay:} 12. Qb3 Rd8 13. c5 b6
14. Rc1 bxc5 15. Qa3 Nd7 16. Bb5 {Everything looks correct strategically, but
White's underdevelopment prevents him from claiming an advantage.} Rab8 17.
Bxd7 Qxd7 18. Qxc5 Qb5 19. Qxb5 Rxb5 20. O-O Rc8 21. Rc5 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Rb8 23.
Nd4 Rb2 {Malakhatko,V (2610)-Jojua,D (2484) Manama 2009 (½-½, 27), The
control over the only open file at least compensates for White's strategic
advantage in the centre.}) 12... Nd7 {[%emt 0:34:27]} 13. Qb3 {[%emt 0:16:57]
This looks like a good moment to develop the queen, since Black cannot
consolidate the d5-square with ...Rd8 anymore. But White has a tough job
proving an advantage anyway.} c6 {[%emt 0:11:20]} 14. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Nb6
{[%emt 0:16:43]} 15. cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:04:27]} 16. Qb2 {
[%emt 0:00:42]} Na4 {[%emt 0:07:58]} 17. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:48] White's centre is
not easy to set in motion and Black is quite active. Chances are about equal,
but with such a non-symmetrical structure there is a lot of play left.} b5 $146
{[%emt 0:00:54] An ambitious novelty, aiming to conquer the c3-square with the
knight.} (17... Qa3 {turned out well for Black in the only game reaching this
position. White faces the problem of the hanging a2-pawn.} 18. Bc4 $6 (18. Rc2
{does not achieve much due to} Be4 19. Rc1 Bd5) ({The most principled
continuation is} 18. O-O {, since the pwn is not 100% edible:} Qxa2 19. Rc2 Qb3
(19... Qa3 20. e4 $36 Bxe4 $2 21. Ra2 Qb3 22. Bd1) 20. Ra1 $36 {The exposed
position of the black queen adds to White's Benko Gambit type of queenside
pressure.}) 18... Nb2 19. Be2 Qxa2 ({Avoiding a repetition with} 19... Na4 {
already}) 20. Ne5 Na4 21. Rc2 Qa3 ({Once again, Black was not interested in
repeating moves with} 21... Qa1+ 22. Rc1 Qa2) 22. O-O Qe7 23. Ra1 Nb6 {
Grischuk,A (2810)-Radjabov,T (2734) Beijing 2014 (0-1, 49), White has some
compensation for the pawn, but Black is at least fine.}) 18. Ne5 $5 {[%emt 0:
15:04][%csl Gc6] A daring pawn sacrifice, aiming at stabilising things in the
centre in White's favour.} (18. O-O b4 {is a crowning of Black's strategy.})
18... Rac8 $6 {[%emt 0:02:05] This allows White to consolidate his space
advantage. It is curious that one move after his novelty Caruana played
inaccurately. Had he overlooked Svidler's last move in his home analysis, or
was his novelty just an over the board experiment? Knowing Caruana's
outstanding preparation, none of them is probable, so we have a small paradox.}
(18... Bxg2 $5 19. Rg1 Bd5 20. Bd3 Qh4 21. e4 Qxh2 22. Kf1 Be6 {White surely
has compensation for the pawns (actually he can retrieve one of them on c6)
but the position remains double-edged.}) (18... Qg5 $5) 19. O-O {[%emt 0:05:04]
} b4 {[%emt 0:13:01]} 20. Ba6 $1 {[%emt 0:08:04]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 21. Nd3
{[%emt 0:04:34]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:04:37]} ({After White has taken the bishop out
of the black knight's range, the long awaited} 21... Nc3 $2 {fails to} 22. Nxb4
$1) 22. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:04:45]} 23. Rxc5 $14 {[%emt 0:00:59]
After the knight exchange Black has no compensation for the radical weakening
of his queenside.} Qg5 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 24. g3 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:
02:23]} 25. Bc4 {[%emt 0:05:56]} Bf3 {[%emt 0:01:52] Threatening ...Qh3 with
mate!} 26. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:29] Now and on the next move White could have used
one of his rooks to weaken Black's control on the light squares.} (26. Re1 $5 {
[%cal Gc4e2]}) 26... Rcb7 {[%emt 0:02:33]} (26... Qh3 27. Bf1 Qe6 28. Bg2 $16)
27. Qd3 {[%emt 0:12:38]} (27. Re5 $5 {[%cal Gc4d3,Gd2c2,Gd3e4]} b3 {There is
no other active plan. Could Svidler have over-estimated it?} 28. axb3 Rxb3 29.
Bf1 (29. Bxb3 $4 Qh3 $19) 29... Rb2 30. Qd3 $14) 27... g6 {[%emt 0:02:57]} (
27... Be4 28. Qd1 Bf3 29. h3 Bxd1 (29... Qe4 30. Bd3) 30. hxg4 Bxg4 (30... Bf3
31. g5 $14) 31. Rxc6 Bf3 32. Rc5 $14) 28. Bb3 {[%emt 0:01:58] Too soft.} ({
Once again the familiar idea} 28. Re5 $1 {would have been quite effective.} Kg7
29. e4 f6 30. Be6 (30. Re6 $16) 30... Be2 31. Qd2 Qf3 32. Rec5 $16) 28... Be4 {
[%emt 0:01:49]} {Black should have made his life easier by simplifying, but
Caruana might have still hoped to deliver mate on g2?!} 29. Qd1 {[%emt 0:02:59]
} Qd7 $6 {[%emt 0:00:34] Black should have made his life easier by simplifying,
but maybe Caruana still hoped to deliver mate on g2?!} (29... Qxd1+ 30. Bxd1
Rb5 {offers good chances for successful defence.}) 30. f3 {[%emt 0:09:39]} Bd5
{[%emt 0:00:32]} 31. e4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 32. axb3 {
[%emt 0:00:34]} Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 33. Qd3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} ({In view of the
line from the next comment,} 33. Qd2 Rd8 34. R1c4 {might have been more
precise.}) 33... Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 34. d5 $6 {[%emt 0:01:47] Possibly short
of time, Svidler settles for a draw.} (34. R1c4 Ra6 35. Qd2 h5 36. Kg2 $14 {
/+/- White has to be careful about his king, but from a structural point of
view he has an overwhelming advantage.}) 34... cxd5 {[%emt 0:01:21]} 35. Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:04:35]} (35. Rxd5 Rd6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.16"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Bxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qf6 $5 {[%emt 0:20:05]
Every now and then, chess proves to be inexhaustible. I must confess that
prior to annotating this game I knew Black had a good half a dozen
alternatives after 5.0-0, but was not familiar with the last move at all! In
fact, it has been played in a few hundred games starting with 1887! So maybe I
should reformulate: chess may be limited, in this game there is nothing really
new, but our even more limited knowledge makes it seem infinite.} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:15] The most ambitious move. White opens the centre and hopes to
prove the queen's development premature by attacking it as soon as possible.
But the game will show that the queen has enough mobility, due to the absence
of the white light-squared bishop and the space cleared by ...dxc6 and ...exd4.
} (6. d3 {allows Black to achieve a comfortable regrouping:} Ne7 (6... Bg4 7.
Nbd2 Ne7 8. h3 h5 {would actually transpose to the 5...Bg4 variation. If Black
wants to play like that it makes no sense starting with 5...Qf6, since this
gives White a choice on move 6.}) 7. Be3 Ng6 8. h3 c5 9. Nc3 Bd6 10. Bg5 Qe6
11. Nd2 O-O 12. Nc4 b6 13. Qd2 Bb7 14. f4 exf4 15. Nxd6 cxd6 16. Bxf4 d5 17.
exd5 Bxd5 18. Rae1 Qc6 19. Nxd5 Qxd5 $11 {Oleksienko,M (2618)-Chirila,I (2520)
Philadelphia 2014 (1/2-1/2, 60)}) 6... exd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
00:15]} ({The oldest recorded game with this line went} 7. e5 $6 {It makes no
sense to weaken the light squares. This actually transposes to some sort of
Berlin Defence in which Black has not lost the right to castle, sparing him
quite a bunch of tempi on the way to connect rooks.} Qg6 8. Nxd4 ({In more
recent years White has played} 8. Qxd4 {but there seem to be no reason to
refrain from} Bh3 $146 {for instance} 9. Ng5 Rd8 10. Qf4 Bc8 {Planning ...Nh6
and ...Be7.} 11. e6 $6 {White is too poorly developed to afford such early
activity.} fxe6 12. Qxc7 Bd6 13. Qa5 Nf6 $36) 8... Bh3 9. Qf3 Bg4 10. Qg3 O-O-O
{with comfortable play in Schallopp,E-Harmonist,M Frankfurt 1887 (0-1, 28)})
7... Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:10] Still hoping to cause Black
some problems with his queen safety.} (8. Qxd4 Qxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 f6 11.
Be3 O-O-O {Solak,D (2630)-Atalik,S (2592) Kocaeli 2008 CBM 125 [Atalik,S] (1/
2-1/2, 58)}) 8... Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} (8... Be7 9. Be3 (9. Bxe7 Nxe7 {is
likely to transpose to our game.}) 9... Nf6 {0-1 (49) Naiditsch,A (2716)
-Caruana,F (2757) Baden-Baden 2013 CBM 153 [Andreikin,D]}) 9. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:
40]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:42] The exchange of bishops tends to be a small strategic
success for White in the Exchange Variation. Things are a bit different here,
as this operation ensures the queen higher stability.} ({Without queens, the
best way to prepare long castling would be} 9... f6 {but here this may cause
some problems after} 10. Bh4 O-O-O 11. Bg3 {with advance in development and
continuing initiative for White.}) 10. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (10. Be3 O-O-O 11.
Qf3 Qf6 ({After White has blocked his own f-pawn,} 11... Nf6 {[%cal Gf6g4]
makes sense, for instance:} 12. h3 Qe5 {[%cal Ge7d6]} 13. Nde2 Be6 $11) 12. Qg3
Qg6 13. Rad1 Nf6 14. f3 Rhe8 15. Qf2 Bd6 16. Nde2 Nh5 17. Bf4 {Spectacular,
but not too effective.} (17. g4 {may cause Black space problems.}) 17... Nxf4
18. Nxf4 Qg5 ({Actually, even} 18... Bxf4 {is playable:} 19. Qa7 $1 Be3+ $1 20.
Qxe3 b6) 19. Nd3 Kb8 $13 {Guseinov,G (2631)-Khairullin,I (2658)
Khanty-Mansiysk 2013 (0-1, 56)}) 10... Nxe7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Nde2 {[%emt 0:
00:10] The typical knight retreat.} (11. Nb3 O-O-O (11... Qxd1 12. Raxd1 b6 {
[%csl Rb3] would be simpler.}) 12. Qe2 g5 $5 {Morozevich' trademark
originality.} (12... Ng6 13. Rad1 Qe7) 13. Qe3 b6 14. Qxg5 Rhg8 15. Qe3 Qg6 16.
g3 h5 {Magem Badals,J (2520)-Morozevich,A (2575) Pamplona 1994 CBM 046 
[Wedberg] (0-1, 40), and Black eventually proved his compensation to be more
dangerous than it may seem at first sight.}) 11... O-O-O {[%emt 0:03:23]} 12.
Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:05][%cal Gc1e3] The exchange on d6 would just repair Black's
structure, so the queen has to look for other horisons.} Bg4 $5 $146 {[%emt 0:
07:43]} ({It seems that Black can actually ignore White's plan by continuing
his own regrouping:} 12... Ng6 13. Qe3 Kb8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. Rd2 Ne5 16. b3 Bc8
$11 {Radjabov,T (2751)-Adams,M (2729) Baku 2008 (1/2-1/2, 39)}) (12... Qc5 {
[%csl Re3] is a bit committal, but in practice it has worked out well:} 13. Qf4
f5 (13... Be6 14. Rad1 Ng6 $11) 14. Ng3 h6 15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. fxe3
fxe4 18. Ncxe4 b6 19. b3 c5 20. Rf7 Rhg8 21. Rd1 Ne5 $15 {Erzhanov,A (2278)
-Batchuluun,T (2523) St Petersburg 2014 (0-1, 54)}) 13. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:06]} (
13. f3 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Be6 {would prevent White's intended regrouping radically.})
({I am slightly puzzled by the engines' suggestion against the consequent} 13.
Qe3 {, namely} Bxe2 {True, Black solves all his problems of coordination, but
isn't the bishop's higher mobility supposed to compensate for the minor
structural defect?!} 14. Qxe2 Ng6 15. Rfd1 (15. Rad1 Qb4 {takes advantage of
the missing e2-knight, by making b2-b3 impossible.}) 15... Qc5 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8
17. Rd1 Rd6 {We can notice that Black has got some other form of compensating
dynamically for the double pawns. There is only one open file and Black keeps
it firmly under control, as the exchange on d6 would immediately solve all his
long term problems after ...cxd6. Besides, the black knight is more mobile
than White's, which is restricted precisely by one of the double pawns and by
White's main candidate to promotion, the e4-pawn!} 18. g3 Ne5 19. Kg2 g5 $5 $11
) 13... Ng6 {[%emt 0:04:24]} 14. Nd3 {[%emt 0:05:07]} ({Once again, the
exchange of one minor piece is supposed to help White, but here, too, the
d-file is the main issue:} 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. h3 Be6 (15... Bxh3 {looks a bit
premature:} 16. Rd1 Qe5 17. Rxd8+ Kxd8 18. gxh3 Rxh3 19. Ne2 $14 {due to the
intremediate checks Qd2, Qd1 or sometimes Qg5, White is going to win an
important tempo for approaching with his queen, making Black's compensation
for the piece only partial.}) 16. Qe3 Qd4 17. Qxd4 Rxd4 18. Rad1 c5 $1 19. f3
Rhd8 $11) 14... f6 {[%emt 0:10:53]} 15. Qe3 {[%emt 0:06:13]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:05:
48]} 16. f4 {[%emt 0:02:50]} Bc8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 17. Rad1 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Qe7
{[%emt 0:00:36]} 18. Rde1 $13 {[%emt 0:20:37] Both sides have regrouped
harmoniously and the outcome of the middlegame will mainly depend on whether
the central pawns will prove weak or strong.} b6 {[%emt 0:18:15]} 19. Qg3 {
[%emt 0:16:16]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:31] Highlighting the drawback of keeping the
knight on d3: the d-file is Black's.} 20. Ne2 $5 {[%emt 0:16:53]} Ra4 $5 {
[%emt 0:07:46]} (20... Rxe4 {could lead to interesting complications:} 21. Nd4
Kb7 22. f5 Rxe1 (22... Nf8 $2 23. Nxc6 $1 Kxc6 24. Rxe4 Qxe4 25. Qxg7 $18 {
[%csl Gh8]}) 23. Rxe1 Ne5 24. Nxe5 ({The spectacular} 24. Nxc6 {only leads to
a draw by perpetual:} Kxc6 25. Nxe5+ fxe5 26. Rxe5 Qf7 27. Qf3+ Kd6 28. Qg3 Kd7
29. Qd3+ Kc6 30. Qf3+) 24... fxe5 25. Qxe5 {with chances to get some small
advantage in the endgame.}) 21. c3 $2 {[%emt 0:17:56] An almost imperceptible
mistake. White should have kept the c3-square free for his knight.} (21. a3 $1
Re8 ({The same idea as in the game does not work now:} 21... c5 $6 22. Nc3 $1
Rd4 23. f5 Ne5 24. Nd5 $16) 22. Nb4 Qc5+ 23. Kh1 Rxe4 24. c3 Kb7 25. Nd4 $13 {
The position is hard to evaluate. Black has won a pawn, but his rook is out of
play for a while.}) 21... c5 $1 $15 {[%emt 0:04:38]} (21... Rxa2 22. Nb4 Qc5+
23. Nd4 {creates unnecessary problems on c6.}) 22. f5 {[%emt 0:09:17]} (22. b4
cxb4 23. Nxb4 Qc5+ 24. Qf2 Re8 $17) (22. e5 $5) 22... Rxe4 $1 {[%emt 0:12:21]}
23. fxg6 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 24. Rxe2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxe2
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Qg4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 26. Qxg4 {
[%emt 0:00:39]} Bxg4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. gxh7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rxh7 {[%emt 0:
02:13] Black has won a pawn, which will soon ensure him a space advantage, but
he does not have any candidate to promotion yet. White could hope to draw by
using his temporarily higher activity, but this will prove illusory.} 28. Nf4 {
[%emt 0:06:47]} ({Unfortunately,} 28. Re7 {does not offer enough counterplay:}
Kb7 29. Nf4 Kc6 {[%cal Gc6d6]}) 28... Kc8 {[%emt 0:05:51]} 29. h3 {[%emt 0:00:
44]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 30. Kf2 {[%emt 0:01:35]} (30. Re7 Kd8 31. Rf7 $2 Ke8
$19) 30... Kd8 {[%emt 0:01:31]} 31. Ne6+ {[%emt 0:01:38]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
32. Rxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rh5 {[%emt 0:00:29] This ending is a lot more
dangerous for White than it may seem. The queenside "majority" (I am not sure
if this term applies if Black cannot create a passed pawn) will soon become
threatening. We will also see another drawback of the move c2-c3: it
chronically weakened the d3-square.} 33. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
18]} 34. Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:20]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:51]} 35. Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} c4
{[%emt 0:00:30]} 36. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 37. Rd2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} 38. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 39. a3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 40. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf5+ {[%emt 0:08:28]} 42. Ke3 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} c6 {[%emt 0:09:31]} 43. Re2 {[%emt 0:12:41]} b5 {[%emt 0:06:22]
} 44. Rd2 {[%emt 0:07:14]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:05:22]} 45. Re2 {[%emt 0:02:46]} Kf5 {
[%emt 0:01:02]} 46. Rf2+ {[%emt 0:02:25]} Ke5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 47. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd3+ {[%emt 0:13:33] I believe that by now it is safe enough
to call Black's position "won".} 48. Kg4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} (48. Ke2 Ke4 49. Ke1
f5 $19 {is awfully passive for White.}) 48... Re3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 49. Rf5+ {
[%emt 0:05:47]} Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 50. Rf2 $6 {[%emt 0:00:05] Allowing an
elegant execution, but there was not much hope left anyway.} (50. Rf4+ Kd3 51.
Rf2 a5 52. Kf5 c5 53. h4 b4 {Black will finally get a passed pawn, sealing the
fate of the game.}) 50... f5+ {[%emt 0:03:08]} 51. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Re2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 52. g3 {[%emt 0:02:30]} Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 53. Rg5 {[%emt 0:
00:24]} Kd3 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 54. Rxg7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kxc3 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
55. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} a5 {[%emt 0:03:17]} 56. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} b4 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 57. axb4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} axb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:27]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} ({Black aimed for a KID reversed.} 4. O-O e5) 4... cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
5. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 6. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} (6. Nxc6
dxc6 {promises absolutely nothing.}) 6... d5 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 7. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} Be6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:01:18]} ({In this Grünfeld
Defence Reversed another logical option seems to be a direct attack on the
centre:} 8. Nc3 d4 9. Ne4 Be7 10. Nxf6+ gxf6 11. Bh6 Rg8 (11... Qb6 $5) 12. O-O
a5 13. Qd3 a4 14. Qb5 Bd7 15. Qxb7 Rc8 {Gutman,L (2395)-Alburt,L (2505)/Beltsy
1977, with great compensation for the pawn.}) 8... Be7 {[%emt 0:02:48]} 9. Bxf6
$6 {[%emt 0:07:03] I don't like this exchange categorically - other options
are much more logical:} (9. e3 Ne4 $5 (9... e4 10. Nc3 O-O 11. f3 exf3 12. Qxf3
Rc8) 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. N1d2 f5 12. f3 Nxd2 (12... Nd6) 13. Qxd2 h5 (13... O-O
14. f4 e4 15. Rfd1 $14) 14. f4 h4 15. Na5 Qd7 $6 (15... e4) 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17.
Qc3 e4 18. Rf2 Kf7 19. Rd1 c5 $2 (19... hxg3 20. hxg3 Rab8 $15) 20. g4 {
Lazic,M (2466)-Novikov,S (2554)/Monastir 2014 (21), and White is able to
attack the opponent's pawn centre.}) (9. Nc3 d4 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Ne4 Qb6 12.
c3 f5 13. Ned2 dxc3 14. bxc3 O-O-O 15. Qc2 h5 16. Bh3 e4 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4+
Kb8 {Kosic,D (2538)-Erdogdu,M (2489)/Novi Sad 2009/EXT 2010 (46), with a great
position.}) 9... Bxf6 {[%emt 0:06:00]} 10. c4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} ({In few
known games White tried to exchange the bishop, but without real results:} 10.
Nc5 e4 (10... Qb6 11. Nxe6 fxe6 12. c4 Qxb2 13. Nd2 O-O-O 14. cxd5 exd5 15. Rb1
Qxa2 16. Nb3 e4 17. Nc5 b6 {Sarosi,Z (2305)-Afek,Y (2510)/Kecskemet 1991, the
position is very sharp.}) 11. Nxe6 (11. Nd2 Qb6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. c4 Rd8 14. e3
O-O 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Rb1 Ne5 {Berezhnoy,V-Gershman,S/Kiev 1964, with a solid
central position,.}) 11... fxe6 12. c3 O-O 13. Na3 Be7 14. Nc2 Qb6 15. Rb1 Bc5
16. e3 Ne5 17. Qe2 Rf6 18. c4 Raf8 19. b4 Be7 20. cxd5 exd5 21. Nd4 Qd6 {
Vakhidov,T (2546)-Mallahi,A (2317)/Shenyang 1999, White is the only one who
can have future problems with the f-file.}) 10... dxc4 {[%emt 0:21:58]} ({
Possible, but not so effective was} 10... d4 11. Nc5 Bc8 12. b4 O-O 13. a3 Qc7
14. Nd2 Bg4) 11. Nc5 {[%emt 0:01:56]} e4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} ({White would
have a slight structural advantage after} 11... Qe7 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Bd5 Qe7
14. Bxc6+ bxc6 15. Nd2 Rd8 16. Qc2 O-O 17. Nxc4) 12. Nd2 {[%emt 0:15:41]} ({
Another try to fight for an opening advantage was} 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Nxe6 fxe6
14. Bxe4 Qb6 15. Rb1 Rad8 16. Qa4 Ne5 17. Qc2) 12... Bxb2 {[%emt 0:15:42]} 13.
Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} ({A different move order led to the same position:} 13.
Rb1 c3 14. Nxe6 fxe6 15. Bxe4) 13... fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 14. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} c3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 15. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qxd2 {[%emt 0:26:59]} 16.
Qxd2 {[%emt 0:03:13]} cxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 17. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O-O {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 18. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:01:19]} 19. f3 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} ({The very slight advantage in the rook endgame was very difficult to
convert into a win:} 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. e3 Rd7 21. Rdxd2 Rxd2 22. Rxd2 Kc7 23.
Rd4 Rb8) 19... Rhd8 {[%emt 0:16:40]} ({White would have kept a slight endgame
advantage after} 19... g6 20. Rdxd2 Rxd2 21. Rxd2 Rd8 22. Rc2 Kc7 23. Kf2 Rd4
24. h4) 20. Bxh7 $6 {[%emt 0:04:14]} ({Much more precise was} 20. Rc2 Kc7 21.
Bxh7) 20... Ne5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:09] Now the knight is free and this allows
Black to hold easily.} 21. h4 {[%emt 0:15:27]} ({White still could do better} 
21. Bc2 Nc4 22. Rb3 b5 23. Bd3 a6 24. Kf2) 21... a6 {[%emt 0:10:44]} 22. Rc2+ {
[%emt 0:16:19]} Kb8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 23. h5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} ({Even here a
better way was} 23. Kf2 b5 24. h5 Rh8 25. Bg6) 23... Rh8 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 24.
Be4 {[%emt 0:05:52]} (24. Bg6 {was possible:} Nxg6 25. hxg6 Rh6 26. Rcxd2 (26.
e3 Rd3) 26... Rxd2 27. Rxd2 Rxg6 28. Kf2 Kc7 29. f4) 24... Rxh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} (24... Nc4) 25. Rcxd2 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 26. Rxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:15]} ({Now} 27. Rc2+
Nc6 28. Kf2 Ra5 29. g4 Kd6 {did not promise anything.}) 27... Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:
19]} 28. Rd4 {[%emt 0:03:43]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} ({Or} 28... b5) 29. Bc2 {
[%emt 0:00:35]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 30. Bb3 {[%emt 0:04:00]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 31. Rg4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 5. h4 {[%emt 0:00:04] A popular continuation. Peter Svidler
choses a simple reply.} c6 {[%emt 0:01:57] Alternatives:} (5... h5) (5... h6) (
5... c5) (5... O-O) (5... dxc4) 6. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} (6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bf4 {
is also popular.}) 6... h6 $6 {[%emt 0:08:21] Just forcing the exchange.
However, it is hardly worth a tempo. Other moves seen in practice deserve more
attention:} (6... Ne4) (6... O-O) (6... dxc4) 7. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:01:54]} (7. Bf4
Qb6 (7... O-O $5 8. Qc1 {was probably White's idea but I don't see any sense
in it after, say,} h5) 8. c5 Qd8 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Bg4 {1/2 (10) Forcen
Esteban,D (2519)-Kovchan,A (2576) La Roda ESP 2015}) 7... Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]}
8. h5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (8. e3 {is also possible:} Bg7 (8... e6 9. Qc2 Nd7 ({
Svidler's plan with} 9... a6 {should be checked here, too}) 10. O-O-O Bg7 11.
Kb1 O-O 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Bd3 b6 14. Rc1 a6 15. Ne2 Bb7 16. Qc7 Rb8 17. Qg3 Re8
18. Ne5 $14 {1/2 (62) Hansen,S (2561)-Akesson,R (2462) Pattaya 2013}) 9. Qc2
O-O 10. Bd3 Be6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. Kd2 Rd8 15. Rhc1
Bg4 16. Nh2 Bf5 17. Bxf5 gxf5 18. f4 Nc6 19. h5 e6 20. g4 $14 {1-0 (52) Najer,
E (2626)-Wan,Y (2494) China 2013}) (8. cxd5 cxd5 9. Qb3 {is not too promising:}
e6 10. e4 O-O 11. O-O-O Nc6 12. Kb1 Bg7 13. h5 g5 14. Bb5 Na5 15. Qc2 a6 16.
Bd3 Nc6 $132 {0-1 (48) Shtyrenkov,V (2337)-Alexeev,A (2316) Simferopol 2013})
8... g5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 9. e3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} e6 {[%emt 0:15:41]} 10. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:02:07]} ({In the following game White didn't play well:} 10. Bd3 Bg7
11. cxd5 $6 cxd5 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Qb3 Bd7 14. Nb5 $6 O-O 15. g4 $6 a6 16. Nc3 e5
$1 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxg4 19. f4 d4 $1 $19 {1-0 (44) Abarca Gonzalez,N 
(2267)-Valenzuela Fuentealba,L (2474) Punta Arenas 2014}) 10... a6 {[%emt 0:08:
17]} 11. O-O-O {[%emt 0:04:37]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:03]} 12. c5 {[%emt 0:00:35]
[%mdl 32] A logical attempt to keep the position closed; however, Black
"doesn't conform".} g4 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 13. Nh2 {[%emt 0:11:29]} e5 {[%emt 0:
04:23]} 14. Ne4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:55][%mdl 64] A nice reply to Black's idea.
Generally, we can conclude that 5...c6 and 6...h6 is not the best concept for
Black in this system.} O-O {[%emt 0:00:27]} (14... dxe4 $2 15. dxe5 $18) 15.
Nd6 {[%emt 0:17:18]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:03:50]} 16. Nxc8 {[%emt 0:35:41] It is
sometimes useful to trade a strong knight for a seemingly passive bishop (e.g.
when the latter is an important defender of the opponent's position). However,
this is probably not the case.} (16. Be2 $5 f5 17. f3 {, opening up the
kingside when Black's queenside is completely undeveloped, was a strong
continuation.}) 16... Qxc8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 17. f3 {[%emt 0:00:43]} g3 {
[%emt 0:15:00]} 18. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Qe6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 19. Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:10:50]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 20. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 21. e4 {[%emt 0:01:44]} Nd7 $1 {[%emt 0:03:17] Black has miraculously
completed his development, However, White's advantage (a strong bishop and the
weakness of Black's kingside) is still clear.} 22. exd5 {[%emt 0:03:18]} cxd5 {
[%emt 0:02:23]} 23. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 24. Rh4 $6 {
[%emt 0:04:34] It was not necessary to give up the c5-pawn for nothing when it
was possible to take the h6 or d5-pawn for it:} (24. Qd2 $142 $1 $16) 24...
Rxc5 {[%emt 0:12:12]} 25. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:04:55]} 26. Rg4+ {
[%emt 0:03:26]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 27. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:22]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:10:
26]} 28. Rf4 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 29. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:32]} Re8
{[%emt 0:00:58]} 30. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 31. a3 {[%emt 0:
01:24] Black has kept an extra pawn; however, it is extremely difficult to
convert it due to White's active pieces. Therefore the players agreed a draw.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.20"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:
00:32]} 3. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb4
{[%emt 0:00:08]} 5. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:00:04] Hardly an ambitious line but quite possible, why not?} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 7. Rc1 $146 {[%emt 0:09:44] A new move but its value is not
quite clear.} (7. e3 {is usually played. Here is a recent example:} c5 8. Be2
c4 9. O-O Nc6 10. Ne5 Be6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qc2 Qd7 13. b3 Bf5 14. Qb2 cxb3 15.
Qxb3 Bd6 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. a4 a5 $11 {1/2 (51) Vorobiov,E (2579)-Predke,A 
(2533) Kazan RUS 2015}) 7... Bf5 {[%emt 0:09:44]} (7... c5 $5 8. dxc5 Ne4 {
is probably quite possible and needs practical tests. E.g.} 9. g3 $5 {deserves
attention.}) 8. a3 {[%emt 0:18:05]} Ba5 $6 {[%emt 0:02:03] Illogical. This
bishop will waste time and finally be exchanged for its white counterpart.} (
8... Bxc3+ $142 9. Rxc3 Ne4 $1 10. Rc1 (10. Rxc7 $2 g5) 10... c6 {although
White's bishop pair guarantees him a small edge.}) 9. e3 $6 {[%emt 0:08:09]} (
9. b4 $142 Bb6 10. e3 {. If Black continues ...c7-c6 and ...Bb6-c7, he loses
yet another tempo; and} a5 11. b5 a4 {[%cal Yb6a5]} 12. Bd3 {is in White's
favour, too.}) 9... c6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 10. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:
02:14]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:34]} Re8 {[%emt 0:13:07]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:12:08]}
Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 13. Bxc7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qxc7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 14. b5 {
[%emt 0:04:38] Despite the tempo White gifted back to his opponent, his
minority attack is quite successful.} Qd6 {[%emt 0:05:07]} 15. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:
26]} c5 {[%emt 0:07:44]} 16. dxc5 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 17.
Qb4 $14 {[%emt 0:00:08] With no activity compensating for his isolated d5-pawn,
Black is doomed to long defence.} Rac8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 18. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:02:
15]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:02] Too passive.} (18... h6 $142) 19. h3 {[%emt 0:07:45]}
Red8 {[%emt 0:09:07]} 20. Nd4 {[%emt 0:02:31]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:12:26]} 21. b6 {
[%emt 0:05:10] Generally pawn exchanges are favourable for the defender but
White must create a second object of attack (the b7-pawn in this case).} axb6 {
[%emt 0:00:48]} 22. Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nfd7 {[%emt 0:01:49]} 23. Qb2 {
[%emt 0:06:51]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 24. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:20]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:
51]} 25. Qb4 {[%emt 0:11:18]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:02:38]} 26. Nce2 {[%emt 0:03:32]}
Rdc7 {[%emt 0:04:40]} 27. Nf4 {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bd7 $6 {[%emt 0:01:57]} (27...
Qd7) 28. Qa5 $2 {[%emt 0:07:04] Both players overlooked that} (28. Bxd5 {
was quite possible as the tactical trick} Nxd5 29. Nxd5 Nd3 {didn't succeed
due to} 30. Ne7+ Kf8 (30... Kh8 31. Ndc6 $3 Bxc6 (31... Nxb4 32. Nxd8 $18 {
[%cal Rd8f7]}) (31... Rxc6 32. Rxc6 $1 Bxc6 33. Nxc8) 32. Rxc6 $1 bxc6 (32...
Rxc6 $144 33. Nxc6 bxc6) 33. Nxc8 Rxc8 34. Qb3 {, and White ends up with an
extra pawn}) 31. Rxc7 ({or} 31. Qd6 Qxe7 32. Qxe7+ Kxe7 33. Rxc7 Rxc7 34. Rxd3
$16) 31... Nxb4 32. Rxc8 Bxc8 33. Ne6+ Bxe6 34. Rxd8+ Kxe7 35. Rb8 $16) 28...
Ra8 $6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} (28... Ba4 $142 29. Rf1 Be8 {successfully holding on.})
29. Qb6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ra4 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 32. Qb4 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Qb2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:05] The d5 pawn is now
doomed...} Ne6 $2 {[%emt 0:15:25] ...but this move could have led to even
worse consequences.} (33... Be8 $2 34. Nf5) (33... Ra8 $142 34. Bxd5 Qe7) 34.
Nxd5 $6 {[%emt 0:04:26]} (34. Ndxe6 fxe6 35. Nxe6 $1 Bxe6 36. Qb6 {, indicated
by a number of commentators, led to an immediate collapse of Black's position.}
) 34... Rxc1 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 35. Rxc1 {[%emt 0:00:37]} Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:15]}
36. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:03:42]} 37. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {
[%emt 0:00:43]} 38. Bc6 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 39. Rxc6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 40. Qc2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 41. Qc5 {[%emt 0:02:41]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:01:57]} 42. Qxb5 {[%emt 0:10:00]}
Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:52] This position is difficult to hold for Black but it is a
dream for him compared to what could have happened several moves earlier.} 43.
Qc4 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Qf8 {[%emt 0:10:55]} 44. d5 {[%emt 0:02:13]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:
02:01]} 45. Qd4 {[%emt 0:02:38]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:07:31]} 46. Rc7 {[%emt 0:02:02]
White unnecessarily allows his opponent to stop his passed pawn on d5, and his
task becomes more difficult.} (46. Rb6 $142 {[%cal Yd5d6]}) 46... Qf8 {[%emt 0:
00:43]} (46... Rd6 $1) 47. Rc3 {[%emt 0:04:49]} (47. Rc6 $1 Qe8 48. Rb6 {
[%cal Yd5d6]}) 47... Qd6 {[%emt 0:03:53]} 48. Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:13]} 49. Rd3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:07:07]} 50. g3 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 51. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 52. h4 {
[%emt 0:00:55]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:03:39]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
37]} 54. Qf4 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 55. Qd4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Qd6
{[%emt 0:00:11]} 56. Kg2 {[%emt 0:01:05]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 57. g4 {[%emt 0:
03:00] There is apparently no other way to make progress.} hxg4 {[%emt 0:02:31]
} 58. Qxg4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:03:37]} 59. h5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} Re7 {
[%emt 0:05:44]} 60. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:00] Black goes for a
rook endgame. A correct decision as it should be drawish. However, Anish Giri
doesn't play it in the best way.} 61. hxg6 {[%emt 0:09:36]} Qxd4 {[%emt 0:04:
36]} 62. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:56][%mdl 4096]} 63. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf5 $1 {[%emt 0:01:58] Shouldering White's king out of the way.
} 64. Rf4+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 65. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd7
$2 {[%emt 0:00:10] The rook should be active!} (65... Ra7 $1 66. Re8 (66. Ke3
Ra3+ 67. Kd4 Ra4+ {, and White's king must retreat}) (66. Rd4 Kf5) (66. d6 Kf6
67. Kf4 Rd7 68. Rd4 Ke6 69. Kg5 Rxd6 70. Rxd6+ Kxd6 71. Kf6 Kd5 $11) 66... Ra1
$1 {, again stopping White's king, after which he can't make progress, e.g.}
67. Ke2 Ra5 68. Rd8 Kf6 {[%cal Rf6e7,Rf6e5]}) 66. Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:11]} Kf6 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 67. Kf4 $2 {[%emt 0:02:05] A strange decision.} (67. Ke4 $1 Ra7
68. Re8 {, and White's king goes to the queenside. Black's rook is on the
short side of White's pawn, and it can't successfully attack White's king with
side checks. Therefore White wins.}) 67... Ra7 {[%emt 0:04:23]} 68. Rf5+ {
[%emt 0:03:34]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 69. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:08] This outflanking
should not be enough for a victory.} Ra6 {[%emt 0:02:59] Again passive!} ({
White is unlikely to win after} 69... Ra3 70. Re5+ Kf8 $1 ({but not} 70... Kd6
71. f4 Rf3 72. Re8 {, and White gradually wins the f7-pawn keeping Black's
king cut off from White's f-pawn, on its long side}) {e.g.} 71. f4 Ra4 $1 72.
f5 Ra1) 70. Re5+ {[%emt 0:03:30]} Kd7 $2 {[%emt 0:00:05] Here, too, Black's
king should not go to the d-file.} (70... Kf8 $1 {should be enough to hold on
after all.}) 71. Re2 {[%emt 0:01:20] Not the most exact retreat but it doesn't
spoil much.} (71. Re1 $1 {was more accurate.}) 71... Rg6+ {[%emt 0:00:55]} (
71... Rd6 72. f4 Rxd5+ 73. Kf6 Kd8 74. f5 Ra5 75. Rh2 $18 {[%cal Yh2h8,Yh8f8]})
72. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:05:36] An attempt to pin White's f-pawn 
(impossible in the event of 71.Re1) was insufficient after all:} (72... Rg2 73.
Kf6 Kd6 74. Rd2 Rg4 75. Kxf7 Rf4+ 76. Kg6 Rf8 77. Kg5 $1 Rg8+ 78. Kf6 Rf8+ 79.
Kg6 $22 Rg8+ (79... Rf3 80. Kg5 {[%cal Yg5g4,Yf2f4]}) 80. Kf7 Rg2 81. Kf6 Rh2
82. Kg5 Rg2+ 83. Kh4 Rh2+ 84. Kg3 Rh8 85. f4 {etc.}) 73. f4 {[%emt 0:00:39]}
Ra4 {[%emt 0:05:39]} 74. Kg5 {[%emt 0:03:09]} f6+ {[%emt 0:03:05] Otherwise
f4-f5-f6 etc.} 75. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kd6 {[%emt 0:02:55]} 76. Re4 {[%emt 0:
04:32]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 77. Kxf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxd5 {[%emt 0:00:20]
With his king on the long side of White's pawn, Black has no chances to
survive.} 78. Re5+ $1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Kd4 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 79. Re6 {[%emt 0:
00:18]} Rf8+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} 80. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rg8+ {[%emt 0:01:07]}
81. Rg6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 82. f5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ke5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 83. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.21"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Illingworth,M"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
8. a4 $5 {[%emt 0:01:49] Until recently it was thought that 8.c3 was the only
serious move, but this has been played by Wei Yi recently as well as Dominguez,
so it's time the move received some attention. We could compare this with the
6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 variation, except that in some cases (such as the game)
White can play d4 in one go. Previously Dominguez had generally gone for the
main line or d3-systems against Svidler.} b4 {[%emt 0:03:33] This has been
Black's main move in recent games, although White can then try to transpose
back to an Anti-Marshall system.} (8... Na5 $6 9. axb5 Nxb3 10. cxb3 {clearly
doesn't give Black enough for the pawn.}) (8... Bb7 $6 {is a mistake before
White has played h3, and after} 9. c3 O-O 10. d4 $14 {White is effectively a
tempo up on the Zaitsev as a4 is far more useful than h3.}) (8... Bg4 $6 {
misplaces the bishop before White has played d4, and after} 9. c3 O-O 10. h3
Bxf3 (10... Bh5 $6 11. d3 Na5 12. Ba2 $1 c5 13. Na3 $1 b4 14. Nc4 Nxc4 15. Bxc4
bxc3 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. g4 $1 Bg6 18. Qc2 $36 {leaves the bishop badly misplaced
on g6.}) 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 ({Not} 12. Ba2 b4 $1 13. cxb4 $6 Nc6 $11) 12...
c5 13. d3 b4 14. Nd2 {Black sorely misses his light-squared bishops. For
example:} Nd7 (14... Rb8 15. Nf1 bxc3 16. bxc3 Qd7 17. Ne3 g6 18. Bd2 Nb3 19.
Bxb3 Rxb3 20. Rab1 $1 $14 Qxa4 21. Nc4 Rxb1 22. Rxb1 $36) 15. Nf1 Bg5 16. Ne3
Rb8 17. Qg4 Bxe3 18. Bxe3 Nf6 19. Qf3 $14) (8... Bd7 9. c3 O-O {(this position
can also arise via. 8.c3 0-0 9.a4 Bd7)} 10. d4 (10. d3 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. Nbd2
{would transpose to a major line of the 6.d3 Ruy Lopez, nowadays considered
absolutely fine for Black.}) 10... h6 (10... Re8 $2 11. axb5 axb5 12. Bxf7+ $1
Kxf7 13. Qb3+ Kg6 (13... Kf8 $6 14. Ng5) 14. Rxa8 Qxa8 15. Nh4+ Kh5 16. Qf7+ $1
g6 17. Nf5 $18 {gives White a winning attack.}) 11. Nbd2 Re8 12. Nf1 Bf8 13.
Bc2 (13. Ng3 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15. d5 c4 16. h3 Qc7 17. Nh4 $5 $146 g6 18. Be3 Bg7
19. Ra3 Nb7 20. Qd2 h5 {leads to a very complex Breyer-style position, with
chances for both sides.}) 13... exd4 14. Nxd4 (14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 bxa4 16.
Ng3 c5 $11 {is fine for Black.}) 14... b4 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Ng3 {1-0 (40) Palac,
M (2573)-Beliavsky,A (2654) Bled 2000} Ne5 $1 (16... d5 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. e5
Nd7 19. f4 $14 {is better for White because of his strong majority, which can
easily translate to a big attack on the king after a later f5.}) 17. cxb4 d5
18. exd5 Bxb4 19. h3 Nxd5 $11 {and Black has good activity in this position,
which is likely to liquidate further.}) 9. d4 {[%emt 0:00:25]} (9. d3 O-O {
transposes to the 8.a4 b4 9.d3 Anti-Marshall.}) 9... O-O {[%emt 0:25:24] Black
accepts the transposition to the 8.a4 b4 9.d4 d6 Anti-Marshall.} (9... Bg4 {
is an independent option, but I'm not a huge fan of it:} 10. dxe5 Nxe5 (10...
dxe5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 $6 14. Nxf3 Bc5 15. Bc4 $1 a5 16.
c3 Rd6 17. Bb5 Rfd8 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Rxe3 $16 {1-0 (39) Wei,Y (2706)-Gonzalez
Vidal,Y (2557) Tsaghkadzor 2015  showed why Black shouldn't put the bishop on
g4 for this endgame.}) 11. Nbd2 Qc8 (11... O-O 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4 $1 Bg6 14.
Nxe5 dxe5 15. Qf3 Bc5 16. Nc4 $14 {is slightly better for White because the
g6-bishop is so misplaced in this structure and} Qe7 $6 17. Bg5 $1 {would only
make things worse.}) 12. h3 Bh5 {Now we see the point of ...Qc8 - g4 runs into
Nexg4.} 13. Re3 $5 O-O 14. Qe1 Nfd7 (14... Nxf3+ 15. Nxf3 Qb7 16. Nh4 $1 $14 {
is slightly better for White as Nf5 is not easy to deal with.}) 15. Nxe5 dxe5
16. Nc4 {1/2-1/2 (48) Stojanovic,D (2504)-Blagojevic,D (2495) Belgrade 2014 
and again the offside Black light-squared bishop gave White some chances.}) 10.
dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:55]} dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 11. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:07] This move
has taken over from the old} (11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Nbd2 {which you can find
analysed in e.g. 1-0 (70) Carlsen,M (2862)-Aronian,L (2813) Saint Louis 2013
CBM 157 [Stohl,I]}) 11... Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:32] Svidler has defended this
position on multiple occasions as Black.} 12. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:09] This is
certainly a very natural move.} (12. h3 {is examined in ½-½ (35) Topalov,V 
(2785)-Aronian,L (2830) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014 CBM 160 [Postny,E]}) (12. a5 {
is the most common move and you can find it annotated in e.g. 1/2-1/2 (27)
Karjakin,S (2767)-Svidler,P (2732) Baku 2014 CBM 163 [Postny,E]}) 12... Qe7 {
[%emt 0:01:21]} (12... Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. c3 (14. a5 $1 Nd4 15. Qc4 Nxb3 16.
Nxb3 Bd6 17. Nh4 $1 $14) 14... Na5 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bc2 bxc3 17. bxc3 Nd5 $5 {
1/2-1/2 (65) Grischuk,A (2779)-Caruana,F (2774) Thessaloniki 2013 was quite
playable for Black, but it is pretty obvious that Dominguez had some deviation
ready.}) (12... h6 $5 {might deserve further testing, just waiting for White
to commit himself.}) 13. a5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} (13. Nc4 {was analysed in 1/2-1/2
(41) Grischuk,A (2764)-Svidler,P (2747) London 2013 CBM 154 [Szabo,Kr]}) 13...
h6 {[%emt 0:02:26] I don't see anything wrong with this move, although it's
not needed right away.} (13... Rd8 {could be countered with} 14. Bc4 (14. h3
Be6 15. Bxe6 Qxe6 16. Nb3 Nd4 $1 $11) 14... Nd4 (14... Bg4 15. Qf1 Bxf3 16.
Nxf3 Nd4 17. Be3 $5 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Bxe3 19. fxe3 {gives White some minor
chances based on having the superior minor piece and Black's queenside pawn
weaknesses.}) 15. Nxd4 Bxd4 16. Nb3 {1/2-1/2 (24) Ivanovic,B (2485)-Spassky,B 
(2625) Bugojno 1982} Bg4 17. Qf1 Be6 18. Nxd4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Rxd4 20. Qc6 $1 Qe8
21. Qxe8+ Nxe8 22. b3 $11 {is really an equal endgame, though only White can
be better.}) 14. h3 {[%emt 0:01:42]} (14. Bd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4
17. Nb3 Qd6 18. Nxd4 exd4 $11 {is pretty dead equal.}) 14... Rd8 {[%emt 0:04:
56]} (14... Be6 15. Bc4 Nd4 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. Nb3 {1-0 (41) Caruana,F (2791)
-Tomashevsky,E (2695) Dubai 2014} Qd6 18. Nxd4 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Qxd4 20. Qb3 $1
Nxe4 21. Be3 Qd6 22. Qc4 Qg6 23. Rad1 $14 {with some initiative is typically
the sort of edge White is aiming for in this line.}) 15. Bc4 {[%emt 0:04:46]}
Nd4 {[%emt 0:07:48]} (15... Rd6 $5 16. Nb3 Ba7 {may be more precise, keeping
the position as is, although after} 17. Bd2 {White retains mild pressure.}) 16.
Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:50]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} (16... Rxd4 17. Bd3 Rd6 $5 18. Nc4
Rd8 19. Be3 {is a little better for White as Black's pawns are quite
vulnerable, though Black should be able to defend after e.g.} Bb7 20. Bxc5 Qxc5
) 17. Nb3 {[%emt 0:10:46]} c5 $6 {[%emt 0:12:05] I think this ambitious move
is the cause of Black's subsequent problems.} (17... Ba7 {is best, but once
again after} 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Be6 20. Qe2 $5 {White has a small but
stable advantage because of the queenside weaknesses.} (20. Bxe6 Qxe6 21. Qc5
Rab8 $1 {holds together for Black.})) 18. Nxd4 $1 {[%emt 0:27:01] A very smart
decision - the bishop pair will prove a very handy asset in the resulting
position.} (18. Nd2 Bb7 $11) 18... cxd4 {[%emt 0:01:53]} 19. Bd2 $14 {[%emt 0:
00:29] Black has clear problems here as the queenside pawns are weak and White
will later develop play on the kingside with a prepared f4.} Qc5 {[%emt 0:11:
57]} (19... Bb7 {might be a trickier defence.} 20. f3 (20. Bd3 Bc6 $1 21. Bxa6
Nxe4 22. Bd3 Nxd2 23. Qxd2 Qc5 24. a6 Re8 $132 {shouldn't be worse for Black
with such a centre.}) 20... Rdb8 {and Black wants to play ...Bc6-b5 again.
White is still better, but the position is not as clear-cut; probably} 21. Rf1
$5 Bc6 22. f4 $1 {is how White should prosecute his advantage.}) 20. b3 {
[%emt 0:08:43]} Be6 {[%emt 0:12:23] A good move, offering the a6-pawn as bait.}
21. Bd3 {[%emt 0:05:59]} (21. Bxa6 Ra7 $1 {will regain the pawn, and after} 22.
Bd3 Rxa5 23. Rxa5 Qxa5 24. f4 $14 {White is still better, but at least Black
has some counterplay.}) 21... Bd7 {[%emt 0:02:56] Black is angling to exchange
the light-squared bishop. Should he succeed, c2 will become weak and Black
will be totally fine, so White's reply is practically required.} 22. Bxa6 {
[%emt 0:12:04]} (22. Rf1 Re8 $1 {and only then ...Bb5 is fine.}) 22... Rdb8 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} 23. Bd3 {[%emt 0:10:10]} ({White must avoid} 23. Ra2 $4 Rxa6
24. Qxa6 Bb5 $19) 23... Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 24. Qf3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:12] White
initiates kingside threats with Bxh6 the immediate idea, but Qg3 and f4 are
also on the cards.} (24. Rxa5 Qxa5 25. f4 {is tempting, but after} Bb5 $1 26.
fxe5 Bxd3 27. cxd3 Qxe5 {Black's position proves fairly robust, though} 28. Rc1
$1 {might still keep an edge.}) 24... Rb6 $5 {[%emt 0:01:08]} (24... Kh7 {
was Svidler's post-game suggestion, but} 25. Rxa5 Qxa5 26. Qg3 Be8 $5 27. f4
Nd7 28. Bc4 $36 {is also in White's favour.}) (24... Ra3 25. Bxh6 Bb5 {might
be playable, but you probably have to be a machine to play like this...and
even then, after} 26. Qg3 Ne8 27. Rab1 $14 {Black is well short of full
compensation.}) 25. Qg3 $1 {[%emt 0:02:44] A very natural move and practically
speaking the strongest one as Black's best defence is far from obvious.} (25.
Rec1 {gives Black fairly easy moves in} Ra3 26. Rxa3 bxa3 27. Ra1 Be6 28. Qg3
Kh7 $11) 25... Nh5 $2 {[%emt 0:07:22] After this loss of time White takes
control of the game. I doubt Black really wanted to go for this, but he
probably couldn't prove the alternatives were better.} (25... Bc8 $1 $11 {
is the best move, clearing the way for ...Nd7-f8 to defend the king. Of course,
} 26. Bxh6 {fails to} Nh5 27. Qg5 Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Rxh6 {and now the bishop is
safe on c8 (from d7, it would be lost to Qd8).}) 26. Qh4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. f4 $1 {[%emt 0:01:58]} (27. Rxa5 Qxa5 {can be inserted
first before playing} 28. f4 {, but I prefer White's move order.}) 27... Rxa1 {
[%emt 0:01:35]} 28. Rxa1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. fxe5 {
[%emt 0:02:05]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 30. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:56] Once White gets
in e5, the position becomes extremely hard to defend as Black lacks piece
coordination.} Qe8 {[%emt 0:04:00]} (30... Qe6 {fails to} 31. Bc7 Rb7 32. Ra8+
Ne8 33. Bc4 Qd7 34. Bg3 $18 {and White simply has too many threats.}) 31. e5 {
[%emt 0:08:17]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 32. Bg3 {[%emt 0:07:43] Good enough to
keep a winning advantage (Black can't defend his weak pawns), but} (32. Bxh6 $1
gxh6 33. Qxh6 Bb7 34. Bh7+ Kh8 35. Bg6+ Kg8 36. Qh7+ Kf8 37. Rf1 Rxg6 38. Qxg6
{was the flashy way.} Qe7 39. e6 f6 40. Qh6+ Ke8 41. Qh8+ Qf8 42. Qh7 $18)
32... Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 33. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:33]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34.
cxd3 {[%emt 0:00:35] White is up a pawn with the better minor piece and safer
king, so it's not surprising that the game was over soon.} Qc6 {[%emt 0:01:57]}
(34... Rb5 35. Qc4 {doesn't change much.}) 35. Kh2 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Rb5 {
[%emt 0:00:58]} 36. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:26]} h5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 37. Qe4 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 38. e6 {[%emt 0:00:21] Black resigned as he runs
into all sorts of havoc on the last two ranks.} 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2744"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bg7
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 6. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:56]
The most popular choice against the Russian System.} ({However,} 7... Na6 {
also remains topical and was recently featured in two important games:} 8. Be2
c5 9. d5 e6 10. O-O exd5 11. exd5 Re8 ({In a survey about this line in CBM 156
I concentrated on the move order with} 11... Bf5 {This still seems to me a
roughly equivalent alternative; the resulting positions are often the same due
to transposition.}) 12. Rd1 (12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Rad1 Ne4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4
16. Qc1 (16. d6 $5 $36) 16... Qf6 ({Houdini recommends the unprejudiced} 16...
Nc7 $5 17. Bxh6 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. g3 Qf6 20. Ng5 Nb6 $11) 17. Bxh6 Qxb2
18. Qxb2 Bxb2 19. Ng5 Bd4 20. Nxe4 Rxe4 21. Bf3 Re7 22. d6 Rd7 23. Bf4 Nb4 24.
Rd2 (24. a3 $5 Nc6 25. Rfe1 $14) 24... Re8 25. Rc1 Re6 26. h4 Be5 27. Bxe5 Rxe5
28. Bxb7 Rxb7 29. d7 Nc6 $11 {Anand,V (2792)-Carlsen,M (2863) WCh Sochi 2014
For more details see the notes by Krasenkow in CBM 164.}) 12... Bf5 13. d6 h6
14. Be3 $5 ({A fresh idea instead of the older} 14. Bf4 Nd7 15. Rd2) 14... Ng4
15. Bf4 $1 Bxc3 16. bxc3 Re4 17. Qb5 Rxf4 18. Qxb7 Ra4 (18... c4 $5 19. Qxa6
Bd3 20. Bxd3 Rxf3 21. gxf3 Qh4 $11) 19. d7 Be4 (19... Nc7 20. h3 Nxf2 21. Kxf2
Bxd7 22. Bb5 Nxb5 23. Rxd7 Qb8 24. Qd5 Qf8 25. Qb3 Ra5 26. Ne5 c4 27. Qxc4 Na3
$5 28. Qf4 Nc4 $1 $11) 20. Qb3 Bc6 $2 (20... Ra5 $8 21. Nd2 Bxg2 $1 $132) 21.
Rd6 Bxd7 22. Rad1 Qb8 23. Rxd7 $18 {Anand,V (2797)-Aronian,L (2777) Zuerich
2015 For more details see the notes by Roiz in CBM 165.}) ({Another line that
has its fans among top players is} 7... Nc6) 8. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:55] Currently
White prefers this developing move.} ({In the other main line} 8. e5 b5 9. Qb3
Nfd7 {Black withstands the direct onslaught, so White has been mostly trying
sidelines.} {One of these is} 10. Ng5 {introduced into serious practice by
Carlsen:} (10. e6 fxe6 11. Be3 Nf6 12. a4 b4 $5 13. Qxb4 Nc6 14. Qa3 Qd6 15.
Be2 Nb4 16. Rc1 Bb7 17. h3 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nbd5 19. a5 Rfb8 20. Bd2 Qxa3 21. bxa3
Nxc3 22. Rxc3 {½, Moiseenko,A (2699)-Gelfand,B (2764) Tromsoe WCup 2013} Nd5
$15) (10. Be2 c5 11. e6 fxe6 12. Qxe6+ Kh8 13. dxc5 Ne5 14. Qd5 Qxd5 15. Nxd5
Nxf3+ 16. Bxf3 Bb7 17. Nc7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Ra7 19. Ne6 Rxf3 20. Ke2 Rf6 (20...
Rf5 $5 $11 {is maybe slightly more accurate}) 21. Nxg7 Kxg7 22. Be3 Nc6 23.
Rad1 Rf5 24. h4 Kf7 $11 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2706)-Caruana,F (2844) Baku 2014
Black's setup is very solid and the _|_ is drawish.}) 10... Nb6 (10... e6 $6 {
is passive:} 11. h4 h5 12. Nce4 c5 13. Nd6 cxd4 14. Ngxf7 Qb6 15. Nxc8 Rxc8 16.
Nd6 Nc5 17. Nxc8 Qa5+ 18. Bd2 Nxb3 19. Bxa5 Nxa1 20. Nb6 Ra7 21. Bd3 $16 {
[%csl Ra1] Horvath,C (2537)-Guido,F (2356) Bratto 2008}) ({An enterprising
novelty is} 10... c5 11. e6 ({The critical try is} 11. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 12. e6 Nc6
13. exf7+ Kf8 14. Ne2 $13 {/+/=}) 11... cxd4 12. Nce4 Nf6 13. exf7+ Kh8 14. Bd3
(14. h4 $13) 14... Nc6 15. h4 Ne5 16. h5 gxh5 17. Bf4 $2 (17. Bb1 $142) 17...
Nxd3+ 18. Qxd3 Bf5 19. g4 Nxe4 20. gxf5 Nxg5 21. Bxg5 Qd5 22. Kd2 Qxf7 23. Rae1
Qxf5 $19 {Holt,C (2530)-Robson,R (2656) Saint Louis 2015}) 11. Be3 {Humans
prefer} Nc6 (11... h6 12. Nge4 ({Engines have also tested} 12. Nf3 $13) 12...
Be6 13. Qc2 (13. Qd1 Bc4 14. Bxc4 Nxc4 15. Qb3 Nd7 16. Rd1 e6 17. O-O c5 18.
dxc5 Nxe3 19. fxe3 {1/2-1/2 (29) Alonso Rosell,A (2507)-Alsina Leal,D (2547)
Sabadell 2010} Qc7 $5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Nxc5 $11 {/=/+}) 13... Bf5 (13...
Nc6 14. Rd1 Bf5 15. Be2 Nb4 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. O-O Kh7 {Zhao,X 
(2490)-Cmilyte,V (2485) Dagomys 2010} 19. f3 $13 {/+/=}) 14. Rd1 Nd5 $5 15. Be2
Nxe3 16. fxe3 c5 17. g4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Nd7 19. h4 cxd4 20. exd4 Nb6 $132 {
1/2-1/2 (111) felix 2,h (2709)-bouddha#77,h (2560) Engine Room 2012}) 12. Rd1
Na5 ({This has fully replaced} 12... Bf5 {Carlsen,M (2810)-Dominguez Perez,L 
(2712) Wijk aan Zee 2010 See the notes to this game by Krasenkow in CBM 135.})
13. Qb4 {A more natural move is} Nac4 (13... Nbc4 14. Bc1 (14. b3 $6 c5 $1 15.
Qxc5 (15. dxc5 Nc6 {[%csl Rb4]}) 15... Nxe3 16. fxe3 Bg4 $32 17. Rd3 Rc8 18.
Qa3 Nc6 19. Qb2 Bh6 20. h3 Nb4 $17 {Holt,C (2530)-Troff,K (2532) Richardson
2015}) 14... Bb7 15. Nce4 h6 16. Nc5 hxg5 17. Nxb7 Nxb7 18. Bxc4 bxc4 19. Qxb7
c5 20. O-O cxd4 21. Qe4 Qc7 22. Rxd4 Qxe5 23. Rxc4 Qxe4 24. Rxe4 Rfc8 25. Bxg5
Rc2 26. Ra4 Rxb2 27. Bxe7 Re8 28. Bc5 Ree2 29. a3 Bf8 30. Be3 Ra2 31. Rxa6 Rxa3
$14 {/=, Korobov,A (2702)-Gupta,A (2662) New Delhi 2012}) 14. Bc1 Bg4 $1 {
Forcing the the weakening f3 before developing the bishop to f5.} 15. f3 Bf5
16. Nge4 (16. b3 Bc2 17. bxc4 Bxd1 18. Nxd1 Qxd4 19. f4 {Holt,C (2555)-Troff,K
(2459) Dallas 2014} Rfd8 20. Nc3 Na4 $44) 16... c6 (16... Nd5 $5) 17. Bxc4 ({
Probably more circumspect is} 17. b3 Nd5 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Nc5 a5 20. Qxb5 Rb8
21. Qc6 Rb6 22. Qa4 Rb4 $11) 17... Nxc4 18. b3 Nb6 19. O-O a5 20. Qc5 Rc8 21.
Bg5 f6 22. exf6 exf6 23. Bh4 Nd7 24. Qd6 Re8 25. d5 b4 $1 26. dxc6 Qb6+ 27. Bf2
Qxc6 $15 {Abbasov,F (2549)-Safarli,E (2603) Baku 2010}) 8... b5 {[%emt 0:00:20]
} 9. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 10. dxc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:02] Svidler hasn't played this move since 2007.} ({In his more
recent games he has preferred} 10... Be6 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Be3 Rc8 13. Rd1 b4
14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Nxc5 16. O-O {and now:} {Lately Black's efforts have
concentrated mainly on} Nce4 (16... Qd6 17. Qc4 (17. Rc1 Qb8 $1 18. Bxc5 Nd7
19. Bxa6 Rxc5 $44) 17... Na4 (17... Nfd7 18. Rd2 a5 (18... Nb6 19. Qxb4 Nxd5
20. Qa3 $5 $14) 19. Qh4 Nf6 20. Bf4 Qb6 21. d6 Nce4 22. dxe7 Rfe8 23. Rd4 Rxe7
$132 {Wojtaszek,R (2736)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2710) ECC Bilbao 2014}) 18. Qb3 Nc5
19. Qxb4 Nxd5 20. Qh4 Qc6 21. Bd4 Rfd8 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bc4 e6 $11 {
Tomashevsky,E (2709)-Popov,I (2632) Ekaterinburg 2013}) (16... a5 17. Bb5 Nce4
18. Qd3 (18. Bc6 Nd6 19. Qc5 (19. Qe2 Qc7 20. Rc1 Nf5 21. Bc5 {Wang,H (2739)
-Giri,A (2696) Biel 2012 See the notes to this game in CBM 150 for more
details about the whole line.} Nd7 $5 $11) 19... Qc7 20. Qb6 Qxb6 21. Bxb6 Nc4
22. Bd4 e6 23. b3 exd5 24. Bxd5 Nd6 25. Be5 Nfe4 26. Ng5 Bxe5 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28.
Bxe4 Rfd8 $11 {1/2-1/2 (37) Soumya,S (2366)-Gopal,G (2575) Kolkata 2015}) 18...
Nc5 (18... Qd6 $5 $132 {[%cal Yf8d8,Ye7e6]}) 19. Qc4 Na4 20. Qe2 Nb6 21. d6
exd6 22. Ba6 Ra8 23. Bb7 Rb8 24. Bc6 Qc8 25. Rc1 Qe6 26. Nd4 Qxa2 27. Rc2 Nfd5
$2 (27... b3 28. Rcc1 $44 {[%csl Ra2]}) 28. b3 Qa3 29. Bc1 $16 {Volkov,S (2583)
-Areshchenko,A (2684) Abu Dhabi 2014}) 17. Qd3 (17. Qb1 Nc5 $5 (17... Qd6 18.
Rd4 $1 (18. Bd4 Rfd8 19. Rfe1 Nc5 20. Bc4 {Barbosa,O (2571)-Lou,Y (2484)
Tromsoe 2013} Nfd7 $5 $11) 18... Nc5 19. Rfd1 a5 20. Nd2 Qd8 21. Rc4 Nb7 {
Gustafsson,J (2634)-Schandorff,L (2497) Helsingor 2011} 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Nc4
$14) 18. Bc4 (18. Rc1 Qxd5 19. Rc4 {Benzoni,A (2446)-Szczepankiewicz,D (2468)
email 2010} Ne6 20. Rxb4 Qa8 21. Ra4 Nd5 $132) 18... Qd6 19. g3 (19. Bd4 Nfd7
$11) 19... Na4 20. Bf4 (20. Bb3 Nc5 $11) 20... Qb6 21. Bb3 Nc5 22. d6 Nxb3 23.
axb3 exd6 24. Rxd6 Qb7 $11 {Onischuk,A (2666)-Troff,K (2421) Saint Louis 2013})
17... Qd6 (17... a5 18. Ne5 Qc7 {1/2-1/2 (27) Sandipan,C (2641)-Svidler,P 
(2731) Germany 2010} 19. Nc6 e6 20. Rc1 {[%cal Rc6a7]} Qd7 21. dxe6 Qxe6 22.
Qc4 $36) 18. g3 (18. Qxa6 Ra8 $5 (18... Rc2 19. Bd4 Nc5 (19... Qxa6 20. Bxa6
Nd6 21. Rfe1 Rc7 22. Bb6 Rc2 23. Bd4 Rc7 24. a4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Ra8 $11 {Craciun,
G (2055)-Perevozchikov,V email 2011}) 20. Qxd6 exd6 21. Bb5 Nfe4 22. Ne1 Rd2
23. Bxg7 Rxd1 24. Bxf8 Kxf8 25. Nf3 Rxd5 26. Bc6 (26. Bc4 Rf5 27. Nd4 Rf4 28.
Ne2 {1/2-1/2 (32) Moiseenko,A (2701)-Areshchenko,A (2655) Lvov 2014} Rf5 29.
Ng3 Rf4 $11 {Moiseenko,A (2701)-Areshchenko,A (2655) Lvov 2014}) 26... Rd3 27.
Ra1 g5 28. h3 h5 29. Re1 Nf6 30. Nxg5 Rd2 31. Rb1 Nd3 {Jakovenko,D (2722)
-Svidler,P (2749) Moscow 2012} 32. a4 $5 $14) 19. Qc4 Rfc8 20. Qb3 Nc5 21. Qxb4
Nxd5 22. Qh4 e6 23. Bd4 Qf4 24. Qxf4 Nxf4 25. Bc4 Na4 26. b3 Rxc4 27. bxc4 Ne2+
28. Kh1 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Nb2 30. Rd2 Nxc4 31. Rc2 Na3 32. Rd2 Nc4 33. Rc2 Na3 34.
Rd2 {½, Horvath,C (2537)-Antoniewski,R (2552) Bol 2014}) 18... Rfd8 (18... a5
19. Bf4 Qc5 20. Ne5 Rcd8 $1 (20... Rfd8 $2 21. Qf3 $1 Re8 22. Ba6 Rcd8 23. Rfe1
Qb6 24. Bf1 Nd6 25. Nc6 $16 {Tomashevsky,E (2722)-Schreiner,P (2452) Warsaw
2013}) 21. Qc4 Qxc4 22. Bxc4 Nh5 23. Rfe1 Nd6 24. Bf1 Nxf4 {½, Roiz,M (2589)
-Mikhalevski,V (2519) Beersheba 2014} 25. gxf4 Bf6 $11) 19. Bf4 Qxd5 20. Qxa6
Qa8 21. Qxa8 Rxa8 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 {A more fighting continuation is} 23. Rd1 (23.
Ne5 Nd5 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. Nxg6 Nxf4 26. Nxf4 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Bxb2 28. Nd3 (28. Bc2
Nf6 29. Nd3 Bc3 30. f4 e6 $11 {Tomashevsky,E (2701)-Grischuk,A (2797) Baku 2014
}) 28... Bc3 29. Kg2 Kg7 $11 {Giri,A (2797)-Grischuk,A (2810) Tbilisi 2015})
23... Nd5 24. Be5 e6 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Bc4 Rc8 27. Bb3 Nef6 28. Ne5 {Grischuk,
A (2794)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2714) Sochi 2015} Ne7 $5 {[%cal Yf6d5]} 29. Rd6 Rc7
$132 {This was played about 2 weeks earlier and Grischuk won the game after a
long fight, perhaps Svidler didn't relish playing such an endgame...}) 11. e5 {
[%emt 0:00:27] Gelfand in turn tries to surprise Svidler by opting for a less
usual continuation.} ({The alternative} 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 {is played
more often, but getting an advantage is very difficult:} {A wild new idea is}
13. Ng5 (13. Bf4 Bd5 14. Qe3 Bxb2 15. Rad1 e6 16. Bd6 Re8 $13 (16... Nc6 $5 17.
Bxf8 Qxf8 $44)) (13. Bg5 Qd5 14. Qe3 Nc6 15. Rad1 Qe6 {makes no difference;
what is new is} 16. Rd2 $146 (16. Bh6 Bc2 17. Rd2 Qxe3 18. Bxe3 Bf5 19. Rfd1
Rfc8 20. h3 (20. Ng5 Ne5 21. b3 h6 22. Nh3 g5 23. Rc1 Ng4 24. Bxg4 Bxg4 25. f4
Bxh3 26. gxh3 gxf4 27. Bxf4 Rc6 $11 {Mraz,M (2501)-Bauer,M (2443) email 2009})
20... Be6 21. b3 h6 22. g4 g5 23. Bf1 Rab8 24. Bg2 a5 25. Rb1 Bc3 26. Rc2 Bf6
$11 {Kasimdzhanov,R (2695)-Leko,P (2713) Wijk aan Zee 2002}) 16... Rfd8 17.
Rfd1 Rxd2 18. Rxd2 Rd8 19. Rxd8+ Nxd8 20. Bf4 Bd5 21. Qd2 Nc6 22. b3 Bc3 23.
Qd1 Nd4 {½, Wojtaszek,R (2701)-Volokitin,A (2687) Haguenau 2013} 24. Nxd4 Bxd4
25. Qxd4 Qxe2 26. h4 Qe1+ 27. Kh2 Qe4 $11) 13... Bd5 14. Qh3 h6 15. Nf3 Qc8 16.
Qh4 g5 17. Bxg5 (17. Qg3 f5 $36) 17... hxg5 18. Nxg5 Rd8 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Bg4
e6 21. Rd3 Ne5 (21... Ra7 $5 $15) 22. Rg3 Qxc5 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Bh5 Qd4 25.
Nxe6+ Bxe6 26. Qxg7+ Ke7 27. Qg5+ Kf8 $11 {Radjabov,T (2734)-Gelfand,B (2743)
Beijing rpd 2014 However, this is hardly suitable for a game with a classical
control.}) 11... Nfd7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 12. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} ({Black has
excellent piece-play after} 12. e6 $143 $6 Nxc5 13. exf7+ Rxf7 14. Qc2 (14. Qd1
Qxd1+ 15. Nxd1 Nc6 $36) 14... Nbd7 $6 (14... Nc6 $142 15. O-O Rxf3 $1 $40) 15.
O-O Rc8 16. Rd1 e5 17. Be3 Ne6 18. Qb3 $2 (18. Qd2 $142) 18... Nd4 $1 19. Nxd4
(19. Rxd4 exd4 20. Ng5 Ne5 $17) 19... exd4 20. Bxd4 Bxd4 21. Rxd4 Qf6 $19 {
Bernat,M (2220)-Wojciechowski,A (2197) Opole 2006}) 12... e6 {[%emt 0:03:30]} (
12... Nxe5 13. Nxe5 (13. Rd1 Qc7 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. Qxd5 Nbc6 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 {
is just a transposition}) 13... Bxe5 {also seems playable:} {Black should be
able to hold even after the more refined} 14. Rd1 $5 (14. O-O Nc6 (14... Qc7
15. f4 Bg7 16. a4 bxa4 17. Nxa4 (17. Rxa4 e6 18. Qb6 $5 (18. Qc2 Bc6 19. Ra2
Qb7 20. Bc4 Rd8 21. Qe2 Qb4 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Nxd1 Nd7 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Bxa6
Bd4 26. Bc4 Qxc5 27. b3 Nf6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (56) Jakovenko,D (2729)-Sutovsky,E 
(2700) Sochi 2012}) 18... Rc8 19. Rd1 Nd7 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 {Schaefer,U-Schunken,R
email 2005} 21. Ra5 $14) 17... Nc6 $5 18. Rfd1 Rab8 19. Nb6 Rfd8 20. Nd5 (20.
Bf3 e6 {is like Tomashevsky-Grandelius below, only White's rook is on a1
instead of f1.}) 20... Qc8 21. Bf3 Qe6 22. Bf2 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5
25. Qxd5 Rxd5 $11) 15. Rfd1 Nd4 $1 16. Bxd4 Bxd4 17. Bf1 e5 18. Ne2 Qg5 $1 19.
Nxd4 exd4 20. Rxd4 Qxc5 21. Rad1 Rae8 $11 {Donnelly,M (2461)-Smith,R (2618)
email 2006}) 14... Qc7 ({Insane complications arose after} 14... Nd7 $5 15. Bg4
e6 16. Bxe6 Bxg2 17. Rg1 fxe6 18. Qxe6+ Rf7 19. Rxg2 Bxc3+ 20. bxc3 Qc7 21. Qd6
Qa5 22. Rxg6+ hxg6 23. Qxg6+ Rg7 24. Qe6+ Kf8 25. Kf1 Re8 26. Qf5+ Kg8 27. Rxd7
Qxc3 {yo20matar,d (2401)-black dynamite,d (2603) Engine Room 2011}) 15. Nd5
Bxd5 16. Qxd5 Nc6 17. Bf3 Rac8 18. Qxc6 Qxc6 19. Bxc6 Rxc6 20. Rd2 f5 $1 (20...
Rfc8 21. Ke2 Kf8 22. Rhd1 Ke8 23. f4 Bf6 24. g4 e6 25. g5 Bg7 26. h4 a5 27. Rd7
R6c7 28. Rxc7 Rxc7 29. Rd6 e5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Ra6 Bxb2 32. Rxa5 b4 33. Kd3
$16 {1-0 (58) Meier,G (2632)-Tari,A (2412) Helsingor 2014}) 21. f4 (21. f3 Kf7
22. O-O a5 23. Re1 Rfc8 24. Ree2 a4 25. Bf2 Bf6 26. Rd7 R6c7 27. Rd5 h6 28. h3
Ke8 29. Red2 Rc6 $11 {Iotov,V (2581)-Georgiev,K (2637) Sunny Beach 2009}) 21...
Bf6 22. Ke2 (22. Kf2 Kf7 23. Rhd1 Rfc8 24. a3 b4 25. a4 {Sandipan,C (2641)
-Maki,V (2409) Plovdiv 2010} e5 $1 26. fxe5 Be7 $11) 22... Kf7 23. Rc1 Rfc8 24.
Kf3 a5 25. Rcc2 Ke8 26. Rd3 Rd8 27. Rb3 Rb8 28. Ra3 a4 29. b3 Ra8 30. bxa4 b4
31. Rb3 Rxa4 32. Rc4 Rxa2 33. Rcxb4 Rc2 34. Rb6 R6xc5 $5 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 $44 {
Wojtaszek,R (2716)-Durarbayli,V (2584) Shamkir 2014 Once again Black achieves
a tenable endgame, which is only symbolically worse (as from
Grischuk-Nepomniachtchi above).}) (12... Qc7 $6 13. Nd5 $1 (13. O-O e6 {
transposes to the game} (13... Nxe5 {- 12...Nxe5})) 13... Qa5+ 14. Kf1 e6 (
14... Nc6 15. e6 $1 fxe6 16. Nxe7+ Nxe7 17. Qxe6+ Rf7 18. Ng5 Bd5 19. Qxd7 $16)
15. Ne7+ $1 (15. Nf4 $2 Nc6 16. Nd3 Ndxe5 17. Nfxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bd5 19. Qc3
Qxc3 20. bxc3 Bxe5 21. Bd4 Bxd4 22. cxd4 e5 23. dxe5 Rfc8 24. Bf3 Rxc5 25. Bxd5
Rxd5 $17 {Evdokimov,A (2544)-Gupta,A (2644) Philadelphia 2012}) 15... Kh8 16.
h4 {[%cal Rh4h5,Gh1h8]} Re8 17. Bg5 h5 18. Qe3 Nc6 19. Rd1 Nxe7 20. Rxd7 Nf5
21. Qf4 Bc6 22. Rxf7 Rf8 23. Rxf8+ Rxf8 24. a3 Qc7 25. b4 a5 {Swapnil,S (2474)
-Adhiban,B (2558) Chennai 2013} 26. Kg1 $16) 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:28]} ({
Mostly engines have tested} 13. a4 $5 Qa5 14. O-O b4 15. Na2 Nc6 16. Rfd1 Ndxe5
(16... Nxc5 $5 17. Qc2 b3 18. Qxc5 bxa2 19. Rxa2 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Rfd8 21. Rxd8+
Rxd8 22. b4 Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe5 24. g3 Bd4 25. Bxd4 Rxd4 26. Rb2 Kf8 $11 {
zarouthoustra (2610)-mingli,h (2619) Engine Room 2012}) 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. f4
Bf6 19. Rd7 Rab8 20. Bf3 Rfc8 21. Nc1 Rc7 22. Rd6 Rcc8 23. Rd7 Rc7 24. Rd6 Rcc8
25. Nd3 Qc7 26. Bxc6 Bxc6 27. Ne5 Be8 $132 {/+/=, Pappier,C (2437)-Molo,R 
(2342) email 2008}) 13... Qc7 {[%emt 0:02:02]} 14. Rad1 {[%emt 0:01:13]} (14.
a4 Nxc5 15. Qb4 Nxa4 16. Nxa4 bxa4 17. Rfc1 Qd7 $5 18. Qxa4 Bd5 19. b4 (19.
Qxd7 Nxd7 20. Bd4 Rab8 21. Re1 f6 22. exf6 Bxf6 23. Bxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxa6 Rxb2 $11
{1/2-1/2 (33) Zakhartsov,V (2536)-Maletin,P (2611) Tomsk 2013}) 19... Qxa4 (
19... Rc8 $5 20. Rxc8+ Qxc8 21. h3 Nc6 22. Bxa6 Qd8 23. b5 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Bxe5
$11 {Wyder,B (2128)-Killer,O (2277) email 2011}) 20. Rxa4 Nc6 21. Nd4 Nxe5 22.
f4 Nd7 23. Rxa6 Rxa6 24. Bxa6 Nf6 25. Nc6 Bxc6 26. Rxc6 Nd5 27. Bc5 Rb8 28. b5
Bf8 $11 {De la Calle,I (2386)-Balutescu,M (2213) email 2010}) 14... Nxc5 {
[%emt 0:23:49]} (14... Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. f4 Bg7 17. a4 $1 {seems more
dangerous for Black, but even here he can fight back after} bxa4 18. Nxa4 (18.
Qxa4 Bc6 19. Qc2 Qb7 20. Bc4 Nd7 21. b3 Rfc8 $15 {[%csl Rc5] Karolyi,T (2450)
-Gauglitz,G (2410) Hungary 1989}) 18... Nc6 19. Bf3 Rab8 20. Nb6 Rfd8 $132 {
Gelfand,B (2733)-Svidler,P (2750) Moscow Tal Memorial 1st 2006 (7) 1-0
Tomashevsky,E (2719)-Grandelius,N (2556) EU-ch Legnica 2013 For details about
this game see the notes by Ftacnik in CBM 155. Probably the main reason why
Svidler avoided both 12...Nxe5 and 14...Nxe5 is that he had already lost a
very similar position with Gelfand, arising from the English move order.
Gelfand annotated it himself in CBM 116.}) 15. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:22]} (15. Qb4 $6
{allows Black to develop more harmoniously with} Nbd7 16. Rd2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 Bxf3
18. Bxf3 Nxe5 $1 19. Bxc5 (19. Bxa8 Ncd3 $17) 19... Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 a5 $1 (20...
Qxc5 $2 21. Rd8+) 21. Nxb5 (21. Qxb5 Rab8 22. Qc4 Rb4 $17) 21... axb4 22. Nxc7
Rxc7 23. Rdd1 Bxb2 24. Rb1 Rxc5 25. Rxb2 Ra3 26. Rxb4 Rxf3 $17 {Elsness,F 
(2498)-Salem,A (2546) Istanbul olm 2012}) 15... Ncd7 {[%emt 0:09:20]} ({
Now after} 15... Nbd7 {Black must reckon with} 16. Rc1 $1 Bxf3 17. gxf3 $5 (17.
Bxf3 b4 18. Qxb4 Nd3 19. Qd6 Qxd6 20. exd6 Nxc1 21. Bxa8 Nxa2 22. Bc6 Nxc3 23.
bxc3 Rd8) 17... Qxe5 (17... Bxe5 18. Ne4 $16) 18. Rfd1 Rfd8 (18... b4 19. Qxb4
$36) 19. b4 Nb7 20. f4 Qb8 (20... Qf5 21. Bf3 Rab8 22. Ne2 $5 $16 {[%csl Rb7,
Rf5]}) 21. Bf3 Bf8 22. Bc6 Nd6 23. Ne4 $1 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 $16) 16. Qe7 {[%emt 0:
01:15]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} ({Another interesting try is} 16... Qc8 {[%cal
Yf8e8,Yd7e5]} 17. Qh4 $5 Bxf3 (17... Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. Ne4 {[%cal Re4f6,
Re4g5,Re4d6]} f6 (19... Bd5 20. Ng5 h5 21. Bxh5 gxh5 22. f4 $1 $40 {/\} Bf6 23.
Qxh5 Qc2 24. Rxd5 exd5 25. f5 $18) 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. Rxd6 $36) 18. Bxf3 Nc6 19.
Bf4 (19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. f4 b4 21. Rd6 Qb7 22. Ne2 Rfc8 23. Rfd1 Rc7 $11 {
[%cal Yg7f8]}) 19... Ra7 (19... Ndxe5 20. Bxe5 Bxe5 21. Qe4 $16) 20. Bxc6 Qxc6
21. Rfe1 $13 {[%cal Yc3e4] /+/=}) 17. a4 $1 $146 {[%emt 0:01:27][%mdl 8]
Almost in the middlegame Gelfand comes up with an effective novelty. This
thrust is typical for the whole line and causes Black fresh problems.} ({
The predecessor was} 17. Ng5 Nf8 (17... Nxe5 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. Rd8+ Bf8 20.
Nxh7 Kxh7 21. Rxf8 $14) 18. Qxc7 Rxc7 19. f4 h6 20. Nf3 Nc6 21. Nd4 g5 22. Nxc6
Bxc6 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. Bxg5 Bxe5 25. Bf3 Rac8 26. Bxc6 Rxc6 27. Bf6 Bxf6 28.
Rxf6 Rc4 $11 {Onischuk,A (2670)-Dominguez Perez,L (2708) Biel 2008 Black had
no problems whatsoever and even went on to win the game.}) (17. Ne4 Qd8 $1 (
17... Bxe4 18. Ng5 Nf8 (18... Bd5 19. Qxf7+ Kh8 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Ne6 Qxe5 22.
Bd4 Rf8 23. Qxg7+ Qxg7 24. Bxg7+ Kg8 25. Bxf8 Nxf8 26. Nc7 $16) (18... Nxe5 19.
Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Rd8+ Bf8 21. Nxe4 $18 {[%cal Re3h6]}) 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Nxe4 {()}
) 18. Qxd8+ (18. Qb4 Nc6) 18... Rxd8 19. Bg5 Rf8 20. Nf6+ Bxf6 21. exf6 Bd5 $11
{[%cal Yb8c6]}) 17... b4 $6 {[%emt 0:07:11]} (17... bxa4 $142 18. Nxa4 $5 {
[%cal Rf3g5,Ya4b6]} (18. Ne4 Bxe4 (18... Qd8 19. Qb4 Bd5 20. Nd6 Nc6 21. Qf4
Ncxe5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Nxc8 Qxc8 24. Rc1 Qb7 25. Bd4 $14) 19. Ng5 Nf8 20. Qxc7
Rxc7 21. Nxe4 Nbd7 22. f4 f6 $11) (18. Ng5 Nxe5 19. Qxc7 Rxc7 20. Rd8+ Bf8 21.
Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Rxf8 a3 23. Bb6 Rc6 24. Bd4 Nbd7 25. Rxa8 Bxa8 26. bxa3 Nc4 $132)
18... h6 $8 $13 {[%cal Yg6g5,Yg7f8]} (18... Bf8 19. Qh4 $36)) 18. Ne4 $1 {
[%emt 0:02:54]} (18. Qxb4 Nc6 $132) 18... Nf8 {[%emt 0:18:58]} (18... Bxe4 19.
Ng5 Nf8 20. Qxc7 Rxc7 21. Nxe4 {[%cal Yd1d8,Ye2f3]} Nbd7 22. f4 $16 {Compared
with the similar line after 17...bxa4, this endgame is clearly favourable for
White.}) (18... Bf8 19. Qh4 {[%cal Ye4d6,Yf3g5] is even more dangerous:} Bxe4 (
19... Bd5 20. Nfg5 h6 21. Rxd5 $1 exd5 22. e6 $18) 20. Ng5 (20. Qxe4 Nc6 21.
Rc1 $16) 20... h6 21. Nxe4 Qxe5 22. Bf3 $40) 19. Qh4 {[%emt 0:57:09]} (19. Qxb4
a5 20. Qd4 Nc6 $11) ({A tempting alternative was} 19. Nf6+ $5 Bxf6 (19... Kh8
20. Qxb4 Nc6 21. Qf4 $18) 20. Qxf6 (20. exf6 Nc6 21. Qxc7 Rxc7 22. Rd2 $36)
20... Nbd7 21. Qf4 $16) 19... Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 20. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:51]}
Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 21. Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:32] Simplifies the position and
keeps an edge, but releases part of the pressure. The machine prefers} (21. Bd4
$5 {/\} Nb6 (21... Nc5 22. Qe3 $16 Nxa4 $2 23. Ra1 Nc5 24. Rfc1 Nfd7 25. Bxa6
$18) 22. Bxb6 Qxb6 23. Rd6 Qa5 24. b3 {[%csl Ra6,Rf8]}) 21... Nxe5 {[%emt 0:09:
37]} (21... a5 {removes the pawn from the reach of the Be2, but weakens b5:}
22. Qd2 Nxe5 23. Rc1 $16) 22. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:08:23]} Qxe5 {[%emt 0:01:34]} (
22... Bxe5 23. Rc1 (23. f4 Rab8 24. Qe4 $14) 23... Bxh2+ 24. Kh1 Bd6 25. Rxc7
Bxb4 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Bxa6 $36) 23. Qd6 {[%emt 0:10:42]} (23. b3 Rab8 24. Qd6
{is similar, but Gelfand maybe wanted to avoid} a5) 23... Qxb2 {[%emt 0:05:11]}
24. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:34]} (24. Bxa6 $142 $14 {/+/-}) 24... Be5 {[%emt 0:08:10]}
25. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Rab8 {[%emt 0:05:08]} (25... Rd8 26. Qxd8 Rxd8 27.
Rxd8 Qb4 (27... Kg7 $2 28. Bc5 {[%csl Rf8]}) 28. g3 $36) (25... Rc3 $5 26. Qe4
Rcc8 27. Rb1 Qc3 28. Rfc1 Qa5 29. Bb6 Qxb6 30. Qxa8 Rc2 31. Be2 Bxh2+ 32. Kf1
Rxc1+ 33. Rxc1 Bf4 $14) 26. Qxa6 {[%emt 0:07:43][%csl Ga4,Ge3,Gf3] White has a
long-term advantage, but Svidler activates his forces and valiantly fights
back.} Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:56]} 27. Qa5 {[%emt 0:03:44]} (27. a5 Rxe3 $5 (27... Qa3
28. Qa7 $36) 28. fxe3 Bc7 {and White can't retain his passed pawn:} 29. Ra1 Qe5
30. g3 Rb5 $14) 27... Bc7 {[%emt 0:04:31]} 28. Qa7 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Rc4 {
[%emt 0:02:39]} (28... Be5 29. a5 $16) 29. Rc1 {[%emt 0:02:14]} (29. a5 $2 Qe5)
(29. g3 $142 $5 $16 {White needs this move anyway.}) 29... Rbb4 {[%emt 0:00:56]
} 30. Rxc4 {[%emt 0:02:47]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 31. g3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Qa3 {
[%emt 0:05:15]} 32. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:12] Rather too passive.} (32. Be2 $142 Rc2
33. Bb5) 32... h5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 33. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:51]} (33. Qa6 Rc3 34.
Bd2 $14) 33... h4 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 34. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:01][%mdl 4096] Forces
an endgame to safeguard his king.} Rc3 $1 {[%emt 0:00:07] Black can't avoid
the Q-swap, but he positions the rook ideally behind the passed pawn.} 35. Qxa3
{[%emt 0:00:22]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Bc5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} (36. gxh4 Nd7
37. Kg2 Bb6 $132) (36. Bc1 Rc3 37. Bb2 Rd3 $132) 36... Rc3 {[%emt 0:00:47]} (
36... Ra2 $5 {[%cal Yf8d7]}) 37. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 38.
Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 39. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} (39. a5 Rd4
40. Bc3 Rd3 41. Bb4 Rd4 $11) 39... Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 40. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]
Allows further simplification.} (40. Be3 $5 Rb4 (40... Rd3 41. Bc4 $14) 41. Rb1
$14) 40... hxg3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. hxg3 {[%emt 0:03:00]} Nc5 {[%emt 0:05:33]}
42. Be3 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 43. Bxc5 {[%emt 0:08:18]} Rxb3
$11 {[%emt 0:00:09] /+/= Black is still slightly worse, but exchanging one of
the bishops significantly increased his chances of survival. Unfortunately for
Svidler, he mishandles the final phase of the game.} 44. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Ba5 {[%emt 0:05:56]} 45. Kg2 {[%emt 0:15:36]} (45. Ra7 Bc3 46. a5 Rb5 47. Bb6
e5 $11 {[%cal Yc3d4]}) 45... Rc3 {[%emt 0:15:02]} 46. Be7 {[%emt 0:08:35]} Kg7
{[%emt 0:10:57]} (46... Rc2 $142 $1 {[%cal Ya5b6] is simpler:} 47. Bg5 Ra2 (
47... Bb6 48. Rd2) 48. Be3 Bc3 $11 (48... Rxa4 49. Ra7 e5 50. Bd2 Bxd2 51. Rxa4
Kg7 $11)) 47. g4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:26]} Rc4 $6 {[%emt 0:06:29] Only forces the
move White wants to make anyway.} (47... g5 48. Ra7 (48. Bxg5 Rc4 49. f3 Rxa4
50. Ra7 Ra1) 48... Bb6 49. Ra6 Bd4 50. Bxg5 Rc2 51. Bh4 $14) (47... Rc8 48. g5
Bc3 49. Rd3 $14 {[%csl Rg7][%cal Rd3c3] With the cramped king the road to the
draw is not so straightforward anymore.}) 48. g5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} (48... Rxa4 $2 49. Ra7 $18 {[%cal Re7f6,Ra7a8]}) (48... Rc8 $142) 49.
Rd3 $1 {[%emt 0:03:33][%cal Rd3c3]} Be5 $6 {[%emt 0:03:35]} (49... Kg8 $1 $14
50. Rd8+ Kg7) 50. a5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:02:45] Black is again under
serious pressure.} (50... Rc7 51. Bd8 Ra7 (51... Rc2 52. Ra3 Bd4 53. a6 $1 $40
{/\} Rxf2+ (53... Bxf2 54. Bf6+ Kf8 55. Rc3 Rxc3 56. Bxc3 Ba7 57. Be1 Ke7 58.
Bf2 Bb8 59. Bc5+ $18) 54. Kg3 Ba7 55. Bf6+ Kh7 56. Rd3 {[%cal Rd3d8,Rd3d1,
Rd1h1]}) 52. Kf3 $16 {[%csl Ga5,Rg7]}) 51. Ra3 $6 {[%emt 0:02:22]} ({Boris was
again running short of time and he misses the decisive} 51. f4 $142 $1 Bb2 (
51... Rc2+ 52. Kf3 Bb2 (52... Ba1 53. a6 Rc7 54. Ra3 Rxe7 55. Rxa1 $18) 53. Rb3
Bd4 54. Ke4 $18) 52. Rd2 Ba1 53. Ra2 Bd4 54. a6 $18 {White ideally combines
pushing the pawn and attacking the Kg7.}) 51... Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 52. Bd8 {
[%emt 0:02:28] Now Black activates his K.} ({A more natural try was} 52. Kf3 f5
$5 (52... Bb2 53. Ra2 Bc3 54. Rc2 Be5 55. Bb4 {[%cal Yf3e4]} f5 $14) 53. gxf6+
Bxf6 $14) 52... Kf8 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 53. Kf3 {[%emt 0:04:44]} Ke8 {[%emt 0:03:
23]} 54. Bb6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} (54. Ke4 $2 Bd6 $19) 54... Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:29]}
55. Ra2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} (55... Kd7 $5) 56. Kg4 {[%emt 0:
00:50]} f5+ $2 {[%emt 0:00:56] Black again slips up. The Pg5 was a target and
the white king had to defend it for the time being. Improving the Ke8 first
retains drawing chances:} (56... Kd7 57. Rd2+ Kc6 58. Rc2+ Kd7 ({or} 58... Kd5
59. Rc7 Kd6) 59. Rc7+ Kd6 60. Rc3 (60. f4 f5+ (60... Bd8 $5 61. Rxf7 Bxb6 62.
axb6 Rxb6 63. Rg7 Rb4 64. Rxg6 Ke7 {is a theoretical draw}) 61. gxf6 Bxf6 $11 {
[%cal Ye6e5]}) 60... e5 $5 (60... f5+ 61. gxf6 Bxf6 62. Rf3 $14) 61. Bc5+ (61.
Rc7 Ra8 62. Rb7 Ra6 $11 {Shipov}) 61... Ke6 62. Bxe7 Kxe7 63. Ra3 Kd7 64. Kf3
f5 65. gxf6 Rxf6+ 66. Ke3 Kc7 67. a6 Kb8 $11) 57. gxf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 58. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:16][%csl Gf4][%cal Yf4c4,Yc4b5] White's
king is free to move over to the queenside.} Kd7 {[%emt 0:01:47]} 59. Ke4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:26]} ({A more resilient way was} 59... Kc6
60. Rc2+ Kd6 (60... Kb5 61. f4 $5 (61. Rc5+ Ka4 62. Rc6 Kb5 63. Rxe6 Bc3 64.
Kd5 (64. Rxg6 Bxa5 $11) 64... g5 65. f3 Bxa5 66. Bxa5 Rxa5 67. Re5 Kb6+ 68. Ke6
Ra3 69. Rf5 Kc6 70. Kf6 Kd6 71. Kxg5 Ke7 $11) 61... Ra8 62. Rc5+ Ka4 (62... Ka6
63. Rc6 Re8 64. Bd8+ Kb5 65. Rb6+ Kxa5 66. Rxe6+ Rxd8 67. Rxf6 Rg8 68. Kf3 $18)
63. Rc6 Ra6 64. Rxe6 Bc3 65. Kd5 Kb5 (65... Bd2 66. Re2 $1 Bxf4 67. Kc4 $18 {
[%csl Ra4]}) 66. Re3 Bxa5 (66... Bb4 67. Rg3 $18) 67. Bxa5 Rxa5 (67... Rf6 68.
Bc7 g5 69. fxg5 Rf5+ 70. Re5) 68. Re6 Kb4+ 69. Ke4 g5 70. f5 $18 {Shipov}) 61.
Kd3 Ra8 $16) 60. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Kc4 {[%emt 0:06:
18]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:01:48]} 62. Rc2 $1 {[%emt 0:01:04][%cal Rc4b4,Rb4b5] The
position is very simplified, material is still equal, but any meaningful
resistance is over.} (62. Rc2 Be7 63. Re2 {[%csl Re6]} Kd7 64. Kb5 $18) 1-0

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:10]
} 8. a4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 9. d3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} d6 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} 10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 11. Ba2 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 12. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:03] This line is a
speciality of Tomashevsky. Other ways which have been tried against him:} (12.
c3 c4 (12... Qc7 13. Nf1 c4 14. Ng3 Rfe8 15. Nf5 Bf8 16. Bg5 Nd7 17. Nd2 Nc5 {
Caruana,F (2770)-Tomashevsky,E (2738)/Moscow 2012, with very good play.}) 13.
b4 cxb3 14. Nxb3 bxa4 15. Nbd2 Bc6 16. Ba3 Rc8 17. Bb4 Bd7 18. Nf1 Nc6 {
Svidler,P (2732)-Tomashevsky,E (2701)/Baku AZE 2014, Black has absolutely no
problems.}) 12... bxa4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:40] After years of great practice
Tomashevsky came to this move as the best solution to decrease the tension on
the queenside.} (12... b4 13. c3 Rb8 14. cxb4 cxb4 15. Bd2 Bc8 16. Rc1 b3 17.
Bxa5 Qxa5 18. Bxb3 Bg4 19. N1d2 Nd7 20. Rb1 Nc5 {Svidler,P (2750)-Tomashevsky,
E (2595)/Moscow 2006/, with sufficient compensation for the pawn.}) (12... Re8
13. Ng3 g6 14. Ng5 c4 15. Bd2 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Rxe5 Nc6 18. Re1 Ndb4 19.
dxc4 Nxa2 20. Rxa2 bxc4 21. Nf3 Nb4 {Svidler,P (2727)-Tomashevsky,E (2646)/
Moscow 2008, once more with good compensation for the pawn.}) 13. Ne3 {[%emt 0:
00:34]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:19]} ({A few years before he tested} 13... Bc8 14. Nh4
(14. Bd2 Bd7 15. Bxa5 Qxa5 16. c3 Rab8 17. Bb3 Qb6 18. Bxa4 Bxa4 19. Qxa4 Qxb2
20. Qxa6 Qxc3 21. Nf5 Rfe8 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Qxd6 {Dominguez Perez,L (2726)
-Tomashevsky,E (2716)/Tbilisi GEO 2015, Black has still some problems.}) 14...
g6 15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Rb8 18. Bh6 Re8 19. Qd2 Bc6 20. Bxc6 Nxc6
21. c3 Qd7 22. Qc2 a5 23. Rxa4 Red8 {Giri,A (2776)-Tomashevsky,E (2749)/
Khanty-Mansiysk RUS 2015 (58), Black has no problems here,.}) 14. Nf5 {[%emt 0:
25:18]} (14. Nh4 {was not logical here:} Bd7 (14... g6 $5) 15. Nhf5 Rb8 16. Qf3
Kh8 17. Qg3 Nh5 18. Qg4 g6 19. Qf3 Nc6 20. c3 Nf4 21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Nd5 Nxd5
23. Bxd5 f6 {Caruana,F (2844)-Tomashevsky,E (2701)/Baku AZE 2014, Black
obtained a very good position.}) 14... Bd7 {[%emt 0:06:27]} 15. N3h4 {[%emt 0:
02:10]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (15... Ne8 {is playable:} 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nf5
Bxf5 18. exf5 Qd7 19. Qf3 Rb8 20. Bd5 Nf6 21. Bd2 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Nc6 {Rysbayeva,
A (2219)-Dogodkina,J (2066)/Voronezh 2010, and White is the only one who can
be facing problems.}) 16. f4 {[%emt 0:09:07]} ({The other option is} 16. Bg5
Nc6 17. Re3 Nd4 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 19. c3 h6 20. cxd4 hxg5 21. Nf5 Bxf5 22. exf5
cxd4 {Umudova,N (2235)-Rzayev,B (2370)/Baku 2012, White has no real attack.})
16... Nc6 {[%emt 0:10:11]} 17. c3 {[%emt 0:14:07]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:06:20]} 18. Rf1
{[%emt 0:12:21]} ({Much more logical was} 18. Nf3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Rxb2 20. Qc1 a3
21. Nxe7 Qxe7 22. Bc4) 18... exf4 $1 {[%emt 0:28:15]} 19. Rxf4 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Ne5 {[%emt 0:02:47]} 20. Nxe7 {[%emt 0:02:54]} Qxe7 {[%emt 0:01:00]} 21. Nf5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Bxf5 $1 {[%emt 0:12:49] This knight has to be eliminated
immediately.} 22. Rxf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} c4 $1 {[%emt 0:03:36] With this move
Black starts destroying his opponent's central pawn structure.} 23. Bxc4 $6 {
[%emt 0:13:26]} ({White evaluated a forced line as clearly better for Black:} 
23. d4 Nd3 24. Bxc4 Nxb2 25. Bxb2 Rxb2 26. Qf3 Rfb8 27. Bd3 {, but it was
still better than the game.}) 23... Qa7+ {[%emt 0:09:47]} 24. d4 $6 {[%emt 0:
09:52] White tries tactical counterplay.} ({Black has a very strong central
position after} 24. Kf1 Nxc4 25. dxc4 Nxe4 26. Rxa4 Rfe8) 24... Nxc4 {[%emt 0:
01:34]} 25. Qf1 {[%emt 0:00:07]} a3 $1 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 26. bxa3 {[%emt 0:01:
24]} Nxe4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:32] It is much better to give the piece back than to
try to keep it. The sacrifice on f6 was very unpleasant.} 27. Qxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
40]} Rbc8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 28. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 29.
Be3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} ({Some slight drawing chances were kept in the endgame
after} 29. Bd2 Qxd4+ 30. Qxd4 Ne2+ 31. Kf2 Nxd4 32. Rd5 Nc2 33. Ra2 Rc6 34. Bf4
) 29... Rfe8 {[%emt 0:06:31]} 30. Raf1 {[%emt 0:02:48]} f6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:10]
Now White's powerful looking rooks are completely useless!} 31. Ra5 {[%emt 0:
10:18]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:05:54]} 32. Rf3 {[%emt 0:02:55]} Qb2 $1 {[%emt 0:06:08]
Now Black is ready to hunt the white king.} 33. h3 {[%emt 0:01:16]} Ne4 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} 34. Rxa6 {[%emt 0:03:20]} d5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:04] The pawns are
equal now, but the black pieces are excellently placed. The rook threatens to
enter the second rank.} 35. Ra5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 36. Qf1 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qa2 $1 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 37. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:38]} h6 $1 {
[%emt 0:00:52] Extremely precise technical play. Now the back rank is not weak
and the rook from e8 is ready to come to the first rank via the b-file.} 38.
Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:59]} (38... Re2 {was simpler:} 39. Bxh6
gxh6 40. Rxf6 Rxg2+ 41. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Nxf6) 39. Raxd5 {[%emt 0:01:02]} (
39. Rh5 {was slightly more complicated:} Kg8 40. Rh4 g5 41. Rxh6 Rxg2+ 42. Qxg2
Rb2) 39... Rxg2+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} ({And here a much simpler way was} 39... Rbb2
{, but in such positions there are different ways to win.}) 40. Qxg2 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Bf2 Nxf2 {[%emt 0:02:22]} 42. Kg3 {[%emt 0:04:
42]} Rb3+ {[%emt 0:11:34]} 0-1

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.25"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2754"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:04]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} 10. d4 {[%emt 0:00:43]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 11. a3 $5 {
[%emt 0:09:39] An old-fashioned move and an increasingly popular one at the
same time. White avoids forcing play in the opening and spends a tempo on
ensuring the bishop's stay on the a4-f7 diagonal. In some cases the last move
could prove useful for gaining queenside space advantage with b2-b4 and c3-c4.}
h6 {[%emt 0:05:55]} 12. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:04:46]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 13. d5 {
[%emt 0:01:51] Just one of the possible moves.} (13. Ba2 {is not without
poison:} Nb8 14. Qb3 {Forcing the enemy queen to occupy an unfavourable square.
} (14. d5 c6 15. c4 {Sutovsky,E (2674)-Bacrot,E (2729) Dortmund 2005 CBM 108 
[Erenburg,S] (0-1, 31)}) 14... Qd7 (14... Qe7 15. a4) 15. Qc2 c5 16. d5 c4 17.
b3 $1 {Anand,V (2786)-Morozevich,A (2760) Moscow 2013 CBM 155 [Pavlovic,M] 
(1-0, 60). Opening the queenside before Black could regroup with ...Qc7 and ...
Nbd7 ensured White the initiative.}) (13. Bc2 {may look illogical, as the
bishop abandons the active diagonal just after having cleared the a2-square.
But as said, the move a2-a3 can be useful for another plan, too:} Nb8 (13... d5
{Bologan,V (2692)-Cheparinov,I (2671) Khanty-Mansiysk 2009 CBM 134 [Postny,E] 
(1/2-1/2, 42), does not seem to equalise completely, judging from Postny's
comments.}) 14. b4 (14. b3 Nbd7 15. Bb2 g6 16. a4 c6 {Gelfand,B (2709)-Vescovi,
G (2633) Bermuda 2004 CBM 099 [Gelfand,B] (1/2-1/2, 38)}) 14... Nbd7 15. Bb2 g6
16. c4 {Inarkiev,E (2650)-Wang,H (2624) Nizhnij Novgorod 2007 CBM 120 
[Inarkiev,E] (1-0, 59). White seems to have the initiative in the centre, but
according to the winner, Black should have enough dynamic resources to keep
the position balanced.}) 13... Nb8 {[%emt 0:01:17] I have no clue as to which
of the three natural knight moves is better, they all seem playable.} (13...
Ne7 {increases the pressure on d5 in anticipation of ...c7-c6 and makes a
later knight transfer to g6 possible, securing the kingside against the
typical Spanish attack.} 14. Nh2 Qd7 {Navara,D (2722)-Saric,I (2626)
Aix-les-Bains 2011 CBM 142B [Marchand,A/Primel,D] (0-1, 87)}) (13... Na5 {
is very rare, but does not have obvious drawbacks.} 14. Ba2 (14. Bc2 {is not
too logical. Since in the ensuing structure White will play a3-a4 anyway, it
means he has just lost a tempo.} c6 15. b4 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18.
a4 Qc7 19. Qe2 d5 $132 {Kurnosov,I (2668)-Magomedov,M (2511) Khanty-Mansiysk
2010 (1-0, 29)}) 14... c6 15. b4 Nc4 16. Nxc4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 cxd5 18. Bxd5 (18.
exd5 {leaves White with his c3-pawn hanging.} Rc8 19. Qb3 Qc7 20. Nd2 Nd7 $132)
18... Nxd5 19. exd5 e4 20. Nh2 Qc7 ({It would have been better to keep the
queen available for kingside operations:} 20... Rc8 21. Bb2 Qg5 $132 22. Nf1 h5
$5 23. Ne3 f5 24. h4 Qg6 25. f4 {This attempt to keep the kingside blocked is
met with} Be7 {[%csl Gh4]}) 21. Bb2 Qc4 22. Ng4 Qxd5 23. Ne3 Qe6 24. c4 {
with some light pressure in Sidorenko,I (2409)-Bhat,V (2536) Collado Villalba
2010}) 14. Nh2 {[%emt 0:02:23]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:18:30]} 15. Qf3 {[%emt 0:04:48]}
c6 {[%emt 0:03:13] Opening the centre at once.} ({Another possibility is} 15...
Qc8 16. Ndf1 c6 17. dxc6 Qxc6 {Karjakin,S (2722)-Grischuk,A (2733) Bilbao 2009
CBM 132 [Ftacnik,L] (1-0, 39)}) 16. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
17. Ng4 {[%emt 0:01:34] White starts the thematic fight for the d5-square,
with some hopes of creating kingside threats, too.} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:22]} (17...
Nc5 18. Ba2 {This keeps the bishop on the active diagonal, but leaves the
d3-square undefended.} (18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bc2 {may offer better
chances for a slight advantage, as ...d6-d5 would only increase the weakness
of the f5-square.}) 18... Ra7 19. b4 ({If} 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxf6 gxf6 {
[%csl Gd3] the permanent threat of ...Nd3 offers Black counterplay.}) 19... Na4
20. Nf1 Nxg4 21. hxg4 Rd7 22. c4 Nb6 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Ne3 d5 $11 {Zhigalko,S 
(2671)-Inarkiev,E (2672) Moscow 2011 (1/2-1/2, 43)}) ({The plan based on} 17...
a5 {is coherent strategically, but loses too much time:} 18. Ba2 Qe7 19. Nf1
Nxg4 20. hxg4 Nc5 21. g5 hxg5 22. Bxg5 Qb7 23. Ng3 a4 24. Rad1 Nb3 25. Nf5 Re6
26. Rd3 $40 {White got a decisive attack soon in Topalov,V (2796)-Morozevich,A
(2771) Nice 2009 (1-0, 43)}) 18. Nf1 {[%emt 0:05:24]} (18. Ba2 {actually loses
a tempo with respect to the main game, since White will exchange the minor
pieces on d5 soon. But Black defended much worse in this game:} Nxg4 19. hxg4
Qf6 20. Nf1 Qxf3 21. gxf3 Red8 22. Ne3 Nb6 23. Rd1 Rac8 24. Nd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5
Bxd5 26. Rxd5 Rc5 27. Be3 (27. Rd3 $5) 27... Rb8 {There must be some mistakes
with the game's recording The next sequence does not make sense, but later the
endgame is quite typical.} (27... Rxd5 28. exd5 Rb8 {looks OK for Black.}) 28.
Kf1 f6 29. Ke2 Kf7 30. Kd3 g5 $6 {Depriving Black of ...f6-f5.} 31. b4 Rc7 32.
a4 Rcb7 33. axb5 axb5 34. Ra7 Ke6 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. c4 bxc4+ 37. Kxc4 Be7 38.
b5 $16 {Quesada Perez,Y (2620)-Ibragimov,I (2545) Toluca 2011 (1-0, 51)}) 18...
Nxg4 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 19. hxg4 {[%emt 0:03:37]} Qf6 $146 {[%emt 0:04:53]
Strictly speaking, this is a novelty, but it will lead to a familiar structure.
} (19... Nc5 20. Ba2 g6 (20... Qb7 21. Ng3 Rad8 22. g5 hxg5 23. Bxg5 Rd7 24.
Rad1 $14 {Jansa,V (2495)-Ohme,M (2310) Germany 2009 (1-0, 39)}) 21. Ng3 Bg7 {
Ashwin,J (2434)-Kravtsiv,M (2545) Chennai 2010 (0-1, 38)} 22. Rd1 Rad8 23. Be3
Qb7 24. Bd5 $14) 20. Ne3 {[%emt 0:04:46]} ({White needs to increase his
control over d5 immediately. If} 20. Qxf6 Nxf6 {the pressure on e4 yields
Black a vital tempo for opening the centre:} 21. f3 d5 $132) 20... Qxf3 {
[%emt 0:00:15] Unlike his opponent, Black is more or less forced to release
the tension.} (20... g6 21. Bd5 $14) (20... Nb6 21. Qxf6 gxf6 22. f3 $16 {
[%csl Gd5,Gf5]}) 21. gxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05] The white pawns look a bit funny.
Even if he has an advantage in the centre and possibly on the queenside, the
lack of kingside flexibility restricts White's chances of achieving something
concrete.} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 22. Rd1 {[%emt 0:02:09]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:01:01]}
23. Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:03:45]} 24. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxd5 {
[%emt 0:01:42]} 25. Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:38]} (25... Rc5 26.
Rd3 {[%cal Gc1e3] more or less transposes.}) 26. Be3 {[%emt 0:04:11]} f6 {
[%emt 0:04:27]} 27. Kf1 {[%emt 0:03:38]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 28. Ke2 {[%emt 0:
04:21]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:08:00]} 29. Kd3 {[%emt 0:02:14]} g6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:13]
This is the real improvement over the game Quesada-Ibragimov above.} 30. Rh1 {
[%emt 0:08:12]} (30. b3 Rc6 31. a4 Rec8 32. Bd2 Rc5 $1 {Trapping the active
rook.} 33. axb5 axb5 34. Rxc5 dxc5 35. Ra6+ Kf7 36. Ra7+ Ke6 37. f4 {White's
advantage may be purely symbolic.}) 30... Re7 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 31. f4 $6 {
[%emt 0:08:11] Allowing Black to equalise at once.} (31. Bxh6 $2 Rh7) (31. b3
$5 Rc8 32. f4 f5 33. fxe5 dxe5 34. gxf5+ gxf5 35. f3 Rec7 36. Bd2 {White is
more active, but I wonder if he can make progress.}) 31... Rxe4 $1 {[%emt 0:02:
12]} 32. Rxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} (32. Kxe4 f5+ 33. gxf5+ gxf5+ {wins apawn.})
32... Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Kxe4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} exf4+ {[%emt 0:00:07]}
1/2-1/2

[Event "Khanty-Mansiysk FIDE GP"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2015.05.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2015.05.14"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 167"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} d5 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} dxe4 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 4. Nxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:06] Jobava is
trying to avoid the heavily analysed lines and he is looking for less analysed
but interesting lines.} 6. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7. Qe2 {
[%emt 0:01:39]} Be7 {[%emt 0:08:43]} 8. Neg5 $5 {[%emt 0:14:16] An unusual
move at this moment.} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:18:02] Black could have played the logical
...h6, let us see...} (8... h6 9. Ne4 (9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Bg6+ (10. Qxe6 Nf8 11.
Bg6+ Nxg6 12. Qxg6+ Kf8 13. Ne5 Be8 14. Qf5+ Nf6 {Black is ok}) 10... Kf8 11.
O-O Bd6 {looks specualtive for White}) 9... Ngf6 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. c3 O-O 12.
Bf4 Re8 13. O-O-O {by provoking ...h6 White created a target so I guess this
was Svidler's idea. I will add an old game, that could have insipred Svidler
to play in this manner.} Bd5 14. h4 (14. Bc2 $5 c5 $1) 14... c5 15. g4 g5 $6 (
15... cxd4 $17) 16. hxg5 hxg5 17. Be5 (17. Bd6 $1 cxd4 18. Bh7+ Kg7 19. Qf1 $1
$18) 17... cxd4 $13 {0-1 (39) Westerinen,H (2450)-Nogueiras Santiago,J (2385)
Jurmala 1978}) 9. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 10. Nf3 {[%emt 0:
01:29]} Qf6 {[%emt 0:01:56]} 11. Ne5 {[%emt 0:10:21]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:03:40]} 12.
Qxe5 {[%emt 0:11:42]} O-O-O {[%emt 0:00:45]} 13. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Qe7 {
[%emt 0:05:01] A rather optimistic approach.} (13... Qxe5 14. dxe5 Ne7 15. O-O
b6 16. Rfd1 {White has a slightly better endgame but Black is definitely very
solid and in my opinion this was the best way for Black to handle this game.})
14. O-O-O {[%emt 0:17:36]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 15. f3 {[%emt 0:00:31]} g5 {
[%emt 0:04:38]} 16. c4 {[%emt 0:02:58] This looks to me like a slight
advantage for White.} b6 {[%emt 0:04:54]} 17. Bd2 {[%emt 0:05:19]} Nh5 {
[%emt 0:02:34]} 18. d5 {[%emt 0:06:39]} f6 {[%emt 0:10:30]} 19. Qe2 {[%emt 0:
01:40]} Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 20. b3 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:39]} 21.
g4 {[%emt 0:14:06]} Ng7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 22. Kb1 {[%emt 0:02:54]} h5 {[%emt 0:
01:25]} 23. h3 {[%emt 0:02:28]} Qf7 {[%emt 0:03:35]} 24. Bc3 {[%emt 0:01:08]}
Kb8 {[%emt 0:02:19]} 25. Be4 {[%emt 0:01:41] The white pressure has increased
and now it is much more pleasant to be White.} Bc8 {[%emt 0:05:45]} 26. Rhe1 {
[%emt 0:06:21]} hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 27. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:
12:39]} 28. dxe6 {[%emt 0:04:38]} Bxe4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 29. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 30. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 31.
Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:08:08]} 32. Rd2 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Qg6 {
[%emt 0:07:21]} 33. Qxg6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rxg6 {[%emt 0:00:04] In this case
the endgame is hardly a substitute for having previously has a slightly
difficult middlegame for Black.} 34. Rd5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rh6 {[%emt 0:04:
36]} 35. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 36. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 37. Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rh1+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} 38. Kb2 {
[%emt 0:02:57]} Rh2+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 39. Ka3 {[%emt 0:02:06]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:
32]} 40. Rxf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Re2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 41. Rf5 {[%emt 0:02:37] A
clear pawn up.} Rf2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 42. Re5 $6 {[%emt 0:08:00]} (42. Rf7 Kc8
43. Re7 Rxf3 44. Be5 $1 {that's why not Re5 like in the game!} Nc5 45. Rxc7+
Kd8 46. Rg7 {White is close to winning this.}) 42... Nf4 $6 {[%emt 0:07:17]
Black missed a clear chance to secure a draw:} (42... Rxf3 $1 43. Rxe6 Rxc3 44.
Rg6 Rc2 45. Rxg5 Kb7 46. Rg6 Rg2 47. g5 Kc8 $1 48. Rg8+ Kb7 49. g6 Kc6 {
and White can't make progress here. It is a draw.}) 43. Rxg5 {[%emt 0:01:33]}
Rxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 44. Kb2 {[%emt 0:23:27]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:10:57]} 45. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Nb4+ {[%emt 0:01:00]} 46. Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} axb4 {[%emt 0:
00:06]} 47. Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 48. g5 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Kc8 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 49. Kd2 {[%emt 0:02:18]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 50. Ke2 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 51. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rg2+ {[%emt 0:05:
34]} 52. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 53. Rxb4 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Ra1 $6 {[%emt 0:02:39]} (53... Rd2 $1 54. Rb5 Rd4 {definitely the last chance
to make a draw} 55. c5 bxc5 56. Rxc5 Rb4 57. Rxc7 Kf5 $1 58. Rc3 Kxg5 59. Ke3
Kf6 60. Kd3 Ke5 61. Kc2 Kd5 {draw.}) 54. Rb5 {[%emt 0:01:43]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:07:
22]} 55. Ke4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 56. b4 {[%emt 0:02:25] Now
it is rather difficult for Black to hold.} Re1+ {[%emt 0:01:35]} 57. Kd5 {
[%emt 0:01:00]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re1 {[%emt 0:02:
43]} 59. c5 {[%emt 0:06:53]} Rd1+ {[%emt 0:01:51]} 60. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Re1+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 61. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:56]} Re6 {[%emt 0:03:03]} 62. Kd4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:02:06]} 63. cxb6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} cxb6 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 64. Re5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} Rc6 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 65. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:16]}
Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 66. Kd6 (66. Ke4) 1-0

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit 9th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2015.07.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2015.07.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.
Bf4 Nf8 16. Ng3 g6 17. Rb1 c5 18. d5 Nc4 19. Qc1 Nd7 20. Nf1 Rc8 21. N1h2 Nce5
22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 c4 25. g5 Bg7 26. Bd2 a5 27. Bc3 b4 28.
Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qe3 Qe7 30. f4 Qc7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 32. Re3 Qc5 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 34. Kf2
Bc8 35. Ba4 Re7 36. Rh1 Rec7 37. Bc6 Bb7 38. Bxb7 Rxb7 39. Reh3 h5 40. gxh6 c3
41. Rb1 cxb2 42. Rxb2 Rc4 43. Re2 Re7 44. Kf3 Rc3+ 45. Re3 f5 46. Rxc3 bxc3 47.
exf5 gxf5 48. Rh1 c2 49. Rc1 Rc7 50. Ke3 Rc5 51. Kd3 Rxd5+ 52. Kxc2 Rc5+ 53.
Kd2 Rxc1 54. Kxc1 Kh7 55. Kc2 Kxh6 56. Kb3 d5 57. Kc3 Kh5 58. Kd4 Kg4 59. Kxd5
Kxf4 60. a4 Kg3 61. Ke5 Kxg2 62. Kxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit 9th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2015.07.16"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2015.07.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. h3 h6 13. Qe2 Qe7 14. a5 Be6 15. Bc4
Nh5 16. Bxe6 Qxe6 17. Qc4 Qxc4 18. Nxc4 Rfe8 19. Be3 Bxe3 20. Nxe3 Nf4 21. Rad1
Red8 22. h4 f6 23. Kf1 h5 24. Nc4 Kf7 25. g3 Ne6 26. Rd5 Ne7 27. Rd2 Nc5 28. c3
bxc3 29. bxc3 Ke6 30. Rxd8 Rxd8 31. Nfd2 Nc6 32. Ke2 Na7 33. Na3 Rb8 34. Nac4
Nb5 35. Rc1 Na4 36. Nb1 g6 37. f4 Nc5 38. Nbd2 exf4 39. gxf4 Rd8 40. f5+ gxf5
41. exf5+ Kxf5 42. Ne3+ Ke6 43. Rc2 Kf7 44. Nf3 Ne4 45. Nd1 Re8 46. Kf1 c5 47.
Nd2 Kg6 48. Nc4 Ng3+ 49. Kf2 Nf5 50. Nde3 Nxh4 51. Rc1 Re4 52. Nd2 Rf4+ 53. Ke2
Nf5 54. Rg1+ Kf7 55. Nd5 Ra4 56. Kd3 Rh4 57. Nf3 c4+ 58. Kd2 Re4 59. Rf1 Re6
60. Kc1 Rd6 61. Nb6 Ne3 62. Re1 Rd3 63. Na4 Ng4 64. Nh4 Nxc3 65. Nc5 Rd5 66.
Nxa6 Rxa5 67. Nb4 Na2+ 0-1

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit 9th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2015.07.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B97"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.07.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 Qb6 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qxd4 10. Qxd4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 Be7 12. Na4 Nd7 13. Bxe7 Kxe7 14. Be2
b5 15. Nc3 Rb8 16. Rhd1 Rb6 17. a4 bxa4 18. Nxa4 Rc6 19. Nc3 Bb7 20. h4 Rhc8
21. R1d2 Nc5 22. Kb1 Rb6 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. Rxa4 Rc5 25. Rad4 f6 26. Bf3 e5 27.
fxe5 fxe5 28. R4d3 Rc4 29. Re3 a5 30. b3 a4 31. Kb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit 9th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2015.07.19"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lu, Shanglei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2015.07.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "China"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "CHN"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Nxg5 hxg5 10. Bxg5 Be7 11. exf6 Bxf6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. g3 Na6 14. Bg2 Bb7
15. Nxb5 O-O-O 16. Qa4 cxb5 17. Bxb7+ Kxb7 18. Qxb5+ Ka8 19. Qc6+ Kb8 20. Qb5+
Ka8 21. Qc6+ Kb8 22. Qb5+ Ka8 1/2-1/2

[Event "CHN-RUS Summit 9th"]
[Site "Ningbo"]
[Date "2015.07.20"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Wang, Chen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2015.07.15"]
[EventType "schev"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "China"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "CHN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Rd1 e5 8. d3
d6 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 Be6 11. Ng3 a6 12. Bxc6 bxc6 13. h3 Re8 14. Qc2 Nd7 15.
d4 exd4 16. cxd4 d5 17. dxc5 dxe4 18. Nd4 Bd5 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Nge2 Nd3 21. Nc1
Ne5 22. Nce2 Qh4 23. Nf4 Rad8 24. Nde2 Bc4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Ng3 Bd3 27. Qa4
Nc4 28. Nf1 Nxe3 29. fxe3 Bxb2 30. Rd1 Bb5 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. Qb3 Bf6 33. Ng3
Be5 34. Nxe4 Bxf4 35. exf4 Qd4+ 36. Nf2 Qxc5 37. Qg3 Qd4 38. Kh2 Kg7 39. Ng4 g5
40. fxg5 hxg5 41. h4 gxh4 42. Qxh4 Qf4+ 43. Qg3 Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 f6 45. Kf4 Kf7
46. Ke3 Ke6 47. Kd4 Kf5 48. Nf2 Kf4 49. Ne4 f5 50. Nd6 Bf1 51. g3+ Kg4 52. Kc5
Bg2 53. a4 Be4 54. a5 Kxg3 55. Nxf5+ Bxf5 56. Kxc6 Kf4 57. Kc5 Ke3 58. Kb4 Kd2
59. Ka3 Kc1 60. Ka2 Bg6 61. Ka1 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.09"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2658"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Bf6 15.
Bf4 Nf8 16. Ng3 Ne6 17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bc3 c5 19. e5 dxe5 20. dxe5 Be7 21. b3 b4
22. bxc4 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 bxc3 25. Ne2 Rab8 26. Nxc3 Nd4 27. Be4
Rb4 28. Bd5 Rb2 29. Rb1 Rc2 30. Rbc1 Rb2 31. Rb1 Rc2 32. Rbc1 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Nd7 6. Qe1 Bd6 7. e4 Ne7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nh4 Ng6 11. Nxg6 Bxg6 12. Nf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 f6 14. Qe2 Qc7
15. Rd1 Rad8 16. Nd4 Rfe8 17. a4 Bf8 18. Nb3 Nc5 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Bf4 Qf7 21.
Nxc5 Bxc5 22. Be3 Qe7 23. Bxc5 Qxc5 24. Rd1 Rd6 25. c3 h6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Bf3
e5 28. Qe3 b6 29. Be2 Bf7 30. b4 c5 31. bxc5 Qxc5 32. Qxc5 bxc5 33. a5 c4 34.
Bg4 Kf8 35. Bc8 Ke7 36. Ba6 Kd6 37. h4 Kc5 38. Kg2 Be8 39. Kf3 Bb5 40. Bb7 Bd7
41. Ba6 Bb5 42. Bb7 Bc6 43. Ba6 f5 44. Ke3 Bxe4 45. f4 exf4+ 46. gxf4 Bd3 47.
Kf3 Bb1 48. Kf2 Bc2 49. Kf3 Ba4 50. Ke3 Bd7 51. Kf2 Bc6 52. Ke2 Be4 53. Ke3 Bd3
54. Kf3 Kd6 55. Ke3 Kd5 56. Bb5 Bc2 57. Ba6 Kc5 58. Kf3 Ba4 59. Ke3 g6 60. Kf2
Bb5 61. Bb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2662"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. g3
Nd7 9. Bg2 Nc5 10. Nh4 {In the game Khairullin, Svidler nothing outstandingly
exciting happened. But Peter was able to show a very thematic idea in this
position. What would you play as Black?} a6 $1 {There are many other possible
moves but I like this one the most and the computer also approves it. One of
the reasons why I simply love this move is because it is quite
counter-intuitive. White has the doubled pawns on c3-c4 and Black is preparing
to dissolve them with the move b7-b5!} 11. O-O $1 b5 $1 {Why is the move b5 so
strong? First of all we are threatening to take on c4. If White decides to
take on b5 then it opens the a-file and Black can put some good amount of
pressure on the a2 pawn with the bishop coming on a6. All in all a6 followed
by b5 should become a part of your positional arsenal in such structures.} 12.
d4 $5 {Khairullin realises that he must do something active before he gets
into a positionally worse middlegame. With powerful moves he is just about
able to maintain the balance.} (12. cxb5 axb5 13. Nf5 Be6 $15) 12... exd4 13.
cxd4 Nxd4 14. Qd2 Nc6 15. e5 Bb7 16. exd6 Qxd6 17. Qxd6 cxd6 18. Nf5 {The game
is just equal and ended in a draw after a few moves.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 {Svidler played this move quickly....} a6 {....while
Khismatullin took a full five minutes to consider his reply!} 3. Nge2 $5 {
Maybe Svidler doesn't really want to go into the lines of closed Sicilian.
Khismatullin too decides to keep his options open.} d6 {Four minutes! That's a
lot of time to make this move but Denis is making sure that Svidler doesn't
move order him.} 4. g3 g6 {Once White has played g3, Black doesn't feel too
worried if the game is transposed into Dragdorf (Dragon+Najdorf) territory.} 5.
d4 {Now was Svidler's turn to think. After five minutes he decides that Open
Sicilian is after all the best way for white to play!} cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Bg2
Nf6 {We are in the fianchetto variation of the Dragon but with the move a6 I
am tempted to call this more of a Dragdorf than a pure Dragon. Whatever be the
name, one thing is pretty clear - Black has no problems out of the opening.} 8.
b3 $5 {0-0 is of course the main move but Svidler wants something original on
the board.} O-O 9. Bb2 Bd7 (9... Nc6 {was also fine.}) 10. Qd2 (10. O-O {
Wasn't this your first thought! Well, then Svidler is not going to play that!
He comes up with the ultra original plan of 0-0-0.}) 10... Nc6 11. Nde2 (11.
Nxc6 Bxc6 12. O-O-O $11 {was much better than what happened in the game.})
11... b5 $1 {Black has not only equalized out of the opening but is already
slightly better.} 12. O-O-O {The main problem for White is that his b3 pawn is
a ready made hook for the black queenside pawns to attack. At the same time
the g6 pawn is also a hook but Black is the first one to launch an attack.} Ng4
$5 {This was a slightly unusual decision. Natural moves to consider would have
been Rc8 or Qa5. But Khismatullin decides to attack the f2 pawn. White has to
make an uncomfortable move like Rdf1 in order to defend it and hence this
knight lunge can be jusitifed.} 13. Rdf1 Qa5 14. h3 Nf6 15. Kb1 b4 (15... Rac8
{was once again the most natural.} 16. f4 Rc7 17. g4 Rfc8 {with an interesting
position.}) 16. Nd1 $6 {What exactly happened to Svidler on this particular
day is unclear. He refuses to play the most natural moves. Of course Nd5 was
obvious and I can't see any reason to avoid it and make this retreat.} (16. Nd5
Nxd5 17. exd5 Bxb2 18. dxc6 $1 (18. Kxb2 Qa3+ 19. Ka1 Na7 20. c3 $13) 18... Bc3
$5 19. Nxc3 bxc3 20. Qe3 Be6 21. h4 $14) 16... Qc7 {Clearing the way for the
a-pawn to ram up the board.} 17. Ne3 a5 18. f4 a4 $1 {A very bold decision by
Denis who is not at all afraid to sacrifice an exchange.} 19. e5 {Black was
already making inroads on the queenside, it was high time that Svidler did
something concrete. But the central break is tactically flawed.} dxe5 20. fxe5
Nxe5 $1 {This sacrifice of the a8 rook is very natural and easy for a player
like Khismatullin to assess. Here after Bxa8 Rxa8 his f8 rook takes the place
of the a8 rook. Hence effectively Black is sacrificing the f8 rook which is
not really participating in the attack.} 21. Bxa8 Rxa8 $17 22. Rf4 {Making
some space for the h1 rook so that a move like Bc6 would not trap it in the
corner.} (22. Qxb4 {looked pretty natural but after} axb3 23. axb3 Bc6 {
White loses his exchange.} 24. Rhg1 Nf3 25. Rg2 Qa7 $1 $19 {[%cal Ga7a2,Ga7e3]}
) 22... axb3 23. axb3 $2 {It's very easy to give this move a question mark
when you have an engine running in front of you. During the game things are
not so simple. It makes sense to not open the a-file completely but with the
bishop on b2, a mate is not very probable. Atleast that is what Peter must
have thought. And somehow cxb3 doesn't seem correct as it opens he h7-b1
diagonal. However, in such positions it is much more important to play
concretely rather than on feel. cxb3 would have kept White in the game while
after axb3 it is all over.} (23. cxb3 Bh6 $5 24. Rd1 (24. Rd4 Bf5+ 25. Ka1
Rxa2+ 26. Kxa2 Qa7+ 27. Ba3 Qxa3# {What was I saying about the h7-b1
diagonal?!!}) 24... Bxf4 25. Nxf4 Qa5 26. a3 bxa3 27. Qxa5 Rxa5 28. Bc3 Rb5 $17
{Black has a clear advantage but it will be some work before the full point
comes home.}) 23... Qa7 $1 24. Nd4 (24. Rxb4 Ne4 $3 25. Rxe4 Qa2+ $19 {with a
finish similar to the game. I don't want to spill the beans right now.}) 24...
Nh5 {Black is clearing the pieces off the all important h8-a1 diagonal. Now
only the two knights remain.} 25. Nd5 {Diagram [#]} (25. Rf2 Nc6 $1 $19) 25...
Bc6 $3 {This is not at all an easy move to see. But Khismatullin is helped by
the fact that he has to clear the pieces of the crucial h1-a8 diagonal. The
knight on d5 is pinned to the rook on h1 and is hanging. There is no real way
to protect it. Svidler made the most obvious move after four minutes but he
must have soon realised that it was a nice little trap!} 26. Nxc6 Qa2+ 27. Kc1
Qa1+ $1 (27... Qxb2+ {also wins but it's not a mate.} 28. Kd1 (28. Kxb2 Nd3+
29. Kb1 Ra1#) 28... Qa1+ 29. Ke2 Qxh1 $19) 28. Bxa1 Rxa1+ 29. Kb2 Nc4# {
Very sporting of Svidler to allow Khismatullin to mate him. While we could say
that Peter was off colour today, Denis must be given his due. He played a
nearly fawless game.} (29... Nd3# $1) 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. d4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 d6 11. Rc1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qc8 14. Nb5 Nd7
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc3 Nf6 17. e4 Qb7 18. Qd4 Rac8 19. Rc2 Rc5 20. b4 Rc7 21.
Rfc1 Rfc8 22. Nd5 e5 23. Qd3 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rd8 25. Qe4 Rcc8 26. Kg1 Qe7 27. Qe3
Rd7 28. Rc3 Rdc7 29. R1c2 h5 30. h4 Rd7 31. Kh2 Rdc7 32. a3 Rd7 33. Rc1 Rdc7
34. R1c2 Rd7 35. Rc1 Rdc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lysyj, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2673"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
{We have the main position of the King's Indian Attack where Black has two
main options here. One is to go for instant queenside expansion with 8...b5
and the other is what was played in the game.} Qc7 9. Qe2 (9. e5 {is the main
line and the continuation would be something like} Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nf1 a5
12. h4 {[%cal Gf1h2]} Ba6 13. Bf4 b4 14. Ne3 Nb6 15. Ng4 {You can see how
clear battle-lines have been drawn with White attacking on the kingside while
Black is expanding on the queenside. It's a very exciting position which one
must study in order to improve one's attacking and defensive abilities.}) 9...
b5 10. exd5 {Though the great majority of players have pushed ahead with e4-e5,
Svidler goes for the exchange of pawns. It shouldn't really give him any hopes
of an advantage but I guess more than an edge he was looking for an original
position.} exd5 11. a4 bxa4 {Unconventional but not at all bad.} (11... b4 {
would be a normal choice.} 12. Nb3 Re8 13. Bf4 Qb6 {with an interesting
position.}) 12. Rxa4 Re8 13. Qd1 h6 14. Nb3 Be6 (14... Qb6 15. Bf4 Bd7 {
is a much more subtle way to play. As in the game, the bishop on e6 is not so
well placed and allows White to get a solid edge.} 16. Ra1 a5 $15) 15. Bf4 Qb6
16. Ne5 $1 $14 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 {The defects of Black's position start becoming
apparent. All his pawns are being attacked by White. For example,. the knight
on b3 attacks c5, the bishop on g2 keeps an eye on d5 and the rook on a4
pressurises the a7-pawn. All in all it is not so easy to play this position
for Black.} Nd7 (17... a5 18. Qa1 $14) 18. Bc3 Bf6 19. Qa1 $1 {A nice little
idea to triple the pieces down the a-file.} a6 20. h3 Rec8 21. Qa3 Ra7 22. Bxf6
Nxf6 23. Ra1 c4 24. Rb4 Qd8 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. dxc4 dxc4 {We reach this position
after a series of logical moves. There are many things going on here but a
good player is always able to find the key point that matters. The a6 pawn is
a weakness and great players of the past have told us a very important concept
about weaknesses in chess: Before attacking a weakness you must firmly
blockade it. It makes sense to block the a-pawn with the move Qa5!} 27. Qa5 $1
(27. c3 $6 {is a lazy move which throws away the bulk of the advantage that
White has.} a5 $1 28. Rb7 Rxb7 29. Bxb7 Rb8 30. Bg2 Qb6 31. Qxa5 Qxb2 $132 {
Black has decent counterplay and the position is round about equal.}) 27... Qe7
28. Rb6 Rc5 (28... c3 29. b4 $16) 29. Rb8+ Kh7 30. Qb6 Rac7 31. c3 (31. Qxa6
$16 {There was nothing wrong with taking the pawn but Svidler would like to
maintain much greater control on the position.}) 31... Bb5 (31... Bc8 {It was
much more important to defend the pawn from here and also keep an eye on the
kingside.}) 32. Rb7 $1 {Exchanging a pair of rooks weakens the a6 pawn.} Rxb7
33. Qxb7 Qxb7 (33... Rc7 34. Qb6 Qe5 $16 {was much better than the game. After
the exchange of queens it is much easier for White.}) 34. Bxb7 Bd7 35. Bxa6
Bxh3 36. Ra4 Re5 37. Bxc4 $18 {With two connected passers it should not be too
difficult for Svidler to win.} Re1+ 38. Kh2 Bf1 39. Nf3 Rc1 40. Bxf7 Rc2 $2 {
A bad mistake which abruptly brings the game to an end.} (40... Bb5 41. Rb4 Bc6
42. Kg2 g5 43. Rb6 Be4 44. Rxf6 g4 45. Bg6+ $1 Bxg6 46. Nd4 Be4+ 47. f3 gxf3+
48. Kf2 {With careful play White should win here.} Rd1 49. b4 $18) 41. Ne5 $1 {
Bg6 followed by Ra8 cannot be prevented and hence Lysyj resigned.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bukavshin, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D98"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Bg4 8.
Be3 Nfd7 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. Qc5 c6 11. f3 Be6 12. O-O-O f5 13. e5 N8d7 14. Qa3 Nd5
15. Nxd5 Bxd5 16. h4 h6 17. Nb1 Nb6 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Kb1 Qd7 20. Bd3 Nd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Ka1 e6 23. Qc5 Rf7 24. Qc1 Kh7 25. Rh3 c5 26. dxc5 Qa4 27. Bb1
Bxe5 28. Bxh6 Rc8 29. Be3 Rc6 30. h5 g5 31. Rhh1 Bb3 32. Bxg5 Ra6 33. Rh4 Qa5
34. Bd2 Qd8 35. Re1 Rd7 36. Rb4 Bxa2 37. Bxa2 Qa5 38. Qc4 Rxd2 39. Rxb7+ Kh8
40. Rb5 Qa3 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Rb7+ Kh6 43. Qf4+ Bxf4 44. bxa3 Rxa3 45. Rb2 Kxh5
46. Rxd2 Bxd2 47. Rxe6 Be3 48. c6 Bd4+ 49. Kb1 Rc3 50. Bd5 Rc5 51. Bb3 Kg5 52.
Bd1 Kf4 53. g4 Be5 54. gxf5 Kxf5 55. Rh6 Kg5 56. Re6 Kf5 57. Rh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.17"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Nbd7 8.
Nc3 Be7 9. e4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nd4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bg6 13. Re1 O-O 14. Bxc6
Qc8 15. Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Rxe7 Rfe8 17. Qe2 Rxe7 18. Qxe7 Qd5 19. Be3 Ne5 20. Bf4
Nf3+ 21. Nxf3 Qxf3 22. Re1 h5 23. c4 h4 24. Qe2 Qxe2 25. Rxe2 Bd3 26. Rb2 hxg3
27. hxg3 Bxc4 28. Rb8+ Rxb8 29. Bxb8 Bxa2 30. Bxa7 Bb3 31. Bb6 Ba2 32. Ba7 Bb3
33. Bb6 Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/Mokal,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {Svidler is one
of the experts in the Arkhangelsk Variation of the Ruy Lopez.} 7. c3 d6 8. a4 {
This is the second most popular move in the position.} ({The most frequently
played move is} 8. d4 Bb6 9. h3 (9. a4 Rb8 {transposes to the game.}) 9... O-O
10. Re1 {and so on.}) 8... Rb8 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4
{Black gives up the b5-pawn to set up this irritating pin as well as pressure
on the d4-pawn.} 13. d5 (13. Bc2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5 15. f4 Nxf4 16. Bxf4 exf4
17. Qg4 {is the main line with pretty good results for White.}) 13... Ne7 14.
Bc2 Qd7 15. c4 Ng6 16. h3 Bxh3 $5 {One could say this is a brave move but on
the other hand if you look at it closely, it is practically forced. The most
interesting thing to note here is that this same sacrifice had been played
nine years ago against Karjakin by Radjabov when the Ukrainian GM was just 16
years old with a rating of 2672!} (16... Bh5 17. Qd3 $16 {followed by Bd2
gives Black absolutely no compensation for the pawn.}) (16... Bxf3 17. Qxf3 $16
{is also clearly better for White.}) 17. gxh3 Qxh3 {All these moves were made
quickly by Svidler which means he was still in his preparation.} 18. Ng5 $1 {
The only defensive move available to White. Considering all the
trainspositions we have now reached a position that has been played nine times
according to the Mega database.} (18. Ra3 $2 {looks logical but after} Ng4 {
The knight cannot move from f3 due to the mate threat on h2 and the other
knight is coming soon to h4.} 19. Bg5 Qg3+ 20. Kh1 Bxf2 {A deadly check is
coming up on h3.} 21. Qe2 (21. Rxf2 Nxf2#) 21... Qh3+ 22. Nh2 Qxh2#) (18. Nh2
Nh4 $1 $19 {leads to a quick mate.}) 18... Qg3+ 19. Kh1 Qh4+ (19... Bxf2 $2 20.
Ra3 Qh4+ 21. Rh3 $18) 20. Kg2 Nf4+ (20... Ng4 {looks interesting though White
can defend everything in just one move.} 21. Nf3 $1 $18 {is simply winning!} (
21. Nh3 {I had a subtle idea of sacrificing the queen after} Bxf2 $2 {But
White throws in the intermediate} (21... Nf4+ $5 22. Bxf4 exf4 23. Qf3 g5 $13)
22. Ra3 $1 {When the game is over.} (22. Rxf2 Qxh3+ 23. Kxh3 Nxf2+ 24. Kg3 Nxd1
25. Bxd1 $14 {is also slightly better for White.}) 22... Bc5 23. Rg3 $18)) (
20... Nh5 21. Nh3 $16) ({The game Karjakin-Radjabov 2006 went} 20... h6 21. Nh3
Nxe4 22. Qe2 f5 23. Ra3 Rf6 24. Rh1 Rbf8 25. b4 $16 {When White is better but
the position remains complicated and both players went wrong several times in
the game. 1-0 (45) Karjakin,S (2672)-Radjabov,T (2729) Cap d'Agde 2006}) 21.
Bxf4 exf4 22. Nf3 Qg4+ 23. Kh1 Rfe8 $1 {A very strong move by Svidler bringing
a new piece into the game.} 24. Ra3 {This was played after 18 minutes of
thought. The rook stands well on a3 and will help in the defence.} (24. Nh2 Qh4
25. Qf3 (25. f3 Nh5 $19) 25... Re5 $1 26. Rg1 Bxf2 27. Rg2 Bg3 28. Nd4 g6 {
[%cal Ge5h5] stopping Nf5 and preparing Rh5.} 29. Ne2 Rg5 $17) 24... Nxe4 25.
Bxe4 Rxe4 26. Rc3 Ba5 $6 {Moving the bishop away from the b6-square was a
mistake as we shall see in the game. It is well placed on the a7-g1 diagonal
and on the new one (a5-e1) it does nothing much.} ({The right way to continue
would be} 26... Qh5+ 27. Nh2 (27. Kg2 Qg4+ 28. Kh1 Qh5+ $11) 27... Qxd1 28.
Rxd1 Re2 $1 {Black has two pawns for a piece and now wins the third one.} 29.
b4 Bxf2 $11 {+/=.Black should have excellent chances to hold this position.})
27. Rc1 Rbe8 28. Nh2 Qh4 (28... Qxd1 29. Rfxd1 Re2 30. b4 $1 $16 {[%csl Rc7]})
29. Nd4 {This move would not have been possible had the bishop been on b6.} h5
30. Qd3 Qf6 31. Nc6 Bb6 $6 ({A tricky attempt would have been} 31... f3 $5 32.
Nxf3 (32. Nxa5 Rh4 $19 {with the threat of Rxh2 and Qh4 gives Black a winning
position.}) (32. Qxf3 Rf4 33. Qd3 Bb6 34. Qc3 Qh4 $13 {When things are not at
all clear.}) 32... Bb6 {Black is still in the game.}) 32. b4 $1 f3 33. Qxf3 Rf4
34. Qc3 {The threat of c4-c5 forces Black to exchange the queens.} Qxc3 (34...
Qh4 35. c5 $18) 35. Rxc3 Bxf2 36. Rf3 Rxf3 37. Nxf3 {Black has only two pawns
for a piece and is facing a strong pawn majority on the queenside. It should
not be too difficult for Karjakin to convert this.} Re2 38. Ng5 f6 $2 (38...
Rc2 $142 39. Ne6 $5 (39. Nxf7 $5 Kxf7 40. Kg2 Rxc4 41. Rxf2+ Kg6 42. Rf8 $16)
39... fxe6 40. dxe6 Bh4 (40... Kf8 41. Ra1 $18) 41. e7 Bxe7 42. Nxe7+ Kh7 43.
Rf4 {Black will have his task cut out to make a draw here but maybe he still
has some chances.} g5 44. Re4 $14) 39. Ne6 {Now it's all over.} h4 40. Nxc7 Bg3
41. Ne6 Rc2 42. b5 {The pawns cannot be stopped, hence Peter resigned. A very
interesting practical sacrifice by Svidler which was defended excellently by
Karjakin.} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.19"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Qb6 6. e3 Qxb2 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nge2 Qa3 10. Rb1 b6 11. O-O a6 12. f3 Qa5 13. e4 dxe4 14. fxe4
e5 15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Bxe5 Qxe5 17. Qa4+ Nd7 18. Rf5 Bc5+ 19. Kh1 Qc7 20. Rd1
Ra7 21. Rfd5 b5 22. Qc2 Qc8 23. Qd2 Rc7 24. Ng3 Bb4 25. Qg5 O-O 26. Nf5 g6 27.
Rxd7 Rxd7 28. Nh6+ Kg7 29. Nf5+ Kg8 30. Nh6+ Kg7 31. Nf5+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 68th"]
[Site "Chita"]
[Date "2015.08.20"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D82"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.08.09"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Tomashevsky had a half point lead but faced a formidable opponent in the form
of Peter Svidler in the last round. Any slip would allow Karjakin to come
level with him.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 {Of course, Grunfeld and Svidler
are like Siamese twins.} 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 (5... O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 {
is the other important line here.}) 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8. Bxc4 O-O 9. Nge2
Nc6 (9... Qxc5 {is the main move.} 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Nb5 Qh5 12. Ng3 Qh4 13. Nc7
e5 14. Bg5 $5 Qxg5 15. h4 $1 Qg4 16. Nxa8 {is the main line where White has
scored pretty well.}) 10. O-O Qxc5 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Bd3 Qb4 13. Nc7 $146 {
Till here the players were following the game Lysyj-Svidler from November 2014.
Lysyj had played a3 but Tomashevsky played Nc7. Both of them were making their
moves quickly which meant that they were well prepared.} Bxa2 14. Nxa8 Rxa8 15.
Ra1 Be6 {White has his pieces well developed and Black has only a pawn for the
exchange. Don't you think White should be better here? Well the crux of the
matter is that the pawn on b2 is pretty weak and the bishop on g7 has its hawk
eyes on it.} 16. Qa4 Nd5 17. Bb5 (17. Qxb4 Ncxb4 18. Be4 a5 $15) 17... Nxf4 18.
Nxf4 Bb3 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. Rac1 {Once again Black's deficit in material is
compensated by the weak b2 pawn and queenside majority. Svidler plays this
pretty well.} a5 $1 21. Rc7 a4 22. Rxb7 Bxb2 23. Be2 Na2 24. Bf3 {Tomashevsky
plays with great accuracy. The a-pawn is quite venomous and his position is
not without dangers.} Rd8 25. Nd5 e6 (25... Bxd5 26. Rxb2 $16) 26. Rb1 a3 27.
Rxb3 exd5 28. R3xb2 {Tomshevsky didn't want any more anxious moments trying to
defend against the a-pawn. He sacrifices his exchange back but the game now
peters out to a draw.} axb2 29. Rxb2 Nc3 30. Rc2 Ne4 31. Rb2 Nc3 32. Rc2 Ne4
33. Rb2 {With this Tomashevsky become the Champion of the 68th Russian
Championships.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rerikh, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2076"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. e4 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. Be2 Nf6 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 c6 8. Bf4
O-O 9. Qd2 Re8 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Be3 Nbd7 12. Kb1 Nb6 13. Be2 Rac8 14. g4 Nfd7
15. Qe1 c5 16. Bd2 Na4 17. Nd5 Qd8 18. Bb5 Nab6 19. Nxb6 axb6 20. Bc3 cxd4 21.
Bxd4 Qc7 22. c3 Red8 23. Qe2 Ra8 24. h4 Ra5 25. h5 Bxd4 26. cxd4 g5 27. Rc1 Qb8
28. h6 Nf8 29. Rh5 f6 30. f4 gxf4 31. g5 Rc8 32. Rg1 Ng6 33. gxf6 exf6 34. Rf5
Qc7 35. a4 Qf7 36. e5 dxe5 37. dxe5 Qb3 38. Rxf6 f3 39. Rxf3 Qd5 40. Rd1 Qc5
41. Rc3 Qf8 42. Rxc8 Qxc8 43. e6 Qf8 44. e7 Qxe7 45. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Plotkin, Victor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 Qa5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. O-O g6 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 b5 10. Bb3 Qc7 11. Nf1 a5 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 a4 14. Bc2 Bb7 15. Bg5
d5 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Ne3 dxe4 18. Bxe4 f5 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. d5 Rad8
22. Qd2 Qd6 23. Red1 f4 24. Nc2 Qxd5 25. Qxf4 Qxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 27. Kh2 Bxf3
28. Qxf3 Rd2 29. Ne3 Rxb2 30. Qd5 Rxf2 31. Ng4 Rb2 32. a3 b4 33. axb4 a3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smirnov, Artem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2440"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. d3 c5 4. e4 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 e5 8. d4 cxd4
9. Nxd4 a6 10. a4 bxa4 11. Rxa4 Nbd7 12. Nb3 Rc8 13. Nc3 h5 14. h3 Be7 15. Be3
Kf8 16. Na5 Ba8 17. Nd5 Kg7 18. b4 h4 19. g4 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nb6 21. Ra2 Nc4 22.
Nc6 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Nxe3 24. Rxe3 Qb6 25. Bd5 Bg5 26. Rc3 Qxb4 27. Rb3 Qc5 28.
Rb7 Rhf8 29. Rxa6 Bf4 30. Kg2 Kh6 31. Qd3 Ra8 32. Rb5 Qd4 33. Qxd4 exd4 34.
Rxa8 Rxa8 35. Rb7 Ra5 36. c7 Rc5 37. Bxf7 d5 38. Rb6 Rxc7 39. Bxg6 Kg7 40. Bd3
Bd2 41. Rd6 Rf7 42. Rxd5 Be1 43. Bf5 Bc3 44. Kf3 Re7 45. g5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2603"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bd6 10. g3 O-O 11. Be3 Be5 12. Qd3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 b5 14. c5 Bb7 15.
f3 Bc6 16. Qd6 Ne8 17. Qxc7 Nxc7 18. c4 b4 19. Rfb1 a5 20. a3 Na6 21. Bf4 b3
22. Rxb3 Nxc5 23. Rb2 Rfc8 24. Rab1 a4 25. Bd6 Nb3 26. Bd1 f6 27. Bxb3 axb3 28.
Rxb3 Kf7 29. Kf2 h5 30. Ke3 Ra4 31. Rc3 Ra6 32. Bb4 g5 33. Rd1 Kg6 34. f4 gxf4+
35. gxf4 Kf7 36. Rg1 Raa8 37. Kd4 Rg8 38. Rcg3 Rxg3 39. Rxg3 Rg8 40. Rxg8 Kxg8
41. e5 Kf7 42. Ba5 Kg6 43. Bd8 fxe5+ 44. Kxe5 Ba4 45. h4 Bc6 46. Bg5 Ba4 47.
Kd6 Kf5 48. Kc5 Bc6 49. Kb4 e5 50. fxe5 Kxe5 51. a4 Kd6 52. Bf4+ Ke7 53. c5 Kd8
54. a5 Kc8 55. a6 Bf3 56. Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.08.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sakaev, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2594"]
[PlyCount "30"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. c4 g6 5. b3 Bg7 6. Bb2 O-O 7. O-O b6 8. d3 Bb7
9. Qc2 c5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. Nc3 Qd7 12. Rfd1 Nc6 13. e3 Rac8 14. Qe2 Ba6 15.
Rd2 Rfd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Sychev, Klementy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 O-O 6. Qd2 Bg4 7. Be2 Nc6 8. O-O
e5 9. d5 Ne7 10. Rad1 a6 11. Ne1 Bd7 12. Nd3 Ne8 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 b5 15.
Bh6 Qb8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. e5 Qb6+ 18. Kh1 Bf5 19. Qg5 f6 20. exf6+ Nxf6 21. Bf3
Bxd3 22. Rxd3 Nf5 23. Ne2 h6 24. Qd2 g5 25. g4 Nh4 26. Nd4 Nxg4 27. Ne6+ Kh8
28. Nxg5 hxg5 29. Qxg5 Nf2+ 30. Rxf2 Qxf2 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. Qg5+ Kh8 33. Qh6+
Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Slugin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2369"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Qb3 O-O 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Nd7 11. a4 e5 12. a5 exd4 13. cxd4 Nf6 14. a6 Qd5
15. axb7 Bxb7 16. Ne5 Qxc4 17. Nxc4 Nd5 18. e3 Rfc8 19. Ba3 Ba6 20. Rfc1 Bxc4
21. Rxc4 Bf8 22. Bxf8 Kxf8 23. Rxc6 Rxc6 24. Bxd5 Rcc8 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra6
Ke7 27. e4 Kd7 28. e5 Kc8 29. d5 Kb7 30. Rf6 a5 31. Rxf7+ Kb6 32. e6 a4 33. e7
Re8 34. d6 Kc6 35. Rxh7 Kxd6 36. Rh4 Kxe7 37. Rxa4 Kf6 38. h4 Re5 39. Kg2 Rb5
40. f4 Kg7 41. Kh3 Kh6 42. Kg4 Rc5 43. Re4 Ra5 44. Re5 Ra6 45. h5 1-0

[Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Novikov, Stanislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. d3 d5 5. Qe2 Nc6 6. Bg2 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. c3
dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Na3 Be6 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Ne3 Ne7
15. h4 Rad8 16. c4 Nc6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. Rfc1 Qb6 21.
Rc2 Rc8 22. Rac1 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 h5 24. Bf1 Be7 25. Qb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2642"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. f3
Be6 9. Qd2 h5 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bf5 12. Be2 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. Na5 Qc8 15.
c4 Bd8 16. Rac1 Nc5 17. Nb3 Bb6 18. Nxc5 Bxc5 19. b4 Bxe3+ 20. Qxe3 a5 21. b5
Qd8 22. c5 dxc5 23. Rxc5 Qd6 24. Rfc1 Rad8 25. a4 Rd7 26. h3 Rfd8 27. Bf1 Bg6
28. Kh1 Qf6 29. Bc4 Qd6 30. Bb3 Kh7 31. R5c3 f6 32. b6 Bf7 33. Rc7 Kg8 34. Qc5
Bxd5 35. Rxd7 Rxd7 36. Qxd6 Rxd6 37. Rd1 Bxb3 38. Rxd6 Bxa4 39. Rd8+ Kf7 40.
Rc8 Ke6 41. Rc7 Kd6 42. Rxg7 Bc6 43. Rf7 a4 44. Rxf6+ Kd5 45. Rf8 Kc4 46. g4
hxg4 47. hxg4 a3 48. g5 a2 49. Ra8 Kb3 50. g6 Bxf3+ 51. Kh2 Bd5 52. Ra5 Kb4 53.
Ra8 Kc3 54. Ra5 Bc4 55. Ra4 Be6 56. Ra5 Bc4 57. Ra4 Kb2 58. Rxc4 a1=Q 59. g7
Qa8 60. Rg4 Qg8 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Klimov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2492"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. O-O
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. f4 d6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh6 f5 14. Be3 Qc7 15.
Nf3 Nc6 16. Rae1 dxe5 17. fxe5 b5 18. Ng5 Bxg5 19. Bxg5 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Qc5+ 21.
Be3 Qxc3 22. Qf4 Nxd3 23. cxd3 e5 24. Qh4 Be6 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Kh1 Re8 27. Rc1
Qxd3 0-1

[Event "St Petersburg Summer rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2015.08.30"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Usmanov, Vasily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.08.29"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2016"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.08"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Na3 a6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Bg2 e5 6. b3 e4 7. Nd4 c5 8. Nf5 g6
9. Ne3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Bb2 f6 13. Nc2 Bg7 14. Ne3 Bb7 15. d3
Qa5+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 Nd7 18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Kf7 20. Kc2 Rhe8 21.
Rhd1 Ra7 22. a4 Rb7 23. Rd6 Rxe4 24. Rxa6 Bh6 25. axb5 Bxe3 26. Ra7 Rxb5 27.
Rxd7+ Ke6 28. Rxh7 Bd4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Ra6+ Kf5 31. Rf7 Rxe2+ 32. Kd3 Re6 33.
g4+ Ke5 34. f4+ Kd5 35. Rd7+ Kc5 36. Rxe6 Rxb3+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Can, Emre"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D43"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 {Not a very popular move. White doesn't hurry with
e3-e4 in order to keep a choice of possible plans but Black has good ways of
development anyway.} (10. e4 {is the main line.}) 10... Nd7 11. Rfd1 (11. Rac1
Qe7 12. a3 Rd8 13. Rfd1 dxc4 14. Bxc4 a5 15. Qc2 b6 16. Be2 Bb7 17. Qb3 Rab8
18. Na4 c5 $1 $36 {0-1 (29) Obolenskikh,D (2510)-Sjugirov,S (2622) Moscow 2012}
) (11. e4 {is not dangerous here as after} dxc4 {White can't insert e4-e5.} 12.
Bxc4 e5 13. d5 Nb6 14. Bb3 Bg4 15. h3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Qxf3 17. gxf3 Rfd8 $11 {
0-1 (48) Taboas Rodriguez,D (2412)-Zhigalko,A (2603) Linares 2013}) (11. Rfe1
$5 Qe7 12. e4 dxc4 $5 (12... dxe4 $143 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2 Rd8 15. Rad1 Qf8
16. Be4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 b6 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxc5 Rd5 20. Rxd5 exd5 21. Nd6 Bg4 22.
Qa6 $16 {0-1 (54) Khoze,E (2160)-Nguyen,A (2480) Melbourne 1996}) 13. Bxc4 b5
$132) 11... Qe7 12. Rac1 ({The structure after} 12. cxd5 exd5 {is not
dangerous for Black at all; besides, Rf1-d1 is senseless in that case:} 13.
Rab1 a5 14. Qc2 Nf6 15. h3 Be6 16. a3 Rfc8 17. Na4 Nd7 18. Rdc1 Bf8 19. b4 b5
20. Nc5 Nxc5 21. bxc5 Bg7 22. Re1 Qc7 23. Nd2 Re8 $11 {1/2 (61) Krivenko,S 
(2300)-Khismatullin,D (2654) St Petersburg 2010}) 12... a6 {A typical move.
Black is preparing ...d5xc4, ...b7-b5 and ...c6-c5.} 13. cxd5 {And here this
is harmless, too.} (13. h4 $5 {was an interesting attempt to justify White's
play} dxc4 $140 14. Bxc4 b5 15. Bd3 c5 16. h5 $1) 13... exd5 14. Na4 Re8 15. a3
a5 16. Qc2 Bf8 {[%mdl 32] A typical plan in this structure (often arising from
the Grünfeld Defence with 4.Nf3 and 5.Bg5): Black transfers his bishop to d6,
where it controls the b4-square and aims at White's kingside.} 17. Nd2 $6 (17.
Re1 $5 Qd8 18. h3 Kg7 $140 (18... Bd6 $2 19. Bxg6) 19. e4) 17... Qd8 18. e4 {
This break is a bit untimely as White's pieces are not well placed. However,
it is not easy to suggest an alternative.} Nf6 $5 (18... dxe4 19. Nxe4 Rb8 {
[%cal Yd7f6]} 20. Re1 Bg7 {was quite good, too.}) 19. e5 Nh5 20. g3 Ng7 21. Nc3
(21. Qc3 $142 {protecting the d4-pawn.}) 21... Bg4 22. Be2 (22. f3 Bh3 {
[%cal Yg7f5]}) 22... Bd7 (22... Bf5 $1 {was strong} 23. Bd3 $140 Ne6 $1 24. Ne2
Bh3 $36) 23. Nf1 Nf5 {This arrangement of pieces is not so profitable for
Black. We have an effect of an "excess piece": both his minor pieces wish to
occupy the f5-square.} 24. Ne3 $6 {And that is exactly why this move is wrong!
White solves Black's problem, trading one of his excess pieces. Besides, a
strong undermining action is coming up.} (24. Na4 $142 {[%cal Ya4c5]}) 24... f6
$1 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. exf6 (26. f4 h5) 26... Bxf6 27. Nxf6+ Qxf6 $17 {[%csl Rd4]
[%cal Ge8e2] Black controls the e-file, and White's d4-pawn is weak.} 28. Qd2
Kg7 29. Bf1 Re7 30. Bg2 Rae8 31. Bxd5 $6 {It would be a good "asymmetric
exchange" for White (two pieces for a rook and two pawns); however, he
underestimates Black's strong reply.} (31. Qf4 $142) 31... Nxd4 $1 {[%mdl 64]}
32. Bg2 $2 (32. Qxd4 {is impossible due to} Re1+) (32. Qf4 {was the only
chance to keep the material balance but after} Qxf4 33. gxf4 c5 {White's
position is completely ruined.}) 32... Nb3 $19 33. Ne4 $2 Nxd2 34. Nxf6 Kxf6 (
34... Kxf6 35. Rxd2 Re1+ 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Bf1 Bh3 $19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Can, Emre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2531"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Qb3 Qa5 12. Bf4 Nb6 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Be6
15. Qb4 Qxb4 16. cxb4 Rad8 17. Red1 Nc4 18. Nxc4 Bxc4 19. e3 f6 20. Rdc1 Be2
21. Rc2 Bd3 22. Rd2 Ba6 23. e4 f5 24. Rad1 fxe4 25. Bxe4 e6 26. Be5 Rf7 27.
Bxg7 Kxg7 28. f4 Bb5 29. Bc2 Bc4 30. Be4 Bb5 31. Bc2 Bc4 32. Be4 a5 33. bxa5
Ra8 34. Rc1 Bd5 35. Bxd5 exd5 36. Rc5 Kf6 37. Re2 Rff8 38. Kg2 Ra7 39. Kf3 Rfa8
40. Rb2 Rxa5 41. Rxa5 Rxa5 42. Rxb7 Ra3+ 43. Rb3 Rxa2 44. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Re1 Bf5 10. Qb3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxf5 Qxf5 13. bxc3 b6 14. Bg5 dxc4
15. Qxc4 b5 16. Qb3 Nd7 17. a4 a6 18. Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.15"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 Be6 10. Bxe6 Rxe6 11. b4 Bb6 12. a4 a6 13. Nc4 Ba7 14. Be3 Bxe3 15.
Nxe3 d5 16. b5 Ne7 17. exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D36"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "152"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 h6 9. Bh4 Nh5 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nf3 Nhf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rab1 Nb6 14. h3 a5
15. Ne5 Nfd7 16. f4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 f6 18. Qf2 Be6 19. Qg3 Kh8 20. exf6 Rxf6 21.
Rxf6 Qxf6 22. h4 Nd7 23. Ne2 Bg8 24. Rf1 Qe7 25. Nf4 Nf8 26. h5 Re8 27. Rf3 Qb4
28. Qf2 Qe7 29. a3 Qd6 30. Qg3 Qe7 31. Bg6 Rd8 32. Nd3 Rd6 33. Ne5 Rf6 34. Bf5
Bh7 35. Bc8 Rxf3 36. gxf3 b6 37. Qf4 c5 38. Kf2 cxd4 39. Qxd4 Qf6 40. Qxd5 Qh4+
41. Kg2 Bg8 42. Nf7+ Bxf7 43. Qxf7 Qd8 44. Bf5 Nh7 45. Qd7 Qf6 46. Qc8+ Nf8 47.
b4 axb4 48. axb4 Kg8 49. Qc4+ Kh8 50. Qe4 Qg5+ 51. Bg4 Qf6 52. f4 Qb2+ 53. Kf1
Qc1+ 54. Kf2 Qd2+ 55. Be2 Qd8 56. Bd3 Qh4+ 57. Kf1 Qxh5 58. Qd4 Qd1+ 59. Kg2
Qd2+ 60. Kf3 Qd1+ 61. Ke4 Qh1+ 62. Ke5 Qc6 63. Qd8 Qe6+ 64. Kd4 Qg8 65. Qxb6
Qb3 66. Qb8 Qb2+ 67. Ke4 Qf6 68. b5 h5 69. Qe5 Qf7 70. Qf5 Qe7+ 71. Kf3 g6 72.
Qe5+ Qxe5 73. fxe5 Kg7 74. b6 Nd7 75. b7 Nxe5+ 76. Ke4 Nd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.16"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. e3 e6 4. Bb2 Nd7 5. h3 Bh5 6. d3 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. a3 h6
9. g4 Bg6 10. Qe2 Ngf6 11. e4 a4 12. b4 c5 13. e5 Ng8 14. b5 h5 15. Bg2 hxg4
16. hxg4 Rxh1+ 17. Bxh1 Nh6 18. c4 Nb6 19. d4 Rc8 20. Rd1 Nxg4 21. Qf1 cxd4 22.
Qh3 Bf5 23. Qh8 Nxc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. Nxd4 Qg5 26. Bf3 Nxe5 27. Be2 Qg1+ 28.
Kd2 Qg5+ 29. Ke1 Qg1+ 30. Kd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.17"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4
Rb8 16. Bd3 exd4 17. cxd4 c5 18. axb5 axb5 19. d5 c4 20. Bc2 Nc5 21. Bd2 Nfd7
22. Bc3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Bb4 Ra8 26. Nf1 Rxa1 27. Rxa1 Ra8 28.
Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Qc3 Bd6 30. Nd2 Bb7 31. b3 Ba6 32. bxc4 bxc4 33. Nxc4 Bxc4 34.
Qxc4 Nxe4 35. Qxe4 Qxb4 36. Qxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.18"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "25"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 Nfd7 6. Qc2 dxc4 7. Qxc4 Nb6 8.
Qd3 Bg7 9. Nf3 Bf5 10. Qa3 Qd6 11. O-O Qxa3 12. Nxa3 N8d7 13. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 e5 8. Bb5+
Bd7 9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. Nf5 g6 11. Nxh6 Bxh6 12. g5 Ng4 13. gxh6 Nxe3 14. fxe3
Nc6 15. Qf3 O-O-O 16. O-O-O Rxh6 17. Qf6 Qe6 18. Rhf1 Rxh2 19. Qxf7 Qxf7 20.
Rxf7 Nb4 21. a3 Rxc2+ 22. Kb1 Rxc3 23. bxc3 Na6 24. Rg1 Nc5 25. Kc2 Rd7 26.
Rxd7 Kxd7 27. Rg4 Kc6 28. c4 g5 29. Rxg5 Nxe4 30. Rg8 a5 31. Rc8+ Kd7 32. Ra8
b6 33. Kd3 Nc5+ 34. Ke2 Ne4 35. Rg8 Kc6 36. Rg4 Nc5 37. Rh4 Nb3 38. Rh8 Nc5 39.
Kf3 Nb3 40. Rh2 Nc5 41. Rg2 Na4 42. Ke4 Nc3+ 43. Kd3 Na4 44. Ke4 Nc3+ 45. Kd3
Na4 46. Rh2 Nc5+ 47. Ke2 Na4 48. Kd2 Nb2 49. Kc3 Na4+ 50. Kb3 Nc5+ 51. Kc2 Na4
52. Rh6 Nc5 53. Kd2 Ne4+ 54. Kd3 Nc5+ 55. Ke2 Ne4 56. Rh4 Nc5 57. Kf3 Nd3 58.
Rh2 Nc5 59. Rc2 Nd3 60. Ke4 Nc5+ 61. Kf5 Nd3 62. Ke4 Nc5+ 63. Kf5 Nd3 64. Rd2
Nc5 65. Rd1 Na4 66. Ke6 Nc5+ 67. Ke7 Ne4 68. Rd5 Kc7 69. Rd3 Kc6 70. Rd5 Kc7
71. Rd1 Kc6 72. Rd5 Kc7 73. Rd1 Kc6 74. Kd8 Kc5 75. Kc7 a4 76. Rb1 Kxc4 77.
Rxb6 d5 78. Re6 Nc3 79. Rxe5 Kb3 80. Re8 Kxa3 81. Rb8 Nd1 82. Kd6 Nxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. a3 Qxc5 11. Rc1 Qb6 12. Nf3 Nc5 13. Bc4 Bg4 14. Nd4 a5
15. O-O Rac8 16. h3 Bd7 17. Rc2 Bg7 18. Rfc1 Rfd8 19. Qe2 Na4 20. Ncb5 Nc5 21.
Ba2 Na6 22. Bc4 Bf6 23. b3 Kf8 24. Rd1 Nc7 25. Nxc7 Rxc7 {White has an
excellent position. Up a pawn and trying to convert. Svidler, however, goes
for the kill when it was not ready} 26. Ne6+ $2 Bxe6 $2 (26... fxe6 $1 27. dxe6
{it looks like Black loses the bishop, but this is not the case} Rxc4 $1 28.
Rxc4 (28. Rxd7 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 {is an extra piece for Black.}) 28... Bxe6 29.
Rxd8+ Qxd8 {gives Black two beautiful bishops and a winning position against
the rook.}) 27. dxe6 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 fxe6 $6 29. Qd8+ {Now White's attack is
decisive.} Kg7 30. Bxe6 Rc6 31. Qg8+ Kh6 32. Qf8+ (32. h4 $1 Rxc2 33. Qf8+ Bg7
34. Qf4+ Kh5 35. Qg5#) 32... Bg7 33. Rxc6 Qxc6 34. Qxe7 g5 35. Bf5 Qc3 36. g3
b5 37. h4 Qf6 38. hxg5+ {The endgame is trivially winning with three extra
pawns.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2816"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O Ngf6 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 ({A month
previously Topalov won a nice game against Carlsen in} 6. Bd3 b5 7. c4 g5 $5 8.
Nxg5 Ne5 9. Be2 bxc4 10. Na3 Rg8 11. Nxc4 Nxc4 12. d4 Nb6 13. Bh5 Nxh5 14. Qxh5
Rg7 15. Nxh7 Qd7 16. dxc5 dxc5 $15 {Carlsen-Topalov, Saint Louis 2015.}) 6...
b6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bb7 9. c4 e6 ({The greedy} 9... Nxe4 $6 {is too
dangerous, because} 10. f3 Nef6 11. Nf5 $40 {and White has a strong attack.})
10. Nc3 Be7 11. f3 Rc8 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8 15. Kh1 Rfe8 16. a3
Bd8 {A very typical manoeuvre in the Hedgehog System. Black prepares for ...
Bc7 with which he exerts pressure on the b8-h2 diagonal.} 17. Bg1 {A
prophylactic move.} h5 $146 {A novelty by Topalov. Black would like to advance
with his h-P and creates some weaknesses on White's kingside.} (17... Bc7 18.
b4 d5 19. cxd5 Bf4 20. Be3 Bxh2 (20... Bxe3 {(Fernandez Aguado-Vehi Bach,
Sitges 1989)} 21. Rxe3 $1 exd5 22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. exd5 $16 {
and White is a healthy P up.}) 21. dxe6 fxe6 22. Qa2 Nf8 23. Bc4 $16 {and
White is better, for example} Qe5 24. Bxe6+ $1 Nxe6 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Bd4 $1
$18 {and wins.}) 18. b3 Ne5 (18... h4 $5 {was also possible.}) 19. f4 Ned7 20.
b4 Qa8 {White weakened his e4-P after f4, so Black immediately puts it under
pressure.} (20... h4 $5) 21. Bd3 Be7 {The B was already useless on d8.} (21...
h4 $5) 22. h3 Rc7 $6 {An inaccuracy.} ({Even now} 22... h4 $5 {was an
interesting option too.}) 23. Re2 (23. e5 $1 {was the strongest reply,} dxe5
24. fxe5 Nh7 25. Bh2 $1 $36 {followed by Ne4 and White has a nice initiative.})
23... h4 24. Bf2 Nh5 25. Nf3 Ng3+ 26. Bxg3 hxg3 27. Qe1 Nf6 28. Qxg3 Nh5 29.
Qg4 Nf6 30. Qg3 Nh5 31. Qg4 Nf6 32. Qh4 g6 ({In the event of} 32... Nxe4 33.
Ng5 Nxg5 34. fxg5 g6 35. Rf1 Bf8 36. Be4 $1 {and now} Rxc4 $2 {does not work
because of} 37. Rxf7 $3 Kxf7 38. Qh7+ Bg7 39. Rf2+ $18 {and White wins.}) 33.
Ng5 Qd8 (33... Nh5 {was also an alternative.}) 34. Rd1 Nh5 35. Qg4 e5 ({
Probably} 35... Nf6 {was more accurate,} 36. Qf3 Nh5 {and in the event of} 37.
Nxe6 $5 fxe6 38. Qg4 Nxf4 39. Qxf4 Bf6 $44 {with a double-edged fight.}) 36.
Nd5 Bxd5 37. exd5 Bxg5 38. fxg5 Nf4 39. Rc2 b5 $2 {A decisive mistake,
probably in time trouble.} (39... Nxd3 40. Rxd3 e4 41. Rd4 e3 42. Re2 Rce7 $44
{with some compensation for the P.}) 40. c5 $1 Nxd3 (40... Nxd5 {could have
been met by} 41. Bxg6 $1 Ne3 42. Bh7+ $1 Kxh7 (42... Kf8 43. Qh5 $1 Nxd1 44.
Qh6+ Ke7 45. Rd2 $18) 43. Qe4+ $18 {and White wins.}) 41. Rxd3 e4 42. Rd4 e3
43. c6 Re5 44. h4 Rce7 45. Re2 Qb6 46. g3 a5 47. Kg2 axb4 48. axb4 Qa7 49. Rd3
Re4 50. Qc8+ Kh7 51. Qd8 Rxb4 52. Rd1 Rbe4 53. Qxd6 Qa4 54. Rde1 $2 {This safe
move is a mistake! Now Black gets some chances.} (54. Rc1 $1 $18 {was the best
answer followed by c7, so Black can resign.}) 54... Qc4 $1 {The correct reply!}
55. h5 gxh5 56. Qh6+ Kg8 57. g6 fxg6 $2 {The decisive mistake, which loses
immediately!} (57... f5 $1 {was very important,} 58. Rxe3 (58. Qxh5 Qxd5) 58...
Rxe3 59. Rxe3 Qxd5+ 60. Kf1 Qh1+ $11 {and Black survives with perpetual checks.
}) 58. Qxg6+ $18 Rg7 59. Qxh5 Qd4 60. Ra2 {Now Black is already helpless.} Rf4
61. Ra8+ Rf8 62. Rxf8+ Kxf8 63. Qh8+ Kf7 64. Rf1+ Ke7 65. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2816"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. c3 Qd7 15.
Qe2 Rad8 16. Rd1 d5 17. b4 h6 18. Bd2 Rfe8 19. h3 Bd6 20. Be1 Qc7 21. Rdc1 Qd7
22. bxc5 Bxc5 23. a4 bxa4 24. Rxa4 a5 25. Qa2 Bb6 26. c4 dxe4 27. dxe4 Bc7 28.
c5 Qd3 29. Bc3 Qb5 30. Rb1 Qa6 31. Nd2 Rd3 32. Qc2 Red8 33. Nc4 Qa7 34. Nb6 Qa6
35. Qa2 Rd1+ 36. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 37. Kh2 Kf7 38. Bxa5 Qb5 39. Nc4 (39. Qc4 $1) 39...
Nxa5 40. Nxa5 Qxc5 41. Nb3 $2 (41. Nc4 $11 {Black's structure is bad but he is
very active. Svidler should hold.}) 41... Qc3 42. Ra7 $4 {Probably this move
came with a draw offer. Svidler took it, though he is winning:} (42. Ra7 Qe1
43. Rxc7+ Kg6 {White is getting mated and his knight is trapped. For example:}
44. Nf5 Qg1+ 45. Kg3 Nh5+ 46. Kf3 Rd3+ 47. Ne3 Nf4 {and White will soon be
mated on g2.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 cxd4 10. exd4 Bd7 11. Qe4 g6 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Rac1 Bf6 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Qf4 Bh8 16. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 17. Rxe1 Qf6 18. Qc7 Qd8 19. Qf4 Qf6 20. Qc7 Qd8 21.
Qf4 Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 g5
9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bh2 Qf6 11. Nbd2 Nf4 12. Bxf4 gxf4 13. Qe2 Kh8 14. O-O-O Rg8 15.
Rdg1 Bd7 16. g4 fxg3 17. Rxg3 Ne7 18. d4 Bb6 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rxg8+ Kxg8 21.
Qe3 Nc6 22. Rg1+ Kh7 23. Qd3 Rg8 24. Rxg8 Kxg8 25. dxe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Qxe5 27.
Qf3 Qe7 28. h4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 8.
Qd3 c5 9. d5 Bg4 10. Ng5 h6 11. h3 Bc8 12. Nf3 e6 13. dxe6 Bxe6 14. Be3 Qe7 15.
Rd1 Nc6 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 {A typical Grunfeld position. Black has some
problems with his c5 pawn at the moment, but he is definitely better developed
than White.} c4 (17... Na5 18. Bxc5 Rfc8 19. Be3 Rxc3 $1 {With strong
counterplay.}) 18. Rxe6 {An obvious exchange sacrifice. White does get enough
compensation for the lost material, but it is unlikely that it is any more
than that.} fxe6 19. Bxc4 Rfe8 (19... Kf7 $1) 20. Nb5 Na5 21. Bd3 {Black has
some issues since a7 is hanging and there is a fork that is being threatened
on c7.} Rec8 22. Ke2 Nc4 $5 {The start of an unusual series of trades.} (22...
a6 23. Nd6 Rd8 24. e5 Nd7 25. Bxg6 $14) 23. Nxa7 $1 Nxe3 24. Nxc8 Nxg2 25. Ne7+
$1 (25. Rc1 Nf4+ 26. Ke3 Nxh3 $15) 25... Kf7 26. Nxg6 $1 {A nice detail.
Because the knight covers f4, it cannot be ignored.} Kxg6 27. Rg1 Rxa2 (27...
Nd7 28. Rxg2+ Kf7 {was probably better, gunning for the b2 pawn and taking
control of e5.}) 28. Rxg2+ Kf7 29. Ne5+ {White emergest upa a pawn and retains
winning chances.} Kf8 30. Ng6+ Kf7 31. Nf4 Rxb2+ 32. Ke3 Bf8 33. Bc4 Rb6 {
Black is just in time to defend his pawn, but even that endgame is unpleasant.}
34. Nxe6 Rxe6 35. e5 (35. f4 Ke7 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Kd4 Nd7 $1 {seems close to
a draw as well.}) 35... Nd7 36. f4 b5 $1 37. Bxe6+ Kxe6 38. Rd2 b4 $1 39. f5+
Kxf5 40. Rxd7 Kxe5 {White has an extra exchange, but because of the powerful
passed b-pawn and the reduced number of pawns there is nothing Svidler can do
to win.} 41. Kd3 Kf6 42. Rd5 Ke6 43. Rb5 Kf6 44. Ke4 Be7 45. Kf4 Bd6+ 46. Ke4
Be7 47. Kf4 Bd6+ 48. Kg4 Ke6 49. Kh5 Kd7 {White captures the pawn on h6, but
now the b-pawn is dangerous.} 50. Kxh6 Kc6 51. Rf5 b3 52. Rf1 Kc5 53. h4 b2 54.
Rb1 Be5 55. Kg6 Kc4 56. Rxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. Bb3 Ba7 8. Nbd2
h6 9. Qe2 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nf1 O-O 12. Ng3 Qe8 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Nh5
15. Nxh5 Qxh5 16. O-O Ne7 17. Kh2 Rf6 18. d4 Raf8 19. Ng1 Ng6 20. g3 Qg5 21.
Qe2 h5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Rad1 h4 24. Rd3 hxg3+ 25. Rxg3 Qh4 26. Qe3 Qh5 27. Rg4
Nf4 28. Qg3 Qh7 29. Rg5 R8f7 30. Rd1 Qh6 31. Qg4 Kh7 32. Rd8 g6 33. f3 Nh5 34.
Qg2 Rf8 35. Rd7+ R6f7 36. Rd1 Qg7 37. Qg4 Qf6 38. h4 Nf4 39. Kh1 Kg7 40. Rd2
Rh8 41. Qg3 Rh6 42. c4 Kf8 43. b3 Rfh7 44. Rh2 Ke8 45. Rg4 Kd7 46. Qf2 Kc8 47.
Ne2 Nxe2 48. Qxe2 Rxh4 49. Rhxh4 Rxh4+ 50. Rxh4 Qxh4+ 51. Kg2 Qg5+ 52. Kh2 Kd7
53. Qd3+ Ke7 54. Qc3 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wei, Yi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 8.
Qb5 Bd7 9. Qb3 c5 10. d5 Qb6 11. Bc4 Bg4 12. Be3 Nbd7 13. Nd2 Ne5 14. h3 Bc8
15. Be2 e6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. f4 Ned7 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bc4 Nb8 20. O-O Nc6 21.
e5 Ne8 22. a3 g5 23. fxg5 Nxe5 24. Be2 Nd6 25. g4 Bd7 26. Nce4 Nxe4 27. Nxe4
Bc6 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Bd2 Ng6 30. Bc3 e5 31. Kh2 h6 32. Nh5 hxg5 33. Bd3 Nh4 34.
Nxg7 Nf3+ 35. Kg3 Kxg7 36. Bf5 Nd4 37. Rae1 Rae8 38. Re3 Rf7 39. Rfe1 Rxf5 40.
gxf5 Nxf5+ 41. Kg4 Nxe3+ 42. Rxe3 Kf6 43. Re1 Bd7+ 44. Kg3 Bf5 45. h4 gxh4+ 46.
Kxh4 Bd3 47. Kg4 Bf5+ 48. Kf3 Bd7 49. Rxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.25"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Ng3 a6 8. Be2
Bf8 9. c4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Rc1 Ndb4 13. d3 Qd7 14. a3 Nd5 15.
Nce4 a5 16. Ng5 Nb6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bg4 Qd6 19. Qc2 Nd5 20. Rfd1 Red8 21. Bf3
g6 22. Ne4 Qe6 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Qxc5 Ra6 25. Qc4 Rb6 26. g3 Nde7 27. Qxe6 fxe6
28. b4 axb4 29. axb4 Nd5 30. Bc3 Rd7 31. d4 exd4 32. Bxd4 Rxb4 33. Bc5 Ra4 34.
Be2 Ra5 35. e4 Nf6 36. Rxd7 Nxd7 37. Be3 Kf7 38. Rb1 Nd8 39. f4 b6 40. Rd1 Ke7
41. f5 exf5 42. exf5 Nf7 43. Bf4 Nde5 44. Rc1 c6 45. Be3 b5 46. Bc5+ Kf6 47.
fxg6 hxg6 48. Rf1+ Ke6 49. Bd1 Ng5 50. Bb3+ Nc4 51. Kg2 Ra8 52. Bb4 (52. Bc2
Ra2 53. Rf2 Rxc2 $5 54. Rxc2 Kd5 55. Bf2 b4 56. Rc1 $1 {Looks risky but is
holdable.}) 52... Ne4 $1 {The knights are doing an excellent job of
controlling the bishops now.} 53. Re1 Kd5 54. Rd1+ Ke5 55. Re1 Kd4 56. Rd1+ Ke3
57. Rc1 {Black's made real progress, and now Svidler goes in for the kill.} c5
58. Re1+ Kd4 59. Rd1+ Ke5 60. Bxc4 bxc4 61. Be1 Ra3 62. Kf1 Ra2 63. Rc1 Kd4 64.
Rd1+ Ke3 65. Rc1 Kd3 66. Rd1+ Nd2+ {Black is simply too active. The pawn rolls
forward.} 67. Bxd2 Rxd2 68. Ke1 c3 {Black threatens Ke3, Rxh2 and there is
nothing White can do about it.} (68... Rxd1+ 69. Kxd1 Ke3 {is actually also
winning.}) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Bb7 {Svidler did play the Ruy Lopez in Baku, but he mostly preferred
the Breyer system with} (9... Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1
(13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 Rc8 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 c5 18. bxc5 exd4 19. c6
dxc3 20. cxb7 cxd2 21. Qxd2 Rb8 22. Bxb5 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qxb7 24. Bd3 Qa8 25. Rxb8
Rxb8 26. Bb2 Qa2 27. Re2 h6 28. Qc1 Qb3 29. Bc4 Qb7 $132 {0-1 (38) Karjakin,S 
(2762)-Svidler,P (2727) Baku 2015}) 13... Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 {Svidler
preferred the rare} Rb8 $5 ({After the standard continuation} 15... c5 16. d5
c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 {Black has lately faced some problems in
the line} 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Nf1 Nd7 22. Qe3 {Here a new idea is} Rb8 $5 (22...
Qf6 23. Ra2 Kh7 24. Ng5+ Kg8 25. Rea1 Qf4 $6 26. g3 Qxe3 27. Nxe3 Bd6 28. h4 $1
$36 {Yu,Y (2668)-Safarli,E (2649) Tromso 2014/ For more details see the notes
to this game in CBM 162.}) 23. N1d2 Nb6 24. axb5 (24. Ra2 b4 $1) 24... axb5 25.
Ra2 Ra8 26. Rea1 Qf6 27. Qe1 Rxa2 28. Rxa2 Nc8 29. b3 cxb3 30. Nxb3 c4 31. Na5
Nd6 32. Nxb7 Nxb7 33. Qa1 Qf4 34. Ra7 Nd6 $132 {Saric,I (2678)-Amin,B (2636)
WCup Baku 2015}) 16. Bd3 (16. Bd2 d5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. dxe5 Nxe4
20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bf4 Qxd1 22. Raxd1 Bg7 23. Rd7 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Rxe5 25. Bb3 c5
26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27. Ba2 Re7 28. Rxe7 Kxe7 29. Bb1 Kf6 30. Bxe4 Re8 31. f3 Bxe4
32. fxe4 Rd8 33. Kf2 Ke5 {½, Timofeev,A (2664)-Tkachiev,V (2657) Dagomys 2008}
) 16... exd4 17. cxd4 c5 $132 {The exd4 motif is more typical for the Zaitsev,
in the Breyer Black mostly tends to hold on to his centre. However, Svidler
still found a plausible way to employ this idea:} 18. axb5 (18. Bf4 Qb6 (18...
c4 $5 19. Bc2 b4 $132) 19. a5 $6 (19. b4 $5 $13) 19... Qa7 20. d5 c4 21. Bc2
Nc5 22. Qd2 Ba8 23. Rad1 Qc7 24. Bh6 Qe7 25. Nf5 gxf5 26. Qg5+ Kh8 27. Bxf8
Rxf8 28. e5 Nxd5 29. Qxf5 Nd3 30. Ng5 f6 31. exd6 {Zhigalko,S (2668)-Kolesnik,
E (2374) Minsk 2010} Qxe1+ $1 32. Rxe1 fxg5 $17) 18... axb5 19. d5 c4 20. Bc2
Nc5 21. Bd2 Nfd7 22. Bc3 Ne5 23. Nxe5 dxe5 24. Qd2 Qb6 25. Bb4 Ra8 26. Nf1 Rxa1
27. Rxa1 Ra8 28. Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Qc3 Bd6 30. Nd2 Bb7 31. b3 Ba6 $1 32. bxc4 bxc4
33. Nxc4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Nxe4 $11 {Radjabov,T (2738)-Svidler,P (2727) WCup Baku
2015}) 10. d4 Re8 (10... Nd7 {is probably not ideal:} {Kislik recommends the
more refined} 11. Bc2 $5 {, now after} (11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Re8 {transposes
back to the game.}) (11. a4 Na5 (11... Bf6 12. d5 Ne7 13. axb5 axb5 14. Rxa8
Qxa8 15. Na3 Ba6 16. Nh2 (16. Be3 Nc5 17. Bc2 c6 18. b4 Nd7 19. c4 bxc4 20. Ba4
Bb7 21. Nxc4 cxd5 22. Nxd6 dxe4 23. Nh2 Bc6 24. b5 Bd5 25. b6 Rd8 26. Bxd7 Rxd7
27. Nxe4 $36 {Svidler,P (2690)-Gabriel,C (2555) Bad Homburg 1998}) 16... Ng6
17. Ng4 Be7 18. Ne3 Rb8 19. Nec2 Nc5 20. Nb4 Bc8 21. Nc6 Rb6 22. Bc2 Bd7 23. b4
Nb7 24. Be3 $1 $16 {Dominguez Perez,L (2726)-Svidler,P (2739) Tbilisi 2015})
12. Bc2 c5 13. d5 $142 (13. Nbd2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nc6 15. d5 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bf6 (
16... Re8 17. Ra3 Bf6 18. Nh2 g6 (18... c4 19. Ng4 Bg5 $13) 19. Ng4 Bg7 20. Nf3
h5 21. Nh6+ Kf8 22. Qd2 Nf6 {De Firmian,N (2540)-Kjartansson,G (2306)
Copenhagen 2007} 23. Ng5 $1 Bxh6 24. Ne6+ fxe6 25. Qxh6+ Kf7 26. e5 $18) 17.
Nf1 c4 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 {Robson,R (2596)-Bartel,M (2658) Moscow 2012}
Bxa8 $132 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 13... c4 14. Na3 (14. Be3 $5 Qb8 15. Nbd2 Nc5 16. Ra3
Rc8 17. Qe2 Bd8 18. Rea1 Bb6 19. Nh2 Qc7 20. Kh1 {Pikula,D (2489)-Abramovic,B 
(2469) Pozarevac 2013} Rf8 {/\} 21. f4 exf4 22. Bxf4 Rae8 $132) 14... bxa4 $5
15. Bxa4 Nc5 16. Bc2 Ncb3 17. Ra2 Nxc1 18. Qxc1 Qc7 19. Qe3 f5 20. Nb1 Nb3 21.
Ra4 a5 22. exf5 Bxd5 23. Be4 Qc6 24. Bxd5+ Qxd5 25. Nbd2 Nc5 26. Rxc4 Rxf5 $11
{Dominguez Perez,L (2734)-Efimenko,Z (2689) St Petersburg rpd 2012}) 11... exd4
(11... Re8 12. d5 Na5 13. Nbd2 c6 14. b4 Nc4 15. Nxc4 bxc4 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17.
Qe2 Nb6 18. a4 a5 19. b5 Bd7 20. Be3 Be6 21. Rad1 $36 {Radulski,J (2586)-Rusev,
K (2536) Bankia 2011}) 12. cxd4 Nb4 13. Bb3 c5 14. a3 Nc6 {White still retains
the option to develop his knight more actively with} 15. Nc3 Re8 (15... Nxd4
16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Nd5 Nc5 19. Ba2 $14) 16. Nd5 Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Qxf6
18. Be3 Rxe4 19. dxc5 (19. Bc2 Ree8 20. Qd3 g6 21. Bg5 $44) 19... Nxc5 20. Bd5
Re7 21. Rc1 $44 {White has compensation, but it's an open question if he can
claim an advantage as well.}) 11. Nbd2 exd4 {The recent fashion. Svidler faced
this new line earlier this year with White against Kjartansson, got interested
and added it to his repertoire. Also an article by Erik Kislik in the New in
Chess Yearbook didn't go unnoticed and the system started appearing at GM
level more often.} ({Until now the standard Zaitsev continuation has been} 
11... Bf8 12. a3 ({The text-move heralds a positional approach, promoted by L.
Kritz in a survey in CBM 139.} 12. a4 h6 13. Bc2 exd4 14. cxd4 Nb4 15. Bb1 c5
16. d5 Nd7 17. Ra3 $13 {is the main Zaitsev line, which has been around for
about 30 years now, since the legendary K-K matches. An article in CBM 138
sums up the developments in this branch up to October 2010. While it probably
remains playable for Black, over the board players tend to avoid it due to its
extreme complexity. Thus this tactical line has become mostly the domain of
postal, or engine encounters.}) 12... h6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nh2 Nbd7 15. Qf3 c6 16.
dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4 Nc5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. Bc2 Red8 21. Nf1 d5 22.
exd5 Bxd5 23. Ng3 Bb3 24. Bxb3 Nxb3 25. Rb1 Kh7 26. Be3 Kg6 27. f4 exf4 28.
Bxf4 Nd2 29. Rbc1 Nc4 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. Ne2 Re8 32. Bc1 Bd6 33. Rf1 Rd2 $1 $11 {
Giri,A (2798)-Ding,L (2782) Bilbao 2015}) 12. cxd4 (12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 c5
$132 {/=/+ only eases Black's task.}) 12... Nd7 (12... Na5 $6 13. Bc2 Nd7 {
enables the timely} 14. b3 $1 Bf6 15. Bb2 c5 16. e5 dxe5 17. dxe5 Be7 18. Ne4
Nf8 19. Qe2 Qb6 20. Nfg5 (20. Ng3 $1 Ne6 21. Nf5 Rad8 22. Rad1 $14 {Kislik})
20... Bxe4 21. Nxe4 Nc6 22. Qg4 Nd4 23. Bd3 Rad8 24. Rad1 Ng6 25. Ng5 Bxg5 26.
Qxg5 Rxe5 27. Rxe5 f6 28. Re8+ Rxe8 29. Qd5+ Ne6 30. Bf5 $44 {[%csl Gb2,Gf5]
Mihok,O (2455)-Kislik,E (2362) Budapest 2014}) 13. Nf1 {The natural reaction.}
(13. a3 $146 Bf6 14. d5 Nce5 (14... Na5 $5 15. Ba2 c5 16. dxc6 Nxc6 $11 {
[%cal Yc6e5,Yd7c5] /=/+ with excellent piece play.}) 15. Nxe5 Nxe5 16. Nf1 (16.
Nf3 $11) 16... Nc4 17. Bxc4 bxc4 18. Nd2 c6 19. dxc6 Bxc6 20. Nxc4 d5 21. Ne3
$2 (21. e5 dxc4 22. exf6 Qxf6 $15) 21... Rxe4 22. Rb1 h5 23. Bd2 d4 $17 {
Edouard,R (2630)-Smirin,I (2655) W Cup Baku 2015}) ({After the untested} 13. d5
Na5 14. Nd4 {Kislik recommends} Bf6 15. Nf5 Bc8 16. Bc2 Nb6 17. Ne3 c6 18. dxc6
Nxc6 $1 19. a4 Rb8 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd3 Nd7 (21... Nd4 22. Nf3 Bd7 $132) 22.
Nd5 Nc5 23. Nf3 Be6 24. Be3 Bxb2 25. Rb1 Bxd5 26. exd5 Nxd3 27. Qxd3 Ne5 28.
Nxe5 Bxe5 $11) 13... Na5 (13... Bf6 {[%cal Yc6a5]} 14. Qd2 $5 {stops Na5} a5 (
14... Nb6 15. Ng3 Nc4 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Nh5 $14) 15. a4 (15. Ng3 $5 a4 16. Bd5
Nb6 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Qd3 Nc4 19. Rb1 $14 {Kislik}) 15... Nb4 16. Ng3 c5 17.
Nf5 c4 $6 (17... Qb6 $5 $13) 18. Bc2 Nb6 19. axb5 Bc8 20. Ng3 g6 21. Bb1 Bd7
22. e5 Bg7 23. Ne4 $16 {Smirin,I (2652)-Urkedal,F (2469) Stockholm 2013}) 14.
Bc2 Bf6 {[%mdl 32] The critical opening position of the new line. Black has
given up the e5-point, combines the Zaitsev and Chigorin systems, possibly
striving for a Benoni-like structure. Contrary to the main line of the Zaitsev,
Black has another point in his favour - he has avoided weakening his kingside
with h6. While this is certainly not the classical Closed Ruy Lopez strategy ,
it's undoubtedly a very interesting approach! Studying this line, one must
also take into account numerous engine games - the machines have played it
more often than humans!} (14... c5 15. Ne3 cxd4 16. Nxd4 g6 (16... Bf6 17. Ndf5
Bxe4 18. Nxd6 Bxc2 19. Qxc2 Re6 20. Rd1 Ra7 (20... Be5 21. Ndf5) 21. Ne4 Qe8
22. Nxf6+ Nxf6 23. b3 Nc6 24. Bb2 Ne7 25. a4 Rc6 26. Qe2 bxa4 27. Rxa4 $36 {
Pranjic,M (2397)-Favai,J email 2011}) 17. b3 $1 (17. Ng4 Ne5 18. Nh6+ Kg7 19.
f4 Kxh6 20. fxe5+ Kg7 21. e6 Bf6 22. exf7 Kxf7 23. Bb3+ Nc4 $36 {[%cal Rd8b6]
Pichot,A (2492)-Mekhitarian,K (2570) Buenos Aires 2015}) 17... Rc8 18. Bb2 Nc6
({Kislik also analyses this position and considers alternatives} 18... Bg5 19.
Nd5 Nb6 20. Qg4 $1 Nxd5 21. exd5 Bf6 22. Be4 Be5 (22... Bg7 23. Re2 Be5 (23...
f5 24. Bxf5 Rxe2 25. Be6+ Rxe6 26. Nxe6 Qd7 27. Nxg7 Qxg4 28. hxg4 Kf7 29. g5
Bxd5 30. Rd1 $14) 24. Rae1 Qf6 25. Qf3 Kg7 26. Qd3 $16 {[%cal Yg2g3,Ye4g2,
Yf2f4]}) 23. Rad1 b4 24. Ba1 Qf6 25. Qd7 $1 (25. Bf3 Qd8 26. Be4 Qf6 $11) 25...
Qd8 (25... Ba8 26. Bf3 $14) 26. Qa4 Qb6 27. Re3 Re7 28. Bf3 $14 {[%csl Ra5]
Black's main problem is of course the offside Na5.}) (18... Bf6 19. Ng4 Bg7 20.
Qd2 Nc6 21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. b4 $14) 19. Nd5 Bf8 20. Ne2 Bg7 21.
Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qd2 Nf6 23. Ng3 Kg8 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rad1 Red8 26. Re2 Qe7 27.
Qe3 Ne5 28. Red2 {Mourato,M (2329)-Moreira,J (2406) email 2012}) 15. Rb1 {
White has numerous options, preparing b3 and Bb2 is one of the critical moves.}
(15. N1h2 c5 16. Ng4 (16. d5 Nc4 17. Rb1 Nce5 18. Nxe5 Nxe5 19. f4 Nd7 $5 {
is an untested suggestion by Kislik, who considers the knight misplaced on g6.}
(19... Ng6 20. Be3 Bh4 21. Re2 a5 22. g4 (22. Nf1 a4 23. g3 Bf6 24. Nh2 b4 25.
Ng4 Ba6 26. Re1 b3 27. axb3 axb3 28. Bxb3 Rxe4 29. Bc2 {Sokolov,A (2563)-Baron,
T (2467) Haguenau 2013} Rb4 $11) 22... Bg3 23. Qf1 b4 (23... h6 $5 $13) 24. Qf3
Ba6 25. Rg2 Bxh2+ 26. Rxh2 Bc4 27. b3 Bb5 28. h4 a4 29. h5 $36 {Smirin,I (2663)
-Baron,T (2473) Acre 2013}) 20. Nf3 (20. Be3 $2 Bh4 21. Re2 f5 $1 22. exf5 Nf6
$17) 20... a5 21. b3 b4 22. Bb2 Bxb2 23. Rxb2 Nb6 $132 {<<}) 16... cxd4 (16...
Bxd4 17. Nxd4 cxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 {-16...cxd4.}) 17. Nxd4 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Rc8 19.
Qd1 (19. Ne3 Nf6 20. f3 d5 21. exd5 Bxd5 (21... Nxd5 22. Bf5 Rc4 {De Firmian,N
(2553)-Fressinet,L (2654) Selfoss 2003} 23. Qd2 $5 $14) (21... Rxe3 $5 22.
Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Bxe3 Nxd5 $13) 22. Bf5 (22. Qd2 Nc6 23. b3 Be6 24. Qxd8 Rexd8
25. Bb2 Nd4 26. Bb1 b4 27. Kf1 Rc7 28. Rd1 Rcd7 29. Nc2 Nxc2 30. Bxc2 Nd5 $11 {
Kislik}) 22... Nc6 23. Qh4 $6 Be6 24. Rd1 Qb6 25. Kh1 Rcd8 26. Rf1 Nd4 27. Bxe6
Rxe6 $17 {Sautto,D (2097)-Dervishi,E (2523) Genova 2002}) (19. Re2 Ne5 (19...
Nf8 20. Qd1 Ne6 $132) 20. Ne3 Qf6 {Wang,J (2375)-Urkedal,F (2473) Reykjavik
2013} 21. Qb6 $14) 19... h5 $5 (19... Nc4 20. a4 Nc5 21. axb5 axb5 22. f3 Qb6
23. Kh1 Ne6 24. b3 Qd4 25. Ra2 Ne5 26. Ne3 Nc6 27. Bb1 Qxd1 28. Rxd1 Nc5 29.
Nf5 $16 {Bauer,C (2602)-Fressinet,L (2654) Belfort 2003}) (19... d5 20. Bd2 Nf8
21. Ne3 dxe4 22. Bc3 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Nc4 24. Nxc4 Rxc4 25. f3 Ne6 26. fxe4 Nc5
27. e5 Ne4 $11) 20. Nh2 (20. Ne3 $5 Nf6 21. b4 (21. f3 d5 $11) 21... Nc6 22.
Bb3 Rxe4 23. Bb2 Ne5 24. Qd2 $44 {Kislik}) 20... Qc7 (20... d5 $1 $11) 21. Bb1
Nf6 22. Bg5 Nxe4 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qxh5 Bg6 $6 (24... d5 $1 25. Rac1 Nc6 26.
Qg4 Qb7 27. Bf6 Bg6 $11 {Kislik}) 25. Qh4 Qc4 26. Ng4 f5 $2 (26... Rxe1+ 27.
Rxe1 Nc6 $14) 27. b3 Qf7 28. Ne3 Re4 29. Bf4 d5 30. f3 Ree8 31. Rad1 Rcd8 32.
Rc1 d4 33. Nf1 $40 {[%csl Rg6,Rg8] Svidler,P (2739)-Kjartansson,G (2468)
Caleta 2015}) ({Another important alternative is} 15. Bf4 Nf8 (15... c5 $6 16.
e5 $1 dxe5 17. dxe5 Bxf3 18. Qd3 $1 Nxe5 $2 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 20. Ng3 Ng6 21. Nf5
Re2 22. Rxe2 Bxe2 23. Re1 Bd3 24. Nh6 Ne5 25. Qg8+ Ke7 26. Qxf7+ Kd6 27. Bxd3
gxh6 28. Be4 Nac6 29. Rd1+ Nd4 30. Bxa8 {1-0, Robson,R (2613)-Chirila,I (2514)
Lubbock 2013}) {The main engine continuation is} 16. Bg3 (16. Ng3 Ne6 (16... g6
17. b3 (17. Rb1 c5 18. d5 Nc4 19. Qc1 Nd7 20. Nf1 Rc8 (20... Bc8 $5 $13) 21.
N1h2 Nce5 22. Nxe5 Nxe5 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 c4 25. g5 Bg7 26. Bd2 a5 27. Bc3
b4 28. Bxg7 Kxg7 29. Qe3 Qe7 30. f4 Qc7 31. Qd4+ Kg8 {Yu Yangyi (2736)-Svidler,
P (2740) Ningbo 2015} 32. Ba4 $14) 17... c5 18. d5 $5 {was an impressive
positional sacrifice, White quickly got a dangerous attack after} Bxa1 19. Qxa1
f6 20. Nh2 Bc8 21. Bc1 Ra7 22. Bb2 Rf7 23. f4 b4 24. Rf1 c4 25. Bd4 Qc7 26. Qd1
Bd7 27. f5 cxb3 28. axb3 Rc8 29. Bd3 Bb5 30. Ng4 $40 {Gopal,G (2575)-Narayanan,
S (2459) Kolkata 2015}) 17. Bc1 (17. Bd2 Nc4 18. Bc3 c5 19. e5 dxe5 (19... cxd4
20. exf6 dxc3 21. fxg7 Qf6 22. Qd3 Qxg7 23. bxc3 $14) (19... Be7 $5) 20. dxe5
Be7 21. b3 b4 (21... Na3 22. Be4) 22. bxc4 Qxd1 23. Raxd1 Bxf3 24. gxf3 bxc3
25. Ne2 Rab8 26. Nxc3 Nd4 27. Be4 Rb4 28. Bd5 Rb2 $132 {[%cal Ye7h4]} 29. Rb1
Rc2 30. Rbc1 Rb2 31. Rb1 Rc2 32. Rbc1 Rb2 {½, Motylev,A (2658)-Svidler,P 
(2739) Chita 2015}) 17... g6 18. Rb1 c5 (18... d5 $5 19. e5 Bg7 20. h4 c5 21.
dxc5 Qc7 22. b4 Nc4 $44 {is Kislik's idea.}) 19. d5 Nd4 20. Nxd4 Bxd4 21. b3
Bc8 22. Bf4 b4 $13 {Pavlidis,A (2522)-Bok,B (2591) Hoogeveen 2015}) 16... c5
17. e5 (17. dxc5 dxc5 18. e5 (18. Qb1 Qb6 19. e5 (19. Ne3 Rad8 (19... Ng6 20.
e5 Nxe5 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bxe5 Bxe5 23. Ng4 Bd4 24. Qf5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 g6 26.
Rxe8+ Rxe8 27. Qxf7 Qe6 28. Qxg6 Qxg6 29. Bxg6 Re2 $44) 20. Nf5 Bc8 $5 (20...
Nc4 21. e5 Bxf3 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. gxf3 Nd2 25. Qd1 Re1+ 26. Qxe1
Nxf3+ 27. Kf1 Nxe1 28. Rxe1 $16) 21. e5 Bxf5 22. Bxf5 Be7 $13) 19... Be7 20.
Ne3 Rad8 21. Be4 c4 22. Bxb7 Nxb7 23. Nf5 Bb4 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Ng6 $13 {
quaddy,h (2586)-amadeus chess,h (2648) playchess.com 2011}) 18... Qxd1 19.
Raxd1 Bd8 $5 20. Ne3 Bc7 21. Nd5 Bd8 22. b3 (22. Be4 Ne6 23. Bf4 Rb8 24. g3 c4
25. Nc3 Nc6 26. a3 Bc7 27. Rd7 Rbd8 28. Rxd8 Rxd8 29. Ng5 h6 30. Nxe6 fxe6 $15
{sweaty carpenter,h (2587)-hope,h (2558) Engine Room 2011}) 22... Ne6 23. Be4
Rc8 24. Nh4 g6 25. Nf3 Ba8 26. Nc3 Nc6 27. Re3 Kg7 28. Nd5 Ncd4 29. Nf6 Rf8 $11
{Sin Libro,C (2492)-Hope,H (2497) Engine Room 2011}) 17... dxe5 18. dxe5 {
- 17.dxc5 dxc5 18.e5}) ({The immediate} 15. b3 c5 16. Bb2 Nc6 {is too soft:}
17. Ng3 (17. Qd2 Rc8 18. Rac1 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Qb6 $11) 17... g6 18. Qd2 Rc8 19.
Rad1 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Bb1 Qb6 22. Bxd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Qxd4 24. Rxd4 d5 25.
Red1 Nf6 $11 {Preotu,R (2447)-Stefansson,H (2560) Reykjavik 2015}) (15. Ng3 g6
16. Bh6 (16. b3 c5 17. Be3 Nc6 18. Rc1 Nxd4 $1 (18... h5 {Gao,R (2533)-Eljanov,
P (2727) Reykjavik 2015} 19. e5 $1 cxd4 20. Nxd4 Nxd4 21. exf6 $44) 19. Nxd4
cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bg5 21. Be3 d5 22. exd5 Bxe3 23. fxe3 Qb6 $11) (16. Bf4 c5 17.
Bxd6 cxd4 18. Bd3 {Hevia Alejano,C (2511)-Kjartansson,G (2451) Merida 2014} Nc4
19. Bxc4 bxc4 20. Nxd4 Ne5 $17) 16... Rc8 $5 (16... Nc4 17. b3 Na3 18. Bd3 c5
19. Bf4 Nf8 20. e5 dxe5 {Kryvoruchko,Y (2708)-Iordachescu,V (2589) Abu Dhabi
2014} 21. Bc1 $5 b4 22. Bxa3 bxa3 23. dxc5 e4 24. Bxe4 Bxa1 25. Qxa1 $44) 17.
b3 (17. b4 Nc4 18. Bb3 Ndb6 $1 19. a4 bxa4 20. Bxc4 Nxc4 21. Qxa4 Re6 $132 {
Kislik}) 17... c5 18. Rc1 ({More testing might be the generous} 18. d5 $5 Bxa1
19. Qxa1 $44) 18... cxd4 19. Nxd4 d5 20. Re2 Bg5 21. Bxg5 Qxg5 22. Nf3 Qf4 23.
exd5 Bxd5 24. Qd2 Qxd2 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Nxd2 Nf6 $11 {Quesada Perez,Y (2637)
-Narayanan,S (2459) Kolkata 2015} 27. Ndf1 Bb7 28. Ne3 Nc6 29. Bb1 Re7 30. Ne2
Nb4 $11 {Quesada Perez,Y (2637)-Narayanan,S (2459) Kolkata 2015}) ({Also after
} 15. Qd3 {there are only a few human games:} Nf8 (15... g6 16. N1h2 c5 17. Ng4
Nc6 18. d5 Nb4 19. Qd2 Nxc2 20. Qxc2 Bg7 21. Bh6 Bxh6 22. Nxh6+ Kg7 23. Qd2 $14
{Polovnikov,Y (2240)-Pawlowski,S (2474) email 2006}) 16. Rb1 (16. N1h2 c5 17.
Ng4 Nc6 (17... Bxd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Rc8 $132) 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bg5 $2
(19. d5 Nb4 $11) 19... Qg6 20. d5 Nb4 21. Qd2 h6 22. Bf4 Nxc2 23. Qxc2 Bxd5 24.
Nh4 Qf6 25. Bxd6 Bxe4 $17 {Severiukhina,Z (2332)-Kovanova,B (2398) Voronezh
2009}) (16. b4 Nc4 17. Rb1 c5 18. bxc5 dxc5 19. d5 Qa5 (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
21. Be3 Ng6 22. a4 b4 23. Bxc5 a5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (116) sparta 300,d (2313)
-knilch,e (2419) Engine Room 2013}) 20. a4 Ng6 $132) 16... c5 17. d5 Nc4 18.
N1h2 Bc8 $5 (18... h5 19. b3 Ne5 ({Kislik prefers} 19... Nb6 20. Nf1 b4 $13)
20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qd1 h4 22. Qg4 Ng6 23. Bd2 Bd4 (23... Bc8 $1 $11) 24. Qh5 Ne5
25. Re2 Bc8 26. Bg5 f6 27. Be3 Bxe3 28. Rxe3 g5 29. Rf1 Kg7 30. f4 $14 {
[%csl Rg7] softescu,h (2518)-tapalov,r (2306) Engine Room 2013}) (18... Ne5 19.
Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Be3 Bf6 21. Qd2 (21. Ng4 Bh4 $1 (21... Bg5 22. f4 $1 Bh4 23. Re2
Bc8 24. Bd2 Bxg4 25. hxg4 $14) 22. g3 Be7 23. f4 Qd7 {could be playable for
Black - Kislik.}) 21... Ng6 (21... Bc8 $5 22. f4 Bh4 $13) 22. Ng4 Bh4 23. Rf1
a5 24. Qd1 Bc8 25. a3 a4 26. f4 Bxg4 27. Qxg4 Bf6 28. Rfd1 c4 29. Bf2 Qa5 30.
g3 Rad8 31. Qf3 Qc7 32. h4 $14 {i3litz,h (2645)-rocky iii,d (2598) Engine Room
2011}) 19. b3 Nb6 (19... Ne5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. f4 Bf6 22. Nf3 Bb7 23. e5 $36)
20. Ng4 Bxg4 21. hxg4 h6 $13 {is similar to the game position.}) 15... c5 16.
d5 {[%cal Rb2b3]} (16. b4 cxb4 $5 (16... Nc4 17. bxc5 dxc5 18. d5 Bc3 19. N1d2
Nde5 20. Nxe5 Nxe5 21. Re3 Bd4 22. Rg3 Qf6 $132 {Kislik}) 17. N1h2 (17. Rxb4
$142 Nb6 $13) 17... Rc8 18. Ng4 Be7 19. d5 Nc4 20. Nd4 Bg5 (20... Nde5 $1 $15)
21. f4 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ Qxf6 23. Nf5 Nc5 (23... a5 24. Rb3 $44) 24. Rxb4 Rc7 {
Iordachescu,V (2590)-Kjartansson,G (2484) Jerusalem 2015} 25. e5 $1 dxe5 26.
fxe5 Nxe5 27. Rg4 g6 28. d6 Rd7 29. Bg5 $16) 16... Nc4 $8 17. b3 (17. Ng3 g6
18. b3 Nce5 $142 (18... Ncb6 19. Bf4 $1 (19. Nh2 Bg7 20. Ng4 Ne5 21. Nh6+ Kh8
22. Bf4 Qe7 23. Qd2 (23. Ng4 $11) 23... Bc8 24. h4 b4 25. h5 a5 26. hxg6 fxg6
27. f3 a4 28. Ne2 axb3 29. axb3 Ra2 $17 {Lopez Martinez,J (2538)-Svetushkin,D 
(2581) Roquetas de Mar 2015}) 19... Ne5 (19... Qe7 20. a4 $14) 20. Nxe5 Bxe5
21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. a4 Re8 23. Nf1 b4 24. Ne3 a5 25. Bd3 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27.
Qd3 Ra8 28. Rbd1 $14 {Kislik}) 19. Nh2 Nb6 20. Rf1 a5 21. f4 Ned7 22. Ng4 Bg7
23. f5 Qh4 24. Bf4 Ne5 {is a line, analysed by Kislik:} 25. f6 $5 Nxg4 26. fxg7
Ne5 $132) 17... Nce5 18. N3h2 Ng6 {Kislik considers this inferior, but it's
not so clear, as White won't find it so simple to dislodge the defensive
knight.} (18... Nb6 19. Ng3 g6 {tranposes to the above lines.}) ({Another
plausible alternative is} 18... c4 {Untested is the better} 19. Ne3 ({
Premature is} 19. f4 $6 Nd3 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Nf3 (21. Qxd3 Nc5 22. Qf3 Bxd5
$36) 21... Nc5 22. Ng3 Bc3 23. Bd2 b4 24. Rc1 Qf6 25. Kh2 Rac8 26. e5 dxe5 27.
fxe5 Qb6 28. Bxc3 bxc3 29. Rxc3 Bxd5 $36 {Baron,T (2497)-Efimenko,Z (2695)
Plovdiv 2012}) 19... Nd3 $5 (19... cxb3 20. axb3 $14) 20. Bxd3 cxd3 21. Nf5 Nc5
$132) 19. Ng3 $146 (19. Bd2 Bg5 20. Ne3 Nf6 21. Nf5 Bxd2 22. Qxd2 Nh5 $5 (22...
Bc8 23. g4 Ra7 24. Ng3 (24. Kh1 Rc7 25. h4 c4 26. h5 Ne5 27. Rg1 cxb3 28. Rxb3
Rc4 $132 {0-1 (44) Agopov,M (2434)-Gonda,L (2535) Germany 2013}) 24... Nd7 25.
f4 Ndf8 26. Nh5 b4 27. Bd3 f6 28. Nf3 a5 29. Bb5 Bd7 30. Bc4 $36 {Berg,E (2489)
-Pilgaard,K (2459) Gausdal 2003}) 23. g3 Bc8 24. Kg2 Ra7 25. Ng4 Nf8 $6 (25...
Nf6 $142 $13) 26. e5 Bxf5 27. Bxf5 g6 28. Bc2 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Qd6 30. Nc4 Qd8 {
Bauer,C (2639)-Svetushkin,D (2589) Leon 2012} 31. Rxe8 Qxe8 32. Ne3 $14) (19.
Ne3 Bc3 (19... Rc8 20. Nf5 Nb6 21. Ng4 c4 22. Be3 Bc3 23. Qf3 Ne5 24. Ngh6+
gxh6 25. Qg3+ Ng6 26. Bxb6 $18 {Dubreuil,J (2250)-Daurelle,H (2292) Nimes 2009}
) (19... Bc8 $5) 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Bc8 22. Nf5 Nb6 23. g4 Ra7 24. f4 b4 25.
Bd3 a5 26. Bb5 Rf8 27. Rbd1 a4 28. e5 axb3 29. axb3 dxe5 30. fxe5 Bb7 $132 {
Macieja,B (2579)-Berczes,D (2495) Las Vegas 2015}) (19. f4 $6 Bd4+ 20. Kh1 f5
$1 {/\} 21. exf5 Nh4 22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Qxf3 Nf6 $17) 19... Bc8 $1
{Improving the bishop, which has little to do on b7 in a Benoni set-up.} ({
The text-move is more natural than} 19... Bc3 20. Bd2 Bxd2 21. Qxd2 Nf6 22. f4
$14 (22. a4 $14)) 20. Rf1 $5 {Improves the rook and prevents Bg5 due to f4.} ({
Giri didn't like} 20. Ng4 Bc3 {, for example} 21. Rf1 (21. Bd2 Bxd2 22. Qxd2
Nf6 $11) 21... Nde5 22. Ne3 Nf4 23. Nef5 Neg6 24. Qf3 Be5 $132) 20... Nb6 21.
Ng4 {White had his first longer thought and he allows a swap of a pair of
minor pieces after all.} (21. f4 $5 {is an aggressive alternative, suggested
by Gleizerov. White's plan shows after} Bd7 $6 ({Less clear is} 21... a5 $142 {
/\} 22. f5 Ne5 23. Nh5 Nbd7) 22. f5 Ne5 23. Nh5 $36 {[%cal Yc1b2,Yh5f6,Yh2g4]
The bishop is misplaced on d7 and Black has difficulties holding the e5-square.
}) ({Another option is the restrained} 21. Bd2 {[%cal Yg3h5]}) 21... Bxg4 $5 {
Svidler follows his plan, started on move 19.} ({Both} 21... Bd4) ({and} 21...
Bc3 {can be met by} 22. Ne2 {Now} Bxg4 23. hxg4 Bf6 24. Ng3 {transposes back
to the game.} (24. f4 h6 $13)) 22. hxg4 (22. Qxg4 Ne5 23. Qe2 g6 {is a good
Benoni for Black - he already has queenside play and it's difficult to say,
how White should develop his own initiative.}) 22... h6 {Finally Black moves a
kingside pawn, feeling he needs this for the defence.} ({Probably he has to
play this sooner or later and} 22... Be5 23. Nf5 Nh4 24. Ne3 $14 {seems better
for White.} (24. g5 Nxf5 25. exf5 h6 $5 26. b4 $5 {[%cal Yb1b3,Yb3h3] si
interesting, but more double-edged.})) 23. Nf5 Ne7 24. Ne3 ({Giri shortly
mentions the immediate} 24. g3 {[%cal Yg1g2,Yf1h1] , but he saw White would
have a hard time breaking through:} Nxf5 25. gxf5 Nd7 $11 {seems OK for Black,
if necessary he can even escape with his king towards the centre.}) 24... b4 {
[%cal Ya6a4]} (24... Nd7 {is rather slow after} 25. g3 {, so Black starts his
active counterplay. It will succeed admirably, but the text-move gives up the
light squares and is quite committal.}) 25. g3 ({Gleizerov's prohylactic} 25.
Bd3 $1 {seems more to the point, after} Nd7 $5 (25... Qd7 26. g3 a5 27. Qe2 $14
) (25... a5 26. Bb5 Rf8 27. a4 bxa3 28. Bxa3 $36) 26. g3 $14 {White has good
control over the queenside.}) ({Giri considered also} 25. a4 $5 bxa3 26. Bxa3
$14 {, but didn't want to distract his bishop from eyeing h6.}) 25... a5 $132
26. Kg2 (26. Bd3 a4 27. Bb5 axb3 28. axb3 Rf8 $13 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) ({After} 26.
a4 {White must already reckon with the positional sacrifice} c4 $5 27. bxc4 Rc8
$44) 26... a4 27. bxa4 $6 {Gives Black too much play.} (27. Bd3 axb3 28. axb3
Ra2 29. Re1 {[%cal Ye1e2]} Qc7 30. Re2 Rea8 $11) 27... Qd7 28. Qd3 ({The way
to bail out was} 28. a3 $5 Nxa4 29. Bxa4 Rxa4 (29... Qxa4 30. Qxa4 Rxa4 31.
axb4 cxb4 32. Bd2 b3 33. Rxb3 Rxe4 $11) 30. axb4 (30. Nc4 Nc8 (30... bxa3 31.
Nb6 Qa7 32. Qxa4 Qxa4 33. Nxa4 a2 34. Bf4 axb1=Q 35. Rxb1 $11 {/+/=}) 31. Qc2
Qb5 $11) 30... Rxb4 31. Rxb4 cxb4 32. Qb3 (32. Bd2 Rb8 $11) 32... Bc3 $11)
28... Ng6 (28... Nxa4 $6 29. e5 $1 Bxe5 30. Qh7+ Kf8 31. Re1 $36 {is too
dangerous, especially with the approaching time-trouble.}) 29. Nf5 $6 ({Here} 
29. a3 $1 {was the best chance to hold the balance:} Ne5 (29... Nxa4 30. axb4
Ne5 31. Qd2 (31. Bxa4 Rxa4 32. Qe2 Rxb4 33. Rxb4 cxb4 $15) 31... Nxg4 32. Nc4
$13) 30. Qd1 Nxa4 31. Bxa4 Qxa4 32. axb4 cxb4 33. Nf5 $132) 29... Nxa4 30. Bxa4
$2 {Positional capitulation.} ({The attack lacks punch after} 30. g5 hxg5 31.
Rh1 Nc3 (31... Ne5 32. Qd1 g4 33. Bxa4 Rxa4 34. Nxd6 Rea8 $17) 32. Qf3 Rxa2 {/\
} 33. Qh5 Nh4+ $1 (33... Rxc2 $4 34. Qh7+ Kf8 35. Qh8+ Nxh8 36. Rxh8#) 34. gxh4
g6 35. Nh6+ Kg7 $19) ({White still had some tricks up his sleeve after} 30. Qf3
$142 $5 Nc3 (30... Qd8 31. g5 $5 Bxg5 32. Bxa4 Rxa4 33. Bb2 Bf6 34. Bxf6 Qxf6
35. Nxh6+ Kf8 36. Qxf6 gxf6 37. Nf5 Ra6 38. a3 bxa3 39. Rh1 a2 40. Rb7 a1=Q 41.
Rh7 Re7 42. Rb8+ Re8 43. Rb7 $11 {is probaly not forced, but still a pretty
line.}) 31. Nxh6+ gxh6 (31... Kf8 32. g5 $13) 32. Qxf6 Qe7 $15) 30... Rxa4 $17
{Peter was not afraid of ghosts and declined a draw at this point.} 31. Rh1 Ne7
$1 {[%mdl 256] Cool defence. Exchanging or chasing away the most dangerous
attacking piece is by far the cleanest solution.} (31... Rxa2 {invites
unecessary complications after} 32. g5 hxg5 (32... Bxg5 33. Bxg5 hxg5 34. Qf3
f6 35. Rh2 $1 $44 (35. Qh5 Nh4+ 36. gxh4 Rxe4 37. Ng3 Rf4 $36)) 33. Qf3 Re5 34.
Bb2 (34. Qh5 Rxf5 35. exf5 Qxf5 $19) 34... Rxf5 35. exf5 Rxb2 36. Rxb2 Bxb2 37.
fxg6 $15) 32. g5 {The sacrifice on h6 is desperate, but so is this thrust.} (
32. a3 bxa3 33. Bxa3 Nxf5 (33... c4 $5) 34. exf5 Rxg4 $17 {/-+}) (32. Bb2 Nxf5
33. gxf5 Qe7 $17 {would prolong the game, but hardly save it.}) 32... hxg5 33.
Ne3 (33. Nxe7+ Qxe7 34. e5 Qxe5 35. Qh7+ Kf8 $19 {[%cal Re5e4]}) 33... Rxa2 $19
34. Bd2 (34. e5 Bxe5 35. Qh7+ Kf8 36. Qh8+ Ng8 $19 {is again just a couple of
checks.}) 34... Ng6 35. Nf5 (35. Rh2 Ne5 36. Rbh1 g6 $19 {and the attack is
over.}) 35... Ne5 36. Qe2 g6 (36... g4 $19) 37. Nh6+ (37. Bxg5 {White's last
ditch attempt is most convincingly parried by the pretty} Rxe2 $142 $1 (37...
Bxg5 38. Qxa2 gxf5 39. f4 Bxf4 (39... fxe4 40. fxe5 Qf5 $19) 40. gxf4 Ng6 $19)
38. Bxf6 Rxf2+ 39. Kg1 (39. Kxf2 Ng4+) 39... Rh2 $3 {[]} 40. Rxh2 Nf3+ $19)
37... Kg7 38. Nf5+ Kg8 (38... gxf5 {is possible as well, but Svidler wisely
waits until move 40.}) 39. Nh6+ Kg7 40. Nf5+ gxf5 41. Qh5 Ng6 {White's threats
are illusory and Black already has more than one way to win.} (41... Ng4 42.
Bxg5 Rxf2+ 43. Kg1 Bd4 $19) (41... Ng6 42. Qh6+ Kg8 43. Bxg5 Bxg5 44. Qxg5 Qe7
$19) 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.09.29"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {The Caro-Kann does seem like a strange choice for a must win game.
The reason is that White has several dull variations to play against this.} 2.
d4 d5 3. Nd2 (3. e5 Bf5 {lately leads to interesting and unbalanced play. Not
exactly what Svidler is looking for.}) 3... dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3
{Out of the many ways you can play against the Caro-Kann, this looks like one
of the best if drawing is the same as winning.} Nf6 7. Nf4 e5 {Yes, this is
the best move, but how can Black hope to win such an endgame?} 8. dxe5 Qa5+ 9.
c3 Qxe5+ 10. Qe2 Nbd7 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Bf4 Qxe2+ 13. Bxe2 Bc5 14. Bf3 O-O-O
15. O-O Nd5 16. Bxd5 cxd5 17. Rad1 {Black isn't really worse; his isolated
pawn in the middle of the board isn't that hard to protect and White can't
much progress against it. The problem is that he doesn't need to "make
progress" at all.} Nf8 18. Rfe1 Ne6 19. Be3 {Trade all the pieces!} b6 (19...
d4 20. cxd4 Bxd4 21. Bxd4 Nxd4 {is simply unacceptable for Giri.}) 20. Rd3 Kb7
21. Red1 Kc6 22. Ne2 Rh4 23. Nd4+ Bxd4 24. Bxd4 b5 25. g3 Rh5 26. Bxa7 Ra8 27.
Be3 Rxa2 {Giri can try as he may, but he will never be able to create anything
in this position.} 28. R1d2 Re5 29. h4 Ra4 30. Kg2 f6 31. Bd4 Rh5 32. Re3 Kd7
33. Red3 Kd6 34. Be3 Kc6 35. Rd1 Ra2 36. R1d2 Ra8 37. Rd1 Ra4 38. R1d2 Ra2 39.
Kf1 Ra1+ 40. Rd1 Ra2 41. R1d2 Re5 42. Bd4 Rh5 43. Be3 Ra8 44. Rd1 Ra4 45. R3d2
Ra2 46. b3 Rxd2 47. Rxd2 b4 48. cxb4 Kb5 49. Bc5 Nxc5 50. bxc5 Kxc5 51. Ke2 g5
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.01"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 ({The traditional way to meet the Reti is} 3...
c6 {but over the past years White has discovered many new ideas. As I have
found out from my own games, there is a strong trend towards the game move.})
4. O-O Be7 5. d3 $5 ({Deviating from what Karjakin must have expected, the
main Catalan line:} 5. c4 O-O 6. d4) 5... O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1 {
In the remote past, the King's Indian Attack proved a deadly occasional weapon
in Fischer's hands and in the nineties it served well a whole generation of
Moldavian players.} b5 {Black's best way to meet White's slow kingside attack
is based on the massive queenside pawn storm.} ({By piece pressure alone Black
does not get much:} 8... b6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nf1 Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rac8 13.
N1h2 Nd4 14. Nxd4 cxd4 15. Re2 Qc5 16. Nf3 Rc7 17. a3 a5 18. Kh2 Rfc8 19. h5
Bc6 20. h6 g6 21. Qd2 Ba4 22. b3 Bb5 23. Bg5 Bf8 24. Qf4 Qc3 25. Ra2 Ba6 (25...
Bc5 26. Qg4 {[%csl Gc3][%cal Gg5d2]}) 26. Nxd4 $18 {1-0 (56) Andriasian,Z 
(2609)-Shahinyan,D (2431) Yerevan 2014}) 9. exd5 $5 ({A relatively rare
continuation. In game six Svidler switched to the thematic} 9. e5 {followed by
Nf1, h4-h5, which is clearly the main line.} Nd7 10. Nf1 b4 ({Playing with
White, Karjakin had faced} 10... Bb7 11. h4 Qc7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14.
Ng4 Bf8 15. c4 Ne7 16. b3 Bc6 17. h5 h6 {Karjakin,S (2753)-Dominguez Perez,L 
(2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 (½-½ , 30), with a solid defence.}) 11. h4 a5 12.
N1h2 Re8 13. h5 h6 14. Ng4 Bf8 15. Bf4 a4 16. a3 bxa3 17. bxa3 Rb8 18. Ne3 Bb7
19. c4 dxc4 20. Nxc4 Nb6 21. Nxb6 Qxb6 22. Qxa4 Ra8 23. Qc2 Ra6 24. Reb1 Qa7
25. Be3 Ba8 26. Qc3 Rd8 27. Nd2 Nd4 28. Bxd4 cxd4 29. Qc2 Bxg2 30. Kxg2 Rxa3
31. Rxa3 Qxa3 32. Ne4 Qa6 33. Rb3 Qa5 34. f4 Ra8 35. Qb1 Qd5 36. Rb5 Qc6 37.
Kf3 {White's space advantage and the domination of the knight over the bishop
ensures White some advantage, but with queens on board it is difficult to find
a way to make progress without weakening his own king. Karjakin's next move
"solved" this problem for White.} Ra3 $2 {Abandoning the back rank will not
have immediate consequences yet, but it will cause the exchange of queens.} 38.
Rb8 Ra8 39. Qb7 $1 Qxb7 40. Rxb7 {Carlsen,M (2861)-Karjakin,S (2780) Tata
Steel-A 75th 2013 (8) 1-0 Suddenly, the d4-pawn is weak and the white king is
ready for taking active part in the attack. This type of ending must have
raised some unpleasant memories to Karjakin, connected with the partly similar
position from} Ra3 {For the second time in a short while the rook steps on
this square hoping to get some counterplay.} (40... Rd8 {would not have saved
the pawn:} 41. g4 Ba3 42. Nd2 Bf8 43. Ke4 {White can combine the attack based
on f4-f5 with attacking the pawn with Nb3 or Nf3, with every chance to win.})
41. Rb8 $1 Rxd3+ 42. Kf2 {White threatens to win the bishop with Ne4-c5-d7 and
sadly Black does not have ...Rc3 to prevent this manoeuvre.} g6 ({Or if} 42...
Ra3 43. Nc5 Ra7 {White has} 44. Rd8 $1 {followed by Nd7, winning the exchange.}
) 43. Nc5 ({Even better would have been} 43. Nf6+ Kg7 44. hxg6 {since the
g6-pawn is untouchable:} fxg6 $2 45. Rb7+ Kh8 46. Rh7#) 43... Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rb2
45. Rxb2 Bxc5 46. hxg6 fxg6 47. Ke2 {and White won without problems. Svidler,P
(2727)-Karjakin,S (2762) Baku 2015 (1-0, 58)}) 9... Nxd5 {Black's choice is a
mere matter of taste. The game move leads to a reversed King's Indian. The
only problem is that what could be entirely satisfactory for Black (equality)
might not be too promising when inverting colours even with an extra tempo.} (
9... exd5 10. Nb3 $5 {[%csl Gc5]} (10. d4 {does not look too threatening as it
transposes to some sort of French Isolani.} Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13.
Nb3 Bb6 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 Re8 16. Bg5 Rxe1+ 17. Qxe1 h6 (17... Qd6 $1 18.
Be3 $6 Re8 $15) 18. Be3 Bg6 19. c3 Bc2 $11 {Topalov,V (2772)-Caruana,F (2791)
Flor & Fjaere 2014 (1/2-1/2, 31)}) 10... Re8 11. h3 Qb6 12. c3 Bb7 13. Be3 Rad8
14. d4 c4 15. Nc5 Bc8 16. b4 cxb3 17. axb3 b4 18. cxb4 Qxb4 19. Rc1 {
Zvjaginsev,V (2655)-Lysyj,I (2686) Kazan 2014 (1-0, 37)}) 10. Ne4 (10. a4 b4
11. Nc4 Bb7 12. h4 h6 13. Bd2 Qc7 14. a5 Rad8 15. c3 Bf6 16. Qc2 {Malakhov,V 
(2694)-Matlakov,M (2689) Berlin 2015 (1/2-1/2, 26). White has a comfortable
reversed King's Indian, but no advantage.}) (10. c4 $5 {is interesting,
forcing Black to display certain tactical accuracy:} bxc4 11. dxc4 Nb6 $6 (
11... Ndb4 12. Ne5 Bb7 13. a3 Nxe5 14. Bxb7 Nbd3 15. Bxa8 Nxe1 16. Qxe1 Nd3 17.
Qe3 Nxc1 $11 18. Be4 $2 Bg5 19. f4 Bf6 $15 20. Kg2 Bxb2 21. Rb1 Bd4 22. Qf3 Na2
) 12. b3 a5 13. Bb2 a4 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Ra7 16. Ne4 $14 {Markus,R (2604)
-Kravtsiv,M (2576) Germany 2014 (0-1, 45)}) 10... Bb7 11. c3 $146 ({Finally a
novelty over} 11. Bd2 {as played in the game between lower rated players
Grossmann,S (1886)-Lindenberg,G (1889) Greifswald 2003 (0-1, 29)}) 11... a6 {
I do not see the need for defending the b5-pawn since Black will advance it on
the very next move.} (11... h6 {makes some sense, preventing Bc1-g5 and if} 12.
a4 b4 {the pawn is not really needed on a6.}) 12. a4 b4 ({Once again} 12... h6
{looks more constructive.}) 13. Bg5 $5 {A refined positional move. Black is
forced to weaken either the defence of the c5-pawn or else the e6-pawn.} f6 14.
Bd2 e5 ({The developing} 14... Qb6 {offers White some tactical ideas:} 15. a5 (
15. Bh3 $5) 15... Nxa5 16. d4 $44 {[%csl Re6][%cal Ge4c5,Gc5e6,Gf3d4,Gd4e6,
Ge1e6] Suddenly, several white pieces threaten to put unbearable pressure on
e6.}) 15. Rc1 {Zita,F-Bronstein,D Moscow-Prague 1946 (6) 0-1 The position
remains typical for a reversed ...exd4 King's Indian, but Black is slightly
underdeveloped, his queenside is weak and his queen's bishop misplaced,
belonging rather on e6 than b7. One of the first games revealing the drawbacks
of having the bishop on the long diagonal was} Rf7 {If Black could regroup
with ...Bf8 and ...Rd7 White would face certain problems with his d3-pawn, but
Svidler's answer proves this plan too slow.} ({The more natural} 15... Qd7 {
would not have yielded Black absolute safety either:} 16. cxb4 cxb4 ({With the
a2-g8 diagonal defended by the rook on f7 or the bishop on e6 Black could
react with} 16... Ndxb4 {but here this loses a pawn:} 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5
Nxd3 $2 19. Qb3+ Kh8 20. Rd5 $18) 17. Nc5 Bxc5 18. Rxc5 {Black is not in
immediate danger, but his position is hanging a bit.}) 16. d4 $1 bxc3 $6 {
Karjakin must have understood perfectly that opening the b-file could cause
him problems with the b7-bishop, but thought that getting rid of the c6-knight
would bring some relief.} (16... cxd4 {offers better chances for equalising:}
17. cxd4 exd4 (17... Nxd4 {is slightly worse, even though preferable to the
game continuation:} 18. Nxd4 exd4 19. Qb3 {followed by Nc5 and the inevitable
retrieval of the d4-pawn. The b5-pawn is a good shield for the queen, but also
for the b7-bishop.}) 18. Qb3 Na5 19. Qd3 {It seems as if Black is stuck, but
the unexpected} Nc3 $3 20. Nxd4 (20. bxc3 $6 dxc3 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 {leaves Black
with two dangerous pawns.}) 20... Nxa4 {Black's extra pawn compensates for
White's hyper-activity.}) 17. bxc3 cxd4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 (18... exd4 {does not
spare Black problems.} 19. Qb3 Rb8 (19... Qd7 20. Bh3 $1 $18) (19... Bf8 20.
Nc5 Bxc5 21. Ng5 $3 $18) 20. Nfg5 $1 {Suba,M (2500)-Solozhenkin,E (2515) Berga
op 1993 (7) 1-0 Before thinking that these are just computer moves, one should
have a look at the following brilliant game displaying similar ideas in more
complicated shape.} fxg5 21. Nc5 Ncb4 22. Nxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb4 Rxb4 24. Qxd5 Kf8
25. Qxd8+ Bxd8 26. Rc8 Rd7 27. Bc6 {wins material.}) 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qb3 $16
{Despite his extra pawn, Black's position is very difficult. His pieces are
exposed, both wings are weak and the d4-pawn is doomed in the long run.
Objectively, there might be reasons to hope for a long defence, but from a
practical point of view things are hopeless. Suggestively, the game lasted
only nine more moves.} Rb8 $6 (20... Bf8 $2 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22. Rxc5 $18) ({
Black's last chance to retain chances for survival was} 20... Qd7 21. Ba5 {
[%csl Gc7,Gd8][%cal Ge4c5]} (21. Rc4 $5) (21. Red1 $5) 21... Rc8 22. Red1 $16
Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Nc3 24. Nxc3 Bxg2 25. Kxg2 dxc3 26. Rxc3 Bd6 {The pinned rook
causes Black major problems of coordination. White will most likely win the
a6-pawn.}) 21. Rb1 {Creating another pin.} Qd7 (21... Rf8 $2 22. Bf4 $18) 22.
Rec1 Qe6 $2 {Just increasing the force of the next knight move by putting the
queen into a pin.} 23. Nc5 Bxc5 24. Rxc5 $18 Rd8 (24... Rd7 25. Bxd5 $18 {
[%csl Gb8]}) 25. Ba5 Rd6 26. Qc4 {[%cal Gb1b7]} Nc3 27. Rxb7 Qe1+ 28. Bf1 Ne2+
29. Qxe2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.02"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 ({In the Ruy Lopez a2-a4 is a
thematic move, activating the queen's rook and weakening the black queenside.
Since in this game White will play it a bit earlier than in the main lines, it
is worth mentioning that} 12. a4 {is premature since Black has not committed
his f8-rook yet:} c5 13. d5 c4 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Nf1 Qc7 16. Ng3 Rfb8 $1 {
The most effective regrouping, forcing White to release the queenside tension
and give away the control of the a-file.} 17. Nf5 Bf8 18. Qe2 Bc8 19. g4 Bd7
20. axb5 axb5 21. Bg5 Ne8 22. Nd2 Ra7 23. Be3 Rba8 $36 {Polgar,J (2658)
-Kasparov,G (2851) Internet KC 2000 (1/2-1/2, 49)}) 12... Re8 13. a4 $5 ({
After the usual} 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4 {Black has a choice between two
reliable systems:} c5 ({The modern trend is} 15... Bg7 16. Bd3 c6) 16. d5 c4)
13... Bf8 (13... c5 {would have probably transposed to one of the main lines
mentioned above, but maybe Svidler intended to play the modern one, based on
refraining from ...c7-c5.}) 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 $5 ({White could, of course,
transpose with} 15. Nf1 {as for instance in a game played in the same
tournament:} Qc7 16. Ng3 g6 17. Bg5 Bg7 18. Qd2 Nf8 19. Bh6 Ne6 20. Bxg7 Kxg7
21. Bf1 Rad8 22. b4 Nd7 {Dominguez Perez,L (2732)-Adams,M (2742) Baku 2015 (1/
2-1/2, 38). But Karjakin wants to make full use of the concrete move order,
keeping his knight close to the queenside.}) 15... Rc8 ({In a somewhat older
game, one of the main specialists of the ...c7-c6 system with Black kept
regrouping as in the main line:} 15... g6 16. b4 Nb6 17. a5 $6 {Stabilising
Black's queenside.} ({It is true, though, that} 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19.
dxe5 dxe5 20. Nb3 {offers White only some temporary control as after} Qc7 21.
Be3 Nbd7 {it would be hard to stop the equalising ...c6-c5 for too long.})
17... Nbd7 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. c4 exd4 20. Bxd4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 c5 $15 {Berg,E (2623)
-Sasikiran,K (2694) Dresden 2008 (0-1, 63)}) 16. axb5 axb5 17. b4 c5 $5 $146 {
A surgical novelty.} ({After} 17... Qc7 {Black eventually landed in troubles
in Karjakin,S (2767)-Carlsen,M (2868) Stavanger 2013 CBM 155 (0-1, 46) [Marin,
M]}) ({But the slow treatment of the position is entirely viable as in the
following classical game:} 17... g6 18. Bb2 Nh5 19. g3 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. Bc3
Nb6 22. e5 Rc7 23. Nb3 Bc8 24. Kg2 Ng7 25. Nh2 h5 26. Nc5 Nc4 27. Nf3 Bf5 {
Short,N (2635)-Portisch,L (2605) Wijk aan Zee 1990 (½-½, 56), with a
harmonious position for Black.}) 18. bxc5 exd4 (18... dxc5 {would offer White
a dangerous initiative based on activating his Spanish bishop:} 19. Bxb5 cxd4
20. Bc4 dxc3 21. Qxc3 {[%csl Gb7,Gf7]} Qc7 (21... Re7 22. Ba3 Nc5 23. Rab1 $36)
22. Bxf7+ $1 Kxf7 23. Ng5+ Kg8 (23... Ke7 24. Ba3+ Nc5 25. Nb3 $18) (23... Kg6
24. Qg3 $18 {[%cal Gd2f3,Gf3h4,Rg5e6]}) 24. Qb3+ Bd5 25. exd5 $14 {Even though
the d5-pawn is most likely doomed, the weakness of the e5-pawn will leave
Black struggling in the endgame.}) 19. c6 ({White has not developed enough to
build up a massive centre:} 19. cxd4 dxc5 20. d5 c4 21. Bf1 Bc5 $36 {[%cal
Gd8b6,Gf6h5]}) 19... dxc3 {This is the simplest solution, but it allows White
to retain some symbolic advantage.} (19... Bxc6 $5 {is more ambitious but not
easy at all to calculate:} 20. Nxd4 b4 21. Ba6 (21. cxb4 Bb5 22. Qb3 Bxd3 23.
Qxd3 d5 $132) (21. Nxc6 Rxc6 22. Bb2 bxc3 23. Bxc3 Qc7 $15) 21... bxc3 $1 (
21... Rc7 22. cxb4) 22. Bxc8 cxd2 23. Bxd2 Bxe4 24. Bxd7 Bxc2 25. Bxe8 Be4 $11)
20. cxb7 cxd2 21. Qxd2 Rb8 22. Bxb5 Qb6 {A viable move, even though it will
eventually lose a tempo.} (22... Rxb7 23. Bc6 {[%cal Ga1a8] offers White some
initiative.}) ({But} 22... Qc7 $5 {may be a slight improvement over the game.})
23. Rb1 Qxb7 24. Bd3 Qa8 25. Rxb8 Rxb8 26. Bb2 {+/=/= White has the bishop
pair, more space and the better structure. But in view of the reduced number
of pawns, his chances to prove anything concrete are very slim.} Qa2 27. Re2 h6
28. Qc1 Qb3 29. Bc4 Qb7 30. Qd1 ({Since White intended to play e4-e5 it would
have made sense to keep the bishop pair in the process, but unfortunately} 30.
e5 dxe5 31. Nxe5 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 {allows the queen exchange with an obvious draw:
} Qb1) 30... Re8 31. Bxf6 {Betting on an illusory attack.} (31. e5 dxe5 32.
Nxe5 Nxe5 33. Bxe5 {is not too promising either, but White would at least keep
some symbolic pressure.}) 31... Nxf6 32. e5 dxe5 33. Nxe5 Re7 34. Qd4 Nd7 {
Those thinking the game would not last for too long were right, but they
surely failed to guess the result as a draw looks inevitable already.} 35. Nxf7
{This does not spoil anything yet, as after general exchanges on f7 the
reduced material would not offer Black any winning chances. In fact, the f7/f2
square theme will be recurrent in this match.} ({But a more restrictive move
order was} 35. Rb2 Qc7 36. Nxf7 Rxf7 {when Karjakin's manoeuvre} 37. Rb5 {
is entirely playable, but not really effective after, say,} Bc5) 35... Rxf7 36.
Rb2 Qc6 {Occupying the square on offer.} 37. Rb5 $4 {Bringing the last
reserves into the attack is not too threatening, as Rf5 can always be met with
...Nf6.} ({Karjakin's blunder was probably intended as an improvement over} 37.
Rb3 {which allows (among many other playable moves)} Ne5) 37... Kh8 $1 {
As simple as that. The white rook is hanging, meaning Black keeps his extra
piece.} 38. Rd5 $6 {Shortening the agony.} Nb6 {Confronted with new material
losses, Karjakin resigned. With hindsight, Karjakin's blunder can be regarded
as a non-intentional psychological gambit. Had the game ended in a draw,
Svidler might have kept his composure and his minimal advantage on the score
table, but facing the perspective to win easier than expected he took a few
highly uninspired decisions.} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B53"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "RR"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Qxd4 a6 5. c4 Nc6 6. Qe3 Nf6 7. h3 g6 8. Nc3
Bg7 9. Be2 Nd7 10. Rb1 Nde5 11. O-O O-O 12. Rd1 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. Be4 {Weiß hat nichts gegen Abtausch.} Qd7 16. Nd5 Qe6 17. Bxf5 Qxf5 18. Bd2
Rae8 19. Bc3 e6 20. Nb6 {Schwarz hat es geschafft, den Springer ins Abseits zu
stellen.} d5 21. Bxg7 Kxg7 22. Qc5 $1 {Rein objektiv sollte nun der d-Bauer
ziehen - entweder nach d4 oder tauschen auf c4. Aber Weiß könnte jeweils in
ein ausgeglichenes Endspiel abwickeln.} Rf6 $5 23. b4 Ne5 24. cxd5 Nd3 25. Qe3
Nxf2 $2 ({Korrekt wäre} 25... Nf4 26. Kh2 $1 Nxg2 $1 27. Kxg2 exd5 $1 28. Qxe8
Qxf2+ 29. Kh1 {aber dann müsste Schwarz Dauerschach geben.}) ({Auch das
Endspiel nach} 25... Qxf2+ 26. Qxf2 Nxf2 27. Re1 {bietet kaum die dringend
benötigten Chancen auf Gewinn.}) 26. Rf1 $1 Qe4 $5 27. Rbe1 ({Nach} 27. Qxe4 $2
Nxe4 28. Rxf6 Kxf6 29. dxe6 Kxe6 {könnte sich Schwarz Hoffnungen machen.})
27... exd5 $5 {Schwarz muss zocken, denn} (27... Ref8 28. Qxe4 Nxe4 29. Rxf6
Nxf6 30. dxe6 {bietet keine Chance.}) 28. Rxf2 $2 ({Nach} 28. Qc3 $1 {kann
Schwarz aufgeben.}) 28... Qh4 $1 ({Hatte Svidler auf} 28... Qxe3 29. Rxe3 Rxe3
30. Rxf6 Kxf6 31. Nxd5+ {gehofft?}) 29. Qd2 $2 {Verliert vollends die Nerven.}
({Nach} 29. Qxe8 Qxf2+ 30. Kh2 Qxb6 31. Re7+ Kh6 32. Qd7 Qd6+ 33. Kg1 {kann
Schwarz noch kämpfen, aber die Remiswahrscheinlichkeit ist sehr hoch.}) 29...
Rxf2 $1 30. Qc3+ d4 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,A"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c5 3. c4 cxd4 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qxd4 Qxd5 6. Nc3 Qxd4 7. Nxd4 {
Karjakin has shown in this World Cup that he is not afraid of going into
symmetrical positions in must-win situations. He holds a slight advantage in
this position due to his superior development.} Bd7 (7... a6 {is certainly
considered the main line.}) 8. Ndb5 Kd8 {The king does not feel comfortable
here, but this seems to be part of Svidler's idea considering how much time he
used on the clock.} 9. Be3 Nc6 {There's only a handful of games in this
positions, surprsingly two of three o them from this year. None of them
continued with f3, though.} 10. f3 (10. h3 a6 11. Bb6+ Kc8 12. Nc7 {
Heimann-Ulibin, 2015. White eventually won this game.}) 10... h5 {I assume
this move is to prevent g4, but it seems rather drastic and it weakens g5.} (
10... e5 11. O-O-O Kc8 12. g4 h6 $14) 11. O-O-O Kc8 12. Bg5 g6 13. Nd6+ $1 exd6
14. Bxf6 {Now Black is saddled with a permanent weakness on d6, and also on d5.
Karjakin can be very happy with this position. After only 14 moves he has a
clear positional advantage.} Rg8 15. e4 Be6 16. Kb1 Kd7 17. Nd5 Bg7 18. Bxg7
Rxg7 19. Bb5 {Black isn't losing anything right now, but his awkward rook on
g7, problems with d6 and lack of a plan make his position very unpleasant.} Kd8
20. Rd2 {Meanwhile, White's play is rather obvious.} Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Kc7 22. Rc1
Re8 23. Rd4 {I'm not sure I understand moving the rook back.} (23. Ba4 {
immediately with the idea of b4 looks more active.}) 23... Re5 24. Ba4 b5 $1
25. Bb3 Rc5 $1 {Getting some activity while he can, Svidler tries to push back
White's pieces and force some trades.} 26. Rd5 Rxc1+ 27. Kxc1 a6 28. Rd3 g5 {
it is intuitive to keep the pawns on black squares, but here it was more
important to liberate the rook.} (28... f5 $1 {I think would have solved most
of Black's problems. The pawn structure after} 29. exf5 (29. Kd2 fxe4 30. fxe4
Re7 $11 {Black will have a superb knight on e5.}) 29... gxf5 {looks ugly, but
Black's activity is strong:} 30. g3 h4 $1 31. gxh4 Rh7 {with equality.}) 29.
Kd2 h4 30. Rc3 Kb6 31. Rd3 Kc7 32. Ke3 f6 33. Rc3 Kb6 34. Rd3 Kc7 35. Rc3 Kb6
36. Bd5 Ne7 37. Kd4 {Now White can continue pressing. Black's rook is still
quite bad, and it was not too late to play f5, trying to get some activity.}
Rh7 38. Be6 Rh8 39. a3 Rd8 40. Rc2 Rh8 41. Rf2 Ng6 42. Kd5 Rd8 43. Bf5 Nf4+ 44.
Kd4 {Black is in trouble. He is quite passive and g3 is coming, but he still
has resources.} Re8 (44... d5 $1 45. e5 $1 (45. g3 dxe4+ 46. Ke3 (46. Kxe4 Re8+
47. Kd4 Ne2+ {picks up g3.}) 46... Nd5+ 47. Kxe4 Rd6 {close to equal.}) 45...
fxe5+ 46. Kxe5 d4 47. Rd2 Kc5 {White is still better, no doubt, but there
isn't anything clear yet.}) 45. g3 Ne6+ 46. Bxe6 Rxe6 47. Kd5 $18 {Black loses
a pawn and because of the difference in activity the endgame is simply
hopeless.} Re5+ 48. Kxd6 hxg3 49. hxg3 g4 (49... a5 50. g4 {White eventually
swings the rook to attack f6 and wins.}) 50. fxg4 Rxe4 51. Rf4 $1 {The last
detail to win the game.} (51. Rxf6 Rxg4 {should be winning but it's not as
clear.}) 51... Re3 52. Rxf6 Rxg3 53. Ke5+ Kb7 (53... Kc5 54. b4+ Kc4 55. Rc6+
Kb3 56. Kf4 Rg2 57. Rxa6 {is equally bad.}) 54. Kf5 {The pawn supported by the
rook and the king easily advances.} Rb3 55. g5 Rxb2 56. g6 {Black won't create
any kind of activity, the passed pawn is unstoppable.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A56"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "177"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 6. cxd5
{[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 7. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:02:
43]} 8. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qa5+ {
[%emt 0:03:53]} 10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 11. Bg5 {[%emt 0:
08:17]} Qa5+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 12. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]}
13. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. Bh4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 16. Bg3 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} Qd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Qa3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} b6 {[%emt 0:03:18]} 18.
Rfd1 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Na5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 19. Be2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bb7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 20. Ne5 {[%emt 0:01:54]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:50]} 21. Rac1 {
[%emt 0:00:10]} f6 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 22. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:
37]} 23. Bf1 {[%emt 0:02:27]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 24. Rc2 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rf7
{[%emt 0:00:34]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:04:17]} 26. h3 {[%emt 0:
03:37]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 27. Ba6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 28.
Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 29. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 30. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 31. Ne1 {[%emt 0:
01:37]} Rf8 {[%emt 0:01:04]} 32. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 33.
Qb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rca4 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bd5 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 35. Nd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Rdd2 {
[%emt 0:00:31]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 37. f3 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 38. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 39. Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 40. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 41. Qe1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 42. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:00:
24]} 43. Qe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Ra1+ {[%emt 0:00:17]} 44. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h5
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 45. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} exf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. Nxf6+ {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 47. Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 48. Be5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 49. f4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra2
{[%emt 0:00:04]} 50. Rxa2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bxa2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 51. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:20]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 52. Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 53. Ne5+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 54. Bd8+ {[%emt 0:00:03]}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 55. Kh4 {[%emt 0:00:55]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 56. Kg5 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} Bxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:
00:07]} 58. g3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 59. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 60. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ke6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 61. Kd2 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 62. h4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 63. Kc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 64. Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kc6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 65. Kd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 66. Kc2 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} Kc6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 67. Kb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 68. Ka3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 69. Kb4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be6
{[%emt 0:00:02]} 70. Bd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 71. Ka5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 72. Ka6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc8+ {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 73. Ka7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 74. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd7
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 75. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 76. Kb8 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 77. Bg5 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 78. Bh6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 79. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be6
{[%emt 0:00:12]} 80. d5+ {[%emt 0:00:26]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 81. Kc8 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 82. Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 83. Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 84. e6 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Bc4
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 85. Kf6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 86. Bc1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 87. Ba3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} 88. e7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 89. Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 7. e4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
8. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 10. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} b4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 11. h4 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. N1h2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 13.
h5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Ng4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 15. Bf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. a3 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 17. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 18. Ne3 {
[%emt 0:08:26]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 20. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:01:29]} 21. Nxb6 {[%emt 0:01:28]}
Qxb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Qxa4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:01:46]} 23. Qc2 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} Ra6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 24. Reb1 {[%emt 0:00:38]} Qa7 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 25. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Ba8 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 26. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:53]} Rd8
{[%emt 0:01:51]} 27. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 28. Bxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 29. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 30. Kxg2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 31. Rxa3 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Qxa3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 32. Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:49]} Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 33.
Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:59]} Qa5 {[%emt 0:02:10]} 34. f4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} 35. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:02:23]} 36. Rb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Qc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 37. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 38. Rb8 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 39. Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qxb7 {[%emt 0:00:
13]} 40. Rxb7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:55]} 41. Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
Rxd3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 42. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 43. Nc5 {
[%emt 0:02:00]} Rd2+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 44. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rb2 {[%emt 0:00:
07]} 45. Rxb2 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 46. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:07]}
fxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 47. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:14]} d3+ {[%emt 0:01:31]} 48. Kxd3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} h5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 49. Kc4 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Be3 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 50. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Bf2 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 51. Rf3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Bg1
{[%emt 0:00:10]} 52. Kb5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 53. Kc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 54. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bh2 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 55. Rb7+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 56. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Bxg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 57. Kxe6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 58. Rf7+
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 2. c4 c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. e3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 5. d5 O-O 6. Nc3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} e6 8. Be2 Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 9. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Na6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 10. dxe6 {[%emt 0:
01:39]} Bxe6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 12.
cxd5 Nxd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Qc2 {[%emt 0:00:57]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 15. Qb1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:13]} 16. a3 Nc6 17. a4 {[%emt 0:01:00]} Qe6 {
[%emt 0:01:45]} 18. Ra3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} c4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 19. Re1 {[%emt 0:
01:50]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 20. a5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} Bf8 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 21.
Ra4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ne5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. e4 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bc6 23. Rxc4
Rxd2 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 24. Bxd2 {[%emt 0:00:51]} Nxc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 25. Bc3 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:00:30]} 26. f3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:00:
11]} 27. Bxg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 28. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:14]}
Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 29. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:05]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 30. Rd1 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} 32. Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 33. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rd8
{[%emt 0:00:34]} 34. exf5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 35. Kf2 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:23]} 36. Qxd4+ Rxd4 37. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 38. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f4+ 39. Ke2 Rb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
40. Bxa6 bxa6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} 3. Bb5+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 5. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. Bxd7+ {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Bxd7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:01:
04]} 8. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} g6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bg7 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:22]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. a4 {[%emt 0:
01:24]} Rc8 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 12. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 13.
Re1 {[%emt 0:02:25]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 14. b4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:
00:23]} 15. b5 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 16. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:28]}
Be6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} Nxa4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 18. Ba3 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:16]} 19. h3 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:00:
54]} 20. Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:35]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 21. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:03]} Bh6
{[%emt 0:00:34]} 22. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 23. exd5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Re4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 25. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:57]} 26. Bxf6 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
exf6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 27. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.9"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:01]
} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 11. Rxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 12. d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:01]
} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} 15. Rxe8+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxe8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 16. Nd2 {
[%emt 0:00:16]} Qe1+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 17. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 18. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:44]} b4 {[%emt 0:02:33]} 19. c4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} b3 {
[%emt 0:01:20]} 20. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:47]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 21. Bd2 {[%emt 0:
00:16]} Qe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 22. Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qc5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 23.
Bxb4 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Qxb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 24. Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 26. Ba4 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 27. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Qxb2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28.
Bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 29. Rb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qxb1 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 30. Qxh5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bxf2+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 31. Kxf2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb6+ {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. Ne3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qxc6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 33. Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 34. g3 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
h6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 35. Qe2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 36. Kg2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 37. h4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 38. Kh3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 39. Nf4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Qb2
{[%emt 0:00:14]} 40. Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 41. Qe5 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Qd7+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 42. Kh2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 43. Qxb8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Baku"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "7.10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.09.11"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "AZE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "300+3"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 6. Nbd2 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. h3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:08]
} 8. O-O {[%emt 0:00:56]} Ng6 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 9. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} a6 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 10. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Ba7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 11. Nf1 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 13.
Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 14. Ng3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re8 {
[%emt 0:00:21]} 15. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 16. Nf5 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} Ndf8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 17. h4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 18.
h5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} hxg5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 19. hxg6 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nxg6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 20. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 21. g3 {[%emt 0:
00:46]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 22. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 23.
exd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Rxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:32]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} f6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Ne4 {[%emt 0:
00:14]} Rdd8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 27. fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} fxe5 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
28. d5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 29. Nh6+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf8 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} 30. Rf1+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 31. gxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} gxh6 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 32. f5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 33. Rad1 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Rg8+ {[%emt 0:00:09]} 34. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:03]}
c6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 35. c4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 36. Rxd4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} exd4 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 37. Rh1 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 38. Rg1 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 39. f6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Ke6
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 40. Rg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 41. Rg8 {
[%emt 0:00:59]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 42. Re8+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kf7 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} 43. Rh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke6 44. Rxh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} d2 {[%emt 0:00:13]}
45. f7+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.12.12"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Miton, Kamil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B47"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. g3 a6 7. Bg2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. Nce2 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Rc8 11. b3 b5 12. c4 bxc4 13. bxc4 Nf6 14. Ba3 Be7
15. Qd2 Ng4 16. Nf3 Ba4 17. h3 Nf6 18. e5 Ne4 19. Qe3 Nc5 20. exd6 Bxd6 21. Bb2
O-O 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2015.12.13"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Trent, Lawrence"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Norderstedt"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. O-O
c4 9. b3 g5 10. bxc4 g4 11. Nd4 bxc4 12. Na3 Nc5 13. Nxc4 e6 14. Ba3 d5 15. Ne5
Nfxe4 16. f3 gxf3 17. Qxf3 Qc7 18. Nxf7 Rg8 19. Qh5 Kd7 20. Ne5+ Kc8 21. Qe8+
Qd8 22. Qxd8+ Kxd8 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxf8+ Rxf8 25. Bxc5 Rg8 26. Rb1 Bc8 27.
Rf1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.02.20"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2584"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. d5 Nf6 12. c4 Qxd2+ 13. Nxd2 b6 14. h3 e6
15. Bd3 Re8 16. O-O Ba6 17. dxe6 Rxe6 18. Rfd1 Rd8 19. Be2 h5 20. f3 Ne8 21.
Kf2 Nd6 22. Nb3 Rde8 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Rf6 25. Ke1 Bc8 26. Rd5 Nb7 27.
Nxb7 Bxb7 28. Rd7 Rb8 29. c5 Bc6 30. Rxa7 Rb2 31. a4 Bh6 32. Rd1 Be3 33. Ra6
Bxc5 34. Rc1 Bb6 35. e5 Re6 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1516"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.02.21"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2015.09.18"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 171"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. d3
Nc6 9. Bf4 Be7 10. Rc1 Qd7 11. Ne5 Nxe5 12. Bxe5 Rc8 13. Nc3 O-O 14. e4 dxe4
15. dxe4 Bg6 16. Rd1 Qc6 17. Bd6 Bxd6 18. e5 Qc5 19. exd6 b6 20. d7 Rcd8 21.
Qa4 Qc7 22. Nb5 Qc2 23. Qxc2 Bxc2 24. Rd2 Ba4 25. Nxa7 Rxd7 26. Rxd7 Bxd7 27.
Rc1 e5 28. Bb7 Rd8 29. Nc6 Re8 30. a4 Kf8 31. b4 Bc8 32. Bxc8 Rxc8 33. a5 bxa5
34. bxa5 Nd5 35. a6 Ne7 36. a7 Ra8 37. Nxe7 Kxe7 38. Rc7+ Ke6 39. Kf1 h5 40.
Ke2 g5 41. Kd3 f5 42. Kc4 f4 43. Kc5 Kf5 44. Kb6 e4 45. gxf4 gxf4 46. Kb7 Rxa7+
47. Kxa7 Kg4 48. Rc3 f3 49. Kb6 Kh3 50. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shchekachev, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2531"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Bg5 Be7 8.
Bxf6 Bxf6 9. e3 Ne7 10. Qxb7 O-O 11. Be2 Qd6 12. Qa6 Qb4 13. Qb5 Qd6 14. Qa6
Qb4 15. Qb5 Qd6 16. Qa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Guliyev, Namig"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2579"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. h3 c6 11. Qf3 Re8 12. Bf4 Bd6 13. b3 Qc7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6
15. Na4 Be6 16. Qg3 Qxg3 17. fxg3 Nd7 18. Rae1 g6 19. g4 f6 20. Ba6 Rab8 21.
Rf3 Bf7 22. Rxe8+ Bxe8 23. Rc3 Ne5 24. Rc5 Kf7 25. Ra5 Ke7 26. Kf2 Kd6 27. Ke3
c5 28. Be2 d4+ 29. Kd2 Bxa4 30. Rxa4 Rb7 31. c3 Kd5 32. cxd4 cxd4 33. Bd3 Nc6
34. Ra6 Re7 35. Bb5 Nb4 36. Ra5 Kd6 37. a3 Nd5 38. Kd3 Re1 39. Kxd4 Rd1+ 40.
Ke4 Re1+ 41. Kd3 Nf4+ 42. Kd2 Rg1 43. Rxa7 Rxg2+ 44. Ke3 g5 45. Bc4 Rg3+ 46.
Ke4 Rxh3 47. Ra6+ Kc5 48. Rxf6 h6 49. Rf5+ Kb6 50. a4 Rh4 51. a5+ Kc6 52. a6
Rxg4 53. Kf3 Rh4 54. Ra5 Rh3+ 55. Ke4 Kb6 56. a7 Kxa5 57. a8=Q+ Kb4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. Be3 Nd7 10. N1d2 Ne5 11. f4 Nxd3+ 12. Qxd3 Nf6 13. Nc4 b5 14. Nb6 Bb7 15.
Nxa8 Bxe4 16. Qe2 Qxa8 17. O-O O-O 18. Bd4 Bd5 19. Rfd1 Qc6 20. c3 Nh5 21. Qf2
f6 22. Be3 Ng7 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Bb6 Qd7 25. Rxd5 exd5 26. Rd1 Rc8 27. Qd4 Qe6
28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 f5 30. Kf2 Nh5 31. Kf3 Nf6 32. Rd1 Kf7 33. Nb3 h5 34.
Bd4 Ne4 35. Nd2 d5 36. Ke3 g5 37. Nf3 g4 38. Ne5+ Ke6 39. Nd3 h4 40. Ra1 h3 41.
gxh3 gxh3 42. Rg1 Bd6 43. Rg6+ Kf7 44. Rg7+ Ke6 45. Rh7 Rg8 46. Rxh3 Rg1 47.
Rh6+ Kf7 48. Be5 Bxe5 49. fxe5 a5 50. Rb6 b4 51. cxb4 axb4 52. Rxb4 Rh1 53. a4
Rxh2 54. Nf4 Rh5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2639"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 h5 8. Ng1
b5 9. Nf3 Bb7 10. Ng5 Be7 11. Qf3 Nbd7 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 O-O 14. Nxe7+ Qxe7 15.
Bd3 Nc5 16. O-O d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Qg3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Nd7 20. Qh4 f6 21. Ne4
Qf7 22. f3 Bxe4 23. dxe4 Nc5 24. Qf2 Nd3 25. Qe2 Rfd8 26. Be3 Qb3 27. Rad1 a5
28. Rd2 Nf4 29. Bxf4 exf4 30. Rfd1 Rxd2 31. Rxd2 Rc8 32. Kh2 Qxa4 33. Qa6 Qe8
34. Qxa5 Kh7 35. Qf5+ Kg8 36. Qxf4 b3 37. Rd3 Qe6 38. Qf5 Qxf5 39. exf5 Rc5 40.
Rxb3 Rxf5 41. h4 Rf4 42. Kg3 Rc4 43. Rb5 Rc2 44. f4 Kf7 45. f5 Rc4 46. Kh3 Rd4
47. g3 Rd2 48. b4 Rb2 49. Rb7+ Kg8 50. b5 Kh7 51. b6 Kg8 52. Rb8+ Kh7 53. b7 g6
54. fxg6+ Kg7 55. g4 Rb3+ 56. Kg2 hxg4 57. h5 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Safarli, Eltaj"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. g3 b5 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nc6 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Ne7 10. Re1 Nc6 11. Qd1 d6 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 exd5 14. exd5+ Ne5
15. f4 Be7 16. fxe5 dxe5 17. Rxe5 O-O 18. Re1 Bf6 19. a5 Qd7 20. Qd3 Rad8 21.
Rd1 Rfe8 22. c4 bxc3 23. bxc3 Qc7 24. Be3 Qxc3 25. Ra3 Qc8 26. Rb3 h5 27. Rb6
Qd7 28. Bf4 Be5 29. Bxe5 Rxe5 30. Qb3 Bxd5 31. Bxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33. Rxd5
Rxd5 34. Rxa6 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Seirawan, Yasser"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O c5 7. c4 dxc4 8. Na3
Nec6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxc4 O-O 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Qd2 Rad8 14. Nd6
Nxc5 15. Qe3 b6 16. Bb5 Nb4 17. Nd4 Nc2 18. Nxc2 Bxc2 19. Rac1 Bg6 20. Rfd1 a5
21. Rd4 f6 22. Rcd1 fxe5 23. Qxe5 Qf6 24. f4 Qxe5 25. fxe5 h5 26. h3 Kh7 27.
Be2 Kh6 28. Nf7+ Rxf7 29. Rxd8 Rf5 30. Rh8+ Kg5 31. Bxh5 Bxh5 32. Rxh5+ Kxh5
33. g4+ Kg5 34. gxf5 Kxf5 35. Rd6 Na4 36. b3 Nc3 37. Rxb6 Nxa2 38. Rb5 Nc1 39.
Kf2 Ke4 40. h4 g6 41. Ke1 Nd3+ 42. Kd2 Nxe5 43. Rxa5 Nf3+ 44. Kc3 Nxh4 45. Ra4+
1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bruzon Batista, Lazaro"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 d6 10. Be2 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qd2 Nbd7 13. a4 Rfe8 14. Rfc1 Ne5 15.
a5 bxa5 16. Nb3 Rab8 17. Nxa5 Ba8 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Bd4 Nc6 20. Nxc6 Bxc6 21. Nc3
a5 22. Nb5 d5 23. Na7 Ba8 24. exd5 Bb4 25. Qd1 exd5 26. c5 Nh5 27. c6 Bd6 28.
Nb5 Rxb5 29. c7 Qh4 30. h3 Rbb8 31. cxb8=Q Rxb8 32. Bf2 Qg5 33. Bf1 Qf4 34. Ba6
Qh2+ 35. Kf1 Nf4 36. Rc8+ Rxc8 37. Bxc8 Qh1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2694"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Nxf3 e6 8.
O-O Bc5 9. Qe1 O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 e5 12. a4 a5 13. Qe2 Qc7 14. Bd2 Rfe8
15. Rad1 Nf8 16. Bg5 Be7 17. b3 Ne6 18. Bc1 Nd7 19. h4 Rad8 20. Bh3 Ndc5 21.
Bb2 Bf6 22. Qc4 b6 23. Ba3 h5 24. Qe2 g6 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Kg7 27. Rxd8
Qxd8 28. Bb2 Qd6 29. Bc3 Nd7 30. Qd2 Qxd2 31. Nxd2 Ndc5 32. Bxe6 fxe6 33. f3
Nd7 34. Nc4 Kf7 35. Kf2 Ke7 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Bd2 Bd8 38. Be3 Bc7 39. c3 Ke8 40.
Kd3 Kd8 41. Kc2 Kc8 42. Bg5 Kb7 43. Be7 b5 44. Nb2 Kb6 45. Nd3 c5 46. axb5 Kxb5
47. Nb2 Nb6 48. Kd3 c4+ 49. bxc4+ Kc6 50. Kc2 a4 51. Bb4 Bd6 52. Bxd6 Kxd6 53.
Kb1 Kc5 54. Nd3+ Kxc4 55. Nxe5+ Kb3 56. Nxg6 Nc4 57. Nf4 Nd2+ 58. Ka1 Nxf3 59.
Nxe6 Kxc3 60. Ka2 Kd3 61. Nf4+ Kxe4 62. Nxh5 Kf5 63. Ka3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8.
O-O Be7 9. Qe2 Nd7 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Rfe1 Nc5 12. Bc4 Bg5 13. Bxg5 Qxg5 14. Rad1
Qe7 15. Qe3 a5 16. Rd2 Ba6 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Red1 Nb7 19. Na4 Qc7 20. c4 Raa8
21. Rd3 h6 22. Rb3 Rfb8 23. h3 f6 24. Rbd3 Rd8 25. h4 Rab8 26. h5 Rd7 27. c5 d5
28. exd5 exd5 29. Re1 Kf8 30. Qd2 Re8 31. Rxe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2560"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Be3 O-O 11. h3 Nbd7 12. Nf3 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15.
b3 Nc5 16. Bf4 Nh5 17. Bd2 Rfe8 18. Re1 Qb8 19. Qf1 f5 20. exf5 Bxf3 21. gxf3
gxf5 22. Bb1 Kh8 23. Qe2 Be5 24. Kh1 Nf4 25. Bxf4 Bxf4 26. Rcd1 Qb7 27. b4 Qf7
28. Qf1 Nd7 29. Ne2 Bh6 30. Rxd6 Bf8 31. Rd4 Bxb4 32. Red1 Ne5 33. f4 Ng6 34.
Rd7 Qf6 35. Qg2 Rg8 36. Qf3 Bc5 37. Rg1 Rcd8 38. Ra7 Rg7 39. Rxg7 Qxg7 40. h4
Nxh4 41. Qh3 Qb7+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Nc3 Bc5 8.
Nb3 Be7 9. f4 d6 10. Qf3 Nbd7 11. a4 O-O 12. Bd2 b6 13. Rae1 Bb7 14. Qh3 Rad8
15. g4 Nc5 16. g5 Nfd7 17. Nd4 d5 18. e5 Ne4 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21.
Qxe7 Rde8 22. Qb4 Nxd2 23. Rf2 d4 24. Nb5 axb5 25. Qxd2 bxa4 26. Bb5 Qc5 27.
Bd3 Bd5 28. h4 Qc6 29. Qe2 Re7 30. Bb5 Qe6 31. Kh2 Nc5 32. f5 Rxf5 33. Rxf5
Qxf5 34. Rf1 Qc8 35. Qf2 Rf7 36. Qxf7 Bxf7 37. Rxf7 Kg8 38. Ra7 Qf5 39. Bc4+
Kf8 40. Ra8+ Ke7 41. Ra7+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 c4 7. Nbd2 Na5 8. g3 Bd7
9. h4 O-O-O 10. Bh3 f5 11. exf6 gxf6 12. O-O Nh6 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Rb1 Bd6 15.
Nf1 Rdg8 16. Ne3 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Rxg3+ 18. Bg2 Rhg8 19. Rf1 Be8 20. b4 cxb3 21.
Ne1 Bg6 22. Rb2 Bxa3 23. Rf3 Be4 24. Rxg3 Rxg3 25. Re2 b2 26. Bxb2 Bxb2 27. Kf2
Qd6 28. Bxe4 dxe4 29. N1g2 Rf3+ 30. Kg1 Rh3 31. Rxb2 Qh2+ 32. Kf2 Rxe3 33. Qg4
Rf3+ 34. Ke2 Qg3 35. Qxe6+ Kd8 36. Qd5+ Kc8 37. Qe6+ Kd8 38. Qd5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2649"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. c4
g6 9. Nc3 Bg7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. h3 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nde5 15.
Rfd1 Bd7 16. Qe3 g5 17. Bg3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Ne5 19. Qe2 Rac8 20. b3 Bc6 21. Qd2
Qe7 22. Bf1 Rfd8 23. a4 h5 24. Be2 h4 25. Bh2 Qf6 26. Qe3 Bh6 27. Bg4 Qg6 28.
Qe2 Bg7 29. Bh5 Qh6 30. Rc2 Bf6 31. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4
O-O 9. bxc5 dxc5 10. Bb2 b6 11. d3 Bb7 12. Qc1 Qd7 13. Ne4 e5 14. Bc3 Nf5 15.
Qb2 Nfd4 16. Rab1 Rab8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. a4 Ba8 19. Qa2 a5 20. Nxd4 exd4 21. Bb2
Nb4 22. Qb3 Bc6 23. Ra1 Rbe8 24. Nd2 Re6 25. Bxc6 Qxc6 26. Nf3 Rfe8 27. Qd1 g5
28. Bc1 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.12"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 c5 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Nbxd4 Nf6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Nxd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nb5 e4 14. Ng5
Ndc5 15. Rd1 Qe5 16. Nd6 h6 17. Ngxf7 Rxf7 18. Nxf7 Kxf7 19. Be3 Qe6 20. Qb5 b6
21. Bf4 Rc8 22. Rd6 Nc7 23. Qe2 Qe8 24. Rad1 Nd3 25. Qg4 Ne6 26. Bg3 Nf8 27.
Qe2 Nd7 28. h4 Bf8 29. Rxd7+ Qxd7 30. Qxe4 Rd8 31. h5 Qf5 32. Qc4+ Kg7 33. hxg6
Rd7 34. b4 Kxg6 35. Qc6+ Kh7 36. a4 Bg7 37. Qc8 Nc5 38. Re1 Ne4 39. Bh4 Bxc3
40. Rf1 Bxb4 41. Qc2 Ng3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Nc3 g6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Bb2
d6 9. Ne1 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Nc2 b5 12. d3 Qd7 13. Nce3 Bh3 14. Bxh3 Qxh3 15.
f4 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Rbe8 17. cxb5 Nd4 18. e3 Nxb5 19. f5 a6 20. f6 Bh6 21. a4 Na7
22. Qf3 Nc6 23. Rac1 Rb8 24. Ne7+ Nxe7 25. fxe7 Rfe8 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Bg7
28. Qxd6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Belov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. d4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. g3 Bg7 8.
Bg2 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Qa4 Qa5 13. Qxa5 Nxa5 14. Ne5
Rac8 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Rfc1 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Nc4 18. Bb4 a5 19. Be1 b5 20. f4 b4
21. Bb7 Rc7 22. Ba6 Ra8 23. Bb5 Rb8 24. Ba6 Rb6 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4 Bxc4 27.
Kf2 Be6 28. a3 b3 29. Bxa5 Rc6 30. Rb1 Rc2 31. Ke3 Bc4 32. Kd4 Kf8 33. Bc3 Be6
34. Rb2 Rc1 35. a4 Ke8 36. a5 Kd7 37. e4 Rd1+ 38. Kc5 Rc1 39. Kb4 Kc6 40. f5
gxf5 41. exf5 Bd5 42. Rd2 e6 43. f6 Re1 44. Bd4 Rc1 45. a6 Kc7 46. a7 Kb7 47.
Bb2 Re1 48. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 Nc6 13. Nf1 h6 14. h3 Be6 15. d4
cxd4 16. cxd4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. Qxd4 Qc7 19. Ne3 d5 20. exd5 Bc5 21. Qc3
Bxd5 22. b4 Bb6 23. Qxc7 Bxc7 24. Bb2 Be6 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. Bxf5 Bd6 27. Bxf6
gxf6 28. axb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bologan, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Be2 Qb6 6. O-O Be7 7. a3 O-O 8. Rb1
Qc7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 b6 12. e5 Ne8 13. Bf3 Bb7 14. Nb5 Qc8 15.
Bxb7 Qxb7 16. Bf4 a6 17. Nc3 f6 18. Rbd1 Rd8 19. exf6 Nxf6 20. Bd6 Bxd6 21.
Qxd6 Rc8 22. Rd4 Rc6 23. Qe5 Rfc8 24. Ne4 Nxe4 25. Qxe4 Qc7 26. Qd3 Rxc4 27.
Rxd7 Qe5 28. Rd8+ Rxd8 29. Qxd8+ Kf7 30. Qxb6 a5 31. Rd1 Qd5 32. Rf1 h6 33. g3
Rc2 34. b4 axb4 35. axb4 Rb2 36. Rc1 Qe4 37. b5 Qd5 38. Qc7+ Kg6 39. b6 Qd4 40.
Qc5 Qxc5 41. Rxc5 Rxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khairullin, Ildar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O b5 8. e5 Nd7
9. h4 Nb6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Qd7 12. c4 bxc4 13. dxc4 O-O 14. Rad1 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. c5 Bxc5 17. Nb3 Be7 18. Nxd4 Rfc8 19. Qg4 a5 20. Rfe1 a4 21. h5
Bf8 22. h6 g6 23. Bg5 Rc4 24. b3 axb3 25. axb3 Rc3 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Rxc3 Rxc3
28. Rc1 Rxc1+ 29. Bxc1 Qc7 30. Bf4 Qc3 31. Be3 Nd7 32. Qg5 Qc7 33. Nf3 Nc5 34.
Qf4 Nxb3 35. Ng5 d4 36. Bxd4 Bxg2 37. Kxg2 Nxd4 38. Qxd4 Bxh6 39. Ne4 Bg7 40.
f4 h6 41. Kf3 Kh7 42. Qa4 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Hjartarson, Johann"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Qf3 Qc7 11. g4 h6 12. h4 h5 13. g5 Ng4 14. Bd2 b5 15. f5
Nde5 16. Qg3 Bb7 17. Ne2 exf5 18. Rxf5 g6 19. Rff1 O-O 20. Nf4 Nxd3 21. cxd3 d5
22. Ba5 Qd7 23. e5 Nxe5 24. Rac1 Rac8 25. d4 Ng4 26. Nd3 Bd6 27. Qh3 Rc4 28.
Nbc5 Qc8 29. b3 Rxd4 30. Bb6 Qc6 31. Ba7 Ba8 32. Ne6 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Qd7 34. Nxf8
Qxa7+ 35. Kg2 Ne3+ 36. Kh3 Bxf8 37. Rf4 Qd7+ 38. Kg3 Nf5+ 39. Kf2 d4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zvjaginsev, Vadim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E12"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. d4 Bb7 4. Nc3 e6 5. a3 Ne4 6. Qc2 Nxc3 7. Qxc3 Be7 8. g3
O-O 9. Bg2 d6 10. O-O Nd7 11. b3 Nf6 12. Bb2 a5 13. d5 exd5 14. Nh4 d4 15. Qxd4
Bxg2 16. Nxg2 Ne8 17. Qd2 Bf6 18. Nf4 Bxb2 19. Qxb2 Nf6 20. f3 d5 21. Rad1 c6
22. e4 g5 23. Ne2 Qe7 24. Nd4 Qe5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. f4 Qe3+ 27. Rf2 Nc3 28. Nf5
Qe4 29. Nh6+ Kg7 30. Qxc3+ Kxh6 31. fxg5+ Kxg5 32. Qf6+ Kh5 33. Rf5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "156"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Re1 d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. d3
O-O 9. Nbd2 b6 10. Nc4 Bb7 11. a4 Qc7 12. c3 Rad8 13. Qb3 h6 14. a5 e6 15. Bd2
Nce7 16. axb6 axb6 17. Ra7 Ra8 18. Rea1 Rxa7 19. Rxa7 Ra8 20. Qa4 Rxa7 21. Qxa7
Nc8 22. Qa4 Bc6 23. Qb3 b5 24. Ne3 Nd6 25. Qa3 c4 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bf4 Bf8 28.
dxc4 bxc4 29. Qa6 Qc5 30. Nd2 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 e5 32. Be3 Qd5+ 33. Kg1 h5 34. h4
f6 35. Qa4 Kf7 36. Qd7+ Be7 37. Qa4 g5 38. hxg5 fxg5 39. Qc2 h4 {[#] Weiß
gewinnt nun einen Bauern.} 40. Qh7+ Ke8 41. Qh5+ Kd7 42. Bxg5 hxg3 43. Qg4+ Kc7
44. Qxg3 Bxg5 45. Qxg5 {[#] Ein Mehrbauer gegen Peter Svidler. Aber zum Sieg
reicht es nicht.} Qd3 46. Qe3 Qc2 47. Kg2 Kd7 48. Nf3 e4 49. Nd4 Qxb2 50. Qh3+
Kc7 51. Qe6 (51. Qh7+ Kc8 (51... Kb6 52. Qe7 Nb7 53. Qe6+ Ka5 54. Qxe4 Qxc3 55.
Qd5+ Ka4 56. Qd7+ Ka5 57. Qb5#) 52. Qg6 Kc7 53. Qg7+ Kc8 54. Qf6 Qb8 (54... Kc7
55. Qe7+ $18) 55. Nf5 $16 {hätte den Vorteil festgehalten.}) 51... Qb6 52.
Qe7+ Kc8 53. Qe6+ Kc7 54. Qe7+ Kc8 55. Ne6 Qc6 56. Qf8+ Kd7 57. Nd4 Qd5 58.
Qg7+ Kc8 59. Qg4+ Kc7 60. Qf4 Kd7 61. Qg4+ Kc7 62. Kf1 Qf7 63. Qg3 Kd7 64. Qh3+
Kc7 65. Ke2 Qf6 66. Qh7+ Kc8 67. Qg8+ Kd7 68. Qd5 Qg6 69. Qc6+ Ke7 70. Qc7+ Ke8
71. Nc6 Qg4+ 72. Ke1 Qe6 73. Qb8+ Kd7 74. Nd4 Qh3 75. Qa7+ Ke8 76. Qg7 {
[#] Neue Situation: Jetzt hat Schwarz einen Mehrbauer, aber auch hier reicht
es nicht zum Sieg.} Qxc3+ 77. Kf1 Qh3+ 78. Ke1 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O b6 7. c4 Bb7 8. d3 c5
9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nbd2 Nc6 11. Nc4 Bf6 12. Qc1 Nd4 13. Re1 Nxf3+ 14. Bxf3 Rb8
15. a3 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Ne7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. b4 cxb4 19. axb4 Nf5 20. b5 Nd4 21.
Ra4 Qf6 22. Ne5 Rd8 23. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Vovk, Yuri"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2617"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qa4+ Nc6 10. Rc1 Qa5 11. Bb5 Qxa4 12. Bxa4 Bd7 13. O-O Na5 14. Bxd7+
Kxd7 15. Rfd1 Rhc8 16. dxc5+ Ke8 17. Bd4 f6 18. Rb1 Rc7 19. Rb5 Nc6 20. Rdb1
Rb8 21. Be3 Bf8 22. Nd4 Nd8 23. Ra5 e5 24. Nb5 Rcc8 25. Nxa7 Ra8 26. g3 Rc7 27.
c4 Ne6 28. c6 bxc6 29. Nxc6 Rac8 30. Na7 Ra8 31. Ra6 Kf7 32. Rbb6 Rcxa7 33.
Rxa7+ Rxa7 34. Rxe6 Rxa2 35. Rc6 h5 36. Kg2 f5 37. exf5 gxf5 38. Bg5 Bg7 39.
Rc7+ Kg6 40. c5 Kxg5 41. Rxg7+ Kf6 42. Rc7 e4 43. Kf1 Rc2 44. c6 Kg6 45. Rc8
Kg7 46. Ke1 h4 47. Kd1 Rc4 48. Ke2 hxg3 49. hxg3 Rc3 50. Kd2 Rc5 51. Ke3 Rc2
52. Rc7+ Kg6 53. Rc8 Kg7 54. Rc7+ Kg6 55. Rc8 Kg7 56. g4 fxg4 57. Kxe4 Rxf2 58.
Rc7+ Kg6 59. Rc8 Rc2 60. Kf4 Kf7 61. Kxg4 Ke6 62. Kg5 Kd6 63. Kf5 Rxc6 64.
Rxc6+ Kxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Bc4 Qd7 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Ne4 Be7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Nxf6+ Bxf6 12. Bd3 Nd7 13. Ng5 g6 14. c3 Nc5
15. Bc2 Bg7 16. Qf3 e5 17. Be3 h6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Be6 20. Rfd1 Rad8 21.
Bxb7 Rxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Rb8 23. Bd5 Bxd5 24. Qxd5 Rxb2 25. h3 Qxc3 26. Qa8+ Kh7 27.
Qxa7 Qc4 28. a4 Ra2 29. a5 Qa4 30. Rd5 Qc4 31. Rd7 Kg8 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qe8
Rxa5 34. Rd8 f5 35. Rd7 f4 36. Bb6 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 f3 38. Rxg7+ Kxg7 39. Qxe5+ Kf7
40. Qxa1 fxg2 41. Kxg2 Qc6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 a6 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. Kh1 Nc5 11. e5 dxe5 12. fxe5 Nfd7 13. Bf4 Qc7 14. Qe2 b5 15.
Bd5 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. a3 Nb6 18. Qh5 Ne4 19. Rae1 Nxc3 20. bxc3 Nd5 21. Bd2
Bc5 22. Rf3 Bxd4 23. Rh3 h6 24. Bxh6 f6 25. cxd4 fxe5 26. Bg5 Rf2 27. Qh8+ Kf7
28. Qh5+ Kg8 29. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Movsesian, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2658"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 e5 8. h3
Be7 9. d4 O-O 10. d5 Na7 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. d6 Be6 13. dxe7 Qxe7 14. Nd2 Rfd8
15. Qc2 Rac8 16. b3 b5 17. a4 Qb7 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nf3 Nc6 20. Be3 Nd4 21.
cxd4 cxd4 22. Qb2 dxe3 23. Rxe3 Nxe4 24. Qxe5 Nc5 25. b4 Na6 26. Nd4 Bc4 27.
Nf5 f6 28. Qg3 Rc7 29. Bxc4+ bxc4 30. Rxa6 c3 31. Rd6 Rdc8 32. Rde6 Qb5 33. Nd6
Qd7 34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Rxe8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2850"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 exd4 17. Qxd4 Rc8 18. Bb3 Nd7 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. Qxd5 Nc5 21.
Bf4 Nxb3 22. axb3 Qb6 23. Be3 Qc6 24. Qf5 Rfe8 25. Rac1 Qb7 26. Bd4 Bf8 27. f3
a5 28. h3 a4 29. b4 d5 30. exd5 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Bxb4 32. Qg4 f5 33. Qxf5 Bxe1
34. Qe6+ Kh7 35. Qe4+ Kh8 36. Qxe1 Qxd5 37. Qe3 Kg8 38. Kh2 b4 39. Be5 a3 40.
bxa3 bxa3 41. f4 a2 42. Qa7 Qf7 43. Qa4 Rd8 44. Qa5 Rd1 45. Qa8+ Kh7 46. Qa4
Rd2 47. Qe4+ Kh8 48. Qa8+ Qg8 49. Qc6 Kh7 50. Qe4+ Kh8 51. Qg6 Qh7 52. Qe8+ Qg8
53. Qg6 Qh7 54. Qe8+ Qg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2623"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8. Bf4
a6 9. Rc1 Bd7 10. Qd2 b5 11. Nd5 bxc4 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Rxc4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Bh6 Be6 17. Rc2 Qxd2 18. Rxd2 Rfd8 19. b3 g5 20. Rxd8+ Rxd8
21. Rc1 Rd6 22. h4 gxh4 23. gxh4 Bxh4 24. Rxc7 Bg4 25. Be3 Bxe2 26. b4 Kg7 27.
a4 Bd8 28. Rc6 Be7 29. Rc7 Bd8 30. Rb7 Kg6 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 f5 33. b6 h5
34. Rb8 f4 35. Be4+ Kg5 36. Bc5 Rd1+ 37. Kh2 Bxb6 38. Be7+ Kh6 39. Rxb6+ Kg7
40. Bf6+ Kf7 41. Bxe5 f3 42. Bf5 Rf1 43. Rb7+ Ke8 44. Bd4 Rd1 45. Bf6 Kf8 46.
Be6 Bb5 47. Rxb5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. Qe2 Qe7 13. h3 h6 14. Nc4 a5 15. Be3
Ba6 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qe3 Qe7 18. Ncd2 Rfd8 19. Bc4 Bxc4 20. Nxc4 Nd4 21. Rac1
Nxf3+ 22. Qxf3 Rd4 23. b3 Qc5 24. Qf5 Re8 25. Rcd1 Re6 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27. Nxa5
Qc3 28. Re2 Rd6 29. Nc4 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Qa1 31. Qc8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Kg8 33. Rd2 Rxd2
34. Nxd2 Qc3 35. Qc8+ Kh7 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Nc4 Qxc2 38. a5 Qxb3 39. a6 Qa2 40.
Qc8+ Kh7 41. Nxe5 b3 42. Qf5+ Kg8 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Nxf7 Qxf2 45. Qh8+ Kg6 46.
Ne5+ Kh5 47. Qxg7 Qf4+ 48. Kh1 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 Qf1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 d4 5. b4 Bg7 6. d3 Nfd7 7. Nbd2 c5 8. Bb2
Nc6 9. b5 Nce5 10. O-O Nxf3+ 11. Nxf3 O-O 12. Qd2 a5 13. e3 e5 14. exd4 exd4
15. Rfe1 Rb8 16. Qg5 b6 17. Qxd8 Rxd8 18. Bc1 Bb7 19. Bf4 Rbc8 20. Nd2 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Re8 22. Ne4 Bf8 23. g4 Re6 24. Ng5 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 f6 26. Ne4 Re8 27. Kf1
Kf7 28. Nd6+ Bxd6 29. Bxd6 Rxe1+ 30. Kxe1 Ke6 31. Bc7 f5 32. f3 g5 33. Kf2 h6
34. gxf5+ Kxf5 35. Kg3 a4 36. a3 h5 37. h4 gxh4+ 38. Kxh4 Ne5 39. Bxe5 Kxe5 40.
Kg5 Ke6 41. f4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc2 Qa5 11. Nd2 Rfc8 12. Ne3 Rab8 13. a3 a6 14. Rc1 Qh5
15. b4 Ng4 16. Nxg4 Bxb2 17. Ne3 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Nd4 19. Qb2 Qe5 20. Kh1 Nxe2 21.
Qb1 Nc3 22. Qd3 b5 23. c5 Bc6 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. f4 Qg7 26. Rc1 Na4 27. Qe4 Rcc8
28. Nd5 Qb2 29. Rc2 Qa1+ 30. Kg2 dxc5 31. Nxe7+ Kg7 32. Nxc8 Rxc8 33. Nb3 Qxa3
34. Nxc5 Nxc5 35. Rxc5 Rd8 36. f5 Qb2+ 37. Kh3 Qd4 38. Qe7 Qf6 39. Qxf6+ Kxf6
40. fxg6 hxg6 41. Rc6+ Kg7 42. Rxa6 Rd4 43. Rb6 Rxb4 44. Kg2 Rb2+ 45. Kf3 b4
46. h4 Rb1 47. Kf2 b3 48. Kg2 f5 49. Kf2 b2 50. Kg2 Kf7 51. Rb7+ Ke6 52. Rb6+
Kd5 53. Rb8 Kd4 54. Rd8+ Ke5 55. Re8+ Kf6 56. Rb8 Kg7 57. Kh2 g5 58. hxg5 Kg6
59. Kg2 Kxg5 60. Rb4 Kf6 61. Rb8 Ke5 62. Rb5+ Kd4 63. Rb8 Kc4 64. Rc8+ Kd5 65.
Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Nb5 Na6 6. h3 c6 7. Nc3 Nc7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. O-O Re8 11. e4 dxe4 12. Bxe4 Ne6 13. Be3 Nf6 14. Bd3 b6 15.
Re1 Bb7 16. Bc4 Nd5 17. Nxd5 cxd5 18. Bb5 Rf8 19. Qd2 Nc7 20. Bd3 Ba6 21. Bxa6
Nxa6 22. Bh6 Nc7 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Ne5 e6 25. Ng4 Ne8 26. Re3 Nf6 27. Rf3 Nxg4
28. hxg4 h6 29. Rh3 Qg5 30. Qe2 Rac8 31. Rf1 Rh8 32. f4 Qf6 33. c3 Rc7 34. g3
Rd7 35. Rf2 Rdd8 36. Rfh2 g5 37. Rf2 Qg6 38. Qe5+ Qf6 39. Qc7 Qg6 40. f5 exf5
41. Rxf5 Rhe8 42. Qxa7 Re1+ 43. Kg2 Qe6 44. Rh2 Re8 45. Qb7 Re7 46. Qxd5 Qe3
47. Qd6 Re6 48. Qc7 Re7 49. Qd6 Re6 50. Qc7 Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 e4 5. Ng1 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bd6 7. e3 O-O 8. d3
Be5 9. Qd2 Re8 10. dxe4 Nxe4 11. Nxe4 Bxb2 12. Qxb2 Rxe4 13. Nf3 d6 14. Be2
Qa5+ 15. Nd2 Re8 16. O-O Bf5 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Nf1 Bg6 19. Ng3 Qc7 20. Rd2 a5
21. Rad1 h6 22. h3 Re7 23. Bd3 Re6 24. Bxg6 Rxg6 25. Nh5 Ne7 26. Nf4 Rf6 27.
Qc3 b6 28. Rd3 Qc6 29. Qd2 Kh7 30. f3 Qc7 31. e4 g5 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. Rxd5 Rb8
34. a4 Qe7 35. Rxd6 Rg8 36. Rxf6 Qxf6 37. Qd6 Qc3 38. Qxb6 h5 39. Qxc5 Qxb3 40.
Qf5+ Rg6 41. Qxf7+ Kh6 42. Qf8+ Rg7 43. Rd6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz 9th"]
[Site "Berlin"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2015.10.13"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 168 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.10.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 c5 4. Ng3 Nc6 5. Bc4 a6 6. d3 e6 7. a4 Bd6 8. f4 e5
9. f5 Nf6 10. Nh5 g6 11. Ng7+ Ke7 12. Nh3 Rg8 13. Bh6 gxf5 14. Ng5 Qa5+ 15. c3
Nd8 16. O-O f4 17. b4 Qc7 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Rc1 Qb6 20. Nxf7 Nxf7 21. Bxf7 Rxg7
22. Bxg7 Kxf7 23. Bxf6 Kxf6 24. Qh5 Be6 25. Qh6+ Ke7 26. Qg5+ Ke8 27. Qf6 Kd7
28. Qg7+ Be7 29. Qxe5 Qd6 30. Qa5 Rg8 31. b5 Rg5 32. Qd2 axb5 33. axb5 Rxb5 34.
Qe2 Qe5 35. Qc2 Rc5 36. Qa4+ b5 37. Qa8 Rc3 38. Qb7+ Ke8 39. Qa8+ Kf7 40. Rcd1
b4 41. Rf2 Qc7 42. g3 Rc1 43. Rdf1 Rxf1+ 44. Rxf1 b3 45. Qh8 Kg6 46. gxf4 Bh3
47. f5+ Kh6 48. Re1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2543"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hamburger SK"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{Often we have a question in our minds - What exactly differentiates a strong
2550 GM from a super strong 2750 GM. This game should answer that question.} 1.
Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d4 e6 6. cxd5 Nxd5 {This was first
played by Tartakower against Rubinstein in 1929.} 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxc3 9.
bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4 Bd6 {Now this is a very safe variation for
White and one in which he hardly ever loses. Even for a player of Svidler's
calibre, it is not easy to outplay a grandmaster from this position.} (11...
Bb4+ {is the other option.} 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Kxd2 Ke7 14. Rhc1 Rd8 15. Rc7+
Rd7 16. Rac1 Kd8 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. g4 $5 {had been first played by Kramnik
against Lautier in 1995 and recently reached in Gelfand,B (2759)-Leko,P (2731)
Moscow 2014.}) 12. O-O (12. Bf4 $5 {Rubinstein's choice was very interesting.}
Bxf4 13. gxf4 Rb8 14. Kd2 b6 15. Rhc1 Kd8 16. Rc3 Bb7 17. e4 Re8 (17... f5 $5)
18. a4 Rc8 19. Rb3 f5 $1 20. f3 Re7 21. a5 Rec7 22. Rb2 Rc4 23. axb6 axb6 24.
Kd3 Rc3+ 25. Kd2 R3c4 26. Kd3 Rc3+ 27. Kd2 R3c4 28. Kd3 {1/2-1/2 (28)
Rubinstein,A-Tartakower,S Karlsbad 1929}) 12... Rb8 13. e4 (13. Bf4 Bxf4 (13...
Ke7 14. Rfc1 Bd7 15. Bxd6+ Kxd6 16. e4 $14) 14. gxf4 Ke7 15. Rfc1 Rd8 $11)
13... b6 14. Bb2 f6 15. Rac1 Bb7 16. f4 Kd7 {Black has equalised the position
and now intends to exchange a pair of rooks down the c-file. Of course the
position remains equal but not drawn because of the assymetrical pawn
structure. Black can always create a plan on the queenside in the endgame due
to his majority.} 17. e5 (17. f5 exf5 18. Rxf5 Rbc8 19. Re1 Bb4 20. Re2 Bc3 $11
) 17... Be7 (17... fxe5 18. fxe5 $1 $16) 18. Rfd1 $6 (18. Bxb7 Rxb7 19. Rfd1 {
would be more accurate as the black rooks are not connected currently and
White can get in d5.} Rc7 20. Rxc7+ Kxc7 21. d5 exd5 22. exf6 gxf6 23. Rxd5 {
is similar to the game, just that the rook is more active.}) 18... Bxg2 19.
Kxg2 Rhc8 20. d5 Rxc1 21. dxe6+ Kxe6 22. Rxc1 Bc5 23. exf6 (23. Rd1 Rc8 $11)
23... gxf6 24. Re1+ (24. Rd1 {Not allowing the black rook to get activated was
better.} Rc8 25. Kf3 Bb4 26. Rd3 Rc2 27. Re3+ Kf7 28. Re2 $11) 24... Kf7 (24...
Kf5 25. Kf3 h5 26. h3 Rg8 27. Rd1 $14 {[%cal Gd1d5,Gg3g4]}) 25. Kf3 Rd8 26. Re2
a5 {From this point onwards Rasmus Svane begins to play without any aim.
Svidler keeps improving his position bit by bit.} 27. Ke4 (27. a4 $11 {The
pawn on a4 would not have been in danger of being lost and with this move the
majority is crippled to some extent.}) 27... a4 28. Kf5 Rd5+ 29. Ke4 Rd7 30.
Bc3 $6 (30. g4 $5 {not allowing f5 later on would have been much more logical.}
) 30... Re7+ 31. Kd3 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 f5 $1 {Fixing the kingside pawns on dark
squares.} 33. Kd3 b5 {Now, all the entry points have been covered for the
white king and the black monarch is looking to settle down on d5.} 34. Bd4 Be7
(34... Bxd4 35. Kxd4 $18 {[%cal Gd4c5] is a lost pawn endgame.}) 35. Be5 Ke6
36. Kd4 h5 37. Bh8 Ba3 38. Be5 Bf8 $6 (38... h4 $3 {is an extremely strong
move that immediately gives Black a winning engame.} 39. gxh4 $2 (39. Kd3 $2 h3
$1 $19) (39. Bc7 $2 h3 40. Bb8 Bb4 41. Bc7 Be1 $19) 39... Bb2+ 40. Kc5 Bxe5 41.
fxe5 Kxe5 $19) (38... Bb2+ 39. Kc5 Bxe5 40. fxe5 h4 41. Kxb5 hxg3 42. hxg3 Kxe5
43. Kxa4 Ke4 44. Kb4 Kf3 45. a4 Kxg3 46. a5 f4 47. a6 f3 48. a7 f2 49. a8=Q
f1=Q $11) 39. Bh8 Be7 40. Bg7 Ba3 41. Be5 Bb4 42. Bg7 Bd6 43. Bh8 h4 44. gxh4 (
44. Be5 Bxe5+ 45. fxe5 b4 46. Kc4 hxg3 47. hxg3 b3 $1 48. axb3 axb3 49. Kxb3
Kxe5 50. Kc4 Ke4 $19) 44... Bxf4 45. h5 Bd6 (45... Bxh2 46. h6 Kf7 47. Kc5 $11)
46. h6 Kf7 47. Kd5 Bf8 48. Kc6 (48. Bb2 Kg6 49. Bc1 b4 $19) 48... b4 49. Kb5 a3
50. Kc4 Kg6 51. Bg7 Be7 52. h4 f4 53. h5+ Kh7 54. Kd3 Bg5 55. Kc4 Bxh6 56. Bd4
Bf8 57. Be5 f3 58. Bd4 Kh6 59. Kd3 Kxh5 60. Ke4 Bg7 $19 {All of White's
mistakes were just imperceptible. It was as if one would not know the reason
why Black won. But on closer inspection you could see that Svidler played with
a plan thanks to his better understanding and tried to improve his position
little by little, while Svane did not.} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Qd6 $5 {
Vladimir Kramnik employs the rather rare continuation. As usual, it was played
after deep home preparation and came as a real surprise for Peter.} ({The main
alternatives here are:} 7... c5) ({and} 7... Nc6) 8. Nxc4 {The most natural
reply.} ({The resulting position offers different interesting possibilities
for both sides. For instance, White could have opted for} 8. O-O $5 Rd8 9. Bg5
h6 (9... c5 $5) 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Ne4 Qxd4 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Nxc4 {with
sufficient compensation for a pawn.}) 8... Qa6 {A very concrete approach -
White has to waste a tempo on protecting the knight, while Black is ready to
put pressure on White's centre along the d-file.} 9. Qb3 {After this move
White is well prepared to meet the standard c7-c5 advance, but the
vulnerablity of the Pd4 offers Black more counterplay.} ({After} 9. Qa4 Rd8 10.
e3 c5 (10... Nd5 $6 11. Qxa6 Nxa6 12. O-O Rb8 13. Rd1 Nb6 14. Nxb6 axb6 15. e4
$14 {1/2 Gnusarev,P (2357)-Lutz,C (2596)/Mallorca 2004/CBM 104 (32)}) 11. dxc5
Nfd7 12. O-O Nxc5 13. Qxa6 Nbxa6 14. b3 Rb8 {Black should be able to solve the
problem of passive Bc8 and equalise.}) ({Black's idea is well illustrated in
the following line:} 9. b3 Rd8 10. O-O c5 11. a4 Bd7 ({After} 11... cxd4 12.
Nb5 Ne8 13. Ba3 Bxa3 14. Nbxa3 $44 {White gets full compensation.}) 12. dxc5
Bc6 13. Qc2 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Bxc5 $11 {with comfortable equality.}) 9... Nc6 10.
e3 {The most natural way of protecting the pawn.} ({After} 10. Be3 Nd5 11. O-O
Nxe3 12. fxe3 Na5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 $132 {White has some compensation for an
exposed pawn structure, but hardly more.}) 10... Rb8 {Obviously, this move is
aimed at solving the problem of the passive light-squared knight. The
vulnerable state of White's queen gives Black an additional tempo for the
fianchetto.} 11. Qb5 ({Black shouldn't face any problems in the event of} 11.
O-O b5 12. Nd2 Na5 13. Qc2 c5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nce4 Be7 $11 {- Vaulin,A (2515)
-Ivanovic,B (2470)/Podgorica 1993}) ({The consistent attempt to reduce Black's
q-side activity by means of} 11. a4 {is well met by} b5 $1 12. Nxb5 Bd7 13. O-O
(13. Rb1 Na5 14. Nxa5 Bxb5 15. axb5 Rxb5 16. Qc2 Bb4+ 17. Bd2 Bxd2+ 18. Qxd2
Rxa5 $11) 13... Nxd4 14. exd4 Bxb5 15. axb5 Qxa1 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Nc6 Qa6 $1 (
17... Rb6 18. Bg5 Qa6 19. bxa6 Rxb3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nxa7 Rxb2 22. Ra1 c5) 18.
Nxb8 Rxb8 $11) 11... Qxb5 12. Nxb5 Nb4 $146 {A logical novelty - the Nc6 was
clearly misplaced, so Vladimir removes in order to free a way for the c-pawn.}
(12... Bd7 13. O-O Na5 14. Nxa5 Bxb5 15. Rd1 Nd5 16. Bd2 b6 17. Nb3 a5 $11 {
1/2 Pedersen,S (2390)-Wells,P (2485)/Budapest 1993/CBM 036 ext (42)}) ({
Another decent way of handling the position is:} 12... a6 $5 13. Nc3 (13. Nxc7
$2 b5 14. Ne5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Ng4 $17 {[%csl Rc7]}) 13... b5 14. Bxc6 bxc4 15.
O-O Bb7 16. Bxb7 Rxb7 $11) 13. O-O Bd7 14. Nc3 Rfc8 $1 {Black reasonably
doesn't hurry with the c6-c5 advance.} ({After} 14... c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. a3
Nbd5 17. Bd2 Rfc8 18. Rac1 $14 {White's position would be preferable.}) 15. a3
Nbd5 16. Bd2 c5 17. dxc5 Rxc5 18. Ne5 Be8 $11 {Black has successfully solved
all the opening problems.} 19. Nxd5 ({After} 19. Nd3 Rcc8 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 exd5 22. Nf4 Bg5 $11 {White cannot put any pressure on the isolated pawn.}
) 19... Nxd5 20. Rfc1 Rxc1+ {Vladimir doesn't mind exchanging the rooks, since
White has no squares for penetration along the c-file.} ({There was nothing
wrong with} 20... Rcc8 $11) 21. Rxc1 Bf6 22. Nc4 {The knight is obliged to
leave the central square.} ({Quite risky from the strategic point of view is:} 
22. f4 Bxe5 23. fxe5 Bc6 $11) 22... Rd8 {The position is balanced now, but
White has to take care of the Pb2 now.} 23. b4 {The first step in a wrong
direction.} ({The safest way to equality was:} 23. e4 Nb6 24. Nxb6 axb6 25. Bc3
Bxc3 26. bxc3 e5 27. Bf1 Bc6 28. f3 Ra8 29. Ra1 $11) 23... b5 24. Na5 Nb6 {
Black's pieces are somewhat more active now, but White's position remains very
solid.} 25. Bc3 {A correct choice.} (25. Rc2 {was too passive:} Nc4 26. Bc1
Rd1+ 27. Bf1 a6 $15) 25... Rc8 ({Black achieves nothing after} 25... Bxc3 26.
Rxc3 Rd1+ 27. Bf1 Kf8 28. Kg2 $11) 26. Bc6 ({Obviously, Peter didn't like} 26.
Bd2 Bb2 27. Rxc8 Nxc8 {and the pawn is gone. However, it looks like after} 28.
Nc6 Bxa3 29. Bc3 f6 30. Kf1 Kf7 31. Ke2 $11) 26... Bxc6 27. Bxf6 Bd5 $1 {
The resulting position is almost symmetrical, but White is in definite danger,
since the Na5 is out of moves.} 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 {[%csl Ra5]} 29. Bd4 f6 30. Bc5
{Black's knight is now restricted by the bishop, but the b6-square is still
vacant.} Kf7 31. Kf1 e5 ({It was worth considering} 31... g5 $5 {seizing more
space on the k-side and intending to occupy the weak light squares later on.})
32. Ke2 Ke6 33. f3 f5 34. h4 g6 35. Kf2 Nb6 36. g4 $6 {Inviting more troubles
- opening up the position would suit Black here.} ({A much safer move was} 36.
f4 Nc8 37. Ke2 a6 38. Kd2 Nd6 39. Bxd6 Kxd6 40. Kd3 h6 41. Kc3 Ke6 42. Kd3 Kf6
43. Kc3 $11) 36... fxg4 37. fxg4 h5 $1 {Vladimir immediately takes advantage
of White's inaccuracy - now Black's king gets much more space.} 38. Kg3 {
The best reply.} (38. gxh5 $6 {is worse:} gxh5 39. Ke2 Kf5 40. Kd3 Nc8 41. Bf8
a6 42. Bc5 Ba8 $17 {[%csl Rh4][%cal Gf5g4]}) 38... Na4 {Vladimir sacrifices a
pawn in order to keep the Na5 trapped. Well, this idea was fully justified in
the game, but it is not the best choice from an objective point of view.} ({
The more patient} 38... Kf6 $1 39. Kh3 {would force White to give up a pawn:} (
{Even worse is} 39. gxh5 gxh5 40. Bd6 Kf5 41. Bc7 Nd7 $17 {and Black is
dominating over the board.}) 39... Be6 40. e4 Bxg4+ 41. Kg2 Bd7 $15 {The
limited material balance leaves White definite drawish chances, but a pawn is
a pawn!}) 39. Bxa7 Nc3 {A critical moment.} 40. Bb8 $4 {As often happens in
chess, the last move before passing the time control turns out to be a
decisive mistake.} ({The correct way was:} 40. gxh5 gxh5 41. Bb6 Nd1 ({Black
cannot make progress after} 41... Kf5 42. Kf2 Kg4 43. Bd8 Nb1 44. Ke2 Nxa3 45.
Kd2 $11) 42. e4 $8 (42. Bc5 Kf5) 42... Bxe4 43. Nb3 Bc6 44. Nd2 {The knight is
back into the game, so White should be able to achieve a draw.}) 40... Ne4+ {
The loss of the k-side pawn is fatal here, since the Na5 is still out of play.}
41. Kh3 (41. Kf3 Nf6+ 42. e4 Bxe4+ 43. Ke3 hxg4 $19) 41... Nf2+ 42. Kg3 Nxg4
$19 43. e4 (43. Ba7 {offers no hope either:} Kf5 44. Bc5 Ke4 45. a4 bxa4 46. b5
Nxe3 47. b6 Nc2 48. b7 Bxb7 49. Nxb7 a3 $19) 43... Bxe4 44. Nb3 {The knight is
coming back too late.} Kd5 45. Nd2 Ne3 {Impressive positional play by Vladimir
Kramnik!} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2715"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Zuerich SG"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SUI"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8.
O-O-O Be5 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Bd4 Nf6 11. Bxe5 Qxe5 12. Qg3 Qxg3 13. hxg3 d5 14.
Be2 h6 15. g4 Rf8 16. f4 Rb8 17. Bf3 Kd8 18. Ne2 Kc7 19. e5 Nd7 20. c4 a5 21.
Nd4 Ba6 22. cxd5 cxd5 23. b3 a4 24. Kd2 Rfc8 25. Rc1+ Kb6 26. bxa4 Bc4 27. Be2
Bxe2 28. Kxe2 Rxc1 29. Rxc1 Ra8 30. Rb1+ Kc7 31. Rb4 Nc5 32. f5 exf5 33. Nxf5
Nxa4 34. Nxg7 Nc5 35. a4 Rxa4 36. Rxa4 Nxa4 37. Ke3 Kd7 38. Kd4 Nb6 39. Nh5 Ke7
40. g3 Ke6 41. Nf4+ Kd7 42. Nxd5 Nxd5 43. Kxd5 Ke7 44. Ke4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Sutovsky, Emil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2727"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 ({
Üblich ist} 14. Ng3 g6 15. a4) 14... h6 {[#]} 15. Bh4 {Der Läufer konnte
nicht nach e3, weil e4 hing. Aber hier steht er nicht gut, weil er dem Sf1 den
Weg nach g3 versperrt.} Qc8 16. N3d2 g6 17. dxe5 Rxe5 18. f4 Re8 {[#] Weiß
hat Probleme mit dem schwachen Bauern e4 und löst dies nun auf radikale Weise.
} 19. e5 $6 dxe5 20. f5 g5 21. Bf2 e4 22. Ng3 {[#]} e3 {Gibt den Bauern
zurück und öffnet dabei Linien für die eigenen Figuren.} 23. Rxe3 (23. Bxe3
Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Bc5 25. Ndf1 Nd5 $19) 23... Bc5 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. Qe1 Qf8 26.
Nde4 Bxe4 27. Nxe4 Nxe4 28. Qxe4 Re8 29. Qc6 Bxf2+ 30. Kxf2 Qe7 31. Kg1 ({Nach
} 31. Qxh6 Qe3+ 32. Kf1 Qf4+ 33. Kg1 Re2 34. Rf1 Qg3 {scheint} 35. Be4 {
noch zu gehen. Aber} Qe3+ (35... Rxe4 $2 36. f6 Nxf6 37. Qxf6 $11) 36. Kh1 Qxe4
{gewinnt gefahrlos die Figur.} 37. Qxg5+ Kf8 38. Qd8+ Qe8 $19) 31... Nf6 32.
Qf3 (32. Qxa6 Qc5+ 33. Kh1 Kg7 $17 {und die weiße Dame ist sehr weit weg vom
eigenen König, der bald unter Beschuss geraten wird.}) 32... Qc5+ 33. Qf2 {[#]
} Re3 $1 {Schick. Es droht g4 und Weiß kann nicht auf g4 nehmen, weil nach
Sg4 die Dame ziehen muss und dann ein Abzug des Turmes folgt. Die weiße
Position wird nun in wenigen Zügen ausgehebelt.} 34. Kf1 Qc4+ 35. Kg1 Re2 36.
Bb3 Qe4 37. Qg3 c5 38. Bd1 Rxb2 39. Bf3 Qe3+ 40. Kh1 Qxc3 41. h4 Rb4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 31st"]
[Site "Skopje"]
[Date "2015.10.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2727"]
[BlackElo "2813"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2015.10.18"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "MKD"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 169"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2015.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Socar"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qb3 Na5 8.
Qa4+ Bd7 9. Bb5 Nc6 10. Qd1 e6 11. Nf3 Be7 12. h3 Ne4 13. O-O Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5
15. Rb1 Bxb5 16. Rxb5 Qd7 17. a4 Nc4 18. Ne5 Nxe5 19. Bxe5 f6 20. Bg3 Rc8 21.
Qb3 b6 22. a5 Bd8 23. axb6 Bxb6 24. Rb4 O-O 25. Rc1 Rc6 26. c4 dxc4 27. Rbxc4
Qd5 28. Qa4 Rxc4 29. Rxc4 h6 30. Rc6 Rd8 31. Kh2 Kf7 32. Kg1 Qd7 33. Qc4 Qd5
34. Qa4 Qd7 35. Qc4 Qd5 36. Qa4 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Solak, Dragan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Turkey"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "TUR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
[WhiteClock "0:12:24"]
[BlackClock "0:20:05"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Qc3 Qd7 11. Nc4 Bxc4 12. Qxc4 Ng6 13. Nd4 Ne5 14. Qb3
O-O-O 15. Nf5 Ng4 16. h3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 Kb8 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. b3 Rhe8 20. Rd3 Bf8
21. Rfd1 Rxd3 22. Qxd3 g6 23. Nd4 Bd6 24. Nf3 Re7 25. Re1 Qe8 26. Kf1 a5 27.
Qd4 Re6 28. Qc4 Re7 29. Qd4 Re6 30. Qc4 Re7 31. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Greece"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GRE"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 g6 7. c3 Bg7 8. Bc2
b5 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 Bb7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. h3 Nb6 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qe2 e6 15. Bd3
Nh5 16. a4 b4 17. a5 bxc3 18. axb6 c2 19. Bxc2 Qxb6 20. Bd3 Bxd4 21. Nxd4 Qxd4
22. Bh6 Rfe8 23. Bxa6 Bxa6 24. Rxa6 Rb8 25. Bc1 Rec8 26. Qf3 Rc2 27. Rd1 Qe5
28. Be3 Rc4 29. Raxd6 Rxe4 30. R6d4 Rxd4 31. Bxd4 Qb5 32. Bc3 Qg5 33. g4 Ng7
34. Rd7 Rf8 35. Bb4 Nf5 36. Bxf8 Kxf8 37. Qc3 Kg8 38. f4 1-0

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.15"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2684"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Spain"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ESP"]
[WhiteClock "0:04:05"]
[BlackClock "0:05:08"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
c4 Be6 9. Qa4 Qd7 10. Nc3 Rc8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Qxd7+ Kxd7 13. Rd1 Bc5 14. Nxd5
Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Bxd5 16. Rxd5+ Ke6 17. Rd2 Rhd8 18. Kf1 Bb6 19. Rxd8 Rxd8 20. Be3
Bxe3 21. fxe3 Rd2 22. Rb1 Rc2 23. Ke1 g5 24. Kd1 Rc6 25. Rc1 Ra6 26. a3 Rd6+
27. Ke1 a5 28. Rc5 Rb6 29. Rxa5 Rxb2 30. g4 Rb1+ 31. Kf2 Kf6 32. a4 Rh1 33. Kg2
Re1 34. Kf3 Rh1 35. Kg2 Re1 36. Kf3 Rh1 37. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.16"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2720"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 {The Marshall Attack is probably one
of the most sound lines against 1.e4, therefore it doesn't come as a suprise
that is often played in high level events.} 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Re8
{Not the main line but an interesting one that I used to play for a while.} 15.
Rxe8+ Qxe8 16. Nd2 Qe1+ 17. Nf1 Bg6 18. g3 {The best move is what Kotronias
played against me and that is probably critical for the assesment of the line.}
(18. h3 Re8 {Perhaps Svidler wanted to repeat my game having a possible
improvement in his mind, or my guess is that he may be experimenting with 18...
b4!? as well.} 19. Bd1 Nxc3 ({Another idea is} 19... Bh2+ 20. Kxh2 Qxf1 21. Bd2
h6 $5 22. Rc1 Qxd3 23. Qxd3 Bxd3 24. b3 Re4 25. g4 c5 26. Bf3 Re5 27. Kg3 Nf6
28. Bf4 {with some pressure in this endgame}) 20. bxc3 Qxc3 21. Rb1 Re1 22. Bf4
Bxf4 23. Qxf4 h6 24. Bc2 Rxb1 25. Bxb1 {At this point there is one idea that
could revive the line:} Qb2 $5 ({Instead I went for:} 25... c5 26. a4 Qb2 27.
axb5 axb5 28. Nd2 c4 29. dxc4 Bxb1 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qxb5 Qc1+ 32. Kh2 Bd3 33.
Qb4 Bxc4 34. Qxc4 Qxd2 35. Qxf7 {1-0 (48) Kotronias,V (2626)-Pavlovic,M (2507)
Vrnjacka Banja 2005. I was not able to fully equalise in this game.}) 26. Nd2
c5 27. h4 $5 (27. Kh2 c4 28. dxc4 Bxb1 29. cxb5 axb5 30. Nxb1 Qxb1 31. Qb8+ Kh7
$11) 27... c4 28. h5 c3 29. hxg6 fxg6 30. d4 $1 cxd2 31. Bxg6 Qb1+ 32. Bxb1
d1=Q+ 33. Kh2 Qxb1 34. a3 Qd3 35. Qd6 {It seems that Black can hold this
endgame.}) 18... b4 $1 19. h4 {I am not really sure if this is a planned
improvement or simply Ivanchuk was caught again in a Marshall like previously
against So in Wijk 2015.} ({In a famous match played by SMS messages I was
together in a team with French GM Nataf and GM Radjabov on the black side and
this line was introduced then.} 19. Bxd5 cxd5 20. Qxd5 Rd8 21. Bg5 Qxa1 22.
Bxd8 Bf8 23. Ba5 Qb1 24. Kg2 Bxd3 25. Nd2 Qc2 26. Qa8 Qxd2 27. Bxb4 h5 28.
Qxf8+ Kh7 29. Qxf7 Qe2 30. Qf4 Qf1+ 31. Kf3 Qe2+ 32. Kg2 Qf1+ 33. Kf3 Qe2+ 34.
Kg2 Qf1+ {1/2-1/2 (34) Ojjeh team-Nataf team Paris 2003. Black was fine all
the way.}) (19. c4 Nf6 20. Qxc6 $5 (20. Bd1 Re8 21. Bd2 Qe5 22. Qxc6 Bf8 23.
Bb3 Bxd3 24. c5 Be4 25. Qxa6 Qf5 26. Qe2 Bc6 27. Ne3 Qe4 28. f3 Qd4 29. Rc1
Bxc5 {0-1 (35) Stellwagen,D (2639)-Gustafsson,J (2606) Germany 2008. Black has
the initiative for a long time.}) 20... Rd8 21. Qb6 Rd7 22. Bc2 Ng4 23. Rb1 Qe2
24. Bd2 Ne5 25. Qe3 Qh5 26. Bd1 Qf5 27. Be2 f6 28. Qe4 Nxd3 29. Qxf5 Bxf5 30.
Ne3 Be4 31. Bxd3 Bxd3 32. Rc1 a5 {We got a typical Marshall type of
compensation: the bishop pair for a pawn down.}) 19... h5 20. c4 (20. Bxd5 cxd5
21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Bg5 {½-½ (22) Schmidt,T (2597)-Gavrilakis,N (2464) corr
2008, just few more moves...} Qxa1 23. Bxd8 Qd1 24. Qxd6 bxc3 25. bxc3 Bxd3 {
Black is fine.}) 20... Nf6 21. Bd1 $6 {The alternative is better and critical:}
(21. d4 Rd8 22. Qd1 Qe7 23. Bd2 (23. Be3 Be5 {with counterplay.}) 23... Bb8 24.
d5 cxd5 25. cxd5 Nxd5 26. Qf3 Nf6 27. Re1 Ne4 {with equal chances, just one
possible line that can come out of this complicated variation.}) 21... Re8 22.
Bd2 {I am not sure that White hadn't already spoiled his position so I will
not criticise this move...} (22. Bg5 Ng4 23. Bd2 Qe6 24. Ne3 Ne5 $17) (22. d4
c5 23. Bd2 Qe6 24. d5 Qc8 25. Qb3 Be4 26. f3 Bg6 27. Kg2 Bf5 28. Kh2 (28. Ne3
Bh3+ 29. Kh2 Rxe3 $1 30. Qxe3 (30. Bxe3 Bf1 31. Kg1 Qh3 32. Qc2 Bxg3 $40) 30...
Bf1 $1 $19) 28... Bh3 29. Qd3 Nxd5 $1 30. cxd5 c4 $19) 22... Qe5 {Already it
is clear that White has problems and his opening play didn't prove to be ok.}
23. Rc1 Bc5 24. a3 a5 ({Even better was} 24... Ng4 25. axb4 Bxf2+ 26. Kg2 Be1
27. Rc2 Re6 $19) 25. axb4 axb4 26. Rc2 Ng4 $17 27. Ne3 Qd6 $1 {White is lost.}
28. Nxg4 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Bh5 30. Qxh5 Qxg3+ 31. Kh1 Qxf2 0-1

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.17"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Azerbaijan"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "AZE"]
[WhiteClock "0:53:37"]
[BlackClock "1:11:25"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Nc5 10. c3 Be7 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. h3 Qd7 17. b4 Rfd8 18. Bf4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd4
g5 22. b4 Nc4 23. Bc1 d2 24. Bxf5 dxe1=Q+ 25. Qxe1 Qd5 26. e6 Qe5 27. exf7+
Kxf7 28. Be4 Re8 29. Nf3 Qe6 30. Nd4 Qe5 31. Nf3 Qe6 32. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.20"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[Annotator "Baldauf,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "France"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "FRA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
[TimeControl "6000+820"]
[WhiteClock "0:03:22"]
[BlackClock "0:15:40"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bg7 8.
Bb5 O-O 9. Ne2 Na5 10. Be3 Be6 11. Bf2 a6 12. Bd3 Bc4 13. O-O b5 14. Bxc4 Nxc4
15. Nc1 c5 16. Nb3 cxd4 17. cxd4 Qd6 {Schwarz hat die Eröffnung gut gespielt
und steht einen Ticken angenehmer. Die c-Linie ist in seiner Hand, der
potentielle Freibauer am Damenflügel ist ein weiterer Trumpf.} 18. Qe2 Qa3 19.
Rab1 Rac8 20. Rfd1 Na5 {Rückwärtsgang - für mich so nachvollziehbar, dass
Svidler 23...Se7 nebst ...Sd5 plante, aber rechtzeitig die prekäre Lage seiner
Dame erkannte.} 21. Nc5 Nc6 22. e5 e6 23. f4 Rc7 (23... Ne7 $6 24. Qd2 Nd5 $140
25. Rb3 $18) 24. d5 $14 {jetzt ist die geplante weißfeldrige Blockade dahin.}
exd5 25. Rxd5 Rd8 26. Rxd8+ Nxd8 27. Qd2 Nb7 28. Nxb7 Rxb7 29. Rc1 h5 30. Rc8+
Kh7 31. h3 Qe7 32. Qd6 Qd7 33. Qxd7 Rxd7 {Schwarz hat den weißen Druck
neutralisieren können und Remis ist das folgerichtige Ergebnis} 34. Bh4 Rd4 35.
Bg5 Bh6 36. Bf6 Bg7 37. Bg5 Bh6 38. Bf6 Bg7 39. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.21"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2781"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Armenia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ARM"]
[WhiteClock "0:38:55"]
[BlackClock "1:10:08"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nf5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. d4 d5 10. c3 Bd6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Rxe8+ Qxe8 13. Qb3 Nfe7 14. Nbd2 b6
15. Nf1 Bg4 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Bd2 Ng6 18. Nf5 Bf4 19. N1e3 Nce7 20. Qc2 Nxf5 21.
Nxf5 Qd7 22. Ng3 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 f6 24. Re1 Re8 25. f3 Bf7 26. Rxe8+ Qxe8 27. Kf2
Qd7 28. Nf5 Ne7 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Qe3 Qxe3+ 31. Kxe3 Kf8 32. a3 h6 33. g3 Ke7
34. h4 g5 35. f4 gxh4 36. gxh4 Be6 37. Be2 Kd6 38. Bf3 Bd7 39. Be2 Be6 40. Bf3
Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-chT (Men) 20th"]
[Site "Reykjavik"]
[Date "2015.11.22"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2708"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2015.11.13"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISL"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.01.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hungary"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "HUN"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
[WhiteClock "0:35:15"]
[BlackClock "0:36:38"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qh4
15. g3 Qh3 16. Be3 Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. a4 h6 20. Kg2 Qxf3+ 21.
Nxf3 Rac8 22. axb5 axb5 23. Kg1 Bf5 24. Ra6 Rxe1+ 25. Nxe1 Be6 26. Nd3 Bf8 27.
Bc5 Bf5 28. Bxf8 Bxd3 29. Bc5 Re8 30. Kg2 Re2 31. Bxd5 cxd5 32. b4 h5 33. Kf3
f6 34. h4 Re4 35. Ra8+ Kh7 36. Ra7 Kg8 37. Ra8+ Kh7 38. Ra7 Kg8 39. Be3 Bc4 40.
Kg2 Bd3 41. Rd7 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial rap 25th"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Narva, Mai"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Bg4 11. Nbd2 f6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 fxe5 14. Bxh6
Bxh6 15. Rxe5 Bg7 16. Re6 Qd7 17. Qe2 Rfe8 18. Re1 Bf6 19. Qd2 Rac8 20. b4 Kg7
21. Nh2 Rf8 22. Ng4 Rf7 23. h4 Rd8 24. h5 g5 25. h6+ Kf8 26. Ne5 Bxe5 27. R1xe5
Rf6 28. Qxg5 Qxe6 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Qf5+ Rf6 31. Qxh7 Ke8 32. g4 Kd7 33. g5
Rff8 34. g6 Rh8 35. Qxh8 Rxh8 36. g7 Rg8 37. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial rap 25th"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Kashtanov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. h3
Be7 9. g4 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Bg2 Nxe3 12. Qxd8+ Bxd8 13. fxe3 Bh4+ 14. Ke2
Bc4+ 15. Kf3 Nc6 16. Nc5 O-O 17. Bf1 e4+ 18. N5xe4 Ne5+ 19. Kg2 Rad8 20. b3 Be6
21. Be2 Rc8 22. Rac1 Rc6 23. Rhd1 Rfc8 24. Na4 b5 25. Nb2 Rxc2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2
27. Rd2 Bd5 28. Rxd5 Rxe2+ 29. Kf1 Re1+ 30. Kg2 f6 31. Nd1 Re2+ 32. Kf1 Rxa2
33. Rd6 b4 34. Rd2 Ra3 35. Nc5 a5 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Nb2 Ra1 38. Rd1 Ra2 39. Rd2
g6 40. e4 Bg5 41. Rc2 Bc1 42. Nca4 Bxb2 43. Nxb2 Ra3 44. Nc4 Nxc4 45. Rxc4 Rxb3
46. Rc7+ Ke6 47. Rxh7 a4 48. Ra7 a3 49. h4 Rb2+ 50. Kd3 a2 51. h5 gxh5 52. gxh5
b3 53. h6 Rh2 54. Kc3 Rh1 55. h7 Rxh7 56. Ra6+ Ke5 57. Kxb3 Kxe4 58. Kb2 Rb7+
59. Ka1 f5 60. Ra4+ Ke5 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial rap 25th"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.01.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kulaots, Kaido"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 d5 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Bg5 g6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. a3 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O f5 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. b4 a6 14. c5 g5 15.
b5 axb5 16. Bxb5 g4 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Ne5 f6 19. Nd3 Bh6 20. Ra1 Rb8 21. Ne2
Bc8 22. Nef4 Re8 23. Re1 Re4 24. Nh5 Kf7 25. Nb4 Qe8 26. g3 Kg6 27. Nf4+ Bxf4
28. gxf4 Qd7 29. Qd2 Qc7 30. Rac1 Ra8 31. Rc3 Bd7 32. Rxe4 fxe4 33. Rb3 h5 34.
Nc2 h4 35. Kf1 Bc8 36. Ke1 Ba6 37. h3 Bc4 38. Rc3 Rb8 39. Nb4 f5 40. Kd1 Kf6
41. Kc1 Rg8 42. Nc2 g3 43. fxg3 hxg3 44. Ne3 Bd3 45. Rb3 Ke6 46. Ng2 Bf1 47.
Ne3 g2 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial rap 25th"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kantans, Toms"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B82"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f4 b5 8. Qf3
Bb7 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. g4 Nc5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. O-O-O Rc8 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 O-O 15.
h5 f5 16. gxf6 Bxf6 17. Rhg1 Qe7 18. a3 Nxd3 19. cxd3 d5 20. Qg4 dxe4 21. Nxe4
Bd5 22. Rc1 h6 23. Qg6 Kh8 24. Nc3 Nb6 25. Rge1 b4 26. axb4 Qxb4 27. Nc2 Qa5
28. Nxd5 Nxd5 29. Qe4 Bxb2 0-1

[Event "Keres Memorial rap 25th"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2591"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Be7 11. Bg3 d6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Re1 g6 14. d4 Bg7 15. a4
Bb7 16. d5 Ne7 17. c4 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. cxb5
Bxe4 22. Nc4 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Qxf3 24. gxf3 Nf5 25. Rd1 Bf8 26. b6 d5 27. Ba4 Re7
28. Bxe5 dxc4 29. Bxf6 Rb7 30. Bd8 Bc5 31. Bc6 Rxb6 32. Bxb6 Bxb6 33. Rd7 Bc5
34. Bd5 Nd6 35. Rc7 Bd4 36. Rc6 Be5 37. f4 Bxf4 38. Bxc4 Kf8 39. Rc7 f5 40. h3
Bd2 41. Bd5 g5 42. Kf1 h5 43. Ke2 Bf4 44. Rh7 h4 45. Kd3 Be5 46. b4 Bg7 47. f4
Bf6 48. fxg5 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial rap 25th"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Motylev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8.
Ndb5 Qa5 9. e5 Nd5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc3 O-O 12. Qd2 a6 13. Bxb4 Qxb4 14. Qxb4
Nxb4 15. Nd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Keres Memorial rap 25th"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.01.09"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mikhalevski, Victor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. d3
Re8 9. h3 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Bb6 11. Nf1 d5 12. Ng3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. O-O c4 15.
dxc4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Ng5 h6 18. Rd1 Qc7 19. Nxe4 Qxc4 20. Qg4 Qe6 21.
Nd6 Qxg4 22. hxg4 Red8 23. b4 Bc7 24. Nxb7 Nxb7 25. Be3 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Rd8 27.
Rxd8+ Bxd8 28. Kf1 Bg5 29. Bxg5 hxg5 30. Ke2 Nd6 31. Kd3 Kf8 32. Bb3 Ke7 33. c4
g6 34. c5 Ne8 35. Ke4 Nf6+ 36. Kxe5 Nxg4+ 37. Kd4 Nf6 38. c6 Kd6 39. Bxf7 Kxc6
40. Bxg6 Kd6 41. Be4 Ne8 42. Bb7 Nc7 43. a3 Ne6+ 44. Ke4 a5 45. bxa5 Nc5+ 46.
Kf5 Nd3 47. a6 Kc7 48. Be4 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial rap 25th"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Howell, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Nbd2 Qf6 11. Kh1 Qg6 12. Bc4 a5 13. a3 Kg7 14. b4 axb4 15.
axb4 Rxa1 16. Qxa1 Bb6 17. Bd5 Ne7 18. Bb3 f5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. d4 e4 21. Ne1
Nxg3+ 22. hxg3 d5 23. Nc2 c6 24. Ne3 Be6 25. b5 Nf5 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qa6 Bc7
28. Qxc6 Bb8 29. Bxd5 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Qh5+ 31. Kg1 Bxg3 32. Qb7+ Rf7 33. Rxf7+
Bxf7 34. Qxf7+ Qxf7 35. Bxf7 Kxf7 36. Nxe4 Bb8 37. g4 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial rap 25th"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kovalenko, Igor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2680"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. a3 e6 7. Rb1 Nge7 8. b4
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Bb2 cxb4 11. axb4 Nxb4 12. Nd4 Rb8 13. Ndb5 Nec6 14. Ba3 a6
15. Bxb4 Nxb4 16. Rxb4 axb5 17. Nxb5 Qe7 18. Ra4 d5 19. cxd5 exd5 20. d4 Bg4
21. Re1 Rfe8 22. Ra7 Qd8 23. Qd3 Re7 24. Rxe7 Qxe7 25. e3 Be6 26. Qb3 Qd8 27.
Rb1 Bf8 28. Nc3 Rc8 29. Nxd5 h5 30. h4 g5 31. hxg5 Qxg5 32. Qb5 h4 33. gxh4
Qxh4 34. Nf4 Rc2 35. Rf1 Bd6 36. Qe8+ Kg7 37. Nxe6+ fxe6 38. Qd7+ Qe7 39. Qxe7+
Bxe7 40. Be4 Rb2 41. Kg2 Bh4 42. Kf3 Kf6 43. Bd3 Rd2 44. Be2 Rb2 45. Rh1 Kg5
46. Rc1 Kf6 47. Rc6 b5 48. Rb6 Ke7 49. Rb7+ Kd6 50. Bxb5 e5 51. Rd7+ Ke6 52.
d5+ Kf5 53. Bd3+ e4+ 54. Bxe4+ Ke5 55. Kg4 Kxe4 56. f3+ Kxe3 57. Kxh4 Kf4 58.
Rf7+ Ke5 59. f4+ Kxd5 60. Re7 Kd6 61. Re3 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Keres Memorial rap 25th"]
[Site "Tallinn"]
[Date "2016.01.10"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Miton, Kamil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.01.08"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "EST"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 170 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.02.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.02.25"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 a6 5. Bxd7+ Nxd7 6. Nc3 Ngf6 7. b3 e6 8.
Bb2 Be7 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. O-O Rc8 12. Qe2 Qa5 13. Rad1 Rfe8 14. f4 b5
15. e5 b4 16. exf6 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Qxc3 18. fxe7 Nf6 19. g4 d5 20. f5 e5 21. g5
exd4 22. gxf6 d3 23. Qxd3 Qxf6 24. Qxd5 Qxe7 25. Qd6 Qe3+ 26. Rf2 Re4 27. Qg3
Qc5 28. Rd5 Qc6 29. h3 Rce8 30. Kh2 Qf6 31. Rd6 Qa1 32. Rd3 Re2 33. Rd2 Re1 34.
Qf3 Qe5+ 35. Kg2 h6 36. Rd1 Re3 37. Qf4 Qf6 38. Rd6 Qa1 39. Qd4 Qb1 40. Rd8
Rxd8 41. Qxd8+ Kh7 42. Qd5 f6 43. c5 Re5 44. Qc4 Re1 45. Qc2 Rg1+ 46. Kf3 Qe1
47. Re2 Qg3+ 48. Ke4 Qe5+ 49. Kd3 Rg3+ 50. Kc4 Qb8 51. c6 Qb5+ 52. Kd4 Qb6+ 53.
Kd5 Qb5+ 54. Ke6 Qb6 55. Kf7 Qc7+ 56. Re7 Qc8 57. Re8 Qc7+ 58. Re7 Qc8 59. Re8
Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 {Sergey usually begins with 1.e4 but every now and then you see him
opening with his king's knight. So it didn't come as such a huge surprise for
Svidler.} d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 {Svidler is known all over the chess world for
his Grünfeld. But there was a brief period betwee 2007 to 2009 where he played
the Slav Defence. In the Candidates 2016 this became the main weapon of Peter
who had excellent results with it. Draws against Karjakin and Nakamura and a
win against Aronian.} 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 $5 {This is considered a tad
passive as Black transposes the game into Queen Gambit Accepted territory.
Especially because the move c5 will come with a loss of of tempo (c7-c6-c5).
But Black would like to say that the way White has made use of his extra tempo
is not particularly the best by playing a2-a4.} (5... Bf5 {is certainly the
main line when the theory runs into pages.}) 6. e3 (6. e4 Bb4 7. e5 Nd5 8. Bd2
b5 9. axb5 Bxc3 10. bxc3 cxb5 11. Ng5 {is the sharp tactical line which
Svidler looked at great depth before the game.}) 6... c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 $5 {As Svidler said after the round, "Sergey is used to doing
this everytime against me. I prepare all the lines against him and he comes up
with a move that I haven't looked at in the morning prior to the game!"
Although this move might not be as popular as 9.exd4 it is not without venom.
Basically if Black would take on d4 then after exd4 White gets a nice
initiative after exd4 threatening the d5 break. On the other hand, if you
don't take on d4 then you are not able to fully unwind.} (9. exd4 {is the main
line.}) 9... Bd7 {Peter made this move quickly. Even though he hadn't revised
this line before the game, he remembered that Bd7 was the main move. That was
where his theoretical knowledge ended, but it was important for him to bluff
to his opponent that he was well prepared. You can see how over the board
psychology plays an important role in the games of these top players.} (9...
Nxd4 10. exd4 {If Black was able to get in Bd7-c6 here he would be completely
fine. But that is a long way off and White has shown that he is better in this
line.} Be7 11. d5 $1 exd5 12. Nxd5 Nxd5 13. Bxd5 O-O 14. Be3 $14 {and this
symmetrical structured position is simply torture for Black. There is simply
no easy way to neutralise White's forces.}) 10. Nf3 $5 {A nice piece of
prophylactic thinking. Black wanted to take on d4 and follow it up with Bc6,
so White simply retreats his knight.} a6 {Although this wastes time it secures
the excellent c7-square for the black queen.} 11. e4 (11. b3 Bb4 12. Bb2 O-O {
and Black has no real problems.}) 11... Qc7 {Ng4 followed by Ne5 is one of the
common ideas in this position, so Karjakin prevents it with his next move.} 12.
h3 Bd6 13. Qe2 O-O 14. Bd3 (14. Bg5 {is another option for White but after} Ne5
15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bb3 Rfd8 $15 {followed by Rac8, the doubled pawns on the
kingside don't really affect Black whereas the bishop pair might become an
extrmely potent force.}) 14... Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 {Black's next idea is to put
his bishop on c6. Overall his position is quite harmonious.} 16. f4 Bd4+ (16...
Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 {is liked by the engines but Svidler didn't even consider
this move for a second. After} 18. Bb2 $44 {White has bucket loads of
compensation for the pawn in the form of an extremely strong dark-squared
bishop.}) 17. Be3 (17. Kh1 e5 $11) 17... Bxe3+ 18. Qxe3 {This might be a good
positional exercise for anyone who might want to learn about good bishops and
bad bishops and prophylactic thinking. Currently the bishop on d3 is not so
great. It is desperate for the e-pawn to move ahead and open up the b1-h7
diagonal. However, Svidler willhave none of that. He just shuts off everything
with this next fine move.} e5 $1 (18... Bc6 {is not bad but it is not in the
spirit of the position.} 19. e5 Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 $11 {Black is not worse but
White is also doing fine.}) 19. Rac1 (19. fxe5 Qxe5 $15 {The e-pawn is
isolated and the bishop is coming next to c6, this is quite a depressing and
one-sided position in Black's favour.}) (19. f5 Bc6 20. b4 Rfd8 21. b5 Bxb5 $1
22. Nxb5 axb5 23. Bxb5 Rd4 $17) 19... exf4 20. Qxf4 Qxf4 {Although Black had
an option to stay in the middlegame with Qc5+, once Svidler saw that he could
transpose the game into a slightly favourable endgame he didn't hesitate.} (
20... Qc5+ {was an option, but once Svidler saw that he could go into a
slightly better endgame with nothing to worry about, he immediately exchanged
the queens.}) 21. Rxf4 Be6 22. Kf2 {This thematic move, which could have been
a text-book example of activating your king in the late middlegame/ early
endgame, is double edged. The king can be well placed on e3 or it may become a
target for some small tactical tricks.} Rac8 23. Ke3 Nd7 {Svidler's play is
natural and there might not be such a great point in going into the details of
whether Rfd8 was more accurate before Nd7 or Rfe8 before the knight move. As
things stand Black has the slightly better game but Sergey has things under
control.} (23... Rfd8 24. Ne2 $1 {exchanging a pair of rooks eases White's
defensive task.}) (23... Rfe8 {tries to take advantage of the white king.} 24.
Be2 Nd7 25. Rd1 Ne5 26. Rff1 Rc6 $15 {And Black definitely has pressure.}) 24.
Rff1 Rfe8 25. Be2 Nb6 $6 {This idea of Nc4+ exchanges a pair of minor pieces
and reduces White's difficulties.} (25... Rc6 {Followed by doubling of the
rooks on the c-file, and ...Nc5, puts more pressure on White.} 26. Rfd1 Nc5 27.
Bf3 Nb3 28. Rc2 Na5 $36) 26. Rcd1 Nc4+ 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. Rf2 $11 {Now it is
just equal.} Kf8 29. Rd4 Rxd4 30. Kxd4 Rc8 {After a subsequent Nd5 the
position will peter out and the players agreed to a draw. It can be said that
the game was a success for Svidler as with the black pieces he was able to put
substantial pressure on his compatriot.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O {Diagramm [#] Eine auf allerhöchstem Niveau extrem beliebte
Variante. Die Remisquote ist auch extrem - hoch!} 9. Nc3 {Weiß versucht
zunächst, den Zug d7-d5 für Schwarz zu erschweren. Dessen Durchsetzung
ließe letztlich eine "Französische Abtauschvariante" entstehen - früher die
"Remisvariante" schlechthin.} Ne8 10. Nd5 Bd6 11. Re1 c6 12. Ne3 Be7 13. c4 Nc7
14. d4 d5 {Diagramm [#] Dauerhaft verhindern ließ es sich nicht.} 15. cxd5 Bb4
{Ein neuer Zug Topalovs.} 16. Bd2 (16. dxc6 $2 {funktioniert offensichtlich
nicht:} Bxe1 17. cxb7 Bxf2+ 18. Kxf2 Bxb7) 16... Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nxd5 18. Nxd5
Qxd5 {Diagramm [#] Weiß verfügt über eine leichte Initiative.} 19. Re5 Qd6
20. Bc4 Bd7 21. Rae1 b5 ({In der e-Linie einen Turm entgegenzustellen wäre
nicht wirklich zielführend, da Weiß ggfs. auf e5 mit dem Bauern schlagen
würde:} 21... Rae8 22. Qe3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 $14) 22. Bb3 a5 {Der schwarze
Angriff am Damenflügel hindert den Weißen daran, über einen Zug wie Te7
auch nur nachdenken zu können.} 23. a4 {Diagramm [#] Jetzt löst sich in
Windeseile alles in Wohlgefallen auf.} bxa4 24. Bxa4 Be6 25. Rxa5 Rxa5 26. Qxa5
Qxd4 27. Bxc6 Qxb2 28. Bd5 Bxd5 29. Qxd5 Qf6 30. g3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2790"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 {Nakamura invites Svidler to play his favourite Grünfeld.} d5 {No thank
you! I will stick to the Slav. Svidler plays the same line that he played
against Karjakin in round 1.} 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 {
Svidler shows that the opening that he essayed in the first round against
Karjakin was not just a onetrick pony. He was serious about his opening and
had prepared it in depth.} 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O cxd4 9. exd4 {This is
definitely much more challenging than Nxd4 which was played by Sergey Karjakin
in the first round.} Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 {Preventing the d4-d5 break.}
12. Bg5 {Interestingly Svidler reached this position twice in his games, once
against Ivanchuk and once against Kazhgalayev. However, on both occasions he
chose a different move. h6 is the modern treatment of this line making White
decide where he would like to keep his bishop.} h6 (12... Bd7 13. d5 exd5 14.
Nxd5 Nbxd5 15. Bxd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 Bxg5 17. Nxg5 h6 18. Rad1 hxg5 19. Rxd7 $16 {
1/2-1/2 (46) Ivanchuk,V (2729)-Svidler,P (2765) Monte Carlo 2006}) (12... Re8
13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Bb3 Rc8 15. a5 a6 16. Na4 Nfd5 17. Nc5 $6 Bxg5 18. Nexd7 Be7
$15 {1-0 (56) Kazhgaleyev,M (2626)-Svidler,P (2726) Le Port Marly 2009}) 13.
Bxf6 {This is a highly concrete move. The idea is not related with the
d5-break but to get the knights to menacing locations in the centre - on the
e4- and e5-squares.} (13. Bh4 Bd7 14. Ne5 Bc6 {is the other critical position
of the opening, and if Svidler tries this Slav line again the chances of this
position arising can be quite good.}) 13... Bxf6 14. Ne4 (14. d5 {doesn't
really look too threatening as after} exd5 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Qe8 $11 {
Black has solved most of his opening problems because the b2-pawn is as weak
as the b7-pawn.}) 14... b6 (14... Be7 {Trying to preserve the bishop is met
with} 15. Ne5 b6 16. Ra3 Bb7 17. Qg4 {[%cal Ga3g3] White has good attacking
chances.}) 15. Ne5 {We are still following five games, but we have reached a
stage where you can no longer find games played by amateurs. All the games
have taken place in the practice of 2600+ players.} Bh4 $5 {This has already
been played by two players Mchedlishvili against Tomashevsky and van Foreest
against Ikonnikov. The idea is to provoke g3 so that the a1-rook cannot use
the entire third rank when it comes to a3.} (15... Bb7 $2 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 (16...
gxf6 17. Ng4 Kg7 18. Qd2 $18) 17. Nd7 Qg5 18. f4 Qxf4 19. Nxf8 Rxf8 {when
Black has compensation for the exchange but it is not enough} 20. a5 $14) 16.
g3 $146 (16. Ra3 {was played in both the games but after} Bb7 17. Rh3 {it
looks scary but after} Nd5 $11 {according to the computer this looks
completely fine for Black.} (17... Bd5 18. Nc3 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Be7 20. Qe2 Rc8
21. Qg4 Kh7 22. Rg3 Bf6 23. Ne4 {1-0 (34) Tomashevsky,E (2743)-Mchedlishvili,M
(2618) Reykjavik 2015. White had good attacking chances and for a player like
Tomashevsky this is a position that he would love.}) 18. Qg4 Bg5 19. Nxg5 (19.
Bxd5 Bxd5 $15) 19... Qxg5 20. Qxg5 hxg5 21. Bxd5 Bxd5 $15 {1/2-1/2 (77)
Ikonnikov,V (2527)-Van Foreest,J (2514) Dieren 2015. When Black was already
slightly better.}) 16... Be7 17. Nc3 Bf6 {Svidler has got this covered. Even
though White played a novelty, the Russian player is well prepared. After the
game Svidler said that even though 16.g3 is technically a novelty, it is a
natural move to consider when you are preparing this line in depth.} (17... Bb7
$6 {looks the most natural but fails to} 18. Nxf7 $5 Rxf7 19. Qxe6 Qe8 20. Re1
$40 {with a most probably decisive attack for White.}) 18. d5 {Nakamura also
plays concrete chess in this position.} Qc7 $5 (18... exd5 {looks like the
most natural move but it fails to} 19. Nxd5 $1 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 $18 {when the
threats of Bxf7 and Bxa8 give White a winning position.}) 19. d6 Qc5 {Svidler
was really proud that he had found this Qc7-c5 idea at home. It is not often
that you allow the pawn to go all the way down to d6. But here concretely
Black is doing fine. He has to be very well prepared for all of White's myriad
possibilities in this position but it can be supposed that Svidler had done
his homework.} 20. Ng4 Bxc3 {Once again a dangerous move but it works in this
specific situation.} 21. bxc3 Nc6 22. Rab1 (22. d7 Bb7) 22... a6 {Preventing
Rb5. It is simply amazing that this is all a part of Svidler's preparation.} (
22... Bd7 23. Rb5 Qa3 24. Qd2 Qxa4 25. Rh5 $1 Qxc4 26. Nf6+ $1 gxf6 27. Qxh6
$18) 23. d7 {It seems like Nakamura missed something here. He couldn't
remember his preparation and played the most obvious move, pushing his pawn to
d7. However, he could have just played Bd3 directly which is what he thought
was the move he had prepared.} ({Here's an illustrative line} 23. Bd3 f5 $5 24.
Ne3 (24. Nxh6+ $5 gxh6 25. Bc4 Ne5 26. d7 Bxd7 27. Rxd7 Nxd7 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29.
Qxd7+ Kg6 30. Be2 $44) 24... Bd7 (24... Qxd6 $6 25. Nc4 $18) 25. Bxa6 f4 26.
Ng4 h5 27. Rb5 Qxc3 28. Rxh5 Rxa6 29. Qxa6 Qf3 30. Qd3 Qxg4 31. Rh4 Qf5 32.
Rxf4 Qc5 $13) 23... Bb7 24. Bd3 Rfd8 25. Qe4 Kf8 $1 {At this point Peter had
one hour forty five minutes, five minutes more than the start of the game!
Completely mind boggling! It just showed that Svidler had come well prepared
to his event. Nakamura was under grave pressure and he was already looking for
ways to bail out.} 26. Qh7 {This position looks really scary if you are
unprepared. However, if you know the intricacies this might well be enjoyable
to play, like the current position where Black has only one good move but
Peter plays it! As Svidler said after the game he had considered only two
moves in this position Be2 and Bc2. So Qh7 was a new move for him, and he
found himself in a common situation where you know that the move made by your
opponent is not the best, but you don't know why.} (26. Be2 {was the main line
of Svidler's preparation, with some crazy lines like} Rab8 27. Qh7 Ne7 28. Nxh6
gxh6 29. Rxb6 Qxb6 30. Bh5 Ng6 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Bxg6 fxg6 33. Qxg6+ Kf8 34.
Qf6+ Kg8 35. Qg6+ $11) 26... h5 $1 (26... Qg5 $2 27. Ne3 Ne5 28. Be4 Bxe4 29.
Qxe4 $18 {The d7-pawn is untouchable and the queen is completely misplaced on
g5.}) (26... Ne5 $5 27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7 Qd5 29. Qf6+ Kf8 30. Qh8+ {is a draw.
}) (26... Qh5 $2 27. Be2 $18) 27. Ne3 (27. Qh8+ Ke7 28. Qxg7 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Rh8
$19) 27... Ne5 $1 $15 {Black's king looks safe, and the pawn on d7 doesn't
look threatening. The light-squared holes on the kingside might cost White
dearly.} 28. Be4 {Before things went completely wrong Nakamura exchanges the
powerful b7-bishop.} Bxe4 29. Qxe4 Ra7 $1 {Svidler also made this move
relatively quickly. I am not sure whether he was still in his preparation but
he must have seen similar ideas when he was working on this opening.} 30. Nd5
$5 {Nakamura is in damage control mode now. He sees that the position has
spiralled out of control. Hence he tries to simplify, even ready to go into a
pawn down or an inferior rook ending.} Ng4 (30... Raxd7 {looks pretty natural,
but after} 31. Qxe5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Rxd5 (32... Qxd5 33. Qxd5 Rxd5 34. Rxb6 $11)
33. Qb8+ Ke7 34. Rxb6 (34. Qxb6 $2 Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. f3 (36. Kh3 Qf5+ $19 {
[%cal Gf5b1]}) 36... Rd2+ 37. Kg1 Qa2 $19) 34... Rd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Kh3 {
and there is no real finishing shot available for Black at this point. This
might be the reason why Svidler steered clear of this variation.}) 31. Ne3 Nf6
(31... Nxe3 32. Qxe3 Raxd7 33. Rxd7 Rxd7 34. Qxc5+ bxc5 35. Rb6 $15 {We would
most probably reach a three vs four rook endgame which would end in a draw.})
32. Qb4 Qxb4 (32... Raxd7 33. Rxd7 Nxd7 (33... Rxd7 34. Qxb6 $11) 34. Qxc5+
Nxc5 (34... bxc5 35. Rb7 Ne5 36. Rc7 Nd3 37. Kf1 $15 {is not much as White is
very active.}) 35. Rxb6 Nxa4 36. Rxa6 Nxc3 $17 {would also lead to something
similar to what we will see in the main game.}) 33. Rxb4 (33. cxb4 Rdxd7 {
is just a pawn down position.}) 33... Nxd7 $5 {Such a move can be made by only
very strong player.} (33... Raxd7 34. Rdb1 (34. Rxd7 Nxd7 35. Nc4 Rb8 {is very
favourable for Black who is not only a pawn up but also has everything under
control.}) 34... Rd2 35. Rxb6 Ne4 36. Nc4 Ra2 (36... Rxf2 37. Nd6 $1 Re2 38.
Nxe4 Rxe4 39. Rxa6 $11) 37. Rxa6 Nxc3 38. Rb2 Rxa4 39. Rxa4 Nxa4 $17 {Once
again we reach this endgame with one side having an extra pawn and all pawns
on the same side.}) 34. Rxb6 Nxb6 35. Rxd8+ Ke7 36. Rd4 a5 $1 {Svidler,
instead of winning a pawn, wanted to reach this endgame, which shows his
excellent feel for the game. He thought that here with his pieces co-ordinated,
he had much better chances of converting the position.} 37. Nc4 $1 {This move
was not really given importance by Peter. If Black could have played his rook
to c7 before Nc4 then he would have great winning chances. But here after Nc4
we will end in a position with 4 vs 3 on the same side.} Nd5 (37... Nxa4 38.
Ne5 Kf6 39. Nd7+ Kg5 40. h4+ Kh6 41. Rxa4 Rxd7 42. Rxa5 $11) 38. Rd3 Rc7 39.
Nxa5 Nxc3 40. Kg2 (40. Rd4 Ne2+ $19) 40... Nxa4 41. Ra3 Nc3 42. Nb3 g5 {
Black has an extra pawn and more space on the kingside. With just the rooks it
would have been drawn, but with the knights things look pretty good for Black.
In any case Nakamura has a very tough defensive task ahead of him.} 43. Nd2 f5
44. h3 Kf6 45. g4 $5 {As always it is a decision of whether to do something in
the position or just sit tight. Nakamura felt that he had to do something
against the slow advance of Black's forces and hence goes for this move. It
might well be that the position is lost after this but at least White also has
some targets to attack.} Nd5 46. gxf5 Kxf5 47. Nf1 $1 {Nakamura sees that e3
will be the best spot for his knight.} Nf4+ 48. Kg3 Rc1 (48... h4+ 49. Kh2 (49.
Kf3 Nxh3) 49... Rd7 50. Ne3+ Kf6 51. Ng4+ Kg7 52. Ra5 Rd5 53. Ra7+ Kg6 54. Ra3
Rd2 55. Ra6 {It is not so easy to make progress once you give up the g4-square
to the white knight.}) 49. Ne3+ Kg6 50. Kh2 Rb1 51. Ng2 Rb2 (51... Ne2 {
keeping the knights would have increased Svidler's chances of success:} 52. Re3
Nd4 53. Re4 Rb4 $17) 52. Nxf4+ gxf4 {This endgame looks much more drawish than
with the knights on the board. Let's look and see if that is the case.} 53. Kg1
(53. Kg2 {looked as if it was not accurate because White would like to meet e5
with f3. But maybe that is not very important as after} e5 (53... Kf5 54. Ra8
e5 55. Rh8 Kg5 56. Rg8+ Kh4 57. Re8 Re2 58. Rf8 $11) 54. Ra6+ Kf5 55. Rh6 $1
Kg5 56. Re6 $11 {and it is very difficult to make progress.}) 53... e5 54. Ra5
(54. f3 h4 {Nakamura and Svidler thought this was a winning position for Black,
but it turns out that this will also be a draw.} 55. Ra5 Kf5 56. Ra6 $1 {
Cutting the king off from e6 and preventing its entry.} (56. Rc5 Ke6 57. Rc6+
Kd5 58. Rh6 Kd4 59. Rh5 e4 60. fxe4 Ke3 $19)) 54... Re2 55. h4 f3 56. Kh2 $1
Rxf2+ 57. Kg3 Re2 58. Kxf3 {With excellent play Nakamura finally could heave a
sigh of relief. He had successfully made it to a draw.} Re1 59. Ra8 Rh1 60. Ke4
Rxh4+ 61. Kxe5 Rb4 62. Rg8+ Kh7 63. Rg1 Kh6 64. Kf5 {A great game by Svidler
who had Nakamura under pressure throughout the game.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 c6 7. Nf3 $5 {
Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2803) Grand Slam Final 8th 2015 (4) 1-0 The new trend
in an old line, launched by the game} Nxe4 ({The hyper-ambitious} 7... d5 {
seems to play into White's hands:} 8. exd5 $1 $146 (8. cxd5 {Deac,B (2486)
-Tarlev,K (2580) Alba Iulia 2016 (0-1, 39)} Nxe4 9. dxc6 Nxc6 $13) 8... Re8 (
8... e4 9. Nd4 cxd5 10. cxd5 Qxd5 11. O-O Nc6 12. d3 Re8 13. Be3) (8... cxd5 9.
Nxe5) 9. O-O (9. dxc6 Nxc6 10. O-O e4 $44 {[%csl Gc4,Gd3]}) 9... cxd5 10. cxd5
Qxd5 (10... Nxd5 11. c4 Nb6 12. d3 $36) 11. Ng5 Qa5 (11... Qd3 12. Re1 Nc6 13.
Qb3 Qg6 14. d4 $16) 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Re1 $14) 8. O-O {"The threat is stronger
than its execution."} ({The premature} 8. Nxe5 {offers Black enough
counterplay:} Re8 9. d4 d6 10. Bxe4 dxe5 11. O-O Nd7 $6 {But this is too
passive.} (11... exd4 {is more challenging.} 12. Qc2 f5 13. Bxf5 Bxf5 14. Qxf5
dxc3 $13) 12. Bg2 (12. d5 $5 $14) 12... exd4 {Jones,G (2645)-Gupta,A (2634)
Reykjavik 2016 (1/2-1/2, 47)} 13. cxd4 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gg2]}) 8... d6 9. Nxe5
Nc5 $146 ({Deviating from the aforementioned game which went} 9... dxe5 {
Giri,A (2798)-Anand,V (2803) Bilbao 2015 CBM 169 [Roiz,M] (1-0, 37)}) (9... Ng5
{exposes the knight whereas any targetting of h3 is illusory:} 10. Ng4 f5 11.
f4 Ne4 12. Ne3 Nf6 13. Qc2 g6 14. Ba3 Na6 15. d4 Rb8 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Re2 Be6
18. Rae1 Bf7 19. Qd3 $14 {Wang,H (2707)-Mchedlishvili,M (2635) Al Ain 2015 
(1-0, 44). As we see, there are already a bunch of games since Giri-Anand.})
10. Ng4 {The knight is heading for e3, a good square if White finds remedies
against ...f5-f4.} (10. Nf3 {looks a bit like a loss of time, since the knight
has already been on this square. White keeps some pressure but Black should
hold his own with simple moves.} Nd3 11. Qc2 (11. Ba3 Na6 12. Qc2 Nac5) 11...
Nxc1 (11... Bf5 $6 12. Nh4 Qf6 13. Ba3 Re8 14. f4 {[%cal Gf1f3]} Re2 15. Rf3
Ne1 16. Qxf5 Rxg2+ 17. Kf1 Rg1+ 18. Kxg1 Nxf3+ 19. Kf2 Qxf5 20. Nxf5 Nxh2 21.
Re1 $16) 12. Raxc1 Nd7 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14. Rb1 Qc7 15. Nd4 Bd7 16. Qb3 Rab8 {
and it is hard to see how to make progress with White.}) 10... f5 {A very
provocative move, weakening the dark squares.} (10... Nd3 {[%csl Gg4] looks
safer but once again White's position remains more active:} 11. Ba3 (11. Qf3
Nxc1 12. Raxc1 f5 13. Ne3 Qf6 14. d4 Nd7 $132 {[%cal Gf5f4]}) 11... Na6 12. Ne3
Nac5 13. Qc2 Re8 (13... f5 14. f4 $1) 14. Rab1 {[%cal Gf2f4,Gf4f5]} h5 15. f4
h4 16. Bxc5 Nxc5 17. Rfe1 $14 {Due to White's pressure along the b-file and
the long diagonal Black faces problems completing his queenside development.})
11. Ne3 f4 {Apparently promising but White has a strong reply.} (11... Nd3 12.
f4 Na6 13. Ba3 Nac5 14. Qc2 Qa5 15. Bxc5 Nxc5 16. a4 $5 $14 {[%csl Gf5]}) 12.
d4 $1 (12. gxf4 Nd3 $15 {[%csl Gf4]}) 12... fxe3 ({There is no way back:} 12...
Ne6 13. Nc2 Qf6 14. Re1 {White has more space and the bishop pair while
Black's attack is not really dangerous. In fact, the advance of the f-pawn has
brought him only weaknesses.} f3 (14... fxg3 15. fxg3 {[%cal Ge1f1]}) (14...
Na6 15. d5 $36) 15. Bf1 Nd7 16. a4 $16) 13. dxc5 exf2+ 14. Rxf2 Rxf2 15. Kxf2
Qf8+ 16. Qf3 Qxf3+ {This looks like a micro-inaccuracy, allowing White to
activate his position slightly.} ({It is true that after} 16... dxc5 17. Qxf8+
Kxf8 18. Be3 Nd7 19. Rb1 $44 {it remains hard to suggest a way of completing
the development, while the extra pawn does not count yet.}) 17. Bxf3 dxc5 18.
Bf4 Nd7 19. Bd6 $6 {This does not really prevent ...Nb6 and actually loses an
important tempo, allowing Black to get out of the opening satisfactorily.} (19.
Re1 $5 Nb6 20. Re7 {[%cal Gf4e5]} Nxc4 21. Bh5 {[%csl Rc4,Rg8][%cal Ge7e8,
Yh5f7]} g6 22. Bf3 Nb6 {[%cal Gc8d7]} 23. Be5 $36 {Despite his extra pawns
Black's position looks very dangerous.}) (19. a4 $5 a5 (19... Nb6 20. a5 Nxc4
21. a6 $16 {leaves Black's queenside completely paralysed.}) 20. Rb1 $32) 19...
Nb6 $1 20. Re1 Bd7 21. Bxc5 Re8 $6 {This allows White to retain at least a
symbolic advantage.} ({Black could play} 21... Nxc4 $1 {for if against} 22. Re7
{he has the fantastic resource} Rf8 $3 {[%cal Gf8f7]} 23. Rxd7 Rxf3+ 24. Ke2 (
24. Kxf3 Ne5+ 25. Ke4 Nxd7 26. Bxa7 b6 {[%csl Ga5,Gb5,Gc5,Gd5,Ge5,Ge6,Gf6] The
bishop is caged and the white king cannot cross the barrier:} 27. Kf5 Kf7 28.
c4 h6 29. c5 g6+ 30. Ke4 b5) 24... Rf5 25. Bxa7 b5 $11) 22. Rb1 Be6 23. Bxb6
axb6 24. Rxb6 Bc8 25. Rb4 $14 {The extra pawn is anything but simple to
convert, but Black has to permanently watch out for the possibility of
a2-a4-a5-a6.} Re5 26. Ra4 Kf7 27. Ra8 Bf5 28. Be2 Re7 29. c5 (29. a4 Ke6 30.
Rd8 Rd7 {[%cal Ge6d6,Gd6c5]} 31. Rxd7 Kxd7 32. c5 Ke6 33. Bc4+ Ke5 34. Ke3 h6
$5) 29... Kf6 30. a4 Re5 31. Rf8+ Kg6 32. Rb8 Rxc5 (32... Re7 33. Bf3 {[%cal
Ga4a5]}) 33. Rxb7 Rxc3 34. a5 {Optically it looks as if White had made a lot
of progress, but the next accurate move reminds us that "all rook endings are
drawn".} Bd3 $1 35. Bxd3+ Rxd3 36. a6 c5 $1 {The pawn rushes to help the rook
in creating a barrier in front of the white king.} 37. a7 Ra3 38. Ke2 c4 39.
Kd2 h5 40. Kc2 c3 41. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 $5 {Anish wants to stay away from Svidler's excellent home preparation
and just have a normal game of chess.} d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. c4
c6 {By a transposition we have reached the popular solid variation of the
Fianchetto Grünfeld. As Peter said in the press conference: "It is funny that
people are trying to find weird move orders to force me into playing the
Grünfeld, which is clearly my strongest opening!"} 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O a5 $5 {
Svidler's main move is 7...Qb6 but he had played this once before against
Pavel Tregubov in 2004.} 8. cxd5 a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 {The players could
have reached the same position with the pawn on a7 as well. What does having
the pawn on a4 mean? In some cases it can be a weakness, but it is also a
strength that confers a lot of space to Black on the queenside.} Ne4 11. Nd2
$146 (11. Nxa4 {doesn't really make sense as after} Qa5 12. Nc3 (12. b3 b5 13.
Nb2 Nc6 $44 {followed by ...Bf5 is a free flowing position for Black.}) 12...
Nxc3 13. bxc3 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc4 $11) 11... Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Qc2 Bf5 $6 {
"I just blanked out!" Svidler was quite critical about this move and rightly
so. He could have kept better control on the position by playing his bishop to
e6 instead of f5.} (13... Be6 {with ...Rc8 coming up next. The opening has
gone really well for Black.}) 14. e4 dxe4 15. Nxe4 Nd7 16. Rb1 Qc7 17. Qe2 {
White definitely has a small edge now, mainly because his pieces are much
better co-ordinated. The rook on b1, the bishop on g2 and the dark squared
bishop coming to f4, it all looks pretty good for Anish.} Rfe8 18. Be3 (18. Bf4
e5 {is fine for Black.}) 18... Rab8 19. Rb4 $1 {Giri wanted to stop Black from
playing e5 at all costs but was not able to do so. But this rook lift is
excellent. It puts pressure on the a4-pawn and also prepares doubling on the
b-file.} e5 20. Rc4 (20. d5 {was definitely an option} Bxe4 21. Rxe4 $5 {
so that ...Bf8 doesn't come with a tempo.} (21. Bxe4 Bf8 22. Rxa4 Nc5 {Anish
didn't ike the solid control that Black had on the dark squares.} 23. Rb4 Nxe4
24. Rxe4 b5 $44 {Black is a pawn down but has excellent compensation.}) 21...
Nc5 (21... f5 22. Rxa4 $16) 22. Rb4 $16 {[%cal Gf1b1]}) (20. Rxa4 Bxe4 21. Bxe4
b5 22. Rb4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. cxd4 Nf6 25. f3 Qc3 $44) 20... Qb6 21. Rb4
Qc7 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Bf4 Bd7 $1 {A strong regrouping of pieces by Svidler.
The bishop will be well placed on c6.} 24. Rd1 Bc6 $11 {Black has absolutely
no problems now.} 25. Rbd4 Re6 26. Ng5 Ree8 27. Ne4 Re6 28. Ng5 Ree8 29. Ne4
Re6 30. Ng5 Ree8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{An emphatic victory for Anand. Let's have a look at the game to see what
really went right for him and wrong for Svidler.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6
{Svidler is one of those top level grandmasters who doesn't like to play the
Berlin. He sticks to the normal lines of the Ruy Lopez.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7
6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4 {Allowing Svidler to play the Marshall was not in
Anand's plans.} ({The following game between Anand and Svidler with the
inclusion of h3 and h6 is very similar to the main game. And Svidler played
much better back then.} 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. a4 h6 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. c3 Na5
13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15. cxd4 exd4 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd4 Nb4 18. axb5 Nxc2 19.
Qxc2 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (47) Anand, V (2779)-Svidler,P (2728)
Morelia/Linares 2007}) 8... Bb7 {Although this is the main move in the
position, Anand thought for a good ten minutes. Why? Because Svidler has got
this position 13 times in his games and all the while he had chosen b4.
Although this is the main move in the position, Anand thought for a good ten
minutes. Why? Because Svidler has had this position 13 times in his games and
on every occasion he had chosen b4.} (8... b4 {is Svidler's move.}) 9. d3 Re8
10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. c3 Na5 12. Bc2 c5 {This is all very standard Ruy Lopez stuff.
Now White must remain consistent and break in the centre with d4.} 13. d4 exd4
{This came as a bit of a surprise to Anand. But Peter was mainly trying to
play very concrete chess.} (13... d6 14. d5 {Leads to a slightly passive
position for Black. leads to a slightly passive position for Black.}) 14. cxd4
d5 $6 {Although this is very thematic. It is extremely dangerous. The main
reason being that the two bishops on c1 and c2 are opened up against the black
king.} (14... cxd4 {looks like the best way for Black to proceed.} 15. e5 Nd5
16. axb5 axb5 17. Nxd4 Nb4 18. Bb1 {The pieces are quite weirdly placed but
after} Nbc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Nf3 g6 $11 {Black seems to have a pretty fine
position.}) 15. e5 Ne4 {This was a critical position where Anand took a lot of
time. There are a lot of captures. As Anand correctly pointed out, the main
question for him was whether to take on b5 or not. On one hand keeping the
a-file closed keeps the rook on the back rank safeguarding it. On the other
hand the rook doesn't take part in the game. It is a very difficult decision
to make and almost impossible to see what possibilites may arise after say
eight to ten moves. But this is where intuition comes into picture and Anand
felt that bringing the a1-rook into the game was more important and that
explains his next move.} 16. axb5 (16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Rxe4 {This exchange
sacrifice is not as effective now as in the game.} (17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Qd5
$1 {It is important to blockade the d-pawn before attacking it.} 19. Re3 (19.
Qe2 Nb3 $17) 19... Nc6 $15) 17... Nb3 $1 18. Ng5 (18. Rh4 Bxf3 19. Bxh7+ Kh8
20. Rh3 Bxd1 21. Bg6+ $11 {All of these analyses lead us to the concusion that
Anand's decision to take with axb5 was better than not taking.}) 18... Nxa1 19.
Qh5 Qxg5 $1 20. Bxg5 g6 (20... Nxc2 21. Rh4 h6 22. Bxh6 g6 23. Rg4 Nxd4 24.
Rxg6+ fxg6 25. Qxg6+ Kh8 $11) 21. Qd1 Nxc2 22. Qxc2 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 cxd4 $15 {
Only Black can be better here.}) 16... axb5 (16... Nxd2 $2 17. Bxd2 axb5 18.
Bxh7+ $1 {wins! It's a standard Greek Gift!} Kxh7 19. Ng5+ Kg8 (19... Kg6 20.
Qg4 $18) 20. Qh5 $18) (16... cxd4 $6 17. bxa6 Rxa6 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4
20. Rxe4 Bc5 21. b4 $1 Bxb4 22. Rxd4 Qb8 (22... Qb6 23. e6 $1 fxe6 24. Qd3 $1 {
Threatening Rxb4.} Raa8 25. Rh4 $18) 23. Qd3 Ra8 24. Ng5 $18) 17. Nxe4 dxe4 18.
Rxe4 $1 {This move might be natural for a player like Anand, but for us who
from a young age are taught about the relative value of the pieces, it is not
easy to consider a such a move. Once you see it, though, and you realise that
the bishop on e4 will be a complete monster, breathing fire in both directions.
..} (18. Bxe4 Bxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 $11 {gives Black excellent chances to hold.})
18... Nb3 {This is what Svidler had prepared, but it falls just short.} (18...
Bxe4 19. Bxe4 {[%cal Ge4a8,Ge4h7]} Ra7 (19... Rb8 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Ng5+ Kg8
22. Qh5 $18) (19... g6 20. Bxa8 Qxa8 21. Bd2 b4 22. Qa4 $18) 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21.
Ng5+ $18) 19. Rxa8 Bxa8 {At this point I went into the tournament hall to
check out what exactly was going on. I expected Anand to be looking happy
while Svidler would be on the board with his head in his hands. But the scene
I saw was completely the opposite. Peter had just captured the rook on a8 and
was moving around confidently. Anand on the other hand was nervous, fidgety,
biting his nails and looked as if he was the one on the back foot. But it was
clear that Vishy was calculating the details of his final attack, anxious to
make sure that his opponent had no defensive resources. And in the above
position he picked up his knight and made the best move 20.Ng5!} 20. Ng5 $1 {
Svidler came back and saw this move. I thought that he would think for a while
before making his move but he blitzed it out. He was showing that he had
things under control.} (20. Rh4 Bxf3 21. Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Rh3 Bxd1 23. Bg6+) 20...
Nxc1 (20... Bxe4 21. Bxe4 $18 {[%cal Gd1b3,Gd1h5]}) 21. Qh5 $1 {[%csl Rf7,Rh7]
Once again the only move. There is an attack on both the h7- and f7-pawns.} h6
{This move was also made quickly.} (21... Qxg5 {was a way to avoid an
immediate defeat, but doesn't really serve any purpose as after} 22. Qxg5 Bxe4
23. Qxc1 $1 Bxc2 24. Qxc2 $18 {the position is technically winning. It won't
be so difficult for a player of Anand's calibre to turn this into a full point.
}) (21... Bxe4 22. Bxe4 h6 23. Qxf7+ Kh8 24. Qg6 $18) 22. Qxf7+ Kh8 {At this
point Peter once again stood up from the board and started walking around.
Anand was making his final calculations, the other players were all coming to
the board, disbelief showing in their faces. Nakamura stood right next to
Svidler's seat for almost a minute. He just didn't want to leave. He checked
the scoresheet, then the board and couldn't believe that Anand was just
winning. He went back to his board, Anand lifted his hand and once again made
the only winning move in the position.} 23. Rg4 $1 {The rook defends the
knight and now the threat is Qg6. Black doesn't really have a way to stop the
attack.} (23. Rf4 Ne2+ $19) 23... Qa5 {With the engine on it seems like a
trivial win here but on the board when you see moves like Qe1+ followed by Ne2,
those are tense moments!} (23... Ne2+ 24. Kf1 $1 {wins!} (24. Kh1 $4 {however
loses in an amazing fashion.} Qa5 $3 {Suddenly the back rank weakness turns
out to be the critical factor in the game.} 25. h4 Qe1+ 26. Kh2 Qg1+ 27. Kh3
Qh1#)) 24. h4 $1 {Svidler resigned as he saw no point in continuing. His bluff
of playing quickly had not worked. Many of you might be wondering why this is
the only move. Wouldn't h3 also win? The point is subtle. The h3-square has to
be kept for the knight to control g1.} (24. h3 $2 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Ne2 26. Nf3 Bxf3
27. gxf3 Nxd4 $17) (24. h4 Qe1+ 25. Kh2 Ne2 26. Nh3 $18 {Like a gentleman
Svidler analysed the game with Anand, kept a very calm face in the press
conference, and showed great sportsmanship. Anand on the other hand had made
his point clear, he was looking for another Candidates victory!}) 1-0

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2794"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {This was the third white game for Peter in the event. In the first one
he opened with 1.e4, while against Aronian he went 1.c4. Today he repeats the
English Opening.} c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {Fabiano has
had good success with black in this line, most notable being his win against
Topalov from the 2014 Sinquefield Cup.} 6. Bg2 g6 7. Ng5 $5 {This has been
played in eight encounters before this game, with the top game being Wang Yue
vs Ian Nepomniachtchi. But that was only a blitz.} (7. Ne4 {was an interesting
knight sortie tried in Li Chao vs Peter Leko.}) 7... e6 8. d3 (8. Nge4 Be7 9.
d3 O-O 10. Bh6 Re8 11. h4 $5 {1-0 (42) Agdestein,S (2560)-Polugaevsky,L (2575)
Haninge 1988}) 8... Bg7 9. Nge4 $146 (9. Bd2 {1/2 (61)-1/2 (61) Wang,Y (2723)
-Nepomniachtchi,I (2721) Beijing 2013}) 9... O-O (9... f5 10. Nxc5 $5 Nxc3 11.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 O-O 14. h4 $5 {Even though White is an
exchange down and has no pawns to show for it, he has good compensation thanks
to the dark square weaknesses in Black's position.}) 10. h4 (10. Nxc5 Nxc3 11.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 12. Bd2 Bxa1 13. Qxa1 Nd4 $15 {White doesn't have enough
compenstation.}) 10... b6 $6 {[%cal Gb7b6] As Caruana said in the press
conference, this was not the most accurate move.} (10... f5 11. Nxc5 Nxc3 12.
bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Bd2 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Qd6 15. Qc3 $44) (10... h5 11. g4 $5 hxg4 12.
h5 {Using brute force to break through, but this may not be very good for
White.} f5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nc3 Be6 15. hxg6 f4 $17) (10... h6 11. Nxc5 Nxc3
12. bxc3 Bxc3+ 13. Bd2 Bxa1 14. Qxa1 Nd4 (14... Qd4 15. Qxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxh6 $16)
15. O-O Nxe2+ 16. Kh2 Nd4 17. Bxh6 $44) 11. h5 Bb7 12. hxg6 hxg6 (12... fxg6 {
was necessary but to give the knight on e4 a permanent outpost is not
something that Black would like to do voluntarily.}) 13. Bh6 Nxc3 {Here
Svidler thought for 20 minutes, trying to understand whether he should take
back with the pawn or the knight.} (13... f5 {wouldn't make much sense as after
} 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qd2 fxe4 16. Qh6+ Kf6 17. Nxe4+ Ke7 18. Qxg6 $16 {White is
just better.}) 14. bxc3 $1 (14. Nxc3 {is also possible, but taking with the
pawn is stronger.}) 14... f5 (14... Bxh6 15. Rxh6 Ne5 16. Qd2 $16) 15. Qc1 $1 (
15. Qd2 $6 {This move is not the most accurate as e4-e3 would come with a
tempo.} fxe4 16. Bxg7 e3 $1 17. Qxe3 Kxg7 18. Qh6+ Kf6 $13) 15... fxe4 16. Bxg7
Kxg7 17. Qh6+ Kf6 (17... Kf7 18. Qh7+ Kf6 19. Qxb7 $16) 18. dxe4 Rh8 (18... Qe7
19. e5+ Kf7 (19... Kxe5 20. Qxg6 Kd6 21. Rh7 $18) 20. Be4 Nxe5 21. Qf4+ Qf6 22.
Rh7+ Kg8 23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Rxb7 $16) 19. e5+ $1 (19. Qf4+ Kg7 $19) 19... Kf7 (
19... Kxe5 20. Qf4#) (19... Nxe5 20. Qf4+) 20. Qf4+ Kg7 21. Rxh8 Qxh8 (21...
Kxh8 22. Qh6+ Kg8 23. Qxg6+ Kf8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qxe6+ $18) 22. O-O-O $1 Kg8
23. Rd7 {Threatens mate on f7, and b7 is also hanging.} Rf8 24. Qg4 (24. Qg5
Qh5 25. Qxh5 gxh5 26. Rxb7 Nxe5 27. f4 $16 {was also another good position
that White could have aimed for.}) 24... Qh6+ 25. f4 Re8 26. Rxb7 Nxe5 27. Qh3
Qxh3 28. Bxh3 $16 {And there we have it. Svidler has a technically better –
and you can even go to the extent of saying close to winning position. But the
problem with facing guys like Caruana is that they defend staunchly and never
really give up.} Nc4 29. Rxa7 e5 30. Bg2 (30. Ra4 $1 Ne3 (30... Nd6 31. Ra6 $16
) (30... b5 31. Bd7 $1 $18 {is the key point.}) 31. Re4 Nd5 32. Kc2 $16) 30...
Ne3 31. Bc6 Re6 32. Bb5 exf4 33. gxf4 Rf6 34. Kd2 Nf1+ 35. Kd3 Rxf4 {Another
key moment of the game. Svidler said that he regretted the fact that he didn't
play Rb7 here.} 36. e4 $6 (36. Rb7 Rf6 37. e4 Kf8 38. e5 Re6 39. Ke4 $18 {
with complete domination.}) 36... Ng3 37. e5 Rf3+ 38. Kc4 Ne4 {Things have
already started becoming tricky and White's advantage is no longer obvious.}
39. Bc6 Rxc3+ 40. Kb5 Re3 41. Kxb6 c4 42. Bd5+ Kh8 43. e6 (43. Bxc4 Nd2 44. Bf7
Rxe5 {should end in a draw.}) 43... c3 44. Rc7 g5 45. Bxe4 {Peter calls it a
day. It was really a close call for the American GM, who is having a real
topsy turvy tournament.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 32]} 1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O e4 7.
Ng5 Bxc3 8. bxc3 (8. dxc3 Re8 9. Qc2 Qe7 $11) 8... Re8 9. f3 (9. d3 $5 exd3 10.
exd3 b6 (10... h6 $5) 11. Bd5 $5 Nxd5 12. cxd5 h6 13. Nxf7 $1 $40 {
Christiansen,L-Kaidanov,G/USA ch/1994/}) 9... e3 $5 {The opening discussion is
very interesting, as the advance of the e-pawn disrupts White's coordination
and forces him into unusual solutions. The older solution with the exchange on
f3 unleashes the potential of White's pieces and is more dangerous.} (9... exf3
10. Nxf3 d5 11. d4 $1 Ne4 12. Qc2 Bf5 (12... dxc4 13. Rb1 f5 14. g4 g6 (14...
Nd6 15. Bg5 Qd7 16. Nh4 Nf7 17. Rxf5 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4+ 19. e3 Qxg4 20. Rxf7
Kxf7 21. Nf3 Bf5 22. Qf2 Kg8 23. Rc1 Bd3 24. Bf4 c6 25. Ne5 Qf5 26. Nxc4 Bxc4
27. Rxc4 {David,P-Polak,T/CZE-ch 1995/1-0 (53)}) (14... fxg4 $6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 $2
(15... Nd6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. e4 $44) 16. Bxe4 Ng6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qxg6 $16 {
1-0 Lesiege,A-Zugic,I/Montreal 2001/ (21)}) 15. Bf4 Be6 16. Rxb7 Bd5 17. gxf5
Nxd4 18. cxd4 Bxb7 19. fxg6 hxg6 20. Ne5 $36 {1-0 Smirin,I-Avrukh,B/Koop
Tjuchem op 1996 (24)}) 13. Nh4 $36 Bg6 14. Bf4 Na5 15. cxd5 Qxd5 16. Be5 Rxe5
17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. dxe5 Qc5+ 19. e3 Ng5 20. Qf2 {Chernin,A-Farago,I/AUT-chT9596
1996/1-0 (114)}) 10. d3 $1 {Svidler is a classical player with a love of sound,
flexible strategic solutions. It is no wonder that he prefers the most
harmonious move.} (10. d4 d6 $5 {/\ Qe7, Na5, h6, Be6 Dlugy,M} (10... Na5 11.
Qd3 b6 12. c5 $2 (12. Bxe3 $1 Ba6 13. Rfe1 Nxc4 14. Bf2 {/\ e4[+]}) 12... Bb7
$1 13. Bxe3 Qe7 14. Bf4 {0-1 Olafsson,H-Naumkin,I/Belgrade GMA 1988 (41)} (14.
Kf2 $4 Ba6 $1 $19) 14... Qxe2 15. Qf5 $5 (15. Qxe2 Rxe2 16. Bxc7 Nd5 $17) 15...
h6 16. Ne4 Nxe4 17. Rae1 (17. fxe4 Qxg2+ $1 18. Kxg2 Bxe4+ 19. Qxe4 Rxe4 20.
Bxc7 Nc4 $17) 17... Nxg3 $6 (17... Nxc3 $1 18. Rxe2 Nxe2+ 19. Kh1 Nxd4 20. Qxd7
Rad8 21. Qg4 (21. Qxc7 Ne6 22. Qe5 Nxc5 $17) 21... Bc8 $17) 18. hxg3 Qb5 (18...
Qxe1 19. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 20. Kf2 $13 Rae8 21. Be5 $1 (21. Bf1 Bxf3 $1)) 19. Qg4 $2 (
19. Bxc7 $10) 19... Qc6 20. Kh2 bxc5 21. d5 Qxd5 22. Bxh6 g6 23. Rd1 Qe5 $1 (
23... Qh5+ 24. Qxh5 gxh5 25. Rxd7 $10) 24. Qxd7 (24. Rxd7 Bc8 $1 $19) 24... Nc4
25. Bf4 Qxc3 26. Qxc7 Ba6 $17 {0-1 (41) Olafsson,H (2525)-Naumkin,I (2440)
Belgrade 1988}) (10... b6 $5) 11. Qd3 Qe7 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Bh3 b6 14. Bxc8 Rbxc8
15. Nh3 Na5 16. Nf4 c5 17. d5 Nd7 18. Ng2 Ne5 19. Qxe3 Nexc4 20. Qxe7 Rxe7 21.
Kf2 $11 {1/2-1/2 (57) Vaisser,A (2525)-Barbero,G (2495) San Bernardino 1989}) (
10. dxe3 d6 $44 (10... b6 11. e4 (11. f4 {Ribli} h6 12. Nf3 Bb7 13. c5 Na5 14.
Qd4 Qe7 15. cxb6 axb6 16. c4 Qe4 17. c5 Qxd4 18. exd4 Rxe2 {0-1 Fatin,T-Soffer,
R/London Lloyds 1989 (34)}) 11... h6 (11... Ba6 $6 12. f4 h6 13. Nxf7 Kxf7 14.
e5 $40 Bxc4 (14... Ng8 $2 15. Bd5+ Kf8 16. Ba3+ Nge7 17. Qd3 d6 18. Qh7 $18)
15. exf6 $16 {|^}) 12. Nxf7 $5 (12. Nh3 $5 d6 $5 (12... Qe7 13. Nf4 Qc5+ 14.
Kh1 Qxc4 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. e4 c6 18. d6 Bb7 19. g4 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qf6
21. Bxa5 bxa5 22. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 (22) Psakhis,L (2590)-Avrukh,B (2500) Groningen
1996}) 13. Nf2 (13. f4 $6 Nxe4 14. Qd5 Bxh3 $17) 13... Ba6 14. f4 Na5 $13) (12.
Nh3 Ba6 $44 13. Nf2 (13. c5 bxc5 14. Ba3 d6 15. Qa4 (15. f4 $5) 15... Nb8 16.
e5 dxe5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. e4 Nbd7 19. Nf2 Nb6 $15 {1/2-1/2 (32) Gulko,B (2595)
-Timoshenko,G (2510) Nova Gorica 1997})) 12... Kxf7 13. f4 Kg8 14. e5 Nh7 15.
Ba3 $2 (15. f5 $8 Qe7 (15... Kh8 16. f6 Nxe5 17. fxg7+ Kxg7 18. Bxa8 c6 19. Bf4
$18) (15... Bb7 16. f6 Rxe5 17. Bd5+ Kh8 18. fxg7+ Kxg7 19. Rf7+ Kh8 20. Bxh6
$18) (15... Ba6 16. e6) 16. f6 gxf6 17. Bd5+ Kg7 (17... Kh8 18. exf6 Nxf6 19.
Bxc6 dxc6 20. Qd4) 18. Qd2 Qxe5 19. Qxh6+ Kh8) 15... Bb7 $17 16. Be4 (16. Qd3
Kh8) (16. Bd5+ Kh8 17. Bf7 Na5 $17 (17... Nxe5 18. Bxe8 Nxc4)) 16... Kh8 17.
Bc2 (17. Bg6 Ne7 18. Bxe8 Qxe8 $13) 17... Nxe5 $1 (17... d6 18. Qd3 Nf8 19.
exd6 cxd6 20. Bxd6 Na5 21. Bxf8 Qxd3 22. Bxg7+ Kxg7 23. exd3 $13) 18. fxe5 Rxe5
(18... Ng5 19. e4 $17) 19. Bxh7 (19. Qd3 Be4) (19. Rf7 {Ribli} Ng5 20. Rf8+
Qxf8 21. Bxf8 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 Rxf8+ 23. Ke1 Ng1 $40) 19... Kxh7 20. c5 Qe8 (20...
bxc5 21. Bxc5 $17) 21. Qd3+ (21. cxb6 {Ribli} axb6 22. Rf8 Qe6 23. Rxa8 Bxa8
$17) 21... Be4 $19 {0-1 (29) Topalov,V (2725)-Gelfand,B (2700) Novgorod 1997})
(10... Na5 {Ribli} 11. e4 h6 12. Nh3 Nxc4 13. Qd4 d5 (13... Ne5 14. c4 d6 15.
Nf4 b6 16. Nd5 c5 $1 17. Qc3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 b5 $6 19. f4 $1 b4 20. Qc2 Nd7 21.
e5 $1 $11 {1-0 Gulko,B-Illescas Cordoba,M/Espana 1996 (41)}) 14. Nf4 c6 15.
exd5 cxd5 16. e4 Qb6 {0-1 Kopilov,N-Raetsky,A/Voronezh 1990 (38)}) (10... Qe7
11. Nh3 (11. e4 Qc5+ 12. Kh1 h6 13. Nh3 Qxc4 14. Nf4 d6 15. Qd2 (15. Nd5 Nxd5
16. exd5 Ne5 17. e4 f5 18. Bf4 fxe4 19. Bxe5 Rxe5 20. fxe4 Qb5 21. Rf4 Qe8 22.
Qf3 Bd7 23. Rf1 $11 {1/2-1/2 (55) Istratescu,A (2618)-Rodriguez Guerrero,E 
(2464) La Roche sur Yon 2006}) 15... b6 16. Rd1 Ba6 17. Rb1 Rad8 18. Rb2 Qa4
19. Qe1 Bc4 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Ne5 22. Qd2 Qa6 $17 {0-1 (73) Conquest,S 
(2536)-David,A (2568) Liverpool 2008}) 11... Qc5 12. Nf4 Qxc4 13. e4 d6 14. Qd3
Ne5 (14... Be6 15. Be3 {1/2-1/2 (15) Khalifman,A (2690)-Grischuk,A (2702)
Kallithea 2002}) 15. Qxc4 Nxc4 16. g4 Rb8 17. Rd1 b6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Nd5 Rb7 20.
f4 Nf8 21. Rd4 Na5 22. f5 Bd7 23. Rb1 c5 24. Rd3 Ba4 25. Bf4 Bc2 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(43) Kasparov,G (2827)-Sadvakasov,D (2585) Astana 2001}) (10... h6 11. Nh3 b6 (
11... Ne5 12. e4 Nxc4 13. Qd4 Ne5 (13... d5 14. Nf4 c6 15. exd5 cxd5 16. e4 Qb6
17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. exd5 Qxd4+ 19. cxd4 b6 20. d6 Bb7 21. d7 Re7 22. Bh3 Bc6 23.
Bf4 Bxd7 {0-1 Kopilov,N-Raetsky,A/Voronezh 1990 (38)}) 14. c4 d6 15. Nf4 b6 16.
Nd5 c5 $1 17. Qc3 Nxd5 18. cxd5 b5 $6 (18... f6 $1 $13) 19. f4 $1 b4 20. Qc2
Nd7 21. e5 $1 {1-0 Gulko,B-Illescas Cordoba,M/Espana 1996 (41)}) (11... d5 12.
Nf4 dxc4 13. e4 $14) 12. Nf4 (12. e4 Ba6 (12... Qe7 13. Nf4 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 Qxc4
15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. exd5 Na5 17. e4 c6 18. d6 Bb7 19. g4 Qxc3 20. Bd2 Qf6 21. Bxa5
bxa5 22. Qd3 {1/2-1/2 Psakhis,L-Avrukh,B/Koop Tjuchem op 1996}) (12... d6 13.
Nf2 (13. f4 $6 Nxe4 14. Qd5 Bxh3 $17) 13... Ba6 14. f4 Na5 $13) 13. c5 (13. Qa4
$5 Na5 14. c5 Bxe2 15. Re1 Ba6 16. f4 Bb7 17. Nf2 $14) 13... bxc5 14. Ba3 d6
15. Qa4 Nb8 16. e5 $5 dxe5 17. Rfd1 Qc8 18. e4 Nbd7 $1 19. Nf2 Nb6 {1/2-1/2
Gulko,B-Timoshenko,G/Nova Gorica 1997 (32)}) 12... Na5 (12... d6) 13. c5 $13
Qe7 (13... bxc5 $5 14. Rb1 (14. e4)) 14. cxb6 axb6 15. e4 Qc5+ 16. Kh1 (16. Qd4
Nb3 17. Qxc5 bxc5 18. Rb1 Nxc1 19. Rfxc1 Rxa2 $11) 16... Bb7 (16... Qxc3 17.
Bd2 $14) 17. Nd3 Qc4 (17... Qxc3 18. Bb2 $14) 18. Bf4 d6 19. Qc2 $14 Nd7 20.
Rfd1 Qe6 21. Be3 Nc4 22. Bd4 Ra5 (22... c5 23. Bf2 $14 {[%csl Rb6,Rd6]}) (22...
Na3 23. Qb3 $14) 23. Nf4 $11 {1-0 (82) Hansen,C (2595)-Brynell,S (2475) Malmo
1998}) 11. e4 h6 12. Nh3 Be6 13. g4 Qd7 14. c5 dxc5 15. Qe1 Ne5 16. Qg3 Bc4 17.
Re1 Ng6 18. Nf2 Qe6 19. h4 Qa6 20. h5 Nf8 21. e5 Nd5 22. f4 Qa5 23. Bxd5 Bxd5
24. f5 $14 {1-0 (32) Kasparov,G (2775)-Rao,V Harvard 1989}) 10... d5 11. Qa4 {
Technically speaking Svidler is using a new move. Previously only 11.cxd5 and
11.Qb3 were considered worthy of serious consideration. It is no surprise that
he was striving to find an independent idea in case White was well informed .}
(11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3 (12. Ne4 $6 f5 13. c4 Nf6 (13... fxe4 14. cxd5 exf3 15.
Rxf3 Nd4 16. Rxe3 Bg4 17. Be4 Qf6 $44 {Beltran,S-Veingold,A/Oviedo 25'/1993/
EXP38/} 18. Bb2 Qb6 $1 19. Bxd4 Qxd4 20. Qc1 $8 Bxe2 21. Kg2 Bxd3 $19) (13...
Nde7 $10) 14. Nxf6+ (14. Nc3 Nd4 $10) 14... Qxf6 15. Rb1 f4 16. Bb2 Nd4 17.
gxf4 b6 {0-1 Cuadras,J-Rodriguez,A/Terrassa open 1996 (40)}) (12. f4 Nxc3 13.
Qb3 Nxe2+ 14. Kh1 Be6 15. Nxe6 Rxe6 16. f5 Rh6 17. Bxe3 Ncd4 18. Qxb7 Nxg3+ 19.
Kg1 Nge2+ {0-1 (19) Uhlmann,W (2461)-Hansen,C (2607) Germany 1999}) 12... Na5 (
12... Qxg5 13. f4 Qh5 (13... Nxf4 14. Rxf4 $44 {Karpov}) 14. Bxd5 Bg4 15. Bf3
Rab8 16. Rb1 h6 {0-1 Grant,J-Timoshchenko,G/EU-chTM 1997 (29)}) 13. Qa3 b6 (
13... Qxg5 14. Qxa5 Qe5 (14... b6 15. f4 $16) 15. d4 (15. f4 $2 Nxf4 16. Qxe5
Nxe2+ 17. Kh1 Rxe5 18. Bb2 Rb5 $17) (15. Bb2 $5) 15... Qd6 $10 {/\ Karpov} 16.
Ba3 Qc6 17. f4 Qxc3 18. Qa4 Nf6) 14. f4 (14. c4 $6 Qxg5 15. f4 Nxf4 $1 16. Rxf4
Bb7 $15) 14... Bb7 15. Bb2 (15. c4 Ne7 (15... Nf6 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Rf3 h6 18.
Nh3 Qd7 19. Kg2 Ng4 $13) 16. Bxb7 Nxb7 17. Bb2 c5 18. f5 f6 {1/2-1/2 Nielsen,
P-Savchenko,S/Minsk 1996}) 15... c5 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qc3 f6 18. Bxb7 Nxb7 19. Nf3
Nd6 20. g4 $5 Nc6 21. Kh1 {1/2-1/2 Gulko,B-Ivanchuk,V/Horgen 1995 (29)} (21. g5
Nf5 22. gxf6 Ncd4 $15) 21... Qd7 $1 22. Rg1 Qb7 $1 23. g5 (23. Rg2 $5) 23...
Nd4 24. gxf6 g6 $1 (24... Nxe2 $4 {[#]} 25. f7+ $1 $18) 25. Rg2 N6f5 $1 (25...
Nxf3 $2 26. f7+ $1 Kxf7 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qh8+ Kf7 29. Qxh7+ Ke6 30. Rxg6+ $18)
26. Ng5 Rf8 27. f7+ Rxf7 28. Nxf7 Kxf7 $10 29. Qe1 $1 Nc2 {1/2-1/2 (29) Gulko,
B (2620)-Ivanchuk,V (2740) Horgen 1995} (29... Nc2 30. Qc3 Ncd4 $10)) (11. Qb3
Na5 12. Qa3 c6 (12... b6) (12... c5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. f4 c4 15. Re1 Bg4 16. Rb1
Bxe2 17. d4 Nb3 18. Rxb3 cxb3 19. Qxb3 Bh5 20. Bxd5 Qd7 21. Bxe3 Rad8 22. Bg2
Qf5 23. Kf2 Qd3 24. Bf1 Qf5 25. Qb1 Bg6 26. Qxf5 Bxf5 27. c4 {1-0 (27)
Schussler,H (2490)-Garcia Palermo,C (2520) Malmo 1987}) 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. f4
Bg4 $5 {14...Nc6 15.Rb1, Qc7 Kasparov,G-Karpov,A Sevilla (m/2) 1987 i 44/22 14.
..Nc6 15.Bb2!?, Bg4 16.Rae1 Archipov-Naumkin Moskva GMA-op 1989 i 47(45)} (
14... Nc6 $6 15. Rb1 (15. Nf3 Bd7 16. Rb1 (16. Bb2 Ng4 17. Qd6 Ne7 18. Ne5 Nxe5
19. Qxe5 Bg4 20. Rfe1 Qb6 21. Ba3 f6 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Bxd6 Rad8 $11 {1/2-1/2 
(37) Cvitan,O (2541)-Gonda,L (2501) Sibenik 2008}) 16... b6 (16... Qc7) 17. c4
Rc8 (17... dxc4 18. dxc4 $13 (18. Ne5 Nd4 $13) (18. Bb2 cxd3 19. Qxd3 $44)) 18.
cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bb2 a5 20. Rfc1 Ncb4 21. Ba1 $1 h6 (21... Nf6 $5 $13) 22. Qb2 $14
{1-0 (29) Mamedyarov,S (2662)-Papa,S (2397) Lausanne 2004}) (15. Bb2 Bg4 16.
Rae1 h6 17. Nf3 Qc8 $5 (17... Qd7 $6 18. Ne5 $1 Qf5 19. c4 Bh3 20. Nxc6 Bxg2
21. Kxg2 bxc6 22. Bxf6 $14)) 15... Qc7 (15... h6 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Bb2 Rd8 18.
Qc5 Ng4 19. Nd4 Qb6 20. Nb3 Nf2 21. Rfc1 Nh3+ 22. Kf1 g5 23. fxg5 hxg5 24. c4
d4 25. Bxc6 Qxc5 26. Nxc5 bxc6 27. Nb3 $16 {1-0 (38) Komarov,D (2615)-Tseitlin,
M (2505) St Petersburg 1997}) 16. Bb2 Bg4 17. c4 $10 (17. Nf3 Qd7 (17... Rac8
18. Qb3 h6 19. Rfc1 Qd7 20. c4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Be6 22. Qa4 Nd5 {1-0 Brooks,
I-Fuzishawa,R/ICCF Email 2001/ICCF Telechess CBM 100 (55)}) 18. Ba1 Re7 $5 (
18... b6 19. Rfc1 {/\} Rad8 $6 20. c4 d4 21. c5 $1 $16) (18... Bh3 19. Bxh3
Qxh3 20. Rxb7 Ng4 21. Qc5 $1 $16) 19. Rfc1 Bh3 20. Bh1 Nh5 {/\ Nf4}) (17. Rfe1
$1 $14) 17... dxc4 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Ne4 Kg7 (19... Rxe4 $5 20. Bxe4 $8 f5 $1 (
20... Bxe2 21. Rfe1 $16) 21. Bf3 Nd4 (21... Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nd4 23. Rxe3 Nc2 24.
Qe7 $18) 22. dxc4 Bxf3 23. exf3 e2 24. Rfe1 Qxc4 $44) 20. dxc4 $15 {0-1 (32)
Kasparov,G (2740)-Karpov,A (2700) Seville 1987} (20. Nxf6 $5 Kxf6 21. Rb5 {
Makarichev,S; Radovsky} Rad8 22. Qc3+ Ke7 23. Qxc4 $13) (20. h3 Bxe2 21. Nxf6
Bxf1 22. Qc3 Re5 $1) (20. Qc3 Qd8 $1 (20... Qe7 21. Rxb7 Qxb7 22. Nxf6 Kf8 23.
Nxg4 $18) 21. dxc4 Qd4 (21... Nd4 22. Qxe3 $1) 22. Rxb7 Rxe4 23. Qxd4 Rxd4 24.
Bxc6 $10) (20. Nd6 Re6 21. Nxc4 Rd8 22. f5 Ree8 23. Rb2 Nd4 24. Rxb7 Nxe2+ 25.
Kh1 Nxg3+ $1 $10 26. Kg1 $1 (26. hxg3 $2 Qxg3 $19) 26... Ne2+ (26... Qxb7 27.
Bxb7 Nxf1 28. Kxf1 Bxf5 29. Nd6 $18) (26... Nxf1 27. Rxc7 e2 28. Qxa7 $8 e1=Q
29. Rxf7+ Kh6 30. Rxf6+ $1 Kg5 31. Qg7+ Kf4 32. Qh6#) 27. Kh1 Qc8 $5 (27...
Ng3+ $10) 28. Nd6 Rxd6 29. Qxd6 Bxf5 $44)) 15. Re1 (15. Nf3 Nc6 16. h3 (16. Rb1
Qd7 17. Qb3 b6 18. Bb2 Rac8 19. Rfc1 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 Na5 {0-1 Brooks,I-Tochachek,
M/ICCF Email 2002/ (55)}) 16... Bxf3 (16... Bd7 17. Rb1 Qc7 18. Ne1 Ne7 19. Rf3
d4 20. cxd4 Nf5 21. Qc5 Qd8 22. g4 Rc8 23. Qxa7 Nh4 24. Rg3 Nxg2 25. Nxg2 $11 {
1-0 (67) Papin,V (2534)-Khmelniker,I (2483) Zuerich 2010}) 17. Rxf3 (17. Bxf3
h5 (17... d4 18. c4 $14) 18. Qc5 Rc8 19. Bb2 b6 20. Qb5 Na5 21. Rac1 Rc5 {
1/2-1/2 Eriksson,A-Oestroem,R/Hallsta 1996/ (21)}) 17... d4 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. Rb1
a5 20. cxd4 Nb4 21. Rc1 Rxc1+ 22. Bxc1 h5 23. Bb2 b6 {1/2-1/2 (23) Gulko,B 
(2570)-Korneev,O (2638) Montreal 2006}) 15... h6 (15... Nc6 16. Rb1 Qd7 $6 (
16... h6 $5) 17. h3 $1 $16 {Karpov} (17. Nf3 b6 18. Bb2 $13 Rac8 {18...Bh3!?}
19. c4 Bxf3 20. Bxf3 dxc4 21. dxc4 Na5 {21...Nd4 22.Bxd4, Qxd4 23.Qxa7 +/=} 22.
Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qd3 $1 $14 {1-0 (50) Soffer,R (2440)-Kindermann,S (2560) Bern
1990})) 16. Nf3 Nc6 17. Rb1 Qd7 18. d4 $14 {/\ Ne5+/=} Bh3 19. Bh1 (19. Bxh3
Qxh3 20. Rxb7 Rac8 $5 (20... Ng4 21. Qd6 $1 $13)) 19... Nh5 $1 20. Ne5 Nxe5 21.
fxe5 Qg4 22. Bxe3 Nxg3 23. Bf3 Qg6 (23... Nxe2+ $2 24. Kf2 $18) 24. hxg3 Qxg3+
25. Kh1 Bg4 {0-1 Lautier,J-Illescas Cordoba,M/Dos Hermanas 1995 (40)}) 11... h6
12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne4 f5 (13... a5 14. Bb2 Nde7 15. Rad1 $14) 14. Nc5 f4 $5 {
Karjakin has no interest in opening up the position for the white bishops.
Black would love to capitalise on the fact that the white pieces are quite
cramped due to the black e3-pawn.} (14... Nxc3 $2 15. Qb3+ Nd5 16. f4 Nce7 17.
Nxb7 Bxb7 18. Qxb7 Qd6 19. Ba3 Qxa3 20. Bxd5+ $16) 15. Bb2 (15. Ne4 Rb8 16. Bb2
$14) 15... Rb8 16. c4 (16. Qb5 a6 17. Qb3 b5 18. Rab1 Kh7 19. c4 Nde7 $11) (16.
Ne4 $5) 16... Nde7 (16... Nf6 17. Qa3 b6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. dxe4 fxg3 20. hxg3
Qe7 21. Qxe3 Na5 $11) 17. g4 (17. Ne4 $5 Rf8 18. Rae1 $14) 17... b6 18. Ne4 Be6
19. g5 $2 {The position was so original, that both players had to rely on
positional feeling and the proverbial "nose". Svidler is feeling nervous about
the situation and seeks active action on the kingside. Due to the lack of
supporting forces the whole idea should have worked against him. Both players
have been under impression, that the exchange of g5 would not be good for
Black.} (19. Rfd1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 Qxd4 21. Qxa7 Rec8 22. Qa3 Nc6 $11) 19... h5 $6
{Ever since Shakespeare's plays people have known the expression "comedy of
errors".} (19... hxg5 20. Nxg5 Nf5 $17) 20. Rfd1 Nd4 $6 {Black is equally
anxious to fight actively in the centre, but it was completely unnecessary to
sacrifice the pawn.} (20... Bd7 $1 21. c5 Nf5 $17) 21. Bxd4 Qxd4 22. Qxa7 Qd7
23. Qa3 h4 (23... Nc6 24. Rdb1 Bf5 25. h4 $11) 24. Qc3 Bf5 25. h3 (25. Bf1 Ng6
26. a4 $11) 25... Bxh3 $6 {The winner of the whole event was not fsensing the
problems well enough and grabbing the h3-pawn makes life a lot easier for
White .} (25... Nc6 26. Kh2 Nd4 $15) 26. Qe5 $1 Ng6 (26... Bxg2 27. Kxg2 Rf8
28. a4 $14) 27. Qd5+ (27. Bxh3 Qxh3 28. Qxc7 Ne5 29. Rf1 b5 $11) 27... Be6 28.
Qxd7 Bxd7 29. Kh2 Ra8 (29... Kf7 30. Bh3 $11) 30. Bh3 Bxh3 {Ever since the
promising middlegame position Karjakin has begun to drift away with
second-rate decisions. Black is indirectly preparing the scene for the turning
of the tables.} (30... Bc6 31. Nc3 Re5 32. a4 Rxg5 33. d4 $11) 31. Kxh3 Ra3 32.
Rdc1 Rea8 33. Rc2 Kf7 34. d4 (34. Nc3 R3a5 35. Nd5 Nf8 36. Nxf4 Rxg5 $11) 34...
Rd8 35. d5 (35. Rd1 Rda8 36. Nc3 $14) 35... Ne5 36. Rb1 Kg6 $2 (36... Ra6 $1
37. c5 Rxd5 38. cxb6 cxb6 $11) 37. d6 $1 {For the first time in the game White
will be able to reasonably hope for overall success. His pieces will become
active and the black king can not be called safe for the rest of the game.}
cxd6 38. Rxb6 Kh5 39. Nxd6 Rda8 (39... Nd7 40. Rb5 Nc5 41. Rxc5 Rxd6 42. g6+
Kxg6 43. Rb5 Raa6 44. Kxh4 Rd2 45. Rxd2 exd2 46. Rd5 Rxa2 47. Kg4 d1=Q 48. Rxd1
Rxe2 49. Kxf4 $16) 40. Rb5 (40. Nf5 R8a7 41. c5 Nxf3 42. exf3 e2 43. Rxe2 Rxf3+
44. Kg2 Kg4 45. Nd4 Rg3+ 46. Kf1 Ra4 47. Rd6 $14) (40. g6 R8a5 (40... Nxg6 41.
Rb5+ Kh6 42. Nf5+ Kh7 43. Rb7 R3a7 44. Rxa7 Rxa7 45. c5 Ne5 46. c6 Rc7 47. Rc5
Nxc6 48. Kxh4 $18) 41. Nf5 Kg5 42. Nxg7 Rxa2 43. Rxa2 Rxa2 44. Ne6+ Kxg6 45. c5
Kf7 46. Nxf4 $16) 40... Nc6 (40... R3a6 41. Ne4 Nf7 42. c5 $16) 41. g6+ $1 Kxg6
42. Rc1 $1 {An excellent choice of moment for vacating his defensive positions
in order to concentrate forces against the black king.} Kh7 (42... Rxa2 43.
Rg1+ Kh7 44. Rb7 R8a7 45. Rgxg7+ Kh8 46. Rxa7 Nxa7 47. Ne8 Nc6 48. Rc7 Ra6 49.
Nf6 Ne7 50. Rxe7 Rxf6 51. Kxh4 $18) 43. Rg1 R3a7 (43... Nd4 44. Rb7 Rg8 45. Rg4
Nxe2 46. Nf5 Ra6 47. c5 $1 Rf6 48. Rxh4+ Kg6 49. Ne7+ Kf7 50. Nxg8+ Kxg8 51.
Rg4 $18) 44. Rg4 Kg8 {The black king has run for its life into relative safety
on the g8-square. As collateral damage the defender has to live with the fact
that his pawns have become as easy target for the white rooks.} (44... Nd4 45.
Rh5+ Kg8 46. Rgxh4 g6 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Ne8+ Kf7 49. Rxf4+ Nf5 50. Kg4 $16) 45.
Rh5 (45. Rxf4 Rxa2 46. Rg4 R8a7 47. Rb6 $16) 45... Ne7 46. Rgxh4 (46. Rxf4 Rxa2
47. Re4 Ng6 48. Rg5 Nf8 49. Rxe3 $18) 46... Ng6 47. Rg4 Nf8 48. Rxf4 (48. Re5
$1 Rxa2 49. Re7 g6 50. Rxf4 R2a7 51. Rxe3 $18) 48... Rxa2 49. Rfh4 $2 {Svidler
must have been deluded when he aligned his rooks on the h-file. Too many of
his last moves were imprecise and suddenly the huge advantage is gone...} (49.
Nf5 R8a7 50. Rfh4 $16) 49... g6 50. Re5 (50. Re5 Rxe2 51. Rhe4 Raa2 52. Kg3 $11
) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2780"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 h6 10. Nbd2 d6 11. c3 Rb8 12. h3 Re8 13. d4 Bf8 14. a5 bxc3 15. bxc3
exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Ba3 d5 18. Ne5 Bb7 19. Qf3 Ba8 20. Nxf7 Kxf7 21. e5 Kg8
22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Rxe8 Rxe8 24. Qc3 c5 25. Nf3 Rb8 26. Ne5 cxd4 27. Qxd4 Bd6
28. Bb2 Qxe5 29. Qxe5 Bxe5 30. Bxe5 Rb5 31. Bd1 Nd3 32. Bd4 Bc6 33. Bc2 Nf4 34.
Be5 Rc5 35. Bd1 Nd3 36. Bd6 Rc3 37. Bg4 Kf7 38. Ra2 Bb5 39. Re2 Rc6 40. Bb8 Nc5
41. Re5 d4 42. Bf3 Rc8 43. Bd6 Ne6 44. Bh5+ Kf6 45. Bg4 Rc1+ 46. Kh2 Bc4 47.
Rf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.23"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2790"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah/CB Website"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 (6... e4 {
is the much sharper line.}) 7. d3 h6 8. Na4 $5 {Of course, the idea of this
move is to catch the bishop on b4.} a5 9. b3 Re8 10. Bb2 Bf5 11. e3 Qe7 {
The main reason why the queen is not so well placed on e7 is because from d7
it can prepare the bishop going to h3, and also the e7 square can be kept free
for the knight on c6.} ({After the game Hikaru said that he knew Qd7 wasn't a
good move. It seems like he confused this position with some other position,
or he saw something really deep, because on the surface Qd7 looks perfectly
alright. The thing to worry about is surely d4 trying to trap the bishop. So
let's have a look at that move.} 11... Qd7 12. d4 e4 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 d5 $5
(14... g5 {now doesn't work due to} 15. f3 $1 {and now Black would have hoped
that his queen was on e7.}) 15. a3 Bf8 16. Nc3 {and this might be the position
which has to be delved into.}) 12. a3 (12. d4 e4 13. Nh4 Bg4 14. Qc2 g5 $15)
12... Bc5 13. Nc3 (13. h3 $5 $14 {I like this move because it takes advantage
of the fact that the queen and the bishop have not taken control of the c8-h3
diagonal.}) 13... Qd7 {Now that d4 is no longer a threat, Black puts his queen
on the right spot and prepares Bh3.} 14. Nd5 (14. Re1 $5 {should have been
given a serious thought, as the g2 bishop is the soul of the position, and
keeping it on the board is in White's favour.} Bh3 15. Bh1 $14) 14... Nxd5 15.
cxd5 Ne7 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd4 {White would have had a pretty big edge here if
his rook was on e1. As it turns out the rook is still on f1 and the bishops
can be exchanged with Bh3.} Bh3 $1 $11 18. e4 c6 19. dxc6 Nxc6 20. Bxh3 Qxh3
21. Nxc6 bxc6 22. b4 Bb6 (22... axb4 23. axb4 Rxa1 (23... Bxb4 24. Qd4 $18) 24.
Bxa1 (24. Qxa1 Bxb4 25. Bxg7 Rxe4 $11 26. Bh8 {is nicely refuted by} Qxf1+ $1
27. Kxf1 Re1+ 28. Qxe1 Bxe1 $17) 24... Ba7 25. Qxd6 Rxe4 26. Bc3 (26. Qxc6 $2
Bxf2+ $1 $19) 26... Qe6 $11) 23. Qxd6 Rxe4 24. Qxc6 Rae8 25. Qxb6 $6 (25. Bc3 {
was an oppotunity to play for a win with the extra pawn.} axb4 26. axb4 Qe6 27.
Qxe6 R8xe6 $14 {White has decent chances to press in this position.}) 25... Rh4
$1 {This leads to an immediate draw.} 26. gxh4 Qg4+ 27. Kh1 Qf3+ 28. Kg1 Qg4+
29. Kh1 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.24"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Be3 O-O 11. Qe2 ({The main line is} 11. Ne5 Bd7 {Probably
the strongest continuation. White has nothing after 12.Nxd7 so let's look at
12.Qf3 and 12.Qe2:} (11... Nb4 12. Qf3 Nfd5 13. Rac1 Bf6 (13... Rb8 $6 {
This is a bad square for Black's rook.} 14. Rfd1 $6 (14. Qg3 $1 Bd7 15. Bh6 Bf6
16. Ne4 Bxa4 (16... Bc6 17. Bxd5 Bxd5 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Bf4 $18) 17. Rc3 $3
Nxc3 (17... Bxe5 18. dxe5 g6 19. Bg5 $18) 18. bxc3 Rc8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bg5
Qf5 21. cxb4 $18) 14... Bd7 15. Nxd5 (15. Bd2 $14) 15... Nxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17.
Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Bf4 Rbc8 19. Qb3 a6 20. h3 $11 {Lalic,B (2495)-Postny,E (2651)1/
2 (41) Sibenik 2009}) 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Nc3 Bf6 16. Bb3 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 (17. fxe3
Bd7 18. Qxb7 $6 Bxe5 19. Qxb4 Qh4 $40) 17... Qb6 18. Rfd1 Bxe5 $6 (18... Nc6
19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Ne4 Be7 $132) 19. Qxe5 Bd7 20. a5 Qa6 21. Ra1 Rac8 22. d5 $14
{Postny,E (2651)-Sedlak,N (2556) 1-0 (49) Achaea 2012}) (11... Nd5 {I don't
like this move, because it leads to passive positions where White has a small
advantage.} 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Bd3 g6 14. a5 (14. Bb5 $5 Bd7 15. Qb3 a6 16. Bxc6
Bxc6 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Bf4 Bg5 19. Bxg5 Qxg5 20. Rc5 $16 {Ulibin,M (2516)
-Bruzon Batista,L (2641)1-0 (34) La Laguna 2010}) (14. Rc1 $5 Nb4 15. Bb1)
14... Bf6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qc1 Bd7 17. Qc3 Qb8 18. g3 Be7 19. Bf4 Bb4 20. Bxb8
Bxc3 21. Bxa7 Bxb2 22. Bc5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 $44 {1/2 (42) Aronian,L (2737)-Anand,
V (2798) Bilbao 2008; the position is rather drawish.}) 12. Nxd7 (12. Qf3 Rc8
13. Bb3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Bc6 15. Qg3 (15. Qe2 $5 Nd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Rfd1 $14)
15... Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Rad1 Qc7 18. Bxa7 $6 b6 $17 {Postny,E (2658)
-Rublevsky,S (2702) 0-1 (44) World Blitz Championship Berlin GER 2015}) (12.
Qe2 Nb4 13. Rad1 Bc6 {see the game Aronian,L-Ponomariov,R}) 12... Qxd7 13. d5
exd5 14. Nxd5 Rad8 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Qxd7 Rxd7 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Rxd7 Rxd7 19.
Bb5 (19. b4 Nxb4 20. Bb5 Rd8 21. Bxa7 Bd4 $11 {Corrales Jimenez, F (2496)
-Perez Garcia,R (2385)1/2 (52) Havana 2006}) 19... a6 {1/2 (19) Vitiugov,N 
(2608)-Kobalia,M (2634) Krasnoyarsk 2007}) 11... Nb4 (11... b6 12. Rad1 Nb4 13.
Ne5 Bb7 (13... Nfd5 14. Bc1 $6 {I don't understand this move. Black doesn't
want to take on e3} (14. Qg4 $5 Nxe3 $2 (14... Nf6 15. Qf3 Rb8 16. Qg3 Nh5 17.
Qh3 Nf6 18. Bb3 Bb7 19. f4 Nbd5 20. Bc1 $14) 15. fxe3 Bf6 (15... Bb7 $2 16.
Nxf7 $18) 16. Ne4 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qc7 18. Nf6+ Kh8 19. Qh4 h6 20. Qe4 g6 21. Qf4
Kg7 22. Ng4 $18) 14... Bb7 15. f4 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Nd5 17. Rf3 Rc8 18. Rh3 g6 19.
Bxd5 (19. Bd2 Bf6 20. Bb3 $13) 19... Qxd5 20. c4 Qd8 $6 (20... Qd6 21. Ba3 Qc7
$11) 21. d5 (21. Bb2 $5 f6 22. Ng4 $40) 21... exd5 22. cxd5 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Qxd5
$44 {Jankovic,A (2553)-Kobalia,M (2666)0-1 (54) Plovdiv 2012}) 14. f4 Bd5 15.
Nxd5 exd5 16. Bb3 Ne4 17. Qh5 Rc8 18. Rc1 Bf6 19. Qh3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bxe5 (20...
Re8 $5) 21. fxe5 f5 22. Rf1 $14 {Ponomariov,R (2744)-Shirov,A (2722) 1/2 (71)
Wijk aan Zee 2011}) 12. Ne5 Bd7 13. Rad1 Nbd5 $146 {In other games Black
played 13...Bc6 with the idea to face f4 with ...Bd5.} (13... Bc6 14. f4 Bd5
15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Bb3 Rc8 17. Rf3 (17. Bd2 Re8 18. Bc3 Qb6 19. Kh1 Nc6 20. Qc2
Na5 21. Ba2 Nc4 22. Rf3 Bd6 23. Rh3 h6 24. Rf1 Bxe5 (24... Rc7 $5 25. g4 Bxe5
26. fxe5 Ne4) 25. fxe5 Ne4 26. Qe2 $14 {Aronian,L (2786)-Ponomariov,R (2739) 1/
2 (74)Moscow 2009}) 17... Rc7 18. Rh3 Qc8 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Rf1 Nc6 21. Bxd5 Nxd5
22. Qh5 Bf6 (22... Bh4 $8 23. Qxh4 Qf5 $44) 23. Qxh7+ Kf8 24. Qe4 Bxe5 25. fxe5
$16 {Debashis,D (2504)-Balogh,C (2656)1/2 (66) Dubai 2014}) 14. Bc1 $5 Bc6 {
Peter didn't dare to take on a4 but in any case his position remains dangerous.
I think that objectievely Black should have gained a pawn.} (14... Nxc3 15.
bxc3 Bxa4 16. Rd3 b5 17. Ba2 ({White can't play} 17. Nc6 $2 {due to} bxc4 $1
18. Nxd8 cxd3 19. Qa2 Bc2 20. Nc6 Bd6 $17 {d3-pawn is too strong.}) 17... b4
18. c4 a5 {The position which has arisen is reminiscent of the Noteboom
Variation.} 19. Bb1 {Here Black has many options and I hope that my brief
analysis will help you to wade through the innumerable details.} g6 {I believe
it is the strongest move for Black. Black is ready to play ...Nd7.} (19... Rc8
$6 20. Rh3 Qxd4 (20... g6 21. Qe3 Re8 22. Re1 $1 {After this move Black is in
danger.} (22. Nxg6 {This looks dangerous but it isn't the strongest move.} fxg6
23. Qxe6+ Kh8 24. Bxg6 Bf8 25. Bxe8 Bxe8 26. Bg5 Bg7 27. Rf3 Rc6 28. Qe5 a4 29.
d5 Ra6 30. Rd1 b3 31. d6 Nd7 $8 32. Qe3 Qc8 33. Bh6 Bxh6 34. Qxh6 Bg6 35. c5 b2
36. Qd2 a3 (36... b1=Q 37. Rxb1 Bxb1 38. Qd4+ Kg8 39. Re3 $18) 37. Qd4+ Kg8 38.
Qc4+ Kg7 39. Qd4+ $11) 22... Rc7 (22... Bf8 23. Qf3 Bg7 24. Bg5 $18) 23. Nxf7
Kxf7 24. Qxe6+ Kg7 25. Bxg6 $1 Rf8 26. Bxh7 $1 $18) 21. Bb2 Qc5 22. g4 $1 (22.
Nd7 $4 Bxd7 23. Bxf6 g6 $1 $19) (22. Nd3 Qxc4 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Ne5 Qxe2 25.
Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bg6+ $11) 22... g6 23. g5 Nd7 24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26.
Rxh7 Qxg5+ 27. Kh1 Kxh7 28. Qxf7+ Kh6 29. Qg7+ Kh5 30. Qh7+ Kg4 31. Rg1+ $18) (
19... Ra6 {As you can see, in numerous lines White can sacrifice the knight or
bishop on f7 or g6, so Black protects the e6-pawn. Another idea of 19...Ra6 is
to play ...Rd6 and strengthen the pressure on d4.} 20. Bb2 Rd6 (20... g6 21.
Rh3 h5 22. Bxg6 fxg6 23. Nxg6 Be8 24. Nxf8 Bxf8 25. Rg3+ Bg7 26. d5 $40) 21.
Re1 Be8 22. Rh3 h5 {This computer move is the only way to survive.} (22... g6
$2 23. Qe3 a4 24. Qh6 a3 25. Ng4 $18) 23. Qd2 $1 (23. Qe3 Ng4 24. Nxg4 hxg4 25.
Bh7+ Kh8 26. Bd3+ Kg8 $11) 23... Ng4 24. d5 f5 25. Nxg4 hxg4 26. Rh8+ Kf7 $8 (
26... Kxh8 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Qxg7#) 27. Qd4 (27. Bxg7 Rxh8 28. Bxh8 Bf6 29. Qh6
Bxh8 30. Qxh8 Qf6 31. Qh7+ Kf8 32. Qc7 Qd8 33. Qh7 Qf6 $11) 27... Bf6 28. Qa7+
Qd7 29. Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Qc5 $1 Bf7 31. Bxf6 gxf6 32. Qxa5 b3 33. Qb4 $14) (19...
Be8 $6 {trying to push pawns. It's too slow.} 20. Rh3 g6 (20... a4 $4 21. Bxh7+
Nxh7 22. Qh5 $18) 21. Qe3 h5 (21... Kh8 22. Bb2 a4 23. Qh6 Rg8 $8 24. d5 Rg7
25. dxe6 fxe6 26. Bxg6 $18) 22. Qh6 Bd6 23. Bg5 $2 (23. f3 Bxe5 24. dxe5 Qd4+
25. Be3 (25. Rf2 Qd1+ 26. Rf1 Qd4+ 27. Rf2 $11) 25... Qxe5 26. Rd1 Qc7 27. g4
Rd8 28. Rxd8 Qxd8 29. Kg2 $1 Qd1 30. Bc5 Qe2+ 31. Kg1 Qe1+ $11) (23. Bxg6 $1
fxg6 (23... Bxe5 24. Bh7+ Nxh7 25. Rxh5 $18) 24. Nxg6 Nh7 25. Nxf8 Nxf8 26. c5
Bb8 27. d5 $1 Be5 28. Rg3+ Bxg3 29. fxg3 $18) 23... Bxe5 24. dxe5 Ng4 $17) 20.
Bh6 (20. Qe3 $6 Ra6 21. Re1 Rd6 22. Bb2 Nh5 23. g3 Bf6 $17) (20. Re1 $6 Nd7 21.
Bh6 Nxe5 22. Qxe5 Bf6 23. Qf4 Bh8 $5 (23... Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rh3 h5 26.
Rxh5 gxh5 27. Qg3+ Kf6 $8 28. Qh4+ Kg7 29. Qg3+ $11) 24. Bxf8 Qxf8 25. h4 Bd7
26. h5 Bg7 $44) 20... Be8 21. h4 a4 22. h5 Nxh5 23. Qxh5 (23. d5 exd5 24. Rxd5
Qc7 25. Nd7 Bxd7 26. Qxe7 Rfe8 27. Qxd7 Qxd7 28. Rxd7 b3 29. Rb7 a3 $11) 23...
gxh5 24. Rg3+ Bg5 $8 25. Bxg5 Kh8 $1 26. Bxd8 Rxd8 $13) 15. Rd3 Nxc3 {Usualy
Black doesn't want to take on c3 but other continuations are dangerous.} (15...
Rc8 16. Rg3 g6 (16... Kh8 17. Rh3 Kg8 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Bd3 g6 20. Qe3 $16) 17.
Bh6 Re8 18. h4 Bf8 19. Bg5 Qd6 20. Bxd5 $1 Nxd5 21. Qf3 f5 (21... Rc7 22. Ne4
Qb4 23. h5 $16) 22. Qe2 Bg7 23. h5 $40) (15... Nd7 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Rh3 g6 18.
Qe3 $16) (15... Qb6 16. Rg3 Kh8 17. Rd1 Nxc3 18. bxc3 Bxa4 19. Re1 Rac8 20. Rh3
$16 {White's attack is very dangerous.}) 16. bxc3 Bd5 17. Rg3 Bxc4 ({Another
way is} 17... Ne4 $5 {aiming to trade minor pieces.} 18. Rh3 Bxc4 (18... Ng5
19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Bxd5 Qxd5 (20... exd5 $2 21. f4 Bf6 22. Qh5 h6 23. Ng4 Qd6
24. Rg3 Kh8 25. Nxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxd5 $16) 21. Rh5 Qd8 22. Qb5 (22. Qg4 $5 h6 23.
f4 Bf6 24. Rxh6 Rc8 25. Rxf6 Qxf6 26. Nd7 Qe7 27. Nxf8 Kxf8 $44) 22... f6 23.
Nf3 Rc8 24. Qxb7 Qe8 25. Rh3 Bh6 26. Qxa7 Rxc3 {Black has good chances to make
a draw.}) 19. Nxc4 Qd5 20. Ne5 f5 21. Re1 Rf6 22. Rd3 $16) 18. Nxc4 g6 {
Peter doesn't want to include Bh6 Re8. Now if White plays Ne5 Black can reply .
..Nd7 and if White plays Bh6 he will meet it with ...Re8, Bf8.} ({The other
option is} 18... Qd5 $5 19. Bh6 (19. Ne5 Rac8 20. Bh6 Ne8 21. Rd1 $1 (21. Re1
Rc7 22. Qe3 Qb3 23. Bf4 (23. Bxg7 $2 Nxg7 24. Qh6 Bg5 $8 25. Qxg5 f6 $17) 23...
Bd6 $11) 21... Qb3 (21... Rc7 22. c4 Qd8 23. Bf4 Bd6 24. Rb3 b6 25. a5 $16) 22.
Nd7 Qxa4 23. Nxf8 Bxf8 24. Bd2 $14) 19... Ne8 20. Ne5 Bf6 $6 (20... Rc8 {
see the line Ne5}) 21. f4 Kh8 22. Bg5 Bxe5 23. fxe5 $16) 19. Ne5 Nd7 20. Bh6
Re8 21. f4 $1 {The forthcoming f5 is really unpleasant for Black so his next
moves are forced.} Bf8 22. Bg5 Be7 23. Ng4 h5 $5 {Other options aren't very
exciting for Black.} (23... Rc8 24. Nh6+ Kg7 25. f5 $3 Bxg5 (25... exf5 26.
Bxe7 Rxe7 27. Nxf5+ $18) 26. fxg6 f5 $8 (26... Kxh6 27. Rh3+ Bh4 28. gxf7 Rf8
29. Qg4 $18) 27. Nf7 Qe7 28. Nxg5 hxg6 29. Nh3 Rc6 30. Qb5 $16) (23... Bxg5 $2
24. fxg5 Qxg5 25. Ne5 Qd8 26. Nxf7 Qb6 27. Qg4 $18) 24. Bxe7 $6 {Despite the
fact, that his position remains better, Levon missed his chance.} (24. Nh6+ Kg7
25. h4 $1 ({White doesn't have much after} 25. Bxe7 Qxe7 26. Qxh5 Rh8 27. Qg5
Nf6 28. Ng4 Rh5 29. Qxf6+ Qxf6 30. Nxf6 Kxf6 $44 {Black has good chances to
draw}) 25... Qc7 26. Re3 Qd8 (26... Nf6 27. f5 $1 exf5 (27... gxf5 {leads to
the same consequence after} 28. Rxf5 $1) 28. Rxf5 gxf5 29. Nxf5+ Kf8 30. Bh6+
Kg8 31. Nxe7+ Kh7 32. Qf1 Qb6 33. a5 Qa6 34. Qf5+ Kxh6 35. Qg5+ Kh7 36. Nf5 $18
) 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Rxe6 Bf6 29. f5 gxf5 30. Qxh5+ Kxe6 31. Re1+ Ne5 $8 (31...
Kd6 32. Bf4+ Kc6 33. Qf3+ Re4 34. Rxe4 fxe4 35. Qxe4+ Kb6 36. Qb1+ Kc6 37. Qb5#
) 32. Rxe5+ Bxe5 33. Bxd8 Raxd8 34. dxe5 $16) 24... Qxe7 25. Ne5 Kh7 26. Qc2
Rg8 $1 {Black shouldn't trade knights on e5} (26... Nxe5 $6 27. fxe5 Rac8 28.
Rf6 $16) 27. Rg5 Kh8 28. Rf3 $6 {Carelessness. Now Black can take on e5 and
White is not able to play fxe5.} (28. Qd2 $1 {Keeping control over the
g5-square.} Rg7 (28... Kh7 29. f5 exf5 30. Rfxf5 Nf6 31. Rf4 Rg7 32. h4 $16) (
28... Rac8 $2 29. f5 exf5 30. Rxh5+) 29. Rg3 Rc8 30. a5 $14) 28... Nxe5 $1 29.
Rxe5 Qd6 $11 {Now Black can exert pressure on White's weaknesses.} 30. Qd2 Kg7
31. Rg3 Rh8 32. Qb2 ({White could have tried} 32. d5 exd5 33. Rxd5 Qb6+ 34.
Qd4+ Qxd4+ 35. Rxd4 {with a slightly worse but drawish endgame}) 32... Rac8 $1
({Peter avoids} 32... b6 $6 33. c4 $1 Rac8 34. c5 Qc6 35. Rxh5 (35. a5 $5)
35... Qe4 (35... Qxa4 $2 36. d5+ f6 37. Qb1 $1 $16) 36. Re5 Qxf4 $11) 33. Qxb7
Rb8 ({Black shouldn't play} 33... Qa3 $2 {due to} 34. Rxe6 Qc1+ 35. Kf2 Qxf4+ (
35... Qd2+ 36. Re2 Qxf4+ 37. Rf3 Rc7 38. Rxf4 Rxb7 39. d5 $18) 36. Rf3 Rc7 $8
37. Rxf4 Rxb7 38. Rc6 $16) 34. Qe4 (34. Qxa7 $2 {is too greedy due to} Rb1+ 35.
Kf2 Rb2+ 36. Kf1 Rhb8 $17) 34... Rhc8 $6 {An inaccuracy which may lead to
problems.} (34... Qa3 $1 35. Qe1 Qxa4 36. Rxe6 fxe6 37. Rxg6+ Kxg6 38. Qxe6+
Kg7 39. Qe7+ Kg8 40. Qe6+ Kf8 41. Qf6+ $11) 35. Rb5 $6 (35. Rxg6+ {leads to a
draw due to} fxg6 36. Rxe6 Rb1+ 37. Kf2 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 $11) ({However White
could have prepared Rxg6 by means of} 35. h3 $1 Qc6 (35... Rb3 $2 36. Rxg6+
fxg6 37. Rxe6 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 $1 $18) (35... Kf8 $2 36. Rxg6 fxg6 37. Qxg6 Ke7 38.
d5 $18) (35... Rb6 $6 36. a5 Rbc6 37. Reg5 Rxc3 38. Rxg6+ Kf8 $8 39. Rg8+ Ke7)
36. d5 exd5 37. Rxd5 Qf6 38. Rxh5 Rxc3 39. Rxc3 Qxc3 40. Qe5+ Qxe5 41. Rxe5 Rb4
42. Ra5 Rxf4 43. Rxa7 $14 {The endgame which has arisen is drawish.}) 35...
Rxb5 36. axb5 Qa3 $44 {White must now play precisely.} 37. Qc2 $6 (37. Rxg6+ {
leads to a draw:} fxg6 38. Qb7+ Kh6 39. Qxc8 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qxf4+ 41. Ke2 Qe4+
$11) 37... Rb8 38. Qe2 $2 {Now White is in trouble.} Qc1+ 39. Kf2 (39. Qf1 Qb2
40. f5 exf5 41. Qxf5 Rxb5 42. Qf1 Rb7 43. Rf3 a5 {Black is slightly better but
the most likely result of the game is a draw}) 39... Qxf4+ 40. Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Kf2
Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Kg8 $1 $17 {Certainly Svidler wants to continue the game.} 43. Qb2
$6 (43. Rf3 $1 Qc1+ 44. Qf1 Qxf1+ 45. Rxf1 (45. Kxf1 Rxb5 46. c4 Rf5 $19) 45...
Rxb5 46. Ra1 Rb7 47. c4 Rd7 48. Rd1 $17 {White retains chances to draw.}) 43...
a6 $1 44. c4 $6 (44. b6 Qd6 45. b7 Qc6 $19 {gaining the b7-pawn.}) (44. Rf3 $1
Qc7 45. Qa1 Rxb5 46. Qxa6 Rb1+ 47. Rf1 (47. Kf2 Qxh2 $19) 47... Rxf1+ 48. Kxf1
Qxc3 49. Qa8+ Kg7 50. Qe4 $17 {with some chances to make a draw.}) 44... axb5
$19 45. c5 (45. cxb5 Rc8 $1 46. Rf3 Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Qh4+ 48. Rg3 Rd1 49. b6 (49.
Qc3 Qxh2 50. Ke2 Qg1 $19) 49... Qxh2 50. b7 Qg1+ 51. Kf3 Qf1+ 52. Qf2 Qd3+ 53.
Kf4 Qf5+ 54. Ke3 Rd3+ 55. Ke2 Rd2+ 56. Kxd2 Qxf2+ 57. Kc1 Qxg3 $19) 45... Qe4
46. Qd2 {Now the game is over. 46.Rf3 is more stubborn but it can't help
either.} (46. Rf3 b4 47. Rf1 b3 48. h3 Rb4 49. Rd1 Qe3+ 50. Kh2 Ra4 51. Qd2 Qe4
52. Qd3 Qf4+ 53. Qg3 Rxd4 $19) 46... Qb1+ 47. Kf2 Ra8 48. Qe1 Qb2+ 0-1

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.25"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "169"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 (10. b5 Nd4 11. Nxe5 Bb3 $19) 10... f6 11. d3 {
In this position Black has two ways to continue. One is to go directly Nd4 and
other one is to include a5 and b5 before playing Nd4. Anish chooses the latter.
} a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 Qc8 {Defending the b7 pawn.} 14. e3 Nf5 15. Qc2 a4 16.
Rd1 Nd6 $146 {The first new move of the game but it seemed as if both were
already out of their preparation. The plans in this position are pretty well
established and both the players are following them. A move here or there
doesn't really change the character of the game.} 17. Nde4 $5 {An interesting
idea by Peter who doesn't mind giving up an exchange to Bb3.} Nxe4 (17... Bb3
18. Rxb3 axb3 19. Qxb3+ $44) 18. Nxe4 (18. dxe4 Bb3 19. Rxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3+ Kh8
{With the bishop closed on g2 this doesn't look great.}) 18... Bd5 {Giri is
always well aware of the dangers and chooses the most solid way to play.} (
18... Bb3 $6 {This wins an exchange but gives White excellent light square
control.} 19. Rxb3 axb3 20. Qxb3+ $44 Kh8 {White can now continue either with
his light square strategy with Nc3 or break in the centre with d4.}) 19. Nc5
Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxc5 21. Qxc5 Qe6 $1 {At this point the position might be round
about equal but it seems like Black has much easier play thanks to his knight
having more scope against the bishop.} 22. Bb2 (22. Qxc7 $2 Nd5 23. Qc2 (23.
Qxb7 Rfb8 24. Qc6 Qxc6 25. bxc6 Rxb1 $19) 23... Rfc8 $19 {With the knight
coming to c3 this is just winning for Black.}) (22. e4 {Svidler wanted to play
this but was afraid of} f5 {White should be fine after} (22... Rf7 23. Be3 {
And the bishop is much better posted on e3 than in the game.}) 23. Bb2 Rae8 24.
exf5 Qxf5 25. Rd2 {White is not getting mated here and should have a decent
position.}) 22... Rf7 23. Bc3 Rd7 24. Bb4 Rad8 (24... h5 {Giri was thinking
about this move here.} 25. h4 Rad8 26. e4 f5 27. exf5 Qxf5 28. Re1 Rf7 $17 {
When the insertion of h4 and h5 looks to be in Black's favour and he doesn't
have any back rank problems now.} 29. Rxe5 $2 Qf3+ 30. Kg1 Nd7 $19) 25. e4 f5
26. exf5 $6 (26. Rbc1 {Keeping the position was better.}) 26... Qxf5 {Black
has some initiative now because White's kingside is weak and the rook is
coming to the f-file and the knight is joining in via d5.} 27. Re1 Nd5 $1 (
27... Qxd3 28. Rbd1 $36) (27... Rxd3 28. Qxc7 $16) 28. Qc4 Rf7 29. Rb2 h6 {
This looks a little bit too slow.} (29... Qf3+ {According to the computer this
was the best move. Giri had seen it but he wasn't sure if it was any good.} 30.
Kg1 Nxb4 31. Qxb4 Rd4 (31... Rxd3 32. Qxa4 $11) 32. Qc5 Rxd3 $17 {Engines
claim this is just better but Anish thought it was extremely drawish. Well
what can we say? When it comes to evaluating drawn positions you cannot argue
with a man who made 14/14 draws in the tournament.}) 30. Qe4 Qd7 31. Qxe5 Qxb5
{This exchange of the b5-pawn for e5 is in Black's favour.} 32. Qe4 (32. Be7 $2
Qc6 $1 {was the point missed by Peter.} 33. Bxd8 Nf4+ $19) 32... Qd7 (32... c5
33. Bc3 Qc6 34. Be5 b5 $15 {looks to be in Black's favour with his queenside
pawns rolling down, although one cannot underestimate the power of the e5
bishop which has finally found a good square.}) 33. Qe6 Qxe6 (33... b6 34. Qxd7
Rdxd7 35. Bd2 {With the idea of later Bf4 if the knight moves seems fine for
White. In any case these positions are always slightly more pleasant for Black.
}) 34. Rxe6 Nxb4 35. Rxb4 Rxd3 36. f4 (36. Rxa4 Rd2 37. Re8+ Kh7 38. Rf4 Rxf4
39. gxf4 Kg6 $15 {This might well be a draw but during the game Peter thought
that this was really bad for him.}) 36... Rxa3 37. Rxb7 Ra2+ 38. Kh3 Rc2 39.
Ra6 Rf5 40. Rxa4 Rh5+ 41. Kg4 Rhxh2 42. Ra8+ (42. Raa7 h5+ 43. Kg5 Rc3 44. Rxc7
Rxg3+ 45. Kf5 Kh7 $17) 42... Kh7 43. Rbb8 Rc4 $1 {A strong move by Anish which
keeps the game going although it should be a draw.} 44. Rf8 (44. Re8 {was
surely better to keep the option of giving a check on e6.} Kg6 45. Re6+ Kf7 46.
Rae8 $11) 44... Kg6 45. Rae8 h5+ 46. Kf3 Rcc2 47. Re6+ Kh7 48. Re3 Rhf2+ 49.
Ke4 Rc6 50. Rf5 Kh6 51. Rd5 (51. Re5 $2 h4 52. gxh4 Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Rfxf4 54. h5
Rfd4+ 55. Ke2 Rc2+ 56. Kf3 Rh4 $19) 51... h4 52. gxh4 Rc4+ 53. Kd3 Rfxf4 (53...
Rcxf4 54. Re6+ Rf6 55. Rxf6+ Rxf6 56. Rc5 c6 57. Ke4 $11) 54. Re6+ Kh7 55. Rh5+
(55. Re7 {was the easier way to draw.} Rxh4 56. Rdd7 Rhg4 57. Rxg7+ Rxg7 58.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 59. Kxc4 $11) 55... Kg8 56. Re7 Rfd4+ 57. Ke3 Rd1 58. Ke2 Rg1 59.
Rg5 Rxg5 60. hxg5 Kh7 (60... Kf8 61. Rd7 Re4+ 62. Kf3 Re7 {is also drawn but
there are some more chances.}) 61. Ke3 Kg6 62. Rd7 {The rest of the game is
not so important. White has sufficient defensive resources.} Rc5 63. Re7 Rc1
64. Kd2 Rc6 65. Ke2 Rc3 66. Kd2 Rc4 67. Kd3 Rc5 68. Ke3 c6 69. Rc7 Re5+ 70. Kf4
Rf5+ 71. Ke4 Rf1 72. Ke3 Re1+ 73. Kf3 Rc1 74. Kg4 Rc3 75. Kf4 Rc4+ 76. Kf3 Rc2
77. Kg4 Rc1 78. Kf4 c5 79. Kg4 c4 80. Rc6+ Kf7 81. Kf5 Rf1+ 82. Ke5 Re1+ 83.
Kf5 g6+ 84. Kf4 Rf1+ 85. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.27"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2794"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "231"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 {Two games in a row for Caruana against the Ruy
Lopez. These days it is normal to expect the Berlin starting with 3...Nf6. But
Svidler and Aronian both preferred the standard Ruy Lopez.} 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O
Be7 6. d3 {Caruana plays the 6.d3 variation, the same as he did against Levon
Aronian in the previous round.} b5 7. Bb3 d6 {Threatening ...Na5 to win the
b3-bishop now that the e5-pawn is defended.} ({Aronian's} 7... O-O {was met by
8.Nc3 in the previous round.}) 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 b4 11. Re1 Re8 12.
Nbd2 {Leko-Caruana and Karjakin-Aronian are the two main games that reached
this position.} Bf8 $146 {The first new move of the game. But definitely not
prepared at home. Both the players were taking quite a lot of time to make
their moves.} (12... Na5 {had been previously played.} 13. d4 (13. cxb4 Nc6 {
and the b4-pawn falls}) 13... Bf8 14. h3 h6 15. Bd3 bxc3 16. bxc3 c5 17. d5 Qc7
18. Nc4 Nxc4 19. Bxc4 Reb8 20. Nd2 $14 {1-0 (45) Leko,P (2735)-Caruana,F (2781)
Wijk aan Zee 2013}) (12... Rb8 {has also been played.} 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 Be7 16. h3 Nh7 17. Bg3 Ng5 18. N1d2 Bf6 19. a5 bxc3 20. bxc3 Na7 $11 {
1-0 (61) Karjakin,S (2775)-Aronian,L (2815) Beijing 2012}) 13. a5 g6 14. Bb3 (
14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 Bg7 {is what Black is looking forward to.})
14... Be6 15. Ba4 Bd7 16. Nf1 {Caruana isn't interested in going d4
immediately. Instead he tries to strengthen his position with Ne3.} (16. Bxc6
Bxc6 17. cxb4 {wins a pawn but after} Rb8 {it is difficult to hold on to the
extra pawn.} 18. Qb3 d5 19. exd5 Qxd5 $1 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21. Nxe5 f6 22. Nef3
Nxb4 $17 {with excellent play.}) 16... h6 {Although Bg5 wasn't such a huge
threat, Svidler prevents it.} 17. Ng3 {At first sight this move looks pretty
illogical as the knight on g3 is sort of dominated by the pawn on g6. The
knight could have been placed better on e3. However, White's idea now would
surely be to break in the centre with d4.} (17. Ne3 {with ideas of going to d5
and c4 looks natural.}) 17... bxc3 18. bxc3 Bg7 19. h3 {Caruana is taking it
slow. He wants to maintain maximum pressure in the position before committing
to anything.} (19. d4 {was of course possible. An illustrative line would go
something like} exd4 20. cxd4 Rb8 21. Bd2 Nb4 22. Bb3 c5 23. Bf4 {[%cal Gf4b8]}
Bb5 $1 {A very nice positional exchange sacrifice.} 24. dxc5 dxc5 25. Bxb8 Qxb8
{[%cal Gb4d3,Gc5c4]} 26. e5 Ng4 27. e6 f5 $13) 19... d5 $6 {Peter loses his
patience and breaks in the centre but this is exactly what Caruana was looking
for. This completely justifies the placement of the knight on g3 as it gets to
the e4-square.} (19... Rb8 {maintaining the pressure was better.}) 20. exd5
Nxd5 21. Ne4 $1 Nb8 (21... f5 22. Nc5 Nxc3 23. Qb3+ Kh7 24. Qxc3 e4 25. Qd2
exf3 26. Bb2 $18) (21... Nce7 22. Bb3 $16) 22. Bb3 (22. Qb3 {was also possible.
} Bxa4 23. Rxa4 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ Qxf6 25. Rc4 $16) 22... Be6 23. Bd2 $6 ({A very
weird but quite strong move was} 23. Nc5 $5 {sacrificing the c3 pawn.} Nxc3 24.
Nxe6 Rxe6 (24... Nxd1 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Nxe5 $18) 25. Qc2 Nd5 (25... Rc6 26.
Nxe5 Bxe5 27. Rxe5 Qd4 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Bb2 $18) 26. d4 $1 exd4 27. Rxe6 fxe6
28. Qxg6 $18) (23. Bb2 Nd7 $11) (23. Ra3 Nd7 24. d4 $1 $16) 23... Nd7 $1 {
Black has limited the damage by quite some extent by controlling the c5-square.
} 24. Ba4 (24. Qc2 {with the idea of d3-d4 was better way to proceed.} f5 $6
25. Qa2 $16) 24... f5 $1 25. Ng3 (25. Bxd7 Bxd7 26. Nc5 Bc6 $11) 25... c5 {
Black is already doing completely fine.} 26. Bb3 {Repeatedly moving the bishop
from b3 to a4 and back gains nothing.} (26. Bxd7 Bxd7 27. Qb3 Be6 $15) (26. c4
Nb4 27. Bc3 {putting additional pressure on e5 seems like the right way
forward.} Qc7 28. Qd2 {with a very complex position.}) 26... Qc7 27. h4 N5f6 $1
$11 {Black has a comfortable position.} 28. h5 f4 {The human reaction.} (28...
c4 $1 {was an extremely strong positional move.} 29. Bxc4 (29. dxc4 f4 30. Ne4
Nxe4 31. Rxe4 Nc5 $1 32. Re1 Bg4 $19) 29... Bxc4 30. dxc4 f4 31. Ne4 Nxe4 32.
Rxe4 Nc5 33. Re1 g5 $17 {Black's position is clearly to be preferred.}) 29.
Bxe6+ Rxe6 30. Ne4 Nxh5 31. d4 $5 (31. Qb3 c4 $1 32. dxc4 Kh8 $11) 31... Qc6 $1
{What a cool and calm move. Svidler calculates that all the captures lead to
an inferior position and just maintains the tension. He now has the threat of
taking exd4 and at the same time has prevented d4-d5.} (31... cxd4 $2 32. Qb3
$1 Qc6 33. cxd4 exd4 34. Rac1 $16) (31... exd4 $6 32. cxd4 Rae8 (32... c4 33.
Rc1 $16) 33. Nxc5 Rxe1+ 34. Bxe1 Nxc5 35. Rc1 $1 Rd8 36. Bb4 Kh7 37. Bxc5 $16)
32. Qb3 c4 $1 33. Qa4 Qd5 $1 {After a series of accurate moves Black is now
clearly better.} 34. Rad1 Rae8 $2 {A bad mistake by Svidler which changes the
evaluation of the position by 180 degrees.} (34... Rf8 $1 {Not an easy move to
find but this rook had to be brought into the game and the most natural square
is e8. However, Re8 fails tactically and hence Rf8 is the best move.} 35. dxe5
Nxe5 36. Nxe5 Rxe5 $17 37. Bxf4 $2 Rxe4 $1 38. Rxd5 Rxe1+ 39. Kh2 Rxf4 $19) (
34... exd4 $6 35. cxd4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Qxe4 37. Qxd7 $14) (34... Qb5 $5 35. Qa2
$13 (35. Qxb5 axb5 $17)) (34... Rc8 $5 {is also not bad.}) 35. dxe5 Nxe5 36.
Nxe5 (36. Bxf4 Nd3 $1 $19) 36... Rxe5 (36... Qxe5 37. Qxc4 $16) (36... Bxe5 37.
Bxf4 Qb5 38. Qxb5 axb5 39. Bxe5 Rxe5 40. f3 $18) 37. Bxf4 $1 Qb5 (37... Rxe4
38. Qxe8+ $1 {This is the move which Svidler saw just in the nick of time. Or
else he would have had to resign!} Rxe8 39. Rxe8+ Kf7 40. Rxd5 $18) 38. Qxb5
Rxb5 39. Bd6 {White is better now as the bishop will sit on b4 defending both
the pawns, while the black pawns on a6 and c4 would be weak.} Kh8 (39... Rxa5
$2 40. g4 $18 {[%cal Ge4f6]}) 40. g4 Nf6 41. Nxf6 Rxe1+ 42. Rxe1 Bxf6 43. Re8+
Kg7 44. Bb4 $16 Re5 45. Rc8 Re6 46. Rc7+ Kg8 47. Rxc4 $16 {Caruana is a pawn
up but as the game shows, the conversion into a win is not at all easy.
However, Svidler was quite depressed at this point, because he had blown a
clearly better position. From this point onwards he began to play quickly and
not really think much about what his opponent would do. He began to just
respond.} h5 48. Kg2 Kf7 49. Rc5 (49. gxh5 gxh5 {the passed h-pawn gives some
counterplay.}) (49. Rc7+ $145 $1 Ke8 50. gxh5 gxh5 51. f4 {is Kasimdzhanov's
proposal in his video.}) 49... hxg4 50. Rc7+ Ke8 51. Rc4 Kd7 52. Rxg4 Be5 53.
c4 Bc7 54. Kf3 Rf6+ 55. Ke3 Re6+ 56. Kd3 Rf6 57. Ke3 Re6+ 58. Kd3 Rf6 59. Rg5
Rxf2 60. Rxg6 Rf3+ 61. Kc2 Rf5 62. Rxa6 {White has won a second pawn but the
a5-pawn will soon fall.} Kc8 63. Kd3 Rh5 64. c5 Kb7 65. Rg6 Bxa5 {Svidler is
ready to defend the rook+bishop vs rook endgame.} 66. Bxa5 Rxc5 {The notorius
bishop+rook vs rook. Svidler defends this well for a while but soon goes
astray.} 67. Bb4 Rc6 68. Bd6 Kc8 69. Kd4 Rb6 70. Kd5 Rb7 71. Rg8+ Kd7 72. Bc5
Kc7 73. Rg6 Kd7 74. Rh6 Kc7 75. Rc6+ Kd7 76. Bb6 Ke8 77. Bd4 Kd7 78. Rd6+ Kc8
79. Ke6 Kc7 80. Ra6 Rb5 81. Ra1 Kc6 82. Rc1+ Kb7 83. Kd6 Ka6 84. Rc6+ Ka5 85.
Bc5 Rb7 86. Kd5 Kb5 87. Bd6 Ka4 88. Ra6+ Kb5 89. Ra1 Kb6 90. Rc1 Kb5 91. Rc6
Ka4 92. Bc5 Kb5 93. Rd6 Ka4 94. Kc6 Rb8 95. Rd3 Rc8+ 96. Kd5 Rd8+ 97. Bd6 Rc8
98. Ra3+ Kb5 99. Rb3+ Ka4 100. Rb4+ Ka5 101. Bc5 Rh8 102. Rb7 Ka4 $2 (102...
Ka6 {is the easiest way to draw} 103. Rb2 Rd8+ 104. Kc4 Rc8 $11) 103. Kc4 $1 {
This is the Philidor position and everything is in place. But can White win
within 116 moves? (The fifty move rule). Svidler said during the game that he
wanted to get up and sit adjacent to his board because that is the way he had
studied this endgame. Sitting at the place where he was did not give the
orientation of the board and pieces when he had worked on this endgame at
home! Peter has asked many players if it is possible to get up and view the
board from the side, but he has not yet received a conclusive answer!} Rh4+
104. Bd4 Rh5 {The enemy rook is already on the first rank so it is time to
take the rook from one side to the other.} 105. Bf2 $2 {This is incorrect. The
right way to remember it is the bishop should be defended by the rook. So you
should play Bf2 when your rook is on b2.} (105. Rb2 $1 Rh3 (105... Ka3 106. Re2
$1 {Threatening a check on c5.} Rh4 107. Re6 Ka2 108. Re1 {and it is game over}
) 106. Bf2 $1 {The rook defends the bishop and the bishop controls the
h4-square. This is the ideal formation.} Rf3 {Once the rook has been forced to
an inferior square on the third rank it is time to improve your bishop with a
tempo.} (106... Ka3 107. Re2 Ka4 108. Re7 Rh5 109. Be1 Ka3 110. Bc3 Rh4+ 111.
Bd4 Ka2 112. Re1 $18) 107. Bc5 Rf4+ 108. Bd4 Rf3 109. Rb4+ $1 {This check is
crucial.} Ka3 (109... Ka5 110. Rb7 {is immediate curtains.}) 110. Rb6 Ka2 111.
Rb2+ $1 {An important intermediate check.} Ka3 112. Re2 {Threatening Bc5+.
Keep an eye on the move counter - it is still not 116 moves!} Ka4 113. Be3 $1 {
Blocking the rook.} Ka3 114. Bc5+ Ka4 115. Ra2+ Ra3 116. Rxa3# {And wins on
exactly the 50th move! This analysis proves that Caruana not only
theoretically had a winning position, but if he made all the accurate moves
then he would have won the game within the 50 moves rule.}) 105... Rg5 {
The rook moves to a better square.} 106. Rh7 $2 {A crucial waste of time.} (
106. Bd4 {transposing back to Philidor is theoretically winning but now it is
impossible to win in 50 moves!}) 106... Rg4+ (106... Rb5) 107. Bd4 Rg5 108. Rh8
Rb5 109. Ra8+ Ra5 110. Rb8 Rh5 111. Bf6 $2 (111. Rb2 {as shown above was the
right way but it is already too late now.}) 111... Ka5 $1 {The king escapes
from the net.} 112. Bc3+ Ka6 113. Bd4 Rh6 114. Be3 Re6 115. Rb3 Rc6+ 116. Kd5 {
So many twists and turns! Just like a Hollywood movie!} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Candidates Tournament"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.03.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.03.11"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.05.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Ne1 d6 8. Nc2
Bc5 9. Rb1 a5 10. a3 Be6 11. d3 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nce7 14. Ncxd5 Nxd5
15. Nc4 Bd6 16. d4 exd4 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. Qxd4 Qe7 19. e4 c5 20. Qd1 Nc7 21.
Be3 b6 22. f4 Rad8 23. Qc2 Bd5 24. Rbe1 Bxe4 25. Bxc5 Bxc2 26. Bxe7 Rd7 27. Bh4
Rxe1 28. Rxe1 f6 29. g4 Nd5 30. Bg3 f5 31. gxf5 Nf6 32. Bf2 Rd6 33. Re6 Rd1+
34. Re1 Rd6 35. Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. O-O
Rd8 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Bf4 Qxb3 11. axb3 Bc2 12. Rdc1 Bxb3 13. c5 Ne4 14. e3 Nd7
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 Bd5 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Ng5 e5 20. dxe5 Bxe5
21. Rd1 Bxf4 22. Ne6 Bg5 23. Nxd8 Rxd8 24. f4 Be7 25. Rxa7 Nxc5 26. Rxd8+ Bxd8
27. b4 Ne6 28. Rxb7 Bc7 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. h3 Ke7 31. b5 cxb5 32. Rxb5 h5 33. g4
hxg4 34. hxg4 fxg4 35. Kg3 g5 36. Kxg4 gxf4 37. exf4 Nxf4 38. Rb7 Kd7 39. Rxc7+
Kxc7 40. Kxf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.02"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C85"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Samara region Zhiguli"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Nd7 8.
b3 O-O 9. Bb2 f6 10. Qe2 c5 11. Nh4 Nb8 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. Nc3 Nd4
15. Qd2 Be6 16. f4 exf4 17. Rxf4 f5 18. Ne2 Nxe2+ 19. Qxe2 Qd6 20. Qe3 Rae8 21.
Qg3 Rf7 22. Raf1 Ref8 23. R1f2 Qe7 24. h4 h6 25. Qg6 Bd7 26. h5 Qe6 27. Qg3 Qe7
28. Qg6 Qe6 29. Qg3 Qe7 30. R4f3 Qg5 31. Qxc7 f4 32. Bc1 Qxh5 33. Rxf4 Rxf4 34.
Bxf4 Bc6 35. Rf3 Rf7 36. Qd6 Qg4 37. Kf2 c4 38. bxc4 Kh7 39. Be3 Rxf3+ 40. gxf3
Qh4+ 41. Ke2 Ba4 42. Qb4 Bxc2 43. Qb2 Ba4 44. Qxb7 Qh1 45. Qxa6 Bd1+ 46. Kd2
Qxf3 47. Qa7 Qe2+ 48. Kc3 Bc2 49. Bd4 Qxd3+ 50. Kb2 Kg6 51. Qxg7+ Kh5 52. Qe5+
Kg4 53. Qf5+ Kg3 54. Be5+ Kg2 55. Qg4+ Kf1 56. Qf4+ Ke2 57. Qh2+ Kd1 58. Qh5+
1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 (4... exd5 {mit diesem Zug erlitt
Kramnik beim Norway Chess vergangenen Monat einen bösen Schiffsbruch gegen
Carlsen.} 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8. Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7
11. Nh4 Be7 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. Ng3 Bb4+ 14. Kd1 Na4 15. Ngf5 Kd7 16. Rb1 Ke6 17.
Bd3 Rhc8 18. Ke2 Bf8 19. g4 c5 20. Ng2 cxd4 21. exd4 Bd6 22. h4 h5 23. Ng7+ Ke7
24. gxh5 Bxd3+ 25. Kxd3 Kd7 26. Ne3 Nb6 27. Ng4 Rh8 28. Rhe1 Be7 29. Nf5 Bd8
30. h6 Rc8 31. b3 Rc6 32. Nge3 Bc7 33. Rbc1 Rxc1 34. Rxc1 Bf4 35. Rc5 Ke6 36.
Ng7+ Kd6 37. Ng4 Nd7 38. Rc2 f5 39. Nxf5+ Ke6 40. Ng7+ Kd6 41. Re2 Kc6 42. Re8
Rxe8 43. Nxe8 Nf8 44. Ne5+ Bxe5 45. dxe5 Kd7 46. Nf6+ Ke6 47. h5 Kxe5 48. Nd7+
Nxd7 49. h7 Nc5+ 50. Ke2 {1-0 (50) Carlsen,M (2851)-Kramnik,V (2801) Stavanger
NOR 2016}) 5. Nf3 c5 6. g3 (6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+
10. Qxd2 O-O {ist die Hauptvariante}) 6... Nxc3 (6... Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 Qxd4 11. cxd4) 7. bxc3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2
Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 b6 {Kramnik wandelt auf den Spuren Rubinsteins, modernere
Interpretationen des schwarzen Aufbaus verzichteten auf b6 um Weiß den Hebel
a4-a5 nicht anzubieten.} (10... Bd7 11. Bg2 Bc6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Rfe1 Nf6 14.
Qf4 Be4 15. Rac1 O-O 16. g4 Qb8 17. Qxb8 Raxb8 18. Ne5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rbc8 20.
Kf3 Rfd8 21. e4 Kf8 22. Ke3 g5 23. h4 h6 24. hxg5 hxg5 25. Rh1 Ke7 26. Kd3 Nd7
27. Nxd7 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Kxd7 29. Rh1 Ke7 30. Rc1 Kd7 31. Rh1 Ke7 32. Rc1 {
1/2-1/2 (32) Grandelius,N (2581)-Roiz,M (2592) Stockholm 2015}) 11. Bg2 Bb7 12.
O-O {Diagramm [#]} O-O (12... Nd7 {wurde bereits 1937 von Rubinstein gespielt.
Dies erlaubt allerdings das sofortige a4 - ob Tfc1 sofort benötigt wird, ist
nämlich nicht klar. Deswegen erscheint mit Kramniks Zugfolge erst einmal
flexibler.} 13. a4 $1 (13. Rfc1 O-O 14. a4 Rc8 15. Rxc8 Qxc8 16. a5 b5 17. Rc1
Qb8 18. Qb4 a6 19. Ne1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Rc8 21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Nd3 Nb8 23. f3 Qc7
24. Kf2 f6 25. Nc5 Qd6 26. e3 Kf7 27. Ke2 Ke8 28. Qb1 f5 29. Qb3 Qd5 30. Qxd5
exd5 31. Kd2 Ke7 32. Kc3 Kd6 33. Nb7+ Kc7 34. Nc5 Kd6 35. Nb7+ Kc7 36. Nc5 Kd6
37. Nb7+ Kc7 {1/2-1/2 (37) Weinstock,K-Rubinstein,S Vienna 1937}) 13... O-O 14.
a5) 13. a4 (13. Rfc1 Nd7) 13... Nc6 $5 {Vorgänger platzierten den Springer
immer bescheidener auf d7, von wo aus er weniger Einfluss auf das Zentrum
nimmt, jedoch den Läufer nicht versperrt und weniger anfällig steht} 14. Ne5 $1
{ansonsten wir Schwarz mit ...Sa5 fortfahren und der Bauernzug a4 wäre
lediglich eine Schwächung gewesen.} Rc8 15. a5 $1 (15. Rfc1 $2 Qxd4 16. Qxd4
Nxd4 17. Bxb7 Rxc1+ 18. Rxc1 Nxe2+ 19. Kf1 Nxc1 $19) (15. Rfd1 Qe7 16. Rac1 Na5
$11 {Schwarz kontrolliert alle Einbruchsfelder auf der c-Linie und kann bequem
mit der Dame auf b7 wiedernehmen. Langfristig hat Schwarz den entfernten
Freibauern, a4 kann zudem zur Schwäche neigen. Weiß muss hier vermutlich im
Ausgleichssinne den konkreten Durchbruch d5 anpeilen}) 15... b5 16. Qb2 $6 (16.
a6 $5 Ba8 17. Rfd1 (17. Nxc6 {ist zu wenig} Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Rxc6 19. Ra5 Qd5 $11)
17... Qd6 (17... Ne7 $5 18. Bxa8 Rxa8 19. Rac1 {Schwarz steht noch etwas
unkoordiniert, hat jedoch langfristige Trümpfe. Entscheidend wird sein, ob der
weiße Bauer auf a6 oder der schwarze auf b5 schwächer wird.}) 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19.
d5 $5 {schlägt Houdini vor} exd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21. Qxd5 Qb6 22. Qb7 Rb8 23.
Qxb6 Rxb6 24. Rd7 Ra8 25. Rb7 $14 {wird vermutlich in einem 4-3 am
Königsflügel enden.}) 16... a6 {Kramnik hat seine Stellung nun gefestigt. Der
Bauer auf a5 ist mehr Schwäche denn Stärke, die weißfeldrige Konstellation Lb7,
Bauern a6,b5 ist konkret nicht auszunutzen.} 17. Nd3 $6 (17. Rfd1 Ba8 18. e3
Nxa5 19. Bxa8 Rxa8 20. Qa2 Nb7 21. Rac1 $44 {und Weiß hat Kompensation, doch
keinesfalls mehr}) 17... Ba8 18. Bxc6 (18. Nc5 Nxd4 19. Bxa8 Rxc5 $17) (18. e3
Nxa5 {und Weiß hat nicht genug Kompensation} 19. Qb4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Nc6 21. Qb1
Nb8 $15) 18... Rxc6 19. Nb4 Rc4 {konkret gespielt} (19... Rd6 $1 {behält den
a6 - Schwarz kann nun mittels h5-h4 den geschwächten weißen König aufs Korn
nehmen}) 20. Nxa6 Qd5 21. f3 Rxd4 22. Nc7 Qc5 23. Kh1 Bc6 24. Rfc1 Rc4 25. Na6
$2 {diesen Zeitverlust hält die weiße Stellung nicht mehr aus} (25. a6 $1 Rc8 (
25... Bxf3+ 26. exf3 Qxc7 27. Rxc4 Qxc4 28. a7 Qd5 29. Kg2 {und Weiß hält dank
des starken Freibauern das Gleichgewicht}) 26. a7 Rxc7 27. Rxc4 $1 Qxc4 28.
a8=Q+ Bxa8 29. Rxa8+ Rc8 30. Rxc8+ Qxc8 31. Qxb5 $11) 25... Qf2 $1 26. Qe5 Bd5
{Es droht f6 nebst Dxe2.} 27. Nc7 f6 28. Qd6 Rxc7 29. Qxc7 Qxe2 30. Ra3 {
und offensichtlich wollte sich Svidler ...b4 nicht mehr zeigen lassen} 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.06"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[Annotator "CB"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
{currently the main line against Black's "threat" to play the Marshall Gambit
after} (8. c3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 $44) 8... b4 9. d4 d6
10. dxe5 {Black threatened ...10...Bg4, putting the Nf3 into an annoying pin.
Therefore White clarifies matters in the center.} (10. h3 {stops ... Bg4, but
now Black can seize the initiative:} exd4 11. Nxd4 Na5 12. Ba2 c5 13. Nb3 (13.
Nf3 Bb7 $36 14. Nbd2 Qc7 {and White does not manage to regroup the Nd2.}) 13...
Nc6 14. Bf4 Be6 {0-1 (53) Vachier Lagrave,M (2745) -Karjakin,S (2756) Beijing
2013}) 10... dxe5 11. Nbd2 {Karjakin intends to play the knight to c4 with the
idea to play a5 which isolates the pawn b4.} Bc5 (11... Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. g4
Bg6 14. Nc4 $13 {1/2-1/2 (28) Lampert,J (2376) -Boguslavsky,O (2442) Germany
2014}) 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qd6 {Svidler has faith in his opening strategies. In
2014 he played two games against Karjakin, in which this position was on the
board and Svidler has always opted for ...Qd6 - with success.} (13... Qe7 14.
Qe2 (14. Bd5 $5 Bb7 15. Nb3 Ba7 16. Qd3 $13) 14... Be6 15. Bc4 Nd4 16. Nxd4
Bxd4 17. Nb3 Rfd8 18. Nxd4 Bxc4 19. Nf5 Qe6 20. Qf3 Kh7 21. b3 Bb5 22. Qg3 Rg8
23. Qh4 Ne8 24. Bd2 Nd6 25. Qe7 Rge8 26. Qxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxb4 Nxf5 28. exf5 Ree8
29. Rad1 Bc6 30. Rd3 Rab8 31. Rc3 Bd5 32. Ba3 Rb5 33. Rxc7 Rxa5 34. Bd6 f6 35.
c4 Bg8 36. Re3 e4 37. Rg3 Rxf5 38. Rgxg7+ Kh8 39. Rg6 Rh5 40. g4 Rxh3 41. Kg2 {
1-0 (41) Caruana,F (2791) -Tomashevsky,E (2695) Dubai 2014}) 14. Qe2 {Karjakin
removes the queen from the d-file to win a tempo with Nc4.} Be6 (14... Nh5 $5 {
was successfully played by Svidler in October 2014. In CBM 163 Postny gives ...
Nh5 an exclamation mark. However, Svidler might not have been entirely
convinced about the merits of ...Nh5 and decided to play ...Be6 instead.} 15.
Nc4 Qf6 16. Be3 $146 (16. Ne3 $2 {is a mistake that allows Black to carry out
his plan without too much trouble:} Nf4 17. Qc4 Nxg2 $1 18. Kxg2 Bxh3+ 19. Kxh3
Qxf3+ 20. Kh2 Nd4 $40 21. Rf1 Qh5+ 22. Kg2 Qf3+ 23. Kh2 Bd6 24. c3 Qh5+ 25. Kg2
Qf3+ 26. Kh2 Qh5+ 27. Kg2 Qf3+ {1/2-1/2 (27) Karjakin,S (2767)-Svidler,P (2732)
Baku 2014 CBM 163 [Postny,E]}) 16... Nf4 17. Bxf4 Qxf4 18. c3 {and the pawn on
e5 is very weak.} Be6 (18... Bxh3 19. gxh3 Qg3+ 20. Kh1 Qxh3+ 21. Nh2 bxc3 22.
bxc3 Qxc3 23. Ba4 $14) 19. Ba4 $16) 15. Nc4 Qe7 16. c3 $146 {Karjakin's
improvement. In a previous game he played} (16. Be3 Rab8 17. Red1 Nxe4 18. Ba4
Ng3 19. fxg3 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bxe3+ {and Black had no problems.} 21. Kh2 Nxa5 22.
Qe4 Bb6 23. Rd5 Nb7 24. Rxe5 Qf6 25. Qxb4 Nc5 26. Qf4 Qxf4 27. gxf4 Ba7 28. b3
Rb4 29. Bc6 Rxf4 30. Ra5 Ne6 31. Rxa6 Bc5 32. Re1 Nd4 33. Nxd4 Rxd4 34. Re2 h5
35. Ra4 Rfd8 36. Rxd4 Bxd4 37. Re8+ Rxe8 38. Bxe8 Kf8 39. Bc6 h4 40. g4 hxg3+
41. Kxg3 {1/2-1/2 (41) Karjakin,S (2770)-Svidler,P (2743) Kazan 2014}) 16...
bxc3 17. bxc3 Nh5 $5 {Apparently Karjakin did not spend too much time on this
move during his preparations. However, he now invested no less than 32 minutes
to find the best reply.} (17... Rab8 18. Bc2 (18. Ba4 $6 Bxc4 19. Qxc4 Nxa5 20.
Qxa6 Ra8 21. Qe2 Nb3 22. Ra2 Nxc1 23. Rxc1 $11) 18... Rb5 {is a typical motive.
} 19. Nfxe5 (19. Ba4 Bxc4 20. Qxc4 Nxa5 (20... Rxa5 $6 21. Bxh6 $1 $16) 21. Qe2
Rbb8 $13) 19... Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxf2+ 21. Qxf2 Rxe5 {and White has the pair of
bishops though his structure is shattered. Moreover, the pawn on a6 might
become weak and White might play Bf4 followed by e5 to start an attack.} 22.
Bf4 Rc5 23. e5 Nd5 24. Bd2 $14 {[%cal Gf2g3]} Nxc3 25. Rac1 $1) 18. g4 Nf4 (
18... Rab8 $1 {to push White's bishop to a2 first would have been better.} 19.
Ba2 Nf4 20. Bxf4 exf4 {[%cal Gh6h5] and Black's threat ...h5 forces White to
exchange the bishop on e6 - but under less favorable conditions than in the
game.} 21. Ncd2 Bxa2 22. Rxa2) 19. Bxf4 exf4 20. Ncd2 Rfd8 21. e5 Rab8 {
White is under fire - the opening definitely did not go well for him: Black
occupies both open files, his king is safer and all his pieces are on good
positions. White, however, needs a couple of moves to consolidate his position.
} 22. Rab1 {White sacrifies a pawn to stop Black from becoming too active.} (
22. Bxe6 Qxe6 23. Qxa6 Rb2 {[%csl Gf2]} 24. Red1 (24. Rad1 Ra2 {[%cal Ga2a5]})
24... Qd5 $36 {Black has more than enough compensation for the pawn - the pawn
on e5 is weak.}) 22... Nxa5 23. Bc2 (23. Bxe6 Qxe6 24. Rxb8 Rxb8 $15 {and even
if White wins back his pawn with Qe4 and Qxf4 he is still worse.}) 23... Rxb1
24. Rxb1 {[%csl Rf4][%cal Ge2e4,Ge4h7]} Bd5 $1 {preventing attacking ideas and
protecting f4.} 25. Be4 (25. Qd3 g6) (25. Qxa6 Nc4 $1 26. Nxc4 Bxf3 $19) 25...
Nc6 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Qe4 (27. Qxa6 Nxe5 28. Qa8+ Rd8 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Qxb8+
Kh7 31. Qb1+ g6 $17 {and Black is a solid pawn up.}) 27... Qe6 28. Nc4 (28. Nb3
Bb6 (28... Nxe5 $2 29. Nfd4 Qg6 $8 (29... Qd7 30. Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Rb8+ $18) 30.
Nxc5 Rxc5 31. Rb8+ Kh7 32. Qa8 $1 Qd3 33. Ne6 $3 fxe6 34. Rh8+ Kg6 35. Qe8+ Kg5
36. Qe7+ Kg6 37. Qe8+ $11) (28... Bf8 29. Nbd4 Nxd4 30. cxd4 {allows White to
consolidate.}) 29. c4 Rd8 30. c5 Ba7 31. Re1 $15) 28... Bf8 29. Qxf4 Rc5 30.
Ne3 Rxc3 $17 {the play is rather forced but in the end Black will remain a
pawn up.} 31. Rb7 Rc5 32. Rxc7 Nxe5 33. Rxc5 Nxf3+ 34. Qxf3 Bxc5 $17 {[#] The
dust has settled and Svidler is a clear pawn up which is supported by a
fantastic bishop and a strong black queen.} 35. Nf5 {Before making any
long-term decisions Svidler tries to improve his king's position.} Kh7 36. Qc3
Bf8 37. Ne3 g6 38. h4 Bg7 39. Qc5 Be5 40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Kg7 42. Kg2 Bf4 43.
Nf5+ Kf6 44. Ng3 Bd6 45. Qd4+ Be5 46. Qc5 Kg5 47. Qa5 Kh4 $5 {the black king
joins the attack.} 48. Qa4+ Kg5 (48... Qg4 49. Qxa6 Qh3+ 50. Kg1 Bxg3 51. Qf6+
$1 Kg4 52. Qg7+ Kf3 53. Qc3+ $11) 49. Qa5 Qc6+ 50. Kh3 $6 (50. Kg1) 50... Kf6
51. Qd8+ Kg7 52. Nf5+ Kh7 53. Ng3 (53. Qd1 a5 54. Qe2 Bf6 55. Qa2 Qe6 $1 56.
Qc2 a4 $19) 53... Qf3 54. Qa5 Bd4 55. Qxa6 Bxf2 56. Qd6 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.07"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Samara region Zhiguli"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]
[TimeControl "6000+1565"]
[WhiteClock "0:22:12"]
[BlackClock "0:01:01"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 Nxf3+ 6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qb3 Bc5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Na4 Be7 10. d4 exd4 11. Rd1 c5 12. e3 dxe3 13. Bxe3 Qc7 14. Bf4 d6
15. Nc3 a6 16. Rd2 Rb8 17. Rad1 Be6 18. Rxd6 Bxd6 19. Bxd6 Qa5 20. Bxb8 Rxb8
21. Nd5 Bxd5 22. cxd5 b5 23. d6 Qb6 24. Qe3 Re8 25. Qf4 Rd8 26. g4 Qb8 27. Bc6
h6 28. h4 Qc8 29. g5 Qxc6 30. gxf6 Qd7 31. fxg7 Qe6 32. h5 c4 33. f3 b4 34. Kf2
c3 35. Re1 Qd5 36. Re5 Qd2+ 37. Qxd2 cxd2 38. Rd5 Kxg7 39. Ke3 Kf6 40. Kf4 Ke6
41. Rxd2 Kd7 (41... Rxd6 42. Rxd6+ Kxd6 43. Kf5 Ke7 44. Ke5 f6+ 45. Kf5 Kf7 46.
a4) 42. Ke5 Rc8 43. f4 Rc5+ 44. Rd5 f6+ 45. Ke4 Rc2 46. Kf5 Rxb2 47. Ra5 Kxd6
48. Kxf6 b3 49. axb3 Rxb3 50. Rxa6+ Kd7 51. f5 Rg3 52. Kf7 Rg5 53. f6 Rxh5 54.
Ra7+ Kd6 55. Kg6 Rg5+ 56. Kxh6 Rg1 57. f7 Rf1 58. Kg7 Rg1+ 59. Kf8 Rb1 60. Ra6+
Kd5 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.09"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 Ba7 11. Be3 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14. Ng3 d5 15.
d4 dxe4 16. dxe5 Qxd1 17. Raxd1 exf3 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Re8+ Kh7 20. Rd7 b5 21.
Ne4 Rf5 22. a5 b4 23. cxb4 fxg2 24. Kxg2 Nxb4 25. Rf8 Nc6 26. h4 Ne5 27. Re7
Ng6 28. Rexf7 Nxh4+ 29. Kh3 Kg6 30. Rxf5 Nxf5 31. Nc5 h5 32. b4 Ne7 33. f4 c6
34. Kg2 Nd5 35. Kf3 Rf7 36. Rxf7 Kxf7 37. Nxa6 Kf6 38. Ke4 h4 39. Kf3 g5 40.
Nc5 Nxf4 41. a6 Nd5 42. a7 Nc7 43. Na6 Na8 44. Nb8 Ke6 45. Nxc6 Kd6 46. Nd4 Kc7
47. Kg4 Kb6 48. Nf3 Kxa7 49. Nxg5 Kb6 50. Kxh4 Kb5 51. Kh5 Kxb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT 23rd"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2016.05.10"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2016.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Tatarstan Rook"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bd7 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Qe2 Bxe4 8.
Bxe4 c6 9. c3 Ngf6 10. Bc2 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. Re1 a5 14. Bg5 Qc7
15. Rad1 a4 16. a3 Ra5 17. Bd2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. f4 Rd8 20. Be3 Nb6 21. g3
Bf8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Rd1 Rd5 24. Rxd5 Nxd5 25. Bf2 b5 26. c4 bxc4 27. Qxc4 Qb8
28. Bxa4 Qxb2 29. Bxc6 Nb6 30. Qb5 Qc1+ 31. Kg2 Nc4 32. a4 Qc2 33. Kg1 Qd1+ 34.
Kg2 Qc2 35. Kg1 Qd1+ 36. Kg2 Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porto Vecchio m"]
[Site "Porto Vecchio"]
[Date "2016.05.19"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2762"]
[PlyCount "114"]
[EventDate "2016.05.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Qb3
Kh8 9. Rd1 Na6 10. Qa3 Nc7 11. d5 Bd7 12. dxc6 Bxc6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rac1 Qe8 15.
b4 Ng4 16. Bd2 Ne5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Ba4 20. Re1 Qd7 21. Bc3
Bxc3 22. Rxc3 Rac8 23. Rec1 Bb5 24. e3 Kg8 25. h4 a6 26. Qb2 Rxc3 27. Qxc3 Ra8
28. e4 fxe4 29. Bxe4 Qg4 30. Qe3 Rc8 31. Rxc8+ Qxc8 32. Bf3 Qc4 33. a3 Qd3 34.
Qxd3 Bxd3 35. Bg4 h6 36. f4 Kg7 37. Kf2 Kf6 38. Ke3 Bc2 39. Kd4 Bf5 40. Be2 Bc8
41. g4 g5 42. fxg5+ hxg5 43. h5 Kg7 44. Bf3 Bd7 45. Be2 Bc8 46. Bd1 Bd7 47. Be2
Bc8 48. Ke4 a5 49. bxa5 bxa5 50. Kd4 Bd7 51. Kc4 Kh6 52. Bd1 Kg7 53. Kd4 Kh6
54. Ke4 Kg7 55. Be2 Kh6 56. Bd1 Kg7 57. Be2 Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Porto Vecchio m"]
[Site "Porto Vecchio"]
[Date "2016.05.20"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C34"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2702"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.05.19"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 172 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.06.21"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 4. Bb5 c6 5. Ba4 d5 6. Qe2 d4 7. Bb3 Ng6 8. Qc4
Qe7 9. Qxd4 c5 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. O-O Be6 12. Nc3 c4 13. Qe2 Qc5+ 14. Kh1 cxb3 15.
axb3 Be7 16. Nb5 Qb6 17. d4 Bg4 18. d5 Nce5 19. Bd2 O-O 20. Ba5 Qf6 21. Bc3 a6
22. Nbd4 Rac8 23. Qd2 Bd6 24. Rae1 h6 25. Bb4 Bxb4 26. Qxb4 Nxf3 27. gxf3 Bh3
28. Rg1 b5 29. Qd2 Ne5 30. Re2 Rfe8 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Askarov, Bakhtiyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Rb8 11. Be3 b6 12. Bd4 Bb7 13. Bxb7 Rxb7 14. Rfd1
Qc8 15. Rac1 Qh3 16. Qf3 Ng4 17. Qg2 Qxg2+ 18. Kxg2 Bxd4 19. Rxd4 Nf6 20. Nd5
Kg7 21. Rf4 Ng8 22. Re4 Rc8 23. Rc3 e6 24. Nb4 Nf6 25. Rd4 Rbc7 26. f3 e5 27.
Rxd6 Rxc4 28. Rxc4 Rxc4 29. a3 e4 30. Rc6 exf3+ 31. Kxf3 Rxc6 32. Nxc6 a6 33.
Kf4 Nd7 34. Ke4 Nc5+ 35. Kd5 Na4 36. b4 Nc3+ 37. Kd6 Nxe2 38. Kc7 b5 39. Kb6
Nc3 40. Kxa6 f5 41. Nd4 Kf6 42. Nxb5 Nd5 43. Kb7 g5 44. Kc6 Ke5 45. Nd6 f4 46.
gxf4+ gxf4 47. Nc4+ Kd4 48. Nd2 Ke3 49. Kxd5 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bb7 6. Nd2 Nf6 7. Bd3 Nc6 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. c4 d6 12. Qe2 Nd7 13. Rad1 Qc7 14. f4 Bf6
15. Bxf6 Nxf6 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Nd4 Rad8 18. Bc2 e5 19. Nxc6 Qxc6 20. f5 Nf6 21.
g4 g5 22. h4 h5 23. hxg5 Nxg4 24. Kg2 f6 25. g6 Kg7 26. Rd5 Rh8 27. Qd3 a6 28.
Bd1 b5 29. Be2 bxc4 30. bxc4 Qb6 31. Kg3 Qe3+ 32. Kg2 h4 33. Bxg4 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. Be3 Nge7 8. Nb3
b5 9. f4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Na5 11. Nd2 Rc8 12. Qf2 Nec6 13. O-O-O Be7 14. h4 O-O 15.
h5 Qd7 16. g5 d5 17. g6 d4 18. gxh7+ Kh8 19. Qg3 dxe3 20. Rg1 g6 21. hxg6 fxg6
22. Qxg6 Bf6 23. Nf3 Qf7 24. Qg2 Nb4 25. e5 Bg7 26. Be2 Rc7 27. Kb1 Qxf4 28.
Qh3 Bxf3 29. Rdf1 Qh6 30. Rxf3 Qxh3 31. Rxh3 Nc4 32. a3 Nd5 33. Ne4 Nd2+ 34.
Nxd2 exd2 35. Rd1 Nf4 36. Rh2 Nxe2 37. Rxe2 Bh6 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2653"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. Bg2 g6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Ne4
O-O 9. O-O Qc7 10. c4 Nde7 11. Nxc5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Qxc5 13. Re1 Nf5 14. Nf3 d5
15. cxd5 exd5 16. d4 Nxd4 17. Nxd4 Qxd4 18. Rd1 Qa4 19. b3 Qg4 20. Bf3 Qe6 21.
Rb1 Qxe2 22. Bxe2 Bf5 23. Bd3 Bg4 24. Re1 Bc3 25. Re7 Rfe8 26. Bg5 Rxe7 27.
Bxe7 Re8 28. Bg5 Be2 29. Bxe2 Rxe2 30. Rd1 d4 31. Bf6 Re6 32. Bg5 f6 33. Bc1
Re2 34. a4 Kf7 35. Kf1 Rc2 36. Ba3 Ke6 37. Bc5 Kd5 38. Bxa7 Ke4 39. b4 d3 40.
f3+ Kxf3 41. Rxd3+ Ke4 42. Rd7 Bxb4 43. Rd4+ Kf3 44. Rf4# 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. b3 d5 5. Bb2 c6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 e6 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Bg2 Qe7 13. e3 Rac8 14. a3 Ng4 15.
b4 Bxb2 16. Qxb2 Nb6 17. h3 Nf6 18. Rfc1 Red8 19. Nf3 dxc4 20. dxc4 a6 21. a4
Nbd7 22. a5 e5 23. Nd2 e4 24. Rd1 Ne5 25. Nxe4 Nxe4 26. Bxe4 Nxc4 27. Qc2 Ne5
28. Qc3 Nd7 29. Bg2 Nf8 30. h4 h5 31. Bf3 Ne6 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Rd1 Rxd1+ 34.
Bxd1 c5 35. bxc5 Qxc5 36. Qxc5 Nxc5 37. Bf3 Kf8 38. Bd5 Ke7 39. Kf1 f6 40. Ke2
g5 41. Kd2 gxh4 42. gxh4 Kd6 43. Bf7 f5 44. Kc3 Ne4+ 45. Kd4 Nxf2 46. Bxh5 Ne4
47. Bf3 Nc5 48. Bd5 Nd7 49. Bxb7 Nc5 50. Bd5 Nd7 51. h5 Ke7 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2582"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 d6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Rb1 Bg7 6. b4 f5 7. b5 Nce7 8. d3 h6
9. e4 Nf6 10. Nge2 O-O 11. O-O g5 12. exf5 Nxf5 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 Ne7 15.
Nc3 Rb8 16. Qh5 Be6 17. Bxg5 Qe8 18. Qxe8 Rfxe8 19. Bxe7 Rxe7 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21.
cxd5 Rf8 22. Ne4 Rf3 23. Rb3 h5 24. Kg2 Rf5 25. Rc1 Bh6 26. Rc2 h4 27. Ra3 hxg3
28. hxg3 b6 29. Rxa7 Rff7 30. a4 Kh7 31. a5 bxa5 32. Rxa5 Rd7 33. Ra6 Kg6 34.
Rac6 Bf8 35. Nc5 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2582"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
h6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nde5 12. f3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Rc1 c5
15. Bxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd2 Qg5 17. Rcd1 Rfd8 18. g3 Bd4+ 19. Kh1 a6 20. Ne2 Bf2 21.
Nf4 Bxe1 22. Qxe1 Qe5 23. b3 b5 24. Qe3 Kg7 25. Rd2 Bd7 26. Kg1 Bc6 27. h4 Re8
28. Qd3 Rad8 29. Kf2 bxc4 30. Qxc4 f5 31. Nd3 Qf6 32. exf5 Qxf5 33. Be2 Bb5 34.
Qc3+ Qf6 35. Qxf6+ Kxf6 36. a4 Bxd3 37. Bxd3 a5 38. Bc4 g5 39. h5 d5 40. Rxd5
Rxd5 41. Bxd5 Ke5 42. Bf7 Rf8 43. Bc4 Kd4 44. Ke2 Re8+ 45. Kf2 Re3 46. Bf7 Rc3
47. Kg2 Ke3 48. Bd5 Rd3 49. Bc4 Rd2+ 50. Kh3 Kxf3 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Wang, Hao"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qb3 Qc8 6. Nh4 Bd7 7. e4 Nc6 8. Nf3
e5 9. d5 Nd4 10. Qd1 Bg4 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Bg7 13. f4 O-O 14. fxe5 dxe5 15.
Be2 c5 16. Qd2 Ne8 17. O-O-O Nd6 18. h4 Qd7 19. h5 a6 20. Rdg1 b5 21. f3 Rab8
22. Kb1 Rb6 23. Bh6 Nxc4 24. Bxc4 bxc4 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. hxg6 fxg6 27. Qh6+ Kg8
28. d6 Rxd6 29. Nd5 Nxf3 30. Rd1 Nd4 31. Rdg1 Qf7 32. a3 Ne2 33. Rg5 Nf4 34.
Rxe5 Nxd5 35. exd5 c3 36. bxc3 Qb7+ 37. Kc2 Rb8 38. Qh3 Qb3+ 39. Kc1 Qb1+ 40.
Kd2 Qb2+ 41. Kd3 c4+ 42. Kd4 Qf2+ 43. Qe3 Qf7 44. Qe4 Qf2+ 45. Qe3 Qf7 46. Qe4
Qf2+ 47. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 d5 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. Nc2 Qh5 8. h3
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Qg6 10. Ne3 Bc5 11. Qc2 Bxe3 12. dxe3 Nc5 13. b4 Na6 14. Rb1 Bf5
15. b5 cxb5 16. Nxb5 O-O 17. Nd6 b6 18. Ba3 Rfd8 19. O-O Be6 20. Rfd1 Qh5 21.
g4 Qa5 22. Bb2 Nb4 23. Qc3 Nxa2 24. Qxa5 bxa5 25. g5 Nd5 26. Nxe4 Rac8 27. Ra1
Nb6 28. Bd4 a4 29. Nc5 Bb3 30. Rdb1 Bc4 31. Rb2 Rxc5 32. Bxc5 Nc3 33. Bf3 Bb3
34. Bd4 Nb5 35. Bxb6 axb6 36. Rc1 g6 37. Kg2 Kg7 38. Be4 Nd6 39. Rd2 a3 40. Bb1
Ba4 41. Rd3 b5 42. Rxa3 Nb7 43. Bd3 Rd5 44. h4 Nc5 45. e4 Nxd3 46. Rxd3 Re5 47.
f3 b4 48. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bf4 b6 8. a4
a6 9. c4 Bb7 10. Ne5 e6 11. Nc3 Qc8 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. Be5 Bc6 14. c5 a5 15.
cxb6 cxb6 16. Qb3 Qb7 17. Rfc1 Rfc8 18. Rc2 Nd7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rac1 Nf6 21.
e3 Bd7 22. Nb5 Rxc2 23. Rxc2 Ne8 24. Bf1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.18"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d3 d6 8. Rb1
a5 9. a3 Re8 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 e4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. dxe4 Rxe4 14. Nd2 Re8
15. Bb2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Qf6 17. Rb1 Bf5 18. e4 Be6 19. Qc2 Ra3 20. Rfe1 Rea8 21.
c5 Nd4 22. Qd1 Ra2 23. cxd6 cxd6 24. Nf3 Nc2 25. Re2 Qc3 26. Rc1 Bb3 27. e5 Ra1
28. exd6 Rxc1 29. Qxc1 Ra1 30. Re1 Nxe1 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. d4 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. b3 a6 10. Bb2 Rb8 11. a4 Na5 12. e4 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Nd5 Nc6 15. f4
Re8 16. h3 Nxd5 17. exd5 Nb4 18. Qd2 e4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nc3 f5 21. Nd1 Qf6
22. Ne3 Qd4 23. Rfd1 Qxd2 24. Rxd2 h5 25. a5 Kf6 26. h4 Ke7 27. Bf1 Kd6 28. Kf2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O
Qb8 9. Bg5 Nge7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne2 Ng6 12. Ned4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bd6 14. Qh5 Nf4
15. Bxf4 Bxf4 16. Nf3 O-O 17. a5 Qc7 18. g3 Bh6 19. Rfe1 Bb7 20. h4 Rfc8 21.
Nh2 Qc5 22. Qxc5 Rxc5 23. Ng4 Bc6 24. Nxh6+ gxh6 25. f3 Bb5 26. Kf2 Bxd3 27.
cxd3 Rc2+ 28. Re2 Rac8 29. Rae1 R8c5 30. Ke3 Rxe2+ 31. Rxe2 Rxa5 32. Kd4 Ra1
33. Kc4 a5 34. h5 Rg1 35. g4 Rf1 36. Kb5 Rxf3 37. Kxa5 Rxd3 38. Kxb4 d5 39.
exd5 Rxd5 40. Kc4 Rg5 41. Re4 Kf8 42. b4 Ke7 43. b5 Kd6 44. Kb4 Kc7 45. Ka5 Rd5
46. Rc4+ Kb7 47. Rf4 f5 48. gxf5 exf5 49. Rf1 Rd6 50. Rxf5 Re6 51. Rf7+ Kb8 52.
Rxh7 Ka8 53. Rg7 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2664"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Nf6 6. b3 Be6 7. e4 a5 8. Bb2
a4 9. Rd1 axb3 10. axb3 g6 11. Bd3 Bg7 12. Nge2 O-O 13. O-O Nd7 14. Nd5 Nc5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb2+ f6 17. Bb1 Ne5 18. h3 c6 19. Ne3 Qb6 20. Rxd6 Bxc4 21. b4
Na4 22. Qd2 Bxe2 23. Qxe2 Qxb4 24. Rdd1 Rad8 25. Bc2 Nc3 26. Qe1 Qc5 27. Rc1 b5
28. Kh2 b4 29. f4 Nd3 30. Bxd3 Rxd3 31. Ng4 Qd4 32. e5 f5 33. Nf6 b3 34. Ra1 b2
35. Rb1 Nxb1 36. Qh4 h6 37. Rxb1 Rd1 38. Ne8+ Kf7 39. Qf6+ Kxe8 40. Qe6+ Kd8
0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2664"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. Nc3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. Be3 Qc7 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. d4 Nc6 14. Nxc6 Qxc6
15. Rfc1 Qd7 16. Rc5 b6 17. Rc3 Rfc8 18. Rac1 Rxc3 19. Rxc3 Rd8 20. Qc2 Bf5 21.
Qc1 Qa4 22. Bxd5 Bxd4 23. Bb3 Bxe3 24. Qxe3 Qd7 25. f3 Kg7 26. g4 Be6 27. Qe5+
Kg8 28. Rc7 Qd6 29. Qxd6 Rxd6 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Kf2 a5 32. e4 Kf8 33. Ke3 Rd6
34. Rb7 e5 35. g5 Kg7 36. h4 Kf8 37. a3 Rc6 38. Kd3 Ke8 39. b4 axb4 40. axb4
Rd6+ 41. Kc4 Rd4+ 42. Kb5 Rd3 43. Kxb6 Rxf3 44. Kc6 Rc3+ 45. Kd6 Kf8 46. b5 Rb3
47. Kxe5 Kg7 48. b6 Rd3 49. Rc7 Rb3 50. b7 Rb6 51. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2718"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. e3 a6 5. Ne2 d6 6. Nbc3 Ba7 7. a3 Nge7 8. b4
h5 9. h3 Be6 10. Nd5 Rb8 11. Nec3 Qd7 12. d3 b5 13. Bb2 f5 14. h4 bxc4 15. dxc4
e4 16. Ne2 Ne5 17. Nef4 Bf7 18. O-O c6 19. Nxe7 Qxe7 20. c5 dxc5 21. Bxe5 Qxe5
22. Qa4 O-O 23. Qxa6 Qc7 24. bxc5 Rb5 25. Rfc1 Bxc5 26. a4 Ra5 27. Qe2 g6 28.
Qc2 Rc8 29. Bf1 Bd6 30. Nh3 Be5 31. Rab1 c5 32. Ng5 c4 33. Nxf7 Kxf7 34. Bxc4+
Kg7 35. Rb5 Rxb5 36. axb5 Kh6 37. Kg2 Qc5 38. Qb3 Rc7 39. Rc2 Qb6 40. Be2 Rxc2
41. Qxc2 Qd6 42. Qb3 Qb6 43. Qf7 Qc7 44. Qe8 Bd6 45. b6 Qe7 46. Qh8+ Qh7 47.
Qd8 Qe7 48. Qh8+ Qh7 49. Qc8 Qe7 50. b7 Qe5 51. Bc4 Kg7 52. Qg8+ Kh6 53. Bf7
Qg7 54. Qe8 Qf6 55. Qd7 Qe5 56. Qd8 Kg7 57. Qg8+ Kf6 58. Bxg6 Qb2 59. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A42"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. e4 e5 6. Be2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
h6 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Be3 Nde5 12. f3 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Be6 14. Nd5 c5
15. Bc3 Nc6 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nc3 Nd4 18. Ne2 Nc6 19. b3 a6 20. Qd2 b5 21. Red1
bxc4 22. Qxd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Na5 24. Nf4 cxb3 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Nxe6+ Kf7 27.
Nxf8 Kxf8 28. axb3 Nxb3 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 g5 31. Kf2 Nd4 32. g3 Ke7 33. h3
Kd6 34. f4 gxf4 35. gxf4 Ke6 36. Bc4+ Kf6 37. Kg3 Nc6 38. Kg4 Nd4 39. e5+ Kg6
40. f5+ Kg7 41. Kf4 Nc6 42. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 d6 8. Be2
Nbd7 9. f3 Ne5 10. Qc2 O-O 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nb3 Ba7 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4 Ng6 15.
Bg3 Nh5 16. Bf2 Bxf2+ 17. Kxf2 b5 18. Rhd1 Qb6+ 19. Kf1 Nhf4 20. cxb5 Nxe2 21.
Qxe2 axb5 22. Qf2 Qb8 23. Kg1 b4 24. axb4 Rxa1 25. Rxa1 Qxb4 26. Nc1 Nf4 27.
Ra4 Qb8 28. Qd2 e5 29. N1e2 Qb6+ 30. Kf1 Ba6 31. Ra1 Rc8 32. Nd5 Nxd5 33. exd5
Rc5 34. g3 Rb5 35. Rb1 Rb3 36. Kg2 Bd3 37. Re1 Bg6 38. Rd1 Rxb2 39. Qe1 Qe3 40.
Kf1 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Eurasia Blitz Chess Cup"]
[Site "Almaty"]
[Date "2016.06.19"]
[Round "22"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.06.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "22"]
[EventCountry "KAZ"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3 Nc7 7. a3 g6 8. d3
Bg7 9. Be3 Ne6 10. h4 h6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Ne4 b6 13. b4 cxb4 14. d4 f5 15. Ned2
Nc7 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Bxe5 Nxe5 19. Bxd5 Bc6 20. Bxc6+ Nxc6 21. axb4
Qd5 22. Nf3 O-O 23. Qa4 Nxd4 24. Nxd4 Qxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Masters m rapid 49th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.07.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf5 exf4
15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qd2 Bxf5 17. exf5 Rc8 18. b3 b5 19. Rad1 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qb6+ 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. Re2 Bf6 23. Bd5 Re7 24. g5 hxg5 25. Bxg5 Ng4 26. Rg2 Bc3 27. Qf4
Ne3 28. Bxe7 Nxg2 29. Qg5 Nf4 30. Kh1 Nxd5 31. Rxd5 f6 32. Qe3 Be5 33. Bxd6 Qb7
34. Qe4 Bxd6 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Qxd6 Rxc2 37. Qd7 Qxd7 38. Rxd7 Rxa2 39. Ra7 a5
40. Rb7 b4 41. h4 Ra3 42. Ra7 Rxb3 0-1

[Event "Biel Masters m rapid 49th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2016.07.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
N1d2 d6 9. g4 h5 10. gxh5 Nxh5 11. Qe2 Bg5 12. Nc4 Nf4 13. Qg4 Rh4 14. Qg3 Rh3
15. Bxf4 Rxg3 16. hxg3 Bh6 17. Bxh6 gxh6 18. Rxh6 Ke7 19. O-O-O b5 20. Nca5 Qb6
21. f4 Nd7 22. Kb1 Bb7 23. f5 e5 24. f6+ Nxf6 25. Nxb7 Qxb7 26. Rf1 Nd7 27. g4
Rg8 28. Nc1 Rxg4 29. Ne2 Rg6 30. Rh3 b4 31. Ng3 Nc5 32. Bc4 Rf6 33. Rxf6 Kxf6
34. Rh6+ Kg5 35. Rh7 Nxe4 36. Rxf7 Qc6 37. Rg7+ Kf4 38. Ne2+ Ke3 39. Bd3 Nc5
40. Nc1 e4 41. Bf1 d5 42. Rg2 Qf6 43. Re2+ Kd4 44. Bg2 a5 45. Rd2+ Ke5 46. c3
bxc3 47. bxc3 Na4 48. Kc2 Qc6 49. Ne2 Qc4 0-1

[Event "Biel Masters m rapid 49th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2016.07.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Qd2 e5 10. dxe5 Qxd2+ 11. Kxd2 Rd8+ 12. Kc2 Bd7 13. f4 Bc6 14. Nf3
Bxe4+ 15. Kb2 Nd7 16. Bc4 Nb6 17. Bb3 Nd5 18. Rhe1 Bxf3 19. gxf3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3
b5 21. Rd1 c4 22. Bc2 Bh6 23. Re4 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Rd8 25. Kc2 Kf8 26. Be2 Ke7 27.
Bf1 a6 28. a4 Rd7 29. h4 Rd8 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bh3 Rd3 32. Bg4 Kd8 33. h5 Kc7
34. hxg6 hxg6 35. e6 fxe6 36. Re5 Kb6 37. Rxe6+ Ka5 38. f5 Rd2+ 39. Kb1 Ka4 40.
fxg6 Kb3 41. f4 Rg2 42. Bd1+ Kxc3 43. Re3+ Kd2 44. Rh3 Bxf4 45. Rh1 Rxg6 46.
Bc2 Rg5 0-1

[Event "Biel Masters m rapid 49th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.24"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.07.24"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Bg5 Nc6 11. b4 cxb4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bd5 Qc7 14. axb4 Rb8
15. Qd2 O-O 16. Qc3 Bb7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Rxa6 Rfc8 19. Nbd2 d5 20. Rfa1 dxe4
21. dxe4 Be8 22. Qxc7 Rxc7 23. Nf1 Rc4 24. c3 Rxc3 25. Ne3 Bc6 26. Ng4 Be7 27.
Ngxe5 Bxe4 28. Nd4 Rbc8 29. f3 Bd5 30. Nxb5 Re3 31. Nd6 Bxd6 32. Rxd6 Rxe5 33.
f4 Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Masters m 49th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 b5 7. c4 Rb8 8.
cxb5 axb5 9. a3 Ne5 10. Nxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 Ba6 12. b4 e6 13. Nc3 Nd7 14. Nxb5
Be7 15. Bc4 O-O 16. bxc5 Nxc5 17. a4 Qd7 18. Ba3 Rfc8 19. Reb1 Bd8 20. Bxc5
Rxc5 21. d3 g6 22. g3 Be7 23. Rd1 Bxb5 24. Bxb5 Qc7 25. Bc4 Qa5 26. Qc2 Rcc8
27. Kg2 Bc5 28. Rab1 Bd4 29. Rxb8 Rxb8 30. Bb5 Kg7 31. Qd2 Bc3 32. Qc2 Bd4 33.
Qd2 Bc3 34. Qc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Masters m 49th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Schulz,Andre"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 ({Die Hauptvariante ist hier} 
12. d4 {, aber mit dem Partiezug hat Weiß eine bessere Statistik.}) 12... Bd6
13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Qf6 ({Üblicher ist} 14... Qh4 15. g3 Qh3 {z.B:} 16. Be3
Bxd3 17. Nd2 Qf5 18. Bd4 Rae8 19. Kg2 Qxf3+ 20. Kxf3 Re6 21. Rac1 h6 22. Kg2
Rg6 23. Ne4 Nf4+ 24. Kf3 Bxe4+ 25. Rxe4 Nd3 26. Rd1 Nxb2 27. Rd2 Ba3 28. Bb6
Rd6 29. Rxd6 Bxd6 30. Re2 Nd3 $11 {1/2-1/2 (60) Wei,Y (2706)-Carlsen,M (2844)
Wijk aan Zee 2016}) 15. Nd2 Qg6 16. Bd1 Bxd3 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Qxe4 Qxe4 19.
Rxe4 {Damit weicht Svidler von seiner eigenen Partie gegen Anand ab.} f5 (19...
Rae8 20. Rxe8 Rxe8 21. Kf1 Bf4 22. Bf3 Bxc1 23. Rxc1 Kf8 24. a3 Rd8 25. c4 Nf4
26. Bxc6 Nd3 27. Rc2 bxc4 28. Rxc4 Nxb2 29. Rc2 Rc8 30. Ke2 Ke7 31. Be4 Rxc2+
32. Bxc2 Nc4 33. Bd3 Nxa3 34. Bxa6 {1/2-1/2 (34) Anand,V (2770)-Svidler,P 
(2758) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 20. Re2 Rfe8 21. Bd2 Bf4 22. Be1 {Bewahrt das
Läuferpaar.} Nb6 23. g3 Bc7 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Bf3 Re6 26. b3 Be5 27. Rd1 Kf7
28. Kf1 g6 29. Rc1 a5 $6 {Svidlers Plan war, den Bauern nach a4 zu bringen und
zu tauschen, wonach die schwarze Probleme deutlich geringer sind. Hier erlaubt
der Zug jedoch...} (29... g5 $5) 30. c4 $1 bxc4 31. Bxa5 cxb3 32. axb3 ({Nicht
} 32. Bxb6 $2 bxa2 {und Schwarz bekommt sein Material mit Zinsen zurück.})
32... Nd5 (32... Nd7 $2 33. Bxc6 {und die beiden Läufer werden den
b-Freibauern bestens unterstützen.}) 33. Rxc6 Rxc6 34. Bxd5+ Re6 35. Bd2 Ke7
36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. Ke2 {Weiß hat in ein Läuferendspiel mit Mehrbauern
abgewickelt. Schwarz kämpft ums Remis.} Kd5 38. Kd3 h5 39. b4 Bd6 40. Kc3 h4
41. Be3 h3 {Auf der Suche nach aktivem Gegenspiel.} ({Besser war} 41... hxg3
42. hxg3 Be5+ 43. Kb3 Bc7) 42. b5 Ke4 43. b6 Kf3 44. b7 Bb8 (44... Kg2 45. Bf4
$18 (45. Ba7 $4 Kxh2 $11)) 45. Kd3 Kg2 46. Bf4 Ba7 47. g4 ({Und wieder nicht
etwa} 47. b8=Q $4 Bxb8 48. Bxb8 Kxh2 49. g4+ Kg2 50. gxf5 gxf5 51. Ke3 $11) 1-0

[Event "Biel Masters m 49th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.28"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[Annotator "Vachier Lagrave,M"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Be7 9. h4 {An interesting attempt to immediately get things sharp on the
kingside. Of course, the downside is that White loses a few tempi in the
process and Black's king reaches safety in the meantime.} ({Peter went for the
main line} 9. Be3 Nc6 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O {in the rapid section of the match,
and after} O-O 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5 14. Nf5 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qd2 Bxf5
17. exf5 Rc8 18. b3 b5 {an interesting battle ensued.}) 9... Nc6 (9... Nfd7 10.
g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Bxg5 $2 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Qh5+ {wouldn't have
worked out, so 9...Nc6 leaves Black with more options.}) 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5
Rxh1+ 12. Bxh1 Nh7 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. g6 fxg6 15. Qd3 {This was Peter's idea to
force ...e5 as White playing e5 is now a dangerous threat.} e5 16. Qc4 Bd7 ({
I briefly considered} 16... Nf6 17. Qxc6+ Bd7 18. Qc4 Qb6 19. Qb3 {, but I
didn't feel like giving the pawn back so early without any certainty that my
position is sound in the long term, as if White's light-squared bishop comes
back in the game my position would immediately collapse.}) 17. Bd2 $1 (17. Be3
Bg5 18. O-O-O Bxe3+ 19. fxe3 Ke7 $15 {would be completely fine for Black.}) (
17. Qg8+ $6 Nf8 18. Qxg7 Bg5 $15) 17... Bg5 $6 {Not the right decision as my
pawn on d6 will be weak for a while, but I was scared of going} (17... Nf6 18.
O-O-O Qb6 19. f4 {as I missed I could now go} Rb8 20. b3 Qd4 $1 {with an edge.}
) 18. O-O-O Qf6 (18... Bxd2+ 19. Rxd2 Qg5 20. Qb4 $14) 19. Na4 (19. Bxg5 Nxg5
20. Qg8+ Qf8 21. Qxf8+ Kxf8 22. Rxd6 Be8 23. Na4 Ke7 24. Rd3 Bf7 25. Nc5 Rh8
26. Bg2 Ne6 {would be fine for Black.}) 19... Rb8 (19... Qxf2 $3 20. Qg8+ (20.
Bxg5 Nxg5 21. Qg8+ Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rxd6 Be8 $11) 20... Nf8 21. Bxg5 Bg4
{would actually have worked as after} 22. Qc4 Bxd1 23. Qxc6+ Kf7 24. Qd5+ Ne6
$1 25. Qb7+ Kg8 26. Qxa8+ Kh7 27. Kxd1 Nxg5 {the bishop would be lost, and
with that I would actually have the upper hand.}) 20. Bxg5 Qxg5+ (20... Nxg5
21. Qg8+ Qf8 22. Qxf8+ Kxf8 23. Rxd6 Ke7 (23... Be8 24. Nc5 Ke7 25. Rd3 {
and White won a crucial tempo.}) 24. Rxg6 Ne6 25. Bg2 Rf8 26. Bh3 $16) 21. Kb1
Nf6 22. a3 $5 {A very annoying reply which I missed as my rook is not going
tojoin the play via b4 now.} (22. Qxa6 Rb4 23. Nb6 Rd4 24. Rc1 {would also be
better for White but at the same time would give me more counterplay.}) 22...
Qh4 23. Qd3 d5 {I finally manage to get rid of my weakness on d6, but in the
process White gets a crucial square for his knight.} 24. Nc5 (24. exd5 $2 Qxa4
25. dxc6 Bf5 26. c7 Rc8 $19 {would be premature.}) 24... d4 25. Qxa6 Qxf2 26.
Rf1 $1 Qg3 (26... Qe3 27. Qa7 Rd8 28. Qc7 {would win a tempo by attacking the
e5-pawn.}) (26... Qd2 27. Qa7 Rb5 28. Rxf6 $18) 27. Bf3 {A very sensible move
to restrict my queen, but direct action was possible:} (27. Qa7 $1 Rd8 28. Nb7
Bh3 29. Rc1 $1 Rd7 30. Qb8+ Ke7 (30... Kf7 31. Nd8+ Kg8 32. Nxc6+ Kh7 33. Qxe5)
31. Na5 $1 {and White is going to get his pawn back with interest.}) 27... Qh3
$1 {After a long think I realised that not only could I allow Rh1, but also
that it was the only decent option at my disposal.} 28. Rh1 $6 (28. Qd3 Ke7 {
would still have been better for White, but it's not easy to refrain from a
direct attack.}) 28... Qxf3 29. Rh8+ Ke7 30. Rxb8 Nxe4 $1 (30... Qd1+ 31. Ka2
Qxc2 32. Qa7 Kd6 {would have been ok for Black as well, but the text move
works just as well.}) 31. Nxd7 $4 {Falling for my trap. The main problem for
White is that his knight is hindering his other pieces so that he doesn't have
a check; meanwhile his king is defenceless against the Q and N combo.} (31.
Nxe4 Qh1+ 32. Ka2 Qxe4 {would have been completely fine for Black, for
instance after} 33. Qd3 $2 (33. Kb1 Qh1+ $11) 33... Qxd3 34. cxd3 g5 {and
Black could actually win as the g-pawn runs fast.} 35. Kb1 g4 36. Rh8 Kf6 37.
Kc2 g3 38. Rh1 Kg5 {being already completely won.}) (31. Qa5 Qd1+ 32. Ka2 Qxc2
33. Qd8+ Kd6 34. Qxd7+ Kxc5 35. Qa7+ Kc4 36. Qf7+ Kd3 37. Qf3+ $11) 31... Nd2+
$1 (31... Qd1+ 32. Ka2 Nd2 33. a4 $1 {was Peter's idea as his king gets out.
Now I can't play} Qb1+ 34. Ka3 Qa1+ 35. Kb4 Qxb2+ 36. Kc5 Qc3+ 37. Kb6 {
as White would just be getting out of checks and easily win against Black's
lone king.}) 32. Ka2 (32. Kc1 Qe3 33. Kd1 (33. c3 d3 34. b4 Qe1+ 35. Kb2 Qb1#)
33... Nf3 34. Qa5 Qg1+ 35. Ke2 Qg2+ 36. Kd3 Qf1+ 37. Ke4 Qe2#) 32... Qd5+ $1
33. b3 (33. c4 dxc3+ 34. b3 Qe4 $19) (33. Rb3 Kxd7 34. Qa7+ Ke6 35. Qxg7 Kf5 {
was Peter's last chance, but Black is very likely to win this.}) 33... Qh1 34.
a4 Qb1+ 35. Ka3 Qa1+ 36. Kb4 Qc3+ {The point of my intermediate check on move
32.} 37. Ka3 Nb1+ {A fairly lucky win after having been under pressure for
most of this game, but anyway a very intense fight right from the start with a
lot of intricacies. This game also granted me victory in the overall match.} (
37... Nb1+ 38. Ka2 Qxc2+ 39. Ka1 Nc3 {and mate is unavoidable.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel Masters m 49th"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[Annotator "Besenthal,K"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2016.07.25"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
hxg4 Be7 22. Bb3 Bg5 23. Qf3 Qb7 24. Rad1 Red8 25. c4 bxc4 26. Bxc4 g6 27. a3
Rd7 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. Nh2 d5 30. exd5 Rad8 31. Nf3 Bxd5 32. Bxd5 Rxd5 33. Qe4 {
Diagramm [#] Eine interessante Stellung, in der es einiges an Rechenarbeit zu
verrichten gab.} Bf6 $6 (33... h6 {halten die Engines für den besten Zug.})
34. g5 $1 {Darin liegt eine Chance für Weiß.} Be7 35. g3 {Diagramm [#]
Bereitet die Besetzung der h-Linie mit einem Turm vor.} Qb5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 ({
Nach} 36... Qxd5 37. Qxe5+ Qxe5 38. Rxe5 {wäre Schwarz mit einem Minusbauern
zurückgeblieben.}) 37. Kg2 Bd6 $6 (37... f6 $1 38. gxf6+ Bxf6 $14) 38. a4 Qd3
{Diagramm [#]} 39. Qxd3 {Vachier-Lagrave zeigt sich friedlich und wickelt zum
Remis ab.} (39. Qh4 $1 $16 {Schwarz kann h7 nicht decken und gerät
infolgedessen mit seinem König in schwere See, während der weiße Monarch
vollkommen sicher steht.}) 39... Rxd3 40. Nxe5 Rb3 {"0.00" lautet das Urteil
der Computer zu dieser Stellung.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Exhibition blitz"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2470"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 c6 5. h3 Nbd7 6. Nf3 e5 7. a4 Bg7 8. Bc4
O-O 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. a5 Qe7 11. O-O Rd8 12. Ng5 Rf8 13. Qb1 h6 14. Nf3 Nc5 15.
Nd2 Rd8 16. b4 Ne6 17. Na4 Nh5 18. Nc5 Nef4 19. Nf3 Rb8 20. Rd1 b6 21. axb6
axb6 22. Rxd8+ Qxd8 23. Nd3 b5 24. Bxf7+ Kxf7 25. Nfxe5+ Kg8 26. Nxc6 Qg5 27.
Nxf4 Nxf4 28. Bxf4 Qxf4 29. Nxb8 Qxb8 30. Ra3 Be6 31. Rg3 Kh7 32. c3 Qf4 33.
Rf3 Qd2 34. Qd3 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Bc4 36. Qd7 Qxe4 37. Re3 Qf5 38. Re7 Qxd7 39. Rxd7
g5 40. g4 Kg6 41. Rd6+ Kf7 42. Rd7+ Kf8 43. Kg2 Bxc3 44. Rd6 Bxb4 45. Rxh6 Bd2
46. Rb6 b4 47. Kg3 b3 48. h4 gxh4+ 49. Kxh4 Bc3 50. g5 b2 51. g6 Bd3 0-1

[Event "Biel Exhibition blitz"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 7. Ne1 Be6 8. d3
Qd7 9. Nc2 Bh3 10. Nd5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Nge7 12. e4 O-O 13. Rb1 f5 14. b4 b6 15.
b5 Nd4 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. Nxd4 exd4 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Rb2 Qb7+ 20. f3 d5 21.
cxd5 Qxd5 22. Qb3 Qxb3 23. axb3 Re8 24. Ra2 Rf7 25. f4 Rfe7 26. Kf3 Kf7 27.
Rff2 Ra8 28. Rfe2 Rxe2 29. Kxe2 Ke6 30. Kf3 Kd5 31. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel Exhibition blitz"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Rambaldi, Francesco"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "144"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 b6 8. Be3
Bb7 9. f3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Be7 12. Rc1 O-O 13. Qd2 Rac8 14. Rfd1 Qb8 15.
b4 Bd8 16. Kh1 Bc7 17. b5 Nc5 18. bxa6 Bxa6 19. Rb1 Qa8 20. Ndb5 Ncd7 21. Nxc7
Rxc7 22. Qxd6 Rc6 23. Qb4 Rfc8 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Rc2 26. Bf1 h5 27. Rbc1
Qb8 28. Rxc2 Rxc2 29. Bd3 Rc8 30. Rc1 Rxc1+ 31. Bxc1 Qe5 32. Qb2 Qc5 33. Qc2
Qd4 34. Bb2 Qe3 35. Qe2 Qc5 36. Qc2 Qe3 37. Qe2 Qc5 38. g3 h4 39. Kg2 Ne5 40.
Bxe5 Qxe5 41. f4 Qc3 42. Qc2 Qxa3 43. e5 Nd7 44. Qc8+ Nf8 45. Qc4 hxg3 46. hxg3
g6 47. Be4 Qb2+ 48. Kf3 Kg7 49. Qc6 Qd4 50. Qd6 Qg1 51. Qd2 Qf1+ 52. Qf2 Qxb5
53. g4 Nd7 54. Qh4 Qf1+ 55. Ke3 Qc1+ 56. Kf3 Qa3+ 57. Kg2 b5 58. Qd8 Qb2+ 59.
Kf3 Qc3+ 60. Kg2 Qd2+ 61. Kg3 b4 62. f5 Qe3+ 63. Bf3 Qxe5+ 64. Kg2 Nf6 65. g5
Qxf5 66. gxf6+ Qxf6 67. Qb6 Qc3 68. Qb5 b3 69. Be4 b2 70. Bd3 Qd4 71. Qb3 e5
72. Qc2 f5 1-0

[Event "Biel Exhibition blitz"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bok, Benjamin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2613"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. d3 Nbd7 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. a4 Qc7 12. Nb3 Be7 13. Nh4 Rfe8 14. Be3 Bf8
15. g4 Bg6 16. Nf5 a5 17. Qe2 Nb6 18. Ng3 Nfd7 19. Rfd1 f6 20. h4 Bf7 21. g5
fxg5 22. hxg5 Nc4 23. Bc1 Rad8 24. Rd3 Nc5 25. Nxc5 Bxc5 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. b3
Bd4 28. Rb1 Nd6 29. Bd2 b5 30. Nf5 bxa4 31. Nxd4 exd4 32. e5 Nf5 33. e6 Bg6 34.
bxa4 Re8 35. Qc4 Kh8 36. Qxc6 Qe7 37. Bxa5 Qxg5 38. Qd5 h6 39. Bc7 Qf6 40. Be5
Qxe6 41. Qxe6 Rxe6 42. Rb5 Be8 43. Ra5 Kh7 44. Bh3 Bg6 45. Rc5 Ra6 46. a5 Nh4
47. Bc7 Nf3+ 48. Kf1 d3 49. cxd3 Bxd3+ 50. Kg2 Be4 51. Kg3 Nd4 52. Kf4 Ba8 53.
Ke3 Nb3 54. Rb5 Na1 55. Bf5+ Kg8 56. Rb8+ Kf7 57. Bb6 Nb3 58. Bd3 Rxb6 59. axb6
1-0

[Event "Biel Exhibition blitz"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Studer, Noel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "5"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "15"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Nf3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. e5 Nh6
9. Qe2 e6 10. O-O-O Nb6 11. Kb1 Qd7 12. h3 Nf5 13. Bf2 Ne7 14. Rhe1 O-O-O 15.
Ne4 Ned5 16. Qd2 Kb8 17. g3 h6 18. a3 Bf8 19. g4 Be7 20. Ng3 Nc4 21. Bxc4 bxc4
22. Ne4 Qb5 23. Nc3 Nxc3+ 24. Qxc3 Bd5 25. Nd2 Ka8 26. Qb4 Qc6 27. Qc3 h5 28.
Qe3 Rb8 29. Kc1 hxg4 30. hxg4 Rb7 31. Qc3 Rhb8 32. b4 a5 33. bxa5 dxe5 34. dxe5
Qa4 35. Ne4 Bxa3+ 0-1

[Event "Biel Exhibition blitz final"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2798"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Be3 Nge7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. h4 Nf5 10. Bc5 Re8 11. h5 Be6 12. Rc1 g5 13. e3 h6 14. Qe2 Qd7 15.
O-O Rad8 16. Rfd1 b6 17. Ba3 b5 18. Ncd2 b4 19. Nxg5 Ncd4 20. exd4 Nxd4 21. Qe3
bxa3 22. Nxe6 axb2 23. Nxd8 bxc1=Q 24. Rxc1 Rxd8 25. Nf3 Nf5 26. Qxa7 Qxd3 27.
Qxc7 e4 28. Ne5 Bxe5 29. Qxe5 e3 30. fxe3 Nxe3 31. Bf3 Nf5 32. Rf1 Nd4 33. Be4
Qc4 34. Qf6 Re8 35. Bg2 Re2 36. Qxh6 Qc5 37. Kh1 Rxa2 38. Be4 Nf5 1-0

[Event "Biel Exhibition blitz final"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2016.07.30"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2798"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2016.07.30"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 173 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.08.29"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. b3 e5 4. Bb2 e4 5. Ng1 Nf6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
Re8 9. Nh3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxe4 Bf5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Bxc3
15. dxc3 Qf6 16. Nf4 Qxc3 17. Rc1 Qe5 18. e4 Rad8 19. Nd3 Qf6 20. exf5 Nb4 21.
Rxc5 b6 22. Rc7 Nxd3 23. Qf3 a5 24. h4 h6 25. Qc6 Qxf5 26. Qxb6 Ne5 27. Rc3 Rd2
28. a4 Nd3 29. Qb5 Re5 30. Qb8+ Kh7 31. Qa7 Ree2 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Topalov, Veselin"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Bxe6 $5 {Recently on top level they started to use
a lot this thematic but a bit forgotten idea. It does remind me on an old game
Karpov-Jussupow, Bugojno 1986, which came from the Italian Game, where the Ex
World Champion executed nice positional ideas.} fxe6 12. Nbd2 d5 {Another
interesting thing is that I found only one game played in same manner dated
all the way back to 1962!} (12... Nd7 13. c3 Bf6 (13... Rb8 14. Nf1 bxc3 15.
bxc3 Rb5 16. Be3 {again with a complicated game}) 14. Qa4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Na7 16.
Qc4 Qe8 17. Qxa6 Nc5 18. Qc4 Qb5 19. d4 exd4 20. cxd4 Qxc4 21. Nxc4 Nb3 22. Rb1
Nxd4 23. Nxd4 Bxd4 24. Be3 Nc6 25. Rb7 Bxe3 26. Nxe3 Rfc8 27. Rc1 $14 {1/2-1/2
(43) Parma,B-Sanguineti,R Mar del Plata 1962}) (12... Qe8 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3
Qg6 15. Nf1 {with an interesting game ahead of us.}) 13. c3 {Taking the pawn
is not much advisable here:} (13. exd5 exd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. Rxe5 Bc5 16. Nf3
Ng4 17. Re2 Qd6 $19) 13... Bd6 14. d4 bxc3 15. bxc3 exd4 16. cxd4 dxe4 17. Nxe4
Bb4 18. Bd2 Nxe4 19. Rxe4 Qd5 20. Bxb4 Qxe4 21. Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rc1 {Massive
changes didn't help Black to reach an equal play, still White has the easier
play and pawns on a6 and c7 are much more vulnerable than White's counterparts
on a5 and d4.} h6 23. Qd2 Rb8 24. Qe3 Qd5 25. h3 Rb4 $4 {A blunder that loses
a piece.} (25... Rb5 26. Qc3 Nxa5 27. Qxc7 Nb3 28. Re1 Nxd4 29. Nxd4 Qxd4 30.
Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qc2+ Kg8 32. Rxe6 {Due to the better king we can say that White
still has the initiative but chances for Black to equalise are high.}) 26. Qc3
$1 Nxd4 27. Qxb4 Ne2+ 28. Kh1 {Black resigned due to} (28. Kh1 Nxc1 29. Qb8+
Kh7 30. Qb1+ Nd3 31. Ne1 $18) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Iotov,V"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nf3 b5 ({The more popular alternative
is:} 5... e6 $142 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 $14) 6. b3 (6. c5 {An interesting
alternative, and my personal weapon against this variation.}) 6... Bg4 7. Qd2
$5 {A rare line which forces Black onto a narrow path! Some of the other
alternatives are: 7.Bd2, 7.h3, 7.Be2, and 7.Qc2.} (7. Qc2 e6 (7... Bxf3 $5 8.
gxf3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 e6 10. Bd3 $14) 8. Ne5 Bf5 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Nxd3 bxc4 (10...
Bd6 $6 11. c5 Be7 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 O-O 14. O-O Qc7 15. Bd2 Nbd7 16. Rfa1 e5
17. Rxa6 Rxa6 18. Rxa6 e4 19. Nf4 g5 20. Nfe2 Ng4 21. g3 $16 {1/2-1/2 Peralta,
F (2587)-Himanshu,S (2437)/Badalona ESP 2016}) 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13.
O-O Qc7 14. Nxd7 Nxd7 15. Ne4 Nb6 16. Rb1 Be7 17. Nd2 O-O 18. Nxc4 Nxc4 19.
Qxc4 $14 {1-0 Bacrot,E (2720)-Laznicka,V (2676)/Tromso NOR 2014}) 7... Nbd7 ({
More of a "timid" option that leads to a more comfortable position with the
intent to make a draw.} 7... Bxf3 8. gxf3 Nbd7 9. Bb2 e6 10. c5 a5 11. a4 b4
12. Ne2 g6 13. Nf4 Qc7 14. Nd3 Nh5 15. f4 Be7 16. O-O-O Bh4 17. Be2 Ng7 18. Kb1
f5 19. Ka2 Nf6 20. f3 Nd7 21. Rdg1 Nh5 {1/2-1/2 Aronian,L (2750)-Karjakin,S 
(2706)/Nice FRA 2009}) 8. Ne5 $1 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 $8 (9... Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4
11. Qc2 e6 12. Bd2 {[%csl Rc6,Re4][%cal Gc2c6]} Rc8 13. Be2 $1 Bxe2 14. Kxe2
Qh4 15. h3 $16) 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qxd5 (11. Nxd5 Nxe5 12. Nb4 Qa5 13. Nd3 Qxd2+
14. Bxd2 Nxd3+ 15. Bxd3 e5 16. Be4 Rb8 17. O-O Ba3 $1 $132) 11... e6 12. Qd4 h5
$1 {[%csl Yd1,Re2,Gg4][%cal Gg4d1,Ga1d1,Gf1e2] Retaining the bishop on the
very active g4-square from where it denies both Be2 and Rd1 ideas!} (12... Bf5
$6 13. Bb2 Bc5 14. Qf4 O-O 15. g4 Bg6 16. Bg2 $16 {with a clear advantage for
White due the extra pawn, spatial advantage, and more active pieces.}) 13. Bd2
$6 {Quite an awkward positioning for this bishop. Usually, it is Black to play
...Bb4 and return to e7 only to force such a move. The bishop on d2 closes the
d-file, does not protect e5, and ultimately fails to control a3 - thus
allowing Black to potentially take control of the c-file.} (13. Bb2 $142 Bc5
14. Qd2 Nxe5 15. Qxd8+ Rxd8 16. f3 Bf5 (16... Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bxf3 18. Rg1 Bg4
19. Ne4 Bxe3 20. Rg3 Bh6 21. Rd3 $16) 17. e4 Bh3 $1 (17... Bg6 $6 18. Nxb5 $16)
18. Rd1 Bxg2 19. Bxg2 Nd3+ 20. Rxd3 Rxd3 21. Ke2 Rd8 22. f4 $14) 13... Qb8 ({
Leading to some quite interesting complications was the more logical:} 13...
Bc5 $5 14. Qf4 g5 15. Qg3 Bb4 16. Rc1 $13 {I am not sure that even the engine
knows what exactly is happening in this position.} Rc8 17. e4 Nc5 18. f3 h4 $5
19. Qxg4 Rg8 {[%csl Re1][%cal Gc5d3,Gb4c3,Gc8c3]} 20. g3 Nd3+ 21. Bxd3 Qxd3 22.
gxh4 Rxc3 23. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 24. Rxc3 Qxc3+ 25. Ke2 Qxe5 26. Qg3 Qb2+ 27. Ke3 Qc3+
28. Ke2 Qb2+ $11) 14. Ne4 Qxe5 15. a4 Bf5 16. Ng3 (16. Bd3 Qxd4 17. exd4 bxa4
18. Rxa4 Nb6 19. Ra1 Be7 20. f3 O-O $11) 16... Bc2 17. axb5 h4 18. Ne2 Qxb5 19.
Qc3 Bh7 20. Nd4 Qb7 21. h3 $5 {[%csl Gh3,Rh4][%cal Yh4h3] A necessary move.} (
21. Be2 Bd6 22. h3 $11 (22. O-O $6 h3 $15)) 21... Be7 (21... Bd6 $5 {The more
active option. Black attempts to utilize the weakness on g3 caused by h3.} 22.
Be2 Be4 23. f3 Bg3+ 24. Kf1 e5 25. fxe4 exd4 26. exd4 Nf6 27. Bf3 Nxe4 28. Qd3
f5 29. Bxe4 fxe4 30. Qc4 Qd7 $5 $13 {and again - with a crazy computer
position. No wonder this did not happened in the game!}) 22. Be2 O-O 23. Bf3 (
23. Qc6 $5 $11) 23... Be4 24. Bxe4 Qxe4 25. Qc6 Nc5 26. Qxe4 Nxe4 $15 27. Nc6
Bc5 {[%csl Rc5,Ye3][%cal Gc5e3]} (27... Bf6 $142 {[%csl Ya1,Gh4][%cal Gf6h4,
Gf6a1] It makes more sense to me to have the bishop on this diagonal, though
it doesn't make a huge difference. Then again, the devil's in the details!} 28.
Rc1 a5 29. Rc4 Rfc8 30. Ke2 Nxd2 31. Kxd2 Rc7 32. Rhc1 Rb7 33. Rc5 Rxb3 34.
Nxa5 Rb2+ 35. R1c2 Rxc2+ 36. Kxc2 $11) 28. Ra4 Nxd2 29. Kxd2 Rfc8 30. Na5 Be7
31. Rc1 Rxc1 32. Kxc1 Rc8+ 33. Rc4 Rxc4+ 34. Nxc4 g5 (34... f6 $142 {[%csl Ye5]
[%cal Gc4e5] Getting the king to the center as soon as possible should always
be a prioroty in such endgames!} 35. Kd2 Kf7 36. Kd3 Ke8 $11) 35. Kd2 f5 36.
Ne5 Bd6 37. Nf3 Be7 38. Ne5 Bd6 39. Nf3 Be7 40. Kd3 Kg7 41. Ne5 Bb4 $2 {
An expected mistake caused by Svidler's hasty mentality in this endgame.} ({
Black should have forced the White knight away from e5, and only then proceed
as planned.} 41... Bd6 $1 {[%csl Ye5]} 42. Nd7 Bb4 43. Kc4 Be1 {Now, there are
no more Nd3 options to save the day!} 44. f3 Bf2 45. e4 fxe4 46. fxe4 a5 47.
Kb5 Be1 $11 {[%csl Ra5,Gd7,Ge1,Re4][%cal Gg7e5] White cannot improve his
position due his highly weakened kingside.}) 42. Kc4 a5 (42... Be1 43. Nd3 Bd2
44. Nc5 $18) 43. Kb5 Kf6 44. Nc4 Be1 $4 {The second and final mistake in this
game! The better option was:} (44... f4 $1 45. e4 (45. exf4 Be1 $1 46. f3 Kf5
47. fxg5 Kxg5 48. Ne5 Kf5 49. Nd3 Bd2 $132) 45... f3 $3 {Creating a path for
the black king to the kingside!} 46. gxf3 Bc3 47. Kb6 Bb4 48. Kc6 Be1 49. Kd7
Bxf2 50. Nxa5 Ke5 $11) 45. f3 {Game over! Black has now zero chances of ever
getting his king anywhere close to White's kingside pawns.} g4 46. Nxa5 gxh3
47. gxh3 $18 {[%csl Yd4,Ge3,Ye4,Gf3,Yf4,Rf6,Yg4]} Ke5 48. Nc4+ Kd5 49. Nb6+ Kd6
50. Kc4 Kc6 51. Na4 Bf2 52. e4 fxe4 53. fxe4 Kd6 54. Nb2 {Overall, a very
unfortunate ending to a decent game. A good game by Aronian!} 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D56"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5
15. Be4 Rb8 16. Qa4 Nf6 17. Bc6 cxd4 18. Nxd4 e5 19. Nf3 Rd8 20. h3 a6 21. Rfc1
b5 22. Qa5 Be6 23. Qxa6 Nd5 24. Bxd5 Bxd5 25. Rc7 Qb4 26. Qa3 Qxa3 27. bxa3
Bxf3 28. gxf3 Ra8 29. R7c5 Rxa3 30. Rxe5 Rxa2 31. Rxb5 Rdd2 32. Rf1 Rdb2 33.
Re5 Rb6 34. f4 Rab2 35. Kg2 g6 36. h4 h5 37. f5 Kg7 38. fxg6 Rxg6+ 39. Kh3 Rf6
40. Rg1+ Rg6 41. Rf1 Rf6 42. f4 Re2 43. Kg3 Re6 44. Kf3 Rh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2819"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 c6 15.
dxc6 Bxc6 16. Bg5 Qc7 17. Qf3 a5 18. Rad1 Qb7 19. Ng3 a4 20. Bc2 b4 21. Nf5 Re6
22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Ng4 Nxg4 24. hxg4 g6 25. Ne3 bxc3 26. bxc3 Bh6 27. Rb1 Qa7
28. Rb4 Bg5 29. Qe2 Ree8 30. Qd3 Red8 31. Nd5 Rab8 32. Reb1 a3 33. Nb6 Kg7 34.
g3 Rb7 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.09"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 a6 8. Re1
Rb8 9. Rb1 b5 10. cxb5 axb5 11. b4 e6 12. e4 Ne7 13. Bf4 h6 14. h3 Bb7 15. g4
g5 16. Bg3 Ng6 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Nb3 Ba6 19. Na5 Rb6 20. a4 Nb8 21. axb5 Bxb5 22.
Nxb5 Rxb5 23. Bf1 Rb6 24. b5 c6 25. Nc4 Rxb5 26. Rxb5 cxb5 27. Nxd6 b4 28. e5
Nc6 29. Bc4 Qb6 30. d5 Bxe5 31. Bxe5 Ncxe5 32. dxe6 fxe6 33. Bxe6+ Kh8 34. Bf5
b3 35. Qd5 b2 36. Rb1 Qc7 37. Bxg6 Qc1+ 38. Kg2 Nxg6 39. Qd4+ Kg8 40. Qd5+ Kh8
41. Qd4+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nh3 {A rare, but
a smart move. White prepares for ...e6, because the knight will be very useful
from f4.} (7. Nf3 {is the main continuation.}) 7... a6 (7... Na6 {is more
common,} 8. Nf4 Nc7 9. a4 Rb8 10. O-O b6 11. Rb1 Nd7 12. Nd3 a6 13. Bd2 b5 14.
b3 Ne5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qc2 Bf5 17. e4 Bd7 $13 {Burmakin-Aroshidze, Balaguer
2009, with a balanced middlegame.}) 8. a4 $146 {A novelty by Ding Liren.} (8.
Nf4 {was played, for example} b5 (8... Ng4 $5) 9. cxb5 axb5 10. Nxb5 g5 11. Nh3
Qa5+ 12. Nc3 Bxh3 13. Bxh3 Ne4 (13... Nxd5 $2 {does not work because of} 14.
Qxd5 Bxc3+ 15. bxc3 Qxc3+ 16. Kd1 Qxa1 17. Qxa8 $16 {and White is better}) 14.
O-O Nxc3 15. bxc3 Qxc3 16. Rb1 $36 {Burmakin-Vaulin, St Petersburg 1998, with
the initiative.}) 8... e6 9. Nf4 exd5 10. Nfxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Nc6 12. O-O Re8
13. Ra2 $5 {A smart move, White avoids the pin by the g7-bishop and he
prepares for b3.} Rb8 14. b3 b5 {An ambitious move, but risky too, moreover
this is a pawn sacrifice.} ({In the event of} 14... Be6 15. Rd2 $14 {White
looks more comfortable, because he can put pressure on d6.}) 15. axb5 axb5 16.
cxb5 {Probably more accurate, than 16.Nf6+.} (16. Nf6+ Bxf6 17. Bxc6 Re6 18.
cxb5 Bb7 {and Black has some compensation for the pawn.}) 16... Nd4 17. b6 {
Of course White tries to save his pawn.} Be6 18. e3 Nb5 {Otherwise Nc7.} 19.
Bd2 Bxd5 20. Bxd5 Qxb6 {Black has recovered the pawn, but White has a really
strong bishop on d5, so his position is more tempting.} 21. Qf3 Re7 $2 {
A mistake, which loses material.} (21... Qc7 {was important, however} 22. Ba5
Qe7 23. Rc1 Qf6 24. Kg2 $14 {and still it will be torture for Black.}) 22. Ba5
Qa7 23. Bd8 $1 {This is the point!} Rxd8 {Still the best practical chance.} ({
In the event of} 23... Qxa2 $2 24. Bxe7 $18 {Black can't protect the f7-pawn.})
24. Rxa7 Rxa7 25. Bc4 Nc3 26. Qc6 d5 27. Bd3 $1 {The most accurate reply!
White wants to save his b3-pawn.} (27. Qxc5 Rb7 {and Black wins the b3-pawn.})
27... Ra3 28. Qb6 Rc8 29. Kg2 Bf8 30. Rc1 Na2 31. Ra1 Bg7 32. Rb1 Nb4 33. Bb5
Bf8 34. e4 $1 {A very ambitious move, White sacrifices a pawn, because he
wants to open files and diagonals for his pieces.} Raa8 {Threatening ...Rcb8.}
(34... dxe4 {could have been met by} 35. Rd1 $1 $18 {followed by Rd7 with a
decisive attack.}) 35. Bf1 Rab8 36. Qa7 Ra8 37. Qb7 Rab8 38. Qa7 Ra8 39. Qd7 c4
$6 {Black sacrifices a pawn, because he wants to prevent Bc4.} ({If} 39... dxe4
40. Bc4 $18 {and White is winning.}) ({Probably} 39... Rd8 $1 {was the most
accurate,} 40. Qg4 h5 41. Qh4 Bg7 {and it is still not easy to break Black's
fortress.}) 40. bxc4 dxe4 (40... dxc4 41. e5 $1 {is also dangerous for Black.})
41. Qb7 Nc6 42. Re1 Rab8 43. Qd7 Ne5 44. Qd5 Rc5 45. Qxe4 $18 {Finally White
wins the e4-pawn too; now his position is completely winning. The remaining
moves do not require complicated technique from Ding Liren.} Rbc8 46. Rc1 R8c7
47. Be2 Rc8 48. f4 Nd7 49. Ra1 Nf6 50. Qf3 Re8 51. Ra8 Re6 52. Qd3 Kg7 53. Bf3
Rd6 54. Qc3 {He improves all his pieces.} h5 55. h3 Kg8 56. Qb4 Nd7 57. Bd5 Rb6
58. Qd2 Rc7 59. f5 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2771"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. Nc3 Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. d3 a5 11. b5 Nd4 12. Bb2 Nb3 13. Rb1 f6 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15.
Qxd2 Nc4 16. Qc1 Nxb2 17. Qxb2 Rb8 18. e3 f5 19. Na4 Bd6 20. b6 c6 21. d4 Qe7
22. Nc5 exd4 23. Nxe6 Qxe6 24. exd4 f4 25. d5 cxd5 26. Qb3 Kh8 27. Bxd5 Qf6 28.
Qb5 Bxa3 29. Qxa5 Bb2 30. Bf3 Ra8 31. Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Pavlovic,M"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d5 6. Qb3 O-O 7. O-O dxc4 (7...
Qb6 8. Nc3 Rd8 {This is most popular choice here and line that is played a lot.
} {One recent example:} 9. Na4 Qxb3 10. axb3 Na6 11. Bf4 Bg4 12. Rfd1 Ne8 13.
cxd5 cxd5 14. Nc3 Nb4 15. Ne1 Be6 16. h3 h6 17. g4 g5 18. Bg3 h5 19. gxh5 Nf6
20. Nf3 Nxh5 21. Nxg5 Nxg3 22. Nxe6 Nxe2+ 23. Nxe2 fxe6 24. Rac1 Nc6 $11 {
1/2-1/2 (26) Brunello,S (2573)-Areshchenko,A (2667) Gjakova 2016. The position
is around equal.}) 8. Qxc4 Bf5 9. Rd1 (9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Re1 Qxb3 12.
axb3 Be6 13. b4 Nd5 14. b5 Nb4 15. bxc6 bxc6 16. Ra5 c5 17. Ng5 cxd4 18. Nxe6
fxe6 19. Bxa8 dxc3 20. bxc3 Bxc3 21. Rd1 Rxa8 22. Rxd7 Nd3 23. Ra2 Nxc1 24. Rc2
Nxe2+ 25. Rxe2 a5 26. Rxe6 Bf6 {1/2-1/2 (41) Giri,A (2797)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2775) Tbilisi 2015. Almost forced after 16...c5 , White is better, but didn't
manage to win.}) 9... Nbd7 10. Nh4 $5 {A new idea.} Nb6 11. Qb3 Bg4 12. Nc3
Nfd5 13. Nf3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd5 15. Ba3 Rfe8 16. Ne5 $6 (16. Re1 Qb5 17. e4 Be6
18. Qc2 Qa4 19. Qxa4 Nxa4 20. Rec1 Rac8 {with a complicated endgame ahead of
us.}) 16... Qxb3 17. axb3 Bxe2 18. Rd2 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Bg4 20. c4 {White
sacrificed a pawn, but the compensation is not obvious.} a5 21. Bc5 Nd7 22. Bd4
Ra6 {We will see from a later stage that Black could go much faster with his
main plan...} (22... Rec8 23. f4 Be6 24. Bf2 b6 25. Bf3 h5 26. Kg2 Ra7 27. h3
c5 $15) 23. Rda2 Rea8 24. f4 Be6 {The position stabilised, Black can't do much,
but White as well, still a pawn is a pawn...} 25. Bf1 b6 26. Be3 Kf8 27. Ra4 c5
{Obviously any other ideas connected with ...b5 are out of question, so Black
shifts to another plan...} 28. Bg2 Re8 29. Bc6 Ra7 30. Bb5 Rc8 31. Rd1 Rac7 32.
Ra2 Kg7 33. Rad2 Nb8 34. Rd8 Nc6 {Ok, here is the desired position.} 35. Rxc8
Rxc8 36. Rd2 h5 37. Kg2 Bf5 38. h3 f6 39. exf6+ Kxf6 {Opposite coloured
bishops are dangerous for White due to the permanent b3-weakness.} 40. Ba4 Nd8
$1 {Nice idea transferring the knight to d6.} 41. Bd7 Bxd7 42. Rxd7 Ke6 43. Rd1
Nf7 44. g4 hxg4 45. hxg4 Ra8 46. Bf2 Nd6 {It is clear now that Black is
heading to a victory here, ...a4 is in the air and later on the c4-pawn is in
danger, on the other hand White has nothing active to do, but to wait.} 47.
Re1+ Kf7 48. Rh1 a4 49. bxa4 Rxa4 50. Rh7+ Kf8 51. Rh8+ Kg7 52. Rb8 Nxc4 $19 {
The rest is technique.} 53. Kf3 Kf7 54. Bh4 e5 55. f5 gxf5 56. gxf5 Nd6 57.
Rxb6 Rf4+ 58. Ke2 Nxf5 59. Bg5 Ng3+ 60. Ke3 Rg4 61. Bd8 Nf5+ 62. Kf3 Rf4+ 63.
Ke2 Nd4+ 64. Ke3 Ne6 65. Rb7+ Kg6 66. Ba5 Ra4 67. Bc3 Kf6 68. Kd3 Nf4+ 69. Kc2
Nd5 70. Bb2 c4 71. Rd7 Ke6 72. Rh7 c3 73. Rh6+ Kf5 74. Rh5+ Kf6 75. Bxc3 Rc4
76. Kd3 Rxc3+ 77. Ke4 Rc4+ 78. Kxd5 Rd4+ 79. Kc5 Rd1 80. Kc4 e4 81. Kc3 e3 82.
Rh2 Kf5 83. Kc2 Rd8 84. Rh7 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 4th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2016.08.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2016.08.05"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nbd2 Be6 7. O-O Bd6 8.
b3 Nd7 9. Nc4 O-O 10. h3 Qe7 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. d4 f5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Ng5 f4
15. Nxe6 Qxe6 16. Ba3 Rfd8 17. Qe2 Nf6 18. Rfd1 g5 19. f3 Kf7 20. Rd3 Rxd3 21.
Qxd3 h5 22. Rd1 g4 23. hxg4 hxg4 24. Qd6 Qxd6 25. Rxd6 Rg8 26. Kf1 Rh8 27. Kg1
Rg8 28. Kf1 Rh8 29. Kg1 Rg8 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. Qa4 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Qa5 14. Qc2 Rac8
15. Qb2 cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb4 17. Qxb4 Nxb4 18. Rab1 Nxa2 19. Rxb7 a5 20. Rxe7 Nc3
21. Ba6 Rc6 22. Bd3 Ra8 23. e4 Bc4 24. Bxc4 Rxc4 25. Ra1 Ne2+ 26. Kf1 Nxd4 27.
Nxd4 Bxd4 28. Ra2 a4 29. Be5 Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rac8 31. g3 Rb4 32. Ra5 Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Nxf3 c5 14. Be3 Rb8
15. b3 Qa5 16. Re2 Rfc8 17. Rc1 cxd4 18. Nxd4 Qa6 19. Rec2 Ne5 20. Qe2 Qb7 21.
f4 Rxc2 22. Rxc2 Nd7 23. Nc6 Re8 24. Nxa7 Qxe4 25. Nb5 Nf6 26. Rc4 Qb1+ 27. Rc1
Qf5 28. Nd4 Qe4 29. Qf3 Qd3 30. Rd1 Qa6 31. a4 Rc8 32. Qf1 Qa8 33. Qf3 Nd5 34.
Nb5 e6 35. Bf2 Qa6 36. Qe4 h5 37. Bd4 Bxd4+ 38. Qxd4 Rc2 39. Rd2 Rc1+ 40. Rd1
Rc2 41. Rd2 Rc1+ 42. Rd1 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2746"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O d5 7. f4 e6 8. c3
Ne7 9. Nd2 Nd7 10. Nf3 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. cxd4 O-O 13. Qb3 Rb8 14. Qa4 Nc6 15.
Be3 Nb6 16. Qb5 a6 17. Qe2 Qd6 18. Rfc1 Rfc8 19. h4 Rc7 20. h5 Rbc8 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Rd1 Ne7 23. Rac1 Nf5 24. Rxc7 Rxc7 25. Bh3 Nxe3 26. fxe3 Bxe5 27. fxe5
Qc6 28. b3 Qc2 29. Rd2 Qb1+ 30. Bf1 Nc8 31. Qf2 Ne7 32. Qf6 Qf5 33. Qh4 Qe4 34.
Qg5 Rc1 35. Qxe7 Qxe3+ 36. Rf2 Qxg3+ 37. Rg2 Qe3+ 38. Rf2 Qg3+ 39. Rg2 Qe3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 e5 5. d3 Nf6 6. O-O a5 7. e3 dxe3 8. Bxe3
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. d4 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 Qxd4 13. Bxd4 c6 14. b3 Be6
15. Rfd1 Rfd8 16. Bb6 Rxd1+ 17. Rxd1 Nd7 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Bf3 Bf8 20. h4 g6 21.
h5 a4 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Nxa4 Bb4 24. Kg2 Kf8 25. hxg6 hxg6 26. Rd3 Ke7 27. Re3
Kf6 28. Rd3 Ke7 29. Re3 Kf6 30. Rd3 Ra5 31. Be4 b5 32. cxb5 cxb5 33. Nb6 Rxa2
34. Nd5+ Bxd5 35. Bxd5 Kg7 36. Rf3 f5 37. g4 fxg4 38. Rf4 Bc5 39. b4 Bb6 40.
Bxa2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. d3 Nge7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Rb1 Be6 10. b4 b5 11. Na3 Bxa2 12. Rb2 Be6 13. Nxb5 Rb8 14. Qa4 a6
15. Nc3 Bd7 16. Qa3 Nf5 17. Ne4 Ncd4 18. Nxd4 Nxd4 19. Bg5 f6 20. Be3 Bb5 21.
Nc5 Rb6 22. Bxd4 Qxd4 23. Qa2+ Kh8 24. Rc1 f5 25. e3 Qd6 26. Bd5 Re8 27. Rbc2
c6 28. Bc4 Rbb8 29. Bxb5 axb5 30. Qb3 Rbc8 31. Ra2 Qd5 32. Qxd5 cxd5 33. Ra5 f4
34. e4 dxe4 35. dxe4 Red8 36. Rxb5 f3 37. h4 Bh6 38. Rc3 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Rf8 40.
Ne6 Re8 41. Nc7 Rf8 42. Ne6 Re8 43. Rb6 Rb1 44. Rxf3 Bd2 45. b5 Kg8 46. Nc7 Rc8
47. Nd5 Rcc1 48. Nf6+ Kg7 49. Rb7+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2740"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bb4+ 5. c3 Be7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O Re8 9. Be3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Rb8 13. c4 Nb4 14. Bxa7
Ra8 15. Be3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 Be6 17. Nd2 Reb8 18. Be4 f5 19. a3 fxe4 20. axb4 Rxa1
21. Rxa1 Bxb4 22. Nxe4 Bxc4 23. Nc3 Bd6 24. Ra4 Be6 25. Bc1 h6 26. Kg2 Kf7 27.
Rd4 Be5 28. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. h3 Rd8 10. Bf4 dxc4 11. Qxc4 Nbd7 12. Ng5 e6 13. e4 h6 14. Nxf7 Kxf7 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. Rfe1 Nf8 17. Rad1 Rd7 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Nc5 Re7 20. Qb3 b6 21. Nd3
Nd5 22. Bxh6 Ng6 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. h4 Qd6 25. h5 Nf8 26. Ne5 Rc8 27. Rc1 Rec7
28. g4 fxg4 29. Qg3 Nf6 30. h6+ Kg8 31. Nxg4 Qxg3 32. Nxf6+ Kf7 33. fxg3 Kxf6
34. Re5 Kg6 35. Be4+ Kxh6 36. Kg2 Kg7 37. Rf1 c5 38. Rg5+ Kh6 39. Rg4 Kh5 40.
Bf3 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. e3 Nbd7 8. Be2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxb3 10. Bxb3 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Ke2 Bd6 13. Rhc1 a5 14. Bh4 a4
15. Bc4 Nb6 16. Bd3 Bxd3+ 17. Kxd3 f6 18. Bg3 Be7 19. Ke2 Kf7 20. Ne1 Rhc8 21.
Nd3 Nd7 22. Rc2 Ra5 23. Rac1 e5 24. dxe5 Nxe5 25. Bxe5 fxe5 26. Rc4 Ke6 27. Re4
Bd6 28. Rcc4 Rca8 29. f4 Kf5 30. g4+ Kf6 31. Kf3 exf4 32. exf4 Rd5 33. Rcd4
Rxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2016.09.25"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 174 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bd3 Bd6 6. O-O O-O 7. Bg5 Bg4 8.
Nbd2 Nbd7 9. c3 c6 10. Qc2 h6 11. Bh4 Qc7 12. Bg3 Rfe8 13. Rfe1 Rxe1+ 14. Rxe1
Re8 15. Rxe8+ Nxe8 16. Bf5 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Bxg3 18. hxg3 g6 19. Qd3 Kg7 20. Nf1
Nd6 21. Ne3 Qb6 22. Qc2 Qd8 23. Qd3 Qb6 24. Qc2 Qd8 25. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2808"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4
O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. Bg5 Nc6 ({The main continuation is} 10... Nbd7 11. Nb5 ({
I believe that White doesn't have much after} 11. Rac1 a6 {for instance} 12.
Qd2 Rc8 13. b3 Rc7 14. Bf4 Ne8 15. e4 Qa8 16. Qe2 h6 17. h4 Rc8 $13 {Wang,H 
(2736)-Gashimov,V (2757) Beijing 2011 0-1 (52)}) 11... d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Nc3
Bc6 14. Qc4 Qc8 15. e4 (15. Rac1 h6 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. e4 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19.
f4 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 ({after} 20. Rxc3 {Black should find the following line:} Rd8
$1 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. Qxc6 Qd4+ $1 23. Kf1 Qd1+ 24. Kf2 Qd2+ 25. Kf3 Qd1+ 26.
Kf2 Qd2+ 27. Kg1 Qd4+ $11) 20... Bb5 21. Qa3 Qa6 22. Qxa6 Bxa6 23. e5 Rac8 $11
{Eljanov,P (2717)-Jakovenko,D (2748) Schwaebisch Hall GER 2015 1/2 (43)}) 15...
h6 16. Bf4 (16. Nd4 $5 Bb7 17. Qxc8 Rfxc8 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. f4 e5 20. Nf5 Rd8
$13) 16... Bb7 17. Qxc8 Raxc8 18. e5 Nd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. Ne1 Rfd8 (20... f6
$1 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Nxe5 $11) 21. Bxd5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Nc5 23. Rad1 $16 {
Kramnik,V (2766)-Aronian,L (2744) Monte Carlo 2007 1-0 (52)}) (10... Ne8 11.
Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Qh4 $1 Qxh4 13. Nxh4 Bxg2 14. Nxg2 Nc6 15. Nb5 {This move is a
little premature.} (15. Rd2 $142 Na5 16. b3 Nb7 17. Rad1 a6 18. e4 $14) 15...
Na5 $1 16. Ne3 Nb7 17. Rd3 a6 18. Ra3 f5 $1 19. Rd1 Kf7 $11 20. Nc2 $2 Na5 21.
Nxd6+ Nxd6 22. Rxd6 Nxc4 23. Rd7+ Ke8 $15 {Larsen,B (2580)-Adams,M (2495)
Cannes 1989 1/2 (65)}) 11. Qd2 {This continuation is harmless. White has some
chances for an advantage after 11.Qf4:} (11. Qf4 Ne8 $6 {After this move the
d6-pawn is a weakness. I think that Black shouldn't have traded the
dark-squared bishops.} (11... Qb8 12. Bxf6 (12. Nb5 {leads to a drawish line}
Ne5 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nxd6 Nxf3+ 15. Bxf3 Bxf3 16. Qxf3 Bxb2 17. Rab1 Be5 18.
c5 Qc7 19. Qe4 Qxc5 20. Rbc1 Bxd6 21. Rxc5 Bxc5 $11 {Giri,A (2768) -Jakovenko,
D (2747) Tashkent 2014 1/2 (48)}) 12... Bxf6 13. Rxd6 Na5 (13... Nd4 $6 14.
Nxd4 ({White could try} 14. Rxd4 $5 e5 (14... Bxf3 $4 15. Bxf3 e5 16. Qf5 exd4
17. Be4 g6 18. Qxf6 $18) 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Qd2 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 {
The knight on d5 + 2 pawns are stronger than a rook}) 14... Bxg2 15. Nc2 (15.
Ndb5 $5 Bh3 16. Ne4 $1 Be7 (16... Bxb2 17. Rb1 a6 18. Rxb2 axb5 19. cxb5 $16)
17. Rd2 {White has an extra pawn without any compensation.}) 15... Bb7 16. Rad1
Qc7 17. R6d3 Qc6 18. f3 Qc5+ 19. Kg2 e5 20. Qf5 Qxc4 21. Ne3 Qc8 22. Rd7 Bc6
23. Ncd5 Bd8 (23... Bxd7 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Rxd7 Rd8 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Nf5 Rg8
28. Qa4 $8 b5 29. Qd1 $16) 24. Ne7+ Bxe7 25. Rxe7 $16 {Nakamura,H (2816)
-Gurevich,D (2472) Las Vegas USA 2015 1-0 (53)}) 14. Rad1 Qc7 15. Rd7 Qxf4 16.
gxf4 Bc6 17. Ng5 Bxd7 18. Bxa8 Bxc3 19. Rxd7 Bxb2 20. Be4 h6 $11 {
Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)-Kramnik,V (2808) Moscow RUS 2016 1-0 (47)}) 12. Bxe7
Qxe7 13. Rd2 a6 14. Rad1 Na5 15. b4 Nc6 16. a3 Rd8 17. Qe3 Qc7 18. Na4 b5 19.
cxb5 axb5 20. Nc3 $16 {Postny,E (2647)-Cmilyte,V (2470) Helsingor 2009 1-0 (51)
}) 11... Qb8 12. Rac1 Rd8 13. b3 h6 14. Bf4 Ne5 {Black has got an excellent
version of a hedgehog.} 15. Nd4 $146 {This novelty isn't dangerous at all, but
the other continuations didn't promise anything to White.} (15. Ne1 Ng6 16. Be3
Bxg2 17. Nxg2 Qb7 18. Nf4 Ne5 19. Nd3 Neg4 20. h3 Nxe3 21. Qxe3 Rac8 22. Nf4
Bf8 23. Qd3 h5 24. Qf3 $2 Qxf3 25. exf3 d5 $1 26. cxd5 Ba3 $15 {Stella,A (2442)
-Solodovnichenko,Y (2598) Fano 2012 0-1 (37)}) (15. h3 Ng6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Qc2
Rac8 18. Qb1 Qb8 19. Nd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Qb7+ 21. Kg1 Nf8 22. Nf3 a6 23. a4 N8d7
$11 {Valsecchi,A (2422)-Solodovnichenko,Y (2557) Padova 2012 0-1 (56)}) 15...
Bxg2 16. Kxg2 Qb7+ 17. f3 g5 $6 {Probably Vladimir underestimated the bishop
sacrifice. After 17...Ng6 his chances are at least not worst.} (17... Ng6 18.
Be3 d5 19. cxd5 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 Rxd5 21. Qe1 (21. Qb2 $6 Rad8 $17) 21... Ba3 22.
Rb1 Rc8 23. b4 Ne5 24. Bf2 Qd7 $15) 18. Be3 d5 ({If Kramnik hadn't intended to
play 19...Ne4! then he should have played} 18... Ng6 {however it is not so
easy to admit that your previous move was a mistake.}) 19. Bxg5 $1 {Has
Vladimir overlooked it? The consuquences of the bishop sacrifice are
definitely in White's favour.} hxg5 $6 ({The only way to keep the balance was} 
19... Ne4 $1 20. Nxe4 dxe4 21. Bxe7 exf3+ 22. Kh3 (22. exf3 Nxf3) 22... Qxe7
23. Qxh6 fxe2 24. Nxe2 Nd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Nf4 Rd6 27. Nh5 f5 28. Qg6+ Kf8
29. c5 bxc5 30. Rxc5 $44 {White has enough compensation for an exchange.}) 20.
Qxg5+ Ng6 $8 21. Nxe6 $1 Rd6 22. Nf4 Ne4 23. Qg4 Nxc3 ({Black can't be
satisfied with the line} 23... Nf6 24. Qf5 Nxf4+ 25. Qxf4 Rad8 26. Nxd5 Nxd5
27. cxd5 Qd7 28. e4 $16 {White has 4 pawns for the bishop and Black's king is
exposed, so it is obvious that the position which has arisen is in his favour.}
) 24. Rxc3 d4 (24... Qd7 25. Nxg6 fxg6 26. Qxd7 Rxd7 27. cxd5 Bc5 28. e4 Re8
29. h4 {and White should win the endgame.}) 25. Rcd3 Rad8 (25... Bf6 26. Nxg6
fxg6 27. Qxg6+ Qg7 28. Qxg7+ Kxg7 29. e4 Re8 30. Re1 Rde6 $8 31. h4 Kh6 32. Rd2
Kg6 33. Red1 Rf8 34. Rf2 Rd8) 26. Nd5 Bf8 27. Rxd4 Bg7 $8 28. R4d2 ({White
shouldn't be too greedy} 28. Nf6+ Bxf6 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Qe7 31. Rd2 Qe3
$132 {and White has to find} 32. Rc2 $1 Bd4 33. Qe4 (33. Qf5 Qg1+ 34. Kh3 Be3
35. Qe4 Qf1+ 36. Kg4 Qg1 37. b4 Bf2 {is very dangerous for White}) 33... Qg1+
34. Kh3 Qf1+ 35. Kg4 Ne5+ 36. Kg5 $1 f6+ 37. Kxf6 Nxf3+ 38. Ke7 Ne5 $1 39. Qd5+
Kg7 40. Kd6 Qf6+ 41. Kc7 $13) 28... b5 (28... Kf8 29. Qg5 Ne7 30. Rd3 Bh6 31.
Qh4 Bg7 32. e4 $16) (28... Re8 29. e4 Kf8 30. Qg5 Red8 31. h4 Ne7 32. Qe3 $16)
29. Qe4 ({White could have played} 29. Nf6+ {it is more reasonable for him
than 28.Nf6+, but it is still risky if you can't use a computer.} Bxf6 30. Rxd6
Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Qe7 32. Rd2 Qe3 33. Rc2 Bd4 34. Qe4 Qg1+ 35. Kh3 bxc4 36. bxc4 {
and acccording to my computer White is winning.}) 29... Qb8 (29... bxc4 30.
Nf6+ $1 Bxf6 31. Rxd6 Rxd6 32. Qxb7 Rxd1 33. bxc4 Rd2 34. Qxa7 Rxe2+ 35. Kh3
$18) 30. c5 Re8 31. Qg4 ({If Peter could use the advice of a computer he would
easily find} 31. Qxe8+ $1 Qxe8 32. cxd6 Qd7 33. Ne3 {with a winning position.
For instance} Ne5 34. Rd5 Bf6 35. R1d4 a6 36. h4 Kf8 37. Re4 Nc6 38. h5 a5 39.
Nf5 $18) 31... Rde6 32. e4 Qc8 33. Rc2 Ne5 (33... Kf8 34. h4 $16) 34. Qf5 Qb7
35. f4 $6 {Now White's e4-pawn is weak and if he pushes e5 than the knight on
d5 is not supported.} ({Peter should have played} 35. h4 Nc6 36. Rcd2 b4 37. h5
Ne7 38. Qg4 $16 {Black doesn't have any counterplay and I believe that White
should win it.}) 35... Nc6 36. e5 Nb4 37. Rcd2 f6 $6 (37... Nxd5 $5 38. Rxd5
Ra6 39. h4 Rd8 40. Qe4 Rxa2+ 41. Kh3 Re8 $16) 38. Qe4 $6 ({Peter could have
got a winning position after} 38. Kh3 $1 Nxd5 $8 39. Rxd5 Qe7 (39... fxe5 $4
40. Rd7 $18) 40. Rd7 Qf8 41. exf6 Rxf6 42. Qd5+ Kh8 43. c6 Rf5 44. Qd3 Qf6 (
44... Qc5 45. b4 $18) 45. Rd6 $1 (45. Rd8 $2 Qh6+ 46. Kg2 Qxc6+) 45... Qf7 46.
Kg2 $18) 38... Nxd5 39. Rxd5 fxe5 40. f5 Ra6 41. R1d2 Kh8 42. h4 Rh6 $1 {
Setting a small trap.} 43. Kf3 $2 (43. b4 $1 Bf6 44. R5d4 Qxe4+ 45. Rxe4 Rh5
46. Rd6 Rf8 47. Ra6 {with good chances to win the game.}) 43... Rh5 $1 44. Qg4
$2 (44. Rxe5 Rxf5+ 45. Kg4 Qxe4+ 46. Rxe4 Rfe5 47. Rxe5 Bxe5 48. Rd3 Kg7 49.
Kf5 Bb8 $11) 44... Rxf5+ $1 45. Qxf5 Rf8 46. Qxf8+ Bxf8 $15 {Now White needs
to play very precisely in order to avoid big problems.} 47. b4 Qf7+ (47... Kg7
$1 48. Kg2 Kf6 49. Kh2 Be7 $15) 48. Kg2 e4 49. Re5 $1 Qf3+ 50. Kh2 Qc3 $1 (
50... e3 51. Rd8 Kh7 52. Rde8 Qf2+ 53. Kh3 $11) 51. Rdd5 e3 52. Re8 Kg7 53. Kh3
$1 (53. Rd7+ $6 Kg6 54. Rxa7 (54. Rxf8 e2 $17) 54... Qd2+ 55. Kh3 e2 56. Ra6+
Kf7 57. Rae6 Qd7 58. Kg2 Qd5+ 59. Kf2 Qd4+ 60. Kxe2 Qxb4 $17) 53... Qe1 54.
Rde5 Qxb4 55. Rg5+ $1 Kf7 56. Rxe3 {White has managed to win the e3-pawn, the
position is drawish.} Bxc5 57. Rf3+ Ke6 58. Rg6+ Ke7 59. Rg7+ Ke6 60. Rg6+ Kd7
(60... Kd5 $4 61. Rf5+ Ke4 62. Rf4+ $18) 61. Rg7+ Be7 $5 62. Re3 a5 $8 (62...
Kd8 $4 63. Rexe7 Qxe7 64. Rxe7 Kxe7 65. Kg4 a5 66. Kf4 b4 67. Ke4 a4 68. Kd3
$18) 63. h5 Kd8 $8 (63... a4 64. h6 $18) 64. Rg8+ (64. h6 $2 Bf6 $17) 64... Kd7
65. Rg7 Kd8 66. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.27"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2740"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c5 7. dxc5 Nd7 8.
e3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nxc5 10. Nge2 Qa5 11. O-O Qb4 12. Bb3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bd3 14. Re1
Rfd8 15. Qd2 a5 16. a3 Qb6 17. Ba2 Rac8 18. Rac1 Ba6 19. Rb1 Bd3 20. Rbc1 Ba6
21. Rb1 Bd3 22. Rbc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2795"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Kb1 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
Bh6 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 e6 17. h4 exd5 18. h5 Qf8 19. Qf4 Qe7 20. hxg6 fxg6 21. Nge2
Be6 22. Nd4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Rd6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Qg4 Nc6 26. Ne4 Rd8 27. Rc1 Rd5
28. Qf4 Rf5 29. Qe3 Nb4 30. Qb3 N4d5 31. a3 Ree5 32. Bd3 Kg7 33. Ka1 Nf4 34. g4
Rf8 35. Bb1 Ne6 36. Qc3 Nf4 37. Qxc7 Nfd5 38. Qxe7+ Rxe7 39. Rh2 Nf4 40. Rch1
Rh8 41. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.09.30"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 {GM Peter Svidler has rich experience in
various systems of the English Opening. This time he enters into a closed type
of position.} Bg7 5. Nc3 d6 6. O-O e5 (6... e6 {is another common continuation.
}) 7. a3 Nge7 8. d3 O-O 9. Rb1 a5 10. Bg5 ({The most popular line starts with} 
10. Ne1 Be6 11. Nc2 d5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. Ne3 Nde7 14. Nc4 {and leads to an
interesting position à la reversed Marocy, where White's active piece play
compensates for a lack of space.}) 10... f6 11. Bd2 Be6 12. Ne1 {The knight is
heading to d5, so Black shouldn't hesitate.} ({Another way of preparing the
b2-b4 advance isn't effective:} 12. Na4 Rb8 13. b4 $6 axb4 14. axb4 cxb4 15.
Bxb4 b5 $1 $15 {Plomp,G-Meulders,R (2285) Belgium 1995}) 12... d5 13. cxd5 (13.
Na4 {would lead only to simplifications:} b6 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4 cxb4 16. Bxb4
Nxb4 17. Rxb4 Rb8 $11) 13... Nxd5 14. Qb3 $6 {This ambitious move was
connected with a blunder.} ({After} 14. Nc2 f5 15. Ne3 Nde7 $1 {Black should
be able to neutralise White's play on the queenside.} ({A less precise try is} 
15... Nb6 16. b3 Rb8 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Nb5 Ra8 19. e3 $14 {Kramnik,V (2766)-Leko,
P (2749) Monte Carlo 2007}) {For instance,} 16. Na4 b6 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 f4
19. Nc4 Rb8 $15 {Bedia,M (2164)-Zakhartsov,V (2534) Krasnodar 2004. However,
it still was the best way of handling the position.}) 14... Nc7 15. Qb6 $146 {
This is the only way to justify White's previous move. However, the queen is
in big danger now.} ({In the event of} 15. Qd1 Qe7 $1 $15 {White would be
doomed to a passive defence.} ({The previously played} 15... Nd4 {is weaker:}
16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 $6 (17... c4 $1 18. Bxb7 Rb8 19. Bg2 f5 $44) 18. Rxb4
Na6 19. Rxb7 Nc5 20. Rb1 $14 {Valdes,L (2365)-Mendoza,R (2382) Guayaquil 2003})
) ({Also after} 15. Qxb7 Nd4 16. Nf3 Rb8 17. Qe4 Qd7 18. Qe3 Rfc8 $36 {Despite
the extra pawn, White's position seems unpleasant.}) 15... Nd4 16. Nf3 $6 {
Peter is inviting new troubles.} ({The lesser evil would be} 16. f4 f5 $1 (
16... exf4 17. Bxb7 $1 ({The more natural} 17. Bxf4 $6 Nd5 18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19.
Bxd5+ Qxd5 20. e4 Qd7 21. Qxc5 f5 $36 {leaves White under strong positional
pressure}) 17... Rb8 (17... Nd5 18. Qxc5 Nb3 19. Qc6 Nxd2 20. Qxe6+ Kh8 21.
Bxd5 Re8 22. Qh3 Nxb1 23. Bxa8 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Qxa8 25. Qg2 $13) 18. Bxf4 Rf7 19.
e3 Ncb5 20. Qxd8+ Rxd8 21. Nxb5 Ne2+ 22. Kf2 Nxf4 23. Bc6 Nxd3+ 24. Nxd3 Rxd3
25. Rfd1 Rb3 26. Rd2 $11) 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Qxc5 Bg7 $36 {The vulnerable
placement of the Qc5 yields Black a powerful initiative, but at least White is
a pawn up.}) 16... Ra6 $1 17. Qxb7 Nxe2+ 18. Kh1 ({Of course, not} 18. Nxe2 Bd5
{[%csl Rb7] and the queen is trapped} 19. Qxa6 Nxa6 $19) 18... Nxc3 19. bxc3 {
Now, when the Ne2 is gone, White's monarch is going to be be exposed till end
of the game.} Bd5 (19... c4 $5 20. d4 Bd5 21. Qb2 Qa8 22. Ne1 exd4 23. cxd4 f5
$17) 20. Qb2 Qa8 21. Ne1 Rd6 {Starting to put pressure on White's weaknesses.}
22. d4 {Peter isn't prepared to sit and wait, but this move leads to the loss
of a pawn.} (22. Be3 Ne6 23. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 24. Kg1 f5 25. c4 Qa8 $17) 22... Rfd8 (
22... Bxg2+ 23. Nxg2 cxd4 24. cxd4 Rxd4 $17 {would lead to the same character
of play.}) 23. Kg1 cxd4 24. cxd4 Bxg2 25. Nxg2 Rxd4 {So, now Black is a pawn
up, but White's pieces get some activity.} 26. Bc3 (26. Be3 Rd3 27. Bb6 R8d7
$17) 26... R4d7 (26... Rd3 $5) 27. Ne3 Nd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. a4 {Now the Pa5
is fixed, so Black's pieces are tied to protecting it. On the other hand,
White's king is still in danger.} h5 $1 {Exploiting the main drawback of his
opponent's position.} 30. h4 (30. Qb3 $5 {deserved to be considered:} Kh7 31.
Rfd1 Rc5 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Be1 $17) 30... Qc6 31. Qb3 ({It makes sense to swap
the queenside pawns:} 31. Rbc1 $5 Qxa4 32. Ra1 Qg4 33. Rxa5 Rd3 34. Ra7 $17)
31... Kh7 32. Rfc1 {Now, when the last piece has moved from the kingside, the
advance of Black's pawns is becoming dangerous.} Qd7 (32... Rd3 $1 {was
stronger:} 33. Qb5 Qf3 34. Be1 e4 $19 {and Black's pieces are dominating over
the board.}) 33. Be1 e4 34. Qb7 {A temporary pawn sacrifice.} Qxa4 35. Ra1 Qe8
36. Rc7 R5d7 37. Rxd7 $2 {Alas, Peter chooses the wrong way of regaining the
pawn.} ({The correct} 37. Rxa5 Rxc7 38. Qxc7 Rd1 39. Kf1 $17 {would offer him
definite drawing chances.}) 37... Rxd7 38. Qb3 ({The most stubborn was} 38. Qb5
{, but after} e3 $1 39. Rxa5 exf2+ 40. Kxf2 f5 41. Kf1 Qf7 {Black would slowly
develop a decisive attack.}) 38... Rd3 39. Qc4 Qd7 $6 {A loss of tempo. This
inaccuracy makes Black's task tougher.} ({Anish had to play} 39... f5 $1 40.
Rxa5 Rd1 41. Qb4 e3 42. Ra7 Kh8 43. Kh2 exf2 44. Bxf2 Qc6 45. Bg1 Qc2+ 46. Kh3
Qd3 $19) 40. Rxa5 f5 41. Kg2 Rd1 42. Qe2 Rb1 43. Rc5 $2 ({The only way to
put-up resistance was} 43. Ra3 Qe7 44. Re3 Qb7 45. Qc4 Rd1 46. Qb4 $17 {
, and it's not easy to make further progress.}) 43... Qb7 $2 (43... e3 $1 {
was winning on the spot:} 44. fxe3 Qe7 45. Rb5 Qe4+ 46. Kh2 Rc1 $19) 44. Kh2 f4
45. gxf4 Qe7 46. Rc4 Qxh4+ 47. Kg2 Qxf4 48. Qxe4 Qg5+ 49. Kf3 $2 {It is only
after this mistake that the result of the game becomes predictable.} ({Had
Peter played} 49. Kf1 $1 Ra1 (49... Qb5 50. Qd3 Be5 51. Kg2 $17) 50. Qd3 Qb5
51. Rd4 $17 {the limited material balance would still offer drawing chances.})
49... Rb5 $1 50. Qd3 Qg1 $19 {Now the monarch is helpless.} 51. Re4 Rb2 52. Qc4
(52. Rh4 {offered no hope either:} Qxe1 53. Rxh5+ Kg8 54. Qc4+ Kf8 55. Qf4+ Ke8
56. Qa4+ Kf7 57. Qf4+ Bf6 58. Rh7+ Kg8 $19) 52... Qh1+ 53. Kg3 Rb1 54. Qe2 Qg1+
55. Kh3 Rb3+ 56. f3 g5 57. Bf2 g4+ 58. Kh4 Qh2+ 59. Kg5 Rxf3 {Impressive
positional play by GM Anish Giri!} 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Bg5 Ne4 4. Bf4 c5 5. Qc2 Qa5+ 6. Nd2 f5 7. f3 Nf6 8. d5
d6 9. e3 Bg7 10. Ne2 b5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Nf4 Nb6 13. Kf2 O-O 14. h4 bxc4 15.
Nxc4 Qa4 16. b3 Qe8 17. Rd1 Qf7 18. Nxb6 axb6 19. a4 Bd7 20. Bc4 Rfb8 21. Qe2
Ra5 22. Rb1 h6 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. h5 g5 25. Ne6 b5 26. axb5 Bxb5 27. f4 gxf4 28.
exf4 Rba8 29. Rbc1 Ra2 30. Rc2 Rxc2 31. Qxc2 Bd7 32. Qe2 Bxe6 33. Qxe6+ Qxe6
34. dxe6 Ra2+ 35. Kf3 Rd2 36. Rc1 Bb2 37. Re1 d5 38. Re2 Rxe2 39. Bxe2 Kg7 40.
Bb5 Kf6 41. Bd7 Bc1 42. g4 Bd2 43. Bc8 c4 44. bxc4 dxc4 45. Ba6 c3 46. Bd3
fxg4+ 47. Kxg4 Kxe6 48. f5+ Ke5 49. Kf3 Kd4 50. Bc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Li, Chao B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qb3 {The players have entered into a very rare
theoretical position with mutual chances.} Nf6 ({Two other possibilities look
perfectly playabler for Black:} 4... c6 $5 5. g3 Bxf3 6. exf3 a5 7. bxa5 Qc7 8.
f4 Nd7 $132 {Van Wely,L (2654)-Tomashevsky,E (2695) Dubai 2014}) ({Or} 4...
Bxf3 $5 5. Qxf3 c6 6. Qb3 a5 7. bxa5 Qd7 8. d3 Rxa5 9. Nd2 e5 10. g3 Na6 11.
Bg2 Nc5 12. Qc2 Nf6 $11 {Smith,A (2513)-Grandelius,N (2643) Uppsala SWE 2016})
5. g3 a5 {This is a typical way of securing the c5-spot for the knight.} (5...
Nbd7 $6 {Demuth,A (2545)-Zhigalko,S (2656) Berlin GER 2015 is dubious.} 6. Nxd4
e5 7. Nc2 $16 {, and Black gets no compensation for the central pawn.}) 6. b5
a4 7. Qd3 {The placement of White's queen is rather awkward now, but Peter is
trying to put pressure on the Pd4.} ({The more natural} 7. Qb2 Bxf3 8. exf3 e5
9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. d3 Bd6 11. O-O O-O $11 {wouldn't pose Black any problems.})
7... Bxf3 $6 $146 {A dubious decision - now it would be difficult for Black to
neutralise White's pressure along the h1-a8 diagonal.} ({More to the point is} 
7... c5 8. Bg2 (8. Ne5 $5 Bh5 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. f4 $132) 8... Nbd7 9. h3 Bh5 10.
O-O e5 {Bologan,V (2640)-Motylev,A (2663) Sochi RUS 2016, Black had an
excellent play.}) 8. Qxf3 c6 9. Bg2 e5 $6 {This advance makes Black's position
even more shaky.} ({The quieter} 9... e6 {was better:} 10. O-O Bc5 11. d3 O-O
12. Bg5 (12. Nd2 cxb5 $1 13. Qxb7 Ra5 14. cxb5 Nd5 $44 {puts White's queen in
danger.}) 12... h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxf6 gxf6 15. Nd2 $14) 10. O-O Be7 ({
In comparison to the above-mentioned note, now} 10... Bc5 11. d3 O-O 12. Bg5
$16 {would yield White full control over the light squares.}) 11. d3 O-O 12.
Nd2 $16 {Now Black's position lacks any adequate ideas.} h5 {A desperate
attempt to create any counter-play.} (12... Nfd7 {looked somewhat more natural:
} 13. Rb1 f5 {, but after} 14. g4 $1 f4 (14... g6 {is even worse:} 15. gxf5
gxf5 16. Bh3 $18) 15. Ne4 $16 {White would be firmly in a control too.}) 13. h3
{This prophylactic move wasn't necessary.} ({There was nothing wrong with} 13.
Rb1 $5 {and if} h4 {, then} 14. bxc6 bxc6 15. Ne4 $18 {leaves Black in a
hopeless situation.}) 13... g6 14. Rb1 Nh7 ({Hardly better was} 14... Qc7 15.
Bb2 $1 Nh7 16. e3 {and Black's position should collapse soon.}) 15. e3 Re8 ({
Possibly, the best practical chance was} 15... Ng5 $5 16. Qe2 Ne6 17. exd4 Nxd4
18. Qxe5 Bf6 19. Qe3 Bg7 $16 {, giving up the pawn, but securing the d4-spot
for the knight.}) 16. exd4 exd4 17. Re1 {All White's pieces are coming into
play and Black's position slowly starts to collapse.} h4 (17... Ng5 18. Qd1 Bf8
19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Rxe4 Rxe4 21. Bxe4 Qc7 22. Qf3 Nd7 23. bxc6 Ne5 24. Qg2 bxc6
25. f4 $18) 18. bxc6 ({An even simpler way was} 18. gxh4 $1 Bxh4 19. Rxe8+ Qxe8
20. Ba3) 18... bxc6 19. Rb7 hxg3 20. fxg3 $2 {This natural recapture turns out
to be a serious mistake.} ({Peter had to play} 20. Qxg3 $1 Nf6 21. h4 Bf8 22.
Ne4 Nh5 23. Qg4 $18 {, achieving a winning position.}) 20... Bf6 $2 {Returning
the favour!} ({Finally Black misses a golden opportunity for completing his
development:} 20... Nd7 $1 21. Qxc6 (21. Ne4 $5 {deserves serious attention,
but it's not an easy decision.}) 21... Nc5 $1 {, and there is nothing concrete
for White. For instance,} 22. Rc7 (22. Qxe8+ Qxe8 23. Rbxe7 Qb8 24. Nf1 Ne6 $13
) (22. Bd5 Nxb7 23. Qxg6+ Kh8 24. Bxf7 Rf8 25. Nf3 Nc5 26. Bh6 Bf6 27. Bxf8
Qxf8 $132) 22... Nxd3 23. Qxa8 Nxe1 24. Qxd8 Bxd8 25. Rc8 Nxg2 26. Kxg2 Nf8 $14
{and Black gets definite drawing chances.}) 21. Ne4 Nd7 22. Rf1 $18 {The pin
on the f-file is too strong, so Black cannot avoid a major loss of material.}
Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Nc5 24. Qxc6 Rc8 25. Qb5 Nxb7 26. Bxb7 Rc7 27. Bf4 Re7 {This is
forced. Now the c-passer is becoming very strong.} 28. Be4 Nf8 29. c5 Be5 ({Or
} 29... Ne6 30. Bd6 $18) 30. Bg5 Bxg3 31. Qb6 $1 {The most precise.} Qxb6 (
31... Qe8 32. Bxe7 Qxe7 33. Qf6 $18) 32. cxb6 {The resulting endgame leaves
Black no chances. The rest is just torture.} Re5 33. Bf6 Rb5 34. b7 Ne6 35. Rc1
Nc7 36. Kg2 Bf4 37. Rc4 Kh7 38. Kf3 Bh2 39. Rc5 Kg8 40. Rxb5 Nxb5 41. Bc6 Nc3
42. Bh4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 d6 10. a5 Be6 11. Nbd2 Bxb3 12. Nxb3 Re8 13. h3 h6 14. Nh4 Bf8 15. Nf5
Ne7 16. Ne3 Qd7 17. Ng4 Nh7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 c5 20. Ne2 h5 21. Ne3 Nf6 22.
Ng3 h4 23. Nh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5 Qe6 25. Qxh4 Ng6 26. Qg4 Qxe4 27. Qxe4 Rxe4 28.
Rd1 Rae8 29. Kf1 Be7 30. g3 Ne5 31. Nf5 Rc4 32. c3 bxc3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34. Nxd6
Bxd6 35. Rxd6 Nc4 36. Rxa6 Rc2 37. Rc6 Ree2 38. Be3 Nxe3+ 39. fxe3 Rh2 40. Kg1
Rcg2+ 41. Kf1 Rxg3 42. a6 Rxe3 43. Kg1 Rexh3 44. Ra4 Rh1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2743"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 d5 9. d3 c4 10. dxc4 dxe4 11. Qxd8 Rxd8 12. Rxe4 Nf5 13. Re1 c5 14. Nbd2 Bb7
15. Ne4 Rac8 16. Ng3 Nd6 17. Rxe7 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Nxc4 19. Bg5 Nxb2 20. Rxa7 Ra8
21. Rb7 Rd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nxd1 23. Ne4 Nxc3 24. Nxc5 h6 25. Be3 Rxa2 26. Rb8+ Kh7
27. Rb7 Kg8 28. Rb8+ Kh7 29. Rb7 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial 10th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2016.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2016.09.26"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. c3 d6 6. h3 b6 7. Be2 c5 8. O-O Bb7
9. Bh2 Nbd7 10. a4 a6 11. Nbd2 Ne4 12. Qb3 Nxd2 13. Nxd2 Qc7 14. Rfd1 Rab8 15.
Qa3 Rfc8 16. Bf1 Nf6 17. c4 a5 18. d5 Re8 19. Nb1 e5 20. dxe6 Rxe6 21. Nc3 Rd8
22. Qb3 Ne4 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Rxd5 Be5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rad1 Rxd5 27. Rxd5 Re8
28. Be2 Qd8 29. Qc2 Re6 30. Rd1 h5 31. Bf3 Nf6 32. g3 Qc7 33. Kg2 Qd8 34. Rd2
Qe7 35. Qd1 Kg7 36. b3 Kg8 37. Bc6 Kg7 38. Qf3 Qc7 39. Ba8 Kf8 40. Qf4 Kg7 41.
Qf3 Re8 42. Rd1 Qb8 43. Bc6 Re6 44. Qe2 Qc7 45. Bf3 Qe7 46. Kg1 Kg8 47. Bg2 Kg7
48. Rd3 Ne4 49. Bxe4 Rxe4 50. Qf3 Re6 51. Kg2 Rf6 52. Qd5 Re6 53. Qf3 Rf6 54.
Qd5 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.11.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "2732"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. Nbd2 exd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. d5 Nce5 15.
a4 Rb8 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. axb5 axb5 18. f4 Ng6 19. Nf3 Bh4 20. Rf1 Bg3 21. f5
Ne5 22. Ng5 Bh4 23. f6 h6 24. Qh5 gxf6 25. Nh7 Kxh7 26. Qxh4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.11.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Dresden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Bc4 Qd8 9. b4 Be7 10. Nbd2 Bf5 11. Qc2 a6 12. a4 Nd5 13. Ne4 Bg4 14. Qd1 Kh8
15. Qb3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf3 17. Be3 Be2 18. Rfe1 Bxd3 19. Bxd3 Qxd3 20. Nc5 Qg6
21. Nxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.12.03"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Howell, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. a4 d6 7. c3 a6 8. h3 Ba7
9. Re1 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 d5 13. Bb3 Be6 14. exd5 Bxd5 15. Be3
Bxe3 16. Rxe3 Qb6 17. Ra3 Qc7 18. d4 exd4 19. Nxd4 Rfe8 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21. Ra1
Bxb3 22. Qxb3 Nf4 23. Nf3 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2016.12.04"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jarmula, Lukasz"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2466"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Griesheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 O-O 9. Nc3 Bg4 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Qb6 13. Rd1 Nd7 14. b3
f5 15. exf5 Rxf5 16. Qd3 c5 17. Qe4 Qd8 18. Nd5 Rf7 19. Bg5 Nf6 20. Bxf6 exf6
21. Nf4 cxd4 22. Ne6 Qe8 23. Qd5 Rc8 24. Re1 Qd7 25. Rad1 Bf8 26. b4 Qb7 27.
Qxd4 Qa6 28. Qb2 Re8 29. Qb3 Qb7 30. b5 Kh8 31. a4 Rb8 32. Nf4 Qd7 33. Nd5 Bh6
34. Rd4 Re8 35. Rde4 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Bg7 37. a5 f5 38. Rc4 Qe6 39. b6 axb6 40.
axb6 Rb7 41. Qd1 Rb8 42. Rc7 Rf8 43. b7 g5 44. Qb1 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.02.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2585"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Trier"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ 8.
Kf1 Nd3 9. Ke2 Nf4+ 10. Kf1 Nd3 11. Qe2 Nxc1 12. Rxc1 e6 13. h4 Nc6 14. e5 Bd7
15. Rh3 Qb6 16. Bb5 h6 17. Kg1 a6 18. Ba4 O-O-O 19. Bb3 Kb8 20. d3 Be7 21. h5
Qa5 22. Ne4 c4 23. dxc4 Nxe5 24. c5 Qc7 25. Rg3 Bc6 26. Ned2 Nd3 27. Rc4 Bb5
28. Rxg7 Bxc4 29. Bxc4 Nf4 30. Qe4 Bxc5 31. Ne5 Rd4 32. Qe1 Rxd2 33. Qxd2 Qxe5
34. Rxf7 Nd5 35. Bxd5 exd5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1617"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.02.19"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Foreest, Jorden"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.10.15"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Aachen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. e5 Ng4 8. Re1
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. c4 Qb6 11. Nc3 d6 12. a3 e5 13. Be3 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15. b4
Qd8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh4 Bf7 18. Nf5 Rc8 19. f4 b6 20. Qa4 Be8 21. b5 Nd4 22.
Bxd4 cxd4 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kh8 25. Qxa7 Bf6 26. fxe5 Rc7 27. Qa8 Qxa8 28.
Bxa8 Bxe5 29. a4 g6 30. Rxe5 dxe5 31. Nd6 Bd7 32. Bd5 Ra7 33. Ra2 Rf6 34. c5
bxc5 35. b6 Ra5 36. b7 Rf8 37. Nf7+ Kg7 38. Nxe5 Bxa4 39. Nd7 Bxd7 40. Rxa5 c4
41. Ra8 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 69th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2732"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Nbd2 a5 10. Ng5 Qe7 11. Nde4 Bd6 12. a4 h6 13. h4 Nd8 14. Qf3 Ng4
15. Qe2 Kh8 16. f3 Nf6 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. g4 Ne6 19. Qe4 Nxg5 20. hxg5 Qe7 21.
Bd2 Be6 22. O-O-O c6 23. g6 fxg6 24. Qxg6 Rf6 25. Qe4 Qf7 26. g5 Rf5 27. g6
Qxg6 28. Rdg1 Qf6 29. Rxg7 Kxg7 30. Rxh6 Qxh6 31. Bxh6+ Kxh6 32. Qh4+ Kg7 33.
Bxe6 Rf6 34. Bc4 Re8 35. Kb1 Re7 36. Ka2 Rg6 37. d4 Rh6 38. Qe4 exd4 39. Qxd4+
Rf6 40. Qg4+ Rg6 41. Qf5 Bc7 42. Bd3 Rg3 43. f4 Rf7 44. Qh7+ Kf8 45. Qh6+ Rgg7
46. Bc4 Bxf4 47. Qe6 Rc7 48. Qf6+ Rgf7 49. Bxf7 Rxf7 50. Qd8+ Kg7 51. Qxa5 Kf6
52. Qd8+ Ke6 53. Qe8+ Re7 54. Qg6+ Ke5 55. b4 Be3 56. Kb3 Ba7 57. a5 Be3 58. c4
Rd7 59. Qe8+ 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 69th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8.
Qc2 Bg4 9. Ne5 Be6 10. e3 O-O 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Nh4 c5 13. dxc5 Qxc5 14. h3 Be6
15. Nf3 Nc6 16. Bd3 d4 17. exd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. O-O Rac8 20. Rad1 Qb4
21. a3 Qb6 22. Qb1 Rfd8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 g6 25. b4 Qc7 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27.
Rd1 Rxd1+ 28. Qxd1 b6 29. Qd2 a5 30. Bf3 axb4 31. axb4 Kg7 32. Qd4+ Kg8 33. Qd2
Kg7 34. Qd4+ Kg8 35. Qd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 69th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 e6 6. Bc4 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. d4
O-O 9. Bxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Be6 11. b3 Bxc5 12. Bb2 Re8 13. Rc1 Bf8 14. Nd4 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 Qa5 16. Qd3 Rac8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 a6 20. Nd4 Rc8
21. Rxc8 Bxc8 22. Kf1 f6 23. Ke2 Kf7 24. f3 h5 25. h4 Bc5 26. Bc3 Bxd4 27. Bxd4
Bd7 28. a4 g5 29. g3 gxh4 30. gxh4 Bh3 31. Kf2 Ke6 32. a5 Kf7 33. b4 Bd7 34.
Ke2 Ke6 35. Kf2 Kf7 36. Ke2 Ke6 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 69th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Bg6 7. c3 h6 8. a4 Nd7
9. Nbd2 c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Nd4 Nc6 12. a5 a6 13. f4 Ne4 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. b4
Be7 16. Be3 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 O-O 18. Bf3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. Bc5
Be7 22. Bd4 Bf6 23. Bc5 Be7 24. Bd4 Bf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 69th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15.
a4 c5 16. d5 c4 17. Bg5 h6 18. Be3 Nc5 19. Qd2 h5 20. Bxc5 dxc5 21. Qe3 Qc7 22.
Nf1 Reb8 23. N1d2 Bg7 24. Bd1 Bc8 25. Ra2 Ne8 26. Be2 Nd6 27. Rea1 Bb7 28. Bf1
Re8 29. axb5 axb5 30. Rxa8 Rxa8 31. Rxa8+ Bxa8 32. g3 Bb7 33. h4 Bc8 34. Kh2 f6
35. Bh3 Bxh3 36. Kxh3 Kh7 37. Ne1 Bh6 38. f4 Qa7 39. Ndf3 Qe7 40. Nd2 Qa7 41.
Ndf3 Qd7+ 42. Kh2 Qe7 43. Nd2 exf4 44. gxf4 f5 45. Nef3 fxe4 46. Ng5+ Bxg5 47.
hxg5 Kg7 48. Qxc5 e3 49. Qd4+ Kg8 50. Nf3 e2 51. Qb6 Kh7 52. Kg2 Qe4 53. Kf2
e1=Q+ 54. Nxe1 Qxf4+ 55. Nf3 Ne4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 69th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Ne5 Be6 5. Bg2 dxc4 6. Qc2 g6 7. Nxc4 Bg7 8. d3
Nh6 9. Ne3 Qc8 10. h4 Na6 11. Bd2 Nc7 12. Bc3 O-O 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Nc3 Qd8 15.
h5 f6 16. Ne4 Nf7 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. hxg6 hxg6 19. Rh4 Ne6 20. Qc3 Nxc5 21. Qxc5
Qd6 22. Qa5 Be6 23. Rc1 Rh8 24. Rxh8 Rxh8 25. a3 Qd4 26. Qc3 Qxc3+ 27. Rxc3 Nd6
28. d4 Nb5 29. Rd3 Rd8 30. d5 cxd5 31. Nxd5 Kf7 32. Be4 Nd6 33. Nf4 Bf5 34.
Bxf5 gxf5 35. Rc3 Rd7 36. f3 Nb5 37. Rc5 Nd4 38. Kf2 e5 39. Nd3 Ne6 40. Rc8
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 69th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bg6
15. Na3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 Nxc3 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rc5 Re8 20. Rec1 Qd7
21. h4 h5 22. Qg3 Kh7 23. a4 Nf6 24. axb5 axb5 25. Rg5 Re2 26. Bc3 Ng4 27. Bd1
Rce8 28. Bxe2 Rxe2 29. Rf1 Rxa2 30. Rc5 f6 31. d4 b4 32. Bxb4 Qxd4 33. Qc3 Qf4
34. g3 Qb8 35. Ra5 Re2 36. Bc5 Rc2 37. Qa3 Qe5 38. Be3 Qe4 39. Ra4 Qf3 40. Qe7
Ne5 41. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 69th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2714"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. c3 a6 8. a4
Ba7 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ng3 h6 15. d4
exd4 16. Nxd4 Bb6 17. Bc4 Rb8 18. Qc2 Bxd4 19. cxd4 Qf6 20. Qd1 Qd8 21. Qc2 Re8
22. Rxe8+ Qxe8 23. Bd2 Bd7 24. Re1 Qf8 25. Qb3 Be6 26. Ne4 b5 27. Bf1 bxa4 28.
Qxa4 Rxb2 29. Qxc6 Ra2 30. Qc1 Qa3 31. Qxa3 Rxa3 32. Nc5 Ra2 33. Rd1 Nc7 34.
Nxe6 fxe6 35. Bb4 Ra4 36. Bd6 Nb5 37. Bc5 Nf4 38. g3 Nd5 39. Rb1 Ndc3 40. Re1
Nxd4 41. Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 69th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2611"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Bg2 b5 5. b3 Bb7 6. O-O c5 7. Nc3 Qb6 8. e3 Be7
9. Qe2 Ne4 10. Bb2 O-O 11. d4 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 cxd4 13. exd4 Bf6 14. Rac1 d6 15.
c5 Qd8 16. Rfd1 Bd5 17. Ne1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 d5 19. h4 Nc6 20. h5 b4 21. Bb2 a5
22. f4 Qc7 23. Nf3 a4 24. Rc2 Rfe8 25. Qe3 Bd8 26. g4 f5 27. g5 Qb7 28. Re2 Bc7
29. Rde1 Re7 30. Bc1 Kf8 31. Qd3 Qc8 32. g6 h6 33. Bd2 axb3 34. axb3 Rb8 35.
Ra1 Ke8 36. Ne1 Ra8 37. Rxa8 Qxa8 38. Qb5 Kd7 39. Nd3 Kc8 40. Be3 Bb8 41. Nxb4
Nxb4 42. Qxb4 Rb7 43. Qa4 Qxa4 44. bxa4 Rb3 45. a5 Kd7 46. Bc1 Rc3 47. Bd2 Rc4
48. Be1 Bxf4 49. Ra2 Kc8 50. a6 Kb8 51. Re2 Ka7 52. Rxe6 Bg5 53. Rd6 Rxd4 54.
Bf2 Rd2 55. Kf3 Rd3+ 56. Ke2 Rd2+ 57. Ke1 Ra2 58. Bd4 f4 59. Rxd5 f3 60. Rf5
Rd2 61. Bf2 Rd3 62. Rf7+ Kxa6 63. Rxg7 Bd2+ 64. Kf1 Rd5 65. c6 Bc3 66. Rd7 Rxh5
67. c7 Kb7 68. Bg3 Rh1+ 69. Kf2 Be1+ 70. Kxf3 Rh3 71. Ke2 Rxg3 72. g7 Ba5 73.
Rd8 Bxc7 74. g8=Q Rxg8 75. Rxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 69th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.26"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2745"]
[BlackElo "2617"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Bc7 14. Re1 Rc8
15. d5 Qf5 16. Ba3 cxd5 17. Nd4 Qh5 18. g3 h6 19. c5 bxc5 20. Bxc5 Be5 21. Rb7
Na6 22. Qxa6 Rxc5 23. Nxe6 Rxc3 24. Rd7 Qf3 25. Qb7 Re8 26. Re7 Rb8 27. Qxb8+
Bxb8 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Nf8+ Kg8 30. Ng6+ Kh7 31. Nf8+ Kg8 32. Ng6+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 69th"]
[Site "Novosibirsk"]
[Date "2016.10.27"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2016.10.16"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 175"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2016.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 c6 12. d3 Bd6 13. Re1 Bf5 14. Qf3 Bg6
15. Na3 Bxa3 16. bxa3 Nxc3 17. Bd2 Nd5 18. Rac1 Rc8 19. Rc5 Re8 20. Rec1 Qd7
21. h4 h5 22. a4 Re5 23. axb5 axb5 24. d4 Rf5 25. Qg3 Kh7 26. Bc2 Rf6 27. Bb3
Rf5 28. Bc2 Rf6 29. Bb3 Rf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.07"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NED"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Ng5 Rf8 12. Nf3 Re8 13. Ng5 Rf8 14. Nf3 Re8 15.
Ng5 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.08"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[Annotator "Mekhitarian,K"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e6 {Matthias Bluebaum is a talented young German player, climbing to
2640 at only 19 years old. He is fond of the French Defence, and has played
nothing else against 1.e4 his whole career (199 games as Black in the database)
!} 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 {Svidler doesn't
shy away from the main lines, here he faces one of the critical modern lines
of recent years - the Classical French, where Black has been repeatedly
finding new ideas to make White's life harder.} a6 {Some alternatives to this
move are:} (7... Be7 8. Qd2 {and now either O-O, a6 or b6 are possible.}) (7...
Qb6 $5 {diving into concrete lines.}) (7... cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 {aiming for quick
development, where White normally goes for long castling and tries to launch a
kingside attack.}) 8. Qd2 b5 {White has so many moves here.} 9. a3 (9. dxc5 $5
{is one of the options} Bxc5 10. Bd3 Qb6 11. Bf2 $1 {1-0 (30) Harikrishna,P 
(2768)-Bluebaum,M (2641) Novi Sad 2016; and White has been scoring well in
this position. Harikrishna played this against Bluebaum one day after this
game.}) 9... Qa5 {Trying to play ...b4.} 10. Rb1 $5 {A rare idea.} Rb8 (10...
b4 11. axb4 Qxb4 12. Be2 g5 $6 {too optimistic} 13. fxg5 $1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Ndxe5
15. O-O Bg7 16. Rf4 $16 {1-0 (26) Short,N (2676)-Zhukova,N (2432) Gibraltar
2006; and White had a decisive attack soon.}) 11. Nd1 $6 {It is always hard to
evaluate such endgames from the French Defence, here it looks like Black had
the opportunity to start hammering White's centre after the exchange of queens:
} Qxd2+ 12. Kxd2 cxd4 $6 {It feels like White can start grinding out a small
advantage now that the centre has become more stable.} (12... g5 $5 {a typical
way to create pressure against White's centre} 13. c3 (13. Nxg5 cxd4 14. Bf2
Rg8 $36) (13. dxc5 gxf4 14. Bxf4 Bxc5 {looks fine for Black as well}) 13... g4
14. Ne1 cxd4 $1 15. cxd4 Nb6 $36 {White doesn't have b3 since the a3-pawn is
hanging, and after ...Nc4+ followed by a possible ...b4, I feel like Black
obtains the initative.}) (12... f6 $5 13. c3 fxe5 14. fxe5 (14. Nxe5 Ndxe5 15.
fxe5 cxd4 16. cxd4 b4 $1 17. a4 b3 $15 {with excellent prospects on the
queenside after ...Rb4 or even ...Bb4+}) 14... cxd4 15. cxd4 Nb6 {[%cal Gb6c4]
similar to 12...g5.}) 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Be7 15. Bd3 O-O 16. Nf2 Nb6 (16...
f5 $5 {followed by ...Nc5. With this move, Black loses the chance to play ...
f6, but on the other hand White's expansion on the kingside loses force (g4
and f5), and Black secures an outpost on e4} 17. Ke3 (17. exf6 gxf6 {followed
by ...e5 is supposed to be good for Black}) 17... Nc5 $13) (16... f6 $5 {
also came into consideration.}) 17. b3 Bd7 (17... Bxa3 {wouldn't lose the
bishop, but with precise play, White achieves an advantage:} 18. b4 {
threatening Rb3} (18. Bxb6 Rxb6 19. b4 a5 20. bxa5 Ra6 21. Rxb5 Rxa5 $1 22.
Rxa5 Bb4+ 23. Ke2 Bxa5 $11) 18... Nc4+ $1 19. Bxc4 (19. Ke2 a5 {most likely
transposes to 19.Bxc4}) 19... bxc4 20. c3 {[%cal Gb1a1]} a5 21. bxa5 Ra8 $1 22.
Rb5 (22. Bb6 f6 $1 $132) 22... Ba6 23. Rb6 Be7 24. Ra1 $14 {and White
maintains a good positional blockade, providing at least a small advantage and
good prospects (after improving the knight's position to d4 most likely)}) 18.
Ra1 $14 {As the game goes, it becomes clearer that Black had to play actively
either on the 12th move or on the 16th move. Now White slowly builds up
pressure with a stabilised position.} Bc6 19. Be2 a5 20. h4 Nd7 21. Nd3 $1 {
Avoiding ...Nc5.} b4 {This may be helpful for White, who can now penetrate
through the a-file. On the other hand, it is hard to give a much better advice
for Black. Simply waiting looks bad as well.} (21... Rfc8 {if Black plays a
move like this, then White may simply start pushing his kingside pawns with g4,
or even play as in the game with Bg4!?} 22. g4 $14 (22. Bg4 $5 $14 {
threatening f5, trying to force ...g6})) 22. axb4 axb4 23. Ra7 Bb5 24. Bg4 $5 {
Threatening f5.} (24. g4 $5 {was again possible, followed by f5.}) 24... g6 25.
h5 Rfd8 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Nf2 {Justifying this whole Bg4 idea followed by h5
and hxg6 - Svidler wants to create direct threats against the black king with
Ng4 at some point.} Bc5 28. Bxc5 Nxc5 29. Bf3 $1 {[%cal Gf2g4] Threatening Ng4!
} Ra8 30. Rc7 Rac8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Ra1 (32. Ng4 $5 Nd7 (32... Kg7 $5 33. Nf6
Rd8 {trying to hold the position together}) 33. Nf6+ Nxf6 34. exf6 Ra8 35. c4
$1 bxc3+ 36. Kxc3 $16 {and the endgame looks very promising for White, with
the passed pawn and a clear path for his king (d4-e5-d6 or d4-c5).}) 32... Ba6
33. Ra5 Rc6 34. Ke3 Kf8 35. Ng4 Ke7 36. Kd4 Nd7 37. Ne3 {White has reorganised
his pieces in a good way; now it is time to think about concrete action. Bxd5
is a threat suddenly, because after exd5 Nxd5+ and Nxb4, White wins many pawns.
} Nb8 (37... Kd8 $5 {would be interesting, for now stopping the sacrifices on
d5 forcing White to show something.}) 38. Bxd5 $6 (38. Rc5 Kd7 $1 {controlling
the invasion on c5} 39. Rxc6 Kxc6 40. Nxd5 $5 exd5 41. Bxd5+ Kb6 42. Bxf7 {
would be a possible try} Bb7 $1 {An important defensive resource. Now if g3 or
g4, then ...Nc6+! works much better} (42... Nc6+ $2 43. Kd5 $1 $18) 43. g3 Nc6+
44. Kc4 g5 45. e6 gxf4 46. gxf4 Ne7 47. Kxb4 $16 {only White has chances, but
it feels like he shouldn't win this because the kingside pawns lack mobility.})
38... exd5 39. Nxd5+ Kf8 $6 (39... Ke6 $1 40. Nxb4 Bb7 $13 {an even better
version than the game, with an active king (...Kf5 may be a move soon)}) 40.
Nxb4 Rxc2 $2 {A very bad decision on the 40th move - the last one before the
time control, so it is understandable that most likely Black was in deep time
trouble.} (40... Rc8 $1 {remaining the piece up with complex play would have
been much better} 41. c4 Bb7 42. g3 Ke8 $13 {and it is not too easy for White
to advance his pawns.}) 41. Nxa6 Nxa6 $2 {Makes it all easier.} (41... Nc6+ $1
42. Kd3 Rxg2 43. Rc5 Nd8 {would be much more challenging for White, since it
is not easy to defend ...Ne6 and to control the black rook's activity} 44. b4
Ne6 45. Rc4 g5 $1 46. f5 Nf4+ {with defensive chances}) 42. Rxa6 Rxg2 43. b4
$18 {And White is winning this rook endgame with the strong passed pawn and
the better king.} Rb2 44. Kc4 Ke7 (44... Rf2 45. Rf6 $18 {securing f4 and then
calmly advancing the b4 pawn.}) 45. b5 Rc2+ 46. Kb4 Rb2+ 47. Ka5 Re2 48. Rc6
Ra2+ 49. Kb6 Ra4 50. Rf6 Re4 51. Kc7 g5 52. b6 $1 gxf4 53. b7 Rxe5 54. Rxf4 Rb5
55. b8=Q Rxb8 56. Kxb8 Ke6 57. Kc7 f5 58. Rf1 Ke5 59. Kd7 {And Black resigned
in view of} (59. Kd7 Ke4 60. Ke6 f4 61. Kf6 Ke3 62. Kg5 f3 63. Kg4 f2 64. Kg3
$18) 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.09"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2762"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sveti Nikolaj Srpski"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "SRB"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 ({
Another interesting way to continue is to play an early h6:} 7... h6 8. Bh4 (8.
Bxf6 $5 Bxf6 9. c3 d6 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Bg7 $11) 8... Nh5 $1 {the point} 9.
O-O (9. Bg3 Nc6 10. c3 d6 11. O-O Nxg3 12. hxg3 e5 $15 {and the game will open
up in favour of the black bishops.}) 9... Nf4 10. Bc4 (10. Be4 $4 f5) 10... d5
11. Bb3 Nc6 12. c3 {and here the simple} Bf5 {gives Black a good game.} (12...
Bg4 $5 13. h3 Bh5 14. Bg3 g5 15. Re1 {1/2-1/2 (40) Kanep,M (2522)-Luukkonen,T 
(2355) Helsinki 2014}) 13. Bc2 (13. Re1 $2 Nd3) (13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Be5 (14. Bh4
Qd7 $1 {preparing g6-g5} (14... g5 $2 15. Nxg5) 15. Re1 g5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17.
hxg3 e6 $11) 14... f6 15. Bg3 Nxg3 16. hxg3 g5 $11) 13... Bxc2 14. Qxc2 g5 15.
Bg3 Ne2+ 16. Kh1 e6 17. Qd3 Nxg3+ 18. fxg3 (18. hxg3 h5 $40) 18... g4 19. Ng1 {
aiming for f4 & h5} (19. Nh4 Qg5 20. Rf2 Rac8 21. Raf1 Rc7 $15) 19... Qg5 20.
Ne2 Ne7 $1 {heading to the best square d6, with a good game.}) 8. c3 d6 9. O-O
{The game is now basically a reversed version of the popular KIA vs. Barcza
System (d5, c6, e6, bishop on g4, knight on d7, knight on f6 set-ups).} Qc7 ({
Once again, it's also viable for Black to play} 9... h6 10. Bh4 (10. Bxf6 $5
Bxf6 (10... exf6 11. Re1 f5 12. Qb3 $14) 11. d5 (11. Re1 Qc7 12. d5 Ne5 13.
Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qf3 Qc5 $11) 11... Ne5 12. Nxe5 {and here Black must be careful
and play the unusual} dxe5 $1 (12... Bxe5 13. f4 $1 Bg7 14. Kh1 $36) 13. Qb3 {
with a double-edged struggle ahead.} ({Or} 13. Qf3 $13)) 10... Qc7 (10... Nh5
11. Re1 Nf4 12. Bc2 $14 (12. Be4 $5)) 11. Re1 e5 12. Nc4 Nh5 13. d5 Nb8 $5 (
13... Nd8 {may even be better aiming to get the knight on the ideal f7!}) 14.
Nfd2 f5 15. Bf1 Rf7 (15... Nf6 16. f3 Nbd7 17. a4 b6 $5 $15) 16. f3 Nd7 17. Bf2
Nhf6 18. Na3 a6 19. c4 b6 (19... e4 $5 20. Bd4 (20. fxe4 $2 Ng4) 20... Ne5 21.
f4 Ned7 22. Nc2 b5 $36) 20. Nc2 Bb7 $11 {0-1 (42) Galinsky,T (2379)-Lei
Tingjie (2474) Caleta ENG 2016}) 10. Re1 a6 ({The more common move here is} 
10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Qa4 (12. Nc4 Nh5 $5 $146 ({Previously tried several
times was} 12... Ne8) 13. Be4 (13. Qe2 $6 h6 14. Be3 Be6 15. Rad1 Rad8 $15)
13... h6 (13... Be6 14. Qd6 Rac8 $11) 14. Be3 (14. Bh4 Be6 15. Qd6 Rac8 $15)
14... Rd8 15. Qc2 Be6 $36) (12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Bc4 $1 {slowing down Black's
plan to play f7-f5} (13. Ne4 $6 Be7 14. Bc4 Kg7 $15 {[%cal Gf7f5]}) 13... Bf5
14. Qe2 Rad8 15. Ne4 Bg7 16. Rad1 Kh8 17. Rxd8 (17. Neg5 $6 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 h6
19. Ne4 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 f5 $36) (17. Bd5 Ne7 18. Bb3 f6 $11) 17... Nxd8 18. Rd1
$11) 12... h6 13. Be3 $6 (13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Be4 $1 (14. Ne4 Bg7 15. Bc4 (15.
Bb5 Bd7 16. Nc5 a6 $1 $36) 15... Kh8 $15) 14... Bg7 15. Rad1 (15. Nc4 Bd7 16.
Rad1 $1 Rad8 (16... Nd4 $6 17. Qb4 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 $14) 17. Qa3 Be6 18. Nd6 $11)
15... f5 16. Bd5+ Kh7 17. Bxc6 bxc6 18. Nc4 e4 19. Nd4 Bd7 (19... c5 20. Nb5
Qe7 21. Nbd6 $11) 20. Qa5 $1 $132) 13... Nd5 14. Bc5 Rd8 15. Bc4 (15. Bb5 Nce7
$15) 15... Be6 (15... Na5 {1-0 (38) Miljkovic,M (2427)-Djukic,N (2545)
Subotica 2008}) 16. Rad1 Na5 (16... a6 $5 17. Bf1 b6 18. Ba3 f5 $15) 17. Bxd5
Rxd5 18. Be3 Rad8 $17) 11. a4 h6 12. Bxf6 $5 ({The more natural reaction} 12.
Bh4 {could be better} Nh5 {Mamedyarov probably didn't like this idea from
Black.} (12... e5 13. Nc4 exd4 14. Bg3 $1 $36) 13. Nc4 e5 {but White has two
good ideas here:} (13... g5 $2 14. Nxg5 hxg5 15. Qxh5 $18) 14. a5 $1 {creating
an outpost on b6 and fixing weaknesses on the queenside} (14. Ne3 $5 {[%csl
Rd5] exploiting the resulting weak square in the centre} Nf4 15. Bf1 f5 $2 16.
g3 Nh5 (16... g5 17. gxf4 gxh4 18. Nxh4 exf4 19. Nd5 $18) (16... Ne6 17. Bc4 $1
(17. d5 g5 18. dxe6 Bxe6 19. Bxg5) 17... Kh7 (17... e4 18. d5 exf3 19. dxe6 $18
) 18. Nd5 Qf7 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. d5 $18) 17. Nd5 Qf7 18. Nb6 Rb8 19. Bc4 $18)
14... Bg4 (14... exd4 15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. cxd4 Bxd4 17. Bxg6 Qxc4 18. Bxh5 Bxb2
19. Ra4 $40) (14... Nf4 15. Bf1 g5 16. Bg3 Bg4 17. Ne3 Bh5 18. Bxf4 gxf4 19.
Nd5 Qd8 20. Be2 $14 {Black doesn't have enough to show for his weaknesses e.g.}
Kh8 (20... Bg6 21. Bd3 $1 Bh5 22. dxe5 dxe5 23. Nb6 Ra7 (23... Rb8 $2 24. Nd7
$1) 24. Be4 $16) 21. Nb6 Rb8 22. dxe5 dxe5 (22... Nxe5 23. Nxe5 Bxe2 24. Qxe2
Bxe5 25. Qh5 $18) 23. Nd7) (14... Rb8 {is probably best} 15. d5 (15. Be4 $5)
15... Ne7 (15... Na7 16. Bf1 f5 17. Nfd2 {White objectively has slightly
better chances due to Black's weaknesses on the queenside and his ugly knight
on a7 but can obtain counterplay later on the kingside.}) 16. Nfxe5 $1 Nxd5 17.
Nxf7 $1 Qxf7 18. Nxd6 Qd7 19. Bc4 Qxd6 20. Be7 $16) 15. h3 (15. Ne3 $5) 15...
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 exd4 17. g4 d5 18. Nb6 Qf4 $8 (18... Nf4 19. Bg3 Nxh3+ 20. Kg2
$18) 19. Be2 $1 (19. Qxd5 Ne5 $132) (19. Qxf4) 19... Qxf3 20. Bxf3 Nf4 21. Nxa8
Rxa8 22. Rab1 $1 dxc3 23. bxc3 Bxc3 24. Red1 $16 {and Black doesn't have
enough compensation for the exchange.}) 12... Bxf6 13. Nc4 e5 14. dxe5 (14. d5
{is not as strong here as Black can now safely retreat to e7} Ne7 15. Bf1 (15.
Nfxe5 $2 Bxe5 16. Rxe5 dxe5 17. d6 Qd8 18. dxe7 Qxe7 $17) 15... Bf5 {with a
good game.} (15... Bg7 $6 16. Nfxe5 dxe5 17. d6 Qd8 18. dxe7 Qxe7 19. Nb6 Rb8
20. Bc4 Bf5 21. Nd5 $14) 16. Nfxe5 $2 (16. Ncxe5 dxe5 17. d6 Qd7 18. dxe7 Qxe7
$11 {but Black has better practical chances due to the bishop pair.}) 16... b5
$17) 14... dxe5 15. Be4 (15. Qe2 $5 Re8 16. Be4 Be6 $11) 15... Rd8 $1 {
preventing ideas of the queen coming to d6} (15... Be6 16. Qd6 Rac8 17. Rad1
Kg7 {Black is fine in the ending, but I think it's difficult to play for more
than equality due to White's active pieces.}) 16. Qe2 Ne7 17. Bc2 Nc6 18. a5 $5
{Avoiding repetition. Fighting on is the correct decision, and is usually best,
but there was a better way to do it in this position.} (18. Be4 Ne7 $11) (18.
Nfxe5 $1 Nxe5 (18... Bxe5 19. Nxe5 Re8 20. f4 Qb6+ (20... f6 21. Bxg6 $18 (21.
Qc4+ Be6 $17)) (20... Nxe5 21. fxe5 Qb6+ 22. Qe3 Qxb2 23. Be4 $1 Rxe5 24. Qd4
Re8 25. Bxg6 $40) 21. Qf2 Qxb2 22. Nxc6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 bxc6 24. Re8+ Kg7 (24...
Kh7 25. Bxg6+ $18) 25. Qd4+ $18) 19. Nxe5 Re8 20. Qc4 {As soon as I foresaw
this move in my over the board analysis, I started to think that it was
probably missed by both players.} (20. f4 Qb6+ 21. Qf2 Qxb2 {and I thought
that Black has counterplay in my over the board analysis, but I missed that
White can keep giving Black problems after} 22. Nxf7 $1 {which Komodo 10
quickly spotted} Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxc3 (23... Kxf7 24. Bxg6+) 24. Ne5 {The
engine says it's equal but I'd rather be White due to his safer king.}) {
The engine goes on to say that White is only slightly better after} 20... Qxc4
21. Nxc4 Be6 22. Ne3 {but a pawn is a pawn and White has no clear weaknesses,
making this line the best way to play for a win!}) 18... Be6 $5 {Black gives
up a pawn for good dynamic play.} (18... Re8 {is too passive, and simplest way
to exploit it is} 19. Nb6 Rb8 20. Nd5 Qd6 21. Nxf6+ Qxf6 22. Be4 $1 $16 {
followed by pushing down the queenside pawns.}) 19. Nfxe5 Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Re8 {
White's extra pawn is irrelevant at the moment while Black's pieces are
creating pressure on White's pieces on e5 & a5.} 21. f4 $1 {This looked risky
to me at first as it weakens the White king but I think Mamedyarov is right to
play this as having knight on e5 limits the activity of the Black pieces.} ({
Retreating the knight hands Black the initiative} 21. Nf3 Kg7 $1 {threatening
bishop to f5} (21... Bg4 22. Qxe8+ Rxe8 23. Rxe8+ Kg7 24. Re3 $14) 22. Qd2 Rad8
$44 23. Nd4 Bg5 24. Qd1 Bf6 $11) (21. Nd3 Kg7 $1 22. Qf3 (22. Qd2 Rad8 $44)
22... Rad8 23. Nf4 Be5 $1 24. Nxe6+ $6 (24. g3 Bxf4 25. Qxf4 (25. gxf4 Rd2 26.
Bb3 Rxb2 27. Bxe6 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 fxe6 $11) 25... Qxf4 26. gxf4 Rd2 $11 {should
end in a draw.}) 24... Rxe6 25. g3 Rd2 26. Be4 Rxb2 27. Reb1 Rxb1+ 28. Rxb1
Qxa5 29. Rxb7 Rf6 30. Qe2 Bxc3 $17) 21... Rad8 (21... Bh4 22. Red1 $1 (22. g3
Bf6 {provoking more weaknesses on the kingside is the idea.}) 22... Bf6 23. Qe3
$14 {and Black didn't really achieve anything.}) 22. Qf2 Bg7 $6 {Defending
against a future Qg3, f4-f5 ideas but it gives White time to regroup} ({
But actually playable according to the engine is} 22... Kg7 $5 23. Qg3 (23. Re3
Rd5 24. b4 Bxe5 25. fxe5 Rxe5 26. Qg3 Bc8 $11) 23... Qc5+ $1 {the correct move
order} (23... Rd2 $2 24. Bxg6 Qc5+ 25. Kf1 $3 (25. Re3 Bh4 $19 (25... fxg6 26.
Qxg6+ Kf8 27. Qxf6+ Kg8 28. Rae1 $18)) 25... Bc4+ 26. Bd3+) 24. Kh1 (24. Re3
Bh4 25. Qf3 Rd2 $19) 24... Rd2 25. Bxg6 Qf2 26. Be4+ (26. Qxf2 Rxf2 27. Nd3 Rd2
28. Be4 Bc4 29. Ne5 Bxe5 30. Bf3 $11) 26... Qxg3 27. hxg3 Bxe5 28. fxe5 Rxb2
$11) 23. Re3 Bd5 (23... Rd5 24. Rae1 $1 (24. Nxg6 fxg6 25. Bxg6 Re7 26. Rae1
Bf8 $3 {a nice defensive resource} 27. Qe2 (27. Rxe6 $4 Rxe6 28. Rxe6 Bc5 $19)
27... Bf7 28. Rxe7 Qxe7 29. Qxe7 Bxe7 30. Rxe7 Bxg6 31. g4 Rxa5 32. f5 Bf7 33.
Rxb7 {and the game will most likely end in a draw due to the small number of
pawns left.}) 24... Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxa5 (25... Qxa5 26. Bxg6 $1 $16) 26. R5e2
$36 {[%csl Rg8][%cal Gf4f5] with a strong intiative due to Black's weak
kingside.}) 24. Rae1 Re6 25. b4 Rde8 26. Qe2 (26. Qd2 $142 $1 {undermining the
only unstable Black piece} Bc4 (26... Ba2 27. Ba4) (26... Bxe5 27. Qxd5 Bxf4
28. Rxe6 Rxe6 29. Rxe6 fxe6 30. Qxe6+ Qf7 31. Qe4 $1 $16 (31. Qxf7+ Kxf7 32.
Be4 Bd2 $11)) 27. Ba4 Rd8 28. Qf2 $14 {White is better but has to play precise
moves to maintain his advantage.} Rd5 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Qb6 $1 (
31. Qg3 Qxc3 32. Qxc3 Bxc3 33. Rxe6 Kf7 34. Re4 Rd2 $132) 31... Rf5 (31... Rd2
32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Bxc3 (33... Kf7 34. Re3) 34. Bb3 $1 $14 {is unpleasant
to meet for Black}) (31... Kh7 32. Qxe6 Bxc3 33. Bc2 {with a winning attack.})
32. Qxe6+ Qxe6 33. Rxe6 Bxc3 34. Re4 $14) 26... h5 $5 ({Black can already
achieve full equality with} 26... Bxe5 $1 27. fxe5 Bc4 (27... h5 28. Bd3 Rc6
29. Qd2 Rxc3 30. Bxg6 Rxe3 31. Rxe3 Rxe5 $11) 28. Qd2 (28. Bd3 Bxd3 29. Qxd3
Rxe5) 28... Rxe5 $11 {I'm quite sure Svidler saw this and probably decided to
keep playing with his long-term compensation.}) 27. Qd3 (27. Qd2 $5 {is worth
considering once again} Bc4 28. Ba4 Rd8 29. Qf2 Rd5 30. Qg3 $14 {and the fight
keeps on.}) 27... Ba2 $1 {It's important to keep control of c4-square} 28. Ba4
(28. Ra1 Bxe5 29. Rxe5 Bc4 $1 {a strong intermediate move} 30. Rxe6 Rxe6 31.
Qd4 Re2 $44) 28... R8e7 $1 {Keeping the harmony of the pieces.} (28... Rd8 29.
Qc2 Bd5 (29... Bxe5 30. Rxe5 Rxe5 31. Rxe5 Bd5 32. h3 $16) 30. h3 {and White
successfully worsened Black's pieces.}) 29. Bd1 Rd6 $5 {Svidler keeps playing
for more than equality!} (29... Bxe5 30. fxe5 Rxe5 $11) 30. Qc2 (30. Qe2 $5 {
it's difficult to judge which is better otb.}) 30... Bd5 $1 {[%cal Gd5a2,Gd5f7,
Gd5g2,Gd5b7] The bishop controls many important squares here} 31. h4 (31. c4
Bc6 $1 32. Qc3 {controlling the important d4-square} (32. c5 Rd4) 32... g5 $1
33. g3 h4 {with good counterplay.}) 31... Rde6 32. c4 {Mamedyarov tries to
simplify the game.} ({There are other moves which keep the balance but maybe
the best is} 32. Qf2 $5 {planning to transfer the queen to a strong position
on g3!} Bxe5 (32... Bf6 $2 33. Qg3 Kh7 34. Bc2 $16) 33. fxe5 Rxe5 34. Bf3 $11)
32... Bxc4 33. Nxc4 $6 {This allows Black to create problems for White.} ({
Safer is} 33. Qxc4 Bxe5 34. Qxc7 Bxc7 35. Rxe6 fxe6 $11) 33... Rxe3 {After
this, White has a "problem" which he fails to solve in the game.} 34. Nxe3 $2 (
34. Rxe3 $1 Bd4 {and the only way to hold is to play the cold-blooded} 35. g3
$1 b5 $5 {if Mamedyarov had seen 35.g3 then this move is probably what
bothered him as I also found it difficult to solve otb.} (35... Rxe3 36. Nxe3
Bxe3+ $11) (35... Bxe3+ $5 36. Nxe3 Qd6 37. Kf2 Qxb4 38. Qc8+ Kg7 39. Qd8 $13)
36. Kh2 $2 (36. axb6 Bxe3+ 37. Kh2 Bxb6 $19) ({The solution is the
counter-intuitive} 36. Kg2 $1 {which exposes the king, but for a concrete
purpose.} Bxe3 (36... bxc4 37. Rxe7 Qxe7 38. Qxc4 Qe3 39. Bb3 Qg1+ 40. Kf3 Qe3+
$11) 37. Nxe3 Qxc2+ 38. Nxc2 Rd7 39. Ne3 Rd3 40. Kf2 Rd4 41. Ke2 Rxb4 42. Kd3 {
the ending is objectively drawn.} Rb1 (42... Rb2 43. Kc3 Ra2 $6 44. Kb4) 43.
Kc3 Kf8 $11) 36... Bxe3 37. Nxe3 Qxc2+ 38. Nxc2 Rd7 39. Ne3 Rd3 $19) 34... Qxf4
35. Qf2 Qxb4 {Black is practically winning as White is under unpleasant pins
and more of his pawns are dropping.} 36. Kh1 (36. g3 Bd4 $1) 36... Bd4 $1 {
Simple and strong.} 37. Bxh5 {White cannot avoid losing material from the pins
and therefore decides to give up material to obtain counterplay against the
black king.} (37. Qg3 Qc3 38. Bxh5 Rxe3 $19) (37. Re2 Bxe3 38. Rxe3 Qd4 $19)
37... gxh5 $19 {Svidler does not make any mistake the rest of the game, and
successfully converts his material advantage.} 38. Qg3+ Kh7 39. Nc2 Rxe1+ 40.
Nxe1 Qxa5 41. Nf3 Be3 42. Qd6 Qf5 43. Qe7 Bf4 44. Qxb7 a5 45. Nd4 Qg6 46. Ne2
Bd6 47. g3 a4 48. Qd5 a3 49. Kg2 Kg8 50. Qa8+ Bf8 51. Nf4 Qc2+ 52. Kh3 a2 53.
Nxh5 Qf5+ 54. Kg2 Qb1 55. Nf6+ Kg7 56. Nh5+ Kh7 57. Nf6+ Kg6 58. Qxf8 Qb2+ 59.
Kh3 Qxf6 60. Qg8+ Qg7 {A nice fighting game by both players and a
well-deserved victory to Svidler for his good defensive play and fighting
spirit!} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.10"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2742"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 c5 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Nc3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 (7. Qxd4
$5 {Giri,A (2737)-Bacrot,E (2723) Elancourt 2013 0-1 (44) CBM 157 [Marin,M]})
7... Nc6 8. O-O Qa5 9. e3 d6 ({Black couldn't get an equal position after} 9...
Qc5 $6 10. b3 d6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Qd2 Rac8 13. h3 Bd7 14. Nde2 Rfe8 15. Rac1 $14
{Petrosyan,M (2480)-Gabuzyan,H (2620) Gjakova KOS 2016.}) 10. h3 (10. Bd2 {
is the most popular continuation.} Qc5 (10... Qa6 11. b3 Bg4 12. Qe1 Rac8 13.
Nxc6 (13. h3 Bd7 14. Qe2 (14. Nc2 $5 Be6 15. e4 Nd7 16. f4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18.
Ne3 $14) 14... Rfd8 15. Rfe1 e6 16. Rac1 d5 17. cxd5 Qxe2 18. Rxe2 Nxd4 19.
exd4 Nxd5 20. Nxd5 exd5 21. Bxd5 Bxd4 22. Rxc8 (22. Re7 $1 Bc6 23. Bxc6 (23.
Bxf7+ Kf8 24. Bb4 a5 25. Rxc6 (25. Ba3 $2 Bb2 $17) 25... bxc6 26. Ba3 Bb2 27.
Bc5 Bd4 $11) 23... Rxc6 24. Rxc6 bxc6 25. Bh6 $14) 22... Bxc8 23. Bh6 Bc5 $11 {
Radjabov,T (2724)-Bacrot,E (2720) Tromso 2014 1/2 (32)}) 13... bxc6 14. h3 Bd7
15. e4 c5 16. f4 Bc6 17. e5 dxe5 18. fxe5 Nd7 19. e6 Bd4+ 20. Kh2 Ne5 21. exf7+
Rxf7 22. Rxf7 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Kxf7 (23... Nxf7 $5 24. Qe2 Rc6 25. Rf1 Re6 $11)
24. Qe4 $14 {Giri,A (2755)-Navara,D (2742) Baku AZE 2016 1/2 (36)}) 11. Nxc6
bxc6 12. b3 d5 13. cxd5 cxd5 14. Rc1 Qd6 15. e4 ({I believe White should have
considered} 15. Nb5 $1 Qd8 16. Nc7 Rb8 17. Bc3 e6 18. Be5 $14) 15... Bg4 16.
Qe1 dxe4 17. Nxe4 Nxe4 18. Bb4 Qe6 19. Qxe4 Qxe4 20. Bxe4 Rac8 21. Kg2 $14 {
1-0 (57) Vachier Lagrave,M (2811) -Ragger,M (2694) Novi Sad SRB 2016}) (10.
Bxc6 {leads to a drawish position.} bxc6 11. Nxc6 Qc7 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Bb7
14. Bd2 Bxc6 15. Rc1 Bxb2 16. Rxc6 Qd7 17. Qa4 Rfb8 18. Ra6 Qxa4 19. Rxa4 Rc8
$11 {Braun,A (2559)-Bacrot,E (2712) Deizisau 2015 1/2 (25)}) 10... Bd7 11. Qe2
Rfc8 12. Rd1 Rab8 13. Bd2 Qe5 $146 {A novelty, which probably was prepared at
home. Black's queen on e5 has not many squares to which it can retreat and it
might be subject to attack. It seems to me that the novelty is not enough to
get equal chances. Let's look at other continuations.} (13... Qd8 14. Rac1 a6
15. a4 $2 ({White has some chances to get an advantage after} 15. Nc2 Na5 (
15... e6 $5 16. b3 Qe7 17. Be1 $13 {Both sides have a bunch of different
options.}) 16. b3 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Nd4 b4 19. Na4 $14 {and Black has some
problems, for example} e5 20. Nc2 Nc6 21. Qe1) 15... Na5 {and White needs good
advice.} 16. Nd5 (16. b3 $2 e5 17. Nc2 Nxb3 18. Rb1 Be6 $19) 16... Nxd5 17.
cxd5 Bxa4 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Ra1 Bb5 20. Nxb5 Nb3 21. Rd1 axb5 22. Qxb5 Nxd2 23.
Rxd2 Rc1+ 24. Kh2 Qc8 $15 {Kovalenko,I (2657)-Parligras, M (2581) Albena 2015
0-1 (80). Black's bishop is very strong but the position which has arisen is
rather drawish.}) (13... a6 14. Be1 (14. Rac1 $5) 14... Qc7 15. Rac1 {1/2 (15)
Romanishin,O (2570)-Szekely,P (2450) Frunze 1985}) 14. Nc2 ({White could have
tried} 14. Rac1 $5 a6 ({It seems to me that 14...Nxd4 is in White's favour:} 
14... Nxd4 15. exd4 Qxd4 $6 (15... Qxe2 $142 16. Nxe2 $14) 16. Bf4 Qxc4 17.
Qxe7 Bc6 18. Ne4 Qe6 19. Qxe6 fxe6 20. Nxd6 $16) 15. b3 b5 16. cxb5 (16. Nf3 $5
Qc5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. e4 $13) 16... Nxd4 17. exd4 Qxe2 18. Nxe2 axb5 $11) 14...
a6 15. Nd5 Nxd5 {This is almost forced.} (15... b5 $6 16. Bc3 Qe6 17. g4 Be8
18. Nxf6+ Bxf6 19. Bd5 $16) 16. cxd5 Na7 17. Bc3 Qg5 ({Peter could have
sacrificed an exchange after} 17... Rxc3 $5 18. bxc3 Nb5 19. Rdc1 $1 Nxc3 20.
Qe1 {A critical position, Black should make a choice. I think that in any case
the position which has arisen is in White's favour.} Qf5 (20... Na4 $5 21. Nd4
Nc5 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Rab1 $14) 21. Nd4 Bxd4 22. exd4 Nxd5 23. Rab1 $14) 18. Bxg7
Kxg7 19. Nd4 Nb5 20. Nf3 Qf6 21. Rac1 {I don't think that Peter was satisfied
with the result of the opening.} Rc5 {After Rxc5 dxc5 Black's knight can move
to d6 and then to e8.} ({The computer recommends putting the a-pawn on a4 and
then playing ...Rc5.} 21... a5 22. Qd2 a4 23. a3 Rc5 (23... Rxc1 $6 24. Rxc1
Bxh3 $2 25. Bxh3 Qxf3 26. Bd7 $1 $18) 24. Ne1 Rbc8 25. Nd3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rxc1+
27. Qxc1 $14) 22. a4 {White has many attractive options, for example he could
take on c5 and push e4, e5.} (22. Rxc5 dxc5 23. e4 e5 $8 24. dxe6 Bxe6 25. a4
Na7 26. e5 Qe7 27. Qe3 b5 28. Rd6 $14) 22... Nc7 (22... Na7 $6 23. Rxc5 dxc5
24. Qc4 Nc8 25. Qxc5 Bxh3 26. e4 Bg4 27. e5 $16) 23. e4 {I'm not sure about
the right evaluation of this move. If both players could use a computer than
it deserves '!' or '!?'. In an over the board game Black can take a pawn, and
get some chances even to win the game. It should be mentioned that before 23.
e4 White had much better chances. These considerations led me to another
evaluation '?!'.} (23. Rxc5 dxc5 24. Qc2 b6 25. Nd2 Ne8 26. e4 e5 27. b3 $14) (
23. Rc4 $5 Rxc4 24. Qxc4 Ne8 25. Nd4 Rc8 26. Qb3 Rc7 27. a5 $14) 23... Bxa4 24.
e5 Qf5 25. b3 Bb5 {Svidler has no choice.} (25... Bxb3 $2 26. Nd4 Qxe5 27.
Qxe5+ dxe5 28. Nxb3 $16) 26. Qb2 (26. Qd2 $1 {seems to be stronger than the
natural 26.Qb2.} Rxc1 (26... Rd8 27. b4 Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Ne8 29. e6 Qd3 30. exf7
Nf6 31. Qe1 Qxd5 32. h4 $16) 27. Rxc1 Ne8 28. e6 Kg8 29. Nd4 Qf6 30. Rc3 Qg7
31. exf7+ Qxf7 32. Nxb5 axb5 33. Qe2 $14) 26... Rxc1 27. Rxc1 {White could
have tried other continuations.} (27. Qxc1 $5 Ne8 28. e6 (28. g4 $5 Qc8 29. Qf4
f6 30. exf6+ Nxf6 31. Re1 Qf8 32. Qe3 Kg8 (32... Re8 33. Rc1 $16) 33. Nd4 Bd7
34. Qxe7 Qxe7 35. Rxe7 Re8 $11) 28... fxe6 29. Nd4 Qf7 (29... Qf6 $6 30. Nxe6+
Kg8 31. Rd4 Ng7 32. Rf4 Qe5 33. Qc7 $16) 30. dxe6 (30. Nxe6+ Kg8 31. Re1 Bd7 {
Black should survive}) 30... Qf6 31. h4 Kh8 32. Qe3 Ng7 33. Rc1 Nf5 34. Nxf5
gxf5 35. Rc7 f4 36. Qxf4 Qxf4 37. gxf4 Re8 38. Bxb7 Kg7 $11) (27. e6+ Qf6 28.
Qxc1 Be2 29. Qxc7 Bxd1 30. Qxb8 Bxf3 31. Bxf3 Qxf3 32. Qxb7 Qd1+ $11) 27... Ne8
28. Re1 dxe5 29. Nxe5 Nf6 30. Qd4 ({Black is OK after} 30. g4 Qf4 31. Nc4 Kf8
32. Re4 Qg5 $11 33. Re5 Qf4 34. Re4 Qg5 $11 (34... Qh6 $2 35. d6 $18)) 30...
Rc8 31. Nc4 (31. g4 $5 {the last chance to play to win.} Qg5 $8 32. Kh2 $1 {
threatening f4. The following line is forced} (32. f4 $2 Qh4 33. Nf3 Qg3 34.
Rxe7 Rc1+ $17) 32... Rc2 $8 33. Nf3 $8 (33. f4 $2 Qh4 34. Nf3 Qf2 $17) 33...
Qxd5 34. g5 Qxd4 35. Nxd4 Rxf2 36. gxf6+ Kxf6 37. Nxb5 axb5 38. Re4 $13 {
It's not easy to evaluate the final position, I think that the position which
has arisen is rather equal.}) 31... Qc2 32. Nb6 $2 {A terrible mistake, which
costs Ding Liren the game.} (32. Rxe7 Bxc4 33. bxc4 Rxc4 34. Qe5 $11 {with the
obvious threat of Qe6:} Qd1+ 35. Kh2 Rc1 36. g4 Qg1+ 37. Kg3 Rc2 38. Rxf7+ Kxf7
39. Qe6+ Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kg8 (40... Kh6 $4 41. Qf8+ Kg5 42. f4#) 41. Qe6+ $11)
32... Rc3 $1 {Black has an extra pawn and after ...Rxb3 or ...Qxb3 the white
knight on b6 almost has no squares to which to retreat.} (32... Qc3 $2 33. Qxc3
Rxc3 34. Rxe7 Rxb3 35. Rxb7 $15 {White should be able to make a draw.}) 33.
Rxe7 (33. b4 {[%emt 0:00:33] is not better than Rxe7:} Rd3 34. Qe5 Rd2 35. Qe3
Qb2 {Black has a winning position.}) 33... Rxb3 34. Re1 $6 {White should have
taken on b7.} (34. Qe5 $4 Rb1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf2 $19) (34. g4 h6 35. Rxb7 a5 36. Ra7
a4 $22 {White has no good moves.} 37. Kh2 $8 (37. Nxa4 Rd3 38. Qf4 (38. Qb2
Bxa4 $19) (38. Qb4 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2 $19 40. Qc5 Qf4#) 38... g5 $19) 37... a3
38. Na4 $5 {setting a trap:} Bxa4 (38... a2 $4 39. Nc5) 39. Ra6 Qb2 40. Rxa4
Qe2 $1 41. d6 Rd3 $19) (34. Rxb7 a5 35. Ra7 Rb1+ (35... a4 $6 36. Nxa4 Rd3 37.
Qb4 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Qxf2 39. Qc5 $15 {That's the difference between 34.g4 h6 35.
Rxb7 and 34.Rxb7 immediately.}) 36. Kh2 Qc1 37. f4 (37. g4 Qg1+ 38. Kg3 Rb3+
$19) 37... Rb2 $19) 34... Rd3 35. Qe5 ({A slightly more stubborn try is} 35.
Qb4 Rd2 36. Qf4 h6 37. Qe3 Qb2 $19) 35... Qc5 $1 $19 36. Na8 $8 Rd2 37. Re3
Qc1+ 38. Re1 Qc2 39. d6 (39. Qe3 Nxd5 40. Qe5+ Nf6 $19) 39... Rxf2 40. Bxb7 Rf5
$6 {This move gives White a small chance to continue the game.} (40... Rh2 $1
41. Qf4 Rxh3 42. Bg2 Ng4 $1 $19) 41. Qe3 $2 (41. Qd4 $8 {and Black had to find}
Bc6 42. Bxc6 Qxc6 43. Nc7 Rf3 44. Ne8+ Kh6 45. Qd2+ g5 46. Kh2 Qb6 $1 47. Re2
Rf1 $1 48. Qe3 Qc6 49. Rg2 Nxe8 $19 {That is not easy to calculate.}) 41... Bc6
$1 42. Bxc6 Qxc6 43. Nc7 Qxd6 44. Qc3 Kh6 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
b4 9. d4 O-O 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Bd5 Bb7 15.
Nb3 Rad8 16. Qd3 Ba7 17. c4 Nb8 18. Nh4 Nxd5 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. cxd5 c6 21. d6 Bc8
22. Rd1 Bxf5 23. exf5 Bd4 24. Be3 Rxd6 25. Bxd4 exd4 26. Nc5 Rd5 27. Nxa6 Nxa6
28. Qxa6 Qxf5 29. Qxc6 Rxa5 30. Rxa5 Qxa5 31. Qc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 32nd"]
[Site "Novi Sad"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "174"]
[EventDate "2016.11.06"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SRB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 176"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. h3 Na6 10. Qxb6 axb6 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bd2 Be4 14. e3 Rfc8
15. Rfc1 Nc5 16. Ne1 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e6 18. Rc2 Ne4 19. Rac1 Rxc2 20. Rxc2 Bf8
21. a3 Ra4 22. Bc1 b5 23. f3 Nd6 24. b3 Ra8 25. Rc7 b4 26. axb4 Ra1 27. Nd3 Rb1
28. Kf2 Rxb3 29. Ke2 Rb1 30. Kd1 Ra1 31. Kc2 b5 32. Kb2 Ra8 33. g4 g5 34. Kb3
h6 35. Nc5 Ra1 36. Kb2 Ra8 37. Kb3 Nc4 38. Rb7 Ra1 39. Nd3 Nd6 40. Rb8 Kg7 41.
Kb2 Ra7 42. Nc5 Nc4+ 43. Kb1 Na3+ 44. Bxa3 Rxa3 45. Rxb5 Rxe3 46. Rb7 Kg6 47.
Kc2 Bg7 48. Nb3 Rxf3 49. b5 e5 50. Rb6+ Kh7 51. Rd6 Rf2+ 52. Kc1 e4 53. Rxd5 e3
54. Kd1 Rb2 55. Na5 f5 56. Rxf5 e2+ 57. Ke1 Bxd4 58. Rf3 Rc2 59. b6 Bxb6 60.
Nb3 Bc7 61. Rd3 Be5 62. Nd2 Bf4 63. Kxe2 Ra2 64. Ke1 Ra1+ 65. Ke2 Ra2 66. Ke1
Bxd2+ 67. Rxd2 Ra3 68. Rd7+ Kg8 69. Kf2 Rxh3 70. Kg2 Re3 71. Ra7 Kf8 72. Ra6
Kg7 73. Rb6 Re4 74. Kg3 Rf4 75. Ra6 Rf6 76. Ra5 Kg6 77. Rb5 Ra6 78. Rc5 Kf6 79.
Rb5 Ke6 80. Rc5 Ra3+ 81. Kg2 Rd3 82. Ra5 Rd5 83. Ra6+ Ke5 84. Rxh6 Kf4 85. Rh3
Rd2+ 86. Kg1 Kxg4 87. Ra3 Rc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.24"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bellon Lopez, Juan Manuel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. e3 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. c3 Nc6 6. Nd2 b6 7. a3 Bb7 8. Ngf3 g5
9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Be5 Nxe5 11. Nxe5 Nf6 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Ng4 Bg7 15.
Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Rh7 Ke7 17. Qh5 Qf8 18. O-O-O Rh8 19. dxc5 bxc5 20. Nb3 d6 21.
f3 Qg7 22. Qh2 Bd5 23. Rh3 Bxc3 24. Nd4 cxd4 25. bxc3 dxe3 26. Rd4 Rhc8 0-1

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Salomon, Johan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qh5 8. h3
Qg6 9. b4 Bd6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. Rb1 Nbd7 12. b5 Nb6 13. O-O Nbd5 14. bxc6 bxc6
15. Nxd5 cxd5 16. Rb3 Qh5 17. Bb2 Bxh3 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. d3 Rad8 20. Bxh3 Qxh3
21. dxe4 dxe4 22. Qd4 Qe6 23. Qxa7 Ra8 24. Qb6 Rxa2 25. Nd4 Qd7 26. Re3 Rb8 27.
Qc6 Qxc6 28. Nxc6 Re8 29. Rd1 Bf8 30. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Steinberg, Nitzan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2486"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Be2 d6 8. O-O
Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nb3 b5 11. a3 O-O 12. g4 Bc8 13. g5 Nd7 14. Rf3 Bb7 15. Rg3
Re8 16. Bf1 Bf8 17. Qg4 g6 18. Rd1 Rc8 19. Rh3 f6 20. Qh4 Qe7 21. f5 exf5 22.
Nd5 Qf7 23. exf5 Nce5 24. Bg2 Rxc2 25. Be4 Rc4 26. Nd4 fxg5 27. Bxg5 gxf5 28.
Bxf5 Ng6 29. Bxg6 Qxg6 30. Rg3 Bxd5 31. b3 Rc3 32. Rxc3 Re4 33. Rg3 Kh8 34. Qh3
Bg7 35. Qxd7 Rxd4 36. Qd8+ Bg8 37. Rf1 Rd3 38. Rg2 Bd4+ 39. Kh1 Rf3 40. Rd1 Qf7
41. Rdg1 Bxg1 42. Bf6+ Rxf6 43. Rxg8+ Qxg8 44. Qxf6+ Qg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.27"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2447"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 e6 2. g3 b5 3. e4 Bb7 4. Qe2 c5 5. Bg2 a6 6. O-O Nf6 7. e5 Nd5 8. Nc3 d6
9. exd6 Bxd6 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Rd1 Nd7 15. c4
bxc3 16. bxc3 Qc8 17. Rb1 Ra7 18. c4 N5f6 19. Rxb7 Rxb7 20. Nc6 Bc5 21. Nxc5
Nxc5 22. Ba3 Nxa4 23. Qc2 Nb2 24. Bxb2 Rd7 25. Ba3 Re8 26. Bd6 Kh8 27. Ne5 Ra7
28. c5 Nd5 29. c6 f6 30. Qc5 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.28"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2574"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 Qb6 7. Nb3 Nf6 8. a3
Ne7 9. Bd3 Ng6 10. Bg3 h5 11. h4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. g3 b5 14. Qd2 Qb6 15.
O-O-O Ng4 16. Rhf1 Nh2 17. Rfe1 Ng4 18. Rf1 Nh2 19. Rfe1 Ng4 20. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Spraggett, Kevin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qf3 d6 8. Nc2
Ba5 9. b4 Bc7 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Be2 Ne5 12. Qe3 Qe7 13. Bg3 O-O 14. O-O a5 15. a3
axb4 16. axb4 Bd7 17. h3 Rfc8 18. Na3 Bb8 19. Bxe5 dxe5 20. c5 Rd8 21. Bb5 Bc6
22. Bxc6 bxc6 23. Nc2 Bc7 24. Qe2 Qe8 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Qc4 g6 27. Ra1 Rxa1+
28. Nxa1 Qd7 29. Nb3 Ne8 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Bd8 32. Qd3 Ke7 33. Qxd7+ Kxd7 34.
Kd3 f5 35. Kc4 Nf6 36. b5 cxb5+ 37. Kxb5 Ne8 38. Nc1 Nc7+ 39. Kc4 1-0

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Short, Nigel D"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2675"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nb8 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. Bf2 a6 14. O-O f6 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Na4 b5 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. c3 g6 20. Qe2 Qd7 21. Rae1
e5 22. Bc5 Rf7 23. fxe5 Bxe5 24. Rxf7 Qxf7 25. a4 bxa4 26. Bxa6 Qc7 27. Kh1
Bxh2 28. Bb5 Ne5 29. Bd4 Bg3 30. Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.01.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Deac, Bogdan Daniel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2572"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 d6 5. d5 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. h4 h6 8. Be3 a6 9.
a4 exd5 10. cxd5 Bg4 11. Be2 f5 12. Ng1 Qb6 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Bxg4 fxg4 15. Nge2
Nd7 16. a5 Qd8 17. Nf4 b5 18. axb6 Qxb6 19. Ne6 Rfb8 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Qd2 Ng8
22. Bf4 Ne5 23. Ra2 Nc4 24. Qe2 Rf8 25. Bg3 Qb3 26. O-O Nf6 27. Rc1 Rfe8 28.
Raa1 a5 29. f4 gxf3 30. gxf3 Nh5 31. Bh2 Rf8 32. Qc2 Qxc2 33. Rxc2 Rxf3 34. Nb5
Ne3 35. Re2 Raf8 36. Bxd6 R8f7 37. Rae1 Ng4 38. Rg2 Ne3 39. Rge2 Ng4 40. Rg2
Ne3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2748"]
[BlackElo "2559"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. Be3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. h4 Nc6 12. Qd2 O-O 13. O-O-O Nc5 14. f3 Rb8 15.
Nxc6 Bxc6 16. b4 Nd7 17. h5 a5 18. g6 axb4 19. axb4 Ne5 20. f4 Ng4 21. Bh3 Nxe3
22. Qxe3 Qb6 23. gxf7+ Kxf7 24. Qg3 Qa7 25. Rhg1 Qa3+ 26. Kd2 Qxb4 27. Qxg7+
Ke8 28. Bxe6 Bf6 29. Qg3 Bxe4 30. Qe3 Ke7 31. Bb3 Kd7 32. Be6+ Ke7 33. Bb3 Kd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Gibraltar Masters 15th"]
[Site "Caleta"]
[Date "2017.02.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Huzman, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2748"]
[Annotator "Navara,D"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2017.01.24"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GGB"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.03.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{This game is far too complex for me to analyse within a short time. I would
gladly leave the task to the author himself.} 1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4.
Nc3 Nf6 5. Nh4 Bb4 6. Nxf5 exf5 7. e3 O-O 8. Be2 dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O Nc6
11. a3 Ba5 12. dxc5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Qa5 14. Qc2 Qxc5 15. Bd3 g6 16. c4 Ne5 17.
Bb2 Nxd3 18. Bxf6 Qc6 19. Bd4 Nc5 20. Rab1 b6 21. Ba1 f6 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Rbc1
Rc7 {The position is approximately balanced. White's weakness on c4 is being
compensated for by the potential vulnerability of Black's king.} 24. Rd5 $2 (
24. h3 {would maintain the equilibrium.}) 24... Nb3 $1 {White must have missed
this nice trick. Now he loses a pawn.} 25. Rcd1 (25. Qxb3 $2 Qxd5 $19) 25...
Qxc4 $17 {Black's technical task is far from easy. He should exchange as many
pieces as he can, create a passed pawn and promote it or give it up for
White's kingside pawns, but that is easier said than done.} 26. Qb2 Qc2 27.
R5d3 Qxb2 28. Bxb2 Nc5 29. Rd4 Kf7 30. h3 h5 31. g4 hxg4 32. hxg4 fxg4 33. Rxg4
Rd7 34. Rxd7+ Nxd7 35. Ra4 a5 36. Rd4 Ke6 37. Rg4 g5 38. Re4+ Ne5 $1 39. Kg2
Rc8 $1 40. Bxe5 f5 $1 {Black keeps his kingside pawns intact, thus depriving
White's rook of targets and good squares.} 41. Rd4 Kxe5 {Black has a spare
pawn and his pieces are more active than White's. The conversion still
requires good technique, which GM Svidler readily demonstrated.} 42. a4 Rc2 {
The rook heads for b4.} 43. Rd8 Rc4 44. Re8+ Kd6 45. Rd8+ Ke5 46. Re8+ Kd5 47.
Rd8+ Kc5 48. Rf8 f4 49. Rf5+ Kc6 50. Rxg5 fxe3 51. fxe3 Rxa4 52. Kf3 Rc4 53. e4
a4 54. Rg7 b5 55. Ra7 Kc5 56. e5 Kd5 {This was an instructive game which
certainly deserves a more detailed analysis.} 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. b3 dxc4 8. bxc4
c5 9. Bb2 Qb6 10. Qc1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. Nb3 Rfd8
15. Be5 a5 16. c5 Qa6 17. Qb2 Qb7 18. Qa3 Be4 19. Rfd1 Rxd1+ 20. Rxd1 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Qb4 22. Qxb4 axb4 23. Nd4 Ne4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Nxc6 Rxa2 26. Nxb4 Rb2 27.
Na6 Ra2 28. Nb4 Rb2 29. Na6 Ra2 30. Nb4 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2750"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. a3 a6 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. b4
Ba7 9. h3 d6 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. c3 Qe8 14. O-O Nh5 15.
Nxh5 Qxh5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rf6 18. Ra2 Raf8 19. Raf2 Nd8 20. Qa4 Qg6 21.
Kh2 Qf7 22. Kg1 Qg6 23. Kh2 Qf7 24. Kg1 Qg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. a4 bxc4 (7... b4 {
is the main continuation.} 8. Ne2 (8. Nb1 e6 9. Nbd2 Nbd7 10. Bb2 (10. Bd3 Bf5
11. Qc2 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 Be7 13. O-O O-O 14. Bb2 h6 15. Rac1 Qb6 16. Qc2 a5 17. h3
Rfe8 18. e4 Nxe4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. Qxe4 Rad8 {Magallanes,F (2510)-Chiru,I 
(2535) ICCF email 2010 1/2 (40), White was slightly better.}) 10... Bd6 ({
As an alternative I can suggest} 10... Be7 $5 11. Qc2 (11. Bd3 Bh5 (11... Bf5
$6 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Qc2 g6 14. Ne5 Rc8 15. Rc1 O-O 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Nc6 Qe8
18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qxc8 Rxc8 20. Rxc8+ Kg7 21. O-O $14) 12. O-O O-O 13. Qc2 Bg6
{White is slightly better.}) 11... Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 O-O 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 c5 16. O-O Nxe4 17. Qxe4 Bf6 $11) 11. Qc2 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3
O-O 14. e4 Bf4 (14... Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc7 17. O-O Rad8 18. Rad1
Rfe8 19. Rfe1 $14) 15. O-O Bxd2 16. Nxd2 a5 17. Rac1 $14 {Inarkiev,E (2706)
-Lin,C (2448) China 2015 1-0 (33)}) 8... e6 (8... Nbd7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 $6 10. dxe5
Bxe2 11. Bxe2 Ne4 12. Bb2 (12. cxd5 cxd5 13. e6 $1 fxe6 14. Bb2 $16) 12... e6
13. O-O Nc3 14. Qd3 dxc4 15. Qxc4 Qd5 16. Rfc1 $14 {Inarkiev,E (2675)-Solak,D 
(2607) Jerusalem 2015 1/2 (76)}) (8... Bxf3 9. gxf3 a5 10. Ng3 g6 11. cxd5 Nxd5
(11... cxd5 $6 12. e4) 12. Bb2 Bg7 13. Rc1 O-O 14. f4 f5 15. Bg2 $14 {
Khismatullin,D (2681)-Lintchevski,D (2555) St Petersburg 2014 1-0 (34)}) 9. Ne5
Bxe2 $6 (9... Bh5 $5 10. Bb2 Nfd7) 10. Bxe2 Bd6 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Qc2 Ne4 13. Rc1
f5 14. O-O Ra7 15. f3 $16 {Buhmann,R (2633)-McShane,L (2655) Germany 2016 1-0 
(44)}) 8. bxc4 Nbd7 ({White should prepare some improvement in the line} 8...
e6 9. c5 Nbd7 10. a5 e5 11. Qa4 Bxf3 12. gxf3 Qc7 13. Bh3 {Thist seems to be a
wrong path.} (13. Rb1 $5 Be7 14. Rb6 Nxb6 15. cxb6 Qb7 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 $44)
(13. Be2 $5 Be7 14. Na2 O-O 15. Nb4 exd4 16. exd4 Nb8 17. O-O $14) 13... Be7
14. O-O O-O 15. Na2 Rfb8 16. Nb4 Rb5 17. Rd1 Nf8 $11 18. dxe5 $6 N6d7 19. Nd3
Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 $15 {Karjakin,S (2756)-Solak,D (2618) Antalya 2013 1/2 (47)}
) 9. a5 (9. c5 a5 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 e5 12. Qd1 g6 $1 13. Bd3 Bg7 14. Rb1 O-O
15. O-O Qc7 16. Bd2 Rfe8 17. Ne2 Ne4 18. Be1 f5 19. f3 Ng5 20. Bc2 Ne6 21. Bf2
exd4 22. exd4 Nf6 $132 {Girya,O (2466)-Volkov,S (2618) Taganrog 2015 0-1 (48)})
9... e5 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 Bb4 12. Bd2 O-O $146 {A logical novelty. In a
previous game Black played 12...exd4 but he obviously wasn't satisfied with
the result of the opening.} (12... exd4 13. exd4 Bxc3 $6 (13... Qe7+ 14. Qe2
dxc4 15. Bxc6 (15. Qxe7+ Kxe7 16. O-O Rhc8 17. Rfc1 Nf8 18. Ne4 $14) 15... Rb8
16. Bf3 Qxe2+ 17. Kxe2 $14) ({Probably Black should have preferred} 13... O-O
14. O-O dxc4 15. Qe2 Bxa5 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qxa6 Bb4 18. Rfd1 c5 {Black should
gradually equalise.}) 14. Bxc3 Qe7+ 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Qxe4+ dxe4
18. Rb1 Ke7 19. Kd2 $16 {1-0 (34) Howell,D (2655)-Sarakauskas,G (2414)
Northampton ENG 2017. Black is in trouble.}) 13. O-O dxc4 14. Qe2 {Now Black
can swap all pawns on the queenside.} ({After} 14. Qa4 {Black can equalise} Rb8
15. Qxc6 exd4 16. exd4 Ne5 17. dxe5 Qxd2 18. exf6 Bxc3 $11) 14... exd4 15. exd4
Bxa5 16. Qxc4 Rc8 17. Qxa6 Bb6 $6 {This is worse than 17...Bb4.} (17... Bb4 $1
18. Rfd1 (18. Rac1 c5 19. Bb7 (19. d5 $2 Ne5 $15 {White will lose the d5-pawn.}
) 19... cxd4 $1 20. Bxc8 dxc3 21. Bxc3 Bxc3 22. Bxd7 Bd2 $11) (18. Qa4 c5 19.
dxc5 ({Here after} 19. d5 {White will not lose the d5-pawn for free.} Ne5 20.
Be2 Nxd5 21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Bxb4 cxb4 23. Qxb4 {draw.}) 19... Bxc5 20. Rad1 Qb6
$11) 18... Re8 19. Rac1 c5 20. Be3 cxd4 21. Bxd4 Qa5 22. Qxa5 Bxa5 23. Na4 Ne5
{Black should make a draw without big problems.}) 18. Be3 c5 (18... Re8 {
won't be an improvement.} 19. Rfc1 Re6 20. Ne2 c5 21. Rab1 $16 {Black's
position is unpleasant and it is not easy to advise him something reasonable.})
19. Na4 $1 cxd4 $8 (19... c4 $2 20. Rfc1 {and Black can't protect the c4-pawn.}
) 20. Nxb6 $8 Qxb6 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Bxd4 $14 {Of course a bishop pair is
stronger than the opponent's knight pair but there are no pawns on the
queenside so I believe that Black will make a draw if he plays cautiously.} Nc4
23. Rfd1 ({another option is} 23. Rfc1 Nd2 24. Bd1 Nde4 25. f3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1
Ng5 27. Rc6 Ne6 28. Be5 $14) 23... Rfe8 24. g3 h6 25. Kg2 Ne5 26. Be2 Re6 (
26... Nc6 27. Be3 (27. Bxf6 gxf6) 27... Nb4 28. Bb5 Re5 29. Bf1 Nc2 30. Bf4
Ree8 31. Rac1 g5 32. Bd2 Ne4 33. Ba5 Rc5 34. Bb6 Rcc8 $14) ({I would try to
put both knights on the kingside. In this case White can try push pawns but I
believe that Black should be able to draw.} 26... Ng6 $5 {Then Black can play .
..Nf8, ...Ne6 with a passive but solid position. Komodo recommends to swap
rooks after} 27. Bb5 Red8 28. Ba6 Ra8 29. Be2 Rxa1 30. Bxa1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 {
that helps Black to make a draw.}) 27. h3 Nc6 28. Ba6 Rd8 29. Be3 Rxd1 30. Rxd1
Ne5 31. Bb5 g5 $5 {Black gains some space but it creates additional weaknesses.
} (31... Ne4 $1 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Ba4 Nc4 34. Bc1 Rd6 35. Re8 Ned2 36. Rc8 Rd4
$14) (31... Ng6 $6 {is dangerous for Black due to} 32. Rd8+ Kh7 33. Bc4 Re7 34.
Bd4 Ne5 35. Bb5 $1 (35. Bxe5 Rxe5 36. Bxf7 Re7 {the position is rather drawish.
}) 35... Ne4 (35... Ng6 $2 36. Bd3 {Black has no moves.} h5 37. h4 Rb7 38. Rd6
$18) 36. Rd5 Ng6 37. h4 Nf6 (37... Nf8 38. f3 Nf6 39. Rd8 Ng6 (39... Ne6 $4 40.
Bd3+) 40. Bd3 $18) 38. Rd8 h5 39. Bd3 Ng4 40. Rd5 Kh6 41. Rd6 N4e5 42. Bxe5
Rxe5 43. f4 Re6 44. Rd8 f5 $8 45. Bxf5 Rf6 46. Be4 $16 {the position is rather
winning for White.}) 32. Rc1 Rd6 33. Rc8+ Kg7 34. Ba4 Ra6 35. Bb3 Rc6 36. Ra8 (
36. Rxc6 $2 Nxc6 37. f4 gxf4 38. Bxf4 Ng8 $14 {Black is out of danger.}) 36...
Rc3 37. Ba2 Rc2 $2 {Probably Peter was in time trouble.} (37... Rd3 38. Ra5 Nc6
39. Rc5 Rd6 40. Rb5 Rd7 {It is obvious that White can keep playing to win but
I don't think that Ding would win it.}) (37... Nd3 $4 38. Ra7 $18) 38. Ra7 Nc4
$2 {The last mistake. In any case Svidler's position was very difficult.} (
38... Ned7 39. Bd4 Kg8 40. Ra6 Rd2 41. Bc3 Rc2 42. Ba1 Ne4 43. Kf3 Nd2+ 44. Kg4
$16) (38... Kf8 39. Bd4 Nfd7 40. Bb1 Rc1 41. Bf5 Rd1 42. Bc3 $16 {White has
excellent chances to win the game.}) 39. Bd4 $1 $18 Nd6 40. Rd7 (40. Be5 Rd2
41. Rd7 Nc4 42. Rxd2 Nxd2 43. f3 $18) 40... Nb5 (40... Rxa2 41. Rxd6 $18) 41.
Rxf7+ Kg8 42. Bxf6 Rxa2 43. Rg7+ Kf8 44. Rb7 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2761"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. b4 Bb6 8. Nbd2
Ne7 9. d4 Ng6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf1 c6 12. Qc2 Be6 13. Rb1 Re8 14. h3 Qc7 15. a4
a5 16. bxa5 Bxa5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nc4 Bxc4 20. Bxc4 b5 21. axb5
cxb5 22. Bxb5 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Bxc3 24. Bxe8 Bxe1 25. Bc6 Rc8 26. Bb7 Rc2 27. Be3
Bd2 28. Bxd2 Rxd2 29. Rb5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2769"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 {This position usually
arises from another move order: 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 c5 3.c4 cxd4 4.cxd5 Nf6 5.Nxd4
Nxd5.} 6. e4 Nf6 (6... Nb4 {is the main alternative here.}) 7. Bb5+ (7. Nc3 {
is played more often.}) 7... Bd7 (7... Nfd7 $6 8. O-O a6 9. Ba4 g6 10. e5 $1 e6
(10... Bg7 $2 11. e6 $18) 11. f4 $14 {1-0 (21) Alekhine,A-Rellstab,L/Bad
Nauheim (03) 1936}) 8. Qe2 {A rare, hardly promising continuation.} (8. e5 {
is not dangerous:} Bxb5 9. Nxb5 Qxd1+ 10. Kxd1 Nd5 11. N1c3 Nc6 $1 12. Nxd5
O-O-O 13. Nbc3 e6 14. Bd2 exd5 $11 {1-0 (37) Szalanczy,E (2335)-Szuhai,B
Budapest 1982}) (8. Nc3 e5 {leads to a position usually arising after 7.Nc3 e5
8.Bb5+ Bd7}) (8. Bxd7+ {is probably the most appropriate:} Nbxd7 (8... Qxd7 9.
e5) 9. Nc3 e5 10. Nf5 (10. Ndb5 Nc5 11. Qxd8+ Rxd8 12. Bg5 a6 13. Nc7+ Kd7 14.
N7d5 Nxd5 $5 15. Rd1 Rc8 16. Nxd5 Ke6 $11) 10... Nc5 11. Qxd8+ (11. Qf3 Qd3 12.
Qxd3 Nxd3+ 13. Ke2 {1-0 (34) Alekhine,A-Blum,M Bern 1922} Nc5 $14) 11... Rxd8
12. Bg5 Nd3+ 13. Ke2 Nf4+ 14. Bxf4 exf4 15. Rhd1 g6 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Rd1+ Nd7
18. Nd6 $14 {1/2 (40) Yrjola,J (2413)-Salmensuu,O (2428) Finland 2002}) 8... e5
(8... a6 $143 9. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 10. O-O e6 11. Nc3 Qc7 12. Bg5 Bd6 13. Rac1 Bxh2+
14. Kh1 Be5 15. f4 Bxd4 16. Nb5 $40 {1-0 (47) Udovcic,M-Karaklajic,N Sarajevo
1951}) 9. Nf3 Bb4+ 10. Bd2 Bxd2+ 11. Nbxd2 Qb6 {Black has simplified the game
to his favour but now his queen comes under attack.} (11... Qe7 {looks more
solid and close to equality.}) 12. a4 a6 (12... Bxb5 13. Qxb5+ $5 Nc6 14. Nc4)
13. Nc4 Qc5 14. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 15. O-O O-O 16. Rfd1 Rac8 (16... Rad8 $142 {
, and Black holds on, e.g.} 17. Rd2 (17. Rac1 Qb4 {[%cal Yd7c5]}) 17... Qb4 18.
Rad1 Rc8 19. Nd6 Rc7) 17. Nd6 Rc6 18. Qd2 $1 Qb6 19. b4 Qc7 20. Rac1 $16 Nb6
21. Rxc6 Qxc6 (21... bxc6 22. a5 Nbd5 (22... Nbd7 23. Ng5 $18 {[%csl Rf7]}) 23.
exd5 Qxd6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Nxe5 $16) 22. Nxe5 Qxa4 23. Rc1 Qb3 24. Qd4 Qe6 25.
Nxb7 $18 {White has won a pawn while keeping an excellent position.} Re8 26. f4
Nbd7 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nc6 Nb8 29. Na5 Nbd7 30. Nc6 Nb8 31. Na5 Nbd7 32. Rd1 Nh5
33. e5 (33. f5 Qe5 34. Nc6 $18 {is simpler}) 33... Qg4 34. Rf1 g5 {Desperation.
.. and White fails to find a refutation!} 35. h3 $2 {[%mdl 8192]} (35. Nc6 $1
Nxf4 36. Ne7+ Kh8 (36... Kg7 37. e6+ f6 38. Nef5+ Kg6 39. Rxf4 Qxf4 40. exd7
Qc1+ 41. Kf2 $18) 37. e6+ f6 38. Rxf4 gxf4 (38... Qxe6 39. Re4 $18) 39. Nf7+ (
39. exd7 Qe6 40. Kf1 Qxe7 41. Nb7 {is quite enough, too}) 39... Kg7 (39... Rxf7
40. exd7) 40. Qxd7 Rxf7 (40... f3 41. Nf5+ Kg6 42. Ne5+ fxe5 43. Qg7+ Kxf5 44.
Qxf8+ $18) 41. h3 $1 Qg5 42. Nf5+ Qxf5 43. Qxf7+ Kh6 44. e7 $18) 35... Nxf4 $1
36. hxg4 Ne2+ 37. Kf2 (37. Kh2 $142) 37... Nxd4 38. Rd1 (38. Ke3 $142 Nc2+ 39.
Ke4 Nxb4 40. Rf3 $44) 38... f6 $1 {A move certainly overlooked by Anish Giri.}
(38... Ne6 39. Ndc4 Nb8 40. Rd6 $16) 39. e6 (39. Nf5 $142 fxe5 40. Ke1 $1 {
with a probable draw.}) ({After} 39. e6 Nxe6 {White must fight for survival a
pawn down but Peter Svidler was happy with a miraculous rescue.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. a3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Bd3 Bb6 12. O-O Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. b4 a6
15. Rc1 d4 (15... Re8 {is more accurate, and a forced line} 16. Bxa6 (16. g4
Bg6 17. Bxg6 hxg6 18. Qd3 d4 19. e4 Bc7 20. Bxc7 Qxc7 21. Kg2 Qf4 $11 {1-0 (44)
Gyimesi,Z (2571)-Van den Doel,E (2574) Tel Aviv 2001}) 16... Rxa6 17. b5 Rxa3
18. bxc6 bxc6 19. Rxc6 {, seen in a number of games, leads to a position close
to drawish, although Black needs to display accuracy.} Qh4) 16. g4 $1 Bg6 17.
e4 {A well-known old line, rather pleasant for White.} Re8 (17... Rc8 $144 18.
Re1 Re8) 18. Re1 (18. Nd2 $5 Rc8 (18... Bc7 19. Bxc7 Qxc7 20. f4 f6 21. Qf3 $14
{1/2 (42) Kveinys,A (2600)-Ogaard,L (2372) Norway 2008}) 19. Bg3 (19. Qb3 $5 {
L.Ftacnik}) 19... f6 (19... Qd7 20. f4 f6 21. Qf3 Bf7 22. Kg2 Ne7 23. Bc4 Bxc4
24. Nxc4 Bc7 25. Qd3 $14 {0-1 (33) Sakalauskas,V (2423)-Vouldis,A (2528)
Plovdiv 2003}) 20. b5 $6 (20. f4 $5 {A.Beliavsky}) (20. Bc4+ $5 Kh8 21. Bd5 $14
{L.Ftacnik}) 20... axb5 21. Qb3+ Kh8 22. Qxb5 Bc7 $1 23. Qxb7 Bxg3 24. Rxc6 $1
Rb8 25. Qa7 Bf4 26. Nf3 Bxe4 $1 27. Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Rd1 Qe8 $132 {1/2 (33)
Beliavsky,A (2595)-Georgiev,K (2610) Biel 1992 CBM 031 [Ftacnik,L]}) 18... Rc8
19. Bc4 $146 {A new continuation, which is hardly better than the others.} (19.
e5 $5 Ne7 20. Bc4 Nd5 (20... Rxc4 $2 21. Rxc4 Qd5 22. Nd2 Bd3 23. Rc1 Bb5 24.
Qb3 Bc6 25. Qxd5 Nxd5 26. Bg3 $16 {1/2 (57) Dorfman,J (2607)-Vaisser,A (2571)
Aix les Bains 2003 CBM 097 [Dautov]}) 21. Bg5 Qd7 {[%cal Yd5c3]} 22. e6 $1 fxe6
23. Ne5 Qd6 24. Bh4 Rf8 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. Bg3 Qd7 27. Qe2 Kh7 28. Qe4 Qf7 29.
Bd3 $44 {1-0 (55) Lima,D (2486)-Hobaica,J (2405) Brasilia 2010}) (19. Kg2 {
is even more solid:} Bc7 20. Qd2 Bxf4 21. Qxf4 $14 Na7 $6 22. Rxc8 Nxc8 23. Rd1
Na7 24. Bc4 Rxe4 25. Bxf7+ Kf8 26. Qg5 $1 $16 {1-0 (33) Epishin,V (2620)-Van
der Sterren,P (2535) Ter Apel 1992 CBM 030 [Ftacnik,L]}) 19... Qf6 $6 (19...
Bxe4 $1 20. Bxf7+ Kxf7 21. Ng5+ Kg8 22. Rxe4 Qd5 23. Qd3 Rxe4 24. Qxe4 Qxe4 25.
Nxe4 Rf8 {, and Black should not lose.}) 20. Bg5 Qd6 21. e5 $1 {Probably
missed by Black.} Qd7 (21... Qf8 {is too ugly.}) 22. Qb3 {[%cal Re5e6]} h6 (
22... Nd8 23. Bxd8 $1 Qxd8 24. e6 $16) 23. Bh4 (23. Bf4 $142 $1 Re6 $140 (23...
Nd8 $2 24. e6 Nxe6 25. Ne5) 24. Nh4 Bh7 25. Nf5 $16) 23... Re6 $1 {[%mdl 768]
An excellent defence. If White accepts this exchange sacrifice Black obtains
an excellent blockading position.} 24. Rcd1 Bh7 25. Rd2 g5 $2 {[%mdl 16384] An
unnecessary weakening; besides, White's bishop is pushed to a better square.} (
25... Ba7 $142 {[%cal Yb7b5]}) 26. Bg3 {[%cal Yh3h4]} Nd8 27. Red1 Qc7 28. Bd3
Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Nc6 30. a4 Qe7 31. b5 axb5 32. axb5 Nxe5 (32... Na5 33. Qa2 {
[%cal Rf3d4]}) (32... Nb4 33. Rxd4 $1 Bxd4 34. Nxd4 Rd8 35. Kg2 $1 $16) 33.
Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Bxe5 Qxe5 {White has won the exchange in a much better version
and gradually brings his advantage home.} 35. Rf3 Qe7 36. Kg2 Rc7 37. Qd5 Kg7
38. Rh1 $1 {[%cal Yh3h4]} Rd7 39. Re1 $1 Qd8 40. Qe5+ f6 41. Qf5 Bc7 42. Re6
Rf7 43. h4 $1 gxh4 44. Kh3 $18 Be5 $4 (44... Be5 $4 45. Rxe5) 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 d5 4. e3 a5 5. c4 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 a4 8. Be2
Bf5 9. O-O Nbd7 10. b4 a3 11. Bc3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Ne4 13. Rc1 Be6 14. Ba1 Nb6 15.
Qc2 Nd6 16. Nxb6 cxb6 17. e4 Rc8 18. Qb1 Bc4 19. Bxc4 Nxc4 20. b5 Qd7 21. Rc3
Rc7 22. h3 Rfc8 23. Rb3 f5 24. Re1 fxe4 25. Qxe4 Qf5 26. Qxf5 gxf5 27. Bc3 Nd6
28. Bd2 Rc2 29. Rxa3 Nxb5 30. Rd3 Bf6 31. g4 Kf7 32. Ng5+ Kg6 33. Ne6 Nd6 34.
Bb4 Ne4 35. Rf3 fxg4 36. hxg4 Rc1 37. Rfe3 Rxe1+ 38. Rxe1 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 Bh4+
40. Kf3 Bxe1 41. Bxe1 Ra8 42. Ke4 Rxa2 43. Kd5 Ra1 44. Bb4 Kf6 45. Nf8 Kf7 46.
Nd7 b5 47. Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.03.31"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O
d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ba7 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14. Kh1 Nc6 15.
Bb3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc6 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.04.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D46"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2769"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 c6 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. a4 e5 10. Bxc4 exd4 11. exd4 Nb6 12. Bb3 Nbd5 13. Bg5 Be6 14. Nxd5 cxd5
15. a5 Qc8 16. Bxf6 Qxc2 17. Bxc2 gxf6 18. a6 Rab8 19. Bd3 Rfd8 20. Rfc1 bxa6
21. Rxa6 Rxb2 22. Rxa7 Bg4 23. Ne1 Re8 24. h3 Be6 25. Raa1 Rb3 26. Rab1 Ra3 27.
Ra1 Rb3 28. Rab1 Ra3 29. Ra1 Rb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Du Te Cup"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2017.04.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Adams, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2761"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.03.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 {The Caro-Kann isn't part of Peter's consistent opening repertoire,
so this move might have come as a surprise for Michael.} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4.
h4 h5 5. Bd3 {This is one of most aggressive ways of handling the positions.
In most cases, White should be prepared to sacrifice a pawn.} Bxd3 6. Qxd3 e6
7. Bg5 Be7 (7... Qb6 $5 8. Nd2 c5 9. c4 {, as was checked out in many games,
leads to very sharp play.}) 8. Nf3 Nh6 9. Nc3 Nf5 10. Ne2 {The usual approach
- White is intending to exchange the Nf5 in a favourable situation.} c5 {
The most challenging - since White's king is still in the centre, this
standard break is quite effective.} (10... g6 11. Ng3 Nd7 12. Nxf5 gxf5 13. c3
{Saric,I (2666)-Motylev,A (2687) Poikovsky 2014, was unpleasant for Black.})
11. dxc5 Qa5+ $146 {No doubt, this innovation was properly explored by GM
Svidler before the game.} (11... Na6 {is what Michael faced earlier:} 12. Qb5+
(12. Bxe7 $5 Qxe7 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. a4 Qxb5 15. axb5 Nxc5 16. Ned4 {Rodi,L 
(2340)-Roiz,M (2605) Baku AZE 2016, led White to a slightly better ending.})
12... Qd7 13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. Bxe7 Kxe7 15. b4 b6 16. cxb6 Nxb4 17. Ned4 Nxd4
18. Nxd4 axb6 19. Rb1 Rxa2 20. Kd2 Na6 $11 {1/2 (31) Adams,M (2744)-Navara,D 
(2730) Wijk aan Zee NED 2016}) 12. c3 Qxc5 13. Bxe7 (13. O-O Nc6 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. g3 O-O 16. Nf4 g6 17. Rfe1 Rac8 18. Ng5 Kg7 $11 {was safe for Black.})
13... Kxe7 {This original decision seems risky - there are still many pieces
on the board, so the Ke7 is not that safe.} ({More to the point was} 13... Qxe7
14. Ned4 Nxd4 15. Nxd4 Nc6 16. Nf3 Qc7 17. Qe2 O-O $11) 14. Ned4 {In his turn,
GM Adams fails to extend his initiative properly - the exchanges favour Black
in this situation.} ({A much more energetic try would be} 14. O-O $1 Nc6 15.
Qd2 g6 16. Qg5+ Kf8 17. Qf6 Kg8 18. Rfd1 $14 {, and Black is suffering from a
lack of harmony.}) 14... Nxd4 15. Nxd4 (15. cxd4 Qb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2
Nc6 $11) 15... Nc6 {Now Black's problems are solved.} 16. O-O {This move isn't
bad at all, but it is a committal decision - White is giving up a central pawn.
} ({Safer was} 16. Qe3 Nxd4 17. cxd4 Qb4+ 18. Qd2 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. Qe3 Nd7
18. Rfe1 $6 {The first step in the wrong direction - White is wasting an
important tempo, letting Black consolidate.} ({The correct way was} 18. Rad1 $1
Kf8 19. c4 $1 {,maintaining the balance. The play might continue:} e5 (19...
Qxc4 $2 20. Rc1 Qa6 21. Rc7 $40) 20. Nf5 d4 (20... Qxe3 21. fxe3 Nf6 22. cxd5
Rd8 $11) 21. Qg5 g6 22. b4 $1 Qxb4 23. Rb1 Qxc4 24. Qe7+ Kg8 25. Nd6 Qe6 26.
Qxe6 fxe6 27. Rxb7 $44 {, and White has full compensation for the pawns.})
18... Kf8 19. Rad1 (19. Rac1 Rh6 20. Red1 Rg6 21. Qf3 Nf6 22. c4 Rg4 $17) 19...
Rh6 $1 {Peter finds a beautiful way of activating the rook.} 20. Rd3 $2 {
It is only after this mistake that White's position becomes really bad.} ({
Had he played} 20. c4 $1 dxc4 (20... Qxc4 21. Rc1 Qb4 22. Rc7 Rd8 23. Nf3 $15)
21. Qg3 Nf6 22. Rxe6 Rg6 23. Qd6+ Qxd6 24. Rxd6 $15 {, the activity of his
pieces would offer White excellent drawing chances.}) 20... Kg8 21. Qd2 Rg6 {
Now Black is just a pawn up.} 22. Nf3 Rg4 23. Nh2 $2 ({It was necessary to
swap the knights:} 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Rxe5 g6 25. g3 $17 {, hoping to trap the
opponent's rook by means of 26.f4. In this case White would still have some
practical drawing chances.}) 23... Rxh4 24. Qg5 (24. Rg3 {was hardly any
better:} Qf8 25. Qg5 Re4 26. Rxe4 dxe4 27. Qxh5 f5 $1 $19) 24... Re4 25. Ree3
Nf6 $19 {The rest is just an agony.} 26. b4 Qb6 27. Rg3 Re1+ 28. Nf1 Ng4 29.
Rde3 Ra1 30. Re2 Qa6 31. Qd2 Rc8 32. Qb2 Rb1 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B29"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nc3 Nxc3 5. dxc3 e6 6. Bf4 b6 7. Qd2 Bb7 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. h4 h6 10. h5 Nc6 11. Bg3 O-O-O 12. Rh4 Ne7 13. Ra4 Kb8 14. Bd3 g5
15. Qe2 Bc6 16. Ra3 Nf5 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. e6 f4 19. e7 Re8 20. exf8=Q Rhxf8 21.
Qa6 fxg3 22. fxg3 Re3 23. c4 Rxa3 24. Qxa3 Qxg3 25. Qe3 f6 26. Qe7 Qf4+ 27. Kb1
Rc8 28. b3 g4 29. Nh4 Qe5 30. Qxe5+ fxe5 31. Rd6 Rh8 32. Rg6 Kc7 33. Kc1 Rf8
34. Rxh6 g3 35. Rh7 Rf4 36. Ng6 Rf1+ 37. Kb2 Bxg2 38. Nxe5 Be4 39. Rxd7+ Kc8
40. Rg7 g2 41. h6 g1=Q 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O Bg7 7. exd6 Qxd6 8. c3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Nf6 10. Re1 a6 11. Ne5 b5 12. Be2 Bb7 13. Bf3 Nd8 14. Nb3 Bd5 15.
Nc5 c6 16. a4 Qc7 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Ned7 Nxd7 19. Bxd5 Nc6 20. Qf3 Nxc5 21.
dxc5 Rac8 22. Bf4 Qb7 23. Bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Rxe7 Rd8 26. Rc7 Rxc7 27.
Bxc7 Rd2 28. Ba5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nb4 6. Na3 c6 7. c3 Na6 8. Qa4
Nf6 9. Ne5 Nc7 10. c4 Bd6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Qb3 Rb8 13. Rac1 h6 14. Rfd1 Re8 15.
c5 Bf8 16. Nb1 Nd7 17. Nxd7 Qxd7 18. Nc3 b6 19. cxb6 Rxb6 20. Qa4 Ra6 21. Qb3
Rb6 22. Qa4 Ra6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. Be3 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Bc4 Qe7 10. Qd2 Nb6 11. Bb3 Bg4 12. Ne1 c5 13. f3 Bd7 14. a4 Bc6
15. a5 Nbd7 16. Nd3 b5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Bc4 Rfd8 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Rd1 Nf8 21.
Nf2 Ne6 22. Qd6 Qxd6 23. Rxd6 Nd8 24. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 Be7 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. Nd3 Qc7 10. O-O Nc6 11. f4 b6 12. f5 Rb8 13. e3 Nde5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nc3 Nxc4 16. f6 Nxb2 17. Qg4 Bxf6 18. Rxf6 Bb7 19. Ne4 Qe5 20. Raf1 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 h5 22. Qh4 gxf6 23. Rxf6 Kg7 24. Rf5 exf5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 f5 4. g3 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. O-O Nc6 8. Rb1 a5
9. a3 O-O 10. b4 axb4 11. axb4 h6 12. b5 Ne7 13. Qb3 Be6 14. Nd2 c6 15. Ba3 Rf7
16. bxc6 bxc6 17. Qb4 d5 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Bxd6 e4 20. cxd5 Nfxd5 21. Nxd5 Nxd5
22. dxe4 Nc3 23. exf5 Bxf5 24. Rbe1 Ra2 25. Bf4 Rd7 26. e4 Be6 27. Nf3 Ne2+ 28.
Kh1 Nxf4 29. gxf4 Bc4 30. Bh3 Rf7 31. f5 Bxf1 32. Bxf1 Rxf2 33. Bc4 gxf5 34.
Nh4 fxe4 35. Rxe4 Kh7 36. Bxf7 Rxf7 37. Rc4 Rf6 38. Kg2 Bf8 39. Nf3 c5 40. Ne5
Bd6 41. Nd3 Rf5 42. Nf2 Kg6 43. Ne4 Be7 44. Rc3 Kf7 45. Rf3 Ke6 46. Rxf5 Kxf5
47. Nxc5 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.04.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 177 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.04.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. O-O Bd6 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Nd2 Nb6 10. a4 Be6 11. a5 Nbd7 12. e4 d4 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Nc4 Bb8 15.
f4 exf4 16. Bxf4 Bxf4 17. Rxf4 b5 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. Nxf6+ Nxf6 20. e5 Nd7 21. Qe2
Qg5 22. Re1 Rfd8 23. Rxd4 b4 24. Qe3 Qxe3+ 25. Rxe3 Nc5 26. Rf4 Nb3 27. d4 g5
28. d5 gxf4 29. Rxb3 Bd7 30. gxf4 Kf8 31. Rg3 b3 32. Be4 Rb4 33. f5 f6 34. Rh3
fxe5 35. Rxh7 Be8 36. Nxe8 Kxe8 37. Bf3 Rd6 38. Rxa7 e4 39. Bh5+ Kd8 40. Bf7 e3
41. Kf1 Rf4+ 42. Ke2 Rxf5 43. Be6 Rf2+ 44. Kxe3 Rxb2 45. Rb7 Rxh2 46. Kd4 Ra2
47. Ke5 Ra6 48. Rb8+ Kc7 49. Rxb3 R2xa5 50. Rc3+ Kd8 51. Kf6 Ra8 52. d6 R5a6
53. Rh3 Rxd6 54. Rh8+ Kc7 55. Rxa8 Rd1 56. Ra2 Re1 57. Rc2+ Kd6 58. Rd2+ Kc6
59. Ke7 Kc5 60. Rc2+ Kd4 61. Kd6 Rd1 62. Bd5 Rd3 63. Rc4+ Ke3 64. Ke5 Rd2 65.
Rh4 Kf2 66. Ke4 Re2+ 67. Kf4 Rd2 68. Be4 Re2 69. Rh2+ Ke1 70. Rxe2+ Kxe2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8.
Bf4 f5 9. g4 Ne7 10. gxf5 Nxf5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Rg1 O-O 14. Qh5 d5
15. O-O-O Kh8 16. Rd3 Be6 17. Rdg3 Rf7 18. Rh3 g5 19. Bxg5 f4 20. Bxf4 Raf8 21.
Ne2 Bxh3 22. Qxh3 Qc8 23. e6 Rxf4 24. Qg3 Rg8 25. Qxf4 Rxg1+ 26. Nxg1 Qxe6 27.
Nf3 Bd6 28. Qe3 Qf6 29. Kb1 Kg7 30. a3 a5 31. h3 h5 32. Qd3 Bc5 33. Qe2 Kh6 34.
h4 Qf5 35. Qa6 Qxf3 36. Qxc6+ Kg7 37. Qxc5 Qh1+ 38. Ka2 Qxh4 39. Qxd5 Qg4 40.
c4 h4 41. c5 Kf6 42. Qd8+ Kf7 43. Qc7+ Kf6 44. Qd8+ Kf7 45. Qd3 Qe6+ 46. Kb1
Qe1+ 47. Ka2 Qe6+ 48. Ka1 Qe1+ 49. Ka2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Ng5 e6 8. d3
Bg7 9. Nge4 b6 10. Qa4 Bb7 11. Bg5 f6 12. Bf4 Nxf4 13. Nxf6+ Kf7 14. gxf4 Bxf6
15. Bxc6 Bxc3+ 16. bxc3 Qf6 17. d4 Bxc6 18. Qxc6 Qxf4 19. e3 Qf6 20. Qc7+ Qe7
21. Qf4+ Qf6 22. Qc7+ Qe7 23. Qf4+ Qf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2793"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e5 6. Nge2 Nge7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd5
d6 9. Nec3 Bf5 10. d3 Qd7 11. a3 Bh3 12. Rb1 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Ne7
15. b4 cxb4 16. axb4 Bh6 17. e4 Bxc1 18. Rxc1 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Rc7 20. f4 Rac8 21.
fxe5 dxe5 22. Rc2 Qd6 23. Qf2 Nf5 24. exf5 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxc3 26. Qf3 gxf5 27.
Qxf5 Qxd5+ 28. Kh3 Rc6 29. g4 Rd6 30. Rf3 Qe6 31. Qg5+ Kf8 32. Re3 Qh6+ 33.
Qxh6+ Rxh6+ 34. Kg3 Rb6 35. Re4 f6 36. h4 Rd6 37. Re3 Rd4 38. g5 Kg7 39. b5 Rb4
40. gxf6+ Kxf6 41. Rf3+ Kg7 42. Rf2 Rxb5 43. Ra2 a5 44. Kg4 Kf6 45. Ra3 Kg6 46.
h5+ Kf6 47. Ra1 Rb4+ 48. Kg3 a4 49. Rf1+ Kg5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2541"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. c4 e6 7. d4 Nbd7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. Qb3 Qb6 10. Qe3+ Be7 11. Nh4 Bg6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Nc3 Qd8 14. Qd3 O-O
15. Bf4 Re8 16. Rad1 Qa5 17. a3 a6 18. Rfe1 Rad8 19. b4 Qb6 20. Na4 Qa7 21. Nc5
a5 22. Bd2 b6 23. Nxd7 Rxd7 24. bxa5 bxa5 25. Rc1 c5 26. dxc5 Bxc5 27. e3 Rb8
28. Rb1 a4 29. Bc3 Rxb1 30. Rxb1 d4 31. Bxd4 Bxd4 32. exd4 Qxd4 33. Qc2 Rd8 34.
Bf1 Qe4 35. Qxe4 Nxe4 36. Rb4 f5 37. Rxa4 Rd1 38. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f4
g6 9. Be2 Nbd7 10. g4 h5 11. g5 Ng4 12. Rf1 exf4 13. Bxf4 Nde5 14. Qd2 Qc7 15.
O-O-O Rd8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Qxd5 Bg7 18. Nd4 O-O 19. Kb1 Rfe8 20. c3 Rc8 21.
Bxg4 hxg4 22. h5 gxh5 23. Nf5 Re6 24. Rh1 Ng6 25. Bg3 Qb6 26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27.
Rxh5 Qe3 28. Bxd6 Qxe4+ 29. Qxe4 Rxe4 30. Rhh1 Nf4 31. Rdf1 Nh3 32. Rf5 Rc6 33.
Rd1 Re6 34. Bg3 Kg6 35. Rff1 Re3 36. Bb8 Rf3 37. Rxf3 gxf3 38. Rf1 f2 39. Bg3
Rc5 40. Kc2 Rxg5 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[Annotator "Anand,V"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 {This system caught me
slightly off guard, so I started thinking what I should go for.} 6. Be3 Nf6 7.
Qe2 {I considered f4 for a bit and then remembered the offbeat 7.Qe2.} a6 8.
O-O-O Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Nd7 11. h4 {I was trying to get back to a Najdorf,
but a3 and f4 is more common.} Bb7 12. a3 Rc8 13. Bh3 b4 (13... Nce5 14. Nxe6
fxe6 15. Bxe6) 14. axb4 Nxb4 15. Nxe6 {This move didn't really feel like a
sacrifice, since its clear that White's bishop on e6 not only keeps Black's
king stuck on e8, but also potentially defends White (the a2-square).} (15. Kb1
{The computer is happy with this move and thinks that White is better} Qc4 (
15... Nc5 16. Qc4 Qa5 17. Nb3 Nxb3 18. Qxb3 {is huge for White})) 15... fxe6
16. Bxe6 Qa5 17. Kb1 Rxc3 (17... d5 {Peter spent a lot of time trying to make
this work and probably should have tried it anyway} 18. Bd4 (18. exd5 Rxc3 19.
bxc3 Qa2+ 20. Kc1 Ne5 $1 {Surprisingly White can't make the discovered check
work} 21. Bd4 (21. Bb6 Bd6 $1 22. Rh3) 21... Nc4 22. Bf7+ {and White has to
take the draw} Kd8 $1 23. cxb4 Qa3+ 24. Kb1 Qxb4+ 25. Kc1 Qa3+ $11) 18... Bd6 (
18... Kd8 19. Rh3) 19. Qg4 $1) 18. bxc3 Nc6 19. Rh3 (19. f4 Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 {
and now the manoeuvre...} 21. Rh3 $1 Kd8 22. Rhd3 Kc7 23. Rd5 $1 {is important}
(23. e5 $2 dxe5 24. Rd7+ Kb8 {only frees Black's bishop on f8}) 23... Qb6+ 24.
Ka2 Nd8 25. Qc4+ Qc6 26. R5d4) 19... Be7 (19... Nc5 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21. e5 {
was the point} Nxe5 22. Re3 $1 (22. f4 Nd7)) 20. Bd4 $2 {This is just absurd,
I can't explain why I didn't go f4.} (20. f4 Nc5 21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Rhd3 {
Here since Black played ...Be7, it's harder to run away via d8.}) 20... Nc5 21.
Bxc5 (21. Bxg7 Nxe6 22. Bxh8 Nf4 23. Qg4 Nxh3 24. Qxh3 Qb6+ 25. Kc1 Qxf2 {
is fine for Black.}) 21... Qxc5 {And here I couldn't see an alternative to f4,
esp with ...Rf8 coming.} 22. f4 Kd8 23. Qe3 {I couldn't see an edge, so
decided to swap queens.} Qxe3 24. Rxe3 h6 $6 {A typical idea to undermine the
pawn chain, but here it isn't necessary.} (24... Kc7 25. c4 Rf8 26. f5 Ne5 {
and I can't see a way for White to progress.}) 25. c4 {Missing a small chance.}
(25. e5 Kc7 26. f5 $1 hxg5 27. hxg5 Rb8 $1 (27... Bxg5 28. Rg3 $1 {The point,
first White forces the bishop to h6} Bh6 29. exd6+ Kb6 30. c4 Nd8 31. Bd5 {
here the computer finds the resource...} Bf4 32. Rxg7 Be5 $1 {but White is
much better}) 28. Ka1 (28. f6 Nxe5 $1 {shows the extreme resilience of the
computer}) 28... Nxe5 29. Rxe5 Bxg5 30. Ra5 Bf6 {Black has good compensation.})
25... hxg5 26. hxg5 Rf8 $6 {A natural move, but now the game turns.} (26... Bc8
$1 {would have been simple} 27. Bd5 Nb4 {and Black is out of danger.}) 27. f5
$1 {We both had the impression that White was much better again, but we both
kept on underestimating ...Bc8.} Ne5 (27... Bxg5 28. Rxd6+ Kc7 29. Rd7+ Kb8 30.
Rb3 {wins}) (27... Bc8 $1 28. Bd5 Ne5 29. Rg3 {with the threat of f6 gxf6 g6}
Rh8 30. f6 Bf8 $1 {is a clever resource.}) 28. Rg1 d5 $2 {Just panic.} ({
And for the 3rd time...} 28... Bc8 $1 29. Bd5 Rh8 {and Black is holding on} 30.
f6 Bf8 $1) 29. Rb3 {And it's over.} Kc7 30. cxd5 {Too many pawns.} Rh8 31. f6
Bf8 (31... gxf6 32. g6 $18) 32. d6+ (32. d6+ Kxd6 33. fxg7 Bxg7 34. Rxb7 $18)
1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.04.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. d4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Ne2 g6 14. c3 Ng7
15. Ng3 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Nf1 Bf5 18. Ne3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Re8 20. Bd2 Qd6 21. Ng4
Nf5 22. Qf3 Bg7 23. Bf4 Qf8 24. Bg5 f6 25. Bf4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Re8 27. Qd1 Rxe1+
28. Qxe1 Kf7 29. Kf1 Qe7 30. Qxe7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qd2 Qa5 9. Na4 Nb4 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. Rc1 d6 12. e3 b6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Be2 Bd7
15. O-O Rfc8 16. Rfd1 Rab8 17. h3 Be8 18. Rc2 a6 19. Qc1 b5 20. Nc3 b4 21. axb4
Nxb4 22. Rcd2 Bg7 23. Nd4 d5 24. Qb1 dxc4 25. Bxc4 e6 26. Ne4 Rd8 27. Qc1 Nd5
28. Bxd5 Qxd5 29. Nb5 Rdc8 30. Qxc8 Rxc8 31. Rxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. d4 Qa5 11. Qb3 Bc6 12. Bd2 Nd7 13. c4 Qa6 14. Bc3 cxd4
15. Nxd4 Nc5 16. Qb4 Ne4 17. c5 Qa4 18. Nxc6 Nxc3 19. Qxa4 Nxa4 20. Nxe7+ Kh8
21. Rac1 Nc3 22. Bf3 Rad8 23. c6 bxc6 24. Nxc6 Rd2 25. Nxa7 Rxa2 26. Nc6 h5 27.
g3 Rd2 28. Nb4 Rb8 29. Rc2 Rxc2 30. Nxc2 Rb2 31. Na3 Bf6 32. Nc4 Rc2 33. Kg2
Kg7 34. Na5 Be7 35. Nb3 Rb2 36. Nd4 Bc5 37. Rc1 Bxd4 38. exd4 Nb5 39. Rd1 Kf6
40. Bc6 Nd6 41. Rd3 Rb4 42. Bd7 Ke7 43. Bc6 Kf6 44. h4 Nf5 45. d5 Nd6 46. Rf3+
Ke5 47. Re3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2793"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 c5 8. Na3
b6 9. c4 Bb7 10. cxd5 Bxd5 11. Rc1 e6 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Nfe5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rac8
15. e3 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nd5 17. Qe2 Rcd8 18. a3 Qc7 19. Rfd1 Ne7 20. Qf3 Nf5 21.
Qe4 b5 22. Nd2 Qb6 23. Nf3 a6 24. Qc2 Rc8 25. e4 Ne7 26. Rd6 Qb7 27. Qe2 Rc7
28. h4 c4 29. bxc4 Bh6 30. Rc2 Rxc4 31. Rxc4 bxc4 32. Nh2 Qb3 33. Ng4 Bg7 34.
Nf6+ Kh8 35. Rd7 c3 36. Bxc3 Qxc3 37. Rxe7 Qxe5 38. Ng4 Qc5 39. Rb7 h5 40. Nh2
Qxa3 41. Nf3 a5 42. Ng5 Kg8 43. Qc4 Qc3 44. Qb5 Qe5 45. Qd7 Qd4 46. Qc7 Qe5 47.
Qd7 Qd4 48. Qc7 Qe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pelletier, Yannick"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2541"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 f5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1 a5
9. b3 Na6 10. Bb2 Bd7 11. d5 Nc5 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Qc2 f4 14. Rbd1 fxg3 15. hxg3
Qe8 16. e4 Ng4 17. Qe2 g5 18. f3 Ne5 19. Qe3 Qg6 20. Rd2 Rf7 21. g4 h5 22. gxh5
Qxh5 23. Bh1 Ng4 24. Qe2 Rcf8 25. Nd1 Be5 26. Ne3 Rh7 0-1

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. e3 a6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. b3 e6 6. O-O Be7 7. c4 O-O 8. Nc3 c5
9. d4 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Bb2 Nd7 14. Qe2 Nf6 15.
Rfd1 Qe7 16. Ne5 Rac8 17. Bxd5 Nxd5 18. a4 f6 19. Nd3 Bb6 20. axb5 axb5 21. e4
Nc3 22. Bxc3 Rxc3 23. Nf4 Rb8 24. Rd3 Rxd3 25. Qxd3 Qc5 26. Ra2 Rd8 27. Qe2 Qc6
28. Rc2 Qe8 29. h4 Bd4 30. Qg4 f5 31. exf5 exf5 32. Qxf5 Kh8 33. Ne6 Qd7 34.
Rc7 g6 35. Rxd7 1-0

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D75"]
[WhiteElo "2747"]
[BlackElo "2786"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Nxd5 Qxd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Be3 Nc6 11. Nxd4 Qc4 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qb3 Be6 14.
Qxc4 Bxc4 15. Rac1 Bxa2 16. Bxc6 Rab8 17. Bxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Zuerich Chess Challenge Blitz2 6th"]
[Site "Zuerich"]
[Date "2017.04.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D05"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2747"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2017.04.17"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e3 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nbd2 e6 5. b3 cxd4 6. exd4 Bd6 7. Bd3 b6 8. Qe2
Nc6 9. a3 Bb7 10. Bb2 Rc8 11. Ne5 Nd7 12. f4 Qh4+ 13. g3 Qe7 14. O-O O-O 15.
Nxd7 Qxd7 16. f5 exf5 17. Bxf5 Qe8 18. Qd3 Rc7 19. Bxh7+ Kh8 20. Bf5 g6 21. Bh3
Re7 22. Nf3 Bc8 23. Bxc8 Qxc8 24. Rae1 Rxe1 25. Rxe1 Ne7 26. c4 Kg8 27. Kg2 Nf5
28. cxd5 Re8 29. Rxe8+ Qxe8 30. Bc1 Ne7 31. Qe4 Qb5 32. Bf4 Bxa3 33. d6 Nf5 34.
Qa8+ Kg7 35. Be5+ f6 36. Qxa7+ Kh6 37. Bf4+ g5 38. Qf7 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.01"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg SHSH"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
b5 9. Bc2 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nf1 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15. Bh4
Qc8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. N3d2 Nh7 18. Ne3 g6 19. Qf3 Be7 20. Bb3 Bxh4 21. Qxf7+
Kh8 22. Qxg6 Rf8 23. Nf5 Rxf5 24. Qxf5 Qe8 25. Bd5 c6 26. Be6 Ndf8 27. Bf7 Qe7
28. Bb3 Bf6 29. Qg4 Bg7 30. Nf3 Nf6 31. Qf5 N6h7 32. a4 Bc8 33. Qh5 Ra7 34.
axb5 cxb5 35. Red1 Nf6 36. Qxe5 Nxe4 37. Qxe7 Rxe7 38. Rd8 Be6 39. Bc2 Nc5 40.
Nd4 Bg8 41. Rc8 Ncd7 42. b4 Nb6 43. Rd8 Nd5 44. Nf5 Re2 45. Nxg7 Kxg7 46. Bd3
Re7 47. Rxa6 Nxc3 48. Raa8 Bh7 49. Bxb5 Be4 50. Rab8 Ne6 51. Rd7 Ne2+ 52. Kh2
Rxd7 53. Bxd7 N6d4 54. b5 Nf4 55. f3 Bd5 56. b6 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Rozum, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2606"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Central Federal District"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. d5 b5 8. h5 Nxh5
9. Nxb5 O-O 10. Bxc4 Bg4 11. Qc2 Na6 12. Kf1 Nc7 13. Nc3 e6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15. Rd1
exd5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Rxd5 Qb7 18. Rxc5 Rac8 19. Rxc8 Rxc8 20. b3 Be6 21. Nd2
Bd4 22. Nf3 Bg7 23. Nd2 Bd4 24. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2811"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Bd3
Nf6 15. Rfe1 h6 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 Qc7 18. Qb4 Rfb8 19. Qa3 Rc8 20. h3 a6 21.
Ne5 Qd8 22. Nf3 Rc7 23. Ra4 a5 24. Ne5 Bc6 25. Rxa5 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Rxa5 27. Qxa5
Nxe4 28. Kh2 Nc3 29. Rc1 Qxd4 30. Qxc7 Qf4+ 31. g3 Qxf2+ 32. Kh1 Ne2 33. Qxf7+
Qxf7 34. Nxf7 Nxc1 35. Nd8 e5 36. Kg2 Kh7 37. Nc6 Nd3 38. Kf3 Kg6 39. Ke3 e4
40. Kxe4 Nf2+ 41. Kf3 Nxh3 42. Kg2 Ng5 43. Ne7+ Kf6 44. Nd5+ Ke5 45. Nf4 Ne6
46. Nd3+ Kd4 47. Nb4 Ke4 48. Kf2 h5 49. Kg2 g5 50. Kf2 Nd4 51. Kg2 Nf3 52. Na6
Ne1+ 53. Kf2 Nd3+ 54. Kg2 Ke5 55. Nc7 Nc5 56. Ne8 Ne6 57. Kh3 Kf5 58. g4+ hxg4+
59. Kg3 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.05"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Karpov, Anatoly"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Yekaterinburg Malachite"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Nd7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Be2 c5 10. O-O a6 11. Qa3 Qc7 12. e5 Nb6 13. Qa5 Bf5 14. dxc5 Nd5
15. Qxc7 Nxc7 16. Nd4 Be4 17. f3 Bd5 18. f4 f6 19. exf6 Bxf6 20. Be3 Nb5 21.
Rac1 Rfd8 22. a4 Na3 23. Bf2 Nc4 24. c6 bxc6 25. Nxc6 Rdc8 26. Nb4 Be4 27. Bg4
Rc7 28. Rfe1 Bb7 29. Nd3 Bc8 30. Bf3 Bb7 31. Bxb7 Rxb7 32. Nc5 Rb2 33. Bd4 Rd8
34. Rcd1 a5 35. Bxf6 Rxd1 36. Rxd1 exf6 37. Rd8+ Kf7 38. g4 Ne3 39. h3 Rg2+ 40.
Kh1 Rg3 41. Rd7+ Kg8 42. Kh2 Nf1+ 43. Kh1 Ne3 44. Kh2 Nf1+ 45. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.07"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Tatarstan Rook"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 Nc6 7. g4 Qb6 8. Nb3
e6 9. g5 Nd7 10. h4 Qc7 11. Be3 b5 12. a3 Bb7 13. f4 Nc5 14. Bg2 Be7 15. Qe2
O-O-O 16. O-O h6 17. Qf2 hxg5 18. hxg5 f6 19. g6 Kb8 20. Rad1 Rh5 21. Bf3 Rh3
22. Bg2 Rh5 23. Bf3 Rh3 24. Bg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2017.05.08"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2017.05.01"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 178"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.05.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 a6 5. e3 Bf5 6. Be2 e6 7. Nh4 Bg6 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. g3 Be7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qc2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qa5 13. f3 c5 14. Bd2 cxd4
15. Nb5 Qb6 16. Nxd4 Bc5 17. Qc3 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qxd4 19. exd4 O-O 20. Rac1 Rac8
21. Kf2 Nb8 22. Bb4 Rfe8 23. Rfd1 Nc6 24. Bc5 Red8 25. Bb6 Rd7 26. Be2 Nd5 27.
Bc5 g5 28. Ba3 f6 29. b3 Kf7 30. Bf1 Rh8 31. h3 Nde7 32. Bc5 Nf5 33. a4 Nce7
34. g4 Nh4 35. b4 Nd5 36. a5 Ng6 37. b5 axb5 38. Bxb5 Rc7 39. Bd6 Rc3 40. Bf1
Ra8 41. Rxc3 Nxc3 42. Rc1 Nd5 43. Rb1 Rxa5 44. Rxb7+ Kg8 45. Bd3 Ndf4 46. Rb8+
Kh7 47. Bxf4 gxf4 48. Bc4 Ra4 49. Bxe6 Rxd4 50. Bf5 Kh6 51. h4 Rd2+ 52. Kg1 Rd5
53. Be4 Rd4 54. Bb1 Rd1+ 55. Kh2 Rxb1 56. Rxb1 Nxh4 57. Rb3 g5 58. Kg1 Ng6 59.
Kf2 Ne5 60. Ke2 Kg6 61. Rb5 Kf7 62. Rb6 Kg6 63. Rb7 Kh6 64. Rc7 Kg6 65. Re7 Nc6
66. Rc7 Ne5 67. Re7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D55"]
[WhiteElo "2696"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 c6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bxf6 Bxf6 8. e3
e6 9. Qc2 Nd7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Kb1 Bg7 12. g4 Qe7 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Bd3 Nb6
15. Rhg1 Bd7 16. Ne5 Bxe5 17. dxe5 Qxe5 18. f4 Qxe3 19. Bxg6 $1 Qxf4 20. g5 $2
(20. Rdf1 $11) 20... fxg6 $2 (20... Nc4 $1 $17) 21. Qxg6+ $11 Kh8 22. Qxh6+ Kg8
23. Qg6+ Kh8 24. Qh6+ Kg8 25. Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.13"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 d6 3. Bg2 f5 4. d4 Be7 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Nf3 e4 7. Ng5 c6 8. O-O O-O
9. f3 d5 10. cxd5 Nxd5 11. Nh3 exf3 12. Bxf3 Be6 13. Nf4 Nxf4 14. Bxf4 Na6 15.
e4 Nb4 16. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[Annotator "Prasanna,V"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Rc1 O-O 9. Nf3 ({Black equalised comfortably after} 9. Qd2 e5 10. d5 Nd7 11. c4
f5 12. Bg5 Nf6 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. Bxd8 Nxd2 15. Be7 Rf7 16. Bxc5 Nxf1 17. Rxf1 b6
18. Bb4 Ba6 19. f4 Rc8 20. fxe5 Bxe5 21. Rf3 Bxc4 22. Re3 Bg7 23. Nf4 Rd7 24.
a4 Bh6 25. g3 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Rxd5 27. Re7 Rd4 28. Bd2 Kf8 29. Bb4 Re8 {0-1 (29)
Nakamura,H (2779)-So,W (2794) London ENG 2016}) 9... Qa5 10. Qd2 Rd8 11. d5 e6
12. d6 {This move has not been played at top level.} ({The most common
alternative was} 12. Bg5) 12... Qa4 (12... Nc6 13. h4 $5) 13. h4 {White
decides to burn all bridges. It is unclear if White forgot his preparation
because he got absolutely nothing in the game although in practical play
things would have not been so easy to judge for both sides.} (13. c4) (13. e5
$5 Nd7 14. Bg5 {leads to an interesting position where Black still has to
solve some problems.} f6 (14... Rf8) 15. exf6 Nxf6) 13... Qxe4 14. h5 Qd5 $1 {
After this simple move White has unsolvable problems.} 15. Qc2 Rxd6 16. hxg6
hxg6 17. Ng5 Nc6 18. Ne4 Rd7 19. Bg5 Bxc3+ $1 {Unfortunately for White Svidler
is painfully precise. The shot kills White's chances.} (19... f5 20. Nf6+ Bxf6
21. Bxf6 $17) 20. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 21. Be3 e5 22. Qxc5 Nd4 23. Bb5 Qxg2 {Black does
not offer any chances to White. Although the game must have been tense in
practical play. A little calculation shows that White is lost.} 24. Rh8+ Kxh8
25. Qf8+ Kh7 26. Bxd7 Qf3 27. Qh6+ Kg8 28. Bxd4 Bxd7 29. Bxe5 Qe4+ 30. Qe3 Qh1+
31. Kd2 Qd5+ 32. Qd4 Qxa2+ 33. Rc2 Qa5+ 34. Kc1 Re8 35. f4 Bf5 36. Rc7 f6 37.
Qc4+ Be6 38. Qc3 Qa4 39. Bd6 Bf5 40. Kd2 Qa2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. a3 e6 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. b4 d6 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O b6 10. e3 d5 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Na4 Qd6 13. d3 Ba6 14. Qc2 Rab8 15.
Rxb8 Rxb8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. e4 Nde7 18. Nxc5 Nd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Be3 Rb2 21.
Qc1 Bb5 22. a4 Be8 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. fxe3 Rc2 26. d4 e5 27. Rd1
exd4 28. exd4 Nc6 29. Bf1 Nxd4 30. Rxd4 Rxc5 31. Rd8 Re5 32. Bb5 Kf8 33. Ra8
Rxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.16"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 (8. Bb5+ Bd7 9. Bxd7+ (9. Nf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 O-O 11. O-O Bxb5 12. Rxb5 Qc7
13. Qb3 b6 14. d5 exd5 15. Rxd5 Nd7 16. Bb2 Nc5 17. Qc3 Bf6 18. e5 Be7 $11 {
0-1 (35) Shishkov,A (2365)-Kulaots,K (2572) Viljandi 2014}) {was met with a
strong novelty:} 9... Nxd7 $1 (9... Qxd7 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12. Nf3 Bf6
13. O-O b5 {1/2 (48) Aronian,L (2785)-Vallejo Pons,F (2709) Sharjah 2017} 14.
Be3 $5) 10. Rxb7 $6 {(otherwise Black has no problems but now White's rook
gets into trouble, and he must sacrifice an exchange without getting enough
compensation)} cxd4 11. cxd4 Nb6 12. Qd2 Qc8 13. Rxe7+ Kxe7 14. Nf3 f6 15. O-O
Kf7 16. e5 f5 17. g4 Rd8 $15 {0-1 (60) Nepomniachtchi,I (2751)-Hou Yifan (2652)
Moscow 2017}) 8... O-O (8... Nd7 9. Bd3 b6 10. Bf4 Bb7 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Qc8
13. d5 $1 $14 {1-0 (24) Narciso Dublan,M (2528)-Mascaro March,P (2375)
Barcelona 2012}) 9. Bc4 {[%cal Yd4d5]} (9. Bd3 cxd4 (9... Nc6 10. d5 $14 {
1/2 (20) Vareille,F (2430)-Bricard,E (2455) Chambery 1994}) 10. cxd4 Nc6 11.
O-O Nxd4 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. Bb2 Qd8 $13 {0-1 (27) Gonda,L (2507)-Kantorik,M 
(2288) Heviz 2008}) 9... Nc6 (9... cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. O-O b6 12. Bb2 Bb7 13.
Qe2 Rc8 14. Rfd1 Na5 15. Bb5 Bf6 16. h3 Qc7 17. Ba3 Rfd8 18. Rbc1 Qf4 19. Rxc8
Rxc8 20. d5 $16 {1-0 (41) Vitiugov,N (2739)-Adly,A (2589) Tsaghkadzor 2015}) (
9... Nd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bb7 14. Bf4 $1 Qxf4 15.
Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bc6 Qc7 17. Bd5 Bf6 18. c4 $14 {1-0 (20) Vitiugov,N (2700)-Miton,
K (2626) Czechia 2013}) 10. O-O b6 (10... Qc7 11. Qe2 b6 12. Rd1 (12. d5 $5)
12... Na5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 e5 16. Be3 Bc8 17. h3 Rd8 18. Rf1 Bd7
19. Nd2 $14 {1/2 (41) Polugaevsky,L-Petrosian,T Soviet Union 1970}) 11. Bf4 {
A logical move restricting the mobility of Black's queen.} (11. Be3 Bb7 (11...
cxd4 $142 12. cxd4 Bb7) 12. dxc5 Na5 13. Bd3 Bxc5 (13... bxc5 {0-1 (40)
Jochens,A (2274)-Levin,F (2503) Germany 2015} 14. Bf4 $1 $14 {[%csl Rd8]}) 14.
Bxc5 bxc5 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. Qe3 $14) 11... Bb7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nb4 $6 {
A strange decision. Teimour Radjabov probably missed something here.} (13...
Rc8 $142 {, and Black should equalise.}) 14. Qd2 Nc6 {Sad necessity.} ({
Perhaps Black planned} 14... Rc8 15. Rxb4 a5 16. Ra4 Bc6 17. Qd1 b5 {
overlooking a strong counterblow:} 18. d5 $1 exd5 (18... bxa4 19. dxc6) (18...
Be8 19. d6 Bh4 20. Bxb5 Bxb5 21. Ra3) 19. exd5 Bd7 20. d6 Bf6 21. Bxb5 Bxb5 22.
Rae4 $16) 15. d5 Na5 16. Bb5 exd5 17. exd5 Bc5 (17... Bxd5 $2 18. Rxe7 Bxf3 19.
Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. gxf3) (17... Bd6 $142 18. Rbd1 Qc7 $14) 18. Rbd1 $16 {[%csl Ra5,
Gd5]} Bd6 {Simply losing a tempo but Black hardly had anything better.} 19. Ne5
(19. Ng5 $142 $5 {[%cal Yg5e4]}) 19... a6 20. Bf1 $6 {[%mdl 32] Too passive.} (
20. Bd3 $142 Rc8 21. Qe2 (21. Qe3 $5 {[%cal Ye3h3]})) 20... Rc8 21. Nc6 {
This leads to simplifications. However, most of White's advantage has already
vanished.} (21. Qd4 $5) 21... Bxf4 22. Qxf4 Bxc6 23. dxc6 Qc7 24. Rd6 Nxc6 25.
Rc1 (25. Bxa6 Rcd8 26. Red1 Na5 $14) 25... Qb8 26. Bxa6 Ne5 $1 {[%mdl 2112]
This tactical trick enables Black to survive.} 27. Rcd1 Rc5 28. Qb4 {And
White's queen takes a wrong way from an active position to a passive one.} (28.
a4 $142 $14) 28... Nc6 29. Qb2 (29. Qf4 b5 $1 {[%csl Ra6]}) 29... Rd8 {Even
simpler than} (29... b5 $5 30. R6d5 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 b4) {Black gets rid of
White's active rook and solves his problems. With such a small number of pawns
(and with queens on the board), the advantage of White's bishop over Black's
knight is minimal.} 30. Rxd8+ Nxd8 31. Rb1 (31. Rb1 Ne6 32. g3 Rc6 $11) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2750"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bg2 a6 9. Na3 Bxa3 10. bxa3 Nxc4 11. O-O Qc5 12. Na4 Qb5 13. Nc3 Qc5 14. Na4
Qb5 15. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.19"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D45"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. b3 O-O 8. Be2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bb2 Qe7 11. Rad1 Rad8 12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Bf1 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5
15. Nd4 dxc4 16. Nf5 Qe6 17. Nxd6 Rxd6 18. Rxd6 Qxd6 19. Rd1 cxb3 20. axb3 Qb8
21. Ne4 Nxe4 22. Qxe4 f6 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Bc4+ Kh8 25. Qd4 Re7 26. Qd8+ Re8
27. Qd7 Qc8 28. Qf7 Rf8 29. Qe7 Re8 30. Qf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.20"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2755"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Hello Everyone! This is GM Aleksandr Lenderman with Moscow Grand Prix round 8
game of the day. I decided to choose the draw between Svidler and Mamedyarov
because I thought it was a good complex battle between the leaders of the
tournament.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 {
According to my database this is the first time Mamedyarov has played this
line in the Ruy Lopez. In general though Mamedyarov plays many different
options even on move 1.} 7. Nc3 {When Mamedyarov chose 6...Bc5, he was
probably basing his preparation on Svidler's recent game against Ding Liren,
in which he replied with 7.c3, and Black got a good position in that game.} (7.
c3 O-O 8. O-O d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bh4 g5 11. Bg3 Ba7 12. Nbd2 Na5 13. Bc2 Nh5 14.
Kh1 Nc6 15. Bb3 Na5 16. Bc2 Nc6 17. Bb3 Na5 18. Bc2 Nc6 {1/2 (18) Svidler, P 
(2741) -Ding Liren (2759) Shenzhen CHN 2017}) 7... d6 (7... O-O {Ding chose
this against Adams.}) 8. Nd5 h6 9. c3 O-O 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bd5 Bd7 (11... Bb7
$6 12. g4 $36) 12. Rg1 Ne7 $5 {Up to here it has all been played before but
this interesting exchange sacrifice is a novelty according to my database.
Before that a few other moves were tried.} (12... Qd8 13. g4 Kh8 14. g5 $40 {
was very dangerous in Vachier Lagrave,M (2789)-Giri,A (2782) Paris FRA 2016 
(drawn in 36 moves)}) (12... Rae8 13. g4 $36 {is also very good for White.}) (
12... h5 $5 {is the engine suggestion but of course this move might be very
dangerous and I'm not sure if this move will have many followers. I guess it
remains to be seen whether 12. h5!? withstands deep home analysis.}) 13. Bxa8
Rxa8 14. g4 Qe6 {Black is just down an exchange but he has positional
compensation in the two bishops, soon control of the centre, and also very
importantly Black has been able to neutralise White's attack.} 15. Nh4 {
A possible move but I am not sure if it's the best move.} (15. Be3 $5 {Perhaps
it was worth considering just exchanging Black's strong bishop and trading off
some pieces.} Bxe3 16. fxe3 d5 17. Nd2 $16 {and neither I nor my engine see
enough compensation here for Black.}) 15... d5 16. Nf5 Bc6 17. Qe2 (17. Nxe7+
Bxe7 18. Qe2 {was also a try for an advantage, not allowing the black knight
to be strong on g6 and controlling the f4-square.}) 17... dxe4 18. dxe4 Ng6 19.
Kf1 $6 {This is probably already an inaccuracy.} (19. Rg2 $3 {This brilliant,
albeit clumsy looking move is simply prophylaxis against ...Nf4, to be able to
prepare the move f3, unpinning the f-pawn, currently protecting the rook on g1
from ...Bc5} Nf4 (19... b4 20. c4 $16) 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. f3 $16) 19... Nf4 (
19... b4 $5 {was also possible.}) 20. Bxf4 exf4 21. Re1 {It was also worth
considering giving up material here, but Black also seems to have sufficient
play then.} (21. f3 $5 Bxg1 22. Kxg1 Rd8 $11) (21. Nd4 $5 Bxd4 22. cxd4 f3 $1
23. Qxf3 Bxe4 24. Qe2 Re8 25. f3 Qf6 $36) 21... Re8 (21... b4 $5 {is probably
even a bit stronger.} 22. Kg2 Rd8 $1 {Prophylaxis against ...Nd4.} 23. Kh1 g6
24. Nd4 Bxd4 25. cxd4 Rxd4 26. f3 Bb5 $44) 22. b4 Bb6 23. f3 $1 {Otherwise
Black has a very strong initiative. Possibly Black underestimated this reply.}
Bxg1 24. Kxg1 Bd7 25. Rd1 Qb6+ 26. Qf2 Bxf5 27. gxf5 Qxf2+ 28. Kxf2 a5 {
Now the game will end peacefully from here.} 29. a3 axb4 30. axb4 Ra8 31. Rd7
c6 32. Rc7 Ra2+ 33. Kg1 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Ra2+ 35. Kg1 Ra1+ 36. Kg2 Ra2+ 37. Kh3 h5
38. Rxc6 f6 39. c4 {After bxc4 Rxc4 Rb2, White can't make any further progress
with his king stuck on h3 and never being able to get into the game. Therefore
draw agreed. A short but very interesting and instructive battle on the top
board at the Moscow Grand Prix.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2017.05.21"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E91"]
[WhiteElo "2786"]
[BlackElo "2755"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.05.12"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. d5 d6 7. Nc3 e6 8. O-O Re8
9. e4 exd5 10. exd5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bg5 Bf6 14. Qd2 Nd7 15.
Rfe1 Ne5 16. h4 Nxf3+ 17. gxf3 Bd7 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Qf4 Bxg5 20. hxg5 h6 21.
gxh6 Qe7 22. a3 a5 23. Rc1 Bd7 24. Rc3 Re8 25. Kg2 Qd8 26. Rb3 Bc8 27. Bc2 Re5
28. Re3 Rh5 29. Ba4 Bd7 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Kf1 Qd8 32. Ke2 Rh4 33. h7+ Kg7 34.
h8=B+ Rxh8 35. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Solak, Dragan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Turkey"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "TUR"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 c5
9. d5 Nd7 10. Qc2 Nxg3 11. hxg3 Ne5 12. Be2 Nxf3+ 13. gxf3 Qa5 14. Kf1 Bd7 15.
f4 gxf4 16. exf4 a6 17. Kg2 b5 18. a3 Rb8 19. Rab1 b4 20. axb4 Qxb4 21. Bd3 Kd8
22. Qe2 Bf6 23. Ne4 Bd4 24. Nc3 Bf6 25. Ne4 Bd4 26. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2712"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 d5 12. Bg5 exd4 13. exd5 dxc3 14. dxc6 cxd2
15. Qxd2 Qxd2 16. Bxd2 Bd6 17. Nh4 Rad8 18. Bc3 Bg4 19. h3 Bc8 20. Nf3 h6 21.
a4 b4 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. a5 Rfe8 24. Bc4 Kf8 25. b3 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Bc5 27. Kf1
Rd6 28. Rc1 Ba7 29. Ne1 Rd2 30. Rc2 Rd1 31. Ke2 Ra1 32. Nd3 Rxa5 33. Nxb4 Be6
34. Rd2 Re5+ 35. Kd1 a5 36. Nd5 Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Belarus"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BLR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Ne2 Nc6 13. Ng3 O-O 14. Re1 a5 15.
a4 b4 16. c3 Qd7 17. h3 Bd8 18. Be3 Bb6 19. Qb3 h6 20. Rad1 Rfc8 21. Qa2 Rab8
22. Bc1 Ne7 23. Nh4 c4 24. dxc4 b3 25. Qa3 Bc5 26. Qa1 Ba7 27. Qa3 Bc5 28. Qa1
Ne8 29. Rd3 Kh7 30. Nf1 Nf6 31. Be3 Nxe4 32. Qd1 Rb6 33. Bxc5 Nxc5 34. Rxe5
Nxa4 35. Qb1 Kg8 36. Rxa5 Rxc4 37. Nf3 Rc5 38. Ra8+ Rc8 39. Rxc8+ Qxc8 40. Rd4
Nc5 41. Qd1 Nf5 42. Rb4 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.21"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Russia"]
[BlackTeam "Norway"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 7. O-O Re8 8.
Ne1 Nbd7 9. Nc2 h6 10. Rb1 Rb8 11. d3 Nc5 12. h3 a6 13. Nb4 Bd7 14. Be3 e4 15.
Bd4 c6 16. Qd2 Bf5 17. Qf4 Bg6 18. Bxf6 Qxf6 19. Qxf6 gxf6 20. d4 Na4 21. Rb3
Nb6 22. Rfb1 e3 23. Nd3 Nxc4 24. Bxc6 Re7 25. fxe3 b5 26. Re1 Na5 27. Bd5 Nxb3
28. axb3 Rxe3 29. Kf2 Rbe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2730"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Poland"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "POL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Nc6 8.
Qh4 Qa5 9. O-O d6 10. Bh6 Qh5 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. Rfd1 Nf6 14. Rac1
Rd8 15. Ne1 Bf5 16. Nc2 Rac8 17. Ne3 Bd7 18. b3 h5 19. h3 Rb8 20. f4 Rdc8 21.
Kf2 b6 22. Rd2 Kf8 23. Rh1 Nd8 24. Ncd5 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Rc3 26. g4 hxg4 27. hxg4
Kg7 28. Bf3 Rbc8 29. g5 Nb7 30. Rd4 b5 31. Bg4 Bxg4 32. Nxg4 Rh8 33. Rxh8 Kxh8
34. Re4 Rc7 35. b4 a5 36. Ne3 Kg7 37. a3 Kf8 38. f5 gxf5 39. Nxf5 axb4 40. axb4
Nd8 41. Nd4 Rc4 42. Ke3 Rxb4 43. Ne6+ Nxe6 44. Rxb4 Nxg5 45. Kf4 f6 46. Kf5 Kf7
47. Rxb5 Nh7 48. Rb1 Nf8 49. Rb7 Nh7 50. Ke4 Ng5+ 51. Kd4 Nh3 52. Kc4 Nf4 53.
Rb2 Kg7 54. e3 Ng6 55. Kb5 f5 56. Kc4 f4 57. exf4 Nxf4 58. Kd4 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "WchT 11th"]
[Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]
[Date "2017.06.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2692"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2017.06.17"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 179"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.07.12"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "India"]
[BlackTeam "Russia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "IND"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{Despite the fact that there were a lot of decisive games this round, I
decided to actually pick this interesting draw in the match between India and
Russia. This was a Board One matchup between India's Vidit Gujrathi and
Russia's Peter Svidler. This was a very tough fighting match, which really
India probably feels like they could've also won with some good breaks. This
keeps Russia in the fight for the gold medals and guarantees them at least a
Bronze Medal no matter what happens in the last round. China won a relatively
one-sided match against Norway, which is why I decided to choose a game from
the India-Russia match. This game I found the most intriguing since White
played very nicely, putting a lot of pressure on his very strong and
experienced opponent, but then Svidler escaped after he found some strong
practical chances and Vidit failed to find a quite beautiful study-like win.} 
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 {The most solid reply. Black can also choose the
more dynamic options, either with an early c5, transposing into Benoni or
Benko Gambit, d5, which transposes into Grünfeld type positions, or just
castle and d6, trying to get a g3 kings indian.} (3... c5) (3... Bg7 4. Bg2 c5
(4... d5) (4... O-O)) 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. b3 O-O 7. O-O Ne4 8. Bb2 Bf5 9.
e3 Nd7 10. Qe2 a5 11. cxd5 $5 {According to my database a novelty. Before that,
11.Nc3 appeared two times in Svidler's games, from both sides interestingly
enough.} (11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Nf6 {was played by Svidler all the way back in
2006.} (12... Be4 {was played by Radjabov against Svidler.} 13. Rfc1 e6 14. Bf1
dxc4 15. bxc4 c5 16. Nd2 Bc6 17. Rab1 b6 18. Bg2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 cxd4 20. exd4
Rc8 21. Rb5 $14 {1/2 (40) Svidler,P (2731)-Radjabov,T (2748) Plovdiv 2010,
Black still had some difficulties to solve but eventually he managed hold the
draw.}) 13. Rfc1 Be4 14. Be1 e6 15. Bf1 c5 $11 {1-0 (41) Nikolic,P (2645)
-Svidler,P (2630) Ter Apel 1996, Black lost the game later on, but not because
of the opening. He equalised pretty comfortably here.}) 11... cxd5 12. Nc3 Nxc3
(12... Ndf6 13. Na4 $5 {and now the black knights are redundant and he hasn't
fully equalised yet.}) 13. Bxc3 Qb6 (13... Nf6 14. Rfc1 {is still a little bit
uncomfortable for Black.}) 14. Rfc1 Rfc8 15. Ne1 e5 $6 {An aggressive approach
trying to equalise right away, but perhaps it was objectively better to play ..
.Nf6 with clear equality.} (15... Nf6 $11) 16. dxe5 Rxc3 17. Rxc3 Bxe5 18. Rac1
Bxc3 19. Rxc3 d4 20. exd4 Qxd4 21. Bxb7 Qxc3 22. Bxa8 Ne5 $6 {Black has
sacrificed a pawn, and now in order to get compensation he has to play very
accurately. That's why it was maybe more practical to play 15...Nf6. Now he
has only one path to equality, once again with 22...Nf6.} (22... Nf6 $1 23. Kg2
Bb1 $1 $44 {and here White can't make progress very easily while Black's
pieces here are very active. One variation can go like this:} 24. Nf3 Qc8 $3 {
This is why it is not good for Black to trade the knights. Now the bishop on
a8 is short on squares.} 25. Qb2 Bf5 $1 26. Qxf6 Qxa8 27. Qc3 Be6 $11 {Black
has very good compensation thanks to a vey strong light-squared bishop and
White not having an easy way to break through.}) 23. Kg2 h5 (23... Bb1 24. Nf3
Nxf3 25. Bxf3 Qa1 $6 26. Qe1 Qxa2 27. Qe8+ Kg7 28. Bd5 $18 {This shows how
important the knight on f6 would be.}) 24. Nf3 $6 {Now it's Vidit's turn to
make an inaccuracy. I'm pretty sure he missed Black's next move.} (24. Be4 $16
{is simply up a pawn without much compensation as far as I can see.}) 24... Qc8
$1 25. Kg1 Bh3 $1 (25... Qxa8 26. Nxe5 a4 {also might be ok for Black.}) 26.
Qxe5 Qxa8 27. Ne1 Qa6 28. Qe8+ Kg7 29. Ng2 g5 $2 {This move is too weakening
and definitely unnecessary, and almost lost the game for Svidler as his king
became much more exposed, even though it's not so obvious right now.} (29...
Qd3 30. Qe1 Qd4 31. Nf4 Bg4 $44 {is still full compensation according to the
computer.}) 30. Qe5+ f6 31. Qe7+ Kg6 32. Qe4+ Kg7 33. Ne3 {Now White
consolidates since ...Qe2 fails to Nf5+.} Qc8 34. Qc2 Qb7 35. Qd1 (35. Qc4 {
might be a bit more accurate according to the computer, but here in time
pressure it's very hard to criticise the players for making subtle
inaccuracies.}) 35... Qe4 $6 {This just doesn't work out.} (35... Qb4 $3 {
would be very strong here but it's very hard to find this move in time
pressure.}) (35... Kg6 {Even this would be more solid than ...Qe4.}) 36. Qxh5
Qb1+ 37. Qd1 Qxa2 38. g4 {Maybe Svidler missed this. Now this should be
winning for White.} Qb2 39. Nf5+ $2 {This is a mistake.} (39. f3 Qe5 40. Qd3
$18 {is a win in the long run.}) (39. f4 $5 {is also interesting but almost
impossible to play in time pressure.}) 39... Kg6 40. Nd6 Kh6 (40... Kg7 {
is a little bit more accurate.}) 41. Nf5+ (41. Nc4 Qc3 42. Ne3 {maybe gave
more winning chances. But this again, is extremely hard.}) 41... Kg6 42. Ng3
Kg7 43. Nf1 Qe5 44. Ne3 Qc5 $2 (44... Qb2 {would allow White to transpose into
the previous winning position on move 39.} 45. f3) (44... Qc3 $1 {would be
very strong though, not allowing White to play f3 and activate his king, and
also not allow White to activate his queen. This is close to equal. White's
only winning try here is...} 45. Nf5+ Kg6 46. f3 Qc5+ 47. Nd4 f5 $1 {But now
Black is in time to get sufficient counterplay and should equalise.} 48. Qd3
Kh6 $1 49. gxf5 Bxf5 50. Qe3 Bh3 51. f4 Bg4 52. fxg5+ Qxg5 $11) 45. Qd2 $18 {
Suddenly White is winning again since he can play f3 next move and consolidate
and then the bishop on h3 gets in trouble.} Qa3 $6 (45... Qe5 46. f3 Kg6 47.
Qd3+ Kf7 48. Qh7+ Ke6 49. Qa7 Qb5 {is lost for Black in the long run but would
be a little bit more tenacious.}) 46. Qc3 a4 47. Nf5+ Kf8 $5 {A very good
practical chance, challenging White to find the tricky study-like win.} (47...
Kg6 48. Qxh3 {Threatening mate on h5.} Qc1+ 49. Kg2 Qc6+ 50. Qf3 Qxf3+ 51. Kxf3
axb3 52. Ne7+ Kf7 53. Nd5 b2 54. Nc3 $18 {is a forced line which is very easy
to calculate for grandmasters at this level.}) 48. Qc8+ (48. Qxf6+ Ke8 49. Qh8+
Kd7 50. Qd4+ Kc7 51. Qc3+ Kd7 52. Qd3+ Kc7 53. Qxh3 axb3 54. Qc3+ {is also
winning for White.}) 48... Kf7 49. Qd7+ Kf8 50. Qd8+ Kf7 51. Qd7+ $6 {This is
still not a decisive mistake since he can return to the winning position but
it's already a step in the wrong direction.} (51. Nd6+ $1 {was a study win
that Vidit missed.} Ke6 (51... Kg6 52. Qg8+ Kh6 53. Nf5# $18) (51... Kg7 52.
Qe7+ Kg8 53. Qf7+ Kh8 54. Qxf6+ {This is easy to see that it's a mop-up.} Kh7
55. Qf7+ Kh8 56. Qh5+ Kg7 57. Qxg5+ Kh8 (57... Kh7 58. Qh5+ Kg8 (58... Kg7 59.
Nf5+ Kf6 60. Qh8+ Kf7 61. Qxh3 axb3 62. Qc3 Qa2 63. Qc7+ $18) 59. Qg6+ Kh8 60.
Nf7#) 58. Qh6+) 52. Qg8+ $1 {This is the move that probably Vidit missed,
though I might be wrong. Amazingly enough Black loses his queen in every line
now. He might only have seen Qe8+ which doesn't win because of ...Kd5!} (52.
Qe8+ $2 Kd5) 52... Ke7 (52... Kxd6 53. Qf8+) (52... Kd7 53. Qe8+ Kc7 54. Qc8+
Kb6 55. Nc4+) (52... Ke5 53. Nc4+) 53. Qe8+ Kxd6 54. Qf8+) (51. Qc7+ Kf8 52.
Qb8+ (52. Qc3 Bxg4 53. Qxf6+ Ke8 54. Qe5+ {also wins but is more complicated})
52... Kf7 53. Nd6+ {would also transpose into the same lines and therefore
keep the win.}) 51... Kf8 52. Qg7+ $4 ({It i still not too late to return to} 
52. Qd8+ Kf7 53. Nd6+) 52... Ke8 53. Qh8+ Kd7 54. Qh7+ Kd8 55. Qh8+ Kd7 56.
Qh7+ Kd8 57. Qg8+ Kc7 58. Qf7+ Kb8 59. Qg8+ Kc7 60. Qc4+ Kb8 61. Qb5+ Kc7 62.
Qa5+ Kb7 63. Qd5+ Kc7 64. Qc4+ Kb8 65. Qg8+ {A great save for Svidler and that
completed an amazing comeback by Russia, who had also been in a difficult
position with Black on boards 3 and 4. At least tomorrow's match will be very
intriguing as Russia will try to win against the 2016 Olympiad Gold Medal
Winners, United States, and China will try to overcome a very strong Polish
Team which is also playing great in the World Team Championship and is
currently in 3rd place. In fact theoretically, Poland might even have a chance
to win the World Team Championship if they beat China and Russia doesn't win
against the United States.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.06"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be7 7. d3 O-O 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. O-O e5 10. Ne4 b6 11. Bg5 Bb7 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. a3 Be7 14. Rac1 Rc8 15.
Rfd1 Re8 16. e3 Bf8 17. h4 Na5 18. Qc2 Bd5 19. Nfd2 Qd7 20. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Li, Chao B"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h4 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. h5 c5 8. hxg6
hxg6 9. Bh6 Bxh6 10. Rxh6 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Kg7 12. Qd2 cxd4 13. Rd1 Qa5 14. Nxd4
Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Rh4 g5 17. Ra4 Qe5 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. cxd4 Be6 20. e4 f5
21. Bc4 Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rac8 23. Rc5 Kg6 24. Rdc1 Rcd8 25. Rxc6+ Kh5 26. Rd1 fxe4
27. Re6 Rd7 28. Ke2 Rf6 29. Rxe4 Ra6 30. Rd2 e6 31. Kf3 Kg6 32. Re5 Kf6 33. Ke4
Rdd6 34. Rc5 Ra4 35. Rd3 Rxa2 36. Rf3+ Kg6 37. Rg3 Rd5 38. f4 Ra5 39. Rc6 Rf5
40. fxg5 Rxg5 41. Rxg5+ Rxg5 42. Rxe6+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2728"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4
O-O 9. Re1 Re8 10. b3 Nf5 11. Bb2 cxd4 12. exd4 Nfxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Ne4 e5
15. Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Bxd4 Qc7 17. Bc3 Bd7 18. Qd5 Bc6 19. Qc5 Qb6 20. Qxb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.09"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adams, Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[Annotator "Sumets,A"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. cxd5
({Another interesting continuation is} 8. Rd1 cxd4 9. Rxd4 Qa5 10. Bg3 b5 $5 {
Levon has found an interesting pawn sacrifice.} ({I don't think that White has
any advantage after} 10... Nb6 11. Nd2 dxc4 12. Bxc4 (12. Nxc4 Nxc4 13. Bxc4
Bd7 14. O-O Rfd8 $11) 12... Nxc4 13. Nxc4 Qa6 14. O-O Rd8 15. Rxd8+ Bxd8 16.
Ne5 Bd7 17. Nxd7 Nxd7 18. Rd1 Nf6 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2686)-Adams,M (2722)
Istanbul 2012 1/2 (36), White's advantage is negligeable and Michael easily
made a draw.}) 11. cxb5 Bb7 12. Bd3 (12. Be2 Rfc8 13. O-O Bb4 14. Qb1 Bxc3 15.
bxc3 Ne4 16. c4 Nc3 17. Qc2 Nxe2+ 18. Qxe2 Rxc4 19. Rxc4 dxc4 20. Qxc4 Nb6 $11)
12... Nc5 13. Ne5 (13. O-O {and the opponents agreed to a draw in Bacrot,
E-Aronian,L 2011.}) 13... Rfc8 14. O-O Nxd3 15. Qxd3 a6 16. a4 Nh5 17. Bh4 Bc5
18. Nxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Qxa4 20. Rd8+ Rxd8 21. Bxd8 Qxb5 22. Qxb5 axb5 $11 {
Inarkiev,E (2660)-Aronian,L (2784) Skopje MKD 2015 1/2 (58)}) 8... Nxd5 ({
It would be interesting to know what Peter had in mind after} 8... cxd4 {
I believe that it is the most reliable continuation and Black can easily get
an equal position.} 9. exd4 (9. d6 {was played once. Despite the fact, that
White won this game, I think that Black's chances are not worse.} dxc3 10. bxc3
(10. Rd1 Nd5 11. dxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg3 Qb4 13. bxc3 Qxc3+ 14. Qxc3 Nxc3 15. Rd4 Nb6
16. Kd2 Nxa2 17. Be2 a5 $15) 10... e5 11. dxe7 Qxe7 12. Bg3 Qc5 $6 (12... b6 $1
13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O Ne4 $15) 13. Rb1 a6 14. Be2 b6 15. O-O Bb7 16. Qa4 Rfe8 $11
{Kempinski, R (2528)-Krainski,A (2271) Bydgoszcz 2000 1-0 (39)}) (9. Nxd4 $2 e5
10. Nf5 exf4 11. d6 Bxd6 12. Nxd6 fxe3 13. fxe3 Ng4 $17) (9. dxe6 $6 {My
computer and I don't see full compensation for the sacrificed piece.} dxc3 10.
exf7+ Rxf7 (10... Kh8 $5 11. bxc3 Nd5 12. Bg3 Qa5 {seems to be good for Black
as well.}) 11. bxc3 Nd5 12. Bc4 N7b6 13. Bb3 Be6 14. Rd1 Qc8 15. Be5 Nc4 16.
O-O Ndb6 17. Nd4 Bg4 18. f3 Bd7 $17 {Isigkeit,H (2421)-Sawiniec,D (2411) ICCF
2008 0-1 (61)}) 9... Nxd5 10. Nxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Bb4+ 12. Bd2 Bxd2+ 13. Qxd2 Nf6
14. O-O $11 {1/2 (14) Van Wely,L (2643)-Asrian,K (2566) New Delhi/ Teheran 2000
} Bg4 15. Rfe1 Rc8 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Qb4 Bxe2 18. Rxe2 Qc7 19. Rae1 Rfd8 20. Qb3
h6 21. h3 Ng5 22. f3 Ne4 {1/2 (22) Maiwald,J (2471)-Cyborowski,L (2510)
Germany 2015}) 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Qa5+ (10... h6 11. dxc5 {This seems to be
the strongest continuation} ({After} 11. O-O {Black could play} c4 $5 12. Be2
b5 13. Rad1 Bb7 $132) 11... Nxc5 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bf5 ({Vladimir could have
played} 13. Bh7+ Kh8 14. Bf5 {probably he wants to win a tempo after possible
moves ...Bxf3 gxf3 and then Kh1, Rg1 attacking the h6-pawn}) 13... Bxf3 14.
gxf3 Ne6 15. Bg3 Qb6 16. Rfd1 Rfd8 17. Be5 Rac8 18. Qe2 Rc6 19. f4 Nc7 $6 (
19... Nc5 20. Bh3 Bf6 21. Bxf6 Rxf6 22. Rd4 Ne6 $11) 20. Rd3 Bf6 21. Rb3 $14 {
Fedoseev,V (2690)-Jakovenko,D (2718) Minsk BLR 2017 1-0 (45)}) 11. Qc3 Qb6 ({
It seems to me that Black could equalise after} 11... Qxc3+ 12. bxc3 Nf6 (12...
c4 $6 13. Bc2 f5 14. a4 Nf6 15. Ne5 Ne4 16. Bxe4 fxe4 17. Ke2 {White has
better chances}) 13. O-O Ne4 14. Rfc1 Be6 15. Rab1 b6 16. h3 f6 17. a4 Bd6 $6 (
17... g5 $5 18. Bh2 c4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Bd5 21. a5 Kf7 22. axb6 axb6 23.
Rxb6 Ra2 24. Nf1 Rd8 $44) 18. Bxe4 Bxf4 19. Bxh7+ Kxh7 20. exf4 $14 {Bruzon
Batista,L (2643)-Oparin,G (2609) Linares ESP 2017 1/2 (38). Black has some
small compensation for the sacrificed pawn.}) 12. a3 $146 {Now if Black plays .
..c4 then White can answer Bc2.} (12. O-O c4 {Since Black traded knights and
White doesn't have a plan, which is connected with Ne5, Bg5, f4, etc, Black
can play ...c4.} 13. Be2 $6 (13. Bc2 $2 Bb4 14. Bc7 Bxc3 15. Bxb6 Bxb2 $17) (
13. Bb1 $142) 13... Nf6 14. Qc2 g6 15. b3 Bf5 16. Qd1 Rac8 17. bxc4 dxc4 18.
Rc1 c3 $17 19. Bd3 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nd5 21. Bh6 Rfd8 22. Ne1 $2 g5 {0-1 (22)
Mihajlov,S (2185)-Houska,J (2414) Caleta 2014}) 12... cxd4 ({Even here the
computer recommends} 12... c4 13. Bc2 {It 's obvious that White's bishop
should be placed on c2, but it is not clear if White has chances to get an
advantage.} Nf6 14. O-O Be6 15. Ng5 (15. Ne5 Nh5 16. Bg3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 Rfd8 18.
Rae1 Rac8 $11) 15... Bd7 16. Be5 (16. Rae1 Rfe8 17. Be5 h6 18. Nf3 Rac8 {
Black has a plan connected with ...b5, ...a5, ...b4 and it is not easy to
recommend a plan for White.}) 16... h6 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nh7 Rfe8 19. Nxf6+
Qxf6 $11) 13. Qxd4 Nc5 14. Bc2 Qb5 (14... Qa6 15. Be5 f6 16. Bg3 Rd8 17. Bc7
Ne6 18. Qh4 Nxc7 19. Qxh7+ Kf8 (19... Kf7 $4 20. Rc1 Qb6 21. Bg6+ Ke6 22. Rxc7
Qxc7 23. Nd4+ Kd6 24. Nb5+ $18) 20. Qh8+ Kf7 21. Qh5+ Kf8 $11) 15. Be5 f6 16.
Bg3 Qc4 $2 {After this mistake Black is in big danger.} ({I think that Black
should have played} 16... Rd8 {and the position which has arisen is rather
equal.} 17. Rd1 (17. Bc7 Rd7 18. Bg3 Rd8 $11) (17. Qd2 $6 Qxb2 18. Bxh7+ $4 (
18. O-O Ne4 19. Bxe4 (19. Qc1 $142 Qxc1 20. Rfxc1 Bd7 21. Bb3 Bc6 $17) 19...
Qxd2 20. Bxh7+ Kxh7 21. Nxd2 d4 $17) 18... Kxh7 19. Qxb2 Nd3+ $19) (17. b4 Ne6
18. Qd2 a5 19. Bd3 Qb6 20. Rb1 axb4 21. axb4 d4 $11) 17... g6 18. h4 (18. b4 $6
Ne6 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Bxd3 a5 $15 {and White has some problems}) 18... Be6 19.
h5 Ne4) 17. Rc1 Qxd4 {This leads to a difficult endgame with an isolated pawn.
I think that Michael should have kept queens on the board.} (17... g6 $5 18.
Qd2 Qa6 19. Nd4 (19. Qxd5+ $2 Be6 20. Qd1 Bc4 21. b4 Rfd8 $17) 19... Bd7 20. f3
Rfe8 21. Kf2 $14) 18. Nxd4 a5 {Black prevents b4, but now White can play Nb5.}
(18... a6 19. b4 Ne4 20. Bb3 Rd8 21. Bc7 $1 (21. Rc7 Kf8 22. Bf4 Nd6 23. Ke2
$16) 21... Rd7 22. Ba5 Bd8 23. f3 Ng5 24. Bxd8 Rxd8 25. Kf2 Kf8 26. Rc5 {
White should win this endgame.}) 19. Nb5 Rd8 ({Probably Michael evaluated the
position after} 19... Be6 $5 20. Nc7 Rac8 21. b4 Rxc7 22. Bxc7 Rc8 23. bxc5
Rxc7 24. Bb3 $16 {as hopeless but it seems to me that other continuations are
even worse.}) 20. Nc7 Ra7 21. Rd1 Kf7 22. Nxd5 {White just won a pawn without
any compensation.} b5 {In searching for counterplay.} 23. O-O Bf8 $6 (23... g6
24. Nxe7 Kxe7 25. Rxd8 Kxd8 {White should easily win it.}) 24. Bxh7 {White has
gained a second pawn, Black's position is hopeless.} g5 ({Of course Black
can't win the bishop due to} 24... g6 25. Bxg6+ Kxg6 26. Nf4+ $18) 25. h4 Be6
26. e4 gxh4 27. Bxh4 Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Rxd5 29. exd5 $18 {White has 2 extra pawns
and the bishop pair and despite the weakness of his b2-pawn, Peter easily won
the game.} Na4 30. Rc1 Rd7 $1 {This is Black's best chance. Michael found a
way to win the d5-pawn, but his position is still hopeless.} (30... Nxb2 31.
Rc6 Bxa3 32. Bxf6 Nc4 33. Bd4 Rb7 34. g4 {Black can't stop the g4-pawn.}) 31.
Rc6 $1 Rxd5 32. Rxf6+ Kg7 33. Bc2 $1 Nxb2 34. Rg6+ Kf7 35. Rf6+ Kg7 36. Rb6 $1
Bc5 (36... Bd6 37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. g3 Bxa3 39. Bf6 Nd3 40. Bb3 $18) (36... Bxa3 {
Black can't take on a3 due to} 37. Bf6+ Kf8 38. Rb8+ Kf7 39. Bxb2 Bxb2 40. Bb3)
37. Rb7+ Kf8 38. Bg6 Bd4 39. Be7+ Kg8 40. Bf6 1-0

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.10"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D70"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O Qd6 10. Kb1 Rd8 11. Nb5 Qd7 12. d5 a6 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Qc1 Na5 15.
h4 e6 16. Bf4 Rd7 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 exd5 19. h5 Qf8 20. Qxf8+ Kxf8 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. exd5 c6 23. d6 Nd5 24. Nxd5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 b5 26. Nh3 Nb7 27. Bd3 Rxd6
28. Nf4 Rxd5 29. Nxd5 Nc5 30. Bc2 Bb7 31. Rh8+ Kg7 32. Rxa8 Bxa8 33. Nc7 Bb7
34. b4 Nd7 35. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. b3 b6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. d4
Bb7 9. Re1 {With the increasing number of top games by strong players in
databases the fight for an advantage in any opening position becomes an uphill
struggle. Svidler is trying the less usual rook move in order to avoid the
well trodden paths of the 9.Bb2 line.} (9. Bb2 Nd7 (9... c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11.
Nbd2 Nd7 12. a3 N5f6 (12... Rc8 13. Rc1 Be7 14. e4 Rxc1 15. Qxc1 N5f6 16. e5
Nd5 17. Nc4 Qb8 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. b4 Nf8 20. Nd4 Nc7 21. Qe2 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Qb7+
23. Qf3 Nd5 $11 {0-1 (67) Gelfand,B (2743)-Aronian,L (2795) Moscow 2016}) 13.
b4 Be7 14. Rc1 Rc8 15. Qa4 Rxc1 16. Rxc1 Qa8 17. Rc7 Bd6 18. Rxd7 Bc6 19. b5
Bxd7 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qg4+ Kh8 22. Qd4 Qd5 $11 {0-1 (43) Aronian,L (2792)
-Kramnik,V (2801) Zuerich 2016}) 10. Re1 (10. Nbd2 N5f6 11. Qc2 Rc8 12. Rac1 c5
13. Qb1 Rc7 14. dxc5 Rxc5 15. Rxc5 Bxc5 16. b4 Be7 17. a3 Qa8 18. Rc1 Rd8 19.
Ne1 Bxg2 20. Nxg2 a5 21. Nf3 axb4 22. axb4 $11 {1/2-1/2 (57) Nakamura,H (2760)
-Aronian,L (2815) Beijing 2012}) 10... N5f6 11. Nc3 c5 (11... Bb4 12. Qc2 Bxc3
13. Qxc3 Be4 14. Red1 Qc8 15. Bf1 Nd5 16. Qe1 Bxf3 17. exf3 Qb7 18. Rac1 c6 19.
f4 a5 $11 {1/2-1/2 (46) Grischuk,A (2774)-Kramnik,V (2777) Berlin 2015}) (11...
Rc8 12. e4 Bb4 13. Qc2 c5 14. Rad1 cxd4 15. Nxd4 Rc5 16. Ndb5 Ba6 17. a3 Bxc3
18. Nxc3 Qc7 19. b4 Rc4 20. Qd2 Rc8 21. e5 Nxe5 22. b5 $18 {1-0 (29) Almasi,Z 
(2688)-Bruzon Batista,L (2681) Varadero 2016}) 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Ne5 (13...
Bc5 14. Re2 Qb8 15. Rd2 a6 16. Qe2 Ra7 17. Re1 Ne5 18. Kh1 Qa8 19. f4 Ng6 20.
Nc2 $14 {1/2-1/2 (40) Grischuk,A (2750)-Aronian,L (2781) London 2015}) 14. Qe2
Bc5 15. Ncb5 a6 16. Rad1 axb5 17. Nxe6 Qe7 18. Nxf8 Kxf8 19. Bd4 b4 20. f4
Bxd4+ 21. Rxd4 Qc5 $19 {0-1 (24) Giri,A (2782)-So,W (2770) Paris 2016}) 9... c5
10. e4 Nf6 11. Nc3 Nc6 {Mamedyarov is playing very well in mature years and
has even reached 2800 level. Thus he is not afraid of complications as
compared to the safer line after trading on d4.} (11... cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qc8 13.
Bb2 Rd8 14. Rc1 Nc6 15. Nd5 exd5 16. Nxc6 Bxc6 17. Bxf6 dxe4 18. Qh5 Bxf6 19.
Bxe4 g6 20. Qe2 Rd6 21. Qf3 $11) 12. d5 (12. e5 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. h4 h6 $11
) 12... exd5 13. e5 $5 (13. exd5 Nb4 14. Bg5 h6 $11) 13... Ne8 {It is much
easier to analyse the daring line 13...Ne4!? at home with a computer than to
take the risk in a real game.} (13... Ne4 $5 14. Nxd5 Nb4 15. Nxb4 cxb4 16. Ng5
Qxd1 17. Rxd1 Nc3 18. Rd7 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Rfe8 $11) 14. Nxd5 Nc7 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7
16. Nh4 $1 {Svidler used to be in top 5 in the world and his choice of the
best move shows he still has a very good feel for the position.} (16. Ng5 Rad8
17. Qc2 g6 18. Qb2 Ne6 19. Ne4 Nb4 $11) 16... Qe6 17. Bg5 (17. Bb2 $1 Rab8 18.
Qe2 $14) 17... h6 18. Bf6 $6 {The desire to use the excess of pieces on the
kingside for an attack is very commendable, but it does not work the way the
first player would like.} (18. Bc1 Rad8 19. Qh5 Bc8 20. f4 Nd4 21. Bb2 $11)
18... gxf6 19. Qh5 fxe5 (19... Rfe8 20. Qxh6 fxe5 21. Qg5+ Kf8 22. f4 $14) 20.
Nf5 Qg6 $6 {[%mdl 256] Black is a very strong tactician, but that does not
necessarily make you excellent in defensive tasks. In all honesty it is very
tempting to go into a simplifying continuation that is safe and promises
chances in an endgame with an extra pawn. The computers insist that
objectively the stronger move was 20...Bc8 with prospects for a bigger
advanatge.} (20... Bc8 $1 21. Bxc6 (21. g4 Qf6 22. Qxh6 Qxh6 23. Nxh6+ Kg7 24.
Bxc6 Kxh6 25. Bxa8 Nxa8 $17) 21... Qxf5 22. Qxh6 f6 23. Re4 Qh7 24. Qxh7+ Kxh7
25. Bxa8 Nxa8 $17) 21. Qxg6+ fxg6 22. Bxc6 gxf5 (22... Rxf5 23. Bxb7 Rd8 24.
Re2 Nb5 25. Rae1 $15) 23. Bxb7 Rae8 24. Rad1 {White was a bit lucky to get
away from a dangerous adventure with a bishop sacrifice with only a scare. The
chances for a successful defence are good as Black has an exposed pawn on the
e-file.} Kg7 25. Bc6 Re7 26. h3 {This move might not have been the most
accurate, but only engines can criticise it with any confidence. Black will
not get far with sensible moves.} (26. Re3 $1 h5 27. Kg2 Rf6 $15) 26... Kf6 (
26... e4 $1 27. Bd7 Rff7 28. Bc6 Ne6 $17) 27. Rd6+ Re6 28. Red1 e4 29. a4 Rf7 (
29... h5 30. h4 Rf7 $15) 30. f4 exf3 {A clear sign that Mamedyarov is losing
part of his belief in full succes for this game.} (30... h5 31. h4 Rg7 32. Kg2
$15) 31. Bxf3 Rfe7 32. Kf2 Rxd6 (32... Ne8 33. Rd8 $11) 33. Rxd6+ {The
position is dangerously close to equality as Black finds it hard to make
progress in converting his extra pawn into anything tangible.} Kg7 (33... Ne6
34. h4 f4 35. g4 Rg7 36. Rd5 $11) 34. Be2 Ne6 35. h4 f4 36. g4 (36. gxf4 Nxf4
37. Bc4 Ng6 38. Kg3 $11) 36... Nd4 37. Bc4 Re3 38. Rd7+ Kg6 39. Rd6+ (39. Rxa7
Rf3+ 40. Ke1 Re3+ 41. Kf2 $11) 39... Kg7 40. Rd7+ Kg6 41. Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Radjabov, Teimour"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Lenderman,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Today the choice was clear to me, since we had a decisive game on one of the
top boards, and also it was a nice, clean game by Radjabov, who is in
excellent form in this tournament.} 1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 (2... g6 3. Nc3 d5 4.
cxd5 Nxd5 {is another common line for Grünfeld players, but these days many
players don't want to venture here, since White has a lot of additional
dangerous options here.}) 3. Nc3 d5 {As far as I know, the most common way for
Grünfeld players to play against this White's move order.} (3... g6 4. d4 cxd4
5. Nxd4 d5 {is also a common way for Grünfeld players to play, but still, I
think White has some pressure here if he knows the line well.} (5... Bg7 6. e4
{leads to a Maroczy Bind Structure, which most Grünfeld players wouldn't want
to play, since this is basically suffering for most of the game, and there
aren't as many dynamic options for Black here.})) 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 (5. e4 {
is also a very common move here, after which Black usually plays ...Nb4 and
leads to very sharp positions.} Nb4) 5... Nxc3 {Definitely not the only move
here.} (5... e6 {As far as I know this is the most common alternative, which
will most likely lead to an IQP (isolated pawn position), where White has the
isolated d4-pawn but will have attacking chances.} 6. d4) (5... Nc6 {isn't
played as often because of the unpleasant...} 6. Bb5 {After which Black will
probably still have to eventually play ...e6, but now he has allowed a
slightly annoying pin, and therefore some concessions.}) (5... g6 {is also not
as accurate, right away, since here after a strong queen move, disturbing
Black's harmony, he has to make some annoying concessions, for example...} 6.
Qa4+ $1 {This is already unpleasant for Black.} Bd7 (6... Nc6 7. Bb5 $14) 7.
Qb3 $14) 6. dxc3 {And this is the first somewhat surprising move. Almost
exclusively White plays bxc3. However, Radjabov, one of the leaders at +2,
playing Svidler, who has 3.5/6, half a point behind, decided to put the ball
in Black's court to try to create some kind of a battle in a dry position.
That,along with the fact that as far as I can tell, Svidler doesn't like
positions that are too dry. One game that comes to mind is Karjakin-Svidler
from the 2015 World Cup Finals, where Svidler just needed a draw to win the
finals, as he had been leading 2-1, but wasn't able to defend a slightly
unpleasant but tenable position. This no doubt had an impact on Radjabov's
decision to play this kind of a position this round. Needless to say, it paid
off big time for him in this game.} Qxd1+ (6... Qc7 {Perhaps this deserves
attention. This is already a rare position though.}) 7. Kxd1 Bf5 {This move is
designed against a quick e4. It's an interesting option but definitely not the
only option.} (7... Nc6 {is an alternative which Nepo tried against Vidit in
the last Olympiad. He'd also tried ...b6 the game before against Wang Yue.} 8.
e4 b6 9. Kc2 Bb7 10. Bf4 f6 11. Rd1 e5 12. Bc1 (12. Bg3 $5 {Maybe this move
here or somewhere earlier was a possible improvement for Radjabov.}) 12... Na5
13. Bb5+ Kf7 14. Rhe1 a6 15. Bc4+ Nxc4 16. Rd7+ Be7 17. Rxb7 Rhb8 18. Rxb8 Rxb8
19. b3 Nd6 20. Nd2 b5 $11 {1/2 (37) Vidit,S (2669)-Nepomniachtchi,I (2740)
Baku AZE 2016. Black equalised comfortably and went on to draw without
particular problems.}) (7... b6 8. e4 Bb7 9. Bb5+ Bc6 10. a4 a6 11. Bxc6+ Nxc6
12. Kc2 e6 13. Rd1 Be7 14. Bf4 Ra7 15. Nd2 $14 {1/2 (47) Wang Yue (2728)
-Nepomniachtchi, I (2719) Moscow RUS 2016. Here White has some pull, in a game
which ended up being a draw in 47 moves.}) 8. Nd2 Nc6 9. e4 {So, White got in
e4 anyway, but Black's idea was to force White's knight to d2 first, so that
White has a harder time developing his bishop on c1.} Be6 {This is according
to my database a novelty, and possibly not the best one.} (9... Bd7 {was
played by the late Walter Browne all the way back in 1979.} 10. Kc2 O-O-O 11.
Nb3 e6 12. Be3 b6 13. Ba6+ Kc7 14. a4 Ne5 15. f3 Bd6 16. Be2 Bc6 17. Nd2 f5 {
1/2 (42) Andersson,U (2560) -Browne,W (2540) Banja Luka 1979; with a complex
game, which ended up in a draw in the end. But certainly both sides could
probably make subtle improvements before.}) 10. Kc2 g6 (10... O-O-O {This move
deserves attention as well, since it stops Bc4 because of ...Rxd2!. However,
White has annoying options here as well.} 11. Nb3 (11. Bc4 $4 Rxd2+ $19) (11.
Nf3 $5 {is also interesting, trying to induce the move f6 at some point.} f6
12. Be3 b6 13. Ba6+ Kb8 14. Bf4+ Ka8) 11... b6 12. Ba6+ Kb8 13. Bf4+ Ka8 14.
Rhd1 Rxd1 15. Rxd1 g6 16. Nd2 Bg7 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Rd8 19. Rd5 $14 {
White has a slight pull here, but it certainly looks like Black should be able
to hold.}) 11. Bc4 Bd7 {Now it's starting to look like Black's strategy didn't
work. He's losing too many tempi and White is putting his pieces on decent
squares.} (11... Bxc4 12. Nxc4 $14 {is also slightly unpleasant though. White
has a plan with Be3 and a4 after ...b6. Black's bishop is a slight problem, in
where it's very useful.}) 12. Nb3 b6 13. a4 {An important move, not only
thinking about playing a5, but also preparing to play Bb5 after ...Ne5.} Ne5
14. Bb5 a6 $6 {But this move already seems like a real inaccuracy. I don't
think it was necessary to create additional weaknesses.} (14... Bg7 15. Bf4
O-O-O {still seems tenable for Black.}) 15. Bxd7+ Nxd7 16. Be3 e6 17. Rhd1
O-O-O 18. Nd2 $16 {Now White already has a serious advantage. White's knight
is getting back to c4, its dream square, while Black is tied down to the
weakness on b6. In general, the main reason White wanted to swap off the
light-squared bishops was because he wanted to have his knight unopposed on c4,
where it can't be bothered by Black's bishop, and also sometimes the white
knight and bishop are redundant on the light squares.} Be7 19. Nc4 Kb7 20. a5
$1 Rhf8 {The problem for Black is that...} (20... b5 $2 {only makes things
worse because of...} 21. Nd6+ Bxd6 22. Rxd6 $18 {and Black is just collapsing
here with his weaknesses.}) 21. axb6 Nxb6 22. Na5+ Kc7 23. Bf4+ Bd6 24. Bh6 $1
{A very important decision here. White didn't want to trade off the dark
squared bishops since then he would not have enough fire power to really apply
maximum pressure on Black's weaknesses.} (24. Rxd6 Rxd6 25. Nb3 (25. Rd1 Nc8
26. Nc4 Rfd8 27. b3 f6 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 {and since the pawn endgame is going to
be drawn, Black will be able to untangle himself eventually with ...Kc6, and
even though he's worse, he can still fight here.}) 25... c4 26. Nc5 Ra8 27.
Nxa6+ Kc6 28. Bxd6 Kxd6 29. Rd1+ Kc6 30. Nb4+ Kc5 {would have won a pawn for
White, but Radjabov correctly assessed that in this position Black would have
better chances o holding than in the game, since he was able to get his pieces
very active and trade off or eliminate his weaknesses just at the cost of a
pawn. This is still promising for White but it shows incredible patience not
to go for this line, which I'm sure Radjabov saw.}) 24... Rfe8 25. Nb3 {
Black still won't be able to avoid material loss in the long run, but here he
also keeps his active bishop, while Black's bishop on d6 is quite restricted
and can't do much.} Ra8 26. Be3 Nd7 27. Ra5 Kc6 28. Rda1 Kb6 29. R5a4 Rec8 30.
Na5 Be7 $6 {Loses in one move, but the position was already probably lost.} (
30... Kc7 31. Nc4 Be7 {would have prolonged the game, but White should still
be winning.} 32. Rxa6 (32. Bf4+ {Though the computer even doesn't want to take
the pawn.} Kb7 33. Na5+ Kb6 34. Rd1 Ra7 35. Nc4+ Kc6 36. Ra3 {and due to the
deadly threat of Na5+ with a mating attack, Black is already forced to play
the pathetic...} e5 37. Bxe5 Nxe5 38. Nxe5+ Kc7 39. Rd7+ Kb8 40. Rb3+ Ka8 41.
Rd1 {But this is equivilant to resignation.}) 32... Rxa6 33. Rxa6 {should be
enough for a winning advantage.}) 31. Rb4+ {Black resigned since is losing
after} (31. Rb4+ Kc7 32. Rb7+ Kd8 33. Rd1 Rc7 34. Nc6+ {and Black will lose at
least a piece. A very nice game by Radjabov and this puts him in a commanding
position to be able to win this tournament.}) 1-0

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Salem, AR Saleh"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. O-O Nd5 11. Re1 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Bf6 13. Bd3 Bd7 14. Rb1 b6
15. Rb5 g6 16. Bh6 Re8 17. Qd2 Ne7 18. Rbe5 Bc6 19. Bg5 Bg7 20. R5e3 h6 21. Bh4
Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Qd6 23. Bg3 Qxa3 24. Be5 Nd5 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. c4 Qb4 27. Qe2
Rad8 28. cxd5 Rxd5 29. Rc1 Qd6 30. g3 Rxd4 31. Rc3 Re7 32. Qc2 Qd5 33. Re3 Rd7
34. Be4 Qb5 35. Bd3 Qd5 36. Qe2 a5 37. h4 h5 38. Be4 Qd6 39. Kg2 Rc7 40. Rxc7
Qxc7 41. Qb2 Qc5 42. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Geneva FIDE GP"]
[Site "Geneva"]
[Date "2017.07.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2666"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.07.06"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 {
Peter is emloying a considerably rare continuation, that enables White to
avoid the major simplifications.} ({The main line} 7. Nf3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Bb4+ 9.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O {has proved to be very solid for Black.}) 7... Be7 8.
Nf3 (8. Bb5+ {was also recently tested on the highest level:} Bd7 9. Bxd7+ (9.
Nf3 Bxb5 10. Rxb5 b6 11. O-O O-O $11) 9... Qxd7 10. d5 exd5 11. exd5 O-O 12.
Nf3 Bf6 13. O-O b5 $132 {Aronian,L - Vallejo Pons,F Sharjah UAE 2017}) 8... O-O
9. Bc4 {This is the most natural way of development. White's bishop is
supporting the thematic d4-d5 advance now.} (9. Bd3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 {offers
Black comfortable play due to the pressure on the d4-pawn.}) 9... Nc6 ({
The more modest} 9... Nd7 10. O-O Qc7 11. Qe2 b6 12. d5 exd5 13. Bxd5 Bb7 14.
Bf4 Qxf4 15. Bxb7 Rab8 16. Bc6 $14 {(Vitiugov,N - Miton,K Czech Republic CZE
2013) didn't offer Black a full equality.}) 10. O-O b6 $146 {A natural novelty.
There is no reason for delaying the development of the passive c8-bishop.} ({
The preceding encounter was played almost half a century ago:} 10... Qc7 11.
Qe2 b6 12. Rd1 Na5 13. Bd3 Bb7 14. d5 c4 15. Bc2 e5 16. Be3 $14 {Polugaevsky,
L-Petrosian,T Soviet Union 1970}) 11. d5 $1 {Only this ambitious continuation
might pose Black any problems.} (11. Bf4 Bb7 12. Re1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rc8 $11)
11... Na5 (11... exd5 12. Bxd5 Qc7 13. Re1 $14 {looks rather passive for Black.
}) 12. Bd3 c4 {This move makes the d5-pawn vulnerable. On the other hand, the
a5-knight is definitely misplaced now.} 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bb7 {Black's
main counterplay is based on attacking the Pd5, but the Kg8 is getting more
exposed now.} ({Possibly, a safer try was} 14... Bg4 $5 15. Qe2 (15. h3 Bh5 16.
Re1 Bd6 $132) (15. Bf4 Nb7 16. h3 Bh5 17. Re1 Bd6 $132) 15... Bh5 $1 16. Re1
Bd6 $132 {securing the king and intending to attack the d5-pawn in the long
run.}) 15. Re1 Bf6 $2 {This move is inviting serious troubles - Black
shouldn't let White advance the passer.} ({A much better move was} 15... Qd6 $1
16. Ne5 (16. Rb5 a6 17. Rb1 Rae8 18. Be3 Bd8 $132) 16... Qxd5 17. Qg4 Rad8 18.
Qh3 f5 19. Bf4 Bc8 $1 {, and it looks like White has sufficient play for a
pawn, but hardly more. For instance,} 20. Rbd1 (20. Ng6 hxg6 21. Rxe7 Rfe8 22.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 23. Qh6+ Kg8 24. Qxg6+ Kh8 {with a perpetual}) 20... Qc5 21. g4 Rxd1
22. Rxd1 Bg5 $1 23. Bg3 h6 24. gxf5 Nc6 25. Nd7 Bxd7 26. Rxd7 Ne5 {and Black
is OK.}) 16. d6 $1 {Of course, GM Svidler doesn't miss this chance.} (16. Ba3
$6 {is much weaker:} Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Rd1 Rd8 20. d6 Bxf3 21.
gxf3 g6 $132) 16... Re8 ({In the event of} 16... Qd7 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Rfe8
19. Bf4 Rxe5 20. Bxe5 Re8 21. Bg3 $16 {White's powerful bishops would support
the passer, so Black is in big troubles.}) 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bf4 Rd8 (18...
Qd7 19. Nd4 g6 20. Ba4 Nc6 21. Qd2 $16) 19. Bf5 $1 {Now the passer has perfect
support from both White's bishops.} g6 $2 {The decisive mistake.} ({It was
necessary to remove the queen from the back-rank:} 19... Qc6 20. d7 g6 21. Bh3
Bxc3 22. Rc1 {, even though White's initiative lasts there too:} Bf6 23. Qe2
Qe4 24. Qxe4 Bxe4 25. Bc7 Rf8 26. Ne5 $36) 20. d7 Qf8 ({A more stubborn option
was} 20... Qe7 21. Bh3 Bc6 22. Bc7 Rxd7 23. Bxd7 Qxd7 24. Qxd7 Bxd7 25. Be5 $18
{, but White should be able to convert his material advantage into a full
point.}) 21. Bh3 Be4 22. Rc1 {White is not in a rush.} Qc5 (22... Nb7 {offered
no hope either:} 23. Bc7 Nc5 24. Bxd8 Qxd8 25. Qe2 $18) 23. Qe2 Bf5 {Alas,
this move doesn't help Black to release the tension.} 24. Rd1 Bxh3 25. gxh3 Kg7
({Or} 25... Nb7 26. Qe4 Qf5 27. Qxf5 gxf5 28. Bc7 Rf8 29. Nd4 $18) 26. Rd6 $1 {
The most effective.} Bxc3 (26... Nb7 27. Rxf6 Kxf6 28. Be5+ Ke7 29. Bd4+ $18)
27. Ng5 {All Black's pieces are too far away from the king, so White's attack
is unstoppable.} Qf5 28. Qe7 {The rest is just an agony.} h6 29. Ne6+ Kh7 30.
Nxd8 Qxf4 31. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Szabo,Kr"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 h6 ({The natural} 11... c6 {was played by
Carlsen,} 12. Bd3 Re8 13. Bc2 h6 14. Nf1 exd4 15. cxd4 c5 16. d5 b5 17. axb5
axb5 18. Ng3 Bd7 19. Be3 Bb6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 $13 {Kramnik-Carlsen, Stavanger
2017, with an unclear middlegame; later White managed to win.}) 12. Bb3 Re8 13.
Bc2 b5 ({On the same day So Wesley played} 13... Bd7 14. a5 c6 15. dxe5 dxe5
16. Nc4 Qe7 17. Qd6 Qxd6 18. Nxd6 Re6 19. Rd1 $14 {Vachier Lagrave-So Wesley,
Saint Louis 2017, and Black was under pressure.}) 14. b4 $146 {A logical
novelty by Karjakin. White's idea is to play on the queenside with Bb2, c4.} (
14. Nf1 {is the straightforward continuation,} Bd7 15. Ng3 c5 16. Be3 exd4 17.
cxd4 c4 18. Qd2 $36 {Grandelius-E.Hansen, Wijk aan Zee 2017, with the
initiative.}) 14... Bb7 15. Bb2 Qd7 16. c4 {This is the idea of White's setup.
Normally it is very rare that White has 5 pawns next to each other on the 4th
rank.} exd4 $6 {A dubious move, because Black will have problems on b5.} (16...
bxc4 {was better,} 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 dxe5 19. Nxc4 Bd4 {and Black is also
active,}) ({or even the cool-blooded} 16... Nh5 $5 {is also possible, for
example:} 17. axb5 (17. dxe5 $2 Nhf4 $1 18. exd6 Nxg2 $1 19. Kxg2 Nf4+ $19 {
with a decisive attack.}) 17... axb5 18. c5 Nhf4 $132 {with a complicated
middlegame.}) 17. cxb5 $1 {The right reply!} d3 $6 {Another inaccuracy. At
first sight 17...d3 is a logical intermediate move, because ...Nf4 will come
with tempo. On the other hand the light-squared bishop will be strong on the
a6-f1 diagonal.} ({However} 17... axb5 18. Nxd4 bxa4 19. Bxa4 c6 20. Qc2 $14 {
is also comfortable for White.}) 18. Bxd3 Nf4 19. Bf1 $1 {This is the right
square for the bishop. White sacrifices the e4-pawn, because on the queenside
he will be stronger.} Nxe4 (19... axb5 20. Bxb5 $16 {is also better for White.}
) 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. bxa6 Qf5 {Threatening ...Nxh3.} 22. Ra3 $1 {A great move,
White activates his R from the 3rd rank and protects the f3-knight.} c5 23. Nh4
{A strong intermediate move! Now it is not easy to choose for Black where he
will put his queen, moreover Rg3 can be unpleasant at an appropriate moment.}
Qe6 (23... Qg5 $2 {loses, as} 24. Rg3 Qxh4 25. Rxg7+ Kf8 26. Qxd6+ $18 {
and wins.}) 24. b5 $18 {White's queenside pawns are very dangerous. a5, b5 is
his main threat.} c4 25. Bd4 {The best practical move. White frustrates all
counterchances; now he neutralises the a7-bishop.} (25. a5 Bc5) 25... Bxd4 26.
Qxd4 d5 27. Rg3 ({The careless} 27. a5 $2 {could have been met by} Qe7 {
double attack,} 28. Rg3 Ne6 $132 {and White loses the h4-knight, the position
is not easy.}) (27. f3 {was also fine, but} Qd6 (27... Qe7 $2 28. Nf5 $1 $18)
28. Rxe4 Rxe4 29. fxe4 Qxa3 30. Nf5 Ne6 {gives some practical chances for
Black.}) 27... g5 28. f3 Nh5 29. Rg4 Nf6 ({The good-looking} 29... f5 {is also
losing, because of} 30. Nxf5 $1 Qxf5 31. fxe4 $18 {and White is winning.}) 30.
Rgxe4 $1 Nxe4 ({In the event of} 30... dxe4 31. Bxc4 Qe5 32. Qxe5 Rxe5 33. b6
$18 {the pawns reach the 6th rank.}) 31. fxe4 gxh4 32. Rd1 Qxe4 (32... dxe4 33.
Bxc4 $18 {is also hopeless for Black.}) 33. Qxe4 Rxe4 34. Rxd5 c3 35. Rc5 Rxa4
36. b6 Kg7 37. b7 Re8 38. Rxc3 Ra1 39. a7 ({The immediate} 39. Rc8 $4 {would
be a blunder, as} Ree1 $1 {and suddenly the white king is in trouble.}) (39. a7
Rxa7 {and the rook has left the 1st rank, so} 40. Rc8 $18 {and White is
winning.}) 1-0

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D32"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2783"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bd7 9. O-O Bd6 10. Nf3 a6 11. Ba4 Be6 12. Ne2 O-O 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. exf4 b5
15. Bb3 Bg4 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Nd4 18. Qd3 Nxb3 19. axb3 d4 20. Bd2 Re8 21.
Rfd1 Qd5 22. Ba5 h6 23. Qxd4 Qxb3 24. f5 Re4 25. Qc3 Qxc3 26. Bxc3 b4 27. Be1
a5 28. f3 Re2 29. Bxb4 Rxb2 30. Bxa5 Rb5 31. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 ({Previously, Maxim has sucessfully employed
} 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Nc6 ({Possibly,} 13... g6 $5 14. c3 Bg7 15.
Ne3 c4 $132 {offers Black an adequate counterplay.}) 14. a4 g6 15. c3 Bg7 16.
Ne3 b4 17. a5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nxa5 19. Bxe6 fxe6 20. Qa4 Nb7 21. Rfb1 $36 {
Vachier Lagrave,M - Piorun,K Caleta ENG 2017}) ({There is the quite harmless} 
11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Bxd5 13. exd5 O-O 14. b4 Nb7 15. c3 Qc7 16. Re1 f5 $132 {
Anand,V -Adams,M Baden-Baden GER 2013}) 11... O-O 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Nd5 $1 $146 {
An ambitious continuation, which provoked Black to exchange the light-squared
bishop.} (13. Bg5 Bxa2 14. Rxa2 Ne8 15. Be3 Bg5 16. Nd5 (16. Qg4 $5 Bxe3 17.
fxe3 g6 18. Raa1 Kh8 19. Nh4 $14) 16... Bxe3 17. Nfxe3 Nf6 $11 {Hovhannisyan,R
- Piorun,K Gjakova KOS 2016}) (13. Ne3 Nd7 14. Ncd5 Bg5 15. g3 Bxe3 16. Bxe3
Kh8 17. b4 Ne7 18. Nxe7 Qxe7 $11 {Timofeev,A - Matlakov,M Sochi RUS 2016})
13... Bxf5 14. exf5 Nxd5 15. Bxd5 Rc8 {At the moment, White has full control
over the light squares. On the other hand, the unfavourable change of pawn
structure makes it hard to make use of the bishop pair.} 16. a4 $1 {Since
Black's rook has left its initial spot, it definitely makes sense to open the
a-file.} ({A less promising try was} 16. Qh5 Bf6 17. g4 h6 18. Kh1 (18. h4 Bxh4
19. Bxh6 gxh6 20. Qg6+ Kh8 21. Qxh6+ Kg8 22. Qg6+ Kh8 $11) 18... Bg5 19. Be3
Qf6 $132) 16... Bf6 ({Hardly better was} 16... b4 17. Be3 Bf6 18. c4 bxc3 (
18... Ne7 19. Be4 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21. Qb3 Nxe3 22. fxe3 $14) 19. bxc3 Ne7 20.
Bb7 Rc7 21. Bxa6 Nxf5 22. Bd2 $14 {, and White's bishops would support the
passer.}) 17. axb5 axb5 18. c4 $1 {There is a deep strategic idea behind this
move - the stability in the centre favours White, who has a clear attacking
plan on the k-side. At the same time, the d4-spot still doesn't fully belong
to Black's knight.} ({The alternatives were much weaker:} 18. g4 Bg5 19. Be3
Bxe3 20. fxe3 Qg5 21. Qe2 Ne7 22. Bg2 d5 $132) (18. Be3 Nb4 19. Bf3 d5 20. c3
d4 $1 {is by no means worse for Black.}) 18... bxc4 $6 {Opening-up the d-file
would expose the d6-pawn and invite fresh troubles.} ({However, White would be
better in other cases too:} 18... Nd4 19. Qh5 Qe7 20. Ra2 h6 21. Be4 $14) ({Or
} 18... Qd7 19. Qh5 Ne7 20. Be4 d5 21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Qf3 Rfd8 23. Bd2 $14) 19.
dxc4 Bg5 (19... Nd4 20. Qh5 Nb3 21. Ra6 Nxc1 22. Rxc1 $16) 20. Be3 Kh8 ({
The difference in the effectivity of the bishops is well illustrated in the
following line:} 20... Nd4 $2 21. Bxd4 $1 exd4 (21... cxd4 22. b4 Qd7 23. Qf3
$18) 22. f4 Bf6 23. g4 h6 24. Ra3 $1 Qd7 25. g5 hxg5 26. Rh3 $18 {with a
decisive attack.}) ({Nor does Black's position look attractive after} 20... h6
21. Ra6 Nd4 22. Qg4 $16) 21. Qh5 h6 $2 {Peter is trying to change the
unfavourable course of the game, but Black doesn't get any compensation for
the pawn.} ({The lesser evil was} 21... Bxe3 22. fxe3 f6 23. Rfd1 $1 Qb6 24.
Qf3 Nb4 25. Be4 Rfd8 26. g4 $16 {Black's position lacks any adequate ideas,
whereas White has a clear attacking plan.}) 22. Bxf7 Nd4 23. h4 ({Another
decent way of handling the position was} 23. Bxd4 cxd4 24. b4 $1 e4 25. Be6 Rb8
26. b5 e3 27. fxe3 dxe3 28. Qe2 $18 {, and the b-passer should secure a win.})
23... Bxe3 (23... Qe7 24. hxg5 Qxf7 25. Qxf7 Rxf7 26. g4 hxg5 27. Kg2 Kg8 28.
Rh1 {should be winning for White, though the technical task might not be easy.}
) 24. fxe3 Qf6 25. Ra7 ({There was no reason for rejecting the natural} 25. Bg6
Nc2 26. Rac1 Nxe3 27. Rf3 {, trapping the knight. The play might continue:}
Nxc4 28. Rxc4 d5 29. Rc2 e4 30. Re3 Rb8 31. Qe2 $18 {Despite the powerful
central passers, Black's position is completely hopeless.}) 25... Ne2+ 26. Qxe2
({Another possibility was} 26. Kh2 e4 27. Qxe2 Rxf7 28. Rxf7 Qxf7 29. Qg4 Qxc4
30. f6 $18) 26... Rxf7 27. Rxf7 Qxf7 28. Qg4 {White is a pawn up in a better
position.} (28. g4 $1 {was simpler:} Qf6 29. g5 hxg5 30. Qh5+ Qh6 31. Qxg5 Rb8
32. Rf2 Rb3 33. Re2 Rb4 34. Rc2 Rb3 35. Kf2 $18) 28... Rb8 29. Ra1 $1 Qf6 30.
Qe4 (30. Qg6 Qe7 31. h5 $18) 30... Kh7 {Despite some inaccuracies, White's
position is still winning. Unfortunately, Maxim is committing a blunder and
spoiling all the advantage.} ({The pawn was untouchable:} 30... Rxb2 31. Ra8+
Kh7 32. g4 $18) 31. Ra2 $2 ({The correct move was} 31. h5 $1 Rxb2 32. Ra8 d5 (
32... Rd2 33. Kh2 Rb2 34. Kh3 $18) 33. Qg4 Qg5 34. Qxg5 hxg5 35. cxd5 Rd2 36.
g4 Rxd5 37. Kf2 $18 {, and the resulting rook endgame is completely hopeless
for Black - there are too many weaknesees.}) 31... h5 $1 {Now Black's king is
much safer! It turns out, that there is no way to keep the extra pawn.} 32. Kh2
({The best practical chance was:} 32. g3 Rf8 33. Ra6 Qxf5 34. Qxf5+ Rxf5 35.
Rxd6 Rf3 36. Kg2 Rxe3 37. Rd5 {, but even then after} g5 $1 38. Rxc5 (38. hxg5
Re2+ 39. Kf3 Rxb2 40. Rxc5 Rc2 $11) 38... gxh4 39. gxh4 Kg6 40. b4 Kf5 41. b5
Rb3 42. Rc6 Kf4 {Black is obtaining sufficient counter-play.}) 32... d5 $1 {
Now Black is safe.} 33. Qxd5 (33. cxd5 Rb4 34. Qf3 Qxh4+ 35. Qh3 Qg5 $11) 33...
Qxh4+ 34. Kg1 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qh4+ 36. Kg1 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qxe3 {The character of
play has drastically changed, so Peter pushes for more.} 38. Qf7 {The simplest.
Now the game ends.} Qf4+ 39. Kh1 Qh4+ 40. Kg1 Qe1+ 41. Kh2 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qd4+
43. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2810"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qc2 Bg6 13. Qb3 Ne7 14. O-O c6 15.
Bd3 Nf5 16. Rae1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxd4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Bxe4 20. Rxe4 Bb6
21. e6 Qe7 22. exf7+ Qxf7 23. Re6 Kh8 24. Ne5 Bxf2+ 25. Kh1 Qg8 26. Nd7 Rf7 27.
Ne5 Rff8 28. Nd7 Rf7 29. Ne5 Rff8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nbd2 Ned7 12. Nd4 Bb7 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Nc5
15. Bc2 Re8 16. f3 Nfd7 17. a5 d5 18. exd5 Bxd5 19. Nf1 Ne6 20. Be3 Bc5 21.
Nxe6 Bxe6 22. Be4 Rb8 23. Qd3 Bxe3+ 24. Nxe3 Nc5 25. Bxh7+ Kf8 26. Qxd8 Rexd8
27. Bc2 Rd2 28. Rad1 Rxd1 29. Rxd1 Rb2 30. Rd8+ Ke7 31. Rg8 g6 32. f4 Ra2 33.
h4 Nd7 34. Rc8 Rxa5 35. Rxc7 Kd6 36. Ra7 Ra3 37. f5 gxf5 38. Bxf5 Ne5 39. h5
Bxf5 40. Nxf5+ Ke6 41. Ne3 Kf6 42. h6 Kg6 43. Re7 Ra5 44. Kh2 Rc5 45. Kg3 Nc6
46. Rc7 Rxc3 47. Kf2 Rc5 48. h7 Kxh7 49. Rxf7+ Kg6 50. Rc7 Ne5 51. Rxc5 Nd3+
52. Ke2 Nxc5 53. Kd2 Kg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2742"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 Ng4 13. Qe2 Nxe3 14. Qxe3 Bxf3
15. Nxf3 Nc4 16. Qc1 Bf6 17. a4 b4 18. cxb4 exd4 19. Bd3 Ne5 20. Nxe5 dxe5 21.
Qc5 Re8 22. Rec1 Be7 23. Qxc7 Bxb4 24. Qxd8 Rexd8 25. a5 Rdc8 26. Rxc8+ Rxc8
27. Kf1 Rc5 28. Ra4 Bxa5 29. b4 Rc1+ 30. Ke2 Bd8 31. Rxa6 Kf8 32. b5 Rc3 33.
Ra7 g5 34. g4 Bb6 35. Ra6 Bc5 36. Rh6 Kg7 37. Rc6 Bb4 38. Rxc3 Bxc3 39. b6 Ba5
40. b7 Bc7 41. Bc2 Kf8 42. Kd3 Ke7 43. Kc4 f6 44. Kd5 h6 45. Bd3 Bb8 46. Kc6
Bd6 47. h3 Bb8 48. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.09"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2822"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. b3 g6 10. f4 d6 11. Qf2 Nf6 12. Ba3 Qe6 13. Be2 dxe5 14. Bxf8 Kxf8
15. O-O exf4 16. Qxf4 Kg7 17. Nc3 Rae8 18. Bf3 Qe3+ 19. Qxe3 Rxe3 20. Na4 Bc8
21. Bxc6 Rd8 22. Rae1 Rxe1 23. Rxe1 Rd2 24. Nc3 Rc2 25. Nb5 Rxa2 26. Nxc7 Rb2
27. Ne8+ Nxe8 28. Rxe8 Be6 29. Bd5 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Rxb3 31. d6 Rd3 32. Ra8 Rxd6
33. Rxa7 Rd2 34. Ra6 g5 35. h3 h5 36. Ra5 Kg6 37. Rb5 Ra2 38. Kf1 Ra6 39. Kf2
f5 40. Rb8 Ra2+ 41. Kf3 Ra3+ 42. Kf2 g4 43. hxg4 hxg4 44. g3 Ra2+ 45. Kf1 Ra1+
46. Kf2 Ra2+ 47. Kf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.10"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2749"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 g6 7. h4 Bg7 8.
h5 Nc6 9. Be2 Bf5 10. Qb3 b6 11. Ng5 e6 12. f4 h6 13. Qa4 Rc8 14. Ne4 g5 15.
Bb5 Qd5 16. Nf2 Qd6 17. Ne4 Qd5 18. Nf2 Qd6 19. Ne4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Sinquefield Cup 5th"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2017.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2749"]
[BlackElo "2807"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.08.02"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 180"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.09.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 ({It is interesting to compare the line played with
the Keres Variation:} 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 6. Nb3 {Instead of Nc3
White will have Bg2 on board.}) 3... c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Qb6 $5 ({The
classical continuation is} 5... d5 {but recently it was (re-)discovered that}
6. d3 {poses some problems.} (6. cxd5 Qxd5 {offers Black great play.}) 6...
exd3 ({Actually this variation is not new at all:} 6... Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 dxc4 10. dxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 {Benko,P-Tal,M Curacao 1962 (½-½, 34)
. Strangely it was only after 25 years that White tried this line again and
not until recently did it become popular.}) 7. cxd5 {Ding,L (2773)-Inarkiev,E 
(2727) Moscow 2017 CBM 179 [Roiz,M] (1-0, 87)}) 6. Nb3 a5 {Black immediately
starts the fight against the knight.} (6... d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3 Bf5 9. d3
Bb4 {completely transposes to a line from the Keres System, which is known to
favour White. Here is the most mportant classical game:} 10. O-O Bxc3 11. bxc3
O-O 12. Be3 Qc7 ({The modern interpretaion of the line does not change the
evaluation:} 12... Qa6 13. Nc5 Qc6 14. c4 dxc4 15. Rc1 b5 16. dxc4 b4 17. Qb3
a5 18. a3 bxa3 19. Qxa3 Qc8 20. Rfd1 Re8 21. Na4 $18 {Brodowski,P (2442)-Socko,
B (2621) Gorzow Wielkopolski 2014 (1/2-1/2, 36)}) 13. Rc1 Nc6 14. c4 Rad8 15.
Nd4 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 exd3 17. cxd5 Qd7 18. Bxf6 dxe2 19. Qxe2 gxf6 20. Qb2 Kg7 21.
Qd4 $16 {Reshevsky,S-Keres,P Los Angeles 1963 MCL [Dolmatov] (1-0, 41)}) 7. d3
a4 8. N3d2 d5 (8... Bc5 9. O-O $5 {White's better possibilites for rapid
development prevent Black fro using the weakness of the dark squares.} (9. e3
$6 exd3 10. Nc3 Qa6 $15 {Meier,G (2657)-Baklan,V (2618) Biel 2016 (1/2-1/2, 38)
}) 9... e3 10. fxe3 Bxe3+ 11. Kh1 d6 (11... Ng4 12. Ne4) 12. Nc3 Ng4 13. c5 $1
Qxc5 (13... dxc5 14. Nc4 $18) (13... Bxc5 14. Nxa4 $16) 14. Nce4 Qh5 15. Nxd6+
Kd7 16. h4 Kxd6 (16... Bxd2 17. Nxc8 $16) 17. Nc4+ $14) 9. cxd5 $1 $146 {
It makes sense clearing the path for White's minor pieces.} (9. dxe4 {is
premature, making the c4-pawn look like a weakness.} dxe4 10. e3 (10. Nxe4 Nxe4
11. Bxe4 Bh3 $44) 10... Bg4 11. Qc2 Nbd7 12. Nc3 Bb4 13. Ndxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+
Be6 15. O-O O-O $44 16. Qh4 $6 Ne5 $15 17. Nd5 {?!?!} cxd5 18. cxd5 Bg4 (18...
Bd7 $19) 19. f4 Be2 (19... Nf3+ 20. Bxf3 Bxf3 21. Rxf3 Rfd8 $17) 20. fxe5 Bxf1
21. Bxf1 $15 {Topalov,V (2749)-Caruana,F (2808) Paris (blitz) 2017 (0-1, 35)})
9... exd3 ({The difference is that after} 9... cxd5 {White can safely take the
pawn:} 10. dxe4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Bh3 13. Nc3 $16 {[%cal Gc3d5,Gd5f4]
}) 10. O-O cxd5 (10... dxe2 $2 11. Qxe2+ $18 {offers White a decisive attack.})
11. exd3 {The position is more pleasant for White, as he has pressure on d5
and nice minor piece development, but it is early to speak about an advantage.}
Be7 12. Nc3 Qa5 13. Re1 Nc6 14. b4 $1 {An elegant tactical way of taking over
the queenside initiative.} ({A week later White missed this:} 14. Nf3 $6 O-O
15. Bd2 Qa6 16. Bg5 Be6 $11 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Rxe5 h6 19. Bf4 a3 20. Rb1 Bd6 $17
{Navara,D (2737)-Caruana,F (2807) Saint Louis (blitz) 2017 (0-1, 34)}) 14...
axb3 (14... Qxb4 15. Nxd5 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 O-O 17. Rb1 Qc5 18. Be4 Rd8 19. Nc4 $14
{[%csl Gb7][%cal Gc1e3]}) (14... Nxb4 15. Rxe7+ Kxe7 16. Ba3 Kd8 17. Qb1 Na6
18. Nxd5 Nxd5 19. Nc4 $18) 15. Bb2 $1 Qd8 ({If} 15... Bg4 {White has a choice:}
{A simpler way is} 16. Nxb3 (16. Qxb3 {may lead to interesting play, with
chances for both sides:} O-O 17. Qxb7 Rfc8 18. Rxe7 Rab8 19. Nb3 (19. Rxf7 Rxb7
20. Rxb7 Qa6 21. Rxg7+ Kxg7 22. Nxd5 Qxd3 23. Bxf6+ Kf8 24. Nb3 Bf3 25. Nf4 Qd6
$13) 19... Rxb7 (19... Qd8 20. Rxf7 Rxb7 21. Rxb7 $16) 20. Rxb7 Qd8 $13) 16...
Qd8 17. Qd2 O-O 18. h3 Be6 19. Ne2 $14) 16. Qxb3 {A strange decision.} (16.
Nxb3 O-O 17. Nb5 $14 {offers White natural play.}) 16... Be6 $6 ({Even
stranger. Why did he refrain from:} 16... Nd4 17. Qd1 Bg4 18. Qb1 O-O 19. h3 (
19. Nxd5 Ne2+) 19... Be6 $11 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. Bxd4 Nb4 22. Nb3 Bxb3 23. axb3
Qxd4 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. Rxe7 g6 $44 {[%cal Ga8a1]}) 17. Ne2 $16 {[%cal Ge2f4]
Suddenly Black is under serious pressure.} Bb4 $2 $18 18. Red1 {Too slow to
bother Black.} ({The spectacular} 18. Nf4 $1 {would have more or less won:} O-O
(18... Bxd2 19. Nxe6 fxe6 20. Rxe6+ Kf7 21. Bxf6 gxf6 22. Re2 $18 Ba5 23. Qxb7+
Ne7 24. Rxe7+ Qxe7 25. Bxd5+ Kf8 26. Qxa8+) 19. Rxe6 Bxd2 (19... fxe6 20. Nxe6
$18) 20. Rxf6 gxf6 21. Nxd5 $18) 18... O-O $14 {Black is back in the game now.}
19. Nf4 Bc5 $6 {Hoping to get counterplay against f2 after an exchange on e6,
but exposing the bishop.} (19... Bg4 20. Nf3 $14) 20. Nf3 (20. Rac1 $5) 20...
Bg4 21. Rac1 {White's pressure has again become unbearable.} Bxf3 {Hoping to
get drawing chances with opposite coloured bishops.} 22. Bxf3 Nd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4
24. Rc2 b6 25. Bxd5 $1 {Without knights Black should be entitled to count on a
draw, but this way he is more or less lost.} Ra7 26. Bf3 Re8 27. Ne2 h5 (27...
Bc5 28. d4 $16) 28. Nxd4 Qxd4 29. Rc4 Qe5 30. a4 Qa5 31. Kg2 Rd8 32. d4 {
The start of the end. White is a pawn up and has regrouped perfectly.} Nd5 33.
Rdc1 g6 34. Rc8 Rad7 35. Qc4 Kg7 36. Rxd8 Rxd8 37. Rb1 Nf6 (37... Nc3 38. Rb4
Rc8 39. Qb3 $18) 38. d5 Ra8 (38... Nxd5 39. Rd1 $18) (38... Ne8 {[%cal Ge8d6]}
39. Qd4+ {[%csl Gb6]}) 39. d6 Ra7 (39... Qxa4 40. Rb4 $18) 40. Rd1 Nd7 41. Bc6
Qc5 42. Qd4+ Qxd4 43. Rxd4 Kf6 44. Re4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vakhidov, Jahongir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B14"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 cxd4 7. exd4 Be7 8. c5
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. Qxc3 a5 11. Bd3 O-O 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Qxa1 Nxb4
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qb1+ Kg8 17. Qxb4 b6 18. Bf4 bxc5 19. dxc5 f6 20. Nd4 Bd7
21. Nb3 e5 22. Bd2 Qb8 23. Qb6 Qxb6 24. cxb6 Rb8 25. Ba5 Ba4 26. Nc1 Ra8 27.
Bd2 Ra6 28. O-O Rxb6 29. Ne2 Rb2 30. Nc3 Bc6 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vakhidov, Jahongir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd6 5. d4 Nf6 6. Nb5 Qd8 7. a4 Bg7 8.
Be2 O-O 9. O-O Ne8 10. c3 Bg4 11. h3 Be6 12. Bf4 Nc6 13. Re1 Bd5 14. Na3 Nd6
15. Nc2 Na5 16. Nd2 f6 17. Ne3 Bf7 18. d5 b6 19. Nf3 c5 20. Qc2 a6 21. h4 Re8
22. h5 c4 23. Nd4 Qd7 24. hxg6 Bxg6 25. Qd1 Rac8 26. Bxd6 Qxd6 27. Bg4 Rb8 28.
Nef5 Bxf5 29. Bxf5 Qf4 30. Re4 Qh6 31. g3 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.06"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 c6 6. e4 dxe4 7. Bc4 Qe7 8. a4
Nf6 9. Nge2 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Ng3 O-O 12. Re1 b5 13. axb5 cxb5 14. Bxb5 Qb7
15. Ba4 Qxb3 16. Bxb3 Nc6 17. Rd1 Bg4 18. Nge2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.07"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Qd2 Qxd2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. h3 Bc5 8. a3 a6
9. d3 Nd4 10. b4 Ba7 11. Be3 O-O 12. O-O c6 13. Bxd4 exd4 14. Nb1 b5 15. Nd2
Be6 16. Rc1 Rc8 17. Nf4 Bd7 18. Nb3 c5 19. bxc5 bxc4 20. Rxc4 dxc5 21. e5 Nh7
22. Qc2 g5 23. Nh5 Be6 24. Nd2 f5 25. Ra4 a5 26. Nc4 Bb6 27. Rb1 Bc7 28. Rb7 f4
29. Qe2 Bd5 30. Bxd5+ Qxd5 31. Ra7 f3 32. Qe1 Qd7 33. e6 Qxa4 34. e7 Qd7 35.
Qe4 Kh8 36. exf8=Q+ Nxf8 37. Qxf3 Qe6 38. Rxc7 Rxc7 39. Qxf8+ Kh7 40. Nf6+ Kg6
41. Ne4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.08"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Erdos, Viktor"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bb5 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Na4 Qd6 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Qc2 Nb4
15. Qd1 c5 16. Nxc5 Bb7 17. Nxb7 Rxb7 18. b3 Nc6 19. Bb2 Rd8 20. Re4 a5 21. Qe2
a4 22. d5 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 a3 24. Qf6 Qxd5 25. Rae1 Rb5 26. g4 Qd6 27. Rc4 Rd5 28.
Ng5 Qe7 29. Qxf7+ Qxf7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. Rxc6 Rd2 32. g5 Rxa2 33. Rc7+ Kg8 34.
Rxe6 Rf8 35. Ree7 Rfxf2 36. Rg7+ Kf8 37. Rxh7 Kg8 38. Rcg7+ Kf8 39. Ra7 Kg8 40.
Rhg7+ Kf8 41. Rh7 Rg2+ 42. Kh1 Kg8 43. Rhg7+ Kh8 44. Rh7+ Kg8 45. Rhg7+ Kf8 46.
Rh7 Kg8 47. Rag7+ Kf8 48. Rf7+ Kg8 49. Rfg7+ Kf8 50. Rf7+ Kg8 51. Rhg7+ Kh8 52.
Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.09"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 Ne7 15.
c4 Qxd2+ 16. Nxd2 b6 17. O-O h6 18. Rfd1 f5 19. f3 g5 20. Nb1 fxe4 21. fxe4 Ng6
22. Nc3 Ne5 23. Be2 Ba6 24. Nb1 Re8 25. Bf2 Rad8 26. h3 exd5 27. exd5 Nf7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.10"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Onischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d3 ({The more aggressive} 9. d4 {has also been employed by Peter.}) 9...
d6 10. a5 {This advance makes the b4-pawn much more vulnerable.} Rb8 {
Alexander is assuming White will push c2-c3, so Black is taking control over
the b-file in advance.} (10... Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Nbd2 {frequently
transposes to the text.}) 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 {This change of pawn
structure is always double-edged: opening the f-file favours Black, but the
doubled e-pawns might cause him some problems in the long run.} 13. c3 {
White hardly can claim any superiority without advancing the d-pawn.} ({
The other way of preparing the thematic d3-d4 break:} 13. Nb3 {led to a
complex strategic struggle in the following top-level game:} Qc8 14. Qe2 Nd8
15. d4 exd4 16. Nbxd4 c5 17. Nb3 e5 18. Nbd2 Ne6 19. Nc4 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21.
Nb6 Qc6 $132 {Caruana,F -Carlsen,M Saint Louis USA 2017}) 13... Nd7 ({After} 
13... Qe8 14. Nc4 Qg6 15. h3 Nd7 16. Be3 d5 17. Ncd2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Nc5 19. Bxc5
Bxc5 20. Qa4 $14 {Carlsen,M - Aronian,L Saint Louis USA 2017, Black was under
strong pressure.}) 14. Nb3 $146 {This natural move is a novelty.} ({The
previosuly played} 14. Nc4 {is inviting the freeing d6-d5 advance:} d5 15. exd5
exd5 16. Ne3 Nc5 $132 {Saltaev,M - Smagin,S Moscow 1995}) 14... d5 {This
committal move seems the only way of activating the pieces.} ({In the event of
} 14... Qe8 15. Be3 Qg6 16. Nbd2 Rb5 17. Qe2 bxc3 18. bxc3 Rfb8 19. Rec1 $14 {
the control over the b-file wouldn't yield Black real counterplay.}) 15. Be3
bxc3 16. bxc3 dxe4 $6 {This exchange makes Black's setup more shaky: the
c4-spot and the a6-pawn are very weak.} ({After} 16... Bd6 $1 17. Rb1 h6 18.
Qc2 Qe7 19. h3 {White's position looks somewhat better, but it's very hard to
make any real progress.}) 17. dxe4 Rb5 $6 {This inaccurate move is inviting
fresh troubles.} ({A better one was} 17... Nf6 18. Qc2 Ng4 19. h3 Nxe3 20. Rxe3
Rb5 $14) 18. Qe2 {The queen is heading to c4.} ({Possibly, an even stronger
try was} 18. Qd3 $5 Qc8 19. Red1 Ndb8 20. Qc4 $16) 18... Qb8 ({The knight is
untouchable:} 18... Rxb3 $2 19. Qc4 Nxa5 20. Rxa5 Ra3 21. Rxa3 Bxa3 22. Ng5 $18
) 19. Qc4 Nd8 {This move looks awkward, but this is the only way to avoid
major loss of material.} 20. Rad1 $6 {This move is actually a loss of tempo.
Perhaps, Peter had underestimated Black's reply.} ({A much better move was} 20.
Nbd2 Qb7 21. Reb1 $16) 20... Bd6 $1 (20... Nf6 {is worse:} 21. Nc5 Bxc5 22.
Bxc5 Re8 23. Nxe5 Rxa5 24. Ra1 $16) 21. Rb1 Qb7 $6 {Returning the favour.} ({
Alexander should have played} 21... Qa8 $1 22. Red1 h6 $14) 22. Nbd2 $1 {
The exchange of the powerful Rb5 makes White's advantage bigger.} Qc6 23. Rxb5
axb5 24. Qb3 $16 {Now Black is mainly suffering from the powerful a-passer.} (
24. Qa2 $5) 24... Qa6 25. Ra1 Nc5 26. Qb1 Nf7 (26... Ndb7 27. h4 h6 28. h5 $16)
27. c4 $1 {Peter is aiming at opening files for his major pieces.} c6 28. cxb5
cxb5 29. Nb3 {The knight isn't located so well now.} ({A more precise move was
} 29. Qa2 $1 Re8 30. h4 h6 31. g4 $16 {extending the initiative on both sides
of the board.}) 29... Nd7 ({It made sense to lock the a-file:} 29... Na4 $5 30.
Qf1 Qb7 $14) 30. Qd3 Rc8 31. h3 h6 32. Nfd2 ({A more promising route for the
knight seems to be} 32. Ne1 $1 Rc4 33. Nd2 Rc7 34. Nc2 $16) 32... Nb8 33. Nf3
b4 {Alexander is reasonably deviating from repeating the moves.} ({Another
possibility was} 33... Rc4 $5 34. Ne1 Ra4 $14) 34. Qd1 Qb7 35. Nfd2 Rc3 {
Obviously, GM Onischuk's position has been improved - Black has managed to
activate almost all of his pieces.} 36. Nc1 Na6 37. Ne2 $6 {Once again, GM
Svidler chooses a wrong location forr the knight.} ({The correct way was} 37.
Na2 $1 Rc6 (37... Ra3 $2 38. Nc4 $18) 38. Rc1 $14) 37... Rc8 $6 ({A much
better move was} 37... Rc6 $1 {taking care of the weak e6-pawn:} 38. Nb3 (38.
Qb3 Bc5 $11) 38... Be7 39. Rc1 Nd6 {and Black should be able to achieve a draw.
}) 38. Qb3 Qe7 $6 {The continuation of a wrong strategy.} ({Black's defensive
task would be much easier had Alexander played} 38... Bc5 $1 39. Qxe6 Bxe3 40.
fxe3 Qc6 41. Qg4 Qc5 $14) 39. Rc1 {Now Black is doomed to a passive defence
again.} Rxc1+ 40. Nxc1 {After the exchange of rooks the a5-pawn becomes more
dangerous.} Bc5 41. Nd3 ({It was better to avoid the doubled pawn by means of} 
41. Nf1 $1 Bxe3 42. Nxe3 $16) 41... Bxe3 42. fxe3 Qd8 43. Nc4 Ng5 $2 {The
decisive mistake.} ({Once again, Alexander has missed a golden opportunity for
activating all his pieces at the cost of a pawn:} 43... Qe8 $1 44. Ndxe5 Nxe5
45. Nxe5 Kh7 46. Qc4 Qa4 $1 47. Qxe6 (47. Qxa6 Qa1+ 48. Kf2 Qxe5 $11) 47...
Qxa5 48. Qg6+ Kg8 49. Qf7+ Kh7 50. Nd7 Qd8 51. e5 Kh8 $14 {Black would obtain
excellent drawing chances.}) 44. Nb6 (44. Nxb4 $1 {was even simpler:} Qb8 45.
Nb6 Nc5 46. Qc2 Ngxe4 47. Nc6 Qd6 48. a6 $1 Qxc6 49. a7 $18) 44... Nc7 (44...
Kh7 $5 {was worth considering,} {forcing White to find a couple of precise
moves:} 45. Qc2 $1 (45. Qc4 $2 Nb8 46. h4 Nf7 47. Nxb4 Qd2 $11) 45... h5 46.
Nf2 b3 47. Qxb3 Qd2 48. Qd1 Qxd1+ 49. Nxd1 Nxe4 50. Nc4 $18 {this endgame is
winning for White, but the technical part is still not trivial.}) 45. Qc4 b3 {
Alas, Alexander fails to put up much resistance.} ({A much more stubborn line
was} 45... Kh7 $1 46. Na4 $1 (46. Kh2 Ne8 $1 47. Nxe5 Qd6 48. Qd4 Qxd4 49. exd4
Nxe4 $16 {and it isn't yet over.}) 46... Na8 $1 {and Black manages to
liquidate the a5-pawn. Still after} 47. Nac5 Qxa5 48. h4 Nb6 49. Qb3 Nf7 50.
Qxe6 Qa7 51. h5 b3 52. Nxb3 Qd7 53. Qg6+ Kg8 54. Nbc5 Qd8 55. Qe6 $18 {White
should be able to convert his positional (and material) advantage into a full
point.}) 46. Qxb3 Nxe4 47. Qc2 Qg5 (47... Nd5 48. Qc8 Qxc8 49. Nxc8 Nxe3 50. a6
$18) 48. Nc4 $1 $18 {Now White is firmly in control.} Nd5 {A desperate attempt
to create some threats on the kingside.} (48... Ng3 49. Ndxe5 Qf6 50. Qf2 $18)
49. a6 $1 {The most effective.} Nxe3 50. a7 Nxc2 51. a8=Q+ Kh7 52. Qxe4+ {
White is a piece up, but the game goes on.} Qf5 53. Nd6 $1 ({After} 53. Qxf5+
exf5 54. Ncxe5 {Black's pawn structure would be improved.}) 53... Qxe4 54. Nxe4
Kg6 55. g4 {No activity for the opponent's monarch! The rest is just an agony.}
Kf7 56. Nxe5+ Ke7 57. Kf2 Nb4 58. Kf3 Nd5 59. Ng6+ Kf7 60. Nf4 Nf6 ({Or} 60...
Ne7 61. Nc5 e5 62. Nfd3 $18) 61. Nxf6 gxf6 62. Kg3 f5 63. gxf5 exf5 64. Ng2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.12"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bb3 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Nbd7 8. c3
Nc5 9. Bc2 Bg4 10. Nc4 Bh5 11. Ne3 d5 12. Nf5 Re8 13. Qe2 Bf8 14. h3 Qc7 15.
Ng3 Bg6 16. Nh2 a5 17. Ng4 Qd6 18. Qf3 Nfd7 19. Ne3 Qf6 20. Nef5 Bxf5 21. Nxf5
g6 22. Qg3 Ne6 23. Ne3 h5 24. exd5 Nf4 25. Qf3 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Qxf3 27. gxf3 cxd5
28. Ba4 Rad8 29. Be3 Re6 30. Rfe1 Nc5 31. Bb5 Rb6 32. a4 d4 33. Bd2 Nb3 34.
Rad1 f6 35. Re4 Nxd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.13"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "34"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. Bc4 Nc6 8.
O-O e6 9. e4 Bd6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 O-O 12. Qe2 Na5 13. e5 Nxc4 14. Qxc4 Bxe5
15. Nxe5 Qxe5 16. Be7 Re8 17. Qxc5 Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Qc2 e5 15.
Nxc6 bxc6 16. cxd5 cxd5 17. Rfd1 Bf5 18. Qb3 Rb8 19. Rxd5 Qc7 20. Qc4 Qxc4 21.
Bxc4 Be6 22. Rxe5 Nxg3 23. Rxe6 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 fxe6 25. Bxe2 Rec8 26. Bd1 Rb2 27.
Bb3 Kf7 28. Rd1 Rxc3 29. g4 Ke7 30. Rd4 a5 31. Re4 Rc6 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. Rd4 Ke7
34. Re4 Rd6 35. Kg3 Kf6 36. f4 Rb1 37. Re5 a4 38. Bxa4 gxf4+ 39. Kxf4 Rd3 40.
Ra5 Ra3 41. e4 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.14"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 d6 3. e4 e5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. d4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 d5 7. Neg5 exd4 8.
Bd3 Qd6 9. Nxd4 c5 10. Nb5 Qe5+ 11. Be3 Na6 12. O-O Nf6 13. Re1 Bg4 14. Qd2 Ne4
15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bf4 Qf6 17. Rxe4 O-O 18. Rae1 Rad8 19. Rxe7 Qxf4 20. Qxf4
Rxf4 21. Rxb7 Nb4 22. f3 Nxd3 23. cxd3 Bf5 24. Ree7 Bxd3 25. Rxg7+ Kh8 26. Rgc7
Bg6 27. h3 Rb4 28. Nxa7 Rxb7 29. Rxb7 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Bd3 31. Rd7 c4 32. Nc6 Rb1
33. Ne5 Bf1 34. Rd2 Ra1 35. a3 Ra2 36. Rf2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.15"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2789"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{Peter Svidler and MVL have a very similar opening repertoire, both of course,
being huge opening experts. So when they sat at the board it was realyl a
battle of choosing the line in which the opponent would feel the most
uncomfortable.} 1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:02:
41] Peter played this move after quite some thought.} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 3.
Nc3 {[%emt 0:03:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:05:18] As Svidler said, White has many options
at this point. He went for the one that would be the most uncomfortable for
Maxime.} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 7.
Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 8. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ne6 {
[%emt 0:01:10] This knight diamond movement is quite well known now. Black
makes all of these knight moves in the hope that he would be able to
capitalise on the weakness of the d4 square.} 9. h4 $5 {[%emt 0:04:41] Why
would someone make a move like this? What is the point? The main idea of this
move is to stop Black from playing ...g6.} (9. b4 {is one of the main moves.})
(9. d3 {can be met with a move like ...Nc6 followed by ...g6 putting all the
resources on the d4-square.} g6 $11) 9... Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:38]} (9... Nc6 {
is also possible.}) (9... g6 {The main advantage of the move h4. That ...g6 is
no longer possible.} 10. h5 $1 $16) 10. d3 {[%emt 0:03:29]} Nbc6 {[%emt 0:01:
20]} 11. Nb5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Be6 {[%emt 0:06:38] After the game Maxime said
that this entire plan with ...Be6 and taking on b5 was played pretty quickly
by him and he didn't like what he did.} 12. Bf4 {[%emt 0:10:03]} Nxb5 $6 {
[%emt 0:02:10]} 13. Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 14. Ba4 {
[%emt 0:03:25]} (14. Qa4 Bd7 $5 $11) 14... Qa6 {[%emt 0:16:54]} (14... Qxb2 $2
15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. Rxb7 $18) (14... Bg4 {This was Maxime's main idea. So that he
can now play ...e6, ...Be7, ...0-0 and finish his development. But he had
missed something in the line starting with} 15. b4 $1 e6 (15... cxb4 16. Rc1 {
seems to give White good compensation, but I would say Black's position looks
fine.}) 16. b5 $1 {This was the move that MVL had missed.} Nd4 17. Bc7 $3 $18 {
and it's game over.}) 15. Rc1 {[%emt 0:08:45]} b5 {[%emt 0:07:04]} 16. Bb3 {
[%emt 0:00:24]} Bxb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 17. Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 18. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:54] The c5-pawn is very weak. At this point I think
Svidler had every right to believe that his position was very pleasant.} Na5 {
[%emt 0:03:08]} 19. Qc3 {[%emt 0:04:12]} b4 {[%emt 0:04:05]} 20. Qc2 {[%emt 0:
02:02]} Nb7 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 21. Qc4 {[%emt 0:09:08]} Qxc4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 22.
Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:12] A queen exchange does not ease Black's situation.} Be7 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} 23. Ke2 {[%emt 0:01:57]} O-O {[%emt 0:02:30]} 24. Nd2 $1 $16 {
[%emt 0:04:54] The knight comes to b3 and the other rook to c1. It looks
really bad for MVL.} Rfc8 {[%emt 0:04:35]} 25. Nb3 {[%emt 0:03:01]} a5 {
[%emt 0:00:17]} 26. a4 $5 {[%emt 0:00:57]} (26. Rhc1 {This is a natural move,
but now the h4-pawn is hanging.} Bxh4 27. Nxc5 Nxc5 28. Bxc5 $14 {White is
surely better as he has won the c5-pawn for the one on h4. However, Svidler
wanted more. He wanted to keep his h-pawn and then win the c5-pawn as well.})
26... bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 27. bxa3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 28.
Nd2 {[%emt 0:03:40]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:02:21]} 29. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:03:13]} Rcb8 {
[%emt 0:00:03] Maxime is creating some threats of penetrating down the b-file.}
30. Rb1 $1 {[%emt 0:00:26]} Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 31. Nxb1 {[%emt 0:00:08]}
Bxh4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Rc6 $6 {[%emt 0:00:57] Peter Svidler did not like
this move. He thought that it gave Black good chances to equalise.} (32. Rc7 $5
{Peter thought this was the better move after the game.}) (32. Nc3 $1 {is the
best. It doesn't create any threats yet, but White is just dominating.} Be7 33.
Rc7 $16 Bf8 34. Bc5 $16 {White has complete control.}) 32... Be7 {[%emt 0:01:
00]} 33. Bc5 {[%emt 0:05:24]} Nb5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:15] This is the move that
Svidler had missed.} 34. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:05:38]} 35. Bxe7+ {
[%emt 0:03:49]} Kxe7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 36. Rb6 {[%emt 0:00:11]} Nd6 {[%emt 0:01:
55]} 37. Nc3 $6 {[%emt 0:00:41] This is one of those moves that you make
naturally. Your knight is on the first rank and you want to develop it.
However, Svidler said after the game that stopping Black's ...h5 was important
and he should have gone g4.} (37. g4 $1 $14) 37... h5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:04] After
this Black has relatively lesser problems.} 38. f4 {[%emt 0:06:36]} (38. Rb4 f6
39. Rxa4 Rxa4 40. Nxa4 Nb5 $11) 38... f6 {[%emt 0:02:58]} 39. Nb5 {[%emt 0:07:
46]} Nxb5 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 40. Rxb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} h4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 41.
Rb7+ {[%emt 0:05:50] I have a feeling that White has a small edge here, some
slight pressure, but MVL had already passed the worst and the result would
most probably have been a draw, so the players saved themselves some energy.}
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.16"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 a5 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bb5 Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4 Bd7 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3
Ng6 16. f4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Qd7 18. Kh2 Re7 19. Ndf5 Re6 20. Nd4 Re7 21. b4 Bxd4
22. cxd4 Qxb5 23. f5 Nf8 24. Rxa5 Rxa5 25. bxa5 Qxa5 26. Bb2 N8d7 27. Qc1 Re8
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.17"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "151"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 3. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:00] Maxime believes in his preparation in
the Italian and goes for it.} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. c3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 5. d3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 6. O-O {[%emt 0:00:
00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 7. a4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. h3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} a5 {[%emt 0:00:11]}
10. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:00:01] All these little moves in the Giuoco Piano are well
known. The main idea is to build up the position before getting down to a
fist-fight.} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 11. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Na7 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
({In the classical section Svidler had chosen} 11... Ne7 12. d4 exd4 13. Nxd4
Bd7 14. Nf1 Re8 15. Ng3 Ng6 16. f4 Bxb5 17. axb5 Qd7 {½-½ (27)
Vachier-Lagrave,M (2804)-Svidler,P (2756) Tbilisi GEO 2017, leads to a complex
position where both sides had their chances.}) 12. d4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} exd4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} ({In an earlier round we saw this between MVL-Grischuk:} 12...
Nxb5 13. dxc5 Na7 14. b3 Re8 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Ba3 Qa6 17. b4 axb4 18. cxb4 b5
19. Bb2 Nc6 20. Nxe5 Nxb4 21. Re3 bxa4 22. Rg3 {1/2-1/2 (56) Vachier-Lagrave,M
(2804) -Grischuk,A (2788) Tbilisi GEO 2017. It was a game filled with mind
boggling complications that ended in a draw.}) 13. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Bb4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} 14. Bd3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 15. e5 {[%emt 0:
00:02]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:00:01] Peter played all of this pretty fast, which meant
that he was very well prepared.} 16. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:45]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:41]}
17. Nf1 {[%emt 0:00:10]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:06:10]} 18. Bc2 {[%emt 0:01:52]} (18.
Nxd4 Nc6 $13 {Black seems to be doing fine.}) 18... Nc5 {[%emt 0:00:48]
preventing Qd3 seems quite logical.} (18... Nc6 19. Qd3 g6 20. Bxh6 {seems to
be quite dangerous for Black.}) 19. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:04] Black is now sitting
on a time bomb. He has clearly a fine position on the queenside. However,
White's plan of f4-f5 looks terribly dangerous. Peter must prepare for it.} Nc6
$1 {[%emt 0:00:42] The first part is to get rid of the monster on d4.} 20. Ng3
{[%emt 0:00:24]} (20. f4 $6 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Ne4 $1 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qxe4 Qd1 $1
$17) 20... Nxd4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 21. Qxd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:17]}
(21... Rc8 {looks more in the spirit of the position.} 22. Be3 Rc6 (22... Nd7
23. Nh5 Bc5 24. Qd3 $16) 23. Nh5 Ne4 24. Nf4 $14 {White is still better.}) 22.
exf6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (22. Nh5 {Going to f4 can be a good idea.} Ne4 23. Nf4
Bc5 24. Qd3 Qb6 25. Be3 $16) 22... Qxf6 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 23. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:
42]} (23. Qxf6 Rxf6 24. Nh5 Rff8 25. Be3 $14) 23... Qxd4 {[%emt 0:03:27]} 24.
Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:33] Positionally White looks better as
the pawn on d5 is weak. But Black has active pieces and he is able to maintain
the balance without too many difficulties.} 25. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} (25. Nh5
Ne6) 25... Rae8 {[%emt 0:02:51]} (25... Nxa4 $6 26. Nh5 $16) (25... Bxa4 $2 26.
Bxc5 Bxc2 27. Rxc2 $18) 26. Rxe8 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Bxe8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} (26...
Rxe8 $2 27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28. Rxd5 $18) 27. b3 {[%emt 0:02:59]} (27. Bxc5 Bxc5 28.
Rxd5 Bxf2+ $15) 27... b5 {[%emt 0:00:14] Peter keeps reducing the pawns on the
board and moves closer to a draw.} 28. axb5 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Bxb5 {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 29. Be3 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:24]} 30. Nf5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Ne4
{[%emt 0:00:33]} 31. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:13]} Bd7 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 32. Bd3 {
[%emt 0:01:03]} (32. Bxe4 dxe4 33. Nc2 Be6 34. Nxb4 axb4 35. Rd4 Bxb3 36. Rxe4
Rb8 37. Bd2 Bd5 38. Rxb4 Rxb4 39. Bxb4 $11) 32... Rb8 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 33. f3 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:02:15]} 34. Rc1 {[%emt 0:00:14]} a4 {[%emt 0:00:
12]} 35. bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Bxa4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 36. Kh2 {[%emt 0:02:28]}
Bd6+ {[%emt 0:00:37]} 37. f4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nd1 {[%emt 0:00:19]} 38. Bd2 {
[%emt 0:00:51]} Nf2 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 39. Bf5 {[%emt 0:00:42]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:01:
18]} 40. Be6+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 41. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 42. Nf5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 43. Bf7 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:23]} 44. Nxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Re7 {[%emt 0:
00:31]} 45. f5 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Be8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 46. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
g6 $1 {[%emt 0:00:14] Black does lose a pawn, but transposes into a drawn game.
} 47. Nxe8 {[%emt 0:01:06]} Nxe8 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 48. fxg6+ {[%emt 0:00:02]}
Kxg6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 49. Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:01] The
chances of beating Svidler from such a position are absolutely zero.} 50. Bf3 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Re5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 51. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Rg5+ {[%emt 0:00:
02]} 52. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 53. Rc4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kg5
{[%emt 0:00:28]} 54. h4+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 55. g4 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} 56. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 57.
Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Rd7 {
[%emt 0:00:38]} 59. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 60. Bf5 {[%emt 0:
00:09]} Re3+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 61. Kf2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 62.
Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 63. Be6 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Ra3+ {
[%emt 0:00:20]} 64. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Ra4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} 65. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:11]} Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 66. h5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} Ra5 {[%emt 0:00:
39]} 67. Rc7+ {[%emt 0:00:14]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 68. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:47]}
Re5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 69. Rf7 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Nxg4 $1 {[%emt 0:00:37] With
this sacrifice the game is over.} 70. Rf8+ {[%emt 0:00:24]} Kh7 {[%emt 0:00:00]
} 71. Rf7+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 72. Kxg4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Re4+
{[%emt 0:00:01]} 73. Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rxf4+ {[%emt 0:00:01]} 74. Kxf4 {
[%emt 0:00:00]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:00]} 75. Kf5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Kh8 {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 76. Kg6 {A well played game by both sides.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Tbilisi"]
[Date "2017.09.17"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Sagar Shah"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2017.09.03"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GEO"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "1500+10"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 4. cxd5 {[%emt 0:
00:00]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 5. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00] The players continue their
debate in this topical line of the English.} Nb4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 6. Bc4 {
[%emt 0:00:01]} Nd3+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} 7. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:
01]} 8. Kf1 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne6 {[%emt 0:00:02] I have always found this line
to be very interesting. One knight moves around the board for six out of the
first eight moves, and yet Black is doing absolutely fine.} 9. h4 {[%emt 0:00:
08] Peter believes in his preparation, just like MVL did in game one he sticks
to his opening.} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 10. d3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:
01] A new move.} ({In their first classical game of this match MVL had gone for
} 10... Nbc6 11. Nb5 Be6 12. Bf4 Nxb5 13. Bxb5 Qb6 14. Ba4 Qa6 15. Rc1 b5 16.
Bb3 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 e6 18. Be3 Na5 19. Qc3 b4 20. Qc2 Nb7 21. Qc4 $14 {1/2-1/2 
(41) Svidler,P (2756)-Vachier-Lagrave,M (2804) Tbilisi GEO 2017}) 11. Bf4 {
[%emt 0:04:21]} a6 {[%emt 0:01:09] Controlling the critical b5-square.} 12.
Nxd4 {[%emt 0:01:39]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 13. Ne2 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:03] Already Black is to be preferred. If you were to keep the king
back on e1 and the pawn on h2, White's position would be preferable. But two
problems are just too much to rectify. It's not that White is worse. I just
feel that Black's moves are natural, while White's plans are not so easy to
find, at least in a rapid game.} 14. a3 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:08]}
15. Bxd6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 16. Qd2 {[%emt 0:00:46]} Bd7 {
[%emt 0:01:17]} 17. f4 {[%emt 0:00:39]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 18. f5 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} g6 {[%emt 0:01:15]} 19. Ng3 {[%emt 0:01:08]} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:40]} 20. Qh6
{[%emt 0:00:54] As Peter said after the game, when he was chatting with MVL -
he didn't believe in this idea, but saw that it was interesting and went for
it.} O-O-O $1 {[%emt 0:00:19] The king will be well placed on b8.} 21. h5 {
[%emt 0:02:06]} Kc7 $3 {[%emt 0:03:08] "Kc7 was such a nasty move", were
Svidler's words after the game ended. In one stroke MVL is able to kill two
birds. First of all he is able to get his king off the eighth rank, so that
hxg6 ...hxg6 Qxh8 ...Rxh8 Rxh8 doesn't come with a check. And secondly the
queen on d6 is defended and gxf5 becomes possible. This move is easy to
dismiss, as one sees Rc1 and thinks that the king is misplaced on c7, but it
is not as MVL shows in the game.} 22. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:04:03]} (22. hxg6 hxg6 23.
Qxh8 Rxh8 24. Rxh8 gxf5 25. exf5 Nxf5 $19 {Black is just better.}) (22. Rc1 {
The key idea is revealed after this move.} gxf5 $1 {Black is absolutely
fearless against the discovered check.} 23. Bxf7+ Bc6 $15 {White has no way to
take advantage.}) 22... gxf5 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 23. Qxd6+ {[%emt 0:00:19]} (23.
Rc1+ Bc6 24. Qxd6+ Rxd6 25. Bb3 (25. exf5 Rf8 $17) 25... Rf8 26. Ke1 $15 {
might have been White's best chance.}) 23... Kxd6 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 24. exf5 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Nxf5 {[%emt 0:00:35]} 25. Ne4+ {[%emt 0:01:12]} (25. Nxf5+ Bxf5
26. Ke2 Rd7 27. Bb3 Rg7 $19 {White is already in big trouble.}) 25... Ke7 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Ne3+ {[%emt 0:01:52] The knight on e3
is a monster.} 27. Ke2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bc6 {[%emt 0:01:03]} 28. Rac1 {[%emt 0:
01:49]} Rhf8 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 29. Rh3 {[%emt 0:02:07]} Nxg2 {[%emt 0:01:56]
With simple and strong moves, Black has a completely winning position. Now
Svidler becomes desperate.} 30. Rxc6 {[%emt 0:01:38]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 31.
Rg3 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Nf4+ {[%emt 0:00:02]} 32. Ke1 {[%emt 0:00:34]} Rb8 {
[%emt 0:00:52]} 33. Rg7+ {[%emt 0:00:30]} Kd8 {[%emt 0:00:01]} 34. Bf7 {
[%emt 0:00:57]} Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:15] An excellent game by MVL, particularly the
move 21...Kc7.} 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.09"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Stevic, Hrvoje"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C72"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2616"]
[Annotator "Mikhalchishin,A"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Nice Alekhine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "FRA"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 b5 8.
Nxc6 Bxc6 9. Bb3 Nf6 10. c4 $1 {An active approach, much better than the slow}
(10. f3 Be7 11. c4 b4 12. Ba4 Qd7 13. Bxc6 Qxc6 14. b3 Nd7 15. Bb2 Bf6 {
with equality (Huebner).}) 10... Be7 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Re1 Nd7 ({Probably a
better way here is} 12... Re8 13. Qf3 b4 14. Nd5 a5 15. Bf4 (15. a4 Nd7 16. Be3
Bf6 17. Nxf6+ Nxf6 $132 {[%csl Gf3] Shirov,A (2739)-Mamedyarov,S (2752)/Moscow
Tal Mem 2007}) 15... Nd7 16. Rad1 Bf6 17. Bc1 Rb8 18. Qh3 Nc5 {Sutovsky,E 
(2657)-Short,N (2683) London 2013, with equality.}) 13. Be3 {An improvement on
an older Svidler game:} (13. Nd5 Re8 14. Be3 Bb7 15. Rc1 c6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17.
f3 c5 18. Qd2 Ne5 19. Red1 Rad8 20. cxb5 h6 (20... axb5 21. Bg5 $1) 21. bxa6
Bxa6 22. Rc3 {Svidler,P (2723)-Milov,V (2669) Gibraltar 2009; with a big
advantage.}) 13... Bf6 14. Qc2 Bxc3 {There were two other options in this
important position:} (14... b4 15. Nd5 a5 16. a4 Re8 17. Rad1 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Ne5
19. h3 Ng6 20. Bc4 {Zawadzka,J (2434)-Kazimova,N (2259) Chakvi 2015, with
better play for White.}) (14... Ne5 15. cxb5 axb5 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 c6 18.
Bb3 Ng4 19. Qxc6 Bxb2 20. Rad1 Be5 21. g3 {Amonatov,F (2619)-Aradhya,G (2230)
New Delhi IND 2017, and Black has too many weaknesses.}) 15. Qxc3 Bxe4 16. Rac1
Bg6 ({It was necessary too try to create central counterplay:} 16... c5 17. Bf4
d5 18. cxd5 Re8) 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Bd5 $1 ({Svidler was afraid to miss the
advantage in the endgame:} 18. Qxc7 Ne5 19. Qxd8 Rfxd8 20. Red1 Nd3 21. Rc6
Nxb2 22. Rdxd6) 18... Ne5 ({Stevic decided to sacrifice an exchange, but still
it was preferable to accept Svidler's exchange sacrifice:} 18... Rc8 19. Bc6 b4
20. Qxb4 Ne5 21. Qc3 Nd3 22. a4 Nxe1 23. Rxe1 {and the a-pawn will create a
lot of trouble for Black.}) 19. Bxa8 Qxa8 20. Red1 Qxa2 21. Bd4 b4 ({Passive
defence was useless:} 21... f6 22. Qxc7 Nd3 23. Ra1 Qd5 24. Ra7 Rf7 25. Qc8+
Rf8 26. Qg4 Nxb2 $2 27. Rxg7+ Kxg7 28. Bxf6+) 22. Qg3 c5 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. Qxe5
f6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Qd2 h6 27. Rxc5 b3 $2 28. Ra5 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.10"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2693"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[Annotator "Sadorra,J"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Legacy Square Capital"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

{This match occurred in the 3rd round of the European Club Cup, between the
first board players of the two formidable Russian clubs.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. Ng5
Rf8 11. Nf3 Re8 12. d4 Bb7 {The Zaitsev Variation of the Ruy Lopez is one of
the more dynamic variations in this classical opening and has been part of
Svidler's repertoire for a very long time.} 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. a4 {This is known
plan or system is known as Kasparov's Variation, which was prepared and much
developed during his matches against Karpov.} Qd7 $5 {a rare and very old move
that Zaitsev himself played first back in 1975!} ({The Kasparov-Karpov matches
essayed games after:} 14... h6 15. Bc2 exd4 16. cxd4 Nb4 17. Bb1 c5 ({Also} 
17... bxa4 18. Rxa4 a5 19. Ra3 Ra6) 18. d5 Nd7 19. Ra3 c4) 15. d5 ({The
aforementioned game by Zaitsev continued} 15. Ng5 Nd8 (15... Re7 $142 $1) 16.
d5 Qe7 17. Nf1 h6 18. Nf3 c6 19. Ne3 $14 {1/2-1/2 (31) Pinter,J (2410)-Zaitsev,
I (2450) Szolnok 1975} (19. Ng3 $5 g6 20. Be3 Bg7 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. h4 $40))
15... Ne7 (15... Na5 $2 16. Ba2 c6 17. b4 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Bg5 $1 cxd5 (
19... Be7 20. Bxf6 Bxf6 21. Bxc4 Rec8 22. Qd3 $16) 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. exd5 $16 {
[%csl Rc4,Rf5,Rf6,Rg8,Rh7][%cal Ge1e4,Ge4h4,Ga2b1,Gb1h7,Gf3h4]}) 16. Nf1 h6 17.
N3h2 $1 {This seems to be the most testing continuation against this rare line.
} (17. Ng3 c6 $11 18. dxc6 Bxc6 (18... Nxc6 $5 19. Nh2 Na5 20. Bc2 {1/2-1/2 
(18) Geller,E (2520)-Smejkal,J (2565) Baden-Baden 1985} b4 $5 21. cxb4 Nc6 22.
Bd2 d5 $44) 19. axb5 axb5 20. Rxa8 Rxa8 21. Nh4 Ra1 22. Qe2 Qb7 {1/2-1/2 (62)
Hou,Y (2578)-Karpov,A (2651) Cap d'Agde 2008; and Black even starts to take
over the game.}) 17... c6 18. dxc6 (18. Ng4 $142 Nxg4 19. hxg4 cxd5 20. exd5 g6
(20... Ng6 21. Ne3 e4 22. Bc2 Re5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Rxa8 Bxa8 25. b3 $1 $16 {
[%cal Gc3c4,Gc1b2] 1-0 (38) Paikidze,N (2401)-Shadrina,T (2384) Moscow 2010})
21. Ng3 Bg7 22. Ne4 f5 23. gxf5 gxf5 24. Ng3 Rf8 25. f4 (25. Nh5 $5 Kh7 26.
axb5 axb5 27. Rxa8 Rxa8 28. Qd2 Ng8 29. Qd3 $40 {[%csl Rf5,Rh6,Rh7][%cal Gb3c2,
Gd3h3,Ge1e3,Ge3g3]}) 25... Ng6 26. Nh5 Kh7 $14 {1/2-1/2 (31) Xu,Y (2454)-Xu,M 
(2283) Xinghua CHN 2017}) 18... Bxc6 (18... Qxc6 19. Ng3 Rad8 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21.
Qxg4 d5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Qf3 $1 {gives White annoying pressure on the
kingside.}) 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. hxg4 d5 $1 $146 {Svidler's improvement over the
previous games, which seems like the only way for Black to fight for equality
in this old line.} (20... bxa4 21. Bxa4 (21. Rxa4 $5 {½-½ (56) Maslak,K 
(2545)-Tikkanen,H (2434) Pardubice 2009, is also possible but I don't think
it's necessary to obtain an edge.}) 21... d5 (21... Bxa4 22. Rxa4 d5 23. exd5
Nxd5 24. Ra5 Nf6 25. Qxd7 Nxd7 26. Be3 Reb8 27. b4 $14) 22. exd5 Nxd5 23. Ne3
$36) (20... Qb7 {and here instead of messing with the queenside, White can
immediately start pressuring Black on the kingside with} 21. Qf3 (21. axb5 axb5
22. Rxa8 Rxa8 {1-0 (42) Prandstetter,E (2262)-Mojzis,J (2159) Czechia 2014})
21... Ng6 22. g3 $1 $40 {[%csl Rf7,Rg8,Rh6][%cal Gg4g5,Gf1e3,Ge3f5,Ge3d5] with
ideas of taking control of f5/d5 and opening up lines with g4-g5!}) 21. axb5
axb5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. exd5 ({In retrospect, it may be better to keep the
tension a bit longer with} 23. Qf3 $5 Qe6 24. Qg3 $1 $14) 23... Nxd5 24. Rxe5
Nb6 ({It was more accurate to play} 24... Nf6 25. Qxd7 Bxd7 26. f3 (26. g5 hxg5
27. Bxg5 Ra1 $44 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rd5 Bg4 $1 30. f3 Be6 31. Rd1 Bc5+ 32. Kh2
Rxd1 33. Bxd1 b4 {with great drawing chances for Black.}) 26... Ra1 27. Re1
Bc5+ 28. Kh2 Bd6+ 29. Kh1 (29. g3 Bc6 30. Nd2 h5 $1 $44) 29... Bf4 30. Bd2 Rxe1
31. Bxe1 Bc1 $11) 25. Qxd7 ({White can once again keep the tension here with} 
25. Re1 b4 $5 (25... Nc4 26. Ne3) 26. cxb4 (26. Qxd7 Nxd7 27. cxb4 Bxb4 28. Rd1
Rb8 $14 {but Black has good drawing chances.}) 26... Bxb4 27. Bd2 Bxd2 28. Nxd2
Ba4 29. Bxa4 Rxa4 {and due to White's weak pawns, including the extra one,
it's still difficult for White to realise his advantage.}) 25... Bxd7 26. f3
Nc4 $1 27. Bxc4 {Inarkiev must have not liked the counter-ideas Black will
have with having a strong knight on c4. As some of the lines show, it will be
difficult to fight against Black's initiative in practical play.} (27. Re1 Be6
$44 28. Ne3 (28. Nd2 Bc5+ 29. Kh1 Nxd2 30. Bxe6 Bf2 31. Bd5 $8 (31. Rd1 fxe6
32. Bxd2 (32. Rxd2 Be3 33. Rd1 Ra1 $19) 32... Rd8 $19) 31... Ra1 32. Rd1 Be3
33. Re1 Nxf3 34. gxf3 Rxc1 35. Rxc1 Bxc1 $11) 28... Nxb2 $1 29. Bxe6 Nd3 30.
Rd1 Nxc1 $11) 27... bxc4 28. Be3 Rb8 29. Rd5 {With this forcing sequence,
White is able to find some harmony among his pieces.} Be6 30. Rd2 f5 $1 {
But after a further trade of pawns, and White's extra pawn being weak, Black
doesn't have any problems achieving a draw.} 31. g5 {preventing the activation
of light-squares bishop.} hxg5 32. Bxg5 Kf7 33. Kf2 Bc5+ 34. Be3 Be7 35. f4 Rd8
36. Bd4 g5 $1 {After this the game is almost a dead draw, in principle, but
there's still some life left in the position.} 37. fxg5 Bxg5 38. Re2 (38. Be3
Be7 $11) 38... Rb8 39. Nh2 $5 {White gives back the pawn to gain time to get
the knight in play, which I think is the best way to get practical chances to
win.} Bc1 40. Be3 (40. Nf3 Rxb2) 40... Bxb2 41. Nf3 {[%cal Gf3g5,Gf3e5] Now
Black has to be careful.} Bd5 42. Ne5+ Kg7 $8 (42... Kg8 $4 43. Nd7 $18 {
[%cal Gd7f6,Gd7b8] Tricky knight!}) (42... Ke6 43. Bf4 $18) 43. Bd4 Kh6 $1 (
43... Kg8 44. Nd7) (43... Kh7 44. Nd7) 44. Be3+ Kg7 45. Bd4 Kh6 46. Nd7 $1 {
Inarkiev is showing great fighting spirit!} Rb3 {This may have allowed White
to give Black a problem to solve but Svidler most probably had foreseen
White's next move as he spent almost ten minutes before playing this.} ({
Another way to draw was} 46... Rb5 47. Re5 Bc1 48. Be3+ (48. Rxf5 Rb2+ $11)
48... Bxe3+ 49. Kxe3 Kg5 50. Kd4 Bc6 51. Rxb5 Bxb5 52. Nb6 Bc6 $11) 47. Nc5 Ba3
$1 {This resource which allows Black to hold the balance.} (47... Rb8 $2 48.
Re5) (47... Rb5 $2 48. Re5 {both see White winning an important pawn.}) 48.
Nxb3 cxb3 49. c4 Bxc4 50. Re8 Bd3 51. Rb8 Bc2 52. Be5 Bc1 53. g3 Kg5 54. Rb4
Kh5 55. Ke2 Kg6 56. Rb6+ Kf7 57. Kf3 Bd1+ 58. Kf2 Bc2 59. Ke2 Ke7 60. Kf2 {
Since White cannot break Black's fortress, a draw was agreed.} 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.11"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Beer Sheva"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "ISR"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. h3 b5 11. Bc2 Bb7 12. d4 g6 13. d5 Nb8 14. Nf1 Nbd7 15. N3h2
c6 16. dxc6 Bxc6 17. Ng4 Nxg4 18. hxg4 Nb6 19. g5 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Be4 Re6
22. Qf3 Rc8 23. Nh2 Ne7 24. Ng4 Bg7 25. Rd1 Rd6 26. Rxd6 Qxd6 27. Be3 Bxe4 28.
Qxe4 Nf5 29. a4 Rc4 30. Qa8+ Qf8 31. Qxf8+ Kxf8 32. axb5 axb5 33. f3 e4 34. Bf2
exf3 35. gxf3 b4 36. Ra4 Ke8 37. Kf1 Nd6 38. Rxb4 Rxb4 39. cxb4 Bxb2 40. Ke2
Kd7 41. Bc5 Ne8 42. Kd3 f6 43. Nxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.12"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sprenger, Jan Michael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[BlackTeam "Leiden LSG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NED"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bg2 Qe7+ 6. Kf1 Nc6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8.
d4 h6 9. Be3 Be6 10. dxc5 Ng4 11. Nxd5 Qd7 12. Nf4 Nxe3+ 13. fxe3 Bxc5 14.
Qxd7+ Bxd7 15. Nd3 Bd6 16. Nd4 O-O-O 17. Kf2 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxe5 19. c3 h5 20.
Nf3 Bc7 21. Rad1 Rh6 22. Rd2 Re8 23. Rhd1 Bg4 24. Rd5 h4 25. gxh4 Bxf3 26. Bxf3
Rxh4 27. h3 g6 28. Rd7 Rxh3 29. Rxf7 Rh2+ 30. Bg2 Rh5 31. Rdd7 Rf5+ 32. Ke2
Rxf7 33. Rxf7 g5 34. Rg7 Bf4 35. Bxb7+ Kb8 36. e4 Rh8 37. Kd3 Rh2 38. Bd5 Rxb2
39. Kd4 a5 40. a4 Rb1 41. c4 Kc8 42. Be6+ Kb8 43. c5 Rb4+ 44. Kd5 Rxa4 45. e5
Ra1 46. Bg4 Bxe5 47. Kxe5 a4 48. c6 Rc1 49. Kd6 a3 50. c7+ Ka8 51. Bf3+ 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.13"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Odlar Yurdu"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "AZE"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 e6 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Bg3 O-O 6. Ngf3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bb5
Be7 9. Qb1 Nh5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bh4 Be7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. c4 Qc5 14. O-O dxc4
15. Bxc4 Nf6 16. Rc1 Qe7 17. a3 Bd7 18. b4 Rfc8 19. Bd3 h6 20. Qb2 Nd8 21. Ne5
Nc6 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. Bb5 Qd6 24. Be2 Nd5 25. g3 Qe5 26. Qxe5 Nxe5 27. Ne4 Rd8
28. Nc5 b6 29. Nb3 g5 30. Ba6 Rd7 31. Nd4 Rad8 32. Rc2 Ne7 33. Kf1 Nf5 34. Nxf5
exf5 35. Bc8 Rd2 36. Bxf5 Rxc2 37. Bxc2 Rd2 38. Bd1 g4 39. Be2 Kg7 40. a4 Rb2
41. b5 h5 42. Rd1 Nf3 43. h4 Ra2 44. Bxf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "EU-Cup 33rd"]
[Site "Antalya"]
[Date "2017.10.14"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Vocaturo, Daniele"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2017.10.08"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "TUR"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Padova Obiettivo"]
[BlackTeam "Mednyi Vsadnik"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "ITA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3
O-O 9. Be2 e6 10. dxe6 fxe6 11. Be3 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bf3 Rb8 14. Qc2 Qe7 15.
Rad1 a6 16. b4 Ba8 17. a3 Bh6 18. Bc1 e5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 exf4 21. Nxf4
Bxf4 22. Bxf4 Ne5 23. Be2 b5 24. Bg5 Rbc8 25. Qc1 c6 26. Kh1 h5 27. Qf4 Ned7
28. dxc6 Rxc6 29. Qg3 Kh7 30. Bd3 Qe6 31. Qh4 Qg4 32. a4 bxa4 33. b5 axb5 34.
Bxb5 Rc5 35. Qxg4 hxg4 36. Bxd7 Nxd7 37. Rxf8 Nxf8 38. Be7 Ne6 39. Bxd6 Rc4 40.
e5 g5 41. Rf1 Rf4 42. Kg1 Rxf1+ 43. Kxf1 Kg6 44. Kf2 Kf5 45. Kg3 Nf4 46. h3 Nd3
47. hxg4+ Ke6 48. Bf8 Nxe5 49. Kf2 Nc4 50. Ke2 a3 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.10.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2714"]
[BlackElo "2745"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Schwaebisch Hall"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 h6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Nf1 Be6 10. Bb5 Ne7 11. d4 Ba7 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Be3 Nxe5 14. Bxa7 Rxa7
15. Nd4 N7g6 16. Ne3 Bd7 17. Bf1 a4 18. g3 Ne7 19. f4 N5c6 20. Nb5 Ra5 21. c4
Nb8 22. Qd2 Ra8 23. Rad1 Re8 24. Bg2 Bc6 25. e5 Nc8 26. exd6 Nxd6 27. Nxd6 Qxd6
28. Qxd6 cxd6 29. Nf5 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Ra6 31. Rd1 Rb6 32. Rd2 Na6 33. Nxd6 Nc5
34. Nc8 Rb4 35. Ne7+ Kf8 36. Bxc6 Kxe7 37. Bb5 a3 38. bxa3 Rb1+ 39. Kg2 Rc1 40.
a4 b6 41. a5 bxa5 42. Rd5 Rc2+ 43. Kf3 Ne6 44. f5 Ng5+ 45. Ke3 Rxa2 46. c5 Ra3+
47. Kd4 Ra1 48. c6 Rd1+ 49. Kc4 Rc1+ 50. Kb3 Ne4 51. Kb2 Rb1+ 52. Kc2 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2017.10.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 181"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.11.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Deizisau"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5 Bd6 8. O-O
Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Nc3 Qe6 12. Be2 O-O 13. Rc1 Rad8 14. Ng5 Qh6
15. Bxh5 Qxg5 16. f4 Qf5 17. Bg4 Qd3 18. Qe2 Qxe2 19. Bxe2 d4 20. Ne4 dxe3 21.
dxe3 b6 22. Bb5 Nb8 23. Kf2 Be7 24. g4 h6 25. Kf3 Rd5 26. Rfd1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1
Rc8 28. a4 Kf8 29. Nc3 Bf6 30. Nd5 Bb2 31. h4 Nc6 32. Rd2 Bc1 33. Rd1 Bb2 34.
Rd2 Bc1 35. Rd3 Nb4 36. Nxb4 cxb4 37. Bc4 Ke7 38. g5 hxg5 39. hxg5 f6 40. Rd1
Bb2 41. gxf6+ gxf6 42. Kg4 a5 43. e4 Rd8 44. Rh1 Rd2 45. Rh7+ Kd8 46. Rb7 Bd4
47. Kf5 Be3 48. Kxf6 Bxf4 49. e5 Rf2 50. Ba6 Kc8 51. e6 Bd6+ 52. Kg6 Rg2+ 53.
Kf5 Rf2+ 54. Ke4 Re2+ 55. Kd5 Rd2+ 56. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.10"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Feygin, Michael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A03"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Muelheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. f4 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 c5 7. Nc3 d4 8. Na4
Nfd7 9. c4 Nc6 10. a3 Rb8 11. Bd2 b6 12. b4 Qc7 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rab1 Nd8 15.
bxc5 bxc5 16. Rb5 Bc6 17. Rxb8 Qxb8 18. Ng5 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qc7 20. e4 dxe3 21.
Bxe3 Nb7 22. Ne4 Nd6 23. Nac3 Bxc3 24. Nxc3 Nf6 25. Kg1 Rd8 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27.
cxd5 Rc8 28. Rb1 Qa5 29. Qe2 Qxa3 30. Bc1 Qa4 31. Bb2 Rb8 32. Re1 Qa2 33. Bc3
Qxe2 34. Rxe2 Rb3 35. Rc2 f6 36. Be1 Nb7 37. Bf2 Rb5 38. Kf1 Kf7 39. Ke2 Ke8
40. Kf3 Kd7 41. d4 cxd4 42. Ke4 a5 43. Kxd4 Rb4+ 44. Kd3 Kd6 45. Re2 a4 46. Kc3
Rb3+ 47. Kc2 Na5 48. Be1 Nc4 49. Re6+ Kd7 50. Ra6 Ne3+ 51. Kc1 a3 52. Ra5 Kd6
53. Bf2 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.03.11"]
[Round "12.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Efimenko, Zahar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
Bb7 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Nf1 Nd8 12. Ng3 Ne6 13. Nf5 Bd8 14. Ng5 Nxg5 15.
Bxg5 g6 16. Ne3 Ng4 17. Bxd8 Nxe3 18. Rxe3 Raxd8 19. axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Bc6 21.
h4 Ra8 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Rf3 Rf8 24. Qd2 Kg7 25. h5 f6 26. hxg6 hxg6 27. Rh3 g5
28. d4 Rh8 29. Rxh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.04.29"]
[Round "13.8"]
[White "Moiseenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.10.21"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.05.16"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Hockenheim"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Bd2 O-O 11. O-O Qa4 12. Bg5 cxd4 13. cxd4 h6 14. Be3
Rc8 15. Qd2 Rc2 16. Bd1 Rxd2 17. Bxa4 Rb2 18. Bxd7 Nxd7 19. Rfb1 Rb6 20. a4 Rc8
21. a5 Rxb1+ 22. Rxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.16"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2702"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd2 Bc8 14. Nc4 Bxc3
15. bxc3 b5 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. Re1 a5 18. Qc2 b4 19. a3 Ba6 20. axb4 cxb4 21. cxb4
axb4 22. Qb2 Qb6 23. Ne4 Bc4 24. Rab1 b3 25. Nd2 Rxe2 26. Rxe2 Bxe2 27. Qxb3
Qd4 28. Qb2 Qxb2 29. Rxb2 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2707"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Re2 a4 13. d4 exd4 14. Bxc6 d3 15. Qxd3
bxc6 16. Ng3 Qa6 17. Qd1 Bc4 18. Re1 Qb6 19. Nd4 Rfe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Hammer, Jon Ludvig"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ {The latest
practice has shown that White has nothing after the trade.} ({I played an
interesting game, Yermolinsky-Sandipan, Hainan 2016} 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O g6 8.
Nc3 Bg7 9. Rd1 O-O 10. e5 $1 {Later this whole thing was repeated in
Artemiev-Can, Eurpean Championship 2017, but the ownership of the idea belongs
to Laurent Fressinet.}) 6... Bxd7 7. Nc3 e5 8. Qd3 Rc8 9. Nd2 ({On} 9. O-O {
the correct reply is} h6 $1 {Adams-Giri, 2016} ({preventing a possible pin} 
9... Nf6 10. Bg5) 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. Rd1 Bg4 12. f3 Be6 13. Nf1 Nf6 14. Ne3 Be7 {
leading to a similar position to that in the game. Still it makes sense for
White to force Black to lose a tempo on h7-h6.}) 9... Be6 10. Nf1 Be7 11. Ne3
Nf6 12. O-O Qc7 13. a4 Qc5 14. Rd1 O-O 15. Bd2 {It is instructive to watch
Svidler generating chances in this stable pawn structure.} Bd8 $1 {Activating
the bishop was a great idea, and it provoked Hammer's overreaction.} 16. Nf5 $4
{I don't get this at all.} Bxf5 17. exf5 d5 $17 18. Rac1 (18. Bg5 d4 19. Bxf6
Bxf6 20. Ne4 Qxc2 21. f4 {was the only way to generate some play, but I
wouldn't bet on White making it work.}) 18... Bb6 19. Qe2 h6 20. a5 Ba7 21. Na4
Qc6 22. b3 ({The only redeeming value of Na4 would be to shut down the bishop,
but} 22. Nb6 Bxb6 23. axb6 Rfe8 24. c3 Qxb6 25. Be3 Qb3 {looks like a
technical task for somebody like Peter Svidler.}) 22... Rfe8 23. Kh1 Qd7 24. g4
d4 25. Qf3 e4 $1 $19 26. Qg2 Qc6 {What follows is Jon-Ludwig's desperate
attempt to make something happen in his own time trouble.} 27. g5 hxg5 28. Bxg5
e3 29. f3 Re5 30. Qh3 e2 31. Rg1 d3 $1 {Stylish.} 32. Nb6 (32. cxd3 Qxc1 33.
Bxc1 Bxg1 34. Bd2 e1=Q 35. Bxe1 Rxe1 {and White will get mated soon.}) 32...
Bxb6 33. axb6 Rce8 34. Bh6 (34. Rce1 Nd5 35. cxd3 Nb4 36. Bh6 g6) 34... Ng4 35.
Rxg4 e1=Q+ 36. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 37. Kg2 R8e2+ 38. Kg3 Rg1+ 39. Kh4 Qxh6# 0-1

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2796"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2
Bd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Qe5 O-O 13. Rfd1 Qb6 14. Bh6 Qa5
15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qg4 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Qxc3 18. Qxh5 gxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.19"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Jakovenko, Dmitrij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2721"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 d6 9. e3 Bg4 10. Qd2 Qd7 11. b3 Bh3 12. Bb2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Rac8 14. Rac1
Rfd8 15. Rfd1 a6 16. Qe2 e6 17. Nxc6 Qxc6+ 18. Qf3 Ne8 19. Ba1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E80"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 e6 7. Nge2 exd5 8. cxd5
a6 9. a4 Nbd7 10. Ng3 Nh5 11. Nxh5 gxh5 12. Bd3 O-O 13. O-O f5 14. exf5 Ne5 15.
Bc2 Bxf5 16. Bxf5 Rxf5 17. Ne4 c4 18. Qc2 Qb6+ 19. Kh1 Rff8 20. Ng5 Nd3 21. Ne6
Rae8 22. Nxg7 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Nd3+ 24. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E06"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2780"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Ne5 Nc6 8.
Bxc6 bxc6 9. Nxc6 Qe8 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. Qa4 c5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Be3 Qc7 14.
O-O Nd5 15. Bd4 Bd7 16. Qa3 a5 17. Rad1 Nb4 18. Bc5 Qxc5 19. Rxd7 Rab8 20. Rfd1
h6 21. Qa4 Nd5 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. R7xd5 Qb4 24. Qc2 Qxb2 25. Qxc4 Rb4 26. Qc5
Qxa2 27. Qxa5 Rb2 28. Qxa2 Rxa2 29. e3 g6 30. g4 Rfa8 31. Kg2 R8a5 32. h4 Kg7
33. Kg3 R2a3 34. Kf4 R3a4+ 35. e4 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Ra3 37. f3 Rc3 38. Ra5 Rb3 39.
Rc5 Ra3 40. Rb5 Rc3 41. Kg3 Ra3 42. g5 hxg5 43. hxg5 Rc3 44. Kg4 Ra3 45. Rb7
Ra4 46. Kf4 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.24"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1 Bc7 14. Re1 Rc8
15. Kh1 Qf5 16. Be3 h6 17. h3 a6 18. d5 exd5 19. Bxb6 Bxb6 20. Rxb6 Nd7 21.
Rxc6 Nc5 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qa5 dxc4 24. Kg1 Qf6 25. Nd4 Nd3 26. Qf5 Qxf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Palma de Mallorca FIDE GP"]
[Site "Palma de Mallorca"]
[Date "2017.11.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.11.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. bxc3 O-O 7. Be2 d6 8.
d3 Qe7 9. e4 Ne8 10. Ba3 b6 11. O-O f5 12. d4 exd4 13. e5 d3 14. Qxd3 Bb7 15.
exd6 Nxd6 16. Rfe1 Rad8 17. Bf1 Qf6 18. c5 Ne4 19. Qc4+ Rf7 20. Rad1 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 h6 22. cxb6 axb6 23. Rd7 Na5 24. Qxc7 Rxd7 25. Qxd7 Qxc3 26. Qe8+ Kh7 27.
Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "43"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Re8 10. d3 Bf8 11. Bb2 a5 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 c6 14. bxc6 Nxc6 15.
Na4 Nxa4 16. Qxa4 Bd7 17. Rfc1 Rb8 18. Qb3 Be6 19. Qb5 Bd7 20. Qb3 Be6 21. Qb5
Bd7 22. Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2683"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. h3 Qc8 8. Kh2
Nf6 9. d3 O-O 10. e4 Bd7 11. Be3 a6 12. Rc1 Rb8 13. Nd5 Qd8 14. b3 e6 15. Nc3
e5 16. Ng1 Nd4 17. Nge2 b5 18. f4 exf4 19. gxf4 b4 20. Bxd4 cxd4 21. Nb1 Nh5
22. Nd2 f5 23. c5 dxc5 24. e5 g5 25. Rxc5 Qe7 26. Qc2 Rbc8 27. Qc4+ Be6 28.
Qxe6+ Qxe6 29. Bd5 Rxc5 30. Bxe6+ Kh8 31. Bc4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volkov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D96"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qa4+ Bd7 8.
Qb3 c5 9. d5 b5 10. e4 b4 11. e5 bxc3 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. bxc3 O-O 14. Bh6 Re8
15. Bc4 Bg4 16. Nd2 Nd7 17. h3 Rb8 18. Qa3 Bf5 19. O-O Ne5 20. Bf4 Rb7 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. f4 Bd6 23. g4 e6 24. gxf5 exd5 25. Ba6 c4 26. Qa4 Rb2 27. Nf3 Ree2 28.
Qc6 Qe7 29. Qa8+ Bb8 30. Qxd5 Bxf4 31. Rfe1 Qe3+ 32. Kh1 Rh2+ 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2689"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. Ne2 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Na5 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nxe4 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Qd5 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Bb7 14. Qxb7 c6
15. Ned4 O-O 16. b4 f5 17. c3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qe7 19. Ke2 Qxb4 20. Rd1 Qc4+ 21.
Ke1 g5 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 23. Qxa6 g4 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 Qxd4+ 26. Kc2 Qc4+ 27.
Kb1 Qe4+ 28. Ka2 Qc2 29. Re1 f4 30. Qa3 Qc4+ 31. Kb1 b4 32. Qa4 f3 33. gxf3
gxf3 34. Qc2 Qe6 35. Be3 b3 36. Qd3 Rf5 37. Rg1+ Kf7 38. Bd4 Ke8 39. Rf1 c5 40.
Bxc5 Rxe5 41. Bf2 Re2 42. Bg3 f2 43. Rc1 d6 44. Bh4 Rd2 45. Qh7 Rc2 46. Qh8+
Kf7 47. Qh7+ Ke8 48. Qh8+ Kf7 49. Qh7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qe2
Ne7 9. Be3 Nbc6 10. f4 b5 11. a4 b4 12. Nd1 Ng6 13. g3 O-O 14. Bxa7 Rxa7 15.
Ne3 Na5 16. Nxa5 Qxa5 17. b3 Qc5 18. O-O-O Ne7 19. Bc4 Bb7 20. Qd3 Rd8 21. Rhf1
Nc6 22. Kb1 Bc8 23. g4 Na5 24. f5 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 a5 26. Qd4 Qxd4 27. Rxd4 h5 28.
Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Nxd6 Ba6 30. Rg1 hxg4 31. fxe6 fxe6 32. Rxg4 e5 33. Rg6 Be2 34.
Re6 Ra6 35. Re8+ Kh7 36. Nf5 g6 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Ne3 Rf6 39. Rxe5 Rf2 40. Rxa5
Rxh2 41. Ra7 Bf3 42. Nd5 g5 43. Nf6+ Kh8 44. a5 Rh6 45. e5 g4 46. Rc7 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.09"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Nb6 6. e3 Bg7 7. f4 O-O 8. Nf3
c5 9. dxc5 N6d7 10. Ne4 Bxb2 11. Rb1 Bg7 12. Bc4 Na6 13. Bxa6 bxa6 14. Rc1 Nb8
15. O-O Qd5 16. Nf2 Bb7 17. Qa4 Rc8 18. e4 Qc6 19. Qa3 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Rab8 21.
Be3 Qc7 22. Rc2 Bc6 23. Qxa6 Rb4 24. Bd2 Ra4 25. Qd3 Rd8 26. Qb3 Rb8 27. Qd3
Rd8 28. Qb3 Rb8 29. Qd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.10"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2713"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Re1 h6 13. h3 Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Nf1
c5 16. Ng3 Qc7 17. Be3 Qb7 18. d5 Reb8 19. Qd2 Be7 20. b3 Qc8 21. Bd3 Bd8 22.
a5 Be7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Bb5 25. Qc2 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Bd8 27. Bd2 Rb7 28. Nf5
Qd7 29. Bc3 Rab8 30. g3 Ne8 31. Kg2 Bf6 32. Reb1 Ne7 33. Nxe7+ Qxe7 34. Rxb7
Qxb7 35. Nd2 Qc7 36. Rb1 Rxb1 37. Qxb1 Bd8 38. f4 exf4 39. gxf4 Bf6 40. Qa1
Bxc3 41. Qxc3 Nf6 42. e5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Sjugirov, Sanan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Be2 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Na6 14. d5
Bd7 15. O-O Rac8 16. Be3 Nb4 17. Rxc8 Bxc8 18. Bc4 b6 19. Rc1 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Nxa6
21. g4 f5 22. Ng5 fxe4 23. Ne6 Ra8 24. Rc4 Be5 25. Ra4 Nc7 26. Rxe4 Nxe6 27.
dxe6 Bd6 28. Ra4 Bc5 29. Bxc5 bxc5 30. g5 Rc8 31. Rxa7 c4 32. Rd7 Rc6 33. Kf1
Rxe6 34. Rc7 Ra6 35. Rxc4 Rxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Bb2 Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 Bd5
15. Bc3 Rf7 16. Bh5 Rf8 17. Bf3 Rf7 18. Bh5 Rf8 19. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "140"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg2 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.
O-O Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. c5 a5 11. e3 a4 12. Nd4 Qxc5 13. Nxa4 Qa5 14. b3 e5 15.
Bd2 Qa6 16. Nc5 Qa7 17. Nxc6 dxc6 18. Qc2 Rd8 19. b4 b6 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Nxf6+
Bxf6 22. e4 Qa4 23. Rfc1 Be6 24. h4 h5 25. Qc3 c5 26. bxc5 bxc5 27. Bg5 Bxg5
28. hxg5 Qd4 29. Qxc5 Rxa2 30. Rxa2 Bxa2 31. Bf3 Qxc5 32. Rxc5 Re8 33. Bd1 Re7
34. Bc2 Kg7 35. f4 f6 36. Rc6 fxg5 37. f5 gxf5 38. exf5 Kf8 39. Rh6 Rc7 40. Be4
Rc4 41. Bg2 e4 42. Rf6+ Kg7 43. Rg6+ Kf7 44. Rxg5 Rc1+ 45. Kf2 Rc2+ 46. Kg1
Rc1+ 47. Kf2 Rc2+ 48. Kg1 e3 49. Bf3 Rc1+ 50. Kg2 Rc2+ 51. Kg1 Rf2 52. Bxh5+
Kf6 53. Rg4 Rc2 54. Rd4 Bc4 55. Rd1 Kg5 56. Bf3 Rf2 57. Bg2 e2 58. Re1 Rxf5 59.
Bh3 Rf3 60. Bg2 Rf8 61. Bh3 Bd3 62. Ra1 Bc4 63. Ra5+ Kf6 64. Ra1 Ke5 65. g4 Kd4
66. g5 Kc3 67. Kh2 Kd2 68. Kg3 e1=Q+ 69. Rxe1 Kxe1 70. Bg4 Bd3 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C49"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[Annotator "Stohl,I"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2017.12.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%mdl 2] An important last-round encounter. With both Svidler and Malakhov
leading the tournament together with Vitiugov and Fedoseev, it was clear that
a win would be very valuable indeed.} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 ({In St
Petersburg Svidler faced also the classical} 3... a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 {
, Black has a choice after} 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 Bd7 9. c3 O-O 10. Bc2 ({
Avoiding the Chigorin-like} 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5) {More enterprising is}
10... b4 ({The manoeuvring struggle} 10... Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. Re1 h6 13. h3
Ne7 14. d4 Ng6 15. Nf1 c5 16. Ng3 (16. d5 Nh7 17. Be3 Be7 18. b4 c4 19. Qd2 Ng5
20. N1h2 Nxf3+ 21. Nxf3 Nh4 22. Nxh4 Bxh4 23. Ra3 a5 24. Rea1 axb4 25. cxb4 Bg5
$11 {Karjakin,S (2788)-Leko,P (2717) Ningbo 2011}) 16... Qc7 17. Be3 Qb7 18. d5
Reb8 19. Qd2 Be7 20. b3 Qc8 21. Bd3 Bd8 22. a5 Be7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 Bb5 25.
Qc2 Bxc4 26. bxc4 Bd8 27. Bd2 Rb7 28. Nf5 Qd7 29. Bc3 Rab8 30. g3 Ne8 31. Kg2
Bf6 32. Reb1 Ne7 $14 {/=, Svidler,P (2765)-Tomashevsky,E (2713) St Petersburg
2017 led to a rather passive, but solid position, which Black held in the end.}
) 11. Nbd2 (11. Re1 Re8 12. a5 Rb8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Bb3 bxc3 15. bxc3 h6 16. h3
Be6 17. Ba4 Bd7 18. Nc4 Ne7 19. Bc2 Ng6 20. d4 exd4 21. cxd4 d5 22. exd5 Rxe1+
23. Qxe1 Nxd5 24. Bxg6 fxg6 25. Nce5 Be8 26. Ba3 Bd6 27. Bc5 g5 28. Rc1 Nf4
$132 {Caruana,F (2808)-Carlsen,M (2832) Paris rpd 2017}) 11... Rb8 (11... d5
12. d4 $5 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 14. g4 bxc3 15. bxc3 Bg6 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Nxe4
18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Be3 Re8 20. Rb1 Bg5 21. Qxd8 Bxd8 22. Rfd1 Rxe5 23. Rb7 $44 {
Ponomariov,R (2709)-Michalik,P (2554) Czech Republic 2017}) 12. Re1 d5 13. a5
Bd6 (13... h6 14. Ba4 dxe4 15. dxe4 Bd6 16. Nc4 Re8 17. Qe2 Qc8 18. Bd2 Qb7 19.
Nxd6 cxd6 20. cxb4 Bg4 21. Qe3 Red8 22. h3 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nd4 24. Qe3 d5 25.
exd5 Nxd5 26. Qxe5 Nxb4 27. Ra3 Nbc6 28. Qf4 Ne6 29. Rxe6 $1 fxe6 {Almasi,Z 
(2695)-Tomashevsky,E (2745) Tsaghkadzor 2015} 30. Bc3 $1 $40) 14. Bb3 dxe4 15.
dxe4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Ne7 17. Nc4 Be6 18. Ba2 Ng6 19. Qc2 Qe7 20. Ng5 Bd7 21. Ne3
Bc5 22. Nf5 Qe8 23. Be3 Bxe3 24. Nxe3 Qe7 25. Bc4 h6 26. Nf3 Qc5 27. Bxa6 {
½, Balogh,C (2655)-Naroditsky,D (2633) Tsaghkadzor 2015} Ra8 $11) 4. Nc3 {
A rare transposition from the Ruy Lopez to the 4N game. However, fighting the
Berlin wall is tough, so White often tries to se the surprise factor.} ({
The main Antiberlin is} 4. d3 {, after} Bc5 {Magnus towards the end of the
year had some novel ideas with the B sortie:} 5. Bg5 (5. O-O {and}) (5. c3 {
are the more standard moves.}) (5. Bxc6 dxc6 {has also been played more often,
but not in connection with} 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be3 Bd6 (7... Bxe3 $5 8. fxe3 Qe7 9.
h3 Ne8 10. O-O Nd6 11. Qe1 f6 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Nf5 Qd7 14. g4 g6 15. Qg3 gxf5
16. gxf5+ Kh8 17. fxe6 Qxe6 18. Kh2 Rg8 19. Qh4 Rg5 20. Rg1 Rag8 21. Rxg5 Rxg5
$11 {Gopal,G (2548)-Hammer,J (2522) Gjovik 2008}) 8. Bg5 $5 Re8 9. h3 c5 10.
Nd5 Be7 11. Nxe7+ Qxe7 12. O-O h6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Nd2 Nb8 $2 (14... Nf8 $14)
15. f4 exf4 16. Rxf4 Nc6 17. Qh5 b6 18. Raf1 Rf8 19. Nf3 Be6 (19... g5 20. Rh4
$1 gxh4 21. Bxh6 Bd7 22. Bg7 $1 f5 23. Qh8+ Kf7 24. Qh6 Kg8 25. Bc3 $40) 20.
Rh4 f6 21. Qg6 Qf7 22. Qg3 Nb4 23. Bxh6 Nxc2 24. Ne5 fxe5 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Qg6
Bxa2 27. Bg5 Rff8 28. Rh7 Rf7 29. Bf6 {1-0 (29) Carlsen,M (2837)-Karjakin,S 
(2760) Riadh 2017}) 5... h6 (5... Nd4 6. Nxd4 Bxd4 7. c3 Bb6 8. Nd2 c6 9. Ba4
h6 10. Bh4 d6 11. Nc4 Bc7 12. Ne3 Bb6 13. Bb3 g5 14. Bg3 Bxe3 15. fxe3 Bg4 16.
Qd2 Nh5 17. O-O O-O 18. Be1 Qe7 19. h3 Be6 20. Qe2 Bxb3 (20... Ng7 21. Bc2 $5)
21. Qxh5 Bc2 22. Qe2 Ba4 23. b3 Bb5 24. a4 Ba6 25. b4 b6 26. c4 Bb7 27. a5 $14
{[%csl Rg8] (),Carlsen,M (2837)-So,W (2788) London 2017}) 6. Bh4 Be7 $5 7. O-O
d6 8. d4 O-O 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. dxe5 Nxe4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Re1 d5 13. Nbd2 Nxd2
14. Qxd2 Be6 15. b4 c5 16. bxc5 Qxc5 17. Nd4 Rab8 18. h3 Rb4 19. c3 Rb6 20. Qe3
Qe7 21. Nb3 Rc8 22. Nc5 c6 23. a4 Rcb8 24. Qd4 a5 $132 {[%cal Gb8b1] Carlsen,M
(2837)-Eljanov,P (2711) Riadh rpd 2017}) (4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 ({In Riadh White
preferred the riskless} 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 {, but didn't achieve anything
tangible after} Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5 8. Rxe5 O-O) 5... Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. h3 {is nowadays the main position of the Berlin endgame,
which still remains fully viable. Black even has a choice:} Ke8 (9... Be7 10.
Nc3 Nh4 11. Nxh4 Bxh4 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Rad1 Kc8 14. g4 Re8 15. f4 h5 16. Rd4 c5
17. Re4 b6 18. Bf2 f5 19. Re3 Bxf2+ 20. Rxf2 hxg4 21. hxg4 fxg4 22. f5 Kb7 23.
Rf4 Rh8 24. e6 Bc6 25. Rxg4 Rh5 $132 {[%csl Rf5] Navara,D (2737)-Grischuk,A 
(2783) Tbilisi rpd 2017}) (9... Bd7 10. Rd1 Be7 11. g4 Nh4 12. Nxh4 Bxh4 13.
Nd2 Be7 14. Ne4 h6 15. f4 Kc8 16. f5 c5 17. Bf4 Bc6 18. Nc3 b6 19. Nd5 Bh4 20.
c4 Kb7 21. Rd3 Rhe8 22. Rad1 g6 $132 {Grischuk,A (2750)-Vachier Lagrave,M 
(2795) chess.com INT 2017 Black again has counterplay against the isolated
pawns.}) (9... h6 10. Rd1+ Ke8 11. Nc3 Ne7 12. b3 Ng6 13. Bb2 Be7 14. Ne4 Nf4 (
14... Kf8 15. Re1 Kg8 16. Rad1 Rb8 17. Kh2 Kh7 18. g4 a5 19. Kg3 a4 20. h4 Ra8
21. h5 Nf8 22. Nd4 axb3 23. axb3 Ra2 24. Bc1 Ne6 25. Nf5 Bd8 26. Re2 b6 27. f4
c5 28. Be3 Ra8 29. Red2 Re8 30. Kh3 Bb7 31. Nfg3 Bc6 32. g5 hxg5 33. f5 Nf4+
34. Kg4 f6 35. e6 Nxe6 36. fxe6 Rxe6 $44 {1/2-1/2 (45) Zhak,B (2619)-Van Unen,
H (2499) ICCF email 2013}) (14... c5 $146 15. Nc3 Nf4 {Grischuk,A (2750)
-Carlsen,M (2832) chess.com INT 2017} 16. Bc1 Ne6 17. Nd5 $14) 15. Re1 Ne6 16.
Rad1 c5 17. Nfd2 b6 18. Nc4 Ba6 19. g3 Rd8 20. f4 Rxd1 21. Rxd1 Bb7 22. Nf2 h5
23. f5 Ng5 24. h4 Nf3+ 25. Kf1 Bc8 26. e6 Nd4 27. exf7+ Kxf7 28. Ne5+ Kf6 29.
Nc6 Bxf5 30. Bxd4+ cxd4 31. Nxe7 Kxe7 32. Rxd4 Rh6 $11 {Boruchovsky,A (2557)
-Sargissian,G (2650) Minsk 2017}) 10. Nc3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5
Rh6 14. Rfe1 Bb4 15. g4 hxg4 16. hxg4 Ne7 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. Kg2 Bxc3 19. bxc3
Rd8 20. Rxd8+ Kxd8 21. Rh1 Nd5 22. Bg3 Rh6 $5 ({More forcing than} 22... g5 23.
c4 Nc3 $132 {Anand,V (2770)-Karjakin,S (2766) Khanty-Mansiysk 2014}) 23. Rxh6
gxh6 24. Kh3 Nxc3 25. Kh4 Nxa2 26. Kh5 Nc3 27. Kxh6 a5 28. f4 a4 29. f5 Ke8 30.
g5 a3 31. e6 a2 32. Kg7 fxe6 33. f6 a1=Q 34. f7+ Kd7 35. Be5 Qa5 36. Bf6 Qc5
37. f8=Q Qxf8+ 38. Kxf8 Ne4 $11 {Vachier Lagrave,M (2791)-Karjakin,S (2773)
Saint Louis 2017 Black will sacrifice his N for the Pg5 to hold the endgame.
It's quite likely that this was still home preparation.}) 4... Bb4 {This
symmetrical move is the most common reaction.} ({Both players have already
tried the original} 4... Bd6 $5 {Once Black plays 0-0 and Re8, the B is ready
to go to f8, or c5:} 5. d3 h6 (5... O-O 6. O-O (6. a3 Re8 7. g4 Bc5 8. Rg1 d5
9. g5 Ng4 10. Rg2 Nxf2 11. Rxf2 Bxf2+ 12. Kxf2 d4 13. Ne2 Qd6 14. Ng3 Bg4 15.
Qh1 Rf8 16. Bc4 Ne7 17. h3 Be6 18. Nh4 Bxc4 19. dxc4 f6 20. Nhf5 Nxf5 21. exf5
fxg5 22. Bxg5 $14 {Naiditsch,A (2687)-Malakhov,V (2713) Doha blitz 2016}) ({
Black must also reckon with} 6. Bg5 {, or the immediate}) (6. g4 $5) 6... h6 7.
a3 Re8 8. h3 Bc5 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Bc4 c6 11. Re1 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 b5
14. Ba2 a5 15. Ne2 d6 16. Ng3 Be6 17. Rf1 d5 18. Rf2 Ra7 19. exd5 cxd5 20. Nf5
Kh7 21. Qg3 Bxf5 22. Rxf5 Rc7 23. c3 b4 24. cxb4 axb4 25. a4 b3 $1 26. Bxb3 Qb8
{získal čierny výbornú protihru, Harikrišna - Carlsen, Wijk aan Zee 2017.
V tejto vetve však treba rátať s agresívnym 6.Sg5, alebo dokonca 6.g4!?}) (
5... a6 6. Ba4 O-O 7. a3 b5 8. Bb3 Bc5 9. h3 Bb7 10. O-O h6 11. Be3 Nd4 12.
Nxe5 Nxb3 13. cxb3 Bxe3 14. fxe3 d5 15. exd5 (15. d4 $5 dxe4 16. b4 $14) 15...
Nxd5 16. Qd2 {Naiditsch,A (2702)-Praggnanandhaa,R (2455) Sharjah 2017} c5 $5
$44 {/+/=}) 6. Ne2 (6. a3 a6 7. Bc4 Bc5 8. b4 Ba7 9. h3 d6 10. Ne2 Be6 11. Bxe6
fxe6 12. Ng3 O-O 13. c3 Qe8 14. O-O Nh5 15. Nxh5 Qxh5 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rf6
18. Ra2 Raf8 19. Raf2 Nd8 20. Qa4 Qg6 $11 {Svidler,P (2741)-Yu,Y (2750)
Shenzhen 2017}) 6... a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3 Na5 $5 $146 ({A very provocative
novelty instead of} 8... Bc5 9. O-O d6 10. Ng3 Na5 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. fxe3 O-O
13. Qe1 c5 14. Bd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 f5 16. b4 cxb4 17. Qxb4 Nb7 18. a4 bxa4 19. d4
f4 20. exf4 exf4 $132 {Vorobiov,E (2543)-Sasikiran,K (2670) Cappelle-la-Grande
2006}) 9. d4 Nxb3 10. axb3 Nxe4 11. dxe5 Bc5 12. Qd5 Bxf2+ 13. Kf1 Bb7 $1 14.
Qxb7 c6 15. Ned4 O-O 16. b4 f5 17. c3 Bxd4 18. cxd4 Qe7 19. Ke2 Qxb4 20. Rd1
Qc4+ 21. Ke1 g5 22. Rxa6 Rxa6 (22... Rad8 $142 $5 $44 {is the engine preference
}) 23. Qxa6 g4 24. Nd2 Nxd2 25. Kxd2 $1 Qxd4+ 26. Kc2 $14 {Inarkiev,E (2689)
-Svidler,P (2765) St Petersburg 2017}) (4... Nd4 {has a good reputation as
well:} 5. Bc4 (5. Ba4 Bc5 6. Nxe5 O-O 7. Nd3 Bb6 8. e5 Ne8 9. Nd5 c6 10. Ne3 d5
11. O-O f6 12. c3 Nf5 13. Bc2 Qe7 14. f4 Nxe3 15. dxe3 Bf5 16. a4 Bc7 $1 17. b3
fxe5 18. Ba3 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Nxe5 Bxc2 21. Qxc2 Nf7 $11 {Kasparov,G 
(2812)-Dominguez Perez,L (2739) Saint Louis blitz 2017}) 5... Bc5 (5... d6 6.
Ng5 d5 $5 7. exd5 h6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Bb4 11. O-O O-O 12. d3
Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Qxd5 15. Qxd5 Nxd5 16. Bb2 f6 17. c4 Nf4 18. Rfe1
Kf7 19. Rab1 b6 20. a4 Ne6 21. a5 g5 $11 {Vallejo Pons,F (2686)-Kramnik,V 
(2754) Monte Carlo rpd 2005}) 6. d3 (6. Nxe5 Qe7 7. Nf3 (7. Nd3 d5 8. Bxd5 Nxd5
9. Nxd5 Qxe4+ 10. Ne3 Bd6 $44 {was played already by Rubinstein.}) 7... d5 8.
Bxd5 Bg4 9. d3 O-O-O {has been analysed to a draw after} 10. Be3 Nxd5 11. Nxd5
Rxd5 $1 12. exd5 Re8 13. c3 (13. O-O Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qh4 15. f4 Bd6 16. Kg2 Nxc2
$1 17. Qxc2 Qg4+ 18. Kh1 Qf3+ 19. Kg1 Qg4+ 20. Kh1 Qf3+ 21. Kg1 Qg4+ {1/2-1/2 
(21) Short,N (2678)-McShane,L (2640) London 2017}) 13... Nxf3+ 14. gxf3 Qh4 15.
Kd2 Rxe3 16. fxe3 Qf2+ 17. Kc1 Bxf3 18. Qe1 Bxe3+ 19. Kb1 Bxh1 20. Qxh1 Qe2 21.
a4 Qxd3+ 22. Ka2 Qc4+ $11 {Wei,Y (2727)-Ding,L (2759) China 2017}) {More
natural and logical is} 6... d6 $142 (6... c6 7. Nxe5 O-O $6 (7... d5 $142 8.
exd5 cxd5 9. Bb5+ (9. Bb3 $5 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Re1 Bf5 {Stanton,
T (1520)-Stein,R (1952) email 1999} (12... Qc7 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Bxe5 15.
c3 Bg4 16. Qxg4 Bxf4 17. cxd4 Bxh2+ 18. Kh1 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Bd6 $14 {Fedoseev})
13. Bg3 $14) 9... Nxb5 10. Nxb5 Qb6 (10... Qa5+ 11. Nc3 d4 12. Nc4 $14) (10...
d4 $5) 11. d4 Qxb5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. O-O O-O 14. Bg5 Ne4 15. Be3 $14 {Fischer,
D (2427)-Benko,B (2329) email 2003}) 8. Nxf7 $1 Rxf7 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Be3 Ne6
$2 (10... d5 $5) 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. e5 Ne8 13. d4 Ne6 14. O-O d6 15. f4 dxe5 {
Fedoseev,V (2731)-Nakamura,H (2792) Tbilisi 2017} 16. dxe5 $1 Qxd1 17. Raxd1
$16 {[%csl Ge5,Gf4] /+-}) 7. Na4 (7. Nxd4 Bxd4 $11) 7... b5 (7... Nxf3+ 8. Qxf3
Bb6 9. Nxb6 axb6 10. O-O Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qh3 Qd7 13. Bg5 O-O 14. f4 h6
15. fxe5 hxg5 16. exf6 Rxf6 17. a3 Raf8 18. Rxf6 Rxf6 $11 {Svidler,P (2749)
-Karjakin,S (2785) Moscow 2012}) 8. Nxd4 bxc4 9. Nf5 (9. Ne2 Ba6 $5 $132) 9...
Bxf5 10. exf5 cxd3 11. Nxc5 dxc5 12. Bg5 (12. cxd3 O-O 13. O-O Qd7 14. Qf3 Rfd8
$132) (12. Qxd3 Qxd3 13. cxd3 O-O-O 14. Ke2 Nd5 $1 $11 {Fedoseev}) 12... e4 13.
cxd3 exd3 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15. Qxd3 O-O 16. O-O Qxb2 17. Qc4 Qe5 18. Rac1 Qxf5 {
½, Ivanchuk,V (2710)-Cheparinov,I (2687) Varadero 2016} 19. Qxc5 $11) 5. O-O
O-O 6. d3 Bxc3 {Another option are the lines in which Black strives to retain
the B, this gives the game a somewhat different character:} (6... d6 7. Bg5 (7.
Ne2 Ne7 8. c3 Ba5 9. Ng3 c6 10. Ba4 Ng6 11. d4 Re8 12. Bc2 Bb6 13. Be3 d5 14.
dxe5 Nxe4 15. Nxe4 dxe4 16. Bxe4 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Rxe5 18. Bxb6 Qxb6 19. Re1 Bf5
20. Bxf5 Rxf5 21. Qe2 g6 22. Rad1 Rd8 23. Rxd8+ Qxd8 24. Qe8+ Qxe8 25. Rxe8+
Kg7 $11 {Wei,Y (2738)-Naiditsch,A (2712) Danzhou 2017 White's slight
initiative quickly evaporated.}) (7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. Ne2 Re8 9. Ng3 d5 $132 10.
Qe2 Bd6 11. h3 h6 12. Nh2 Be6 13. Ng4 Nxg4 14. hxg4 Qh4 15. Nf5 Bxf5 16. gxf5
Bc5 17. Be3 Bb6 18. f3 Rab8 19. Rab1 a5 20. Bf2 Qe7 21. g4 Rb7 22. Kg2 Bxf2 23.
Qxf2 Reb8 24. b3 f6 $132 {Grigoryan,K (2590)-Petrosyan,M (2449) Yerevan 2015})
7... Ne7 $5 {This was played already in the 19-th century by players as
Steinitz and Janowsky!} (7... Bxc3 8. bxc3 {can still transpose into our game.}
) 8. Nh4 (8. Re1 c6 9. Ba4 Ng6 10. Bb3 h6 11. Bd2 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 $1 13. g3 d5
14. Kg2 d4 15. Ne2 Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Bxd2 17. Qxd2 Nd7 18. a3 Kh8 19. Kg2 Nc5 20.
Ba2 f5 21. exf5 Rxf5 22. Rf1 Qf6 23. f4 Rf8 $15 {Naiditsch,A (2706)-Carlsen,M 
(2865) Baden-Baden rpd 2015}) (8. Bxf6 $6 gxf6 9. Ne2 f5 10. c3 Ba5 11. Bc4 Ng6
12. Ng3 fxe4 13. dxe4 Bb6 14. Nf5 Qf6 15. Ne3 c6 16. Kh1 Kh8 17. a4 a5 18. b4
Rg8 19. b5 Rg7 20. Rb1 Bc5 21. Rb2 Nf4 $44 {[%csl Rh1][%cal Gg8g1] Vallejo
Pons,F (2722)-Granda Zuniga,J (2614) Bahia Feliz 2011}) 8... c6 9. Bc4 (9. Ba4
Ng6 (9... Nd7 $5 10. Ne2 Nc5 11. c3 Nxa4 12. Qxa4 Bc5 13. d4 Bb6 14. Rad1 Bg4
15. f3 Be6 16. Kh1 f6 17. Bc1 Qe8 18. f4 c5 $1 19. Qxe8 Raxe8 20. fxe5 fxe5 21.
d5 Bg4 22. Nf3 c4 $1 23. Ng3 Bc5 $36 {[%csl Gc5,Gg4] Negi,P (2615)-Sargissian,
G (2673) Sestao 2010}) 10. Bb3 Kh8 11. Ne2 (11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6
gxf6 14. Nf5 Bxf5 (14... Bxc3 15. bxc3 Bxf5 16. exf5 Ne7 17. f4 Nd5 $132) (
14... d5 $5 $13) 15. exf5 Ne7 16. Ne4 Nxf5 17. c3 Ba5 (17... d5 $1 18. Nxf6 Bd6
$11) 18. Nxf6 Kg7 19. Nh5+ Kg6 20. g4 Ng7 21. f4 $11 {/+/=, Nikolova,A (2358)
-Motycakova,M (2109) Baku 2016}) 11... h6 12. Nxg6+ fxg6 13. Bd2 Bc5 14. c3 Qe7
(14... Bb6 15. Qe1 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. d4 exd4 18. Nxd4 Qd6 19. Qe4 Bf5 $1 20.
Qh4 Bd3 $13 {Sanchez,J (2491)-Godena,M (2540) Bratto 2009}) 15. d4 Bb6 16. Bc2
g5 17. Re1 Be6 18. a4 a5 $11 {/=/+} 19. Ng3 $6 exd4 20. Nf5 Bxf5 21. exf5 Qd7
22. Re6 d5 23. cxd4 Bxd4 24. Bxg5 Bxf2+ 25. Kxf2 hxg5 $17 {Naiditsch,A (2710)
-Georgiev,K (2637) Bol 2013}) 9... d5 10. Bb3 (10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Bb3 a5 12. a3
Bxc3 13. bxc3 a4 14. Ba2 Ng6 15. Qh5 $6 Kh8 16. Kh1 Rg8 17. d4 $2 f5 $1 18.
Nxf5 Nf4 19. Qh6 Rg6 20. Qh4 Bxf5 21. Qxd8+ Rxd8 22. exf5 Rxg2 23. dxe5 Rdg8 {
0-1, Nisipeanu,L (2672)-Ponomariov,R (2733) Medias 2010 For more details see
the notes to this game in CBM 137 by Rogozenco.}) 10... Qd6 11. f4 (11. Qf3 d4
(11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 Kh8 13. Rfe1 h6 14. Bxf6 (14. Bc1 Bg4 15. Qg3 dxe4 16.
dxe4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 $11 {Svoboda,S (2330)-Talla,V (2447) Czech Republic 2016
}) 14... Qxf6 15. Qxf6 gxf6 16. d4 $1 $14) 12. Nb1 (12. a3 $5 $13) 12... Bg4
13. Qg3 Be2 14. Rc1 Nh5 15. Qh3 h6 16. Nf3 hxg5 17. Qxh5 Qf6 18. Qxg5 Bxf3 19.
Qxf6 gxf6 20. gxf3 Ng6 21. Kh1 Kg7 22. Rg1 Rh8 $40 {Hindermann,F (2337)-Godena,
M (2527) Switzerland 2012}) 11... Bxc3 12. bxc3 dxe4 13. fxe5 Qxe5 14. Bxf6
gxf6 15. dxe4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 (16. Nf5 Bxf5 $5 (16... Qxc3 17. Qc1 $6 (17. Ng3
$142 $1 $44 {[%cal Rg3h5] /\Nh5}) 17... Bxf5 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Qh6 Ng4 20. Qh4 {
Caruana,F (2709)-Aronian,L (2801) Moscow blitz 2010} Qe3+ 21. Kh1 Qg5 $15 {/-/+
}) 17. Rxf5 (17. exf5 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Qd4 Qg5 $15) 17... Qxc3 $13 {/=/+})
16... hxg6 17. Qd4 Qxd4+ (17... Kg7 18. Rf2 c5 19. Qxe5 fxe5 20. Raf1 f6 21.
Bd5 Rb8 22. c4 b6 $11 {Tisdall,J (2375)-Formanek,E (2410) Lone Pine 1977}) 18.
cxd4 f5 19. Rae1 a5 20. a4 b5 21. h3 Rb8 22. exf5 bxa4 $11 {Batik,F-Strand,R
corr 1958}) 7. bxc3 d6 8. Bg5 Bd7 ({Black plays} 8... Qe7 {[%cal Yc6d8,Yd8e6,
Ye6f4,Yf4g6] far more often, intending to unpin the Nf6 with the manoeuvre
Nd8-e6-f4-g6. However, this takes time and White can try to develop his
initiative here:} 9. Re1 (9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 Nd8 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Nf1 Nf4 13. Ne3
c6 14. Bc4 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be6 16. Bb3 Qd7 $5 (16... a5 17. Qb1 Rfb8 18. a4 Nh5 19.
d4 Nxg3 20. hxg3 b5 21. Qd1 Bxb3 22. cxb3 Qc7 23. Re2 Ne7 24. Rd2 $14 {
Kasimdzhanov,R (2698)-Batchuluun,T (2525) Chengdu 2017}) 17. Rf1 d5 18. exd5
Nxd5 19. Qe1 Rfe8 20. Nc4 Ndf4 21. f3 {Kosanski,S (2340)-Toth,B (2470)
Catanzaro 1979} f6 $11 {/=/+}) 9... Nd8 10. d4 Ne6 11. Bc1 Rd8 12. Bf1 c5 13.
g3 Nf8 ({Passive, but solid is} 13... Qc7 14. d5 Nf8 15. Nh4 Re8 16. Bg5 N6d7
17. Nf5 f6 18. Bd2 Nb6 19. c4 Bd7 20. h4 Nc8 21. h5 Ne7 22. Nh4 Qc8 23. Be2 h6
{½, Negi,P (2639)-Harikrishna,P (2678) Cappelle-la-Grande 2012}) 14. Nh4 h6
15. a4 N6h7 (15... Qc7 16. a5 Bd7 17. Nf5 Ng6 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Qf3
Qc6 21. Bd3 c4 22. Nxc4 Bg4 23. Qe3 Be6 24. Nxe5 Qxc3 25. Ba3 $1 $16 {Ivanchuk,
V (2731)-Nakamura,H (2786) Antalya 2013}) 16. Bg2 (16. Nf5 $142 $1 Bxf5 17.
exf5 $14 {[%csl Gc1,Gf1]}) 16... Qf6 17. Be3 Ng5 18. Qd2 Bh3 19. Bxg5 hxg5 20.
Bxh3 gxh4 21. d5 Nh7 22. Qe3 Re8 $11 {Hjartarson,J (2605)-Aleksandrov,A (2660)
Groningen 1997}) 9. Rb1 {A natural move, occupying the semi-open file and
protecting the Bb5.} (9. Nd2 h6 10. Bh4 g5 $5 11. Bg3 Ne7 $132 {s protihrou.}
12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. Nc4 Qe6 14. Ne3 Nd7 15. c4 f5 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qf7 18.
f3 Kh7 19. Rb1 b6 20. h3 Qg6 21. c4 Rf7 22. a4 a5 23. Re1 h5 24. Bf2 Raf8 25.
Rb2 Nf6 26. Qc1 g4 $36 {Maze,S (2613)-Kollars,D (2500) chess.com INT 2017}) (9.
d4 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. Re1 a6 12. dxe5 (12. Bd3 Bg4 13. d5 Nb8 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nbd7 16. Bg3 Nc5 17. c4 Qe7 18. Re3 Nfd7 $15 {[%csl Rc2,Rc4,Gc5,Rd3,Gd7,
Rg3] Urzica,A-Karpov,A Stockholm 1969}) 12... dxe5 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Qxd7 axb5
15. Qxc7 Qe6 16. h3 (16. Red1 Rxa2 17. Qxb7 Rxc2 18. Qxb5 Rxc3 19. Rac1 Nd4 20.
Nxd4 exd4 21. f3 Rec8 $36 {Blomqvist,E (2552)-Dubov,D (2648) Novi Sad 2016})
16... Re7 17. Qb6 Nd4 18. Qxe6 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Rxe6 20. Reb1 Rf6 21. Kg2 Ra3 $44
{½, Shirov,A (2699)-Jakovenko,D (2675) Sochi 2006}) 9... a6 10. Ba4 Rb8 ({
Black plays the text-move more often, than} 10... b5 $5 {, but as Malakhov
will advance his Pb7 anyway, he could have spared himself the rook move. Black
seems to be OK after} 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. Re1 Rad8 (13... Na5 14. d4
Nxb3 15. cxb3 Bg4 16. Qd3 Qe6 17. d5 Qe7 18. c4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 g5 20. Bg3 bxc4
21. bxc4 Rfb8 22. Rb3 Nd7 $11 {Sengupta,D (2583)-Dai,C (2438) Bangkok 2017})
14. h3 Kh7 15. Qc1 Rg8 16. d4 Rde8 17. Qd2 Bc8 18. Rbd1 Na5 19. Qe3 Bb7 {
[%cal Yg7g5,Yc7c5]} 20. dxe5 dxe5 21. Bxf6 $6 (21. Bg3 Nxe4 22. Nxe5 $11) 21...
Qxf6 22. Rd7 Re7 23. Red1 Bc6 24. R7d3 {Grandelius,N (2644)-Hansen,S (2566)
Reykjavik 2015} Nc4 $1 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. R3d2 Qf4 $15) 11. Bb3 h6 12. Bh4 b5 $5
$146 {[%mdl 40] Black has a solid position, but he will have to find a way to
cope with the pinned Nf6 without excessive concessions. Occupying some extra
space on the queenside is probably a good idea.} ({Until now the usual
alternative was} 12... Qe7 13. Re1 (13. Nd2 $5 g5 14. Bg3 Na5 15. Re1 Nxb3 16.
cxb3 Ne8 17. d4 Ng7 18. Nc4 f6 19. Ne3 Be6 20. c4 b6 21. b4 (21. f3 $14) 21...
a5 $5 22. bxa5 bxa5 23. Qd2 {Bologan,V (2640)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha blitz
2016} Rxb1 24. Rxb1 f5 $5 $132 {/+/=}) 13... Na5 14. d4 Rbd8 {, po} 15. Qc1
Nxb3 16. axb3 (16. cxb3 Rfe8 17. Rb2 Bg4 18. Nd2 g5 19. Bg3 Nh5 20. h3 Bc8 21.
Nf1 Nf4 22. Ne3 Qf6 23. Bxf4 gxf4 24. Nd5 Qg6 25. Nxc7 Bxh3 26. f3 Rf8 27. Nd5
Kh7 $13 {[%cal Gg8g1] Naiditsch,A (2687)-Tomashevsky,E (2716) Doha blitz 2016})
16... Bg4 17. Nd2 g5 18. Bg3 Nh5 19. Nc4 Nf4 20. Ne3 Be6 21. f3 Kh7 (21... Qf6
22. Qd2 Kh7 23. Rbd1 h5 24. Kh1 Rg8 25. c4 h4 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Nd5 Bxd5 28.
exd5 $36 {Nunn,J (2615)-Smejkal,J (2535) Germany 1992}) 22. Qa3 f6 23. c4 Rf7
24. Rbd1 $14 {Gallagher,J (2490)-Ekstroem,R (2490) Biel 1998}) 13. h3 Re8 14.
Qc1 Na5 15. Re1 Nxb3 {However, Black could have postponed this swap.} ({After} 
15... Qe7 $5 {[%cal Ya5b3,Ye7e6] /\Nb3,Qe6} 16. d4 Rbc8 $132 ({or} 16... Bc6 $5
$13 {White must still come up with a plan how to achieve something tangible.
The position resembles the examples from the note to move 10.})) 16. cxb3 ({
Svidler probably didn't fancy} 16. axb3 a5 $5 {[%csl Ga5] and the o^a5 can
give Black counterplay.}) 16... Bc6 17. c4 $1 bxc4 $6 (17... b4 18. c5 $14 {
is pleasant for White.}) ({Better was the more restrained} 17... Rc8 $142) 18.
Qxc4 Bb5 19. Bxf6 $1 {Malakhov probably underestimated this well-timed swap.} (
{Black has no problems whatsoever after} 19. Qc2 c5 $11 (19... g5 $5 $11))
19... Qxf6 $8 (19... gxf6 $6 20. Qc1 $16 {, out of question is} Bxd3 $2 21. Nh4
$1 $18) 20. Qxc7 Rec8 (20... Bxd3 21. Rbd1 (21. Rbc1 $5 $14) 21... Rec8 (21...
Rbc8 22. Qb7 $1 {/\} Rb8 23. Qd5) 22. Qa7 $36 {is only a transposition.}) 21.
Qa7 Bxd3 (21... Ra8 22. Qe3 Rc3 23. a4 $1 $16 Bxd3 $2 24. Rbd1) ({If Black
wanted to sacrifice a pawn, a better version was} 21... Qd8 $5 22. Qe3 Rc3 $44
{/+/= with some compensation.}) 22. Rbd1 Bb5 $2 {After this error White's
pressure will increase rapidly.} ({Far more resilient was} 22... Ra8 $142 $1
23. Qb7 (23. Qb6 Rab8) 23... Bb5 $14) 23. a4 Ra8 24. Qb6 Bc6 25. Rc1 Bd7 (25...
d5 26. Nxe5 $1 $16 {drops a pawn.}) 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8 27. Qc6 Rb8 28. Qc7 Ra8 29.
Qc6 Rb8 30. Qc7 Ra8 31. Re3 $1 $16 {After repeting moves Svidler finds the
right way to proceed. The R protects both Pb3 and the Nf3, preventing any
tactical tricks.} (31. Rd1 $6 Bxh3 $132) (31. Nd2 $6 Bxh3 $1 $11 {/\} 32. gxh3
Qg5+) 31... Qg6 (31... Be6 32. Qxd6 $16) 32. Nd2 ({A good move, but even
stronger was the energetic} 32. Nh4 $142 $5 {/\} Qf6 (32... Qe6 33. Nf5 $18)
33. Qc6 Rb8 34. Qe8+ Kh7 35. Nf5 {[%cal Rf5e7]} Ra8 36. Nxg7 $1 Bb7 (36... Qxg7
37. Rg3 $18) 37. Qd7 $18) 32... Qe6 (32... Be6 $5 $16 {was still the best way
to prolong the game.}) 33. Qd8+ (33. Rd3 Qd7 $16 {is already not enough}) 33...
Kh7 34. Rd3 Bb7 (34... Qd7 35. Rxd6 Qa7 36. Qa5 $18) 35. Qc7 $1 $18 {Keeping
the queens on, White both wins material and keeps his attack going.} Qc8 $6 (
35... Bc8 36. Rxd6 (36. Nc4 $16 {/+-}) 36... Ra7 37. Qc5 $5 $18) 36. Qxf7 Qc6
37. Nc4 Qxe4 (37... Rg8 38. Nxd6 $18) 38. Rg3 Rg8 39. Nxd6 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Be4 (
40... Bc6 41. Nf5 $18) 41. Ne8 {[%cal Rg3g7,Re8f6]} 1-0

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 e6 3. Nd2 h6 4. Bh4 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 e5 8. Ne2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg3 exd4 11. exd4 Re8 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Bb5 Bd7 14. Bxd7
Qxd7 15. Nd4 Nfe4 16. N2f3 Bf6 17. Nb3 Na4 18. Qc2 Rac8 19. Rad1 b5 20. a3 Nxg3
21. hxg3 Nb6 22. Nbd4 Nc4 23. Ne2 Qb7 24. Nf4 Rcd8 25. Nh5 Be7 26. Nd4 g6 27.
Nf4 Bf6 28. Rfe1 Re4 29. Nf3 a5 30. Nd2 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33.
Nxc4 dxc4 34. cxb4 Qxb4 35. Rc1 Rd4 36. Qe2 Kg7 37. Rc2 h5 38. Kh2 h4 39. Qf3
hxg3+ 40. fxg3 Qd6 41. Rf2 Qe5 42. Re2 Qf5 43. Rf2 Be5 44. Qe3 Qe4 45. Nh5+
gxh5 46. Qg5+ Kf8 47. Qh6+ Ke8 0-1

[Event "RUS-ch playoff 70th"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2017.12.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2017.12.14"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.01.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d4 e4 5. d5 Nce7 6. Nd4 d6 7. f3 Ng6 8. fxe4
f4 9. g3 fxg3 10. hxg3 Nf6 11. Bh3 Ng4 12. Ne6 Bxe6 13. dxe6 N4e5 14. Bf5 c6
15. Be3 Qc7 16. Qb3 Ne7 17. O-O-O b6 18. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2506"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "141"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f3 Ne5 11. Qd1 Qc7 12. Na4 Bd7 13. Be3 Qa5 14. b3 Bxa4 15.
bxa4 d5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. Nb3 Qxa4 18. Bd4 Rfe8 19. f4 Ned7 20. e5 Ne4 21. Bd3
Rac8 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Qg4 Bf8 24. Kh1 Rc2 25. Rad1 e3 26. Qf5 Rxa2 27. Bxe3
Nxe5 28. fxe5 Qxb3 29. Rd7 Qe6 30. Qxe6 fxe6 31. Rxb7 a5 32. Ra7 a4 33. h3 a3
34. Kh2 Re2 35. Bc1 a2 36. Ba3 Bxa3 37. Rxa3 Rf8 38. Rxf8+ Kxf8 39. Ra7 Ke8 40.
Kg3 Kd8 41. Kf3 Rb2 42. g4 Kc8 43. Ke4 Kb8 44. Ra5 Kb7 45. Kd4 Kc6 46. Kc4 Rc2+
47. Kd3 Rh2 48. Kc4 Kb6 49. Ra8 Rxh3 50. Rxa2 Rg3 51. Rd2 Rxg4+ 52. Kc3 Kc5 53.
Rd6 Rg6 54. Kd3 h5 55. Ke4 h4 56. Rd1 h3 57. Rc1+ Kb4 58. Rb1+ Kc3 59. Rc1+ Kd2
60. Rh1 Rh6 61. Rh2+ Kc3 62. Kf4 Kd3 63. Kf3 Rh5 64. Kg4 Rh8 65. Kf4 Rh7 66.
Kf3 Kd4 67. Kf4 g5+ 68. Kxg5 Kxe5 69. Kg4 Ke4 70. Kg3 Rg7+ 71. Kh4 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kokarev, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. c4 Nc6 7. O-O d6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nc3 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Qa5 14. Rac1
a6 15. a4 Rac8 16. e4 Qb4 17. Na2 Qa5 18. Bc3 Qc5 19. Nb4 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 Bxc3
21. Nd5 Bf6 22. Nxf6+ exf6 23. Qxb7 Rb8 24. Qf3 Rb6 25. Rfd1 f5 26. Rd5 Qa3 27.
Rc3 Rfb8 28. Rdd3 Qc5 29. Re3 h5 30. h4 Qa3 31. Rcd3 Kg7 32. Qf4 Kg8 33. Re7
R6b7 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Rxd6 Qxb3 36. Rd8+ Kg7 37. Qe5+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Volokitin, Andrei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. Nb3 dxc3 12. bxc3 a5 13. a4 b4 14. Bb2 Bg4 15. d4
bxc3 16. Bxc3 Bb4 17. Bxb4 Nxb4 18. dxe5 Nd7 19. Rc1 c5 20. Bb1 Bxf3 21. Qxf3
c4 22. Nd4 Nxe5 23. Qc3 Ned3 24. Nf5 Qf6 25. Qxc4 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Rfe8 27. Qc7
Qxf5 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 Ne8 10. d4 Bf6 11. Re1 d5 12. Bd3 c6 13. Ne2 g6 14. c3 Ng7
15. Ng3 Re8 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. Bf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C45"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.
c4 Ba6 9. Nd2 g6 10. Nf3 Qb4+ 11. Kd1 Rb8 12. Qc2 Ne7 13. a3 Qb6 14. b4 c5 15.
Bd3 cxb4 16. axb4 Bb7 17. b5 Bg7 18. Re1 O-O 19. Be3 Qe6 20. Rxa7 Qg4 21. Bc5
Qxg2 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Qxe4 d6 24. Rg1 Qh3 25. exd6 cxd6 26. Rxe7 dxc5 27. Qg4
Qh6 28. Qg5 Qh3 29. Qg4 Qh6 30. Qg5 Qh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qc2 c5 8.
a4 b6 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. O-O Be7 11. d4 Rc8 12. e4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 O-O 14. Rd1 Qc7
15. Qe2 Nc5 16. e5 Nfd7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. h4 Rfd8 19. Bf4 Nf8 20. h5 h6 21.
Rab1 a5 22. Ndb5 Nh7 23. Nd6 Bxd6 24. exd6 Ng5 25. Bxg5 hxg5 26. b4 axb4 27.
Rxb4 Qc6 28. Rbd4 Nb3 29. R4d3 Nc5 30. Rd4 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. Kb1 g6 11. h4 h5 12. g3 Bg4 13. f3 Bd7 14. Bh3 Bxh3
15. Rxh3 Bg7 16. Rhh1 Rc8 17. f4 Qc4 18. Rhe1 Ng4 19. Qd2 e6 20. Rf1 O-O 21.
Rf3 b5 22. a3 Rb8 23. Nce2 Qc7 24. Qc3 Rfc8 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rd2 Rc4 27. Rc3
Rxc3 28. Nxc3 Rc8 29. Nde2 Rc6 30. Nd4 Rc4 31. Nde2 Nf2 32. Rxd6 Nxe4 33. Rd8+
Kh7 34. Nd1 e5 35. f5 Bh6 36. fxg6+ Kxg6 37. c3 Rc6 38. Kc2 Kf5 39. Rd7 Kg4 40.
Rxf7 Rd6 41. Rh7 Rd2+ 42. Kc1 Rd6+ 43. Kc2 Kf3 44. Nc1 Bxc1 45. Kxc1 Ke2 46.
Rxh5 Rxd1+ 47. Kc2 Rd5 48. g4 Nf6 49. Rg5 e4 50. Rg6 Rd2+ 51. Kb3 Nd5 52. h5
Kf3 53. h6 e3 54. Rd6 Nf4 55. h7 Rh2 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2837"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. h3
c6 9. a4 b6 10. Nd4 Bb7 11. a5 c5 12. Nb3 Na6 13. Bf4 Nc7 14. Qd2 Rb8 15. axb6
axb6 16. Rfe1 Re8 17. Bf1 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. Nb5 Qc8 20. c3 Qd7 21. Nxc7
Qxc7 22. Bb5 Ra8 23. Qe2 Qc8 24. Nd2 Ba6 25. Ra1 Bxb5 26. Rxa8 Qxa8 27. Qxb5
Qa7 28. Bg5 h6 29. Be3 Kh7 30. g4 Qa1+ 31. Kg2 Qd1 32. Qxb6 Nxg4 33. hxg4 Qxg4+
34. Kf1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Bb5 c6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qa3 e5 11. Nf3 exd4 12. cxd4 b6 13. Be3 Re8 14. e5 Bf8
15. Qa4 Bb7 16. Rd1 c5 17. Qxd7 Nxd7 18. Bb5 Re7 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Bxc5 bxc5
21. O-O Bxf3 22. gxf3 Rxe5 23. Rd7 Re7 24. Rfd1 Rb8 25. a4 Rb7 26. Rxb7 Rxb7
27. Rd8 Kg7 28. Rc8 Bd6 29. Rc6 Rb6 30. Rc8 Kf6 31. h3 Ke5 32. Re8+ Kd4 33.
Re4+ Kc3 34. Rc4+ Kb3 35. Re4 Rxb5 36. axb5 c4 37. Rd4 Bc5 38. Rd5 Bb6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Ne4 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. bxc3 O-O 10. h4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. h5 e5 13. hxg6 fxg6 14. Qa4 Qb6
15. Ba3 Rf7 16. Bc5 Qa6 17. Qxa6 Bxa6 18. Rb1 Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B17"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bc4 Bf5
8. O-O e6 9. Bf4 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. c3 O-O 12. Qe2 Rfd8 13. Ne5 Nd7 14. Nxd7
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wang, Hao"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Rb1 Be7 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. O-O b6 11. d5 Na5 12. Bd3 c4 13. Bc2 exd5 14. exd5 Bg4
15. Re1 Bd6 16. Qd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 f5 18. Re6 Qc7 19. Kh1 Nb7 20. Bh6 Bc5 21. d6
Nxd6 22. Qd5 Qb7 23. Rxd6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg2
e6 9. Bg5 Qb6 10. O-O Nfd7 11. Nd3 Bxd4 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 Nc6 14. Rc1 Bg7
15. Re1 h6 16. Be3 Qd8 17. h4 Nf6 18. Qd2 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 h5 20. Bh6 Qd4 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qg5 Qf6 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne5 Qxg5 25. hxg5 Bb7 26. Rc3 Rac8 27. Rd1
Rc7 28. Rc5 Rfc8 29. b4 f6 30. gxf6+ Kxf6 31. f4 Ba6 32. Kf2 Bb5 33. Ke3 a5 34.
bxa5 Ra8 35. Rd7 Rxd7 36. Nxd7+ Ke7 37. a4 Rxa5 38. Nb6 Rxa4 39. Nxa4 Bxa4 40.
Ra5 Bb3 41. Kd4 Kf6 42. Re5 Bd5 43. Kc5 Ke7 44. Re3 Kf6 45. Re5 Ke7 46. Rg5 Be4
47. Re5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. c4 c6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 Nfd7 8.
Nxd7 Bxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2017.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Ba4 Qb8 11. Bb5 Qa7 12. a4 Ne7 13. Bc4 Bd7 14. Nb3 Bb6 15. Qc2
c6 16. d4 d5 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Be2 Bf5 19. Qd2 e4 20. Ne5 Bc7 21. Qf4 Rae8 22.
Bb5 Rd8 23. Qh2 Qb8 24. Bf4 Rc8 25. g4 Bh7 26. Nc5 Bd6 27. Bg3 Qa7 28. Ned7
Bxg3 29. Nxf6+ gxf6 30. fxg3 Rxc5 31. dxc5 Qxc5+ 32. Qf2 Qxf2+ 33. Kxf2 f5 34.
gxf5 Bxf5 35. g4 Be6 36. Ke3 Kg7 37. c4 dxc4 38. Kxe4 Rc8 39. Kd4 b6 40. Rad1
Rc5 41. Rde1 h5 42. Re5 Nc6+ 43. Bxc6 Rxc6 44. Rxh5 Rd6+ 45. Ke4 Bd7 46. Rc1
Rd2 47. Rxc4 Rxb2 48. Rd4 Bc6+ 49. Kd3 Rb3+ 50. Kd2 Ra3 51. Rd6 Bxa4 52. Rxb6
Bd7 53. Ra6 a4 54. Rd5 Be6 55. Rd3 Ra2+ 56. Kc3 Bb3 57. Rd2 Ra1 58. Kb4 Rb1 59.
Kc5 Rh1 60. Rd3 Rc1+ 61. Kd4 Rh1 62. Re3 Rd1+ 63. Ke5 Rh1 64. Kf4 Rf1+ 65. Kg3
Rb1 66. h4 Rg1+ 67. Kf4 Rf1+ 68. Rf3 Rh1 69. h5 Rg1 70. Kg5 Rc1 71. Rf4 Rc5+
72. Kh4 Rc1 73. Rb4 Rc3 74. Ra5 Bc2 75. Rb7 Bb3 76. Ra6 Rd3 77. Raa7 Rd4 78.
Rd7 Re4 79. Kg5 Be6 80. h6+ Kg8 81. Rd8+ Kh7 82. Raa8 Rxg4+ 83. Kh5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 Bg4 4. Qb3 Nf6 5. g3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 c6 7. Bg2 e5 8. Qb3
Nbd7 9. O-O a5 10. b5 Nc5 11. Qd1 Rc8 12. d3 Be7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Rb1 cxb5 15.
Rxb5 b6 16. Nf3 Nfd7 17. e3 dxe3 18. Bxe3 Qc7 19. Qc2 Ne6 20. Bh3 Bc5 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Qe2 e4 23. Ng5 Qc6 24. Nxe4 Ne5 25. Bxc5 Nf3+ 26. Kg2 bxc5 27. Rxc5
Qa8 28. Rxc8 Qxc8 29. Qe3 Qb7 30. Rc1 Ne5 31. h3 Qd7 32. d4 Nc6 33. Nc5 Qxd4
34. Qxe6+ Kh8 35. Ne4 Nb4 36. Re1 Nd3 37. Re2 Qa1 38. Nd6 h6 39. Nf7+ Kh7 40.
Qe4+ g6 41. Qxd3 Rxf7 42. c5 Qf6 43. Qd5 Rc7 44. Re6 Qf7 45. Qe4 Rd7 46. c6 Rc7
47. Rd6 Qxa2 48. Rd7+ Rxd7 49. cxd7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Demchenko, Anton"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2660"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nc3 Qc7 11. a4 b6 12. Be3 Ngf6 13. Bh6 Bf8 14. Qd2 Bb7 15.
Rae1 Bxh6 16. Qxh6 Ng4 17. Qh4 Ngf6 18. Qh6 Ng4 19. Qh4 Ngf6 20. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dreev, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2653"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 Nbd7 6. h3 Bh5 7. Nc3 e6 8. g4
Bg6 9. Nh4 Bb4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 g5 12. Bg2 dxc4 13. bxc4 Nc5 14. O-O Nd3
15. Rab1 Nxb2 16. Rxb2 Bxc3 17. dxc3 Qc7 18. f4 Nd7 19. fxg5 Ne5 20. c5 Rd8 21.
Rfb1 Qe7 22. Rxb7 Qxc5 23. Qf2 O-O 24. Qf4 Qxc3 25. Rxa7 Rd2 26. Rf1 Qc5 27.
Rb7 Rxa2 28. h4 Ng6 29. Qg3 Re2 30. Rf3 Ne5 31. g6 Nxf3+ 32. Qxf3 Qxe3+ 33.
Qxe3 Rxe3 34. h5 Rg3 35. Kh2 Rxg4 36. Bh3 Re4 37. Re7 c5 38. gxf7+ Rxf7 39.
Bxe6 Rxe6 40. Rxe6 Rf5 41. h6 Rh5+ 42. Kg3 Rxh6 43. Re8+ Kf7 44. Rc8 Rh5 45.
Kg4 Rd5 46. Rc6 g6 47. Kf4 Rf5+ 48. Kg4 Kg7 49. Rc7+ Kh6 50. Rc6 Rd5 51. Kf4
Rf5+ 52. Kg4 Rg5+ 53. Kf4 Rh5 54. Kg4 Rf5 55. Rc7 Rd5 56. Kf4 Rd4+ 57. Ke5 Rc4
58. Kd5 Rc1 59. Ke4 Kg5 60. Kd3 Kf4 61. Kd2 Rc4 62. Kd3 Rd4+ 63. Kc3 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2637"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 Nf6 6. e5 Ng4 7. h3 Nh6 8. g4 d6
9. Bg2 dxe5 10. Nxe5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 f6 12. Bb2 Nf7 13. d4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 Qc7 15.
Nc3 Bd6 16. O-O-O O-O 17. Kb1 Be5 18. Qe4 Rb8 19. Qc2 b5 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Be4
Ng5 22. Bd3 Bb7 23. h4 Bxh1 24. hxg5 Bf3 25. Bxh7+ Kh8 26. Bg6 b4 27. Qd3 fxg5
28. Rh1+ Bh2 29. Ne4 Rbd8 30. Qc4 Qf4 31. Qxb4 Bxh1 32. Qe7 Bxe4+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[PlyCount "163"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 e6 6. b3 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. d4
Nc6 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nb4 12. Qb1 g6 13. Bd3 d4 14. Nxd4 Bxd4
15. exd4 Re8+ 16. Ne2 Nxd3+ 17. Qxd3 Bf5 18. Qd2 Rc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Bxc1 Ne4
21. Qb2 Bg4 22. Be3 Qa5+ 23. Kf1 Bxe2+ 24. Qxe2 Nc3 25. Qd3 Nd5 26. Qd2 Qb5+
27. Kg1 f5 28. g3 Qc6 29. h3 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Qf3 31. Qf2 Rxe3 32. Qxf3 Rxf3 33.
Kg2 Rd3 34. Rc1 Rxd4 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rc7+ Kh6 37. Rxb7 Rd2+ 38. Kf3 Rxa2 39.
h4 a5 40. Ra7 Ra3 41. Kf4 Rxb3 42. Rxa5 Kh5 43. Ra8 h6 44. Rh8 Ra3 45. Rh7 Rc3
46. Rh8 Ra3 47. Rh7 Ra8 48. Kf3 Ra3+ 49. Kf4 Ra1 50. Rg7 Ra4+ 51. Kf3 Ra3+ 52.
Kf4 Ra4+ 53. Kf3 g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Rh7+ Kg6 56. Rh8 Ra3+ 57. Kg2 Ra7 58.
Rg8+ Kf6 59. Rb8 Re7 60. Rb6+ Re6 61. Rb5 Re2+ 62. Kf3 Re5 63. Rb6+ Re6 64. Rb5
g4+ 65. Kf2 Re5 66. Rb4 Kg5 67. Kg2 Re2+ 68. Kg1 Rd2 69. Rf4 Kf6 70. Ra4 Ke5
71. Rf4 Rd4 72. Rf2 Ke4 73. Rf4+ Ke5 74. Rf2 Rd3 75. Kg2 Ke4 76. Rf4+ Ke5 77.
Rf2 Rd5 78. Rf4 Rc5 79. Kg1 Rc2 80. Rf1 Rd2 81. Rf4 Rd4 82. Rf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Malakhov, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2686"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Bg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nc6 10. O-O-O e6 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nxc6 Bxc6 13. Bd3 Nd7 14. f4 Nc5 15.
Rhe1 Be7 16. f5 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 O-O 18. Ne2 exf5 19. exf5 Re8 20. Nf4 Bf3 21. Rc1
Bg5 22. h4 Be4 23. Qd2 Bxf4 24. Bxf4 Qf6 25. Qxd6 Qxf5 26. Rf1 Rac8 27. Qd2 Qg6
28. b3 Red8 29. Qf2 Rc3 30. Rfe1 Rdc8 31. Re2 a5 32. Be5 R3c5 33. Bb2 a4 34. b4
Rc4 35. a3 f6 36. Rd2 Qg4 37. Re2 Bg6 38. Rd2 Kh7 39. Re2 R4c6 40. Rd2 Bf7 41.
Rd4 Qe6 42. Re1 Qa2+ 43. Kc1 Bg6 44. Re2 Rxc2+ 45. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2650"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. O-O d4 10. a3 Be6 11. Ng5 Bd7 12. Bd3 h6 13. Ne4 Ne5 14. Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.
Bh7+ Kh8 16. Be4 Bb5 17. Re1 dxe3 18. dxe3 Bc6 19. Nc3 Qc7 20. Bxc6 Qxc6 21.
Ne4 b6 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. f4 Qg6 24. Qxg6 Nxg6 25. f5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Amonatov, Farrukh"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Ne7 11. O-O c6 12. Bd3 f5 13. exf6 Nxf6 14. Qc2 Bc7 15.
Ne5 Ng4 16. Bxh7+ Kh8 17. Bg5 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Rae1 Qd6 20. f4 Bd4+ 21.
Kh1 Nf5 22. Rf3 Kxh7 23. Ne2 Bb6 24. g4 Kg8 25. Nc3 Nd4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Amin, Bassem"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Re1
Rb8 9. Rb1 Na5 10. b3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. e4 b4 13. Na4 d5 14. e5 Ne4 15. Be3
Bd7 16. Nd2 Nc3 17. Nxc3 bxc3 18. Nf3 Bf5 19. Rc1 c2 20. Qd2 c5 21. dxc5 Nc6
22. Nd4 Nxd4 23. Bxd4 Qd7 24. Bf1 Ra8 25. Bd3 Rxa2 26. Rxc2 Bh6 27. Qxh6 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "29"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 Nf6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. cxd5 Bxd5 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Nc3 Bc6 9. O-O e6 10. Qc2 Be7 11. Rd1 O-O 12. d4 cxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2
Nbd7 15. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2789"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bd3 Qc7 8.
O-O Nxd4 9. Bxd4 Bc5 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. Kh1 d6 12. f4 Bd7 13. Qd2 Bc6 14. Rae1
Rd8 15. e5 dxe5 16. fxe5 Nd7 17. Qf4 O-O 18. Re3 f5 19. exf6 Rxf6 20. Qg3 Rxf1+
21. Bxf1 Rf8 22. Bd3 Nf6 23. Rxe6 Nh5 24. Qe3 Qxe3 25. Rxe3 Nf4 26. Be4 Bxe4
27. Rxe4 Nd5 28. Kg1 Nxc3 29. bxc3 Rc8 30. c4 Kf7 31. Kf2 Rc5 32. a3 Ra5 33.
Re3 Ra4 34. Rb3 Kf6 35. Rxb7 Rxa3 36. Rb3 Ra2 37. Kf3 Rxc2 38. Ra3 Rxc4 39.
Rxa6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2799"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "157"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Be3 Bg7 8.
Nf3 Qa5 9. Nd2 Bd7 10. Rb1 Qxc3 11. d5 b6 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O Qa5 14. Qe2 e6
15. e5 exd5 16. Bxd5 Nc6 17. Nc4 Qa6 18. Rfd1 Nxe5 19. Bf4 Rae8 20. Qc2 Bf5 21.
Qb3 Bxb1 22. Rxb1 b5 23. Ne3 c4 24. Qxb5 Qxb5 25. Rxb5 Rb8 26. Bxc4 Rxb5 27.
Bxb5 Rc8 28. g3 Rc2 29. a4 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Nd4 31. Nxc2 Nxc2 32. Bb8 Bd4 33. f4
Bb6 34. Kf3 Nd4+ 35. Ke4 Kf8 36. Bd6+ Kg8 37. Bc4 Nf5 38. Bb8 Bg1 39. g4 Ne7
40. f5 Nc6 41. Bg3 Kg7 42. h4 f6 43. Kd5 Ne5 44. Be2 gxf5 45. gxf5 Bb6 46. Be1
Be3 47. a5 Kf7 48. Kd6 Bd4 49. a6 Bb6 50. Bb4 Kg7 51. Bc5 Bxc5+ 52. Kxc5 Kf7
53. Kd6 Kf8 54. h5 h6 55. Bb5 Kf7 56. Ba4 Kf8 57. Bb5 Kf7 58. Ba4 Kf8 59. Bb3
Nf3 60. Bd5 Ne5 61. Ke6 Kg7 62. Ke7 Nd3 63. Kd6 Kf8 64. Bb7 Kf7 65. Be4 Ne5 66.
Bd5+ Kf8 67. Be4 Kf7 68. Bd5+ Kf8 69. Ke6 Kg7 70. Be4 Nc4 71. Kd5 Ne5 72. Kd6
Kf8 73. Bd5 Nd3 74. Be6 Nf4 75. Bd7 Nxh5 76. Ke6 Kg7 77. Kd6 Kf8 78. Ke6 Kg7
79. Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
Nc6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bd7 11. Nc3 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 Rc8 13. Nb5 Be8 14. Rc1 a6
15. Qxd8 Nxd8 16. Nd4 Ba3 17. Bb2 Rxc1 18. Bxc1 Bc5 19. Be3 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc6
21. Bb6 Bxg2 22. Kxg2 Nc6 23. Rd1 Re8 24. f4 f6 25. Kf3 Kf7 26. e4 Re7 27. g4
g6 28. h4 h5 29. gxh5 gxh5 30. a4 Ke8 31. Rd6 Rd7 32. Rxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2691"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Qg4 g6 8. Qe2
d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. a4 b6 11. Na3 Ngf6 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15.
f4 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Ne5 Kg7 19. Bc4 Rd8 20. c3 Nf6 21. Qe3 Nce4
22. Bd3 Bb7 23. Rae1 Nd6 24. Nxf7 Kxf7 25. Nxe6 Qd7 26. f5 g5 27. Nxg5+ Kg8 28.
Ne6 Kh8 29. Nxd8 Qxd8 30. Qe7 Nde4 31. Qxb7 Nc5 32. Qf3 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2782"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. e3
Bb4 9. Bd2 d5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bg2 O-O 12. O-O Bg4 13. Qb3 Ba5 14. Qxb6 Bxb6
15. Na4 Ne4 16. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Savchenko, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2566"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Bc4 Bb7 8. Bxd5
Bxd5 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Ng5 f6 11. Nge4 f5 12. Bg5 Qc8 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Nf6+ Kf7 15.
Qh3 Qc4 16. Rd1 Nc6 17. b3 Qxc3+ 18. Qxc3 Bb4 19. Qxb4 Nxb4 20. f3 h6 21. Bd2
Nd5 22. Nxd7 Rad8 23. Nf6 Nxf6 24. exf6 Kxf6 25. Bf4 Kf7 26. Rc1 Rc8 27. Kd2 g5
28. Bc7 h5 29. h3 Bd5 30. Be5 Rhg8 31. h4 gxh4 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rxh4 Kg6 34.
Rh3 Rg8 35. Ke3 a5 36. Bc7 a4 37. Rg3+ Kf7 38. Rxg8 Kxg8 39. bxa4 Bc6 40. Kf4
Bxa4 41. Bxb6 Bc2 42. Kg5 Kf7 43. Kxh5 Bd3 44. Kg5 Bb5 45. Kf4 Kf6 46. Bd8+ Kg6
47. Ke5 Bc4 48. a4 Kf7 49. a5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2637"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 b5 4. d3 Bb7 5. Nbd2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. c4 bxc4 8.
dxc4 Bd6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nd4 O-O 11. N2f3 Re8 12. Nf5 Bf8 13. b4 c6 14. Rb1 a5
15. b5 c5 16. Bf4 Qb6 17. a4 d4 18. Nd2 Bxg2 19. Kxg2 Qe6 20. Qc2 Qxe2 21. Rfe1
Qxe1 22. Rxe1 Rxe1 23. Nc4 Nd5 24. Bd2 Re6 25. Bxa5 g6 26. Nh4 N7b6 27. Bxb6
Nxb6 28. Nxb6 Rxb6 29. Nf3 d3 30. Qxd3 Rxa4 31. Ne5 Re6 32. Nc4 Rb4 33. b6
Rexb6 34. Nxb6 Rxb6 35. Qc4 Rb4 36. Qd5 Rd4 37. Qc6 c4 38. Kf3 h5 39. Ke3 Bg7
40. Qc8+ Kh7 41. Qc7 c3 42. Qxf7 Rd1 43. Qc7 Kh6 44. f4 Bd4+ 45. Ke4 Rd2 46. f5
gxf5+ 47. Kxf5 Rf2+ 48. Ke4 Bf6 49. Qc5 Rf1 50. h3 Kg6 51. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2725"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. d4 Na6 8. dxc5
Nxc5 9. Rd1 Bd7 10. Ne5 Rc8 11. Nc3 dxc4 12. Nxc4 Qe8 13. Bf4 b5 14. Nd6 Bxd6
15. Bxd6 b4 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. Bxc5 Ba4 18. b3 Qb5 19. Bxd5 Rxc5 20. bxa4 Rxc2
21. axb5 exd5 22. Rxd5 Rxe2 23. Rd7 Ra8 24. Rb1 Rxa2 25. Rxb4 g6 26. Rf4 Rf8
27. Rf6 Ra5 28. Rb7 Ra1+ 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Ra6 Rxa6 31. bxa6 Ra8 32. Kf3 Kf6 33.
Ke4 Ke6 34. f4 Rc8 35. Rxa7 Rc2 36. Rb7 Rxh2 37. a7 Ra2 38. Kd4 h5 39. Kc5 Kf5
40. Rxf7+ Kg4 41. Rg7 Kxg3 42. f5 Rxa7 43. Rxa7 gxf5 44. Kd4 h4 45. Rg7+ Kf3
46. Rh7 Kg3 47. Ke3 f4+ 48. Ke2 h3 49. Rg7+ Kh2 50. Kf3 Kh1 51. Kxf4 h2 52. Kg3
Kg1 53. Kh3+ Kh1 54. Ra7 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Bortnyk, Olexandr"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nf3 e6 6. a3 c5 7. Ne5 cxd4 8. exd4
Bd6 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Nh5 12. Be3 Nd7 13. f4 f5 14. Rae1 Nhf6
15. Bf2 Ne4 16. Nxe4 fxe4 17. Qh3 Qe8 18. c4 Bxe5 19. fxe5 dxc4 20. Rxe4 Nb6
21. Rc1 Rc8 22. Rh4 Qg6 23. Rg4 Qf5 24. Qg3 Rf7 25. Be3 Qd3 26. Bg5 Qxg3 27.
Rxg3 Nd5 28. Bd2 b5 29. Rf3 Rxf3 30. gxf3 Kf7 31. Kf2 Rd8 32. h3 Ne7 33. Bc3
Nf5 34. Rd1 Ke8 35. Rd2 Rd5 36. Ke2 Kd7 37. Rd1 Kc6 38. f4 Rd7 39. Kf3 Kd5 40.
Rg1 g6 41. Ra1 Rf7 42. a4 Nxd4+ 43. Bxd4 Kxd4 44. Rd1+ Kc5 45. axb5 axb5 46.
Rd6 g5 47. Rxe6 Rxf4+ 48. Ke3 Rh4 49. Re8 Kd5 50. e6 Rxh3+ 51. Kf2 Rb3 52. e7
Ke6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2765"]
[BlackElo "2690"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nb6 10. Bb3 Nfd5 11. e4 Nc7 12. h3 Be6 13. Be3 Qc8 14. Rfd1 Rd8
15. Ng5 Bc4 16. Ne2 Bxb3 17. Qxb3 e6 18. Rac1 h6 19. Nf3 Kh7 20. a4 f5 21. Nc3
fxe4 22. Nxe4 Nbd5 23. Bd2 Ne8 24. Re1 b6 25. Ne5 Ne7 26. Bb4 Rxd4 27. Bxe7
Bxe5 28. Ng5+ hxg5 29. Rxe5 Rd5 30. Qe3 Ng7 31. Bxg5 Qd7 32. Bf4 Nf5 33. Qf3
Nd4 34. Qg4 Rf8 35. Rce1 Rf5 36. R5e4 c5 37. Be5 Nc6 38. Bc3 e5 39. f4 Rxf4 40.
Rxf4 exf4 41. Qh4+ Kg8 42. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Riadh"]
[Date "2017.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "31"]
[EventDate "2017.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "SAU"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 182 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.02.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13. Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6
Bxa6 15. Rfe1 Rfe8 16. e3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.13"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[Annotator "Adhiban,B"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 $5 {Finally the Caro makes its return...} 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6
5. Be2 Ne7 ({Svidler-Jobs 2015 continued} 5... Nd7 6. O-O f6 $5 {An
enterprising line which worked well in this game.} 7. c4 fxe5 8. dxe5 Bc5 {
ended in a nice victory for Black.}) ({Another popular option is} 5... c5 6.
Be3 Qb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. O-O Qxb2 9. Qe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nxd4 11. Nxd4 Bb4 12. Rb1 (
12. Ndb5 Ba5 (12... Bxc3 13. Nxc3 {has scored 100% for White, (the original
game being Karjakin-Azarov 2010)}) 13. Rb1 Qxc2 14. Rc1 Qb2 15. g4 $5 {was the
move which stunned the whole world} Bg6 16. f4 Be4 17. Rf2 Kf8 $5 {is the way
to hold. (Azarov-Shimanov 2017)} (17... Nh6 18. Bd3 Qb4 19. Rb1 Qc5 20. Nxe4
dxe4 21. Qxa5 O-O 22. Be2 {ended in a spectacular victory for White in 
(Fabi-MVL Sinquefield cup 2014) which kickstarted his legendary 7 wins streak
yet to be matched...})) 12... Bxc3 13. Rxb2 Bxe1 14. Rxe1 b6 15. Bb5+ Kf8 16.
Nxf5 exf5 17. Rb3 Rc8 $5 {is the improvement which is holding this line for
black.} (17... Ne7 18. Rc3 Rc8 (18... a6 19. Bd7 $1) 19. Rxc8+ Nxc8 20. Rd1 Ne7
21. f4 {(Svidler-Postny 2011) White won.})) 6. O-O h6 (6... Bg6 7. c3 h6 8. a4
Nd7 9. Nbd2 c5 {(Svidler-Riazantsev RUS ch 2016) Black equalised.}) (6... c5 7.
c4 dxc4 8. Na3 Nec6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bxe7 Qxe7 11. Nxc4 {(Svidler-Seirawan 2015)}
) 7. Nbd2 Bh7 8. Nb3 Nd7 9. a4 g5 $5 {It is time...as all the preliminary
preparations have been made.} 10. a5 a6 11. c3 Nf5 12. Bd3 g4 $5 {This felt
very natural.} (12... c5 {is premature:} 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. dxc5 Bxc5 15. Nd4
$14) 13. Ne1 h5 {Only here I noticed the possibility of 17.Nd4!} 14. Nc2 c5 (
14... f6 $5 {would have been a much more fun option!}) 15. Nxc5 Nxc5 {This
looked like the right way.} ({The computer's preference is} 15... Bxc5 16. dxc5
Nxc5 (16... Nxe5 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Nd4 (18. Ne3 Be4) (18. Qd4 f6) 18... Be4 19.
Bf4 Nd3 20. Bd6 Nxb2 21. Qb3 Nc4 22. Qxb7 Nxd6 23. cxd6 O-O 24. d7 Rb8 25. Qa7
{with a funny draw.}) 17. Bxf5 Bxf5 18. Nd4 Be4 $132 {Black looks solid.} (
18... Bg6)) 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Nd4 Bxd4 (17... Qd7 18. Nxf5 Bxf5 19. Bxf5 exf5
20. Bg5 $1 {Only If I get 0-0-0 in time, then I have a good position.}) 18.
cxd4 Rc8 {I decided to delay the ...Nh4 option for the time being.} (18... Nh4
$5) 19. Ra3 (19. Ra4 $5 {looked more natural as the Rb4-Qb3 combo could be
nasty.}) 19... Rc7 {Preventing Rb3.} (19... Nxd4 {was my original trap :).} 20.
Bxh7 Rxc1 21. Qa4+ Rc6 (21... Qd7 22. Rxc1 Ne2+ 23. Kf1 Nxc1 24. Bc2 {[%csl
Rc1]}) 22. Bd3 $1 {The knight is caught.} Nf5 23. Bxf5 exf5 {looked preferable
for White.}) (19... Nh4 {was probably the best moment to play this ...Nh4 plan.
}) 20. Bf4 $1 {I underestimated this move and now I had to go for ...Nh4 under
much less favourable circumstances.} Nh4 {Good or bad this was the way!} (20...
Kd7 $5 {was a funny alternative, but I felt then I might never be able to
achieve ...Nh4 later on.} 21. Qa4+ Kc8 22. Rc1 $16) 21. Qd2 ({I was more
concerned about} 21. Bxh7 $5 Rxh7 {Since now my rook is seriously misplaced
and it might take a while before I am able to coordinate it.} 22. Qd3 Nf5 23.
Rc3 Rxc3 24. Qxc3 {looked really nasty.} Kd7 25. Rc1 Rh8 26. Qb4) 21... Bxd3
22. Bg5 {Although nice, I felt this gave me some tempi to stabilise the
queenside.} (22. Rxd3 Nf5 23. Rc1 $5 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Qxa5 {and Black is fine.})
22... Qc8 (22... Qd7 23. Qxd3 (23. Rxd3 Nf5 24. Rc3 Rxc3 25. Qxc3 Qc6) 23...
Nf5 24. Rc3 $5 Rxc3 25. bxc3 {I felt I wasn't in time.} Qc7 26. Rb1 Kd7 {
but maybe not :).}) 23. Rxd3 Nf5 24. Qb4 Kd7 (24... Rc4 $1 25. Rc3 Qc6 $5 {
I noticed this option only later on.} 26. Rxc4 Qxc4 27. Qxb7 O-O $1 {This is
what I had missed.}) (24... Rg8 $5 25. Bf6 Kd7 {was the right execution,
preventing some options for White.}) 25. Qa4+ Rc6 26. Rc1 Rg8 $1 {[%csl Ga6,
Gb7,Gc6,Gc8,Gd5,Gd7,Ge6,Gf5,Gf7,Gg4,Gg8,Gh5] Forcing White to make an
important decision. An historic moment, I felt like Karpov when I noticed that
I had placed all my pieces on the light squares!!} 27. Bf6 ({Another option was
} 27. Bd2 $5 {During the game I felt this was stronger.} Qc7 28. Bb4 (28. Rdc3
Rc8 29. Rc5 Ke8) 28... Rc8 {although the computer gives advantage to White,
it's not entirely clear how to make use of it.} (28... b5 29. axb6 Qxb6 30. Rc5
)) 27... Qc7 28. g3 Rc8 {I couldn't find anything wrong with this and hence I
went for it.} (28... h4 {with the idea ...Qxa5 :) but White just takes} 29.
gxh4) (28... b5 $5 {was very tempting.} 29. axb6 Qxb6 30. Rb3 (30. Rc5 Nxd4 {
I missed this move.}) 30... Qb5 $1 {was the stunning point.} 31. Rxb5 Rxc1+ 32.
Kg2 axb5 33. Qxb5+ Rc6 34. Qb7+ Rc7 35. Qb5+ Kc8 $5 36. b4 {White shouldn't be
doing worse here.}) 29. Rc5 {First look gives the impression that White is
doing well and that it is not easy for Black to untangle...} (29. Rdc3 b5 30.
axb6 (30. Rxc6 bxa4) 30... Qxb6 {[%csl Rd4] White is slowing getting worse.})
29... Ke8 $1 {Followed by ...Qd7 as simple as that :).} 30. b4 Qd7 {[%csl Ga6,
Gb7,Gc6,Gc8,Gd5,Gd7,Ge6,Ge8,Gf5,Gf7,Gg4,Gh5] Once again!! All my pieces on
light squares! Twice in the same game is a fantastic achievement!} 31. Qd1 $5 {
Svidler decided to go for damage control.} Rxc5 32. bxc5 (32. dxc5 Qb5 $17)
32... Qb5 33. h3 $1 {Here he offered a draw and after some thought I agreed.} (
33. h3 Qxa5 (33... gxh3 34. Kh2 {looked very unclear.}) (33... Qc4 34. hxg4
hxg4 35. Kg2 Kd7 $11) 34. hxg4 hxg4 35. Qxg4 Qe1+ 36. Kg2 Qe4+ 37. Qxe4 dxe4
38. Rb3 Rc7 39. Rb4 {with a really funny endgame.} e3 40. Kf3 $1 {...Ne3 can't
be allowed.} exf2 41. Kxf2 {It is almost like mutual zugzwang.}) 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Wei, Yi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2743"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "247"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 2. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 4. Bg5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Ne4
{[%emt 0:01:53]} (4... Bg7 {is the other move, and would be my choice in a
game. Following} 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 $1 {Black obtains good compensation.})
5. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} (5... c5 $5 {is a suitably
mental-looking move which however quietens down reasonably soon. It equalises,
and is suitable for quick research at home.}) 6. bxc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} dxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 7. e3 {[%emt 0:00:30]} Be6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 8. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 9. Qb1 {[%emt 0:00:44] One of those positions where
Black should be equal, but finding clear ways to do so is a little challenging.
} Qd5 {[%emt 0:10:52]} (9... b6 10. Ng5 (10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O {and now
following the inaccurate} c5 $6 {White obtained a much easier position in a
recent practical test, and the game will for obvious reasons have influenced
the present one. A logical improvement is ...Nc6, and that seems to obtain
equal chances, but Svidler might have been scared of White's analysis of his
own previous game.} 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Qb2 (13. d5 $5 $14) 13... Re8 14. Ng5 Bd5
15. e4 Bb7 16. Bg3 $14 {Tran,T-Wei,Y Chengdu 2017}) 10... Bd5 11. e4 h6 12.
exd5 hxg5 13. Qb5+ Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Nxd7 15. Bxg5 b5 16. a4 b4 17. Rc1 bxc3 18.
Rxc3 Rb8 19. Rxc4 Nb6 20. Rxc7 Nxd5 21. Rc5 e6 22. Bb5+ Kf8 23. O-O Bxd4 24.
Rc4 e5 25. Rfc1 Kg7 26. g3 Rb6 27. Kg2 a6 28. Bc6 Nf6 29. h3 Rb2 30. R1c2 Rhb8
{1/2-1/2 (30) Radjabov,T (2722)-Van Wely,L (2674) Monzon 2016}) 10. Be2 {
[%emt 0:01:45]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:08:00]} 11. Qb4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} c5 {[%emt 0:02:
37]} 12. Qb5+ {[%emt 0:00:14] Maybe just trying to stop the ...Nd7 development
plan before inevitably capturing on c4.} Bd7 {[%emt 0:03:05]} 13. Qxc4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} Bc6 $146 {[%emt 0:08:14]} (13... Qxc4 14. Bxc4 Nc6 15. Rb1 cxd4
16. cxd4 Rc8 17. Be2 Na5 18. Kd2 e6 19. Rhc1 O-O 20. Be7 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22.
Rxc8+ {1/2-1/2 (20) Mitkov,M (2401)-Bogdanovski,V (2421) Skopje 2011}) 14. Qb3
{[%emt 0:15:01]} e6 {[%emt 0:17:46]} 15. c4 {[%emt 0:13:30] This might throw
away White's opening edge.} (15. O-O {is more conservative, since Black feels
awkward with his queen in the middle anyway. There are some obvious quick
lines:} Qxb3 (15... O-O 16. Be7 Rc8 17. Bxc5 $14) (15... Nd7 16. c4 Qf5 17.
Rad1 $14) 16. axb3 Nd7 17. b4 $14) 15... Qd7 {[%emt 0:02:16]} 16. Ne5 {[%emt 0:
18:36]} Qc7 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 17. O-O $5 {[%emt 0:00:35] Maximalism. White
makes Black run the gauntlet for his equality.} (17. Nxc6 Nxc6 18. Rb1 cxd4 19.
Qxb7 Qxb7 20. Rxb7 O-O $11 {is an optical edge only for White}) 17... O-O {
[%emt 0:10:09]} (17... cxd4 18. exd4 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 {is the acid test, and
the computer obviously thinks this is fine for Black, but I'd prefer White
after} 20. Qb4 $44) 18. Bg3 $1 $14 {[%emt 0:04:00] Back on track. Black will
be suffering a bit now.} Qb6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 19. Rfd1 {[%emt 0:28:14]} Qa6 {
[%emt 0:06:49]} 20. a4 {[%emt 0:03:42]} Nd7 {[%emt 0:01:08]} 21. Nxc6 {[%emt 0:
08:36]} bxc6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 22. Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:07:54]}
23. exd4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nb6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 24. Ra1 {[%emt 0:07:41]} (24. a5
$5 Qxa5 25. Ra1 Qg5 26. h4 Qe7 27. Ra6 $14 {deserved consideration too - the
a7-pawn and c6-pawn are both weak.}) 24... Rfd8 {[%emt 0:09:41]} 25. a5 {
[%emt 0:00:53]} Nc8 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 26. Ra2 {[%emt 0:02:35] A tricky move
that was probably seen a while in advance. White's threat is c5, trapping the
queen, and this serves as a tactical defence of d4 too.} Ne7 {[%emt 0:00:49]
Else d5 comes with even more power.} 27. d5 {[%emt 0:00:16]} exd5 {[%emt 0:06:
12]} 28. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 29. Bh4 {[%emt 0:00:54]}
Qc7 {[%emt 0:03:44]} 30. Bxe7 {[%emt 0:01:23]} (30. Qa3 $5 c5 31. Bc4 $16 {
kept the same size of advantage but with material level.}) 30... Qxe7 {[%emt 0:
00:01]} 31. dxc6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rxd1+ {[%emt 0:03:24]} 32. Qxd1 {[%emt 0:00:
03]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 33. Qc2 {[%emt 0:03:03]} Be5 {[%emt 0:02:07]} 34. g3
{[%emt 0:00:17]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:00:16]} 35. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:41] As with
Anand-Matlakov, this is a thankless defence even if possible in theory - but
the difference is Svidler manages it! Although he is lost at various points.}
Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 36. Qc1 {[%emt 0:01:52]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 37. Bf3 {
[%emt 0:00:50]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:02:20]} 38. Qc4 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:
25]} 39. Qd4+ {[%emt 0:00:36]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 40. Re2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} (
40. Qxe5+ $5 {is worth a glance or two, but not more:} Qxe5 41. Rxa3 g5 $1 {
This is the only move. Black needs to force g4 and exchange a pair of pawns,
so that down the road Bb7 can be stopped on pain of perpetual by Bb7. For
instance:} 42. g4 h5 43. h3 hxg4 44. hxg4 Qc5 45. Rd3 Qxa5 46. Rd7 Qc5 47. c7
Qc4 $1 $11) 40... Rxa5 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 41. Qd7 {[%emt 0:06:41]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:
08:42]} 42. Qc8+ {[%emt 0:03:44]} Qe8 {[%emt 0:13:09]} 43. Qb7 {[%emt 0:27:03]}
Rc5 {[%emt 0:00:52]} 44. Qxa7 {[%emt 0:00:20]} (44. Rd2 $1 {was winning on the
spot- there was nothing to be done about Rd7 and Bd5.}) 44... Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:
35]} 45. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} h5 {[%emt 0:07:47]} 46. Rd2 {[%emt 0:04:28]} Bd6
{[%emt 0:00:29]} 47. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Be5 {[%emt 0:01:55]} 48. Qa3 {
[%emt 0:00:49]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 49. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Be5 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 50. Qb3 {[%emt 0:03:12]} Rc3 {[%emt 0:04:19]} 51. Qd1 {[%emt 0:01:32]} h4
{[%emt 0:01:48]} 52. Rd7 {[%emt 0:05:13]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 53. Qd5 {
[%emt 0:03:11]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:01:10]} 54. Bg4 $6 {[%emt 0:00:23] Committing to
the next move as otherwise c6 is lost.} Qf6 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 55. f4 {[%emt 0:
00:52] Not a fantastic call to have to make. Now White has few pawns and the
one he might eventually have to win with queens on a square of the wrong
colour.} (55. Be2 Rxc6 56. Rxf7+ Qxf7 57. Qxc6 hxg3 58. hxg3 $11) 55... Bxf4 {
[%emt 0:03:28]} 56. gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:00:10]} 57. Kh3 {
[%emt 0:00:30]} Rc3+ {[%emt 0:00:05]} 58. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc2+ {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 59. Kg1 {[%emt 0:00:49]} Rc1+ {[%emt 0:00:13]} 60. Bd1 {[%emt 0:00:00]}
Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:15]} 61. Qd4 {[%emt 0:15:01] Going into a drawn ending.} Qxd4+
{[%emt 0:04:33]} 62. Rxd4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxc6 {[%emt 0:04:48]} 63. Rxh4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 64. Rd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:01:
23] Black has now reached complete safety, though White made him go the
distance.} 65. Kg2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 66. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:
06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 67. Kg3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 68. Kf2
{[%emt 0:01:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 69. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:
25]} 70. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 71. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} Kg8
{[%emt 0:00:21]} 72. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:25]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 73. Rc7 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:41]} 74. Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:04]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:
27]} 75. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 76. Ba2 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf6
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 77. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 78. Rd7 {
[%emt 0:00:15]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 79. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} 80. Bd5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 81. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:23]} Rf5
{[%emt 0:00:13]} 82. Ke4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 83. Ra7 {
[%emt 0:01:06]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 84. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:02:
10]} 85. h3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:28]} 86. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf6
{[%emt 0:00:27]} 87. Rb7 {[%emt 0:00:39]} Kg8 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 88. Kd4 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 89. Kc4 {[%emt 0:01:23]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} 90. Kc5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 91. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:41]} Kf8
{[%emt 0:01:01]} 92. Be4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 93. Kd5 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 94. Kd4 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 95. Ra7 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 96. Ra3 {[%emt 0:01:34]} Kg7
{[%emt 0:00:07]} 97. Kd5 {[%emt 0:00:12]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 98. Rc3 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 99. Bc2 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:
48]} 100. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:49]} 101. Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:05]}
Rf5+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 102. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 103. Bd5 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 104. Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:00:
16]} 105. Ra7 {[%emt 0:01:59]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:01:36]} 106. Kd7 {[%emt 0:00:04]}
Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 107. Ra8+ {[%emt 0:01:23]} Kg7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 108. Kd6 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:01:30]} 109. Ke7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:
00:05]} 110. Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Re5+ {[%emt 0:00:12]} 111. Kd6 {[%emt 0:00:
04]} Rf5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 112. Be4 {[%emt 0:01:46]} Rf6+ {[%emt 0:00:22]} 113.
Ke5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Re6+ {[%emt 0:00:07]} 114. Kf4 {[%emt 0:00:02]} Rf6+ {
[%emt 0:00:10]} 115. Kg5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Re6 {[%emt 0:01:07]} 116. Rd4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:24]} 117. h4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Re6 {[%emt 0:00:
31]} 118. Bf3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Rf6 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 119. Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:09]} 120. Rd7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 121. h5 $6
{[%emt 0:00:03]} gxh5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 122. Bxh5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rf1 {[%emt 0:
00:44]} 123. Bxf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Rxf7 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 124. Rxf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C48"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:29]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 4. Nc3 {[%emt 0:
00:19]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:27]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:03:54]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 6. d3
{[%emt 0:03:14]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:13]} 7. Na4 {[%emt 0:27:27]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:21]
} 8. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:03:30]} bxc4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:12:30]} cxd3 {
[%emt 0:14:03]} 10. Qxd3 {[%emt 0:00:27]} Bb4+ {[%emt 0:00:38]} 11. c3 {
[%emt 0:02:35]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:26:10]} 12. b3 {[%emt 0:14:25]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:00:
08]} 13. O-O {[%emt 0:01:31]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:04:56]} 14. f3 {[%emt 0:01:29]} Bc6
{[%emt 0:03:36]} 15. Qa6 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bb6+ {[%emt 0:01:11]} 16. Nxb6 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} axb6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 17. Qd3 {[%emt 0:00:04]} d5 {[%emt 0:09:
28]} 18. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 19. Rd1 {[%emt 0:10:20]}
Qxd3 {[%emt 0:02:09]} 20. Rxd3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:00:12]} 21. c4 {
[%emt 0:08:54]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:01:44]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.16"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Marin,M"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d4 O-O 6. c4 c6 {The eternal
problem for White: how to prove anything concrete in the symmetrical Gruenfeld?
} 7. Ne5 {By far not the main line, but not really new either. Besides, it has
been tried by Kramnik a couple of times before this game.} Be6 {Deviating from
his opponent's previous games with this line:} (7... Ne4 8. Nc3 Nxc3 9. bxc3
dxc4 10. Nxc4 Be6 11. Qd3 {White's centre looks impressive so far but as so
many times in this opening Black's piece pressure should be enough to keep the
balance even.} Nd7 12. Rd1 Nb6 13. Na5 {White avoids exchanges in order to
give meaning to his space advantage.} Qd7 14. c4 {In view of the
recommendation on the next move, this may be premature.} Rad8 ({Now was a good
time for throwing the pawns into the fight with:} 14... c5 $11) 15. Be3 Qc7 $6
{Once again refraining from the thematic break. In Kramnik,V (2812)-So,W (2770)
Paris (rapid) 2016 (½-½, 56) White could have retained an advantage with} 16.
Rac1 $16 {getting out of the unpleasant pin and thus stabilising the centre.})
(7... Nbd7 8. Nc3 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Ne4 10. cxd5 Nxc3 11. bxc3 cxd5 12. f4 Be6 13.
Be3 f6 14. Qb3 {White has managed to obtain some initiative, but will fail to
convert it into anything palpable.} fxe5 15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. Rxd5
Kh8 18. fxe5 Rxf1+ 19. Kxf1 e6 20. Rd3 Qc6 {Kramnik,V (2810)-Ding,L (2764)
Novi Sad 2016 (½-½, 37) and Black gradually neutralised White's initiative.})
8. cxd5 Bxd5 {Switching to the genuine Grünfeld spirit, with piece pressure
against White's centre.} (8... cxd5 9. Nc3 {trasposes to a somewhat uusual
version of the Exchange variation. The bishop typically does not land on e6.}
Nc6 (9... Nfd7 $6 {Arkell,K (2450)-Fernandez,D (2450) Crawley e2e4 Gatwick op
10 2016 (9) 1/2} 10. Nxd5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Bxe5 12. Bh6 Re8 13. Qb3 $36) (9...
Nbd7 10. Nd3 Nb6 11. Nc5 Qc8 12. Nxe6 Qxe6 13. Qd3 $14 {Pedersen,N (2417)
-Kristensen,K (2244) Ballerup 2009 (1-0, 40) White's bishop pair offers him
some advantage, probably something Kramnik would have been delighted to make
use of. Besides, the knight does not stand too well on b6.}) 10. Nxc6 bxc6 {
In fact this position has been reached in numerous games, but most of them via
a different move order (7.cxd5). But still it is not Black's main line,
meaning that for White reaching here would be a small success.}) 9. Nc3 {
Aiming for rapid development.} ({The main alternative is} 9. Bh3 {trying to
prove that the central bishop is exposed. It is interesting mentioning that
Kasparov had played this position with both colours!} Nfd7 ({With Black,
Kasparov tried} 9... c5 10. dxc5 Ne4 11. Nd3 Na6 12. Be3 Bc6 {Speelman,J (2645)
-Kasparov,G (2760) Reykjavik 1988 (½-½, 17)} 13. Na3 $16 {This game might
have inspired Kasparov to try the line with White many years later, but the
opening wasn't a big success for him that time either.}) 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. Nc3
Bc4 12. b3 Ba6 13. Bb2 e5 14. d5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Nf6 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 $11 {
Kasparov,G (2830)-Belzberg,S London 2003 (1-0, 28)}) 9... Bxg2 10. Kxg2 Nbd7 {
This not only prepares ...c6-c5 but also puts pressure on the central knight.
On the other hand, if Black does not find a favourable moment for playing ...
Nxe5 his knight will be hanging slightly.} ({The alternative is} 10... Na6 11.
Nf3 ({I do not understand this willing retreat from the centre especially that
the knight is not exposed to an exchange. The consolidating} 11. f4 {deserves
attention:} e6 12. e4 c5 13. Be3 cxd4 14. Bxd4 Ng4 {Otherwise White would
simply retain active play.} 15. Nxg4 Bxd4 16. e5 {with some chances to
endanger the enemy king.}) 11... c5 12. d5 b5 {Wen,Y (2611)-Xu,M (2305) Wuxi
2016 (1-0, 33) with excellent black counterplay.}) 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Rd1 Qxb3
$146 {This looks like a small concession as it clears the a-file for the white
rook and allows a later b3-b4, stabilising the queenside. But I have failed to
prove this move objectively wrong.} ({The main alternative I analysed is} 12...
Rad8 13. Nd3 Nd5 14. e4 (14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. Qxd5 Ne5 $11) 14... Nc7 15. Be3 Qxb3
{Necessary already in order to prepare the counterplay in the centre.} 16. axb3
a6 17. b4 f5 $132) ({Previously only} 12... e6 {was tried.} 13. Bf4 ({
Apparently not the most effective.} 13. Nc4 Qa6 14. e4 {or}) (13. e4 c5 14.
Nxd7 Nxd7 15. d5 {may be more active.}) 13... Rfd8 ({Too mild. Black should
have used the fact that after} 13... Nxe5 {14.dxe5 Ng4 the e5-pawn is hanging,
while after} 14. Bxe5 Qxb3 15. axb3 Rfd8 {Black would have little to fear due
to the exchange of one knight.}) 14. Nc4 Qa6 15. a4 Nd5 16. Bg5 N7f6 17. e4
Nxc3 18. bxc3 $14 {Palachev,P (2370)-Bocharov,I (2534) Moscow 2018 (½-½, 64)}
) 13. axb3 Rfc8 ({I would find it more appropriate setting up pressure along
the d-file with} 13... Rfd8 {when White's slight delay in development may
count.} 14. Nc4 ({If} 14. f4 Nd5 {the immediate threat is ...Nxc3 followed by .
..Nxe5 winning a pawn while otherwise Blck may consider ...f7-f5.}) 14... Nf8 {
followed by ...Ne6. For instance:} 15. e4 Ne6 16. d5 cxd5 17. exd5 Nc7 18. d6
exd6 19. Nxd6 b6 {and White's initiative has reached a dead end.}) 14. f4 ({
I would consider preveting ...c6-c5 with} 14. b4 {for instance} Nf8 {[%cal
Gf6d5]} 15. e4 Rd8 16. Be3 Ne6 17. f4 $14 {But Kramnik probably wanted to gain
a tempo for his kingside initiative over this line, considering that ...c6-c5
would play into his hands.}) 14... c5 (14... Nf8 15. e4 Ne6 16. Be3 $14 {
is even better for White than in the line above; for instance} Rd8 17. Kf3 Nc7
18. g4) 15. Be3 cxd4 (15... b6 16. Kf3 $14) 16. Rxd4 $1 {The only way to
maintain the initiative.} (16. Bxd4 Nxe5 17. Bxe5 Ng4 $11) 16... Nxe5 17. fxe5
Ne8 18. Rd7 Rc7 $2 ({Hard to say whether Svidler blundered by missing
Kramnik's reply or underestimated his chances after the natural} 18... Bxe5 19.
Rxe7 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxc3 21. Rxa7 Rxe3 22. Rxe3 Rxa7 23. Rxe8+ Kg7 24. Re7 Kf6
25. Rc7 {In principle White is better, but Black should draw without major
problems. The most accurate way would be} h5 {Before abandoning the pawn,
Black makes maximal kingside progress.} 26. h4 Ke6 27. b4 f6 28. b5 Kf5 29. b6
Ra3 30. Kh3 (30. Rxb7 Kg4 $11) 30... Re3 31. Rxb7 Rxe2 $11) 19. Rxa7 $1 $16 Rb8
(19... Rxa7 20. Rd8 Kf8 21. Bxa7 Rc6 (21... Bxe5 22. Bb8 Rc5 23. b4 $18) 22.
Bd4 $16) (19... Rxd7 20. Rxa8 Kf8 21. Nb5 $18 {Black is paralyzed and will
soon be in Zugzwang for if} Bxe5 22. Bh6+) 20. Rd5 b6 ({Another mysterious
move. Good or bad, Black should have gained some breathing space with} 20... f5
) 21. Nb5 Rxa7 22. Nxa7 Kf8 23. Rd7 Ra8 (23... Bxe5 24. Nc6 $18) 24. Bd4 (24.
Bd4 {Svidler probably had enough of it already. But since he is not
immediately losing, this reminds me of an old episode: when asking a friend of
mine why he resigned his game, he answered: "It was too dangerous to play on."
For the truth's sake, Svidler had virtually no chance to save the game:} f6 25.
Bxb6 fxe5 26. Bc5 Bf6 27. b4 Kf7 28. b5 Ke6 29. Rd1 Nd6 30. b6 Nb7 31. Nb5 Rd8
32. Nc7+ Kf7 (32... Kf5 33. Rxd8 Nxd8 34. g4+ Kxg4 35. Ne6 Nb7 36. e4 Kh5 37.
Be3 g5 38. Nc5 $18) 33. Rxd8 Nxd8 34. Kf3 $18) 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.17"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2680"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 {A possible but
not very ambitious line.} O-O 7. Rc1 c6 (7... Bf5 {- Svidler-Giri in CBM 167.})
8. e3 Bd6 (8... Bf5 $5 9. Qb3 $5 (9. Be2 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. a3
Ne4 13. Na4 Qe7 14. Qb3 Nd6 $11 {1-0 (39) Melkumyan,H (2622)-Bluebaum,M (2588)
Berlin 2015}) 9... Qb6 10. Nh4 (10. Be2 Be7 11. Nd2 Nbd7 12. h3 Bg6 13. O-O a5
14. Qxb6 Nxb6 15. Bc7 Nfd7 16. Rfe1 Rfc8 17. Bg3 Re8 $11 {1/2 (55) Sunilduth
Lyna,N (2524)-Dubov,D (2661) Moscow 2017}) 10... Be6 11. Bd3 c5 (11... Nh5 $5)
12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. a3 Nh5 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. Nf3 Nxg3 17. hxg3 h6 18.
Nb5 Be7 19. O-O Bf6 $11 {1/2 (41) Cuenca Jimenez,J (2489)-Peralta,F (2559)
Caleta 2018}) (8... Qa5 9. Nd2 (9. Bd3 $5) 9... Bg4 10. Qc2 c5 11. dxc5 Qxc5
12. Nb3 Qe7 13. Bd3 Rc8 14. O-O Bxc3 15. bxc3 Nc6 16. Qb2 Ne5 17. Bxe5 Qxe5 18.
Nd4 b6 19. c4 Bd7 20. h3 Ne4 $11 {1/2 (30) Sunilduth Lyna,N (2526)-Laxman,R 
(2403) Sharjah 2017}) 9. Bxd6 (9. Bg3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Re8 12. Nd2 Na6
13. a3 Nc7 14. Na4 Ne6 15. b4 Qe7 16. Nc5 Rad8 17. Nf3 Ne4 $11 {1-0 (51)
Mamedyarov,S (2804)-Lenderman,A (2611) chess.com INT 2018}) 9... Qxd6 10. Qc2
Re8 (10... Bg4 $5 {in order to exchange the bishop or transfer it to g6.}) 11.
Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Nf8 13. h3 {Preventing ...Bg4 for good.} g6 (13... Ng6 $5) 14.
Ne5 {[%mdl 32] White prepares a kingside attack with f2-f4-f5. Black's g6-pawn
will be a useful hook for him.} Nh5 {Preparing ...f7-f6 and thus preventing 15.
f4.} (14... Be6 15. f4) (14... Ne6 15. f4 Ng7 16. g4) 15. Rfe1 Re7 16. Qa4 Nd7
17. Nf3 (17. f4 {was now possible, e.g.} f6 18. Nf3 Nb6 19. Qc2 {However,
White changes his plan and starts a classic minority attack.}) 17... Ndf6 $6 {
A strange decision. Black's h5 knight will now be stuck on the kingside, and
White's assault will go without obstacles.} ({If} 17... Nhf6 {then} 18. b4 {
, too.}) (17... Nb6 {doesn't help much:} 18. Qa5 {and then b2-b4. If} Ng7 $6 {
then} 19. e4 $1 {is very strong.}) (17... a5 $1 {preventing b2-b4, is correct.
The initiative belongs to White but it is not easy for him to break down
Black's defences. If} 18. e4 {then} Nf4 19. e5 Qb4) 18. b4 a6 {A senseless
move, not preventing b4-b5.} (18... Bd7 $142 19. b5 Ne4) 19. b5 cxb5 20. Nxb5
Bd7 $2 {A tactical blunder. However, White doesn't exploit it.} (20... Qd8 21.
Nc3 $16 {[%csl Rh5]}) 21. Nxd6 Bxa4 22. Rb1 $2 (22. Nc8 {[%cal Rc8e7,Rc8b6]}
Re6 23. Ng5 Re8 24. Nb6 $18) 22... b5 23. Ne5 (23. Rec1 $142 Re6 24. Nc8) 23...
Nd7 24. Rec1 Nxe5 25. dxe5 Rxe5 26. Rc7 Rf8 (26... f5 $5) 27. Rc6 (27. Ra7 {
was more logical.}) 27... Ra8 28. Rc7 Rf8 29. Rc6 Ra8 30. Rbc1 d4 (30... Re6 $5
) 31. g4 Nf6 32. e4 (32. exd4 Re6 33. g5 $14) 32... Re6 33. f4 b4 34. Rc8+ Rxc8
35. Rxc8+ Kg7 36. e5 Nd5 (36... Ne8 $5 37. Ne4 Rc6 $1 38. Rd8 Rc1+ 39. Kf2 a5
$14) 37. Bc4 Nxf4 38. Rc7 ({White can hardly win after} 38. Bxe6 Nxe6) 38... d3
$4 {[%mdl 8192] A terrible blunder when the rescue was very close.} (38...
Nxh3+ 39. Kh2 Rxe5 $1 40. Rxf7+ (40. Nxf7 Re3 $1 41. Ng5+ Kf6 42. Nxh3 Rc3 $132
) 40... Kh6 41. Kxh3 d3 42. Rf2 Re3+ 43. Kg2 Kg5 {with sufficient counterplay.}
) 39. Rxf7+ Kh6 40. Rxf4 d2 41. Rd4 1-0

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.19"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2834"]
[Annotator "Yermolinsky,A"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:58]} 2. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Bb4 $5 {
[%emt 0:00:08] Back in the day we used to call it a Poor Man's Nimzo, but, in
fact, it is a fully playable line.} 3. Qb3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:20]}
({The more solid} 3... Ba5 {was seen in Giri-Kramnik earlier in this
tournament.}) 4. Nb5 $5 {[%emt 0:07:54] This extravagant move has been known
for some time. I'm sure Carlsen counted on it in his preparation.} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:07:15]} 5. Nd6+ {[%emt 0:00:58]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:02:27]} (5... Ke7 $5 6.
Qg3 Kf8 {is an interesting nuance. The white queen may find itself not
supported by other pieces, and therefore, out of place on the kingside.}) 6.
Nf3 $6 {[%emt 0:01:10] It is funny to even question this natural developing
move, but the thing is, that knight is going to be driven back!} ({Instead,
let's take a look at one possible alternative:} 6. g3 Qe7 7. Nxc8 Rxc8 8. Bg2
Nf6 9. Nf3 e5 10. O-O e4 $6 ({A more reasonable move is} 10... g6 11. d3 Kg7
$14) 11. Ne1 Nd4 12. Qd1 {It may seem from a casual glance that Black has made
some progress, but his position has a rotten foundation. The absence of a
light-squared bishop, a stray bishop on b4, uncastled king and disconnected
rooks do not inspire confidence in his success in the long run. One thing left
to do is to play} h5 {and hope for the best.}) 6... Qe7 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 7.
Nxc8 {[%emt 0:01:26]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 8. e3 {[%emt 0:12:28]} e5 $5 {
[%emt 0:02:03] Carlsen is absolutely right: Black must act fast and disrupt
White's smooth development.} ({In that respect} 8... g5 $5 {also comes into
consideration.}) 9. Qc2 {[%emt 0:01:00]} e4 {[%emt 0:09:34]} 10. Ng1 {[%emt 0:
00:22]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 11. Ne2 {[%emt 0:03:05]} Ba5 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 12.
a3 {[%emt 0:05:21]} h5 $1 {[%emt 0:13:39] A remarkable move. It serves as a
deterrent against White's idea of fianchettoing his light-squared bishop, and
prepares a possibility of development for the h8-rook.} (12... d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5
14. Ng3) 13. b3 {[%emt 0:09:03]} (13. g3 $2 h4) 13... Rd8 {[%emt 0:03:20]
Magnus prepares to open the d-file to pressurise d2.} ({He could have done so
right away,} 13... d5 14. cxd5 Nxd5 15. Ng3 (15. Bb2 Ncb4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. Qb1
Nd3+ 18. Kd1 Nxf2+ 19. Ke1 Nd3+ 20. Kd1 {would give Black a choice between a
draw by repetition, and a more ambitious try} Bb4 $5) 15... Nf6 16. h4 {
and play} Rd8 {then. Either way, Black is getting some play, and possibly,
more!}) 14. Bb2 {[%emt 0:10:30]} d5 {[%emt 0:12:59]} 15. cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]}
Rxd5 {[%emt 0:02:49]} 16. O-O-O $1 {[%emt 0:05:09] Excellent play by Svidler.
With the black rook off the c-file he is safe against all ...Nb4 tricks.} Ng4
$1 {[%emt 0:01:25] Once again Carlsen shows his deep understanding of dynamic
factors.} ({A slow approach, such as} 16... h4 17. Nf4 Rd8 {would allow White
to switch to positional tracks with} 18. Bb5 $5 Bc7 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. d3 $14)
17. Ng3 $5 {[%emt 0:23:27] Peter Svidler is no stranger to tactical battles.
He knows the value of being the one in the driver's seat.} ({He rejected} 17.
Nf4 Rf5 18. Nh3 {most likely on account of} c4 $1 ({Not} 18... Nxf2 19. Nxf2
Rxf2 20. Bc4 f6 21. Bd5 $14) 19. b4 (19. Bxc4 b5 {look out for that rook
coming to c5!}) 19... Bxb4 20. axb4 Nxb4 21. Qa4 b5 {with a big intiative for
Black.}) 17... Nxf2 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 18. Bc4 {[%emt 0:01:33]} Nxd1 {[%emt 0:10:
24]} 19. Rxd1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Rg5 $1 {[%emt 0:09:43] The white knight had to
be kept off f5.} 20. Rf1 {[%emt 0:00:35] This looks very difficult to defend,
but no worries, it's Magnus at the controls.} Nd8 $1 {[%emt 0:00:09]} (20... f6
$2 21. Nxe4 Rxg2 22. Nxf6 $1 $18) 21. Nf5 {[%emt 0:07:57]} ({With no target
present on f6} 21. Nxe4 {is pointless:} Rxg2 $15) 21... Qd7 {[%emt 0:00:09]}
22. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Rg4 {[%emt 0:02:30] Carlsen's move forces White's
hand.} (22... b5 23. Bd5 h4 24. Qf3 {is very much unclear.}) 23. Bxg7+ {
[%emt 0:06:21] After some consideration Svidler decided to wrap up this
exciting game.} ({I can't blame him for taking a draw, as} 23. Qc2 Rxg2 24.
Bxg7+ Rxg7 25. Nxg7 {would have led to an ending,} Qxd2+ ({no need to allow} 
25... Kxg7 $6 26. b4 $1) 26. Qxd2 Bxd2+ 27. Kxd2 Kxg7 28. Ke2 b6 29. Rd1 Nc6
30. Rd7 Ne5 31. Rxa7 Rh6 {where chances are about even.}) 23... Rxg7 {[%emt 0:
04:05]} 24. Nxg7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Qxd2+ {[%emt 0:01:03] All is forced now.} 25.
Kb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Bc3 {[%emt 0:00:37]} 26. Rxf7+ {[%emt 0:00:31]} Nxf7 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} 27. Qe8+ {[%emt 0:01:37]} Kxg7 {[%emt 0:00:02]} 28. Qxf7+ {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:12]} 29. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:06]} Kg6 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 30. Qf7+ {[%emt 0:00:04]} Kh6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 31. Qf4+ {[%emt 0:00:04]
With draws like this, who needs decisive games?} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.20"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2640"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 2. c3 {[%emt 0:00:01]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:
02:18]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 4. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} e6
{[%emt 0:05:06]} 5. Bc4 {[%emt 0:00:26]} d6 {[%emt 0:03:34]} 6. d4 {[%emt 0:03:
13]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 7. cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:00:33]} 8. O-O
{[%emt 0:01:12]} Be7 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 9. exd6 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Qxd6 {[%emt 0:
02:25]} 10. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:56]} 11. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:42]}
Rd8 {[%emt 0:08:21]} 12. a3 {[%emt 0:04:04]} a6 {[%emt 0:05:01]} 13. Be3 {
[%emt 0:00:58]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:07:12]} 14. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:44]} b6 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 15. Rc1 {[%emt 0:18:12]} Bb7 {[%emt 0:12:52]} 16. Ba2 {[%emt 0:20:22]}
Rac8 {[%emt 0:03:29]} 17. Ne4 {[%emt 0:03:32]} Qd7 {[%emt 0:01:33]} 18. Nfg5 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} Bxg5 {[%emt 0:01:12]} 19. Nxg5 {[%emt 0:05:15]} h6 {[%emt 0:00:
05]} 20. Nf3 {[%emt 0:04:59]} Qd6 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 21. Rf1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Rc7
{[%emt 0:02:32]} 22. Qe2 {[%emt 0:08:35]} Rdc8 {[%emt 0:03:58]} 23. Rcd1 {
[%emt 0:04:25]} Na5 {[%emt 0:06:49]} 24. Bb1 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:01:
15]} 25. Bd3 {[%emt 0:07:25]} b5 {[%emt 0:11:12]} 26. Rf2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} f5 {
[%emt 0:03:49]} 27. e4 {[%emt 0:03:26]} fxe4 {[%emt 0:03:14]} 28. Bxe4 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} Bxe4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 29. Qxe4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Qd5 {[%emt 0:
03:27]} 30. Re1 {[%emt 0:02:04]} Qxe4 {[%emt 0:01:22]} 31. Rxe4 {[%emt 0:00:03]
} Rc6 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 32. Rfe2 {[%emt 0:01:38]} a5 {[%emt 0:01:50]} 33. Ne5 {
[%emt 0:03:24]} Rd6 {[%emt 0:00:59]} 34. Nxc4 {[%emt 0:02:12]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.21"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} 3. Nc3 {[%emt 0:01:07]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:18]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:
26]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:37]} 5. d4 {[%emt 0:01:43]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} 6. a3 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} a6 {[%emt 0:02:32]} 7. dxc5 {[%emt 0:01:48]} Bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:
09]} 8. b4 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:07:53]} 9. Bb2 {[%emt 0:04:23]} O-O {
[%emt 0:03:37]} 10. cxd5 {[%emt 0:06:13]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 11. Be2 {
[%emt 0:00:06]} Be6 {[%emt 0:04:10]} 12. O-O {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qe7 {[%emt 0:00:
58]} 13. Rc1 {[%emt 0:07:26]} a5 {[%emt 0:08:51]} 14. Nb5 {[%emt 0:04:25]} Bb8
{[%emt 0:00:50]} 15. bxa5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} Nxa5 {[%emt 0:04:14]} 16. Bxf6 {
[%emt 0:11:06]} Qxf6 {[%emt 0:00:42]} 17. Nc7 {[%emt 0:00:29]} Bxc7 {[%emt 0:
01:06]} 18. Rxc7 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Rac8 {[%emt 0:09:09]} 19. Rxc8 {[%emt 0:03:
47]} Rxc8 {[%emt 0:00:25]} 20. Nd4 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 21.
Nxe6 {[%emt 0:05:10]} fxe6 {[%emt 0:00:31]} 22. e4 {[%emt 0:00:44]} d4 {
[%emt 0:02:06]} 23. Bxc4 {[%emt 0:03:34]} Rxc4 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 24. Qb3 {
[%emt 0:00:03]} Rc7 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 25. f4 {[%emt 0:00:41]} h6 {[%emt 0:02:07]
} 26. f5 {[%emt 0:01:01]} Re7 {[%emt 0:00:43]} 27. fxe6 {[%emt 0:02:40]} Qxe6 {
[%emt 0:00:18]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.23"]
[Round "9"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2792"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. d4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} g6 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} 3. Nbd2 {[%emt 0:03:04] Home-made chess it is today! It is a
relief to see one of the world elite players trying out an 'interesting' 3rd
move in this position - there are many which have appealed to me and other
theory-lite players in the past, including Bg5, c3, b4...} ({It would be
remiss of me not to mention the 'Old Speckled Egg' setup, pioneered by my
fellow English GM, Keith Arkell. The idea is similar to those of the text.} 3.
b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 $1 {Against ...d5 setups, White obtains an easier
position!} 6. e3 c5 $11 {Fernandez,D-Ghasi,A chess. com INT 2017, Black had
equalised and ultimately won.}) 3... d5 {[%emt 0:03:51]} 4. e3 {[%emt 0:01:01]}
(4. b4 $5 {is interesting if we bear the above note in mind. For instance, now}
Bg7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. e3 Bf5 7. c4 a5 8. b5 {leaves Black a bit short of plans, so
Black might have to play more directly, for instance with 4...a5.}) 4... Nc6 {
[%emt 0:15:09] Among other things, this move prevents b4, but it is hard to
find plans for Black in what follows.} 5. b3 {[%emt 0:11:01]} Bg7 {[%emt 0:01:
58]} 6. Bb2 {[%emt 0:00:49]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:28]} 7. Be2 {[%emt 0:02:45]} a5 {
[%emt 0:07:40]} 8. a3 {[%emt 0:04:31]} (8. c4 {attempts to call Black's bluff:}
a4 {is not that threatening since after} 9. bxa4 {the pawn will prove rather
hard to regain.}) 8... b6 {[%emt 0:05:39]} (8... Ne4 9. c4 Nxd2 10. Qxd2 $14)
9. O-O {[%emt 0:00:58]} e6 {[%emt 0:01:27]} 10. c4 {[%emt 0:02:43]} Ne7 {
[%emt 0:04:24]} 11. cxd5 {[%emt 0:08:38] Allowing Black's light-squared bishop
to develop on its preferred diagonal.} ({We have nevertheless reached a
vaguely Catalan-esque position, in which White tends to keep the central pawn
tension until an advantageous moment, so} 11. Qc2 $5 {deserved consideration.
There could follow:} c6 12. Rac1 Ba6 13. Rfd1 Rc8 14. Qb1 $14 {and White has a
good version of the Catalan, because ...c5 is almost impossible to arrange.})
11... exd5 {[%emt 0:01:05]} 12. b4 {[%emt 0:03:02]} c6 {[%emt 0:08:55]} 13. Rc1
{[%emt 0:03:21] A slightly strange move, conceding the a-file and hence
equality.} (13. b5 {was the most principled. Doubtless, Black has in mind the
equally principled} cxb5 14. Bxb5 Bd7 {but here White can pretend to have an
edge, e.g.} 15. Bxd7 Qxd7 16. a4 $32 {when if nothing else, the queenside pawn
structure bodes well for an endgame.}) 13... axb4 {[%emt 0:04:21]} 14. axb4 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:07] Black keeps it solid, since ...Ne8-d6-c4 is
not too hard to arrange for him.} 15. Nb3 {[%emt 0:05:01]} (15. Ne5 Qd6 16. Qc2
$5 {was an interesting and quite maximalist pawn sacrifice.}) 15... Ra2 {
[%emt 0:11:22]} 16. Bc3 {[%emt 0:05:27]} Ne4 {[%emt 0:04:38]} 17. Be1 {[%emt 0:
04:47]} (17. Nfd2 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Qd6 $11 {still leads to an equal position-
White has two knights but only one useful outpost!}) 17... Ra6 {[%emt 0:04:15]
From a human point of view, it is sensible to cut out Na5 options with the
attendant rook-traps, and also protect the c6-pawn.} (17... Bg4 $5 18. h3 Bxf3
19. Bxf3 Nd6 $11 {is equal for precisely the same reason as the last note.})
18. Nc5 {[%emt 0:03:48]} Rb6 $6 {[%emt 0:03:00] Solid to a fault.} (18... Nxc5
19. Rxc5 Qd6 {might have been slightly more unpleasant for White to play - c6
is not easy to hit, and Black's doubling on the a-file comes quickly.}) 19. Ra1
{[%emt 0:06:35]} Bg4 {[%emt 0:09:30]} 20. h3 {[%emt 0:01:55]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:
14]} 21. Bxf3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:44]} 22. bxc5 {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Rb8 {[%emt 0:01:12] Now if we are looking at the position seriously, White has
a slight edge, though quite how to prosecute it is not clear.} 23. Ra7 {
[%emt 0:06:42]} (23. Qc2 Ra8 24. Bb4 Qd7 25. Ra2 Ra7 26. Rfa1 Rfa8 27. Be2 $14
{followed by kingside pawn pushes might be the best way to try- Black has no
counterplay and while his position is tremendously solid, he has no option
other than staying solid.}) 23... Ra8 {[%emt 0:03:46]} 24. Qa1 {[%emt 0:00:23]}
Qb8 {[%emt 0:00:18]} (24... Rxa7 $5 25. Qxa7 Nf5 26. Bb4 Qg5 $132) 25. Rxa8 {
[%emt 0:02:16]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26. Bb4 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:01:
05]} 27. Qc3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Ra8 {[%emt 0:00:36]} 28. Ra1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} h5
{[%emt 0:02:50]} 29. g4 {[%emt 0:02:04] Now play looks similar to two notes
ago, but Black is closer to arranging the major-piece swaps in a good way.}
hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:47]} 30. hxg4 {[%emt 0:00:04]} f5 {[%emt 0:01:18]} 31. Rxa8+ {
[%emt 0:04:39]} Qxa8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 32. Qa3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:03:
48] On principle, with White having played kingside pawn pushes, it is correct
to keep queens on.} (32... Qxa3 $5 33. Bxa3 f4 $11 {was a way for Black to
think about maybe, eventually, winning-on a good day with a following wind,
and if and only if White tries to win with a pawn break.}) 33. gxf5 {[%emt 0:
01:17]} Qxf5 {[%emt 0:00:32]} 34. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:39]} g5 {[%emt 0:02:02] The
position is now completely balanced and it is for White to force a draw before
Black develops real play with ...Ng6 or ...g4.} 35. Be2 {[%emt 0:05:17]} Qe4+ {
[%emt 0:01:42]} (35... Ng6 36. Qd3 $1 $11) 36. Bf3 {[%emt 0:02:00]} Qf5 {
[%emt 0:00:25]} 37. Be2 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Qe4+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 38. Bf3 {
[%emt 0:00:04]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.24"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D38"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2804"]
[Annotator "Fernandez,D"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Bb4 {The Ragozin: known to me as the
opening which won Jonathan Hawkins his first British national title.} 5. cxd5 {
5.Bg5 and 5.e3 are also played.} exd5 6. Bf4 (6. Bg5 {is the main move, and
after} h6 7. Bh4 c5 {the current fashion is for the ambitious} 8. dxc5 $5) 6...
Ne4 7. Qa4+ {A second minor move in a row by Peter Svidler lands him not in
completely new territory but certainly in slight danger.} (7. Rc1 {was a more
solid move in an obvious ideological precedent.} Nc6 8. Nd2 g5 9. Be3 Nxc3 10.
bxc3 Bd6 $132 {Svane,R-Socko,B Germany 2016}) 7... Nc6 8. Rc1 O-O 9. g3 (9. h4
{was necessary if a little uncomfortable. There could follow} Bg4 10. e3 Qe7
11. Be2 $11) (9. e3 g5 10. Bg3 h5 11. h4 g4 12. Ne5 Bxc3+ 13. Rxc3 (13. bxc3
Nxg3 14. fxg3 Qe7 $17) 13... Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Bf5 $15 {Ermenkov,
E-Shyam,S Albena 2015}) 9... g5 10. Be3 f5 (10... Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 f5 {was a
marginally more precise order.}) 11. Bg2 {Kind of a wasted move since White
will never get to castle.} (11. Bd2 $5 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 {was an additional option
granted by Black's last.}) 11... f4 {[%emt 0:35:06]} 12. gxf4 {[%emt 0:35:56]}
(12. Bd2 {can be met in various ways, including} g4 13. Ne5 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxd2
15. Kxd2 Nxe5 16. dxe5 fxg3 $15) 12... Bxc3+ {[%emt 0:00:08]} 13. bxc3 {
[%emt 0:00:33]} gxf4 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 14. Bd2 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Kh8 $1 $17 {
[%emt 0:03:03] The absolute best move. After less than 15 moves White has no
castling prospects and is close to lost.} 15. Qb3 $2 {[%emt 0:35:15] Not
helping.} (15. Rg1 Be6 16. Bf1 {is one way of trying to get belated
counterplay.}) ({After} 15. O-O Qf6 $1 {White will be unable to form a
coherent defence against doubling on the g-file.}) 15... Na5 {[%emt 0:03:05]
Unfortunately, this natural move gains a great many tempi.} 16. Qc2 {[%emt 0:
06:27]} Nc4 {[%emt 0:00:47] The obvious threat is ...Bg4 trapping the
d2-bishop, but there are others.} 17. Rd1 {[%emt 0:01:32]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:07:46]}
(17... Qe7 {is most favoured by machines, which want to continue ...Bf5 and ...
Rae8, but it is much of a muchness by now.}) 18. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:30]} Nxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:22]} 19. Bxe4 {[%emt 0:01:20]} Qg5 {[%emt 0:00:34]} (19... dxe4 20.
Bxf4 Ng6 21. Bg3 {is also dead, but the game might last a bit longer since
White has a good bishop.}) 20. Bxf4 {[%emt 0:07:49]} Qxf4 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 21.
Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:07]} Bf5 $1 {[%emt 0:00:28] It's a clear piece and maybe even
more. A shame that Svidler was not able to demonstrate his usual good chess
today.} 0-1

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.26"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2718"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. c4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c5 {[%emt 0:00:38]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:18]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:50]} 3. d4 {[%emt 0:03:04]} cxd4 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 4. Nxd4 {[%emt 0:
00:03]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:46]} 5. Nc3 {[%emt 0:00:13]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 6. a3
{[%emt 0:02:04]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:05:06]} 7. Nb3 {[%emt 0:00:45]} Bb6 {[%emt 0:01:
33]} 8. c5 {[%emt 0:01:15]} Bc7 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 9. g3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} O-O {
[%emt 0:04:14]} 10. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:36]} b6 {[%emt 0:05:35]} 11. O-O {[%emt 0:
01:01]} Be5 {[%emt 0:14:48]} 12. a4 {[%emt 0:11:54]} bxc5 {[%emt 0:10:03]} 13.
Nxc5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 14. e4 {[%emt 0:04:01]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:
15:19]} 15. exd5 {[%emt 0:11:27]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:01:41]} 16. Nxd5 {[%emt 0:18:
39]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:14]} 17. Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:19]} Qxd5 {[%emt 0:00:22]} 18.
Bxd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} Nd4 {[%emt 0:04:01]} 19. Be3 {[%emt 0:12:54]} Bh3 {
[%emt 0:06:12]} 20. Bg2 {[%emt 0:01:13]} Bxg2 {[%emt 0:01:01]} 21. Kxg2 {
[%emt 0:00:07]} Nc2 {[%emt 0:01:20]} 22. Nd7 {[%emt 0:10:28]} Nxe3+ {[%emt 0:
03:48]} 23. fxe3 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Rxb2+ {[%emt 0:00:03]} 24. Kf3 {[%emt 0:00:
15]} Re8 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 25. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:04:58]} Rxe5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 26.
Rab1 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:17]} 27. Rxb1 {[%emt 0:00:05]} f6 {
[%emt 0:00:44]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.27"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2768"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} d5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 2. g3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} c6 {[%emt 0:
00:11]} 3. Bg2 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 4. O-O {[%emt 0:00:06]}
Bg4 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 5. h3 {[%emt 0:00:28]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 6. d4 {
[%emt 0:00:19]} e6 {[%emt 0:00:45]} 7. c4 {[%emt 0:00:36]} Nbd7 {[%emt 0:00:21]
} 8. cxd5 {[%emt 0:04:57]} exd5 {[%emt 0:00:29]} 9. Ne5 {[%emt 0:04:19]} Ne4 {
[%emt 0:19:52]} 10. Nd2 {[%emt 0:00:16]} Nxd2 {[%emt 0:08:21]} 11. Bxd2 {
[%emt 0:00:13]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 12. dxe5 {[%emt 0:00:08]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:
00:04]} 13. Kh2 {[%emt 0:21:08]} O-O {[%emt 0:03:30]} 14. Rc1 {[%emt 0:10:43]}
Qe7 {[%emt 0:06:54]} 15. g4 {[%emt 0:05:43]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:00:13]} 16. f4 {
[%emt 0:00:14]} f5 {[%emt 0:00:11]} 17. Qb3 {[%emt 0:00:25]} Rad8 {[%emt 0:33:
15]} 18. gxf5 {[%emt 0:09:51]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} 19. Rxc5 {[%emt 0:01:01]}
Qxc5 {[%emt 0:00:21]} 20. e4 {[%emt 0:00:10]} Bg6 {[%emt 0:16:26]} 21. Bb4 {
[%emt 0:21:04]} Qc4 {[%emt 0:02:17]} 22. f5 {[%emt 0:09:09]} Bh5 {[%emt 0:00:
55]} 23. Bxf8 {[%emt 0:07:52]} Qxb3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} 24. axb3 {[%emt 0:00:01]}
Kxf8 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 25. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} cxd5 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Kg3 {
[%emt 0:00:09]} d4 {[%emt 0:01:36]} 27. Bf3 {[%emt 0:10:34]} Bxf3 {[%emt 0:01:
34]} 28. Kxf3 {[%emt 0:00:05]} d3 {[%emt 0:00:03]} 29. Rd1 {[%emt 0:00:43]} d2
{[%emt 0:00:06]} 30. Ke3 {[%emt 0:00:06]} Rd5 {[%emt 0:00:04]} 31. Ke4 {
[%emt 0:00:02]} Rd8 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Tata Steel-A 80th"]
[Site "Wijk aan Zee"]
[Date "2018.01.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C89"]
[WhiteElo "2811"]
[BlackElo "2768"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.01.13"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[TimeControl "40/6000+30:20/3000+30:900+30"]

1. e4 {[%emt 0:00:00]} e5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 2. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:00]} Nc6 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} 3. Bb5 {[%emt 0:00:00]} a6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 4. Ba4 {[%emt 0:00:
00]} Nf6 {[%emt 0:00:07]} 5. O-O {[%emt 0:00:00]} Be7 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 6. Re1 {
[%emt 0:00:12]} b5 {[%emt 0:00:10]} 7. Bb3 {[%emt 0:00:07]} O-O {[%emt 0:01:03]
} 8. c3 {[%emt 0:01:20]} d5 {[%emt 0:02:45]} 9. exd5 {[%emt 0:00:15]} Nxd5 {
[%emt 0:00:08]} 10. Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:05]} Nxe5 {[%emt 0:00:09]} 11. Rxe5 {
[%emt 0:00:05]} c6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 12. d3 {[%emt 0:01:35]} Bd6 {[%emt 0:01:34]
} 13. Re1 {[%emt 0:00:50]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:01:26]} 14. Qf3 {[%emt 0:02:01]} Qh4 {
[%emt 0:05:42]} 15. g3 {[%emt 0:00:20]} Qh3 {[%emt 0:00:08]} 16. Be3 {[%emt 0:
03:00]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:04:15]} 17. Nd2 {[%emt 0:02:02]} Qf5 {[%emt 0:02:57]} 18.
Bd4 {[%emt 0:01:47]} Rfe8 {[%emt 0:04:11]} 19. a4 {[%emt 0:04:16]} h6 {[%emt 0:
02:06]} 20. Qxf5 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Bxf5 {[%emt 0:00:26]} 21. Nf3 {[%emt 0:00:06]
} Be6 {[%emt 0:09:20]} 22. Be5 {[%emt 0:04:02]} Bc5 {[%emt 0:02:28]} 23. Nd4 {
[%emt 0:02:08]} Bxd4 {[%emt 0:04:50]} 24. Bxd4 {[%emt 0:00:17]} Nf4 {[%emt 0:
00:20]} 25. Bxe6 {[%emt 0:02:03]} Nxe6 {[%emt 0:00:06]} 26. Be3 {[%emt 0:00:05]
} Nc7 {[%emt 0:02:51]} 27. Kg2 {[%emt 0:04:42]} Nd5 {[%emt 0:01:38]} 28. Kf3 {
[%emt 0:03:40]} Nxe3 {[%emt 0:01:30]} 29. Rxe3 {[%emt 0:00:09]} Kf8 {[%emt 0:
04:48]} 30. h4 {[%emt 0:00:48]} 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2751"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Bg2 Nge7 5. Nd5 Bc5 6. Nf3 O-O 7. O-O d6 8. e3
a6 9. b3 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. g4 Bg6 12. d4 exd4 13. exd4 Ba7 14. Nxe7+ Nxe7 15.
Re1 c6 16. Bf4 Qd7 17. Qd2 Rae8 18. Re3 f6 19. Rae1 Bf7 20. Bg3 Bb8 21. d5 cxd5
22. cxd5 Ba7 23. Nd4 h5 24. gxh5 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Bxh5 26. Re6 Nf5 27. Qf4 Nxg3
28. fxg3 Bf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 b6 7. c3 O-O 8.
Bd3 Ba6 9. Bxa6 Nxa6 10. Qe2 Nc7 11. h4 b5 12. h5 b4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. c4 Ne6
15. Be3 d5 16. c5 Ne4 17. O-O-O f5 18. Nxe4 fxe4 19. Ne5 Rf6 20. Qg4 Nf8 21.
Bh6 Bxh6+ 22. Rxh6 Qc8 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 b5 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. Bf4 Rfc8 13. Ne3 Qd8 14. h4 h6 15. c3
b4 16. c4 Nb6 17. Rad1 Rc7 18. Ng4 Qf8 19. Qe3 Nd4 20. Nxd4 cxd4 21. Qe2 Rd8
22. b3 a5 23. Nh2 Kh8 24. Qh5 Qg8 25. Ng4 Bf8 26. c5 Nd7 27. Nh2 Nxc5 28. Qe2
Ba6 29. Nf3 Qh7 30. Bf1 Ne4 31. Rc1 Rc3 32. Nxd4 Bc5 33. Qe3 Rxc1 34. Qxc1 Nc3
35. Be3 Bxd3 36. Nxe6 fxe6 37. Bxc5 Bxf1 38. Kxf1 d4 39. Bd6 Qf5 40. Kg2 Rc8
41. Qd2 d3 42. Re3 Ne4 43. Qxd3 Qxf2+ 44. Kh3 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2776"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. cxd5 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8.
Bg5 Nxd5 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Qb3 Qxb3 12. Nxb3 Nbc6 13. g3 b6 14. Bg2
Rb8 15. O-O Ba6 16. Nd4 Bb7 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rd7 Rfd8 20. Rfd1
Kf8 21. Rc7 Rxd1+ 22. Nxd1 Rd8 23. Nc3 Nb4 24. Rxa7 Rd2 25. Rb7 Rxb2 26. Rxb6
Rc2 27. Rxb4 Rxc3 28. a4 Ra3 29. Rb8+ Ke7 30. Ra8 g5 31. a5 g4 32. a6 Kf6 33.
a7 Ra1+ 34. Kg2 Ra2 35. f3 Rxe2+ 36. Kf1 Ra2 37. fxg4 h6 38. h4 Kg7 39. Ke1 e5
40. Kd1 e4 41. Ke1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2787"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. Nd2 Bd6 5. Ngf3 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Bg3
b6 9. e4 Be7 10. e5 Nh5 11. Nf1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 g6 14. Ne3 f5 15.
exf6 Bxf6 16. Be2 Nxg3 17. hxg3 e5 18. dxe5 Bxe5 19. Qd2 Be6 20. O-O d4 21. Nc4
Bg7 22. Rae1 Qc7 23. b3 Rae8 24. Na3 Bf5 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Qxd3 Qc3
28. Qxc3 dxc3 29. Nc2 Bh6 30. f4 g5 31. Rxe8 Rxe8 32. Rf3 gxf4 33. gxf4 Re2 34.
Rxc3 Bxf4 35. Kf1 Rd2 36. a4 Kg7 37. Ne3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E46"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "172"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3
Re8 9. Bg2 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. h3 c6 12. g4 Nc7 13. Ng3 Nd7 14. f4 b5 15. e4
dxe4 16. Ncxe4 Ra6 17. f5 c5 18. dxc5 Nxc5 19. Be3 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Bb7 21. Qc2
Nd5 22. Bc5 Qc7 23. Rac1 Rc6 24. Qf2 Rc8 25. b4 axb4 26. axb4 Nxb4 27. Bxe7
Rxc1 28. Bxb4 Rxf1+ 29. Qxf1 Qc4 30. Nf6+ gxf6 31. Bxb7 Qxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Rc4 33.
Bd2 b4 34. Ba6 Rd4 35. Ke2 b3 36. Bd3 Ra4 37. Bc3 Ra2+ 38. Ke3 Rh2 39. Bxf6
Rxh3+ 40. Kd2 Rg3 41. g5 Rf3 42. Be4 Rf2+ 43. Kc3 Re2 44. Bd5 b2 45. Ba2 Rf2
46. Bb1 Rg2 47. Bc2 Rh2 48. Kxb2 h6 49. gxh6 Rxh6 50. Bd4 Rc6 51. Kb3 Rc8 52.
Be4 Rc7 53. Kb4 Rc8 54. Bd5 Rc7 55. Kb5 Rc1 56. Bc4 Rc2 57. Kc5 Rc1 58. Kd5 Re1
59. Be5 Rd1+ 60. Ke4 Re1+ 61. Kf4 Rc1 62. Bb3 Rb1 63. Ba2 Rb5 64. Ke4 Ra5 65.
Bd5 Ra4+ 66. Bd4 Ra5 67. Ke5 Ra6 68. Bb7 Ra4 69. Bc5 Ra5 70. Kd6 Kg7 71. Bd4+
Kg8 72. Bd5 Ra4 73. Bc3 Ra3 74. Bf6 Ra7 75. Be7 Ra5 76. f6 Ra1 77. Bc6 Ra7 78.
Kc5 Ra6 79. Kb5 Ra1 80. Kb6 Ra2 81. Kc7 Rd2 82. Bd7 Kh7 83. Kd8 Kg6 84. Ke8 Rf2
85. Bb5 Rxf6 86. Bd3+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
O-O Bf5 9. Ng5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Ne4 h6 14. Rd1
Qc8 15. Bf4 Re8 16. Nc5 b6 17. Nd3 Nxd3 18. exd3 Bh3 19. d4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 g5
21. Be3 Qf5 22. a4 c6 23. Ra2 h5 24. Rad2 h4 25. Qc4 h3+ 26. Kg1 Re6 27. d5 Re4
28. Qe2 c5 29. d6 Bxc3 30. Rd5 Re5 31. Rxe5 Bxe5 32. g4 Qe4 33. f3 Qxa4 34.
Bxg5 Bd4+ 35. Kf1 f6 36. Bf4 Re8 37. Qd3 Kg7 38. Re1 Qa2 39. Bd2 Rxe1+ 40. Kxe1
Qe6+ 41. Kd1 Qxd6 42. Qe4 Qd7 43. Kc1 a5 44. Qf4 Qe6 45. Qh6+ Kf7 46. Qxh3 a4
47. Qh7+ Ke8 48. Qd3 Qb3 49. Qe4+ Kd8 50. Qa8+ Kd7 51. Qb7+ Kd6 52. Qb8+ Kc6
53. Qa8+ Kd6 54. Qd8+ Kc6 55. Qc8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2695"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. b3 g6 4. Bb2 Bg7 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rfd1 Rc8 13. Rac1 Re8 14. Ne1 Qc7
15. Nd5 Qb8 16. Bh3 Ne4 17. Qc2 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 e6 19. Ne3 Ng5 20. Bg2 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 f5 22. Nd3 Qb7+ 23. f3 Nf7 24. Nf4 Rc5 25. Nd3 Rc7 26. h4 b5 27. cxb5 axb5
28. Rxc7 Qxc7 29. Qd4 Qb7 30. Rc1 e5 31. Qc3 Nf6 32. Nb4 f4 33. gxf4 Nh5 34.
Ned5 Nxf4+ 35. Nxf4 exf4 36. Rc2 Nh6 37. Rd2 Qe7 38. Nd5 Qxh4 39. Nf6+ Kf7 40.
Nxe8 Qg3+ 41. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial rapid 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2701"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.03.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "21"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. O-O-O
Nbd7 9. Kb1 O-O 10. Bh6 e5 11. Ne2 c5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 dxe5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. f3 Bd7 16. c4 b4 17. Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2800"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. Qc2 d4 7. d3 Nc6 8. a3 a5
9. e3 e5 10. exd4 exd4 11. Re1 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Rxe8+ Qxe8 15.
Nbd2 Bf5 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Re8 19. Bh3 Qd8 20. Qe2 Rxe4 21.
Qxe4 g6 22. Kf1 Kg7 23. Nd2 h5 24. Bg2 Ne5 25. h3 c6 26. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2697"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 c5 5. e3 cxd4 6. exd4 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Qe2 Re8 11. Ne4 Nbd7 12. Rad1 Bxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4
Nf6 15. Qd3 e6 16. c4 Qc7 17. Rc1 Qb7 18. b4 Rac8 19. Rc2 b5 20. c5 Nd5 21. a3
h6 22. Bd2 Red8 23. Qb3 Ne7 24. Bf4 Nf5 25. g4 Nxd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. Bxd6 a6
28. Rd2 Bg7 29. Qe3 a5 30. Red1 axb4 31. axb4 Ra8 32. h3 Ra4 33. Bg3 Rxd2 34.
Qxd2 Kh7 35. Qd7 Qf3 36. c6 Rxb4 37. c7 Bd4 38. Qxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxd4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A54"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2665"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 Ngf6 5. O-O c6 6. c4 dxc4 7. dxc4 Be7 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. Qc2 Qc7 10. Rd1 Re8 11. a3 a5 12. Rb1 h6 13. h3 Nb6 14. b3 a4 15.
Nxa4 Nxa4 16. bxa4 e4 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. Nd2 Qxa4 19. Rb3 Bf5 20. Be3 b5 21. cxb5
cxb5 22. Qc6 Be6 23. Rbb1 Nd5 24. Nxe4 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Qxa3 26. Rd3 Qa2 27. Nc3
Qc2 28. Qxb5 Rac8 29. Nd5 Bf8 30. Rb2 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qe1 32. Nc7 Re7 33. Nxe6
Rxe6 34. Qd7 Rc1 35. h4 Rf6 36. Qd5 Bd6 37. Qa8+ Kh7 38. Rxd6 Rxd6 39. Rb8 Qg1+
40. Kh3 Qxe3 41. Be4+ g6 42. Rh8+ Kg7 43. Qf8+ Kf6 44. Qxd6+ Kg7 45. Qf8+ Kf6
46. Qd8+ Kg7 47. Rg8+ Kh7 48. Bxg6+ fxg6 49. Rh8+ Kg7 50. Qf8# 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2776"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d5 10. Nbd2 d4 11. Nb3 dxc3 12. bxc3 a5 13. a4 b4 14. Bd2 Bg4 15. h3
Bxf3 16. Qxf3 bxc3 17. Bxc3 Bb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rec1 Qd6 20. Bb1 Rfd8 21. Qe3
Nd7 22. Nd2 Nf8 23. Nc4 Qe7 24. Ra3 Ne6 25. Rac3 Nd4 26. Nd2 c6 27. Nf3 Nxf3+
28. Qxf3 Rd4 29. Qe2 g6 30. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2787"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. a4 a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Re1
c5 9. Be3 b6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. dxc5 e5 13. Bg5 d4 14. Bxf6 Bxg2 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Kxg2 Qc6+ 17. e4 dxc3 18. Qd5 Qf6 19. cxb6 Rfd8 20. b7 Rab8 21.
Qb5 Rd2 22. Rf1 Qe7 23. Qxa5 Rxc2 24. bxc3 Rxb7 25. Rab1 Ra7 26. Qb4 Qxb4 27.
cxb4 Rxa4 28. b5 Raa2 29. b6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Qb3 Qb6 8.
Qxb6 axb6 9. Nc3 Nc6 10. d3 Nd7 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rfc1 O-O 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Bf6 15. Kf1 Ra6 16. e4 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nc5 18. Be2 Ra5 19. Rab1 Bxc3 20. bxc3
Rxa2 21. Rxb6 Rc8 22. Be3 Na5 23. Rb4 h6 24. e5 Na4 25. Rg4 Kf8 26. c4 Nc5 27.
Rd1 Nab3 28. Rf4 Ke8 29. Bh5 Rc7 30. Rg4 g6 31. Bxh6 Rd7 32. Rg5 Ne4 33. Rxg6
Rxd1+ 34. Bxd1 Ned2+ 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2751"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Qf3 Bd7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. h3 Ne5 10. Qg3 Rc8 11. f4 Rxc3 12. fxe5 Nxe4 13. Qf3 d5 14. Bd3 Be7
15. Rdf1 O-O 16. bxc3 Qa5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qxe4 Rc8 19. Bd2 Qxa2 20. Kd1 Rc7
21. Ke2 Qc4+ 22. Kf2 Bc6 23. Qe2 Qc5 24. Kg3 Bd5 25. Rf2 f5 26. exf6 Bd6+ 27.
Bf4 Qxc3+ 28. Kh2 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c6 3. e3 d5 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O b6
9. h3 Bb7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. c5 a5 14. Rd1 Qb8 15.
Bh6 Rd8 16. Ng5 bxc5 17. Nxf7 Kxf7 18. Bc4+ e6 19. Bxe6+ Kxe6 20. Qc4+ Ke7 21.
Re1+ Be5 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Qh4+ Kf7 24. Bf4 Rd5 25. Qxh7+ Kf6 26. Re3 Ra7 27.
Rae1 Bc8 28. Bxe5+ Rxe5 29. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2809"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 d6 5. e4 g6 6. Nf3 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. Bd3 exd5
9. cxd5 b5 10. Nxb5 Re8 11. O-O Nxe4 12. Re1 a6 13. Na3 Nf6 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8 15.
Nc4 Nd7 16. Bf4 Ndf6 17. Ne3 Nh5 18. Bg5 Bf6 19. h4 Rb8 20. b3 Bxg5 21. hxg5 f6
22. gxf6 Qxf6 23. Rc1 Nc7 24. Rc4 Nf4 25. Qd2 Bd7 26. Ng4 Bxg4 27. Rxf4 Qa1+
28. Bf1 Bxf3 29. Rxf3 Re8 30. Qf4 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2701"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. a4 Nc6 8. h3 e6
9. Be3 b6 10. e5 dxe5 11. Nxe5 Bb7 12. Bf3 Nd5 13. Nxd5 exd5 14. Nxc6 Bxc6 15.
a5 b5 16. Qd2 Re8 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Rfe1 Qd7 19. Bg4 f5 20. Bf3 c6 21. b4 Rxe1+
22. Rxe1 Re8 23. Be5 Bf8 24. c3 Bc8 25. Bd1 Qf7 26. Bc2 h5 27. Kf1 Kh7 28. Bf4
Rxe1+ 29. Qxe1 Qe6 30. Qxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A43"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "198"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Bg5 Qb6 5. Bxf6 Qxf6 6. c3 Qb6 7. e4 g6 8. a4
b4 9. Nbd2 Bg7 10. a5 Qb7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bc4 d6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfe1 Rb8 15.
Qd3 Qc7 16. Qe3 bxc3 17. bxc3 Rb2 18. h3 Bb7 19. Reb1 Rxb1+ 20. Rxb1 Rb8 21.
Ra1 Bc8 22. Ra2 Nf6 23. Qd3 Bd7 24. Qc2 Ne8 25. Bd3 Qd8 26. Nc4 Nc7 27. Qd2 Rb3
28. Rc2 Nb5 29. e5 Na3 30. Rc1 Nxc4 31. Bxc4 Rb8 32. Qf4 Be8 33. Re1 dxe5 34.
Nxe5 Qd6 35. Qe3 Qxe5 36. Qxe5 Bxe5 37. Rxe5 Rb1+ 38. Kh2 Kf8 39. Kg3 Bb5 40.
Re4 Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rb5 42. Ra4 Ke8 43. Kf3 Kd7 44. Ke3 Kd6 45. g4 Rb3 46. Kd3
Kxd5 47. Rf4 f6 48. h4 Ra3 49. h5 Rxa5 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. g5 f5 52. Rh4 Ra2 53.
Ke3 Rc2 54. Rh6 Rxc3+ 55. Ke2 Ke4 56. Rxg6 Rc2+ 57. Ke1 Kf3 58. Re6 Rxf2 59.
Rxe7 Rg2 60. Kf1 Rxg5 61. Re5 Kg4 62. Rxc5 Rg6 63. Ra5 a6 64. Kf2 Rb6 65. Ra2
f4 66. Kg2 Rh6 67. Ra3 Rf6 68. Kf2 Rb6 69. Ra2 Rh6 70. Ra3 Kf5 71. Ra5+ Kg4 72.
Ra3 Rf6 73. Ra4 Kf5 74. Kf3 Ke5 75. Ra1 Kd4 76. Rd1+ Kc3 77. Ra1 Kd4 78. Ra5
Kc4 79. Ra1 Kb3 80. Ke2 f3+ 81. Kf2 Kc3 82. Ra4 Kc2 83. Ra5 Kb3 84. Ra1 Kb4 85.
Rb1+ Kc4 86. Ra1 Kb3 87. Ke1 f2+ 88. Kf1 Kc3 89. Ra4 Kb2 90. Ra5 Kc2 91. Ra3
Kb2 92. Ra5 Kc3 93. Ra1 Kb3 94. Rb1+ Ka2 95. Rb4 Ka3 96. Rb1 a5 97. Ra1+ Kb4
98. Rb1+ Kc3 99. Ra1 Rf5 0-1

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2712"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. Qb3 Qb6 7. Qc2 Nbd7 8. d3
dxc4 9. dxc4 Bf5 10. Qb3 Bc5 11. Nc3 O-O 12. Na4 Qxb3 13. axb3 Bb4 14. Nd4 Be4
15. Bxe4 Nxe4 16. Be3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Be7 18. Nc2 f5 19. f3 Nef6 20. b4 Kf7 21.
b3 a6 22. Kf2 e5 23. Nc3 Nf8 24. Bc5 Ne6 25. Bxe7 Kxe7 26. h4 h6 27. Na4 g5 28.
Ne3 Nd4 29. Rxd4 exd4 30. Nxf5+ Kf7 31. Nxh6+ Kg6 32. hxg5 d3 33. gxf6 Kxh6 34.
Nc5 dxe2 35. Kxe2 Kg6 36. Ne4 Rh8 37. g4 Rad8 38. Ra5 Rh2+ 39. Ke3 Rb2 40. Rg5+
Kh6 41. Rg7 Rxb3+ 42. Kf4 Rdd3 43. g5+ Kh5 44. Ng3+ 1-0

[Event "Moscow Tal Memorial blitz 11th"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2018.03.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.03.05"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "13"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 183"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.03.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. Bg2 d6 7. Nf3 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Re1 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. e4 Bg4 14. Nd2 Na6
15. a3 b5 16. Rb1 c4 17. b4 cxb3 18. Nxb3 Rc8 19. Qa2 Qd7 20. Bb2 Rc2 21. Qa1
Rxb2 22. Rxb2 Nc7 23. Re3 Nxd5 24. exd5 Rxe3 25. fxe3 Qe7 26. Qc1 Bxb2 27. Qxb2
Qxe3+ 28. Kf1 Bf5 29. Nc1 a5 30. Ne2 Bd3 31. Ke1 Bc4 32. Bf1 h5 33. Qc3 Qe4 34.
Qxa5 Qxd5 35. Qc3 Qh1 36. h4 d5 37. Qe3 d4 38. Qxd4 Qf3 39. Qc3 Qf5 40. Bg2
Qb1+ 41. Kf2 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.05.01"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2601"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Chelyabinsk Yuzhny Ural"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Nd2 O-O 10. Rc1 cxd4 11. cxd4 Nc6 12. d5 Ne5 13. Be2 Bd7 14. O-O
Rfc8 15. Qb3 b5 16. h3 Rab8 17. Bf4 Ra8 18. Rfd1 h6 19. a3 g5 20. Be3 e6 21.
Nf3 Nxf3+ 22. Bxf3 Rc3 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxc3 25. e5 Rc8 26. Bxa7 Bxe5 27.
Re1 Bd6 28. Bg4 Re8 29. dxe6 Bxe6 30. Re3 Ra8 31. Bxe6 Rxa7 32. Rd3 Bxa3 33.
Rd7 Rxd7 34. Bxd7 b4 35. Ba4 Kg7 36. Kf1 Bb2 37. Ke2 Bd4 38. Bb3 Bb6 39. Bc4
Bd4 40. Bb3 Bb6 41. Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.05.02"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2696"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Legacy Square"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nf3 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 d4 10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb5 12. b3 O-O 13. O-O Be7 14. Bg5 Bg4
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rc1 d3 17. Qxd3 Qxd3 18. exd3 Rac8 19. h3 Bf5 20. Nc5 Nb4 21.
Nxb7 Bxd3 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Re1 Nxa2 24. Ne5 Bf5 25. Nc6 Be6 26. Nc5 Nb4 27.
Nxe6 Nxc6 28. Bxc6 fxe6 29. Bd7 Rd8 30. Bxe6+ Kf8 31. Re2 Re8 32. Kg2 h5 33. f4
g6 34. Kf3 Kg7 35. g4 hxg4+ 36. hxg4 a5 37. g5 Bc3 38. Rc2 Rxe6 39. Rxc3 Rb6
40. Ke4 Rb4+ 41. Ke5 a4 42. bxa4 Rxa4 43. Rc7+ Kf8 44. f5 Ra5+ 45. Kf6 Ra6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.05.03"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg SHSH"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Nc6 9. Qxb6 axb6 10. Nd4 Ra5 11. b4 Ra4 12. e4 Nxd4 13. cxd4 e6 14. Bb5
Rxb4 15. a4 Rxd4 16. Ne2 Rb4 17. Kd2 Bc5 18. Kc2 Ke7 19. Bd2 d5 20. Bxb4 Bxb4
21. Kb3 Bc5 22. e5 Nd7 23. f4 Rg8 24. g3 g5 25. Rhe1 Be3 26. Kc2 Nc5 27. Ra3 d4
28. Rd1 gxf4 29. Nxd4 f6 30. gxf4 Bxf4 31. exf6+ Kxf6 32. Ne2 e5 33. Nxf4 exf4
34. Rf3 Bf5+ 35. Kc3 Ke5 36. Bc4 Rc8 37. Kb4 Na6+ 38. Kc3 Nc5 39. Kb4 Na6+ 40.
Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.05.04"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Potkin, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Tyumen Molodezhka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
d6 9. Nbd2 Nh5 10. Qe2 Qf6 11. O-O-O Kg7 12. Kb1 a6 13. Bc4 Rb8 14. Rdf1 Bd7
15. d4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxg3 17. fxg3 Nxd4 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Nf3 Qf6 20. Nh4 Qd4
21. Nf3 Qf6 22. Nh4 Qd4 23. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.05.05"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D42"]
[WhiteElo "2704"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Tatarstan Rook"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Bd3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. a3 cxd4 10. exd4 Bf6 11. Be4 Nce7 12. Ne5 Nf5 13. Re1 Nde7 14. Be3 Nxe3
15. fxe3 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Qa5 17. Qd6 Nf5 18. Bxf5 exf5 19. b4 Qd8 20. Rac1 a5 21.
Nd5 Be6 22. Nc7 Qxd6 23. exd6 Rad8 24. Red1 axb4 25. axb4 Rd7 26. Nxe6 fxe6 27.
Rc7 Rfd8 28. Rxd7 Rxd7 29. e4 fxe4 30. Kf2 Kf7 31. Ke3 e5 32. Kxe4 Ke6 33. Rd5
Rxd6 34. Rxe5+ Kd7 35. Rh5 Rg6 36. g3 h6 37. Kd5 Rf6 38. Kc5 g5 39. h4 Kc7 40.
hxg5 Rf5+ 41. Kc4 hxg5 42. Rh7+ Kc6 43. Rh6+ Kc7 44. Rg6 Re5 45. b5 b6 46. Rg7+
Kd6 47. Rb7 Re4+ 48. Kd3 Rg4 49. Rxb6+ Kc5 50. Rb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.05.07"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Moscow Region"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Ng3
Qc7 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 Nbd7 14. b4 Nb6 15.
Ra5 Nc4 16. Nb5 Qb7 17. Bxc4 axb5 18. Rxb5 Qc7 19. Bd3 Bb7 20. Qe2 Rfc8 21. Ra5
d5 22. Rb1 d4 23. Rba1 Ne8 24. Nf1 Nd6 25. Be1 Bh6 26. Nd2 Qc6 27. b5 Qc7 28.
Rxa8 Bxa8 29. Nf3 Nb7 30. b6 Qd6 31. Ba6 Qxb6 32. Nxe5 Qb2 33. Qd1 Qb6 34. Bd3
Nd6 35. Qg4 Qb2 36. Rd1 Qb7 37. Nf3 Qe7 38. Bb4 Rd8 39. Ra1 Qb7 40. Qh4 1-0

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.05.09"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Khismatullin, Denis Rimovich"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2632"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Novosibirsk Siberia"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nde2 b5 8. Ng3
Qc7 9. Bd3 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. a4 b4 13. Na2 a5 14. c3 bxc3 15. Nxc3
Be6 16. Rc1 Nc6 17. Bb5 Qb7 18. Be3 Rfd8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. Bg5 Qb7 21. Qf3 Qe7
22. Rfd1 h6 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. Qxf6 Bxf6 26. Rxd5 Rdb8 27. Rxd6 Bg5
28. Rb1 Rb4 29. b3 Rab8 30. Rd5 Rxa4 31. bxa4 Rxb1+ 32. Nf1 Rb4 33. Rxa5 Rxe4
34. Rb5 Rxa4 35. Rxe5 Bf6 36. Re2 Kg7 37. g3 h5 38. h4 Ra5 39. Kg2 Re5 40. Rxe5
Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "RUS-chT"]
[Site "Sochi"]
[Date "2018.05.10"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.05.01"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 184 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.06.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Sverdlovskaya Sima Land"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nf3 Bc5 8. e3
Bb4 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Bg2 Be7 11. O-O Qxb2 12. e4 d6 13. Rb1 Qa3 14. Re1 Ng4 15.
h3 Nge5 16. Nb5 Qxa2 17. Bc3 Qxc4 18. Re3 a6 19. Nc7 Rb8 20. Rc1 Qc5 21. Bxe5
Qa5 22. Nd5 exd5 23. Bc3 Qd8 24. exd5 Ne5 25. Nxe5 dxe5 26. d6 Qxd6 27. Rd3 Qg6
28. Bxe5 Bf5 29. Rd4 Rbc8 30. Bxb7 Rxc1 31. Qxc1 Bxh3 32. Qc7 Bf6 33. Bxf6 Qxf6
34. Rd6 Qe5 35. Bxa6 Qe1+ 36. Kh2 Bg4 37. Kg2 Qe4+ 38. Kg1 Bh3 39. Bb7 Qe1+ 40.
Kh2 Be6 41. Qb6 Qe5 42. Rd8 g6 43. Qd6 Qxd6 44. Rxd6 Kg7 45. Bd5 Bf5 46. f4 Rb8
47. Bf3 Rb2+ 48. Kg1 h5 49. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1718 playoff"]
[Site "Baden-Baden"]
[Date "2018.05.24"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smeets, Jan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2760"]
[BlackElo "2598"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.05.24"]
[EventType "team-match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Be7 7. O-O Bf5 8. c4
dxc4 9. Bxc4 O-O 10. Re1 Bb4 11. Nbd2 Nd6 12. Bf1 Nc6 13. Qa4 Be6 14. a3 Bxd2
15. Bxd2 Bd5 16. Ne5 Nf5 17. Bc3 a6 18. Rad1 Nfe7 19. Qc2 Re8 20. Bd3 Ng6 21.
f4 Qf6 22. g3 Rad8 23. Re3 Nf8 24. Rde1 Qd6 25. f5 f6 26. Nxc6 Qxc6 27. Bb4
Rxe3 28. Rxe3 Qxc2 29. Bxc2 b6 30. Re7 Nd7 31. Ba4 c5 32. Be1 Nb8 33. dxc5 b5
34. Bd1 Nc6 35. Rc7 Nd4 36. Ba5 Nxf5 37. Rxg7+ Kxg7 38. Bxd8 Ne3 39. Bh5 Bc6
40. Ba5 Nc4 41. Bc3 a5 42. Kf2 b4 43. axb4 axb4 44. Bxb4 Nxb2 45. Be2 Ba4 46.
Ke1 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 Ne7 15.
c4 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 b6 17. O-O Ba6 18. Rfe1 Rac8 19. Bf1 exd5 20. exd5 Nf5 21. g4
Nd6 22. Re7 Bf8 23. Rxa7 Ra8 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. g5 Bc8 26. gxf6 Rxa2 27. Be3 Ne4
28. Rb1 Ra6 29. Bf4 Nxf6 30. Bc7 Ne4 31. Rxb6 Ra1 32. Kg2 Ra2 33. Bg3 Bf5 34.
Nh4 Nxg3 35. Kxg3 Ra3+ 36. f3 Bc2 37. Bh3 Rd3 38. Ng2 Bd1 39. Bg4 Rb3 40. Rc6
h5 41. Be6+ Kg7 42. Nh4 g5 43. Rc7+ Kh6 44. Nf5+ Kg6 45. Rf7 Bxf3 46. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 a5 6. a3 d6 7. b4 axb4 8. axb4
Nf6 9. b5 Ne7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. d3 Qd7 13. Bg5 c6 14. bxc6 bxc6 15.
c5 Ned5 16. Nxd5 Nxd5 17. Qc2 dxc5 18. e4 Nb4 19. Rxb4 cxb4 20. exf5 Qxf5 21.
Be3 Rfd8 22. Qxc6 b3 23. Nd2 Rac8 24. Qa4 b2 25. Nc4 Rb8 26. Be4 Qe6 27. Rb1 f5
28. Bg2 e4 29. dxe4 Ra8 30. Qc2 Ra1 31. Nxb2 Qa2 32. Rxa1 Qxa1+ 33. Bf1 Qxb2
34. Qc4+ Kh8 35. exf5 gxf5 36. Qe6 Qe5 37. Bc4 Qxe6 38. Bxe6 Rf8 39. Kg2 Be5
40. f4 Bb2 41. Kf3 Kg7 42. Bc5 Ra8 43. Bf2 Kf6 44. Bd5 Ra3+ 45. Kg2 Rd3 46. Bf3
Rd2 47. Kf1 Ke6 48. h3 Bd4 49. Bxd4 Rxd4 50. h4 Rd2 51. Kg1 Kd6 52. Ba8 Kc5 53.
Bb7 Kd4 54. Ba8 Rc2 55. Bb7 Ke3 56. Ba8 Ke2 57. Bb7 Ke1 58. Ba8 Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "149"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. d5 e6 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 Nc6 14. Bd3 Ne7 15.
c4 Qxd2+ 16. Bxd2 b6 17. O-O Bd7 18. Rfe1 Nc8 19. e5 exd5 20. cxd5 fxe5 21.
Nxe5 Nd6 22. Bg5 Bxe5 23. Bxd8 Bf4 24. Bc7 Bxc1 25. Rxc1 Ne8 26. Be5 Rd8 27. f3
Bf5 28. Bf1 Kf7 29. g4 Bc8 30. Bc4 Nd6 31. Bb3 Ba6 32. a4 c4 33. Ba2 Nb7 34.
Bc7 Rxd5 35. Bxc4 Bxc4 36. Rxc4 Rc5 37. Rf4+ Ke6 38. Re4+ Kd7 39. Bf4 Rd5 40.
Be3 Nd6 41. Rf4 Rd3 42. Kf2 Ra3 43. h4 Ke6 44. Rb4 Rc3 45. Bf4 Nc4 46. Bb8 a5
47. Rb5 Ra3 48. h5 Rxa4 49. Rg5 Kf7 50. Rd5 Ra2+ 51. Kg3 Rd2 52. Rb5 Rd7 53.
Kf2 Rb7 54. Bf4 a4 55. Ke2 a3 56. hxg6+ hxg6 57. Rb1 b5 58. Kd3 Ke6 59. Kd4 Rf7
60. Re1+ Kd7 61. Bg5 Rxf3 62. Kc5 a2 63. Ra1 Nd6 64. Bh6 Rf2 65. Kb4 Rb2+ 66.
Kc3 Nc4 67. Bg7 Kc6 68. Kd3 Rg2 69. Kc3 Kc5 70. Kb3 Na5+ 71. Ka3 b4+ 72. Ka4
Nc6 73. Rc1+ Kd5 74. Rd1+ Ke4 75. Kb3 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Ne5 Nd7 9. Ng4 Ndf6 10. Ne3 Be6 11. f3 Nd6 12. b3 Qd7 13. Re1 O-O 14. c4 Rfe8
15. Nc3 c6 16. Qc2 b6 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. Rad1 Rac8 19. c5 Nb7 20. b4 g6 21. Ne2
Bh6 22. Bc1 Bg7 23. Ba6 Re7 24. Nf4 Rce8 25. Qf2 Nd8 26. Bd3 Qb7 27. Nc2 Bc8
28. Rxe7 Rxe7 29. Re1 Rxe1+ 30. Qxe1 Ne6 31. Nxe6 Bxe6 32. Bf4 Nd7 33. h4 Nf8
34. Be5 Qe7 35. Bxg7 Kxg7 36. cxb6 axb6 37. a4 Qa7 38. a5 Nd7 39. h5 bxa5 40.
bxa5 c5 41. Bb5 Bf5 42. Ne3 cxd4 43. Nxf5+ gxf5 44. Qg3+ Kf8 45. Qd6+ Ke8 46.
Qxd5 Ke7 47. Qxd7+ Qxd7 48. Bxd7 Kxd7 49. Kf2 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bd7 9. c3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qb8 12. Bg5 Be6 13. Nbd2 O-O 14. Nf1 h6 15. Bh4
cxd4 16. cxd4 Rc8 17. axb5 Qxb5 18. d5 Bg4 19. Ne3 Bd8 20. h3 Bxf3 21. Qxf3 Nb3
22. Bxb3 Qxb3 23. Bxf6 Bxf6 24. Qg4 g6 25. Rxa6 Rd8 26. Rc6 Qxb2 27. Qf3 Bg5
28. Rc7 Rf8 29. Ng4 h5 30. Nf6+ Kg7 31. Nd7 Rfc8 32. Rc6 Rxc6 33. dxc6 Rc8 34.
Qg3 Qd2 35. Rf1 Rxc6 36. Qb3 Rc7 37. Nb6 Rb7 38. Rb1 Qd4 39. Qg3 Rxb6 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. exd4 Bg7 7. d5 Ne7 8. Be2
d6 9. h3 O-O 10. O-O a6 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bf4 b5 13. Rc1 b4 14. Na4 Qe8 15. b3
Bxa4 16. bxa4 a5 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Bf3 Rae8 19. g4 h6 20. Bg3 Kh8 21. Nb5 Nc8 22.
c5 Rxe1+ 23. Qxe1 Re8 24. Qd2 dxc5 25. Rxc5 Nd6 26. Rxc7 Nde4 27. Bxe4 Nxe4 28.
Rxd7 Nxd2 29. d6 Ne4 30. Re7 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. a5 Ba7 11. h3 O-O 12. Re1 Bb7 13. Be3 exd4 14. cxd4 Ne7 15.
Nbd2 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Qc2 d5 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. f3 Nf6 20. Rac1 c5 21. Bf4
Nh5 22. Bh2 c4 23. Nxc4 Bxd4+ 24. Ne3 Ng3 25. Qd3 Ba7 26. Bxg3 Qxg3 27. Kh1 Ng6
28. Nxd5 Rbe8 29. Qf1 Bb8 30. Qg1 Nh4 31. Rf1 Re2 32. Rc2 Rxg2 33. Rxg2 Qxh3+
0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi rapid"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.06.12"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "8"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 exd5 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bf6 11. Qd2 Nc6 12. Be2 Bxb2 13. Qxb2 Qa5+ 14.
Qd2 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 Bg4 16. Rhd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Rfd8 18. h3 Be6 19. Bb5 Ne7 20.
Nd4 Kf8 21. Bd3 h6 22. f4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Rc8 24. Rxc8+ Nxc8 25. Be2 Ke7 26. Bf3
Kd6 27. Kc3 Bd7 28. Bh5 g6 29. Be2 Ne7 30. h4 h5 31. g3 Ng8 32. Bf3 Nf6 33. a3
a6 34. b4 Bg4 35. Bg2 Bd1 36. Kd2 Ba4 37. Bf3 Bd7 38. Kc3 b6 39. Kd3 Bg4 40.
Bg2 Bd7 41. Bf3 Ng8 42. Kc3 Ne7 43. Kd3 Bf5+ 44. Kd2 Be4 45. Be2 a5 46. g4 axb4
47. axb4 hxg4 48. Bxg4 Ng8 49. h5 gxh5 50. Bxh5 f6 51. Nb5+ Kd7 52. Bg4+ Kc6
53. Nd4+ Kd6 54. Nb5+ Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.06.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. Ngf3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qd8 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. Qe2 O-O 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bf4 Nxe4 13. Qxe4 Nf6 14. Qe2
Bd7 15. Ne5 Qb6 16. Nxd7 Nxd7 17. Rad1 Nf6 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Rfd1 Rxd2 20. Rxd2
a6 21. Qf3 Rc8 22. Bb3 h6 23. g3 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. Bd1 Nd5 26. Bf3 g5 27.
Be3 Bc5 28. c4 Bxe3 29. fxe3 Rxc4 30. Bxd5 exd5 31. Kf2 Rc5 32. b4 Rb5 33. a3
a5 34. Rd4 axb4 35. axb4 f5 36. h3 Kf7 37. g4 Ke6 38. gxf5+ Kxf5 39. Kg3 h5 40.
h4 g4 41. Rf4+ Ke5 42. Rf8 Rxb4 43. Rh8 Ke4 44. Rxh5 Rb1 45. Rh7 b5 46. Re7+
Kd3 47. h5 b4 48. Kxg4 b3 49. Rd7 b2 50. Rxd5+ Ke4 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.06.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. a5 d6 10. d3 Rb8 11. h3 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. c3 Be6 15. Ba4
Bd7 16. Qc2 Ne7 17. d4 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ng6 19. d5 Qc8 20. Reb1 Be7 21. Rxb8 Qxb8
22. Bxd7 Nxd7 23. Qa4 Ngf8 24. Qc6 Qa8 25. Qxa8 Rxa8 26. Rb1 Rb8 27. Rxb8 Nxb8
28. c4 c5 29. Nb3 Nbd7 30. Ne1 Bg5 31. Nc2 Ng6 32. Bxg5 hxg5 33. Ne3 Ne7 34.
Nf5 Nxf5 35. exf5 g6 36. fxg6 f5 37. g4 fxg4 38. hxg4 Kg7 39. Kg2 Kxg6 40. Kf3
Nf6 41. Nd2 Kf7 42. Nf1 e4+ 43. Kg3 Nd7 44. Nd2 Ne5 45. Nxe4 Nxc4 46. Nxg5+ Ke7
47. Ne4 Nxa5 48. f4 Nc4 49. g5 Ne3 50. Kf3 Nxd5 51. f5 a5 52. g6 a4 53. g7 Kf7
54. f6 a3 55. Nxd6+ Kg8 56. Nf5 Nxf6 57. Ne3 Nd5 58. Nc2 a2 59. Ke4 Nb4 60. Na1
Kxg7 61. Ke5 Kg6 62. Kd6 Nd3 63. Kd5 Kf5 64. Nc2 Nb4+ 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.06.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Ngf3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Nxe4 8.
Bxe4 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Bxc5 10. Ke2 Nd7 11. Be3 Bxe3 12. Kxe3 Nc5 13. Rhd1 Ke7 14.
Bd3 f6 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. b4 Na4 17. Rxd7+ Kxd7 18. Bb5+ Ke7 19. Bxa4 Rhc8 20. Bb3
a5 21. bxa5 Rxa5 22. Rd1 g6 23. Rd4 Rc7 24. Rh4 h5 25. Rb4 Rd7 26. Rb6 Ra6 27.
Rxa6 bxa6 28. h4 Kd6 29. g3 Rc7 30. Nd2 e5 31. Kd3 f5 32. Nc4+ Kd5 33. Ne3+ Kc5
34. Nd5 Rd7 35. c4 a5 36. Ba4 Rb7 37. Bb5 Rxb5 38. cxb5 Kxd5 39. a4 Kc5 40. f3
Kd5 41. Ke2 Kc5 42. Kf2 Kd5 43. Kg2 Kc5 44. Kh3 Kd5 45. g4 Kc5 46. gxh5 gxh5
47. Kg2 Kd5 48. Kf2 Kc5 49. Ke2 Kd5 50. Kd3 Kc5 51. Kc3 Kd5 52. Kd3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2018.06.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.
e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cxd5 10. Qd4 Bb7 11. Bd3 Rc8 12. O-O Qc7 13. c3 Bc5 14. Qxc5
Qxc5 15. Bxc5 Rxc5 16. f4 Ke7 17. Kf2 a5 18. Ke3 Rc6 19. Rfc1 Rb8 20. b3 Ba6
21. Bxa6 Rxa6 22. c4 a4 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Rab1 axb3 25. axb3 Rb4 26. Rd1 Rab6
27. Rxd5 Rxb3+ 28. Rxb3 Rxb3+ 29. Kf2 Rb2+ 30. Kf3 Rb3+ 31. Kg4 Rb2 32. Kf3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.06.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 e5 8. d5
Nb8 9. Ne1 a5 10. Nd3 Na6 11. e4 Nd7 12. Be3 Ndc5 13. Nxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd2 f5 15.
exf5 gxf5 16. f4 e4 17. Bd4 Bd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ Qf6 20. Qxf6+ Kxf6 21.
Rfd1 h5 22. Rd2 h4 23. Re1 Rh8 24. Re3 Rag8 25. Bf1 hxg3 26. hxg3 Rh4 27. Rg2
Rh3 28. Nd1 Rh7 29. Rh2 Rxh2 30. Kxh2 Rb8 31. Nc3 Be8 32. Be2 c6 33. g4 Bf7 34.
g5+ Kg7 35. Rh3 cxd5 36. Nxd5 Ne6 37. Kg3 Nd4 38. Kf2 b5 39. Nf6 Bxc4 40. Rh7+
Kf8 41. Bxc4 bxc4 42. g6 Rxb2+ 43. Ke3 Nc2+ 44. Kd2 Nb4+ 45. Kc3 Rc2+ 46. Kd4
Nc6+ 47. Ke3 Rc3+ 48. Kf2 Rc2+ 49. Kg3 Rc3+ 50. Kh4 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2018.06.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa3 12. Be2 Nc6 13. d5 Nd4 14. Nxd4
Bxd4 15. Rb1 Qxa2 16. O-O Bf6 17. Bf4 Qa5 18. e5 Bg7 19. Bf3 Rd8 20. Re1 b5 21.
d6 Rb8 22. dxe7 Re8 23. e6 Bxe6 24. Bxb8 Rxb8 25. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A24"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.06.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. Nc3 e5 7. b4 Nc6 8. b5
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. Bxd5 d3 12. Rb1 Bg4 13. Bf3 Bxf3 14. exf3 Qf6
15. Bb2 Qf5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Re1 Rae8 18. Re3 d5 19. cxd5 Rxe3 20. fxe3 Qxd5
21. Qb3 Qxf3 22. Qxd3 Qf6 23. Rc1 Rd8 24. Qc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Rxd2 26. Rxc7 Rxa2
27. Rxb7 Kf6 28. b6 axb6 29. Rxb6+ Kf5 30. Rb7 Kf6 31. Rb6+ Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.06.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
h3 O-O 9. Be3 Qa5 10. Bd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 Qa3 12. Be2 Rd8 13. O-O Bxd4 14. Nxd4
Rxd4 15. Qc2 Nc6 16. Bb5 Be6 17. Be3 Nb4 18. Qc7 Rxe4 19. Bc1 1-0

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.06.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 c4 8. h4
Ne7 9. h5 h6 10. Nh3 Qa4 11. Nf4 Nbc6 12. g3 Bd7 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. O-O Kb8 15.
Kh2 Ka8 16. Ng2 Rdf8 17. Qc1 f6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Bf4 g5 20. hxg6 Nxg6 21. Bd6
e5 22. dxe5 Ncxe5 23. Bxe5 Nxe5 24. f4 Ng4+ 25. Bxg4 Bxg4 26. Qd2 Rd8 27. Qd4
Re6 28. Ne3 h5 29. Rae1 Re4 30. Qf6 Rde8 31. Nxg4 hxg4 32. Rxe4 Qxc2+ 33. Kg1
Qxe4 34. f5 a6 35. Qd6 Rh8 0-1

[Event "Shenzhen Svidler-Yu Yangyi blitz"]
[Site "Shenzhen"]
[Date "2018.06.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Yu, Yangyi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2759"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.06.14"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "CHN"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. a4
e6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Be3 exd5 11. exd5 Re8 12. Qd2 Ng4 13. Bd4 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Nd4 Ngf6 16. a5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxe4 18. f4 Nf6 19. Bf3 Re8 20. Qc3 a6 21.
Rae1 Rxe1 22. Rxe1 Bd7 23. h3 Rc8 24. g4 g5 25. h4 Kg6 26. h5+ Kg7 27. fxg5
hxg5 28. Bd1 c5 29. dxc6 bxc6 30. Rf1 d5 31. Nf5+ Bxf5 32. Rxf5 d4 33. Qf3 Qe7
34. Rxg5+ Kh8 35. Rf5 Qe1+ 36. Qf1 Qg3+ 37. Qg2 Qe1+ 38. Rf1 Qe5 39. Qh2 Qe3+
40. Qf2 Nd5 41. Bf3 f5 42. Bxd5 cxd5 43. Kg2 Qe4+ 44. Kg3 Qxg4+ 45. Kh2 Qxh5+
46. Kg3 Rg8+ 47. Kf4 Qg4+ 48. Ke5 Qe4+ 49. Kd6 Rg6+ 50. Kc5 Qe7+ 51. Kxd4 Qe4+
52. Kc3 d4+ 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. a4 c4 8. Be2
Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Na3 Bxe4 12. Nxb5 d5 13. b3 cxb3 14. Ba3 e6
15. Qxb3 Nc5 16. Qa2 Bxf3 17. Bxf3 Be7 18. c4 d4 19. Bc6+ Kf8 20. Bb4 g6 21.
Qa7 Nb3 22. Qa4 Nc5 23. Qa7 Nb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Qc2 Bd6 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 e5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. Nb5 Nc6 10. Nxd6 Qxd6 11. d4 Nb4 12. Qd1 e4 13. Ne5 Ne8 14. a3 f6 15.
axb4 Qxb4+ 16. Qd2 Qxd2+ 17. Kxd2 fxe5 18. Ke1 exd4 19. Bxd4 a6 20. Be2 Bd7 21.
f4 exf3 22. gxf3 Nd6 23. Be5 Nf7 24. Bd4 Nd6 25. Be5 Nf7 26. Bd4 Nd6 27. Be5
Nf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. g3 b6 8.
Bb5+ Bd7 9. Be2 Bc6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. dxe5 Qd5 13. Qxd5 Nxd5 14. Rd1
O-O-O 15. Bg5 Rd7 16. c4 Nb4 17. Rxd7 Bxd7 18. c5 h6 19. Bd2 Nc2 20. Rd1 Nd4
21. Ba6+ Kb8 22. Bxh6 Nf3+ 23. Kf1 gxh6 24. Rxd7 Nxe5 25. Rd4 bxc5 26. Rh4 c6
27. f4 Nd7 28. g4 f6 29. Ke2 Kc7 30. g5 fxg5 31. fxg5 h5 32. Ke3 Ne5 33. Be2 c4
34. Rxh5 Rb8 35. Rh6 Kd6 36. h4 Rxb2 37. g6 Ke7 38. g7 Kf7 39. Rxe6 Nd3 40.
Re7+ Kg8 41. h5 Rb8 42. Bg4 Nc5 43. Bf5 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2628"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nc7 7. O-O e5 8. a3
Rb8 9. Rb1 Be7 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. Qc2 Rb6 13. d3 Nxb4 14. Qb2 f6 15.
Be3 Ra6 16. Nd2 O-O 17. Nde4 Nbd5 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Rf7 21.
Rfc1 Be6 22. d4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bc4 24. e4 Rd7 25. Be3 Rd3 26. Qe1 Rd7 27. h4 Ne6
28. Kh2 Rdd6 29. Bf1 Nd4 30. Bxc4+ bxc4 31. Qb4 Nf3+ 32. Kg2 Ne5 33. Qb7 h5 34.
Bxa7 Kh7 35. Be3 Ng4 36. Bf4 Ra2 37. Rb2 Rxb2 38. Qxb2 Rd4 39. Qc2 Qd7 40. e5+
Kg8 41. exf6 Nxf6 42. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c5 4. dxc5 Qa5+ 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Qxc5 7. Qa4 Ng4 8.
Nh3 Nc6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. O-O d6 11. Rac1 Qd4 12. Rfd1 Be6 13. b3 Qb6 14. Qb5 Rfc8
15. Qxb6 axb6 16. Nf4 Bf5 17. Nfd5 Bd4 18. Be1 Bc5 19. b4 Bxb4 20. Nxb4 Nxb4
21. Bxb7 Rcb8 22. Bxa8 Rxa8 23. Rd2 Ne5 24. Rb2 Nbc6 25. Nd5 Ra3 26. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. e5
Ne4 9. dxc5 Bg4 10. Bf4 f6 11. e6 Nxc5 12. h3 Bxe6 13. Nd4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Ne4
15. f3 Nd6 16. Rxe6 Nxb5 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Qe1 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Kf7 20. Re3 Rac8 21.
Qe2 Rfe8 22. Re1 e6 23. h4 Rc4 24. g4 Qc6 25. Qd2 b5 26. g5 fxg5 27. Be5 Bxe5
28. Rxe5 gxh4 29. Qh6 Kg8 30. f4 Rxc3 31. Qxh4 Rc1 32. f5 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1 gxf5
34. Qh4 Qc7 35. Re2 Re7 36. Kf1 Qd7 37. Qf6 Rf7 38. Rg2+ Rg7 39. Rc2 f4 40. Qe5
Qe8 41. Rf2 Qc8 0-1

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2757"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Ne3 Nd7 14. Ncd5 Bg5 15.
Bd2 a5 16. a4 b4 17. c3 Rb8 18. Bc4 Bxe3 19. Bxe3 Nb6 20. Nxb6 Qxb6 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Qg4 Rbe8 23. Rab1 Qa6 24. Rfd1 Kh8 25. h4 h6 26. Rbc1 Qb6 27. Rb1 Kh7
28. Rbc1 Qa7 29. Rd2 Qf7 30. Qg3 Rc8 31. d4 cxd4 32. cxd4 Nxd4 33. Rxc8 Rxc8
34. Bxd4 exd4 35. Rxd4 Rc1+ 36. Kh2 Rc2 37. f3 Rxb2 38. Rxd6 Ra2 39. Rd8 Qe7
40. Rb8 Rxa4 41. f4 Ra3 42. Qg4 Rd3 43. h5 Rd8 44. Rb6 Rd6 45. Qg6+ Kh8 46.
Rxd6 Qxd6 47. Qe8+ Kh7 48. e5 Qd4 49. Qg6+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2757"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. a4 c4 8. Be2
Bb7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Bxa8 11. Na3 Bxe4 12. Nxb5 d5 13. b3 cxb3 14. Qxb3 e6
15. Ba3 Nc5 16. Qb4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Be7 18. Rb1 Ncd7 19. Nd6+ Kf8 20. Qa4 g5 21.
Rb7 Kg7 22. Bb5 Bxd6 23. Bxd6 Nf8 24. Be7 Qc8 25. Qd4 e5 26. Qxe5 Qe6 27. Bxf8+
Kxf8 28. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2710"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Bg2 c6 5. d4 d5 6. Qb3 a5 7. cxd5 a4 8. Qd1
cxd5 9. Nc3 Bd7 10. Ne5 e6 11. O-O O-O 12. Nxd7 Qxd7 13. e3 Ne8 14. e4 dxe4 15.
Nxe4 Qxd4 16. Be3 Qxb2 17. Rb1 Qxa2 18. Bc5 Nc6 19. Bxf8 Rd8 20. Bd6 Nxd6 21.
Nxd6 Nd4 22. Nxb7 Ne2+ 23. Qxe2 Qxe2 24. Nxd8 Bb2 25. Rfe1 Qc2 26. Be4 Qb3 27.
Re3 Qc4 28. Rd1 a3 29. Bb1 Qa4 30. Rdd3 Bf6 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Ba2 Bd4 33. Rf3
Bc5 34. Bxe6+ Kg7 35. Rf7+ Kh6 36. Rdd7 a2 37. Rxh7+ Kg5 38. Bxa2 Qxa2 39. Rdf7
Qd5 40. h4+ Kg4 41. Kh2 Qd2 42. Rf4+ Qxf4 43. gxf4 Bxf2 44. f5 gxf5 45. h5 Be3
46. Kg2 Bf4 47. Rh8 Be5 48. Rf8 Bf4 49. Rh8 Be5 50. Rh7 Bf4 51. Kf2 Kg5 52. Kf3
Bh2 53. Ke3 Be5 54. Kd3 Ba1 55. Kc4 f4 56. Kd3 f3 57. Ke3 Kg4 58. h6 Bf6 59.
Rg7+ Kh5 60. Kxf3 Kxh6 61. Rf7 Kg6 62. Rxf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Jerusalem Japhet Memorial Cup 4th"]
[Site "Jerusalem"]
[Date "2018.07.06"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2710"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.07.02"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 185"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.07.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 a6 8. Be2
b5 9. Qb3 c5 10. dxc5 Nbd7 11. e5 Nxc5 12. Qb4 Nfd7 13. Be3 a5 14. Qh4 e6 15.
Qxd8 Rxd8 16. Nxb5 Bb7 17. Rc1 Ne4 18. Bd4 g5 19. h3 h5 20. Rc7 Bd5 21. Bc4
Bxc4 22. Rxc4 Rac8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. O-O g4 25. hxg4 hxg4 26. Re1 Nec5 27. Nd2
Nd3 28. Rd1 N7xe5 29. Ne4 Rc2 30. Kf1 Nxb2 31. Na3 Nxd1 32. Nxc2 Nc6 33. Nf6+
Bxf6 34. Bxf6 e5 35. Na3 Nb2 36. Ke2 Kh7 37. Kd2 Kg6 38. Bh4 Na4 39. Nc4 f6 40.
f3 gxf3 41. gxf3 Nd4 42. Bg3 Nxf3+ 43. Ke3 Nd4 44. Ke4 Nc3+ 45. Kd3 Nxa2 46.
Bxe5 Nc6 47. Bxf6 Kxf6 48. Nxa5 Nxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
Na5 9. Ba2 c5 10. Nc3 Be6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nf5 Nc6 13. Nd5 Bxf5 14. exf5 Rc8 15.
a4 b4 16. Be3 Nxd5 17. Bxd5 Bf6 18. c4 bxc3 19. bxc3 Ne7 20. Bb7 Rb8 21. Bxa6
Nxf5 22. Bd2 d5 23. Rb1 Nd6 24. Rxb8 Qxb8 25. Qb1 Qa7 26. Bb5 Rb8 27. c4 Nxb5
28. axb5 Qa4 29. Rc1 e4 30. Bf4 Rb7 31. dxe4 dxc4 32. e5 Be7 33. e6 fxe6 34.
Qe4 Qxb5 35. Qxe6+ Kf8 36. Qf5+ Kg8 37. Qe6+ Kf8 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.23"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. a4 b6 8. c3
Bb7 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Na3 Be7 11. Bc2 Rc8 12. d3 O-O 13. Bd2 Rfe8 14. Rac1 e5 15.
Bb3 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Qe4 Nxc3 18. Bxf7+ Kxf7 19. Qf5+ Kg8 20. Bxc3 Bf6 21.
Nc4 Qc6 22. Ncxe5 Nxe5 23. Bxe5 Qd5 24. Re3 Bxe5 25. Rxe5 Rxe5 26. Qxe5 Qxd3
27. Qe6+ Kh8 28. Re1 h6 29. h3 b5 30. Ne5 Qd5 31. Qg4 Kh7 32. Qg6+ Kg8 33. f3
Qd2 34. Qf7+ Kh7 35. Kf1 Qd5 36. Qg6+ Kg8 37. Ng4 Qg5 38. Qb6 Qd5 39. Nxh6+ Kh7
40. Ng4 Rf8 41. Kg1 Qd4+ 42. Kh1 Bxf3 43. gxf3 Rxf3 44. Qe6 Qd3 45. Ne3 bxa4
46. Kg2 Rf6 47. Qd5 Qg6+ 48. Kh1 Rf2 49. Rg1 Qh6 50. Rg3 Qf6 51. Qd3+ Kh8 52.
Ng4 Qc6+ 53. Kg1 Rxb2 54. Qd8+ Kh7 55. Qh4+ Kg8 56. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2842"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Ftacnik,L"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 {Svidler is
putting his trust in a modern variation 6...Nbd7 which presents White with
bigger challenges than the older 6...e6.} 7. Qe2 h6 8. Bh4 g6 9. f4 Qc7 {
Black is abstaining from advancing the e pawn as the level of risk is much
higher in a direct fight with better developed white pieces.} (9... e5 10. fxe5
dxe5 11. O-O-O (11. Nf3 Qc7 12. O-O-O b5 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bd6 15. Qe3 Bb7
16. Bd3 f5 $6 (16... Rc8 $11) 17. Nd4 Qb6 18. Bxf5 gxf5 19. Qg3 Nf8 20. Nxf5
$18 {1-0 (38) Khader,S (2392)-Karjakin,S (2760) Riadh 2017}) 11... Qc7 12. Nd5
(12. Nb3 b5 13. Qf3 (13. g4 Be7 14. Qf3 Bb7 15. a3 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxh4 17. Rxd7
Qxd7 18. Nbc5 Bg5+ 19. Kb1 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 Qd1+ 21. Ka2 O-O 22. Bd3 Qd2 $15 {
0-1 (44) Savchenko,B (2550)-Sarana,A (2577) Moscow 2018}) (13. Rxd7 Nxd7 14.
Nd5 Qb8 15. Bf6 Nxf6 16. Nxf6+ Ke7 17. Nd5+ Ke8 18. Nf6+ Ke7 19. Nd5+ Ke8 20.
Nf6+ Ke7 {1/2-1/2 (20) Sarana,A (2613)-Khanin,S (2494) Ekaterinburg 2018})
13... Bg7 14. Kb1 O-O 15. g4 Bb7 16. a3 Rac8 17. Bd3 Qb6 18. Be1 Qe6 19. Rg1
Nb6 20. h4 $14 {0-1 (41) Wan,Y (2500)-Cheparinov,I (2702) China 2018}) 12...
Nxd5 13. exd5 Bd6 14. Nb3 b5 15. Qd2 (15. g4 h5 16. g5 Nb6 17. h3 O-O 18. Na5
Bf5 19. Bg2 e4 20. Rhf1 Bf4+ 21. Kb1 Rad8 $19 {0-1 (48) Yankelevich,L (2442)
-Jakovenko,D (2710) Germany 2017}) 15... g5 (15... f5 16. g4 f4 17. Bd3 Kf7 18.
Qe2 g5 19. Qe4 gxh4 20. Qg6+ Kf8 $11 {1-0 (35) Pichot,A (2552)-Asis Gargatagli,
H (2529) Barcelona 2018}) 16. Be1 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Qxc5 18. h4 g4 19. Bg3 Bd7 20.
Re1 f6 21. Bd3 O-O-O 22. Rhf1 Rdf8 23. Bf5 $16 {1-0 (39) Naiditsch,A (2697)
-Hamdouchi,H (2580) Brest 2018}) 10. O-O-O {Carlsen most likely did not like
10.Nf3 because after the best 10...e5! the knight may turn out to be somewhat
misplaced on f3.} (10. Nf3 Bg7 $6 (10... e5 $1) 11. O-O-O (11. e5 $1 dxe5 12.
fxe5 Ng4 13. O-O-O e6 14. Bg3 h5 15. Ne4 $16) 11... Nb6 12. e5 dxe5 13. fxe5
Nh5 14. Bf2 Be6 15. Qe4 g5 16. Nd4 Bc8 17. g3 Bxe5 18. Nc6 Bd6 19. Bxb6 Qxc6
20. Qd4 Nf6 {0-1 (29) Levrand,R (2156)-Bauer,C (2647) Zuerich 2017} 21. Rg1 $1
Be6 22. Bg2 Qc4 23. Ne4 $16) 10... Bg7 (10... e5 11. fxe5 dxe5 12. Nb3 Bg7 13.
Qc4 $1 Qb8 14. Nc5 O-O 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Nd5 b5 17. Qc6 $16 {1-0 (56) Smirnov,
P (2569)-Bocharov,D (2610) Vladivostok 2016}) 11. g4 {Surprisingly enough
there have been as good as no games played from this position; the players
have to invent theory.} (11. Kb1 O-O 12. Nf3 e5 13. f5 b5 14. g4 b4 15. Nd5
Nxd5 16. exd5 a5 17. g5 e4 18. Nd4 hxg5 $2 (18... Bxd4 $1 19. Rxd4 Ne5 20. fxg6
Bg4 21. Qe3 fxg6 $15) 19. Bxg5 $16 {1-0 (39) Melia,S (2400)-Travkina,A (2287)
Riga 2017}) 11... e5 12. fxe5 Nxe5 (12... dxe5 13. Nb3 O-O $14) 13. h3 Be6 {
We can safely presume, that this move was most likely part of Black's
preparation. Immediate castling has the drawback of a vulnerable f6-knight
that has to defend the sensitive d5-square.} (13... O-O 14. Qf2 g5 15. Bg3 b5
16. Kb1 $16) 14. Qf2 Nfd7 15. Bb5 $5 {The world champion must have tried to
guess which line of attack will turn out to be more efficient - the text move
or the unpleasant 15.Qd2.} (15. Qd2 O-O (15... Nc5 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qxd6 Qxd6
18. Rxd6 O-O 19. b4 Ncd7 20. Ne2 $14) 16. Be7 Rfc8 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Qxd6 Nc5
19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Bxc5 Rxc5 21. Ne2 $14) 15... O-O (15... axb5 $4 16. Ncxb5 Qa5
17. Nxe6 $18) 16. Bxd7 Qxd7 (16... Nxd7 17. Be7 Rfc8 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Bxd6 $14
) 17. Nf5 $6 {[%mdl 32] The temptation to play a flashy attacking move proved
to be too strong. The engine is not so emotional and clearly prefers the
modest positional exchange of the g7-bishop with some advantage.} (17. Bf6 $1
Rac8 (17... Bxf6 18. Qxf6 Qd8 19. Qf4 Kh7 20. Kb1 $14) 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Kb1
$14) 17... gxf5 18. gxf5 Kh7 19. Rhg1 Bh8 {It makes sense to show some respect
to the best player in the world even though objectively even 19...Qc7 with the
knight retreat to g6 was good enough for keeping the balance.} (19... Qc7 20.
Rg3 Ng6 21. Qg2 Rg8 22. fxg6+ fxg6 23. Rgd3 Rac8 $11) 20. Bg3 Rac8 21. Bf4 (21.
fxe6 fxe6 22. Qe2 Rg8 $11) 21... Qe7 $1 {The queen prevents aggression via h4
and prepares to create counterplay on the a1-h8 diagonal.} (21... Bc4 $2 22.
Qh4 Bg7 23. Rxg7+ Kxg7 24. Rg1+ Ng6 25. f6+ $18) 22. fxe6 (22. Kb1 Qf6 (22...
Bc4 23. Bxh6 Kxh6 24. Rxd6+ Kh7 25. f6 Bxf6 26. Rxf6 Ng6 27. h4 $16) 23. fxe6
fxe6 24. Rdf1 Ng6 25. Qg3 Nxf4 26. Rxf4 Rg8 $11) 22... fxe6 23. Qg3 Rg8 {
The disappointed champion must have realised that White has not even a hint of
any advantage.} 24. Qf2 Rgf8 (24... Bg7 25. Rdf1 Nc4 $11) 25. Qg3 Rg8 26. Qf2
Rgf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2801"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Be6 7. Qa4 Bg7 8. Nf3
O-O 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Nc3 Nd5 11. Rd1 N7f6 12. h3 Qb6 13. Ne1 Rfd8 14. e4 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Qb5 16. Qxb5 cxb5 17. Ba3 Bf8 18. d5 Bc8 19. Rac1 e6 20. d6 e5 21. Nd3
Ne8 22. Nxe5 Be6 23. Rd2 Bxd6 24. Rcd1 Bc7 25. Nd7 Nd6 26. Nf6+ Kg7 27. Nd5
Bxd5 28. Rxd5 Nc4 29. Bc5 a6 30. f4 Rxd5 31. Rxd5 Bb6 32. e5 Rc8 33. Bxb6 Nxb6
34. Rd6 Na4 35. Bxb7 Rxc3 36. Bxa6 Rxg3+ 37. Kh2 Ra3 38. Bxb5 Rxa2+ 39. Kg3 Nc5
40. Rd4 Ra3+ 41. Kg2 Ne6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2741"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. b3 d5 8. d4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 c5 11. Qf4 O-O 12. Bb2 d4 13. O-O-O dxe3 14. Re1 Qe4
15. Qxe3 Bf5 16. Qxe4 Nxe4 17. Bd3 Rfe8 18. Bc2 f6 19. f3 Nd6 20. Bd1 b6 21.
Bc3 Nf7 22. g4 Bd7 23. f4 Bc6 24. Rxe8+ Rxe8 25. Re1 Kf8 26. Rxe8+ Kxe8 27. Bc2
h6 28. Kd2 Bf3 29. h3 Bg2 30. h4 Bf3 31. g5 hxg5 32. hxg5 fxg5 33. fxg5 Nxg5
34. Ke3 Bc6 35. Bxg7 Kd7 36. Be5 Kc8 37. Bf5+ Bd7 38. Bc2 Kb7 39. Bc3 Ne6 40.
Bf5 Nf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[Annotator "Roiz,M"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb4 6. Bc4 Nd3+ 7. Ke2 Nf4+ ({
Another common continuation is} 7... Nxc1+ 8. Rxc1 {For instance, after} a6 9.
d4 b5 10. Bd5 Ra7 11. Ne5 $1 e6 12. Bc6+ Ke7 13. Qd2 f6 14. Nd5+ exd5 15. Rxc5
dxe4 16. Rhc1 {Jakovenko,D - Sutovsky,E Poikovsky 2016, White had a dangerous
initiative for the piece, but eventually lost.}) 8. Kf1 Ne6 (8... Nd3 {has
been employed by Peter as Black:} 9. Qe2 Nxc1 10. Rxc1 e6 11. h4 Nc6 (11... a6
12. e5 Nc6 13. Rh3 b5 14. Bd3 Bb7 {Aronian,L -So,W London 2016, led to very
complex, double-edged play}) 12. e5 Bd7 13. Rh3 Qb6 14. Bb5 h6 15. Kg1 a6 16.
Ba4 O-O-O {Erdos,V - Svidler,P Germany 2017, Black was fine.}) 9. d3 Nc6 ({
It was well worth considering} 9... g6 $5 {, avoiding the unpleasant pin along
a4-e8 diagonal. For instance,} 10. h4 h6 11. Be3 Bg7 12. Bxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxc5 Nc6
14. Be3 Bg4 15. Qd2 Qd7 {L'Ami,E - Salem,A Douglas 2016, Black had decent
compensation for the pawn.}) 10. h4 g6 $6 $146 {This innovation was hardly a
part of Maxime's home preparation. In fact, Black's position is just poor now.}
(10... Ned4 {is what Peter faced 4 years ago, and managed to claim superiority
for White:} 11. Nb5 Nxb5 ({A better try was} 11... e6 12. Nbxd4 cxd4 {Zhigalko,
A - Baron,T Vandoeuvre 2016, though even then White's chances are preferable.})
12. Bxb5 Qb6 13. Ba4 Bd7 14. Be3 e6 15. b4 $36 {Svidler,P - Nepomniachtchi,I
Kazan 2014}) ({The best way of handling the position might be} 10... h5 $5 {
this was seen only in one of Peter's encounter. In that game Black managed to
solve the problems after} 11. Ng5 g6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Ne2 Qd6
15. Bf4 e5 16. Bg5 Bh6 $15 {Jakovenko,D - Svidler,P Rhodes 2013}) 11. h5 Bg7
12. Be3 Ned4 13. h6 $6 {This impulsive decision makes Black's play much easier,
since his king can be hidden on the kingside now.} ({Much stronger would be} 
13. Rc1 $1 {keeping Black under serious pressure} Be6 ({The worst is} 13... b6
$2 14. Bxd4 Nxd4 (14... Bxd4 15. Bd5 $18) 15. h6 Bf6 16. e5 $18) (13... O-O 14.
hxg6 hxg6 15. Qd2 $36) 14. Bd5 Rc8 15. Bxd4 Nxd4 16. Bxb7 Rc7 17. Bd5 $16 {
Black doesn't have adequate compensation for the pawn.}) 13... Bf6 14. Nd5 {
This was certainly the point of Peter's previous move, but exchanging the
dark-squared bishops isn't a big achievement for White here.} Bg4 15. Nxf6+
exf6 16. Bxd4 {This is also connected with a concrete idea.} ({After} 16. Bd5
O-O 17. Bxc6 Nxc6 18. Bxc5 Re8 {Black's compensation for the pawn is
undenieble.}) 16... Nxd4 17. Qa4+ {This way White manages to avoid the pin of
his Nf3.} Qd7 $6 {Maxime returns the favour - White, who suffers from a lack
of harmony would benefit from exchanging the queens.} ({Black wouldn't face
any problems in the event of} 17... Ke7 18. Qa3 Rc8 19. Nxd4 Qxd4 20. Qxa7 Qxb2
21. Re1 Rhd8 $11) 18. Qxd7+ Bxd7 19. Nxd4 cxd4 20. e5 $6 {Another step in the
wrong direction.} ({After} 20. Ke2 Ke7 21. Rhc1 Rhc8 22. Bd5 {White would have
maintained slight advantage due to better pawn structure.}) 20... fxe5 21. Re1
f6 22. f4 Rf8 ({After} 22... Ke7 23. fxe5 b5 24. Bd5 Rac8 25. exf6+ Kxf6 26.
Kf2 Rc2+ 27. Kf3 {White should be able to maintain the balance.}) 23. Kg1 Ke7
24. fxe5 f5 {Black's pieces are still better coordinated, so Maxime avoids
simplifications.} 25. Rh4 f4 26. Re4 $2 {A loss of time.} ({The correct move
was} 26. Bd5 Rac8 27. Bxb7 Rc2 28. Rf1 g5 29. Rh5 Rg8 30. Be4 $11 {and the
game should end in a draw.}) 26... g5 27. Rh5 $2 {Alas, Peter fails to offer
resistance and loses on the spot.} ({After} 27. Rh1 Rf5 28. Rxd4 Bc6 (28...
Rxe5 29. Rd5 $17) 29. b4 Rxe5 30. b5 Bxb5 31. Bxb5 Rxb5 32. Kf2 $17 {White
would still have some drawing chances.}) 27... Rf5 28. g4 {Desperation.} (28.
Rxd4 {also offered no hope:} Rxe5 29. Rd5 Rxd5 30. Bxd5 Kf6 31. Bxb7 Rb8 32.
Be4 Bf5 $19) 28... fxg3 29. Rg4 Raf8 30. Rhxg5 Rf1+ 31. Kg2 Bc6+ ({White
resigns in view of} 31... Bc6+ 32. Kxg3 Rg1+ 33. Kh4 Rh1+ 34. Kg3 Rf3+ 35. Kg2
Rxd3+ 36. Kf2 Rd2+ 37. Kg3 Rg2+ 38. Kf4 Rf2+ 39. Kg3 Rf3+ 40. Kg2 Rb3+ 41. Kf2
Rxb2+ {and checkmate to follow soon.}) 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Georgiadis, Nico"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. h4 e5
9. Nf5 g6 10. Nxh6 Bxh6 11. Bxh6 Bxg4 12. f3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Rxh6 14. O-O-O Nc6
15. Bxa6 Rxa6 16. Rhf1 Nd4 17. Rxd4 exd4 18. Nd5 Rxa2 19. Nxf6+ Kf8 20. Kb1 Ra5
21. Qf4 Kg7 22. b4 Rb5 23. Nd5 f5 24. exf5 Rxd5 25. f6+ Kh7 26. Qe4 Rhh5 27.
Qe6 Qf8 28. Qd7+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.30"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2842"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 $8 6. Nbd2 {This is the
most common move, but no less than five other options also have been tried in
the practice of these players.} Be6 ({Instead,} 6... Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 {had been
played by Carlsen in his 2013 world championship match against Anand.}) 7. Qe2
$5 Nd7 8. Nb3 {Introduced by Caruana in a game against Navara in 2013.} Bb6 $5
9. Ng5 Nf8 $5 10. Be3 $146 ({In Caruana-Nakamura, Internet blitz 2017 there was
} 10. O-O Bxb3 11. axb3 f6 12. Nf3 Ne6 {, transposing also to Caruana-Kramnik,
Leuven blitz 2016.}) ({There is also} 10. Nxe6 Nxe6 $11) 10... Qe7 ({Engines
suggest} 10... Bd7 $5 {planning ...Ng6.}) 11. g3 ({Probably more accurate is} 
11. Nxe6 Nxe6 12. Qh5) 11... Bxb3 $5 12. axb3 f6 13. Nf3 Ne6 14. Bxb6 cxb6 15.
O-O a6 $1 {Instead of the banal 15...0-0, Carlsen prepares to castle long.} 16.
c3 ({Maybe} 16. Qe3 $5 {was worth trying.}) 16... O-O-O {If White had not
prepared d4 now, Black could get some attacking prospects on the kingside.} 17.
Rad1 Kb8 18. Qe3 Ka7 {True magic. The black king is completely safe on the
queenside. Black gradually gained some chances from what seemed to be a
completely equal position.} 19. d4 exd4 20. Nxd4 ({After} 20. cxd4 $6 Rhe8 {
White's pawns are vulnerable.}) 20... Nxd4 21. Rxd4 h5 $5 22. Rfd1 $5 Rxd4 23.
cxd4 ({After} 23. Rxd4 {Black plays} h4 ({or} 23... Qe6 24. b4 h4)) 23... h4
24. d5 ({A serious alternative was} 24. g4 {but there too some initiative is
with Black.}) 24... hxg3 25. hxg3 Qe5 (25... cxd5 $5 {is curious:} 26. exd5 (
26. Rxd5 g5 $1) 26... Qxe3 27. fxe3 Kb8 $1 {though I am not sure that Black
has any significant winning chances after} 28. d6 $5) 26. Qf3 ({Not} 26. dxc6
$4 Qh5 $1 $19) 26... cxd5 27. exd5 Qxb2 $6 ({Here} 27... Rd8 $1 28. Qd3 Qxb2
29. d6 Qe5 ({if} 29... Rd7 {, White plays} 30. Qf5 $1 Qxb3 31. Qxd7 Qxd1+ 32.
Kg2 $11 {with the inevitable draw, because the d6-pawn is too dangerous}) 30.
d7 Qe6 {was a better practical chance: Black plans to play, approximately, ...
Qc6, b5, b6, Kb7 at some point threatening with ...Rh8, or .. .a5-a4. At least,
White would have had to work for a draw.}) 28. d6 $1 Rd8 29. d7 Qc2 {Now White
uses the opportunity to place his rook actively, equalising.} 30. Rd6 $1 Qc5
31. Qd1 $1 $11 Qf5 32. Rd5 Qe4 33. Rd4 Qc6 34. Rd6 Qe4 35. Rd4 Qc6 36. Rd6 Qe4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.07.31"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2741"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. a3 Bc5 ({Black's main
choice is between this move and} 6... Be7 7. e4 O-O) 7. Nb3 $1 Bb6 $1 {This is
a modern line.} ({In the 'old' days when people prepared without engines'
assistance,} 7... Be7 {had been used invariably here. Then} 8. e4 $1 {normally
leads to the Hedgehog-type positions with some White's pressure.}) 8. c5 ({
Navara as White had also tried} 8. e4 {, against Eljanov in Biel 2015. (The
active bishop on b6 appears to be useful for Black in the further lines, he
can even try 8...d5)}) ({While} 8. Bf4 d5 $1 {had been tested in several of
Navara's games, with both colours.}) 8... Bc7 9. Bg5 $5 ({Deviating from} 9. g3
O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Be5 $1 {as, in particular, in Navara-Cheparinov,
Tbilisi Wcup 2017 and Matlakov-Svidler, Wijk aan Zee 2018.}) 9... h6 (9... b6
10. e3 bxc5 $5 11. Nxc5 Be5 12. Rc1 (12. Qd2 $5) 12... Qa5 (12... Ne7 $5) 13.
Bxf6 $1 Bxf6 ({or} 13... gxf6 {, Karttunen-Gelfand, Skopje ECC 2015,} 14. N5a4
$1 {/\ b4}) 14. N5e4 $1 Rb8 15. Nxf6+ gxf6 {Laznicka-Sutovsky, EU-ch Jerusalem
2015, is probably slightly better for White.}) 10. Bh4 O-O ({The attempts} 
10... Be5 $5) ({and} 10... b6 11. e3 Be5 $5 {have been seen in email/internet
games.}) 11. e3 d5 $146 {A practical decision: in a strategically tense, quite
complex position Svidler goes for simplifications, hoping that he'll not be
significantly worse in the symmetrical structure.} ({Black has a number of
more ambitious moves to consider:} 11... b6 12. Rc1 Rb8 $5 (12... Be5 $6 13. f4
$1 Bxc3+ 14. Rxc3 {Van Egmond-Kristensen, Leiden 2017}) (12... Bb7 13. f4 $5))
(11... Be5 12. Rc1 $140 Ne7 $1) ({or maybe} 11... Rb8) 12. cxd6 Qxd6 13. Bxf6
$5 Qxd1+ 14. Rxd1 gxf6 15. Nb5 (15. Be2 {with certain pressure is preferable.})
15... Be5 $5 (15... Bb6 {was also an option but Black rightly decides that he
is ready for forcing matters.}) 16. f4 $1 ({After} 16. Rd2 a6 $5 {White has
nothing better than} 17. Nc3 {what certainly wasn't his idea} (17. Nd6 $6 Rd8
$1)) 16... Bxb2 17. Rd2 a6 $8 18. Nc7 Ra7 $8 19. Rxb2 b6 $1 20. Nb5 $6 ({
White had to play rather} 20. Nxe6 $1 {and if} Bxe6 21. Kf2 $5 {where he's at
least no worse.}) 20... axb5 21. Bxb5 Ne7 $1 {And now it's Black whose chances
are slightly better.} 22. a4 ({An engine's suggestion is} 22. Kf2 $5 Rxa3 23.
Rd1 {/\Rd6 where Black can hardly can profit from his extra pawn.}) 22... Bd7 (
{An alternative was} 22... Ba6 $5 {where} 23. Bxa6 $2 Rxa6 {loses a pawn for
White.}) 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. Kf2 Ra8 ({Black doesn't have much but he could have
tried} 24... f5 $5 {(generally preparing ...Nd5 and ...Ra8) with the idea of}
25. a5 $6 bxa5 26. Nxa5 Rc8 $1) 25. Ra1 Rda7 26. Nd2 ({Or} 26. Nd4 Nd5 27. f5
$1 $11) 26... Nd5 27. Nc4 $1 Rxa4 ({Or} 27... Ra6 28. f5 $1 $11) 28. Rxa4 Rxa4
29. Nxb6 Nxb6 30. Rxb6 $11 {The rest was a formality.} Kg7 31. Kf3 f5 32. h3 h5
33. g4 hxg4+ 34. hxg4 fxg4+ 35. Kxg4 Kg6 36. Kf3 Rc4 37. Rb5 f5 38. Re5 Kf6 39.
e4 Rxe4 40. Rxe4 fxe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Biel GM 51st"]
[Site "Biel"]
[Date "2018.08.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2801"]
[Annotator "Golubev,M"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.07.22"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "SUI"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 186"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.09.14"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. Nf3 ({
In this important theoretical variation Svidler previously twice went for} 7.
d4 b6 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bf3 Bxf3 10. Nxf3 Bd6 11. Qa4+ c6 12. O-O O-O 13. Rb1) 7...
b6 ({A Round 5 game Vachier-Lagrave - Georgiadis saw} 7... Nc6 8. d4 e5 {
and now} 9. Be2 exd4 10. Bg5 Qg6 11. O-O {- an idea, which attracted attention
after the game Dubov-Nakamura, Moscow Tal mem rapid 2018.}) 8. Bd3 $5 ({
A usual continuation is} 8. d4 Bb7 {. At the press conference Svidler
mentioned the idea} 9. Bd3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nc6 $5) 8... Bb7 9. Bc2
$146 {Not a particularly impressive novelty.} Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Qxf3 11. gxf3 Nd7
$11 12. d4 c5 13. O-O {Perhaps, White also could have placed his king on e2
and the bishop on e3.} cxd4 14. cxd4 Rc8 15. Bd3 Bd6 ({A curious idea is} 15...
Bb4 $5 {and if} 16. Bb2 (16. Rb1 Bc3 17. Be3 e5 $1) 16... O-O {: the bishop is
somewhat misplaced on b2, because White normally wants to control the
f4-square.}) 16. Rb1 $5 O-O ({The Russian grandmaster anticipated} 16... e5 $5
{which probably was a good, equalising move.} 17. Re1 (17. Rb5 exd4 18. Rd5 Rc6
$5 {Svidler}) ({after} 17. c5 $5 bxc5 {, Svidler,} 18. dxe5 Nxe5 $8 19. Ba6 $11
{White probably has enough for a pawn}) 17... Kd8 $5 {Svidler} (17... O-O 18.
Bf5 {also tends to be equal}) 18. c5 bxc5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Be4 $11 {Mamedyarov
}) 17. f4 $1 Rfd8 18. Be3 g6 ({An alternative was} 18... Nf8 $5 19. Rfd1 Ng6)
19. Rfd1 Be7 20. a4 {Eventually, White has obtained a slightly better position.
But Mamedyarov played precisely in the remaining part of the game and
confidently achieved a draw.} Nb8 $1 21. Be2 Rc7 22. c5 {Perhaps, it wasn't
necessary to rush.} bxc5 23. dxc5 Rxd1+ 24. Bxd1 ({Or} 24. Rxd1 Nd7 25. c6 Nb6
$1 $11) 24... Na6 $1 25. c6 Rxc6 26. Bxa7 Bc5 27. Bxc5 Rxc5 28. Be2 Ra5 29.
Bxa6 Rxa6 30. Rb4 $11 ({After} 30. Ra1 $6 Ra5 $1 {it is rather White who can
have some problems.}) 30... Rc6 31. Kg2 Rc3 32. a5 Ra3 33. Rb5 Kg7 34. Rc5 Kg8
35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Rc5 Kg8 37. Rc8+ Kg7 38. Rc5 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Ng3 Ng6 3. c3 O-O 4. Bc2 e5 5. dxe5 Rxe5 6. O-O Nb6 7. f4 Ree8 8.
f5 Ne5 9. f6 Bxf6 10. Rxf6 gxf6 11. Nh5 Ng6 12. Bh6 Re6 13. Bxf8 Kxf8 14. Nb3
c6 15. Nd4 Re7 16. Qc1 Qe5 17. Qh6+ Ke8 18. e4 Qg5 19. Qxh7 Bg4 20. Bd1 Bxh5
21. Qxh5 Rxe4 22. Rxe4+ dxe4 23. Qe2 f5 24. g4 Nf4 25. Qe1 Nd3 26. Qf1 Qe3+ 27.
Kh1 fxg4 28. Nf5 Qf2 29. Be2 Qxf1+ 30. Bxf1 Nxb2 31. Nd6+ Ke7 32. Nxe4 Nd5 33.
Nc5 b6 34. Ne4 f5 35. Ng3 Kf6 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 c6 2. O-O d5 3. c3 Ng6 4. f5 Ne5 5. d4 Ng4 6. Bf4 Bc7 7. e3 Bxf4 8. exf4
Nf6 9. Ng3 Nb6 10. Nb3 Nc4 11. Be2 Nd6 12. Bd3 b6 13. Nd2 g6 14. fxg6 hxg6 15.
Nf3 Qc7 16. Ne5 e6 17. Qc1 Rh8 18. c4 dxc4 19. Bxc4 Bb7 20. Bb3 O-O-O 21. Qe3
Kb8 22. Rc1 Rc8 23. h3 Qe7 24. Rc3 Nd5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. f5 Rxc3 27. bxc3 Rg8
28. fxg6 fxg6 29. Ng4 Nc4 30. Qh6 a5 31. Kh2 Bc8 32. Rf6 g5 33. Qh5 b5 34. Rf7
Qd6 35. Qh7 Rd8 36. Qg7 Re8 37. Qxg5 e5 38. dxe5 Nxe5 39. Nxe5 Rxe5 40. Qf4 Re6
41. Qxd6+ Rxd6 42. Ne2 b4 43. cxb4 d4 44. Nxd4 Rxd4 45. bxa5 Ra4 46. g4 Bxg4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. f3 f6 3. Nd3 Nd6 4. Bf2 Bf7 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8. fxe4
e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Bg3 Nc6 11. Bc2 a6 12. Bb3 Ba7 13. Bd5 b5+ 14. Bf2 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Ne7 16. Bxa7 Rxf1+ 17. Qxf1 Rxa7 18. Ne3 Ng6 19. Nc5 Qe7 20. Re1 Ra8 21.
g3 e4 22. Qh3 Nf8 23. Qg4 a5 24. Kg2 Re8 25. Rf1 Qe5 26. Nd7 Nxd7 27. Qxd7 Qe7
28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Nf5 Re5 30. Ne3 a4 31. b3 axb3 32. axb3 Re8 33. Ra1 Rf8 34.
c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 h5 36. c5 Nf5 37. Nxf5 Rxf5 38. d6 cxd6 39. cxd6 Rd5 40. Re1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Qxe4 h6 4. Nd3 Bh7 5. Qe2 c6 6. f3 O-O 7. c3 Ne6 8. Be3
Nb6 9. O-O Bd6 10. N1f2 Qb8 11. g3 Nd5 12. f4 Nxe3 13. Qxe3 Nc7 14. Ne4 Nd5 15.
Qf3 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nf6 17. Qe2 Qc7 18. Bc2 c5 19. dxc5 Bxc5+ 20. Kg2 Rfd8 21.
Qf3 e6 22. Rfe1 Bf8 23. f5 exf5 24. Qxf5 Rd6 25. Qf3 Rad8 26. Rad1 b5 27. Bb3
a5 28. a3 Nh7 29. h4 Nf6 30. Re3 h5 31. Qe2 Ng4 32. Rf3 Rf6 33. Rxf6 Nxf6 34.
Nf2 Re8 35. Qf3 b4 36. cxb4 axb4 37. a4 Bc5 38. Rc1 Qd6 39. Rd1 Qb8 40. Rd3 Re1
41. a5 Qe5 42. Rd8+ Kh7 43. Nd3 Rg1+ 44. Kh3 Qc7 45. Bxf7 Qxd8 46. Qf5+ Kh8 47.
Ne5 g6 48. Nxg6+ Kg7 49. Ne5 Qd1 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b4 d5 2. e3 e6 3. Ng3 Nf6 4. f4 Bd6 5. Bd3 Qe7 6. a3 O-O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Ba6+
Kb8 9. Qe2 Ng6 10. O-O Ne4 11. d3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 e5 13. d4 f6 14. Qf2 Bb7 15.
Bxb7 Kxb7 16. dxe5 fxe5 17. f5 Nf8 18. e4 d4 19. c3 dxc3 20. Bxc3 Nd7 21. Nd2
Nf6 22. Nc4 g6 23. Qe2 gxf5 24. Rxf5 Rxg3 25. Be1 Rg6 26. Bh4 Rdg8 27. Ne3 Qe6
28. Rxf6 Rxf6 29. Bxf6 Qxf6 30. Nf5 Rd8 31. Rc1 c6 32. Qh5 Qg6 33. Qf3 Bc7 34.
Qc3 b5 35. Qh3 Qg5 36. Rf1 Rd2 37. Kh1 h5 38. Kh2 Re2 39. Qf3 Qf4+ 40. Ng3 Qh4+
0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. d4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Ng6 5. Ng3 c5 6. dxc5 Bxc5 7. Qc2 Qc7 8. Bd3
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Rbc8 11. Qe2 d5 12. cxd5 Bxd5 13. Bb2 Bb7 14. Rfd1 Rfd8
15. Nd4 Nd5 16. Rbc1 Qb8 17. Bb5 Rxc1 18. Rxc1 Rc8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Rxc6 Bf6
21. Rxc8+ Qxc8 22. Ne4 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Nge7 24. Bc4 Qc7 25. g3 h6 26. a4 a5 27.
Qd4 Nc6 28. Qd1 Qd8 29. Bb5 Ncb4 30. Qc1 Nf6 31. Nd2 Ng4 32. h3 Ne5 33. Be2 Nd7
34. Ne4 Nf6 35. Nxf6+ gxf6 36. Bc4 Kg7 37. Kg2 Qa8+ 38. Kg1 Qd8 39. Kg2 Qd6 40.
Qc3 Nc6 41. Be2 Ne5 42. Kg1 Qd5 43. h4 Qe4 44. Qc1 Qd5 45. Qc2 Nf3+ 46. Bxf3
Qxf3 47. Qc4 Qd1+ 48. Kg2 Qd6 49. Qb5 Qc7 50. Kg1 Qc1+ 51. Kg2 Qc7 52. Kg1 Qc1+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. b3 e6 3. g4 g5 4. f5 exf5 5. Rxf5 Ng6 6. Ng3 Nh4 7. Rf1 Nd6 8. e3
Be7 9. Be2 O-O-O 10. O-O-O f5 11. gxf5 Ndxf5 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. Qg4 Nd6 14. Nd3
Ne4 15. Bf3 Ba3+ 16. Bb2 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 h5 18. Qg2 Rde8 19. Bxe4 Qg7+ 20. Kb1
Rxf1 21. Rxf1 Bxe4 22. Qh3 Qg6 23. Ne1 a5 24. d3 Bc6 25. e4 Kb7 26. Qf5 Qg8 27.
h4 gxh4 28. Qxh5 d5 29. exd5 Qxd5 30. Qxh4 a4 31. Qf6 Re2 32. Nf3 Re6 33. Qc3
Qf5 34. Nd2 Qg5 35. Nc4 Bd5 36. bxa4 Qg4 37. Nb2 Qg2 38. Rc1 Rc6 39. Qd4 Qg5
40. Re1 Qd2 41. Rc1 Bxa2+ 42. Kxa2 Qxc1 43. c4 Qh1 44. Kb3 Re6 45. Qd7 Re2 46.
a5 Qh2 47. Na4 Re1 48. Qd5+ Kb8 49. Qd8+ Kb7 50. Qd5+ Kb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. b3 e6 3. g4 g5 4. f5 exf5 5. Rxf5 Ng6 6. Ng3 Be7 7. Bb2 Nd6 8. Rf1
O-O-O 9. c4 Nf4 10. Bc2 h5 11. gxh5 Rde8 12. h3 f5 13. e3 Nxh3 14. Qh2 g4 15.
O-O-O Qh7 16. Qe2 Bh4 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Rxf5 Rxf5 19. Qxg4 Qxh5 20. Bxf5 Qxg4
21. Bxg4 Nf2 22. Bf3 Nxd1 23. Kxd1 Bxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Be7 25. Bc3 Rg8 26. Kc2 c6
27. Ne5 Kc7 28. Nd3 Rf8 29. Be5+ d6 30. Bf4 Kd7 31. a4 Ke6 32. Nb4 Rc8 33. Nd3
d5 34. cxd5+ cxd5+ 35. Kd1 Kf5 36. Bg3 Ke4 37. Ke2 Rc2 38. Bb8 a6 39. Ba7 Rc6
40. Bb8 b5 41. axb5 Rb6 42. Ba7 Rxb5 43. Nf4 Ke5 44. Bb8+ Kf5 45. Bc7 d4 46.
exd4 Rxb3 47. Nd5 Bg5 48. Nc3 Rb2 49. Kd3 Bxd2 50. Na4 Rb7 51. Bd6 Bf4 52. Nc5
Rb6 53. Be7 Bd6 54. Bxd6 Rxd6 55. Kc4 Rb6 56. Nd7 Rb1 57. d5 a5 58. Nc5 Ke5 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. b3 f5 3. e3 e6 4. Be2 Bf6 5. Ba6+ Bb7 6. Bxb7+ Kxb7 7. g4 Bxa1 8.
Rxa1 g6 9. Qg2+ c6 10. Nd3 Qg7 11. c3 Nf7 12. e4 fxe4 13. Qxe4 g5 14. Kc2 Ned6
15. Qe2 Qg6 16. Ng3 gxf4 17. Rxf4 e5 18. Rff1 Rbe8 19. Rae1 e4 20. Nf4 Qg5 21.
Nfh5 Qa5 22. Kb1 Ng5 23. Nf6 Re7 24. Nf5 Rxf6 25. Nxe7 Nf3 26. Rc1 Qg5 27. Ka1
Rh6 28. Nf5 Nxf5 29. Qxe4 N5h4 30. Rxf3 Nxf3 31. Qxf3 Rxh2 32. Rd1 Rxd2 33.
Rxd2 Qxd2 34. Kb1 h6 35. a4 a5 36. Qf5 Kc7 37. Qe5+ Qd6 38. Qf5 Qd1+ 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkbnrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKBNRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 b6 2. g4 f5 3. gxf5 Rxf5 4. Ng3 Ra5 5. a3 Bd5 6. b3 Rxa3 7. c4 Bb7 8. Nc2
Ra2 9. d4 e6 10. e4 Be7 11. Qe3 Ng6 12. b4 e5 13. Qb3 Rxa1 14. Rxa1 Nxf4 15.
Nf5 Bg5 16. h4 g6 17. hxg5 gxf5 18. dxe5 Qxg5 19. Qe3 Nd3+ 20. Kd2 Qxe3+ 21.
Nxe3 Bxe4 22. Bc2 Nxe5 23. Bxe4 fxe4 24. Rxa7 Nf3+ 25. Kc3 Nf6 26. Rh1 Kd8 27.
Rh6 Ke7 28. Rxc7 Ra8 29. Kb2 Ne5 30. Rb7 Nd3+ 31. Kb3 Nc1+ 32. Kc2 Ne2 33. Kb2
Nf4 34. Rxb6 d6 35. Nf5+ Ke6 36. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b6 2. e3 f5 3. c4 e6 4. f4 Nd6 5. d3 g5 6. g3 g4 7. Ne2 Ng6 8. Nf2 h5 9.
Bc2 Qf7 10. e4 c5 11. h3 b5 12. hxg4 hxg4 13. O-O-O bxc4 14. exf5 Nxf5 15. dxc4
Bf3 16. Rfe1 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Qxf6 18. Ne4 Bxe4 19. Bxe4 Rc8 20. Bxf5 Qxf5 21. Nc3
Rc6 22. Qe3 d6 23. Qxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. f3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Qe3 Ng6 5. exd5 Bxd5 6. c4 Bb7 7. Bc2 Be7 8. Ne2
Nd6 9. Nhg3 O-O-O 10. O-O-O Bf6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. d4 f5 13. Nh5 Qh8 14. g4 Kb8
15. Kb1 Rfe8 16. h3 h6 17. Nc3 Nh4 18. Qf4 e5 19. dxe5 Qxe5 20. Qxe5 Rxe5 21.
Nd5 Bxd5 22. Rxd5 Rxd5 23. cxd5 Nb5 24. Ng7 Na3+ 25. Kb2 Nxc2 26. Kxc2 Rxd5 27.
f4 Ng2 28. Kc3 fxg4 29. hxg4 Ne3 30. Rg1 Rd8 31. Nh5 c5 32. Rg3 Nd5+ 33. Kb2
Kc7 34. g5 hxg5 35. Rxg5 a5 36. Rf5 Kc6 37. Rxf7 Re8 38. a4 Re2+ 39. Kc1 Rh2
40. Ng7 c4 41. bxc4 Ne3 42. f5 Rc2+ 43. Kb1 Rxc4 44. f6 Nd5 45. Rf8 Rf4 46. Ne6
Rxf6 47. Rxf6 Nxf6 48. Kb2 Kd5 49. Nf4+ Kc4 50. Ka3 Ne4 51. Ng6 Nd6 52. Ne5+
Kc3 53. Nc6 Nc4+ 54. Ka2 Nb2 55. Ka3 Nd3 56. Ne7 Nb4 57. Nc8 Nd5 58. Nd6 Ne7
59. Ne4+ Kd4 60. Nf6 Kc3 61. Ne4+ Kc2 62. Nd6 Nd5 63. Nc4 Kc3 64. Ne5 Ne3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "13.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 b5 2. b3 c5 3. Ng3 e6 4. f4 Bb6 5. e3 f6 6. h4 Nf7 7. Be2 Nfd6 8. Nd3 c4
9. Nf2 Ne7 10. g5 Nd5 11. Ng4 O-O-O 12. bxc4 bxc4 13. Nh5 Qf7 14. gxf6 Qxh5 15.
fxg7 Qxh4+ 16. Kd1 Rg8 17. Be5 Nf7 18. Bxc4 h5 19. Ba6+ Bb7 20. Bxb7+ Kxb7 21.
Nf2 Nxe5 22. fxe5 Rc8 23. Qh1 Qc4 24. Rb2 Rxg7 25. Ne4 Ka6 26. Nd6 Qg4+ 27. Kc1
Rc5 28. Rb3 Qg2 29. c4 Ne7 30. d4 Ra5 31. a3 Nc6 32. c5 Bxc5 33. Ne8 Rxa3 34.
Qxg2 Rxg2 35. Nc7+ Ka5 36. Rb5+ Ka4 37. dxc5 Nb4 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G05"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.14"]
[Round "14.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnbkrqn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNBKRQN w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. Ng3 e6 3. f4 Bh4 4. Bf3 f5 5. exf5 Bxf3 6. Rxf3 exf5 7. b3 Nd6 8.
Re3+ Be7 9. Nh5 Rf7 10. Bxg7 O-O-O 11. Bxh8 Qxh8 12. Nd3 Nb5 13. c3 Bh4+ 14. g3
Bf6 15. Nxf6 Rxf6 16. O-O-O d5 17. Ne5 d4 18. Rd3 c5 19. Qg2 Qe8 20. c4 Nc7 21.
Re1 Kb8 22. Rf3 a5 23. Kb2 a4 24. Rff1 Re6 25. Qh3 Qf8 26. Qxh7 Kb7 27. Qf7 Rh6
28. Qxf8 Rxf8 29. Nf3 Rf7 30. bxa4 Na6 31. a3 Nb8 32. Re8 Nc6 33. d3 Rfh7 34.
h4 Rg7 35. Ng5 Ne7 36. Re1 Ng8 37. R1e5 Nf6 38. R8e6 Rhg6 39. Rxf5 Nh5 40. Rxg6
Rxg6 41. g4 Ng3 42. h5 Rg8 43. Rf7+ Ka6 44. h6 Re8 45. h7 Re2+ 46. Kc1 Rh2 47.
Rf8 Rh1+ 48. Kd2 Rh2+ 49. Ke1 Re2+ 50. Kd1 Rf2 1-0

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b4 cxb4 3. Qxb4 O-O 4. Bb2 Nb6 5. e4 d6 6. O-O e5 7. Ng3 Be6 8. d3
Ng6 9. Nf5 Bxf5 10. exf5 Ne7 11. f4 Nc6 12. Qd2 Bf6 13. Nb3 Qd8 14. Ba3 exf4
15. Qxf4 Be5 16. Qg4 Qf6 17. Bc1 h6 18. Nd2 Qg5 19. Qxg5 hxg5 20. Nf3 Bf4 21.
Bxf4 gxf4 22. Bb3 Nd7 23. d4 Nf6 24. c5 dxc5 25. dxc5 Na5 26. Ba4 Rc8 27. Ng5
Rxc5 28. Rxf4 b5 29. Bb3 Nxb3 30. axb3 a5 31. Nf3 Re8 32. Rxe8+ Nxe8 33. Rd4
Rxf5 34. Rd8 Kf8 35. Ra8 a4 36. bxa4 bxa4 37. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nqbbrkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NQBBRKRN w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Qxh7 Ng6 3. Qh3 Rh8 4. Qc3 Rxh2 5. Bc2 c6 6. Bxg6 fxg6 7. Qg3 Rh4
8. d3 d5 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. f3 Ra4 11. Qxg6 Re6 12. Qf5+ Kg8 13. d4 Rxd4 14. Nb3
Rh4 15. Nf2 Nb6 16. Rd1 e4 17. g3 Re5 18. Qxe5 Qxe5 19. gxh4 exf3 20. exf3 Bxh4
21. Ng4 Bxg4 22. Rxg4 Qh2 23. Be3 Nc4 24. Bd4 Bf6 25. Bf2 Ne5 26. Rg2 Qh1+ 27.
Bg1 Nxf3 0-1

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nc3 f6 3. e4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nc6 5. f3 a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. Bf2 e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. b3 Bf7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Bxf2+ 12. Qxf2 Ng4 13. Qg3 f5 14. h3 Bd5 15.
hxg4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Re1 Qc6 18. Ne2 Nd6 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. gxf5 Nxf5 21.
Qg4 Rf7 22. Nxf5 Qxf5 23. Qxf5 Rxf5 24. Rad1 Rxf4 25. Re7 Rg4 26. Rxc7 b5 27.
c4 bxc4 28. bxc4 h6 29. c5 Re8 30. Rd2 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Rc1 32. Ra7 Rg6 33. Rd6 Rg5
34. Rd2 Rh5+ 35. Kg3 Rg5+ 36. Kh2 Rh5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.12"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbnnqkbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBNNQKBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f3 f6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd3 c6 4. c3 Bf7 5. e4 O-O 6. Bf2 Bg6 7. O-O dxe4 8. fxe4
e5 9. dxe5 fxe5 10. Bg3 Rxf1+ 11. Kxf1 Nf7 12. Bc2 Ncd6 13. N1f2 a5 14. Kg1 Ba7
15. Kh1 a4 16. b3 a3 17. b4 Qe7 18. Bb3 Kh8 19. Rd1 Bh5 20. Rd2 b5 21. Bxf7
Nxf7 22. Nd1 h6 23. h3 Rd8 24. Bh4 Ng5 25. Ne3 Rd7 26. Nf1 Qf6 27. Nc5 Rxd2 28.
Nxd2 Bxc5 29. bxc5 Bf7 30. Nb1 Bxa2 31. Nxa3 Bb3 32. Nb1 Qf4 33. Nd2 Bc2 34.
Bg3 Qf6 35. h4 Ne6 36. Qe3 Qe7 37. Bf2 Qf8 38. Kg1 Kg8 39. g3 Bd1 40. Kg2 Bg4
41. Nb3 g5 42. Na5 Qa8 43. Nb3 Kg7 44. Nc1 gxh4 45. gxh4 Nf4+ 46. Kg3 Qc8 47.
Nd3 Bh5 48. Nxe5 Ne2+ 49. Kh2 Qe6 50. Bg3 Qa2 51. Bf2 Nxc3 52. Qd4 Nxe4 53.
Ng4+ Kf7 54. Qxe4 Bxg4 55. Kg3 Be6 56. Qxc6 Qb3+ 57. Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "193"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 Ng6 3. b4 e6 4. d4 Qg5+ 5. Qd2 Qxd2+ 6. Kxd2 f6 7. Nd3 fxe5 8.
dxe5 b6 9. g3 c5 10. h4 c4 11. Ne1 h5 12. Bh3 Nc7 13. Nf3 Bc6 14. Nd4 Bd7 15.
f4 Ne7 16. Nf2 Rh8 17. Nd1 g6 18. Nc3 Nf5 19. Nxf5 gxf5 20. Ne2 Rg8 21. Bg2 Ra8
22. Bf3 Rh8 23. Bd4 Rh6 24. Bf2 Kb7 25. c3 b5 26. a3 a5 27. Nd4 Be7 28. Bd1 a4
29. Nf3 Kc6 30. Ng5 Rf8 31. Bf3 Rhh8 32. Rbd1 Rh6 33. Rh1 Rhh8 34. Ke2 Rh6 35.
Bg2 Rhh8 36. Rd2 Rh6 37. Rhd1 Rhh8 38. Kf1 Rh6 39. Nf3 Rhh8 40. Ne1 Rh6 41. Bf3
Rhh8 42. Nc2 Kb7 43. Rb1 Rh6 44. Kg2 Rhh8 45. Kg1 Rh6 46. Kh2 Rhh8 47. Rb2 Rh6
48. Rd1 Rhh8 49. Rdb1 Kc6 50. Bc5 Bxc5 51. bxc5 Kxc5 52. Nd4 Ra8 53. Bd1 Ra6
54. Kg2 Raa8 55. Kf2 Ra6 56. Nf3 Bc6 57. Rd2 Be8 58. Nd4 Bd7 59. Rdb2 Raa8 60.
Nf3 Ra6 61. Ng5 Be8 62. Rd2 Rh6 63. Bf3 Ra8 64. Bg2 Rd8 65. Nf3 Ra8 66. Nd4 Bc6
67. Bf3 Rhh8 68. Rbd1 Rh6 69. Rc1 Rhh8 70. Rb1 Rh6 71. Rdb2 Bd7 72. Bd1 Rhh8
73. Bc2 Rh6 74. Bd1 Rhh8 75. Rb4 Bc6 76. Bc2 Bd7 77. Kg2 Rh6 78. Kf1 Rhh8 79.
Kf2 Rhf8 80. R4b2 Ra6 81. Bd1 Rh8 82. Nf3 Be8 83. Rd2 Ra8 84. Ng5 Rh6 85. Bf3
Rd8 86. Ke3 Rd7 87. Bg2 Rd8 88. Nf3 Ra8 89. Nd4 Bc6 90. Bf3 Rg8 91. Rg2 Rf8 92.
Rgb2 Ra8 93. Be2 Bd7 94. Kf2 Rhh8 95. Bd1 Rh6 96. Bf3 Rhh8 97. Bd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Saint Louis Champions Chess960 G30"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2018.09.13"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brkqnbrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRKQNBRN w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.09.11"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2019"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.10.10"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 e6 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nf2 g6 4. e4 Nf7 5. Qe1 Qe7 6. O-O-O O-O-O 7. b3 b6 8. d4
Nf6 9. Nd2 Bh6 10. g3 g5 11. exf5 gxf4 12. fxe6 Qxe6 13. Qxe6 dxe6 14. gxf4
Bxf4 15. Ba6+ Kd7 16. Rgf1 Ke7 17. Nfe4 Nd5 18. Bc4 Bh6 19. Rde1 Rg2 20. Re2
Rxe2 21. Bxe2 Ne3 22. Rg1 Nf5 23. Bd3 Nxd4 24. Kb1 Ne5 25. Rg3 Nxd3 26. cxd3
Bxd2 27. Nxd2 Nf5 28. Rh3 h6 29. Be5 Bg2 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Indjic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Itaka"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SRB"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Qd2
Nbd7 9. f4 Rc8 10. O-O-O h5 11. Kb1 Be7 12. Bd3 b5 13. h3 h4 14. Rhf1 Qc7 15.
a3 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Rde1 Nh5 18. f5 Bd7 19. Nd5 Qa7 20. Qa5 Nf6 21. Nb6
Rb8 22. Nxd7 Qxd7 23. c4 bxc4 24. Bxc4 O-O 25. Rf3 d5 26. Rd1 Bd8 27. Qe1 Qa4
28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Nc5 Qb5 30. Rb3 Ba5 31. Rxb5 Rxb5 32. Qxh4 Nc3+ 33. Ka1 Nxd1
34. f6 Bc3 35. Na4 gxf6 36. bxc3 Rd8 37. Qxf6 Rd7 38. Qxa6 Rdb7 39. Ka2 Kg7 40.
Qc6 Rb1 41. Qc5 f6 42. g4 Nb2 43. Kxb1 Nxa4+ 44. Qb4 Nxc3+ 45. Kc2 Rxb4 46.
axb4 Nxe4 47. b5 Nd6 48. b6 Kf7 49. h4 Ke6 50. Kc3 Kd7 51. Kd3 Kc6 52. g5 Kxb6
0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.14"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2646"]
[Annotator "Edouard,R"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "KGSRL"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BEL"]

1. c4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6.
Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 ({A more
aggressive line here is connected with a pawn sacrifice:} 11... a5 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 12. b5 Nd4 13. Nd2 a4 (13... Qc8 {Carlsen,M (2801)
-Kramnik,V (2772) London 2009}) 14. Bxb7 Ra5) 12. Nh4 $5 {I knew this move, as
it had been played by the French number 1, MVL, a few years before. However,
it seemed to me like Black was doing fine, so I shortly understood Peter
Svidler was playing it with a new idea.} ({Svidler tried here all possible
continuations:} 12. Bb2 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Ne4 Bd5
15. Bc3 {1/2 (19) Svidler,P (2765)-Matlakov,M (2735) St Petersburg RUS 2017}
Rf7 16. Bh5 Rf8 17. Bf3 Rf7 18. Bh5 Rf8 19. Bf3 {1/2 (19) Svidler,P (2765)
-Matlakov,M (2735) St Petersburg RUS 2017}) ({The main move is} 12. Nd2 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian} c6 13. Nde4 Bf7 (13... Nd5 {Aronian,L (2739)-Topalov,V 
(2780)/Morelia/Linares 2008}) (13... Rf7 14. Bd2 Nd5 15. e3 Nxc3 16. Nxc3 Nf5
17. Qc2 Bf8 18. Rfd1 $14) 14. Nc5 Rb8 15. e3 Ne6 16. d4 $5 {with interesting
play, Svidler,P (2769)-Aronian,L (2813) Stavanger 2013}) (12. Be3 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian} Nxf3+ 13. Bxf3 c6 14. Bc5 Rf7 (14... Nd5 {1/2 Timman,J 
(2630)-Bareev,E (2665)/Ubeda 1997}) 15. Qc2 Nd5 16. Ne4 Rc8 17. Rfd1 b6 18.
Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Rbc1 {with light pressure on the c-file, Svidler,P (2747)
-Karjakin,S (2775), Tashkent.}) 12... c6 {Other moves do not quite equalize.} (
12... Qc8 $6 13. e3 Nf5 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Ne4 Rd8 16. Nc5 $1 $14 {1-0 (70)
Eljanov,P (2690)-Salgado Lopez,I (2618) Moscow 2012}) (12... Nd5 $6 13. Bxd5 $1
$146 (13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. Bxd5+ Qxd5 15. e3 Nb5 16. Nf5 Rf7 17. Bb2 Bf8 18. e4
Qa2 $1 19. a4 Na3 20. Bxa3 Qxa3 $11 {½-½ (50) Anton Guijarro,D (2469)
-Arribas Lopez,A (2487) Spain 2012}) 13... Bxd5 14. e3 Ne6 15. Qg4 Ng5 $8 16.
Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Nf5 $14 {/\e4}) 13. e3 Nf5 (13... Nb5 {is the initial engine
suggestion, but after} 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15. Bxb7 Rb8 16. Bg2 {I always though
Black's compensation is not entirely enough.}) 14. Bh3 $5 $146 ({Mikhalchishin,
Adrian: 'A more serious try here is'} 14. Nxf5 Bxf5 15. Qb3+ (15. e4 $5 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian} Be6 16. Be3) 15... Kh8 16. Ne4 Bg6 (16... Qc8 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 17. Nc5 Nd7 18. e4 Bg4 19. Be3 b6 20. Na4 b5 21. Nc3 Nb6
22. Rfc1 Qd7 23. a4 $14 {Grachev,B (2705)-Tiviakov,S (2673) Nakhchivan 2012})
17. Rd1 {was MVL's game, which I had planned to improve with} Bh5 $1 $146 (
17... Bf7 18. Qc2 Qc7 19. Bb2 $36 {1-0 (56) Vachier Lagrave,M (2715)-Fedorchuk,
S (2635) Germany 2012} a5 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 20. d4 axb4 21. axb4 Nc4 22.
dxe5 fxe5 23. Nc5 Rfd8 24. Bf1 Nxb2 25. Qxb2 {with a very slight edge, Vachier
Lagrave,M (2715)-Fedorchuk,S (2635) Germany 2012.}) 18. Rd2 Bf7 19. Qc2 a5 {
- the idea behind inserting ...Bh5 being that the rook is slightly misplaced
on d2, e.g.} 20. d4 Nc4 21. Rd1 Qc7 $13) 14... Qd7 ({Logical development. An
interesting option was} 14... Nd4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 15. Bxe6+ Nxe6 16. e4
Rf7 17. Be3) 15. Bxf5 Bxf5 16. Nxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb3+ ({It's not clear if this
check is necessary. Starting the same plan immediately was maybe better:} 17.
e4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} Qe6 18. a4) 17... Kh8 18. e4 Qd7 ({A more agressive
approach would be} 18... Qh3 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 19. Be3 Rad8 20. Rbd1 f5)
19. a4 {Svidler played all these moves a tempo - and they're indeed computer
choices.} f5 $5 {This seemed to me very critical over the board - and
fortunately Peter couldn't remember his analysis after it!} (19... Qxd3 20. a5
Nc8 21. Rd1 {is obviously very dangerous forBlack.}) 20. a5 Nc8 {Mikhalchishin,
Adrian: '[#]'} (20... f4 {was my other idea, but I wasn't sure it was an
improvement for Black after} 21. f3 {with the idea of Ne2.} (21. axb6 Qh3 ({
the crazy} 21... a5 $2 {also came to my mind, with the idea to make ...Bc5+
possible in some lines, but I soon realized I wasn't looking that clever in
the event of} 22. Kg2 $16) 22. f3 fxg3 23. Qc2 Rxf3 $1 24. Rxf3 gxh2+ 25. Qxh2
Qxf3 $11)) 21. f4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian: '!?'} ({Mikhalchishin,Adrian: 'It was
possible to sac a pawn and eliminate Blacks counterplay with'} 21. exf5 Qxd3
22. b5 Nd6 {looked fine for Black to me, although I missed the idea} (22...
Qxf5 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 23. bxc6 bxc6 24. Ba3 Nd6 25. Bxd6 Bxd6 26. Qc4)
23. f6 $5 Rxf6 $8 24. a6 $5 {leading to weird complications.}) 21... Bf6 $5 {
Mikhalchishin,Adrian: '!'} ({Bad was the capture} 21... Qxd3 {Mikhalchishin,
Adrian} 22. fxe5 fxe4 23. Bf4) 22. Ne2 exf4 ({A central decision was} 22...
fxe4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} 23. dxe4 Nd6 24. Qd3 Rad8 {but it is a pity to
exchange the weak pawn d3.}) 23. Bxf4 ({Mikhalchishin,Adrian: 'Some would
prefer the stronger center after'} 23. gxf4 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian: ', but
development usually is more important.'} Ne7 24. e5 Bh4 $13) 23... Re8 24. Rbd1
Ne7 $1 {I had planned this move when going 22...exf4, and felt quite lucky to
have it, and it enables me to active all of my pieces. Mikhalchishin,Adrian:
'A bit risky, but well calculated.'} 25. e5 Nd5 26. exf6 (26. d4 Be7 27. Bd2 {
was for sure fine for Black, but not better.} (27. Nc3 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian}
Nxc3 (27... Nxb4 $2 28. e6 Qc8 29. Be5) 28. Qxc3 a6 29. Qd2 Qd5)) 26... Rxe2
27. fxg7+ Qxg7 28. d4 Nxf4 29. Rxf4 Rae8 30. Rf2 $6 (30. Rxf5 {was just a draw,
although to be honest I thought I was better after} Qh6 (30... R8e3 31. Rd3 $11
) 31. h4 R8e3 32. Rd3 Rxd3 33. Qxd3 Re3 {and missed} 34. Rh5 $1 $11 (34. Rf6 $1
$11)) ({Sufficient counterplay guaranteed} 30. a6 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} bxa6
31. Qc3 Qf6 32. Rdf1) 30... Rxf2 31. Kxf2 Qh6 (31... f4 $5 {was objectively a
much better try.}) 32. Qf3 $4 {Considering the position lost.} ({Mikhalchishin,
Adrian: 'Svidler did not see the last defensive move in the variation'} 32. Kg1
{was still a draw:} Re2 33. h4 (33. h3 {Mikhalchishin,Adrian} Re3 34. Rd3 $1)
33... Re3 34. Rd3 $11 {; but Svidler told me after the game he had simply
missed that this move Rd1-d3 existed!}) 32... Qxh2+ 33. Kf1 f4 $1 (33... f4 34.
gxf4 Rg8 $19) 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.15"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2804"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Alkaloid"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "MKD"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 Nc6 4. d5 Ne5 5. e4 d6 6. Nc3 c6 7. f4 Ned7 8. Nh3 Nc5
9. Nf2 Bg7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Be3 cxd5 12. cxd5 Qa5 13. O-O Bd7 14. e5 Ne8 15. Qd4
Na4 16. Nxa4 Qxa4 17. Rac1 Qa5 18. Ne4 Bb5 19. Bxb5 Qxb5 20. b3 dxe5 21. fxe5
Nd6 22. Bf4 Rac8 23. Nc3 Qa5 24. Qd3 Nf5 25. g4 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 Qd4 27. Qe4 Qxe4+
28. Nxe4 Nd4 29. Rcd1 Ne2 30. Bg5 f6 31. exf6 exf6 32. Nxf6+ Bxf6 33. Bxf6 Nc3
34. Rd4 Rcd8 35. Bxd8 Rxf1+ 36. Kg2 Rf7 37. d6 Rd7 38. Bg5 Nxa2 39. Bd2 b5 40.
b4 Kf7 41. Rd3 1-0

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.16"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Zuerich SG"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "SUI"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. c3 Nc6 7. Qb3 Rb8 8. O-O
Be7 9. Bf4 a6 10. Ne5 Nf6 11. Rfd1 O-O 12. c4 Nb4 13. Rac1 c6 14. c5 a5 15. Nb1
Nh5 16. Bd2 f6 17. Nf3 g5 18. a3 Na6 19. Nc3 b6 20. cxb6 Rxb6 21. Qa2 Qd7 22.
Na4 Rb5 23. Rc3 Ng7 24. Rdc1 Nb8 25. Bf1 Ne8 26. e3 Nd6 27. Nc5 Qe8 28. a4 Rxc5
29. Rxc5 Ne4 30. Bxa5 Qh5 31. Bg2 Bxc5 32. dxc5 Bh3 33. Nd4 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 g4
35. Nxe6 Qh3+ 36. Kg1 Nd7 37. Nf4 Qh6 38. Nxd5 Kh8 39. Nf4 Ng5 40. Kg2 Ne5 41.
Bc3 Nd3 42. Kh1 Nf3 43. h4 Nxh4 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.17"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Blomqvist, Erik"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2499"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Nordstrand"]
[BlackTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "NOR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "RUS"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. a4 Ngf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Re1
g6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Qxd4 Bg7 11. Bd5 Qc7 12. Bxb7 Qxb7 13. Nd5 Rc8 14. Re2 h6 15.
h3 Kf8 16. Nxf6 Bxf6 17. Qd3 Kg7 18. c3 Nc5 19. Qc2 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Be3 b4
22. Bd4 Bxd4 23. cxd4 b3 24. Qb1 Ne6 25. Ra3 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. Re3 Ra4 28.
Qd3 Qb4 29. Kh2 Nxd4 30. Nd2 e5 31. Nxb3 Nxb3 32. Qxb3 Qxb3 33. Rxb3 Rxe4 34.
Rd3 Re2 35. Kg3 Rxb2 36. Rxd6 g5 37. Kf3 e4+ 38. Kxe4 Rxf2 39. g4 Rh2 40. Rd3
Kg6 41. Re3 h5 42. Ra3 Rf2 43. Rg3 hxg4 44. hxg4 Rf4+ 45. Ke3 Kf6 46. Rg2 Ke5
47. Rg1 f6 48. Ke2 Kd4 49. Rg3 Ke4 50. Re3+ Kd5 51. Rg3 Ra4 52. Rf3 Re4+ 53.
Kd3 Rf4 54. Rg3 Ra4 55. Ke2 Ke4 56. Re3+ Kf4 57. Rf3+ Kxg4 58. Rxf6 Ra2+ 59.
Kf1 Kg3 60. Rf8 g4 61. Rg8 Ra1+ 62. Ke2 Rg1 63. Rh8 Kg2 64. Rg8 g3 65. Rh8 Ra1
66. Rh7 Kg1 0-1

[Event "EU-Cup 34th"]
[Site "Porto Carras"]
[Date "2018.10.18"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2839"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2018.10.12"]
[EventType "team-swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GRE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.12.11"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "St Petersburg Bronze Horseman"]
[BlackTeam "Valerenga"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "RUS"]
[BlackTeamCountry "NOR"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Be3 h6 10. Ne2 Na6 11. O-O Nc7 12. c4 Bg4 13. h3 Bxe2 14. Bxe2 Ne6
15. Rad1 Qc7 16. Bg4 Rad8 17. Rfe1 Bf4 18. Bxf4 Nxf4 19. Rxe8+ Rxe8 20. h4 Qa5
21. g3 f5 22. Bf3 Re1+ 23. Kh2 Rxd1 24. Qxd1 Ng6 25. a3 f4 26. Be4 fxg3+ 27.
fxg3 Nf8 28. d5 cxd5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. Bxd5 b6 31. b4 Nd7 32. Kg2 Kf8 33. Kf2
Nf6 34. Bf3 Ke7 35. Ke3 Kd6 36. Kd4 Ng8 37. c5+ bxc5+ 38. bxc5+ Kc7 39. Bd5 Ne7
40. Ke5 Nxd5 41. Kxd5 h5 42. c6 a6 43. a4 a5 44. Kc5 f6 45. Kd5 g5 46. Ke6 Kxc6
47. Kxf6 gxh4 48. gxh4 Kd6 49. Kg5 Ke5 50. Kxh5 Kf5 51. Kh6 Kf6 52. h5 Kf7 53.
Kg5 Kg7 54. h6+ Kh7 55. Kh5 Kh8 56. Kg6 Kg8 57. h7+ Kh8 58. Kh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2018.10.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Be3 b6 6. cxb6 axb6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4
d5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e3 Bc5 11. Bb5+ Bd7 12. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Nge2
Qe8 15. Bf2 Bxe3 16. Bxe3 Qxe3 17. Qd4 Qe7 18. O-O Rfc8 19. Rfd1 Ne5 20. Nf4
Rc4 21. Nfxd5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Ra5 23. Qd8+ Qxd8 24. Rxd8+ Kg7 25. Rad1 Rc6 26.
Rb8 Nc4 27. Rdd8 Kf6 28. b3 Ne5 29. Ne4+ Kf5 30. Rd2 Kf4 31. Kf2 Ng4+ 32. fxg4
Kxe4 33. a4 Rac5 34. h3 Rc3 35. Re8+ Kf4 36. Rd4+ Kg5 37. Re5+ Kf6 38. Rb5 Rc2+
39. Kg3 Re6 40. Rd3 Kg7 41. Kh2 Rb2 42. h4 Ree2 43. Rg3 Re6 44. h5 Rd6 45. Rb4
g5 46. Rb5 f6 47. Rc3 Re2 48. Rb4 Kf7 49. Rbc4 Ke6 50. Rc8 Rdd2 51. Rg3 Kf7 52.
Rh8 Rf2 53. Rh7+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2018.10.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A35"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2018.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 Nxc3 9. Bc4 e6 10. bxc3 Bd7 11. Bb5 a6 12. Be2 Na5 13. Qb1 Rc8 14. O-O f6
15. c4 b6 16. c5 bxc5 17. dxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxa6 Rb8 19. Qc2 Qb6 20. Bd3 Ke7 21.
Bf4 Bd6 22. Bxd6+ Qxd6 23. Rfd1 Qb6 24. Rab1 Qa7 25. Qd2 Ba4 26. Rxb8 Rxb8 27.
Qh6 Rf8 28. Rc1 Rf7 29. Qf4 Nc6 30. Be4 g5 31. Qd2 Qb6 32. Qc3 Kd7 33. Qd3+ Kc7
34. Qc4 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2018.10.23"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2018.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. b3 dxc4 7. bxc4 c5 8. Bb2
cxd4 9. Nxd4 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Nd2 Bg4 13. Bxc6 Rc8 14. Bf3
Bxf3 15. exf3 Qd3 16. Rc1 Rfd8 17. Bc3 Bh6 18. f4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Qxe4 20. Qa4
Rxc4 21. Qxa7 Ra8 22. Qd7 Rxa2 23. Rfe1 Qf3 24. Bd4 Rxc1 25. Rxc1 Bf8 26. Rc8
Ra8 27. Rxa8 Qxa8 28. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2018.10.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D29"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2018.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. d4
Nbd7 9. Qe2 c5 10. Rd1 Qb8 11. e4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bd6 13. g3 O-O 14. f3 Rc8 15.
Be3 Nf8 16. Rac1 h5 17. Qd2 Rd8 18. Nce2 h4 19. Bg5 hxg3 20. Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qh6
Be5 22. Kh1 g2+ 23. Kxg2 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Qe5 25. Kh1 Bxe4 26. Rg1+ Bg6 27. Nxe6
fxe6 28. Rxg6+ Nxg6 29. Qxg6+ Kf8 30. Qh6+ Ke7 31. Qh7+ 1-0

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2018.10.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2722"]
[BlackElo "2756"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2018.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Bg2
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Qa4 a6 11. Bf4 e6 12. Rfc1 Nfd7 13. Nf3 Qe7 14. Qd1 Rc8 15.
Qd2 Nf6 16. Ne5 Nbd7 17. a4 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf8 19. Qd1 Bh6 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. e3
Qd8 22. Qb3 Bf8 23. Ne2 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hoogeveen m1"]
[Site "Hoogeveen"]
[Date "2018.10.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2722"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2018.10.21"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Qb3 Qb6 11. Re1 a5 12. e4 Qxb3 13. axb3 Be6 14. Bf4 h6 15.
h3 g5 16. Bc7 Rfc8 17. Bxa5 b6 18. Bb4 Rxa1 19. Rxa1 c5 20. dxc5 bxc5 21. Ba3
Rb8 22. Nd2 Bxb3 23. Nxb3 Rxb3 24. Rd1 e6 25. Bf1 Rb8 26. Bb5 Ne5 27. Bxc5 Bf8
28. Ba7 Rb7 29. Bd4 Nf3+ 30. Kg2 Nxd4 31. Rxd4 Bc5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. e5 Nd5 34.
Nxd5 exd5 35. Rxd5 Rxb5 36. b4 Rxb4 37. Rxc5 Re4 38. Kf3 Ra4 39. Ke3 Rb4 40.
Ra5 Kg6 41. Ra6+ Kg7 42. Rf6 Ra4 43. Kf3 Rb4 44. Kg2 h5 45. Rf5 Kg6 46. Rf6+
Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.11.10"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Feygin, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2503"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Muelheim Nord"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Qe2 O-O 8. e5
Nd7 9. c4 a6 10. h4 b5 11. b3 Nb6 12. Bf4 Ra7 13. a4 bxa4 14. bxa4 a5 15. Nc3
Ba6 16. Nb5 Rd7 17. Rfc1 Nb4 18. Nd6 Nc8 19. Nb5 Nb6 20. Nd6 Nc8 21. Nb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2018.11.11"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2667"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Werder Bremen"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 b5 7. a4 Bb7 8. axb5
axb5 9. Rxa8 Qxa8 10. Bxb5 Bxe4 11. d4 Bxb1 12. dxc5 Be4 13. Re1 e6 14. Rxe4
Nxe4 15. c6 Nb6 16. Qd4 Qa5 17. c4 Qa1 18. c7+ Ke7 19. Qe3 g6 20. g4 Bg7 21.
Kg2 Nc5 22. b4 Ncd7 23. Bd2 Rc8 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. c5 dxc5 0-1

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.01"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Nielsen, Peter Heine"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Deizisau"]
[BlackTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 d5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Ne5 O-O 8. Nc3
Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Rxc3 Qb6 13. Bxd5 Qxb2 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Rxc6 Rad8 16. Qb3 Bxd4 17. Bh6 Qxb3 18. Bxb3 Rfe8 19. Rd1 Bb6 20. Rxd8
Rxd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.03.02"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Hockenheim"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. dxc3 d6 6. f3 a5 7. Nh3 Na6 8. Nf2
Nc5 9. Be2 Qe7 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nd1 Be6 12. Ne3 c6 13. O-O d5 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. Be3 e4 18. Bd4 Ne6 19. Be3 Nc5 20. Bd4 Ne6 21. Be3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.04.06"]
[Round "14.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Solingen"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c3 e6 7. Bc2 b5 8. d4
Bb7 9. Re1 Be7 10. Nbd2 cxd4 11. cxd4 O-O 12. Nf1 Rc8 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Bd3 Rfe8
15. Bd2 Bf8 16. h3 Qb8 17. Ba5 g6 18. Qd2 Bg7 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rxa4 Bc6 21. Ra3
Bb5 22. Bxb5 axb5 23. Bb4 Bf8 24. Rea1 Rc4 25. b3 Rc6 26. Ra7 Rec8 27. R7a2 Qc7
28. Ra7 Qb8 29. R7a5 Rc2 30. Qd3 d5 31. e5 Ne4 32. Rxb5 Rc1+ 33. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 34.
Kh2 Qa8 35. Bxf8 Kxf8 36. Qe3 Rd1 37. Nxe4 dxe4 38. Ng5 Kg7 39. Qf4 Qe8 40.
Qxe4 h6 41. Nf3 Qc8 42. Rb7 Ra1 43. b4 Qa8 44. Nd2 Ra7 45. Rb5 Qc8 46. d5 Qc3
47. dxe6 Nf8 48. Qf4 Nxe6 49. Qf6+ Kh7 50. Rb8 Ng7 51. Ne4 1-0

[Event "Bundesliga 1819"]
[Site "Germany"]
[Date "2019.04.07"]
[Round "15.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Miedema, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2018.11.10"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 189 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.03"]
[SourceQuality "1"]
[WhiteTeam "Baden-Baden"]
[BlackTeam "Duesseldorf"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "GER"]
[BlackTeamCountry "GER"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g5 4. Qb3 h6 5. e3 c5 6. bxc5 Nc6 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8. exd4
Bg7 9. Bb2 Bxd4 10. Bxd4 Qxd4 11. Qc3 Qe4+ 12. Qe3 Nf6 13. Nc3 Qxe3+ 14. fxe3
Bf5 15. d4 e5 16. Be2 Ne4 17. Nd5 Rd8 18. Bd3 Kf8 19. O-O Bh7 20. Rab1 Nd2 21.
Bxh7 Rxh7 22. Rxb7 Nxf1 23. Kxf1 exd4 24. c6 Rc8 25. Ne7 Re8 26. c7 f5 27. Ng6+
Kg8 28. Rb8 Rxc7 29. Rxe8+ Kf7 30. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Rechlis, Gad"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. f4 Bg7 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. g3 e6 6. e5 d6 7. Ne4 dxe5 8. fxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. Bb5+ Kf8 11. Qf3 Kg7 12. Nxc5 Qb6 13. Qe3 Bd6 14. b4 e5
15. Bb2 f6 16. a4 Ne7 17. O-O Rf8 18. Rf2 Nd5 19. Qe4 Nxb4 20. d4 exd4 21. Nb3
Bf5 22. Rxf5 gxf5 23. Qxf5 Be5 24. Ba3 d3+ 25. Kh1 a6 26. Bxb4 axb5 27. Bxf8+
Rxf8 28. Rd1 Qc6+ 29. Kg1 bxa4 30. Rxd3 axb3 31. Rd7+ Rf7 32. Qg4+ Kf8 33. Qb4+
Ke8 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lintchevski, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2516"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 d6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qe2
a6 9. O-O-O Qc7 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Rxd4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. f4 Bb7 14. Rg1 Nb6 15.
Qf2 d5 16. Rd1 Nc4 17. Bxc4 Qxc4 18. Bd4 O-O-O 19. Bxg7 Rhg8 20. Be5 Bc5 21.
Bd4 Be7 22. e5 Kb8 23. Kb1 Rc8 24. Rg3 Qc6 25. Qe2 Qe8 26. h4 h6 27. Rdg1 Rh8
28. g6 Bxh4 29. g7 Rg8 30. Rh3 Be7 31. Rxh6 Rc4 32. Qf2 Qc8 33. Rg3 b4 34. axb4
Rxb4 35. f5 exf5 36. e6 f6 37. Bxf6 Bc5 38. Qxf5 d4 39. Rh8 dxc3 40. Rxc3 Re4
41. Rxc5 Qe8 42. Rxg8 Qxg8 43. Be5+ Ka7 44. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 b6 7. Nc3 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Qc7 9. Bd2 d6 10. Bd3 Nd7 11. Ng5 Bb7 12. Qh5 g6 13. Qh3 dxe5 14. O-O Be7
15. Rae1 Bxg5 16. Bxg5 f5 17. dxe5 Kf7 18. Re3 h6 19. Bh4 g5 20. Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pantsulaia, Levan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "125"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Re1 Nbd7 8. e4
Ne5 9. d4 Nxf3+ 10. Bxf3 cxd4 11. Nb5 Be7 12. Bg2 a6 13. Nxd4 Qc7 14. b3 O-O
15. Ba3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Rfd8 17. Rad1 Bf8 18. Bb2 Qb8 19. h3 Qa8 20. Nc2 Nd7 21.
Kh2 Nc5 22. Nb4 Nd7 23. Nd3 b5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Ra1 d5 26. exd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5
Qxd5 28. Nf4 Qf5 29. Rec1 Nc5 30. Kg2 Ne4 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. a4 bxa4 33. bxa4
Nxf2 34. Rc1 Rxc1 35. Bxc1 Ne4 36. g4 Qc5 37. Qxe4 Qxc1 38. Nd3 Qd2+ 39. Kf3
Qh2 40. Nf2 h5 41. Qf4 hxg4+ 42. hxg4 Qg1 43. Qc7 Qa1 44. a5 Qa3+ 45. Kg2 Qa4
46. Qb6 Qc4 47. a6 Bc5 48. Qd8+ Kh7 49. Qh4+ Kg8 50. Qd8+ Kh7 51. Qd3+ Qxd3 52.
Nxd3 Bb6 53. Ne5 f6 54. Nd7 Ba7 55. Nf8+ Kh6 56. Nxe6 Kg6 57. Kf3 f5 58. g5 Kh5
59. Kf4 g6 60. Ng7+ Kh4 61. Nxf5+ Kh3 62. Ne7 Bb8+ 63. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bazeev, German"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2416"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Qa4+ Nc6 7. e4 Nb6 8.
Qc2 Nxd4 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. Bh6 e5 11. Nb5 c6 12. Nxd4 Qxd4 13. a3 Be6 14. Rd1
Qa4 15. Qxa4 Nxa4 16. Bg7 Rg8 17. Bxe5 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. f3 Kf7 20. Kf2 Rgd8
21. Be2 Bb3 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Ke3 Rd5 24. f4 Rd7 25. g4 Nb6 26. gxf5 Nd5+ 27.
Kf2 Bc2 28. Bh5+ Ke7 29. Re1 Bxf5 30. Bb8+ Kf8 31. Re8+ Kg7 32. Be5+ Kh6 33.
Bf3 Rf7 34. Bxd5 cxd5 35. Ke3 Kh5 36. Rg8 h6 37. Rg3 Be6 38. Kd4 Rf8 39. Rb3 b6
40. Rc3 Kg4 41. Rc6 Kf5 42. Bg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. g3 cxb4 5. a3 e6 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. O-O a5 8. axb4
Bxb4 9. Ne1 Nge7 10. Nd3 O-O 11. Nxb4 Nxb4 12. Ba3 Ra6 13. d3 e5 14. Nd2 Rh6
15. Bxb4 axb4 16. Qa4 Nc6 17. Qb5 Qe7 18. Rfb1 Bg4 19. Re1 Bh3 20. Bd5 Bg4 21.
Ne4 Bf5 22. Qc5 Qd7 23. Ng5 Rf6 24. Reb1 h6 25. Ne4 Bxe4 26. Bxe4 Re8 27. Qb5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D40"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. d4 d5 6. a3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 a6 8. O-O
b5 9. Ba2 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. Bd2 Rd8 12. dxc5 Bxc5 13. Rac1 Bd6 14. Bb1 Qb8
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 Ne7 17. Bxb7 Qxb7 18. Ba5 Rd7 19. Rfd1 Nc6 20. Bc3 O-O
21. Ng5 Be7 22. Qg4 Bxg5 23. Qxg5 f6 24. Qg4 Kf7 25. Qh5+ Kg8 26. Qg4 Kf7 27.
Qe4 Rfd8 28. Rxd7+ Qxd7 29. h3 Rc8 30. Qxh7 Ne7 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Rd1 Qc6 33.
Qg4 Nd5 34. Ba5 f5 35. Qd4 Qc2 36. Qd2 Kf7 37. Qxc2 Rxc2 38. Rd2 Rc4 39. Bd8 b4
40. axb4 Rxb4 41. Rc2 Ke8 42. Ba5 Rb5 43. Bd2 a5 44. Kf1 a4 45. Ke2 Rb3 46. Bc1
Nb4 47. Rc8+ Kd7 48. Rc4 Na2 49. Kd1 Nxc1 50. Kxc1 a3 51. bxa3 Rxa3 52. Rb4 Ke7
53. Kd2 Kf6 54. Ke2 Ra2+ 55. Kf3 Rc2 56. Rb8 Ra2 57. g4 g5 58. Rg8 Rb2 59. Kg3
Rb3 60. Kg2 Rb2 61. Rh8 Kg6 62. Ra8 Kf6 63. Ra4 Kg6 64. gxf5+ exf5 65. h4 f4
66. exf4 gxh4 67. Ra5 h3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2597"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Nb8 6. h3 Bg7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Bc4
a6 9. a4 e6 10. dxe6 Bxe6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. e5 dxe5 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Ng5 Rd6
15. Nce4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Rd5 17. Nc5 Nd7 18. Nxe6 Rd6 19. Rd1 Rc8 20. Ke2 Bf6 21.
b4 Kf7 22. Nc5 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Rc6 24. Rd5 b6 25. Rb1 Ke6 26. c4 bxc5 27. Rxc5
Rxc5 28. Bxc5 Kd7 29. Kd3 Kc6 30. Be3 Be7 31. Ke4 Bc5 32. Kxe5 Re8+ 33. Kf4
Bxe3+ 34. fxe3 Kc5 35. e4 Re7 36. e5 Kd4 37. Rd1+ Kxc4 38. Ke4 Kb4 39. Rd4+ Kc5
40. Rd8 Kc6 41. h4 Kc5 42. g4 Kc6 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Rf7 45. e6 Rf2 46. Ke5
Re2+ 47. Kf6 Rf2+ 48. Kg7 Re2 49. Kf7 Rf2+ 50. Ke8 h6 51. e7 Rf4 52. Rd1 Rb4
53. Re1 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. d5
e6 9. c4 Re8 10. Rb1 Na6 11. a3 exd5 12. exd5 Nc7 13. b3 b5 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. Bb2
Bd7 16. Bc3 Na8 17. Rfe1 Nb6 18. Rxe8+ Bxe8 19. Qc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O c5 6. e3 Bg7 7. d4 O-O 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Ne2 Nc6 10. Nf4 e6 11. Re1 f5 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Ne7 14. Nf4 Qc7 15.
a4 g5 16. Nh5 g4 17. Nh4 Ng6 18. Nxg7 Nxh4 19. gxh4 Kxg7 20. Qc2 Rf6 21. b3 Rh6
22. Bb2+ Kf7 23. Bxe4 Bxe4 24. Qc3 Rg8 25. a5 Qxh2+ 26. Kxh2 Rxh4+ 27. Kg3 Rh3+
28. Kf4 Rf3+ 29. Ke5 Rg6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Alekseenko, Kirill"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Qa4+ Qd7 8.
Bb5 c6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Qa3 b6 11. Nf3 c5 12. d5 e6 13. Be3 exd5 14. Rd1 Re8 15.
exd5 Qd6 16. O-O Bf5 17. Rfe1 Nd7 18. Nd4 Be5 19. Nb5 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Qe5 21. Bf3
a6 22. Bc1 Qf6 23. Kxh2 axb5 24. Qb2 Ne5 25. Be2 Bg4 26. Qxb5 Qxf2 27. Kh1 Nf3
28. gxf3 Rxe2 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Ne4 7. Qc2 f5 8. Nc3
Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Nc6 10. Rd1 Qe8 11. Qb3 e5 12. c5+ Kh8 13. d5 Nd8 14. Qa3 Nf7 15.
Ng5 Nxg5 16. Bxg5 f4 17. cxd6 cxd6 18. Qxd6 h6 19. Be7 Rf7 20. Qxg6 Bf5 21. Qh5
Qxe7 22. d6 Qf6 23. Rd5 Bg6 24. Qg4 Rd8 25. Rad1 Rfd7 26. gxf4 exf4 27. R1d4
Rxd6 28. Rxf4 Qe7 29. Rxd6 Rxd6 30. e3 Kh7 31. h4 h5 32. Qe2 Be5 33. Rb4 b6 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Shirov, Alexei"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "112"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. f4 Bb4 8. Bd3
e5 9. fxe5 Nxe5 10. O-O Bc5 11. h3 d6 12. Qe1 O-O 13. Rd1 Re8 14. Qf2 Be6 15.
Nxe6 Bxe3 16. Nxd8 Bxf2+ 17. Rxf2 Rexd8 18. Rfd2 Kf8 19. Be2 Ke7 20. g4 h6 21.
h4 Rac8 22. g5 hxg5 23. hxg5 Nh7 24. Nd5+ Kf8 25. g6 Nxg6 26. Bg4 Rc4 27. b3
Rxe4 28. Bf5 Re5 29. Bxg6 fxg6 30. Nf4 Re4 31. Rf1 Kf7 32. Nh3+ Kg8 33. Rfd1
Re3 34. Nf4 g5 35. Nd5 Re4 36. Nb6 g4 37. Nc4 Ng5 38. Nxd6 Nf3+ 39. Kg2 Re6 40.
Rd5 Nh4+ 41. Kh2 g3+ 42. Kh3 g2 43. Kxh4 Rexd6 44. Rxd6 Rxd6 45. Re1 Rd2 46.
Kg3 Rxc2 47. a4 Rb2 48. Kh2 Rxb3 49. Kxg2 a5 50. Re7 b6 51. Rc7 Rb4 52. Rc6 Kf7
53. Kf3 g5 54. Rh6 Ke7 55. Rg6 g4+ 56. Ke2 Kd7 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. d4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A28"]
[WhiteElo "2738"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2018.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bb4 5. Qc2 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Qe7 7. d4 Ne4 8.
Qd3 exd4 9. Nxd4 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Nxd2 11. Qxd2 Qe7 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Qc3 O-O 14.
c5 a5 15. Bd3 Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. O-O d5 18. cxd6 cxd6 19. Rfd1 c5 20. Rd2 a4
21. Qc4 Rfa8 22. Rad1 Rb6 23. g3 h6 24. h4 Raa6 25. Rd5 Qb7 26. R1d2 Rb4 27.
Qc2 Qe7 28. Qd1 Qe4 29. a3 Rb3 30. Qe2 Rbb6 31. h5 Qe6 32. Qd3 Qg4 33. Kg2 c4
34. Qc2 Rc6 35. e4 f6 36. Rf5 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Goganov, Aleksey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C07"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Nb5 Na6 8.
Be2 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. a4 Qd8 11. Nc4 Nc5 12. Bf4 Nd5 13. Be5 b6 14. Bf3 Bb7
15. Qe2 Ba6 16. b3 Bxb5 17. axb5 Bf6 18. Rad1 Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Nd7 20. Qd4 N7f6
21. Ne5 Rc8 22. Nc6 Qc7 23. c4 Ne7 24. Ra1 Nxc6 25. bxc6 e5 26. Qe3 e4 27. Bxe4
Rfe8 28. f3 a5 29. Rad1 Qxc6 30. Bxc6 Rxe3 31. Ba4 Kf8 32. Rd6 Re6 33. Rxe6
fxe6 34. Kf2 Ke7 35. Ke3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei2"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2532"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. f4 c6 7. O-O e6 8. c3
Ne7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Nd2 Nd7 11. Nf3 Qc7 12. Be3 c5 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Bd4 Bxd4
15. Nxd4 a6 16. h4 Rac8 17. h5 Nd7 18. Qg4 Nf6 19. Qh4 Nxh5 20. Bf3 Ng7 21. Kg2
e5 22. fxe5 dxe5 23. Qf6 exd4 24. Rxe7 Qd8 25. Rae1 Nf5 26. cxd4 Rc7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tsydypov, Zhamsaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bb4 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 d6 8.
Ne1 Ne7 9. Nc2 c6 10. e4 Be6 11. Ne3 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ba3 dxc4 14. Bxb7 Rb8
15. Bg2 Qc7 16. Qa4 Rfd8 17. Rab1 Rb6 18. Bb4 Qd7 19. Qxd7 Rxd7 20. Bc5 Rxb1
21. Rxb1 Nc8 22. Rb8 Rxd2 23. Bb7 Rd8 24. Bxa7 Re8 25. Bxc8 Rxc8 26. Rxc8+ Bxc8
27. a4 Ba6 28. Bb8 Nd7 29. Ba7 f6 30. Nd5 Kf7 31. Nc7 Bb7 32. a5 Ke7 33. Be3
Nb8 34. f4 Kd7 35. Nb5 Ba6 36. Na3 Nc6 37. fxe5 fxe5 38. Bb6 Ne7 39. Bc5 Nd5
40. Bf8 Nxc3 41. Bxg7 Ke6 42. Kf2 Nd5 43. Ke2 c3+ 44. Kd1 Bd3 45. Nc2 e4 46.
Bh6 Kd7 47. Ne3 Nb4 48. Bg7 c2+ 49. Kd2 Nc6 50. Bc3 Ke6 51. Nxc2 Kf5 52. Ne3+
Ke6 53. g4 h6 54. h4 Kf7 55. Nd5 Bc4 56. Nf4 Ba6 57. Ke3 Bb7 58. g5 hxg5 59.
hxg5 Ne7 60. Kd4 Nf5+ 61. Ke5 Ne7 62. Kd6 e3 63. Kc5 Bf3 64. a6 Ng6 65. Nd5 Ke6
66. Nxe3 Nh4 67. a7 Ba8 68. Nc4 Kf7 69. Ne5+ Kg7 70. Nf3+ Kg6 71. Nxh4+ Kxg5
72. Be1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 g6 3. Nd2 d5 4. Ngf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O h6 9. Bf4 Nh5 10. Ne5 Nxf4 11. exf4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 c5 13. Bd3 cxd4 14. cxd4
Qb6 15. Nb3 Bd7 16. h4 h5 17. Rc1 Ba4 18. Bb1 Rac8 19. Qf3 Bxb3 20. Qxb3 Rxc1
21. Rxc1 Qxd4 22. e6 fxe6 23. Qxb7 Rf8 24. Rf1 Qxh4 25. Qa6 Qg4 26. Qxa7 h4 27.
Qa3 Bd4 28. Qd3 Kg7 29. b3 e5 30. a4 Rc8 31. b4 Rc3 32. Qd1 Qf4 33. Kh1 h3 34.
g3 Qf6 35. Qe2 Rf3 36. a5 e4 37. b5 Rxf2 38. Rxf2 Bxf2 39. b6 Bxg3 40. Ba2 Qa1+
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2738"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. e3 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 dxc4 6. bxc4 c5 7. d4 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Nc3 cxd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Qe2 Nb4 13. Bb1 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Rc8
15. Rd1 Re8 16. Kh1 Bf8 17. a3 Nc6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. fxe4 g6 20. d5 exd5 21.
cxd5 Ne5 22. f4 Nc4 23. Bc1 Qh4 24. Bd3 Nd6 25. e5 Bh6 26. Qf3 Rxc1 27. Raxc1
Bxf4 28. Rc2 Rxe5 29. Rf1 g5 30. Re2 Kg7 31. Rff2 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 h5 33. a4 a5
34. Qf2 Qxf2 35. Rxf2 Kf6 36. Re2 g4 37. Kg2 Kg5 38. Re7 f5 39. Rg7+ Kf6 40.
Rh7 Kg6 41. Rd7 h4 42. h3 g3 43. Kf3 Be5 44. Re7 Kf6 45. Re6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2607"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 Qc7 7. Bg2 d6 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. O-O Nf6 10. Na4 Rb8 11. Re1 Nd7 12. c4 c5 13. b3 Be7 14. Bb2 O-O 15.
Qd2 Bb7 16. Rad1 Rfe8 17. f4 Bc6 18. Nc3 Rbd8 19. g4 Bf8 20. g5 Bb7 21. h4 Nb8
22. h5 Nc6 23. Ne2 e5 24. f5 Nd4 25. Nc1 a5 26. Bc3 Ra8 27. a4 Bc6 28. f6 Qd8
29. Rf1 Ra7 30. Rf2 Rb7 31. Rdf1 Qc8 32. Qd1 gxf6 33. Rxf6 Be7 34. Bxd4 cxd4
35. R6f5 Bd7 36. Rxf7 Bxg5 37. Qe1 Be6 38. Rxb7 Qxb7 39. Nd3 Qg7 40. Kh1 Qh6
41. Bf3 Kh8 42. c5 Rf8 43. Qg3 Bxb3 44. cxd6 Bc4 45. Be2 Rxf1+ 46. Bxf1 Qxh5+
47. Kg2 Bf6 48. d7 Qf7 49. Nxe5 Bxf1+ 50. Kg1 Qg7 51. Qxg7+ Kxg7 52. Kxf1 Kf8
53. Nc6 d3 54. d8=Q+ Bxd8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1+ Be6 8.
Ng5 Be7 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. Nd2 O-O 11. Nf3 Ne4 12. Bd3 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14.
Bxe4 dxe4 15. Rxe4 Qb6 16. Qg4 Rf6 17. Bg5 Rg6 18. h4 Bxg5 19. hxg5 h6 20. Rae1
Rxg5 21. Qxe6+ Qxe6 22. Rxe6 Rc5 23. Rd1 Rxc2 24. Rxd4 Rc7 25. Ra4 a6 26. Rb6
Rd8 27. Re4 Rd1+ 28. Kh2 Rd2 29. Reb4 Rdd7 30. a4 Re7 31. Rf4 Re2 32. b4 Re5
33. a5 Ree7 34. Kh3 Rc3+ 35. f3 Rcc7 36. Kg4 Re5 37. Kg3 Ree7 38. Re4 Red7 39.
Re5 Rd2 40. Re4 Kf7 41. Kh3 Rdd7 42. g4 Rd3 43. Kg3 Rdd7 44. Rf4+ Ke7 45. Rf5
Rd6 46. Rxd6 Kxd6 47. Rf4 Re7 48. Rd4+ Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Ghaem Maghami, Ehsan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2537"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Be2 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bf4
Nc6 9. h3 b5 10. e5 Nd7 11. exd6 exd6 12. a4 b4 13. Nd5 Nf6 14. Bc4 Na5 15. Ne3
Nxc4 16. Nxc4 Nd5 17. Bd2 a5 18. Re1 Be6 19. Ne3 Qd7 20. c3 bxc3 21. bxc3 Nxe3
22. Bxe3 Qc6 23. Qd2 Kh7 24. Nh2 Rab8 25. Ng4 h5 26. Nh2 Bd5 27. f3 Rfe8 28.
Nf1 Rb3 29. Bf2 Rxe1 30. Bxe1 Qb7 31. Ne3 Rb2 32. Qd1 Be6 33. d5 Bd7 34. Nc4
Qa7+ 35. Kh1 Rb8 36. Qc2 Qc5 37. Qd3 Bf5 38. Qe2 Qxd5 39. Bf2 Bxc3 40. Rc1 Rb3
41. Ne3 Qd2 42. Qf1 Bd3 43. Qg1 Qxc1 44. Qxc1 Rb1 45. Qxb1 Bxb1 46. Nd5 Bd2 47.
Nxc7 Bc2 48. Nb5 Bb4 49. Bg3 d5 50. Be5 Bxa4 51. Nc7 Bc6 52. Na6 Be7 53. Nb8
Bb5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be2 a6 7. Nxd4 cxd4 8.
Nd5 Nxd5 9. exd5 e6 10. Bf3 Bd6 11. g3 O-O 12. c3 Rb8 13. cxd4 b5 14. d3 Bb7
15. Be3 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 exd5 17. Qf3 Qb7 18. Rac1 Rbc8 19. Bf4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Rfe8
21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Re1 Qc6 23. Re7 Rf8 24. b4 Qc3 25. Rxd7 Qxb4 26. Kg2 Qb1 27.
Qd6 Qxd3 28. Qxd5 h6 29. h4 Qc2 30. Ra7 Qa4 31. h5 b4 32. Qc4 a5 33. Qd5 Qc2
34. Rxa5 Qc7 35. Rc5 Qa7 36. Rb5 Rb8 37. Rxb8+ Qxb8 38. Qc6 Qa7 39. Qc8+ Kh7
40. Qc2+ Kg8 41. d5 Qd4 42. Qf5 Qd2 43. Qc8+ Kh7 44. Qc4 Kg8 45. Qc6 Qxa2 46.
Qe8+ Kh7 47. Qe4+ Kg8 48. d6 Qd2 49. Qe8+ Kh7 50. d7 Qd5+ 51. f3 Qd2+ 52. Kh3
Qd1 53. d8=Q Qh1+ 54. Kg4 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2835"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. e3 Nge7 8. d4
O-O 9. Re1 Rb8 10. b3 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. exd4 Nf5 13. Be3 Nxe3 14. Rxe3 a6
15. Rc1 Bh6 16. f4 Bg7 17. Rd3 b6 18. Qd2 Bd7 19. h4 Qe7 20. Kh2 Rfc8 21. a4
Be8 22. Re1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Rxb5 26. d5 e5 27. f5 Rcb8
28. Qc2 gxf5 29. Rf3 f4 30. Rxf4 Rxb3 31. Qf5 Rb1 32. Rxb1 Rxb1 33. Rg4 Rb2 34.
Kh3 h5 35. Rg5 Qa7 36. Be4 Qg1 37. Qc8# 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Bxb5 7. cxb5 Nd7 8.
O-O cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ngf6 10. Be3 O-O 11. Rc1 Ne5 12. Qe2 Qd7 13. h3 Rfc8 14. b3
Qe8 15. Rfd1 Rc7 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Rac8 18. Bxa7 Nd7 19. Ne2 b6 20. Bxb6
Nxb6 21. a4 Nd7 22. Qe3 Rc2 23. Rxc2 Rxc2 24. Nd4 Rc5 25. Nc6 Nb8 26. Qxc5 dxc5
27. Rd8 Qxd8 28. Nxd8 Bc3 29. Nb7 Nd7 30. a5 Kf8 31. Kf1 Ke8 32. Ke2 Bb4 33. f4
Nb8 34. a6 Nd7 35. Kd3 Nb6 36. e5 Kd7 37. g4 f5 38. exf6 exf6 39. f5 gxf5 40.
gxf5 Kc7 41. Ke4 Ba3 42. Na5 Bb4 43. Nc4 Nc8 44. Kd5 Be1 45. Ke6 Bc3 46. a7 Kb7
47. b6 Bd4 48. Kd7 Bg1 49. a8=Q+ Kxa8 50. Kxc8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 g6 4. h4 h5 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nf3 d6 7. d3 Nf6 8. Nc3 a6
9. Be2 Ne7 10. Qc2 Nf5 11. O-O-O Ng4 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Nfg5 c6 14. Bxg4 hxg4 15.
h5 f6 16. hxg6 fxg5 17. Rh5 Qe8 18. Rdh1 d5 19. cxd5 cxd5 20. Qc7 Bd7 21. Kb1
dxe4 22. dxe4 Nh4 23. Rxg5 Rc8 24. Qd6 Rc6 25. Qd3 Nxg6 26. f4 gxf3 27. gxf3
Rxf3 28. Rhg1 Qf7 29. Qd5 Qxd5 30. exd5 Rcf6 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Artemiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 Nc6 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. e4
Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qe1 Nac4 11. Nc3 Bg4 12. b3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Be2 c6 15.
f4 Ned7 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Be3 e6 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Qf2 Rfd8 20. e5 f6 21. exf6
Nxf6 22. Bf3 Rac8 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Nd5 25. Bc5 Qf7 26. Rfe1 a5 27. Bg2 Nb4
28. Be4 Nd3 29. Bxd3 Rxd3 30. Qe2 Rcd8 31. Qxe6 Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Rd2 33. Rce1 Rxa2
34. Re8+ Rxe8 35. Rxe8+ Kf7 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Re8+ Kf7 38. Re7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreikin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 Nf6 6. h3 O-O 7. Be3 Qc7 8. Be2 e5
9. d5 cxd5 10. exd5 a6 11. a5 Nh5 12. O-O Nf4 13. Na4 Nd7 14. c4 f5 15. Bxf4
exf4 16. Qd2 Nc5 17. Nxc5 dxc5 18. d6 Qc6 19. Rad1 Bd7 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Bf3
Qxd6 22. Qxd6 Bxd6 23. Rxd6 Bc6 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Rxc6 Rfb8 26. Rd1 Rxb2 27.
Rd7 Re8 28. Rcc7 h5 29. Rg7+ Kh8 30. Rh7+ Kg8 31. Rcg7+ Kf8 32. Ra7 Kg8 33.
Rag7+ Kf8 34. Rf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
Bd2 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. Qc1 Re8 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Bxd2 13. Qxd2 cxd5 14.
Qf4 Be6 15. b4 c6 16. a4 Qb8 17. Qh4 h6 18. a5 Qd6 19. Rfd1 Rab8 20. Rab1 Rec8
21. h3 c5 22. b5 Qe5 23. Re1 Qg5 24. Qxg5 hxg5 25. Re5 c4 26. Bf5 Bxf5 27. Rxf5
Rc5 28. b6 Rxa5 29. b7 f6 30. Rf3 Rc5 31. Ra3 a5 32. c3 Kf7 33. f3 Ke6 34. Kf2
Kd6 35. Ra2 Kc7 36. Re2 Kd6 37. Ra2 Kc7 38. Re2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2673"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Be3 e6 9. Nd2 Be7 10. Qg4 O-O 11. Qg3 Bd6 12. f4 Rd8 13. Be2 b6 14. O-O Bb7 15.
Rad1 Bf8 16. Kh1 Rd7 17. Nf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2765"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. Nbd2 Bf8 8.
h3 d6 9. Re1 Bd7 10. c3 Ne7 11. Bc2 Ng6 12. d4 c5 13. Nf1 h6 14. Ng3 Rc8 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Be3 Qb6 17. Bb3 Be6 18. Nd2 Qc6 19. Bxe6 Rxe6 20. c4 Nf4 21. Qc2
Ree8 22. Ne2 Ne6 23. Nc3 Nd4 24. Qd3 Be7 25. Nd5 Bd8 26. Red1 a6 27. Rac1 Nh7
28. b4 Bg5 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. c5 Nf6 31. Nb6 Rcd8 32. Nbc4 Re6 33. Rc2 Qb5 34.
Nf3 Qxb4 35. Ncxe5 Qa4 36. c6 bxc6 37. Rc4 Qxa2 38. Nxc6 Rde8 39. e5 Nd5 40.
Nfxd4 Rg6 41. e6 Rf6 42. exf7+ Rxf7 43. Rc2 Qa4 44. Nf3 Nf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Matlakov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. a5 a6
9. Nd5 O-O 10. Ne3 Ne7 11. h4 g4 12. Nh2 h5 13. g3 c6 14. f3 d5 15. Bb3 gxf3
16. Qxf3 dxe4 17. dxe4 Qd4 18. Ra4 Qc5 19. Bd2 Qd6 20. Bb4 c5 21. Bc3 c4 22.
Bxc4 Bh3 23. Rd1 Qc6 24. Bb3 Rad8 25. Rc4 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qe8 27. Bxe5 Nc6 28.
Bxf6 Bxf6 29. Qxh5 Be6 30. Nhg4 Bg7 31. Rc5 Bxb3 32. Rg5 f6 33. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Zubov, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D95"]
[WhiteElo "2597"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. e3 O-O 6. Qb3 e6 7. Be2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
Nbd7 9. O-O b6 10. e4 Bb7 11. Re1 a6 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 g5 14. Bg3 Nh5 15. Rad1
Nxg3 16. hxg3 Qe7 17. Qc2 Rfd8 18. a3 b5 19. Ba2 c5 20. d5 c4 21. Bb1 Nf8 22.
g4 Rac8 23. Qe2 exd5 24. e5 Ne6 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Rxd4 Re8 27. Qc2 Qc5 28. Red1
Rxe5 29. Qh7+ Kf8 30. Kh2 Rce8 31. f4 Re1 32. fxg5 Bxd4 33. g6 Be5+ 34. g3 Qf2+
0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2746"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Ba4 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Qxd5 8.
Nc3 Qd6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. h3 Bb6 11. Re1 Re8 12. Be3 Bf5 13. Nd2 Nd7 14. Qf3 Bg6
15. Nc4 Qe6 16. a4 a5 17. b3 f6 18. Rad1 Rab8 19. Ne4 Nf8 20. Nc5 Qd5 21. Ne4
Ne6 22. Qg3 Kh8 23. Nc3 Qd7 24. Ne4 Qd5 25. Nc3 Qd7 26. Ne4 Nd4 27. Bxd4 Qxd4
28. Qf3 Qd7 29. Ng3 Bf7 30. Nxb6 cxb6 31. Qe3 Qc7 32. Ne4 Bg6 33. Nd2 Bf7 34.
Nc4 b5 35. Nb2 Rbd8 36. Ra1 h6 37. Qc5 Rd5 38. Qc3 Qb6 39. axb5 Rc5 40. Qxa5
Qxa5 41. Rxa5 Rxc2 42. Nc4 cxb5 43. Nd6 Rf8 44. Rxb5 Rc3 45. Nxf7+ Rxf7 46. d4
exd4 47. Rd5 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "St Petersburg"]
[Date "2018.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2018.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 187 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2018.11.04"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Bb5 Qb8 11. Nf1 Qa7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. Nxe3 Ne7 14. a4 Ng6 15.
Bc4 Bxc4 16. Nxc4 Rfe8 17. Qb3 Qc5 18. Ne3 Qc6 19. Qb5 Qxb5 20. axb5 Nf4 21.
Red1 b6 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. g3 Ne6 24. Kg2 Nc5 25. c4 g6 26. Ra3 Kg7 27. Nd2 Ng8
28. Nb1 Ne7 29. Nc3 f5 30. exf5 Nxf5 31. Ncd5 Nxe3+ 32. fxe3 Rd7 33. b4 axb4
34. Nxb4 Rf8 35. Rf1 Rdf7 36. Rxf7+ Rxf7 37. Ra7 h5 38. h4 g5 39. hxg5 Kg6 40.
Ra3 Kxg5 41. Ra8 e4 42. d4 Nd3 43. Rg8+ Kh6 44. Nd5 Rf2+ 45. Kh3 Ne1 46. Nf4
Nf3 47. Rh8+ Kg7 48. Rxh5 Rc2 49. Kg4 Rxc4 50. Kf5 Rc3 51. Kxe4 Nd2+ 52. Kd5
Nc4 53. e4 Na3 54. Ke6 Rxg3 55. Ke7 Rg4 56. Rf5 Nxb5 57. Ne6+ Kg6 58. Rxb5 Rxe4
59. d5 Kf5 60. Kd7 Rc4 61. Nxc7 Ke5 62. Rxb6 Rh4 63. Rb1 Rh7+ 64. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.20"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2819"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bd2 f5 13. a5 a6 14. Na3 e4 15.
Nc4 Ne5 16. Nb6 Rb8 17. f4 exf3 18. Bxf3 Bf6 19. c3 g5 20. Be2 f4 21. Nxc8 Qxc8
22. Kh1 b5 23. axb6 Rxb6 24. Qc2 Bg7 25. b3 Qb7 26. b4 Qxd5 27. Qa2 Qxa2 28.
Rxa2 d5 29. Rxa6 Rxa6 30. Bxa6 Nc4 31. Rd1 Nxd2 32. Rxd2 Bxc3 33. Rxd5 Bxb4 34.
Rxg5+ Kh8 35. Kg1 f3 36. gxf3 Rxf3 37. Bc4 Rf8 38. Kg2 Bc3 39. Bd3 Rg8 40.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.21"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Naiditsch, Arkadij"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2695"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,78,28,28,18,33,34,9,18,8,28,19,31,36,36,36,36,31,28,24,31,35,55,36,28,
2,36,34,35,36,34,21,40,30,42,46,32,21,34,13,24,-3,21,25,30,6,11,6,-2,-20,-17,
-31,-11,-18,-7,-17,-44,-42,-26,-51,-17,-76,-82,-78,-86,-105,-135,-165,-139,
-147,-175,-207,-204,-216,-198,-205,-182,-356,-341,-416,-375]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3
Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7. Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7
Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nde2 (11. Nb3 {is more common here.}) 11... O-O-O (11...
Qxd1 12. Rfxd1 Ng6 13. Rd2 O-O-O 14. Rad1 Rhe8 15. f3 Re7 16. Ng3 Rde8 17. Nh5
f6 18. Ne2 $14 {1/2 (159) Rausis,I (2525)-Semcesen,D (2465) Borup 2009}) 12.
Qc1 (12. Qd4 Qxd4 13. Nxd4 c5 (13... Bg4 14. Nb3 b6 15. f3 Be6 16. Nc1 c5 17.
Rf2 Nc6 18. N1e2 f6 19. Nf4 Bf7 $11 {1/2 (32) Romero Holmes,A (2451)-Delchev,A
(2604) Linares 2015}) 14. Nde2 b5 (14... Bc6 15. Ng3 h5 16. Rfd1 h4 17. Nf1 f5
18. f3 Rd4 19. exf5 h3 20. Ng3 hxg2 21. Nce4 Rf8 $11 {0-1 (41) Liu,G (2358)
-Zhou,J (2574) China 2014}) (14... Be6 15. Rfd1 Nc6 16. Nd5 Rhe8 17. Ne3 Nd4
18. Nf4 g5 {1/2 (18) Alsina Leal,D (2435)-Bartel,M (2608) L'Estartit 2007}) 15.
Rfd1 Bc6 16. Ng3 h5 (16... b4 17. Nce2 g6 18. f3 Bb5 19. Kf2 Kb7 20. Nf4 a5 21.
h4 h6 22. h5 $13 {0-1 (40) Bedouin,X (2341)-Lagarde,M (2575) Sables d'Olonne
2016}) 17. f3 h4 18. Nf1 b4 19. Rxd8+ Rxd8 20. Nd1 h3 21. Nf2 hxg2 22. Kxg2 f5
23. Re1 Ng6 $132 {1/2 (35) Meier,G (2437)-Ragger,M (2434) Vienna 2005}) (12.
Qxd6 cxd6 13. Rad1 (13. f3 Kc7 14. Nf4 g5 15. Nh5 f5 16. Rae1 f4 17. Nf6 Bc8
18. e5 d5 $15 {1/2 (29) Schlenther,M (2428)-Szczepanski,Z (2464) Lechenicher
SchachServer 2011}) 13... Kc7 14. f3 f5 15. Ng3 h6 16. Rfe1 fxe4 17. Ncxe4 Nc8
18. Nh5 Rhg8 19. g4 Rde8 20. Kg2 Re7 21. Nf2 Rf7 $11 {0-1 (35) Zakaryan,D 
(2315)-Maiorov,N (2560) Voronezh 2015}) 12... Ng6 (12... Rhe8 13. Qe3 Kb8 14.
Rad1 Qe5 15. Qf4 Qxf4 16. Nxf4 g6 17. f3 Nc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Kf2 Re7 20. h4 $14
{0-1 (92) Guseinov,G (2664)-Yu,Y (2761) Astana 2019}) (12... Bg4 $5 $146 13.
Nf4 Ng6 14. Nd3 f6 15. Qe3 Kb8 16. f4 Bc8 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Rde1 b6 19. Qg3 Rd4
$13 {0-1 (57) Jakovenko,D (2738)-Svidler,P (2734) Khanty-Mansiysk 2015 CBM 167
[Marin,M]}) (12... Qc5 $5 {preventing Qc1-e3} 13. Rb1 (13. Qf4 f5 14. Ng3 h6
15. Rae1 Ng6 16. Qe3 Qxe3 17. fxe3 fxe4 18. Ncxe4 b6 19. b3 c5 $15 {0-1 (54)
Erzhanov,A (2278)-Batchuluun,T (2523) St Petersburg 2014}) 13... Kb8 (13... b6
14. b4 Qc4 {1/2 (89) Luther,T (2567)-Melkumyan,H (2632) Austria 2016} 15. Qg5
Ng6 16. Rfd1 $13) 14. b4 Qc4 15. a4 Ng6 16. Qe3 $1 $13 (16. Qa3 $6 b6 17. b5 a5
18. Ng3 Nf4 $17 {0-1 (42) Speck,N (2389)-Schandorff,L (2521) Turin 2006})) 13.
Qe3 Kb8 14. Rad1 Qe7 15. f4 (15. Rd2 Ne5 16. b3 Bc8 $11 {1/2 (39) Radjabov,T 
(2751)-Adams,M (2729) Baku 2008}) 15... Bc8 $11 {Black has successfully
rearranged his pieces and has no problems.} (15... Bg4 16. Rxd8+ Rxd8 17. Nc1
Bc8 18. Nd3 a5 19. Rd1 b6 20. Nf2 $11 {1/2 (32) Clement,G (2315)-Sherwood,R 
(2179) Lechenicher SchachServer 2013}) 16. Nc1 $6 (16. Rd3 $5 $11) 16... Rxd1
17. Rxd1 b6 $36 {[%mdl 32] , and Black consequently conducted an assault on
White's e4 pawn. It is even unclear where White made a mistake in further play!
} 18. Nd3 a5 19. Re1 Ba6 $1 20. Nf2 Re8 21. a3 f6 22. Ne2 {Perhaps this
manoeuvre is wrong but passive defence didn't guarantee him survival either.}
Bb7 23. Ng3 c5 24. Nf5 Qf7 25. Rd1 Nf8 $1 26. c3 a4 27. h3 Ne6 28. Ng3 Bc6 29.
Rd2 Nd8 $1 30. Qd3 Nb7 31. Kh2 Nd6 32. Rd1 h5 33. Re1 h4 34. Nf1 Qb3 35. e5
fxe5 36. fxe5 Qxb2 37. Re2 Qb5 38. Qc2 Nc4 39. e6 Nxa3 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,37,19,25,58,28,36,29,33,53,27,12,24,-4,20,23,52,29,0,3,6,8,28,28,25,
52,62,77,61,61,66,-16,84,75,66,58,51,39,105,85]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6
4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Qb6 9. Qd2 Qxb2 10. Rb1 Qa3
11. Bb5 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bb4 13. Rb3 (13. O-O {is a more common alternative.})
13... Qa5 14. a3 Be7 15. f5 exf5 16. Nxd5 {An old line, popular in the last
century.} Qxd2+ (16... Bh4+ $5 17. Kd1 $7 (17. g3 Qxd2+ 18. Kxd2 Bd8 19. Rc3 (
19. Rf1 O-O 20. Bxd7 Bxd7 21. Rxb7 Bc6 22. Ne7+ Bxe7 23. Rxe7 Rfd8 $15 {
L.Ftacnik}) 19... a6 20. Bd3 Nf8 21. Nb6 Bxb6 22. Bxb6 {1-0 (31) Schmaltz,R 
(2490)-Wehner,R (2284) Baden 2017} Ng6 $13) 17... Qxd2+ (17... Qd8 $2 18. Nf6+
$1 gxf6 19. exf6 O-O 20. Rg3+ Kh8 21. Qh6 Rg8 22. Rg7 Nf8 {1-0 (22) De Firmian
Nick E (2605)-Huebner Robert (2630) Polanica Zdroj 1995 [De Firmian,N]} 23.
Rxg8+ Kxg8 24. Qg7#) 18. Kxd2 Bd8 $1 {- 16...Qxd2+}) 17. Kxd2 Bd8 $1 18. Rc3 (
18. c4 $5 a6 19. Bxd7+ (19. Ba4 O-O 20. Rd1 (20. Kc3 b5 21. cxb5 Bb7 22. Nb4
Nb6 $17 {1-0 (56) Nijboer,F (2571)-Porat,S (2444) Cappelle-la-Grande 2006})
20... Re8 21. Kc2 b5 22. cxb5 Bb7 23. bxa6 Bxd5 24. Bxd7 Re7 25. Bxf5 Bxb3+ 26.
Kxb3 Rxa6 {1/2 (27) Finnie,D (2533)-Sowden,E (2394) BFCC Email 2002}) 19...
Bxd7 20. Rxb7 Bc8 21. Rb2 Be6 22. Kd3 Rc8 $13 {1-0 (41) Perez,M (2406)-Catelli,
H (2200) Mar del Plata 2017}) (18. Rg3 a6 19. Bxd7+ (19. Ba4 b5 20. Bb3 Nf8 21.
Bb6 Be6 $15 {1-0 (57) Cori Quispe,K (2468)-Mariani,D (2055) Montevideo 2018})
19... Bxd7 20. Rxg7 Be6 21. Nf6+ (21. Nf4 Be7 $11 {1-0 (49) Nijboer,F (2475)
-Kuijf,M (2470) Wijk aan Zee 1996 CBM 052 [Knaak,R]}) 21... Bxf6 22. exf6 O-O-O
23. c3 h5 24. Re1 h4 25. h3 Rd5 $11 {1/2 (33) Monin,N (2359)-Gavrilov,A (2438)
St Petersburg 2001}) 18... Ba5 {Georg Meier misses the right move, already
seen before:} (18... a6 $142 $1 19. Bd3 Nf8 20. Bb6 Be6 21. Nc7+ Bxc7 22. Bxc7
g6 23. g4 $6 (23. Bd6 Rc8 $13) 23... Bd5 24. Rg1 f4 $17 {0-1 (45) Sahu,S (2340)
-Singh,G (2265) Kolkata 1996}) 19. Nc7+ Bxc7 20. Rxc7 Kd8 21. Rc3 $16 {[%csl
Rd8]} Nf8 22. Bc5 $6 (22. Rd3 $1 Bd7 (22... Kc7 23. Bc5 $40) 23. Rb1 b6 24. e6
$1 $16) 22... Bd7 23. Bxf8 Bxb5 24. Bxg7 Rg8 25. Bf6+ Kd7 26. Rd1 f4 $2 (26...
Rxg2+ 27. Ke3+ Ke8 28. Rc7 Bc6 29. e6 fxe6 30. Rxh7 Kf8 {, and Black
successfully defends.}) 27. g3 fxg3 28. Kc1+ Ke8 29. hxg3 $16 {[%csl Re8]
Comparing to the 26...Rxg2+ line, Black has no extra pawn and a poor position.}
Bc6 30. Rd4 Rg6 31. Rcd3 Kf8 32. Rh4 h6 33. g4 Bb5 34. Rd2 Re8 35. g5 Rxg5 36.
Rxh6 Rg8 37. Rdh2 $1 {[%cal Rh6h8]} 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.23"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4
b4 9. d4 d6 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qd6 14. Qe2 Be6 15. Nc4
Qe7 16. Be3 Rab8 17. Bxc5 Qxc5 18. Ncd2 Rfe8 19. Qxa6 Ra8 20. Qe2 Nxa5 21. Bxe6
fxe6 22. Ra4 Ra7 23. Qe3 Qxe3 24. Rxe3 c5 25. Nxe5 Nc6 26. Rxa7 Nxa7 27. Rd3
Nb5 28. f3 Ra8 29. Nb3 Rc8 30. Nc4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. Rd1 g5 33. Ra1 Nd7 34.
Ke3 Nd6 35. Nxd6 Kxd6 36. Ra6+ Ke7 37. Na5 Ne5 38. g3 1-0

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.24"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vallejo Pons, Francisco"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2693"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3
Nh5 9. Nc4 Nf4 10. Ne3 Be6 11. d4 exd4 12. Nf5 Bxf5 13. exf5 dxc3 14. bxc3 Ne5
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qf3 O-O 17. Qxb7 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Nxc1 19. Raxc1 Qf6 20. Qxc7
Qxf5 21. Bd5 Rad8 22. c4 Rd7 23. Qc6 Rfd8 24. Rcd1 Bf8 25. g3 Kg7 26. Kg2 Qf6
27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. Rb1 h5 29. h3 Bc5 30. Rb5 Rc7 31. Rfb1 g4 32. hxg4 hxg4 33.
Rb7 Rdc8 34. f3 Bb6 35. Rxc7 Rxc7 36. fxg4 e4 37. Rf1+ Kg7 38. Bxe4 Rxc4 39.
Rxf7+ Kxf7 40. Bd5+ Kg7 41. Bxc4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.26"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2773"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qc7 7. e4 e6 8.
Be3 Bd7 9. Nd2 Bc6 10. Qg4 Nd7 11. Qg3 O-O-O 12. Bf4 e5 13. Bg5 f6 14. Be3 g6
15. Qh3 Kb8 16. Be2 Nb6 17. b3 h5 18. O-O Bh6 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Qe3 Rh7 21.
Rfd1 Rhd7 22. Nf1 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Rxd1 24. Bxd1 Nc8 25. f3 Qd6 26. Be2 Ne7 27.
Qh6 f5 28. Ne3 fxe4 29. Nc4 Qf6 30. fxe4 Kc7 31. g3 Ng8 32. Qh7+ Ne7 33. Qh6
Ng8 34. Qh7+ Ne7 35. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E16"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O d5 8. Ne5
Qc8 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. f3 Rd8 11. Ne4 Nbd7 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. e4 Bb7 14. Be3 Nd7
15. Qb3 Be7 16. Nxd7 Qxd7 17. Rac1 c5 18. dxc5 Bxc5 19. Bxc5 bxc5 20. Rfd1 Qc7
21. Qb5 a6 22. Qb3 h6 23. Bf1 a5 24. a3 Rxd1 25. Rxd1 Ba6 26. Bxa6 Rxa6 27. Qb5
Rc6 28. Rd2 c4 29. Kg2 Kh7 30. Rc2 Rc5 31. Qe8 Qb7 32. Rd2 c3 33. bxc3 Rxc3 34.
a4 Rc8 35. Qb5 Qxb5 36. axb5 Rb8 37. Rb2 g5 38. b6 Kg7 39. h4 gxh4 40. gxh4 a4
41. Ra2 Rxb6 42. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.28"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2735"]
[BlackElo "2845"]
[Annotator "Nielsen,Peter Heine"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
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e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 {Magnus favourite opening of late, obviously played in the
World Championship but actually starting already from the 2018 Sinquefield Cup.
There MVL played 3.Nc3, but since then the focus has been on first 3.Bb5 and
then the popular 7.Nd5 in the Sveshnikov where Caruana earlier in the
tournament continued his theoretical discusion vs. Magnus.} 3. Nc3 {Svidler
copies MVL, staying away from the most principal battles.} e5 4. Bc4 Be7 $5 {
Absolutely the standard move, but in St. Louis Magnus choose the more
surprising 4...g6, but here reverts to the standard.} 5. d3 d6 6. Nd2 $5 {
Kasparov's favourite move, aiming for the control of d5. Later attention
switched to 6.0-0 Nf6 7.Ng5 leading to a much sharper battle, but the
positional approach both has logic and venom.} Nf6 {The modest 6...Bg5 was the
choice in the early encounters, but modern theory has started to focus on this
natural development move.} 7. Nf1 Nd7 $5 {This, however, is much less played,
but does follow in the footsteps of both Kramnik and Gelfand and was also
employed twice by Lenic in his 2917 World Cup match vs. Magnus' French second
Laurent Fressinet. The idea is to exchange White's strong knight on d5, and
while obviously this also could be done from f6, and thus by logic Black just
throws away 2 tempi, the point is doing it on Black's terms, trying to force
White to take on b6.} 8. Nd5 (8. Ne3 {was Fressinet and Kasparov's choice, and
while White does keep a nominal edge, neither managed to break down the
solidity of Black's position.}) 8... Nb6 9. Nxb6 $5 axb6 10. c3 {This is the
point of White's play, creating a somewhat akward double pawn, and now not
allowing 10.Ne3 b5! removing the weakness due to 11.Bxb5 Qa5+! losing a piece.}
(10. Ne3 b5 $1 11. Bxb5 Qa5+ $1 {[%cal Ga5e1,Ga5b5]}) 10... O-O 11. Ne3 Bg5 12.
O-O {Here Kramnik took on e3 followed by ...Qe7 and Be6 equalising, and the
engines verify similar thoughts, suggesting 12...Be6. But how do you actually
play for a win?} Kh8 $5 {At least posing the question if ...f5 next is a
"threat" as well as generally safeguarding the king.} 13. a3 $6 (13. Nd5 {
now ould have been safer as after} Bxc1 14. Qxc1 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qe3 {
White does keep a pleasant position with b4 or f4 next.}) {Svidler however
indicates that ...f5 does not worry him, and Magnus follows with maybe you
should be?} 13... f5 $1 14. Nxf5 Bxc1 15. Rxc1 Bxf5 16. exf5 d5 $1 {White got
bishop vs knight, but black has the f-file and more pawns in the centre.} 17.
Ba2 {Svidler plays ambitiously eyeing the d5-pawn as a potential weakness.} ({
but safer would be the liquidating} 17. Bb5 $5 Rxf5 18. Bxc6 {simplifying with
a likely draw.}) {Not the battle focuses around if White's bishop on a2 will
be in or out of play:} 17... Rxf5 18. Qg4 Rf6 19. f4 $6 {The wish to exchange
as well as annulate the pressure in the f-line is understandable, but the
ensuing tactics turns out (very) well for Black. Common sense chess with 19.
Rce1 Qd6 20.Qd1 brings some harmony into White's positions, and while his
aggressive prospects are not huge, he does have a solid position. After the
game move, however, not so much.} (19. Rce1 Qd6 20. Qd1) 19... exf4 20. Qg5 {
A neccesary intermediate move} ({as} 20. Rxf4 $2 {loses material immediately to
} Ne5 21. Qg3 Rxf4 22. Qxf4 Nxd3) 20... Qf8 $1 {While the early phase of this
game of Magnus has seen standard moves combined with a bit of provocation, the
rest is another serious matter, developing a strong attack and finishing it
off in style. Keeping the f4 pawn is crucial in his attacking concept, and
readmitting the bishop on a2 into the game of much lesser importance, as the
game will show its just shooting into thin air.} 21. Qxd5 {21.Bxd5 rerouting
the bishop to e4 would have been ideal strategically, but unfortunately drops
a pieces due to 21...Rf5!} (21. Bxd5 Rf5 $1) 21... Rd8 $1 22. Qf3 $6 {Logical
and consequent, but giving Black everything he wants.} (22. Qg5 h6 23. Qh5 Rxd3
24. Rce1 {is indeed a pawn down, but with decent compensation with good
chances of a draw.}) 22... Ne5 23. Qe4 $5 {Svidler maybe pinned his hopes on
this move, kicking the knight and thus not allowing ...f3 which would be
lethal after the direct 23.Qxb7.} (23. Qxb7 f3 $1) 23... Ng4 $1 {Magnus is in
the zone, both mentally but also with the knight invading next on e3 where it
becomes the fix-point of the black attack.} (23... Nxd3 {would leave Black a
pawn up but the attack would then evaporate.}) 24. Rce1 Ne3 25. Rf2 Re8 $1 26.
Qxb7 g5 $1 {First a pawn sac and then followed up by this key move. The knight
on e3 and the pawn on f4 completely block White's rooks, and the bishop on a2
basically is on an empty diagonal as Black's attack will happen on the dark
squares. White's position might look sufficiently solid, but the march of the
g-pawn drastically changes that. White'ss position is actually so bad that
there is nothing he can do, and Svidler decides to literally do that, going
back and forth:} 27. Rfe2 $6 {I guess should be criticised on principle, but I
cannot offer any reasonable alternative.} g4 28. Rf2 Qh6 $1 {Simply
threatening ...g3 and then mate on h2.} 29. Qc7 {X-raying the g3 square.} Ref8
$1 {Renewing the threat of... g3, with hxg3 Ng4+! now being the followup, and
there is no longer a rook hanging on e8 against which White can do absolutely
nothing.} 30. h3 $5 {One might think that Svidler decided to be a good sport
and allow a very spectacular finish, but actually his position is just dead
lost.} ({The computer wants tragic moves like} 30. Qe5 g3 31. hxg3 Ng4 32.
Qxf6+) ({or} 30. g3 fxg3 31. Qxg3 {allowing} Rxf2 {just to illustrate how
desperate the situation actually is.}) 30... gxh3 31. g3 fxg3 32. Rxf6 $5 {
The idea is that after 32...Qxf6 33 Qxg3 white does fight on, but also that
after:} h2+ $1 33. Kh1 g2# {We have a mate that just speak for itself in its
beauty:} 0-1

[Event "Grenke Chess Classic 6th"]
[Site "Karlsruhe/Baden Baden"]
[Date "2019.04.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2735"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.04.20"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15.
Re1 Qd7 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Na7 18. a4 c6 19. axb5 axb5 20. Qa1 cxd5 21. Be3
d4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Re3 Rfe8 26. Rg3+ Kf8 27. h3
Re6 28. c4 bxc4 29. dxc4 Qc7 30. Kh2 Qxc4 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 Qxb4 33. Qa8+
Re8 34. Qf3 Re6 35. Qa8+ Re8 36. Qf3 Re6 37. Qa8+ Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2734"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. b3 e5 6. Bb2 Nge7 7. e3 d6 8. Nge2
O-O 9. d3 Rb8 10. h4 h6 11. Qd2 Bg4 12. O-O-O a6 13. f3 Be6 14. h5 d5 15. cxd5
Nxd5 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Kb1 Qe7 18. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vitiugov, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2734"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.06.30"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Bc2 f5 12. Nb3 Qd7 13. Nfd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 c5 15.
Ne2 Rad8 16. f3 Ng5 17. Be3 d4 18. cxd4 cxd4 19. Nxd4 Bc5 20. Bxg5 Bxd4+ 21.
Kh1 Rde8 22. Bb3 Bxb3 23. Qxb3+ Qe6 24. f4 Qxb3 25. axb3 Re6 26. Rfd1 Bxb2 27.
Ra2 Bc3 28. Rd6 Rfe8 29. Raxa6 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 h6 31. Bd8 Kf7 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33.
Rd6+ Kf7 34. g3 Re6 35. Rd5 Ra6 36. Rxb5 Ra1+ 37. Kg2 Ra2+ 38. Kh3 Bd2 39. Rb7+
Ke8 40. Bb6 g5 41. fxg5 hxg5 42. Bc5 g4+ 43. Kh4 Bc1 44. Kh5 Rxh2+ 45. Kg6 Rc2
46. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.20"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2739"]
[BlackElo "2724"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7. a4 b6 8. c3
Bb7 9. Na3 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Bb1 O-O 12. d4 Bc6 13. Bd3 Qb7 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 cxd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 17. Nc2 a5 18. b4 Qa7 19. Nd2 Rac8 20. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Moscow FIDE GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.05.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Wojtaszek, Radoslaw"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A65"]
[WhiteElo "2724"]
[BlackElo "2739"]
[Annotator "Wojtaszek,R"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.05.17"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 190"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.06.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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{In the first game we made a considerably short draw, so I had a bit more time
to prepare for the Grunfeld which was more or least given against Peter.} 1. d4
Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 {Against Mamedyarov I've played the calmer system with Bf4.
This time I wanted to get a bit more complicated position, so 3.f3 felt like a
decent choice.} e6 4. e4 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nge2 O-O 8. Ng3 exd5 (8...
a6 9. a4 h5 10. Bg5 Qc7 {Obviously it's not the most critical system, but
wanted to point out a beautiful idea:} 11. Qd2 exd5 12. cxd5 Nh7 13. Bh6 h4 14.
Bxg7 Kxg7 {and now} 15. Bc4 $3 {was played in the beautiful game Aronian-MVL
2017 which I can recommend to the readers.}) 9. cxd5 a6 10. a4 h5 11. Bg5 Qe8 {
I must confess that I didn't expect this line from Peter, so I only barely
remembered my file. The good thing was that Peter was spending quite a lot of
time for the next moves, so I was able to figure out some important details of
my old preparation.} 12. Bd3 Nh7 ({An alternative was} 12... Nbd7 $5 13. f4 (
13. O-O {would be too soft:} Nh7 14. Be3 (14. Bf4 $2 Ne5 $1 {explains the idea
of 12...Nd7}) 14... Ne5 15. Be2 h4 16. Nh1 f5 $13) 13... Ng4 14. h3 c4 $1 {
leads to a big mess and was already played in the game Matlakov-Adhiban, rapid
2017.}) 13. Bf4 Qe7 14. Nge2 (14. O-O Nd7 {would lead to the same as White
doesn't really have any other ideas than improving the knight from g3.}) 14...
Nd7 15. O-O Ne5 16. Bc2 {I considered this position to be a bit more pleasant
for White as it's not that simple for Black to find a good plan, while White
can simply improve the position with moves like a5 or h3 followed by Bc1 and
f4.} Rb8 (16... Bd7 17. a5 Rae8 {looked also logical to play on the kingside
but White is also prepared for that.} 18. h3 f5 {is something I considered
during the game but now White has a strong idea:} (18... h4 {allows another
positional idea:} 19. Ba4 $1) 19. Bc1 $1 {[%cal Ge2f4]}) 17. a5 b5 18. axb6
Rxb6 19. Bc1 h4 {here I had my first long thought, mainly choosing between 20.
h3 or 20.f4. After all I decided that} 20. f4 {is more forcing} (20. h3 $5 g5
$5 {was bothering me as the position after} 21. f4 gxf4 22. Nxf4 Bh6 {during
the game felt rather unclear even though engines are claiming White is much
better.}) 20... Ng4 21. h3 Ngf6 22. Ra2 Bd7 $13 {here I spent quite a lot of
time trying to figure out what is exactly my plan and I decided to attack f4
pawn.} 23. Qe1 (23. e5 dxe5 24. f5 {A typical idea in this kind of positions,
but here Black shouldn't be afraid of this.} gxf5 (24... g5 $5 25. Ne4 Nxe4 26.
Bxe4 Rb4 27. Nc3 Qd6 {would be also highly unclear}) 25. Bxf5 Bxf5 26. Rxf5 Qd6
{[%cal Gf8d8,Gf6d5]}) 23... Nh5 24. Be3 Rfb8 25. b3 Rxb3 $1 {A very strong,
practical decision. Instead of being slightly worse, Peter changes the
character of the position, and now all 3 results are possible.} (25... Qd8 {
is the computer's second choice which shows how unpleasant Black's position
was if this sacrifice wouldn't be available.}) 26. Bxb3 Rxb3 27. Bd2 $5 {
Maybe not the best move but the practical one. We were approaching time
trouble so I wanted to keep some control.} (27. e5 dxe5 28. fxe5 Qxe5 29. Qf2
Bf5 {must be fine for black}) (27. Rxa6 Ng3 $1 {and white cannot keep control
any longer.} 28. Nxg3 Bxc3 29. Ra8+ Kg7 30. Qd1 Rb4 31. Qc2 Bd4 32. Bxd4+ Rxd4
33. Ne2 Rxe4 $44) (27. Rf3 $5 Bb5 28. Bf2 Bxe2 29. Nxe2 $1 Rb4 $1 30. e5 dxe5
31. Rc2 {and according to an engine white is better but for me it looks
nothing more than unclear.}) 27... Bd4+ $6 {Funnily this is the move we both
thought it's a decisive mistake. Not the best one but not the losing one
either.} (27... Bb5 $1 {is the only move which I expected during the game.} 28.
Nxb5 axb5 29. e5 $1 dxe5 30. Ra8+ Nf8 31. f5 {and I thought that White has a
huge initiative which is only partly true because after} gxf5 $1 32. Rxf5 Ng3
33. Nxg3 hxg3 $1 {Black is also having some counterplay:} 34. Rg5 Qb7 $8 35.
Re8 Qxd5 36. Rexe5 Qd4+ 37. Re3 (37. Be3 Qxe5 $3 38. Rxe5 Bxe5 39. Bxc5 Ne6 {
and it's even White who should be careful.}) 37... Ne6 38. Rg4 Rxe3 39. Bxe3
Qe5 40. Qxg3 Qxg3 41. Rxg3 Kh7 $44 (41... c4 $2 42. Bh6)) (27... Bc8 $5 {
simply protecting the pawn was also interesting. It's not easy to understand
but Black has a decent positional compensation, so it's not necessary to force
things.} 28. Qd1 Rb4 $44) 28. Kh2 N7f6 $4 {Only this loses. First of all the
a6 pawn is lost and also now the bishop on d4 is rather stuck doing nothing.} (
28... Rb6 $1 29. Qa1 (29. Nxd4 cxd4 30. Ne2 Bb5 $44 {[%csl Ge4]}) 29... Ng3 $1
30. Rb1 $1 (30. Nxg3 $2 hxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Bb5 32. Re1 Nf6 $17) 30... Rxb1 31. Qxb1
Nf6 32. Rxa6 Nfxe4 33. Nxe4 Qxe4 34. Qxe4 Nxe4 35. Be1 $14 {Practically
speaking it's closer to a draw than anything else.}) 29. Rf3 Rb4 30. Rxa6 $18 {
The rest normally would be easy but given that we were short of time and the
stake was quite high it was neccessary not to allow many tricks.} Rc4 31. Ra7
Qd8 32. Qa1 $1 Nxe4 33. Ra8 (33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Qa8+ Kg7 35. Nxe4 {was also
winning but as usual in such situations one should just calculate one way and
play it.}) 33... Bc8 34. Qa6 $1 Nxd2 (34... Bxa6 35. Rxd8+ Kg7 36. Nxe4 $18)
35. Rxc8 Nxf3+ 36. gxf3 Qxc8 37. Qxc8+ Kg7 38. Nxd4 Rxd4 (38... Rxc3 39. Nb5
Rc2+ 40. Kg1 {is also hopeless.}) 39. Qd8 Rd2+ 40. Kg1 Nxf4 41. Qxd6 Nxh3+ 42.
Kf1 {and Peter resigned. I considered it be quite a good game, especially
since it gave me a qualification to the semi-finals.} 1-0

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.06.23"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2760"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
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1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 c5 7. e3 Nc6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. Nd2 Rc8 11. c4 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 b5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5
exd5 15. Qh5 Be6 16. Qe5 Bf6 17. Qf4 Bg5 18. Qe5 Bf6 19. Qf4 Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.06.24"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
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[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Bg7 8.
d5 Ne5 9. Nxe5 Bxe5 10. g3 O-O 11. Bh6 Re8 12. Rd1 Qd6 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Bg2 Qa4
15. Qxa4 Nxa4 16. b3 Nc3 17. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 18. Bd2 Be5 19. Rc1 e6 20. Bc3 exd5 21.
Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxc7 d4 23. Bxb7 Bxb7 24. Rxb7 Rae8 25. O-O Ra5 26. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.06.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2700"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
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1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 f6 11. e6 Qd6 12. Qe2 c5 13. Nc3 Nf5 14. Nb5 Qb6 15.
dxc5 Qxc5 16. Bf4 Ba6 17. a4 Qb4 18. g3 h5 19. Qd3 Rac8 20. b3 Bxb5 21. axb5
Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.06.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rodshtein, Maxim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2685"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3
Be6 9. Ne5 g6 10. d3 cxd3 11. Nxd3 Bg7 12. Nc5 Qc8 13. Nxb7 Nfd5 14. Nc5 Nb4
15. Qe4 Bd5 16. Qe3 h5 17. Ne4 Qb8 18. Nc3 Be6 19. Qe4 N6d5 20. Bg5 O-O 21.
Rac1 Re8 22. Nd1 Nb6 23. Nc3 Bb3 24. Bf4 e5 25. Be3 f5 26. Qh4 e4 27. Qg5 Re6
28. f3 exf3 29. Bxf3 N4d5 30. Nxd5 Bxd5 31. b3 Bxf3 32. Rxf3 Nd5 33. Bc5 Qe8
34. Rf2 Nf6 35. Qf4 Ne4 36. Rf3 Be5 37. Qe3 Nxc5 38. Qxc5 Bd6 0-1

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.06.27"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nbd2 Bg7 4. e4 O-O 5. e5 Ne8 6. Bd3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8.
O-O Qxc5 9. Re1 d6 10. exd6 Qxd6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Nce5 Nf6 13. h3 Nc6 14. Bf4
Nxe5 15. Bxe5 Qc5 16. Qe2 Be6 17. Bd4 Qc7 18. c3 Rfe8 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. a4 a6 21.
Bc4 e6 22. Be5 Qc5 23. b4 Qe7 24. a5 Rac8 25. Rad1 Ba4 26. Rd4 Red8 27. Rxd8+
Qxd8 28. Nd4 Bd7 29. Nb3 Bc6 30. Nc5 Nd5 31. Bxg7 Kxg7 32. Qe5+ Qf6 33. Bxd5
Qxe5 34. Rxe5 Bxd5 35. f4 Rc6 36. Re1 b6 37. axb6 Rxb6 38. Ra1 Bc4 39. Kf2 Rd6
40. Ke1 h6 41. Rd1 Rxd1+ 42. Kxd1 g5 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. Kd2 f5 45. Ke3 e5 46. g4
f4+ 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Nd7+ Ke6 49. Nxe5 Bd5+ 50. Kd4 Bg2 51. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.06.28"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nabaty, Tamir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 O-O 7. d4 Ba7 8. Re1
b5 9. Bc2 d6 10. h3 exd4 11. cxd4 Nb4 12. Bb3 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. Be3 Na5 15. Nc3
Nxb3 16. Qxb3 Bb7 17. Rad1 Bxe4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Qd3 Nf6 21. Bg5
h6 22. Bh4 d5 23. b4 Bb6 24. Nd4 Bxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.06.30"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2594"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Ne5 Nc6 6. Bb5 Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bd7 8.
Nxd7 Nxd7 9. Bd2 Rc8 10. a4 Qb6 11. a5 Qxd4 12. a6 bxa6 13. Bxa6 Rb8 14. O-O e6
15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Ba6 Rb8 17. Bb5 Rc8 18. Ra6 Nce5 19. Qe2 Be7 20. Ra4 Nc4 21.
Be3 Qe5 22. Rxa7 Rc7 23. f4 Qd6 24. Ra6 Qxa6 25. Bxa6 Nxe3 26. Nb5 Rc6 27. Nd4
Rb6 28. Ra1 Nxc2 29. Nxc2 O-O 30. Bb5 Nf6 31. Ra6 Rb7 32. b4 Ne4 33. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.07.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[Annotator "Postny,E"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,91,19,38,25,7,30,29,28,3,9,3,24,-16,-3,-3,14,-33,0,-8,1,-38,-21,-40,
-16,-21,-5,-18,-8,-32,-21,-12,-3,-24,20,13,36,21,21,6,17,8,26,37,42,32,35,35,
40,34,41,40,48,39,71,102,58,42,50,53,68,58,52,62,150,125,125,161,140,40,40,76,
64,68,68,86,67,51,71,16,257,319,316,346,259,141,396,369,417,425,457,487,500,
500]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6
8. a4 b4 9. a5 {A rare line.} ({In 2016 Peter played against me:} 9. d4 O-O 10.
dxe5 {- this position is a frequent guest on a high level.} dxe5 (10... Nxe5
11. Nbd2 Nfd7 12. Nd4 Nc5 13. Bd5 Rb8 14. Nc4 Bg4 15. Qd2 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17.
b3 Bf6 18. Bb2 c6 19. Rad1 Qb6 $11 {1-0 (38) Nakamura,H (2761)-Ding,L (2805)
Abidjan 2019}) 11. Nbd2 Bc5 12. a5 h6 13. h3 Qe7 14. Bd5 Bb7 15. Nb3 Rad8 16.
Qd3 Ba7 17. c4 Nb8 18. Nh4 Nxd5 19. Nf5 Qf6 20. cxd5 $14 {1/2-1/2 (31) Svidler,
P (2742)-Postny,E (2616) Novi Sad 2016}) 9... O-O 10. c3 Rb8 11. d3 {Now the
position transposes into one of the quiet "d3 setups".} (11. Bc4 {is a funny
line, which I faced once.} Nxe4 $5 {Black has numerous alternatives, but this
one leads to a very unusual position.} 12. Bd5 Nxf2 13. Kxf2 Nxa5 $1 14. cxb4 (
14. Rxa5 $2 c6 $17 {[%csl Ra5,Rd5]}) 14... c6 15. Ba2 Rxb4 {Black got three
pawns for the piece.} 16. d4 exd4 17. Kg1 c5 $13 {1/2-1/2 (38) De Jong,M (2331)
-Postny,E (2581) Groningen 2017}) 11... h6 (11... Be6 {is a possible
alternative.}) 12. Nbd2 bxc3 13. bxc3 Be6 14. Nc4 (14. Bxe6 fxe6 {There are
pros and cons of this structure. The e6 pawn covers important d5 and f5
squares, which usually compensates for the static drawbacks. The opened f-file
is useful as well.}) 14... Qc8 {Peter had already played this against non
other than Magnus Carlsen. However, during the game I wasn't aware of it, as
we reached this position by a different order of moves.} 15. Qc2 {Svidler
deviates from his own game.} (15. Bc2 Rd8 16. Qe2 Bf8 17. Ne3 d5 $11 {0-1 (36)
Svidler,P (2747)-Carlsen,M (2872) London 2013}) 15... Rd8 16. Ba3 (16. h3 {
is an invitation for the sacrifice.} Bxh3 $1 17. gxh3 Qxh3 18. Nh2 Ng4 19. Nxg4
Qxg4+ 20. Kf1 d5 21. exd5 Qh3+ 22. Ke2 Rxd5 23. Be3 e4 24. dxe4 Qh5+ 25. f3
Qh2+ 26. Bf2 Bh4 27. Rf1 Rg5 28. Ne3 Ne5 $44 {1/2-1/2 (42) Schmitz,A (2383)
-Grube,F (2221) ICCF email 2014}) (16. Bd2 {is an engine suggestion, but a
human player would be definitely concerned by} Bg4 {with a threat to spoil the
kingside structure.} 17. Ba4 Na7 (17... Bxf3 $6 18. Bxc6 Qg4 19. Ne3 $14) 18.
Qd1 Be6 19. Ne3 c5 {and Black should equalize.}) 16... Bf8 $6 {Too passive.} (
16... Nh5 $1 {was the right idea. Almost all white pieces are away from the
kingside.} 17. g3 $6 ({White can retreat:} 17. Bc1 {but, then it's just a
repetition of moves.}) 17... Nf4 $1 {is the point.} 18. gxf4 $2 Bxc4 19. Bxc4
Qg4+ $17) 17. Nfd2 $1 Ne7 $6 (17... d5 18. exd5 Rxd5 19. Bxf8 Qxf8 20. Ba4 Nxa5
21. Nxe5 {is in White's favour as he grabbed a more important central pawn.}) (
17... Nh5 {Now this idea is not effective anymore.} 18. g3 $14) (17... Na7 $1 {
would be the best manoeuvre. The knight is going to b5.}) 18. d4 Ng6 ({I can
not play} 18... exd4 19. cxd4 d5 20. Ne5 {and the fork on c6 is coming.}) 19.
d5 Bd7 20. Ne3 Ng4 {It is useful for Black to swap pair of knights.} 21. Nxg4
Bxg4 22. Rab1 Nf4 23. Bc4 Ra8 $6 {An ugly move, but I was worried to lose the
a6 pawn after the exchange of rooks.} (23... Rxb1 $1 24. Qxb1 (24. Rxb1 c6 $1 {
Black has enough counterplay.} 25. Rb6 cxd5 26. Bxa6 Qc7) 24... Qa8 25. Nf1 $14
) 24. Bf1 Bd7 25. Nc4 h5 {I wasn't happy with this move, but I didn't know
what to do.} (25... Bb5 26. Ne3 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 $16) (25... f5 26. g3 Nh5 27.
exf5 Bxf5 28. Bd3 $16) 26. Bc1 Be7 {I thought that it's better to allow to
take on f4 rather than to retreat to g6 and admit a total failure.} 27. Bxf4
exf4 28. e5 (28. Qd2 $1 {would be more accurate.} Bg5 29. e5 {The bishop on g5
is clumsy.}) 28... dxe5 29. Nxe5 Bf6 $6 (29... Re8 $1 {would be much more
flexible and only then to decide where to move the bishops.} 30. c4 (30. Qd2
Bf5 31. Rbd1 Bd6 $14) 30... Bf6 31. Nxd7 Qxd7 32. Red1 {White is better, but
opposite-coloured bishops offer reasonable chances for a draw.}) 30. Qd2 Be6 $6
{I thought that I must try to hit the d-pawn, but it doesn't work.} (30... Bf5
31. Rbd1 Bg4 32. f3 Re8 33. Qxf4 Qf5 34. Qxf5 Bxf5 {would offer more chances
to survive thanks to the pair of good bishops.}) 31. c4 c6 32. d6 c5 33. Rb6 (
33. Qxf4 Rxd6 34. Nxf7 Rd4 35. Nh6+ Kh7 36. Qe3 {is also good for White, but
less human.}) 33... Rb8 34. d7 (34. Rc6 {is more convincing.} Qb7 35. Rxc5 Rbc8
36. Rxc8 Qxc8 37. Qb4 $18) 34... Qc7 35. Rc6 Bxe5 36. Rxc7 Bxc7 37. Rxe6 $1 {
An obvious sacrifice. Now White keeps his d7 passer alive and gets a strong
initiative on the light squares.} fxe6 38. g3 Kf7 (38... Rb1 {would be more
tricky.} 39. Qe2 (39. gxf4 $2 Bxf4 $1 40. Qxf4 Rxd7 {Due to the double threat
Rdd1 and Rd4 Black wins the bishop.} 41. Kg2 Rd4 42. Qe5 Rg4+ 43. Kf3 Rxf1 44.
Qxe6+ Kh7 {and Black should hold.}) 39... Kf7 40. Qxh5+ Kf6 41. Qxc5 Rxd7 {
I believe that a player of Svidler calibre should win this position, but it
definitely will not be easy.}) 39. Bh3 $2 (39. gxf4 Ke7 40. f5 {was winning
without much of a drama.}) 39... Ke7 $2 {I didn't use my chance to come back
in the game on the last minute.} (39... g5 $1 40. Qd3 Rh8 ({Another idea is} 
40... g4 41. Qh7+ Kf6 42. Bf1 Be5 43. Qxh5 Bd4 44. Qxg4 fxg3 45. hxg3 Ke7 46.
Bh3 Rb1+ 47. Kg2 Re1 {with decent survival chances.}) 41. gxf4 gxf4 42. Qe4 Rh6
{It's still very unpleasant for Black, but holdable.}) 40. Qe2 {[%csl Re6] Now
it's all over.} Rb1+ 41. Kg2 f3+ 42. Qxf3 Rf8 43. Qxh5 Bd6 (43... Rb2 44. Qxc5+
Bd6 45. Qg5+ Kxd7 46. Qxg7+ $18 {[%csl Rb2]}) 44. Bxe6 Rb2 45. Qg5+ Kxe6 46.
d8=N+ (46. d8=N+ Kd7 47. Qxg7+ $18) 1-0

[Event "Netanya Masters"]
[Site "Netanya"]
[Date "2019.07.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "McShane, Luke J"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.06.23"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ISR"]
[EventCategory "18"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.08.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
exd5 O-O 9. O-O Bg4 10. f3 Bh5 11. Bg5 cxd5 12. Ne2 Bg6 13. Kh1 Rb8 14. b3 Re8
15. c4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 dxc4 17. Qxc4 Qd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rfd1 Rxe2 20. Rxd5
Rbe8 21. Bh4 Bc3 22. Rad1 Rxa2 23. Bg3 Ba5 24. Rc5 Bb6 25. Rcc1 c5 26. Bd6 Rd8
27. h4 h5 28. Rd3 a5 29. Kh2 Rxd6 30. Rxd6 Bc7 31. Rcd1 Rb2 32. Kh3 Bxd6 33.
Rxd6 Rxb3 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Rd5 Rb5 36. Rxh5+ Kg6 37. Rh8 a4 38. Ra8 Rb4 39. Kg3
c4 40. Kf2 c3 41. Rc8 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 c2 43. Kd2 a3 44. Kc1 Rb1+ 45. Kxc2 a2 0-1

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 Qd6 8.
Qg5 Nbd7 9. exd5 cxd5 10. d4 e4 11. Nh4 Nb6 12. Qxg7 Qf4 13. Qxh8+ Ke7 14. Nc3
Qxh4 15. Qg7 Bg4 16. Bxd5 Nbxd5 17. Nxd5+ Nxd5 18. Qe5+ Be6 19. c4 f6 20. Qg3
Nf4 21. d5 Nd3+ 22. Kd2 Qxg3 23. hxg3 Bf5 24. f3 exf3 25. gxf3 Nxb2 26. Rae1+
Kd7 27. g4 Bg6 28. Kc3 Nd3 29. Re6 Rf8 30. g5 fxg5 31. Rxg6 hxg6 32. Rh7+ Kd6
33. Kxd3 Rxf3+ 34. Ke2 Rc3 35. Rxb7 Rxc4 36. Rxa7 Kxd5 37. Ra5+ Rc5 38. Rxc5+
Kxc5 39. Kf3 Kb4 40. Kg4 Ka3 41. Kxg5 Kxa2 42. Kxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 d6 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. Bg2 e5
9. O-O e4 10. Ne1 Bf5 11. h3 h5 12. Nc2 Qd7 13. Kh2 Rfe8 14. Ne3 Ne7 15. Rc1 c6
16. d5 cxd5 17. cxd5 b5 18. Rc2 Rac8 19. a3 a5 20. Rd2 Kh7 21. Qa1 Neg8 22.
Nxf5 gxf5 23. e3 h4 24. Ne2 Nh5 25. Bxg7 Nxg7 26. Rg1 hxg3+ 27. fxg3 Re5 28.
Rc1 Nf6 29. Nf4 Ngh5 30. Bf1 Rg8 31. Rg2 Qe7 32. Qb2 Nxf4 33. gxf4 Rxd5 34. b4
axb4 35. axb4 Rg6 36. Rc8 Rd1 37. Be2 Rxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Re1 39. Kf2 Rh1 40. Kg2
Re1 41. Kf2 Rh1 42. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2737"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O
8. Qd2 Nd7 9. O-O-O Nf6 10. Bd3 c5 11. Bg5 Be6 12. Qf4 d5 13. c4 Re8 14. Bxf6
Bxf6 15. cxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxh7+ Kxh7 17. Qf5+ Kg8 18. Qxd5 Qb6 19. c3 Re2 20. Rd2
Rxd2 21. Qxd2 Qe6 22. Kb1 Qg4 23. Rg1 Re8 24. Qc2 b5 25. h3 Qc4 26. Rd1 Re2 27.
Rd2 Rxd2 28. Qxd2 Qf1+ 29. Ne1 a5 30. Kc2 b4 31. cxb4 axb4 32. Kb3 Be7 33. Qe3
c4+ 34. Kc2 Bf6 35. b3 g6 36. bxc4 Qxc4+ 37. Kb1 Qf1 38. Kc2 Bc3 39. Nd3 Qxg2
40. Qe8+ Kg7 41. a3 Qd5 42. Nxb4 Qd2+ 43. Kb3 Qb2+ 44. Ka4 Qxf2 45. Qe4 Qa7+
46. Kb3 Bf6 47. Qd3 Qc5 48. Nd5 Be5 49. a4 f5 50. Qc4 Qf2 51. a5 f4 52. a6 f3
53. Qd3 Qb2+ 54. Kc4 f2 55. Ne3 Qb6 56. Kd5 Bf4 57. Nf1 Kh6 58. Ke4 Bb8 59.
Qe3+ Qxe3+ 60. Kxe3 Ba7+ 61. Kf3 Kg5 62. Nd2 Kh4 63. Kg2 g5 64. Nf3+ Kh5 65.
Ne5 Kh4 66. Ng6+ Kh5 67. Ne7 g4 68. hxg4+ Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Riga FIDE GP"]
[Site "Riga"]
[Date "2019.07.14"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2737"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.07.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "LAT"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qb3 Nb6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bf4 Be6 8.
Qa3 O-O 9. e4 c6 10. Rd1 N8d7 11. h4 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 e5 14. dxe5 Qe8
15. Be2 Nxe5 16. Qb3 Nec4 17. Bc1 Qe6 18. O-O Rfd8 19. h5 Bd4 20. Rd3 Bf6 21.
Rg3 Nd2 22. Qxe6 fxe6 23. Re1 Be5 24. Rg4 Kf7 25. g3 a5 26. Kg2 Nbc4 27. Rh1
Rh8 28. Na4 b5 29. b3 bxa4 30. bxc4 Rad8 31. c5 Bc3 32. Rf4+ Ke7 33. e5 Bxe5
34. Rxa4 Bc3 35. Rg4 Kf7 36. Rf4+ Ke7 37. Rg4 Kf7 38. Bd1 Rd5 39. hxg6+ hxg6
40. Rxh8 Bxh8 41. Bc2 g5 42. Ba4 Bf6 43. Bxc6 Rxc5 44. Bxd2 Rxc6 45. Bxg5 Bc3
46. Rf4+ Kg6 47. Be7 Rb6 48. Rc4 Bb4 49. Bc5 Rb5 50. Be3 Rd5 51. Kf3 Rd3 52.
Ke4 Ra3 53. Rc2 Bd6 54. Rc6 Ra4+ 55. Kf3 Be7 56. Rxe6+ Kf7 57. Ra6 Rxa2 58. Ke4
a4 59. g4 a3 60. Kf5 Rb2 61. Bd4 Rd2 62. Be3 Rd5+ 63. Ke4 Rb5 64. Bd4 Bb4 65.
Ra7+ Kg6 66. f4 Ra5 67. f5+ Kg5 68. Rg7+ Kh4 69. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Bd6 8.
O-O-O Be5 9. Qe2 Nge7 10. g3 Bxd4 11. Bxd4 Nxd4 12. Rxd4 e5 13. Rd1 b5 14. Bh3
O-O 15. Nd5 Nxd5 16. Rxd5 d6 17. Bxc8 Raxc8 18. Rhd1 Rfd8 19. Kb1 h6 20. a3 Qb6
21. Qd2 Rc6 22. c3 Re8 23. f3 Re6 24. h4 Rg6 25. g4 Rf6 26. Qe2 Rc5 27. Qe3
Rxd5 28. Qxb6 Rxd1+ 29. Ka2 Rxf3 30. Qxa6 Rd2 31. Qxb5 Rxc3 32. a4 Rc5 33. Qe8+
Kh7 34. Qxf7 Rd4 35. Ka3 Rcc4 36. b3 Rc1 37. g5 hxg5 38. hxg5 Ra1+ 39. Kb2 Rg1
40. Qh5+ Kg8 41. g6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Bc5 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 Re8 10. Nbd2 f6 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. Ne4 a5 13. Nc5 Ra7 14. Nd2 Nd4 15.
e3 Ne6 16. Nxe6 Bxe6 17. d4 exd4 18. Bxd4 c6 19. Nc4 c5 20. Bb2 Nd5 21. a4 b6
22. Qh5 Bf7 23. Qe2 Rd7 24. Bh3 Rde7 25. Rfd1 Qc7 26. Rd2 Rd8 27. Rcd1 Ree8 28.
Bg4 Ne7 29. Rd7 Qb8 30. Nd6 Rxd7 31. Bxd7 Rd8 32. Nxf7 Kxf7 33. Qc4+ Kg6 34.
Qe4+ Kf7 35. Qe6+ Kg6 36. h4 h6 37. Qe4+ Kf7 38. h5 Qc7 39. Qe6# 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d5 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. Rc1 c6 10. h3 e4 11. Nh2 Nf8 12. c4 Qa5 13. a3 dxc4 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15.
Bxc4 Bf5 16. g4 Bd7 17. f3 Bg5 18. Rc3 exf3 19. Qxf3 Kh8 20. Ne4 Rxe4 21. Qxe4
Re8 22. Qf3 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Ng4 Nd7 25. Qg3 Qd8 26. Be2 Bxg4 27. Bxg4 Nf6
28. Rd3 Ne4 29. Qf3 h5 30. Bxh5 gxh5 31. Qxh5+ Kg8 32. Qg6+ Kh8 33. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 h5 4. h3 Bc5 5. Nc3 d6 6. d3 Nge7 7. Nf3 a6 8. a3 f6
9. b4 Ba7 10. e3 Be6 11. Bb2 Qd7 12. Qc2 d5 13. c5 Nd8 14. d4 e4 15. Nd2 Nf7
16. h4 Bg4 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Qxe4+ Be6 19. Bh3 Nd8 20. Qg6+ Qf7 21. Qxf7+ Kxf7
22. Bxe6+ Nxe6 23. e4 Ne7 24. d5 Nf8 25. Nc4 b6 26. d6 bxc5 27. dxe7 Kxe7 28.
O-O Ne6 29. Rfc1 cxb4 30. axb4 Rhd8 31. Kg2 Bd4 32. Bxd4 Rxd4 33. f3 Rb8 34.
Na5 Kf7 35. Nc6 Rd2+ 36. Kf1 Rb6 37. Rc3 g5 38. hxg5 Nxg5 39. Rac1 Kg7 40. Ke1
Rg2 41. Nd4 Rg1+ 42. Kf2 Rxc1 43. Rxc1 Rxb4 44. Rxc7+ Kf8 45. Ke3 Ra4 46. Ra7
Ke8 47. Kd3 Ra3+ 48. Ke2 Ra2+ 49. Ke3 Ra4 50. Kd3 Nf7 51. f4 Nd6 52. Ra8+ Kd7
53. e5 fxe5 54. fxe5 Ra3+ 55. Kc2 Ne4 56. e6+ Kd6 57. Rd8+ Ke7 58. Rd7+ Kf6 59.
Rf7+ Kg6 60. Rf4 Rc3+ 61. Kb2 Re3 62. Nf5 Re2+ 63. Ka3 Nxg3 64. Nxg3 Re3+ 65.
Ka4 Rxg3 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. Be3 d6 8. Nh3 Nge7
9. Nf4 b6 10. Bd2 Bb7 11. Kf1 Qd7 12. a3 O-O 13. Rb1 Ne5 14. Bxb7 Qxb7 15. e4
f5 16. Nxe6 Nxd3 17. Nxg7 fxe4 18. Be3 Kxg7 19. Qg4 Nf5 20. Kg1 Rae8 21. Rh2
Ne5 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2779"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Bd7 6. Qe2+ Be7 7. d4 Nf6 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. Be3 Re8 10. b4 a5 11. O-O Nc6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Ne4 14. Qd3 Bf6
15. f3 axb4 16. fxe4 dxe4 17. Qd2 Be5 18. Qf2 f5 19. g3 Ra4 20. Qxf5 bxc3 21.
Qf7+ Kh8 22. Nc2 Bb5 23. Re1 Rf8 24. Qe6 Qd3 25. Bf4 Bxf4 26. gxf4 Qxc2 27. Qd6
Raa8 28. Qd4 e3 29. Qxe3 Bc6 30. Qf2 Qb2 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov blitz"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2019.08.03"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e6 7. b3 Nge7 8. Bb2
O-O 9. h4 d5 10. h5 b6 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Nf3 d4 13. Ne4 e5 14. O-O-O f6 15. g4
Bxg4 16. Rdg1 Qd7 17. Kb1 Kf7 18. Rh4 Rh8 19. Nfg5+ fxg5 20. Nxg5+ Kf8 21. Bxc6
Qxc6 22. Rhxg4 Ke8 23. Ne4 Kd7 24. b4 Bh6 25. Qe1 Rab8 26. Ka1 Qa4 27. bxc5 b5
28. Qd1 Qxd1+ 29. Rxd1 bxc4 30. dxc4 Bg7 31. Bc1 Rb4 32. Bg5 Nc6 33. Bd2 Rxc4
34. Rxg6 Bf8 35. Rb1 Kc7 36. Rb5 a6 37. Ba5+ Nxa5 38. Rxa5 Rc2 39. Ng3 Bxc5 40.
Raxa6 Kb7 41. Rae6 Ba3 42. Rb6+ Kc7 43. Rb3 Rc1+ 44. Rb1 Rb8 45. Rxc1+ Bxc1 46.
a4 Rb4 47. Ra6 Bd2 48. Ka2 Bc3 49. Ka3 Rb1 50. Re6 Ra1+ 51. Kb3 Rb1+ 52. Kc2
Ra1 53. Rxe5 Rxa4 54. Kd3 Ra2 55. Rd5 Rd2+ 56. Ke4 Kc6 57. f4 Rd1 58. Rd8 Kc7
59. Rg8 d3 60. exd3 Re1+ 61. Kd5 Bd2 62. f5 Rd1 63. Ne4 Be3 64. Rg7+ Kd8 65. f6
Rxd3+ 66. Ke6 Bh6 67. Rh7 Re3 68. Rh8+ Kc7 69. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2686"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. e3 Nb4 8. d3 d5
9. a3 Nc6 10. Nge2 dxc4 11. bxc4 Ne5 12. Nc1 Bg4 13. f3 Be6 14. Qe2 Qd7 15. Nd1
Nc6 16. Nf2 b5 17. cxb5 Na5 18. a4 a6 19. f4 Bd5 20. e4 Bb7 21. bxa6 Bxa6 22.
O-O Rab8 23. Bc3 Nc6 24. Rd1 Rfd8 25. Qd2 Qa7 26. h3 e5 27. f5 c4 28. fxg6 hxg6
29. Kh2 Rd6 30. Qe2 Nd4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 32. Qe3 cxd3 33. Ncxd3 Rb3 34. Rab1 Qb8
35. Nxe5 Rxb1 36. Qxd4 Rxd1 37. Nxd1 Nh5 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "148"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qc2 Nc6 6. Qb3 Nb6 7. d4 Be6 8.
Qd1 Bg7 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 Bc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc4 12. O-O Nd6 13. Qe2 Qe8 14. Rd1 e5
15. d5 e4 16. dxc6 exf3 17. Qxf3 Qxc6 18. Qxc6 bxc6 19. Na4 Rfd8 20. Kf1 Nc4
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. Ke2 Rb8 23. a3 Rb5 24. Ra2 Nb6 25. Nxb6 cxb6 26. b4 a5 27.
Bd2 axb4 28. axb4 Bf8 29. Ra8 f5 30. Kd3 Rd5+ 31. Kc2 Kf7 32. Rb8 Rb5 33. Rc8
Bxb4 34. Bxb4 Rxb4 35. Rxc6 h5 36. g3 h4 37. Kc3 Ra4 38. Rxb6 hxg3 39. hxg3 g5
40. Kd2 Ra2+ 41. Ke1 g4 42. Rd6 Rb2 43. Rd2 Rb1+ 44. Ke2 Kf6 45. Kd3 Ra1 46.
Kc4 Ra4+ 47. Kb3 Ra8 48. Rd4 Kg5 49. Kc4 Ra2 50. Rf4 Rd2 51. Kc3 Ra2 52. Kd3
Rb2 53. e4 fxe4+ 54. Kxe4 Rb4+ 55. Ke5 Rb5+ 56. Ke6 Rb6+ 57. Kd5 Rb5+ 58. Kc4
Re5 59. Kd3 Re8 60. Re4 Rf8 61. Re5+ Kg6 62. Ke2 Rf7 63. Re8 Rf6 64. Rg8+ Kh5
65. Kf1 Rf7 66. Kg2 Rf6 67. Kf1 Rf7 68. Kg1 Rf6 69. f4 gxf3 70. g4+ Kh6 71. g5+
Kh7 72. gxf6 Kxg8 73. Kf2 Kf7 74. Kxf3 Kxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2779"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. O-O Nb6 7. d3 Be7 8.
Nbd2 O-O 9. b3 Be6 10. Bb2 f6 11. Rc1 Qd7 12. d4 exd4 13. Rxc6 bxc6 14. Nxd4
Nd5 15. Nc4 Rad8 16. Na5 c5 17. Ndc6 Rde8 18. Nxa7 f5 19. N7c6 Bf6 20. Ne5 Bxe5
21. Bxe5 f4 22. Nb7 Qc6 23. Na5 Qd7 24. Nb7 Qc6 25. Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2759"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Nd5 Nxd5 8.
exd5 Nb8 9. a4 Be7 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bd2 a6 13. Na3 a5 14. c3 f5 15.
b4 f4 16. Nc4 b6 17. Re1 Kh8 18. Rb1 Ba6 19. Bf1 Nf6 20. bxa5 bxa5 21. Nb6 Bxf1
22. Nxa8 Bd3 23. Nb6 Bxb1 24. Qxb1 Qc7 25. c4 Qc5 26. Qb5 Qd4 27. Bxa5 f3 28.
gxf3 Ng4 29. Rf1 Nxh2 30. Kxh2 Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qg5+ 32. Kh1 Rf4 33. Qe8+ Bf8 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bareev, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c3 e6 3. Bg5 h6 4. Bh4 c5 5. e3 b6 6. Bd3 Bb7 7. Nf3 Be7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 d6 11. Re1 Nbd7 12. a4 a6 13. h3 Nh5 14. Bxe7 Qxe7 15.
Be4 Ndf6 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. g3 b5 18. Qb3 Qc6 19. Ra2 Nd5 20. Rea1 Rab8 21. axb5
axb5 22. Ra6 Rb6 23. Rxb6 Qxb6 24. Qa2 Nhf6 25. Qa6 Rb8 26. Qxb6 Nxb6 27. b3
Rc8 28. Ra6 Nfd5 29. c4 bxc4 30. bxc4 Nxc4 31. Nxc4 Rxc4 32. Rxd6 g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. e3 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Nc3 dxc4 11. bxc4 Nc6 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Qe2 Nb4 14. Bb1 Bxf3
15. gxf3 Nh5 16. a3 Bd6 17. f4 Qh4 18. f3 Nxf4 19. Qd2 Nbd3 0-1

[Event "Amsterdam Levitov rapid"]
[Site "Amsterdam"]
[Date "2019.08.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2756"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.08.04"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "NED"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 191 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. a3
Bb7 9. Bg2 Nfd7 10. g5 Nc6 11. h4 Rc8 12. f4 h6 13. Be3 hxg5 14. hxg5 Rxh1+ 15.
Bxh1 Nb6 16. Qe2 Nc4 17. O-O-O Qc7 18. Bf2 g6 19. e5 dxe5 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Bc5
Nd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxe7 Kxe7 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nb3 d5 2. f4 Nb6 3. Nf2 f6 4. e4 e5 5. fxe5 Qxe5 6. d4 Qg5+ 7. Qd2 Qxd2+ 8.
Nxd2 Re8 9. Re1 O-O-O 10. a3 dxe4 11. Rxe4 f5 12. Rxe8 Rxe8 13. O-O-O Nd5 14.
Nd3 Ng6 15. Nf3 Bd6 16. Re1 Rxe1+ 17. Ndxe1 Bf4+ 18. Kd1 Ne3+ 19. Bxe3 Bxe3 20.
Bd3 Ne7 21. g3 c5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Ke2 a5 24. c3 g6 25. Ne5 Bd6 26. N1f3 Bd5
27. Bc4 Kc7 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Nc4 a4 30. Nd4 Be7 31. Kf3 Bf6 32. Ne6+ Kc6 33.
Nf8 b5 34. Nd2 Bg5 35. Ke2 Bxd2 36. Kxd2 Nf6 37. Ne6 Kd5 38. Nd4 Kc4 39. Kc2
Ng4 40. Nf3 Kd5 41. h3 Ne3+ 42. Kd3 Nc4 43. Nd4 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. e4 Nb6 3. Nb3 e6 4. Ng3 Qa4 5. Qa5 Qxa5 6. Nxa5 Ng6 7. f3 Re8 8.
Nb3 O-O-O 9. e5 Nd7 10. Be3 f6 11. f4 Bf7 12. c3 Nh4 13. Re1 Bg6 14. O-O-O fxe5
15. fxe5 Be7 16. Ne2 Bh5 17. Rd3 g5 18. Ng3 Bg6 19. Rd2 Rf8 20. Na1 Nb6 21. b3
Ba3+ 22. Kd1 h6 23. Rde2 a5 24. Nc2 Be7 25. Rf2 Rxf2 26. Bxf2 Rf8 27. Bg1 a4
28. Kd2 Kd7 29. c4 axb3 30. axb3 Ra8 31. c5 Ra2 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Kxd3 Nc8 34.
Re2 Na7 35. Rf2 Ke8 36. Ne2 Nc6 37. b4 b6 38. Kc3 bxc5 39. bxc5 Ra4 40. Kb3 Rc4
41. g4 Ng6 42. Rf1 Na5+ 43. Kb2 Ra4 44. Ra1 Nc4+ 45. Kc3 Rxa1 46. Nxa1 c6 47.
Nb3 Bd8 48. Kd3 Nb2+ 49. Kc2 Nc4 50. Kd3 Kf7 51. h3 Nb2+ 52. Kc2 Nc4 53. Kd3
Nh4 54. Bf2 Ng6 55. Be1 Ke8 56. Bd2 Nb2+ 57. Kc2 Nc4 58. Kd3 Bc7 59. Be1 Kf7
60. Bc3 Nh4 61. Be1 Ng6 62. Bd2 Ke8 63. Be1 Kf7 64. Bd2 Ke8 65. Be1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Ngf3 c5 2. c4 Ngf6 3. b3 b6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Bxd4 d6 6. g3 e5 7. Be3 Ne4 8. Bg2
N8f6 9. Ng5 Qc7 10. Qc2 d5 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 dxe4 13. O-O-O+ Ke8 14. Qc3
Be7 15. Nc2 a5 16. Kb2 f6 17. a4 Kf7 18. Na3 Bxa3+ 19. Kxa3 Rhd8 20. Kb2 Bc6
21. h4 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rd8 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qd2 Qc7 25. Ka3 Ke6 26. b4 axb4+ 27.
Qxb4 Qd7 28. Qxb6 Kf5 29. a5 Kg4 30. Kb4 Kh3 31. a6 Kg2 32. Kc5 Ba8 33. Qd6
Qc8+ 34. Kb5 Kf1 35. c5 Kxe2 36. c6 Kf3 37. Qd7 Qg8 38. Kb6 Qb8+ 39. Kc5 Qf8+
40. Qd6 Qc8 41. Kb6 h5 42. c7 Qg8 43. Qd8 Qe6+ 44. Ka7 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 b5 2. Ngf3 e6 3. e3 Be7 4. Be2 c5 5. c4 bxc4 6. bxc4 Ngf6 7. Ne5 Nd6 8.
N1f3 O-O 9. O-O Rxb1 10. Qxb1 Nf5 11. g4 d6 12. gxf5 dxe5 13. Bxe5 exf5 14. d3
Qe6 15. Qb2 Nd7 16. Bg3 g5 17. Ne5 f4 18. exf4 gxf4 19. Bxf4 Bf6 20. d4 Kh8 21.
Bg3 Rg8 22. f4 cxd4 23. Qxd4 Nxe5 24. fxe5 Bxe5 25. Qh4 Bxg3 26. hxg3 Qe3+ 27.
Rf2 Rxg3+ 28. Kf1 Qc1+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. d3 d6 4. Nab3 c6 5. Na5 Nc7 6. Qb4 Nd5 7. Qa3 Qd7 8. c4
Nf6 9. Bd4 Bf7 10. O-O O-O 11. b4 Qc7 12. c5 Nd5 13. Bxh8 Kxh8 14. e4 Nf6 15.
Qc3 Kg8 16. Ncb3 b6 17. Nc4 bxc5 18. bxc5 d5 19. Ne5 dxe4 20. dxe4 fxe4 21.
Nxf7 Rxf7 22. Qc4 e5 23. Rbe1 exf4 24. Rxf4 Nd5 25. Rxf7 Qxf7 26. Rf1 Rb4 27.
Rxf7 Rxc4 28. Rb7 Rc1+ 29. Nxc1 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. g3 g6 3. d3 e5 4. fxe5 Qxe5 5. Nab3 Qe7 6. Bd4 Bxd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Nb5 b6 9. c4 a6 10. Nc3 Nc7 11. Qf2 Bf7 12. O-O O-O 13. Nb3 Nd6 14. Nd2 Rfe8
15. b4 cxb4 16. Rxb4 Ndb5 17. Nxb5 axb5 18. Rb2 Qxe2 19. Qxe2 Rxe2 20. cxb5 Bd5
21. Bxd5+ Nxd5 22. Nc4 Rxb2 23. Nxb2 Nc3 24. a4 Kf7 25. Re1 Ra8 26. Kf2 Ra5 27.
Rc1 Nxa4 28. Nc4 Nc5 29. Nxa5 Nxd3+ 30. Ke3 Nxc1 31. Nc4 Ke6 32. Nxb6 Nb3 33.
Nc4 Kd5 34. b6 Nc5 35. Na5 Na6 36. Kf4 Kc5 37. b7 Kb6 38. Nb3 Kxb7 39. Kg5 Kc6
40. Kh6 Kd5 41. Kxh7 g5 42. Kg6 f4 43. Kxg5 fxg3 44. hxg3 Nc7 45. Kf4 Ne6+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 c5 2. d5 b5 3. Nhg3 Nhg6 4. e3 d6 5. e4 Nd7 6. Ne3 O-O 7. O-O c4 8. b4 e5
9. Ne2 a6 10. Bc3 Ba7 11. Bd2 Bb7 12. c3 Rb8 13. Kh1 Bc8 14. Nf5 Nf6 15. Neg3
Nf4 16. Qf3 g6 17. Nh6+ Kg7 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Qxf4 Qe7 20. Qg5 Kh8 21. h3 Ng8
22. Qd2 Qh4 23. Nxg8 Kxg8 24. Kh2 f5 25. f4 Rb7 26. Rce1 Rbf7 27. exf5 gxf5 28.
Rf3 Rg7 29. Re2 Kh8 30. Nf1 Rfg8 31. g3 Qf6 32. Ne3 Bd7 33. Ng2 Re7 34. Rxe7
Qxe7 35. Bc2 Re8 36. Bd1 Qg7 37. Nh4 Qf6 38. Ng2 Bb6 39. Rf1 Qg7 40. Bh5 Rg8
41. Qe1 Bd8 42. Bd1 Re8 43. Qd2 Bb6 44. Bh5 Rg8 45. Qe1 Bd8 46. Qd2 Qxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. f4 Qh4+ 5. Nf2 Nhg6 6. g3 Qe7 7. h4 f6 8. h5 Nh8
9. h6 g6 10. g4 Nf7 11. Qe2 e5 12. f5 gxf5 13. Bxf5 Nxh6 14. Be4 Bxe4 15. Nxe4
f5 16. Nf2 Nxg4 17. O-O-O Nxf2 18. Rxg8 Nxd1 19. Qxd1 O-O-O 20. Qf3 f4 21. exf4
exf4 22. Bc3 Ne6 23. Rg1 Ng5 24. Qg4 Ne4 25. Bb2 Be5 26. Qf5 Bxb2+ 27. Kxb2 Rf8
28. Qd5 Kc7 29. Kc2 Nf6 30. Qf3 Qe5 31. Nh2 h5 32. Rg6 Qf5+ 33. Qd3 Ne4 34. Rg7
Ng5 35. Nf1 Nf3 36. Qxf5 Rxf5 37. Kc3 Re5 38. Rg2 Re1 39. Rf2 Nd4 40. Kd3 f3
41. Ne3 h4 42. Rh2 Ra1 43. Rxh4 Rxa2 44. b4 Ra3+ 45. Ke4 Nb3 46. Kxf3 cxb4 47.
Nd5+ Kb7 48. Nxb4 Nxd2+ 49. Ke2 Nb3 50. Nd3 Ra4 51. Rh7 Kc7 52. Ne5 Nc5 53. Ke3
Kd6 54. Kd4 Ra1 55. Nf7+ Kc7 56. Ne5 Rd1+ 57. Kc3 Re1 58. Ng4 a5 59. Rh6 Rc1+
60. Kd4 Ne6+ 61. Kd3 Nc5+ 62. Kd4 a4 63. Ne3 Ne6+ 64. Kd3 Kc6 65. Rh2 Rb1 66.
Nd5 Rb3+ 67. Nc3 Nc5+ 68. Kc2 a3 69. Rh6+ Kb7 70. Rh5 Rb2+ 71. Kd1 a2 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. f4 Qe7 5. Nf2 f6 6. Qe2 Nf7 7. O-O-O O-O-O 8. g4
d5 9. cxd5 Bxd5 10. Bd3 Bc7 11. Ba6+ Kb8 12. Kb1 e5 13. f5 e4 14. Ng3 Nd7 15.
Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Bxg3 17. Rxg3 Rge8 18. h4 Nd6 19. Qc2 Rc8 20. d3 Ne5 21. Nxe4
Nxe4 22. dxe4 c4 23. Rg2 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Nc4 25. Rd4 Na3+ 26. Kb2 Qc5 27. Qxa3
Qc1+ 28. Kb3 Qxa1 29. Qd6+ Kb7 30. Qd5+ Kb8 31. Qd6+ Kb7 32. Qd5+ Kb8 33. Qd6+
Rc7 34. Rc4 Qe5 35. Qxc7+ Qxc7 36. Rxc7 Kxc7 37. Rc2+ Kd6 38. Rc4 h5 39. gxh5
Rh8 40. Rd4+ Kc6 41. Ra4 a5 42. Rc4+ Kd6 43. Rd4+ Kc6 44. Rc4+ Kb7 45. e5 fxe5
46. Rg4 Rxh5 47. Rxg7+ Kc6 48. f6 Rf5 49. f7 Kd6 50. h5 Ke7 51. h6 Rh5 52. h7
1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqknrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQKNRN w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "305"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. e3 e6 4. f4 Qe7 5. Nf2 f6 6. Qe2 Nf7 7. O-O-O O-O-O 8. g3
d5 9. d4 Bd6 10. Bc2 Kb8 11. Kb1 cxd4 12. exd4 g5 13. f5 exf5 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15.
Ne3 Nd6 16. cxd5 Ng6 17. Nxf5 Nxf5 18. Bxf5 Bxd5 19. Ng4 h5 20. Ne3 Bf3 21.
Rdf1 g4 22. Bc3 Bd6 23. Re1 Ne7 24. Be6 Rge8 25. Rgf1 Bc7 26. Bf7 Rh8 27. d5
Be5 28. Bxe5+ fxe5 29. Nc4 e4 30. Ne3 Rh7 31. Be6 Ng6 32. Bf5 Rh6 33. Bxg6 Rxg6
34. Rc1 h4 35. Kb2 hxg3 36. hxg3 Rh6 37. Kc3 Rh2 38. Kd4 Rxa2 39. Rc2 Ra3 40.
Rb2 Ra5 41. Rc1 Kb7 42. Ke5 Rb5 43. Ke6 Ra5 44. Rbc2 Ra3 45. Rc3 Be2 46. Ke7
Rh8 47. d6 Rh7+ 48. Kf6 Rh6+ 49. Ke7 Rh7+ 50. Ke6 Rh6+ 51. Ke7 Rh7+ 52. Kf8
Rh8+ 53. Kf7 Rh7+ 54. Kg6 Rd7 55. Rc7+ Rxc7 56. Rxc7+ Kb8 57. Rc3 Bb5 58. Nxg4
a5 59. Ne5 a4 60. d7 Bxd7 61. Nxd7+ Kb7 62. Rc4 Rxb3 63. Rxa4 Rxg3+ 64. Kf5 Kc6
65. Nf6 Rf3+ 66. Ke5 e3 67. Re4 Rf1 68. Nd5 Rd1 69. Nxe3 Rd8 70. Rc4+ Kb7 71.
Nd5 Rd7 72. Ke6 Rh7 73. Rb4 Rh6+ 74. Ke5 Rg6 75. Rc4 Rc6 76. Rh4 Rc5 77. Kd6
Rc6+ 78. Kd7 Rc5 79. Rd4 Rc1 80. Rd3 Rc2 81. Nc3 Rc1 82. Kd6 Rc2 83. Kd5 Rc1
84. Kc4 Rh1 85. Rd6 Rh4+ 86. Kb5 Kc7 87. Rc6+ Kd7 88. Rxb6 Rh1 89. Rg6 Re1 90.
Nd5 Rb1+ 91. Kc4 Rc1+ 92. Kd4 Rd1+ 93. Ke4 Re1+ 94. Ne3 Kc7 95. Kd4 Kd7 96. Rg3
Ke6 97. Ke4 Kd6 98. Rg6+ Kd7 99. Kd4 Ke7 100. Nd5+ Kd7 101. Nf6+ Ke7 102. Ne4
Kd7 103. Ke5 Kc7 104. Rg3 Kc6 105. Rc3+ Kd7 106. Rc4 Re3 107. Rb4 Re1 108. Rd4+
Ke7 109. Rd2 Rh1 110. Nd6 Re1+ 111. Kd5 Kd7 112. Nc4 Ke7 113. Rf2 Rd1+ 114. Nd2
Re1 115. Ne4 Rd1+ 116. Ke5 Re1 117. Ra2 Kd7 118. Ra6 Kc7 119. Kd5 Rd1+ 120. Ke6
Re1 121. Ra4 Kc6 122. Rd4 Re2 123. Rc4+ Kb6 124. Kd6 Re1 125. Nc3 Rh1 126. Rb4+
Ka5 127. Rb8 Rh6+ 128. Kc5 Rh5+ 129. Nd5 Ka4 130. Rb7 Ka3 131. Kc4 Rh4+ 132.
Kd3 Rh3+ 133. Ne3 Ka4 134. Kc4 Rh4+ 135. Kc3 Rh3 136. Kd4 Rh4+ 137. Kc5 Rh5+
138. Nd5 Ka3 139. Rb6 Rg5 140. Rb1 Rh5 141. Kc4 Rh4+ 142. Kc3 Rh3+ 143. Kc4
Rh4+ 144. Kc5 Rh5 145. Rb5 Rg5 146. Kb6 Rg4 147. Kc5 Rg5 148. Rb8 Rh5 149. Kc4
Rh4+ 150. Kd3 Rh3+ 151. Ne3 Ka4 152. Kc4 Rh4+ 153. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c3 d6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nh3 c6 5. O-O Qg8 6. f4 Be6 7. Ng5 Bd5 8. e4
fxe4 9. Nxe4 Bxe4 10. Bxe4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 d5 12. Qe2 Qf7 13. f5 O-O 14. Nb3 Bd6
15. Bg5 Nc7 16. Rde1 h6 17. Bf4 Ne8 18. Nc5 Bxc5 19. dxc5 Rd7 20. Be5 Nf6 21.
Bd4 Ne4 22. Qg4 Rdd8 23. Rf4 Kh7 24. Rfxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Kg8 26. g4 Qxa2 27. b4
Rf7 28. Re2 Qd5 29. Kg2 Qxe4+ 30. Rxe4 a5 31. bxa5 Ra8 32. Kg3 Rxa5 33. h3 Ra2
34. Kh4 Kh7 35. Kh5 Ra8 36. h4 Ra1 37. Re6 Rh1 38. Re2 Rh3 39. Re6 Rf3 40. g5
R3xf5 41. Kg4 hxg5 42. hxg5 g6 43. Be3 Rf1 44. Bd4 R1f4+ 45. Kg3 R4f5 46. Kg4
Rd5 47. Re1 e5 48. Bxe5 Re7 49. Rh1+ Kg8 50. Bd4 Kf7 51. Rf1+ Ke8 52. Rf6 Rg7
53. Re6+ Kd7 54. Rf6 Rg8 55. Rf7+ Kc8 56. Rf6 Kb8 57. Rf1 b5 58. Rf6 Kb7 59.
Rf7+ Ka8 60. Rc7 b4 61. Rxc6 Rb8 62. Ra6+ Kb7 63. Rxg6 b3 64. Rh6 b2 65. Rh1
Kc6 66. Rb1 Rg8 67. Be3 Rd3 68. Bf4 Rxc3 69. Rxb2 Rxc5 70. Rd2 Rd5 71. Rxd5
Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. d5 O-O 5. O-O g6 6. h3 Nb6 7. dxe6 dxe6 8. c5
Nbd5 9. c6 Rd6 10. cxb7 Bxb7 11. Nb3 Ba6 12. Rfe1 Ne4 13. g3 Rfd8 14. Qg2 Qg7
15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Ng5 e3 17. Nc5 Bc8 18. Nce4 Ra6 19. Bxe3 Rxa2 20. Bd4 e5 21.
Bc5 c6 22. Nc3 Ra5 23. b4 Ra6 24. e4 Qf6 25. exd5 Qxg5 26. dxc6 Re8 27. b5 Ra5
28. Bb4 Bc7 29. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. c4 d6 3. Nh3 Nb6 4. b3 g6 5. Nc2 Qg7 6. Nf4 e5 7. dxe5 dxe5 8.
Rxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nd3 e4 10. Bb2 Nf6 11. Nf4 c5 12. e3 Qe7 13. O-O Bd6 14. h4 Kc7
15. a4 Nbd7 16. Rd1 Ne5 17. Na3 a6 18. Bc2 Kb8 19. Nb1 Neg4 20. g3 Be5 21. Nc3
Rd8 22. Kg2 b6 23. Rxd8 Qxd8 24. Qe1 Bb7 25. Nd1 a5 26. Bxe5+ Nxe5 27. Qc3 Nfg4
28. Nb2 h6 29. Bd1 g5 30. hxg5 hxg5 31. Nh3 Nf3 32. Be2 Ka7 33. Ng1 Nge5 34.
Bxf3 exf3+ 35. Kf1 Ng4 36. Nd3 Be4 37. Nb2 Ka6 38. Nh3 Qe7 39. Qh8 Qd7 40. Ke1
Bc2 41. Qc3 Be4 42. Nd1 Qh7 43. Nxg5 Qh1+ 44. Kd2 Qf1 45. Nxe4 fxe4 46. Qh8 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX blitz"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.05"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nbbrkrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NBBRKRNQ w FDfd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Bf5 3. h3 h5 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Qh2 Ne4 6. c3 f6 7. Nh4 Bh7 8. f3 g5
9. fxe4 dxe4 10. Nb3 gxf4 11. Qxf4 c6 12. Qe3 Nb6 13. O-O-O Nd5 14. Qh6 O-O-O
15. Nc5 Qg8 16. Nxe4 Bg3 17. Nf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 Bc7 19. g3 Bxg3 20. c4 Nc7 21.
b3 h4 22. Qe3 Qe6 23. Qf3 Kb8 24. Nxg3 hxg3 25. Qxg3 Qxe2 26. Re1 Rg8 27. Rxe2
Rxg3 28. Rxe7 Rxd4 29. Rxf6 Rd8 30. Bf5 Na6 31. Rff7 Rg1+ 32. Kb2 Rg2+ 33. Ka3
Nc5 34. Kb4 Na6+ 35. Kc3 Rg3+ 36. Kb2 Rg2+ 37. Bc2 Nc5 38. b4 a5 39. bxc5 Rdd2
40. Rxb7+ Kc8 41. Rbc7+ Kb8 42. Rxc6 Rxc2+ 43. Kb3 Rxa2 44. Rb6+ Kc8 45. Kc3
Rac2+ 46. Kd4 Rcd2+ 47. Kc3 Rc2+ 48. Kd4 Rgd2+ 49. Ke3 Re2+ 50. Kd3 Red2+ 51.
Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "175"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. Nb3 Nb6 3. d4 Qa4 4. Ng3 e6 5. Qa5 Qxa5 6. Nxa5 Be7 7. c3 Bg5+ 8.
Kc2 f6 9. exd5 exd5 10. Nf5 g6 11. Ne7+ Kd7 12. Nxg8 Rxg8 13. Nb3 Rbe8 14. Nc5+
Kc8 15. Re1 Nf7 16. g3 f5 17. f3 Nc4 18. f4 Be7 19. Nd3 Ncd6 20. Ne5 Rgf8 21.
Rbd1 c6 22. c4 dxc4 23. Nxf7 Rxf7 24. d5 cxd5 25. Rxd5 Kc7 26. Bd4 Bf6 27. Rxe8
Nxe8 28. Bxc4 Bxd4 29. Rxd4 Re7 30. Kd2 Nf6 31. Bd3 Ng4 32. Rc4+ Kd6 33. Rd4+
Kc5 34. Rc4+ Kd5 35. Ra4 b6 36. Be2 Nxh2 37. Ra3 Ng4 38. Bf3+ Ke6 39. Rc3 Nf6
40. Rc6+ Kf7 41. b4 h6 42. b5 g5 43. fxg5 hxg5 44. a4 g4 45. Bg2 Nh5 46. Rc3
Kg6 47. Ra3 Kg5 48. Bc6 f4 49. gxf4+ Nxf4 50. a5 bxa5 51. Rxa5 Kh4 52. Ra4 Ng6
53. Ra6 Ne5 54. Ba8 Nc4+ 55. Kc3 Nb6 56. Bc6 g3 57. Ra2 Kh3 58. Kb4 Rg7 59. Ka5
Nc4+ 60. Ka6 Ne3 61. Ra3 Nf5 62. Rd3 Kg4 63. Rd2 Kf4 64. Bb7 Ke3 65. Ra2 Nd4
66. Ba8 Rg6+ 67. Ka5 Rg5 68. Rb2 Kd3 69. Ka6 Kc4 70. Bg2 Rg6+ 71. Kxa7 Nxb5+
72. Kb7 Nd4 73. Kc7 Rf6 74. Ra2 Rf2 75. Rxf2 gxf2 76. Kd6 Kd3 77. Ke5 Ke3 78.
Bf1 Ne2 79. Bg2 Ng3 80. Bh3 Kf3 81. Kd4 Ne2+ 82. Ke5 Nf4 83. Bf1 Nh5 84. Kd4
Ng3 85. Bh3 Nf5+ 86. Kd3 Ne3 87. Kd2 Kg3 88. Kxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrkrqbbn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRKRQBBN w DBdb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5 3. g3 f6 4. dxe5 fxe5 5. exd5 Bxd5 6. Bh3+ Be6 7. Rxd8+ Kxd8
8. O-O-O+ Bd6 9. Bxe6 Qxe6 10. f4 Ke7 11. fxe5 Bxe5 12. Bxa7 Re8 13. Qb4+ Kf7
14. Qxb7 Qxa2 15. Qb3+ Qxb3 16. Nxb3 Nb6 17. Nf2 Nc4 18. Rd7+ Kg6 19. Nd3 Bd6
20. Nd2 Nxd2 21. Kxd2 Nf7 22. Bc5 Ne5 23. Nxe5+ Bxe5 24. Bd4 Bxd4 25. Rxd4 Re7
26. Kd3 Kf5 27. Rf4+ Kg5 28. b4 g6 29. b5 Rd7+ 30. Rd4 Rf7 31. c4 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Ngf3 Ngf6 3. b3 b6 4. Ne5 Nd6 5. d3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. N5f3 O-O 8. h3
Nb7 9. Nc2 d6 10. Ne3 Nd8 11. Be2 e5 12. Nd5 Nc6 13. O-O Qd8 14. Bc3 Nd7 15.
Qd2 Nd4 16. Nxd4 cxd4 17. Bb4 Nc5 18. Bxc5 dxc5 19. b4 Rc8 20. Bg4 Rc6 21. a4
h5 22. Bf3 Rc8 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Rb5 Re8 25. Rxc5 bxc5 26. Rb1 Bf8 27. Bd1 Kg7
28. g3 Bd6 29. h4 Bxd5 30. cxd5 Qe7 31. a5 Rb8 32. Rxb8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brqknbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRQKNBNR w HBhb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. b4 Bg7 3. d4 b6 4. Nd3 Nd6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. e3 O-O 7. Be2 Qa6 8. c5
bxc5 9. dxc5 Nde4 10. O-O Qxa2 11. Nd4 Nd5 12. Re1 Qd2 13. Qa3 Bxd4 14. Bxd4
Ndc3 15. Rb2 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 Qd1+ 17. Ne1 Bc6 18. f3 Ng5 19. Qc3 Ne6 20. Kf2 Qa4
21. Nd3 Bb5 22. Ra2 Qd1 23. Red2 Qh1 24. Be5 Bxd3 25. Rxd3 Qb1 26. Rb2 Qa1 27.
Rxd7 Rfe8 28. Qc4 Qa4 29. Rdd2 a5 30. Bc3 axb4 31. Bxb4 Rb5 32. Qc3 Reb8 33.
Qa3 Qxa3 34. Bxa3 Rxb2 35. Bxb2 Nxc5 36. Ba3 Ne6 37. Bxe7 Kg7 38. Rc2 f5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2763"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "147"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 f5 2. e5 f4 3. Nab3 g5 4. d4 d6 5. g4 Nab6 6. Ne2 dxe5 7. O-O-O Nd6 8.
Qa5 Qb5 9. Qxb5 Nxb5 10. dxe5+ Ke8 11. Nc5 Bxe5 12. Bxb7 Rf6 13. c3 Bxa2 14. f3
c6 15. Ba6 Bc4 16. Rfe1 Rd6 17. Rxd6 Nxd6 18. Nd4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Nd7 20. Bxc4
Nxc4 21. b3 Na5 22. Kc2 Nb7 23. Ne6 c5 24. Bf2 h6 25. h4 gxh4 26. Bxh4 Kf7 27.
Nxf4 e5 28. Nd3 Re8 29. Bg3 Kf6 30. Ra1 a5 31. Rh1 Kg6 32. Re1 Kf6 33. f4 e4
34. Nf2 e3 35. Nd1 e2 36. Nf2 c4 37. Bh4+ Kg7 38. b4 axb4 39. cxb4 Nb6 40. Kd2
Nd5 41. Rxe2 c3+ 42. Kd1 c2+ 43. Rxc2 Ne3+ 44. Kd2 Nxc2 45. Kxc2 Nd6 46. Kd3 h5
47. gxh5 Kh6 48. Ng4+ Kg7 49. Bf6+ Kf7 50. Be5 Nf5 51. b5 Rg8 52. Nf6 Rg1 53.
Ne4 Ke6 54. Nc3 Rh1 55. b6 Nd6 56. Nb5 Nb7 57. Kc4 Rxh5 58. Nd4+ Kd7 59. Kd5
Rh6 60. Bc7 Nd6 61. Nf3 Nf7 62. Kc5 Rc6+ 63. Kd5 Rxc7 64. bxc7 Kxc7 65. Ke6 Nh6
66. Ne5 Kc8 67. Kf6 Kc7 68. Kg6 Ng8 69. Kf7 Nh6+ 70. Ke6 Kc8 71. Nf7 Ng4 72. f5
Ne3 73. f6 Kc7 74. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX rapid"]
[Site "Saint Louis"]
[Date "2019.09.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2763"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nrnkqrbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NRNKQRBB w FBfb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.09.02"]
[EventType "match (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "6"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 g6 2. f4 f5 3. gxf5 gxf5 4. d3 d6 5. c4 c5 6. Nc2 Ncb6 7. Qa5 Qa4 8. b4
Qxa5 9. bxa5 Na4 10. Rxb7 Rxb7 11. Bxb7 Kc7 12. a6 Kb6 13. Nb4 Nc7 14. Kc2 Nxa6
15. Bxa6 Ka5 16. Nb3+ Kxb4 17. Be3 Ka3 18. Bc1+ Kxa2 19. Bb5 Rb8 20. Bxa4 Bxc4
21. dxc4 Rb4 22. Bd7 Rxb3 23. Rf3 Rxf3 24. exf3 Bf6 25. Bxf5 h5 26. h3 h4 27.
Bd7 Bd4 28. f5 Bf6 29. Bb5 Ka1 30. Kb3 Kb1 31. Bd2 Be5 32. Bc6 Bf6 33. Be4+ Ka1
34. Be1 a6 35. Bb7 Kb1 36. Bd2 a5 37. Be4+ Ka1 38. Bxa5 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2581"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf4 d5 7. e3 Bb4 8. Be2
Bd7 9. O-O dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Nb5 O-O 13. Be5 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nb6
15. Be2 Bxb5 16. Qxd8 Rfxd8 17. Bxb5 Rd2 18. Rfd1 Rxb2 19. Rab1 Rxb1 20. Rxb1
Be7 21. Be2 Rc8 22. Bf3 Rc2 23. Bxb7 Rxa2 24. Bc7 Nc4 25. g3 g6 26. Rc1 Nd6 27.
Bxd6 Bxd6 28. Rc6 Bb4 29. Ra6 Rb2 30. Rxa7 Be1 31. f4 Bf2+ 32. Kh1 Bxe3 33.
Ra8+ Kg7 34. Be4 f5 35. Bd3 h6 36. Bc4 g5 37. Bxe6 gxf4 38. Bxf5 fxg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Albornoz Cabrera, Carlos Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2581"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d4
Bxf3 9. gxf3 cxd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. e5 Nh5 12. e6 g6 13. Nc3 f5 14. Qb3 Nxd4 15.
Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa6 Nxf3+ 17. Kh1 Qc7 18. Qa4+ Kd8 19. Bf4 Nxf4 20. Nb5 Qb6 21.
Nd4 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Ne5 Nf6 5. d4 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. c3
Nc6 9. Qe2 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Rd1 Qb6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. f4 Nxd3
15. Rxd3 Rd8 16. Bd4 b5 17. Re3 Qc6 18. Nd2 a5 19. a3 b4 20. axb4 axb4 21. Rxa8
Qxa8 22. cxb4 Qa4 23. Bb6 Re8 24. Bc5 Ba6 25. Qe1 Qc2 26. Nf3 Qxb2 27. Bd4 Qa2
28. e6 f6 29. h3 Bh6 30. Qh4 Bg7 31. Bc5 Bb7 32. Qf2 Qc4 33. f5 Bh6 34. Re1 Bf4
35. fxg6 hxg6 36. Nd4 Bb8 37. Qd2 Kg7 38. Rc1 Qa6 39. b5 Qa4 40. Qd1 Qxd1+ 41.
Rxd1 Be5 42. Kf2 Kf8 43. Nc6 Bxc6 44. bxc6 Rc8 45. Rc1 Rb8 46. Rc2 Rb5 47. Be3
Rb8 48. Kf3 Rc8 49. g4 g5 50. Bc5 Ra8 51. Bf2 Bc7 52. Kg2 Ke8 53. h4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Bd3 e5 12. d5 Nf6 13. c4 Qc7 14. h3 Ne8 15.
O-O Nd6 16. Qe2 f5 17. Bd2 fxe4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bf5 20. Qe2 e4 21. Ng5
Rae8 22. Be3 Bd4 23. Rcd1 Qe5 24. Qd2 h6 25. Ne6 Bxe6 26. dxe6 Rxe6 27. Bxd4
cxd4 28. Qxd4 e3 29. Qxe3 Qxe3 30. fxe3 Rxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2624"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Ne5 Bxe2
9. Qxe2 Bd6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bb2 bxc4 12. bxc4 Nbd7 13. f4 c5 14. cxd5 cxd4 15.
exd4 Nxd5 16. Ne4 N7f6 17. Nxd6 Qxd6 18. f5 Rab8 19. fxe6 Qxe6 20. Ba3 Rfc8 21.
Rae1 Rc3 22. Bc5 Re3 23. Qf2 Ne4 24. Qxf7+ Qxf7 25. Nxf7 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Nxc5 27.
Ne5 Na4 28. Nc6 Rb6 29. Re8+ Kf7 30. Rc8 Nac3 31. Ne5+ Ke6 32. Re8+ Ne7 0-1

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.15"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Esipenko, Andrey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B18"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2624"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nh3 e6 7. Nf4 Bd6 8. c3
Nf6 9. h4 Bxf4 10. Bxf4 h6 11. h5 Bh7 12. Bc4 O-O 13. O-O a5 14. Qf3 Nbd7 15.
Rad1 a4 16. Be2 Re8 17. c4 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qb6 19. Bc3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Rec8 21. Rfd1
Qd8 22. Bb4 Qb6 23. Bc3 Qc7 24. Qe3 Qd6 25. Bf3 b5 26. b3 axb3 27. axb3 Ra3 28.
d5 exd5 29. Bb2 Raa8 30. cxb5 cxb5 31. Rxc8+ Rxc8 32. Qd4 Rc2 33. Nf1 Nb8 34.
Ba1 Nc6 35. Qh4 d4 36. Ne3 Ra2 37. Bxc6 Qxc6 38. Bxd4 Ne4 39. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "176"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Nbd2 Nfd7 16. h3 Bh5 17. a4 bxa4 18. bxa4 a5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Rb1 Re8 21. Rb5
Qc7 22. Bb2 Bf8 23. Qa1 Bg6 24. Nh4 d5 25. Nxg6 hxg6 26. e5 Nc4 27. Nxc4 dxc4
28. Rc1 Rab8 29. Qa2 Nd7 30. Rxb8 Qxb8 31. Bxg6 fxg6 32. Rxc4 Re6 33. Rc6 Nc5
34. Rxe6 Nxe6 35. Qxe6+ Kh7 36. Bd4 Qb4 37. Qd7 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxe5+
40. g3 Qxc5 41. Kg2 Qc4 42. Qg4 Qc6+ 43. Kh2 Qc5 44. Qf4 Qc2 45. h4 Qc5 46. Kg1
Qd5 47. Qg4 Kg8 48. Qc8+ Kh7 49. Qc2 Kh8 50. Kf1 Kh7 51. Ke2 Qd4 52. Qc6 Qb4
53. Kf3 Qb3+ 54. Kg2 Qb4 55. f3 Qd4 56. Qe4 Qd2+ 57. Kh3 Qd1 58. Qc6 Qd4 59.
Qc2 Qg1 60. Qd3 Qa1 61. Qc4 Qb1 62. Qc3 Qd1 63. Qxa5 Qxf3 64. Qd2 Qh1+ 65. Kg4
Qe4+ 66. Qf4 Qe6+ 67. Kf3 Qb3+ 68. Kg2 Qc2+ 69. Kh3 Qc6 70. Qd4 Qf3 71. Qc4
Qh1+ 72. Kg4 Qd1+ 73. Kf4 Qd6+ 74. Kf3 Qd1+ 75. Kg2 Qd2+ 76. Kh3 Qe1 77. Qd5
Qf1+ 78. Kh2 Qf2+ 79. Qg2 Qe1 80. Qc2 Qe5 81. Qd2 Qa1 82. a5 Qa4 83. Qd5 Qc2+
84. Kh3 Qe2 85. Qc6 Qe1 86. Qd5 Qe2 87. Qh1 Qe6+ 88. Kh2 Qa2+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.17"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C18"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Ba5 6. b4 cxd4 7. Nb5 Bc7 8. f4 Bd7
9. Nxc7+ Qxc7 10. Bd3 Ba4 11. Bb2 Ne7 12. Nf3 Nbc6 13. Qd2 a6 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Qf2 Bb5 16. Bxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 18. Nxd4 Bxd3 19. cxd3 Rc8 20. Rac1 Kd7
21. Kf2 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Rc8 23. Rxc8 Nxc8 24. Ke3 Ne7 25. a4 Nc6 26. Nxc6 Kxc6
27. d4 b5 28. a5 Kd7 29. g4 Ke7 30. h4 g6 31. h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2656"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 f6 10. Be3 e5 11. Nd2 Bc5 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Ne6 14. Nb3 Ke7
15. h4 b6 16. a4 Nc7 17. a5 Be6 18. h5 g5 19. Be2 Rhd8 20. Rhd1 Rxd1 21. Rxd1
h6 22. Ra1 f5 23. axb6 axb6 24. Rxa8 Nxa8 25. exf5 Bxf5+ 26. Kb2 Nc7 27. Nd2
Nd5 28. g3 g4 29. Nc4 Ke6 30. Kb3 b5 31. Na5 Kd7 32. c4 bxc4+ 33. Nxc4 Ke6 34.
Na5 Kd7 35. Nc4 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.18"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nisipeanu, Liviu Dieter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2656"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. c3 a6 7. Be3 Nxe5 8. Nbd2
Bxf3 9. Nxf3 Nxf3+ 10. Qxf3 e6 11. Bd3 Ne7 12. O-O Nc6 13. Qg3 g6 14. b4 Bg7
15. Rac1 O-O 16. Rfd1 Qe7 17. Bf1 Rad8 18. a3 Rd7 19. a4 Rc8 20. h3 d4 21. Bg5
Bf6 22. Bxf6 Qxf6 23. b5 axb5 24. axb5 Ne7 25. cxd4 Nf5 26. Qf3 Qg5 27. Rc4
Rcd8 28. c6 bxc6 29. bxc6 Rc7 30. d5 exd5 31. Rxd5 Rxd5 32. Qxd5 Qf6 33. g3 Qd6
34. Qe4 h5 35. h4 Re7 36. Qf3 Qe5 37. Bg2 Nd4 38. Qd1 Ne6 39. Rb4 Kg7 40. Rb7
Nc7 41. Qd8 Qf6 42. Kh2 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.20"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C99"]
[WhiteElo "2774"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. c3
d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. Nbd2 cxd4 13. cxd4 Nc6 14. Nb3 a5 15.
Be3 a4 16. Nbd2 Bd7 17. Rc1 Rac8 18. Bd3 Qb7 19. Qe2 h6 20. a3 exd4 21. Nxd4
Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 b4 24. Nc4 bxa3 25. bxa3 Bb5 26. Nxd6 Bxd3 27. Qxd3
Bxd6 28. Bxf6 Bf4 29. Rb1 Qc7 30. Bc3 Rd8 31. Qf3 Rc8 32. Bb4 Qc1+ 33. Qd1 Qc4
34. g3 Qxe4 35. gxf4 Rc6 36. f5 Qxf5 37. Bd6 Qxh3 38. Rb4 Rc3 39. Rd4 Kh7 40.
Qxa4 Qf3 41. Qd1 Qc6 42. Qf1 1-0

[Event "FIDE World Cup"]
[Site "Khanty Mansiysk"]
[Date "2019.09.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2774"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.10"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 192"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 7. Be3 h5 8. a4
g6 9. a5 Bg7 10. Be2 b5 11. axb6 Nxb6 12. h3 Qc7 13. Qd4 Rb8 14. Bxa6 O-O 15.
Qd3 Bxa6 16. Rxa6 Nc4 17. Bc1 e6 18. O-O Nd7 19. Rd1 Rfc8 20. Qe2 Rb6 21. Rxb6
Qxb6 22. Qd3 Nde5 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Qd3 Nde5 25. Qg3 Nc6 26. Ne2 Nxb2 27. Rxd6
Qb4 28. Nd2 Nc4 29. Nxc4 Qxc4 30. Qd3 Qxd3 31. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g5 3. Bxg5 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Ne5 c6 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 Bg6 9. h4 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. e6 fxe6 12. Bxg6+ hxg6 13. Qd3 Ne5 14. Qe2
Qb6 15. Rb1 Nf7 16. O-O Nxg5 17. hxg5 O-O-O 18. Qg4 c5 19. Ne2 Be5 20. f4 Bc7
21. Rf3 Kb8 22. c3 e5 23. Rh3 c4 24. Qf3 Rxh3 25. gxh3 Rf8 26. Kg2 Qe6 27. Rd1
Rd8 28. b3 cxb3 29. axb3 a6 30. Ng3 exf4 31. exf4 Qd6 32. Rf1 e5 33. fxe5 Qxe5
34. Rf2 Qxg5 35. Qg4 Qe5 36. Re2 Qxc3 37. Qf3 d4 38. Ne4 Qb4 39. Qe3 dxe3 40.
Ng3 Qf4 41. Nf1 Rf8 42. Nxe3 Qh2# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Be2 Bc5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. O-O Re8 7. c3 a5 8. Re1
d6 9. h3 h6 10. Bf1 Ba7 11. Qc2 Ne7 12. d4 Ng6 13. b3 c6 14. Bb2 Qc7 15. c4 Bd7
16. Rad1 Rad8 17. c5 exd4 18. cxd6 Qxd6 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. e5 Nd5 21. Bxd4 Bxd4
22. Rxd4 Nb4 23. Qd2 Be6 24. Nd6 Rf8 25. a3 Nd5 26. h4 Nxe5 27. Nxe5 Qxd6 28.
Nc4 Qe7 29. Qxa5 Qf6 30. g3 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "129"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nf3 g6 5. e4 Bg7 6. Qd2 O-O 7. O-O-O c5 8.
dxc5 Nxc5 9. e5 Nh5 10. Bh6 Bg4 11. Bxg7 Nxg7 12. exd6 Bxf3 13. gxf3 exd6 14.
Qxd6 Qxd6 15. Rxd6 Rad8 16. Rxd8 Rxd8 17. Bc4 Rd4 18. Bd5 b6 19. Re1 Kf8 20.
Bc6 Rh4 21. Rh1 Nge6 22. Ne4 Nd4 23. Nxc5 Nxc6 24. Ne4 Nd4 25. Nd2 Rh3 26. Kd1
Nxf3 27. Nxf3 Rxf3 28. Ke2 Rh3 29. Kf1 Ke7 30. Kg2 Rh5 31. Re1+ Kd6 32. Re3 Ra5
33. a3 Rb5 34. b3 Rc5 35. c3 a5 36. Rf3 Rc7 37. Kf1 f5 38. a4 Kc5 39. Ke2 b5
40. axb5 Kxb5 41. Kd2 Rd7+ 42. Kc2 Re7 43. Kd2 a4 44. bxa4+ Kxa4 45. Rf4+ Kb5
46. Kd3 Kc5 47. Ra4 Rd7+ 48. Ke3 Re7+ 49. Kd3 Rd7+ 50. Kc2 Re7 51. Kd2 Rd7+ 52.
Ke2 Re7+ 53. Kf3 Rd7 54. Ra8 Rd3+ 55. Kg2 Rxc3 56. Rd8 Kc4 57. Rd7 Rd3 58. Rxh7
Rd6 59. Re7 Kd5 60. Re1 Re6 61. Rd1+ Ke4 62. Re1+ Kd5 63. Rc1 Ke5 64. h4 Kf6
65. Kf3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. a4
Nbd7 9. O-O a6 10. Nc3 Qb6 11. d4 Be7 12. Rd1 O-O 13. Ne5 Rac8 14. Be3 Nd5 15.
Nxd7 Qc7 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Nxf8 Bxf8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Bf4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A85"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Nc3 c6 7. c5 dxc5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Qd4 Na6 10. a3 Qxc5 11. Bxa6 Qxd4 12. Nxd4 bxa6 13. Nxc6 Bb7 14. Ne5
Bxg2 15. Rg1 Bb7 16. O-O-O O-O 17. h4 Rfd8 18. Rxd8+ Rxd8 19. Rd1 Rxd1+ 20.
Kxd1 Nd5 21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bg3 Bf6 23. b4 Kg7 24. Nd3 h6 25. Nc5 Bc4 26. Kc2 g5
27. hxg5 Bxg5 28. Bb8 h5 29. Bxa7 h4 30. Bb8 Kf6 31. Bh2 h3 32. Kc3 Bf1 33. Nd3
Bh4 34. Kd2 Bxd3 35. Kxd3 Bxf2 36. a4 Ke6 37. b5 axb5 38. axb5 Kd7 39. Ke2 Bh4
40. Kf3 e6 41. e4 fxe4+ 42. Kxe4 Be7 43. Kf3 Bd6 44. Bxd6 Kxd6 45. Kg3 Kc5 46.
Kxh3 Kxb5 47. Kg3 Kc4 48. Kf4 Kd4 49. Kf3 e5 50. Ke2 Ke4 51. Kd2 Kf3 52. Ke1
Ke3 53. Kf1 Kd2 54. Kf2 e4 55. Kg3 e3 56. Kf4 e2 57. Kf3 e1=Q 58. Kg2 Qe3 59.
Kf1 Qf4+ 60. Kg1 Ke2 61. Kh1 Qg4 62. Kh2 Kf2 63. Kh1 Qh4# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bb7 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rd1 Qc8 12. Nb3 Rd8 13. Bf4 a5 14. a3 a4
15. Nbd4 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qf3 Qxf3+ 19. Kxf3 Nc5 20. Nc6
Re8 21. Be3 Rac8 22. Bxc5 Bxc5 23. Rd7 b5 24. b4 axb3 25. cxb3 Kf8 26. a4 bxa4
27. bxa4 Ra8 28. a5 Ra6 29. Rxc7 Rea8 30. Rd1 Kg8 31. Rdd7 Rf8 32. Ke2 g5 33.
f3 Kg7 34. g4 Kg6 35. Kd3 h5 36. h3 Bg1 37. Kc4 hxg4 38. hxg4 Bh2 39. Kb5 Raa8
40. a6 Bg1 41. a7 Bxa7 42. Rxa7 Rxa7 43. Rxa7 f6 44. Kc4 fxe5 45. Nxe5+ Kf6 46.
Nd7+ Kg6 47. Nxf8+ Kh6 48. Nxe6 Kg6 49. Nxg5 Kh6 50. Rf7 Kg6 51. Rf5 Kh6 52.
Ne4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. Nbd2 Qb6 6. dxc5 Qxc5 7. a3 Nc6 8.
Bd3 Bxd3 9. cxd3 Qb5 10. Qc2 e6 11. O-O Be7 12. d4 O-O 13. Rfc1 Rfc8 14. Nf1
Nd7 15. Ng3 Nb6 16. Qe2 Qxe2 17. Nxe2 Na5 18. Rxc8+ Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Nxc1
Nac4 21. Nd3 Na4 22. b3 Ncb2 23. Nfe1 Nxd3 24. Nxd3 Nc3 25. Bb8 a6 26. a4 Ne4
27. f3 Nd2 28. b4 Nc4 29. Kf2 Kf8 30. Ke2 Ke8 31. Ba7 b6 32. Bb8 Kd7 33. Bg3
Kc6 34. Be1 f6 35. f4 f5 36. h3 g5 37. g3 g4 38. h4 h5 39. Ne5+ Nxe5 40. dxe5
b5 41. a5 Bf8 42. Kd3 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C50"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O a6 6. a4 Ba7 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. Re1 Ng4 10. Re2 Kh8 11. h3 Nh6 12. Nf1 f5 13. Bxh6 gxh6 14. Ng3 fxe4 15.
dxe4 Bxh3 16. Qd3 Bg4 17. Nf5 Qf6 18. N3h4 Ne7 19. g3 Nxf5 20. Nxf5 Bxf5 21.
exf5 Qxf5 22. Qxf5 Rxf5 23. Kg2 Raf8 24. Rf1 Kg7 25. f3 c6 26. Bd3 R5f6 27. b4
Re8 28. b5 cxb5 29. axb5 a5 30. Be4 Re7 31. Ra1 Bb6 32. c4 Rf8 33. Bd5 Ra8 34.
Rea2 Ra7 35. Kf1 Re8 36. Ke2 Rea8 37. Ra4 Bd4 38. R1a2 Bc3 39. b6 Ra6 40. Bxb7
Kf6 41. Kd3 Bd4 42. Bxa8 Rxa8 43. Rxa5 Rb8 44. Rb5 Rxb6 45. Rxb6 Bxb6 46. Ke4
h5 47. Ra8 Bf2 48. Rf8+ Ke7 49. Rf5 Bxg3 50. Rxh5 Bf4 51. Rxh7+ Ke6 52. Ra7 Bc1
53. Ra6 Kd7 54. Kd5 Bf4 55. Rxd6+ Kc7 56. Re6 Bg3 57. Rxe5 Bf2 58. Re6 Be1 59.
c5 Bf2 60. Re7+ Kd8 61. Rh7 Ke8 62. c6 Bg3 63. c7 Bxc7 64. Rxc7 Kf8 65. Ke6 Ke8
66. Rc8# 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Nf3 b6 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. Nc4 d5 7. Nce5 O-O 8. c3
Nfd7 9. Bd3 f6 10. Nxd7 Nxd7 11. e4 Bb7 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. O-O cxd4 14. cxd4 Rf7
15. Re1 Nf8 16. Qe2 Bd6 17. Bg3 Rc8 18. Rad1 Rfc7 19. b3 Ng6 20. Be4 Bb4 21.
Bxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxe6+ Qxe6 23. Rxe6 Rc1 24. Rf1 Kf7 25. Re2 R8c2 26. Rxc2 Rxc2
27. h4 Ne7 28. Rd1 Nd5 29. a4 Rb2 30. Rd3 Bc3 31. Bb8 a5 32. h5 Rxb3 33. Nh4 b5
34. axb5 a4 35. Bd6 Bb4 36. Rxb3 axb3 37. Bxb4 b2 38. Bc5 b1=Q+ 39. Kh2 Qxb5
40. Nf3 Qd3 41. g3 Qf5 42. Kg2 Qe4 43. g4 g5 44. Kg3 Qf4+ 45. Kg2 Qxg4+ 46. Kh2
Qxf3 47. Bd6 Qxf2+ 48. Kh3 Ne3 49. Bg3 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2353"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. O-O a6 6. a4 Ba7 7. c3 d6 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Re1 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Bb3 Qc7 13. d4 Re8 14. Ng3 Be6 15. Bc2
Rad8 16. Be3 Bb8 17. Bg5 d5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nh5 Qe7 20. Qd2 Nf4 21. Nxf4 exf4
22. e5 fxe5 23. dxe5 f6 24. Qxf4 fxe5 25. Nxe5 Rf8 26. Qh6 Rf6 27. Bxh7+ Kh8
28. Ng6+ Rxg6 29. Bxg6+ Kg8 30. Bf5 Rd6 31. Rxe6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.11.13"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Rosen, Eric S"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2353"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bf4 d6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. c4 c6 6. Nc3 Qa5 7. a3 e5 8. b4 Qc7
9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Bh4 Ndf6 11. Be2 g6 12. c5 e4 13. Nd2 d5 14. Bxh5 Nxh5 15. Bg3
f4 16. Bxf4 Nxf4 17. exf4 Qxf4 18. Ne2 Qg5 19. Rg1 Bg7 20. Qb3 O-O 21. Qg3 Qf6
22. Nb3 Bh6 23. h3 Bf5 24. Rf1 Rae8 25. Qc3 e3 26. f4 Qh4+ 27. Kd1 Be4 28. Rg1
Bxf4 29. Qe1 Qf2 30. Ra2 Bh2 31. Rh1 Qxg2 32. Rxh2 Qxh2 33. Nc3 Rf2 34. Re2 Bf3
35. Nc1 Rf8 36. Kc2 Bxe2 37. N1xe2 Qxh3 38. Kd3 Qf5+ 39. Kxe3 Re8+ 40. Kd2 Qf3
41. a4 Qe3+ 42. Kd1 Qd3+ 43. Qd2 Rf1# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. c4 exd4 10. Nxd4 dxc4 11. Nxc4 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Ne4 14. Nf5 Nxg3
15. hxg3 Nf6 16. Nxg7 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Kxg7 18. Rac1 Be6 19. a3 Rad8 20. f3 Rxd1+
21. Rxd1 Bxc4 22. Bxc4 Rxe3 23. Kf2 Re7 24. Rc1 Ne8 25. Be2 Nd6 26. b4 c6 27.
a4 Re5 28. g4 Kf6 29. g3 a5 30. Rb1 axb4 31. Rxb4 Rc5 32. Ke3 Rc3+ 33. Kd2 Ra3
34. Bd3 Ke5 35. f4+ Kd5 36. fxg5 hxg5 37. Kc2 Kc5 38. Rb1 Rxa4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c4 O-O 8. h3
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Bc2 b5 12. b3 c5 13. f4 Nd7 14. Nf3 Bb7 15. f5
Ne5 16. Bf4 Nxf3+ 17. Qxf3 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19. f6 g6 20. Qf4 Qxf4 21. Rxf4
bxc4 22. bxc4 Bc6 23. Bb3 a5 24. Rf2 a4 25. Bd1 Rb7 26. Bf3 Rfb8 27. Re1 Rb1
28. Rfe2 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Kf8 30. Kf2 Rb2+ 31. Re2 a3 32. Ke1 Ba4 33. e5 Rxe2+
34. Bxe2 dxe5 35. Bd1 Bxd1 36. Kxd1 Ke8 37. Ke2 Kd7 38. g4 h6 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. e4 Nbd7 7. Be2 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. O-O Qe7 10. Qc2 b6 11. Nc4 Bb7 12. Nfd2 Nc5 13. f3 Ne6 14. Bh4 Nf4
15. Rfe1 Nxe2+ 16. Rxe2 Qe6 17. Ne3 Rfd8 18. Nb3 Rd7 19. Rd1 Rad8 20. Red2 Rxd2
21. Rxd2 Rxd2 22. Qxd2 Qd7 23. Qxd7 Nxd7 24. Bd8 c6 25. Bc7 Ba6 26. Kf2 f6 27.
Nd2 Kf7 28. Ndc4 Ke6 29. b4 Bf8 30. Ke1 f5 31. Nd2 Bh6 32. Kf2 Bd3 33. a3 Nf6
34. exf5+ gxf5 35. Bb8 a5 36. Bc7 axb4 37. cxb4 Nd5 38. Nxd5 cxd5 39. Nf1 b5
40. f4 Bxf4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 h6 10. Nf1 Bf8 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. a4 b4 15. d4
exd4 16. Rxe8 Qxe8 17. Qd3 g6 18. cxd4 Bg7 19. Bd2 Be6 20. Re1 Qd8 21. Rxe6
fxe6 22. Qxg6 Nf6 23. Bxh6 Qe7 24. Ng5 Nxd4 25. Nh5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 dxc4 6. e4 b5 7. e5 Nd5 8. axb5
Nxc3 9. bxc3 cxb5 10. Ng5 Ra7 11. e6 Bxe6 12. Nxe6 fxe6 13. Qh5+ g6 14. Qe5 Rg8
15. Qxe6 Rg7 16. Be2 Rf7 17. O-O Qd7 18. Qe4 Qf5 19. Qe3 Nd7 20. Bf3 Nf6 21. d5
Qd7 22. d6 e6 23. Ba3 Bxd6 24. Rfd1 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Bc2 Ng4 13. b4 Nxe3 14. Rxe3 Nc6 15.
d5 Nb8 16. Qf1 Nd7 17. a4 Nb6 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rxa8 Qxa8 20. Qxb5 Qa1+ 21. Qf1
Ra8 22. Nb3 Qb2 23. Bd1 Ra3 24. Na5 Rxc3 25. Rxc3 Qxc3 26. Nc6 Bf8 27. Qe2 f6
28. h3 Be8 29. b5 Nd7 30. Qc2 Qxc2 31. Bxc2 Nc5 32. Nd2 Kf7 33. Nc4 Nd7 34. f3
Nb6 35. Nxb6 cxb6 36. g3 g6 37. Kg2 Bh6 38. h4 Be3 39. Bd3 Bc5 40. Be2 Bd7 41.
Bd3 f5 42. Kf1 h5 43. Ke2 Kf6 44. exf5 gxf5 45. f4 e4 46. Bc4 Be8 47. Bb3 Bf7
48. Bc4 Bb4 49. Kf1 Bc5 50. Ke2 e3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 Qa5 8. Nd2
Bb4 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Qc7 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O c5 14. Ne4 Nxe4
15. Qxe4 cxd4 16. Qxd4 Rd8 17. Qe4 f5 18. Qf4 Qxf4 19. exf4 Bd7 20. Nb6 Rab8
21. Nxd7 Rxd7 22. Bc4 Kf7 23. Rad1 Rbd8 24. Rxd7+ Rxd7 25. g3 Rd2 26. b3 Kf6
27. Kg2 a5 28. Re1 Rd6 29. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. a4 a5 8. Be3 Ba7
9. Bxa7 Rxa7 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. Ne5 Nfxd5
15. Ne4 Bf5 16. Re1 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Qd6 18. Qf3 c6 19. Rae1 Raa8 20. Bb3 Rad8 21.
h4 Rde8 22. g4 Qd8 23. Qg3 Re6 24. f4 Rd6 25. g5 h5 26. f5 Qc8 27. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. g3 e6 6. a4 dxc4 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. a5
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Bf4 Bxf4 11. gxf4 Nd5 12. e3 c5 13. Ne4 cxd4 14. Qxd4 b5 15.
axb6 Qxb6 16. Rfc1 Bb7 17. Rxc4 Rab8 18. Rac1 Ba8 19. R4c2 Nb4 20. Rc7 Bxe4 21.
Qxe4 Nf6 22. Qb1 Nbd5 23. R7c2 Nxe3 24. fxe3 Qxe3+ 25. Kh1 Qxf4 26. Rf1 Rb4 27.
Re2 Qc4 28. Qe1 Qb5 29. Ne5 Rxb2 30. Re3 Nd5 31. Rg3 g6 32. Ng4 f5 33. Qxe6+
Kg7 34. Qe5+ Nf6 35. Nxf6 Qxe5 36. Nh5+ Kh8 37. Nf4 Qc7 38. Rh3 Qxf4 39. Rxf4
Rb1+ 40. Rf1 Rd8 41. Re3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c4 O-O 8. h3
Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nd2 Rb8 11. Nf3 b5 12. Bb3 c5 13. e5 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Qc7 15.
Re1 Bd6 16. Nf3 Bb7 17. Bg5 Nd7 18. Qe2 h6 19. Bd2 Nf6 20. Ne5 Rbe8 21. f4 Nd7
22. cxb5 Nxe5 23. fxe5 Rxe5 24. Qg4 Bc8 25. Qh4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 axb5 27. Bxh6 c4
28. Qg5 f6 29. Qd5+ Kh7 30. dxc4 gxh6 31. Bc2+ Kg7 32. Qxb5 Be5 33. c5 Bb7 34.
Qd3 f5 35. b4 Be4 36. Qc4 Qc6 37. b5 Qg6 38. Qe2 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O e5 9. b4 c6 10. a4 a5 11. b5 c5 12. Nb3 e4 13. Ne1 c4 14. Nd2 Nf8 15. Nc2
Ne6 16. Bh4 Bh6 17. f4 exf3 18. Nxf3 Ng7 19. Ne5 Nf5 20. Bxf6 Qxf6 21. e4 dxe4
22. Ng4 Qg5 23. Nxh6+ Qxh6 24. Bxc4 Be6 25. Bxe6 Rxe6 26. c4 e3 27. Qe2 Re4 28.
Rad1 Qh4 29. g3 Nxg3 30. hxg3 Qxg3+ 31. Qg2 Qxg2+ 32. Kxg2 e2 33. Kf3 exf1=Q+
34. Rxf1 Rae8 35. c5 Re2 36. Rc1 Rd2 37. c6 bxc6 38. bxc6 Rd3+ 39. Kf2 Rc3 40.
d5 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 h6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 Bxc3 6. bxc3 d6 7. d3 a6 8. a4
O-O 9. f4 Nbd7 10. f5 c6 11. g4 d5 12. cxd5 cxd5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Nh3 Qc7 15.
O-O Qxc3 16. exd5 Qd4+ 17. Nf2 Nxd5 18. Bxd5 Qxd5 19. Ne4 Nf6 20. Qf3 Qd4+ 21.
Qf2 Nxe4 22. Qxd4 exd4 23. dxe4 Rxe4 24. h3 Bd7 25. Bc5 Bc6 26. a5 Rd8 27. Rae1
d3 28. Rxe4 Bxe4 29. Rd1 Bf3 30. Rd2 Rc8 31. Bb6 Be2 32. Kf2 g6 33. fxg6 fxg6
34. Ke3 Kf7 35. Rb2 Ke6 36. Bd4 Kd5 37. Bg7 h5 38. gxh5 gxh5 39. Rxb7 Rc5 40.
Re7 Kc4 41. Re5 Rc6 42. Rxh5 Rg6 43. Bb2 Kb3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.13"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D44"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. O-O Nbd7 11. e5 Nd5 12. a4 a6 13. Nxd5 cxd5 14. Ne1 Qb6 15. Bh5
Bg7 16. a5 Qa7 17. Kh1 O-O 18. f4 f5 19. fxg5 hxg5 20. Nf3 Bh6 21. Be1 Kh7 22.
Bd2 g4 23. Ng5+ Bxg5 24. Bxg5 Rg8 25. Bf4 Nf8 26. h3 gxh3 27. gxh3 Bc6 28. Qe1
Qe7 29. Qe3 Be8 30. Be2 Ng6 31. Bg5 f4 32. Bxf4 Nxf4 33. Rxf4 Bg6 34. Rf6 Raf8
35. Raf1 Qg7 36. Bg4 Be4+ 37. Kh2 Bf5 38. Rf3 Rxf6 39. exf6 Qxf6 40. Qf4 Qg5
41. Qe5 Bxg4 42. hxg4 Qxe5+ 43. dxe5 Rxg4 44. Rf6 Rg6 45. Rf7+ Rg7 46. Ra7 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.01.04"]
[Round "2.14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2604"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 h6 13. Bc2 Nb8 14. b4 Nbd7 15. Bb2
g6 16. a4 Nh5 17. Nb3 Rb8 18. axb5 axb5 19. Na5 Ba8 20. d5 Nf4 21. Bc1 Qf6 22.
h4 Nb6 23. g3 Nh5 24. Be3 Qd8 25. Bd3 Nc4 26. Nxc4 bxc4 27. Bxc4 Nf6 28. Nd2
Bb7 29. Ra7 Bc8 30. Be2 h5 31. f3 Kh7 32. Bf1 Bh6 33. Bxh6 Kxh6 34. Nc4 Kg7 35.
Qd2 Nh7 36. Na5 Bd7 37. Nc6 Bxc6 38. dxc6 f5 39. exf5 gxf5 40. b5 f4 41. gxf4
Qxh4 42. Re2 Kh8 43. Rh2 Qg3+ 44. Rg2 Qxf3 45. Rxc7 Rg8 46. Rxh7+ Kxh7 47. Qd3+
Qxd3 48. Bxd3+ Kh6 49. c7 Rxg2+ 50. Kxg2 Rg8+ 51. Kh3 exf4 52. b6 Rg3+ 53. Kh2
Rxd3 54. c8=Q Kg5 55. Qg8+ Kh4 56. Qg2 Rxc3 57. Qf2+ Kg4 58. b7 Rb3 59. Qg2+
Kh4 60. Qd5 Rb2+ 61. Kg1 Kg3 62. Qd3+ f3 63. Qg6+ Kf4 64. Qf6+ Kg3 65. Qxb2 h4
0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2019.12.23"]
[Round "2.15"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D03"]
[WhiteElo "2604"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.09.25"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 194 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.03.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. c3 d5 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O c6 9. c4 Qb6 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Qb3 e6 12. Rfc1 Qa5 13. Bf4 Ne4 14. Qb5 Qxb5
15. Bxb5 a6 16. Rxc8 Rexc8 17. Bxd7 Rc2 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Ng5 b5 20. Nxe4 Rd8
21. Nc5 e5 22. Bg5 f6 23. Be6+ Kh8 24. Bh4 exd4 25. Nb3 dxe3 26. fxe3 Rd3 27.
Bf2 f5 28. Re1 Rxb2 29. Nd4 Rdd2 30. Rf1 f4 31. Nf3 fxe3 32. Nxd2 exf2+ 33.
Kxf2 Rxd2+ 34. Ke3 Rd6 35. Bb3 a5 36. Rc1 a4 37. Rc8+ Bf8 38. Rxf8+ 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnnbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNNBKRB w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "42"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. d3 c5 3. Nc3 Ne6 4. e3 d6 5. Nd5 Bc6 6. Ne2 b5 7. e4 b4 8. a3 b3 9.
c3 Nb6 10. Nxb6 axb6 11. f3 O-O 12. O-O f5 13. Rd1 c4 14. Qb1 b5 15. Bf2 Ng5
16. Bg2 cxd3 17. Qxd3 Nxf3+ 18. Qxf3 Bxe4 19. Qe3 Bxg2 20. Qe6+ Rf7 21. Rfe1
Be5 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qrnnbkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QRNNBKRB w GBgb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "131"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nb3 d5 3. g3 b6 4. Ne3 Bc6 5. Ng4 Bg7 6. Ne5 Bxe5 7. dxe5 Bd7 8.
Bg2 c5 9. Rd1 Bc6 10. O-O O-O 11. c3 f6 12. exf6 exf6 13. Bd2 Ne6 14. Nc1 Nd6
15. Nd3 d4 16. f3 Rfe8 17. Rfe1 Nc4 18. Qc1 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Rbd8 20. Qh6 dxc3 21.
bxc3 Qb7 22. Nf2 Qg7 23. Qc1 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Rd8 25. Rxd8+ Nxd8 26. e4 Qe7 27.
Ng4 Nf7 28. h4 Kg7 29. h5 gxh5 30. Ne3 Nd6 31. Qd2 Kf8 32. Bh3 Qe5 33. Kg2 h4
34. gxh4 Qf4 35. Qf2 Ke7 36. Nf5+ Nxf5 37. Bxf5 h6 38. a4 Be8 39. a5 Bf7 40.
axb6 axb6 41. Qe1 b5 42. Qd1 Qd6 43. Qc1 b4 44. cxb4 cxb4 45. Qxh6 b3 46. e5
Qxe5 47. Be4 b2 48. Qe3 f5 49. Qa7+ Kf6 50. Qb6+ Be6 51. Bd3 Qc3 52. Qd8+ Kf7
53. Bb1 Qc1 54. Qd3 Kg6 55. Qd6 Qe1 56. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 57. Kxg3 Kh5 58. Kf4 Kxh4
59. Ke5 Bc8 60. f4 Kg4 61. Bc2 Bd7 62. Bb1 Kf3 63. Kd4 Bc6 64. Bxf5 Kxf4 65.
Kc3 Kxf5 66. Kxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbqrnkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRNKRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. O-O Ng6 3. b3 b6 4. Ng3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Bxd4 O-O 7. Bf5 Qc7 8. e4
Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bxe4 10. f4 Ba8 11. f5 Ne5 12. Nd3 Nxd3 13. Rxd3 f6 14. Be3 Qc6
15. Qd2 Be5 16. Bf4 Rf7 17. Nh5 Qc5+ 18. Kh1 Bc6 19. Be3 Qa5 20. b4 Qa4 21. Bf4
Be4 22. Re3 Bxf5 23. Bxe5 fxe5 24. Rxe5 Rdf8 25. h3 Qc2 26. Qxc2 Bxc2 27. Rxf7
Rxf7 28. Kg1 e6 29. Re3 g6 30. Ng3 Rf4 31. Rc3 Bb1 32. a3 a5 33. Ne2 Re4 34.
Kf2 axb4 35. axb4 Ba2 36. c5 Rxb4 37. cxb6 Rxb6 38. Rc7 Rd6 39. Nc3 Bd5 40. Nb5
Rb6 41. Nd4 Rb2+ 42. Ke3 Bxg2 43. Rxd7 Bxh3 44. Nf3 Rb3+ 45. Kf2 Rb5 46. Kg3
Bf5 47. Ng5 h6 48. Nh7 g5 49. Nf6+ Kf8 50. Ra7 Rb3+ 51. Kf2 g4 52. Nd7+ Ke8 53.
Nf6+ Kd8 54. Rd7+ Kc8 55. Rg7 Rf3+ 56. Kg2 Rf4 57. Kg3 Rb4 58. Ne8 Rd4 59. Nf6
Kd8 60. Kf2 Rd2+ 61. Ke3 Rd3+ 62. Kf4 g3 63. Rxg3 e5+ 64. Kxf5 Rxg3 65. Kxe5
Ke7 66. Nd5+ Kf7 67. Nf4 Rg5+ 68. Ke4 Kf6 0-1

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbqrnkrn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBQRNKRN w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Ng3 Ng6 3. b3 b6 4. O-O O-O 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Ndf5 Qxc1 10. Rxc1 Nf6 11. e3 Rfe8 12. Nd4 Rc8 13. Bd3 e5 14. Ndf5
Bb7 15. Bb2 Red8 16. Bc4 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. Ng3 Bb7 19. Ba3 Bd6 20. Bxd6
Rxd6 21. Nf5 Rf6 22. Bd5 Ba6 23. g4 h5 24. Rxc8+ Bxc8 25. Rc1 Bxf5 26. gxf5
Rxf5 27. Rc8+ Nf8 28. b4 a5 29. b5 e4 30. Bc6 Rc5 31. Rb8 f5 32. Rxb6 Ng6 33.
Kf1 Ne5 34. Ke2 Nf3 35. Kd1 Nxh2 36. Be8 Ng4 37. Bxh5 Nxf2+ 38. Kd2 Kf8 39. Re6
g5 40. b6 Rb5 41. Be2 Rb2+ 42. Ke1 Nd3+ 43. Bxd3 exd3 44. Re5 f4 45. exf4 gxf4
46. Rxa5 Rxb6 47. Rf5+ Ke7 48. Rxf4 Rb2 49. Rd4 Rxa2 50. Rxd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbbrkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBBRKRQ w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 O-O 3. g4 Nc6 4. b3 d6 5. Nc2 f5 6. gxf5 Bxf5 7. h4 g6 8. Ne3
Qf6 9. Rg2 Qxh4 10. Qxh4 Bxh4 11. Nxf5 Rxf5 12. Bc2 Rf7 13. Rh2 Bg5 14. e3 Nb6
15. Ne4 Be7 16. Ke2 Ref8 17. Nc3 Nd8 18. b4 Ne6 19. Bb3 c5 20. Ne4 Nd7 21. Rg1
Kg7 22. Bb2 Nf6 23. Nxf6 Bxf6 24. Ba3 b6 25. bxc5 dxc5 26. Bc2 Rd8 27. Be4 Rfd7
28. Bd5 Nc7 29. e4 Nxd5 30. cxd5 Rc8 31. Rg3 b5 32. Bb2 b4 33. Rgh3 h5 34. Rg3
Kh6 35. Rhg2 Rg8 36. d3 g5 37. Bc1 a5 38. Rh3 Kg6 39. f4 exf4 40. Bxf4 g4 41.
Rh1 a4 42. d6 Bg5 43. Bg3 b3 44. axb3 axb3 45. Rb1 Rb8 46. Be5 c4 47. dxc4 Re8
48. Bh2 Rxe4+ 49. Kd3 Re3+ 50. Kd4 Rf3 51. c5 Be3+ 52. Kc4 Rf5 53. Rxb3 Rxc5+
54. Kb4 Rb7+ 55. Ka4 Rc4+ 56. Ka3 Bc5+ 57. Kb2 Rxb3+ 58. Kxb3 Rd4 59. Rc2 Bxd6
60. Rc6 g3 61. Bxg3 Rd3+ 62. Kc2 Rxg3 63. Rxd6+ Kg5 64. Kd2 Rf3 65. Ke2 Rf8 66.
Rd1 h4 67. Rf1 Rxf1 68. Kxf1 h3 69. Kg1 h2+ 70. Kxh2 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.04"]
[Round "1.16"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2812"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbbrkrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBBRKRQ w GEge - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. O-O O-O 3. Nb3 Nc6 4. c3 g6 5. d4 exd4 6. Bh6 Bf6 7. Bxf8 Rxf8 8.
cxd4 Nxd4 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. h4 h5 11. Qh2 d6 12. Qf4 Be6 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Bb3 Nc4
15. Nd5 Nxb2 16. Qf3 c5 17. Nf4 Bg4 18. Qg3 Qe5 19. Bd5 b5 20. Kh2 Kh7 21. f3
Bd7 22. Bxf7 Qf6 23. Bxg6+ Kh6 24. Bf5 Be5 25. Kh1 Bxf5 26. exf5 Qxf5 27. Qg5+
Qxg5 28. hxg5+ Kh7 29. Nxh5 Nd3 30. Re4 c4 31. f4 Kg6 32. g4 c3 33. Re3 Nb2 34.
Kg2 Nc4 35. Ref3 c2 36. Rc1 Bd4 37. Rxc2 Ne3+ 38. Rxe3 Bxe3 39. Kg3 Bc5 40. Re2
Kf7 41. f5 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqnbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQNBBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nd3 Nd6 3. h3 h6 4. Bh2 Bh7 5. e3 e6 6. Nd2 Nd7 7. Qe2 c6 8. g4 Qb6
9. Bg2 Be7 10. a4 O-O 11. a5 Qb5 12. Nf4 Rfc8 13. c3 g5 14. Qxb5 cxb5 15. Ne2
Bd3 16. Kd1 b4 17. Nc1 Bg6 18. Bxd6 Bxd6 19. c4 Nf6 20. c5 Be7 21. Ke2 b6 22.
axb6 axb6 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. cxb6 Nd7 25. b7 Rb8 26. e4 Nb6 27. Nd3 Rxb7 28. Ne5
Bxe4 29. Nxe4 dxe4 30. Bxe4 Rc7 31. Nc6 Nc4 32. b3 Nd6 33. Bg2 Bf6 34. Kd3 Nb5
35. d5 Na7 36. d6 Rxc6 37. Bxc6 Nxc6 38. Rc1 Bc3 39. Kc4 Kf8 40. Kc5 Nd4 41.
Kb6 Ke8 42. Kc7 Nb5+ 43. Kc6 Nd4+ 44. Kc7 Nb5+ 45. Kc6 Nd4+ 46. Kc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqnbbr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQNBBR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Nd3 Bd4 5. f4 Nd6 6. Bd5 f6 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.
fxe5 fxe5 9. Ne2 Bxg1 10. Qxg1 Bc4 11. Qe3 Qf6 12. Nc5 Nb7 13. Nxb7 Kxb7 14. d3
Be6 15. O-O-O Raf8 16. Ng3 Qf2 17. Qxf2 Rxf2 18. Rhg1 Rhf8 19. Rdf1 g6 20. Rxf2
Rxf2 21. Nh1 Rf4 22. Kd2 a5 23. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbkqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c3 c6 3. Nf3 Ng6 4. Ng3 f5 5. Nh5 e5 6. Nxg7 Qf7 7. Nh5 N6e7 8. Ng3
f4 9. Nh1 e4 10. Ne5 Bxe5 11. dxe5 Ng6 12. f3 exf3 13. Rxf3 Bg4 14. Bxg6 Qxg6
15. Rxf4 O-O-O 16. Qg3 h5 17. Nf2 d4 18. cxd4 Ne7 19. Ke1 Rxf4 20. Qxf4 Nd5 21.
Qg5 Qc2 22. Nxg4 hxg4 23. Qxg4+ Kb8 24. a3 Nc3 25. Bf4 Qxb2 26. e6+ Ka8 27. Rc1
Nd5 28. Bd2 Qxa3 29. e4 Nf6 30. Qf3 Qe7 31. Bg5 Rf8 32. e5 Qb4+ 33. Qc3 Qxc3+
34. Rxc3 Nd5 35. e7 Re8 36. Rf3 Kb8 37. Rf8 Nc7 38. e6 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.24"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rbbkqrnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RBBKQRNN w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Ng6 4. Qc3 c6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qxc4 Bg4 7. Ng5 Nf4 8.
Ng3 h6 9. N5e4 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 Be6 11. Qc2 Qd7 12. Bxf4 Bxf4 13. Nh5 g5 14. Rad1
Qc7 15. Nxf4 gxf4 16. d5 cxd5 17. Qb3 O-O 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Rxd5 Rad8 20. Rf5
e6 21. Rh5 Kg7 22. Qh3 Rh8 23. Qg4+ Kf8 24. Qh4 Kg7 25. e3 Rd2 26. exf4 Rxb2
27. Qg3+ 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.25"]
[White "So, Wesley"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2767"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnkrqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNKRQNB w EBeb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 f5 2. f4 b6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. c4 c5 6. Ne5 Bxh1 7. Qxh1 e6 8. O-O
Qe7 9. e3 O-O 10. Ne2 Qe8 11. Nc3 d6 12. Nf3 Ne7 13. Rfe1 Qd7 14. Qg2 Nc6 15.
Rbd1 e5 16. d3 Rbe8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. Ng5 exf4 20. Bxh8 Kxh8 21.
gxf4 h6 22. Qh3 h5 23. Qg2 Qb7 24. Ne6 Qxd5 25. Nxf8 Qxg2+ 26. Kxg2 Rxf8 27. d4
Kg7 28. dxc5 dxc5 29. Rd7+ Rf7 30. Red1 Nxa2 31. Rxf7+ Kxf7 32. Rd7+ Ke6 33.
Rg7 Nc3 34. Rxg6+ Kd5 35. Kf3 Ne4 36. Rh6 b5 37. Rxh5 Nd6 38. e4+ Nxe4 39.
Rxf5+ Kd4 40. h4 c4 41. bxc4 bxc4 42. Rf8 Nd2+ 43. Ke2 1-0

[Event "World Fischer Random"]
[Site "Hovikodden"]
[Date "2019.10.05"]
[Round "1.26"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2767"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "brnkrqnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BRNKRQNB w EBeb - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.10.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "NOR"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2020"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.10.17"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g5 2. f4 gxf4 3. Qxf4 Qh6 4. Qxh6 Nxh6 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O b5 7. d3 Rg8 8.
Ne2 f5 9. Ng3 Nd6 10. Rbe1 O-O-O 11. e5 Ndf7 12. b3 e6 13. Nh5 Ng4 14. h3 Bxf3
15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Nf6 Rg6 17. Rf4 d6 18. Nxg4 Rxg4 19. Rxg4 fxg4 20. exd6 Bxa1
21. Rxa1 g3 22. Rf1 Nxd6 23. Rf6 b4 24. Kf1 Kd7 25. Ke1 Ke7 26. Rh6 Rh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.10"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Akobian, Varuzhan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Bb5+ Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. Bxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Bxf3 13. gxf3 cxd4 14.
cxd4 e5 15. Rad1 exd4 16. Bxd4 Qg5+ 17. Kh1 Qf4 18. Kg2 Qg5+ 19. Kh1 Qf4 20.
Kg2 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea Emilian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2629"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
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[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. c3 Ba7 7. a4 d6 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. Nf1 c6 12. Ng3 Re8 13. Bb3 d5 14. Bg5 Qb6 15.
Be3 Qc7 16. Bxa7 Rxa7 17. d4 exd4 18. Qxd4 c5 19. Qd2 dxe4 20. Ng5 Rf8 21.
N3xe4 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 b6 23. Rad1 Bb7 24. Nd6 Bc6 25. Qg5 Qb8 26. Bxf7+ Raxf7 27.
Nxf7 Qf4 28. Qxf4 Nxf4 29. Ng5 Bxg2 30. Ne6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Papaioannou, Ioannis"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
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1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Nbd2 d6 6. Bc4 c5 7. c3 Qb6 8. Qb3
Qc7 9. O-O b6 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Qd1 a6 12. Rc1 b5 13. a4 Rb8 14. b3 Bd7 15. h3
cxd4 16. cxd4 Qb6 17. axb5 Nb4 18. Be2 axb5 19. Bxf6 Bxf6 20. Ne4 Bg7 21. Nc3
Bc6 22. Qd2 Na6 23. Rfd1 Rfc8 24. Ne1 e6 25. Bf3 d5 26. Nd3 Bf8 27. Na2 Be8 28.
b4 Nc7 29. Nc5 Bc6 30. Nc3 Ne8 31. e4 dxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[PlyCount "36"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Nf6 6. h3 g6 7. Bf4 Bf5 8. Be2
e6 9. Nd2 h5 10. Qb3 Bd6 11. Bg5 Rb8 12. Ngf3 Kf8 13. O-O Kg7 14. c4 Be7 15.
Bf4 Bd6 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Bg5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
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1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bc4 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. cxd4 d6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Qe2 O-O 10. Rd1 Bd7 11. Bd2 Ndb4 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. Nc3 Ne7 14. Bg5 h6
15. Bh4 Qe8 16. Bxe7 Qxe7 17. a3 Nc6 18. d5 exd5 19. Qxe7 Bxe7 20. Nxd5 Rfd8
21. Nxe7+ Nxe7 22. Ne5 Be8 23. f3 Kf8 24. Kf2 Nc6 25. Nxc6 Bxc6 26. Ke3 Re8+
27. Kf2 Red8 28. Ke3 Re8+ 29. Kf2 Red8 30. Ke3 Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lupulescu, Constantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "142"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qb6 6. a3 Bd7 7. b4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Rc8 9. Bb2 Nge7 10. Qd2 Nf5 11. g4 Nh6 12. Rg1 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Nc3 Nf7 15.
h4 Ne7 16. Bd3 Bg7 17. Ne2 e5 18. dxe5 fxe5 19. Nf4 Rf8 20. g5 d4 21. g6 Bh6
22. gxf7+ Rxf7 23. Nxe5 Rxf4 24. Qe2 Rxh4 25. Bxh7 Bb5 26. Bd3 Bxd3 27. Nxd3
Rc6 28. Nc5 Rg6 29. Rf1 Qc6 30. Qd3 b6 31. Nb3 Qe6+ 32. Kd1 Rh3 33. Qb5+ Kf8
34. Nxd4 Qe4 35. f3 Qf4 36. Qe2 Rh2 37. Rf2 Rh1+ 38. Kc2 Rxa1 39. Bxa1 Qc1+ 40.
Kb3 Qxa1 41. Qe4 Qd1+ 42. Ka2 Rg1 43. Re2 Qa1+ 44. Kb3 Qb1+ 45. Ka4 Qxe4 46.
fxe4 Rd1 47. Nb5 Nc6 48. Rh2 Kg7 49. Rc2 Rc1 50. Rxc1 Bxc1 51. Nd6 Kf8 52. Kb5
Nd4+ 53. Kc4 Nc6 54. Kb5 Nd4+ 55. Kc4 Ne6 56. Nc8 a6 57. Nxb6 Bxa3 58. Kb3 Bc1
59. Ka4 Bd2 60. Ka5 Nc5 61. Nd5 Kf7 62. Nc7 Nxe4 63. Nxa6 Ke6 64. Kb5 Kd5 65.
Nc7+ Kd4 66. Ne6+ Ke5 67. Nc5 Nd6+ 68. Kc6 Nf5 69. Nd7+ Ke6 70. Nc5+ Ke7 71.
Nd3 Nd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.17"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
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1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O
Qc7 9. a4 a6 10. Bd2 c5 11. Nxc5 Nxc5 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Bd3 Qc7 14. Re1 Bxd3
15. cxd3 Nc6 16. Qb3 Be7 17. a5 O-O 18. Ra4 Kh8 19. Rg4 f5 20. exf6 Bxf6 21. h3
Rae8 22. Nh4 Bxh4 23. Rxh4 Qd7 24. Qd1 e5 25. Qg4 Qxg4 26. Rxg4 Kh7 27. Ra4 Kg6
28. f3 Kf6 29. f4 Kg6 30. fxe5 Rxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jumabayev, Rinat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[Annotator "Seyb,A"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,69,19,38,43,18,28,25,72,47,7,9,20,23,30,23,58,21,19,-23,-10,-22,-26,
-10,4,2,35,34,6,6,23,1,20,5,33,38,63,24,69,67,81,26,44,-40,-2,9,66,-4,-40,-50,
32,-100,-48,-172,-79,-57,-78,-319,-216,-216,147,-190,0,0,63,233,325,346,346,
346,528,546]} 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7.
Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5 {The starting position for the variation: White has set up a
stable centre, is pushing for an advantage in space and would like to start a
kingsde attack as quickly as possible with f4-f5. With the moves a7-a6 and
b7-b5 Black has delayed his development in order, for his part, to achieve an
initiative on the queenside. Should White now stereotypically go for queenside
castling, Black's attack would immediately become very dangerous with b5-b4
and c5-c4. White now has several possible ways in which to interpret the
position.  Die Ausgangsstellung der Variante: Weiß hat ein stabiles Zentrum
errichtet, pocht auf Raumvorteil und möchte möglichst rasch mittels f4-f5
zum Königsangriff übergehen. Schwarz hat mit den Zügen a7-a6 und b7-b5 die
Entwicklung zurückgestellt, um seinerseits am Damenflügel eine Initiative zu
erreichen. Sollte Weiß nun schablonenhaft zur langen Rochade greifen, würde
der schwarze Angriff mittels b5-b4 und c5-c4 bereits brandgefährlich werden.
Weiß verfügt nun über verschiedene Möglichkeiten, die Position zu
interpretieren.} 9. Bd3 {Black has two logical continuations: Schwarz hat zwei
logische Fortsetzungen:} (9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 {For some time this was
considered to be the critical option, based on the following idea: dies wurde
eine Zeit lang als kritische Möglichkeit angesehen, basierend auf folgender
Idee:} Qb6 (10... d4 $2 {fails to scheitert an} 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Ne4 $16 Qh4+
13. Bf2 Qg4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4 15. Nd6+ Ke7 16. Be4 Bxb2 17. Rb1 Ba3 18. Bxa8 Bc5
19. Bf3 Qg6 20. Ne4 Rd8 21. Rd1 Bb6 22. Qb4+ {1-0 Karjakin,S (2782)-Topalov,V 
(2784)/Kiev 2013/CBM 154 Extra}) 11. Bf2 $1 {White is hoping to reach a
favourable endgame in which Black would suffer from the typical weakness of
the French bishop on c8; see for example Giri's model game. Weiß hofft darauf,
ein günstiges Endspiel zu erreichen, in dem Schwarz an der typischen
Schwäche des Französischen Läufers auf c8 laborieren wird; siehe
beispielhaft die Musterpartie Giri's.} h6 $1 {This move has led to a fresh
evaluation of the variation (after 9.dxc5). On one hand, Black removes from
the position a potential sacrifice on h7 (0-0) and on the other he prepares to
inject some dynamism into the static and bad position (like in the
Giri-Fier-game) by means of g7-g5. Since Black's results in this line were
satisfactory, White sought out new ways and tried with the move 9.Bd3 (see
main game) to entice Black into an unfavourable transposition of moves. Dieser
Zug hat zu einer Neubewertung der Variante (nach 9.dxc5) geführt. Schwarz
nimmt zum einen potenzielle Opfer auf h7 (nach 0-0) aus der Stellung und
bereitet sich zum anderen darauf vor, die statisch schlechte Stellung (wie in
der Giri-Fier-Partie) mittels g7-g5 zu dynamisieren. Da die Ergebnisse des
Nachziehenden in diesem Abspiel zufriedenstellend waren, hat Weiß nach neuen
Wegen gesucht und mit dem Zug 9.Ld3 (siehe Hauptpartie) versucht, Schwarz in
eine ungünstige Zugumstellung zu locken.} (11... Bb7 12. O-O Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2
Qxf2+ 14. Rxf2 (14. Kxf2 {and then Kf2-e3 would also be worth considering
nebst Kf2-e3 wäre ebenfalls in Erwägung zu ziehen}) 14... Nc5 15. a3 {
This type of position is reckoned to be clearly better for White. He will play
Nc3-e2 and then Ne2-d4 (or f3-d4) and fix the weak pawns on the queenside with
b2-b4. After that he can break through on the queenside (a3-a4) or on the
kingside (f4-f5). Dieser Stellungstyp gilt als deutlich besser für Weiß. Er
wird Sc3-e2 nebst Se2-d4 (oder f3-d4) spielen und mit b2-b4 die schwachen
Bauern am Damenflügel fixieren. Danach kann er am Damenflügel (a3-a4) oder
am Königsflügel (f4-f5) durchbrechen.} Ke7 16. Ne2 Na4 17. b3 Nc5 18. Ned4 g6
19. Re2 Rac8 20. Kf2 Ne4+ 21. Ke3 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Rc3 23. Ree1 h5 24. b4 Bc8 25.
a4 Bd7 26. axb5 axb5 27. Ra7 Rb8 28. Rea1 Rb6 29. R1a5 Kd8 30. Ra8+ Ke7 31.
R5a7 g5 32. f5 {1-0 Giri,A (2745)-Fier,A (2570)/Tromsoe 2014/CBM 162}) 12. O-O
Bb7 13. a3 Bxf2+ 14. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 15. Kxf2 g5 $1 $132 16. g3 Rg8 17. Ne2 Ke7 18.
Ke3 f6 $1 19. Ned4 gxf4+ 20. gxf4 Ncxe5 $1 21. fxe5 fxe5 22. Nb3 d4+ (22... Rg2
$5) 23. Nbxd4 exd4+ 24. Nxd4 Nf6 25. Rae1 Rg2 26. Re2 Ng4+ 27. Kd2 Rxh2 28.
Nxe6 Rxe2+ 29. Bxe2 Kxe6 30. Bxg4+ Ke7 31. Ke3 Rg8 32. Rf4 Rg5 33. c4 bxc4 34.
Rxc4 Kd6 35. Rb4 Rb5 36. Rxb5 axb5 37. Kd4 Bc6 38. b3 Be8 39. a4 bxa4 40. bxa4
Bxa4 41. Ke4 {1/2-1/2 Gledura,B (2621)-Bluebaum,M (2618)/Batumi 2018/EXT 2019.}
) (9. a3 {first of all prevents the advance b5-b4 verhindert zunächst den
Vorstoß b5-b4} Qa5 10. Ra2 $5 {looks interesting, but can however lead to the
Ra2 being misplaced later and Black gets concrete targets to attack on the
queenside. sieht interessant aus, kann allerdings auch dazu führen, dass der
Ta2 später deplaziert ist und Schwarz konkrete Angriffsziele am Damenflügel
bekommt.}) (9. O-O-O $2 c4 $17) (9. Be2 {prepares short castling, but it looks
somewhat tame. The bishop would be better on d3. Especially since on e2 it is
getting in the way of its own knight; Nc3-e2, then c2-c3 would be desirable in
order to stabilise the centre. bereitet die kurze Rochade vor, sieht aber
etwas zahm aus. Der Läufer würde lieber auf d3 stehen. Zumal er auf e2 auch
seinem eigenen Springer im Weg steht, Sc3-e2, nebst c2-c3 wäre eine
wünschenswerte Idee, das Zentrum zu stabilisieren.}) (9. Ne2 {prepares c2-c3.
Disadvantage: the Bf1 cannot be developed, and also (short) castling is at
first hard to realise. bereitet c2-c3 vor. Nachteil: Der Lf1 kann nicht
entwickelt werden, auch die (kurze) Rochade ist zunächst schwer möglich.})
9... b4 (9... Qb6 10. Qf2 $5 (10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bf2 h6 {would be a
transposition of moves wäre Zugumstellung}) 10... cxd4 (10... Bb7 11. O-O cxd4
12. Nxd4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 Qxd4 14. Qxd4 Bc5 15. Ne2 Bxd4+ 16. Nxd4 $16 {here once
again White would have reached the absolutey favourable blockading position he
was seeking. hier hätte Weiß wiederum die angestrebte, überaus günstige
Blockadeposition erreicht.} g6 17. a4 b4 18. a5 Nc5 19. Kf2 Ke7 20. Ke3 Rac8
21. g3 Rc7 22. Nb3 Rb8 23. Nxc5 Rxc5 24. Kd4 Rc7 25. g4 Bc8 26. Rf2 h6 27. Raf1
b3 28. c3 Bd7 29. f5 gxf5 30. gxf5 Rg8 31. fxe6 Bxe6 32. Bf5 Rg7 33. Bxe6 fxe6
34. Rf8 Rg4+ 35. Kd3 Kd7 36. Rb8 Ke7 37. Rh8 Kd7 38. Rxh6 Rg7 39. Rf8 Rb7 40.
Ra8 Rg2 41. Rh7+ Kc6 42. Rc8+ {1-0 Lei Tingjie (2505)-Munkhgal,G (2442)/
Changsha CHN 2019}) (10... c4 $6 11. Be2 b4 12. Nd1 {The computer likes this
for Black. But this provocation (to c5-c4) is precisely White's idea: the
queenside is closed, so the centre is stable and White can totally concentrate
on his attack on the kingside (f4-f5). gefällt dem Computer gut für Schwarz.
Aber genau in dieser Provokation (zu c5-c4) besteht die weiße Idee: Der
Damenflügel ist abgeschlossen, das Zentrum also stabil und Weiß kann sich
voll und ganz auf seinen Angriff am Königsflügel (f4-f5) konzentrieren.}) 11.
Nxd4 Bc5 (11... Nxd4 $2 12. Bxd4 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Nxc5 14. b4 $1 Nxd3+ 15. cxd3 $16
{White is left with the constellation of material he wanted: knight vs. Bc8
Weiß verbleibt mit der gewünschten Materialkonstellation: Springer vs. Lc8}
d4 16. Ne4 O-O 17. O-O Bb7 18. Nd6 Bd5 19. f5 exf5 20. Nxf5 Rfe8 21. Rae1 Qg6
22. Re2 Rad8 23. Qxd4 f6 24. Qb6 Kh8 25. Ne7 Qf7 26. exf6 Ba8 27. fxg7+ Qxg7
28. Nf5 Qg5 29. Qd4+ Kg8 30. Ne7+ Qxe7 31. Rxe7 {1-0 Firouzja,A (2657)
-Kostenko,P (2466)/Astana 2019/CBM 189}) 12. Nce2 b4 $13 {The only correct way
to proceed: Black prepares to exchange his problem bishop by means of a6-a5
and Bc8-a6. das einzig richtige Vorgehen: Schwarz bereitet den Abtausch des
Problemläufers mittels a6-a5 und Lc8-a6 vor.} 13. O-O a5 14. Rac1 O-O 15. c3
Ba6 16. Bxa6 Rxa6 17. c4 Ne7 18. Qg3 Raa8 19. Rc2 Rac8 20. Rfc1 Qa6 21. b3 Nb6
22. Qf2 Nd7 23. Ng3 dxc4 24. bxc4 a4 25. Ne4 Bxd4 26. Bxd4 b3 27. axb3 axb3 28.
Rc3 Nf5 29. Nd6 b2 30. Rb1 Nxd4 31. Nxc8 Qa2 32. Ne7+ Kh8 33. Qxb2 Ne2+ 34. Kf2
Qxb2 35. Rxb2 Nxc3 {0-1 Svetushkin,D (2580)-Svane,R (2595)/Batumi GEO 2018}) (
9... Be7 $6 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Qf2) (9... Bb7 $6 {Sooner or later the bishop
must be exchanged on a6! Der Läufer muss früher oder später auf a6
abgetauscht werden!}) 10. Na4 {Of course Black is being forced into a decision.
Natürlich: Schwarz wird zu einer Entscheidung gezwungen} ({After Nach} 10. Nd1
{Black would of course maintain the pressure: würde Schwarz
selbstverständlich den Druck aufrecht erhalten:} Qb6 (10... c4 $6 {is once
again the choice of the computer; hard to achieve: White has little to fear on
the quenside and can totally focus on the attack on the kingside. ist wiederum
die Wahl der Computer; wenig nachvollziehbar: Weiß hat am Damenflügel wenig
zu fürchten und kann sich ganz auf den Angriff am Königsflügel fokussieren.}
) 11. Qf2 a5 12. O-O Ba6 $132 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. c3 Be7 15. f5 exf5 16. Bf4 cxd4
17. cxd4 O-O 18. Kh1 Bd8 19. Ne3 Ne7 20. Rad1 h6 21. g4 fxg4 22. Nxg4 Nf5 23.
Rg1 Kh8 24. Rg2 Rg8 25. Rdg1 Nf8 26. Qd2 Qe6 27. Ne3 Ng6 28. Ng4 Rc6 29. Be3
Be7 30. h4 h5 31. Nf2 Ngxh4 32. Nxh4 Nxh4 33. Rh2 Qf5 34. Qe2 Rc2 {0-1
Shaposhnikov,E (2503)-Volkov,S (2582)/Samara 2000/CBM 078}) 10... c4 (10...
cxd4 $6 {is the actually "logical choice": The white centre is undermined. But:
the Na4 is doing sterling service, taking control of the b6- and c5-squares
and anticipating a queenside attack by Black (a6-a5-a4). ist die eigentlich
"logische Wahl": Das weiße Zentrum wird unterminiert. Aber: Der Sa4 leistet
wertvolle Dienste, nimmt er doch die Felder b6 und c5 unter Kontrolle und
beugt zudem einem Schwarzen Angriff am Damenflügel (a6-a5-a4) vor.} 11. Nxd4
Bb7 12. Qf2 Be7 13. O-O-O O-O 14. Kb1 (14. Nb3 {is also worth considering
verdient ebenfalls Beachtung} a5 15. Bb5 $5 {An idea you should remember for
positions of this type: according to circumstances White is prepared to
exchange his bishop for a knight in order to deny Black's light-squared bishop
the option to organise an exchange for itself (Bb7-a6). Eine Idee, man sich
für derartige Stellungstypen merken sollte: Weiß ist unter Umständen bereit,
seinen Läufer für einen Springer abzutauschen, um dem weißfeldrigen Läufer
des Schwarzen die Möglichkeit zu verwehren, sich seinerseits (Lb7-a6)
abtauschen zu können.}) 14... Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. Nb6 Nxb6 17. Bxb6 Qd7 18.
f5 $40 exf5 19. Bxf5 Qb7 20. Bd4 Bd7 21. Rd3 Bxf5 22. Qxf5 Qc6 23. Rhd1 Rac8
24. R1d2 Qe6 25. Qf3 Rfd8 26. b3 h6 27. Bb2 Rc5 28. g3 a5 29. a4 g6 30. Rf2 Rd7
31. Bd4 Rc6 32. Qd1 Bd8 33. Rdf3 Qe8 34. Qd2 Bg5 35. Qd3 Re6 36. h4 Bd8 37. h5
g5 38. Ka2 Kg7 39. Qb5 Kg8 40. Rf5 Bc7 41. Rf6 Bd8 42. R6f5 Bc7 43. g4 Bd8 44.
R5f3 Bc7 45. Rf6 Bd8 46. R6f5 Bc7 47. Rd2 Rd8 48. Qxe8+ Rdxe8 49. Re2 Rd8 50.
Ref2 Rd7 51. Kb2 Bd8 52. Rd2 Rc6 53. Rf3 Kf8 54. c3 bxc3+ 55. Bxc3 Ke7 56. Rf6
Re6 57. Bd4 Ke8 58. Rf5 Bb6 59. Bxb6 Rxb6 60. Rf6 Rxf6 61. exf6 Rd6 62. Re2+
Kd8 63. Re5 Rxf6 64. Rxd5+ Kc8 65. Rxa5 Rf4 66. Rc5+ Kd7 67. a5 Rxg4 68. a6 Re4
69. Rf5 Re7 70. a7 Re8 71. Rxf7+ Kc6 72. Kc3 Kb6 73. Kd4 Ra8 74. Rh7 g4 75. Ke3
{1-0 Motylev,A (2704)-Ding,L (2565)/China 2010/EXT 2011}) 11. Be2 {Now Black
has to make haste: if White could(e.g.by means of b2-b3) fix the structure on
the queenside, Whte's advantage would again be obvious. Black's initiative
would be deadlocked whilst White can, sooner or later, turn to f4-f5. Nun muss
sich Schwarz beeilen: Könnte Weiß (z.B. mittels b2-b3) die Struktur am
Damenflügel festlegen, läge der weiße Vorteil wieder auf der Hand: Die
schwarze Initiative wäre festgefahren, während Weiß über kurz oder lang zu
f4-f5 greifen kann.} c3 $1 {is therefore the only logical choice.  ist daher
die einzig logische Wahl} 12. Qc1 $5 {The idea linked to this move was
previously played only once: in what follows White does not only concentrate
on his kingside play, but he would also like to challenge Black's plan of
delayed development by taking aim at the far advanced queenside.. die mit
diesem Zug verbundene Idee wurde zuvor erst einmal gespielt: Weiß
konzentriert sich in der Folge nicht alleine auf sein Spiel am Königsflügel,
sondern möchte das schwarze Konzept einer verzögerten Entwicklung auch
dadurch in Frage stellen, dass er den aufgerückten Damenflügel ins Visier
nimmt.} (12. Qd1 {Roughly a week before (in the first round of the same
tournament) Jumabayev was confronted with this in his game against Grischuk.
damit wurde Jumabayev ca. eine Woche zuvor (in der ersten Runde desselben
Turnieres) von Grischuk konfrontiert.} cxb2 13. Nxb2 Be7 (13... Nb6 $1 14. O-O
Be7 15. Bd3 Bd7 {Holding back castling seems more logical to me. Black first
mobilises his forces on the queenside in order to tie in White's potential
there. He will not castle till later. Das Zurückstellen der Rochade erscheint
mir logischer. Schwarz mobilisiert zunächst seine Kräfte am Damenflügel, um
das weiße Potential dort zu binden. Erst später wird er rochieren.} 16. Ng5
g6 17. Rf3 Na5 18. Rh3 Nbc4 19. Nxc4 Nxc4 20. Bc1 Ba4 (20... Qb6 $5) 21. Qe1 (
21. Rxh7 Rxh7 22. Nxh7 Qb6 23. Bxc4 dxc4 24. Be3 Qb7 $44 {with excellent
compensation on the light squares mit exzellenter Kompensation auf den weißen
Feldern}) 21... Qb6 22. Qf2 Na3 23. Bb2 Nc4 24. Bc1 Na3 25. Bb2 Nc4 {1/2-1/2
Nakamura,H (2729)-Wang,H (2727)/Moscow 2010/CBM 139}) 14. O-O O-O (14... Nb6)
15. Bd3 f5 {After this too Black's position looks endangered. Auch danach
sieht die schwarze Stellung gefährdet aus:} (15... a5 $6 {is already too slow.
ist bereits zu langsam.} 16. Ng5 Bxg5 17. fxg5 Ne7 (17... Ba6 $2 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7
19. Qh5+ Kg8 {there now follows a "triangulation by the rook" nun folgt ein
"Dreiecksmanöver des Turms"} 20. Rf4 (20. Rf3 $2 Be2) 20... Ne7 21. Rh4 f5 22.
Rh3 $1 $16 {preparing g5-g6 bereitet g5-g6 vor} (22. g6 $4 Nxg6 23. Qxg6 Qxh4
$19)) 18. a3 (18. Qe2 $16 {This prevents the thematic Bc8-a6. verhindert das
thematische Lc8-a6.} Qb6 19. Na4 (19. c4 $5) 19... Qc6 20. Bb5) 18... Ba6 19.
axb4 Bxd3 20. Nxd3 Nf5 21. Bf2 axb4 22. Rxa8 Qxa8 23. g4 Ne7 24. Nxb4 Qa4 25.
c3 Qxd1 26. Rxd1 Ra8 27. Rb1 Kf8 28. Kg2 Ke8 29. Rb2 Ra1 30. Nc2 Ra7 31. Ne3
Rc7 32. Be1 Nc8 33. Kf3 Ncb6 34. Ra2 Rc8 35. Ke2 Nb8 36. Kd3 Nc4 37. Nxc4 Rxc4
38. Bd2 Kd7 39. Bc1 Nc6 40. Bb2 Ne7 41. Kc2 Rc7 42. Ra8 Rc8 43. Ra7+ Rc7 44.
Ra8 Rc8 45. Ra7+ Rc7 46. Ra8 Rc8 47. Ra1 Nc6 48. Kd3 Rb8 49. Kc2 Rc8 50. Kd3
Rb8 51. Bc1 Rb7 52. Ra8 Rb8 53. Ra2 Rb1 54. Kc2 {1/2-1/2 Motylev,A (2704)-Wang,
H (2715)/China 2010/EXT 2011}) 16. g4 $1 (16. exf6 Nxf6 {and then Nf6-e4 with
counterplay nebst Sf6-e4 mit Gegenspiel}) 16... Nb6 $146 (16... a5 17. gxf5
exf5 18. Qe2 Nb6 19. Kh1 a4 20. Rg1 a3 21. Nd1 Na4 (21... Be6 22. Rg3 Nc4 23.
Qg2 Rf7 24. Bf2 {and then Nd1-e3 and Ra1-g1. Only White is in the game! nebst
Sd1-e3 und Ta1-g1. Es spielt nur Weiß!}) 22. Rg3 Rf7 23. Qg2 Nc3 24. Nxc3 bxc3
25. Bb5 Qb6 26. Rg1 Bf8 27. Rh3 $1 g6 (27... Qxb5 28. Rxh7 Kxh7 29. Qg6+ Kg8
30. Ng5) 28. Ng5 Qxb5 29. Nxf7 Ne7 30. Nh6+ Bxh6 31. Rxh6 Ra7 32. Qh3 Qe2 33.
Rxh7 Qxc2 34. Rh8+ Kf7 35. Qh7+ Ke6 36. Rxg6+ {1-0 Wei,Y (2675)-Potkin,V (2608)
/Wijk aan Zee 2015/CBM 165/[Sagar Shah]}) (16... fxg4 $6 17. Nd2 (17. Ng5 Bxg5
18. fxg5 Rxf1+ 19. Qxf1 Ne7 20. Qg2 g6 21. Qxg4 Nf5 $11 {and the attack is
stopped. und der Angriff ist erst einmal gestoppt.}) 17... Rf7 18. Qxg4 Bf8 19.
Nf3 $40) 17. gxf5 exf5 18. Kh1 Na5 19. Qe1 (19. Rg1 Nac4 {Here the difference
from the game Wei Yi-Potkin becomes clear: White does not manage to nullify
Black's play on the queenside with Nb2-d1 and is forced to declare his
intentions. For example Qd1-c1 would be a step in the wrong direction. hier
wird der Unterschied zur Partie Wei Yi-Potkin deutlich: Weiß kommt nicht dazu,
das schwarze Spiel am Damenflügel mittels Sb2-d1 ins Leere laufen zu lassen
und ist gezwungen, sich zu erklären. Beispielsweise Dd1-c1 wäre ein Schritt
in die falsche Richtung.}) 19... Nac4 20. Nd1 Qe8 21. Rg1 Ra7 22. Bf2 (22. Rg3
$5 {White would again like to triple on the g-file. It does not look as if
Black should be able to organise enough counterplay against White's regrouping
(like in the game Wei Yi-Potkin). Weiß möchte wieder auf der g-Linie
vertrippeln. Es sieht nicht so aus, als sollte Schwarz gegen die weiße
Umgruppierung (analog zur Partie Wei Yi-Potkin) genug Gegenspiel organisieren
können.} Rc7 (22... a5 23. Qe2 Be6 24. Qg2 Qf7 25. Bf2 Rc8 (25... Na4 $2 26.
Bxc4 dxc4 27. d5 $18) 26. Ne3 $16) 23. Qe2 Qc6 (23... Na4 24. Qg2 Qf7 25. Bf2
Nab2 26. Nxb2 Nxb2 27. Rg1 g6 28. h4 $40) 24. Qg2 Rf7 25. Bf2 a5 26. Ne3 $14)
22... a5 23. Bh4 {Exchanging these bishops is also a logical idea. der
Abtausch dieser Läufer ist ebenfalls eine logische Idee.} (23. Rg3 Rc7 24. Qe2
Na4 25. Ne3 Nc3) 23... Qc6 (23... Bxh4 $5 24. Nxh4 Na4 25. Rb1 $1 Be6 26. Rb3
$14) 24. Bxe7 Rxe7 25. c3 $1 $14 bxc3 26. Nxc3 Rc7 27. Rc1 Na4 28. Ne2 $2 (28.
Bxc4 dxc4 (28... Qxc4 29. Ne2 $18) 29. d5 $36) 28... Nab2 29. Bb1 Qb6 30. Rc3
Qb4 31. Nh4 Na4 32. a3 Qb2 33. Rc2 Qb6 34. Ba2 Ba6 35. Qg3 Qe6 36. Nf3 Qe7 37.
Bb1 Nxa3 38. Rxc7 Qxc7 39. Ng5 Bxe2 40. Qxa3 Qc3 41. Qxa4 Bf3+ 42. Nxf3 Qxf3+
43. Rg2 Qf1+ {1/2-1/2 Grischuk,A (2759)-Jumabayev,R (2630)/Douglas ENG 2019})
12... cxb2 (12... Qa5 $2 13. b3 $16 Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. Bd3 f5 16. exf6 Nxf6
17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Qd1 Ne4 19. Qg4 Rf5 20. Qh3 a5 21. Be2 Ba6 22. Bg4 Bxf1 23.
Bxf5 exf5 24. Qxf5 Nxe5 25. Rxf1 Nd2 26. Bxd2 cxd2 27. fxe5 Rf8 28. Qd3 Bg5 29.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 30. Nb2 Qf7 31. Nd1 Qh5 32. Qf3+ Qxf3 33. gxf3 Ke7 34. Kf2 Ke6 35.
Ke2 Kf5 36. c3 Bf4 37. h3 Bg5 38. cxb4 axb4 39. Nf2 Be7 40. Nd3 Kg5 41. Kxd2
Kh4 42. Ke2 Kg3 43. Nc5 Kxh3 44. Ne6 g5 45. Nc7 h5 46. Nxd5 {1-0 Miladinovic,I
(2535)-Simic,D (2306)/Montenegro 2017/EXT 2019}) 13. Qxb2 Qa5 {Following the
idea of forcing the white queen to b3, in order to gain a tempo later with
Nc6-a5 . But: that too costs a lot of time of course... verfolgt die Idee, die
weiße Dame nach b3 zu zwingen, um später mit Sc6-a5 ein Tempo zu gewinnen.
Aber: Auch das kostet natürlich viel Zeit...} (13... Be7 14. O-O O-O 15. c4 $1
{Subsequently a thematic idea. In der Folge eine thematische Idee.} dxc4 (15...
bxc3 16. Qxc3 $16) 16. Bxc4 Bb7 17. Bd3 Na5 18. Qe2 Bd5 19. Nd2 $40 (19. f5)) (
13... Nb6 14. Nxb6 Qxb6 15. c4 $1 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Na5 17. Bd3 Bb7 18. O-O Be7 19.
Qf2 Bd5 20. f5 $40) 14. Qb3 Qc7 15. c3 $1 {The plan behind 12.Qd2-c1. Das
Konzept hinter 12.Dd2-c1.} (15. c4 $2 Na5) 15... Na5 (15... bxc3 16. O-O Bb4
17. f5 $1 exf5 18. Rac1 $40) 16. Qc2 Rb8 (16... bxc3 17. O-O Be7 18. f5 $40)
17. O-O Be7 18. Rab1 O-O 19. Bd3 g6 (19... h6 20. Rfc1 $14 (20. g4 $5)) 20. g4
$5 (20. Rfc1 $14 {iIs the choice of the computer. But it appears more logical
to attack the weakened king position than to move the major pieces to the
queenside. Moreover, in what follows the attack fails to concrete tactics. ist
die Wahl der Computer. Es erscheint aber viel logischer, die geschwächte
schwarze Königsstellung zu attackieren, als die Schwerfiguren zum
Damenflügel zu beordern. Allerdings scheitert der Angriff in der Folge an
konkreter Taktik.} bxc3 21. Rxb8 Nxb8 (21... Qxb8 22. Qxc3 Bb4 23. Qc7 Qxc7 24.
Rxc7 $16) 22. Nxc3 Nbc6 (22... Bb4 $2 23. Nxd5 Qxc2 24. Nf6+ $18) (22... Bd7 $2
23. Nxd5 Qxc2 24. Nxe7+ $18) 23. Na4 $36 {and White has good play on the
queenside  (at first surprisingly for this type of position) und Weiß hat 
(für diesen Stellungstyp zunächst überraschend) gutes Spiel am Damenflügel}
) 20... Nb6 21. f5 (21. Nxb6 $6 Rxb6 22. f5 exf5 23. gxf5 Bxf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5
25. Kh1 Rg6 $1) 21... Nac4 $2 {After this the position is already totally lost.
Danach ist die Stellung bereits total verloren.} (21... Nxa4 $1 22. Qxa4 exf5
23. gxf5 b3 $1 (23... Qxc3 24. Ne1 $1 $40 (24. Rbd1 $2 Bxf5)) 24. axb3 Bd7 25.
Qa2 Qxc3 26. Qe2 Rxb3 $132) 22. cxb4 (22. f6 $1 Nxe3 23. Qc1 Re8 (23... Bxf6
24. exf6 Nxg4 25. Ne5 $16 Nxe5 $4 26. Qh6) 24. Qxe3 Bf8 25. Nxb6 Rxb6 26. Ng5
Bh6 (26... h6 27. Bxg6 fxg6 28. f7+) 27. Rf3 Qxc3 28. Rh3 Bxg5 29. Qxg5 Qxd4+
30. Kh1 {And there is nothing to be done against Qg5-h6. und gegen Dg5-h6 ist
nichts zu erfinden.}) 22... exf5 23. gxf5 Nxa4 24. Bh6 $1 Qc6 (24... Bd7 25. e6
$1) 25. e6 $1 Bb7 (25... fxe6 26. fxg6 $18) (25... Rd8 26. exf7+ Kh8 27. fxg6
hxg6 28. Rbe1 $18) 26. Qg2 Kh8 27. Ng5 $18 Qb6 28. Nxf7+ Rxf7 29. exf7 Qxd4+
30. Rf2 Qxd3 31. Re1 Ne5 32. fxg6 Qxg6 33. Rxe5 Qxh6 34. Rxe7 Bc6 35. Re6 {
Conclusion: the whole variation looks very dodgy for Black. The best seems to
me to be the plan from the game Svetushkin-Svane (see 9...Qb6). After 9...b4
the idea with 12. Qd2-c1 is probably even stronger than the plan from Wei
Yi-Potkin. Fazit: Die gesamte Variante sieht für Schwarz sehr anrüchig aus.
Am besten erscheint mir das Konzept aus der Partie Svetushkin-Svane zu sein 
(siehe 9...Db6). Nach 9...b4 ist die Idee mit 12. Dd2-c1 wohl noch stärker
als das Konzept aus Wei Yi-Potkin.} 1-0

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.19"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Robson, Ray"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2670"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. a3 Bxc5 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Bd3 Ng6 8. b4
Be7 9. Bb2 a5 10. b5 a4 11. O-O Nf4 12. c4 Nd7 13. cxd5 Nc5 14. d6 Nfxd3 15.
dxe7 Qxe7 16. Bd4 b6 17. Nbd2 Bb7 18. Nc4 O-O 19. Bxc5 Nxc5 20. Qd6 Qxd6 21.
Nxd6 Bxf3 22. gxf3 f6 23. exf6 Rxf6 24. Ne4 Rxf3 25. Nxc5 bxc5 26. Rfc1 Rc8 27.
Rc4 Rb3 28. Rxa4 Rxb5 29. Ra6 Kf7 30. Re1 Rb3 31. Raxe6 Rxa3 32. Re7+ Kf8 33.
Rb7 Ra6 34. Ree7 Rg6+ 35. Kf1 h6 36. Rf7+ Kg8 37. Rfc7 Rxc7 38. Rxc7 Rg5 39. f4
Rf5 40. Kg2 Kh7 41. Kf3 Kg6 42. Ke4 Rh5 43. f5+ Kf6 44. Rc6+ Kf7 45. Rxc5 Rxh2
46. Rc7+ Kg8 47. f6 gxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.20"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kovalev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C95"]
[WhiteElo "2729"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. c4 c6 12. Nc3 b4 13. Na4 c5 14. d5 Re8 15. Bc2
Qc7 16. a3 a5 17. b3 Nf8 18. Nb2 Bd7 19. Be3 Ng6 20. Qd2 h6 21. Kh1 Nh7 22. Nd3
Qd8 23. Nc1 Nh4 24. Nxh4 Bxh4 25. Ne2 Bg5 26. Ra2 Bxe3 27. Qxe3 Qg5 28. Qxg5
hxg5 29. Rea1 Rad8 30. axb4 axb4 31. Ng3 g6 32. Nf1 Kf8 33. Ne3 Nf6 34. Ra7
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss"]
[Site "Douglas"]
[Date "2019.10.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2650"]
[BlackElo "2729"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.10.10"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "IOM"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. h4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Qxd2+ 13. Bxd2 Bg4 14. d5
Na6 15. Bb5 Rac8 16. Rxc8 Bxc8 17. Bxa6 bxa6 18. Bb4 Rd7 19. O-O f5 20. e5 Rxd5
21. Rc1 Bb7 22. Bxe7 Bxe5 23. Nxe5 Rxe5 24. Rc7 Bd5 25. a3 Re1+ 26. Kh2 Re2 27.
Kg1 Re1+ 28. Kh2 Re2 29. Kg1 Re1+ 30. Kh2 Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2731"]
[Annotator "Krasenkow,M"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,93,19,31,36,58,8,18,31,12,17,17,14,10,38,26,33,25,13,15,0,4,30,19,8,4,
18,-31,-26,-19,0,0,0,0,-14,-20,29,26,12,23,18,24,24,24,30,37,48,40,40,41,47,56,
30,60,108,66,135,73,71,58,54,84,99,102,99,133,133,133,164,148,142,145,215,197,
197,179,179,177,192,198,198,139,144,198,175,155,155,228,238,239,236,238,254,
103,126,66]} 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4
{This plan has become popular in recent years.} h6 8. a5 O-O 9. h3 (9. Re1 Be6
(9... Ba7 10. Be3 Ne7 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 {1-0 (45) Kosteniuk,A (2507)-Pogonina,N (2457) Izhevsk RUS 2019} 16.
Ne5 $14) 10. Nbd2 Qd7 11. Nf1 Ng4 12. Be3 Nxe3 13. Nxe3 Bxe3 14. Rxe3 Bxc4 15.
dxc4 f5 $132 {0-1 (39) Cori Quispe,K (2480)-Rajesh,V (2325) Barcelona 2018}) (
9. Nbd2 Ba7 (9... Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Nc4 Ba7 12. Be3 Qe8 13. Bxa7 Rxa7 14.
Ne3 Qg6 15. g3 d5 16. exd5 exd5 17. d4 e4 18. Nh4 Qf7 19. f3 $16 {0-1 (39)
Tseshkovsky,V (2513)-Kaplan,S (2437) Biel 2007}) 10. Re1 Ne7 11. Nf1 (11. d4 {
1-0 (45) Nevednichy,V (2528)-Markidis,K (2329) Paleochora 2018} Nc6 $1 (11...
exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. e5 $5) 12. d5 Ne7 $132 {[%cal Yc7c6]}) 11... Ng6 12. Ng3
c6 $11 13. Be3 $6 Bxe3 14. fxe3 d5 15. Bb3 Qc7 16. Qc2 Be6 17. c4 dxe4 18. dxe4
c5 19. Ne2 Ne7 20. Qc3 $17 {1/2 (20) Vovk,Y (2620)-Esipenko,A (2429)
Cappelle-la-Grande 2016}) 9... Ba7 10. Be3 d5 {The simplest way to equality.} (
10... Bd7 $6 11. Nbd2 Ne7 12. Re1 Ng6 13. d4 (13. Bxa7 $142 Rxa7 14. d4) 13...
exd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. exd5 Bb5 $11 {1-0 (27) Nevednichy,V (2548)-Georgiev,K 
(2623) Thessaloniki 2018}) 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bxa7 Rxa7 13. Re1 Nf4 14. Nxe5 {
Risky but, of course, Black has no problems after, say,} (14. Nbd2) 14... Qg5
15. Ng4 h5 $6 (15... Nxa5 $1 {was the right way. Black eliminates the most
dangerous enemy. After} 16. Ba2 (16. Re5 Bxg4 17. Rxg5 Bxd1 18. Rgxa5 Be2)
16... h5 17. Re5 Bxg4 18. Rxg5 Bxd1 19. Rxa5 b6 {etc. he has nothing to worry
about. After the text move it is more difficult for Black to bring his a7 rook
into play.}) 16. Ne3 Bxh3 (16... Nxh3+ 17. Kf1 Nf4 18. Nd2 $14) 17. Qf3 Ne5 18.
Qg3 Bg4 19. Nd5 $1 ({After} 19. Nd2 h4 20. Qh2 {Black's most accurate reply is}
Be6 $1 21. Ne4 (21. Bxe6 fxe6 {[%cal Gf8f2]} 22. d4 Ned3 23. Nf3 Qh5 {[%cal
Rd3e1,Rh4h3]} 24. Qxh4 Qxh4 25. Nxh4 Nxe1 26. Rxe1 Nd3 $1 27. Re2 c5 $15) 21...
Qh6 $13) 19... Nxc4 20. Qxf4 (20. Nxf4 h4 21. Qh2 Nd6 $11 ({rather than} 21...
Nxa5 22. Nd2 {[%cal Yd2e4]})) 20... Qxf4 21. Nxf4 Nxb2 22. Ra2 g5 23. Rxb2 gxf4
24. Re5 Rd8 (24... b6 25. f3 (25. axb6 Rb7) 25... Be6 26. Nd2 Rd8 27. d4 bxa5
28. Rxa5 Rd5 29. Ra3 $14 {[%cal Yd2e4] Engines may show equality but in fact
Black faces serious problems due to his destroyed pawn structure.}) 25. d4 Rd6
({If now} 25... b6 26. axb6 Rb7 {then simply} 27. bxc7 {Perhaps it was the
lesser evil for Black, though, as his rook is in play after} Rxc7) 26. f3 Bd7
27. Nd2 b6 28. Ne4 Rg6 $6 {Black's rook is out of play here. Two passive rooks
are too much!} (28... Re6 $142 29. Rxh5 Kg7 $16) 29. Re7 Bb5 (29... Bf5 30.
axb6 Rb7 31. Rxc7 Rbxb6 32. Rxb6 Rxb6 33. c4 $16 {/+-}) 30. d5 $1 f5 31. axb6 (
31. d6 $1 fxe4 32. dxc7 {was winning at once here, e.g.} Ra8 (32... Rc6 33.
axb6 Rb7 34. c8=Q+ Rxc8 35. Rxb7) 33. Rxb5 axb5 34. Rd7 Rf8 (34... Rc6 35. axb6
) (34... Rf6 35. Rd8+ Rf8 36. Rxa8 Rxa8 37. axb6) 35. Rd8 Rc6 36. axb6 $18)
31... Rxb6 32. Nc5 Kf8 33. Rh7 Kg8 34. Rxh5 Bc4 35. Rd2 Rd6 (35... a5 {was
Black's last chance to create counterplay although after} 36. Rg5+ Kh7 (36...
Kh8 37. Rd4 $5 Ba2 38. Rxf4 Rh6 39. Rfxf5) 37. Rxf5 a4 38. Rxf4 a3 39. Rxc4 a2
40. Rxa2 Rxa2 41. Ne6 {White should win.}) 36. Rxf5 c6 37. Ne4 $1 Rxd5 38. Nf6+
Kg7 39. Nxd5 cxd5 40. Rd4 a5 41. Rdxf4 Kg6 (41... a4 42. Rg5+ Kh8 (42... Kh6
43. Rg3 Kh5 44. Rfg4 $18) 43. Rh4+ Rh7 44. Rgh5 {etc.}) 42. Rf8 Kg7 43. Rb8 a4
44. Rff8 d4 (44... a3 45. Ra8) 45. cxd4 Bd5 46. Rfd8 a3 47. Rxd5 (47. Rxd5 a2
48. Rd7+ Rxd7 49. Ra8 $18) 1-0

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.07"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Harikrishna, Pentala"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2731"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. a4 a6 7. O-O h6 8. Be3
Bxe3 9. fxe3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bxe6 fxe6 12. Qb3 Qd7 13. d4 Kh7 14. Rad1
Rab8 15. Nc4 exd4 16. exd4 b5 17. axb5 axb5 18. Ne3 Ne7 19. Qc2 Kg8 20. Rde1
Rbe8 21. h3 Rf7 22. b3 Qc6 23. Nd2 Ref8 24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 e5 26. dxe5 dxe5
27. c5 Ng6 28. Nf5 Kh7 29. Nf3 Nxe4 30. Nxe5 Nxe5 31. Rxe4 Ng6 32. Re3 Kh8 33.
Ree1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.08"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Qc7 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Rc1 Rd8 14. Bf4 Qd7
15. d5 Na5 16. Bd3 e6 17. c4 b5 18. cxb5 exd5 19. Qa4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21.
Qxc4 Qb7 22. Be3 Be6 23. Qxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.09"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
h3 f5 9. e5 Nf7 10. d4 cxd4 11. cxd4 Bb7 12. Na3 c5 13. dxc5 Qa5 14. Be3 Qb4
15. Qd4 Qxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Ng5 18. Kg2 Ne6 19. Rad1 Rfc8 20. b4 Rab8
21. Nc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O b6 11. h4 e6 12. h5 Qh4 13. hxg6 hxg6 14. f3 cxd4
15. cxd4 Rd8 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. Rac1 Be5 18. f4 Bg7 19. Rf3 Rac8 20. Rh3 Qg4 21.
Qe1 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Bxd4 Rxd4 24. Rh4 Rxe4 25. Rxg4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Rxc4
27. Re3 Bd5 28. a3 Kg7 29. Rh4 b5 30. g3 a5 31. Rh2 Rc1+ 32. Kf2 b4 33. axb4
axb4 34. g4 g5 35. fxg5 Kg6 36. Re5 Rc2+ 37. Kg3 Rxh2 38. Kxh2 b3 39. Re2 Bc4
40. Rd2 e5 41. Kg3 e4 42. Rd4 b2 43. Rd6+ Kxg5 44. Rb6 Be2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Bb4 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 g5 8. Bg3
Ne4 9. Qc2 h5 10. f3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 Nxg3 12. hxg3 Qd6 13. Kf2 Nc6 14. Rb1 b6
15. c4 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Bd7 17. Ne2 O-O-O 18. Bxf7 h4 19. gxh4 gxh4 20. Qg6 Qf8
21. Be6 Ne7 22. Bxd7+ Rxd7 23. Qe4 Nd5 24. Nf4 Qa3 25. Rbc1 Kb8 26. Nxd5 Qxa2+
27. Rc2 Qxd5 28. Rxh4 Rxh4 29. Qxh4 a5 30. Qe4 Qg8 31. Qc6 Rg7 32. g4 Qh8 33.
Kg3 Rh7 34. g5 Rh3+ 35. Kf4 Qh4+ 36. Kf5 Qh7+ 37. g6 Qe7 38. Rg2 Qxe3 39. f4
Rh4 40. Qe4 Qh3+ 41. Kf6 Qd7 42. g7 Qd6+ 43. Kf5 Qd7+ 44. Kf6 Qd6+ 45. Kf5 Qd7+
46. Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Be3 Nc6 7. h3 Re8 8. Bf4
Nh5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bc1 Nf6 11. Nbd2 e5 12. dxe5 Ne4 13. c4 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 dxc4
15. Qc3 Be6 16. Be3 Qe7 17. Rfd1 Rad8 18. Rac1 b5 19. a3 Bd5 20. Qc2 a6 21. Bf4
Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Nd4 23. Qe4 Bxe5 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Nxf3+ 26. exf3 Rxd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Rxe5 28. Kf1 Kg7 29. Rd8 a5 30. f4 Rc5 31. Ke2 c3 32. bxc3 Rxc3 33. a4
bxa4 34. Rd4 a3 35. Ra4 Rc2+ 36. Ke3 a2 37. Rxa5 Kf6 38. g4 Ke6 39. h4 Kd6 40.
f5 gxf5 0-1

[Event "Hamburg FIDE GP"]
[Site "Hamburg"]
[Date "2019.11.10"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2019.11.05"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2019.12.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nd2 Bg7 5. e4 fxe4 6. Nxe4 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 d5 8.
Bg2 Nc6 9. c3 e5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. Nf3 Nc4 12. O-O O-O 13. b3 Nb6 14. Bg5 Qd6
15. Re1 Bxc3 16. Be7 Qd7 17. Bxf8 Bxe1 18. Qd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Triapishko, Alexandr"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nc3
d5 9. Nxd5 Nxd5 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. cxd5 Bxd5 12. d4 Nd7 13. dxc5 Nxc5 14. Qd4+
f6 15. Rfd1 Bxf3 16. Qe3 Qc7 17. Bxf3 Rad8 18. b4 Rxd1+ 19. Rxd1 Nb7 20. Bxb7
Qxb7 21. Qe6 Rc8 22. f3 Rc6 23. Qd7 Qc7 24. Kf2 Rc2 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rd3 Kf7
27. h4 Rc4 28. Ra3 Rxb4 29. Rxa7 h5 30. Rb7 Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sethuraman, SP."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8.
Bg5 h6 9. Bd2 Nf6 10. Qe2 e6 11. O-O-O b5 12. g4 Be7 13. Bg2 Qc7 14. h4 b4 15.
Na4 a5 16. e5 dxe5 17. g5 Nd5 18. Be3 Ba6 19. Qg4 h5 20. Qg3 Bc4 21. Nbc5 O-O
22. g6 Nf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. gxf7+ Rxf7 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. Rd7 Qe5 27. Nd3 Bxd3
28. Qxd3 f3 29. Bh3 Qf4+ 30. Kb1 Ne5 31. Qa6 Rc6 32. Qb7 Qe4 33. Rd2 Nc4 34.
Rd3 Ne5 35. Rd2 Kh7 36. Bxe6 Bg5 37. Bxf7 Bxd2 38. Bb3 Qf5 39. Qb5 Bf4 40. Nc5
Rd6 41. Qb8 Ng6 42. Qg8+ Kh6 43. Ne6 Qf6 44. Nc5 Qf5 45. Nd3 Rxd3 46. cxd3 Ne5
47. Bc2 b3 48. axb3 Ng6 49. d4 Qg4 50. Qe8 Qg2 51. Re1 Nxh4 52. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Paravyan, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2629"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. Be2 a6 7. O-O Bg4 8. a4
Nbd7 9. axb5 axb5 10. Rxa8 Qxa8 11. e5 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd5 13. e6 fxe6 14. Qe2 e5
15. dxe5 e6 16. Be4 Nc5 17. Qh5+ Kd7 18. Bg5 Be7 19. Bxe7 Kxe7 20. Bxd5 exd5
21. f4 Qa7 22. Qh4+ Kf7 23. f5 Nd3+ 24. Kh1 Rf8 25. Qxh7 Nf2+ 26. Rxf2 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vokhidov, Shamsiddin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2526"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e4 d6 6. Nge2 a6 7. h3 Bc5 8. d3
Nd4 9. Be3 Nxe2 10. Qxe2 Nd7 11. a3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 Nc5 13. b4 Nb3 14. Rb1 Nd4
15. O-O O-O 16. Ne2 Nxe2+ 17. Qxe2 a5 18. Qe3 axb4 19. axb4 Be6 20. c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.26"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D10"]
[WhiteElo "2639"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e3 Be6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. Nf4 Bg4 7. f3 Bc8 8.
Bxc4 e6 9. O-O a6 10. a4 a5 11. e4 Na6 12. Be3 Nb4 13. Qe2 Be7 14. Rad1 O-O 15.
Nd3 Re8 16. Ne5 Qc7 17. f4 Rf8 18. g4 Nd7 19. Nf3 b5 20. axb5 Nb6 21. Ne5 Bd6
22. Rf2 Rb8 23. Nxc6 Nxc6 24. bxc6 Nxc4 25. Qxc4 Rb4 26. Qa2 Qxc6 27. Qxa5 Bb7
28. d5 exd5 29. Qxd5 Qxd5 30. exd5 Re8 31. Bd4 f6 32. Kg2 Kf7 33. Kf3 Rb3 34.
Be3 Rc8 35. Rfd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Qf2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 b5 14. Bd3 Rb8
15. a3 Qa5 16. b4 Qxa3+ 17. Kd2 a5 18. Rb1 axb4 19. Nxb5 Qa5 20. Qxb4 Qd8 21.
Qd4 f6 22. exf6 Nxf6 23. Nc3 Rxb1 24. Rxb1 Qc7 25. g3 Bd7 26. Qb6 Qc8 27. Qd6
Rd8 28. Qe5 Qc5 29. Ne2 Qf2 30. Rb8 Rxb8 31. Qxb8+ Kf7 32. h4 Ng4 33. Qd8 Qe3+
34. Ke1 Nf6 35. g4 Qa7 36. g5 Ne4 37. Nd4 Qxd4 38. Qxd7+ Kf8 39. Qd8+ Kf7 40.
Qd7+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Popov, Ivan1"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8.
f4 d5 9. exd6 Bxd6 10. Ne4 Be7 11. Bd3 c5 12. b3 Nh6 13. O-O Nf5 14. Qe2 O-O
15. Bb2 Nd4 16. Qh5 h6 17. Rae1 f5 18. Nd2 Bf6 19. Nc4 Bb7 20. c3 Nb5 21. Rxe6
Bd5 22. Re3 Bxc3 23. Bxc3 Nxc3 24. Bxf5 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Qd6 26. Kh1 Qf6 27. Be6+
Kh8 28. Qxc5 Nxa2 29. Qa3 Rae8 30. f5 a5 31. Ref3 Nb4 32. Qxa5 Nc6 33. Qc7 Ne5
34. Rf4 Nd3 35. R4f3 Ne5 36. R3f2 Nd3 37. Rf3 Ne5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D74"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. O-O Nc6 8. e4
Nb6 9. d5 Na5 10. Qe1 Nac4 11. Nc3 c6 12. b3 cxd5 13. bxc4 dxe4 14. Ng5 f5 15.
Be3 Qd3 16. Nd5 Nxd5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. Qb4 Bxa1 19. Rxa1 Be6 20. Bf1 Rac8 21.
Nxe6 Qxe6 22. Qxb7 Qf6 23. Rd1 g5 24. Rd7 Kf7 25. Qd5+ Qe6 26. Bxg5 Qxd5 27.
Rxd5 e6 28. Ra5 Rc7 29. Bf4 Rb7 30. Bc4 Rc8 31. Rxf5+ Ke7 32. Rb5 Rxb5 33. Bxb5
Kf6 34. a4 Kf5 35. Be3 Rc7 36. Kg2 Kg6 37. g4 h5 38. Kg3 hxg4 39. Kxg4 e5 40.
h4 Kf6 41. Bg5+ Kg7 42. h5 Rf7 43. h6+ Kh7 44. Be3 a5 45. Bc6 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aronian, Levon"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C67"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2775"]
[PlyCount "17"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. Re1 Nd6 6. Nxe5 Be7 7. Bf1 Nxe5
8. Rxe5 O-O 9. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.27"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Cheparinov, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2687"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.
e3 Be6 9. Qb1 b6 10. Ng5 Bd5 11. e4 Bb7 12. Bxc4 O-O 13. h4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6
15. h5 e5 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. dxe5 Nc5 18. O-O Qd3 19. Qc1 Nxe4 20. Rd1 Qe2 21.
Nxe4 Qxe4 22. Rd4 Qf5 23. Qe3 Rfe8 24. Re1 Re7 25. Bg3 Rae8 26. Re4 c5 27. Qe2
Rd7 28. Re3 Red8 29. Bh4 Rd2 30. Bxd8 Rxe2 31. R1xe2 Qb1+ 32. Kh2 Bh6 33. e6
fxe6 34. Rxe6 Bf8 35. Be7 Bg7 36. Bg5 Bf8 37. f4 c4 38. R2e4 Bc5 39. Rxg6+ Kf7
40. Rf6+ Kg7 41. Rfe6 Bf2 42. Bf6+ Kf7 43. Bd4 Qg1+ 44. Kh3 Qh1+ 45. Kg4 Qxg2+
46. Kf5 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2772"]
[PlyCount "22"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. Qe2 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. c3 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. d3 h6 10. h3 d6 11. Be3 Bxe3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2758"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8. Re1
Nf6 9. a3 O-O 10. Rb1 Bh3 11. Bh1 a5 12. Bd2 h6 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5 Nd4 15.
Nxd4 cxd4 16. Qb3 a4 17. Qb6 Rfc8 18. Rbc1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Qa5 Rxc1+ 21.
Bxc1 Qc8 22. Qd2 b5 23. Qd1 Qc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. d3
Bc5 9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Bg2 Nxc3 11. bxc3 O-O 12. O-O Nd7 13. e4 Nb6 14. Bf4 Qe7
15. Qb3 a5 16. a4 Be6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Rfb1 Qe7 19. h4 h6 20. Qc2 Rad8 21. Rb3
Nc4 22. Bf1 g5 23. hxg5 hxg5 24. Qe2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2690"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 Bf5 13. Nd4 Bd7 14. Nf3 Bf5
15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Nd5 e5 17. Bg5 Nxg5 18. Nxg5 Qd8 19. h4 h6 20. g4 Bc8 21. Ne4
Be6 22. Rcd1 Qxh4 23. f3 Rad8 24. g5 hxg5 25. Rf2 Nd4 26. Ne7+ Kh7 27. exd4 1-0

[Event "Wch Rapid"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.28"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Turov, Maxim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2574"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2019.12.26"]
[EventType "swiss (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 a6 6. Nf3 c5 7. Nxc5 Bxc5 8. dxc5
Qa5+ 9. c3 Qxc5 10. Nd4 Ne7 11. Be3 Qc7 12. f4 O-O 13. Be2 Be4 14. O-O Nbc6 15.
Nb3 Na5 16. Nc5 Bg6 17. b3 Nac6 18. Bf2 a5 19. Na4 Nc8 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Rac1 Rb8
22. Qe3 N6e7 23. Rfd1 b5 24. Nc5 Qc6 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Qa8 27. Qa3 Rb4 28.
Be1 Nb6 29. Bxb4 axb4 30. Qxb4 Qa7 31. Kh1 Rc8 32. Nd7 Qxd7 33. Qxb6 Be4 34.
cxd5 Nxd5 35. Qd4 Bc2 36. Rd2 Bg6 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. Bf3 h5 39. h3 Qc1+ 40. Kh2
Nc3 41. Qe3 Kh7 42. Rd3 Nxa2 43. Qxc1 Nxc1 44. Rd4 Nb3 45. Rb4 Nd2 46. Kg3 Nxf3
47. Kxf3 Bd3 48. Rd4 Bb5 49. g4 hxg4+ 50. hxg4 Kg6 51. Rd6 Bc4 52. Kg3 Bb3 53.
Kh4 Kh6 54. f5 Kh7 55. Kg5 Bc4 56. Rd7 Kg8 57. f6 Bb3 58. Rd8+ Kh7 59. Rf8 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Castellanos Rodriguez, Renier"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B44"]
[WhiteElo "2474"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O d6 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Rc1 b6 12. f3 Bb7 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Rfd1 Rac8 15.
Bf1 Rfe8 16. Nd4 Qb8 17. Kh1 Bd8 18. b4 Bc7 19. h3 Ne5 20. Na4 Ba8 21. Qf2 Ned7
22. Nb3 Bc6 23. Nb2 Qa8 24. a4 a5 25. bxa5 bxa5 26. Nd4 Nc5 27. Nb5 Qb8 28. e5
Nfe4 29. fxe4 Nxe4 30. Qe1 dxe5 31. Na7 Qxb2 32. Nxc6 f5 33. Bd3 Nf6 34. Rb1
Qa3 35. Na7 e4 36. Bf1 Nh5 37. Nxc8 Rxc8 38. Bf2 Bf4 39. c5 e3 40. Qe2 exf2 41.
Rd3 Qxc5 42. Qxh5 Bd6 43. Rbd1 Be7 44. Rd7 g6 45. Qe2 Rc6 46. Qb5 Bg5 47. Qxc5
Rxc5 48. Rb1 Re5 49. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zarnicki, Pablo Adrian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 d5 4. Bb2 Be7 5. e3 O-O 6. Nc3 b6 7. g4 Bb7 8. Rg1
Nbd7 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Be2 cxb3 11. axb3 Nc5 12. d4 Ncd7 13. e4 c5 14. g5 Ne8 15.
d5 exd5 16. Nxd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Qc7 18. Kf1 Bd6 19. Bd3 g6 20. Re1 a6 21. Qc3 f6
22. gxf6 Nexf6 23. Bxg6 hxg6 24. Rxg6+ Kh7 25. Qc2 Kh8 26. Rh6+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Pigusov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2555"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. d4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. e3
Rb8 9. Qe2 Bd7 10. h3 Re8 11. b3 e5 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Bb2 Qc8 14. Kh2 e4 15.
Nd2 Bf5 16. Nd5 Qd8 17. Rad1 Nxd5 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Nxe4 Qe5 21.
Ng5 Qf6 22. Nf3 Rbd8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. e4 Be6 25. Rc1 Rd7 26. e5 Qf5 27. Qe3
Bd5 28. g4 Qe4 29. Qxe4 Bxe4 30. Ng5 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Golubov, Saveliy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Bb5+ Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
dxc5 O-O 9. h3 Ne4 10. Nbd2 Nxc5 11. c3 a6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Nb3 Ne4 14. Nbd4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 Bc5 16. Qe5 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Bg6 18. Qd4 Ng3 19. Rfe1 Re8 20. Bd3
Be4 21. Rad1 Nf5 22. Qb4 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Nxe3 24. Rc1 Qg5+ 25. Kf2 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sanal, Vahap"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 b5 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 b4 8. Ne2 a5 9.
O-O Bb7 10. g4 Nf6 11. g5 Nfd7 12. f5 Nc6 13. Nf4 Nde5 14. Nd5 Nxf3+ 15. Qxf3
Nd4 16. Qd1 Bxd5 17. exd5 Nxf5 18. Be4 Nd4 19. c3 bxc3 20. Qa4+ Qd7 21. Qxd7+
Kxd7 22. bxc3 Ne2+ 23. Kg2 Bxc3 24. Rb1 Rhb8 25. Be3 Ke8 26. Kf2 Nd4 27. Bxd4
Bxd4+ 28. Kf3 a4 29. h4 a3 30. Rxb8+ Rxb8 31. Re1 Rb2 32. Re2 Kd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Salgado Lopez, Ivan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d3 c5 5. e4 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. a4 a6 8. Nc3 g6
9. Nd2 Rb8 10. Nc4 Bg7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Qd2 Ba8 13. Bh6 b5 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Na5 Qb6 17. b4 cxb4 18. Ne2 d5 19. Qxb4 dxe4 20. dxe4 e5 21. Nc3
Rfc8 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Rxc2 24. Nc6 Re8 25. Rac1 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nf6 27. Rc5
e4 28. Rxb5 Qa6 29. Ra5 Qd3 30. Bf1 Nxd5 31. Qd6 Qc3 32. Rxa8 Rxa8 33. Qxd5 e3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsson, Pontus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nc6 9. Nde2 Rb8 10. a4 a6 11. h3 b5 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nd5 Nd7 14. Ra2 e6 15.
Ne3 Nc5 16. b3 Bb7 17. Bb2 Nb4 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Qd4+ e5 20. Qxb4 Qb6 21. Nc3
1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A29"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. d3 h6 6. Nf3 d6 7. O-O a6 8. a3 O-O
9. b4 Ba7 10. e3 Bf5 11. h3 Qd7 12. Kh2 Rab8 13. Bb2 b5 14. Nd5 Nxd5 15. cxd5
Ne7 16. Rc1 Bh7 17. Qb3 Bb6 18. Nd2 Kh8 19. d4 f6 20. dxe5 fxe5 21. Ne4 Bg8 22.
Rfd1 Qe8 23. Rd2 Qg6 24. Qd1 Nf5 25. Qg4 Bh7 26. Qxg6 Bxg6 27. Nc3 Ne7 28. a4
a5 29. Nxb5 axb4 30. Nxc7 Rbc8 31. Ne6 Rfe8 32. Rdd1 Bc2 33. Rd2 Bxa4 34. Ra1
Ra8 35. Be4 Bb5 36. Rdd1 b3 37. Ra3 Bc4 38. Rda1 Rxa3 39. Rxa3 Nxd5 40. Ra4
Nxe3 41. Nxg7 Kxg7 42. fxe3 Bf7 43. Rb4 Bxe3 44. Rb7 Kf6 45. Ba3 Bc5 46. Bc1
Rc8 47. Bxh6 Bd4 48. h4 b2 49. Bg5+ Ke6 50. g4 Rc1 51. Bf5+ Kd5 52. Rxf7 b1=Q
53. Bxb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Petrosian, Tigran L"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2601"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Be3 b5 6. h3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nd7 8. a4 b4
9. Ne2 e5 10. d5 Ngf6 11. c3 bxc3 12. Nxc3 O-O 13. O-O c6 14. dxc6 Bxc6 15. Bc4
Nxe4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Ng5 d5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Qxd5 Nf6 20. Qc6 Qb8 21. Rab1
Rc8 22. Qf3 Qb4 23. Qd1 Rd8 24. Qe2 Qxa4 25. Rfc1 h6 26. Nf3 Nd5 27. Rc4 Qb5
28. Bd2 Nb6 29. Re4 f5 30. Re3 e4 31. Ne1 Nc4 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Sadhwani, Raunak"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C68"]
[WhiteElo "2507"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bd6 6. d4 exd4 7. Qxd4 f6 8.
Be3 Ne7 9. Nbd2 Be6 10. Rfd1 Ng6 11. Qc3 Qe7 12. a3 O-O-O 13. Nd4 Rhe8 14. Nxc6
bxc6 15. Qxc6 Ne5 16. Qxa6+ Kd7 17. Qa4+ Kc8 18. c4 c5 19. Nb3 Nxc4 20. Bxc5
Bxc5 21. Qc6+ Qc7 22. Qa8+ Qb8 23. Qc6+ Qc7 24. Qa8+ Qb8 25. Qc6+ Qc7 26. Qa8+
Qb8 27. Qc6+ Qc7 28. Rxd8+ Kxd8 29. Rd1+ Bd6 30. Qa6 Ke7 31. Nd4 Qb6 32. Qa4
Nxb2 33. Nc6+ Kf7 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Alekseev, Evgeny V"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B46"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. e5 Qc7 8.
Qe2 Ne7 9. Bd2 Rb8 10. Rb1 Nd5 11. f4 d6 12. exd6 Bxd6 13. g3 O-O 14. Bg2 e5
15. fxe5 Bxe5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. O-O Rxb2 18. Rxb2 Bxb2 19. Qd3 Be6 20. Qxa6
Qxc2 21. Bb4 Rc8 22. Kh1 h6 23. a3 Be5 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qxe6+ Kh8
27. Bxd5 Qd1+ 28. Be1 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.29"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Donchenko, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. h3 Qd7 8. Kh2
Nf6 9. a3 Ne4 10. Nd5 Nf6 11. Nc3 h5 12. d3 h4 13. Nxh4 Be6 14. f4 Nd4 15. e3
Nf5 16. Nxf5 Bxf5 17. h4 Bg4 18. Qa4 Qxa4 19. Nxa4 Rb8 20. Nc3 Bf5 21. e4 Ng4+
22. Kh1 Bd7 23. Bf3 f5 24. Kg2 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Kf7 26. f5 gxf5 27. Bxf5 Bxf5 28.
Rxf5+ Bf6 29. Ne4 Rbg8 30. Nxf6 exf6 31. Bf4 Rxh4 32. gxh4 Ne3+ 33. Kf3 Nxf5
34. h5 Nd4+ 35. Ke4 Ke6 36. Rh1 f5+ 37. Ke3 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yuffa, Daniil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E62"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2566"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Qxd8 Rxd8 11. Bg5 Rd4 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 e4 14. Rfd1
Bf5 15. Rxd4 Bxd4 16. Rc1 Be5 17. b3 f6 18. Bf4 Bxf4 19. gxf4 Rd8 20. e3 Rxd5
21. f3 exf3 22. Bxf3 Rd3 23. Rxc7 Rxe3 24. Bxb7 a5 25. Bd5+ Kh8 26. Ra7 Rd3 27.
Rxa5 Rd4 28. a4 Rxf4 29. Rc5 Bh3 30. Bc4 Rd4 31. Kf2 Rd2+ 32. Kg3 Bf5 33. a5
Ra2 34. b4 Ra4 35. a6 Be4 36. b5 g5 37. Kf2 f5 38. b6 Rb4 39. Rb5 Rxc4 40. b7
Rc2+ 41. Ke3 Rc3+ 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Petrosyan, Manuel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A27"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. d3 Nf6 5. g3 Bb4 6. Bd2 d6 7. Bg2 a6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nd5 Bxd2 10. Nxd2 Ne7 11. b4 c6 12. Nxf6+ Rxf6 13. a4 a5 14. b5 c5 15.
Nb1 Rb8 16. Nc3 Be6 17. f4 b6 18. Qd2 Qd7 19. Qe3 exf4 20. Qxf4 Re8 21. Rae1 d5
22. e3 h6 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. d4 Qc8 25. dxc5 Qxc5 26. Qd4 Rc8 27. Nxd5 Bxd5 28.
cxd5 Qxd4 29. Rxd4 Rd6 30. e4 fxe4 31. Rxe4 Rc7 32. Re6 Rcd7 33. Bh3 Kh7 34.
Ree1 Rc7 35. Rf7 Nxd5 36. Bf5+ Kg8 37. Rxc7 Nxc7 38. Rc1 Ne8 39. h4 Kf7 40. h5
Ke7 41. Bg6 Nf6 42. Kf2 Nd7 43. Re1+ Kf6 44. Kf3 Nc5 45. Re8 Nxa4 46. Rf8+ Ke5
47. Rf5+ Ke6 48. Rf7 Nc5 49. Rxg7 Rd7 50. Rg8 Ra7 51. Rh8 a4 52. Rxh6 a3 53.
Bb1+ Ke5 54. Ba2 Rd7 55. Rxb6 Rd2 56. Bg8 a2 57. Rb8 a1=Q 58. Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. e4 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Nf6 6. O-O Qc7 7. Qe2 d6 8. b3
g6 9. Bb2 Bg7 10. Nd2 O-O 11. a4 Nc6 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. e5 Nd5 14. exd6 Qxd6 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Nc4 Qc7 17. Qe5+ Qxe5 18. Nxe5 c5 19. Be4 Ra7 20. a5 Rc7 21. Bf3
Bb7 22. Rfd1 Rfc8 23. h4 h5 24. Rd2 Nc3 25. Bxb7 Rxb7 26. f3 Nd5 27. Kf2 Rb4
28. Nc4 Rc7 29. Re1 Rb8 30. Re5 Kf6 31. g4 hxg4 32. fxg4 Rh8 33. Kg3 Kg7 34. g5
Ne7 35. Ne3 c4 36. b4 c3 37. Rd6 Rb8 38. Re4 Rcb7 39. Rxa6 Rxb4 40. Rxb4 Rxb4
41. Ra7 Nf5+ 42. Nxf5+ exf5 43. a6 Rb2 44. Rc7 Rxc2 45. a7 Ra2 46. Rxc3 Rxa7
47. Rc4 Ra3+ 48. Kg2 Kf8 49. Rc7 Re3 50. Ra7 Rd3 51. Rb7 Ke8 52. Ra7 Rd7 53.
Ra8+ Ke7 54. h5 gxh5 55. Rh8 Ke6 56. Rxh5 Ke5 57. Rh4 f4 58. Rh3 Kf5 59. Ra3
Kg4 60. Ra2 Rd3 61. Rb2 Rh3 62. Rb4 Rg3+ 63. Kf2 Ra3 64. Rb7 Ra2+ 65. Ke1 Kxg5
66. Rxf7 Kg4 67. Kf1 Kg3 68. Rg7+ Kf3 69. Kg1 Ra1+ 70. Kh2 Kf2 71. Rb7 Re1 72.
Rb2+ Kf1 73. Rb3 Re2+ 74. Kh1 Re3 75. Rb1+ Re1 76. Rb2 f3 77. Kh2 f2 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Ivanisevic, Ivan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. Bxc6 bxc6 7. f4 d6 8. Nf3
Nh6 9. e4 f5 10. Qe2 Nf7 11. Bd2 O-O 12. O-O-O e5 13. h4 fxe4 14. dxe4 Bg4 15.
h5 gxh5 16. f5 Rb8 17. Rh4 Bf6 18. Rxg4+ hxg4 19. Nh2 Bg5 20. Nxg4 Bxd2+ 21.
Qxd2 Kh8 22. Nh6 Rb7 23. g4 Nxh6 24. Qxh6 Rg7 25. Rxd6 Qg5+ 26. Qxg5 Rxg5 27.
Rxc6 Rxg4 28. Rxc5 h5 29. Rxe5 h4 30. Re6 Kg7 31. Re7+ Rf7 32. f6+ Kxf6 33.
Nd5+ Kg7 34. Re5 Rf2 35. Re7+ Kf8 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zhigalko, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2571"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. g3 c5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. e3 d5
9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Bxe5 Qd7 12. d3 Rfd8 13. Rd1 dxc4 14. bxc4 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Ne8 16. a4 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Nc3 Rac8 19. a5 Rc6 20. Nb5 e5 21. Qf3 h5
22. Nxa7 Rd6 23. Nb5 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Qxd3 25. axb6 Qxc4 26. Nc7 e4 27. Qf5 Qb3
28. Qxc5 Ng4 29. h3 Nxf2 30. Ra8 Rxa8 31. Nxa8 Nd3 32. Qc8+ Kh7 33. Qf5+ Kg8
34. Qxe4 Qc2+ 35. Kg1 Qf2+ 36. Kh1 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Qf2+ 38. Kh1 Qe1+ 39. Kg2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Socko, Bartosz"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. Qc2
Bd7 9. Rd1 Rb8 10. e4 Bg4 11. Be3 Nd7 12. Ne2 Nb4 13. Qb3 c5 14. dxc5 dxc5 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Nc6 17. Bg2 Qc7 18. f4 e5 19. f5 Nd4 20. Qd3 b5 21. Nc3 bxc4
22. Qxc4 Rxb2 23. Nd5 Qd6 24. g4 Rfb8 25. Rd2 Rxd2 26. Bxd2 Nf6 27. Rf1 Rb2 28.
Bg5 Nxd5 29. exd5 e4 30. Rf2 Rb1+ 31. Rf1 Nf3+ 32. Bxf3 Qg3+ 33. Bg2 Bd4+ 34.
Kh1 Be5 35. Kg1 Qh2+ 36. Kf2 Rb2+ 37. Ke1 Qxg2 38. fxg6 Bc3+ 39. Kd1 Qc2# 0-1

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "19"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sargissian, Gabriel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2689"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. d3 Nf6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Nh4 e6 8. e3 Be7
9. Nd2 Nfd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qe2 a5 12. f4 g5 13. Nf3 gxf4 14. exf4 Na6 15.
O-O Qc7 16. d4 O-O-O 17. c3 Bd6 18. Ne5 Rdf8 19. a3 a4 20. Qc2 Qa5 21. b4 axb3
22. Qxb3 Qb6 23. Rb1 Qxb3 24. Rxb3 Nc7 25. a4 Bxe5 26. fxe5 f6 27. Ba3 Rf7 28.
g5 c5 29. c4 dxc4 30. Rxb7 Nd5 31. Ra7 Ne3 32. Ra8+ Nb8 33. Rb1 1-0

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "20"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2772"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 dxc4 8. Qxc4
b5 9. Qb3 Be6 10. Qd1 Nbd7 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. e4 Bc4 13. Re1 e5 14. b3 Be6 15. Bb2
Bg4 16. f3 h6 17. Nxf7 Rxf7 18. fxg4 Qb6 19. Kh1 Rd8 20. d5 cxd5 21. exd5 e4
22. Bd4 Nc5 23. Nc3 Nxd5 24. Nxe4 Bxd4 25. Qxd4 Nxe4 26. Qxe4 Nc3 27. Qe5 Qd4
28. Qe6 Rd6 29. Qc8+ Kh7 30. b4 Nd1 31. Raxd1 Qxd1 32. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 33. Bf1
Rdxf1+ 34. Kg2 R1f2+ 35. Kh3 Rxa2 36. Qe8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Wch Blitz"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "2019.12.30"]
[Round "21"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adly, Ahmed"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2607"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2019.12.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "21"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 193 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.01.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 h6 8. O-O g5
9. Bd2 Bg7 10. Bb4 a5 11. Ba3 b6 12. c3 O-O 13. Bd3 Re8 14. Ne1 Ng6 15. Bxf5
exf5 16. Qc2 f4 17. Nd3 Ndf8 18. Bd6 Qd7 19. Nd2 Nh4 20. g3 Nf5 21. Bxf8 Bxf8
22. Rae1 Qe6 23. Nf3 c5 24. Qd1 c4 25. Nc1 g4 26. Ne2 fxg3 27. Nf4 Qd7 28. Nd2
gxh2+ 29. Kxh2 Ng7 30. Rg1 h5 31. f3 f5 32. Nf1 Qd8 33. Ne3 Qg5 34. Nexd5 Rad8
35. Kg2 Kf7 36. Kf1 Ne6 37. Nxe6 Rxe6 38. Nc7 Rc6 39. Nb5 g3 40. Kg2 h4 41. Rh1
Rh6 42. f4 Qg4 43. Qxg4 fxg4 44. f5 Be7 45. Re4 Bg5 46. Rxg4 Rh5 47. Nd6+ Ke7
48. Ne4 Be3 49. f6+ Ke6 50. Rhxh4 1-0

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "40"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d5 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. Bc4 Qd6 8.
Qe2 O-O 9. Nbd2 Bf5 10. b4 Bb6 11. Ng5 Qd7 12. Nde4 Nd5 13. Qf3 Nce7 14. a4 a5
15. b5 h6 16. Ng3 Bg4 17. Qe4 hxg5 18. h4 Nxc3 19. Qxe5 Bd4 20. Qxg5 Bf6 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Qa5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Rc1 Rd8 11. Be2 b6 12. d5 e6 13. O-O exd5 14. exd5 Ba6
15. Rfd1 Bxc3 16. Qc2 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Nd7 18. d6 Bf6 19. Ng5 Qa4 20. Qf3 Re8 21.
Nxh7 Kxh7 22. Qh3+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A34"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "189"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Qa4 Nc7 9. d3 Nc6 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Rac1 Bd7 12. Qh4 Ncd4 13. Bxd4 cxd4 14. Nd5
Re8 15. Ng5 Nxg5 16. Qxg5 e6 17. Qxd8 Rexd8 18. Nf4 Rab8 19. Rc5 Bf8 20. Rc4 e5
21. Nh3 Be6 22. Rcc1 f6 23. f4 Bd6 24. a3 Bg4 25. Nf2 Bf5 26. Ne4 Bxe4 27. Bxe4
exf4 28. gxf4 f5 29. Bd5+ Kg7 30. Bb3 Rbc8 31. Rxc8 Rxc8 32. Kg2 Re8 33. Rf2
Kf6 34. Bd5 b6 35. h4 Rc8 36. Bb3 Rc1 37. Rf1 Rxf1 38. Kxf1 Bxf4 39. a4 h6 40.
Bd5 Bg3 41. h5 g5 42. Kg2 Be1 43. b3 Ke5 44. Bc6 Kf4 45. Bd7 g4 46. Be6 Kg5 47.
Bf7 Bb4 48. Be8 Kf4 49. Bg6 Kg5 50. Be8 Bd6 51. Bg6 f4 52. Be8 Be5 53. Bg6 Bc7
54. Be8 Bd8 55. Bg6 Be7 56. Be8 Bb4 57. Bf7 Bd2 58. Be8 Be3 59. Bg6 Kf6 60. Be8
Ke6 61. Bg6 Kd5 62. Bf5 g3 63. Bh7 Kc5 64. Bg8 Kb4 65. Bd5 Kc3 66. Be6 Kd2 67.
Bg4 a5 68. Bf3 Bf2 69. Bg4 Ke3 70. Bf3 Be1 71. Bg4 Bb4 72. Bf3 Be7 73. Bg4 Kd2
74. Bf3 Kc3 75. Bd5 Kb4 76. Be6 Kc5 77. Bf7 Kd6 78. Bg8 Ke5 79. Bf7 Kf6 80. Bg6
Bb4 81. Be8 Be1 82. Bg6 Bf2 83. Be8 Be3 84. Bg6 Ke7 85. Be8 Kd6 86. Bg6 Kc5 87.
Bf7 Kb4 88. Bd5 Kc3 89. Be6 Kd2 90. Bg4 Ke1 91. Bf3 Kd1 92. Bg4 Kd2 93. Bf3 Kc3
94. Bd5 Kd2 95. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Rfd1 Qa5 11. Bf4 Qa6 12. b3 Rac8 13. e4 Rfd8 14. e5 Ne8
15. Ng5 Nf8 16. Qf3 Rd7 17. Rac1 h6 18. Nh3 dxc4 19. bxc4 Ba3 20. Rb1 Qxc4 21.
Ne4 Rxd4 22. Rxd4 Qxd4 23. g4 b5 24. g5 h5 25. Rd1 Qa4 26. Nd6 Bxd6 27. exd6
Rd8 28. Qxh5 Ng6 29. Bg3 e5 30. Qf3 Rxd6 31. Rxd6 Nxd6 32. Qxc6 Qd1+ 33. Kg2
Ne7 34. Qc5 Nef5 35. Qxe5 Qg4 36. f3 Nh4+ 37. Kf2 Qxf3+ 38. Ke1 Ng2+ 39. Kd2
Nc4+ 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. Bg2
Bc5 9. d3 exd3 10. Qxd3 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Qh5 14. Nce2 Bxd4
15. Nxd4 Bh3 16. Bxh3 Qxh3 17. f3 c5 18. Ne2 Rac8 19. e4 Qe6 20. Be3 Nd5 21.
Bg5 Ne7 22. Rad1 f6 23. Be3 b6 24. Nf4 Qf7 25. Qa4 Nc7 26. Rxd8+ Rxd8 27. Qxa7
Nc8 28. Qa4 g5 29. Ne2 Rd3 30. Kf2 Rb3 31. Rd1 b5 32. Rd8+ Kg7 33. Qa5 Ne6 34.
Rxc8 Qd7 35. Ra8 Kg6 36. f4 gxf4 37. gxf4 Qd3 38. f5+ Kh5 39. Qd2 Qxd2 40. Bxd2
Ng5 41. Bxg5 Kxg5 42. Rg8+ Kh6 43. e5 fxe5 44. f6 e4 45. Rg3 1-0

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "136"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. a4 h6 8. h3 O-O
9. Re1 Ba7 10. Nbd2 Re8 11. b4 Be6 12. Bxe6 Rxe6 13. Qc2 Qd7 14. Rb1 Ree8 15.
Nf1 Ne7 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. Nxe3 Ng6 18. c4 Nf4 19. Kh2 a5 20. bxa5 Rxa5 21. Rxb7
Ne6 22. Rb5 Rea8 23. Ra1 Nc5 24. Rab1 Qe8 25. g3 Rxa4 26. Nd5 Nxd5 27. cxd5 Ra2
28. R5b2 Rxb2 29. Rxb2 Ra3 30. Ne1 Qa8 31. Qe2 g6 32. Rb5 Kg7 33. Kg2 Qa4 34.
Rb8 Ra2 35. Rb2 Ra1 36. Nf3 Qd1 37. Qxd1 Rxd1 38. Rd2 Rxd2 39. Nxd2 Nxd3 40.
Kf3 f5 41. Ke3 fxe4 42. Nxe4 Nb4 43. Nc3 Kf6 44. Ke4 h5 45. h4 Na6 46. Nb5 Ke7
47. f3 Kd7 48. g4 c6 49. Nc3 Nc5+ 50. Ke3 cxd5 51. Nxd5 Ke6 52. Nc7+ Kf7 53.
Nd5 Ne6 54. gxh5 gxh5 55. Ke4 Nc5+ 56. Kf5 Nb3 57. f4 Nd4+ 58. Ke4 Ke6 59. Nc7+
Kd7 60. Nd5 Nc6 61. fxe5 Nxe5 62. Nf6+ Ke6 63. Nxh5 Ng6 64. Nf4+ Nxf4 65. Kxf4
Kf6 66. Ke4 Kg6 67. Kd5 Kh5 68. Kxd6 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B37"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "150"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8.
Be2 d6 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. b4 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Nxe4 13. Bb2 e5 14. Bf3 f5
15. Qd5+ Rf7 16. Rad1 Ng5 17. Be2 Be6 18. Qxd6 Rd7 19. Qc5 Ne4 20. Qe3 Nd2 21.
b5 Nxf1 22. Rxf1 f4 23. Qf3 Nd4 24. Nxd4 exd4 25. Qxf4 Qc7 26. Qf6 Qd6 27. c5
Qe7 28. Qxe7 Rxe7 29. Bxd4 Bd5 30. Be3 Bxa2 31. Ra1 Bd5 32. h3 Kf7 33. Rd1 Be4
34. Rd6 Bf5 35. Bc4+ Be6 36. Be2 Rd7 37. Bf3 Rxd6 38. cxd6 Rd8 39. Bxb7 Rxd6
40. Bf3 Rd7 41. b6 axb6 42. Bxb6 Rd3 43. Be4 Rb3 44. Be3 Rb4 45. Bf3 Rb8 46. g4
Rd8 47. Kg2 Bc4 48. Kg3 Ke6 49. Be4 Rf8 50. f4 Rb8 51. f5+ Kf7 52. fxg6+ hxg6
53. h4 Rb4 54. h5 gxh5 55. gxh5 Be2 56. Bg6+ Kg7 57. Kf2 Bg4 58. Kg3 Bd1 59.
Bf4 Rb5 60. Kh4 Be2 61. Bd6 Rd5 62. Bf4 Bd3 63. Bxd3 Rxd3 64. h6+ Kg6 65. Kg4
Rd4 66. Kf3 Kf5 67. Be3 Rh4 68. Kg3 Rg4+ 69. Kf3 Ra4 70. Bd2 Ra3+ 71. Be3 Kg6
72. Ke4 Ra4+ 73. Kd3 Ra3+ 74. Ke4 Rxe3+ 75. Kxe3 Kxh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. g4 Bg6 7. Qe2 c6 8. h4 h5
9. g5 Nfd7 10. Bh3 Be7 11. Be3 d5 12. Nd2 Na6 13. O-O Nb4 14. Rac1 dxe4 15.
Ncxe4 Nd5 16. c4 Nxe3 17. Qxe3 O-O 18. f4 Bf5 19. Bg2 Re8 20. c5 Nf8 21. Nc4
Ng6 22. Qf2 Nxh4 23. Ned6 Nxg2 24. Kxg2 Bxd6 25. Nxd6 Re7 26. Rfe1 Bg6 27. Rcd1
Rd7 28. Nc4 Bf5 29. Re5 b6 30. b4 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rd5 32. Kg3 Rb8 33. Ne5 Rxc5
34. bxc5 Be4 35. Qe2 Qd5 36. Qxh5 Rb7 37. Rd2 Bg6 38. Qh4 Qe4 39. Rh2 Qe3+ 40.
Nf3 Kf8 41. Qh8+ Ke7 42. Qc8 Rb1 43. Qc7+ 1-0

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nf3 d5 8.
cxd5 exd5 9. Bg2 d4 10. Na4 Bb4+ 11. Bd2 Qb5 12. O-O Bxd2 13. Nxd2 O-O 14. Rc1
Bg4 15. Nc5 Qxe2 16. Qxe2 Bxe2 17. Rfe1 d3 18. Rc3 Nd4 19. Nxd3 Rad8 20. Nc5 b6
21. Ncb3 Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Rfe8 23. h3 g6 24. Bf1 Bxf1 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Kxf1 Re7
27. Nd4 Rd7 28. Nc6 Ne4 29. Re3 f5 30. Re2 Kg7 31. Ne5 Rc7 32. Kg2 Kf6 33. Nd3
a5 34. Nf4 Rd7 35. Rc2 Nc5 36. a3 g5 37. Ne2 a4 38. Nc3 h5 39. Re2 g4 40. hxg4
hxg4 41. f3 gxf3+ 42. Kxf3 Rd3+ 43. Re3 Rd2 44. Re2 Rd3+ 45. Re3 Rd2 46. Re2
Rd3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.12"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. c5 g6 7. Ne5 Bg7 8. f4 Qc7
9. Be2 Nfd7 10. O-O O-O 11. Nd3 a5 12. a3 f5 13. Bd2 Nf6 14. Be1 Ne4 15. Ne5
Nd7 16. Nf3 Ndf6 17. Na2 Ng4 18. Qc1 h6 19. h3 Ngf6 20. Ne5 Kh7 21. Qd1 Be6 22.
Nc1 Nd7 23. Ncd3 Nxe5 24. fxe5 g5 25. h4 Qd7 26. hxg5 hxg5 27. Bh5 Bf7 28. Bxf7
Rxf7 29. Qh5+ Kg8 30. Rf3 Qe6 31. Rh3 Kf8 32. Nf2 g4 33. Nxe4 dxe4 34. Rh2 Ke8
35. Bg3 Kd7 36. Qg5 Rg8 37. Qf4 Bf8 38. Qf2 Rgg7 39. Qd2 Qb3 40. Bf4 Rh7 41.
Rxh7 Rxh7 42. Qxa5 Qxb2 43. Rf1 Qb3 44. Qa7+ Ke6 45. Qc7 Kd5 46. Qd7+ Kc4 47.
Qxf5 Rh8 48. Qxe4 Bh6 49. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.12"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. Nbd2 d6 7. O-O a6 8. a4
h6 9. h3 Ba7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Bb3 Be6 12. Bc2 a5 13. Nc4 Bxc4 14. dxc4 Ne7 15.
g3 Ng6 16. Kg2 Nf8 17. b3 Ne6 18. Nh4 Kh7 19. Nf5 Ng8 20. Qe2 g6 21. Ne3 Nf6
22. Bd2 Kg7 23. Rad1 Nh5 24. Qf3 Qf6 25. Qg4 Kh7 26. Rf1 c6 27. Bc1 Rad8 28.
Kh2 Qe7 29. Nf5 Qf6 30. Nxd6 Re7 31. Nf5 Rxd1 32. Qxd1 gxf5 33. Qxh5 f4 34.
Qf5+ Kg7 35. Kg2 Rd7 36. Rd1 Rxd1 37. Bxd1 Qxf5 38. exf5 Nc5 39. Bc2 Bb8 40. b4
Na6 41. Bd2 b6 42. Be4 Bd6 43. c5 bxc5 44. bxa5 Bc7 45. c4 Nb8 46. g4 Kf6 47.
h4 Bd8 48. Kh3 Kg7 49. Bc3 Bf6 50. g5 1-0

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Be3 c5 8.
Nf3 O-O 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Bh6 Nf6 12. Bd3 Bg4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. Ne5
cxd4 15. cxd4 Qb6 16. h3 Bd7 17. d5 Rac8 18. O-O Ba4 19. Rb1 Qc7 20. Nf3 b6 21.
Rbc1 Qd7 22. Qb4 b5 23. Qd4 a5 24. e5 1-0

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.13"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. b3 Nf6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d3 e6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. f4 e5 10. fxe5 Ng4 11. Nf3 Nxe5 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 13. Qd2 d6 14. O-O-O Qe7
15. Na4 Re8 16. e4 Bg4 17. Rde1 Rad8 18. Rhf1 Bh3 19. Rf2 d5 20. Bxe5 Qxe5 21.
Qc3 Qg5+ 22. Kb2 dxe4 23. Rxe4 Rxe4 24. dxe4 Rd4 25. Qa5 Rxe4 26. Qxc5 Qxc5 27.
Nxc5 Re3 28. a4 Kg7 29. Rd2 Re5 30. b4 Bf1 31. Kc3 Re1 32. Rc2 Re3+ 33. Kd4 Ra3
34. Rf2 Ra1 35. Nb3 Rd1+ 36. Kc5 f5 37. Na5 Rc1 38. Rf4 Kf6 39. Nxc6 g5 40. Rd4
Be2 41. Nxa7 Rf1 42. b5 f4 43. gxf4 gxf4 44. b6 1-0

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 g6 3. Bb2 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 c5 6. O-O d5 7. e3 Nc6 8. Ne5
Nxe5 9. Bxe5 Bg4 10. Qc1 Qd7 11. d3 Bh3 12. Nd2 Bxg2 13. Kxg2 Ne8 14. Bxg7 Nxg7
15. Qb2 f6 16. d4 Rac8 17. c3 Nf5 18. Rfe1 Nd6 19. Rad1 b6 20. Kg1 e5 21. e4
exd4 22. cxd4 c4 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Qc2 b5 25. e5 Nf5 26. Nf3 Qd5 27. Qe4 Ne7
28. e6 c3 29. Rc1 Qxe4 30. Rxe4 Nd5 31. Ne1 b4 32. Nd3 a5 33. Nc5 Rfe8 34. f4
Kf8 35. g4 Ke7 36. f5 gxf5 37. gxf5 Rg8+ 38. Kf2 Rg5 39. Rh4 h5 40. Ke2 Rcg8
41. Kd3 Rxf5 42. Kc4 Rg2 43. a3 bxa3 44. Re4 a2 45. Ree1 Rb2 46. Rg1 Rb4+ 47.
Kd3 Rf3+ 48. Ke4 Rf4+ 49. Kxd5 Rfxd4+ 50. Kc6 Rg4 51. Rgd1 Rgd4 52. Rg1 Rg4 53.
Rgd1 Rbd4 54. Re1 Rd6+ 55. Kb5 Rb4+ 56. Kxa5 Rb2 57. Rg1 Rd5 58. Rg7+ Kd6 59.
Rd7+ Kxc5 60. Rxc3+ Kd4+ 61. Rxd5+ Kxd5 62. Ra3 Kxe6 63. Ka4 f5 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A88"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. Rb1
Ne4 9. Qc2 Nxc3 10. bxc3 e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 Qe7 13. Bh3 Na6 14. exf5 gxf5
15. Re1 e4 16. Nd4 Qf7 17. Ba3 Re8 18. f3 Qxc4 19. Nxf5 Bxf5 20. Bxf5 exf3 21.
Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bg6 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 Qxc3 24. Qxc3 Bxc3 25. Re7 Bd4+ 26. Kf1 Rd8
27. Rxb7 Nc5 28. Rf7 f2 29. Bc2 Re8 30. Bb4 Ne4 31. Rf4 c5 32. Rxe4 Rxe4 33.
Bxe4 cxb4 34. h4 Kg7 35. g4 a5 36. Bc2 Be3 37. g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 c5 3. Bb2 d5 4. e3 a6 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. d3 h6
9. Nbd2 Be7 10. Re1 Bh7 11. e4 O-O 12. exd5 Nxd5 13. Nc4 Rc8 14. a4 b5 15. axb5
axb5 16. Nce5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bf6 18. Qe2 Qc7 19. h4 c4 20. bxc4 bxc4 21. dxc4
Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxc4 23. Qxc4 Rxc4 24. Bxd5 exd5 25. c3 Be4 26. Bd4 Rcc8 27. Re3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. O-O Bd3 8. Re1
Be7 9. Bc2 Bxc2 10. Qxc2 Nf6 11. d4 e4 12. Ng5 d5 13. f3 exf3 14. Nxf3 O-O 15.
Bg5 Qd7 16. Nbd2 Rae8 17. Bxf6 Bxf6 18. Nf1 Nd8 19. Ng3 g6 20. Qb3 c6 21. Ne4
Be7 22. Nf2 Nf7 23. Nd3 Bd6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Re1 Rxe1+ 26. Ndxe1 Qe7 27. Kf1
Nh6 28. Qc2 Ng4 29. Qd2 Nxh2+ 30. Nxh2 Bxh2 31. Nf3 Bg3 32. b3 Kg7 33. Qd3 h6
34. c4 Qe6 35. cxd5 cxd5 36. Qc3 g5 37. Ne5 Bxe5 38. dxe5 Kg6 39. Kg1 Kf5 40.
Qe3 Qxe5 41. Qd3+ Qe4 42. Qh3+ Kg6 43. Qd7 d4 44. Qd6+ Kf5 45. Qd7+ Kf4 46.
Qc7+ Ke3 47. Qc1+ Ke2 48. Qb2+ Kd1 49. a4 Qe3+ 50. Kh2 Qf4+ 51. Kg1 Qd2 52.
Qb1+ Ke2 53. Kh2 Qf4+ 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 O-O 6. h3 Na6 7. Nf3 e5 8. d5 Nc5
9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 Bf6 12. g5 Be7 13. Be2 f5 14. gxf6 Bxf6 15. Nf3 Ng7
16. Ng5 h6 17. Nf3 Bg4 18. Ng1 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Bxh4 20. Nf3 Bg5 21. Nxg5 hxg5 22.
O-O-O Rf4 23. Bxf4 exf4 24. e5 dxe5 25. Qxe5 Nd7 26. Qe4 Qf6 27. d6 c6 28. Rhe1
Nf5 29. Qd3 Nc5 30. Qd2 Rd8 31. d7 Rxd7 32. Qxd7 Nxd7 33. Rxd7 Kf8 34. Rxb7 g4
35. Ne4 Qe5 36. Rd1 Nd4 37. Rh1 g3 38. fxg3 fxg3 39. Nxg3 Kg8 40. Rd1 Qe3+ 41.
Kb1 Qxg3 42. Re7 Qg4 43. Rf1 Qg2 44. Rc1 a4 45. a3 Nb3 46. Rd1 Kf8 47. Ra7 Nd2+
48. Ka1 Qe2 49. Rh1 Nb3+ 50. Ka2 Kg8 51. Rh4 Qd1 52. Ra8+ Kg7 53. Ra7+ Kf6 54.
Rxa4 Nc1+ 55. Kb1 Ne2+ 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. e5 dxe5 8.
g4 Bg6 9. Nxe5 Qc7 10. Re1 f6 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qf3 e5 13. Na3 Ne7 14. Nc4 Nd5
15. d3 Be7 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. a3 Rh7 18. Kg2 O-O-O 19. b4 Rdh8 20. Rh1 Nb6 21.
Nxb6+ axb6 22. a4 e4 23. Qxe4 f5 24. Qf3 fxg4 25. hxg4 Rxh1 26. Rxh1 Rxh1 27.
Kxh1 cxb4 28. Kg2 Kb7 29. Qe4 Qd5 30. Kf3 Ka6 31. Qxd5 cxd5 32. Kf4 Ka5 33. Ke5
Kxa4 34. Kxd5 b3 35. cxb3+ Kxb3 36. d4 b5 37. Ke6 Bd8 38. d5 Kc4 39. d6 b4 40.
d7 b3 41. Bc1 Kd3 42. Kf7 g5 43. Ke8 Bf6 44. d8=Q+ Bxd8 45. Kxd8 Ke2 46. Ke7
Kf3 47. Kf7 Kxg4 48. Kxg7 Kf3 49. Kg6 Kxf2 50. Kxg5 b2 51. Bxb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. d3 g6 6. Be3 d6 7. Nh3 Bg7 8. Qd2 Nd7
9. O-O e6 10. d4 Ne7 11. Rad1 Qc7 12. d5 exd5 13. Nxd5 Bxd5 14. exd5 Nf5 15.
Bf4 O-O 16. c3 Rab8 17. Ng5 Nf6 18. Ne4 b4 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. Be4 bxc3 21. bxc3
Ng7 22. Rb1 Nh5 23. Be3 Qa5 24. c4 Bc3 25. Qc2 Nf6 26. Bf3 Nd7 27. Kg2 Bd4 28.
Bd2 Qc7 29. Qa4 Ne5 30. Be2 Qd7 31. Qxd7 Nxd7 32. Rb3 Rxb3 33. axb3 Rb8 34. Rb1
Nf6 35. f3 Nd7 36. f4 f5 37. h3 Kf7 38. Kf3 Nf6 39. g4 Ne4 40. Be1 Nc3 41. Bxc3
Bxc3 42. gxf5 gxf5 43. Bd3 Kf6 44. Bc2 a5 45. Rg1 h6 46. h4 Re8 47. h5 Re3+ 48.
Kxe3 Bd4+ 49. Kf3 Bxg1 50. Bd3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B35"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 Qa5 8.
O-O O-O 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. Bg5 a6 11. f4 e6 12. e5 Ne8 13. Ne4 Nxe5 14. fxe5 Qxe5
15. Bd3 d5 16. Bf4 Qxb2 17. Nec5 Qa3 18. Rb1 b6 19. Bc1 Qb4 20. Rf4 d4 21. a3
Qxc5 22. Nxc5 bxc5 23. Qf3 Ra7 24. Qc6 e5 25. Rf1 Rc7 26. Qa4 Nd6 27. Rb6 c4
28. Rxd6 cxd3 29. cxd3 Bg4 30. Re1 Rfc8 31. Bg5 Rc2 32. Rd8+ Rxd8 33. Bxd8 Rc8
34. Qe8+ Bf8 35. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nc6 12. Nf1 h6 13. a4 Be6 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Nxd4 17. Qxd4 Nd7 18. Ne3 Qb6 19. Qxb6 Nxb6 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Bf6 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxa8 Rxa8 24. Bf4 Bxb2 25. Bxd6 Nxd5 26. Be4 Rd8 27.
Bxd5 Rxd6 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Bb3 Rd2 30. Kf1 Bd4 31. Re2 Rxe2 32. Kxe2 Kg6 33. g3
Kf6 34. f3 b4 35. Kd3 Bg1 36. h3 Bf2 37. g4 g6 38. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2.10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qe6+ 6. Be2 Nd4 7. O-O Nxe2+
8. Nxe2 Nf6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nexd4 Qa6 11. a4 Bd7 12. Ne5 Rd8 13. Qf3 e6 14. Bg5
Be7 15. Rfd1 Bc8 16. Nb5 O-O 17. Ng4 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Qxa4 19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20.
Bxf6 gxf6 21. Nd4 e5 22. Qxf6 exd4 23. Qg5+ Kh8 24. Qf6+ Kg8 25. Qg5+ Kh8 26.
Qf6+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.14"]
[Round "2.11"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
Na5 9. b4 Nxc4 10. Nxc4 Ba7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 Qe7 13. d4 Qe6 14. d5 Qe7 15.
Qc1 Kh7 16. Kh1 Rg8 17. Qc2 g5 18. Bg3 g4 19. hxg4 Nxg4 20. Nh2 Nxh2 21. Bxh2
Qh4 22. f4 f6 23. fxe5 fxe5 24. Rf7+ Rg7 25. Raf1 Bg4 26. Na5 Rag8 27. Rxg7+
Rxg7 28. Qd2 Bh3 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Nf1
d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ng3 f6 11. O-O Be6 12. Ne4 Be7 13. d4 exd4 14. Nxd4 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 Bf7 16. Re1 Re8 17. Bd2 Qd7 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Bc1 Qc6 20. Qd3 Nb6 21.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 22. Qf3 Kg8 23. h4 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Bf8 25. Re1 Nc4 26. Re2 Nd6 27. Ng3
Qxf3 28. gxf3 Rxe2 29. Nxe2 Nf5 30. h5 Kf7 31. Ng3 Ke6 32. Kf1 Bd6 33. Ne4 Ne7
34. Ke2 Nd5 35. Nxd6 Kxd6 36. c4 Ne7 37. Bf4+ Kd7 38. Kd3 g6 39. hxg6 Nxg6 40.
Bg3 c6 41. f4 Ke6 42. Ke4 f5+ 43. Ke3 h5 44. b3 h4 45. Bh2 Kd6 46. Kd4 c5+ 47.
Ke3 b5 48. f3 bxc4 49. bxc4 Kc6 50. Kd3 Nf8 51. Bg1 Ne6 52. Ke3 Nd4 53. Bf2
Nc2+ 54. Kd2 Nd4 55. Ke3 h3 56. Bg1 Kb6 57. Kf2 Ka5 58. Bh2 Kb4 59. Kg3 Kxc4
60. Kxh3 Kd3 61. Bg1 c4 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C42"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bf5 7. O-O Be7 8.
Re1 O-O 9. c4 Nc6 10. Nc3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 dxc4 13. Qxc4 Bd6 14. Rb1
Rb8 15. Qd3 Qf6 16. c4 b6 17. Be3 Rfe8 18. h3 Qg6 19. Qxg6 hxg6 20. c5 bxc5 21.
dxc5 Bf8 22. Rxb8 Rxb8 23. Rd1 Rd8 24. Rxd8 Nxd8 25. Ne5 g5 26. Kf1 f6 27. Nd3
Kf7 28. f4 gxf4 29. Nxf4 Ne6 30. Nd3 Ke8 31. Ke2 Kd7 32. c6+ Kxc6 33. Bxa7 Kd5
34. Be3 Bd6 35. g4 c5 36. h4 c4 37. Nf2 Ba3 38. h5 Nc7 39. g5 fxg5 40. Bxg5 Nb5
41. Kd2 Bb4+ 42. Kc1 c3 43. Nd3 Ba3+ 44. Kc2 Kc4 45. Ne5+ Kd5 46. Nd3 Kd4 47.
h6 gxh6 48. Bxh6 Bd6 49. Bg7+ Kc4 50. Ne5+ Bxe5 51. Bxe5 Na3+ 52. Kc1 Kd3 53.
Bxc3 Kxc3 54. Kd1 Kb2 55. Ke2 Kxa2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 c6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Qa4 dxc4 6. Qxc4 Bg7 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O
Bf5 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. Re1 Ne4 11. e3 Qa5 12. Nh4 Be6 13. Qd3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Nb6
15. Nf3 Rac8 16. Bd2 c5 17. e4 Bc4 18. Qe3 Ba6 19. Qf4 Nc4 20. e5 Nxd2 21. Qxd2
cxd4 22. cxd4 Qxd2 23. Nxd2 b6 24. Re3 Rc2 25. Nb3 Rfc8 26. Be4 R2c3 27. Rae1
e6 28. f4 Bf8 29. Kf2 Bb4 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Re3 Bc4 32. Rxc3 Bxc3 33. Ke3 a5
34. Bd3 Bd5 35. Be4 Bc4 36. Bd3 Bd5 37. Be4 Bc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A18"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 Qxf6 7. d4 e5 8. Nf3
exd4 9. Bg5 Qe6+ 10. Be2 Be7 11. cxd4 O-O 12. O-O Bxg5 13. Nxg5 Qg6 14. f4 Nc6
15. Qd2 Re8 16. d5 Ne7 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Bf3 h6 19. Ne4 Rad8 20. Nc3 Bg4 21. Be4
Bf5 22. Bf3 Bg4 23. Be4 Bf5 24. Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 Bg4 9. Qd2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nc6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. Be2 Qa5 13. O-O Rfc8 14. h3
Bd7 15. d5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Na5 17. Bd4 b5 18. Rb1 a6 19. Ne5 Be8 20. f4 Nb7 21.
Nf3 Nd6 22. Bd3 a5 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Kf2 b4 25. Ne5 Rc3 26. h4 Rac8 27. Re1 Ra3
28. Bb1 Bb5 29. Nf3 Rcc3 30. e5 Nc4 31. Rd4 Ne3 32. d6 exd6 33. exd6 Nc2 34.
Bxc2 Rxc2+ 35. Kg3 Raxa2 36. d7 Bxd7 37. Rxd7 Rxg2+ 38. Kh3 Rgf2 39. Kg3 Rg2+
40. Kh3 Rgf2 41. Ng5 Ra3+ 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "108"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Re1
b5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 Bb7 11. c3 Rc8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Qxb5 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Rxd4 19. Rad1 Rb4 20. Qe2 Bxe4 21.
Bxe4 Na4 22. Rd2 Qf6 23. b3 Nc3 24. Qa6 Rc7 25. Bg2 Rd4 26. Rxd4 Qxd4 27. h4
Qd2 28. Re3 Nxa2 29. Be4 Nb4 30. Qb5 g6 31. Bxg6 Rc1+ 32. Kg2 Qd5+ 33. Qxd5
Nxd5 34. Re4 fxg6 35. Rxe6 Kf7 36. Ra6 Rc7 37. h5 gxh5 38. Rxh6 Nf6 39. Rh8 Rb7
40. Ra8 Nd7 41. Kh3 Nb8 42. Kh4 Kg6 43. f4 a6 44. g4 hxg4 45. Kxg4 Kf6 46. b4
Kg6 47. f5+ Kf6 48. Kf4 Rxb4+ 49. Ke3 Rb7 50. Ke4 Rb4+ 51. Kd5 Kxf5 52. Kc5
Rb5+ 53. Kc4 Rb7 54. Kc5 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D06"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nh4 Bb4 6. cxd5 Qxd5 7. e3 c5 8. Bd2
Bxc3 9. bxc3 Nc6 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Qxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxf5 exf5 13. c4 Ndb4 14. Kd1
cxd4 15. exd4 Na6 16. d5 Ne5 17. Bc3 Rfe8 18. Rc1 Nc5 19. Bd4 Rac8 20. Rc3 Ne4
21. Rc2 b6 22. f3 Nd6 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd3 Rc5 25. Kd2 Kf8 26. Rb1 g6 27. Rb3
Ra5 28. a3 Nb7 29. Rcc3 Nc5 30. Rb1 f4 31. Bc2 Ke7 32. Re1 Rxe1 33. Kxe1 Kd6
34. Kd2 Ke5 35. Kc1 Nb7 36. Kb2 Nd6 37. Bb3 Rc5 38. Rc1 Kf6 39. Kc3 h5 40. a4
g5 41. Re1 Rc7 42. Kb4 a5+ 43. Kc3 Nf5 44. Re2 Re7 45. Rd2 Re3+ 46. Kb2 Ke5 47.
Bc2 Nd6 48. Bd3 g4 49. fxg4 hxg4 50. Kc2 f5 51. Rf2 g3 52. hxg3 fxg3 53. Rd2 f4
54. Rd1 f3 55. gxf3 Rxf3 56. Re1+ Kd4 57. Be2 Rf2 58. Kd1 g2 59. Rg1 Ke3 60.
Bh5 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. d3 O-O 6. e4 Nbc6 7. Nge2 d6 8. h3
f5 9. Be3 Be6 10. Nd5 Qd7 11. Qd2 a6 12. Rc1 Rf7 13. Bh6 fxe4 14. dxe4 Raf8 15.
Bxg7 Kxg7 16. f4 Kg8 17. b3 b5 18. c5 exf4 19. Nexf4 Ne5 20. cxd6 Qxd6 21. Nxc7
Qxd2+ 22. Kxd2 Bd7 23. Rhf1 g5 24. Nd3 Nxd3 25. Kxd3 Nc6 26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Ke3
Kg7 28. Nxa6 h5 29. Nc5 Ne5 30. Kd4 Nc6+ 31. Kd5 Nb4+ 32. Kd6 Bc8 33. a3 Rf6+
34. Kc7 Rc6+ 35. Kd8 Na2 36. Rc2 Kf8 37. e5 1-0

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3.9"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. c4 g6 5. Nf3 d6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 Bg7 8. Nxc6
bxc6 9. Be2 O-O 10. Bf3 d5 11. O-O Rb8 12. Nd2 a5 13. Rc1 Bf5 14. Bc3 a4 15.
bxa4 Qd6 16. Bd4 Rfd8 17. Nb3 Qa3 18. cxd5 Nxd5 19. Bxg7 Nxe3 20. Qe1 Nxf1 21.
Ba1 Nd2 22. Nxd2 Re8 23. Qf1 Qxa2 24. Nc4 Rbd8 25. Ne5 Rd2 26. Bxc6 Red8 27.
Bb5 Bc2 28. Bc4 Qa3 29. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3.10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 e5 8.
Qd3 h6 9. c4 b5 10. Nc3 bxc4 11. Qxc4 Nf6 12. Be3 Be7 13. h3 O-O 14. Rfd1 Qb8
15. Qe2 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qb7 17. Qc2 Bc6 18. Nd2 d5 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Qb3 Nxc3 21.
Qxb7 Ne2+ 22. Kf1 Bxb7 23. Kxe2 Bxg2 24. Nc4 e4 25. Nb6 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Rd8 27.
Rc8 Bxh3 28. Rxd8+ Bxd8 29. Nd5 Be6 30. Nc3 f5 0-1

[Event "Pepe Cuenca Invitational"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.16"]
[Round "3.11"]
[White "Duda, Jan Krzysztof"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.04.12"]
[EventType "k.o."]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. Bxf6 exf6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 f5 6. Rc1 d6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. e3 Nb4 10. d4 a5 11. Nge2 c6 12. h4 Qe7 13. a3 Na6 14. Nf4 Nc7 15. Kf1
Ne6 16. Nd3 Bd7 17. Bf3 Rab8 18. b4 axb4 19. axb4 Nc7 20. Kg2 Be6 21. c5 Bc4
22. Nb2 Ba6 23. cxd6 Qxd6 24. Qb3 Rfe8 25. Nba4 Ne6 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. bxc5 Qd8
28. Rhd1 h5 29. Ra1 Qc7 30. Ra4 Rbd8 31. Rb4 Re7 32. d5 Qe5 33. d6 Red7 34. Na4
Bb5 35. Rxb5 cxb5 36. Qxb5 Rxd6 37. Rxd6 Rxd6 38. Qxb7 Rd2 39. Qb3 Bh6 40. Kg1
Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Qe1 42. Bg2 Qxf2 43. Qb8+ Kg7 44. Qb7 Bxe3 45. Nb6 f4 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz KO 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. d4 Nc6 7. Bg2 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bc5 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. O-O d4 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bxf6
Qxf6 15. a3 Be6 16. Nc1 Rad8 17. Nd3 Rfe8 18. Re1 Na5 19. Rc1 Rc8 20. Qa4 g5
21. Qb4 Bf5 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Rc2 Kg7 25. h3 Be4 26. Qb5 Re7 27.
Bxe4 Rxe4 28. Qd5 Qe6 29. Qd8 Nc6 30. Qxb6 Rxe2 31. Rxe2 Qxe2 32. Qb5 Qe4 33.
a4 b6 34. b4 f6 35. Qxb6 Qxd3 36. Qxc6 Qd1+ 37. Kg2 d3 38. Qd7+ Kg6 39. Qe8+
Kg7 40. Qe7+ Kg6 41. Qe8+ Kg7 42. Qe7+ Kg6 43. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz KO 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qb6 6. Ndb5 a6 7. Be3 Qa5 8.
Nd4 e6 9. Nb3 Qc7 10. g3 b5 11. cxb5 axb5 12. Bg2 b4 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. N5d4 Nxd4
15. Qxd4 Bb7 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. O-O Be7 18. Rfd1 Qb5 19. Qd3 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 d5
21. a4 bxa3 22. Nd4 Kd7 23. bxa3 Rhb8 24. Bf4 Rb6 25. a4 Rba6 26. Rb1 Rxa4 27.
Rb7+ Ke8 28. Nc6 Bc5 29. Rdb3 Rc8 30. Ne5 Ra7 31. Rxa7 Bxa7 32. Rb7 Bb8 33.
Nxf7 Bxf4 34. gxf4 Rc2 35. Nd6+ Kf8 36. e3 h5 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Re7 Ng4 39. Rxe6
Nxf2 40. f5 Ng4 41. Re8+ Kh7 42. Nf7 g6 43. fxg6+ Kxg6 44. Ne5+ Kf5 45. Nf3 Rc3
46. Nd4+ Kf6 47. Rf8+ Ke7 48. Rf3 Ra3 49. h3 Ne5 50. Rf5 Rxe3 51. Rxh5 Re4 52.
Rxe5+ Rxe5 53. Nc6+ Kf6 54. Nxe5 Kxe5 55. Kf2 Kf5 56. Ke2 Kg5 57. Kd3 Kh4 58.
Kd4 Kxh3 59. Kxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz KO 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 O-O 8.
h4 c5 9. h5 Nc6 10. Qe2 b6 11. Qe3 Qd6 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Ng5 Ne5 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Qh3 Nh6 16. Qg3 e5 17. d3 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qe7 19. Bd6 Qf6 20. e5 Re8 21. Be2 Qd8
22. Qh4 f6 23. Qc4+ 1-0

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Maghsoodloo, Parham"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3
Bb7 9. d3 d6 10. a3 Qd7 11. Nc3 Nd8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 c6 14. c4 cxd5 15.
cxd5 f6 16. a4 Nf7 17. d4 Rfe8 18. Bd2 Bd8 19. Bc3 Bb6 20. a5 Ba7 21. Qd3 Rac8
22. Re2 Re7 23. Rae1 Rce8 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. Kh1 g6 26. Nd2 Nh6 27. Ne4 Rf8 28.
Bb4 Nf5 29. Kh2 h6 30. f4 Kh7 31. Nxd6 Nxd6 32. fxe5 Nc4 33. Bxe7 Qxe7 34. d6
Qg5 35. Qg3 Qxg3+ 36. Kxg3 Bc5 37. Rd1 Ne3 38. Rc1 Nf1+ 39. Rxf1 Rxf1 40. Rc2
Bd4 41. Rc7+ Kh8 42. Rxb7 Bxe5+ 43. Kh4 Rf4+ 44. g4 Rf3 45. Rb8+ Kg7 46. Rb7+
Kh8 47. Rb8+ Kg7 48. Rb7+ Kh8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. Nxe5
Nxe5 9. d4 Bxd4 10. Qxd4 d6 11. Bf4 c5 12. Qe3 c4 13. Ba2 O-O 14. f3 Be6 15.
Rd1 Qe7 16. Nc3 h6 17. Bg3 Rfe8 18. Ne2 Nh5 19. Bf2 f5 20. axb5 axb5 21. exf5
Bxf5 22. Nd4 Bg6 23. f4 Ng4 24. Qxe7 Rxe7 25. Nxb5 d5 26. Nc3 Rxb2 27. Nxd5 Re2
28. Nf6+ Nhxf6 29. Bxc4+ Kh7 30. Bxe2 Rxc2 31. Re1 h5 32. Bd4 Nd5 33. g3 Nh6
34. Bf3 Nb4 35. Rec1 Nf5 36. Bc5 Rb2 37. Rcb1 Rxb1+ 38. Rxb1 Nd4 39. Rxb4 Nxf3+
40. Kg2 Ne1+ 41. Kf1 Nd3 42. Rc4 Ne5 43. Rc3 Ng4 44. h3 Nf6 45. Bd4 Bf5 46. Rc7
Bxh3+ 47. Ke2 Kg6 48. Bxf6 gxf6 49. Rc5 Bf5 50. Ke3 Bh3 51. Kd4 Bg4 52. Kd5 Kf7
53. Kd6 Bf3 54. Rc7+ Kg6 55. Ke7 Kf5 56. Rc5+ Kg4 57. Kxf6 Kxg3 58. f5 h4 59.
Kg5 h3 60. f6 h2 61. Rc1 Bd5 62. Kg6 Kg2 63. f7 Bxf7+ 64. Kxf7 h1=Q 65. Rxh1
Kxh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Gretarsson, Hjorvar Steinn"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A62"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. d5 d6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O
exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Nh4 Bc8 12. Nf3 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Nd2 Rb4
15. a3 Rxf4 16. gxf4 Bxb2 17. Ra2 Bg7 18. e4 Nd7 19. a4 Bh6 20. Qf3 Qh4 21. Qg3
Qf6 22. f5 b6 23. f4 Ba6 24. e5 dxe5 25. Ne4 Qxf5 26. fxe5 Bxf1 27. Rf2 Qxe5
28. Nf6+ Kg7 29. Nxd7 Qxg3 30. hxg3 Bxg2 31. Kxg2 Rd8 32. Ne5 f6 33. Ng4 f5 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. Bg2 c6 6. e4 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. e5
Ne4 9. O-O Nc6 10. d4 Bf5 11. Nh4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Be6 13. Re1 Rc8 14. Qd3 Qd7 15.
Bd2 Na5 16. Bf3 Nc4 17. Bc1 Rc7 18. Ng2 Bg4 19. Nf4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 e6 21. Qg4
Qa4 22. Qe2 Rfc8 23. h4 Na3 24. Bd2 Nb5 25. Reb1 Nxc3 26. Bxc3 Rxc3 27. Rxb7
Qxd4 28. Rd1 Qxe5 29. Qb5 R3c7 30. a4 h6 31. a5 Rxb7 32. Qxb7 Rc7 33. Qb8+ Kh7
34. a6 Qc3 35. Qb5 Qc2 36. Rb1 Bd4 37. Rf1 Bb6 38. Kg2 Qe4+ 39. Kg1 Kg7 40.
Qb2+ e5 0-1

[Event "Abu Dhabi Super Blitz op 1st"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.04.15"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C04"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2736"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.04.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "UAE"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 195 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.05.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 f6 7. exf6 Qxf6 8.
Nf1 Bd6 9. Ne3 O-O 10. O-O Ne7 11. Bd3 h6 12. Ng4 Qf7 13. h3 Kh8 14. c3 c5 15.
Re1 Nc6 16. Bc2 cxd4 17. cxd4 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Qxf6 19. Qd3 Qf5 20. Qxf5 exf5 21.
Bb3 Bd7 22. Bxd5 Nb4 23. Bb3 Nd3 24. Rd1 Nxc1 25. Raxc1 Bf4 26. Ne5 Bxc1 27.
Ng6+ Kh7 28. Nxf8+ Rxf8 29. Rxc1 Rd8 30. d5 Kg6 31. Rc7 Bc8 32. f4 Kf6 33. Kf2
g5 34. g3 gxf4 35. gxf4 a5 36. Ke3 b5 37. Kd4 a4 38. Bc2 Be6 39. Rc5 Bd7 40.
Bd3 Rb8 41. Rc7 Be8 42. Ra7 Rb6 43. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Berthier, Hugo"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "3050"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bf4 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 O-O 8. Be2
Nc6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nxd5 cxd5 12. Qd2 e5 13. Bg3 Be6 14. O-O Qb6
15. b3 Rac8 16. Rac1 h5 17. h3 a5 18. Rxc8 Rxc8 19. Rc1 Rxc1+ 20. Qxc1 Bf6 21.
Bd3 h4 22. Bh2 Kg7 23. Kh1 d4 24. exd4 Qxd4 25. Qc2 Bg5 26. Bg1 Bf4 27. f3 Be3
28. Bxe3 Qxe3 29. Qe2 Qxe2 30. Bxe2 Kh6 31. Kg1 Kg5 32. Kf2 Kf4 33. Bc4 Bxc4
34. bxc4 e4 35. c5 e3+ 36. Ke2 Ke5 37. Kxe3 Kd5 38. Kf4 Kxc5 39. Ke5 Kb4 40.
Kf6 Ka3 41. Kxf7 Kxa2 42. Kxg6 Kb2 43. f4 a4 44. f5 a3 45. f6 a2 46. f7 a1=Q
47. f8=Q Qb1+ 48. Qf5 Qe1 49. Qf6+ Kc2 50. Kh5 Qe2+ 51. Qf3 Qe7 52. Qf5+ Kd1
53. Qg4+ Kc2 54. Qxh4 Qh7+ 55. Kg4 Qe4+ 56. Kg5 Qe7+ 57. Kh5 Qh7+ 58. Kg4 Qe4+
59. Kg3 Qe1+ 60. Kg4 Qe4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Andreev, Eduard"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B67"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2422"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8.
O-O-O Bd7 9. f3 Be7 10. h4 b5 11. Nxc6 Bxc6 12. Ne2 h6 13. Be3 h5 14. Nd4 Bb7
15. Bg5 Rc8 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Bd3 g6 18. Rhe1 O-O 19. c3 Rfd8 20. Qe3 Qc5 21. Bc2
b4 22. cxb4 Qxb4 23. Bb3 a5 24. a3 Qb6 25. Nf5 Qxe3 26. Nxe7+ Kf8 27. Nxg6+
fxg6 28. Rxe3 Kf7 29. Red3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Golubka, Petr"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2495"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 b5 6. Bd3 Qb6 7. Be3 Bc5 8. Be2
Nc6 9. Nxc6 dxc6 10. Bxc5 Qxc5 11. O-O e5 12. a4 Rb8 13. axb5 axb5 14. Qd2 Nf6
15. Rfd1 Be6 16. Qd6 Qxd6 17. Rxd6 Rc8 18. f3 Ke7 19. Rd2 Ra8 20. Rdd1 Nd7 21.
b4 Nb6 22. Kf2 f6 23. Ke3 g5 24. g3 h5 25. f4 Bg4 26. fxe5 fxe5 27. Rf1 Bxe2
28. Kxe2 Nc4 29. h3 Ke6 30. Rfd1 h4 31. g4 Ke7 32. Rf1 Nd6 33. Ke3 Nf7 34. Ne2
Nd8 35. Ng1 Ne6 36. Nf3 Kf6 37. Rxa8 Rxa8 38. Nxh4+ Nf4 39. Nf5 Ra3+ 40. Kd2
Rxh3 41. Ra1 Rh2+ 42. Kc3 Ne2+ 43. Kd3 Nf4+ 44. Kc3 Ne2+ 45. Kd3 Nf4+ 46. Kc3
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yakovich, Yuri"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B54"]
[WhiteElo "3050"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. Bg2
Ne7 9. h4 Nec6 10. g5 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Nc6 12. Qe3 g6 13. b3 Bg7 14. Bb2 h5 15.
O-O-O O-O 16. Ne2 Bxb2+ 17. Kxb2 Qe7 18. f4 Rfd8 19. Rd2 Rac8 20. Rhd1 a5 21.
Qb6 b4 22. a4 Rd7 23. f5 Qd8 24. Qxd8+ Rcxd8 25. Nf4 gxf5 26. exf5 exf5 27.
Nxh5 Re7 28. Rxd6 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 Ne5 30. Rd8+ Kh7 31. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Romanov, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. Qe2 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. g3 b5 8. Bg2 Bb7
9. O-O Be7 10. c4 bxc4 11. bxc4 Nb6 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Rab1 O-O 14. Ne4 Nb4 15. a3
Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Nc6 17. h4 h6 18. d3 Qc7 19. Bc1 Na4 20. Rxb8 Rxb8 21. Re1 Rb1
22. d4 Nc3 23. Qc2 cxd4 24. Nxd4 Nxd4 25. Qxc3 Bc5 26. Be4 Rb3 27. Qd2 Rxg3+
28. Kf1 Rg4 29. Bb2 Qb6 30. Rb1 Rxe4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aleksandrov, Zakhar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "3050"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nf6 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 Qe5+ 7. Kf1 Nc6
8. c3 Qe6 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 e6 11. d4 a5 12. Nd2 Nd5 13. Nc4 Be7 14. b4 b6
15. b5 Na7 16. Ne5 f6 17. Nd3 Rd8 18. c4 Nb4 19. Nxb4 Bxb4 20. Be3 O-O 21. Ke2
Nc8 22. Rhc1 Ne7 23. g4 e5 24. dxe5 fxe5 25. c5 bxc5 26. Rxc5 Ng6 27. Rxc7 Nf4+
28. Bxf4 Rxf4 29. Rc2 e4 30. Bg2 Rdf8 31. Rf1 Rb8 32. Rc4 Rxb5 33. Bxe4 Rf6 34.
f4 Rd6 35. Rc8+ Kf7 36. Bxh7 Rc5 37. Rxc5 Bxc5 38. Bc2 Rb6 39. b3 Re6+ 40. Kd3
Re3+ 41. Kc4 Bb4 42. Bd3 Rxh3 43. g5 Bd2 44. Kd4 Ke6 45. Ke4 Re3+ 46. Kd4 Rh3
47. f5+ Kf7 48. Bc4+ Kf8 49. g6 Rh4+ 50. Kc5 Bg5 51. Rd1 Rf4 52. Be6 Be7+ 53.
Kb5 Rb4+ 54. Kxa5 Rb8 55. Rd4 Bf6 56. Re4 Bd8+ 57. Ka6 Be7 58. Bf7 Rb4 59. Bc4
Bc5 60. Re5 Be7 61. Rd5 Rb8 62. Rd7 Ke8 63. Ra7 Kd8 64. Bb5 Rc8 65. Rd7+ Ke8
66. f6 gxf6 67. Rc7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2511"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 a5 11. O-O c6 12. Rc1 Qd6 13. Na4 Nd7 14. Qb3 Re8
15. h3 Bf8 16. Rfd1 Rb8 17. Nc5 Nxc5 18. dxc5 Qf6 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. Qc3 Ra8 21.
Bf1 Bg7 22. Qc2 Qg5 23. Kh1 h5 24. b3 Qh4 25. a3 Re4 26. g3 Qg5 27. Bg2 Ree8
28. h4 Qd8 29. b4 axb4 30. axb4 Be5 31. Nf3 Bf6 32. Nd4 Kg7 33. b5 Ra5 34. Qd2
Ra4 35. Kh2 Bxd4 36. exd4 Bg4 37. f3 Bf5 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. Ra1 Qa8 40. Rxa4
Qxa4 41. Rf1 Rb8 42. Qe3 Rb4 43. g4 Be6 44. gxh5 Rxd4 45. Qe5+ Kg8 46. Rb1 Rb4
47. h6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Volodin, Aleksandr"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "137"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Qc7 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 d5 8. e5
b5 9. d4 c4 10. a4 Bb7 11. b4 h5 12. Na3 Qb6 13. g3 Nf5 14. Bh3 g6 15. Bg5 Be7
16. Bxe7 Ncxe7 17. Qd2 bxa4 18. Nc2 Bc6 19. Reb1 Rb8 20. Ng5 h4 21. g4 Nh6 22.
Ne3 Kd7 23. f4 a5 24. Nc2 axb4 25. Nxb4 Qa7 26. Qf2 a3 27. Ra2 Rb5 28. Rba1 Ra5
29. Qxh4 Qa8 30. Qe1 Rb8 31. Qc1 Rb7 32. Rxa3 Rba7 33. Rxa5 Rxa5 34. Rxa5 Qxa5
35. Qb2 Qa4 36. Kf2 Qd1 37. Nf3 Ba4 38. Kg3 Bb3 39. Bg2 Nc6 40. Nxc6 Kxc6 41.
h3 Ng8 42. Qa3 Kd7 43. Qd6+ Ke8 44. Qb8+ Ke7 45. Qxg8 Qc1 46. Ng5 Qe3+ 47. Nf3
Qxc3 48. f5 exf5 49. gxf5 gxf5 50. Qg5+ Ke8 51. Qxf5 Qe3 52. Qf4 Qd3 53. Qd2
Qg6+ 54. Kf2 Qf5 55. Qc3 Bc2 56. Qe3 Be4 57. Kg3 Qg6+ 58. Kh2 Qc6 59. h4 c3 60.
Ne1 Bxg2 61. Kxg2 c2 62. Qc1 Qg6+ 63. Kf2 Qf5+ 64. Ke2 Qg4+ 65. Kd3 Qe4+ 66.
Kc3 Qxh4 67. Nxc2 Qe4 68. Qe3 Qg6 69. Nb4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A21"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nc3 exd4 4. Qxd4 Nc6 5. Qd2 Be6 6. b3 a5 7. Bb2 Nf6 8. Rd1
a4 9. g3 axb3 10. axb3 Na5 11. Qc2 c6 12. Bg2 Qb6 13. Ra1 Rd8 14. Nf3 Qxb3 15.
Qxb3 Nxb3 16. Ra7 Nc5 17. Nd2 Be7 18. O-O O-O 19. Rfa1 d5 20. cxd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Nf3 Rfe8 23. Ba3 Bf8 24. e3 Nb3 25. Rd1 Ra8 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27.
Bxf8 Kxf8 28. Ne5 Be6 29. f4 f6 30. Nd3 Ke7 31. e4 Bc4 32. Nb2 Bb5 33. Bf3 Ra2
34. Nd3 Nd2 35. Be2 Bxd3 36. Bxd3 Nf3+ 37. Kf1 Nxh2+ 38. Kg1 Nf3+ 39. Kf1 Rd2
40. Rxd2 Nxd2+ 41. Ke2 Nb3 42. Ke3 h6 43. Bc4 Nc5 44. Kd4 Ne6+ 45. Ke3 Kd6 46.
Bb3 b5 47. Kd3 Nc5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 5th May"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.05"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gumularz, Szymon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C74"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 f5 6. exf5 Bxf5 7. d4 e4 8. Ng5
Be7 9. O-O d5 10. Nh3 Bxh3 11. Qh5+ g6 12. Qxh3 Nf6 13. f3 Qd7 14. Qxd7+ Kxd7
15. Nd2 b5 16. Bc2 exf3 17. Nxf3 Bd6 18. Bg5 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Nd2 Rae8 21.
Rae1 h6 22. Bf6 Rhf8 23. Nxe4 a5 24. Bg7 Rxf1+ 25. Kxf1 Re7 26. Nxd6 1-0

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 d5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 Nbc6 7. exd5 Nxd5 8.
Re1 O-O 9. Nc3 Nde7 10. Rb1 a5 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Nf5 13. Nb5 a4 14. d4 e4 15.
Ne5 axb3 16. axb3 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Bd7 18. Nc3 Bxe5 19. Nxe4 Bxb2 20. Rxb2 Bc6 21.
Qxd8 Rexd8 22. Nf6+ Kg7 23. Bxc6 bxc6 24. Ne4 Re8 25. Kf1 Nd4 26. c3 Nf3 27.
Ree2 g5 28. h3 h5 29. Re3 g4 30. hxg4 hxg4 31. Ke2 Ra1 32. Rxf3 gxf3+ 33. Kxf3
Re1 34. Nc5 R8e5 35. Nd3 Rf5+ 36. Kg4 Rd1 37. Kxf5 Rxd3 38. c4 c5 39. Ke4 Rd4+
40. Ke3 Kf6 41. Rd2 Rg4 42. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 c5 6. dxc5 Qa5 7. Rc1 dxc4 8.
Bxc4 O-O 9. Nf3 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Nc6 12. h3 Qa6 13. e4 Rd8 14. Qc2 Nb4
15. Bxf7+ Kh8 16. Qb3 Nd3 17. Bc4 Nxc1 18. Rxc1 Qb6 19. Qa3 Rf8 20. Qxe7 Ng8
21. Qh4 Qf6 22. Bg5 Qb6 23. Be3 Qxb2 24. Ng5 h6 25. Nf7+ Kh7 26. Ng5+ Kh8 27.
Nf7+ Kh7 28. Nd1 Qf6 29. Ng5+ Kh8 30. e5 Qxe5 31. Nf7+ Rxf7 32. Bxf7 Bf5 33.
Bxg8 Kxg8 34. Bxh6 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Be5+ 36. Bf4 Qe4 37. g3 Bxf4 38. Qxf4 Qxf4 39.
gxf4 Rc8 40. Rxc8+ Bxc8 41. Kg3 b5 42. a3 a5 43. h4 b4 44. axb4 axb4 45. Nb2
Kf7 46. Kf3 b3 47. Ke4 Kf6 48. Nc4 Ba6 49. Nb2 Bf1 50. Na4 Bb5 51. Nb2 Bf1 52.
Na4 Bb5 53. Nb2 Bf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Re1 a6 8. Bxc6
bxc6 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. Nf1 h6 11. h3 a5 12. Ng3 a4 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 Bb6 15.
Qc2 c5 16. d5 Ba5 17. Bd2 Bxd2 18. Nxd2 Bd7 19. Rad1 Qb8 20. Nc4 Bb5 21. Ne3
Bd7 22. Nc4 Bb5 23. e5 dxe5 24. Nxe5 Qb6 25. Nf5 Rad8 26. Qc3 Rxd5 27. f4 Rxd1
28. Rxd1 Qe6 29. Qxc5 Qxf5 30. Qxb5 Qxf4 31. Ng4 Re6 32. Nxf6+ Rxf6 33. Kh1 Kh7
34. Qd3+ Rg6 35. Qc2 f5 36. Rd5 Qf1+ 37. Kh2 Qf4+ 38. Kh1 Rf6 39. Rc5 Qf1+ 40.
Kh2 Qf4+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2661"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3 e5
9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Qxd8 Rfxd8 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd2 Be7
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Nb4 17. Nc4 Nxa2 18. Nxe5 Nc3 19. Rd2 c6 20. e4 Rac8 21.
Rd3 cxd5 22. exd5 Bb4 23. Bf3 Nb5 24. Nc4 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Rxd6 26. Kg2 Rc2 27. Re3
Kf8 28. h4 Bc5 29. Re2 Rc3 30. Rb1 Rb6 31. Reb2 Ba3 32. Rd2 Bd6 33. Bd1 a5 34.
Ra1 Rb5 35. Raa2 b6 36. Rac2 Rbxb3 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Ba4 Ra3 39. Bc6 Rb3 40.
Re2 b5 41. Re8+ Kg7 42. Rd8 Bc5 43. d6 Rb2 44. d7 Rxf2+ 45. Kh3 Rd2 46. Bxb5
Be7 47. Re8 Bf6 48. Ra8 Rd5 49. Bc6 Rd6 50. Bb5 Rd5 51. Bc6 Rd6 52. Bb5 Rd5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "165"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. e4 O-O 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. Re1
Nc6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Be6 11. a4 Qd7 12. Be3 Rad8 13. Ng5 Bg4 14. Qb1 b6 15.
h3 Bf5 16. g4 Be6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Qb3 Qd6 19. Rad1 Na5 20. Qb5 c6 21. Qa6 Rd7
22. c4 c5 23. Qb5 Rc7 24. Bd5 Nc6 25. c3 Ne7 26. Bg2 f5 27. d4 exd4 28. cxd4
Bxd4 29. Bxd4 cxd4 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 fxg4 32. hxg4 Rf4 33. g5 Kf8 34. a5
Rf5 35. axb6 axb6 36. Rxf5+ Nxf5 37. Bf1 Ke7 38. Bd3 Nd6 39. Kg2 Rc5 40. f4
Nxc4 41. Rh1 Ne3+ 42. Kf3 Nf5 43. Rxh7+ Ke6 44. Rb7 Rc6 45. Bb5 Rc3+ 46. Kf2
Nd6 47. Rxb6 Kd5 48. Be2 Ne4+ 49. Kg2 d3 50. Bxd3 Rxd3 51. Rxg6 Kd4 52. Re6 Ke3
53. g6 Kxf4 54. g7 Rg3+ 55. Kf1 Rxg7 56. Re8 Kf3 57. Rf8+ Ke3 58. Re8 Rg6 59.
Re7 Rg5 60. Re8 Rg7 61. Re6 Kf3 62. Re8 Rf7 63. Ke1 Rb7 64. Rf8+ Ke3 65. Kf1
Rb2 66. Kg1 Rc2 67. Re8 Kf3 68. Rf8+ Ke3 69. Re8 Rc6 70. Kg2 Rg6+ 71. Kf1 Kf3
72. Rf8+ Nf6 73. Ke1 Ke3 74. Kd1 Kd3 75. Rd8+ Ke3 76. Kc2 Ne4 77. Re8 Rc6+ 78.
Kb3 Rc7 79. Kb4 Kd3 80. Rd8+ Ke3 81. Re8 Kd3 82. Rd8+ Ke3 83. Re8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2752"]
[PlyCount "50"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. b3 d4 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. O-O Nf6 7. e3 Be7 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Re1 O-O 10. Ba3 Nd7 11. d3 a5 12. Bb2 e5 13. Na3 Re8 14. Nb5 h6 15. Nd2
Nc5 16. Ne4 Bf5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. a3 Rc8 19. Bd5 Qd7 20. Qf3 Re7 21. Bc1 Bg4
22. Qg2 Bf5 23. Qf3 Bg4 24. Qg2 Bh3 25. Qf3 Bg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.12"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A10"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. g3 Nge7 6. Bg2 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. d3 f5
9. Be3 f4 10. Bd2 fxg3 11. fxg3 Nd4 12. O-O Nec6 13. Kh2 Nxf3+ 14. Rxf3 Nd4 15.
Rxf8+ Qxf8 16. Be3 Bh6 17. Bg1 c6 18. Qf1 Be6 19. Bxd4 exd4 20. Ne2 Qg7 21. Qh1
Rf8 22. Rf1 Qe5 23. Rxf8+ Kxf8 24. Qf1+ Ke7 25. h4 Bg7 26. Bh3 Bf7 27. Qe1 a5
28. Qd1 b5 29. b3 Bh6 30. Ng1 Be3 31. Nf3 Qc5 32. Qe2 a4 33. Qb2 a3 34. Qc2
bxc4 35. bxc4 Qb4 36. Bg2 Be6 37. e5 Bg4 38. exd6+ Kxd6 39. c5+ Kc7 40. Ne5 Be6
41. Nxc6 Qb2 42. Qa4 Bd5 43. Qa7+ Kxc6 44. Qa8+ Kxc5 45. Qxd5+ Kb4 46. Qc4+ Ka5
47. Qc5+ Ka6 48. Kh3 Qxa2 49. Qc6+ Ka5 50. Qc7+ Kb4 51. Qc6 Qf7 52. Qd6+ Kc3
53. Qxa3+ Qb3 54. Qxb3+ Kxb3 55. Be4 Kc3 56. g4 Bf2 57. g5 Kd2 58. Kg4 Ke3 59.
h5 gxh5+ 60. Kxh5 Kf4 61. Bxh7 Ke5 62. Be4 Be3 63. Kg6 Bc1 64. Bf3 Bd2 65. Be4
Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 h6 7. a3 Qc7 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. Be3 b6 10. Qd2 e5 11. b4 Nd7 12. bxc5 f5 13. exf5 gxf5 14. O-O f4 15.
Bxf4 exf4 16. Rfe1+ Kf7 17. d4 Rd8 18. Qd3 Nxc5 19. Qe2 Ba6 20. Qd2 Ne6 21. Re4
Re8 22. Rae1 Ng5 23. Ne5+ Kg8 24. Rxf4 Rf8 25. h4 Rxf4 26. Qxf4 Nf7 27. Qg3
Nxe5 28. dxe5 Rf8 29. f4 Bc8 30. Ne4 Bf5 31. Nd6 Qd7 32. c4 Qe6 33. Qf3 c5 34.
Qd5 Kh8 35. g3 Bg4 36. Qxe6 Bxe6 37. Kf2 h5 38. Kf3 Kh7 39. Ke4 Kg6 40. Rf1 Bh3
41. f5+ Kh7 42. Rf2 Bh6 43. e6 Rg8 44. e7 Rxg3 45. Re2 Bg2+ 46. Ke5 Bg7+ 47. f6
Bxf6+ 48. Kxf6 Rg6+ 49. Ke5 Bc6 50. e8=Q Bxe8 51. Nxe8 Kh6 52. Kd5 Rg4 53. Re6+
1-0

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bf5 4. Bg2 Nb4 5. Na3 e6 6. O-O h5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Nc2
Nf6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Nd2 h4 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 hxg3 14. hxg3 Bxe4
15. Bxe4 f5 16. Bg2 f4 17. Qf3 Bd6 18. Rae1 Kf8 19. Na3 Qg5 20. Re4 Qh6 21.
Rfe1 fxg3 22. Rxe6 gxf2+ 23. Kxf2 Qh4+ 24. Kf1 Rg8 25. R6e4 Qh6 26. Nc4 Rg3 27.
Qf2 Rg7 28. Rh4 Qg5 29. Rh8+ Rg8 30. Rxg8+ Kxg8 31. Bxc6 bxc6 32. Qg2 Qxg2+ 33.
Kxg2 Kf8 34. Kf3 c5 35. dxc5 Bxc5 36. Re5 Bb6 37. a4 a6 38. a5 Ba7 39. Rh5 Ke7
40. Rh6 Bg1 41. b4 Kd7 42. Rf6 Ke7 43. Rc6 Ra7 44. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 f6 10. e5 Nc5 11. Nd4 Ne6 12. Nxe6 Bxe6 13. Bd3 Kf7 14. Rhe1
g5 15. Be3 g4 16. a4 f5 17. a5 h5 18. f4 gxf3 19. gxf3 Bh6 20. Bxh6 Rxh6 21.
Rg1 h4 22. Rg5 Rg8 23. Rxg8 Kxg8 24. Rg1+ Kf7 25. Kd2 Rg6 26. Rxg6 Kxg6 27. f4
b6 28. axb6 axb6 29. Ke3 c5 30. Bb5 Bd5 31. b4 e6 32. Be8+ Kg7 33. bxc5 bxc5
34. Bh5 Kf8 35. Kd2 Ke7 36. Kc2 Kd8 37. Be2 Kc7 38. Kb2 Kb6 39. Ka3 Ka5 40. Bh5
Kb6 41. Be2 Ka5 42. c4 Bc6 43. Bh5 Bd7 44. Kb3 Ba4+ 45. Ka3 Bd7 46. Kb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Inarkiev, Ernesto"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2661"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 g6 4. e3 dxe3 5. fxe3 Bg7 6. d4 Nh6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Nc3
Nd7 9. O-O e5 10. c5 a5 11. b5 Ng4 12. Qc2 Re8 13. h3 exd4 14. exd4 Ne3 15.
Bxe3 Rxe3 16. Qd2 Rxf3 17. Rxf3 Bxd4+ 18. Kh1 Nxc5 19. Bc4 Be6 20. Rd1 Bxc4 21.
Qxd4 Qxd4 22. Rxd4 Be6 23. Nd5 c6 24. Nb6 Re8 25. Rc3 Bxa2 26. Rxc5 Re2 27.
bxc6 bxc6 28. Rxa5 Bb1 29. Nc4 Be4 30. Rd2 Re1+ 31. Kh2 Bd5 32. Nb6 Be4 33. Re5
Kg7 34. Nc4 Kf6 35. Re8 1-0

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. e3 e6 6. b3 Nge7 7. Ba3 Qa5 8. Bb2
O-O 9. Nf3 d5 10. O-O Rd8 11. a3 Qc7 12. cxd5 exd5 13. d4 cxd4 14. Nb5 Qb6 15.
Nbxd4 Bg4 16. Qd2 Bxf3 17. Nxf3 d4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4
21. Qe2 Nf5 22. b4 Rad8 23. Qf3 R8d7 24. Rae1 Rd3 25. Qf4 Qd4 26. Re8+ Kg7 27.
Qb8 Nh6 28. Re4 Qb6 29. Bh3 Rd8 30. Qe5+ Qf6 31. Qc7 Qb6 32. Qxb6 axb6 33. Ra1
Ng8 34. Bf1 Rc3 35. a4 Nf6 36. Re7 Rd7 37. Rxd7 Nxd7 38. Bg2 Rc7 39. Rd1 Ne5
40. h3 Rc4 41. Rb1 Nc6 42. Bxc6 bxc6 43. a5 bxa5 44. bxa5 Ra4 45. Rc1 Rxa5 46.
Rxc6 h5 47. h4 Ra4 48. Kg2 Ra5 49. Kg1 Ra4 50. Kg2 Ra5 51. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. h3 Bxf3 6. exf3 Nh6 7. f4 Nf5 8. c3
h5 9. Nd2 e6 10. Nf3 f6 11. O-O h4 12. g4 Nd6 13. Re1 O-O-O 14. Qd3 Ne4 15.
Rxe4 dxe4 16. Qxe4 Bd6 17. Be3 g5 18. fxg5 f5 19. gxf5 exf5 20. Qc2 Kb8 21. Re1
Ne7 22. Bd2 Ng6 23. Qb3 c6 24. Re6 Rhg8 25. Rf6 Rg7 26. Qe6 Qxe6 27. Rxe6 Kc7
28. Rxg6 Rxg6 29. Nxh4 Re6 30. Bf1 f4 31. Nf3 c5 32. d5 Re7 33. h4 b5 34. Bxb5
Rb8 35. c4 a6 36. Ba5+ Kb7 37. Ba4 Re2 38. Bc3 Ka7 39. g6 Bf8 40. h5 Rbxb2 41.
Bxb2 Rxb2 42. d6 Kb7 43. d7 Kc7 44. Ne5 Rxa2 45. Nf7 Rd2 46. h6 Bxh6 47. Nxh6
Rd6 48. Nf7 Rxg6+ 49. Kf1 Rg8 1-0

[Event "Play for Russia Prelim"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.13"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Karjakin, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2752"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "154"]
[EventDate "2020.05.12"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "14"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. c4 d6 8. Nc3
Nf6 9. Be3 b6 10. f4 Bb7 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Qh3 Re8 14. Rae1 Bf8 15.
Nd2 g6 16. Bb1 Bg7 17. b3 Rc8 18. Ne2 b5 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. cxb5 axb5 21. Nd4 Qa5
22. f5 exf5 23. exf5 Rc3 24. fxg6 hxg6 25. Nc2 Ne5 26. Qh4 Neg4 27. Bd4 Re2 28.
Ne1 Qb4 29. Ndf3 Ne3 30. Bxc3 Qxc3 31. Qd4 Nxd1 32. Qxd1 Qe3+ 33. Kh1 Ng4 34.
Qxd6 Be5 35. Qd8+ Kg7 36. Qh4 Nf2+ 37. Kg1 Nd3+ 38. Kh1 Bf6 39. Qxf6+ Kxf6 40.
Bxd3 Rf2 41. Bxb5 Rxf1+ 42. Bxf1 Qc1 43. Kg1 Qc5+ 44. Kh1 Qf2 45. Bc4 Qxa2 46.
h3 Kg7 47. Kg1 f6 48. Nd3 Bxf3 49. gxf3 Qd2 50. Nf2 f5 51. Kg2 Kh6 52. Kg3 Kh5
53. Kg2 Kh4 54. Bb5 Qf4 55. Bc4 Qg3+ 56. Kf1 Qxf3 57. Ke1 Qe3+ 58. Kf1 Kg3 59.
Nd1 Qd2 60. Be2 f4 61. Nf2 Qd4 62. Nh1+ Kxh3 63. Nf2+ Kg3 64. Nh1+ Kh2 65. Nf2
Qa1+ 66. Bd1 g5 67. b4 f3 68. b5 g4 69. Nxg4+ Kg3 70. Nf2 Qd4 71. Nh1+ Kf4 72.
Nf2 Ke3 73. b6 Qxb6 74. Ng4+ Kf4 75. Nf2 Qd4 76. Ke1 Kg3 77. Nh1+ Kg2 0-1

[Event "Play for Russia Final"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2706"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 O-O 6. Nge2 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Nxd5 cxd5 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. Bd2 Qb6 14. Rc1
Be7 15. Bc3 Rfd8 16. Qa4 a5 17. Rfd1 Be6 18. Rd2 Bf8 19. h4 h6 20. Rcd1 Bb4 21.
Qc2 Qc5 22. Rc1 Rdc8 23. e4 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Qxc3 25. Rxc3 Rab8 26. b3 Kf8 27. Rc5
a4 28. bxa4 dxe4 29. Bxe4 Rb4 30. Bxc6 Rxa4 31. Bxa4 Rxc5 32. Bb3 Bxb3 33. axb3
Rc1+ 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. Rd3 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kf6 37. Kf4 g5+ 38. hxg5+ hxg5+ 39. Ke4
Rb2 40. f3 Ke6 41. g4 f6 42. Re3 Rb1 43. Kd4+ Kd6 44. Kc4 Rc1+ 45. Rc3 Rb1 46.
b4 Ke5 47. Kc5 f5 48. gxf5 Kxf5 49. b5 Ke6 50. Kc6 1-0

[Event "Play for Russia Final"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.05.14"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomashevsky, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2706"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.05.14"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 d5 2. Bb2 Bf5 3. e3 e6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. c4 Be7 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. Nc3
c6 9. Rc1 a6 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. f4 Nxe5 12. fxe5 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. c5 Bg6 15.
Bd4 Kh7 16. Bg4 Qd7 17. Qf3 f5 18. exf6 Bxf6 19. Qg3 Bf5 20. Bh5 Bxd4 21. exd4
Rf6 22. Rf2 Raf8 23. Rcf1 Qd8 24. b4 Be4 25. Qd6 Rxf2 26. Rxf2 Qxd6 27. cxd6
Rd8 28. Rf7 b5 29. Rc7 Rxd6 30. Be8 e5 31. dxe5 Re6 32. Bxc6 Rxe5 33. d4 Rg5
34. g3 Rf5 35. Bb7 Rf3 36. Bxa6 Ra3 37. Bxb5 Rxa2 38. Bc6 Rb2 39. b5 Kg6 40.
Rb7 Kg5 41. Rxg7+ Kf6 42. Rb7 Kf5 43. b6 Kg4 44. Bd7+ Kf3 45. Bh3 Ke3 46. Bf1
Rb1 47. Rb8 Kxd4 48. Kf2 Rb2+ 49. Be2 Bd3 50. Re8 Rxb6 51. Bxd3 Kxd3 52. Re3+
1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c3 e5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. h4 O-O 5. e3 c6 6. g4 d5 7. g5 Ne8 8. a3 Be7
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. d4 exd4 11. exd4 Nc6 12. Bg2 Nc7 13. Nge2 Bf5 14. Ng3 Be6 15.
O-O Qd7 16. Bf4 Rad8 17. Re1 Rfe8 18. Qd3 Bd6 19. Nh5 Bg4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Qg3 Qxg3 23. Nxg3 Nxd4 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. Bxd5 Kf8 26. Bxb7 Rb8
27. Be4 Rxb2 28. Rc1 Rb3 29. Rc4 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Bxf3 31. Nf5 Ke8 32. Rc7 Bd5 33.
Nxg7+ Kd8 34. Rc5 Bb7 35. Ra5 Rh3 36. Kf1 Rxh4 37. Rxa7 Kc7 38. Ra5 h6 39. gxh6
Rxh6 40. Rf5 Ba6+ 41. Ke1 Rh3 42. Rxf7+ Kb6 43. f3 Rh1+ 44. Kf2 Ra1 45. Rf6+
Ka5 46. Ne6 Rxa3 47. Nd4 Bc4 48. Kg3 Kb4 49. Kf4 Kc3 50. Ke4 Ra8 51. Nc6 Be2
52. f4 Ra4+ 53. Ke5 Bf3 54. f5 Ra6 55. Nd4 Rxf6 56. Nb5+ Kd2 57. Kxf6 Bg4 58.
Ke5 Bxf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Na4 Bg7 6. e4 Nb6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Nf3 Nxa4 9. Qxa4 c5 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Bb5 Bxb5 13. Qxb5 Qb6 14. a4
Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qxb6 axb6 17. b3 Rfb8 18. Rd7 b5 19. O-O bxa4 20. bxa4
Rxa4 21. Rxe7 Bf8 22. Rc7 Rxe4 23. Rxc6 h5 24. g3 Reb4 25. Rc2 Rb2 26. Rfc1
Rxc2 27. Rxc2 Bg7 28. Kg2 Bf6 29. h4 Rb2 30. Rxb2 Bxb2 31. Kf3 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. O-O c5 5. d3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5
Ne8 9. Bf4 d6 10. e6 Bxb2 11. Nbd2 Bxa1 12. Qxa1 f6 13. h4 Ng7 14. Bh6 Nc6 15.
Ng5 Qc8 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Ndf3 Nd8 18. h5 h6 19. Ne4 g5 20. Bh3 Bd5 21. Nexg5
hxg5 22. Nxg5 Rh8 23. Bg4 Nc6 24. c4 Nb4 25. cxd5 Nc2 26. Qc1 Nxe1 27. Nf7 Nxd3
28. h6+ Kg8 29. Qc2 Ne5 30. Nxe5 Rxh6 31. Nf7 Qf8 32. Bf5 Qg7 33. Qa4 Rf8 34.
Qd7 Rh5 35. Be4 f5 36. Bf3 Qa1+ 0-1

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. dxc5 Na6 7. O-O Nxc5 8. b4
Nce4 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 axb4 11. axb4 Rxa1 12. Bxa1 d5 13. c5 Bg4 14. Nbd2 e6 15.
h3 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Qa8 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Nxe4 Be5 20. Qc2 Rd8 21.
f4 Bg7 22. Rd1 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 Qa3 24. Qd8+ Bf8 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Qd4 Kh8 27. Kh2
h6 28. Qd8 Kg7 29. Qd4 Kh8 30. h4 Qc1 31. Nd7+ Bg7 32. Ne5 Kh7 33. Qe4 Qe1 34.
Nf3 Qf2 35. b5 f5 36. Qxe6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Korobov, Anton"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. b3 Ne4 6. c3 c5 7. Qc2 O-O 8. d3
Nf6 9. e4 Nc6 10. e5 Nd7 11. d4 cxd4 12. cxd4 Nb6 13. Be3 Bf5 14. Qd2 Rc8 15.
Nc3 Nb4 16. Nh4 Bd3 17. Rfc1 Ba6 18. Ne2 Nd3 19. Rxc8 Qxc8 20. Nc1 Nxc1 21.
Rxc1 Qd7 22. Bh6 Rc8 23. Nf3 Rxc1+ 24. Qxc1 Bd3 25. Bxg7 Kxg7 26. Ng5 f6 27.
exf6+ exf6 28. Nh3 g5 29. f4 h6 30. Nf2 Bf5 31. h3 Qe7 32. g4 Bg6 33. f5 Bf7
34. Bf3 Qd6 35. Kg2 a6 36. Qc5 Qxc5 37. dxc5 Nd7 38. b4 a5 39. c6 bxc6 40. bxa5
Nb8 41. Be2 c5 42. Bb5 Nc6 43. Bxc6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2703"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "120"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Nbd7 7. e5 Ne8 8. Bf4
c6 9. Re1 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc7 11. Bg3 Ne6 12. a4 Qa5 13. Bc4 Nb6 14. Ba2 Rd8 15.
Qe2 Nd5 16. Nxd5 cxd5 17. Red1 b6 18. c3 Qc5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Rxd4 Be6 21. Rad1
h5 22. Qb5 a6 23. Qe2 b5 24. a5 Qc7 25. Bxd5 Rxd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Rxd5 e6 28.
Rd1 Qxa5 29. Bh4 Qa4 30. g3 Bxe5 31. Rd7 Bg7 32. Rxf7 Kxf7 33. Qf3+ Kg8 34.
Qxa8+ Kh7 35. Kg2 Qa2 36. Qb7 Qd5+ 37. Qxd5 exd5 38. Kf3 d4 39. cxd4 Bxd4 40.
b3 a5 41. Be7 Bb2 42. Ke2 a4 43. bxa4 bxa4 44. Kd3 Kg8 45. Kc4 Kf7 46. Bc5 Ke6
47. Kb4 Kd5 48. Be7 a3 49. Kb3 Ke4 50. f4 Kf3 51. Bd6 Kg2 52. h4 Kf3 53. Be5
Bc1 54. Bc7 Be3 55. Kxa3 Bf2 56. Kb3 Bxg3 57. Kc4 Bxh4 58. Kd5 Bg3 59. Ke6 h4
60. Kf6 h3 0-1

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2777"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. c4 O-O 8. b3
Nb8 9. h3 Bh5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Nh4 c6 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. e3 Nbd7 14. g5 Nh5 15.
Qg4 f5 16. gxf6 Qxf6 17. f4 Qf5 18. Nf3 Ndf6 19. Qxf5 gxf5 20. Ng5 Rfe8 21. Kf2
a5 22. a3 c5 23. Bb2 a4 24. dxc5 Bxc5 25. Bxf6 Nxf6 26. b4 Ba7 27. c5 b6 28.
cxb6 Bxb6 29. Rac1 Rac8 30. Ke2 Kf8 31. Nxe6+ Kf7 32. Nc5 d4 33. Kd3 Rxe3+ 34.
Kxd4 Rxa3 35. Kc4 Rg3 36. Bb7 Rc7 37. Ba8 Rxh3 38. Kb5 Bxc5 39. Rxc5 Ra7 40.
Bc6 a3 41. Rxf5 a2 42. Ra1 Rc3 43. Rc5 Rb3 44. Rc2 Rba3 45. Kb6 R7a6+ 46. Kc5
Ke6 47. b5 R6a5 48. Re2+ Kf5 49. Kd6 Rd3+ 50. Kc7 Rc3 51. Kb6 Rca3 52. Kc7 Rc3
53. b6 Rac5 54. Re5+ Rxe5 55. fxe5 Nd5+ 56. Kb7 Nb4 57. Be8 Ra3 58. Kc8 Nc2 59.
Rf1+ Kg5 60. b7 Rc3+ 61. Kd8 Rb3 62. Bc6 a1=Q 63. Rxa1 Nxa1 64. e6 Nc2 65. e7
Rd3+ 66. Kc7 Re3 67. e8=Q Rxe8 68. Bxe8 Nb4 69. Bb5 Nd5+ 70. Kd6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 Nc6 4. e4 e5 5. c3 a5 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Qc2 Bc5 10. h3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. Bf1 Rad8 14. Ne3 h6 15.
a3 Ra8 16. b3 Red8 17. Bb2 a4 18. b4 Bb3 19. Qe2 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Nd7 21. c4 Nb6
22. Rac1 Qf6 23. c5 Nc8 24. b5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 exd4 26. Qg3 c6 27. Re3 Ne7 28. Rf3
Qg5 29. Qxg5 hxg5 30. Rd3 cxb5 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Bxd4 Nc6 33. Bc3 Bc4 34. Rb1
Rd8 35. f3 Bxf1 36. Kxf1 Rd3 37. Rc1 Nd4 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Rb1 Rd3 40. Rxb5 Rb3
41. Rxb7 Rxb7 0-1

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D41"]
[WhiteElo "2705"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. d4 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Bg5 f6 12. Rc1 Bb6 13. Bd2 Bf5 14. b4 Be4
15. b5 Ne5 16. Bb4 Re8 17. Nxe5 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rxe5 19. Qd3 d4 20. a4 a6 21.
bxa6 Rxa6 22. Rfd1 Qd5+ 23. Kg1 Re8 24. a5 Bxa5 25. Rc5 Qa2 26. Qb5 Rea8 27.
Qxb7 Bxb4 28. Qxb4 Qxe2 29. Qxd4 h6 30. Rc7 R6a7 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Qxa7 Qxd1+
33. Kg2 Qd5+ 34. Kg1 Qd1+ 35. Kg2 Qd5+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C91"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 a6 8. Ba4
Re8 9. Nbd2 b5 10. Bc2 Bf8 11. d4 Bb7 12. a4 Nb8 13. Bd3 c6 14. b3 Nbd7 15. Qc2
Qc7 16. Bb2 Nh5 17. Bf1 Nf4 18. g3 Ne6 19. b4 Nb6 20. axb5 cxb5 21. d5 Nd4 22.
Nxd4 exd4 23. c4 Rac8 24. Bxd4 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 bxc4 26. Rac1 f5 27. Bh3 fxe4 28.
Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxe4 Qf7 30. Qg4 Qxd5 31. Qe6+ Qxe6 32. Rxe6 Kf7 33. Re3 Bd5 34.
Bc3 Bc6 35. Ra1 Ra8 36. Rae1 d5 37. Rf3+ Kg8 38. Re6 Rc8 39. Rf4 Bb5 40. h4 Rd8
41. Rb6 Bd6 42. Rg4 Rd7 43. h5 h6 44. Rg6 Bf8 45. Bd4 Bxb4 46. Rb8+ Kh7 47. f4
c3 48. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Xiong, Jeffery"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Bg7 8. Nc3
d6 9. Be3 Nbd7 10. Rac1 Rc8 11. b3 a6 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Qd2 Rc7
15. Bh6 Re8 16. Rfd1 Qa8 17. Ne1 Rec8 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Ng2 b5 20. Ne3 Nb6 21.
cxb5 axb5 22. Rxc7 Rxc7 23. Ng4 Bc3 24. Qd3 b4 25. h4 Rc5 26. Kh2 Nd7 27. Be3
Rc8 28. Bd4 h5 29. Ne3 Nc5 30. Bxc5 Rxc5 31. Nd5 Be5 32. Qe4 Rb5 33. Qc4 e6 34.
Ne3 Rc5 35. Qd3 d5 36. Ng2 Rc3 37. Qd2 Qc7 38. e3 Qc5 39. Ne1 Qa5 40. Kg2 Kg7
41. Nf3 Bf6 42. Ne1 Qc7 43. Qe2 Qc6 44. Nd3 Qa6 45. e4 dxe4 46. Qxe4 Qxa2 47.
Nf4 Qc2 48. Nxe6+ Kg8 49. Qa8+ Kh7 50. Rd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.16"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "121"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. dxc3 Qxd1+ 7. Kxd1 Nd7
8. Bf4 c6 9. Kc2 f6 10. e5 g5 11. Bg3 g4 12. Nh4 Nxe5 13. Bxe5 fxe5 14. h3 Bg7
15. hxg4 Bxg4 16. Bd3 Bf6 17. Nf5 Rd8 18. Ne3 Be6 19. Bxh7 Kf7 20. Bf5 Bg5 21.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Rae1 e4 23. Rxh8 Rxh8 24. Nf1 Ke5 25. f3 Rh1 26. Rxe4+ Kf6 27.
Ne3 Rg1 28. Ng4+ Kf5 29. Re2 b5 30. Kb3 a5 31. a4 Bf4 32. Rxe7 Rxg2 33. axb5
cxb5 34. Rb7 b4 35. cxb4 axb4 36. Rb5+ Ke6 37. Rxb4 Bd6 38. Re4+ Kd7 39. Kc3
Kc6 40. b3 Rg3 41. Re3 Bc5 42. Rd3 Rg1 43. Ne5+ Kb5 44. Rd5 Kb6 45. Nd7+ Kc6
46. Rxc5+ Kxd7 47. f4 Kd6 48. b4 Rc1+ 49. Kd4 Rd1+ 50. Kc4 Rf1 51. f5 Rf4+ 52.
Kb5 Rh4 53. Ka5 Rf4 54. Kb5 Rh4 55. f6 Rf4 56. Rc6+ Kd5 57. Ra6 Rf1 58. Ka5
Ra1+ 59. Kb6 Rf1 60. Kc7 Kc4 61. Kd7 1-0

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. b3 Bg7 5. Bb2 c5 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 dxc4 8. bxc4
Nc6 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. Bxe5 Ne8 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Nc3 Rb8 13. Qa4 a6 14. Rfd1 b5
15. cxb5 axb5 16. Qf4 Qc7 17. Qe3 Nf6 18. a4 Ng4 19. Qe4 Nf6 20. Qc2 b4 21. Nb5
Qe5 22. d4 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Bd7 24. a5 Rfc8 25. Qb2 Rc7 26. a6 Ra7 27. Bb7 Bc8 28.
Bxc8 Rxc8 29. Qxb4 Qe4 30. Qb6 Rd7 31. a7 Ra8 32. Nb5 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 Qxe2 34.
Rb1 Qa2 35. Re1 e5 36. h3 Qd2 37. Rxe5 Qd1+ 38. Kg2 Qa1 39. Re2 Qa4 40. Qc6 Rf8
41. Re3 Qb4 42. Ra3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Korobov, Anton"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "201"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nd4 8. e3 Nf5
9. Nge2 d6 10. e4 Nd4 11. Be3 Nxe2 12. Qxe2 Nd7 13. O-O f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15. f4
a6 16. Rad1 Qe7 17. Qd2 Kh8 18. b3 exf4 19. Bxf4 Ne5 20. Rfe1 Bd7 21. c5 Qf7
22. c6 bxc6 23. dxc6 Nxc6 24. Nd5 Rac8 25. Rc1 Ne5 26. Nxc7 Bc6 27. Bxc6 Qxc7
28. Bg2 Qb6+ 29. Kh2 a5 30. Red1 Rxc1 31. Rxc1 Ng6 32. Bxd6 Rd8 33. Rc6 Qb5 34.
Qc2 Be5 35. Rc8 Rxc8 36. Qxc8+ Kg7 37. Qc7+ Kf6 38. Bxe5+ Nxe5 39. Qd6+ Kg7 40.
a4 Qe2 41. Qe7+ Kg6 42. Qe6+ Kg7 43. Qxf5 Qe3 44. h4 Qe2 45. Qg5+ Kf7 46. Qf5+
Ke7 47. Kh3 h5 48. Qe4 Qb2 49. Bf3 Kf6 50. Qf4+ Ke6 51. Bxh5 Qxb3 52. Bg4+ Kd5
53. Bf5 Qd1 54. Qe4+ Kd6 55. Qg2 Nf3 56. Be4 Ng5+ 57. Kh2 Ne6 58. Bf5 Qxa4 59.
Bxe6 Kxe6 60. Qe2+ Kf6 61. Qa6+ Kg7 62. Qb7+ Kg6 63. Qb6+ Kg7 64. Qc7+ Kg6 65.
Qd6+ Kg7 66. Qe5+ Kg6 67. h5+ Kh6 68. Kh3 Qd1 69. Qh8+ Kg5 70. Qg7+ Kf5 71. g4+
Ke4 72. Qe7+ Kf3 73. Qf6+ Ke3 74. Qe5+ Kf2 75. Qf4+ Ke1 76. Qe3+ Kf1 77. h6 Qd7
78. Qf4+ Ke2 79. Qe4+ Kf2 80. h7 Qg7 81. Qf5+ Kg1 82. Qc5+ Kf1 83. Qf5+ Kg1 84.
g5 Qc3+ 85. Kg4 Qd4+ 86. Kh5 Qd1+ 87. Kh6 Qd6+ 88. Qf6 Qh2+ 89. Kg7 Qc7+ 90.
Kg6 Qc2+ 91. Qf5 Qc6+ 92. Kh5 Qh1+ 93. Kg6 Qc6+ 94. Qf6 Qc2+ 95. Kg7 Qc7+ 96.
Qf7 Qc3+ 97. Kg8 Qc8+ 98. Kg7 Qc3+ 99. Kh6 Qh3+ 100. Qh5 Qe6+ 101. g6 1-0

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2703"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Na3 Nf6 4. Nxc4 e6 5. g3 b6 6. Bg2 Bb7 7. O-O Be7 8. b3
O-O 9. Bb2 c5 10. e3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Qc7 12. Rac1 Rac8 13. Ng5 h6 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 f5 16. Bg2 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Rxf6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Rfd1 Rd8 20. Na3 e5 21. exd4
Nxd4 22. Qc4+ Qxc4 23. Nxc4 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Bxg2+ 25. Kxg2 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 e4 27.
Rd8+ Rf8 28. Rd7 Rf7 29. Rd8+ Kh7 30. Nd6 Rf6 31. Rd7 f4 32. Nxe4 f3+ 33. Kh3
Re6 34. Nd2 Ng1+ 35. Kg4 Re2 36. Nxf3 Nxf3 37. Kxf3 Rxa2 38. h4 Ra3 39. Kg4 a5
40. Rd3 b5 41. Rd7 Rxb3 42. Rb7 a4 43. f4 a3 44. Kf5 b4 45. g4 a2 46. g5 hxg5
0-1

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "16"]
[White "Grischuk, Alexander"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2777"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "243"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 Nge7 9. O-O O-O 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. c4 b6 12. Nc3 d6 13. Rfd1 Qc7 14. Qe3 Qb8
15. Rac1 Rd8 16. Be2 Rc7 17. a3 h6 18. h3 Ne5 19. Nd2 N5g6 20. b4 Bd7 21. Nb3
Be8 22. f4 Kh8 23. g3 Ng8 24. Rd2 Nf6 25. Rcd1 Rcc8 26. Nd4 Ne7 27. Nf3 Nc6 28.
g4 e5 29. f5 Nh7 30. h4 f6 31. Kh1 Bf7 32. g5 Nd4 33. gxh6 Nxe2 34. Nxe2 Rxc4
35. hxg7+ Kg8 36. Ng3 d5 37. Nh2 Rdc8 38. Ng4 Rc3 39. Qf2 Qb7 40. Rg1 Kxg7 41.
Kh2 Kh8 42. exd5 Bxd5 43. Nh5 Be4 44. Nhxf6 Rc2 45. Rgd1 Nxf6 46. Nxf6 Bd3 47.
Qe3 Qg7 48. Qg5 Qxg5 49. hxg5 Bxf5 50. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 51. Kg3 Rc3+ 52. Kf2 Kg7 53.
Rd6 Rxa3 54. Nh5+ Kh7 55. Rxb6 a5 56. b5 Rb3 57. Nf6+ Kg7 58. Nh5+ Kh7 59. Nf6+
Kg7 60. Ne8+ Kg8 61. Nd6 Bd3 62. Ra6 Bxb5 63. Rxa5 Bd7 64. Ra8+ Kg7 65. Ra7 Kg6
66. Rxd7 Kxg5 67. Ne4+ Kf4 68. Nd2 Rb2 69. Rf7+ Kg4 70. Ke3 Ra2 71. Nc4 Kg5 72.
Nxe5 Ra3+ 73. Ke4 Ra4+ 74. Kd5 Ra5+ 75. Kd4 Ra4+ 76. Nc4 Kg4 77. Rf8 Kg5 78.
Kd5 Kg4 79. Ne3+ Kg3 80. Ke5 Ra5+ 81. Nd5 Kg4 82. Rf4+ Kg3 83. Rb4 Kf3 84. Rd4
Kg3 85. Kf5 Ra3 86. Nf4 Ra5+ 87. Ke4 Kg4 88. Ne6 Ra1 89. Ke5+ Kf3 90. Ng5+ Ke3
91. Rd5 Ra8 92. Rb5 Ra1 93. Rb3+ Kd2 94. Ne4+ Kc2 95. Rh3 Ra4 96. Rh2+ Kc1 97.
Nc5 Ra8 98. Kd4 Rc8 99. Ne4 Rd8+ 100. Ke3 Re8 101. Ra2 Kd1 102. Ra4 Kc2 103.
Rc4+ Kb3 104. Rc7 Kb4 105. Rd7 Kb5 106. Kd4 Kc6 107. Rd6+ Kc7 108. Rh6 Ra8 109.
Kd5 Ra1 110. Nc3 Rg1 111. Kc5 Kd7 112. Ne4 Rc1+ 113. Kd5 Rd1+ 114. Ke5 Kc7 115.
Nc3 Rc1 116. Nd5+ Kb7 117. Rb6+ Ka7 118. Kd6 Rh1 119. Rb2 Rh5 120. Nc7 Rh6+
121. Kc5 Rh5+ 122. Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "17"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bu, Xiangzhi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2705"]
[PlyCount "33"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. Nc3 d4 7. Nxe5 dxc3 8. Nxf7
Qe7 9. Nxh8 Be6 10. bxc3 g6 11. O-O Bg7 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. Ba3 Qxa3 14. Bxe6
Qxc3 15. Rb1 b5 16. d4 Na6 17. Rb3 1-0

[Event "FIDE Steinitz Memorial"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.05.17"]
[Round "18"]
[White "Dubov, Daniil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.05.15"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "18"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bc4 O-O 6. O-O Nc6 7. d5 Nb8 8. Re1
c6 9. Bg5 b5 10. Bb3 b4 11. Na4 Bb7 12. e5 dxe5 13. Nc5 Qb6 14. Nxb7 Qxb7 15.
Nxe5 Nxd5 16. Nxc6 Nxc6 17. Qxd5 e6 18. Qf3 Bxb2 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. h4 Nd4 21.
Qe4 Nxb3 22. cxb3 Bc3 23. Re3 Rac8 24. Red3 Qc6 25. Qxc6 Rxc6 26. Rd6 Rxd6 27.
Rxd6 h5 28. Be3 a5 29. Ra6 Rd8 30. Rxa5 Rd1+ 31. Kh2 f6 32. g3 e5 33. Kg2 Kf7
34. Rc5 Bd4 35. Bxd4 Rxd4 36. Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Koc, Przemyslaw"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2346"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nd2 Nxc5 6. e4 d5 7. Ngf3 dxe4 8.
Ng5 Be7 9. Ngxe4 O-O 10. Nxc5 Bxc5 11. Ne4 Be7 12. Bd3 Nc6 13. a3 f5 14. Nc3 e5
15. Bc4+ Kh8 16. Qxd8 Rxd8 17. Be3 f4 18. Bd2 Bf5 19. O-O-O Nd4 20. Bd3 Nb3+
21. Kb1 Nxd2+ 22. Rxd2 e4 23. Re2 exd3 24. Rxe7 dxc2+ 25. Kc1 Rab8 26. Rhe1 h6
27. f3 Kh7 28. Rc7 Rd4 29. Ne4 Rbd8 30. Re2 Bxe4 31. fxe4 R8d7 32. Rxd7 Rxd7
33. Kxc2 Kg6 34. Rf2 Kg5 35. g3 fxg3 36. hxg3 Kg4 37. e5 Kxg3 38. Rf8 Re7 39.
Kd3 Rxe5 40. Rf7 g5 41. Rxb7 h5 42. Rxa7 h4 43. Rh7 h3 44. b4 h2 45. a4 Re1 46.
a5 h1=Q 47. Rxh1 Rxh1 48. a6 Ra1 49. b5 Kf4 50. Kc4 g4 51. Kc5 g3 52. b6 g2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Rozman, Levy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2343"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Be2 Ne7 8. O-O
Nc8 9. a4 a5 10. Bd2 Be7 11. c4 O-O 12. cxd5 exd5 13. Ne1 Bb4 14. Bxb4 axb4 15.
Bd3 Bxd3 16. Nxd3 Ncb6 17. f4 Rxa4 18. Rxa4 Nxa4 19. f5 Qg5 20. Rf4 Nxb2 21.
Qf3 Nxd3 22. Rg4 N3xe5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Leiva Rodriguez, Jeammarco Giuseppe"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2391"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. c3 h6 8. Bh4
g5 9. Bg3 Nh5 10. Ne1 Nxg3 11. hxg3 g4 12. Nc2 e5 13. d5 Ne7 14. Ne3 h5 15. c4
Bh6 16. Nf5 Nxf5 17. exf5 Qg5 18. Qc2 h4 19. gxh4 Qxh4 20. g3 Qh5 21. Nc3 Kg7
22. Rfe1 Rh8 23. Kf1 Qh1+ 24. Ke2 Qf3+ 25. Kf1 Bg5 26. Ne2 Rh2 27. Ng1 Qg2+ 28.
Ke2 Qxf2+ 29. Kd1 Qxg3 30. Ne2 Qe3 31. Qc1 Qxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Proudian, Armen"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C70"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2427"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nge7 5. Bb3 d5 6. Nc3 Be6 7. Ng5 Nd4 8. d3
Nxb3 9. Nxe6 fxe6 10. axb3 Ng6 11. Qg4 Qd6 12. h4 d4 13. Ne2 O-O-O 14. h5 Ne7
15. Bg5 Rd7 16. Bxe7 Rxe7 17. Rh3 Rf7 18. Ng1 Be7 19. Rf3 Rhf8 20. Rxf7 Rxf7
21. Nf3 Qb4+ 22. Ke2 Qd6 23. b4 Bf6 24. c3 Kd7 25. Ra5 dxc3 26. Rd5 cxb2 27.
Nd2 Bg5 28. Rxd6+ cxd6 29. Qxg5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abdumalik, Zhansaya"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "166"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. a3 Bb7 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. O-O
d6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 Qc7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. Rae1 Rad8 14. Nf3 Nc5 15.
b4 Nxd3 16. cxd3 Nd7 17. Rc1 Qb8 18. Be3 Rfe8 19. Nd4 Bf8 20. f5 e5 21. Nb3 h6
22. Bf2 Rc8 23. Rc2 d5 24. Nxd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Qd6 26. Nc5 Qxd5 27. Nxa6 Bd6 28.
Rfc1 Rxc2 29. Qxc2 e4 30. dxe4 Rxe4 31. Qc6 Qxf5 32. Bg1 Bf4 33. Rf1 Nf6 34.
Nc5 Re2 35. Qf3 Qc2 36. Qxf4 Rxg2 37. Qf5 Qe2 38. Qf3 Qxf3 39. Rxf3 Ra2 40. Bd4
Nd5 41. Rg3 g5 42. Kg1 Nf4 43. Kf1 Rxh2 44. Bf2 Rh1+ 45. Rg1 Rh3 46. Rg3 Rh1+
47. Rg1 Rh3 48. a4 bxa4 49. Nxa4 Rb3 50. Bc5 Rb1+ 51. Kf2 Nh3+ 52. Kg2 Nxg1 53.
Bxg1 Rxb4 54. Nc5 Kg7 55. Nd3 Rb5 56. Kf3 f5 57. Bd4+ Kf7 58. Ke3 Ke6 59. Bg7
h5 60. Bh6 f4+ 61. Ke4 Kf6 62. Bf8 Kf7 63. Bd6 Ke6 64. Bc5 Ra5 65. Bb4 Ra1 66.
Bc3 Ra4+ 67. Bd4 Kf7 68. Ne5+ Ke6 69. Nd3 Rc4 70. Nc5+ Kd6 71. Nd3 h4 72. Ne5
Rxd4+ 73. Kxd4 h3 74. Ng4 Ke6 75. Ke4 Kf7 76. Kf3 Kg6 77. Nh2 Kf5 78. Ng4 Kg6
79. Nh2 Kh5 80. Ng4 Kh4 81. Nh2 Kh5 82. Ng4 Kh4 83. Nh2 Kh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Calin, Alexandru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2107"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. O-O
Qxc5+ 9. Kh1 Bg4 10. Qd3 Nc6 11. Be3 Qa5 12. a3 Nd7 13. b4 Qd8 14. Rab1 Rc8 15.
Nd5 e6 16. b5 exd5 17. bxc6 dxe4 18. Qxe4 bxc6 19. Bxa7 Re8 20. Qd3 Bf5 21. Qd2
Nc5 22. Bxc5 dxc5 23. Bd3 Be6 24. Be4 Qxd2 25. Nxd2 Red8 26. Rfd1 Rd4 27. Bf3
Rxf4 28. Ne4 c4 29. Nd6 Rd8 30. Bxc6 Rf2 31. Be4 Be5 32. Nb5 Rxd1+ 33. Rxd1 f5
34. Bf3 Rxc2 35. a4 Ra2 36. Re1 Kf7 37. g3 Kf6 38. Rc1 Rxa4 39. Kg2 Ra2+ 40.
Kf1 Rxh2 41. Be2 Rh1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Pranesh, M."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2437"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. Qe2
a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Ne4 Nf4 13. Bxf4 exf4 14. Qd2 Bd6
15. Bd5 h6 16. Rfe1 Na5 17. Bxb7 Nxb7 18. d4 Qd7 19. Qd3 f5 20. Ned2 Rad8 21.
a4 c5 22. axb5 axb5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. h3 c4 25. Qc2 Nd8 26. b3 cxb3 27. Qxb3+
Nf7 28. Rb1 Rb8 29. Qd5 b4 30. Ne5 Qb5 31. Qxf7+ Kh8 32. Ndc4 Bxe5 33. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bg4 5. Bb2 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Rg1 a5
9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. h4 h5 11. g5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 a4 15. Rb1
axb3 16. Qxb3 Ra7 17. Bd4 c5 18. Bc3 Bf5 19. Be2 Qc7 20. a4 e5 21. a5 Bd6 22.
Qb6 Qxb6 23. Rxb6 Ke7 24. Kd1 Bd7 25. Kc2 Bc7 26. Rb2 Bxa5 27. Bxe5 Ba4+ 28.
Kb1 Bb4 29. Bxg7 Rha8 30. Ra2 Bb3 31. Rxa7 Rxa7 32. Kb2 Ba4 33. Bxh5 Bxd2 34.
Ra1 Ra6 35. Bf6+ Ke8 36. Bd1 Rb6+ 37. Ka2 Bd7 38. h5 Be6 39. Bb3 Rd6 40. h6 Bf5
41. Rd1 Kd7 42. Kb1 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Kazakovskiy, Valeriy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2473"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nge2 Nc6 7. O-O e5 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. f4 Ned7 10. h3 Re8 11. g4 Nc5 12. Ng3 Bd7 13. g5 Nh5 14. Nxh5 gxh5 15.
Qxh5 Bc6 16. f5 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxe4 18. f6 Bf8 19. Bxe4 Rxe4 20. Bd2 Qd7 21. Qf3
d5 22. Rae1 Rae8 23. Kg2 Qb5 24. b3 Qc6 25. Qd3 Qe6 26. Qf3 Bd6 27. Rxe4 dxe4
28. Qf5 e3 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30. Bc3 e2 31. Re1 Bf4 32. h4 Re3 33. Bd2 Rg3+ 34. Kf2
Bd6 35. Rxe2 h6 36. Be3 Rh3 37. gxh6 a6 38. Bg5 Kh7 39. Kg2 Rg3+ 40. Kf2 Rh3
41. a4 b5 42. axb5 axb5 43. Ke1 Bb4+ 44. Kf2 Bd6 45. Kg2 Rg3+ 46. Kf1 Rf3+ 47.
Rf2 Rh3 48. Ke2 Kg6 49. Rg2 Kh7 50. Kd2 Bb4+ 51. Ke2 Bd6 52. Kd2 Bb4+ 53. Ke2
Bd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th June"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.02"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.06.02"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. d3 d6 6. Qd2 e5 7. h4 h6 8. b3 Nge7
9. Bb2 Rb8 10. e3 a6 11. Nge2 b5 12. h5 g5 13. f4 Be6 14. O-O-O exf4 15. gxf4
gxf4 16. Nxf4 Ne5 17. Nxe6 fxe6 18. Bh3 Qd7 19. Ne4 Nf5 20. Rhg1 Rf8 21. Bxf5
exf5 22. Nxd6+ Qxd6 23. Rxg7 Rd8 24. Qg2 bxc4 25. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Qd3 O-O 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O Nbd7 10. f3 Ne5 11. Qd1 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qc7 13. Qb3 Nfd7 14. Be3 Nc5
15. Qa3 Bd7 16. Rab1 b5 17. cxb5 axb5 18. Qb4 Rxa2 19. Bxb5 Rfa8 20. Bxd7 Nexd7
21. Nb5 Qc6 22. Qd4 Re2 23. Rf2 Rxf2 24. Bxf2 Rb8 25. c4 Ne5 26. Rd1 Nxc4 27.
Qxc4 Qxb5 28. Qxb5 Rxb5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. Rxd6 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B52"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Nc6 9. Bxc6 bxc6 10. c5 O-O 11. h3 Qb8 12. Qe2 e5 13. Nf3 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5
15. Rd1 Nxc3 16. bxc3 Bf5 17. Bg5 Qb5 18. Qxb5 cxb5 19. a4 bxa4 20. Rd2 Rfc8
21. Be7 Bf8 22. Bd6 e4 23. Ne5 Bg7 24. Rxa4 a5 25. Nc4 Bxc3 26. Rc2 Bb4 27. Nb6
e3 28. Re2 exf2+ 29. Rxf2 Rab8 30. Nxc8 Rxc8 31. Rfa2 Be6 32. Ra1 Bb3 33. Rxa5
Bxa5 34. Rxa5 h5 35. Kf2 Bd5 36. Be7 Ra8 37. Rxa8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. c3 d6 6. O-O g6 7. Re1 Bg7 8. Bb3
O-O 9. Nbd2 Re8 10. a4 Be6 11. a5 d5 12. a6 b6 13. Ba4 Bd7 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Nc4 Rb8 16. Bxc6 Bxc6 17. Ncxe5 Ba8 18. d4 b5 19. Bd2 Rb6 20. b3 Rbe6 21. c4
bxc4 22. bxc4 Nb6 23. Bc3 Bxf3 24. Qxf3 Bxe5 25. dxe5 Nxc4 26. Rad1 Qc8 27. Qf4
Qxa6 28. Rd7 Rf8 29. Qxh6 Qa3 30. Rd3 Nxe5 31. Rh3 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Na3 Bg7 5. Nxc4 Nc6 6. d3 e5 7. Bd2 Nge7 8.
Bg2 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. O-O Be6 11. Rc1 b5 12. Ne3 Bxa2 13. Ng5 h6 14. Nxf7 Bxf7
15. Bxc6 Nxc6 16. Rxc6 Qd7 17. Qc2 Rfc8 18. Rc1 Bf8 19. Rxc7 Rxc7 20. Qxc7 Qxc7
21. Rxc7 a5 22. bxa5 b4 23. Rb7 Rxa5 24. Rb8 Ra1+ 25. Kg2 b3 26. Ng4 Ra2 27.
Bxh6 Bd5+ 28. e4 Ra8 29. Rb5 Be6 30. Bxf8 Bxg4 31. Bd6 Bd1 32. Bxe5 Bc2 33. Kf3
1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. d4 Nc6 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8.
Be2 Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Re8 11. N2f3 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Nf5 Bc7 14. Bg5 Qd7
15. Ng3 Bxg3 16. fxg3 Ne4 17. Bf4 Qe7 18. Kh2 Nxc3 19. bxc3 Qxe2 20. Qxd5 Bxf3
21. Rxf3 Rad8 22. Qb3 Rd7 23. Raf1 Re6 24. g4 h6 25. R1f2 Qd1 26. g5 hxg5 27.
Bxg5 Qxb3 28. axb3 a5 29. c4 f6 30. Bf4 Re4 31. Bg3 Kf7 32. Rf5 a4 33. bxa4
Rxc4 34. R5f4 Nd4 35. Rb2 Rxa4 36. Bf2 b5 37. Rxd4 Raxd4 38. Bxd4 Rxd4 39. Rxb5
g5 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. b3 d5 3. Bb2 Nf6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nf3 b6 7. g4 Bb7 8. g5 Ne4
9. Rg1 Nd7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 Rg8 12. h4 Qe7 13. Bh3 O-O-O 14. Nxe4 dxe4 15.
Nd4 Kb8 16. Nf5 Qf8 17. Kf1 Ne5 18. Nxd6 Qxd6 19. Bxe5 Qxe5 20. Qc3 Qb5+ 21.
Kg2 Rd3 22. Qb2 h6 23. gxh6 gxh6+ 24. Kh2 Rgd8 25. Rad1 Qd5 26. Rg7 Qh5 27.
Rdg1 Rxd2 28. Qf6 R8d6 29. Qf4 Bd5 30. Rg8+ Kb7 31. Rh8 Qf3 32. Qxf3 exf3 33.
Kg3 Rg6+ 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. c3 Nf6 6. Re1 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 g6 10. d3 Bg7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nd2 Nd7 13. Qe2 b5 14. Nf3 Nde5 15.
Nxe5 Bxe5 16. Rad1 Qb6 17. Qd2 Bg7 18. d4 Rfd8 19. d5 Ne5 20. f4 Nd7 21. Qf2
Qa5 22. a3 Rdc8 23. Be2 Rc7 24. Bg4 Qa4 25. Bxd7 Rxd7 26. e5 Qc4 27. e6 fxe6
28. dxe6 Rc7 29. Qf3 Rf8 30. Rd5 b4 31. axb4 cxb4 32. cxb4 Qxb4 33. Re2 Qb5 34.
Rxb5 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 7. Be3 b5 8. a4
b4 9. Nd5 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ Nxf6 11. f3 e6 12. a5 Nd7 13. Qd4 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5 15.
Bc4 Bxc4 16. Qxc4 Qc8 17. Qxc8+ Rxc8 18. O-O-O Nc5 19. Kb1 Be7 20. Rd2 O-O 21.
Rhd1 Nxb3 22. cxb3 Bc5 23. Bd4 h6 24. Rc2 Rfd8 25. Rdc1 Rxd4 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27.
Rxc5 Rd5 28. Rc4 Rxa5 29. Rxb4 Rh5 30. h3 a5 31. Ra4 Rg5 32. g4 Rb5 33. Kc2 Kf8
34. Kc3 Ke7 35. b4 axb4+ 36. Rxb4 Rd5 37. Rd4 Rc5+ 38. Rc4 Rd5 39. b4 g6 40.
Rc5 Rd1 41. b5 Kd6 42. Rc6+ Kd5 43. Kb4 f5 44. Rc8 Rb1+ 45. Ka5 e5 46. b6 e4
47. fxe4+ Kxe4 48. Rc4+ Kd5 49. Rc7 fxg4 50. hxg4 h5 51. gxh5 gxh5 52. Ka6 Ke4
53. Rh7 Ra1+ 54. Kb7 Ra5 55. Kc6 Kf4 56. b7 Ra6+ 57. Kc7 Ra5 58. b8=Q Rf5 59.
Kc6+ Kg4 60. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C55"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. c3 g5 7. Nbd2 Bg7 8. Bb3
Ne7 9. Nc4 Ng6 10. d4 Qe7 11. Re1 g4 12. Nfd2 h5 13. Ne3 Nf4 14. Nf5 Bxf5 15.
exf5 Nd3 16. Re2 Bh6 17. dxe5 dxe5 18. Nc4 O-O-O 19. Bxh6 Rxh6 20. Qd2 Rhh8 21.
Qe3 Kb8 22. Bc2 Qd7 23. Bxd3 Qxd3 24. Qxd3 Rxd3 25. Nxe5 Re8 26. Rae1 Rd5 27.
h3 Kc8 28. hxg4 Nxg4 29. Nxg4 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 hxg4 31. f6 Kd8 32. Re7 Rd1+ 33.
Kh2 Rd2 34. Kg3 Rxb2 35. Rxf7 Rxa2 36. Rh7 Ke8 37. Rxc7 b5 38. Rb7 a6 39. Kxg4
Rxf2 40. Rb6 Rxg2+ 41. Kf5 Rf2+ 42. Ke6 Re2+ 43. Kd5 Rc2 44. Rxa6 Rxc3 45. Rb6
Kf7 46. Rxb5 Kxf6 47. Rc5 Rxc5+ 48. Kxc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 Nbd7 7. Be3 b6 8. g4
Bb7 9. Bg2 h6 10. h4 Ne5 11. g5 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Nfd7 14. Qe2 Rc8
15. f4 Nc4 16. O-O-O g6 17. f5 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Ne5 19. Nd4 Bg7 20. Qh3 Qc7 21.
Kb1 Qc4 22. Bg2 b5 23. Bf1 Qc5 24. Nd5 Bxd5 25. exd5 Nc4 26. fxg6 fxg6 27. Nc6
Rxc6 28. dxc6 Qb4 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Bxc4+ bxc4 31. Rf1+ Bf6 32. gxf6 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2651"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. O-O d6 7. d4 cxd4 8. cxd4
Be7 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nc3 O-O 11. Re1 Rd8 12. Bb3 Nf6 13. Be3 b6 14. Rc1 Bb7 15.
a3 Rac8 16. Qe2 Na5 17. Ba2 Nd5 18. Ne4 Qd7 19. Ne5 Qe8 20. Rcd1 Nc6 21. Nf3 h6
22. Bb1 f5 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Na5 25. Ba2 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Bxh6 Bxa3
28. Bf4 Rxc3 29. Ng5 Bb4 30. Bd2 Rc2 31. Qf3 Rxd2 32. Rb1 R2xd4 33. Rxb4 Rxb4
34. Qxd5 Rb1 35. Qe5 Rxe1+ 36. Qxe1 Nb7 37. h4 Nc5 38. Qe5 Qd8 39. Kh2 Kf8 40.
Nxe6+ Nxe6 41. Qxe6 Qxh4+ 42. Kg1 Qe4 43. Qc8+ Kf7 44. Qc7+ Kg6 45. Qxa7 Qb1+
46. Kh2 Qb4 47. Qd7 Qf4+ 48. Kg1 Qc1+ 49. Kh2 Qf4+ 50. Kh3 Qg4+ 51. Kh2 Qf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.12"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grandelius, Nils"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2651"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Ngf6 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. a4 a5 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Re1
c6 9. e4 Nxe4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Rxe4 e5 12. c3 exd4 13. Nxd4 Nf6 14. Re1 Qb6
15. Qb3 Nd7 16. Qc2 Ne5 17. Bf4 Re8 18. Re3 Bd7 19. Rae1 Ng4 20. Rxe8+ Rxe8 21.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 22. Qe2 Nf6 23. Qe7 c5 24. Nb5 Bxb5 25. axb5 Qxb5 26. Qd8+ Ne8 27.
c4 Qa4 28. b3 Qa1+ 29. Bf1 Qe1 30. Be3 Kf8 31. Bxc5+ Kg8 32. Be7 Bf8 33. Bg5
Bc5 34. Be3 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. b3 Nf6 8. Bb2
Ne4 9. Na4 Bxb2 10. Nxb2 Nf6 11. d4 Be4 12. d5 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Ne5 14. Bg2 Qa5
15. h3 g5 16. Nd3 Qc3 17. Rc1 Qd4 18. Qc2 Nxd3 19. e3 Nb4 20. exd4 Nxc2 21.
Rxc2 cxd4 22. Re1 Nd7 23. Rd2 a5 24. Rxd4 Nc5 25. Re3 Ra6 26. h4 h6 27. hxg5
hxg5 28. Rg4 Rg8 29. f4 Rb6 30. Bf3 a4 31. Bd1 axb3 32. axb3 f6 33. Bc2 Kf7 34.
fxg5 Rxg5 35. Rxg5 fxg5 36. Rf3+ Kg7 37. Kf2 Ra6 38. Re3 Kf6 39. Rf3+ Kg7 40.
Ke3 Ra2 41. Kd2 Ne4+ 42. Kc1 Nc5 43. Rf5 Ra1+ 44. Kb2 Rg1 45. Rxg5+ Kf6 46.
Rg6+ Ke5 47. b4 Nd7 48. Re6+ Kd4 49. Rxe7 Ne5 50. c5 dxc5 51. d6 Nc4+ 52. Ka2
Nxd6 53. bxc5 Kxc5 54. Re5+ Kd4 55. Re6 Nc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "44"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. Nbd2 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Qe7 9. Qe2 a5 10. Ba4 Rb8 11. a3 Nh5 12. g3 Bh3 13. Re1 Qf6 14. Nh4 Bg4
15. Ndf3 h6 16. Kg2 Qe6 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. h3 Nxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Qxe5 Bxh3+
21. Kg1 Qg4 22. Bd1 Nxg3 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "119"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. c4 Qc7 6. g3 Nf6 7. Nc3 Nd4 8. Bg2
Be7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne2 e5 11. Nfxd4 cxd4 12. f4 d6 13. h3 b5 14. Rc1 bxc4 15.
Rxc4 Qb6 16. Kh2 Be6 17. Rc1 Rfc8 18. f5 Bd7 19. g4 Ne8 20. Ng1 Rxc1 21. Bxc1
a5 22. d3 a4 23. g5 axb3 24. axb3 Ra2 25. Nf3 g6 26. Nh4 Ra1 27. Qc2 Qc5 28.
Qf2 Rxc1 29. fxg6 Rxf1 30. gxf7+ Kf8 31. fxe8=Q+ Kxe8 32. Bxf1 Bxg5 33. Nf5
Bf4+ 34. Kg2 Kd8 35. Be2 Kc7 36. Bg4 Bb5 37. b4 Qc1 38. Qa2 Qd2+ 39. Qxd2 Bxd2
40. Be2 Bxb4 41. Ne7 Kb6 42. Nd5+ Kc5 43. Kf2 Bd2 44. Nf6 h6 45. Nd5 Bg5 46.
Kg3 Bc6 47. h4 Bd2 48. h5 Bxd5 49. exd5 Kxd5 50. Bf3+ Ke6 51. Bg4+ Kf6 52. Bf3
Ke6 53. Bg4+ Kf6 54. Bf3 Ke7 55. Bd5 Kf6 56. Kg4 Ke7 57. Bc4 Kf6 58. Bd5 Ke7
59. Bc4 Kf6 60. Bd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nd7 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 Bd6 8. h3
Bh5 9. Nh4 O-O 10. a4 a5 11. Nd2 Re8 12. Ndf3 dxe4 13. dxe4 Nc5 14. Nh2 Ne6 15.
Be3 Bb4 16. c3 Bc5 17. Nf5 Qc7 18. b4 axb4 19. cxb4 Bxe3 20. Qxe3 Bg6 21. Nf3
Red8 22. Rfc1 h6 23. a5 Bxf5 24. exf5 Nd4 25. Nxd4 Rxd4 26. b5 Rxa5 27. Rxa5
Qxa5 28. Qxe5 Rd8 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Qb2 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 32. Bf1 Ne4 33. Kg2
c5 34. Qc2 b6 35. Bd3 Nd2 36. Qa2 c4 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. b3 Nf6 8. Bb2
Ne4 9. Nh4 Nxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxc3 11. dxc3 Bd7 12. Qd2 h6 13. f4 Qc7 14. Rab1 Kf8
15. f5 gxf5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Rxf5 f6 19. Rbf1 Ke8 20. Rh5 Kd7
21. Rxh6 a6 22. Rxh8 Rxh8 23. Rf4 b5 24. Qd5 bxc4 25. Qf5+ Kd8 26. Rxc4 Rg8 27.
Rh4 a5 28. Qf3 Qxf3 29. exf3 Kd7 30. Ra4 d5 31. Rxa5 Kc6 32. Ra6+ 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Qxd2 a5 8.
a3 Qd6 9. Qg5 O-O 10. Qxe5 Qxe5 11. Nxe5 dxe4 12. d4 Nbd7 13. Nc3 Nxe5 14. dxe5
Ng4 15. Nxe4 Nxe5 16. O-O-O Bg4 17. Rde1 a4 18. Ba2 Ra5 19. Nd6 Rc5 20. Re3 Be6
21. Nxb7 Rb5 22. Nd6 Bxa2 23. Nxb5 Nc4 24. Nc3 Nxe3 25. fxe3 Bc4 26. Nxa4 Bd5
27. Rg1 Re8 28. Kd2 Rd8 29. Ke1 Be4 30. Nc5 Bxc2 31. Ke2 h5 32. e4 Rd4 33. Rc1
Rc4 34. b4 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. a3 Nb8 13. Bc2 Nbd7 14. a4 g6 15. Bd3
c6 16. b4 Nb6 17. axb5 axb5 18. Rxa8 Bxa8 19. Qb3 exd4 20. cxd4 d5 21. e5 Nh5
22. Nf1 Nc4 23. Bg5 Qc7 24. N1h2 f6 25. exf6 Rxe1+ 26. Nxe1 Qd6 27. Ng4 Qxb4
28. Nh6+ Kh8 29. Qxb4 Bxb4 30. Nf3 Bf8 31. Bxc4 dxc4 32. Ne5 Bxh6 33. Nf7+ Kg8
34. Nxh6+ Kf8 35. g4 b4 36. gxh5 b3 37. Bc1 1-0

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Navara, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2719"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 Nf6 2. Bb2 g6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Nd5 5. c4 Nb4 6. d4 Qa5 7. Bc3 cxd4 8. Qxd4
Nc2+ 9. Kd1 Nxd4 10. Bxa5 Bg7 11. f4 d6 12. exd6 Bg4+ 13. Kc1 Nxb3+ 14. axb3
Bxa1 15. dxe7 Nc6 16. Bc3 Bxc3 17. Nxc3 Nxe7 18. h3 Bd7 19. Nf3 O-O 20. Ne5 Bc6
21. Rg1 Nf5 22. Bd3 Nd4 23. Kb2 Rad8 24. Bb1 Rfe8 25. g4 Nf3 26. Nxc6 Rd2+ 27.
Kc1 Nxg1 28. Kxd2 bxc6 0-1

[Event "MrDodgy Online Inv"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.06.13"]
[Round "2.9"]
[White "Navara, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2719"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.06.12"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 196 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.31"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h4 h6 6. Qd2 Nd7 7. a4 Ngf6 8. f3 e5
9. Nge2 exd4 10. Nxd4 Ne5 11. Be2 Nh5 12. Bf2 O-O 13. g4 Nf6 14. g5 hxg5 15.
hxg5 Nh5 16. f4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Rh4 Bd7 19. f5 Re8 20. O-O-O b5 21. f6
Nxf6 22. gxf6 Bxf6 23. Rdh1 Bg5 24. Rh8+ Kg7 25. R1h7+ Kf6 26. Bh4 Rxh8 27.
Qxg5# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Issani, Nameer"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4
9. Nbd2 O-O 10. a5 Rb8 11. Re1 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. c3 Nh5 14. Nc4 Nf4 15. g3
Ng6 16. Kg2 Qe8 17. d4 exd4 18. cxd4 Qf7 19. Be3 d5 20. exd5 exd5 21. Ncd2 Bd6
22. Qc2 Qd7 23. Ng5 Rbe8 24. Ndf3 Nce7 25. Ne5 Bxe5 26. dxe5 d4 27. Qc4+ Kh8
28. Bxd4 Nf5 29. Rad1 Nfh4+ 30. gxh4 Qg4+ 31. Kh1 Nxh4 32. Rg1 Qh5 33. e6 Nf3
34. Bxg7+ Kxg7 35. Nxf3+ Kh8 36. Qd4+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Nguyen, Thanh Thuy Tien"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "1971"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 c5 3. b3 a6 4. Bb2 Nc6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Nf6 7. c4 e6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Bf3 Ne5 13. h3 Nxf3+ 14. Qxf3 Bd6
15. Nf5 Be5 16. Rfd1 Bxf5 17. Qxf5 Qc8 18. Qd3 Ne4 19. Na4 Qf5 20. Bxe5 Qxf2+
21. Kh2 Rxe5 22. Rf1 Qg3+ 23. Kg1 Rg5 24. Qe2 Qxh3 25. Qf3 Qxf3 26. Rxf3 Rc8
27. Raf1 Rc2 28. Rd1 Rcxg2+ 29. Kf1 Nd2+ 30. Rxd2 Rxd2 31. Nc5 h5 32. Nxb7 h4
33. Nd6 Rgg2 34. Nf5 Rh2 35. Kg1 h3 36. Ne7+ Kf8 37. Nxd5 Rdg2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dimakiling, Oliver"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 Nf6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. e5 dxe5 8. dxe5
Ng4 9. Bc5 Nc6 10. h3 Nh6 11. g4 f6 12. exf6 Bxf6 13. Bc4+ Nf7 14. Qe2 Na5 15.
Rd1 Qe8 16. Bd5 c6 17. Be4 b5 18. O-O Nc4 19. Nd4 Bd7 20. b3 Ncd6 21. Bg2 e5
22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Qxe5 Bxe5 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Bxc6 Rac8 26. Nd5 Kg7 27. Nb4 a5
28. Nd3 Rxc6 29. Nxe5 Rxc5 30. Nd7 Rfc8 31. Nxc5 Rxc5 32. Rd2 Ne4 33. Rd7 Nf6
34. Ra7 b4 35. Rf4 Rd5 36. Rc4 Ne8 37. Rc8 Ned6 38. Rcc7 Rd1+ 39. Kf2 Rd5 40.
Ke3 Kf6 41. c4 bxc3 42. Rxc3 h5 43. Rc6 Ke6 44. Rca6 Ne5 45. Kf4 hxg4 46. hxg4
Rd4+ 47. Ke3 Rxg4 48. Rxa5 Rg2 49. R5a6 g5 50. Rh7 Nef7 51. Rxf7 Kxf7 52. Rxd6
Rxa2 53. b4 Rb2 54. Rb6 Kg7 55. Ke4 g4 56. Kf4 Rg2 57. Rc6 Kf7 58. b5 Ke7 59.
b6 Kd7 60. Rc7+ Kd8 61. Rh7 Kc8 62. b7+ Kb8 63. Rg7 Rb2 64. Rxg4 Rb4+ 65. Kg3
Rxg4+ 66. Kxg4 Kxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nasuta, Grzegorz"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2558"]
[PlyCount "155"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Bc2 c5 12. h3 Bd7 13. d4 Qc7 14. Re1 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Rfc8 16. axb5 Qxc2 17. Qxc2 Rxc2 18. Rxa5 Bxb5 19. dxe5 dxe5 20. Nxe5 Rac8
21. Ra1 Bb4 22. Nef3 Nxe4 23. Nd4 Nxd2 24. Nxc2 Rxc2 25. Bxd2 Rxd2 26. Rad1 g6
27. Rxd2 Bxd2 28. Re7 Kg7 29. Rb7 Kf6 30. g3 h5 31. h4 Bc1 32. b3 Bd2 33. f3
Ke6 34. Kg2 Bc3 35. Kh3 Bf1+ 36. Kh2 a5 37. g4 hxg4 38. fxg4 Be5+ 39. Kg1 Be2
40. h5 gxh5 41. gxh5 Bxh5 42. Rb5 Bd1 43. Rxa5 Bxb3 44. Kf2 Bd5 45. Ra6+ Kf5
46. Ra5 Be4 47. Ra4 f6 48. Rb4 Bd5 49. Ra4 Bd6 50. Ke3 Bc5+ 51. Kd3 Ke5 52. Ra5
Bb6 53. Rb5 Bf2 54. Rb2 Bc5 55. Re2+ Kd6 56. Rh2 f5 57. Rh5 Ke5 58. Ke2 Be4 59.
Rh8 Bd4 60. Re8+ Kf4 61. Rd8 Bf3+ 62. Kd3 Bb6 63. Rb8 Be4+ 64. Ke2 Bd4 65. Rb4
Ke5 66. Ra4 Bc5 67. Ra5 Kd5 68. Ra8 f4 69. Rf8 Bd6 70. Rd8 Ke5 71. Re8+ Kf5 72.
Rd8 f3+ 73. Kf2 Bc5+ 74. Kg3 f2 75. Rd1 Bd3 76. Kg2 f1=Q+ 77. Rxf1+ Bxf1+ 78.
Kxf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Priasmoro, Novendra"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "66"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. h3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 cxd4 8. cxd4
Nc6 9. O-O a5 10. a3 a4 11. Re1 d5 12. e5 Ne8 13. b4 Qb6 14. Bb2 Nc7 15. Rc1
Ne6 16. Nb1 Bh6 17. Nc3 Bxc1 18. Qxc1 Ncxd4 19. Nxd5 Nxf3+ 20. gxf3 Qd8 21. Be4
Bd7 22. Rd1 Bc6 23. Nf6+ exf6 24. Rxd8 Rfxd8 25. Bxc6 Rac8 26. b5 bxc6 27. bxc6
f5 28. Qc4 Rc7 29. Qxa4 Rdc8 30. Bc1 h5 31. h4 Rxc6 32. Bg5 Rc4 33. Qb4 Rxb4
0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Salinas Herrera, Pablo Patricio"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C76"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. c3 Bd7 6. d4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. dxe5
Nxe5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. f4 Bb5 11. Bxb5+ axb5 12. Qb3 c6 13. fxe5 Qe7 14. Nd2 Nh6
15. Nf3 Ng4 16. Bg5 Qc5+ 17. Kh1 O-O 18. e6 Nf2+ 19. Rxf2 Qxf2 20. Be7 fxe6 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Rg1 Rxf3 23. gxf3 Qxf3+ 24. Rg2 Qf1+ 25. Rg1 Qf3+ 26. Rg2 Qf1+
27. Rg1 Qf3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Villegas, Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2364"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Be3 h5 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. h3 Nf8 12. g4 Bf4 13. O-O-O Bxe3+ 14. fxe3
Qd5 15. e4 Qxa2 16. gxh5 c5 17. Qg2 Qa1+ 18. Kc2 Qa4+ 19. Kb1 cxd4 20. Rhg1 g6
21. hxg6 fxg6 22. e5 f5 23. Nxd4 Be6 24. Nxe6 Rxe6 25. Bxf5 Ra6 26. Qxb7 Qa1+
27. Kc2 Qa4+ 28. Kc1 Qa1+ 29. Kd2 Rd8+ 30. Ke2 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Qa5 32. Be4 Rb6
33. Qd5+ Qxd5 34. Bxd5+ Kg7 35. b4 Nd7 36. e6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vishnu, Prasanna V"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2476"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. h3 b5 6. g4 Bb7 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. a4 b4
9. Nce2 c5 10. c3 h5 11. g5 bxc3 12. bxc3 e6 13. Rb1 Qc7 14. d5 exd5 15. exd5
Ne7 16. Ng3 Bxc3+ 17. Kf1 Bg7 18. N1e2 Rb8 19. Nf4 h4 20. Ne4 Nf5 21. Bd2 O-O
22. Bf3 Ne5 23. Bg4 Bc8 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. gxf6 Rxb1 26. Qxb1 Qd8 27. Rg1 Qxf6
28. Nh5 gxh5 29. Bxf5+ Kh8 30. Bxc8 Rxc8 31. Bc3 Rg8 32. Rxg8+ Kxg8 33. Qb8+
Kg7 34. Qb7 a5 35. Qb6 Qf3 36. Bxe5+ dxe5 37. Qxc5 Qxh3+ 38. Ke1 Qf5 39. d6 h3
40. Kd2 h2 41. Qc6 Qxf2+ 42. Kc3 Qe1+ 43. Kb2 h1=Q 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 7th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.07"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svane, Rasmus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2613"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.07.07"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c5 7. h3 Qc7 8. Be3 b6
9. Nbd2 Bb7 10. Re1 Nbd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. a4 e6 13. Bf4 e5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5
dxe5 16. Bh2 Nh5 17. Bc4 Nf4 18. Bxf4 exf4 19. Bd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 Rfd8 21. Qf3
Qb7 22. Nc4 b5 23. Na5 Qc7 24. Nc6 Re8 25. axb5 axb5 26. Rxa8 Rxa8 27. d6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Belozerov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2493"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 e6 6. Ne5 Bd7 7. Nxd7 Qxd7 8.
c3 Bd6 9. Nd2 Nf6 10. Nf3 O-O 11. O-O Qc7 12. Re1 Rab8 13. a4 Rfc8 14. Bd3 a6
15. Bg5 Nd7 16. Qc2 Nf8 17. h4 Nb4 18. Qe2 Nxd3 19. Qxd3 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21.
h5 h6 22. Bd2 b4 23. cxb4 Bxb4 24. Rec1 Qb7 25. Bxb4 Qxb4 26. Ne5 Rc2 27. Rxc2
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Weetik, Vjacheslav"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B41"]
[WhiteElo "2423"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. a3 Nxe4 8.
Nxe4 Qe5 9. Be2 Qxe4 10. O-O Nc6 11. Be3 Be7 12. c5 O-O 13. Rc1 Bf6 14. Bf3 Qe5
15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. b4 a5 17. Rc4 Rd8 18. Qc2 axb4 19. axb4 Ra1 20. g3 Rxf1+ 21.
Kxf1 Qa1+ 22. Kg2 e5 23. Bg4 Bxg4 24. Rxg4 h5 25. Rc4 g6 26. b5 cxb5 27. Rb4
Qa6 28. Qb3 Qc6+ 29. f3 e4 30. Rxe4 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Qxe8 32. Bf2 Qc6 33. h4 Be7
34. Qe3 Bf8 35. Qd4 Qe6 36. Qd8 b4 37. Qb8 Qd5 38. Qe8 b3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nogerbek, Kazybek"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2328"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bf1 Nd4 7. c3 Nxf3+ 8.
Qxf3 Nc6 9. Qg3 h5 10. Na3 h4 11. Qe3 Be7 12. d4 cxd4 13. cxd4 d5 14. e5 Bd7
15. Nc2 Rc8 16. Bd3 Qb6 17. Bd2 Na5 18. b3 Bb5 19. Rac1 Bxd3 20. Qxd3 Nc6 21.
Ne3 Kd7 22. Nxd5 exd5 23. Qf5+ Kc7 24. Qxf7 Kb8 25. Rxc6 Rxc6 26. Qxe7 Qxd4 27.
Be3 Qc3 28. Rf1 d4 29. Bf4 Ka8 30. Qxg7 Re8 31. h3 d3 32. Qd7 Rcc8 33. e6 Qc6
34. Qxd3 Qxe6 35. Be3 Rg8 36. Qd4 b6 37. Qxh4 Rg7 38. Rd1 Rcg8 39. Rd8+ Kb7 40.
Rxg8 Rxg8 41. Qh7+ Kc6 42. Qa7 Kb5 43. a4+ Kb4 44. Qxa6 Kxb3 45. Qb5+ Kc2 46.
Qxb6 Qd5 47. Qc5+ Qxc5 48. Bxc5 Kb3 49. a5 Kc4 50. Bb6 Kd5 51. g4 Ke4 52. Kg2
Rf8 53. a6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Drygalov, Sergey"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2483"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Rc8
8. O-O e5 9. Qd3 h6 10. Rd1 Nf6 11. Nd2 Be6 12. a4 Be7 13. Nf1 O-O 14. Ne3 Qc7
15. Bd2 Rfd8 16. Ncd5 Nxd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. a5 Bg5 19. Rdc1 f5 20. c4 e4 21.
Qc2 f4 22. Nf1 Re8 23. h4 Bxh4 24. Bxf4 Rf8 25. Be3 Bf5 26. Ng3 Bg6 27. Qe2 Qd7
28. b4 Rce8 29. c5 dxc5 30. Rxc5 Re5 31. b5 Rxd5 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33. bxa6 bxa6
34. Qxa6 Kh7 35. Qe2 Qd3 36. Qxd3 exd3 37. a6 Bf6 38. Ra5 Bd4 39. Nf1 Bxe3 40.
Nxe3 d2 41. Rd5 Ra8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vastrukhin, Oleg"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.
O-O Nge7 9. Nb3 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Be3 Bf5 12. h3 h6 13. c3 Be4 14. Nc5 Nf5
15. Nxe4 Nxe3 16. fxe3 dxe4 17. Qxd8 Raxd8 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Rad1 g6 20. Kf2 h5
21. Ke2 a6 22. Ba4 Nd3 23. Rxd3 exd3+ 24. Kxd3 Kg7 25. b4 Rd6 26. Bb3 Rfd8 27.
g4 hxg4 28. hxg4 Rh8 29. c4 Rf6 30. c5 Bc7 31. Bd5 b6 32. Bb7 bxc5 33. bxc5 Rh2
34. Re2 Rh4 35. Rg2 Rh1 36. c6 Rd1+ 37. Ke4 Rd6 38. Rc2 Kf6 39. Bxa6 Kg5 40.
Be2 f5+ 41. gxf5 gxf5+ 42. Nxf5 Re6+ 43. Kf3 Rd8 44. e4 Rh8 45. Bb5 Rh3+ 46.
Ke2 Rxe4+ 47. Kd2 Kxf5 48. Bd3 Kf4 49. Bxe4 Kxe4 50. Rc4+ Kd5 51. Rg4 Rh2+ 52.
Kd3 Kxc6 53. Rg6+ Bd6 54. a4 Rh4 55. Kc3 Rxa4 56. Kb3 Rf4 57. Rg2 Kd5 58. Rd2+
Kc5 59. Rc2+ Kb5 60. Rc3 Be5 61. Rd3 Rb4+ 62. Kc2 Kc4 63. Rd8 Rb2+ 64. Kc1 Rh2
65. Rc8+ Kd3 66. Kb1 Bd4 67. Rc7 Rb2+ 68. Kc1 Rb6 69. Rd7 Ra6 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Khegay, Dmitriy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Bg7 5. Qb3 e6 6. Qa3 a5 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bd2
Nb4 9. Qa4+ Bd7 10. Qd1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. O-O Bc6 13. Ne5 Bd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Be2 Ne4 16. a3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 bxc6 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 c5 20. dxc5 Bxa1 21.
Qxa1 Qf6 22. Qc1 c6 23. Qc2 Rfe8 24. Bd3 h5 25. a4 Reb8 26. Rb1 Rb7 27. Bxe4
Rab8 28. Qd2 Rxb4 29. Rxb4 Qa1+ 30. Bb1 Qxb1+ 31. Rxb1 Rxb1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Shimanov, Aleksandr"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 g6 3. Nd2 Bg7 4. c3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Ngf3 Nfd7 7. Be2 e5 8.
dxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. h4 Nf6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. h5 Qe7 13. Nc4 Rd8 14. Qc1
Bg7 15. hxg6 hxg6 16. Ne3 Be6 17. Bc4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd7 19. Qc2 Nc5 20. Kf1 c6
21. g3 Qe6 22. Ne3 a5 23. Kg2 a4 24. Rh7 Bf6 25. Rah1 Kf8 26. c4 Ke7 27. g4 Kd7
28. g5 Be7 29. Rxf7 Kc7 30. Rhh7 Rd7 31. Qc3 Nd3 32. Kf1 Re8 33. Nf5 gxf5 34.
exf5 Qd6 35. f6 e4 36. Ne1 Qf4 37. Nxd3 exd3 38. Rxe7 Rexe7 39. Rxe7 d2 40.
Rxd7+ Kxd7 41. Qd3+ Ke6 42. Qe2+ Kf7 43. Qe7+ Kg6 44. Qg7+ Kf5 45. Ke2 Qxc4+
46. Kxd2 Qd4+ 47. Ke2 Qe4+ 48. Kf1 Qh1+ 49. Ke2 Qe4+ 50. Kd2 Qd4+ 51. Ke2 Qe4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zierk, Steven C"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2499"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Qc7 7. c3 Nf6 8.
d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 O-O 10. Nc3 Rb8 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxd5 cxd5 13. Bg5 d6 14. exd6
exd6 15. Rc1 Qd7 16. b3 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bf4 Rb6 19. Qd2 Bg4 20. Ne1 Rc6
21. Rxc6 Qxc6 22. Nc2 Qb6 23. Bh6 Bxh6 24. Qxh6 Bf5 25. Ne3 Qxd4 26. h3 Be6 27.
Qg5 Qa1+ 28. Kh2 Qe5+ 29. Qg3 d4 30. Nc2 Bf5 31. f4 Qe4 32. Na3 d5 33. Nb5 d3
34. Nc3 Qd4 35. Nd1 d2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.14"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tristan, Leonardo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.14"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 a6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Qb3 c5 6. e4 Nc6 7. Nf3 c4 8. Qd1
Bb4 9. exd5 Qxd5 10. Be2 Be6 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Nf6 13. Ba3 Ne4 14. Qc2 Nd6
15. Nd2 Bf5 16. Qb2 Bd3 17. Bf3 Qb5 18. Rfe1+ Kd7 19. Qc1 Rae8 20. Bxd6 Kxd6
21. Qa3+ Kc7 22. h4 Qa5 23. Qb2 Qb5 24. Qc1 g5 25. a4 Qf5 26. Qa3 gxh4 27. d5
Ne5 28. d6+ Kb8 29. Qb4 Nxf3+ 30. Nxf3 h3 31. Nd4 Qd5 32. f3 Rhg8 33. Re7 Rxg2+
34. Kh1 Rxe7 35. dxe7 Re2 36. Rg1 Ka7 37. a5 Re6 38. Qb6+ Rxb6 39. axb6+ Kxb6
40. e8=Q Ka7 41. Qe3 Qc5 42. Rg8 a5 43. Rd8 a4 44. Rd5 Qb6 45. Ra5+ Qxa5 46.
Nc6+ Ka6 47. Nxa5 Kxa5 48. Qc5+ b5 49. Qa7# 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bg7 5. Bxf6 Bxf6 6. cxd5 c6 7. e4 Bg7 8.
Qd2 cxd5 9. exd5 O-O 10. Bc4 a6 11. a4 e6 12. dxe6 Bxe6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14. Nge2
Nc6 15. Rd1 Qb6 16. O-O Rad8 17. Qc2 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Rd2 Qc6 20. Ne4
Qxc2 21. Rxc2 Bb6 22. Rc4 Rd4 23. Rxd4 Bxd4 24. b3 Rc8 25. Rd1 e5 26. Kf1 Rc2
27. Rd2 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 Rb1 29. Rc2 Rxb3 30. Rc7 h5 31. Rd7 Kf8 32. f3 b5 33. Nf6
bxa4 34. Nh7+ Ke8 35. Nf6+ Kf8 36. Nh7+ Ke8 37. Nf6+ Kf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D73"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. c4 O-O 8.
cxd5 Nxd5 9. Nb3 e6 10. h4 Nc6 11. Bg5 Qc7 12. Qd2 a5 13. Bh6 Bxh6 14. Qxh6 a4
15. N3d2 Nd4 16. Nf3 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Bd7 18. Nd2 Bc6 19. a3 Rfd8 20. Rac1 Qe5
21. Nc4 Qf6 22. Rfd1 Rac8 23. Qg5 Kg7 24. Ne5 Be8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxd5 exd5
27. Qe3 Bc6 28. Ng4 Qe6 29. Qd4+ f6 30. Rd3 Bd7 31. f3 Rc4 32. Qxd5 Qxd5 33.
Rxd5 Bxg4 34. fxg4 Rxg4 35. Kf2 Rc4 36. Rd7+ Kh6 37. Rxb7 Rc1 38. Rb4 Rb1 39.
g4 f5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Ke3 Kh5 42. Rxa4 Rxb2 43. Rb4 Ra2 44. a4 h6 45. Kf4 Kg6
46. e3 Ra3 47. Rb6+ Kh5 48. Ra6 Rb3 49. Rd6 Ra3 50. Kxf5 Rxa4 51. e4 Ra1 52. e5
Rf1+ 53. Ke4 Kxh4 54. Rxh6+ Kg5 55. Ra6 Rb1 56. Rf6 Ra1 57. Rf2 Ra4+ 58. Kd5
Ra5+ 59. Kd6 Ra6+ 60. Kc7 Re6 61. Re2 Kf5 62. Kd7 Rxe5 63. Rxe5+ Kxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a6 7. a4 Ba7 8. Re1
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Nbd2 Ng6 11. d4 exd4 12. cxd4 d5 13. exd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 c6 15.
Qb3 h6 16. Bd2 Rb8 17. Ng3 Be6 18. Qc2 Nh4 19. Nxh4 Qxh4 20. Bxd5 cxd5 21. Ne2
Bxd4 22. Nxd4 Qxd4 23. Bc3 Qc4 24. Qd2 d4 25. Qxd4 Qxd4 26. Bxd4 Rbc8 27. Rec1
Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. a5 Bd7 31. Bc3 Bc6 32. Bd4 Bd7 33. Bc3
Bc6 34. Bd4 Bd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.21"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Bg7 7. Nb3 Nc6 8.
Nc3 e6 9. Be3 O-O 10. Bc5 Re8 11. Nb5 b6 12. Ba3 Ba6 13. c4 Ne5 14. Nd6 Nxc4
15. Nxe8 Nxe8 16. Rc1 Nxb2 17. Bxb2 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Bg7 19. Qc1 Nd6 20. Rd1 Bb7
21. Qf4 a5 22. Nd2 b5 23. Rdc1 b4 24. Rc5 e5 25. Qe3 Nf5 26. Qb3 e4 27. e3 Bf8
28. Rc7 a4 29. Qc2 Nd6 30. Bh3 Ba6 31. Qc6 Nb5 32. Rd7 Qe8 33. Qxd5 Nc3 34.
Rxc3 bxc3 35. Nxe4 Be7 36. Rxe7 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. e4 d6 6. Re1 g6 7. d3 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a3 a6 10. h3 b5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Nd2 Nd4 13. Ne2 Qd7 14. Kh2 d5 15. Nc3
Rac8 16. Bg5 dxe4 17. Ndxe4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 f5 19. Nd5 Bxd5 20. exd5 c4 21. Be3
c3 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. b4 f4 24. Qd3 fxg3+ 25. fxg3 Rf2 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Qxe2 Re8
28. Be4 Be5 29. Qg2 Bd6 30. Re1 Qd8 31. Re2 Qg5 32. Qf3 h5 33. Kg2 h4 34. Bd3
Rxe2+ 35. Bxe2 hxg3 36. Qe4 Kg7 37. Qxd4+ Qf6 38. Qxf6+ Kxf6 39. Bg4 Ke5 40.
Bc8 Kxd5 41. Bxa6 Kc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 a5 7. Re1 O-O 8. h3 h6
9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Ne7 12. Bxd7 Qxd7 13. d4 Bb6 14. Ng3 Ng6 15. Be3
exd4 16. cxd4 Rfe8 17. Qd3 c5 18. Rad1 c4 19. Qc2 Ba5 20. Re2 b5 21. d5 Rac8
22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Ndf5 h5 24. Bd4 g6 25. f4 gxf5 26. Nxf5 Nxe4 27. Nh6+ Kh7 28.
fxe5 dxe5 29. Qxe4+ Kxh6 30. Bxe5 f5 31. Qf4+ Kh7 32. Rf1 Bc7 33. Rfe1 Bxe5 34.
Rxe5 Rxe5 35. Rxe5 Rf8 36. Re6 Qg7 37. d6 Rf7 38. d7 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Leko, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2663"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O e5 5. c4 d5 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. Nc3 Be6 8.
Ng5 Qxg5 9. Nxd5 Qd8 10. Ne3 Rc8 11. b3 Bd6 12. Bb2 O-O 13. Rc1 b5 14. Nd5 a6
15. e3 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Nb4 17. Be4 Nxa2 18. Ra1 Nb4 19. Bc3 a5 20. Qe2 Qb6 21. f4
Rfe8 22. Bxh7+ Kxh7 23. Qh5+ Kg8 24. fxe5 g6 25. Qf3 f5 26. exd6 Re4 27. Qg2
Nd5 28. d3 Nxc3 29. dxe4 Nxe4 30. g4 c4 31. gxf5 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.22"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Leko, Peter"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2663"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. c3 O-O 7. Re1 h6 8. h3 a5
9. Nbd2 a4 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Nf1 Nb8 12. Bxd7 Nbxd7 13. Ng3 Re8 14. d4 Bb6 15.
Bd2 c5 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 dxe5 18. c4 Ba5 19. Re2 Bxd2 20. Rxd2 Qa5 21. Nf5
Rad8 22. Ne7+ Kf8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nd5 Nxe4 25. Qc2 Nf6 26. Nc3 a3 27. bxa3
Qxa3 28. Rb1 Rd7 29. Rb6 Qa5 30. Rb5 Qc7 31. Na4 Qd8 32. Nxc5 Rd1+ 33. Kh2 Ng4+
34. Kg3 Qg5 35. Nd7+ Kg8 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 a5 11. O-O-O a4 12. Na1 O-O 13. Nc2 Bc5 14. f4 Nc6 15.
Be3 Rd8 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. Qe3 e5 18. f5 Qxe3+ 19. Nxe3 Nd4 20. g4 Bd7 21. g5
Nh5 22. Nc2 Nxc2 23. Kxc2 Bc6 24. Rg1 Kf8 25. Kd2 Ke7 26. Ke3 Nf4 27. Ne2 Nxe2
28. Bxe2 h6 29. gxh6 gxh6 30. Rg7 Rg8 31. Rdg1 Rxg7 32. Rxg7 Rh8 33. Bh5 Be8
34. h4 Kf6 35. Rg1 Bc6 36. Rd1 Ke7 37. Rg1 Kf6 38. Rd1 Ke7 39. Rg1 Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. d3 Qc7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Nc4 f6 9. Bd2 d5 10. Ba5 Qb8 11. Ne3 Be6 12. b4 d4 13. Nc4 cxb4 14. a3 c5 15.
Nfd2 Nc6 16. axb4 cxb4 17. f4 exf4 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 fxe5 20. Qh5+ Bf7 21.
Qf3 Be7 22. Qc6+ Kf8 23. Nf3 Qe8 24. Nxe5 Qxc6 25. Nxc6 g5 26. Nxe7 Kxe7 27.
Bxb4+ Kf6 28. Ra6+ Kg7 29. Be7 Rhc8 30. Bxg5 Rxc2 31. Bh6+ Kh8 32. Rxf4 Bd5 33.
Rg4 Rg8 34. Bg5 Rg6 35. Bf6+ Kg8 36. Rxg6+ hxg6 37. Bxd4 Rxg2+ 38. Kf1 Rxh2 39.
Rxg6+ Kf7 40. Rg7+ Ke6 41. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2676"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Nb3 Ne5 8. e4
Bb4 9. Qe2 d6 10. Bd2 O-O 11. Bg2 a5 12. f4 Nc6 13. Be3 Qc7 14. O-O Bxc3 15.
bxc3 e5 16. f5 b6 17. g4 Ba6 18. g5 Nd7 19. Rf3 Ne7 20. Rh3 Rfc8 21. Qh5 Nf8
22. f6 Neg6 23. fxg7 Kxg7 24. c5 bxc5 25. Nd2 Rab8 26. Nf1 Bxf1 27. Rxf1 Rb2
28. Rg3 Rcb8 29. Rgf3 Rb1 30. h4 Ne6 31. Qh6+ Kg8 32. h5 Ngf4 33. g6 fxg6 34.
hxg6 Qg7 35. gxh7+ Kh8 36. Qxg7+ Kxg7 37. Bh3 Ng5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.23"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gelfand, Boris"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2676"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ng6 7. Be3 Be7 8.
c3 O-O 9. Nd2 Qc7 10. f4 d5 11. e5 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. g3 e5 14. fxe5 Ncxe5
15. Qb3 Qd8 16. Rxf6 Bxf6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Nf2 Kh8 19. Rd1 Bc5 20. Be2 Bb6 21.
Nc2 Be6 22. Bxb6 axb6 23. c4 Ne7 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Nd4 Bd7 26. Nf3 Nxf3+ 27. Bxf3
Nf5 28. Qf4 Qxf4 29. gxf4 d4 30. a3 Bc6 31. Bg4 Ne3 32. Rxd4 g6 33. h3 Re8 34.
Bd7 Rd8 35. Rd3 Rxd7 36. Rxe3 Rd4 37. b3 Rxf4 38. Nd3 Rd4 39. Kf2 Kg7 40. Ne5
Bh1 41. Re1 Rd2+ 42. Kg3 Bg2 43. h4 Rb2 44. b4 h5 45. b5 Kf6 46. Nd7+ Kf7 47.
Ne5+ Kf6 48. Nd7+ Kf7 49. Ne5+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5
a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Ne4 11. Nd2 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Ba3 Bf5 14. e4 dxe4
15. Nxe4 Qc7 16. Re1 Rfd8 17. Rb1 b6 18. Qf3 Rac8 19. Rb5 e6 20. Nd6 Rxd6 21.
Bxd6 Qxd6 22. Rxb6 Nxd4 23. Rxd6 Nxf3+ 24. Bxf3 Rxc3 25. Rd8+ Bf8 26. Kg2 Kg7
27. Be4 Bxe4+ 28. Rxe4 Rc2 29. Rd7 g5 30. Rxe6 Bc5 31. Re5 Kf6 32. Rdd5 Bxf2
33. Kf3 Rxa2 34. Rxg5 a3 35. Rdf5+ Ke6 36. Ra5 Bg1 37. Ra6+ Ke7 38. h4 Bd4 39.
Kg4 Ra1 40. Rb5 Bb2 41. Kh5 Re1 42. g4 Re6 43. Rb7+ Kf8 44. Rxe6 fxe6 45. Ra7
Ke8 46. g5 Kd8 47. Kh6 e5 48. Kxh7 e4 49. g6 e3 50. Rxa3 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bd7 10. e4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 Bc6 12. Qe3 Qb8 13. f4 Be7 14. e5 Ng4 15.
Qe2 h5 16. Bb5 g6 17. h3 Nh6 18. Bxc6+ bxc6 19. g4 Qb4 20. a5 Rd8 21. Ra4 Qb3
22. Re4 Bb4 23. a6 Bc5+ 24. Kg2 Ke7 25. f5 gxf5 26. Bg5+ Ke8 27. Bxd8 fxe4 28.
Bf6 Rg8 29. Rd1 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ding, Liren"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D78"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2791"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Qb3 a5 8. cxd5
a4 9. Qd1 cxd5 10. Nc3 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nc6 12. e3 Qa6 13. Re1 Rd8 14. Bf1 Qa7 15.
h3 h6 16. Qe2 Ne4 17. Rec1 Nxd2 18. Qxd2 e6 19. Bb5 Bd7 20. Bxa4 Nxd4 21. exd4
Bxa4 22. Nxa4 Qxa4 23. Rc7 Rd7 24. b3 Qb5 25. Rac1 Rxc7 26. Rxc7 Qb6 27. Qf4
Rf8 28. Rc5 Qb4 29. Kg2 Qa3 30. Rb5 Qxa2 31. Rxb7 Qa6 32. Rb8 Qa7 33. Rxf8+
Bxf8 34. Ne5 Bd6 35. Qf6 Bxe5 36. Qxe5 Qb6 37. Qe3 Qb4 38. h4 h5 39. Qd3 Kg7
40. Qe3 Kg8 41. Qd3 Kg7 42. Qe3 Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.24"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Ding, Liren"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D16"]
[WhiteElo "2791"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 e6 6. e3 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Rd1 Nd5 12. Bb3 Ncb4 13. Ne5 Bd7 14. Qg4 Nf6
15. Qg3 Kh8 16. d5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Nbxd5 18. Nxd5 Be6 19. Bh6 Nh5 20. Qf3 Bg5 21.
Nf4 Qf6 22. Bxg5 Qxe5 23. Qxh5 h6 24. h4 Kg8 25. Re1 Qf5 26. g4 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C93"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "132"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. h3
Re8 9. Re1 h6 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. d4 b5 12. Bc2 Bb7 13. d5 Nb8 14. c4 c6 15. b3
Qc7 16. Nf1 Nbd7 17. Be3 Rec8 18. Bd3 bxc4 19. bxc4 cxd5 20. cxd5 Nc5 21. Bxc5
Qxc5 22. N1d2 Nd7 23. Rb1 Qc7 24. Nc4 Rcb8 25. Bf1 Bc8 26. Rc1 Nc5 27. Nfd2 Bd7
28. h4 a5 29. Re3 a4 30. Be2 Qd8 31. g3 Rb7 32. Bg4 Bb5 33. Kg2 Rab8 34. Qf3
Be7 35. Rec3 Ba6 36. R1c2 Rb4 37. Bh3 R4b7 38. Kh2 Rb4 39. Kg2 R4b7 40. Nf1
Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rb2 42. Ne3 Rxc2 43. Rxc2 Rb4 44. Nc4 Bf8 45. h5 Qb8 46. Bf5 Rb1
47. Nd2 Rb2 48. Qc3 Rxc2 49. Qxc2 Be7 50. Nc4 Qb4 51. Bg4 g6 52. Be2 Kg7 53.
Kf1 Qb8 54. Na5 a3 55. Nc4 Qb4 56. hxg6 fxg6 57. Qc1 Nxe4 58. Qxa3 Qxa3 59.
Nxa3 Nc3 60. Bc4 Bd8 61. Bb3 Bb6 62. Nc4 Bc5 63. Kg2 Nxd5 64. Nxd6 Nf4+ 65.
gxf4 Bxd6 66. fxe5 Bxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Be7 7. e4 O-O 8. Nf3
Qa5 9. Bd2 Qh5 10. Be2 d5 11. exd5 exd5 12. cxd5 Nxd5 13. O-O Nxc3 14. Bxc3 Qg6
15. Bd3 Bf5 16. Bxf5 Qxf5 17. Qb3 b6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qa4 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 Rc8
21. h3 h6 22. Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Rd8 24. Rxd8+ Bxd8 25. Nd4 Nxd4 26. Bxd4 f6 27.
f3 Kf7 28. Kf2 Ke6 29. Ke3 Kd5 30. Kd3 a6 31. a4 b5 32. axb5 axb5 33. b3 Be7
34. Be3 Bf8 35. Bd2 Be7 36. Be3 Bf8 37. Bd2 Be7 38. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2784"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nc6 16. d5 Nb4 17. Bb1 a5 18. a3 Na6 19. b4 Bd7 20. Bd2 axb4 21. axb4 Qb8
22. Bd3 Be7 23. Qe2 Rc8 24. Nh4 g6 25. h3 Kg7 26. Nf3 Bd8 27. Kh2 Bb6 28. Rf1
Nc7 29. Nh4 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Nce8 31. f4 exf4 32. Bxf4 Bd4 33. Rf1 Be5 34. Bxe5
dxe5 35. Qb2 Ng8 36. Nf3 f6 37. Nd2 Nd6 38. Nb3 Nb7 39. Rc1 Rxc1 40. Qxc1 Ne7
41. Nc5 Be8 42. Ne6+ Kh7 43. Qf1 Ng8 44. Bxb5 Nd6 45. Bxe8 Nxe8 46. Qa6 Nd6 47.
Qc6 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.25"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Nepomniachtchi, Ian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2784"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. e3 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. c4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. d3 a5 8. b5 e4
9. dxe4 Nxe4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. O-O Qf6 12. Nd4 Nd7 13. f3 Nec5 14. Nc3 Nb6 15.
Qd2 Be6 16. Nxe6+ Qxe6 17. Rfe1 Rfe8 18. Bf1 Qf6 19. Rac1 Re7 20. e4 Rae8 21.
Nd1 a4 22. Nf2 h5 23. Re3 Kg8 24. Rce1 Qe6 25. Qc3 Qe5 26. Qc1 Qd4 27. Rd1 Qg7
28. g3 f5 29. Nh3 fxe4 30. f4 Nd3 31. Bxd3 exd3 32. Rexd3 Nd7 33. b6 Nc5 34.
Rd5 Ne4 35. Re1 c6 36. Rd3 Nf2 37. Rde3 Nxh3+ 38. Kg2 Rxe3 39. Rxe3 Rxe3 40.
Qxe3 Qd7 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 c6 7. Bb2 Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 a5 10. b5 a4 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. Bd3 cxb5 13. cxb5 Nbd7 14. O-O e6 15.
Rc2 Rfc8 16. Rfc1 a3 17. Ba1 Qd8 18. Nb1 Bf8 19. Bc3 Nb6 20. Qd1 Nc4 21. Ba1
Nb6 22. Nd2 Ne8 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Bc3 Qd7 25. Ba5 Rxc1 26. Qxc1 Na4 27. Qc2 Nb2
28. Bf1 Nd6 29. Qb3 Nbc4 30. Nxc4 dxc4 31. Bxc4 Qc8 32. Bd3 Qc1+ 33. Kh2 Nf5
34. Qc2 Bd6+ 35. g3 Nxg3 36. Qxc1 Ne2+ 37. Kg2 Nxc1 38. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c6 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rc1 dxc4 10. bxc4 e5 11. d4 exd4 12. exd4 Nf8 13. Qc2 Bg4 14. h3 Bh5 15.
Rcd1 Qa5 16. d5 Rad8 17. Nd4 Bxe2 18. Ncxe2 cxd5 19. Nb3 Qxa2 20. Nec1 Qa6 21.
Bxf6 gxf6 22. cxd5 Ng6 23. Nd4 Re5 24. Nf3 Rh5 25. Ne2 Qa5 26. Qe4 Qc7 27. g3
Qd7 28. h4 Re8 29. Qc4 f5 30. Rfe1 f4 31. Nc3 Rxe1+ 32. Rxe1 fxg3 33. Ne4 gxf2+
34. Kxf2 Rf5 35. Nxd6 Rxf3+ 36. Kxf3 Qxd6 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Qd4+ Kh6 39. Rg8 f6
40. Re8 Ne5+ 41. Kg2 Qa3 42. Qf4+ Kg6 43. Qg3+ Qxg3+ 44. Kxg3 Nf7 45. Kf4 Nd6
46. Re6 Nc4 47. d6 Nb6 48. h5+ Kxh5 49. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D79"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "80"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 c6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nc3 d5 7. cxd5 cxd5 8. Ne5
Bf5 9. O-O Ne4 10. Be3 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Nc6 12. Qb3 e6 13. Nxc6 bxc6 14. Rac1 Qa5
15. Bf4 Rac8 16. e3 c5 17. Bd6 c4 18. Qb4 Qxb4 19. Bxb4 Rfe8 20. Rfe1 Rb8 21.
e4 Bxe4 22. Bxe4 dxe4 23. Rxe4 f5 24. Re2 Bxd4 25. Bd6 Rbd8 26. cxd4 Rxd6 27.
Rxc4 Kf7 28. Ra4 a6 29. Re5 Red8 30. Rea5 Rxd4 31. Rxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxa6 Kf6 33.
h4 Rd2 34. Kf1 h6 35. Ra5 g5 36. hxg5+ hxg5 37. Kg2 Rb2 38. Kf1 Rd2 39. Kg2 Rb2
40. Kf1 Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. d4 Bf5 6. Qb3 Ra7 7. Nh4 Bc8 8. a4 e6
9. Nf3 c5 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Be6 13. Qd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Bc5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. b3 O-O 17. Bb2 Ra8 18. Rc1 Qe7 19. Bd3 Rad8 20. Ne2 e5 21. Ng3 g6
22. Qe2 Na5 23. Bxe5 Nxb3 24. Rb1 Qxe5 25. Rxb3 Rd7 26. Rfb1 Rff7 27. Qb2 Ng4
28. Qxe5 Nxe5 29. Be2 Kg7 30. Kf1 h5 31. Bf3 Kh6 32. Ke2 b6 33. Rd1 h4 34. Nf1
d4 35. exd4 Bxd4 36. Ne3 h3 37. Rb4 hxg2 38. Bxg2 Rf4 39. Rb3 Rdf7 40. Rf1 Bc5
41. a5 bxa5 42. Rb7 a4 43. Rxf7 Rxf7 44. Bd5 Rf4 45. Rb1 a3 46. Rb8 Ra4 47. Ba2
Bxe3 48. fxe3 Rh4 49. h3 Kg7 50. Rb3 Rxh3 51. Rxa3 Rh2+ 52. Kf1 Ng4 53. Be6 Nf6
54. Rxa6 Rh5 55. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.26"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ivanchuk, Vassily"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2678"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 g6 12. O-O-O Nb6 13. Kb1 Nbxd5 14. Bg5 Be7
15. g3 O-O 16. h4 Qc7 17. Bd3 a5 18. a4 Nb4 19. Bb5 d5 20. c3 Nc6 21. Bxf6 Bxf6
22. Qxd5 Rad8 23. Qe4 Kg7 24. Rdg1 Rh8 25. Ka2 Ne7 26. g4 hxg4 27. Rxg4 Rh5 28.
Qc4 Qb6 29. f4 Nf5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Rg5 Rdh8 32. Qd5 Bf6 33. Rxh5 Rxh5 34. Be2
Rxh4 35. Rxh4 Bxh4 36. Nxa5 Qf2 37. Bc4 Ne3 38. Qxb7 Nd1 39. Qb3 Qd2 40. Kb1
Bf6 41. Qc2 Qe1 42. Ka2 g5 43. Nb3 g4 44. a5 g3 45. a6 Ne3 46. Qe4 g2 47. Qb7
Nxc4 48. Qxg2+ Kh6 49. a7 Nb6 50. Qc6 Qe6 51. a8=Q Nxa8 52. Qxa8 Be7 53. Qh1+
Kg7 54. Qg2+ Kf8 55. Qa8+ Kg7 56. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6
8. Nf3 Bd6 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 O-O 11. Qc4 Qd7 12. Bg5 Nd5 13. Ne4 Nb6 14. Qd3
Bb4+ 15. Bd2 Ba6 16. Qxa6 Qxd4 17. Qd3 Qxb2 18. Qb1 Bxd2+ 19. Nxd2 Qe5 20. Nf3
Qc3+ 21. Kf1 Rfe8 22. e3 Qf6 23. Kg2 c5 24. Qc2 c4 25. Rhd1 Rad8 26. Rac1 Qc6
27. Rxd8 Rxd8 28. e4 Qe6 29. Rd1 Rd6 30. a4 Rxd1 31. Qxd1 Qd6 32. Qxd6 cxd6 33.
a5 Na4 34. Nd4 Nc5 35. Kf3 a6 36. Ke3 Kf8 37. Nc6 c3 38. Nb4 Ke8 39. Kd4 Kd7
40. f3 c2 41. Nxc2 Nb3+ 42. Kd5 Nxa5 43. Nb4 Nb3 44. Nxa6 Nd2 45. f4 Nf1 46.
Nb8+ Kc7 47. Na6+ Kd7 48. Nb8+ Ke8 49. Kxd6 Nxh2 50. Nc6 h5 51. Nd4 Nf1 52. Ne2
g6 53. e5 Ne3 54. Nd4 Nf1 55. Ne2 Ne3 56. Nd4 Nf1 57. Ne2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. Re1 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nd7 12. dxc5 dxc5 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. b3 Qc7 15.
Nf1 Rfd8 16. Qe2 Nb6 17. Ne3 g6 18. h4 Nc6 19. h5 b4 20. c4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 exd4
22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. exd5 Bf6 24. Bd3 Qd7 25. Qf3 Bg7 26. Bg5 Re8 27. Qf4 Bf8 28.
Bf6 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 Re8 30. Rxe8 Qxe8 31. Kf1 Bc8 32. Be5 Qd8 33. Bf6 Qd6 34.
Qg5 h6 35. Qh4 Bg7 36. Be7 Qe5 37. hxg6 Bf5 38. gxf7+ Kxf7 39. Qh5+ Kxe7 40.
Qxf5 Qxf5 41. Bxf5 Be5 42. g3 a5 43. Kg2 Kf6 44. Bd3 Bd6 45. Kh3 Kg5 46. f4+
Kf6 47. Kg4 Bc7 48. Kh4 Bd6 49. Kg4 Bc7 50. Kf3 Bd6 51. Ke4 Kg6 52. Be2 Kf6 53.
Bh5 Bf8 54. Bg4 Bd6 55. Kd3 Bf8 56. Kc2 Kg6 57. Kb2 h5 58. Bd7 h4 59. gxh4 Kh5
60. Kc2 Kxh4 61. Kd3 Kg3 62. f5 Kf4 63. f6 Ke5 64. f7 Kf4 65. Be6 Bd6 66. Bd7
Bf8 67. Be6 Bd6 68. Ke2 Kg3 69. Kd3 Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 O-O 5. Nge2 b5 6. cxb5 a6 7. b6 cxb6 8. Bg2
Nc6 9. O-O Bc5 10. d3 d6 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 Bxe3 13. fxe3 Ne7 14. d4 b5 15.
dxe5 dxe5 16. Qd6 Ng6 17. Nd5 Be6 18. Qxd8 Rfxd8 19. Nec3 Ne8 20. a4 Nd6 21. h4
Bg4 22. Rfc1 h5 23. Bf1 Rac8 24. axb5 axb5 25. Bd3 Nc4 26. Nxb5 Nxb2 27. Bf1
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. Rxc8+ Bxc8 30. Be2 Bg4 31. Bxg4 hxg4 32. Nd6 Nd3 33. h5
Nh8 34. h6 gxh6 35. Nf5 Kh7 36. Nf6+ Kg6 37. Nxg4 h5 38. Nf2 Nxf2 39. Kxf2 f6
40. Kf3 Nf7 41. Kg2 Ng5 42. Nd6 Kg7 43. g4 hxg4 44. Kg3 Nxe4+ 45. Nxe4 f5 46.
Nf2 f4+ 47. exf4 exf4+ 48. Kxf4 g3 49. Kf3 gxf2 50. Kxf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.27"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Annotator "Kasimdzhanov,R"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

{[%evp 0,28,19,28,20,30,49,35,35,28,30,11,22,34,54,25,18,10,10,-9,-8,-5,-32,
-29,-35,-40,-30,-21,-25,-19,-16] This is the fourth game of the match in a
preliminary stage of the tournament. First 3 games were drawn, with Svidler
defending some pretty shaky positions.} 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3
O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. O-O Qb6 7. Nbd2 d5 (7... Qxb2 {was surprisingly possible, but
nobody does that in rapid, of course -} 8. Nc4 Qb5 $1) 8. Qc1 {a bit passive.
After} (8. dxc5 {White would have more chances to fight for initiative, for
instance} Qxb2 9. Be5 Qa3 10. c4 Qxc5 11. Nb3 Qc6 12. Rc1) 8... Nc6 9. c3 Nh5
$1 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Nxg3 13. hxg3 {White played the opening as if
he were playing with the black pieces. A similar strategy was often employed
by Gata Kamsky.} e5 {Not the only way to continue.} (13... Bf5 14. Nb3 c4 15.
Nbd2 Rac8 16. b3 cxb3 17. axb3 a6 18. b4 {[%cal Gd2b3] White keeps his fair
share of chances here.}) 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15. dxe5 Bxe5 16. e4 dxe4 17. Nc4 $5 {
Magnus starts a very brave attempt at complicating matters.} (17. Nxe4 Bf5 18.
Nd2 Rad8 19. Nc4 Qc7 $11 {is much more simple.}) 17... Qe6 (17... Qc7 18. Qe3
Bf5 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Nxe5 Qxe5 21. f4 {the point} gxf4 22. gxf4 Qg7 {with a
mess}) 18. Qe3 Bg7 $6 {Maybe slightly inaccurate.} ({After} 18... Bc7 $1 {
Black controls d6, and feels much safer.} 19. Qxc5 Qc6 $1 20. Qxc6 bxc6 {
and only Black could be better here, though White should be able to hold, of
course.} 21. g4 Be6 22. Nd2 f5 23. gxf5 Bxf5) 19. Qxc5 (19. Rad1 $5 {Not a bad
idea, actually.} b6 20. Nd6 Qe5 21. Nxc8 Raxc8 22. Rd7 Rc7 (22... Qe6 23. Rxa7)
23. Rfd1 {and White has a lasting compensation for the pawn.}) 19... b6 (19...
Qc6 $5 {was maybe simpler:} 20. Qxc6 bxc6 21. Rfd1 Be6 {probably leads to
equality after} 22. Na5 Rab8 23. Rd2 Rb6 ({or} 23... Rxb2 24. Rxb2 Bxc3 25.
Rab1 Bxa5 $44)) 20. Qa3 f5 $6 {Very natural, but does create weaknesses and
ignores the development a bit too much.} ({After} 20... Qc6 21. Rad1 Be6 22.
Ne3 Rfd8 {Black keeps his king very safe and has a full share of chances:} 23.
Qa6 (23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Qxa7 Bf8 25. Rd1 Ra8 26. Bb5 Rxa7 27. Bxc6 Rxa2) 23...
f5 24. g4 f4 25. Nf5 Kh8) 21. Rad1 {Now Black has to solve some serious
tactical problems.} Bd7 {Maybe not the best.} (21... Qg6 22. g4 $5 (22. Rd6 Be6
23. Ne3 Kh8 24. Bc4 Rf6 {Black hangs on in this slightly awkward manner.} 25.
Qb3 Re8 26. Bxe6 Rfxe6 27. Rxe6 Rxe6 28. Qd5 f4 29. Nf5 Re5 30. Qd8+ Re8 31.
Qd7 Bf8 $13) 22... fxg4 23. Rd6 Qe8 24. g3 Kh8 25. Ne3 Be6 26. Qb4 Bg8 27. Bc4
$44) (21... f4 22. Nd6 (22. Rd6 Qe7 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Bc4+ Be6 $1 25. Rxe6 Qxa3
26. bxa3 Kh8 $14) 22... Kh8 23. gxf4 Rxf4 (23... gxf4 24. Nxe4 $1 Bb7 25. Bf3
$1 $16) 24. Bc4 Qe7 25. Bd5 Rb8 26. Bxe4 $14) (21... Kh8 22. Rd6 Qf7 23. Nxb6
$16) 22. Rd6 (22. Ne3 $1 {was already very strong:} Kh8 23. g4 (23. Rd6 $5 Qe8
{transposes, see below.}) 23... f4 24. Nf5 Be5 (24... Rxf5 25. gxf5 Qxf5 26.
Qe7 $16) 25. Bc4 Qe8 26. Bd5 $16) 22... Qe8 (22... Qe7 23. Ne3 (23. Nxb6 {
is too cheap:} axb6 24. Bc4+ Be6 25. Rxe6 Qxa3 $14) 23... Rf6 24. Rfd1 {
White keeps quite some pressure.}) 23. Bh5 $6 {Not the best, but finding the
right line would be tough under any circumctances.} (23. Ne3 $1 Kh8 (23... Be6
24. Rxe6 $1) (23... f4 24. Nd5 f3 25. gxf3 exf3 26. Bc4 Kh8 27. Ne7 $16) 24.
Nd5 Qf7 25. Bh5 $1 {Now!} Qxh5 26. Rxd7 Rf7 27. Qa4 Rxd7 28. Qxd7 Rf8 29. Ne7
$1 Qf7 30. Rd1 f4 31. gxf4 gxf4 32. Qd6 Kh7 33. Re1 $16) (23. Rfd1 {allows
some play:} Bb5 (23... Be6 24. Ne3 Kh8) 24. R6d5 e3) 23... Qe7 (23... Qxh5 24.
Rxd7 Rf7 25. Rfd1 f4 26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Qb3 Rxd7 28. Rxd7 Kh8 29. Qd1 {is still
a bit better for White.}) 24. Ne3 (24. Rfd1 Be6 25. Qa4 Rad8 26. Qc6 Rxd6 27.
Rxd6 Rf6 {doesn't feel clear}) 24... Be6 25. Bd1 $1 {Undoubtedly, the point
behind the plan with Bh5. Now Black has a choice.} (25. g4 f4 26. Nf5 Bxf5 27.
gxf5 Rad8 28. Rfd1 Rxd6 29. Rxd6 g4 $1 30. Bxg4 Qh4) 25... f4 {This leads to
what looks like a draw, but things are very deceptive here...} (25... Rae8 $5 {
looks wrong, but in fact very solid.} 26. Bb3 (26. Rxe6 Qxa3 27. bxa3 Rxe6 28.
Bb3 Kf7 29. Nxf5 Bxc3 {White really has nothing to gain out of the pin, and
even has to be careful.} 30. Nxh6+ Ke7 31. Bxe6 Kxe6) 26... Bxb3 27. Qxb3+ Kh8
28. Rd5 f4 29. Nf5 Qe6 30. g4 e3 {looks very complex.}) (25... Kh8 26. Bb3 $1
f4 27. Nd5 (27. gxf4 gxf4 28. Rxe6 Qxa3 29. bxa3 fxe3 30. fxe3 Rac8 $1) 27...
Qf7 28. Nxf4 Bxb3 29. Ng6+ Kg8 30. Qxb3 Qxb3 31. axb3 Rfe8 32. f4 {Here White
keeps some winning chances though.}) 26. Rxe6 $1 (26. gxf4 gxf4 27. Rxe6 Qxa3
28. bxa3 fxe3 29. fxe3 {leaves less pawns on the board and probably favors
Black.}) 26... Qxa3 27. bxa3 fxe3 28. fxe3 Rxf1+ 29. Kxf1 {This endgame looks
like it shouldn't be too difficult, but Magnus is especially dangerous in
these positions. The rest of the game is deeply impressive.} Kf8 (29... Bxc3
30. Bb3 Kg7 31. Rxe4 $14) (29... Rd8 $5 30. Bb3 Kf8 {This type of finesse is
beyond humans.} 31. Ke2 (31. Rxe4 Re8 $1) 31... Bxc3 32. Rxe4 Rd2+ 33. Kf3 h5
34. g4 h4 35. Re6 Rb2 36. Rg6 Be1 {The brilliant point of Black's counterplay.}
37. Rxg5 Rf2+ 38. Ke4 Rxg2) 30. Ke2 Rc8 31. Bb3 Rxc3 32. Rxe4 Rc5 $6 {Natural,
but not the best.} (32... Rc6 $1 {A great idea, playing for the domination of
white rook. Now even Magnus would find it difficult to generate chances.} 33.
g4 (33. Kf3 Bb2 34. a4 h5 35. g4 h4) (33. Ba4 Rc3 34. Re8+ Kf7 35. Ra8 Rxa3 $11
) 33... Bb2 $1 34. a4 a5 {[%csl Ge4] a unique picture, with a "trapped" rook
in the center of the board.}) 33. Re6 $1 Re5 {More decisive measures were
called for.} (33... h5 $1 {[%cal Gg5g4]} 34. Kd3 (34. g4 hxg4 35. Re4 Bb2 36.
a4 Re5 37. Rxg4 Bc1) 34... g4 35. Ke4 Bb2 {[%cal Gc5c7,Gc7e7] with chances for
counterplay.}) 34. Rd6 (34. Rc6 Rc5 35. Rd6 {has a point, too.}) 34... Ke7 {
Svidler plans on holding the game by staying solid, but perhaps he should have
grabbed the chance for some activity.} (34... g4 $1 {[%csl Gg3][%cal Gh6h5]})
35. Rg6 Kf8 (35... Bf8 $5 {with the same theme, trying to limit White's rook
activity, was the best defence.} 36. a4 (36. g4 Kd7) 36... Kd7 37. Kd3 {
[%cal Ge3e4,Gb3d5] but still tough, of course.}) 36. g4 $1 {Now the World
Champion turns into a well-tuned machine.} Rc5 37. a4 $1 {We'll see soon
enough why.} Re5 38. Kd3 Rc5 39. Bc4 Re5 40. Rc6 Rc5 41. Rd6 Ke7 42. Rg6 Kf8
43. e4 $1 {Actually, zugzwang.} Rc7 44. a5 $1 bxa5 45. Ra6 Ke7 $2 {A loss of
focus, but Svidler was badly pressed on time.} ({After the better} 45... Rd7+
46. Bd5 Rc7 47. Rxa5 Bb2 {Black still has some chances, but his task is not
enviable.}) 46. e5 $1 {Magnus is very focused and grabs his chance.} Kf8 (46...
a4 47. Bd5 Kf8 48. Ke4 {doesn't change much.}) 47. Rxa5 Ke7 48. Bb3 Rb7 49. Ke4
Bf8 50. Kf5 Rc7 51. Ra6 Ke8 52. Kg6 Rb7 53. Re6+ {A slight slip.} (53. e6 $1
Rc7 54. Ra5 {[%cal Ga5f5] was game over.}) 53... Kd8 $2 (53... Be7 {and
there's still a bit of work to be done.} 54. Bd5 (54. Kxh6 Rb6 $1) 54... Rb4
55. Bc6+ Kf8 56. Kxh6 Rxg4 57. Kg6 Rb4) 54. Rf6 Be7 55. Kxh6 $1 Rb5 56. Rf5 Rb4
57. e6 Rxg4 58. Rd5+ Ke8 59. Kg6 Rf4 60. Ra5 Kf8 61. Rxa7 Rf6+ 62. Kh7 Bd6 63.
Rf7+ Rxf7+ 64. exf7 {One of those games that, despite visual simplicity, have
a lot of content, especially for the theme of choosing between varying
defensive formations under pressure. At the end of this game Magnus still had
about 10 minutes, having started with 15. I can't think of many players in
history capable of this level at this speed. Very, very impressive stuff.} 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4 Be7 8. Be3
Qc7 9. Bf3 Nc6 10. g4 Nxd4 11. Qxd4 e5 12. Qd3 Nxg4 13. Nd5 Bh4+ 14. Ke2 Qc6
15. Rag1 Nxe3 16. Nxe3 g6 17. f5 Bd7 18. Rd1 O-O-O 19. c4 Qb6 20. Rd2 Bc6 21.
Qc3 Rhg8 22. b4 gxf5 23. Nxf5 Qf2+ 24. Kd1 Ba4+ 25. Kc1 Bg5 26. Bh5 Bf4 27. Ng3
Kb8 28. Bd1 Bc6 29. Bc2 f5 30. Rhd1 fxe4 31. Kb2 Bxd2 32. Rxd2 Qf3 33. b5 Qxc3+
34. Kxc3 e3 35. Re2 axb5 36. cxb5 Bxb5 37. Rxe3 Rg7 38. Kb4 Bc6 39. Bb3 Rg4+
40. Ka3 Rh4 41. Re2 Rf8 42. Bc2 e4 43. Kb2 d5 44. Kc3 Kc7 45. Kd4 e3+ 46. Kxe3
Re8+ 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 c5 8. dxc5
c3 9. Nb5 Na6 10. Nxc3 Nxc5 11. Be3 Nfe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bd4 Bf5 14. Bxg7
Qxd1 15. Rfxd1 Kxg7 16. Nd4 Nd6 17. Nxf5+ gxf5 18. Rac1 Rfc8 19. e3 Kf6 20. Kf1
a5 21. Ke2 a4 22. a3 Rxc1 23. Rxc1 Ra5 24. Rc2 Rb5 25. Kd2 Ne4+ 26. Kc1 Nc5 27.
Bf1 Ra5 28. Kd1 Ne4 29. Ke1 Nd6 30. Rc7 Rd5 31. Bc4 Re5 32. Bd3 h6 33. Ke2 Rd5
34. Bc4 Ra5 35. Bd3 Ra8 36. Rc5 Rd8 37. Rd5 Rc8 38. Rd4 b5 39. Rh4 Kg7 40. g4
fxg4 41. Rxg4+ Kf6 42. Rf4+ Kg7 43. Rg4+ Kf6 44. Rf4+ Kg7 45. Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2753"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "229"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3 Nbd7 8.
Be3 Nc5 9. f3 h5 10. Qd2 b5 11. O-O-O Bd7 12. Kb1 Qc7 13. a3 Qb7 14. Rhe1 Be7
15. Bg5 b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. e5 dxe5 18. Rxe5 O-O 19. Nd5 Nxb3 20. Qxb4 Bxb4
21. Nxf6+ gxf6 22. Bxf6 Kh7 23. Nxb3 Bc6 24. Rd4 Rfb8 25. Rf4 Kh6 26. Rg5 Be1
27. h4 Rg8 28. Nd4 Bd5 29. Rxg8 Rxg8 30. Bg5+ Kg6 31. Ne2 Bd2 32. Rf6+ Kg7 33.
Rh6 Bxg5 34. hxg5 e5 35. Ng3 Kf8 36. Rxh5 Ke7 37. b3 a5 38. Nf5+ Kd7 39. Ne3
Be6 40. g3 Rb8 41. Rh4 Bxb3 42. Kc1 Be6 43. Ra4 Rb5 44. Kd2 Rc5 45. c4 Ke7 46.
Kc3 Bd7 47. Ra1 a4 48. Nd5+ Kd6 49. Nb6 Bc6 50. Nxa4 Ra5 51. Kb4 Ra7 52. Rd1+
Ke7 53. Nb6 Rb7 54. Kc5 Bxf3 55. Rf1 Rc7+ 56. Kb4 Bc6 57. Rf6 Bg2 58. Kc3 Rc6
59. Rxc6 Bxc6 60. c5 Ke6 61. Kd3 Kf5 62. Nc4 e4+ 63. Kd4 Kxg5 64. Ne5 Ba4 65.
Nxf7+ Kg4 66. Kxe4 Kxg3 67. Ne5 Be8 68. Kd5 Kf4 69. Nc4 Bf7+ 70. Kd4 Be8 71.
Nb6 Bc6 72. Nd5+ Kf3 73. Ke5 Ke2 74. Kd6 Be8 75. Nc7 Ba4 76. Kd5 Kd3 77. Ne6
Kc3 78. Nd4 Kb4 79. Nc6+ Kc3 80. Ne5 Kb4 81. Kd6 Bb5 82. Nf3 Ba4 83. Nd2 Kc3
84. Ne4+ Kb4 85. Nf6 Kc4 86. Nd5 Be8 87. Nb6+ Kb5 88. Nc8 Ka6 89. Kd5 Bd7 90.
Nd6 Ka7 91. Ne4 Kb7 92. Kd6 Bc6 93. Nc3 Bh1 94. Na2 Bg2 95. Nb4 Bh1 96. Kd7 Bg2
97. Nc2 Bh1 98. Nd4 Bg2 99. Kd6 Bh1 100. Nb3 Bg2 101. Na5+ Ka6 102. Nc6 Kb7
103. Nd8+ Kc8 104. Ne6 Kb7 105. Ng5 Bh1 106. Nf7 Bg2 107. Nd8+ Kc8 108. Nc6 Kb7
109. Na5+ Ka6 110. Nc4 Kb7 111. Ne3 Bh1 112. Nf5 Bg2 113. c6+ Bxc6 114. Nd4 Ka8
115. Nxc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.28"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kramnik, Vladimir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B15"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2753"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8.
Qc2 Re8+ 9. Be3 h6 10. Nf3 Bf4 11. Qe2 c5 12. dxc5 Qc7 13. O-O-O Bxe3+ 14. fxe3
Qxc5 15. Nd4 Nc6 16. Nxc6 bxc6 17. Bc4 Be6 18. Bxe6 Rxe6 19. Rd3 Rae8 20. Re1
Qc4 21. b3 Qc5 22. Kb2 Qe5 23. g3 a5 24. Rd4 c5 25. Ra4 Rd6 26. Rc1 Red8 27.
Rc2 Rd3 28. Rxa5 Qe7 29. e4 Qc7 30. Ra8 c4 31. Rxd8+ Qxd8 32. e5 fxe5 33. Qxe5
Rd1 34. Re2 Qd3 35. Qe8+ Kh7 36. Qe4+ f5 37. Qxd3 cxd3 38. Rf2 Re1 39. Rd2 g5
40. c4 Kg6 41. c5 f4 42. gxf4 g4 43. Rxd3 Re2+ 44. Kc3 Rxh2 45. c6 Rh1 46. Kc2
Rh2+ 47. Kc3 Rh1 48. Kc2 Rh2+ 49. Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nd4 d5 5. cxd5 Qxd5 6. e3 Bc5 7. Nc3 Qe5 8. d3
exd3 9. Qxd3 Nf6 10. Bg2 O-O 11. O-O Rd8 12. Nce2 Bb6 13. Qc2 Na6 14. Bd2 Qc5
15. Qb3 Qe7 16. Rfd1 Bg4 17. h3 Bh5 18. Nf5 Qc7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Neg3 Nc5 21. Qc4
Ne6 22. Bc3 Rxd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rd8 24. Qa4 Nc5 25. Qc2 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qd8 27. Qxd8+
Bxd8 28. Bd4 Bb6 29. Nd6 Nfd7 30. b4 Nd3 31. Bc3 Nc1 32. Bd2 Nxa2 33. Nxb7 c5
34. bxc5 Nxc5 35. Na5 Nc1 36. Nf5 Bxf5 37. gxf5 N1b3 38. Nxb3 Nxb3 39. Bc3 a5
40. Bd5 Nc5 41. Kf1 Bd8 42. Ke2 g6 43. fxg6 hxg6 44. f4 Kf8 45. e4 Ne6 46. Kf3
a4 47. f5 gxf5 48. exf5 Ng5+ 49. Kg4 Nh7 50. h4 Nf6+ 51. Bxf6 Bxf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D80"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
cxd5 cxd4 9. cxd4 Qxd5 10. e3 O-O 11. Be2 Nc6 12. O-O Bf5 13. a3 Rac8 14. Rc1
Qa2 15. Bd3 Bd7 16. Ra1 Qd5 17. Rb1 Na5 18. e4 Qa2 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Bxd2 Nc4
21. Bxc4 Rxc4 22. Rxb7 Bc6 23. Rxe7 Bxd4 24. Nxd4 Rxd4 25. Bh6 Re8 26. Rxa7
Rdxe4 27. h3 Ra4 28. Rc7 Bd5 29. Rd1 Be6 30. Rd3 Rh4 31. Bg5 Ra4 32. Be7 h6 33.
Bb4 g5 34. Kh2 Kg7 35. f4 Kg6 36. Rc5 Rc8 37. f5+ Bxf5 38. Rd6+ f6 39. g4 Rxc5
40. Bxc5 Be4 41. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 c6 3. d4 e4 4. Qa4 d5 5. cxd5 Bd7 6. d6 Bxd6 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Bg5
c5 9. Qd1 Be7 10. Bg2 O-O 11. dxc5 Na6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nxe4 Bxb2 14. Rb1 Ba3
15. Nh3 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Bf5 17. c6 bxc6 18. Qa4 Qe7 19. Qxa6 Bxe4 20. Rc1 Bf5 21.
Nf4 Bd2 22. Rxc6 Rab8 23. e3 Bxe3 24. Nd5 Rb1+ 25. Ke2 Rb2+ 26. Kd1 Qe5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Prelim"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.29"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2020.07.21"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "20"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Be3 Nf6 5. Nc3 c6 6. Qd2 b5 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8. e5
Ng4 9. exd6 exd6 10. Bg5 Ngf6 11. Qe2+ Kf8 12. O-O h6 13. Bf4 Nb6 14. a4 b4 15.
Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 d5 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. c3 Qf6 19. Qe3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 g5 21. Bc7
Qxf3 22. gxf3 Ke7 23. a5 Nc4 24. Bxc4 dxc4 25. Ra4 Kd7 26. Bg3 bxc3 27. bxc3 f5
28. Be5 Bxe5 29. dxe5 Ke6 30. Rxc4 Rac8 31. Rc5 Rhd8 32. c4 Rd3 33. Kg2 h5 34.
h3 g4 35. hxg4 hxg4 36. fxg4 Rg8 37. f3 fxg4 38. fxg4 Rxg4+ 39. Kh2 Rh4+ 40.
Kg2 Rg4+ 41. Kh2 Rh4+ 42. Kg2 Rg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.31"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. e4 Bxc3 5. bxc3 O-O 6. f3 Re8 7. d4 d6 8. Bd3
Nc6 9. Ne2 b6 10. g4 Nd7 11. O-O Ba6 12. Ng3 exd4 13. cxd4 Nxd4 14. Bb2 Ne6 15.
f4 g5 16. fxg5 Qxg5 17. Rf5 Qe3+ 18. Kh1 Ne5 19. Be2 Bb7 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. Bc1
Bxe4+ 22. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Bb2 Re6 25. Raf1 Rae8 26. g5 Nd2 27.
R1f2 Nexc4 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.31"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B80"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. f3 b5 8. a3
Bb7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. Rg1 Rc8 12. Be2 Be7 13. Kb1 Qc7 14. Bg5 Qb6
15. Be3 Qa5 16. g3 Rxc3 17. Nb3 Qc7 18. Qxc3 Qxc3 19. bxc3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21.
Bd2 Bxa3 22. c4 bxc4 23. Bxc4 N7b6 24. Na5 Nxc4 25. Nxc4 Bc5 26. Rge1 h4 27. f4
hxg3 28. hxg3 Ke7 29. f5 Rb8 30. Ka2 Nb4+ 31. Bxb4 Bxb4 32. Re3 Rc8 33. Ne5
Rxc2+ 34. Kb3 Rd2 35. Rxd2 Bxd2 36. Re2 Bd5+ 37. Ka4 Bc3 38. fxe6 Bxe6 39. Re3
Bxe5 40. Rxe5 Kf6 41. Rc5 Bd7+ 42. Kb4 Bb5 43. Kc3 Ke6 44. Kd4 f6 45. Rc7 g5
46. Rb7 Kf5 47. Rb6 Kg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.07.31"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E14"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. b3 Bb7 5. Bb2 Be7 6. d4 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
cxd4 9. exd4 d5 10. Nc3 Nc6 11. Qe2 Re8 12. Rad1 Rc8 13. Rfe1 g6 14. Bb1 Bf8
15. Ne5 Bg7 16. f4 dxc4 17. bxc4 Na5 18. d5 exd5 19. Nxd5 Bxd5 20. cxd5 Nc4 21.
d6 Nd7 22. Bd3 Nxb2 23. Qxb2 Rc5 24. Bb5 Nxe5 25. fxe5 Rexe5 26. Rxe5 Bxe5 27.
Qb3 Bxd6 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "1.21"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B84"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Qd2
b5 9. a3 Bb7 10. f3 Nbd7 11. O-O-O d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Rhe1 O-O-O
15. Be3 Qb7 16. a4 b4 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Nb3 Qc6 19. Qd4 Bd6 20. Na5 Qc5 21.
Bxa6+ Kc7 22. Nb7 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 Ra8 24. Nxd6 Kxd6 25. Bb5 N7f6 26. Bd2 1-0

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "1.22"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2863"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. c4 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Qb3 Qe7 8. Nc3
Na6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 O-O 12. e5 Bxe5 13. Nxe5 Qxe5 14. Qxb7
Nc5 15. Bf4 Qh5 16. Qxc6 Rac8 17. Qb5 a6 18. Qa5 Rfe8 19. f3 Nd3 20. Qxh5 Bxh5
21. Bg5 Nxb2 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Ne4 Rc6 24. Rac1 Ree6 25. Nc5 Re7 26. f4 Rb6 27.
Bd5 Kg7 28. Rf2 Nd1 29. Bb3 Nxf2 30. Kxf2 Re2+ 31. Kg1 Bf3 32. Rc3 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Legends of Chess Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.01"]
[Round "1.23"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.07.31"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "2"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.07.27"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. c4 e5 8.
Qd3 b5 9. Nc3 bxc4 10. Qxc4 Qc8 11. Qd3 Qb7 12. O-O h6 13. Nd2 Be6 14. Nc4 Qc6
15. b3 Nf6 16. Ne3 Rc8 17. Bd2 Be7 18. Rac1 Qb7 19. Ncd5 O-O 20. Nxe7+ Qxe7 21.
Rxc8 Rxc8 22. Rc1 Rxc1+ 23. Bxc1 Qc7 24. Bd2 Qc6 25. f3 d5 26. exd5 Nxd5 27.
Nxd5 Bxd5 28. Qc3 Qe6 29. Qc5 f6 30. h3 Qd7 31. Be3 Qe6 32. Qb6 Qxb6 33. Bxb6
Kf7 34. Bc5 g5 35. Kf2 h5 36. Bb6 h4 37. Bd8 Ke6 38. Ke3 Kf5 39. Kf2 Ke6 40.
Ke3 Kf5 41. Kf2 Ke6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Swicarz, Maciej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2325"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nc4 Qc7 8.
Qf3 Nb6 9. Bf4 Qd7 10. O-O-O Qg4 11. Qxg4 Bxg4 12. f3 Nxc4 13. Bxc4 Bf5 14.
Rhe1 b5 15. Bb3 e6 16. d5 cxd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Rxd5 Be7 19. Rxf5 exf5 20. Bd6
O-O 21. Bxe7 Rfe8 22. a4 a6 23. a5 Ra7 24. Bb4 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Re7 26. Kd1 g5
27. Bf2 Kg7 28. Bd4+ Kg6 29. Kd2 h5 30. c4 bxc4 31. Bxc4 Rd7 32. Kc3 Rd6 33.
Bb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Valdes, Luis Enrique"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A08"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "128"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 d5 5. O-O Nc6 6. Nbd2 Nf6 7. e4 O-O 8. Re1
e5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. a3 Re8 11. Rb1 b6 12. Ne4 h6 13. c4 Nc7 14. b4 cxb4 15.
axb4 b5 16. c5 Be6 17. Nd6 Re7 18. Bb2 Bd5 19. Qd2 Qd7 20. Bc3 a6 21. Qb2 f6
22. Nd2 Bxg2 23. Kxg2 Nd5 24. Qb3 Qe6 25. Nf3 Nc7 26. d4 Qxb3 27. Rxb3 Nd5 28.
dxe5 fxe5 29. Bd2 Re6 30. Ne4 Rd8 31. Ra1 Nc7 32. Bc3 g5 33. h3 Rd3 34. Rab1
Nd4 35. Bxd4 Rxb3 36. Rxb3 exd4 37. Nd6 Nd5 38. Nf5 d3 39. Rxd3 Nxb4 40. Rd8+
Bf8 41. N3d4 Rf6 42. Nd6 Kh7 43. Ne4 Rf7 44. Ne6 Bg7 45. Nd6 Re7 46. Nd4 Bxd4
47. Nf5 Nc6 48. Rd6 Rc7 49. Nxd4 Nxd4 50. Rxd4 Rxc5 51. Rd7+ Kg8 52. Rd6 a5 53.
Rxh6 b4 54. Rb6 Rc4 55. Rb5 a4 56. Rxg5+ Kf7 57. Ra5 a3 58. h4 Rc2 59. h5 a2
60. g4 b3 61. g5 b2 62. Ra7+ Ke6 63. Ra6+ Kf5 64. Ra5+ Kg4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Quintiliano Pinto, Renato Rodrigues"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Nfd7 8. Bg2
Be7 9. Be3 Nc6 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 b5 13. g5 Bb7 14. h4 e5 15. Qd2
exf4 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Nd5 Rc8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. b3 Qc7 20. Rad1 Qxc2 21. Qxc2
Rxc2 22. Rxd6 Ng6 23. Bg3 Re8 24. Rf2 Rc1+ 25. Kh2 h5 26. gxh6 gxh6 27. h5 Ne5
28. Bxe5 Rxe5 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Rd7 Rxh5+ 31. Kg3 Rg5+ 32. Kh4 Bc8 33. Rdxf7+
Kh8 34. Rf8+ Rg8 35. Rxg8+ Kxg8 36. e5 Re1 37. Bd5+ Kg7 38. Rf7+ Kg6 39. Rc7
Bf5 40. Bf7+ Kg7 41. Kg3 Bb1 42. Bd5+ Kg6 43. Kf4 Rf1+ 44. Ke3 Re1+ 45. Kd4
Bxa2 46. e6 Rd1+ 47. Ke5 Kg5 48. Rg7+ Kh4 49. e7 Re1+ 50. Kd6 a5 51. Be6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Gharibyan, Mamikon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2432"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. d3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Be2
e5 9. O-O h6 10. Re1 Re8 11. a3 a5 12. a4 b6 13. Nc4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15. Bd2
Bb7 16. Qb3 Qc7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. Bf1 Bc8 19. Bc1 Be6 20. g3 Kh7 21. Bg2 f5 22.
Qc2 Bf7 23. Kh2 Nde7 24. Qb3 Nc8 25. Qb5 Bd5 26. Ne3 Bf7 27. Nc4 N6a7 28. Qb3
e4 29. dxe4 Rxd1 30. Rxd1 fxe4 31. Bf4 Qc6 32. Nfd2 g5 33. Bb8 b5 34. axb5 Nxb5
35. Qa4 Bg6 36. g4 Qb7 37. Bg3 Ncd6 38. Nxd6 Nxd6 39. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Mons, Leon"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2540"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3
O-O 9. Nc3 Bb7 10. Bd2 Qd7 11. Ne2 Nd8 12. Ng3 Ne6 13. Nf5 Rfe8 14. Ng5 d5 15.
Nxe6 fxe6 16. Nxe7+ Rxe7 17. Bb4 Ree8 18. f3 a5 19. Bc5 Qc6 20. Bf2 Qd6 21. Qd2
c5 22. Rae1 h6 23. f4 dxe4 24. fxe5 Qxe5 25. d4 Qd6 26. c3 c4 27. Bg3 Qd5 28.
Bc2 e5 29. Rxf6 exd4 30. Rd6 e3 31. Qe2 d3 32. Rxd5 Bxd5 33. Bxd3 cxd3 34. Qxd3
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Aitbayev, Aslan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2457"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. c3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. b4 a5 8. Ngf3
axb4 9. cxb4 b6 10. Bc4 Qh5 11. O-O bxc5 12. b5 Nbd7 13. a4 Nb6 14. a5 Nbd5 15.
Bb2 O-O 16. Ne5 Qh6 17. Ndf3 Bb7 18. a6 Bc8 19. Nc6 Bd6 20. Be5 Bxe5 21. Nfxe5
Nb6 22. Qc1 Qh4 23. Be2 Nfd7 24. Bf3 f6 25. Nxd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bocharov, Dmitry"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E63"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. d5
Na5 9. b3 c5 10. dxc6 Nxc6 11. Bg5 Bf5 12. Rc1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. Qd2 Rc8
15. Bh6 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qa5 18. Rc2 Nd4 19. Qd2 Qxd2 20. Rxd2 Nxf3+
21. exf3 b5 22. cxb5 axb5 23. Re1 Rc7 24. Re4 Ra8 25. f4 Kf8 26. Kg2 Rc5 27. h4
d5 28. Re5 e6 29. h5 Ke7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Kf3 Kd6 32. Kg4 b4 33. Kg5 Rca5 34.
Ree2 Ke7 35. g4 f6+ 36. Kh4 g5+ 37. fxg5 Rh8+ 38. Kg3 fxg5 39. Rd4 Rb5 40. Rd3
Rc5 41. Rd4 Rb5 42. Rd3 Kd6 43. Rde3 Rh6 44. Re5 Rg6 45. R5e3 Rc5 46. Rd2 e5
47. Rf3 Rc3 48. Kg2 Rxf3 49. Kxf3 Rf6+ 50. Kg3 d4 51. Rc2 Kd5 52. Rc8 Ke4 53.
Rc4 Kd3 54. Rxb4 e4 55. Rb5 e3 56. fxe3 dxe3 57. Rd5+ Ke4 58. Rd8 e2 59. Re8+
Kd3 60. b4 Rf1 61. b5 e1=Q+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bartel, Mateusz"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B91"]
[WhiteElo "2643"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Nc6 10. Be3 Bd7 11. Re1 Rc8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 Bxd4
15. Qxd4 Rxc2 16. Rac1 Rxc1 17. Rxc1 Qb8 18. h4 Rc8 19. Re1 e5 20. dxe6 Bxe6
21. h5 Rc5 22. h6 Qf8 23. Bxb7 Qxh6 24. Qxd6 Rc1 25. Qb8+ Kg7 26. Qe5+ Kg8 27.
Qb8+ Kg7 28. Qe5+ Kg8 29. Qb8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Liang, Awonder"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 c5 6. Nxc5 Bxc5 7. dxc5 Qa5+ 8. c3
Qxc5 9. Qa4+ Kf8 10. Be3 Qc7 11. Nf3 Ne7 12. Nd4 Nbc6 13. f4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4 Be4
15. Qc5 Qxc5 16. Bxc5 f6 17. exf6 gxf6 18. Kf2 Kf7 19. Be2 b6 20. Be3 h5 21.
Rhg1 Nf5 22. Bd2 h4 23. c4 Rac8 24. Rac1 d4 25. Bg4 Rc7 26. Rge1 Bd3 27. b3 Ng7
28. Bb4 Bf5 29. Bf3 Rd8 30. c5 bxc5 31. Rxc5 Rcd7 32. Bc6 Rd6 33. Rc4 d3 34.
Bxd6 Rxd6 35. Rd1 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Be4 Kf6 38. Ke3 Bxe4 39. Kxe4 d2 40. Rc2
Rd4+ 41. Kf3 Rf4+ 42. Ke2 Nf5 43. Rcxd2 Nd4+ 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Kc3 Kd5 46. Rd3
Rf2 47. R1d2 Rf4 48. Kb2 Kc5 49. Rc3+ Kd5 50. Rh3 e4 51. Re3 Ke5 52. Rc3 Kd5
53. b4 a6 54. Rc5+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponikarovsky, Alexey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "1939"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. Nc3 dxe4 7. Nxe4 Bb4+ 8.
Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nc6 10. Bd3 Nf6 11. O-O O-O 12. Rac1 Bd7 13. Nc5 Rb8 14. Qf4
h6 15. Rfd1 Nb4 16. Bb1 Bc6 17. Ne5 Qd5 18. Qg3 Nxa2 19. Rc4 Nh5 20. Nxc6 Qxc4
21. Ne7+ Kh8 22. Qe5 Nb4 23. Qxh5 Nd5 24. Nxd5 Qxd5 25. Qxd5 exd5 26. Nd7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "109"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nd7 3. d4 Nb6 4. Bg2 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nbd2 h6 7. b3 Nf6 8. c4
c6 9. Bb2 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. e3 a5 12. Qe2 Ne4 13. Ne5 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 a4 15. c5
Nd7 16. b4 Qc7 17. a3 Bf6 18. f4 Be7 19. g4 Bh7 20. Nxd7 Qxd7 21. Qf2 Bd3 22.
Rfd1 Be4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Qc2 Qd5 25. Qc4 Qd7 26. Qc2 Qd5 27. Qc4 Qd7 28. Rf1
Kh8 29. Rc2 Kh7 30. Rg2 g6 31. Bc3 Bf6 32. Be1 Rg8 33. Bg3 Bh8 34. Kh1 f5 35.
gxf5 gxf5 36. Rfg1 Bf6 37. Bf2 Rxg2 38. Rxg2 Qd5 39. Qxd5 exd5 40. Bg3 Rb8 41.
Be1 b5 42. cxb6 Rxb6 43. Kg1 Be7 44. Kf1 Rb7 45. Ke2 Bf6 46. Kd2 Rg7 47. Rxg7+
Kxg7 48. h3 Be7 49. Kc2 Kg6 50. Kd1 Kf7 51. Ke2 Kg6 52. Kf1 Kf7 53. Ke2 Kg6 54.
Kf1 Kf7 55. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sevian, Samuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2660"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Nc6 7. Bxc6+ bxc6 8.
Be3 Bd6 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Nf3 Bh3 11. Ng5 Bf5 12. O-O h6 13. Nge4 Qd7 14. Qc2 Nd5
15. Bc5 a5 16. Na4 Ne7 17. f3 Rab8 18. b3 Be6 19. Bf2 Bd5 20. Rfd1 Qh3 21. Bc5
Rfd8 22. Nf2 Qc8 23. e4 Be6 24. d4 exd4 25. Bxd4 Ng6 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Qxc5 Rd6
28. Bb2 Rb5 29. Qc3 Qd7 30. Qxg7# 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O a6 7. Re1 Nc6 8. d5
Ne5 9. Nxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Ne8 11. a4 Nd6 12. a5 Bd7 13. Bc5 Bh6 14. Bd3 Qb8 15.
Qe2 Rc8 16. Na4 Bg5 17. c4 Bxa4 18. Rxa4 c6 19. b4 h5 20. g3 Bf6 21. Ra2 Qc7
22. Bb6 Qd7 23. Rc2 Ne8 24. Rd1 Ng7 25. dxc6 Qxc6 26. b5 Qe8 27. bxa6 Rxa6 28.
c5 Raa8 29. Bb5 Qf8 30. Bd7 Rcb8 31. c6 bxc6 32. Bxc6 Ne6 33. Bxa8 Rxa8 34. a6
Qb8 35. Rc6 Nd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Rdc1 Kg7 38. Rc7 Qb6 39. e5 Bg5 40. R1c6 Qb1+
41. Qf1 Qe4 42. h4 Bd2 43. e6 d3 44. Rc4 Qxe6 45. Qxd3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Onischuk, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nbd2 d6 6. c3 a5 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
h6 9. Re1 a4 10. Nf1 Ra5 11. a3 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Ng3 Ra8 14. d4 exd4 15.
cxd4 Bb6 16. Be3 Qd7 17. Rc1 Na5 18. Qd3 Nb3 19. Rc2 Ra5 20. Ne2 Qb5 21. Qxb5
Rxb5 22. Nc3 Ra5 23. Nd2 Nxd2 24. Rxd2 d5 25. e5 Nd7 26. Rc1 c5 27. Ne2 c4 28.
g4 Raa8 29. Kg2 Ba5 30. Rdd1 b5 31. f4 b4 32. axb4 Bxb4 33. Ra1 Nb6 34. Rf1
Rfc8 35. f5 c3 36. bxc3 Bxc3 37. Rac1 Bb2 38. Rxc8+ Rxc8 39. fxe6 a3 40. Bc1
Nc4 41. Kg3 Re8 42. Bxb2 axb2 43. Rb1 Rxe6 44. Nf4 Rb6 45. Nxd5 Rb3+ 46. Kf4
Na3 47. Rxb2 Rxb2 48. e6 Nc4 49. Ne7+ Kf8 50. Ng6+ Ke8 51. d5 Rd2 52. Ke4 Nd6+
53. Ke5 Nc4+ 54. Ke4 Nb6 55. Nf4 g5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2688"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 c5 3. e3 f6 4. d4 cxd4 5. exd4 Nc6 6. Bb2 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O
Bd6 9. c4 Nge7 10. Nc3 Qd7 11. Nb5 Bb8 12. Re1 O-O 13. h3 Bh5 14. Nh4 Bf7 15.
Rc1 a6 16. Na3 Ba7 17. Nc2 Rad8 18. Nf3 Rfe8 19. c5 Bb8 20. b4 e5 21. dxe5 fxe5
22. Ng5 Bg6 23. Bg4 Bf5 24. Ne3 Bxg4 25. Qxg4 Qxg4 26. Nxg4 Nxb4 27. Ne6 Rc8
28. Bxe5 Nd3 29. Bxg7 Nf5 30. Nf6+ Kf7 31. Ng5+ Kxg7 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Nxe8+
Kg6 34. Rd1 Nf4 35. Nf3 d4 36. Kf1 Kf7 37. Nd6+ Bxd6 38. cxd6 Ne6 39. g4 Nxd6
40. Nxd4 Nc5 41. Nf3 Nde4 42. Ne5+ Ke6 43. f4 b5 44. Nf3 Nc3 45. Re1+ Kd5 46.
f5 Nxa2 47. f6 Nc3 48. f7 Nd7 49. Re7 Nf8 50. Re8 Ng6 51. h4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 10am f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2688"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Nge2 Bc5 6. a4 Nxc4 7. dxc4 d6 8.
h3 a5 9. Qd3 Be6 10. b3 Nd7 11. Be3 O-O 12. Bxc5 Nxc5 13. Qe3 f5 14. exf5 Bxf5
15. O-O-O Bd7 16. Rhf1 Bc6 17. f3 Ne6 18. Kb2 Qf6 19. Ng3 Qg6 20. Qf2 b6 21.
Rd2 Rae8 22. Nge4 Ng5 23. Nxg5 Qxg5 24. Qe1 h6 25. Rff2 Qg6 26. Nd1 Rf4 27. Ne3
Ref8 28. Nd5 Bxd5 29. Rxd5 e4 30. Qc3 exf3 31. Rxf3 Rxf3 32. gxf3 Qf6 33. Rd3
Qxc3+ 34. Kxc3 Rf4 35. b4 axb4+ 36. Kxb4 Kf7 37. Kb5 Ke6 38. c3 Kd7 39. c5 bxc5
40. a5 Rf8 41. f4 Rb8+ 42. Kc4 Kc6 43. Rg3 Rf8 44. Rxg7 Rxf4+ 45. Kb3 Rh4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dong, Bao Nghia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2227"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ne2 f6 8. Nf4
Qe7 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Bd6 11. Nh5 Qe7 12. O-O O-O 13. Re1 cxd4 14. cxd4 g6
15. Bg5 Qf7 16. Ng3 Re8 17. Bh6 Bf4 18. Ng5 Qf6 19. Nxh7 Kxh7 20. Bxf4 Qxf4 21.
Qh5+ Kg7 22. Qxg6+ Kf8 23. Nh5 Qf7 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Bg6 Qf8 26. Qg5+ Kd6 27.
Bxe8 Qxe8 28. Qg3+ Ke7 29. Rxe6+ Kxe6 30. Re1+ Nde5 31. Rxe5+ Nxe5 32. Qxe5+
Kd7 33. Nf6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 4th Aug 2pm"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vlassov, Nikolai"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2352"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.08.04"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Qd3 O-O 7. Nge2 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Re8 9. e5 d5 10. Bb5 Ne4 11. Bxf4 Bd7 12. O-O a6 13. Bxc6 Bxc6 14. a4 Qd7
15. Ng3 Nxg3 16. Qxg3 Re6 17. a5 Bb5 18. Rf3 b6 19. axb6 cxb6 20. h4 Rg6 21.
Qf2 h5 22. Rg3 Rxg3 23. Qxg3 Qf5 24. Qf2 Bc4 25. Re1 a5 26. e6 fxe6 27. Re5 Qf7
28. Qg3 Rf8 29. Be3 a4 30. Rg5 a3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grunberg, Mihai Lucian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2401"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. Nf3 dxe5 5. Nxe5 c6 6. Bc4 Nd7 7. Nf3 N7b6 8.
Bd3 Bg4 9. O-O e6 10. c3 Be7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Re1 c5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Ne4 Be7
15. Ng3 Qc7 16. h3 Bxf3 17. Qxf3 Rfd8 18. h4 Nd7 19. Bc2 Nf8 20. h5 h6 21. Be4
Nf6 22. Bxb7 Rab8 23. Ba6 Qa5 24. Bf1 Rd5 25. b4 Qd8 26. Bf4 Rc8 27. c4 Rd4 28.
Be5 Rh4 29. Re3 Bxb4 30. Ree1 Bxe1 31. Rxe1 N8d7 32. Bd6 Qb6 33. Be7 Qa5 34.
Rd1 Qxa2 35. Rxd7 Nxd7 36. Bxh4 Ne5 37. Qb7 Re8 38. Ne4 Nxc4 39. Qc6 Rb8 40.
Bxc4 Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kh3 Qxh5 43. g4 Qe5 44. Bg3 Qa1 45. Bxb8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Delaney, Killian"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B20"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. b4 b6 3. bxc5 bxc5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. Rb1 Nge7 7. Bb5 Rb8 8.
O-O Qc7 9. Re1 a6 10. Bxc6 Nxc6 11. Bb2 f6 12. Nh4 Ne5 13. f4 Nf7 14. e5 f5 15.
Kh1 Qc6 16. d4 cxd4 17. Ne2 Bc5 18. Bxd4 Rxb1 19. Qxb1 Be7 20. Nf3 O-O 21. Qb3
Bb7 22. Rb1 Ba8 23. c3 Qe4 24. Qb2 g5 25. fxg5 Nxg5 26. Ng3 Qg4 27. Nxg5 Bxg5
28. Qe2 Bd5 29. Rb6 Qf4 30. Kg1 Qc1+ 31. Qf1 Be3+ 32. Kh1 f4 33. Qxc1 Bxc1 34.
Nh5 Kf7 35. Kg1 Rg8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ismagambetov, Anuar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Rb8 7. c3 Nf6 8.
h3 O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. cxd4 d6 11. Nc3 Nd7 12. b3 c5 13. Be3 Qa5 14. Rc1 Re8 15.
Qd2 Bb7 16. dxc5 Nxc5 17. Bd4 Bf8 18. Qe3 Rbc8 19. Nd5 Ne6 20. Bc3 Qa6 21. Nd4
Nc5 22. b4 Nd7 23. Ba1 Qxa2 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Nf5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Qxd5 27. Nxe7+
Bxe7 28. Qxe7 Ne5 29. Qxa7 Rc2 30. Bxe5 dxe5 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Qxe5+ Qxe5 33.
Rxe5 Rb2 34. Rb5 h6 35. g4 h5 36. gxh5 gxh5 37. h4 Kg6 38. Kg2 f6 39. Kg3 Rb3+
40. f3 Rb2 41. Rb8 Rb3 42. b5 Kf5 43. b6 Rb2 44. Rb7 Kg6 45. Kf4 Rb4+ 46. Ke3
Rxh4 47. Rc7 Rb4 48. b7 h4 49. Kf2 Rb2+ 50. Kg1 h3 51. Rd7 h2+ 52. Kh1 Kf5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yanchenko, Roman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2467"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 c4 7. O-O Bd6 8. b3
cxb3 9. Bxc6+ bxc6 10. axb3 Ne7 11. Ba3 Bxa3 12. Rxa3 O-O 13. Qa1 Qc7 14. Qc3
Bg4 15. Ne5 Bh5 16. Rfa1 f6 17. Nd3 Nf5 18. Nb4 Qf4 19. Nxc6 Rac8 20. b4 Be8
21. g3 Qc7 22. b5 Bxc6 23. bxc6 Qxc6 24. Qxc6 Rxc6 25. c3 h5 26. Ra5 Rd8 27.
R1a3 Kh7 28. Rxa7 Rdc8 29. Rd7 Rxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxc3 31. Rxd5 Kg6 32. Kg2 Rc2 33.
Nf1 Rc4 34. Rxf5 Rxd4 35. Ra5 Rb4 36. Ne3 Rd4 37. Nd5 h4 38. Nf4+ Kh6 39. Rh5#
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Laurusas, Tomas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D71"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
e3 Qa5 9. Ne2 cxd4 10. exd4 O-O 11. O-O Nc6 12. Re1 Rd8 13. a4 Be6 14. Rb1 Qa6
15. Qc2 Bc4 16. Qb2 Qxa4 17. Bg5 Rd7 18. Nf4 e5 19. dxe5 Nxe5 20. Qb4 Qxb4 21.
Rxb4 a5 22. Rxb7 Rxb7 23. Bxb7 Rb8 24. Be4 a4 25. Nd5 a3 26. Bf6 a2 27. Bxg7
Kxg7 28. Nb4 Rd8 29. f4 Ng4 30. h3 Nf6 31. Bf3 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Siva, Mahadevan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. b3 a6 11. Re1 Rb8 12. Rb1 c5 13. Nc2 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15.
b4 Ng4 16. Bb2 Nge5 17. Nd5 Nb6 18. Nce3 c4 19. Nxb6 Qxb6 20. Nd5 Qa7 21. Bc3
Nd3 22. Rf1 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 f5 24. Qd2 Rf8 25. exf5 Bxf5 26. Bd5+ Kh8 27. Qe3 Qg7
28. Nxb5 Rxb5 29. Bxc4 Re5 30. Qd2 Re4 31. Bxd3 Rd4 32. Rb3 Qe5 33. Re1 Qd5 34.
Qb2 Bh3 35. Re4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Belous, Vladimir"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. Rb1 Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. a3 Bh3 10. b4 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 O-O 12. e4 Ng4 13. Ne2 Nge5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5
15. Bb2 cxb4 16. axb4 b5 17. Bxe5 Bxe5 18. d4 Bg7 19. c5 dxc5 20. dxc5 Qc7 21.
Qc2 a5 22. bxa5 Rxa5 23. Nf4 e6 24. Rfd1 Rc8 25. c6 Bf8 26. Rbc1 Ra6 27. Rd7
Qxc6 28. Qxc6 Raxc6 29. Rxc6 Rxc6 30. Nd3 Rd6 31. Rxd6 Bxd6 32. Kf3 Kf8 33. Ke3
Ke7 34. Kd4 Kd7 35. f4 Kc6 36. e5 Be7 37. g4 b4 38. Kc4 b3 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5
exf5 41. Kxb3 Kd5 42. Kc2 Ke4 43. Kd2 f4 44. Ke2 f3+ 45. Kd2 Bg5+ 46. Kc2 Ke3
47. h4 Bxh4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Karthikeyan, Murali"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C79"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2606"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. d4 exd4 8.
Nxd4 c5 9. Nc6 Qd7 10. Na5 Qa4 11. Bd2 Be7 12. Re1 O-O 13. Nc3 Qe8 14. Bf4 Be6
15. e5 dxe5 16. Bxe5 Rd8 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Qg3 g6 19. Rad1 Nxc3 20. Qxc3 Rxd1 21.
Rxd1 Qb5 22. b3 Qb4 23. Qxb4 cxb4 24. Nc6 Bc5 25. Bxc7 Rc8 26. Rd8+ Rxd8 27.
Bxd8 Bd5 28. Be7 Bxc6 29. Bxc5 Be4 30. Bxb4 Bxc2 31. Bc5 Bb1 32. a3 Bc2 33. b4
f5 34. f3 Kf7 35. Kf2 Ke6 36. Ke3 Kd5 37. Kf4 Ke6 38. Kg5 Kf7 39. h4 Bd3 40.
Kh6 Kg8 41. g4 fxg4 42. fxg4 Be2 43. Kg5 Kf7 44. Kf4 Ke6 45. a4 Bc4 46. a5 Be2
47. Kg5 Kf7 48. h5 gxh5 49. gxh5 Kg8 50. h6 Bb5 51. Kf6 Bc6 52. Ke5 Bb5 53. Kd6
Ba4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 11th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Chigaev, Maksim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C44"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "4"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Grigoriants, Sergey"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2542"]
[PlyCount "37"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Nc6 7. Nxd5 Bc5 8.
Qb5 Nxd5 9. Qxc5 Be6 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. O-O Nd4 12. Qxa7 Nxe2+ 13. Kh1 O-O 14. d3
Qc7 15. Be3 Nb4 16. Rad1 Bxa2 17. Qa4 Qd6 18. Bd2 Nxd3 19. Qxa2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2778"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. d5 Bxc3 12. Bc4 Bg7 13. h4 Ba6 14. Bxa6 Nxa6
15. h5 Qd7 16. Qe2 Nc7 17. Bf4 Nb5 18. Qxb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 14th July f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.11"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.08.11"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Bd6 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. h4 N8d7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. Ng5 h6 12. Nge4 Ng4 13. Bc5 Bxc5 14. Nxc5 c6
15. e3 Qe7 16. N3e4 f5 17. Qb3+ Kh7 18. Nd2 f4 19. Be4+ Kh8 20. Ke2 Rf8 21. Nf3
fxe3 22. fxe3 Bf5 23. Rhf1 Bxe4 24. dxe4 Rf6 25. Nd2 Rxf1 26. Nxf1 Rf8 27. Nd3
Qf6 28. Nd2 Qg6 29. Rf1 Rxf1 30. Nxf1 Qxe4 31. Qe6 Nd5 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. h5 Qg2+
34. Ke1 Qe4 35. Ke2 Qg2+ 36. Ke1 Qe4 37. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dragomirescu, Robin Alexandru"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nd7 7. h4 h5 8. e5
Nb6 9. Ne4 c4 10. d4 Bg4 11. c3 Qd5 12. Qe2 Bg7 13. Bg5 a5 14. O-O Bh6 15. Bxh6
Rxh6 16. Qe3 Rh8 17. Nfg5 O-O-O 18. e6 Bxe6 19. Nc5 Bd7 20. Qxe7 Rhe8 21. Qxf7
Re2 22. Qxg6 Rde8 23. b3 Kb8 24. Qxh5 Bc8 25. Qh7 Rb2 26. Rab1 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Ka7 28. bxc4 Qxc4 29. Qc7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kovalev, Denis"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2487"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Nd5 Nf6 13. Bg5 Nxd5 14. cxd5
h6 15. Be3 Ne5 16. Rac1 b5 17. Na5 Nc4 18. Nxc4 bxc4 19. Rfd1 Ba6 20. Bd4 Rab8
21. Rc2 Bxd4 22. Rxd4 Rb4 23. Bf1 Rfb8 24. Bxc4 Bxc4 25. Rdxc4 Rxc4 26. Rxc4
Rxb2 27. Rc7 Rxa2 28. Rxe7 a5 29. e5 dxe5 30. d6 Rd2 31. Rxe5 Rxd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Pert, Nicholas"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A49"]
[WhiteElo "2548"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "48"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O b5 6. a4 b4 7. a5 Bb7 8. c3
bxc3 9. Nxc3 Na6 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 Rb8 12. Bh6 Bxh6 13. Qxh6 Bxf3 14. Bxf3
Rxb2 15. Rfc1 c5 16. e3 cxd4 17. exd4 Nb4 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 d5 20. Bf3 e6
21. h4 Qf6 22. Qe3 Nc2 23. Qc3 Nxd4 24. Kg2 Rb3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Siva, Mahadevan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2349"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Na5 4. O-O a6 5. Be2 b5 6. Re1 Bb7 7. Bf1 e6 8. b3
Nf6 9. e5 Nd5 10. c4 bxc4 11. bxc4 Nb6 12. d3 d6 13. Nc3 dxe5 14. Nxe5 Bd6 15.
Rb1 O-O 16. Nf3 Rb8 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Rxe4 Nc6 19. g3 Nd7 20. Rxb8 Qxb8 21. d4
Nf6 22. Re3 cxd4 23. Nxd4 Nxd4 24. Qxd4 Qc7 25. Rd3 Bc5 26. Qf4 e5 27. Qf5 e4
28. Rb3 Re8 29. Bf4 Qa7 30. Bg5 Nd7 31. Qd5 Ne5 32. Qxe4 Bxf2+ 33. Kh1 Qd7 34.
Qd5 Qf5 35. Bf4 g5 36. Bxe5 Rxe5 37. Rb4 Rxd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Suleymanli, Aydin Elshan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2512"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 6. h4 Nf6 7. h5 Rg8 8. hxg6
hxg6 9. Nf3 Qa5 10. Nd2 d6 11. Rb1 Qxa2 12. Bb2 Qa5 13. e3 Nbd7 14. f4 Ng4 15.
Qf3 Ndf6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Ra1 Qb6 18. Ra2 O-O-O 19. Ke2 Kb8 20. Rb1 Qc7 21. Bc1
e5 22. dxe6 Bc6 23. Qh3 Rh8 24. Qg3 Rde8 25. Nf3 Rxe6 26. Ng5 Ree8 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A36"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Nc6 5. d3 e6 6. h4 h6 7. h5 g5 8. f4 gxf4
9. Bxf4 d6 10. Nf3 Nge7 11. Qd2 e5 12. Be3 Be6 13. O-O-O Qd7 14. Rdf1 f5 15.
Nh4 O-O-O 16. Nd5 Kb8 17. Kb1 Bxd5 18. cxd5 Nb4 19. a3 Nbxd5 20. Bxd5 Nxd5 21.
Nxf5 e4 22. dxe4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Be5 24. Rd1 Qb5 25. Rd2 c4 26. Rc1 c3 27. Rxc3
Bxc3 28. Qxc3 Rhf8 29. g4 Qa4 30. Qd4 Qxd4 31. Rxd4 Rf6 32. e5 Re6 33. exd6 Kc8
34. Rc4+ Kb8 35. e4 Rg8 36. e5 Rxe5 37. Nxh6 Rd8 38. Nf5 b5 39. Rf4 Re1+ 40.
Ka2 a5 41. h6 a4 42. Rb4 Ka7 43. Rxb5 Ka6 44. Rb4 Ka5 45. h7 Rc8 46. Nd4 Rcc1
47. Nc6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Srihari, LR."]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2414"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "78"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 d6 8. e4
g6 9. Na3 Bg7 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. a4 O-O 12. Ne2 Nbd7 13. Ng3 b6 14. Be2 Bb7 15.
Bg5 a6 16. O-O b5 17. Ne3 c4 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Nd4 Nxa4 20. Qd2 Nc5 21. Bh6 Bxh6
22. Qxh6 Kh8 23. h4 Ng8 24. Qe3 e5 25. dxe6 fxe6 26. f4 e5 27. fxe5 dxe5 28.
Nf3 Ne6 29. Ng5 Nf4 30. Bg4 Nf6 31. Bh3 Rae8 32. Rad1 h6 33. Nf3 Kg7 34. Kh2
Re7 35. Nxe5 Nxh3 36. Rxf6 Rxf6 37. Ng4 Qf4 38. Qc5 Rc7 39. Qd4 Qxg4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 18th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.18"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tang, Andrew"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2538"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.08.18"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 197 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.09.30"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 d6 8. a4 b4
9. a5 Nge7 10. h3 O-O 11. d3 h6 12. Nbd2 Kh7 13. Re1 Rb8 14. Nc4 Be6 15. Ne3 d5
16. Bd2 bxc3 17. bxc3 d4 18. cxd4 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Ng4 h5 21. Nh2 c5 22.
Nf3 f6 23. e5 Bd5 24. exf6 Bxf6 25. Ng5+ Bxg5 26. Bxg5 Rf7 27. Rb1 Rxb1 28.
Qxb1 Qd7 29. Qb6 Bxg2 30. Qe6 Qxe6 31. Rxe6 Nc6 32. Kxg2 Nb4 33. Bb3 Nxd3 34.
Re7 Rxe7 35. Bxe7 Kg7 36. Bc4 Nb2 37. Bxa6 d3 38. Bxc5 d2 39. Be2 d1=Q 40. Bxd1
Nxd1 41. a6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Markidis, Konstantinos"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2181"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. a4
Na6 9. exd5 exd5 10. O-O Nxc5 11. Bb5 Nce4 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nf1 Bc5 14. Be3 b6
15. h3 h6 16. Bd4 Bd7 17. Ne3 Bxb5 18. Qxb5 Rad8 19. c3 Rfe8 20. Bxc5 Qxc5 21.
Nd4 Qxb5 22. axb5 g6 23. Nc6 Rd6 24. Rd4 Nc5 25. Rad1 Nb3 26. Rf4 Kg7 27. Nc4
Rxc6 28. bxc6 dxc4 29. Rxc4 b5 30. c7 bxc4 31. Rd8 Re1+ 32. Kh2 Nd2 33. Rxd2
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sezdbekov, Ruslan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2232"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. Be2 Nbd7 5. Qc2 Qc7 6. O-O g6 7. Na3 a6 8. d4
cxd4 9. Nxd4 Bg7 10. Bf3 O-O 11. Be3 e5 12. Ne2 b5 13. Rad1 Rd8 14. h3 Bb7 15.
b4 Rac8 16. c4 bxc4 17. Nc3 Bf8 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Nb6 20. Bg5 Be7 21. Bxf6
Bxf6 22. Nb1 c3 23. Rd3 e4 24. Bxe4 Qc4 25. Rf3 Bg7 26. a3 Nxd5 27. Bxd5 Qxd5
28. Rd1 Qc4 29. Rdd3 d5 30. Nxc3 d4 31. Qd1 Qxc3 32. Rxc3 dxc3 33. Qc2 Rd2 34.
Qc1 c2 35. Qxd2 c1=Q+ 36. Qxc1 Rxc1+ 37. Kh2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Skatchkov, Valery"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C43"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2242"]
[PlyCount "122"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. d5 Nf6 6. dxc6 e4 7. cxb7 Bxb7 8.
Be2 exf3 9. Bxf3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Be7 11. O-O O-O 12. c4 Rb8 13. Nc3 c6 14. Rd1
Re8 15. b3 Qa5 16. Bf4 Rbd8 17. a3 Bf8 18. b4 Qf5 19. c5 a5 20. Bc7 Qxf3 21.
gxf3 Ra8 22. Bxa5 Bxc5 23. Bc7 Bf8 24. Bd6 Re6 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. a4 d5 27. a5
Nd7 28. b5 cxb5 29. Nxb5 Ne5 30. Nc7 Rg6+ 31. Kh1 Ra7 32. Nb5 Ra8 33. Rxd5 Nxf3
34. Rf5 Rxa5 35. Rc1 Rf6 36. Rxf6 gxf6 37. Nd6 Rh5 38. Kg2 Nxh2 39. Rh1 Rd5 40.
Rxh2 Rxd6 41. Rxh7 Ke7 42. Rh3 f5 43. Re3+ Kf6 44. Ra3 f4 45. Kf3 Kg5 46. Ra8
Re6 47. Rg8+ Rg6 48. Rf8 Rf6 49. Rg8+ Rg6 50. Rf8 Rf6 51. Rg8+ Kf5 52. Rg4 Ke5
53. Rg8 Rc6 54. Re8+ Re6 55. Rf8 Rf6 56. Re8+ Kf5 57. Ra8 Re6 58. Ra4 Kg6 59.
Rxf4 Rc6 60. Kg2 Rc2 61. Rg4+ Kf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Srihari, LR."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2414"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 g6 4. Nbd2 Bg7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. a4 dxe4 10. dxe4 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Qxf3 Nd7 13. Nc4 Nc5 14. Be3 Ne6
15. c3 Rfd8 16. h4 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Na5 b4 19. Rec1 bxc3 20. bxc3 Rd3 21.
Bh3 Rxc3 22. Bxe6 fxe6 23. Qg4 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qd7 25. Nb3 h5 26. Qe2 Nc6 27.
Qb5 Rc8 28. Kg2 Qe8 29. Qa6 Ne7 30. Qxe6+ Kf8 31. Nc5 Qf7 32. Qa6 Kg8 33. Qxa7
Rf8 34. Qd7 Qf3+ 35. Kh2 Rf7 36. Ne6 Bf8 37. Ng5 Qg4 38. Qxg4 hxg4 39. Nxf7
Kxf7 40. Rc7 Ke6 41. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kobalia, Mihail"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "85"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 g6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Bg7 9. Re1+ Nge7 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 O-O 12. Nxc6 bxc6 13. Bc5 Rf7 14. c4
Rb8 15. Nc3 Bf8 16. cxd5 Nxd5 17. Bxf8 Kxf8 18. Nxd5 cxd5 19. Qxd5 Qxd5 20.
Bxd5 Rd7 21. Bb3 Bb7 22. Re6 Kg7 23. Rae1 Rbd8 24. Re7+ Kh6 25. f4 a5 26. Kf2
Rxe7 27. Rxe7 Bd5 28. Bxd5 Rxd5 29. Ke3 Rd1 30. Ra7 Rh1 31. Rxa5 Rxh2 32. Rb5
Rg2 33. Kf3 Rc2 34. a4 g5 35. fxg5+ fxg5 36. a5 Kg6 37. a6 Rc6 38. Ra5 Rc8 39.
a7 Ra8 40. g4 Kf6 41. Ke4 Ke6 42. b4 Kd6 43. Kf5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 25th Aug"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.08.25"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shahade, Gregory P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2476"]
[PlyCount "47"]
[EventDate "2020.08.25"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nc3 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Rb1 c5 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ba3 O-O 10. Bxc5 Bd7 11. Rxb7 Rb8 12. Rxb8 Qxb8 13. Nf3 Nd4 14. Qd1
Ba4 15. Qc1 Nc2+ 16. Kf1 Rc8 17. Be3 Bxc3 18. dxc3 Rxc3 19. Qd2 Qb1+ 20. Ne1
Nxe3+ 21. fxe3 Rc1 22. Kf2 Rd1 23. Qc3 Qf5+ 24. Nf3 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Villalba, Marcelo"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C92"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2258"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nd7 10. d4 Bf6 11. a4 Bb7 12. d5 Na5 13. Ba2 Nb6 14. b4 Nac4 15. a5
Nc8 16. Bxc4 bxc4 17. Na3 c6 18. dxc6 Bxc6 19. Nxc4 Re8 20. Be3 Bxe4 21. Bb6
Nxb6 22. Nxb6 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Ra7 24. Nd5 Ra8 25. Rad1 Rc8 26. Qd3 e4 27. Rxe4
Rxe4 28. Qxe4 g6 29. c4 Kg7 30. Qf3 Be5 31. c5 Rb8 32. c6 Rb5 33. c7 Qc8 34.
Rc1 f5 35. Nb6 Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Shapkin, Anatoliy"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2283"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. O-O Bb7 11. Qd3 e6 12. Bg5 Qc7 13. Qe3 Nd7 14. e5 a6 15.
Bh6 b5 16. h4 Nb6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. h5 Nd5 19. h6+ Kg8 20. Qd2 Qa5 21. Qg5 Rfc8
22. Nd2 Qd8 23. Qg3 cxd4 24. cxd4 Nc3 25. Bf3 Qxd4 26. Nb3 Qb4 27. Rfe1 Bxf3
28. Qxf3 Nd5 29. Re4 Qc3 30. Re3 Nxe3 31. Qf6 Qxa1+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Chylewski, Patryk"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2337"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 h6 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. Qe2 Be7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. O-O-O Rb8 13. h4 Nfd7 14. g5 b5 15.
Kb1 Nb6 16. Nd5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Nc6 Bxc6 19. dxc6 Kf8 20. f5 Re8 21. Qf2
h5 22. f6 gxf6 23. gxf6 Bd8 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Qxc5+ Kg8 26. Qg5+ Kh7 27. Qg7#
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Balakrishnan, Praveen"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D97"]
[WhiteElo "2498"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "27"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qb3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 O-O 7. e4 Be6 8. d5
Bg4 9. e5 Bxf3 10. exf6 Bxf6 11. gxf3 Nd7 12. Bh6 Nb6 13. Qe4 Re8 14. Bb5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 1st Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Espinosa Veloz, Ermes"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2020.09.01"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nb3 e6 7. g4 b5 8. Bg2
Bb7 9. g5 Nfd7 10. f4 h6 11. h4 hxg5 12. hxg5 Rxh1+ 13. Bxh1 Nb6 14. Na5 Qc7
15. Nxb7 Qxb7 16. g6 Nc6 17. Qh5 fxg6 18. Qxg6+ Qf7 19. Qxf7+ Kxf7 20. a4 b4
21. Ne2 Be7 22. b3 Rh8 23. Bg2 Nd7 24. Be3 g5 25. fxg5 Nde5 26. O-O-O Rh2 27.
Rg1 Rh4 28. Rf1+ Ke8 29. Bf4 Kd7 30. Rh1 Rxh1+ 31. Bxh1 Ng6 32. Bd2 a5 33. c3
bxc3 34. Nxc3 Nge5 35. Nb5 Ke8 36. Bg2 Kf7 37. Kc2 Kg6 38. Bh3 Bxg5 39. Bxg5
Kxg5 40. Bxe6 Kf4 41. Bd5 Nb4+ 42. Kc3 Nxd5+ 43. exd5 Ke4 44. Nc7 Nd3 45. Kc4
Nc5 46. Nb5 Ke5 47. Na7 Ke4 48. Nc6 Nd3 49. Nxa5 Ne5+ 50. Kb5 Kxd5 51. Nb7 Nd3
52. a5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tomb, Maroun"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2084"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O c6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1
Qc7 9. Be3 Nf8 10. a5 Ng6 11. h3 O-O 12. Qe2 Nh5 13. g3 Bxh3 14. Nh4 Nhf4 15.
Bxf4 Bxh4 16. Be3 Bf6 17. Qh5 Bd7 18. Qxg6 d5 19. Nxd5 cxd5 20. Bxd5 exd4 21.
Bf4 Qxc2 22. Rac1 Qxb2 23. Rc7 Bc6 24. Bxf7+ Kh8 25. Bxh6 Rxf7 26. Qxf7 d3 27.
e5 Bxe5 28. Qh5 Kg8 29. Bc1 Qc3 30. Qxe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Seul, Georg"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2372"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Nc6 5. O-O e6 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
b5 9. d4 Bb7 10. Nbd2 Rc8 11. a3 Re8 12. Bc2 e5 13. d5 Nb8 14. b4 Nbd7 15. Bd3
c4 16. Bc2 Qc7 17. a4 a6 18. Nf1 Rb8 19. h3 Bc8 20. Ng3 Nf8 21. axb5 axb5 22.
Nh2 Bd8 23. Qf3 Ng6 24. Nf5 Bxf5 25. Qxf5 Qb7 26. Bg5 h6 27. Bd2 Nh4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yashas, Devappa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2280"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nxd5 4. d4 g6 5. c4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. c5 N6d7 8.
Bc4 O-O 9. O-O b6 10. Re1 c6 11. Bg5 Nf6 12. Qe2 Bg4 13. Rad1 e6 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Qxf3 h6 16. Bh4 g5 17. Bg3 Nd5 18. Bd6 Re8 19. Ne4 Nd7 20. Bh2 bxc5 21.
dxc5 Qa5 22. a3 Bxb2 23. h4 f5 24. Nd6 Qxc5 25. Bxd5 cxd5 26. Nxe8 Rxe8 27. Qh5
Nf6 28. Qg6+ Kf8 29. Qxh6+ Kf7 30. hxg5 Ng4 31. Qh5+ Ke7 32. Rxe6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "88"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Qxf3 Na5 12. Bc2 b4 13. Be3 Rb8 14. Nd2 c5 15.
Qe2 bxc3 16. bxc3 Rb2 17. Nf3 Qd7 18. Rfb1 Rfb8 19. Rxb2 Rxb2 20. Bc1 Rb6 21.
d4 cxd4 22. cxd4 Qc7 23. Be3 Rb2 24. Rc1 Nb3 25. Bxb3 Qxc1+ 26. Bxc1 Rxe2 27.
Kf1 Rxe4 28. Bc2 Kf8 29. Bxe4 Nxe4 30. dxe5 dxe5 31. Nxe5 Nc5 32. Ke2 Nxa4 33.
Nc6 Nc3+ 34. Kd3 Nd5 35. Kc4 Nf6 36. Be3 Ke8 37. Nb8 a5 38. Kb5 Nd5 39. Bd4 f6
40. Nc6 Bb4 41. g3 Kd7 42. Nxa5 Bxa5 43. Kxa5 Kc6 44. Ka4 Nc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Bf5 7. d3 Qd7 8. Rb1
Nf6 9. a3 Bh3 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Bxg2 12. Kxg2 Rfe8 13. Bxf6 Bxf6 14. Nd5 Bg7
15. b4 b6 16. h4 e6 17. Nf4 cxb4 18. axb4 a5 19. bxa5 bxa5 20. h5 a4 21. hxg6
hxg6 22. Qa2 a3 23. Rb3 Bb2 24. Rxb2 axb2 25. Qxb2 Rab8 26. Qc3 Qb7 27. Rh1 Ne5
28. Qd4 Red8 29. Nd5 Qb2 30. Qh4 Nxf3 31. exf3 exd5 32. d4 Kf8 33. Re1 Kg7 34.
Re7 Rh8 35. Qf4 Rbf8 36. Qxd6 Qxd4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jobava, Baadur"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2603"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. e5 Nd5 7. Bd2 Bxc3 8.
bxc3 O-O 9. c4 Ne7 10. Bd3 d6 11. exd6 Qxd6 12. Bc3 Nbc6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. O-O
f6 15. Qe2 Ng6 16. f4 Bd7 17. Rf3 Rae8 18. Raf1 Qc7 19. Qe3 e5 20. Bxg6 exf4
21. Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Qxf4 Qxf4 23. Rxf4 Bc6 24. c5 Re2 25. R1f2 Rfe8 26. Rxe2
Rxe2 27. Rf2 Re4 28. a3 Rc4 29. Bb4 Kg6 30. h3 Ba4 31. Rd2 Bxc2 32. Kf2 Be4 33.
Ke3 Bc6 34. Rd4 Rxd4 35. Kxd4 Bxg2 36. h4 Kf5 37. Ke3 Kg4 38. Be1 Bc6 39. Bf2
g6 40. Be1 f5 41. Bf2 Bb5 42. Be1 f4+ 43. Kd4 Kf3 44. Bd2 Kg3 45. Be1+ Kg2 46.
Ke4 f3 47. Ke3 Bc6 48. Bf2 a5 49. Be1 a4 50. Bf2 Kh3 51. Kf4 Kg2 52. Ke3 Kf1
53. Bg3 Kg1 54. Bf2+ Kg2 55. Be1 Kf1 56. Bg3 Kg2 57. Be1 Kf1 58. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Holt, Conrad"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. Be3 e6 8. h4
h5 9. Qd2 d5 10. O-O-O Ne7 11. g4 Nd7 12. Kb1 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Nb6 14. Bb3 Ned5
15. Bg5 Bf6 16. gxh5 Rxh5 17. Ne4 Bxg5 18. hxg5 Qc7 19. Rxh5 gxh5 20. Rh1 O-O-O
21. Rxh5 Kb8 22. Rh7 Rg8 23. a3 a6 24. Ka2 Ka7 25. Qa5 Qe7 26. Qc5 Qxc5 27.
dxc5 Nd7 28. Rxf7 Ne5 29. Rh7 Nxf3 30. Nd6 Rxg5 31. Rxb7+ Ka8 32. Rf7 Nd2 33.
f4 Rg2 34. Bxd5 exd5 35. f5 Nc4 36. Kb3 Rxb2+ 37. Kc3 Rf2 38. Rf8+ Ka7 39. f6
Ne5 40. Re8 Rf3+ 41. Kc2 Nc4 42. Re7+ Kb8 43. Nxc4 dxc4 44. f7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 8th Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.08"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Priasmoro, Novendra"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2502"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.09.08"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. f4 h6 8.
Bxf6 Nxf6 9. f5 g5 10. fxg6 fxg6 11. Qf3 Qc7 12. O-O-O Bg7 13. Qg3 g5 14. Be2
O-O 15. h4 Qc5 16. Nb3 gxh4 17. Qxg7+ Kxg7 18. Nxc5 dxc5 19. Rxh4 Be6 20. Rdh1
Rh8 21. Bf3 Rab8 22. Ne2 b5 23. Nf4 Rb6 24. e5 Ne8 25. Bg4 Bf7 26. Bd7 Kf8 27.
Rf1 Rg8 28. Ne6+ 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "So, Wesley"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2770"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnbrkqrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNBRKQRB w GDgd - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 f5 2. Qf2 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 d5 5. d4 Nb6 6. c3 Be6 7. Nd2 Nd7 8. Qe3 Bf7
9. g4 fxg4 10. Rxg4 O-O-O 11. Nab3 g5 12. Rxg5 Rxg5 13. fxg5 e5 14. dxe5 Ndxe5
15. Qh3+ Kb8 16. Nf3 Re8 17. Nxe5 Nxe5 18. Bf4 Nc4 19. O-O-O Rxe2 20. Qf3 Qe7
21. Rf1 Re1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxe1+ 23. Qd1 Qf2 24. Bd2 Qxh2 25. Qf1 a5 26. Qxf7 Qxh1+
27. Kc2 Qe4+ 28. Kc1 Be5 29. a4 Qh1+ 30. Kc2 Qe4+ 31. Kc1 b6 32. Qe6 Kb7 33.
Qd7 Qh1+ 34. Kc2 Qe4+ 35. Kc1 Bf4 36. Bxf4 Qxf4+ 37. Kb1 Qe4+ 38. Ka2 Qg2 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Firouzja, Alireza"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2728"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkqbbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKQBBNR w HAha - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 h5 4. f4 d6 5. Nf3 g6 6. Bf2 Bh6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. fxe5
dxe5 9. Bxh6 Rxh6 10. Bb5 Qd6 11. Bxc6 Bxc6 12. Qe2 O-O-O 13. O-O-O Rhh8 14.
Rhf1 Kb8 15. Ng5 Qe7 16. Rf3 Rhf8 17. Rdf1 Rd6 18. Qc4 a6 19. h4 Rd4 20. Qe2
Rd6 21. a3 Bd7 22. Qc4 Be6 23. Nxe6 Rxe6 24. Qb4 c5 25. Qa5 Rc6 26. d3 Ng4 27.
Nd5 Qd7 28. Qd2 f5 29. c4 Ka7 30. Kb1 Nf6 31. Qg5 Nxd5 32. cxd5 Rb6 33. Rc1 Qb5
34. Qd2 Rd8 35. Rc3 Qa4 36. Qc2 Qd4 37. Rc4 Qg1+ 38. Ka2 Rb5 39. Qe2 Rd6 40.
Rc2 Rdb6 41. exf5 gxf5 42. Rxf5 Rb3 43. Rf1 Qd4 44. Rd1 Qxd5 45. Ka1 Qd4 46.
Ka2 Qd5 47. Ka1 Qd4 48. Ka2 Qd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kasparov, Garry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2812"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "qnrkbrnb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/QNRKBRNB w FCfc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g3 g6 2. c4 f5 3. d3 d6 4. Bc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bc6 6. O-O O-O 7. b4 b6 8. a4 Nbd7
9. Nbd2 e5 10. a5 a6 11. axb6 cxb6 12. Qa3 Bb7 13. b5 Nc5 14. bxa6 Qxa6 15.
Qxa6 Bxa6 16. Ra1 e4 17. d4 Bxc4 18. Nxc4 Ncd7 19. Nfd2 b5 20. Nxd6 Rxc3 21.
Nxb5 Rc2 22. Rfd1 e3 23. fxe3 Bg7 24. Na3 Rc3 25. Nf1 Rb8 26. Rdc1 Rcb3 27. Bf3
Bh6 28. Nc4 Nb6 29. Nxb6 R3xb6 30. Kf2 Re8 31. Rc3 Rbe6 32. Ra7 R6e7 33. Rxe7
Rxe7 34. h3 Bg5 35. h4 Bh6 36. Nh2 g5 37. hxg5 Bxg5 38. g4 Bh4+ 39. Kg2 Bg5 40.
gxf5 Bxe3 41. d5 h5 42. Nf1 Bf4 43. Rc6 Kg7 44. Re6 Rxe6 45. fxe6 Kf8 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2758"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bbrqnknr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BBRQNKNR w HChc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. b3 b6 3. Ngf3 Ngf6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 O-O 6. O-O e6 7. Nef3 Ne4 8.
Bxe4 Bxe4 9. Qd2 Nf6 10. Rfd1 d5 11. Qg5 h6 12. Qh4 Qe7 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nc3 Bxf3
15. exf3 dxc4 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Qxe7 Nxe7 18. bxc4 Rfd8 19. g3 Nc6 20. Bc3 Be5
21. Rxd8+ Rxd8 22. f4 Bxc3 23. Nxc3 Na5 24. Na4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 b5 26. Rb4 bxa4
27. Rxa4 Rd6 28. h4 h5 29. Ra5 g6 30. Kg2 Kg7 31. Kf3 Kf6 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Ke4
Kf6 34. Ke3 Ke7 35. Ke4 Kf6 36. Ke3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Aronian, Levon"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2773"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "nnrkrqbb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/NNRKRQBB w ECec - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. f4 Nc6 2. Nc3 f5 3. g3 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d4 O-O-O 6. O-O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc3
8. bxc3 Qf6 9. Kb2 a5 10. a4 Qc6 11. Nb3 b6 12. e4 bxc5 13. Nxa5 Qb6+ 14. Nb3
Qc6 15. Nxc5 Nb6 16. Qa6+ Kb8 17. Ka1 fxe4 18. Rb1 Rd2 19. a5 Rxc2 20. Re2 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vachier Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2778"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnkbbrnq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNKBBRNQ w FAfa - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 Rxf5 4. g4 Rf8 5. Nc3 e6 6. Bf3 Rxf4 7. Bxc6 Rxf1 8.
Bxb7+ Kb8 9. O-O-O Rxg1 10. Qf3 Rf1 11. Qxf1 Kxb7 12. Qb5+ Kc8 13. Qa6+ Kb8 14.
d4 Ne7 15. Bg3 d6 16. Ne4 Nd5 17. Nc5 dxc5 18. dxc5 Qf8 19. c6 Qb4 20. Rd3 Qb6
21. Rb3 Bxc6 22. Qc4 Kb7 23. a4 a5 24. Bf2 Qb4 25. Bc5 Nb6 26. Rxb4 axb4 27.
Bxb6 cxb6 28. b3 Bg5+ 29. Kb1 Rd8 30. Qxb4 Rd1+ 31. Ka2 Bf6 32. c3 Rd5 33. Qc4
h6 34. h3 Re5 35. Qd3 Re1 36. Kb2 Rg1 37. Qe3 Rg2+ 38. Kb1 Bd5 39. Qd3 Rg1+ 40.
Kc2 Re1 41. Kb2 Bc6 42. Qd2 Rf1 43. Qe2 Rf3 44. Qxe6 Rxc3 45. Ka3 Rd3 46. Qf7+
Rd7 47. Qe6 Rd2 48. Qf7+ Kb8 49. Qf8+ Kc7 50. Qf7+ Kd6 51. Qf8+ Kd7 52. Qf7+
Be7+ 53. b4 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.13"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Carlsen, Magnus"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2863"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rnbnqkrb/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBNQKRB w GAga - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "62"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nbc3 c6 3. e4 b6 4. O-O Ba6 5. exd5 Bxf1 6. Qxf1 O-O 7. g3 e6 8.
dxc6 Nbxc6 9. d5 exd5 10. Nxd5 Ne6 11. N1e3 Rd8 12. Qc4 Ne7 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14.
Nd5 Qd7 15. Be3 Rfe8 16. a4 g6 17. c3 Bg7 18. Bf3 Rc8 19. Qb5 Red8 20. Qb4 Nc5
21. a5 Nd3 22. Qh4 Ne5 23. Bg2 Rc4 24. Qe7 Qxe7 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26. Nd5 Nd7 27.
axb6 Nxb6 28. Nxb6 axb6 29. Bxb6 Rb8 30. Bd5 Rcc8 31. Ra7 Rb7 1-0

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.13"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2835"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "bnrknbrq/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/BNRKNBRQ w GCgc - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. b3 h5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Qf3 Nf6 4. e4 e5 5. Bc4 Bc5 6. Nd3 b6 7. Nxc5 bxc5 8. d3
Nd4 9. Bxd4 cxd4 10. c3 O-O 11. cxd4 exd4 12. Nd2 Rcd8 13. Qf4 d5 14. exd5 Bxd5
15. O-O Qh7 16. Bxd5 Rxd5 17. Ne4 Nxe4 18. dxe4 Rd7 19. Rfd1 Qg6 20. Rxc7 Rxc7
21. Qxc7 Qxe4 22. Qd7 Qc2 23. Rxd4 Qxa2 24. Qd5 Rb8 25. Ra4 Qxb3 26. Qxb3 Rxb3
27. Rxa7 g6 28. h4 Kg7 29. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Champ Showdown 9LX"]
[Site "Lichess.org INT"]
[Date "2020.09.12"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nakamura, Hikaru"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2736"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[Variant "chess 960"]
[SetUp "1"]
[FEN "rkbqrbnn/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RKBQRBNN w EAea - 0 1"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.09.11"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[EventCategory "22"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. e5 Bf5 3. Ng3 Bg6 4. h4 h6 5. h5 Bh7 6. d4 e6 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8. Qxd3
f5 9. exf6 Qxf6 10. Nf3 Nf7 11. Nh2 O-O-O 12. Ng4 Qh4 13. Ne5 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Ne7
15. Bd2 Nc6 16. f4 Bc5 17. Rf1 Qh2 18. a3 Qxg2 19. Ka2 Bf2 20. Nh1 Bb6 21. Rf3
Nd4 22. Rg3 Qe4 23. Nf2 Qxd3 24. Nxd3 Nf5 25. Rg6 c5 26. Nf2 c4 27. Nh1 Rd7 28.
Rf1 Rf7 29. Ng3 Nxg3 30. Rxg3 Kd7 31. Bb4 a5 32. Bd2 d4 33. c3 Kc6 34. cxd4
Bxd4 35. Rc1 b5 36. a4 Rb8 37. axb5+ Rxb5 38. Rxc4+ Kd5 39. b3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vovk, Orest"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A00"]
[WhiteElo "2315"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "168"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. g4 h5 2. g5 g6 3. Bg2 d5 4. e4 dxe4 5. Nc3 c6 6. Nxe4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. Qe2
Ne5 9. h3 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 11. Qxf3 Bg7 12. c3 e6 13. d4 Ne7 14. Nf6+ Bxf6
15. Qxf6 O-O 16. Bf4 Nd5 17. Qxd8 Rfxd8 18. Be5 Rac8 19. O-O-O b5 20. a3 c5 21.
dxc5 Rxc5 22. Bd4 Rc7 23. Kb1 Kf8 24. Be5 Rc6 25. Rd4 Ke8 26. Rhd1 Rdc8 27. Re1
Kd7 28. Bf6 Rc4 29. Rxd5+ exd5 30. Re7+ Kd6 31. Rxf7 R4c7 32. Rxc7 Rxc7 33. Kc2
Rc4 34. Bd4 Ke6 35. b3 Rc7 36. Kd3 Kf5 37. Be3 a6 38. Kd4 Rc8 39. Bd2 Ke6 40.
Be3 Rf8 41. f4 Rc8 42. Bd2 Kf5 43. Kd3 Re8 44. Be3 Re4 45. Bd2 a5 46. Be3 a4
47. b4 Rc4 48. Bd2 Re4 49. Be3 Re8 50. Bd2 Ke6 51. Kd4 Kd6 52. Kd3 d4 53. cxd4
Kd5 54. Be3 Rc8 55. Bd2 Rc4 56. Bc3 Ke6 57. Bd2 Kf5 58. Be3 Ke6 59. Bd2 Rc8 60.
Be3 Kd5 61. Bd2 Re8 62. Be3 Re4 63. Kd2 Kc4 64. Ke2 Re8 65. Kd2 Kb3 66. Kd3
Kxa3 67. f5 gxf5 68. d5 Kb3 69. Bd4 Rd8 70. g6 Rxd5 71. g7 Rd8 72. Ke3 a3 73.
Bf6 Rg8 74. Kf4 Kxb4 75. Kxf5 Kc4 76. Kg6 b4 77. Kf7 Rxg7+ 78. Kxg7 b3 79. Kg6
b2 80. Bxb2 axb2 81. Kxh5 b1=Q 82. h4 Qf5+ 83. Kh6 Qg4 84. h5 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Kadric, Denis"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2579"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "38"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. O-O h6 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
a5 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. Ba4 Re8 11. Bc2 b5 12. Re1 Bb6 13. Nf1 a4 14. Ng3 Ne7 15. d4
Ng6 16. Be3 c5 17. Qd2 cxd4 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Qxh6 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shahinyan, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2452"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Ba2 Re8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Bb3 Bd8 14. f4 Ng6 15.
Qf3 Bb6 16. Rad1 Qh5 17. f5 Ne5 18. Qxh5 Nxh5 19. Kf2 Rad8 20. Nf3 Bxe3+ 21.
Rxe3 Bc8 22. g4 Nf6 23. Kg3 h6 24. a5 b5 25. axb6 axb6 26. Nxe5 dxe5 27. Red3
Rxd3+ 28. cxd3 Bb7 29. Kf3 Rd8 30. Ke3 Kf8 31. Na4 Nd7 32. d4 exd4+ 33. Rxd4
Ke7 34. Nxb6 Nxb6 35. Rb4 Ba6 36. Rxb6 Rd3+ 37. Kf4 Bb5 38. Rb7+ Kd6 39. Bxf7
Rxh3 40. b4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Visakh, NR."]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2516"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. Qd2 Nd7 11. Bd3 e5 12. d5 b5 13. c4 b4 14. h4 h5 15. O-O
Qc7 16. Bh6 a5 17. Bb1 Qd6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ne1 Ba6 20. Bd3 a4 21. g3 Rfb8 22.
Ng2 b3 23. axb3 Rxb3 24. Ne3 Nf6 25. Ra1 Bc8 26. Rfb1 Rxb1+ 27. Rxb1 Bd7 28.
Qc3 Rb8 29. Kg2 Rxb1 30. Bxb1 Qb8 31. Bc2 Ng4 32. Nxg4 hxg4 33. Qa5 Qb4 34. Qc7
Qc3 35. Bb1 Qf3+ 36. Kg1 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qxb1 38. Qxe5+ Kg8 39. Qe7 Qb2 40. Qxd7
Qxf2+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 42. Kh2 Qh3+ 43. Kg1 Qxg3+ 44. Kh1 a3 45. Qa7 Qf3+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C88"]
[WhiteElo "2678"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d3
d6 9. Bd2 Bg4 10. c3 Re8 11. h3 Bd7 12. Be3 h6 13. Nbd2 Bf8 14. Rc1 Na5 15. Bc2
c5 16. d4 cxd4 17. cxd4 exd4 18. Bxd4 Rc8 19. a3 Nc6 20. Bc3 a5 21. b3 b4 22.
axb4 Nxb4 23. Bb1 Bb5 24. Re3 d5 25. Nd4 Ba6 26. e5 Ne4 27. Nxe4 dxe4 28. Bxe4
Na2 29. e6 Rxe6 30. Nxe6 Qxd1+ 31. Rxd1 Nxc3 32. Rd8 Nxe4 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.
Nxf8 Nf6 35. Re5 Kxf8 36. Rxa5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2672"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e6 3. Bg2 d5 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
Nxd5 9. d4 c5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Nc4 Qe7 13. e4 N5f6 14. e5 Nd5 15.
Qe2 a5 16. a4 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rac8 18. h4 Nf8 19. Ng5 Nb4 20. Nd6 Bxd6 21. exd6
Qd7 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Qg4 f5 24. Qh5 h6 25. Nf3 Qf7 26. Qxf7+ Kxf7 27. Ne5+ Kg8
28. d7 Rc7 29. Rd6 Rc5 30. Rad1 Rd5 31. R1xd5 Nxd5 32. Bd4 g5 33. Rxd5 exd5 34.
Bxb6 Rxd7 35. Nxd7 Nxd7 36. Bxa5 Nc5 37. Bb6 Nxb3 38. a5 Nd2 39. a6 Nc4 40. Bc5
1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Quparadze, Giga"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A17"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2463"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 b6 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 Bb7 7. g4 h6 8. Rg1
d6 9. h4 e5 10. g5 hxg5 11. hxg5 Ne4 12. Qe3 Nc5 13. d4 Ne6 14. dxe5 Bxf3 15.
Qxf3 Nd7 16. exd6 Ne5 17. Qe4 cxd6 18. f4 Rh4 19. Rh1 Rxh1 20. Qxh1 Nd7 21. Bg2
Rc8 22. Bd5 Qe7 23. Bd2 Nd4 24. O-O-O b5 25. Kb1 bxc4 26. Bc3 Nxe2 27. Re1 Nc5
28. Bc6+ Nd7 29. Qh8+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2709"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8.
Bf4 d5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 h6 11. O-O e5 12. Bg3 Be6 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Na4 Nxe3
15. fxe3 Bxe3+ 16. Bf2 Qg5 17. Nac5 Rad8 18. Qe1 Bd5 19. g3 b6 20. Bf3 Bxf2+
21. Qxf2 bxc5 22. Nxc5 Bxf3 23. Qxf3 Nd4 24. Qf2 f5 25. Rad1 f4 26. Rxd4 fxg3
27. Qxf8+ Rxf8 28. Rxf8+ Kh7 29. Rd5 Qc1+ 30. Kg2 gxh2 31. Kxh2 Qxb2+ 32. Kg1
Qa1+ 33. Rf1 Qxa3 34. Ne4 Qe3+ 35. Nf2 Qg3+ 36. Kh1 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Qxd5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Abdusattorov, Nodirbek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[PlyCount "6"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 15t Sept f"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.15"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gazik, Viktor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A53"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[PlyCount "184"]
[EventDate "2020.09.15"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 d6 4. Nc3 Bg4 5. d5 Nb8 6. h3 Bxf3 7. exf3 g6 8. f4
Bg7 9. g3 c6 10. Bg2 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. Bxd5 Nc6 13. O-O O-O 14. Re1 Rc8
15. Rb1 Qd7 16. Bg2 Qf5 17. Be3 Rfd8 18. b3 Qa5 19. Re2 e6 20. Rd2 Bc3 21. Rxd6
Rxd6 22. Qxd6 Rd8 23. Qc5 Qxa2 24. Rf1 Qxb3 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. cxb5 Nd4 27. Bxd4
Bxd4 28. Bxb7 Bb6 29. Bc6 Rd2 30. h4 Kg7 31. Kg2 Rc2 32. Be4 Rb2 33. Bc6 Kf6
34. Kf3 h6 35. Kg2 Ke7 36. Kf3 Rd2 37. Kg2 Kd6 38. Be8 Ke7 39. Bc6 f5 40. Kf3
Rc2 41. Bb7 Rc5 42. Rb1 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Rc2 44. Rf1 Kd6 45. Ba6 Kc7 46. Kf3 Bc5
47. Kg2 Bd4 48. Kf3 Kb6 49. Kg2 Kc5 50. Kf3 Kd6 51. Kg2 Ke7 52. Kf3 Kf6 53. Kg2
g5 54. fxg5+ hxg5 55. hxg5+ Kxg5 56. Bb7 e5 57. Bd5 e4 58. Be6 Rc5 59. Bd7 Rc2
60. Be6 Rb2 61. Bd7 Bb6 62. Bc6 Kf6 63. Bd7 Ke5 64. Bc6 e3 65. Kf3 exf2 66. Kg2
Kf6 67. Bd7 Kg5 68. Bc6 Rb3 69. Rh1 Rc3 70. Bd7 Rc2 71. Kf3 Rd2 72. Bc6 Rd3+
73. Kg2 Rd6 74. Bb7 Rd2 75. Bc6 Re2 76. Bb7 Re1 77. Rf1 Kf6 78. Bc6 Ke5 79. Bd7
Be3 80. Bc6 Bd4 81. Bd7 Kf6 82. Bc6 Kg5 83. Bf3 Bc5 84. Bc6 Kf6 85. Bf3 Bb6 86.
Bc6 Ke5 87. Bd7 Ke4 88. Bc6+ Kd3 89. Bd5 Kd2 90. Bc4 Re5 91. Kf3 Re7 92. Kf4
Rc7 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. c4 O-O 6. b3 d4 7. e3 c5 8. exd4
cxd4 9. Re1 Nc6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. Rxe5 Nd7 12. Re1 Re8 13. d3 Bb4 14. Bd2 Bxd2
15. Qxd2 a5 16. Na3 Nc5 17. Nb5 e5 18. f4 Bf5 19. Rxe5 Rxe5 20. fxe5 Nxd3 21.
Rf1 Bg6 22. Bxb7 Rb8 23. Nd6 Qe7 24. Qxa5 Qxe5 25. Qxe5 Nxe5 26. Bd5 d3 27. Kf2
Rd8 28. c5 Bh5 29. Ke3 Bg6 30. b4 Kf8 31. b5 Ke7 32. b6 Ng4+ 33. Kd4 Nxh2 34.
Re1+ Kd7 35. Nb7 Rc8 36. c6+ Rxc6 37. Nc5+ Rxc5 38. Kxc5 Bh5 39. Bc6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A26"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "110"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. e4 e5 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. g3 Nc6 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 f5 7. d3 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Nd5 fxe4 10. dxe4 Nd7 11. Be3 Nc5 12. Qd2 Ne6 13. f4 exf4 14. gxf4 Ne7
15. Rad1 c6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. b3 a5 18. Qxd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 a4 20. f5 axb3 21.
axb3 Nc7 22. f6 Ne8 23. Rd8 Bxf6 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Rxf6 Ra3 26. Nd4 c5 27. Nb5
Rxb3 28. Bxc5 Bh3 29. Bxh3 Rxh3 30. Nd6 Re5 31. Kg2 Rd3 32. Bb4 Rb3 33. Be1
Rg5+ 34. Bg3 h5 35. Kh3 Kg7 36. e5 Rxe5 37. Rf7+ Kg8 38. Rxb7 Rxb7 39. Nxb7 Re4
40. c5 Rc4 41. Bf2 g5 42. Na5 Rc3+ 43. Kg2 Kf7 44. c6 Ke6 45. Bb6 g4 46. c7 Kd7
47. Nb7 h4 48. Nc5+ Kc8 49. Ne4 Rc6 50. Ba5 Ra6 51. Be1 Ra2+ 52. Bf2 g3 53.
hxg3 hxg3 54. Kxg3 Rxf2 55. Kxf2 Kxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Re1 Qd7 12. Nbd2 Nxd2 13. Qxd2 Na5 14. Bc2 Nc4
15. Qd3 g6 16. Bh6 Nxb2 17. Qd2 Rfe8 18. Qf4 Nc4 19. h4 Bf5 20. Ng5 Bf8 21.
Bxf8 Rxf8 22. Bb3 h6 23. Nf3 Kh7 24. Rad1 c6 25. Bxc4 bxc4 26. Nd4 Bd3 27. e6
fxe6 28. Qe5 Rae8 29. Nxe6 Rf5 30. Ng5+ hxg5 31. Qxe8 Qxe8 32. Rxe8 gxh4 33.
Rde1 h3 34. R1e7+ Kh6 35. Rh8+ Kg5 36. Rxh3 Kf6 37. Rc7 Re5 38. Rxc6+ Kg7 39.
Re3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A39"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
Nxd4 Qa5 9. Nb3 Qh5 10. e4 d6 11. Qxh5 Nxh5 12. Be3 Nf6 13. h3 Bd7 14. c5 Ne5
15. cxd6 exd6 16. Bd4 Be6 17. Rfd1 Rfd8 18. Nd2 Nc6 19. Be3 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5
21. Nxd5 Bxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. Nc4 Rad8 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Rc1 f5 26. b3 Kf7
27. Kf1 Ke6 28. Ke2 a6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C41"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. a4 c6 8. Re1
b6 9. b3 Bb7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Bd3 Re8 12. Ne2 Bf8 13. Ng3 b5 14. h3 Qc7 15. Qd2
g6 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 Bg7 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. b4 Nd7 21. Red1 Nf8
22. Qd6 Rac8 23. Nf1 Ne6 24. Bxe6 Rxe6 25. Qxc7 Rxc7 26. Rd8+ Bf8 27. Ne3 Rc8
28. Rad1 Re8 29. R8d7 Ba8 30. Ng4 Be7 31. Bxe5 Rcd8 32. Bf6 Rxd7 33. Rxd7 Bxb4
34. Nh6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B81"]
[WhiteElo "2535"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e6 7. g4 Be7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. f4 Nd7 10. g5 h6 11. h4 hxg5 12. fxg5 Nde5 13. Be2 b5 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. a3
Rc8 16. O-O-O b4 17. axb4 Nxb4 18. Nb3 Bxe4 19. Nxe4 Rxc2+ 20. Qxc2 Nxc2 21.
Kxc2 d5 22. Nc3 O-O 23. Nd4 Qc7 24. Kb1 Rb8 25. Rc1 Nc4 26. Bxc4 Qxc4 27. Rhd1
Ba3 28. Rc2 Rxb2+ 29. Rxb2 Qxc3 30. Rb3 Qa5 31. Nc2 Bd6 32. h5 Qa4 33. Rdd3 Be5
34. g6 fxg6 35. hxg6 Qe4 36. Bd4 Kf8 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 38. Rb7 Qe4 39. Rc3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.17"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cuenca Jimenez, Jose Fernando"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2535"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 b4 8. a5 O-O
9. Be3 Bxe3 10. fxe3 d6 11. Nbd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. O-O d5 14. Qe2 Rb8 15.
exd5 exd5 16. d4 Qd6 17. Qxa6 Nxd4 18. Qxd6 Nxf3+ 19. Nxf3 cxd6 20. Rfd1 Rfc8
21. Ne1 Rb5 22. a6 Ra8 23. Ra4 e4 24. c3 b3 25. h3 Rb6 26. Rda1 Nd7 27. a7 Nc5
28. Ra5 Kf7 29. h4 h6 30. h5 Ke6 31. g4 Ke5 32. Ng2 Nd3 33. Rf1 Rb7 34. Rf5+
Ke6 35. Nf4+ Nxf4 36. exf4 Raxa7 37. Rfxd5 Rxa5 38. Rxa5 Rf7 39. f5+ Kf6 40.
Kf2 Rc7 41. Rd5 Ra7 42. Ke3 Ra2 43. Rxd6+ Kf7 44. Rd2 Ra4 45. Rd4 Ra2 46. Rd2
Ra4 47. Rd4 Ra2 48. Rd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C83"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Nbd2 Be7 10. c3 Nc5 11. Bc2 d4 12. Nb3 d3 13. Bb1 Nxb3 14. axb3 Bf5 15.
Re1 O-O 16. b4 Qd7 17. h3 Rfd8 18. Bf4 a5 19. bxa5 Rxa5 20. Rxa5 Nxa5 21. Nd4
g5 22. Bxd3 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 gxf4 24. Qe4 Re8 25. Qxf4 Bf8 26. Re3 Bg7 27. Rg3 Re6
28. Qg4 f5 29. Nxf5 Qf7 30. Qxg7+ Qxg7 31. Rxg7+ Kf8 32. f4 Nc4 33. Rxc7 Nxb2
34. Nd4 Rg6 35. f5 Rg3 36. Ne6+ Ke8 37. f6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Be2 b6 10. Rc1 e6 11. h4 Bb7 12. e5 Nc6 13. h5 Ne7 14. hxg6 hxg6 15.
Bg5 f6 16. exf6 Bxf6 17. Bh6 Rf7 18. Ne5 Bxe5 19. dxe5 Rh7 20. Bg4 Kf7 21.
Bxe6+ Kxe6 22. Qg4+ Kf7 23. Rd1 Qc8 24. Rd7 Qc6 25. Rxe7+ Kxe7 26. Bg5+ Kf8 27.
Rxh7 Qe4+ 28. Qxe4 Bxe4 29. Rh8+ Kf7 30. Rh7+ Ke6 31. f3 Bd5 32. Re7+ Kf5 33.
Bh6 g5 34. g4+ Kf4 35. Kf2 Rh8 36. Rd7 Be6 37. Bxg5+ Kxg5 38. Rxa7 Kf4 39. Re7
Bd5 40. e6 Rh2+ 41. Kg1 Re2 42. Rd7 Kg3 43. Kf1 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. e4 d6 5. O-O g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. a3 Nge7 8. Nbd2
O-O 9. c3 h6 10. b4 a6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Re1 b5 13. d4 exd4 14. cxd4 cxb4 15.
axb4 Nxb4 16. Ba3 a5 17. d5 Bxa1 18. dxe6 Bg7 19. exf7+ Rxf7 20. Qb3 Nec6 21.
Bh3 Nd4 22. Nxd4 Bxd4 23. Nf3 Qf6 24. Be6 Raf8 25. Bxb4 axb4 26. Kg2 Bc3 27.
Re3 Kg7 28. Bxf7 Qxf7 29. Qd1 Qe6 30. Qd3 Rb8 31. h4 Bf6 32. h5 gxh5 33. Nd4
Bxd4 34. Qxd4+ Qe5 35. Qa7+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. d5 Nb8
9. c4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 a6 11. a4 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Be3 e5 14. dxe6 Rxe6 15. Qd2
Kh7 16. Bc2 b6 17. Bf4 Bb7 18. Rad1 Qe8 19. Nd5 Rc8 20. Rfe1 Nxe4 21. Bxe4 Rxe4
22. Bxd6 Qe6 23. Rxe4 Qxe4 24. b3 Bxd5 25. Qxd5 Qxd5 26. Rxd5 Nf6 27. Re5 Ne8
28. Rd5 Nf6 29. Re5 Ne8 30. Rd5 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Yilmaz, Mustafa"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A13"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. b3 c5 5. Bb2 Nc6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O
O-O 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bc7 11. Nd2 Nxd4 12. Bxd4 Re8 13. Rc1 Qd6 14. Nf3 Bg4
15. g3 Bh3 16. Bxf6 Bxf1 17. Bxf1 gxf6 18. Nd4 Bb6 19. Nf5 Qf8 20. Qh5 Re5 21.
Bd3 Kh8 22. Qh4 Bd8 23. Rc7 Re6 24. Rd7 Qe8 25. Rxb7 Re4 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nd6
Qe6 28. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.18"]
[Round "2.12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A04"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "98"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 f5 2. d3 Nc6 3. d4 e6 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. d5 Ne5
9. Nd4 Nxc4 10. Nxe6 Bxe6 11. dxe6 c6 12. Qb3 d5 13. Qxb7 Qd6 14. Qb3 Rab8 15.
Qc2 Qxe6 16. O-O Ne4 17. Na4 Bf6 18. Rb1 Bd4 19. e3 Bb6 20. b3 Ne5 21. Bb2 Rbc8
22. Rbc1 h5 23. Nxb6 axb6 24. Qe2 h4 25. Rfd1 hxg3 26. fxg3 Ng4 27. Re1 Rfe8
28. Qf3 Rf8 29. Qf4 Rce8 30. h3 Ngf6 31. Qh4 Re7 32. Rf1 c5 33. Rcd1 Ref7 34.
Bxf6 Rxf6 35. Bxe4 fxe4 36. Rf4 Rxf4 37. gxf4 d4 38. exd4 e3 39. Qg4 Qxg4+ 40.
hxg4 Rxf4 41. dxc5 bxc5 42. Re1 Rxg4+ 43. Kf1 Rf4+ 44. Ke2 Rf2+ 45. Kxe3 Rxa2
46. Kd3 Rf2 47. Re5 Kf7 48. Rxc5 Kf6 49. Ke3 Rb2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "64"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 a5 6. a3 Bd6 7. Nc3 d4 8. Ne2 a4
9. Ba2 h6 10. h3 c5 11. g4 b5 12. Ng3 g6 13. c4 Be6 14. cxb5 Bxa2 15. Rxa2 Qa5+
16. Nd2 Nbd7 17. O-O Qxb5 18. Nc4 Bc7 19. f4 exf4 20. Bxf4 Bxf4 21. Rxf4 O-O
22. Ra1 Ra6 23. Qf3 Qc6 24. Rf1 Qe6 25. Kg2 Ne8 26. h4 Nd6 27. Nxd6 Rxd6 28. h5
Ne5 29. Qd1 Rb6 30. hxg6 Rxb2+ 31. Kh3 Qa2 32. g5 Rh2# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A80"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 f5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bg5 d5 4. e3 Be6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. h3 h6 7. Bf4 g5 8. Bh2
c6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. h4 g4 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Ng6 Qb6 13. Nxe7+ Kh7 14. Nxf5 Qxb2 15.
Nxg7+ Kxg7 16. Ne2 Qa3 17. O-O Qe7 18. Rb1 b6 19. Nf4 Bf7 20. Bg3 c5 21. Bf5 h5
22. Qd3 c4 23. Qe2 Rae8 24. Rbe1 Ne4 25. Bxe4 dxe4 26. d5 Qc5 27. Rd1 Nf6 28.
d6 c3 29. Rd4 Bxa2 30. Ra1 Bf7 31. Rxa7 Kg8 32. Qd1 b5 33. Rc7 Qa3 34. d7 Rd8
35. Rd6 Ne8 36. dxe8=N Rxd6 37. Nxd6 Rd8 38. Nd5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. e5 d4 5. g3 Bd7 6. Bg2 Bc6 7. O-O Ne7 8. h4 Nf5
9. d3 Nd7 10. Re1 Qc7 11. Na3 Rd8 12. Bf4 dxc3 13. bxc3 Be7 14. h5 Nb6 15. Qe2
Nd5 16. Bd2 b5 17. g4 Nh4 18. Nxh4 Bxh4 19. g5 h6 20. g6 Ne7 21. Qg4 Bxg2 22.
Nxb5 Qc6 23. Nd6+ Rxd6 24. exd6 Bf3 25. gxf7+ Kd8 26. Qxh4 Qxd6 27. Bf4 Qd5 28.
Rab1 Kd7 29. Rb8 Rxb8 30. Bxb8 Qf5 31. Qg3 Qxf7 32. Qd6+ Ke8 33. Rxe6 Bg4 34.
Re3 Bd7 35. Qxc5 Qf6 36. Bd6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "45"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. a3 Bb7 4. Nc3 f5 5. d5 Nf6 6. g3 d6 7. Bg2 e5 8. Nf3 Nbd7
9. Ng5 Nc5 10. b4 h6 11. bxc5 hxg5 12. c6 Ba6 13. Qa4 Bc8 14. Bxg5 Be7 15. Bd2
g5 16. Qc2 e4 17. Bxg5 Nxd5 18. Nxd5 Bxg5 19. g4 Be6 20. Rd1 Bxd5 21. Rxd5 Qe7
22. Rxf5 O-O-O 23. Qa4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. Ba2 d6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Rg1
Bxa2 9. Rxa2 Nbd7 10. g4 Nc5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nf5 f6 14. h4 gxf5 15.
g6 Re8 16. Qh5 h6 17. exf5 Bf8 18. g7 Bxg7 19. b4 Re7 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Bxh6
Qe8 22. Rg6 Qd7 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. dxe4 d5 25. c4 Rd8 26. Rd2 d4 27. Rd3 Rf8 28.
Rdg3 Rff7 29. Qg4 d3 30. Kd2 Qd4 31. Rxd3 Qxf2+ 32. Kc3 Qe1+ 33. Kc2 Qf2+ 34.
Rd2 Qc5 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Bxg7 Qxc4+ 37. Kb2 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C03"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Bd3 c5 5. dxc5 Nf6 6. Qe2 O-O 7. Ngf3 a5 8. O-O
Na6 9. e5 Nd7 10. Nb3 Naxc5 11. Nbd4 Nxd3 12. cxd3 Nc5 13. Be3 Qd7 14. a3 a4
15. Nc2 Nb3 16. Rad1 d4 17. Nfxd4 Nxd4 18. Nxd4 b5 19. Qg4 Rd8 20. Ne2 b4 21.
Nf4 Kh8 22. Nh5 Rg8 23. axb4 Rb8 24. Bd2 Qxd3 25. Bc3 Qg6 26. Rd4 Bb7 27. h3
Rgc8 28. Rfd1 Bf8 29. Be1 Kg8 30. Nf4 Qxg4 31. hxg4 Bc6 32. Nd3 Bd5 33. Ra1 Rd8
34. Nc5 Bxc5 35. bxc5 Rxb2 36. Rdxa4 Rc2 37. Ra5 h6 38. f3 Rb8 39. R5a4 Rbb2
40. Rf4 Rxg2+ 41. Kf1 Bc6 42. Rb4 Rbc2 43. Ra6 Rh2 44. Kg1 Rcg2+ 45. Kf1 Bxf3
0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Qual-H"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.19"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Lagarde, Maxime"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C24"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.09.17"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "3"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. a3 O-O 6. Ba2 d6 7. Nc3 Be6 8. Rg1
Bxa2 9. Rxa2 Nbd7 10. g4 Nc5 11. g5 Nfd7 12. Nh4 g6 13. Nf5 f6 14. h4 Kh8 15.
Nxe7 Qxe7 16. h5 f5 17. hxg6 hxg6 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Qg4 Kg7 20. Rh1 Rh8 21.
Rxh8 Kxh8 22. Qh4+ Kg8 23. Ra1 d5 24. Bd2 Ne6 25. Ne2 Qf7 26. Be3 d4 27. Bd2
Nb6 28. Qh2 Nd5 29. Ng3 Rf3 30. Ne4 Qf5 31. Ke2 Qg4 32. Rg1 Rg3+ 33. Kf1 Rxg1+
34. Qxg1 Qd1+ 35. Be1 Qxc2 36. Qg3 Nef4 37. Qg4 Qxd3+ 38. Kg1 Qxe4 39. Qc8+ Kf7
40. Qxb7+ Ne7 41. Bb4 Qg2# 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A16"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. h4 Nc6 6. h5 Bg7 7. d4 Bf5 8. Rh4
Bf6 9. g4 Bxh4 10. gxf5 Bf6 11. e4 Nxc3 12. bxc3 gxf5 13. e5 Bxe5 14. dxe5
Qxd1+ 15. Kxd1 O-O-O+ 16. Kc2 Rhg8 17. e6 fxe6 18. Bc4 Rd6 19. Ba3 Kd7 20. Re1
Rg4 21. Bxd6 Rxc4 22. Bg3 b5 23. Ng5 h6 24. Nxe6 Nb4+ 25. Kb3 Nd5 26. Re5 f4
27. Rxd5+ Kxe6 28. Rxb5 fxg3 29. Kxc4 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Nc6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bg4 9. c3 Nf6 10. h3 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 h5 12. Nd2 O-O-O 13. Re1 Bh6 14. Nc4
Bxc1 15. Raxc1 Rhe8 16. Kg2 Nb8 17. b4 Nbd7 18. Bd1 Nb6 19. Na5 Rd2 20. Bb3 Re7
21. c4 Nbd7 22. c5 Nb8 23. Nc4 Rd4 24. Nd6+ Kd7 25. Nxf7 Rxb4 26. Red1+ Kc6 27.
a4 Rxf7 28. Bxf7 g5 29. Rd8 Nbd7 30. Bd5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 Nf6 3. e5 Nh5 4. d4 d6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. Qe2 Bg7 7. O-O dxe5 8.
dxe5 Nd4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qc4+ Be6 11. Ng5+ Ke8 12. Nxe6 Nxe6 13. Qxe6 Qd4 14.
Qb3 b6 15. e6 Nf4 16. Qb5+ Kf8 17. Nc3 Nxg2 18. Qc6 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A06"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Bg4 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. e3 e5 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 Ngf6 7. c4 c6 8.
cxd5 cxd5 9. Nc3 e4 10. Qg3 a6 11. Be2 Qb8 12. f4 exf3 13. Qxf3 Qe5 14. O-O-O
Qe6 15. g4 Rc8 16. Kb1 Bd6 17. g5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 O-O 20. Bc4 Qxg4
21. hxg4 Be5 22. g6 hxg6 23. Rh3 Rxc4 24. bxc4 f6 25. Ba3 Rc8 26. Rdh1 Rxc4 27.
Rh8+ Kf7 28. Rd8 Rc7 29. Rhh8 g5 30. Rc8 Rxc8 31. Rxc8 g6 32. Kc2 f5 33. Kd1
fxg4 34. Ke2 g3 35. Kf1 Nf6 36. Bb4 Nh5 37. Bc3 Bd6 38. Rd8 Ke6 39. Re8+ Kf5
40. Kg2 b5 41. Ra8 b4 42. Bd4 Nf4+ 43. Kxg3 Nd3+ 44. Kg2 Ne1+ 45. Kf1 Nf3 46.
Rxa6 Bg3 47. Kg2 Be1 48. Rf6+ Kg4 49. Bc5 Bxd2 50. Rb6 Kf5 51. Rb5 Kg4 52. Bxb4
Bxe3 53. a4 Nh4+ 54. Kf1 Kf3 55. Bc5 Nf5 56. a5 Bd2 57. a6 Ng3+ 58. Kg1 Ne2+
59. Kh1 g4 60. Rb3+ e3 61. a7 Ng3+ 62. Kh2 Kf2 63. Rb1 Nf1+ 64. Rxf1+ Kxf1 65.
a8=Q Ke2 66. Kg2 Kd3 67. Qa6+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D11"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Bf5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. c5 Qc7 7. Bf4 Qc8 8. Nh4
Nf6 9. Nxf5 exf5 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 Bd8 12. Qc2 g6 13. h3 h5 14. O-O-O h4 15.
g4 hxg3 16. fxg3 Bc7 17. Bxc7 Qxc7 18. g4 fxg4 19. hxg4 Rxh1 20. Rxh1 Nbd7 21.
g5 Ng8 22. Bg4 O-O-O 23. Qf2 Rf8 24. Rh7 Ne7 25. Rxf7 Rxf7 26. Qxf7 Kd8 27. Qe6
Nf8 28. Qf6 Ke8 29. Qf2 b6 30. cxb6 axb6 31. e4 dxe4 32. Nxe4 Nd5 33. Nf6+ Nxf6
34. Qxf6 c5 35. Bf3 cxd4+ 36. Bc6+ Nd7 37. Qxg6+ Kf8 38. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 e5 6. Qe2 g6 7. a4 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O
9. d3 a6 10. O-O Rb8 11. Na3 h6 12. Be3 Re8 13. Rfe1 Bd7 14. Qd2 g5 15. b4 cxb4
16. cxb4 Ne7 17. Bb3 b5 18. axb5 axb5 19. Nc2 Ng6 20. Ra7 g4 21. hxg4 Nxg4 22.
Rea1 Be6 23. Bxe6 Rxe6 24. Qe2 d5 25. Ng5 hxg5 26. Qxg4 dxe4 27. Bxg5 Qxd3 28.
Ne3 Rbe8 29. Nf5 Qc4 30. Bh6 Bh8 31. Be3 Rf6 32. Bg5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A33"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. g3 Qb6 7. Ndb5 Ne5 8.
Bf4 Nfg4 9. e3 a6 10. h3 axb5 11. hxg4 Nxc4 12. Rc1 d5 13. b3 Nd6 14. g5 Bd7
15. Bd3 Rc8 16. Kf1 b4 17. Ne2 Rxc1 18. Qxc1 Be7 19. Qb2 f6 20. gxf6 gxf6 21.
Rxh7 Rxh7 22. Bxh7 e5 23. Bh6 Bf5 24. Bg8 Nf7 25. Bg7 Qc6 26. Qd2 d4 27. Ng1 d3
28. f3 Qc3 29. Ke1 Bc5 30. Bxf7+ Kxf7 31. Bh6 e4 32. fxe4 Bxe4 33. Nh3 Qa1+ 34.
Kf2 Qh1 35. Nf4 Qh2+ 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.21"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. bxc5 Nc6 5. g3 e5 6. d3 Bxc5 7. Bg2 Nf6 8. O-O
O-O 9. Ba3 Bxa3 10. Nxa3 Qe7 11. Nc2 Rd8 12. Nd2 Bf5 13. Rb1 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4
15. dxe4 Bxe4 16. Bxe4 Qxe4 17. Qd3 Qe7 18. Rb5 Rd7 19. Rd5 Rad8 20. Nxd4 Rxd5
21. cxd5 Rxd5 22. Nxc6 bxc6 23. Qc4 Qd7 24. e3 h5 25. h4 Rd2 26. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.9"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D24"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. d4 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Qa4+ Nc6 9. Ne5 Rb8 10. Rd1 O-O 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qxa7 Bd7 13. Qa4 c5 14. Qc2
cxd4 15. Rxd4 h6 16. Bf4 Bc5 17. Rd2 Qe7 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Qxe4 Bd6 20. Rad1 Bb5
21. b3 Bxc4 22. Qxc4 Bxf4 23. Qxf4 c5 24. h3 Rb4 25. Qe5 Rc8 26. Rd7 Qf6 27.
Qxf6 gxf6 28. Rc1 c4 29. Rd4 Ra8 30. Rdxc4 Rxc4 31. bxc4 Rxa2 32. c5 Ra7 33.
Kh2 Rc7 34. c6 Kg7 35. Kg3 f5 36. Kh4 Kg6 37. Rc3 e5 38. Rc5 f4 39. Rxe5 Rxc6
40. Kg4 Rc2 41. Kf3 Ra2 42. Rd5 Kg7 43. Rd4 Rb2 44. Rxf4 Ra2 45. Kg3 Ra3+ 46.
Kg4 Ra2 47. h4 Rb2 48. Rf5 Rb4+ 49. Kh5 Rb2 50. g4 Rb6 51. f4 f6 52. Rc5 Rb7
53. Ra5 Rc7 54. Rb5 Ra7 55. f5 Rc7 56. Rb6 Ra7 57. Re6 Rb7 58. Re2 Ra7 59. Rc2
Rb7 60. Rc4 Ra7 61. Rc6 Rb7 62. Ra6 Rc7 63. g5 hxg5 64. hxg5 fxg5 65. Kxg5 Rb7
66. Rh6 Rb1 67. f6+ Kf7 68. Rh7+ Kf8 69. Ra7 Rg1+ 70. Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 e6 5. cxd5 exd5 6. O-O Ngf6 7. h3 Bh5 8.
d3 Bc5 9. Nc3 c6 10. Qb3 Bb6 11. Na4 O-O 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qc2 Re8 14. b3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 Ne5 16. Bg2 h5 17. Bg5 Qd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Nh7 20. Be3 b5 21.
Rad1 Qg6 22. Kh2 Nf6 23. Bd4 Nxe4 24. Bxe4 Nf3+ 25. Kg2 Rxe4 26. Ba1 h4 27. Qd3
Ng5 28. Rd2 Qe6 29. g4 Rxg4+ 30. hxg4 Qxg4+ 31. Kh1 Nf3 32. Qd7 Qf4 33. Kg2
Nxd2 34. Re1 Qf3+ 35. Kg1 h3 0-1

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.11"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D02"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. e3 e6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Rc1 O-O 8. a3
Bd6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Be2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Nxe7 12. O-O Nxc3 13. Rxc3 Bxf3 14. Bxf3 c6
15. Be2 Nf5 16. cxd5 exd5 17. b4 a6 18. a4 Nd6 19. Qb3 Qd7 20. b5 axb5 21. axb5
Rfc8 22. bxc6 bxc6 23. Rfc1 Rc7 24. Qd1 g6 25. Bg4 Qe8 26. Bf3 Rcc8 27. Qc2 Nc4
28. Be2 Nd6 29. Bd3 Rc7 30. g3 Rac8 31. Qa4 Qd7 32. Kg2 h5 33. h3 Kg7 34. R3c2
Ne4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Rc5 Qd6 37. Qc2 Re7 38. h4 Qf6 39. Rxc6 Qf3+ 40. Kg1 Rxc6
41. Qxc6 Ra7 42. Qc2 g5 43. hxg5 h4 44. Qd1 hxg3 45. Qxf3 exf3 46. fxg3 Ra2 47.
Rc6 Re2 48. Rf6 Rxe3 49. d5 Rd3 50. d6 Rd2 51. Kf1 f2 52. g4 Kg8 53. g6 fxg6
54. Rxg6+ Kf7 55. Rh6 Kg7 56. Re6 Kf7 57. Rh6 Kg7 58. g5 Kf7 59. Rf6+ Kg7 60.
Kg2 Rd5 61. Kxf2 Rxg5 62. Re6 Kf7 63. Rh6 Rd5 64. Ke3 Ke8 65. Ke4 Rd1 66. Ke5
Re1+ 67. Kd5 Kd8 68. Rh8+ Kd7 69. Rh7+ Kd8 70. Rh8+ Kd7 71. Rh7+ Kd8 72. Rh8+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Giri, Anish"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2764"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 cxd5 8.
Nc3 Nc6 9. d4 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. b3 Qa5 12. Bd2 Bb4 13. Nb1 Rfc8 14. a3 Bxd2
15. Nxd2 Qb6 16. Be2 Ne7 17. Bd3 Rc3 18. Bc2 Rac8 19. Ra2 a5 20. Nf3 Qc7 21.
Bd3 Qb6 22. Bc2 g6 23. Qe2 Kg7 24. Rb1 R8c7 25. Kg2 Nc8 26. b4 Nd6 27. Ne5 Nc4
28. Nxc4 R3xc4 29. Bd3 Rc3 30. bxa5 Qxa5 31. a4 Rc1 32. Rxc1 Rxc1 33. Qd2 Qxd2
34. Rxd2 Rc3 35. Bb5 Ne4 36. Rb2 Nd6 37. Be2 Kf8 38. a5 Ra3 39. Rb6 Ke7 40. a6
bxa6 41. Rxa6 Rxa6 42. Bxa6 h5 43. h4 Kf6 44. Bd3 Ne8 45. Kf3 Nd6 46. Ke2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup Final"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "1.13"]
[White "Giri, Anish"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2764"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "53"]
[EventDate "2020.09.21"]
[EventType "k.o. (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qd8 5. d4 Bg7 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O O-O 9. Bh6 Bg4 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Ne5 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Nd5 14.
Nxd5 cxd5 15. h4 h5 16. g4 Nxe5 17. dxe5 Rh8 18. e6 f6 19. Rhg1 hxg4 20. Qxg4
Rh6 21. h5 Qd6 22. Qf5 Kh8 23. Rxg6 Rh7 24. Rxf6 Rg8 25. Rf8 Rhg7 26. h6 Rg2
27. h7 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Petkov, Momchil"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B94"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.
Bh4 g6 9. f4 Qc7 10. O-O-O Bg7 11. g3 e5 12. Nb3 O-O 13. Bg2 b5 14. Kb1 Bb7 15.
Rhe1 b4 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 a5 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. f5 a4 20. Nc1 g5 21. h4 e4
22. hxg5 hxg5 23. Rh1 Rfc8 24. Bxe4 a3 25. Nd3 axb2 26. Nxb4 Qa5 27. Qd2 Rc4
28. c3 Rxb4 29. cxb4 Qxa2+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Zwirs, Nico"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[PlyCount "91"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h4 Nc6 7. h5 h6 8. f3 e5
9. Nb3 Be6 10. Nd5 Bxd5 11. exd5 Nb8 12. c4 Nbd7 13. Be3 Be7 14. Qd2 b6 15.
O-O-O Nc5 16. Kb1 Qc7 17. Nc1 Nh7 18. g3 Bg5 19. f4 Bf6 20. Nd3 Nxd3 21. Bxd3
Nf8 22. Rhe1 Nd7 23. g4 Bh4 24. Re2 Be7 25. Bf5 exf4 26. Bxf4 Kf8 27. Qe3 Ne5
28. Bxe5 dxe5 29. d6 Bxd6 30. Be4 Rd8 31. Bd5 Ke7 32. g5 Qc5 33. Qf3 Rdf8 34.
Qf5 hxg5 35. Qxg5+ Ke8 36. a3 Rh6 37. Be4 Rf6 38. Qxg7 Rf2 39. Rxf2 Qxf2 40.
Ka2 Ke7 41. Qg5+ f6 42. Qg7+ Rf7 43. Qg8 Qc5 44. Bg6 Qxc4+ 45. Ka1 Qb3 46.
Qxf7+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Molina, Roberto Junio Brito"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "106"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 Bg7 5. Be3 a6 6. Qd2 b5 7. a4 b4 8. Nd1 a5
9. c3 bxc3 10. bxc3 O-O 11. Bb5 Nbd7 12. Ne2 Nb6 13. O-O Bd7 14. Bxd7 Qxd7 15.
Nb2 Rfb8 16. Ra2 Qc6 17. d5 Qb7 18. c4 Nfd7 19. Nd4 Ne5 20. Rc1 Nbd7 21. f4 Ng4
22. Nb5 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 c6 24. dxc6 Qxc6 25. Nd3 Nb6 26. Nd4 Bxd4 27. Qxd4 Nxa4
28. Rca1 Nc5 29. Nxc5 dxc5 30. Qd5 Qxd5 31. exd5 Rb4 32. Rxa5 Rxa5 33. Rxa5
Rxc4 34. g3 Rc2 35. Ra7 Kf8 36. Rc7 h5 37. h3 c4 38. g4 h4 39. Rc8+ Kg7 40. g5
c3 41. Rc7 Rd2 42. Rxc3 Rxd5 43. Kg2 Rf5 44. Rc4 e5 45. Kf3 exf4 46. Rxf4 Rxg5
47. Rxh4 Rh5 48. Rxh5 gxh5 49. Ke4 Kg6 50. Kf4 f6 51. h4 Kg7 52. Ke4 Kf8 53.
Kf4 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Lazavik, Denis"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2424"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. c4 dxc4 6. Na3 Bxa3 7. bxa3 Nd7 8.
Bb2 Ngf6 9. a4 Be4 10. Qc1 Bd5 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. Ba3 c5 13. Qc2 O-O 14. Rbc1 a6
15. Rb1 b5 16. d3 cxd3 17. exd3 Qb7 18. Ne1 Bxg2 19. Nxg2 Rfc8 20. Bb2 Qc6 21.
Ne3 h6 22. Rfc1 Nd5 23. Nxd5 Qxd5 24. Qb3 Qxb3 25. axb3 Rab8 26. Bc3 bxa4 27.
bxa4 Rxb1 28. Rxb1 c4 29. dxc4 Rxc4 30. Bb4 Nf6 31. a5 Nd5 32. Be1 g5 33. h3
Kg7 34. Kf1 Kg6 35. Rb7 Rc6 36. Ke2 f5 37. Bd2 h5 38. Rb8 g4 39. hxg4 hxg4 40.
Kd3 Nf6 41. Rb6 Rc5 42. Rxe6 Kf7 43. Rxa6 Ne4 44. Be3 Rc3+ 45. Kd4 Rb3 46. Ra8
Ra3 47. a6 Ke6 48. a7 Nd6 49. Kc5 Kd7 50. Kb4 Ra6 51. Rh8 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Saydaliev, Saidakbar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E66"]
[WhiteElo "2384"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "35"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. O-O a6 8. d5
Na5 9. Nd2 c5 10. Qc2 Rb8 11. b3 b5 12. Bb2 h5 13. Rab1 h4 14. e4 hxg3 15. hxg3
e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Nd5 Nc6 18. Nf3 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Sarana, Alexey"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2654"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. O-O cxb4 7. a3 b3 8. d3 Nc6
9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Nxb3 e5 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Nfd2 Qe7 14. Ne4 Bc7 15.
c5 O-O 16. Qc2 f5 17. Ned2 Be6 18. Rab1 Rab8 19. Nc4 Kh8 20. Rfc1 Bg8 21. Nd6
Bxd6 22. cxd6 Qxd6 23. Nc5 Na5 24. Nxb7 Nxb7 25. Rxb7 Rxb7 26. Bxb7 Qxa3 27.
Qc5 Qxc5 28. Rxc5 Rb8 29. Bf3 Re8 30. Rc7 e4 31. Bh5 Ra8 32. dxe4 fxe4 33. Bg6
Bh7 34. Bf7 a5 35. Bd5 Rd8 36. Bb3 d3 37. exd3 exd3 38. Kf1 Rb8 39. Rc3 Bf5 40.
Ke1 Re8+ 41. Kd1 Re2 42. f3 Rxh2 43. g4 Rh1+ 44. Kd2 Rh2+ 45. Kd1 a4 46. Bf7
Rh1+ 47. Kd2 Rh2+ 48. Kd1 Bd7 49. Rxd3 Bb5 50. Rd6 g5 51. Bd5 a3 52. Rb6 a2 53.
Bxa2 Ba4+ 54. Bb3 Rb2 55. Rb8+ Kg7 56. Rb7+ Kf8 57. Bxa4 Rxb7 58. Ke2 Rb4 59.
Bc6 Ke7 60. Kf2 Kd6 61. Ba8 Ke5 62. Kg3 Ra4 63. Bb7 Ra3 64. Bc6 Kd4 65. Kf2
Ra2+ 66. Kg3 Ke3 67. Bd5 Rb2 68. Ba8 Rb1 69. Kg2 Kf4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Nguyen, Ngoc Truong Son"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Be2 d5 6. exd5 exd5 7. O-O Be7 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Bxf3 c6 10. Bf4 O-O 11. Re1 Bd6 12. Qd2 Na6 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Ne2 Rfe8
15. Nf4 Nc7 16. Nd3 Ne6 17. c3 h6 18. h4 b6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Ne5 c5 21. g3
cxd4 22. cxd4 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Rxe4 Qd5 25. f3 f5 26. Re3 Nxd4 27. f4 Ne2+
28. Rxe2 Qc5+ 29. Kg2 Rxd2 30. Rexd2 Kh7 31. a3 Rc8 32. Rd7 Qc2+ 33. R1d2 Qe4+
34. Nf3 a5 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fier, Alexandr"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2560"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Be3 O-O 9. Be2 Qa5 10. Qd2 Rd8 11. Rc1 b6 12. O-O Ba6 13. d5 e6 14. Bg5 Rd7 15.
Bxa6 Nxa6 16. c4 Nb4 17. Qe3 Qxa2 18. h4 Re8 19. dxe6 Rxe6 20. h5 Nd3 21. Rfd1
Red6 22. e5 Rd4 23. Nxd4 Nxc1 24. e6 fxe6 25. Qxe6+ Rf7 26. Nf3 Ne2+ 27. Kh2
Nd4 28. Nxd4 cxd4 29. h6 Qc2 30. hxg7 Qxd1 31. Bf6 Qh5+ 32. Kg3 Qc5 33. Qe8+
Rf8 34. gxf8=Q+ Qxf8 35. Qxf8+ Kxf8 36. Bxd4 Ke7 37. Kf4 Kd6 38. Ke4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 22nd Sept"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.22"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kamsky, Gata"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C62"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2674"]
[PlyCount "83"]
[EventDate "2020.09.22"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 d6 5. h3 Bd7 6. c4 g6 7. Be3 Bg7 8. Nc3
O-O 9. O-O Nb8 10. Rc1 a6 11. Bxd7 Nbxd7 12. b4 c6 13. a4 Re8 14. Re1 Nf8 15.
Qb3 N6d7 16. Rcd1 a5 17. b5 Ne6 18. Qc2 f5 19. exf5 gxf5 20. Ne2 Qf6 21. Ng3
Qf7 22. Bc1 cxb5 23. axb5 a4 24. Ba3 Bf8 25. d4 e4 26. Nh4 Ng7 27. c5 Be7 28.
Nhxf5 Nxf5 29. Nxe4 d5 30. Nc3 Bf8 31. Qd3 Bg7 32. c6 bxc6 33. bxc6 Nb6 34. Nb5
Nc4 35. Bc5 Rxe1+ 36. Rxe1 Rc8 37. c7 Qg6 38. Qf3 Qf7 39. Qg4 Qg6 40. Qf3 Qf7
41. Qg4 Qg6 42. Qf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gulkov, Igor A"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2358"]
[PlyCount "67"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
Nbd7 9. Qd2 h5 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Qc7 12. h3 h4 13. Bd3 Be7 14. f4 b5 15.
Rhe1 Nb6 16. Bxb6 Qxb6 17. Nd5 Bxd5 18. exd5 Qc7 19. fxe5 dxe5 20. Qg5 O-O 21.
Rxe5 Nxd5 22. Qf5 g6 23. Qe4 Nf6 24. Rxe7 Nxe4 25. Rxc7 Rxc7 26. Bxe4 Re8 27.
Bf3 Kg7 28. c3 Rce7 29. Rd6 Re6 30. Rd4 f5 31. Rxh4 Re1+ 32. Kc2 Rg1 33. Rd4 g5
34. a4 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Mozharov, Mikhail"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2558"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. a4
h6 9. Bd3 Be6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 Be7 12. Bd2 O-O 13. a5 Nc5 14. Bf1 Qc6 15.
Qe2 Rac8 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Qe3 Bc4 18. Bd3 Rfe8 19. Nh4 d5 20. exd5 Nxd5 21. Nxd5
Qxd5 22. Be4 Qb5 23. Nf5 Bf8 24. Qg3 Kh8 25. c3 Nf6 26. Bc2 Rcd8 27. Ba4 Qd5
28. Bxe8 Qxd2 29. Ba4 Bd3 30. Rad1 Qxc3 31. Qxe5 Qxb4 32. Bc2 Rd5 33. Qc7 Bxf5
34. Rxd5 Qxe1+ 35. Kh2 Nxd5 36. Qd8 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Magalashvili, Davit"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2456"]
[PlyCount "82"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Be3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Be7 11. Kb1 Rc8 12. h3 b5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Bxa6 Ra8 17. Bc4 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 O-O 19. f4 Qc7 20. Bd5 Rac8 21.
Qe2 Nf6 22. Rhe1 Nxd5 23. Rxd5 Bf6 24. f5 e4 25. Qxe4 Qc6 26. Rdd1 d5 27. Qd3
Rfd8 28. g4 hxg4 29. hxg4 Ra8 30. Nc1 Ra5 31. Rh1 Bg5 32. Qh3 Qh6 33. Qxh6 gxh6
34. Nd3 Rb8 35. Rhe1 Kg7 36. Ne5 Rba8 37. a3 bxa3 38. b3 a2+ 39. Ka1 Bf6 40. c3
Rc5 41. Nd7 Bxc3# 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Volkov, Sergei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2277"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. c4 e6 6. cxd5 exd5 7. d3 Be7 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 Bg6 13. Nh4 Rfe8 14. Nxg6 hxg6
15. Be3 Qa5 16. h3 Bc5 17. Bd2 Qc7 18. Kh1 Rad8 19. f4 Nh5 20. Ne2 Bb6 21. e5
Nxe5 22. fxe5 Qxe5 23. Rae1 Nxg3+ 24. Nxg3 Qxg3 25. Rxe8+ Rxe8 26. Bf4 Qh4 27.
Qb3 Re1 28. Qg3 Qxg3 29. Bxg3 Re2 30. b4 Rxa2 31. b5 Rc2 32. bxc6 bxc6 33. Be4
Rc3 34. Rf3 Rxf3 35. Bxf3 f5 36. Bxc6 Kf7 37. Bh4 Bd4 38. Bd5+ Kf8 39. Kg2 Bf6
40. Bf2 a5 41. Bb6 a4 42. Kf3 a3 43. Bc5+ Be7 44. Bd4 Bf6 45. Bb6 g5 46. Be6
g4+ 47. hxg4 fxg4+ 48. Kxg4 g5 49. Kf5 Bb2 50. Kxg5 Kg7 51. Bc5 Kh8 52. Bb4 Ba1
53. Kg6 Bd4 54. Ba2 Ba1 55. Bxa3 Bd4 56. Bb3 Ba1 57. Ba2 Bc3 58. Bb3 Ba1 59.
Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 29th Sept"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.09.29"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Zia, Tahsin Tajwar"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2071"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2020.09.29"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. g3 Bxf3 4. exf3 c6 5. Bg2 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 d5 8. c3
e6 9. h4 Nd7 10. Nd2 Ne7 11. f4 O-O 12. Nf3 c5 13. Be3 Nf5 14. Ne5 cxd4 15.
cxd4 Nxe3 16. Rxe3 Rc8 17. h5 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Rc4 19. b3 Rc6 20. f4 Qb6 21. Rd3
Rfc8 22. Qg4 Rc3 23. Rad1 Rxd3 24. Rxd3 Rc1+ 25. Kh2 Qa5 26. Qe2 Bf8 27. Rd2
Qc7 28. Qb5 Qc3 29. Qe2 Bb4 30. Rd3 Qc2 31. Qf3 Qxa2 32. h6 Bf8 33. Rc3 Rxc3
34. Qxc3 Bxh6 35. Qc8+ Bf8 36. Qxb7 a5 37. g4 Qd2 38. Kg3 Qxd4 39. Qd7 Bc5 40.
Qd8+ Bf8 41. Qf6 h6 42. Bf3 g5 43. fxg5 Bg7 44. Qd8+ Kh7 45. gxh6 Bxe5+ 46. Kh3
Qf4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Tari, Aryan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C90"]
[WhiteElo "2633"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Re1
Re8 9. Nbd2 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bb3 Na5 13. Bc2 c5 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Bb7 17. b3 Rc8 18. Bb2 Nc6 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qd4 d5 21. e5
Ne4 22. Nxe4 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Qxd4 24. Bxd4 Red8 25. Bf5 Bd7 26. Bxd7 Rxd7 27. Be3
Rc2 28. h4 Bb4 29. Red1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Rxa2 31. Rd8+ Kh7 32. Rd7 Kg8 33. Rd8+
Kh7 34. Rd7 Kg8 35. Rd8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2726"]
[PlyCount "86"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O e5 5. d3 Ne7 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 Nbc6 8. c3
a5 9. Re1 Re8 10. Qc2 h6 11. b3 Be6 12. Bb2 Qd7 13. a3 Bh3 14. b4 Bxg2 15. Kxg2
Rad8 16. b5 dxe4 17. dxe4 Nb8 18. c4 Qd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3 20. Kf1 Nd7 21. Ke2 Rd6
22. a4 c5 23. Red1 Nc8 24. Nf1 f5 25. Ne3 fxe4 26. Nd2 Nf6 27. Nb3 b6 28. Rxd6
Nxd6 29. Rd1 Bf8 30. g4 Kf7 31. h3 Ke6 32. Bc3 Be7 33. Bxa5 bxa5 34. Nxc5+ Kf7
35. Na6 Nb7 36. Nd5 Rc8 37. Nb6 Rd8 38. Rxd8 Bxd8 39. Nc8 Nd7 40. Ke3 Ke6 41.
Kxe4 Nbc5+ 42. Nxc5+ Nxc5+ 43. Ke3 Nxa4 0-1

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2681"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 Ngf6 5. Qe2 a6 6. Ba4 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. d4
b5 9. Bb3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. c4 b4 12. Rd1 Qc7 13. Nbd2 Bb7 14. Bc2 Nf8 15.
Ba4+ N8d7 16. Nf1 O-O 17. Bg5 h6 18. Bh4 Nb6 19. Bc2 Nh5 20. Ne3 Nf4 21. Qf1
Ne6 22. Nd5 Nxd5 23. cxd5 Nd4 24. Nxd4 cxd4 25. Bd3 Qd6 26. Rac1 Rac8 27. Bg3
Rxc1 28. Rxc1 f5 29. f3 h5 30. Qe2 Bh6 31. Rf1 Be3+ 32. Bf2 f4 33. g3 g5 34.
Kh1 Kh8 35. gxf4 gxf4 36. Bxe3 fxe3 37. f4 Qg6 38. fxe5 Rxf1+ 39. Qxf1 Bc8 40.
e6 Kg7 41. Qg2 Qxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Kf6 43. Kf3 Ke5 44. e7 Bd7 45. Bxa6 Kd6 46. Kf4
Kxe7 47. Ke5 1-0

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D87"]
[WhiteElo "2659"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "99"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 g6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O e6 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rfd1 b5 13. Bb3 cxd4 14. cxd4
Qxd2 15. Rxd2 Bb7 16. f3 a5 17. Rc1 a4 18. Bc2 Rfc8 19. Bd3 b4 20. Bb5 b3 21.
axb3 axb3 22. Kf2 Na5 23. Rb1 Ba6 24. Bxa6 Rxa6 25. Rd3 Rc2 26. d5 exd5 27.
exd5 Bf8 28. Kf1 Nc4 29. Nd4 Rca2 30. Rdxb3 Nd2+ 31. Bxd2 Rxd2 32. Ne2 Raa2 33.
Re3 Rxd5 34. Nc3 Raa5 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. Rb8 Kg7 37. Rb7 Bc5 38. Re4 Bd4 39. h4
h5 40. g4 hxg4 41. fxg4 Bf6 42. g5 Be5 43. Ke2 Ra5 44. Re7 Bd6 45. Rd7 Be5 46.
Kf3 Ra3+ 47. Re3 Ra5 48. Re4 Ra3+ 49. Re3 Ra5 50. Re4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A23"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2828"]
[PlyCount "115"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. Nf3 e4 5. Nd4 Bc5 6. Nb3 Bb6 7. d3 d5 8. cxd5
cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nc3 exd3 11. Qxd3 d4 12. Na4 Nc6 13. Nxb6 axb6 14. a3 Re8
15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Qd2 Rad8 19. Nc1 Be4 20. Nd3 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 Re4 22. Rac1 Rde8 23. Rc2 Qf5 24. Nb4 Ne5 25. Nd3 Ng4 26. h3 Nf6 27. Qb4
Nd5 28. Qd6 R4e6 29. Qd7 Qe4+ 30. Kg1 Nf6 31. Qc7 g5 32. Rec1 Qf5 33. Kg2 Rxe2
34. Rxe2 Rxe2 35. Qc8+ Qxc8 36. Rxc8+ Kg7 37. Rd8 Re4 38. Rd6 Re2 39. Rxd4 Rd2
40. Kf3 h5 41. Ke3 Rd1 42. Rd6 h4 43. gxh4 gxh4 44. Ke2 Rb1 45. Rxb6 Nh5 46.
Rxb7 Rh1 47. Rb5 Kg6 48. Ne5+ Kg7 49. Nd3 Kh6 50. Kf3 Rxh3+ 51. Kg4 Rxd3 52.
Rxh5+ Kg6 53. Rxh4 Rb3 54. Rh3 Rxb2 55. Rf3 Ra2 56. Kg3 f5 57. Rb3 Kg5 58. f4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Tari, Aryan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2633"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d3 Qc7 4. Nbd2 e5 5. Qe2 dxe4 6. Qxe4 Nf6 7. Qxe5+ Qxe5+
8. Nxe5 Bd6 9. Nec4 Bc7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. dxe4 Be6 12. Be3 b5 13. Nd2 Bb6 14.
Bxb6 axb6 15. a3 b4 16. f4 f6 17. Bc4 Ke7 18. Ke2 bxa3 19. Rxa3 Rxa3 20. bxa3
Nd7 21. Rb1 b5 22. Bxe6 Kxe6 23. c4 Ra8 24. cxb5 cxb5 25. Rb3 Ra4 26. Ke3 Nc5
27. Rxb5 Rxa3+ 28. Kd4 Rd3+ 29. Kxc5 Rxd2 30. Rb6+ Kf7 31. Rb7+ Kf8 32. g4 Rxh2
33. Kd6 h5 34. Ke6 Kg8 35. g5 fxg5 36. fxg5 Rf2 37. e5 h4 38. g6 h3 39. Rb8+
Rf8 40. Rxf8+ Kxf8 41. Kd7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vidit, Santosh Gujrathi"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2726"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. O-O
d5 9. exd5 exd5 10. g4 Bg6 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Bg6 14. f4 Be4 15.
Bf3 f6 16. Nd3 Nc6 17. f5 Bd6 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Nf2 Re8 20. c4 Bg3 21. Qb3 Kh8
22. Rad1 Qd6 23. Kg2 Bh4 24. Nh1 Bg5 25. Ng3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 b5 27. cxb5 Nb4 28.
Qb3 Nd5 29. Rde1 e3 30. Ne2 a6 31. bxa6 Rxa6 32. a3 h5 33. Qd3 Rb6 34. b4 Ra8
35. Ra1 Rba6 36. Qe4 h4 37. Nf4 Nxf4+ 38. Qxf4 Qd5+ 39. Qf3 Qxd4 40. Rae1 Rxa3
41. Re2 Re8 42. Rfe1 Qe4 43. Qxe4 Rxe4 44. Kf3 Rxb4 45. Rxe3 Rbb3 46. Rxb3
Rxb3+ 47. Kf4 Kh7 48. g5 Rb4+ 49. Kf3 fxg5 50. Re6 Rf4+ 51. Kg2 Rxf5 52. Rc6
Rf4 53. Rxc7 g4 54. Rc5 gxh3+ 55. Kxh3 Kh6 56. Rc8 g6 57. Rh8+ Kg5 58. Rc8 Rf3+
59. Kg2 Rg3+ 60. Kh2 Kh5 61. Rc5+ g5 62. Rc8 Ra3 63. Rh8+ Kg4 64. Rc8 Ra2+ 65.
Kg1 Kg3 66. Rc3+ Kg4 67. Rc4+ Kg3 68. Rc3+ Kg4 69. Rc5 Kg3 70. Rc3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Anton Guijarro, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A09"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2681"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. c4 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nc6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. O-O Nh6 7. Qxc4 Nf5 8.
Nc3 O-O 9. d3 a6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bd2 e5 12. Rac1 Be6 13. Qc5 Re8 14. Qa3 Bf8 15.
Qa4 Bg7 16. Rfe1 Rb8 17. Ne4 Bd5 18. Nc5 Ncd4 19. Nxd4 exd4 20. Qd7 Bxg2 21.
Kxg2 g5 22. Qxf5 b6 23. Nxa6 Rb7 24. Qf3 Ra7 25. Nb4 Qd7 26. Qc6 Qd8 27. a3 Re6
28. Qd5 Rd6 29. Qf3 Qd7 30. Nc6 Ra4 31. Bb4 Re6 32. b3 1-0

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Adhiban, Baskaran"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2659"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
Be3 Bg7 9. f3 Qa5 10. Qd2 a6 11. Be2 Be6 12. Rc1 Nd7 13. O-O O-O 14. f4 Rfc8
15. b3 Nc5 16. Bf3 Rab8 17. Bd4 Bxd4+ 18. Qxd4 Nd7 19. Kh1 Qc5 20. Qd2 Nf6 21.
Rce1 b5 22. f5 Bd7 23. fxg6 hxg6 24. e5 dxe5 25. Nd5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 e6 27. Be4
Bc6 28. Bxg6 fxg6 29. Qg5 Rb7 30. Qxg6+ Rg7 31. Qxe6+ Kh7 32. Qh3+ Kg8 33.
Qxc8+ Kh7 34. Qh3+ Kg8 35. Qe6+ Kh7 36. Re2 bxc4 37. bxc4 Ba8 38. Rf7 1-0

[Event "Chess24 October Blitz"]
[Site "chess24.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.01"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Caruana, Fabiano"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B51"]
[WhiteElo "2828"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "93"]
[EventDate "2020.10.01"]
[EventType "tourn (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "19"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Ngf6 6. Bc2 g6 7. d4 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bg7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a4 e5 11. O-O exd4 12. Nxd4 Re8 13. h3 d5 14. exd5 Nb6
15. Bg5 Nbxd5 16. Bb3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 h6 18. Bh4 g5 19. Bg3 Ne4 20. Qh5 Qf6 21.
Rfe1 Bd7 22. Re3 Kh8 23. Rf3 Qg6 24. Qxg6 fxg6 25. Bf7 Rf8 26. Bxg6 Rxf3 27.
Nxf3 Nxg3 28. fxg3 Bxc3 29. Rb1 b5 30. axb5 axb5 31. Bd3 Ra1 32. Rxa1 Bxa1 33.
Nd2 b4 34. Nb3 Be5 35. Kf2 Kg7 36. Kf3 Be6 37. Bc2 Bd5+ 38. Kf2 Kf6 39. g4 Bc3
40. g3 Ke5 41. Ke3 Be1 42. Nc5 Bxg3 43. Nd3+ Kf6 44. Nxb4 Bc4 45. Be4 Bd6 46.
Nd5+ Bxd5 47. Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "De Silva, LMST."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2085"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4
Bg4 9. c3 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nbd2 b4 12. a5 Rb8 13. Bc4 d5 14. exd5 Nxd5 15.
Qa4 bxc3 16. bxc3 Na7 17. Ne4 Bg6 18. Nxe5 Bxe4 19. dxe4 Nxc3 20. Qc2 Qd4 21.
Bf4 Bf6 22. Rad1 Qxe4 23. Qxe4 Nxe4 24. Nd7 Rbd8 25. Nxf8 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Kxf8
27. Bxc7 Bc3 28. Bxa6 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Lugovskoy, Maxim"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "123"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. Bf4 a6 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bd3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. Ne5
Bxe2 9. Nxe2 Rc8 10. c3 Be7 11. h3 O-O 12. O-O Bd6 13. Nxc6 Rxc6 14. Bg5 h6 15.
Bh4 Be7 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. f4 b5 18. Ng3 b4 19. Nh5 Be7 20. Qg4 g6 21. Ng3 Kh7
22. Rad1 Qa5 23. cxb4 Qxb4 24. h4 Qxb2 25. h5 Rg8 26. Qf3 cxd4 27. hxg6+ Rxg6
28. f5 exf5 29. Qxd5 dxe3 30. Qxf7+ Rg7 31. Qxf5+ Rcg6 32. Rde1 Bd6 33. Re2 Qe5
34. Qxe5 Bxe5 35. Nf5 Rb7 36. Rxe3 Rb2 37. Rf2 Bh2+ 38. Kf1 Rxf2+ 39. Kxf2 Rb6
40. Re7+ Kg6 41. Nh4+ Kf6 42. Rh7 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Kg5 44. Nf3+ Kf4 45. Ra7 Bg3 46.
Rf7+ Ke3 47. Re7+ Kd3 48. Ne1+ Bxe1 49. Rxe1 Rxa2 50. Kg1 a5 51. Rd1+ Ke2 52.
Rd8 a4 53. Kh2 a3 54. Re8+ Kd3 55. Rc8 Rb2 56. Rd8+ Kc3 57. Rc8+ Kb3 58. Ra8 a2
59. Rd8 Kc2 60. Rd3 Kb1 61. Rc3 a1=Q 62. Rc1+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "David, Alexandru Vasile"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B45"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2428"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. a3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. f4
e5 9. Nf5 exf4 10. Bxf4 d5 11. Be2 Bxf5 12. exf5 d4 13. Nb1 Nd5 14. O-O Nxf4
15. Rxf4 Bg5 16. Rf1 Qb6 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Nd2 Nxd3 19. cxd3 Qxb2 20. Ne4 Be3+
21. Kh1 f6 22. h3 Rf7 23. Qf3 Rd8 24. a4 Qb3 25. Rfc1 Bxc1 26. Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Purtseladze, Maka"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A37"]
[WhiteElo "2274"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. c4 Nc6 5. O-O Nh6 6. Nc3 Nf5 7. d3 O-O 8. g4
Nfd4 9. Nxd4 cxd4 10. Ne4 d6 11. g5 Bf5 12. h4 Qd7 13. Bf4 Bh3 14. Kh2 Bxg2 15.
Kxg2 Rac8 16. Rh1 d5 17. cxd5 Qxd5 18. h5 Rfd8 19. hxg6 hxg6 20. f3 Qf5 21. Rh4
Nb4 22. a3 Nd5 23. Bd2 Ne3+ 24. Bxe3 dxe3 25. Rc1 Qd5 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Qa4
Bxb2 28. Qxa7 Bd4 29. Qa4 Kg7 30. Nf6 Qxg5+ 31. Rg4 Qxf6 32. Qxd4 Qxd4 33. Rxd4
Rc2 34. Kf1 Rc1+ 35. Kg2 Re1 36. f4 Rxe2+ 37. Kf3 Ra2 38. Rd7 Rxa3 39. Kxe3 b5
40. Rxe7 Kf6 41. Rb7 Rb3 42. Rb6+ Kf5 43. Rb7 f6 44. Rb6 b4 45. Rb7 Rb1 46.
Rb5+ Kg4 47. Rb6 g5 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Matinian, Nikita"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2470"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. c3 d6 6. a4 a5 7. Nbd2 Ne7 8. O-O
Ng6 9. d4 Bb6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bf1 Re8 12. Qc2 d5 13. exd5 exd4 14. Rxe8+ Nxe8
15. c4 Qe7 16. Nb3 c5 17. dxc6 bxc6 18. c5 Bc7 19. Nbxd4 Ne5 20. Bg5 Nxf3+ 21.
Nxf3 Nf6 22. Re1 Qd8 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. Qe4 Be6 25. Bc4 Bxc4 26. Qxc4 Qd5 27.
Qxd5 cxd5 28. Nd4 Rb8 29. Nb5 Be5 30. b3 Rc8 31. Rc1 d4 32. Kf1 d3 33. Rd1 Rxc5
34. Rxd3 Rc2 35. g3 Kg7 36. Na3 Rc1+ 37. Kg2 Bc3 38. Nc4 Bb4 39. Rd5 Rb1 40.
Rb5 Kg6 41. h4 h5 42. Nxa5 Bxa5 43. Rxa5 Rxb3 44. Rb5 Ra3 45. a5 f5 46. Kf1 f6
47. Ke2 Ra2+ 48. Ke3 Ra3+ 49. Kd4 Ra2 50. Kc5 Rxf2 51. a6 f4 52. gxf4 Rxf4 53.
a7 Ra4 54. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Vasquez Schroder, Rodrigo Rafael"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B86"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Bc4 e6 8.
Bb3 Nc5 9. Qe2 Be7 10. h4 Qc7 11. O-O-O h6 12. Bd2 b5 13. a3 Bb7 14. f3 Nxb3+
15. cxb3 d5 16. e5 Nd7 17. f4 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Kb1 Qb6 20. Be3 Nc5 21. f5
Bc8 22. fxe6 Bxe6 23. Na4 Nxa4 24. bxa4 O-O 25. Rc1 Qb7 26. g4 Rac8 27. g5
Rxc1+ 28. Rxc1 Rc8 29. gxh6 Rxc1+ 30. Bxc1 g6 31. Nxe6 fxe6 32. Qg4 Kh7 33.
Qxe6 d4 34. Qf6 d3 35. Qd8 Bc3 36. Qxd3 Bxe5 37. h5 Qc6 38. b4 Bd6 39. Qxg6+
1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Storme, Isak"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2393"]
[PlyCount "59"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. g4 Bxg4 7. f3 Bd7 8. Be3
Nc6 9. Qd2 Bg7 10. O-O-O O-O 11. h4 h5 12. Kb1 Rc8 13. Rg1 Ne5 14. Be2 Kh7 15.
Bg5 Qa5 16. Nb3 Qb6 17. Bxf6 exf6 18. Nd5 Qd8 19. f4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Qd3
Bb5 22. f5 a5 23. Qg3 Qe8 24. Nf4 g5 25. hxg5 Qxe4 26. g6+ Kh8 27. Nxh5 Qxc2+
28. Ka1 a4 29. Qh3 axb3 30. Nxf6+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B09"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f4 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. e5 Nfd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. O-O
c5 9. dxc5 dxe5 10. fxe5 Nxe5 11. Qxd8 Nxf3+ 12. Rxf3 Rxd8 13. Bg5 Rd4 14. Bd3
Nc6 15. Nb5 Rd7 16. Raf1 Ne5 17. Rg3 b6 18. Be4 Bb7 19. Nd6 Bxe4 20. Nxe4 f5
21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. Bxf6 Ng4 23. Bc3 bxc5 24. h3 Nh6 25. Re3 Kf7 26. Rfe1 Re8 27.
Be5 Ng8 28. Ra3 Nf6 29. Ra6 Ne4 30. Re3 g5 31. Rea3 Kg6 32. Kh2 f4 33. Rxa7 Rd1
34. Rg7+ Kf5 35. Bc7 e5 36. Rxh7 Ng3 37. Rxg3 fxg3+ 38. Kxg3 e4 39. Rf7+ Ke6
40. Rf2 Kd5 41. Ba5 e3 42. Re2 Ke4 43. Bc3 Rf8 44. a4 Rdf1 45. Be1 R1f6 46. a5
Re6 47. b4 cxb4 48. Bxb4 Rc8 49. Bd2 Kd4 50. Bc1 Rc4 51. Bb2+ Ke4 52. Re1 Rxc2
53. Bg7 Kd3 54. Kg4 e2 55. Kh5 Kd2 56. Rg1 e1=Q 57. Rxe1 Kxe1 58. Kxg5 Rxg2+
59. Kf5 Rxg7 60. h4 Ra6 61. h5 Rxa5+ 62. Kf6 Rg3 63. h6 Rh3 64. Kg6 Ra6+ 65.
Kg5 Raxh6 66. Kg4 R3h5 67. Kf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Posthuma, Joshua G"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A31"]
[WhiteElo "2339"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 c5 4. Nf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nb3 Nf6 7. c4 O-O 8.
Nc3 b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Bf4 d6 11. Qd2 Rc8 12. Rac1 Qd7 13. Bh6 Ne5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Nd5 Bxd5 16. cxd5 Qa4 17. Rxc8 Rxc8 18. Rc1 Rxc1+ 19. Nxc1 Ne4 20. Bxe4
Qxe4 21. a3 h5 22. h4 a5 23. Na2 Nc4 24. Qc3+ Kg8 25. Nc1 Qxd5 26. Nd3 a4 27.
Nf4 Qd1+ 28. Kg2 Qb3 29. Qxb3 axb3 30. Nd3 e5 31. Nc1 Nxb2 32. Nxb3 Nc4 33. a4
f5 34. Kf3 Kf7 35. e3 Ke6 36. Ke2 e4 37. f3 Kd5 38. fxe4+ Kxe4 39. Nd4 Nxe3 40.
Nb5 Nc4 41. Nc7 f4 42. Ne6 fxg3 43. Nf8 Kf5 44. Kf3 Nb2 45. Nd7 Nxa4 46. Kxg3
b5 47. Nb6 Nxb6 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cori, Jorge Moise"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A25"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Rb1 d6 6. b4 Nf6 7. b5 Nd4 8. e3 Ne6
9. d3 O-O 10. Nge2 Re8 11. O-O Nc5 12. e4 a6 13. b6 cxb6 14. a4 Bd7 15. h3 Bc6
16. Be3 Nfd7 17. Qc2 f5 18. exf5 gxf5 19. d4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 exd4 21. Bxd4 Qg5
22. Bxg7 Qxg7 23. Qxf5 Ne5 24. Nd5 Rf8 25. Qc2 Rf3 26. Nd4 Rf7 27. Nf5 Qf8 28.
Rxb6 Nc6 29. Nde3 Re8 30. Rd1 Ne4 31. g4 h5 32. Rb3 Rf6 33. Nd5 Rg6 34. f3 Qxf5
35. fxe4 Qf7 36. Rf3 Qg7 37. Rdf1 hxg4 38. Nf6+ Kh8 39. hxg4 Rxf6 40. Rxf6
Qxg4+ 41. Kh1 Ne5 42. Qh2+ Kg7 43. Qh6+ Kg8 44. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "70"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Bxf3 4. gxf3 c6 5. Nc3 g6 6. f4 Bg7 7. Bg2 Nd7 8. O-O
Ngf6 9. e3 O-O 10. b3 e6 11. Ba3 Qa5 12. Qc1 Qc7 13. Rd1 Rfc8 14. Qc2 d5 15.
Rac1 Bf8 16. Bb2 Bd6 17. a3 Nh5 18. Qe2 Ndf6 19. cxd5 exd5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21.
Bxd5 Qe7 22. Bf3 Nf6 23. b4 a5 24. b5 Bxa3 25. Bxa3 Qxa3 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Bxc6
Rab8 28. e4 Nh5 29. Qe3 Rb3 30. Qd2 Rf3 31. f5 Nf4 32. Kh1 Nd3 33. Ra1 Qd6 34.
Bd5 Rxf2 35. Qh6 Rcc2 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "12"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Le, Quang Liem"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A22"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2709"]
[PlyCount "116"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 e5 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nc3 Nb6 6. d3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8.
Rc1 Re8 9. h4 Nc6 10. Bxc6 bxc6 11. Nf3 Bg4 12. Nxe5 Qc8 13. Nxg4 Qxg4 14. Ne4
Nd5 15. Bd2 f5 16. Nc3 Bf6 17. Kf1 Nb6 18. e3 Rad8 19. Qxg4 fxg4 20. Ke2 Rd7
21. Rhd1 h5 22. Ne4 Bxb2 23. Rxc6 Red8 24. d4 Re8 25. Kd3 Red8 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27.
Nxc3 Rf7 28. Ne4 Nd5 29. Rb1 Re8 30. Rb2 Rf3 31. Ng5 Rxf2 32. Rxf2 Nb4+ 33. Kc4
Nxc6 34. e4 Rd8 35. Ne6 Rd6 36. d5 Ne5+ 37. Kc5 Nf3 38. Nxc7 Rd7 39. d6 g5 40.
hxg5 Nxg5 41. Kd5 Rxd6+ 42. Kxd6 Nxe4+ 43. Ke5 Nxf2 44. Nb5 Kf7 45. Nxa7 h4 46.
gxh4 g3 47. Nb5 g2 48. Nd6+ Kg8 49. Nf5 g1=Q 50. h5 Kh8 51. h6 Qh2+ 52. Ke6 Qf4
53. a4 Ng4 54. a5 Qe5+ 55. Kd7 Qxf5+ 56. Kc7 Qxa5+ 57. Kb7 Qf5 58. Kb8 Nxh6 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "13"]
[White "Keymer, Vincent"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A41"]
[WhiteElo "2588"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "130"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. e4 Nf6 4. h3 Bh5 5. Bd3 e6 6. c3 Be7 7. Be3 O-O 8. Nbd2
d5 9. e5 Nfd7 10. Qc2 Bg6 11. Bxg6 fxg6 12. h4 Qe8 13. g4 h6 14. O-O-O c5 15.
dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rde1 Nc6 17. Nb3 Rxf3 18. Bxc5 Qf7 19. Re2 Ndxe5 20. Kb1 Nxg4 21.
Rg1 h5 22. Nd2 Rf5 23. f3 Nge5 24. Rge1 Re8 25. f4 Ng4 26. Nf3 Rxf4 27. Ng5 Qf5
28. Qxf5 Rxf5 29. Rxe6 Rxe6 30. Rxe6 Re5 31. Rd6 Nf6 32. Bd4 Nxd4 33. cxd4 Re8
34. Kc2 Kf8 35. Kd3 Ke7 36. Re6+ Kd7 37. Re5 Kd6 38. Nf7+ Kd7 39. Ng5 Rxe5 40.
dxe5 Ne4 41. Nf3 Ke6 42. Ke3 g5 43. hxg5 Kf5 44. g6 Kxg6 45. Kf4 Kf7 46. Kf5
g6+ 47. Kf4 g5+ 48. Kf5 g4 49. e6+ Ke7 50. Ne5 g3 51. Ng6+ Ke8 52. Nf4 h4 53.
Kg4 d4 54. Kxh4 d3 55. Ng2 d2 56. Ne3 g2 57. Nxg2 d1=Q 58. Nf4 Qg1 59. Nh3 Qg3+
60. Kh5 Nf6+ 61. Kh6 Kf8 62. Ng5 Qg4 63. Kg6 Ne4 64. Kh6 Qxg5+ 65. Kh7 Ke7 0-1

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "14"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Klekowski, Maciej"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B31"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2512"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Nd4 13. Nxd4 cxd4 14. Bh6 c5
15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. a4 a5 17. b3 Ra7 18. Qf4 f5 19. exf6+ exf6 20. Nd6 Re7 21.
Nxc8 Rxe1+ 22. Rxe1 Qxc8 23. Qd6 Re8 24. Re7+ Rxe7 25. Qxe7+ Kh6 26. Qxf6 Qb7
27. h4 Qb8 28. g4 Qc8 29. Qf4+ Kg7 30. Qe5+ Kh6 31. f3 Qf8 32. Kf2 Qd8 33. g5+
Kh5 34. Qf4 Qd7 35. Kg3 Qf5 36. Qg4+ Qxg4+ 37. fxg4# 1-0

[Event "Speed Chess Super Swiss"]
[Site "chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.03"]
[Round "15"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Ponkratov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C63"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2628"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.10.03"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "15"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 d6 5. O-O fxe4 6. dxe4 Nf6 7. Nc3 Be7 8. a4
O-O 9. Bc4+ Kh8 10. Ng5 Qe8 11. Ne6 Bxe6 12. Bxe6 Nd4 13. Ba2 Qg6 14. Be3 Nxe4
15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4 Ng5 17. f4 Nf7 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. Rae1 c6 20. Ne3 Bb6 21.
Qd2 d5 22. a5 Bc5 23. b4 Bd6 24. c4 Nh6 25. Bb1 Qh5 26. g3 d4 27. Qd3 Ng8 28.
c5 Bxc5 29. bxc5 dxe3 30. Qxe3 Nf6 31. Qe5 Qh6 32. Qc7 Ng4 33. Re2 Qh5 34. Rfe1
Qxc5+ 35. Kg2 Nf6 36. Re7 Nd5 37. Rxg7 Nxc7 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Gusarov, Grigory"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2354"]
[PlyCount "57"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 Na6 3. Nf3 Nc7 4. Bd3 d5 5. h3 dxe4 6. Bxe4 Nf6 7. Bd3 g6 8. O-O
Bg7 9. c4 O-O 10. Nc3 a5 11. Re1 Ne6 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Qc2 Nf4 14. Bf1 Bf5 15.
Qd2 Ne6 16. g4 Ne4 17. Qc1 Nxc3 18. gxf5 Ne4 19. fxe6 fxe6 20. Qc2 Rxf3 21.
Qxe4 Raf8 22. Bg2 R3f6 23. Re2 h6 24. Rd1 g5 25. d5 exd5 26. cxd5 Rd8 27. Red2
c5 28. Qc4 b6 29. d6+ 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Djordjevic, Vuk D"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. d5 Qb6 7. Bc1 e6 8. e4
exd5 9. exd5 d6 10. Na3 Be7 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. a4 O-O 13. Bd3 Nxd5 14. Bxh7+ Kxh7
15. Qxd5 Be6 16. Qd3+ Kg8 17. Bf4 Nc6 18. Ne2 Rad8 19. O-O Ne5 20. Bxe5 dxe5
21. Qe4 Rfe8 22. Ng3 Bg5 23. Rfd1 g6 24. a5 Bf4 25. b3 f5 26. Qe2 Bf7 27. Nf1
e4 28. g3 Bh6 29. f4 Bg7 30. Qc2 Bxc4 31. bxc4 e3 32. Rxd8 Qxd8 33. Re1 Qxa5
34. Rxe3 Rxe3 35. Nxe3 Qxc3 36. Qxc3 Bxc3 37. Nd5 Bd4+ 38. Kf1 Kf7 39. Ke2 Ke6
40. Kd3 Kd6 41. h3 b5 42. g4 a5 43. Nb6 Kc6 44. Nd5 a4 45. cxb5+ Kxd5 46. gxf5
c4+ 47. Kc2 gxf5 48. h4 0-1

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Abdisalimov, Abdimalik"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2392"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. f3
h5 9. Qd2 Nbd7 10. O-O-O Rc8 11. Kb1 Be7 12. h3 b5 13. Bd3 h4 14. f4 Nb6 15.
Qf2 Nfd7 16. f5 Bc4 17. Bxc4 Rxc4 18. Rd3 b4 19. Nd5 Nxd5 20. exd5 Nf6 21. Nd2
Rc8 22. Bg5 Nd7 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. g4 hxg3 25. Rxg3 Rh7 26. a4 Nf6 27. Qg2 Qd7
28. Ne4 Ke7 29. b3 Qxf5 30. Ng5 Rh5 31. Rf1 Qd7 32. Nxf7 Rf8 33. Ng5 Ne8 34.
Rxf8 Kxf8 35. Qf3+ Nf6 36. Ne6+ Kg8 37. Qxf6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Siva, Mahadevan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B43"]
[WhiteElo "2349"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "133"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 d6 10. f4 Nbd7 11. Kh1 O-O 12. Bd2 b5 13. a4 b4 14. Na2 a5 15.
c3 bxc3 16. Nxc3 Bb7 17. Rac1 Qb8 18. Nb5 d5 19. e5 Ne4 20. Bxa5 Ba6 21. Bc7
Qc8 22. Bd6 Qd8 23. Bxe7 Qxe7 24. Bxe4 dxe4 25. Qxe4 Nb6 26. N3d4 Qb4 27. b3
Bxb5 28. axb5 Rfd8 29. Rfd1 Rd5 30. Rd3 Rad8 31. Rcd1 Nc8 32. g3 Na7 33. Qe3
Qc5 34. b4 Qxb4 35. Nc6 Rxd3 36. Rxd3 Qb1+ 37. Kg2 Qxd3 38. Qxa7 Qe2+ 39. Qf2
Qxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Rd2+ 41. Ke3 Rb2 42. Nd4 Kf8 43. Kd3 Ke7 44. h4 Kd7 45. g4 Rf2
46. Ke3 Rh2 47. h5 g6 48. hxg6 hxg6 49. Nf3 Rb2 50. Nd4 Kc7 51. f5 gxf5 52.
gxf5 exf5 53. Nxf5 Rxb5 54. Ke4 Kd7 55. Nd6 Rb1 56. Nxf7 Re1+ 57. Kf5 Rf1+ 58.
Kg6 Ke6 59. Ng5+ Kxe5 60. Nf7+ Ke6 61. Ng5+ Ke7 62. Nh7 Rg1+ 63. Ng5 Rg2 64.
Kf5 Rf2+ 65. Ke5 Re2+ 66. Ne4 Rxe4+ 67. Kxe4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Cordova, Emilio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A20"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2592"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. e3 d6 5. Ne2 Nge7 6. d4 Bb6 7. Nbc3 Bg4 8. h3
Bxe2 9. Nxe2 exd4 10. exd4 Nf5 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qd3 Qf6 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O-O
Rab8 15. Rhf1 c5 16. g4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4 Bxd4 19. Qxd4 Qh6+ 20. Qe3
Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 Rfe8 22. Rd3 Re4 23. b3 f6 24. Rf5 Re5 25. Kd2 Kf7 26. Rd5 Re7
27. Ra5 c6 28. Ra6 Rc8 29. b4 Rcc7 30. a3 g6 31. Rfa5 Red7 32. Kd3 Re7 33. a4
Ke8 34. b5 cxb5 35. axb5 Red7 36. Kd4 Ke7 37. Rc6 Rb7 38. Kd5 Kf7 39. Raa6 Re7
40. Rxd6 Rxe3 41. Rxf6+ Kg7 42. Rfe6 Rxh3 43. Rad6 Kh6 44. Kc6 Rf7 45. c5 Rc3
46. Re5 Rf4 47. Rd7 Rxg4 48. Rxa7 Rgc4 49. b6 Rb4 50. Ra5 Rcb3 51. Kc7 g5 52.
Ra6 g4 53. b7+ Kg7 54. Rb6 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Kuzubov, Yuriy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2643"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Be2 e5 7. Bc4 Be7 8. d3
d6 9. h3 O-O 10. a4 Be6 11. Ng5 Kh8 12. Be3 Qd7 13. f4 exf4 14. Bxf4 Bxc4 15.
dxc4 Ne6 16. Be3 Nxg5 17. Bxg5 Qe6 18. Qd3 Nd7 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Nb5 Nf6 21.
Qxd6 Qxe4 22. Qxc5 Qxc2 23. Rf2 Qg6 24. Nd6 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Qxe4 26. Rd1 b6 27.
Qd5 Qe3 28. Rd3 Qe1+ 29. Rf1 Qe7 30. Qd6 Rae8 31. Qxe7 Rxe7 32. Rfd1 g6 33. Rd7
Rfe8 34. b4 Kg7 35. c5 bxc5 36. bxc5 Rxd7 37. Rxd7 Rc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Fedoseev, Vladimir1"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B90"]
[WhiteElo "2674"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Rg1 g6 7. g4 Bg7 8. g5
Nfd7 9. h4 b5 10. h5 O-O 11. Be3 Bb7 12. hxg6 hxg6 13. Qg4 b4 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15.
exd5 Qa5 16. Nb3 Qc7 17. Bd3 Ne5 18. Qxb4 Nbd7 19. Ke2 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Rab8 21.
Qc4 Qxc4 22. dxc4 Rfc8 23. Rac1 Bxb2 24. Rc2 Ba3 25. Na5 Ne5 26. f4 Bb4 27.
fxe5 Bxa5 28. exd6 exd6 29. Kd3 Bb6 30. Bxb6 Rxb6 31. Rh1 Rb4 32. Rch2 1-0

[Event "Titled Tuesday intern op 6th Oct"]
[Site "Chess.com INT"]
[Date "2020.10.06"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Smirnov, Pavel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A14"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2544"]
[PlyCount "46"]
[EventDate "2020.10.06"]
[EventType "swiss (blitz)"]
[EventRounds "10"]
[EventCountry "USA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. b3 Be7 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. O-O
b6 9. e4 Nb4 10. d4 Ba6 11. a3 Bxf1 12. Bxf1 N4c6 13. d5 exd5 14. exd5 Bf6 15.
Ra2 Bxb2 16. Rxb2 Qf6 17. dxc6 Qxb2 18. c7 Nc6 19. Qd5 Qxb1 20. Qxc6 Rac8 21.
Ne5 Qf5 22. Nc4 Qe6 23. Nd6 Qe7 0-1

[Event "Chessable Qualifier"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Shankland, Samuel L"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2691"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Nxc5
Nxc5 9. Nd4 Ne7 10. Be2 O-O 11. Be3 Rc8 12. O-O a6 13. Rc1 Qc7 14. c4 Qxe5 15.
cxd5 Rfd8 16. Nxf5 Nxf5 17. Bxc5 Rxd5 18. Bd4 Qb8 19. Rxc8+ Qxc8 20. Qc1 1-0

[Event "Chessable Qualifier"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bluebaum, Matthias"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D85"]
[WhiteElo "2672"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. h3 O-O 6. cxd5 Nxd5 7. e4 Nxc3 8.
bxc3 c5 9. Be2 b5 10. Be3 Bb7 11. Qd3 b4 12. cxb4 cxb4 13. O-O a5 14. Rab1 e6
15. h4 h6 16. Rfd1 Nd7 17. e5 Ba6 18. Qd2 Bxe2 19. Qxe2 Nb6 20. h5 g5 21. Nd2
f5 22. exf6 Qxf6 23. Ne4 Qf5 24. Ng3 Qd5 25. f3 Na4 26. Ne4 g4 27. Rf1 Rac8 28.
Rbe1 gxf3 29. gxf3 Nc3 30. Nxc3 Rxc3 31. Rd1 Qxh5 32. Rf2 Rf6 33. Rh2 Qf5 34.
Kh1 Kh7 35. d5 exd5 36. Rf2 Re6 0-1

[Event "Chessable Qualifier"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.10.17"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Jones, Gawain C B"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E60"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2670"]
[PlyCount "139"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O c6 6. b3 d6 7. d4 e5 8. Nc3 e4
9. Ng5 d5 10. Nh3 h6 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. f3 Nc6 13. Nf2 Re8 14. fxe4 Nxe4 15.
Ncxe4 dxe4 16. e3 Nxd4 17. exd4 Bxd4 18. Bxh6 e3 19. Bxe3 Rxe3 20. Kh1 Bf5 21.
Rc1 Bb2 22. Rc4 Qg5 23. Ng4 Rd3 24. Qe2 Rd2 25. Qf3 Re8 26. h4 Qh5 27. Rf4 Bg7
28. Qxb7 Rd7 29. Qf3 Rd3 30. Nf6+ Bxf6 31. Qxh5 gxh5 32. Rxf5 Bg7 33. Bd5 Re5
34. Bxf7+ Kh8 35. Kg2 Rd2+ 36. Kh3 Rxa2 37. Rxh5+ Rxh5 38. Bxh5 Rc2 39. Bf3 a5
40. Bd5 Rc5 41. Rf5 Bd4 42. Be6 Rc6 43. Bc4 Bc3 44. Bb5 Re6 45. Rf3 Be1 46. Bd7
Rd6 47. Bf5 Rd4 48. Re3 Bb4 49. g4 Rf4 50. h5 Kg7 51. Kh4 Rf1 52. Re2 Bc5 53.
Kg5 Rh1 54. Re6 Kf7 55. Kh6 Bf8+ 56. Kh7 Be7 57. Rg6 Bf6 58. Be4 Rh3 59. Bd5+
Ke7 60. h6 Rd3 61. Bc4 Rg3 62. Kg8 Bc3 63. h7 Rh3 64. Re6+ Kd7 65. g5 Rh4 66.
Ra6 Kc7 67. g6 Rd4 68. Ra8 Rg4 69. Bf7 Kb7 70. Re8 1-0

[Event "Chessable Qualifier"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Mamedov, Rauf"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C54"]
[WhiteElo "2654"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "41"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. e5 d5 7. Bb5 Ne4 8. cxd4
Bb6 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Be3 Bg4 11. h3 Bh5 12. Qa4 Ne7 13. Bd3 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6 15.
Ne5 c6 16. O-O Nd7 17. f4 Nxe5 18. fxe5 Qd7 19. Qc2 Bg6 20. Bxg6 Nxg6 21. Na4
1/2-1/2

[Event "Chessable Qualifier"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Svidler, Peter"]
[Black "Oparin, Grigoriy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "2723"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Nc3 d6 8. Nd5
h6 9. c3 Rb8 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Be6 12. d4 Nxe4 13. dxc5 dxc5 14. Qb1 Bxd5 15.
Bxd5 Qxd5 16. Rd1 Qc4 17. b3 Nxc3 18. bxc4 Nxb1 19. Raxb1 Nd4 20. Bxd4 exd4 21.
Nd2 Rfe8 22. Kf1 c6 23. Rdc1 Re5 24. Nf3 Rf5 25. Ne1 h5 26. Nd3 Ra8 27. a4 Rd8
28. axb5 cxb5 29. cxb5 c4 30. b6 cxd3 31. b7 Rb5 32. Rxb5 d2 33. Rcb1 axb5 34.
Ke2 Rb8 35. Rxb5 Kf8 36. Kxd2 Ke7 37. Kd3 Kd6 38. Kxd4 Kc6 39. Rb1 Rxb7 40.
Rxb7 Kxb7 41. Ke5 Kc6 42. Kf5 Kd7 43. Kg5 g6 44. Kf6 Ke8 45. h4 Kf8 46. f4 Kg8
47. g3 Kf8 48. f5 gxf5 49. Kxf5 Ke7 50. Kg5 Ke6 51. Kxh5 Kf5 52. Kh6 Kg4 53. h5
Kxg3 54. Kg5 1-0

[Event "Chessable Qualifier"]
[Site "chess24.com"]
[Date "2020.10.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sunilduth Lyna, Narayanan"]
[Black "Svidler, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2618"]
[BlackElo "2723"]
[PlyCount "138"]
[EventDate "2020.10.17"]
[EventType "tourn (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[EventCategory "17"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2021"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2020.10.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bc4 Nb6 9. Bb3 Bg7 10. d5 Na5 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 Re8 13. h3 Bxc3 14. bxc3 Nxb3
15. axb3 Qxd5 16. Be3 Qxd1 17. Rexd1 Bf5 18. Nd4 Bd7 19. c4 Nc8 20. Nf3 Bf5 21.
Nd4 Bd7 22. Ne2 Bc6 23. b4 Nd6 24. b5 Be4 25. Nc3 Bc2 26. Rdc1 Bd3 27. Nd5 Bxc4
28. Nc7 Bxb5 29. Nxa8 Rxa8 30. Rxa7 Re8 31. Ra5 Bc6 32. f3 f6 33. Bc5 Nf5 34.
Rca1 Kf7 35. Ra8 Rxa8 36. Rxa8 h5 37. Kf2 h4 38. Ra1 g5 39. Rd1 Ke6 40. Rd8 Kf7
41. Ke1 e5 42. Kf2 Kg7 43. Bb6 Kf7 44. Rc8 Kg7 45. Rc7+ Kg6 46. Bc5 Bd5 47. Ke1
Bc6 48. Bf8 Ne3 49. Rg7+ Kf5 50. Kf2 Nd5 51. Ba3 Nf4 52. Rg8 e4 53. fxe4+ Bxe4
54. g4+ hxg3+ 55. Kxg3 Ne2+ 56. Kf2 Nf4 57. Kg3 Ne2+ 58. Kh2 Nf4 59. Bb2 Bc6
60. Rf8 Nd5 61. Kg3 Kg6 62. h4 gxh4+ 63. Kxh4 Kf5 64. Kg3 Ke4 65. Bxf6 Nxf6 66.
Rxf6 Kd5 67. Rf8 Kc5 68. Rb8 Kb6 69. Rxb7+ Kxb7 1/2-1/2

